Abstract: A pigtail catheter may include an elongate shaft having a curled distal tip, a tubular sheath slidably disposed over the elongate shaft, and a compliant expandable member fixed to the elongate shaft and the tubular sheath. A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system may include the pigtail catheter, a TAVR delivery device comprising an elongate shaft having an implant holding portion proximate a distal end thereof, and a TAVR implant disposed within the holding portion in a collapsed configuration, the TAVR implant comprising an expandable framework including a lower crown disposed at an upstream end and an upper crown disposed downstream of 10 the lower crown. The compliant expandable member is configured to identify a downstream extent of a surgical aortic valve implant disposed within an ascending aorta prior to deploying the TAVR implant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for the preparation of a bonded substrate. More particularly, the present invention relates to a PDMS bonding apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a PDMS bonding apparatus which uses plasma to bond PDMS to a substrate. The present invention discloses a PDMS bonding apparatus and process for using said apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a process chamber (100) forming a sealed processing space (S) for bonding of PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane); a first support (200) installed in the process chamber (100) and which supports the PDMS (1); a second support (300) installed in the process chamber (100) opposing the first support (200) and which supports a bonding object (2) which is bonded to the PDMS (1); a gas injection unit (400) which ejects process gas between the first support (200) and the second support (300), and; a plasma generator (500) which creates a plasma atmosphere within the process chamber (100).

Abstract: A rough-in box used during the construction of buildings having poured concrete flooring, such as multi-story high-rise buildings. The rough-in box may be used to retain an opening in the floor through which plumbing and mechanical components may be installed after concrete has been poured around the device and hardens into a slab. The present invention also relates to a method comprising the steps of assembling the side walls of a box, placing a lid made of a material stronger than that of the side walls and capable of supporting a weight of 2,000 pounds, placing the box over a hole on the floor, and pouring concrete to form a floor around the box. The box will remain in place providing an accessible penetration through the flooring with space for plumbing connections and a flush surface with the floor over which pallet jacks and workers may travel without obstruction.

Abstract: A rough-in box kit (100) for creating a rough-in box (200) to create a penetration in poured concrete flooring during the construction of concrete buildings. The rough-in box kit (100) includes a single unitary piece (1) having a flat section (5) with: a top end; a bottom end opposite to the top end; an inside surface (5a) located between the top end and the bottom end, and configured to form an inside surface of the rough in box (200); and an outside surface (5b) opposite to the inside surface (5a), and configured to form an outside surface of the rough in box (200). The single unitary piece (1) also has a top flange (3) connected to and extending away from the top end of the flat section (5), and perforations, through-holes, or slots (2) that are formed in the flat section (5). The single unitary piece (1) is configured to be bent at locations corresponding to and lining up with the perforations, through-holes, or slots (2) so as to form the rough-in box (200).

Abstract: A rough-in box used during the construction of buildings having poured concrete flooring, such as multi-story high-rise buildings. The rough-in box may be used to retain an opening in the floor through which plumbing and mechanical components may be installed after concrete has been poured around the device and hardens into a slab. The present invention also relates to a method comprising the steps of assembling the side walls of a box, placing a lid made of a material stronger than that of the side walls and capable of supporting a weight of 2,000 pounds, placing the box over a hole on the floor, and pouring concrete to form a floor around the box. The box will remain in place providing an accessible penetration through the flooring with space for plumbing connections and a flush surface with the floor over which pallet jacks and workers may travel without obstruction.

Abstract: A rough-in box used during the construction of buildings having poured concrete flooring, such as multi-story high-rise buildings. The rough-in box may be used to retain an opening in the floor through which plumbing and mechanical components may be installed after concrete has been poured around the device and hardens into a slab. The present invention also relates to a method comprising the steps of assembling the side walls of a box, placing a lid made of a material stronger than that of the side wails and capable of supporting a weight of 2,000 pounds, placing the box over a hole on the floor, and pouring concrete to form a floor around the box. The box will remain in place providing an accessible penetration through the flooring with space for plumbing connections and a flush surface with the floor over which pallet jacks and workers may travel without obstruction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rough-in box used during the construction of buildings having poured concrete flooring, such as multi-story high-rise buildings. The rough-in box may be used to retain an opening in the floor through which plumbing and mechanical components may be installed after concrete has been poured around the device and hardens into a slab. The present invention also relates to a method comprising the steps of assembling the side walls of a box, placing a lid made of a material stronger than that of the side walls and capable of supporting a weight of 2,000 pounds, placing the box over a hole on the floor, and pouring concrete to form a floor around the box. The box will remain in place providing an accessible penetration through the flooring with space for plumbing connections and a flush surface with the floor over which pallet jacks and workers may travel without obstruction.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus that includes a circuit in which a signal processing function is performed during a first time period, the signal processing apparatus including or being associated with a switch or a filter in a power supply to the signal processing apparatus so as to disconnect the signal processing apparatus from the power supply or to filter the power supply during a second time period that is coincident with at least part of the first time period.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a condition in an enclosed plasma processing space (102). The system comprises a sensor (338), arranged to be provided within the enclosed plasma processing space, for sensing a condition in the enclosed plasma processing space and a modulation circuit (342), connected to the sensor, and arranged to modulate an output of the sensor to provide a modulated signal. The system further comprises a first transmission line coupler (330) arranged to be disposed within the enclosed plasma processing space. The first transmission line coupler (546) is connected to the modulation circuit and is arranged to couple the modulated signal to a transmission line, which is arranged to deliver energy into the enclosed plasma space.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus that includes a circuit in which a signal processing function is performed during a first time period, the signal processing apparatus including or being associated with a switch or a filter in a power supply to the signal processing apparatus so as to disconnect the signal processing apparatus from the power supply or to filter the power supply during a second time period that is coincident with at least part of the first time period.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus that includes a circuit in which a signal processing function is performed during a first time period, the signal processing apparatus including or being associated with a switch or a filter in a power supply to the signal processing apparatus so as to disconnect the signal processing apparatus from the power supply or to filter the power supply during a second time period that is coincident with at least part of the first time period.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus that includes a circuit in which a signal processing function is performed during a first time period, the signal processing apparatus including or being associated with a switch or a filter in a power supply to the signal processing apparatus so as to disconnect the signal processing apparatus from the power supply or to filter the power supply during a second time period that is coincident with at least part of the first time period.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a condition in an enclosed plasma processing space (102). The system comprises a sensor (338), arranged to be provided within the enclosed plasma processing space, for sensing a condition in the enclosed plasma processing space and a modulation circuit (342), connected to the sensor, and arranged to modulate an output of the sensor to provide a modulated signal. The system further comprises a first transmission line coupler (330) arranged to be disposed within the enclosed plasma processing space. The first transmission line coupler (546) is connected to the modulation circuit and is arranged to couple the modulated signal to a transmission line, which is arranged to deliver energy into the enclosed plasma space.

Abstract: A method of measuring ion current between a plasma and an electrode in communication with the plasma is disclosed. A time-varying voltage at the electrode and a time- varying current through the electrode are measured. The method comprise recording, for each of a plurality of voltage values, v?, a plurality, n, of current values I(v?); and obtaining from the current and voltage values a value of the ion current. The electrode is insulated from the plasma by an insulating layer, so that the current values lack a DC component.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may relate to methods of traffic measurement on a network. In some embodiments, the methods may include obtaining a measure of shaped traffic before shaping on the basis of passive traffic observations of the shaped traffic. In one embodiment, the method may include analysing a traffic aggregate of packets in a network comprising: separating the traffic aggregate into a series of individual co-temporal sub-aggregates; and performing a measurement using the individual sub-aggregates of the series to obtain a statistical measure for the traffic aggregate.