Abstract: Described herein is a capsule (1000) comprising a front cover (1100) having a front wall (1110) having a front wall top edge (1112), a first side wall (1120) having a first side wall extension (1122), a second side wall (1130) having a second side wall extension (1132), and a bottom wall (1140), where both the first and the second side walls extensions (1122, 1132) extend beyond the front wall top edge (1112) relative to the bottom wall(1140), the capsule (1000) further comprises a back cover (1200) coupled to the front cover (1100) having a back wall (1210) and a top wall (1250), where the back wall (1210) includes a recess hinge (1212), where a portion of the back wall (1210) above the position of the hinge (1212) and the top wall (1250) are configured as a back flap (1214), and where the coupled front and back covers (1100, 1200) define a capsule interior.

Abstract: A system for tracking airborne organisms includes an imager, a backlight source (such as a retroreflective surface) in view of the imager, and a processor configured to analyze one or more images captured by the processor to identify a biological property of an organism.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for creating 2D barcodes that are watermarked in a digital fashion. The system and method include changing specific elements within the code words as well as modifying the physical representation within elements of the codewords.

Abstract: An endoluminal filter including a first support member (105) and a second support member (110) attached to the first support member to form a crossover (106). A material capture structure (115) extends between the first and second support members, the crossover and the first end (102) or the second end (104) of the first support member. The filter includes at least three tissue anchors (805) attached to one support member and at least two tissue anchors (805) attached to the other support member.

Abstract: An oil film bearing is disclosed for a rolling mill roll having a tapered neck leading to a reduced diameter end section. The bearing comprises an internally tapered sleeve received in a seated position on the tapered roll neck. The sleeve is journaled for rotation in a bushing fixed within a chock assembly. A tubular piston is received on and fixed relative to the reduced diameter end section of the roll. A cylinder is internally subdivided by the piston into first and second chambers. A sleeve ring abuts an end of the sleeve and a circular thrust component is interposed between and arranged to overlap adjacent segments of the sleeve ring and the piston.

Abstract: A flexible vacuum seal pad structure capable of, for example, sealingly securing a bowed substrate to a finger apparatus or “endeffector” used to robotically engage and/or move the substrate from one processing station to another, or capable of securing a wafer to a base member or susceptor during processing of the wafer, i.e., functioning as a chuck. The flexible vacuum seal pad structure of the invention comprises a hollow central post or shank which serves as a mounting or retention mechanism, a flexible arch-like member connected at one end to the central post, and a peripheral ring structure connected to the opposite end of the arch member. The peripheral ring structure contacts and forms a seal with the underside of the wafer, while the arch member provides the flexibility to permit the ring structure to make or form a sealing contact to a bowed wafer, and the central post provides a mechanism through which the flexible vacuum seal pad structure may be secured to the base or finger.