Abstract: Embodiments of an IC device are disclosed. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit (IC) device, includes: an first active semiconductor layer that includes first active semiconductor device regions; a second active semiconductor layer that includes active semiconductor regions, the second active semiconductor layer being connected to the first active semiconductor layer and being positioned over the first active semiconductor layer; a first redistribution layer positioned over the second active conductor layer, the first redistribution layer is electrically connected to the first active semiconductor layer and the second active semiconductor layer; a passivation layer positioned on the first redistribution layer; a second redistribution layer positioned over the passivation layer, wherein the second redistribution layer is electrically connected to the first redistribution layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic-navigation joint type puncture needle which comprises a head section and needle sections, wherein, the head section is made of stainless steel material with high magnetic conductivity and is connected with the following needle sections coaxially mounted with the head section through a flexible joint; two needle sections are also coaxially connected with each other through a flexible joint; the needle sections are made of non-magnetic stainless steel material; the flexible joints adopts serpentine tubes formed by melting and engraving cobalt-chromium alloy through laser; and both the head section and the needle sections can be bent, but the flexibility of the head section and that of the needle sections are smaller than the flexibility of the flexible joints.

Abstract: According to examples, a processor may place anchor points at determined locations of a digital model of an item to be fabricated by a threedimensional (3D) fabrication system. The anchor points may include points that remain in place during a placement determination of pores on the digital model and may correspond to locations at which pores are or are not to be formed in the digital model. The processor may determine places at which the pores are to be set in the digital model of the item, in which the pores are to be placed to comply with a predefined constraint with respect to each other and the anchor points and may modify the digital model to place the pores at the determined places in the digital model and to add pores at anchor points that correspond to pores in the digital model.

Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may obtain a digital model of an item to be fabricated by a 3D fabrication system. The digital model may include pores or pores are to be added algorithmically to the digital model and the pores traverse a curved section of the digital model. The processor may identify within the digital model, consecutive pores along the curved section that fail to comply with a predefined constraint, in which the predefined constraint may include an inter-pore distance constraint, an inter-pore cross-sectional area constraint, or a combination thereof. The processor may modify the digital model to remove at least some of the identified pores to cause remaining pores along the curved section to comply with the predefined constraint.

Abstract: According to examples, a processor may obtain a digital model of a screen including pores that is to be implemented in a formation of a wet part from a slurry. The processor may obtain a digital model of a feature to be added to the screen, in which the feature is to impart a detail onto the wet part during formation of the wet part and may incorporate the digital model of the feature with the digital model of the screen. The processor may also identify locations in the digital model of the feature that are in line with pores in the digital model of the screen and modify the digital model of the feature to add pores at the identified locations in the digital model of the feature to extend the pores in the digital model of the screen through the digital model of the feature.

Abstract: A medical or dental probe having a resistive, integrally heated tip including a superelastic material such as nickel-titanium alloy. The probe tip provides a nearly continuous, controllable heat, and it may have a narrow, pointed shape. The tip may be heated rapidly, and it provides rapid heating of the instrument, continuous supply of heat for the purpose desired, and concentration of maximum heat at the end of the tip. The added flexibility allows the tip to follow the curvature of a canal of a tooth without the need to pre-bend the tip which increases the working life of the tip and provides for improved packing of the material used to fill the root canal.