Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary blood pump including a housing having an internal chamber, a blood inlet port and a blood outlet port, a rotor including a plurality of blades and being adapted to rotate within the chamber. The pump includes a bearing system for controlling the position of the rotor wherein the bearing system includes one or more permanent magnets embedded in the rotor and one or more electromagnetic field inducing means embedded in the housing. The magnets embedded in the rotor are influenced by the electromagnetic field inducing means embedded in the housing for controlling the position of the rotor relative to the internal chamber of the housing and for driving rotation of the impeller within the chamber of the housing.

Abstract: A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.

Abstract: A cover or joiner is configured to cover the respective channels and/or joins between adjacent thermal insulation panels of a structural fire protection system, such as for marine vessel deckheads and bulkheads. The cover or joiner can include an elongate member, such as a strip, that includes intumescent insulation, and optionally can include one or more fastener arrangements, such as use of holes for attaching the cover or joiner to the underlying thermal insulation panels and support framework. The cover or joiner can be insulated with 6 mm thick intumescent insulation material and attached (e.g., screwed) to the framework. A front face of the cover or joiner (front facing away from the panels) can be of metal, such as stainless steel or galvanised steel.

Abstract: A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.

Abstract: A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.

Abstract: A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.

Abstract: Systems and media for transitioning compression levels of a streaming image system include a machine-accessible medium of a storage device containing instructions for transitioning compression levels between image frames in a streaming image system. Embodiments may include receiving client information from a client of an interactive streaming image system, generating a new image frame based on the received information, determining an initial compression level, comparing the new image frame to a previous frame to determine whether content changed, performing a smoothing heuristic by generating a multi-frame smoothing routine by increasing image quality in response to no change of content and decreasing image quality in response to a change in content, setting the new compression level based on the multi-frame smoothing routine, and encoding and transmitting the new image frame and compression level to a client.

Abstract: Systems, methods and media for managing an interactive streaming image system are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for generating, encoding, and transmitting image frames to an interactive client are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for streaming images from a server to a client. Embodiments may include receiving from the client via a network client information and generating a new image frame based on the received client information. Embodiments may also include comparing the new image frame and a previous image frame and setting a new compression level based on the comparison between the new image frame and the previous image frame. Embodiments may also include encoding the new image frame based on the new compression level and transmitting the encoded new image frame and an indication of the new compression level to the client via the network.

Abstract: Systems and media for transitioning compression levels of a streaming image system include a machine-accessible medium of a storage device containing instructions for transitioning compression levels between image frames in a streaming image system. Embodiments may include receiving client information from a client of an interactive streaming image system, generating a new image frame based on the received information, determining an initial compression level, comparing the new image frame to a previous frame to determine whether content changed, performing a smoothing heuristic by generating a multi-frame smoothing routine by increasing image quality in response to no change of content and decreasing image quality in response to a change in content, setting the new compression level based on the multi-frame smoothing routine, and encoding and transmitting the new image frame and compression level to a client.

Abstract: Methods for transitioning compression levels of a streaming image system are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for transitioning compression levels between image frames in a streaming image system. Embodiments may include receiving by a smoothing module a request for a new compression level associated with an image frame. Embodiments may also generally include performing by the smoothing module a smoothing heuristic by generating a multi-frame smoothing routine based on an initial compression level, a target compression level, and a number of frames to achieve the target compression level. Embodiments may also include setting by the smoothing module the new compression level for the image frame based on the generated multi-frame smoothing routine. Further embodiments may include transmitting by the smoothing module an indication of the new compression level to a content encoder.

Abstract: Methods for managing an interactive streaming image system are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for generating, encoding, and transmitting image frames to an interactive client are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for streaming images from a server to a client. Embodiments may include receiving from the client via a network client information and generating a new image frame based on the received client information. Embodiments may also include comparing the new image frame and a previous image frame and setting a new compression level based on the comparison between the new image frame and the previous image frame. Embodiments may also include encoding the new image frame based on the new compression level and transmitting the encoded new image frame and an indication of the new compression level to the client via the network.

Abstract: Systems, methods and media for managing an interactive streaming image system are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for generating, encoding, and transmitting image frames to ah interactive client are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for streaming images from a server to a client. Embodiments may include receiving from the client via a network client information and generating a new image frame based on the received client information. Embodiments may also include comparing the new image frame and a previous image frame and setting a new compression level based on the comparison between the new image frame and the previous image frame. Embodiments may also include encoding the new image frame based on the new compression level and transmitting the encoded new image frame and an indication of the new compression level to the client via the network.

Abstract: Embodiments of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an enteric material are disclosed. The embodiments release at least a portion of an active ingredient upon contacting gastric fluid. The remaining portion of the formulation releases active ingredient upon contacting intestinal fluid. Certain embodiments of the pharmaceutical composition comprise at least one active ingredient in a core and a leaky enteric coating, such as an enteric coating comprising a gastric fluid channeling agent. Other embodiments of the pharmaceutical composition comprise at least one active ingredient substantially homogeneously admixed with at least one enteric material, such as an enteric material comprising a gastric fluid channeling agent. Disclosed embodiments of the pharmaceutical composition may comprise a single active ingredient, or may comprise plural active ingredients. Generally, but not necessarily, the active ingredient has a window of absorption.

Abstract: A plunger switch comprises a switch body housing a first contact element, a second contact element and an elongate plunger. The first contact element is partially housed in the switch body and extends out for operative communication with a circuit. The second contact element is movable along a longitudinal axis of the switch body and is aligned to contact the first contact element through movement. The elongate plunger is movable along the longitudinal axis of the switch body, and is able to be completely recessed in the switch body. Movement of the plunger in a first direction facilitates contact between the first and second contact elements. The contact elements contact at contact portions. At least a pair of the contact portions may have ridged surfaces that are oriented so as to have intersecting points at contact and configured to perform oxidation cleanup. At least a pair of the contact portions may include silver nitride.

Abstract: A method of coating a pharmaceutical substrate which is not a hot-melt coating by fluid bed method comprises applying a molten coating material to the pharmaceutical substrate wherein the substrate is coated with the coating material; optionally applying to the coated substrate the same or different molten coating material, and optionally repeating the second applying step; wherein the coated substrate contains an antigen or a pharmaceutical agent or drug; and wherein the molten coating contains less than 10% solvent. Coated substrates include those made by this process.

Abstract: An expandable crate, such as an expandable animal crate, is disclosed that optionally is expandable and collapsible in multi-dimensions, most preferably in three dimensions, and has a usable interior space in the collapsed or expanded or in-between states. That is, the crate may be expanded or collapsed in one dimension, or two dimensions, or three dimensions, or even more than three dimensions. The size of the crate is adjustable by expansion or collapsing to provide a variety of sizes for use.

Abstract: A cooking device for cooking an item where the device includes an input for a source of cooking energy; a cooking element for applying the cooking energy to the item; a cooking control for controlling the application of the cooking energy to the item; a lockout selectable for preventing application of the cooking energy to the cooking element, the lockout being non-selectable when the cooking control is activated; and a user interface, the interface providing an indication of selection of the lockout in response to a user attempt to activate the cooking control when the lockout is selected.

Abstract: A method of making microcapsules including activating a fluid ejector at a frequency greater than 10 kilohertz where each activation of the fluid ejector generates essentially a drop, and the fluid ejector is fluidically coupled to a first fluid including a core component. The method further includes ejecting the drop of the first fluid into a second fluid, the drop having a volume. In addition, the method includes generating a microcapsule, that includes the core component, in the second fluid for each drop of the first fluid ejected.

Abstract: A method of dispensing a medicament. A treatment plan having at least two rates of action for a medicament may be provided. A droplet characteristic corresponding to each rate of action may be selected. Medicament droplets having each droplet characteristic may be ejected into a mucosal tract according to the treatment plan, thereby allowing the medicament to act at two or more rates.