Abstract: An articulable sleep system has a first head section, a second head section, and a joined leg section that are each separable articulable. A head motor system includes a first and second head motors operably connected to the first and second head sections. A leg motor system includes first and second leg motors operably connected to the joined leg section. A first user controlling device is hard wired to each of the first head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor. A second user controlling device hard wired to each of the second head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor.

Abstract: A disposable or reusable length adjustable tubular retractor, a surgical system, and a tube breaker for adjusting the length of the length adjustable tubular retractor are provided. The length adjustable tubular retractor includes a cylindrical body and at least one or a plurality of grooves or through slots or a combination thereof circumferentially disposed along the cylindrical body at predetermined positions. Each of the at least one or a plurality of grooves, through slots, or a combination thereof is configured such that the cylindrical body is breakable at each of the predetermined positions to form a size-selected length adjustable tubular retractor. A surgical system includes the length adjustable tubular retractor and a retractor handle.

Abstract: Display units for prioritizing requested operational updates are disclosed. A control subsystem is in electronic communication with an electronic display, sensor(s), and a thermal management subsystem. The control subsystem operates the display unit based on operational parameters which are specific to readings from the one or more sensors. Requests to update operational parameters for the display unit are received at the control subsystem and are prioritized for implementation.

Abstract: A spinal fixation construct for aligning vertebral bodies includes a bone screw, a spinal rod, a flexible member, and a fixation member. The spinal rod is disposed within a saddle portion of a housing of the bone screw, and includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end. The spinal rod is formed from a first material having a first modulus of elasticity. The flexible member is coupled to the spinal rod, and includes an elongated body having a first end portion and a second end portion. The flexible member is formed from a second material having a second modulus of elasticity that is different from the first modulus of elasticity. The fixation member includes a threaded body portion and a head portion defining a hole therethrough. A portion of the flexible member extends through the hole of the head portion.

Abstract: An article of footwear for use in ice skating comprising a boot shell structured to accommodate a wearer's foot and having a medial forefoot portion, a lateral forefoot portion, a medial quarter/midfoot portion, a lateral quarter/midfoot portion, a sole portion, a lateral ankle portion, a medial ankle portion, and a heel portion, the boot shell further including a cuff/tendon guard attached to the boot shell or to a flexible rail portion attached to the heel portion of the boot shell. An article of footwear for use in ice skating including a removable liner disposed in a boot shell and a plate reinforcement portion attached to the removable liner to provide lateral stiffness. An article of footwear for use in ice skating including at least one compressible structure disposed in a boot shell.

Abstract: A furniture piece includes a first furniture subassembly, a first fitting on the first furniture subassembly, a second furniture subassembly, and a second fitting on the second furniture subassembly. The second fitting is selectively attachable to the first fitting to secure the first furniture subassembly to the second furniture subassembly. One of the first fitting and the second fitting is a sliding interference slot with an open end and a blind end, and the other of the first fitting and the second fitting is a sliding tongue slidably introducible in the open end of the interference slot.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first and second elongate member that can releasably couple together to in order to cooperate to clamp and staple tissue, a latch member that can latch the first and second elongate member to clamp tissue, a firing assembly that can sever and staple clamped tissue, and a clamp force measuring assembly. The clamp force measuring assembly can measure a parameter associated with a clamping force imparted on the first and second stapling surfaces while clamping tissue, and process and communicate the measured parameter to be compared with a predetermined limit associated with successful staple formation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing computer-aided surgical navigation using augmented reality are disclosed. An augmented reality marker assembly including a tracking marker configured for use with an augmented reality system is configured to be attached to a tracking device at a fixed orientation. The tracking marker includes a contrasting three-dimensional surface. The system can sense and determine a three-dimensional orientation of the augmented reality marker and the tracking device in their respective reference frames.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aqueous formulation comprising as an active ingredient a carbamate compound of Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, poloxamer, and an aqueous carrier, wherein the aqueous formulation is in the form of a suspension formulation.

Abstract: The disclosure provides nucleic acids (comprising AAV expression cassettes), AAV vectors, and compositions for use in methods for treating and/or delaying the onset of diseases associated with mutations in genes, such as PKP2, associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Also, provided herein are methods for treating and/or delaying the onset of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.

Abstract: The disclosure provides CARs (CARs) that specifically bind to CD70. The disclosure further relates to engineered immune cells comprising such CARs, CAR-encoding nucleic acids, and methods of making such CARs, engineered immune cells, and nucleic acids. The disclosure further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these CARs and engineered immune cells comprising these CARs for the treatment of a condition associated with malignant cells expressing CD70 (e.g., cancer).

Abstract: A device for distributing flow through a shell side of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, the device comprising a shell-side flow distributor configured to direct flow through all zones of a tube-bundle positioned in the shell, the shell-side flow distributor comprising an inlet flow distributor configured to direct flow from an inlet nozzle to all zones of the tube-bundle, the inlet flow distributor comprising an inlet distributor plate positioned proximate to the inlet nozzle in the shell side; and one or more window distributor plates, each window distributor plate comprising a window extending through a thickness of the window distributor plate, wherein the one or more window distributor plates are arranged in a vertical stack adjacent to the inlet distributor plate; and a flow guidance system, the flow guidance system disposed in the tube-bundle, wherein the flow guidance system comprises one or more flow guidance plates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are device, method, and computer program product embodiments for tracking the location of a device and corresponding tracked object and visually broadcasting their location. A device may transmit a signal via ultra-wideband, when moving, or Bluetooth low energy, when stationary, communication protocols to a mobile computing device. The signal can be used to triangulate the location of the device. The determined location information allows a device management system to track the location of devices and objects in a tracking environment. The device may receive instruction from the mobile computing device and/or device management system to illuminate and visually broadcast the location of the device and tracked object. The combination of the location and visual broadcast may allow a user to easily identify the device and tracked object in an environment with multiple tracked objects and location data alone may be insufficient for efficient identification.

Abstract: A cyber security system that protects against cyber threats including a synthetic clone of a voice of a speaker can include several components. A deep learning model is trained to analyze an audio file and produce one or more embeddings of the audio file. One or more AI classifiers are trained to analyze the one or more embeddings of the audio file from the deep learning model to determine whether it is likely that the voice of the speaker engaging with a user is real or the synthetic clone of the voice of the speaker. The voice clone detection bot can be resident on a computing device of the user and can integrate with different sources of audio data on the computing device of the user in order to collect the audio file containing an attempt to synthetically clone the voice of the speaker protected by the cyber security system.

Abstract: A method is disclosed and includes executing an integrated application comprising an SDK (software development kit) on a user device with a processor. The method includes determining, by the SDK and the processor on the user device, an checksum for the integrated application, validating, by the SDK in the user device, the integrated application using the determined checksum, and responsive to validating the determined checksum, performing, by the integrated application on the user device, an action.

Abstract: The present application describes a payload management system that routes a payload item associated with an individual from an origin to a destination. In some examples, the payload item is routed from the origin to the destination separate from a travel itinerary associated with the individual. For example, the payload item can be routed via a vehicle other than a VTOL aircraft that is assigned to the individual for a multi-modal transportation service.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing method. The method comprises obtaining a first velocity of one or more parts of a second image frame between a first image frame and the second image frame. The first image frame and the second image frame are frames for display at a head mounted display, HMD. The method further comprises receiving motion data indicative of motion of the HMD between a display time of the first image frame and a display time of the second image frame, adjusting the first velocity based on the received motion data to determine an adjusted velocity of the one or more parts of the second image frame between the first image frame and the second image frame, and performing one or more image processing operations on the second image frame based on the adjusted velocity of the one or more parts of the second image frame.

Abstract: A multi-view input image covering multiple sampled views is received. A multi-view layered image stack is generated from the multi-view input image. A target view of a viewer to an image space depicted by the multi-view input image is determined based on user pose data. The target view is used to select user pose selected sampled views from among the multiple sampled views. Layered images for the user pose selected sampled views, along with alpha maps and beta scale maps for the user pose selected sampled views are encoded into a video signal to cause a recipient device of the video signal to generate a display image for rendering on the image display.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method for the preparation of an electrode assembly, include removing a population of negative electrode subunits from a negative electrode sheet, the negative electrode sheet comprising a negative electrode sheet edge margin and at least one negative electrode sheet weakened region that is internal to the negative electrode sheet edge margin, removing a population of separator layer subunits from a separator sheet, and removing a population of positive electrode subunits from a positive electrode sheet, the positive electrode sheet comprising a positive electrode edge margin and at least one positive electrode sheet weakened region that is internal to the positive electrode sheet edge margin, and stacking members of the negative electrode subunit population, the separator layer subunit population and the positive electrode subunit population in a stacking direction to form a stacked population of unit cells.

Abstract: Methods and device to implement the use of proximity sensor data and time-averaging specific absorption rate methods in determining whether to apply or remove a power back-off to a radio frequency transmitter. The methods and devices may be configured to detect whether a body is proximately located based on obtained proximity sensor data; define an upper threshold for a radio frequency (RF) transmit power and a lower threshold for the RF transmit power; calculate an average power of an RF transmitter over a fixed time period; and based on whether the body is detected, the average power, and a comparison of the average power to the upper threshold or the lower threshold, determine whether to apply or remove a power back-off to the RF transmitter.