Abstract: Wireless earpieces having external antenna features are described. The wireless earpiece can include a housing in which various earpiece componentry is housed. The housing includes a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and various peripheral side wall segments that extend around the first and second major surfaces to thereby form an enclosed housing. The entirety of an anterior portion of the peripheral side wall can serve as the antenna for the wireless earpiece. The entirety of a posterior portion of the peripheral side wall can serve as a grounding element for the wireless earpiece. The grounding element can also extend to include portions of the inferior and superior portions of the peripheral side wall.

Abstract: A method of forming a plurality of diamonds provides a base, epitaxially forms a first sacrificial layer on the base, and then epitaxially forms a first diamond layer on the first sacrificial layer. The first sacrificial layer has a first material composition, and the first diamond layer is a material that is different from the first material composition. The method then epitaxially forms a second sacrificial layer on the first diamond layer, and epitaxially forms a second diamond layer on the second sacrificial layer. The second sacrificial layer has the first material composition. The base, first and second sacrificial layers, and first and second diamond layers form a heteroepitaxial super-lattice.

Abstract: A wireless communication adapter device includes an enclosure and a communication device base. The communication device base includes a first switch and a wireless communication transceiver. The communication device base is inserted into the enclosure so that the communication device base can move along an axis within the enclosure from a first base position and a second base position. Such movement actuates the first switch against the enclosure to initiate one or more communication operations of the wireless communication transceiver in the communication device base.

Abstract: A method anneals one or more diamonds. The method provides a furnace having a chamber with a heating element configured to radiatively heat a diamond. The diamond is positioned within the chamber, and levels of gas within the chamber are modulated to achieve a prescribed pressure. The diamond is heated to a prescribed temperature using a given heating ramp rate. The given heating ramp rate is greater than about 60° C. per minute and less than about 800° C. per minute. The prescribed temperature is greater than about 1,350° C. and less than about 2,200° C. The prescribed pressure is greater than 1×10{circumflex over (?)}?9 Torr and less than about 550 Torr.

Abstract: A pet medical text recognizer may include one or more machine learning classifiers. The one or more machine learning classifiers may be trained using training data to associate raw text with pet clinical event codes. A performance metric may be provided, and the highest performing classifier according to the performance metric may be selected as the model for the pet medical text recognizer. The pet medical text recognizer may accept input text from a veterinary practice management system and generate a pet clinical event code for the text. A set of codes associated with a single pet may be aggregated into a pet health record.

Abstract: An audio device includes one or more earcups, at least one of the earcups including a boom connector port, a connection detector connected to the boom connector port and configured to detect a connection state at the boom connector port, one or more first microphones positioned in the one or more earcups, audio processing circuitry, and a microphone switch controller connected to the connection detector and configured to connect audio processing circuitry to one of the one or more first microphones or the boom connector port based on the detected connection state of the boom connector port.

Abstract: Technology for a user interface that supports an access control mechanism for network sharing. An example method involves providing a user interface comprising media items and media availability indicators, wherein a media availability indicator indicates one or more states of a media item; updating the media availability indicator to represent that an encrypted version of the media item and a wrapped key have been received over a connection, wherein the wrapped key was encrypted using a public key of a server; enabling the user interface to initiate the transmission of the wrapped key to the server, wherein the wrapped key comprises a cryptographic key for the encrypted version of the media item; receiving the cryptographic key that is unwrapped by the server using a private key of the server; and updating the media availability indicator of the user interface to represent the media item is available to be experienced.

Abstract: An embodiment is an article configured to inhibit or prevent pathogen growth. The article includes an inner layer configured to face a wearer's skin when the face covering article is applied to the face of the wearer; a middle layer adjacent to the inner layer; and an outer protection layer adjacent to the middle layer and opposite the inner layer and comprising a substrate and metal particles in the substrate, wherein the metal particles are configured to inhibit or prevent pathogen growth.

Abstract: A pet medical text recognizer may include one or more machine learning classifiers. The one or more machine learning classifiers may be trained using training data to associate raw text with pet clinical event codes. A performance metric may be provided, and the highest performing classifier according to the performance metric may be selected as the model for the pet medical text recognizer. The pet medical text recognizer may accept input text from a veterinary practice management system and generate a pet clinical event code for the text. A set of codes associated with a single pet may be aggregated into a pet health record.

Abstract: An audio device includes one or more earcups, at least one of the earcups including a boom connector port, a connection detector connected to the boom connector port and configured to detect a connection state at the boom connector port, one or more first microphones positioned in the one or more earcups, audio processing circuitry, and a microphone switch controller connected to the connection detector and configured to connect audio processing circuitry to one of the one or more first microphones or the boom connector port based on the detected connection state of the boom connector port.

Abstract: Disclosed is an angioplasty balloon catheter and method of use, said angioplasty balloon catheter includes an elongated tip end with physical characteristics nearly identical to a standard angiographic diagnostic catheter. The elongated tip end extends approximately between 2 cm to 75 cm beyond a distal end of a balloon, depending upon embodiments. The tip of the elongated tip end may be angled or straight depending upon embodiments and may or may not have a plurality of side holes in addition to an end hole depending on embodiments. The elongated tip end permits the angioplasty balloon catheter to tract more easily across tortuous or markedly angulated segments of a dialysis graft or fistula, minimizing complications that can result with currently available devices. If angulated, the elongated tip end also enables a user to selectively catheterize an artery without needing a separate diagnostic catheter to do so, and enable tracking and cornering across sharply angulated vessel segments.

Abstract: A wireless communication adapter device includes an enclosure and a communication device base. The communication device base includes a first switch and a wireless communication transceiver. The communication device base is inserted into the enclosure so that the communication device base can move along an axis within the enclosure from a first base position and a second base position. Such movement actuates the first switch against the enclosure to initiate one or more communication operations of the wireless communication transceiver in the communication device base.

Abstract: A wireless communication adapter device includes an enclosure and a communication device base. The communication device base includes a first switch and a wireless communication transceiver. The communication device base is inserted into the enclosure so that the communication device base can move along an axis within the enclosure from a first base position and a second base position. Such movement actuates the first switch against the enclosure to initiate one or more communication operations of the wireless communication transceiver in the communication device base.

Abstract: A wireless communication adapter device includes an enclosure and a communication device base. The communication device base includes a first switch and a wireless communication transceiver. The communication device base is inserted into the enclosure so that the communication device base can move along an axis within the enclosure from a first base position and a second base position. Such movement actuates the first switch against the enclosure to initiate one or more communication operations of the wireless communication transceiver in the communication device base.