Abstract: An assembly of a medical delivery device includes an inner sleeve including a flange at a proximal end. The flange includes one or more through holes. The assembly also includes an outer sleeve movably coupled to the inner sleeve. A distal tip of the outer sleeve includes a plurality of openings for delivering an adhesive to a treatment site. The assembly further includes a cavity formed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve and configured to hold the adhesive prior to the delivering. The assembly yet further includes one or more actuators connected to a proximal end of the outer sleeve and extended via the one or more through holes to a handle of the medical delivery device. Actuation of the one or more actuators moves one of the inner sleeve or the outer sleeve relative to the other to cause the delivering of the adhesive.

Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems maintain network membership information for a host when it is disconnected from a controller. When the host detects a loss of connectivity with the network controller, the host identifies and selects one or more hosts that are members of a control logical network. The control logical network includes hosts configured to run data compute nodes that are members of the overlay network, regardless of whether or not each of the hosts is currently running a data compute node that is a member of the overlay network. The host then sends any broadcast, unknown destination, or multicast (BUM) data packet(s) to the selected one or more hosts.

Abstract: A medical device includes a handle with a primary actuator and one or more secondary actuators, an end cap configured to be coupled to a distal end of another medical device and including stationary and movable portions, one or more patches that are coupled to the movable portion, one or more control elements coupling the primary actuator to the movable portion; and one or more actuation elements. The one or more actuation elements extend from the one or more secondary actuators to a position between a portion of the one or more patches and the movable portion of the end cap. Movement of the primary actuator moves the movable portion of the end cap relative to the stationary portion of the end cap, and movement of the one or more secondary actuators at least partially deploys the one or more patches from the movable portion of the end cap.

Abstract: A medical device includes a handle including a main body and a movable body, a sheath element coupled to the handle, an actuation element disposed within the sheath element, an end cap configured to be coupled to a distal end of another medical device, and a patch positioned on the end cap and coupled to the actuation element. The patch includes a mesh and an expandable structure coupled to the mesh. The expandable structure is configured to be coupled to the actuation element, and the expandable structure is further configured to cause the mesh to retract and expand.

Abstract: A medical device, comprising a handle, wherein the handle includes a movable body and a stationary body; an end cap, the end cap comprising an inner cap and an outer cap, wherein the inner cap is coupled to the movable body by a control element such that movement of the movable body relative to the stationary body extends the inner cap relative to the outer cap; and a patch disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap such that movement of the inner cap relative to the outer cap at least partially deploys the patch.

Abstract: A medical device includes a handle, an end cap, and a patch. The handle includes a movable body and a stationary body. The movable body includes an actuation member. The end cap is configured to be coupled to a distal end of a scope. The patch is movable relative to the end cap. The patch is coupled to the movable body via one or more control elements such that movement of the movable body extends the patch from the end cap. The patch is further coupled to the actuation member via one or more actuation elements such that movement of the actuation member extends, bows, or bends the one or more actuation elements to at least partially deploy the patch.

Abstract: A medical device that includes a handle including a plurality of actuators. The handle defines a longitudinal axis extending through a distal end of the handle. The device includes a shaft extending from the handle and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft. A first actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to actuate the end effector in response to translation of the first actuator relative to the handle along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis. A second actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to deflect the end effector relative to the shaft in response to pivoting the second actuator about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis. A third actuator of the plurality of actuators is configured to rotate the end effector relative to the shaft in response to rotation of the third actuator relative to the handle about the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A method for managing a memory associated with PCIe SSD including: generating memory pools of equal size from a predefined size of contiguous physical memory, each of the memory pools manages a memory request of different size and is associated with a respective predefined size of memory request; dividing each of the memory pools into first set of memory pages, each having a size equal to maximum size among the predefined size of the memory request associated with the respective memory pool; dividing each of the first set of memory pages into second set of memory pages, each having a size equal to the predefined size of the memory request associated with respective memory pool; and managing the contiguous physical memory by allocating a memory page from the second set of memory pages fora memory request corresponding to the size of the second set of memory pages.

Abstract: A device includes an elongated hollow member having an open distal end for receiving tissue therein and at least one exterior groove for loading at least one ligation band thereon. The device also includes a band deployment sleeve slidable over the exterior of the hollow member and configured to move from a radially expanded position to a radially contracted position in which, when the band deployment sleeve slides longitudinally over the hollow member, the distal portion engages the at least one ligation band. A closing sleeve slidable over the exterior of the band deployment sleeve is configured to constrain the distal portion from the radially expanded position into the radially contracted position. Retracting the closing sleeve proximally over the distal portion of the band deployment sleeve releases the distal portion from the radially contracted position into the radially expanded position.

Abstract: A computerized-method for gauging agent's self-assessment effectiveness, is provided herein. The computerized-method includes for each interaction (i) operating a Self-assessment Consolidation module to calculate a confidence-interval for each data-point of one or more preconfigured data-points, and (ii) operating a Self-assessment Divergence Determinant (SDD) module. The operating of the SDD includes: retrieving one or more data-points of the interaction; for each data-point retrieving the confidence interval; setting a divergence-indicator as zero, when the data point is within the confidence-interval; setting the divergence-indicator as a subtraction of the data point from the calculated lower-bound, when the data-point is lower than the lower-bound of the confidence-interval; and setting the divergence-indicator as a subtraction of the calculated upper-bound from the data-point, when the data-point is greater than the upper-bound of the confidence-interval.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to performing automated software testing configuration management operations. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes generating a graph data structure including nodes representing test steps across test cases of a software testing data object for a software application platform and including segments each connecting two nodes and representing test cases having the two represented test steps. The method further includes receiving a query describing a testing change and generating extracted features from the query. The method further includes generating test outcome requirements and graph portions of the graph data structure relevant to the testing change using supervised machine learning models and the extracted features.

Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein enable a guest operating system (OS) to access and use a media processing component configured on a host OS. The guest OS provides, via an API, a request to create an instance of the media processing component (e.g., a codec, an encryption/decryption component, a DRM component). In association with the request, the guest OS allocates space in memory for media data that is to be processed by the instance of the media processing component configured on the host OS. The guest OS stores the input media data in the allocated memory and provides, via the API, reference(s) to locations of the allocated memory. The reference(s) to the locations of the allocated memory enable the host OS to retrieve the input media data and process the input media data using the instance of the media processing component configured on the host OS.

Abstract: A medical device includes opposing first and second end effectors coupled together to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration, a first link with a distal end pivotally connected to a proximal end of the first end effector, the first link including a first slot at a proximal end of the first link, a second link with a distal end pivotally connected to a proximal end of the second end effector, and a first actuator pin slidable within the first slot.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure channel selection for multi-factor authentication using non-fungible electronic resources.

Abstract: A guidewire assembly may include a handle assembly including: a handle body; a shaft extending through the handle body; and an actuator. The guidewire assembly may further include a tube extending distally from the handle assembly and including a proximal portion and a distal portion; and an interior body extending from the handle assembly through the tube to the distal portion of the tube, wherein the interior body is coupled to the shaft. The shaft may be configured to move longitudinally through the handle body as the actuator is rotated to move interior body longitudinally through the tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to method and system for intoxication examination of an operator for operating an asset. The method includes receiving input data corresponding to the operator prior to operating the asset from one of an asset or a client device; determining an intoxication score of the operator based on the input data using a Machine Learning (ML) model; determining permissibility of operating an asset for the operator through a plurality of predefined rules using the ML model; assigning the asset to the operator when the asset operation is determined to be permissible for the operator; transmitting authorization information to the assigned asset; authorizing, by the asset, the operator to operate the asset based on the authorization information; upon authorization, monitoring in real-time, the operator during the asset operation from real-time video data of the operator to check for compliance of the asset operation with the conditions of operation.

Abstract: A method for removing a heavy metal from water includes subjecting a microbial solution containing a liquid culture of a urease-producing bacterial strain and a reaction solution containing a manganese compound and urea to a microbial-induced precipitation reaction, so as to obtain biomineralized manganese carbonate (MnCO3) particles, admixing the biomineralized MnCO3 particles with water containing a heavy metal, so that the biomineralized MnCO3 particles adsorb the heavy metal in the water to form a precipitate, and removing the precipitate from the water.

Abstract: To improve resource utilization efficiency of query compliance check, which is check as to whether a query complies with a restriction imposed on data. The query compliance check is roughly divided into data flow policy check as to whether a data flow policy that defines a restriction on data transfer within a county or between countries is complied with, and organization rule check as to whether an organization rule that defines a restriction on sharing outside an organization is complied with, which are hierarchically configured. By analyzing a received query, a system identifies one or more data items as target input/output (I/O) data according to the query, and executes the data flow policy check on the identified one or more data items. When a result of the data flow policy check is false, the system returns a result that the query is compliance violation without executing the organization rule check.

Abstract: An energy conversion device includes a cathode, an anode including an aluminium-magnesium alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode. The alkaline electrolyte includes an electrolyte additive that includes zinc oxide, L-cysteine, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A machine learning model trained with a triplet loss function classifies input strings into one of multiple hierarchical categories. The machine learning model is pre-trained using masking language modeling on a corpus of unlabeled strings. The machine learning module includes an attention-based bi-directional transformer layer. Following initial training, the machine learning model is refined by additional training with a loss function that includes cross-entropy loss and triplet loss. This provides a deep learning solution to classify input strings into one or more hierarchical categories. Embeddings generated from inputs to the machine learning model capture language similarities that can be visualized in a cartesian plane where strings with similar meanings are grouped together.