Abstract: UV hard-surface disinfection system that is able to disinfect the hard surfaces in a room, while minimizing missed areas due to shadows by providing multiple UV light towers that can be placed in several areas of a room such that shadowed areas are eliminated and that can be transported by a cart that is low to the ground such that the towers may be loaded and unloaded easily by a single operator. The system is able to be controlled remotely, such that during activation of the system, no operator is present, and to automatically cut power to all towers in the event that a person enters the room.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tissue collection apparatus. The tissue collection apparatus comprises a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, a first filter disposed within the housing, a second filter disposed within the housing, the second filter configured to isolate tissue particles of a desired size that pass through the first filter under the application of an aspiration force applied through the housing. A method of harvesting tissue is also disclosed.

Abstract: UV hard-surface disinfection system that is able to disinfect the hard surfaces in a room, while minimizing missed areas due to shadows by providing multiple UV light towers that can be placed in several areas of a room such that shadowed areas are eliminated and that can be transported by a cart that is low to the ground such that the towers may be loaded and unloaded easily by a single operator. The system is able to be controlled remotely, such that during activation of the system, no operator is present, and to automatically cut power to all towers in the event that a person enters the room.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tissue collection apparatus. The tissue collection apparatus comprises a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, a first filter disposed within the housing, a second filter disposed within the housing, the second filter configured to isolate tissue particles of a desired size that pass through the first filter under the application of an aspiration force applied through the housing. A method of harvesting tissue is also disclosed.

Abstract: Surgical instrument RFID tag reading apparatus (10) comprises an interrogation zone (12) for receiving a surgical instrument set (14) comprising: a plurality of surgical instruments, each having a respective RFID tag containing identification information; an RFID tag reader (16); RF antenna (18) arranged to transmit an RF signal (20) and arranged to receive RF return signals from at least some of the RFID tags; guidance apparatus (22) arranged to cause predetermined relative movement between the RFID tags on the surgical instruments and the RF signal; and a controller (24) arranged to: receive the surgical instrument identification information from the RFID tag reader for each RFID tag from which an RF return signal is received; compare the received surgical instrument identification information with a surgical instrument list of the set; and; determine whether surgical instrument identification information has been received for each of the surgical instruments on the surgical instrument list, and if not, gen

Abstract: A composition including (a) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide (T) according to the general formula (Ia) Ra1Ra2N—P(X)(NH2)2??(Ia) wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; Ra1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; Ra2 is H; or Ra1 and Ra2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; and (b) at least one specific herbicide.

Abstract: An ankle-foot orthosis for a lower leg, ankle, and foot of a patient, the ankle-foot orthosis including: a foot plate; a calf-cuff member; and a strut member extending between the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member coupling to an arch region of a medial side of the foot plate and a posterior side of the calf-cuff member, the strut member being formed from layers of carbon fiber and at least one layer of a thermoplastic material.

Abstract: An RFID tag assembly (10) comprising: a passive mount-on-metal RFID tag (12) comprising an integrated circuit chip and an antenna provided on one side (14) of the RFID tag; a mounting base (16) made of an electrically conductive material; and a cover (18) made of a substantially RF transparent material and defining a recess (18a), wherein the RFID tag is mounted on the mounting base with said one side of the RFID tag coupled to a first side of the mounting base and wherein the cover is arranged over the RFID tag such that at least part of the RFID tag is located within the recess and the cover is fixed to the mounting base, such that the mounting base and the cover together encapsulate the RFID tag.

Abstract: A secure vehicle communication system relies on credentials to provide security. A credential includes a private key and a digital certificate. A generic credential file format that is generalized to hold information from multiple credential file formats is provided. Various optimizations enhance the efficiency of the security system, keys may be pre-derived to reduce latency and digital certificates may be sorted and pre-loaded to reduce start-up time. An API may be provided to provide a common interface that abstracts away hardware dependency of secure hardware.

Abstract: UV hard-surface disinfection system that is able to disinfect the hard surfaces in a room, while minimizing missed areas due to shadows by providing multiple UV light towers that can be placed in several areas of a room such that shadowed areas are eliminated and that can be transported by a cart that is low to the ground such that the towers may be loaded and unloaded easily by a single operator. The system is able to be controlled remotely, such that during activation of the system, no operator is present, and to automatically cut power to all towers in the event that a person enters the room.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein in which multi-level square wave excitation signals are used instead of or in addition to fully-analog excitation signals to drive an array of transceiver elements to create a sound field. Use of multi-level square wave excitation signals produces acceptable transceiver output with reduced complexity, cost, and/or power consumption as compared with use of fully-analog excitation signals. In addition, use of such signals facilitates system implementation using application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and is not as restricted in voltage level and speed. At the same time, the benefits and applications of fully-analog excitation signals (e.g., acoustic holography, beam superposition, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvements, suppression of parasitic modes, increased material penetration, potential for coded pulsing algorithms and suppression of side lobes in ultrasonic field) can still be achieved with multi-level square wave excitation signals.

Abstract: UV hard-surface disinfection system that is able to disinfect the hard surfaces in a room, while minimizing missed areas due to shadows by providing multiple UV light towers that can be placed in several areas of a room such that shadowed areas are eliminated and that can be transported by a cart that is low to the ground such that the towers may be loaded and unloaded easily by a single operator. The system is able to be controlled remotely, such that during activation of the system, no operator is present, and to automatically cut power to all towers in the event that a person enters the room.

Abstract: A system and method to generate, collect, archive and/or agglomerate specific sensory, audio, gps, and video content which may be distributed time synched with and to augment the broadcast of an event, the event within the confines of an event site. Collecting the data with digital capture devices (DCA) mounted on at least two of drones, humans and fixed; collecting positional data on each DCA relative to an object at the event site; transmitting the captured data via signal communications to a sever; processing the captured data at the servers; and at least one of editing, archiving, distributing and transmitting a data feed stream generated from the DCA data.

Abstract: An insulation system includes insulation support wires connected to wooden structural members that support roof sheathing. Insulation batts are disposed between the wooden structural members and on the insulation support wire. Portions of the insulation batts are disposed directly under bottommost surfaces of the wooden structural members.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a housing for operating a camera having a lens and a camera body. The housing includes a main portion defining a cavity for receiving the camera body, wherein the main portion has a front wall and a rear opening, and a closure portion releasably connected to the main portion to close the rear opening. The front wall has a lens opening for receiving the camera lens when the camera is within the cavity of the main portion, and the housing includes a homogeneous mass of rubber material.

Abstract: Described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically disambiguating author names for a plurality of publications so as to create clusters of author name mentions that are with high probability associated with a single author identity for each cluster. Also described are systems and methods for assigning the clusters to respective unique author identities, automatically and/or based on human input (e.g., as received from authors, co-authors, or administrative curators).

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for off-site user access control to communications services via a site-based communications network. Embodiments operate in context of sites, each having one or more site-based networks in communication with external networks via one or more on-site routers. User devices are provided with controlled access to those external networks via wired or wireless connections between those user devices and the site based networks. In some embodiments, on-site routers maintain route maps that indicate which user devices are authorized. Standard routing functions are used so that traffic from authorized devices is routed normally, while traffic from unauthorized devices is automatically forwarded to an off-site (e.g., cloud-based) authentication system. As devices become remotely authenticated, the off-site authentication system can remotely update route maps of the on-site routers to add those devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for off-site user access control to communications services via a site-based communications network. Embodiments operate in context of sites, each having one or more site-based networks in communication with external networks via one or more on-site routers. User devices are provided with controlled access to those external networks via wired or wireless connections between those user devices and the site based networks. In some embodiments, on-site routers maintain route maps that indicate which user devices are authorized. Standard routing functions are used so that traffic from authorized devices is routed normally, while traffic from unauthorized devices is automatically forwarded to an off-site (e.g., cloud-based) authentication system. As devices become remotely authenticated, the off-site authentication system can remotely update route maps of the on-site routers to add those devices.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor assembly includes a flexible supporting material that has flexibility configured for allowing bending of the supporting material to conform to a cylindrical shape of a pipe. The assembly includes a plurality of operable sensor elements arranged in a matrix formation upon the flexible supporting material. The matrix formation includes a plurality of rows of the sensor elements and a plurality of columns of the sensor elements. The flexible supporting material is configured for placement of the columns of the matrix formation to extend along the elongation of the pipe and the flexible supporting material is configured for placement of the rows of the matrix formation to extend transverse to the elongation of the pipe. The flexible support material is configured to flex for positioning the sensor elements within each row in a respective arc that follows a curve of the cylinder shape of the pipe.

Abstract: The wheelchair mountable tank carrier comprises a holder and a support. The holder is a container that is adapted to hold an oxygen tank. The holder is attached to the support, which is a structure that is adapted to attach to a wheel chair. The wheelchair mountable tank carrier is designed to collapse with the wheelchair when the wheelchair is collapsed.