Abstract: A hand restraint system includes an elongated member and three handcuffs. A first handcuff of the three handcuffs is mounted to the elongated member at a first end portion of the elongated member, a second handcuff of the three handcuffs is mounted to the elongated member at a second end portion of the elongated member, and a third handcuff of the three handcuffs mounted to the elongated member at the second end portion of the elongated member.

Abstract: A hand restraint system includes an elongated member and three handcuffs. A first handcuff of the three handcuffs is mounted to the elongated member at a first end portion of the elongated member, a second handcuff of the three handcuffs is mounted to the elongated member at a second end portion of the elongated member, and a third handcuff of the three handcuffs mounted to the elongated member at the second end portion of the elongated member.

Abstract: A restraint system includes an elongated member extending between a first end portion and a second end portion. A first handcuff is mounted to the elongated member at the first end portion of the elongated member, and a second handcuff is mounted to the elongated member at the second end portion of the elongated member. A first handle is positioned adjacent the first handcuff, and a second handle is positioned adjacent the second handcuff.

Abstract: An apparatus, methods, and a system for a photonic biosensor are disclosed. The photonic biosensor includes a substrate having a sample addition zone in fluid communication with a wicking zone and a sample detection zone. The substrate also includes an optical input port configured to optically couple to a light source and an optical output port configured to optically couple to a light detector. The photonic biosensor also includes a photonic integrated circuit (“PIC”) connected to the substrate. The PIC includes a first grating coupler aligned with the optical input port, a second grating coupler aligned with the optical output port, at least one waveguide between the first grating coupler and the second grating coupler, and at least one detection element disposed within the at least one waveguide.

Abstract: A restraint system includes an elongated member extending between a first end portion and a second end portion. A first handcuff is mounted to the elongated member at the first end portion of the elongated member, and a second handcuff is mounted to the elongated member at the second end portion of the elongated member. A first handle is positioned adjacent the first handcuff, and a second handle is positioned adjacent the second handcuff.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a biosensor (10) having a photonic sensing device (20), a sheet of a porous material (60), and an optically clear cover layer (70). The optically clear cover layer (70) may be removable and replaceable, whereby the sheet of porous material (60) can be replaced, and the photonic sensing device (20) can be re-used. Detection devices (810, 910) that include the biosensor (10), as well as methods of making and using the biosensor (10) are also disclosed.

Abstract: Photosensitive optical materials are used for establishing more versatile approaches for optical device formation. In some embodiments, unpatterned light is used to shift the index-of-refraction of planar optical structures to shift the index-of-refraction of the photosensitive material to a desired value. This approach can be effective to produce cladding material with a selected index-of-refraction. In additional embodiments gradients in index-of-refraction are formed using photosensitive materials. In further embodiments, the photosensitive materials are patterned within the planar optical structure. Irradiation of the photosensitive material can selectively shift the index-of-refraction of the patterned photosensitive material. By patterning the light used to irradiate the patterned photosensitive material, different optical devices can be selectively activated within the optical structure.

Abstract: Gradient index lenses are described that are integrated within a planar optical structure. The gradient index lens is optically coupled to a planar optical waveguide. In some embodiments, the gradient index lens with variation in index-of-refraction n one dimension is within an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes cladding at least along the edges of the central plane of the gradient index lens. Methods for forming the integrated structures are described. Further optical structures involving the gradient index lenses are also described.

Abstract: A method of forming substrates, e.g., silicon on insulator, silicon on silicon. The method includes providing a donor substrate, e.g., silicon wafer. The method also includes forming a cleave layer on the donor substrate that contains the cleave plane, the plane of eventual separation. In a specific embodiment, the cleave layer comprising silicon germanium. The method also includes forming a device layer (e.g., epitaxial silicon) on the cleave layer. The method also includes introducing particles into the cleave layer to add stress in the cleave layer. The particles within the cleave layer are then redistributed to form a high concentration region of the particles in the vicinity of the cleave plane, where the redistribution of the particles is carried out in a manner substantially free from microbubble or microcavity formation of the particles in the cleave plane. That is, the particles are generally at a low dose, which is defined herein as a lack of microbubble or microcavity formation in the cleave plane.

Abstract: Monolithic optical structures include a plurality of layer with each layer having an isolated optical pathway confined within a portion of the layer. The monolithic optical structure can be used as an optical fiber preform. Alternatively or additionally, the monolithic optical structure can include integrated optical circuits within one or more layers of the structure. Monolithic optical structures can be formed by performing multiple passes of a substrate through a flowing particle stream. The deposited particles form an optical material following consolidation. Flexible optical fibers include a plurality of independent light channels extending along the length of the optical fiber. The fibers can be pulled from an appropriate preform.

Abstract: A computer-based system and method for determining targets to contact in a sales or marketing campaign. The present invention provides a storage device that stores at least one consumer preference table containing one or more entries indicating one or more privacy preferences. Each of the entries in the consumer preference table is preferably associated with one or more preference flags. Each preference flag corresponds to a particular preference, such as do not call or do not email. Alternatively, a preference flag may also correspond to a consumer profile demographic. For example, preference flags can correspond to a consumer's age, ethnicity, profession, income, and interests. A user is able to enter via a user device and interface, a prospective consumer target list of prospective consumers. A campaign management module (CMM) then searches among the entries in the consumer preference table for an entry corresponding to a prospective consumer on the prospective consumer target list.

Abstract: A computer-based system and method for determining targets to contact in a sales or marketing campaign. The present invention provides a storage device that stores at least one consumer preference table containing one or more entries indicating one or more privacy preferences. Each of the entries in the consumer preference table is preferably associated with one or more preference flags. Each preference flag corresponds to a particular preference, such as do not call or do not email. Alternatively, a preference flag may also correspond to a consumer profile demographic. For example, preference flags can correspond to a consumer's age, ethnicity, profession, income, and interests. A user is able to enter via a user device and interface, a prospective consumer target list of prospective consumers. A campaign management module (CMM) then searches among the entries in the consumer preference table for an entry corresponding to a prospective consumer on the prospective consumer target list.

Abstract: Three dimensional optical structures are described that can have various integrations between optical devices within and between layers of the optical structure. Optical turning elements can provide optical pathways between layers of optical devices. Methods are described that provide for great versatility on contouring optical materials throughout the optical structure. Various new optical devices are enabled by the improved optical processing approaches.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mixing at least two reactants is taught wherein a first reactant is delivered to a reaction zone through a first annular flow path and a second reactant is delivered to the reaction zone through a second annular flow path. The first and second annular flow paths are concentric with one another and the two reactants intermix with one another in the reaction zone. There is a rotating disc having a surface, defining one boundary of the reaction zone. The flow of the first and second reactants across the rotating disc and through the reaction zone is generally radial and has a residence time in the reaction zone of not more than about 100 msec, and preferably not more than about 50 msec. The reaction zone resides in a main reactor vessel and there is a driven agitator residing in the main reactor vessel to stir the contents thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mixing at least two reactants is taught wherein a first reactant is delivered to a reaction zone through a first annular flow path and a second reactant is delivered to the reaction zone through a second annular flow path. The first and second annular flow paths are concentric with one another and the two reactants intermix with one another in the reaction zone. There is a rotating disc having a surface, defining one boundary of the reaction zone. The flow of the first and second reactants across the rotating disc and through the reaction zone is generally radial and has a residence time in the reaction zone of not more than about 100 msec, and preferably not more than about 50 msec. The reaction zone resides in a main reactor vessel and there is a driven agitator residing in the main reactor vessel to stir the contents thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mixing at least two reactants is taught wherein a first reactant is delivered to a reaction zone through a first annular flow path and a second reactant is delivered to the reaction zone through a second annular flow path. The first and second annular flow paths are concentric with one another and the two reactants intermix with one another in the reaction zone. There is a rotating disc having a surface, defining one boundary of the reaction zone. The flow of the first and second reactants across the rotating disc and through the reaction zone is generally radial and has a residence time in the reaction zone of not more than about 100 msec, and preferably not more than about 50 msec. The reaction zone resides in a main reactor vessel and there is a driven agitator residing in the main reactor vessel to stir the contents thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mixing at least two reactants is taught wherein a first reactant is delivered to a reaction zone through a first annular flow path and a second reactant is delivered to the reaction zone through a second annular flow path. The first and second annular flow paths are concentric with one another and the two reactants intermix with one another in the reaction zone. There is a rotating disc having a surface, defining one boundary of the reaction zone. The flow of the first and second reactants across the rotating disc and through the reaction zone is generally radial and has a residence time in the reaction zone of not more than about 100 msec, and preferably not more than about 50 msec. The reaction zone resides in a main reactor vessel and there is a driven agitator residing in the main reactor vessel to stir the contents thereof.

Abstract: A cleaving tool provides pressurized gas to the edge of a substrate in combination with a sharpened edge to cleave the substrate at a selected interface. The edge of the tool is tapped against the perimeter of a substrate, such as a bonded substrate, and a burst of gas pressure is then applied at approximately the point of contact with the edge of the tool. The combination of mechanical force and gas pressure separates the substrate into two halves at a selected interface, such as a weakened layer in a donor wafer.

Abstract: Debubbling apparatus may have many uses, for example, in the manufacture of photographic materials where bubbles are to be removed from liquid photographic emulsion prior to application of such emulsion to a supporting substrate, in the food processing industries or in confectionery manufacture where air bubbles are undesirable because they may harbour germs, or in blood transfusion apparatus where air bubbles present a potentially lethal hazard. Described herein is a debubbling apparatus which comprises a vessel having an outlet and an inlet spaced from one another longitudinally of the vessel, means for imparting rotational movement, about a longitudinal axis of the vessel to liquid passed through said vessel from said inlet to said outlet, and means for transmitting a beam of ultrasound along the axis of said vessel in the direction towards said inlet, from a location closer to said outlet than to said inlet.

Abstract: The presence of bubbles on such photographic material, as is well known, results in significant defects in the photographic materials produced so that it is important, in the manufacture of such photographic materials, to detect the presence of such bubbles in the liquid emulsion and to take appropriate remedial action. Described herein is a bubble detector comprising a conduit for liquid to be monitored, the conduit having opposing flattened, generally parallel walls, and a transducer engaged with one of the generally parallel walls and operable to apply alternating displacements to one of the generally parallel walls, at an ultrasonic frequency, in a direction generally normal to the generally parallel walls to transmit sonic or ultrasonic waves through liquid passing through the conduit.