Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument for performing a surgical procedure, the instrument comprising a shaft, an end effector comprising an electrical component and an articulation connecting the shaft to the end effector. The articulation permits the end effector to rotate relative to the shaft about a first axis. The robotic surgical instrument further comprises an electrical cable extending along the shaft. The electrical cable is configured to provide electrical current for the electrical component of the end effector. The robotic surgical instrument further comprises an electrical connector extending at least partially around a circumference surrounding the first axis. The electrical connector provides a sliding electrical connection between the electrical cable and the end effector, such that the end effector is permitted to rotate about the first axis independently of the electrical cable whilst the electrical connection between the electrical cable and the end effector is maintained.

Abstract: An implant assembly for use in tissue repair having an adjustable length and comprising: a fixation device comprising a bone facing surface, an outer surface, a first and at least one further aperture extending through the fixation device from the outer surface to the bone facing surface; and a flexible elongate element secured to the fixation device and having first and second free ends.

Abstract: In a method for rotating geometric shape having an assigned texture image, a two dimensional outline of a rotated source geometric shape is defined by performing its perspective projection onto a two dimensional plane. Then, according to the method, the two dimensional outline is split into intermediate rectangles in places where pixel of each line non-parallel to the rotation axis of the two dimensional outline changes coordinates and for each intermediate rectangle the steps of finding a corresponding part of the texture image taking perspective correction into account. One of the last steps executes copying with scaling a corresponding part of the texture image in order to fit it into the intermediate rectangle.

Abstract: A method for drawing geometric shapes comprises the steps of obtaining a request to draw at least two geometric shapes, each having assigned a depth coordinate and at least one having the depth coordinate variable across its surface, dividing the geometric shapes into rectangles such that each rectangle has a constant depth coordinate, sorting the rectangles according to the depth coordinate value and drawing the rectangles in the sorted order so as to form an output image.