Abstract: Systems and methods usable in delivering an anchoring or docking device to a native valve of a patient's heart. A distal region of a delivery catheter can be positioned in an atrium of the heart and a. distal tip can be positioned at or near a commissure of the native valve using a steerable sheath. The one or more bends can be generated and/or adjusted in a distal portion of the steerable sheath to manipulate the position of the distal tip of the delivery catheter.

Abstract: Examples of an integrated active fiber optic temperature measuring and control system is provided. The integrated active fiber optic temperature measuring and temperature control system comprises a fiber optic probe with a fiber bundle and a sensor with an active material functionally coupled to a first end of the probe and a housing to house a temperature measuring circuitry and a temperature control circuitry. The housing is permanently integrated with the fiber optic probe.

Abstract: A driveline assembly for equipment, such as a tiller, includes a pair of counter-rotating bevel gears supported on a wheel shaft and rotatable relative to the wheel shaft. The driveline assembly includes a first slider gear movable between a first position in which the first slider gear is engaged with a first bevel gear of the pair of bevel gears, and a second position in which the first slider gear is engaged with a second bevel gear of the pair of bevel gears. When the first slider gear is engaged with the first bevel gear, the first bevel gear becomes operatively connected to a rotatable tine shaft to rotate tines in a first direction. When the first slider gear is engaged with the second bevel gear, the second bevel gear becomes operatively connected to the rotatable tine shaft to rotate the tines in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A retractable cover system including a plurality of brackets mountable within a box of a pickup truck, a driver side rail and a passenger side rail operably couplable to the plurality of brackets, a plurality of panels having a plurality of bearings configured to engage the driver side rail and the passenger side rail to transition between an opened position and a closed position, and a front cross piece operably coupling the driver side rail to the passenger side rail, wherein the front cross piece includes a leading edge defining a curve generally conformed to at least one of a forward end of the box or a rear of a cab of the pickup truck.

Abstract: A bowl assembly for a micro-puree machine includes a processing bowl that is open on both ends. One end of the bowl is capped with a processing lid and the other end of the bowl is capped with an extrusion lid. The processing lid includes a blade that is engageable with to a driven shaft of the machine for processing the ingredients. The processing lid is also couplable to a nozzle for dispensing the finished product during the extrusion process. The extrusion lid includes a plunger that is also engageable with the driven shaft for extruding the processed ingredients through the nozzle as it moves through the bowl.

Abstract: An extrusion assembly for a micro-puree machine uses a plunger coupled to the main driven shaft to push the processed ingredients out of a nozzle coupled to the processing bowl. The plunger includes a seal around its perimeter to ensure maximum contact with the walls of the bowl and thus allow for maximum extrusion yield. The extrude function is integrated into a program on the main user interface with a predetermined translation speed/flow rate.

Abstract: An extrusion assembly for a micro-puree machine uses a plunger coupled to the main driven shaft to push the processed ingredients out of a nozzle coupled to the bowl. The plunger includes a seal around its perimeter to ensure maximum contact with the walls of the bowl and thus allow for maximum extrusion yield. The extrude function is integrated into a program on the main user interface with a predetermined translation speed/flow rate.

Abstract: An automated additive assembly for a micro-puree machine has a body including a reservoir configured for holding an additive ingredient. A channel is defined through the body, and a passage is in fluid communication with the reservoir and the channel. A plunger is configured for movement within the reservoir. Movement of the plunger within the reservoir in a first direction forces the additive ingredient through the channel such that the additive ingredient is combined with the processed ingredients extruded through the nozzle.

Abstract: A system and method to determine a recommendation to change a treatment regimen of a respiratory ailment. The treatment regimen includes multiple steps. Use data of a respiration medicament device to deliver controller or rescue respiration medicament to a patient is collected via a communication interface. The use data is transmitted to a storage device. The use data in the storage device is made accessible to a data analysis module. A patient value associated with the treatment regimen is determined based on the collected use data and patient context data. A comparison of the patient value is made to a threshold level. A recommendation to change the step of the treatment is made based on the comparison to the threshold level. A notification of recommendation of the change of the step of the treatment regimen is provided.

Abstract: A food processing device includes a base housing having an attachment receiver arranged to receive a food processing attachment that is configured to perform a food processing operation. The attachment receiver includes an electrical connector having a plurality of electrical contacts. The device includes a first processor having a plurality of ports where each port of the plurality of ports is in electrical communication with each of the plurality of electrical contacts. The first processor is configured to: i) receive an identification signal at a first port of the plurality of ports via the electrical connector from a second processor in the received food processing attachment to identify the received food processing attachment, and ii) when an identification signal is not received, monitor a voltage at each of the plurality of ports to identify the received food processing attachment.

Abstract: A fire detection and suppression system includes a fire suppression system configured to suppress a fire in an area, a temperature sensor configured to measures a zone temperature for each of a plurality of zones in the area, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the zone temperatures from the temperature sensor for each of the plurality of zones, detect a hazard condition in a first zone of the plurality of zones based on the zone temperature for the first zone, and activate the fire suppression system in response to detecting the hazard condition in the first zone.

Abstract: An application server may identify one or more contact identifiers associated with one or more contacts associated with a communication event. The application server may retrieve information associated with the one or more contacts from one or more data sources based on the one or more contact identifiers. The application server may generate, based on the information retrieved from the one or more data sources, a set of contact characteristics for the one or more contacts. The application server may identify one or more actions to be performed via the electronic communication application and associated with the communication event based at least in part on the generated set of contact characteristics and a response status. The application server may transmit, to a user device, an indication of the identified one or more actions.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for analyzing communication messages (e.g., emails or activities) to determine relationship strength using a distributed graph are described. In some systems, a user may be associated with a specific tenant. A database server of the system may receive communication messages associated with the user and a target user. The server may perform a natural language processing (NLP) analysis on the communication messages to extract metadata, and may generate or update a distributed graph indicating connections between users based on the extracted metadata. Using the connections of the graph, the server may calculate a closeness score between the user and the target user. Additionally, the server may calculate closeness scores between the target and other users associated with the tenant, and may determine the users with the greatest closeness scores. The server may send a suggestion for the determined users to initiate communication with the target.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for modifying user datasets to support statistical resemblance is described. To support modifying user datasets to support statistical resemblance, an application may generate a first profile from a first corpus that includes first user data, generate a set of modified profiles from a second profile from a second corpus including second user data, wherein the first profile and the set of modified profiles includes respective sets of first and second attributes corresponding to one or both of text or metadata associated with the respective first and second user data, determine a mathematical distance between the first profile and each modified profile of the set of modified profiles based at least in part on a comparison between the first set of attributes and the second set of attributes, and finally, select a modified profile having a smallest determined mathematical distance.