Abstract: Decrypting synthetic transactions with beacon packets is provided. A probe receives, from a client device, a start beacon packet that identifies a test of a service provided by one or more servers. The probe establishes, responsive to receipt of the start beacon packet, a log for the test. The probe stores, in the log established responsive to the start beacon packet, data packets transmitted between the client device and the one or more servers subsequent to the start beacon packet and encrypted with a key using a security protocol. The probe receives, from the client device, key information used to decrypt the data packets of the test encrypted with the key using the security protocol. The probe provides at least one of the data packets for evaluation or decryption using the key information to determine a performance of the service.

Abstract: The disclosure defined by this invention relates to an electronic control facility for a stairlift. The control facility includes an installation mode in which a number of steps to be undertaken at the time of installation of the stairlift are defined. The control facility also includes a user mode in which the operation of the stairlift is controlled by a user. According to the invention, the control facility is configured so that the user mode cannot be entered until all steps in the installation mode have been completed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing an osteotomy with robotic assistance are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods includes receiving a three-dimensional model of a patient bone, receiving a surgical plan, determining, based on the three-dimensional model and the surgical plan, one or more corrective cuts to be made to the patient bone, and performing, using a tracked end effector interfaced to a robotic arm, the one or more corrective cuts. A surgeon may utilize software, tracking, robotics, and the like to plan and execute bone resection in complex and/or intricate shapes not previously possible.

Abstract: A visual-programming tool processes nodes of a graph corresponding to operations or functions in program code associated with a plurality of programs, (e.g., games), stored as graph of nodes with logical connections signifying inputs, outputs, and/or units of connected nodes. The visual-programming tool resolves valid types and/or units associated with respective connected nodes and can propagate valid types and/or units throughout the graph.

Abstract: A system for displaying an intraoperative user interface for a surgical procedure is disclosed. The system comprises an arthroscopic imaging device, a display device, an input device, a processor, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium. The arthroscopic imaging device is configured to capture one or more images of a patient anatomy within a joint of a patient. The input device is configured to receive input from a user. The processor is configured to receive the images from the arthroscopic imaging device and display a user interface on the display device that includes the images from the arthroscopic imaging device. The processor is also configured to receive the input from the input device, display one or more visual overlays over the one or more images based on the input, and apply one or more digital markers in a fixed location on the one or more images based on the input.

Abstract: A system may provide a programming environment combining visual programming and text based programming. The system may determine a first node and a second node of a first plurality of nodes are native function call nodes of a visual graph-based programming language and determine a third node of the first plurality of nodes is a text-based node including text-based statements in a text-based programming language. In response to determining the third node of the first plurality of nodes is the text-based node, the system may interpret the text-based statements into a second plurality of nodes, the second plurality of nodes being native function call nodes of the visual graph-based programming language. The system may then generate a combined code based on the first plurality of nodes and the second plurality of nodes and compile the combined code.

Abstract: A system for stable and streamlined transaction approval includes a rule management server and an authorizer server. The rule management server is configured to receive a transaction rule that includes a list of named entities specified by a client. The rule management server stores past transaction data and analyzes patterns in the past data to determine a named entity identification rule. The authorizer server receives a transaction data payload related to a pending transaction associated with the client and identifies a noisy data field in the transaction data payload. The noisy data field includes a representation of a particular named entity and one or more irrelevant strings. The authorizer server parses the particular named entity based on the named entity identification rule and determines whether the particular named entity is one of the named entities in the list. The authorizer server conducts a transaction evaluation using the result.

Abstract: A system for stable and streamlined transaction approval includes a rule management server and an authorizer server that operates independently of the rule management server. The rule management server is configured to receive a transaction rule associated with an account specified by a client entered through a portal generated by a graphical user interface. The server is further configured to identify data relevant to the transaction rule and transmit the transaction rule and the data identified to an authorizer server. The authorizer server is configured to receive transaction data related to a pending transaction of the credit card and apply the transaction rule to the transaction data and the data identified by the rule management server to determine whether to approve the pending transaction. The authorizer server operates independent of the rule management server and can be optimized to approve transactions quickly and operate in a stable condition.

Abstract: A medical implant for treating a shoulder joint. The implant includes a humeral head attachment region configured to be attached to a humeral head of the shoulder joint, a glenoid attachment region configured to be attached to a glenoid of the shoulder joint, and a rotator cuff tendon attachment region configured to be attached to a rotator cuff tendon of the shoulder joint.

Abstract: A vacuum-insulated container (1) comprises a container body (2) and a container lid (3). The container body (2) is formed from an inner body shell (8) and an outer body shell (6), which are both made of a metal material. A core (7) is provided between the inner body (shell 8) and the outer body shell (6), and a seal (11) connects to (flanges 12) of the inner body shell (8) and the outer body shell (6), so as to define an intermediate vacuum space (10) surrounding the core (7). A compressible gasket (17) is provided to protect the seal (11). The lid (103) has two pair of fasteners (122) hingedly connected to opposing sides of the lid (103). Each of the fasteners (122) is releasably connectable to the body (102) whilst the lid is in a closed position with respect to the body.

Abstract: A tube section for constructing a tube for underpressure applications with an incircle having a diameter of at least 2 m and to an evacuated tube transport system tube produced therefrom.

Abstract: A method for producing a tube segment and a tube for an evacuated tube transport system and a method for producing the tube segment.

Abstract: Methods and systems for using encapsulated microbubbles to process biological samples are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for using encapsulated microbubbles to process a biological sample includes creating a mixture comprising encapsulated microbubbles mixed with a biological sample and adding activation energy to the mixture to cause at least some of the microbubbles to oscillate or burst and thereby process the sample, including effecting cell lysis, shearing DNA, and/or performing tissue dispersion.

Abstract: A motion tracking system for tracking the motion of a subject in an environment, the system comprising: an imaging device adapted to be worn by the subject; an accelerometer adapted to be worn by the subject; and a processor configured to receive a series of images of the environment captured by the imaging device and to form, in dependence on the images an estimate of the subject's position in the environment, and to receive acceleration data from the accelerometer and to, form an estimate of the motion of a part of the subject's body carrying the accelerometer in dependence on the acceleration data and the estimated position.

Abstract: A pellicle membrane for a lithographic apparatus, the membrane including uncapped carbon nanotubes. A method of regenerating a pellicle membrane, the method including decomposing a precursor compound and depositing at least some of the products of decomposition onto the pellicle membrane. A method of reducing the etch rate of a pellicle membrane, the method including providing an electric field in the region of the pellicle membrane to redirect ions from the pellicle, or heating elements to desorb radicals from the pellicle, preferably wherein the pellicle membrane is a carbon nanotube pellicle membrane. An assembly for a lithographic apparatus, the assembly including a biased electrode near or including the pellicle membrane or heating means for the pellicle membrane.

Abstract: A footrest safety pad arrangement is incorporated in a stairlift carriage in which movement of a safety pad relative to the carriage is sensed by an electromagnetic sensor and a control signal applied to the stairlift drive motor.

Abstract: A tissue repair assembly is disclosed, including a soft anchor body and at 5 least a first suture operably coupled to the anchor body. Tensioning on first and/or second ends of first suture may deploy the anchor body to a second configuration, in which the anchor body is axially compressed and radially extended. The tissue repair assembly may also include a means to cinch around a portion of a first and/or second suture and knotlessly lock the tissue repair assembly. Some embodiments 10 may include a pre-formed knot. In some embodiments, the preformed knot may be a nail knot, provided wrapped around an insertion instrument and configured to receive and cinch around a suture extending therethrough.

Abstract: Methods and devices for tissue graft fixation include fixation devices attached to an adjustable fixation loop of suture without compromising the graft or requiring additional material to complete the repair. Other fixation devices are attachable to an independent adjustable suture system. Adjustable fixation loops minimize slip/creep of the suture within the loop.

Abstract: A system and method for harvesting autologous tissue, mincing it into fragments that are visible and measurable when filtered, and delivering a portion of the tissue back into the patient without the need to directly touch the tissue. During the same surgical procedure, the tissue can be mixed with a biocompatible agent before introduction into the repair site.

Abstract: A method for producing an image of at least one vessel with ultrasound includes administering a contrast agent particle into the at least one vessel, and delivering an ultrasound pulse having a first frequency range to the at least one vessel. The method further includes detecting ultrasound energy scattered from the contrast agent particle at a second frequency range that is different from the first frequency range, converting the scattered ultrasound energy into an electronic radio frequency signal, and using an algorithm to determine a spatial location of the contrast agent particle based on extraction of a specific feature of the radio frequency signal.