Abstract: Devices and methods for deploying an anastomotic stent between portions of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract are disclosed. The anastomotic stents are configured to atraumatically engage the tissue walls and to permit the flow of fluid, partially digested food, and food. The stents can be deployed using endoscopic catheter devices, laparoscopic tools, and combinations of both endoscopic tools and laparoscopic tools. Examples of anastomoses include anastomoses between the stomach and a portion of the intestines such as the jejunum. Anastomoses can also be formed between two closed ends of the intestines, such as two closed ends of the colon formed during a colon resection procedure. Anastomoses can also be formed between a fundal pouch formed during a gastric bypass procedure and the jejunum. Laparoscopic tools are disclosed to deploy a stent by selectively removing a radial restraint on a self expanding stent with the restraint removed through the laparoscopic access points.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a logo lamp module for an external rear view assembly of a motor vehicle comprising a projection optics lens stack arranged within a stack holding portion of a housing closed by a printed circuit board, wherein the projection optics lens stack comprises a logo sheet or image substrate between at least one first lens and at least one second lens, with the at least one first lens being arranged between the printed circuit board and the logo sheet or image substrate, and the at least one second lens being arranged between the logo sheet or image substrate and a light exiting portion of the housing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a logo lamp module for an external rear view assembly of a motor vehicle comprising a projection optics lens stack arranged within a stack holding portion of a housing closed by a printed circuit board, wherein the projection optics lens stack comprises a logo sheet or image substrate between at least one first lens and at least one second lens, with the at least one first lens being arranged between the printed circuit board and the logo sheet or image substrate, and the at least one second lens being arranged between the logo sheet or image substrate and a light exiting portion of the housing.

Abstract: Devices and methods for deploying an anastomotic stent between portions of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract are disclosed. The anastomotic stents are configured to atraumatically engage the tissue walls and to permit the flow of fluid, partially digested food, and food. The stents can be deployed using endoscopic catheter devices, laparoscopic tools, and combinations of both endoscopic tools and laparoscopic tools. Examples of anastomoses include anastomoses between the stomach and a portion of the intestines such as the jejunum. Anastomoses can also be formed between two closed ends of the intestines, such as two closed ends of the colon formed during a colon resection procedure. Anastomoses can also be formed between a fundal pouch formed during a gastric bypass procedure and the jejunum. Laparoscopic tools are disclosed to deploy a stent by selectively removing a radial restraint on a self expanding stent with the restraint removed through the laparoscopic access points.

Abstract: Distributing audio signals from a plurality of audio inputs to a plurality of outputs in response to a user-defined distribution is shown. The user-defined distribution is processed by a layered stack of function matrices, each layer including a two-dimensional array of function nodes. Node functions in a layer are updated in response to user-input signals to implement functionality such as signal masking and signal routing. The user-defined distribution is transformed by processing it through the layered stack to define a transformed distribution. The layered stack facilitates comprehensive mixing facilities on low cost signal processing hardware. The transforming layers include a virtual bus-applying layer to reduce the dimensions of the transformed distribution, minimizing the cost of hardware further.

Abstract: Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus for streaming content toward client devices, comprising a content delivery system configured to automatically ingest content asset packages and publish identifying data associated with content assets encrypted and stored therein at a content delivery network (CDN), a virtualized Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform configured to provide content encryption keys to the content delivery system and to authorized client devices, and a virtualized services platform configured to interact with client devices to authenticate client devices, receive client device content requests, and cause the CDN to transmit requested content to an authorized client device.

Abstract: When generating a stimulation signal comprising stimulation pulses delivered to a target area of a human or animal body, an electrophysiological signal measured from the body for closed-loop control of the stimulation signal, is sampled, at a sampling frequency in an analogue-to-digital converter for deriving a feedback signal for closed-loop control of the stimulation signal. The generation of the stimulation signal and the sampling of the electrophysiological signal are synchronised and have a relative phase selected to cause the sampling to occur outside the stimulation pulses, which prevents the effect of the stimulation pulses from interfering with the digital electrophysiological signal, whiles allowing maintenance of Nyquist-Shannon rules and the integrity of the discrete Laplace transform (z-transform) required in discrete control theory.

Abstract: An emulation apparatus emulates an electrophysiological signal derived from a target area of a human or animal nervous system under the influence of a stimulation signal applied to the human or animal body. A prior signal generator generates a prior signal representing an electrophysiological signal in the absence of stimulation. A test signal representing a stimulation signal is received and used by a modelling unit to derive a modulation signal representing the degree of modulation of the electrophysiological signal, in accordance with a model of the temporal evolution of the modulation of the electrophysiological signal caused by the stimulation signal. A modulation unit modulates the prior signal in accordance with the modulation signal to output an emulation signal representing an electrophysiological signal derived under the influence of the stimulation signal. The emulation apparatus has wide use in neuroscience research, bioengineering and clinical applications.

Abstract: Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus for streaming content toward client devices, comprising a content delivery system configured to automatically ingest content asset packages and publish identifying data associated with content assets encrypted and stored therein at a content delivery network (CDN), a virtualized Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform configured to provide content encryption keys to the content delivery system and to authorized client devices, and a virtualized services platform configured to interact with client devices to authenticate client devices, receive client device content requests, and cause the CDN to transmit requested content to an authorized client device.

Abstract: An intravascular fluid movement device that includes an expandable member having a collapsed, delivery configuration and an expanded, deployed configuration, the expandable member having a proximal end and a distal end, a rotatable member disposed radially and axially within the expandable member, and a conduit coupled to the expandable member, the conduit at least partially defining a blood flow lumen between a distal end of the conduit and a proximal end of the conduit, the conduit disposed solely radially inside of the expandable member in a distal section of the expandable member.

Abstract: There is provided a hinge including a first hinge member that is L-shaped. The hinge includes a second hinge member hingedly coupled to the first hinge member and L-shaped at least in part. There is also provided a folding table with a tabletop. The folding table includes at least one leg. The folding table includes a hinge mechanism coupled to the tabletop and the leg so as to enable the leg to move from a stored position to a deployed position. The folding table includes one or more of: i) a brace configured to support the leg in the deployed position and integrally connected to and formed with the hinge mechanism; and ii) a locking mechanism which when actuated is configured to inhibit movement of the leg from the deployed position to the stored position, with the locking mechanism being integrally connected to and formed with the hinge mechanism.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide custom synchronization procedures in file synchronization. A primary agent is used to monitor for changes, create synchronization plans to synchronized changes, and execute the synchronization plan. The primary agent, however, interacts with one or more separate custom agents to customize the synchronization plans. One exemplary technique involves monitoring for local changes to a first copy of a file tree and updates from another computing device regarding remote changes to a second copy of the file tree. When a change to either copy is identified, a synchronization plan for the change is created based on a default synchronization procedure. The synchronization plan is sent to a custom agent for customization. The custom agent creates the custom synchronization plan by modifying the synchronization plan and sends the custom synchronization plan to the primary agent. The custom synchronization plan is then executed by the primary agent.

Abstract: There is provided a stimulation device for treatment of gait impairment of a patient. The stimulation device is configured to apply respective stimulation signals to electrodes bilaterally implanted in two subcortical regions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain of the patient, the subcortical regions being associated with motor control. The stimulation device is configured to apply respective stimulation signals having a rate of electrical energy delivered that is modulated with alternating waveforms at a gait frequency and out of phase with each other.

Abstract: An intravascular fluid movement device that includes an expandable member having a collapsed, delivery configuration and an expanded, deployed configuration, the expandable member having a proximal end and a distal end, a rotatable member disposed radially and axially within the expandable member, and a conduit coupled to the expandable member, the conduit at least partially defining a blood flow lumen between a distal end of the conduit and a proximal end of the conduit, the conduit disposed solely radially inside of the expandable member in a distal section of the expandable member.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes determining whether second event data of a second data stream of the plurality of data streams is stored in a cache memory in accordance with a first key. The method further includes performing a join operation of the first event data and the second event data at least partially in view of whether the second event data is stored in the cache memory.

Abstract: Aluminum structures, such as tactical vehicle hulls, include plural aluminum components formed from a first alloy composition and joined by one or more welded seam(s). The welded seam(s) may be formed by friction stir welding and/or gas metal arc welding using welding wire made from the first alloy composition. In this manner, all component parts are made from the same alloy composition, providing a more homogeneous structure. The welded component parts then may be placed in a heat treatment furnace to temper the structure. Because essentially all of the aluminum structure before heat treating—the welded seam(s) and the individual component parts—is formed of the same starting material and these parts/seam(s) are simultaneously and evenly heat treated, the resultant hardened, heat-treated part (e.g., a vehicle hull) has a more homogeneous hardened/heat treated structure in the individual parts and across the welded seam(s).

Abstract: Systems and methods for an interconnect layer send queue reservation system are provided. In one example, a method involves performing a transfer of data (e.g., an NVLog) from a storage system to a secondary storage system. A send queue having a fixed number of slots is maintained within an interconnect layer interposed between a file system and a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) layer of the storage system. The interconnect layer implements an application programming interface (API) for the reservation system. A deadlock situation is avoided by, during a suspendable phase of a write transaction, making a reservation for slots within the send queue via the reservation system for the transfer of data. When the reservation is successful, the write transaction proceeds with a modify phase, during which the reservation is consumed and the interconnect layer is caused to perform an RDMA operation to carry out the transfer of data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a cross-site high availability distributed storage system. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method includes providing a remote direct memory access (RDMA) request for a RDMA stream, and generating, with an interconnect (IC) layer of the first storage node, multiple IC channels and associated IC requests for the RDMA request. The method further includes mapping an IC channel to a group of multiple transport layer sessions to split data traffic of the IC channel into multiple packets for the group of multiple transport layer sessions using an IC transport layer of the first storage node and assigning, with the IC transport layer, a unique transaction identification (ID) to each IC request and assigning a different data offset to each packet of a transport layer session.

Abstract: The invention relates to a robot-mounted 3D printing apparatus for printing biocompatible materials for performing in-situ surgical repairs and comprises one UV curable reagent container and one cell supporting reagent container which are co-axially extruded from a tip and cured to perform in-situ repairs.