Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device can include a first shaft, a second shaft, a suture guide, a suture, an apex guide, and a suture retention member. The second shaft can be disposed within and movable relative to the first shaft. The suture guide can be coupled to the second shaft. The suture can extend from the suture guide and can be configured for releasably securing the medical device to the delivery apparatus. The apex guide can be movably coupled to the suture and configured for engaging an end of the medical device and guiding the end of the medical device into the first shaft. The suture retention member can be movable relative to the suture guide and the suture and configured for selectively securing the suture relative to the suture guide.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for the preparation of these compounds, compositions containing these compounds, and the uses of these compounds.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to restoration of power to a memory system, a controller in the memory system notifies a host that the memory system is ready. When an input/output command specifying a logical address belonging to a logical address range is received, the controller selects a block corresponding to the logical address range and rebuilds, based on address translation information and an update log which are stored in the selected block, the latest address translation information corresponding to the logical address range. The controller updates the rebuilt latest address translation information, based on a list of logical addresses corresponding to lost write data, stored in the selected block.

Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device can include a handle, a shaft, a plurality of sleeves, and a suture. The shaft includes a proximal end portion coupled to the handle and is configured to be disposed outside of a patient's body during an implantation procedure and a distal end portion configured to be disposed inside a patient's body during the implantation procedure. Each of the sleeves includes a connection portion coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft and a receiving portion configured to receive an apex of a stent or a prosthetic heart valve. The suture extends through the shaft and the sleeves and is configured for releasably securing the stent or the prosthetic heart valve to the receiving portions of the sleeves.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a controller of a memory system provides a host with logical address spaces. A plurality of queues of the host include one or more queues allocated to each of the logical address spaces. The controller calculates first use amounts of a nonvolatile memory corresponding to the logical address spaces, respectively, selects a queue from which a command is to be fetched among the plurality of queues, based on the first use amounts, fetches a command from the queue, calculates a predicted use amount of the nonvolatile memory in accordance with the command, and updates a second use amount corresponding to a first logical address space to which the first queue is allocated among the first use amounts by using the predicted use amount.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape descriptor extractor is implemented by collecting surface data from a three-dimensional shape as learning data and training a set of a prescribed encoder and a prescribed decoder by using the learning data, wherein the training extracts a three-dimensional shape descriptor from the learning data by using the encoder, undoes the three-dimensional shape descriptor by using the decoder, evaluates a difference between a state before using the encoding and a state after using the decoding, and adjusts the encoder and the decoder so as to reduce the difference, and mesh data is collected from the three-dimensional shape as the surface data and made to have a prescribed scale, so as to train the encoder and the decoder.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to restoration of power to a memory system, a controller in the memory system notifies a host that the memory system is ready. When an input/output command specifying a logical address belonging to a logical address range is received, the controller selects a block corresponding to the logical address range and rebuilds, based on address translation information and an update log which are stored in the selected block, the latest address translation information corresponding to the logical address range. The controller updates the rebuilt latest address translation information, based on a list of logical addresses corresponding to lost write data, stored in the selected block.

Abstract: A delivery apparatus for a medical device can include a handle, a shaft, a plurality of sleeves, and a suture. The shaft includes a proximal end portion coupled to the handle and is configured to be disposed outside of a patient's body during an implantation procedure and a distal end portion configured to be disposed inside a patient's body during the implantation procedure. Each of the sleeves includes a connection portion coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft and a receiving portion configured to receive an apex of a stent or a prosthetic heart valve. The suture extends through the shaft and the sleeves and is configured for releasably securing the stent or the prosthetic heart valve to the receiving portions of the sleeves.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to restoration of power to a memory system, a controller in the memory system notifies a host that the memory system is ready. When an input/output command specifying a logical address belonging to a logical address range is received, the controller selects a block corresponding to the logical address range and rebuilds, based on address translation information and an update log which are stored in the selected block, the latest address translation information corresponding to the logical address range. The controller updates the rebuilt latest address translation information, based on a list of logical addresses corresponding to lost write data, stored in the selected block.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a testbed platform for characterizing materials and inks utilized in additive manufacturing of nanocomposites. The system may include a testbed base coupled to a group of electromagnets. The base may include an aperture for housing a microscope slide and an interchangeable channel including a microfluidic flow cell of various geometric angles. The system may further include a group of needle tips in fluidic communication with the microfluidic flow cell. The needle tips may be coupled, via lock connectors, to syringes that dispense magnetic inks utilized in additive manufacturing into the microfluidic flow cell. The system may also include an inverted microscope lens and a high-speed camera in optical communication with the base. The camera may be utilized to capture images of a flow behavior of the magnetic inks for performing an analysis that determines a nozzle design for microdispensing during an additive manufacturing process.

Abstract: A method for delivering a prosthetic valve to a native annulus of a heart can include inserting a delivery apparatus into a patient's body, advancing the delivery apparatus to an implantation location within the native annulus, retracting a delivery sheath of the delivery apparatus relative to the prosthetic valve to expose the prosthetic valve from a distal end of the delivery sheath, and after the prosthetic valve is exposed from the delivery sheath, expanding the prosthetic valve from a radially compressed state to a radially expanded state by reducing axial tension on a first end and a second end of the prosthetic valve.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape descriptor extractor is implemented by collecting surface data from a three-dimensional shape as learning data and training a set of a prescribed encoder and a prescribed decoder by using the learning data, wherein the training extracts a three-dimensional shape descriptor from the learning data by using the encoder, undoes the three-dimensional shape descriptor by using the decoder, evaluates a difference between a state before using the encoding and a state after using the decoding, and adjusts the encoder and the decoder so as to reduce the difference, and mesh data is collected from the three-dimensional shape as the surface data and made to have a prescribed scale, so as to train the encoder and the decoder.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method for detecting or sensing damage within a target material, as well as related devices. In some embodiments, a damage sensing system including a target material, an optical fiber embedded into the target material, where the optical fiber has an outer surface running the length of the optical fiber, a photosensitive receiver, and a triboluminescent coating coated on the optical fiber.

Abstract: Methods of forming multimaterial fibers via a thermal drawing process used to produce fibers with controlled compositions and alignments. The multimaterial fibers are usable as feedstock for additive manufacturing printing, as well as other applications that require elongated fibers with improved physical characteristics. The multimaterial fibers are formed from a mixture of low dimensional materials (LDM's), such as metal nanoparticles, and thermoplastic matrices. During fabrication of the fibers, a composite of LDM's and thermoplastics is heated and experiences a pulling force on one end in a direction away from an opposing end, thereby drawing the composite into an elongated fiber. The fiber includes a set of physical properties determined by the LDM's, and is usable as a filament across various applications.

Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller that performs first, second, and third processes on memory cells of the nonvolatile memory. The first process is performed on first memory cells to store a first value therein, such that a highest threshold voltage among the threshold voltages of the first memory cells is set as a first threshold voltage. The second process is performed on second memory cells to store a second value therein, such that a lowest threshold voltage among the threshold voltages of the second memory cells is set as a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage. The third process performed on third memory cells such that a lowest threshold voltage in the third memory cells is lower than the first threshold voltage, and a highest threshold voltage in the third memory cells is higher than the second threshold voltage.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a testbed platform for characterizing materials and inks utilized in additive manufacturing of nanocomposites. The system may include a testbed base coupled to a group of electromagnets. The base may include an aperture for housing a microscope slide and an interchangeable channel including a microfluidic flow cell of various geometric angles. The system may further include a group of needle tips in fluidic communication with the microfluidic flow cell. The needle tips may be coupled, via lock connectors, to syringes that dispense magnetic inks utilized in additive manufacturing into the microfluidic flow cell. The system may also include an inverted microscope lens and a high-speed camera in optical communication with the base. The camera may be utilized to capture images of a flow behavior of the magnetic inks for performing an analysis that determines a nozzle design for microdispensing during an additive manufacturing process.

Abstract: A device includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver transmits an Internet search query related to at least one product and service, receives search results related to the Internet search query, the search results including at least one business identifier associated with at least one business associated with the at least one product and service, respectively. The processor receives a user request associated with the at least one product and service, formulates at least one unique host identifier associated with the at least one business, respectively, and formulates at least one user request message including the user request and the at least one unique host identifier. The transceiver further transmits the at least one user request message.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for the preparation of these compounds, compositions containing these compounds, and the uses of these compounds.

Abstract: A device includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver transmits an Internet search query related to at least one product and service, receives search results related to the Internet search query, the search results including at least one business identifier associated with at least one business associated with the at least one product and service, respectively. The processor receives a user request associated with the at least one product and service, formulates at least one unique host identifier associated with the at least one business, respectively, and formulates at least one user request message including the user request and the at least one unique host identifier. The transceiver further transmits the at least one user request message.

Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller that performs first, second, and third processes on memory cells of the nonvolatile memory. The first process is performed on first memory cells to store a first value therein, such that a highest threshold voltage among the threshold voltages of the first memory cells is set as a first threshold voltage. The second process is performed on second memory cells to store a second value therein, such that a lowest threshold voltage among the threshold voltages of the second memory cells is set as a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage. The third process performed on third memory cells such that a lowest threshold voltage in the third memory cells is lower than the first threshold voltage, and a highest threshold voltage in the third memory cells is higher than the second threshold voltage.