Abstract: An IC assembly including an exposed pad integrated circuit (“IC”) package having a thermal pad with a top surface and a bottom surface and with at least one peripheral surface portion extending transversely of and continuous with the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the at least one peripheral surface are exposed through a layer of mold compound. Also, methods of making an exposed pad integrated circuit (“IC”) package assembly. One method includes optically inspecting a solder bond bonding a thermal pad of an exposed pad IC package to a printed circuit board. Another method includes wave soldering an exposed pad of an IC package to a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A stationary electromagnetic inspection (EMI) apparatus and method are disclosed which includes a base; a plurality of hydraulic clamping rollers, connected to that base, operable to move a test pipe forward and backward in a translational direction only; a transverse flaw detection module comprising a plurality of sensor arms each equipped with rows of magnetic sensor arrays arranged in a stagger manner along an axis of a test pipe; and a longitudinal flaw detection module comprising magnetizers and magnetic sensor arrays each respectively arranged orthogonal to one another.

Abstract: A search system that receives and returns results for split stays is described. The search system receives, from a searching end-user, a listing request specifying a multiple-day length of stay parameter. The search system determines that the multiple-day length of stay parameter of the listing request transgresses a minimum length of stay threshold and, in response, generates a combined listing that includes a first listing of the plurality of listings associated with a first portion of the multiple-day length of stay parameter and a second listing of the plurality of listings associated with a second portion of the multiple-day length of stay parameter. The combined listing is presented with one or more other listings of the plurality of listings that match the listing request in a ranked order.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to methods and systems for capturing, filtering, or retrieving obstructions or other particulates from a patient's vasculature. In one aspect, device for retrieving an obstruction from a patient is provided that includes an outer delivery shaft and an expandable basket movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The basket is configured to be in the collapsed configuration during delivery and in the expanded configuration during engagement and retrieval of the obstruction. A proximal end of the basket is configured to be centrally and pivotally coupled to the outer delivery shaft. The proximal end and/or a distal end of the basket is movable relative to each other such that a proximal portion of the expandable basket is invertible toward a distal portion of the basket to form a proximally oriented cavity in the expanded configuration to engage and retrieve the obstruction.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting designated reactions that include a fluidic network having a sample channel, a reaction chamber, and a reservoir. The sample channel is in flow communication with a sample port. The system also includes a rotary valve that has a flow channel and is configured to rotate between first and second valve positions. The flow channel fluidically couples the reaction chamber and the sample channel when the rotary valve is in the first valve position and fluidically couples the reservoir and the reaction chamber when the rotary valve is in the second valve position. A pump assembly induces a flow of a biological sample toward the reaction chamber when the rotary valve is in the first valve position and induces a flow of a reaction component from the reservoir toward the reaction chamber when the rotary valve is in the second valve position.

Abstract: A system includes an image sensor structure and a flow cell. The image sensor structure includes an image layer disposed over a base substrate. A device stack is disposed over the image layer. A bond pad is disposed in the device stack. A passivation stack is disposed over the device stack and the bond pad. An array of nanowells is disposed in a top layer of the passivation stack. A through-silicon via (TSV) is in electrical contact with the bond pad. The TSV extends through the base substrate. A redistribution layer (RDL) is disposed on a bottom surface of the base substrate. The RDL is in electrical contact with the TSV. The flow cell is disposed upon the top layer of the passivation stack to form a flow channel therebetween. The flow channel is disposed over the array of nanowells and the bond pad.

Abstract: An IC assembly including an exposed pad integrated circuit (“IC”) package having a thermal pad with a top surface and a bottom surface and with at least one peripheral surface portion extending transversely of and continuous with the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the at least one peripheral surface are exposed through a layer of mold compound. Also, methods of making an exposed pad integrated circuit (“IC”) package assembly. One method includes optically inspecting a solder bond bonding a thermal pad of an exposed pad IC package to a printed circuit board. Another method includes wave soldering an exposed pad of an IC package to a printed circuit board.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to methods and systems for capturing, filtering, or retrieving obstructions or other particulates from a patient's vasculature. In one aspect, device for retrieving an obstruction from a patient is provided that includes an outer delivery shaft and an expandable basket movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The basket is configured to be in the collapsed configuration during delivery and in the expanded configuration during engagement and retrieval of the obstruction. A proximal end of the basket is configured to be centrally and pivotally coupled to the outer delivery shaft. The proximal end and/or a distal end of the basket is movable relative to each other such that a proximal portion of the expandable basket is invertible toward a distal portion of the basket to form a proximally oriented cavity in the expanded configuration to engage and retrieve the obstruction.

Abstract: An example of a method includes providing a substrate with an exposed surface comprising a first chemical group, wherein the providing optionally comprises modifying the exposed surface of the substrate to incorporate the first chemical group; reacting the first chemical group with a first reactive group of a functionalized polymer molecule to form a functionalized polymer coating layer covalently bound to the exposed surface of the substrate; grafting a primer to the functionalized polymer coating layer by reacting the primer with a second reactive group of the functionalized polymer coating layer; and forming a water-soluble protective coating on the primer and the functionalized polymer coating layer. Examples of flow cells incorporating examples of the water-soluble protective coating are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Neurovascular flow diverter and delivery systems, and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. The systems can include an introducer sheath, a catheter, a deployable flow diverter that can be contained in the introducer sheath or in the catheter, a core wire, and one or several deployment features coupled to the core wire and engaging the flow diverter. The deployment features can include one or more of a pusher, one or several friction bumps, one or several deployment coils, a claw mechanism, a self-expanding element, a supporting coil, a tip coil, and/or an atraumatic tip. One or more of the deployment features can be radiopaque.

Abstract: Neurovascular flow diverter and delivery systems, and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. The systems can include an introducer sheath, a catheter, a deployable flow diverter that can be contained in the introducer sheath or in the catheter, a core wire, and one or several deployment features coupled to the core wire and engaging the flow diverter. The deployment features can include one or more of a pusher, one or several friction bumps, one or several deployment coils, a claw mechanism, a self-expanding element, a supporting coil, a tip coil, and/or an atraumatic tip. One or more of the deployment features can be radiopaque.

Abstract: A stationary electromagnetic inspection (EMI) apparatus and method are disclosed which includes a base; a plurality of hydraulic clamping rollers, connected to that base, operable to move a test pipe forward and backward in a translational direction only; a transverse flaw detection module comprising a plurality of sensor arms each equipped with rows of magnetic sensor arrays arranged in a stagger manner along an axis of a test pipe; and a longitudinal flaw detection module comprising magnetizers and magnetic sensor arrays each respectively arranged orthogonal to one another.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for disinfection comprising a cylindrical housing; a plurality of ultra-violet light emitting diode (UV-LED) modules disposed on the circumference of the cylindrical housing, each UV-LED module comprising a heat sink; and a heat dissipation module disposed along the central axis of the cylindrical housing, the heat dissipation module arranged in thermal contact with the heat sink of each of the plurality of UV-LED modules; wherein each of the plurality of UV-LED modules is pivotably mounted onto the circumference.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a resin vessel, a support plate, a light engine, a build tray, motorized support, and a controller. The resin vessel includes a vessel body defining a central opening and a transparent sheet that closes the central opening. The transparent sheet is at least partially formed from a cast polypropylene (CPP). The support plate is for supporting the resin vessel and includes a rigid transparent central portion for supporting the transparent sheet. The light engine is configured to project pixelated light to a build plane within the resin. The build tray defines a support surface for supporting the three-dimensional article to be at least partially submerged in the resin. The motorized support is configured to align and adjust a vertical position of the build tray. The controller is for controlling the light engine and the motorized support for fabricating the three-dimensional article.

Abstract: Described herein are flexible implantable occluding devices that can, for example, navigate the tortuous vessels of the neurovasculature. The occluding devices can also conform to the shape of the tortuous vessels of the vasculature. In some embodiments, the occluding devices can direct blood flow within a vessel away from an aneurysm or limit blood flow to the aneurysm. Some embodiments describe methods and apparatus for adjusting, along a length of the device, the porosity of the occluding device. In some embodiments, the occluding devices allows adequate blood flow to be provided to adjacent structures such that those structures, whether they are branch vessels or oxygen-demanding tissues, are not deprived of the necessary blood flow.

Abstract: An example of a method includes providing a substrate with an exposed surface comprising a first chemical group, wherein the providing optionally comprises modifying the exposed surface of the substrate to incorporate the first chemical group; reacting the first chemical group with a first reactive group of a functionalized polymer molecule to form a functionalized polymer coating layer covalently bound to the exposed surface of the substrate; grafting a primer to the functionalized polymer coating layer by reacting the primer with a second reactive group of the functionalized polymer coating layer; and forming a water-soluble protective coating on the primer and the functionalized polymer coating layer. Examples of flow cells incorporating examples of the water-soluble protective coating are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A vascular remodeling device has a plurality of sections, sized for deployment in a blood vessel, that is radially expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state. Each section has a plurality of interconnected struts that define a waist, a proximal face, and a distal face. Each face comprises (i) a plurality of distal strut portions extending proximally from a distal side of the face, (ii) a plurality of proximal strut portions extending distally from a proximal side of the face, and (iii) a plurality of sub-struts, wherein, from each proximal strut portion, two of the sub-struts each extend to a different one of the distal strut portions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting designated reactions utilizing a base instrument and a removable cartridge. The removable cartridge includes a fluidic network that receives and fluidically directs a biological sample to conduct the designated reactions. The removable cartridge also includes a flow-control valve that is operably coupled to the fluidic network and is movable relative to the fluidic network to control flow of the biological sample therethrough. The removable cartridge is configured to separably engage a base instrument. The base instrument includes a valve actuator that engages the flow-control valve of the removable cartridge. A detection assembly held by at least one of the removable cartridge or the base instrument may be used to detect the designated reactions.

Abstract: A method of predicting an output of oil and gas production in a hydrocarbon reservoir of a current and future producing well using a neural network model, includes receiving a data set comprising a plurality of parameters of the hydrocarbon reservoir at a wellsite. The method also includes using the data set to generate a plurality of simulation curves of the hydrocarbon reservoir, each parameter of the plurality of parameters has a range, and the range is adjustable, and the wellsite includes a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation to extract reserves from the hydrocarbon reservoir. The method also includes performing a simulation, based on the range of each said parameter of the plurality of parameters, of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The method also includes downloading the plurality of simulation curves into a local server to prepare training data for training the neural network model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting designated reactions utilizing a base instrument and a removable cartridge. The removable cartridge includes a fluidic network that receives and fluidically directs a biological sample to conduct the designated reactions. The removable cartridge also includes a flow-control valve that is operably coupled to the fluidic network and is movable relative to the fluidic network to control flow of the biological sample therethrough. The removable cartridge is configured to separably engage a base instrument. The base instrument includes a valve actuator that engages the flow-control valve of the removable cartridge. A detection assembly held by at least one of the removable cartridge or the base instrument may be used to detect the designated reactions.