Abstract: A balloon guide catheter system including a balloon guide catheter having a catheter shaft that includes: (i) a main lumen; (ii) an inflation lumen; and (iii) an exhaust lumen. The terminating distal end of the inflation lumen and the terminating distal end of the exhaust lumen being in localized fluid communication with one another underneath the balloon while in a non-inflated state. A balloon is disposed about a distal region of an outer surface of the catheter shaft. The exhaust lumen is configured to purge the residual air in a proximal direction and out from a proximal region of the balloon guide catheter.

Abstract: A dual lumen IV administration set includes a first lumen having an inner diameter of a first value. A second lumen is paired with the first lumen, and the second lumen has an inner diameter of a second value that is greater than the first value. A flow merger merges flow output from a distal end of the first lumen and flow output from a distal end of the second lumen to form a single flow output in an exit lumen. An injection port intersects the first lumen, thereby providing injection access to flow therethrough, prior to merging with the flow output of the second lumen.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides intelligent lighting control systems for adjusting a user interface on a mobile electronic device. A user input requested via the user interface to change a lighting state of one or more light emitting elements in a luminaire connected to a lighting control system communicably coupled to a server system is detected. A transaction identification (ID) code is generated on the mobile electronic device. A display of an icon displayed in the user interface is changed. The icon depicts a status of the one or more light emitting elements. The transaction identification code and a request to change the lighting state to be transmitted from the mobile electronic device to the server system. A change notification received by the server system is analyzed to determine if it includes the transaction ID code. The display state of the icon is either changed on maintained based on the analysis.

Abstract: Vaporizers and vaporizer systems, which can include a device in communication with a vaporizer, can include one or more features related to control of functions and/or features of the vaporizer, identification of a cartridge and/or a vaporizable material in the cartridge, data exchange (either one-way or two-way) between a cartridge and a vaporizer with which the cartridge is engaged, and the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for lowering a hitch onto a truck bed and raising the hitch off of a truck bed is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an upper carriage, a lower carriage, and a kingpin. The upper carriage is suspended from multiple lines, which lines are configured to lower and raise the upper carriage. The lower carriage is attachable to the upper carriage at various positions relative to the upper carriage to allow the load on the lines to be balanced in one direction. The kingpin is attached to the lower carriage, and kingpin is configured to be captured by the hitch. Allowing the hitch to be lowered onto the truck bed and raised off of the truck bed as the upper carriage and the lower carriage are lowered and raised by the lines. Another embodiment of the apparatus includes lifting devices attached to the lines for raising and lowering the hitch.

Abstract: A method for regulating access to a protected resource is disclosed.

Abstract: A set of glasses frames includes electronic components for video capture and is configured to continuously capture video in a twenty-second loop. On the frames is a capture button that, when pressed, causes the electronic circuitry to store the prior twenty seconds and the following twenty seconds, for a total of forty seconds of video in non-transitory memory. The electronic circuitry in the frames also includes a Bluetooth radio and a Wi-Fi radio, enabling the frames to communicate with a mobile device, and more particularly to provide the saved twenty-second video clips to an app running on the mobile device. The app allows for storage of the video clips on the phone, editing of the video clips, upload of the video clips to the Internet, and configuring user-adjustable settings on the electronic circuitry of the glasses.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for treating wastewater. In one example a system for treating wastewater treatment is provided. The system comprises a biological reactor having an inlet in fluid communication with a source of wastewater and an outlet, the biological reactor configured to treat wastewater from the source of wastewater and output a biologically treated wastewater from the outlet, a solids-liquid separation system having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the biological reactor and configured to separate the biologically treated wastewater into a solids-lean effluent and a solids-rich waste activated sludge (WAS), a treatment subsystem comprising a digester, an inlet in fluid communication with a WAS outlet of the solids-liquid separation system, and an outlet for providing ballasted and digested WAS, and a ballast feed system configured to deliver ballast to one of the biological reactor and the treatment subsystem.

Abstract: A computing system comprising: a first control unit or a second control unit configured to: receive a request to send or to receive a content; determine whether to send or to receive the content based on a threshold; monitor an environmental characteristic; control a presentation of the content based on the environmental characteristic; a first communication unit or a second communication unit, coupled to the first control unit or the second control unit, configured to send or to receive a first device transmission or a second device transmission of the content based on the threshold; and a first user interface or a second user interface, coupled to the first control unit or the second control unit, configured to present the content.

Abstract: In one aspect, a tunneling tool for creating a subcutaneous pocket below a skin surface is provided. The tunneling tool may include a handle, a rod, a first prong, and a second prong. The rod and the first and second prongs may extend from a first end of the handle. The rod may extend farther from the first end of the handle than the first and second prongs and be configured to create the subcutaneous pocket. The first and second prongs may be configured to limit the depth at which the rod is capable of creating the subcutaneous pocket. The first and second prong may comprise first and second length indicators, respectively, configured to indicate a length of the subcutaneous pocket formed by the rod. In another aspect, a method of creating a subcutaneous pocket using the tunneling tool is provided.

Abstract: A method for improving user interaction with a virtual environment includes measuring a first position of the user's gaze relative to a virtual element, selecting the virtual element in the virtual environment at an origin when the user's gaze overlaps the virtual element, measuring a second position of a user's gaze relative to the virtual element, presenting a visual placeholder at a second position of the user's gaze when the second position of the user's gaze is beyond a threshold distance from the origin, and moving the visual placeholder relative to a destination using a secondary input device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein relate to an improved interactive experience. The system can be for delivery of an interactive attraction experience. The system can include a passenger vehicle having a plurality of passenger locations and a content presentation system that can present a virtual portion of the attraction experience viewable from the plurality of passenger locations. The system can include a transceiver that can transmit a trigger signal and at least one processor. The at least one processor can control delivery of the virtual portion of the attraction experience via the content presentation system, detect presence of a non-ride device, and deliver a trigger signal via the transceiver to the non-ride device, the trigger signal linked with the attraction experience.

Abstract: An electronic device console includes a console body that houses a chip package, and a duct extending from the console body. An interior volume of the duct is in fluid communication with an interior volume of the console body. A first vent is at a distal end of the duct. A second vent is in a wall of the console body. The console may be oriented in a first orientation and a second orientation. The duct functions as a chimney for natural convection cooling of the chip package when the console is oriented in the first orientation. The console body functions as a chimney for natural convection cooling of the chip package when the console is oriented in the second orientation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant cells and microorganisms of the phylum Labyrinthulomycota and their use in heterologous protein production. Novel promoter, terminator, and signal sequences for efficient production and, optionally, secretion of polypeptides from recombinant host cells and microorganisms are also encompassed by the present invention.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator having hairpin windings with at least first and second phases and a neutral bridge attached to the at least first and second phases. The neutral bridge defines a planar body and a mounting feature extending from an upper surface of the body and cooperating with the body to define an opening. A temperature sensor of the electric machine includes an insertion portion having a sensing element. The insertion portion is received in the opening.

Abstract: A hair care composition that removes calcium fatty carboxylate salts from the hair and scalp is provided. The hair care composition includes a calcium chelant, an anionic surfactant, a hydrotrope, a carrier, and optionally a zwitterionic surfactant.

Abstract: A modular forced air burner assembly for rapidly heating contents of an oversized pot includes a frame, which has a top that is substantially open and configured to support a pot. A burner assembly that is selectively positionable below the pot is configured to burn a fuel gas to heat the pot and its contents. A forced air module that is selectively operationally couplable to the burner assembly is configured to force air into the burner assembly to enhance combustion of the fuel gas. A pipe is selectively couplable to an exterior of the frame so that the pipe extends from proximate to a midpoint of the frame past the top of the frame. The pipe is configured to direct heat across a sidewall of the pot to enhance heating of the pot and its contents.

Abstract: A playset having a battery housing and a receiving member is disclosed. The battery housing contains a battery and has at least one pair of recessed electrical contacts electrically connected to the battery. The receiving member has a chamber configured to receive the battery housing and an energizable element electrically connected to at least one pair of protruding electrical contacts protruding into the chamber. The battery housing is receivable by the receiving member such that the pair of recessed electrical contacts respectively electrically connect with the pair of protruding electrical contacts to supply power from the battery to the energizable element.