Abstract: Mechanisms for dispensing items such as medications and medical supplies. Different mechanisms may be tailored to dispensing different kinds of items, for example medications in single dose packages, vials, syringes, or other similarly-shaped items. The dispensers may be placed in a dispensing unit that includes a lockable restock drawer and a dispense drawer into which items are dispensed by the dispensing mechanisms. The various kinds of dispensing mechanisms may be installed in the restock drawer in any workable proportion and arrangement. The dispensing mechanisms include multiple sensing technologies for tracking and inventory of items and for accurate sensing of items as they are dispensed.

Abstract: Methods and memory circuits for altering a magnetic direction of a magnetic memory cell using picosecond electric current pulses are disclosed. One method includes directing a first electric current pulse through the magnetic memory cell that includes a ferrimagnetic material layer to heat the ferrimagnetic material layer to toggle a magnetic direction of the ferrimagnetic material layer from a first magnetic direction to a second magnetic direction.

Abstract: An interventional catheter for treating an artery includes an elongated body sized and shaped to be transcervically introduced into a common carotid artery at an access location in the neck. The elongated body has an overall length such that the distal most section can be positioned in an intracranial artery and at least a portion of the proximal most section is positioned in the common carotid artery during use.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polymer coating compositions that comprise at least one thermoplastic resin, at least one opacity modifier, at least one gloss modifier, and at least one impact modifier, articles at least partially coated with the polymer coating composition, paintable polymer coated articles and method for making the polymer coated and painted polymer coated articles. These compositions exhibit enhanced paintability (including paintability with water-based paints) and mechanical properties for fabrication (cutting, nailing, routing, etc.), while maintaining acceptable visual appearance, such as, for example, opacity, gloss, surface appearance, and surface roughness.

Abstract: In an approach for purging an address range from a cache, a processor quiesces a computing system. Cache logic issues a command to purge a section of a cache to higher level memory, wherein the command comprises a starting storage address and a range of storage addresses to be purged. Responsive to each cache of the computing system activating the command, cache logic ends the quiesce of the computing system. Subsequent to ending the quiesce of the computing system, Cache logic purges storage addresses from the cache, based on the command, to the higher level memory.

Abstract: A replacement thermal sleeve with a flange for a reactor vessel closure head penetration adapter housing. By altering a diameter of the flange, a replacement thermal sleeve can be installed through the narrow diameter of the penetration adapter housing opening from under the reactor vessel head. The flange can be compressible or expandable or the tubular wall of the thermal sleeve can be inserted in longitudinal sections, one at a time, into an opening in the underside of the penetration head adapter and reformed within the opening when fully inserted.

Abstract: A consumer product or toy suction cup ensemble includes a housing, a suction cup formation, and a relief valve formation. A collar element may be included in certain embodiments. The housing includes a stem-letting aperture. The suction cup formation includes a collapsible cup portion and a stem portion. The stem portion includes a valve-letting passage. The stem-letting aperture receives the stem section. The relief valve formation includes a valve stem and a valve upper portion. The valve stem includes opposed valve stem grooves that extend from a valve stem end and have a groove length lesser than the valve stem thereby forming a valve-sealing portion. The valve stem is receivable in the valve-letting passage. The collar element of certain embodiments includes an outer collar periphery and an inner slot portion. The inner slot portion accepts the collar-receiving stem section and the outer collar periphery is wider than stem-letting aperture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low energy explosive transfer adapter. The low energy explosive transfer adapter may comprise an adapter housing comprising a firing pin chamber situated within the adapter housing comprising an inlet and a stopping surface opposite the inlet. The low energy explosive transfer adapter may further comprise a primer chamber connected to the firing pin chamber and an output tube connected to the primer chamber.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus comprises a support structure comprising a head end, a foot end, a base, and a patient support deck. The patient support deck comprises a fowler section at the head end and a foot section at the foot end. The fowler section is capable of articulating relative to the base. The patient support apparatus further comprises a pediatric support module comprising a seat section disposed between the fowler section and the foot section. The pediatric support module is integrated into the patient support deck and comprises a lid and a body.

Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) technique for vehicular traffic management, including an IoT sensor to measure traffic data of vehicular traffic, a traffic analyzer to determine a traffic event based on the traffic data, and an IoT gateway to issue a response based on the traffic event.

Abstract: In an approach for purging an address range from a cache, a processor quiesces a computing system. Cache logic issues a command to purge a section of a cache to higher level memory, wherein the command comprises a starting storage address and a range of storage addresses to be purged. Responsive to each cache of the computing system activating the command, cache logic ends the quiesce of the computing system. Subsequent to ending the quiesce of the computing system, Cache logic purges storage addresses from the cache, based on the command, to the higher level memory.

Abstract: A heavy truck tire tread that includes a series of at least 50 similar tread features repeated along its longitudinal direction that include two ducts extending from the surface in the thickness direction, the ducts being joined together by one sipe. They further have one void in fluid communication with the two ducts, the void extending substantially parallel to the tread surface and having a void section area of at least 10 mm2. The tread is formed at least in part of a rubber composition comprising at least 75 phr of a first rubber component selected from a polybutadiene rubber (BR), a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) or combinations thereof having a Tg of between ?80° C. and ?110° C. The rubber composition may further include at least 40 phr of a plasticizing resin having a Tg of at least 25° C. and a reinforcing filler.

Abstract: An incisionless fully endoscopic method of reducing the capacity of the stomach is provided to surgically treat obesity. The method is directed to endoluminal tissue approximation of a portion of the stomach, including at least a portion of the greater curvature thereof. The method includes a pattern of stitching in which a portion of the stomach is closed off. One stitching pattern causes the lateral portion of the stomach to be drawn to reduce the usable volume of the stomach while maintaining a pathway from the esophagus to the pylorus. As the stitching pattern advances, the fundus is automatically drawn downward so that it may be endoscopically approached for stitching in a facilitated manner. According to another aspect of the invention, another stitching pattern extends from the antrum to the fundus between the anterior and posterior portions of the stomach.

Abstract: A method for treating or preventing a disease or condition that operates by calcium transport through the mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU), the method comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an MCU inhibitor having the following structure: wherein L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, X1, and X2 are independently selected from halide, amine groups —NR1R2R3, phosphine groups —PR5R6R7, carboxylate groups R4C(O)O—, and solvent molecules, and provided that at least one of L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, X1, and X2 is selected from amine or phosphine groups; wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen atoms and hydrocarbon groups having up to six carbon atoms, wherein two of R1, R2, and R3 within a —NR1R2R3 group are optionally interconnected to form an N-containing ring; and R groups in adjacent amino or phosphine groups may optionally interconnect.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high explosive firing mechanism. The high explosive firing mechanism may comprise a housing comprising a firing pin tube having a primer inlet. The high explosive firing mechanism may further comprise a firing pin disposed within the firing pin tube, the firing pin comprising a nub. The nub may partially extend into the primer inlet.

Abstract: Methods for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. The methods described herein allow for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, such as context-specific user interfaces and emoji graphical objects that contain independently configurable graphical elements. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.

Abstract: Techniques for service modification utilizing a split design-assign framework are described. An existing service design for a service is obtained. The input data structure that would be used to build the desired service design from scratch is obtained or computed. A design “add” function is executed using this new input data structure as if building the desired service design for the first time. A difference is determined between the existing service design and the desired service design, resulting in instructions for objects needed to be created, modified, and/or deleted in the existing service design to achieve the desired service design. These instructions are applied to an inventory system, thereby achieving the desired service design.

Abstract: Techniques for processing a transaction using one or more service computing devices of a payment service that processes transactions for multiple merchants including a merchant are described. A first point-of-sale device operable by the merchant is configured to (i) receive, from a first point-of-sale (POS) device operable by the merchant, transaction data indicating an amount to charge a customer for at least one item ordered by the customer from the merchant in a transaction, and (ii) send the transaction data to a second POS device operable by the merchant, and the second POS device is configured to (i) receive the transaction data, (ii) generate payment data via a card reader associated with the second POS device, and (iii) transmit the payment data to a payment gateway for processing payment for the transaction.

Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) semiconductor chip having logic circuitry to implement a PMIC/PMIC interface having a downstream signal line and an upstream signal line. The downstream signal line to communicate any of multiple states that a downstream PMIC semiconductor chip is to implement with one of multiple voltage levels, where, different ones of the multiple voltage levels correspond to different ones of the multiple states. The upstream signal line is to communicate whether or not the downstream PMIC semiconductor chip is ready to receive a next one of the multiple voltage levels.