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An ocular implantation device comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, a needle configured to receive an implant, and a plunger and a rod operatively coupled together. The plunger and the rod are disposed in the housing and are collectively, translationally moveable along the longitudinal axis of housing. The rod is configured to be receivable within at least a portion of the needle to enable the rod to move an implant therethrough. An actuator is operatively engaged with the plunger such that movement of the actuator in a direction aligned with the longitudinal axis of the housing results in translational movement of the plunger and the rod along the longitudinal axis of the housing in order to deliver the implant through the needle to a target site. An alternative embodiment of the device uses a retractable needle to deliver the implant.

The present invention provides an aircraft passenger seat assembly that includes: (a) first and second seats selectively movable between upright and reclined positions and adapted for being positioned beside and at inwardly-facing angles relative to each other; (b) a center console having a relatively wide aft end and a relatively narrow forward end for being positioned between the first and second seats; and (c) the relatively wide aft end of the center console including first and second foot wells therein adapted to permit the feet of a passenger seated in an aft-positioned first or second seat to extend therein when the aft-positioned first or second seat is in the recline position.

A technique (and corresponding system) for controlling access to insertion opportunities in a multi-channel streaming media system is provided. The technique receives parameters for access to the insertion opportunities from multiple advertisers, such as desired audience viewership profile characteristics. The technique evaluates the received parameters to select which advertisers gain access to the insertion opportunities to place promotional content. The technique analyzes an audience of the placed promotional content and identifies which of the possible promotional content optimizes the value of the insertion opportunities or other maxima. Unlike traditional advertising in which advertisers pay per expected viewership, the technique may be arranged to charge advertisers only for a targeted audience that viewed the placed promotional content. The technique thus enables advertisers to access disparate insertion opportunities and to target an audience at lower cost without having to establish relationships with owners of insertion opportunities.

A computer is provided having a main board with I/O connectors mounted thereon, and a chassis including a front panel providing access to the I/O connectors and to all components requiring intermittent access provided for the computer.

Catheters and methods are provided for performing medical procedures, such as tissue ablation, adjacent the ostia of anatomical vessels, such as pulmonary veins. The catheter comprises an elongated flexible integrated catheter body having proximal and distal shaft portions and at least one operative element carried by the distal shaft portion. The distal shaft portion has a proximal section configured to be internally actuated (e.g., using a steering mechanism or pre-shaping the proximal section) to form a simple curve with an apex that can be inserted into the vessel ostium, an intermediate section pre-shaped to form a curve that bends opposite the simple curve, and a distal section configured to be placed into a non-radial relationship (tangential or oblique) with the vessel ostium when the apex of the simple curve is inserted into the vessel ostium. By this arrangement, the operative element is configured to be placed firmly in contact with tissue at a predefined radial location relative to the vessel ostium when the apex of the simple curve is inserted into the vessel ostium.

A microneedle array having a substrate and a plurality of microneedles extending out from the substrate with a multi-phase matrix coating on at least a portion of the microneedle surface of the microneedle array. The multi-phase matrix coating comprises an active substance and has a first solid phase and a liquid phase. The first solid phase comprises a water-soluble polymer. Also, a method of providing an active substance- containing matrix coating on a microneedle array in which a water-soluble polymer is applied to the microneedle surface of the array to form a dried coating of water-soluble polymer. A coating solution comprising an active substance, a liquid capable of phase separating from the water-soluble polymer, and a carrier fluid is prepared and applied to the dried coating of water-soluble polymer. At least a portion of the carrier fluid is removed from the array.

The system and method of detection of low flying animals, such as birds, bats, and insects, and more particularly the detection of low flying animals using a radar system to detect the animals in three-dimensional airspace. The radar system produces narrowly focused radar pulses. The radar system comprises a single radar unit, an A/D proceeding apparatus, an A/D conversion apparatus, and a pan/tilt controlled base platform. The system and method further producing an avoidance response in an animal, and more particularly, producing an avoidance response by illuminating the animal with ultraviolet light.

A method for efficient analytical placement of standard cell designs includes obtaining a placement of cells using a wirelength objective function, modifying the placement of cells by cell shifting to redistribute cells to thereby reduce cell overlap, and refining the placement of cells to thereby reduce wirelength using a half-perimeter bounding rectangle-measure. Preferably the wirelength the wirelength objective function is a quadratic objective function which is solved using a hybrid net model. The hybrid net model preferably uses a clique model for two-pin and three-pin nets and a star model for nets having at least four pins. The use of the hybrid net model reduces a number of non-zero entries in a connectivity matrix.

A wearable electronic device for conveying information using one or more display indicators, wherein the electronic device comprises a housing; a nest positioned in the housing; a plurality of independently insertable and removable modules coupled to the nest, wherein each module comprises (i) a gearing arrangement comprising at least one rotateable gear and (ii) a stepper motor, the stepper motor comprising a rotor rotateably coupled to the at least one rotateable gear; a controller operatively coupled to the stepper motor of each module, for causing the rotation of the rotor of each module; wherein each of the plurality of modules has associated therewith and mechanically coupled thereto one or more display indicators; whereby the positioning of the one or more indicators conveys information by referring to particular indicia. In a specific embodiment, the wearable electronic device is a wristwatch.

Methods and fluids are provided for the placement of a water-swellable polymer into a subterranean formation. The methods and fluids include a placement fluid that has an acidic aqueous phase. The water-swellable polymer does not substantially swell in the acidic aqueous phase. The acid is allowed or caused to be spent downhole, whereby the water-swellable polymer can then swell in the formation. In an embodiment, an oil-external emulsion having an internal acidic water phase is provided for placement of a water-swellable polymer into a subterranean formation. Preferably, the oil-external emulsion is adapted to break as the acid contained in the internal water phase is allowed or caused to be spent downhole.

A transmitter apparatus includes a reference signal transmitting unit that transmits a both of a first reference signal and a second reference signal differing from the first reference signal to a first receiver apparatus performing non-cooperative communication and to a second receiver apparatus performing cooperative communication, respectively. In addition, the transmitter apparatus includes a notifying unit that instructs the first receiver apparatus to measure the first reference signal and that instructs the second receiver apparatus to measure the second reference signal.

An inverter device that converts electric power between a direct current and an alternating current. The inverter is configured with an inverter circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit substrate includes a driver circuit that supplies a control signal for each switching element. The driver circuit is placed so as to overlap a mount region of each switching element in the inverter circuit unit as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate surface of the control circuit substrate. The temperature detection circuit is placed so as to overlap a mount region of the one of the upper arm and the lower min of each of the inverter circuit units. The current detection circuit is placed so as to overlap a mount region of the other of the upper arm and the lower arm of each of the legs in the inverter circuit unit.

A drill out bi-center bit and a method for using the same are provided that offer the ability to drill out cement and casing shoes, and increased stability. The bi-center bit includes a bit body having a first end operable to be coupled with a drill string, a second end including a pilot section, and an eccentric reamer section intermediate the first and second ends. A first plurality of cutter assemblies is disposed upon the exterior surface of the pilot section, while a second plurality of cutter assemblies is disposed upon the reamer section. A plurality of recessed cutter assemblies is also disposed upon the pilot section, such that the recessed cutter assemblies are located within a radius beginning at a central axis of the pilot section and terminating at a central axis of the reamer section and are recessed with respect to a lower surface of the pilot.

An axle with wheel hub drive including an electric motor (3) cooled with cooling fluid is proposed in which an external cooling is incorporated in the wheel heads (2) of the axle (1).

A print head module (20) for depositing a substance has an axis and a plurality of print heads (22) provided with nozzles (23). The heads are distributed along the axis to form an elongate compound head having nozzle redundancy by arranging the heads in partially overlapping relation to one another. This allows deposition of the substance from the nozzles in uniform swathes having different angles transverse to the axis.