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A medical instrument is provided and includes a housing and a shaft coupled to the housing. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. An end-effector assembly is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The end-effector assembly includes first and second jaw members. At least one of the first and second jaw members is movable from a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The medical instrument also includes one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-detecting elements configured to generate one or more signals indicative of tissue florescence. The one or more light-emitting elements are adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members.

A medical instrument is provided and includes a housing and a shaft coupled to the housing. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. An end-effector assembly is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The end-effector assembly includes first and second jaw members. At least one of the first and second jaw members is movable from a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The medical instrument also includes one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-detecting elements configured to generate one or more signals indicative of tissue florescence. The one or more light-emitting elements are adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members.

A program product and method is disclosed that rely on user interaction in the ordering of search results returned by a search engine. Each of a plurality of records in a database is associated with a user-interaction parameter that is associated with the duration of time that a user accesses a particular record of the search result. Provided that the duration of time that the user accesses the record is greater than a predetermined relevant time period, the user-interaction parameter is weighted to increase the relevance of this record in relation to records that did were not accessed for the relevant time period used in ordering the records identified in a result set generated in response to a search request.

A system and method facilitate estimating noise in a received signal. The received signal is formed of a plurality of tones, such as training tones and data tones. Noise is estimated at the training tones, which generally comprise a lesser number of the tones in the received signal than the data tones. The estimated noise at the training tones can be employed to facilitate demodulating and / or decoding data tones in the received signal. In one aspect, the estimated training tone noise can be utilized by a beamformer.

The present disclosure is directed towards a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes a housing and an end effector assembly operably connected to the housing. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members each having a tissue contacting surface, at least one of the first and second jaw members movable between a first, spaced-apart position and a second proximate position, wherein in the second position, the jaw members cooperate to define a cavity configured to receive tissue between the jaw members. The end effector also includes at least one light-emitting element coupled to at least one of the first and second jaw members, the at least one light-emitting element adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members to treat the tissue.

A pair of glasses with a heart-rate monitor according to one embodiment. The heart-rate monitor is configured to measure the heart rate of the user of the glasses. The heart-rate monitor can include a sensor with a radiation transmitter and a radiation receiver. The radiation could be infrared radiation. In one approach, the receiver measures signals transmitted by the transmitter through a body part of the user to measure the user's heart rate. The sensor could be incorporated in a clip to clip onto the body part of the user, such as the ear lobe of the user. In another approach, the receiver measures signals transmitted by the transmitter and reflected by a body part of the user to measure the user's heart rate.

The present invention models dynamic behavior of flight vehicles for simulation, analysis, and design. The present invention allows a user to define the complexity of a flight vehicle model, and such models may be simple rigid body models, models of medium complexity, or very complex models including high order dynamics comprising hundreds of structural flexibility modes and variables related to aero-elasticity, fuel sloshing, various types of effectors, tail-wags-dog dynamics, complex actuator models, load-torque feedback, wind gusts, and other parameters impacting flight vehicles. The present invention accommodates and analyzes multiple vehicle and actuator concepts and configurations as defined in flight vehicle input data, which specifies flight vehicle parameters at a steady-state condition for modeling flight vehicle response to dynamic forces and flight control commands with respect to steady state operation.

An apparatus and method for analyzing known data, storing the known data in a pattern database (“PDB”) as a template is provided. Additional methods are provided for comparing new data against the templates in the PDB. The data is stored in such a way as to facilitate the visual recognition of desired patterns or indicia indicating the presence of a desired or undesired feature within the new data. The apparatus and method is applicable to a variety of applications where large amounts of information are generated, and / or if the data exhibits fractal or chaotic attributes.

NDT inspection of an austenitic weld between two CRA Clad pipes using a phased ultrasonic transducer array system is described. The method may be performed during laying of gas / oil fatigue sensitive pipelines, for example, at sea. Two types of UT inspection may be generated simultaneously by a Phased Array on each side (Upstream and Downstream) of a girth weld. Firstly, mode converted longitudinal waves are used. These waves have properties that they propagate well. Shear waves are also used. The combination of these two ultrasonic waves, with the addition of surface waves, enables 100% of the girth weld to be inspected to the standard required in fatigue sensitive welds, such as Steel Catenary Risers. Shear waves and compression waves are emitted substantially contemporaneously. Defects may be detected and measured using time of flight information and amplitudes of radiation detected on reflection and on diffraction from the defect.

An apparatus and method for analyzing known data, storing the known data in a pattern database (“PDB”) as a template is provided. Additional methods are provided for comparing new data against the templates in the PDB. The data is stored in such a way as to facilitate the visual recognition of desired patterns or indicia indicating the presence of a desired or undesired feature within the new data. Data may be analyzed as fragments, and the characteristics of various fragments, such as sting length, may be calculated and compared to other indicia to indicate the presence or absence of a particular substance, such as a hydrocarbon. The apparatus and method is applicable to a variety of applications where large amounts of information are generated, and / or if the data exhibits fractal or chaotic attributes.

A method and apparatus for monitoring untagged objects in a target area including calibrating a radio environment monitoring system including a rules engine and a baseline data set for a target area by recording a set of changes to the RF environment fingerprint of the target area received by the radio environment monitoring system as the target area is filled with objects. During system operation, scanning the target area with the radio environment monitoring system for a current RF environment fingerprint, comparing the current RF environment fingerprint with the baseline data set by a rules engine and reporting an output of the rules engine.

This invention uses an interferometric fiber optic sensor, particularly a Sagnac or Michelson interferometer, in a first fiber to monitor a sensing length of the first fiber and to detect disturbances. Signals indicating disturbances are classified as being of interest or not of interest, depending on predetermined criteria. Disturbances of interest can be, for example, the breaking of reinforcement wires in concrete pipe, the breaking of wires in suspension cables, a fire, a pipeline leak, or an intrusion. A location sensor system is used to determine the location of disturbances of interest, and to confirm the interferometer signal to reduce noise. The location sensor system is a fiber optic sensor, such as a phase OTDR sensor or a Brillouin effect sensor, which can detect the location of events it senses. It is present either in the first fiber or in a separate fiber laid adjacent the first fiber along its sensing length, as for example in the same optical cable.

A endovascular prosthesis for implantation in a body passageway. The prosthesis comprises a tubular wall which is: (i) movable between a first longitudinal length and a second longitudinally length, and (ii) radially expandible for implantation of the prosthesis in the body passageway. In one embodiment, the tubular wall has a longitudinally length which is variable by an "accordian"-like action. In another embodiment, the tubular wall has a longitudinally length which is variable by an "telescoping"-like action. The longitudinal length of the tubular wall may be varied in vivo to optimize deployment of the endovascular prosthesis.

In a method of analyzing patient physiological data, the data is subjected to principal component analysis and compared to a model physiological data principal component analysis. The comparison is used to identify correlations present in the morphology of the patient physiological data. The present invention further includes determining a confidence interval for the detection of a morphological feature and utilizing this confidence interval for improving the quality of the detection of morphological features of the patient physiological data, including automated morphological feature identification.

The present invention models dynamic behavior of flight vehicles for simulation, analysis, and design. The present invention allows a user to define the complexity of a flight vehicle model, and such models may be simple rigid body models, models of medium complexity, or very complex models including high order dynamics comprising hundreds of structural flexibility modes and variables related to aero-elasticity, fuel sloshing, various types of effectors, tail-wags-dog dynamics, complex actuator models, load-torque feedback, wind gusts, and other parameters impacting flight vehicles. The present invention accommodates and analyzes multiple vehicle and actuator concepts and configurations as defined in flight vehicle input data, which specifies flight vehicle parameters at a steady-state condition for modeling flight vehicle response to dynamic forces and flight control commands with respect to steady state operation.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for operating a Wind Turbine (WTG), which WTG comprises a rotor comprising at least two blades, which blades are pitch regulated, where the rotor is connected to a shaft, which shaft is supported by bearings, and which shaft drives at least one generator, where the WTG uses a load regulation system for regulating the individual pitch of at least two blades. The object of the invention is to compensate for asymmetric load on the rotor in a wind turbine, a second object is to reduce wearing at shaft bearings in the wind turbine, and a third object is to increase the power production of a wind turbine. This can be achieved if the load regulation system measures the actual rotor load by at least one displacement sensor, which displacement sensor is measuring the bending of the main shaft, where the load regulation system based on the shaft bending regulates the individual pitch of the blades for compensating asymmetric load at the rotor.

This invention uses an interferometric fibre optic sensor, particularly a Sagnac or Michelson interferometer, in a first fibre to monitor a sensing length of the first fibre and to detect disturbances. Signals indicating disturbances are classified as being of interest or not of interest, depending on predetermined criteria. Disturbances of interest can be, for example, the breaking of reinforcement wires in concrete pipe, the breaking of wires in suspension cables, a fire, a pipeline leak, or an intrusion. A location sensor system is used to determine the location of disturbances of interest, and to confirm the interferometer signal to reduce noise. The location sensor system is a fibre optic sensor, such as a phase OTDR sensor or a Brillouin effect sensor, which can detect the location of events it senses. It is present either in the first fibre or in a separate fibre laid adjacent the first fibre along its sensing length, as for example in the same optical cable.

A method is disclosed, for processing positioning data to generate map data which includes a plurality of navigable segments representing segments of a navigable route in the area covered by the map, with each segment being arranged to have speed data associated therewith. In at least one embodiment, the method includes classifying the speed data associated with at least some, and generally each, navigable segment having speed data associated therewith into a category of a classification having a plurality of categories into which the speed data can be classified according to a parameter of a navigable segment with which the speed data is associated; generating a category average for each category within the classification; assessing at least some, and generally each, navigable segment within the map data to determine whether there is speed data associated therewith; and if there is no speed data associated with a navigable segment, using the category average, according to the parameter of the navigable segment being processed, as the speed data for the navigable segment being processed.

The invention discloses a method for measuring tree-crown volume fractal dimension by applying a three-dimensional laser image-scanning system. The method comprises the steps of utilizing the three-dimensional laser scanning system to scan a tree-crown, obtaining the three-dimensional space lattice data of the tree-crown, establishing the tree-crown three-dimensional space model and calculating the surface area and volume of the tree-crown; and then linear fitting by taking the logarithm value of the tree-crown volume as an independent variable and taking the logarithm value of leaf biomass as an induced variable so as to determine that the measured tree-crown volume fractal dimension is three times of the linear fitting slope. The method avoids felling stumpage and protects the forests; and simultaneously, the adoption of the fractal dimension as the new parameter representing the tree-crown pattern structure is a beneficial supplement for the forest-measurement and significant for further studying the growth of trees.

The invention discloses a preparation method for synthetic quartz. The raw materials of the preparation method comprise quartz sand of 10 to 80 meshes, quartz sand of 80 to 200 meshes, quartz sand of 200 meshes, quartz of 325 meshes, unsaturated resin, accelerants, solidified agents and coupling agents. The preparation method comprises the following steps: unsaturated resin and color paste are stirred, the quartz sand is added into the unsaturated resin from small size to big size and is uniformly stirred with the unsaturated resin,, the accelerants, the coupling agents and the solidified agents are added in the mixture of the quartz sand and the unsaturated resin and are stirred uniformly, the mixture is injected into a forming mold and is put in the vacuum environment of 0.097MPa to -0.1MPa for about eight minutes, and then the product is naturally solidified under normal temperature and normal pressure, and is dimensioned, thickened and polished to obtain the finished product.

A method and means to utilize machine learning to train a device to generate a confidence level indicator (CLI). The device is a CAD system that has been initially trained using initial machine learning to recommend classifications for image features presented to the device. Probabilistic classification is utilized to incorporate intermediate values given by a human operator to better indicate a level of confidence of the CAD system's recommendations as to what classes should be associated with certain image features.

An improved method of breath sampling, particularly adapted for use in connection with motor vehicle alcohol breath monitoring devices, comprises the sending of a drive signal to a piston pump to draw a breath sample into a sensing chamber, the pump being connected to the sensing chamber. The operational status of the pump is monitored by monitoring the condition of a switch associated with the pump which is adapted to change state when the pump piston is withdrawn into its pump housing as a proper reaction of the pump to its drive signal and return to its original state when the pump piston is no longer withdrawn. The state condition of the of the switch is used to confirm proper pump operation in drawing the breath sample into the chamber; if proper pump operation is confirmed, the breath sample can be accepted for further processing and analysis.

A system and method for the determination for automated initiation of onboard aircraft weight and balance measurement systems. The system is used in monitoring, measuring, computing and displaying the weight and balance of aircraft utilizing telescopic landing gear struts. Pressure sensors, axle deflection sensors, and / or linkage rotation sensors are mounted in relation to each of the landing gear struts to monitor, measure and record strut and aircraft movement and rates of said movement experienced by landing gear struts, as the aircraft proceeds through typical ground and flight operations. Also, acceleration sensors and GPS can be used to monitor aircraft movements and positions during ground and flight operations. The system and method identify the position of the aircraft as related to airport ground operations to determine the optimum time to initiate an aircraft weight and balance measurement.

The invention discloses a debris flow channel erosion indoor simulation test system. Through a conveyor belt, a water tank, a water pumping device and a mixer, a soil sample of a certain particle sizecomponent can be prepared into a debris flow fluid with a certain volume concentration, a lifting system composed of six elevators is adopted to adjust the slope and the height of three sections of flowing tanks, the movement slope, the falling water height and the scarp slope of debris flow can be controlled, the process of erosion of the debris flow fluid to a channel foundation bed under the conditions of different circulation area slope, falling water height and scarp slope and different thicknesses of the eroded foundation bed can be simulated, the erosion height and the erosion amount of the debris flow fluid on the eroded foundation bed can be monitored and recorded by a three-dimensional laser scanner and an ultrasonic sensor, and the process of the erosion movement of the debrisflow and kinetic parameters of the process can be monitored in real time through a pore pressure test device, a flow rate flow test device and a high speed camera.