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An optoelectronic circuit including: an IC chip made up of a substrate in which an optical waveguide and a mirror have been fabricated, the substrate having a first lens formed thereon, wherein the mirror is aligned with the optical waveguide and the first lens is aligned with the mirror to form an optical path connecting the first lens, the mirror, and the optical waveguide; and an optical coupler including a second lens, the optical coupler affixed to the substrate and positioned to align the second lens with the first lens so as to couple an optical signal into or out of the optical waveguide within the IC chip.

A method for fabricating a flexible device is provided, which includes providing a rigid carrier; forming an adhesion layer with a given pattern on the rigid carrier; forming a flexible substrate layer on the rigid carrier, wherein a portion of the flexible substrate layer contacts with the rigid carrier to form a first contact interface and the remaining contacts with the adhesion layer to form a second contact interface; forming at least one device on the surface of the flexible substrate layer opposite to the first contact interface; and separating the flexible substrate from the rigid carrier through the first contact interface.

A method for forming a stereoscopic image having a left-eye image and a right-eye image repeats the steps of directing a line of the left-eye image as incident light toward a scanning element while directing a line of the right-eye image as incident light toward the scanning element, and moving the scanning element into position for directing incident light toward a portion of a display surface.

An electro-optical device includes a pair of substrates with an electro-optical material layer interposed therebetween, and a plurality of pixels, each having a reflection region and a transmission region. The reflection regions are disposed on opposing sides of adjacent pixels. On one substrate of the pair of substrates, an insulating layer is formed in the reflection region, such that the thicknesses of the electro-optical material layer in the reflection region and the transmission region are made different from each other. Further, the insulating layer is formed across two adjacent pixels along a direction in which the reflection regions of adjacent pixels continue.

The invention provides hinges for use in knee braces to correct and prevent knee pathology. Further provided are knee braces comprising the hinges of the present invention to correct and prevent knee pathology including osteoarthritis. Also provided are methods of treating knee pathology by using the hinges and braces of the present invention to apply a corrective rotational force and an off-loading force to the affected knee compartment.

It is an objective that the optical loss and the number of optical components are reduced in an optical recording head using a near-field where a laser beam is guided from a light source to the tip of the head and a thermally assisted magnetic recording head. A structure where the traveling direction of emitted beam is rotated in the direction of the cavity of the laser diode element and a reflector for guiding the beam to the surface of the surface of the laser diode element is monolithically integrated in the laser diode element is mounted over the slider so that the direction of the cavity of the laser diode element is parallel to the surface of the recording medium, and the substrate side of the laser diode element is mounted to be in the direction opposite the face adjacent to the upper face of the slider.

A method and system for performing a total joint arthroplasty procedure on a patient's damaged bone region. A CT image or other suitable image is formed of the damaged bone surfaces, and location coordinate values (xn,yn,zn) are determined for a selected sequence of bone surface locations using the CT image data. A mathematical model z=f(x,y) of a surface that accurately matches the bone surface coordinates at the selected bone spice locations, or matches surface normal vector components at selected bone surface locations, is determined. The model provides a production file from which a cutting jig and an implant device (optional), each patient-specific and having controllable alignment, are fabricated for the damaged bone by automated processing. At this point, the patient is cut open (once), the cutting jig and a cutting instrument are used to remove a selected portion of the bone and to provide an exposed planar surface, the implant device is optionally secured to and aligned with the remainder of the bone, and the patient's incision is promptly repaired.