Mechanisms for compensating for battery pack failure in powered surgical instruments

A surgical instrument has a staple cartridge housing a plurality of staples and an anvil configured to capture tissue therebetween. The surgical instrument also has a firing assembly configured to deploy the plurality of staples into the captured tissue during a firing sequence, and a handle that includes an electric motor operably coupled to the firing assembly, wherein the electric motor is configured to motivate the firing assembly to deploy the plurality of staples into the captured tissue during the firing sequence, and a power pack. The power pack includes rechargeable battery cells configured to power the electric motor, at least one battery-cell health indicator, and an electronic control circuit configured to assess whether a subset of rechargeable battery cells is damaged during the firing sequence based on at least one measurement performed by the at least one battery-cell health indicator.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION, LEARNING, AND STREAMING OF MACHINE SIGNALS FOR ANALYTICS AND MAINTENANCE USING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS

A method generally includes detecting an operating characteristic of an industrial machine using one or more sensors of a mobile data collector; transmitting data indicative of the operating characteristic to a server over a network; using intelligent systems associated with the server to process the operating characteristic against pre-recorded data for the industrial machine. The method also includes identifying, as a condition of the industrial machine, a characteristic indicated by the pre-recorded data for the industrial machine within the knowledge base; determining a severity of the condition, the severity representing an impact of the condition on the industrial machine; predicting a maintenance action to perform against the industrial machine based on the severity of the condition; and storing a transaction record of the predicted maintenance action within a ledger of service activity associated with the industrial machine.

Method and system for detecting interference to wireless networks

Interference is a common problem in wireless communication networks. This disclosure provides a method and system that detect and locate interference sources based on various data describing or captured from an operational network during normal mobile wireless service times.

INSTRUMENT DEVICE MANIPULATOR WITH TENSION SENSING APPARATUS

An endolumenal robotic system provides the surgeon with the ability to drive a robotically-driven endoscopic device to a desired anatomical position in a patient without the need for awkward motions and positions, while also enjoying improved image quality from a digital camera mounted on the endoscopic device.

Halogen resistant coatings and methods of making and using thereof

Described herein are articles, systems and methods where a halogen resistant coating is deposited onto a surface of a chamber component using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The halogen resistant coating has an optional amorphous seed layer and a transition metal-containing layer. The halogen resistant coating uniformly covers features of the chamber component, such as those having an aspect ratio of about 3:1 to about 300:1.

Data processing systems for integration of consumer feedback with data subject access requests and related methods

A particular organization may undertake a plurality of different privacy campaigns, processing activities, etc. that involve the collection and storage of personal data. The system may be configured to collect customer satisfaction data, for example: (1) as part of a data subject access request submission form; (2) when providing one or more results of a data subject access request to the data subject; or (3) at any other suitable time. The customer satisfaction data may be collected in the form of a suitable survey, free-form response questionnaire, etc. (e.g., thumbs up vs. thumbs down, etc.). Additionally, by integrating a feedback survey with the data subject access request process, the system may increase a number of consumers that provide responses to the feedback survey. In particular embodiments, the system is configured to require the requestor to respond to the feedback survey prior to submitting the data subject access request.

Data processing systems for fulfilling data subject access requests and related methods

Responding to a data subject access request includes receiving the request and validating an identity of the requestor. In response to validating the identity of the requestor, a computer processor determines whether the data subject access request is subject to fulfillment constraints. If so, then the computer processor notifies the requestor that the data subject access request is subject to one or more limitations and the computer processor takes action based on those limitations. Fulfillment constraint data is updated and maintained in a database or server.

Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides

The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including analyte characterization by polynucleotide sequencing. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins), genomic DNA, and RNA (e.g., mRNA or CRISPR guide RNAs). Also described herein, are barcoded labelling agents and oligonucleotide molecules useful for “tagging” analytes for characterization.

Mobile Pump System

A mobile pump system includes: a trailer movable by a vehicle; and a pump mounted to the trailer, the pump configured to pump a fluid. The pump includes an electrically-driven motor mounted to the trailer or is turbine powered by a turbine mounted to the trailer. A method for performing a pressure pumping application is also disclosed.

Computerized intelligent assistant for conferences

A method for facilitating a remote conference includes receiving a digital video and a computer-readable audio signal. A face recognition machine is operated to recognize a face of a first conference participant in the digital video, and a speech recognition machine is operated to translate the computer-readable audio signal into a first text. An attribution machine attributes the text to the first conference participant. A second computer-readable audio signal is processed similarly, to obtain a second text attributed to a second conference participant. A transcription machine automatically creates a transcript including the first text attributed to the first conference participant and the second text attributed to the second conference participant.