Surgical instrument including a deployable knife

An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translating cutter is operable to translate relative to the lower jaw and the anvil when the anvil is pivoted toward the lower jaw to manipulate tissue. The cartridge is insertable into the lower jaw and includes a plurality of staples. The staple driver actuator is disposed within the cartridge. The staple driver actuator comprises a secondary cutting element. The translating cutter of the end effector is operable to drive the staple driver actuator distally to staple and cut tissue substantially simultaneously.

Gas distribution system and reactor system including same

A gas distribution system, a reactor system including the gas distribution system, and method of using the gas distribution system and reactor system are disclosed. The gas distribution system can be used in gas-phase reactor systems to independently monitor and control gas flow rates in a plurality of channels of a gas distribution system coupled to a reaction chamber.

INFILTRATION APPARATUS AND METHODS OF INFILTRATING AN INFILTRATEABLE MATERIAL

An infiltration apparatus is disclosed. The infiltration apparatus may include: a reaction chamber constructed and arranged to hold at least a substrate provided with an infiltrateable material thereon; a first precursor source constructed and arranged to provide a vapor a first precursor comprising a silicon compound; a precursor distribution system and removal system constructed and arranged to provide the reaction chamber with the vapor of the first precursor from the first precursor source and to remove the vapor of the first precursor from the reaction chamber; and a sequence controller operably connected to the precursor distribution system and removal system and comprising a memory provided with a program to execute infiltration of the infiltrateable material when run on the sequence controller by; activating the precursor distribution system and removal system to provide the vapor of the first precursor to the infiltrateable material on the substrate in the reaction chamber whereby the infiltrateable material on the substrate in the reaction chamber is infiltrated with silicon atoms by the reaction of the vapor of the first precursor with the infiltrateable material. Methods of infiltration and semiconductor device structure including infiltrated materials are also provided.

Wafer handling chamber with moisture reduction

An apparatus and method for reducing moisture within a wafer handling chamber is disclosed. The moisture reduction results in reduced oxidation of a wafer. The moisture reduction is made possible through use of valves and purging gas. Operation of the valves may result in improved localized purging.

Si precursors for deposition of SiN at low temperatures

Methods and precursors for depositing silicon nitride films by atomic layer deposition (ALD) are provided. In some embodiments the silicon precursors comprise an iodine ligand. The silicon nitride films may have a relatively uniform etch rate for both vertical and the horizontal portions when deposited onto three-dimensional structures such as FinFETS or other types of multiple gate FETs. In some embodiments, various silicon nitride films of the present disclosure have an etch rate of less than half the thermal oxide removal rate with diluted HF (0.5%).

Path-based navigation of tubular networks

Provided are systems and methods for path-based navigation of tubular networks. In one aspect, the method includes receiving location data from at least one of a set of location sensors and a set of robot command inputs, the location data being indicative of a location of an instrument configured to be driven through a luminal network. The method also includes determining a first estimate of the location of the instrument at a first time based on the location data, determining a second estimate of the location of the instrument at the first time based on the path, and determining the location of the instrument at the first time based on the first estimate and the second estimate.

Systems and methods for location sensor-based branch prediction

Provided are systems and methods for location sensor-based branch prediction. In one aspect, the method includes determining a first orientation of an instrument based on first location data generated by a set of one or more location sensors for the instrument and determining a second orientation of the instrument at a second time based on second location data. A distal end of the instrument is located within a first segment of a model at the first time and the second time and the first segment branches into two or more child segments. The method also includes determining data indicative of a difference between the first orientation and the second orientation and determining a prediction that the instrument will advance into a first one of the child segments based on the data indicative of the difference.

Robotic systems and methods for navigation of luminal network that detect physiological noise

Provided are robotic systems and methods for navigation of luminal network that detect physiological noise. In one aspect, the system includes a set of one or more processors configured to receive first and second image data from an image sensor located on an instrument, detect a set of one or more points of interest the first image data, and identify a set of first locations and a set of second location respectively corresponding to the set of points in the first and second image data. The set of processors are further configured to, based on the set of first locations and the set of second locations, detect a change of location of the instrument within a luminal network caused by movement of the luminal network relative to the instrument based on the set of first locations and the set of second locations.

Accelerated task performance

Systems and processes for accelerating task performance are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic device including a display and one or more input devices, displaying, on the display, a user interface including a suggestion affordance associated with a task, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a first user input corresponding to a selection of the suggestion affordance, in response to detecting the first user input: in accordance with a determination that the task is a task of a first type, performing the task, and in accordance with a determination that the task is a task of a second type different than the first type, displaying a confirmation interface including a confirmation affordance.

Automatically and remotely on-board services delivery platform computing nodes

Presented herein are methods associated with a Services Delivery Platform (SDP) architecture for a distributed application building blocks, such as microservices, deployment-agnostic. The system includes a central compute node and numerous remote compute nodes. Techniques are provided to “onboard” and assimilate the capabilities of remote compute nodes so that they are an integrated part of the SDP system and can be accessed and used in connection with one or more services provided by the SDP system.