Powered surgical stapler

A surgical instrument can comprise a handle, a motor, and a shaft extending from the handle. The handle and/or the shaft can define a longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument can further comprise a fastener cartridge comprising a plurality of fasteners removably stored therein, an anvil configured to deform the fasteners, a closure drive configured to move the anvil toward and away from the fastener cartridge which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis, and a firing drive configured to deploy the fasteners from the fastener cartridge which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument can further comprise a transmission comprising a first operating configuration which connects the motor to the closure drive and a second operating configuration which connects the motor to the firing drive.

Staple forming pocket arrangement to accommodate different types of staples

A surgical stapling system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system comprises a staple cartridge attachment portion, a first staple cartridge configured to be operably attached to the cartridge attachment portion, wherein the first cartridge comprises a plurality of first staples comprising first staple legs, and a second staple cartridge configured to be operably attached to the cartridge attachment portion in lieu of the first cartridge, wherein the second cartridge comprises a plurality of second staples comprising second staple legs, and wherein the second staples are different than the first staples. The system further comprises an anvil comprising a tissue-engaging surface and a plurality of forming pockets defined in the surface, wherein each pocket comprises a first landing zone configured to receive a leg of a first staple of the first cartridge and a second landing zone configured to receive a leg of a second staple of the second cartridge.

Surgical stapler

The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a surgical stapler. An example surgical stapler can include a handle assembly and a body portion extending from the handle portion, the body portion having a staple cartridge assembly, the staple cartridge assembly defining a first row of staple receiving slots, the staple receiving slots have an outer edge, wherein the staple receiving slots are arranged in a generally radial orientation with respect to the center axis of the staple cartridge assembly.

Substrate processing device

Provided is an exhaust device with improved exhaust efficiency. The exhaust device includes: a plurality of exhaust ports in communication with an exhaust space and configured to exhaust gas in a first direction; a plurality of exhaust paths respectively connected to the plurality of exhaust ports; and a transfer port in communication with the plurality of exhaust paths and configured to exhaust gas in a second direction. More uniform processing of a substrate may be achieved through a substrate processing device using such an exhaust device.

Methods of forming a transition metal containing film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition process

Methods of forming a transition metal containing film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition process are disclosed. The methods may include: contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a transition metal halide compound comprising a bidentate nitrogen containing adduct ligand; and contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant comprising a reducing agent precursor. The deposition methods may also include forming a transition metal containing film with an electrical resistivity of less than 50 μΩ-cm at a film thickness of less than 50 nanometers.

XBAR resonators with non-rectangular diaphragms

Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate, the diaphragm having an edge about a perimeter of the cavity. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. At least a portion of the edge of the diaphragm is at an oblique angle to the fingers and to an X crystalline axis of the piezoelectric plate.

Seamless multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity

Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.

Direct-bonded LED structure contacts and substrate contacts

Direct-bonded LED arrays and applications are provided. An example process fabricates a LED structure that includes coplanar electrical contacts for p-type and n-type semiconductors of the LED structure on a flat bonding interface surface of the LED structure. The coplanar electrical contacts of the flat bonding interface surface are direct-bonded to electrical contacts of a driver circuit for the LED structure. In a wafer-level process, micro-LED structures are fabricated on a first wafer, including coplanar electrical contacts for p-type and n-type semiconductors of the LED structures on the flat bonding interface surfaces of the wafer. At least the coplanar electrical contacts of the flat bonding interface are direct-bonded to electrical contacts of CMOS driver circuits on a second wafer. The process provides a transparent and flexible micro-LED array display, with each micro-LED structure having an illumination area approximately the size of a pixel or a smallest controllable element of an image represented on a high-resolution video display.

Automated pressure control system

To compensate for an event, equipment may require a power down sequence of a motor connected to a pump to prevent the pumping of servicing fluid at a high pressure, high pressure fluid may be required to be diverted to a reservoir or otherwise diverted from a wellhead, multiple pumping systems may require that pumping pressure be altered or adjusted or that flow rate be altered or adjust to manage or control the conditions to protect equipment or personnel at a site. Activating, adjusting or altering an operational characteristic of equipment by using a control system may automatically initiate the most efficient and effective mitigation steps for equipment at a site when condition is detected or predicted. Collecting and analyzing information from devices, components, sensors, control systems, other equipment or any combination thereof at a site by a master control system provides automated control of pressure sensitive conditions.

Systems and methods for using blockchains to record, manage, and transfer ownership rights to land titles

Techniques described herein are directed to using blockchains to record, manage, and transfer ownership rights to land titles. A method in accordance with these techniques may include: creating a property blockchain that is permissioned, the property blockchain including a chronologically ordered, back-linked list of one or more blocks, the one or more blocks including a genesis block, the genesis block including property attributes including one more of the following: a physical address of the property, a year the property was built, and an owner of the property; and transmitting the property blockchain to permissioned nodes on a network, where the permissioned nodes validate transactions associated with the property that are recorded on the property blockchain.