Articulatable surgical stapling instruments

A surgical instrument that includes a shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis and includes a proximal articulation joint that defines a first articulation axis that is transverse to the shaft axis and a distal articulation joint that defines a second articulation axis that is transverse to the shaft axis and the first articulation axis. The instrument further includes an anvil that is non-removably attached to the shaft assembly and a channel that is removably attachable to the shaft assembly and configured to operably support a surgical staple cartridge.

Deposition method

A method of selectively depositing a material on a substrate with a first and second surface, the first surface being different than the second surface. The depositing of the material on the substrate comprises: supplying a bulk precursor comprising metal atoms, halogen atoms and at least one additional atom not being a metal or halogen atom to the substrate; and supplying a reactant to the substrate. The bulk precursor and the reactant have a reaction with the first surface relative to the second surface to form more material on the first surface than on the second surface.

Systems and methods for stabilizing reaction chamber pressure

A reactor system may comprise a first gas source; a second gas source; and a reaction chamber fluidly coupled to the first and second gas sources, wherein a first gas and a second may be supplied to the reaction chamber from the first and second gas sources, respectively, to achieve stability of a reaction chamber pressure. The reactor system may further comprise an exhaust line fluidly coupled to and downstream from the reaction chamber; a vent line fluidly coupled to the first and/or second gas source, and to the exhaust line, wherein the vent line bypasses the reaction chamber; a pressure monitor coupled to the vent line configured to monitor a vent line pressure within the vent line; and/or a vent line conductance control valve coupled to the vent line and configured to adjust in response to feedback from the pressure monitor.

CONTAMINANT TRAP SYSTEM FOR A REACTOR SYSTEM

A contaminant trap system of a reactor system may comprise a baffle plate stack comprising at least one baffle plate comprising an aperture spanning through a baffle plate body of the baffle plate, and a solid body portion; and at least one complementary baffle plate comprising a complementary aperture spanning through a complementary baffle plate body of the complementary baffle plate, and a complementary solid body portion. The at least one baffle plate and the at least one complementary baffle plate may be disposed in a baffle plate order between a first end and a second end of the baffle plate stack in which the baffle plates alternate with the complementary baffle plates, such that no two baffle plates or no two complementary baffle plates are adjacent in the baffle plate order.

METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING PROXIMITY LIGATION

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for detecting and spatially locating analyte interactions and gene expression in a biological sample. For example, provided herein are methods of determining a location of at least one analyte in a biological sample using analyte-binding moieties, proximity ligation, and an array including capture probes.

SURFACE CAPTURE OF TARGETS

Provided herein are methods and systems for transfer target molecules to a surface, such as a planar surface. The transferred target molecules can be used for downstream applications, such as sequence identification.

MANAGING ACCESS POINTS OF A CELLULAR NETWORK

There are provided a method and system to control traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of access points (APs) serving a plurality of user equipment devices (UEs). The method comprises: using a machine learning (ML) model to classify at least part of the APs in accordance with a first part of AP metrics thereof, thereby giving rise to a plurality of classes, each comprising peering APs; for a given class, processing AP performance metrics of peering APs classified to the given class to identify, among them, one or more first APs with negative performance variations above a variation threshold and, thereby, requiring corrective actions; and enabling one or more corrective actions with regard to the identified one or more first APs.

System and method for improving content fetching by selecting tunnel devices

A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.

TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING RETAIL CUSTOMERS A SEAMLESS, INDIVIDUALIZED DISCOVERY AND SHOPPING EXPERIENCE BETWEEN ONLINE AND PHYSICAL RETAIL LOCATIONS

The present invention is directed to techniques for providing retail customers a seamless, individualized discovery and shopping experience. With an improved shopper/customer accounting system, along with other technologies such as intelligent fixtures, mobile devices, and product simulations, a shopper's product discovery, purchase, and post-sale experience can be highly integrated and personalized. For example, the shopper's out-of-store (online) and in-store product discovery sessions may be seamlessly linked and analyzed to provide the shopper with customized recommendations and assistance. Other variations and enhancements are disclosed.

LIGATION MEDIATED ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS

The present disclosure provides methods of processing or analyzing a sample. A method for processing a sample may comprise hybridizing a probe molecule to a target region of a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule), barcoding the probe-nucleic acid molecule complex, and performing extension, denaturation, and amplification processes. A method for processing a sample may comprise hybridizing first and second probes to adjacent or non-adjacent target regions of a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., an RNA molecule), linking the first and second probes to provide a probe-linked nucleic acid molecule, and barcoding the probe-linked nucleic acid molecule. One or more processes of the methods described herein may be performed within a partition, such as a droplet or well. One or more processes of the methods described herein may be performed on a cell, such as a permeabilized cell.