Other

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Chapman University

Fernando Emilio Silva

Octavio Cesar Silva

Steve Rabin

Z Carter Berry

Gregory R Goldsmith

Disclosed herein are light diffuser devices comprising a sphere having at least two openings, a track, a light source, a cart, and one or more plates, and their methods of use. Also, disclosed here are light diffuser systems comprising a light diffuser device and a portable infrared gas analyzer.

Variable light diffuser for plant leaf gas exchange measurements

The Vertebra Pick Device represents a new instrument to bore pilot holes in vertebra pedicles while imaging the operation with an integrated endoscope. The pilot holes are bored to provide entry points for pedicle screws that serve as anchor points for spine stabilizing rods to treat several spine conditions. The device consists of a metal body that terminates in a tapered incision tip, an endoscope that runs inside said metal body, a handle to drive the device into pedicle boney tissue and a fiber optics bundle assembly that enters the device handle and is used to connect to imaging, illumination, irrigation and suction devices to enable the endoscopic functions of the device. The fiber optics bundle assembly connects to an imaging camera that provides an electrical signal to a monitor to view the operation in real time.

Vertebra pick device

The Pedicle Endoscope represents a new way to image the insertion of screws in vertebrae with the aid of fiber optics. The endoscope can operate in the visible and infrared spectra and is used in conjunction with a polyaxial or multiaxial screwdriver assembly. The mechanical assembly is comprised of a screwdriver, a polyaxial or multiaxial shaft, and a pedicle screw. The polyaxial shaft is inserted in the screwdriver and this assembly couples with the pedicle screw. Once this mechanical assembly is integrated, the endoscope is inserted through a bore that runs along the polyaxial shaft and the pedicle screw and it comes out of the screw tip, imaging the progression of the screw as it penetrates the incision in the vertebra. The endoscope consists of three fiber cores, one for imaging and two for illumination and a conduit for irrigation and air suction. Externally, the fiber cores and the conduit terminate in a fiber bundle that connects the imaging fibers to an imaging device, the illumination fibers to an illumination source and the conduit to an irrigation or suction device.

Pedicle endoscope

The Multi-Thread Iliac Screw represents a novel way to embed fasteners in the ilium by improving fixation of said fasteners in the different parts of the iliac bone tissue. The screw consists of a saddle with a locking screw and fastener with three types of threads to provide a more mechanically stable embedding of the fastener in the iliac bone. The saddle receives a spinal stabilizing rod, which is part of another vertebral mechanical system, and, as such, the saddle provides an anchor point to the stabilizing rod. In another embodiment, the saddle is designed with an integrated rod on its side, which mates to another hollow rod integrated to a cube-shaped connector, thereby replacing the stabilizing rod. The connector provides the interface to the rest of the vertebral mechanical system.

Multi-thread iliac screw

The present technology is directed to a non-limiting system and method for generating an abstract code execution timeline from repetitive programs, such as video games and simulations. As a non-limiting example, a statistical sampling profile is first taken of the running program, and then the data is converted into several representations. By selecting representative functions based on sampling frequency and call tree hierarchy and then sorting those functions chronologically and hierarchically, an abstract code execution timeline can be generated that summarizes execution within a single repetitive time period, such as a video frame. This timeline is called 'Story Mode' since it tells a story of how the program executes over the course of a frame. This abstract code execution timeline can then be used to facilitate program comprehension, primarily for the purposes of modifying the code to improve execution speed.

System and method for generating a code execution timeline from an executing program

A rotisserie apparatus for rotating and roasting articles of food comprising a support assembly, a skewer assembly, a rotatable assembly and a drive assembly. The drive assembly turning a plurality of rotatable assemblies which are in turn removably mounted to skewer assemblies. The skewer assemblies hold food stuffs, which a user desires to roast, over a heat source. Because each skewer is independently and removably mounted to its own rotatable assembly, the entire device does not have to be stopped to remove a single skewer assembly. The support assembly, in conjunction with the rotatable assembly, cooperatively suspends the skewer assemblies over the heat source contained therein.

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Fort Worth, TX, United States of America

Fernando Emilio Silva