Gyrus Acmi, Inc.

Illumocity LLC

Paul T Hinrichs

Clifton A Alferness

Adam Lee Smith

Mark Taylor

Kyle S Johnston

Elijah E Hooper

Merritt James Tennison

David R Seward

Blake R Stancik

Donald Charles Baumgarten

David Andrew Desmarais

Gina M Muia-Longman

Amanda Kay Woodcock

Thomas Hall Ruscher

Chenhao Fu

Ilia Timonin

David M Robinson

Guy Paolo Corral

Sonja Takatori

Joseph M Vernaci, Ii

Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.

Suturing apparatus and method

An electronic candle produces light using light emitting diodes (LEDs) or other electronic sources of light, rather than a flame, and is intended to operate the LEDs in a fashion that simulates a burning candle. The electronic candle includes a base and LEDs within a bulb and surrounded by a dome to provide a diffusing effect for light generated within the electronic candle. A memory accessible by a processor contains stored programming instructions causing the LEDs to illuminate under control of the processor, in accordance with particular modes of operation, varying from one mode to another after brief periods of time and in a random way. Each mode defines an apparent flame position having a radial position, angular position, and intensity of the simulated flame.

Electronic candle

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Paul T Hinrichs