Amazon Technologies, Inc.

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Zimmer Gmbh

Indiana University

Ticona Gmbh

Moore & Champlin Holdings, LLC

Richard Moore

Robert Lovejoy Goodwin

Michael V Rykov

Girish Bansilal Bajaj

James C Slezak

Aviram Zagorie

Kevin R Cheung

Thomas M J Fruchterman

John Lattyak

Kenneth Paul Kiraly

Gregg Elliott Zehr

Thomas A Ryan

Beryl Tomay

Subram (Narsi) Narasimhan

Jon Saxton

Nolan C Jones

Jimmie J Jones

Sherman L Watson

Subram Narasimhan

Gary Champlin

Robert E Shaw

Xiaoming Gu

Richard F Gregory

John P Jones

Steven B Hamilton

Jesse Goode

Methods and apparatuses including apparatuses that can be used for guiding resection of a tibia during a knee replacement surgery procedures are disclosed. According to one example, an apparatus for guiding a tibial bone cut during knee replacement surgery is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can be configured to position the apparatus relative to one or more of a medial condyle of a femur, a lateral condyle of the femur, a medial condyle of a femoral component and a lateral condyle of the femoral component. The second portion can be connected to the first portion and can define one or more slots. The slots can be configured for at least one of a first proximal cut and a first sagittal cut to the tibia.

Tibial cut guide

A support () for a tablet () for use in a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) machine () is provided. The support () includes a plurality of curved braces () configured to mount within a bore () of the fMRI machine (); a channel () coupled to one end of the curved braces (); and a pair of lower braces () coupled to another end of the curved braces (); wherein the channel () includes a C-shaped opening () configured to receive a mounting bracket () coupled to the tablet ().

Support for an electronic tablet for use in functional MRI

An Avocado De-seeder and De-skinner and Method is disclosed. The cutting, deseeding and pulping sequences is conducted by three separate stations along a conveyor system. At a first station, the incoming avocados (including the seeds) are cut into two halves. At a second station, the seed-halves are plucked cleanly from the avocado half without damaging the pulp. At a third station, the skin is removed cleanly from the pulp and discarded. In order to insure that the skin is easily removed and that the pulp is left undamaged, the skin side of the (seeded) avocado halves is heated enough to release the skin, but not so much as to damage the pulp. This heating step is conducted as the de-seeded avocado halves are being conveyed from the de-seeder to the de-skinner.

Avocado de-seeder and de-skinner and method

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. The item-providing system uses a content delivery module to deliver the items to the user device.

Delivery of items for consumption by a user device

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system and the user device include functionality for providing upgrade-related items to the user device in a transparent manner. The item-providing system and the user device also include testing functionality.

Administrative tasks in a media consumption system

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system delivers user-supplied items to the user device based on a protocol.

Providing user-supplied items to a user device

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system includes reliable fulfillment functionality for ensuring that the user device receives items in a reliable manner. The item-providing system includes other provisions to facilitate selecting items in various contexts.

Selecting and providing items in a media consumption system

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system may send a notification message to the user device to notify the user device to wake up and perform one or more actions. The item-providing system may provide scheduling functionality for determining the timing at which to send the notification message.

Notification of a user device to perform an action

Packaging with surface ornamentation

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system may provide items to the user device in incremental form or in full form. The item-providing system and user device implement a protocol for determining whether the content should be delivered in incremental form or full form.

Incremental updates of items

A unitary plural-material, interocclusal dental appliance is disclosed for use in connection with orthodontic/orthopedic treatment of the teeth and jaws of a patient's mouth. The appliance includes a first region made from a first material that provides a relatively hard expanse with first and second surfaces, and with the second surface being contactable by one such set of teeth. The second surface may be constructed with a substantially planar shape, or with a shape conforming generally to the cusps of such one set of teeth. A second region is joined to the first region, and is made from a second material that provides a relatively soft, persistently resilient enclosure for the other such set of teeth. The second region includes plural zones, each of which is structured to allow an adjacent enclosed tooth to move toward the first surface of the first region, with such movement resulting in penetration of corresponding teeth into the relatively hard first material for a relatively precise distance. Such penetration defines lateral borders in the first material around such teeth so that the appliance accommodates relatively fixed vertical and lateral positioning of the mandible by enclosing such teeth upon desired biting action by the patient. A method for forming such appliance is also disclosed. Additionally, a curable composition for making a soft, persistently resilient dental appliance is disclosed and it includes a polymer component including either butyl or propyl methacrylate polymer, and a monomer component including either butyl or propyl methacrylate monomer.

Injectable curable composition for making soft resilient interocclusal

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Richard Moore