Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

University of Southern California

Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Hewlett-packard Company

University of California

Iris International, Inc.

Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Lumileds Lighting U.s., LLC

Chromatic Micro Optics, Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yong Qin Chen

Richard Stanley Williams

Zhuowen Sun

Shih-Yuan Wang

Behrokh Khoshnevis

Hongsheng Tong

Philong John Pham

Robert L Lee

Theodore I Kamins

Kyong-Mo Bang

Huachao Mao

Scott W Corzine

Belgacem Haba

Wael Zohni

Philip John Kuekes

Richard Dewitt Crisp

Pavel Kornilovich

Xiangjia Li

Alexandre M Bratkovski

Zhiyong Li

Zhang-Lin Zhou

Richard P Schneider

M Saif Islam

Xiao-An Zhang

Sean Xiao-An Zhang

Sean X Zhang

Gun Young Jung

Cyprian Emeka Uzoh

James William Stasiak

Duncan R Stewart

Long Yang

Pierce O Norton

Kevin Francis Peters

Fei Zhu

Pierre H Mertz

Michael Joseph Ludowise

R Scott Kern

Jennifer Wu

Wei Wu

Mehmet Fatih Yanik

Chi Zhou

Jay R Lieberman

William Pannell

Xuan Song

Sofia Bougioukli

Jie Jin

Yuanrui Li

Douglas A A Ohlberg

Michael Ragan Krames

Sivapackia Ganapathiappan

Kent D Vincent

Robert G Walmsley

Tad H Hogg

Patricia A Beck

William M Tong

Laurie S Mittelstadt

Chih-Ming Ho

Yawara Kaneko

Changhua Chen

Yoocham Jeon

Richard A Baugh

Robert Lee

Yang Chai

Carrie C Coman

Frederick A Kish, Jr

Shih-Yun Wang

Suxian Huang

David Hacklernan

Yuan Yuan

Yuxing Guo

Zoe Johnson

Yang Xu

Shin-Yuan Wang

Yayue Pan

Stanley R Williams

R Stanley Willimas

An orthodontic appliance may include an archwire and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire may fit within a human mouth and contain multiple male connectors. Each orthodontic bracket may have a configuration that facilitates attaching the orthodontic bracket to a single tooth. Each orthodontic bracket may allow one of the male connectors to be locked into the orthodontic bracket with a snapping action. The male connector may be unable to slide with respect to the orthodontic bracket after being locked in the orthodontic bracket. A manual unlocking action may allow the male connector to disengage from the orthodontic bracket.

Orthodontic appliance with snap fitted, non- sliding archwire

The disclosed flow cytometer includes a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM). The WDM includes an extended light source providing light that forms an object, a collimating optical element that captures light from the extended light source and projects a magnified image of the object as a first light beam, and a first focusing optical element configured to focus the first light beam to a size smaller than the object of the extended light source to a first semiconductor detector. The disclosed flow cytometer further includes a composite microscope objective to direct light emitted by a particle in a flow channel in a viewing zone of the composite microscope to the extended light source, a fluidic system and a peristaltic pump configured to supply liquid sheath and liquid sample to the flow channel, and a laser diode system to illuminate the particle in the flow channel.

Flow cytometer

A method of multi-material 3D printing is performed by an apparatus comprising at least one printhead device; a build platform; a light source; and a computing unit comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with program instructions for controlling the at least one printhead device; the build platform; and the light source to perform the method of multi-material 3D printing. In various embodiments, each printhead device comprises a coating section, a curing section, a cleaning section, and optionally, a post-curing section. Each printhead device is configured to perform each of these steps, with the multiple printheads engaged in fabricating a multi-material part layer-by-layer.

Curing-on-demand printheads for multi-material 3D printing

Disclosed herein are methods of regional gene-therapy with growth-factor transduced cells, in bone graft scenarios. In embodiments, the methods comprise use of 3D printed scaffolds.

Growth factor transduced cell-loaded ceramic scaffold for bone regeneration and repair

A method for repairing a bone defect of a patient includes providing a ceramic scaffold configured for filling the bone defect, loading the scaffold with growth factor transduced cells incorporating a gene that encodes a growth factor essential for bone formation, placing the ceramic scaffold with the growth factor transduced cells in or across the bone defect, and stabilizing the ceramic scaffold with the growth factor transduced cells in the patient until the bone defect is healed. An assembly for repairing a bone defect includes a ceramic scaffold configured for spanning the bone defect and a culture of live growth factor transduced cells incorporating a gene that encodes a growth factor essential for bone formation loaded onto the ceramic scaffold.

Methods, systems, and devices including a light guide tool for multi-axis additive manufacturing. The light guide tool includes a tubular light guide. The tubular light guide may be made from an optically transmissive material enclosed by one or more reflective side walls that are interposed between opposing optically transmissive ends. The light guide tool includes an optical coupling fixed to a first end of the optically transmissive ends of the tubular light guide. The optical coupling is configured to couple to a lens. The light guide tool includes a transparent non-stick coating. The transparent non-stick coating is adhered over a second end of the optically transmissive ends of the tubular light guide. The light guide tool includes a lens. The lens is coupled to the optical coupling and configured to emit a two-dimensional light pattern.

Multi-axis additive manufacturing system

A system for additively manufacturing a build part. The system includes a build platform configured for disposition within a resin tank, and a light source configured to cure a layer of resin. The layer of resin is disposed adjacent to a pre-cure build surface of the build part. The system also includes a constrained surface located between the build platform and the light source and configured to form a boundary for the layer of resin disposed between the constrained surface and the pre-cure build surface. The constrained surface is configured to vibrate to reduce a separation force required to separate the constrained surface from a post-cure build surface of the build part. The system also includes a vibratory source configured to vibrate the constrained surface.

Methods and apparatus for vibration-assisted stereolithography

A sliding window is used in a projection-based stereolithographic process to more quickly deliver uncured resin after each curing pass. The sliding window may be configured in different patterns, and includes features for delivering resin and exposing resin to curing radiation. The window screen divides the stereolithographic building area divided into two portions, a light exposure portion for resin curing and a liquid resin refilling portion. The light exposure portion is used to selectively solidify liquid resin, while the liquid resin refilling portion is used to quickly refill liquid resin in order to build additional layers. During the layer fabrication process, a mask image is projected to the tank; however, the projection light only passes through the light exposure portion of the window screen.

Sliding window screen for reducing resin refilling time in stereolithography

Orthodontic appliance with snap fitted, non-sliding archwire

Synaptic resistors (synstors), and their method of manufacture and integration into exemplary circuits are provided. Synstors are configured to emulate the analog signal processing, learning, and memory functions of synapses. Circuits incorporating synstors are capable of performing signal processing and learning concurrently in parallel analog mode with speed, energy efficiency, and functions superior to computers.

Synaptic resistors for concurrent parallel signal processing, memory and learning with high speed and energy efficiency

Methods and systems for additively manufacturing an object having an overhang feature. The system includes an array of platform segments forming a deposition surface. The system includes a plurality of elongated beams each connected to a platform segment. The system includes a moving platform configured to attach to a portion of the plurality of elongated beams and elevate the attached elongated beams. The system includes an additive manufacturing device configured to deposit material onto the deposition surface. The system includes an actuator configured to move the moving platform vertically. The system includes a controller configured to cause the additive manufacturing device to deposit the material onto the deposition surface and cause the actuator to move the moving platform upward to cause the elongated beams and their respective connected platform segments to form a support structure for the overhang when the overhang is fabricated by the additive manufacturing device.

Automatic reusable support for 3D printing

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Yong Qin Chen