J A Kemp LLP

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for automatically forming a cylindrical metal implant used for orthopedic surgery. A control system receives patient musculoskeletal data sets, derives spinopelvic alignment parameters, simulates candidate realignment configurations with estimated musculoskeletal forces, and generates an implant fabrication instruction set. An implant fabrication device comprising a bending assembly, a feeding assembly, and a controller circuit uses a three-point bending mechanism to locally bend successive discrete segments of a metal rod and globally deform the rod according to a desired postoperative spinal alignment. The feeding system intermittently advances the rod into the bending mechanism and rotates to change the bending direction. Force and angle sensors provide feedback to accurately deform the rod to the specified angle taking into account elastic spring-back. An intraoperative verification module compares post-attachment alignment against the target and triggers re-bending if needed.

An ECU executes processing including, in a case where direct current charging is started, a step of acquiring a temperature difference stored last time, a step of acquiring an elapsed time, a step of calculating a correction coefficient, a step of calculating a temperature difference, and a step of executing a direct current charging process, and in a case where charging is ended, a step of storing, as the temperature difference stored last time, a temperature difference when charging is ended.

The battery (1A; 1B) of the present disclosure includes a first unit battery (11A) and a second unit battery (12). The first unit battery (11A) and the second unit battery (12) are stacked in the order of the first unit battery (11A) and the second unit battery (12) along the stacking direction (D). The first element serving as the carrier ion of the first unit battery (11A) is different from the second element serving as the carrier ion of the second unit battery (12).

A printer includes a setter, a searcher, and a receiver. The setter is configured to set attribute information to a parent when the printer is a parent device configured to transmit update data to a different printer, and set the attribute information to a child when the printer is a child device configured to receive the update data from a different printer. The searcher is configured to search for a different printer serving as the parent device in a case where the setter sets the attribute information to the child. The receiver is configured to receive the update data from a different printer serving as the parent device searched by the searcher. The setter is configured to set the attribute information to the parent in a case where the receiver completes reception of the update data and update.

An apparatus (10) for producing a perovskite solar cell that includes: a perovskite precursor application device (11) configured to apply a perovskite precursor ink onto a substrate (18) to form a perovskite precursor film (19); a drying device (12) configured to dry the perovskite precursor film (19); a poor-solvent application device (13) configured to apply a poor solvent (17) from a slit nozzle (120) to the perovskite precursor film (19) that has been dried in a direction perpendicular to the substrate (18) without contacting the perovskite precursor film (19); a transport device (14) configured to horizontally transport the substrate (18) to which the poor solvent (17) has been applied; a removal device (15) configured to remove the poor solvent (17) from the perovskite precursor film (19) that has been horizontally transported; and a baking device (16) configured to bake the perovskite precursor film (19) from which the poor solvent (17) has been removed.

A liquid ejection apparatus (1) includes a liquid ejection head (16), a holding unit (15), a conveyance guide (14), two posture-adjustment guides (12), and two coupling units (13). The liquid ejection head (16) ejects liquid to a target object (40). The holding unit (15) holds the liquid ejection head (16) or the target object (40). The conveyance guide (14) allows the liquid ejection head (16) to move with respect to the target object (40). Each of the two posture-adjustment guides (12) extends in an extending direction, supports the conveyance guide (14), and allows the conveyance guide (14) to move in the extending direction. The two coupling units (13) couple each of the two posture-adjustment guides (12) to the conveyance guide (14). The two posture-adjustment guides (12) are adjacent to both ends of the conveyance guide (14) and support neighboring portions of the both ends via the two coupling units (13).

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a shape tracking apparatus, a measurement apparatus, and a correction apparatus. The liquid ejection head is configured to eject liquid to a target object. The shape tracking apparatus is configured to control a position and an angle of the liquid ejection head relative to a surface of the target object, and move the liquid ejection head relative to the surface of the target object. The measurement apparatus is configured to measure a movement state of the liquid ejection head by the shape tracking apparatus. The correction apparatus holds the liquid ejection head, and is configured to prevent oscillation of the liquid ejection head based on a measurement result by the measurement apparatus, the oscillation occurring when the shape tracking apparatus moves the liquid ejection head.

Printheads that jet print liquids. In an embodiment, a printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels each comprising a pressure chamber and a channel fluid passage that fluidly couples the pressure chamber to a common manifold. The printhead further comprises a passive valve disposed in the channel fluid passage, which is configured to inhibit a back flow of print liquid from the pressure chamber towards the common manifold and allow a flow of the print liquid from the common manifold towards the pressure chamber. The passive valve comprises at least one fixed valve member disposed between opposing side walls of the channel fluid passage, and physical separations between the at least one fixed valve member and the side walls are configured to form flow paths on opposing sides of the at least one fixed valve member.

A method for capturing a target image is to be implemented by a system (100) that includes an image capturing device (1), and a processing module (2). The image capturing device (1) includes a large field-of-view, FOV, camera (11), a small FOV camera (12), and a beam steering device (13). The method includes, by the processing module (2): controlling the large FOV camera (11) to capture an initial image; identifying an object image of a target object in the initial image; obtaining position data, dimension data, and distance data based on the object image and the initial image; controlling the beam steering device (13) to rotate to a target angle based on the position data; controlling the small FOV camera (12) to adjust the small FOV camera (12) to a target focal length; and controlling the small FOV camera (12) to capture a target image related to the target object.

A refrigeration control system includes: a refrigerant including a blend of a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant; an accumulator; a compressor that receives the refrigerant from the accumulator and compresses the refrigerant; a first heat exchanger disposed downstream of the compressor; a receiver disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger; a first valve disposed between the liquid-to-suction heat exchanger and the receiver; a second valve disposed between the receiver and a second heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger, where the second heat exchanger receives the refrigerant from the second valve and at least partially vaporizes the refrigerant and outputs the at least partially vaporized refrigerant to the liquid-to-suction heat exchanger; and a control module configured to selectively adjust a speed of the compressor based on adjusting (a) a temperature of air output from the second heat exchanger and into a space toward (b) a setpoint temperature within the space.