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Disclosed is a flexible insert (100) for placement on the human eye, comprising a light source (110) in said insert such that light emitted from the light source is shielded from the human eye upon correct placement of the insert on the human eye, a light-responsive material (120) placed in the light path of the light source, said light-responsive material emitting light upon stimulation by the light from said light source, the intensity of said stimulated emission being sensitive to a chemical interaction of the light-sensitive material with an analyte of interest, a photodetector (130) for detecting the light emitted by the light-responsive material; and a transmitter (140) coupled to the photodetector for transmitting a photodetector reading. The insert may be used in conjunction with a reader for automated monitoring of an analyte of interest such as glucose in the tear fluid of its wearer.

Therapeutic devices that provide support or pressure to tissue. Devices contain a material that is capable of being contracted from its relaxed state to an evacuated state. The material applies pressure to the tissue of a patient when the material is in its relaxed state. Reduction of pressure by application of a vacuum results in a contracted state of the device, so that the device can be applied or delivered to a patient. Release of vacuum results in a return to the relaxed state, thus providing a maximum desirable pressure to tissue and avoiding the possibility of over-pressure which can result in tissue damage or necrosis.

A body rest structure includes a torso support for supporting the torso of a human body in a prone, elevated position which serves to induce a mild stretch of the user's thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. The torso support includes an upper chest and shoulder support platform and a lumbar support platform. An open region extends longitudinally between the platforms to provide room for at least a portion of the weight of the chest below the shoulders to pull down on the body between the platforms. The support may include a rear supporting surface to provide lifting support from below the hips and abdomen of the body. A head support for supporting the head of the body in a downwardly facing position when the torso is supported by the torso support is also disclosed. The head support includes a front portion for providing lifting support to the forehead of the body, and parallel opposed side portions for supporting opposed sides of the face. Each side portion has an upper surface that slopes upwardly from the front portion of the head support to the associated distal end of the side portion.

Apparatus, systems, and methods constrain and/or support tissue structures along an airway.

A retrieval catheter (200) comprises a catheter shaft (2) and a retrieval catheter tip at the distal end of the shaft (2). The tip comprises an expandable tip body (201) and two reinforcement columns (6, 7) extending along the tip body (201) embedded within the tip body (201). The tip body (201) comprises a stiff, distal, radiopaque segment (203) and a soft, proximal segment (202). The distal segment (203) has a distal nose part (205) extending distally of the reinforcement columns (6, 7). Along the distal nose part (205), the wall thickness of the tip body (201) tapers distally from a smaller wall thickness to a larger wall thickness, and the internal diameter tapers distally from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter.

A portable neck massaging appliance 1 has an electric motor 13 driving a mechanical drive gear system 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 associated with the motor for rotationally driving two massage nodes 11, 12. Each massage node 11, 12 presses against a user's neck when the appliance 1 is worn around the neck and in contact with the back of the neck, delivering massage forces to the user's neck.

In response to the driver's depression of a brake pedal, the hybrid vehicle of the invention utilizes both a master cylinder pressure Pmc and a pressure increase by two pumps included in two different braking systems of a brake actuator in an HBS to satisfy a braking force demand BF* required by the driver. In this case, the braking control of the invention corrects a basic pump command value dpB for the respective pumps with a pump command correction value dc (step S190), which is set according to a detected behavior of the hybrid vehicle in a braking state, and controls the brake actuator in the HBS to satisfy the braking force demand BF* (steps S170 to S200).

A sub-tragus ear unit for comfortable wear of an in-ear ear unit is provided. The sub-tragus ear unit achieves the technical effect by separating the earphone from the attachment functionality that is provided by a separate anchor, wherein the earphone is attached to said anchor.

The invention pertains to the technical field of medical engineering and discloses a method for driving and controlling a universally rotating magnetic field of a medical micro-robot in a human body. The method is characterized in that three groups of Helmholtz coils on z, y and x axes are arranged by orthogonal nesting so as to ensure that respective combined inductance is equal and the amplitude of intensity of magnetization of a harmonic magnetic field generated respectively is equal when the three groups of coils are driven by the same harmonic current. The relevant amplitude of an axis azimuth angle of the robot and a same frequency sine harmonic driving current of a phase are overlapped to form a spatial universally and evenly revolving magnetic field corresponding to the revolving axis of the azimuth angle in a certain space surrounded by the orthogonal Helmholtz coils on the three axes. The self-rotating direction of the universally rotating magnetic field can be changed by changing the current frequency to adjust the revolution of the magnetic field and changing the orthogonal Helmholtz coils on the three axes to drive the current direction. The method of the invention has the beneficial effects that the method is applicable to a bending inner environment of the human body and can realize a plurality of functions of rotation, going forward and backward and speed adjusting, etc., of the robot in the human body, and the positioning operation in the human body.

In the hybrid vehicle of the invention, when the sum of a regenerative braking force BFr produced by a motor and an operational braking force BFpmc based on a master cylinder pressure Pmc is insufficient for a braking force demand BF* required by the driver in response to the driver's depression of a brake pedal, the motor and a brake actuator of an HBS are controlled to satisfy the braking force demand BF* by the total of the regenerative braking force BFr of the motor, the master cylinder pressure Pmc-based operational braking force BFpmc, and a compensated braking force BFpp based on a pressure increase by two pumps included in the brake actuator (steps S170 through S190).

The invention provides a vertical air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner. The vertical air conditioner indoor unit (1) is installed at the position of an indoor wall corner (2) and comprises a first air outlet (11) and a second air outlet (12), the first air outlet (11) can conduct air outlet in the direction of a first wall face (21) of the wall corner (2), and the second air outlet (12) can conduct air outlet in the direction of a second wall face (22) of the wall corner (2). By means of the vertical air conditioner indoor unit and the air conditioner, airflow sent from the leftand right air outlets can flow along the wall, the air conditioner is prevented from blowing a person directly, the left and right air outlets achieve air supply along the wall, surrounding airflow can be achieved, the airflow achieves systemic circulation indoors, the coanda effect of the airflow is conveniently formed, even temperature distribution caused by uneven indoor airflow is prevented, the indoor temperature distribution is even, and the comfort of the user is improved.

The invention discloses a Kinect-based badminton motion guidance system, which comprises a pre-processing module, a similarity measurement module, and a motion evaluation and display module. The pre-processing module adopts Microsoft's kinect motion sensing equipment, tracks user motions through a kinectSDK, and obtains skeleton features of a human body; the similarity measurement module matches the obtained skeleton features of the human body with skeleton features of standard badminton actions and carries out similarity measurement; the motion evaluation and display module carries out distance comparison on a motion time period (during which user motion poses are matched with standard motion poses) obtained by the similarity measurement module, so as to obtain distance differences between joint points at corresponding positions of user motions and a standard notion sequence, and displays results on a screen. According to the Kinect-based badminton motion guidance system, the user does not need to wear clothes provided with sensors, and can learn badminton standard motions by following videos in a self-aid manner under the condition without a coach, thereby improving accuracy of badminton racket swinging motions of the user.

A motor control device includes: a rotation angle detection portion that detects a rotation angle of a motor and outputs a rotation angle signal; an abnormal condition detection portion that detects the presence or absence of an abnormal condition of the rotation angle detection portion; a rotation angle estimation portion that estimates the rotation angle of the motor and outputs an estimate rotation angle signal; and a driving control portion that controls driving of the motor on the basis of the rotation angle signal, which is output from the rotation angle detection portion, when the abnormal condition detection portion does not detect an abnormal condition of the rotation angle detection portion, and controls driving of the motor on the basis of the estimate rotation angle signal, which is output from the rotation angle estimation portion, when the abnormal condition detection portion detects an abnormal condition of the rotation angle detection portion.

The invention provides an air deflector assembly and an air conditioner. The air deflector assembly comprises an air outlet, an air deflector, a plurality of sub-air deflectors and an opening device, wherein the air deflector is rotationally arranged in the air outlet; the air deflector is provided with a plurality of mounting holes; the sub-air deflectors are rotationally arranged in the mounting holes, and are used for opening or closing the mounting holes; the opening device can be used for controlling the sub-air deflectors to open or close the mounting holes; when the air conditioner is in a mode of supplying air towards the periphery of the air outlet, the air deflector moves to cover the air outlet, the opening device controls the sub-air deflectors to open the mounting holes, and the sub-air deflectors guide air blown from the air outlet towards the periphery of the air outlet. When the air deflector assembly provided by the invention is in the mode of supplying air towards the periphery of the air outlet, air is not blown from the front side of the air conditioner, so that air from the air conditioner is prevented from being directly blown onto the human body within a long time and causing human body discomfort.

The present invention includes at least one knee pad and an associated method of attaching work quality external kneepads onto work pants by an attachment fastener. The attachment fastener preferably includes a commercial quality hook and loop fastener. The present invention adapts a pair of conventional work trousers to accept, when needed, conventional padded knee protectors. By using hook and loop fasteners, the kneepads can be quickly and simply attached and detached without having uncomfortable straps around the leg and therefore overcomes prior art shortcomings of hindering blood circulation. Thus, the direct attachment to the pants in lieu of straps means that there are no straps to cut into legs or cut off circulation. An additional benefit to this system is the convenience of laundering the work clothes.

A goggle is provided that can comprise a goggle frame and a bend control component. The goggle frame can define opposing lateral portions and a central portion. The goggle frame can comprise a bridge disposed at the central portion of the goggle frame. The goggle frame can be generally flexible upon exertion of a bending force on the goggle frame. The bend control component can extend along the bridge of the goggle frame. The bend control component can be configured to enhance flexural strength of the goggle at a bridge thereof for reducing preferential bending of the goggle frame at the bridge. In some embodiments, the bend control component is formed separately from the goggle frame. In other embodiments, the bend control component can be secured to the frame using fasteners and/or one or more protrusions and corresponding recesses.

A coffee-type beverage base is prepared by light roast method under 200° C. and originated from grain and legume. This coffee substitute has a pleasant aroma, and can be used as a carrier of nutritional supplement or herb therapy as well as an additive of coffee, tea, or chocolate. This novel drink is especially suitable for individuals who suffer from conditions making them coffee intolerant, e.g., pregnancy, or those who suffer form hypoglycemia, hypertension, arrhythmia, insomnia, or gastric irritation.

The invention discloses a head-worn optoelectronic automatic focusing visual aid. The visual aid comprises a micro optical wide-angle zoom lens, an image sensor, an electronic module of an electronic full-time automatic focusing image processing system, a micro display module, a head-worn balance weight mechanism, a digital controller and the like. Automatically acquired continuous video images or E-book data are displayed in a specific mode through a micro display; a balance weight structure adopted by the device can effectively transfer the weight of the visual aid in front of eyes to two side parts of the head so as to avoid pressure caused by the visual aid on the forehead and the nose bridge; meanwhile, the automatic full-time electronic focusing micro optical zoom wide-angle pick-up lens and the micro display module are integrated on a head-worn structure so as to meet human engineering characteristics and biological vision habits, assist in long sight and assist in short sight; and the current E-book reading tool is embedded into the visual aid so that a person not only can see the scene before the eyes, but also can read E-journal by using the visual aid and the like.