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A fatigue-resistant inflatable gastric banding device suitable for laparoscopic placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity and a method for such treatment are disclosed. The device includes a gastric band having a chambered inflatable member, substantially coextensive with an inner stomach facing surface of the band, that does not crease, wrinkle or fold when adjusted, so as to present a substantially smooth contour along the inner circumference, and to avoid fatigue or failure of the member itself. A gastric band having multiple inflatable compartments or chambers, which may be inflated together or individually is also disclosed.

A main control portion of a vehicle has an LF transmission antenna for transmitting a search signal. The LF transmission antenna has five antennas respectively provided on door knobs of the vehicle. A smart key receives the search signals transmitted from respective antennas constituting the LF transmission antenna, and then measures a filed strength of the received search signal. The smart key transmits field strength information representing the measured field strength to the main control portion. The main control portion calculates relative position information of the vehicle to the smart key, based on the field strength information. On the basis of the relative position information, the main control portion controls the door of the vehicle to be locked or unlocked.

A surgical head gear apparatus or helmet includes a lighting system that utilizes circuit board mounted LED clusters supported on the surgical helmet. The LED clusters are part of a light array mounted to the forward portion of the helmet. In one embodiment, the light array is self-contained with its own power supply. In another embodiment, the light array is electrically connected to an external power supply and controller, such as en existing controller associated with the ventilation system of the helmet. In accordance with the invention, the only remote link for the LED clusters and circuit boards is to a control switch and / or power supply.

An automatic continuously height adjustable table comprises a load board, at least one kingpost and a controller. The controller utilizes a time unit to set time parameter which the extension time of the kingpost corresponds to. The controller utilizes a count unit to set height parameter which the extension height of the kingpost corresponds to. Consequently, the load board will rise or lower automatically, continuously and periodically along with the kingpost, thus compelling the user to change his postures.

A fatigue-resistant inflatable gastric banding device suitable for laparoscopic placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity and a method for such treatment are disclosed. The device includes a gastric band having a chambered inflatable member, substantially coextensive with an inner stomach facing surface of the band, that does not crease, wrinkle or fold when adjusted, so as to present a substantially smooth contour along the inner circumference, and to avoid fatigue or failure of the member itself. A gastric band having multiple inflatable compartments or chambers, which may be inflated together or individually is also disclosed.

A method of glucose level control comprising providing at least one electrode adapted to apply an electric field to a pancreas; and applying an electric field to the pancreas using said at least one electrode such that blood glucose levels are significantly reduced and blood insulin levels are not significantly increased compared to a regular insulin response in a same person.

A video endoscope comprises an elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis, and a handpiece at the proximal end of the shaft, a distal end of the shaft being provided with a lens and, in the proximal direction from the lens, with an electronic image pickup. The image pickup is connected, via an electrical connection extending along the shaft, to an electrical connector piece arranged on the handpiece. The image pickup and the connector piece can rotate relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The electrical connection comprises at least one flexible, elongate circuit board, which is able to twist about its longitudinal direction and has at least one conductor track.

A method of glucose level control comprising, providing at least one electrode adapted to apply an electric field to a pancreas; and applying an electric field to the pancreas using said at least one electrode such that blood glucose levels are significantly reduced and blood insulin levels are not significantly increased compared to a regular insulin response in a same person.

An automatic water drain apparatus includes a reservoir, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet. A first valve member is moveable between an open position for admitting fluid to the reservoir via the fluid inlet and a closed position for preventing admission of fluid to the reservoir. A second valve member is moveable between an open position for exhausting fluid from the reservoir and a closed position for preventing exhaust of fluid from the reservoir. At least one actuator is operable to move the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet between their respective open and closed positions. A sensor is disposed outside the reservoir and is operable to produce a first sensor output signal in response to detection of the presence of water, wherein the at least one actuator moves the first valve to the open position in response to the first sensor output signal.

A method of glucose level control, comprising providing at least one electrode adapted to apply an electric field to a pancreas; and applying an electric field to the pancreas using the above-mentioned at least one electrode such that blood glucose levels are significantly reduced and blood insulin levels are not significantly increased.

The present invention relates to a linear tension material for surgery used to pull skin tissue. An object of the present invention is to provide a linear tension material for plastic surgery which prevents permanent deformation due to excessive elongation and fatigue and of which a portion besides united portions is uniformly and properly united with body tissue. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a linear tension material for plastic surgery which is provided to pull a predetermined site inside skin tissue of the body in a state of tensile load so as to smooth out wrinkles and pull the tissue to tighten a saggy portion, the linear tension material including: a core material in a code shape, which is made of a flexible resin including polyorganosiloxane; and a covering material which covers an outside of the core material to be united with the core material, shrinks together with the core material, and has a fiber textile structure formed by weaving a number of fiber threads.

In one embodiment, a pillow comprises a pillow body comprising a medial region and two opposing arms with ends extending from the medial region to define an inner well region. The pillow body is sized and configured to permit the medial region to rest on a user's lap, with the ends of the opposing arms being generally adjacent to the user's waist. A support member is disposed across at least a portion of the well region such that the ends of the arms extend beyond the support member. The support member is sized and configured to assist in supporting a baby when lying on the pillow body while the ends of the arms are generally adjacent to the user's waist.

A visual detection device for parts mainly comprises an imaging system, an optical lens component, a lighting system, a mechanical adjusting system, a displacement detection system and a computer, wherein the imaging system consists of a CCD camera and an image acquisition card; the optical lens component consists of a lens body, an amplifying objective lens, and the like; the lighting system is respectively used for detecting surface defects and measuring topographic sizes; the mechanical adjusting system consists of displacement platforms used for adjusting the positions of the parts; the displacement detection system is used for recording the displacement distance of the displacement platforms; and the computer is used for recording and processing images. By shooting edge images of theparts through the imaging system and recording the displacement distance of the displacement platforms through the displacement detection system, the detection device calculates the topographic sizessuch as diameter, and the like, detects the surface defects of the whole spherical surface by the combined rotation of rotary tables, measures the defect sizes accurately, records the number of the defects and meets the two detection requirements of topography measurement and surface detection. By utilizing the visual microscopic detection technology, the device has high system resolution, good integrated performance and simple measurement process.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for emulating left, right, and center mouse button functionality for a multi-touch input device to provide end-users with full mouse functionality. Various finger to mouse button mapping techniques are used to specify the left, right or middle mouse buttons. A single finger is used for tracking while a second finger or thumb is used to activate or deactivate one of the mouse buttons. Multi-finger mouse emulation enables more precise cursor control, while avoiding occlusion of the cursor and end-user fatigue, thereby improving the overall end-user experience.

The invention discloses a sight tracking method based on neural network head movement compensation, and the method comprises the following steps of respectively placing two infrared sources on middle points of two side edges of a display screen, forming a bright spot image on the surfaces of human corneas after the two infrared sources are reflected by the human corneas, and enabling a dark pupil effect to occur in pupil images, and the method specifically comprises the following steps of statically calibrating a fixation point; compensating head movement; and calculating the fixation point by utilizing a static mapping module and a head movement compensation module to form a dynamic human eye fixation point matching module. Due to adoption of the scheme provided by the invention, requirements on hardware are low, only an ordinary camera and two infrared sources are needed, the restriction of a three-dimensional tracking method in which multiple cameras are needed can be changed, the system complexity and the needed computation volume can be greatly reduced, and the sight tracking instantaneity can be improved; and in addition, the head movement is allowed, direct application can be realized through one-step calibration, repeated calibration is avoided, and main defects of the two-dimensional calibration method are overcome.

Provided is a non-pneumatic wheel (100) for a vehicle, and a wheel (100), suspension (200; 200-1), and tire (300) used therein that are capable of ensuring driving stability because there is no air chamber between a wheel (100) and a tire (300) to blowout. They are also capable of ensuring good road holding, preventing standing waves, reducing brake fade and cornering force, providing good handling and ride comfort, staying quiet when rolling, and are economical and environmentally friendly. The non-pneumatic wheel (100) includes a wheel (100), a shock absorbing member (220; 220-1) coupled to an outer periphery of the wheel (100) and absorbing or attenuating noise and vibration due to external shock, a plurality of resilient members (230; 230-1; 230-2) arranged around and coupled to an outer periphery of the shock absorbing member (220; 220-1) in a radial direction and having a plurality of resilient rings (230-1a) that are resiliently deformed in response to an external force, resilient links (240) respectively coupled to the resilient rings (230-1a) to evenly transmit external shock to the resilient rings (230-1a), rail plates (270) to which sliders (261) formed at both ends of the resilient links (240) are slidably coupled, and a tire (300) having a plurality of coupling grooves (321) formed along an inner periphery such that the rail plates (270) are inserted into the coupling grooves (321).

The present invention relates to a method and device for determining a level of ventilatory assist to a ventilator-dependent patient, in which a critical threshold of a respiration-related feature is calculated. Fatigue of a respiratory muscle of the ventilator-dependent patient develops when the critical threshold is reached by the respiration-related feature. The level of ventilatory assist to the ventilator-dependent patient is controlled in relation to the critical threshold of the respiration-related feature so as to prevent fatigue of the patient's respiratory muscle.

The present invention relates to a method and device for determining a level of ventilatory assist to a ventilator-dependent patient, in which a critical threshold of a respiration-related feature is calculated. Fatigue of a respiratory muscle of the ventilator-dependent patient develops when the critical threshold is reached by the respiration-related feature. The level of ventilatory assist to the ventilator-dependent patient is controlled in relation to the critical threshold of the respiration-related feature so as to prevent fatigue of the patient's respiratory muscle.

The invention relates to a method of using a touch module as a game controller, which comprises a touchpad of a notebook computer and a touch screen of a mobile phone. The touch module can be switched between a mouse mode and a game mode, and in the game mode, the touch module can detect two types of movement of a finger in one position: A, point touch; and B, sliding a short distance in a specific direction to issue commands of a directional key or a functional key to a system. In the mode of A, e.g. point touch, the touch module is divided into 2-6 zones, and when detecting that the finger is in the mode of point touch and immediately leave the position along the vertical direction without displacement, the zone in which the finger is located can be single-clicked or double-clicked to judge the functional key selected by the user; in the mode of B, e.g. sliding a short distance in a specific direction, when detecting that the finger is in the sliding mode, the touch module compares a starting position of a first time (X1 and Y1) and a measured position of a second time (X2 and Y2) and calculates the sliding direction to judge the directional key, the functional key, the variable increase or decrease or the game controller selected by the user; and the touch module can issue more than two types of commands in one position through matching of the two modes. Therefore, when the invention is used, the touchpad of the notebook computer and the touch screen of the mobile phone can have the function of the game controller.

A rack shaft support device includes: a rack shaft support member that is accommodated inside a retention hole formed in a housing so as to slide in an axial direction of the retention hole, and slidably supports a rack shaft; a sealing member fixed to an inlet port of the retention hole; an intermediate member that is interposed between the rack shaft support member and the sealing member; a torsion spring that couples the sealing member and the intermediate member; a cam mechanism that converts a rotational force of the intermediate member induced by untwisting of the torsion spring to a force by which the intermediate member pushes the rack shaft support member; an opposing portion that opposes a rear surface of the rack shaft support member; and an annular elastic member that is interposed between the rear surface of the rack shaft support member and the opposing portion.

In a power supply device, the gas exhaust valve is integrally coupled to the outer can at the time of opening the gas exhaust valve, and the connecting portion between the outer can and the gas exhaust valve is partially broken at the time of opening the gas exhaust valve by an internal pressure of the outer can, and the gas duct further comprises a joining aperture being connected airtight to the gas exhaust valve, and a duct exhaust portion being connected to the external gas exhaust duct, and the inner diameter d inside the gas duct is at least partially smaller than the outer diameter a of the gas exhaust valve between the joining aperture and the duct exhaust portion.

An invasion monitor method based on computer vision and used for the field of intelligent video monitor is disclosed; the invention in advance collects video images of a plurality of frames through a monitor camera in order to establish a scene model on the basis of non-parameter statistics. For the new video images, the scene model is used to detect prospect points, and a motion target is obtained by further processing the prospect points through morphologic filter. Afterwards, weighting histogram characteristics are extracted from the motion target and a histogram matching method is applied to tracing the motion target to obtain the motion track of the target. The method judges whether the target track enters into the set warning region in order to decide whether to sends the alarm. The invasion monitor method adopts the computer vision technology and realizes the automatic detection and alarming by utilizing the video information acquired by the computer process monitor camera, therefore the invention is simple in structure and convenient in implementing as well as has the extensive market prospect and application value.

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle is provided having a hub element, a steering wheel rim, at least one steering wheel spoke for attaching the steering wheel rim to the hub element and at least one activation device which is arranged on the hub element, the steering wheel rim or the steering wheel spoke for controlling and / or regulating an assembly of a motor vehicle. The activation device is preferably embodied as an optical reflection sensor device with a functional face. Such a sensor device operates without mechanically moving parts and during the service life of the steering wheel it is independent of general scratching and soiling of its functional faces. In addition, the functionality of the measurement of distances and / or speeds of the objects located above the functional faces of the sensor device permits further functions to be integrated without requiring further separate devices in order to do so.

A recovery device and method of use ensure that any reprocessable medical device that has been disposed of in a sharps container is recovered, cleaned, sterilized, and repackaged for reuse. In one embodiment, a sharps container and sorting surface are manipulated to rotate together and independently, so that the content of the sharps container are emptied onto the sorting surface, enabling an operator to manually, safely, efficiently, and timely retrieve reprocessable medical devices from the sorting surface and place these medical devices into a receptacle bin. The non-reprocessable contents are subsequently dumped into a waste bin, whose contents will subsequently be incinerated or otherwise destroyed. The operator of the recovery device is protected by a shield and an exhaust system that minimize the operator's exposure to airborne biohazardous toxins and enable the sorting to be done without injury to the operator from sharp medical devices.

A saw blade for cutting hard workpieces, such as concrete or stone, characterized by improvement of the shape of a shank of the saw blade providing a plurality of cutting tips of the saw blade with a rotational force while the cutting tips are securely attached to the shank. The saw blade comprises a disc-shaped shank having an insertion hole formed at the center thereof, through which a rotating shaft of an electric-powered tool is inserted, and wave-shaped portions formed over a prescribed portion of the radius of the disc-shaped shank, and a plurality of cutting tips attached to the outer circumference of the shank for cutting a workpiece. The wave-shaped portions are spaced a prescribed distance from each other and alternately arranged on the front and rear surfaces of the disc-shaped shank. The prescribed portion of the radius of the disc-shaped shank is at a distance from the center of the insertion hole. The cutting tips contain particles of high hardness.

A system and method are for monitoring control signals provided to a medical apparatus bases upon tactile feedback from the apparatus. The system and method employ a monitoring signal indicative of a parameter relating to the apparatus or to a condition of a patient associated with the apparatus. The system includes a first feedback device in communication with the apparatus and arranged to provide tactile feedback to a first individual based upon the monitoring signal; a first controller actuatable by the first individual to provide a control signal to the apparatus for carrying a control action in the apparatus; a second feedback device in communication with the apparatus and arranged to provide tactile feedback to a second individual based upon the monitoring signal from the apparatus; and a second controller in communication with the first controller such that the control signal given by the first individual to the first controller is reflected in the second controller and communicated to the second individual. The first feedback device, first controller, second feedback device and second controller are in communication with the apparatus such that the first and second individual can be distant from the apparatus and patient and move about the apparatus and patient to a desired location.

A method and an apparatus for controlling a ventilator to automatically adjust ventilation assistance to an active or passive subject. The method includes determining volume and flow rate of gas to the patient during inspiration on an ongoing basis, and generating control signals in proportion to the volume and flow rate of gas to the patient wherein proportionality factors, and support levels for the elastic and resistive components of pressure are automatically adjusted by the ventilator. The ongoing pressure applied by the ventilator is a sum of elastic and resistive pressures that are automatically controlled by the system. When the patient breathes spontaneously, the support levels are automatically adjusted based on the patient's requirements. If the patient does not breathe spontaneously, the ventilator provides ventilation at an optimal level and rate. The method may be used in weaning or in a management phase of ventilation.

An exhaust emission purifying apparatus of the present invention has a casing that includes therein a plurality of layered passages which is formed by partitioning an inside of the casing to thereby allow an exhaust passage from an exhaust emission inlet to an exhaust emission outlet to be folded in its direction once or more, a reduction catalyst that reductively purifies NOx by using a reducing agent, a nozzle that injects the reducing agent or a precursor thereof to an exhaust upstream side of the reduction catalyst, and a filter (DPF) that collects PM suspended in an exhaust emission. The reduction catalyst and the filter are disposed in the different layered passages. Consequently, a more compact exhaust emission purifying apparatus having both NOx removal function and PM collection function can be provided.

The invention discloses a multifunctional desk which comprises a desk board and a desk frame supporting the desk board; the desk board is provided with a drawing area and a computer area; the drawing area comprises a drawing board and a light source mounted on the desk board; a transparent plate is arranged at the center of the drawing board; the included angle between the drawing board and the desk board can be adjusted within the range of 0 to 45 degrees; the computer area comprises a three dimensional adjustable bracket mounted on the desk frame and used for supporting a display to allow the display to be lifted, rotated or adjusted in depression angle; and by controlling the three dimensional adjustable bracket, the display can be exposed out of the desk board and adjusted in angle, so that a computer can be used. According to the invention, through a computer lifting and rotating mechanism and a display tilt angle adjusting mechanism, people can watch the display from any angle conveniently, so that the multifunctional desk has the advantages of reasonable structure, convenience in use, human-centered design and the like.