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An apparatus and method of performing a minimally invasive posterior spine fusion. More specifically an apparatus with a handle and a forked head on the distal end of the handle is used to grasp implant material and introduce the material to an implant site. The shaft of the apparatus is shaped so as to allow the affixation of a drill guide and drill while simultaneously holding the implant material in the implant site. After removal of the boring tools and assembly of the fusing element, the apparatus can be selectively removed from the implant site. A method of achieving facet joint fusion with near simultaneous fixation is also disclosed.

During use of equipment by a user having qualifications to use the equipment, an image of the user is continuously photographed by a video camera. When the face of the user can no longer be detected from the image acquired by the camera, warning is issued through voice and screen display and the photographing of an image and the detection of a face are continued. When the face of the user cannot be detected within a predetermined amount of time (e.g., 10 seconds), the equipment is locked.

A network node, a wireless device and a respective method performed by the same in a wireless communication network employing heterogeneous frequency band types, the network node being operative to serve wireless devices in a non-licensed frequency band and in a licensed frequency band, the network node serving a wireless device in a non-licensed frequency band are provided. The method in the network node comprises configuring (110) a fallback carrier in the licensed frequency band to the wireless device, wherein if the network node determines that the wireless device should switch to the licensed frequency hand, the method comprises handing over (130) the wireless device to the fallback carrier.

The present invention provides an integrated analytical biochip and manufacturing method thereof, mainly by using a speedy and low-cost manufacturing process to integrate the Polymerase Chain Reaction ("PCR") reaction tank, Capillary Electrophoresis ("CE") channel and the fiber structure onto a single biochip, thus a DNA sample may be amplified via PCR on the biochip, and immediately driven into the CE channel for analysis in accordance with real-time online detection conducted through the fiber structure integrated on the biochip, such that a speedy and accurate process of biological sample detection and analysis can be achieved.

A manufacturing method for reinforced structural elements includes providing a reinforcement structure including a first material, and embedding the reinforcement structure in an encasing matrix comprising a second material using additive layer manufacturing, ALM. A manufacturing tool for reinforced structural elements includes a positioning component including a jig for clamping a reinforcement structure including a first material and an ALM robot configured to embed a reinforcement structure clamped in the jig in an encasing matrix including a second material.

The present invention discloses a network security system including a firewall arranged between the internal network and the external network, and a trusted node arranged between the firewall and the external network, which is used to provide a data channel between the internal network and the external network, and forward the data transported between the internal network and the external network; the firewall includes a first port configured at the internal network oriented side of the firewall and a second port configured at the external network oriented side of the firewall; and the trusted node includes a media-stream receiving port used to converge the data from the second port. The present invention also discloses a network security method.

The invention discloses an order distribution method and device based on an electric vehicle. The method includes the steps of obtaining order information of an order, the order information includingstarting place location information and destination location information; generating a travel route according to the order information; calculating first power consumption information corresponding tothe travel route; if an electric vehicle terminal that can receive the order within a preset range around the starting place of the order is present, obtaining an identifier of the electric vehicle terminal within the preset range; obtaining power information of the corresponding electric vehicle terminal according to the identifier of the electric vehicle terminal; determining whether the valueof the power information minus the first power consumption information is greater than a preset threshold; and if so, sending the order to the corresponding electric vehicle terminal. The order distribution method and device in the invention can automatically determine whether to send the order to the electric vehicle according to the power information of the electric vehicle, and avoid the procedural problems caused by the electric vehicle being unable to complete the order after the order is sent.

A server computer (P2) is configured to allot to a user a guest room to be provided for the user from plural guest rooms, the server computer (P2) including: guest room information storage means (2B) configured to store guest room condition information on the guest rooms as to whether each of the guest rooms is in a condition ready to be provided for the user; guest room judgment means (2C) configured to judge guest rooms as being in the condition ready to be provided for the user based on the guest room condition information obtained upon check-in of the user; and guest room identifier information output means (2E) configured to output guest room identifier information items on the guest rooms judged by the guest room judgment means (2C) according to a predetermined order of priority.

A dental handpiece and general implement rack is provided, along with a method of tracking implement use in a patient environment. The rack comprises a housing having a plurality of removable trays therein, the trays being adapted to support a dental implement thereon. Each tray includes a visual indicator that matches a marker placed on an implement being stored in that tray. The tray indicators are utilized to determine which implement has been utilized during the course of the day in order to implement sterilization procedures for only those implements that have been used on patients and are now unsterile. The device and associated method prevent sterilization by autoclave for implements that do not require cleaning, thereby extending their useful life and preventing over-cleaning thereof. The housing is preferably a wall-mountable structure having a hinged lid closure and a ventilated design to prevent moisture capture therein.

A peripheral nerve block needle for facilitating a peripheral nerve block procedure. A needle has several fenestrations along its length to allow an efflux of local anesthetic into a particular fascial compartment to treat a corresponding peripheral nerve despite only roughly approximating the location of such fascial compartment. A needle hub may be attached to the needle so that a backflow of fluid may be observed. A stylet is slidably disposed within the needle and needle hub such that selectively withdrawing the stylet from the apparatus enables a backflow of fluid into the needle hub, from which proper localization of the apparatus may be verified prior to administering local anesthetic. In this manner, local anesthetic may be effectively and efficiently administered to a peripheral nerve with reduced risk of injury to a patient.

The invention relates to a method and arrangement for synchronizing a base station in a radio system. In the solution, a synchronization signal is transmitted in a cable for transferring electric power, from which cable the base station filters the synchronization signal and synchronizes its operation according to the synchronization signal.

The invention relates to a drilling process for surveying a land pebble-filled limestone cave. Different from a traditional process, the drilling process for surveying the land pebble-filled limestonecave comprises the process steps of (a) measuring a hole position, then adopting a first drilling tool to start drilling, and protecting a wall for a hole drilled at the upper end of a rock base plane after drilling to the rock base plane; (b) then drilling a limestone cave layer top plate surface, cleaning the hole to be below a limestone cave layer bottom plate surface, then lift-drilling, andrecording the distance between the limestone cave layer top plate surface and the limestone cave layer bottom plate surface; (c) configuring a core barrel with a drill bit according to the distance instep (b) so as to form a second drilling tool, then using the second drilling tool to drill the limestone cave layer bottom plate surface, and keeping the core barrel with the drill bit in the drilled hole so as to protect the wall, wherein the wall protecting range is at least from the limestone cave layer top plate surface to the limestone cave layer bottom plate surface; (d) adopting a third drilling tool with the diameter being smaller than the inner diameter of the core barrel for drilling and coring in the core barrel to a designed hole depth; and (f) after finishing drilling and coring, taking the core barrel out. The drilling process for surveying the land pebble-filled limestone cave involved in the invention has high construction efficiency.