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An implantable medical device (IMD) including a nonhermetic battery is described. The IMD includes components and a power source module that includes the nonhermetic battery. The IMD also includes a barrier to substantially impede movement of substances from the nonhermetic battery to the components. The barrier may include a hermetic feedthrough, a gel, a polymer, or a solid electrolyte within the nonhermetic battery, and a seal member. The barrier may also be a material that encapsulates the nonhermetic battery and a getter within the IMD. In some embodiments, the IMD comprises a modular IMD including an interconnect member. In that case, the barrier may include a material that fills at least a portion of a void defined by the interconnect member. A length and a cross-sectional area of the interconnect member may also act as a barrier.

A system is provided for supporting a patient during computed axial tomography imaging. The system includes a movable platform formed of a radiolucent material, a discrete attachment region in the platform, and a curvilinear articulating arm coupled to the platform at the discrete attachment region. A method for supporting a patient during a plurality of procedures also is provided. The method includes: disposing the patient on a movable platform formed of a radiolucent material; positioning a device with respect to the patient, the device being disposed on a curvilinear articulating arm coupled to the platform; placing the platform, positioned device, and patient in a computed axial tomography imaging system and performing an imaging procedure.

This invention relates to methods and devices for the production of micro-structured substrates and their application in natural sciences and technology, in particular in analysis and detection systems based on artificial and biological lipid membranes. The structure is preferably a hole or a cavity or channel and is obtained by spark perforation. Energy, preferably heat, is applied to the region to be structured so as to reduce the amplitude of voltage required and/or soften the material. The electrical parameters of the spark perforation are feedback-controlled.

The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device. The casing has an operating face carrying user input elements and a display, and rails are provided along an intersection between adjacent housing elements to obscure the edges of the housing elements, on the exterior of the assembled housing.

The invention discloses a separate communication device and a mobile host. The device comprises a mobile display terminal and a mobile host, the mobile display terminal comprises a first wireless communication module, and an instruction input module, an information collection module and an information output module connected with the first wireless communication module, the mobile host comprises a second wireless communication module, a processing module and a mobile communication module, which are connected in sequence, and the first wireless communication module communicates with the second wireless communication module. The existing mobile terminal is set into the mobile display terminal and the mobile host, only necessary components of user interaction are arranged in the mobile display terminal handheld operated by a user, and an SIM card, a base band, a radio frequency antenna, a processing module, a memory and other power consumption components and parts of the mobile communication module are omitted, thereby greatly reducing the power consumption of the mobile display terminal and improving the cruising ability of the mobile display terminal and the lighting and thinning of a battery, and thus the lighting and thinning design of the mobile display terminal is facilitated.

The topology of the elements of a metamaterial can be engineered from its desired electromagnetic constitutive tensor using an inverse group theory method. Therefore, given a desired electromagnetic response and a generic metamaterial elemental design, group theory is applied to predict the various ways that the element can be arranged in three dimensions to produce the desired functionality. An optimizer can then be applied to an electromagnetic modeling tool to fine tune the values of the electromagnetic properties of the resulting metamaterial topology.

A stabilization assembly for stabilizing a vertebra or other bone includes: at least two rods having different diameters; an anchoring element having a shaft and a head; a receiving part for interchangeably receiving any one of the rods to connect the rod to the anchoring element, the receiving part including a rod receiving portion with a channel for receiving the rod, and a head receiving portion having an open end and being flexible to allow introduction and clamping of the head; and a locking ring configured to be arranged around the head receiving portion and to clamp the head in the head receiving portion; wherein the locking ring includes a contact surface configured to contact any one of the at least two rods at at least two distinct contact areas that are spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the rod.

The invention discloses a compound nanofiber lithium battery diaphragm and a preparation method thereof. The compound nanofiber lithium battery diaphragm is characterized in that the compound nanofiber lithium battery diaphragm structurally comprises an upper layer nanofiber diaphragm layer, a middle layer nanocellulose gel layer and a lower layer nanofiber diaphragm layer, and the compound battery diaphragm containing the three-layer structure is prepared by utilizing an electrostatic spinning method and a sol-gel combination method. The preparation method of the compound nanofiber lithium battery diaphragm comprises the following steps: step (1), preparing nanocellulose suspension liquid; step (2), preparing a polymer electrostatic spinning solution; step (3), performing electrostatic spinning; step (4), enabling the lower layer nanofiber diaphragm layer prepared in the step (3) to be infiltrated by acid liquor of which the pH is 3 to 6; step (5), preparing the middle layer nanocellulose gel layer; step (6), preparing the upper layer nanofiber diaphragm layer. The prepared three-layer-structure compound nanofiber lithium battery diaphragm final product is the compound battery diaphragm.

The invention discloses a multimedia playing system and a multimedia playing method capable of downloading and displaying lyrics. The method comprises: the multimedia playing system selects a song to be played; when an audio-video playing control module inquires a storage unit of the multimedia playing system and finds no lyric file of the song to be played, the multimedia playing system is connected with a network to search the lyric file corresponding to the song and downloads the lyric file searched to the storage unit; an audio-video decoding unit plays the song; and the display unit displays the searched lyric file. The system and the method allow a user to see the lyrics when the user plays the song, thereby providing a bright point for audio playing and larger selection space for user.

The invention relates to assembly of an accessory and a shoe for providing support to a foot-drop affected foot relative to a lower leg belonging to the foot such that the loot is prevented from dropping downwards relative to the lower leg when the foot is raised by the lower from a supporting surface, the accessory being provided with a first attachment member for attachment of the accessory to the lower leg, a second attachment member for attachment of the accessory to an upper side of the shoe and a connecting body joining together the first attachment member and the second attachment member, wherein the second attachment member is provided with an attachment plate which, in use, is positioned under an upper part of the shoe. The invention also relates to the accessory of the assembly.

The method is to construct the devices of the call back transferring system. The said devices can be the computer communication system platform, the intelligent network, the next generator network system, IP communication system. The one end of these devices is linked to one network system of the operation dealer through the repeat circuit. The other end of these devices is linked to one network system of the telephone operation dealer the user of the call back transferring telephone belongs to. The said devices provide the functions of the service control, the service data and service exchange. The invention separates apart the call back transferring function of mobile phones and phones of the other telecom from the exchanger in end offices of communication network.

An exemplary current sensor operating in accordance with the principle of compensation includes a primary winding creating a magnetic field based on a current to be measured, a secondary winding generating a magnetic field compensating the primary winding based on a compensation current. The current sensor also includes a magnetic core, a terminating resistor connected in series to the secondary winding, and sensor means. A booster circuit is connected downstream of the sensor means and feeds the compensation current to the secondary winding via the terminating resistor. The booster circuit includes a switched mode amplifier with a pulse width and density modulator that operates based on pulse width and density modulation, turning the compensation current into a pulse width and density modulated current. The switched mode amplifier having a switching frequency that is high at when the compensation current is small and low when the compensation current is high.

The invention discloses an emulate frame of the dummy human movement, which includes: 1) the general controller is made up of the vision control, the romance management, the environment management, the colony management and the clock renovating control, they provide the all distributions and the scheduling management; 2) the environment expressing part which manages the environment information and supports the query and the renovation of the information; 3) the individual analogue part is made up of the motion formation layer, the motion performing layer and the physical realization layer, it provides the simulation of the individual movement to reach the movement emulation of the colony. The emulate frame has the good versatility, the reality and the adaptability, so it can emulate the dummy human movement in all kinds of the environment and the scenes.

The invention relates to a waterborne polyurethane polymerization monomer, and relates to a waterborne polyurethane emulsion which is obtained by polymerizing the waterborne polyurethane polymerization monomer. The waterborne polyurethane emulsion is prepared by the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 5-20% of oligomer polyols, 0-5% of micromolecule chain extender, 5-14% of diisocyanate, 1-5% of hydrophilic chain extender, 1-5% of saltifying reagent, 0.1-0.5% of catalyst and 50-70% of deionized water. The invention also relates to a preparation method of the waterborne polyurethane emulsion. The waterborne polyurethane emulsion provided by the invention has strong chemical stability, good water tolerance and solvent resistance, excellent adhesive force and favorable flame retardance, so that the research gap of waterborne polyurethane products simultaneously containing phosphoric acid hydrophilic group and carboxylic acid hydrophilic group in the prior art is filled.

The invention relates to an acoustic wave device comprising at least one surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter and one bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter, characterized in that it includes, on a substrate comprising a second piezoelectric material (Piezo2): a stack of layers comprising at least a first metal layer (M1) and a layer of a first monocrystalline piezoelectric material (Piezo1), wherein the stack of layers is partially etched so as to define a first area in which the first and second piezoelectric materials are present and a second area in which the first piezoelectric material is absent; a second metallization (M2) at the first area for defining the bulk acoustic wave filter integrating the first piezoelectric material, and a third metallization (M3) at the second area for defining the surface acoustic wave filter integrating the second piezoelectric material. The invention also relates to a method for making the device of the invention, advantageously using application steps similar to those used is the Smart Cut TM method or mechanical bonding/thinning steps.

The invention discloses an ultrasonic controlled release medicine elution balloon catheter and a preparation method. The surface of the medicine elution balloon catheter is coated with a medicine coating, the medicine coating is composed of a fat-soluble medicine carrying microcapsule having a ultrasonic response characteristic and an adhesive having a water-soluble characteristic. Medicine of the medicine elution balloon catheter is wrapped in a lipophilic medicine carrying microcapsule which is hard to dissolve in the blood, so medicine loss caused by blood washing can be reduced. When the ultrasonic controlled release medicine elution balloon catheter is used, the medicine elution balloon catheter is sent to a lesion portion and unfolds, a balloon contacts with the lesion tissues, ultrasound inducts the lesion portion at the external, the medicine carrying microcapsule can be speeded up to be separated from the hydrophilic adhesive, medicine can diffuse in the fat-soluble lesion tissues, at the same time, the medicine carrying microcapsule having the ultrasonic response characteristic breaks under the function of the ultrasound and discharges the medicine, the efficiency of medicine absorption and utilization by the target lesion tissues can be greatly raised. The amount and time of medicine discharge can be controlled through adjusting the characteristic and the ultrasonic characteristic of the medicine carrying microcapsule, the validity and safety of the medicine elution balloon catheter can be improved.

The invention discloses a preparation method of the filled type cotton fiber. The preparation method of the filled type cotton fiber comprises the following steps: conducting a caustic scouring process on the cotton fiber or cotton fabrics; conducting a cleaning process; conducting modified preparation of functional substances; dispersing the functional substances in liquid ammonia; conducting a liquid ammonia treatment process; recycling the liquid ammonia; and dehydrating and stoving; The caustic scouring process is used for eliminating impurities in a center chamber of the cotton fiber and enabling most of the end ports of the center chamber of the cotton fiber to be opened, the modified preparation of the functional substances refers to put the cotton fiber into the liquid ammonia which is provided with functional particles in a diffusion mode to be treated, and the functional particles are enabled to be permeated into the center chamber and holes of the cotton fiber by means of a permeation function of the center chamber of the cotton fiber and the function which detaches hydrogen bonds of cellulose molecules. The invention further discloses a filled type cotton fiber. The cotton fiber prepared by the method has the advantages of being anti-bacterial, health-care, capable of releasing negative ions, ultraviolet-resistant and the like.