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This set comprises an intervertebral implant (2) for immobilising a vertebra (100) with respect to another and an instrument (3) for installing this implant; the implant (2) comprises a longitudinal end designed to be connected to the instrument (3), and the instrument (3) comprises a rod (26) having a free distal end (28), wherein the implant (2) is designed to be removably mounted. According to the invention: —said free distal end (28) of the instrument rod (26) is rounded; —the instrument (3) comprises releasable means (22) adapted, in a position, to retain the flexible strands (6a, 6b) in strain on each side of said rod (26), according to equivalent strains, and, in another position, to fully free these strands (6a, 6b); and—the means for mounting the implant (2) on said distal end (28) are constituted by the two flexible strands (6a, 6b) held in strain by said releasable means (22), this retaining in strain allowing to achieve mounting of the implant (2) on this distal end (28), while retaining this distal end (28) engaged in a cavity (15) of the implant (2).

A centrifugal fluid separation system is disclosed for centrifugally separating a composite fluid into components thereof. This centrifugal separation system includes at least a centrifugal rotor which has a composite fluid containment area, a fluid flow channel / tubing and at least one separated component collection area defined therein. A composite fluid to be separated is delivered to the fluid containment area where under centrifugal forces the composite fluid is separated into components and then from which a component travels through an outlet channel to a respective separated component fluids flowing therethrough. A centrally disposed pump is also provided to move the separated component(s) to the collection area(s). Optical sensing of the interface of the separated fluid components may be used with a clamp to stop flow. A disposable bag and tubing system is also disclosed for use with reusable rotor devices.

A floor exercise mat and pad system comprising a mat and support pads in which the pads can be selectively attached to the mat for the purpose of comfortably supporting a user's neck, back or other body areas in the course of performing exercise or stretch while lying on the mat. The system may also include a removable cover for the mat and an elastic band for holding the mat in a coiled position.

A liquid dispenser for dispensing a liquid from a liquid storage container operably associated with the liquid dispenser. Preferably, the liquid dispenser includes a main housing having a dispensing location at which liquid from a liquid storage container is dispensed and a storage location for storing a liquid storage container. Preferably, the liquid dispenser includes a removable liquid transport assembly removable from the main housing having a substantially rigid liquid manifold, a valve assembly, a riser tube, a reservoir, a reservoir dip tube, a pump head, a pinch tube and a dispensing nozzle that are removable as a single unit from the main housing. Preferably, the liquid dispenser includes a single self-priming pump. Preferably, the valve assembly includes a non-return valve and a pressure relief valve that act in concert to control the flow of liquid between the liquid storage container and the reservoir.

An evaporation chamber comprises a trough and an intermediate chamber disposed above the trough. The bottom of the intermediate chamber includes a liquid outlet through which liquid flows from the intermediate chamber into the trough. The intermediate chamber comprises a level valve, which allows a flow of liquid to follow from a liquid connection into the intermediate chamber so that the liquid level in the intermediate chamber is between a minimum level and a maximum level. The intermediate chamber has a liquid connection, a level valve, and a compensation connection. The liquid connection supplies a liquid. The level valve, allows a flow of liquid to follow from the liquid connection into the intermediate chamber so that the liquid level in the intermediate chamber is between a minimum level and a maximum level. The compensation connection is pneumatically connected to the gas space around the float.

An electronic fever thermometer includes a housing made of a transparent material, for example, transparent plastic. The housing includes a temperature sensor to measure the temperature, and a display element to display the measured temperature. The housing has a treated outer and / or inner surface so that the housing is essentially nontransparent to visible light. The housing also has an untreated viewing area. The display element is arranged within the housing adjacent to the viewing area.

A liquid dispenser for dispensing a liquid from a liquid storage container operably associated with the liquid dispenser. Preferably, the liquid dispenser includes a main housing having a dispensing location at which liquid from a liquid storage container is dispensed and a storage location for storing a liquid storage container. Preferably, the liquid dispenser includes a removable liquid transport assembly removable from the main housing having a substantially rigid liquid manifold, a valve assembly, a riser tube, a reservoir, a reservoir dip tube, a pump head, a pinch tube and a dispensing nozzle that are removable as a single unit from the main housing. Preferably, the liquid dispenser includes a single self-priming pump. Preferably, the valve assembly includes a non-return valve and a pressure relief valve that act in concert to control the flow of liquid between the liquid storage container and the reservoir.

A case packing robot comprising a two dimensional articulated robot suspended from the top of a Cartesian gantry-type frame enclosure. All drive motors are fixed to the Cartesian gantry-type enclosure and all packing operations take place within the confines of the gantry frame structure that defines the operating envelope. Such a “hybrid” robot uses an open framework and all slanted or slantable surfaces that are easily sanitized thus providing all of the sanitary advantages of the most desirable articulating robots while supplying many of the operational and maintenance advantages of a Cartesian gantry-type robot, especially the ability to reach down into a packing container.

The invention discloses a method for sterile seeding and rapid propagation of bougainvillea speetabilis. The method comprises the steps of conducting sterile seeding and induction germination on seeds, wherein the seeds are sterilized, then a shoot induction medium is inoculated with the sterilized seeds, and shoot induction culture is conducted at proper temperature with proper illumination time and illumination intensity; conducting seedling breeding through bud expanding propagation and rooting reinduction, wherein a sprout enrichment culture medium is inoculated with germinated buds, and bud propagation subculture is conducted at proper temperature with proper illumination time and illumination intensity; inoculating a rooting medium with the bud propagation subcultured bud seedlings, and conducting rooting breeding of seedlings at proper temperature with proper illumination time and illumination intensity. According to the method, seeds are used as breeding explant, seed treatment is easy, pollution rate is low, the germination rate of seeds reaches 100%, bud propagation rate reaches 5.22 times within 30 days, rooting rate is 95.6%, and seedling breeding is not limited by time or season so that whole-year production can be conducted.

Titania is a semiconductor and photocatalyst that is also chemically inert. With its bandgap of 3.2 and greater, to activate the photocatalytic property of titania requires light of about 390 nm wavelength, which is in the ultra-violet, where sunlight is very low in intensity. A method and devices are disclosed wherein stress is induced and managed in a thin film of titania in order to shift and lower the bandgap energy into the longer wavelengths that are more abundant in sunlight. Applications of this stress-induced bandgap-shifted titania photocatalytic surface include photoelectrolysis for production of hydrogen gas from water, photovoltaics for production of electricity, and photocatalysis for detoxification and disinfection.

Single-use devices configured to sanitize accessible surfaces of needleless medical valves at risk of contamination with infectious agents are described, as are methods for making and using such devices. Such devices include a sanitizing element securely attached to an inner surface of at least one of the two or more layers that make up the container inside of which the sanitizing element is stored until it is ready to be used. Examples of containers include laminated foil pouches or packets.

A system and method of real-time monitoring of medical patient information, both within a medical facility, as well as during in home care. The system and method can include collection of substantial amounts of longitudinal data used to make deductions in trends across a single patients care, care across multiple patients within a facility, and quality of care across given practitioners. The system and method can also include providing information and feedback regarding a patient's perceived quality of care within a facility, as normalized to a given patient's prior experiences. The system and method can also include providing interactive feedback stimuli and patient care experiences to the patient, as well as real time care monitoring systems for practitioners. In embodiments, the present invention can be a system for holistic pain monitoring and prediction, a system for prevention of narcotic diversion, or a magnetometer sensor system for respiratory measurement.

An overhead sanitization system utilizing ceiling embedded control valves and nozzle heads operative to provide an antibacterial spray under the control of a central computer processing unit monitoring the fluid level within an antibacterial solution storage vessel, and with the control valves and heads being supplied with the antibacterial solution from the storage vessel under the computer unit's control of a pressurization pump coupled to the storage vessel by an included impurity eliminating filter.

A catheter guidewire advancement device comprised of an at least partially transparent housing having scale markings, a guidewire, and a thumb roller, said guidewire being coiled within said housing, said markings being aligned with the coiled guidewire such that upon extension of the guidewire, the marking adjacent to the distal end of the wire correlates with the length of wire extended from the housing.

A centrifugal fluid separation system is disclosed for centrifugally separating a composite fluid into components thereof. This centrifugal separation system includes at least a centrifugal rotor which has a composite fluid containment area, a fluid flow channel / tubing and at least one separated component collection area defined therein. A composite fluid to be separated is delivered to the fluid containment area where under centrifugal forces the composite fluid is separated into components and then from which a component travels through an outlet channel to a respective separated component fluids flowing therethrough. A centrally disposed pump is also provided to move the separated component(s) to the collection area(s). Optical sensing of the interface of the separated fluid components may be used with a clamp to stop flow. A disposable bag and tubing system is also disclosed for use with reusable rotor devices.

The embodiments herein provide an improved Zymotis solid-state bioreactor and its operation for cultivation of microorganisms aseptically. In one embodiment, a bioreactor has two compartments containing three cooling plates. These plates have internal baffles instead of cooling tubes. The bioreactor has temperature sensors are loaded at different heights of the outer cooling plates for recoding and monitoring bed temperature during fermentation. Short space between two cooling plates with suitable material construction permits metabolic heat removal by conduction. The distance between two compartments is adjustable manually to achieve the best width. The product is extracted and harvested in the bioreactor using a trickle solvent. All of the on-line data are monitored on screen and recorded in the computer. Microorganisms are cultivated in such a manner that the bioreactor carries out all steps for cultivating microorganisms in an aseptic environment.

A refillable bottom dispensing package forming a closed space in which fluid material can be stored and from which such material can be dispensed, the package having a rigid wall adjacent a bottom thereof, the wall having a hole, a resilient valve regulating dispensing of the fluid material contained in the package through the hole, the valve being closed to the passage of fluid material through the hole when the contents of the package are substantially at atmospheric pressure and being opened by pressure on the contents when the pressure is above atmospheric pressure, the valve forming a flap seal against a surface of the wall, the sealing action of the flap seal against the wall surface being free of influence from structural elements of the package while being directly responsive in its sealing force against the wall surface to the pressure level of the contents in the package space, the inter-relationship of the flap seal and the wall within the package being arranged to avoid impeding removal of the valve from the wall and the package.

This invention relates to one washing device without wash powder and recycling water, which comprises washing container, electrolyte tank, filter, washing water, and clearing purification device, electrolyte solution tar, electrolyte oxidation generation device, biology meter tar and dirty drying and fixing parts, wherein, the electrolyte tank is fixed on container down connected and electrifying oxidation or biological enzyme to improve water molecule moisture and transparency.

A fitness device contains a strap, a handle, and a plate. The strap is substantially inelastic and flexible. The plate is substantially rigid. The handle at least partially envelopes the strap. A method of exercising with such a fitness device is also described herein. Other fitness devices and other methods of use are also described herein.

A smooth surface of a control device is achieved by positioning the actual control devices within a sealed housing and having the operator touchable knobs proximity connected to the control devices through the surface of the housing. In one embodiment, the proximity connection is a magnetic connection between the handle mechanism detachably positioned on the outside of the housing and traditional slider potentiometers mounted within the housing. In another embodiment, longitudinal proximity sensors within the housing are used to emulate the physical layout of the slider potentiometers and the movement of handle mechanisms outside the housing create the changing proximity under control of the operator. In all embodiments, the outside handle mechanism easily separates from the housing leaving a relatively smooth outer housing surface which can be easily sanitized. The removed handle mechanism allows for easy cleaning and sanitizing as well as for easy substitution.

The invention relates to disinfection equipment and in particular relates to disinfection equipment of medical equipment for cardiology department. Aiming at solving the technical problems, the invention provides the disinfection equipment of the medical equipment for the cardiology department, which can be used for disinfecting completely and has high disinfection efficiency and a simple disinfection process. The disinfection equipment of the medical equipment for the cardiology department, provided by the invention, comprises a bottom plate and the like; a left bracket is arranged at the left side of the top of the bottom plate; a box body is arranged at the top of the bottom plate; a top plate is arranged at the upper part of the right side of the left bracket; a driving mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the top plate; a stirring mechanism is arranged below the driving mechanism; the stirring mechanism is located in the box body. According to the disinfection equipment providedby the invention, the medical equipment is stirred through the stirring mechanism so that the medical equipment is in sufficient contact with a disinfectant; the driving mechanism is used for rotating the stirring mechanism and the box body is driven to rotate through a rotating mechanism, so that the disinfection efficiency is accelerated; meanwhile, the disinfection is more complete; a hoistingmechanism is adopted so that the equipment is very convenient to take out and put and the effects of relatively complete disinfection and high disinfection efficiency are realized.

The invention relates to the related technical field of public equipment, in particular to a door handle capable of achieving automatic disinfection. The door handle comprises an annular handle, a cleaning block and a door plank, the annular handle is provided with a through annular hole, the cleaning block is provided with a through sliding cavity, the side wall of the sliding cavity is in sliding connection with the side wall of the annular hole, a spring groove is formed in the side wall of the sliding cavity in a communicating mode, the annular handle is provided with an annular cavity with an opening facing the spring groove, the annular cavity surrounds the annular hole, and a guide block is arranged between the annular cavity and the spring groove in a sliding mode. According to the door handle, the workload of workers responsible for cleaning can be reduced, the situation of bacterial cross infection caused by dense personnel is avoided, the door handle can be cleaned and disinfected in time, the disinfection process is simple and rapid, and personnel blockage caused by disinfection and cleaning is avoided; a fingerprint lock is arranged, and the fingerprint can be input while the door handle is held, so that the door handle can be used for occasions with higher safety coefficients.

A cleaning system comprising a cleaning implement and a storage means is disclosed. The cleaning system advantageously allows the cleaning implement to dry suspended within the storage means, and provides for air circulation throughout. The cleaning implement comprises a volume of cleaning material, such as a sponge material in a nylon netting. The cleaning implement includes a hanging means at a top end thereof, such as an apertured tab. The storage means comprises a base having at least one upright wall extending upwardly therefrom. Each wall has a plurality of air slots therethrough for allowing air to more freely circulate throughout the storage means. One of the walls of the storage means includes a suspension means that is adapted to cooperate with the hanging means of the cleaning implement so that when the cleaning implement is engaged with the suspension means the cleaning implement is suspended above the base without contacting any of the sides of the storage means. The base, each wall and the suspension means are each made from a dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe material, and the cleaning system is sized to fit into most microwave ovens, whereby the storage means, cleaning implement, or both may be sanitized by microwave energy to eradicate any bacterial growth thereon, either before or after each use.

A system for sanitizing surfaces; the system includes a glove, or a pair of gloves having a sanitizing fluid dispenser, a pouch containing sanitizing fluid and attached to the glove(s), and a conduit fluidly connecting the sanitizing fluid dispenser with the sanitizing fluid in the pouch. The system is useful for providing a wearer of the glove(s) with a means to easily sanitize or disinfect surfaces.

A positioning unit (11) for positioning an optical unit (12, 13) comprising at least one optical element in a beam path (20) of a microscope between an objective lens of a microscope and in front of an eye to be monitored is provided, wherein the positioning unit comprises a connection device (21), by means of which the positioning unit can be coupled to the microscope, wherein the positioning unit comprises a positioning device (22), by means of which the optical element is movable relative to the microscope in the longitudinal direction of the beam path, wherein the positioning device is formed by a first double rocker mechanism (31) and a second double rocker mechanism (32), wherein the double rocker mechanisms are interconnected by means of a common coupling member (33). A monitoring device (10) is also provided that comprises the positioning unit (11).

A small animal litter container is provided with an enclosed design that keeps animal elimination products contained within the litter material and / or the container without leakage and avoids spillage of these materials beyond the container. Cylindrical telescoping interior and exterior housing sections engage to form a covered elimination area within the container. A corresponding keyhole-type of opening in each housing section aligns when the housing sections are engaged to form an animal access door with a unique angled shape that guides an animal to the inside elimination area. A base housing section is formed with a circular cross-section unitary wall with a height that effectively captures and contains all products of elimination without leakage or spillage beyond the container. The present small animal litter container may be used effectively by all kinds of pets, including cats and dogs, whether they exhibit typical or atypical elimination behaviors or habits.