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This invention is directed to tissue engineered prostheses made from processed tissue matrices derived from native tissues that are biocompatible with the patient or host in which they are implanted. When implanted into a mammalian host, these prostheses can serve as a functioning repair, augmentation, or replacement body part or tissue structure.

A modular outdoor grill for cooking over a bed of combustible fuel or by means of convection heating from an externally mounted firebox. The modular grill comprises a housing with an outwardly, horizontally pivotal food-supporting tray, a vertically extending standard for supporting said housing, and either a horizontally reciprocating fuel-supporting grate or an externally mounted firebox.

Disclosed is a thermogelling biodegradable aqueous polymer solution useful in providing a bioactive agent delivery system. The present invention provides a thermogelling biodegradable aqueous polymer solution with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) block and a biodegradable polyester block, where the blocks are linked to form a polymer of a general structure comprising the formula of A_n(B), where n is greater than 2 and A is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene glycol block and a biodegradable polyester block, B is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene glycol block and a biodegradable polyester block, and A is different from B.

A compact and highly portable combination pressure swing adsorption apparatus and product gas conservation device for medical use, to produce efficiently a gas with a high concentration of oxygen and to deliver the oxygen concentrated gas to a user at selectable times and in selectable doses, in which the operating components are detachably mounted together as a single unit.

PCT No. PCT/SE96/00340 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 12, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 12, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 18, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32070 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996The present invention relates to a device for fixating and adjusting the position of vertebrae in conjunction with vertebral surgical operations, comprising two mutually crossing and generally rod-shaped implant elements. For the purpose of locking the implant elements together, the device (1) further comprises four generally parallel, elongated elements (B, C, D, E) projected onto a plane that passes through two of the elements whose ends are generally located in the corners of a parallelogram, preferably a square. The ends of the elements are mutually joined together in pairs by mutually parallel part-hoops (7, 9; 8, 10) which curve outwards from the ends of the elongated elements, wherein the pair of part-hoops (7, 9) at one end of an elongated element are perpendicular to the pair of part-hoops (8, 10) at the other end thereof, wherein the part-hoops of each said pair embrace a rod-shaped implant element (5, 6, 11a, 17) together with a respective adjacent, crossing rod-shaped element, wherein those sides (13, 14, 13', 14'; 15, 16, 15', 16') of the elongated elements that lie against a rod-shaped element are essentially flat and essentially parallel with respective opposing sides of an adjacent elongated element in fixating and positionally adjusting a vertebra.

A large-scale data processing system, a large-scale data processing method, and a non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium are provided. The large-scale data processing system comprises an interface and a processor. The interface accesses a multi-dimensional data model, wherein the multi-dimensional data model comprises a plurality of dimensions, the dimensions form a multi-dimensional space of measures, each dimension is a single space comprising a plurality of members with a common set of attributes, and each measure is a data element organized and accessible through the multi-dimensional space of the cross-product of all dimensions. The processor builds at least one Tree Object (TO), wherein the TO is derived by converting the multi-dimensional data model into an N-level tree data structure according to a level order of N attributes, each tree node in the TO meets all conditions of attributes for all ancestor nodes, and N is a positive integer.

A method for measuring the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses and a device for realizing the same. The measuring method can precisely and easily measure the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses by reflecting the measurement subject's physical features and spectacle-wearing habits through the naturally captured image of the measurement subject who looks at the infinite distance focus. The device for measuring the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses can be easily manufactured and manipulated through various simple modules, such as the infinite distance focus providing means, the near distance focus providing means, the camera means, the flash means, and so on, can be manufactured in a small size in such a fashion that a user can carry it. The auxiliary device for measuring the parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses can accurately and easily measure various parameters for manufacturing spectacle lenses by being connected with the portable tablet computer.

The present invention is directed to collapsible type pallets and related products embodiments of which include a construction wherein support beams can be integrally formed from the sheet material of the pallet itself. The beams can be supported internally by structural inserts. Additionally, the supporting inserts may include braces for added stability and strength. The beams, as well as the platform can be further braced and structurally supported by cross braces, which run generally at right angles to the beams and pass through apertures in the beams themselves and slots in the inserts. In certain embodiments, the cross braces pass underneath and support the underside of the platform to create significant structural advantages to the pallet. Embodiments of the pallet can be easily assembled from components that can be easily and economically stored and transported. Embodiments are light-weight thereby providing savings in assembly, transportation, and storage.

A dispensing cap intended to equip a reservoir containing a liquid or viscous product includes a body provided with at least one dispensing opening and a lid articulated to the body around an axis. The lid is intended to stopper the dispensing opening in the storage position. The body and the lid are made of a rigid or semirigid material. At least one gripping zone is arranged on the lid and/or the body to facilitate the opening and/or closing of the lid, the gripping zone being formed by an elastomeric material.

Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for efficient display of object of interest within, or superimposed over, a display of a region of interest. In one embodiment of the present invention, when more than a threshold number of objects of interest need to be displayed, a portion of the objects of interest are graphically emphasized, or displayed using large, easily identified and manipulated icons, while the remaining objects of interest are displayed using small icons, or graphically deemphasized. A user may select an alternative portion of the objects of interest for graphical emphasis, deemphasizing any formerly emphasized objects of interest and leaving deemphasized any object of interest not within the alternative portion of the object of interested selected for emphasis.

A personal audio player including an audio program reproduction unit for delivering audio program content to a user and an announcement generator for delivering one or more timed announcement messages or alarm signals to the user of said audio player. A control interface accepts preference data specifying the time at which announcement messages are delivered to said user. The audio player may take the form hand-held music player or cellular phone which is coupled to an earpiece which may be touched to request an announcement message. Announcement messages may take the form of prerecorded human voices and may be transmitted to the player from a remote source. Announcement messages may also contain data from a remote source and may be delivered in both audible and visual form.

A packaging and application device for a cosmetic product. The device may include a platform, a tube forming a housing for the product and a driving mechanism for translational movement of the platform in the tube. The movement of the platform allows dispensing of product via a dispensing opening in the tube. A side wall of the tube includes an inner cross-section having an inwards-concave portion and an inwards-convex portion. The tube is arranged in a base having an outwards-convex outer cross-section.

A yo-yo includes a toy body formed by a pair of housings connected by a rotatable connecting shaft. The toy body includes a detecting unit that automatically detects the rotation of the toy body and a motor that rotates the connecting shaft on the basis of the detection result of the detecting unit. The detecting unit detects the direction of rotation of the toy body and actuates the motor to rotatingly drive the connecting shaft in the same direction as the direction of rotation of the toy body.

A method and system are presented which will detect combinations of user touches on a touch screen device as nodes, and will create points of definition, lines, routes and corridors from these nodes. Where the device has a communications capability, the locally defined points of definition, routes and corridors can be shared with remote users and databases, and similar entities created by remote users can be viewed on a local display. The method and system are of particular benefit to navigation applications, map customization on touch screen devices, real estate management, scientific measurement, and geographic information systems.

The present invention aids golfers in developing a better golf swing in a quick, easy and effective manner, comprising a “C”-shaped head rest that is positioned across the user's forehead and padded for comfort. The headrest is connected to an extendable shaft that varies in length from 4 feet long to 7 feet long. To use the apparatus, the user or a golf trainer would first position the user in a proper swing stance. Next, the apparatus is placed between the user's forehead and the ground at an outward angle. At this point the user completes his or her golf swing. If their head should stay properly positioned, the apparatus remains in place. If their head should move, the apparatus will fall away to the ground. After a period of time and repeated use, the user will be trained to maintain a proper head position at all times, even when the apparatus is not being utilized.

A seat arrangement, particularly for a vehicle, that includes a second row seat arrangement. The second row seat arrangement includes a first seat, a second seat and a third seat. The first seat can be stored such that direct access to a third row seat arrangement is not limited by the second row seat arrangement. In a two row vehicle, the second row seat arrangement with the first seat stored provides extra space in the second row for placing cargo.

A method for the repair of a sandwich plate having a core structure, a top surface layer and a bottom surface layer and a plurality of honeycomb-shaped cells includes providing at least one penetrating drill hole in at least one of the top surface layer and the bottom surface layer above one of the plurality of honeycomb-shaped cells in a damaged region of the sandwich plate, injecting a stabilising material into the honeycomb-shaped cell, and filling the damaged region with a filler material.

An indexing nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer is comprised of a nozzle base that is attachable to a sprayer housing of the trigger sprayer, a cap that is mounted for rotation on the nozzle base, and a foaming tube that is mounted for linear reciprocating movement on the cap. Rotation of the cap on the nozzle base changes liquid discharge from the trigger sprayer between an off condition and at least a spray condition. In the spray condition of the nozzle cap, the foaming tube can be manually pulled and extended from the nozzle cap. With the foaming tube extended from the nozzle cap, the liquid discharge from the nozzle assembly in a spray pattern comes into contact with an interior surface of the tube and generates a foam discharge from the nozzle assembly.

A personal support system for a mobile electronic device includes a strap to be worn around the neck of the user and a holder for the device which includes an arrangement for securing the holder to each end of the strap. The holder is adjustable to receive and hold devices of varying sizes.

The present invention is directed to formable pallets that are easy to construct into a generally stably product receiving state and easy to collapse into a storage/transport state. Embodiments of the pallet of which include a construction wherein one or more support beams can be further integrally formed from the sheet material of the pallet itself and function to support a product support surface on an uppermost surface of the pallet. The beams can be supported internally by structural inserts. Additionally, the supporting inserts may include braces for added stability and strength. The beams, as well as the platform can be further braced and structurally supported by cross braces, which run generally at right angles to the beams and pass through apertures in the beams themselves and slots in the inserts.