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A virtual control system for an operating room establishes virtual control devices to control surgical equipment and patient monitoring equipment and to display control, status and functionality information concerning the surgical equipment and condition information of the patient. The virtual control devices permit direct interaction by the surgeon while maintaining a sterile field, and avoid the use of actual physical devices and electrical cables connecting them to the surgical equipment.

A communication-status notification apparatus enabling a subscriber to observe various kinds of communication status in a network easily via the subscriber's own terminal in a communication system. The apparatus includes a request analysis section for discriminating whether or not voice data received by gateway equipment from a subscriber terminal contains a request on monitoring / controlling or notifying of a communication status in the network and for analyzing the content of the request when contains, a communication-status monitor / control section for monitoring / controlling the communication status responsive to the content of the request analyzed by the request analysis section based on a processing status of the voice data in the gateway equipment, and a communication-status notification section for notifying the subscriber terminal of the communication status monitored / controlled by the communication-status monitor / control section via the gateway equipment responsive to the content of the request analyzed by the request analysis section. The apparatus is useful when applied to VoIP gateway equipment or the like used for a VoIP communication system.

First pixels and second pixels are arranged in an LCD of a digital camera. Image light from the first pixel is diffused by a diffusing filter. Image light from the second pixel is deflected by a prism and directed in an oblique direction. When the LCD is viewed from a forward direction, only a captured image generated by the first pixels is observed. When the LCD is viewed from the oblique direction, the captured image, and camera information generated by the second pixels are observed in a state that they overlap each other.

The invention relates to an intelligent instrument for measuring the tissue thickness. The intelligent instrument comprises a button cell type intelligent thickness measuring clip or an external power supply type intelligent thickness measuring clip, a linear incision anastomat or a manual thickness measuring instrument or an automatic thickness measuring instrument, and a staple anvil. The button cell type intelligent thickness measuring clip comprises an outer shell, a pressing key, waterproof soft glass, an integrated circuit board and a bottom cover. The waterproof soft glass is arranged between the pressing key and the integrated circuit board and covers the surface of the pressing key. A button cell, a power module, a display module, a tissue pressure intensity measuring module, a tissue thickness measuring module, a control module and a wireless transmission module are mounted on the back face of the integrated circuit board. An eddy-current transducer and a pressure sensor are mounted on the front face of the integrated circuit board. The button cell type intelligent thickness measuring clip is matched with a wireless transmission device. The intelligent instrument for measuring the tissue thickness has the advantages that the tissue thickness can be measured in a quantitative mode, tissue thickness measurement is accurate, corresponding anastomotic staple cartridges can be selected conveniently, and the success rate of anastomotic surgery is increased.

The present invention relates to a gaming machine candle device. Gaming machines utilize electric “candles” placed thereon to inform patrons of a machine's particular denomination. In other words, yellow signifies a quarter machine and red a nickel machine. The improved candle device described herein uses colored and transparent plastic plates in conjunction with light emitting diodes (LEDs) to more visibly and aesthetically inform patrons. A first transparent colored plate is illuminated to signify the machine's denomination. A second plate behind said first plate is used to inform gaming machine operators of concerns with said machine or player. Said second plate may also display words or logos affiliated with operators, manufacturers or the like. Frosting and beveling techniques along edges and surfaces of said plates cause LED light to refract highlighting those areas. A transparent second plate permits the color of said first plate to be viewed throughout a gaming establishment.

A method is provided for a minimally invasive procedure utilizing the telescoping dilation introducer to insert a bone fixation device into a patient's spine for posterior spine fusion. The dilation introducer has a locked assembled configuration for placement of the dilation introducer against a patient's bone tissue to be treated, and an unlocked, collapsed configuration for dilating the patient's soft tissue down to the bone tissue to be treated to a desired degree of dilation to permit minimally invasive surgical procedures on the patient's bone tissue to be treated. Dilator tubes are successively released and advanced to progressively expand the patient's soft tissue down to the bone tissue to be treated.

The invention discloses bridge equipment. The bridge equipment comprises a base body, a frame body and an electric connector, wherein the frame body is fixedly arranged on the left upper side of the base body; an inserting groove is formed in the base body under the frame body,; a first electric connecting pin is arranged in the inserting groove; a first slide groove is formed in the end surface of the bottom of the right side of the frame body; a locking part is arranged in the first slide groove; a first stud, which is connected with the locking part in a screw-thread fit manner and extends to the left side and the right side, is arranged in the first slide groove; a first slide cavity is formed in the base body on the right side of the frame body; a communication groove is formed between the first slide cavity and the first slide groove; a first hollow cavity is formed in the base body above the communication groove; a second groove bottom is arranged in the frame body above the right side of the first slide groove; a second slide groove, which runs through the top wall of the frame body, is formed in a position, above the second groove part, in the frame body; a pushing and pressing rod, which is arranged oppositely to the left side end of the communication groove, is arranged on the end surface of the right side of the locking part; a slide block is connected in the first slide cavity in a loose fit manner. The bridge equipment disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simple structure, convenient inserting, automatic locking and inserting, and has an intelligent prompting function.