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Laparoscopic instruments and trocars are provided for performing laparoscopic procedures entirely through the umbilicus. A generally C-shaped trocar provides increased work space between the hands of the surgeon as well as S-shaped laparoscopic instruments placed through the trocar when laparoscopic instrument—trocar units are placed through the umbilicus. In order to facilitate retraction of intra-abdominal structures during a laparoscopic procedure, an angulated needle and thread with either one-or two sharp ends is provided. Alternatively, an inflatable unit having at least one generally C-shaped trocar incorporated within the unit's walls can be placed through the umbilicus following a single incision. Generally S-shaped laparoscopic instruments may be placed through the generally C-shaped trocars to facilitate access to intra-abdominal structures.

An atrial ablation catheter and methods for its use. The endocardial catheter includes an electrode array particularly adapted to locate and ablate foci of arrhythmia which are required for sustained atrial fibrillation is provided. The array is easily deployed and retracted from the catheter, and presents a distally oriented electrode array that can be pressed against the wall of the atrium.

An adjustable electrocautery surgical apparatus for selectively delivering electosurgical coagulation and cut current from an electrosurgical generator to a surgical site is provided comprising an elongated body, an extension member passing at least partially through the elongated body, a track in the elongated body for guiding the extension member, an electrode blade attached to the extension member for cutting or coagulating tissue, and an adjustable lock coupled to the extension member for selectively adjusting the position of the extension member and electrode blade relative to the elongated body and for locking the extension member and electrode blade in a selected position. A longitudinal channel passes through a sidewall of the elongated body member. A plurality of stops are positioned in the channel for providing a sequence of stop positions between maximally retracted and maximally extended positions of the apparatus. The adjustable lock is slidably positioned in the longitudinal channel of the elongated body member so as to selectively engage the stops and thereby lock the electrode blade in a selected stop position between the maximally retracted and the maximally extended positions. The apparatus is further provided with means for electrically coupling the electrode blade to the coagulation and cut currents of the electrosurgical generator, such that coagulation or cut current, or a combination thereof, can be selectively delivered to the electrode blade.

A tissue retractor includes a body having proximal and distal ends. The retractor also includes a retraction device having a head connected to the distal end of the body and defining two opposing openings, a connector movably disposed in the body, and two flexible needles of a shape memory material having a memory shape. The needles are fixedly connected to the connector for traveling through a respective one of the openings. The memory shape of the needles includes a portion with an arcuate shape. A one-handed actuation device is connected to the proximal end of the body and is operatively connected to the connector through the body. Upon actuation of the actuation device, the connector can be moved to selectively extend the needles out of the head and withdraw the needles into the head. Methods for using the tissue retractor, in particular for the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, are also provided.

A remotely controlled apparatus for positioning and stabbing pipe within a drilling rig derrick is provided. A support base assembly is mounted to a structural member of a drilling rig derrick. A jointed articulating boom having a boom base member and a boom arm member is attached to the support base assembly and can be pivoted about vertical and horizontal axes. The jointed articulating boom extends and retracts by cooperative motion between the boom base member and the boom arm member. A pipe gripper assembly having opposing arcuate jaws is mounted at the outer extent of the jointed articulating boom and can be pivoted about a horizontal axis. A remote control panel subassembly is used to control the movement of jointed articulating boom and pipe gripper assembly.

The invention relates to a fabric three-dimensional pressure analog test system which is used for testing the dynamic contact pressure and the pressure attenuation characteristics of fabrics. The measuring principles of the invention refers to measuring dynamic clothing pressure during a process of fabric three-dimensional deformation by a pressing ball embedded with nine highly precise pressure sensors to press against the fabrics; the pressing ball is transmitted by a driving device, which can press against the fabrics for more than several thousand times so as to measure pressure fatigue. A pressure-displacement curve, a pressure-time curve and a pressure attenuation curve of each sensing point are respectively obtained by the processing of a computer. The analog test system of the invention has simple structure and convenient operation and is a testing instrument that can effectively and objectively evaluate fabric pressure performance.

A trocar system for endoscopic surgery, cap assembly, and related methods are provided. The cap assembly includes a valve housing with an opening formed in line with an axis of the valve housing. The cap assembly also includes a valve positioned adjacent the opening of the valve housing. The valve includes a valve body with an annular-shaped valve opening for receiving elongate tools with differing diameters so that a seal is maintained between the valve opening and any of the plurality of elongate tools. The valve body includes a proximal valve section including a valve ring and positioned within the valve housing and includes a distal valve section extending axially from the proximal valve section. The distal valve section includes a valve extension having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a substantially conically shaped medial portion connected to and extending therebetween. A valve opening is positioned in the distal end portion of the valve extension that is adapted to individually and separately receive the elongate tools so that when any one of the elongate tools is positioned through the valve opening, a seal is maintained between peripheries of the valve extension surrounding the valve opening and outer peripheries of the inserted elongate tool.

A remotely controlled apparatus for positioning and stabbing pipe within a drilling rig derrick is provided. A support base assembly is mounted to a structural member of a drilling rig derrick. A jointed articulating boom having a boom base member and a boom arm member is attached to the support base assembly and can be pivoted about vertical and horizontal axes. The jointed articulating boom extends and retracts by cooperative motion between the boom base member and the boom arm member. A pipe gripper assembly having opposing arcuate jaws is mounted at the outer extent of the jointed articulating boom and can be pivoted about a horizontal axis. A remote control panel subassembly is used to control the movement of jointed articulating boom and pipe gripper assembly.

An atrial ablation catheter and methods for its use. The endocardial catheter includes an electrode array particularly adapted to locate and ablate foci of arrhythmia which are required for sustained atrial fibrillation is provided. The array is easily deployed and retracted from the catheter, and presents a distally oriented electrode array that can be pressed against the wall of the atrium.

An implantable device for occluding a septal defect has interleaved frame sections that allow flexibility to conform to a variety of defect geometries and provide reliable occlusion during endothelialization. Left and right frames connect to opposite ends of a floating connection post. The device is resiliently deformable and is biased into a natural state wherein, in situ in a variety of defect geometries, the device applies a sandwiching force to the tissue surrounding the defect that is relatively uniform across its diameter, improving stability and promoting occlusion.

A sector-scanning sonar imaging system with at least one sonar imaging element housed within a transducer housing coupled to a self-reciprocating mechanism, and a drive mechanism housed within a waterproof housing. The oscillating motion of the transducer housing produces a highly-detailed, photo like sector scan sonar image of the bottom and other objects surrounding the boat on which it is mounted. The drive mechanism housing may be rigidly attached to either a boat hull or to a trolling motor. The sonar imaging element housing may be removably attached to the drive mechanism, and shielded by an acoustically transparent shroud to protect the elements from damage. The sector-scanning sonar imaging system connects to a control head with display either directly, or through some other communications protocol, such as a wireless protocol.

The present disclosure provides an improved method and device for approximation and retraction of tissue portions during a medical procedure. The disclosure includes a tissue approximator-retractor elastic device, comprising: an elastic portion having a contracted length and adapted to expand to a different length to exert a contractile force; and at least three coupling rings spaced along the elastic portion for an operator to choose between the rings and couple at least two rings to at least two tissue portions to adjust a contractile force on the two tissue portions. The disclosure also discloses providing the device near the tissue portions; coupling a first coupling ring to a first tissue portion; choosing between the remaining coupling rings to select a second coupling ring; engaging the second coupling ring and elastically pulling the elastic portion to the second tissue portion to attach to the second tissue portion.

The invention relates to a variable-speed winch and a foldable type onboard crane comprising the same, relating to the field of winches. The variable-speed winch comprises a variable-speed mechanism, a driving shaft and a driven shaft, wherein the driven shaft is arranged on a stand of the variable-speed winch through a bearing and at the outer side of the driving shaft and is provided with a power output mechanism; the power output end of the driving shaft is provided with a gear locating slot, and the corresponding driven shaft is provided with a locating pin; the locating pin is arranged on the end part of the driving shaft or in the gear locating slot; the variable-speed mechanism comprises a center wheel and a planet wheel; the part of the driving shaft, which is close to the planet wheel, is provided with a radially outwards raised outer spline, and the inner surface of the corresponding variable-speed mechanism is provided with an inner spline; the inner wall of the driven shaft is provided with an inner spline in clearance fit with the outer spline of the driving shaft; and the outer spline of the driving shaft is respectively meshed with the inner spline of the variable-speed mechanism and the inner spline of the driven shaft to form multi-gear variable-speed transmission. The variable-speed winch can realize variable speed of at least two gears and has the advantages of simple structure, convenience for operation, good speed varying effect, small mass and high transmission ratio; and in addition, the foldable type onboard crane with the variable-speed winch has small size and high lifting capacity.

The invention discloses a charging pile for an electric vehicle. The charging pile comprises an casing, wherein a flashing board is fixedly mounted on a support frame at the top of the casing, a touch panel is arranged in a groove in the front side of the casing, a card inserting device is further arranged on the casing below the touch panel, a storage box and a detection box are further arranged on the casing, the storage box is arranged on one side of the touch panel, the detection box is located below the storage box, a charging head is arranged in the storage box, a first wire at the bottom of the charging head penetrates through a clamping device at the bottom of the storage box and is exposed inside the casing, the exposed end of the first wire is fixedly connected with a second wire, the clamping device comprises a clamping box, and a clamping hole is formed in the top of the clamping box. The charging pile for the electric vehicle protects the first wire and the second wire, the service life of the charging head is prolonged, collection of the first wire and the second wire is facilitated, and the charging head is more conveniently placed.

A safety syringe has a barrel, a needle hub movably received in the barrel and having an annular shoulder formed on an inner periphery of the needle hub and a needle extending out from the needle hub. When a hook engages with the annular shoulder and the plunger is moving forward, the stop and the needle hub are free of engagement with one another and thus the needle is slanted relative to the plunger for destruction of the needle.

A charged particle analyser (1) comprises a first non-imaging electrostatic lens (8, 9) for receiving charged particles having divergent, trajectories and for converting the said trajectories into substantially parallel trajectories. At least one planar filter (10) is provided for receiving the charged particles having the substantially parallel trajectories and for filtering the charged particles in accordance with their respective energies. A second non-imaging electrostatic lens (11) receives the energy filtered charged particles and selectively modifies their trajectories as a function of their energies. A charged particle detector (12) then receives the charged particles in accordance with their selectively modified trajectories.

A telescoping grab handle mounted on the side wall of the cargo box, adjacent the tailgate, in a pickup truck. The device has only one moving part which allows the telescoping grab handle to be easily raised vertically and locked into the extended position or easily lowered to the retracted or stowed position while standing on the ground outside the cargo box. The telescoping grab handle mounted on the side wall of the cargo box also overcomes many disadvantages of tailgate mounted grab handles which interfere with cargo handling and are rendered inoperable if the tailgate is damaged. The telescoping grab handle mounted on the side wall of the cargo box may be added as an aftermarket accessory, but the internal components of the device could also be incorporated directly into the side wall of the cargo box by the auto manufacturer during initial manufacture of the vehicle.

An aspiration system exhibits an accelerated drop in negative pressure at the distal end of an aspiration catheter from the time of opening a valve. The system includes an aspiration pump in communication with a first chamber, and an aspiration catheter configured for placement into fluid communication with the first chamber by way of an elongate aspiration tube. A second chamber is provided between the aspiration tube and the catheter, and a valve is provided between the second chamber and the aspiration catheter. Upon opening of the valve with negative pressure at equilibrium in the first and second chambers, resistance to fluid flow between the second chamber and the distal end of the catheter is less than the resistance to fluid flow between the second chamber and the first chamber, causing a rapid aspiration into the second chamber.

A methods of placing large bore aspiration catheters is disclosed. The method of removing a vascular obstruction includes the steps of transvascularly advancing a distal end of an aspiration catheter into proximity with an obstruction, activating a low flow, detection mode of aspiration through the catheter, and thereafter activating a momentary control to activate a high flow, aspiration mode of operation and draw obstructive material into the distal end of the access catheter.

The invention discloses a box-type cable reel device which comprises a winding box. A rotatable reel rotation rod is mounted in the vertical middle of the winding box, the upper end of the reel rotation rod extends out of the upper side wall of the winding box and then is connected to a positive and reverse rotation motor through a speed change mechanism, the upper end and the lower end of the reel rotation rod close to the side wall of the winding box are respectively provided with a rotating side plate, and a cable storage area is formed between the two rotating side plates. A winding device of a traditional cable reel device is improved, the reel rotation rod can be driven to slowly rotate in an inner cavity under the action of the speed change mechanism comprising a gear motor and an anti-slip conveying belt after the positive and reverse rotation motor is started in practical use, reeled cables are winded in the area by the vertically arranged rotating side plates, and the box-type cable reel device is simple in structure, convenient to reel and electric in operation, and time and labor are saved.

The invention relates to the technical field of a medical instrument, and particularly relates to a synergistic fragmented intussusception medicine pestle. The synergistic fragmented intussusception medicine pestle comprises a telescopic handle, an inner shell handle, a housing handle, a housing, an inner shell, a pressure block, a conical cap, reset springs, cones, a housing hole and inner shell holes, wherein the inner shell is a spherical shell; the inner shell handle is arranged at the upper end of the inner shell as a whole together with the inner shell; a plurality of inner shell holes are formed at the bottom surface of the inner shell; the inner edge of each inner shell hole and the lower end of one reset spring are welded into a whole; one cone is sleeved with each reset spring; the upper end of each reset spring is welded with the bottom surface of the conical cap above the reset spring. Multiple telescopic cones are arranged at the bottom end of the medicine pestle; a hard medicine block can be easily crushed through the cones; the efficiency of crushing the medicine block is improved.

A mobile canopy system providing shelter from the sun, rain, and wind. The canopy system contains at least two canopy system sections, each containing one centrally located support structure. A truss system is attached to the support structure, perpendicularly extending the length of the canopy system section. Canopy framing systems are perpendicularly connected to, and intervally spaced along, the truss system. Cross bars are perpendicularly connected to the ends of the canopy framing systems, extending the length of the canopy system section. The canopy lies in an inclined plane, suspended from the cross bars, providing adequate clearance for underlying activities including golf. The inclined canopy, suspended below the truss system and canopy framing systems, provides absorbing and deflective protection to the user from errantly hit objects, whereby the canopy absorbs the force of the errant object and deflects the object out and away from the participant under the canopy system. An additional, retractable vertical canopy system provides further protection from high wind, driving rain, and early morning or late afternoon sun.

The invention discloses a foldable and expandable multifunctional double-layer touring car. The foldable and expandable multifunctional double-layer touring car comprises a car head, a compartment and a platform, wherein the compartment is dragged by the car head and comprises an upper-layer compartment, a lower-layer compartment and left and right double-layer heat preservation side compartments; the left and right double-layer heat preservation side compartments adopt square pipes as a framework and are provided with heat preservation plates; the upper-layer compartment is arranged at the upper part of the lower-layer compartment in a double-layer heat preservation mode of adopting the folding square pipes as the framework and additionally adding the heat preservation plates and sunscreen rain cloth, the right side compartment is embedded in the lower-layer compartment in a push-pull mode, and first lateral extension space of the lower-layer compartment is formed when the right side compartment is pulled out; the platform is arranged at the bottom part of the lower-layer compartment in a folding way, and second lateral extension space of the lower-layer left compartment is formed after the platform is unfolded. According to the foldable and expandable multifunctional double-layer touring car disclosed by the invention, folding or expanding is convenient, the utilization area is enlarged, the foldable and expandable multifunctional double-layer touring car is used for product exhibition and professional stage performance, a total-closed touring car is formed by closing a stage front wall when not in performance, and multiple functions of accommodation, entertainment, a dining hall, a coffee house, a karaoke lounge and the like are realized.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) may be caused by a collapse of the pharyngeal wall as a result of increasing negative airway pressure. This invention is directed to systems and methods to resist collapse of the pharyngeal wall by minimally invasive upper pharyngeal airway surgery.

A remotely controlled apparatus for positioning and stabbing pipe within a drilling rig derrick is provided. A support base assembly is mounted to a structural member of a drilling rig derrick. A jointed articulating boom having a boom base member and a boom arm member is attached to the support base assembly and can be pivoted about vertical and horizontal axes. The jointed articulating boom extends and retracts by cooperative motion between the boom base member and the boom arm member. A pipe gripper assembly having opposing arcuate jaws is mounted at the outer extent of the jointed articulating boom and can be pivoted about a horizontal axis. A remote control panel subassembly is used to control the movement of jointed articulating boom and pipe gripper assembly.

An extendible shelter connectable to a building has an extendible frame and a plurality of covers, connected to an outermost frame end, for covering the frame. Adjacent covers are connected to one another at outermost edge ends of their adjacent edges, which are threaded through a fastener. As the frame is extended outwardly away from the building, the adjacent edges are drawn through the fastener, which fastens the edges together to automatically fasten the adjacent covers. When the frame is retracted, the fastener unfastens the edges and covers. Anchor for locking wheels for the frame in fixed position on a ground surface over which the shelter extends are also disclosed.

A hemostasis valve may be used with a catheter such as an aspiration catheter. The hemostasis valve comprises a support, and at least a first lever, pivotably carried with respect to the support. A collapsible tubular sidewall defining a valve lumen is carried by the support. A filament is formed into a loop around the tubular sidewall, the filament having at least a first tail portion extending away from the loop to the first lever. A first spring may be configured to move the first lever in a direction that pulls the first tail portion away from the tubular sidewall, reducing the diameter of the valve lumen in response to reducing the diameter of the loop. A second tail portion may extend away from the loop to a second lever. Each tail portion may be attached to its respective lever, or may be slidably advanceable around a fulcrum on the lever and attached with respect to the support.