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This invention is a stent that has cutting bars or blades in the direction of the balloon and longitudinally at five equidistant points along the direction of the stent's body. There are two patterns in this invention. The first pattern has five blades equidistant from the other and run longitudinally along the direction of the stent body and the other pattern has five shorter blades equidistant from the other to constitute one set. Each set is arranged in a staggered pattern from the next set. Furthermore, the edges of stent's blades or bars are angular or beveled and integrated into a stent strut pattern in order to facilitate the entry of blades into a blockage caused by calcium, plague and / or debris.

An anterior cervical plate system consists of a base plate and a connecting plate movably connected to the base plate. The base plate can be inserted into any number of cervical vertebral bodies in any one construct. The base plate contains holes for two unicortical bone screws and a third hole to accommodate a rather large diameter, but short screw that movably secures the connecting plate, and raised middle portion to strengthen screw purchase and fit of the connecting plate. The connecting plate has a central trough opening to accommodate this screw.

The methods and systems of the present invention are useful in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and in the prognosis of IBD progression and disease complications. With the present invention, it is possible to predict outcome of disease and patients who will have a particular risk of disease complications and / or progression to surgery.

A hair extension device is made easily adjustable and convenient to use by providing attached adjustment mechanisms which are inconspicuous and easy to hide. The hair extension device is generally formed as a headband, including a supporting base panel and a connection strand. The supporting base panel can accommodate extension hair in various patterns, and has adjustment mechanisms attached thereto. The size adjustment mechanisms are specifically configured to cooperate with the connection strand to effectively shorten the length of the headband structure and thereby adjust the size of the device.

A remote control device is described. The remote control device uses a network chip directly mounted on a motherboard of a server computer to remote control the server computer without any additional network card requirement. The remote control device includes a basic input output system (BIOS), a COM port, a baseboard management controller (BMC), and a network chip. The BIOS redirects video data to the COM port and then the same to the BMC. The BMC transforms the video data into network packets according to a Q-Telnet protocol. The BMC recognizes the Q-Telnet protocol and a standard Telnet protocol effectively. Therefore, the network chip uses a UDP 623 port to control the BMC and a TCP 23 port to transmit data and commands using the standard Telnet protocol.

The methods and systems of the present invention are useful in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and in the prognosis of IBD progression and disease complications. With the present invention, it is possible to predict outcome of disease and patients who will have a particular risk of disease complications and / or progression to surgery.

A method and system to enable healthcare providers to utilize computers in chronic disease treatment, and more particularly to the management of chronic diseases in a manner that follows recognized standard-of-care recommendations (SOC) and links the patient to benefit opportunities such as medication samples and other benefits offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers and insurers

A mid-mount mower having a body frame supported above the ground by front wheels and rear wheels, the body frame having a front cross frame in a forward portion thereof with respect to a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, and a mower unit disposed between the front wheels and rear wheels. A main jack body is mounted on the front cross frame to be pivotable about a pivot shaft extending longitudinally of the vehicle body. The main jack body is in a storage position extending along the front cross frame when pivoted to a first pivot position about the pivot shaft, and in a substantially vertical position relative to the ground when pivoted to a second pivot position about the pivot shaft. The main jack body has a controlled portion exposed upward when the main jack body is in the vertical position. The main jack body is extendible and contractible, in the vertical position relative to the ground, to raise and lower the front cross frame when an operating force is applied through a control device engaged with the controlled portion of the main jack body.

Methods for improving the gastrointestinal tolerability of biguanide compounds and for treating metabolic disorders and / or inducing weight loss in patients in need thereof, particularly in individuals having a contraindication for treatment with biguanide compounds, are provided comprising administering delayed release formulations of such biguanide compounds, including metformin, targeted to the small intestine.

There is described a back thinned sensor in which a material is added on the front surface to extend the wavelength of the sensor into wavelengths it normally does not reach. In the preferred embodiment, the back-thinned layer comprises silicon and is the base for a CMOS device or a CCD. The photocathode in a night vision device comprises in the preferred unit GaAs.

An accelerometer or a seismometer using an in-plane suspension geometry having a suspension plate and at least one fixed capacitive plate. The suspension plate is formed from a single piece and includes an external frame, a pair of flexural elements, and an integrated proof mass between the flexures. The flexural elements allow the proof mass to move in the sensitive direction in the plane of suspension while restricting movement in all off-axis directions. Off-axis motion of the proof mass is minimized by the use of intermediate frames disbursed within and between the flexural elements. Intermediate frames can include motion stops to prevent further relative motion during overload conditions. The device can also include a dampening structure, such as a spring or gas structure that includes a trapezoidal piston and corresponding cylinder, to provide damping during non-powered states.

Methods for improving the gastrointestinal tolerability of biguanide compounds and for treating metabolic disorders and / or inducing weight loss in patients in need thereof, particularly in individuals having a contraindication for treatment with biguanide compounds, are provided comprising administering delayed release formulations of such biguanide compounds, including metformin, targeted to the small intestine.

The invention relates to a composition for interfering or treating diabetes and a preparation method of the composition. The composition comprises raw materials such as a DFEM culture medium (namely a medical and edible mushroom fermentation culture medium) and an edible mushroom fermentation seed liquid. The composition provided by the invention is definite in dose-effect for regulating the blood sugar level, and experiments in vitro show that the composition is higher in stability compared with the prior art.

An antenna device includes a round plug having a rotation mechanism section on one end thereof, where round plug is removably attached to a round jack arranged in an electronic apparatus; and a rod antenna element. In the antenna device, the rod antenna element is connected to the rotation mechanism section of the round plug and rotatable in a predetermined direction.

The invention discloses applications of coumarin compounds and salts thereof acceptable in pharmacy in preparation of drugs for preventing and curing brain diseases, especially for preventing or curing diseases related with neuron damage and neuron inflammation, and specifically for preventing or curing Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral ischemia, depression, and cerebral apoplexy.

An accelerometer or a seismometer using an in-plane suspension geometry having a suspension plate and at least one fixed capacitive plate. The suspension plate is formed from a single piece and includes an external frame, a pair of flexural elements, and an integrated proof mass between the flexures. The flexural elements allow the proof mass to move in the sensitive direction in the plane of suspension while restricting movement in all off-axis directions. Off-axis motion of the proof mass is minimized by the use of intermediate frames disbursed within and between the flexural elements. Intermediate frames can include motion stops to prevent further relative motion during overload conditions. The device can also include a dampening structure, such as a spring or gas structure that includes a trapezoidal piston and corresponding cylinder, to provide damping during non-powered states.

The present invention relates to a green juice and polysaccharide flour. The flour is made by agitating and mixing 1000 shares by weight of flour, 3 to 50 shares by weight of green juice powder and 0.03 to 0.067 share by weight of polysaccharide. The flour can be made into various flour products, such as steamed buns, steamed twisted rolls, silver thread rolls, noodles, dumpling wrappers, cakes, etc. The present invention has the advantages that the addition of the green juice powder makes the flour have nutritious and health-care functions, the addition of the polysaccharide can make the nutrient absorption effect of green juice increased by three times, and the immunity of human bodies can be improved. At present, people pay more attention to food nourishing and food therapy, so the market potential of the flour is infinite.

The invention provides health caring and preserving cordyceps wine containing more metabolic substance active ingredients. The invention further provides a preparation method of the health caring and preserving cordyceps wine. According to the preparation method, the biotransformation rate is greatly improved by optimizing cultivation conditions, the content of the metabolic substance active ingredients is greatly increased, the inherent value of cordyceps is fully played, the quick rancidification of fermentation liquid in the fermentation cultivation process can be prevented, and more specific-direction metabolic substances can be more effectively obtained.

The invention discloses functional food with the hypoglycemic effect and a preparation method thereof. The functional food with the hypoglycemic effect comprises gracilaria agar-agar, sodium alginate, an astragalus extract, a kudzuvine root extract and a mulberry leaf extract according to a certain proportion. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing the astragalus extract, the kudzuvine root extract and the mulberry leaf extract; uniformly mixing the gracilaria agar-agar, the sodium alginate, the astragalus extract, the kudzuvine root extract and the mulberry leaf extract in a certain ratio, sealing with capsules, and tabletting by a wet method or making into granules. The functional food disclosed by the invention is reasonable in formula, high in safety and capable of reducing blood glucose level, is used for the adjuvant therapy of diabetic patients and has the effect of improving diabetic complications.

Phosphate binding materials and compositions comprising them which are solid ligand-modified poly oxo-hydroxy metal ion materials are disclosed that are based on ferric iron oxo-hydroxides modified with carboxylic acid ligands, or ionized forms thereof. These materials are made and tested in the examples provided in the application to demonstrate that they can bind phosphate in in vitro and in in vivo studies.

The invention discloses a low protein food and a preparation method in the food technology field. The low protein food includes egg white and / or milk and commercial starch with the relative weight proportions of 6.5 plus or minus 3.5 to 93.5 plus or minus 3.5. The weight of the egg white and / or milk is counted according to the weight of protein. The weight content of the protein in the commercial starch is lower than 0.6 percent. The egg white or / and the milk and the commercial starch or / and auxiliary materials are prepared into elastic dough, fermented dough of steamed bread or fermented dough of bread and then are prepared into foods with low protein. Raw starch is used for removing vegetable protein, and simultaneously animal protein is added. The intake of the low vegetable protein is ensured and protein with high quality is supplemented for bodies. At the same time, the unitary taste of traditional wheat starch products is modified, the food flavor is improved and the tolerance of patients is also improved. The preparation of clinic protein foods with high quality is convenient.

An alarm valve station includes a fire extinguishing system valve (1) having a housing (2, 3) which has a fluid inlet chamber (8), a fluid outlet chamber (9) and a closing body (4a) reciprocable between a blocking state and a release state, wherein the fluid inlet chamber (8) and the fluid outlet chamber (9) are separated from each other in the blocking state and communicate with each other in fluid-conducting relationship in the release state, one or more sensors, and an electronic evaluation unit (50) which is integrated in the housing (2, 3), arranged externally on the housing or arranged in the proximity of the fire extinguishing system valve (1), wherein the evaluation unit (50) is connected in signal-conducting relationship to the sensor or sensors for receiving data, is adapted for data processing into: state information and / or operating instructions and is adapted to transmit the state information and / or operating instructions to a display unit (40).

A hydraulic shock absorber includes a damper cylinder having a hollow bore therein. A piston rod and piston separate the bore into a rod side oil chamber and a piston side oil chamber. A pressure side damping force generator is provided with a sub piston in the piston side oil chamber. A first separator is provided in a sub piston side oil chamber of the sub piston, with a communication hole that communicates between the sub piston side oil chamber and a bladder side oil chamber. A hollow bladder is mounted in the bladder side oil chamber. A blow hole is provided in the bladder side oil chamber, the blow hole being normally closed by the bladder and opening when oil enters the bladder side oil chamber such that the bladder is contracted by an oil pressure when a volume of the oil reaches a predetermined capacity.

Provided is a speaker fall prevention structure, which includes a speaker device formed by housing a speaker unit in a housing independent of a main appliance, a speaker attaching part provided to the main appliance to allow the speaker device to be attached, an attached part facing the speaker attaching part in the speaker device, a fall prevention wire set between the speaker device and the main appliance, and a fastening member for attaching the attached part to the speaker attaching part. Using the fastening member, a first end of the fall prevention wire is fastened and fixed to the main appliance along with the attached part.

There is described a back thinned sensor in which a material is added on the front surface to extend the wavelength of the sensor into wavelengths it normally does not reach. In the preferred embodiment, the back-thinned layer comprises silicon and is the base for a CMOS device or a CCD. The photocathode in a night vision device comprises in the preferred unit GaAs.

A computer-based system and method for generating a current pain assessment of a neonate using facial expressions along with crying sounds, body movement, and vital signs changes and for using the current pain objective assessment to predict future pain objective assessment and assign a future pain probability score by incorporation spatiotemporal data into the multimodal assessment.