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A headphone has a headband and two earpieces each connected to the headband so as to be pivotable relative thereto. When assuming a Cartesian coordinate system having a Z plane that is a symmetry plane of the headphone, having a Y plane that is positioned perpendicularly to the Z plane and extends through a center of the headband, and having an X plane that is positioned perpendicularly to the Z and Y planes at any desired height, a pivot axis is provided between the headband and the earpiece, respectively, wherein the pivot axis is positioned at an angle of at least 10° relative to the X, Y, and Z planes, respectively.

An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed that provides an improved immobilization of absorbent polymer material when the article is fully or partially urine loaded. This absorbent core is useful for providing an absorbent article of increased wearing comfort. Specifically disclosed is an absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprising a substrate layer and absorbent material, the absorbent material comprising an absorbent polymer material, the absorbent material optionally comprising absorbent fibrous material, the absorbent fibrous material not representing more than 20% of the weight of absorbent polymer material, wherein the absorbent material is immobilized when wet such that the absorbent core achieves a wet immobilization of more than 50%, preferably of more than 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% according to the Wet Immobilization Test described herein.

The present invention generally relates to the insertion of a transcutaneous device of the type comprising a cannula (651) and a therein moveably arranged insertion needle (661), as well as the connecting of such a transcutaneous device with a fluid supply. Thus, a device is provided comprising an insertion needle and a cannula disposed on and being axially moveable relative to the insertion needle, the insertion needle comprising a proximal fluid inlet, a seal (655) being provided between the cannula and the insertion needle allowing fluid to be transported from the fluid inlet to the distal fluid outlet, wherein the insertion needle after having been used to insert the cannula is arranged at a retracted position proximally of the initial position, thereby allowing the fluid inlet to be connected to a fluid supply when it is moved from its initial to its retracted position.

An external incontinence clamp for stopping involuntary voiding of urine is provided. The clamp includes a first rigid member having opposed ends, each end defining a passage extending therethrough, a second rigid member having opposed ends, each end defining a passage extending therethrough, and two pins of generally u-shape. The pins are adapted to be received by the passages defined by the ends of the first rigid member and of the second rigid member so as to secure the first rigid member in a spaced and generally parallel relationship to the second rigid member. The penis is positioned between the first and second members so that the underside of the penis is in contact with the second member and the top surface of the penis is in contact with the first member, thereby stopping involuntary voiding of urine. A clamp kit includes a plurality of pins of different width to vary the force applied to the penis.

The invention relates to an external skeleton assisting robot, in particular to a portable energy-storage type external skeleton assisting robot. The problems that an existing lower limb external skeleton assisting robot worn on the human body is poor in assisting effect so that the loading capacity of the human body can be reduced, the wearing comfort for the human body is poor, the universality is poor, and the field environmental suitability is poor are solved. The portable energy-storage type external skeleton assisting robot comprises the upper body back, the left leg and the right leg, and the left leg and the right leg respectively comprise a hip driving system, a thigh driving system and a shank wearing system. A hip joint energy-storage mechanism comprises a connecting base, a stretching rod, a second spring and a stopping sheet, and a first bevel gear is meshed with a second bevel gear. Each hip driving system comprises a second motor with a coder, a second reducer, a third bevel gear, a fourth bevel gear, a thigh connecting rod, a knee joint support, a knee joint connecting plate, an angle sensor, a series connection elastic combination body, a knee joint gearbox body, a knee joint shaft and an end cover. The portable energy-storage type external skeleton assisting robot is suitable for being worn outdoors for walking assisting.

This invention relates to a garment with a crotch part used in contact with skin, including: a garment main body including a stretchable crotch cloth piece; and a second crotch cloth piece on which an absorbent article is to be applied and held, provided on the inner side of the crotch cloth piece of the garment main body, wherein the second crotch cloth piece is mounted to the garment main body at its front and rear edges and is mounted to the crotch cloth piece of the garment main body at least in one portion of its center line, and right and left edges of the second crotch cloth piece are not bonded to the garment main body and are in free state. An absorbent article can be held at a determined position on the crotch part of the garment with stability and security. The garment also is excellent in close contact to the pudendal cleft region, is difficult to be steamed in use, and has fine appearance and good wearing comfort after mounting an absorbent article.

The invention relates to an audio system (2) for disposing in the external region of an ear, having a carrier element (4) for affixing to the head of the user and comprising at least one hollow space (26, 27, 28) having a primary opening (11, 12, 13) oriented in the direction of an ear opening (22) of the intended ear when the carrier element (4) is disposed as intended, and having at least one speaker (5, 6, 7) disposed in the hollow space (26, 27, 28), the cavity (14, 15, 16) thereof being at least partially formed by a first hollow space region (29) and by means of which first sound waves (35) can be emitted through the primary opening (11, 12, 13) in the direction of the ear spaced apart from said opening. According to the invention, the hollow space (26, 27, 28) comprises a secondary opening (17, 18, 19) disposed in the first hollow space region (29) such that said opening is oriented away from the ear toward the surrounding area when the carrier element (4) is disposed as intended so that second sound waves (36) can be emitted through the secondary opening (17, 18, 19) by means of the speaker (5, 6, 7), said waves being offset in phase from the first sound waves (35) such that the volume of the sound waves emitted by the audio system (2) into the surrounding area can be reduced.

The invention discloses a biomacromolecule interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel and a preparation method of the biomacromolecule interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel. The biomacromolecule interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel is formed by crosslinking two kinds of enzymes in a catalysis mode, one is a polysaccharide macromolecule network formed by crosslinking polysaccharide macromolecules with introduced phenolic hydroxyl groups in an oxidation mode as oxidase and hydrogen peroxide catalyze phenolic hydroxyl groups, and the other is a protein or polypeptide macromolecule network formed crosslinking protein or polypeptide containing amino acid residues as transferase catalyzes peptide bonds. The two networks interpenetrate each other and form the novel interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel without bonding of chemical bonds. No chemical crosslinking agent is used in the hydrogel, and the hydrogel has excellent biocompatibility and mechanical property, can be shaped like a dry or wet film, like porous sponge or fibers, and can serve as a contact lens, a medicine release carrier, a scaffold for tissue engineering or materials for tissue repair.

The apparatus for transcutaneous stimulation or transcutaneous measurement of a parameter is a device which fits wholly within the pinna (external ear) of the vertebrate. In order to fit completely within the pinna, the housing is C-shaped and from each end of the housing is a curved section which has a spring action that holds the apparatus inside the ear. This apparatus has a compact design which allows for nerve stimulation in a particularly efficient, ergonomically favorable and easy manipulation for the patient.

The invention discloses a processing method for a mercerized knitted bedding fabric. The processing method mainly adopts a production technology of double-calcination single yarn, first refining and then mercerizing, and grey yarn is sequentially subjected to yarn singeing, yarn steaming, knitting, grey cloth singeing, refining, dewatering, cylinder drying, mercerizing, dyeing, dewatering, scutching, drying, printing, forming and pre-shrinking and finally is checked and stored in a cabin. The mercerized knitted bedding fabric has the advantages of high conformality, low shrinkage, wide width and the like, and can meet the requirement on the knitted bedding fabric; compared with a woven fabric, the mercerized knitted bedding fabric has higher elasticity, water absorption and air permeability, is more smooth and fine in handfeel, and has better comfortableness.

The invention relates to prostheses for amputated patients. The shaft of the prosthesis (10) consists of an outer shell (11) and a concentric inner shell (11'). Both shells are provided with longitudinal slits (12, 12') which are staggered in relation to each other and extend essentially in the axial direction. The diameter of the shaft (10) of the prosthesis can be adjusted by means of tightening elements (13, 14). An adapter (20) is fixed in the shaft of the prosthesis (10) in such a way that the height of said adapter can be adjusted. A conical bearing surface for the stump of the limb is provided on the upper side of the adapter (20), a holding element (29) for fixing an artificial limb is provided on the lower side of the same, and a coupling is provided inside the adapter for detachably fixing the coupling pin (41) of a commercially available silicone liner (40).

A breathing mask with a mask body (3), has a seal (1) at its edge. The seal is placed in contact with the user's face. At least part of the surface of the seal that is in contact with the user's face has an adhesive surface.

The invention relates to a shoe having a sole element. The sole element includes a sole area extending below a wearer's foot and a heel cup three-dimensionally encompassing a heel of the wearer's foot. The heel cup alone forms at least a portion of a sidewall of the shoe.

A breathing mask to be fastened with a strap on the head with breathing gas supply through the strap. The strap includes areas that have a multilayer design and at least two layers of the material of the strap lying one on top of another are connected with one another such that they form a channel, through which a gas can flow.

A disposable absorbent incontinence diaper (2) has a main part (4), comprising a front area (6) with front lateral longitudinal edges (42), a rear area (8) with rear lateral longitudinal edges (41) and a crotch area (10) which is disposed therebetween in the longitudinal direction (28) and comes to rest between the legs of a user, wherein the main part (4) comprises an absorbent core (12), and with rear side sections (20) joined on both sides to the rear area (8) and front side sections (22) joined on both sides to the front area (6), which extend in the transverse direction (30) past the lateral front and rear longitudinal edges (42, 41) of the main part (4) and connect the front area (6) and the rear area (8) when the disposable incontinence diaper has been applied, wherein, at least on the side facing the crotch area (10), the front and rear side sections (20, 22) are designed in such a fashion that they extend at an inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction (28) or are curved for forming leg opening areas, and at least in the crotch area, the main part (4) has the shape of an hourglass, and the front and rear side sections (20, 22) of the front area (6) and rear area (8) differ from each other with respect to at least one primary property selected from the following group: type of material, basis weight, breathability, density, stretchability, closing force, surface extension, thickness, color, and wherein the inclined or curved shape of the front and rear side sections (20, 22) and the hourglass-shaped contour of the main part (4) are formed on both longitudinal sides of the disposable incontinence diaper (2) by one single respective separating process, which includes the front and rear side sections (20, 22) and the main part (4), wherein the separating process also includes the area of the front and rear lateral longitudinal edge (42, 41) of the main part (4).

According to the present girdle 1, when a wearer walks and a leg is moved backward, a forward load is applied to gluteus maximus muscle by a first tightening portion. Then, a reflective action of a muscle (muscle stimulation) to resist this load acts on the gluteus maximus muscle, and then the leg is moved further backward, resulting in a wearer's waist being twisted backward greatly. Further, a forward load is applied to elevated gluteus medius muscle by this backward waist twisting by a second tightening portion, resulting in the waist being twisted forward this time. Then, such a waist twisting motion is enhanced, which necessarily trains the wearer's groups of abdominal muscles, and a shape-up effect of the periphery of abdominal region may be obtained without the wearer performing intentional exercises.

The invention discloses a comfortable, quick drying fabric whose inner and outer layers have hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, respectively, and the producing method thereof, characterized by that: one side of the fabric is hydrophobic and made by applying water repellent assistant onto the fabric using coating or printing technique, where the region with the water repellent assistant is a water repellent region accounting for 50%-99% of the total area of the hydrophobic side, and the rest of the hydrophobic side is a hydrophilic region accounting for 1%-50% of the total area of the hydrophobic side; and the other side of the fabric is hydrophilic without the water repellent assistant. And water and sweat can be quickly transmitted to the hydrophilic side, so as to have an one-way water transmitting effect, and the clothing made of the fabric is comfortable to wear and quick to dry when absorbing moisture.

The invention relates to an absorbent incontinence diaper (2) with a rear area (8), a front area (6) and a crotch area (12) lying between these, and with first and second side edges (5), and with a main part (4) having an inner face directed towards the body and an outer face directed away from the body during use of the diaper, the main part (4) comprising an absorption body (14) and a backsheet (10) on the side of the absorption body (14) directed away from the body, the absorption body (14) having a smaller width than the backsheet (10), and with side parts (16, 17) joined to the first and second side edges (5), the side parts (16, 17) having an inner face and an outer face, and the side parts (17) in the rear area having closure means (32) with mechanical closure aids (31). To correctly secure the diaper on the body of a user, the mechanical closure means (31) can be secured detachably at least in regions both on the outer face of the main part (4) and also on the outer face of the side parts (16) in the front area (6). The retaining forces between the mechanical closure means (31) and the outer face of the main part are lower than the retaining forces between the mechanical closure means (31) and the outer face of the side parts (16) in the front area (6).

An improved male sports / athletic undergarment / cup protective system provides maximum comfort, avoiding stress on the protected body parts while holding the cup securely in its optimal location in the undergarment. A conventional rigid cup is totally covered with a conformal sheath of soft fabric material and fitted externally with a triangular pattern of three snap fastener members made and arranged to removably engage three complementary snap fastener members attached in a matching triangular pattern inside the front panel of a sports / athletic undergarment. The interior layer of the fabric sheath is retained conformal to the interior surface of the cup, and the cup is secured against any shift or creep relative to the sheath and an attached undergarment. by a plurality of sewn-through points at each of which the exterior layer is seized together with the interior layer by loops sewn through vent openings configured in the cup.

An incontinence article comprising front and back belly sections connected at side seams forming belly and back bands, continuous in the hip direction having a hip opening closed in the hip direction, and a crotch section comprising an absorbent body, extending longitudinally between and permanently attached to the belly and back sections, wherein the crotch, belly, and back sections define leg openings, the belly and back sections have an edge contour extending towards a transverse center axis, wherein first elastification means in the belly and back sections extend parallel to each other in the hip direction and wherein, in the belly and back sections, second elastification means extend from two side seam areas towards a longitudinal center axis of the article in a curved shape, thereby fanning out with increasing separation from each other, where the second elastification means fan out, the restoring force from extensive stretching of this area is smaller than that from extensive stretching of an area on the hip side, having only the first elastification means.

The present invention is wearable physical sign detector, physical sign telemetering and warning system and method. The system includes a physical sign detector, an analysis and judgment base station and an emergency treatment device. The physical sign detector sends detected physical sign information to the analysis and judgment base station in radio or wired mode. In case of emergency, the analysis and judgment base station sends first-aid signal and the detected physical sign information to the emergency treatment device automatically in radio or wired mode. The present invention senses PPG signal from the ear of the wearer of the physical sign detector, and has raised comfort deg and decreased sports pseudo image interference. The present invention may join to automatic emergency alarm service system for sending emergency calling to the emergency aid center and transmitting physical sign information.

A system for separation of a user's voice from ambient sound, comprising a device to be worn at the user's ear or at least partly in the user's ear canal comprising a first microphone oriented outwardly towards the environment and a second microphone oriented inwardly towards the user's ear canal, and an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals from the first and second microphone by a blind source separation algorithm adapted to separate the user's voice from ambient sound.

The invention describes is a self-ligating bracket for use in orthodontics having a base (1); a support (4) arranged on the base (1); an occlusal wall (6) with at least one occlusal ligature wing (9) extending from the support (4); a gingival wall (5) with at least one gingival ligature wing (8) extending from the support (4); a slot (7) separating the occlusal wall (6) and the gingival wall (5) one from the other and extending continuously in the mesial-to-distal direction; a second slot (18) which extends continuously through the support (4) in the gingival-to-occlusal direction, and which is limited by a lingual surface (19) and by a labial surface (6a); and a resilient clip (25) having a labial leg (27) and a lingual leg (26) that are connected one to the other by an occlusal section (28); the lingual leg (26) being received in the second slot (18) and being arranged for displacement in the slot in the gingival-to-occlusal direction between a closed position in which the labial leg (27) extends into a recess (24) in the gingival wall (5) and an open position of the clip (25) in which the tip of the labial leg (27) rests on the occlusal wall (6). A tongue (30), directed toward the occlusal wall (6), is cut out from the lingual leg (26) of the clip (25) and is bent off in the labial direction so that an acute angle is enclosed between the tongue and the lingual leg (26) of the clip (25).

A wireless resonant powering device (1) according to the invention comprises a first inductor winding (3), which is arranged to form a transformer (9) with the inductor winding (13) of the energizable load (11). The first inductor winding (3) is arranged to form a resonant circuit (5), which may comprise a suitable plurality of electric capacitances and coils. The components of the resonant circuit (5) are selected such that the magnetic energy received by the inductor winding (13) damps the energy flow in the resonant circuit so that the induced voltage in the inductor winding (13) is substantially constant and is independent of the magnetic coupling between the first inductor winding (3) and the inductor winding 13 at the operating frequency of the driving means (6). The resonant circuit is driven by the driving means (6), comprising a control unit (6c) arranged to induce an alternating voltage between a first semiconductor switch (6a) and a second semiconductor switch (6b). At the output of the transformer (9) an alternating voltage is generated, which is rectified to a DC-voltage by a diode rectifier, filtered by an output capacitance. The resonant circuit (5) is operable on its coupling independent point by the driving means (6). This figure schematically illustrates a situation, where a variable coupling between the first inductor winding (3) and the inductor winding (13) exists. The invention further relates to a wireless inductive powering device, an energizable load, a wireless system and a method for wireless power transfer.