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A system for restricting spinal flexion includes superior and inferior tether structures joined by a pair of compliance members. Compliance members comprise tension members which apply a relatively low elastic tension on the tether structures. By placing the tether structures on or over adjacent spinous processes, flexion of a spinal segment can be controlled in order to reduce pain.

The invention relates to embodiments of methods for extending a subject-controllable range of joint motion, and for increasing subject control of joint movement within a range of motion. Embodiments include fastening a powered device around a joint so as to be able to control the joint, allowing the subject to move the joint within a range of volitional motion, and then engaging the powered device to support movement of the joint into an expanded, rehabilitative range. In some embodiments, the device supports joint movement by substantially providing the force to move the joint beyond the volitional boundary. In other embodiments, supporting movement includes the subject substantially providing the force, and the device allowing movement only in a desired direction. The invention further relates to a system for increasing the functional capability of a joint by implementing embodiments of the method. By such methods and system, rehabilitation is accomplished both by building strength, and training neural pathways.

A robot system includes a robot and a robot controller including a drive unit, a memory that stores an arm-occupied region and a movement-forbidden region, a target position calculation unit that outputs a target position of a tool or a workpiece, a movement-forbidden region entry monitoring unit that checks whether the arm-occupied region based on the target position enters the movement-forbidden region and outputs a stop request if it is checked that the arm-occupied region enters the movement-forbidden region, and a predicted-coasting-position calculating unit that calculates a predicted coasting position of each axis and a coasting position of the tool or the workpiece in the case that the robot is urgently stopped. The movement-forbidden region entry monitoring unit checks whether the arm-occupied region at the coasting position enters the movement-forbidden region and outputs another stop request if it is checked that the arm-occupied region enters the movement-forbidden region.

Acceleration data which is output from an acceleration sensor included in an input device is obtained, and a support position coordinate set, in a virtual game space, of a support provided on an object is calculated based on the obtained acceleration data. An inclination of the input device in the real space is calculated based on the obtained acceleration data. A parameter representing an object inclination at which the object is inclined in the virtual game space is calculated in accordance with the calculated inclination of the input device. Using the support position coordinate set and the parameter representing the object inclination, the object is located in the virtual game space and displayed on a display device.

The back pressure adjustment apparatus for a liquid ejection head has: a container having a liquid accommodating chamber which is connected to the liquid ejection head and accommodates liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head, and a gas accommodating chamber which accommodates gas; a movable film which separates the liquid accommodating chamber and the gas accommodating chamber, and forms a portion of whole walls of the liquid accommodating chamber; and a pressure adjustment device which causes all or a portion of the movable film to deform so as to adjust pressure of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating chamber.

A pivoting arrangement for a shaving device, comprising a pivoting member (10), adapted to support a shaving head, a cradle (11), pivotly supporting the pivoting member, and a spring loading arrangement (13) arranged to bias the pivoting member in a resting position. The spring loading arrangement has a limited active range, so that, when the pivoting member is brought out of the resting position in a first pivoting direction, the spring loading arrangement is prevented from interacting with the pivoting member in a first point of action (14a), and when the pivoting member is brought out of the resting position in a second pivoting direction, the spring loading arrangement is prevented from interacting with the pivoting member in a second point of action (14b). As a result, the resting position will not be dependent on e.g. the spring constants of different springs in the spring loading arrangement. The resting position will thus be more exactly defined, and exhibit less variation than conventional solutions. Also, the total force acting on the pivoting member will be reduced, thus causing less friction, also serving to improve the predictability of the arrangement.

An apparatus for adjusting a head gap of an inkjet printer includes: a main frame; an eccentric shaft rotatably disposed on the main frame, and including an eccentric supporting shaft; a head assembly movably disposed on the eccentric shaft, and including a print head for supplying ink onto a printing medium for printing on the printing medium; a head gap detecting sensor for detecting the head gap defined between the printing medium and the print head; an eccentric shaft turning means for automatically adjusting the head gap by turning the eccentric shaft by a predetermined angle; and a controller for controlling the driving of the eccentric shaft turning means so as to compensate for the head gap detected by the head gap detecting sensor to provide a predetermined head gap corresponding to the printing medium.

A display apparatus including a display main body that displays an image thereon and a base member, the display apparatus further including a lifting unit which includes a guide frame to stand on the base member and a lifting member coupled with the guide frame to move with the display main body; a pivoting unit which is provided between the display main body and the lifting member and supports the display main body to pivot around a pivot axis in clockwise and counterclockwise directions; and a locking unit which includes a moving member to be lifted together with the display main body and to move with a pivoting operation of the display main body, and a locking projection provided on the guide frame to limit the moving member from moving downward when the display main body remains pivoted.

A spinal distraction apparatus includes substantially parallel fixed and movable legs, each of which has opposite front and rear ends. A rear rod projects rigidly from the rear end of the fixed leg and passes slidably through the rear end of the movable leg. A front rod extends rigidly from the fixed leg and is parallel to the rear rod. The front rod is formed with an array of external threads and nuts are threadedly engaged on the external threads for engaging opposite sides of the movable leg at locations adjacent the front rod. Thus, the position of the movable leg relative to the fixed leg can be controlled by adjusting the positions of the nuts. Front ends of the fixed and movable legs have attachments mounted thereto for engaging pedicle screws or other structures used in spinal distraction surgery.

A vibratory exercise apparatus capable of providing a sufficient vertical movement force is provided, which adopts a structure that a bobbin coil connected with a vibration plate is employed in a magnetic gap of a magnetic circuit using a permanent magnet which can generate a strong magnetic force. The vibratory exercise apparatus includes a magnetic gap type vertical vibrator which generates vertical vibration by a permanent magnet and a bobbin coil, a bobbin guide which is installed at the center of a yoke, a bobbin guide rod which is reciprocally movably coupled with the bobbin guide and whose one end is coupled with the upper portion of a bobbin, a joint whose one end is coupled with the upper portion of the bobbin, a vibration plate which is coupled with the other end of the joint, a guide which guides vertical movement of the vibration plate, and a spring which limits a range of movement of the vibration plate and absorbs impact when the vibration plate descends.

A medical device is disclosed, including a handle assembly; an elongate body coupled to the handle assembly, the elongate body defining a guide wire lumen therethrough; and a substantially semi-circular electrode array coupled to the elongate body. The device may include a substantially rigid shaft extending distally from the elongate body and defining a lumen therethrough, the shaft including a substantially rigid segment, and a flexible coil coaxial with and extending distally from the shaft.

A steering column assembly having an adjustable shroud comprises a fixed portion arranged to be secured to a body of a vehicle and a moving portion which can be moved telescopically relative to the fixed portion, a clamp mechanism which releasably fixes the moving portion in position relative the vehicle body, the clamp mechanism being movable between a first, unclamped, position in which the fixed portion and the moving portion can move relative to one another and a second, clamped, position in which the fixed portion and the moving portion are prevented from relative movement, and a lock mechanism, wherein the assembly is so arranged that when the clamp mechanism is in the first position the lock mechanism limits a range of movement of the moving portion relative to the fixed portion at least in a collapse direction by providing a path for collapse forces from the moving portion through the lock mechanism to the fixed portion, and when the clamp mechanism is in the second position the lock mechanism permits additional telescopic movement of the moving portion towards the fixed portion beyond the limited range of movement by removing the force path.

An image generation system which comprises an image generation apparatus having viewpoint definition means for defining a virtual viewpoint placed in virtual three dimensions, virtual panel definition means for defining a virtual object displayed in the virtual three dimensions and defining a virtual panel being placed in the virtual three dimensions, the virtual panel onto which a moving image is projected, based on the virtual viewpoint and the virtual object, moving image selection means for selecting a moving image to be projected onto the virtual panel from among a plurality of moving images based on the virtual viewpoint defined in the viewpoint definition means, and virtual three-dimensional image generation means for placing the virtual panel defined in the virtual panel definition means in the virtual three dimensions, projecting the moving image selected by the moving image selection means onto the virtual panel, and generating an image from the virtual viewpoint defined in the viewpoint definition means, and a moving image output apparatus for outputting the plurality of moving images to the image generation apparatus.

A portable kiln has a set of wheels, a handle and a platform base. The wheels and the handle are attached on a first side of the kiln so that the kiln can be tilted and rolled on the wheels using the handle. The platform base provides a spaced distance between the wheels and the floor when the kiln is sitting upright in an operational position. The kiln may also include a metal outer shell wrapped about an oven portion. The outer shell has a shell sidewall radially spaced from the oven portion sidewall, which forms an annular air channel between the outer shell sidewall and the oven portion. The outer shell has a C-shaped cross-section and it has upper and lower vent openings for the air channel. A hinge assembly allows a lid of the kiln to rest in an open position.

The invention relates to an optical imaging system for separating images, more specifically a sweet spot beam splitter, for an autostereoscopic display, which allows for greater freedom of movement of at least one observer in a lateral direction as well as regarding the distance from the display by expanding sweet spots up to and beyond the size corresponding to the distance between the eyes. The observer can move within said area without losing the 3D impression such that the demands on the positional accuracy and the reaction time of the tracking system are lowered. The inventive sweet spot beam splitter comprises a first lenticular system (L1) and a second lenticular system (L2), the strip-shaped lenses of which are disposed parallel to each other while being offset by half a lens width in a vertical direction relative to the columns of the image matrix (M). The distance therebetween preferably corresponds to the focal length of the second lenticular system (L2). The information-carrying columns of the image matrix (M) are reproduced at twice the width onto the strip lenses of the second lenticular (L2) by means of the first lenticular system (L1). The invention allows the user-friendliness of autostereoscopic displays to be substantially improved in many applications.

A hand cutter with a blade guard providing the highest possible protection from accidental cutting. The blade guard can be effortlessly activated from the locked position by a trigger, which is achieved by closing the hand around the cutter handle. The released blade guard remains in the released state until the blade has been put to use by cutting the object, when the blade guard release is removed so that the blade guard is automatically relocked as soon as the blade guard returns to the initial protected position.

A flame-holder device for the afterburning of a bypass turbojet, said turbojet comprising first and second internal annular casings, defining a passageway for a main flow, and an external annular casing defining with said first internal annular casing a passageway for a bypass flow, comprising:at least one metal arm support designed to be attached to said external casing by means of a top plate,at least one flame-holder arm, having a trough shape making a cavity, designed to be attached to the arm support, andat least one screen for the heat protection of the arm cavity, the arm support and the heat-protection screen being in one piece.

The invention discloses a pair of wireless display glasses based on an augmented-reality technology. The pair of wireless display glasses comprises glasses and a master control server, wherein the glasses and the master control server comprise wireless transceiver devices, and are connected with each other through the wireless transceiver devices; and the glasses also comprise a camera, a liquid crystal display device and two wireless transceiver devices. The invention also discloses an implementation method for the system. The camera captures a front image in real time; the front image is transmitted to a corresponding wireless receiver through a wireless transmitter, and then is transmitted to an augmented-reality system; after estimating the position of the input image and performing model rendering processing on the input image, the augmented-reality system outputs a mixed image; and the mixed image is transmitted to the corresponding wireless receiver through the wireless transmitter, then transmitted to the liquid crystal display and finally displayed to a user. Based on a wireless video transmission technology, the problem that a movement range is limited is solved; and based on a three-dimensional (3D) video glasses technology, a display problem is solved.

The present application relates to a hand-held steamer head. The steamer head (21) comprises a handle (3) and a soleplate (2) through which steam is ejected onto a surface being steamed. The soleplate is flexibly coupled to the handle or the soleplate is pivotally coupled to the handle and is biased in a direction away from the handle by a biasing member.

Embedded check-valve assembly (100, 600) for integration in a micro-fluidic system. The assembly can include a check-valve chamber (104, 604), an inlet port (106, 606) and an outlet port (108, 608) formed from at least one layer of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film to form a substrate (102, 602). A plug (114, 614) is disposed within the check-valve chamber.

A water saving mechanism is assembled with a shower device and is simply constructed in such a manner that supply of water is executed by the pressing of a push member and discharge of water is cut by the inclination of a shower head in a downward direction. The water saving mechanism for the shower device includes: a ball valve taking a ball shape; a body having a valve space into which the ball valve is inserted and having an exit hole on the one side thereof, the exit hole having a smaller diameter than the ball valve; a ball valve moving member adapted to be coupled to the valve space in the direction opposite to the exit hole of the body and having a moving hole into which the ball valve is movably inserted on the interior thereof to thereby limit the moving range of the ball valve; and an operating member adapted to be assembled to be movable forwardly / backwardly in a radial direction on the one side of the peripheral surface of the body and / or the ball valve moving member and for moving the ball valve towards the ball valve moving member by the advancement to the exit hole of the body.

The present invention relates to an improved dumbbell structure, in which a clamping portion, used for mounting weights, is located on two ends of a hand grip of a dumbbell. A clamping hole, a press operation recess and a fixing hole are defined on each of the clamping portions, and a clamping column is located within each of the clamping holes. A press operation column is disposed within each of the press operation recesses. When force is applied to the press operation column, then the press operation column exerts force on the clamping column, and causes the clamping column to separate from the weight. Accordingly, a user is able to quickly change weights on the dumbbell.

The invention discloses an implementation method of enabling a mobile robot to perform virtual wall obstacle avoidance through a computer client. The implementation method includes the following steps: 1) establishing a connection with a mobile robot through a computer client; 2) utilizing an interface provided by the mobile robot to obtain the information and map transmitted from the mobile robot, and displaying the map on an interactive interface of the computer client; and 3) adding any shape of virtual walls at any specified positions on the map of the interactive interface. The implementation method of enabling a mobile robot to perform virtual wall obstacle avoidance through a computer client is applied to the navigation obstacle avoidance behavior related with the mobile robot, and can add, edit and delete virtual walls on the map of the mobile robot through the computer client. Based on the pure software mode, the implementation method of enabling a mobile robot to perform virtual wall obstacle avoidance through a computer client does not need extra auxiliary equipment to realize virtual wall obstacle avoidance for the mobile robot and limit the moving range of the mobile robot. The implementation method of enabling a mobile robot to perform virtual wall obstacle avoidance through a computer client has the advantages of low cost and high precision, and can flexibly switch or change the position and the shape of the virtual walls according to the specific conditions.