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A system and method to help maintain quality control and reduce cannibalization of accessories and attached probes in a highly sensitive patient monitor, such as a pulse oximetry system. One or more attached components may have information elements designed to designate what quality control mechanisms a patient monitor should look to find on that or another component or designate other components with which the one component may properly work. In a further embodiment, such information elements may also include data indicating the appropriate life of the component.

A wound exudate removal and isolation system includes a porous dressing, a canister in fluid communication with the dressing, and a first valve positioned between the dressing and the canister. The first valve is positionable between an open position and a closed position. A disposal line is fluidly connected to the canister and includes a second valve that is positionable between an open position and a closed position. A pump is fluidly connected to the canister and is configured to draw wound exudate from the dressing into the canister when the first valve is open and the second valve is closed. The pump is configured to force wound exudate from the canister into the disposal line when the first valve is closed and the second valve is open.

Content directed towards a user is identified and the content is modified to include confidential data. The confidential level of the data is determined and used in the creation of a personalized RSS feed that gives a user controlled access to the data. Thus, commercial content providers can be utilized to create content to be delivered, such as through high-volume email, and the content can be modified to include confidential information that a company does not wish to disclose to outsourced service providers.

The present invention is related to a diverting device for a continuous sequence of flat products travelling in a product travel plane. A first product exit path and a second product exit path emerge both from said product travel plane. An upper set of supply tapes and a lower set of supply tapes each comprise actuatable diverter guide members, respectively. The diverter guide members, form upper and lower diverting planes, respectively, with exit tapes upon movement of the diverter guide members about respective axes.

A fracture fixation system particularly useful for bones of the hand and foot is disclosed. The system uses curved shape-memory alloy (e.g., Nitinol) wires that have a predetermined radius of curvature to accommodate different sized bones. These shape-memory alloy wire forms can be inserted into phalanx, metacarpal or metatarsal bones via a percutaneous technique. The technique uses small skin incisions; a specialized drill guide that has holding K-wires to maintain fixation of the drill guide to the bone so that it does not lose the insertion point; a specialized drill as well as a specialized wire cutter and advancement tool to make sure that the level of the wire is below the level of the outer cortical bone. Shape-memory alloy (e.g., Nitinol) based wires with a pre-bent curve have an advantage over the typical standard K-wire in that they can spring back to their predetermined memory shape when inserted into the intramedullary canal of the bone and heated, i.e., a more aggressive curve. By increasing their bending or flexion to increase the arc of curvature, this allows fixation points for the wire, essentially locking it to bone.

Ferritic nitrocarburized surface treatment of cast iron brake rotors providing oxidation resistance, good braking performance and absence of distortion. Machined brake rotors are pre-heated, then immersed into a high temperature molten nitrocarburizing salt bath for a first predetermined dwell time. After removing the brake rotors from the nitrocarburizing salt bath, the brake rotors are directly immersed into an oxidizing salt bath at a lower temperature than the nitrocarburizing salt bath so that the brake rotors are thermally quenched. After a predetermined second dwell time in the oxidizing salt bath, the brake rotors are removed therefrom and further cooled to room temperature, either by water application thermal quenching or slow cooling in air. A fixture provides stable holding the brake rotors with a minimum of contact during placement in the salt baths.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a decentralized identifier attribute management system based on an Ethereum block chain. The system comprises an intelligent contract module on an Ethereum block chain and an attribute management server under the block chain, the attribute management server comprises a database module, a user authentication module, an authority management module and a webservice module, the decentralized identifier of the user and the secret key thereof are managed through the intelligent contract module. The data storage cost of the block chain is relatively high; According to the embodiment of the invention, the attribute management server under the block chain is adopted to store and manage the entity attribute data bound with the decentralized identifier of the user; and autonomous management of corresponding attribute data is realized through an authentication mode of the asymmetrically encrypted request token, so that the safety and privacy of identity information are ensured while the cost is effectively reduced, and the autonomy and the control right of a user on digital identity management are maintained.

The present invention relates to an embryos collector system used for the collection and careful selection of embryos, which maintains the fluid control from the uterus discharge fluids inside the collector device and the control of displacement of the embryos and mucosal in the interior of the device. This system includes a conduit system free of internal collision points where the embryos can safely navigate to a section on the device, in which the direction, force, and speed of the turbulent currents are controlled; thus, the embryos are not subjected to any trauma, cannot be trapped by the mucosal; nor dragged by the filtration mesh.

A system for managing one or more services during the provision of an application to a user is provided. The system comprises an application component operably connected to a network and configuration data for the user. The configuration data specifies: one or more partner servers configured to supply one or more respective services within one or more respective service categories, each partner server in a service category being chosen from a plurality of available partner servers for the service category and communication parameters for each partner server that allow communication with the partner server over the network. During the provision of the application to the user, the application component uses the configuration data for the user to access a service provided by an appropriate partner server.

A knife with a handle attached to the blade is described. The handle extends horizontally down the spine towards the tip and vertically down the heel to cover a portion of the blade. The inventive knife is particularly suited for use when choking up. The handle of the knife extends beyond the bolster, or where the bolster would typically be on a knife, and covers a portion of the spine and heel of the knife. The shape and positioning of the handle provides a useful, comfortable handle surface for the forefinger, thumb and palm when choking up on the knife. In contrast to prior art knives, the present invention provides a protection to the user's hand which is integral with the handle of the knife therefore prevents any protective elements from slipping out of place during use.

A method for controlling a first and second injector of an engine, the first injector located in a first cylinder of the engine and the second injector located upstream of, and configured to inject fuel into, the first and a second cylinder of the engine, the method comprising of decreasing total injection from the first and second injectors when decreasing injection from the second injector, and increasing total injection from the first and second injectors when increasing injection of the second injector.

A metal stud assembly includes a stud used in constructing a metal wall frame between two channel members, and an extender longitudinally slidably mounted within the stud. The stud includes a central column portion, two side walls formed on opposite sides of the central column portion, a retainer, at least one alignment slot formed in the stud for receiving the retainer formed on one of the channel members, and an indented portion formed in at least one of the side walls for receiving a spacer bar. The alignment slot is formed in at least one end portion of the central column portion. The extender includes an upper portion having side walls parallel to the side walls of the stud, and a lower portion having side walls that join the upper portion side walls at a top end and which taper at a bottom end to fit within the stud.

The invention discloses an elevator driving control and energy saving integrated system. A master control unit based on double DSPs and an FPGA is adopted in the system to collect voltage, current, speed position and other information of a traction machine, and control over the elevator traction machine is achieved after comprehensive judgment. A supercapacitor bank is adopted to serve as a power source for running of a regenerating braking energy storage device and an elevator driving control sub-system, and energy is stored in the running braking process of an elevator sub-system. A supercapacitor are directly connected with a direct-current bus in parallel through a two-way direct-current converter, the master control unit monitors the running state of an elevator in real time by means of an elevator signal collection unit, switching between a charging mode and a discharging mode of a supercapacitor module is finished, and the aim of saving energy is achieved. The system fully uses the characteristics that the supercapacitor is large in discharging current, long in service life, short in charging and discharging time, large in capacitance density and the like, improves energy saving efficiency and safety of elevator running, has very high social benefits and economic benefits, and accords with the concept of environment protection and sustainable development.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device includes arms formed by two semiconductor elements, a map memory device which stores therein a correlation map between a control value for each of the arms and an optimized dead time to be set for the control value or is capable of storing the same therein, drive control value acquiring means for acquiring a drive control value of each of the arms, and a dead time generating circuit for extracting the optimized dead time corresponding to the drive control value from the correlation map. The time taken until the other of the semiconductor elements is turned on after one thereof has received a command to turn off the same is the optimized dead time extracted by the dead time generating circuit.

It is an object to enable stable operation of a wind turbine and to change a control parameter of the wind turbine at an appropriate timing. A dynamic-characteristics model of a wind turbine is identified for each of a plurality of ranges that are determined in accordance with wind speed, and the identified dynamic-characteristics model is monitored for each of the ranges.

An invention directed to a soccer training device, method of use and training system. The device is a deflection wall that may be portable. The wall having a larger and smaller embodiment, mimicking the silhouette of a soccer goal or an average player of a given age range from a far distance at simulated closer range. The inventive features of the wall intended to enhance quantity, quality, speed, and accuracy of interaction and perception between the user, the ball and the wall according to professional quality and professional level training techniques. Multiple wall units may be combined to create individualized training modules wherein one person may train in a simulated multi-player environment of varying levels of complexity. Two or more module units may be combined to create a soccer training system. The modules and systems may be staged in limited ground surface area both indoor and outdoor.

This invention is a shaped explosive device with a liner that produces a single combination jet consisting of a forward rod portion and rearward flattened spade shaped portion, this jet has a velocity gradient form tip to tail. The jet produced by the shaped charge is axisymmetric for the forward rod portion and planar symmetric for the aft wide spade portion somewhat like linear shaped charge, thusly termed the “Axi-Linear” shaped charge. The forward rod portion of each jet erodes a round hole in the target followed by the aft flattened spade portion of the jet creating a long slotted deep cavity centered on the round hole and in the lateral direction of the spade jet.