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An apparatus and method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is disclosed wherein the apparatus includes an applicator having a probe having proximal and distal probe sections wherein the proximal and distal probe sections each define an axis and wherein the axes are not collinear.

A distractor for separating adjacent elements, such as vertebrae. The distractor preferably has a scissors-type distracting mechanism, either in a simple scissors or double-acting scissors configuration. A set of blades is provided on each jaw such that an implant may be inserted between the spaced apart blades. The set of blades includes at least two blades.

The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for separating blood and other types of cellular components, and can be combined with holographic optical trapping manipulation or other forms of optical tweezing. One of the exemplary methods includes providing a first flow having a plurality of blood components; providing a second flow; contacting the first flow with the second flow to provide a first separation region; and differentially sedimenting a first blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components into the second flow while concurrently maintaining a second blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components in the first flow. The second flow having the first blood cellular component is then differentially removed from the first flow having the second blood cellular component. Holographic optical traps may also be utilized in conjunction with the various flows to move selected components from one flow to another, as part of or in addition to a separation stage.

A manipulation device of hollow intervertebral or disk prostheses and to the supply thereof with a flowable, hydraulic, osteocementum. Said device comprises a tube provided with a front end and a rear end, a handle and a guiding element for the flowable osteocementum. The front end of the tube is embodied in such a manner that the handle or the guiding element for the flowable osteocementum can be coupled thereto. The rear end of the tube is embodied in such a manner that it can be connected in a rotationally fixed and sealed manner to a hollow intervertebral or disk prosthesis. The handle can be connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the tube and the tube is torsionally fixed in relation to the longitudinal axis thereof.

Described herein are devices and methods for positioning a wire around a target tissue. In some embodiments, a probe device includes a rigid outer cannula having a curved distal region and a flexible inner cannula slideably disposed within the rigid outer cannula, wherein the inner cannula is configured to assume a curved shape when extended distally from the outer cannula. In some embodiments, the probe device further includes a distal tip at the distal end of the inner cannula and a safety retainer cable coupled to the distal tip and secured to the probe proximally from the distal end of the safety retainer; wherein the safety retainer cable extends proximally from the distal tip and is slack. In some embodiments, the inner cannula comprises an elongate body with a longitudinally extending support member and a longitudinally extending tubular body, configured to pass a wire, disposed inside the elongate body.

The invention provides an intelligent automobile-key system based on bluetooth communication, which comprises a PEPS (Passive Entry & Passive Start) controller, a vehicle-mounted bluetooth module, an electronic terminal and a door-handle switch, wherein the PEPS controller is connected with the vehicle-mounted bluetooth module and the door-handle switch, the PEPS controller is used for controlling a vehicle antitheft system and an engine system, the vehicle-mounted bluetooth module is used for realizing bluetooth communication with the electronic terminal, the electronic terminal has an intelligent automobile-key application program, and the door-handle switch is used for the input of user unlocking and locking requests. Because the vehicle-mounted bluetooth module exists, a vehicle is controlled to actively send out a bluetooth signal for actively identifying and authenticating the electronic terminal, such as a mobile phone, so that complicated operation is avoided.

Described herein are pullwire handle devices for securing to a tissue-penetrating pullwire. In some embodiments, the device includes a handle body, a pullwire lock configured to removably lock the pullwire handle device onto a pullwire within the handle body, and a tip containment element configured to retain the distal tip of the pullwire. In some embodiments, the handle body further comprises a storage chamber configured to store a distal portion of the pullwire. Also described herein are methods for capturing a pullwire using a pullwire handle device. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of inserting the distal end of a pullwire into the pullwire handle device, advancing the pullwire further into the pullwire handle device while the distal portion of the pullwire is contained within the pullwire handle device, and locking the distal portion of the pullwire within the pullwire handle device.

A folding table for the rear of a backrest, the table having a surface with a depression therein in which a carrier for visible material, like an advertisement, is disposed. The carrier is received in an undercut in the depression. Alternatively, a frame around the edge of the carrier has projections received in grooves in the table for holding the frame and thereby the carrier to the surface.

The present invention adjusts images received from plural cameras that are oriented to plural directions and combines the images with distance information. Thereafter, the circumstantial environment is visualized based on a moving object using an augmented reality technique to provide to a user. Specifically, the present invention adjusts images in plural directions and adds the distance information to improve the accuracy and uses a visualization method that displays the images with respect to the moving object.

The device for securing visibility for a driver includes an input unit obtaining an image of an area in front of a moving object; a first estimating unit estimating from the image a geometric relationship between the moving object and its surrounding environment to output geometric relationship information; a second estimating unit estimating from the image an optical characteristic of the environment to output optical characteristic information; a first correcting unit adjusting brightness and contrast of the image based on the optical characteristic information and eliminating blob noise resulting from the environment; a second correcting unit compensating for vibration of the image based on the geometric relation information and eliminating motion blur; a synthesizing unit restoring, based on the geometric relationship information, empty space of the image resulting from the blob noise elimination and the vibration compensation and extracting and highlighting principal information of the image to acquire new image.

The invention provides a switching trolley for a mold for a core making machine. The switching trolley comprises a frame mechanism, a stretching frame mechanism, a moving lifting frame mechanism, a control mechanism and a lifting device, wherein the frame mechanism comprises a base frame, braking wheels, a vertical guide rail, a vertical frame and a cross beam; the stretching frame mechanism comprises a stretching frame hydraulic cylinder, a stretching frame lifting frame, a stretching frame, a stretching frame cylinder and stretching frame wheels; the moving lifting frame mechanism comprises a lifting frame hydraulic cylinder, a lifting frame elevating frame, a lifting frame and a lifting frame cylinder; the control mechanism comprises a stretching frame hydraulic pedal, a lifting frame hydraulic pedal, a stretching frame flexible control valve, a lifting frame flexible control valve and a rapid air connector; and the lifting device comprises a mold lifting rod, a long mold lifting cable, a short mold lifting cable and a mold lifting pole. The switching trolley has the advantages that the stretching frame stretched from the stretching frame mechanism is inserted into a base frame platform of the core making machine, supporting points are provided for the core making machine, receiving of the mold for the lifting frame is facilitated, the mold is horizontally placed in the core making machine for positioning installation, the operation is safe, and the working efficiency is improved.

The invention provides a vehicle full fly-by-wire manipulation system, and belongs to the technical field of ground vehicle control systems. The vehicle full fly-by-wire manipulation system comprisesa man-machine interactive manipulation interface, a man-machine interactive manipulation interface feedback port, an upper computer, sensors and an actuating mechanism. The man-machine interactive manipulation interface comprises an electronic mode rod, an electronic accelerator and brake pedal assembly, an electronic steering wheel and a graphic display. The vehicle full fly-by-wire manipulationsystem has the advantages that the electronic mode rod is used for selecting driving modes, mechanical signals of the electronic steering wheel and pedals are converted into electric signals by the man-machine interactive manipulation interface, the driving modes are selected, accordingly, the electric signals can be parsed in the upper computer according to set laws to obtain corresponding targetcontrol variables, the control variables can be transmitted to the actuating mechanism and can be converted into mechanical output, and corresponding manipulation experience can be sequentially fed to a driver via the man-machine interactive manipulation interface feedback port and interfaces of the man-machine interactive manipulation interface feedback port; mechanical transmission equipment between a common vehicle manipulation interface and an existing actuating mechanism is replaced by electric signal processing, accordingly, the manipulation flexibility and safety can be improved, the integral vehicle weight can be reduced, and the complexity can be lowered.

The apparatus for producing packages of infusion products, of the type comprising a bag (3) filled with a dosed quantity of product, a tag (4) and a length of thread (2) attached at opposite ends to the bag (3) and to the tag (4) respectively, comprises a forming group (30, 40) of the filled bag (3), a feeding group (50) of the formed bag and the tag (4), a cutting and feeding group (60) of the length of thread (2) and a sewing head (70) of the length of thread (2) to the bag (3) and to the tag (4).

Apparatus for euthanasia of animals by electrocution includes a container on wheels formed of an electrically insulating material and a rechargeable 12V battery powered control unit carried on the container for supplying through a transformer AC electric current at 110V to electrodes through insulated electrical supply cables. The first electrode is a conductive wire forming a loop arranged to be wrapped around the snout and through the mouth of the animal. The second electrode is a belt shaped and arranged to wrap around the belly of the animal at a position just in front of the rear legs. An alternative second electrode may be a rectal probe. Each of the electrodes is attached to a winch by which it can be pulled to apply tension electrode during the electrocution. In a second arrangement the control unit and the electrodes are arranged to be hand carried to the animal.

The invention, provides a method, apparatus and system for separating blood and other types of cellular components, and can be combined with holographic optical trapping manipulation or other forms of optical tweezing. One of the exemplary methods includes providing a first flow having a plurality of blood components; providing a second flow; contacting the first flow with the second flow to provide a first separation region; and differentially sedimenting a first blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components into the second flow while concurrently maintaining a second blood cellular component of the plurality of blood components in the first flow. The second flow having the first blood cellular component is then differentially removed from the first flow having the second blood cellular component. Holographic optical traps may also be utilized in conjunction with the various flows to move selected components from one flow to another, as part of or in addition to a separation stage,

A needle manipulation ruler for use in brachytherapy allowing a needle containing radioactive material to be manipulated without exposing the surgeon to radioactivity. A plurality of needle engagers are contained on the needle manipulation ruler. These needle engagers can be indentations in the needle manipulation ruler or protuberances on the needle manipulation ruler. A needle can be engaged with the needle engagers by either inserting the needle into the indentations or pressuring the needle against the protuberances. The engaged needle can be adjusted in any direction from any angle that the needle manipulation ruler is held relative to the needle.