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A medical device for treating a heart valve insufficiency, with an endoprosthesis which can be introduced into a patient's body and expanded to secure a heart valve prosthesis in the patient's aorta with a catheter. In an embodiment, the endoprosthesis has a plurality of positioning arches configured to be positioned with respect to a patient's aorta and a plurality of retaining arches to support a heart valve prosthesis. The endoprosthesis includes a collapsed mode during the process of introducing it into the patient's body and an expanded mode when it is implanted. The endoprosthesis may be introduced into a patient's body and expanded via a catheter. In an embodiment, the catheter has first and second slide mechanisms configured to independently manipulate first and second sleeve elements to sequentially expand the endoprosthesis from the collapsed mode to the expanded mode.

A bone plating system is provided that permits maintenance of a compression force while also accommodating bony subsidence, among other features. Methods of implantation are also provided that improve alignment and placement during implantation and avoid maneuvers that weaken the vertebral bodies. A modular distraction screw is placed during the initial stages of surgery when all relevant landmarks are still intact. After completion of the surgical bone work, a proximal end of the distraction screw is detached, leaving a protruding distal segment implanted in the centerline of the vertebral bodies above and below the newly fused disc space. A bone plate is guided into proper position relative to the upper and lower vertebra by attaching the bone plate to the protruding distal segments. The distal segments of the distraction screws are tightened onto the plate and the plate is held stationary while bone screws are placed. The bone plating system is also extendable, allowing additional bone plates to be placed and coupled with existing plate components to create a multi-level plating system. Additional bone plates may be placed contemporaneously or during a subsequent surgical procedure.

A computer interactive isometric exercise system includes an effector, a sensor coupled at a selected location on the effector to measure a force applied by a user to the effector, where the applied force effects a strain on the effector, and control circuitry. The control circuitry includes a processor that receives and processes data corresponding to applied force information measured by the sensor for transference to a host computer. The processed data is transferred in a format compatible with the host computer and facilitates user interaction with the host computer in response to effector manipulation by the user. A plurality of effectors may further be combined together to form a system frame that provides a variety of isometric exercises for the user in combination with user interaction with the host computer.

A voltage suppression device for suppressing voltage surges in an electrical circuit, comprised of a voltage sensitive element having a predetermined voltage rating, the voltage sensitive element increasing in temperature as voltage applied across the voltage sensitive element exceeds the voltage rating. Terminals are provided for electrically connecting the voltage sensitive element between a power line of an electrical circuit and a ground or neutral line of the electrical circuit. A normally closed, thermal switch is electrically connected in series with the voltage sensitive element between one line of the electrical circuit and the voltage sensitive element, the thermal switch being thermally coupled to the voltage sensitive element wherein the thermal switch moves from a normally closed position to an open position to form a gap between the thermal switch and the voltage sensitive element when the temperature of the voltage sensitive element reaches a level indicating an over-voltage condition. When the thermal switch moves to the open position, residual follow on current is shunted by a fuse element connected in parallel with the thermal switch. Current flows through the fuse element until the fuse element melts. Electrical arcing is contained inside the fuse until extinguished.

A coherent multiple beam laser system including a plurality of slab lasers and a feedback device responsive to the output of at least one of the slab lasers, for feeding back a portion of the slab laser output to the remaining slab lasers for synchronizing the phase of the outputs of all the slab lasers.

The invention relates to the technical field of electric vehicles, and in particular relates to a domain-architecture vehicle network system of an electric vehicle, a domain co-processing method and adomain control device. The domain-architecture vehicle network system of the electric vehicle comprises a vehicle switching device, a vehicle backbone network, an energy domain control device and a sub-network system thereof, a power chassis domain control device and a sub-network system thereof, a vehicle body domain control device and a sub-network system thereof, an intelligent / auxiliary driving domain control device and a sub-network system thereof, and an infotainment domain control device and a sub-network system thereof; the vehicle switching device is connected with the various domaincontrol devices through the vehicle backbone network; the various domain control devices are separately connected with the system thereof in the domain through respective vehicle sub-networks; the vehicle switching device manages interaction of the various domain control devices by adopting the domain co-processing method; and thus, cross-domain function implementation is realized. According to the domain-architecture vehicle network system of the electric vehicle, the domain co-processing method and the domain control device disclosed by the invention, implementation of multifunctional system integration of vehicles can be obviously improved; simultaneously, network congestion and delay problems are effectively inhibited; and the vehicle control reliability and real-time performance areimproved.

A voltage suppression device for suppressing voltage surges in an electrical circuit, comprised of a voltage sensitive element having a predetermined voltage rating, the voltage sensitive element increasing in temperature as voltage applied across the voltage sensitive element exceeds the voltage rating. Terminals are provided for electrically connecting the voltage sensitive element between a power line of an electrical circuit and a ground or neutral line of the electrical circuit. A normally closed, thermal switch is electrically connected in series with the voltage sensitive element between the power line and the voltage sensitive element, the thermal switch being thermally coupled to the voltage sensitive element wherein the thermal switch moves from a normally closed position to an open position to form a gap between the thermal switch and the voltage sensitive element when the temperature of the voltage sensitive element reaches a level indicating an over-voltage condition. A non-conductive barrier that is operable to move into the gap when the thermal switch moves to an open position, the barrier preventing line voltage surges from arcing between the thermal switch and the voltage sensitive element.

A water bottle rocket system for launching single rockets, multistage rockets, multiengine rockets or multistage multiengine rockets. Rocket bodies are comprised of ordinary plastic beverage bottles. The propellant used is preferably water and compressed air. The system offers adjustable launch supports to vary the launch angle for both single engine or multiple engine rockets. A charging manifold is provided for charging with liquid or gas propellant. Multiengine rockets are simultaneously charged with propellant through launch base internal channels.

A system includes a health care provider computer operatively connected over a network to a web server, the web server providing a health care provider portal and an applet. The applet is configured to convert patient records in a first format to patient records in a second format. The first format may be associated with a practice management system, may be an electronic health record format, may be a personal health record format, or other type of format.

The invention relates to a solar tracking device, in particular to a solar tracking device based on bionic polarized light detection. Extraction of the polarization angle and degree of polarization in an atmospheric polarization mode is achieved through polarized light detection sensors by imitating a compound eye navigation model. Firstly, a central control and information processing unit drives an actuating mechanism of a horizontal servo motor according to the included angle between the solar azimuth and polarization angle output by two polarized light sensors on a horizontal tracking physical structure unit, and then solar azimuth direction tracking is achieved; then, the central control and information processing unit controls an actuating mechanism of a vertical servo motor to rotate according to degree-of-polarization information output by two polarized light sensors on a vertical tracking physical structure unit, and then solar altitude direction tracking is achieved; finally, fine adjustment of two platforms is carried out through output of a natural light sensor. In this way, solar tracking is successfully achieved through the solar tracking device based on bionic polarized light detection.

A local concentrator apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an array of photovoltaic cells arranged along an elongated strip, and one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements are arranged to direct and optically concentrate sunlight onto the photovoltaic cells such that position that the directed sunlight impinges onto the strip follows a path moving along the strip without the optical elements tracking the sun as the sun traverses the sky during the day.

A multilevel container is disclosed which comprises circumferentially continuous wall or bottom elements of sheet metal with radially outwardly beaded end faces. The wall and bottom elements are placed on top of each other on butt joints so as to seal the end faces and are detachably braced with a minimum of one neighboring container level. The multilevel container also comprises one or more sealing rings and bracing components that act on neighboring end faces. In order to provide a readily manufacturable and form a stable multilevel container without multiple beads in alternating directions or weldings in the butt joint portions, a separate and independent shape retaining ring is provided. This ring reinforces the container and has shape retaining surfaces on its two end faces. In the region of their end faces, the neighboring wall and bottom elements are set on and tightly braced against the shape retaining surfaces of the reinforcing shape retaining ring. Radially inside or radially outside the reinforcing shape retaining ring, a separate sealing ring is inserted between the radially outwardly beaded sheet metal end faces of the neighboring bottom or wall elements of the multilevel container or between these end faces and the reinforcing shape retaining ring.

The invention discloses a method and a system for driving RS422 communication of a CPCI (Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus in a Windows xp system. The system comprises a Windows xp bottom driving program, an inf file, a dll program and a top function test application program, wherein the top test application program is used for calling an API interface function provided by the dll program; the dll program is used for providing the API interface function needed for communication of the top function test application program and the bottom driving program; the inf file is used for providing resource information needed for installing a driving system; the Windows xp bottom driving program comprises a driving program entry function DriverEntry, an AddDevice manager calling function and an IRP dispatch function. The system has the characteristics of modularization and stratification, and supports plug and play; the top function test application program accesses hardware via a specification mode without consideration on control over details of the hardware.

A voltage suppression device for suppressing voltage surges in an electrical circuit having a voltage sensitive element within a tubular casing.

The invention relates to an anti-interference parameter integration testing device for an ultra-high voltage line. The anti-interference parameter integration testing device is used for performing integrated measurement on power frequency parameters of a measured ultra-high voltage line. The device comprises a pilot frequency measurement module, a measuring and wiring automatic switching module, a series and parallel impedance suppression module and an opposite-end GPS synchronous measurement module. The pilot frequency measurement module is used for performing digital separation and power frequency parameter calculation of a power frequency interference signal and a pilot frequency signal on a measured signal. The measuring and wiring automatic switching module is connected with the pilot frequency measurement module and used for automatically switching internal wiring modes according to the power frequency parameters to be measured. The measuring and wiring automatic switching module and the measured ultra-high voltage line are respectively connected with the series and parallel impedance suppression module which is used for relieving the influence on measurement by electrostatic induction voltage and induced current. The opposite-end GPS synchronous measurement module is connected with the measured ultra-high voltage line and is used for synchronously performing measurement of the physical quantity of the line at the other end of the measured ultra-high voltage line by means of GPS synchronization. Compared with the prior art, the anti-interference parameter integration testing device has the advantages that the device is of modular design, wiring is easy, and all tests can be completed as long as wiring is performed at a time.

The present invention discloses a shift signal encoder including a code disc and diffuse reflective photoelectric switches fixed to a PCB. The code disc is fixed at the bottom end of a track body and extends radially outwardly out of the outer periphery of the track body. The code disc is divided into a plurality of shift intervals in the circumferential direction, each shift is respectively provided with a shift interval, each shift interval corresponds to a shift signal, and the shift interval is provided with a hollow part and a coverage part according to the corresponding shift signal. When the shift interval is in the working station, each diffuse reflective photoelectric switch is just facing the hollow part or the coverage part of the shift interval. This kind of shift signal encoder adopts the combination of the diffuse reflective photoelectric switch and the code disc structure, realizes the modular and lightweight design of the knob electronic shift control device, and reduces the design and production cost. The invention also discloses a knob electronic shift control device including the abovementioned shift signal encoder, realizing the modular and lightweight design and reducing the design and production cost.

A main body frame (100) for an electric motorcycle comprises a front fork support member (101) with a front fork through hole for loading a pivot stem of a front fork (200), the front fork through hole has a pivotal axis arranged in a central plane (P) of the main body frame; the main body frame further comprises a right and a left frame part (102, 105) arranged on opposite sides of the central plane of the main body frame, each having an elongated shape and being formed of an upper part (102a, 102b) and a lower part (102c, 102d), respectively at different sides of an elongation direction changing portion (102e), a first buffer member (120) attached, at opposite sides thereof, to the right and the left frame part, and crossing the central plane. wherein starting from the respective elongation direction changing portions thereof. the upper parts of the left and the right frame part extend inwardly towards the central plane so as to embrace the front fork support member, and are attached to opposite sides of the front fork support member, and a largest width (a7) of the main body frame in a width direction (Z) perpendicular to the central plane is 10 cm or more and 30 cm or less.

The invention provides a digital picture contour extraction method and relates to a digital image processing technique. The method includes the first step of observing a divided image and initiating a curve, the second step of initiating a speed evolvement function and obtaining a speed evolvement image V, the third step of carrying out expansive working on the initiated binary image A obtained from the first step to obtain an image E through expansion, and taking B as a value of a 3*3 structural element, the fourth step of updating a level set function, namely updating the binary image A, and the fifth step of returning to the third step and continuing operation. According to the characteristics of field programmable gate array (FPGA), the contour extraction method based on a form level set is put forward, and floating point arithmetic and parallel calculation for each pixel are needless; the Handel-C language which is quicker and more efficient than a traditional hardware description language is adopted; and circuits with modified structures are adopted in Dilation and Erosion submodules in an image processing submodule, the image is scanned once and image effects of the whole template operation can be obtained.

The present invention discloses an FCT fixture. The FCT fixture has the advantages of high structural modularization, external dimension standardization and compact layout. The FCT fixture of the present invention comprises a fixture main body as well as a tray module set, a pin plate module set, a pressing plate module set, a PCB test module set and a mechanical transmission module set which are all sequentially arranged on the fixture main body from the front and back of the fixture main body; the tray module set is in matched connection with the fixture main body and is matched with a product; the pin plate module set is located below the pressing plate module set and is electrically connected with the PCB test module set; and the mechanical transmission module set is electrically connected with an external controller. The FCT fixture of the present invention is applicable to the FCT fixture design field.

An anthropomorphic phantom for medical imaging systems is disclosed, which is configured with organ models designed to mimic the three-dimensional shape of human organs, and also by the arrangement of plate-like first connecting elements inside their corresponding organ models, lesion phantoms for simulating tumors can be fixedly secured inside the corresponding organ model using a plurality of first connection holes formed on the first connecting element. Therefore, by the distribution of those first connection holes, not only the lesion phantoms can be arranged at any position inside the corresponding organ model at will as required, but also by modularized design of the anthropomorphic phantom, organ models can first be assembled to form a module structure while the whole module structure with the organ model can be moved into and assembled easily with a torso-like humanoid housing of the anthropomorphic phantom by the use of a handle element.

A voltage suppression device for suppressing voltage surges in an electrical circuit having a voltage sensitive assembly comprised of a plurality of tubular sections within a tubular casing.

A Low Capacity Sodium Hypochlorite Generation (LCHG) system uses batching rather than the conventional continuous flow method in the production of sodium hypochlorite. Batching eliminates the need for metering pumps for brine and dilution water, as well as their associated controls and maintenance / servicing demands. Batching also precisely controls the ratio of brine to dilution water in the electrolyzer to produce a consistent strength sodium hypochlorite solution. Consequently, the LCHG system has fewer components, greater reliability and simpler maintenance than the continuous-flow on-site electrolytic chlorination systems.

The invention discloses a polyoligonucleic acid molecule and its application in multi-target interference. Through combination of a CON technology and a nanotechnology, the nucleic acid structure withan accurate and self-assembling capacity is constructed so that multi-target interference is realized. The polyoligonucleic acid molecule can be used for inhibiting expression of multiple genes in asignaling pathway of disease occurrence or development, or simultaneously inhibiting the expression of multiple disease target genes, and has broad application prospects in many fields such as biologyand chemistry. The experiment result shows that the polyoligonucleic acid molecule has the advantages of 1) high RNAi efficiency, 2) good chemical stability, strong anti-DNA enzyme degradation ability and long half-life, 3) low off-target rate, and 4) formation of nanoparticles with plasticity and strong cell introduction ability.

The invention relates to a waterproof electric vehicle window. The waterproof electric vehicle window comprises a vehicle window glass module, a vehicle wall water stop module, a vehicle window interior trim module, a vehicle window transmission module and a vehicle window locking module, wherein the vehicle wall water stop module is fixed on the outer side of the vehicle wall; the vehicle window interior trim module is arranged on the inner side of the vehicle wall; the vehicle window transmission module is arranged in the vehicle wall and is located between the vehicle wall water stop module and the vehicle window interior trim module; the vehicle window locking module is mounted at the top of the vehicle window transmission module; the vehicle window glass module is movably arranged on the vehicle window transmission module. With a unique window opening and closing mode, the waterproof electric vehicle window outwards extends instead of entering the vehicle wall when opened, so that the problem on waterproofing of the vehicle wall is solved. Under a normal state, the vehicle window can be electrically opened; in an emergency, the vehicle window can be opened manually; a locking device of the vehicle window can be controlled in both an electrical way and a manual way, so as to guarantee the safety; the waterproof electric vehicle window is relatively high in automation degree and has an insurance operation function and conforms to the developing tendency of vehicle windows; furthermore, the vehicle window installation mode is simple, and the interchangeability is high.