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The present invention encompasses tools and a tool-holding retractor assembly. The retractor assembly spreads an incision and holds the incision open. At least one extension device, having a tool holder on one end, attaches to the assembly. The holder includes a selectively locking multi-axis adjustable mounting element adapted to grip a tool shaft. The mounting element acts as a universal mounting providing rotational and sliding movement of the tool shaft. The extension device adjusts to position the tool holder peripherally of the surgical field. Once the retractor is placed, the extension device provides full access to regions below the incision. The extension device allows the surgeon to chose the insertion point and insertion angle of the tool shaft.

A stable portable fan capable of generating an exhaust air stream elevated above a support surface allowing the exhaust air stream to be directed as desired by the user is provided. The device includes an air generator assembly located within a polygonal column generating an exhaust air stream that exiting the polygonal column. The polygonal column of the device is used to disguise/conceal the fan.

A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.

A game system comprises a pointing device for pointing to an arbitrary point in a game screen displayed on a display device and an acceleration sensor provided in the pointing device. A processor of the game system repeatedly identifies a position of the point pointed to by the pointing device to detect a change in the identified position. Also, the processor determines a movement direction of the pointing device based on an acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor. When detecting a position change, the processor executes game processing based on the position change, and when detecting no position change, the processor executes game processing based on the determined movement direction of the pointing device.

A novel three-terminal SOT-MRAM memory cell with a unique magnetic stabilization layer or structure is proposed. A complementary magnetic footprint of the data storage layer for the memory cell is able to be created within the magnetic stabilization layer or structure by the magnetic field from the storage layer to enhance the magnetic and thermal stability of the memory cell. Several designs for both perpendicular and in-plane SOT-MRAM memory cell have been invented. With proper wire connection and sensing arrangement, the proposed memory cell is capable of forming not only the 2D array but also 3D array.

The present invention includes a rod link reducer of a spinal fixation system that includes a first and a second spinal rod manipulator; a first spinal rod manipulator joint connected to the first spinal rod manipulator and a second spinal rod manipulator joint connected to the second spinal rod manipulator; a first and a second translatable transverse shaft connected to the first and second joints, respectively; and a universal reducer connected to both the first and second translatable transverse shafts, wherein the universal reducer, the shafts and the linkers provide movement and temporary fixation of a spine that has been manipulated into a final position during spinal surgery.

A dual camera system uses a single lens and no moving parts in the optical path. A single lens directs a desired scene to a partially reflective beamsplitting mirror, thence to a pair of image sensors. For day/night operation, one sensor may be optimized for nighttime sensitivity, while the other is optimized for daytime operation. Alternatively, one optical path may have greater magnification, thus allowing electronic zooming with no resolution loss. The system may be enhanced with an image intensifier for nighttime operation; digital sensors for improved resolution, or orthogonal gyroscopic accelerometers for image stabilization. Additionally, the monochrome and color images may be produced simultaneously and ‘fused’ algorithmically, yielding an improvement in sensitivity and color resolution compared with a conventional color camera.

A formulation has been developed for treatment of the symptoms of dry eye which incorporates the natural product jojoba wax, or components thereof, to enhance the spreading of the artificial tear and eyedrop as well as stabilize the eyedrop. The improved performance of the jojoba wax supplemented tear relieves irritation and discomfort as well as sharpens the blurred vision.

While periphery or peripheries of workpiece(s) W lifted in floating fashion by simultaneous suction and expulsion of gas(es) between pair(s) of first and second, or upper and lower, transport stages 14, 15 is/are retained by plurality of elevator pins 16, respective transport stage(s) is/are inverted vertically and workpiece(s) is/are transferred from upper first transport stage(s) to lower second transport stage(s) such that workpiece(s) W is/are lifted in floating fashion thereabove by simultaneous suction and expulsion of gas(es) in accompaniment to lowering of respective elevator pin(s) at said first transport stage(s).

A high-speed scroll contents display system includes: a web document providing apparatus, as a user terminal is connected, a web document created in a web description language to the connected user terminal; and the user terminal for receiving the web document from the web document providing apparatus, displaying the web document as a web page screen on a mobile browser, and performing, if movement of a touched state on the web page screen is sensed, a contents scroll in correspondence to a sensed moving direction, repeating an operation of performing a high-speed scroll on contents while reducing a speed according to an ease function in a flicking direction of a sensed flick, stopping movement of the screen for a predetermined time period, and moving again the screen reducing the speed according to the ease function when the predetermined time period is elapsed, until an end of the flick is sensed.

The invention relates to a method for purifying electroplating wastewater and comprehensively utilizing resources, which is to adopt low-cost strong basic anion-exchange resin containing macropores and imidazole structure to reclaim valuable resources in the electroplating wastewater by coupling technology based on a chemical oxidation-reduction method, a precipitation method and an ion exchange method. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, Cr(III) is oxidized into Cr(VI) under basic condition through a chemical reaction; then, Zn, Cu, Ni and other heavy metal elements in the wastewater are transformed into precipitation of hydroxide; and finally, the Cr(VI) in the wastewater is adsorbed by the strong basic anion-exchange resin, the purified water quality achieves the requirement of electroplating pollutant discharge standard and recycle, and the Cr and other heavy metal resources in the electroplating wastewater can be comprehensively reclaimed and utilized. The method overcomes the defects that the prior regenerating process of porous weak-basic resin requires acidification, and the method has the advantages of simple process, low treatment cost, large treatment quantity and acid and base consumption conservation, and is the electroplating wastewater treatment method with green environmental protection and efficient utilization of resources.

A laser (126) and an AOM (10) are pulsed at substantially regular and substantially similar constant high repetition rates to provide working laser outputs (40) with variable nonimpingement intervals (50) without sacrificing laser pulse-to-pulse energy stability. When a working laser output (40) is demanded, an RF pulse (38) is applied to the AOM (10) in coincidence with the laser output (24) to transmit it to a target. When no working laser output (40) is demanded, an RF pulse (38) is applied to the AOM (10) in noncoincidence with the laser output (24) so it gets blocked. So the average thermal loading on the AOM (10) remains substantially constant regardless of how randomly the working laser outputs (40) are demanded. The AOM (10) can also be used to control the energy of the working laser output (40) by controlling the power of the RF pulse (38) applied. When the RF power is changed, the RF duration (44) of the RF pulse (38) is modified to maintain the constant average RF power. Consistent loading on the AOM (10) eliminates deterioration of laser beam quality and laser beam pointing accuracy associated with thermal loading variation on the AOM (10) and is advantageous for applications such as IC chip link processing where stable working laser outputs (40) with variable output intervals (50) are needed.

The aim of the invention is to improve the moisture resistance of dry powder formulations for inhalation which contain a pharmaceutically ineffective carrier of not-inhalable particle size and a finely divided pharmaceutically active compound of inhalable particle size and to also improve the storage stability of said formulations. To this end, magnesium stearate is used in said formulations. One of the features of the inventive dry powder is that a high fine particle dosage or fine particle fraction can be maintained also under relatively extreme temperature and humidity conditions.

An electrophotographic imaging member with a charge generation section having separate layers of benzimidazole perylene photoconductive pigment and hydroxygallium ptalocyanine photoconductive pigment.

A visible light multiplex communication system, and more particularly, a visible light multiplex communication system in which identification (ID) information and data information can be simultaneously transmitted and received to and from a server and a plurality of clients by using visible light, is disclosed. Visible light communication can be smoothly performed in a state where visible light ID communication and visible light data communication do not interfere with each other in the same space. In addition, data can be efficiently transmitted and received to and from a plurality of ID clients and a plurality of data clients by using visible light. In addition, visible light ID communication and visible light data communication can be efficiently performed in a state where interference between a plurality of clients using different protocols does not occur in the same place. Furthermore, a specific unit that is capable of efficiently transmitting and receiving data to and from a plurality of clients by using visible light can be provided.

Although music program data has been recorded on a disc, imperfect index data or a signal has been recorded so that music program data is prohibited from being reproduced. To allow music program data to be reproduced, the index data is rewritten to perfect index data or a permission signal that allows music program data to be reproduced is transmitted through a communication line. Thus, music program data can be reproduced from the disc. Since music program data is not directly transmitted, the data transmission time is shortened. The music program data can be downloaded at high speed. In addition, the charging process can be smoothly performed. Moreover, music program data can be prevented from being illegally used.

The invention provides a method for high-efficiency task scheduling of a heterogeneous multi-core processor. The method comprises the following steps of: clustering certain special tasks which are large in communication overhead and easy to cluster in a task image to a precursor node of the tasks by adopting a linear task clustering method; starting from a topological structure of the whole task image, selecting parameters capable of comprehensively reflecting the importance of the task in the whole task image as priority weights; selecting a free critical path node to perform allocation first, and if multiple free critical path nodes exist, allocating the free critical path nodes in a sequence from high to low according to the node priority weights, and allocating all non-critical path free nodes in a sequence from high to low according to the priority weights; performing redundancy judgment, and deleting redundant tasks in a scheduling result; and performing adjustment according to the scheduling result after deleting the redundant tasks, and recalculating the earliest finish time of each task. According to the method, the efficiency of the task scheduling of the heterogeneous multi-core processor is improved, the power consumption of the processor is reduced, and the performance of the multi-core processor is promoted.

Dynamic posterior stabilization systems and methods of stabilizing vertebrae are described. A dynamic posterior stabilization system may include bone fasteners and a dampener system. The bone fasteners may be secured to the vertebrae, and the dampener system may be attached to the bone fasteners. The dampener system may include a first dampener set and a second dampener set positioned on an elongated member. The first dampener set may be compressed and provides resistance to movement of the first bone fastener towards the second bone fastener. The second dampener set may be compressed and provide resistance to movement of the first bone fastener away from the second bone fastener.

An improved spinous process fixation implant assembly 50 includes a spinous process fixation implant 100 and an interspinous spacer implant 200. The spinous process fixation implant 100 includes elongated first and second components 110, 120, that are arranged opposite and parallel to each other. First and second spinous processes 90a, 90b of first and second adjacent vertebrae 80a, 80b are clamped between the first and second components 110, 120, respectively, and are separated by the interspinous spacer implant 200. The interspinous spacer implant 200 may be inserted between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae from two different directions.

A system and method are provided for promoting vegetation growth on a steeply sloping surface. The system of the present invention includes anchors that are secured to the sloping surface, an inner mesh layer in contact with the slope, a geosynthetic layer placed over the inner mesh layer, and seeded compost material placed in the gap or space between the geosynthetic layer and the inner mesh layer. An outer mesh layer is placed over the geosynthetic layer to help stabilize the geosynthetic layer. The geosynthetic layer and outer mesh layer are also secured to the protruding anchors. Vegetation grows in the compost material and roots of the vegetation penetrate the inner mesh layer into the slope. An established root system stabilizes the slope. The seeded compost material provides an environment that greatly enhances the growth of vegetation on steeply sloping surface which otherwise do not have adequate soil to promote growth. The anchors provide additional structural stabilization for the slope and also provide a means to attach the layers of materials.

The invention relates to a device for delivering a beverage into a thermoplastic container formed from a heated preform (110), the preform being approximately cylindrical and positioned in a mould, characterized in that it includes injection means for injecting at least one beverage into a recess in the preform so as to promote expansion of the preform inside the mould, the mould defining the shape of the container, said injection means comprising an injection head (18) designed to inject at least one beverage through a mouth of the recess, said injection head being integrated into the mould.

A blue phase liquid crystal composition and a LC display using the composition. The liquid crystal composition includes a first class including a highly polar compound and a second class including a highly conjugated liquid crystal compound. The blue phase liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates each with polarizer on the exterior surface and the blue phase liquid crystal composition sandwiched therebetween with and patterned electrodes on one of the substrates or both substrates. The patterned electrodes can be T-shaped, chevron or v-shaped, thin comb like shape and can also be flat or trapezoidal. The device outputs different light transmissions from the electrically controllable induced birefringence of the blue phase LC material for a low driving voltage, high transmittance blue phase liquid crystal display device.

A module comprises a metallic terminal pins for connection and a circuit board with electronic components mounted thereon, a circuit board connecting side of the connector. The electronic components and the circuit board with the electronic components mounted thereon are encapsulated with the same resin. A metallic base is united to the module to obtain an electric conduction between the metallic base and the circuit board.

A method for preparing nanometer gahnite. The preparation method is as below: dissolving zinc salt in water, adding an aluminum source, stirring for 10-30 min, adding a pore-enlarging agent, stirring, ageing at 20-100 DEG C for 30-60 min, drying, and calcining at 500-1200 DEG C. The molar ratio of the raw materials is as below: Zn:Al:water=1:2:16-35; calculated by the weight of zinc oxide being 100%, the addition amount of the pore-enlarging agent is 0.5-30%; and the pore-enlarging agent is one or more selected from sucrose, glycerol, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, polystyrene latex and polyethylene glycol.

The invention provides a self-assembly preparation method of a noble metal-graphene double-layer composite conductive film. The noble metal-graphene double-layer composite conductive film is obtained by taking noble metal ions or complex ions and graphene oxide as raw materials and adopting a solvent-induced self-assembly method. In the method, the thickness of the noble metal layer, the graphenelayer and the overall film of the double-layer composite conductive film can be regulated and controlled through concentrations and volumes of noble metal ionic solution and graphene oxide solution, and the electrical conductivities of the silver layer and the graphene layer in the double-layer composite conductive film can be regulated and controlled. The invention provides a stable and reliablepreparation method of the noble metal-graphene double-layer composite conductive film which can be applied to an electronic device.

A semiconductor device having vertically aligned transistors made from pillar structures that have flat side surfaces is presented. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, spacers, and gates. The semiconductor substrate has lo pillar structures that have flat side surfaces. The spacers are on sidewalls only on the upper portions of the pillar structures. The gates surround lower portions of the pillar structures.

A display panel for displaying an image is provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. Each pixel includes one or more units each including a plurality of subunits. Each subunit includes a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer which is provided so as to overlap a gate electrode with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween, a pixel electrode which drives liquid crystal connected to a source or a drain of the transistor, a counter electrode which is provided so as to face the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. In the display panel, a transistor whose off current is lower than 10 zA/μm at room temperature per micrometer of the channel width and off current of the transistor at 85° C. can be lower than 100 zA/μm per micrometer in the channel width.

An electronic device may include a communication interface for receiving a communication event and a processor that is configured to check a connected state or a mounted state of a body-mounted device and to differentially output at least one output interface related to the communication event corresponding to at least one of the connected state and the mounted state.

A joint protecting brace includes a cuff member. The cuff member includes a pair of upper lateral and lower lateral tightening portions positioned on opposed sides of a cuff longitudinal axis. The cuff member further includes a liner disposed between and coupled to the upper lateral tightening portions and lower lateral tightening portions and extending along the cuff longitudinal axis. The cuff member further includes a connector coupled to a latitudinal strap. The cuff member further includes a first adjuster coupled to the upper lateral tightening portions and the connector. The cuff member further includes a second adjuster coupled to the lower lateral tightening portions and the connector. The first and second adjusters are disposed in tension for adjusting a distance between the upper and lower lateral tightening portions respectively. The first and second adjusters are communicable via the connector.

An intraocular lens for insertion into a capsular bag of an eye comprises: an optic; and at least one plate haptic coupled to the optic by one or more flexible connecting members. The plate haptic with flexible finger extensions is designed to engage the periphery of the capsular bag. An increase in radial pressure upon constriction of the ciliary muscle causes the rigid posteriorly vaulted plate haptics to move centrally to further increase the vitreous cavity pressure with constriction of the ciliary muscle: the optic with its thin stretchable hinge across the connecting member is then displaced anteriorly along the axis of the eye. The haptic includes a longitudinally rigid frame to restrict deformation of the haptic in a longitudinal direction while permitting deformation in a transverse direction. Furthermore, the flexible connecting members include one or more hinged straps that extend radially and/or longitudinally from the optic. The optic can move forwards and backwards, relative to both the distal and proximal ends of the plate haptics, in response to ciliary muscle contraction and relaxation with an increase and decrease of vitreous cavity pressure. Finger-like projection extends from the plate haptic to engage the capsular bag to center and fixate the accommodating lens within the capsular bag.