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Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the formation of an arteriovenous fistula. Embodiments include catheter apparatus including an ablation element for creating and / or modifying the fistula. The devices, systems and methods can be used to treat patients with one or more numerous ailments including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, hypotension, respiratory failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension, lung fibrosis and adult respiratory distress syndrome.

A lightweight solar concentrator of the reflecting parabolic or trough type is realized via a thin reflecting film, an inflatable structural housing and tensioned fibers. The reflector element itself is a thin, flexible, specularly-reflecting sheet or film. The film is maintained in the parabolic trough shape by means of a plurality of tensioned fibers arranged to be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the parabola. Fiber ends are terminated in two spaced anchorplates, each containing a plurality of holes, which lie on a desired parabolic contour. In a preferred embodiment, these fibers are arrayed in pairs with one fiber contacting the front side of the reflecting film and the other contacting the back side of the reflecting film. The reflective surface is thereby slidably captured between arrays of fibers, which control the shape, and position of the reflective film. Gas pressure in the inflatable housing generates fiber tension to achieve a truer parabolic shape. A plurality of bridges and or retention clips may be employed in certain embodiments to maintain the position of the reflective surface relative to the fibers.

This invention relates to an adjustable hand held device holder and a method of using the same, comprising: an anchor; a first, a second, a third, and a fourth elastic member, wherein the first, second, third and fourth elastic members are secured to the anchor, and wherein at least three of the elastic members are adapted to engage at least three edges or corners of a hand held device.

An exercise device for performing a variety of movement patterns is provided, having an upper link pivotally mounted to a lower leg link and a foot support on a distal end of the lower leg link. A first transfer system is movably coupled to a frame and including a first transfer member coupled to the first upper leg link and a second transfer member coupled to the second upper leg link, thereby enabling substantially reciprocating motion of the first leg link relative to the second leg link. A second transfer system is also provided and may be movably coupled to the frame and including a pair of third transfer members coupled to each of a pair of fourth transfer members by way of each of a pair of transfer couplings, each movably mounted to the frame. The fourth transfer members may be coupled to the first lower leg link and the second lower leg link, whereby movement of the first lower leg link causes movement of the second lower leg link irrespective of movement of the upper leg links thereby providing a stable platform for the user and also enabling an infinite number of gait patters by the user.

A sports goal net system including a removable net component that may be installed and removed quickly and easily by one person from the goal structure or frame as desired, where netting is provided with an attachment component having a zipper that facilitates the connection of the removable net component to a goal structure, such as the frame or posts of a sports goal, the net component being attachable by moving the slider of a zipper along the edge of the attachment component to secure the attachment component to itself so that the attachment component surrounds the goal structure to secure the net assembly to the goal.

An intervertebral connection system wherein the bone anchor has a helical configuration.

A system for improving the efficiency of a belt-driven system is provided. The system is particularly adapted for retrofitting tensioners onto existing belt-driven machines or to incorporate a tensioner into an the existing design of a belt-driven machine with limited changes to the specifications of the existing design. The system includes a motor driving a belt that drives a pulley. The pulley drives a shaft or other element of the system. A tensioner is provided for tensioning the belt to impede slippage between the belt and the pulley. The tensioner is connected to the motor and a frame of the system via a mounting bracket that includes a first leg and a second leg having a plurality of mounting holes adapted to cooperate with mounts on the motor and a connector of the tensioner. In one embodiment, the mounting holes of the second leg are laterally offset from one or more mounting holes of the first leg. Additionally, in one embodiment, the mounting bracket is configured so that the mounting holes in the first leg are positioned to form an array of rows and columns, and the mounting holes in the second leg are positioned to form a separate array of rows and columns.

A method for intermittently applying thin-film coatings is realized, by which a coating of extremely thin film reduced to 20 μm or less in thickness is deposited intermittently with high productivity and at the same time, the trailing coating edge of the thin film is formed in a highly accurate shape having good linearity. This is achieved as follows. A band-shaped substrate (1) traveling in one direction is kept looped over a stationary reference-roller (4) and a movable actuation roller (7), and is brought into contact with an application roller (19) which carries a coating agent (18) on its circumferential surface and rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the substrate (1). The actuation roller (7) is moved to come into or out of contact with the substrate (1) with a predetermined timing. A tension roller (8) is also controllably moved to come into or out of contact with the substrate (1), following the actuation roller (7) coming into or out of contact with the substrate (1), so that the tension applied to the substrate (1) is kept constant all the time.

A system for forming a looped suture is provided. The system includes a suture supply assembly configured for supplying thread, a flipper gripping assembly configured for forming a loop in the thread, a carriage assembly configured for advancing the thread through the forming process, and a welding assembly configured for securing the loop in the thread.

A stabilization system for the spine that includes an elongated member, preferably an elastic cord, and a plurality of attachment mechanisms, preferably lamina hooks. The stabilization system is configured to extend across a plurality of spinal motion segments to dynamically couple the motion segments in a manner that places the system in tension to apply a compression force to the posterior of the spine. The system and method may have particular application after a laminectomy or laminoplasty procedure.

An intervertebral connection system wherein the bone anchor has a helical configuration, and includes:a) a conformable synthetic ligament having a first end portion and an intermediate portion,b) an anchor having a central axis which is axially implantable into a bone in a patient's body, the anchor comprising:i) a distal head portion having a body portion that extends transverse to the central axis of the anchor, a proximal surface, a distal surface, and an axially extending throughhole;ii) a first helix extending axially from the body portion of the distal head portion and transversely engagable with the bone, the first helix having a proximal end, a distal end, and an intermediate portion having an opening,wherein the first end portion of the ligament extends through the throughhole of the distal head portion of the anchor, andwherein the intermediate portion of the ligament extends through the opening within the intermediate portion of the helix.

The present invention relates to a ratcheting unit enabling for securing cargo particularly for tightness in order to secure a load of cargo quickly and safely. Typically these ratcheting straps feature a first end with one length of strap secured to the first end via a bolt, and the other length of strap is fed through a ratcheting cylinder. The ratchet allows the user to hook the straps on the distal ends to a secure anchor point, i.e. the side of a trailer. The straps are pulled taught, the loose strap is fed through the ratcheting cylinder and the ratchet handle is used to tighten the slack in the strap, bringing the strap to a higher tension than what one could easily achieve without the aid of a ratchet to hold the tension and provide leverage for taking in further slack.

An improved vehicle is provided that has an excellent obstacle overcoming ability, including stair climbing. The apparatus comprises a frame, and a pair of endless track units positioned on opposite sides. Each track unit has a plurality of telescoping rollers in contact with the inner track surface configured to guide the track around a track pathway, and move vertically when navigating over obstacles. Each track unit further comprises a drive assembly in contact with the track, and movable between a raised position and a lowered position, such that movement of the drive assembly also operates to provide track tension.

The configuration comprises a carrier equipping an ejection plate on the front for ejecting the bundled-paper sheet material P and equipping a plurality of cutout parts, which are open in their top parts, at a predetermined interval on both the left and right sides; and a drive transmission unit being equipped by a plurality of drive rollers, each of which comprises a plurality of bosses in a predetermined interval on a single circumference around the rotation center thereof, in a predetermined interval on both the left and right sides of the bundled-paper sheet material transport path, wherein a drive force is transmitted by allowing bosses of each drive roller, which rotates by receiving a drive force from a drive source, engage in the respective cutout parts of the carrier sequentially, thereby allowing the carrier travel in the front and back directions of the bundle transport path.

An intervertebral connection system wherein the bone anchor has a helical configuration.

A system for forming a looped suture is provided. The system includes a suture supply assembly configured for supplying thread, a flipper gripping assembly configured for forming a loop in the thread, a carriage assembly configured for advancing the thread through the forming process, and a welding assembly configured for securing the loop in the thread.

A meshless foil stencil frame removes all the components of mesh mounted frames and associated issues and mechanically attaches the foil to an aluminum frame by way of pre-cut tabs. Tension is applied by either pulling on all four sides of the frame and then placing a spacer at each corner to maintain the displacement of each frame member or locking the corners and placing a displacement insert between frame and foil. This displacement in turn applies pressure on a foil which is held firm at each of the four edges and therefore creates tension on the foil.

An arrangement of fenders nested together for compact storage, the fenders including two or more cylindrical bodies having a cavity accessed through the fender top, the fenders being similar shape but graduated in size such that the cavity of a larger fender tensionally receives the next smaller sized fender, the outer diameter of the smaller fender equal to the inner diameter of the larger fender cavity. A fender has a rigid inner core surrounded by a compressible shell made of foam or similar material. The inner core has attachment points for a rope or line. The smallest nesting fender in the set has a cavity diameter sized to fit a commercially-available, off-the-shelf fender. The fenders may be separated and deployed at individual locations on a vessel, or kept together and deployed as a single fender capable of absorbing a greater impact than any of the fenders individually would absorb.

A method for intermittently applying thin-film coatings is realized, by which a coating of extremely thin film reduced to 20 μm or less in thickness is deposited intermittently with high productivity and at the same time, the trailing coating edge of the thin film is formed in a highly accurate shape having good linearity. This is achieved as follows. A band-shaped substrate (1) traveling in one direction is kept looped over a stationary reference-roller (4) and a movable actuation roller (7), and is brought into contact with an application roller (19) which carries a coating agent (18) on its circumferential surface and rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the substrate (1). The actuation roller (7) is moved to come into or out of contact with the substrate (1) with a predetermined timing. A tension roller (8) is also controllably moved to come into or out of contact with the substrate (1), following the actuation roller (7) coming into or out of contact with the substrate (1), so that the tension applied to the substrate (1) is kept constant all the time.

A device for collecting multiple samples for use by a single user while avoiding cross-contamination under adverse conditions is disclosed. A multiple sampling device comprising a single handle actuator with a trigger, connected to a shaft assembly further connected to a claw assembly for actuating a self-sealing sampling sphere in the process of collecting a desired sample, is disclosed. The sampling sphere comprises two halves that separate when the trigger and claw assembly are actuated, and close together when the trigger is released using springs on the claw assembly and sampling sphere. Additional sampling spheres are stored on the shaft assembly. In operation, once a sample is collected by one sampling sphere, the sampling sphere is exchanged with an empty sampling sphere stored on the shaft assembly.

The device is comprised of a generic cushioned shock absorbing type material orthotic support structure attached to the brace layer. The orthotic support structure comprises a raised midsole that tapers at the anterior end and transitions into a heel cushion which surrounds the bottom of the wearer's heel at the posterior end. The orthotic support structure continues to the heel, where it provides a cup to form to the shape of the heel.

A shade system for a structure includes a pair of support posts attachable to the structure, a shade panel including a plurality of attachment points around a periphery thereof, and at least one flexible lateral support member secured to the shade panel. The plurality of attachment points includes a fixture pair securable to a fixture of the structure, a post pair securable to the pair of support posts, respectively, and a side pair cooperable with the at least one flexible lateral support member and securable to the structure.

An arrangement of fenders nested together for compact storage, the fenders including two or more cylindrical bodies having a cavity accessed through the fender top, the fenders being similar shape but graduated in size such that the cavity of a larger fender tensionally receives the next smaller sized fender, the outer diameter of the smaller fender equal to the inner diameter of the larger fender cavity. A fender has a rigid inner core surrounded by a compressible shell made of foam or similar material. The inner core has attachment points for a rope or line. The smallest nesting fender in the set has a cavity diameter sized to fit a commercially-available, off-the-shelf fender. The fenders may be separated and deployed at individual locations on a vessel, or kept together and deployed as a single fender capable of absorbing a greater impact than any of the fenders individually would absorb.