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An implantable medical lead for stimulation of the sacral nerves comprises a lead body which includes a distal end and a proximal end, and the distal end having at least one electrode contact having a length of between 0.10 and 1.50 inches extending longitudinally from the distal end toward the proximal end. The lead body at its proximal end may be coupled to a pulse generator, additional intermediate wiring, or other stimulation device. The implantable medical lead can comprise a first and second electrode contacts. The second electrode contact has a length of between 0.030 and 1.00 extending longitudinally from a point approximately 1.00 from the distal end toward the proximal end. The first and second electrode contacts do no overlap longitudinally. The implantable lead is implanted by taking the lead and implanting near the sacral nerves and then connecting to a pulse generator.

A locking screw for an intramedullary nail having at least one transverse hole. The locking screw has a central longitudinal axis and includes a screw shank, which is at least partially provided with an external thread, and a screw head. The diameter of the screw head is greater than the outer diameter of the external thread, and the screw head includes a passage extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the screw and the external thread. The passage is configured to receive a longitudinal wedge element. As a result, any gap between the locking screw and the intramedullary nail is eliminated and the screw is wedged in position in the transverse hole of the intramedullary nail.

A fastening device having a bellows made of a material that changes shape when activated by a catalyst, and having a pleated structure that contracts from an extended state to a contracted state upon activation. The shape changing material may be a shape memory metal alloy, shape memory polymer or elastic memory composite. A method of using this fastener provides apposition and compression of abutment surfaces to join together two pieces of material, and is suitable for joining apposing bone surfaces together to heal fractures via the use of orthopedic hardware.

An implantable intramuscular lead system, such as for use as a gastric lead, and method of use in which electrodes along the lead are imbedded in tissue. First and second anchors are mounted on an elongate lead. At least the second anchor is movable along the length of the lead relative to the first anchor to capture the tissue between the anchors so that the lead is retained in position. The system facilitates implantation of the lead in tissue, and may be particularly suited for minimally invasive implantation, such as laparoscopically.

A graphical user interface centralizes Level I quote information in the center of a circular display while Level II (or regional) data appears in peripheral bands layered on the outside of the Level I information. The interface is also split into two main sections, a “bid” quote information section and an “ask” quote information section. The bid quote information appears on the left of the interface while the ask quote information appears on the right side of the interface. Through clicking in any one of the peripheral bands, an order can be placed at that price point.

Multiple electrode contacts make electrical connections to the anterior and/or posterior chest for multivariate characterization of the electrical activation of the heart. A central processing unit derives synthetic composite electrographic signals as well as flag signals for specific purposes. A preferred embodiment uses this system to trigger or gate magnetic resonance imaging, eliminating or reducing problems from small or inverted R-waves, lead detachment, noise, flow signal, gradient changes, and rhythm changes, more reliably flagging the onset of electrical activation of the ventricles. Additional derived data are ST-segment shifts, filling times, and respiratory cycle. Filling times may be used for greatly improved imaging in the presence of rhythm disturbances, such as atrial fibrillation. Respiratory cycle may be used as a respiratory trigger to control for the effects of breathing on the heart position and image quality.

An implantable medical electrical lead particularly for stimulation of the sacral nerves comprises a lead body extending between a distal end and a proximal end, and the distal end having at least one electrode of an electrode array extending longitudinally from the distal end toward the proximal end. The lead body at its proximal end may be coupled to a pulse generator, additional intermediate wiring, or other stimulation device. A fixation mechanism is formed on or integrally with the lead body proximal to the electrode array that is adapted to be implanted in and engage subcutaneous tissue, particularly muscle tissue, to inhibit axial movement of the lead body and dislodgement of the stimulation electrodes. The fixation mechanism comprises a M tine elements arrayed in a tine element array along a segment of the lead proximal to the stimulation electrode array. Each tine element comprises at least N flexible, pliant, tines, each tine having a tine width and thickness and extending through a tine length from an attached tine end to a free tine end. The attached tine end is attached to the lead body from a tine attachment site and supports the tine extending outwardly of the lead body and proximally toward the lead proximal end. The M×N tines are adapted to be folded inward against the lead body when fitted into and constrained by the lumen of an introducer such that the tine free ends of more distal tines of more distal tine elements are urged toward or alongside the attached tine ends of the adjacent more proximal tines of more proximal tine elements, and the folded tines do not overlap one another.

The disclosed embodiments relate to implementation, such as by a message processing system architecture, of a message handling system and/or protocol which mitigates optimistic messaging behavior. As used herein optimistic messaging behavior may at least refer to the transmission, in whole or in part, of a message, or of one or more messages of a sequence thereof, to a receiving system, such as the system implemented by the disclosed embodiments, prior to the sender determining that the message(s) is/are desired, alone or in conjunction with subsequently canceling or otherwise invalidating the message(s) once it has been determined that it is not desired. The disclosed embodiments mitigate such behavior by detecting and taking action with respect to these types of messages to deter optimizing behavior which may or may not be manipulative, while maintaining reliable message handling under increasing processing loads with minimal impact on users being able to send messages to the system.

A titanium-mesh umbrella for bone grafting used to combine with conventional implant and to hold bone graft in proper position during dental implant placement procedure, comprises: a titanium metal shank with one end as implant end and the other end having a pin hole at its center to form a mounting portion; a titanium-mesh with its surface having a plurality of screen meshes, wherein said titanium-mesh encircles an area with a diameter in horizontal direction and forms a projecting umbrella surface with a curvature in perpendicular direction, a rough surface being formed on said projecting umbrella surface, said umbrella type titanium-mesh being able to position quickly on the mounting portion of said metal shank to form an umbrella structure. Thus, the titanium metal umbrella can be positioned quickly during dental implant placement procedure, so that the guide tissue membrane can be securely attached, a space for bone graft growing can be maintained, and the operation duration can be shortened.

A system and method for placing a trade order for a tradable instrument on an electronic exchange. The method includes displaying a trade order dartboard on a client terminal where the dartboard displays a market depth of the tradable instrument comprising information representing trade orders at an inside market and outside of the inside market through a dynamic display of prices, bid and ask quantities for the tradable instrument. The method also includes displaying a selected-price display displaying a first price therein in response to detecting a first user action via the user input device, initiating placement of a trade order relating to the tradable instrument at the first price in response to detecting a second user action via the user input device, and setting a trade order price of the trade order based in part upon one of a plurality of preset parameters and the first price.

An apparatus and method for isolating a portion of a well bore and providing pressurized fluid thereto includes an upper packer, a lower packer, and a sliding sleeve between them. A seat is defined at the open bottom end of the lower sleeve and a sealing element is configured to seal the seat. A bias force urges the sliding sleeve toward a closed position. The apparatus moves along the bore and the lower packer is set at a desired location, and then an opening force is exerted on the tubing to move the sliding sleeve to the open position. After the lower packer is set and the sliding sleeve is open, the upper packer is set to isolate a portion of the well bore between the packers with the sliding sleeve in the open position to provide a flow path from the tubing string to the formation between the packers.

A pipette washer comprising a plurality of cells for receiving pipettes is disclosed. Each of the cells comprises a top opening for receiving pipettes to be washed and a bottom opening. A support member supports the cells with the top opening accessible to receive pipettes to be washed. A hose system is coupled to the bottom opening on the cells. A supply hose is connected to the hose system. Each of the cells is supported in the support member with an orientation extending transverse to the horizontal. Each of the support cells comprises a cell member having a top width and a bottom width. The width is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, each cell member is conical in shape. A housing contains and rechannels washing liquid while at the same time having an open front to allow for convenient access to the cells.

The invention relates to an automatic classifying and identifying method of a road line point cloud based on three-dimensional laser reflection strength. The automatic classifying and identifying method comprises the following operation steps of acquiring point cloud data by utilizing a laser scanner, and calculating an equation of a POS plane of each scanning circle according to the attitude and position information of a POS system in each scanning circle of the point cloud data; calculating included angles between the connecting lines of three-dimensional coordinate points and the centers of the POS planes and the POS planes in the scanning circles, comparing the included angles with an angle threshold, and primarily judging the points larger than the angle threshold as pavement points; recalculating the distances from the primarily judged pavement points to the POS planes, in which the points are located, of the scanning circles, taking the height H of the POS system during the mounting as a known value, comparing difference values between the calculated distance values and a height value H, and taking the points smaller than the threshold as the pavement points; counting the strength values of the secondarily judged pavement points, and judging the points with the strength values larger than the threshold value as the road lines. The automatic classifying and identifying method has the advantages of rapidness, high efficiency, repetition in checking and convenience in error detection.

Sample inspection apparatus, sample inspection method, and sample inspection system are offered which can give a stimulus to a sample held on a film when the sample is inspected by irradiating it with a primary beam (e.g., an electron beam or other charged-particle beam) via the film. The apparatus has the film, a vacuum chamber, primary beam irradiation column, signal detector, and a controller for controlling the operations of the beam irradiation column and signal detector. The sample is held on a first surface of the film opened to permit access to the film. The vacuum chamber reduces the pressure of the ambient in contact with a second surface of the film. The irradiation column irradiates the sample with the primary beam via the film from the second surface side. The detector detects a secondary signal produced from the sample in response to the irradiation.

A cam locking removable hitch assembly apparatus and system is described. The apparatus generally includes a hitch-ball shank in engagement with a shank sleeve that is in engagement with an outer sleeve. A nut is in threaded engagement with a lower portion of the hitch-ball shank securing the outer sleeve around the shank sleeve. Shank lugs, on a lower portion of the hitch-ball shank, engage with shear lugs internal to the shank sleeve when the hitch-ball shank is rotated with respect to the shank sleeve. Cam's on the upper portion of the hitch-ball shank engage with cam grooves on an upper portion of the shank sleeve, thereby locking the hitch-ball shank within the shank sleeve. The hitch assembly apparatus can be connected to a frame that is secured in a bed of a truck forming a cam locking removable hitch assembly system.

The invention relates to a method for establishing a bridge BIM model by adopting Dynamo software, which belongs to the technical field of BIM models and mainly comprises the following steps of processing a pile foundation coordinate table provided by a design unit to obtain relative coordinates; reading the pile foundation coordinate table by adopting Dynamo to establish a bridge route; placing abridge pile foundation, a bearing platform, a tie beam, a pier column, a cover beam and a support according to the relation between each pile number and the central pile number coordinate table; adjusting elevation parameters of each component according to the data in the bridge pier feature elevation list in the drawing; placing a box girder, a wet joint, bridge deck pavement and a guardrail, and adopting the Dynamo software to complete the modification of elevation parameters of the box girder, the wet joint, the bridge deck pavement and the guardrail; and rapidly obtaining and restoring the relative coordinates of the pile foundation in Revit into real coordinates, and conducting the error comparison on the real coordinates and pile foundation XY coordinates provided in a constructiondrawing. The method can effectively solve the problem that a traditional method cannot determine a bridge engineering route which is long in route and interrupted in the middle.

A supporting frame with locating function mainly includes a supporting portion and a plurality of connecting portions. The supporting portion is provided at a central area with a plurality of hollow spaces, and is connected at an upper side to a fan and at a lower side to a radiator. The supporting portion is provided on a rim area with fixing holes, via which fastening elements are extended to connect the supporting portion to the radiator. Each of the connecting portions includes an axially extended connecting hole, in which a locating mechanism is received. The connecting portion is connected at an upper side to the supporting portion, and at a lower side to a main board via screwing and elastic elements of the locating mechanism. With the supporting frame, the fan and the radiator can be quickly assembled to the main board.

The disclosed embodiments relate to implementation of a trading system, which may also be referred to as a trading system architecture, having improved performance which further assures transactional determinism under increasing processing transaction loads while providing improved trading opportunities, fault tolerance, low latency processing, high volume capacity, risk mitigation and market protections with minimal impact, as well as improved and equitable access to information and opportunities.