70results about How to "Reduce deformity" patented technology

A device and method of spine distraction is provided.

Systems and methods for surgical spinal correction are disclosed. A system including a plurality of bone screws, spinal rods, manipulators, and / or transverse couplers is disclosed for the manipulation of the spinal column is disclosed. A method of achieving, in a single action, manipulation and / or rotation of the spinal column using the disclosed system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of conducting spinal surgery to correct spinal deformities wherein spinal rods are pre-bent in a physiological sagittal plane prior to attachment of the vertebrae using bone screws.

The invention relates to the organic fertilizer field, in particular to tobacco powder biological organic fertilizer formula and production method thereof. The invention is characterized in that the formula includes the following components by parts by weight: 5-6 parts of tobacco powder, 0.5-1.5 parts of brown coal, 1.5-2.5 parts of live stock excrement and 1-2 parts of straw powder. The tobacco powder biological organic fertilizer is complete in nutrient elements and can regulate soil, activate micro organism liveness in soil, overcome soil hardening and improve soil air permeability; insect pest in soil can be effectively killed; stress resistance of crop is improved, stress reaction of crop is improved, and deformity is reduced; the organic fertilizer is safe and notoxic to human, live stock and environment; the organic fertilizer uses tobacco powder of cigarette factory and redrying factory and straw powder as main raw materials, solves the problems that tobacco powder of the cigarette factory and redrying factory is difficult to treat and secondary pollution is caused by direct burning of the tobacco powder and straw and is environmentally friendly.

Various surgical instruments for use in the treatment of vertebral body compression fractures, used respectively for: widening a working path; reducing deformity; inserting a filler; and impacting a filler are provided. A set of surgical instruments including these instruments makes it possible to treat collapsed vertebral bodies easily and reliably are provided. The set includes a guide rod 1 (an instrument for widening a working path), a vertical elevator 2 (an instrument for reducing deformity), a horizontal elevator 3 (an instrument for reducing deformity), an inserter 4 (an instrument for inserting a filler), and an impactor 5 (an instrument for impacting a filler). The guide rod 1 is used for widening a path 93 formed in a collapsed vertebral body 91. The vertical elevator 2 is used for returning the upper anterior portion of the collapsed vertebral body 91 to a substantially original shape. The horizontal elevator 3 is used for returning the upper middle portion of the collapsed vertebral body 91 to a substantially original shape. The inserter 4 is used for inserting a filler into the reduced vertebral body 91. The impactor 5 is used for increasing the density of the filler inserted into the reduced vertebral body 91.

The invention relates to a Bacillus amyloliquefaciense BA-KA3 and application thereof. The Bacillus amyloliquefaciense BA-KA3 is preserved in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on October 23, 2013, and has preservation No. CGMCC8342; its on tomato gray mold germs has obviously of antagonistic anti-role, on wheat scab bacteria. The Bacillus amyloliquefaciense BA-KA3 has obvious antagonistic effect on Fusarium graminearum, Rhizoctonia cerealis, Alternaria alternata, Phytophthora capsici, Colletotrichum capsici, Cercospora personata, Alternaria alternate and Garlic sclerotinia disease, and can significantly improve plant growth indexes such as germination rate, and budding rate and root length of seeds,and especially applies to preparation of agricultural preparations for control of tomato diseases due to Botrytiscinerea invasion and has certain growth promotion effect.

A method for manufacturing a memory device, which can be configured as a 3D NAND flash memory, and includes a plurality of stacks of conductive strips, including even stacks and odd stacks having sidewalls. Some of the conductive strips in the stacks are configured as word lines. Data storage structures are disposed on the sidewalls of the even and odd stacks. Active pillars between corresponding even and odd stacks of conductive strips include even and odd semiconductor films connected at the bottom of the trench between the stacks, and have outside surfaces and inside surfaces. The outside surfaces contact the data storage structures on the sidewalls of the corresponding even and odd stacks forming a 3D array of memory cells; the inside surfaces are separated by an insulating structure that can include a gap. The semiconductor films can be thin-films having a U-shaped current path.

Systems and methods for surgical spinal correction are disclosed. A system including a plurality of bone screws, spinal rods, manipulators, and / or transverse couplers is disclosed for the manipulation of the spinal column is disclosed. A method of achieving, in a single action, manipulation and / or rotation of the spinal column using the disclosed system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of conducting spinal surgery to correct spinal deformities wherein spinal rods are pre-bent in a physiological sagittal plane prior to attachment of the vertebrae using bone screws.

Disclosed is an ankle-foot orthosis that includes a boot and a pre-tibial shell. The boot includes an inner shell and outer shell between which are included padding and / or structural supports according to the needs of the patient to be treated. The pre-tibial shell likewise includes an interior layer and an exterior layer. Both the boot and the pre-tibial shell are custom molded to a casting made from an injured foot while taped in a non-weight-bearing position and corrected to a position of neutral pathology. Also disclosed is a method for constructing the disclosed ankle-foot orthosis.

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member used for spinal fixation, whereby spinal deformity can be corrected and mechanical stability of the spine is provided so that load is carried fully or partially through the structural member. This invention provides fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member through tensile loading of a component of the fixation mechanism. This invention is widely adaptable to a variety of bone anchors and structural members. This invention allows reduction of spine deformity resulting from varied spinal disease through the fixation mechanism alone without the need for added reduction instrumentation systems. This invention equally provides a fixation mechanism for fixation of a bone anchor to the structural member of a spine fixation system in the absence of deformity.

A method and system for patterning a substrate with reduced defectivity is described. Once a pattern is formed in a layer of radiation-sensitive material using lithographic techniques, the substrate is rinsed to remove residual developing solution and / or other material. Thereafter, a first chemical treatment is performed using a first chemical solution, and a second chemical treatment is performed using a second chemical solution, wherein the second chemical solution has a different chemical composition than the first chemical solution. In one embodiment, the first chemical solution is selected to reduce pattern collapse, and the second chemical solution is selected to reduce pattern deformity, such as line edge roughness (LER) and / or line width roughness (LWR).

Adaptations, apparatus and methods are disclosed for associating various utility tools with a nut driving tool. The adaptation of includes a receiver connectable to one side of the nut driving tool adjacent to a socket driver. A utility tool mounting body includes a base portion releasably engageable with the receiver and a station portion on the base portion releasably engageable with the selected utility tool. The utility tool of this invention includes a head having a mounting interface, the station portion releasably engageable with the mounting interface of the utility tool head. In one embodiment, the utility tool is reaction unit for engaging a nut or a fitting body. In other embodiments, utility tools for tube cutting, sawing, and / or bending, and / or grasping of adjacent fitting types or fitting sizes are provided.

Isolated nucleic acid-based vectors and lentivirus vectors, and methods of using those vectors to inhibit or prevent metabolic disorders in a mammal, are provided.

The present invention is a method and device for the correction and reduction of bone deformities, such as metatarsus primus adductus, using a plate body with winged buttresses and dorsal loop. The method and device can be affixed to a bone without any drilling or violating of the bone and can use a tethering technique which does not require drilling into the second metatarsal, nor does it require the placement of a prominent suture knot / button device medially along the first metatarsal.

The invention relates to a method for casing planting of Chinese yam. The method comprises the specific steps of preparation of seedlings, land selection and furrow excavation, splicing of a casing device and casing embedding, sowing, excavation of a drainage trench, daily management, and harvesting and storage. The method provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that timely and orderly seedling production after sowing of the Chinese yam can be ensured; growth malformation of the Chinese yam can be avoided; tubers can be formed in an oriented manner; the planting and harvesting become easy and effort-saving; the row spacing and the tuber formation are uniform and consistent, so that the goals of cost-saving, economic and efficient planting of the Chinese yam can be achieved.

A method capable of promoting stripped shellfish eggs to be mature in vitro is characterized by first stripping off mature shellfish to obtain eggs and sperm, filtering and washing the eggs after stripping, then washing the eggs after being treated by ammonia water at a concentration of 0.005-0.01% for 10-15min and then by 5-hydroxytryptamine at a concentration of 0.001-0.002M for 30-45min, finishing artificial fertilization after combination of the eggs and sperm, which are promoted to be mature in vitro and enabling fertilized eggs to hatch and grow to normal D-type larvae. The shellfish is abalone, bloody clams, sinonovacula constricta, clams, pearl shells or mussels. In the method, the complementary actions of the ammonia water and 5-hydroxytryptamine are adopted, therefore, the respective side effects of the ammonia water and 5-hydroxytryptamine are reduced, the fertilization rate and hatchability are improved and the deformity is less. The method is simple in operation and can be applied to seedling production.

A biologic intramedullary fixation device for treating a bone fracture includes an internal tubular wall formed of a bioabsorbable synthetic material; and an outer wall coupled with and surrounding the internal tubular wall with an annular space therebetween. The outer wall is at least partially fenestrated and is formed of the bioabsorbable synthetic material. A biologically replaceable cement material is injectable into the annular space between the internal tubular wall and the outer wall.

Embodiments of the invention include a method and apparatus for manufacturing optical fiber. The optical fiber manufacturing method includes providing an optical fiber preform from which to draw optical fiber, rotating the optical fiber preform about its longitudinal axis as the preform is being passed through the heating zone of a draw furnace, and drawing optical fiber from the rotating preform. Rotating the optical fiber preform in a relatively moderate, controlled manner improves the uniformity of the optical fiber preform geometry as optical fiber is being drawn therefrom, which, in turn, reduces transmission loss and splicing loss in the drawn optical fiber. Rotation of the optical fiber preform is constant or variable, and occurs in one or both directions. Embodiments of the invention also include a method for manufacturing optical fiber in which the preform is rotated as it passes through the furnace and a spin is imparted on optical fiber drawn from the rotated preform. Embodiments of the invention improve overall optical fiber geometry by reducing optical fiber geometric deformities, PMD and their associated optical fiber transmission loss.

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member used for spinal fixation, whereby spinal deformity can be corrected and mechanical stability of the spine is provided so that load is carried fully or partially through the structural member. This invention provides fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member through tensile loading of a component of the fixation mechanism. This invention is widely adaptable to a variety of bone anchors and structural members. This invention allows reduction of spine deformity resulting from varied spinal disease through the fixation mechanism alone without the need for added reduction instrumentation systems. This invention equally provides a fixation mechanism for fixation of a bone anchor to the structural member of a spine fixation system in the absence of deformity.

The invention discloses a micropterus salmoides fry micro-particle feed and a preparation method thereof. The feed comprises the following raw material components in 1000kg: 290kg-370kg of euphausia superba powder, 130kg-170kg of egg white powder, 110kg-130kg of whitefish powder, 20kg-40kg of tenebrio molitor powder, 140kg of alpha-starch, 100kg of soybean protein concentrate, 50kg of vital gluten, 30kg of fish oil, 20kg of phospholipid oil, 15kg of calcium dihydrogen phosphate, 5.0kg of fish microelements, 2.5kg of choline, 2.0kg of glycine betaine, 1.2kg of bentonite, 1.0kg of fish multi-vitamin, 1.0kg of a mildew preventive, 1.0kg of vitamin C, 0.5kg of carnitine, 0.5kg of an antioxidant and 0.3kg of inositol. The feed has the advantages of low cost, stable yield and quality, and high survival rate of fries and low fry malformation rate, and can completely replace natural biological bait.

The present invention is a method and device for the correction and reduction of bone deformities, such as metatarsus primus adductus, using a plate body with winged buttresses and dorsal loop. The method and device can be affixed to a bone without any drilling or violating of the bone and can use a tethering technique which does not require drilling into the second metatarsal, nor does it require the placement of a prominent suture knot / button device medially along the first metatarsal.

The invention discloses an industrial bottle-cultivation white needle mushroom culture medium and a preparation method thereof. The sources of the raw materials of the culture medium are abundant, and the culture medium has low cost, is reasonable in proportioning, and is favorable for the growth of needle mushrooms. The culture medium comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 42 to 48 percent of corncob, 13 to 17 percent of rice bran, 18 to 22 percent of aspen wood saw dust, 6 to 8 percent of red-skin winter wheat bran, 2.5 to 3.5 percent of corn flour, 2.5 to 3.5 percent of bagasse, 1.5 to 2.5 percent of liquoric root dregs and 4 to 6 percent of gypsum. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: crushing the raw materials of the needle mushroom culture medium into granules; mixing the corncob, the aspen wood saw dust and the bagasse according to the ratio, performing primary stirring for 15 minutes, and adding water gradually; adding other raw materials according to the ratio, performing secondary stirring for 30 minutes, and adding the water gradually; and testing moisture content by using a moisture tester until the moisture content is between 62.5 and 64 percent.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for fabricating a patterned thin film layer within a flat panel display that employs a soft mold and heat treatment in place of a photolithographic process. The disclosed method may reduce process time as well as substantially minimize pattern deformities. A method of fabricating a thin film, a method and apparatus of fabricating a flat panel display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of forming a thin film on a substrate; coating an etch-resist solution including solvent over a substrate where the thin film has been formed; aligning a soft mold on the substrate provided with the etch-resist solution; forming a patterned etch-resist layer on the thin film by forming the etch-resist solution through a first heat treatment below the vaporization temperature of the solvent while pressure is applied to the soft mold on the etch-resist solvent; separating the soft mold from the patterned etch-resist layer; solidifying the patterned etch-resist layer through a second heat treatment; and etching the thin film by using the patterned etch-resist layer as a mask.

The invention relates to a feed additive premix for preventing and controlling the snakehead deformity, and belongs to the technical field of feed. The feed additive premix comprises compound vitamins and compound trace elements; raw materials are stable in source, the nutrition is comprehensive, and the requirements on the vitamins and the mineral nutrition for high-density cultivation of raw fish (snakehead) in the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can be met; the feed additive premix is safe and efficient after being used for a long time, has no toxic and side effects, can reduce the cultivation death rate of the raw fish (snakehead) in the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang remarkably, and reduces the deformity greatly, the cultivated snakeheads are high in survival rate, high in growth speed and low in deformity, and the economic benefits are remarkable.

A method for single-stage cranioplasty reconstruction includes prefabricating a clear craniofacial implant, creating a cranial, craniofacial, and / or facial defect, positioning the clear craniofacial implant over the cranial, craniofacial, and / or facial defect, tracing cut lines on the clear craniofacial implant as it lies over the cranial, craniofacial, and / or facial defect, cutting the prefabricated clear custom craniofacial implant along the hand-marked lines for optimal fit of the clear implant within the cranial, craniofacial, and / or facial defect, and attaching the final clear craniofacial implant to the cranial, craniofacial, and / or facial defect with standard fixation methods of today.

The invention discloses an anatomical ankle prosthesis with a fixing pad. The anatomical ankle prosthesis comprises a tibia side component, the fixing pad and a talus side component and is characterized in that the top end of the tibia side component is provided with an upper supporting surface, four projection first dowels are fixedly arranged at four corners of the upper supporting surface respectively, and the middle of the tibia side component is fixedly connected to the bottom middle of an amputated tibia far end through a recess screw. The anatomical ankle prosthesis has advantages that the middle of the tibia side component is fixedly connected to a talus far end through the recess screw while the upper supporting surface are fixedly connected with the tibia far end through the four first dowels respectively, the four first dowels are in isosceles trapezoidal arrangement, stability in connection between the tibia side component and the amputated tibia far end is achieved, a lower slide surface at the bottom end of the fixing pad is in slide connection with an upper slide surface at the top end of the talus side component, and the upper supporting surface, the lower slide surface and the upper slide surface are all arc and matched with an articular surface of the tibia far end in radian to make the prosthesis better accord with a real human ankle structure.

Described herein are methods and devices for the correction and reduction of bone deformities, such as metatarsus primus adductus, using a tethering technique which does not require drilling into the stable bone. In some embodiments, a bone plate has an elongate plate body and wings extending laterally from the plate body. The wings may be configured to generally follow the circumferential contours of the bone when placed on the bone in use. The bone plate can further include means for positioning cerclage material on the bone plate such that the cerclage material extends circumferentially over the wings rather than on the bone, thereby reducing the total contact area between the cerclage material and the bone.

The invention relates to a complex breeding method for improving a growth trait of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. The complex breeding method includes the following steps: acquiring high-quality Pelteobagrus fulvidraco and Pelteobagrus vachelli parent library through second generation group breeding; using microsatellite markers to detect Pelteobagrus fulvidraco and Pelteobagrus vachelli parents, selecting parent individuals having the genetic similarity of above 90% as a reproduction group; using female Pelteobagrus fulvidraco as female parents and male Pelteobagrus vachelli as male parents to perform hybrid breeding; and acquiring hybrid Pelteobagrus fulvidraco having the growth speed above 20% faster than common Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, wherein the hybrid Pelteobagrus fulvidraco has both excellent traits of dual parents, an attracting color ( female parents) and fast growth speed ( male parents). The complex breeding method can acquire improved hybrid Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, and has important significance for increasing the unit yield, the breeding benefits, and serving production practice.