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.

A method and apparatus for removing of Varroa Mites from Honeybees as the Honeybee enter and exit the hive entrance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.