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An implant is generated which is functionally and aesthetically adapted to the patient with a greater degree of precision, irrespective of the size, form and complexity of the defect, whereby the implant can be produced and operatively inserted into the patient over a short time period and in a simple manner. A virtual three-dimensional model of the patient which is formed from existing recorded (two-dimensional) image data of the patient is compared with real medical reference data. The comparison which is, for example, carried out using a data bank with test person data enables a reference model object which is most suited to the patient or closest to the patient model to be selected or formed and a virtual implant model is generated accordingly. Computer numeric control data is directly generated from the implant model which is generated virtually in the computer for program-assisted production of the implant.

A system and method to image an imaged subject is provided. The system comprises a controller, and an imaging system including an imaging probe in communication with the controller. The imaging probe acquires image data with movement through the imaged subject. The system also includes an ablation catheter including a marker having a unique identifier to be detected in the acquired image data, and a tracking system having one of a plurality of tracking elements located at the imaging probe and at least another tracking element located at the ablation catheter. A display illustrates the image data acquired with the imaging probe in combination with a graphic representation of an imaging plane vector representative of a general direction of a field of view (FOV) of image acquisition of the imaging probe in spatial relation to a graphic representation of the identifier and the location of the ablation catheter.

A system and method to display a four-dimensional (4D) model of an imaged anatomy is provided. The system comprises a controller, and an imaging system including an imaging probe in communication with the controller. The imaging probe can acquire generally real-time, 3D image data relative to a direction of image acquisition along an imaging plane. The system also includes a tracking system in communication with the controller. The tracking system includes at least one tracking element integrated with the imaging probe. The system is operable to process the generally real-time, 3D image data acquired by the imaging probe relative to generally real-time tracking information acquired by the tracking system so as to display the 4D model of the imaged anatomy.

An apparatus and method for treating and reusing the wastewater discharged from agricultural animal farms. The apparatus and method of the present invention is designed to be a zero discharge system in which no wastewater will be discharged or spray irrigated. The wastewater effluent is first passed through a mechanical screen were bulk solids are separated and partially de-watered. The screened effluent is then directed to a primary plastic-lined earthen lagoon where it undergoes aerobic digestion utilizing specially selected bacteria. After treatment in the primary lagoon, the wastewater effluent is used to wash the floors of the hog houses or undergoes a purification phase including solids separation / denitrification, filtration and sterilization. The solids separation / denitrification phase (clarification) preferably takes place in an anoxic environment in preferably above-ground tanks where suspended solids removal will occur as well as denitrification for nitrate reduction. The clarification process may be facilitated through use of polymer addition. The majority of solids will be sent to a plurality of drying beds for de-watering and subsequent removal.

A method and apparatus for making a size measurement within an intervertebral space by placing an expandable and contractible device into the intervertebral space, expanding the device, measuring a size characteristic of the space, contracting the device and then removing it. The measurement may be accomplished by an external x-ray or other imaging device imaging the expanded device in situ or by mechanically operated devices. An expansion and contraction mechanism such as fluid containing bladder or mechanically shifted members expands the device which later contracts in a controlled manner to the contracted size. An apparatus and method is provided for the measuring of the intervertebral space at a controlled distraction force. The apparatus includes an expandable device for providing a measurement within the intervertebral space and facilitating the measurement of the angulations of the lordotic curve of the intervertebral space.

The present invention provides an air-permeable filtration media that includes an air-permeable backing and an adsorbent. The adsorbent is at least partially embedded in the air-permeable backing. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing an air-permeable filtration media. The present invention also provides a method of substantially removing contaminants form air, employing the air-permeable filtration media.

An embodiment of an imaging system of an imaged subject is provided. The imaging system comprises a controller, and an imaging system and a display in communication with the controller. The imaging system can include an imaging probe having a marker representative of a unique identifier. The display can be illustrative of the imaged data acquired with the imaging probe in combination with a graphic representation of an imaging plane vector representative of a general direction of a field of view (FOV) of image acquisition of the imaging probe traveling through the imaged subject.

A system and method to image an imaged subject is provided. The system comprises an ultrasound imaging system including an imaging probe operable to move internally and acquire ultrasound image data of the imaged subject, a fluoroscopic imaging system operable to acquire fluoroscopic image data of the imaged subject during image acquisition by the ultrasound imaging system, and a controller in communication with the ultrasound imaging system and the fluoroscopic imaging system. A display can be illustrative of the ultrasound image data acquired with the imaging probe in combination with a fluoroscopic imaging data acquired by the fluoroscopic imaging system.

A medical device placement and monitoring system is provided that includes numerous circuits that can be used alone or in combination. The circuits include a feedback initiator, a feedback receiver, and a clinician notifying device. By various means in the provided circuits, the feedback initiator provides information about the location of a radio frequency identification tag secured to a medical device inserted within a patient. This information or data is received and analyzed by the feedback receiver that monitors the circuit, which then transmits an output to the clinician notifying device to alert or advise the attending clinician of this information. The data that is output supplies information about the location of the radio frequency identification tag to the clinician, thereby assisting the clinician in placement of a variety of medical devices including nasogastric or endotracheal tubes, as well as in monitoring proper device placement after initial insertion.

Methods and systems for estimating fetal weight at birth and risk of macrosomia are disclosed. Information regarding maternal characteristics and ultrasound measurements are obtained for the fetus. A computer program selects the most accurate equation from a hierarchy of birth weight / risk of macrosomia estimation equations based on the available information. Program outputs include estimated birth weight, risk of macrosomia, and confidence intervals.

The disclosure is directed to a system and method for monitoring ICP within a patient on a continuous or periodic basis over an extended period of time. In some situations, a care-giver may want to record ICP measurements over a longer period of time to obtain trend data. A system for monitoring ICP includes a shroud-like, inductive power transmitted element designed to surround at least a substantial portion of a patient's head and power an implanted ICP monitor. The shroud-like element may be a table-mounted device that arcs over the width of the table or bed, providing room for the patient's head.

Surgical appliance kit and system for releasably securing a surgical appliance to a surgical field and method of assembling the surgical appliance kit. The surgical appliance kit and system comprises a surgical tray having the surgical appliance and a plurality of hook-and-loop attachment members disposed thereon. A cover is attached to the surgical tray and covers the surgical appliance and the plurality of attachment members. In use, a “hook” attachment member is adhesively attached to the surgical appliance and a “loop” attachment member is adhesively attached to the surgical field. The hook attachment member is placed into engagement with the loop attachment member. In this manner, the surgical appliance is releasably secured to the surgical field, so that the surgical appliance will not inadvertently fall from the surgical field.

The invention provides a broad spectrum heavy metal activity deactivator preparation method. The present invention relates to a soil conditioning agent preparation method, which comprises the following steps: (A) taking humic acid-rich peat, digest compost or a forest soil humus layer, and carrying out screening to provide a spare use; (B) adding the humic acid-rich material to HCl or HNO3 to soak, and stirring 2-3 times; (C) filtering the soaked material with a bamboo drying pad, washing 2-3 times with clear water, and carrying out air drying to a moisture content of less than 5%; (D) sequentially adding ZnSO4.7H2O, sodium silicate and sodium selenite to the material obtained from the step (C), carrying out aging on the mixed material for 2-3 days and uniformly mixing; and (E) adding limestone powder to the material obtained from the step (D), and completely and uniformly mixing to prepare the broad spectrum heavy metal deactivator. With the combination inhibitor prepared by the preparation method, activities of soil heavy metals can be significantly inactivated, the heavy metals can be inhibited from entering the food chain, and risks on human health by the heavy metals can be reduced.

The present invention is a drone for spraying liquid such as pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, plant defoliators, and fertilizers over field crop. The drone comprises: a frame with a slender rigid beam in the middle and two base structures at the two ends, a rigid tube with an array of nozzles on elongated stems and the rigid tube is suspended below the beam structure with retractable wires, at least three propellers on motors with arms that are rotatably mounted to each of the two base structures of the frame, a power source positioned in one of the bases, at least one distance detector for measuring height of the drone above the ground, an antenna for sending and receiving communication signals, an electronic control system to operate motors and sensors, a container for a liquid material with a caped opening for refilling and an air pump to maintain a positive pressure in the container and electronic valve to allow liquid in the container under pressure to be released through a transfer line to be sprayed from the nozzles, and a remote controller for operating the drone. The invention provides a specialized drone that is able to spray liquid solutions over a wide strip of the field at a height close to crop canopy to achieve high efficiency and precision and reduced drift of sprays while the drone flies at a relatively high above the crop canopy for safe operation and avoid damage to crop by air turbulence.

A multi-port valve device with a dual directional strainer is disclosed herein. The disclosed valve device generally comprises a body including a cylindrical wall, the body having a front face, a rear face, a top face, and a bottom face; a first arm including a cylindrical wall, wherein the first arm is attached to the rear face of the body and extends perpendicularly from the rear face of the body; a second arm including a substantially cylindrical wall, wherein the second arm is attached to the bottom face of the body and extends obliquely from the bottom face of the body; a fluid passageway extending through the cylindrical walls of the first arm and the body; and a strainer member at least partially disposed within the second arm, the strainer member being arranged and configured to strain fluids flowing through the fluid passageway from the first arm through the strainer member and into the body in a first direction and to strain fluids flowing from the first arm through the strainer member and into the body in a second direction, the second direction being opposite of the first direction. The disclosed valve device may be utilized to fluidly connect a tank to an injection pump and to a gauge.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instrument cleaning, and discloses a medical instrument cleaning, disinfecting and drying integrated device. The medical instrument cleaning, disinfecting and drying integrated device is characterized in that an electric push rod is arranged on the top of the outer side of a box, a push rod head of the electric push rod extends into the box to be fixedly connected with a cleaning frame, the bottom of the box is provided with an ultrasonic transducer, a first control valve and a second control valve are both solenoid valves, the top of the box is provided with a dryer and an exhaust vent, and the inner side of the top of the box is provided with a plurality of ultraviolet disinfection lamps; and a power module, a controller and a control panel are further included, and the electric push rod, the first control valve, the second control valve, the ultrasonic transducer, the dryer and the multiple ultraviolet disinfection lamps are connected with the controller through the control panel. By means of the medical instrument cleaning, disinfecting and drying integrated device, the workload of cleaning personnel is greatly saved, safety hazards and health hazards are reduced, the cleaning effect is good, and the therapeutic effect of medical instruments is ensured.

The invention discloses a CT or PET-CT system and a positioning method for conducting scanning through the CT or PET-CT system. The CT or PET-CT system comprises an imaging device and a picture processing device. A patient can not suffer X-ray radiation when positioning is conducted through the CT or PET-CT system, and potential health hazards of the patient are reduced. In addition, in a positioning method for conducting scanning through an existing CT or PET-CT system, an examining table is usually required to move for a quite long time, the examining table scans the patient in the moving process to obtain locating plates, and subsequent examining can be further scheduled only according to the locating plates, and the positioning method mainly includes the steps of obtaining scanning a starting position parameter of the examining table and a scanning stopping position parameter of the examining table. However, by means of the positioning method for conducting scanning through the existing CT or PET-CT system, positioning time is too long. The examining table is kept still when positioning is conducted through the CT or PET-CT system, the scanning starting position of the examining table and the scanning stopping position of the examining table can be known by taking pictures, measuring the electronic pictures and conducting calculation, and positioning time is shortened.

An alkyl- or halo-substituted benzoquinone, hydroquinone or mixture thereof, for use in the treatment of a periodontal disease, and / or for use in the treatment of a condition which is caused by, transmitted by or exacerbated by P. gingivalis or by biofilm formation by P. gingivalis.

A system for a nail manipulation, such as producing an object onto the nail, comprises a shape information providing means, object or design providing means, manipulation means and controlling means. The shape information providing means typically scans the shape and / or position of the nail for providing first controlling data. The object providing means typically provides object data related to the object to be produced for providing second controlling data. The manipulation means is e.g. a 3D printer or dispensing means, which produces the object onto the nail. The controlling means is used for controlling the operation of the manipulation means based on the first and second controlling data in order to produce said desired object onto the nail to be manipulated.

The invention relates to a multi-layer-color denture and base integrated carving block as well as manufacturing and use methods thereof. The carving block comprises two resin layers with a lower base layer and an upper denture layer. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: performing color matching on the base layer and the denture layer, performing injection molding, and trimming and forming. According to the method, a user can be freed from a heavy and harmful conventional denture base manufacturing process, and a layer-rich denture and base integrated product conforming to a natural tooth form can be manufactured at the same time in a one-time manufacturing process through a CAD / CAM (computer-aided design / computer-aided manufacturing) technology in the existing dental industry.

A method for using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic fertilizer to reduce residue of lead and cadmium in tobacco includes: preparing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculant, culturing mycorrhizal tobacco seedlings, and transplanting and managing the mycorrhizal seedlings. Tests show that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and cow dung added to soil coordinate to promote plant growth, increase phosphorus content of vegetation, lower poison and pollution of tobacco by lead and cadmium and promote tobacco growth, thereby reducing the residue of lead and cadmium in the tobacco.

A system and method for handling poultry comprising a harvesting system, a loading system, a transport system, an unloading and storing system, a stunning system, and a singulate and hanging system. The system and method performs the steps of harvesting live poultry into stackable transport trays, stacking and loading the trays on a transport, unloading and temporarily storing the poultry for subsequent stunning and hanging. The stackable transport trays are well vented and easier for handling poultry.

A colony basket and method of using the same for handling poultry from DOC through the growing process and on to a production facility comprising a harvesting system, a loading system, a transport system, an unloading and storing system, hanging system and cleaning system. The system and method performs the steps of harvesting and colonizing live poultry into a singly stackable and transportable colony basket, stacking and loading the trays on a transport, unloading and temporarily storing the poultry for subsequent processing. The system and method further includes the use of a modular colony basket for interchangeable use with the described system.

The invention discloses an indoor air quality regulating and controlling system and method based on personnel location detection. The system comprises a data collection system, a computer system and an indoor environment regulating and controlling system. The data collection system comprises a personnel counter, an infrared array sensor and an air quality sensor module. The indoor environment regulating and controlling system comprises an indoor integrated main ventilation purifying system and a local regional space ventilation purifying system. The indoor integrated main ventilation purifyingsystem performs indoor integrated ventilation purifying according to the total number, transmitted to the computer system, of indoor persons. The local regional space ventilation purifying system determines whether the local regional space ventilation purifying system is started or not according to data which are transmitted to the computer system by the infrared array sensor and the air qualitysensor module. By means of the regulating and controlling system, the concentration of indoor environment pollutants and the running energy consumption can be controlled more reasonably, the whole airquality operation level can be improved, the risks to health of human bodies and the loss of working efficiency are reduced, and building energy saving is facilitated.

Relating to the field of fire-fighting equipment, the invention provides a median-multiple fire-fighting foam monitor, which mainly solves the defects existing in single-multiple and median-multiple fire-fighting foam monitors. The median-multiple fire-fighting foam monitor includes a connecting pedestal, launch foam barrels and a pipeline barrel frame connecting the connecting pedestal and the launch foam barrels. The connecting pedestal, the pipeline barrel frame and the launch foam barrels are equipped with a mixed solution channel communicated with a mixed foam solution. The launch foam barrels include barrel bodies and nozzles disposed at front ports of the barrel bodies. The foam monitor is characterized in that there exist multiple launch foam barrels, which are fixed on the pipeline barrel frame in a vertical direction and have the same launch direction. Specifically, a low multiple launch foam barrel is positioned below, and launch foam barrels higher than the low multiple launch foam barrel are positioned above. The mixed solution pipeline in the pipeline barrel frame is communicated with the nozzles of all launch foam barrels, and each nozzle is respectively located in the front port of a corresponding barrel body. Compared with traditional low multiple foam extinguishing systems, the fire extinguishing efficiency is improved; compared with traditional high multiple foam extinguishing systems, the launch range is increased.

Compositions are disclosed which have as a component thereof an inhibitor of the enzymatic production of 3-deoxyglucosone (3DG) from fructoselysine and / or an inactivator of 3DG, and which are useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of a condition or disease state that is alleviated by inhibiting such 3DG production. Methods of using such compositions, e.g., for improving the appearance, texture and / or elasticity of aging skin, are also disclosed.

The invention provides a notebook computer movable bracket device, comprising an upper panel, a lower panel, a soleplate, a driving mechanism and a control mechanism; the upper panel is movably connected with the lower panel; the driving mechanism is arranged on the soleplate; the control mechanism is connected with the driving mechanism; the control mechanism is used for controlling the driving mechanism; the notebook computer movable bracket can control the rotation of each motor by the control mechanism and the driving mechanism according to the preset motion mode data, thus leading the movable bracket to motion according to corresponding modes and driving the notebook computer to motion; therefore, the computer user is forced to passively adjust the usage gesture unconsciously, thus reducing the healthy hidden trouble when people use the computer for a long time.