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Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for repairing soft tissue. The surgical system allows for the creation of tissue repair by grasping, aligning and sewing or fixing tissue. For example, this system may be used for clipping together excessive capsular tissue and reducing the overall capsular volume. The deployment device includes a central grasping mechanism and an outer clip delivery system. The clip embodiments may be single or multi-component (penetration and locking base components) that penetrate tissue layers and deploy or lock to clip the tissue together. An example of the system is used to reduce the joint capsule tissue laxity and reduces the potential for subluxation or dislocation of the joint by either restricting inferior laxity (anterior or posterior) and resolving or eliminating pathologic anterior or posterior translation.

A kit (400) for use in performing joint arthroplasty is provided. The kit (400) includes a trial (12) and a reamer (2). The reamer (2) is for preparing a cavity (4) in the intramedullary canal (8) of a long bone (8) with the use of a driver (10) and to assist in performing a trial reduction. The reamer (2) includes a first portion (14) for placement at least partially in the cavity (4) of the long bone (8) and a second portion (16) operably connected to the first portion (14). The reamer (2) is removably connected to the driver (10) to rotate the reamer (2). The trial (12) is removably attachable to the reamer (2).

A graft fixation device for fixing a ligament graft to a bone, the device comprising locating means for locating the device in the bone and graft support means arranged to support the graft, wherein the graft support means is adjustable to provide adjustment of the position of the graft relative to the bone.

An arm assembly includes an outer stem (52) and an inner stem (50) slidable in the outer stem and including a number of recesses (107) along its length. A biased locking device (117) engages one or more of the recesses (107) to lock the position of the inner stem (50) relative to the outer stem (52). A release member (103) operably connected to an actuator (101) has a number of recesses (110) and raised surfaces (112), the release member (103) slidable relative to the inner stem (50) between a first position in which recess(es) (110) in the release member is / are aligned with recess(es) (107) of the inner stem and the locking device (117) engages recess(es) in the stem (50) to inhibit movement thereof relative to the outer stem, and a second position in which raised surface(s) (112) of the release member align(s) with recess(es) (107) of the stem (50) to disengage the locking device from the recess(es) of the stem.

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for repairing soft tissue. The surgical system allows for the creation of tissue repair by grasping, aligning and sewing or fixing tissue. For example, this system may be used for clipping together excessive capsular tissue and reducing the overall capsular volume. The deployment device includes a central grasping mechanism and an outer clip delivery system. The clip embodiments may be single or multi-component (penetration and locking base components) that penetrate tissue layers and deploy or lock to clip the tissue together. An example of the system is used to reduce the joint capsule tissue laxity and reduces the potential for subluxation or dislocation of the joint by either restricting inferior laxity (anterior or posterior) and resolving or eliminating pathologic anterior or posterior translation.

A cable drawn from a lower arm of a robot into a first upper arm part of an upper arm is further drawn out to an exterior space of the robot through a first hole of a second upper arm part. The cable is drawn in contact with a sidewall part of the second upper arm part, and is disposed in a wrist arrangement portion through a second hole. A slack part is formed taking account of a length of the cable pulled by a wrist when the wrist pivots in the wrist arrangement portion, and the cable is drawn to a tool through a through hole of the wrist.

The invention provides an anti-aging co-transport nano lipid vesicle and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of functional cosmetics. The anti-aging co-transport nano lipid vesicle comprises the following components in parts by weight: 0.02-32 parts of an anti-aging active component, 11.1-65 parts of a nano lipid vesicle, and 3-88 parts of water, wherein the nano lipid vesicle comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 5.0-20.0 parts of a nonionic surfactant, 5.0-30.0 parts of water-soluble alcohol, 1.0-10.0 parts of compound phosphatide, and 0.1-5.0 parts of cholesterol; and the anti-aging active component includes a water insoluble anti-aging component and / or a water soluble anti-aging component. According to the preparation method, the anti-aging active components are loaded in the same nano lipid vesicle, so that transdermal co-transport of multi-target-point anti-aging active components of various anti-aging mechanisms can be realized; and synergistic interaction is realized, and thus the anti-aging effect is improved.

The invention discloses a crosslinked polyethylene cable insulating material with a water treeing resisting function and a preparation method of the material. The crosslinked polyethylene cable insulating material is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 80-97 parts of low-density polyethylene, 3-20 parts of a water treeing resisting modifier, 1-2 parts of a crosslinking agent, 0-0.5 part of a crosslinking assistant, 0.2-0.8 part of an antioxidant and 0-0.5 part of a rheology modifier. The water treeing resisting modifier is prepared from nano silicate, a surface modifier, a polymeric compatibilizer and polyethylene. Compared with the prior art, the crosslinked polyethylene cable insulating material has the characteristics that the polyethylene, the polymeric compatibilizer and the nano silicate are melted and blended to obtain an intercalated composite material; successful intercalation of the polyethylene between nano silicate layers is ensured by an organic surface treatment agent; carbonyl on a compatibilizer molecule chain is combined with hydroxyl between the silicate layers by a hydrogen bond, and then entangled with a polymer matrix molecule chain, so that the interfacial interaction between the polymer and layered silicate is improved, and the composite material has excellent water-resistant tree performance due to the barrier property of the nano silicate layers.

An arm assembly includes an outer stem (52) and an inner stem (50) slidable in the outer stem and including a number of recesses (107) along its length. A biased locking device (117) engages one or more of the recesses (107) to lock the position of the inner stem (50) relative to the outer stem (52). A release member (103) operably connected to an actuator (101) has a number of recesses (110) and raised surfaces (112), the release member (103) slidable relative to the inner stem (50) between a first position in which recess(es) (110) in the release member is / are aligned with recess(es) (107) of the inner stem and the locking device (117) engages recess(es) in the stem (50) to inhibit movement thereof relative to the outer stem, and a second position in which raised surface(s) (112) of the release member align(s) with recess(es) (107) of the stem (50) to disengage the locking device from the recess(es) of the stem.

The invention discloses a production process of rebar for concrete. The production process comprises the following steps of: removing scales on a hot rolling steel wire rod; straightening the hot rolling steel wire rod after forming with die drawing or roller die drawing, or directly straightening the hot rolling steel wire rod without drawing; leading the hot rolling steel wire rod to continuously pass through a heating ring and a cooling water ring by a high-medium frequency induction furnace; heating the rebar to Ac1 above so as to carry out austenization; quenching and cooling the rebar by spraying water; executing drawing temper, and applying tension on the rebar when tempering; and cooling the rebar by spraying water to obtain the rebar for the concrete.

The invention belongs to the technical field of concrete electric poles, in particular to a partially prestressed concrete electric pole and a preparation method thereof. The partially prestressed concrete electric pole is formed by casting concrete on an electric pole frame which comprises a spiral reinforcement, reinforcing steel bars and an erect ring, wherein reinforcing steel bars comprise prestressed reinforcing steel bars and non-prestressed reinforcing steel bars which are alternately distributed on the circumference. The invention adopts two kinds of reinforcing steel bars to be circularly, uniformly and alternately crossed and matched, improves the tensile strength and the crack resistance of the partially prestressed concrete electric pole, prolongs the service life of the electric pole, has low manufacture cost and is particularly suitable for line modification of counties and cities.

A small form-factor pluggable (SFP) connector structure is disclosed. The SFP connector structure comprises an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, and a metal cover. Two card entry slots are formed vertically on the insulating body. Dovetail structures are formed on the sides of the insulating body. The first and second terminals are disposed on the insulating body and extend into the card entry slots. The metal cover is over the insulating body. Thus, the SFP connectors can be connected in parallel without tolerance variation, hence achieving better alignment. A SFP connector assembly is also disclosed.

A bed guard assembly includes one or more side panels, an end panel coupled to the one or more side panels, and stabilizers for placement beneath a mattress, coupled to the one or more side panels. Each side panel includes a rigid outer side frame and fabric material attached to the rigid outer side frame. The end panel includes a rigid outer end frame and fabric material attached to the rigid outer end frame. Each side panel and / or the end panel can also include a substantially horizontal rigid member spanning an interior of the outer side frame.

A composite extended-sleeve protective glove is disclosed for multipurpose use in healthcare, industry, academic institutions, veterinary care, farm, and home for applications in which to protect the user's hand and arm from a variety of liquid exposures during washing, cleaning, material application, and other hand-arm exposure situations that may contain biological, chemical, or radiological agents. A glove of similar or dissimilar material to that of the sleeve is sealed to a fabricated, tapered tubular constructed sleeve with an elastic (or cinched) turndown cuff on the distal end from glove to protect the wearer from fluid exposure to the hand and from fugitive exposure to the upper arm. The protective glove is sealed fluid-tight to the sleeve by a hot-melt adhesive.

A making process of prestress aluminium enwraping steel strand includes: surface treating the rod bundle by the conventional method of acid pickling, boronising and drying, then drawing to the steel wire with required specification by the drawbench, making the steel wire to a certain intensity, the steel wire enters into continuous extruding cladding machine after cleaning, drying and preheating; at the same time, the electric aluminium bar or aluminium alloy bar being cleaned, dried and straightened enters from the other end of cladding machine, the continuous extruding cladding machine extrudes aluminium enwraping on the outer surface of the steel wire, and closing wire after cooling and drying; stranding the aluminium enwraping steel wire to the steel strand, heating by intermediate frequency furnace and processing stably to form the prestress aluminium enwraping steel strand at last. The prestress aluminium enwraping steel strand of the invention has characteristics of high strength and underrelaxation, also greatly improving unattached property of the strand and prolonging useful life of the product because of compositing a layer of unattacked aluminium with high purity on the surface.

A tensioner with a piston is slidably received with a bore (216) of the housing and has a plurality of grooves (204b) formed on its outer circumference. A piston spring (226) biases the piston (204) in an outward direction from the bore. A pawl (206) is received by a cutout in the housing and is pivotally and slidably attached to the housing by a pin (208). The pawl has a first protruding shoulder (206a), a second shoulder (206b), a teeth portion (206c), and a hole (211) defined between the first protruding shoulder and the second shoulder. The pawl is biased toward the grooves formed on the outer circumference of the piston by a spring.

Disclosed is a machine tool wherein a power substrate (3) having an electronic component for controlling revolution of a brushless motor is arranged in a first space (S1) above the brushless motor and a heat sink for cooling the power substrate (3) is arranged in a second space (S2) in the back of the brushless motor.

A highly mobile, compact creel that utilizes frames for holding yarn packages (or bobbins) for feeding yarn to a tufting machine. Each frame includes holders affixed to the frame for holding yarn packages facing front and back, a header attachable to the frame for directing yarn from the yarn packages to the tufting machine, and anti-static flexible tubing for leading yarn from the holders to the header. The header provides for aligning all the yarn ends in the same plane to join them to ends already threaded into the tufting machine. An optional frame overlay upright having a ring affixed thereto and strands threaded through the ring prevents yarn from upper yarn packages from falling onto tubes holding lower yarn packages causing yarn entanglement.

The invention relates to a fill-measuring device for determining and / or monitoring the fill level of a container, said device being comprised of: a membrane (1) which can be caused to vibrate; a rigid membrane rim (2) in which the membrane (1) is disposed; a drive device (4) having a drive end face (5) to impel the membrane (1) into vibration, and / or to convert vibrations of the membrane (1) into an electrical signal; and an attaching device (13) for attaching the drive device (4) to the membrane rim (2); wherewith, according to the invention: a part of the attaching device (13) is disposed in a region extending between the membrane (1) and the drive end face (5) of the drive device (4); and at least one pressure transmission element (6) is disposed between the membrane (1) and the drive end face (5) of the drive device (4), in a manner such that the membrane (1) and the drive end face (5) are coupled together for purposes of transmission of vibration.

The invention discloses a steel bar for high-ductility and superhigh-strength pre-stressed concrete and a machining method of the steel bar. The steel bar comprises, by weight, 0.3-0.5% of C, 0.3-1.8% of Si, 0.6-1.5% of Mn, 0.02-0.2% of Nb, 0.01-0.1% of V, 0.01-0.2% of Ni, 0.1-0.5% of Cr, 0.01-0.1% of Mo, 0.001-0.005% of B and the balance Fe, wherein the Ceq is smaller than 0.8%. Because an online continuous superhigh-pressure quenching control technology is adopted, the strength of the steel bar can be larger than 1860MPa or even larger than 2000MPa; because an online continuous quenching heat insulation and control technology is adopted, the ductility of the steel bar can be larger than 7%, the structural state of few ultra fine ferrites and tempered troostite is kept, and the steel bar has the advantages of being good in ductility and resistant to delayed fractures.

The invention relates to an ultrahigh strength coating steel wire dip-coated with a Zn-Al-Mg-Si alloy coating, a preparation method thereof and an application thereof. The alloy coating consists of the following components in percentage by mass: 30-97% of Zn, 5-80% of Al, 0.02-11% of Mg, and 0.05-5.0% of Si, based on 100% in total. The preparation method comprises the following steps: inspecting performances of an original coil rod; carrying out surface treatment; carrying out wire drawing; preparing a hot dipping Zn-Al-Mg-Si alloy coating; and carrying out stabilization treatment. The ultrahigh strength coating steel wire with the Zn-Al-Mg-Si alloy coating provided by the invention has corrosion resistance and mechanical performance superior to those of a current high-strength zinc-coated steel wire; the preparation method is easy to implement, meets needs of special environments such as a marine corrosion environment and the like on a bridge steel wire, and has a wide market prospect.

The invention discloses gentle tightening cleansing water which comprises the following components: a lens culinaris seed extract, an aloe extract, a chamomile extract, a lavender extract, palmarosa essential oil, sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, glycine betaine, PEG-7 (Polyethylene Glycol-7) glyceryl cocoate, PEG-6 octoic acid / caprin and the like. The gentle tightening cleansing water disclosed by the invention is gentle and fresh, is capable of minimizing pores and enriching collagen structures of dermis, and is capable of reducing pore deformation and looseness, tightening skin and tendering and smoothing the skin. In addition, hotness and swelling can be relieved, problems of rough skin, large pores, face yellowing and the like can be relieved, and the gentle tightening cleansing water is applicable to both inflammation skin and sensitive skin. The gentle tightening cleansing water disclosed by the invention is capable of cleansing skin thoroughly, and has a good skincare effect of moistening and tightening skin.