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A surgical template system for use in working on a bone comprises: a tool guide block comprising at least one guide aperture for receiving and guiding a tool to work on a bone; locating means comprising a plurality of locating members, each member having a respective end surface for positioning against a surface of the bone; and attachment means for non-adjustably attaching the tool guide block to the locating means such that, when attached, the member end surfaces are secured in fixed position with, respect to each other, for engaging different respective portions of the surface of the bone, and the at least one guide aperture is secured in a fixed position with respect to the end surfaces. Corresponding methods of manufacturing a surgical template system, methods of manufacturing locating means for a surgical template system, methods of fitting a prosthesis to a bone, surgical methods, and surgical apparatus are described.

A prosthesis that resiliently engages a body passage includes an annular clamping ring which may be folded along a diametric axis for insertion into the body passage. The clamping ring is adapted to resiliently spring outwardly, once in position inside the body passage, and to be continually resiliently biased against the interior surface of the body passage. One or more of the clamping rings may be attached to opposed ends of a tubular graft. The rings and connected graft may be positioned in the body passage using a applicator which selectively permits expansion and/or in some embodiments contraction of the annular ring in position within a body passage. Alternatively a retaining member may be used to retain the annular ring in a compressed condition until it is in a desired position within a body passage. Among other potential uses, the present invention may be useful as a vascular stent for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms.

A triple lumen stone balloon catheter (1) having a tapered distal end (9). A lumen (24) dedicated to transmitting contrast media is dimensioned and adapted to conform to the shape of a kidney in a main shaft of the catheter and conform to the shape of a crescent in a distal end of the catheter. The geometric shaping of the contrast media lumen (24) enables wall thickness to be maintained within acceptable ranges to sustain desirable mechanical characteristics while allowing for enhanced contrast media flow. A method for employing the balloon catheter (1) is also disclosed.

A multilayer belt structure that can be used for creping or structuring a cellulosic web in a tissue making process. The multilayer belt structure allows for the formation of various shaped and sized openings in the top surface of the belt, while still providing a structure having the strength, durability, and flexibility required for tissue making processes.

A cooling device is provided for liquid cooling a power semiconductor device. The device includes a coolant diverter for guiding liquid coolant to the power semiconductor device. The coolant diverter has a first plate for dividing the coolant diverter into a first cavity and a second cavity. The second cavity positioned adjacent the power semiconductor device. The first plate further includes an opening to fluidly couple the first cavity with the second cavity such that the liquid coolant flows into the first cavity, through the opening in the first plate, and into the second cavity to cool the power semiconductor device. The first cavity has a cross-sectional area that generally decreases in a downstream direction, and the second cavity has a cross-sectional area that generally increases in the downstream direction.

The invention discloses a solar cell, a screen printing plate and a solar cell module thereof, belonging to the technical field of photovoltaics. The solar cell of the invention comprises a cell substrate and an electrode, wherein the electrode is arranged on the substrate; the electrode comprises a main grid line; the construction of the line area of the main grid line is in a structure comprising at least one thin grid line to reduce the contact area between the main grid line and the substrate; the screen pringting plate provided by the invention is used for manufacturing the electrode of the solar cell of the invention by screen printing; and meshes for composing and forming the main grid line of the electrode are arranged on the screen printing plate. The solar cell module provided by the invention comprises a plurality of the solar cells provided by the invention. The solar cell and the solar cell module have low cost, and because the compound area between the metal electrode and the silicon in the cell structure is reduced, the conversion efficiency is improved, the output power of the module is increased, and in addition, the reliability after an interconnector is welded with a cell plate is good.

The device includes a pair of flat planar vanes securely mounted within a cylindrical housing. The vanes have a medial slit extending from the center to a longitudinal end of the vane. The vanes are interconnected at the slits so that they are in criss-cross positioning. The vanes are axially angled so that when positioned in an intake air duct the vanes impart a swirling motion to the air entering the engine providing more complete mixing of the air and fuel and when positioned in an exhaust passageway the vanes impart a swirling motion to the exhaust gases exiting the engine providing scavenging of the exhaust gases.

There is disclosed a method for treating urinary incontinence in women. The method comprises accessing the urethra though an incision in the vagina and implanting a restriction device on the urethra or the neck of the urinary bladder. There are also disclosed methods for energizing and controlling the restriction device.

A method of using a suction device to remove an object from a subject's body includes extending a suction device into the body through a lumen of a medical device and expanding the suction head from a contracted configuration to an expanded configuration within the body. The suction head may be provided at a distal end of an elongate conduit. The method may also include applying suction to move the object into the expanded suction head, and removing the suction device with the object from the body.

The present invention relates to methods and system for tissue cell and/or nucleic acid molecule isolation. In particular, to a method for isolating nucleic acid molecules from tissue samples comprising: i) treating a tissue sample with at least one enzyme for tissue dissociation; ii) adding a lytic solution; and iii) isolating nucleic acid molecules. The method further comprises a step of applying hydrodynamic shear force to the product of step (i). The methods and/or system according to the invention are adaptable for use with micromechanical and/or automated processes.

A clothes drying cabinet is provided with an internal compartment for receiving clothes and having a plurality of air inlet nozzles. An air plenum provides air to the cabinet through the nozzles. The plenum has a decreasing cross section from one corner to an opposite corner to provide a balanced distribution of air through the nozzles at a substantially uniform velocity. The nozzles are angularly oriented to direct air across upper and lower surfaces of shelves mounted within the drying compartment.

A fire fighting nozzle for extinguishing industrial scale fires including improved automatic pressure regulating features, enhanced educting features including central and peripheral channeling for foam concentrate, and combining with a capacity to throw dry chemical. Improved pressure regulating features include a double acting baffle and preferably a relief valve. Method and apparatus for automatically metering an additive such as foam concentrate into a conduit having a variably flowing fire fighting fluid therethrough, the conduit including a discharge device, proximate or downstream.

A method for controlling fluid flow at junctions in microchannel systems. Control of fluid flow is accomplished generally by providing increased resistance to electric-field and pressure-driven flow in the form of regions of reduced effective cross-sectional area within the microchannels and proximate a channel junction. By controlling these flows in the region of a microchannel junction it is possible to eliminate sample dispersion and cross contamination and inject well-defined volumes of fluid from one channel to another.

A flow rate device for measuring the flow rate of a fluid flowing through a wellbore is disclosed. The flow rate device includes a differential pressure conduit, a flow restrictor insert and a differential pressure measurement device. The differential pressure conduit is locatable in the wellbore, defines an internal bore, and is adapted to include a restriction having a cross-sectional area to increase the velocity of fluid flowing through the differential pressure conduit to create a differential pressure. The differential pressure conduit defining first and second pressure measuring stations axially spaced along the differential pressure conduit. The flow restrictor insert is located in the restriction to reduce the cross-sectional area of the restriction. The flow restrictor insert defines an internal bore having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the restriction. The flow restrictor insert also has a pressure measuring port aligned with the second pressure measuring station. The differential pressure measurement device has at least one pressure sensor for detecting the pressure at the first pressure station, and for detecting the pressure at the second pressure station to generate a signal indicative of the flow rate of the fluid.

The invention relates to an implant for securing a flexible piece to bone. The implant comprises a first part and a second part, a distal end that is to be inserted first in a hole in the bone, and a proximal end that is at the opposite end of the implant in relation to the distal end. The first part comprises securing means for securing the implant to said hole. The second part comprises a groove that receives the flexible piece to be secured by means of the implant. The second part is arranged to be mobile in relation to the first part in the direction of the longitudinal centre line of the implant. The contact surfaces between the first and the second parts comprise wedging surfaces such that as the second part is shifted towards the proximal end of the implant, said securing means move away from said centre line.

A lighting apparatus includes a light source module and a heat dissipation module. The light source module emits light and generates heat. The heat dissipation module dissipates at least a portion of the heat, and includes a base portion to which the light source module is physically coupled. The heat dissipation module also includes a plurality of heat dissipation fins. At least two of the fins that are immediately adjacent to one another form an air channel having a first opening and a second opening between the at least two of the fins. The air channel has a generally decreasing cross-sectional area with respect to air rising up the air channel in a generally vertical direction with respect to a horizontal plane as the air enters the air channel through the first opening and exits the air channel through the second opening.

A credit card modularized set having a flexible stow envelope for receiving a companion nose-clasping type reading glasses, with a length and width approximately that of a conventional credit card; wherein as the set is stacked within a group of conventional credit cards, no portion of the set is substantially protrusive nor recessive of the stacked group. The reading glasses component has a special beam bridge portion having a square cross-sectional shape thereby affording maximum torsional resistance for its diminutive size plus a laterally tapering cross section evenly distributing any imposed bending loads. The modularized set has a minimal thickness enabling its user to slip the set conveniently within the user's wallet modularly among the user's credit cards for ready availability.

A method for fabricating a phase change memory device comprises forming a heater electrode in an interlayer insulating film to penetrate through the interlayer insulating film, forming an insulating layer on the interlayer insulating film in which the heater electrode is formed, forming a tapered hole in the insulating layer to expose a center of a top surface of the heater electrode, thinning the insulating layer by removing a part of the insulating layer in which the hole is formed, and forming a phase change layer on the insulating layer after thinning the insulating layer so as to fill the hole.

A method and an apparatus (50) for producing direct reduced iron (37) from dry pellets (25) composed of iron oxide and carbonaceous material. A mixture of pellets (25) and free coke particles (38) with weight relation from 3:1 to 5:1 is fed into the top of an electrothermal fluidized bed (32) that is fluidized by nitrogen. By exposing pellets (25) in the electrothermal fluidized bed (32) to temperatures of between approximately 850-1,100° C. for an average period of between approximately 15-60 minutes, the volatiles are removed and the pellets (25) metallized. Reduced pellets (37) mixed with free coke (38) are discharged from the bottom of fluidized bed (32) and cooled. The reduced iron pellets (37) are physically separated from any free coke (38) and the free coke (38) is recycled back into the fluidized bed (32).

An engine compartment arrangement for an agricultural harvester comprises an engine (10), a diesel particulate filter (12) coupled to the engine (10) to receive and filter hot exhaust gases therefrom, a fan (14), a radiator (16) disposed in a cooling airflow path in front of the fan (14) and coupled to the engine (10) to cool said engine (10), a cleaning air duct (18) having a first end (20) disposed immediately behind the fan (14) to receive a portion of the air ejected from the fan (14), and having a second end (22) disposed adjacent to the top of the diesel particulate filter (12) to exhaust a jet of the ejected air at a sufficient speed and in sufficient volume across the top surface (24) of the diesel particular filter (12) to prevent an accumulation of agricultural debris on top of the diesel particulate fitter 12).

A fuse element includes a fusible conductor which extends within a gas filled cavity in a cylindrical tube. The fuse element includes a cylindrical tube comprising, an electrical insulator between two end faces of the tube, two end caps of an electrically conductive material being applied to the two ends of the tube such that an electrical contact is produced with the fusible conductor. At least one respective sealing element is inserted in at least one of the two ends in a space between the cap base and the end face of the tube and/or into a portion of the cavity of the tube adjacent to the end face such that one or more pressure balancing passages remain between the gas filled cavity within the tube and the external surroundings of the fuse element. The one or more pressure balancing passages are of such small cross-section that changes in pressure in the cavity are balanced only very slowly. A sudden increase in pressure in the cavity, such as occurs as a result of an arc, which is produced when the fusible conductor ruptures, can act to quench the arc.

A removable filter for capturing thrombi in a blood vessel. The filter comprises a plurality of primary struts having first ends connected to each other to define a central axis of the filter. Each primary strut has a curved member extending from the central axis and terminates at an anchoring hook to engage the blood vessel at a first axial plane. The filter further comprises a plurality of secondary struts connected to the curved members of the primary struts and extending therefrom to a free end at a second axial plane to centralize the filter in the blood vessel.

A method and an arrangement for separating oil and water by means of a two-phase liquid/liquid separator. The oil phase and the water phase respectively are separated over a portion of the length of the separator from an upstream end to a downstream end. The oil phase and the water phase respectively are extracted gradually over a length of the separator, and each of the phases is conducted out of the separator separately. A method and an arrangement for orienting the separator in a well are also described.

The invention discloses an electromagnetic valve belonging to the field of valves and comprising a main valve and a pilot valve, wherein the main valve comprises a valve seat, and a piston accommodated in an inner cavity of the valve seat; the valve seat is provided with an input hole, an output hole and a pilot valve installing hole which are communicated with the inner cavity; the lower end part of the piston is sealed and covered on the output hole, the upper end part of the piston is provided with a groove, the bottom of the groove is provided with a piston valve hole communicated with the output hole; the pilot valve comprises a spring, a coil, a guide sleeve arranged on the pilot valve installing hole, a static iron core and a movable iron core, wherein the static iron core and the movable iron core are respectively arranged at the upper end and the lower end of an inner cavity of the guide sleeve, the coil is sleeved on the outer surface of the guide sleeve, the lower port of the guide sleeve is provided with a limit baffle ring, the lower end part of the movable iron core penetrates through a valve hole of a sealing piston of the limit baffle ring, the movable iron core is provided with an axial step through hole and a transverse hole which are penetrated, and the spring is arranged at the upper section of the step through hole and abuts and supports against the static iron core. The electromagnetic valve is characterized in that a transverse groove is arranged on the lower end face of the limit baffle ring, thus medium channel area between the input hole and the groove is reduced, valve-opening capacity is improved and energy-saving effect is realized.

The invention discloses an ultralow liquor ratio zipper dyeing machine and dyeing process thereof. The dyeing machine comprises a tube cylinder, a cylinder cover and a zipper warp beam plate frame embedded into the tube cylinder. The zipper warp beam plate frame comprises a zipper plate seat, a hollow water drum, a zipper woven belt, a zipper tube sleeve, a locking bolt, and a zipper frame lifting ring. The lower end of the hollow water drum is fastened on the zipper plate seat, the zipper tube sleeve is sleeved on the outer side of the hollow water drum, and a diversion inlet and a diversion outlet are arranged below the zipper plate seat and connected with an infusion pump through a horn-shaped pipe sleeve. The dyeing process comprises the stages of scouring and bleaching, dyeing and water scrubbing. According to the ultralow liquor ratio zipper dyeing machine and the dyeing process thereof, a lift range required by zipper woven belt dyeing water level can be achieved when the height of dye liquor in the dyeing machine is lower than the zipper plate seat, the effect of ultralow liquor ratio zipper dyeing is achieved, the dyeing machine has a lower dying liquor ratio than a traditional zipper dying machine, and the purposes of saving electric energy, steam and the dye liquor, shortening dyeing and finishing periods, and saving energy and reducing emission are achieved.

A battery strength indicating and switch means on a battery which is coupled across the terminals of the battery and which is provided with an indicating means to indicate the strength of the battery and in addition, the battery strength indicating means is also provided with an in-line switch which can easily be depressed to complete the circuit so as to place the indicator means across the terminals of the cell and display the charge of the battery.

A battery pack including battery cells, a housing to house the battery cells, and a cooling device that cools air flowing through the housing. The cooling device may be installed on an intermediate portion of the housing. The cooling device may include a cooling pipe, in which water flows.

A casing has a vessel portion, in which a float valve unit is arranged. A fuel drain through-hole having a small diameter is formed at a closed end bottom of the vessel portion. A cross sectional area of the fuel drain through-hole is extremely smaller than an opening area of an inlet port, so that fuel discharging speed of the liquid fuel from the vessel portion through the fuel drain through-hole is suppressed to a small value. As a result, a fuel holding time of the liquid fuel in the vessel portion, which has entered into the vessel portion from the inlet port, is made longer.

A motorcycle body frame includes a main frame including a head pipe for supporting a front suspension at the front end thereof, a single leading frame portion extending rearwardly from the head pipe, and a rear frame portion for supporting a rear wheel suspension. The rear frame portion extends substantially downwardly from a rear part of the leading frame portion. The main frame, cast from an aluminum alloy, includes two component parts arranged front-to-rear. For example, a front frame portion is provided, and a rear frame portion is fixed to the rear side of the front frame portion. The leading frame portion has a small section portion, where the main frame is smallest in sectional area, disposed substantially centrally in the longitudinal direction thereof. The two component parts of the frame are joined at a coupling portion of the main frame situated in back of the small section portion.

The invention discloses a sweep and suction nozzle of sweep road car. By using the suction nozzle of sweep road car the clearing quality is good when the road surface is cleared. The clearing rate is improved and the energy consumption can not be added. The using cost need not be added, which comprises suction cylinder 4, seat of suction nozzle 2, rolling wheel 5, rack for rolling wheel 6, rubber baffle 1 and wall board 7 so on. A silicon baffle 3 is set vertically to the seat of suction nozzle 2 in inner cavity of suction nozzle, at the back of rubber baffle 1 and at the front of the lower mouth of suction cylinder 4. Notches with 60mm or so upwards are set on the lower end of baffle in every 30mm. when the sweep road car of sweep and suction works, the lower end of rubber baffle 1 bends so that the section area of air input is decreased and the air speed is increased. After the air enters into the suction nozzle, it flows near the ground for a long distance to pass through the baffle 3, it turns a corner to enter into the suction cylinder 4. The air through the suction nozzle can take garbage with bigger weight, bigger cubage and more quantity into the suction cylinder 4. Finally, it is sent into dustbins.