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The present invention provides a modular device for restoring individual joint kinematics using minimally invasive surgical procedures. The modular implants include distinct components that include interconnection means and tethering means. The modular implants provide intraoperative surgical options for articular constraint and facilitate proper alignment and orientation of the joint to restore kinematics as defined by the individual patient anatomy.

An apparatus for treating an area of bifurcation where a principal body conduit separates into at least two secondary conduits comprises a radially expandable first stent body. The first stent body has a substantially conical shape and a first end having a greater diameter than a second end when fully expanded. The first stent body is preferably shaped to be independent of any other stent bodies, and is free of any means for connecting to any other stent bodies when fully expanded.

An expandable stent is fabricated from a plurality of circumferential rings, each pair of adjacent circumferential rings being interconnected by a multiplicity of links, each link contacting a portion of a strut in one ring along one longitudinal axis and a portion a strut in a directly adjacent ring along a different longitudinal axis. Each link is circumferentially S-shaped and adjacent links are mirror images of each other. The resulting stent is both flexible and strong when expanded thereby providing good scaffolding. In one embodiment, the strut material is fabricated of shape memory alloy such that when the strut is compressed so as to be insertable into a vessel, the strut will automatically expand to its previous dimension upon rising to the temperature of the vessel in which it is placed, thereby to expand and hold open the vessel without need for a balloon catheter.

Disclosed herein are various open / closed stent designs and methods for creating the same that can be individually adopted depending on particular treatment objectives. Specifically, the stents of the present invention are manufactured to include different open / closed configurations along their length by varying the number of crossovers, connectors or weld points between sections of the stent. Open portions contain less crossovers, connectors or weld points and are more flexible than closed portions which contain more crossovers, connectors or weld points.

An attachment system for attaching an abrasive article, such as an abrasive sheet or disc, to a sanding tool includes an article having a first major surface including an attachment region with attachment material for attachment with an associated mating surface on the sanding tool, and a non-attachment region along at least a portion of an edge of the first major surface forming a sufficiently weak attachment with the associated mating surface to allow a user to grasp the abrasive article and separate the abrasive article from the sanding tool.

An ergonomic device for a seat is disclosed. The ergonomic device includes a first side plate and a second side plate spaced apart from the first side plate. A hinge connects the second side plate to the first side plate. The ergonomic device also includes at least one pulley connected to the first side plate or the second side plate. A traction element is connected to at least one of the side plates, and the traction element has a cable wire generally wrapped about the at least one pulley. The traction element engages the pulley to at least partially collapse the hinge when a tractive force is applied to the traction element.

A pipe anchor having: a base cradle with a lug; a top cradle with a lug and secured to the base cradle so as to encircle a pipe within the base cradle and the top cradle; a locking mechanism with opposite mating components attached to the base cradle and the top cradle; at least one lug attached to the pipe; and insulation material filling a space between the pipe and the cradles, wherein the insulation material engages the at least one lug of the pipe and the lugs of the cradles.

The present invention provides a modular device for restoring individual joint kinematics using minimally invasive surgical procedures. The modular implants include distinct components that include interconnection means and tethering means. The modular implants provide intraoperative surgical options for articular constraint and facilitate proper alignment and orientation of the joint to restore kinematics as defined by the individual patient anatomy.

A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A carrier having an adhesion layer is provided. A plurality of chips are disposed on the adhesion layer, wherein an active surface of each chip faces the adhesion layer. A molding compound is formed for encapsulating the chips to form a chip-redistribution encapsulant having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface has a chip area and a peripheral area. The carrier and the adhesion layer are removed, so that the chip-redistribution encapsulant exposes the active surface of each chip. A plurality of solder balls are uniformly formed in the chip area and the peripheral area. The second surface of the chip-redistribution encapsulant is grinded to reduce the thickness of the chip-redistribution encapsulant, wherein the solder balls provide the chip-redistribution encapsulant with a uniform support. The chip-redistribution encapsulant is sawn to form a plurality of packages.

A system for supporting a cutterbar of a crop harvesting header includes an adjustment assembly including a first arm pivotably secured to the header. The first arm includes a first portion configured to support the cutterbar, and a second portion including a torsion device having a mass of elastic material connected to the adjustment assembly. The second portion is configured to be pivotably rotatable about a first axis by the adjustment assembly to selectably increase or decrease a force appliable to the first portion in order to raise or lower the first portion with respect to the header. The system further includes a connecting lever having one end pivotally connected to an interconnecting member and another end coupled to the second arm, wherein the connecting lever has a pivot portion for rotation about a second axis, the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis.

A system for supporting a cutterbar of a crop harvesting header includes a first arm pivotably secured to the header and including a first portion configured to support the cutterbar, and a second portion including a torsion device connected to an adjustment assembly, the second portion configured to be pivotably rotatable about an axis by the adjustment assembly to selectably increase or decrease a force appliable to the first portion in order to raise or lower the first portion with respect to the header. The adjustment assembly includes a second arm interconnecting the torsion device and a first adjustment device having a first segment, the first adjustment device configured to movably receive a second adjustment device. The first segment follows a predetermined path in a first or second direction with respect to the axis in response to movement of the second adjustment device with respect to the first adjustment device.

An expandable helical stent is provided, wherein the stent may be formed of a main stent component and a securement. The main stent component is formed from a flat strip having one or more undulating side bands that may be connected to form geometrically shaped cells and are helically wound to form a stent. The helical coils of the main stent component may be spaced apart or nestled to each other. The nestling of the undulation of adjacent helical windings contributes to maintaining the tubular shape and uniformity of the helically coiled stent. Alternatively, the flat strip may comprise a single undulating pattern. At the ends of the main stent component are end bands, which when wound, form a cylindrical ring. In one embodiment, one or more struts of the main stent component may have a width sufficient to include one or more fenestrations. The fenestrated struts may be connected by loops or turns wherein the material is narrower than that of the fenestrated struts to provide enhanced flexibility. The helical tubular is maintained with a securement.

A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode composite body in which a cathode catalyst layer and an anode catalyst layer are joined to central portions of two surfaces of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and further held from two sides between a fuel electrode substrate having a surface area that is larger than that of the cathode catalyst layer and an oxidizer electrode substrate having a surface area that is larger than that of the anode catalyst layer, wherein: pores of a fuel-sealing support portion surrounding the cathode catalyst layer in the fuel electrode substrate are partially or wholly filled with a resin; pores of an oxidizer-sealing support portion surrounding the anode catalyst layer in the oxidizer electrode substrate are partially or wholly filled with the resin; and the fuel-sealing support portion and the oxidizer-sealing support portion are bonded to the solid polymer electrolyte membrane by the resin.

An inflatable mattress has a body and multiple chamber walls. The body has a top, a bottom, an annular sidewall, a primary chamber defined in the body and a partitioning member mounted in the primary chamber between the top and bottom surfaces. The chamber walls are arranged in a row, are mounted in the primary chamber adjacent to the top of the body above the partitioning member. Adjacent bags separate from each other at an interval. Each chamber wall has a sub chamber. The separate chamber walls individually and respectively support persons lying on the inflatable mattress so that each person's movement only deforms a corresponding chamber wall instead of deforming other chamber walls on which other persons lie. Therefore, the persons on the inflatable mattress would not interfere with each other.

A system for supporting a cutterbar of a crop harvesting header includes a first arm pivotably secured to the header. The first arm includes a first portion configured to support the cutterbar. The first arm includes a second portion including a torsion device having a mass of elastic material connected to an adjustment assembly. The second portion is configured to be pivotably rotatable about an axis by the adjustment assembly to selectably increase or decrease a force appliable to the first portion in order to raise or lower the first portion with respect to the header.

A main body of a shoe sole includes a recess formed at an upper surface thereof and a non-slip cushion sheet attached to a bottom surface thereof, wherein pluralities of air chamber grooves are formed in the recess at a front portion of the main body and an air chamber groove is formed in the recess at a rear portion of the main body. A shoe liner covers open upper portions of the air chamber grooves so as to provide pluralities of tunnel-type air chambers. An outer periphery of the shoe liner is attached to an outer periphery of the upper surface of the main body and other portions of the shoe liner are inserted into the recess. The binding line between the shoe liner and the main body is snugly positioned within the interior boundary of the main body.

A jaw crusher includes a machine with a moving base, a fixed base, a crush travel adjusting mechanism for pivotally coupling the top of a crush travel adjusting base to the machine by an eccentric sleeve, and an automatic crush gap adjusting mechanism. A toggle plate is installed between the crush travel adjusting base and the moving base. A pull rod of the moving base having a compression spring tightly presses front and rear ends of the toggle plate. The automatic crush gap adjusting mechanism fixes a steel slot of a stop plate and a pair of triangular wedge-shaped lumps to the position adjusting base of the machine, and the stop plate is installed between the steel slot and the crush travel adjusting base, and a pull rod of the adjusting base having a compression spring tightly presses both front and rear ends of the stop plate.

The invention discloses a welding machine tool. The welding machine tool comprises a machine tool body and a control system; a main spindle box, a tail base mechanism and a welding mechanism for performing the welding operation are arranged on the machine tool body; the control system is connected with the main spindle box, the welding mechanism and the tail base mechanism, the welding mechanism is arranged between the main spindle box and the tail base mechanism; the main spindle box is fixed on the machine tool body, and the welding mechanism and the tail base mechanism are glided along the length direction of the machine tool body. The welding machine tool has variable functions, and not only can satisfy spot welding, simple linear welding and simple arc welding but also the welding of spiral vanes with different length requirements; the welding machine tool is simple in mechanism, convenient to operate, and high in efficiency; the welding machine tool has very big economic benefit and is worth to be popularized.

A seat frame comprises a unitary magnesium die cast body having a top, a bottom, two sides, and front and back surfaces. The front surface has an outer perimeter flange positioned adjacent the two sides and the top of the body. An inner perimeter flange is spaced from and generally coextensive with the outer perimeter flange. The front surface also has at least one generally horizontally oriented flange and at least two generally diagonally oriented flanges. This arrangement, together with the use of the die cast magnesium, results in a lightweight yet strong and durable frame that provides generally uniform support to the overlying seat cushion. The frame body is also provided with a large aperture that is positioned to desirably lower the seat assembly center of gravity.

A subgrade preparation apparatus for preparing a subgrade surface for concrete to be placed thereon includes a base unit positionable on a support surface adjacent to a targeted subgrade area, an extendable boom extending from the base unit, and a subgrade head assembly adjustably mounted on the extendable boom. The subgrade head assembly includes a framework, a plow and a material moving device for moving material toward at least one side of the subgrade head assembly. The subgrade head assembly includes a plow end plate movably attached at an outer end of the plow and movable to a position where the plow end plate is generally vertical and forms an end portion of the plow to limit plowed material from flowing around the outer end of the plow as the subgrade head assembly is moved over and along the subgrade surface at the targeted subgrade area.

The invention relates to a cassette used to fix work piece. Its features are that it includes one base disk, many support bars, and one pressure control system; the base disk has one hollow cavity in which the flow medium is filled; and its one side is set many through holes connected with the hollow cavity; one end of the support bar is actively set in the through hole; another end is extended out; the pressure control system is connected with the hollow cavity and controlled the pressure of the flow medium.

A press key structure is disclosed, which comprises: a keycap, configured with a bottom surface; a substrate; a first movable panel; and a second movable panel; wherein the substrate is arranged at a position underneath the keycap while disposing the first and the second movable panels in a space sandwiched between the substrate and the keycap and pivotally coupling the two by the use of a flange and a groove formed respectively on the two neighboring edges of the first and the second movable panels in a manner that the flange is slidably inset into the groove; and the each of the first and the second movable panels is coupled to the substrate by the center thereof while enabling the two edges of the first and the second movable panels that are away from each other to pivotally coupled to the bottom surface of the keycap. With the aforesaid structure, a first angle is included between the first and the second movable panels when the keycap is not pressed by a force; and a second angle that is larger than the first angle is included between the first and the second movable panels when the keycap is pressed.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a 3D printing auxiliary method and device. The method comprises the steps that supporting liquid is provided, and the supporting liquid is used for providing buoyancy support for a printed object which is immersed into the supporting liquid at least in part in the printing process and keeping the printed object in the floating or suspending state in the supporting liquid. According to the technical scheme, printing of a supporting structure can be omitted at least in part, and printing materials and printing time are saved; the printed object is evenly and softly supported through the supporting liquid, the printed object is comprehensively supported, meanwhile, the shape of the printed object which is not completely cured is not prone to be damaged, and the printing finished product quality is improved. On the premise that liquid supporting exists, the printing face is changed, and a high-quality finished product is more easily obtained, operation like rotation can be conveniently performed on the printed object, and the shape of the printed object which is not completely cured is not prone to be damaged.

The invention relates to a supporting device for high-accuracy adjustable optical elements and belongs to the technical field of manufacturing, mounting and adjusting of high-accuracy optical elements. The supporting device comprises a mirror frame with a three-point fixed support, adjustable flexible auxiliary supporting elastic pieces, multistage displacement contraction flexible hinges, threaded adjusting rods, threaded locking springs and screws, the three-point fixed support is used for bonding of the optical elements, the adjustable flexible auxiliary supporting elastic pieces play a role in auxiliary supporting of the optical elements, and the multistage displacement contraction flexible hinges, the threaded adjusting rods and the threaded locking springs form a high-resolution displacement adjusting mechanism to adjust positions of the adjustable flexible auxiliary supporting elastic pieces. The supporting device can be widely applied to refractive, reflective, planar, spherical and aspheric optical elements, harsh requirements, on processing accuracy, of the high-accuracy supporting device can be lowered effectively, uniform supporting force and nonuniform supporting force are provided to the optical elements accurately, and deformation caused by dead weight of the optical elements is avoided effectively while the supporting device has active deformation capability.

A covered, multi-compartment rain gutter that bi-directionally mounts to facia to collect water upon exit from the peripheral edge of a roof structure, wherein surface dynamics facilitate the collection of rainwater and minimize the passage of undesirable debris, wherein a straining member further limits the passage of debris into the gutter collection compartment, and wherein the overall structural design facilitates access to the gutter collection compartment for cleaning or other maintenance.

A metal-supported porous carbon film wherein metal fine particles with a mean particle diameter of 0.7-20 nm are dispersed and supported on pore surface walls, fuel cell electrodes employing the metal-supported porous carbon film, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the fuel cell electrodes bonded on both sides of a polymer electrolyte film, and a fuel cell comprising the fuel cell electrode as a constituent element. The support structure is such that metal fine particles having a controlled particle size are uniformly supported to allow effective utilization of the metal-based catalyst, and the fabrication steps are simple.