328 results about "Body joints" patented technology

A long-term implantable ultrasound therapy system and method is provided that provides directional, focused ultrasound to localized regions of tissue within body joints, such as spinal joints. An ultrasound emitter or transducer is delivered to a location within the body associated with the joint and heats the target region of tissue associated with the joint from the location. Such locations for ultrasound transducer placement may include for example in or around the intervertebral discs, or the bony structures such as vertebral bodies or posterior vertebral elements such as facet joints. Various modes of operation provide for selective, controlled heating at different temperature ranges to provide different intended results in the target tissue, which ranges are significantly effected by pre-stressed tissues such as in-vivo intervertebral discs. In particular, treatments above 70 degrees C., and in particular 75 degrees C., are used for structural remodeling, whereas lower temperatures achieves other responses without appreciable remodeling.

A system 100 for tracking the movement of multiple objects within a predefined area using a continuation of overhead X-Y tracking cameras 24 with attached frequency selective filter 24f. Also employed are perspective Z filming cameras sets 30. Objects to be tracked, such as player 17, have been marked to include some form of frequency selective reflective material such as an ink. Typical markers include patches 7r and 7l, sticker 9 and tape 4a as well as additional body joint markers 17af through 17l. System 100 radiates selected energy 23a throughout the predefined area of tracking that is specifically chosen to reflect off said reflective materials used to mark for instance player 17. The reflected energy is then received by tracking cameras 24 while all other ambient light is blocked by filter 24f. Local Computer System 60 continuously captures images from said tracking cameras 24 which include only the minimum information created by said reflected energy. System 60 efficiently locates said markings on said multiple objects and uses this location information to determine for each marking its angle of rotation, angle of azimuth and distance from a designated origin 17o local to player 17. Local origin 17o is then expressed as a three-dimensional coordinate with respect to the origin of the playing venue 2a. The continuous stream of tracked three-dimensional coordinates, defining the body joints on players such as 17, is then transmitted to a remote computer where it can be used to drive a graphic re-animation of the object movement. Along with this re-animation, additional performance measurements may be derived from the continuous stream and automatically made available in real-time.

Apparatus and method for treating a body joint wound subsequent to surgical intervention. An infusion tube is insertable into the wound for transporting a prepared solution to the joint. A second tube is insertable into the wound for transport of fluid removed from the joint. A vacuum device is coupled to the second tube. Suction is automatically turned on to evacuate the wound for a prescribed period of time and then stopped for another prescribed period of time. The on and off cycle may be repetitive. During the entire period, the prepared solution is constantly infused. The infusion tube and evacuation tube are isolated from each other so that no contaminants can be infused. A plurality of preadjusted suction duty cycles are available, from which one may be selected as appropriate for the type of wound to be treated.

Synthesized body images are generated for a machine learning algorithm of a body joint tracking system. Frames from motion capture sequences are retargeted to several different body types, to leverage the motion capture sequences. To avoid providing redundant or similar frames to the machine learning algorithm, and to provide a compact yet highly variegated set of images, dissimilar frames can be identified using a similarity metric. The similarity metric is used to locate frames which are sufficiently distinct, according to a threshold distance. For realism, noise is added to the depth images based on noise sources which a real world depth camera would often experience. Other random variations can be introduced as well. For example, a degree of randomness can be added to retargeting. For each frame, the depth image and a corresponding classification image, with labeled body parts, are provided. 3-D scene elements can also be provided.

The present invention provides a novel means of joint and body protection using engineered textiles to provide dynamic kinematic control within the device itself and for the underlying body part. The apparatus may be used in apparel or orthosis wherein a textile is organized about the proximal and distal aspects of a joint or body part and uses the mechanical and material characteristics of the engineered textile to dynamically control the kinetics of the body part and more specifically to prevent the body part from reaching extremes in range of motion. The engineered textiles can be designed to provide non-uniform increases in stiffness in any direction. The engineered textile may incorporate strain or strain rate dependant materials in which case stiffness properties would vary non-uniformly with velocity and/or acceleration within the device allowing for protection from blunt trauma, blast, or ballistic events anywhere on the body. A further aspect of the present invention is to provide a novel means of dynamically fitting and anchoring apparel, orthosis, body protection devices or other objects that need to be securely fixed to the body anatomy during joint flexion or extension, by using motion at a body joint to actuate a closure mechanism and bracing system that actively closes upon the body anatomy surrounding the joint and transfers loads created during dynamic restraint of the joint to anchor zones on the body.

In accordance with the present invention an aerospace wing side-of-body joint assembly is provided comprising at least one chord element, having an internal reduced clearance region, and at least one skin element. At least one cylindrical bolt assembly passes through the chord element and the skin element and secures them together. The cylindrical bolt assembly is comprised of a cylindrical stud having a threaded tail section and a threaded head section protruding into the internal reduced clearance region. A threaded head fastener inserted into the internal reduced clearance region engages the threaded head section. A nut element engages the threaded tail section and is used to introduce a torque without rotating the cylindrical stud.

The present invention relates to a shock-proof bed, including two bed heads, two bedside cupboard respectively equipped with high pressure pneumatic device and seismographic device and bed body jointed with two bed heads. Bed body includes bedsides and longitudinal-mounted two bed plates, in the internal cavity enclosed with bed plates and bedsides a pneumatic piston is mounted, the piston rod ofthe pneuamtic piston is hinged with gear connecting bar, said gear connecting bar is connected with two arched plate connecting bars by means of gear transmission mechanism, every arched plate connecting bar is hinged with arched plate, every arched plate respectively is hinged with a longitudinal beam, the longitudinal beam and its correspondent bed plate are fixedly connected and hinged with longitudinal beam connecting bar.

Embodiments of integral composite panels and joints for composite structures are described In one implementation, an integrated panel spanning substantially the entire wingspan of an aircraft, includes at least a center portion and a pair of outwardly projecting wing portions. The portions may include a skin formed from successive layers or plies of composite material which overlap and offset at the joint between respective sections creating a pad-up area to carry loads between the portions. In a particular implementation, the skin is laid over one or more structural stringers which are transitioned into the joints between sections such as by tapering of the thickness and/or stiffness of the stringer.

The invention discloses a six-leg walking robot capable of crossing obstacles. The walking robot comprises a left front leg (1), a right front leg (2), a left middle leg (3), a right middle leg (4), a left rear leg (5), a right rear leg (6) and a body (7). The body comprises a front body (7A) and a rear body (7B). The six legs are symmetrically disposed relative to the body (7). Each leg is provided with three joints, namely a hip joint, a thigh joint and a shank joint, coordination of the three joints guarantees front-rear swing, lifting, and bending and stretching of each leg. The three joints of each leg and body joints guarantee good obstacle crossing and slope climbing ability of the robot. The feet of each leg is connected in a buffer manner, and damping and energy accumulation recycling can be completed in a one-step cycle. The six-leg walking robot is flexible in motion, fast in response, large in motion space, small in motion inertia, and suitable for movements under complex non-structure topographic conditions of fields.

The invention discloses a method for constructing a soft soil foundation continuous caisson, which is used for forming a continuous caisson formed by communicating a plurality of single caissons in a soft soil foundation. The method at least comprises the following steps of: (1) constructing a working chamber; (2) constructing a caisson body and excavating soil for sinking; leading caisson body joints to form a steel seal door on adjacent ends by a steel member and setting a pre-embedded member; (3) jointing the caissons; and (4) disassembling the steel seal door to enable the single caissons to be communicated mutually to form the continuous caisson. In the constructing method, the seal door of the adjacent ends of the single caissons is formed by adopting the steel member; and compared with the current adopted concrete seal door, the invention is convenient for assembly and disassembly and can shorten the construction period. The steel member for forming the steel seal door can be recycled, the building material cost is reduced, the damage to the peripheral caisson structure when the concrete seal door is chiseled can be prevented, and the waste disposal link after chiseling is omitted.

Described are methods and systems in which the censorship and supervision tasks normally performed by secured facility personnel are augmented or automated entirely by a Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System. In embodiments, the Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System performs voice biometrics, speech recognition, non-verbal audio classification, fingerprint and other biometric authentication, image object classification, facial recognition, body joint location determination analysis, and/or optical character recognition on the video visitation data. The Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation utilizes these various analysis techniques in concert to determine if all rules and regulations enforced by the jurisdiction operation the secured facility are being followed by the parties to the video visitation session.

An image forming device comprising: a device main body; a cartridge detachably attachable to the device main body; a main body transmission unit to rotate about a first rotation axis; a main body joint unit to rotate about a second rotation axis allowed to intersect with the first rotation axis; a cartridge transmission unit configured to rotate about a third rotation axis and to transmit a driving force to a rotation body; and a cartridge joint unit configured to be able to rotate about a fourth rotation axis allowed to intersect with the third rotation axis, and configured to rotate coaxially with respect to the main body joint unit and to rotate the cartridge transmission unit when the main body transmission unit rotates in a state where the cartridge is attached to the device main body and the cartridge joint unit is coupled to the main body joint unit.

An information input device worn on a user's body or finger, an information processing device and an information input method are provided. The information input device which is capable of being worn on a user's body includes a distance sensing unit which senses changes in distance between a predetermined portion and another predetermined portion of the user's body according to the extent of bending of the user's body joint; and a signal processing unit which determines and processes information input items from the distance sensed by the distance sensing unit.

The invention belongs to the field of aircraft engineering, and provides a nose landing gear of an aircraft. The nose landing gear is arranged on an aircraft structure through two mounting shafts on a buffer support column, and can rotate around the mounting shafts; one end of a stay bar folding and release actuating cylinder is provided with a joint bearing; the joint bearing is connected with a shaft of the buffer support column and is fixed by a nut; the other end of the stay bar folding and release actuating cylinder is arranged on a body structure joint through a threaded shaft; a wheel fork is arranged on an inner cylinder of the buffer support column through a bolt; a wheel and a tire are arranged on the wheel fork by using a wheel shaft; the upper end of an upper anti-twist arm is arranged on an annular body joint; the lower end of a lower anti-twist arm is arranged on a joint of the wheel fork.; the upper anti-twist arm and the lower anti-twist arm are connected by a quick-release pin. The nose landing gear has a simple structure and complete functions on the premise of guaranteeing the strength and the rigidity of the landing gear, and is suitable for small-sized aircrafts.

The present invention discloses a collimate device with changing collimating aperture which comprises a collimate body, on which at least two group of final collimate unit, drive unit for driving collimate device and a control unit being mounted. A pre-collimate body is installed outside the collimate body, on which a set of pre-collimate device having the same distribution with radioactive source are provided. The collimate body and pre-collimate body can be jointed end to end along axial direction to an integral body. Said collimate body can be rotatably mounted on a horizontal movable bracket, which enables the collimate body joint and separate with pre-collimate body axially. Method for changing collimating aperture is also disclosed.

A portable human body joint electric heating pad, used to apply heat on the local sore joint of human body continuously to contribute blood circulation thereof, characterized in (1) a stainless synthetic fiber which is provided with rapid electric conduction and heat conduction capabilities and converts electric energy into thermal energy. It is also provided with Velcro® fabric fastener for the convenience of covering body parts; (2) a finger cover hole which have said stainless synthetic fiber fit the finger of the user to cover on the hand more stably; (3) an USB power supply line which connects on said carbon fiber electric conduction fabric and inserts into an USB slot, i.e., supplying the required electric energy; (4) an extension band which is a kind of elastic fabric band to stick on said stainless synthetic fiber via the Velcro® fabric at one end to achieve the goal of length extension.

The invention discloses a bionic worming crawling mechanism which is based on the worm crawling mechanism. The bionic worming crawling mechanism is characterized in that the bionic worming crawling mechanism is provided with a plurality of telescopic body joints and a control body joint which contain curved surface shells, 4 small holes are evenly distributed on the circumferential direction of the curved surface shell of each body joint, and the body joints are mutually connected through elastic ropes. The bionic worming crawling mechanism adopts the elastic energy storage and the reverse brake principle of a one-way wheel to realize the bionic worming crawling. The motion of a rigid body or an elastomer is controlled through changing the length of the elastic ropes, thereby realizing the direction changes of the bionic worming crawling, the obstacle avoidance or the obstacle crossing. The bionic worming crawling mechanism has wide application value, an electromagnetic sucker or a vacuum sucker can be arranged thereon to be used as a new walking driving mechanism of a wall climbing robot; walking wheels which are independently driven can be arranged thereon to realize that a moving robot uses the walking wheels for driving on a flat road surface and uses the mechanism for crossing the obstacle when meeting the obstacle; and the bionic worming crawling mechanism can be used as the driving mechanism of a fish-like robot, a shrimp-like robot, a flapping wing flying-imitation robot and the like.