1037 results about "Body positioning" patented technology

Described herein are methods and systems for precisely placing and/or manipulating devices within the body by first positioning a guidewire or pullwire through the body from a first location, around a curved pathway, and out of the body through a second location, so that the distal and proximal ends of the guidewire extend from the body, then pulling a device into position using the guidewire. The device to be positioned within the body is coupled to the proximal end of the guidewire, and the device is pulled into the body by pulling on the distal end of the guidewire that extends from the body. The device may be bimanually manipulated by pulling the guidewire distally, and an attachment to the device that extends proximally, allowing control of both the proximal and the distal ends. In this manner devices (and particularly implants such as innerspinous distracters, stimulating leads, and disc slings) may be positioned and/or manipulated within the body. Devices to modify tissue may also be positioned or manipulated so that a target tissue within the body is modified.

Devices and methods that may be used to reduce valve regurgitation are disclosed by locating a body across the regurgitant valve. When the valve closes, the body obliterates/ameliorates the regurgitant orifice in the valve, thereby reducing or preventing valve regurgitation. The body may be expandable. The devices may be implantable such that they can remain in place within a subject for extended periods of time.

Described herein are methods and systems for precisely placing and/or manipulating devices within the body by first positioning a guidewire or pullwire through the body from a first location, around a curved pathway, and out of the body through a second location, so that the distal and proximal ends of the guidewire extend from the body, then pulling a device into position using the guidewire. The device to be positioned within the body is coupled to the proximal end of the guidewire, and the device is pulled into the body by pulling on the distal end of the guidewire that extends from the body. The device may be bimanually manipulated by pulling the guidewire distally, and an attachment to the device that extends proximally, allowing control of both the proximal and the distal ends. In this manner devices (and particularly implants such as innerspinous distracters, stimulating leads, and disc slings) may be positioned and/or manipulated within the body. Devices to modify tissue may also be positioned or manipulated so that a target tissue within the body is modified.

An excavator 3D integrated laser and radio positioning guidance system (Ex_3D_ILRPGS) comprising: a mobile radio positioning system receiver configured to obtain 2D horizontal coordinates of the excavator, a bucket-to-machine-body positioning system configured to obtain coordinates of the boom, the stick and the bucket of the excavator, a laser detector configured to receive at least one laser beam and configured to provide a local vertical coordinate with a substantially high accuracy, and an on-board navigational system configured to receive and to integrate the 2D horizontal coordinates of the excavator obtained by the mobile radio positioning system receiver, the coordinates of the boom, the stick and the bucket of the excavator obtained by the bucket-to-machine-body positioning system, and the local vertical coordinate obtained by the laser detector, and configured to guide the cutting edge of the bucket of the excavator with substantially high vertical accuracy.

This invention relates to a modular device (10) for positioning and immobilisation of a patient's body for surgical operations, which comprises a pelvis support (20) for supporting the patient's pelvis and at least one foot tether support (30) with a foot tether fixation (50) for positioning and immobilisation of a patient's leg, whereby the at least one foot tether support (30) is pivotable in the horizontal and/or in the vertical plane with respect to the pelvis support (20). In addition, the modular device (10) according to the invention can comprise a hip support (60) for positioning the patient's hip during the operation. The invention also relates to an operating table (100) comprising the modular device (10) according to the invention.

An absorbent article has a body facing side which is positioned against the users body. The absorbent article is made of, at least, a backsheet, an absorbent core, and a composite topsheet. The backsheet is opposite the body facing side. The absorbent core is between the backsheet and the body facing side. The composite topsheet is between the absorbent core and the body facing side. The composite topsheet includes a resilient three dimensional apertured formed film, a nonwoven web small scale apertures, and large scale apertures. The formed film is between the absorbent core and the body facing side. The formed film has a male side and a female side opposite the male side, and small scale apertures with a mesh count. The nonwoven web of fibers is between the formed film and the body facing side of the absorbent article. The large scale apertures extend through the nonwoven web and the formed film. The large scale apertures have a mesh count which is less than the mesh count of the small scale apertures.

The invention discloses a bonding device. The bonding device comprises a cover plate positioning mechanism, a flexible screen body positioning mechanism and a bonding tool; the cover plate positioning mechanism is used for fixing a cover plate; the bonding tool comprises a deformable pressure head capable of pushing to the cover plate positioning mechanism; the flexible screen body positioning mechanism is positioned between the cover plate positioning mechanism and the deformable pressure head; the flexible screen body positioning mechanism is used for fixing a flexible screen body and pushing the flexible screen body before bonding, so that the flexible screen body is changed from a plane state to a curve state of the middle area in contact positioning with the cover plate; the front end of the deformable pressure head is curved, and the highest curve place of the front end is corresponding to the position of the middle area of the flexible screen body; and the front end of the deformable pressure head is pressed by the cover plate to deform according to the shape of the cover plate. The invention further provides a bonding method. The bonding device and method can fully discharge bubbles from the middle area to the edge of the flexible screen body during bonding to adapt to cover plates with different shapes so as to achieve good bonding effect and high yield.

A system and method for networking fitness machines for allowing a fitness trainer or instructor to control various settings for a plurality of exercise machines simultaneously, and further for allowing an individual user and/or trainer to modify the settings of an individual exercise machine. The system and method for networking fitness machines generally includes a trainer remote control device, one or more machine-mounted onboard trainer controllers, and a machine-mounted onboard user controller. The trainer remote control device may be securely mounted to the arm of a trainer so that the trainer's hands remain free to instruct exercisers. The trainer remote control device includes a touch screen that displays selections corresponding to various settings on the exercise machines, such as tilt and roll, elevation, resistance level, and body positioning light indicia. The trainer remote control communicates with the plurality of exercise machines via a wireless network or Bluetooth connection allowing the trainer to change the settings of a plurality of exercise machines in a class mode simultaneously. The machine-mounted onboard trainer controllers and user controller provide the ability for the trainer or an exerciser to change the settings of an individual machine either during class in a class mode or in a private training mode.

The invention discloses a multi-target tracking and positioning system for an indoor parking lot, and belongs to the field of multi-target tracking and positioning. The system comprises a UWB positioning system and a vehicle body positioning device, the UWB positioning system comprises a wireless synchronous controller and a wireless positioning base station, and the vehicle body positioning device comprises a vehicle body positioning label, an inertia navigation module, a wireless module and a portable power source module; the data output by the inertia navigation module are sent to an upper computer system through the wireless module, meanwhile, the vehicle body positioning label sends a signal to the wireless positioning base station, the wireless positioning base station transmits the data to the wireless synchronous controller, the wireless synchronous controller sends the signal to an upper computer, and the upper computer system obtains target position data and posture data, determines specific vehicle body position and posture information through fusion operation and sends the information to a mobile client. The combined positioning system breaks through a positioning mode limited by environments in the prior art, and improvement in the aspects of spatiality, real-time performance, quantitative performance and precision is achieved.

A fixture for use with an intramedullary nail having nail body and a screw feature for receiving a screw orientable with respect to the nail body is provided. The fixture is adapted to orient the screw feature with respect to the nail. The fixture includes a first portion for cooperation with the nail body and a second portion for cooperation with the nail body. The fixture also includes a third portion for cooperation with the screw feature. The third portion is capable of being positioned in a plurality of positions with respect to the first portion. The fixture also includes a first nail body-positioning feature for positioning the nail body with respect to the first portion of the fixture. The fixture also includes a second nail body-positioning feature for positioning the nail body with respect to the second portion of the fixture. The fixture also includes a screw feature-positioning feature for positioning the screw feature with respect to the third portion of the fixture.

The invention belongs to the wireless positioning field, which relates to a dual-basic station accurate positioning method based on the neural network. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, evaluating scattering body information around a mobile terminal according to the positioning data measured by the basic station, then utilizing the neural network to remove the fuzzification of the scattering body error information, and finally, using scattering body positioning information which restrains the non line of sight error as a virtual basic station to realize the accurate position. The provided dual-basic station accurate positioning method based on the neural network can effectively restrain the non line of sight transmission error, and has the advantages of stable performance, low cost and high positioning accuracy.

The present embodiments disclose apparatus, systems and methods for allowing users to receive targeted delivery of haptic effects—air flow of variable intensity and temperature—from a single tower or surround tower configuration. The haptic tower may have an enclosed, modular assembly that manipulates air flow, fluid flow, scent, or any other haptic or sensation, for an immersed user. Moreover, the system has an application of sensor technology to capture data regarding a user's body positioning and orientation in the real environment. This data and, or data from a program coupled to the system, and, or audio-video data corresponding to a user in a virtual environment, is relayed to a haptic engine; recognized; scored along a plurality of parameters; and converted into a haptic output command for haptic output expression corresponding to the user in the virtual environment.

The invention discloses a system for automatically changing multi-vehicle type car body positioning fixtures for flexible welding of a robot. The system comprises a central positioning mechanism and a storage mechanism, wherein the storage mechanism comprises two sets of movable storage mechanisms which are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the central positioning mechanism, and each set of movable storage mechanism comprises a Y-direction track, a movable lifting mechanism and a car body positioning fixture storage arranged above the Y-direction track. According to the system, movable storage mechanisms which can move in the X direction, the Y direction and the Z direction are adopted, and only 15m*20m space is required for storing the car body positioning fixtures. The system is simple in structure and flexible and convenient to operate, and can be completely matched with a production line, so that synchronization production of any mixing of 1-6 types of vehicles can be realized.

The invention discloses a cloud-based intelligent car control and management system. The cloud-based intelligent car control and management system includes a cloud server, an intelligent electric car, a car cloud client, Web of Things automobile spare parts and environment perception equipment, wherein the cloud server is used for data reading/writing, environment perception, car body positioning, car management, car monitoring and calculation of automatic driving algorithm; the car cloud client is used for visually monitoring and managing cars, and querying the related sensing data of cars; the Web of Things automobile spare parts are used for providing various demanded parts for cars; the environment perception equipment is used for acquiring the surrounding environment information. Based on an Internet + opening and sharing idea, the cloud-based intelligent car control and management system utilizes the cloud system to realize control of intelligent cars. Besides, other external systems can call the system through interfaces, so that other systems can perform automatic driving application in more scenes, based on the automatic driving cars in the system.

A vehicle body assembly line locator assembly (16) includes locators (18) having locator pins (82) received by vehicle body positioning holes (84) upon upward movement to provide accurate positioning. As the locator pins (82) are moved upwardly and initially move into the vehicle body positioning holes (84), horizontal power actuators (50,58) are deactuated to permit back driving of the locator pins to permit full insertion. The upward movement is continued so that vertical rest surfaces (80) of locator heads (78) contact the vehicle body (20) and provide lifting thereof upwardly off a system conveyor, and the power actuators then move the vehicle body to the proper positioning for further assembly.

The invention discloses an autonomous positioning and directing system and method of an excavator and belongs to the field of autonomous cruising of the excavator. The system comprises a programmable computer controller, an autonomous walking positioning base station group, a gyro north finder, a tilt sensor, and excavator body positioning boxes, wherein the position of the positioning base station group is known with respect to a roadway coordinate system, three-dimensional coordinates of three excavator body positioning boxes with respect to the positioning base station group are detected in order by an ultra-wideband radio pulse ranging method when the excavator travels, and posture parameters of the excavators are calculated according to the three-dimensional coordinates; when the excavator stops, the posture parameters of the excavator are re-corrected through the gyro north finder and the tilt sensor; when the excavator travels out of an effective detection range of the system, four autonomous walking positioning base stations move forward in order according to an autonomous calibration strategy, and three-dimensional coordinates of the base stations are updated. Therefore, fully-automated positioning and directing of the excavator during roadway excavation is achieved.

The invention discloses a network user behavior audit and responsibility management system. The network user behavior audit and responsibility management system comprises a network information log audit subsystem and a network user behavior responsibility confirmation and management subsystem; the network information log audit subsystem comprises a data acquisition module, a data center module and a log information storage module; and the network user behavior responsibility confirmation and management subsystem comprises a user basic information module, a log behavior extracting module, an irregular behavior judging module, an irregular behavior statistic analysis module, a notification module and a control access flow module. A user's behavior is taken as the basis, comprehensive data source acquisition facing a system is performed, a target information system global safety situation is interpreted from a perspective that the user behavior is regular, and the global risk index of a target information network is quantized. Through association analyses of a network, a host and a network equipment log, behavior chains of a safety event is reconstructed, and real main body positioning and behavior process reproduction are achieved.

A method of positioning a patient or person 0 to 90 degrees in an upright position or greater in a supine or prone position while maintaining neutral skeletal alignment (non flexed position) with a body positioning mattress capable of applying a vacuum process to remove air; molding the mattress around the body to maintain position. A means to place the support mattress onto a manual or motorized bed frame to position and maintain a patient or person 0 to 90 degrees or greater in the supine or prone position.

The invention relates to a construction process of a wind power tower tube. The construction process comprises the procedures of sectioned tube section manufacturing, tower tube flange installation, and tower tube assembly; sectioned tube section manufacturing comprises the procedures of factory inspection of raw materials, material reinspection, pretreatment of a steel plate, numerical control cutting blanking, dimensional inspection, groove machining, circle rolling, group-welding of longitudinal joints, circle rectifying, measuring of tube section ovality, 100%UT detection and T-shaped seam100%MT detection; tower tube flange installation is achieved through the procedures of flange detection, tower tube detection, flange fixing, tube body installation, welding measuring, bottom flangeassembly, tube body connection, bolt connection, tube body positioning welding and detection after welding jointly; and tower tube assembly comprises the procedures of grouping of tube sections and flange nipples, inspection, welding, 100% UT detection, inspection, drawing of position lines of inner parts, inspection, group-welding of the inner parts, anticorrosion treatment, assembly of the innerparts, packing and forwarding. The construction process has the advantage of being high in precision.

The present invention relates to a system for positioning with respect to a patient's body an observation and/or intervention device having a portion penetrating into the patient's body comprising a base laid on the patient's body; a means for supporting the device formed of a first portion movably assembled on the base according to a connection with one degree of freedom, and of a second portion movably assembled on the first portion according to a connection with one degree of freedom and connected to the device; and means for actuating the first portion with respect to the base, and the second portion with respect to the first portion, in which the base surrounds at a distance at least partially the device, said device being detachably connected to the second portion to enable removal of the positioning system while leaving in place the device.