444 results about "Cause injury" patented technology

A deployment device for deploying a self-expansible medical implant at a target location in a body cavity, is provided. While generally, the expansion of self-expansible structures tends to be abrupt, and the impact of expansion may cause injury, a two-stage expansion process of the present invention minimizes the impact of exapnsion. Additionally, an ability to manuever the medical imlant into position, after the first stage of expansion, provides for accurate positioning. Thus the present invention is of a deployment device for precise and well-controlled manner of deployment, so as to minimize damage to the cavity wall and to position the implant accurately at the target location. The deployment device includes: an inner tube; an outer tube; and an implant received on the inner tube and enclosed by the outer tube. The implant has a self-expansible anchoring element which is in a contracted condition when enclosed by the outer tube, expands to a partially-expanded condition when the outer tube is retracted, and expands to a fully-expanded condition when the inner tube is removed.. The implant is deployed by introducing the deployment device to the target location in the body cavity; retracting the outer tube with respect to the implant such that the anchoring element self-expands from its contracted condition to its partially-expanded condition; and withdrawing the inner tube from the implant such that the anchoring element self-expands from its partially-expanded condition to its fully-expanded condition to firmly fix the implant at the target location within the body cavity.

A system for continuously monitoring a user's motion and for continuously providing realtime visual physical performance information to the user while the user is moving to enable the user to detect physical performance constructs that expose the user to increased risk of injury or that reduce the user's physical performance. The system includes multiple passive controllers 100A-F for measuring the user's motion, a computing device 102 for communicating with wearable display glasses 120 and the passive controllers 100A-F to provide realtime physical performance feedback to the user. The computing device 102 also transmits physical performance constructs to the wearable display glasses 120 to enable the user to determine if his or her movement can cause injury or reduce physical performance.

The drug solution container with a connector for communicating contains a drug solution container having at a tip end thereof an injection needle connecting part, and a hollow connector for communicating attached to a tip end of the drug solution container, and the connector for communicating contains a cylindrical guide part with a bottom capable of being slidably attached to an opening of a vial, and a hollow penetrating member provided at a center of the bottom of the guide part to penetrate the bottom. The penetrating member contains a penetrating needle at a tip end side with respect to the bottom, and a connecting part at a base end side with respect to the bottom, and the connecting part is connected to the injection needle connecting part through a fragile portion. According to the drug solution container with a connector for communicating, an operation for preparation of a drug solution can be easily carried out in a short period of time without causing injury of an operator or coring.

A method for detecting and closing the patent foramen ovale including the steps of locating a His bundle, plane of the interatrial septum, and coronary sinus ostium in a patient; identifying a fossa ovalis on the basis of one or more predetermined distances between the fossa ovalis and the His bundle, the plane of the interatrial septum, and the coronary sinus ostium; locating a patent foramen ovale by probing the junction between the fossa ovalis and a limbus of the fossa ovalis; and causing injury to the surfaces of at least one of a septum primum and a septum secundum within the patent foramen ovale. Another method includes the steps of locating a tunnel of a patent foramen ovale by probing the junction between a fossa ovalis and a limbus of the fossa ovalis and causing injury to the surfaces of at least one of a septum primum and a septum secundum within the tunnel of the patent foramen ovale by applying energy to at least one of the septum primum and the septum secundum. Apparatuses to perform these methods are also provided.

An ostomy appliance body side member or an ostomy appliance comprising an adhesive wafer having a first adhesive surface for securing the appliance to the user's skin, said wafer having a second surface being covered with a carrier sheet which wafer has a hole for receiving a stoma wherein a part of the adhesive wafer surrounding the stoma shows balanced plastic and elastic properties allowing an adaptation of the size of the hole of the ostomy appliance to a stoma by enlarging the hole for accommodating the stoma by rolling up the inner rim thereof forming a torus and wherein a part of the second surface of the wafer surrounding the hole shows surface properties compatible with the first adhesive surface of the adhesive wafer locking the torus to the second surface in its rolled position by the contact between the second surface and the first adhesive surface enables a simple, safe and reliable customisation of the hole of a body side member without the use of tools and at the same time provides means for reducing the risk of causing injury to or constriction of the stoma.

The invention provides a device for causing damage to an experimental animal, which comprises a platform and an altitude controller arranged on the platform, and further comprises a striking component, a horizontal bracket and a vertical bracket; the striking component comprises a striking bar, a striking head, a guiding pipe, an electromagnet, a power and a switch; the guiding pipe, which is an open-ended through-tube, is fixed on the horizontal bracket; a cover of the striking bar is arranged in clearance fit with the guiding pipe; one end of the striking bar is connected with the striking head, and the other end of the striking bar is made of ferromagnetic materials and arranged in the magnetic field produced by the electromagnet; the electromagnet and the power are electrically connected with the switch; the altitude controller and the vertical bracket are vertically connected with the horizontal bracket; and the electromagnet is fixed on the vertical bracket. The device causes fixed-point and fixed-amount damage to animal tissue such as spinal cord, reduces artificial errors through mechanized operation, and enhances the repeatability of an experiment.

A restraint harness for a dog, particularly a dog of medium size and larger, including a conventional adjustable dog harness and an attached harness control extension. The harness control extension includes a plurality of straps configured to extend to the hind end of the dog and a motion control cord that is interlaced in and between the conventional adjustable dog harness and the harness control extension. The motion control cord encircles the dog's hind legs and can be tightened around the thighs with minimal force, where such tightening substantially restrains the dog without causing injury to the dog.

A restraint harness for a dog, particularly a dog of medium size and larger, including a conventional adjustable dog harness or collar and an attached control extension member. The control extension member includes a plurality of straps configured to extend to the hind end of the dog and a motion control cord that is interlaced in and between the conventional adjustable dog harness and the control extension member. The motion control cord encircles the dog's hind legs and can be tightened around the thighs with minimal force, where such tightening substantially restrains the dog without causing injury to the dog.

A wearable ballistic impact protection system detects impacts to a body. The system includes multiple sensors 10L, 10R for detecting vibration. The sensed vibrations are converted to electrical signals which are filtered. Electronic components 15 are provided to determine whether the filtered signal have frequency and amplitude characteristics of impact that cause injury to a body. Preferably, the sensors 10L, 10R are Piezo-electric film sensing elements. Information regarding the extent of the impact and injuries to the body may be transmitted to a remote location so that medics or other personnel may be informed to the extent of injuries to the body so that they may provide medical assistance.

A restraint harness for a dog, particularly a dog of medium size and larger, including a conventional adjustable dog harness and an attached harness control extension. The harness control extension includes a plurality of straps configured to extend to the hind end of the dog and a motion control cord that is interlaced in and between the conventional adjustable dog harness and the harness control extension. The motion control cord encircles the dog's hind legs and can be tightened around the thighs with minimal force, where such tightening substantially restrains the dog without causing injury to the dog.

The body of the shock absorber is made of lightweight flexible resilient tubular polymer material which will not cause injury when struck by it. The body has a stop in each end and two compression springs within the tubular body between the stops. Tension cables are attached to the compression springs and do not pneumatically engage within the tubular polymer body and extend out of the body and respectively carry a snap hook for attachment to a dog collar and a ring for attachment to a dog leash. Pull on the tension members causes compression of the springs to reduce shock-loading on the dog walker. After the springs are pulled solid, the resiliency of the body continues to absorb shock.

Disclosed is a toy spinning top. The top includes a rotatable blade, a driving force generator coupled with the blade and generating a driving force to rotate the blade, and an attack ring detachably coupled with the blade to idly rotate against the blade. The toy top does not generate fragments when colliding with an adjacent top or other objects, and does not cause injury to a human body even if the toy top collides with the human body, so that the top can be used for safe play.

The invention discloses mesenchymal stem cell low-temperature preserving fluid and a preparation method thereof. The mesenchymal stem cell low-temperature preserving fluid is prepared from human albumin injection and compound electrolyte injection according to a volume ratio of (1:100) to (1:5). Per 25ml of human albumin injection contains 5g of human albumin; per 1000 mL of the compound electrolyte injection contains 5.26g of sodium chloride, 5.02g of sodium gluconate, 3.68g of sodium acetate, 0.37g of potassium chloride and 0.30g of magnesium chloride. The invention also discloses an injection prepared from the low-temperature preserving fluid and a preparation method thereof. The use of freeze storage protection agents having the toxic and side effects and causing injury on cells is avoided; the freeze storage and unfreezing steps are avoided; the clinic safety, simplicity and convenience are greatly improved; meanwhile, the activity maintenance time of stem cells is prolonged; the condition that the cell activity can still meet the clinic use requirements after the 24h transportation. The mesenchymal stem cell low-temperature preserving fluid has the advantages that the safety is high; the transportation is convenient; the cell activity is high; the cost is low.

The present invention is a padded garment covering the lower torso and upper legs of paraplegics, who have lost not only control of their legs but any sensation of pain, said garments providing protection against bruises and abrasions caused by sliding about on floors, collisions with edges and corners, and / or other activities involved in moving about, the padding of said garment having a resilient core resistent to complete collapse and covered with a surface resistent to puncture or wear by the described activities and devoid of seams, fasteners, and other protrusions which could cause injury by chafing, said garment capable of conforming to any of several body positions.

The invention relates to a method for distinguishing true apple juice from false apple juice by virtue of liquid chromatogram- isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC-IRMS) determination. The method can be used for effectively distinguishing true apple juice from false apple juice and ensuring the quality safety of apple juice products. The method comprises the following steps: respectively preparing apples from different places into apple juice samples; analyzing plant polysaccharides in the prepared apple juice samples to establish plant polysaccharide determination conditions, and analyzing malic acid in the apple juice to establish the plant polysaccharide determination conditions; and analyzing natural apple juice to establish a linear relationship between the delta <13>C ratio of plant polysaccharides and malic acid in the apple juice to make judgment on the true and false apple juice, wherein if the delta <13>Csuc (sucrose) ranges from -1.909% to -2.647%, the delta <13>Cglu (glucose) ranges from -2.452% to -3.050%, the delta <13>Cfru (fructose) ranges from 2.522% to 3.196%, the ratio delta 1 of plant polysaccharides ranges from 0.27 to 2.78, the delta <13>Cmal (malic acid) ranges from -2.531% to 3.257% and the linear dependence coefficient R2 is more than 0.7255, the apple juice is true. The method is accurate in determination results and high in sensitivity, the quality of apple juice can be effectively guaranteed, adulterated apple juice can be prevented from causing injury to consumers, and economic and social benefits are tremendous.

The invention provides a display device and belongs to the technical field of display. The display device solves the problems that conventional display devices cause injury to the eyes of people because of short wave blue light existing in light emitted by LEDs. The display device comprises a display panel and an optical component. The optical component comprises first material layers and second material layers arranged alternately, wherein the refractive index of the first material layers is greater than that of the second material layers. The optical component is used for reducing the transmittance of short wave blue light in light emitted to the display panel.

A long-distance blast banger including a cartridge loaded with a blast banger made up from plastic material. The blast banger encompasses a sound explosives cup and a delay cup. The sound explosives cup is loaded with a sound explosives agent having components including perchloryl potassium, magnesium powder and aluminum powder. A sufficient sound value is acquired through appropriate compacting of the sound explosives cup, and therefrom realizes uniform shattering of the cup into small fragments that are insufficient to cause injury. Furthermore, at least two helical grooves extending from a bottom to a top of the cartridge are defined on an inner wall thereof, and ear attachments are configured on a base of an outer wall of the blast banger so as to correspond with the helical grooves, thereby engendering a spinning stability effect during flight time of the blast banger, reducing wind resistance, and thus increasing flight range.

The invention provides a neural stem cell cryopreservation method, which belongs to cell biotechnology field. Its characteristic is fixes directly the cell embedding in certain density collagen culture medium, saves in the tube to become the rubber frozen; Through the experiment determined that freezing protecting agent DMSO inducts the time best in the collagen - cell compound;15%2XDMSO will induct in the collagen - cell compound, the room temperature is balanced 15 minutes ; frozen pipe will be diverted to control speed cooling frozen boxes, boxes and frozen at -85 degree C refrigerator placed to ensure that the rate of cooling -1 degree C / min, four hours after the turn -196 degree C liquid nitrogen preservation. The effect of this invention and the benefits of this method is to reduce the infiltration process of DMSO on both sides of the membrane pressure differential caused injury. After the recovery, the cell - collagen compound maintains the good integrity, the cellular form and activeness is good, may use in vivo transplant directly.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for cutting a concrete structure using a diamond wire saw. More particularly, the present invention relates to an environmentally-friendly cutting apparatus using a wire saw and to a cutting method using the same, capable of completely collecting concrete sludge and dust generated during the cutting of the concrete structure without deteriorating work efficiency, and specially controlling the sludge generated during underwater cutting in an efficient manner to prevent environmental contamination. The cutting apparatus of the present invention comprises a jig case and a sealing cover unit for sealing the cut surface of a target structure for cutting, a wire saw, and a jig for changing the direction (a set of pulleys for guiding the wire saw), thus perfectly preventing dust and sludge generated during cutting of the structure from being exposed to the air or water to prevent environmental contamination. Further, the present invention is advantageous as it prevents the wire saw and the jig for changing direction from being outwardly exposed, which may otherwise cause injury to workers during cutting, thus improving the safety of cutting work. Further, the present invention collects sludge generated during the cutting of the structure, enables the collected sludge to settle in a settling tank, and enables purified upper water to be supplied to the sealing cover unit from a water purifying channel and be reused as a coolant for cooling the frictional heat on the cut surface, thus preventing environmental contamination and saving resources.

An impact energy transmitting arrangement (10) for transmitting energy, which arises during impact between a vehicle (12) on which the arrangement (10) is mounted and a foreign body, to a vehicle structure (14). The arrangement includes first means (18) displaceable in a first direction, and second means (20) adapted for co-operation with the first means. The first and second means are operable such that the arrangement, below a first predetermined value of a parameter representative of the energy to be transmitted, presents a first resistance-to-displacement value and, above the first predetermined value, presents a second resistance-to-displacement value. The first resistance-to-displacement value is greater than the second resistance-to-displacement value. In this manner, a bumper assembly which is stiff at very low speeds is rendered less stiff at higher speeds which otherwise could cause injury to pedestrians.

The invention relates to a sexual propagation and cultivation method for Unibract fritillary Bulb, which adopts seedling culture tray type or seedling culture bag type method. The seeding can be carried out in autumn or in spring, the methods such as reasonable close planting, seedling culture tray or seedling culture bag type method, centralized multilayer stack are adopted to realize the rapid and high efficient propagation of the Unibract fritillary Bulb in seedling stage. The method can greatly reduce the management cost of the Unibract fritillary Bulb in seedling stage, effectively control the propagation and harm of diseases, insects, weeds and rats to the Unibract fritillary Bulb in seedling stage, improves germination rate of the seeds and the survival rate of seedlings and reduces workload of digging; compared with general digging process, the method can not cause injury or loss to bulbs of the Unibract fritillary Bulb, thereby obviously improving the sexual propagation coefficient and economic efficiency of the Unibract fritillary Bulb, obviously improving land use rate; therefore, the method is a practical technique.

A non-lethal method of cock fighting includes providing each gamecock (12a, 12b) with a garment such as a vest (16a, 16b) or collar (100a, 100b) that at least partially covers the body of the gamecock and carries a sensor (19a-19e, 103-107) at a predetermined location on the garment and a signal transmission device (20). The signal transmission device generates a signal when the sensor is struck by a gamecock. The spurs (12c) of each gamecock are covered with a protective device (60) to prevent the spurs from causing injury during the cock fight and their beaks (12d) are taped shut. A scoring apparatus (26) is provided that is responsive to the signal and includes a visual display that displays a numerical score for each gamecock. The numerical score is based, at least in part, on the number strikes detected by the sensor being struck over a predetermined time period during the cock fight.

The invention discloses essential oil for cleaning and caring female private parts and a preparation method of the essential oil, aiming at the problems that the existing products are complicated and inconvenient to use, and not obvious in effect and long in treatment cycle, easily cause injuries or secondary infection of the private parts, and have abundant using contraindication, and consumers can have serious problems due to improper use. The essential oil is prepared from the following components in percentage by weight: 10-15% of lavender spike essential oil, 17-22% of palmarosa essential oil, 12-20% of tea tree essential oil, 18-23% of clary sage essential oil, 10-15% of leptospermum scoparium essential oil, 10-15% of eucalyptus essential oil, and 4-9% of thujanol thyme essential oil. By utilizing the characteristics that the plant essential oil has the excellent antibacterial, antiviral, antimicrobic, sterilization and inflammation-diminishing efficacies, the principle that the plant essential oil has the volatility, the characteristic that the plant essential oil with complicated components can not have drug resistance like antibiotics, as well as the characteristic that that the essential oil has more curative effects through scientific mixing, the essential oil provided by the invention has the advantages of obvious effect and rapidness in taking effect.

A faceguard to be mounted on a football helmet which greatly reduces the ability of an opposing player to penetrate the exterior surface of the faceguard and grasp, with his / her hands, the faceguard and rotate the wearer's head in such a way as to cause injury to the wearer's head, neck, or spine. Furthermore, the faceguard will accomplish the above stated while still providing appropriate ventilation for the wearer and allow the wearer to receive water from a standard squeeze type sports water bottle. The faceguard is provided with a flush elastomeric mounting bushing to make the faceguard simpler to manufacture and easier and less awkward to mount to a football helmet. The flush elastomeric mounting bushing provides shock absorption between the faceguard and the helmet at the mounting points. The flush feature of the mounting bushing provides an additional safety benefit of decreasing the likelihood that the mounting will be caught on a player's uniform or cause any puncture or scrape to the skin of another player. The flush feature also makes it difficult for an opposing player to grip or hold the facemask of the wearer. The faceguard is constructed of a single body of injection molded clear or tinted plastic which can withstand high-impact in order to sustain the abuse required of such a device in the game of football.

A wearable ballistic impact protection system detects impacts to a body. The system includes multiple sensors for detecting vibration. The sensed vibrations are converted to electrical signals which are filtered. Electronic components are provided to determine whether the filtered signal have frequency and amplitude characteristics of impact that cause injury to a body. Preferably, the sensors are Piezo-electric film sensing elements. Information regarding the extent of the impact and injuries to the body may be transmitted to a remote location so that medics or other personnel may be informed to the extent of injuries to the body so that they may provide medical assistance.

The invention discloses a filter medium for removing manganese in drinking water and a preparation method thereof, and also relates to a filter core, a water purifying device and a water dispenser consisting of the filter medium. Preparation of the filter medium comprises the following steps of: a) mixing raw materials including zeolite molecular sieve powder, polyethylene powder with super-high molecular weight, active carbon powder and pore forming agent in a weight ratio of 100-300 to 200-400 to 50-150 to 50-150; and b) pressing, sintering and cooling the mixture obtained by the step a) in a mould. The filter medium provided by the invention has high removal rate of the manganese in the water, high removing speed, simple use and low cost, can prevent the manganese from causing injury to the human body without subsequent processing and is suitable for the treatment of the drinking water at the home terminal. Tests show that the filter medium has a removal rate of more than 90 percent of the manganese in the drinking water.

To develop and provide a device for preventing loss of golf tees that makes it hard to lose a golf tee, reduces the impact on the tee itself during tee shots, makes it easier to find golf tees that have gone flying, and furthermore, when the golf tee is put in one's pocket, does not cause injuries due to the projecting part at the tip of the golf tee. In the present invention, using a crude rubber or elastic resin material component, an upper side male bushing, which is provided at the center with a through hole into which a golf tee is inserted and held therein, and a bottom side female bushing, which can be fit on the shaft part of the above-described upper side male bushing, are provided; and one sheet of or a plural sheets of overlapping waterproof, lightweight loss prevention components, each of which is formed in a flower petal shape or wing shape or the like and has a through hole for the shaft part of the upper side male bushing, is / are provided between the upper side male bushing and the bottom side female bushing.