47 results about "Distressing" patented technology

In a preferred application, e.g., the repair of vaginal prolapse after relocation of the vagina and any organs displaced by the prolapse, corrective surgery is initiated by applying a hollow tubular element, formed to forcibly insert a barbed anchor attached to a distal end of a first length of suture, without any incision, from the inside of the vagina through the vaginal wall (the supported tissue) into selected support tissue within a patient's pelvis. This involves puncturing and thus locally severe physical distressing of both the supported tissue and the support tissue. The barbed anchor is left in the support tissue as the tubular element is then withdrawn from the support tissue and out of the vagina, leaving the proximate end portion of the suture extending through the vaginal wall into the vagina. A second such anchor, with a second length of suture attached thereto, is similarly inserted adjacent to the first anchor. The proximate end portions of the sutures are tied to each other inside the vagina, to thereby secure the vaginal wall to the support tissue with corresponding punctures formed in each by the insertions of the two anchors being thereby held in respective, precisely aligned, intimate contact during healing. This results in a pair of fused scars that cooperate to permanently bond the vaginal wall locally to the support tissue. If the sutures and / or the anchors are made of absorbable material they will all eventually disappear and the fused scars will provide the permanent bonding. If the anchors are made of non-absorbable material they may remain where located. A plurality of such paired fused-scar bonds may be generated, at the surgeon's discretion, to ensure adequate support for the repaired vagina. The apparatusand method can be readily adapted to similarly effect deliberate, local, beneficial bonding between other adjacent living tissues in a patient.

A method is provided for treating the decorative face of a panel to simulate the visual effect of a distressed panel. The decorative face may include at least a layer of wood or the like. The method may involve passing the panel with respect to two or more distressing tools. The passing may be performed in an automated way by first driving means. The method may also involve advancing the distressing tools intermittently toward the moving panel to apply distress marks. The intermittently advancing may be performed in an automated way by second, third and optional further driving means. At least one of the passing of the panel and the advancing of the distressing tools toward the moving panel may be performed according to an irregular rhythm in order to obtain irregularly spaced distress marks. At least one of the first driving means, the second driving means, the third driving means, and the optional further driving means is steered by and therefore coupled to program means.

In order to create or emulate authentic shotgun holes in a garment, a garment is subject to a distressing process with projectiles or other distressing apparatuses. A garment may be distressed without comprising critical components of the garment by positioning it in a stationary form in relation to a distressing apparatus and protecting the garment with a garment protection apparatus. A button for a garment is created by utilizing an authentic shotgun shell base attached to a rivet and spacer.

The invention discloses a silver ornament process technique. The technique comprises the steps of S1, melting silver, wherein a silver ingot is placed in a crucible, the crucible is placed on a furnace to melt the silver ingot and then clamped by lazy tongs after the silver ingot is molten, and liquid silver obtained after melting is poured into a flat copper mold; S2, taking the silver ingot in the copper mold out to be cleaned; S3, conducting wiredrawing on the silver ingot to form filamentary silver; S4, welding the filamentary silver with an external liner plate with liquid silver as welding flux to form a silver ornament; S5, placing the silver ornament in a vibrator to relieve stress through vibration; S6, soaking the silver ornament in hydrochloric acid; S7, finally placing the silver ingot in clear water to be cleaned, and then conducting inspection and packaging. By the adoption of the technique, influences on the color, quality and appearance of the silver ornament caused by constituent difference of welding powder or welding rods are avoided, and through vibration distressing and hydrochloric acid cleaning, the silver ornament has small welding stress, high firmness and high glossiness.