82 results about "Growth plates" patented technology

An orthopedic device and method for correcting angular deformation of a bone structure having a growth plate. The device includes first and second hinge members connected together at a hinge joint. The device is adapted for mounting the orthopedic device to the bone structure with the pivot joint positioned over the growth plate. Alignment of the pivot joint with the growth plate promotes asymmetric growth of the growth plate to thereby correct the angular deformation.

A means of measuring and monitoring skeletal growth rate using a plasma analyte, amino-terminal C-type natriuretic peptide (NT-CNP). Plasma NT-CNP concentrations reflect the potential for further growth of the immature skeleton. Measurement of plasma NT-CNP in a subject, when related to the mean of an appropriate age and gender matched set of control subjects, provides an index of the severity of a growth disorder not otherwise available and facilitates diagnosis in children with undetected osteo-chondrodysplasias or other intrinsic disorders of the growth plate. The invention also provides a means of detecting and monitoring potentially harmful effects of drugs and other factors on skeletal growth long before they are evident using current methods in clinical practice.

The invention provides a lead-acid accumulator raw plate solidification drying process which is used for solving the problems that the raw plate active matter is easy to occur argillization, and be desquamated, etc. The technical proposal of the invention is that the procedure is carried out in a solidification drying chamber, with the process parameters as follows: 60 to 95 percent of solidification relative humidity of positive raw plate, 30 to 45 DEG C of solidification temperature thereof, 56 to 72 hours of solidification time thereof; 60 to 80 percent of solidification relative humidity of negative raw plate, 30 to 45 DEG C of solidification temperature thereof and 36 to 48 hours of solidification time thereof. The process of the invention is beneficial for reducing the free lead content in the raw plate, obviously improves the adhesion of the lead paste and the grid plate, prolongs the service life of the accumulator, and reduces the generation of rust plate and the dosage of water vapor during the solidification. The comparison detection indicates that the service life of the accumulator prepared by the raw plate which is processed by the process of the invention is prolonged by about 20 percent compared with the original process.

An economical method for recovering nitrogen from liquid waste using autotrophic organisms and minimal energy inputs and without chemical additives. Solids are separated from anaerobically digested liquid waste. The resulting translucent liquid is introduced to a culture of autotrophic microorganisms in the presence of natural or artificial light, thereby accumulating biomass and producing a liquid effluent with elevated pH. The elevated-pH, liquid effluent is heated and stripped of ammonia, thereby producing a water vapor and stripped ammonia gas stream. The water vapor ammonia gas stream is condensed to form a liquid / ammonia condensate. The autotrophic microorganisms are advantageously cultivated in a photobioreactor comprising a plurality of axially spaced-apart, growth plates mounted for rotation to a shaft. The pH of the culture is adjustable within a preferred range of 8.0 to 10.5 by adjusting the light intensity and rotational speed.

The present invention relates to a pair of functional shoes, which enables both physical stimulation and electrical stimulation to be transmitted to the heel portions of feet and specific portions of ankles, which are helpful in promoting height growth, using the force that is generating while walking, thus stimulating growth plates. Each of the functional shoes an ankle contact member mounted to the heel counter of the shoe, which supports the rear portion of a foot, which ranges from the heel of a foot to an ankle, formed in a shape that corresponds to the concave shape of the rear portion of the ankle, and coming into contact with an ankle stimulation portion; an ankle stimulating member mounted from the inside of a shoe outsole to the ankle contact member, and transmitting physical stimulation to the ankle stimulation portion, which is the concave rear portion of the ankle malleolus, using force that is applied by the foot while walking; a heel stimulating member mounted in the shoe outsole, which corresponds to the central portion of the rear portion of a sole, formed to have hardness higher than the outsole, and transmitting load stimulation, caused by applied force, to a heel stimulation portion, which corresponds to the central portion of the rear portion of the sole; and an electrical stimulation unit, comprising a power generation device which is mounted in the shoe outsole and generates power, and power generation points which are formed on an ankle stimulation part and / or the heel stimulation portion.

An orthopedic device and method for correcting angular deformation of a bone structure having a growth plate. The device includes first and second hinge members connected together at a hinge joint. The device is adapted for mounting the orthopedic device to the bone structure with the pivot joint positioned over the growth plate. Alignment of the pivot joint with the growth plate promotes asymmetric growth of the growth plate to thereby correct the angular deformation.

This invention describes rapid detection and identification of colonies or micro-colonies of microorganisms after regular or short (several hours) growth periods on light pellucid, molecule-permeable membranes installed on solid nutrient media. Colonies or micro-colonies appearing on a membrane can be easily transferred from a growth plate to another media such as, pure agar or paper filled with indicator substances or substrates. Filterable and non-filterable samples can be analyzed by this method. A multitude of different methods of detection and identification can be realized using this invention in a micro-colony format: detection and enumeration of all live cells or specific live cells; detection and simultaneous identification of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms; different immunological methods of detection; detection and enumeration using machine analysis such as automated image identifiers.

A nanotube based device for guiding a beam of x-rays, photons, or neutrons, includes a beam source and at least one nanotube. Each nanotube has an optical entrance positioned in a manner that a projection of the direction of the central axis at the optical entrance intersects with the beam source. Each nanotube may have an interior diameter that varies along the length of the nanotube. to point the entrances of a bundle of nanotubes toward a point-shaped beam source, the bundle can be grown as an array of multilayer nanotubes from a spherical growth plate. The clear aperture of the bundle is enhanced by providing a smaller number of wall layers of each nanotube near the growth plate than at a distance from the growth plate.

A method of correcting spinal deformity, which includes locating pharmaceutical-loaded implants adjacent to targeted spinal growth plates, and then eluting the pharmaceutical onto the growth plates. Preferably, the method involves correcting spinal deformity by simply inserting a pharmaceutical-eluting pedicle screw onto the concave side of a scoliotic curve. In some embodiments, the screw has a cannulated internal reservoir that contains a growth-inhibiting pharmaceutical (such as a tetracycline) and at least one fenestration that allows the pharmaceutical to elute onto the vertebral body growth plate.

An implantable apparatus for use in the correction of skeletal deformities comprising a hinge applied in various orientations across one or more growth plates and attached to bone via attachment members.

A growth plate or Petri plate and a method for detection and identification of microorganisms by specific or non-specific staining of colonies or microcolonies is described. Analytical substances (chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates, biochemical dyes, dyes indicators of pH, antibiotics and other biological active substances) are applied to the lower surface of a nutrient agar layer. The substances diffuse in the agar, reach cells and react with them. Because colonies or microcolonies are not removed from the media, they retain their shape, color, size and other useful characteristics for analytical purposes.

The invention provides digestive enzyme liquid for poultry tibial growth plate cartilage primary cell separation. A complete medium is used as basic liquid, and is prepared from the following ingredients including collagenase IV with the mass concentration being 80 to 100mg / mL and hyaluronidase with the mass concentration being 80 to 100mg / mL; the complete medium takes a high-glucose DMEM-F12 culture medium as a basic culture medium, and contains the following ingredients including fetal calf serum with the volume concentration being 8 to 12 percent, vitamin C with the mass concentration being 4.5 to 5.5mg / mL and mycillin with the mass concentration being 1 to 10mg / mL. Through the selection on digestive enzyme and the concentration optimization, the cell yield reaches 85 to 95 percent or higher; during the further culture on the digested cells, the cell upward trend is good; meanwhile, the cell viability of the digested primary cell reaches 85 to 95 percent or higher; the cell viability is relatively stable.

The invention discloses a high-strength absorbable bone screw for internal fracture fixation. The bone screw is prepared from a degradable oriented polylactic acid sectional material, wherein the raw material of the oriented polylactic acid sectional material is L-polylactide having a specific rotation of negative155-negative 160 degrees; the sectional material is prepared from L-polylactide sequentially through blank preparing, oriented reinforcing and quenching, the blank preparing method is injection molding, the oriented reinforcing method is forging and pressing or extruding; and the sectional material is manufactured into the bone screw through a turning method, a carving method or a direct molding method. The bone screw has high strength, small attenuation rate of mechanical strength, ensures mechanical support in a bone healing stage and sufficient heating time for injured bones, has good biocompatibility, can be degraded and absorbed, can be used for reducing osteoporosis, and has a remarkable effect on fixing cancellous bone fracture. Under a special condition, the size of the bone screw can be adjusted according to the ankle osteotomy, ankle fracture degree and the growth plate characteristics of ulna.

The invention relates to a fruit type vegetable growing system. The system comprises but not limited to a nutrient supply and collection device and a plant growing device, wherein the plant growing device and the nutrient supply and collection device are connected in a matching way, and can be separated freely; the plant growing device comprises a plant growing groove provided with a plurality of through holes, a plant growing plate which is connected with the plant growing groove in a matching way and can be freely separated from the plant growing groove, and a fixed planting basket connected with the plant growing plate; the nutrient supply and collection device comprises a nutrient solution collection groove, and a nutrient solution supply pipeline which is placed into the nutrient solution collection groove and is provided with an atomizing device; an isolating and buffering block is further arranged between the nutrient solution supply pipeline and the plant growing groove. The fruit type vegetable growing system has the beneficial effects that free separation of the plant growing device from the nutrient supply device is realized, so that the plant growing plate can be used for driving plants to move randomly, and the transplanting, picking and transporting efficiencies are greatly increased; meanwhile, convenience is brought to repair and maintenance.

The present invention relates to a pair of functional shoes, which enables both physical stimulation and electrical stimulation to be transmitted to the heel portions of feet and specific portions of ankles, which are helpful in promoting height growth, using the force that is generating while walking, thus stimulating growth plates. Each of the functional shoes an ankle contact member mounted to the heel counter of the shoe, which supports the rear portion of a foot, which ranges from the heel of a foot to an ankle, formed in a shape that corresponds to the concave shape of the rear portion of the ankle, and coming into contact with an ankle stimulation portion; an ankle stimulating member mounted from the inside of a shoe outsole to the ankle contact member, and transmitting physical stimulation to the ankle stimulation portion, which is the concave rear portion of the ankle malleolus, using force that is applied by the foot while walking; a heel stimulating member mounted in the shoe outsole, which corresponds to the central portion of the rear portion of a sole, formed to have hardness higher than the outsole, and transmitting load stimulation, caused by applied force, to a heel stimulation portion, which corresponds to the central portion of the rear portion of the sole; and an electrical stimulation unit, comprising a power generation device which is mounted in the shoe outsole and generates power, and power generation points which are formed on an ankle stimulation part and / or the heel stimulation portion.

The invention relates to a plant growth system, comprising: a plant growth body, wherein the plant growth body is made by more than one plant growth plate and the plant growth plate is provided with a plurality of spaced planting holes; a liquid storage tank which is arranged in the nightsides of the plant growth plates and below the planting holes; and an atomizing device which is arranged inside the plant growth body to provide an atomized nutrient solution for plant roots. The atomizing device comprises a plurality of atomizing nozzles which are arranged in an infusion tube. The infusion tube is connected with a nutrition tank which stores a nutrient solution. A high pressure water pump is further provided in the infusion tube. The system of the invention has the beneficial effects of simple structure, convenient operation, plant growth promotion, easy installation, and realization of stereo planting and the system provides a possibility for the plant to grow in space.

The invention relates to a vertical reaction furnace for continuous production of carbon nanotubes with a preset catalyst. The reaction furnace comprises a heating furnace, a reaction chamber, a collecting chamber, a carbon nanotube growth plate, a growth plate support column, a growth plate push rod, and a pneumatic push rod valve, etc. The reaction chamber is located in the heating furnace, and the carbon nanotube growth plate is located at the center of the reaction chamber. The carbon nanotube growth plate and the growth plate support column are in hinged connection, and the growth plate support column is vertically fixed at the center of the collecting chamber base plate. One end of the growth plate motion push rod is in hinged connection with the carbon nanotube growth plate, and the other end is in hinged connection with the pneumatic push rod valve. The reaction furnace provided by the invention can realize continuous production of carbon nanotubes, and can effectively and fully exert the catalytic efficiency of the catalyst in a carbon nanotube deposition process. The tail gas of carbon nanotube deposition is utilized, the energy consumption for production of unit weight carbon nanotube can be reduced, the carbon nanotube production cost is lowered, and the equipment structure is simpler.

The ultrasonic method of measuring bone age and bone growth plate development degree belongs to the field of measurement technology. The technological scheme includes sampling over 600 children of 1-10 years old as measuring check samples; measuring the sound velocity in the children's radius and treating the measured results to obtain the average children's bone sound velocity as the standard value of average children's bone sound velocity in the said age range; and measuring the bone sound velocity and bone growth plate sound velocity of the measured child and comparing with the standard value so as to evaluation result of the bone age and bone growth plate development degree of the measured child. The present invention avoids the jamming on the measurement process and opens one new way of judging child's bone age and bone growth plate development degree objectively and quantitatively.

Disclosed herein is a growth plate stimulation-type portable growth promotion apparatus including two-phase ultrasonic vibration generators and Light Emitting Diode (LED) devices. The ring-shaped two-phase ultrasonic vibration generators have a center hole. Each of the LED devices is provided in the center hole of the each two-phase ultrasonic vibration generator. The two-phase ultrasonic vibration generators includes a ring-shaped vibration stator configured to have a center hole; a first electrode layer provided under the vibration stator; a second electrode layer provided under the first electrode layer; and a piezoelectric ceramic group layer configured to include a first piezoelectric ceramic group for generating an A phase and a second piezoelectric ceramic group for generating a B phase. Growth plates are stimulated using two-phase ultrasound projected from the two-phase ultrasonic vibration generators and light projected from the LED devices.

The invention relates to a portable vegetable and fruit growth system, which is characterized by comprising but not limited to a nutrition supply and collecting device and a plant growth cup, wherein the plant growth cup is matched and connected with the nutrition supply and collecting device, can be freely separated, and comprises a cup body and a cup cover connected with the cup body, and a fixed planting hole used for plant growth is formed in the cup cover. The portable vegetable and fruit growth system has the beneficial effects that through the arrangement of a plant growth plate and the plant growth cup, the single-strain or multi-strain automatic picking or transplanting of vegetables, melons and fruits is realized, and the planting, picking and maintenance production efficiency is greatly improved.

An implant has a soft tissue attachment structure, and a surface defining a trough. An ingrowth plate spans a portion of the trough and defines a suture tunnel between the ingrowth plate and the trough for receiving suture. The ingrowth plate bows convexly away from the surface and is perforated to facilitate long-term ingrowth and biologic fixation of soft tissue to the implant.

The present invention provides an apparatus comprised of devices for simple, fast and cost-effective storage and plating of solid nutrient medium (SNM) for various uses in the field of microbiological analysis. The devices consist of a container which can be aseptically filled with SNM and equipped with a plunger to accurately press out needed amounts of the SNM; a cutting means to cut, hold and transfer SNM; a measuring means to measure the amount of SNM exiting the container; and a growth plate for storage of SNM, growth of microorganisms on SNM, and introduction of indicator substances to SNM for analysis of microorganisms.

A method for detecting microorganisms includes obtaining a sample from a source of interest and applying the sample to a selective growth medium to permit any microorganisms of interest in the sample to grow. Any microorganisms that have grown are harvested. An immunoassay is then conducted to detect the microorganism of interest, if any, with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. A system that may be used to grow, harvest, and detect a microorganism of interest includes a growth plate, or dish, a lavage solution, a lavage apparatus, and an assay apparatus. The dish may include a vessel with multiple sections, at least one of which is used to grow microorganisms of interest, and another of which is configured to receive and contain harvested microorganisms of interest.

An implant has a soft tissue attachment structure, and a surface defining a trough. An ingrowth plate spans a portion of the trough and defines a suture tunnel between the ingrowth plate and the trough for receiving suture. The ingrowth plate bows convexly away from the surface and is perforated to facilitate long-term ingrowth and biologic fixation of soft tissue to the implant.

The invention discloses a method for extracting RNA from animal cartilage tissue, relating to an RNA extracting method, for solving the problem that tibia has high content of polysaccharose substances, and thus the extraction of RNA is difficult. The method for extracting RNA from the animal cartilage tissue comprises the following steps: extracting RNA from the animal cartilage tissue by adoptinga Trizol reagent, adding mixed liquid of chloroform and isoamylol, taking the supernate, adding a sodium chloride solution and isopropanol, thus obtaining sediment RNA, carrying out dissolving by adopting DEPC treated water, adding diethyl ether, carrying out centrifugation, taking the lower clear liquid, adding diethyl ether, sodium chloride and isopropanol, carrying out ice-water bath precipitating, carrying out centrifugation, carrying out washing by adopting ethyl alcohol, carrying out dissolving by adopting DEPC treated water, and carrying out precipitating. The method provided by the invention is simple, is low in cost, short in consumed time, high in extraction number and quality, and wide in application, is suitable for RNA extraction of a tibia growth plate, and also can be applied to extraction of RNA of the cartilage tissue or bone tissue of the other parts.

An intravertebral device for modulating vertebral growth without changing spinal mobility or compressing the intervertebral disc. By implanting the device around the vertebral growth plate, on the convex side of the curvature, a compression is induced on one side of the growth plate during the vertebral growth. This local growth modulation decreases significantly the vertebral wedging and corrects the global deformity of the spine. The device provides a minimally invasive and fusionless way of correcting spinal curvatures while preserving the intervertebral disc.

A nanotube based device for guiding a beam of x-rays, photons, or neutrons, includes a beam source and at least one nanotube. Each nanotube has an optical entrance positioned in a manner that a projection of the direction of the central axis at the optical entrance intersects with the beam source. Each nanotube may have an interior diameter that varies along the length of the nanotube. to point the entrances of a bundle of nanotubes toward a point-shaped beam source, the bundle can be grown as an array of multilayer nanotubes from a spherical growth plate. The clear aperture of the bundle is enhanced by providing a smaller number of wall layers of each nanotube near the growth plate than at a distance from the growth plate.