65 results about "Lateral aperture" patented technology

An endovascular stent-graft (10) includes a generally tubular hourglass-shaped body (22), which is configured to assume a radially-compressed delivery configuration and a radially-expanded deployment configuration. The hourglass-shaped body (22) includes a flexible stent member (26), which includes a plurality of structural stent elements (28); and a tubular fluid flow guide (24), which includes a fabric (29), and is attached to the structural stent elements (28). The hourglass-shaped body (22) is shaped so as to define a narrow waist portion (32) longitudinally surrounded by and adjacent to wider first and second longitudinal portions (30, 34). The fabric (29) along the waist portion (32) is shaped so as to define at least first and second lateral apertures (36, 38). Other embodiments are also described.

The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a catheter for site-specific delivery of a therapeutic agent to a blood vessel of a patient. The catheter further includes an elongated shaft having at least one inner lumen, a distal end and a proximal end and proximal and distal vessel-conforming balloons where each is separately positionable and inflatable, and when inflated, substantially restricts blood flow in the vessel and creates a treatment window of a defined but variable length for delivery of the therapeutic agent. The catheter optionally includes at least one marker band adjacent to the proximal balloon and at least one marker band adjacent to the distal balloon. At least one lateral aperture positioned in the window is in fluid communication with a drug delivery conduit located within either the inner shaft or the outer shaft to provide a homogeneous concentration of the therapeutic agent to the window.

The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a catheter for site-specific delivery of a therapeutic agent to a blood vessel of a patient. The catheter further includes an elongated shaft having at least one inner lumen, a distal end and a proximal end and proximal and distal vessel-conforming balloons where each is separately positionable and inflatable, and when inflated, substantially restricts blood flow in the vessel and creates a treatment window of a defined but variable length for delivery of the therapeutic agent. The catheter optionally includes at least one marker band adjacent to the proximal balloon and at least one marker band adjacent to the distal balloon. At least one lateral aperture positioned in the window is in fluid communication with a drug delivery conduit located within either the inner shaft or the outer shaft to provide a homogeneous concentration of the therapeutic agent to the window.

A polyaxial pedicle screw may include a receiving head having a transversal U-shaped passage, and a shank having a threaded portion external to the receiving head, and a bulging end rotatable housed within the receiving head. The polyaxial pedicle screw may include a locking insert housed within the receiving head and matable with the bulging end, for locking it into position, and a set-screw engaged in the distal aperture for locking a connecting rod received within the transversal U-shaped passage. The receiving head of the polyaxial screw may include a lateral aperture, the lateral aperture exposing a contact surface of the locking insert in such a way that external pressing component can act on the contact surface to maintain the locking insert into its locking position.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention is a tunable nanomechanical near-field grating capable of varying the intensity of a diffraction mode of an optical output signal. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the tunable nanomechanical near-field grating comprises a first and second sub-grating, each sub-grating having line-elements with width and thickness less than the operating wavelength of light with which the grating interacts. A plurality of lateral apertures is formed by the two sub-gratings, each aperture comprising the space between one line-element of the first sub-grating and at least one line-element of the second sub-grating. One of the first or second sub-gratings is capable of motion such that at least one of aperture width and aperture depth changes, causing a perturbation to the near-field intensity distribution of the tunable nanomechanical near-field grating and a corresponding change to the far-field emission of the tunable nanomechanical near-field grating.

A tunable nanomechanical near-field grating is disclosed which is capable of varying the intensity of a diffraction mode of an optical output signal. The tunable nanomechanical near-field grating includes two sub-gratings each having line-elements with width and thickness less than the operating wavelength of light with which the grating interacts. Lateral apertures in the two sub-gratings are formed from the space between one line-element of the first sub-grating and at least one line-element of the second sub-grating. One of the sub-gratings is capable of motion such that at least one of aperture width and aperture depth changes, causing a perturbation to the near-field intensity distribution of the tunable nanomechanical near-field grating and a corresponding change to the far-field emission of thereof.

Within the cavity (12) of an intramedullary nail, means such as a channel element (16) is mounted whereby a leading end (26) of a flexible elongate wire (22) is guidable from insertion into a proximal lateral aperture (20) to emerge from a distal lateral aperture (30), with the trailing end of the wire (22) still projecting from the proximal aperture (20). In this way when the nail is inserted into the medulla of a bone, across a fracture, it can be secured to the bone near both its ends. Two guide means, such as two channels (31, 33) of a channel element (16), with deflected guide wall portions (34, 38), or two conduits (FIGS. 8 to 13) guiding respective fixing wires between respective proximal and distal apertures, may usefully be provided.

Disposable packaging, comprising a container (1) that defines a main compartment (2) and at least an additional compartment (3). The container (1) is bowl-shaped and is closed on the upper side by a film, or by a cover, in order to prevent the main food component contained inside the main compartment (2)—from coming out. Moreover, the additional compartment (3) is closed by a slidable sealing system of the cylinder-piston type. In the closure position of the piston, which is formed by a plug (14), the food component contained in the additional compartment (3) cannot mix with the food component located in the main compartment (2), whereas in the opening position of the plug (14), the dressing / seasoning may leak from the additional compartment (3) through lateral apertures of the plug (14), at the time the user turns over and shakes the packaging.

The invention discloses an eccentric type tamping pickax with self-lubrication function, belonging to mechanical field of railway maintenance, which is characterized in that: a central hole and a lateral aperture are processed on an eccentric shaft which is provided with an oil suction nozzle at the lower end; an oil seal arranged at the upper end of the rod shell enables the rod shell form a confined space; a partial pressure gland bush is arranged in a hole at the lower end of the rod shell; the bearing and the partial pressure gland bush enable the confined space to form an upper and a lower parts with lubrication oil arranged at the lower part. When the momentum of a gasoline engine passes through a clutch and a flexible shaft drives an eccentric shaft to rotate to produce vibration, the eccentric part of the eccentric shaft drives the air flow at high speed, thereby enabling the pressure at the upper part of the confined space smaller than the pressure at the lower part; under the action of pressure difference, the lubricating oil flows to the upper part of the bearing through the central hole and the lateral aperture and flows back to the lower end through the bearing under the gravity action, thereby forming a circulation; on one hand, the flowing of the lubrication oil lubricates the bearing and takes away the hot energy produced by high-speed rotation of the bearing on the other hand, thereby prolonging service life of the bearing.

An over-the-wire catheter includes a guide wire lumen that is defined by a distal bracket and a proximal bracket. Both brackets are formed as part of the catheter, and the lumen is dimensioned for receiving a guide wire therethrough. Between the distal bracket and the proximal bracket is a lateral aperture that extends along the length of the catheter and provides for selective access to the guide wire during the use and operation of the catheter.

A method and apparatus for printed circuit board pads with registering feature for component leads. A U-shaped metalized pad is disposed on a printed circuit board for soldering to a component lead. Solder is disposed on the pad and heated to a molten state so that surface tension and wetting effects form the molten solder into a solder mound having a U-shaped lateral cross section conforming to the U-shaped metalized pad. The solder mound has a first arm and a second arm, and a lateral aperture extending therebetween for receiving an extremity of the component lead, and registering the extremity of the component lead with respect to the pad.

An improved mechanism for charging a gas powered firearm, especially with regard to the Kalashnikov variants of rifles known as AK-47s, comprising a modified gas tube having a lateral aperture formed into its left side, a semi-cylindrical sleeve suitably adapted to fit within the modified gas tube over the shaft of the operating rod, and a modified charging handle suitably adapted to connect to the sleeve and to extend from the firearm through the lateral aperture, such that the firearm may be manually charged from the left side by drawing the charging handle rearward; and providing safety improvements and a method of retrofitting firearms.

A biopsy system comprises an introducer, a biopsy device having a needle, and a marker applier. The introducer may include a closed distal tip, a lateral aperture, a proximally facing interior wall, and a ramp that guides the closed distal end of a marker applier up and into abutment with the wall as the applier is fed into the introducer. The needle of the biopsy device includes a blunt distal end and features providing clearance for the ramp as the blunt distal end is brought into abutment with the wall when the needle is fed into the introducer. The introducer may alternatively include an open distal end having resiliently biased leaves that bear against an inserted biopsy device needle. In some other versions, a fin projects laterally from the closed distal end of a marker applier, spacing the distal end away from a sidewall region of the introducer cannula.

A portable workstation for a ladder includes: a base section having a work area; a supporting surface adapted to rest upon an outer surface of the legs; a retaining section adapted to extend between and past the legs; a lateral cavity in a lower surface of the retaining section, adapted to engage with the rung; and a lateral aperture in the retaining section, adapted to receive a rod underneath the legs of the ladder that extends beyond the legs of the ladder so as to press up against an inner surface of the legs. When the rod is inserted into the aperture, the workstation rests upon the legs and rung, and the rod presses up against the legs to retain the workstation.

A hollow drive gear reduction mechanism includes a hollow wave generator, an annular flexible bearing, a flexible wheel, and a rigid wheel. The annular flexible bearing is disposed in and driven to rotate by an elliptical recess of the wave generator. The flexible wheel includes an inner toothed section and is inserted in the annular flexible bearing and has an outer surface abutted against an inner surface of the inner ring, and the flexible wheel is driven to rotate by the annular flexible bearing. The rigid wheel includes a plurality of outer teeth which are different in number from the inner teeth of the flexible wheel, the rigid wheel is inserted in the flexible wheel, and a part of the outer teeth are meshed with the inner teeth. The respective components are hollow structures, and a lateral aperture is formed on the hollow wave generator.

A door 2 for closing a washing machine which can be loaded from the front or a tumble dryer of this type is connected to the housing 1 by means of a hinge 4 in such a way that the door 2 can be pivoted over a great opening angle and terminates flushly or approximately flushly to the outside with the front face of the housing 1. To this end, the door-side hinge part 12 is installed and fastened in a recessed receptacle 9 between the frame parts 17 and 18 of the door 2. The hinge parts 12 and 16 each have a crescent-shaped base plate 26 and 27 which extends along the door frame 6 and reaches beyond the lateral apertures 11, 20 and the bearing blocks which are provided in the frame.

A method for closing a box (1) by folding a lateral closing flap (5) extending from an upper edge (6) of a lateral aperture (7) of the box (1) and having at least one foldable edge (8), while the box (1) is being moved along a packaging line (L) in a forward movement direction (W), includes the steps of folding the lateral flap (5) until a connection line (9) of the foldable edge (8) touches stop means (15), then folding the foldable edge (8) on the striking means (15) and toward the lateral aperture (7) of the box (1), so that an outer edge (8a) of the foldable edge (8) interacts with contrast means (17), which keep elastically the edge (8) in a position raised with respect to a bottom wall (1a) of the box (1), and lastly introducing the edge (8) into the box (1). A device for carrying out the methods has folding means (14) for folding the said lateral flap. Then first pusher means (16) fold the foldable edge (8) toward the box (1) against contrast means (17), while second pusher means (18) are disposed crosswise and in alignment the said contrast means (17) to strike the lateral flap (5) and insert the lateral flap into the box (1).

The striking watch (1) includes a watch case, which is formed of a middle part (4) and a back cover (5) removably secured to the middle part, and a crystal (2) that closes the case in a sealed manner. A watch movement (20) is held inside the watch case on a plate (14). The watch movement is provided with a striking mechanism able to be actuated at determined times to produce a sound. At least one acoustic membrane (10) is arranged between the back cover (5) which includes at least one lateral aperture (6) and the plate (14) of the watch movement. This acoustic membrane is made of amorphous metal or metallic glass to radiate the sound produced by the striking mechanism towards the exterior of the case.

The specification describes a medication dispenser for receiving a pressurised medication container and discharging therapeutic doses therefrom. The medication dispenser comprises an elongate tubular body (11) with a cavity formed in the body and adapted to receive a medication container. Lateral aperture (19) is formed in the body and communicates with the cavity. A sleeve (12) is rotatably mounted to a first end region (13) of the medication dispenser. The sleeve (12) has a sleeve aperture (16) which moves into and out of alignment with the lateral aperture (19) during rotation of the sleeve. A mouthpiece (18) moves between a discharge position and a storage position with rotation of the sleeve. The tubular body has a longitudinal axis (22) which deviates away from the position of the extended mouthpiece, the deviation occurring outside the first end region (13). The invention may extend to a carrier (60) for use with the medication dispenser (10).

The present invention is a hollow needle for attachment to a syringe, through which a liquid can be delivered to the stratum granulosum and / or beneath the epidermis, preferably to an area consisting from the stratum granulosum (included) to reticular dermis (included) and more preferably beneath the papillary dermis during a cosmetic procedure, the needle comprising a distal tip and including a lateral aperture adjacent to the distal tip, wherein the liquid exits the needle via the lateral aperture, and wherein the needle is flexible. Apparatus comprising a needle of the invention and a syringe, and a method of use thereof, is also provided.

A gas operating system for a firearm has an energy transmission facility and a gun barrel having a lateral aperture. The energy transmission facility and the lateral aperture have gas communication between them. The gun barrel and the energy transmission facility are mechanically decoupled such that the energy transmission facility does not impede flexing of the gun barrel. All forward forces generated by the energy transmission facility may be transferred from the energy transmission facility to a self-loading facility. The energy transmission facility may include a gas block having a sleeve that is slidably disposed on the gun barrel. The energy transmission facility may include a gas block and a tubular body extending from a receiver to the gas block, one end of the tubular body being slidably received in the gas block. The energy transmission facility may also include the tubular body receiving a gas piston.

The invention provides a prefabricated steel structural superposed shear wall and a construction method thereof. According to a prefabricated steel structural superposed shear wall plate, each shear wall comprises two double-faced heat preservation light wall plates; a deep longitudinal groove and a plurality of rows of transverse holes penetrating through the groove are formed in each wall plate;and self-locking components formed by welding a plurality of steel plates are arranged on the left and the right of a wall body, and the wall body can select different chaining lock catches and tailend lock catches according to different joints. The upper, lower, left and right portions of the wall body are all of symmetrical structures, a plurality of rows of transverse penetrating reinforcingsteel bars are arranged in the wall body, longitudinal reinforcing steel bars are connected with the transverse reinforcing steel bars in a lap joint or welded mode, and short bars are welded to the joint points of the transverse reinforcing steel bars and the longitudinal reinforcing steel bars. The construction method of the prefabricated steel structural superposed shear wall comprises the following steps that in-situ wire paying off is conducted, and temporary fixing frames are mounted; the shear wall is assembled and spliced in place, and connected and fixed to the temporary fixing frames; a prefabricated upper layer floor slab is placed in place; hidden beam steel plates and various additional reinforcing steel bars are arranged, and pipelines are arranged; high-fluidity free of vibration concrete is poured; and mounting construction of a next layer is entered in.

Device for feeding metal into melting plant, in particular into melting furnace including hearth and lateral aperture. Device includes means to feed metal terminally associated with a connection conveyor including a loading plane and cooperating with translation and positioning means. Connection conveyor able to assume first position during continuous loading step, wherein its front terminal end is located substantially flush with the furnace internal wall through the aperture, to introduce metal inside the furnace; a second position distanced from the furnace wall during the step of tapping liquid metal from the furnace; and a third position while first loading the furnace, with the furnace switched off, wherein its loading plane front end is inside the furnace volume to be disposed in proximity to the distal internal wall opposite the furnace proximal internal wall, to unload and distribute a charge to cover at least part of the furnace bottom surface.

A needle-free transdermal transport device (100) for non-axially transferring a substance across a surface of a biological body includes a reservoir (110) for holding a substance being transferred. A piston (105) is positioned within the device in communication with the reservoir (110) . An actuator (105) drives the piston (105) to expel the substance from the reservoir (110) . The reservoir (110) is in fluid communication with a nozzle (115) which includes at least one lateral aperture (145) through which the substance is expelled. Multiple lateral apertures (145) can result in a needle-free transfer across a selectable surface area. The depth and direction of an injection can be controlled by the parameters of the nozzle (115) . By providing a selective depth and direction, it is possible to inject a substance into a targeted biological layer, such as a cleavage plane to further promote coverage. A control source can be used to activate the device (100) . The device (108) can also include an optional power source (125) .

A pouch to carry personal items and lights on a belt includes: a sheet having a first surface, a second surface, and a side; a container on the first surface, adapted to retain the personal item; a first lighting element on the second surface, directed generally away from the sheet; a second lighting element on the second surface, directed generally toward the side; and a lateral aperture in the sheet adapted to retain the device on the belt, thereby carrying the personal items.

Conveyor belts are made from modular links having offset forward and rearward projecting eye parts to intercalate eye parts from one belt link between eye parts with oval lateral apertures. Connecting rods inserted through aligned apertures hingedly connect adjacent links. Clips restrict lateral turning of the belt links. Clips have general U-shapes with two legs, a bridge portion end, and opposite free ends. Projecting members at the free ends have lengths parallel to the legs and smaller than the lengths of the apertures in the belt links in which the clip is to be installed, and have heights equivalent to or smaller than the heights of the aperture in the belt link in which the clip is to be installed. The lateral distance between the two legs of the U, is larger than the lateral extent of an eye part in the belt link in which the clip is installed.

A method for closing a box (1) by folding a lateral closing flap (5) extending from an upper edge (6) of a lateral aperture (7) of the box (1) and having at least one foldable edge (8), while the box (1) is being moved along a packaging line (L) in a forward movement direction (W), includes the steps of folding the lateral flap (5) until a connection line (9) of the foldable edge (8) touches stop means (15), then folding the foldable edge (8) on the striking means (15) and toward the lateral aperture (7) of the box (1), so that an outer edge (8a) of the foldable edge (8) interacts with contrast means (17), which keep elastically the edge (8) in a position raised with respect to a bottom wall (1a) of the box (1), and lastly introducing the edge (8) into the box (1). A device for carrying out the methods has folding means (14) for folding the said lateral flap. Then first pusher means (16) fold the foldable edge (8) toward the box (1) against contrast means (17), while second pusher means (18) are disposed crosswise and in alignment the said contrast means (17) to strike the lateral flap (5) and insert the lateral flap into the box (1).

Disposable packaging, comprising a container (1) that defines a main compartment (2) and at least an additional compartment (3). The container (1) is bowl-shaped and is closed on the upper side by a film, or by a cover, in order to prevent the main food component contained inside the main compartment (2)—from coming out. Moreover, the additional compartment (3) is closed by a slidable sealing system of the cylinder-piston type. In the closure position of the piston, which is formed by a plug (14), the food component contained in the additional compartment (3) cannot mix with the food component located in the main compartment (2), whereas in the opening position of the plug (14), the dressing / seasoning may leak from the additional compartment (3) through lateral apertures of the plug (14), at the time the user turns over and shakes the packaging.