2363 results about "Mechanical stability" patented technology

The invention relates to a surgical implant that provides an artificial diarthroidal-like joint, suitable for use in replacing any joint, but particularly suitable for use as an intervertebral disc endoprosthesis. The invention contains two rigid opposing shells, each having an outer surface adapted to engage the surfaces of the bones of a joint in such a way that the shells are immobilized by friction between their outer surfaces and the surfaces of the bone. These outer surfaces are sufficiently rough that large frictional forces strongly resist any slippage between the outer surface and the bone surfaces in the joint. They may be convex, and when inserted into a milled concavity, are immediately mechanically stable. Desirably, the outer surfaces of the shells are adapted to allow for bony ingrowth, which further stabilizes the shells in place. The inner surfaces of the shells are relatively smooth, and adapted to slide easily across a portion of the outer surface of a central body disposed between the shells. The central body has a shape that cooperates with the shape of the inner surface of the shell so as to provide a range of motion similar to that provided by a healthy joint. A flexible sheath extends between edges of the opposing shells. The inner surface of this sheath, together with the inner surfaces of the rigid shells, defines a cavity encasing the central body. At least a portion of this cavity is filled with a fluid lubricant, further decreasing the frictional force between inner surfaces of the shell and the surface of the central body.

Provided is a method for manufacturing WLCSP devices that includes preparing at least two wafers, each wafer having a plurality of corresponding semiconductor chips, each semiconductor chip having through electrodes formed in the peripheral surface region, forming or applying a solid adhesive region to a central surface region, stacking a plurality of wafers and attaching corresponding chips provided on adjacent wafers with the solid adhesive region and connecting corresponding through electrodes of adjacent semiconductor chips, dividing the stacked wafers into individual chip stack packages, and injecting a liquid adhesive into a space remaining between adjacent semiconductor chips incorporated in the resulting chip stack package. By reducing the likelihood of void regions between adjacent semiconductor chips, it is expected that a method according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention exhibit improved mechanical stability and reliability.

Electroluminescent devices and materials including an electroluminescent organo-siloxane polymer. The main chain of the organo-siloxane polymer comprises an organic component that can be alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, heteroaralkyl, and heteroaryl which can be substituted optionally with hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaralkyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, thio, alkylthio, arylthio, amino, halogen, dialkylamino, diarylamino, diaralkylamino, arylamino, alkylamino, arylalkylamino, carbonyloxy, carbonylalkoxy, carbonylalkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, alkoxylcarbonyloxy, sulfonyl, or sulfonyloxy. The organic component includes at least two covalent bonds coupling the organic component to the main chain of the organo-siloxane polymer. Such devices provide superior performance and mechanical stability compared with conventional organic electroluminescent materials and devices made from such materials.

A modular electronic assembly for integration with a pneumatic tire includes a mounting patch, a power source, and at least one electronic device supported by a substrate. The mounting patch is preferably adapted for positioning on the inner liner of a pneumatic tire, and the power source is at least partially embedded in the mounting patch. Such embedded positioning of the battery results in an overall structure with a lower center of gravity than previous tire electronics assemblies, thus having increased mechanical stability and survivability in a tire environment. Electronic device(s) supported on the substrate may receive power from the power source, which in some embodiments corresponds to one or more batteries. The substrate supporting the at least one electronic device may be attached to the mounting patch by a variety of fashions. Exemplary attachment configurations may correspond to an adhesive layer, a hook and loop tape combination, or physical interconnection via terminals extending from the power source through the support substrate. Exemplary electronic devices may include such components as condition-responsive devices including transducers, acoustic devices, sensors, etc. for sensing certain environmental conditions such as temperature and / or pressure, tire revolution counters, vehicle speed sensors, sidewall deflection sensors, tire displacement sensors, microprocessors, memory modules, RFID transponders, light assemblies, data transmitters and / or receivers, and power, supply components. Selected of the electronic devices (including one or more antennas associated with any RF devices) may be encapsulated by a non-conductive rubber or elastic material to facilitate effective transmission characteristics. Conductive springs, flexible conductive elastomer or fatigue-resistance metal may be used to interconnect various electronic components (such as an RF device to an antenna).

Exemplary non-woven helical stents are described that are efficient to fabricate in terms of labor and resources by being able to be manufactured by hand or machine while providing mechanical stability equivalent or close thereto of known braided or woven stents.

A filter element having multiple formed layers of filtration media is disclosed. The media are layered so as to form a pore size gradient. The filter element is capable of removing both solid and liquid particulates from a moving fluid stream. The filter element has high strength and compressibility. The layers can be supported on a porous or perforate support to provide mechanical stability during filtering operations. The filtration media layers can be formed into various filter element forms such as panels, cartridges, inserts, and the like.

The present invention provides a method for calibrating a geodetic instrument, an instrument and a computer program product thereof. In the method and geodetic instrument of the present invention, a value of at least one parameter affecting the measurements made by the instrument is detected and compared with a predetermined threshold. On the basis of the comparison between the detected value and the predetermined threshold, the instrument aims at a reference target and a calibration is performed using the reference target. The present invention is advantageous in that the accuracy and reliability of the measurements performed by the instrument are increased. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that the requirements on mechanical stability are reduced.

The invention is based on use of a heat-activated adhesive for manufacturing of intelligent devices comprising printed conductive electronics on a flexible substrate, where the adhesive is an anisotropic electrically conductive adhesive and is applied to the substrate as a thin film which can be used for electrical connections and for providing mechanical stability to the printed conductive electronics.

An apparatus for establishing a re-usable, recurring, mechanical connection to an organ within a patient is provided. A subcutaneous needle connection system for providing bidirectional, straight and turbulent-free fluid flow access to a vascular system of a patient includes a housing defining a needle access opening for receiving a needle, a cannula opening in communication with the vascular system and a passageway connecting the needle access opening to the cannula opening. The housing can additionally have a second needle access opening connected to a second cannula opening via a second passageway. The subcutaneous needle connection system allows for blood to be removed from the vascular system via one cannula opening, passed to a hemodialysis system via a needle inserted in an associated needle access opening, treated using the hemodialysis system, and returned to the vascular system via the other needle access opening and associated cannula opening. The implantable needle connection system provides enhanced mechanical stability under the skin, improved fluid flow dynamics, improved needle hole healing potential of the skin, and improved needle edge interfacing to minimize flow turbulence and blood cell trauma during use.

A multi-layered microcapsule has an inner extracellular matrix and an outer shell. The inner extracellular matrix includes a first inner layer of biopolymer and a second intermediate layer of polymer that provides partial immune-protection and holds the first layer in place. The outer shell can form an exoskeleton to provide mechanical stability. Each of the individual layers can be varied to optimize mechanical stability, cell function, and immuno-protection.

An erbium fiber (or erbium-ytterbium) based chirped pulse amplification system is illustrated. The use of fiber amplifiers operating in the telecommunications window enables the implementation of telecommunications components and telecommunications compatible assembly procedures with superior mechanical stability.

Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and / or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties.

The invention discloses a large-scale preparation method of a transparent super-hydrophobic / super-amphiphobic coating. The method comprises the steps of ultrasonically dispersing nano particles into an alcohol-water mixed system and carrying out hydrolysis and condensation reaction on the nano particles and fluoride-free or fluorine-containing organosilane under the acid or alkali catalysis action to prepare a transparent suspension liquid of a fluoride-free or fluorine-containing organosilane polymer-nano particle compound; and applying the transparent suspension liquid of the compound on the surface of a substrate material through spraying or dip-coating to obtain the transparent super-hydrophobic / super-amphiphobic coating with good performance. Preparation of the transparent super-hydrophobic / super-amphiphobic coating of 10-100m<2> can be completed within an hour; large-scale preparation of the large-area transparent super-hydrophobic / super-amphiphobic coating is achieved for the first time; the preparation method is low in cost and simple in process; and the prepared coating has excellent super-hydrophobic or super-amphiphobic property, relatively good mechanical stability, chemical stability and environment stability, and has a wide application prospect.

A nanofiber, which is prepared by using a fabrication method comprising the steps of spinning a spinning solution prepared by dissolving at least one precursor for metal, metal oxide, or metal complex oxide with a polymer mixture comprising at least two polymers having different molecular weights and glass transition temperatures in a solvent and thermally treating the spun fiber, comprises close-packed nanoparticles of a metal, a metal oxide, a metal complex oxide or a mixture thereof and has excellent structural, thermal, and mechanical stability as well as a uniform fiber-shape.

A volume Bragg laser including a resonator comprising photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) volume diffractive elements that can be used in a laser emitting window of transparency of PTR glass to provide control of the lasers spectral and angular parameters, and methods, devices, apparatus and systems related thereto. The high efficiency volume Bragg gratings recorded in photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass preferably has an absolute diffraction efficiency exceeding approximately 95% in transmitting and reflecting modes is used for selection of a transverse and longitudinal mode for thermal, optical and mechanical stabilization of the volume Bragg lasers and coherent coupling of different lasers. Robustness, compactness, thermal and laser stability along with the ability to place several elements in the same space allows the use of sophisticated optical system according to the invention in fields of military lasers, optical communications, data storage and processing, and the like.

The present invention relates to an adjustable tripod mechanism to support devices / transducers for scientific measurements such as weather station, radio transceiver, acoustic modem, and the like. More particularly, this invention relates to a novel, fully mechanical, and hand-operated tripod stand that incorporates (1) capability for rigidly mounting devices such as instruments, transducers, and so forth on a desired plane at a desired height for measurement of a multiplicity of parameters (e.g., meteorological parameters such as wind speed and direction, solar radiation, air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, and the like); (2) rotation of any attached / mounted-device / transducer in the azimuthal direction at any angular intervals to facilitate orienting a mounted device in a given direction without the need for rotation of the legs of the tripod; (3) capability for partitioning of the tripod into a multiplicity of desirable smaller segments, thereby enabling its trouble-free transportation to remote areas; (4) trouble-free coupling of a plurality of separate members to achieve the desired height for the tripod stand to suit a given installation environment; (5) improvement in the efficiency of assembly, de-assembly, and packing of the tripod system by rendering its members compact and dismountable; (6) achieving elegance in appearance and ease in mounting; (7) improvement in mechanical stability as a result of an adjustably wider base area; and (8) facility for locking the tripod mechanism to the floor to prevent its translational / angular movement under drag force induced by the prevailing wind.

An integral de-nitrating catalyst SCR with dual oxides as carrier for removing NOx from fume is characterized by that the cellular cordierite ceramic is used as skeleton, its composite carrier is composed of Al2O3 as internal layer and TiO2 as external layer, and its active component consists of V2O5 and WO3. Its advantages are high activity, wide active temp window, and high effect and mechanical stability.

A semiconductor flipchip package includes a central cavity area on the first major side for receiving a flipchip die therein. The package substrate is substantially made from a single material that serves as the support and stiffener and provides within the cavity floor all the connecting points for flipchip interconnection to the silicon die. The integral cavity wall serves as a stiffener member of the package and provides the required mechanical stability of the whole arrangement without the need for a separate stiffener material to be adhesively attached. The cavity walls may contain extra routing metallization to create bypass capacitors to enhance electrical performance. Optional methods to cover the silicon die enhance thermal performance of the package.

The invention provides a PTFE-containing aqueous dispersion composition which is excellent in mechanical stability and scarcely allows the formation of agglomerates due to fibrillation of the PTFE resin during transportation or processing thereof. This invention is a polytetrafluoroethylene-containing aqueous dispersion composition comprising a polytetrafluoroethylene resin (A), a hydrocarbon-derived nonionic compound (B) and a water-soluble high-molecular compound (C) having no oxygen atom in the main chain thereof.

A flexible, integrally formed single piece light emitting diode (LED) light wire that provides a smooth, uniform lighting effect from all directions of the LED light wire. The integrally formed single piece LED light wire contains a conductive base comprising first and second bus elements formed from a conductive material. The bus elements distribute power from a power source to LEDs that are mounted on the first and second bus elements so that it draws power from and adds mechanical stability to the first and second bus elements. The flexible, integrally formed single piece LED light wire is assembled so that the first and second bus elements are connected to each other prior to the LED being mounted and such integrally formed single piece LED light wire is formed without a substrate.

A test apparatus (1) has a temperature controlled chuck (8) which provides good mechanical stability across a wide temperature range. This significantly reduces the number of times the probes (9) must be re-positioned, and in some cases eliminates such re-positioning. The chuck (8) has a support plate (20) which is connected to a base plate (35) by pillars (40) which have a low thermal expansion coefficient. This limits thermal expansion between the support plate (20) and the base plate (35). In addition, the heat transfer means is mounted so that thermal expansion is accommodated internally.

The invention discloses a sympathetic nerve denervation ablation catheter system inside arteria renalis. The system comprises an ablation catheter, a guide catheter, a control handle, an ablation generator and a guide catheter control handle which can be arranged optionally. The ablation catheter comprises a catheter section and an ablation section from the near end to the far end in sequence, wherein the front end of the catheter body further comprises a controllable bending section and is connected with the control handle by the catheter body; and the ablation section comprises at least two independent structures, wherein an ablation head is arranged on at least one independent structure. With the adoption of the sympathetic nerve denervation ablation catheter system, multi-point ablation can be simultaneously achieved, so that the ablation effect is monitored during an operation in real time and mechanical stability is better.

The present invention solves the problem that the existing strong acid resin catalyst has bad high temperature mechanical intensity and complex hole purification technics, brings forward a simple preparing method for pressurization polymerization and hole purification method, the pressurization polymerization improves the uniformity of polymer bead body structure and the high temperature mechanical stability for resin, the extraction is executed by solvent naphtha first and the boiling is executed by halogeno-alkane, the hole purification method is simplified. The prepared strong acid cation resin catalyst has high temperature resistant and excellent catalytic activity and its high temperature stability is better than same kind of product.

A process for preparing granular polysilicon using a fluidized bed reactor is disclosed. The upper and lower spaces of the bed are defined as a reaction zone and a heating zone, respectively, with the height of the reaction gas outlet being selected as the reference height. The invention maximizes the reactor productivity by sufficiently providing the heat required and stably maintaining the reaction temperature in the reaction zone, without impairing the mechanical stability of the fluidized bed reactor. This is achieved through electrical resistance heating in the heating zone where an internal heater is installed in a space in between the reaction gas supplying means and the inner wall of the reactor tube, thereby heating the fluidizing gas and the silicon particles in the heating zone. The heat generated in the heating zone is transferred to the reaction zone by supplying the fluidizing gas at such a rate that the silicon particles can be intermixed between the reaction zone and the heating zone in a continuous, fluidized state.

A refrigeration device, in particular a refrigerator and / or freezer. In an exemplary embodiment, the device includes a housing with a top, a base, lateral walls and at least one door that is attached by hinges. A reinforcement frame, to which the door is attached by the hinges, is provided on the housing. The invention is characterized in that with the aid of the reinforcement frame a particular mechanical stability is achieved for the housing, allowing even large and heavy do ors to be reliably attached and remain operationally safe.

Interposition and augmentation devices for tendon and ligament repair, including rotator cuff repair, have been developed as well as methods for their delivery using arthroscopic methods. The devices are preferably derived from biocompatible polyhydroxyalkanoates, and preferably from copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. The devices may be delivered arthroscopically, and offer additional benefits such as support for the surgical repair, high initial strength, prolonged strength retention in vivo, flexibility, anti-adhesion properties, improved biocompatibility, an ability to remodel in vivo to healthy tissue, minimal risk for disease transmission or to potentiate infection, options for fixation including sufficiently high strength to prevent suture pull out or other detachment of the implanted device, eventual absorption eliminating future risk of foreign body reactions or interference with subsequent procedures, competitive cost, and long-term mechanical stability. The devices are also particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their eventual absorption should not hinder growth.

A process for preparing granular polysilicon using a fluidized bed reactor is disclosed. The upper and lower spaces of the bed are defined as a reaction zone and a heating zone, respectively, with the height of the reaction gas outlet being selected as the reference height. The invention maximizes the reactor productivity by sufficiently providing the heat required and stably maintaining the reaction temperature in the reaction zone, without impairing the mechanical stability of the fluidized bed reactor. This is achieved through electrical resistance heating in the heating zone where an internal heater is installed in a space in between the reaction gas supplying means and the inner wall of the reactor tube, thereby heating the fluidizing gas and the silicon particles in the heating zone. The heat generated in the heating zone is transferred to the reaction zone by supplying the fluidizing gas at such a rate that the silicon particles can be intermixed between the reaction zone and the heating zone in a continuous, fluidized state.

The invention concerns a method for producing a controlled-release pharmaceutical preparation with a particle-containing coating, the coating being derived from an aqueous dispersion of a film-forming water insoluble polymer and a water soluble pore-forming agent. By suspending, instead of dissolving the pore-forming agent, the resulting coating will contain particles of the pore-formers with a predetermined size that creates, when disintegrated or dissolved in the body fluid, canals or a network of pores through the polymer film. Due to this network, the film will get a good mechanical stability and are left intact after the release of the drug.

Provided is a method for manufacturing WLCSP devices that includes preparing at least two wafers, each wafer having a plurality of corresponding semiconductor chips, each semiconductor chip having through electrodes formed in the peripheral surface region, forming or applying a solid adhesive region to a central surface region, stacking a plurality of wafers and attaching corresponding chips provided on adjacent wafers with the solid adhesive region and connecting corresponding through electrodes of adjacent semiconductor chips, dividing the stacked wafers into individual chip stack packages, and injecting a liquid adhesive into a space remaining between adjacent semiconductor chips incorporated in the resulting chip stack package. By reducing the likelihood of void regions between adjacent semiconductor chips, it is expected that a method according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention exhibit improved mechanical stability and reliability.