306 results about "Multiple use" patented technology

Medical devices, medical procedure trays, kits and related methods are provided for use to perform medical procedures that require access to the interior of a bone. The devices, trays and methods allow multiple use of non-sterile medical devices with sterile medical devices for performing medical procedures requiring sterile conditions. A coupler assembly, capable of releasably attaching to a non-sterile medical device at one end and releasably attaching to one or more sterile medical devices at another end, and further comprising a containment bag which allows maintaining sterility of a non-sterile medical device which may be used in conjunction with sterile medical devices and procedures. The devices, trays, kits and methods enable the performance of multiple medical procedures with a single insertion into bone. For example, a vertebral procedure such as a vertebroplasty may be performed along with biopsy and / or bone marrow aspiration procedures, thereby reducing patient trauma and costs.

Instruments for performing percutaneous biopsy procedures are disclosed, which have advantageous features for improving functionality and performance over prior art devices. These instruments comprise two types, single-use devices, and multiple-use devices having active tissue capture capability. Improved features include the ability to retrieve and evaluate multiple tissue samples during a single insertion procedure, without physical handling of the samples, as well as constructional features, such as a molded tissue cassette housing, variant vacuum port embodiments suited for different tissue environments, and a method for backflushing the instrument to remove biological debris, among others.

A method for using a single spare block pool in flash memory comprising: allocating a plurality of flash memory arrays, wherein each flash memory array comprises a plurality of flash memory blocks; within a main flash memory array: allocating a used block pool comprising a plurality of used blocks and allocating a main spare block pool comprising a plurality of spare blocks; within each of the other flash memory arrays: allocating a used block pool comprising multiple used blocks; allocating a minimum spare block pool comprising a minimum number of spare blocks; allocating the main spare block pool and each of the minimum spare block pools to a single spare block pool; transferring a spare block from the main spare block pool to one of the minimum spare block pools; and transferring a spare block from a first minimum spare block pool to a second minimum spare block pool.

In an operating method for a hob having a plurality of heating elements, an operating action for a heating element, such as heating with an additional region on the cooktop or invoking a parboiling step, is selected in an initial step by providing input to a general input sensor element that is not associated with any specific heating element. In a subsequent step, the selected operating action is allocated or associated with a specific heating element by operating a cooking element specific sensor element, for example when setting the power level for that heating element. Therefore, sensor elements can be provided with an advantageous multiple-use effect for general operating actions. Furthermore, the operating sequence permits simple and convenient operation.

The invention relates to a multifunctional combined health-maintaining pot. The multifunctional combined health-maintaining pot comprises a multifunctional health-maintaining pot outer cover, a rotary inner cover, a miniature high-position stainless steel filter net, a sealing boss, a rotary face steamer, a stewing container and a health-maintaining pot body; the multifunctional health-maintaining pot outer cover is fixedly connected with the rotary inner cover through an outer cover thread and an inner cover thread or fixedly connected with the rotary face steamer through the outer cover thread or connected with the stewing container (a tea boiler, a tea steamer and an out-of-water stewing device) through the sealing boss in a supporting and sealing mode. Through multiple combination modes, the multifunctional combined health-maintaining pot has the advantages of integrating multiple use functions and being convenient to install, good in use effect, low in cost, wide in application range and the like.

A modular powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) which is comprised of a fan, motor, scroll, and power source mounted within one housing, and which accepts either traditional or conformal filters. Ambient air is drawn into the PAPR module through the attached filter by a fan, which is driven by direct connection to a motor. The pressurized air is then accelerated by an optimized scroll to the outlet in the PAPR housing. The PAPR module can be employed in multiple use configurations. The PAPR module further comprises a removable battery pack module that is easily retained to / removed from the PAPR module, enabling a user to be able to quickly remove a spent battery pack module and install a fresh battery pack module, thereby replacing the batteries within one breath cycle.

A random rebound sports training device is provided which includes a pair of misaligned or offset net structures disposed on a frame that enable a projectile striking the net structures to rebound in a random manner. The structures are secured to a support frame such that the openings formed in the net structure, which are larger than normally utilized, are offset from one another. The offset of each of the net structures greatly reduces the potential for a projectile striking the device from contacting the same portions of the net structures, thereby causing the projectile to rebound in a random manner from the device. The frame on which the net structures are mounted can be easily configured between a use configuration and a storage configuration. Further, each of the net structures can be secured to a single support frame, or can extend from separate frames onto a target frame to provide multiple use sections on the device.

Fluid injector systems used for a variety of imaging and injection procedures are disclosed. The systems may include separate modules or assemblies that may be located in different rooms of a hospital or imaging facility. Various single use and multiple use components may also be used with the modules or assemblies of the system. In addition, the injector system may include hydraulic and / or pneumatic fluid sources to power the system modules of the present invention.

A wireless power system having at least one of a remote device with multiple wireless power inputs capable of receiving power from a different wireless power source, a remote device including a hybrid secondary that can be selectively configured for multiple uses, a remote device including a hybrid secondary, a far field wireless power source having a low power mode, a remote device having the capability of communicating with multiple different wireless power sources to indicate that a wireless power hot spot is nearby, a wireless power supply including multiple wireless power transmitters.

The invention relates to an improved method for the continuous production of alkyl(methyl)acrylates by transesterification of methyl(meth)acrylate with alcohols that are heavy in comparison with methanol. A special processing technique makes it possible to obtain new levels of product quality. Very high space-time-overall yields can also be obtained. The invention is characterized by the multiple use of a homogeneous catalyst which thereby reduces the costs of auxiliary agents significantly.

The present invention discloses a scented straw cat litter made by wheat straws and a method thereof. The scented cat litter is manufactured by weight percentage by the following materials of 40-60 parts of wheat straws with a smashing mesh number being 40-70, 40-60 parts of wheat shorts, 1-3 parts of Sesbania gelatine powder, 0.5-2 parts of salt, 0.1-0.5 parts of a bio-enzyme preparation, and 10-25 parts of water. The method comprises mixing the bio-enzyme preparation, the salt and the water with stirring; mixing and stirring the wheat straw powder, the wheat shorts and the Sesbania gelatine powder to be uniform; comprehensively mixing the above raw materials with stirring; sending the mixed materials by a feed screw to a roller couple extrusion pelleting machine for roll extrusion to form pellets; transmitting the formed material pellets to a crushing and screening all-in-one machine for screening; and drying, cooling and packaging the screened pellets at normal temperature. The cat litter provided by the present invention has a strong water absorption capability and deodorization capability, can be flushed into the sewer without causing blockage, is convenient to clean, can be used as a fertilizer for grass and flowers, and is saving in using amount, high in cost performance, small in dust in a production process, and low in production cost. Products of different shapes can be produced by replacing pressing rollers of different patterns, thereby achieving multiple uses in one machine.

The invention relates to a changeable multifunctional steam rice cooker, which is a brand new cooking cooker and is characterized by comprising a steaming cover 1, a steaming mesh 2, an inner boiler 3, a sealing ring 4, an outer boiler 5, a magnetic control miniature valve 6, a steam equalizing cover 7, an electric heating plate 8 and a positioning handle 9 which are assembled integrally, wherein the water at the bottom of the outer boiler 5 is heated to generate steam, the steam gets into the inner boiler 3 through the magnetic control miniature valve 6, and the steam equalizing cover 7 sprays the steam into rice water in the inner boiler 3 regularly to achieve cooked and steamed rice. The residual steam steams the foods in the steaming mesh 2, the sealing ring is an originated three-dimensional seal, and when the positioning handle 9 is adjusted so that the inner boiler 3 is lifted up, the volume of the inner bottom of the outer boiler 5 can be increased to the maximum for cooking soup and rice and steaming vegetables at the same time. The bottom of the outer boiler 5 can also be heated by other heat sources in addition to the electric heating plate 8, and if the built-in small steaming mesh 2 is replaced by a big standby steaming mesh 2 placed on the upper part of the inner boiler 3, large-volume soup, rice and vegetable cooking can be achieved, thus one cooker has multiple uses, and the changeable multifunctional steam rice cooker is surely a brand new cooker for replacing the prior rice cooker, which is energy-saving, multifunctional, convenient and maintenance-free.

Solutions to a value recycling problem that we define herein facilitate implementations of computer programs that may execute as multithreaded computations in multiprocessor computers, as well as implementations of related shared data structures. Some exploitations of the techniques described herein allow non-blocking, shared data structures to be implemented using standard dynamic allocation mechanisms (such as malloc and free). A class of general solutions to value recycling is described in the context of an illustration we call the Repeat Offender Problem (ROP), including illustrative Application Program Interfaces (APIs) defined in terms of the ROP terminology. Furthermore, specific solutions, implementations and algorithm, including a Pass-The-Buck (PTB) implementation are also described. Solutions to the proposed value recycling problem have a variety of uses. For example, a single-word lock-free reference counting (SLFRC) technique may build on any of a variety of value recycling solutions to transform, in a straight-forward manner, many lock-free data structure implementations that assume garbage collection (i.e., which do not explicitly free memory) into dynamic-sized data structures.

A handle support is constructed for removable attachment to, a tool, appliance or other implement for hand held use. The handle support includes a brace portion extending rearward in a helical form. The brace portion circumscribes an open space which is substantially conical in form.

The invention relates to a power converter and a method for power conversion. A converter transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding, an integrated current transformer and a synchronous rectifier are provided, wherein a controller is arranged in order to close respectively to open the synchronous rectifier depending on the measured winding current. The controller is arranged to close and / or to open the synchronous rectifier as a function of the winding current at a later and / or at an earlier time, whereby the time difference between the later and the earlier time is linearly dependent on the winding current difference, particularly in order to optimise a discharge process, and / or that an auxiliary supply circuit is arranged in order to provide auxiliary supply power, wherein the auxiliary supply circuit is arranged to derive auxiliary supply power from the integrated current transformer, in particular in overload situations.

An exercise device capable of being used in multiple configurations with a plurality of accessories comprises a flat base, sidewalls extending upwardly from the base and spaced from each other, and a handle spanning the sidewalls for grasping by a user of the device. The base has a central hole therethrough to which weights can be mounted, and the handle is hollow for accepting a bar therein to which weights can also be mounted. The undersurface of the base can be coated with a non-friction material to facilitate gliding of the device. An elastic exercise band or rope pulley can be attached to the base at the hole, and a foot strap can be attached at the hollow handle. A bar can extend through the hollow handles of two devices to secure them together to provide even greater versatility.

A user to machine interface emulates a touch interface on a screen. The interface is configured for operating in a touch emulation mode based on a triggering event. A triggering event may be a rotation around a first axis of an angle higher than a first threshold. Analysis of the amount of rotation around a second axis may be used to determine the number of fingers defining a specific touch gesture. An infinite variety of touch gestures may therefore be emulated by a remote control based on application context thus allowing for multiple uses of the touch screen machine from a distance.

A viscous material dispenser, and dispenser system and kit, can include a dispenser without a dispensing tip and one or a plurality of separate dispensing tips that are removably attachable to the dispenser. The dispenser can be used with many different types of viscous material containing capsules and cartridges, such as those containing composites, dental cements, glass ionomers and the like. In embodiments, the dispenser can incorporate an integral activator for multi-component composition cartridges, such as glass ionomer cartridges.

A general intelligent management platform applied to electrical specialty group experiment teaching comprises an experiment platform group formed by a plurality of experiment platforms, experiment intelligent management modules in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of student experiment terminals, a teaching server in communication connection with the experiment intelligent management modules, and a teacher management machine in communication connection with the teaching server through a wired network. The problems of single function, isolated communication, backward management, poor data sharing and multiple use limiting conditions and the like of an existing experiment platform are solved; and the general intelligent management platform has a plurality of modes of information transmission capabilities and has the advantages of rich functions, superior overall performance, being capable of carrying out on-line management, remote monitoring and data sharing and the like.

Systems and methods for electrically connecting conductors of a downhole electric system using connector bodies that includes an outer housing, one or more inner conductors and an inorganic insulating material such as a glass-ceramic material which forms a fluid-tight seal between the outer housing and the inner conductor. The insulating material may be bonded to the outer housing and to the inner conductor. The insulating material may alternatively have an interference fit with the outer housing and the inner conductor. The connector bodies may have standardized connector interfaces to facilitate connection to complementary standardized connector interfaces on cable-end connectors, etc. Connector bodies may be formed as motor heads, mandrels for cable splices, penetrators, etc.

The invention discloses an online bidding method and a system. The system comprises eight subsystems which are basic management system, a business standard management system, an information management system, a bidding process management system, a business support management system, a monitoring management system, a statistic analysis system, and a comprehensive inquiry system. The online bidding system overcomes the problems of low efficiency and high cost, increases the bidding efficiency, reduces the resource consumption, reduces the human factor, and play a positive role of establishing an incorrupt government and preventing corruption. The development mode configured in the invention realizes one-time development for multiple uses, which reduces the cost of system development, unites and standardizes the bidding process and effectively utilizes the related resources.

An embodiment of the present invention implements some or all major servo subfunctions for a storage device in integrated servo fields comprising sequences of encoded bits having selected mathematical properties. The integrated servo field is composed of a number of encoded sequences, which are members of a selected sequence set that is constrained to preferably provide some or all of the following functions: the Servo Track Mark (STM), the Position Error Signal (PES) and location information such as the track-ID. The juxtaposition of sequences in the servo wedges is additionally constrained to increase the detectability of the contribution of adjacent sequences in the read signal. The integrated servo fields can provide a Position Error Signal (PES) in relation to the center of a data track through the amplitude of the signal read for adjacent sequences.

The present invention discloses a video bitstream frame extraction process and device. The aforementioned process comprises receiving and storing video bitstreams from an IPC; and during playing back the stored video bitstreams, conducting an SVC frame extraction process on the stored video bitstreams, wherein the frame extraction multiple used in the SVC extraction process is dynamically adjusted according to a playback rate selected by a user. According to the technical solution provided in the present invention, the process and device effectively improve the speed for playing video bitstreams during a quick playback process.

An exercise device capable of being used in multiple configurations with a plurality of accessories comprises a flat base, sidewalls extending upwardly from the base and spaced from each other, and a handle spanning the sidewalls for grasping by a user of the device. The base has a central hole therethrough to which weights can be mounted, and the handle is hollow for accepting a bar therein to which weights can also be mounted. The undersurface of the base can be coated with a non-friction material to facilitate gliding of the device. An elastic exercise band or rope pulley can be attached to the base at the hole, and a foot strap can be attached at the hollow handle, A bar can extend through the hollow handles of two devices to secure them together to provide even greater versatility.

A method and apparatus for cell harvest of production scale quantities of cell cultures using single use components comprising a flexible membrane mounted on a rigid frame and is supported within a multiple use rigid centrifuge bowl, such single use components including a core with an increased diameter and an internal truncated cone shape in order to permit the system to maintain a sufficiently high angular velocity to create a settling velocity suited to efficiently processing highly concentrated cell culture streams. Features which minimize feed turbidity, and others which permit the continuous or semi-continuous discharge of cell concentrate, increase the overall production rate over the rate which can be achieved using current intermittent processing methods for large cell culture volumes. Injection of a diluent during the cell concentrate removal process permits more complete removal of viscous cell concentrates.

A multiple use modular apparatus for animals having a tower and a base is disclosed that is light weight, easily assembled and reconfigured, and ballast is added inside the tower and base to stabilize the apparatus. The tower is inserted into the base in a very snug interference fit, and the tower has tiers of rows of recesses around its periphery facing in different directions. Shelf pieces of different sizes and shapes and having protrusions extending from one edge are utilized. The protrusions of the shelf pieces are inserted into the recesses in the side of the tower in a snug interference fit to firmly hold the shelf pieces to the sides of the tower. The shelf pieces may be fastened to the tower in a wide variety of configurations to create steps, walkways and platforms. Pieces of carpet or other material may be fastened to the sides of the tower and to the tops of the shelves, walkways and platforms. The modular apparatus may be used by an animal for exercise, play and resting. The shelves are easily removed and reattached to different positions on the sides of the tower to create the wide variety of configurations of shelves, walkways and platforms that will keep an animal interested in exploring the apparatus. In addition, the pieces may be assembled into complex arrangements having multiple towers, interconnecting walkways and toys mounted on the shelves and platforms.