57 results about "Pain free" patented technology

A prosthetic elbow for replacing an elbow of a dog or a human to restore normal, pain-free joint function. The elbow includes a humeral component for attachment to a humerus and a radioulnar component for attachment to an ulna. The humeral component includes a generally cylindric spool having a contoured external surface defining a first articular surface. The radioulnar component has a generally U-shaped contour with an inner peripheral surface defining a second articular surface sized and shaped for engagement with the first articular surface. Positional guides provide for implantation at precise locations.

A metallic inverted L-shaped implant is used to resurface the superior facet of the inferior vertebrae limited to the facet joints located on the spine, Occiput-C1 through L5-S1. The metallic implant is highly polished on its exterior and textured on its interior surface. It is mechanically crimped in place without the use of cement or pedicle screws. Permanent fixation occurs when bone in-grows onto a rough, porous surface on the inside of the implant. The implant employed in a hemi-arthroplasty method resurfaces half of the facet joint to provide for smooth, pain free joint articulation in deteriorated or diseased spinal facet joints without the need for major surgery or rehabilitation at considerably less risk to the patient.

An aqueous solution of local anesthetic is instilled into the urinary bladder in sufficient concentration with the addition of an alkalinizing agent such as sodium bicarbonate to elevate the intra-vesical pH to approximately 8.0. The combination is left in situ in the bladder for at least fifteen minutes to allow time for absorption of the base form of the local anesthetic. This method provides safe and effective topical anesthesia to allow pain-free cystoscopic biopsy and cautery of bladder lesions such as bladder cancer, and provides a means to treat inflammatory conditions of the bladder such as chronic interstitial cystitis and acute bacterial cystitis.

A bandage remains securely attached to the skin of a wearer during extended exposure to arid, humid or wet conditions. The bandage is readily removed from the attached condition upon application of pressure to its exterior surface. Adhesive portions of the contain pockets or microcapsules filled with an adhesive-inactivating ingredient. The pockets are formed in the backing layer. Microcapsules, if present, are incorporated in the adhesive. The adhesive inactivating ingredient comprises oil from vegetable source, mineral source or fatty acids. The wearer ruptures the pockets or microcapsules by applying pressure to the bandage above the adhesive portions. The adhesive-inactivating ingredient is thereby released at the skin-adhesive interface, permitting an easy, pain-free removal of the bandage.

A method enabling relatively pain-free wound debridement is provided. The method entails double-delivering ultrasound to the wound and dissecting material to be debrided with a cutting edge. Delivering ultrasound energy via a coupling medium to an area of the wound within the vicinity of the material to be debrided and exposing the material to be debrided to ultrasound vibrations as to induce vibrations about the point of dissection, the double-delivery of ultrasound elicits an effect allowing for relatively pain-free debridement. While the effect elicited by the double-delivery is in place, the material to be debrided is dissected with a cutting edge.

An MR Spectroscopy (MRS) system and approach is provided for diagnosing painful and non-painful discs in chronic, severe low back pain patients (DDD-MRS). A DDD-MRS pulse sequence generates and acquires DDD-MRS spectra within intervertebral disc nuclei for later signal processing & diagnostic analysis. An interfacing DDD-MRS signal processor receives output signals of the DDD-MRS spectra acquired and is configured to optimize signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by an automated system that selectively conducts optimal channel selection, phase and frequency correction, and frame editing as appropriate for a given acquisition series. A diagnostic processor calculates a diagnostic value for the disc based upon a weighted factor set of criteria that uses MRS data extracted from the acquired and processed MRS spectra along regions associated with multiple chemicals that have been correlated to painful vs. non-painful discs. A diagnostic display provides a scaled, color coded legend and indication of results for each disc analyzed as an overlay onto a mid-sagittal T2-weighted MRI image of the lumbar spine for the patient being diagnosed. Clinical application of the embodiments provides a non-invasive, objective, pain-free, reliable approach for diagnosing painful vs. non-painful discs by simply extending and enhancing the utility of otherwise standard MRI exams of the lumbar spine.

A restraint and exercise device is provided to treat acute or chronic mechanical pain, particularly lumbopelvic and / or leg pain, and to restore and / or increase range of motion in suitable users. The device is particularly useful during exercise. The device may contain a restraint, such as two straps, connected to a support structure. The straps help restrain a portion of a person's body such as the pelvic region. The portion of the person's body may be restrained in a substantially pain-free position so as to reduce the pain that would otherwise be felt during exercise.

A bandage remains securely attached to the skin of a wearer during extended exposure to arid, humid or wet conditions. The bandage is readily removed from the attached condition upon application of pressure to its exterior surface. Adhesive portions of the contain pockets or microcapsules filled with an adhesive-inactivating ingredient. The pockets are formed in the backing layer. Microcapsules, if present, are incorporated in the adhesive. The adhesive inactivating ingredient comprises oil from vegetable source, mineral source or fatty acids. The wearer ruptures the pockets or microcapsules by applying pressure to the bandage above the adhesive portions. The adhesive-inactivating ingredient is thereby released at the skin-adhesive interface, permitting an easy, pain-free removal of the bandage.

A restraint and exercise device is provided to treat acute or chronic mechanical pain, particularly lumbopelvic and / or leg pain, and to restore and / or increase range of motion in suitable users. The device is particularly useful during exercise. The device may contain a restraint, such as two straps, connected to a support structure. The straps help restrain a portion of a person's body such as the pelvic region. The portion of the person's body may be restrained in a substantially pain-free position so as to reduce the pain that would otherwise be felt during exercise.

Relatively pain free vaginal dilation is obtained by inserting into the vaginal canal a variable rigidity vaginal dilator having an inflatable balloon, in a manner that avoids insertion into the urethra. Air is introduced into the balloon. When the patient has gained confidence in the pain free use of the dilator, the balloon is deflated to remove the air and water is introduced into the balloon to expand it so that it contacts the vaginal canal and exerts a pressure thereon. This contact is maintained for a period of up to about 15 minutes. The pressure and / or contact time is stepwise sequentially increased to a maximum of about 12 atmospheres and a contact time of up to about 45 minutes, in accordance with a regimen and instructions established by the patient's healthcare provider and tailored to the patient's specific needs. A preferred embodiment of the dilator and a kit employing same, useful in the method of the invention, are disclosed.

The invention relates to a self-service tumor-marker-crowd intelligent detection device. The self-service tumor-marker-crowd intelligent detection device comprises a micro-fluidic chip, a chip reader, a mobile phone APP and an intelligent online detection platform, wherein the micro-fluidic chip carries out pain-free fingertip blood collection through an MEMS micro-needle array; the chip reader is used for containing the micro-fluidic chip and a mobile phone; the mobile phone APP obtains gray values of visible light bands, then the gray values are converted into numerical values of all tumor markers, the numerical values and relevant information of detected persons are transmitted to the intelligent online detection platform together, and cancer risk assessment reports and doctor seeing proposals are obtained from the intelligent online detection platform; the intelligent online detection platform carries out cancer risk assessment on the detected persons, gives hospital doctor seeing proposals, and feeds back the hospital doctor seeing proposals to the mobile phone APP. The invention also discloses an intelligent detection method of the self-service tumor-marker-crowd intelligent detection device. By means of the self-service tumor-marker-crowd intelligent detection device and the intelligent detection method, self-service detection can be achieved, only a drop of fingertip blood is required, blood sampling is free of pain through the MEMS micro-needle array, detection data collection and result analysis are automatically carried out through the mobile phone APP, and further doctor seeing proposals are provided.

Relatively pain free vaginal dilation is obtained by inserting into the vaginal canal a variable rigidity vaginal dilator having an inflatable balloon, in a manner that avoids insertion into the urethra. Air is introduced into the balloon. When the patient has gained confidence in the pain free use of the dilator, the balloon is deflated to remove the air and water is introduced into the balloon to expand it so that it contacts the vaginal canal and exerts a pressure thereon. This contact is maintained for a period of up to about 15 minutes. The pressure and / or contact time is stepwise sequentially increased to a maximum of about 12 atmospheres and a contact time of up to about 45 minutes, in accordance with a regimen and instructions established by the patient's healthcare provider and tailored to the patient's specific needs. A preferred embodiment of the dilator and a kit employing same, useful in the method of the invention, are disclosed.

A device and method are outlined for the manual or automated insertion and extraction of a miniaturized implantable biosensor underneath the skin. System comprises injection and extraction module that is in operable communication with a positioning and tracking module, microprocessor and data acquisition units. The positioning and tracking module utilizes light- or magnetic field-sensing arrays to provide spatial (x, y) position, depth (z) and rotational (□) state of the miniaturized implant. This is fed to the injection and extraction module that lines up a catheter. For extraction, the catheter is actively guided using sensing arrays to extract the biosensor. This system has also provisions to excise fibrosis tissue around the implant. This tool is operated in a manual or automatic mode to facilitate pain-free injection and extraction of a miniaturized biosensor with minimal trauma.

An MR Spectroscopy (MRS) system and approach is provided for diagnosing painful and non-painful discs in chronic, severe low back pain patients (DDD-MRS). A DDD-MRS pulse sequence generates and acquires DDD-MRS spectra within intervertebral disc nuclei for later signal processing & diagnostic analysis. An interfacing DDD-MRS signal processor receives output signals of the DDD-MRS spectra acquired and is configured to optimize signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by an automated system that selectively conducts optimal channel selection, phase and frequency correction, and frame editing as appropriate for a given acquisition series. A diagnostic processor calculates a diagnostic value for the disc based upon a weighted factor set of criteria that uses MRS data extracted from the acquired and processed MRS spectra along regions associated with multiple chemicals that have been correlated to painful vs. non-painful discs. A diagnostic display provides a scaled, color coded legend and indication of results for each disc analyzed as an overlay onto a mid-sagittal T2-weighted MRI image of the lumbar spine for the patient being diagnosed. Clinical application of the embodiments provides a non-invasive, objective, pain-free, reliable approach for diagnosing painful vs. non-painful discs by simply extending and enhancing the utility of otherwise standard MRI exams of the lumbar spine.

A restraint, reposition, traction, and exercise device treats acute or chronic mechanical pain, particularly back, neck, hip, pelvis, shoulder, knees, and / or leg pain, and restores and / or increases range of motion in suitable users. The device may include two or more movable support structures and two or more restraints, such as straps. The restraints may be incrementally adjustable to stabilize two or more portions of a person's body, such as the back and / or pelvic regions, against the support structures in any number of three-dimensional orientations that produce a substantially pain-free position. The support structures may be moved apart to apply spinal traction to the portions of the person's body between the restraints. Exercises may be performed while in a substantially pain-free position before, during, or after spinal traction is applied. The user may reposition and restrain herself / himself in another substantially pain-free position and then re-apply spinal traction and / or perform further exercises.

A vein stripping device for removal of varicose veins including a base body and a guide cable, which is connectable to the base body and insertable into a varicose vein. Attached to the base body is at least one lens which receives incident optical light to generate light energy for cutting and severing the varicose vein. The surgery is substantially pain-free and ensures a blood-dry lumen or stripping-channel.

An external-use curing and nursing traditional Chinese medicine for ichthyosis and xerodermia include, in parts by weight, for curing: 6-10 Cortex Dictamni, 5-8 Herba Lycopodii, 3-8 Flos Carthami, 3-8 Herba speranskiae tuberculatae, 6-10 Herba Menthae, 4-8 Folium Artemisiae Argyi, 3-6 GONGGUI, 3-6 Fructus Kochiae, 3-6 Cortex erythrinae, 3-6 Herba Artemisiae, 3-6 Ramulus Mori, 3-6 Bletilla striata, 3-8 Radix Paeoniae Rubra, 3-6 Rhizoma Atractylodis, 3-6 Asarum sieboldi, 2-4 Herba Leonuri, 3-5 Radix Ginseng Rubra, and 4-8 Radix Bupleuri; and include, in parts by weight, for nursing: 3-6 Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch, 3-6 Rehmannia glutinosa, 3-6 Paeonia suffruticosa Andr., 3-5 Alisma plantago aquatica, 3-8 Ophiopogon japonicus, 3-8 aloes, 10-30 Astragalus membranaceus, 3-5 Poria cocos, 5-14 FRUCTUS CORNI, 5-14 Rhizoma Dioscoreae, 3-6 peach kernel, 3-6 tremella, and 1-3 Panax. It is convenient to use, pain free, no side effect, no anti-medicine reaction is produced, and it operates quickly and has significant therapeutic effect.

A humane, pain-free method of animal training includes interrupting the animal's vision to deliver a training stimulus. A lens having an electro-optic shutter is placed within the animal's field of vision. The shutter is open and does not obstruct or interrupt the animal's vision while the animal exhibits desirable behavior. The shutter is closed and interrupts the animal's vision to deliver a training stimulus as needed. The closed shutter is re-opened to remove the training stimulus and continue training.

The present invention relates to the field of dental treatments, more particularly to a novel root canal filling agent and a use method thereof. The novel root canal filling agent comprises the following raw materials: 5 ml of formaldehyde, 10 ml of a potassium iodide saturated solution, 1 g of resorcinol, 4 g of sodium hydroxide, 20 ml of distilled water, and 15 g of silver powder. The present invention further provides a use method of the novel root canal filling agent. With the novel root canal filling agent and the use method, characteristics of time saving, labor saving, rapidness, convenience and high efficiency are provided, the bending root canal can be subjected to good root canal filling, no postoperative discomfort is generated, the clinical effect is satisfied, the one-time root canal filling treatment can be performed on with the acute and chronic pulpitis, residual pulpitis, subfissure, crown fracture, central cusp deformity, excessive wear, unexpected pulp exposure and other percussion pain-free dental diseases, and the cure rate achieves 99-100%.

The invention discloses a bionic pain-free syringe needle, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. A needle tip, a syringe and a connector are structurally integrated, the cross section of the syringe is circular, a curve A is formed on the upper surface by a connecting line between a and b, the syringe under an overlooking angle takes a longitudinal axis c-c as a center, a sliding rail I and a sliding rail II are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the syringe under the overlooking angle, a starting point in the sliding rail I is e, a terminal point in the sliding rail Iis f, a curve B formed by a connecting line between the e and the f, a starting point in the sliding rail II is c, a terminal point in the sliding rail II is d, and a curve B' is formed by a connecting line between the c and the d. A mathematical expression of the curve A is y1=3.115*10<-5>x<3>-0.04847x<2>+27.36x-4688, wherein 350<=x<=410. The mathematical expression of the curve B is y2=5.407*10<-5>x<3>-0.07635x<2>+38.27x-6025, wherein 340<=x<=400. The bionic pain-free syringe needle simulates curve characters of a bee needle portion of a bumblebee, so that the needle of a syringe is designed and injected into the skin of a human body in a pain-free manner, and the pain of the human body can be relieved.

The invention provides a pain-free propelling anesthetization instrument, and belongs to the technical field of medical equipment. The instrument comprises a shell, a large bottom plate is arranged at the bottom of the shell, and a support is arranged on the large bottom plate and provided with a driver, a power plate and a control panel. The control panel is connected with a foot switch socket, a mounting seat support is arranged at the top of the support, and an injector mounting seat is arranged on the mounting seat support. An injector with a locking joint is vertically mounted on the injection mounting seat, and a stepping motor is arranged between the support and the injector mounting seat. A jacking seat is driven by the stepping motor, a microswitch is arranged on the jacking seat, the microswitch is connected with the control panel, and a pressing arm of the injector is detachably fixed to the jacking seat. The instrument replaces a traditional injection method, is a new breakthrough, is not simply limited to oral cavity operative treatment, and is also suitable for operative treatment of the anorectal section, the gynecology and the like or cosmetic surgery.

The present invention of easy construction provides a simple and economical alternative to many complex walking problems. The therapeutic wood layer and the rubber safety layer are combined and attached to many styles of specified purchased shoes. Almost immediately, the individual is encouraged with a noticeable significant skeletal realignment. This gentle traction pull is pain free. Since all therapeutic soles are custom made, any individual can benefit. Plus, these customized soles are an excellent alternative for whose who can not wear orthotic devices. For individuals with multiple walking problems, using a wheeled walker to establish balance, posture and a walking pattern is suggested. This form of preventative medicine will not only stop the progressive degenerative walking patterns but reverse them.

A hypodermic needle having a hub with a distal surface extending at an obtuse angle from a short needle, and a bevel approximately parallel to the distal surface.

A body-attachable sanitary napkin including a fluid-pervious cover layer, a fluid-retaining assembly; and a barrier layer having a body-contactable adhesive disposed on at least first portions thereof. The sanitary napkin according to the invention remains securely attached to the body during use, moves with the body during use, yet at the same time enables the user to selectively remove the napkin in a pain free manner.