2048 results about "Replacement method" patented technology

The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The present invention applies high frequency (RF) electrical energy to one or more electrode terminals in the presence of electrically conductive fluid to contract collagen fibers within the tissue structures. In one aspect of the invention, a system and method is provided for removing a vertebral disc in preparation for implanting a prosthetic disc or removing a portion of the vertebral disc such as the nucleus pulposus in preparation for placing a prosthetic nucleus within the annulus of the disc. The present invention also teaches shrinking residual tissue in preparation for placing the implants.

A minimally invasive nucleus pulposus augmentation or replacement methods and devices are disclosed. The method relates to insertion of nucleus pulposus augmentation or replacement materials help maintain disc height and promote regeneration of the native nucleus pulposus structure.

A replacement method is provided for replacing a to-be-replaced battery module with a replacing fresh battery module in a battery assembly formed by electrically connecting a plurality of battery modules in series or parallel. The method includes the step (S110) of charging the fresh battery module so that the quantity of charged electricity of the fresh battery module is 5 to 20% less than the quantity of charged electricity of a battery module other than the to-be-replaced battery module, and the step (S120) of replacing the to-be-replaced battery module with the charged fresh battery module.

The present invention discloses a face replacement method and device. The face replacement method includes the following steps that: the face characteristic parameters of a first person are extracted from an image to be processed; the original face image of a second person is selected; a face model is constructed for the second person according to the original face image of the second person; and the face characteristic parameters of the first person are fitted into the face model of the second person, so that the target face image of the second person is obtained; and the face image of the first person in the image to be processed is replaced with the target face image of the second person. With the face replacement method and device provided by the embodiments of the present invention adopted, a problem that a replacement target person is not matched with an original image can be solved, and therefore, a replacement effect can be enhanced.

The invention discloses an automatic battery quick replacement system and method for electric vehicles. The system comprises a battery bin arranged at the lower part of a vehicle body, a battery box and a lifting platform. The sides of the battery bin are provided with a plurality lifting lugs; the sides of the battery box are provided with a plurality of spring bolts with pulling ropes; the lifting platform is provided with a plurality of unlocking/locking rods; and the mounting and dismounting of the battery box are realized through the mutual coordination of the lifting platform, the unlocking/locking rods, the spring bolts and the lifting lugs. When a battery is dismounted, the lifting platform supports the battery box, the unlocking/locking rods jack the pull ropes to separate the bolts from the lifting lugs, and the lifting platform descends together with the battery box so as to separate the battery box from the batter bin. When the battery is mounted, the battery box is jacked to be in place of the battery bin by the lifting platform, the unlocking/locking rods descend to loose the pull ropes, and the bolts are closed and penetrate through the lifting lugs by virtue of the tension of the spring so that the battery box is connected with the battery bin; meanwhile, a socket on the battery box is automatically in plugging connection with a plug on the battery bin. The automatic battery quick replacement system is convenient and reliable and can meet the requirement for automatic and rapid replacement of the battery box of an electric vehicle.

The specification discloses compositions and methods for treating a soft tissue defect of an individual.

The present invention relates to a semi-automatic method of replacing a ballast within a lighting control system, such that the new replacement ballast can operate in the same manner as the ballast that was replaced. If multiple ballasts in a lighting control system are removed from the system and multiple new ballasts are installed to replace those ballasts, any operational configurations such as group configurations or area information associated with each removed (missing) ballast must be assigned to the proper new replacement ballast. The semi-automatic replacement method relies upon the operational configurations of the removed ballast to help a user identify which new ballast should replace each missing ballast.

The specification discloses compositions and methods for treating a soft tissue defect of an individual.

A memory chip provided by the invention includes a communication unit, a control unit and a storage unit. The invention also provides a method for using the memory chip. A plurality of different pieces of serial number information and marker information/access marker information which indicate whether currently-selected serial number information is valid or not, are stored in a storage unit; a control unit judges whether serial number information that is transmitted to an imaging device is confirmed valid according to a preset strategy; the selected serial number information is independently replaced according to judgment results when preset conditions can be satisfied; and therefore, modes of the replacement of serial numbers of the memory chip can be more convenient, and user experience can be greatly improved, and the problem of incapability of being used of the memory chip caused by the identity of the serial numbers can be solved.

The invention relates to a method for processing arsenic-antimony fume by using a replacement-reduction method so as to recover arsenic and antimony, belonging to the field of non-ferrous metallurgy technologies. The method comprises the steps of recovering arsenic by using a replacement method firstly: adding antimony powder into arsenic-antimony fume, and then simultaneously carrying out a displacement reaction on the obtained mixture for 30-120 min at the temperature of 500-800 DEG C and collecting antimony trioxide volatile fume, so that after the reaction is completed, crude arsenic is obtained; recovering antimony by using a reduction method: adding a reducing agent into the antimony trioxide volatile fume obtained in the last step, and then carrying out a reduction reaction on the obtained mixture for 30-180 min at the temperature of 800-1000 DEG C, so that crude antimony is obtained finally, wherein the mass ratio of antimony trioxide to the reducing agent is 10:(1-3). According to the invention, by fully using the characteristic that antimony trioxide is easily volatile at low temperature, arsenic in arsenic-antimony fume is replaced with antimony powder, and antimony trioxide is volatilized, so that crude arsenic is obtained, and then antimony trioxide is subjected to reduction smelting so as to obtain crude antimony, therefore, the method disclosed by the invention is simple in process and has better industrial application prospects.

The present invention belongs to the computer image processing technical field and relates to a generative adversarial network model-based hairstyle changing method. There are a plenty of practical applications about automatic hairstyle changing in the classification and image editing field. According to the method of the present invention, a new large hairstyle data set HAIRSTYLE30k is provided, wherein the new large hairstyle data set HAIRSTYLE30k contains hairstyles composed of 64 different types of 30K images; and a hairstyle automatic generation and modification model H-GAN is provided to realize hairstyle automatic change. According to the method of the invention, improvements are made on the basis of the basic generative adversarial network model, and therefore, new data sets can be efficiently learned. The method not only performs well on a basic data set but also has good generalization on a new data set.

Carrier for a Portable Electronic Device with a method for removal and replacement or permanent mounting made of resilient materials such as plastic aluminum or the like, The mounting of device can be hook and loop material or other known fastening materials. The preferred embodiment witch has two rails connected at each end perpendicular to sides witch allows for clips attached to slide along its length and allow the user to flip the device allowing the front of device to be protected from view and contact. The carrier rails having a pair of attachment clips capable of retaining a neck strap thereby allowing the user to wear the electronic device on his or her chest. Further the carrier includes openings to permit visibility of products marks such as serial numbers, model types and brand logo.

Methods and apparatus for orthopedic replacement of the hip through three incisions with a modular prosthetic system assembled in vivo while substantially preserving muscles and soft tissues around the hip joint resulting in reduced healing time and decreased risk of dislocation. A prosthetic femoral stem is inserted into the femur. A prosthetic femoral neck is inserted from a point along the side of the patient's body and into the side of the femur and through a lateral bore in the prosthetic femoral stem to join the prosthetic femoral head. The methods and apparatus include structures and techniques for fixing or enhancing interconnection of implant components, such as by increasing the interconnection in an interference fit with one or more tapers, threads, and/or cooling of components prior to assembly.

The invention discloses a method and a two-connection board device for replacing tension insulator strings of high-voltage transmission lines with upspinning and charging. The insulator strings are loosened first by using special tools such as end wing clips and insulating pull plates; The pulleys and screw rods on the side make all the ends of the insulator strings disengage; finally, the pulleys on the ground wire brackets are used to rotate the porcelain bottle strings from the horizontal state to the vertical state, thus changing the complex operation into a relatively simple operation, which greatly shortens the time Potential working time to ensure the safe operation of the line; live replacement of the high-voltage transmission line tension insulator string double-connected plate device, including two wing cards and two screw screws, and also includes two pairs of insulating pull plates, one end of the two pairs of insulating pull plates They are respectively connected with two wings of the wing card, and the other ends are respectively connected with a lead screw, and the other ends of the two lead screws are respectively connected with the two wings of the other wing card. The structure is simple, easy to operate and low in cost.

The invention discloses a method for improving the oil displacement efficiency of a medium-permeability core. The method comprises the following steps: taking a core for an experiment, washing oil away and drying the core, conducting a gas survey on the permeability of the core; preparing experimental simulated formation water and simulated oil; immersing the core into the simulated formation water to enable the core to be saturated with the simulated formation water; measuring the porosity, and calculating the pore volume; preparing simulated formation water solution, and replacing the saturated simulated formation water core; using simulated crude oil to replace the core to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, using the simulated formation water solution to replace the core to calculate the oil displacement efficiency; injecting foam liquid+carbon dioxide to calculate the oil replacement efficiency, and detecting a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum; injecting carbon dioxide gas+simulated formation water to calculate the oil replacement efficiency; injecting the foam liquid+carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide+simulated formation water containing the to calculate the oil displacement efficiency; comparing different nuclear magnetic resonances, adding the oil replacement efficiencies under different replacement methods, and obtaining the total oil replacement efficiency. According to the method for improving the oil displacement efficiency of the medium-permeability core, on-line tests can be achieved, a sample does not need to be disassembled and assembled, and practical testing is conducted to improve the oil replacement efficiency of the medium-permeability core.