77 results about "Stress injury" patented technology

A sensing device is attached to a living subject that includes a first sensors for distinguishing lying, sitting, and standing positions. In another embodiment, sensor data is stored in a storage device as a function of time. Multiple points or multiple intervals of the time dependent data are used to direct a feedback mechanism to provide information or instruction in response to the time dependent output indicating too little activity, too much time with a joint not being moved beyond a specified range of motion, too many motions beyond a specified range of motion, or repetitive activity that can cause repetitive stress injury.

A gesture sensing split keyboard can couple the hand and keyboard rotations, can sense hand rotation and one or more keystrokes of each hand, can produce symbolic, control, command, and other types of information based upon all the sensed inputs, and can present the produced information to a computing, communications, or control device through electrical conductors, infrared transceivers, or other communications technologies. The various embodiments can be mounted on the operator's hands, arms, or belt, on a desktop or other stable surface, or may be embedded in the target device, such as a laptop computer. The ability of certain embodiments to fold into a compact size for storage while providing ease-of-use of a full-sized keyboard when unfolded for typing makes them well suited for laptop computers. The ability of certain other embodiments to be mounted on the body of the user and to enable a wide range of user motion makes them well suited for mobile and pervasive computing applications and for potentially reducing repetitive stress injuries.

A sensing device is attached to a living subject that includes a first sensors for distinguishing lying, sitting, and standing positions. In another embodiment, sensor data is stored in a storage device as a function of time. Multiple points or multiple intervals of the time dependent data are used to direct a feedback mechanism to provide information or instruction in response to the time dependent output indicating too little activity, too much time with a joint not being moved beyond a specified range of motion, too many motions beyond a specified range of motion, or repetitive activity that can cause repetitive stress injury.

An ergonomically designed pipette tip that can be securely mounted to a barrel of a pipetter yet is designed to substantially reduce the axial force necessary to install and eject the pipette tip from the pipetter thus reducing the injuries resulting in repetitive stress injury to the thumb and hand. The new ergonomic pipette tip incorporates a separate sealing member constructed from an elastomer that is coupled to the more rigid and chemically inert elongated tubular member that becomes the receptacle for transferring the fluid sample aspirated by the pipetter. The new elastomeric sealing member allows for greater sealing capability or squeeze between the pipetter barrel and the new pipette tip while lowering the coefficient of friction between the mating parts, thus decreasing the axial ejection forces require to overcome the breakaway friction between the new ergonomic pipette tip and the pipetter.

This invention provides novel keyboards comprising keys disposed such that they minimize the distance a finger typically must travel to effect a keystroke and the force that is applied to effect a keystroke. Accordingly the keyboards require less arm and finger movement to and thereby reduce the likelihood of an operator developing a repetitive stress injury (RSI). In one embodiment the keyboards comprise a plurality of keys disposed such that the alphanumeric keys form a continuous key array defining a key array surface having at least two concave regions wherein a plurality of keys present irregular and / or non-rectilinear striking faces.

A no-impact keyboard for decreasing the risk of a repetitive stress injury to the user. The keyboard comprises a plurality of keys having a key cap and a stem, an impact absorbing mechanism which prevents any part of a key from striking a hard surface during a keystroke, and a sensor for sending an actuation signal from each key when the key passes a defined point in the keystroke. The impact absorbing mechanism may be a spring, a magnetic mechanism, or a hydraulic-pneumatic mechanism.

The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I),methods for preparing these compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and for treating a condition including but not limited to ankylosing spondylitis, artherosclerosis, arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, childhood arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis), bone-related diseases (including those related to bone formation), breast cancer (including those unresponsive to anti-estrogen therapy), cardiovascular disorders, cartilage-related disease (such as cartilage injury / loss, cartilage degeneration, and those related to cartilage formation), chondrodysplasia, chondrosarcoma, chronic back injury, chronic bronchitis, chronic inflammatory airway disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, disorders of energy homeostasis, gout, pseudogout, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, multiple myeloma, obesity, osteoarthritis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteolytic bone metastasis, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, Paget's disease, periodontal disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, Reiter's syndrome, repetitive stress injury, hyperglycemia, elevated blood glucose level, and insulin resistance.

An ergonomically designed pipette tip that can be securely mounted to a barrel of a pipetter yet is designed to substantially reduce the axial force necessary to install and eject the pipette tip from the pipetter. An improved pipette tip that includes the addition of a second elastomeric material and cooperative means for insuring uniform interference and depth of penetration of the pipetter barrel as successive barrels are inserted and ejected. Also disclosed is an improved multiple-tip configuration with similar features as the ergonomic pipette tip that can be mounted to multiple barrels of a multi-pipetter as one tip instead of 8 or 12 individual tips. The secondary elastomeric material allows for better sealing and eliminates alignment issues, high installation and ejection requirements while reducing the hand and thumb forces that due to repeated use will sometimes result in repetitive stress injury.

The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I),methods for preparing these compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and for treating a condition including but not limited to ankylosing spondylitis, artherosclerosis, arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, childhood arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis), bone-related diseases (including those related to bone formation), breast cancer (including those unresponsive to anti-estrogen therapy), cardiovascular disorders, cartilage-related disease (such as cartilage injury / loss, cartilage degeneration, and those related to cartilage formation), chondrodysplasia, chondrosarcoma, chronic back injury, chronic bronchitis, chronic inflammatory airway disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, disorders of energy homeostasis, gout, pseudogout, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, multiple myeloma, obesity, osteoarthritis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteolytic bone metastasis, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, Paget's disease, periodontal disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, Reiter's syndrome, repetitive stress injury, hyperglycemia, elevated blood glucose level, and insulin resistance.

The case keyboard is an input device that folds around an electronic instrument to protect it and provide ease of transport. Because of its small size and portability, the case keyboard is very practical for providing instructions to electronic instruments that are small in themselves, enabling both devices to be easily transported. The electronic instrument could be a personal digital assistant (PDA), small computer, calculator, telephone, or other portable machines. The first embodiment of the case keyboard has a standard set of keys on a substrate. The second embodiment uses a touch-pad switch to multiplex the character designation of a small set of keys and a gently motion of the thumb. The multiplexing reduces the number of keys while still providing designation of about 160 characters. Shorter finger-motions reduce the probability of repetitive stress injuries. A third embodiment incorporates the entire instrument into a case keyboard with a pop-up viewing screen flexibly attached.

The device is a thin, self-adhesive non-stretch splint, having the capability to flex. This device is intended for the treatment of repetitive stress injuries such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with elements that provide user adjustable limitation of movement within acceptable medical parameters. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome symptoms include pain and numbness in the thumb, index, and middle fingers, that are aggravated by compression of the median nerve. This device limits flexion, extension, ulnar and radial deviation movements of the wrist without compressing the median nerve The device limits movement by reducing skin elasticity on the surface skin above or below the wrist and up the forearm. The application provides biomechanical feedback to the wearer in the form of the tugging sensation on the skin around the perimeter of the device assisting the user in maintaining a more neutral wrist position without imposing wrist immobilization. The design elements allow the use of the device in such a manner that produces no additional pressure to the median nerve while in use. Furthermore the method of application provides a means for the user to regulate the amount of wrist movement to provide a greater comfort level while still limiting movement within medically proven parameters. The adhesive nature of the device eliminates the need for external straps that normally wrap completely around the forearm and hand to hold a splint in place. The application of the device limits movement by greatly reducing the ability of the skin to stretch by placing a self-adhesive non-stretch splint directly on the skin. The device, and how it is placed utilizes the wearers skin elasticity to provide biomechanical feedback to the user to promote better wrist posture.

A system and method for is disclosed that plays a video of a graphical representation of a person demonstrating a selected physical exercise that is aimed at preventing or treating a repetitive stress injury in one or more areas of the body. The video demonstrates the exercise in real time so that a user performing the exercise, in time with the demonstration, will perform the exercise in a proper period of time that increases the benefits of the exercise. The selected exercise could be either directly selected from a list of exercises, from a reduced list of exercises that focus or effect a specific body area chosen by the user, or one of a set of exercises. Alternatively, a scheduling event could be used to display a demonstration of a selected exercise upon the occurrence of a predetermined event.

An ergonomically designed pipette tip that can be securely mounted to a barrel of a pipetter yet is designed to substantially reduce the axial force necessary to install and eject the pipette tip from the pipetter thus reducing the injuries resulting in repetitive stress injury to the thumb and hand. The new ergonomic pipette tip incorporates a separate sealing member constructed from an elastomer that is coupled to the more rigid and chemically inert elongated tubular member that becomes the receptacle for transferring the fluid sample aspirated by the pipetter. The new elastomeric sealing member allows for greater sealing capability or squeeze between the pipetter barrel and the new pipette tip while lowering the coefficient of friction between the mating parts, thus decreasing the axial ejection forces require to overcome the breakaway friction between the new ergonomic pipette tip and the pipetter.

An apparatus for applying a material, such as stretch wrap, to a pallet stacked with objects is provided. Conventional pallet wrapping is labor intensive, causes back injuries, repetitive stress injuries and other work related injuries to users / operators. By contrast, the apparatus of the present invention is portable, light-weight, easy to use and reduces the risk of work place injuries. The apparatus includes an elongated handle having a first end and a second end and a retaining mechanism mounted on the elongated handle for securing a roll of material to the handle. The retaining mechanism includes a first retaining member secured to the first end of the elongated handle and a second retaining member secured to the second end of the elongated handle, where the roll of material is located between the roll of material.

A heat resistant wrist support glove reliably provides therapeutic relief / support when handling hot objects or tools. The heat resistant glove comprises an inner member composed of an elastic material having a wrist supporting portion, a palm supporting portion, and at least one shallow opening adapted for passage of a user's fingers. The inner member is therapeutic in nature as it provides compression to the user's hand and / wrist and optionally at least a portion of the user's forearm. Preferably the inner member is composed of an elastic compression material. The heat resistant glove further comprises an outer member composed of a light-weight, thin, heat resistant material and is formed having a wrist segment, palm segment, and finger covering segment. The inner member is housed within the outer member. The glove provides therapeutic relief and protection against repetitive stress injuries (“RSI”), carpal tunnel, arthritis, hand fatigue and / or poor circulation and provides protection from burns when being worn.

The invention belongs to the field of biology, and relates to an application of serum ssc-miR-215 as a molecular marker on detecting stress injury of the intestinal tract of a pigling. A nucleotide sequence of serum ssc-miR-215 is represented as SEQ ID NO.1. A nucleotide sequence of a stem-loop primer required by reverse transcription of ssc-miR-215 is represented as SEQ ID NO.2. A nucleotide sequence of a forward primer required by augmentation of ssc-miR-215 is represented as SEQ ID NO.3. Diagnosis of stress injury of the intestinal tract of a weaned pigling is realized by adopting the above primers. A diagnostic method comprises extraction of serum total RNA, separation of small molecular RNA, synthesis of cDNA, and augmentation and authentication of PCR. The invention provides guidance for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of stress injury of the intestinal tract of a pigling, and provides a novel molecular marker for marker assisted selection of an anti-stress pig line.

A stackable wrist and arm support pad assembly is for use while operating a computer. The support pad assembly is adjustable in height by utilizing a series of nesting pads that allow for adjustment to provide the correct ergonomic posture. The base pad is solid in design with a raised padded section. The pads on top of the base pad have a hollow bottom that fits upon the pad of the pad below. In this manner, up to three, four or possibly more pads can be added to provide the correct posture to help avoid stress on the wrist, elbow and shoulder of the user. The pads may include a removable and washable cover. Additionally, the pads are available in different sizes and shapes to fit all types of keyboards and mouse pads. The use of the stackable wrist and arm support pad assembly provides not only wrist support for users of any computer system, but also provides correct ergonomic posture for all users regardless of desk, chair, keyboard or mouse placement as well, which may help reduce the severity of repetitive stress injuries.

An improved corkscrew includes a unidirectional clutch mechanism that enables the user to grasp the corkscrew handle, place the screw tip impinging on the cork, and to rotate the handle reciprocally to advance the screw and embed it in the cork. The mechanism features a clutch spring that transfers rotation of the handle to the screw in one direction only. As a result, fatigue of the user's hand and wrist is substantially reduced, and repetitive stress injuries are diminished.

A computer keyboard system with alternative exercise capabilities for the prevention of repetitive stress injuries in a user. The computer keyboard system has a computer keyboard and first and second non-typing, laterally movable exercise mechanisms retained by the computer keyboard. The exercise mechanisms are intermittently actuable as an alternative physical exercise to typing movements to prevent repetitive stress injuries. Operation of the keyboard can be impaired after a period of operation as measured by a typing parameter, such as keystrokes or typing time, and restored through actuation of the non-typing exercise mechanism.

A hand stretching method and apparatus mimics a well known exercise to reduce the problems with repetitive stress injury. A body of resiliently deformable material has flat and parallel top and bottom surfaces, with a cutout at one edge of the body. A user's hand is placed on the body, with the palm of the hand spanning the cutout. By pushing down on the hand, the opposite sides of the palm are urged apart, opening the carpal tunnel and relieving compression on the blood vessels and nerves. A user may place one hand on each surface of the body and urge the hands towards each other for treatment of both hands simultaneously. The body is preferably made of an expanded polymeric material such as polyurethane. Layers having different compression factors may be utilized; and, darker colored surface layers of material may be adhered to the top and bottom surfaces so the surfaces will not readily show dirt.

The invention discloses a nutrient solution for maturation of oocyte in vitro and a method for culturing oocyte using the nutrient solution, and relates to a nutrient solution for nutrient solution for oocyte and a method for culturing the oocyte with the nutrient solution. The nutrient solution and the culturing method using the nutrient solution solve the problem that the viability of oocyte culturing in vitro is low. The nutrient solution for maturation of oocyte in vitro is composed of normal nutrient solution of oocyte, vitamin B12, fetal calf serum, FSH, LH, 17 betas estradiol, sodium pyruvate, EGF, penicillin and streptomycin sulphate. The oocyte is placed into the utrient solution for maturation of oocyte in vitro, the maturation culture on the oocyte lasts for 20-24 hours in the environment in which the volume concentration of CO2 is 5%, and a mature oocyte is acquired. The nutrient solution for maturation of oocyte in vitro can decrease stress injury caused by the external environment, the cytoplasm maturing of the oocyte is promoted, and the parthenogenetic activation of the matured oocyte matured in vitro and the embryos developmental potential after being fertilized are improved.

A mouse rest for hand and wrist device for reducing repetitive stress injuries from extended use of a computer mouse device is disclosed which includes a hand and wrist support region consisting of a resting plate, generally square in shape, having three square corners and one outwardly rounded corner. The resting plate has a top and bottom surface and is elevated by at least three posts attached at the square corners and extending downward to a nonskid pad. A nonskid pad is affixed to a base. The computer mouse device is placed under the resting plate at the rounded corner and the user accesses the mouse with fingers only while the hand and wrist remain on a horizontal plane and totally relaxed on the resting plate. The disclosed device eliminates all upward or downward flexion of the users wrist which is a main cause of repetitive stress injuries.

An improved school bus door operator for a school bus, or other public transportation vehicle or bus. The improved school bus door operator of this invention consists of a linear actuated school bus door operator with a handle for operation by the driver and the linkage tying the operator to the school bus door. The linear actuated school bus door operator allows the driver of the school bus to open and close the school bus door with a back and forth short-stroke linear movement of the handle. This should reduce repetitive stress injuries which school bus drivers have occasioned. The improved school bus door operator generally consists of a handle slide mechanism, a rotatable pivot arm, and a door linkage arm engaged to the school bus door. The handle slide mechanism further consists of a slide arm that may be moved linearly within the handle slide mechanism. The slide arm has a handle that juts out generally in a vertical direction at a rearward portion of the slide arm. At an opposite end of the slide arm from where the handle is engaged is an engagement pawl. The engagement bolt also rises from the slide arm in a generally vertical direction. The rotatable pivot arm has two guide rails or a through-slot. The engagement bolt of the slide arm fits between the guide rails or through-slot of the rotatable pivot arm. The rotatable pivot arm has a pivot bolt, which allows the pivot arm to rotate on the dash or other mounting surface in the school bus.

The invention discloses a method for improving the streptococcus iniae infection resisting capability of GIFT tilapia in high-density culture. The method comprises the steps of preparing of compound Chinese herbal medicine, adding, feeding and breeding management. Compared with the prior art, the method has the following advantages: (1) the immunological protection of the GIFT tilapia in high-density culture can be effectively improved, and the survival rate of GIFT tilapia infected with streptococcus iniae is improved; (2) the compound Chinese herbal medicine added in a feed belongs to environment-friendly feed additives, and has less negative effect on fish and water; (3) the blood and head-kidney immunological stress response can be effectively enhanced, and the liver stress injury is reduced; (4) the adopted technological steps of the method are simple, the Chinese herbal medicine is low, and easy to obtain and preserve, and can be well absorbed and utilized by a fish body, and excrement of the GIFT tilapia does not impact the water quality.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical devices, especially a gynecological nursing sterilizer with temperature control. Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to control the temperature during disinfection and it is easy to cause pain to the patient, the following scheme is proposed, including a pressing head, a fixing device and Disinfection device, the fixing device includes a casing, a storage battery is welded on the bottom inner wall of the casing, a water tank is welded on the bottom inner wall of the casing, and a water inlet is opened on the top of the water tank, and a water inlet is welded on the top inner wall of the water tank A connecting plate, and the bottom end of the connecting plate is fixed with a temperature sensor by bolts. The invention can control the temperature of the disinfectant in the water tank, avoiding the irritation caused by the temperature discomfort to the patient during disinfection, improving the comfort of the device, and being able to spray on the affected area in all directions, avoiding that the dead angle of disinfection cannot be sprayed and cannot be disinfected in all directions The disadvantage is that it can detect the pressure at the expansion plate, prevent excessive pressure from causing harm to the patient, and improve the safety of the device.

The present invention belongs to the field of biology, and relates to applications of serum ssc-miR-194b as a molecule marker for detection of piglet intestinal tract stress injury. According to the present invention, the nucleotide sequence of the serum ssc-miR-194b is represented by SEQ ID NO.1, the stem-loop primer nucleotide sequence required by the reverse transcription of the ssc-miR-194b is represented by SEQ IDNO.2, the forward primer nucleotide sequence required by the amplification of the ssc-miR-194b is represented by SEQ ID NO.3, and with the primers, the diagnosis on the weaned piglet intestinal tract stress injury can be achieved, and the diagnosis method comprises serum total RNA extraction, micromolecule RNA separation, cDNA synthesis, and PCR amplification and identification; and the guide is provided for the prevention, the diagnosis and the treatment of the weaned piglet intestinal tract stress injury, and the new molecule marker is provided for the marker-assisted selection of the pig anti-stress strain.

A glove is for the treatment and / or prevention of repetitive stress injury such as carpal tunnel syndrome includes an exterior fabric portion fabricated from synthetic polymeric material, and an interior fabric portion fabricated from pure metallic silver yarn joined to the exterior fabric.

The invention discloses a method for relieving low-temperature stress injury of chili seedlings. The method comprises steps as follows: selecting chili seeds with uniform size and full and consistentgrains; uniformly mixing vermiculite and perlite in the volume ratio being 3:1 to serve as a matrix; preparing EBR (24-epibrassinolide); performing disinfection, seed soaking and germination acceleration treatment on the chili seeds; sowing the chili seeds after germination acceleration treatment in the matrix, and watering the chili seeds with 1 / 2 Hoagland nutrient solution; after seedlings comeinto 6-7 true leaves, spraying an EBR spray solution with the concentration being 0.1 mu M to leaves of seedlings at the low-temperature stress temperature at 20:00 clock every day and spraying the EBR spray solution continuously for 3 d, wherein the low-temperature stress temperature is the temperature which is lower than 20 DEG C in the daytime and is 5-12 DEG C at night. By means of the method,the cold resistance of the chili seedlings can be improved, stress injury of low-temperature cold damage to the chili seedlings can be relieved, and the scheme is convenient and easy to implement andnot limited by territory.