1538 results about "Subsidence" patented technology

An interbody device for the fixation and support of adjacent bone bodies includes a body for implantation at a location between the two vertebrae and one or more protrusions extending from the body. The protrusion(s) are configured for engagement with one of the vertebrae upon implantation and for progressive penetration into the vertebra over a period of time subsequent to the implantation.

Translational bone fixation assemblies, kits containing such assemblies, and methods of use are described herein. The described assemblies may be used in spinal fusion procedures in which a damaged or diseased disc (or part of a disc) is removed from between a pair of vertebrae and a spinal fusion spacer is placed between the vertebrae. The assemblies may be applied to an anterior portion of the affected vertebrae to span the affected disc space, and may be fixed to the vertebrae using bone screws. The assemblies may function to maintain the vertebrae aligned during the initial period following fixation in which fusion of the spacer to the adjacent vertebrae occurs. The assemblies may also function to share some of the axial spinal load applied to the fusion spacer to prevent extreme subsidence of the spacer into the vertebral body, such as where the patient has poor bone quality. The assemblies may also act to prevent the spacer from being expelled from the disc space during the initial post-operative period. Finally, these assemblies may be used in other parts of the body where the advantages of the assemblies are desired or applicable.

Instruments and methods for spinal stabilization are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides greater stabilization of vertebral bodies through methods including combinations of external fixation systems and intervertebral implants to provide greater fusion stability, greater motion segment stability, faster fusion, reduced pain, reduced chance of migration, reduced chance of subsidence, etc.

An interbody device for the fixation and support of adjacent bone bodies includes a body for implantation at a location between the two vertebrae and one or more protrusions extending from the body. The protrusion(s) are configured for engagement with one of the vertebrae upon implantation and for progressive penetration into the vertebra over a period of time subsequent to the implantation.

A compliant intervertebral spacer according to the present invention replaces a damage intervertebral disc and functions to maintain disc height and prevent subsidence with a large surface area while substantially reducing patient recovery time. The compliant intervertebral spacer for spanning a space formed by upon removal of an intervertebral disc includes two end plates sized and shaped to fit within an intervertebral space and a compliant connector interconnecting the inner surfaces of the two end plates in a manner which limits motion between the plates to less than a total of 5 degrees of motion in any direction. The intervertebral spacer is configured to permanently maintain the disc space between the two adjacent discs without the use of bridging bone.

The invention relates to a monitoring and prewarning system and a monitoring and prewarning method for geological disasters. The monitoring and prewarning system for the geological disasters comprises a plurality of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) monitoring stations 1, a continuous operational reference system (CORS) 2, a 3rd-generation (3G) wireless network or wireless bridge 3, a microwave communication system 4, a monitoring and prewarning server 5, a monitoring and prewarning central computer 6 and the like which are arranged in a monitored area. Each GNSS monitoring station 1 comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiver 11, a 3G network transmission component 12, video monitoring equipment 13, a microwave communication transmission component 14, a power supply 15 and the like. In the method, the aims of forecasting and prewarning possibly initiated geological disasters automatically in real time can be fulfilled by setting the GNSS monitoring stations in areas liable to the geological disasters, monitoring ground surface displacement in real time by the CORS, performing real-time ground surface displacement monitoring on the geological disasters, such as collapse, landslide, debris flow, surface collapse, subsidence, ground fissure and the like, which can be caused by ground surface displacement, combining remote video monitoring, performing data processing on monitoring information, and automatically issuing prewarning information.

A subsidence protection device is provided. The subsidence protection device may be placed in either the tibia or the talus to support a portion of a total ankle prosthesis.

A bone plating system is provided that permits maintenance of a compression force while also accommodating bony subsidence, among other features. Methods of implantation are also provided that improve alignment and placement during implantation and avoid maneuvers that weaken the vertebral bodies. A modular distraction screw is placed during the initial stages of surgery when all relevant landmarks are still intact. After completion of the surgical bone work, a proximal end of the distraction screw is detached, leaving a protruding distal segment implanted in the centerline of the vertebral bodies above and below the newly fused disc space. A bone plate is guided into proper position relative to the upper and lower vertebra by attaching the bone plate to the protruding distal segments. The distal segments of the distraction screws are tightened onto the plate and the plate is held stationary while bone screws are placed. The bone plating system is also extendable, allowing additional bone plates to be placed and coupled with existing plate components to create a multi-level plating system. Additional bone plates may be placed contemporaneously or during a subsequent surgical procedure.

A support for vertebral fusion prevents subsidence and eliminates the need for posterior surgery and instrumentation. The support is constructed from cadaveric vertebrae or an implantable man-made material. One embodiment is a U-shaped metal support that rests on the apophyseal ring of the vertebrae, with the open portion of the U facing the patient's posterior. The metal support is then connected to a previously placed threaded cage or bone dowel such as that used in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF).

Disclosed is a ground surface deformation high-resolution interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) monitoring method along a high speed railway. The method includes four steps of (1) selection of high-resolution SAR data, (2) a high-resolution InSAR high speed railway area deformation information extraction method, (3) a multi-track deformation rate result integrating method and (4) a high speed railway target recognition and deformation extraction method. By means of the ground surface deformation high-resolution InSAR monitoring method along the high speed railway, the high speed railway can be completely covered and monitored by a high-resolution InSAR, recognition and separation of high speed railway subgrade settlement and area surface subsidence can be effectively achieved, and InSAR accurate monitoring level of high speed railway ground surface deformation in China can be greatly improved.

The invention discloses a testing device and a method of ground deformation caused by simulating metro shield tunnel construction, and belongs to the technical field of underground engineering experiments. The overall process that similar materials are used for simulating soil layer structures, a tunnel simulating device is used for simulating tunnel structures, and a ground loss simulation system is used for simulating disturbed soil around a tunnel and ground loss is included. After the installation of the device is completed, the ground loss simulation system is started, an airtight water bag which is filled with water by using a pressure water pump in advance is drained step by step through a drain pipe, and water discharge is accurately controlled through a water stop valve and a measuring tank. Moreover, the water discharge is recorded, the ground loss is simulated, a corresponding stratum is deformed, and then the earth surface subsides, the surface subsidence is accurately measured through a dial indicator, and a measured value is recorded. Stratum loss ratio is calculated out through conversion, and the stratum loss ratio and the subsidence measured value are made into forms and images together, and thereby the relation between the stratum loss ratio under different stratum structures and the surface subsidence can be measured out simply, conveniently and accurately.

The invention relates to the field of geodetic survey based on remote sensing images, in particular to a method for monitoring roadbed subsidence of express way by an InSAR, which comprises the following steps of: firstly, preprocessing, rectifying and interfering SAR data to obtain an InSAR interfered phase and amplitude image; secondly, carrying out flat earth effect, orographic effect and track residual trend phase elimination on the InSAR interfered phase to obtain a phase value only including surface deformation information; thirdly, recognizing positions and coordinates of strips of the express way in the SAR image by strip characteristics of the express way in the InSAR amplitude image; fourthly, extracting the phase value of the corresponding position in the interfered phase image by using the coordinates, and restoring a real phase value by adopting a filtering and unwrapping algorithm of a strip characteristic target; and fifthly, carrying out geocoding and deformation value transformation on the real phase value to obtain a roadbed subsidence value of the express way. The method has the advantages of simple implementation, low expense, high monitoring precision, large monitoring range, high automation degree and the like.

This invention relates a method for combined precipitation with pit phreatic water and aquifer layers including the following steps: applying one well structure to a precipitation well, closing a controllable water valve when evacuating the phreatic water, analyzing 3-D underground water seep to determine limit elements, pumped volume and influence radius, when the dig reaches to a water-isolation layer, the water in the aquifer layer is pumped to reduce water pressure to determine the dig depth, water-pump volume, orifice of wells, numbers, the influence radius of water power fall and sedimentation of surrounding ground using a method for computing limit elements determined based on 3-D underground water seepage and ground sedimentation based on plane diameters of the pit, dig depth, embedded depth of underground wall and structure condition of the aquifer layer.

Implants including non-resorbable frameworks and resorbable components, as well as methods of use thereof are disclosed. The embodiments include different combinations of a non-resorbable framework (in some case structural and in other cases non-structural), and a resorbable component embedded within and/or around the framework (again, in some cases structural and in other cases non-structural). The disclosed implants provide an efficient means of providing structural support for the vertebral bodies post-implantation, as well as encouraging resorption of the implant and fusion of the associated vertebral bodies without negative side effects and/or failure, such as subsidence of the implant or cracking/fracturing of a portion of the implant when implanted.

The present invention discloses a method for overall exploration of a mature exploration area of oil-rich sags, the method including the following steps: building an area-wide seismic sequence framework for a study area based on uniform 3D seismic data of the study area; determining the spatial distribution characteristics of sedimentary reservoirs in the study area by sequence based on the area-wide seismic sequence framework; grading source rocks in the study area by sequence based on the area-wide seismic sequence framework: counting the spatial distribution characteristics of caprocks in the study area; determining a transporting system for the study area based on the unified 3D seismic data of the study area; classifying potential trap areas in the study area based on the spatial distribution characteristics of the sedimentary reservoirs and the spatial distribution characteristics of the caprocks; and deploying the overall exploration of the study area based on the classification of the potential trap areas, grading of the source rocks and the transporting system of the study area.

The invention discloses a closed origin and arrival construction method of a shield machine, comprising the following steps: (1) using a tight continuous wall enclosure structure as a plain concrete continuous wall; (2) opening slanting periphery observation holes on a cavity door to observe the stable and leak conditions of soil bodies; (3) chiseling concrete and steel bars on the cavity door sectionally, and using plain concrete to replace the original continuous wall synchronously; (4) installing a receiving device of the shield machine, and applying pre-applied force; (5) filling materials in a steel sleeve barrel of the receiving device to a request height; (6) testing the pressure resistance of the steel sleeve barrel; (7) carrying out the digging construction of the shield machine until a shield tail of the shield machine enters or separates the cavity door; and (8) decompressing and disassembling the steel sleeve barrel of the receiving device. The closed origin and arrival construction method of the shield machine is safe, economical, efficient and simple, changes uncontrollable factors into controllable factors in a shield origin and arrival process, greatly reduces risks in a construction process, better controls land subsidence and provides the effectively ensured closed origin and arrival construction method of the shield machine.

A support for vertebral fusion prevents subsidence and eliminates the need for posterior surgery and instrumentation. The support is constructed of an implantable man-made material. One embodiment is generally a U-shaped metal support that rests on the apophyseal ring of a patient's vertebrae, with the open portion of the U facing the patient's posterior. The metal support is connected to a previously placed threaded cage or bone dowel such as that used in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). The U-shaped support is preferably comprised of a trabecular metal such as tantalum.

A mining area surface subsidence synthetic aperture radar interferometry monitoring and calculating method belongs to mining area surface subsidence monitoring and calculating method. The method comprises the following steps: having format conversion, calibration, pre-filtering and interference to interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data to obtain an InSAR interference phase, eliminating flat ground effect, an terrain phase and orbit errors of the interference phase by means of precise orbit data and an external dynamic effect model (DEM), obtaining phase values which only contain deformation information of a ground surface after filtering to residual phases, on the condition of large deformation gradient, through phase unwrapping, obtaining deflection of the edge of a mining subsidence basin, fusing the deflection with a few ground measured data, reversely deducing probability integral method parameters of the subsidence basin through a genetic algorithm, calculating sinking values of an arbitrary point of the whole surface subsidence basin through required probability integral method parameters and geological mining data, and therefore mining subsidence deformation field is produced. The mining area surface subsidence synthetic aperture radar interferometry monitoring and calculating method has the advantages of being high in monitoring accuracy, large in monitoring range, convenient to operate, low in cost and large in technical content.

An orthopedic fusion plate device has a rigid perimetral frame which embraces a pair of plates retained within the frame by a tongue and groove mechanism so that the plates can move in only a single dimension, toward and away from another. The device is intended to mitigate the effects of bone graft resorption and settling through either active or passive mechanisms.

A method for inversion of the ground feature high elevation and the number of land subsidence through high resolution InSAR timing sequence analysis includes the first step of high resolution SAR data selection, the second step of initial elevation phase estimation, the third step of selection of InSAR timing sequences, analysis of an interference image pair data set and extraction of coherent target candidate points, the fourth step of elevation phase correction and linear deformation component estimation, and the fifth step of deformation sequence estimation of coherent targets. According to the method, the defect that no high resolution DEM is available for removal of high-rise building additional phases in urban area high resolution InSAR deformation monitoring data processing can be overcome, the additional phases and deformation phases of urban high-rise buildings in the high resolution InSAR are effectively separated, and therefore monitoring precision of the high resolution InSAR in urban area land subsidence is greatly improved.

The invention discloses an optimization method of simultaneous harvest and reclamation opportunity of single coal layer based on mining subsidence simulation and second ploughing rate, relates to dynamic mining subsidence prediction and GIS (Geographic Information System) analysis processing, and belongs to the field of mining technology, land utilization and land rehabilitation, and the method is used for solving the problem of unstable mining subsidence land reclamation and realizing the simultaneous harvest and reclamation of underground coal mine regions. The method comprises the steps of: considering the subsidence visual simulation of landform before mining, the ground subsidence scene simulation of time domain and the optimization of the simultaneous harvest and reclamation opportunity based on the second ploughing rate on the basis of onsite file collection and analysis and based on a probability integral method and a mining subsidence predict of Knothe time function. The method disclosed by the invention performs dynamic scene simulation and reclamation opportunity optimization on the subsidence to determine the optimal reclamation opportunity under special mining conditions and natural conditions, thereby rescuing the precious surface soil resources of plain mining areas to the uttermost and planning, protecting and treating the lands to be suffered from subsidence damage in advance, so as to improve the reclamation rate, reduce the reclamation cost, promote the sustainable utilization and sustainable development of mining area land resources, and guarantee the coordination and synchronous development of coal resource mining and cultivated land protection.

The invention provides a method for fully mechanized continuously-filling coal mining of steeply pitching coal seams, which comprises the following steps: a stoping face is arranged as per the method of long-wall mining along the strike, and fully mechanized mining equipment for the steeply pitching coal seam is adopted; an air cushion and a working face filling pipeline are arranged on a base on the side of a mined out space of rear pillars of a fully mechanized mining support; whenever the working face advances for every 1.4 to 1.8 meters and after the support is moved, the working face filling pipeline is connected with an upper gateway filling main pipeline; the air cushion is filled with air, and auxiliary separation is arranged; paste is conveyed to a filling pipe branch sequentially from low to high so as to ensure filling and compacting, and finally the paste is conveyed to a supplementary filling pipe of the upper gateway; after the paste is coagulated, a portion of air in the air cushion is released, and the working face advances forward continuously; the steps are repeated until the stopping work for the whole working face and the filling work for the mined out space are finished. The method provided by the invention is convenient to operate and simple to carry out, can improve the mechanization level for mining the steeply pitching coal seams under buildings, railways and water bodies, improves the output of the working face, efficiently reduces the roof subsidence and the ground deformation, and realizes coal mining without the pillars and achieves Y type ventilation.

The invention discloses a method for extracting gas from a separation layer below an overlying strata, draining water and grouting through a combined drill hole and belongs to a mine disaster prevention method. The method for extracting gas from the separation layer below the overlying strata, draining water and grouting through the combined drill hole includes that installing a drill site at a transportation roadway of a preparatory work face adjacent to a coalface, constructing the combined drill hole in the part about to generate the separation layer below the overlying strata above the gob of the coalface in a mode of keeping away from a caving zone, wherein the combined drill hole is composed of an inside gas extraction pipe and a water draining-grouting pipe; after the separation layer is generated, preventing the mine disaster according to the stages that firstly, draining water from the separation layer through the combined drill hole; secondly, after the gas is gathered in the separation layer after the water in the separation layer is emptied, using the primary combined drill hole to extract the gas from the separation layer; finally, after the water and gas are completely drained and extracted from the separation layer, filling cement paste to the separation layer through the primary combined drill hole. The method for extracting gas from the separation layer below the overlying strata, draining water and grouting through the combined drill hole is capable of solving the mine disasters of water bursting in mine, gas outburst (gas emission), rock burst, surface subsidence and the like through the combined drill hole, the separation layer water and gas extraction rate is high, and the grouting effect is good.