54 results about "Unintended Movement" patented technology

A cervical intervertebral prosthesis includes lower and upper anchoring plates with a prosthesis core arranged between them to create an articulated connection. The anchoring plates are designed to bear with their anchoring plate surfaces on adjacent vertebral bodies. At least one anchoring plate surface has a rib-like projection thereon which can be used to engage in the vertebral body with a form fit. In order to produce a corresponding recess in the vertebral body, an instrument having a handle, a stem, a head part and an excavating element that can be retracted into the head part may be used. This permits considerably improved securing of the cervical intervertebral prosthesis against unintended movement. The medullary canal running along the posterior margin of the vertebral column is in this way protected from damage.

A handheld projector is provided with an image stabilization system that acts to reduce (or even eliminate) unwanted motion of the projected image due to unintended movement of the projector. In certain preferred embodiments, a solid-state motion sensor provides input to an image stabilization system that computes a corrective signal. In embodiments having optical image stabilization, the corrective signal is supplied to a mechanical actuator that moves one or more optical elements within the projector. Other embodiments have electronic image stabilization. In these embodiments, the corrective signal from the image stabilization system is used by the image generator to shift the image so as to compensate for movement of the projector.

A method is provided for image stabilization in an optical instrument (1, 101) with observation optics (3) that have an optical axis (OA) and at least one optical element with adjustable refractive power (7, 7A, 7B, 177), an unintended movement taking place between the observation optics (3) and an observation object (4) along the optical axis (OA). The unintended movement along the optical axis (OA) is determined and on the basis of the movement determined, at least one control variable for the adjustable optical element (7, 7A, 7B, 177) is determined, which represents the refractive power of the optical element with adjustable refractive power (7, 7A, 7B, 177) necessary for optical compensation for the movement along the optical axis (OA). An adjustment of the optical element with adjustable refractive power (7, 7A, 7B, 177) is carried out on the basis of the control variable.

A camera stand comprises a base portion that may seat on or be suitably anchored on a floor surface, boat, dock, table, rail, vehicle, or other support structure. A horizontally and vertically adjustable linkage extends from the base portion and has the camera positioned at an end of the linkage. Means are provided for keeping the camera at a specific angle from horizontal as the adjustable linkage moves the camera about. Means are provided to provide joints in the linkage that have suitable resistance to unintended movement by gravity, wind or other forces and for which resistance to unintended movement is readily adjustable.

A system is disclosed for facilitating rotation of a mattress in a horizontal plane carried by a box spring or a platform. Surfaces between the mattress and the box spring or platform are selectively placed in engagement with each other. The surfaces may be provided by two separate covers; a single cover and the inherent surface roughness of the box spring or fixed or adjustable platform; a single cover with an embedded surface or no covers with embedded surfaces in both the mattress and the box spring or platform. In the latter embodiment, the mattress and the box spring or platform are secured together in a normal mode of operation to prevent unintended movement of the mattress.

Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device.

A cable connector includes a body member having a first opening to receive a cable and a second opening. An indicator is movable between first and second positions. A stop member substantially prevents unintended movement of the indicator from the first position to the second position. The indicator moves past the stop member and through the second opening in the body member when moving from the first position to the second position and is exposed externally of the body member to indicate full insertion of the cable.

An automated feeding apparatus for animals includes a compartmented feed storage container provided with an upper hinged access door for charging the feed into the compartments, which are provided with automatically or manually operable discharge doors. The container is so dimensioned that the discharge doors in their closed and open positions are shielded from an animal feeding from the apparatus. A deflector plate is disposed beneath the discharge doors and is so mounted as to allow and accommodate unintended movement thereof, for example movement occasioned by an animal.

A system is disclosed for facilitating rotation of a mattress in a horizontal plane carried by a box spring or a platform. Surfaces between the mattress and the box spring or platform are selectively placed in engagement with each other. The surfaces may be provided by two separate covers; a single cover and the inherent surface roughness of the box spring or fixed or adjustable platform; a single cover with an embedded surface or no covers with embedded surfaces in both the mattress and the box spring or platform. In the latter embodiment, the mattress and the box spring or platform are secured together in a normal mode of operation to prevent unintended movement of the mattress.

A vehicle stop control device is provided which prevents, when a traveling mode is switched, unintended movement of a vehicle in which all wheels are capable of being independently turned, and which can travel in a non-normal mode. Provided is: traveling mode switching section which can switch among a lateral movement mode, a pinwheeling mode, a normal traveling mode, and a parking mode, as a control mode for selecting operation combined by turning devices and traveling drive mechanisms; and turning timing shift part configured to shift the timing for turning at least one of all the wheels relative to the timing for turning the other ones of the wheels at the time of mode switching by the traveling mode switching section.

A cable connector includes a body member having a first opening to receive a cable and a second opening. An indicator is movable between first and second positions. A stop member substantially prevents unintended movement of the indicator from the first position to the second position. The indicator moves past the stop member and through the second opening in the body member when moving from the first position to the second position and is exposed externally of the body member to indicate full insertion of the cable.

The animal feeding reminder includes a food handling apparatus which comprises a food scoop, a food bowl, or a food container for the transportation, selling, or purchasing of animal food. Date or time indicia are associated with the food handling apparatus. A marker is associated with the food handling apparatus and moveable relative to the indicia. The marker selectively identifies a distinct date or time from the date or time indicia. A marker positioning mechanism is associated with the marker, the apparatus, or both. The marker positioning mechanism securely holds the marker so as to identify the distinct date or time and prevent accidental or unintended movement of the marker to another date or time. Therefore, the marker can be selectively moved to identify the distinct date or time after each use of the food handling apparatus to remind a user of a last time an animal was fed.

An operation lever lock device reliably prevents unintended movement of a fork without obstructing a forward field of view. The valve input section (22) of a hydraulic control valve (20) disposed below a floor panel (FL) and a corresponding operation lever (10) are coordinated with each other by a link member (60), and a hydraulic control valve (20) is moved by moving the link member (60) in the vertical direction through the operation lever (10). An operation lever lock device is provided with: an engagement member (70) below the link member (60) and a floor panel (FL); and a stopper plate (80). The stopper plate (80) is disposed so as to be capable of moving between an engaged position at which an engagement section (83) engages with the engagement member (70) and a disengaged position at which the engagement section (83) is disengaged from the engagement member (70). When the stopper plate (80) is disposed at the engaged position, the stopper plate (80) prevents the link member (60) from moving in the vertical direction.

A radially expandable trocar, port or cannula system is provided for use in minimally invasive surgeries. The cannula creates a port access with an initial small internal diameter. The passage of thecannula devices is defined by a plurality of elongate rigid members. A number of mechanisms are provided for expanding the passage of the cannula devices, by moving the plurality of elongate rigid members towards a larger radial location, thereby creating a larger internal diameter for the port. The elongate rigid members can be prevented from unintended movement when the system is at the un-expanded state, during expansion and when it is expanded to the desired larger diameter. Example embodiments include methods of preventing gas loss from the tissue that would occur through the gaps createdduring expansion.

A storage system (20) has substantially-parallel stationary first and second walls (21, 22) spaced from one another. A third wall (29) is mounted for movement relative to the first and second walls. The improvement comprises track means (26) for guiding movement of the third wall relative to the first and second walls. The track means has a first track (31) mounted on the first wall, a second track (32) mounted on the second wall, a carriage (33) mounted on the third wall and operatively engaging the first track for movement therealong, and a second carriage (40) mounted on the third wall and operatively engaging the second track for movement therealong. The improvement further includes locking means (28) operatively arranged to releasably hold at least one of the carriages to the associated track for preventing unintended movement of the third wall relative to the first and second walls. Thus, the third wall may be releasably held in an adjustable position relative to the first and second walls. In the preferred form, there is a fourth adjustable wall (30) that is structurally similar to the third wall.

The invention presents a method and an arrangement for preventing the drifting of an elevator car away from the stopping floor. In the method:a) the operating condition of one or more machinery brakes of the hoisting machine of the elevator is monitored regularlyb) the elevator car leaving the door zone of the stopping floor is stopped when the door of the elevator car and / or the landing door is / are open by using the aforementioned one or more machinery brakes of the hoisting machinec) starting of the next run of an elevator car that has left the door zone of the stopping floor when the door of the elevator car and / or the landing door is / are open is prevented, andd) information about the drive prevention is recorded in the non-volatile memory of elevator control unit

The object of the invention is an elevator provided with a safety device arrangement, which elevator comprises at least an elevator car (1) traveling along guide rails (11) and a safety brake device (3) for stopping unintended movement of the elevator car (1). The safety device arrangement comprises a tuning apparatus (4) disposed on the elevator car (1) for detecting a presence on the roof of the elevator car (1).

A pivoting joint (26) with a ball and socket joined by trunnions (56) for use in fluid conduits, particularly firefighting devices such as portable monitors and the like. The pivoting joint can be used on an inlet of the device to provide a pivoting motion for one or more inlet hoses, and / or on the outlet of the device to direct the discharge in one or more directions. An optional one-way brake (3d) can be used to limit unintended movement about one or more axis of motion.

The present invention is a simple-to-use IV placement assist device with a base, finger interfaces extending from the base, and mechanical means to engage a needle hub. A catheter advancer is slidably integrated with the base to guide advancement of a catheter linearly along the insertion plane defined by the orientation of the base. In addition, a stabilizer component comprising a traction pad and means of constraining unintended movements of the needle and catheter, which is placed on the patient's skin, may be used along with the base and catheter advancer. The IV placement assist device stabilizes and guides the critical needle insertion and catheter advancement steps of a complication-prone and very common procedure.

To eliminate or otherwise reduce unintended movement of a probe tip of a probe assembly being held by a probe arm, the probe assembly includes one or more resilient members that compensate for the contraction or expansion of the probe arm in accordance with the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material from which the probe arm is made. Thus, the probe tip can remain in contact with a sample being measured at the desired location on the sample, during an automated full or wide scale temperature range sweep.

A decompression needle including: a hollow catheter shaft including a distal end having an opening, a proximal end and a passage between the opening and proximal end; and an outer surface of or on the shaft, wherein at least a portion of the shaft proximate to the distal end has surface features configured to engage chest tissue to thereby resist unintended movement of the catheter shaft with respect to the chest tissue.

A steering apparatus is provided which can suppress unintended movement of a steering wheel when a clutch is engaged. When a power switch is turned off and a steering wheel is steered, a reaction force control circuit makes a reaction force motor to generate a steering reaction force stronger than a normal steering reaction force to give a driver an appropriate feeling of response according to a steering torque. The strong steering reaction force is applied to a steering shaft to suppress steering of the steering wheel. A steering operation control circuit executes steering operation control, that is, control that makes an actual steered angle equal to a target steered angle based on a steering angle, and then a clutch is engaged. The clutch is engaged after confirmation of an immovable state of steered wheels, and thus rotation of the steering wheel unintended by the driver is suppressed.

A consumable product use tracking system includes a consumable product handling apparatus having a first marker is moveable relative to a date indicia, wherein the first marker selectively identifies a distinct date from the date indicia, and a second marker is moveable relative to a time indicia, wherein the second marker identifies a distinct time from the time indicia. A marker positioning mechanism is associated with the first and second markers, the apparatus, or both, for securely holding the markers so as to identify the distinct date and time and prevent accidental or unintended movement of the markers to another date and time. The markers are selectively moved to identify the distinct date and time after each use or for a future use of the consumable product handling apparatus.

Substantially elevated movement sensitivity of a mouse enables improved control and finer manipulation of an object, for example a pointer, displayed on a display device. However, the elevated movement sensitivity also results in unintended movement of the mouse, generated when a button of the mouse is operated, being translated into displacement of the pointer on the display device. An embodiment of the invention describes a method for transducing movement occurring during an interval into signals in response to the button being operated. The signals are for use in manipulating the object. The method is further for comparing properties of the displacement with pre-defined reference properties to determined whether the movement is intended or unintended. The signals are subsequently terminated to impede manipulation of the object when the movement is determined to be unintended to thereby correct the unintended movement.

Unintended movement governor for limiting the movement of a moving object, which unintended movement governor comprises a pulley (1), a part (2), coupling means (5), with which the part (2) is connected to the pulley (1), for rotating the part (2) via the coupling means along with the pulley (1), and means (3) that can be switched into a state limiting the movement of the part (2). When the means (3) are in the state limiting the movement of the part (2) they are arranged to impair the rotation of the part (2) along with the pulley (1) such that relative movement is caused between the part (2) and the pulley (1) if the pulley (1) rotates, and that when the part (2) is in the limited state in terms of its movement it is arranged to stop the rotation of the pulley (1) or at least essentially decelerate the rotation after the part (2) and the pulley (1) have moved a predetermined amount (A, B) with respect to each other. The elevator according to the invention comprises an unintended movement governor as defined in the preceding.

A device useful in the administration of feed product from a feeding assembly to a patient, the device having a mounting piece operable to mount the device to a fixed structure, a holding piece operable to hold the feeding assembly, and a flexible arm extending between the mounting piece and locking piece, the flexible arm having sufficient flexibility to be bent such that the feeding assembly can be moved to a desired height but having sufficient rigidity to hold the feeding assembly at the desired height without unintended movement.

A multi-position table includes a substructure for resting on a base, a superstructure pivotable between a first table position for use while sitting and a second table position for use while standing. The superstructure includes a first support associated with the first table position, the first support having a first top surface spaced a first distance from the base when the superstructure is in the first table position; a second support associated with the second table position, the second support having a second top surface spaced a second distance from the base when the superstructure is in the second table position, the second distance being different that the first distance. The table includes a locking member for locking a first and a second adjusting element together to prevent unintended movement from the first table position to the second table position or from the second table position to the first table position.

A system is disclosed for facilitating rotation of a mattress in a horizontal plane carried by a box spring or a platform. Surfaces between the mattress and the box spring or platform are selectively placed in engagement with each other. The surfaces may be provided by two separate covers; a single cover and the inherent surface roughness of the box spring or fixed or adjustable platform; a single cover with an embedded surface or no covers with embedded surfaces in both the mattress and the box spring or platform. In the latter embodiment, the mattress and the box spring or platform are secured together in a normal mode of operation to prevent unintended movement of the mattress.

A device is provided for positioning an object with respect to another object. The device includes a linkage having an extended condition and a collapsed condition, the linkage including at least one pair of links coupled to one another about a pivot rotation axis. The device also includes a friction element positioned at the pivot rotation axis of the at least one pair of links of the linkage. A spring of the device is positioned to apply bias to the links of the at least one pair of links of the linkage. The device is configured to resist unintended movement of the object from the user-adjusted position along the path and to facilitate intended movement of the object proximally toward or distally away from the other object.