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A new shape changing staple and instrument for the fixation of structures to include bone tissue and industrial materials. This new staple stores elastic mechanical energy to exert force on fixated structures to enhance their security and in bone affect its healing response. This staple once placed changes shape in response to geometric changes in the materials structure, including healing bone tissue. The staple is advanced over prior staples due to its: 1) method of operation, 2) high strength, 3) method of insertion, 4) compressive force temperature independence, 5) energy storing staple retention and delivery system, 6) compatibility with reusable or single use product configuration, 7) efficient and cost effective manufacturing methods, and 8) reduction in the steps required to place the device. In addition to the staple's industrial application an embodiment for use in the fixation of the musculoskeletal system is shown with staple, cartridge, and extrusion handle.

A target tracking and sensory fusion system is adapted for use with a vehicle, and configured to observe a condition of at least one object during a cycle. The system includes a plurality of sensors, and a novel controller communicatively coupled to the sensors and configured to more accurately estimate the condition based on sensory fusion. In a preferred embodiment, Kalman filtering is utilized to produce a fused estimate of the object location. The preferred controller is further configured to match each new sensory observation with a track in a track list, and remove the track from the track list, when a matching observation is not determined, during a subsequent cycle.

A method for managing UV irradiation for curing a semiconductor substrate, includes: passing UV light through a transmission glass window provided in a chamber for curing a semiconductor substrate placed in the chamber; monitoring an illuminance upstream of the transmission glass window and an illuminance downstream of the transmission glass window; determining a timing and / or duration of cleaning of the transmission glass window, a timing of replacing the transmission glass window, a timing of replacing a UV lamp, and / or an output of the UV light based on the monitored illuminances.

A main power source (2) is, for example, an ordinary Pb battery and generates a voltage of 12-13 V. At the time of starting an engine, the main power source (2) supplies power to a starter (8a). The main power source (2) is given a higher priority than an auxiliary power source (3) to supply power to ordinary loads (8b). The auxiliary power source (3) is a high performance battery (e.g., Li ion battery), which has superior charge acceptance capability and better state detectability over the main power source (2). Furthermore, the auxiliary power source (3) has an internal resistance per unit capacity, which is smaller than that of the main power source (2), and generates a voltage of 9-12 V. A generator (1) is directly connected to the auxiliary power source (3). The auxiliary power source (3) stores regenerative power, which is generated by the generator (1) at the time of deceleration of a vehicle, and is used as a redundant power source for the main power source (2). The main power source (2) and the auxiliary power source (3) are connected to each other through a supply circuit (5), which has a DC / DC converter (4), and a second supply circuit 7, which has a switch (6).

The invention relates to the determination of the clinical state of a subject. In order to bring about an uncomplicated method for monitoring the clinical state of a subject and for accomplishing a diagnostic scale, such as a nociception scale, on which a certain reading corresponds to the same level for all patients, a normalization transform is applied to a measurement signal containing physiological data obtained from a patient, whereby a normalized measurement signal having a predetermined value range is obtained. The normalization transform is dependent on predetermined history data, such as previous signal data of said measurement signal. A diagnostic index dependent on the normalized measurement signal is then formed, the diagnostic index serving as a measure of the clinical state of the patient. The diagnostic index may be formed based on one or more normalized measurement signals.

Disclosed are driver assistance apparatus and a control method for the same. The driver assistance apparatus includes a sensing unit configured to acquire information regarding an object outside a vehicle, the object including a first other vehicle being driven in the vicinity of the vehicle, and a processor configured to judge whether the first other vehicle is a dangerous vehicle based on at least one of the information regarding the object, user input provided from a driver of the vehicle, information regarding the state of the driver, and information regarding the first other vehicle provided from a second other vehicle being driven in the vicinity of the vehicle, and to execute at least one predetermined operation upon judging that the first other vehicle is a dangerous vehicle.

A control method and a control system for a home network system in a multi-user environment are disclosed. The control system includes a plurality of slave devices, a user ID receiver receiving user ID data from a user, and a master device coupled to the slave devices for operation control. The master device includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory and the user ID receiver. The memory initially prestores user-specific control settings preset by a plurality of preregistered users and user ID data of the preregistered users. Then, the controller authenticates the user upon receiving the user ID data from the user ID receiver, and it automatically controls operational functions of the slave devices according to the user-specific control settings of the authenticated user, which is extracted from the memory.

The present invention relates to a device for controlling the weight of a weight training machine and its method which is capable of allowing a user of the weight training machine to control weight of a stack more conveniently, eliminating any inconvenience caused when a fixing pin is inserted into a hole of the stack, which is a weight unit of the conventional weight training machine, preventing the fixing pin from escaping out of the stack during the weight training by the user of the weight training machine so that any safety accident can be kept previously from occurring, allowing the user to control minutely weight for the weight training, being programmable by means of remote electrical control so as to bring about a motive for exercise, and eliminating any restriction of design, which is common in the prior art because of the fixing pin.

In a communication apparatus, effective automatic power control (APC) is realized. Transmission object signal level changing units change a level of a transmission object signal of each channel, and transmission filter units carry out filtering for a signal of each channel after its level was changed with a characteristic for allowing a passage of a frequency component of each channel, and a transmission signal coupling unit couples signals of plural channels after the filtering was carried out, and an antenna transmits a coupled signal by wireless, and coupled signal dividing units divide a part of the coupled signal into a plurality of signals, and level detection filter units carry out filtering for each divided signal with an identical characteristic to the above-described characteristic, and signal level detecting units detect a level of a signal of each channel after the filtering was carried out, and a transmission object signal level change mode controlling unit controls a level change mode of a transmission object signal of each channel on the basis of the detection result.

The present invention relates to a device for controlling the weight of a weight training machine and its method which is capable of allowing a user of the weight training machine to control weight of a stack more conveniently, eliminating any inconvenience caused when a fixing pin is inserted into a hole of the stack, which is a weight unit of the conventional weight training machine, preventing the fixing pin from escaping out of the stack during the weight training by the user of the weight training machine so that any safety accident can be kept previously from occurring, allowing the user to control minutely weight for the weight training, being programmable by means of remote electrical control so as to bring about a motive for exercise, and eliminating any restriction of design, which is common in the prior art because of the fixing pin.