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A bone fixation assembly for securing a fixation device such as a bone plate, to bone includes a fixation device, including at least a through hole with isolated protrusions (such as pegs or spikes); and locking bone engaging members such as screws. The screw has a shank with a thread for engaging bone and a partial sphere head with a thread configured and dimensioned to match with the isolated protrusions of the hourglass shaped through holes of the bone plate. The bone plate has a through hole shaped like an hourglass which diameter matches that of the screw spherical head and is provided with multiple isolated protrusions. In use, the screw is threaded into the bone, through the hole of the bone plate at a selected angle. The partial sphere head of the screw engages in the protrusions of the plate hole resulting in the strong locking of the screw at the selected orientation within the through hole in just one single surgical action.

A dry cooking fryer (1) comprising a main body (2) receiving food items that are to be fried, and a stirrer (6) automatically coats the items with a film of fat by mixing the food items with fat. The coated food items are cooked within the fryer without immersion in a cooking fluid.

A bone fixation system including a fixation device having an upper surface, a lower surface and at least one opening extending therethrough and defining a first axis substantially perpendicular to the upper surface, the opening including a plurality of isolated protrusions formed on an inner surface thereof and a bone engaging member insertable through the opening at a selected angle of orientation relative to the first axis, the bone engaging member having a threaded head portion, wherein upon tightening of the bone engaging member, the threaded head portion of the bone engaging member mates with one or more protrusions of the opening to lock the bone engaging member to the plate at the selected angle of orientation relative to the first axis, and wherein the protrusions exhibit the same pitch as the threads on the bone engaging member prior to insertion of the bone engaging member in the opening.

A surgical slave robot is disclosed. The surgical slave robot, for performing a surgical operation with a surgical instrument installed on an end portion of a robot arm, can include: a main body; a major support arm that is coupled to the main body such that the major support arm is movable along one direction; a minor support arm rotatably coupled to the major support arm; and a plurality of the robot arms rotatably coupled to the minor support arm. By coupling a twofold support arm of a major and minor support arm to a tower-shaped main body and coupling multiple robot arms to the support arms, the surgical slave robot may be constructed with a compact and slim size that occupies a small amount of space, making it possible to position the surgical robot close to the patient while providing space for the surgeon to access the patient.

A system, method and computer readable medium are provided for facilitating a multiplayer game over a wireless network. According to the method, a request to transfer information between two of the wireless devices is received during the multiplayer game (e.g., 804), with the information being at least one of text, audio, and image information. It is determined whether the requested transfer is permitted according to a set of predefined rules for the multiplayer game (808), and the information is transferred between the two wireless devices only if it is determined that the predefined rules permit the requested transfer (810). Also provided are a wireless device (e.g., 106) for use with a multiplayer game and a server (e.g., 102) for facilitating a multiplayer game over a wireless network.

Ablation methods and instruments are disclosed for creating lesions in tissue, especially cardiac tissue for treatment of arrhythmias and the like. Percutaneous ablation instruments in the form of coaxial catheter bodies are disclosed having at least one central lumen therein and having one or more balloon structures at the distal end region of the instrument. The instruments include an energy emitting element which is independently positionable within the lumen of the instrument and adapted to project radiant energy through a transmissive region of a projection balloon to a target tissue site. The instrument can optionally include at least one expandable anchor balloon disposed about, or incorporated into an inner catheter body designed to be slid over a guidewire. This anchor balloon can serve to position the device within a lumen, such as a pulmonary vein. A projection balloon structure is also disclosed that can be slid over the first (anchor balloon) catheter body and inflated within the heart, to define a staging from which to project radiant energy. An ablative fluid can also be employed outside of the instrument (e.g., between the balloon and the target region) to ensure efficient transmission of the radiant energy when the instrument is deployed. In another aspect of the invention, generally applicable to a wide range of cardiac ablation instruments, mechanisms are disclosed for determining whether the instrument has been properly seated within the heart, e.g., whether the device is in contact with a pulmonary vein and / or the atrial surface, in order to form a lesion by heating, cooling or projecting energy. This contact-sensing feature can be implemented by an illumination source situated within the instrument and an optical detector that monitors the level of reflected light. Measurements of the reflected light (or wavelengths of the reflected light) can thus be used to determine whether contact has been achieved and whether such contact is continuous over a desired ablation path.

A through-wafer interconnect and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method starts with a conductive wafer to form a patterned trench by removing material of the conductive wafer. The patterned trench extends in depth from the front side to the backside of the wafer, and has an annular opening generally dividing the conductive wafer into an inner portion and an outer portion whereby the inner portion of the conductive wafer is insulated from the outer portion and serves as a through-wafer conductor. A dielectric material is formed or added into the patterned trench mechanical to support and electrically insulate the through-wafer conductor. Multiple conductors can be formed in an array.

There is disclosed a method of fabricating TFTs having reduced interconnect resistance by having improved contacts to source / drain regions. A silicide layer is formed in intimate contact with the source / drain regions. The remaining metallization layer is selectively etched to form a contact pad or conductive interconnects.

A dry cooking fryer (1) comprising a main body (2) receiving food items that are to be fried, and a stirrer (6) automatically coats the items with a film of fat by mixing the food items with fat. The coated food items are cooked within the fryer without immersion in a cooking fluid.

An electric contact using resin solder is connected to a printed circuit board, which has a conductor provided on a surface thereof. This electric contact comprises a leg, which contacts the conductor of the printed circuit board, and a connecting part, which is connected to the conductor of the counterpart member. At least a part of the leg, which contacts the conductor of the printed circuit board, is made of a lead-free ultrahigh-conductive plastic being a conductive resin composite. An electric connector includes the electric contact and an insulating housing, which holds the electric contact so that the part of the leg, which contacts the conductor of the printed circuit board, is exposed.