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A device and method for treating bodily conduits involves the application of energy to the smooth muscle tissue of the conduit walls to reduce the bulk of smooth muscle tissue and mucus glands. The irradiation treatment of the smooth muscle tissue causes a reduction in the amount of smooth muscle tissue over time which increases the inner diameter of the body conduit for improved fluid flow and prevents smooth muscle spasms. The treatment is particularly useful in the lungs for treatment of asthma to prevent bronchospasms, increase the airway diameter for improved air exchange, and reduce mucus secretions in the lungs.

A device and method for treating bodily conduits involves the application of energy to the smooth muscle tissue of the conduit walls to reduce the bulk of smooth muscle tissue and mucus glands. The irradiation treatment of the smooth muscle tissue causes a reduction in the amount of smooth muscle tissue over time which increases the inner diameter of the body conduit for improved fluid flow and prevents smooth muscle spasms. The treatment is particularly useful in the lungs for treatment of asthma to prevent bronchospasms, increase the airway diameter for improved air exchange, and reduce mucus secretions in the lungs.

A dual braided catheter shaft includes a flat wire forming the inner braid, thereby potentially allowing for reduced radial thickness of the shaft. In one embodiment, the shaft (100) includes an inner polymer jacket (104), an inner braid (106) formed on the inner jacket (104), an intermediate jacket (108) formed over the inner braid (106), an outer braid (110) formed on the intermediate jacket (108) and an outer jacket (112) formed on the outer braid (110). A preferred construction process involves extruding polymer material directly onto each of the inner and outer braids (106 and 110) so that little or no air gaps remain between the polymer material and the braids (106 and 110). The braiding parameters of the inner and outer braids (106 and 110) can be varied along the length of the catheter to provide varying mechanical properties.

The invention discloses a small-sized bedside CT (computed tomography) scanner. The small-sized bedside CT scanner comprises a frame, a rotating component, an imaging system and a drag chain component. The imaging system is provided with an X-ray source module and a detector module which are arranged on the same sidewall of the rotating component symmetrically along the axial center, the X-ray source module is connected with the rotating component through a rotating shaft, and the detector module is used for receiving emergent rays from the X-ray source module correspondingly in a translational motion manner. The drag chain component straddles the sidewall of the frame, the straddling length is not more than the semi-perimeter of the frame, one end of the drag chain component is fixed on the frame while the other end thereof is arranged on the sidewall of the frame movably along with the rotating component, and a cable is connected with a power supply and the imaging system through the drag chain component. The small-sized bedside CT scanner mainly solves the technical problem that an existing CT scanner has extremely high requirements on worksite floors.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for deforming a tubular body, running the tubular body through a restriction in a wellbore, reforming the tubular body, and expanding at least a portion of the tubular body past its elastic limit. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for forming a substantially monobore well involving deforming a tubular body, running the tubular body below a restricted inner diameter portion, reforming the tubular body, and expanding at least a portion of the tubular body past its elastic limit. The restricted inner diameter portion may comprise a casing string previously disposed within the wellbore or a casing patch. The at least the portion of the tubular body expanded past its elastic limit may be a lower portion of the tubular body. Subsequent tubular bodies may be reformed and expanded below previous tubular bodies.

The invention relates to a positive electrode material of a lithium-sulfur battery and a preparation method for the positive electrode material, wherein the positive electrode material takes halloysite as a sulfur carrier; the preparation method comprises the steps of enlarging the inner diameter of the tube cavity of the halloysite by acid etching; then filling the tube cavity of the halloysite with sulfur by a liquid phase chemical deposition method and a thermal processing two-step method to form a halloysite / sulfur composite material; and then preparing and obtaining the halloysite-based lithium-sulfur battery positive plate. The halloysite is large in specific surface area, high in adsorption capacity and unique in the micropore structure, so that polysulfide generated in the charging-discharging process of the lithium-sulfur battery can be limited in the tube cavity of the halloysite, the volume expansion of sulfur in the charging-discharging process is restrained, and the capacity and the cycling stability of the battery are greatly improved; in addition, the preparation process is simple; and in addition, the halloysite nanotube is a natural environment-friendly material, low in cost and easily available, so that the industrial production of the lithium-sulfur battery can be realized conveniently.

The invention discloses a production formula and method of a PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) / carbon nano-tube super-hydrophobic membrane. The formula includes, by weight, 5% to 30% of PVDF, 0.005% to 5% of carbon nano-tubes, and 67% to 91% of solvent. The production method includes: evenly dispersing the carbon nano-tubes in the solvent, adding the PVDF, and performing high-speed stirring at 50 DEG C to 100 DEG C to obtain casting solution; producing a flat membrane by scraping, or producing hollow fibers to obtain a primary membrane via a hollow spinneret; solidifying the primary membrane in the non-polar steam environment, and removing solvent residue by deionizing soaking so as to obtain the PVDF / carbon nano-tube super-hydrophobic membrane. The membrane produced by the formula and the method is rich in CNTs on surface and has super-hydrophobic surface and excellent permeability; the method is simple, and operability is high.

A dual braided catheter shaft includes a flat wire forming the inner braid, thereby potentially allowing for reduced radial thickness of the shaft. In one embodiment, the shaft (100) includes an inner polymer jacket (104), an inner braid (106) formed on the inner jacket (104), an intermediate jacket (108) formed over the inner braid (106), an outer braid (110) formed on the intermediate jacket (108) and an outer jacket (112) formed on the outer braid (110). A preferred construction process involves extruding polymer material directly onto each of the inner and outer braids (106 and 110) so that little or no air gaps remain between the polymer material and the braids (106 and 110). The braiding parameters of the inner and outer braids (106 and 110) can be varied along the length of the catheter to provide varying mechanical properties.

A steerable catheter system may include a flexible elongate catheter body, a drive mechanism at the proximal end of the catheter body, and at least one group of pullwires extending along a length of the catheter body. The catheter body may include a distal articulating section and a proximal non-articulating section. Each group of pullwires includes at least two pullwires, and each of the pullwires is anchored at a first end to the distal end of the catheter body and at a second end to the drive mechanism. The pullwires of each group are positioned close to one another in the catheter wall to concentrate the forces and cause deflection along the articulating section of the catheter body and diverge away from one another to reach a more separated distribution around a circumference of the catheter body to distribute the forces and prevent deflection along the non-articulating section.

A sealing wafer for use in an ostomy appliance is provided. The sealing wafer has an attachment platform with a distal surface capable of being attached to an ostomy bag, a proximal surface facing towards the user during use, and an opening having an inner boundary defining a stoma receiving opening. The sealing wafer further includes a fixed base member attached to the attachment platform and a rotating member arranged to rotate relative to the fixed base member. A sealing member is coupled between the fixed base member and the rotating member for providing a seal around a stoma and defining a stoma sealing orifice. When the rotating member is rotated relative to the base member, this rotation causes an increased or a decreased tension to be applied to the sealing member so that the diametrical dimensions of the stoma sealing orifice change from a first diameter to a second diameter. Thus a mechanical sealing member that can be used with one-piece ostomy appliances as well as with two-piece ostomy appliances is provided.

To provide a blind rivet fastening device that makes it easy to mount a blind rivet in the nose and that keeps the mounted blind rivet from falling out of the nose.When the nose is connected slidably to the tool housing in the axial direction, the nose resists the action of the elastic pushing means and is slid so as to be pulled rearward in the axial direction, and the jaw is pulled rearward in the axial direction in the jaw guide. When this has occurred, the inner diameter of the jaw is increased, the mandrel is easily inserted into the jaw, the force pulling the nose rearward in the axial direction is released, the jaw is returned forward axially in the jaw guide by the pushing force of the elastic pushing means, and the inner peripheral surface of the jaw is frictionally engaged with the mandrel.

An outer needle of a bone cement injection puncture needle has first side holes near the tip, and second side holes near the base. When an inner needle is removed from the outer needle and an inner tube is inserted into the outer needle in place thereof, a reduced-pressure passage is formed between the outer needle and the inner tube. When bone cement is injected into a bone, gas and liquid in the bone pass through the reduced-pressure passage and are discharged from the body, thereby preventing increased pressure in the bone. As a result, the bone cement can be prevented from leaking to outside of the bone.

The invention provides an intermediate catheter comprising a seat, a stress relief tube and a catheter arranged from a proximal end to a distal end in sequence; the main improvement is that the catheter has a proximal push segment, a middle support segment, a distal torsional control segment and an ultra-distal tracking segment along the axial direction from proximal to distal. The catheter tip iscoaxially connected with the ultra-distal tracking segment; the bore of the seat is coaxially connected with the inner lumen of the catheter to form a guide lumen; an inn liner layer, an intermediatereinforcement layer and an outer cladding layer are radially distributed from the inner to the outer of the conduit, and the intermediate reinforcement layer is respectively connected with the innerliner layer and the outer cladding layer. The present invention is capable of providing superior proximal pushability, good midsection vascular support, high distal torque response torque control, andultra-distal complex tortuous vessel passage, facilitating catheter passage through distal intracranial vessels or delivery of other instruments to distal vessels.

The invention provides a concrete beforehand pore-forming static breaking technology. A plurality of containers with a certain sizes, shapes and amounts are embedded in a concrete member before the concrete is cast, a plurality of orifices are arranged above the containers, the inner diameters of the orifices are less than the inner diameters of the containers, and the orifices are extended to the edge of the concrete member. When the concrete member needs to be disassembled, the expanding agent is filled into the containers along with the orifices, the expanding agent is chemically reacted in the containers to generate the expansibility, the concrete member is expanded to be broken, and the whole process is free of noise, vibration and slungshots. Compared with the normal pore-forming type static breaking technology, the expansibility is larger, the expanding agent can be effectively avoided to be sprayed out of the orifices, and the construction is safe and environment-friendly; and the drilling working capacity is eliminated, so that the cost can be reduced, and the disassembly construction period can be shortened, therefore, the technology is suitable for the static breaking of engineering temporary facilities.

A reaction chamber and semi-conductor processing device, comprising a Faraday shielding ring (21) made of nonconductive magnetic material and an insulating ring (22) made of insulating material; the Faraday shield ring (21) is provided with a slot thereon passing through the ring surface thereof in an axial direction; both the Faraday shielding ring (21) and the insulating ring (22) are disposed in the reaction chamber surrounding the inner peripheral wall of the reaction chamber; the Faraday shielding ring (21) is stacked on the insulating ring (22) in a vertical direction; a shielding ring (211) is disposed surrounding the inner peripheral wall of the insulating ring (22), the shielding ring (211) is connected to an area on the lower surface of the Faraday shielding ring (21) adjacent to the center of the reaction chamber; and the shielding ring (211) is made of the nonconductive magnetic material, and is provided with the slot thereon passing through the ring surface thereof in the axial direction. The reaction chamber and the semi-conductor processing device avoid or reduce the risk of sparking, reduce pollution of the reaction chamber caused by the flaking off of metal particles, and increase the inner diameter and available space of the reaction chamber.

The invention discloses an endoscope with an enlargeable tail end. The endoscope comprises an insertion part and an endoscope main body, wherein the insertion party comprises a shell, a working tract, a camera and a wire band; the working tract, the camera and the wire band are located in the shell; one end of the wire band is connected with the camera, and the other end of the wire band is connected with the endoscope main body after penetrating the shell; the camera is arranged at the tail end in the shell; a gap is formed at the tail end of the shell so that the working tract or the camera can extend out or retract from the gap; when the working tract or the camera extends out the gap, the working tract and the camera are in a parallel state. The endoscope with the enlargeable tail end can realize the enlarging and retracting of the tail end of the endoscope; the tail end of the endoscope is enlarged after passing through a narrow human body tract so that the working tract or the camera can extend out; the working tract and the camera are located at the parallel positions, so that the inner diameter of the working tract is obviously increased, the working tract can pass through more instruments to take out larger foreign matters.

The tip (1) has a seat section provided next to an upper opening (6) at an inner periphery. The seat section includes a holding region with radial inward projecting part, axially extending ribs and a sealing region that is formed below the holding region. The sealing region is formed, so that the tip is held and sealed on a neck, during insertion of the tip with the seat section on the neck by fitting force. The ribs are plastically deformed, and an elastic deformation occurs on an outer side of the ribs in the seat section.

A notebook computer has a base housing with a heat-generating microprocessor therein, and a lid housing pivotally connected to the base housing. Operating heat from the microprocessor is transferred to the lid housing, for dissipation therefrom, via a specially designed thermosyphoning heat pipe structure formed from first and second heat pipes. The first heat pipe representatively has a rectangular cross-section, an evaporating portion thermally communicated with the microprocessor, and a coiled condensing portion centered about the lid hinge line and having a circularly cross-sectioned interior side surface portion defined by flat sides of the first heat pipe. The second heat pipe has a circular cross-section, an evaporating portion pivotally received within the coiled first heat pipe portion, and a condensing portion thermally communicated with the lid housing. When the lid housing is opened and closed, the evaporating portion of the second heat pipe is rotated within the coiled first heat pipe portion and slidably engages its circularly cross-sectioned interior side portion.

The present invention provides a device for connecting together first and second complementary connector elements, the device comprising first and second parts that are movable in rotation relative to each other, wherein the device comprises a spring having a first end connected to the first part and a second end connected to the second part; the spring, the first part, and the second part being such that turning the first part in a first direction of rotation, or turning the second part in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation increases the inside diameter of the spring; and the spring, the first part, and the second part being such that turning the first part in the second direction of rotation or turning the second part in the first direction of rotation decreases the inside diameter of the spring.

A wheel support bearing assembly includes rolling elements (5) interposed between double row rolling surfaces (3, 4) of outer and inner members (1, 2), which are opposed to each other. Electronic components including a plurality of the sensor units (20), a signal processing IC (25) for processing respective sensor output signals thereof and a signal cable (26) for transmitting the processed output signal to the outside of the bearing assembly are arranged inwardly of an annular protective covering (27) to provide an annular sensor assembly (28). The sensor assembly (28) is fitted to a peripheral surface of a stationary member in a fashion coaxial with the stationary member.

A delivery pipe (1) for the transport of solids is described. The delivery pipe (1) has a double-layer pipe body (2) which has a coupling collar (7, 8) on the inlet-side pipe end (5) and on the outlet-side pipe end (6). A first wear ring (9) and a second wear ring (10) are provided in succession in the longitudinal direction of the pipe body (2) in the region of the inlet-side coupling collar (7). The second inner wear ring (10) has a length (L) which is sized greater than or equal to half the internal diameter (ID) of the pipe body (2). As a result, wear phenomena can be reduced in the inlet-side region of the delivery pipe (1) and the service life of the delivery pipe (1) can be increased considerably.

A method for selecting a femoral implant based on models of a femoral neck and / or a femoral head of a patient, includes: a) detecting reference points on the femoral neck and / or femoral head of the patient; b) registering the femoral neck and / or femoral head based on three-dimensional reference point spatial positions of the detected reference points; c) producing a femoral neck model and / or femoral head model from the three-dimensional reference point spatial positions; d) ascertaining a base size of a femoral implant model based on the femoral head model; e) producing a femoral implant model based on the base size of the femoral implant model; f) positioning the femoral implant model at a position in or on the femoral head model; g) ascertaining an implant value that indicates how many or what proportion of the ascertained reference point spatial positions are outside the femoral implant model; h) determining if the implant value exceeds a predetermined limit value; and i) if the implant value exceeds the limit value, repositioning the femoral implant model and performing steps g) to i), or if the implant value does not exceed the limit value, determining an appropriate size and position of the femoral implant.

A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate having a circuit plate on a principal surface thereof; a semiconductor element fixed to the circuit plate; an external terminal having one end fixed to the circuit plate; and a printed circuit board facing the principal surface of the insulating substrate, and having a through-hole for passing through the external terminal. A rigidity of a peripheral region of the through-hole is lower than a rigidity of other regions.

The present invention relates to a downhole wireline machining tool string for increasing an inner diameter of a well tubular metal structure in a well. The downhole wireline machining tool string has a longitudinal axis and comprises a rotatable tool part comprising a machining tool having a first end part, a second end part, a diameter and a circumference, and a stationary tool part comprising a driving unit configured to rotate the rotatable tool part and powered through the wireline. The machining tool comprises a body having an outer face, and the machining tool further comprising a plurality of inserts, each insert having a length along the longitudinal axis, and the inserts projecting from the outer face of the body and being distributed around the circumference. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a machining tool for increasing an inner diameter of a well tubular metal structure in a well or cutting out a piece, e.g. in a downhole valve.