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Disclosed is a spinal pedicle screw assembly including a spinal pedicle screw cooperating with a spine rod for fixing a spine, which includes: a head-coupling element having an upper and a lower end, a rod-receiving channel opening toward the upper end for receiving the spine rod, female screw threads formed on the inside of the rod-receiving channel, and a connecting bore of a given size extending through the lower end, the connecting bore having an upper end toward the rod-receiving channel and an opposite lower end; a screw rod having an upper and a lower end, a spherical head integrally formed with the upper end thereof for being inserted into the connection bore, and male screw threads formed on the periphery of the screw rod between the spherical head and lower end thereof, the screw rod being fixedly inserted into the pedicle by means of the male screw threads thereof; a tightening screw having a periphery formed with male screw threads for engaging the female screw threads of the rod-receiving channel so as to fix the spine rod in the head-coupling element; and a final fixing screw threadedly engaged by the connecting bore for preventing the spherical head from disconnecting from the head-coupling element.

A locking luer fitting for connecting fluid lines. In one variation the connection interface includes a male luer connector and a corresponding female luer connector. The female luer connector includes a rotatable collar which engages the male luer connector. In another variation the female luer connector includes a cam configured to prevent inadvertent disconnection of the male luer connector. The locking luer fittings described herein may be implemented in various medical and industrial applications where secured fluid line connection interfaces are desirable.

A fiber optic cable enclosure having a rectangular box with a sliding cover and containing a cable reel disposed and supported therein on protuberances projecting from the bottom of the reel with the side panels of the enclosure supported in C section channels for horizontal sliding intermittent reciprocating motion whereby a cable wound on said reel can be extracted and utilized as a jumper cable for establishing emergency connections in a telecommunications network.

The present invention relates to a tissue securement system, device and method for endoscopy or endosonography-guided transluminal interventions whereby a ligation is placed and secured into tissue. An objective of this invention is to provide a stable securement platform for the coupling of secondary anchors to the gastro-intestinal tract. Specifically, endosonography is used to insert an anchoring element through the walls of adjacent body cavities. The ends of the anchoring element are coupled together to form a loop. This anchoring element can be used to secure other anchors or devices to the gastro intestinal tract.

The invention provides a battery, comprising a cover plate, a shell, a battery cell and electrolyte. The battery cell and the electrolyte are sealed in the shell of the battery, and the cover plate is hermetically connected with the shell. The battery cell comprises a positive polar plate, a negative polar plate and a diaphragm arranged between the positive polar plate and the negative polar plate. A positive polar lug is arranged on the positive polar plate, and a negative polar lug is arranged on the negative polar plate. The battery cell is further internally provided with a positive polar current and heat conducting member and a negative polar current and heat conducting member, and the positive polar current and heat conducting member and the negative polar current and heat conducting member are mutually insulated. The positive polar current and heat conducting member and the positive polar lug are conducted; the negative polar current and heat conducting member and the negative polar lug are conducted; the positive polar current and heat conducting member and / or the negative polar current and heat conducting member penetrate(s) through the cover plate to leading out current. According to the invention, the internal heat of the battery cell can be reduced rapidly, substances on the polar plates can be prevented from further thermal reaction, and thus, the safety performance of the battery is increased. Meanwhile, the stability of the internal temperature of the battery cell is guaranteed, the cyclic performance and the like of the battery are improved. In addition, the temperature at all parts in the battery cell can be ensured to be consistent so as to eliminate temperature differences and make the reaction temperature of all parts of the polar plates consistent. Meanwhile, the current and heat conducting members can play roles of backbone and support to support the battery cell, and is beneficial to not only assembly but also winding of the battery cell.

An improved bolt and bolt carrier with integral gas key having an extension nozzle threadedly secured and pinned to the gas key for use with a direct gas operated firearm is provided. The extension nozzle is designed to receive a portion of the host firearms gas operating system. The firing pin retaining pin is oriented so as to expose its widest profile to the firing pins annular flange, increasing its service life. The bolt has a plurality of lugs extending from its forward end and an extractor recess. The extractor recess is constructed to accommodate an enlarged extractor claw while not undercutting the bolt lugs adjacent thereto. The extractor engages approximately 57% more of a seated ammunition cartridges rim as compared to some prior art AR15 / M16 type extractors used with automatic firearms chambered in 6.8 SPC. The result is an improved bolt and bolt carrier which provides for increased operational reliability.

The invention discloses a side- by- side combination electric refrigerator with moving centre sill. A moving centre sill is hinge jointed at vertical direction near opening side part in the one side of door body, and hinged with door frame via one side of the moving centre sill, a curve box with internal concave guiding slot or protrude sliding block is fixed at its upper or lower end , a camshaft or sliding slot is mounted at the fixing plate of the inner wall of the moving centre sill end; the guiding slot or sliding slot include a closing section, and a opening section connected with the closing section.

A steel cord having a strand construction formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands each formed by twisting plural filaments around a core strand formed by twisting plural filaments is provided. At least one of the core strand and the sheath strands has a construction of twisting one or more sheath layers each made of plural filaments around a core made of one or plural filaments, and a diameter of a filament constituting an outermost sheath layer is made larger than that of a filament constituting at least one layer located inside thereof, whereby precedent breakage in a part of the filaments is avoided to improve the durability of the steel cord.

A connection wire is connected to a part of a rear door popped up in a door-opening direction by an urging force. A pulley rotates responsive to a driving motor inside a wire-winding device to wind the connection wire thereon. In this manner, the rear door is automatically closed. The pulley is urged in a connection wire-winding direction by a power spring. A clutch is between the pulley and the driving motor. When the rear door is pressed by an operator's hands in a door-closing direction while the rear door is being closed, the pulley is rotated by the power spring, thus winding the connection wire thereon and preventing the connection wire from becoming loose. At this time, the connection between the pulley and the driving motor is cut off by the clutch. Thus, the pulley is rotated by the power spring freely and rapidly. In this manner, the rear door can be closed manually even while it is being closed automatically. Further, the connection wire can be prevented from becoming loose and from being sandwiched between the body of the vehicle and the periphery of a rear opening thereof.

An improved bolt and bolt carrier with integral gas key having an extension nozzle threadedly secured and pinned to the gas key for use with a direct gas operated firearm is provided. The extension nozzle is designed to receive a portion of the host firearm's gas operating system. The firing pin retaining pin is oriented so as to expose its widest profile to the firing pin's annular flange, increasing its service life. The bolt has a plurality of lugs extending from its forward end. The extractor recess is constructed so that the face of the bolt is round and the adjacent lugs fully supported. The extractor engages approximately 17% more of a seated ammunition cartridge's rim as compared to the prior art AR15 / M16 extractor. The result is an improved bolt and bolt carrier which provides for increased operational reliability.

An expandable interbody fusion implant device has a frame, two ramp assemblies and two overlying base plates driven by two independent drive shafts. The two ramp assemblies include a distal ramp assembly and a proximal ramp assembly. Each ramp assembly has a translating ramp, a first pivoting hinged ramp and a second pivoting hinged ramp. The two overlying base plates include a first base plate overlying a second base plate. Each base plate is hinged to the distal ramp assembly and the proximal ramp assembly at an end of one of said pivoting hinged ramps of each ramp assembly. The two independently driven drive shafts include a first drive shaft for translating the distal ramp assembly and a second drive shaft for translating the proximal ramp assembly to independently expand the implant proximally or distally or both.

A low profile pushbutton switch having a predetermined stroke and which is free from looseness in both horizontal and vertical directions is realized, and an input device employing this pushbutton switch is obtained by embodying the following structure. A first side of a stabilizing member is engaged with a lower face of a key-top which depresses a switch contact via an elastic body and a link member. Both terminals of a second side of the stabilizing member open at its center section are held rotatably and slidably at a height range where the first side travels upon depressing of the key-top.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to bone alignment rod connectors, and more particularly to traverse rod connectors. In one embodiment, the connector includes a housing having an opening configured to accommodate at least one rod, a setscrew assembly configured to secure the at least one rod when the at least one rod is placed in the opening. The setscrew assembly includes a setscrew and at least one circular / spherical object configured to interact with the setscrew when the setscrew is inserted in the housing. Upon insertion of the setscrew, the at least one spherical object is configured to laterally move towards the at least one rod to secure the at least one rod inside the housing.

The invention discloses a pre-buried construction method for high-precision foundation bolts. The method includes the following steps that (a), construction preparation is performed; (b), a control net is established; (c), a positioning clamp and a positioning control plate are manufactured; (d), foundation steel bars are buried in advance; (e), the positioning clamp is installed; (f), the foundation bolts are installed; (g), the foundation bolts are reinforced and protected; (h), concrete pouring is performed; (i), the clamp is dismantled; (j) acceptance inspection and handover are performed to finish the pre-buried construction. The manufactured high-precision positioning clamp is adopted for performing clustering control over the pre-buried foundation bolts of each set of equipment foundations, elastic clamping tools are arranged on the outer sides of the foundation bolts, supporting legs of the elastic clamping tools are embedded into clamping holes in the positioning clamp, and the elastic clamping tools are clamped on the positioning clamp of the foundation bolts, so that the foundation bolts are further reinforced and prevented from loosening. The pre-buried construction method has the effects of being reliable in technology, high in construction precision, easy to understand and master and convenient to operate, and meanwhile is short in construction period and low in cost.

The present invention provides an extension arm apparatus with angled clevis operation to provide enhanced mechanical leverage. The clevis adjusts along a path angled relative to an axis of the device, which significantly boosts performance and can reduce the size of the apparatus. Upper and lower channels of the device taper from a first width to a second width, providing a sleek and functional apparatus that can be used with heavy monitors, displays or other user equipment. When a forearm extension attached to an endcap of the apparatus, an interlocking washer and shaft configuration prevents the forearm extension-endcap connection from loosening during operation.

The invention discloses an ultrasonic ranging and optical positioning coupled noninvasive real-time tracker and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The tracker comprises an optical positioning reference frame, an ultrasonic transducer dot matrix device, a data exchange interface and a bandage with an adjustable length, wherein the optical positioning reference frame is fixed onthe ultrasonic transducer dot matrix device through rigid connection; the ultrasonic transducer dot matrix device is fixed at a surgical site by the bandage with the adjustable length; the data exchange interface is led out from the ultrasonic transducer dot matrix device, and sends ultrasonic information acquired by the ultrasonic transducer dot matrix device to a host of a surgical navigation system in real time; the optical positioning reference frame transfers obtained optical positioning information to the host of the surgical navigation system in real time; and the noninvasive real-timetracking of bone tissues is realized by calculating coordinate transformation and position compensation by the host of the surgical navigation system. The tracker improves the accuracy and safety of surgeries, expands the using range of a surgical navigation technology in osteopathic operations, and improves the acceptability of the navigation system among medical staff and patients.

The invention relates to a bending machine controlling torque adjustment and roll bending through a PLC and a method. The bending machine comprises a driving motor, a clamping-fixing seat and a PLC mainframe, wherein the driving motor, the clamping-fixing seat and the PLC mainframe are arranged on a machine frame, a bending shaft is installed on the driving motor, and a machined part is arranged on the clamping-fixing seat. The bending machine further comprises a capacitive sensing thickness detector installed on the machine frame through a support, a proximity switch installed on the clamping-fixing seat, a pressure sensor and a rolling shaft, wherein the rolling shaft is connected to the upper end face of an adjusting plate, and the lower end face of the adjusting plate is installed in an installing groove formed in the clamping-fixing seat by means of a rotary shaft and a spring. The bending machine adopts the pressure sensor to control clamping force, and excessive deformation and looseness of boards are avoided. Bending is performed by utilizing most suitable torque, and machining quality is improved. The bending machine automatically controls a bending angle through the arranged proximity switch and prevents excessive bending. The inner concave face of the machined part is rolled through the rolling shaft, and cracks and burrs at the position of the concave face are decreased.

The invention provides a hinged cover and a refrigerator, wherein the hinged cover is used for the refrigerator; a door body and a box body of the refrigerator are connected by virtue of a hinge; and the hinged cover is mounted on the hinge. The hinged cover is characterized in that the hinged cover is provided with a top wall and a side wall, wherein the top wall and the side wall are enclosed to form an accommodating chamber; a vent hole is formed in the side wall; and a mounting part for mounting a temperature and humidity sensor is arranged in the accommodating chamber. According to the technical scheme, the influence of the door body or the box body on detection of the temperature and humidity sensor can be eliminated, and dust in water drops or air can be prevented from dropping onto the temperature and humidity sensor through the vent hole, thereby improving the detection accuracy of the temperature and humidity sensor.

The present invention provides an extension arm apparatus with angled clevis operation to provide enhanced mechanical leverage. The clevis adjusts along a path angled relative to an axis of the device, which significantly boosts performance and can reduce the size of the apparatus. Upper and lower channels of the device taper from a first width to a second width, providing a sleek and functional apparatus that can be used with heavy monitors, displays or other user equipment. When a forearm extension attached to an endcap of the apparatus, an interlocking washer and shaft configuration prevents the forearm extension-endcap connection from loosening during operation.

A flash memory device includes a main body, a cover and an elastic member connecting the main body and the cover. The main body includes a hinge protrusion formed thereon. The cover includes a tail and a pair of parallel plates facing each other and spaced by an interval corresponding to a thickness of the main body. At least one plate defines an opening for receiving the hinge protrusion so that the cover is rotatable with respect to the main body. The elastic member is fastened to the cover to abut against the protrusion, or fastened to the main body to abut against the cover, when the cover is rotatable relative to the main body.

The invention relates to an X-ray thickness detection and bending speed adjusting bending machine based on a PLC. The X-ray thickness detection and bending speed adjusting bending machine comprises a driving motor, a clamping fixing base, a main machine as well as an X-ray thickness detector, a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor and a detection feedback device, wherein the driving motor is arranged on a rack; the main machine is used for controlling the driving motor; a bending shaft is mounted on a motor shaft of the driving motor; a processed workpiece is arranged on the clamping fixing base; the X-ray thickness detector is mounted on the rack through a first bracket; the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are arranged on the clamping fixing base; the detection feedback device comprises an ultrasonic crack detector which is arranged on the clamping fixing base through a second bracket. The invention further provides a bending processing method adopting the bending machine. Due to PLC controlled sectional processing and positioning detection, the phenomenon of bending deviation or bending omission can be avoided, and the processing reliability can be improved; the processed workpiece can be bent according to most appropriate torque, so that the processed workpiece is prevented from being affected by too large or too small torque, bending cracks can be reduced, and the processing quality can be improved.

An anchoring device and method for attaching an object to a bone comprises an anchoring member having proximal and distal ends, with the proximal end being adapted to hold the object to the bone while the distal end is in the bone, and a locking member having proximal and distal ends, with the proximal end adapted to secure the anchoring member into the bone and oppose its pull-out or loosening by stopping its backing or preventing its unscrewing while the distal end is in the bone. Also provided are first and second fasteners, with the first fastener adapted to fit to the proximal end of the anchoring member, and the second fastener adapted to fit to the proximal end of the locking member. The end of the second fastener can have an angle that matches an angle of the locking member.

A detachable lamp socket includes a contact member (1), a housing (2), and a fixing ring (3). A lower end of the contact member (1) is connected to an upper end of the housing (2). The fixing ring (3) is fitted on the junction of the contact member (1) and the housing (2) to fix the contact member (1) and the housing (2). The top of the housing (2) is provided with the engaging groove (22) and the bottom of the contact member (1) is provided with hooks (12). With the hooks (12) and the engaging groove (22), the contact member (1) and the housing (2) are connected together. The notch (221) of the engaging groove (22) is open, such that the hooks (12) of the contact member (1) are levelly pushed in the engaging groove (22). The fixing ring (3) may be threaded onto outer threads (23) of the housing (2) to complete the assembly. This can prevent a lamp base from being loosened when rotating a lamp, so that the contact member (1) and the housing (2) are connected firmly. Furthermore, this connection way is very easy, quick and convenient for disassembly and assembly.

Provided is a battery such as a laminated battery, which has a favorable battery performance by being endowed with heat resistance. In the laminated battery 1, tab resins 103, 104, securing tape 105, protection tape 150, and protection tape 160 are made of cast polyolefin having heat resistance.

An apparatus for holding a SIM (subscriber identification module) card for an electronic device. The electronic device is implemented using integrated circuits on a PCB (printed circuit board) contained within a device housing. A SIM connector is mounted on the PCB and is configured to electrically connect a SIM card to the PCB when the SIM card is engaged with the SIM connector. The SIM card is releasably held in position by a SIM card door. The SIM card door is configured to move the SIM card into engagement with the SIM connector when in a closed position. The SIM card door can be configured to slidably accept the SIM card into a properly aligned position when the SIM card door is in the open position. The SIM card door is releasably engageable with the housing and is rotatably attached to the housing such that the SIM card door swings into the closed position from the open position. Holding the SIM card with the SIM card door provides for a smaller SIM connector and thus a minimum amount of PCB area for mounting the SIM connector.

The present invention relates invention relates to devices and methods for the fixation and stabilization of orthopedic fractures and more specifically to stabilization of compression fractures of spinal vertebrae. The systems comprise cannulated orthopedic screws and mechanical expandable implants introducible through the lumen of such screws. In certain embodiments the cannulated implants are expandable within an intraosseous space to introduce scaffold-like structures such that subsequent introduction of a bone cement forms a composite in situ. The devices and methods are also particularly useful for stabilizing the orthopedic screws.

A self-locking bolt assembly (1) includes a split bolt (2) and a screw set pin (3). The bolt includes a threaded shank (4), an axial bore (6) extending through the shank, the bore (6) including a threaded bore section (6A), a tapered end section (6C), and a bore midsection (6B) between the threaded bore section and the tapered end section. The screw set pin(3) includes a screw section (10B) having threads for engaging the threaded bore section (6A) and a pin shaft (10) having a tapered end section (10A) for engaging the tapered end section (6C) of the bore (6), the pin shaft (10) having a proximal end attached to the screw section (10B). The pin shaft (10) is sufficiently long to ensure that the screw set pin (3) further into the bore (6) without galling threads of the screw section (10B). The tapered end section (10A) of the pin shaft has a taper angle (α) that is less than a taper angle (β) of the tapered end section (6C) of the bore (6) to allow a narrowed end portion of the tapered end section (10A) of the pin shaft (10) to engage a narrowed end portion of the tapered end section (6C) of the bore (6).

A guide rail is provided. The guide rail includes a base rail and a gear rack mounted to the base rail. The guide rail also provides at least one race upon which a guide roller can ride. The guide rail defines a reference point related to the raceway that has a parallelism relative to the gear rack of less than or equal to 0.005 inches per foot along the length of the guide rail. Preferably, the reference point is defined directly by the raceway and the parallelism is less than or equal to 0.001 inches per foot. A method of forming the guide rail is also provided. The method includes machining the reference point into the guide rail and using the reference point to locate machining a seat for mounting the gear rack. A guide assembly including a guide rail and a carriage or frame structure is also provided.