185results about How to "Restore balance" patented technology

A combination of acid zirconium phosphate and alkaline hydrous zirconium oxide are utilized as ion-exchange materials, for example, in sorbent dialysis. The combination provides for dialysate regeneration while maintaining constant and controlled levels of Na+, HCO3−, and pH.

The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for protecting and promoting cell growth and restoring physiological structure and function to mucosal tissue of the body, especially mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract. The composition can be used as a pharmaceutical or nutraceutical to treat a gastrointestinal disorder or to promote general health of an animal, preferably a human. The composition is in an oral dosage form and comprises edible oil homogenized with a sterol compound at a concentration of at least 0.5% by weight and edible wax at a concentration ranging from 3% to 30% by weight. The composition can also be used to deliver other active ingredients to the gastrointestinal tract for treating various diseases.

The invention relates to a biomimetic quadruped robot provided with head and tail balance adjustment devices. The biomimetic quadruped robot comprises a trunk, a head balance adjustment device, a tail balance adjustment device and four robot legs, wherein the four robot legs are distributed under the robot trunk, and the head balance adjustment device and the tail balance adjustment device are located on a trunk front portion cross beam and a trunk back portion cross beam. The biomimetic quadruped robot uses a digital steering engine as a driver, and the steering engine can achieve speed and position control and feed back speed, positions, force moment and other information and facilitates on-line observation of a motion state of the robot. Each leg is provided with three driving freedom degrees and one driven extension freedom degree, three-dimensional space motion can be achieved, and the robot can have strong adaptive capacity to complex environments and obstacle crossing ability. The centre-of-gravity position of the robot can be timely adjusted when the robot with the head and tail balance adjustment devices walks in a static state, and the stability of the robot is improved. When the robot is in a unstable state, namely turns over, and reverse rotation force moment is produced by rapidly rotating the head and the tail to prevent the robot from turning over and being restored to be in a balanced state. The biomimetic quadruped robot provided with the head and tail balance adjustment devices is suitable for the multiple fields of military affairs civil cargo transportation, anti-terrorist devices, filed probing, planetary exploration and the like under complex terrain environments.

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for treating congestive heart failure that restores kidney renal functions by artificial perfusion of at least one kidney. In one aspect, a catheter inserted into the aorta of the patient has an outlet port that supplies the patient's blood obtained from a patient's aorta into an adjoining renal artery of the patient to perfuse the kidney. The catheter comprises a rotor housed inside a portion of the catheter to supply the blood to the kidney at a desired pressure. The restoration of kidney function assists the heart by removing excess fluid, urine and toxin from the patient, and by normalizing the patient's renin-angiotensin system and other neurohormonal substances.

A combination of acid zirconium phosphate and alkaline hydrous zirconium oxide are utilized as ion-exchange materials, for example, in sorbent dialysis. The combination provides for dialysate regeneration while maintaining constant and controlled levels of Na+, HCO3−, and pH.

Devices and methods for measuring body fluid-related metric using spectrophotometry that may be used to facilitate diagnosis and therapeutic interventions aimed at restoring body fluid balance. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device for measuring a body-tissue water content metric as a fraction of the fat-free tissue content of a patient using optical spectrophotometry. The device includes a probe housing configured to be placed near a tissue location which is being monitored; light emission optics connected to the housing and configured to direct radiation at the tissue location; light detection optics connected to the housing and configured to receive radiation from the tissue location; and a processing device configured to process radiation from the light emission optics and the light detection optics to compute the metric where the metric includes a ratio of the water content of a portion of patient's tissue in relation to the lean or fat-free content of a portion of patient's tissue.

A negative ion generator for improving the air quality of a room or space and may be conveniently incorporated into a lighting apparatus, appliance or other house item. The anion generator includes a metal fiber brush which reduces or eliminates ozone production. The lighting apparatus may take a variety of forms and may also include a photocatalyst coating to further purify the air.

An inverted two-wheel guided vehicle is provided with a vehicle body 4 including a loading platform, a carriage 5 supported on wheels 1a, 1b, a moving mechanism 7 for displacing relative positions of the vehicle body 4 and the carriage 5, an inclination sensor 6 for detecting the posture of the vehicle body 4, and a controller 9 for controllably driving the wheels 1a, 1b and the moving mechanism 7. Since a posture control can be executed such that a seat 8 atop the vehicle body 4 is constantly horizontal by displacing the moving mechanism forward and backward even for a slope or a step in a travel path, a stable travel can be realized by preventing the collapse of baggage piles and giving no discomfort to a loaded person.

An implantable device (11) for evaluating autonomic cardiovascular drive in a patient (10) suffering from chronic cardiac dysfunction is provided. A stimulation therapy lead (13) includes helical electrodes (14) configured to conform to an outer diameter of a cervical vagus nerve sheath, and a set of connector pins (28) electrically connected to the helical electrodes (14). A neurostimulator (12) includes an electrical receptacle (25) into which the connector pins (28) are securely and electrically coupled. The neurostimulator (12) also includes a pulse generator configured to therapeutically stimulate the vagus nerve through the helical electrodes (14) in alternating cycles of stimuli application and stimuli inhibition (90) that are tuned to both efferently activate the heart's intrinsic nervous system and afferently activate the patient's central reflexes by triggering bi-directional action potentials. The neurostimulator (12) includes a recordable memory (29) storing a baseline heart rate. The neurostimulator (12) includes an integrated leadless heart rate sensor (31) configured to continually monitor heart rate in light of the baseline heart rate.

The invention discloses a water quality purifying agent. A formula of the water quality purifying agent comprises the following components in parts by weight: 15 to 55 parts of potassium hydrogen persulfate composite salt, 0 to 5 parts of sulfamic acid, 5 to 20 parts of citric acid, 1 to 12 parts of sodium carbonate, 0 to 10 parts of sodium bicarbonate, 0 to 0.5 part of magnesium carbonate, 0 to 9 parts of sodium hexametaphosphate, 15 to 30 parts of calcium peroxide, 0 to 1 part of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, 0 to 2 parts of lauryl sodium sulfate, 0.05 to 0.1 part of polyethylene glycol, 5 to 15 parts of anhydrous sodium sulphate and 15 to 25 parts of composite microbial agent. In the formula of the water quality purifying agent, a composite potassium hydrogen persulfate product detoxifying technology and a sewage treatment technology beneficial for microorganisms to restore the micro-ecological balance are used for substituting the existing product capable of leading to the secondary pollution, the advantages such as fast onset of action and lasting effect can be realized, and the water quality purifying agent can take effect within half an hour; the water modification, detoxifying, bacteriostat and water purifying effect can last for 7 to 10 days, and the treatment on the water pollution and the restoration of the ecological balance can be realized in 7 days to 1 month.

The present invention relates to a composition and method for rapidly modifying the fatty acid composition of cell membranes of organs and tissues, in particular to increase the amount of omega-3 fatty acids of cell membranes of organs and tissues by parenterally administering to the human or animal body a supply of fatty acids in the form of an isotonic lipid emulsion comprising fatty acid triglycerides.