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A retractor blade assembly comprising: a pedicle screw having a head portion and a shaft portion configured to engage bone; a retractor blade having a proximal end and a distal end configured to retract soft tissue; and a screw mount having an extension portion with at least one track configured to slidably engage and mate with the retractor blade and defining at least one blade mounting assembly and a head portion defining a screw head receiving chamber , the chamber defined by a concave interior wall of the head portion wherein the screw head may be positioned in the chamber and a moveable retaining member extending from the extension portion with a free end of the retaining member extending within the head portion and defining a concave surface opposed to the concave interior wall ; and wherein the concave surface is configured to engage a portion of the screw head such that the screw head is retained between the inner wall surface and the free end surface wherein the blade is configured to slidably engage and mate with the at least one track of the extension portion ; characterized in that the extension portion comprises a further track ; the retractor blade assembly comprises a slidable locking mechanism slidable along said further track from an unlocked position to a locked position, wherein, in the locked position, the locking mechanism moves into engagement with the free end of the retaining mechanism , thereby locking the free end surface in engagement with the screw head . a pedicle screw having a head portion and a shaft portion configured to engage bone; a retractor blade having a proximal end and a distal end configured to retract soft tissue; and a screw mount having an extension portion with at least one track configured to slidably engage and mate with the retractor blade and defining at least one blade mounting assembly and a head portion defining a screw head receiving chamber , the chamber defined by a concave interior wall of the head portion wherein the screw head may be positioned in the chamber and a moveable retaining member extending from the extension portion with a free end of the retaining member extending within the head portion and defining a concave surface opposed to the concave interior wall ; and wherein the concave surface is configured to engage a portion of the screw head such that the screw head is retained between the inner wall surface and the free end surface wherein the blade is configured to slidably engage and mate with the at least one track of the extension portion ; characterized in that the extension portion comprises a further track ; the retractor blade assembly comprises a slidable locking mechanism slidable along said further track from an unlocked position to a locked position, wherein, in the locked position, the locking mechanism moves into engagement with the free end of the retaining mechanism , thereby locking the free end surface in engagement with the screw head .
A computer implemented method of quantifying the aortic valve conformance and compliance in a subject in near real time, the method comprising the steps of: a. non-invasively obtaining the pulse arterial pressure waveform (PPW), the pulse arterial volume waveform (PVW) and the pulse arterial velocity waveform (PUW) from the carotid artery in a subject; b. constructing a waveform dPdU from the waveforms PPW and PUW; c. calculating the artery's stroke volume by integrating the waveform PUW over the time abscissa of the waveform dPdU, wherein the first time abscissa is the zero ordinate before the first peak and the second abscissa is the zero ordinate before the suction wave peak; d. calculating the aortic valve closure volume by integrating the waveform PUW from a linear decline from systole to end of diastole over the time abscissa of the waveform dPdU, wherein the first time abscissa is the zero ordinate before the suction wave peak, and the second time abscissa is the zero ordinate after the suction wave peak; e. calculating stroke volume, heart rate, and cardiac output for the subject using the aortic valve closure volume; and f. displaying the stroke volume, aortic valve conformance and compliance of the subj ect. a. non-invasively obtaining the pulse arterial pressure waveform (PPW), the pulse arterial volume waveform (PVW) and the pulse arterial velocity waveform (PUW) from the carotid artery in a subject; b. constructing a waveform dPdU from the waveforms PPW and PUW; c. calculating the artery's stroke volume by integrating the waveform PUW over the time abscissa of the waveform dPdU, wherein the first time abscissa is the zero ordinate before the first peak and the second abscissa is the zero ordinate before the suction wave peak; d. calculating the aortic valve closure volume by integrating the waveform PUW from a linear decline from systole to end of diastole over the time abscissa of the waveform dPdU, wherein the first time abscissa is the zero ordinate before the suction wave peak, and the second time abscissa is the zero ordinate after the suction wave peak; e. calculating stroke volume, heart rate, and cardiac output for the subject using the aortic valve closure volume; and f. displaying the stroke volume, aortic valve conformance and compliance of the subj ect.
A method for immunochemical analyses on dried blood samples, comprising the following sequential steps: (a) providing a device for collecting a blood sample, comprising a support capable of adsorbing a liquid; (b) soaking said support with a solution comprising glycerol at a percentage volume concentration (v/v) greater than or equal to about 70% v/v, thus obtaining a pre-treated support; (c) adsorbing a fresh blood sample onto said pre-treated support and drying said sample adsorbed by the pre-treated support; (d) analyzing the dried blood sample by way of an immunochemical assay. (a) providing a device for collecting a blood sample, comprising a support capable of adsorbing a liquid; (b) soaking said support with a solution comprising glycerol at a percentage volume concentration (v/v) greater than or equal to about 70% v/v, thus obtaining a pre-treated support; (c) adsorbing a fresh blood sample onto said pre-treated support and drying said sample adsorbed by the pre-treated support; (d) analyzing the dried blood sample by way of an immunochemical assay.
A microcapsule composition, comprising a detergent enzyme entrapped in an aqueous compartment formed by a membrane, which membrane surrounds the compartment and is made by cross-linking of chitosan oligomers having a weight average molecular weight (M w ) of 300 to 15000 Daltons; wherein the detergent enzyme is selected from the group consisting of protease, metalloprotease, subtilisin, amylase, lipase, cutinase, cellulase, mannanase, pectinase, xanthanase, DNase, laccase, peroxidase, haloperoxidase, perhydrolase, and combinations thereof; preferably the enzyme is a lipase.
A vehicular antenna device comprising: a directional antenna which radiates radio waves in a predetermined direction; and a radio wave diffusion structure installed vertically above the directional antenna , the radio wave diffusion structure being configured to reflect the radio waves radiated upwards from the directional antenna in a lateral direction for omnidirectional spreading, wherein the radio wave diffusion structure has a reciprocal cone shape with a base facing upwards and an apex facing the directional antenna, characterized in that the directional antenna is an array antenna formed in a square panel shape and having an upward directionality, the array antenna including a plurality of unit antenna elements arranged upwards, each of the plurality of unit antenna elements is a patch antenna, a lateral surface of the radio wave diffusion structure is inwardly curved at a constant radius of curvature R in vertical cross section, and a magnitude of the radius of curvature R satisfies the following Equation 1 when a magnitude of wavelength of the radiated radio waves is λ: πλ < R < 20 λ the vertical direction distance h between the apex of the radio wave diffusion structure and the directional antenna satisfies the following Equation 2: h = 3 d + λ 2 + 2 πR 2 2 wherein d denotes the length of one side of the directional antenna , λ denotes the magnitude of wavelength of the radio waves radiated from the directional antenna , R denotes the radius of curvature of the radio wave diffusion structure , and π denotes the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. a directional antenna which radiates radio waves in a predetermined direction; and a radio wave diffusion structure installed vertically above the directional antenna , the radio wave diffusion structure being configured to reflect the radio waves radiated upwards from the directional antenna in a lateral direction for omnidirectional spreading, wherein the radio wave diffusion structure has a reciprocal cone shape with a base facing upwards and an apex facing the directional antenna, characterized in that the directional antenna is an array antenna formed in a square panel shape and having an upward directionality, the array antenna including a plurality of unit antenna elements arranged upwards, each of the plurality of unit antenna elements is a patch antenna, a lateral surface of the radio wave diffusion structure is inwardly curved at a constant radius of curvature R in vertical cross section, and a magnitude of the radius of curvature R satisfies the following Equation 1 when a magnitude of wavelength of the radiated radio waves is λ: πλ < R < 20 λ the vertical direction distance h between the apex of the radio wave diffusion structure and the directional antenna satisfies the following Equation 2: h = 3 d + λ 2 + 2 πR 2 2 wherein d denotes the length of one side of the directional antenna , λ denotes the magnitude of wavelength of the radio waves radiated from the directional antenna , R denotes the radius of curvature of the radio wave diffusion structure , and π denotes the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
An induction cooker comprising: a plurality of heating coils aligned in one row on a same plane; a plurality of inverter circuits configured to supply high-frequency power to the plurality of heating coils ; a load determination unit configured to determine whether a heating target (5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5a1, 5a2) is placed above each of the plurality of heating coils ; and a controller configured to control driving of the plurality of inverter circuits based on a result of detection by the load determination unit , wherein the plurality of heating coils are formed in elliptical shapes in plan view, and the plurality of heating coils aligned in one row have minor axes aligned on a same straight line (CL), and characterized in that the controller is configured to, when the heating target is placed over adjacent two or more of the plurality of heating coils , supply more electric power to at least one, but not all, of the two or more adjacent ones of the plurality of heating coils than to one or more, but not all, other ones of the two or more adjacent ones of the plurality of heating coils and change, over time, the heating coils to which the more power is supplied. a plurality of heating coils aligned in one row on a same plane; a plurality of inverter circuits configured to supply high-frequency power to the plurality of heating coils ; a load determination unit configured to determine whether a heating target (5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5a1, 5a2) is placed above each of the plurality of heating coils ; and a controller configured to control driving of the plurality of inverter circuits based on a result of detection by the load determination unit , wherein the plurality of heating coils are formed in elliptical shapes in plan view, and the plurality of heating coils aligned in one row have minor axes aligned on a same straight line (CL), and
A method performed by a software defined network controller , the software defined network controller being for a network comprising a plurality of network elements (30 A-F) in communication with the controller, each of the network elements (30 A-F) capable of serving as a point of attachment of a virtual or physical host, the method comprising detecting when a host (40-A) has roamed from a first network element (30-A)to a second network element (30-B); updating a roaming path for the host (40-A) in response to detecting that the host (40-A) has roamed to the second network element (30-B); and sending commands to the network elements (30 A-F) in the roaming path in reverse order of the roaming path in order to program a tunnel from each previous point of attachment network element in the roaming path to the most recent network element in the roaming path in reverse order of the roaming path so as to route traffic for the host (40-A) via a tunnel.
A safety-lock structure for a packaging box comprising: a cover body ; and a container body having a neck finish , the neck finish having an opening an outer wall of the neck finish being provided with external threads, an inner wall of the cover body being provided with internal threads which are in thread connection with the threads, a side wall of the cover body being provided with at least two pressing portions , an inner wall of each pressing portion being provided with a flexible snap , an upper end surface of the container body being provided with a blocking portion that corresponds to each flexible snap, after the cover body and the container body are screwed tight to each other, the flexible snaps and the blocking portions are engaged with each other, wherein a surface of the cover body is provided with recessed portions , inner side walls of the recessed portions forming the pressing portions , the flexible snaps being disposed on the inner side walls of the recessed portions and adjacent to a center of the cover body , characterized in that the surface of the cover body provided with said recessed portions is recessed inward, and a slit groove is provided between a bottom portion of the recessed portion and the pressing portion . a cover body ; and a container body having a neck finish , the neck finish having an opening an outer wall of the neck finish being provided with external threads, an inner wall of the cover body being provided with internal threads which are in thread connection with the threads, a side wall of the cover body being provided with at least two pressing portions , an inner wall of each pressing portion being provided with a flexible snap , an upper end surface of the container body being provided with a blocking portion that corresponds to each flexible snap, after the cover body and the container body are screwed tight to each other, the flexible snaps and the blocking portions are engaged with each other, wherein a surface of the cover body is provided with recessed portions , inner side walls of the recessed portions forming the pressing portions , the flexible snaps being disposed on the inner side walls of the recessed portions and adjacent to a center of the cover body , characterized in that the surface of the cover body provided with said recessed portions is recessed inward, and a slit groove is provided between a bottom portion of the recessed portion and the pressing portion .
A modular latch system , comprising: an activation module comprising an activation rod , a conversion block carried by the activation rod, and cable tabs carried by the conversion block, the cable tabs being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the activation rod in response to rotation of the activation rod about the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of latch modules for securing a door into a position, each latch module comprising a biased latch ; wherein each latch module comprises a separate control cable comprising an interior cable terminated at both ends with a cable end retained by the cable tabs , thereby connecting the activation module to each of the latch modules so that rotation of the activation rod about a longitudinal rod axis of the activation rod can retract each latch by rotating the cable end about the rod axis of the activation rod ; and wherein each biased latch comprises a longitudinal channel formed in a latch neck of the biased latch and wherein the longitudinal channel is sized and shaped to allow significant longitudinal displacement of the cable end of the interior cable . an activation module comprising an activation rod , a conversion block carried by the activation rod, and cable tabs carried by the conversion block, the cable tabs being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the activation rod in response to rotation of the activation rod about the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of latch modules for securing a door into a position, each latch module comprising a biased latch ; wherein each latch module comprises a separate control cable comprising an interior cable terminated at both ends with a cable end retained by the cable tabs , thereby connecting the activation module to each of the latch modules so that rotation of the activation rod about a longitudinal rod axis of the activation rod can retract each latch by rotating the cable end about the rod axis of the activation rod ; and wherein each biased latch comprises a longitudinal channel formed in a latch neck of the biased latch and wherein the longitudinal channel is sized and shaped to allow significant longitudinal displacement of the cable end of the interior cable .
A motor driver for driving a rotor of a single coil motor in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation direction with respect to a stator of the single coil motor , the motor driver being adapted for generating a position signal which is representative for the angular position of the rotor with respect to the stator , and comprising a controller which comprises a direction input to define the rotation direction of the rotor , and which is adapted for generating a driving signal for rotating the rotor in the defined rotation direction, wherein the driving signal is based on the position signal and is based on a signal which is indicative for an electrical lead angle wherein the signal indicative for the electrical lead angle is set such that the total lead angle, which is the sum of the lead angle of the position signal and the electrical lead angle, is positive for both rotation directions of the rotor characterized in that at least one signal which is indicative for the electrical lead angle is predefined for each rotation direction.
A management system of an active lens comprising: - an active lens , - a first sensor arranged to measure data relating to an incident light on the active lens or a first light source arranged to provide data relating to an incident light on the active lens, - a second sensor arranged to measure data relating to a light transmitted from the incident light through the active lens , and - a control unit designed for • controlling the active lens at least according to said data measured by the first sensor or provided by the first light source, and • adjusting, according to said data measured by the second sensor , the control already performed according to said data measured by the first sensor or provided by the first light source. - an active lens , - a first sensor arranged to measure data relating to an incident light on the active lens or a first light source arranged to provide data relating to an incident light on the active lens, - a second sensor arranged to measure data relating to a light transmitted from the incident light through the active lens , and - a control unit designed for • controlling the active lens at least according to said data measured by the first sensor or provided by the first light source, and • adjusting, according to said data measured by the second sensor , the control already performed according to said data measured by the first sensor or provided by the first light source. • controlling the active lens at least according to said data measured by the first sensor or provided by the first light source, and • adjusting, according to said data measured by the second sensor , the control already performed according to said data measured by the first sensor or provided by the first light source.
A method of communicating one or more fiber properties in a multifilament yarn, comprising the steps of: a) providing a multifilament yarn comprising at least one fiber formed from a fiber forming polymer and comprising a fiber property identification additive present in the fiber in a range from 10 to 4000 ppm, wherein the fiber property identification additive can be analyzed to identify one or more fiber properties; and b) analyzing the multifilament yarn to identify one or more fiber properties; wherein the fiber from step (a) comprises from 0.1 to 4 weight percent of the multifilament yarn. a) providing a multifilament yarn comprising at least one fiber formed from a fiber forming polymer and comprising a fiber property identification additive present in the fiber in a range from 10 to 4000 ppm, wherein the fiber property identification additive can be analyzed to identify one or more fiber properties; and b) analyzing the multifilament yarn to identify one or more fiber properties;
A cell imaging apparatus that captures images of cells contained in a liquid specimen, comprising: an image capture unit including an objective lens ; specimen cells (10a, b) each including an inner space which is capable of holding a liquid specimen, the specimen cells arranged such that the inner spaces are aligned in a row in a longitudinal direction (X) of the inner spaces; a specimen introduction unit ; a drive unit that moves the specimen cells ; and a controller that controls the specimen introduction unit , controls the drive unit to move the specimen cells in the longitudinal direction so that the visual field of the objective lens moves in the longitudinal direction (X) with respect to the specimen cells (10a, b) and controls the image capture unit to capture images of cells contained in a liquid specimen held in the inner space of each of the specimen cells at multiple image capture positions for each specimen cell, characterized by the inner space of each of the specimen cells (10a, b) being elongated in one direction, said direction being the longitudinal direction (X), and having an inlet port and an outlet port and wherein the specimen introduction unit includes a tube connected to the specimen cells (10a, b), wherein the tube has respective branches connected to each of the inlet ports for introducing the liquid specimen in each of the specimen cells (10a, b) and wherein the tube has respective branches extending from each of the outlet ports for flowing out the liquid specimen from each of the specimen cells (10a, b). an image capture unit including an objective lens ; specimen cells (10a, b) each including an inner space which is capable of holding a liquid specimen, the specimen cells arranged such that the inner spaces are aligned in a row in a longitudinal direction (X) of the inner spaces; a specimen introduction unit ; a drive unit that moves the specimen cells ; and a controller that controls the specimen introduction unit , controls the drive unit to move the specimen cells in the longitudinal direction so that the visual field of the objective lens moves in the longitudinal direction (X) with respect to the specimen cells (10a, b) and controls the image capture unit to capture images of cells contained in a liquid specimen held in the inner space of each of the specimen cells at multiple image capture positions for each specimen cell, characterized by the inner space of each of the specimen cells (10a, b) being elongated in one direction, said direction being the longitudinal direction (X), and having an inlet port and an outlet port and wherein the specimen introduction unit includes a tube connected to the specimen cells (10a, b), wherein the tube has respective branches connected to each of the inlet ports for introducing the liquid specimen in each of the specimen cells (10a, b) and wherein the tube has respective branches extending from each of the outlet ports for flowing out the liquid specimen from each of the specimen cells (10a, b).