摘要:
A crimpable magnesium sleeve for securing a suture within the body and for dissolving over time while introducing only compatible amounts of magnesium into the body. An instrument for placing such a sleeve on a suture crimping the sleeve and cutting the suture after placement. An alloy of magnesium, zinc, and aluminum may be used to form the sleeve.
摘要:
This invention relates generally to surgical suturing instrument (10) and more particularly to a surgical suturing method in which a needle (34) can be selectively engaged with a fitting (103) at the end of a suture (105) for pulling the suture through a tissue section and released from the suture for permitting subsequent stitches to be made.
摘要:
Expression power related to message contents of e-mails is enhanced. In a mobile telephone (1), text data (TxD) is entered and a 3D authoring operation is performed. A server (3), when receiving the text data (TxD) and 3D authoring designation data (DD) from the mobile telephone (1), produces scenario data (SD) that is 3D graphic control information. The server (3) stores therein the text data (TxD) and scenario data (SD) as 3D message information (MD). When receiving, from the mobile telephone (1), information for accessing the 3D message information (MD), a mobile telephone (2) accesses the server (3) to download the 3D message information (MD) and necessary 3D fonts. In this way, the mobile telephone (2) can reproduce the 3D character mail.
摘要:
While a semiconductor memory operates in a first operation mode with high security, an encrypted command is inputted and then decoded to acquire the first address information. After the semiconductor memory comes into a second operation mode where the level of security is lower than that of the first operation mode, a command is inputted. Then, the second address information is acquired from the command. A control circuit in the semiconductor memory generates an address of 10 bits by using the first address information as a high-order 4 bits and the second address information as a low-order 6 bits and outputs the address to a memory array . With this operation, it becomes possible to read/write data from/to the memory array.
摘要:
A file management information area (41) of a memory (4) includes a FAT (411) and a replacement information table (412). In the FAT (411), chain information on a file (A) is recorded and in the replacement information table (412), replacement information of a defective area is recorded. In order to read out the file (A), a file system reads out the FAT (411) and the replacement information table (412) to generate indexes of the file (A) and stores the indexes to an index buffer. In a memory controller, an address part of a read command is sequentially replaced with indexes stored in the index buffer and page-replaced read commands are continuously transferred to the memory (4).
摘要:
An OFDM diversity receiver includes a first multi-stage semiconductor demodulating circuit including a plurality of circuit stages, each circuit stage including a fast Fourier transformer and signal-combining units, and a second single-stage semiconductor demodulating circuit including a fast Fourier transformer and a forward error-correcting unit. These circuit stages and the second single-stage semiconductor demodulating circuit are connected to respective tuning units. Baseband signals derived from received signals from the tuning units are supplied to the respective fast Fourier transformers that transform the baseband signals using the fast Fourier transformation algorithm. The signal-combining units in these circuit stages combine the transformed signals. The combined transformed signals are supplied to the forward error-correcting unit that corrects any errors of the combined transformed signals and outputs bit strings.
摘要:
This invention relates generally to surgical suturing instrument (10) and more particularly to a surgical suturing method in which a needle (34) can be selectively engaged with a fitting (103) at the end of a suture (105) for pulling the suture through a tissue section and released from the suture for permitting subsequent stitches to be made.
摘要:
A tissue manipulation device includes an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of a shaft portion, the end effector assembly including a tissue engaging assembly having first and second tissue engaging arms that each include a first arm segment, a second arm segment, and a third arm segment that are coupled by living hinges. When an adjustment member coupled to the end effector assembly is displaced from a first position to a second position, the end effector assembly transition from a first undeployed position, in which the first and second tissue engaging arms are disposed a first configuration adapted for insertion into a patient, to a second deployed position, in which the first and second tissue engaging arms are disposed a second configuration adapted to manipulate a tissue of the patient.
摘要:
A prosthetic suturing device (30), comprises a housing (32); a needle press (90) slideably engaged with the housing (32); a plurality of needles (92) coupled to the needle press (90); a prosthetic retainer (56); a ferrule platen (46) having a plurality of ferrule holders (66), each corresponding to one of the plurality of needles (92); and an actuator (40) configured to move the needle press (90) from a retracted position where needle tips (96) of the plurality of needles (92) are away from the ferrule platen (46) to an engaged position where the needle tips (96) of the plurality of needles (92) are at least partially within the ferrule holders (66) of the ferrule platen (46).