Device or apparatus for manipulating matter
    51.
    发明授权
    Device or apparatus for manipulating matter 失效
    用于操纵物品的装置或装置

    公开(公告)号:US5904690A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-18

    申请号:US483785

    申请日:1995-06-07

    Abstract: The present invention provides a device or apparatus for manipulating matter in a confined or inaccessible space, comprising manipulator means at least partly constructed of one or more bent or twisted elongate metallic members having pseudoelasticity at the intended manipulation temperature, and a hollow housing (preferably of elongate tubular form) or cannula capable of holding at least the metallic member(s) in a relatively straightened state, and actuating means for extending the metallic member(s) from the housing to manipulate matter within the said space and for withdrawing the metallic member(s) into the housing, the arrangement being such that the metallic member(s) bend(s) or twist(s) pseudoelastically in a lateral or helical sense to manipulate the matter on extending from the housing at the said manipulation temperature, and become(s) relatively straightened on withdrawal into the housing at the said temperature.Preferably the invention provides such a device or apparatus which is of elongate form for surgical manipulation of matter within a living body, and which has the manipulator means at its distal end with the metallic member(s) having pseudoelasticity at the temperature to be encountered within that body, and wherein the actuating means is operable from the proximal end of the device.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种用于在密闭或不可接近的空间中操纵物质的装置或装置,包括至少部分地由在预期操作温度下具有假弹性的一个或多个弯曲或扭曲的细长金属构件构造的操纵器装置,以及空心壳体 细长的管状形式)或能够至少保持金属构件处于相对矫直状态的套管;以及致动装置,用于将金属构件从壳体延伸以在所述空间内操纵物件,并且用于将金属构件 所述装置使得所述金属构件以侧向或螺旋方式伪弹性地弯曲或扭转以在所述操作温度下从所述壳体延伸来操纵所述物质;以及 在所述温度下退回到房屋中时,变得相对矫直。 优选地,本发明提供了一种用于手术操纵生物体内的物质的细长形式的装置或装置,并且在其远端具有操纵器装置,金属构件在所遇到的温度下具有假弹性 所述主体,并且其中所述致动装置可从所述装置的近端操作。

    Splice case
    57.
    发明授权
    Splice case 失效
    接头盒

    公开(公告)号:US4909756A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-20

    申请号:US239078

    申请日:1988-08-31

    Inventor: James E. Jervis

    CPC classification number: H02G15/117 G02B6/4447 H01R13/5216 H02G15/10

    Abstract: A splice case for encapsulating a substrate includes first and second containers each of which contain a gel having a cone penetration between 100 and 350 (10.sup.-1 mm) and an ultimate elongation of at least 200%, the gel in each container having an exposed surface, one exposed surface having a cross-sectional area larger than the cross-sectional area of the other exposed surface, the first and second containers being adapted for telescopic engagement. The substrate is located on one of the exposed surfaces of the gel, and the containers are arranged such that the exposed surfaces of the gel of the first and second containers contact each other and are maintained in compressive contact by a spring capable of maintaining a sufficiently large spring force to repel environmental contamination (for example, water) regardless of the engagement of the containers in response to the biasing force of the spring, substrate volume, or other external factors such as expansions and contractions caused by, for example, temperature changes. Additionally, the splice case may contain means for enhancing the encapsulation of the substrate.

    Abstract translation: 用于封装衬底的接头壳体包括第一和第二容器,每个容器都包含具有100至350(10-1mm)的锥形穿透和至少200%的极限伸长率的凝胶,每个容器中的凝胶具有暴露的 表面,一个暴露表面的横截面积大于另一暴露表面的横截面面积,第一和第二容器适于伸缩接合。 衬底位于凝胶的一个暴露表面上,并且容器被布置成使得第一和第二容器的凝胶的暴露表面彼此接触并且通过弹簧保持压缩接触,弹簧能够充分地保持 无论弹簧的偏置力,基板体积或其他外部因素(例如温度变化引起的膨胀和收缩)如何容纳容器的接合,都会产生大的弹簧力来排斥环境污染(例如水) 。 另外,接合壳体可以包含用于增强衬底的封装的装置。

    Heat recoverable metallic coupling
    58.
    发明授权
    Heat recoverable metallic coupling 失效
    热回收金属联轴器

    公开(公告)号:US4035007A

    公开(公告)日:1977-07-12

    申请号:US410314

    申请日:1973-10-29

    CPC classification number: F16L13/004 Y10T29/49865

    Abstract: A coupling for tubes, pipes or the like, fabricated of heat recoverable metal that is treated so that it will contract when heated above its transition temperature spontaneously expand when cooled to its transition temperature to permit it to be installed or removed from the pipes.

    Abstract translation: 由可回收金属制成的用于管,管等的联接器,其被处理以使其在加热高于其转变温度时收缩,当冷却至其转变温度时自发膨胀,以允许其从管道中安装或移除。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURGICAL FASTENING

    公开(公告)号:US20100049215A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-25

    申请号:US12609083

    申请日:2009-10-30

    CPC classification number: A61B17/0684 A61B17/068

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for applying fasteners during endoscopic surgery. The apparatus generally comprises a handle portion, a triggering mechanism and a fastener applicator. One embodiment of the invention forms the fastener around a single focal point on an anvil. Another embodiment vertically stacks the fasteners in a fastener applicator which is readily detachable from the handle portion by virtue of a rotational locking system and which may be replaced with a new fastener applicator having a fresh load of vertically stacked fasteners. A third embodiment of the invention has a fastener applicator having only one actuated part in its. Application mechanism, and makes use of biased springs controlled by position of the actuated part for the remaining part of the mechanism. A fourth embodiment of the invention deploys a plunger/ratchet assembly and pawl within the handle portion of the apparatus to ensure that the apparatus application mechanism will not reverse in the middle of a triggered application stroke. The various embodiments may be variously combined together in a single device. The methods generally include the following steps: forming a fastener by placing it over a single focal point anvil, pressing the fastener against the single focal point anvil using a slide; discharging the fastener into the tissue of the patient. The method may be executed within the fastener applicator that is detachable from the handle portion. According to another method, the fastener is applied by the following steps: the fastener is moved, from the storage channel, where it has been vertically stacked, to the driving channel by the biased fastener positioning spring as the slide is retracted; the slide is then advanced until the slide engages the fastener in the driving channel and drives the fastener over the anvil to form the fastener. During advancement of the slide the biased stop spring is forced back into a recess in the insert thereby allowing the next fastener to move forward in the storage channel in response to the force of the biased pusher spring; the slide is then retracted, freeing the biased ejector springs to kick the formed fastener off the end of the anvil; finally the slide is further retracted, until the fastener positioning spring is once again free to move the distal-most fastener from the storage channel into the driving channel.

    Applicators and methods for intraoperative treatment of proliferative diseases of the breast
    60.
    发明申请
    Applicators and methods for intraoperative treatment of proliferative diseases of the breast 有权
    用于术中治疗乳腺增殖性疾病的应用者和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090299124A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-03

    申请号:US12156298

    申请日:2008-05-30

    CPC classification number: A61N5/1015 A61N5/1043 A61N5/1083

    Abstract: A device for administering brachytherapy to a patient includes a vessel that may be in the form of a hollow cylindrical cup, for fleshing into and substantially filling the open-ended cavity. The vessel has a closed outer end, which may be a removable cover, and a source guide penetrates the closed outer end so as to extend deep into the vessel, to receive a radiation source in the source guide. A manipulator can be connected to the radiation source, and also to the source guide, for allowing several different types of manipulation of the source orientation and position within the vessel during the brachytherapy procedure.

    Abstract translation: 用于向患者施行近距离放射疗法的装置包括可以是中空圆柱形杯形式的容器,用于充满开口腔并基本上填充开口腔。 容器具有封闭的外端,其可以是可移除的盖,并且源引导件穿过封闭的外端,以便深入到容器中,以在源引导件中接收辐射源。 操纵器可以连接到辐射源以及源引导件,用于允许在近距离放射治疗过程期间几何不同类型的源取向和容器内的位置的操纵。

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