It has been discovered that pain felt in a given region of the body can be treated, not by motor point stimulation of muscle in the local region where pain is felt, but by stimulating muscle close to a "nerve of passage" in a region that is superior (i.e., cranial or upstream toward the spinal column) to the region where pain is felt. Spinal nerves such as the intercostal nerves or nerves passing ...

Systems and methods make possible the placement of one or more electrode leads in a tissue region for providing functional and/or therapeutic stimulation to tissue. The systems and methods are adapted to provide the relief of pain.

A service cart adapted to be moved along an aisle is provided, the service cart comprising a body defining an upper portion, a lower portion and two opposed lateral portions respectively disposed between the upper and the bottom portions, the portions being interconnected with intervening curved portions to form a continuous wall thereof and at least one longitudinal opening; wheels attached to a ...

EL PRESENTE MODELO INDUSTRIAL SE RELACIONA CON UNA TAPA PARA DISPOSITIVOS ELECTRICOS QUE SE DISTINGUE POR EL ATRACTIVO Y ORNAMENTAL ASPECTO QUE PRESENTA.

A pig for movement within a pipeline comprising a cylindrical housing with annular seals circumferentially mounted to the housing and extending outwards for sealing engagement between the pipeline and the housing. An internal flow cavity passes through the housing, with a gate positioned within the internal flow cavity, initially obstructing flow through the cavity. A locking device, connected to ...

A playback speed control apparatus, which controls playback speed according to rotation of an operation unit (15) that is rotatable, includes: a rotation speed detection unit (15c) that detects rotation speed of the operation unit; and a control (291) unit that controls the playback speed according to the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed detection unit, in which the control unit eithe...

The invention describes a method and an apparatus for the diffusion-catalytic conversion of hydrocarbon-containing residues in two stages, in a first stage at 120-200ºC, heated by the waste heat of the power generator in order to convert the solid input materials into a reaction slurry and, in a second stage, to convert them into a middle distillate by way of a conversion using one or more oil rea...

A method is disclosed for reversing fixation-induced cross-linking in tissue specimens that have been preserved for histological examination. The method involves placing the fixed tissue in a liquid under elevated temperature and pressure conditions that are sufficient to reverse the fixation-induced cross-linking, restore antigenicity to proteins, and permit improved molecular and proteomic analy...

A hybrid vehicle drive system is for use with an internal combustion engine, a power take-off, and a transmission. The power take-off is driven by the transmission. The vehicle drive system includes a first electric motor, an electronic rechargeable energy source, a fluid motor, and a rechargeable tank. The first electric motor is mechanically in series with the internal combustion engine and the ...

The invention relates to non-macrocyclic, non-peptidic, substituted heterocyclic compounds useful for inhibiting hepatitis C virus ("HCV") replication, particularly functions of the non-structural 5A ("NS5A") protein of HCV

Disclosed are methods, apparatus and computer program products, in accordance with exemplary embodiments of this invention, that provide a communication network having an enhanced data packet source routing procedure, that provide enhanced QoS functionality in a communication network where a first network protocol layer implements QoS with relative guaranties and best effort, while an underlying l...

A process for making an electronic device which comprises applying a non-aqueous plate-resistant ink by ink jet printing to selected areas of a dielectric substrate, optionally laminated with an electrically conductive metal(s), exposing the plate resistant ink to actinic and/or particle beam radiation to effect polymerisation, adding one or more metal layers by electrolytic or electroless deposit...

Disclosed are libraries of chimeric zinc finger domains. The libraries can include two or more zinc finger domains from naturally occurring proteins, e.g., mammalian proteins and particularly human proteins. Useful chimeric zinc finger domains can be identified from the library. Also disclosed are the amino acid sequences of zinc finger domains that recognize particular sites.

The device has rotor blades (3) mounted to rotate on a rotor with electrical devices in the rotor hub (2), such as an actuator (4, 5) for the rotation of the rotor blades. On drop-out of a power supply to the electrical devices, a rotor brake is activated (11). The rotor blades as a result of the braking torque of the rotor brake are rotated into a feathered position by the inertia. An independent...

The invention provides a method for accessing information on an article with a tag attached thereon, the method making it possible to prevent information on article worn by an individual from being grasped with a tag reader installed in a public space, without sacrificing traceability and without involving much increase in cost, a local server, an ONS proxy, a program, a tag creation method, a tag...

A heterobipolar transistor (HBT) for high-speed BiCMOS applications is provided in which the collector resistance, Rc, is lowered by providing a buried refractory metal silicide layer underneath the shallow trench isolation region on the subcollector of the device. Specifically, the HBT of the present invention includes a substrate including at least a subcollector; a buried refractory metal silic...

A physical automatic request repeat system comprises a transmitter and a receiver. A physical layer transmitter, at the transmitter, receives data and formats the received data into packets having a particular encoding/data modulation. The physical layer transmitter contains n channels which transmit the packets and retransmits packets in response to not receiving a corresponding acknowledgment fo...

An organic thin film transistor is disclosed. The organic thin film transistor includes a substrate, a gate electrode , a gate insulating film , a source electrode on the gate insulating film, a drain electrode on the gate insulating film at an interval with the source electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer. The gate insulating film includes an electrode formation region having surface ener...