A surgical fixation pin for use in fractures of bones in arms or other body parts to achieve support of the bone while the fracture heals. The pin is formed of a spring material and includes at opposite ends an angled, rounded front section and a double bent, extracortical section equipped with a fixation eye for receiving a fixation screw for securing the pin to a bone at a fracture site.

Described is a downhole method and apparatus for detecting hydrogen sulphide in formation fluids produced in a hydrocarbon well. The sensor system is located within or in communication with an extraction chamber used to extract hydrogen sulphide in a gaseous state from the formation fluid and preferably equipped with renewable sensing elements.

A method of manufacturing a light emitting display including an image display part (120) formed on a substrate (110) and a pad part (130) including at least one terminal (131) electrically connected to the image display part. The method includes forming thin film transistors and at least one electroluminescent device electrically connected to the thin film transistors and including a first electro...

A molding machine for polystyrene elements basically composed of a frame and two die halves. The union of the two die halves generates the molding chamber. Once the two die halves have been locked, the polystyrene granules can be injected inside the chamber. The following injection of steam generates sintering among the granules. Steam is introduced in the fixed and moving die half in the lowe...

The device has a preferably annular mounting part with a circular opening for fitting a lamp, a collar and a removable lamp retaining ring pivotably attached to the collar or to a pivoting ring so as to be adjustable into a mounting position in which the fitting opening is exposed to access the lamp or an operating position in which the retaining ring is approximately coaxial to the opening to for...

A method and corresponding equipment to enable a phone owner, who desires to lend a phone to a borrower, to define a temporary limit for the usage of the borrower, especially in a prepaid charging system. The charging system uses this temporary limit to restrict service usage such that when an amount corresponding to the temporary limit has been spent service is denied until such time as the limit...

A release liner includes a surface with an arrangement of structures thereon, wherein the structures extend upward from a plane of the surface, and wherein the structures have at least one sidewall that makes an angle with respect to the plane of the surface of greater than 0° and less than 90° selected to enhance adhesion to a tape.

Disclosed herein is a system for providing media service using a sensor network and metadata. The sensor network includes a plurality of sensor network nodes connected to a media server and one or more media devices, respectively. The media server includes a media information storage unit, a sensor interface unit, a metadata storage unit, a content selection unit and a content transmission unit. T...

A semiconductor device includes a repair control circuit. Addresses of fail cells to be repaired are programmed into a flash cell box, and the fail cells are repaired using the flash cell box, without using a fuse box. An area occupied by a repair control circuit and an overall chip size can be reduced.

Se refiere a mezclas fungicidas para combatir patogenos del arroz, que comprenden como componentes activos, el derivado de tiazolopirimidina de la formula I y fluazinam de la formula II.; Fungicidal mixtures for controlling rice pathogens, which mixtures comprise, as active components, 1) the triazolopyrimidine derivative of the formula I, and 2) fluazinam of the formula II, in a synergistically e...

Se refiere a mezclas fungicidas para combatir patogenos del arroz que contienen como componentes activos: El derivado de tiazolopirimidina de la formula I y carboxina de la formula II; Fungicidal mixtures for controlling rice pathogens, which mixtures comprise, as active components, 1) the triazolopyrimidine derivative of the formula I, and 2) carboxin of the formula II, in a synergistically effec...

The module (130) has a clip (134) adapted for detachable fastening at an anchor unit. The clip is positioned at a longitudinal section of a window covering. A strap (132) is adapted for fastening at a control unit (122) of the window covering. An arm unit connects the strap and the clip so that a movement tolerance of the clip relative to the strap is provided. The strap is integrally provided wit...

A stereoscopic display for switching between a 2D image and a 3D image, including a display device displaying an image; and a parallax barrier that transmits incident light in a 2D mode and forms barriers to separate images for a left eye and a right eye in a 3D mode. The parallax barrier unit includes a first polarization plate transmitting light with a first polarization direction; a 2D first po...

Provided are an a piezoelectric element (300), an actuator device, a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet apparatus which exhibit excellent displacement characteristics; the piezoelectric element (300) is configured of a lower electrode (60), a piezoelectric layer (70) and an upper electrode (80); and the half-value width of the (100) planes is not larger than 0.2 degrees, and the half-value width of ...

Provided are a piezoelectric element (300), an actuator device, a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet apparatus which exhibit excellent displacement characteristics; and the piezoelectric element (300) is configured of a lower electrode (60), a piezoelectric layer (70) and an upper electrode (80), in which piezoelectric element (300) the proportion of the (100) planes present in the face surface of t...

A semiconductor device in which chips are resin-molded, including: frames having front and back surfaces and die pads; power chips mounted on the surfaces of the die pads; an insulation resin sheet having a first and a second surfaces which are opposed against each other, the resin sheet being disposed such that the back surfaces of the die pads contact the first surface of the resin sheet; and a ...

In a changeover system of the present invention, the upper part of the transverse pushing action section (86) of the article transverse pushing body (80) is formed as a tilted upper surface (86a) with a middle portion in the front rear direction being tilted forward and downward and a front end portion (81a) is formed as a leading end upper surface with gradual inclination conjointly with the tilt...

A conveyor changeover system, comprising: a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies (40) installed along a conveying path (45); a multiplicity of article support bodies (50) each attached between the endless rotary bodies; and an article transverse pushing body (80) fitted over and guided by the article support body, wherein the article support body has a flat article carrying plate secti...

A surgical system having a cassette with an aspirant collection chamber and an aspiration exhaust line that drains into the aspirant collection chamber. A fluid line containing a valve allowing fluid from the irrigation fluid container to be vented into the aspirant collection chamber. A source of pressurized air is connected to the irrigation fluid container and is used to pressurize the fluid co...