Abstract: Provided is a golf club head which produces an improved hitting sound obtained without impairing the appearance of the sole section. A golf club head having a hollow portion (i) formed therein has a sole portion (5) which forms the bottom surface of the head. The sole portion (5) includes a thin-wall portion (8) and a thick-wall portion (9) which has a greater thickness than the thin-wall portion (8). The golf club head is characterized in that a portion of the inner surface of the thick-wall portion (9), the portion facing the hollow section, has a rib (10) secured to the portion by welding.

Abstract: A multi-contact type position detection apparatus for a target board includes a first membrane board having a plurality of first signal lines formed in a first direction, a second membrane board having a plurality of second signal lines formed in a second direction, and a plurality of dots which are formed on the first membrane board or the second membrane board such that the first membrane plate and the second membrane plate are spaced at a predetermined distance from each other, wherein the plurality of dots can be arranged at a distance of “k/2±A (A is 1%˜2% of k)” when a magnetic body diameter of a pin attached on the target board is “kmm”.

Abstract: A rod-like object for ball games 1 usable for a ball games or practice thereof, the rod-like object 1 comprising a grip 20 on a proximal end side of an elongated main body 10, the main body 10 comprising a first flexible part 12 in which primary deflective deformation occurs along a first imaginary plane, a second flexible part 14 that is provided more toward the proximal end side than the first flexible part 12 is and in which principal deflective deformation occurs along a second imaginary plane, and a highly rigid part 19 interposed between the first flexible part 12 and the second flexible part 14, the first imaginary plane and the second imaginary plane intersecting each other, and the highly rigid part 19 having a flexural rigidity in a direction of the first imaginary plane that is equal to or greater than a flexural rigidity of the second flexible part 14 in the same direction and a flexural rigidity in a direction of the second imaginary plane that is equal to or greater than a flexural rigidity of t

Abstract: A bubble generating device. The apparatus may include a housing, a fan device, and a motor operably coupled to the fan device. The motor may rotate the fan device about a rotational axis. The apparatus may further include one, or a plurality, of bubble generating devices that are coupled to the housing. Each of the bubble generating devices may comprise a bubble producing member that converges towards the rotational axis with increasing distance from the fan device. Stated another way, each of the bubble producing members may define an opening that lies on a plane that intersects the rotational axis of the fan device at an oblique angle.

Abstract: A deck of cards includes eighty four playing cards. Each playing card has a front surface and a back surface. The front surface of all of the playing cards has the same design. The eighty four playing cards include four sets of twenty one playing cards. Each of the four sets corresponds to a branch of military service and each playing card within each of the four sets of twenty one playing cards corresponding to a rank within a respective branch of the military service.

Abstract: A toy includes a first head of a rigid material and a second head of a rigid material coupled to the first head and facing in an opposite direction to the first head. A flexible flap intervenes between the first and second heads and is movable from a first position, in which the flap covers the second head with the first head exposed to view, to a second position, in which the flap covers the first head with the second head exposed to view.

Abstract: A blinding device for administering a substance to a patient in a clinical trial is presented where the blinding device has an opaque housing to receive at least two delivery devices adapted to dispense a substance provided therein, an outlet being in fluid communication with at least one delivery device for administering the substance to a patient, and at least one actuating member mechanically engageable with at least one delivery device and being actuatable from outside the housing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide needle guides that facilitate direct penile injection of drug therapies.

Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves storing alert configuration information for the user, identifying an alert condition while operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid based at least in part on the alert configuration information for the user, and in response to identifying the alert condition, providing a user notification in accordance with the user's stored alert configuration information.

Abstract: A catheter tip is disclosed comprising a tip electrode comprising a ledge feature, and a center cavity and a manifold assembly comprising a fluid lumen manifold and a stop tube. The stop tube can be coupled to the fluid lumen manifold and configured to abut the ledge feature such that a distal end of the fluid lumen manifold extends a pre-determined distance into the center cavity of the tip electrode. The fluid lumen manifold can comprise a plurality of sideholes which can be sized and configured to distribute an irrigant to the tip electrode. The catheter tip can comprise a flexible tip electrode.

Abstract: A card game includes a deck of cards used, for example, to play craps, poker, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: An edible spinning device and method of operation provides: a spinning toy; a container; and an edible component for consumption. An outer sphere contains the candy and medicine. The outer sphere separates into a first sphere portion and a second sphere portion. An edible member having a pair of diametrically opposed depressions positions between the first sphere portion and the second sphere portion. A first cord extends along an axis between the first sphere portion and the edible member. A second cord extends along the axis between the second sphere portion and the edible member. Moving the first sphere portion away from the second sphere portion increases torque in the first and second cords to spin the edible member along the axis. Moving the first sphere portion towards the second sphere portion releases momentum from the generated torque to spin the edible member off-center from the axis.

Abstract: An elongate medical device with independently-deflectable segments and a handle for manually deflecting those segments can include a shaft having a distal segment and proximal segment, at least one proximal segment deflection wire adapted to deflect the proximal segment, at least one distal segment deflection wire adapted to deflect the distal segment independent of the proximal segment, and a handle portion. The handle portion may comprise a first manual actuation mechanism coupled to the at least one distal segment deflection wire and a second manual actuation mechanism coupled to the at least one proximal segment deflection wire. Actuation of the first manual actuation mechanism may impart a tensile force on the distal segment deflection wire to cause the distal segment to deflect, and actuation of the second manual actuation mechanism may impart a tensile force on the proximal segment to cause the proximal segment to deflect.

Abstract: A removal device (121, 221) for removing and disposing of a pen needle (113, 213) connectable to a drug delivery device (111, 211) includes a body (123, 223) having a cavity (141, 241) for receiving the pen needle of the drug delivery device such that a patient end (116, 216) of a needle (115, 215) of the pen needle is covered by the body. An ejector (151, 251) is movably connected to the body (123, 223) for engaging the received pen needle (113, 213) and selectively ejecting the engaged pen needle from the body. The pen needle (113, 213) is securely retained within the removal device (121, 221) without exposing the needle (115, 215) of the pen needle until the pen needle (113, 213) can be properly disposed of, such as in a sharps container, thereby substantially preventing an accidental needle stick.

Abstract: A percutaneous catheter system for use within the human body and an ablation catheter for ablating a selected tissue region within the body of a subject. The percutaneous catheter system can include two catheters thai are operatively coupled to one another by magnetic coupling through a tissue structure. The ablation catheter can include electrodes positioned within a central portion. The ablation catheter is positioned such that the central portion of a flexible shaft at least partially surrounds the selected tissue region. Each electrode of the ablation catheter can be activated independently to apply ablative energy to the selected tissue region. The ablation catheter can employ high impedance structures to change the current density at specific points. Methods of puncturing through a tissue structure using the percutaneous catheter system are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for ablating a selected tissue region using the ablation catheter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a grommet strip for a racket for ball games, wherein the grommet strip comprises a longitudinal direction and a plurality of grommets 1 comprising grommet through-holes 2, wherein each of the grommets 1 defines a grommet axis A and each of the grommet through-holes 2 defines a hole axis B, wherein the grommet axes A and the hole axes B extend substantially parallel to each other and wherein the hole axes B of some grommets are offset with respect to the grommet axes A thereof in the longitudinal direction of the grommet strip.

Abstract: A toy top includes a body and a shaft unit. The shaft unit includes a spinning shaft which includes projections that extend downward at a lower end of the spinning shaft.

Abstract: A sound absorbing rebounding device provides a way for a person to practice dribbling a basketball while minimizing sounds and vibrations emanating from the basketball and the device during such practice. The device has a frame, a rebounding surface that mimics or replaces the hard surface on which a user would normally dribble to cause a rebounding effect, and a base to separate or space the rebounding surface from the floor, so that sounds and vibrations during bouncing of the basketball are not transferred to the surface on which the device is resting. The frame shape allows the user to practice dribbling in all different directions around the user's body placed relative to the user's legs, such as a T, an H, or the number 8. The device may be collapsible via hinges placed within its frame that allow the device to be collapsed in varying degrees of compactness.

Abstract: A medication delivery device included molded cylindrical barrel having visual marks on the surface of the barrel in the axial direction, a plunger seals the distal opening of the cylindrical barrel, a molded needle hub disposed in the proximal opening of the cylindrical barrel for sealing the needle hub to the barrel. A needle is disposed in the needle hub for communicating liquids by operation of the plunger in the axial direction. The circumferential surface on the flange of the needle hub comprises a colored mark that corresponds to a characteristic of the medication delivery device or its contents.

Abstract: A system comprises a handpiece body configured to couple to a proximal end of a medical instrument and a manual actuator mounted in the handpiece body. The system further includes a plurality of drive inputs mounted in the handpiece body. The drive inputs are configured for removable engagement with a motorized drive mechanism. A first drive component is operably coupled to the manual actuator and also operably coupled to one of the plurality of drive inputs. The first drive component controls movement of a distal end of the medical instrument in a first direction. A second drive component is operably coupled to the manual actuator and also operably coupled to another one of the plurality of drive inputs. The second drive component controls movement of the distal end of the medical instrument in a second direction.