Abstract: An in-vivo bioreactor device producing a dialysis effect by acting within the gastrointestinal tract for the removal of undesirable concentrated intestinal or blood substances or metabolites is disclosed. The ingestible device is comprised of a body wall that surrounds an internal compartment. Along the wall of the shell are openings located around the periphery that allow bodily fluids to enter and exit device. The wall of the device is comprised in whole or at least in part of materials that are impermeable to the passage of external fluids and maintains its physical and chemical integrity in the environment of use during its activity. Semi-permeable membranes located either internally or externally of the device are able to withstand all physiological temperatures and pH and act in a similar manner to dialysis membranes that are used for the separation of substances in suspensions, solutions, tissue cultures, etc.

Abstract: Apparatus including a first electromagnetic energy element that includes protrusions that jut into recesses formed in a second electromagnetic energy element, and a source of electromagnetic energy connected to the first and second electromagnetic energy elements for operating the first and second electromagnetic energy elements as bipolar electrodes. The first and second electromagnetic energy elements may be both formed with protrusions and recesses that interleave with each other.

Abstract: A clamp accessory including a support element comprising a mounting surface adapted to rest on a work surface, the support element formed with at least one notch adapted to receive therein a bar of a bar clamp and support the bar at a distance spaced from the work surface.

Abstract: A spinal prosthesis including a first spinal attachment member attachable to a first posterior portion of a spinal structure, a second spinal attachment member attachable to a second posterior portion of the spinal structure, the first and second posterior portions being adjacent superiorly-inferiorly to one another, and a connector element attached to the first spinal attachment member, wherein the second spinal attachment member includes an interface portion that passes through an elongate aperture formed in the connector element so as to permit rotational and translational movement of the second spinal attachment member with respect to the connector element.

Abstract: Bicycle apparatus for use with a bicycle that includes a bicycle seat post, the apparatus including at least one bicycle seat support member, a pair of locking members mechanically linked to the bicycle seat support member, and a lock adapted to lock the locking members to each other, wherein in a first position the bicycle seat support member is securable to a bicycle seat post of a bicycle for use as a bicycle seat support, and in a second position the bicycle seat support member is arranged for locking the bicycle by being locked with the locking members and the lock.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for utilizing service information (SI) in digital video broadcasting (DVB), such as for Internet related actions.

Abstract: A target positioner including a radiation source disposed in a source housing, the radiation source adapted to emit a radiation beam, a target holder adapted to be attached to and generally immobilize a target organ, the target holder being rotatingly attached to a bearing assembly, a patient support table for supporting a patient thereon, a rotator for turning the patient support table about a rotation axis, and a source arm fixedly attached at one portion thereof to the source housing and at another portion thereof to the bearing assembly, such that when the target holder is attached to a target organ and the rotator turns the patient support table about the rotation axis, the target holder constrains the target organ from translating with respect to the radiation source and the source housing, and wherein the target holder permits the target organ to rotate by means of the bearing assembly relative to the source housing while experiencing slight translations with respect to the patient support table, so th

Abstract: An apparatus for producing pressure oscillation of a fluid, incorporating hermetically sealed casing including a housing, a cover, a hermetic seal, a cylindrical flextensional transducer driven by piezoelectric or magnetostrictive driving member positioned in the inner cavity of the transducer and secured between two endplates, two springs providing for axial preloading and centering of the cylindrical flextensional transducer, two internal seals preventing fluid leakage between swept volume and other structure volumes; hermetic connectors for electrical connecting of the actuation member to energizing means, and fluid flow channel.

Abstract: An infrared lens system including a focus section that focus infrared radiation at an image plane, and a zoom section that adjusts a desired focal length of the infrared radiation, the focus section and zoom section including a plurality of lens elements which are located along an optical axis in optical communication with each other, the focus section and zoom section each including a fixed lens fixed with respect to the optical axis and a movable lens arranged for movement along the optical axis.

Abstract: A shockwave generating system comprising a first shockwave source device that is formed with an aperture through which a second shockwave source device is adapted to transmit shockwaves. The second shockwave source device may be disposed at least partially in the aperture.

Abstract: A method for detection of an object, the method including irradiating a target with two electromagnetic wave energy beams, a first beam at a first frequency and a second beam at a second frequency, the first frequency being lower than the second frequency, both beams being polarized in a first direction, and determining a presence of an object by analyzing reflections of the first and second beams, wherein if there is a dominant reflection polarization in the first direction for both the first and second frequencies, then the target is considered not to have the object, and if there is a dominant reflection polarization in the first direction for only one of the first and second frequencies and a depolarized reflection at the other of the first and second frequencies, then the target is considered to have the object.

Abstract: A lens with a very high degree of barrel distortion at the image plane (or pincushion distortion in object space).

Abstract: A high power fiber amplifier including a double clad fiber including a protective outer jacket (41), an outer clad (44), an inner clad (42, 35) and a doped core (43, 34, 32), and a source of pump power coupled to the inner clad through coupling optics (22) and at least one of a side-fiber coupling section and an end-fiber coupling section, wherein the inner clad includes a large diameter core portion (34), operative as a high power amplification stage, capable of absorbing the majority of the pump power, and a small diameter core portion (32), operative as a low power amplification stage, wherein both core portions, pumped through the inner clad (35), are serially connected through an optical interface point (37).

Abstract: An endoprosthesis including a first articulating member formed with a generally concave articulating surface, and a second articulating member formed with a generally convex articulating surface which articulates with the concave articulating surface, the first and second articulating members each having a generally planar attachment surface for attachment to spine structure, wherein the first articulating member includes a contour defined by a cutting surface that cuts through a portion of the first articulating member at a non-zero angle relative to its attachment surface, and the second articulating member includes a contour defined by a cutting surface that cuts through a portion of the second articulating member at a non-zero angle relative to its attachment surface.

Abstract: A method including mechanically breaking a source substance including relatively long carbon chains so as to produce a product comprising shorter chain carbon molecules.

Abstract: An article including a spinal prosthesis having a unitary body with at least three attachment points attachable to spinal structure, the unitary body including a flexure assembly positioned between first and second attachment members, wherein flexure of the flexure assembly permits movement of the first attachment member relative to the second attachment member.

Abstract: A vending machine including a dispensing door openable to permit removal of merchandise from the vending machine, and a one-way stopper positioned relative to the dispensing door, such that upon removal of merchandise from the vending machine, the one-way stopper is deployed to a position that prevents placing the merchandise back in the vending machine.

Abstract: An expandable bone device including a unitary body extending along a longitudinal axis and including a deformable distal end portion having a collapsed orientation for placement adjacent a spinal structure, the deformable distal end portion including relatively wide, mutually contiguous support surfaces outlined by relatively narrow cutouts, the support surfaces being contiguous with the rest of the unitary body via relatively narrow deformable splines, the deformable distal end portion having an expanded orientation wherein the support surfaces are moved transversely outwards away from and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, and an actuator coupled to the deformable distal end portion and operative to cause movement of the deformable distal end portion between the collapsed orientation and the expanded orientation.

Abstract: Cycling apparatus including at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel rotatably mounted on axles on a frame, a riding seat attached to the frame, a drive mechanism coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the cycling apparatus, at least one handlebar post attached to a portion of the frame, and a carrier member attachable to the frame for carrying at least one of a child and an object therein and movable between first and second attachment orientations, wherein in the first attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a rider-powered orientation drivable by a rider sitting on the seat and powering the drive mechanism, and wherein in the second attachment orientation the cycling apparatus is in a stroller orientation wherein the at least one handlebar post is arranged with respect to the carrier member to form a pushable stroller, wherein a center of gravity of the carrier member with respect to the axle of the at least one front wheel at the first attachment orientation is different