Abstract: A surgical hand piece has a source of ultrasonic energy connected to a one-piece member that transmits the ultrasonic energy. The one-piece member is connected directly to the source of ultrasonic energy without intervening structure. A distal end of the member is a surgical work tip for performing surgery. The member transmits the ultrasonic energy to the work tip. The member is a one-piece structure, whereby the handpiece is less expensive to make than members with multiple piece structures.

Abstract: A work tip for a surgical hand piece has a solid knife connected to a source of ultrasonic energy in the hand piece and a sleeve having a generally uniform cylindrical shape that surrounds the distal end of the knife. The distal end of the knife has at least a portion of a conical tip, e.g., a Cobra tip. The sleeve provides irrigation and aspiration fluid channels. Also, a structure in the sleeve blocks the proximal opening in the upper part of the conical tip when the knife is withdrawn into the sleeve. A hole is provided in the sleeve adjacent to, but proximally of the structure so that when a portion of the opening is blocked, aspiration fluid flows through the hole to provide I/A clean up.

Abstract: A sighting scope 1 includes; a scope body 2; an outer frame 3 covering at least a middle portion along an optical axis of the scope body; a rotational support structure which rotatably support the scope body 2 around a rotational axis located on a plane orthogonal to the optical axis in the outer frame; a rotational sliding contact portion which is placed between the scope body and one of opening edges at ends of the outer frame located on front and back sides of the rotational axis along the optical axis, and which is designed to be able to slide around the rotational axis; and an angular adjustment mechanism which can adjust an inclined angle of the scope body with respect to the outer frame.

Abstract: An adapter for a surgical hand piece having a single lumen work tip with an open end and a small lateral hole is designed to convert the work tip to infusion/aspiration (I/A) cleanup of lens epithelial cells after phacoemulsification. The adapter is in the form of a sleeve adapted to be slid over the distal end of the work tip. The sleeve includes at least one aspiration hole located toward the distal end of the sleeve. When the distal end of the sleeve is at a first distance L1 from the distal end of the work tip, aspiration occurs through the aspiration hole of the sleeve and the open end of the work tip. When the distal end of the sleeve is at a second and smaller distance L2 from the open end of the work tip, aspiration through the open end of the work tip is blocked by the sleeve and aspiration occurs through the aspiration hole of the sleeve and the lateral hole in the work tip.

Abstract: A disposable ultrasonic handpiece that contains a transducer and a connecting body that tapers to a surgical blade in a single piece. The housing that surrounds the ultrasonic transducer does not require waterproofing for repeated autoclaving. Also, the electrical cord that provides power to the transducer is made of very inexpensive wire, along with a low-cost electrical connector. By making the blade, connecting body with a protective sheet and transducer as a unit with an electrical terminal at the proximal end, they can be plugged and unplugged from a socket and electrical cord in the housing of the handpiece. Thus, only the unit needs to be disposed of after a procedure, making the disposable part of the handpiece even less expensive. The low-cost, disposable handpiece can be packaged along with additional disposable items that are required for one of several types surgeries.

Abstract: A removal and re-application board for hair extensions and process of using same. The board contains at least 3 serially spaced apart lines (linear or curvilinear), vertically or radially spaced apart. Hair extension bands are mounted on, above or below the lines. Board indicia conveys sequential band removal and board placement, and then band board-dismount and re-application sequential order data to re-apply the hair bands on a user's head. When the bands are on-board, the bands from a columnar matrix; therefore the serially spaced apart lines provide board-mounting and board dismounting data to the stylist (board-mounting is hair band removal; board dismounting is band re-application). The indicia and the serially spaced apart lines allow for hair bands to be easily stored (board-mounted) and organized, such that the hair bands can be reliably re-applied to substantially the same location on a user's head.

Abstract: A disposable ultrasonic handpiece that contains a transducer and a connecting body that is attached to a tube with a cobra work tip at its distal end. The housing that surrounds the ultrasonic transducer does not require waterproofing for repeated autoclaving. Also, the electrical cord that provides power to the transducer is made of very inexpensive wire, along with a low-cost electrical connector. A power cord can be plugged into and unplugged from a socket at the proximal end of the housing and can be reused. Thus, only the housing and its contents need to be disposed of after a procedure, making the disposable part of the handpiece low cost. In addition, the cobra work tip can be provided with a cutting gap that increases its ability to cut.

Abstract: A phacoemulsification system includes a console connected to a hand piece that has an ultrasonically vibrated cutting tip. The console generates an ultrasonic electrical signal for the cutting tip, provides irrigation fluid and is the source of aspiration force. The console also has a pressure sensor. The control system has automatic operation such that the aspiration force lowers when a first preset pressure limit is reached, and the aspiration force and ultrasonic vibration are turned off at a second preset pressure limit higher than the first. The control system also lowers the aspiration force initially when a change in pressure per unit of time exceeds a preset limit and then increases the aspiration flow if the pressure level drops below the limit.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to instrumented fasteners and associated damage detection systems for detecting damage in an assembled structure secured together by at least one instrumented fastener. The instrumented fastener forms a transducer assembly for detecting damage in the assembled structure. The fastener can include a cavity disposed at one end of the fastener. The transducer assembly includes an electromechanical unit at least partially inserted into and mechanically coupled within the cavity of the fastener. The electromechanical unit can include a piezoelectric element.

Abstract: A surgical hand piece has a solid knife connected to and supported at its proximal end by a source of ultrasonic energy. A plastic sleeve has the knife located in it. A support is provided between the sleeve and the knife to support the sleeve while minimizing the effect of the vibration of the knife on the sleeve. The space between the knife and the sleeve form a first fluid channel. A plastic fluid tube can be located along the sleeve and can provide a second fluid channel. In order to use the handpiece for cleanup the sleeve can be moved forward to cover the knife and a small aspiration tube can be provided within the sleeve.

Abstract: A removal and re-application board for hair extensions and process of using same. The board contains at least 3 serially spaced apart lines (linear or curvilinear), vertically or radially spaced apart. Hair extension bands are mounted on, above or below the lines. Board indicia conveys sequential band removal and board placement, and then band board-dismount and re-application sequential order data to re-apply the hair bands on a user's head. When the bands are on-board, the bands from a columnar matrix; therefore the serially spaced apart lines provide board-mounting and board dismounting data to the stylist (board-mounting is hair band removal; board dismounting is band re-application). The indicia and the serially spaced apart lines allow for hair bands to be easily stored (board-mounted) and organized, such that the hair bands can be reliably re-applied to substantially the same location on a user's head.

Abstract: An aircraft includes an airframe parachute system. The parachute system includes an activation system, an extraction system, a harness system, and a parachute assembly.

Abstract: A line drawing tool includes a body; a reel that is rotatably provided in the body and that includes flanges on two ends of a thread winding shaft; a thread that is wound around the thread winding shaft and that is drawn out to outside of the body with powder that is enclosed in the body being adhered to the thread; and a clearance that is formed between the flanges of the reel and the body, the clearance being provided for allowing the powder that accumulates between the body and the flanges to escape.

Abstract: A surgical hand piece has a solid surgical knife connected to a source of ultrasonic energy. Two or more rigid plastic irrigation and aspiration tubes are provided alongside the knife and they may be supported with respect to the knife by tube holders fastened to the hand piece housing for the source of ultrasonic energy. The rigid plastic tubes may be connected toward their distal ends by a support in the form of bands about the tubes and knife, a sleeve about the tubes and knife or a sleeve about the knife with the tubes supported on the external surface thereof.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to thermally driven actuator systems including a thermally driven element and one or more heating elements coupled to and in thermal contact with the thermally driven element. The thermally driven element can be capable of being selectively reconfigured in shape based on a thermal strain or temperature driven phase change. The one or more heating elements can be configured to selectively and independently apply heat to one or more of a plurality of different regions of the thermally driven element to selectively raise a temperature or temperatures of the selected region or regions of the thermally driven element to selectively reconfigure the shape of the thermally driven element.

Abstract: A complete cat feeding system includes a plurality of feeding devices, each of the feeding devices having a container for containing and dispensing a portion of cat's daily food ration. Each container has a convexly curved external surface, a first port and a second port arranged along a top portion of the container providing access to an interior space of the container, and a bridging wall separating the first port and the second port, the bridging wall extending above the first port and the second port. Each feeding device may further include a simulation covering constructed from a flexible material, the simulation covering having a pocket for receiving a portion of the container therein without covering the first port and the second port. The cat feeding system may include a training device providing a second container having more than two ports for containing and dispensing a portion of cat food.

Abstract: An energy consumption alerting method includes measuring location-specific energy consumption values over a specific period at a sensor deployed at a location of a monitored site, and decomposing the location-specific energy consumption values according to a first characteristic. The method further includes decomposing the location-specific energy consumption values according to a second characteristic, and obtaining a first decomposed energy consumption value. The method additionally includes determining a corresponding first reference value based on the decomposed values, and comparing the first decomposed energy consumption value with the determined corresponding first reference value. Additionally, the method includes notifying a user if the first decomposed energy consumption value and the determined corresponding first reference value differ from each other. Furthermore, an energy consumption alerting system and a cloud-based energy consumption alerting platform is provided.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a prediction system is provided. The system comprises a first data decomposition facility configured to decompose a provided time series of consumption data into a plurality of different training sets for different types of days and a second data decomposition facility configured to decompose each one of the plurality of training sets into at least a seasonal component and a trend component. The system further comprises a regression facility configured to perform a regression analysis on the decomposed consumption data based on at least the trend component and chronological information associated with the consumption data of the respective training set to train a prediction function and a prediction facility configured to estimate predicted energy consumption data based on the trained prediction function and the type of a day for which the prediction is performed.

Abstract: An energy consumption alerting system is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensors deployed at different locations of at least one monitored site, the sensors being able to provide location-specific energy consumption values. The system further includes a data aggregation facility so as to sum up location-specific energy consumption values associated with at least two corresponding predetermined sensors of the plurality of sensors to obtain an aggregated energy consumption value. The system further includes an alerting facility this is able to compare the aggregated energy consumption value with an user-defined threshold level and notify a user if the at least one aggregated energy consumption value exceeds the at least one user-defined threshold level. A cloud-based energy consumption alerting platform and an energy consumption alerting method are also provided.

Abstract: A surgical hand piece has a source of ultrasonic energy provided to a connecting body having a first passage with one end to receive fluid from a first source and the other end at the connecting body distal end. A work tip has first and second tubes each having at least one opening at its distal end and the proximal end of one or both of the tubes connected to the connecting body distal end to receive the ultrasonic energy and to selectively receive or discharge fluid from either the first or second source as controlled by a valve. A cannula is provided which is adapted to be placed in an opening in the cornea through which the work tip extends during the removal of cataracts from the eye by phacoemulsification. The cannula may be equipped with channels that permit additional infusion of fluid into the eye during the procedure, which infusion also cools the surrounding corneal tissue to protect against heat generated by the ultrasonic vibration of the work tip.