Abstract: A method for a flexible stabilization system for a vertebral column is disclosed. The device includes a strong, non-metallic stabilization element or elements (18) for providing flexibility. The stabilization elements (18) are secured to the vertebrae (11) and (12) wherein, when secured, the stabilization element or elements stabilize the vertical column while still allowing for flexibility. In a preferred embodiment the stabilization elements are anchored to the vertebrae by a bone screw (15) having an upper shank portion (16) and a lower threaded portion (17) having segmented area (17c).

Abstract: A vented ultrasonic transducer for a medical handpiece which is provided with a number of vents which extend from the interior mounted crystal drive motor to the rear end of the handpiece so as to allow the handpiece to be rapidly sterilized with a flash autoclave and the vent tubes allow moisture to pass in and out of the handpiece and prevent moisture from remaining in the handpiece and shorting out the crystal electrical drive after sterilization has been completed.

Abstract: A device for safeguarding a rotary printing machine for printing sheets in a first form and perfector printing operation having a storage and a turning drum, first adjusting elements for adjusting a trailing drum body of the storage drum to different format sizes, second adjusting elements for adjusting the turning drum, and grippers and mechanical and electrical means for safeguarding the printing machine during a system-determined function setting includes a first coupling wheel assigned to the trailing drum body of the storage drum, a second coupling wheel mounted on a shaft journal of the turning drum, both of the coupling wheels being linked free of slippage via drive means in such a way that the second coupling wheel and the turning drum run in synchronism, the second coupling wheel being braced axially via trip cams on a disk secured to the shaft journal so that, in a case of rotation between the second coupling wheel and the turning drum due to a fault, a switching pulse is issued which releases a sig

Abstract: An adjustable hand stamp device controls stamp compression of the ink bearing stamp element. The device includes an inverted cup-shaped handle connected to a platen by a shaft. A shroud slidably mounted on the shaft and biased downwardly by a spring positioned between the handle and the platen covers the platen and the indicia-bearing element mounted on the platen. The position of the shroud relative to the platen is controlled by the position of an eccentric cam positioned between a bearing surface on the shroud and a bearing surface on the inside of the handle. The cam is connected to an adjusting knob rotatably mounted on the front face of the handle.

Abstract: Apparatus for straightening a spinal column having damaged vertebrae in which support bolts are inserted into the vertebrae on both sides of the damaged vertebrae comprising a guide shaft carrying first and second arms. One of the arms is displaceable on the guide shaft and the other arm is fixed on the guide shaft. A receiving sleeve is displaceable on each arm in mutually perpendicular planes and receives an extension rod which is detachably seated in a respective support bolt.

Abstract: The method of screen printing with a hot melt foam composition includes providing a screen having the desired pattern to be transferred to a substrate, casting onto the screen a hot melt foam composition and forcing the foam composition through the screen to form the described pattern on the substrate. The method offers a number of advantages including the transfer of large amounts of hot melt inks through the screen, fast printing speeds, printing with highly viscous polymeric or thermosetting materials and control of processing temperatures, among other advantages.

Abstract: A printing system incorporating a re-usable ink image transfer surface. A material which forms a thin hydrophobic layer is arranged by various techniques over a substantially hydrophilic transfer surface in a configuration which defines the desired latent image in terms of exposed, contiguous hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas. In some cases, a hydrophilic layer may be in direct contact with the hydrophobic layer. Depending upon the configuration of the layers, either an aqueous or oleo ink may be used to develop and print an image. If desired, the layer configuration may be replaced by a different configuration without substantial interruption to the printing process. No photo-induced chemical reaction or latent image developing steps are required at any time. The ink image transfer surface may be a planographic gravure cylinder or a gravure roll.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for massaging the human body, comprising, mounted inside a manually operated housing, two parallel active rollers, preferably driven in rotation by a motor, said housing being connected to means for creating a depression above the rollers, in which apparatus the two active rollers are normally maintained in spaced apart relationship with respect to each other via return means (springs); and the depression created within the housing is exerted solely in the space between the rollers during use of the apparatus and tends not only to suck the skin so that it can be treated, but also automatically to bring the rollers closer to each other to ensure the pinching action on the fold of skin formed.

Abstract: An attachment for a lithographic press includes an additional form roller with a chain of ink rollers from an auxiliary oscillator roller to the form roller mounted in a detachable frame assembly, including a gear train for driving the rollers and an eccentric for raising and lowering the form roller into engagement with the plate cylinder of the lithographic press.

Abstract: A joint for an orthotic device comprises a pair of pivotally connected members and means for limiting the angle through which the members may pivot, the limit means being adjustable so that the angle through which the members are permitted to move may be adjusted to a predetermined desired value, the joint has been found to be particularly suitable in a hip guidance orthosis.

Abstract: Hectograph master webs and sheets formulated to provide sharper, more-complete transfer under reduced imaging pressures, and sharper, more-numerous duplicate copies in the hectograph duplicating process and resistance to adhesion and coating-transfer under the pressures exerted by a hectograph duplicating machine. The receptive surface formed on the master sheet comprises a hard, pressure-adhesive coating consisting by weight essentially of 45 to 65 percent paraffinic wax, 5 to 20 percent hard wax and 15 to 40 percent polybutene polymer having a Staudinger molecular weight of from 10,400 to 12,300 which bonds to the hectograph transfer layer under relatively low, localized imaging pressure but which is sufficiently hard to resist adhesion, sticking and pick-over to hectograph copy sheets during the hectograph copying processes. The receptive coating also provides a barrier against the migration of the hectograph composition and/or of the spirit duplicating fluid into the master sheet.

Abstract: A table for supporting a patient lying in a generally horizontal position for chiropractic manipulation includes a base projecting upwardly from the floor to a convenient working level and a pivotally mounted thoracic support section for supporting the thorax of the patient which is adjustable about an axis generally corresponding to the patient's spinal axis. The table includes a caudal section supportively connected to the base with ball joints permitting movement of the patient's legs in lateral caudal flexion from side to side about a generally vertical yaw axis and flexion movement about a laterally extending horizontal pitch axis in a vertical direction between upwardly sloping and downwardly sloping positions. A support cushion is mounted for rotation on the caudal section between a range of selected rotational positions about a longitudinal roll axis to accomplish caudal rotation of the patient. A leaf spring and adjustment assembly compensate for a patient's weight.

Abstract: An improved vibratory therapy device is provided for use in relieving muscular and/or joint discomfort, stress, and the like. The vibratory therapy device comprises a lightweight portable housing encasing a heater/vibrator assembly for imparting vibratory action to a massage head together with heated air flow. A plurality of interchangeable massage heads are disclosed, including, for example, smooth or roughened surface textures, single or multiple roller balls, and the like. Other massage head forms may include a medicant applicator or a nasal inhalator unit. A flexible carrying bag is also provided and optimally can be mounted onto the housing to define a depending skirt for concentrating heat flow against a selected region of a person's body receiving massage therapy.

Abstract: A silk-screen printer wherein the clamp holding the silk screen may be adjusted along X, Y and Z axes.The screen is held on an arm secured to a cylindrical post by an anchor plate. The anchor plate is pivoted by means of adjustment bolts that extend through the plate into contact with the cylinder surface.

Abstract: Apparatus for printing on frusto-conical cups includes a mandrel wheel intermittently rotatably movable to a loading, pre-treatment, printing, first cure, second cure, and unloading station; a plurality of mandrel assemblies rotatably mounted on the mandrel wheel for holding the containers on the mandrel wheel; a stationary support at each station, each stationary support including a slot therein; a mandrel rotation assembly for rotating the mandrel assemblies and containers at the pre-treatment and first and second cure stations, the mandrel rotation assembly including a resilient rubber ring rotatably mounted adjacent to the plurality of mandrel assemblies in concentric relation with the mandrel wheel, a mounting assembly for rotatably mounting the resilient ring in concentric relation to the mandrel wheel, a drive mechanism for continuously rotating the resilient ring, a biasing assembly for biasing the resilient ring into engagement with each mandrel assembly at the pre-treatment and first and second cure

Abstract: A therapeutic apparatus for relieving sexual frustrations in women without sex partners which includes a generally rectangular, substantially flat, platform with a pair of longitudinal rails mounted along the axis of the platform. A housing includes a lower flange for being operatively received within continuous slots formed at the lateral interior of the rails for constraining the movement of the housing to back and forth reciprocal motion between the tracks. An assembly is mounted to the front of the housing which includes an elongated, generally cylindrical artificial penis for simulating the look and feel of an erect human male's penis and an annular pad of relatively soft material disposed adjacent the front of the housing and about the base of the artificial penis for simulating the look and feel of a male's pubic hair.

Abstract: A synthetic resin pen unit has a cylindrical outer annular member with inwardly extending bent and straight members. Each bent member has a base portion extending from the inner wall so that it is inclined with respect to a phantom line connecting the base of the bent member to the central axis of the cylindrical member. Ink grooves are formed between the inwardly extending members. The flexibility of the pen unit is a function of the percentage of bent members so that by proper selection and arrangement the pen characteristics can be optimized.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transducer for destruction of concretions inside the body. The transducer essentially comprises a spheroidal cap having piezoelectric ceramic elements situated at its radially inner front side. To prevent overpressure pulses radiated at the front side of the transducer being followed by underpressure pulse reflected from the rear side of the cap, the cap is produced from metal, preferably from a copper alloy. The impact wave resistances of the cap metal and of the ceramic material should largely correspond. Furthermore, the rear-side surface of the rear wall of the cap is so shaped geometrically and/or provided with a coating, that the sonic waves reflected therefrom are no longer focussed.

Abstract: A printing system incorporating a re-usable ink image transfer surface. A material which forms a thin hydrophobic layer is arranged by various techniques over a substantially hydrophilic transfer surface in a configuration which defines the desired latent image in terms of exposed, contiguous hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas. In some cases, a hydrophilic layer may be in direct contact with the hydrophobic layer. Depending upon the configuration of the layers, either an aqueous or oleo ink may be used to develop and print an image. If desired, the layer configuration may be replaced by a different configuration without substantial interruption to the printing process. No photo-induced chemical reaction or latent image developing steps are required at any time. The ink image transfer surface may be a planographic printing screen or a printing screen.

Abstract: An improved device for applying intersegmental traction therapy to the cervical spine, including an array of alternating lifting and intervening rollers dimensioned and positioned on the array such that when a lifting roller is centered on a patient's cervical spine, it is the only roller in supporting contact with the patient's neck, while when one of the intervening rollers is centered on the patient's cervical spine, lifting rollers on either side thereof are in supporting contact with the patient's neck. The lifting rollers are preferably soft and resilient.