Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polymeric material. The modified polymeric material includes a polymer having a modified surface, where the modified surface includes nano, micron, and/or submicron scale features. The present invention also relates to an implant comprising the modified polymeric material. The present invention further relates to processes for making the modified polymeric material and the implant.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a cover glass, a liquid crystal panel, and at least one reinforcing piece. The cover glass has an active area and a peripheral area surrounding the active area, and the cover glass includes at least one opening. The liquid crystal panel is disposed at the active area. The reinforcing piece is disposed at the peripheral area, and the reinforcing piece includes a reinforcing opening. A projection of the reinforcing piece opening on the cover glass is at least partially overlapped with a projection of the opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polymeric material. The modified polymeric material includes a polymer having a modified surface, where the modified surface includes nano, micron, and/or submicron scale features. The present invention also relates to an implant comprising the modified polymeric material. The present invention further relates to processes for making the modified polymeric material and the implant.

Abstract: A wheel chair with urinal device includes a wheel chair a cushion connected thereto and the cushion has a hole. A drain pan with a slanted bottom wall is removably located beneath the cushion and a drain hole is defined through the lower front end of the slanted bottom wall. Multiple outlets defined in the support frame communicate with the space above the slanted bottom wall. A box is removably attached to the rear side of the backrest and has a collection unit and a cleaning unit received therein. The cleaning unit provides detergent to clean and flush the waste in the drain pan and collected in the collection unit. The user activates and controls the cleaning unit by operating a cleaning switch on the armrest.

Abstract: A derailleur apparatus for bicycles includes a housing on a handle and a gearshift control assembly inside the housing. The gearshift control assembly has a first lever for cable-pulling, a ratchet assembly having a ratchet plate further having teeth, a second lever for cable-releasing, and an index claw. The first lever has a first pawl to keep the ratchet assembly at an initial position. The derailleur apparatus is characterized on that: the index claw further has a matching member and a second pawl, the second lever and the matching member form a first specific contact and a specific actuation relationship, and the second lever can move arbitrarily. While the second lever moves to form a second specific contact with the matching member, the index claw rotates to mesh the second pawl with the ratchet plate, such that the down-shift movement toward a second direction can be performed.

Abstract: A pair of pants for a person with limited mobility, which is convenient for the person sitting in a urinal chair to urinate, includes a pants body and a zipper. The pants body has a waistband, two pants legs, a crotch and an opening defined between the waistband and the crotch of the pants body. The zipper has two rows of teeth at two opposite edges of the opening and a zipper head moving along the two rows of the teeth. The zipper head is pulled to move upwardly from the crotch to the waistband of the pants body to open the zipper. Therefore, when the zipper head is positioned at the waistband of the pants body, the zipper is fully opened; in contrast, when the zipper head is positioned at the crotch of the pants body, the zipper is fully closed.

Abstract: A urinal chair includes a chair body and a urinal device. The chair body has a seat supporting frame defining an open seat area. The urinal device includes a top open drain pan, a cushion, a container and a cleaning device. The drain pan is supportably mounted upon the seat supporting frame of the chair body to fit in the open seat area of the chair body. The drain pan is slanted to drain toward a drainage aperture therein. The cushion is fit over the drain pan and defines a hole to permit drainage through the cushion to the drain pan. The container is disposed under the drain pan to collect liquid from the drain pan. Moreover, the cleaning device includes a cistern and a spout connected to the cistern. The spout is directed toward the drain pan for cleaning the drain pan with water stored in the cistern.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a capacitor is described. A template layer including a stack of at least one first layer and at least one second layer is formed over a substrate, wherein the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer have different etching selectivities and are arranged alternately. An opening is formed through the template layer. A wet etching process is performed to recess the at least one first layer relative to the at least one second layer, at the sidewall of the opening. A bottom electrode of the capacitor is formed at the bottom of the opening and on the sidewall of the opening, and then the template layer is removed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polymeric material. The modified polymeric material includes a polymer having a modified surface, where the modified surface includes nano, micron, and/or submicron scale features. The present invention also relates to an implant comprising the modified polymeric material. The present invention further relates to processes for making the modified polymeric material and the implant.

Abstract: A method of simultaneously connecting controllers of different branded manufacturing machines applied in a computer system. The computer system includes an integrated running module, a user interface interacted with the integrated running module, a plurality of application program interfaces integrated in the integrated running module and communicated with the controllers of specific brands respectively, such that the integrated running module can be connected to the controller corresponding to each of the application program interfaces at the same time. The method includes the steps of selecting the manufacturing machine to be connected through the user interface, producing a thread by the integrated running module according to the application program interface corresponding to the controller of each manufacturing machine, and retrieving required information from the corresponding controller by the integrated running module through each thread.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of housings installed on a lamp holder, and each housing being arranged at the bottom of the lamp holder and tilted in a specific direction towards an exit aperture and having a light emitting diode device installed on each housing and opposite to two sidewalls on both sides of the inclined direction, and a reflection cover installed between adjacent housings, and each reflection cover having a plurality of first reflection surfaces and second reflection surfaces extended into each housing and towards the exterior of the housing. With the effect of the first and second reflection surfaces, the light source can be projected towards the exterior of the lamp holder effectively to increases the overall light projection range of the illumination device.

Abstract: A method to enhance osteoblast functionality of a medical implant. The method may include obtaining the medical implant and treating a surface of the medical implant to modify the surface characteristics causing increase functionality of adjacent positioned osteoblasts. A method of increasing cellular activity of a medical implant is also disclosed. A medical device having enhanced cytocompatibility capabilities includes a metallic substrate with an outer surface. Attached to the outer surface is a composition of nanosized structures. A biosensor for use with a medical device, includes an electrode that is attached to an outer surface of the medical device. The biosensor measures electrochemical changes adjacent to the medical implant. Further, a method of manufacturing a medical implant with a biosensor for use in vivo and a method of integrating a biosensor with a medical implant for use in monitoring conductivity and electrochemical changes adjacent to the medical implant are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an organic light emitting diode and a device thereof are provided. The method includes: providing a substrate; dispensing to the substrate a second organic molecule solution resulting from dissolving a second organic molecule in a solvent; applying the second organic molecule solution to a surface of the substrate so as to form a wet film layer; and heating the wet film layer by a heating unit to remove the solvent therefrom and thereby form a second organic molecule film. The method is effective in fabricating a uniform multilayer structure for use in fabrication of large-area photoelectric components.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of housings installed on a lamp holder, and each housing being arranged at the bottom of the lamp holder and tilted in a specific direction towards an exit aperture and having a light emitting diode device installed on each housing and opposite to two sidewalls on both sides of the inclined direction, and a reflection cover installed between adjacent housings, and each reflection cover having a plurality of first reflection surfaces and second reflection surfaces extended into each housing and towards the exterior of the housing. With the effect of the first and second reflection surfaces, the light source can be projected towards the exterior of the lamp holder effectively to increases the overall light projection range of the illumination device.

Abstract: A method for treating a surface of a medical implant to create nanostructures on the surface that results in increased in-vivo chondrocyte adhesion to the surface. Further, disclosed is a method to fabricate a drug delivery system. The drug delivery system includes a medical implant that has undergone a surface treatment process that results in the modification of the surface configuration and topography. The modified surface acts as a depot or reservoir for loaded biological material, biologic agents or pharmaceutical products. Additionally, a device for delivering pharmaceutical products or other biological materials is disclosed. The device includes integrally attached nanostructures that retain or adsorb the loaded pharmaceutical products and/or biological materials. Further disclosed is a medical implant that includes a surface configured to allow for and regulate protein adsorption.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a lamp holder, an LED element installed to the lamp holder, a heat dissipating fin module installed at an external periphery of the lamp holder, and a plurality of heat pipes coupled between the lamp holder and the heat dissipating fin module. The heat pipe is provided for guiding waste heat of the lamp holder to the heat dissipating fin module for the heat dissipation to improve internal and external ambient temperatures of the lamp holder, so as to achieve the effects of maintaining a better thermal conductivity of the lamp holder for a long time, assisting a discharge of the waste heat of the LED, and maximizing an overall working performance of the LED lamp.

Abstract: An adhesive bonding assembly of a liquid crystal display includes at least one bonding layer coated on a surface of a first member or a second member, or both, and an adhesive tape arranged between the first member and the second member. The at least one bonding layer of the adhesive bonding assembly comprising an electroplated metal layer. The adhesive bonding assembly may include also at least one adhesive layer including a micro-structural layer. The adhesive tape adhering to the at least one adhesive layer or the bonding layer to connect the first and second members.

Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a main body, a lens module and a solar panel. The main body comprises a battery pack and a photosensitive element. The lens module is connected with the main body. The solar panel is disposed between the photosensitive element and the lens module, and the solar panel is electrically connected with the battery pack. The solar panel is able to receive the light focused by the lens module and convert the light into electricity to supply to the battery pack.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a supporting structure for a stack capacitor in a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following steps. The first step is providing a multi-layer structure including an etching stop layer, a silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer. The second step is etching the silicon nitride layer and the silicon oxide layer to form a plurality of filling recesses in the silicon oxide layer, in which each the filling recess has a lateral surface and a bottom surface. The third step is forming a protecting layer at each the lateral surface. The fourth step is etching the silicon oxide layer to expose the etching stop layer. The fifth step is removing the protecting layer on the each lateral surface, thereby forming the supporting structure.

Abstract: An exemplary backlight module includes a light source, a light guide panel, and a frame. The light source includes a substrate, blocks disposed on the substrate and spaced from each other, and light emitting diodes (LEDs) each including a first electrode, a second electrode, a chip and a bonding wire. The first and second electrodes are arranged on the substrate between two blocks, and are electrically connected to each other via the chip and the bonding wire. The light guide panel transforms linear light to planar light. The frame receives the light source. Each of two adjacent corners of the frame are step-shaped or wedge-shaped, with two ends of the light source correspondingly cut into step or wedge shapes to engage the frame.