Abstract: Instruments and surgical techniques may be used to correct a bone deformity, such as a bunion in which a metatarsal is misaligned with respect to a medial cuneiform. In some examples, a bone cutting guide is utilized to cut an end of the metatarsal and/or an end of the medial cuneiform to facilitate realignment of the bones. The cutting guide can have a pivotable cut guide surface along which a cutting instrument is translated to provide a precise bone cut. In some applications, after suitably preparing and aligning the bones, the bones are compressed together using a fixation pin. The fixation pin can be driven through one of the bones, into the second bone, and then further driven to compress the bones together.

Abstract: A container, the container having a wall, the wall comprising a front panel and a rear panel spaced apart at opposing edges thereof by side parts attached by edge folds to the front and rear panels, each side part comprising front and rear gusset panels linked by a gusset fold, the front panel, rear panel and side parts each including a container portion and a closure portion, the container portions extending from a closed base of the container to the closure portion, the closure portions each including a rim defining an opening of the container, the container being arranged such that the gusset panels are located between the front and rear panels and can overlie one another, the container further comprising at least one locking corner defined in one of the front and rear panels and an associated gusset panel by locking folds which extend transverse to the edge fold from the intersection of the edge fold, the closure portion and the container portion to the rim, the locking corner being foldable such that the

Abstract: A feeding bottle (10) comprises a container (12) having a threaded neck (22) around an opening of the container, a teat (16), and, a threaded annular collar. The teat has a flange (84), adapted to seat on said neck, a nipple (88), remote from the flange, and a one-way valve (110) formed in a depression (112) in the teat to allow the passage of air into the container but prevent leakage of liquid from the container through the valve. The collar is adapted to receive the teat through the aperture (56) of the collar. The depression (112) is provided with an upstanding flange (114) above the surface of the teat where the depression (112) joins a main surface of the teat, which flange (114) serves to protect the depression (112) against deformation of the main surface of the teat.

Abstract: A system for displaying photographs is provided. The display system includes a plurality of rotatable carousels that each possess a plurality of slots for receiving folders that hold photographs taken by an event organizer.

Abstract: A system for displaying photographs is provided. The display system includes a plurality of rotatable carousels that each possess a plurality of slots for receiving folders that hold photographs taken by an event organizer.

Abstract: A synchronous formal language is used for programming deterministic finite state machines. The language includes a graphical interface, where the behaviour of a finite state machine is represented as a graph of steps and transitions. Actions are actions are associated with steps. A transition between two steps includes: a pause flag, controlling the cycle during which a condition associated with the transition is evaluated; and a pre-emption flag, according to which the condition associated with the transition is evaluated before or after an action associated with the step preceding the transition is executed. The invention makes it possible for the user to have a graphical representation of the attributes of all types of transitions, without the need to use any text. The representation is simple and compact.

Abstract: The sequential-access asynchronous memory device comprises an asynchronous double-port random access memory (MVDP), a write address generator (CE) for delivering to the input port of the memory, in response to write enable signals (ATE), successive write address information (ADE) respectively associated with successive data (DE) to be stored sequentially in a predetermined order of writing, a read address generator (CL) for delivering to the output port of the memory, in response to read enable signals (ATL), successive read address information (ADL) respectively associated with successive data (DL) to be read sequentially in a predetermined order of reading, a device for detecting the stability of the address information delivered by the address generators, and a device (GAE, GAL, ST1, ST2) for determining the level of fill of the memory from the stable address information delivered by the address generators.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for plasma relaxation under magnetic global topological constraint produces a hot magnetically confined toroidal Z-pinch plasma with a plurality of straight and toroidal relaxing plasma discharges so as to generate at least one open-ended poloidal null separatrix in the magnetic field with one poloidal null within the plasma space situated in the small major radius side of the toroidal discharge, forming thereby a magnetic configuration (called DAG) with non-zero homotopic invariant, including a toroidal reversed-field pinch with inner poloidal divertor, in a region of open plasma magnetic surfaces surrounding the toroidal discharges, when toroidal magnetic field component is also made to be substantially different from zero at the poloidal null.