Abstract: An IoT device has a public device identifier and a private device identifier, where the public device identifier is publicly available and the private device identifier is secret but kept in a secure device database as a correspondence. A registration request is sent from the IoT device to an association server in communication with the device database having an association between IoT public identifier and a corresponding IoT private identifier. The association server which receives the registration request responds with a registration acknowledgement containing, in encrypted form, the private device identifier of the original request and, optionally, the public device identifier associated with the registration request. The requesting IoT device receives the association acknowledgement, decrypts the private device identifier, compares it to its own device identifier, and if they match, sends one or more association requests.

Abstract: A medical clamping instrument includes first and second tubular members pivotally connected together, a first rod member pivotally connected to the second tubular member, a second rod member pivotally connected to the first rod member, first and second claw arms respectively providing first and second clamping portions and first and second connecting portions and respectively pivotally connected to the second tubular member, third and fourth rod members respectively pivotally connected to the first and second connecting portions, a screw nut pivotally connected to the third and fourth rod members, a screw rod threaded into the screw nut and driven by a driving rod via the first universal joint, the fifth rod member and the second universal joint. Thus, operating the driving rod can move the first and second clamping portions, maintaining the clamping force stably.

Abstract: A handheld device allowing comprehensive touch input on a small part of a large display screen includes a touch screen, a display, a touch sensor, and a control module. The handheld device enters to a first input mode in response an operation on the touch screen. The control module controls the display to display a first virtual keyboard, an input operation area, and a character input area in the first mode. In response to operations in the input operation area, the display displays a character of the first virtual keyboard in the character input area. An input method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A handheld device allowing comprehensive touch input on a small part of a large display screen includes a touch screen, a display, a touch sensor, and a control module. The handheld device enters to a first input mode in response an operation on the touch screen. The control module controls the display to display a first virtual keyboard, an input operation area, and a character input area in the first mode. In response to operations in the input operation area, the display displays a character of the first virtual keyboard in the character input area. An input method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An in-prosthesis linear drive system includes a holder frame, a power drive mounted on the holder frame, a screw nut mounted on the holder frame and coupled to the power drive and rotatable on the axis thereof by the power drive, a screw rod limiter including a center sliding guide rail mounted on the holder frame and a center sliding block slidable along the center sliding guide rail, and a screw rod threaded into the screw nut and connected with the center sliding block of the screw rod limiter and movable along the axial direction of the screw nut upon rotation of the screw nut. Thus, using the screw nut to drive the screw rod achieves the effect of minimizing the occupation of the prosthesis internal space.

Abstract: A telescoping control mechanism for controlling a medical instrument, the medical instrument includes a telescoping axis which intersects a patient at a work point, the telescoping control mechanism includes: a first rotary module disposed on a base, and including a first axis which extends through the work point; a second rotary module disposed on the base and including a second pivot which is pivoted to the base and has a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; a linkage module including a proximal linkage assembly disposed on the second pivot and parallel to the telescoping axis, and a distal linkage assembly for mounting of the medical instrument; and a telescoping module disposed on the proximal linkage assembly to drive the distal linkage assembly to reciprocate along the proximal linkage assembly, which consequently causes movements of the medical instrument along the telescoping axis.

Abstract: In order to reduce the calculation in robotic arm allocation, the invention provides a spherical linkage type surgical robotic arm, which includes a first curved bar having a first axis center and a second axis center, a second curved bar being equal to the first curved bar in length and having a third axis center and a fourth axis center, the third axis center in coincidence with the first axis center, a third curved bar having a fifth axis center and a sixth axis center and being pivoted to the second curved bar, and a fourth curved bar having a seventh axis center and an eighth axis center and being pivoted to the third curved bar and the first curved bar, thereby reducing the calculation burden and facilitating control and allocation.

Abstract: A Force feedback type compliant orthotic device includes a fixing base, driving unit, first limb supporting unit, and second limb supporting unit. The driving unit has a motor disposed at the fixing base and an output shaft connected to the motor. The output shaft is inserted into a joint base to connect with a resilience unit. The first limb supporting unit has a first supporting element fixed at the fixing base and a first electromyographic signal sensor disposed at the first supporting element. The second limb supporting unit has a second supporting element disposed at the joint base and a second electromyographic signal sensor disposed at the second supporting element. The motor generates appropriate auxiliary power according to the sensing result of the first and second electromyographic signal sensors, such that the first and second supporting elements move relative to each other precisely.

Abstract: A method for positioning an endoscope involves installing an auxiliary positioning device on a robot arm, coinciding a terminal of a docking member of the auxiliary positioning device with a remote center of motion defined by the robot arm, inserting and fixing the endoscope inside the auxiliary positioning device, removing the docking member of the auxiliary positioning device so that a terminal of the endoscope coincides with the remote center of motion of the robot arm, and then inserting the endoscope into a body cavity catheter for finalizing positioning. Thereby, the method helps to save time used for preoperative preparation and provides more precise positioning, without using any additional positioning tools to approach the body cavity, thereby reducing the risk of infection.

Abstract: A robotic arm includes first and second bent links and a tool link pivotally connected in order, first to third wheels, and first to fourth imaginary axes intersecting at a center of spherical rotation. The first bent link and wheel are driven to rotate about the first and third imaginary axes respectively. A first flexible rope is wound around the first and second wheels and fixed to the second bent link for driving the second wheel and bent link to rotate about the second imaginary axis when the first wheel rotates. A second flexible rope is wound around the second and third wheels and fixed to the first bent link for driving the third wheel and the tool link to rotate about the fourth imaginary axis when the second wheel rotates. The robotic arm is relatively smaller, obstructs the operator less and produces a wider sphere of action.

Abstract: A support arm with a multiple degree of freedom locking device includes a support arm unit, an outer housing unit, a feed screw, a conical push block, and two conical baffles. When the feed screw rotates in a first direction, the conical push block and the conical baffle are driven are rotated to make the outer annular baffle slanting surface press against the inner surface of the pivot space and the first and second pivot portions, so that the lateral housing is unable to pivot with respect to the upper and lower housing, and the first and second pivot portions are positioned between the two ears in a non-rotatable manner, when the feed screw rotates reversely, the lateral housing will be able to pivot with respect to the upper and lower housing, and the first and second pivot portions are able to pivot with respect to the two ears.

Abstract: A medical instrument holding apparatus includes an attachment device attached to a longitudinal shaft and having a casing, a coupling device attached to the casing of the attachment device, and a carrying device attached to the coupling device, and the carrying device includes an orifice and an aperture, and the aperture of the carrying device is tilted and inclined relative to the orifice of the carrying device, a medical instrument includes an insertion tube engaged into the orifice of the carrying device, and a projecting device is engaged in the aperture of the carrying device for projecting a light onto the insertion tube of the medical instrument at an index mark.

Abstract: Disclosed is an actuation system for adjusting the rigidity of elastic elements by using two sets of transmission modules together with a link gear and two sets of nonlinear elastic elements. The actuation system actuates an external arm by controlling the two sets of transmission modules to rotate in different directions and adjusts the rigidity of the elastic elements by controlling the two sets of transmission modules to rotate in the same direction, so as to achieve the effects of reducing the number of actuation modules used, minimizing the volume of the actuation system, and reducing production cost.

Abstract: In a parcel delivery method and system, a server continuously receives recipient geographic position information (GPI) from a recipient terminal associated with and carried by a recipient, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) GPI from a UAV loaded with a to-be-delivered parcel via a communication network, and transmits, to the UAV, destination information, which is the recipient GPI that is last received by the server. The UAV transports, based on the destination information from the server, the parcel to an unloading position where the recipient terminal is located.

Abstract: A Support arm with brake mechanism, characterized in that: a resilient component generates a resilient force acting in opposition to gravity, such that a supporting rod can move an object steadily; and, in the course of moving the object, a brake is started as needed to brake the supporting rod and fasten the supporting rod to a predetermined position.