Abstract: An apparatus, for reinforcing bone and tools for mounting the same, has an implant including a barrel and a device. The implant can be expanded by an expanding apparatus including an outer tube, a base, a hollow body and a handle. The expanding apparatus can be bound to the implant to place the implant into a bone to be treated and adjust the expansion degree. The expanding apparatus can be replaced by an injector apparatus including a container for bone cement and an injecting handle. The injector apparatus can inject a mixture for reinforcing bone (e.g., bone cement) into the bone through an exit, the device, the aperture, the barrel and the window of the barrel, and into the to-be treated area.

Abstract: An apparatus, for reinforcing bone and tools for mounting the same, has an implant including a barrel and a device. The implant can be expanded by an expanding apparatus including an outer tube, a base, a hollow body and a handle. The expanding apparatus can be bound to the implant to place the implant into a bone to be treated and adjust the expansion degree. The expanding apparatus can be replaced by an injector apparatus including a container for bone cement and an injecting handle. The injector apparatus can inject a mixture for reinforcing bone (e.g., bone cement) into the bone through an exit, the device, the aperture, the barrel and the window of the barrel, and into the to-be treated area.

Abstract: An apparatus, for reinforcing bone and tools for mounting the same, has an implant including a barrel and a device. The implant can be expanded by an expanding apparatus including an outer tub, a base, a hollow body and a handle. The expanding apparatus can be bound to the implant to place the implant into a bone to be treated and adjust the expansion degree. The expanding apparatus can be replaced by an injector apparatus including a container for bone cement and an injecting handle. The injector apparatus can inject a mixture for reinforcing bone (e.g., bone cement) into the bone through an exit, the device, the aperture, the barrel and the window of the barrel, and into the to-be treated area.

Abstract: An apparatus for reinforcing bone and tools for mounting the same are provided. The apparatus comprises an implant, including a barrel and a device. The implant can be expanded by an expanding apparatus, comprising an outer tube and a base, a hollow body and a handler. The expanding apparatus can be bound to the implant to place the implant into a bone to be treated and adjust the expansion degree. The expanding apparatus can be replaced by an injector apparatus, which comprises a container for bone cement and an injecting handler. The injector apparatus can inject a mixture for reinforcing bone (e.g., bone cement) into the bone through an exit, the device, the aperture, the barrel and the window of the barrel, and into the to-be treated area.

Abstract: A spinal dynamic stabilization device for maintaining an anatomical height between two adjacent vertebras is provided. Each vertebra includes a spinous process and two symmetric pedicles. The spinal dynamic stabilization device includes a supporting member, at least one anchoring member, and at least one connecting member. The supporting member is disposed between the spinous processes. The anchoring member is fixed in one of the vertebra via one of the pedicles. The connecting member connects the supporting member to the anchoring member, fixing a relative position between the supporting member and the anchoring member, further fixing a relative position between the vertebras.

Abstract: Laminar articles having improved barrier properties to organic solvents and gases, fabricated directly from polyolefin and modified polyamide, are disclosed. The modified polyamide is a blend of 97-40 wt % polyamide and 3-60 wt % of compatabilizer which is a polyether ester amide block copolymer or a mixture of the block copolymer and alkylcarboxyl-substituted polyolefin.

Abstract: A nonhalogen flame-retardant polycarbonate composition comprising from 50 to 95% by weight of a polycarbonate resin, from 50 to 5% by weight of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin and from 3 to 10 parts by weight, per one hundred parts by weight of the total weight of polycarbonate resin and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin, of red phosphorus.

Abstract: A direct contact type charging component for use in electrophotographic process containing a protective surface layer which comprises a polyether-ester-amide block copolymer. The copolymer is environmentally stably having a volume resistivity between 10.sup.6 Ohm-cm and 10.sup.12 Ohm-cm and a Shore hardness between Shore D 5 and Shore D 90. During the electrophotographic process, a voltage is applied externally to the charging component to cause a charged component, which typically comprises a photo-conductive drum, to become electrostatically charged. In the preferred embodiment, the voltage consists of a direct voltage of .+-.200 to .+-.2,000 V overlapped with an alternating voltage having a peak-to-peak voltage of 4,000 V.

Abstract: A catalyst composition for the polymerization of polyamide/copolyamide comprising a primary catalyst which comprises an alkali metal hypophosphite or an alkali-earth metal hypophosphite, and a cocatalyst which comprises an amine compound. The cocatalyst amine compound is selected from the group consisting of phenylene diamines, hindered amines, poly(hindered amines), and benzotriazoles. The catalyst composition of this invention is most useful when used in conjunction with the reactive extrusion technology which requires a very fast polymerization rate to take full advantage of this evolving technology.