Abstract: The present invention relates to an intrathoracic pressure control device and method, and more specifically, the intrathoracic pressure control device and method of the present invention allow for simple and precise measurement of intrathoracic pressure through a needle inserted into the thoracic cavity. This enables real-time measurement and monitoring of intrathoracic pressure and allows for its regulation. By using the intrathoracic pressure control device and method of the present invention, real-time measurement and monitoring of intrathoracic pressure can be achieved, as well as regulation of the pressure, making it useful for diagnosing the current condition of the lungs and for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of pneumothorax.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing; one row of terminals including signal and grounding terminals, each terminal including a retaining portion, an elastic arm and a soldering portion, and an arc-shaped contacting portion extending from the elastic portion, the contacting portion having a contacting point, the soldering portion having a nearest soldering point; and a grounding member comprising plural first grounding portions arranged in one row and each extending slantwise downwards and plural second grounding portions arranged in one row and each extending slantwise upwards, the first grounding portions touch the grounding terminals at first touching points, the second grounding portions touch the grounding terminals at second touching points, the first touching point is located at a middle-length point between the contacting point and the nearest soldering point along an extending direction of the grounding terminal, and the second touching point is located near the first touching point

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including a plurality of mating terminals, an insulating carrier with an accommodating cavity, plural intermediate terminals fixed on one side of the insulating carrier and electrically connected to the mating terminals, plural pin terminals fixed on the other side of the insulating carrier, and a magnetic module accommodated in the accommodating cavity and electrically connected to the intermediate terminals and the pin terminals, wherein the insulating carrier is a two-piece housing, the intermediate terminals are held in one housing piece, and the pin terminals are held in the other housing piece.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body having an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including plural pin terminals, each pin terminal having a pin for mounting on the external circuit board, wherein the terminal module is capable of being modified to support 1G or 2.5G or 5G or 10G or 25G or 40G signal transmission while keeping arrangement pattern of the pins unchanged in order to be mounted on the same external circuit board.

Abstract: A processing apparatus for a maximum slot occupation (MSO) coil according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a jig on which a coil base material, which has an opening formed in a central portion of the coil base material in a vertical direction and is to be processed, is seated, a multi-cutter in which a plurality of blades are stacked to form horizontal slits and inclined slits in side surfaces of the coil base material seated on the jig, and a cutting tool which processes at least one of the side surfaces of the coil base material to connect the horizontal slits and the inclined slits.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.

Abstract: Provided is a catheter having a variable front end structure. The catheter having a variable front end structure includes: a tube (110) having an insertion path (111) passing therethrough in a longitudinal direction thereof and one or more first incised slits (112) extending by a given length from the front end side thereof toward the rear end side thereof; an imaging part (120) placed on top of the tube (110) between the one or more first incised slits (112) and aligned in a line with the insertion path (111) on the front end of the insertion path (111); a front end part (130) made of a flexible material and adapted to surround the outer peripheries of the front ends of the imaging part (120) and the tube (110); and a tool (140) inserted into the insertion path (111), wherein the front end part (130) comprises a second incised slit (131) formed at a position distant by a given distance from the front end side thereof toward the rear end side thereof and extending in a width direction thereof.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and first through eighth terminals sequentially arranged in a lateral direction in the insulating body, wherein the first and second terminals, the third and sixth terminals, the fourth and fifth terminals, and the seventh and eighth terminals are respectively used to transmit a pair of differential signals, each terminal including: a mating portion for mating to a mating connector; a tail portion opposite to the mating portion; and a connecting portion connected therebetween, the connecting portions of the third terminal to the fifth terminal are all provided with a coupling portion; wherein the coupling portions of the third through fifth terminals are in three different planes, respectively, and the coupling portion of the fifth terminal and the coupling portion of the third terminal at least partially overlap in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module having a circuit board having first through eighth conductive traces sequentially arranged in a transverse direction and corresponding first through eighth terminals, the third terminal and the sixth terminal being configured for transmitting a pair of differential signals, the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal being configured for transmitting another pair of differential signals, the first through eighth conductive traces being respectively electrically connected to corresponding first through eighth terminals, each of the third conductive trace and the fifth conductive trace including a coupling portion, a size of the coupling portion in the transverse direction is larger than a size of the other part of the corresponding conductive trace in the transverse direction, wherein the coupling portion of the third conductive trace and the coupling portion of the fifth conductive trace overlap in an up and down direction to increase mutual coupling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube member having excellent local bending properties that is capable of being freely bent only on a given region thereof at a working temperature, thereby enabling the bending angle thereof to be freely adjusted by a user, and a method for manufacturing the tube member. According to the present invention, the tube member having excellent local bending properties, which is made of an alloy, may include a first region and a second region having different alloy structures from each other. According to the present invention, the first region may be in a cold-worked state or have an austenite phase at a given working temperature, and the second region may have a martensite phase at the given working temperature and a yield stress value lower than a yield stress value of the first region.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to, among other things, secure data rights management and governance. Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide for a data access control and management architecture that enforces one or more rules, restrictions, and/or configurations in connection with managing access requests to data. In various embodiments, one or more of the enforced rules, restrictions, and/or configurations may articulate access conditions that depend, at least in part, on a source, physical location, and/or an execution environment associated with a data access request. In this manner, data access may be managed and/or governed based, at least in part, on the source, location, system and/or associated environment requesting access to the data.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic ion conductive polymer gel elastomer including a polymer matrix; a plasticizing solvent impregnated into the polymer matrix to plasticize the polymer matrix so that the polymer matrix is in a gel state; and an ion conductive dopant ionized by the plasticizing solvent and dispersed in the polymer matrix, wherein the plasticizing solvent and the ion conductive dopant are non-hydrophilic, and a method of preparing the organic ion conductive polymer gel elastomer.

Abstract: A terminal module includes a circuit board having: an upper layer having a row of upper conductive pads; a lower layer having a row of lower conductive pads; a first upper signal layer having upper conductive vias and a first upper inner conductive trace connecting with corresponding upper conductive pads through the upper conductive vias; a first lower signal layer having lower conductive vias and a first lower inner conductive trace connecting with corresponding lower conductive pads through the lower conductive vias; and a ground isolation layer; and a row of upper mating terminals connected to the upper conductive pad, and a row of lower mating terminals connected to the lower conductive pad; wherein neither the upper conductive via nor the lower conductive via passes through the ground isolation layer, and the ground isolation layer shields electromagnetic interference between the upper mating terminals and the lower mating terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including a plurality of mating terminals, an insulating carrier with an accommodating cavity, plural intermediate terminals fixed on one side of the insulating carrier and electrically connected to the mating terminals, plural pin terminals fixed on the other side of the insulating carrier, and a magnetic module accommodated in the accommodating cavity and electrically connected to the intermediate terminals and the pin terminals, wherein the insulating carrier is a two-piece housing, the intermediate terminals are held in one housing piece, and the pin terminals are held in the other housing piece.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body having an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including plural pin terminals, each pin terminal having a pin for mounting on the external circuit board, wherein the terminal module is capable of being modified to support 1G or 2.5G or 5G or 10G or 25G or 40G signal transmission while keeping arrangement pattern of the pins unchanged in order to be mounted on the same external circuit board.

Abstract: An anchor for an embolic coil, and an embolic coil including the same are provided. The anchor for an embolic coil includes a hollow main body and a central shaft arranged in the hollow main body, wherein the hollow main body is made of a braided composite filament including a polymer filament and a first alloy filament, and the central shaft includes a second alloy filament that is a material different from the first alloy filament.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and first through eighth terminals sequentially arranged in a lateral direction in the insulating body, wherein the first and second terminals, the third and sixth terminals, the fourth and fifth terminals, and the seventh and eighth terminals are respectively used to transmit a pair of differential signals, each terminal including: a mating portion for mating to a mating connector; a tail portion opposite to the mating portion; and a connecting portion connected therebetween, the connecting portions of the third terminal to the fifth terminal are all provided with a coupling portion; wherein the coupling portions of the third through fifth terminals are in three different planes, respectively, and the coupling portion of the fifth terminal and the coupling portion of the third terminal at least partially overlap in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction.

Abstract: A magnetic module includes: a magnetic core; and plural enameled wires wound on the magnetic core, the enameled wire being wound on the magnetic core to form a primary coil and a secondary coil, the primary coil forming a primary input end, a primary output end, and a primary center tap, the secondary coil forming a secondary input end, a secondary output end, and a secondary center tap, wherein one of the primary coil and the secondary coil includes four groups of enameled wires, and the other includes one group of enameled wires.