Abstract: Described are methods, implants, insertion tools, and related systems and kits, for placing an implant to treat urinary incontinence; the implants include soft tissue anchors that are capable of engaging needles of the insertion tools, and the implants are designed to place a central support portion at a location to support a urethra with extension portions and soft tissue anchors extending to tissue at regions of an obturator foramen.

Abstract: Described are methods, implants, insertion tools, and related systems and kits, for placing an implant to treat urinary incontinence; the implants include soft tissue anchors that are capable of engaging needles of the insertion tools, and the implants are designed to place a central support portion at a location to support a urethra with extension portions and soft tissue anchors extending to tissue at regions of an obturator foramen.

Abstract: The invention provides improved systems, devices, and methods for analyzing a large number of sample compounds contained in standard multi-well microtiter plates or other array structures. The multi-well plates travel along a conveyor system to a test station having a microfluidic device. At the test station, each plate is removed from the conveyor and the wells of the multi-well plate are sequentially aligned with an input port of the microfluidic device. After at least a portion of each sample has been input into the microfluidic channel system, the plate is returned to the conveyor system. Pre and/or post testing stations may be disposed along the conveyor system, and the use of an X-Y-Z robotic arm and novel plate support bracket allows each of the samples in the wells to be input into the microfluidic network through a probe affixed to a microfluidic chip.

Abstract: A left-left flat knitting machine is comprised of two needle beds and kning needle sets arranged in a common plane, with needle hooks provided on both ends of the needles and with bars to activate the knitting needles in the needle bed channels of both needle beds. The knitting needles are formed as double hook needles 1 with two needle humps 10, 11 and the bars are formed as push bars 2, 5 composed of respective stitch transfer bars 3, 6 and tongue bars 4, 7 with integral feet. The structure assures simpler construction of the knitting needles and the tools which activate them and also enables the use of any desired knitting steps for the pattern. According to a further development of the double hook needle 1, a short control tongue 60, 61 is hingedly connected at each needle hump 10, 11.

Abstract: A double flat-bed knitting machine comprises four needle beds disposed in two mutually opposed pairs which are themselves disposed each in two mutually bisecting planes. A slide carrying cam means is arranged for actuating the needles of the four needle beds, and the needles are double-headed tongue needles. The machine further comprises transfer plates in the needle beds remote from a knitware take-off point.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved cam carriage in dual-bed hand knitting machine for pearl knitting. The cam carriage is adapted to be manually transversely reciprocated astride and along said two beds so that a plurality of double hook latch needles arranged in the respective grooves are subjected to so-called knitting wave movement. Either of the opposite hooks is adapted to engage with the cam plates directly so as to vertically move the needle in and along the needle groove whereby the opposite side hook is subjected to the knitting operation. Such hand knitting machine having such cam carriage has been in public knowledge. The invention improves the cam arrangement and provides some means arranged in relation to said particular cam arrangement for ensuring smooth movement of the carriage and clearing and/or closing of the latches.