Abstract:
This insertion device is an insertion device for inserting a medical linear body in a vessel in a body, and it includes a drive device for moving the medical linear body in a direction of a longitudinal axis, a measurement device for measuring compressive force and pulling force in the direction of the longitudinal axis applied to the medical linear body, and a notification device for notifying an operator of compressive force and pulling force measured with the measurement device.
Abstract:
A detection unit includes a sensor that detects the presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates the magnitude and the direction of the force and a control unit that controls the detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on the detection result of the sensor.
Abstract:
A horseshoe load cell is designed to aid in optimizing sucker rod oil production, to improve the installation and removal process for polished rod load cells. This device includes top and bottom washers, a retaining plate and associated bolts. The washers may be used to hold the load cell in the proper position on the polished rod. These washers may also be made in a variety of sizes to accommodate a range of polished rod sizes. An anti-rotation bar can be included to eliminate conflicts between load cell cabling and rod-rotator operation. The anti-rotation bar may have a hole for a quick link to absorb cable tension, reserving the cable strain relief for weatherproofing. The combination of the washers, the specially designed arms and the hole placement in the arms centers the load between the strain gauges, maximizing measurement accuracy. Two sets of strain gauges may be placed on each arm symmetrically around the rod string, providing an effective measurement method. Varying arm sizes and hole placements can be included to allow for different load ratings.
Abstract:
A method for monitoring fractional weight supported by one foot of a person, comprising the steps of adhering a movement monitor device underneath the foot such that the device is compressed when weight is applied to the foot; generating wireless signals representative of a target fractional weight of a total weight of the person; remotely receiving the wireless signals as information of the fractional weight. A method of monitoring weight of a person, comprising the steps of arranging one or more weight sensitive detectors underneath a foot of the person; processing signals from the detectors to determine weight; and wirelessly communicating the weight to a remote receiver.
Abstract:
A personal items network, including several items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item is provided. Each item has a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, and an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items is also provided. The method includes linking at least two personal items together on a network, and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network.
Abstract:
A mechanical load bearing indicator producing signals to a user when the user applies more than selected amounts of load between an extremity of the use and a surface. The indicator has a base plate adapted to establish a frame of reference with the surface, a load plate mounted for movement toward and away from the base plate and adapted to receive loads from the user's extremity, and at least two snap domes mechanically engaged between the base plate and the load plate for generating two signals when more than two different respective loads are applied to the load plate by the extremity. The domes are either in series between the plates or are together in a dual dome containing both, or are one or more stacks of domes which individually collapse under incremental loads which are added together to form the selected lower and higher loads.
Abstract:
To provide a load cell, having a force transducer for recording tensile and compressive forces that are to be determined, which can be produced more economically and, in particular, can also be handled more easily during the adjustment of the sensor arrangement than hitherto, the force transducer comprising a flectionally elastic element and a force introduction part acting on the flectionally elastic element, having a sensor arrangement for detecting a deformation of the flectionally elastic element and the transformation thereof into an electric weighing signal, and having a housing receiving the force transducer and the sensor arrangement, with a flectionally rigid wall part, on which the flectionally elastic element of the force transducer is held, it is proposed that the sensor arrangement be arranged on a separate carrier, which is held on the flectionally rigid wall part and/or a flectionally rigid base part region of the housing
Abstract:
The invention provides a smart sensor (10) in the form of an adhesive bandage (32). The sensor (12) sticks to people and objects and wirelessly communicates with remote receivers (24). Internal detectors (12) sense conditions associated with movement or the environment of the sensor. Typically, sensors of the invention communicate by an RF transmitter or transceiver (16). Groups of sensors may be combined within a common canister that imparts date and time information and “power on” when dispensed.
Abstract:
A device for measuring the distance moved by an applicator head of a container filling and capping station and, hence, a force applied by the head, the device having a housing, a plunger telescopically inter-fitted with the housing so as to be substantially linearly movable relative thereto, a biasing device biasing the members to a rest position, and an indicator mounted on the members; the indicator having at least one component thereof movable such that, during one stage of relative movement of the members from their rest position against the bias of the biasing device and return to their rest position under such bias, the at least one component is fixed relative to one of the members and movable relative to the other member, and such that during the other stage of that movement the at least one component is fixed relative to the other of the members and movable relative to the one member to thereby provide a measure of the relative movement of the members in one of the stages, and wherein the external form of the measuring device corresponds to a standard container to which a closure member is to be fitted by an applicator head of a container filling and capping machine, such that the measuring device can be inserted upstream from the applicator head in a process line for containers passed through the machine and thereby subjected to the action of the applicator head to obtain a read-out of distance moved or pressure applied by the applicator head.
Abstract:
This lower link for a three-bar hitch provides a practical way to determine the tension force present in a lower link independent of any bending or other loadings. The link is formed of two bars which are bent out from each other to an intermediate point and then converge together forming a diamond-shaped opening between the bars and the distance between the intermediate points on the bars is measured by a length measuring device; the length being translatable into the tension force on the link.