A disassembling device of a physiological parameter monitoring device comprises a base seat and a disassembling unit. The base seat has an accommodating recess, and the accommodating recess has an inner side end and an open end. The physiological parameter monitoring device is slidably disposed in the accommodating recess. The disassembling unit includes at least one abutment member connected to the base seat, and the abutment member extends from the inner side end toward the open end. When the physiological parameter monitoring device is slidably disposed in the accommodating recess of the base seat, the abutment member may be inserted between a transmitter and a bottom seat to thereby separate the transmitter and the bottom seat from each other, so as to achieve an effect of recycling and then reusing the transmitter.

A disassembling accessory for disassembling a physiological signal monitoring device that includes a sensor kit having a through hole at a bottom portion thereof, and a transmitter removably coupled to the sensor kit. The disassembling accessory includes first and second housings movable relative each other between covering and open states. The first housing has an accommodating space. The second housing is connected to one side of the first housing, and has a pushing member. When the first and second housings are in the open state, the accommodating space opens toward the physiological signal monitoring device with the transmitter facing the accommodating space and being received in one of the first and second housings. When the first and second housings are in the covering state, the pushing member extends through the through hole to push the transmitter for disassembling the transmitter from the sensor kit.

A translating polyaxial bone screw assembly for anchoring a connecting rod to a spinal vertebra comprises a bone screw having a threaded shank and a head coupled to a yoke. The yoke has at one end a rod receiving channel for receiving a connecting rod and an opposite end that is coupled to the bone screw by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly couples the yoke for polyaxial movement relative to the bone screw and for translational movement of the yoke in a direction transverse to the axis of the bone screw. The coupling assembly comprises a biasing element supported for joint movement with the yoke that provides a manually surmountable tension force between the yoke and bone screw head that is maintained during polyaxial and translational movement. A fastening element is supported by the yoke for securing the connecting rod between the fastening element and the coupling assembly.

A patient-specific jig for confirming a correct contour of a fixation element in an operative setting, the patient-specific jig including a jig body having a top end and a bottom end provided at opposite ends of a longitudinal axis of the jig body, and an inner contour guide disposed in a front surface of the jig body, the inner contour guide having a shaped cross-section and being shaped in a contoured curve along the longitudinal axis of the jig body, wherein the contoured curve conforms to a set of patient-specific geometric parameters.

An internal intramedullary fixation device for the stabilization of bone in arthrodesis and fractures of the foot and hand is disclosed. During implantation in the medullary canal of each bone, the device grasps the edges of the canal, stabilizing the bone (internally) during the natural healing process.

Various embodiments of tool assemblies are provided having at least one rotary input coupling and at least one linear input coupling for allowing either a rotary output or a linear output (e.g., from a tool driver on a surgical robot) to activate at least one mechanism of the tool assembly. For example, mechanisms of the tool assembly can include a clamping assembly, a firing assembly, an articulation assembly, and a roll assembly. The clamping assembly can open and close jaws of an end effector, the firing assembly can translate a knife assembly through the end effector to fire staples and cut tissue, the articulation assembly can articulate the end effector, and the roll assembly can rotate the elongate shaft and/or the end effector.

Various embodiments of tool assemblies are provided having at least one rotary input coupling and at least one linear input coupling for allowing either a rotary output or a linear output (e.g., from a tool driver on a surgical robot) to activate at least one mechanism of the tool assembly. For example, mechanisms of the tool assembly can include a clamping assembly, a firing assembly, an articulation assembly, and a roll assembly. The clamping assembly can open and close jaws of an end effector, the firing assembly can translate a knife assembly through the end effector to fire staples and cut tissue, the articulation assembly can articulate the end effector, and the roll assembly can rotate the elongate shaft and/or the end effector.

Devices including a flexible substrate and a grafted polymer brush coating on at least one surface of the flexible substrate and methods for making and using such devices are provided herein. The grafted polymer brush included on the devices allow for controlled bending of the device during use.

The invention relates to a support base (1) for a suture thread having two opposite sides (12, 14) and comprising on one side (12) thereof a storage channel (2) for a suture thread in a wound position, and a holding zone (4) of one end of the suture thread, the holding zone (4) being surrounded by the storage channel (2), the support base (1) being characterized by having a through-opening (5) between the two sides (12, 14) thereof, the through-opening (5) extending into the holding zone (4) and continuing from the holding zone (4) in such a way as to intersect the storage channel (2), and a shutter (8) moving between an open position for uncovering the through-opening (5) between the two sides (12, 14) thereof, and a closed position for at least partially opening the through-opening (5), the moving shutter (8) being configured to project, in the open position thereof, from the side (14) of the base (1) which is opposite to the side (12) on which the storage channel (2) is formed.

A system for axial positioning of a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system includes a first wheel. The system also includes a second wheel positioned adjacent to the first wheel such that the first wheel and second wheel are configured to rotate in opposite directions. The second wheel is also positioned such that first wheel and second wheel are configured to exert axial force tangential to the first wheel and the second wheel to a shaft positioned between the first wheel and the second wheel. Each of the first wheel and the second wheel each comprise a plurality of rollers positioned tangentially along a circumference of the first wheel and the second wheel.