A restraint and exercise device (1,50,60,80, 101) is provided to treat acute or chronic mechanical pain, particularly lumbopelvic and/or leg pain, and to restore and/or increase range of motion in suitable users. The device is particularly useful during exercise. The device may contain a restraint, such as two straps(5,6), connected to a support structure (2). The straps (5, 6) help restrain a portion of a person' s body (30) such as the pelvic region (31 ). The portion of the person's body (30) may be restrained in a substantially pain-free position so as to reduce the pain that would otherwise be felt during exercise.

The present invention relates to a pedal mechanism for use in a bicycle, ergometer or other therapy, rehabilitation or fitness device for active and/or passive bending and stretching of the legs or for carrying out combined movement sequences that include this movement. The pedal mechanism substantially comprises a support ( 19 ) and a shoe support ( 15 ) that is movably arranged on the support ( 19 ). The support ( 19 ) is rotatably arranged on a pedal shaft ( 17 ) by means of the bearing sleeves ( 21 ). The pedal shaft ( 17 ) is non-rotatably connected to a sleeve ( 23 ). The sleeve ( 23 ) has a guide groove ( 25 ) in which a cam arranged on the shoe support ( 15 ) engages. When the pedal shaft ( 17 ) is rotated relative to the shoe support ( 15 ) the shoe support ( 15 ) is swivelled.

A device (1) for the application and/or for the removal of elements for the connection of a rail to a railway track sleeper, comprising at least one lever (2, 3) mounted on a frame (4) in a rotatable manner around an axis of rotation (5, 6), and equipped with at least one pressure organ (7, 8) adapted to engaging the connecting element, and at least one cylinder-piston group (9) adapted to driving the lever (2, 3) in order to assemble or disassemble the connecting element. The cylinder-piston group (9) comprises a cylinder body (10) and a sliding piston (11) housed within the cylinder body (10) and moveable with respect to the cylinder body (10) under the action of pressurised fluid. At least one first (12, 14) and second (13, 15) stop surfaces interact in such a manner as to form a stop device (16, 17) for stopping the lever (2, 3) in a defined position with respect to the frame (4), wherein the stop surfaces are formed, the one (12, 14) on the piston (11) and the other (13, 15) on the cylinder body (10) of said cylinder-piston group (9).

This device for picking up separately selected slack articles from a heap of articles disposed in a container comprises a movable handling arm adapted to be lowered into the container for picking up the selected article, for example a textile, just as it is or wrapped in a plasticizer film bag, and a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the lower end of the handling arm and driven by suitable means. The handling arm is lowered into the container and then the wheels are caused to rotate in opposite directions in order to nip one article at a time therebetween. Finally, the arm is lifted off the container and the wheels are separated for releasing the article. The device is intended more particularly for use in the mail order trade.

A device for removal of fastening means from human tissue. The device comprises a shaft (2) having proximal and distal ends (3, 4) and a longitudinal centre line (C). The distal end (4) comprises a thread section (6) having a centre line (D) that is coaxial with the longitudinal centre line (C) of the shaft (2) and a left-hand thread (7) that screws itself around the centre line (D), and a counter surface (8a, 8b) that is disposed outside the thread (7) and has a surface component direction which intersects one of said centre lines (C, D). The counter surface (8a, 8b) is disposed so as to make contact with the fastening means to be removed when the thread (7) is rotated into a hole in the fastening means.

The arrangement has an extractor unit for a cover foil of a component belt. A stretching unit stretches the removed foil, where the stretching unit is movably supported relative to a housing. A sensor (26) is provided for acquiring the position of a clamping unit/clamping piece. A control unit (12) is connected with the sensor and is formed to detect an error condition based on the acquired position of the clamping unit. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a control method for an electrical component feeding arrangement (2) a control method for a supply system.

The present invention relates to a mobile joint ( 1 ) with spring resistance, suitable for a sitting device, comprising a first and a second joint element ( 10, 20 ), which are pivotally connected by a shaft ( 3 ), to allow tilting of the sitting device caused by the displacement of the users weight, comprising a first and a second parallel plate spring ( 18, 19 ) with first and second ends, with an intermediate blocking element ( 11 ), wherein each plate spring ( 18, 19 ) in the first end are connected to the first joint element ( 10 ), and in the second end are glidingly abutting the second joint element ( 20 ), the first and second plate spring ( 18, 19 ) each having an axis of rotation that is displaced in relation to each other and the shaft ( 3 ).

An implantable muscle closing prosthesis system, particularly for opening and closing the rectum, characterized in that it has a compression unit, which comprises a compression cuff (1) and a reservoir cuff (2) molded as hollow bodies, and may integrate a bidirectional micropump (4) of arbitrary construction via a support ring (3), the cuffs primarily being subjected to a material compression during the inflation and deflation and communicating with one another via the micropump (4), which may be activated using a separate control unit, or is also manually operable from the outside.

An implantable muscle closing prosthesis system, particularly for opening and closing the rectum, characterized in that it has a compression unit, which comprises a compression cuff (1) and a reservoir cuff (2) molded as hollow bodies, and may integrate a bidirectional micropump (4) of arbitrary construction via a support ring (3), the cuffs primarily being subjected to a material compression during the inflation and deflation and communicating with one another via the micropump (4), which may be activated using a separate control unit, or is also manually operable from the outside.

The device has a flange (3) and an elongated body (2) comprising a longitudinal slit (4) with an upper part and a lower part (7). The upper part permits the introduction of a suture thread or a ligament and the part (7) permits the sliding of the thread or the ligament. The flange has a height smaller than dimension of its support surface. The body has a cylindrical part elongated by a conical part (10) comprising a rounded end (11).