Lg Electronics Inc.

Spinal Kinetics, Inc.

Republic of Korea

Leland Stanford Junior University

In Haeng Cho

Daniel Huan Kim

Michael Lawrence Reo

Thomas A Afzal

Kunwoo Lee

Curtis W Frank

Bon Kwon Koo

Uriel Hiram Chee

Phal Jin Lee

Sung Kyu Ha

Hoi Jin Jeong

Jong Hye Han

Min Jin Oh

Joung Hun Kim

Jae Cheol Lyu

Kwon Ki Hong

Young Soo Kim

Si Moon Jeon

Jong Ho Kim

Jong Chul Bang

Woon Yong Lee

Hae Deog Jeong

Kweon Son

Jae Suk Yang

Du Heig Choi

Jae Hyuk Lee

Sang Ho Park

Kun Woo Lee

Tae In Park

Yong Jae Lee

Sun-Kyu Ha

Mun Ho Choi

Jin Hwan Son

Daniel H Kim

L School Mech & Aerosp Eng Kunwoo

Ha Dept Mech Engineering Sungkyu

Prosthetic intervertebral discs and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The prosthetic discs described herein include one-piece, two-piece, three-piece, and four-piece structures. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness, bending stiffness in the sagittal plane, and bending stiffness in the front plane, where the degree of these features can be controlled independently by adjusting the components of the discs. The interface mechanism between the endplates and the core members of several embodiments of the described prosthetic discs enables a very easy surgical operation for implantation.

Prosthetic intervertebral discs having end plates and fibers between those end plates

Prosthetic intervertebral discs and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The prosthetic discs described herein include one-piece, two-piece, three-piece, and four-piece structures. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness, bending stiffness in the saggital plane, and bending stiffness in the front plane, where the degree of these features can be controlled independently by adjusting the components of the discs. The interface mechanism between the endplates and the core members of several embodiments of the described prosthetic discs enables a very easy surgical operation for implantation.

Prosthetic intervertebral discs having end plates and an annular capsule

A home appliance and a home appliance system are provided. The home appliance receives input of a sound including update information, and updates a product operating program. The home appliance system receives a sound including product information from the home appliance, judges whether to update the product operating program of the home appliance, and transmits update information.

Home appliance and home appliance system

Prosthetic intervertebral disc implants

The present invention relates to a home appliance diagnosis system and to a method for operating same, wherein product information is output in a predetermined signal sound by a home appliance product, and the signal sound is transmitted via a communication network connected to a remote service center to enable the service center to easily check the state of the home appliance product. In addition, the product information is encoded into a predetermined format and modulated to enable sound to be outputted by the home appliance product, thereby preventing noise or signal errors. The present invention enables stable signal modulation and accurate sound output, and enables the easy recovery of the sound transmitted to the service center via the communication network.

Home appliance diagnosis system, and method for operating same

A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main controller for generating a first data signal including status information and a second data signal including operating information, a first sound output device for outputting a first sound signal according to the first data signal including status information to be transmitted through a communication network, and a second sound output device for outputting a second sound signal according to the second data signal including operating information to be perceived by a user. Thus, the sound signal regarding the status information and the sound signal regarding the operating information can be output through the different sound output devices, i.e., the first and second sound output devices.

Home appliance

Prosthetic intervertebral discs having rigid end plates with depressions in their inner surfaces and fibers between those end plates

A drying machine according to the present invention includes an interface unit connected to a separate washing machine with a data communication line for receiving load information from the washing machine, a rotatable drum containing a load of wet clothes which are previously washed by the washing machine, and an air supply system coupled to the drum for supplying dry air into the drum. The machine further includes a heater coupled to the air supply system for heating the dry air, and a dryer controller generating a control signal to the heater in accordance with a set of operation values which are determined based on the load information. A method of operating a drying machine according to the present invention includes the steps of receiving load information from a separate washing machine that performs wash/dehydration cycles on a load of clothes, determining a set of optimal operation values for operating a heater on the basis of the load information where the heater heats the dry air being supplied into a drum containing the load of wet clothes, and generating a control signal to the heater in accordance with the determined optional values.

Automatic dryer control based on load information

A home appliance and a home appliance system are disclosed. Product information and status information of the home appliance are converted into at least one transmission acoustic signal, and a sound corresponding to the at least one transmission acoustic signal is output to the outside. The product information and status information are formed as a digital signal and stored in a storage device. The digital signal is encoded through a conversion device, and converted into at least one transmission acoustic signal. The at least one transmission acoustic signal is formed as an analog signal. Meanwhile, the at least one transmission acoustic signal can be dividedly formed.

A home appliance and home appliance system are provided. The home appliance may include an input device, through which an input signal is received from a user, and a control panel, into which the input device is inserted and connected, including a sound through-hole through which sound information passes. The home appliance may further include a sound output device disposed on a rear surface of the control panel that outputs the sound information corresponding to product information of the home appliance through the sound through-hole to outside of the home appliance. A gap may be formed between the input device and the sound through-hole into which the input device is inserted. Therefore, the sound information output from the sound output device may be transmitted to the outside through the gap. The home appliance may further include a sound guide, such that the sound information transmitted from the sound output device may be efficiently transmitted to the sound through-hole.

A multiple laundry machine, in which an auxiliary drying device is coupled to a general laundry machine, is disclosed. The multiple laundry machine includes a laundry machine for washing or drying laundry contained in an interior of the laundry machine, an auxiliary drying device arranged at one side of the laundry machine, the auxiliary drying device having a laundry container formed in an interior of the auxiliary drying device, and a driver provided at the auxiliary drying device, to drive the auxiliary drying device.

Multiple laundry machine

Method and a kit for inserting prosthetic intervertebral discs into a spine

A control system for a motor-driven washing machine. The control system includes an electrical motor; a driving unit that applies an input voltage to the motor to drive the motor; a voltmeter that measures a reverse voltage generated by the motor for each predetermined period; and a microprocessor reducing a speed of the motor if the measured reverse voltage is less than or equal to a predetermined voltage level.

Method of controlling motor-driven washing machine and control system for the same

A method of controlling a motor-driven washing machine. The method includes increasing a speed of a motor from zero to a first predetermined speed W. Reducing the motor speed from Wto a second predetermined speed Wand measuring the deceleration period. Increasing the motor speed from Wto a third predetermined speed Wand braking the motor according to a slow brake logic if a first interruption of the motor is ordered during the step of increasing the motor speed from Wto W. Increasing the motor speed from Wto a fourth predetermined speed Wand selecting one of plurality of rapid-brake logics on the basis of the measured deceleration period and braking the motor according to the selected rapid-brake logic if a second interruption of the motor is ordered during the step of increasing the motor speed from Wto W.

Prosthetic intervertebral disc

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Changwon-si, South Korea

In Haeng Cho