Author: claimsbot

1. A positioning and template system for preparing a femur for knee replacement, the system comprising:
a datum block;
a datum block placement assembly; and
a cutting template assembly;

wherein,
the datum block placement assembly is reversibly attachable to the datum block,
the datum block placement assembly positions the datum block on the femur in a measured position relative to the transepicondylar axis of the femur when the datum block placement assembly is attached to the datum, and
the cutting template assembly is reversibly attachable to the datum block in place of the datum block placement assembly.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the datum block comprises at least two bone pin securement shafts configured to pass a bone pin therethrough for fixation to the femur.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the bone pin securement shafts are non-parallel.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the bone pin securement shafts are threaded.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the datum block placement assembly comprises:
an alignment rod configured to be inserted into a drilled hole centramedullary in the femur;
a datum block spatial positioning assembly to adjust the vertical, horizontal, and rotational placement of the datum block relative to the alignment rod; and
a measurement base slidably affixed to the datum block spatial positioning assembly and configured to measure the size of a cutting template for positioning the location and defining the angle of cuts to the femur.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the datum block spatial positioning assembly comprises:
an alignment rod mount comprising a cylindrical tube disposed around the alignment rod such that the alignment rod mount may rotate about the alignment rod;
a horizontal locator beam configured to be reversibly attached to the datum block;
a vertical locator beam slidably attached to the horizontal locator beam;
a valgus adjustment plate rotatably affixing the vertical locator beam to the alignment rod mount such that the horizontal locator beam, the vertical locator beam, and the valgus adjustment plate may rotate relative to the alignment rod mount; and
a measurement base vertical beam affixed to the alignment rod mount in a direction opposite the vertical locator beam.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the measurement base is slidably affixed to the measurement base vertical beam
8. The system of claim 5, wherein the measurement base comprises at least one alignment laser positioned to project a straight line onto the femur.
9. The system of claim 5, wherein the measurement base comprises indicia to indicate the appropriate size of the cutting template.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the cutting template assembly comprises:
a cutting jig main beam configured to be reversibly attached to the datum block; and
a cutting template slidably attached to the cutting jig main beam to allow medial-lateral positioning of the cutting template,
wherein the cutting template comprises a plurality of cutting template guide slots for defining the position and angle of a distal femur cut, an anterior femur cut, a posterior femur cut, an anterior chamfer cut, and a posterior chamfer cut.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the cutting template further comprises a notch cut guide aperture for defining the position and cutting boundaries of a notch cut for posterior stabilizing knee implants.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the cutting template further comprises at least one bone pin anchor for securement of the cutting template to the femur with bone pins.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the bone pin anchor is positioned along the medial or lateral edge of the cutting template.
14. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of cutting template guide slots are positioned such that repositioning of the cutting template between cuts is not required.
15. A method of preparing a femur for knee replacement comprising:
positioning a datum block on the femur in a measured position relative to the transepicondylar axis of the femur with a datum block placement assembly;
securing the datum block to the femur;
removing the datum block placement assembly from the secured datum block;
attaching a cutting template assembly comprising a cutting template to the secured datum block; and
cutting a distal femur cut, an anterior femur cut, a posterior femur cut, an anterior chamfer cut, and a posterior chamfer cut on the femur using a plurality of cutting template guide slots provided on the cutting template to define the position and angle of the distal femur cut, the anterior femur cut, the posterior femur cut, the anterior chamfer cut, and the posterior chamfer cut,
wherein the plurality of cutting template guide slots are positioned such that repositioning of the cutting template between cuts is not required.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the datum block placement assembly comprises:
an alignment rod configured to be inserted into a hole centramedullary in the femur;
a datum block spatial positioning assembly to adjust the vertical, horizontal, and rotational placement of the datum block relative to the alignment rod; and
a measurement base slidably affixed to the datum block spatial positioning assembly and configured to measure the size of a cutting template for positioning the location and defining the angle of cuts to the femur,
wherein the measurement base comprises at least one alignment laser positioned to project a straight line onto the femur.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein positioning the datum block on the femur comprises:
forming a hole centramedullary in the femur;
inserting the alignment rod into the formed hole; and
adjusting the vertical, horizontal, and rotational placement of the datum block relative to the alignment rod by:
(a) adjusting the valgus alignment of the measurement base such that the measurement base aligns with a plane parallel to a plane of the desired distal femur cut,
(b) rotating the datum block placement assembly around the alignment rod and adjusting the vertical placement of the measurement base to align the projected straight line from the at least one alignment laser with the transepicondylar axis of the femur, and
(c) adjusting the vertical and horizontal placement of the datum block by adjusting a horizontal locator beam and a vertical locator beam which connect the datum block to the alignment rod such that the datum block rests on the anterior cortex of the femur.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises determining the appropriate size of cutting template by:
adjusting the position of the measurement base such that the alignment lasers bisect the center axis of the alignment rod, and
reading a measurement from indicia on the measurement base corresponding with a landmark on the datum block placement assembly.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the landmark on the datum block placement assembly is a side of the horizontal locator beam proximal the femur.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein securing the datum block to the femur comprises inserting bone pins into bone securement slots on the datum block, where the bone securement pins are non-parallel.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An illuminated sports board riser comprising:
a translucent or transparent plane;
an LED light source(s);
a power switch controlling power to light source(s);
a power source controlled through the power switch;
an electric circuit connecting the power source to the switch;
an electric circuit connecting the power switch to the light source(s);
a translucent or transparent resin or other material to seal the electrical components;
a removable or non-removable cover to seal the power source;
2. The illuminated sports board riser of claim 1 comprising a method to allow the riser to be rotated in relation binding mounting plates.
3. The illuminated sports board riser of claim 1 comprising a method to allow the riser to be mounted below a sports board between the components used to move over the surface below the sports board and the sports board.
4. The illuminated sports board riser of claim 1 wherein the riser is built into the sports board.
5. The illuminated sports board riser of claim 1 wherein the power switch controls one or more risers.
6. A method for manufacturing an illuminated sports board riser; the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a translucent or transparent plane tooled or molded to accommodate components, power source(s) and switch(s);
b) providing an LED light source(s);
c) providing a power switch located between a power source and light source(s);
d) providing a power source controlled through the power switch;
e) providing an electric circuit and connecting the power source to the switch;
f) providing an electric circuit and connecting the power switch to the light source(s);
g) providing a translucent or transparent resin or other material to seal the electrical components;
h) covering light source(s), electrical circuits and non-movable parts of power switch with resin or or other material; and if needed
i) allowing the resin or other material to harden;
j) providing a removable or non-removable cover to seal the power source;

1. A lie-down massager, comprising:
a) a base frame;
b) an upper frame having a first mat portion and a second mat portion, wherein the first mat portion has an elongated top panel with an elongated opening formed centrally and lengthwisely through the elongated top panel, wherein a sliding member is provided in the first mat portion to make a lengthwisely slidable reciprocation, wherein the first mat portion is hingedly engaged to the base frame therebelow to allow an angular lifting of the first mat portion from the base frame and relative to the second mat portion when required;
c) a support downwardly attached to the base frame;
d) an elongated nut type gear rotatably engaged to and propped by the support and having a first wheel gear formed on and along an outer periphery of the nut type gear, wherein the first wheel gear is gearedly engaged to a second wheel gear powered by a motor fixed to the base frame, wherein the rotatable engagement of the nut type gear to the support is implemented by a bearing member;
e) a shaft gear having a hinge end and a gear end, wherein the gear end is gearedly received into the nut type gear;
f) a substantially bent connecting rod having an upper end hingedly engaged to the sliding member, a lower end hingedly engaged to the hinge end of the shaft gear, and a hinge point between the upper end and the lower end, wherein the hinge point is hingedly engaged to the base frame;
g) massage bumps carried on top of a rider provided in the first mat portion, wherein the rider makes a reciprocal movement along the elongated opening of the first mat portion; and
h) a pad covering the massage bumps and the elongated opening.
2. The lie-down massager of claim 1 wherein the bearing member comprises a first roller bearing engaged between the support and the outer periphery of the nut type gear.
3. The lie-down massager of claim 2 wherein an outer periphery of the first roller bearing is substantially tapered.
4. The lie-down massager of claim 2 wherein the bearing member further comprises a second roller bearing engaged among the support, the first wheel gear, and the outer periphery of the nut type gear.
5. The lie-down massager of claim 1 wherein the massage bumps are roller balls partitioned to first and second pairs, wherein the first pair bumps are aligned parallel to the second pair bumps.
6. The lie-down massager of claim 1 wherein the massage bumps are roller balls partitioned to first and second pairs, wherein at least one stationary bump is provided between the roller balls.
7. The lie-down massager of claim 6 further comprising:
a) first and second bump holders propping and maintaining the first and second pair bumps on top of the rider, wherein the first and second bump holders are tapered toward each lower end thereof;
b) a first engagement member to rockingly engage the lower ends of the bump holders to the rider; and
c) a second engagement member to rollingly engage the massage bumps thereto.
8. The lie-down massager of claim 1 wherein the massage bumps each include a heater, wherein the heater is a heating lamp generating heat and infrared rays.
9. A lie-down massager, comprising:
a) a base frame;
b) an upper frame having a first mat portion and a second mat portion, wherein the first mat portion has an elongated top panel with an elongated opening formed centrally and lengthwisely through the elongated top panel, wherein a sliding member is provided in the first mat portion to make a lengthwisely slidable reciprocation, wherein the first mat portion is hingedly engaged to the base frame therebelow to allow an angular lifting of the first mat portion from the base frame and relative to the second mat portion when required;
c) a support downwardly attached to the base frame;
d) an elongated nut type gear rotatably engaged to and propped by the support and having a first wheel gear formed on and along an outer periphery of the nut type gear, wherein the first wheel gear is gearedly engaged to a second wheel gear powered by a motor fixed to the base frame, wherein the rotatable engagement of the nut type gear to the support is implemented by a bearing member;
e) a shaft gear having a hinge end and a gear end, wherein the gear end is gearedly received into the nut type gear;
f) a substantially bent connecting rod having an upper end hingedly engaged to the sliding member, a lower end hingedly engaged to the hinge end of the shaft gear, and a hinge point between the upper end and the lower end, wherein the hinge point is hingedly engaged to the base frame;
g) massage bumps carried on top of a rider provided in the first mat portion, wherein the rider makes a reciprocal movement along the elongated opening of the first mat portion;
h) a pair of roller coasters parallel to each other and attached to the first mat portion, wherein the roller coasters each have a substantially waved top surface, wherein a guide roller formed on each side of the rider guides the rider to reciprocate on and along the waved top surface; and
i) a pad covering the massage bumps and the elongated opening.
10. The lie-down massager of claim 9 wherein the bearing member comprises a first roller bearing engaged between the support and the outer periphery of the nut type gear.
11. The lie-down massager of claim 10 wherein an outer periphery of the first roller bearing is substantially tapered.
12. The lie-down massager of claim 10 wherein the bearing member further comprises a second roller bearing engaged among the support, the first wheel gear, and the outer periphery of the nut type gear.
13. The lie-down massager of claim 9 wherein the massage bumps are roller balls partitioned to first and second pairs, wherein the first pair bumps are aligned parallel to the second pair bumps.
14. The lie-down massager of claim 9 wherein the massage bumps are roller balls partitioned to first and second pairs, wherein at least one stationary bump is provided between the roller balls.
15. The lie-down massager of claim 14 further comprising:
a) first and second bump holders propping and maintaining the first and second pair bumps on top of the rider, wherein the first and second bump holders are tapered toward each lower end thereof;
b) a first engagement member to rockingly engage the lower ends of the bump holders to the rider; and
c) a second engagement member to rollingly engage the massage bumps thereto.
16. The lie-down massager of claim 9 wherein the massage bumps each include a heater, wherein the heater is a heating lamp generating heat and infrared rays.
17. The lie-down massager of claim 9 further comprising a pair of pulleys linked by a rope and respectively mounted in a front end portion and a rear end portion of the first mat portion, wherein a predetermined portion of the rope is fixedly attached to the rider so that the pulley rotation enables the rider to generate the reciprocal movement along the elongated top opening.
18. The lie-down massager of claim 9 further comprising:
a) a pair of side rack gears parallel to each other and lengthwisely provided in the first mat portion; and
b) a roller gear perpendicular to the side rack gears, wherein the roller gear is rollably connected to the rider and rotatably mounted on the side rack gears.
19. A lie-down massager, comprising:
a) a base frame;
b) an upper frame having a first mat portion and a second mat portion, wherein the first mat portion has an elongated top panel with an elongated opening formed centrally and lengthwisely through the elongated top panel, wherein a sliding member is provided in the first mat portion to make a lengthwisely slidable reciprocation, wherein the first mat portion is hingedly engaged to the base frame therebelow to allow an angular lifting of the first mat portion from the base frame and relative to the second mat portion when required;
c) a support downwardly attached to the base frame;
d) an elongated nut type gear rotatably engaged to and propped by the support and having a first wheel gear formed on and along an outer periphery of the nut type gear, wherein the first wheel gear is gearedly engaged to a second wheel gear powered by a motor fixed to the base frame, wherein the rotatable engagement of the nut type gear to the support is implemented by a bearing member;
e) a shaft gear having a hinge end and a gear end, wherein the gear end is gearedly received into the nut type gear;
f) a substantially bent connecting rod having an upper end hingedly engaged to the sliding member, a lower end hingedly engaged to the hinge end of the shaft gear, and a hinge point between the upper end and the lower end, wherein the hinge point is hingedly engaged to the base frame;
g) a rider provided in the first mat portion to make a reciprocal movement along the elongated opening of the first mat portion;
h) massage bumps carried on top of a lifter, wherein the lifter is liftedly engaged to the rider therebelow to make a vertical reciprocation relative to the rider in accordance with a lifting member provided between the lifter and the rider;
i) a pair of roller coasters parallel to each other and attached to the first mat portion, wherein the roller coasters each have a substantially waved top surface, wherein a guide roller formed on each side of the rider guides the rider to reciprocate on and along the waved top surface; and
j) a pad covering the massage bumps and the elongated opening.
20. The lie-down massager of claim 19 wherein the bearing member comprises a first roller bearing engaged between the support and the outer periphery of the nut type gear.
21. The lie-down massager of claim 20 wherein an outer periphery of the first roller bearing is substantially tapered.
22. The lie-down massager of claim 20 wherein the bearing member further comprises a second roller bearing engaged among the support, the first wheel gear, and the outer periphery of the nut type gear.
23. The lie-down massager of claim 19 wherein the massage bumps are roller balls partitioned to first and second pairs, wherein the first pair bumps are aligned parallel to the second pair bumps.
24. The lie-down massager of claim 19 wherein the massage bumps are roller balls partitioned to first and second pairs, wherein at least one stationary bump is provided between the roller balls.
25. The lie-down massager of claim 24 further comprising:
a) first and second bump holders propping and maintaining the first and second pair bumps on top of the rider, wherein the first and second bump holders are tapered toward each lower end thereof;
b) a first engagement member to rockingly engage the lower ends of the bump holders to the rider; and
c) a second engagement member to rollingly engage the massage bumps thereto.
26. The lie-down massager of claim 19 wherein the massage bumps each include a heater, wherein the heater is a heating lamp generating heat and infrared rays.
27. The lie-down massager of claim 19 wherein the lifting member is motor-activated.
28. The lie-down massager of claim 19 further comprising a pair of pulleys linked by a rope and respectively mounted in a front end portion and a rear end portion of the first mat portion, wherein a predetermined portion of the rope is fixedly attached to the rider so that the pulley rotation enables the rider to generate the reciprocal movement along the elongated top opening.
29. The lie-down massager of claim 19 further comprising:
a) a pair of side rack gears parallel to each other and lengthwisely provided in the first mat portion; and
b) a roller gear perpendicular to the side rack gears, wherein the roller gear is rollably connected to the rider and rotatably mounted on the side rack gears.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A pull-on disposable diaper having a height direction and a transverse direction being orthogonal to said height direction, said diaper being generally symmetric about a center line bisecting said diaper in said transverse direction, said diaper comprising a pants-like covering component having an inner surface facing a wearer’s body and an outer surface facing a wearer’s garment, said covering component being composed of a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region adapted to cover a wearer’s front region, a wearer’s rear region and a wearer’s crotch region, respectively, said covering component having a waist-hole and a pair of leg-holes, and being provided with an absorbing component which is separate from the pants-like covering component and disposed on said inner surface of said pants-like covering component so as to extend over said crotch region into said front and rear waist regions, said pull-on disposable diaper further comprising: said absorbing component comprising a liquid-absorbent core and a liquid-pervious cover sheet, said core having a generally rectangular shape and having an inner surface and an outer surface, said cover sheet covering at least said inner surface of said inner and outer surfaces of said core, said absorbing component being formed in said crotch region with a first folding guide extending from a middle zone between transversely opposite side edges which extend, in turn, parallel to each other in said height direction to respective said side edges so as to veer toward said front waist region, a second folding guide extending to respective said side edges so as to veer toward said rear waist region and a third folding guide extending in a transverse direction between said first and second folding guides, and said absorbing component being folded on both sides of said center line along said third folding guide so that said core has its outer surface sections facing to each other and along said first and second folding guides so that said core has its inner surface sections facing to each other, and wherein said crotch region is provided on said outer surface of said absorbing component with flaps extending outward of said absorbing component in said transverse direction and defining peripheral edges of respective said leg-holes, said flaps being elastically stretchable in a circumferential direction of said leg-holes, said outer surface of said absorbing component being separated from said flaps at least along said side edges and in vicinities of said side edges and zones separated from said flaps are covered with said cover sheet.
2. The disposable diaper according to claim 1, wherein at least said first and second folding guides of said first-third folding guides serve as V-shaped folding guides having a relatively low stiffness which are formed in said absorbing component.
3. The disposable diaper according to claim 1, wherein at least said first and second folding guides of said first-third folding guides serve as V-shaped folding guides having a relatively high stiffness which are formed in said body fluid absorbent component.
4. The disposable diaper according to claim 1, wherein said crotch region includes a liquid-impervious sheet, said cover sheet being folded back so as to wrap not only said inner surface of said core but also said outer surface of said core in vicinities of said side edges, and said core being capable, in vicinities of said side edges, of absorbing bodily discharges present between said cover sheet and said liquid-impervious sheet from said outer surface through said cover sheet.
5. The disposable diaper according to claim 1, wherein said outer surface of said core is covered in a transversely middle zone with a liquid-impervious sheet.
6. The disposable diaper according to claim 4, wherein said diaper has at least said cover sheet on a side of its outer surface of said core, a breathable nonwoven fabric sheet on an outer surface of said cover sheet, and a plastic film on an outer surface of said nonwoven fabric sheet as said liquid-impervious sheet.