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  2. Activator technique - Wikipedia

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    An Activator II instrument. The traditional Activator Adjusting Instrument (AAI), or more simply, Activator, is a small handheld spring-loaded instrument which delivers a controlled and reproducible tap to the spine or other body part. [4] The aim is to produce enough force to move the vertebrae, but not enough to cause injury. [5]

  3. Chiropractic treatment techniques - Wikipedia

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    The device is categorized as a mechanical force manual assisted (MFMA) instrument which is generally regarded as a softer chiropractic treatment technique. The activator is a small handheld spring-loaded instrument which delivers a small impulse to the spine. It was found to give off no more than 0.3 J of kinetic energy in a 3-millisecond pulse.

  4. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    Instrument Uses Head Mirror with head band: to focus light into the cavity under inspection; mirror is concave and is used with a Chiron lamp to produce a parallel beam of light; doctor views through the hole (average diameter of mirror is 3 & 1/2" & that of hole is 1/4") Head mounted lights with head band: to focus light into the cavity under ...

  5. Spinal adjustment - Wikipedia

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    The adjustment can be delivered by hand, hand-held, or table-mounted instruments along a pre-calculated vector using approximately 1 to 7 pounds of force. The patient is in a side-lying posture with a solid mastoid support. The procedure is based on the work of John F. Grostic.

  6. Instruments used in anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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    Instrument Uses [1] [2] Continuous-flow anaesthetic machine: used to provide a measured and continuous supply of gases (oxygen, nitrous oxide, etc.), mixed with a required concentration of anesthetic vapor to the patient at a required pressure and rate; video link: Anesthetic vaporizers: vaporizes the anesthetic Oxygen mask

  7. Temporary adjustments of theodolites - Wikipedia

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    The initial setting operation includes fixing the theodolite on a tripod, along with approximate levelling and centering over the station mark.For setting up the instrument, the tripod is placed over the station with its legs widely spread so that the centre of the tripod head lies above the station point and its head approximately level (by eye estimation).

  8. Elderly Instruments - Wikipedia

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    The company does not, however, sell merchandise through online auction sites such as eBay, unlike many other independent musical instrument retailers. [5] Werbin notes that entering the Internet business was not much of a challenge for Elderly, as the staff was already experienced at taking and shipping orders for customers throughout the world ...

  9. Level (optical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The complete unit is normally mounted on a tripod, and the telescope can freely rotate 360° in a horizontal plane.The surveyor adjusts the instrument's level by coarse adjustment of the tripod legs and fine adjustment using three precision levelling screws on the instrument to make the rotational plane horizontal.