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A connector system for medical fluid administration comprising, a male connection member (300, 1200) having a body comprising a distal portion terminating in a distal end and a proximal portion terminating in a proximal end, a lumen being defined through the body for the passage of liquid from the distal end to the proximal end, a female connection member (10, 1010) defining a sheath (30, 1030) for receiving the distal portion of the male connection member, a distal end of the sheath is spanned by a septum (40, 1040), in which, a central region (41, 1041) of the septum is formed from material having a substantially greater thickness than a peripheral region (42, 1042) of the septum surrounding the central region, and the distal end of the male connection member comprises means for rupturing (365, 375) the peripheral region of the septum when the male connection member (300, 1200) is received in the female connection member (10, 1010) to form a connection, wherein apart from the means for rupturing (365, 375), the distal end of the male connection member (300, 1200) is blunt, in order to prevent accidental connection of the male connection member with a standard IV connection port; and in which the male connection member (300, 1200) is a giving set spike for the administration of medical fluids, and the female connection member (10, 1010) forms an access port into a medical fluid container.
A method for preparing a wellbore for insertion of a barrier, and inserting the barrier, characterized in that the method comprises: modifying an internal surface of a section of downhole tubing within the wellbore by removing material from the tubing using a downhole tool so that it is shaped with a pattern of indents such that a region adjacent the modified internal surface is filled with barrier material and the barrier material fills the indents in the modified internal surface and solidifies to interlock with and be anchored by the modified internal surface.
A method for thermal cycling of nucleic acid amplification reaction mixtures, the method comprising: (a) combining a fluid sample together with one or more nucleic acid amplification reaction reagents in a reaction receptacle using an automated pipettor to form a reaction mixture; (b) transporting the reaction receptacle containing the reaction mixture to a first location of a centrifuge using the automated pipettor; (c) subjecting the fluid contents of the reaction mixture to centrifugation; (d) after step (c), automatically removing the reaction receptacle from the centrifuge at a second, different location and placing the reaction receptacle in a thermal cycler; and (e) in the thermal cycler, subjecting the fluid contents of the reaction receptacle to one or more temperature cycles of a nucleic acid amplification reaction. (a) combining a fluid sample together with one or more nucleic acid amplification reaction reagents in a reaction receptacle using an automated pipettor to form a reaction mixture; (b) transporting the reaction receptacle containing the reaction mixture to a first location of a centrifuge using the automated pipettor; (c) subjecting the fluid contents of the reaction mixture to centrifugation; (d) after step (c), automatically removing the reaction receptacle from the centrifuge at a second, different location and placing the reaction receptacle in a thermal cycler; and (e) in the thermal cycler, subjecting the fluid contents of the reaction receptacle to one or more temperature cycles of a nucleic acid amplification reaction.
A method for determining whether a component for a gas turbine engine is within an acceptable manufacturing tolerance, comprising the steps of: providing a component comprising a body portion, a cooling circuit disposed within the body portion and including at least a first cavity, a core in fluid communication with the first cavity, and an exit surface that extends through an exterior surface of the body portion; inspecting the component to determine whether one or more of a plurality of surface indicators for indicating whether the component is within an acceptable manufacturing tolerance are visible in the component after the component has been manufactured; and determining whether the component is within the acceptable manufacturing tolerance based on a predetermined pattern of the surface indicators that is visible in the component; characterised in that: a first portion of the plurality of surface indicators are located at a leading edge of a discharge opening of the exit surface and a second portion of the plurality of surface indicators are located at a trailing edge of the discharge opening. providing a component comprising a body portion, a cooling circuit disposed within the body portion and including at least a first cavity, a core in fluid communication with the first cavity, and an exit surface that extends through an exterior surface of the body portion; inspecting the component to determine whether one or more of a plurality of surface indicators for indicating whether the component is within an acceptable manufacturing tolerance are visible in the component after the component has been manufactured; and determining whether the component is within the acceptable manufacturing tolerance based on a predetermined pattern of the surface indicators that is visible in the component; characterised in that: a first portion of the plurality of surface indicators are located at a leading edge of a discharge opening of the exit surface and a second portion of the plurality of surface indicators are located at a trailing edge of the discharge opening.
A method for testing a component by means of ultrasound comprising the steps of applying a device having at least one ultrasound emitter and a plurality of ultrasound receivers against the component, wherein the ultrasound receivers are located at differing locations in respect to said ultrasound emitter, generating a probe signal by means of said ultrasound emitter, receiving, by means of said ultrasound receivers, a plurality of response signals (Ci), and in the response signal (Ci) of at least a group of said ultrasound receivers: a) identifying, in said response signal (Ci), a first signal section caused by a surface wave traveling in said component from said ultrasound emitter to the ultrasound receiver having received said response signal (Ci), b) deriving a correction value (Vi) from said first signal section, and c) rescaling at least a second signal section of said response signal (Ci) with a scale factor depending on said correction value (Vi). a) identifying, in said response signal (Ci), a first signal section caused by a surface wave traveling in said component from said ultrasound emitter to the ultrasound receiver having received said response signal (Ci), b) deriving a correction value (Vi) from said first signal section, and c) rescaling at least a second signal section of said response signal (Ci) with a scale factor depending on said correction value (Vi).
A vessel adapted to perform subsea wellbore related operations, e.g. drilling, and/or wellbore intervention operations, and/or installation of wellbore related subsea equipment, e.g. slim hole technique drilling of a subsea wellbore, said vessel comprising: - a floating hull, e.g. a monohull type hull, - at least one moonpool (5,6) in said hull defining at least a first moonpool area, wherein the hull comprises a tower supporting hull structure, - a vertical tower configured to perform subsea wellbore related operations, which vertical tower is mounted on said tower supporting hull structure, said vertical tower having a vertical operative face, - a hoisting device comprising at least one winch and at least one winch driven cable, which hoisting device is adapted to suspend a load from said vertical tower via said at least one winch driven cable and to manipulate said suspended load in a firing line of the tower that extends along and outside of said vertical operative face of the tower, wherein the at least one moonpool of the vessel is embodied to further define a second moonpool area (5,6) that is offset from said first moonpool area (5,6), and wherein the vertical tower is connected to the tower supporting hull structure via one or more slew bearings (41,42) and the vessel is provided with a slewing drive (43,44), such that the vertical tower is slewable about a vertical slew axis by means of said slewing drive (43,44) at least into a first operative position wherein the firing line of the tower extends through the first moonpool area and into a second operative position wherein the firing line of the tower extends through the second moonpool area. - a floating hull, e.g. a monohull type hull, - at least one moonpool (5,6) in said hull defining at least a first moonpool area, - a vertical tower configured to perform subsea wellbore related operations, which vertical tower is mounted on said tower supporting hull structure, said vertical tower having a vertical operative face, - a hoisting device comprising at least one winch and at least one winch driven cable, which hoisting device is adapted to suspend a load from said vertical tower via said at least one winch driven cable and to manipulate said suspended load in a firing line of the tower that extends along and outside of said vertical operative face of the tower,
A tripping device for tripping at least one shut-off element which closes and/or a smoke extraction element which opens a line of a ventilation system, comprising at least one thermally unlockable holding element, which is in an active connection with a drive device for the shut-off element, said active connection in the normal operational state holding the shut-off element in the open position and holding the smoke extraction element in the closed position, wherein the holding element has a pin-like encapsulated design and projects into the interior of the line, wherein the holding element is constituted as a hollow profile, on the free end whereof located in the line a cap is placed and wherein the cap is constituted by thin-walled materials, characterised in that the hollow profile is also constituted by thin-walled materials.
Glass flakes each comprising: a glass flake substrate; and a coating on the surface of the glass flake substrate, wherein the glass flake substrates have an average thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 μm and an average particle size of 1 to 100 μm, the coating is formed by applying silicone acrylate to the surface of the glass flake substrate, and a content percentage of the coating is 0.05 to 2.20 % by mass as determined by ignition loss at 625 ± 20°C. a glass flake substrate; and a coating on the surface of the glass flake substrate, wherein the glass flake substrates have an average thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 μm and an average particle size of 1 to 100 μm, the coating is formed by applying silicone acrylate to the surface of the glass flake substrate, and a content percentage of the coating is 0.05 to 2.20 % by mass as determined by ignition loss at 625 ± 20°C.
A driver for lighting means, having output terminals for supplying lighting means and further comprising: - a casing; and - a wireless communication antenna port exposed to an outside of the driver, characterised in that the antenna port is connected to an input terminal of an integrated programmable control circuit of the driver, - wherein the control circuit is arranged to receive a programming signal supplied from the outside of the driver to the antenna port by an electrically conducting connection, being connectable to the antenna port, at the input terminal of the control circuit, - wherein the control circuit is further arranged to process such programming signal supplied by direct electrical contact on the antenna port. - a casing; and - a wireless communication antenna port exposed to an outside of the driver, characterised in that the antenna port is connected to an input terminal of an integrated programmable control circuit of the driver, - wherein the control circuit is arranged to receive a programming signal supplied from the outside of the driver to the antenna port by an electrically conducting connection, being connectable to the antenna port, at the input terminal of the control circuit, - wherein the control circuit is further arranged to process such programming signal supplied by direct electrical contact on the antenna port.
Piece of jewellery made from elastomer composite material, characterised in that the elastomer composite material comprises a matrix made of elastomer in which 2% by mass of short cellulose microfibers of 0.5mm and 1.5% by mass of long cellulose microfibers of 1.5mm, between 0 and 2% by mass of an antibacterial additive, between 0 and 5% by mass of thermally conductive fillers, between 0 and 1% by mass of anti-odour agents, and between 0 and 1% by mass of silica are dispersed.
A mold apparatus for forming a polymer comprising an upper mold portion comprising a top mold surface which is magnetic and a bottom mold portion comprising an induction heating unit which provides induction heat energy to the mold apparatus and which is at least partially embedded in the bottom mold portion, characterized in that the upper mold portion comprises no induction heating unit.
An apparatus, comprising: a first coil driven by a first signal; and a second coil driven by a second signal, the first and second signals substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in polarity, the first coil and the second coil having a spiral configuration within a common plane that provides for co-location of substantially equal and opposite voltages within the first and second coils (140a and 140b), respectively, at substantially any location on the common plane, the first coil and the second coil configured to wirelessly output power at a level sufficient to power or charge a receiver device. a first coil driven by a first signal; and a second coil driven by a second signal, the first and second signals substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in polarity, the first coil and the second coil having a spiral configuration within a common plane that provides for co-location of substantially equal and opposite voltages within the first and second coils (140a and 140b), respectively, at substantially any location on the common plane, the first coil and the second coil configured to wirelessly output power at a level sufficient to power or charge a receiver device.
A die cushion device of a press machine, comprising: a hydraulic cylinder that supports a cushion pad and generates die cushion force while a slide of a press machine descends; characterised by a throttle part (51-56, 62, 64, 66, 71-L, 71-R) and a hydraulic pump/motor that are connected to each other in parallel between a lower chamber of the hydraulic cylinder and a low-pressure source; an electric motor connected to a rotating shaft of the hydraulic pump/motor; and a control unit that controls torque of the electric motor to control the die cushion force, wherein a rotation direction of the electric motor controlled in torque by the control unit switches from a first rotation direction in which the hydraulic pump/motor serves as a hydraulic motor to a second rotation direction in which the hydraulic pump/motor serves as a hydraulic pump, during generation of the die cushion force. a hydraulic cylinder that supports a cushion pad and generates die cushion force while a slide of a press machine descends; characterised by a throttle part (51-56, 62, 64, 66, 71-L, 71-R) and a hydraulic pump/motor that are connected to each other in parallel between a lower chamber of the hydraulic cylinder and a low-pressure source; an electric motor connected to a rotating shaft of the hydraulic pump/motor; and a control unit that controls torque of the electric motor to control the die cushion force, wherein a rotation direction of the electric motor controlled in torque by the control unit switches from a first rotation direction in which the hydraulic pump/motor serves as a hydraulic motor to a second rotation direction in which the hydraulic pump/motor serves as a hydraulic pump, during generation of the die cushion force.
Sleeper connector for connecting a cavity profile, having at least one cavity, to the upper side of a sleeper, comprising at least one sleeper holder and a filler core that can be inserted into the cavity, wherein the sleeper holder has a seal on its upper side facing the filler core, characterized in that the filler core and/or the sleeper holder have means which attach the filler core to the sleeper holder in a flexible, spaced-apart manner.
An electroluminescent device for emitting light whose color point is able to be set variably, comprising an operating unit and at least two electroluminescent regions (41, 42) that, to allow the same operating voltage to be applied, are arranged to be connected in parallel electrically, wherein the electroluminescent regions (41, 42) comprise - at least one first electroluminescent region of a first electroluminescent material for emitting light in a first spectral band in accordance with a first luminance vs. voltage characteristic, and - at least one second electroluminescent region of a second electroluminescent material for emitting light in a second spectral band that is not the same as the first spectral band, in accordance with a second luminance vs. voltage characteristic that is not the same as the first luminance vs. voltage characteristic, - wherein the operating voltage may be varied by means of the operating unit for setting the color point of the light emitted, and - wherein the operating voltage is a pulsed voltage (14, 15), having a pulse height and a pulse length, for which, by means of the operating unit, the pulse height can be varied to set the color point and the pulse length can be varied to set the luminance of the light, independently of one another. - at least one first electroluminescent region of a first electroluminescent material for emitting light in a first spectral band in accordance with a first luminance vs. voltage characteristic, and - at least one second electroluminescent region of a second electroluminescent material for emitting light in a second spectral band that is not the same as the first spectral band, in accordance with a second luminance vs. voltage characteristic that is not the same as the first luminance vs. voltage characteristic, - wherein the operating voltage may be varied by means of the operating unit for setting the color point of the light emitted, and - wherein the operating voltage is a pulsed voltage (14, 15), having a pulse height and a pulse length, for which, by means of the operating unit, the pulse height can be varied to set the color point and the pulse length can be varied to set the luminance of the light, independently of one another.
A composition for lysis of nematodes, which composition, upon lysis of the nematodes therein, provides a nucleic acid template solution for use in a subsequent amplification reaction without further purification, said composition consisting of an aqueous buffer containing: - 0.01-0.5 wt% of a reducing agent, - 0.01-0.5 wt% of proteinase K, - 0.001-0.1 wt% of an anionic surfactant, and - 0-0.5 wt% of a chelating agent. - 0.01-0.5 wt% of a reducing agent, - 0.01-0.5 wt% of proteinase K, - 0.001-0.1 wt% of an anionic surfactant, and - 0-0.5 wt% of a chelating agent.
Method of production of an eyeglass lens, comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, and a perimeter edge, said perimeter edge comprising at least one lower portion, and/or at least one outer side portion and/or at least one inner side portion and/or at least one upper portion, wherein it is foreseen for there to be an optical axis of the lens that joins the centres of curvature of said outer surface and inner surface characterised in that in any section plane passing through said optical axis, at least one from said outer side portion, inner side portion, lower portion and upper portion of said perimeter edge is inclined, with respect to said optical axis, by a predetermined acute angle (α), said predetermined acute angle (α) being selected so as to minimise the extension in width of at least one of the projections (B,D,C,E) of said portions (5a,5b,5c,5d) on the retina of the eye of the user in a central or substantially central vision condition.
An electrical power distribution system, comprising a set of electrical power generators each driven by a heat engine and supplying a distribution network; means for recovering the thermal energy generated during the operation of the heat engines and for vaporising a working fluid; a steam turbine driven by the working fluid and associated with a generator connected to the distribution network for transforming the recovered thermal energy into electrical power, the flow rate of the vaporised working fluid being set to a maximum value, and means for controlling the frequency of the distribution network comprising at least one frequency converter disposed between the distribution network and an electrical load, characterised in that the control means comprise regulation means (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27) for regulating the frequency of the network between minimum (ΔFmin) and maximum (ΔFmax) frequency values, the regulation means comprising at least one phase locked loop associated with a Proportional-Integral type corrector (25, 26) and a comparator receiving a power reference value (P ref) and the output of the corrector to control the frequency converter.
A paper feeding device that feeds a sheet of a paper roll (2a, 2b) to a printing device, comprising: two side plates arranged along both side surfaces of the paper roll; a near end sensor detecting a remaining amount of the paper roll; a plurality of notches, (11, 13) formed in each of the side plates, the plurality of notches being capable of bearing-supporting paper rolls having different diameters in an unused state; and characterized by a liner groove formed in one of the side plates for allowing the near end sensor to slide in two directions moving close to and away from the paper roll bearing-supported by each of the notches; wherein the plurality of notches comprises a first notch and a second notch and the groove is formed so that a longitudinal axis of the groove passes through a midpoint of a straight line connecting a rotation center of a paper roll bearing-supported by the first notch and a rotation center of a paper roll bearing-supported by the second notch and is placed on another straight line which is perpendicular to the straight line. two side plates arranged along both side surfaces of the paper roll; a near end sensor detecting a remaining amount of the paper roll; a plurality of notches, (11, 13) formed in each of the side plates, the plurality of notches being capable of bearing-supporting paper rolls having different diameters in an unused state; and characterized by a liner groove formed in one of the side plates for allowing the near end sensor to slide in two directions moving close to and away from the paper roll bearing-supported by each of the notches; wherein the plurality of notches comprises a first notch and a second notch and the groove is formed so that a longitudinal axis of the groove passes through a midpoint of a straight line connecting a rotation center of a paper roll bearing-supported by the first notch and a rotation center of a paper roll bearing-supported by the second notch and is placed on another straight line which is perpendicular to the straight line.