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A method for fabricating a non-occluding medical balloon for use on a catheter device, the method comprising: providing a balloon preform having a sidewall defining a central passage and having at least one inflation passage disposed in the sidewall between an inner surface and an outer surface of the sidewall; blowing the balloon preform into an expanded balloon using a blow-molding process; during the blow-molding process, the sidewall of the balloon preform reforming into a sidewall of the expanded balloon, the sidewall of the expanded balloon including an inner surface and on outer surface which correspond to the respective inner and outer surfaces (1206, 1204) of the sidewall of the balloon preform, an inflation passage which corresponds to the inflation passage of the balloon preform, and a central passage which corresponds to the central passage of the balloon preform, supporting the inner surface of the expanded balloon with a support; sealing, at each end of the balloon, the outer surface and the inner surface of the sidewall of the expanded balloon together across a portion of the inflation passage of the expanded balloon and forming a perfusion port through the sealed portion of the outer surface and the inner surface of the sidewall of the expanded balloon into the central passage of the expanded balloon; and removing the support from the inner surface of the expanded balloon. providing a balloon preform having a sidewall defining a central passage and having at least one inflation passage disposed in the sidewall between an inner surface and an outer surface of the sidewall; blowing the balloon preform into an expanded balloon using a blow-molding process; during the blow-molding process, the sidewall of the balloon preform reforming into a sidewall of the expanded balloon, the sidewall of the expanded balloon including an inner surface and on outer surface which correspond to the respective inner and outer surfaces (1206, 1204) of the sidewall of the balloon preform, an inflation passage which corresponds to the inflation passage of the balloon preform, and a central passage which corresponds to the central passage of the balloon preform, supporting the inner surface of the expanded balloon with a support; sealing, at each end of the balloon, the outer surface and the inner surface of the sidewall of the expanded balloon together across a portion of the inflation passage of the expanded balloon and forming a perfusion port through the sealed portion of the outer surface and the inner surface of the sidewall of the expanded balloon into the central passage of the expanded balloon; and removing the support from the inner surface of the expanded balloon.
An encryption keyboard for preventing illegal disassembly, comprising a keystroke panel and a main control board, wherein a removal detection and protection circuit is provided in a main chip of the main control board, at least one lead pin of the removal detection and protection circuit is led out from a surface of the main control board adjacent to the keystroke panel so as to form a removal detection point, the removal detection point is provided with two disconnected signal contacts which are connected by conductive adhesive to activate the removal detection and protection circuit, a conductive protection ring is provided outside the removal detection point and is isolated from the removal detection point, the conductive protection ring is connected to the removal detection and protection circuit in the main chip, characterized in that, a guard member is provided at the outside of the conductive protection ring and of the conductive adhesive.
A method for calling a sample for a target nucleic acid sequence comprising (a) providing a sample well with the sample, primers configured for amplifying the target nucleic acid sequence, a fluorescent dye, and components for amplification, (b) amplifying the sample by thermal cycling the sample well between at least an annealing temperature and a denaturation temperature through a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle includes an in-cycle denaturation step, (c) collecting fluorescent data during the in-cycle denaturation step of n cycles wherein n is at least two, (d) generating a composite melting curve using the fluorescent data collected during the in-cycle denaturation step of each of the n cycles, including: for each of the n cycles, generating an individual melting curve using the fluorescent data collected during the in-cycle denaturation step; normalizing the individual melting curves; and fitting the fluorescent data from the normalized melting curves using an aggregation method to generate the composite melting curve; and (e) calling the sample using the composite melting curve, wherein the call is selected from at least a positive or a negative call. (a) providing a sample well with the sample, primers configured for amplifying the target nucleic acid sequence, a fluorescent dye, and components for amplification, (b) amplifying the sample by thermal cycling the sample well between at least an annealing temperature and a denaturation temperature through a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle includes an in-cycle denaturation step, (c) collecting fluorescent data during the in-cycle denaturation step of n cycles wherein n is at least two, (d) generating a composite melting curve using the fluorescent data collected during the in-cycle denaturation step of each of the n cycles, including: for each of the n cycles, generating an individual melting curve using the fluorescent data collected during the in-cycle denaturation step; normalizing the individual melting curves; and fitting the fluorescent data from the normalized melting curves using an aggregation method to generate the composite melting curve; and for each of the n cycles, generating an individual melting curve using the fluorescent data collected during the in-cycle denaturation step; normalizing the individual melting curves; and fitting the fluorescent data from the normalized melting curves using an aggregation method to generate the composite melting curve; and (e) calling the sample using the composite melting curve, wherein the call is selected from at least a positive or a negative call.
A glass substrate comprising: first and second major surfaces (18, 20) and first and second edges (22a, 22b), the first and second edges separated by a width W; a flexible coating disposed on only a portion of the first and second major surfaces, the coating comprising a web portion or portions extending from at least one of the first or second edge a distance of at least 1 mm; wherein an interior portion of the glass substrate is not coated with the coating; and wherein the thickness of the glass substrate is equal to or less than 0.3 mm. first and second major surfaces (18, 20) and first and second edges (22a, 22b), the first and second edges separated by a width W; a flexible coating disposed on only a portion of the first and second major surfaces, the coating comprising a web portion or portions extending from at least one of the first or second edge a distance of at least 1 mm; wherein an interior portion of the glass substrate is not coated with the coating; and wherein the thickness of the glass substrate is equal to or less than 0.3 mm.
Portable power tool comprising a housing, a drive motor, arranged in the housing, for driving a mechanical interface, a first electronic system arranged in the housing, a battery pack that is releasably connectable to the portable power tool and has a battery pack housing, wherein the battery pack housing holds at least two battery cells; and an interface for establishing a mechanical and electrical connection of the battery pack to a portable power tool and a charger; wherein the interface has contact elements for making electrical and/or mechanical contact with corresponding mating contact elements on the portable power tool and/or corresponding mating contact elements on the charger; wherein the battery pack housing comprises at least one first battery cell string for holding at least one first battery cell and at least one second battery cell string for holding at least one second battery cell; wherein the at least first battery cell string and the at least second battery cell string are arranged in a manner electrically insulated from one another within the battery pack housing, wherein the battery pack housing has at least two electrical contact elements for each battery cell string (410, 420), wherein the portable power tool has an interface with mating contact elements for making electrical and mechanical contact with the contact elements of the battery pack, characterized in that the interface has at least four electrical mating contact elements; wherein the mating contact elements are arranged in an interconnected manner such that, with a battery pack inserted, the drive motor is supplied with the required voltage.
Lubricant press set having a lubricant press and having a cartridge, wherein the lubricant press comprises a press head which has a cartridge-receiving part, wherein the cartridge-receiving part has a terminating wall in which a passage opens out to a high-pressure chamber, wherein a pressing plunger is arranged movably in the high-pressure chamber and is operatively connected to a hand lever attached to the press head, and wherein the high-pressure chamber opens out into an outlet opening, and wherein the lubricant press comprises a following plunger which can be inserted into the cartridge, and wherein the cartridge has a cartridge sleeve which surrounds a fill volume, wherein the following plunger of the lubricant press is inserted movably into the cartridge sleeve to terminate the fill volume, wherein a shape of the following plunger is matched to the cartridge in such a way that the fill volume of the cartridge sleeve can be completely emptied by way of the following plunger, characterized in that a top side, facing the terminating wall in the position of use, of the following plunger has a contour which is formed in a manner matching a contour of the terminating wall, and the following plunger has a shoulder which encircles the top side, such that the following plunger passes with its top side through an extraction opening of the cartridge and bears areally against the terminating wall at least in a sub-region when the cartridge is empty.
A device for receiving and demodulating an amplitude-modulated RF signal, comprising at least: - a first antenna; - a first amplifier comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the first antenna; - a receiving module (128, 128.1-128.n) including: a) a second antenna (106, 106.1 - 106.n); b) a second amplifier (108, 108.1 - 108.n) comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the second antenna(106, 106.1 - 106.n); c) a phase-shifter (110, 110.1 - 110.n) comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the second amplifier (108, 108.1 - 108.n) and configured to apply a phase-shift Φ to a signal received on its input; d) a mixer (112, 112.1 - 112.n) comprising a first input electrically coupled to an output of the phase-shifter (110, 110.1 - 110.n) and a second input electrically coupled to an output of the first amplifier (104, 104.1 - 104.n), and configured to output a product of signals applied on its first and second inputs, and wherein the value of the phase-shift Φ is such that the device is configured to perform a demodulation of the amplitude-modulated RF signal received by the first and second antennas (102, 106, 106.1 - 106.n) when a wavefront of the amplitude-modulated RF signal forms, with an axis of alignment of the first and second antennas (102, 106, 106.1 - 106.n), an angle α having a particular value a which depends on that of the phase-shift Φ and on that of a distance between the first and second antennas (102, 106, 106.1 - 106.n). - a first antenna; - a first amplifier comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the first antenna; - a receiving module (128, 128.1-128.n) including: a) a second antenna (106, 106.1 - 106.n); b) a second amplifier (108, 108.1 - 108.n) comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the second antenna(106, 106.1 - 106.n); c) a phase-shifter (110, 110.1 - 110.n) comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the second amplifier (108, 108.1 - 108.n) and configured to apply a phase-shift Φ to a signal received on its input; d) a mixer (112, 112.1 - 112.n) comprising a first input electrically coupled to an output of the phase-shifter (110, 110.1 - 110.n) and a second input electrically coupled to an output of the first amplifier (104, 104.1 - 104.n), and configured to output a product of signals applied on its first and second inputs, a) a second antenna (106, 106.1 - 106.n); b) a second amplifier (108, 108.1 - 108.n) comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the second antenna(106, 106.1 - 106.n); c) a phase-shifter (110, 110.1 - 110.n) comprising an input electrically coupled to an output of the second amplifier (108, 108.1 - 108.n) and configured to apply a phase-shift Φ to a signal received on its input; d) a mixer (112, 112.1 - 112.n) comprising a first input electrically coupled to an output of the phase-shifter (110, 110.1 - 110.n) and a second input electrically coupled to an output of the first amplifier (104, 104.1 - 104.n), and configured to output a product of signals applied on its first and second inputs,
A method of manufacturing a secondary battery, the method comprising: ultrasonic-welding a first electrode plate of an electrode assembly and a first electrode tab to each other by using a first horn comprising a first protruding tip (tl); ultrasonic-welding a second electrode plate of the electrode assembly and a second electrode tab to each other by using a second horn comprising a second protruding tip, the second protruding tip having a positioning direction relative to a vibrating direction different from a positioning direction relative to the vibrating direction of the first protruding tip (tl); and preparing the electrode assembly by arranging a separator between the first and second electrode plates. ultrasonic-welding a first electrode plate of an electrode assembly and a first electrode tab to each other by using a first horn comprising a first protruding tip (tl); ultrasonic-welding a second electrode plate of the electrode assembly and a second electrode tab to each other by using a second horn comprising a second protruding tip, the second protruding tip having a positioning direction relative to a vibrating direction different from a positioning direction relative to the vibrating direction of the first protruding tip (tl); and preparing the electrode assembly by arranging a separator between the first and second electrode plates.
An electrochemical gas sensor, comprising: an electrolyte comprising at least one ionic liquid, characterized in that the ionic liquid comprises an additive portion comprising at least one organometallic additive.
A method of forming a semiconductor heterostructure, the method comprising: (a) providing a substrate having a surface and comprising a first semiconductor material; (b) providing a lattice-mismatched layer over at least a portion of the substrate, the lattice-mismatched layer comprising a second semiconductor material; (c) providing a dislocation-blocking mask over the substrate, the mask comprising a dielectric material and having a rectangular trenches extending to a surface of the lattice-mismatched layer and each trench defined by at least one sidewall at least a portion of which meets the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer at an orientation angle to a selected crystallographic direction of the first semiconductor material, the trenches having a predetermined width W smaller than a length L thereof and the sidewall of the trenches having a height at least equal to a predetermined distance H from the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer; and (d) depositing in the trenches a regrowth layer comprising a third semiconductor material, the third semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material comprising the same semiconductor material, the orientation angle causing threading dislocations in the regrowth layer to terminate at the sidewall and to decrease in density with increasing distance from the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer, wherein regrowth layers from the trenches merge on top of the dislocation blocking mask, wherein the third semiconductor material is compositionally graded and the threading dislocations terminate at the sidewall of the trenches in the dislocation-blocking mask at or below the predetermined distance H from the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer. (a) providing a substrate having a surface and comprising a first semiconductor material; (b) providing a lattice-mismatched layer over at least a portion of the substrate, the lattice-mismatched layer comprising a second semiconductor material; (c) providing a dislocation-blocking mask over the substrate, the mask comprising a dielectric material and having a rectangular trenches extending to a surface of the lattice-mismatched layer and each trench defined by at least one sidewall at least a portion of which meets the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer at an orientation angle to a selected crystallographic direction of the first semiconductor material, the trenches having a predetermined width W smaller than a length L thereof and the sidewall of the trenches having a height at least equal to a predetermined distance H from the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer; and (d) depositing in the trenches a regrowth layer comprising a third semiconductor material, the third semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material comprising the same semiconductor material, the orientation angle causing threading dislocations in the regrowth layer to terminate at the sidewall and to decrease in density with increasing distance from the surface of the lattice-mismatched layer, wherein regrowth layers from the trenches merge on top of the dislocation blocking mask,
A radiation detection apparatus comprising: a housing; a first radiation imaging panel and a second radiation imaging panel arranged to overlap each other in the housing; and a radiation absorbing portion arranged between the first radiation imaging panel and the second radiation imaging panel, wherein the radiation absorbing portion comprises a first member containing an element with energy at a K-absorption edge being not less than 38 keV and not more than 60 keV and characterized in that the radiation absorbing portion further comprises a second member containing an element other than the element in the first member, and the second member comprises a metal plate containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, zinc, and tin. a housing; a first radiation imaging panel and a second radiation imaging panel arranged to overlap each other in the housing; and a radiation absorbing portion arranged between the first radiation imaging panel and the second radiation imaging panel, wherein the radiation absorbing portion comprises a first member containing an element with energy at a K-absorption edge being not less than 38 keV and not more than 60 keV and characterized in that the radiation absorbing portion further comprises a second member containing an element other than the element in the first member, and the second member comprises a metal plate containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, zinc, and tin.
A plant treatment composition comprising: an aqueous phase comprising a plant nutrient; and an organic phase comprising a substituted urea or substituted thiourea compound, dissolved in an organic solvent; and an emulsifier; wherein the composition is in the form of an emulsion having droplets of the organic phase dispersed in the aqueous phase; wherein said plant nutrient is water-soluble and dissolved in the aqueous phase; wherein the organic solvent has a solubility in water of less than 10 g/L and comprises or consists of an alkyl amide of Formula II: wherein: R' and R" are each independently selected from hydrogen and C 1-4 alkyl R is C 4-14 alkyl, optionally C 8-12 alkyl, suitably C 10 alkyl; wherein the organic phase comprises one or more substituted urea or substituted thiourea compounds of Formula I: X is selected from O and S R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from aryl substituted with 0-3 R 6; each R 6 is independently selected from H, F, Br, Cl, I, C 1-4 alkyl, phenyl, CH 2 OH, CH 2 OCH 3; C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, -NR 7 R 8, -C(=O)R 8, CH 2 COOR 8, or OR 8; and each R 9 and R 10 is independently selected from C(=O)R 8, -(CH 2) 0-5 CH 3, -(CH 2) 0-5 O(CH 2) 0-5 CH 3, - (CH 2) 0-6 -OH, -(CH 2) 0-6 -NH 2, -(CH 2) 0-6 -CO 2 R 5, H, F, Br, Cl, I, phenyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, and C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl; where R 5 is selected from H and C1-6 alkyl; where each R 7 and R 8 are independently selected from H and C 1-4 alkyl; wherein the emulsifier comprises a surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance in the range of from 12 to 18; and wherein the plant treatment composition comprises in the range of from 50 to 400 ppm of said substituted urea or substituted thiourea compound, based on the total weight of the plant treatment composition. R' and R" are each independently selected from hydrogen and C 1-4 alkyl R is C 4-14 alkyl, optionally C 8-12 alkyl, suitably C 10 alkyl; wherein the organic phase comprises one or more substituted urea or substituted thiourea compounds of Formula I: X is selected from O and S R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from aryl substituted with 0-3 R 6; each R 6 is independently selected from H, F, Br, Cl, I, C 1-4 alkyl, phenyl, CH 2 OH, CH 2 OCH 3; C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, -NR 7 R 8, -C(=O)R 8, CH 2 COOR 8, or OR 8; and each R 9 and R 10 is independently selected from C(=O)R 8, -(CH 2) 0-5 CH 3, -(CH 2) 0-5 O(CH 2) 0-5 CH 3, - (CH 2) 0-6 -OH, -(CH 2) 0-6 -NH 2, -(CH 2) 0-6 -CO 2 R 5, H, F, Br, Cl, I, phenyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, and C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl; where R 5 is selected from H and C1-6 alkyl; where each R 7 and R 8 are independently selected from H and C 1-4 alkyl; wherein the emulsifier comprises a surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance in the range of from 12 to 18; and wherein the plant treatment composition comprises in the range of from 50 to 400 ppm of said substituted urea or substituted thiourea compound, based on the total weight of the plant treatment composition.