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A pump comprising: a pump body having a pump body portion configured with a vent hole formed therein to allow air entrapped in the pump body to bleed out to atmosphere and allow liquid to fill the pump body in order to get the pump running, and also having at least one tab receiving portion configured with a rim defining or forming an opening; and a pump/strainer assembly having a base configured with one or more slots/openings formed therein to receive and strain liquid to be pumped, and also having at least one strainer retaining tab with a raised rim configured to be received in the opening of the at least one tab receiving portion and circumferentially engaged by the rim defining the opening to hold together the pump/strainer assembly and the pump body, the at least one tab receiving portion and the at least one strainer retaining tab also configured and dimensioned to conceal the vent hole and substantially prevent the liquid from bleeding through the vent hole and squirting outside of the pump body when the pump is running. a pump body having a pump body portion configured with a vent hole formed therein to allow air entrapped in the pump body to bleed out to atmosphere and allow liquid to fill the pump body in order to get the pump running, and also having at least one tab receiving portion configured with a rim defining or forming an opening; and a pump/strainer assembly having a base configured with one or more slots/openings formed therein to receive and strain liquid to be pumped, and also having at least one strainer retaining tab with a raised rim configured to be received in the opening of the at least one tab receiving portion and circumferentially engaged by the rim defining the opening to hold together the pump/strainer assembly and the pump body, the at least one tab receiving portion and the at least one strainer retaining tab also configured and dimensioned to conceal the vent hole and substantially prevent the liquid from bleeding through the vent hole and squirting outside of the pump body when the pump is running.
A device for information transmission, comprising a processing unit and a transmitting unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to acquire first indication information transmitted by a second device, wherein the first indication information is used to request first system information required by the second device; and the transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first system information to the second device according to the first indication information, characterized in that the transmitting unit is further configured to: before the processing unit acquires the first indication information transmitted by the second device, transmit second indication information to the second device, the second indication information indicating system information which can be transmitted by the device. the processing unit is configured to acquire first indication information transmitted by a second device, wherein the first indication information is used to request first system information required by the second device; and the transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first system information to the second device according to the first indication information, characterized in that the transmitting unit is further configured to: before the processing unit acquires the first indication information transmitted by the second device, transmit second indication information to the second device, the second indication information indicating system information which can be transmitted by the device.
An automatic analyzer comprising: a reagent container configured to accommodate a reagent including a fine particle; a puddle configured to stir the reagent; and a cleaning unit configured to immerse the puddle in a cleaning vessel reserving a cleaning agent for cleaning, characterized in that: the automatic analyzer further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether to totally replace the cleaning agent based on a score computed using a number of times of cleaning the puddle, having stirred the reagent, in the cleaning unit and a remaining amount of the reagent, wherein either the puddle or a nozzle of a reagent dispensing unit of the automatic analyzer includes a liquid level detection function which is configured to measure the remaining amount of the reagent, and when the determining unit determines that the cleaning agent is to be totally replaced, the cleaning unit displays, on a screen, a notification of total replacement of the cleaning agent, or a notification of recommending the total replacement of the cleaning agent. a reagent container configured to accommodate a reagent including a fine particle; a puddle configured to stir the reagent; and a cleaning unit configured to immerse the puddle in a cleaning vessel reserving a cleaning agent for cleaning, characterized in that: the automatic analyzer further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether to totally replace the cleaning agent based on a score computed using a number of times of cleaning the puddle, having stirred the reagent, in the cleaning unit and a remaining amount of the reagent, wherein either the puddle or a nozzle of a reagent dispensing unit of the automatic analyzer includes a liquid level detection function which is configured to measure the remaining amount of the reagent, and when the determining unit determines that the cleaning agent is to be totally replaced, the cleaning unit displays, on a screen, a notification of total replacement of the cleaning agent, or a notification of recommending the total replacement of the cleaning agent. the automatic analyzer further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether to totally replace the cleaning agent based on a score computed using a number of times of cleaning the puddle, having stirred the reagent, in the cleaning unit and a remaining amount of the reagent, wherein either the puddle or a nozzle of a reagent dispensing unit of the automatic analyzer includes a liquid level detection function which is configured to measure the remaining amount of the reagent, and when the determining unit determines that the cleaning agent is to be totally replaced, the cleaning unit displays, on a screen, a notification of total replacement of the cleaning agent, or a notification of recommending the total replacement of the cleaning agent.
An X-ray three-dimensional measurement device comprising: an image acquisition means configured to acquire an X-ray CT image of an object to be measured on a three-dimensional coordinate axis; and an image correction means configured to correct the X-ray CT image by using a maximum likelihood estimation and expectation-maximization reconstruction method such that a sinogram of the X-ray CT image of the object to be measured, which has been acquired by the image acquisition means, converges to a sinogram of the three-dimensional shape of the object to be measured which is a correct sinogram created by using CAD data of said object, said CAD data being subjected to voxel conversion and cross-section image conversion to produce said correct sinogram. an image acquisition means configured to acquire an X-ray CT image of an object to be measured on a three-dimensional coordinate axis; and an image correction means configured to correct the X-ray CT image by using a maximum likelihood estimation and expectation-maximization reconstruction method such that a sinogram of the X-ray CT image of the object to be measured, which has been acquired by the image acquisition means, converges to a sinogram of the three-dimensional shape of the object to be measured which is a correct sinogram created by using CAD data of said object, said CAD data being subjected to voxel conversion and cross-section image conversion to produce said correct sinogram.
A bone suture assembly comprising: a flexible generally cylindrical sleeve,; a plurality of lengths of suture, extending through and beyond the central lumen of said generally cylindrical sleeve,; and at least one sleeve securing thread (512, 514), (812, 814) attached to said generally cylindrical sleeve,, characterized in that the bone suture assembly further comprises a flexible second outer sleeve, affixed to and partially enclosing a length of said flexible generally cylindrical sleeve,. a flexible generally cylindrical sleeve,; a plurality of lengths of suture, extending through and beyond the central lumen of said generally cylindrical sleeve,; and at least one sleeve securing thread (512, 514), (812, 814) attached to said generally cylindrical sleeve,, characterized in that the bone suture assembly further comprises a flexible second outer sleeve, affixed to and partially enclosing a length of said flexible generally cylindrical sleeve,.
Sealing sheet (110, 210, 310) for arrangement between a wall and a wall covering, comprising a support layer (111, 211, 311) made of a foamed plastic and an adhesion mediating structure (113, 213,313) such as a non-woven arranged on a room-facing side, characterized in that the support layer (111, 211, 311) is impermeable to water, wherein the foamed plastic is closed celled and has an elongation at break of over 300 %.
Use of an artificial protein for isolating a nucleosome, the nucleosome comprising a histone protein octamer comprising a first and a second histone modification, wherein the artificial protein comprises a first histone modification binding domain of 50 to 200 amino acids binding to the first histone modification, a second histone modification binding domain of 50 to 200 amino acids binding to the second histone modification, a linker of 5 to 50 amino acids connecting the first and the second histone modification binding domain, and an affinity tag, wherein the first and/or the second histone modification binding domain is selected from the group consisting of 14-3-3 domain, ADD domain, ankyrin, BAH domain, BIR domain, BRCT domain, tandem BRCT domain, bromodomain, double bromodomain, chromobarrel, chromodomain, double chromodomain, double PHD finger domain, MBT domain, PID domain, PHD domain, double PH domain, PWWP domain, royal family domain, Tudor domain, tandem Tudor domain, WD40 domain, and zinc finger CW domain.
A method for amplifying circular DNA, comprising: a) lysing a host cell carrying a form of circular DNA of interest to form a lysate, b) digesting this lysate with two or more purified exonuclease enzymes in a manner that does not digest the circular DNA, c) optionally inactivating the two or more exonuclease enzymes, d) adding multiple single stranded oligonucleotide primers, a DNA polymerase and deoxynucleoside triphosphates, and; e) incubating said mixture under conditions wherein said amplification target binds to more than one of said primers to promote replication of said amplification target by extension of primers to form multiple amplified DNA products, wherein said incubating step is performed isothermally. a) lysing a host cell carrying a form of circular DNA of interest to form a lysate, b) digesting this lysate with two or more purified exonuclease enzymes in a manner that does not digest the circular DNA, c) optionally inactivating the two or more exonuclease enzymes, d) adding multiple single stranded oligonucleotide primers, a DNA polymerase and deoxynucleoside triphosphates, and; e) incubating said mixture under conditions wherein said amplification target binds to more than one of said primers to promote replication of said amplification target by extension of primers to form multiple amplified DNA products, wherein said incubating step is performed isothermally.
Freeze-drying installation, comprising - at least one product chamber having at least two adjustable support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g) arranged within the product chamber, and - at least one actuator for adjusting the distance of the at least two support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g) from one another in an adjustment direction, and - at least one drive means for moving the at least two support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g), the actuator being arranged outside the product chamber, the freeze-drying installation additionally comprises at least two holding means (120, 130) for holding the support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g), characterized in that the freeze-drying installation additionally comprises - at least one adjusting carriage (160a, 160b, 160c, 160d) arranged within the product chamber and interacting with at least one of the holding means (120, 130), and - at least one adjusting means arranged within the product chamber for adjusting the adjusting carriage (160a, 160b, 160c, 160d) transversely to the adjustment direction, the actuator acting on the adjusting means. - at least one product chamber having at least two adjustable support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g) arranged within the product chamber, and - at least one actuator for adjusting the distance of the at least two support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g) from one another in an adjustment direction, and - at least one drive means for moving the at least two support means (80a, 80b, 80c, 80d, 80e, 80f, 80g), - at least one adjusting carriage (160a, 160b, 160c, 160d) arranged within the product chamber and interacting with at least one of the holding means (120, 130), and - at least one adjusting means arranged within the product chamber for adjusting the adjusting carriage (160a, 160b, 160c, 160d) transversely to the adjustment direction,
A luminous glazing unit (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000) comprising: - a first glass substrate, made of mineral glass having a refractive index n1 of less than 1.6 at 550 nm, with first and second main faces and an edge face (13, 14), and in optical contact with the first face: - an additional element (1', 5, 5', 50, 51, 52, 53, 6) which is tinted, scattering, or reflective, - an optical isolator inserted between the first glass substrate and the additional element, the optical isolator having a refractive index of less than n1 at 550 nm, - a light source, optically coupled to the first glass substrate, the first glass substrate, referred to as a guiding glass pane, guiding the light emitted by the light source, - light-extracting means associated with the guiding glass pane, characterized in that the optical isolator comprises a film, referred to as a low-index film, made of fluoropolymer-based material which: - has a refractive index n2 at 550 nm such that n1-n2 is at least 0.08, - has a thickness e2 of at least 600 nm, - is in optical contact with the first main face, referred to as the inner face, by means of a first lamination interlayer, based on a thermoplastic material which has a refractive index n3 at 550 nm such that n3-n1, as an absolute value, is less than 0.05. - a first glass substrate, made of mineral glass having a refractive index n1 of less than 1.6 at 550 nm, with first and second main faces and an edge face (13, 14), and in optical contact with the first face: - an additional element (1', 5, 5', 50, 51, 52, 53, 6) which is tinted, scattering, or reflective, - an optical isolator inserted between the first glass substrate and the additional element, the optical isolator having a refractive index of less than n1 at 550 nm, - an additional element (1', 5, 5', 50, 51, 52, 53, 6) which is tinted, scattering, or reflective, - an optical isolator inserted between the first glass substrate and the additional element, the optical isolator having a refractive index of less than n1 at 550 nm, - a light source, optically coupled to the first glass substrate, the first glass substrate, referred to as a guiding glass pane, guiding the light emitted by the light source, - light-extracting means associated with the guiding glass pane, characterized in that the optical isolator comprises a film, referred to as a low-index film, made of fluoropolymer-based material which: - has a refractive index n2 at 550 nm such that n1-n2 is at least 0.08, - has a thickness e2 of at least 600 nm, - is in optical contact with the first main face, referred to as the inner face, by means of a first lamination interlayer, based on a thermoplastic material which has a refractive index n3 at 550 nm such that n3-n1, as an absolute value, is less than 0.05. - has a refractive index n2 at 550 nm such that n1-n2 is at least 0.08, - has a thickness e2 of at least 600 nm, - is in optical contact with the first main face, referred to as the inner face, by means of a first lamination interlayer, based on a thermoplastic material which has a refractive index n3 at 550 nm such that n3-n1, as an absolute value, is less than 0.05.
A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter, the method comprising: a step of fitting a drive shaft for rotating the balloon catheter to a proximal portion of a hub of the balloon catheter or an opening portion of an interlocking member to be attached to the proximal portion to fix the drive shaft by using a frictional force; a step of moving a dispensing tube for supplying a coating solution containing the drug relatively to the balloon in a longitudinal axial direction of the balloon while causing the drive shaft to rotate the balloon around an axis of the balloon, so as to apply the coating solution to the outer surface of the balloon, wherein in the application step, while a pulling force is applied to the balloon in the longitudinal axial direction of the balloon, the coating solution containing the drug is applied to the outer surface of the balloon. a step of fitting a drive shaft for rotating the balloon catheter to a proximal portion of a hub of the balloon catheter or an opening portion of an interlocking member to be attached to the proximal portion to fix the drive shaft by using a frictional force; a step of moving a dispensing tube for supplying a coating solution containing the drug relatively to the balloon in a longitudinal axial direction of the balloon while causing the drive shaft to rotate the balloon around an axis of the balloon, so as to apply the coating solution to the outer surface of the balloon, wherein in the application step, while a pulling force is applied to the balloon in the longitudinal axial direction of the balloon, the coating solution containing the drug is applied to the outer surface of the balloon.
Arrangement for positioning and aligning containers to be coupled to one another, the arrangement having two apparatuses arranged on opposite free side faces (12, 24) of each container to be positioned, the apparatuses each comprising comprises a positioning apparatus detachably arranged with a container to be positioned, which is adapted to move the container to be positioned relative to the ground, wherein the positioning apparatus comprises a support element base arranged in a positioning position for stationary placement on the ground, and a vertical positioning unit horizontally movably arranged on the support element base, wherein the vertical positioning unit comprises an adjusting means which is adapted for vertical hanging reception of the container to be positioned. comprises a positioning apparatus detachably arranged with a container to be positioned, which is adapted to move the container to be positioned relative to the ground, wherein the positioning apparatus comprises a support element base arranged in a positioning position for stationary placement on the ground, and a vertical positioning unit horizontally movably arranged on the support element base, wherein the vertical positioning unit comprises an adjusting means which is adapted for vertical hanging reception of the container to be positioned.
An engineered gram-negative bacterium host strain comprising a drugless plasmid wherein said drugless plasmid comprises a polynucleotide encoding a cI repressor protein and having at least 90% sequence identity to a polynucleotide having the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, or 59 and wherein the bacterium host comprises one or more-copies of a heterologous polynucleotide in a nonessential region of the bacterial chromosome, wherein the heterologous polynucleotide encodes a product that is toxic to the host, wherein the heterologous polynucleotide comprises a sacB gene which encodes a SacB protein having at least 90% sequence identity to a polypeptide having the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68,70, 72, or 74 and wherein the heterologous polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter from λ phage having the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; a developing device having a developer carrying member configured to carry developer, the developing device being configured to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member by supplying DC bias to the developer carrying member; a sensor configured to detect a toner bearing amount of toner image developed by the developing device; and a control portion configured to set a development condition at a time of image formation based on a detection result of toner images formed for measurement purposes according to a plurality of different development conditions and on different target values set in advance according to development conditions to be set at the time of image formation, characterized in that the control portion is configured to set the developing condition at the time of image formation to a first potential difference between an image section potential of the electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member and the DC bias supplied to the developer carrying member with respect to a first pre-set target value of maximum image density and to a second potential difference between an image section potential of the electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member and the DC bias supplied to the developer carrying member which is larger than the first potential difference with respect to a second pre-set target value of maximum image density which is smaller than the first pre-set target value of maximum image density. an image bearing member; a developing device having a developer carrying member configured to carry developer, the developing device being configured to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member by supplying DC bias to the developer carrying member; a sensor configured to detect a toner bearing amount of toner image developed by the developing device; and a control portion configured to set a development condition at a time of image formation based on a detection result of toner images formed for measurement purposes according to a plurality of different development conditions and on different target values set in advance according to development conditions to be set at the time of image formation, characterized in that the control portion is configured to set the developing condition at the time of image formation to a first potential difference between an image section potential of the electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member and the DC bias supplied to the developer carrying member with respect to a first pre-set target value of maximum image density and to a second potential difference between an image section potential of the electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member and the DC bias supplied to the developer carrying member which is larger than the first potential difference with respect to a second pre-set target value of maximum image density which is smaller than the first pre-set target value of maximum image density.