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Apparatus for depositing a bioactive agent into a tissue mass, comprising: a catheter (25, 31, 61, 102, 111, 131, 141, 151) having a proximal end and a distal region and a lumen extending therebetween; and an elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) disposed within the lumen of the catheter (25, 31, 61, 102, 111, 131, 141, 151), the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) having a proximal end, a tissue-piercing distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, characterized by an actuator (43, 43', 71) operatively coupled to the elongated member for selectively extending and retracting the tissue-piercing distal end of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) into the tissue mass to form a needle track, and for atraumatically delivering the bioactive agent into the needle track via the lumen of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) during retraction of the tissue piercing distal end of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154), a container holding a quantity of bioactive agent, the container coupled to the lumen of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154), and a one-way valve that prevents the development of negative pressure within the container. a catheter (25, 31, 61, 102, 111, 131, 141, 151) having a proximal end and a distal region and a lumen extending therebetween; and an elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) disposed within the lumen of the catheter (25, 31, 61, 102, 111, 131, 141, 151), the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) having a proximal end, a tissue-piercing distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, characterized by an actuator (43, 43', 71) operatively coupled to the elongated member for selectively extending and retracting the tissue-piercing distal end of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) into the tissue mass to form a needle track, and for atraumatically delivering the bioactive agent into the needle track via the lumen of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154) during retraction of the tissue piercing distal end of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154), a container holding a quantity of bioactive agent, the container coupled to the lumen of the elongated member (20, 34, 34', 62, 90, 103, 104, 120, 138, 148, 154), and a one-way valve that prevents the development of negative pressure within the container.
A developer supply container which is detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus provided with a developer receiving portion displaceably provided in the developer receiving apparatus and including a developer receiving port, said developer supply container comprising: a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a discharge opening (3a4) provided at a bottommost side of the developer supply container to permit discharge of the developer in said developer accommodating portion toward the developer receiving port; and a shutter for opening and closing said discharge opening (3a4) with the mounting and demounting operation of said developer supply container, characterized in that said developer supply container further comprising: a lower flange portion having an inclined portion (3b2), inclined relative to an inserting direction of said developer supply container, for engaging with said developer receiving portion with a mounting operation of said developer supply container to displace said developer receiving portion toward said developer supply container in a vertical direction crossing with the inserting direction of said developer supply container, and an expanded portion (3b4) for maintaining a connected state between said discharge opening (3a4) and said developer receiving port so as to communicate said discharge opening (3a4) with said developer receiving port when said developer accommodating portion moves relative to said shutter with the mounting operation of said developer supply container, wherein said inclined portion (3b2) and said expanded portion (3b4) are connected with each other. a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a discharge opening (3a4) provided at a bottommost side of the developer supply container to permit discharge of the developer in said developer accommodating portion toward the developer receiving port; and a shutter for opening and closing said discharge opening (3a4) with the mounting and demounting operation of said developer supply container, characterized in that said developer supply container further comprising: a lower flange portion having an inclined portion (3b2), inclined relative to an inserting direction of said developer supply container, for engaging with said developer receiving portion with a mounting operation of said developer supply container to displace said developer receiving portion toward said developer supply container in a vertical direction crossing with the inserting direction of said developer supply container, and an expanded portion (3b4) for maintaining a connected state between said discharge opening (3a4) and said developer receiving port so as to communicate said discharge opening (3a4) with said developer receiving port when said developer accommodating portion moves relative to said shutter with the mounting operation of said developer supply container, wherein said inclined portion (3b2) and said expanded portion (3b4) are connected with each other.
A method for manufacturing a recombinant lentiviral vector, the method comprising: (a) mixing PEI and plasmid coding for a recombinant lentiviral vector to form a transfection solution, wherein the transfection solution is incubated for materially longer than 20 minutes such that the transfection solution does not form a DNA-PEI complex precipitate; and then (b) adding line cells to the transfection solution in a bioreactor before transfection is complete and recirculating the transfection solution until transfection is substantially complete, whereby the plasmid transfects the line cells to make producer cells which produce the recombinant lentiviral vector; and then (c) culturing the producer cells in adherent mode in the bioreactor, wherein the bioreactor has a fixed bed volume of at least 5 liters and whereby the producer cells produce the recombinant lentiviral vector; and then (d) harvesting recombinant lentiviral vector. (a) mixing PEI and plasmid coding for a recombinant lentiviral vector to form a transfection solution, wherein the transfection solution is incubated for materially longer than 20 minutes such that the transfection solution does not form a DNA-PEI complex precipitate; and then (b) adding line cells to the transfection solution in a bioreactor before transfection is complete and recirculating the transfection solution until transfection is substantially complete, whereby the plasmid transfects the line cells to make producer cells which produce the recombinant lentiviral vector; and then (c) culturing the producer cells in adherent mode in the bioreactor, wherein the bioreactor has a fixed bed volume of at least 5 liters and whereby the producer cells produce the recombinant lentiviral vector; and then (d) harvesting recombinant lentiviral vector.
A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a living or pseudo-living polymer having a reactive chain end; and (ii) reacting the polymer having a reactive chain end with an imide compound containing a protected amino group, wherein the imide compound is represented by one or more of the formulae I - IV: where R 1 and R 2 are each independently a divalent organic group, and R 3 and R 4 are each independently a mono-valent organic group or a hydrolyzable group, or R 3 and R 4 join to form a divalent organic group, where R 1, R 2, and R 6 are each independently a divalent organic group, and R 5 and R 7 are each independently a bond or a hydrolyzable group, where R 1 and R 2 are each independently a divalent organic group, and R 8 and R 9 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a mono-valent organic group, or at least one R 8 and at least one R 9 join to form a divalent organic group, where R 1, R 2, and R 6 are each independently a divalent organic group, and R 8 and R 9 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a mono-valent organic group. (i) preparing a living or pseudo-living polymer having a reactive chain end; and (ii) reacting the polymer having a reactive chain end with an imide compound containing a protected amino group, wherein
A preparation method for an electronic component with an alloy electrode layer, comprising steps of: preparing a ceramic substrate having two opposite surfaces; printing a metal layer on each of the two opposite surfaces of the ceramic substrate, wherein the material of the metal layer is aluminum; spraying an alloy layer on an outer surface of each metal layer, wherein the alloy layer is a copper alloy layer, and each metal layer and a corresponding alloy layer stacked on the metal layer form an electrode layer; connecting a pin to each alloy layer; and enclosing the ceramic substrate, the electrode layers and a portion of each pin with an insulating layer; characterized in that the metal layer is formed by sintering a baked aluminum slurry. preparing a ceramic substrate having two opposite surfaces; printing a metal layer on each of the two opposite surfaces of the ceramic substrate, wherein the material of the metal layer is aluminum; spraying an alloy layer on an outer surface of each metal layer, wherein the alloy layer is a copper alloy layer, and each metal layer and a corresponding alloy layer stacked on the metal layer form an electrode layer; connecting a pin to each alloy layer; and enclosing the ceramic substrate, the electrode layers and a portion of each pin with an insulating layer; characterized in that the metal layer is formed by sintering a baked aluminum slurry.
A resin composition comprising: 1 to 20% by mass of a copolymer containing a conjugated diene unit and a vinyl aromatic compound unit; 1 to 20% by mass of a softening agent for rubber; and 70 to 95% by mass of aluminum hydroxide, wherein the copolymer containing the conjugated diene unit and the vinyl aromatic compound unit includes a plurality of polymer blocks of the vinyl aromatic compound unit, and wherein the aluminum hydroxide contains Na 2 O in a concentration of 0.2% by mass or less. 1 to 20% by mass of a copolymer containing a conjugated diene unit and a vinyl aromatic compound unit; 1 to 20% by mass of a softening agent for rubber; and 70 to 95% by mass of aluminum hydroxide,
A catheter for treatment of tissue, the catheter comprising at least one conductive hydrogel virtual electrode adapted to contact the tissue to be treated, wherein said catheter has a distal portion (10 I; 10 II; 10 III; 10 IV; 10 V; 10 VI; 10 VII) comprising a straight section (12; 84); a hoop-shaped section (14; 38; 52; 64; 78; 96; 110); an offset (16; 82) that joins said straight section to said hoop-shaped section; an active region (30; 44; 50; 62; 76; 94; 108) along said hoop-shaped section; and a hydrogel delivery feature (34; 40, 42; 54; 58; 72; 90; 102, 104) along said active region, wherein said hydrogel delivery feature is adapted to be placed against the tissue to be treated and adapted to allow the hydrogel to be alternatingly forced from and retracted back into the catheter using a hydrogel displacement device.
A spatial light modulator for holographic projection having a plurality of pixels, wherein the spatial light modulator is arranged to receive in use hologram data comprising pixels values of a hologram having a plurality of pixels and to display a light modulation pattern comprising the hologram; wherein the spatial light modulator is a liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator comprising a silicon backplane and each pixel of the spatial light modulator comprises a light-modulating element and a respective pixel circuit embedded in the silicon backplane, wherein each pixel circuit is arranged to drive in use the respective light-modulating element, and each pixel circuit is further arranged to combine in use a received pixel value of the holograrr with a corresponding pixel value of a light processing function such that the light modulation pattern further comprises the light processing function, wherein the light processing function comprises a lens function and/or a grating function. wherein the spatial light modulator is a liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator comprising a silicon backplane and each pixel of the spatial light modulator comprises a light-modulating element and a respective pixel circuit embedded in the silicon backplane, wherein each pixel circuit is arranged to drive in use the respective light-modulating element, and each pixel circuit is further arranged to combine in use a received pixel value of the holograrr with a corresponding pixel value of a light processing function such that the light modulation pattern further comprises the light processing function, wherein the light processing function comprises a lens function and/or a grating function.
A support frame for an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, the support frame comprising a locking assembly and at least two support rods, the locking assembly including a first locking frame and a locking block, wherein the at least two support rods are disposed on the first locking frame, the first locking frame is slidable relative to and along at least one of the support rods, the at least two support rods include at least one first support rod and at least one second support rod, the locking block is configured to move in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the second support rod and to press tightly on the second support rod, to lock the second support rod at a current location relative to an axial direction of the first support rod, wherein the first locking frame is provided with at least one through hole, the second support rod corresponds to the through hole one on one and penetrates the through hole, a wall of the through hole includes a through groove, the locking block is located in the through groove, the locking block is movable in a cross-sectional direction of the through hole relative to the first locking frame and can lock at at least one location in the cross-sectional direction of the through hole, the locking block is configured to tightly press, together with the wall of the through hole opposite the through groove, the second support rod at the current location in the axial direction.
Plastic thermal barrier with an integrated insulating seal, to connect an inner shell (7,21) and an outer shell (6,22) of a window frame (2,3) or a door frame together, characterised in that the thermal barrier comprises a first part that is provided with means to connect it to an inner shell (7,21) and an outer shell (6,22), and comprises a second part, wherein the integrated insulating seal is at least partly formed by the second part of the thermal barrier, whereby these parts (10,14) are connected to one another in a hinged way by means of a film hinge and are provided with mutually complementary elements (15,16,17,18) of a snap connector to be able to fasten the two parts (10,14) together characterised in that said film hinge is close to one of said means and said mutually complementary elements (15,16,17,18) of the snap connector are close to the other of the said means, whereby in the mounted state of the barrier between said shells (7,21;6,22) the integrated insulating seal is situated in the space between a glass panel and the window frame or in the space between a fixed window frame and a moveable sash frame.
Farm tractor comprising a load-bearing chassis to which three wheels, i.e. two rear wheels and one front wheel, are connected, each wheel being provided with driving means (102, 103) independent from the other wheels, said front wheel being steeringly mounted in said chassis; characterised in that the chassis comprises a deck lying in a middle plane substantially corresponding to the plane where the rotational axes of said wheels (2, 3) lie, wherein said driving means comprise for each wheel a hydraulic motor (102, 103) being connected to pressurized fluid-generating means coupled to an internal combustion engine, and wherein the chassis has a height from the ground of between 200 and 300 mm.
Device for actuating a rail transport braking system for a rail vehicle having brakes with at least one lining or with at least one block, comprising a valve mechanism and a control mechanism configured to act on said valve mechanism, said actuating device being configured to have at least one braking position in which said valve mechanism acts on at least one braking valve (109a, 109b) of said valve mechanism to actuate said rail transport braking system to brake said rail vehicle, and/or at least one unbraking position in which said valve mechanism acts on at least one unbraking valve (110a, 110b) of said valve mechanism to actuate said rail transport braking system to unbrake said rail vehicle; of which said control mechanism comprises at least one cam wheel which is provided with at least one contact face having a predetermined profile, said contact face being configured to act directly on said at least one braking valve or on said at least one unbraking valve, according to the direction of rotational movement of said at least one cam wheel and the position of said actuating device; and said predetermined profile of said contact face of said at least one cam wheel presenting at least one bump (90, 92, 94) and at least one hollow (89, 91, 93) which are respectively provided to open and to close said braking and/or unbraking valves (109a, 109b, 110a, 110b), characterized in that said cam wheel is able to rotate.
An optically transparent printed antenna comprising: a lower substrate supporting the ground plane of the antenna; a middle substrate; an upper substrate; the middle substrate being disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the substrates being optically transparent and preferably of glass; the antenna being characterised in that the ground plane comprises an optically transparent conductive deposit, the conductive deposit being the ground plane in front of the middle substrate; and in that the antenna further comprises: - a radiating assembly (200, 210, 300, 400, 400', 40) disposed between the middle substrate and the upper substrate, the radiating assembly consisting of at least two pellets (200, 300): o a first pellet formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit disposed on the surface of the middle substrate in front of the upper substrate; o a second pellet formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit disposed on the surface of the upper substrate in front of the middle substrate (20, 20'), the first and second pellets being in front of each other, the dimensions of the second pellet being lower than those of the first pellet; - two transmission lines (200a, 200b) formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit on the surface of the middle substrate in front of the ground plane and which extend respectively from the two opposite edges of the middle substrate to the radiating assembly such that when the transmission lines (200a, 200b) are fed, they cause the radiating assembly to radiate. - a radiating assembly (200, 210, 300, 400, 400', 40) disposed between the middle substrate and the upper substrate, the radiating assembly consisting of at least two pellets (200, 300): o a first pellet formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit disposed on the surface of the middle substrate in front of the upper substrate; o a second pellet formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit disposed on the surface of the upper substrate in front of the middle substrate (20, 20'), the first and second pellets being in front of each other, the dimensions of the second pellet being lower than those of the first pellet; o a first pellet formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit disposed on the surface of the middle substrate in front of the upper substrate; o a second pellet formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit disposed on the surface of the upper substrate in front of the middle substrate (20, 20'), the first and second pellets being in front of each other, the dimensions of the second pellet being lower than those of the first pellet; - two transmission lines (200a, 200b) formed by an optically transparent conductive deposit on the surface of the middle substrate in front of the ground plane and which extend respectively from the two opposite edges of the middle substrate to the radiating assembly such that when the transmission lines (200a, 200b) are fed, they cause the radiating assembly to radiate.
A method for implementing a Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP, service enabling dial-on-demand through a wireless network, the method comprising: generating a request for a VoIP service according to an operation on a Plain Old Telephone Service, POTS, phone; generating a trigger signal according to the request; setting up a network connection with the wireless network according to the trigger signal; performing network registration for the VoIP service; and processing a call of the VoIP service through the network connection after the network registration is successful. generating a request for a VoIP service according to an operation on a Plain Old Telephone Service, POTS, phone; generating a trigger signal according to the request; setting up a network connection with the wireless network according to the trigger signal; performing network registration for the VoIP service; and processing a call of the VoIP service through the network connection after the network registration is successful.
Tyre for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type, comprising two beads intended to come into contact with a rim, a carcass reinforcement comprising at least one carcass reinforcement layer (1, 21) made up of metal reinforcing elements coated in a coating polymer material, the carcass reinforcement layer comprising a main portion (1a, 21a) which, in each bead, is wound from the inside towards the outside of the tyre, around a bead wire core (4, 24) to form a turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement (1b, 21b) comprising an end (E 1, E 21) covered by an edge-binding element (2, 22) made of an edge-binding polymer material, each bead comprising a filler element (3, 23) extending the bead wire core radially outwards, the filler element having, in any meridian plane, a substantially triangular cross section and being made of at least one filler polymer material (3a, 3b, 23a, 23b), the filler polymer material (3b, 23b) in contact with the edge-binding element having an elastic modulus at 10% elongation that is less than the elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the edge-binding polymer material, characterized in that a transition element, made of a transition polymer material, is at least partially in contact, on its axially external face, with the edge-binding polymer material and, on its axially internal face, with a filler polymer material, in that the radially external (E 25) and radially internal (I 25) ends of the transition element are respectively radially on the outside of and radially on the inside of the end of the turned-back portion of carcass reinforcement, and in that the elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the transition polymer material is somewhere between the respective elastic moduli at 10% elongation of the edge-binding polymer material and of the filler polymer material with which the transition element is in contact.