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An implantable medical prosthesis (10, 10', 10", 10"', 310, 410, 510, 610, 910, 960) comprising: a woven base comprising base warp yarns interwoven with weft yarn passes, the woven base at least partially forming smaller and larger diameter portions of the prosthesis; and one or more velour yarns forming part of both the smaller and larger diameter portions; in at least a portion of the larger diameter portion at least one of the one or more velour yarns incorporated into the woven base and exhibiting a weave pattern consistent with the woven base as a result of a transition or adjustment to the frequency of interlacing for the one or more velour yarns. a woven base comprising base warp yarns interwoven with weft yarn passes, the woven base at least partially forming smaller and larger diameter portions of the prosthesis; and one or more velour yarns forming part of both the smaller and larger diameter portions; in at least a portion of the larger diameter portion at least one of the one or more velour yarns incorporated into the woven base and exhibiting a weave pattern consistent with the woven base as a result of a transition or adjustment to the frequency of interlacing for the one or more velour yarns.
A method of detecting orientation of a structure (12, 22, 24, 68, 82, 88) in a casing or work string in a subterranean wellbore, the method comprising the steps of: flowing fluid at a selected flow rate through an orientation indicating device interconnected to the structure; observing a first substantially constant pressure differential across the device during the flowing step, thereby indicating that the structure is at a predetermined azimuthal orientation; flowing fluid at the selected flow rate through the device interconnected to the structure while the structure is not at the predetermined azimuthal orientation; and observing a second substantially constant pressure differential across the device which is different from the first substantially constant pressure differential, thereby indicating that the structure is not at the predetermined azimuthal orientation, wherein the orientation indicating device includes a flow restrictor and an eccentric weight, where the first substantially constant pressure differential is less than the second substantially constant pressure differential, wherein displacement of the eccentric weight in response to varied orientation of the device produces varied restriction to flow through a passage of the device, characterized in that the device further includes a recess, whereby the eccentric weight is received in the recess to thereby permit the flow area through the passage to increase when the structure is at the predetermined azimuthal orientation. flowing fluid at a selected flow rate through an orientation indicating device interconnected to the structure; observing a first substantially constant pressure differential across the device during the flowing step, thereby indicating that the structure is at a predetermined azimuthal orientation; flowing fluid at the selected flow rate through the device interconnected to the structure while the structure is not at the predetermined azimuthal orientation; and observing a second substantially constant pressure differential across the device which is different from the first substantially constant pressure differential, thereby indicating that the structure is not at the predetermined azimuthal orientation, wherein the orientation indicating device includes a flow restrictor and an eccentric weight, where the first substantially constant pressure differential is less than the second substantially constant pressure differential, wherein displacement of the eccentric weight in response to varied orientation of the device produces varied restriction to flow through a passage of the device, characterized in that the device further includes a recess, whereby the eccentric weight is received in the recess to thereby permit the flow area through the passage to increase when the structure is at the predetermined azimuthal orientation.
A handheld heating pump dispenser comprising a reusable housing, a printed circuit board having a heat generating portion, a heating chamber having an exit orifice, a reservoir that is able to hold a flowable product, a dispensing system, an actuator, a flexible conduit, and a product flow path from the reservoir to the exit orifice, wherein: the reusable housing is interiorly divided into a first section (1 c) and a second section (1 d); a first potion of the printed circuit board is housed in the first section (1 c), and is able to form electrical contact with a DC power supply that is also housed in the first section (1 c); a second portion of the printed circuit board emerges into the heating chamber and supports the heat generating portion inside the heating chamber; the reservoir is housed in the second section (1 d); a first portion of the dispensing system is disposed in the reservoir; a second portion of the dispensing system communicates with the actuator in a liquid tight fit; the product flow path comprises (in order) the reservoir, the dispensing system, the actuator, the flexible conduit, the heating chamber, and the heating chamber exit orifice; and wherein product is urged along the flow path as a result of depressing the actuator. the reusable housing is interiorly divided into a first section (1 c) and a second section (1 d); a first potion of the printed circuit board is housed in the first section (1 c), and is able to form electrical contact with a DC power supply that is also housed in the first section (1 c); a second portion of the printed circuit board emerges into the heating chamber and supports the heat generating portion inside the heating chamber; the reservoir is housed in the second section (1 d); a first portion of the dispensing system is disposed in the reservoir; a second portion of the dispensing system communicates with the actuator in a liquid tight fit; a first potion of the printed circuit board is housed in the first section (1 c), and is able to form electrical contact with a DC power supply that is also housed in the first section (1 c); a second portion of the printed circuit board emerges into the heating chamber and supports the heat generating portion inside the heating chamber; the reservoir is housed in the second section (1 d); a first portion of the dispensing system is disposed in the reservoir; a second portion of the dispensing system communicates with the actuator in a liquid tight fit; the product flow path comprises (in order) the reservoir, the dispensing system, the actuator, the flexible conduit, the heating chamber, and the heating chamber exit orifice; and wherein product is urged along the flow path as a result of depressing the actuator.
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a cooling tube array of a heat exchanger, comprising: a truss beam supported to be movable in a first direction, which direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the truss beam, a nozzle carriage movably held on the truss beam, the nozzle carriage being movable along the longitudinal direction of the truss beam, and a plurality of cleaning nozzles mounted to the nozzle carriage, wherein the truss beam comprises two parallel C-channel rails having back sides that face each other, a tube arranged separate and distant from the C-channel rails and at a different height than the C-channel rails in a cross-sectional plane of the truss beam, and truss supports arranged transverse to the C-channel rails and the tube, the truss supports connecting the rails and the tube, and wherein the nozzle carriage comprises rollers that are arranged for travelling in the C-channel rails. a truss beam supported to be movable in a first direction, which direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the truss beam, a nozzle carriage movably held on the truss beam, the nozzle carriage being movable along the longitudinal direction of the truss beam, and a plurality of cleaning nozzles mounted to the nozzle carriage, wherein the truss beam comprises two parallel C-channel rails having back sides that face each other, a tube arranged separate and distant from the C-channel rails and at a different height than the C-channel rails in a cross-sectional plane of the truss beam, and truss supports arranged transverse to the C-channel rails and the tube, the truss supports connecting the rails and the tube, and wherein the nozzle carriage comprises rollers that are arranged for travelling in the C-channel rails.
Helmet, in particular work or sports helmet, comprising a structure having at least one substantially convex outer surface and at least one substantially concave inner surface adapted to receive a user's head in engagement, the helmet comprising at least one forehead support band having: an elongated structure, preferably flexible, capable of assuming an arched configuration in the mounted condition on helmet, said structure having a first portion intended to permanently face, from the inside, the front part of the helmet on which said forehead support band is mounted and a second portion adapted to engage a user's forehead when said helmet is being used, said structure comprising at least one interspace interposed between said first portion and said second portion of said structure to facilitate the aeration at the contact area between said forehead support band and the forehead of a user's head, the forehead support band comprising engagement means operatively interposed between said first portion and said second portion of said structure in order to allow both the joining of such portions (4,5) so as to define said interspace and the disengagement of said portions (4, 5), when necessary, said engagement means being of the snap-fit type, whereby the engagement of a portion (4, 5) of said structure to the other can be performed by pressing said portions (4, 5) against one another, whereas the disengagement of said portions (4, 5) can be performed by pulling at least one portion (4, 5) away from the other. an elongated structure, preferably flexible, capable of assuming an arched configuration in the mounted condition on helmet, said structure having a first portion intended to permanently face, from the inside, the front part of the helmet on which said forehead support band is mounted and a second portion adapted to engage a user's forehead when said helmet is being used, said structure comprising at least one interspace interposed between said first portion and said second portion of said structure to facilitate the aeration at the contact area between said forehead support band and the forehead of a user's head, the forehead support band comprising engagement means operatively interposed between said first portion and said second portion of said structure in order to allow both the joining of such portions (4,5) so as to define said interspace and the disengagement of said portions (4, 5), when necessary, said engagement means being of the snap-fit type, whereby the engagement of a portion (4, 5) of said structure to the other can be performed by pressing said portions (4, 5) against one another, whereas the disengagement of said portions (4, 5) can be performed by pulling at least one portion (4, 5) away from the other.
Device having a hydraulic consumer, a supply source, a regulating device, a valve, a supply line and a pressure accumulator arrangement which comprises one hydropneumatic pressure accumulator and one further hydropneumatic pressure accumulator, wherein the one pressure accumulator is connected on its fluid side to the hydraulic consumer and the further pressure accumulator can be connected on its fluid side to the supply source, wherein the two pressure accumulators (3, 5) can be linked to each other on their gas sides (19, 21) in a gas-conducting manner by means of the regulating device, wherein the one pressure accumulator is adapted to maintain a predefined target pressure for the hydraulic consumer, wherein the regulating device is adapted to connect the one pressure accumulator to the further pressure accumulator in a gas-conducting manner in the event of a deviation from the predefined target pressure which exceeds a predefinable value at least until the deviation from the predefined target pressure falls below the predefinable value; wherein the hydraulic consumer is a piston-cylinder unit; wherein the supply line can be linked to the supply source; characterised in that the valve is adapted to link one end of the supply line to the hydraulic consumer, wherein this valve makes it possible to supply fluid to either the fluid side of the further pressure accumulator or a piston side of the piston-cylinder unit.
An exhaust gas purification system comprising a diesel particulate filter disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and a controlling device, wherein the controlling device includes a slip-through amount limiting means configured to temporarily perform immediately after particulate matter re-combustion in a forced regeneration treatment on the diesel particulate filter either a surface filtration cake layer formation enhancement control or a particulate matter generation amount reduction control, wherein the slip-through amount limiting means includes a PM generation amount calculation means for calculating a particulate matter generation amount generated at the outlet of the engine immediately after the forced regeneration treatment on the diesel particulate filter, and a PM slip-through amount calculation means for calculating the amount of particulate matter slipping through the diesel particulate filter, wherein the particulate matter slip-through amount is the amount of particulate matter that passes through the diesel particulate filter; wherein the slip-through amount limiting means is configured to determine that the surface filtration cake layer formation enhancement control is to be performed when the particulate matter generation amount calculated by the PM generation amount calculation means does not exceed a preset acceptable particulate matter generation amount (Xc) and the particulate matter slip-through amount calculated by the PM slip-through amount calculation means does not exceed an acceptable particulate matter slip-through amount (Yc).
A lens unit for a vehicle lamp comprising: a plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) each having a lens portion (61, 71, 81) that changes a divergence angle of transmitted light; and a lens holder including a support portion formed in a cylindrical shape having an opening (51h1) at one end through which each of the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) can be inserted, wherein the support portion supports the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) so as for the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) to be arranged along a central axis of the support portion, and a communication portion that lets an inside and an outside of the support portion communicate with each other and exposes an outer peripheral portion (62, 72, 82) of at least one of the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) from the support portion is formed on a side wall of the support portion, characterized by further comprising: a shielding portion that covers the communication portion from an outside of the support portion in a state of being attached to the support portion. a plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) each having a lens portion (61, 71, 81) that changes a divergence angle of transmitted light; and a lens holder including a support portion formed in a cylindrical shape having an opening (51h1) at one end through which each of the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) can be inserted, wherein the support portion supports the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) so as for the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) to be arranged along a central axis of the support portion, and a communication portion that lets an inside and an outside of the support portion communicate with each other and exposes an outer peripheral portion (62, 72, 82) of at least one of the plurality of lens members (60, 70, 80) from the support portion is formed on a side wall of the support portion,
An acoustic system for applying vibratory energy, the system comprising: an ultrasonic energy source, a transducer, a booster, a horn connected to the ultrasonic energy source, and a waveguide, the horn having a length defined by a trailing end and a leading end and having a horn wavelength, characterized in that the entirety of the horn is comprised of a ceramic material, and the waveguide is mounted to the trailing end of the horn via an interference fit. an ultrasonic energy source, a transducer, a booster, a horn connected to the ultrasonic energy source, and a waveguide, the horn having a length defined by a trailing end and a leading end and having a horn wavelength, characterized in that the entirety of the horn is comprised of a ceramic material, and the waveguide is mounted to the trailing end of the horn via an interference fit.
A member for a patient interface, said member comprising: - at least one functional material (32, 34) having a predefined functionality, and - at least one indicator (28, 30), wherein concentration of said at least one indicator (28, 30) in said member correlates with the predefined functionality of said at least one functional material (32, 34), wherein said at least one functional material (32, 34) and said at least one indicator (28, 30) are arranged in a skin contacting material; characterized in that said at least one functional material (32, 34) comprises a moisture uptake means and/or an anti microbial agent. - at least one functional material (32, 34) having a predefined functionality, and - at least one indicator (28, 30),
Linear evaporation source (1, 1', 1", 1"'; 50; 60), in particular for vacuum deposition arrangements, comprising: at least one evaporation material container including an indentation for receiving the evaporation material, at least one heat source, and at least two nozzles arranged offset in longitudinal direction of the linear evaporation source (1, 1', 1", 1"'; 50; 60), wherein the nozzles respectively include at least one vapor outlet opening (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein the evaporation material container includes a container axis (A, A'), characterized in that the at least one vapor outlet opening (5a, 5b, 5c) includes at least two wall sections (8, 9, 10, 11) which preferably extend substantially vertical to the longitudinal direction and which are oriented not parallel and/or orientable not parallel to one another, wherein the evaporation material container is separable into at least two evaporation material container modules (51, 52, 53, 54; 61, 62, 63, 64) which are not separated from one another in a joined condition of the evaporation material container so that an identical vapor equilibrium pressure is established in/over each evaporation material container module (51, 52, 53, 54; 61, 62, 63, 64) through evaporating evaporation material in the respective evaporation material container module (51, 52, 53, 54; 61, 62, 63, 64). at least one evaporation material container including an indentation for receiving the evaporation material, at least one heat source, and at least two nozzles arranged offset in longitudinal direction of the linear evaporation source (1, 1', 1", 1"'; 50; 60), wherein the nozzles respectively include at least one vapor outlet opening (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein the evaporation material container includes a container axis (A, A'), characterized in that the at least one vapor outlet opening (5a, 5b, 5c) includes at least two wall sections (8, 9, 10, 11) which preferably extend substantially vertical to the longitudinal direction and which are oriented not parallel and/or orientable not parallel to one another, wherein the evaporation material container is separable into at least two evaporation material container modules (51, 52, 53, 54; 61, 62, 63, 64) which are not separated from one another in a joined condition of the evaporation material container so that an identical vapor equilibrium pressure is established in/over each evaporation material container module (51, 52, 53, 54; 61, 62, 63, 64) through evaporating evaporation material in the respective evaporation material container module (51, 52, 53, 54; 61, 62, 63, 64).
A system for entraining a circadian rhythm of a living organism, comprising: a lighting system having at least one lighting element emitting light substantially concentrated in a range between 360 nm and 400 nm, and a controller having a timing mechanism configured to provide the light substantially concentrated in the range between 360 nm and 400 nm at intervals during a day; wherein the controller is configured to set the intervals during the day based on a 24-hour schedule to entrain the circadian rhythm of the living organism; characterized in that the controller includes a processing unit with a global positioning system, and the processing unit is configured to adjust the 24-hour schedule and the intervals during the day based on information received from the global positioning system. a lighting system having at least one lighting element emitting light substantially concentrated in a range between 360 nm and 400 nm, and a controller having a timing mechanism configured to provide the light substantially concentrated in the range between 360 nm and 400 nm at intervals during a day; wherein the controller is configured to set the intervals during the day based on a 24-hour schedule to entrain the circadian rhythm of the living organism; characterized in that the controller includes a processing unit with a global positioning system, and the processing unit is configured to adjust the 24-hour schedule and the intervals during the day based on information received from the global positioning system.
A method for isolating an influenza virus from a patient sample, comprising a step in which the patient sample is incubated with MDCK cells, which are growing in a serum-free suspension culture.