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Scar reduction apparatus for post-scar formation treatment of a wound site, the apparatus comprising: a biocompatible scar interface layer; a compressible pressure chamber which at least substantially overlies the scar interface layer; a uniformly or substantially uniformly compressible pressure element in the pressure chamber and extending over at least a majority of the scar interface layer, the pressure element having a bulk modulus enabling a predetermined uniform or substantially uniform compression of the pressure element in at least a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the scar interface layer on application of a specific pressure; evacuation means for at least partially evacuating the pressure chamber, whereby the pressure element is uniformly or substantially uniformly compressed in the direction of the scar interface layer and the pressure chamber positively urges the compressed pressure element towards the scar interface layer; a non-invasive connector which is spaced from a central region of the scar interface layer and which is at or adjacent to at least a perimeter of the scar interface layer for holding the scar interface layer in position over a user's scar; and the scar interface layer being fluid impermeable or substantially fluid impermeable. a biocompatible scar interface layer; a compressible pressure chamber which at least substantially overlies the scar interface layer; a uniformly or substantially uniformly compressible pressure element in the pressure chamber and extending over at least a majority of the scar interface layer, the pressure element having a bulk modulus enabling a predetermined uniform or substantially uniform compression of the pressure element in at least a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the scar interface layer on application of a specific pressure; evacuation means for at least partially evacuating the pressure chamber, whereby the pressure element is uniformly or substantially uniformly compressed in the direction of the scar interface layer and the pressure chamber positively urges the compressed pressure element towards the scar interface layer; a non-invasive connector which is spaced from a central region of the scar interface layer and which is at or adjacent to at least a perimeter of the scar interface layer for holding the scar interface layer in position over a user's scar; and the scar interface layer being fluid impermeable or substantially fluid impermeable.
A brushless motor comprising: a stator including a stator core comprising an annular section and a plurality of pole teeth provided in a circumferential direction of the annular section to protrude in a radial direction, wherein circumferential intervals between adjacent tooth tips of the plurality of pole teeth are not uniform, the stator further comprising a coil wound around each of the plurality of pole teeth, and a rotor having a rotor shaft that is provided in a central portion of a rotor yoke on which a rotor magnet facing the plurality of pole teeth is provided and that is rotatably supported via a bearing, characterized in that auxiliary tooth tip sections are formed integrally on tooth tips of required pole teeth of the plurality of pole teeth in such a manner that gaps (t) between the tooth tips of the plurality of pole teeth including the integrally formed auxiliary tooth tip sections are made uniform, the auxiliary tooth tip sections are insert molded into the tooth tips of the required pole teeth of the plurality of pole teeth or coated on the tooth tips of the required pole teeth, and the auxiliary tooth tip sections are made of a resin material or a rubber material, or the auxiliary tooth tip sections are either bonded or welded to the tooth tips of the required pole teeth of the plurality of pole teeth, and the auxiliary tooth tip sections are made of a resin material or a rubber material.
A vacuum cleaner having a travelling head adapted to be moved across a surface to be cleaned, the travelling head having a leading end and a trailing end, the travelling head also having: a rotatable brush, the rotatable brush being located in a brush chamber at the leading end of the travelling head, the brush chamber having an opening through which a part of the rotatable brush projects, the opening and the rotatable brush spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head; an impeller; a motor for driving the rotatable brush and the impeller; a removable dirt-collection chamber spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head; a filter means located between the dirt-collection chamber and the impeller, the filter means also spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head; and an air flow duct connecting the brush chamber to the dirt-collection chamber, characterised in that the leading end of the air flow duct is substantially tangential to the rotatable brush, the air flow duct spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head throughout the whole length of the air flow duct. a rotatable brush, the rotatable brush being located in a brush chamber at the leading end of the travelling head, the brush chamber having an opening through which a part of the rotatable brush projects, the opening and the rotatable brush spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head; an impeller; a motor for driving the rotatable brush and the impeller; a removable dirt-collection chamber spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head; a filter means located between the dirt-collection chamber and the impeller, the filter means also spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head; and an air flow duct connecting the brush chamber to the dirt-collection chamber, characterised in that the leading end of the air flow duct is substantially tangential to the rotatable brush, the air flow duct spanning substantially the full width of the travelling head throughout the whole length of the air flow duct.
Photovoltaic yarn (1, 11) comprising at least: (a) a central core (2, 12) which provides the mechanical strength of said photovoltaic yarn and which directly or indirectly acts as a first electrode; (b) a semiconductor thin film deposited on the central core (2, 12), and which acts as absorber; (c) a conductive and transparent thin film deposited on the absorber and which forms the second electrode; said second electrode being segmented along the longitudinal axis of the photovoltaic thread, characterized in that the first electrode (2, 12) and the absorber are continuous, and in that it further comprises an additional yarn consisting of an insulating material and of a metallic thin film deposited on said insulating material, said metallic thin film being segmented so that the metallic segments are in electrical contact with the segments of the second electrode of said photovoltaic yarn. (a) a central core (2, 12) which provides the mechanical strength of said photovoltaic yarn and which directly or indirectly acts as a first electrode; (b) a semiconductor thin film deposited on the central core (2, 12), and which acts as absorber; (c) a conductive and transparent thin film deposited on the absorber and which forms the second electrode;
A planar light-emitting module comprising: a planar substrate; a first transparent resin layer; and a second transparent resin layer, wherein the planar substrate is applied with a reflection film; a plurality of light-emitting elements are mounted on the reflection film side of the substrate; the first transparent resin layer is disposed to encapsulate at least the plurality of light-emitting elements; and an air layer is sandwiched between the second transparent resin layer and the first transparent resin layer, wherein a phosphor for converting the wavelength of light radiated from the light-emitting elements is disposed by dispersion in the second transparent resin layer and the phosphor is selected such that when the second transparent resin layer is viewed from the outside, pseudo-white light is observed, characterized in that the phosphor is disposed by dispersion in the first transparent resin layer, the light-emitting elements radiate ultraviolet light or short-wavelength visible light having a peak wavelength in the wavelength region of 380 to 420 nm, and the phosphor includes a first phosphor for converting light radiated from the light-emitting elements into yellow light and a second phosphor for converting light radiated from the light-emitting elements into blue light, wherein a thickness of the first transparent resin layer is in a range of 1 mm to 5 mm, a thickness of the second transparent resin layer is in a range of 40 μm to 200 μm, the concentration is adjusted to be from 0.5 to 10.0 vol% for both phosphors, and the thickness of the air layer is in a range of 1 mm to 5 mm. a planar substrate; a first transparent resin layer; and a second transparent resin layer, wherein the planar substrate is applied with a reflection film; a plurality of light-emitting elements are mounted on the reflection film side of the substrate; the first transparent resin layer is disposed to encapsulate at least the plurality of light-emitting elements; and an air layer is sandwiched between the second transparent resin layer and the first transparent resin layer, wherein a phosphor for converting the wavelength of light radiated from the light-emitting elements is disposed by dispersion in the second transparent resin layer and the phosphor is selected such that when the second transparent resin layer is viewed from the outside, pseudo-white light is observed, characterized in that the phosphor is disposed by dispersion in the first transparent resin layer, the light-emitting elements radiate ultraviolet light or short-wavelength visible light having a peak wavelength in the wavelength region of 380 to 420 nm, and the phosphor includes a first phosphor for converting light radiated from the light-emitting elements into yellow light and a second phosphor for converting light radiated from the light-emitting elements into blue light, wherein a thickness of the first transparent resin layer is in a range of 1 mm to 5 mm, a thickness of the second transparent resin layer is in a range of 40 μm to 200 μm, the concentration is adjusted to be from 0.5 to 10.0 vol% for both phosphors, and the thickness of the air layer is in a range of 1 mm to 5 mm.
A medical gas insufflation device comprising at least a gas outlet circuit, a connector for connecting a pressurized vessel in which the gas is packaged, an expander placed between the connector and the gas outlet circuit, a high-pressure sensor placed between the connector and the expander, a flow meter placed at the outlet from the expander, and a microprocessor connected at least to the high-pressure sensor to receive signals representative of the pressure observed at the connector and to the flow meter to receive signals representative of the flow rate at the outlet from the expander, the device being characterized in that the microprocessor comprises evaluation means for evaluating the remaining volume of gas after expansion (V R) as being the ratio of the expanded volume (V D) obtained from the flow rate measured by the flow meter during the expansion and the duration of the expansion divided by the pressure drop (ΔP) generated by the expansion and measured by the high-pressure sensor, multiplied by the remaining pressure as measured by the high-pressure sensor at the end of the expansion operation.
A kit for removing obstructions from a body lumen of a subject, the kit comprising: a retrieval device including an elongated shaft and a retrieval assembly coupled to a distal zone of the elongated shaft, wherein - the retrieval assembly includes a capture structure and a cover, the cover has a first portion coupled to the distal zone of the elongated shaft and a free second portion, and the cover has a first position in which the second portion extends proximally from the first portion, a second position in which the second portion extends distally from the first portion, and the cover surrounds at least a portion of the capture structure in the second position; and a retractor having a tubular structure that defines a channel configured to slidably receive the retrieval device, wherein the tubular structure has a length no greater than twice the length of the capture structure measured along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the retractor is configured to extend distally beyond the capture structure to facilitate moving the cover from the second position after deployment to the first position for redeployment. a retrieval device including an elongated shaft and a retrieval assembly coupled to a distal zone of the elongated shaft, wherein - the retrieval assembly includes a capture structure and a cover, the cover has a first portion coupled to the distal zone of the elongated shaft and a free second portion, and the cover has a first position in which the second portion extends proximally from the first portion, a second position in which the second portion extends distally from the first portion, and the cover surrounds at least a portion of the capture structure in the second position; and the retrieval assembly includes a capture structure and a cover, the cover has a first portion coupled to the distal zone of the elongated shaft and a free second portion, and the cover has a first position in which the second portion extends proximally from the first portion, a second position in which the second portion extends distally from the first portion, and the cover surrounds at least a portion of the capture structure in the second position; and a retractor having a tubular structure that defines a channel configured to slidably receive the retrieval device, wherein the tubular structure has a length no greater than twice the length of the capture structure measured along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the retractor is configured to extend distally beyond the capture structure to facilitate moving the cover from the second position after deployment to the first position for redeployment.
A fuel cell comprising an electrolyte provided with electrodes in the form of an anode and a cathode on opposite sides of the electrolyte, and a system of flow ducts arranged so as to bring a first flow containing a first reactant into contact with an active surface on the anode and to bring a second flow containing a second reactant into contact with an active surface on the cathode, wherein the system of flow ducts comprises a distribution arrangement adapted to distribute a flow incoming to the active surface uniformly over an inlet region, and wherein the fuel cell is formed of a layer structure comprising at least a first layer in which the active surface is located, and a second layer comprising the inlet region, characterized in that the second layer constitutes a delimiting surface in a cell space at the active surface, so that the second layer is located at a distance from the active surface, and the cell space consists of an at least partly homogenous volume, and wherein the distribution arrangement comprises a distribution chamber (32, 52) which extends in the direction along the active surface, thereby providing a space disposed between the flow ducts for first and second flow and the inlet region, wherein said inlet region of the distribution chambers (32, 52) extends along at least half of the extent of the active surface in a lateral direction, and wherein said inlet region is defined by at least one inlet opening which allows conveying-in of said flow from the distribution chamber (32,52) to the active surface.
A method for producing water-absorbent resin particles by subjecting a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to reversed-phase suspension polymerization in a dispersion medium, the method comprising performing the reversed-phase suspension polymerization in the presence of an organic acid ester of monoglyceride having one ester group in which a fatty acid having 10 to 18 carbon atoms is ester-bonded with one hydroxyl group of the glycerol, and one or two ester groups in which an organic acid having 2 to 8 carbon atoms is ester-bonded with one or two hydroxyl groups of the glycerol, wherein the term the organic acid ester of monoglyceride refers to a compound in which fatty acid is ester-bonded with one of three hydroxyl groups of glycerol, and organic acid is ester-bonded with one or two of the remaining hydroxyl groups.
A mask-programmed ROM, MROM, robust to unauthorized access, comprising: a column line pair including a bit line and a complement bit line; and a plurality of memory cells (101, 102), wherein each memory cell includes a pair of transistors (112, 118; 122, 124) comprising a first transistor (112; 122) coupled to the bit line and a second transistor (118; 124) having a first terminal coupled to the complement bit line, and wherein for each pair of transistors, one of the first and second transistors is a low threshold voltage, low Vt, transistor having a source coupled to ground and a remaining one of the first and second transistors is a high threshold voltage, high Vt, transistor having a source coupled to ground, wherein the type of a channel implant determines whether one of the first and the second transistor is a low Vt transistor or a high Vt transistor. a column line pair including a bit line and a complement bit line; and a plurality of memory cells (101, 102), wherein each memory cell includes a pair of transistors (112, 118; 122, 124) comprising a first transistor (112; 122) coupled to the bit line and a second transistor (118; 124) having a first terminal coupled to the complement bit line, and wherein for each pair of transistors, one of the first and second transistors is a low threshold voltage, low Vt, transistor having a source coupled to ground and a remaining one of the first and second transistors is a high threshold voltage, high Vt, transistor having a source coupled to ground, wherein the type of a channel implant determines whether one of the first and the second transistor is a low Vt transistor or a high Vt transistor.
A rubber composition for studless winter tires, comprising a rubber component, bionanofibers, and a silica, the bionanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 0.1 μm or less, the rubber component having a combined amount of natural rubber and polybutadiene rubber of 30% to 100% by mass based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition comprising the bionanofibers in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component and wherein the silica is in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
A method for producing a plurality of cards (1, 301, 401) using a light diffraction layer laminated sheet material (20A, 220A, 320A) which includes the plurality of light diffraction layer laminated sheets arranged in a multi-face layout, each light diffraction layer laminated sheet including a transparent sheet layer (20, 20A, 220, 220A, 320, 320A); a light diffraction layer configured to have an outer shape smaller than an outer shape of the transparent sheet layer and to be laminated onto an upper side which is one surface side of the transparent sheet layer; and a lower adhesive layer that bonds the transparent sheet layer and the light diffraction layer together, the method comprising the step of: laminating the light diffraction layer laminated sheet material (20A, 220A, 320A) on a substrate sheet material forming a plurality of card substrates (10, 410); the method being characterised in that it further comprises the step of laminating a print sheet material forming a plurality of print sheet layers onto the light diffraction layer laminated sheet material (20A, 220A, 320A). laminating the light diffraction layer laminated sheet material (20A, 220A, 320A) on a substrate sheet material forming a plurality of card substrates (10, 410); the method being characterised in that it further comprises the step of laminating a print sheet material forming a plurality of print sheet layers onto the light diffraction layer laminated sheet material (20A, 220A, 320A).
Method for precooking food products on the surface, preferably continuously, characterised in that all or part of the surface of the product is put in contact with the flame produced by a burner, the flame used being an oxyhydric flame, preferentially a hydrogen/oxygen flame.
A chimeric engulfment receptor comprising a single chain chimeric protein, the single chain chimeric protein comprising: an extracellular domain comprising a binding domain that binds to phosphatidylserine (PtdSer); an engulfment signaling domain; and a transmembrane domain positioned between and connecting the extracellular domain and the engulfment signaling domain. an extracellular domain comprising a binding domain that binds to phosphatidylserine (PtdSer); an engulfment signaling domain; and a transmembrane domain positioned between and connecting the extracellular domain and the engulfment signaling domain.
A method of transmitting a neighbour cell list, NCL, intended for communication to a mobile terminal in a mobile telecommunication network that includes a plurality of network elements of at least a first type and an alternative type, the mobile terminal being configured to access the network via said network elements, the method including: formulating, by a network element of the first type, the NCL by incorporating information indicating at least one range of frequencies and a frequency selection pattern which designates one or more sub-sets of the at least one range of frequencies that a mobile terminal should monitor, such that the one or more sub-sets comprise a non-inclusive list of frequencies used by network elements of the alternative type; and transmitting the NCL from the network element of the first type for receipt by the mobile terminal. formulating, by a network element of the first type, the NCL by incorporating information indicating at least one range of frequencies and a frequency selection pattern which designates one or more sub-sets of the at least one range of frequencies that a mobile terminal should monitor, such that the one or more sub-sets comprise a non-inclusive list of frequencies used by network elements of the alternative type; and transmitting the NCL from the network element of the first type for receipt by the mobile terminal.
A solids discharge module for discharging solids out of devices carrying mixed fluid, in particular comminuting devices for solids contents in a mixed fluid, comprising - a solids inlet, - coupling means for connecting the solids inlet to a device carrying a mixed fluid, - a solids outlet, - a closing member which is arranged at the solids outlet and is reciprocable between a release position and a blocking position, and - a conveyor chamber extending from the solids inlet to the solids outlet, characterised by a filling state detector adapted to detect and display a solids accumulation in the conveyor chamber. - a solids inlet, - coupling means for connecting the solids inlet to a device carrying a mixed fluid, - a solids outlet, - a closing member which is arranged at the solids outlet and is reciprocable between a release position and a blocking position, and - a conveyor chamber extending from the solids inlet to the solids outlet,