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A malleable, biocompatible polymer material for use in the repair or replacement of tissue, being obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: a. providing a vessel containing a slurry, said slurry comprising by weight 0.25% to 10% of a plurality of polymer fibers, wherein at least a portion of said polymer is collagen, and at least one aqueous suspension fluid, wherein the polymer fibers are suspended within the suspension fluid forming a homogeneous slurry; b. applying a centrifugal force of 500 Xg to 10,000 Xg for 1 minute to 24 hours to said vessel containing said slurry, whereupon said centrifugal force serves to cause said polymer fibers to migrate through the suspension fluid and amass at a furthest extent of the vessel, creating a paste or putty-like structure containing interlocked or interlaced collagen fibers; c. removing said polymer material from said vessel; d. optionally drying the polymer material; and e. sterilizing and packaging the polymer material for later use. a. providing a vessel containing a slurry, said slurry comprising by weight 0.25% to 10% of a plurality of polymer fibers, wherein at least a portion of said polymer is collagen, and at least one aqueous suspension fluid, wherein the polymer fibers are suspended within the suspension fluid forming a homogeneous slurry; b. applying a centrifugal force of 500 Xg to 10,000 Xg for 1 minute to 24 hours to said vessel containing said slurry, whereupon said centrifugal force serves to cause said polymer fibers to migrate through the suspension fluid and amass at a furthest extent of the vessel, creating a paste or putty-like structure containing interlocked or interlaced collagen fibers; c. removing said polymer material from said vessel; d. optionally drying the polymer material; and e. sterilizing and packaging the polymer material for later use.
A pipeline pig suitable for dispersing liquid onto interior surfaces of a pipeline, said pipeline pig comprising: a) a longitudinal pig body having a nozzle at a forward end thereof, three or more external circumferential sealing elements (20, 30a-d) located rearward of the nozzle, and a circumferential array of ports (62, 64); b) said nozzle having a conical-shaped central opening and a venturi and sharing a common longitudinal centerline with said pig body; c) first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b) of said three or more external circumferential sealing elements (30a-d) being located rearward of a forward portion of said nozzle, d) said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b) located forward of said array of ports (62, 64), said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b) being perforated toward an outer circumferential edge to provide two or more passageways (34, 46) through said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b), a first of said passageways being configured to be in communication with an upper interior quadrant of a pipeline and a second of said passageways being configured to be in communication with a lower interior quadrant of the pipeline; e) said array of ports (62, 64) being in communication with the two or more passageways (34, 46) of said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (20, 30a - d) and an interior portion of said nozzle and a cavity external to the pig body that serves as a low pressure plenum. a) a longitudinal pig body having a nozzle at a forward end thereof, three or more external circumferential sealing elements (20, 30a-d) located rearward of the nozzle, and a circumferential array of ports (62, 64); b) said nozzle having a conical-shaped central opening and a venturi and sharing a common longitudinal centerline with said pig body; c) first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b) of said three or more external circumferential sealing elements (30a-d) being located rearward of a forward portion of said nozzle, d) said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b) located forward of said array of ports (62, 64), said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b) being perforated toward an outer circumferential edge to provide two or more passageways (34, 46) through said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (30a, b), a first of said passageways being configured to be in communication with an upper interior quadrant of a pipeline and a second of said passageways being configured to be in communication with a lower interior quadrant of the pipeline; e) said array of ports (62, 64) being in communication with the two or more passageways (34, 46) of said first and second external circumferential sealing elements (20, 30a - d) and an interior portion of said nozzle and a cavity external to the pig body that serves as a low pressure plenum.
A method of additively printing extension segments on a plurality of workpieces, the method comprising: determining a workpiece-interface of each of a plurality of workpieces from one or more digital representations of one or more fields of view having been captured by a vision system, wherein the plurality of workpieces are secured to a build plate at locations identifiable by respective ones of a plurality of registration points mapped to a coordinate system utilized to locate respective ones of the plurality of workpieces and/or the corresponding workpiece-interfaces, wherein the one or more fields of view comprise a plurality of areas of interest respectively corresponding to an expected location of respective ones of the plurality of workpieces and/or the corresponding workpiece-interfaces, respective ones of the plurality of areas of interest determined based at least in part on the respective ones of the plurality of registration points being mapped to the coordinate system, wherein determining the workpiece-interface of each of the plurality of workpieces comprises selectively processing the respective ones of the plurality of areas of interest; and transmitting to an additive manufacturing machine, one or more print commands configured to additively print a plurality of extension segments with each respective one of the plurality of extension segments being located on the workpiece-interface of a corresponding respective one of the plurality of workpieces, the one or more print commands having been generated based at least in part on the one or more digital representations of the one or more fields of view. determining a workpiece-interface of each of a plurality of workpieces from one or more digital representations of one or more fields of view having been captured by a vision system, wherein the plurality of workpieces are secured to a build plate at locations identifiable by respective ones of a plurality of registration points mapped to a coordinate system utilized to locate respective ones of the plurality of workpieces and/or the corresponding workpiece-interfaces, wherein the one or more fields of view comprise a plurality of areas of interest respectively corresponding to an expected location of respective ones of the plurality of workpieces and/or the corresponding workpiece-interfaces, respective ones of the plurality of areas of interest determined based at least in part on the respective ones of the plurality of registration points being mapped to the coordinate system, wherein determining the workpiece-interface of each of the plurality of workpieces comprises selectively processing the respective ones of the plurality of areas of interest; and transmitting to an additive manufacturing machine, one or more print commands configured to additively print a plurality of extension segments with each respective one of the plurality of extension segments being located on the workpiece-interface of a corresponding respective one of the plurality of workpieces, the one or more print commands having been generated based at least in part on the one or more digital representations of the one or more fields of view.
An inflatable device, comprising: a vest; a gas pressure source; and a bladder, wherein the gas pressure source is coupled to the bladder to selectively deliver gas to the bladder to pressurize the bladder; the vest is coupled to the bladder to hold the bladder in place relative to a wearer's chest; the bladder has an inverted V shape having an apex and arms extending from the apex, with the apex of the inverted V being positioned at an intermediate point on the wearer's sternum and extending to the lower portion of the wearer's sternum, the arms of the inverted V shape extending downwardly and outwardly from the apex of the inverted V shape to substantially follow the contour of the wearer's ribcage, wherein the user's stomach area below the sternum is not substantially covered by an inflatable portion, characterised in that the bladder contours comfortably under the wearer's arms and over a portion of the wearer's back. a vest; a gas pressure source; and a bladder, wherein the gas pressure source is coupled to the bladder to selectively deliver gas to the bladder to pressurize the bladder; the vest is coupled to the bladder to hold the bladder in place relative to a wearer's chest; the bladder has an inverted V shape having an apex and arms extending from the apex, with the apex of the inverted V being positioned at an intermediate point on the wearer's sternum and extending to the lower portion of the wearer's sternum, the arms of the inverted V shape extending downwardly and outwardly from the apex of the inverted V shape to substantially follow the contour of the wearer's ribcage, wherein the user's stomach area below the sternum is not substantially covered by an inflatable portion, characterised in that the bladder contours comfortably under the wearer's arms and over a portion of the wearer's back.
A print server for connection to a network including a second print server and at least one printer, the print server storing a list of users including for each user a home print server with which that user is associated, the print server configured so that if a request is received from a user, the print server refers to the list of users to determine which home print server the user is associated with; the print server further configured so that if a user associated with the second print server as their home print server sends a print job to the print server, the print server stores the print job for a first predetermined period from receipt of the print job, and is configured to send a copy of the job to the home print server associated with the user in the user list after a second predetermined period from receipt of the print job.
A method for producing liquefied natural gas, comprising: transporting a natural gas stream (310, 808) to a liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b); liquefying the natural gas stream (310, 808) on the liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b) using at least one heat exchanger (308, 810, 812) that exchanges heat between the natural gas stream (310, 808) and a liquid nitrogen stream (302, 802) to at least partially vaporize the liquefied nitrogen stream (302, 802), thereby forming a warmed nitrogen gas stream (312, 814) and an at least partially condensed natural gas stream (314, 852) comprising LNG; wherein the liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b) includes at least one tank that only stores liquid nitrogen and at least one tank that only stores LNG characterized in that the method comprises obtaining the natural gas stream (310, 808) from a floating production unit vessel (406, 500) that produces natural gas from a reservoir and treats the produced natural gas to remove at least one of water, heavy hydrocarbons, and sour gases therefrom prior to transporting the natural gas stream (310, 808) to the liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b); transporting the warmed nitrogen gas stream (312, 814) to the FPU vessel (406, 500); and using the warmed nitrogen gas stream (312, 814) within a process on the FPU vessel (406, 500). transporting a natural gas stream (310, 808) to a liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b); liquefying the natural gas stream (310, 808) on the liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b) using at least one heat exchanger (308, 810, 812) that exchanges heat between the natural gas stream (310, 808) and a liquid nitrogen stream (302, 802) to at least partially vaporize the liquefied nitrogen stream (302, 802), thereby forming a warmed nitrogen gas stream (312, 814) and an at least partially condensed natural gas stream (314, 852) comprising LNG; wherein the liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b) includes at least one tank that only stores liquid nitrogen and at least one tank that only stores LNG characterized in that the method comprises obtaining the natural gas stream (310, 808) from a floating production unit vessel (406, 500) that produces natural gas from a reservoir and treats the produced natural gas to remove at least one of water, heavy hydrocarbons, and sour gases therefrom prior to transporting the natural gas stream (310, 808) to the liquefaction vessel (202, 408, 502a, 502b); transporting the warmed nitrogen gas stream (312, 814) to the FPU vessel (406, 500); and using the warmed nitrogen gas stream (312, 814) within a process on the FPU vessel (406, 500).
A device configured for remotely determining a vital sign of a person, said device comprising: - an input unit for obtaining a vital sign related signal of at least a body part of the person, from which a vital sign can be derived, - a body part position determining unit for determining if said body part of the person is in contact with a support or not and generating a contact signal indicating if said body part is in contact with the support or not, - a quality metric setting unit for setting, based on said contact signal, a quality metric for use in the determination of a vital sign of the person, wherein the quality metric setting unit uses a relaxed calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is in contact with the support and uses a more demanding calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is not in contact with the support and - a vital sign deriving unit for deriving a vital sign from the obtained vital sign related signal, wherein the set quality metric is used in the derivation of the vital sign and/or in a judgment of the reliability of a derived vital sign. - an input unit for obtaining a vital sign related signal of at least a body part of the person, from which a vital sign can be derived, - a body part position determining unit for determining if said body part of the person is in contact with a support or not and generating a contact signal indicating if said body part is in contact with the support or not, - a quality metric setting unit for setting, based on said contact signal, a quality metric for use in the determination of a vital sign of the person, wherein the quality metric setting unit uses a relaxed calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is in contact with the support and uses a more demanding calculation parameter when the contact signal indicates that the body part is not in contact with the support and - a vital sign deriving unit for deriving a vital sign from the obtained vital sign related signal, wherein the set quality metric is used in the derivation of the vital sign and/or in a judgment of the reliability of a derived vital sign.
A hand-held liquid-volume measuring device configured for being clamped onto part of an intermittent urinary catheter and for measuring the volume of a liquid running through the urinary catheter, the hand-held volume measuring device having a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion being pivotably connected to each other, the first portion and the second portion each comprising a contact surface (4, 5) having an indentation (7, 8) running through the portion (4, 5) being shaped and dimensioned for partly receiving an intermittent urinary catheter, the indentation, in a closed configuration of the device forming a channel having an inner diameter between 2.7 and 6 mm, the housing further comprising - liquid-volume measuring means configured for measuring the volume of liquid running through the urinary catheter over a period of time; - user interaction means for activating and/or deactivating the liquid measuring means; - a wireless transmission means, which allows data from the liquid-volume measuring means to be transmitted to a personal terminal, such as a computer, a tablet, or a smartphone; and - an energy source. - liquid-volume measuring means configured for measuring the volume of liquid running through the urinary catheter over a period of time; - user interaction means for activating and/or deactivating the liquid measuring means; - a wireless transmission means, which allows data from the liquid-volume measuring means to be transmitted to a personal terminal, such as a computer, a tablet, or a smartphone; and - an energy source.
A method of operating a virtual computing environment to provide packet enforcement using logical ports, the method comprising: in each of a first host computing system and second host computing system, maintaining a data plane forwarding configuration based on forwarding rules and logical port status information for virtual machines in the virtual computing environment, wherein each virtual machine is associated with a logical port in a logical network, the logical port having a logical port identifier specific to the logical network links of each of the virtual machines; in the first host computing system, identifying a packet to be transferred from a first virtual machine executing on the first host computing system to a second virtual machine executing on the second host computing system; in the first host computing system, identifying a source logical port associated with the first virtual machine on the first host computing system; in the first host computing system, transferring a communication to the second host computing system, wherein the communication encapsulates at least the packet and the source logical port identifier of the first virtual machine; in the second host computing system, receiving the communication; and in the second host computing system, determining a forwarding action for the packet in the communication based at least on the source logical port identifer of the first virtual machine and the data plane forwarding configuration. in each of a first host computing system and second host computing system, maintaining a data plane forwarding configuration based on forwarding rules and logical port status information for virtual machines in the virtual computing environment, wherein each virtual machine is associated with a logical port in a logical network, the logical port having a logical port identifier specific to the logical network links of each of the virtual machines; in the first host computing system, identifying a packet to be transferred from a first virtual machine executing on the first host computing system to a second virtual machine executing on the second host computing system; in the first host computing system, identifying a source logical port associated with the first virtual machine on the first host computing system; in the first host computing system, transferring a communication to the second host computing system, wherein the communication encapsulates at least the packet and the source logical port identifier of the first virtual machine; in the second host computing system, receiving the communication; and in the second host computing system, determining a forwarding action for the packet in the communication based at least on the source logical port identifer of the first virtual machine and the data plane forwarding configuration.
A reinforced compliant cuff body comprising: a compliant cuff body bounded by opposed and parallel first and second longitudinal edges (108, 110), wherein the compliant cuff body further comprises opposed inner and outer surfaces; and one or more reinforcing elements (802, 902, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002) attached to the compliant cuff body; wherein the mechanical strength of the reinforced compliant cuff body is greater than the mechanical strength of the compliant cuff body alone, characterized in that: the first and second longitudinal edges meet at a join such that the reinforced compliant cuff body has a tubular shape enclosing a lumen with an unstretched lumen diameter; and the reinforced compliant cuff body is configured to stretch in response to a lumen pressure so as to enclose an increased lumen diameter, the increased lumen diameter is at least 150% of the unstretched lumen diameter when the lumen pressure is about 20 mm Hg. a compliant cuff body bounded by opposed and parallel first and second longitudinal edges (108, 110), wherein the compliant cuff body further comprises opposed inner and outer surfaces; and one or more reinforcing elements (802, 902, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002) attached to the compliant cuff body; wherein the mechanical strength of the reinforced compliant cuff body is greater than the mechanical strength of the compliant cuff body alone, characterized in that: the first and second longitudinal edges meet at a join such that the reinforced compliant cuff body has a tubular shape enclosing a lumen with an unstretched lumen diameter; and the reinforced compliant cuff body is configured to stretch in response to a lumen pressure so as to enclose an increased lumen diameter, the increased lumen diameter is at least 150% of the unstretched lumen diameter when the lumen pressure is about 20 mm Hg. the first and second longitudinal edges meet at a join such that the reinforced compliant cuff body has a tubular shape enclosing a lumen with an unstretched lumen diameter; and the reinforced compliant cuff body is configured to stretch in response to a lumen pressure so as to enclose an increased lumen diameter, the increased lumen diameter is at least 150% of the unstretched lumen diameter when the lumen pressure is about 20 mm Hg.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence exhibiting at least 70% homology to the sequence represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No: 1.