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A method for in-line mixing of components of a medical fluid in a mixing system, the medical fluid having a final predetermined composition of pure water, a small-signal-response component, SSR-component, and optionally at least one electrolyte component; the method comprises: providing a flow of fluid comprising pure water, or a mixture of pure water and an electrolyte component, in a main fluid line; monitoring, with a concentration sensor (26, 60), a concentration of the fluid; providing, with an SSR dosing mechanism, the SSR-component into the flow of fluid upstream the concentration sensor (26, 60); controlling, with the SSR dosing mechanism, the dosing rate of the SSR-component to an initial dosing rate at which the concentration monitored with the concentration sensor (26, 60) indicates an initial concentration ( c SSR_init) of the SSR-component in the fluid that is greater than an intended final predetermined concentration ( c SSR_final) of the SSR-component in the medical fluid, in order to determine a relationship between the dosing rate of the SSR-component and the resulting concentration of the SSR-component in the fluid; downscaling, with the SSR dosing mechanism, the dosing rate of the SSR-component to a final dosing rate ( Q SSR_final) at which the final predetermined concentration ( c SSR_final) of the SSR-component in the fluid is achieved, based on the determined relationship. providing a flow of fluid comprising pure water, or a mixture of pure water and an electrolyte component, in a main fluid line; monitoring, with a concentration sensor (26, 60), a concentration of the fluid; providing, with an SSR dosing mechanism, the SSR-component into the flow of fluid upstream the concentration sensor (26, 60); controlling, with the SSR dosing mechanism, the dosing rate of the SSR-component to an initial dosing rate at which the concentration monitored with the concentration sensor (26, 60) indicates an initial concentration ( c SSR_init) of the SSR-component in the fluid that is greater than an intended final predetermined concentration ( c SSR_final) of the SSR-component in the medical fluid, in order to determine a relationship between the dosing rate of the SSR-component and the resulting concentration of the SSR-component in the fluid; downscaling, with the SSR dosing mechanism, the dosing rate of the SSR-component to a final dosing rate ( Q SSR_final) at which the final predetermined concentration ( c SSR_final) of the SSR-component in the fluid is achieved, based on the determined relationship.
A camera mounting apparatus for mounting a camera to a surface of a vehicle, comprising: a hollow main body that is configured to receive a camera and having an underside which is configured to abut against the surface of the vehicle; at least one side body (20,30) having the form of a rib and having an underside which is configured to abut against the surface of the vehicle, and which comprises in its inner space at least one magnet receiving portion located at the underside of the side body (20,30), wherein the magnet receiving portion is configured to receive a magnet for holding the vehicle camera mounting apparatus on the surface of the vehicle through magnetic attraction force in interaction with the surface of the vehicle, an interlinkage (24,34) which is located at the respective underside (41,11) of the side body (20,30) and the hollow main body, and which is configured to provide a gap (29,39) between the hollow main body and the side body (20,30) and to flexibly and elastically connect the hollow main body and the side body (20,30) such that the side body (20,30) is capable of being removed from the surface of the vehicle towards the hollow main body so as to lift the at least one magnet from the surface of the vehicle. a hollow main body that is configured to receive a camera and having an underside which is configured to abut against the surface of the vehicle; at least one side body (20,30) having the form of a rib and having an underside which is configured to abut against the surface of the vehicle, and which comprises in its inner space at least one magnet receiving portion located at the underside of the side body (20,30), wherein the magnet receiving portion is configured to receive a magnet for holding the vehicle camera mounting apparatus on the surface of the vehicle through magnetic attraction force in interaction with the surface of the vehicle, an interlinkage (24,34) which is located at the respective underside (41,11) of the side body (20,30) and the hollow main body, and which is configured to provide a gap (29,39) between the hollow main body and the side body (20,30) and to flexibly and elastically connect the hollow main body and the side body (20,30) such that the side body (20,30) is capable of being removed from the surface of the vehicle towards the hollow main body so as to lift the at least one magnet from the surface of the vehicle.
A method for adding starting material slurry and sulfuric acid to an autoclave in a high pressure acid leaching process in which heated and pressurized starting material slurry and the sulfuric acid are stirred by a stirring machine provided in each of compartments in the autoclave partitioned into plurality by partition walls to proceed leaching of the starting material slurry, and slurry is transferred from a compartment on an upstream side to a compartment on a downstream side to sequentially proceed leaching, wherein via starting material slurry supply tubes having the starting material slurry discharge ports and sulfuric acid supply tubes having sulfuric acid discharge ports alternately disposed around a circumference of stirring blades of the stirring machine provided in a compartment at an upstream end of the autoclave, the starting material slurry and the sulfuric acid are added to the compartment at the upstream end from the starting material slurry discharge ports and the sulfuric acid discharge ports positioned at positions higher than an uppermost part of the stirring blades and lower than a contained liquid surface, wherein the starting material slurry and the sulfuric acid are added to the compartment at the upstream end from the starting material slurry discharge ports and the sulfuric acid discharge ports, with the starting material slurry discharge ports and the sulfuric acid discharge ports being positioned at planar positions, the starting material slurry discharge ports being positioned in a range of a distance of 0.25D from, as centers, apex positions at both ends of a bottom side of a regular triangle with a height being any diameter D of a circle formed by tips of the stirring blades, the regular triangle moved by a distance of 0D to 0.5D so that the regular triangle has a midpoint of the bottom side positioned in a length direction of the bottom side of the regular triangle and on a downstream side of a rotating direction of the stirring blades, and the sulfuric acid discharge ports being positioned in a range of a distance of 0.25 of the diameter from, as centers, the midpoint position of the bottom side and the remaining apex position of the regular triangle.
A welding-type system comprising: a power source having a controller to regulate welding operation; and, a welding torch connected to the power source; a wireless control panel having thereon a plurality of dedicated weld parameter selectors (64,66) configured to control welding parameters of a specific welding-type system, the wireless control panel being configured to wirelessly couple to the welding-type system and to remotely transmit signals to control operation of the welding-type system responsive to adjustment of the dedicated weld parameter selectors (64,66), wherein the controller is configured to include a control transceiver to communicate with the wireless control panel and receive the signals to allow the controller to regulate at least one of the plurality of welding parameters in response thereto, characterised in that the welding-type system comprises a docking port located on the power source, and the wireless control panel is configured as a removable front panel transceiver configured to connect to and detach from the docking port for controlling welding operation both when secured to the power source and wirelessly when removed from the power source. a power source having a controller to regulate welding operation; and, a welding torch connected to the power source; a wireless control panel having thereon a plurality of dedicated weld parameter selectors (64,66) configured to control welding parameters of a specific welding-type system, the wireless control panel being configured to wirelessly couple to the welding-type system and to remotely transmit signals to control operation of the welding-type system responsive to adjustment of the dedicated weld parameter selectors (64,66), wherein the controller is configured to include a control transceiver to communicate with the wireless control panel and receive the signals to allow the controller to regulate at least one of the plurality of welding parameters in response thereto, characterised in that the welding-type system comprises a docking port located on the power source, and the wireless control panel is configured as a removable front panel transceiver configured to connect to and detach from the docking port for controlling welding operation both when secured to the power source and wirelessly when removed from the power source.
A package comprising a sealed container having contained therewithin at least one wipe; the wipe comprising: a nonwoven cloth comprising plural fibers having a denier in the range from 2.6 to 3.7, the nonwoven cloth having a denier variance ranging from 0.05 to 0.09, and a cleansing composition disposed on the cloth, the cleansing composition comprising chlorhexidine gluconate in an amount sufficient to reduce the number of active pathogens present on skin upon contact between the cleansing composition and the skin, a monohydric alcohol in an amount effective to provide a defoaming effect, a wetting agent, and water; and the container comprising a vapor barrier film permitting no greater than a 1.60 % reduction of moisture content of a wipe during storage of the package at a temperature 51.7 °C (125 °F) for a period of 250 hours. a nonwoven cloth comprising plural fibers having a denier in the range from 2.6 to 3.7, the nonwoven cloth having a denier variance ranging from 0.05 to 0.09, and a cleansing composition disposed on the cloth, the cleansing composition comprising chlorhexidine gluconate in an amount sufficient to reduce the number of active pathogens present on skin upon contact between the cleansing composition and the skin, a monohydric alcohol in an amount effective to provide a defoaming effect, a wetting agent, and water; and the container comprising a vapor barrier film permitting no greater than a 1.60 % reduction of moisture content of a wipe during storage of the package at a temperature 51.7 °C (125 °F) for a period of 250 hours.
A guide extension catheter (14; 100), comprising: a proximal shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, the distal end having an attachment region; and a distal sheath having proximal and distal ends (112, 114), a portion of the distal sheath includes a braided reinforcing member attached to the attachment region, wherein the distal sheath includes an inner polymer layer and outer polymer layer and wherein the proximal shaft is disposed between the outer polymer layer and the reinforcing member. a proximal shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, the distal end having an attachment region; and a distal sheath having proximal and distal ends (112, 114), a portion of the distal sheath includes a braided reinforcing member attached to the attachment region, wherein the distal sheath includes an inner polymer layer and outer polymer layer and wherein the proximal shaft is disposed between the outer polymer layer and the reinforcing member.
A method of preparing a composite material, the method comprising: (i) selecting polymeric material having a melt viscosity in the range 0.05 to less than 0.10 kNsm -2; (ii) contacting said polymeric material having said MV in the range 0.05 to less than 0.10 kNsm -2 with a discontinuous fibrous filler or a non-fibrous filler, wherein said discontinuous fibrous filler has an average length of less than 10mm before contact with said polymeric material; wherein said polymeric material is of a type which includes: unsubstituted phenyl moieties, ketone moieties and ether moieties in the polymeric backbone of said polymeric material, wherein MV is measured using capillary rheometry operating at 400°C at a shear rate of 1000s -1 using a tungsten carbide die, 0.5 x 3.175mm. (i) selecting polymeric material having a melt viscosity in the range 0.05 to less than 0.10 kNsm -2; (ii) contacting said polymeric material having said MV in the range 0.05 to less than 0.10 kNsm -2 with a discontinuous fibrous filler or a non-fibrous filler, wherein said discontinuous fibrous filler has an average length of less than 10mm before contact with said polymeric material;
An imaging apparatus comprising - a detector device for determining points of incidence of photons and having an impact surface (13, 30), and - an aperture (16, 24, 48) for projecting the photons to the detector device, having an inlet surface (17, 43) and an outlet surface facing the impact surface of the detector device (13, 30), and comprising pinholes (18', 18", 22, 25', 25", 50, 52, 54) connecting the inlet surface (17, 43) and the outlet surface, - the pinholes (18', 18", 22, 25', 25", 50, 52, 54) comprise one or more central pinholes (18', 22, 25', 50) and one or more peripheral pinholes (18", 25", 52, 54), and characterised in that - at least one central pinhole (18', 22, 25', 50) and at least one peripheral pinhole (18", 25", 52, 54) are formed with focal opening (20', 20", 23, 27', 27", 56, 58, 60) depths different from each other. - a detector device for determining points of incidence of photons and having an impact surface (13, 30), and - an aperture (16, 24, 48) for projecting the photons to the detector device, having an inlet surface (17, 43) and an outlet surface facing the impact surface of the detector device (13, 30), and comprising pinholes (18', 18", 22, 25', 25", 50, 52, 54) connecting the inlet surface (17, 43) and the outlet surface, - the pinholes (18', 18", 22, 25', 25", 50, 52, 54) comprise one or more central pinholes (18', 22, 25', 50) and one or more peripheral pinholes (18", 25", 52, 54), and characterised in that - at least one central pinhole (18', 22, 25', 50) and at least one peripheral pinhole (18", 25", 52, 54) are formed with focal opening (20', 20", 23, 27', 27", 56, 58, 60) depths different from each other.
Method for adjusting a crushing gap of a comminution device, in particular of an impact crusher, comprising a rotor which can be rotated about its centre axis and has impact elements which are arranged over its circumference, an impact mechanism which is fitted such that it can be moved relative to the rotor by means of a hydraulic actuator, wherein the hydraulic actuator is connected to an adaptive pressure-limiting valve, and a crushing gap which is formed between the impact mechanism and the impact elements, wherein the method has the following steps: a) rotating the rotor, b) moving the impact mechanism in the direction of the rotor, c) ascertaining the pressure profile in the hydraulic actuator, d) adjusting the valve threshold value of the adaptive pressure-limiting valve at which the adaptive pressure-limiting valve moves into an open position, depending on the pressure on the hydraulic actuator, e) detecting the neutral position, in which the impact mechanism comes into contact with at least one impact element when the adaptive pressure-limiting valve is moved into the open position or when the gradient of the pressure profile on the hydraulic actuator exceeds a predetermined gradient threshold value, wherein the position of the impact mechanism over time is ascertained and from which the position of the impact mechanism in the neutral position detected in step e) is determined, and f) moving the impact mechanism in the opposite direction to step b), so that a desired crushing gap is established. a) rotating the rotor, b) moving the impact mechanism in the direction of the rotor, c) ascertaining the pressure profile in the hydraulic actuator, d) adjusting the valve threshold value of the adaptive pressure-limiting valve at which the adaptive pressure-limiting valve moves into an open position, depending on the pressure on the hydraulic actuator, e) detecting the neutral position, in which the impact mechanism comes into contact with at least one impact element when the adaptive pressure-limiting valve is moved into the open position or when the gradient of the pressure profile on the hydraulic actuator exceeds a predetermined gradient threshold value, wherein the position of the impact mechanism over time is ascertained and from which the position of the impact mechanism in the neutral position detected in step e) is determined, and f) moving the impact mechanism in the opposite direction to step b), so that a desired crushing gap is established.
An analysis apparatus comprising: a flow cell which includes a flow passage for a liquid containing objects; an image pickup unit configured to pick up images of the liquid flowing through the flow passage; an adjusting unit configured to adjust a relative position of the flow cell with respect to the image pickup unit along an optical axis direction of the image pickup unit and along a direction in which the liquid flows through the flow passage; and a control unit; the analysis apparatus being characterised in that the control unit is configured to judge whether the objects existing in the images of the liquid picked up by the image pickup unit at a plurality of positions at which the relative position differs are in focus, and furthermore in that the control unit is configured to determine an image pickup position of the flow cell along at least one of the optical axis direction and the direction in which the liquid flows, on the basis of a number of the objects judged to be in focus. a flow cell which includes a flow passage for a liquid containing objects; an image pickup unit configured to pick up images of the liquid flowing through the flow passage; an adjusting unit configured to adjust a relative position of the flow cell with respect to the image pickup unit along an optical axis direction of the image pickup unit and along a direction in which the liquid flows through the flow passage; and a control unit; the analysis apparatus being characterised in that the control unit is configured to judge whether the objects existing in the images of the liquid picked up by the image pickup unit at a plurality of positions at which the relative position differs are in focus, and furthermore in that the control unit is configured to determine an image pickup position of the flow cell along at least one of the optical axis direction and the direction in which the liquid flows, on the basis of a number of the objects judged to be in focus.
A method for measuring homogeneity of a sample of electric current conducting material, comprising taking measurements of four-point resistances, characterised by arranging at least six contacts at different points on an edge of the sample and measuring at least six four-point resistances among the contacts; and determining the degree of homogeneity (h) of the sample by application of the theory of current distribution in a two-dimensional sample with an isolated hole for the measured at least six four-point resistances.
An in-line shutoff valve, comprising: a valve body having an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, and a poppet seat disposed between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber; a poppet movably disposed within the valve body and defining a closed position and an open position of the in-line shutoff valve, wherein the poppet is seated against the poppet seat in the closed position such that the inlet chamber is fluidly separated from the outlet chamber, wherein the poppet is displaced from the poppet seat in the open position such that the inlet chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet chamber; and a manifold disposed within the valve body between the poppet and the outlet chamber and having a servo port and a vent port, wherein the vent port is in fluid communication with the servo port when the poppet is in the closed position to flow fluid from the vent port to the servo port through the valve body to cool the in-line shutoff valve, and characterized in that the poppet has a poppet passage configured to selectively couple the servo port with the vent port according to position of the poppet. a valve body having an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, and a poppet seat disposed between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber; a poppet movably disposed within the valve body and defining a closed position and an open position of the in-line shutoff valve, wherein the poppet is seated against the poppet seat in the closed position such that the inlet chamber is fluidly separated from the outlet chamber, wherein the poppet is displaced from the poppet seat in the open position such that the inlet chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet chamber; and a manifold disposed within the valve body between the poppet and the outlet chamber and having a servo port and a vent port, wherein the vent port is in fluid communication with the servo port when the poppet is in the closed position to flow fluid from the vent port to the servo port through the valve body to cool the in-line shutoff valve, and characterized in that the poppet has a poppet passage configured to selectively couple the servo port with the vent port according to position of the poppet.
A compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X 1 and X 2 are each independently H, halogen, or C 1-3 alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of X 1 and X 2 is other than H; Y is CH 2; R 1A is H or C 1-3 alkyl; R 1B is H, C 1-3 alkyl, or O-C 1-4 alkyl; R 2 is H or C 1-3 alkyl; and R3 is C 1-3 alkyl; and provided that: when Y is CH 2, then (i) R 2 is H, R 1A is C 1-3 alkyl and R 1B is C 1-3 alkyl or O-C 1-4 alkyl; (ii) R 2 is C 1-3 alkyl, R 1A is H, and R 1B is H; or (iii) R 2 is H, R 1A is H, and R 1B is O-C 1-4 alkyl. X 1 and X 2 are each independently H, halogen, or C 1-3 alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of X 1 and X 2 is other than H; Y is CH 2; R 1A is H or C 1-3 alkyl; R 1B is H, C 1-3 alkyl, or O-C 1-4 alkyl; R 2 is H or C 1-3 alkyl; and R3 is C 1-3 alkyl; and provided that: when Y is CH 2, then (i) R 2 is H, R 1A is C 1-3 alkyl and R 1B is C 1-3 alkyl or O-C 1-4 alkyl; (ii) R 2 is C 1-3 alkyl, R 1A is H, and R 1B is H; or (iii) R 2 is H, R 1A is H, and R 1B is O-C 1-4 alkyl. (i) R 2 is H, R 1A is C 1-3 alkyl and R 1B is C 1-3 alkyl or O-C 1-4 alkyl; (ii) R 2 is C 1-3 alkyl, R 1A is H, and R 1B is H; or (iii) R 2 is H, R 1A is H, and R 1B is O-C 1-4 alkyl.