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A medical balloon having a longitudinal axis comprising, a balloon constructed of a balloon material and a balloon cover comprising a composite material comprising at least one retracted expanded fluoropolymer material and an elastomer, said at least one retracted expanded fluoropolymer material comprising serpentine fibrils, wherein said balloon cover is circumferentially wrapped at a first diameter, wherein said composite material can be radially expanded up to a second, nominal diameter beyond which further expansion is inhibited, and wherein said second, nominal diameter is at least 4 times greater than the first diameter. a balloon constructed of a balloon material and a balloon cover comprising a composite material comprising at least one retracted expanded fluoropolymer material and an elastomer, said at least one retracted expanded fluoropolymer material comprising serpentine fibrils, wherein said balloon cover is circumferentially wrapped at a first diameter, wherein said composite material can be radially expanded up to a second, nominal diameter beyond which further expansion is inhibited, and wherein said second, nominal diameter is at least 4 times greater than the first diameter.
A method of making a drug delivery balloon having a coating thereon comprising a drug, wherein the drug has characteristic amorphous and crystalline forms comprising: a) applying a coating of the drug in amorphous form, and b) annealing the coated balloon to produce a crystalline form of the drug on the balloon, wherein in the applying step a) the drug coating is applied to a balloon surface that has been nucleated 1) by treatment with a nucleating agent for said drug; or 2) by blooming of a component in the balloon material to the surface thereof; to induce formation of drug crystals in the annealing step. a) applying a coating of the drug in amorphous form, and b) annealing the coated balloon to produce a crystalline form of the drug on the balloon, wherein in the applying step a) the drug coating is applied to a balloon surface that has been nucleated 1) by treatment with a nucleating agent for said drug; or 2) by blooming of a component in the balloon material to the surface thereof; to induce formation of drug crystals in the annealing step. 1) by treatment with a nucleating agent for said drug; or 2) by blooming of a component in the balloon material to the surface thereof; to induce formation of drug crystals in the annealing step.
Bread slicer with an input compartment for receiving a loaf of bread to be sliced and having a set of blades comprising oblong blades arranged substantially parallel to each other and such that they can be driven in a back-and-forth movement in their longitudinal direction, said set of blades being designed for cutting a loaf of bread into slices and cooperating with a push block enabling the loaf to be pushed in a direction of travel from the input compartment through the set of blades to an output table, the set of blades being arranged between the input compartment and the output table to cut the loaf into slices, the output table having holding means for keeping open a packing bag, the packing bag having an opening, characterized in that the holding means are provided to hold the opening of the packing bag facing the set of blades during the movement of the loaf of bread in the direction of travel, the push block being arranged to push at least a part of the sliced loaf through the opening in said direction of travel so as to introduce it at least partially in the packing bag.
A tire (10, 20, 30) comprising: a carcass (14, 24, 34) toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions (13, 23, 33); a spiral cord layer arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of a crown portion of the carcass (14, 24, 34) and in which an upper layer and a lower layer are formed by spirally winding a reinforcing cord (101, 102); and an auxiliary belt layer (17, 27, 37a-d) arranged on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the spiral cord layer, wherein, at least at ends in a tire width direction of a region where the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer (17, 27, 37a-d) are laminated, a rubber gauge between the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer is 0.5 mm to 14.0 mm, the rubber gauge relating to a total thickness of a rubber existing between the reinforcing cords constituting the upper layer of the spiral cord layer and the belt cords constituting the auxiliary belt layer (17, 27, 37a-d), which total thickness is measured in a direction perpendicular to these layers, characterized by comprising a core-material cord layer between the upper layer and the lower layer of the spiral cord layer. a carcass (14, 24, 34) toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions (13, 23, 33); a spiral cord layer arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction of a crown portion of the carcass (14, 24, 34) and in which an upper layer and a lower layer are formed by spirally winding a reinforcing cord (101, 102); and an auxiliary belt layer (17, 27, 37a-d) arranged on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the spiral cord layer, wherein, at least at ends in a tire width direction of a region where the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer (17, 27, 37a-d) are laminated, a rubber gauge between the spiral cord layer and the auxiliary belt layer is 0.5 mm to 14.0 mm, the rubber gauge relating to a total thickness of a rubber existing between the reinforcing cords constituting the upper layer of the spiral cord layer and the belt cords constituting the auxiliary belt layer (17, 27, 37a-d), which total thickness is measured in a direction perpendicular to these layers, characterized by comprising a core-material cord layer between the upper layer and the lower layer of the spiral cord layer.
A pulp comprising: crosslinked cellulose fibers, wherein the pulp has: a water retention value, WRV, in a range between 0.8 g/g and less than 1.0 g/g determined by TAPPI T UM256M; and a pulp R18 value greater than 89% determined by TAPPI T 235 cm-00, wherein the crosslinked cellulose fibers include a glycidyl ether crosslinker having two or more glycidyl groups, wherein the ratio of the crosslinker present in the pulp of at least 2:100 and the weight average molecular weight of the crosslinker being 174 to 500 and wherein the pulp is a kraft pulp. a water retention value, WRV, in a range between 0.8 g/g and less than 1.0 g/g determined by TAPPI T UM256M; and a pulp R18 value greater than 89% determined by TAPPI T 235 cm-00, wherein the crosslinked cellulose fibers include a glycidyl ether crosslinker having two or more glycidyl groups, wherein the ratio of the crosslinker present in the pulp of at least 2:100 and the weight average molecular weight of the crosslinker being 174 to 500 and wherein the pulp is a kraft pulp.
Method for operating an lift system having a shaft system and a multiplicity of lift cars which are moved separately from one another between floors in a circulation operation in such a way that the lift cars are moved upward in a first shaft and are moved downward in a second shaft, wherein synchronization of the movement of the lift cars is carried out with respect to defined shaft positions which can be respectively adopted by the lift cars, wherein the number of defined shaft positions corresponds at least to the number of lift cars, characterized in that in each case current positions (h) of the lift cars in the respective shaft are defined as the shaft positions at defined time intervals.
A locking system for being provided with a profile-like lock element which has a first spring portion (12.1) and a first foot portion (13.1) and plate-shaped panels (4.1, 4.2) which each have two larger side surfaces and edges and which for the connection of similar panels to provide a floor, wall or ceiling covering are provided at least at two mutually opposite edges with mutually complementary profiles (5.1, 5.2), a first hook profile (5.1) and a second hook profile (5.2), each with a hook element which has a hook projection (7.2) and first undercut (9.1) operative in a transverse direction (q) perpendicular to the larger side surfaces and to a longitudinal direction of the oppositely disposed edges, wherein the hook elements of complementary hook profiles (5.1, 5.2) of two adjacent panels (4.1, 4.2) hook in engaging relationship into a connecting position in a joining movement (f) with at least one component perpendicularly to the larger side surface with respective engagement of its hook projection (7.2) into the first undercut (9.1) of the respective other hook element, the lock element can be inserted in the first undercut (9.1) of the first hook profile (5.1), the first undercut (9.1) at least of the first hook profile (5.1) has a second undercut (9.2) operative perpendicularly to the larger side surfaces, the lock element with attainment of the connecting position of the two panels (4.1, 4.2) automatically engages with its first spring portion (12.1) in a locking movement (v 1) from an open position into a third undercut (9.3) of the hook element of the second hook profile (5.2), said third undercut being operative perpendicularly to the larger side surfaces and being in opposite relationship in the connecting position of the two panels (4.1, 4.2) to the second undercut (9.2) of the first hook profile (5.1), with positive locking of the two hook profiles (5.1, 5.2) perpendicularly to the larger side surfaces into a locking position, the lock element is supported with the first foot portion (13.1) in the first undercut (9.1) and the second undercut (9.2) has a space which is delimited by the lock element in the locking position and the first hook profile (5.1) and in which or into which the lock element can be elastically deflected with its first spring portion (12.2) into the open position wherein the lock element adjoining the first foot portion (13.1) has a portion which is angled relative thereto and which is spaced relative to the first spring portion (12.1) in the transverse direction (q) and which is disposed in the locking position with respect to the transverse direction (q) in positively locking relationship between the hook projections (7.2) of the two hook profiles (5.1, 5.2), characterized in that the first foot portion is adapted to the groove bottom in a way that it has a plane contact with a contact surface, preferably over the entire groove bottom.
A surgical hub for displaying information on a display based on a visual focus of a user, the surgical hub comprising: a processor, the processor configured to: determine a first display that is within a visual focus of the user; determine a surgical task that uses a medical instrument during a medical procedure; determine first display data that is relevant to the surgical task based on contextual data and the surgical task; determine that the first display is displaying second display data; determine that the first display data has a higher priority than the second display data based on an identity of the user, the surgical task, and the contextual data send a first message instructing the first display to display the first display data; and send a second message instructing a second display to display the second display data. determine a first display that is within a visual focus of the user; determine a surgical task that uses a medical instrument during a medical procedure; determine first display data that is relevant to the surgical task based on contextual data and the surgical task; determine that the first display is displaying second display data; determine that the first display data has a higher priority than the second display data based on an identity of the user, the surgical task, and the contextual data send a first message instructing the first display to display the first display data; and send a second message instructing a second display to display the second display data.
A method for crystallization of 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chlorophenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanediol hydrochloride, comprising the steps of: dissolving 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chlorophenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanediol in a mixed solvent comprising a solvent in which the compound in the form of the hydrochloride thereof is highly soluble and a solvent in which the compound in its hydrochloride is less soluble, to thus prepare a solution of 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chlorophenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanediol; and then adding hydrochloric acid to said solution with stirring, to thus crystallize the hydrochloride of 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chloro-phenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanedioh wherein the solvent in which the hydrochloride of the compound is highly soluble is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, butanol, t-butanol, acetonitrile and propionitrile; and wherein the solvent in which the hydrochloride of the compound is less soluble is selected from the group consisting of water, ethyl formate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, ethyl propionate, diethyl ether, diisopropyl ether and ethylene glycol dimethyl ether. dissolving 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chlorophenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanediol in a mixed solvent comprising a solvent in which the compound in the form of the hydrochloride thereof is highly soluble and a solvent in which the compound in its hydrochloride is less soluble, to thus prepare a solution of 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chlorophenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanediol; and then adding hydrochloric acid to said solution with stirring, to thus crystallize the hydrochloride of 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chloro-phenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanedioh wherein the solvent in which the hydrochloride of the compound is highly soluble is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, butanol, t-butanol, acetonitrile and propionitrile; and
A case latch assembly comprising: a strike plate member provided on a first lock mounting part; a hinge member mounted for pivotable movement on a second lock mounting part; a strike plate engagement member mounted on the hinge member and being reciprocally moveable between a closed position in which the strike plate engagement member engages with the strike plate member and an open position in which the strike plate engagement member is disengaged from the strike plate member; and a ramp element provided on the strike plate engagement member, and characterised by further comprising a resilient member arranged to extend towards the strike plate engagement member, the resilient member being arranged such that as the strike plate engagement member is moved towards the open position the ramp element engages with the resilient member and the resilient member acts to bias the strike plate engagement member away from the second lock mounting part. a strike plate member provided on a first lock mounting part; a hinge member mounted for pivotable movement on a second lock mounting part; a strike plate engagement member mounted on the hinge member and being reciprocally moveable between a closed position in which the strike plate engagement member engages with the strike plate member and an open position in which the strike plate engagement member is disengaged from the strike plate member; and a ramp element provided on the strike plate engagement member, and characterised by further comprising a resilient member arranged to extend towards the strike plate engagement member, the resilient member being arranged such that as the strike plate engagement member is moved towards the open position the ramp element engages with the resilient member and the resilient member acts to bias the strike plate engagement member away from the second lock mounting part.
A negative pressure device comprising: a drape (36; 236) including an opening (40; 240) and being made from a flexible material that inhibits passage of liquid and air through the drape (36; 236) other than through the opening (40; 240); a wicking element covered by the drape (36; 236); a sealing element surrounding the wicking element and when applied to skin cooperating with the drape to define an enclosed volume covered by the drape (36; 236) and surrounded by the sealing element such that air within the enclosed volume is inhibited from exiting the enclosed volume other than through the opening (40; 240); characterized in that the device further comprises a reactor (100; 300; 340; 380) configured to react with a gas found in air to consume the gas; a chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) in fluid communication with the reactor (100; 300; 340; 380), and in fluid communication with the enclosed volume via the opening (40; 240), the chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) configured to maintain a predefined chamber volume while the gas is being consumed from the enclosed volume; and an air permeable liquid impervious element (78; 120), interposed between the chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) and the enclosed volume and configured to preclude liquid from entering the chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) from the enclosed volume through the opening (40; 240). a drape (36; 236) including an opening (40; 240) and being made from a flexible material that inhibits passage of liquid and air through the drape (36; 236) other than through the opening (40; 240); a wicking element covered by the drape (36; 236); a sealing element surrounding the wicking element and when applied to skin cooperating with the drape to define an enclosed volume covered by the drape (36; 236) and surrounded by the sealing element such that air within the enclosed volume is inhibited from exiting the enclosed volume other than through the opening (40; 240); characterized in that the device further comprises a reactor (100; 300; 340; 380) configured to react with a gas found in air to consume the gas; a chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) in fluid communication with the reactor (100; 300; 340; 380), and in fluid communication with the enclosed volume via the opening (40; 240), the chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) configured to maintain a predefined chamber volume while the gas is being consumed from the enclosed volume; and an air permeable liquid impervious element (78; 120), interposed between the chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) and the enclosed volume and configured to preclude liquid from entering the chamber (162; 302; 342; 382; 432) from the enclosed volume through the opening (40; 240).
An unloading device for a processing device for the processing of tubes by cutting, wherein the unloading device comprises a catching lance displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the tube and capable of being introduced into the interior of a tube to be processed, characterised in that the catching lance is mounted on two catching-lance mounts (32, 33) for alignment at an angle which is inclined upwards relative to the longitudinal axis of the tube, which are displaceable independently of one another in the height direction, and that the catching-lance mounts (32, 33) are attached to two catching-lance slides (25, 26) which are displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the tube, on which the catching lance is borne at one end.
Method for changing the height of a vehicle body of a vehicle relative to a ramp, wherein the vehicle has at least one distance detector and a device for regulating the height of the vehicle body, wherein the device for regulating the height of the vehicle body processes signals of the distance detector at least indirectly and therefore regulates the height of the vehicle body relative to the ramp, characterized by the following steps: a) the vehicle drives up to the ramp and a horizontal distance from the ramp is detected by the distance detector; b) the height of the distance detector is changed by raising the vehicle body until a detection cone of the distance detector exits the ramp in the upward direction and then runs above the ramp; c) the change in the height of the distance detector is detected as soon as the detection cone exits the ramp in the upward direction, and there is a jump in the signal of the distance detector; and d) the height of the ramp is derived, and subsequently the height of the vehicle body is adapted, from the change in the height of the distance detector when the jump occurs in the signal of the distance detector. a) the vehicle drives up to the ramp and a horizontal distance from the ramp is detected by the distance detector; b) the height of the distance detector is changed by raising the vehicle body until a detection cone of the distance detector exits the ramp in the upward direction and then runs above the ramp; c) the change in the height of the distance detector is detected as soon as the detection cone exits the ramp in the upward direction, and there is a jump in the signal of the distance detector; and d) the height of the ramp is derived, and subsequently the height of the vehicle body is adapted, from the change in the height of the distance detector when the jump occurs in the signal of the distance detector.
A method of estimating an effectiveness of an ablation lesion in a tissue, the method comprising: receiving lesion effectiveness parameters; and estimating an effectiveness of the lesion in the tissue; wherein the estimating is based on use by computer circuitry of an estimator constructed based on observed associations between previously analyzed lesion effectiveness parameters, and observed lesion effectiveness, the estimator being applied to the received lesion effectiveness parameters; and characterised in that the lesion effectiveness parameters comprise parameters of the pre-lesioning condition of the tissue. receiving lesion effectiveness parameters; and estimating an effectiveness of the lesion in the tissue; wherein the estimating is based on use by computer circuitry of an estimator constructed based on observed associations between previously analyzed lesion effectiveness parameters, and observed lesion effectiveness, the estimator being applied to the received lesion effectiveness parameters; and characterised in that the lesion effectiveness parameters comprise parameters of the pre-lesioning condition of the tissue.
A nucleic acid molecule comprising a first DNA segment comprising a first transcription unit flanked on both sides by a first and a second shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequence in opposite orientation to each other and located between a first left border region and a first right border region, wherein said first and second shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequences are physically linked to said first border regions and said first border regions flank said first DNA segment; and a second DNA segment comprising a second transcription unit flanked on both sides by a third and fourth shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequence in opposite orientation to each other and located between a second left border region and a second right border region, wherein said third and fourth shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequences are physically linked to said second border regions and said second border regions flank said second DNA segment, and said third shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequence is physically linked and operably linked to a promoter; wherein said first, second, third and fourth shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequences are homologous to a portion of said second transcription unit; and wherein said first, second, third and fourth shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequences are oriented and linked to said first or second transcription unit so that two copies of shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequences selected from said first, second, third and fourth shorter transcribable nucleic acid sequences are capable of being transcribed into a hairpin RNA to silence said second transcription unit when multiple copies of said first or second DNA segment are inserted into a genome as a repeat, or when said first and second DNA segments are linked upon insertion into a genome.