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A method for isolating a loss circulation zone of a subterranean formation, the method including: lowering a drill string having a tubular member from a surface into a subterranean well and drilling a wellbore of the subterranean well with a bottom hole assembly located at a downhole end of the tubular member; securing a packer assembly to the tubular member, the packer assembly having an inflatable packer unit and a protective sleeve , where the protective sleeve is in an extended position and circumscribes the inflatable packer unit and the inflatable packer unit is in a deflated condition; securing a stabilizer body to the tubular member downhole of and adjacent to the packer assembly, the stabilizer body shaped to centralize the packer assembly and direct debris traveling uphole in a direction radially outward of the packer assembly so that said debris does not hit the packer assembly; moving the protective sleeve from the extended position to a retracted position where the protective sleeve is axially adjacent to the inflatable packer unit; and inflating the inflatable packer unit so that the inflatable packer unit is in an inflated condition, forming a seal with an inner diameter surface of the subterranean well at a location within the subterranean well that is uphole of the loss circulation zone. lowering a drill string having a tubular member from a surface into a subterranean well and drilling a wellbore of the subterranean well with a bottom hole assembly located at a downhole end of the tubular member; securing a packer assembly to the tubular member, the packer assembly having an inflatable packer unit and a protective sleeve , where the protective sleeve is in an extended position and circumscribes the inflatable packer unit and the inflatable packer unit is in a deflated condition; securing a stabilizer body to the tubular member downhole of and adjacent to the packer assembly, the stabilizer body shaped to centralize the packer assembly and direct debris traveling uphole in a direction radially outward of the packer assembly so that said debris does not hit the packer assembly; moving the protective sleeve from the extended position to a retracted position where the protective sleeve is axially adjacent to the inflatable packer unit; and inflating the inflatable packer unit so that the inflatable packer unit is in an inflated condition, forming a seal with an inner diameter surface of the subterranean well at a location within the subterranean well that is uphole of the loss circulation zone.
A method for producing a transfer target, comprising the steps of: applying a composition containing a fluoropolyether to a release layer of a mold having an uneven pattern on a surface thereof; pressing the mold to a transfer target and transferring the uneven pattern; and releasing the mold from the transfer target, thereby providing the transfer target having a transferred pattern; wherein the fluoropolyether is free from hydrolyzable groups, and the release layer contains a compound containing a hydrolyzable group. applying a composition containing a fluoropolyether to a release layer of a mold having an uneven pattern on a surface thereof; pressing the mold to a transfer target and transferring the uneven pattern; and releasing the mold from the transfer target, thereby providing the transfer target having a transferred pattern;
A testing apparatus for a lower-limb-type wearable motion assistance device for evaluating strength and durability by repeatedly applying an impact force to the lower-limb-type wearable motion assistance device , the testing apparatus comprising: - a base extended in a horizontal direction, wherein at one end of which an impinging surface is formed along a direction vertical with respect to the horizontal direction; - a vibration exciter that is secured at another end of the base and that is configured to cause a reciprocating motion of a piston rod by driving an actuator to excite the piston rod in said horizontal and a straight linear direction; - a stage that is connected to a tip of the piston rod and can be moved freely slidably on the base integrally with the piston rod ; - a dummy doll that is secured and retained on the stage and partially imitates at least a lower back part and legs of a human body; and - a load cell that is provided on a tip of the piston rod or the impinging surface and that is configured to measure, via the stage , distortion caused by application of a load on a foot part of the dummy doll , wherein a controller is provided that is configured such that - when the piston rod is excited at predetermined stroke length and operating speed in a state where the dummy doll wears the wearable motion assistance device , a reciprocable area of the stage relative to the impinging surface of the base is adjusted to make a measured value of the load cell exceed a predetermined reference value. - a base extended in a horizontal direction, wherein at one end of which an impinging surface is formed along a direction vertical with respect to the horizontal direction; - a vibration exciter that is secured at another end of the base and that is configured to cause a reciprocating motion of a piston rod by driving an actuator to excite the piston rod in said horizontal and a straight linear direction; - a stage that is connected to a tip of the piston rod and can be moved freely slidably on the base integrally with the piston rod ; - a dummy doll that is secured and retained on the stage and partially imitates at least a lower back part and legs of a human body; and - a load cell that is provided on a tip of the piston rod or the impinging surface and that is configured to measure, via the stage , distortion caused by application of a load on a foot part of the dummy doll ,
A system for visualizing lesions on target tissue , the system comprising a data acquisition and processing unit configured to: receive signals from a force sensor of an elongated flexible catheter comprising an ablation head , said force sensor signals being in reaction to forces exerted against said ablation head by said target tissue ; produce a sequence of contact force values based on said force sensor signals acquired over a time period of energization of said ablation head ; receive from said elongated flexible catheter values for at least one measurable variable; analyze said values for said at least one measurable variable; determine in real time a force-time integral based on said sequence of contact forces; and control an energization parameter delivered to said ablation head based on said force-time integral. receive signals from a force sensor of an elongated flexible catheter comprising an ablation head , said force sensor signals being in reaction to forces exerted against said ablation head by said target tissue ; produce a sequence of contact force values based on said force sensor signals acquired over a time period of energization of said ablation head ; receive from said elongated flexible catheter values for at least one measurable variable; analyze said values for said at least one measurable variable; determine in real time a force-time integral based on said sequence of contact forces; and control an energization parameter delivered to said ablation head based on said force-time integral.
A bone harvesting device for extraction of bone and/or cellular material from a patient during a surgical procedure, the device comprising: a main body defining an internal cavity , the main body including a suction port adapted to be coupled to a suction source (S); and an aspiration assembly comprising: an outer tube having an interior surface , an exterior surface , a proximal end and a distal end , the proximal end of the outer tube being coupleable to the body ; and an inner tube having an interior surface , an exterior surface , a proximal end and a distal end , the inner tube being in fluid communication with the internal cavity and at least partially disposed within the outer tube , such that a venting channel is defined between at least a portion of the exterior surface of the inner tube and at least a portion of the interior surface of the outer tube such that ambient air flows through the venting channel in a proximal-distal direction and curls around the distal end of the inner tube while the bone and/or cellular material is aspirated through the inner tube in a distal-proximal direction. a main body defining an internal cavity , the main body including a suction port adapted to be coupled to a suction source (S); and an aspiration assembly comprising: an outer tube having an interior surface , an exterior surface , a proximal end and a distal end , the proximal end of the outer tube being coupleable to the body ; and an inner tube having an interior surface , an exterior surface , a proximal end and a distal end , the inner tube being in fluid communication with the internal cavity and at least partially disposed within the outer tube , such that a venting channel is defined between at least a portion of the exterior surface of the inner tube and at least a portion of the interior surface of the outer tube such that ambient air flows through the venting channel in a proximal-distal direction and curls around the distal end of the inner tube while the bone and/or cellular material is aspirated through the inner tube in a distal-proximal direction. an outer tube having an interior surface , an exterior surface , a proximal end and a distal end , the proximal end of the outer tube being coupleable to the body ; and an inner tube having an interior surface , an exterior surface , a proximal end and a distal end , the inner tube being in fluid communication with the internal cavity and at least partially disposed within the outer tube , such that a venting channel is defined between at least a portion of the exterior surface of the inner tube and at least a portion of the interior surface of the outer tube such that ambient air flows through the venting channel in a proximal-distal direction and curls around the distal end of the inner tube while the bone and/or cellular material is aspirated through the inner tube in a distal-proximal direction.
A pepper spray composition comprising: (a) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a chemical irritant comprising as an active component a pepper-based extract; (b) from about 10% to about 80% by weight of a propellant, wherein the propellant comprises at least about 70% by weight of transHFO-1234ze; (c) at least about 5 percent of a solvent, wherein said solvent comprises transHFO-1233zd; and (d) from about 10 % to about 50% by of a non-ionic surfactant, wherein said % by weight of said (a), (b) (c) and (d) are based on the total weight of said components (a) - (d) in the pepper spray composition. (a) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a chemical irritant comprising as an active component a pepper-based extract; (b) from about 10% to about 80% by weight of a propellant, wherein the propellant comprises at least about 70% by weight of transHFO-1234ze; (c) at least about 5 percent of a solvent, wherein said solvent comprises transHFO-1233zd; and (d) from about 10 % to about 50% by of a non-ionic surfactant, wherein said % by weight of said (a), (b) (c) and (d) are based on the total weight of said components (a) - (d) in the pepper spray composition.
Sound-proofing component for a rigid structural member, comprising a mass/spring system which comprises at least one layer of heavy mass and a layer which forms a spring, and an acoustic absorption system having two layers which have differing levels of resistance to air passage, the rigid structural member being a metal sheet, the mass/spring system being arranged at one side of the rigid structural member , the acoustic absorption system being arranged at the other side of the rigid structural member , and the opposing surfaces of the rigid structural member which are covered by the mass/spring system on the one side and the acoustic absorption system on the other side being opposite each other and of the same size, wherein a first of the two layers of the acoustic absorption system has an adjustable level of resistance to air passage, characterised in that the first of the two layers of the acoustic absorption system is formed by a non-woven material, the non-woven material presenting a resistance to air passage comprised between 300 N.s/m 3 and 2500 N.s/m 3 and its mass surface density being comprised between 20 g/m 2 and 200 g/m 2 .
A device for applying a negative pressure to an endoluminal surface in the body of a patient to treat a wound in the endoluminal surface, the endoluminal surface defining an internal lumen of the patient, and the device comprising: a flexible porous element with a peripheral outer face defined between opposite proximal and distal ends of the porous element; at least one absorbent element for absorbing bodily substances within the internal lumen of the patient and which is respectively disposed forwardly of the proximal end of the porous element or rearwardly of the distal end of the porous element, a respective juncture being defined between the porous element and the absorbent element; and a suction tube for being connected to a suction source externally of the patient's body and which is in fluid communication with the porous element to apply the negative pressure to the wound via the outer face of the porous element upon operation of the suction source, at least one longitudinally extending through passageway of the porous element extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the porous element and into the absorbent element through the juncture between the porous element and the absorbent element for passage of the bodily substances in the lumen through the device, the juncture otherwise sealing the proximal or distal end of the porous element against egress of the bodily substances from the absorbent element into the porous element. a flexible porous element with a peripheral outer face defined between opposite proximal and distal ends of the porous element; at least one absorbent element for absorbing bodily substances within the internal lumen of the patient and which is respectively disposed forwardly of the proximal end of the porous element or rearwardly of the distal end of the porous element, a respective juncture being defined between the porous element and the absorbent element; and a suction tube for being connected to a suction source externally of the patient's body and which is in fluid communication with the porous element to apply the negative pressure to the wound via the outer face of the porous element upon operation of the suction source, at least one longitudinally extending through passageway of the porous element extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the porous element and into the absorbent element through the juncture between the porous element and the absorbent element for passage of the bodily substances in the lumen through the device, the juncture otherwise sealing the proximal or distal end of the porous element against egress of the bodily substances from the absorbent element into the porous element.
A method of artificially illuminating livestock during a life cycle, the method comprising: providing an electric lamp configured to illuminate a livestock area in which livestock develop; providing an electric power signal to the lamp at a first excitation level; illuminating the livestock area with a first plurality of spectral components generated by the lamp in response to the electric power signal at the first excitation level, wherein the first plurality of spectral components comprise a spectral component at a selected wavelength; characterised by : changing the electric power signal from the first excitation level to a second excitation level that is substantially different from the first excitation level; supplying the electric power signal to the lamp at the second excitation level; and, illuminating the livestock area with a second plurality of spectral components generated by the lamp in response to the electric power signal at the second excitation level, wherein the selected wavelength is substantially removed from the second plurality of spectral components. providing an electric lamp configured to illuminate a livestock area in which livestock develop; providing an electric power signal to the lamp at a first excitation level; illuminating the livestock area with a first plurality of spectral components generated by the lamp in response to the electric power signal at the first excitation level, wherein the first plurality of spectral components comprise a spectral component at a selected wavelength; characterised by : changing the electric power signal from the first excitation level to a second excitation level that is substantially different from the first excitation level; supplying the electric power signal to the lamp at the second excitation level; and, illuminating the livestock area with a second plurality of spectral components generated by the lamp in response to the electric power signal at the second excitation level, wherein the selected wavelength is substantially removed from the second plurality of spectral components. changing the electric power signal from the first excitation level to a second excitation level that is substantially different from the first excitation level; supplying the electric power signal to the lamp at the second excitation level; and, illuminating the livestock area with a second plurality of spectral components generated by the lamp in response to the electric power signal at the second excitation level, wherein the selected wavelength is substantially removed from the second plurality of spectral components. supplying the electric power signal to the lamp at the second excitation level; and, illuminating the livestock area with a second plurality of spectral components generated by the lamp in response to the electric power signal at the second excitation level, wherein the selected wavelength is substantially removed from the second plurality of spectral components.
Calibration method for a bonder comprising a bonding head, a bonding tool provided as part of the bonding head being held via a spring and a force actuator, comprising a current sensor for detecting a current used for driving the force actuator, comprising a position sensor for detecting a deflection of the spring, comprising a control system and comprising a measuring device for determining a bonding force, including the following method steps: - in a positioning step, positioning the bonding head in a working area and outside a bonding area of the bonder in such a way that the bonding tool is provided above a contact surface of an actuating element of the measuring device , - in a contact step, lowering the bonding head and placing the bonding tool on the contact surface of the measuring device ; - in a measurement step, applying a first contact force to the measurement-effective contact area of the measuring device , then, at the same time or with a delay, in an at least quasi-static operating state, detecting the bonding force by means of the measuring device, detecting the deflection of the spring by means of the position sensor and detecting the current by means of the current sensor, and determining an actuator force and/or a spring force from the deflection, a spring characteristic curve of the spring, and the bonding force; - in a storage step, feeding the measured values for the deflection and the current, as well as the bonding force and/or the spring force and/or the actuator force, to a memory assigned to the control system, and storing them there; - performing the measurement step and the storage step again for at least a second pressure force. - in a positioning step, positioning the bonding head in a working area and outside a bonding area of the bonder in such a way that the bonding tool is provided above a contact surface of an actuating element of the measuring device , - in a contact step, lowering the bonding head and placing the bonding tool on the contact surface of the measuring device ; - in a measurement step, applying a first contact force to the measurement-effective contact area of the measuring device , then, at the same time or with a delay, in an at least quasi-static operating state, detecting the bonding force by means of the measuring device, detecting the deflection of the spring by means of the position sensor and detecting the current by means of the current sensor, and determining an actuator force and/or a spring force from the deflection, a spring characteristic curve of the spring, and the bonding force; - in a storage step, feeding the measured values for the deflection and the current, as well as the bonding force and/or the spring force and/or the actuator force, to a memory assigned to the control system, and storing them there; - performing the measurement step and the storage step again for at least a second pressure force.
Coupling assembly , in particular for a manual or an automated motor vehicle multi-step transmission , having - a wet-running friction clutch for arranging between a drive engine and a multi-step transmission , - a fluid actuator for actuating the friction clutch , - a cooling device for the fluid cooling of the friction clutch , - a fluid supply device which has an electric motor and a pump assembly which is driven by the electric motor , the pump assembly being connected via a first branch to the fluid actuator and being connected via a second branch to the cooling device , wherein a switching assembly is arranged in the second branch and, for actuation in dependence on an actuating pressure (P), is connected to the first branch of the fluid supply device in order to reduce a fluid volumetric flow (V) from the pump assembly to the cooling device if the actuating pressure (P) in the first branch exceeds a threshold pressure (P SW ) and/or the fluid actuator undershoots a threshold travel (S SW ), characterized in that the pump assembly has an actuating pump and a cooling pump , wherein a pump connection of the actuating pump is connected via the first branch to the fluid actuator and wherein a pump connection of the cooling pump is connected via the second branch to a cooling connection of the friction clutch , and in that the switching assembly has a valve assembly as a 2/3-way valve with a pressure-controlled mechanical arresting device . - a wet-running friction clutch for arranging between a drive engine and a multi-step transmission , - a fluid actuator for actuating the friction clutch , - a cooling device for the fluid cooling of the friction clutch , - a fluid supply device which has an electric motor and a pump assembly which is driven by the electric motor , the pump assembly being connected via a first branch to the fluid actuator and being connected via a second branch to the cooling device ,