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A surgical stapler end effector, the end effector comprising: (a) a staple cartridge, wherein the staple cartridge comprises: (i) a plurality of staples, and (ii) a deck, wherein the staple cartridge is operable to drive the staples through the deck; (b) an anvil, wherein the anvil is movable from an open position toward the staple cartridge to reach a closed position, wherein the anvil includes an underside having staple forming surface configured to receive staples driven through the deck; and (c) a buttress assembly, wherein the buttress assembly comprises: (i) a buttress body, and (ii) an adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material is configured to removably secure the buttress body to the deck of the staple cartridge or the underside of the anvil, wherein the adhesive material comprises a polymer, wherein the polymer is malleable, wherein the polymer is bioabsorbable; wherein the deck of the staple cartridge defines a plurality of openings, wherein the staple cartridge is operable to drive the staples through the openings of the deck, wherein the adhesive material defines a plurality of preformed openings, wherein the openings in the adhesive material are configured and arranged to correspond with the openings of the deck or are sized and positioned to prevent the adhesive material from entering or otherwise covering the staple forming pockets in the anvil. (a) a staple cartridge, wherein the staple cartridge comprises: (i) a plurality of staples, and (ii) a deck, wherein the staple cartridge is operable to drive the staples through the deck; (i) a plurality of staples, and (ii) a deck, wherein the staple cartridge is operable to drive the staples through the deck; (b) an anvil, wherein the anvil is movable from an open position toward the staple cartridge to reach a closed position, wherein the anvil includes an underside having staple forming surface configured to receive staples driven through the deck; and (c) a buttress assembly, wherein the buttress assembly comprises: (i) a buttress body, and (ii) an adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material is configured to removably secure the buttress body to the deck of the staple cartridge or the underside of the anvil, wherein the adhesive material comprises a polymer, wherein the polymer is malleable, wherein the polymer is bioabsorbable; (i) a buttress body, and (ii) an adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material is configured to removably secure the buttress body to the deck of the staple cartridge or the underside of the anvil, wherein the adhesive material comprises a polymer, wherein the polymer is malleable, wherein the polymer is bioabsorbable;
An optical device for coupling an external optical signal into a plurality of on-chip channel photonic sub-circuits provided on a substrate , wherein the optical device comprises: a planar waveguide layer on the substrate ; and a plurality of channel waveguides formed in the waveguide layer , wherein each of the plurality of channel waveguides comprises a waveguide transition structure having a waveguide aperture , characterized in that the optical device further comprises a diverging grating coupler configured to couple the external optical signal received at an angle between 0° and 30° with respect to the direction orthogonal to the plane of the waveguide layer and to thereby create an on-chip optical beam with diverging phase front in the waveguide layer , further characterized in that said waveguide apertures are oriented towards said grating coupler , and in that , for each of the plurality of channel waveguides a position of the waveguide aperture with respect to the grating coupler and a width of the waveguide aperture and an angle and a shape of the waveguide transition structure are selected to capture a predetermined portion of the optical power of the on-chip diverging optical beam , different selections of combinations of position, width, angle and shape being made for different channel waveguides. a planar waveguide layer on the substrate ; and a plurality of channel waveguides formed in the waveguide layer , wherein each of the plurality of channel waveguides comprises a waveguide transition structure having a waveguide aperture , characterized in that the optical device further comprises a diverging grating coupler configured to couple the external optical signal received at an angle between 0° and 30° with respect to the direction orthogonal to the plane of the waveguide layer and to thereby create an on-chip optical beam with diverging phase front in the waveguide layer , further characterized in that said waveguide apertures are oriented towards said grating coupler , and in that , for each of the plurality of channel waveguides a position of the waveguide aperture with respect to the grating coupler and a width of the waveguide aperture and an angle and a shape of the waveguide transition structure are selected to capture a predetermined portion of the optical power of the on-chip diverging optical beam , different selections of combinations of position, width, angle and shape being made for different channel waveguides.
A support pad coupling mechanism for a surgical table extension unit, the surgical table extension unit including an extension adapter and a support pad , the coupling mechanism comprising: two coupling plates configured to be coupled to a lower side of the support pad so as to be perpendicular to the support pad , wherein each coupling plate is provided with a hook portion and a first position-limiting post , each first position-limiting post extending along a direction perpendicular to a respective one of the coupling plates ; two second position-limiting posts configured to be provided on the extension adapter , the two second position-limiting posts respectively configured to cooperate with a respective one of the hook portions ; and two position-limiting recessed portions configured to be provided on the extension adapter , the two position-limiting recessed portions respectively configured to cooperate with a respective one of the first position-limiting posts , wherein the two position-limiting recessed portions are in a shape of a circular arc, wherein, when the support pad and the extension adapter are coupled together by the support pad coupling mechanism, the first position-limiting posts of the coupling plates are positioned in the two position-limiting recessed portions , and the hook portions of the coupling plates are hooked onto the two second position-limiting posts . two coupling plates configured to be coupled to a lower side of the support pad so as to be perpendicular to the support pad , wherein each coupling plate is provided with a hook portion and a first position-limiting post , each first position-limiting post extending along a direction perpendicular to a respective one of the coupling plates ; two second position-limiting posts configured to be provided on the extension adapter , the two second position-limiting posts respectively configured to cooperate with a respective one of the hook portions ; and two position-limiting recessed portions configured to be provided on the extension adapter , the two position-limiting recessed portions respectively configured to cooperate with a respective one of the first position-limiting posts , wherein the two position-limiting recessed portions are in a shape of a circular arc, wherein, when the support pad and the extension adapter are coupled together by the support pad coupling mechanism, the first position-limiting posts of the coupling plates are positioned in the two position-limiting recessed portions , and the hook portions of the coupling plates are hooked onto the two second position-limiting posts .
A composition comprising a fibrous first component selected from the group consisting of chitosan, chitin, derivatives of chitosan, derivatives of chitin, and any combination thereof, the chitosan and/or chitin derivative being a reaction product of chitosan and/or chitin with another compound; at least one triprotic acid and at least one solubilising acid; wherein the at least one triprotic acid and at least one solubilising acid are coated onto at least a portion of the first component and/or are absorbed into at least a portion of the first component.
A method of moving a pipe section into a position ready for welding to a pipeline , the method being performed at sea when laying a pipeline to the sea-bed, wherein the method comprises: holding one end of the pipeline within a J-lay tower on a pipe-laying vessel , the pipeline having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipeline having been characterised and stored in the memory of a control unit , providing a pipe section having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, making measurements of the bevelled free end of the pipe section whilst the pipe section is outside the J-lay tower , characterising and storing in the memory of the control unit the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipe section with the use of such measurements, the control unit calculating, using the stored characterisations of the geometry of the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and pipe section , a target orientation that lines up the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and the pipe section , and effecting movement of the pipe section relative to the pipeline in dependence on the target orientation so calculated and bringing the pipe section and the pipeline into contact in a position ready for welding the two free ends together, the two free ends thereby defining a joint to be welded . holding one end of the pipeline within a J-lay tower on a pipe-laying vessel , the pipeline having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipeline having been characterised and stored in the memory of a control unit , providing a pipe section having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, making measurements of the bevelled free end of the pipe section whilst the pipe section is outside the J-lay tower , characterising and storing in the memory of the control unit the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipe section with the use of such measurements, the control unit calculating, using the stored characterisations of the geometry of the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and pipe section , a target orientation that lines up the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and the pipe section , and effecting movement of the pipe section relative to the pipeline in dependence on the target orientation so calculated and bringing the pipe section and the pipeline into contact in a position ready for welding the two free ends together, the two free ends thereby defining a joint to be welded .
A two-article system in which first and second articles of the two-article system have surfaces facing one another and in which the two articles have different anodic indices, wherein the first article is a male-part fastener being a bolt or screw , the surface of the first article , including at least part of a threaded portion, comprising a coating layer formed by curing a coating material on the surface of the first article, and the surface of the first article in contact and secured with the surface of the second article (P), wherein the two articles exhibit substantially no corrosion following exposure to a corrosive environment under standard GMW17026 after a 15 year simulated test, and wherein the coating material is a thermoset material having a thickness of 63.5 micrometres (0.0025 inches) to 88.9 micrometres (0.0035 inches).
A drip chamber for administering enteral nutrition or another medical fluid, comprising: - a body forming a chamber and having an inlet end and an outlet end , - a spike element arranged at the inlet end of the body and forming an inlet for letting a medical fluid into the chamber , - an outlet arranged at the outlet end and being connectable to a tube for letting a medical fluid out of the chamber , and - a connection element rotatably arranged on the spike element for releasably connecting the drip chamber to a connector , characterized by a cap element connected to the body for closing off the body at the inlet end , the cap element being integrally formed with the spike element , and wherein the connection element comprises at least one elastically deformable detent element such that the connection element can be slid onto the spike element from a far end of the spike element opposite to the cap element, and along the spike element until the at least one detent element of the connection element snaps into place with a protrusion element of the spike element , the protrusion element extending circumferentially about a shaft portion of the spike element . - a body forming a chamber and having an inlet end and an outlet end , - a spike element arranged at the inlet end of the body and forming an inlet for letting a medical fluid into the chamber , - an outlet arranged at the outlet end and being connectable to a tube for letting a medical fluid out of the chamber , and - a connection element rotatably arranged on the spike element for releasably connecting the drip chamber to a connector ,
Process for recovering at least one fractional substances from vapours during the alcohol reduction of a beverage, - in which an alcoholic beverage is supplied to a degasser of a fractional substance recovery apparatus , - in which vapours are removed from the degasser and the alcoholic beverage passed through the degasser is fed to a device for reducing alcohol, - in which the vapours are fed to a plurality of fractional condensation stages which follow one another in series and in which at least one fractional substance is separated from the vapours under pressure and/or temperature, - in which at least one line extending through the fractional condensation stages is provided, and each condensation stage comprises at least one fractional substance which is discharged through the at least one separator , - in which the vapours are pressurized with increasing pressure in the fractional condensation stages following one another in series, before leaving the respective condensation stage via the separator - in which the fractional substances separated in the respective fractional condensation stage are collected in a collecting container (84 to 89) or fed to a inoculation station , through which one or several separated fractional substances are fed in dosed form to a reduced-alcohol beverage. - in which an alcoholic beverage is supplied to a degasser of a fractional substance recovery apparatus , - in which vapours are removed from the degasser and the alcoholic beverage passed through the degasser is fed to a device for reducing alcohol, - in which the vapours are fed to a plurality of fractional condensation stages which follow one another in series and in which at least one fractional substance is separated from the vapours under pressure and/or temperature, - in which at least one line extending through the fractional condensation stages is provided, and each condensation stage comprises at least one fractional substance which is discharged through the at least one separator , - in which the vapours are pressurized with increasing pressure in the fractional condensation stages following one another in series, before leaving the respective condensation stage via the separator - in which the fractional substances separated in the respective fractional condensation stage are collected in a collecting container (84 to 89) or fed to a inoculation station , through which one or several separated fractional substances are fed in dosed form to a reduced-alcohol beverage.
A laminated heat sink core, comprising: laminated plural plates , in which numerous parallel slits are formed, and numerous parallel slender vertical ribs and a horizontal rib interlinking adjacent respective vertical ribs are formed therebetween; wherein each of the plates is joined in a state where each of the plates is laminated while each of the vertical ribs adjacent in a lamination direction is matched with each other in the lamination direction and the horizontal ribs are matched with each other alternately in the lamination direction, in each of the plates ; each of the horizontal ribs is disposed in a zigzag pattern in a horizontal cross-section orthogonal to the horizontal rib ; and such that in operation a refrigerant meanders in an extension direction of the vertical rib in the lamination direction between each of the horizontal ribs of the laminated plates , characterised in that a thickness T of each plate is 0.8 mm to 1.6 mm and wherein the formulae below are satisfied, where T is the thickness of each plate , P is a pitch between the horizontal ribs facing a circulation direction of the refrigerant, B is a length in the circulation direction of the horizontal rib , and A is a distance in the circulation direction between the horizontal ribs adjacent in the zigzag pattern, P/T = 3.0 to 6 .0 , and A/P = 0.15 to 0 .37 , where P = 2A + 2B. laminated plural plates , in which numerous parallel slits are formed, and numerous parallel slender vertical ribs and a horizontal rib interlinking adjacent respective vertical ribs are formed therebetween; wherein each of the plates is joined in a state where each of the plates is laminated while each of the vertical ribs adjacent in a lamination direction is matched with each other in the lamination direction and the horizontal ribs are matched with each other alternately in the lamination direction, in each of the plates ; each of the horizontal ribs is disposed in a zigzag pattern in a horizontal cross-section orthogonal to the horizontal rib ; and such that in operation a refrigerant meanders in an extension direction of the vertical rib in the lamination direction between each of the horizontal ribs of the laminated plates , characterised in that a thickness T of each plate is 0.8 mm to 1.6 mm and wherein the formulae below are satisfied, where T is the thickness of each plate , P is a pitch between the horizontal ribs facing a circulation direction of the refrigerant, B is a length in the circulation direction of the horizontal rib , and A is a distance in the circulation direction between the horizontal ribs adjacent in the zigzag pattern, P/T = 3.0 to 6 .0 , and A/P = 0.15 to 0 .37 , where P = 2A + 2B.
A rugged optical micromodule cable comprising a composite cable jacket having an outer surface , an inner surface defining a channel within the cable jacket and a thickness between the inner surface and the outer surface, the cable comprising a plurality of micromodules located in the channel , wherein the micromodules each comprise sheathing surrounding a plurality of optical fibers , and a plurality of yarn fibers located within the channel , wherein the cable jacket comprises: a first cable jacket layer formed from a first material, the first cable jacket layer having an inner portion facing the channel and an outer surface defining an outer surface of the cable; and a second cable jacket layer formed from a second material, the second cable jacket layer having an outer portion in direct contact with and bonded to the inner portion of the first cable jacket layer ; wherein the first cable jacket layer is contiguous in a circumferential direction and surrounds the second cable jacket layer ; wherein the first cable jacket layer provides at least 10% of the thickness of the cable jacket and the second cable jacket layer provides at least 10% of the thickness of the cable jacket ; wherein the first material is different than the second material, characterized in that the first material has a first torsional stiffness and the second material has a second torsional stiffness, wherein the second torsional stiffness is greater than the first torsional stiffness; the sheathing of the micromodules has an average thickness of less than 200 micrometers; and the plurality of yarn fibers are positioned around the micromodules such that at least one yarn fiber is located radially outside of one of the micromodules and such that the plurality of yarn fibers form a padding between the cable jacket and the at least one micromodule . a first cable jacket layer formed from a first material, the first cable jacket layer having an inner portion facing the channel and an outer surface defining an outer surface of the cable; and a second cable jacket layer formed from a second material, the second cable jacket layer having an outer portion in direct contact with and bonded to the inner portion of the first cable jacket layer ; wherein the first cable jacket layer is contiguous in a circumferential direction and surrounds the second cable jacket layer ; wherein the first cable jacket layer provides at least 10% of the thickness of the cable jacket and the second cable jacket layer provides at least 10% of the thickness of the cable jacket ; wherein the first material is different than the second material, characterized in that the first material has a first torsional stiffness and the second material has a second torsional stiffness, wherein the second torsional stiffness is greater than the first torsional stiffness;
A system for allowing the restoration of an interconnection of a die (Di) of a power module, a first terminal of the interconnection being fixed on the die and a second terminal of the interconnection being connected to an electric circuit, wherein the system comprises: - at least one material located in the vicinity of the first terminal of the interconnection, the material having a predetermined melting temperature, - means for controlling the temperature of the die at the predetermined melting temperature during a predetermined period of time, characterized in that the die (Di) is fixed on a copper layer of a direct copper bonding substrate and, the die, the direct copper bond substrate and the at least one material located in the vicinity of the first terminal are covered by a solid material . - at least one material located in the vicinity of the first terminal of the interconnection, the material having a predetermined melting temperature, - means for controlling the temperature of the die at the predetermined melting temperature during a predetermined period of time,