SURGICAL CLIPS WITHOUT PROTUSIONS
    91.
    发明公开
    SURGICAL CLIPS WITHOUT PROTUSIONS 有权
    外科CLIPS没有PROTUSIONS

    公开(公告)号:EP1589881A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-02

    申请号:EP04703835.1

    申请日:2004-01-21

    IPC分类号: A61B17/122

    摘要: A surgical clip (5) is provided for clipping a tubular structure (9) in vivo to ligate the tubular structure. The clip comprises first and second clip portions (6, 7). A hinge portion (8) is provided connecting the clip portions together and to enable the clip portions to be hinged together from an open clip condition to a closed clip condition thereby to ligate a tubular structure placed between the clip portions. A lock is provided for locking the clip portions together in the closed clip condition. In the closed clip condition the clip has a substantially smooth external profile, for example including blunt ends (21), so as to reduce the possibility of the clip (in use) eroding surrounding tissue structures.

    摘要翻译: 提供手术夹子(5)用于在体内夹住管状结构(9)以结扎管状结构。 夹子包括第一和第二夹子部分(6,7)。 提供了铰链部分(8),其将夹子部分连接在一起并且使得夹子部分能够从打开的夹子状态铰接在一起到闭合的夹子状态,从而结合放置在夹子部分之间的管状结构。 提供锁定用于在闭合的夹子状态下将夹子部分锁定在一起。 在闭合的夹子状态下,夹子具有基本光滑的外部轮廓,例如包括钝端(21),以便减少夹子(在使用中)侵蚀周围组织结构的可能性。

    MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    93.
    发明公开
    MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 审中-公开
    磁共振成像

    公开(公告)号:EP1472555A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-03

    申请号:EP03701609.4

    申请日:2003-01-28

    IPC分类号: G01R33/54

    CPC分类号: G01R33/54

    摘要: Magnetic resonance images are acquired by combining images obtained using two different spatial sensitivity profiles, (1’), (2’). The transverse magnetisation is caused to adopt such a profile (1’) in one direction, resulting, in two dimensions, to a series of alternating stripes of respectively strong and weak, e.g. zero, transverse magnetisation. The regions of strong transverse magnetisation correspond to regions of high sensitivity in the acquired image. A complementary sensitivity profile (2’) is stored as longitudinal magnetisation. A first image is then acquired in which the pixels are centered on the regions of high sensitivity within the first sensitivity profile (1’). The complementary sensitivity profile (2’) is then recalled by inserting an additional gradient pulse and then a radio-frequency pulse into the pulse sequence and a second image acquired. As with the first image, the pixels are centered on the high-sensitivity regions, but these are mid-way between those within the first sensitivity profile (1’). A combined image is then created by interleaving the two images. The combined image has twice the resolution of each of the two component images. In a further embodiment, two images are acquired in which each spatial sensitivity profile exhibits a sinusoidal profile extending over the field of view. In this case, all the data from the two images are combined using an algorithm.

    TISSUE GROWTH METHOD AND APPARATUS
    96.
    发明公开
    TISSUE GROWTH METHOD AND APPARATUS 有权
    组织培养与IPMENT

    公开(公告)号:EP1383863A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-28

    申请号:EP01271433.3

    申请日:2001-12-19

    IPC分类号: C12M3/00

    CPC分类号: C12M21/08 C12M35/04

    摘要: A method for growing tissue in vitro includes the steps of:(i) providing a deformable substrate which is seeded with tissue-forming cells and which defines at least one flow channel containing a fluid culture medium;(ii) applying, substantially parallel to the flow channel, a cyclically varying load to the substrate, which load deforms the substrate to provide mechanical cueing for the cells; and(iii) inhibiting the flow of culture medium in one direction of the flow channel so that the deformation of the substrate causes a net flow of the culture medium along the flow channel in the opposing direction, thereby refreshing the culture medium in the flow channel.

    A DATA STRUCTURE, MEMORY ALLOCATOR AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    98.
    发明公开
    A DATA STRUCTURE, MEMORY ALLOCATOR AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 审中-公开
    数据结构存储仲裁器和内存管理系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1327194A2

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-16

    申请号:EP01974469.7

    申请日:2001-10-10

    IPC分类号: G06F12/02

    CPC分类号: G06F12/023

    摘要: We present a Best Fit allocator for dynamic memory management. Portions of the memory that are presently unused are call free cells, and each free cell has a size. The allocator uses a bitmap which, for each number of predetermined sizes, indicates whether free memory cells of that size exist. It also employs a second data array with an entry for each of the predetermined cell sizes. When one or more free cells of a given size exist, the corresponding entry of the data array is a pointer to one of those free cells. The free cells themselves contain pointers to other free cells of the same size, or to free cells that are slightly smaller or larger. The allocator is scalable, in that the worst-case behaviour is independent of the size of the heap, and is independent of the number of free cells and of the number of cells already in use for memory storage. It is also incremental and non-disruptive, in that each memory operation (including splitting and coalescing of free cells) is guaranteed to complete within a small bounded time. We also present a novel collector and a priority queuing mechanism that operate on principles similar to those of the allocator.

    METHOD FOR PURIFYING AAV
    100.
    发明公开
    METHOD FOR PURIFYING AAV 审中-公开
    程序对清洁AAV

    公开(公告)号:EP1228196A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-07

    申请号:EP00971584.8

    申请日:2000-10-26

    IPC分类号: C12N7/02

    CPC分类号: C12N7/00 C12N2750/14151

    摘要: A method for purifying an adeno-associated virus, which method comprises: 1) applying a sample of impure virus to an affinity matrix under conditions to bind the adeno-associated virus to the matrix, wherein the affinity matrix comprises an affinant capable of competing with heparan sulphate for binding to the virus; 2) eluting contaminants from the matrix to produce a virus-rich matrix; 3) eluting virus from the virus-rich matrix; 4) treating the eluted virus with a protease incapable of digesting intact virus to digest any proteinaceous contaminants; and 5) separating intact virus from the digested proteinaceous contaminants.