摘要:
A septum (610) for assembly with a housing to form an access port for providing subcutaneous access to a patient, the septum comprising: a body (612) including an upper surface (614) and a lower surface (616); and at least one gel region (620) positioned generally between the upper surface and the lower surface.
摘要:
A process for fluoropolymer production which is effective in improving the productivity of the emulsion polymerization method while maintaining the excellent material properties of the fluoropolymer, which comprises: (a) a first polymerization step in which a fluoromonomer or a monomer mixture of a fluoromonomer and a nonfluorinated monomer is emulsion-polymerized in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator and an emulsifying agent in an aqueous medium; (b) a dilution step in which the resultant aqueous emulsion of polymer particles is diluted with water to reduce both the number of emulsified polymer particles per unit amount of the aqueous medium and the concentration of the emulsifying agent; and (c) a second polymerization step in which the fluoromonomer and/or nonfluorinated monomer is emulsion-polymerized in the diluted emulsion.
摘要:
An auxiliary electromagnetic thermal treatment apparatus (100) for use with an endoscope is provided. The apparatus includes a handle portion (102) and an elongate portion (104) connected to the handle portion (102). The elongate portion (104) includes at least one delivery tube (116) having a memory portion (120) comprised of a shape memory material, and defining a normally unstressed curved configuration. The one delivery tube (116) is moveable relative to the handle portion (102). An electromagnetic probe (124) is disposed within the delivery tube (116), and is moveable relative to the delivery tube (116) to extend a probe end portion beyond the delivery tube (116) into tissue. A first actuator (108) is mounted to the handle portion (102), and connected to the delivery tube (116) to move the delivery tube (116) between a first retracted position and a second advanced position. A second actuator (110) is also mounted to the handle portion (102), and is connected to the probe (124) to extend the probe (124) beyond the delivery tube (116).
摘要:
A snowboard binding for securing a boot to a board, comprising a base, a first engagement member that is supported by the base and adapted to engage a first lateral side of the boot, and a second engagement member, pivotally mounted to the base, that is adapted to engage a second lateral side of the boot opposite the first lateral side of the boot.
摘要:
An ink-jet recording device capable of preventing distortion of the waveform of drive signals, conducting tests on the recording head including the drive signal producing circuit, and avoiding drawbacks involved in employing such arrangement. The ink-jet recording device is provided with a heat dissipating member (200) on the side of a recording head (10), with an IC (300) mounted on the vertical plate (210) of the heat dissipating member (200). This IC (300) is formed with not only a head driving circuit but also a current amplifying circuit for a drive signal producing circuit for producing drive signals for driving a pressure generating element (17). This recording head (10) is attached to a heat-dissipation-fin-equipped carriage such that the horizontal plate (220) of the heat dissipating member (200) is in contact with the carriage.
摘要:
A method for applying to articles (10) such as containers, segments (22) of sheet material, such as labels, which are elastic. Each segment has a leading end and a trailing end which are not connected to one another to form a sleeve except by adhesive. Such segment (22) is applied to articles (10) in stretched condition such that it will shrink to conform to the surface of the article (10) when, for example, the article (10) shrinks. Also the resulting articles (10) are novel and are claimed.
摘要:
A cassette chamber according to the present invention comprises a housing defining a space stored with a cassette for holding a plurality of objects of treatment, a lift base having a rotatable shaft and located in the housing for up-and-down motion, an auxiliary base fixed to the shaft and inclined at a predetermined angle to the longitudinal direction of the shaf, a cassette support having a bottom support portion set on the lift base and bearing the bottom face of the cassette and a back support portion rotatably supported by the auxiliary base and bearing the back face of the cassette, a rotation mechanism for rotating the shaft as the lift base ascends or descends, thereby rotating the auxiliary base and the cassette support between a first position inside the housing and a second position outside the housing, and a support section for keeping the back support portion of the cassette support parallel to the shaft by engaging the back support portion being rotated to the second position by the rotation mechanism and causing the back support portion to rotate relatively to the auxiliary base.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for igniting plasma in a surgical system is disclosed. A corona discharge is generated on a surgical handpiece which is used to ignite a plasma arc (19) for surgical operations. The advantages include greater reliability and repeatability of plasma arc (19) ignition. The apparatus comprises a handpiece incorporating an active electrode, a passage for ionizable gas (12), and a corona return electrode (17). The corona return electrode (17) has a terminus on the holder (11) and near the distal end (20) of the holder (11). The corona return electrode (17) is electrically connected to the return path of the electrosurgical generator. A non-uniform electric field is generated between the active electrode (14) and the corona return electrode (17) of sufficient strength so that a corona is formed near the active electrode (14). A separate return electrode (17) may be on the patient (25), or the apparatus may be configured for bipolar electrosurgical operation by carrying the return electrode (17) on the handpiece. A dielectric material separates the active electrode (14) and the corona return electrode (17). There is substantially capacitive coupling between the active electrode (14) and the corona return electrode (17). There is substantially resistive coupling between the active electrode (14) and the return electrode (17).