Abstract:
A method of and system for collecting patient event information from a cardiac rhythm management system (CRM system) is described, where the CRM system includes a cardiac rhythm management device (CRM device) and an external interface device. The method includes the steps of initiating a transmission session wherein the interface device communicates with the CRM device, prompting a user of the CRM system to select a reason for the transmission session, inputting the selected reason for the transmission session to the interface device, and storing the selected reason for the transmission session and timestamp information for the transmission session.
Abstract:
A lens-forming thermoplastic composition of matter has a crystallinity, as determined in accord with differential scanning calorimetry of from 0 percent to less than 1 percent when the composition comprises a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/isoprene block copolymer or a crystallinity, as determined in accord with differential scanning calorimetry of from more than 0 percent to less than 1 percent when the composition comprises a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/butadiene block copolymer. The composition has a birefringence, measured at a wavelength of 633 nanometers, within a range of from 0 to less than 6 x 10 -6 . Molding a melt of these compositions occurs at temperatures within a range from the hydrogenated block copolymer's glass transition minus 20°C to the glass transition temperature minus 90°C. The compositions suitably form lenses such as an optical pick-up lens, which may be aspherical or have at least one of an irregular surface configuration, a non-uniform thickness or an irregular and non-uniform cross-section.
Abstract:
In one aspect the invention provides a melt process for preparing a functional ized olefin multibiock interpohmer. said process comprising grafting onto the backbone of the olefin multibiock inferpohmer at least one compound comprising at least one "amine-reactive" group to form a grafted olefin multibiock interpolymer. and reacting a primary-secondary diamine or an alkanolamine with the grafted olefin multibiock interpolymer, without the isolation of the grafted olefin multibiock interpolymer.
Abstract:
In one aspect the invention provides a melt process for preparing a functional ized olefin multibiock interpohmer. said process comprising grafting onto the backbone of the olefin multibiock inferpohmer at least one compound comprising at least one "amine-reactive" group to form a grafted olefin multibiock interpolymer. and reacting a primary-secondary diamine or an alkanolamine with the grafted olefin multibiock interpolymer, without the isolation of the grafted olefin multibiock interpolymer.
Abstract:
The present invention is an article of construction formed from an article adhesively-bonded to a layering material through (a) reactive coupling of a functionalized nitroxide or (b) the adhesion of components in a polymer matrix made from or containing a polymer, an organic peroxide, and a functionalized nitroxide. The initial article may be expanded. It may also be polar or nonpolar. Similarly, the layering material may be polar or nonpolar. Other embodiments of the present invention are described, including other articles and methods for preparing the articles. The useful articles of the present invention include shoe outsoles and midsoles, paints, overmolded articles, weather stripping, gaskets, profiles, belts, hoses, tubes, durable goods, tires, construction panels, leisure and sports equipment foams, energy management foams, acoustic management foams, insulation foams, other foams, automotive parts (including bumper fascias, vertical panels, soft thermoplastic polyolefin skins, and interior trim), toys, supported films (including single-ply and co-extruded films), glass laminations, leather articles (synthetic and natural), personal health care and hygiene articles, other metal laminates, wood composites, automotive belts, hoses, tubes, conveyor belts, footwear, sporting goods, and filled articles.
Abstract:
The present invention is a bulk light diffuser material based upon a hydrogenated block copolymer, but including a particulate light diffusing component. The material may be in the form of a film, a sheet or a molded article. When present as a sheet having a thickness of 2 millimeters, the sheet has a percent total transmittance of at least 50% and a haze of at least 70%, measured according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D 1003.
Abstract:
The invention includes an interlayer film and composition comprising a polymer composition obtainable from (a) at least one low crystallinity propylene polymer, and at least one (b) internal adhesion enhancer, (c) at least one clarity enhancer or (d), more preferably, both (b) and (c). The invention also includes a process of preparing a film comprising (a) supplying at least one first component, a low crystallinity propylene polymer, (b) supplying at least one second component, selected from at least one an internal adhesion enhancer, at least one clarity enhancer or a combination thereof; and, (d) admixing the first and second components and optional additives. Additionally, the invention includes a process of making a laminate comprising steps of (a) positioning at least one layer of the interlayer film directly adjacent to at least one layer of substrate (b) applying sufficient heat or other energy to result in softening of the interlayer directly adjacent the substrate with simultaneous application of sufficient pressure to press polymer into intimate contact with substrate. The invention also includes laminates and articles comprising the composition or film of the invention or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
The invention includes an envelope stock composition comprising at least one spunbond nonwoven web and at least one microporous film. The invention also includes a process of preparing a envelope stock of at least one spunbond nonwoven web and at least one microporous film comprising (a) supplying spunbond nonwoven web, (b) and applying either (b1) at least one polymer coating containing at least about 10 weight percent filler in at least the outermost layer or a polyolefin film containing at least about 10 weight percent filler or (b2) at least one microporous film; and, (c) in the case of (b1 ), activating each coating or film to render it microporous. Additionally, the invention includes a process of making an envelope comprising steps of (a) folding envelope stock comprising at least one spunbond nonwoven web and at least one microporous film such that there is at least one area of overlap having at least two overlapping portions, (b) applying adhesive to at least one overlapping portion and (c) contacting the overlapping portions such that at least one seam is formed The invention also includes an article comprising an envelope stock comprising at least one spunbond nonwoven web and at least one microporous film.
Abstract:
A thermally stable brominated butadiene copolymer, such as brominated styrene/butadiene block copolymer, brominated random styrene/butadiene copolymer or brominated styrene/butadiene graft copolymer, preparation of the brominated butadiene copolymers, use of the brominated butadiene copolymers as a flame retardant additive and polymeric compositions, both foamed and non-foamed, that incorporate a flame-retarding amount of brominated butadiene copolymer.
Abstract:
The present invention yields a coagent-mediated, grafted copolymer prepared from a free radical-mediated reaction of a mixture containing or made from (a) a first free-radical reactive organic polymer, (b) a second free-radical reactive organic polymer, and (c) a coagent selected from the group consisting of allyl, vinyl, and acrylate coagents, wherein the first and second organic polymers are chemically dissimilar polymers as determined by at least one physical property yet the organic polymers have similar reactivity in radical-mediated additions to the coagent.