This invention is a method, an apparatus transduce between mechanical and electrical signals within a middle ear (35) to improve hearing. An electromechanical transducer film, preferably polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) (110), is carried by a mount (100) secured to the middle ear (35). The film (110) is constrained by the mount (100) at a numbers of points (120, 130) or by the mount, and an auditory...

The invention relates to a method for decoloring liquids, in particular ground water, by means of a membrane filtration unit, wherein the following steps are carried out: i) subjecting the ground water to a biological treatment in a bioreactor; ii) feeding the effluent from the bioreactor of step i) to the membrane filtration unit, in which membrane filtration unit a separation between biomass and...

A radially expandable stent (10) and stent insertion device (12) for implanting the stent within a body passageway, such as an artery. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical bands (26) which support a surrounding microporous coating (58). Each of the cylindrical bands are formed from a plurality of undulating sections (42) which are configured to expand uniformly and ...

The present invention relates to an image sensor with built-in exposure control. It consists of a circuit solution comprising a detector matrix and a processor, in which the exposure time for individual detector elements or arrays of detector elements, such as detector lines, can be controlled individually. One or more detector elements or arrays thereof constitute test areas and are given a signi...

The invention concerns a shaped body made of wood which is impregnated with a biodegradable polymer and/or solid natural resin or drying (setting) oil. Wax, fats, salts and/or flame-retardants can also be added to the impregnating agent. The shaped body is pre-heated to a temperature of between 100 and 150 DEG C, optionally placed under vacuum, and immersed in a melt of the impregnating compositi...

Apparatus for extracting thermoformed objects (2) from a thermoforming machine (3) and processing them, comprising one or a sequence of units or treatment or work stations for thermoformed objects (2) produced in the thermoforming machine (3), arranged in sequence immediately downstream of the thermoforming machine (3) and at least one extractor plate (4) designed to move synchronously with the th...

The invention relates to a method for making expanded paper honeycomb core material moisture- or waterproof, as well as the honeycomb core material obtained by using this method. According to the invention, the honeycomb core material is provided with a coating after expansion, the coating preferably being applied as a powder of a polymer plastic.

UN INGREDIENTE DE CEMENTO QUE CUANDO SE AÑADE A UNA COMPOSICION DE CEMENTO, TAL COMO UN MORTERO DE CEMENTO U HORMIGON, INHIBE LAS PERDIDAS POR CONTRACCION DE LA COMPOSICION DE CEMENTO Y MEJORA SU VIABILIDAD Y SU APLICABILIDAD. EL INGREDIENTE ESTA COMPUESTO POR COPOLIMEROS DE UN ETER DE ALQUENIL, UN ETER DE POLIALQUENIL Y ANHIDRIDO MALEICO.; A cement admixture which when added to a cement compositi...

LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN METODO PARA LA FABRICACION DE UNA CAPA DE FIBRAS ABSORBENTES (15) Y A UNA CAPA DE FIBRAS ABSORBENTES. SEGUN EL METODO, SE FORMA AL MENOS UNA CAPA DE MATERIALES (16) QUE CONSISTE EN UNA MEZCLA DE FIBRAS NATURALES, TALES COMO FIBRAS DE MADERA, Y FIBRAS DE PLASTICO MEDIANTE UNA TECNICA DE CONFORMACION EN SECO Y AL MENOS OTRA CAPA DE MATERIALES (17) QUE CONSISTE EN FIBRAS ...

A steam-stripping process suitable for the removal of impurities from polysaccharides, including soluble starch hydrolysates, is disclosed herein. This process may be used in combination with other purification processes, such as ultrafiltration, ion exchange processes or treatment with activated carbon, as well as with a bleaching process. Soluble starch hydrolysates may also be purified by a com...

The present invention is directed to hollow fiber membrane filtration modules and processes useful for improved tangential flow filtration-mediated purification and separation of molecules from mixtures of molecules, wherein those molecules may be of biological interest. The hollow fiber membrane filtration modules of the present invention are such that the transmembrane pressure along the entire ...

The invention relates to an implement holder, in particular for a pocket knife, or a flat-design storage case having a housing body with one or more housing compartments for at least one implement which can be moved out from a rest position into a position of use, e.g. a knife, corkscrew, screwdriver. A writing instrument is provided as an implement and the housing body projects beyond the impleme...

A method and apparatus for generating a dopant gas species which is a reaction product of a metal and a gas reactive therewith to form the dopant gas species. A source mass of metal is provided and contacted with the reactive gas to yield a dopant gas species. The dopant gas species may be passed to a chemical vapor deposition reactor, or flowed to an ionization chamber to generate ionic species f...

Frame synchronizing signals held by a synchronization register 2 are Reed-Solomon-coded by a Reed-Solomon coding circuit 4, then interleaved by an interleave circuit 5, then convolutional-coded by a convolutional coding circuit 10, then mapped by a mapping circuit 11, and then outputted. Thus, the frame synchronizing signals can be stably and quickly detected.

A method of manufacturing a sheet of friction material for an automobile brake shoe, and apparatus therefor, includes forming a plastic lining element of uncured or green thermosetting resin binder containing friction modifiers and fibrous reinforcements and curing the resin binder in a defined heat and pressure regime which cures the resin binder by cross-linking and produces a sheet of defined d...

A method of manufacturing a bonded friction product, such as an automobile brake shoe, and apparatus therefor, includes forming a plastic inner lining element of uncured or green thermosetting resin binder containing friction modifiers and reinforcements and bonding the element to a shoe platform by way of an adhesive resin in a heat and pressure regime which cures the resin binder and adhesive. T...

The invention relates to synchronizing in communication systems by using a sequential correlation technique. A digital sequence known to the receiver, a so-called signature, is allocated a plurality of segments. The segments are correlated, segment for segment, in a correlator (300) which is equally as long as the segment. The segments may have the same or different bit patterns. When a first segm...

PCT No. PCT/SE91/00096 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 6, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 6, 1992 PCT Filed Feb. 12, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/12214 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 1991.The invention relates to a flowability improving agent comprising a combination, calculated on a dry product, of: A) 60-99% by weight of a sulphonated melamine-formaldehyde resin, a sulphonated melamine-urea-formaldehyde resin or a sulphonated ...

Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment and repair of defects in the cartilage or bone of humans and other animals as in full-thickness defects in joints. To induce cartilage formation, a defect in cartilage is filled with a matrix having pores sufficiently large to allow cartilage repair cells to populate the matrix. The matrix contains an anti-angiogenic agent that serves as a fu...

UN PROCESO PARA FORMAR UNA BARRERA PROTECTORA (14) SOBRE SUPERFICIES DE MADERA Y METALICAS PARA PROPORCIONAR PROTECCION CONTRA LA ABRASION, LA CORROSION, EL CALOR, Y EL FUEGO. EL PROCESO CONSISTE PRIMERO EN FORMAR UNA SUPERFICIE FIJA (12,16) SOBRE EL ARTICULO DE MADERA O METALICO. SOBRE LOS ARTICULOS METALICOS (10), LA SUPERFICIE FIJA (12, 16) SE FORMA LIMPIANDO LA SUPERFICIE Y ENTONCES SE EXPONE ...