The pump includes a piston (7), which in the inoperative state, leaves a passage (38) between the compression cavity (35) and the aperture (37) in the second sector (4b) of the housing (4). A sector (13b) of the outlet channel (13) forms a groove (26) in the outside of the inner (19) of two shells (18, 19).

The present application describes a specific tracer delivery system that has been tested. The claimed system is composed of melamine formaldehyde resin (MFR) doped with various tracer materials. The MFR is used to slowly release tracer compounds into a liquid system. The MFR/tracer mixture is applied as part of a monitoring system where tracer is delivered from the MFR/tracer mixture at a specific...

The present invention provides a sealing composition for sealing a portion o f a subterranean formation to prevent a flow of a liquid hydrocarbon into or fro m the portion of the subterranean formation and associated methods of use. The sealing compositions are basically comprised of water, a hydraulic cement, an organophillic clay, a hydratable gelling agent, and a water soluble alkaline source i...

A cellular communication system in which a system user and another user communicate with each other by way of information carrying spread spectrum modulated signals transmitted via a cell-site in which system: the system user comprises a transmitter for transmitting information carrying spread spectrum modulated signals to said cell-site, a receiver for receiving information carrying spread spec...

An automatic injection unit for delivering a product, comprises a housing (1,2,3), a movable container (B), a needle (N) at the container outlet, and a drive member (10) which moves the container along. The member is decoupled from the container piston (K) until the container front position is reached, afterwhich it is decoupled from the container.

A process is described for treating the residues from metal chlorination processes wherein valuable volatile metal chlorides or metalorgano chlorides are recovered while low volatility metal chlorides and chloride complexes are reacted with a neutralizing humectant. The resulting neutral, dry solid is suitable for land fill disposal or for recovery of valuable metal constituents by extractive meta...

A procedure for the monitoring of a person or an animal on a base ( 2 ) with a device that has at least one plane like sensor element ( 3 ) arranged to it for transforming the mechanical forces caused by the measured movements and/or the vital signs to electric signals and a signal handling device ( 7 ) that registers the movements and/or the respiration frequency and/or the pulse frequency and/or...

A method for measuring exercise level during exercise and for measuring fatigue, in which method electrical signals produced by active muscles are measured with a measuring device and feedback is given from an exercise with a perceivable signal from a feedback device. A device for measuring exercise level and fatigue during exercise, which device includes sensors for measuring electrical signals f...

A method for implanting a medical device between tissue comprises the steps of providing a catheter having a body and a distal end thereof wherein the catheter includes an implantable device comprising a housing having a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis. The implantable device further includes a first set of anchoring members operatively connected to the proximal end of the ho...

The machine has a trough for the asphalt, a feed device for delivering asphalt from the tray to the road surface, a first part for determining the width of the asphalt surface to be laid and a second part for determining the thickness of the asphalt layer. The first part can be moved in the cross-direction and the second part can be moved in the height direction of the machine. The second part can...

A method and system for three-dimensional reconstruction of images are provided. The method includes receiving projection data from an imaging device scanning an object, identifying projection data corresponding to a conjugate pair of projection rays, and interpolating the projection data corresponding to the conjugate pair of projection rays to reconstruct an image of the object being scanned.

The invention relates to an method for the detection of cancer cells of epithelium origin expressing the Ep-Cam antigen and identification of circulating micrometastatic cancer cells in peripheral blood tissues and oth er body fluids of patients suffering from cancer of epithelial origin, using a sample of total blood, body fluids or tissue, comprising the amplification o f a cDNA molecule encodin...

The invention relates to a membrane on a support for filtering liquids, comprising a support and a membrane. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a membrane on a support according to the invention. The invention further relates to use of a membrane on a support according to the invention and to a module containing such a membrane. Also, the invention relates to a method for ...

A chair (1) comprising a frame (2) for supporting a seat (5) optionally associated with a backrest (6), the frame being provided with means (7) for sliding coupling to complementarily shaped means formed below the seat (5).

The invention relates to a device (1) for heat-sealing two layers of film material (4), comprising at least one supporting block (10) provided with heating means (15) for heating the film material (4), and coveying means (7) moveable along the supporting block (10) for carrying film material (4) along the heating means (15). The supporting block (10) is provided with a first part (18) functioning ...

A device (3) comprising a sheet member (6) having a plurality of microprotrusions (4) for penetrating the skin and a substantially incompressible agent reservoir housing (15) contacting and extending across the sheet member (6) for transmitting a hold-down force applied the sheet member (6) to maintain the microprotrusions (4) in skin-piercing relation to the skin, even during and after normal pat...

A system and method adapted to detect a malfunction related to a pad conditioner in a polishing apparatus are disclosed. The pad conditioner includes a conditioning pad seated on a conditioner head and a drive motor rotating the conditioner head. The system also comprises a current sensor connected to the drive motor, adapted to detect electrical current drawn by the drive motor, and provide a cor...

A dishwashing machine including a comminution device and a method for comminuting residue in the dishwasher. The comminution device at minimal manufacturing costs, makes it possible to easily comminute the coarse contaminants or residue accumulating during the rinse cycle in the dishwashing machine, flush it out of the dishwasher and at the same time reduce the danger of clogging the sieve(s) plac...

An intravascular stent has a coat comprising a crosslinked amphiphilic polymer and a sparingly water soluble matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPI). Preferably the polymer is formed from 2-methacryloyloxy-2′-ethyltrimethylammonium phosphate inner salt, C4-18 alkyl methacrylate and reactive and/or crosslinking monomer and the MMPI is a hydroxamic acid, more preferably batimastat. Preclinical and...

Devices, methods, and systems for providing portable dredging flotation hoses capable of being wound on reels ire a reduced volume configuration and transported to dredging sites. Some dredge flotation hoses include a first lay-flat hose disposed about a second, inner lay-flat hose a nd sealed at both ends of the first lay-flat hose to form an inflatable annular space therebetween. Some devices ha...