PCT No. PCT/US92/05905 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 19, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 19, 1994 PCT Filed Jul. 15, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/01772 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 1993A spinal fixation system comprises an elongated fixation plate (13) having an elongated slot (21) with a number of concave depressions (28,25) formed at the top and bottom surfaces (19,17) of the plate. The system further includes a pedicle scr...

An oriented film easy to split which contains nylon (Ny) and meta-xylene adipamide (MXD6) at the weight ratio of 40-85:15-60 and which were oriented with magnification above 2.8 times to both direction of MD and TD. The concrete example of nylon (Ny) composes of as nylon 66 (Ny66), nylon 6-66 copolymer (Ny6-66) and so on. Under this manufacturing method of oriented film easy to split, when a raw f...

For thermoforming a sheet of plastic material, a mold is made of porous concrete. More specifically, the mold comprises a body of porous concrete having a mold surface section and a second surface section. An impervious wall made of high performance concrete is applied to the second surface section of the body of porous concrete for sealing this second surface section. A duct is formed through the...

It has been surprisingly found that gold compounds may be applied in topical preparations as an effective treatment of local or systemic inflammatory conditions and/or as antibacterial agents. The present invention therefore relates to new pharmaceutical compositions containing gold for topical application, and the use of the composition in treating inflammation and/or bacterial infection.

Methods and apparatus for measuring and characterizing the localized electromagnetic wave absorption properties of biologic tissues in vivo, using incident electromagnetic waves to produce resultant acoustic waves. Multiple acoustic transducers are acoustically coupled to the surface of the tissue for measuring acoustic waves produced in the tissue when the tissue is exposed to a pulse of electrom...

An addition reaction type silicone rubber composition for injection molding compounded with an azo compound, carbon black, and at least one of cerium hydroxide and cerium oxide is disclosed. Silicone rubber moldings having a small compression set and an excellent flame retardance are obtained without need of carrying out a postcure after primary molding. Further, integral molding of the silicone r...

This process serves to form a long-time-vacuum-tight, high-strength, and corrosion-resistant joint, by means of a joining material, between a first body and a second body each made of sintered, polycrystalline alumina ceramic with a purity greater than 92 wt.% or of sapphire. The joining material is interposed in the form of a paste, a foil, or a slip between the first body and the second body. Th...

A frame construct for holding at least one planar mesh or membrane in set-apart relationship from a structural port(al). Individual frame pieces, top, bottom and sides, are cut to desired lengths and joined to form a glazable frame. Shapes other than of rectangular geometry are obtainable through use of variously angled joiners. Peripheral grooving on both frame faces is receptive of a spline that...

A surface of a diamond, particularly a diamond window, is treated by depositing a layer of a carbide-forming metal such as titanium, on the surface and thereafter removing the layer. The treatment has the effect of passivating stress surface defects in the diamond such as grain boundaries, twin defects and polishing damage.

The system for installing cable and/or leads, uses a pulling- in organ insertable in the installation tube (2), connectable with the cables and/or leads to be drawn in. The tube (2) can also be withdrawn. A guide tube (9) is provided for the reception of the installation tube (2), during the drawing in of the cable and/or the leads (13). The guide tube (9) is connected directly after an extruder (...

A heat exchanger for an air conditioner comprises parallel fins through which air flows. A pipe system is disposed in the air flow and conducts a fluid which exchanges heat with the air flow. The pipe system includes a plurality of pipe segments extending between adjacent ones of the fins. Each fin includes a row of flow disrupting elements disposed adjacent a respective pipe segment such that an ...

An integrated resistor is constituted by a doped resistance body in a semiconductor substrate which is coated with a layer of insulating material having local apertures in which metal end contacts (2a, 3a) and the tapping contacts (4a, 5a, 6a) are provided. The width of each tapping contact (4a, 5a, 6a) is smaller than the width of the doped zone and, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the re...

A charge transfer section (12) deals with supplied charges, and a charge measuring section (14) converts the transferred charges to an electric signal to be transmitted. A reference charge input section (16a, b) supplies a reference charge to the charge transfer section. A signal processing section (22) receives the electric signal and has a first memory section for storing the signal standard sta...

A method and a device for image registration of the external characteristics and the number plate of a vehicle in a road toll unit for checking the payment status relating to a toll fee, which is intended to be collected by means of remote communication. During the checking and payment operation, the vehicle is followed by successive video recordings. In these recordings, a marker is connected to ...

A method and a device for image registration of the external characteristics and the number plate of a vehicle in a road toll unit for checking the payment status relating to a toll fee, which is intended to be collected by means of remote communication. During the checking and payment operation, the vehicle is followed by successive video recordings. In these recordings, a marker is connected to ...

The surgical suturing apparatus is configured to pass a surgical suturing needle having an associated length of suture material attached thereto between opposed pairs of jaws. The surgical suturing apparatus generally include s a housing having an elongated tubular portion extending distally therefrom. A pair of jaws extend distally from the elongated tubular portion and are each individuall y lon...

An imaging method and apparatus produces an integral three-dimensional object from a multiplicity of cross sectional portions of the object. The cross sectional portions correspond to photohardened portions of contiguous photoformed precursor sheets of a photohardenable liquid composition.