A medical probe includes a flexible insertion tube, having a distal end for insertion into a body cavity of a patient, and a distal tip, which is disposed at the distal end of the insertion tube and is configured to be brought into contact with tissue in the body cavity. A coupling member couples the distal tip to the distal end of the insertion tube and includes a tubular piece of an elastic mate...

A method of providing boiler tubes with a variably ribbed interior surface. A suitably dimensioned spindle with a channel having a desired pattern on the exterior surface of the spindle is wrapped by a wire-like member in the channel so as to form thereon a reverse image of the desired, patterned tube ribbing. A brazing metal paste is applied on the exterior surface of the wire-like member and the...

An injector may include an injector valve needle which is coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC), and a valve seat that is selectively contacted with the injector valve needle and is coated with a modula tungsten carbide carbon (modula WCC).

Methods and systems for the hydrogenation of multi-brominated alkanes are provided herein. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a method, the method comprising: reacting at least hydrogen and multi-brominated alkanes in the presence of a catalyst to form a hydrogenated stream comprising brominated alkanes having fewer bromine substituents than the multi-brominated alkanes reacted with ...

The present invention discloses a method for eliminating boron impurities in metallurgical silicon which includes the following steps: the metallurgical silicon powders being immersed in acid for 6~48 hours is then washed and heatingly dried; silicon powders being acid cleaned, washed and heated in the first step is heated to 300.degree.C ~ 700.degree.C in the reactor and fed in oxidizing gas for ...

A system for processing trades of at least one security priced in a second currency for at least one account configured for a first currency, the syste m including a processor, and a data store coupled to the processor for storing account data associated with each account, wherein the account data comprise s a first cash balance in the first currency, a dummy security code representi ng the second...

A cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclose d. The cartridge assembly includes a channel, a cover, a staple cartridge and a knife. The channel includes a protrusion thereon. The cover is configured for mechanical engagement with the channel and includes a blocking member and a surface defining a plane. At least a portion of the blocking member is configured to move...

A surgical instrument including a frame, an elongate portion, a firing rod a nd an end effector is disclosed. The elongate portion extends distally from the frame and defines a longitudinal axis. The firing rod is disposed at least partially with the elongate portion and is proximally and distally translatable with respect to the elongate portion. T he end effector includes a knife and is disposed...

A shutter mechanism for a raw material loading chute of the electrical furnace enabled to adjust and stop supplying of a raw material by provision of a sliding gate plate 1 that performs percussive hammering on a grate of the raw material loading chute is provided in an arc resistance type electric furnace enabling a molten metal to be obtained by smelting reduction of an oxide ore by carbon, by t...

An enclosure for a bathtub is constructed at a factory or other location remote from a site where the bathtub is to be permanently installed. The bathtub is placed permanentl y in the enclosure at the factory or remote location and once placed, the bathtub and enclosure ar e in condition for use at its permanent site without the necessity of further assembly.

This application discloses a device for urging bulk material to flow from a hopper such as the hopper of a railway car. The device includes a rotating axle that can be rotated by a power wrench, and one or more rotating agitators having auger coils disposed near the bottom outlet of a hopper and which are rotatably connected to the axle. Rotating the axle causes the agitators to rotate, thereby br...

A charging system for charging a vehicle battery using a commercial power supply available in a construction on the ground includes a charge device, a power line, a time setting unit, and a control unit. The charge device mounted on a vehicle charges the vehicle battery. The power line connects between th e construction on the ground and the vehicle. The time setting unit sets a charge start time ...