A method wherein a superhard abrasive material is sintered and simultaneously bonded to a sintered cemented carbide body inside a container under elevated pressure and temperature conditions (HP/HT-treatment), whereby said cemented carbide body is in contact with at least one other cemented carbide body which after the sintering is removed, is disclosed. At least the cemented carbide surfaces in c...

A method wherein a superhard abrasive material is sintered and simultaneously bonded to a sintered cemented carbide body inside a container under elevated pressure and temperature conditions (HP/HT-treatment), whereby said cemented carbide body is in contact with at least one other cemented carbide body which after the sintering is removed, is disclosed. At least the cemented carbide surfaces in c...

A method and apparatus (21,150) is disclosed for identifying tissue which is suspected of being physiologically changed as a result of pre-cancerous or cancerous activity. The apparatus (21,150) includes a probe (1,10;151) configured to contact the tissue and which includes an arrangement (3-7,17-47;158-163) to subject the tissue to a plurality of different stimuli such as electrical, light, heat,...

A fully absorbable prosthesis (1) for the repair of damaged ligaments and/or tendons in the form of a multilayer spiral roll comprising the following spiral layers: a foraminous layer (2) of a synthetic bioabsorbable material; a bioabsorbable film (3); and a layer (4) of a bioabsorbable biopolymer sponge. The invention also provides a method of making such a prosthesis, comprising the steps of: pr...

Digital coupons are selectively transmitted in a communication network to subscriber terminals for promotional purposes. Subscribers automatically receive coupon credits when they meet the preconditions of the digital coupons. Free or reduced price pay-per-view (PPV) programming in particular may be provided when a subscriber purchases a given number of PPV programs at a regular price. The termina...

A mechanical device for checking the level to which cylinders and the like are filled with liquid gases, comprising a feeder pipe anchored to the cutoff valve unit of the cylinder. At the lower end of the pipe there are provided openings which are connected to the inside of the cylinder and in a front region there is provided a closure membrane made of flexible material and centrally provided with...

A filter for absorbing electromagnetic radiation which is used in heating a welding zone wherein a first part is joined to a second part. The filter includes a filter housing which contains a chamber within which a fluid is placed. The fluid absorbs undesired wavelengths of radiation from a heating source before the radiation reaches the welding zone. A heat exchanger may be connected to the filte...

A filter for absorbing electromagnetic radiation which is used in heating a welding zone wherein a first part is joined to a second part. The filter includes a solid material for absorbing undesired wavelengths of radiation from a heating source before the radiation reaches the welding zone. The filter also has a housing which contains a chamber within which a fluid is placed. The fluid cools the ...

A user definable set of event rollup relationships are maintained as a configuration element. Transitive closure of event rollup relationships is checked at the time of specification to detect cycles and prevent runtime errors. When an event to be processed is detected, the event is compared to defined rollup relationships and queued events to determined if the detected event may be rolled up into...

A method and system in a wireless communications network for restricting cer taincommunication transactions to specific geographic ar eas in order to reduce the risk of communications fraud are presented. Initially, a list of communication trans actions is stored such that the list includes communication transactions permitted to o ccur at each of a number of geographic locations. Thereafter, a ...

To remove a gas mixt. with a CO content, at at least 500 degrees C, a pipe with an outer pipe mantle and an inner protective pipe divided into sections, has a thermal insulation protective mass between them. A gas or vapour protective medium, generally free of CO, is passed through the mantle pipe at the protective mass zone, through one or more entry openings at the mantle pipe.

An illuminated display unit (10) comprising a light guide (20) in the form of a plate, one or more light sources (100) and also one or more recesses (80, 90) arranged along at least a first edge (110) of the light guide (20). The light guide (20) has a first side (60) which faces towards an observer and also a second side (30) which faces away from an observer. The light sources (100) are connecte...

An illuminated display unit (10) comprising a light guide (20) in the form of a plate, one or more light sources (100) and also one or more recesses (80, 90) arranged along at least a first edge (110) of the light guide (20). The light guide (20) has a first side (60) which faces towards an observer and also a second side (30) which faces away from an observer. The light sources (100) are connecte...

The invention provides mutant, chimeric thermostable DNA polymerase enzymes, which chimeric thermostable DNA polymerase enzymes consist of an N-terminal regi on derived from the 5'-nuclease domain of a Thermus species DNA polymerase and a C-terminal region derived from the 3' to 5' exonuclease and polymerase domains o f Tma DNA polymerase. These mutant chimeric thermostable DNA polymerase enzymes ...