Un método para crear una prótesis médica implantable, que comprende: disponer una lámina de material fuente flexible (90), sintético o biológico explantado, que tenga al menos dos capas de tejido; y cortar un segmento de tejido a partir de la lámina del material fuente con un rayo láser (88); comprendiendo dicho corte el funcionamiento de un láser con una potencia y una tasa de impulsos tal que el...

Acumulador con pilas de placas de electrodos (1), que están conformadas a partir de un gran número de placas de electrodos apiladas una sobre otra distanciadas entre sí con separadores que se encuentran entre placas de electrodos contiguas, en el que una pila de las placas de electrodos (1) se sujeta con al menos una cinta (2) soldable de modo termoplástico que comprende la pila de las placas de e...

Example wellbore telemetry systems and methods for transmitting signals between a surface unit and a downhole tool are disclosed. One example method transmits data between a downhole location in a wellbore and a surface location associated with the wellbore by measuring downhole data via at least one downhole component and generating a data frame containing at least a portion of the downhole data....

A load receiver (such as a bucket) has a hook receptor and a handle receptor or handle. The handle or handle receptor is positioned perimetrically opposite the hook receptor. This load receptor may be used with a hip worn belt having a depending hook that is received by the hook receptor and, where there is a handle receptor, with a rod-like handle that is inserted in the handle receptor.

An element such as Cr is caused to dissolve sufficiently in a base-material metal (Cu) in a solid solution state at a high temperature and a material in a supersaturated condition is obtained by performing quenching. After that, a strain is applied to this material and this material is subjected to aging treatment at a low temperature simultaneously with or after the application of this strain. As...

Sensors for the electro-chemical analysis of samples and methods for the manufacturing of sensors allow for more efficient manufacture and use of electro-chemical sensors. Flexible sheets, such as polycarbonate sheets, are used to easily manufacture sensor components, with sensor chemistry being applied to the sensor components at manufacture. Sensors may be manufactured with modular components, e...

A polyester having a good color tone (a high L value and a low b value) and a low acetaldehyde content is obtained by using a catalyst containing a reaction product of (A) a titanium compound (1) represented by the general formula (I) and/or a titanium compound (2) obtained by reacting the titanium compound (1) of the general formula (I) with an aromatic polyhydric carboxylic acid represented by t...

The subject of the invention is a system for measuring the state of panels in real time, particularly of one or more composite panels, characterized in that it has a network of very fine waveguides connected to a series of transducer sensors that are designed to send and receive signals in the waveguides, these sensors being themselves connected to a computer device such as a microprocessor device...

Procedimiento para la producción de una lámina a base de un poli(alcohol vinílico) parcialmente acetalizado con una aspereza de la primera cara de RZ = 1 a 30 µm y una aspereza de la segunda cara de RZ = 20 a 100 µm, mediante las etapas de procedimiento siguientes: a. poner a punto una lámina a base de un poli(alcohol vinílico) parcialmente acetalizado con una aspereza de ambas caras de RZ = de 1 ...

CARDáPIO ELETRÈNICO. Patente de Modelo de Utilidade para uso de pessoas que utilizam qualquer estabelecimento comercial na venda de alimentos e produtos processados, como restaurantes, lanchonetes e bares, com vistas a facilitar a escolha e o pedido de sua alimentação, compreendido por teclado (1), impressora (2), monitor com toque de dedo (3), rede sem fio de comunicação (4), computador (5), proc...

Pélete compartimentalizado para remoção aperfeiçoada de contaminante. O presente invento se refere a um método aperfeiçoado para limpar polímeros contaminados quando tal polímero deve ser misturado com um material limpo. O método envolve combinar o material contaminado e o material limpo em um pélete compartimentalizado em que o material contaminado é posto no compartimento mais externo, o materia...

There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a porous ceramic structure, comprising the steps of: preparing a formed structure using a ceramic material containing a pore former and a binder; and drying and firing the formed structure, wherein the process of firing the formed structure comprises the steps of: holding a firing atmosphere temperature in a temperature range of -50 to +10° C. with resp...

An oriented syndiotactic polystyrene-based film composed of an oriented film made of a syndiotactic styrene polymer and an adhesiveness-improving layer formed from a specific water-dispersible resin on at least one surface of the oriented film, which is excellent in the tight adhesion between the oriented film and the adhesiveness-improving layer, the adhesion between the adhesiveness-improving la...

A coating composition and related method for use in applying a bioactive agent to a surface in a manner that will permit the bioactive agent to be released from the coating in vivo. The composition is particularly well suited for coating the surface of implantable medical device, such as a stent or catheter, in order to permit the device to release bioactive agent to the surrounding tissue over ti...

A novel field emission display (FED) and a novel method for making the same. The FED includes a substrate, a cathode electrode and a focus electrode formed on the same level with each other on the substrate, an insulation layer formed on the cathode electrode and the focus electrode such that the cathode electrode and the focus electrode are partially exposed through the insulation layer, a field ...

A method for server allocation in a Web server "farm" is based on limited information regarding future loads to achieve close to the greatest possible revenue based on the assumption that revenue is proportional to the utilization of servers and differentiated by customer class. The method of server allocation uses an approach of "discounting the future". Specifically, when the policy faces the ch...

The invention relates to a method for calculating in a network that comprises links a joint distribution of forward prices for using the links in the network. The method comprises the following steps: a) a provision step for providing an observed forward price of a forward contract for each of the links, b) a determination step for deriving from the observed forward prices a proposed joint distrib...

A method for increasing the QoS in a data center. The method can be employed in first and second components of the data center. In one embodiment, the method includes a first component of the data center receiving first and second requests. The first component generates first and second priority values corresponding to the first and second requests, respectively. The first component processes the ...

A network channel is used as a waiting channel, wherein members of a group other than a first member join the waiting channel while performing an action or process, and then leave the waiting channel once the action or process has been performed. Once all of the members have left the waiting channel the first member of the group then performs an action or process. In order to indicate to the first...

According to one embodiment, a first computing device receives an initialization packet originating from a client. In response to at least the initialization packet, the first computing device outputs a response packet to the client. Also, the first device receives a request packet originating from the client. In response to at least the request packet and a state of at least one of the first comp...