The invention provides a wound dressing comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet having a wound facing surface and a back surface, said top sheet being adapted to block or restrict passage of liquid from the back surface to the wound facing surface; and an insoluble hydrogel layer on the wound facing surface of the top sheet.

The invention provides a power unit for small-size vehicles which covers most parts of a speed change mechanism and provides increased supporting rigidity of a kick spindle. The solution of this invention is a power unit for a small-size vehicle in which at least a portion of a speed change mechanism C is disposed on one side of a crankcase 11. A side cover 20 which accommodates the portion of the...

The present invention relates to a bobbin tray seat for containing bobbins and a method for producing the same. A bobbin plate is used to wind a filament on a winding position. The filament separately passes through the two ends of a bobbin tray seat for containing bobbins. A bobbin tray seat (1) for containing bobbins on a knitting machine is provided. The bobbin tray seat is made by, e.g., drawi...

An electrochemical assay includes a method for determining with great accuracy the time at which an applied sample bridges a gap between the electrodes of an electrochemical cell. The method involves applying a constant small current across the gap, while monitoring the potential difference between the electrodes. The time at which the sample bridges the gap is marked by a sharp drop in the potent...

Appareil pour fabriquer un renforcement pour pneumatique par dépose d'un fil 4 sur un noyau 1, comportant un mécanisme d'animation 3 pour transporter ledit organe de guidage selon un mouvement cyclique, en va-et-vient, l'amenant en cycles successifs au voisinage de chacune des extrémités souhaitées pour le fil dans ladite trajectoire, le mécanisme d'animation comportant au moins un bras princip...

Balloon catheter comprises a catheter (1) with a balloon (7) attached in a leak-tight manner to the distal end of the catheter. At the proximal end of the catheter means are provided for injection of a fluid for balloon inflation. An electrode (10) is integral with the balloon and is arranged opposite to the balloon connection to the catheter. It is connected by a wire that passes along the cathet...

A biaxially oriented film made from a wholly aromatic polyamide produced by an acid chloride process, which contains at least one member of inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 5 to 2,000 nm and selected from the group consisting of hydroxides, carbonates and bicarbonates of metals of groups Ia and IIa of the periodic table. The inorganic particles is derived from inorganic p...

A novel dielectric composition is provided that is useful in the manufacture of electronic devices such as integrated circuit devices and integrated circuit packaging devices. The dielectric composition is prepared by crosslinking a thermally decomposable porogen to a host polymer via a coupling agent, followed by heating to a temperature suitable to decompose the porogen. The porous materials tha...

The present invention provides a method for making a diamond film with low electrical resistance. By this method, the above diamond film may be made easily and homogeneously with good repeatability, and side effect on human being and explosion risk during a doping process may be reduced. This method for making the diamond film in which at least a source gas is introduced onto a substrate so as to ...

This invention provide a diazo-containing photosensitive material having a photosensitive layer and showing solvent resistance and scratch resistance. A diazo-containing photosensitive material comprising a transparent support, and a diazo-containing photosensitive layer provided over a surface of the support and containing a binder, a diazo compound and a coupler is disclosed, in which the diazo ...

A clutch setting is provided for the event where unauthorised use of the vehicle is identified, in which the clutch is kept in an at least partially engaged state. The clutch is set to a minimum torque which ensures the transmission of torque to hold the stationary vehicle which can correspond to a holding torque sufficient to prevent the vehicle from rolling away down a slope. The holding torq...

The Synchronization procedure is triggered by the transmission of a Synchronization request, and uses a description file indicating a list of data intended for the client station on the basis of recordings held within the server station. After an exchange of lists to identify the records to be updated, the data is transferred through the telecommunications network between stations. The procedure ...

The system includes a data processing device for generating information with respect to the identification data and the description data for the financial product. The information generated includes a schedule of payments (T1) with associated dates. From this information the price of the financial product is determined. The system includes an interface which inserts, between the identification da...

Procédé de traitement de documents associés à des opérations logistiques, notamment des bons de livraison, comprenant- sur une pluralité de sites locaux, une numérisation des documents, et une transmission de fichiers images desdits documents via des moyens de communication,- sur un site central de traitement, une réception des fichiers images par des moyens de serveur principal, une analyse de...

The system uses a mobile terminal (TER), available to the user, communicating with a server (SER). The terminal transmits at least its own identifier to the server, which in turn responds to the control station (PC) with a title validity or invalidity message. The procedure provides control of the titles authorizing access to a service or the acquisition of a product. A mobile terminal (TER), ava...

The device has a cavity (13) defined under-ground starting from a surface of a soil (17). The cavity is equipped with a tubular unit (21,25), which conducts electricity. A cable (3) is deposited in the unit between a point at the surface and another point within the cavity for transmitting electrical signals between the points. The cable has a part of loop for conducting the signals between a tran...

Methods and systems are disclosed for downhole processing of measurements made in a wellbore during the construction of the wellbore. The system includes a sensors located downhole adapted to measure a two downhole parameters. The system uses a downhole processor to calculate a statistical relationship, preferably covariance, between the two downhole parameters. A transmitter located downhole and ...

A resin-covered metallic plate is proposed which is superior in adhesion, in which ply separation at the interface between the aluminum plate and a thermoplastic resin covering layer, and which breakage or cracks of the thermoplastic resin covering layer will not occur or ply separation will not occur with time, and which can be manufactured efficiently. On the surface of a metallic plate, a chemi...