This invention relates to accessing security systems through a communication system such as the Internet, a LAN or a WAN, using a virtual remote keypad application which includes an audio capability to enhance user understanding of the security system's status. The virtual remote keypad application receives status information fr om the user's security system and audibly announces a change in statu...

A mixing syringe having a first sealed chamber containing a powder (powder housing) and a second sealed chamber containing a liquid (liquid housing). When the user needs to inject a patient, he or she holds the mixing syringe approximately upright and depresses a plunger. This motion causes a piercer to pierce a foil seal separating the two chambers. T he liquid then drops down into the powder hou...

A data communication cable can comprise multiple pairs of twisted conductors . A jacket that extends along the outside surface of the cable can define a longitudinal core, internal to the cable. The conductor pairs can be disposed in the core of th e cable along with a foam matrix or a porous filler, with the matrix and the conductors occupying essentially all of the volume of the core. The foam m...

A composite viscera protector consisting of a silicone layer, a polypropylen e mesh layer and an additional silicon layer having a thickness between 0.020 and 0.100 inch, wi th a repeating series of holes in a pattern over its entire surface or a portion thereof with the holes being slits on one or two planes non-intersecting and being of a size between 1 and 10 mm.

Disclosed is in combination, a stove and a thermo-electric generator, wherei n the stove has a heating chamber and the generator has a hot side plate positioned in use within the heating chamber in a direct path of the heat therefrom. The generator may be incorporated with a door of the stove. Preferably, the generator has a cold side plate positione d in use to be exposed to ambient air close to ...

The present invention relates to a belt assembly and to a container therefore. The belt assembly includes an inner belt, a supporting belt and a t least one container. The inner belt is adapted to be installed around a wearer's waist. The supporting belt is adapted to be cohesively affixed to t he inner belt. The container is adapted to be affixed to the supporting belt an d cohesively affixed to ...

UN MODELO ESTANDARIZADO DE TIENDAS DE CONVENIENCIA CON UNA APARIENCIA ESPECIAL DE CARACTER TECNICO EN LA FORMA DE UN SIX PACK ( PAQUETE DE SEIS) DE LATAS DE REFRESCO CON ENTRADA Y SALIDA EN CADA EXTREMO.

One measuring part of a traversing measuring unit measures at least one characteristic of a web with a first radiation type from a plurality of measuring locations during a traversing movement at successive moments in time. At least two measuring parts of an array measuring unit measure at least one characteristic of the web with another radiation type during each traversing movement at a pluralit...

A polygonal coil having a substantially square shape is manufactured by winding a conductive wire in the diameter direction of the core on the core in an overlapping manner by the use of a winding jig in which a first collar portion and a second collar portion are disposed at both ends of a core so as to be opposed to each other and four rod-shaped protrusions are disposed on a surface of the firs...

An arbiter for a space switch comprising a two buffers, a media access controller having data outputs coupled to the two buffers, and two control outputs coupled to respective buffers for buffering input data at a clock rate one-half that of the input data and a switch fabric connected to the two buffers for matching buffer data throughput with switch data throughput, the arbiter comprising first ...

An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, having flaps with a combination of first and second stress relief means for relieving the stresses that develop in the flaps when the flaps are folded down along the edges of the wearer's panties in the crotch. The flaps extend laterally outward from the main body portion of the article. The flaps are associated with the main body portion at a junct...

The invention relates to an insertion head for medical applications, with a flexible cannula (5) supported by a puncture needle (15). In the state in which the insertion head is offered for sale, the puncture needle (15) and cannula (5) are arranged in a protected position inside two slideable housing halves (10, 12) of the insertion head and can be deployed, by gripping the housing (10, 12) and s...

The invention relates to an insertion device for an infusion set (12). The insertion device has a two-part housing (la, lb) and retention means, with which the infusion set (12) can be temporarily held on the device, and drive means (8, 9) with a pretensionable spring (8) for providing the drive energy for the insertion movement of the infusion set (12). To allow the infusion set (12) to be engage...

The invention relates to an insertion device for an infusion set (12). The insertion device has retention means (6, 7), with which the infusion set (12) can be temporarily held on the device, and drive means (8, 9) with a pretensionable spring (8) for providing the drive energy for the insertion movement of the infusion set (12). The device is designed in such a way that the infusion set (12) can ...

SE REFIERE A UN PROCESO EN EL CUAL EN UNA MISMA MALLA SE SUJETA A LAS TABLILLAS DE MADERA DE UN MODO OPTIMO, MEJORANDO ASI EL PROBLEMA DE LA SIMETRIA, ALINEAMIENTO Y PERPENDICULARIDAD, PARA ELLO SE HA FABRICADO UNA MAQUINA INYECTORA CON MEDIDAS ESPECIALES, REDUCIENDO EL ANCHO Y EL ALTO PARA FACILITAR EL ALOJAMIENTO DE LAS TABLILLAS DE MADERA EN LAS CAVIDADES DE LA PLACA MOVIL. DICHA MAQUINA ESTA C...

The invention relates to a method of producing a packaging container with low microbiological load by treating the packaging material with a combination of a chemical sterilization agent and UV-light. The invention is characterised in that a first partial quantity of the chemical sterilization agent is applied on the packaging material a sufficiently long time before the packaging material is irra...

Methods and devices for the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in cartilage cells via the application of fields generated by specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals in the treatment of diseased or injured articular cartilage. By gene expression is meant the up-regulation or down-regulation of the process whereby specific portions (genes) of the human genome ...

The invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane dispersion suitable for use in personal care products, the dispersed polyurethane comprising the reaction products of: A) a prepolymer according to the formula: (see formula I) wherein R1 represents a bivalent radical of a dihydroxyl functional compound, R2 represents a hydrocarbon radical of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate, R3 represe...