"SISTEMA E MéTODO PARA FACILITAR A SELEçãO CENTRALIZADA DE CANDIDATOS E A MONITORAçãO DA PARTICIPAçãO DE PESSOAS EM ESTUDOS DE TESTES CLìNICOS". A presente invenção refere-se a um sistema e método de facilitação de classificações remotas padronizadas e centralizadas de sujeitos em estudos clínicos experimentais que inclui proporcionar treinamento a classificadores localizados em um ou mais locais ...

Disclosed is a disposable fitted protective device that may be manufactured of antibacterial, ant-microbiodical and hypoallergenic material for bedding and furniture comprising an impermeable layer bonded to an absorbent fibrous layer. Each of the sides is folded to form spaced apart walls with the sides fastened together, such as sown or bonded, at the corners with the impermeable material positi...

Devices, kits, and methods for selectively and alternately isolating one of a pair of bronchi or lungs are provided. A main body has proximal and distal ends defining a lumen, a side port and opening formed near the distal end. An insert having first and second ends, and an aperture located near the second end, is configured to have the second end placed in the main body lumen. The insert aperture...

An operator's seat for a vehicle includes a base structure that allows the operator's seat to be rotated with respect to a platform floor of an operator's compartment within the vehicle. The operator's seat may further include a swivel structure that allows an operator support to swivel independently of the rotation of the base structure. At least one presence sensing device may be provided to det...

Disclosed are methods and devices for occluding the lumen of a hollow organ by delivering radiofrequency energy to the inner wall of a hollow organ. The disclosure includes radiofrequency electrodes that expand, in a deployed condition, to contact the walls of the organ. In some embodiments, the electrodes substantially conform to the inner wall to enhance therapeutic contact. Methods are also dis...

A glucose sensor system comprising the steps of using as a sample discriminating parameter a ratio (I/DeltaI) of a measured current value I to the time-differential value of the current value DeltaI, defining a discrimination function that discriminates whether a sample is blood or control fluid and uses the discriminating parameter as an independent variable, quantitating as a discriminating inde...

The invention relates to an opaque, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising at least one base layer, characterized in that at least this base layer contains a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) in a concnetration of 2 to 60 wt. % in relation to the base layer, the glass transition temperature of said cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) being 70 to 270° C.; and in that at least one surface is provided wi...

A biaxially oriented polyester film for a high-density magnetic recording medium, particularly a high-density magnetic recoding medium of linear recording system, which has high strength in longitudinal and transverse directions, excellent dimensional stability in a crosswise direction and is flat and excellent in output characteristics and a process for producing the same. The biaxially oriented ...

In a structure where the lid portion is mounted on the main housing body comprising apertures and in such a manner as to turn freely thereon, the concave lock portion and the locking protrusion adjacent thereto capable of locking the lid in the closed state are located in the aperture side of the main housing body. The lid portion is provided with the hooking piece comprising the spring portion an...

A method and apparatus for use in a computer system including a plurality of host computers including a root host computer and at least one child host computer. The root host computer exports at least a portion of the volume of storage to the at least one child host computer so they can share access to the volume of storage. In one embodiment, the volume of storage is stored on at least one non-vo...

In some embodiments, a first comparator compares a first error rate and a first threshold value and a second comparator compares a second error rate and a second threshold value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A display device including a substrate, a first electrode formed over the substrate, and a partition member having a first aperture is provided. The display device further includes an emitting control layer covering a portion of the first aperture, thereby providing a second aperture to expose a portion of the first electrode, wherein the second aperture has a quadrangular shape with chamfered cor...

A refrigerant distribution unit 10 is an integrated structure comprising: a multiplicity of branch tubes 12a-12c connectable with a multiplicity of indoor units 1a-1c; a distributor 11, connected with one refrigerant tube 5a extending from an outdoor unit for receiving refrigerant from the outdoor unit, the distributor distributing the refrigerant to the multiple branch tubes 12a-12c; and electric...

"SISTEMA DE FOLHA DE PAGAMENTO COM PREMIAçãO MENSAL - SALáRIO PREMIADO". Refere-se a presente solicitação de patente de invenção a um inédito sistema de folha de pagamento com premiação mensal - também denominado 'salário premiado' - que tem por objetivo principal aumentar a base de clientes Pessoa Física e Jurídica com repercussões no faturamento do banco. Envolve basicamente um contrato firmado ...

An air-operated brake actuator system of a vehicle comprises a spring brake actuator and a service brake actuator, the spring brake actuator including a sealed housing with a spring chamber and a pressure chamber, and a hollow actuator rod disposed in the spring brake actuator and axially moveable for applying a parking brake, the service brake actuator including a service pressure chamber for app...

Method for adapting a relationship stored in an electronic control unit, between a moment transmittable by a clutch, and a control variable for controlling an actuation unit of the clutch, which clutch is arranged in an automated motor vehicle drive train with a torque detection device arranged between the clutch and a transmission with a steplessly changeable transmission ratio for producing an o...

Method and arrangement for providing a powertrain ( 1, 3, 9 ) for motor vehicles that includes an internal combustion engine ( 1 ) and a stagegeared gearbox ( 9 ), which has a direct gear and an indirect gear with intermeshing toothed gears ( 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 ,). A control element ( 45, 48 ) is configured, in response to an input signal indicating that a direct gear is engage...

Devices and methods for collecting or cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue within a patient. The device may include a specimen collection assembly including a flexible membrane that isolates collected specimen from the surrounding tissue. The collection device may also include structures that draw the collected specimen toward the shaft and/or otherwise ease the insertion and re...

Systems and methods deploy an electrode structure in contact with the tissue region. The electrode structure carries a sensor at a known location on the electrode structure to monitor an operating condition. The systems and methods provide an interface, which generate an idealized image of the electrode structure and an indicator image to represent the monitored operating condition in a spatial po...

A mixture and method for preparing a composition curable thermally and with actinic radiation comprising a binder free from carbon-carbon double bonds activatable with actinic radiation, at least one blocked or unblocked polyisocyanate having at least one soft, flexibilizing segment, and at least one unsaturated polyfunctional urethane that is free from isocyanate-reactive functional groups and co...