A cleaning system for a continuous ink jet printer includes a first solvent supply conduit connected to a solvent source for conveying solvent through a supply opening and onto the front face of the print head. A second solvent supply conduit is connected to the solvent source for conveying solvent through a supply opening and onto a surface of the catcher. The solvent that is supplied to the prin...

There are provided a slider and a magnetic disk unit that can significantly reduce a variation in flying height caused by an air pressure change even if the size of the magnetic disk unit or the slider is small. An air bearing surface ( 1 ) which faces a disk medium includes, in the order from the air-inflow end ( 2 ) to the air-outflow end ( 3 ) of the air bearing surface: a front step bearing su...

An integrated circuit (IC) package includes a chip carrier and a chip mounted to the chip carrier. The chip carrier has a centrally located power delivery region and a peripherally located input-output (I/O) delivery region disposed in partially surrounding relationship to the power delivery region. Power and ground paths are disposed in the power delivery region and I/O signal paths are disposed ...

A novel method is disclosed for the preparation of a sintered porous body of a metallic or ceramic powder having a closed cell texture and a porosity as high as 95% or higher. The method comprises the steps of: preparing a foamable aqueous slurried composition containing a powder of the metallic or ceramic material, a blowing agent and a binder resin which is a water-soluble polymer capable of bec...

The present invention uses pharmaceutical preparations of Botulinum toxin to induce neurogenic atrophy to alter muscle volume and subsequently, facial contour. Reduction in lip volume is accomplished using the disclosed methods thereby producing a favorable effect on a hypervolemic lip deformity. In other embodiments of the invention, the methods disclosed herein may be used to shrink muscle bulk ...

A botulinum toxin pharmaceutical formulation free of animal derived proteins, comprising a botulinum toxin and a recombinant albumin, suitable for therapeutic administration to a human patient, and methods for treating patients with various diseases and afflictions with the formulation.

A label roll includes a web having front and back surfaces wound in a roll. The back surface includes adhesive patches aligned in a column along the running axis of the web. The front surface includes a release strip behind the column of patches and laminated thereto in successive layers in the roll.

The stability of an implant ( 5 ) which is fitted in a jaw bone hole created by tooth root extraction is increased using osteoinductive material. Bone formation in the space between the implant and the bone wall is also stimulated. In an initial stage, the implant is anchored or fitted in the hole. With its outer parts ( 5 a) the implant extends into a part ( 4 a) of the hole which has a cross-sec...

A reaction tank ( 5 ) holds crushed cells comprising a pellicle of Bacillus midousuji cultured in the presence of a chlorinated aromatic compound such as dioxins and holds wastewater comprising a contaminated matter such as fly ash which comprises dioxins and which is produced by washing of a facility such as an incinerator. Air is supplied by a blower ( 6 ) to a matter held in the reaction tank (...

A photo-sensing device package and the method of packaging such device is provided. The package includes an assembly portion having a substrate formed of a material substantially transparent to light within a predetermined range of wavelengths and a sensing portion having at least one photo-sensing die photo-electronically transducing light within the predetermined range of wavelengths. The assemb...

A method of closely interconnecting integrated circuits contained within a semiconductor wafer to electrical circuits surrounding the semiconductor wafer. Electrical interconnects are held to a minimum in length-by making efficient use of polyimide or polymer as an inter-metal dielectric thus enabling the integration of very small integrated circuits within a larger circuit environment at a minimu...

A printed wiring board includes a plurality of conductor plates that includes at least one conductor plate that is used as a lead for electrical connection with an external circuit, the conductor plates being separated spatially from one another; an insulating layer formed on or across the conductor plates or both on and across the conductor plates; and a plurality of wiring patterns formed on the...

A high frequency module device having a high frequency circuit block unit including a passive device. A plural number of unit wiring layers, each formed by an insulating layer, having a passive device unit in its portion, and by a pattern wiring, are layered on a dummy substrate, and are released from the dummy substrate to form the high frequency circuit block unit ( 2 ), which is mounted on a mo...

The invention relates to methods for prevention of and recovery from a catalyst bed slumping in a gas-agitated multiphase hydrocarbon synthesis reactor, while the reactor is either under non-reactive conditions or under reaction promoting conditions when syngas is converted to products. The reactor contains a catalyst bed comprising catalyst particles and a gas injection zone suitable for injectin...

A composition for microsurfacing of pavement is described. The composition includes a polymer-modified emulsion asphalt oil, water, cement, and crushed aggregate. The crushed aggregate includes a first portion having an L.A. abrasion resistance which is higher than an L.A. abrasion resistance of a second portion of the crushed aggregate.

A medical implant, having a proximal and a distal end, that is preformed to assume a superimposed structure at an implantation site but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it by means of a micro-catheter and a guide wire arranged at the proximal end, with the implant in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a ...

A surgical stent having thereon micro-geometric patterned surface and the method of use for inhibiting smooth muscle cell growth into stent lumen are disclosed. The surgical stent has a generally cylindrical stent frame configured to be implanted into a body lumen, and the stent frame has thereon a micro-geometric patterned surface which includes a multiplicity of microgrooves distributed in a pre...

An area limiting word storing part which stores area limiting words whose meanings limit an area is disposed in a navigation system, and as the area limiting word storing part is referred to, area limiting words are extracted from among keywords, based on the area limiting words, a condition to narrow down a smaller search area is created. A similar word storing part which stores similar words is ...

The present invention relates to novel hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, a disorder of glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, hypertension,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the selection range in material or board thickness required for maintaining the strength of members mutually combined.

SOLUTION: A reclining device includes a ratchet 22 including a circular opening portion 24 and formed with inner teeth 24a on the inner periphery of the opening portion, a pair of support members (a guide board 25 and a plate board 27) disp...