An absorbent interlabial device worn by female wearers for catamenial purposes, incontinence protection, or both, is disclosed. The absorbent interlabial device of the present invention includes a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the two. The length of the device .is between about 60 mm and about 130 mm. The width is between about 25...

"FORRO DE CALCINHA". A presente invenção refere-se a forros de calcinha que contêm aditivos ativos, tais como lactobacilos, e compreendem uma folha superior permeável a líquidos, que se encontra em contato proximal com o usuário quando em uso, uma folha de revestimento protetor impermeável a líquido que se encontra distalmente afastada da usuária quando em uso, e possivelmente uma camada intermedi...

A rigid corner piece for maintaining the square appearance of a mattress having foam sides. The corner piece anchors two of the foam pieces together to form a butt joint. The corner piece is constructed and arranged to be relatively undetectable by a person sitting on the side of the bed. The corner piece preferably defines a groove into which the two foam pieces may be placed at a relatively righ...

Concealed retaining channel for attaching upper edges of storm shutters in front of windows. The concealed retaining channel can be installed within a soffet portion of a roof overhang, and remains unseen with or without a storm shutter attached thereto. The concealed retaining channel can have a lower facing channel opening for receiving an upper edge of the storm shutter, and can be attached wit...

A method and device for selectively creating intra-spinal pressure in a patient allows improved diagnosis of spinal disorders, particularly through MRI imaging. A harness is worn by the patient above the spinal area to be imaged and the patient lies supine. The harness is connected to a tensioning unit located at the feet of the patient. Tension is applied to the harness through a pair of straps w...

A system for effecting and controlling the movement of a window covering between different positions. In particular, the present invention includes a motor coupled to a window covering by way of a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes one or more hollow shafts, a drive shaft, and a torque sensing mechanism. The drive shaft is coupled between the motor and a hollow, sliding shaft by way of th...

A method of sealing the cells of a ceramic honeycomb body (5) and a cell sealing material (1) are disclosed which can suppress the deformation and dissolution of the portions of the ceramic honeycomb body dipped in the cell sealing material. An end surface (50) of the ceramic honeycomb body (5), with the portions of the end surface (50) not to be sealed covered with a masking material, is dipped i...

A layer comprising a stain resistant agent is formed on a treated surface of a ceramic product used with water so that a stain resistant treatment is applied to the treated surface. The stain resistant agent includes a silicon-containing functional group combining with the hydroxyl group present on the treated surface by dehydration or dehydrogenation. Consequently, a high stain resistant effect c...

Disposed in a corner portion formed by a base plate (122) and a vertical wall (124) with being always pressed against the corner portion by a presser bar spring (16), a lens holder (14A) has an adjustment groove (14Aa) extending in a direction perpendicular to the vertical wall. The adjustment groove (14Aa) has a taper shape where a width thereof becomes narrower in proportion to near to the verti...

A method and apparatus for determining an alternate route from a new source location located on an original route to a subsequent location on the original route using a vehicle navigation system are described. A portion of the original route to be avoided by the alternate route is determined which begins at the new source location. The portion of the original route includes a plurality of segments...

An ink-jet head, a manufacturing method thereof, and an ink-jet recording apparatus, in which a substrate low in price, easy to handle and large in size can be used to thereby improve the productivity. Individual electrodes (101) are formed on an electrode glass substrate (100), and covered with an insulating film (202). A sacrificial layer (110) is formed on the insulating film (202), and diaphra...

Devices and methods for cold-treating lesions within the body. A temperature monitoring device for use with a cryo therapy apparatus may include a cryo therapy apparatus, one or more tubular members coupled to the cryo therapy apparatus, and a temperature monitoring member coupled to the tubular member. The temperature monitoring member may comprise a retractable needle, an infrared sensor, an ult...

A method of manufacturing a resin spring which can improve close contact between a spring body and inner-pressure generating members to reduce variations in load characteristics due to repeated deformation during use. The method of manufacturing a resin spring includes the steps of forming an elastomer preform having inner closed chambers, compressing the preform by applying an external force to p...

Preparations to be applied to the oral or nasal cavity which contain aminoethanesulfonic acid and a mucosal stimulant. When these preparations are applied to the oral or nasal cavity, aminoethanesulfonic acid can be quickly and efficiently absorbed via the activated oral or nasal mucosa. The administration of these preparations quickens recovery from fatigue.

The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods that are based upon an ability to modulate cellular contraction. This is accomplished by administering agents that either inhibit or induce the activity of alpha-smooth muscle actin.

Disclosed are propylene glycol hyaluronate esters having an esterification degree of 10-90% and a limiting viscosity of 3-35 dL/g as well as skin conditioning methods, moisturizing methods and emulsifying methods using said propylene glycol hyaluronate esters. Propylene glycol hyaluronate esters of the present invention are compounds showing excellent viscosity stability in low-pH systems and cati...

A thermoelectric material having a high Seeback coefficient and a large power factor and excellent in shock resistance, thermal strain resistance, and formability, and a thermoelectric element are disclosed. The thermoelectric material and thermoelectric element is composed of a multilayered body made up of a laminar body of a semimetal, a metal, or a synthetic resin and a laminar body of a semime...

When an image having an aspect ratio of 16:9 is compressed in a vertical direction to be displayed on a display screen having an aspect ratio of 4:3, a gray scale signal is inserted into a top and a bottom of an image signal and a brightness level of the inserted gray scale signal is made to correspond to an average brightness level of the image signal. In addition, when an image having an aspect ...

An apparatus for enhancing the resolution of video data in a reduced scale of apparatus, and a video signal processing apparatus for freely setting the number of video data sequences for enhancing the resolution, is created from one horizontal scanning line portion of an incoming video data sequence, without changing the circuit configuration. The resolution enhancement processing apparatus stores...

An object of the present application is to provide the display of motion picture data used in both of analog and digital broadcasts with high picture quality and a common user interface. The above object can be achieved by providing a plurality of picture format converters, a plurality of OSD circuits, and means for storing motion picture data used in an analog broadcast in a common memory.