The receptacle consists of a stiff outer receptacle and an easily deformable inner bag resting thereon and is produced in a coextrusion-type blow molding process. The outer receptacle contains at least one pressure compensating opening through which air enters between the outer receptacle and the inner bag whenever the contents of the receptacle is discharged. The pressure compensating opening is ...

A spacer member ( 1 ) is intended to be placed between the ends of the bones which are to be connected, one end of the spacer member being designed to form a joint surface against one of the bone ends ( 6,7 ). A joint-stabilizing connection ( 2,3 ) is arranged to connect the bones. The spacer member ( 1 ) is made of at least one tissue-compatible material.

A process for improving the durability, dimensional stability and surface hardness of a wood body is described, in which an untreated wood body is impregnated with an aqueous solution of A) an impregnating agent from the group consisting of 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one, 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one modified with a C1-5-alcohol, a polyol or mixtur...

The present invention relates to a method for reducing the occurrence and severity of infectious diseases, especially infectious diseases in which lipid-containing infectious organisms are found in biological fluids, such as blood. The present invention employs solvents useful for extracting lipids from the lipid-containing infectious organism, thereby reducing the infectivity of the infectious or...

The present invention describes improved asphaltic concrete compositions resistant to the stripping, as well as their methods of obtaining. Also compositions that contain anhydrite are described that result to be useful like anti-stripping agents of asphaltic concretes. The described anti-stripping compositions allow to improve the properties of union of the asphaltic concrete compositions after t...

The present invention relates to a method for reducing the occurrence and severity of infectious diseases, especially infectious diseases in which lipid-containing infectious organisms are found in biological fluids, such as blood. The present invention employs solvents useful for extracting lipids from the lipid-containing infectious organism, thereby reducing the infectivity of the infectious or...

A bone implant and the method of manufacturing thereof, the bone implant, in particular an inter-vertebral implant, made of a radiation-permeable material. The inter-vertebral implant defining a surface and comprising a front section, a back section, two lateral sections defining a central axis, and a substantially hollow interior chamber, each section having a superior and inferior vertebral cont...

A method and system is described for providing a customized media list to a user (240) over a data network (230). The method comprises providing personalized data (241) of the user (240) to a computer system, generating a customized media list by the computer system for the user (240) based on the personalized data (241), and providing the customized media list to the user (240) through the comput...

A conjugate between a target-seeking moiety and a modified superantigen, characterized in that the superantigen is a wild-type superantigen (SA I) in which an amino acid residue in a superantigen region (region I) determining binding to TCR, preferably TCRVbeta, and T cell activation have been replaced by another amino acid residue while retaining the ability to activate a subset of T cells. In pr...

A defect address storing circuit for a semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of fuse pairs formed in a fuse region and a plurality of transistors formed in a transistor region outside the fuse region. The plurality of fuse pairs and the plurality of transistor pairs are arranged to form a continuous current path through at least one fuse in each of the plurality of fuse pairs, and thro...

A surgical tool for cutting and/or coagulating tissue includes a piezo-electric driver to generate ultrasonic energy including torsional mode vibrations. A waveguide is operatively connected at a proximal end to the driver and extends a distance of nlambdT/2, where lambdT is the wavelength of ultrasonic vibration in the material of the work horn or waveguide. A distal end of the waveguide is provi...

Provided are an apparatus and method for restricting A/V listening and viewing using parental levels. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a parental level detected from a video signal is compared with a level set by a user, and previously buffered video and audio are repeatedly output if the detected parental level is higher than the level set by the user. The parental level is in...

A message identifier (M12,M27,...) converts into an address value during an arithmetic operation. A relevance value is read from a table (36) storing relevance values for multiple index values. The table supplies the relevance value for an index value corresponding to each address value.

The sliding wall comprises two or more individual walls with movement mechanism (3,4), movable on a support profile along a movement track and stackable via a points arrangement. The support profile is borne by suspension tabs and extends over the movement track, on which at least one points arrangement is provided with an additional points profile for a guide roller of the movement mechanism. The...

The Remote Safety System is an electronic system that avoids the peril of electrocutions in high-tension electrical grids. It is characterized in that each switch has a lock with a safety key, which is blocked/unblocked by a remote unit (fig. 1) , and in that it exists a remote unit (fig. 2) for every point of the electrical grid needing repairs. The remote unit has set of working cards (17) that ...

Fuel filter for diesel engines with high pressure direct injection of common rail type and the like, comprising an outer casing provided with a fuel inlet conduit (3) and an outlet conduit (4), and containing in its interior a filter means(5), a temperature sensor(15) being positioned in proximity to the bottom of said casing to measure the temperature of the fuel present in the casing.

A cheese slicer having a bottom plate on which a block of cheese can be placed, a vertical guide rod mounted on the bottom plate having an external thread on which a slicing arm with a slicing string, and a roundel with an internal thread, which is received on the external thread. The slicer also has a holding arm, which holds the upper part of the block of cheese in position during the slicing op...

The arrow can find application in different types of underwater and above water weapons such as bows, crossbows, harpoons and arrows, and the weapons from both types can be used without any replacement of parts from the existing equipment. It ensures precision destruction of targets at increased distance of effectiveness and stable flight, with minimum deviations from the direction it had been sen...

A lubricant coating vehicle for medical devices used to reduce the coefficient of friction of such devices upon exposure thereof to moisture. The lubricant coating vehicle allows the introduction of a pharmacological additive having a release rate that is within acceptable pharmacokinetic criteria. The release rate is adjusted by utilizing different salt forms of the additive and adjusting the con...

The cap (10) and/or wall (15) are formed between the penis skin and prepuce to maintain the penis. The cap: contains wall having median layer made up of absorbing material and braided/woven fibers conferring pleasant contact on the skin; is constituted by absorbing film, elastic and molding; is impregnated of substance/scented, and/or deodorizing and/or antibacterial lotion; and with opening for p...