In order to perform fuel injection control for a diesel engine, data read by an ignition timing data reading means is compared with a reference data to calculate an ignition timing difference. The ignition timing error is compared with a predetermined threshold value to decide whether or not the ignition timing difference exceeds the predetermined threshold value. A pilot injection timing correcti...

An ophthalmic device and system for measuring and controlling relative pressure of fluid inside an ocular globe includes a surgical instrument which is adapted to penetrate the ocular globe. A fluid pressure transducer is mounted on the instrument so that, when the instrument penetrates the ocular globe, the transducer is located adjacent to an opening that communicates with the interior of the gl...

A method of making an electrosurgical patient electrode includes the steps of initially providing an electrode body having a recess defined therein with an electrically conductive bottom surface, and then casting a quantity of uncured hydrogel material into the recess. The gel material is sufficient in volume to fill the recess and is subsequently cured in situ.

The invention concerns a compound of the formula and salts thereof resulting from addition with pharmaceutically acceptable mineral or organic acid, wherein R is an alkylenedioxy group substituted at the 2',3'-position, and R1 and R2 are selected from the group consisting of a linear or branched alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, a methoxyethyl, or a 2-pyridyl methyl group. The compounds o...

A bone replacement and repair material prepared from a biocompatible polyester resin, a liquid linking agent capable of cross-linking the resin and a filler is moldable and formable and cures in vivo. The resulting cured putty also degrades in vivo to provide interstices in the polyester matrix for new tissue growth. The polyester resin can also be used as an implantable matrix containing a pharma...

A simple and economical, yet tamper-proof, electronic locking apparatus for motor vehicles features an electronic key and an electronic lock, which each contain a synchronized, constantly operating, precision oscillator. The output of each oscillator is applied at a predetermined counting rate to a respective number sequence generator. Both generators contain the same predetermined number sequence...

A composite total hip arthroplasty prosthesis including a shock-absorbing, elastomeric polymer cushion located between acetabular and subtrocanteric aspects to reduce the impact factor of an intraskeletal load applied through a patient's pelvis to the proximal femur. The arthroplasty prosthesis includes a force transmitting, diverting and dissipating pendulum member which is located at the subtroc...

Blood flow in the aorta and pulmonary artery of a mammal, most typically a human, is measured volumetrically by a non-invasive, ultrasound apparatus. A piezoelectric ultrasound transducer mounted on a probe and inserted into the trachea in great proximity to the aorta or pulmonary artery by passage through the oral nasal cavity past the epiglottis and into the trachea, or by passage through a surg...

The present invention relates to an arrangement for suspension of a baking furnace (19) for continuous production of carbon electrodes in direct connection with the smelting furnace (2) wherein the electrodes are consumed. The baking furnace is suspended from a baking furnace frame (15) by means of at least three rails (16), said rails (16) being connected to the baking furnace frame (15) at their...

A magnetic filter comprises a vessel, a screen main body disposed within the vessel for partitioning the vessel into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, a filtration layer formed by particle-like filter elements magnetized by magnets and disposed on the screen main body. Corrosion products entrained in a liquid charged into the upper chamber are removed by the filtration layer.

Hydrophilic coating of plastics, particularly an enhanced aqueous solution of a polysaccharide which flows uniformly over the surface of an anchor film applied to the plastic. The aqueous solution of a polysaccharide from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid and its salts, chondroitin sulfate and agarose is enhanced by the addition of albumin to provide uniform wetting over the anchor film on t...

The soft X-ray apparatus of the present invention includes a vessel at low pressure or a vacuum in which a liquid target material, preferably mercury, is discharged in the form of a series of discontinuous droplets. The flow of the droplets of liquid target material is controlled by a control device, and synchronized with a high energy pulse beam, preferably a high energy laser pulse beam, provide...

A microwave ovenable package (10) including a layer (18) of material that will convert a portion of the microwave energy to heat and a layer (16) of paperboard interposed between the energy-converting layer and the food in the package which is to be cooked and browned. The energy-converting layer may be carried on a plastic film (20), the latter being adhered to the side of the paperboard layer wh...

The present invention relates to a process for the extracorporeal treatment of ascitic fluid (1), comprising a first step in which the fluid (1) is passed through a filter (4) which is capable of eliminating from the filtrate the particles, representing noxious substances, having a molecular weight greater than that of the substances to be exploited, and a second step in which the filtrate (5) of ...

What is disclosed is a memory module to and from which multibit binary words are stored and read out. Each multibit binary word comprises a standard word size and another memory bit that may be used for purposes such as parity checking. The modules may be mounted on a printed circuit mother board from which power, control signals and binary words are applied to and taken from the module.

A package for discrete components is hermetically sealed, has very low parasitic inductance and capacitance, small size, 50 ohm input and output leads and is suitable for surface mount applications. The package comprises a ceramic base and a ceramic lid, hermetically sealed together with a solder glass seal. The ceramic base has metallized areas deposited on only the top side, to which the leads a...

A device for the intermediate pulsatory application of liquid pharmaceuticals or medicine is provided which has a changeable storage container for the pharmaceutical connected to one end of a flexible tube; on the other end of the tube are a catheter, a rolling pump which works on the tube, a drive motor for the rolling pump, and a timer for delivery impulse and pause time of the rolling pump. To ...

An electronic module having a high density of silicon IC chips is provided by mounting the chips in tapered through-holes in a silicon substrate, filling the edge gaps between the chips and the substrate with a glass so that the chips, the filler glass, and the substrate have a smooth upper surface adapted to receive monolithic interconnections formed by planar metalization methods. The resulting ...

A cable assembly (2, 201) which couples multicontact connectors (6, 8, 206, 208) to multiple conductor cable (4). Individual insulated conductors (14, 214) of a multiple conductor cable (4, 205) are disposed in a planar array with the conductors (14, 214) being uniformly spaced with respect to each other in the array. The spacing between conductors (14, 214) corresponds to the contact spacing of m...

The disclosure relates to a quick release tube couplings in which a collet with resilient arms is arranged to co-operate with a tapering cam surface in a member surrounding the collet to force the arms to grip a tube within the collet. The member is formed from two, male and female parts each having a bore, the male part bore being tapered to provide the cam surface. The male and female parts are ...