System comprises: (a) 3 containers (C1, C2 and C3) where C1 and C2 and C2 and C3 are in fluid communication; (b) a first porous medium interposed between C1 and C2 (LDM) comprising at least 1 of a leukocyte depletion medium, a red cell barrier (RCBM) and a combined LD-RCBM; and (c) a second porous medium interposed between C1 and C2 comprising a leukocyte depletion medium. Also claimed is a blood ...

System comprises: (a) 3 containers (C1, C2 and C3) where C1 and C2 and C2 and C3 are in fluid communication; (b) a first porous medium interposed between C1 and C2 (LDM) comprising at least 1 of a leukocyte depletion medium, a red cell barrier (RCBM) and a combined LD-RCBM; and (c) a second porous medium interposed between C1 and C2 comprising a leukocyte depletion medium. Also claimed is a blood ...

An inertia compensated step-in type ski binding for releasably securing a ski boot to a ski. The binding releases the boot from the ski when the lateral force imposed on the binding by the toe of the ski boot reaches a predetermined level. The ski binding includes a mass which function to generate a force within the binding which is equal to and opposite the force generated by the lateral accelera...

Binding intended for binding the front of the boot or the heel, comprising a body (13) which pivots (14) or is stationary and provided with a grip (15) articulated on the body about a horizontal pin (16). The body and the grip are held in the closed position by at least one spring (18) acting via a piston (17) on a transmission device comprising two moving parts articulated on each other (21, 24)....

A convertible sack is provided which alternatively functions as a sack or tote for carrying objects and as a surface usable for a variety of functions. The sack is formed of a sheet of a flat, subtle material with a hollow circular section, access openings and a cord secured therein. The sack is converted from a flat surface into a sack by pulling the cord through the access openings. The converti...

A medical-surgical tube having a major lumen defined by an inner periphery of a wall of the tube, an injection lumen within the wall of the tube, and at least one one-way valve in the wall. The valve allows fluid to flow from the injection lumen through an outer or inner periphery of the wall of the tube and prevents return of the fluid back into the injection lumen. The tube can include a plurali...

PCT No. PCT/JP90/00175 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 15, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 15, 1990 PCT Filed Feb. 13, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/09268 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 23, 1990.The vulcanizing mold has an upper mold member, a lower mold member, a sector surrounding the space between the upper and lower mold members and an actuator movable upward and downward relative to the sector to move the sector radially outward...

A measuring device, intended for measurements on whole blood, comprises a sample fluid chamber for containing a blood sample, ion-selective potentiometric electrodes for measurement of the concentrations of sodium and potassium ions, a reference potentiometric electrode, an optical sensor for measuring the concentration of glucose by means of a color reaction, a cuvette having a window permitting ...

An apparatus provides for operating an electronic reprographic system containing a method for recovering from crashes in an electronic reprographic system in which multiple jobs are active concurrently. The system provides for the monitoring of jobs active in the system, and of the number of times a specific job is active and the system crashes. By comparing the number of times a crash occurs when...

Disclosed is herein a process for producing a molding product of Al or Cu composite material, which comprises admixing a functional material capable of improving the desired property of the composite material by dispersion into a matrix to a powder of metal selected from Al, Cu or alloys thereof constituting the matrix, charging the dust directly into a molding die, applying cold dust core molding...

D-15,753 SUBSTITUTION OF Cr AND/OR Sn IN PLACE OF Al IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MOLECULAR SIEVE VIA TREATMENT WITH FLUORIDE SALTS Molecular sieve compositions are prepared by extracting aluminum and substituting chromium and/or tin for extracted aluminum to give molecular sieve products containing framework chromium and/or tin atoms. The process of preparing the chromium and/or tin-containing molecular s...

SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM In a speed control system for a carriage movable along a predetermined path, light beams originating at the ends of the path are deflected by light conductors aboard the carriage so that they are interrupted, as the carriage moves, by a slotted plate extending along the path. The light beams are then deflected by light conductors so that they are directed along the carriage pa...

A DMA controller with error circuitry which detects DMA error conditions is disclosed. The error circuitry causes the DMA controller to perform completion tasks before terminating a DMA transfer, advantageously providing a DMA controller which may exit gracefully upon detection of an error condition with the potential of error recovery.

Apparatus for the deposition of a material such as diamond on a substrate (28) by chemical vapour deposition is provided. The apparatus comprises: support shelf (18) on which the substrate (28) is located; a resistance heating element in the form of an elongate strip (38) of conductive material having at least one curved section (48, 50) in its length; the elongate strip (38) being positioned rel...

The method involves introducing a pumping and measuring set into a production well fitted with a pipe or liner perforated in a part extending through a producing zone. This set is fastened to the end of a flow string and comprises an activation pump and at least one set for measuring the produced effluents. The improvement essentially consists in using secondary pumping means such as a positive-di...

A device is disclosed which may be used by a person for exercising in bed. The device includes in a preferred embodiment a flat rectangular base plate [101] which is attached to the under side of a bed with three clamps [108] and [110]. Support rings [126] are attached to the under side of the base [101]. A telescoping adjustable U shaped bar [130-205] is inserted through the rings [126] and exten...

A surgical tissue coagulator includes an elongate, biocompatible, flexible tube having an open distal end and a proximal end. The tube has an external diameter of less than about 5 mm, and is insertable into and maneuverable within a surgical endoscope. The proximal end of the tube is connectable with a source of argon gas so that a stream of the gas can flow through the tube and exit the distal e...

A process for preparing shaped thermoplastic composite articles of continuous fibrous strand material in a polymeric resin matrix. The shaped composite articles are prepared by a pultrusion process involving contacting the strands with cyclic oligomers, for example cyclic polycarbonate oligomers, and then polymerizing the oligomers into high molecular weight polymer to produce a composite. The pro...

A apparatus for separating water by pervaporation from a liquid mixture comprising isopropanol and water, which comprises (a) heating the liquid mixture, then supplying the heated mixture to a pervaporation membrane module unit using a polyimide-type separating membrane to conduct separation of the liquid mixture, recycling a part or whole of the liquid not permeated through the membrane to a feed...