A layered composition which includes a hardened core comprising at least about 50 weight percent permanganate and an outer layer selected from the group consisting of a permeable hydrated cement which will adhere to the core and hardened Mg(OH)<6> which composition releases permanganate ions into an aqueous media over time is described. A method of making and using the composition of the invention...

A dispersion of fine particles in a liquid medium is placed on the surface of a substrate, and the thickness of the liquid layer is reduced and controlled for example, by evaporation, thereby causing the particles to form a two-dimensional structure. By controlling the thickness of the liquid dispersion medium, particle structure formation is rapid, and the size can be controlled. Films can be for...

A method of producing polyurethane foam slab by allowing a urethane foam stock solution in a tank (21) to expand in a reduced pressure. The flatness of the top of the polyurethane foam is secured by providing a lifting jig (22) or a plate within the tank (21), or by rotating the tank (21). An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.

The invention relates to a method and device for determining the state of health of a living being. The invention provides for a selected, physiological parameter of the living being, e.g. the conductivity of the skin, to be recorded on a statistically significant multiplicity of measuring points distributed over a defined part of the body of the living being, for the frequency distribution of the...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00596 Sec. 371 Date May 3, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date May 3, 1993 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/05835 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 1993.A device for limiting the penetration of an injection needle when an injection is administered from an injection apparatus comprises an exterior sleeve (1) arranged around the front part of the injection apparatus (2). In its foremost position, th...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00596 Sec. 371 Date May 3, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date May 3, 1993 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/05835 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 1993.A device for limiting the penetration of an injection needle when an injection is administered from an injection apparatus comprises an exterior sleeve (1) arranged around the front part of the injection apparatus (2). In its foremost position, th...

A key for a lock including a first portion for operating a mechanical lock, and a second portion for providing electronic transfer of information to an electronic control system within the lock, the key being programmable with user specific information. The key may incorporate an optoelectronic display 60 on the key shaft which may be directly read by the lock sensors and may also include a key pa...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00596 Sec. 371 Date May 3, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date May 3, 1993 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/05835 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 1993.A device for limiting the penetration of an injection needle when an injection is administered from an injection apparatus comprises an exterior sleeve (1) arranged around the front part of the injection apparatus (2). In its foremost position, th...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00596 Sec. 371 Date May 3, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date May 3, 1993 PCT Filed Aug. 31, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/05835 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 1993.A device for limiting the penetration of an injection needle when an injection is administered from an injection apparatus comprises an exterior sleeve (1) arranged around the front part of the injection apparatus (2). In its foremost position, th...

A package (20) for use in cooking or heating a food product (21) in a microwave oven which comprises an outer paper container (25) and an inner liner (26) and a microwave interactive heater (27) comprising a coating composition printed onto the surface of a suitable substrate or a selected portion of the outer container (25) or inner liner (26). The coating composition preferably comprises finely ...

A method and arrangement for producing a predicted subroutine return address in response to entry of a subroutine return instruction in a computer pipeline that has a ring pointer counter and a ring buffer coupled to the ring pointer counter. The ring pointer counter contains a ring pointer that is changed when either a subroutine call instruction or return instruction enters the computer pipeline...

A microprocessor has a branch prediction function in which an instruction prefetch operation for a branch target instruction responsive to a branch instruction is performed successively to an instruction prefetch operation for the branch instruction and comprises an instruction queue for temporarily storing the prefetched instruction data, an instruction decoder for decoding instruction data suppl...

A novel microwavable susceptor (1) suitable for baking cookie dough in a microwave oven is disclosed. Specifically, the susceptor comprises an inner region (2) and an outer region (3), the inner region having a pattern of metalized (6) and/or non-metalized (7) portions wherein the intensity of the inner region is about from about 25% to about 75% and the outer region has an intensity arbitrarily s...

A liner for a cargo container and a method of installing a liner inside a cargo container. The liner comprises an inflatable body and left and right connecting strips that are connected to the liner body. The left connecting strip extends along and laterally projects outside a bottom left edge of the liner body, and the right connecting strip extends along and laterally projects outside a bottom r...

For the production of plaster models in dentistry, there are added to the plaster-based material at least one further component having basic characteristics and at least one further component having acid characteristics, these components being soluble in water, together with a pH indicator in order to obtain indications on the course of the process from the time of the mixing with water, the varia...

Sealants and adhesives based on from 20 to 80% by weight of epoxidised natural rubber, from 5 to 30% by weight of at least one further epoxy compound and a trialkoxysilyl-carrying amine or mercaptan as crosslinking agent and conventional additives, such as adhesion promoters, tackifiers, plasticisers, fillers, antiageing agents and UV screens are particularly suitable for the production of spacer-...

A device for holding and dispensing pills (20) which enables the dispensing of pills in successive order. Pills are mounted in a compact in a single row in the desired successive order and a pill ejector means (22) is arranged for incremental movement in one direction along the compact. When the pill ejector means is adjacent to a pill, a bendable member is displaced to push the pill out of a blis...

Implantable cardiac prosthesis consisting of a single-shell module (1) with quick connections and comprising two independent, biologised ventricular chambers (9, 9') which are activated separately and which are each provided with two orifices equipped with valves (5, 5'), one of the orifices serving as a blood ejection route (7) and the other as a blood admission route (3), and consisting of a sep...

PCT No. PCT/EP89/01499 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 17, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 17, 1990 PCT Filed Dec. 6, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/06146 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 14, 1990.The danger of hypodermic syringes is neutralized and they are made monouse by an arrangement including a needle (a), which shall be referred to as the perforated stiletto. This needle is provided with a female hook (k) and a cylindrical contai...

A single-use syringe (1) comprises a syringe barrel (2) and a syringe piston (3). The syringe barrel (2) which is open on one end has, on the other end, a front wall (5) which is closed apart from a needle attachment (4), and the syringe piston (3) comprises a piston shaft (8) projecting from the syringe barrel (2) and, inside the syringe barrel (2), a piston head (7) provided with an annular gask...