A maintenance and permissioning system which interfaces with both a vendor's legacy system and a wireless provider's pre-paid platform is provided. Messages are sent to wireless provider 851 by some transfer medium 812. On t he wireless service provider side of the transaction, the system includes a padded cell for processing transactions from the vendor 854. This cell includes pre-paid platform t...

A method and apparatus for placing acoustic devices in wellbores. The method comprises: providing a tubing with at least one anchoring device in said wellbore, the anchoring device being extendable to the wellbore to exert a force on the wellbore; and attaching at least one acoustic device to at least one anchoring device; placing the tubing in the least one acoustic device attached to the at leas...

The lens arrangement has a spherical lens (20) and a coupling ring (12,14) that holds and positions the lens in relation to the optical axis of an optoelectronic transducer in the form of a hollow volume laser emitting vertically from a surface or a VCSEL. The transducer is an optical receiver and is mounted centrally on a circular head piece. Independent claims are also included for the followin...

The lens arrangement has a spherical lens (20) and a coupling ring (12,14) that holds and positions the lens in relation to the optical axis of an optoelectronic transducer in the form of a hollow volume laser emitting vertically from a surface or a VCSEL. The transducer is an optical receiver and is mounted centrally on a circular head piece. Independent claims are also included for the followin...

A hand operated utility cart with an extended handle assembly capable o f supporting extra long loads. The preferred embodiment includes a kick stand allowing for a free standing, horizontally level cart, a curved handle bar assembly with a threaded aperture allowing the load to remain in a horizontal positio n during operation and a locking hand break system. The hand operated utility cart can be...

An apparatus and methods for sanitizing and cleaning filtration systems is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber fluidly connected to a source of fluid for backwashing the system, and a heat exchanger for increasing the temperature of the fluid. A filter media is positioned within the chamber. The method of sanitization involves backwashing the apparatus to remove debris, then continuing to c...

UN FILTRO MONTADO EN GRIFO QUE COMPRENDE: I) UN ALOJAMIENTO CON UNA ENTRADA, UNA SALIDA Y UNA REGION INTERIOR CON UN MATERIAL PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE AGUA QUE INCLUYE UN CILINDRO DE BLOQUE DE CARBON CON UNA SUPERFICIE CILINDRICA INTERIOR QUE SOSTIENE MEDIANTE UN TUBO POROSO A UN MEDIO DE FILTRACION Y UNA SUPERFICIE CILINDRICA EXTERIOR QUE SE UBICA EN UNA POSICION ADYACENTE AL MEDIO DE FILTRACION QU...

QUE COMPRENDE: 1) UN BRAZO DE PIVOTE QUE TIENE UN EXTREMO DE PIVOTE Y UN SEGUNDO EXTREMO OPUESTO A DICHO PRIMER EXTREMO; 2) UN CILINDRO DE TRANSFERENCIA QUE PUEDE GIRAR ALREDEDOR DEL EXTREMO DE PIVOTE PARA COLOCARSE EN UNA PRIMERA POSICION QUE FORMA UN DISPOSITIVO DE PELLIZCO DE TRANSFERENCIA CON EL NUCLEO VACIO Y UNA SEGUNDA POSICION QUE LO UBICA LEJOS DEL MATERIAL CONTINUO; 3) UN BRAZO DE PIVOTE...

An injection catheter is provided. The injection catheter comprises a cathet er body comprising a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends and at least on e lumen therethrough. A tip section comprising a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends i s mounted on the distal end of the catheter body. A needle control handle is provided at the proximal end of the catheter body. The needle ...

A locking device for a shaft (4) arranged in a cylindrical bearing (5.1) in a housing (5), said bearing (5.1) comprising a sleeve with a membrane that communicates with a space (7.4) containing a first pressure medium. The first space (7.4) communicates with a primary piston arrangement (7) via the first pressure medium. The primary piston arrangement (7) is also in mechanical connection with a se...

A locking device for a shaft (4) arranged in a cylindrical bearing (5.1) in a housing (5), said bearing (5.1) comprising a sleeve with a membrane that communicates with a space (7.4) containing a first pressure medium. The first space (7.4) communicates with a primary piston arrangement (7) via the first pressure medium. The primary piston arrangement (7) is also in mechanical connection with a se...

The present invention provides a device and method for desalinating saltwater which utilizes a heatable vessel wherein is placed a sufficient quantity of a salt which will absorb water of crystallisation and which has a dissolution index of not higher than 10<-24>. Saltwater is then added to the vessel and brought into contact with the salt, so that the salt will bind water from the saltwater and ...

The present invention provides a device and method for desalinating saltwater which utilizes a heatable vessel wherein is placed a sufficient quantity of a salt which will absorb water of crystallisation and which has a dissolution index of not higher than 10<-24>. Saltwater is then added to the vessel and brought into contact with the salt, so that the salt will bind water from the saltwater and ...

A method for the imaging of a particular volume of plant or animal tissue, wherein the plant or animal tissue contains at least one photo-active molecular agent. The method comprises the steps of treating the particular volume of the plant or animal tissue with light sufficient to promote a simultaneous two-photon excitation of the photo-active molecular agent contained in the particular volume of...

A photo-sensor circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a photo-detecting element (PD) for detecting a light signal and converting the same signal into an electric signal, a first MOS transistor (QT) for charging and discharging parasitic capacitance (C1), a capacitor (C2) for accumulating a terminal voltage of the photo-detecting element as a pixel signal, a second MO...