The present invention relates to a method for separating particles. The invention has particular advantages in connection with separating and purifying progenitor cells or stem cells obtained from bone marrow. The method comprises removing a desired volume of stem cell staring product from a donor/patient and eluting off a first contaminating cell type in a fluid chamber to create an enriched stem...

A computed tomography imaging apparatus includes a radiation detector array (16) having detector elements (50) that are staggered in an axial direction (Z) by a selected non-zero staggering fraction (ds) of a detector spacing (dz) along the axial direction (Z). A radiation source (12) provides focal spot modulation at least between two spots (FS1, FS2) to increase a sampling rate transverse to the...

A method of cutting material for use in an implantable medical device employs a plotted laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlled and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source material according to a predetermined pattern as designated by the computer. The segments are used in constructing implantable medical devices...

A sealed lead-acid cell and positive plate for a sealed lead-acid cell are provided. The positive plate comprises a grid supporting structure having a layer of active material pasted thereto, the grid supporting structure comprising a lead-based alloy consisting essentially of lead, from about 0.02% to about 0.05% calcium, from about 1.5% to about 3.0% tin, and from about 0.01% to about 0.05% silv...

An umbrella assembly (10) comprises a canopy frame (14) and a support structure therefore that includes means for suspending said canopy frame (14), that comprises a curved pole (38) having an upper end coupled with the canopy frame (14). The support structure also includes a second pole supporting said curved pole and having a lower end, an upper end, and a longitudinal axis, and a junction adjac...

Formulation comprises a particulate medicament (I) e.g. salmeterol, salbutamol, fluticasone propionate, becolomethasone dipropionate and a fluorocarbon or hydrogen-contg chlorofluorocarbon propellant. Also claimed are the prepn of the surface-modified medicament and a canister for delivering metered doses of the aerosol formulation. Pref., (I) is salmeterol xinafoate (Ia); salbutamol sulphate; flu...

A mobile station with a receiver having antenna diversity where the diversity processing is controlled from the base band processing circuit and only turned on when the performance gain justifies extra power consumption. The base band processing circuit may be instructed by the network that it can cease diversity reception after evaluating cell leads within a system.

A multicomponent wrist strap is provided formed from two or more reversibly inter-engageable strap parts. Components such as a watch face, an identity tag, a light unit a status display and or memory unit for a mobile phone, a wireless headset for a mobile phone or a computer for sub-aqua diving can be accommodated on each of the strap parts.

The invention relates to an embossing process for the production of a film based on partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohol. The film is embossed on one side with a roughnesses, R_z, of 20 to 80 sum by embossing the side of the film between correspondingly roughened embossing rollers and pressing rollers with a certain Shore A hardness. The temperature of the film and the rollers is adjus...

A method for the production of a flexible foam for seals, comprises foam in situ (open or in a mould) on a substrate from 1- or multi-component expandable polymeric sealing materials (I), preferably based on polyurethane, diphenylmethandi-isocyanate or toluenedi-isocyanate. The powder consists of milled flexible foam is added to (I) before application to the substrate An independent claim is also ...

There is provided an IC card processor capable of processing an IC card only when an IC card is inserted, and also capable of preventing entry of an extraneous object. An IC card processor (10) comprising: an insertion slot (1c) into which an IC card (2) comprising an IC contact (2c) is inserted; a shutter (5) for controlling the entry of the IC card (2) having been inserted into the insertion s...

A process is disclosed for optimizing process flows in a facility, for example, a refinery, having stores, for example an oil tank, with a minimum and maximum fill level. Different raw materials, such as different types/grades of crude oil, are supplied sequentially in a predetermined quantity of batches at predetermined time periods and transported to the stores. The batches are then processed in...

A differential assembly with a first differential drive ( 15 ) having a differential cage ( 14 ) rotatingly drivable around an axis of rotation (A), a plurality of differential spur gears ( 17 ) rotating with the differential cage ( 14 ), and crown gears ( 18, 19 ) coaxial with the axis of rotation (A) and engaging the spur gears ( 17 ). A second differential drive ( 16 ) is arranged inside the fi...

The present invention provides driveaway assistance for a motor vehicle having braking equipment which, in the standstill condition of the motor vehicle, automatically or under the control of a vehicle driver summons up braking forces needed for the standstill condition. To assist start-up (driveaway) of the motor vehicle through a reduction of the braking forces generated in the standstill condit...

A method (M1) for the production of (poly)urea powder (I) involves spray-drying a suspension of (poly)urea particles in at least one solvent. Independent claims are also included for (1) (poly)urea powder (I) obtained by this method (2) (poly)urea powder with an average particle size of less than 50 microns and/or a specific surface of more than 20 m2>/g (by mercury porosimetry) (3) compositions (...

The drive train operating and/or control method has at least one input signal defining the time characteristic of a rotation value for the engine, or drive train section and/or a corresponding power detected within a given time window and processed via parallel processing methods, e.g. via filtering. The processing results for the same input signal are compared for identifying an alteration in the...

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a thermoplastic composition comprising a polyphenylene ether resin and optionally, a styrenic resin wherein the processes comprises a polyphenylene ether resin in a particulate form having less than about 5% by weight, preferably less than about 2% by weight, more preferably less than about 1% by weight, and most preferably essentially no p...

The present invention relates to a system including a mobile switching center, a base station communicating with the mobile switching center, a mobile station including a radio transmitter and a radio receiver for setting up a connection to the base station via the base station, an object including an identification mechanism, and a data processing device in which data relating to said object is m...