A non-parenteral pharmaceutical preparation containing TRH, its salt, or its analogue is produced by employing the drug and a hydroxycarboxylic acid or polycarboxylic acid of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and having the pH of the preparation adjusted to 2 to 6.

A secretin containing composition which contains secretin and a basic amino acid having an isoelectric point of 7 or higher, such as arginine, lysine, ornithine, histidine etc., either as a mixture in which both are co-present or as a combination in which both are present separately, and a method for preventing the adsorption of secretin which comprises adding a basic amino acid having an isoelect...

This invention relates to steerable thru-lumen catheters and a method of using same, especially in the cardiovascular field. More particularly, this invention relates to a dilatation catheter means comprising: a first flexible tubular member comprising a spring coil body defining a lumen, said spring coil body having a flexible covering thereon, a second, smaller, tubular member having one or more...

A balloon dilatation catheter (10) with an advanceable non-removable guide wire (26) having a flexible tubular member (11) with first (13) and second (17) lumens extending therethrough. An inflatable balloon (18) is carried by the distal extremity of the tubular member (11) so that the first lumen (13) extends through the balloon (18) and is out of communication with the interior of the balloon (1...

A catheter (13) having first and second lumens and a balloon (23) adjacent the distal end of the catheter (13), with the first and second lumens extending to the interior of the balloon (23). Air can be purged from the catheter (13) by introducing a purging liquid in series through the first lumen, the balloon and the second lumen. Following purging, an inflation liquid is introduced in parallel t...

A device for butt splicing a succeeding web to a preceding web comprising A ROTATABLE CUTTING DRUM PROVIDED WITH A CUTTING MEMBER, A ROTATABLE CUTTING AND SPLICING DRUM PROVIDED WITH A CUTTING MEMBER AND MEANS FOR HOLDING THE LEADING END OF THE SUCCEEDING WEB AFTER CUTTING, AND A ROTATABLE SPLICING DRUM PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR HOLDING A PIECE OF A SPLICING TAPE, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT ROTATION OF T...

PURPOSE: To simplify the structure of a cord connecting portion and improve its reliability by burying a resistor and an auxiliary contact pin inside a main contact pin. CONSTITUTION: The connectors 3, 4 of a resistance heating coil side are formed by burying a resistance 27 insulated from a main contact pin 25, inside the main contact pin 25 connected to the resistance heating coil 2, and burying...

PURPOSE:To accurately observe the state around a torous lesion part and to perform therapy safely and easily by providing an ultrasonic vibrator capable of performing ultrasonic observation in the direction vertical to the axial direction of a tube main body in the vicinity of an opening window. CONSTITUTION:Fine ultrasonic vibrator groups 31... are parallelly provided in the vicinity of the first...

An improved pull-type blind fastener is disclosed comprising a tubular sleeve having a mandrel longitudinally movable within the sleeve for forming a head on one end thereof and a locking collar adapted to be moved into engagement with a lock pocket provided on the mandrel as the fastener is set whereby the mandrel is locked within the sleeve. The locking collar is generally cylindrical in shape h...

In filter cartridges it is disadvantageously possible that the adhesion between the filter paper web and the reinforcing and sealing ring at the end of the filter paper web breaks down. This breakdown is to be prevented. In a filter cartridge whose reinforcing and sealing ring is surrounded on the rim by upwardly projecting boundary ridges receiving one end of the filter paper body between themsel...

A solid surface cleaning device utilizes a jet of ice particles of ultrapure water for removing contaminants from a surface of a solid such as a semiconductor wafer. The electrical resistivity of ultrapure water stored in a tank is reduced by means of a gas such as dry air or carbon dioxide evolving into the water from a bubble tube disposed in the tank. The water whose resistivity is thus reduced...

In a guiding wire (1), for example for the introduction of a catheter, having a front introduction end formed in particular by a point (2) curved in the shape of a J and a guide rod (3) adjacent thereto having guide sections (7, 8, 9) of differing flexibilities, the guide rod (3) is formed by an integral, one-component wire core (5) which extends as far as the rear end (4) and has differing rigidi...

A balloon dilatation catheter adapted for use in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has an integral guidewire (20). The balloon (34) and its supporting members (30, 38) are not attached to the guidewire at their distal ends. The supporting members are attached at their proximal ends to the guidewire. The guidewire has an increased freedom of rotational movement and the balloon and its ...

Described is a filter separator for decomposing a fluid consisting of a mixture of liquids containing solid components, said separator being composed of a filter press in combination with a micro- and ultrafiltration apparatus. The filter press is operable to separate the solid components from the fluid, while in the micro- and ultrafiltration apparatus the liquid components are separated from one...

The invention relates to a flow barrier in the annealing section of a glass tempering apparatus, said annealing section being provided with glass sheet supporting rollers (7) and cooling air blow boxes (1, 3) are disposed above and below a glass sheet, in addition to which there are, above the glass sheets, "false rolls" (8) in the form of a downward open trough, extending crosswise to the traveli...

The invention relates to an assembly in the annealing section of a glass tempering apparatus, comprising a glass sheet supporting rollers (7) and cooling air blow boxes (1,3) are disposed above and below a glass sheet. A blast pressure applied to the bottom surface of a glass sheet because of rollers (7) tends to pick up a glass sheet afloat off the contact with the rollers. In order to correct th...

The invention provides a method of, and apparatus for, storing produce under controlled conditions. The invention is advantageously embodied in a transport container (5) so that produce is maintained under controlled conditions during transportation. As with many controlled atmosphere storage or transportation systems, a nitrogen-rich gas and carbon dioxide gas are supplied to the container (5) wh...

A method of producing heat strengthened glass (l) in which the glass (l) is heated to a temperature above its strain point and is then cooled while horizontally supported. Discontinuous support (2) is provided for the glass (l) as it is cooled by intermittent regional contact with the lower surface of the glass (l), whereby any pattern of iridescence resulting from heat transfer between the lower ...