An expansive osteosynthesis implant comprises branches (5) connected by one of their ends to a tube cap (7) pierced by an orifice (8), which can be slid from the rear between the vertebral disks of two consecutive vertebrae, so as to maintain them at a set distance and restore the stability of the spinal column. Said branches (5) and said tube cap (7) define a hollow sheath which, in inoperative p...

This device (1) comprises: a tubular part (5) to be jointed in a sucking or insufflating pipe (2), this part (5) comprising: (i) a transversal wall (10) interrupting the duct (6) which it defines, (ii) apertures (11) passing through its wall, of which one at least is located on one side of said transversal wall (10), while at least another (13) is located on the other side of the same wall (10), t...

Diagnostic apparatus for an ignition system that uses laser energy to ignite a fuel within a combustor includes a laser energy source, a number of optical elements configured to couple laser energy from the source into a combustion zone of the combustor, a first detector that produces an output that corresponds to intensity of laser energy emitted into the combustion zone, and a control means for ...

A multiprocessing system comprising a plurality of processors and a plurality of I/O devices. A central interrupt control unit functionally intercouples the plurality of processors and I/O devices. The central interrupt control unit is configured to receive interrupt signals from the I/O devices and is configured to distribute interrupt signals to the processors. One of the processors is configure...

A case for a compact disc comprising a frame (12) in the form of a shallow parallelepiped in which a seat (16) suitable for receiving a compact disc (18) is defined. The frame (12) has a main face (20) and an adjacent side face (24) which are open and separated by a cross-member which extends between two side faces (26, 30) adjacent to the open side face. A closure element (14) has two quadrangula...

A processing unit having a CPU core, an integrated RAM and a test unit, which may be implemented in either a test unit, which may be implemented in either hardware or software. A built-in self-test of the RAM is designed to run concurrently with the functional vectors used to test the CPU core. Once the core tests have been activated, a control register may be written to by which will activate the...

In a method of inspecting an active matrix substrate of the invention, the active matrix substrate includes a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scanning lines and data lines for driving the pixel portion, and a drive circuit having one and more video lines, one end of each of the plurality of data lines being connected to one of the video lines. The me...

The invention concerns a method of protecting a surface of a carbonatic material from corrosion, the method comprising treatment of the material surface with an acidic cationic silica sol, the pH of the sol preferably being from about 4 to about 7. The invention also concerns a new silica sol useful for performing the method and a method of preparing the new silica sol. Further, the invention conc...

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00360 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 30, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 30, 1995 PCT Filed Apr. 22, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/25091 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 1994An injection device is provided for the infinitely variable metering and administering of a liquid preparation from a multi-dose injection cartridge having a rear piston which may be moved forward by means of a piston rod. The longitudinal mov...

An acetabular shell can receive bone screws through screw holes that are initially occluded by an integral seal that can be broken out to render a through hole. The integral seal prevents migration of wear debris from the interior of the shell to the exterior of the shell through an unused screw hole.

A compatible polymer blend comprising: a curable aromatic epoxy resin, an epoxidized polydiene polymer, and an anhydride or polycarboxylic acid curing agent. The invention also relates to structural adhesive compositions comprising cured compatible polymer blends as described.

The data processor of this invention makes zero the execution clock count of a branch instruction, a compare instruction, or a compare instruction and following branch instruction when a series of instructions executed in the past is again executed. The data processor of this invention is provided with a history storage unit (4a; 4b; 4c; 4d) which stores as its address tag the address of an instru...

A block MOVE instruction allows a programmer to issue an instruction to a loosely coupled system bus controller (20), thereby facilitating the execution of a memory (16) to memory (26) move of multiple data entries, utilizing a burst mode transfer onto the system bus (24) for both reads and writes. The instruction allows the programmer to fully utilize the maximum bus bandwidth of the system bus (...

A concrete moulding with a shining surface is treated with an alkaline silicate solution in order to increase the shining effect and to better bind the shining pigment into a concrete matrix.

An integrated drive train control 1 for a motor vehicle interprets the position of the accelerator pedal 21 and of the brake pedal 20 as a wheel torque that is desired by the driver, and has a calculating device 12 which receives the positions of the accelerator pedal 21 and the brake pedal 20 and produces from these positions central control parameters for the drive sources 9 and the decelerating...

The method involves determining in the Internet protocol level whether a message is encrypted. When the message is not encrypted the message is sent to a proxy in an application level. When the message is encrypted the message is decrypted and sent to the proxy in the application level. The decryption is carried out in the Internet protocol level. Preferably, an authentication process is provided...

An interbody spinal fusion implant for insertion across the surgically corrected height of a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies of the human spine comprises a body and bone engaging means. To improve such spinal fusion implant that it is capable of maintaining anatomic alignment and lordosis of two adjacent vertebrae during the spinal fusion process and is also self-stabilizing withi...

Facade of exposed aggregate concrete has a facing in which the aggregate comprises broken safety glass. The mortar in the facing layer may be coloured and the facing may be sealed or impregnated. Glass is e.g. supplied from glass companies, vehicle repair shops, scrap yards etc.

A slide valve for syringes, which is formed from a rubber with a lubricating component thereof chemically bonded, is used to eliminate a combined use of silicone coating treatment and offers a good operability.

Chemical conjugates which comprise oligopeptides, having amino acid sequences that are selectively proteolytically cleaved by free prostate specific antigen (PSA), hydrophilic oligopeptide blocking groups and known cytotoxic agents are disclosed. Such conjugates are useful in the treatment of prostatic cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).