A prosthetic joint has a head member with a load-bearing surface, and a bearing member with a concave bearing surface oriented and configured such that during articulation of the prosthetic joint the load-bearing surface engages the concave bearing surface along an annular intermediate surface portion located between first and second ends of the bearing member and spaced from each of the first and...

A vehicle article carrier having a pair of cross bars that can be position ed in a stowed, position, resting on or adjacent to a corresponding pair of siderails, or moved into an operative position with the cross bars extending perpendicularly between the siderails. The cross bars are completely removable from each of the side rails. When the cross bars are in the stowed position, the apparatu s p...

A system and related techniques generate an update to control programming, such as firmware, to embed in an electronic document and transmit to a printer, facsimile or other output device. Compatible printers or other output devices according to embodiments of the invention may contain an intermediate language interpreter which receives, interprets and executes the embedded update in the electroni...

A method and apparatus relates to incorporating a magnetic coupling for use in oilfield applications. The magnetic coupling is operatively coupled to an oilfield machine to provide a controlled operational speed. The magnetic coupling may be operatively connected to a motor and a drive shaft where a speed of rotation of the drive shaft is controlled by an operation of the magnetic coupling. The dr...

A method for semi-endless or endless rolling by casting a metal strand, especially a steel strand, which is cut to length as required after solidification, wherein the cut lengths of cast strand are fed into a roller hearth furnace for heating and homogenizing at rolling temperature and are then fed at rolling temperature into a rolling mill to be rolled out. The continuous casting is continued wi...

An internal static mixing system such as a disperser of mesh wire or expanded metal co-knit with a multi filament material selected from inert polymers, catalytic polymers, catalytic metals or mixtures in combination with a vertical reactor having a reaction zone and the disperser disposed in said reaction zone, particularly for carrying out paraffin alkylation using acid catalyst is disclosed. Th...

REFERIDA A UNA COMPOSICION QUE COMPRENDE: 1) ALREDEDOR DE 0.5 A 1.0 DE TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM POR PESO; 2) ALREDEDOR DE 0.1 A 1.0 DE EXTRACTO DE RAIZ DE YUCCA SCHIDIGERA POR PESO; 3) ALREDEDOR DE 0.5 A 1.0 DE EXTRACTO DE LA ESPECIE XANTHOMONA POR PESO. TAMBIEN SE REFIERE A UN METODO QUE COMPRENDE LA APLICACION DE LA COMPOSICION A LA COSECHA INFECTADA MEDIANTE ROCIAMIENTO. DICHA COMPOSICION SE UTILI...

SE REFIERE A COMPUESTOS REPRESENTADOS POR LA ESTRUCTURA DE LA FORMULA (I), EN DONDE R1 ES -C(O)R5 O -B(OR)2; ; L' Y M' SON INDEPENDIENTEMENTE, H, ALQUILO, HETEROALQUILO, ARILO, ENTRE OTROS O JUNTOS SE UNEN PARA FORMAR UNA ESTRUCTURA ANULAR REPRESENTADA POR LA FORMULA 2, EN DONDE G Y J PUEDEN O NO ENCONTRARSE PRESENTES Y SE SELECCIONAN INDEPENDIENTEMENTE EN (CH2)p, (CHR)p, ENTRE OTROS; A Y M POEDEN...

SE REFIERE A UN COMPUESTO DE FORMULA I, DONDE R ES ALQUILO, ALQUENILO, ALQUINILO, ARILALQUILO, CICLOALQUILO, ALQUINILALQUILO, ENTRE OTROS; R2 ES R9, ALQUILO, CF3, HETEROCICLILALQUILO, HALOGENO, ARILALQUILO, ARILO, ENTRE OTROS; R3 ES H, HALOGENO, -OR6, -SR6, ALQUILO, ARILO, ARILALQUILO, ENTRE OTROS; R6 ES H, ALQUILO, ALQUENILO, ARILO, ARILALQUILO, HETEROARILO, HETEROCICLILO, HETEROARILO SUSTITUIDO ...

SE REFIERE A UNA SAL DE ACIDO NAFTALEN-1,5-DISULFONICO DE 4-{N-[7-(3-(S)-1-CARBAMIL-1,1-DIFENILMETIL)PIRROLIDIN-1-IL]-N-(ISOPROPIL)MINO}-1-(4-METOXIPIRID-3-ILMETIL)PIPERIDINA DONDE LA SAL TIENEN UNA RELACION MOLAR ENTRE ACIDO NAFTALEN-1,5-DISULFONICO Y 4-{N-[7-(3-(S)-1-CARBAMIL-1,1-DIFENILMETIL)PIRROLIDIN-1-IL]-N-(ISOPROPIL)MINO}-1-(4-METOXIPIRID-3-ILMETIL)PIPERIDINA QUE VARIA ENTRE 0,7 Y 1,1. LA ...

A system for managing administration of prescription drugs supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility, comprising a central application server site for maintaining Medical Administration Records (MARs) pertaining to residents in the health care facility and having data communication paths to the medication supplier and the health care facility, and a plurality of portable devices ...

Procédé de synthèse du composé de formule (I) : (voir formule I) Application à la synthèse de l'ivabradine, de ses sels d'addition à un aci de pharmaceutiquement acceptable et de ses hydrates.; Resolving 4,5-dimethoxy-1-aminomethyl-benzocyclob utane (IV) comprises reacting (IV) with an optically active diacid (II); filtering or centrifuging to recover the salt (VII) of (S)-(IV) and treating with b...

This invention utilizes principles of physics and aerodynamics in a differen t way than present state of the art wind turbines. A stationary spherical head in front of its multi bladed turbine rotor displaces and increases the speed of wind addressed, over 70% of the total frontal area of this preferred version of t he wind turbine. A larger number of short turbine blades is then addressed by the ...

The invention provides an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate, optical means for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection, and a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces carried by the substrate, characterized in that the partially reflecting surfaces are parallel to each other and are not parallel to any of the edges of the substrate.

A dressing blade for finishing and reconditioning new and used abrasive grinding and cutting tools has a slab-shaped shank with an extension protruding longitudinally from the shank. Superabrasive grains are disposed on the surface of the extension and held in place by a brazed metal composition. This composition is formed by brazing a powdered mixture of brazing metal components and active metal ...

The method involves activating a function (5) of a vehicle based on operating condition of the vehicle, to generate a driver`s request related to an output variable e.g. torque or power, of the vehicle. A delay of the request is neutralized using a neutralizing unit (40), during or after activation of the function or before effective intervention of the function. The request is chosen as a request...

The fastener comprises of a retaining unit (7) and an elastic unit (8). The retaining unit provides a contact without gap with a case (3) of a cable assembly connector (4). The elastic unit provides a contact without gap with a locking stud of an interface. A locking slide (2) slides transversely to the plugging-in direction (6) in the case of the connector.

A multi-piece knee resection instrument for use in forming an anterior cut, an anterior chamfer cut, a posterior cut and a posterior chamfer cut on a distal femur which has already had a distal surface thereof resected which cuts are for the mounting of a prosthetic implant, has a first resection guide for attachment to the medial or lateral side of the distal femur. The first resection guide has ...

Arrangement for a painting spindle comprising a rotatably mounted spindle shaft (4) and a painting bell (8) fixed thereto at the end via a thread connection, the spindle shaft (4) having an internal thread (15) and the painting bell (8) having an external thread (17) on a tubular part. The arrangement is characterized by that the thread (17) of the painting bell (8) is provided with axial through-...