The present invention relates to a device for displaying X-ray images of an object, preferably in connection with surgical orthopaedic operations, wherein X-ray images of the object are generated by means of at least a first and a second X-ray device ( 19, 20 ). The first X-ray device ( 1 )=is provided to X-ray the object in a first plane (P 1 ) and the X-ray images obtained thereby are displaced ...

A manual card reader comprises a slot frame with a recess provided in the slot frame in the card insertion direction to allow insertion or removal of a card. A card is inserted into the slot to a holding point through the recess and is taken out therefrom. The manual reader further comprises a shutter that prevents insertion of a foreign object beyond the recess into the card reader. A first locki...

A method of producing a copper-base sintered bearing material is provided so that it is sintered with high thermal efficiency. As a heat source for a sintering furnace, an electric resistance heater which heats a furnace atmosphere and/or a high frequency induction heater, is provided, and also a microwave oscillating device which irradiates microwaves to copper alloy powder to be sintered is prov...

A reagent test strip for use in an apparatus for determining a blood glucose concentration of a sample of whole blood, the apparatus having optics for detecting intensity of light reflected from a reading surface portion of the reagent test strip. The reagent test strip includes a sample receiving surface portion for receiving an unmetered whole blood sample, a reading surface portion, other than ...

An ablation catheter apparatus with a monopole antenna that is arranged to provide a relatively uniform electric field and a method for using such an ablation catheter apparatus are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an ablation catheter includes an elongated flexible tubular member that is adapted to be inserted into the body of a patient, and a transmission line that is...

A lane recognition apparatus for a vehicle is comprised of an image picking-up section which picks up a road image in front of the vehicle, a lane-marker candidate-point detecting section which detects coordinate values of a plurality of lane marker candidate points from the road image, and a road model parameter calculating section which estimates a road model parameter representative of a road s...

A biaxially oriented film which is made substantially of (1) a polyethylene naphthalate copolymer comprising an ethylene naphthalate unit in an amount of 92 to 99.5 mol% based on all recurring units and at least one copolymer component selected from the group consisting of (a) a glycol having a fluorene skeleton in the molecule, (b) p-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid, (c) p- hydroxyethoxybenzoic acid and...

"FABRICAçãO DE NãO-TECIDOS COM INCORPORAçãO DAS PROPRIEDADES DA MANTA TéRMICA EM ADIçãO àS DO NãO-TECIDO". Onde a incorporação de uma manta térmica ao não-tecido, confere ao mesmo aumento de espessura, superfície com camada climatizada de conforto térmico e maior retenção ao calor; manta e não-tecido são entrelaçados mecanicamente em máquina de costura tipo multiagulha, através da compactação prov...

The object of the invention is an LPG fuel system for petrol injection engines, which, firstly, provides LPG in the liquid phase to the engine, at a constant pressure, and, secondly, envisages mechanical, eletronic or electromechanical devices for preventing the petrol from reaching the engine when this is powered by LPG, and mechanical, eletronic or electromechanical devices for preventing the LP...

A crush rail or other structural member of a vehicle is provided with crush triggers. The crush triggers are formed by heating localized areas of the crush rail or other part and allowing them to cool slowly to provide increased ductility and reduced strength in a localized region. The crush rail is designed to collapse in a series of convolutions in a regular and repeated pattern. Crush triggers ...

To provide a display panel, such as a PDP, that can reduce noise caused by a collision sound which occurs when a front panel member and a back panel member vibrate while the display panel is being driven. Projections (21) are provided on a surface of a first panel member facing a second panel member. The first panel member and the second panel member are connected to each other by a connecting mat...

The invention relates to a film which is produced form a thermoplastic polymer mixture containing the following: a) thermoplastic starch and/or a thermoplastic starch derivative and b) at least one polyester urethane, with the weight ratio a):b) being in the range from 75:25 to 5:95, and the surface-related degree of stretching the film being 2 to 70. The polyester urethanes forms a matrix in the ...

A water-soluble film for packaging a non-liquid product is disclosed. The film is made from a hydrolyzed copolymer of vinyl acetate and methyl acrylate in the range of from about 30 to about 95 percent by weight, modified starch in the range of from about 8 to about 30 percent by weight, plasticizer in the range of from about 5 to about 30 percent by weight, lubricant/release agent in the range of...

Soft and elastic polymer products are obtained by stretching a composition comprising a biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer comprising at least two randomly repeating monomer units. The first randomly repeating monomer unit has structure (I), wherein R<1 >is H, or C1 or C2 alkyl, and n is 1 or 2. The second randomly repeating monomer unit is different from the first randomly repeating mon...

In a composite of vulcanizable rubber or rubber-like composition with one or more metal reinforcement elements embedded therein, the metal reinforcement element is coated with a polymer or non-cured rubber composition compatible with and co-polymerizable, co-vulcanizable or crosslinkable with said vulcanizable ruber composition to be reinforced, and additionally bearing functional groups either co...

The present invention is a blend of a monovinylidene aromatic polymer, a rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic polymer, and a monovinyl aromatic-conjugated diene copolymer, which can be used to produce cost effective, transparent packaging materials with a good toughness, which materials can be produced using conventional thermoforming equipment. The blend comprises:a) from 49 to 70 weight perce...

A method for adjusting (aligning) a multilevel phase-shifting mask or a multilevel phase-shifting reticle with the aid of at least one alignment mark provided on the mask or the reticle includes the steps of applying or introducing at least two alignment marks onto or into the substrate of the mask or of the reticle in a first step before the first exposure step of the mask or of the reticle, in a...

Flame retardant polyolefin pre-expanded particles made of a resin composition comprising a polyolefin resin and a sterically hindered amine ether flame retardant, which can be molded with good moldability to give in-mold foamed articles which have an excellent flame resistance and do not generate harmful gas at the time of burning.

Disclosed is a resin composition that comprises a propylene-based copolymer (X) consisting of two kinds of copolymeric components made up of propylene, alpha-olefin and optionally ethylene which are characterized by ethylene content and alpha-olefin content, the copolymer (X) exhibiting a specific endothermic behavior in DSC measurement; a crystalline olefin-based polymer (Z) having a melting poin...