The disposable absorbent sanitary article includes an absorbent pad placed between a liquid impervious external backing sheet and a hydrophobic internal covering sheet provided with a central opening extending over the absorbent pad. A first set of elastic members is fixed to the backing sheet and to the covering sheet along external edges thereof at least in a crotch area thereof and a second set...

PCT No. PCT/GB94/01446 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 3, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 3, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 4, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/01752 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 1995Angioplasty apparatus comprises a hand-held unit which reciprocates a wire within a catheter. It is found that, by using a highly flexible wire and a reciprocation frequency of 50-1000 Hz a diffuse vibration is caused at the distal end of the wir...

A system for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia within intraprostatic tissue surrounding a urethra is disclosed. The system includes an intraurethral catheter having an intraurethral catheter shaft. An antenna is located within the catheter shaft for delivering heat to the intraprostatic tissue surrounding the urethra. Coolant fluid is circulated through a chamber located between the cathet...

A resilient tubular graft is delivered into place within a body passage by elongating the graft to reduce its diameter and then directing the graft to the desired position while in the elongated condition. The graft is carried into position by a pair of elongate members mounted for longitudinal movement relative to one other. Flexible lines secure opposite ends of the graft to the respective elong...

PCT No. PCT/FR94/00857 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 5, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 5, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 8, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/02381 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 1995An absorbent article of hygiene with a double leakproofing barrier of simple and economical manufacture includes two side flaps (11) secured together at their transverse ends and a lengthwise fold (16) pointing vertically towards the interior, to...

In an electrosurgical generator having a self-tuning oscillator which includes a switching device and a resonant output network connected between the switching device and a supply rail, an oscillator feedback circuit feeds to the switching device a switching control pulse signal for separately switching the switching device to its "on" state whilst the voltage across the device is decreasing, the ...

An improved peritoneal dialysis method and system is provided. The method utilizes a tidal oscillating pulse peritoneal dialysis system. To this end, a system for providing peritoneal dialysis to a patient is provided. The system comprises a single catheter that is placed in the patient, a reservoir of dialysate having a volume greater than or equal to three liters, and a single pump for pumping t...

The invention concerns a razor head for the pivotable holding of a razor blade unit in a shell-like support (48, 48'), which is arranged on the free ends of two movable arms (44, 51) arranged opposite to each other of a fork support for the razor blade unit and with complementary curved shaped surfaces on the under side of the razor blade unit on which they are correspondingly pivotable, whereby a...

PCT No. PCT/DE94/00440 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 29, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 29, 1995 PCT Filed Apr. 19, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/24071 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 1994Biological waste is squeezed out while being at the same time mixed and homogenized, after which the solid materials freed of liquid are delivered to a composting installation and the liquid fraction is directed to an anaerobic reactor for wet...

A waste treatment system in which incoming waste is initially separated by a separator into solid and liquid components, without significantly emulsifying the solid components. The separator requires no energy to provide a solid waste component having a very small amount of liquid therein. The solid waste is then incinerated in a microwave reactor chamber which requires little energy, and which re...

PCT No. PCT/EP94/02032 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 11, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 11, 1996 PCT Filed Jun. 22, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/01983 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 1995The invention relates to a catalyst for preparing organosiloxanes and polyorganosiloxanes which are obtained primarily by polycondensation processes. The catalyst of the invention is a reaction product of phosphonitrilic chloride with a compou...

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00638 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 3, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 3, 1996 PCT Filed Jun. 28, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/01842 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 1995Apparatus for centrifugal separation of liquid mixtures is disclosed including an inner circular bag and an outer annular bag which has an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the inner circular bag, a connecting channel for pro...

In the cleaning of a humid gas flow containing gaseous impurities, the gas flow is dehumidified by cooling. The cooled gas flow is reheated and then conducted through a device (7') for the adsorption of gaseous impurities. A desorption-gas flow is heated so as to form a hot-gas flow, which is conducted through the adsorption device (7') in order to clean the latter. The contaminated hot-gas flow i...

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00660 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 12, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 12, 1995 PCT Filed Jul. 4, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/01825 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 1995An apparatus for filtering liquids, such as fiber suspensions or polluted water, includes a hollow rotating filter body adapted to receive the liquid to be filtered within the body. A plurality of guide members are attached to the filter body a...

PCT No. PCT/SE94/00667 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 31, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 31, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 5, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/01846 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 1995The invention relates to a roll screen having variable screening apertures having axle-fitted rolls which are spaced at adjustable distances apart and a device for adjusting this spacing. The roll spacing adjusting device functions to act on al...

Chromated aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces, to improve their corrosion resistance, are treated with A composition for treatment and after treatment of surfaces, especially metals, with derivatives of polyphenol compounds that include substituted aminomethyl groups on at least some of the phenyl rings in the polyphenol polymers, with molecular weights within the range of about 700 to about 70,0...

A process for producing liposomes having a desired mean particle size wherein the desired mean particle size is obtained by varying the initial organic solvent concentration.

Gas with entrained particles, such as high temperature and pressure gas from a pressurized circulating fluidized bed reactor, is filtered using a vessel having a gas inlet, cleaned gas outlet, and filtered particles outlet. A pulse of cleaning gas is periodically or intermittently directed to the filters to dislodge particles which have been filtered and collected on the filters. Shrouds, having t...

A filtering element includes a circumferentially extending filter media (48) having a pair of opposite ends. An end cap assembly (58) closes the ends of the filtering media (48) and consists of an annular cup-shaped member (60) defining a circumferentially extending trough (68). A circumferentially extending band of sealant (70) is dispensed into the trough (68). The media (48) and the centertube,...

A low-pressure, high-temperature, wet post-treatment after oxyhalogenation during regeneration to improve activity and selectivity recovery of a regenerated catalyst involves exposing a halogenated catalyst to a gaseous stream including water having a partial pressure of up to 1.5 psia, oxygen having a partial pressure of less than 4.5 psia, and an inert gas at a temperature within the range of ab...