Abstract: A bone plate includes a pair of lobed portions and a central linking portion extending between the pair of lobed portions. The pair of lobed portions each include a through-hole extending from an upper surface to a lower surface and configured to receive a fastener. Each of the lobed portions has a cross-sectional thickness, in a plane extending along a longitudinal length of the bone plate and between the upper and lower surfaces, that continuously decreases in a direction extending away from the central linking portion to a respective end of each lobed portion. The bone plate has a maximum thickness where each lobed portion joins the central linking portion, the maximum thickness being approximately 1.5-2.3mm. A minimum thickness of the central linking portion is approximately 1.3-1.7mm.

Abstract: An analysis system for analysing the constituents of a sample of material is provided. A reference supply conduit supplies a source of a first gas. A carrier supply conduit supplies a source of the first or a second gas. First and second reactors are included. A first auto-sampler provides one or more samples of material, the first auto-sampler having an inlet for receiving gas and an outlet for providing the received gas and a sample to the first reactor. A second auto-sampler provides one or more samples of material, the second auto-sampler having an inlet for receiving gas and an outlet for providing the received gas and a sample to the second reactor. A thermal conductivity detector has first and second channels for identifying the relative conductivity of the gases in each channel. A valve system controls the flow of gas from the supply conduits to the auto-samplers.

Abstract: An analysis system for analysing the constituents of a sample of material is provided. A reference supply conduit supplies a source of a first gas. A carrier supply conduit supplies a source of the first or a second gas. First and second reactors are included. A first auto-sampler provides one or more samples of material, the first auto-sampler having an inlet for receiving gas and an outlet for providing the received gas and a sample to the first reactor. A second auto-sampler provides one or more samples of material, the second auto-sampler having an inlet for receiving gas and an outlet for providing the received gas and a sample to the second reactor. A thermal conductivity detector has first and second channels for identifying the relative conductivity of the gases in each channel. A valve system controls the flow of gas from the supply conduits to the auto-samplers.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method and a gas chromatographic instrument in which a gas feeding low pressure condition, for instance from a cylinder, is monitored by controlling an electric parameter operating on a proportional solenoid valve placed along the gas line, and wherein an alarm to the operator is foreseen when said parameter reaches a pre-set value, so to allow a cylinder substitution before the pressure falling to zero.