Abstract: A sharps cup for receiving and storing a plurality of needles against accidental dislodgement, includes a plastic cup defining a bottom, a top, a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top, and a vertically extending central post disposed within and horizontally spaced from the sidewall. A resilient disc is disposed within the cup and defines a plurality of slots and segments, the segments being intermediate the slots, and each segment having a free end spaced from the post. A plastic cover for the cup defines a plurality of needle-receiving passageways therethrough adjacent the post and communicating with spaces between the post and the segment free ends. Each segment free end is individually deflectable toward the bottom adjacent the post by insertion of a needle downwardly through one of the passageways and then into the space intermediate the post and the segment free end.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for inactivating extracellular and intracellular virus in a biological composition without incurring substantial disruption or inactivation thereof, said process comprising subjecting said composition to a virucidally effective amount of UVA1 irradiation substantially in the absence of UVA2 irradition for a period of time sufficient to thereby inactivate said virus while retaining functionality of said composition. The biological composition is advantageously a product that contains red blood cells or platelets. The process is advantageously carried out in the presence of an irradiation sensitizer compound and/or a quencher. The present invention also concerns the product substantially identical to that produced bythe inventive process.

Abstract: A method for dry heat transfer printing a wall covering material utilizing a system comprising at least one transfer cylinder having a heated working surface, comprising processing a non-woven fibrous web material in paper form in overlapping contact with a sublimation dye transfer paper having a decorative pattern to be printed, around a portion of the working surface of the transfer cylinder between a first location and a nip roller engaged against the working surface which exerts a rolling force against the web material, the transfer paper and the working surface as the transfer cylinder rotates about a central axis thereof, at a processing temperature to effect transfer of the decorative pattern from the transfer paper to the web material, the system including a tensioning mechanism disposed proximal the first location, which, in combination with the nip roller, maintains the web material at a sufficient tension to preclude lateral movement of the web material during processing of the web material and the

Abstract: A demodulator for a cellular communications receiver system is disclosed which preferentially selects for concurrent demodulation the transmissions which originate from different base stations. The cellular receiver system selects a group of transmissions having the highest reception energies at each reception timing and preferentially assigns those transmissions to be demodulated. The receiver is also equipped to select a second group of transmissions having reception energies other than the highest at each reception timing. The receiver is provided with a priority one table and a priority two table for storing records of the reception energy and reception timing for each respective group of transmissions.