Abstract: A labeling system to ensure that blood products are compatible with a patient's blood type. A blood product housing, which is attached to a blood product, comprises a plurality of block-like projections and recesses corresponding to the antigens/antibody characteristics of a blood product. A patient housing, secured to the patient, comprises a plurality of mirror image three-dimensional block-like projections and recesses corresponding to the antigen/antibody characteristics of the patient's blood. If the blocks and recesses of the housings mate and seat to one another this confirms the blood product is compatible with the blood of the patient. If the blocks and recesses of the housings do not mate and seat to one another this confirms the blood product is not compatible with the blood of the patient.

Abstract: A first substrate has a plurality of bumps and a second substrate has a plurality of openings at positions in registration with the plurality of bumps when the first and second substrates are placed one on top of the other in a confronting manner. The first and second substrates are put together by fusing a sealing wall formed on the second substrate, to hermetically seal an electronic device lying on the first substrate therein. Gas that may be generated upon fusing of the sealing wall can be effectively removed through the openings in the second substrate.

Abstract: A process for the production of a compound of the formula: wherein R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, C1-C16 substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyls, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, cyano, carboxy, carboxy esters, carboxamido, N-mono substituted and N,N-disubstituted carboxamido with alkyl, aralkyl and aryl groups; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl C1-C16 substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyls, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl; R3 is alkyl C2-C6, branched alkyl, aryl C2-C6, substituted aryl and R4 is halogen or H.

Abstract: An implantable device for lengthening and correcting malpositions of skeletal bones, which device has an elongate shape comprising a first end, a second end, a length dimension and a cross-sectional dimension. The device further comprises a lengthening body for bringing the first and second ends into displacement from each other to a predetermined distance between each other after an activation. Thereby, the lengthening body comprises an absorbent body, which is arranged for bringing the first and second ends to the predetermined distance by means of a controlled swelling after the activation, while the length dimension increases more than the cross-sectional dimension. The implantable device can advantageously be implemented for lengthening and also for correcting rotational and angular malpositions of skeletal bones, for example in connection with stabilizing fractures, post-traumatic bone defects, bone shortenings, malpositions, congenital malformations, and bone defects after tumor surgery.

Abstract: An exterior autobody part of reinforced plastic intended to be mounted on a motor vehicle. The expression “exterior autobody part” refers to the autobody part being entirely or partly visible when the motor vehicle is viewed from the outside. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method and an arrangement for forming such an exterior autobody part. The exterior autobody part according to the invention comprises a number of functional layers, including load-bearing layer(s) and surface layer(s), intended to provide the properties which are required for the application, and is characterized in that load-bearing layers comprise(s) fiber-reinforced thermoplastic which forms internal cavities and/or that one or several recesses has/have been created in surface layers and load-bearing layers and that surface layers and load-bearing layers together with cavities and/or recesses thereby provide a load-bearing material structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping joint for joining a ramification line (15) to an anchoring wire (13), comprising a clamping mechanism comprising two halves (18) split in the longitudinal direction of the wire, which clamping mechanism clamps around the wire via one in each half provided wire channel half (20), whereby the wire channel (20) formed by the two halves is such dimensioned that it is in a position mounted around the wire (13) provides an interspace which is filled by a deformable insert (21) provided in said interspace for locking the clamping mechanism with regard to rotation around the wire, and that the clamping mechanism is provided with a sliding surface for a shackle (24) being arranged around the clamping mechanism which shackle forms a fastening point for a ramification line (15).

Abstract: A plug connector with a hollow, cylindrical, metallic housing (1), within which is centrically disposed an inside contact pin (8, 9, 10) extending at least approximately over the entire axial length of the housing (1). In order to make contact with the reciprocal plug connector, the inside contact pin (8, 9, 10) is accessible at a first front side of the housing (1). The first front side is open toward the plug side of the plug connector, such that a latch interlock (6, 7) and a contact basket (5), which extends out of the open front side of the housing (1) and which is rotatably mounted about the longitudinal axis of the housing (1), are disposed co-axially with the inside contact pin (8, 9, 10). The contact basket (5) makes permanent electrical contact with the metallic housing.

Abstract: A direct-digital synthesizer for generating a waveform includes a digital accumulator fed by a phase increment word and a series of clock pulses for successively adding the phase increment word to produce a series of N bit phase words. A table or trigonometric engine produces sine and cosine digital signals related to the M most significant bits of the phase word produced by the accumulator. A feedback loop is fed by truncation error words comprising at least a portion of N-M least significant bits of the N bit phase words producing truncation error compensation words. The feedback loop includes a digital filter. The feedback loop includes a digital filter. The feedback loop including the digital filter provides a low pass truncation error response to the truncation error having at least one zero in the transfer function thereof at DC.

Abstract: A slowly rotating separation chamber with an oscillating axial magnetic field gradient created by an alternating current solenoid superimposed on a steady radial gradient in a horizontal chamber is used as part of a flow-through multiunit colloidal magnetic affinity separation device including magnets. The field-gradient induced microscale particle motion, as well as particle resuspension by chamber rotation, significantly enhances particle-target contact without generating damaging shear forces. Chamber rotation also minimizes sedimentation of non-neutrally buoyant magnetic particles. The alternating current solenoid are a series of coils arranged along the axial flow direction, a single chamber is utilized as a flow-through multistage separation device, leading to a major increase in volume and reduced “down” times as compared to batch equipment.

Abstract: A process for solubilizing in water and in aqueous vehicles sparingly water-soluble pharmaceutically active substances, comprising the following operations: 1) forming a complex of the pharmaceutically active substance with a pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic polymer capable of forming complexes with the substance, and isolating the complex in solid form; 2) dissolving again the thus obtained complex in an aqueous medium by means of a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. The method allows to markedly increase the water-solubility of pharmaceutically active organic compounds which are intrinsically poorly or negligibly soluble in water, in order to obtain preparations that are stable in aqueous solution and contain therapeutically and commercially useful concentrations of active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method to control the speed of a vehicle by means of a cruise control device, essentially by arranging the cruise control device in at least one of: a cruise control state (13), in which the speed of the vehicle is controlled preferably with regard to a selected constant speed (Vdet), a retardation state (14), in which the speed of the vehicle (Vcurr) is controlled towards a determined constant speed (Vdet), an acceleration state (15), in which the speed alteration is achieved preferably manually, an inactive state (16), in which the system is temporary or permanently switched off, and a distance control state (17), in which substantially a distance of the vehicle to a vehicle ahead is controlled. The method further comprises the step of arranging the cruise control in a temporary state (18), in which a speed (Vcurr) at transition time to this state is maintained.

Abstract: An x-ray inspection system for automatically detecting nuclear weapons materials generates a high energy x-ray fan beam or a traveling x-ray pencil beam that traverses an object under inspection. An x-ray detector detects x-ray energy that passes through the object and provides a detected signal indicative thereof. The detected signal is processed to detect the presence of an area of very high x-ray attenuation within the object under inspection, which is indicative of nuclear weapons materials. Because of the high atomic number (Z) and high density of nuclear weapons materials Uranium and Plutonium, both of these materials attenuate (i.e., absorb) incident x-rays significantly more than ordinary materials. That is, very high Z materials such as nuclear weapons materials, produce no x-rays outside of their block of material because the x-rays are self absorbed within the very high Z materials.

Abstract: A direct conversion receiver having a homodyning section fed by a received radio frequency signal having a carrier frequency and reference signal having the carrier frequency; and a filter coupled to the monodyning section. The filter includes a plurality of serially coupled high pass filter stages. The high pass filter section acts as a DC offset correction loop that eliminates the serial effect of many amplifier sections on DC offsets arising within components, while maintaining a sufficiently low cutoff frequency to avoid adversely impacting information integrity at higher frequencies. The high pass filter sections also enable the integration of the needed capacitors, thus minimizing external components and connections. Each filter stage includes an amplifier and a low pass filter coupled in a negative feedback arrangement with the amplifier. Each low pass filter is adapted to have the cutoff frequency thereof switch from an initial high cutoff frequency to a subsequent lower cutoff frequency.

Abstract: A system for cooling a hot rolled steel product at a retarded cooling rate comprises a laying head for forming the product into a continuous series of rings. A conveyor receives the rings from the laying head at a receiving station and transports the rings in a non-concentric overlapping pattern through a cooling zone to a reforming station at which the rings are delivered from the conveyor and gathered into upstanding coils. The rings are covered with a granular insulation material while being transported through the cooling zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic welding machine comprising an X-Y-Z moving mechanism (100) with three linear motion devices each driven by a motor (101, 102, 103) with a self-locking drive. The X-Y-Z moving mechanism (100) has a handle (41) with integrated sensors (a . . . f) which is to be held by an operator. The sensors (a . . . f) are coupled to a control unit (300) and the motors (101, 102, 103) of the X-Y-Z moving mechanism (100) can be moved exclusively in accordance with the output signals of said sensors (a . . . f).

Abstract: There is a large difference in frequency dependent, complex electrical permittivity between genuine and counterfeit documents, including paper currency. Genuine bills have a substantially different complex permittivity which is distinct from the permittivity of counterfeit bills. The invention broadly measures the complex permittivity, &egr;, of the ‘paper’ bills to determine if the bill(s) is genuine or counterfeit. In one aspect, the present invention comprises a device and method for determining the genuineness of a document by measuring the complex permittivity based on the frequency dependent dielectric properties of the document. The complex electric permittivity of a dielectric material is typically read by measuring complex impedance using a capacitor to sense material properties. The document may include an enhanced region comprising an additive that establishes a known permittivity in the enhanced region.

Abstract: A doctor apparatus comprises a base adapted to be fixed to a doctor back and having a shelf projecting forwardly therefrom. A compliant top plate overlies the forwardly projecting shelf. The top plate has a rear portion fixed with respect to the base, and a front portion projecting forwardly beyond the shelf. Mutually spaced blade support members are secured to the underside of the front portion of the top plate. The blade support members have front portions underlying and cooperating in spaced relationship with the underside of the front portion of the top plate to define mutually aligned receiving slots, and have rear portions underlying and cooperating in spaced relationship with the shelf to define mutually aligned recesses. A doctor blade has a rear portion removably retained in the receiving slots, and a front portion projecting forwardly beyond the top plate. A resilient element is confined in the recesses between the shelf and the rear portions of the blade support members.