Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for temporarily increasing the mass of an animal's body. The invention is useful both as a means of correcting an animal's existing body condition as well as preventing an adverse change to its body condition.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for temporarily increasing the mass of an animal's body by placing a weight at a midjoint area of a patient's body. The invention is useful both as a means of correcting an animal's existing body condition as well as preventing an adverse change to its body condition.

Abstract: The invention provides a system for temporarily increasing the mass of an animal's body. The invention is useful both as a means of correcting an animal's existing body condition as well as preventing an adverse change to its body condition.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for temporarily increasing the mass of an animal's body. The invention is useful both as a means of correcting an animal's existing body condition as well as preventing an adverse change to its body condition.

Abstract: A fuser member component to fuse the transferred developed image to the copy substrate, wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, an outer polymeric layer, and a release agent material coating on the outer polymeric layer, and the release agent material coating includes a T-type amino-functional siloxane release agent material having amino-functional groups, and the T-type amino-functional siloxane release agent material has the following Formula I: wherein A represents —R4—X, wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, X represents —NH2 or —NHR5NH2 with R5 representing an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, and an arylalkyl; R3 is a substituted diorganosiloxane chain having from about 1 to about 500 siloxane units; b and c are numbers and are the same or different an

Abstract: A fuser member having a substrate, a layer thereover including a polymer, and, on the polymeric layer, a coating of a release agent having a mixture of (a) an organosiloxane polymer concentrate containing amino-substituted organosiloxane polymers, wherein there are amino functional groups on at least some of the polymer molecules of the concentrate, the concentrate has a degree of functionality of from about 0.3 to about 0.4 mole percent, the concentrate has a viscosity of from about 800 to about 1,300 centistokes; and (b) a nonfunctional organosiloxane polymer diluent, the diluent has a viscosity of from about 100 to about 2,000 centistokes; the mixture has a degree of functionality of from about 0.05 to about 0.3 mole percent, wherein the mixture has a viscosity of from about 550 to about 1,300 centistokes, and wherein the ratio by weight of concentrate to diluent is from about 1:2 to about 1:30, and an image forming apparatus having the fuser member.

Abstract: A method for optimizing an amino-functional release agent for use in fusing of electrostatic toner particles in an electrostatographic reproducing apparatus, includes identifying a major failure (such as offset life and stripping life) in a fusing system of the electrostatographic reproducing apparatus; selecting an amino-functional release agent including a mixture of an amino-functional fluid diluted with a non-functional polydimethylsiloxanes, wherein the amino-functional fluid includes a functional polytrialkylsiloxanes containing measured amounts of amine functionality from either propylamino or propylamino ethylamino residues; selecting a plurality of variables associated with the amino-functional fluid including number of amines per residue, finished fluid amine concentration, concentrate fluid amine concentration and concentrate viscosity; obtaining performance data of the fusing system for the plurality of variables associated with the identified major failure; correlating the obtained performance da

Abstract: A fuser member having a substrate, an outer polymeric layer, an outer polymeric layer, and a release agent material coating on the outer polymeric layer, wherein the release agent material coating includes a copolymer having the following formula: wherein A and B are the same or different, and each represents —R4—X, wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, X represents —NH2 or —NHR6NH2 with R6 representing an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, and an arylalkyl; R3 and R5 are the same or different and each is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, an arylalkyl, and a substituted diorganosiloxane chain having from about 1 to about 500 siloxane units; b and c are numbers and

Abstract: A fuser member component to fuse the transferred developed image to the copy substrate, wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, an outer polymeric layer, and a release agent material coating on the outer polymeric layer, and the release agent material coating includes a T-type amino-functional siloxane release agent material having amino-functional groups, and the T-type amino-functional siloxane release agent material has the following Formula I: wherein A represents —R4—X, wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, X represents —NH2 or —NHR5NH2 with R5 representing an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, and an arylalkyl; R3 is a substituted diorganosiloxane chain having from about 1 to about 500 siloxane units; b and c are numbers and are the same or different an

Abstract: A fuser member having a substrate, an outer polymeric layer, and a release agent material coating on the outer polymeric layer, and the release agent material coating includes a blend of at least two different amino-functional siloxane release agent materials, and each amino-functional siloxane release agent material contains amino functional groups having a degree of functionality of from about 0.01 to about 0.9 mole percent.

Abstract: A fuser member component to fuse the transferred developed image to the copy substrate, wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, an outer polymeric layer, and a release agent material coating on the outer polymeric layer, and the release agent material coating includes a blend of at least two different amino-functional siloxane release agent materials having amino-functional groups, and the at least two different amino-functional siloxane release agent materials have the following Formula I: wherein A represents —R4—X, wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, X represents —NH2 or —NHR5NH2 with R5 representing an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, and an arylalkyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an ary

Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for temporarily increasing the mass of an animal's body. The invention is useful both as a means of correcting an animal's existing body condition as well as preventing an adverse change to its body condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catheter balloons for medical devices. In particular, the present invention provides biaxially oriented semi-compliant catheter balloons comprising acrylonitrile polymers, acrylonitrile copolymers, and acrylonitrile blends, and methods of making same. The catheter balloons provided herein exhibit relatively high tensile strength, controlled compliance, reduced tendency for pinholing, ease of coating with and of bonding to other compounds, as well as resistance to moisture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catheter balloons for medical devices. In particular, the present invention provides biaxially oriented semi-compliant catheter balloons comprising acrylonitrile polymers, acrylonitrile copolymers, and acrylonitrile blends, and methods of making same. The catheter balloons provided herein exhibit relatively high tensile strength, controlled compliance, reduced tendency for pinholing, ease of coating with and of bonding to other compounds, as well as resistance to moisture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catheter balloons for medical devices. In particular, the present invention provides biaxially oriented semi-compliant catheter balloons comprising acrylonitrile polymers, acrylonitrile copolymers, and acrylonitrile blends, and methods of making same. The catheter balloons provided herein exhibit relatively high tensile strength, controlled compliance, reduced tendency for pinholing, ease of coating with and of bonding to other compounds, as well as resistance to moisture.