Abstract: A system and method for detecting pieces of polymer components such as food processing equipment components, includes adding a ceramic material to the polymer to form a combined material having metal detectable and/or magnetic removal properties. The item is manufactured out of the combined material, and food products on other material that is processed by processing equipment can be tested using metal detection and/or magnetic removal systems in order to detect and or remove any pieces of the components that may become entrained in the material being processed.

Abstract: An improved testing system and method and corresponding components can provide detection of polymer contaminant parts in processed materials such as food products, including finished packaged materials. Components of the system are made of a first polymer material combined with a second radiopaque material. The polymer include at least plastics and elastomers.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a polymer component comprises adding a radiopaque material to a polymer material to form a combined material having radiopaque properties, manufacturing the item at least partial out of the combined material, applying x-rays to the item, and viewing an x-ray image of the item to detect the structural condition of the item.

Abstract: The present invention provides an endoscope for in vivo imaging the cells, tissue, organs or body cavities of humans or other animals to observe and locate, diagnosis and/or treat disease. Illumination sources, image detectors, sensors may be provided alone or in combination on the removable tip allowing functional alterations or optimization for a particular procedure. Endoscope features such as an instrument channel supporting tissue sampling, suction, treatment, micro-surgery, optical computed tomography, confocal microscopy, laser or drug treatments, injections, gene-therapy, marking, implanting or other medical techniques are maintained.

Abstract: The present invention is a filter device with methods to capture a desired amount of material suspended in a liquid or gas. These filter capture methods may be used for the purification or enrichment of various sample constituents or captured material may be observed or analyzed. The filter device employs a deformable filter to provide a simple reliable device to capture a desired amount of material, with minimal electronic intervention.

Abstract: The present invention is a filter apparatus with methods to capture a desired amount of material suspended in a liquid or gas for monolayer deposition, analysis or other uses. Novel filter devices are employed to capture material which may be used for the purification or enrichment of various sample constituents or captured material may be observed or analyzed. Alternatively, particulate material may be used as a transport mechanism for proteins or chemicals which in turn may be assessed or used. The filter device employs sensors to sense pressure and adjust, halt or otherwise control sample flow. The pressure sensor essentially monitors the flow rate of sample suspension through a filter, typically responding at a predetermined pressure associated with capture of a desired amount of material on the filter. A separate valve or valve integrated with pressure sensing provides a means to adjust sample flow.

Abstract: Attachment apparatus and method for interlocking attachment of a scraper blade with a drive shaft of a scraped surface heat exchanger includes a blade having dual attachment beams and a central locking member, and at least one pin having dual fingers each for interlocking with a respective attachment beam. The blades feature protective supporting nubs that are outwardly facing from the blade and located proximate to the mounting locations of the blade to provide a supporting rest for the drive shaft pin and blade assembly as it is slid into or out of its outer housing tube.

Abstract: The present invention is an automated endoscopic device and diagnostic method, which performs at least one other disease detection method simultaneously during a white light endoscopic procedure. In some embodiments fluorescence imaging or spectroscopy is performed during the white light examination. In other embodiments, multi-modal imaging and/or spectroscopy may be performed and combined in a variety of ways. Because diagnostic modes other than white light are performed transparently in the background, the procedure is not significantly more complex for the clinician than the familiar white light examination. In some embodiments the present invention automatically detects suspicious tissue and informs the clinician of its presence. In other embodiments the present invention helps determine if a biopsy is required, and may further assist the clinician, for example, by providing an outline or otherwise guide the clinician in identifying and/or taking a biopsy of a suspicious site.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an optical apparatus, methods and uses for real-time (video-rate) multimodal imaging, for example, contemporaneous measurement of white light reflectance, native tissue autofluorescence and near infrared images with an endoscope. These principles may be applied to various optical apparati such as microscopes, endoscopes, telescopes, cameras etc. to view or analyze the interaction of light with objects such as planets, plants, rocks, animals, cells, tissue, proteins, DNA, semiconductors, etc. Multi-band spectral images may provide morphological data such as surface structure of lung tissue whereas chemical make-up, sub-structure and other object characteristics may be deduced from spectral signals related to reflectance or light radiated (emitted) from the object such as luminescence or fluorescence, indicating endogenous chemicals or exogenous substances such as dyes employed to enhance visualization, drugs, therapeutics or other agents.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for forming a blow molded plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, including heating the neck of the container and bending the heated neck of the container.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.

Abstract: An electronically-operable door strike employing a guard clip for deterring picking of the locking mechanism therein, a springless solenoid designed to avoid the undesirable build-up of residual magnetism and which incorporates air gaps for dissipating heat, thus prolonging the useful life of the solenoid, and a face plate for mounting the strike into a door jamb.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.