Abstract: A port catheter includes a port housing and a port chamber formed in the port housing and closed by a septum. The port catheter also includes a first catheter connection communicating with the port chamber for the connection of a first catheter, a second catheter connection for connecting a second catheter connected to an infusion pump and supplying a fluid to the port catheter from the infusion pump, and a third catheter connection communicating with the second catheter connection for connecting a third catheter which discharges the fluid supplied by the infusion pump.

Abstract: A port catheter includes a port housing and a port chamber formed in the port housing and closed by a septum. The port catheter also includes a first catheter connection communicating with the port chamber for the connection of a first catheter, a second catheter connection for connecting a second catheter connected to an infusion pump and supplying a fluid to the port catheter from the infusion pump, and a third catheter connection communicating with the second catheter connection for connecting a third catheter which discharges the fluid supplied by the infusion pump.

Abstract: Throttle with a throttle path formed from two plane-parallel plates connected with one another, wherein the throttle path include a trough formed in at least one of the two plates and sealed by the other plate, which exhibits on one end an inlet which communicates with the throttle path and on the other end an outlet which communicates with the throttle path, characterized in that both plates are made of glass.

Abstract: An implantable, gas pressure-operated infusion pump includes a throttle portion, a controllable valve upstream or downstream of the throttle portion, and a controller that controls the opening duration and/or opening frequency of the valve. A method for operating the infusion pump includes determining a standard volume of a standard infusate dispensed by the infusion pump within a pre-determined time period and determining an infusate volume of an infusate, having a different composition than the standard infusate, dispensed by the infusion pump within the pre-determined time period. The method further includes operating the infusion pump together with the infusate at an opening duration and/or opening frequency of the valve that is reduced or increased compared with operating the infusion pump together with the standard infusate in order to dispense a volume of infusate substantially the same as the standard volume.

Abstract: Throttle with a throttle path formed from two plane-parallel plates connected with one another, wherein the throttle path include a trough formed in at least one of the two plates and sealed by the other plate, which exhibits on one end an inlet which communicates with the throttle path and on the other end an outlet which communicates with the throttle path, characterized in that both plates are made of glass.

Abstract: A pressurized-gas-driven infusion pump having a bladder that forms a medication chamber and a pressure chamber is provided. The pressure chamber acts on the bladder to expel medication through a catheter that is communicatively connected to the medication chamber. A pressure sensor detects the pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A method and system determines a location of a conversion device for converting wind energy into electrical energy by considering both technical and economic viability factors. One or more qualified wind data regions are established within a geographic area. Each qualified wind data region meets or exceeds a wind velocity criteria over a requisite time period. Distribution accessible zones are established where a desired range of electrical energy is distributable via existing distribution infrastructure. Candidate regions are determined based on the overlap of the regions and the zones. Land data is obtained and is associated with the candidate region. The land data may comprise at least one of a land use and a holder of an interest in real property associated with the candidate region. A selector selects a preferential region, for placement of a conversion device, from the candidate regions based on a land data.

Abstract: The entire right, title and interest in and to this application and all subject matter disclosed and/or claimed therein, including any and all divisions, continuations, reissues, etc., thereof are, effective as of the date of execution of this application, assigned, transferred, sold and set over by the applicant(s) named herein to Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation having offices at Moline, Ill. 61265, U.S.A., together with all rights to file, and to claim priorities in connection with, corresponding patent applications in any and all foreign countries in the name of Deere & Company or otherwise.

Abstract: A method for determining a location of a conversion device for converting wind energy into electrical energy comprises establishing a plurality of data layers, including at least a wind data layer and a transmission grid data layer. Each data layer contains attribute data that is associated with corresponding location data. The location data of one layer is aligned with the location data of other layers to form a composite layer. The composite layer is searched to identify the first compliant location data associated with a target value or a target value range of the attribute data for the wind data layer. The composite layer is searched to identify a second compliant location data associated with a target value or a target value range of the attribute data for the transmission grid data.

Abstract: A control system for a harvester or similar implement includes a supervisory controller, a set of low-level controllers and a neuro-fuzzy inference system. The supervisory controller employs human expert knowledge and fuzzy logic. The controller monitors the quality of the harvesting process, such as gain loss, dockage, grain damage and the like. Based on the measurements, setpoints for all critical functional elements of the implement are determined. The neuro-fuzzy inference system determines machine settings according to operating conditions and learns from harvester experience. The parameters of the neuro-fuzzy inference system are stored in on-board memory. The neuro-fuzzy system can be used for harvester set-up and as one of the knowledge sources for repeated adjustments during the harvest.

Abstract: A control system for a harvester or similar implement includes a supervisory controller, a set of low-level controllers and a neuro-fuzzy inference system. The supervisory controller employs human expert knowledge and fuzzy logic. The controller monitors the quality of the harvesting process, such as gain loss, dockage, grain damage and the like. Based on the measurements, setpoints for all critical functional elements of the implement are determined. The neuro-fuzzy inference system determines machine settings according to operating conditions and learns from harvester experience. The parameters of the neuro-fuzzy inference system are stored in on-board memory. The neuro-fuzzy system can be used for harvester set-up and as one of the knowledge sources for repeated adjustments during the harvest.

Abstract: An agricultural combine having a supporting structure that is driven by ground engaging wheels at a harvesting speed by a propulsion assembly. The combine is also provided with a threshing assembly that is supplied harvested crop material by a feederhouse. The feederhouse is provided with a moisture sensor for sensing the moisture of harvested crop material as it passes through the feederhouse. The moisture sensor produces a moisture signal that is directed to an electronic combine controller. The electronic combine controller regulates the harvesting speed of the combine in response to the moisture signal.

Abstract: A heart valve prosthesis with a valve ring and at least one substantially elongated wing valve pivotally mounted about an axis located in the plane of the valve ring, in which the bearings of the wing valve or valves are in each case formed by a swivel pin, defining the swivel axis and fixed to the valve ring, a groove constructed in the wing valve and extending therethrough transversely to the axis and whose width corresponds to the diameter and whose depth corresponds to the length of the swivel pin, a first guide pin fixed to the valve ring, a first, convex slide cam constructed on the wing valve and which cooperates with the first guide pin, a second guide pin fixed to the valve ring and a second, convex slide cam constructed on the wing valve and which cooperates with the second guide pin, the spacing from one another of the two slide cams measured over the imaginary connecting line between the centers of the guide pins, in each position of the wing valve, corresponds to the internal, mutual spacing of t

Abstract: Prosthesis for the replacement of heart valves, with a valve ring (10) with a radius R, in which at least two substantially elongated wing valves (12, 14, 16) are mounted so as to rotate about in each case an axis (18) located in the ring plane, the axes (18) in the projection on the ring plane having a distance of 0.5 R to 0.9 R from the center of the ring plane and the edges of the inwardly directed portions engage in flush manner on the edges of the corresponding portions of the other wing valves (12, 14, 16) and in the area (20) of the wing valves (12, 14, 16) pointing in the flow direction in the opened state thereof, said valves are provided with a bevel (24), constructed as a sharp break-away edge (22), running from the outside to the inside in the flow direction.

Abstract: An improved implantable infusion pump comprises a propellant chamber, a medicament chamber, and a throttle section. Enclosed within the throttle section is a medicament delivery system comprising a chip having a fluid path etched in an upper surface, inlet and outlet depressions formed in the chip lower and upper surfaces respectively, and a channel formed through the chip connecting the inlet with the fluid path. A planar cover, preferably transparent, covers the chip upper surface. A pair of wafers surround the chip within the throttle section and pair of silicon coatings are positioned between the chip and the pair of wafers. Various bores, apertures, and recesses are formed in the wafers, the cover, and the coatings, for permitting the medicament fluid to pass through the throttle section. An alternate embodiment employs a plurality of fluid paths and a plurality of outlets permitting different throttle resistance.

Abstract: Implantable infusion pump having a casing, which receives a bellows receiving a propellant producing a vapour pressure and forming a space receiving a medicament and having a throttle means and a connection for a catheter, in which the space receives at least one resilient plastic bag containing the medicament and which is provided with a coupling piece to be attached to the throttle means.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for adjustment of a switchable, flow-limiting device for limited flow of liquids or gases employs a remote service device. The flow-limiting device and the service device are spatially separated and there is no bodily connection between the two. Energy necessary for adjustment of the flow-limiting device is transmitted from the service device into an infusion pump that contains the flow-limiting device. The flow-limiting device is a valve having three stable operating positional states. The valve can only be switched while energy is being transmitted from the service device.

Abstract: Apparatus for the reliable filling of at least two containers below the skin surface, particularly of an infusion pump, with two septa made from a soft material, so that easy perforation by needles is possible and further seals which are positioned after the septa, at least one space being in each case provided between the seals and the septa connected to the catheters or containers to be filled, in the case of different septa said spaces being at different distances from a needle stop, a corresponding number of needles with lateral openings for filling purposes are provided and the openings for different needles are at different distances (A, B) from the needle tip.

Abstract: An infusion pump with a flexible medication container, a chamber containing a C.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 F.sub.4 propellant gas acting upon the medication container and a capillary tube acting as a choke. The propellant gas chamber accommodates a pressure of 2.5 bar over atmospheric.

Abstract: Stable solutions of (a) hydrogenated ergot alkaloids and (b) heparin as well as the salts thereof in a carrier medium comprising (c) water, (d) a mono- or poly-alcohol, and (e) urea or a pharmaceutically acceptable calcium or magnesium salt or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and combinations thereof.