Abstract: An oxygen-sensing assembly for attachment to a urinary catheter may include a housing having a flow pathway extending between an inlet end and an outlet end thereof, an oxygen sensor in operable communication with the flow pathway of the housing, the oxygen sensor configured to detect oxygen levels of a fluid flowing through the flow pathway and a flowrate sensor configured to detect a flowrate of the fluid flowing through the flow pathway. A risk of acute kidney injury may be determined based on the mass flowrate of oxygen through the flow pathway, determined based on the detected oxygen levels and the flowrate of the fluid through the flow pathway. Related catheter assemblies and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An oxygen-sensing assembly for attachment to a urinary catheter may include a housing having a flow pathway extending between an inlet end and an outlet end thereof, an oxygen sensor in operable communication with the flow pathway of the housing, the oxygen sensor configured to detect oxygen levels of a fluid flowing through the flow pathway and a flowrate sensor configured to detect a flowrate of the fluid flowing through the flow pathway. A risk of acute kidney injury may be determined based on the mass flowrate of oxygen through the flow pathway, determined based on the detected oxygen levels and the flowrate of the fluid through the flow pathway. Related catheter assemblies and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A door lock for locking a door to an underlying structure. A machine element disposed in connection to a through opening in the underlying structure is arranged so as to engage a bolt that is insertable into a through opening in the door. The machine element is inserted through the opening in the underlying structure to a position at which the openings in the door and the underlying structure form, together with the part of the machine element that extends outside of the underlying structure, a length that is longer than the bolt length, while at the same time an internal thread on the machine element extends sufficiently far through the underlying structure that, with the joint mounted, it engages the bolt to create the joint. Also, a method for manufacturing the door lock.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reinforcing a double-shell structure in which a cellular core (2) is arranged between a first shell (5) and a second shell (6). In the method according to the invention, at least one cavity is formed in the double-shell structure from an opening in the first shell into the cellular core (2) so that the cavity substantially extends through the cellular core (2) to the second shell. Fixative (8) is injected into the cavity. A stiff bar (7) is introduced into the cavity, whereupon excess fixative (8) is allowed to pass out of the cavity. Finally, the fixative left in the cavity is cured.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reinforcing a double-shell structure in which a cellular core (2) is arranged between a first shell (5) and a second shell (6). In the method according to the invention, at least one cavity is formed in the double-shell structure from an opening in the first shell into the cellular core (2) so that the cavity substantially extends through the cellular core (2) to the second shell. Fixative (8) is injected into the cavity. A stiff bar (7) is introduced into the cavity, whereupon excess fixative (8) is allowed to pass out of the cavity. Finally, the fixative left in the cavity is cured.

Abstract: A laminated material for the manufacture of packing containers with good gas and aroma barrier properties, and a method for the manufacture of the laminated material. The laminated material has a base layer (18) and a barrier layer (19) of inorganic material of a thickness of only 50-500 Å serving as a gas and aroma barrier. The barrier layer (19) is applied to the base layer (18) by means of vacuum deposition and bonded to the base layer by means of at least one intermediate layer (22) of bonding agent. To facilitate the conversion of the material to packing containers the barrier layer (19) is omitted along such areas (17a and 17b) of the material which are intended to be folded against, and combined with, one another by heat-sealing during the manufacture of the said containers.

Abstract: A laminated material for the manufacture of packing containers with good gas and aroma barrier properties, and a method for the manufacture of the laminated material.The laminated material has a base layer (18) and a barrier layer (19) of inorganic material of a thickness of only 50-500 .ANG. serving as a gas and aroma barrier. The barrier layer (19) is applied to the base layer (18) by means of vacuum deposition and bonded to the base layer by means of at least one intermediate layer (22) of bonding agent. To facilitate the conversion of the material to packing containers the barrier layer (19) is omitted along such areas (17a and 17b) of the material which are intended to be folded against, and combined with, one another by heat-sealing during the manufacture of the said containers.

Abstract: A packaging laminate for a package possessing superior gas and light barrier properties is disclosed, and a method of producing the packaging laminate. The packaging laminate includes a layer of a silicon oxide compound serving as gas barrier and a layer of metal serving as light barrier, these layers being deposited by vacuum deposition on each respective layer of plastic serving as carrier, and being permanently bonded to one another through an interjacent layer of adhesive for the formation of the packaging laminate.By regulating the thickness of the gas and light barrier layers independently of one another, an optional combination of gas and light barrier properties is made possible, whereby the packaging laminate may be more or less "tailor made" for each type of product which is to be packed.

Abstract: A laminated material for the manufacture of packing containers with good gas barrier properties or parts for such containers.The material (1) comprises a barrier layer (8) consisting of a mixture of amorphous polyamide and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer serving as a gas barrier.

Abstract: A flexible, laminated material (10) for reforming into packages for contents of the type such as oxygen- and flavor-sensitive liquid foods, for example fruit juices.The material displays a carrier layer (11) of paper or paperboard and a preferably extruded layer (13) applied to one face of the carrier layer (corresponding to the inside of the finished package), this layer consisting of a mixture of polyethylene and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer.Since the barrier layer (13) thus includes both a polar (the ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer) and a non-polar (polyethylene) component, the material possesses barrier properties against both polar and non-polar flavor components, at the same time as the material moreover displays tightness properties vis-a-vis oxygen.

Abstract: A laminated material for the manufacture of packing containers with good gas and aroma barrier properties and or parts for such containers, and a method for the manufacture of the laminated material (1).The laminated material (1) comprises a first partial laminate (1) comprising a carrier layer (2) of thermoplastics and a barrier layer (3) of inorganic material of 50-500 .ANG. thickness serving as a gas and aroma barrier and a second partial laminate (1b) comprising a carrier layer (4) and a barrier layer (5) of inorganic material of 50-500 .ANG. thickness serving as a gas and aroma barrier, these partial laminates being joined to one another by means of an intermediate layer (6) of bonding agent, their respective barrier layers facing inwards towards one another.

Abstract: In the manufacture of packing containers by means of folding of laminate in the form of sheets or of a web of the type which comprises a relatively thick carrier layer (2) of paper or cardboard and a gas-tight, thin metal foil (5) the laminate is subjected to stresses which, particularly within folding regions comprising multiple material thicknesses, may be so strong that crack formations occur in the metal foils protecting against gas which are sensitive to tension, thus entailing the risk of the intended gas barrier characteristics of the packing container being impaired or wholly lost.

Abstract: A fluidizable bed apparatus comprises a container containing a bed of fluidizable particulate material which becomes hot in use. The apparatus is characterized in that it includes at least one passage for the flow of cooling medium therethrough arranged beneath a bottom wall of the container. The or each passage has communicating therewith at least one inlet, preferably arranged beneath the bottom wall, and at least one outlet, preferably arranged adjacent side walls of the container. Nozzles for supplying fluidizing medium to the container for fluidizing the bed are arranged to pass through the bottom wall of the container.