Abstract: A mammary prosthesis built from a sack of elastic material or biocompatible material having a sealed interior cavity with the sack having an anterior surface forming a dome and a posterior surface forming a base, with a sealed and seamless interior cavity filled with microspheres of foamed or expanded polymers or a combination of both. The sack may also be permeable to establish equilibrium between body fluids and interstitial volume of the microspheres.

Abstract: A mammary prosthesis built from a sack of elastic material or biocompatible material having a sealed interior cavity with the sack having an anterior surface forming a dome and a posterior surface forming a base, with a sealed and seamless interior cavity filled with microspheres of foamed or expanded polymers or a combination of both. The sack may also be permeable to establish equilibrium between body fluids and interstitial volume of the microspheres.

Abstract: A mammary prosthesis built from a sack of elastic material or biocompatible material having a sealed interior cavity with the sack having an anterior surface forming a dome and a posterior surface forming a base, with a sealed and seamless interior cavity filled with microspheres of foamed or expanded polymers or a combination of both. The sack may also be permeable to establish equilibrium between body fluids and interstitial volume of the microspheres.

Abstract: Apparatus (1) for admixing additives to a medium to be pumped, comprising at least one gear pump (2) for pumping a medium to be pumped, said gear pump (2) comprising at least one shaft (3) having a first driving torque; at least one injector (5) for introducing an additive into a medium to be pumped; at least one screw conveyor (6) for mixing said additive with said medium to be pumped, said screw conveyor having a second driving torque, and, characterized in that, the shaft (3) and the screw conveyor (6) are functionally connected, such that the first driving torque and the second driving torque are coupled.

Abstract: Apparatus (1) for admixing additives to a medium to be pumped, comprising at least one gear pump (2) for pumping a medium to be pumped, said gear pump (2) comprising at least one shaft (3) having a first driving torque; at least one injector (5) for introducing an additive into a medium to be pumped; at least one screw conveyor (6) for mixing said additive with said medium to be pumped, said screw conveyor having a second driving torque, and, characterized in that, the shaft (3) and the screw conveyor (6) are functionally connected, such that the first driving torque and the second driving torque are coupled.

Abstract: The invention provides a compression blow formed article formed from a composition comprising at least the following: 1) a polypropylene homopolymer and 2) a propylene-based polymer.

Abstract: Stretch blow molded articles, e.g., thin wall containers, are made from a polymer blend comprising at least 70 percent by weight HDPE and at least 10 percent by weight LDPE based upon the total weight of the polymer blend. The HDPE/LDPE blends used in the practice of this invention provide increased melt strength resulting in a wider processing window.

Abstract: A mammary prosthesis built from a sack of elastic material or biocompatible material having a sealed interior cavity with the sack having an anterior surface forming a dome and a posterior surface forming a base, with a sealed and seamless interior cavity filled with microspheres of foamed or expanded polymers or a combination of both. The sack may also be permeable to establish equilibrium between body fluids and interstitial volume of the microspheres.

Abstract: Stretch blow molded articles, e.g., thin wall containers, are made from a polymer blend comprising at least 70 percent by weight HDPE and at least 10 percent by weight LDPE based upon the total weight of the polymer blend. The HDPE/LDPE blends used in the practice of this invention provide increased melt strength resulting in a wider processing window.

Abstract: The invention provides a compression blow formed article formed from a composition comprising at least the following: 1) a polypropylene homopolymer and 2) a propylene-based polymer.

Abstract: According to the present invention there are provided improved rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic polymers having the specified relatively high molecular weight and the necessary rubber levels and particles. These improved resins are specially adapted and suited for use in stretch blow molding processes. They provide improved combinations of container neck strength and toughness, wall strength and stiffness and packaging efficiency. The present invention provides the makers of stretch blow molded containers with options for improved packaging cost and efficiency.

Abstract: According to the present invention there are provided improved non-compatibilized blends of (A) a rubber modified monovinylidene aromatic polymer and a minor amount of (B) an ethylene polymer having a density in the range of from about 0.87 to about 0.98 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc) as measured by ASTM D 792 and (C) optional additives and stabilizers. These improved blends are specially adapted and suited for use in stretch blow molding processes. They provide improved combinations of improved opacity, controlled gloss surface appearance, haptics and physical properties and improved processes for producing stretch blow molded and thermoformed articles at relatively high production rates and reduced expense.

Abstract: A plastic, tamper resistant container particularly adapted for the marketing of dairy products comprising a cup and a lid having a tab extending peripherally therefrom such that application of a force to the tab sufficient to remove the lid, initiates fracture propagation and tearing of the lid, and a process for manufacture thereof.