Abstract: According to embodiments, a substantially coaxial arrangement of a camera, a light source, and an ultrasonic sensor can be positioned in an housing of a system that can be deployed from the tool port of a standard bronchoscope. Illumination from the light source facilitates positioning of the system by an operator using information from the camera. The ultrasonic system can determine when an object to be biopsied is adjacent to a biopsy needle.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a photocurable composition for forming a dielectric layer on a substrate. The dielectric composition of the present invention comprises a first acrylated oligomer, a second acrylated oligomer having a viscosity less than the first acrylated oligomer, a polyolefin wax, an acrylated monomer and a photoinitiator. The first acrylated oligomer as used in the composition of the invention has a viscosity that is less than the second acrylated oligomer. The present invention also discloses a method of making a dielectric coating using the composition of the present invention.

Abstract: A photocurable silver composition is provided which comprises an ultraviolet light curable organic mixture, a photoinitiator, a silver powder, and a silver flake composition. The silver flake composition comprises at least 20% of the weight of the silver powder. The disclosed compositions may be used to produce silver-containing coatings on a variety of different substrates. Related methods are provided.

Abstract: A system for preserving a cutting knife can include an actuator for moving a first knife from an engaged to a removed position, at which the first knife does not contact a second knife when a first mold half, to which the actuator is connected, and a second mold half, to which the second knife is connected, move from an open to a closed position.

Abstract: The invention provides a mold for use in a wheel blow-molding device. The mold has a first half and a second half, each half having a rotation direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the rotation direction, each half having a container-shaped cavity, adapted to receive a parison, wherein the cavity has a body portion and a neck portion; and a blow pin tip disposed in the mold, adapted to be inserted into an open end of the parison in the neck portion of the cavity, the blow pin tip being adapted to blow a gas into the parison to blow mold a container.

Abstract: A method of scrap reduction in a wheel blow-molding device includes the steps of upwardly extruding a parison and gripping a top end of the parison in a portion of a first mold coupled to the wheel blow-molding device. Then, the parison is enclosed in a second mold coupled to the wheel blow-molding device that follows the first mold. Next, the parison is cut such that a gap in the parison is created.

Abstract: A curable ink composition comprises at least one acrylated oligomer, a pigment, and two or more monomers. The two or more monomers include an ethylenically unsubstituted monomer and an acrylated polyol. The curable ink composition further includes one or more optional components which include UV inhibitors, adhesion promoters, flow modifying agents, and pigments. When the curable ink composition is to be cured by an e-beam, the composition is further characterized in being substantially free of any photoinitiators. When the curable ink composition is to be cured by light, a photoinitiator is included.

Abstract: A method of ejecting a container from a blow mold comprises the steps of: opening a blow mold containing a container, the blow mold comprising a pair of pistons having a head and a heel, an end cap disposed behind the heel, and a pair of ejector rods, each ejector rod coupled to a different one of the pair of pistons; forcing a fluid against each head of each of the pair of pistons, extending each of the ejector rods to maintain contact with an opposite side of a center portion of the container in the blow mold and pushing the container from the blow mold; and forcing a fluid against the heel of each of the pair of pistons operative to retract the pair of ejector rods away from the container when the container is separated from the blow mold.

Abstract: The present invention discloses ultraviolet light curable paint compositions to be used in a multilayer paint coating and method for applying such a compositions to a substrate. Suitable substrates include glass, metals, and various plastics such as polycarbonates. The disclosed compositions do not contain any significant amount of volatile organic compounds that do not become incorporated in the coating or released to ambient after curing.

Abstract: The invention provides a base structure of a container. The base structure includes a support heel that defines any number of touch points for contact with a horizontal surface. The support heel includes inner and outer portions that merge with the container's corrugated support flute and sidewall, respectively. The base structure also includes a fin that forms the zipper pinch and extends transverse to and intersects corrugations of the corrugated support flute.

Abstract: The invention provides a base structure of a container. The base structure includes a support heel that defines any number of touch points for contact with a horizontal surface. The support heel includes inner and outer portions that merge with the container's corrugated support flute and sidewall, respectively. The base structure also includes a fin that forms the zipper pinch and extends transverse to and intersects corrugations of the corrugated support flute.

Abstract: A container having a removable tab which creates a dispensing opening when removed and where a lateral projection on said tab can be used to reseal the tube.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable silver chloride composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce an silver coating on a substrate. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the active layer after curing.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an electroluminescent lamp that includes a step in which an electroluminescent active layer is formed by curing a UV curable electroluminescent composition. Embodiments of the method of the present invention in which each layer of a multilayer electroluminescent device are fabricated from UV curable compositions are also disclosed. A UV curable dielectric composition suitable for utilization in an electroluminescent lamp is also provided.

Abstract: A UV curable ink composition that comprises a ultraviolet light curable ink composition comprising at least one acrylated oligomer, a pigment, and a photoinitiator is provided. The ink composition of the present invention has a viscosity from about 300 centipoise at 25° C. to about 10000 centipoise at 25° C. In one variation the at least one acrylated oligomer includes an aliphatic acrylated urethane oligomer and an epoxy oligomer. In another variation the ink composition includes an acrylic oligomer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a photocurable composition for forming a dielectric layer on a substrate. The dielectric composition of the present invention comprises a first acrylated oligomer, a second acrylated oligomer having a viscosity less than the first acrylated oligomer, a polyolefin wax, an acrylated monomer and a photoinitiator. The first acrylated oligomer as used in the composition of the invention has a viscosity that is less than the second acrylated oligomer. The present invention also discloses a method of making a dielectric coating using the composition of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a photocurable composition for forming a dielectric layer on a substrate. The dielectric composition of the present invention comprises a first acrylated oligomer, a second acrylated oligomer having a viscosity less than the first acrylated oligomer, a polyolefin wax, an acrylated monomer and a photoinitiator. The first acrylated oligomer as used in the composition of the invention has a viscosity that is less than the second acrylated oligomer. The present invention also discloses a method of making a dielectric coating using the composition of the present invention.

Abstract: A tube is provided for containing a product to be squeezed from the tube when the tube is used in conjunction with a wrapping tool. The tube has a deformable main body for storing the product prior to the product being squeezed from the tube, the main body having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the longitudinal direction of the main body. The tube has an opening at the first end of the main body, the opening being an outlet for the product when the product is squeezed from the tube, and a seal at the second end of the main body, the seal having a contour, the contour having a bearing surface that is non-parallel to the longitudinal direction of the main body. The bearing surface is for receiving a wrapping force from the wrapping tool for wrapping the main body around the seal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an ultraviolet light curable transparent conductive composition and method for making such a composition that may be used to produce a transparent conductive coating on a suitable substrate. These coatings may be used in such applications as touch screens, membrane switches, TV screens, and VCRs. The disclosed composition does not contain any significant amount of volatile organic solvents that do not become incorporated in the active layer after curing.

Abstract: The invention provides a base structure of a container. The base structure includes a support heel that defines any number of touch points for contact with a horizontal surface. The support heel includes inner and outer portions that merge with the container's corrugated support flute and sidewall, respectively. The base structure also includes a fin that forms the zipper pinch and extends transverse to and intersects corrugations of the corrugated support flute.