Abstract: Apparatus for transferring a person from a wheelchair to a fixed seat is disclosed, including a wheeled gantry that includes opposed front and rear legs and an upper portion connecting the legs, the gantry spanning a transfer station with a side entry for the wheelchair, and being capable of spanning the fixed seat; and a holding apparatus including a transfer seat and support frame, the transfer seat being sized to fit within the fixed seat; a lift for raising and lowering the transfer seat; and a support arm for rotating the support frame within the transfer station. The wheelchair can be wheeled into the transfer station, the person can be raised out of the wheelchair and rotated to face the front leg, the wheeled gantry can be moved to span the fixed seat, the person can be lowered into the fixed seat, and the wheeled gantry can be withdrawn.

Abstract: Apparatus for transferring a person from a wheelchair to a fixed seat is disclosed, including a wheeled gantry that includes opposed front and rear legs and an upper portion connecting the legs, the gantry spanning a transfer station with a side entry for the wheelchair, and being capable of spanning the fixed seat; and a holding apparatus including a transfer seat and support frame, the transfer seat being sized to fit within the fixed seat; a lift for raising and lowering the transfer seat; and a support arm for rotating the support frame within the transfer station. The wheelchair can be wheeled into the transfer station, the person can be raised out of the wheelchair and rotated to face the front leg, the wheeled gantry can be moved to span the fixed seat, the person can be lowered into the fixed seat, and the wheeled gantry can be withdrawn.

Abstract: Apparatus for transferring a person from a wheelchair to a fixed seat is disclosed, including a wheeled gantry that includes opposed front and rear legs and an upper portion connecting the legs, the gantry spanning a transfer station with a side entry for the wheelchair, and being capable of spanning the fixed seat; and a holding apparatus including a transfer seat and support frame, the transfer seat being sized to fit within the fixed seat; a lift for raising and lowering the transfer seat; and a support arm for rotating the support frame within the transfer station. The wheelchair can be wheeled into the transfer station, the person can be raised out of the wheelchair and rotated to face the front leg, the wheeled gantry can be moved to span the fixed seat, the person can be lowered into the fixed seat, and the wheeled gantry can be withdrawn.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting for multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) is disclosed. The multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) generate light that is guided via a light-guiding fiber to an optical system (10). Provided for that purpose on the mounting plate (15) is a combining unit (18) that comprises multiple input ports (18a, 18b, 18c). Each of the lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) possesses an output (25a, 25b, 25c) for its light, each laser (16a, 16b, 16c) being mounted on the mounting plate (15) in such a way that the respective output (25a, 25b, 25c) is colinear with the respective pertinent input port (18a, 18b, 18c) of the combining unit (18). The combining unit (18) combines the light of the multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) into a single beam (30).

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) and at least one electronic unit (33) is disclosed. At least three legs (60), which space the multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) and the at least one electronic unit (33) away from a support (70), are mounted on a mounting plate (15).

Abstract: A microscope system includes at least one lens that defines an illumination field and at least one light source that emits an illuminating light beam for illuminating a specimen through the lens. At least one detector is provided for, pixel-by-pixel, detecting a detection light beam coming from the specimen. An electronic circuit is connected downstream from the detector, the electronic circuit including a memory unit for storing a wavelength-dependent brightness distribution of an illumination field of the at least one lens. The electronic circuit employs, pixel-by-pixel, the stored wavelength-dependent brightness distribution so as to form a homogeneously illuminated image field. An actuatable element is provided for controlling, pixel-by-pixel, an intensity of the illuminating light beam as a function of the stored wavelength-dependent brightness distribution so as to homogeneously illuminate the illumination field.

Abstract: A multi part centralizer can be secured quickly to tubular to be cemented and expanded in a deviated wellbore. The segments ratchet with respect to each other and are capable of holding the centralizer snug against the tubular for delivery downhole and cementing. After cementing the expansion of the tubular is not significantly resisted by the centralizer as its diameter increases with the expanded tubular below it. The end position after expansion is held due to the ratchet feature insuring the fixation of the centralizer as the cement sets.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reproducibly interfacing a living tissue sample to the measurement probe of a spectrometer instrument in-situ minimizes spectral interference related to sampling variations. A minimal contact subject interface includes supports replaceably mounted on a base. An optical coupling means, such as a fiber optic probe, contacts the measurement site through a probe aperture in the base. During use, a subject rests an extremity on the support elements, so that the extremity is reproducibly positioned and supported in relation to the optical coupling means. The supports have a small contact area, minimizing contact with the skin at the measurement site. The interface module is adjustable to fit any subject. By reproducibly positioning and supporting the body appendage using minimal contact supports, spectral interference due to variations in placement, applied pressure, and temperature transients secondary to contact with the interface module are greatly minimized.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reproducibly interfacing a living tissue sample to the measurement probe of a spectrometer instrument in-situ minimizes spectral interference related to sampling variations. A minimal contact subject interface includes supports replaceably mounted on a base. An optical coupling means, such as a fiber optic probe, contacts the measurement site through a probe aperture in the base. During use, a subject rests an extremity on the support elements, so that the extremity is reproducibly positioned and supported in relation to the optical coupling means. The supports have a small contact area, minimizing contact with the skin at the measurement site. The interface module is adjustable to fit any subject.