Abstract: A method for operating an oil control valve in an internal combustion engine is provided. The oil control valve controls a camshaft phaser disposed at an output side of the control valve and includes a spool disposed in a spool housing. The camshaft phaser controls the phase relationship between a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and a camshaft of the internal combustion engine. The method includes positioning the spool within the spool housing to substantially block oil flow between the camshaft phaser and the internal combustion engine when the engine is temporarily not running.

Abstract: A method for operating a camshaft phaser in an internal combustion engine is provided. The camshaft phaser is used to control the phase relationship between a crankshaft and a camshaft of the internal combustion engine. The method includes determining that the internal combustion engine will be placed in an automatic stop mode. The camshaft phaser is then controlled to establish a predetermined phase relationship between the crankshaft and the camshaft. The internal combustion engine is then placed in automatic stop mode and the predetermined phase relationship is maintained by substantially blocking oil flow between the camshaft phaser and the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition of SAE viscosity grade 0W20 which comprises a base oil and additive components comprising a nitrogen-containing ashless dispersant, an alkaline earth metal-containing detergent, a phosphorus-containing wear inhibitor, an oxidation inhibitor and a viscosity index improver and which shows a viscosity index of 200-240, a HTHS viscosity of not less than 2.9 mPa·s s at 150° C. and a Noack evaporation loss of not more than 13% favorably gives a high fuel economy and high wear inhibition to a four cycle gasoline engine of motorcycles and a diesel engine mounted on motor cars equipped with an exhaust gas post-processing apparatus.

Abstract: An ignition laser includes a laser-active solid body, a housing, and a combustion chamber window. The heat value of the ignition laser is settable in accordance with the requirements of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The invention provides a manifold block for improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine. The manifold block is arranged to be located between an inlet manifold and a cylinder head of the engine, and comprises a block of material having at least one manifold channel there through. The manifold channel has an input end and an output end, wherein the input end is connected to the inlet manifold, and the output end is connected to the cylinder. The manifold channel includes at least one injector head channel located towards its input end and adapted to receive a fuel injector. The manifold block may also incorporate one or induction regulators for improving the efficiency of fuel/air mixing in the manifold channels.

Abstract: An air intake control valve includes a body extending to divide an inner portion of a surge tank of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine into two portions, the body serving as a divided surface to divide the inner portion of the surge tank into the two portions, a valve element operated to rotate for opening and closing a fluid passage formed at the body, and a seal member sealing between a sealed surface of the surge tank and an outer periphery of the body, the seal member including a seal portion constituted by two contact portions that make contact with the sealed surface in a state where the two contact portions extend in directions opposite from each other relative to the divided surface.

Abstract: A starting device for an internal combustion engine includes a pulley mounted rotatably in a housing which can be set in rotation by a tension means to produce a drive torque for a motor shaft by a starter handle and which is connected to an engaging member by a damping spring. The drive torque is transmitted to the motor shaft to start the internal combustion engine, whereby under torsion of the damping spring, a twisting of the pulley against the engaging member is rendered possible until a stop element impacts against a counter-stop to delimit the twisting, which enables a high operational readiness of the starting device. In the case of a defect of the damping spring, the stop element and/or the counter-stop is formed from a material which has a higher strength than the material of the engaging member and/or the material of the pulley.

Abstract: An engine lubrication and speed control method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an oil reservoir formed therein. A vertical or horizontal crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is connected to the crankshaft by a connecting rod. An oil pump is driven by the camshaft connected with a cam gear, which mates with a crank gear that is driven by the crankshaft, inhales the oil from the oil reservoir to splash lubricate into the cylinder bore and valve chamber. The engine is provided with a cylinder head assembly defining a compact combustion chamber having a pair of overhead intake and exhaust ports and cooperating intake and exhaust valves. A commonality of parts between the horizontal and the vertical engine is highly achieved.

Abstract: A hydraulic control device is equipped with an oil jet that injects oil to a piston, an oil gallery through which oil injected by the oil jet and oil supplied to a lubrication part of an engine pass, an oil pump that pumps oil to the oil gallery, and a switching valve that is provided on an oil jet passage connecting the oil gallery and the oil jet together and leads oil supplied from the oil gallery to either the oil jet or an oil pan disposed at an upstream side of the oil pump. An ECU controls the switching valve on the basis of an engine speed and an engine cooling water temperature.

Abstract: A fuel-conditioning-method and coupled-combustion process incorporated into internal combustion engines minimizes exhaust emission and improves fuel economy. Gasification chamber 10 affixed into piston 12 is placed under piston crown 14, transfer port 18 carved into cylinder 20 wall connects into combustion chamber 22, arrow 26 indicates that gasified fuel is transferred from chamber 10 into combustion chamber 22 initiating combustion. When pressure inside combustion chamber 22 is higher than that inside chamber 10 a reverse flow fills chamber 10 with hot combustion gases. During piston 12 downstroke gasification chamber inlet/outlet 34 overpass bottom edge 36 part of transfer port 18, therefore hot combustion gases are shut close inside chamber 10 by cylinder 20 wall. When piston 12 is at BDC fuel injector 24 injects fuel that absorbs heat from entrapped combustion gases vaporizing. During piston upstroke gasification chamber inlet/outlet 34 reaches the bottom edge 36 and the cycle repeats.

Abstract: An engine having cylinders capable of combusting gaseous fuel includes at least one spark plug per cylinder, a gaseous fuel injector extending into each cylinder and having at least one nozzle cluster containing a one or more nozzles positioned to direct gaseous fuel only toward a spark gap of an associated spark plug, and a control system operating each spark plug and each injector to deliver gaseous fuel directly to the cylinder and initiate combustion. A method for controlling an engine capable of operating with gaseous fuel includes injecting the gaseous fuel directly into each cylinder through a centrally located injector having a plurality of clusters of nozzles, each cluster associated with one of at least two spark plugs positioned closer to a cylinder wall than to the injector, each cluster directing the gaseous fuel toward an associated spark plug gap.

Abstract: A throttle valve device including a throttle valve control logic may include an electronic controller that determines whether a driving state of a vehicle is an idle-driving state from electronic signals supplied from sensors, a desired air amount map unit that is electrically connected with the electronic controller and where a desired amount of air according to RPM of an engine and an amount of injected fuel for idle-driving are set; and a governor for controlling an EGR valve and a governor for controlling a throttle valve that are electrically connected with the electronic controller and the desired air amount map unit and control the driving of the EGR valve and the throttle valve, respectively, such that the desired amount of air output in accordance with the RPM of the engine of the vehicle and an amount of the injected fuel is supplied to the engine in the idle-driving.

Abstract: In an idling control apparatus for a vehicle, normally, when a predetermined idling reduction execution condition is satisfied, a signal is output to the engine control device so as to execute idling reduction for stopping the idling operation of an engine to automatically stop it. Further, it is determined whether or not a subject vehicle is stopped against an obstacle for avoidance of danger based on at least one of environmental information in front of the subject vehicle, obstacle information and a driving condition of the subject vehicle before it is stopped. When it is determined that the subject vehicle is stopped against the obstacle for avoidance of danger, automatic engine stop is prohibited.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump comprising a drive shaft supported by bearings, and fuel flows through the bearings in a forced manner in such a way that the mechanical and thermal load-carrying capacity of the bearings, and thus the entire high-pressure fuel pump, is significantly increased.

Abstract: System for supplying fuel from a tank (2) to a manifold (5) that distributes fuel into an engine (3); the system (1) having a pumping unit which connects together the tank (2) and the manifold (5) and has a fluid line (11) with a first or low-pressure portion (P1), a second or high-pressure portion (P2), a high-pressure pump (9) connecting together the first and second portions (P1, P2); the first portion (P1) having a plurality of low-pressure branches (23-28, 30-34), a plurality of fluid components (8, 13, 21, 29, 231, 232, 233, 241, 242, 251, 261, 271, 311), each of which has at least one connector (36) and at least one tubular coupling (40; 140; 340; 440), which latter is inserted partly into the connector (36) and partly into a low-pressure branch (23-28; 30-34); each coupling (40; 140; 340; 440) having a plastic tubular body (145; 345; 445).

Abstract: A canister attachment portion includes a canister passage communicating with an inside of a canister. An air passage has a first end connected to communicate with the canister passage and a second end connected with atmosphere. A pumping device increases and decreases an inside pressure of the canister, and one end of the pumping device is connected to communicate with the canister passage and the other end of the pumping device is connected to the air passage. A switching valve switches the canister passage to communicate with the air passage or the pumping device. A throttle is provided in the bypass passage. A housing defines the air passage and a bypass passage, and accommodates the pumping device, the switching valve and the throttle. The filter is provided in the air passage and is accommodated in the housing.

Abstract: A motor-driven implement such as a hand-held tool or device for garden and landscape maintenance, includes an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder and at least one carburettor, which is disposed in a carburettor chamber, is separated by an intermediate wall from an engine compartment. A housing is provided which at least partially encloses the engine compartment so that an upper part of the cylinder extends in the direction of the housing, and a fan wheel is further provided by which means air from the engine compartment can be introduced through a warm air opening in the intermediate wall into the carburettor chamber. For the motor-driven implement to have an improved carburettor pre-heating which enables easier operation, it is proposed that the warm air opening is disposed in the area of the intermediate wall which is disposed adjacently to the upper part of the cylinder.

Abstract: A motor driven implement having an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder and at least one carburettor, which is disposed in a carburettor chamber, which is separated by an intermediate wall from an engine compartment, wherein a fan wheel is further provided by which means air from the engine compartment can be introduced through an engine compartment opening in the intermediate wall into the carburettor chamber. A warm air opening is provided in the intermediate wall, through which the air heated over the cylinder can be introduced into the carburettor chamber and wherein an adjusting element is provided which can be brought into a summer position in which the engine compartment opening is open and the warm air opening is closed and which can be brought into a winter position in which the engine compartment opening is closed and the warm air opening is open.

Abstract: A high-efficiency diesel fuel and method of combustion that reduces emissions. The diesel engine can operate in pre-mixed charge compression ignition (PCCI) combustion. The method can involve injecting high-efficiency diesel fuel at from ?8 to 0 degrees After Top Dead Center (ATDC), combusting the fuel, and operating the engine with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) of from 20 to 60%.

Abstract: A method for reducing the emissions of a diesel engine using a RHE-diesel fuel.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress the dispersion of EGR gas amount between cylinders when the stuck open state arises in an EGR valve in an EGR apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which an EGR passage is branched on an intake system side into a plurality of EGR branch pipes, and the respective EGR branch pipes are connected respectively to intake branch pipes provided for the respective cylinders. In the present invention, if the EGR valve is stuck open, the exhaust pressure is reduced in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine, while suppressing an amount of decrease in a driving force of a vehicle which carries the internal combustion engine within an allowable range.

Abstract: An engine lubrication and speed control method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A vertical or horizontal crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is connected to the crankshaft by a connecting rod. A trochoid or screw oil pump is driven by the camshaft connected with a cam gear, which mates with a crank gear that is driven by the crankshaft, inhales the oil from the oil reservoir to splash lubricate into the cylinder bore and valve chamber. The engine is provided with a cylinder head assembly defining a compact combustion chamber having a pair of overhead intake and exhaust ports and cooperating intake and exhaust valves. A commonality of parts between the horizontal and the vertical engine is highly achieved.

Abstract: An apparatus for one-handed operation of archery equipment may facilitate drawing and firing of an arrow from a bow. The apparatus may comprise a release aid having jaws for selective engagement and disengagement of a bowstring and a trigger mechanism operable to open and close the jaws. Head gear may be configured for attachment to the head of an archer and may be coupled to the release aid with a connection mechanism such that the archer may resist a tension in the bowstring with the headgear. An alternative apparatus comprises an automatic drawbar and engagement head such that an archer may manipulate drawbar controls to draw and release an arrow from a bow.

Abstract: A pneumatic weapon is described. The pneumatic weapon includes a gas storage chamber in fluid communication with a breech that houses a projectile. The weapon also has a gun barrel in fluid communication with the breech. A barrier is situated intermediate the projectile and the gun barrel. The barrier impedes the forward movement of the projectile until gas is released from the gas storage chamber and the pressure within the breech builds to a point sufficient to force the projectile through the barrier and out the gun barrel. The weapon also has several unique projectile storage devices that function with the aid of recycled gas.

Abstract: A device for holding a substrate block to be sawed and for flushing the intermediate spaces formed by sawing the substrate block. It comprises two regions arranged parallel to the device longitudinal axis and above one another, the upper region being configured as an adapter region by means of which the device can be connected to a machine instrument, and the lower region being formed as a holding region which comprises a circumferentially closed or closable channel system which can be supplied with flushing liquid by means of closable supply openings and the bottom of which is opened in a slot-like fashion during the sawing of the substrate block so as to provide passage openings for the flushing liquid. A method for flushing intermediate spaces formed by sawing a substrate block using the above device.

Abstract: A dual fuel heater can couple with one of two fuel sources operating at different pressures. The dual fuel heater can have a first fuel line, a second fuel line, a fluid flow controller, and a combustion chamber. The fluid flow controller can selectively permit flow of a first fuel to either the first fuel line or flow of a second fuel to the second fuel line. The first fuel line can be in communication with a first oxygen depletion sensor orifice and the second fuel line can be in communication with a second oxygen depletion sensor orifice.

Abstract: A smoke-free grilling method includes (1) arranging a heating unit inside a grill in such a way that the heating unit is not shielded by any shade located above; (2) combining a grilling grid with a shielding section and arranging the grid on a top opening of the grill; and (3) setting the shielding section to correspond in position to the heating unit arranged inside the grill, whereby when the grid receives foodstuff positioned thereon for grilling, the shield section provides a function of shielding so that liquid substances, such as grease and juice of the grilled foodstuffs and sauce applied to the foodstuffs, are prevented from dropping onto the heating unit to cause flaming or smoke, and true smoke-free grilling is achieved and functions of health, environmental protection, and energy conservation are also achieved.

Abstract: An appliance includes a cooktop, a gas burner assembly disposed in the cooktop, the gas burner assembly having a burner head portion and a burner base portion, and a light disc disposed beneath the burner head portion.

Abstract: A fireplace screen comprising a mesh structure positionable about an outer surface of a fireplace opening. The mesh structure is shaped to cover the fireplace opening. Holes in the mesh structure are configured to promote an inflow of air external to a fireplace through the mesh structure and a vertical circulation of the air across an interior planar surface of the mesh structure located outside of the fireplace opening.

Abstract: Solar concentration plant placed on tower technology wherein the tower is used not only to equate the receiver devices at great height but also as a natural-draft cooling system. The tower is hollow and has a hyperboloid. structure that may exceed 200 m in height, accommodating devices for receiving saturated or superheated steam in cavities with different orientations. There is a dynamic control for adapting the heliostat field so that the heliostats can be focussed on different focal points for producing electricity, producing process heat, producing solar fuels or for application to thermochemical processes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflection device that can track the location of sun, focusing solar radiation on a radiation receiver. The tracking is controlled by means of an auxiliary mirror guiding an auxiliary beam to a target. The position of the point of incidence of the auxiliary beam on the target is detected by a video camera and an image capture system, and said actual position is adjusted to a prescribed target position. It is thus achieved that the main beam is always precisely aimed at the radiation receiver.

Abstract: A solar water heater including a heat separator containing either a single partition wall that connects in parallel colder water entering all-glass evacuated tubes with hotter water exiting the same all-glass evacuated tubes, or a number of partition walls that connect in series colder water entering each all-glass evacuated tube with hotter water exiting each all-glass evacuated tube. As water in the evacuated tubes is heated by solar radiation, a hydrodynamic head is created which forces the hot water in the evacuated tubes to flow automatically into the hot water compartment(s) of the heat separator(s) and subsequently through an insulated pipe to a water tank without requiring a pump. The cool water in the water tank flows automatically through an insulated pipe back into the cool water compartment(s) of the heat separator(s) in order to preserve flow continuity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solar thermal collector for heating a fluid to be heated (600), comprising:—a thermally insulating body (1);—a light transparent barrier (2);—a heat accumulator (3) comprising a thermal accumulating material (30), and—a heat exchanger (5) designed for transmit thermal energy from the thermal accumulating material to the fluid to be heated (600), wherein heat exchanger (5) is formed by a pileup of die-forged metal sheets and wherein the thermal accumulating material consists of a phase transfer material comprising a salt solutions based hydrogel and gelling agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fibrous starch with enhanced emulsifying capacity and emulsifying stability, and low-fat mayonnaise and margarine compositions using the same. More specifically, disclosed are fibrous starch which has an increased starch particle size and exhibits improved emulsifying capacity and emulsion stability, prepared by heat-treating starch at a temperature lower than a gelatinization temperature, phosphorylating the starch and further heat-treating the starch sample at a high temperature, and low-fat mayonnaise and margarine compositions in which the content of cooking oil is reduced by 50% or more by adding the fibrous starch with enhanced emulsifying capacity thereto.

Abstract: A reservoir and a nebuliser having such a reservoir are proposed. The reservoir comprises a closure for a fluid chamber with a medicament formulation that is formed by two closure members welded together. The closure comprises a particle barrier for preventing the ingress into the fluid chamber of any weld particles that may potentially be formed during the welding of the two closure members. The fluid chamber is preferably broadened in the shape of a beaver tail and is sealed lengthways with an additional strip of material.

Abstract: A nebuliser of simple construction is proposed for nebulising a medicament preparation for medicinal aerosol therapy. The medicament preparation is accommodated free of residual gas in a lobe-shaped bag consisting of two annular film pieces. A conveying pump is pneumatically driven and is sealed by a hose seal.

Abstract: A smart light comprising: a battery; a light bulb; circuitry connecting the battery to the light bulb; a detector for detecting the presence of a hazardous atmospheric condition; and alert apparatus connected to the detector for alerting a user when a hazardous atmospheric condition is detected by the detector. A self-rescuer comprising: a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA); and a smart light; wherein the smart light comprises: a battery; a light bulb; circuitry connecting the battery to the light bulb; a detector for detecting the presence of a hazardous atmospheric condition; and alert apparatus connected to the detector for alerting a user when a hazardous atmospheric condition is detected by the detector, and further wherein the alert apparatus is connected to the circuitry and configured so as to flash the light bulb when a hazardous atmospheric condition is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical device for administering a dose of a medicament to a user, comprising: at least one housing component (12), a drive mechanism (18) to be operably engaged with a cartridge being filled with the medicament, at least one electricity-consuming member (24, 26) and an mechanical-electrical transducing means (14) adapted to transduce mechanical energy into electrical energy provided to the electricity-consuming member (24, 26).

Abstract: The present invention monitors and interprets physiological signals and spontaneous breathing events to detect the onset of arousal. Once the onset of arousal is determined, the present invention determines adjustments that are needed in the operation of a therapeutic device to avoid or minimize arousals. In one embodiment, the present invention includes one or more sensors which detect a patient's physiological parameters, a controller which monitors and determines the onset of arousal based on the physiological variables received from the sensor, and a therapeutic treatment device which is controlled by the controller. The sensor can be a combination of one or more devices which are able to monitor a physiological parameter that is used by the present invention to determine the onset of arousal or the onset of a sleep disorder. The sensors can be integrated into one unit or may operate independent of the others.

Abstract: Dry powder inhalers and dry powder inhaler storage cassettes including a compartment housing an elongate carrier preloaded with a plurality of doses of finely divided powder comprising a biologically active substance, the compartment being configured such that said preloaded doses are sealed within said compartment and such that the carrier may be advanced from the compartment to the chamber through an exit provided with a moisture barrier sealing system, wherein the moisture barrier sealing system is configured and arranged such that it is relaxable during advancement of the carrier, said sealing system being in sealing configuration prior to an advancement of the carrier, relaxed upon an advancement of the carrier and returned to its sealing configuration at the latest after release of the powder associated with said area of the carrier.

Abstract: An inhaler includes a first body member and a second body member fit closely together to form an inhaler body, and an outlet. The first body member has a medicament chamber containing a unit dose of powdered medicament. A seal such as a foil strip seals the medicament chamber and extends outwardly of the inhaler body. In use, one end of the seal can be grasped by a user and withdrawn, fully or partially, from the inhaler body, to release the powdered medicament from the medicament chamber. The second body member includes a medicament collection well in which the medicament is collected upon its release from the medicament chamber. The medicament collection well forms part of an airway connecting into the outlet. In use, air can be drawn by inhalation at the outlet to entrain the powder medicament in the collection well for inhalation by a user.

Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a scrubber bed; at least one heat sink operatively connected to the scrubber bed; at least one screen connected to the scrubber bed; and a scrubber tube connected to the scrubber bed. Also, a method of using a multiple mission re-breather apparatus, the method comprising attaching the multiple mission re-breather apparatus; using the multiple mission re-breather apparatus in a dry environment; and using the multiple mission re-breather apparatus in a wet environment. Further, a method of controlling a multiple mission re-breather apparatus, the method comprising activating an electronics package of the multiple mission re-breather apparatus, the electronics package comprising software instructions for adjusting operational parameters of the multiple mission re-breather apparatus in response to a change in environmental pressure; and using the multiple mission re-breather apparatus.

Abstract: An oxygen setpoint controller (SPC) and a user's display for a rebreathing apparatus wherein the user exhales oxygen depleted breath into a closed rebreathing loop, the CO2 is scrubbed from the exhaled gases, oxygen is added to the rebreathing loop to maintain the oxygen at a specified partial pressure, and the oxygen enhanced gases in the rebreathing are provided to the user. The SPC is able to detect the failure of any of the oxygen sensors and provide an alarm condition to the user. The SPC further operates to provide dive data such as rate of ascent, time of dive, depth, and PPO2 to the uses, and to store and retain dive data for further review. The SPC further provides numerical dive data to a heads up display (HUD). The HUD further includes a tricolor LED displaying selected analog parameters.

Abstract: A mask cushion or a mask assembly therewith provides a comfortable and effective seal for provision of a gas therapy by a respiratory treatment apparatus. The mask cushion (102) may be integrated with or coupled to a mask frame. The mask cushion typically includes an inner cushion component (104). The mask cushion also includes a patient facial-contact side portion with a chamber (108) and a barrier (106) to form the chamber that may be flexible. The chamber may serve as an outer layer with respect to the inner cushion component. The chamber may be partially or completely filled with a gas, fluid or gel. The inner cushion may be formed with a soft flexible material such as an elastomer or foam, etc. The barrier may be a membrane and may also be soft flexible material.

Abstract: A headgear for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes at least a strap (741) adapted to position the patient interface in sealing engagement with the patient's airways. The strap is constructed from an elastomer and a first side of the strap includes a first region (215) on a portion of its surface that is textured to reduce friction with objects contacting the strap. A textured surface coating for a portion of an elastomer strap included in a headgear system is adapted to contact the skin of a patient, when in use, and the coating has a Ra value greater than zero. A vent (500) for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes a plurality of rises (580) and runs (570) in a stepped arrangement; and a plurality of holes (510) in the stepped arrangement for the venting of gas.

Abstract: A patient interface assembly that includes a first conduit, a second conduit, and a patient interface coupled to the first conduit and the second conduit. The first and second conduits each include a first end that is disposed proximate to a top of a head of a user, and a second end that is disposed proximate to an airway of such a user when the patient interface assembly is being worn by the user. The first and second conduits also each include a central portion that extends along the sides of a face between the user's eye and an ear a head strap is coupled between the first and second conduit, and a patient interface is coupled to the second ends of the first and second conduits.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for use during endotracheal intubation of a subject, including an output unit, and at least one sensor configured to sense motion of the subject, and generate a signal responsively thereto. A control unit is configured to detect an aspect of the intubation by analyzing a component of the signal having a frequency of less than 20 Hz, and drive the output unit to generate an output indicative of the aspect of the intubation. Other applications are also described.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube for intubation within a patient's trachea. The endotracheal tube includes an elongated tube having a main lumen, an auxiliary lumen, a proximal end, and a distal end. An inflatable cuff is arranged on the elongated tube between the proximal and distal ends. A multi-mode valve is arranged on the elongated tube. A method for tracheal intubation of a patient is also disclosed.

Abstract: This publication discloses a support harness, which can be used particularly to support a woman in labour during childbirth, but also, for example, to increase the support and comfort of persons and patients using a wheelchair, and for similar purposes. An attenuator (5, 7, 10, 14), which is based on the friction between two belts, is fitted, between the attachment elements (9-13) and the shoulder straps (3, 4), to the support harness, which comprises attachment elements (9-13), for attaching to a chair, birthing frame, or other support point, and two shoulder straps (3, 4), which are placed around the shoulders of the person being supported.