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Provided are apparatuses and methods for making chlorine dioxide on demand by converting a chlorine dioxide generating solution into chlorine dioxide by exposure to UV light.

An emergency response system capable of directing building occupants to a safe location in real-time is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of sensors which detect and monitor an emergency condition, a central processing unit which evaluates the data, calculates accessible evacuation routes, and sends the result to output devices which provide directional information to occupants. By combining an analysis of the flow of evacuees with changes in building structural information and the evolution of an emergency condition the system combines situation-aware data with contextual information to thereby provide the best available evacuation route to evacuees. In this manner, some evacuees may be redirected to alternate evacuation routes during the evacuation process itself, thereby minimizing problems due to congestion, potential panic of the evacuees, and changes in the emergency condition while increasing the probability that evacuees will reach a safe location.

Tights having a localized compression effect for practicing a sport in which the legs are moved repetitively, in particular running or cycling, are constituted by stretchable textile pieces assembled to one another, namely first pieces having normal elasticity, second pieces providing a compression effect, and optionally third pieces having greater elasticity. When assembled together, all of the first and second pieces present substantially the same mean elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the tights, while the second pieces present, in the transverse direction, mean elasticity that is less than half the mean elasticity of the first pieces. Preferably, the difference in mean elasticity in the transverse direction between the first pieces and second pieces presenting the compression effect presents a ratio lying in the range 2 to 3.

The present invention provides a true-scale, coordinate-matched, linked in real-time, dual three-dimensional / two-dimensional visual display / viewer. The display simultaneously shows a 3D digital image and an associated 2D digital image of a selected drawing. The display of the present invention allows a user to visualize an asset's location, surrounding environment and hazards and true scale structural details for interior or external structural scenes. Using the display and associated tools, the user can obtain real-time information of an environment, true-scale measurement, plan ingress / egress paths, shortest paths between points and the number of doorways in a structure and track objects within the displayed environment. The intelligence gained using the tools and 3D / 2D display may be used and further manipulated by a single user or may be distributed to other users.

A variable-sized, self-inflating and self-deflating intragastric balloon device, includes a hiocompatible polymer membrane formed into a balloon having inner and outer surfaces preferably coated with a wax, the balloon defining an interior lumen having an internal capsule freely floating within the lumen, the internal capsule having first and second chambers with a communicating one way valve therebetween. The first chamber is formed from a biocompatible polymer preferably coated with wax forming a gas and liquid tight housing to store a liquid solution therein, and the second chamber is composed of material capable of self dissolving or degrading in the presence of the liquid solution. Application of external pressure will transfer liquid from the first chamber through the valve into the second chamber where it will degrade the chamber and react with a solid reagent disposed within the lumen external to the capsule, forming a gas which inflates the balloon. A manufactured weakness within the membrane wall reacts chemically and / or physically causing a deflation of the balloon.

Tights having a localized compression effect for practicing a sport in which the legs are moved repetitively, in particular running or cycling, are constituted by stretchable textile pieces assembled to one another, namely first pieces having normal elasticity, second pieces providing a compression effect, and optionally third pieces having greater elasticity. When assembled together, all of the first and second pieces present substantially the same mean elasticity in the longitudinal direction of the tights, while the second pieces present, in the transverse direction, mean elasticity that is less than half the mean elasticity of the first pieces. Preferably, the difference in mean elasticity in the transverse direction between the first pieces and second pieces presenting the compression effect presents a ratio lying in the range 2 to 3.

A method of directing and / or alert vehicles during an emergency or other event. The method may include providing messages and other information to the vehicles through wireless communications. The message may detail the emergency and / or an evacuation strategy for avoiding the emergency. Different vehicles may receive different messages and instructions depending on vehicle location and other parameters.

An integrated clot evacuation device having visualization for use in neurosurgical applications, particularly for the evacuation of clots formed as a result of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). The device may further include an integrated camera and light for visualizing the interior of the brain and the clot itself. Further, the device is configured to evacuate clots through aspiration and irrigation.

A material removing tool, such as a cutting or grinding tool, adapted to be oscillated by the output shaft of a manually operable motor-driven apparatus, is provided with at least one elongated cutting edge defined by teeth or analogous cutting elements arranged in at least one at least substantially straight linear array.

The present invention provides a true-scale, coordinate-matched, linked in real-time, dual three-dimensional / two-dimensional visual display / viewer. The display simultaneously shows a 3D digital image and an associated 2D digital image of a selected drawing. The display of the present invention allows a user to visualize an asset's location, surrounding environment and hazards and true scale structural details for interior or external structural scenes. Using the display and associated tools, the user can obtain real-time information of an environment, true-scale measurement, plan ingress / egress paths, shortest paths between points and the number of doorways in a structure and track objects within the displayed environment. The intelligence gained using the tools and 3D / 2D display may be used and further manipulated by a single user or may be distributed to other users.

A heat- and / or photo-curing adhesive composition to be used in production of a display unit integral with a touch panel by bonding the touch panel to the display unit, the adhesive composition comprising as a main component of one or more than one kind of copolymer selected from (1) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; (2) copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and acrylate and / or methacrylate monomer; (3) copolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and maleic acid and / or maleic anhydride; and (4) copolymer of ethylene, acrylate and / or methacrylate monomer, and maleic acid and / or maleic anhydride.

A device for delivering respiratory gas directly into the nose of a user, for example for use in the treatment of sleeping disorders, in particular sleep apnea. This device for delivering respiratory gas directly into the nose of a user includes a hollow elastic membrane insertable into a nostril of the user and a part, inserted in the cavity of the elastic membrane, which part has a passage extending from one end to an opposite end of the inserted part, and it is characterized in that the inserted part further comprises breathing channels which are located in the wall of the inserted part and extend from one end to an opposite end of the inserted part. The invention also relates to a method for producing the device according to the invention, a set and a system for delivering respiratory gas directly into the nose of a user, and a method for assembling the system according to the invention.

A dermabrasion hand tool for abrasively removing a skin surface by means of an abrasive stream projected onto the skin surface to be removed. The hand tool includes an elongated manipulative body having a longitudinal axis and first and second opposite ends. The hand tool also includes an operative head through which the abrasive stream is projected onto the skin surface to be removed and through which the removed skin surface and used abrasive stream are evacuated, the operative head being removably mounted onto the first end of the manipulative body. The hand tool further includes a supply channel for supplying the abrasive stream to the operative head from a supply stream source, and an evacuating channel for evacuating the removed skin surface and used abrasive stream from the operative head to an evacuating means, both of said channels extending within and along the manipulative body and each having first and second extremities located respectively at the first and second ends of the manipulative body. The hand tool is characterized in that its operative head has a projection head for projecting the abrasive stream orthogonally to the skin surface to be removed; an evacuation chamber operatively connected to the evacuating channel for facilitating evacuation of the removed skin surface and used abrasive stream into the evacuating channel; and rotation-inducing mechanisms for giving a rotational pattern to the abrasive stream projected from the operative head. The hand tool enables a controlled and adjustable removal of superficial skin surface. Furthermore, the hand tool enables a substantially even skin abrasion pattern, both in surface geometry and in time. Moreover, the hand tool enables to project and retrieve the abrasive stream to and from the skin surface to be removed in a rotational pattern and orthogonally thereto. The hand tool is also easy to assemble, easy to use, and easy to maintain.

The fuselage is conceived in such a way as to prevent the spread of flames produced by a source of fire and acting on the fuselage from outside the aircraft environment. The fuselage concept takes into account materials or material combinations that will scarcely allow protection of the cabin area of an aircraft (upon emergency landing) to be violated by flames spreading from outside the aircraft environment, which may facilitate an evacuation of passengers from the aircraft. An aircraft fuselage, whose fuselage structure , in addition to other structural elements that are components of the mechanic al strength bracing of the fuselage and help absorb its forces, encompasses an exterior skin (2) consisting of various respective materials, which are designed to be resistant to shear, and incorporated as a bearing element int o the mechanical strength bracing (6,7,8) to absorb and transfer the forces an d torques acting thereupon. The exterior skin (2) is fabricated from a burn- through resistant semi-finished material consisting of a non-metallic materi al or a fireproof metallic material, wherein the semi-finished material can be molded through further processing. Also, the exterior skin may be realized b y a semi-finished material combining a non-metallic material and a metallic material, wherein the produced exterior skin product is a hybrid material th at can be molded and joined through further processing.

Impurity is removed from gas, the resultant gas is introduced into a cell 15, and the intensity of light transmitted through the cell 15 is measured as a reference. Gas containing impurity of which concentration is known, is introduced into the cell 15, and the intensity of light transmitted through the cell 15 is measured with the temperature and pressure maintained at those used at the measurement of the reference light intensity. Then, the absorbance of the impurity is obtained according to the ratio of the two light intensity data obtained by the two measurements above-mentioned. The impurity absorbance thus obtained is stored, in a memory 20a, as a function of an impurity concentration. Gas containing impurity of which concentration is unknown, is introduced into the cell 15, and the intensity of light transmitted through the cell 15 is measured with the temperature and pressure maintained at those used at the measurements above-mentioned. The absorbance of the impurity is obtained according to the last-measured light intensity and the reference light intensity. The absorbance thus obtained is applied to the function, thereby to obtain the impurity concentration.

The invention discloses an underground pipe gallery wireless monitoring system, comprising a remote management platform, a data server, a wireless data collection terminal and monitoring devices which can carry out two-way data transmission in sequence. The remote management platform comprises a structure safety monitoring unit, an environment monitoring unit, a personnel monitoring unit, a smart robot inspection unit, a consultation scheduling command unit, a call unit, a BIM+GIS-based platform management module and a large-screen display module. The data server is mainly used for collecting and storing real-time data and processing results of various units, and allocating and storing all business data. According to the system, gallery structure safety monitoring, environment monitoring, personnel positioning, personnel health monitoring, smart robot inspection and wireless communication are integrated; the safety of a pipe gallery and personnel is ensured; the construction wiring is reduced; and the system maintenance is facilitated.

A method of directing and / or alert vehicles during an emergency or other event. The method may include providing messages and other information to the vehicles through wireless communications. The message may detail the emergency and / or an evacuation strategy for avoiding the emergency. Different vehicles may receive different messages and instructions depending on vehicle location and other parameters.

A fluid distribution system for directing fluids through a filter system. The fluid distribution system ensures proper distribution of fluids during the process of filtering as well as the process of washing a filter bed. The fluid distribution system may be used with numerous filter systems including but not limited to an upflow filter, a downflow filter, a combined upflow / downflow filter and / or multiple downflow filters connected in series.

A system and method for brewing beverages utilizing inertial separation and an adjustable-volume brewing chamber to selectively retain or release particulate matter, oils, and / or other components of the brewed beverage, whereby mechanical filtration may be avoided and smaller particulates may be separated from the beverage. Thus, less material is needed to achieve similar levels of infusion and brewing time may be reduced.

A routing tool for cutting material and an associated apparatus and method are provided. The tool includes a substantially cylindrical shaft member having a shank portion and a cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of cutting teeth disposed peripherally about a first helix and an intersecting second helix. Each cutting tooth defines a first cutting clearance on a first cutting edge and a first clearance on a first non-cutting edge. The cutting tooth defines a second cutting clearance on a second cutting edge and a second clearance on a second non-cutting edge. A flat extends on each cutting tooth resulting in a circular land on an outside diameter of the cutting portion.

The invention relates to a heart valve prosthesis. The heart valve prosthesis comprises a stent and artificial valves; the stent comprises an atrium section and a valve suturing section, the artificial valves are fixedly connected to the valve suturing section, a skeleton of the far end part of the valve suturing section extends to form a supporting section, and the supporting section and the valve suturing section are of an integrated structure; one end of the atrium section is connected with the far end of the supporting section, the other end of the atrium section is free and is located on the cross section perpendicular to the central axis of the artificial valves, the valve suturing section is located in the supporting section, the center of the valve suturing section does not coincide with that of the supporting section, the cross section area of the supporting section is larger than that of the valve suturing section, the cross section area of the atrium section is larger than that of the supporting section, the cross section area of the valve suturing section is smaller than that of valve rings of autologous valves of a patient, and in a free state, at least part of the supporting section is located among the valve rings of the autologous valves of the patient.

The invention discloses a simulation system and method of an evacuation crowd behavior based on grid-density-relation. The system comprises an evacuation scene model building unit, an evacuation scene global path planning unit, a crowd activity generation unit and a crowd simulation unit, wherein the evacuation scene model building unit is used for extracting characteristics of an evacuation scene according to structural information of the evacuation scene to obtain a three-dimensional model of the evacuation scene; the evacuation scene global path planning unit used for performing global path planning on the evacuation scene according to the three-dimensional model of the evacuation scene, and calculating global paths of all entrances in the evacuation scene; the crowd activity generation unit used for performing crowd grouping according to the quantity of all entrances, a relationship between individuals in the crowd and individual location information in the evacuation scene; and the crowd simulation unit used for calculating the real-time speed of individuals in a simulation process according to a social force model, and in the simulation process, correcting the moving speed of each individual in the same group in real time, so as to keep the advancing consistency of each group, and realize behavior simulation of the evacuation crowd.

A crop harvesting system for continuous round baling is described that comprises a first and second bale chamber and a conveyor system in operable communication with the first and second bale chambers. The crop harvesting system can comprise at least three bale carriers, at least two serpentine systems to facilitate movement of the bale into and out of the first and second bale chambers. The crop harvesting system can be integrated into an agricultural harvester such as a baler or combine.

A pivoting gutter assembly is disclosed, in which the gutter can be, during summer months, put into the horizontal collecting position to receive rainwater from the roof and to direct it to a down-spout. For the winter months and or maintenance, the gutters are swung-out to downwards vertical position below the roof cornice thus being protected from damage. The gutter system includes hangers attached to the roof, the hangers each having a bearing. A shaft is inserted into the bearing and the gutter is fixed to the shaft. The system provides for special hangers assuring the correct pitch of the gutters. Also, it contains a down-spout for location above a fixed downward collector for rainwater, thus permitting the gutters to be pivoted from horizontal to vertical position without the need to disconnect the down-spout. A wormgear and wormdrive are attached to the end of shaft, outside the house fascia; this drive permits to operate the gutter's position from the ground level by an extended bar and manually driven crank or by using electric motor's drive attached to worm and remote control, eliminating the need of a ladder to reach downward position particularly important for the gutters installed on the roof high above the ground such as high rise buildings.

A removable dust compartment is configured for use with a power tool which includes a base assembly, a table top assembly supported by the base assembly, and an undercarriage frame positioned within the base assembly. The table top assembly includes a top surface with an opening configured to receive a blade. The undercarriage frame includes a support member. The power tool includes a removable compartment received within the base assembly and removably coupled to the support member. The removable compartment has a closed body portion configured to collect material and an open top portion configured to receive a portion of the blade extending below the table top assembly. The closed body portion includes a support member wall configured to be coupled to the support member. The support member wall includes an opening extending to the open top portion of the removable compartment.

A routing tool for cutting material and an associated apparatus and method are provided. The tool includes a substantially cylindrical shaft member having a shank portion and a cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of cutting teeth disposed peripherally about a first helix and an intersecting second helix. Each cutting tooth defines a first cutting clearance on a first cutting edge and a first clearance on a first non-cutting edge. The cutting tooth defines a second cutting clearance on a second cutting edge and a second clearance on a second non-cutting edge. A flat extends on each cutting tooth resulting in a circular land on an outside diameter of the cutting portion.

An assembly of components for forming upon consolidation of the components a cutting insert for use in chipforming and material removal from a workpiece wherein the cutting insert receives coolant from a coolant source. The assembly comprises a cavity member that presents opposite first and second rake surfaces and a flank surface. The cavity member further presents a first cutting edge at the juncture of the first rake surface and the flank surface. The cavity member further has a first depression in the first rake surface that is generally adjacent to the first cutting edge. The cavity member has a first cavity channel in communication with the first depression. The assembly also has a first core member that has a first core channel and a first flange wherein when the components are assembled, the first core channel is adjacent to the first cavity channel and the first flange is adjacent to the first depression. The assembly also has a second core member which has a second flange containing a fifth notch and the second core member further containing a fifth notch channel opening into the fifth notch. When the components are assembled, the fifth notch is adjacent to the second rake surface and the fifth notch channel is adjacent to the first cavity channel. Upon consolidation of the components, the cavity member, the first core member and the second core member join together so that the first depression and the first flange define a first fluid spray chamber, and the first cavity channel and the first core channel and the fifth notch channel join together to form a fifth internal fluid passageway, which provides fluid communication from the fifth notch adjacent to the second rake surface to the first fluid spray chamber adjacent to the first rake surface.

A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells and a plurality of non-discharge regions. Phosphor layers are formed within each of the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The non-discharge regions are formed in areas encompassed by discharge cell abscissas and ordinates that pass through centers of each of the discharge cells. Further, each of the discharge cells is formed such that ends thereof increasingly decrease in width along a direction the discharge sustain electrodes are formed as a distance from a center of the discharge cells is increased along a direction the address electrodes are formed.