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An angioplasty balloon catheter and method of making and using the same. The balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the shaft. The balloon may include one or more cutting edges or member and may include a plurality of chambers defined therein.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling optical aberrations to alter relative curvature of field by providing ocular apparatuses, systems and methods comprising a predetermined corrective factor to produce at least one substantially corrective stimulus for repositioning peripheral, off-axis, focal points relative to the central, on-axis or axial focal point while maintaining the positioning of the central, on-axis or axial focal point on the retina. The invention will be used to provide continuous, useful clear visual images while simultaneously retarding or abating the progression of myopia or hypermetropia.

Connective tissue, including neo-tendons and ligaments, has been constructed using biodegradable synthetic scaffolds seeded with tenocytes. The scaffolds are preferably formed from biodegradable fibers formed of a polymer such as polyglycolic acid-polylactic acid copolymers, and seeded with cells isolated from autologous tendon or ligament by means of enzymatic digestion or direct seeding into tissue culture dishes from explants. The cell polymer constructs are then surgically transplanted to replace missing segments of functioning tendon or ligament.

An electronic device and an information display method thereof are provided. The electronic device has a screen and is configured to receive signals from a touch input / output interface. The screen displays a file management frame including a plurality of objects, wherein each of the objects is corresponding to a view area within the file management frame and has additional information and / or a preview icon. In the present method, an enlargement or shrinking touch signal is detected via the touch input / output interface. The view area corresponding to each of the objects is adjusted according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal. Regarding each of the objects, the content of the additional information to be displayed in the view area corresponding to the object is changed according to the enlargement or shrinking touch signal.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling optical aberrations to alter relative curvature of field by providing ocular apparatuses, systems and methods comprising a predetermined corrective factor to produce at least one substantially corrective stimulus for repositioning peripheral, off-axis, focal points relative to the central, on-axis or axial focal point while maintaining the positioning of the central, on-axis or axial focal point on the retina. The invention will be used to provide continuous, useful clear visual images while simultaneously retarding or abating the progression of myopia or hypermetropia.

This invention is a high-intensive heat-fast magnesium alloy and its preparation method, and the magnesium alloy has the following components with their weight percentages: 6-15%Gd, 1-6%Y, 0.35-0.8%Zr, 0-1.5%Ca, and impurity elements Si, Fe, Cu and Ni with their gross less than 0.02%, and the rest percentage is Mg. while melting, add Gd, Y, Zr in the Mg melt in Mg-Gd, Mg-Y, Mg-Zr forms, then carry out solution treatment to the magnesium alloy under 450-500deg.C for 6-12 hours, squeeze in in 350-450deg.C, treat in time the squeezing stick for 10-16 hours in 225deg.C to improve its strength.

Biodegradable and biocompatible polymeric hydrogels based on the mixtures of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(ethylene glycol) macromers, and methods for their preparation and use, are disclosed. The polymerization may be carried out in situ on organs or tissues or outside the body. Applications for such biocompatible crosslinked hydrogels include prevention of post-operative adhesions, surgical sealants, embolic therapies, controlled delivery of drugs, coating of medical devices such as vascular grafts, wound dressings and other medical applications.

A hard elastic body (10) having a longitudinally extending cavity (13) formed therein is provided mainly at a forefoot region (F) of a sole body. The cavity (13) is formed of a first curved surface (11) extending curvedly in a longitudinal direction and a second curved surface (12) disposed under the first curved surface (11) and extending curvedly in a longitudinal direction as well. A front and rear end of the second curved surface (12) is connected to a front and rear end of the first curved surface (11) respectively and an intermediate portion of the second curved surface (12) is spaced apart downwardly from an intermediate portion of the first curved surface (11). A path (PQ1) between the front and rear end of the first curved surface (11) is substantially equal to a path (PQ2) between the front and rear end of the second curved surface (12). When the first curved surface (11) is pressed downwardly, the sole body is deformed in such a way that a rear foot region (R) of the sole body is lifted upwardly.

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for treating congestive heart failure that restores kidney renal functions by artificial perfusion of at least one kidney. In one aspect, a catheter inserted into the aorta of the patient has an outlet port that supplies the patient's blood obtained from a patient's aorta into an adjoining renal artery of the patient to perfuse the kidney. The catheter comprises a rotor housed inside a portion of the catheter to supply the blood to the kidney at a desired pressure. The restoration of kidney function assists the heart by removing excess fluid, urine and toxin from the patient, and by normalizing the patient's renin-angiotensin system and other neurohormonal substances.

A flux cored wire for duplex stainless steel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The flux cored wire can include a sheath and a flux filled into the sheath. The flux cored wire comprises about 24.0-30.0 wt % Cr, about 7.0-10.5 wt % Ni, about 2.0-4.0 wt % Mo, about 0.10-2.50 wt % Cu, about 0.40-1.00 wt % Si, about 1.5-3.0 wt % Mn, about 0.10-0.30 wt % N compound (converted value of N), and the remainder including Fe and inevitable impurities on the basis of the total weight of the wire. The flux comprises about 6.50-12.00 wt % of TiO2+SiO2+ZrO2+Al2O3, about 0.10-0.50 wt % of Li2O+K2O+Na2O, about 0.10-2.00 wt % of the other oxides, and about 0.10-0.50 wt % of metal fluoride (converted value of F) on the basis of the total weight of the wire. The flux can be filled into the sheath at a ratio of about 26-35%.

A composite membrane comprising a layer of rubberized asphalt having a heavy duty plastic film layer continuously bonded to one side and, optionally, a layer of nonwoven geotextile continuously bonded to the other side. The membrane can be used in vertical or horizontal applications, and is particularly useful for its stress-relief properties that resist crack formation and propagation in concrete walls and slabs in addition to serving as a barrier to moisture, toxic substances and insects. An appropriate composite membrane of the invention can be advantageously utilized in positive side, blindside, underslab or split slab applications. The thickness of the composite membrane preferably ranges from about 30 mils to about 150 mils.

An absorbent article that includes a component with an elastic laminate portion, which provides y-direction elongation. The elastic laminate portion is a support sheet and an elastic material, together forming a laminate portion of the component. The elastic laminate portion has zones, each with a different degree of maximum elongation. The zones also have different wrinkle heights and / or densities, such that one or more zones are created that cause less or no pressure marks, whilst overall an excellent force profile is maintained, resulting in well performing, comfortable to wear absorbent articles.

A catheter balloon and method involves extruded tubing with multiple layers of different durometer values, selected such that the blow up ratio (BUR) at the balloon's inner surface is increased. In one method a two stage blow mold process uses a small radius initial stage where radial growth is limited, followed by a second stage to a final dimension. A single stage blow mold process is also disclosed where the materials and processing are selected to approach the elongation to failure limit of the material. The single stage approach is preferably followed by a modified post-expansion heat set treatment to promote greater axial strength, leading to a preferred failure mode in the axial rather than radial direction.

The present invention relates to netted fabric technology, and is especially a kind of high strength wicking-resisting waterproof netted fabric and its preparation process. The netted fabric is prepared with radial braid possessing directional structure as base fabric and through soaking with liquid rubber, stoving and adhering modified PVC films to its two sides. The netted fabric of the present invention has high tensile strength, high breaking strength, high stripping strength, powerful wicking resistance, good waterproof performance and high weather resistance, and may be used widely in making inflated toy, household swimming pool, tent, etc.

Disclosed is a cellulose ester film comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from vinyl esters, vinyl esters having a functional group, acrylic esters, and acrylic esters having a functional group, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of not more than 5,000.

A textile thread having a core and a sheath surrounding the core. The core, formed of high-tenacity synthetic organic endless fibers, is tightly wound by slit film tapes made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in the S-direction and the Z-direction, or vice versa, and the slit film tapes forms a sheath.

The invention relates to a lining-reinforced hollow fiber membrane tube as well as a preparation device and preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of preparation of polymer hollow fiber microporous membranes. In the membrane tube, a film forming chimney is designed reasonably, a coating layer on a braided tube led from a coating machine is subjected to controllable steam diffusion-induced phase inversion firstly, and then enters a coagulating bath, so that an open-pore surface skin layer with high porosity is formed on a film separation layer, and the radial direction of the membrane layer is in an integral asymmetric and interpenetrating cell-shaped structure; a composite material is selected to prepare a transition layer, so that the transition layer has excellent adhesive force and hardness, excellent compatibility with a surface separation layer and tiny cubical contraction in a phase conversion process at the same time; optimized braided tube size and braiding densityare selected to ensure that the braided tube has lower flexibility; and a method capable of maintaining reasonable roundness and the like in the production process ensures that the lining polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) hollow ultrafiltration membrane tube has the advantages of integral asymmetric structure with high integrity, high-porosity surface separation layer, higher back pressure enduring capability and the like.

The invention discloses a flameretardant conveyor belt for an aramid fiber core. A pull-resistant framework layer made from aramid fiber fibre. The flameretardant conveyor belt comprises an aramid fiber framework layer, two buffer layers and a flameretardant coverage glue layer, wherein the aramid fiber framework layer is a straight-longitude and straight-latitude structure, two sides of the aramid fiber framework layer are respectively provided with the buffer layer, two sides of the aramid fiber framework layer and the buffer layers are respectively glued with flameretardant bonding glue, the aramid fiber framework layer is bonded with the buffer layers by the flameretardant bonding glue, and the buffer layers are bonded with the flameretardant coverage glue layer by the flameretardant bonding glue. The flameretardant conveyor belt is good in integrated performance, high in the strength of a belt body, light in weight, good in adhesive force, flameretardant, static electricity-resistant, and good in corrosion resistance; the flameretardant conveyor belt is long in service life, low in operation kinetic energy consumption, small in the diameter of a transmission roller, and low in equipment cost; and the flameretardant conveyor belt is less in long-distance jointing times, low in integrated cost, convenient to joint, and good in jointing durability, so that the transportation requirement of multi-variety under a coal mine well can be met.

Polyamide resin pellets which comprise: 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin; from 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of lubricant A, which comprises at least one ester of a higher aliphatic carboxylic acid with a higher alcohol; and from 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of lubricant B. which comprises at least one higher aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt, wherein lubricant A is present inside the pellets. Also disclosed are the polyamide resin pellets further comprising lubricant C, which comprises a higher aliphatic carboxylic acid amide.

A hot-rolled austenitic manganese steel strip having a chemical composition in percent by weight of 0.4%≦C≦1.2%, 12.0%≦Mn≦25.0%, P≧0.01% and Al≦0.05% has a product of elongation at break in % and tensile strength in MPa of above 65,000 MPa %, in particular above 70,000 MPa %. A cold-rolled austenitic manganese steel strip having the same chemical composition achieves a product of elongation at break in % and tensile strength in MPa of above 75,000 MPa %, in particular above 80,000 MPa %.

The present invention provides a steel sheet excellent in both a balance between strength and elongation and a balance between strength and hole expandability, in other words, a multi-phase steel sheet having an excellent balance between strength and hole expandability. The present invention is a multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability characterized in that: the steel sheet contains, as chemical components in mass, C: 0.03 to 0.15%, P: not more than 0.010%, S: not more than 0.003%, and either one or both of Si and Al in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, and one or more of Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo and Cu in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; the microstructure at a section of the steel sheet is composed of either one or both of retained austenite and martensite which account(s) for 3 to 30% in total in area percentage and the balance consisting of either one or both of ferrite and bainite; the maximum length of the crystal grains in the microstructure is not more than 10 microns; and the number of inclusions 20 microns or larger in size at a section of the steel sheet is not more than 0.3 piece per square millimeter.

A low melting temperature composite material including an alloy having about 0.1% by weight to about 99% by weight of tin and about 0.1% by weight to about 90% by weight of an element selected from the group consisting of silver and gold, and about 0.1% by weight to about 50% by weight of magnetic particles dispersed in the alloy. Method of heating such a composite material, remotely manipulating such a composite material with magnetic fields, enhancing the mechanical properties of such a material, and making such a material are also disclosed.

A processing aid is used in the processing of thermoplastic polyurethanes to give various articles including a self-supporting film. The processing aid contains a) 10-50% by weight of hydrophobized, at least partially aggregated, metal oxide particles selected from the group consisting of aluminium oxide, silicon dioxide and mixtures thereof, b) 20-75% by weight of one or more thermoplastic polyurethanes, c) 0.5-25% by weight of one or more isocyanates, d) 0.5-15% by weight of one or more compounds which act as lubricant and dispersant, the sum of the constituents a) to d) amounting to at least 90% by weight, based on a total weight of said processing aid.