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The invention relates to sutures and surgical staples useful in anastomoses. Various aspects of the invention include wound closure devices that use amphiphilic copolymer or parylene coatings to control the release rate of an agent, such as a drug or a biological material, polymerizing a solution containing monomers and the agent to form a coating, using multiple cycles of swelling a polymer with a solvent-agent solution to increase loading, microparticles carrying the agent, biodegradable surgical articles with amphiphilic copolymer coatings, and sutures or surgical staples the deliver a drug selected from the group consisting of triazolopyrimidine, paclitaxol, sirolimus, derivatives thereof, and analogs thereof to a wound site.

A composite multi-layer barrier is produced by first vapor depositing a barrier under vacuum over a substrate of interest and then depositing an additional barrier at atmospheric pressure in a preferably thermoplastic layer. The resulting multi-layer barrier is then used to coat an article of interest in a lamination process wherein the thermoplastic layer is fused onto itself and the surface of the article. The vacuum-deposited barrier may consists of a first leveling polymer layer followed by an inorganic barrier material sputtered over the leveling layer and of an additional polymeric layer flash evaporated, deposited, and cured under vacuum. The thermoplastic polymeric layer is then deposited by extrusion, drawdown or roll coating at atmospheric pressure. The resulting multi-layer barrier may be stacked using the thermoplastic layer as bonding agent. Nano-particles may be included in the thermoplastic layer to improve the barrier properties of the structure. A desiccant material may also be included or added as a separate layer.

A multi-layer protective fabric includes an inner layer, an middle layer, and an outer wicking layer. The outer fabric layer includes an inside layer of hydrophobic material, an outside layer of hydrophilic material, and an intermediate layer of hydrophobic monofilament yarns extending between and knitted together with the outside and inside layers, and promotes wicking of moisture from a wearer's skin to the outer layer. The multi-layer protective fabric middle layer includes a porous, cushioning material. The multi-layer protective fabric inner layer includes a cushioning, abrasion-resistant material, such as doeskin. Articles of apparel, for example cycling shorts, can include such a multi-layer protective fabric either alone or in combination with other moisture-managing, cushioning fabrics. Such protective fabric and apparel systems provide improved removal of moisture from skin, reduction of contact stress, and decrease in abrasion.

The present invention relates to a method for removing moisture from powder to be used in an additive manufacturing process for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a work table, which parts corresponds to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article, characterized in that said method comprising the steps of: providing at least a first powder tank and at least at least a second powder tank, providing a predetermined amount of powder on a movable table inside said first powder tank, heating the top surface of the powder in said first powder tank to a predetermined temperature interval for removing moisture from said powder, raising said movable table a predetermined distance, moving a predetermined thickness of the powder material from said first powder tank to said second powder tank.

A solar cell device structure and method of manufacture. The device has a back cover member, which includes a surface area and a back area. The device also has a plurality of photovoltaic regions disposed overlying the surface area of the back cover member. In a preferred embodiment, the plurality of photovoltaic regions occupying a total photovoltaic spatial region. The device has an encapsulating material overlying a portion of the back cover member and a front cover member coupled to the encapsulating material. An interface region is provided along at least a peripheral region of the back cover member and the front cover member. A sealed region is formed on at least the interface region to form an individual solar cell from the back cover member and the front cover member. In a preferred embodiment, the total photovoltaic spatial region / the surface area of the back cover is at a ratio of about 0.80 and less for the individual solar cell.

A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector, an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the current collector, and an active material layer formed on the intermediate layer. The current collector includes a metal capable of being alloyed with silicon. The active material layer includes an active material including silicon. The intermediate layer includes silicon and oxygen. The intermediate layer prevents the metal capable of being alloyed with silicon from diffusing into the active material layer. The diffusion of the constituent element of the current collector into the active material layer is suppressed.

A roofing shingle for enhanced wind / rain durability embodies two transverse lines of adhesion. A first discontinuous line of adhesive joins the butt edge of an overlying shingle to the underlying shingle. Secondly, a band of sealant adjacent the top edge of an underlying shingle seals against an overlying shingle to prevent penetration by wind driven rain to the roof deck. A reduced headlap is thereby permitted, thereby either reducing shingle size or extending shingle coverage. Exposed portions of the sealant band improve the erosion resistance of underlying shingles.

Embodiments provide methods and apparatus for effectively using signal strength and other data from a robot to optimize robot operation. In one embodiment, the cleaning robot can interact with other home controllers over a network to optimize the operation of the cleaning robot. In one embodiment, the cleaning robot measures a variety of data as it travels through a space, and generates a map (e.g., a heat map). The data is provided in different layers for easy display and selection by a user. In one embodiment, the cleaning robot can act as a hub for communicating with other home controllers and coordinating actions.

Method and system for integrated solar cell using a plurality of photovoltaic regions. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a packaged solar cell assembly that is capable of stand-alone operation to generate power using the packaged solar cell assembly and / or with other solar cell assemblies. The packaged solar cell assembly includes a rigid front cover member having a plurality of concentrating elements thereon. For example, each of the concentrating elements is arranged in a parallel manner extending from a first portion to a second portion of the front cover member. The plurality of concentrating elements in the parallel manner is configured in a stripe arrangement from the first portion to the second portion. Each of the concentrating elements has an optical concentration of at least one and one half.

A method and system for improving gas exchange properties of oxygenators which utilize hollow fiber membranes for removing carbon dioxide or adding oxygen to a patient's blood via extracorporeal circulation by removing moisture accumulating in the fibers are disclosed. The system utilizes a vacuum source for drawing sweep gas into the oxygenator, a moisture collection unit for storing moisture removed from the oxygenator, the moisture collecting unit being in communication with the oxygenator and the vacuum source and a flow control mechanism having an open position which allows sweep gas exiting the oxygenator to flow to the moisture collecting unit and a closed position which stops the flow of sweep gas from the oxygenator to the moisture collecting unit. The vacuum source draws sweep gas through the oxygenator and moisture collecting unit when the flow control mechanism is in the open position and the vacuum source creates a vacuum buildup in the moisture collecting unit when the flow control mechanism is in the closed position. The vacuum in the moisture collecting unit provides a sudden increase to the flow rate of the sweep gas to draw moisture with the sweep gas exiting the oxygenator when the flow control mechanism is returned to the open position.

Thermal processing of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP), having up to approximately 8% or more moisture content, dries and preheats the material to enhance efficient recycling in a hot mix asphalt plant. A combustor and heat exchanger reheat circulating hot oil, which with hot gas, moves through a hollow auger and around the RAP counter to the flow of RAP. Moisture is forced outward from within the particles and is flashed away by the hot exhaust gas. A similar secondary heater heats the RAP to just below asphalt coking temperature before the hot dry RAP is added as an aggregate to the hot mix asphalt plant.

The present invention relates to a multiple laundry treating machine. The multiple laundry treating machine includes a body (110) formed with a laundry container (40) for containing laundry, an auxiliary body (120) arranged at one side of the body (110), the auxiliary body (120) having a volume and a height respectively smaller than a volume and a height of the body, and having a space (122) defined in the auxiliary body (120) to contain laundry, and an air supplier arranged in the body (110), to forcibly supply air to the laundry container (40) and to the space (122) of the auxiliary body (120), and to remove moisture from air.

The invention relates to improved resin bonded sorbent compositions and articles of manufacture fabricated therewith, such as air conditioning and refrigeration components. The introduction of desiccants into resinous molding compositions enables the elimination of more conventional bagged desiccant containments. The novel molding compositions of the invention and parts fabricated therewith are multi-functional, beneficially combining structural, mechanical and adsorptive capabilities without requiring the usual reinforcing additives. Consequently, with the omission of reinforcing additives the novel molding compositions of the invention are further characterized by higher moisture adsorptive capacities by allowing for higher sorbent loading factors than prior adsorbent-containing molding compositions.

A respirator with active dehumidification of the breathing gas has a breathing gas cooler in the form of a Peltier element (16), whose warm side is arranged in the inspiration branch (4, 7) and whose cold side (18) is arranged in the expiration branch (5, 12).

A wall mounted panel system wherein panels are permitted three directions of expansion and contraction since each of panel is affixed to the wall at a single point. For example, the system includes a first and second panel adjacent to one another. An upper bracket and a lower bracket are affixed to the back of each panel, wherein the upper brackets are affixed to the wall and wherein the lower bracket of the first panel is movably engaged with the upper bracket of the second panel. The panels do not communicate with any sealing members, thereby allowing for air to flow freely behind the panels for providing a means of removing moisture from behind the panels. A brace member in communication with the interior surface of each panel has an upper end affixed to the upper bracket and a lower end affixed to the lower bracket.

The invention discloses a washing machine with the drying device. The washing machine comprises a washing machine casing as the whole frame of the washing machine; a water holding drum which is elastically arranged inside the washing machine casing and at the rear end of which a hot air filling opening is arranged; a circular channel which is arranged at the front end of the water holding drum opening, on the front end surface of which a plurality of air suction holes are arranged, and on the outer side wall of which an air exhaust opening is arranged; a rolling drum which can be arranged inside the water holding drum in a rotary way, on the bottom end of which air holes are arranged, and on the side wall of which a limber hole is arranged; a hot air isolating device which is arranged between the rolling drum front end and the water hold drum front end, and used to isolate the air; a dehumidifying device which is arranged in the circular channel; a drying pipeline which is arranged outside the water hold drum; a condensation water pipe one end of which is connected with the circular channel and the other end of which is connected with the front part of the water draining valve. The drying device in the washing machine of the invention can cause the drying high temperature air flow to evenly enter into the space inside the rolling drum from the rear end and the side wall, to contact with the wet clothes inside the rolling drum, and the drying effect is greatly enhanced.

A disposable biosensor having improved long term storage stability including a working electrode and a reference electrode formed on an insulating substrate and a dissolvable reagent layer composition disposed directly on the working electrode where the reagent layer composition contains a glucose-based enzyme, a reagent component selected from a phosphate buffer and a tris reagent, and a redox mediator.

A ductless type clothes drier comprises: a heat pump system including a condenser configured to supply hot air into the drum, and an evaporator configured to remove moisture inside air exhausted from the drum; and a lint removing unit configured to inject water to the evaporator so that lint on the evaporator can be removed.Accordingly, without using water, moisture included in exhausted air can be removed as a heat exchange process is performed at the evaporator. Water for removing moisture included in air does not have to be supplied to the ductless type clothes drier, thereby solving cost increase due to increase of a water consumption amount. Furthermore, since clean water remained after being used for heat exchange is not discarded, waste of water resources is prevented. Also, the conventional problem that the ductless type clothes drier has a difficulty in being commercialized due to increase of a water consumption amount is solved.Furthermore, since the lint removing unit configured to inject water to the evaporator is provided, lint on the evaporator is removed. Accordingly, a heat exchange efficiency by the evaporator is enhanced, and a drying function of the ductless type clothes drier is more enhanced.

A synchronized supercharge electrostatic field UV germicidal air filtration device is a high efficiency absolute air cleaner. It incorporates a dual function ionization system, electrostatic field filtration system UV light germicidal function within one system. This invention allows the physical size of air cleaning device to be substantially reduced while the absolute filtration efficiency is highly improved. This device provides a filtered and sterilized air output quality down to submicron size with quantifiable results; while it can be physically fit into an office partition wall. Secondly, both high voltage power supporting ionization and high voltage power supporting the electrostatic energy field are provided by one high voltage transforming circuit making it the most cost effective air filtration system.

The invention discloses a magnesium alloy surface treatment method which comprises three stages including a pretreatment stage, a spraying stage and an after-spraying treatment stage. By adoption of a compound spraying method, an anti-corrosion and anti-abrasion coating layer which is high in bonding strength, high in compactness and small in environment pollution is formed on the magnesium alloy surface; the surface treatment method is simple and feasible and is low in cost.

Disclosed is a sterilization apparatus using hydrogen peroxide, which comprises a housing which has a sterilization chamber for accommodating to-be-sterilized objects; an evaporator connected with the sterilization chamber for supplying hydrogen peroxide vapor to the sterilization chamber for the purpose of sterilizing to-be-sterilized objects; a hydrogen peroxide supply apparatus connected with the evaporator for the purpose of supplying liquid hydrogen peroxide to the evaporator; an enrichment chamber connected with the evaporator for the purpose of evaporating moisture from the hydrogen peroxide supplied to the evaporator and sucking the evaporated moisture, thus enriching the hydrogen peroxide; a vacuum pump connected with the enrichment chamber for the purpose of providing a vacuum pressure to the enrichment chamber; a blower which includes a fan disposed in the interior of the sterilization chamber for forcibly flowing the air of the sterilization chamber and is a motor for driving the fan; and a fan heater disposed in the interior of the sterilization chamber for the purpose heating the air flowing by means of the fan. The sterilization apparatus using hydrogen peroxide according to the present invention makes it possible to enrich the hydrogen peroxide using an enrichment chamber, and the sterilization power with respect to the to-be-sterilized objects can be enhanced.

A curable underfill encapsulant composition that is applied directly onto semiconductor wafers before the wafers are diced into individual chips. The composition comprises a thermally curable resin system comprising an epoxy resin, a phenol-containing compound such as phenol or phenolic resin, a solvent, an imidazole phosphate salt catalyst, inorganic fillers, fluxing agents, and optionally, wetting agents. Various other additives, such as defoaming agents, adhesion promoters, flow additives and rheology modifiers may also be added as desired. The underfill encapsulant is B-stageable to provide a coating on the wafer that is smooth, non-tacky and will allow the wafer to be cleanly diced into individual chips. A method for producing an electronic package containing the B-stageable material may also utilize an unfilled liquid curable fluxing material on the substrate to which the chip is to be attached.

A sensor and detection methods are provided for detecting nitric oxides (NOx) in an exhaust gas based upon ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) technique. An ionization chamber having an interior electrically conductive shell receives exhaust gas. A spark electrode having a needle tip extends into the ionization chamber. A shutter grid is coupled between the ionization chamber and an ion drift tube. A substantially continuous spark discharge is established between the electrically conductive shell and the needle tip of the spark electrode for ionization of the exhaust gas. Negative NO2 ions are kept inside the chamber by biasing the electrically conductive shell and the shutter grid at a negative voltage. Then a positive pulse is applied to the shutter grid to cause the shutter to open for negative NO2 ions to exit into the ion drift tube. The IMS sensor is small-sized, low-cost, robust, and reliable.

Embodiments provide a camera module including a lens unit, a coupling unit coupled to the lens unit, a housing coupled to the coupling unit, the housing being configured to accommodate a printed circuit board therein and having a vent formed therein, and a membrane formed of an air-permeable material and configured to close the vent formed in the housing so as to prevent external foreign substances from entering the housing.

The present invention relates to a multiple laundry treating machine and a control method thereof. The multiple laundry treating machine includes a body (110) formed with a laundry holding part (40) for holding laundry, an supplemental body (120) provided at one side of the body (110), the supplemental body (120) having a volume and a height respectively smaller than a volume and a height of the body (110), and having a space (122) defined in the supplemental body (120) to hold laundry, and an air supply unit provided in the body (110), to supply air to an interior of the body (110) and an interior of the supplemental body (120).

A breathing circuit for use with a ventilated patient that includes a heat exchanger for removing water vapor from the breathing gases to prevent condensation within the breathing circuit. The heat exchanger is positioned downstream from the CO2 absorber and receives the breathing gases from the CO2 absorber prior to delivery of the breathing gases to the inspiration limb of the patient circuit. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of inflow tubes and outflow tubes that are each open to a sump removably attached to the heat exchanger. The sump collects the water vapor condensed from the breathing gases within the heat exchanger.

The present invention provides methods, compositions and apparatus for removing oil and extinguishing fires using glass particles including crushed glass and fiberglass from an oil containing or fire containing surface. The fire containing surface can be any surface but in particularly desired embodiments the fire containing surface is a water surface, earthen surface, a mixture of earth and water or any surface that will hold a flammable substance. When the flammable substance is oil, the application of glass particles adsorbs oil and accretes into a mass sinking below the fire or oil containing surface. If greater floatation is desired, glass fibers can be added. The invention is particulary amendable to use with oil fires and magnesium fires and allows remediation of oil adsorbed to the glass surface. The invention also provides an apparatus for extinguishing fires from a surface by discharging glass particles over the oil or fire containing surface.