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Containers having a cover and a base provide covers that may be locked together. In addition the container covers may be locked to a sidewall of the container base. The container cover includes a first closure portion and a cover engagement portion. The base includes a second closure portion and a base engagement portion. The first closure portion of the cover is sealingly engageable with the second closure portion of the base to define a sealed storage area. The cover engagement portion of a cover is releaseably lockable with the cover engagement portion of a second cover to form a locked cover stack. The cover engagement portion of the cover is also releaseably lockable with the base engagement portion of the base.

A device is disclosed for obtaining body fluid, in particular blood, comprising a lancing element having a tip for puncturing the skin of a body part and an actuator coupled with the lancing element for a forward and backward movement of the lancing element, where the lancing element can be inserted into the skin up to an optionally adjustable puncture position. The actuator is adapted to drive the lancing element forwardly to a penetration speed of at most 0.7 m / s when the lancing element penetrates the skin.

The invention provides, in one embodiment, a sling assembly including an implantable supportive sling and a biocompatible dissolvable protective treatment on at least a portion of the sling.

The invention belongs to the field of preparation of magnesium alloy biological medical materials and particularly relates to a Mg-Zn-Y-Nd alloy for biodegradable vascular stents and a preparation method thereof. The Mg-Zn-Y-Nd alloy comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 1 to 3 percent of Zn, 0.23 to 0.69 percent of Y, 0.5 to 1 percent of Nd and the balance of Mg, wherein the weight percentage content of Zn and the weight percentage content of Y meet a condition that the molar ratio of Zn to Y is kept at 6:1 constantly and the weight percentage content ratio of Y to N is smaller than 1. The preparation method comprises: preparing charging materials according to the composition of the Mg-Zn-Y-Nd alloy and the condition that the weight percentage content of the Zn and the weight percentage content of Nd is 20 to 30 percent more than those required, and smelting to obtain common Mg-Zn-Y-Nd alloy, wherein the charging materials of Mg, Zn, Y and Nd are high-purity magnesium ingots, high-purity zinc ingots, Mg-Y intermediate alloy and Mg-Nd intermediate. The Mg-Zn-Y-Nd alloy disclosed by the invention has high corrosion resistance and high plasticity.

A connector employing a plug assembly and socket assembly for coaxial cables having apertures, conductive elements, mating surfaces and locking mechanisms to maintain the electrical characteristics of the cable joined to the plug assembly, to hold the plug and socket physically in connection with one another, and to establish and maintain the electrical characteristics of the cables through the connector assembly. The plug is configured to attach to a coaxial cable in such a manner that: a) the center conductor of the coaxial cable extends through the plug assembly for engagement with mating conductors in the socket, and b) such that the shield of the cable is physically and electrically engaged by a conductive element extending through the plug which contacts the conductive elements within the socket. These two features establish electrical contact of the shield and center conductor into and through the connector. The connector includes a socket assembly having a receiving aperture formed therein for receiving the plug assembly. The socket assembly when configured for a cable-to-cable connection accepts a plug assembly at opposing ends and is configured to extend electrical connection between the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cables when a plug is received in each of the receiving apertures; or, in the modified form, for connecting the coaxial cable to terminal equipment; or, in the second modified form, for adapting a standard male threaded connector to a socket assembly; or in the third modified form, for adapting a standard female threaded connector to a plug assembly; or in an alternate form of the invention, to provide a plug adaptor permitting use of the invention with cables having inner conductors that are insufficiently rigid for unaided use with the preferred and modified forms of the invention. The socket assembly includes an outer conductor element that is electrically isolated from inner conductive elements of the socket assembly that provide electrical continuity for the inner conductor of the cables. The connector assembly may incorporate a compressible conductive element placed at the junction of the outer conductors of the plug and socket. The outer conductor and inner conductor of the plug assembly and socket assembly are electrically connected when the plug is received in the receiving aperture. The plug and socket assemblies incorporate a snap-fit, locking mechanism to retain the plug and socket assemblies in mechanical and electrical connection with each other.