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A trocar assembly for providing a pressurized insufflation fluid into a patient cavity and for providing sealable access to the patient cavity by a surgical instrument. The assembly comprises an inner tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end. An outer tubular member is disposed about the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the inner tubular member and the distal end of the outer tubular member define a trocar seal nozzle arranged therebetween.

A device for verifying occlusion of the fallopian tube in a female subject includes an elongate gas delivery member having a lumen disposed therein, the elongate gas delivery member adapted for sealing engagement with the subject's uterus. The device includes a pressurized insufflation gas source coupled to the elongate gas delivery member, the insufflation gas source being in communication with the lumen of the elongate gas delivery member. The insufflation gas may includes for example, carbon dioxide. In one aspect, the device includes a pressure sensor or gauge to measure intra-uterine pressure to verify occlusion of the fallopian tube(s). In another aspect, the flow rate of insufflation gas into the uterus may be measured using a flow meter to verify occlusion of the fallopian tube(s).

Methods and devices for treatment of damaged tissue are disclosed, including treatment of wounds by employing non-electrically powered, reduced pressure therapy devices. The devices are capable of generating a substantially constant reduced pressure with low tolerance for pressure fluctuations. Also disclosed herein are reduced pressure therapy systems that comprise an alarm system to detect the depleted state of the suction device and provide an alert to the patient and/or practitioner.

The present invention is directed to a connector with which negative pressure in the channel space in the connector can be prevented during luer removal, in a closed-system connector. A slit ( 49 ) is furnished in valve body ( 40 ) of three-way stopcock ( 100 ). During luer access and luer removal, first and second moving parts (M 1 and (M 2 ) to the left and right of slit ( 49 ) enter and withdraw from first and second valve body accommodating chambers ( 51 ) and ( 52 ), respectively. First and second valve body accommodating chambers ( 51 ) and ( 52 ) are formed outside of channel space (S), so the operation whereby first and second moving parts (M 1 ) and (M 2 ) enter and withdraw during luer access and luer removal does not affect the change in volume of channel space (S) and negative pressure can be prevented from occurring in channel space (S) by the aforementioned entry and withdrawal.

A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator separating the positive terminal and the negative terminal. A casing includes a spatial area for receiving and holding the electrode assembly. A heat dissipating body is provided for receiving and holding the casing. A convex part of the heat dissipating body is formed supporting the electrode assembly within the heat dissipating body so that uniform pressure is applied to the entire surface of the rechargeable battery. A battery module may include multiple unit rechargeable batteries. A heat dissipating barrier may be disposed adjacent to each unit rechargeable battery and have a convex part for applying pressure to the unit rechargeable battery.

A inkjet printer that has an ink supply (112), a printhead integrated circuit (IC) (74) in fluid communication with the ink supply via an upstream ink line (67), the printhead IC (74), a waste ink outlet in fluid communication with the printhead IC (74) via a downstream ink line (106), an upstream shut off valve (138) in the upstream ink line (67), and, a downstream pump mechanism (114) in the downstream ink line. With a valve upstream of the printhead and a pump downstream of the printhead, the user has active control of the ink flow upstream, downstream or in the printhead IC. In the event that problems such as ink flooding, color mixing or printhead depriming occur, the user can follow simple troubleshooting protocols to rectify the situation.

The invention relates to a muddy water balance type shield simulation testing system. In the structure of the system, a model box for holding soil is fixed on a base; a refrigeration freezing device is communicated with a freezing pipe in the model box; the front part of a shield machine enters the model box through a guide sleeve on the side of the model box; a cutter disk at the front part of the shield machine is connected with the output shaft of a gearbox of a hydraulic power system through a main shaft; jacks at the left and right sides of the shield machine are connected between the model box and the gearbox; a space between a partition plate behind the cutter disk of the shield machine and the cutter disk forms a muddy water cabin; and an injection pipe of a muddy water pot, whichis connected with an air pressure boosting device, penetrates into the shield machine from the tail part of the shell of the shield machine. The system provided by the invention can simulate the tunneling process of the muddy water shield machine in a submerged tunnel construction with high water pressure and can synchronously record soil pressure, water pressure, displacement and the tunneling parameters of the shield machine, thereby finding out and analyzing the mechanism and conditions of muddy water pressure balance country rock and providing more reliable experiment basis for submerged tunnel construction and the design of a muddy water shield machine.

A hydraulic diaphragm valve comprising a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a diaphragm valve seating between the inlet and the outlet, a sealing diaphragm mounted in the housing and displaceable about the diaphragm valve seating, so as to close and open a flow path between the inlet and outlet, a valve control chamber and a command valve comprising a first duct communicating a one end thereof with the valve inlet, and at an opposite end thereof with a first command valve seating, a second duct communicating into one end with the valve outlet, and at an opposite end thereof, with a second command valve seating. A third duct communicates at one end with the valve control chamber and at its opposite end it selectively communicates with the first and second command valve seatings. A flexible command diaphragm is selectively biased into sealing engagement with one or other of the command valve seatings to effect communication between the third duct and the command valve seating not in seating engagement with the command diaphragm.

For water-jet surgery pump devices are known by means of which a sterile fluid is transported through a reservoir to the surgical instrument by means of piston pumps or similar volumetrically transporting pumps. In accordance with the present invention it is proposed either to construct drive means for the pumps in such a way that their suction cycle is shorter than the output cycle, or to provide a pump with at least three pump chambers and to construct the drive means in such a way that the suction and output cycles of the pump chambers overlap one another.

A method and system for the production of a gas hydrate including the steps of drilling into a subterranean gas hydrate formation and at least partially depressurizing the gas hydrate formation to permit separation of gas and water from the hydrate form. The gas and water is then pumped from the formation and recovered from the well. At least a portion of water pumped from the well is water that is introduced into the well from the surface or reintroduced by a feed back loop from the production operation.

The invention refers to a sensor arrangement comprising at least one capacitance sensor for detecting a pressure and a shear force, wherein the capacitance sensor is integrated into a wearable textile, a method for measuring a shear force and a pressure by such a sensor arrangement, wherein the shear force and pressure is exerted on a skin of a person lying in a bed or sitting in a chair and to combinations and uses of the method. This described textile sensors allow for a simultaneous measurement of shear stress and pressure in anti decubitus textiles. This enhances risk assessment with regard to the development of bedsore ulcer.

A refrigeration system for minimizing the cool down time of a mass to cryogenic temperatures including a compressor, an expander, a gas storage tank, interconnecting gas lines, and a control system. The compressor output is maintained near its maximum capability by maintaining near constant high and low pressures during cool down, gas being added or removed from the storage tank to maintain a near constant high pressure, and the speed of said expander being adjusted to maintain a near constant low pressure, no gas by-passing between high and low pressures.

The invention relates to a scratching and corrosive wear test device, in particular to a high-temperature high-pressure in-situ scratching and corrosive wear test device. The device solves the problems that in-situ single-time scratching, reciprocating multiple-time corrosive wear and the like are difficult to realize under the high-temperature and high-pressure environment in the prior art. The device is provided with a frequency converter, a motor, a high-pressure kettle, a control cabinet, a double-upright-post fixed bracket, a moving shaft, a scratching head and the like, can perform in-situ single-time scratching, reciprocating multiple-time corrosive wear research on the surface of a test sample at high temperature and high pressure, and can detect a signal, which represents the process of a test sample surface membrane changed from damage to passivation in the scratching or corrosive wear process, by cooperating a high-temperature high-pressure reference electrode and a high-temperature high-pressure working auxiliary electrode which are arranged on the high-pressure kettle, with an electrochemical working station.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional visible testing system of a dynamic water grouting model. The testing system comprises a test bench, a grouting system, a water supply tank and a water receiving tank. The test bench is composed of six side walls connected by modular bolts, a toughened glass box is placed in the test bench and clings to the inner wall of the test bench, and the diffusion state of slurry can be dynamically observed through the toughened glass; the grouting system is composed of an air compressor, a pressure bearing cylinder and a grouting pipe, and stable grouting pressure is provided by air pressure; the water supply tank is used for providing a dynamic water environment for the model test. Meanwhile, the invention also discloses a testing method of the system. The three-dimensional visible testing system and method of the dynamic water grouting model researched in the invention can be used for simulating grouting in a dynamic water environment under a visible condition. Compared with previous research, the system is used for successfully simulating the grouting in the dynamic water environment under the visible condition, thereby obtaining relative conclusions more conforming to engineering practice.

A dosing system for delivering reductant to an exhaust gas treatment system of an internal combustion engine using air driven hydraulic pumps for closed-loop controlling reductant pressure and a two-stage PWM control method for controlling dosing rate. Reductant residue in the dosing systems is purged by using compressed air after a dosing process completes, and when the air driven hydraulic pumps are positioned inside a reductant tank, dedicated heating means for the pumps is not necessary. The air driven hydraulic pumps can also use low pressure compressed air, and the closed-loop pressure control together with the two-stage PWM control allow dosing accuracy insensitive to pressure variations in compressed air. These new features enable the dosing system use a variety of compressed air sources, including an engine turbo.

An LED tube lamp includes a tube, two end caps, a power supply, and an LED light strip. The tube includes two rear end regions, two transition regions, and a main body region. The end caps are respectively connected to the rear end regions. The power supply is in one or both of the end caps. The LED light strip including one or more LED light sources is in the tube. The LED light sources are electrically connected to the power supply via the LED light strip. The end cap includes a lateral wall, an end wall, and at least one opening for heat dissipation and/or pressure releasing. The at least one opening penetrates through the end cap with a light sensor inside the end cap collimating with the opening.

A spill-proof beverage dispenser comprising: (a) a container adapted to at least partially define an interior volume available for occupation by a liquid; (b) a lid adapted to be mounted to the container, the lid including a vent and a dispensing opening, and a liquid conduit having a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the liquid within the container and selective fluid communication with the dispensing opening; and (c) a valve assembly mountable to the lid including a collapsible tower adapted to be received at least partially within the liquid conduit to selectively restrict liquid flow between the interior volume of the container and the dispensing opening, the collapsible tower being responsive to changes in pressure by collapsing at least one wall of the collapsible tower to selectively provide fluid communication between the passageway and the dispensing opening.

A blood pumping system for supplementing distal blood perfusion comprising a blood pressure altering device in the form of a blood pump (1) having an inlet (10) and an outlet (9) which also includes an upstream end (2) and a downstream end (4). The blood pressure altering device (1) cooperates with a circulatory system of a patient (15) to promote blood flow throughout at least one or more distal regions including limbs, a brain region of a patient by altering vascular blood pressure. The blood pressure altering device (1), when in use, is positioned in series with the normal blood flow of the circulatory system of a patient (15).

A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, wherein an easily accessible adjustment member allows the user to change the vertical height of the instrument's neck without affecting the angle of the neck relative to the guitar body. This invention allows the user to quickly adjust the action of the instrument without affecting the intonation or scale length of the guitar in one simple step without requiring the user to remove the strings, loosen any screws, or perform any additional mechanical adjustments.

The present invention relates to an organic electro phosphorescent device and its preparation method. Said device comprises a transparent base sheet, an anode layer, organic functional layer and a cathode layer, wherein the organic functional layer comprises organic luminous layer and one ore more layers selected from a positive hole injection layer, a positive hole transport layer, an electronic transport layer and an electron injection layer, said organic luminous layer includes a body material and a phosphorescent coloring agent, the doping concentration of said phosphorescent coloring agent gradually rises or drops with the thickness increase of the organic luminous layer to form a gradient doping structure. For said device, by doping the phosphorescent coloring agent into the body material in the organic luminous layer with a gradient doping manner, the luminous area of the device is expanded and the use ratio of the phosphorescent coloring agent is improved; it is also helpful to the exciton formation from electronic and positive hole, then light-emitting efficiency and lighteness of the device are improved, and the stability is improved; at the same time, the shortcomings of low light-emitting efficiency and poor stability of the device under large electric current are overcome.