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An anchoring system provides secure attachment between a portion of a medical article and a body of a patient. The anchoring system comprises a securement device and a first fitting attached to the medical article, the first fitting having a first configuration. Embodiments of the anchoring system also comprise a second fitting attached to the medical article. The second fitting has a second configuration that differs from the first. The securement device includes a mounting surface for attaching the securement device to the patient's body and a receiving area. The receiving area is oriented so as to face away from the patient's body, and includes retainer mechanisms that are capable of engaging one or both of the first and second fittings, which have different configurations.

A gas cylinder cart comprises a frame defining at least one bay shaped to receive a cylinder, a control panel removably connected to the frame, and at least one gas control device mounted on the control panel. A method of reconfiguring the gas cylinder cart comprises disconnecting a first control panel from the frame and removably connecting a second control panel to the frame, wherein the first and second control panels comprise a first and second configuration of gas control devices arranged thereon respectively. Interchangeable control panels for a gas cylinder cart, and a new cart frame for use therewith are disclosed.

A bridge faucet with side spray kit of modular knockdown construction comprising removably replaceable components, including: opposing valve bodies having opposing valve body chambers, opposing conduits, substantially centrally disposed mixing body having mixing body chamber, valve body cartridge valves, mixing body diverter cartridge, spout, side spray kit, and mixing body cap, the opposing valve bodies matingly and releasably fastened to the opposing conduits, the opposing conduits matingly and releasably fastened to the substantially centrally disposed mixing body, the valve body cartridge valves adapted to matingly and removably fit into the valve body chambers, the mixing body diverter cartridge adapted to matingly and removably fit into the mixing body chamber, the side spray kit and mixing body cap selectively and alternatively matingly and removably fastened to the substantially centrally disposed mixing body, the mixing body diverter cartridge preventing water from flowing into the spout when the side spray kit is used.

A method and a corresponding apparatus (200) for metering usage of software products on a computer are proposed. The solution of the invention is based on the idea of associating (225) each product with an installation signature (indicative of the installation of the product on the computer) and with a running signature (indicative of the running of the product on the computer). The products that are installed on the computer are asynchronously determined (235) according to their installation signatures; in this way, any ambiguities (for example, caused by different versions and/or configurations of a product sharing the same executable modules) can be resolved in advance. Therefore, when at run-time the invocation of an executable module is detected (245) it is possible to use only the running signatures to identify the corresponding product uniquely (without the need of additional information about the executable module, such as its size).

A variable coolant pump for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine, that has a pump housing in which is mounted a hollow shaft that is driveable by a pulley. At one end of the hollow shaft an impeller is fastened which has vanes projecting into an inlet chamber and which is firmly connected via axial bridges to a cover disc. Through rotation of the impeller together with the cover disc, water can be sucked into the inlet chamber via an inlet connection piece of the pump housing and conveyed by the vanes into an annular passage of the pump housing. A guide disc with a contour corresponding to the impeller is further arranged between impeller and cover disc. The guide disc is guided by the axial bridges and can be displaced axially via a positioning unit by a piston located inside the hollow shaft.

A stent tissue graft prosthesis (20) for repairing, excluding and/or reinforcing a vessel, duct and the like in a patient. The prosthesis includes an inner expandable stent (21) of which a tissue graft (24) and preferably a multilayered tissue construct (33) is disposed thereon for application to the host tissue of a vessel, duct and the like. The tissue construct includes an extracellular matrix material (36) such as small intestine submucosa (37) for remodeling the host tissue into the prosthesis. The prosthesis further includes an outer tubular member (25) such as an outer expandable stent (44) for retaining the tissue graft on the inner stent. The ends of the inner and outer stents are coincident with or extend beyond the ends of the tissue graft to prevent eversion or fold back of the tissue graft during withdrawal of a delivery catheter in a placement procedure.

Container systems used in storage, deployment or retrieval of a seismic cable array comprise a container, at least two coiling elements attached to a bottom side of the container, and storage means for allocating or accommodating, in an ordered arrangement, a number of seismic stations and/or a number of couplers/splices and/or other discontinuities which are being interconnected by sections of the seismic cable. Said storage means is arranged between said coiling elements and are attached to the bottom side of the container. The seismic cable is spooled or wound around said coiling elements. Corresponding methods of storing a seismic cable and deploying/retrieving the seismic cable are based on the use of at least two coiling elements and storage means for allocating or accommodating a number of seismic stations and/or a number of couplers/splices and/or a number of other discontinuities and arranged between said coiling elements.

A modular vehicle ramp system is provided for elevating all four wheels of a vehicle off of the ground to allow a user easy access beneath the elevated vehicle. The components are modular allowing the ramp system to be employed in several different reconfigurable arrangements. A first embodiment provides one wheel support and one ramp that releasably engages with the wheel support. In another embodiment, at least two wheel supports are employed with two corresponding ramps releasably engaged therewith. Finally in another embodiment, two bridge sections extend between two wheel supports positioned at the front and two wheel supports positioned at the rear. Two ramps are releasably engaged with either the two forward or rear wheel supports such that a car can be driven up the ramps and over the bridge sections such that the four vehicle wheels are supported on the four wheel supports.

A blind fastener has a setting head portion and a shank portion having one end connected with the setting head portion and an opposite end with an internal thread or a threaded bolt receptacle. The shank has a sidewall with an outside diameter smaller than the diameter of the setting head portion, and is configured for close reception in an aperture of the workpiece prior to being upset. The sidewall has a deformation area that is disposed between the setting head portion and the internal thread or the threaded bolt receptacle, and is upset radially outwardly to secure the fastener to the workpiece. The deformation area includes a central circumferential region which provides sole weakening for the sidewall.

An adjustable weight training device includes a core unit which has a substantially flat, rotatable, base with a pair of sides extending away from the base, the sides separated from each other so as to provide for attachment of a handle across the sides, wherein the handle is positioned above the base and dimensioned for gripping by a user's hand. The sides of the core unit include arm cradle regions which are dimensioned for removable receipt of an arm, wherein the arms are dimensioned for removable attachment to the arm cradle regions in the sides of the core unit and extend away from the sides so as to provide for gripping by a user's hand. The arms can be selectively attached to the arm cradle areas and to each other so as to create different configurations of the weight training device.

Through a combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches, the inventors show that human IgG2 (h2) delivers unique FcγR-independent agonistic activity to anti-CD40 antibodies and to antibodies specific to other immunostimulatory receptors, including 4-1BB and CD28. Investigation of an anti-human CD40 mAb, LOB7.4, revealed that the unique activity of h2 was dependent upon the precise arrangement of hinge and CH1 disulfide bonds. Chemical ‘shuffling’ or mutagenesis to ‘lock’ LOB7.4 into either a more flexible ‘h2A’ or more compact ‘h2B’ conformation endowed antagonistic and agonistic properties, respectively. Engineering of h2 in this way allows development of reagents with either immunostimulatory or immunosuppressive characteristics, with direct implication for the design of therapeutic mAb agents and fusion proteins.

A modular lighting system comprises at least one module comprising a rail elongated longitudinally along an axis where one or more lighting elements are placed and mounted reversibly onto the rail by magnetic coupling, drawing power from a printed circuit board on the rail by means of spring contacts.

The present application is directed to Large Enclosed Secure Greenhouse Structure Atrium/Hybrid Greenhouse Buildings that have the appearance of a new modern industrial building that will provide a complete agricultural growing facility with an office, maintenance and dry storage spaces. The roof and walls of the greenhouse area have a continuous sealed chamber through transparent open web joists and girders, with controlled sunlight transmission along with heat and cold circulation. More particularly, the Atrium/Hybrid Greenhouse Building provided is constructed using a number of joist and girder systems configured to support transparent reinforced roof, wall and ceiling panels, assembled in a way that provides maximum daylight transmission and significant insulating properties, enabling the Atrium/Hybrid Greenhouse Building to be an effective and economical grow-house in harsh environments and in areas with snowfall or widely varying temperature ranges. The air in the building will be filtered through a system capable of filtering out a variety of particle matter including pesticides and herbicides with clean rooms between separate growing areas and exit areas. The Atrium/Hybrid Greenhouse Building provided is constructed using a number of joist and girder systems configured to support transparent reinforced roof, wall and ceiling panels.

A refrigerator is provided that includes an ice making system, that generally includes an ice maker for making ice, and an ice container for holding the formed ice. The ice making system may be positioned anywhere within the refrigerator, and it may be a modular ice system. The shape of the ice container limits the amount of useable space taken up by the system. The ice container includes a stir stick positioned within the ice container. The stir stick is configured to rotate and oscillate in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the stir stick to provide movement of the stir stick into the full area of the ice container. The rotation and oscillation of the stir stick prevents ice from melting and clumping in the corners of the ice container, while also aiding in directing the ice towards a dispensing aperture of the ice container.

A system and method is disclosed for facilitating transactions involving pharmaceutical products. The system can be particularly useful for independent pharmacies, allowing them to resell pharmaceuticals that would otherwise likely expire before being used. The system can be highly automated and highly customized.

A work apparatus has a gear unit which is arranged in a gear housing. The gear unit includes a drive part arranged in a first housing part of the gear housing and an output part arranged in a second housing part. The two housing parts are connected to each other via a pivot joint which permits pivoting of the second housing relative to the first housing part about a pivot axis. The pivot joint has a clamping device for bracing the two housing parts in the direction of the pivot axis. The force exerted with the clamping device on the two housing parts is adjustable via a clamping element. To avoid loosening or releasing of the clamping device even after frequent pivoting, the clamping element moves during clamping in the direction of a clamping axis which encloses an angle α which is more than 10° with the pivot axis.