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Surgical articles that are conveniently and securely coupled are disclosed. Improved surgical procedures are also disclosed.

A method for forming through-wafer interconnects (TWI) in a substrate. Blind holes are formed from a surface, sidewalls thereof passivated and coated with a conductive material. A vent hole is then formed from the opposite surface to intersect the blind hole. The blind hole is solder filled, followed by back thinning of the vent hole portion of the wafer to a final substrate thickness to expose the solder and conductive material at both the active surface and the thinned back side. A metal layer having a glass transition temperature greater than that of the solder may be plated to form a dam structure covering one or both ends of the TWI. Intermediate structures of semiconductor devices, semiconductor devices and systems are also disclosed.

Devices and methods that measure one or more properties of a living cell culture that is contained in liquid media within a vessel, and typically analyzes plural cell cultures contained in plural vessels such as the wells of a multiwell microplate substantially in parallel. The devices incorporate a sensor that remains in equilibrium with, e.g., remains submerged within, the liquid cell media during the performance of a measurement and during addition of one or more cell affecting fluids such as solutions of potential drug compounds.

Disclosed is a sorting device capable of high-speed analysis and sorting with safety, high speed, and low cost by preventing cross-contamination between samples, contamination of samples, biohazard to the users, obviating the needs for an expensive flow cell and an expensive orifice part and for fine adjustment of the flow cell and the orifice. The device (A) for sorting particles is provided with a microchip (1) in which a flow channel (11) through which liquid containing particles is flown and an orifice (12) for discharging the liquid flowing through the flow channel (11) to a space outside the chip are provided, a vibratory element (2) for making and ejecting a droplet of the liquid at the orifice (12), a charging means for giving charge to the ejected droplet (D), an optical detecting means (3) for detecting an optical characteristic of the particles flowing through the flow channel (11), paired electrodes (4,4) arranged along the direction of movement of the ejected droplet (D) and opposed with the moving droplet (D) therebetween, and two or more vessels for collecting the droplet (D) passing between the paired electrodes (4, 4).

The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a loading device, system and method that loads aggregate cells into an encapsulation device for implanting into a patient. The loading system uses negative pressure from a low pressure pump in a closed system to improve safety and cell viability while allowing for even loading of the encapsulation device.

A flexible bore hole liner, such as may be used to line or seal a hole drilled into the earth's surface, and featuring a diffusion barrier to prevent undesirable cross-contamination during, for example, sampling of subsurface fluids. The sampling liner includes a flexible diffusion barrier so as to reduce diffusion transport of contaminant(s) into and / or out of the interior volume of a bore hole liner. This flexible diffusion barrier may be incorporated into the construction of a portion of known borehole liner systems. The diffusion barrier is attached by a suitable means to the liner and / or the “spacer” accompanying the liner. The diffusion barrier prevents diffusion into and / or out of the liner in the sampling interval subtended by the spacer length, preventing cross-contamination of fluid samples obtained by the liner systems currently in use.

An oil sampling assembly structured to collect an oil sample from the oil circulating system of an engine or other device and including a housing connected in fluid communication with the oil circulating system and having a container removably connected thereto. During operation of the oil circulating system a continuous flow of oil into and out of the container will occur. When the oil circulating system is not operating, oil and any contaminants contained therein will collect within the container. The container and oil sample is detached from the housing, replaced by another container, and connected to a closure for transport to a testing facility.

An apparatus for safely handling and securely holding a multitude of large and heavy open topped pails, for loading ingredients into these pails, and for stirring the ingredients within these pails into a fully homogenized state. The apparatus is adapted for simple removal and easy cleaning of the stirring components, and to minimize mess and eliminate cross contamination.