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A cannula assembly for the maintenance of an operative pneumoperitoneum in a patient comprising an elongated cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. A removable valve is securely arranged in the proximal end of the cannula to provide a seal and minimize the escape of gas introduced into the patient's pneumoperitoneum when an operative instrument is passed therethrough.

The present invention provides a rice plant that shows enhanced growth and increased seed production, which also enables reduction of the use of chemical fertilizers.In the present invention, a nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacterium is isolated from bacteria symbiotically inhabiting natural plants, the isolated endophytic bacterium is artificially proliferated and then artificially inoculated into rice plants, and thus, the nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacteria are allowed to infect to rice plants.

A cannula assembly for the maintenance of an operative pneumoperitoneum in a patient comprising an elongated cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. A removable valve is securely arranged in the proximal end of the cannula to provide a seal and minimize the escape of gas introduced into the patient's pneumoperitoneum when an operative instrument is passed therethrough.

According to example embodiments, a nonvolatile memory cell includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a resistance change film between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first barrier film contacting the second electrode. The resist change film contains oxygen ions and contacts the first electrode. The first barrier film is configured to reduce (and / or block) the outflow of the oxygen ions from the resistance change film.

The present invention relates, in general, to stem cells, and in particular, to a method of isolating stem cells and to reagents suitable for use in such a method. The invention further relates to stem cell populations isolatable in accordance with the present method.

This invention provides anti-acne kits that are useful for treating acne, especially severe cases of acne. The anti-acne kits include a vasoconstrictor and an anti-acne agent, and optionally one or more of a skin lightening therapeutic, a sealing layer, a skin cleanser, an astringent, a skin penetration enhancer, a sunscreen, and nutritional supplements that promote healing of acne lesions. This invention also provides methods for treating acne using a vasoconstrictor in conjunction with an anti-acne agent.

A catheter assembly includes a tubular insertion portion; a support portion that is connected to a proximal end side of the insertion portion and has therein a flow passage communicating with an inside of the insertion portion; a valve body that is disposed in the flow passage and includes: a blocking membrane configured to inhibit a flow of fluid, and an opening / closing part configured such that the blocking membrane is at least partially openable and closeable via the opening / closing part; and an insertion member which is arranged proximal of the blocking membrane and is insertable into the opening / closing part by moving in a distal direction. The opening / closing part is formed as a single slit penetrating the blocking membrane, the slit having a distal end opening and a proximal end opening, and a length of the distal end opening being smaller than a length of the proximal end opening.

The present invention relates to an ice-making assembly for a refrigerator and a refrigerator including the same. According to the present invention, a freezing chamber door is provided with an ice-making assembly, and ice made by the ice-making assembly can be immediately drawn out to the outside by opening an exclusively used home-bar door. In addition, an ice-making case is coupled by a coupling means formed integrally with the freezing chamber door and the ice-making case without a coupling tool or operation. Moreover, according to the present invention, if a water bucket is installed to the ice-making case, a water supply hole of the lower end of the water bucket is opened by an opening and closing means, so that water in water bucket is automatically supplied to an ice tray. In addition, an ice-separating lever having a '*' shape is provided to simultaneously rotating a plurality of ice trays. Meanwhile, in the present invention, an ice bank cooperates with the home-bar door to be drawn out forward as the home-bar door is opened. According to the present invention, the use convenience of a refrigerator is improved.

The invention discloses an intraoperative low temperature kidney protective bag and a using method thereof. The intraoperative low temperature kidney protective bag comprises a protective bag body, acool storage interlayer, inner layer folds, a cold storage infusion port, a kidney placing inlet and a kidney gate opening. The cool storage interlayer is arranged in the protective bag body; the inner wall of the protective bag body is provided with the inner layer folds, and the inner layer folds enclose to form an inner cavity; the inner cavity is filled with kidney protection liquid; the upperpart of the protective bag body is provided with the kidney placing inlet, a first elastic rubber ring is arranged at the kidney placing inlet, the lower part of the protective bag body is provided with the kidney gate opening, and a second elastic rubber ring is arranged at the kidney gate opening; the first elastic rubber ring and the second elastic rubber are both provided with elastic retractable ropes. The intraoperative low temperature kidney protective bag can ensure cryopreservation effect of a kidney during a kidney transplant operation process, and effectively improve preservation quality of the kidney. The intraoperative low temperature kidney protective bag is an easy-to-operate special refrigerated storage bag for transplanted kidney, and can be specially used in a kidney transplant operation.

In some embodiments of the present invention, apparatus is provided for treating erectile dysfunction of a subject. The apparatus includes one or more electrodes configured to be coupled to a vicinity of a blood vessel that carries blood into or out of a penis of the subject, and a control unit configured to facilitate erection of the penis by peristaltically pumping blood in the blood vessel by stimulating nitric oxide (NO) production in the vicinity, by driving the electrodes to drive a current into the vicinity. Additional embodiments are also described.

The utility model relates to a refrigerator, which enables storage to be easily entered and exited through the door of the refrigerator compartment, can reduce the outflow of cold air and heat leakage in the refrigerator chamber, facilitates the generalization of refrigerator doors with opposite opening and closing directions on the left and right, and simultaneously improves the accommodation performance of the groove. In a refrigerator having a multi-stage storage compartment with the uppermost section as the refrigerator compartment 5, the refrigerator compartment door 10 has a main door 40 that opens and closes the entire refrigerator compartment 5, and an auxiliary opening 45 that is symmetrically disposed at the center of the lower part of the main door 40. The main door 40 has main door grooves formed on the left and right sides of the auxiliary opening 45 for placing storage items, and the auxiliary door 60 is supported so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction.

A liquid accommodating container in which in a use position, a port opened to the air is provided at a position that is closer to an air chamber uppermost surface and is included in a first corner portion, an air-side opening is provided at a position that is closer to an air chamber lowermost surface and is included in a second corner portion which is at a diagonal position to the first corner portion, and a liquid-side opening is provided at a position satisfying the following conditions (a) and (b), (a) a position closer to a liquid chamber lowermost surface with respect to the vertical direction in the use position and (b) a position which is included in the second corner portion that is at a position equivalent to a diagonal position to the first corner portion.

The invention discloses a regenerative type refrigerator. The regenerative type refrigerator can reduce amount of lubricant which flows from an inner space of a bearing member, reduce amount of foreign matter which mixes into the inner space of the bearing member, and prevent sealing members of the bearing member from deforming. The regenerative type refrigerator includes a cylinder expanding a refrigerant gas; a regenerator accumulating cold thermal energy and being provided inside the cylinder so as to be reciprocate inside the cylinder; a rotary drive portion generating driving force; a rotary member (31a) being rotated by the rotary drive portion; and a bearing member supporting the rotary member (31a) and including an inner wheel (61) and an outer wheel (62) which are arranged to rotate relative to each other around a same rotation shaft (RA), and two sealing members (63-1,63-2) disposed on two sides of the outer wheel and the inner wheel along the rotation shaft (RA), wherein the sealing members are fixed to one of the inner wheel member (61) and the outer wheel member (62), and a gap (G) is formed between the two sealing members (63-1,63-2) and another one of the inner wheel member (61) and the outer wheel member (62).

This invention provides anti-acne kits that are useful for treating acne, especially severe cases of acne. The anti-acne kits include a vasoconstrictor and an anti-acne agent, and optionally one or more of a a skin lightening therapeutic, a sealing layer, a skin cleanser, an astringent, a skin penetration enhancer, a sunscreen, and nutritional supplements that promote healing of acne lesions. This invention also provides methods for treating acne using a vasoconstrictor in conjunction with an anti-acne agent.

Exhaust gas collection units (110, 120, 130) are arranged in series in an exhaust gas collection device (100) for collecting objects separated from exhaust gas passing an exhaust gas route, and inside the exhaust gas collection units (110, 120, 130) are formed exhaust gas paths for passing exhaust gas along the exhaust gas route. Collision plates are placed in an exhaust gas collection section in each of the collection units. The collision plates in the exhaust gas collection sections of the upstream side collection units (110, 120) are arranged such that a space extending in the axial direction of the exhaust path is present in the exhaust path without being blocked by any of the collision plates arranged in the exhaust path. The collision plates in the exhaust gas collection section in the exhaust gas collection unit (130) on the downstream side are arranged so that such a space is not present. Uneven distribution of the amount of accumulation of separated objects such as reaction by-products are suppressed without performing complex control, and outflow of the objects to the downstream side of the exhaust gas collection device can be reliably reduced.

The present invention relates generally to the field of micro-scale or millimeter scale devices and to the use of multi-layer multi-material electrochemical fabrication methods for producing such devices with particular embodiments relate to shredding devices and more particularly to shredding devices for use in medical applications. In some embodiments, tissue removal devices include tissue anchoring projections, improved blade configurations, and / or shields or shrouds around the cutting blades to inhibit outflow of tissue that has been brought into the device.

It is an object of the invention to provide a power tool that effectively prevents leakage of lubricant while regulating the internal pressure of a housing space for a driving mechanism.The object can be achieved by a representative power tool that includes a too bit 119, a driving mechanism 113, 115, an enclosed housing space 107a which houses the driving mechanism and in which lubricant is sealed in, and a path 151 which regulates pressure of the housing space 107a. On the path, a filter chamber 154 having a predetermined capacity, an inner passage 155c that communicates the filter chamber 154 with the housing space 107a, and an outer passage 159c that communicates the filter chamber 154 with the outside are formed. A filter 157 is disposed in the filter chamber 154 and spaced apart from a peripheral edge of an opening of the outer passage 159c which is open to the filter chamber 154, so that a space 161 is created on the opening edge side of the filter chamber 154. A throttle member 163, 167 is disposed in the space 161 and throttles flow of air which flows out to the outer passage 159c through the filter 157.

In one exemplary embodiment, a structure comprises a substrate having a top surface, and a die attach pad situated on the top surface of the substrate. The die attach pad includes a die attach region and at least one substrate ground pad region electrically connected to the die attach region. The die attach pad further includes a die attach stop between the die attach region and the at least one substrate ground pad region. The die attach stop acts to control and limit die attach adhesive flow out to the at least one substrate ground pad region during packaging so that the at least one substrate ground pad region can be moved closer to die attach region so that shorter bond wires for connecting the at least one substrate ground pad region to a die wire bond pad may be used during packaging.

A stratified scavenging two-cycle engine that has a simpler structure than conventional stratified scavenging two-cycle engines and that has an excellent blow-by prevention effect etc. In an air intake stroke, lead air passes a lead-air port (12) etc. to flow into an inner space of a piston (6) during a period from the instant at which a lateral groove (21b) starts to superpose on the lead-air port (12) until the superposing between the lateral groove (21b) and the lead-air port (12) disappears after the piston (6) passes its top dead center. Further, in a scavenging stroke, lead air passes a scavenging path (17) etc. to flow into a cylinder (4) from a scavenging port (18) during a period from the instant at which a scavenging connection opening (20) and a scavenging inflow opening (19) start to superpose on each other until the superposing between the scavenging connection opening (20) and the scavenging inflow opening (19) disappears after the piston (6) passes its bottom dead center. Then, a mixture gas passes the inside of the piston (6) to flow into the cylinder (4) from the scavenging port (18).

The invention belongs to the technical field of optical coating, and particularly relates to a solar control-low radiation type heat-insulation membrane system, which aims to provide the solar control-low radiation type heat-insulation membrane system capable of functioning in reflecting near infrared rays, middle infrared rays and far infrared rays. The membrane system comprises a PET layer (1), TiO2 layers (2), an Ag layer (3) and a Ti layer (4), wherein the PET layer (1) is a substrate; the first TiO2 layer (2) is covered on the PET layer; the Ag layer (3) is covered on the TiO2 layer (2); the Ti layer (4) is covered on the Ag layer (3); and the second TiO2 layer (2) is covered on the Ti layer (4). The solar control-low radiation type heat-insulation membrane type has low radiance, proper shading coefficient, the functions of sunshade and heat preservation and wide application, can function in reflecting the near, middle and far infrared rays and reduce the inflow and outflow of indoor heat, and is applied in summer, winter and hot and cold regions.

The invention discloses an anti-scouring concrete repairing device. The anti-scouring concrete repairing device comprises a mixing and stirring device and a slurry supplement pipe. The mixing and stirring device is used for stirring concrete slurry, and the concrete slurry is injected into concrete cracks through the slurry supplement pipe. The anti-scouring concrete repairing device is characterized in that the mixing and stirring device can cyclically work to prepare materials first and then to discharge the materials, and a plurality of pipelines arranged between the mixing and stirring device and the slurry supplement pipe. The anti-scouring concrete repairing device has the advantages that the cracks are fully filled, the probability of slurry leakage is lowered, the surface flatnessis high after reinforcement, and a grouting pipe can slide in the cracks to achieve slurry supplement; the mounting stability of a support is high, and a wall is not likely to be damaged, or the adhesion strength of a plate body is high; intermittent material supplement and quantitative stirring are conducted, so that raw material waste is reduced, the cracks are fully filled, the probability of slurry leakage is lowered, the surface flatness is high after reinforcement, the grouting pipe can slide in the cracks to achieve slurry supplementation; and the mounting stability of the support is high, and the wall is not likely to be damaged, or the adhesion strength of the plate body is high.

The invention provides a refrigerator, which has excellent service performance and can reduce emission of cold air. The structure of the refrigerator (1) according to the invention is characterized in that: a case body (2) opened in front is divided into the first preservation section (100) and the second preservation section (200) by a vertical separating wall (3) with heat insulating material, each preservation section (100, 200) is closed by doors (50, 60, 70) installed on the double end sides along the width direction of the case body (2) through a hinge section (5), and the door (5) for closing the first preservation section (100) is equipped with a distributor section (80) for providing water outside the case, which is characterized in that: the door (50) for closing the first preservation section (100) is composed of a single door for closing the first preservation section (100) in an integral range along the top and bottom direction, moreover the second preservation section (200) is equipped with multiple doors (60, 70) along the top and bottom direction.

It is an object of the invention to provide a power tool that effectively prevents leakage of lubricant while regulating the internal pressure of a housing space for a driving mechanism.The object can be achieved by a representative power tool that includes a too bit 119, a driving mechanism 113, 115, an enclosed housing space 107a which houses the driving mechanism and in which lubricant is sealed in, and a path 151 which regulates pressure of the housing space 107a. On the path, a filter chamber 154 having a predetermined capacity, an inner passage 155c that communicates the filter chamber 154 with the housing space 107a, and an outer passage 159c that communicates the filter chamber 154 with the outside are formed. A filter 157 is disposed in the filter chamber 154 and spaced apart from a peripheral edge of an opening of the outer passage 159c which is open to the filter chamber 154, so that a space 161 is created on the opening edge side of the filter chamber 154. A throttle member 163, 167 is disposed in the space 161 and throttles flow of air which flows out to the outer passage 159c through the filter 157.

To provide a chain tensioner and a relief valve unit that enable a reduction in the number of parts to be machined and the number of assembling steps, reduce the amount of oil flowing out to the outside, and prevent damage on a check valve, without having to increase the size of the chain tensioner. The chain tensioner includes a check valve unit(150) that suppresses reverse flow of oil flowing into an oil pressure chamber(101), and a relief valve unit(160) that releases the oil when the pressure inside the oil pressure chamber(101) reaches or exceeds a predetermined high pressure. The check valve unit(150) is disposed as a valve element of the relief valve unit(160), and the relief valve unit and the check valve unit are formed integral with each other.