577 results about "Fluid input" patented technology

An apparatus for managing plasma in wafer processing operations is disclosed which includes a housing having an internal region defined by an inner wall. The housing has an input port for supplying a plasma into the housing at a first end and an output port at a second end. The apparatus includes a hollow tube contained in the internal region within the housing. The hollow tube is defined by a wall that extends between the first end and the second end and contains a plurality of orifices generating a plurality of fluid paths through the wall. A fluid input is included supplying fluid into the internal region of the housing. The supplied fluid is capable of passing through the plurality of orifices, and the plasma supplied through the input port is capable of being mixed within the hollow tube with the supplied fluid. The output port at the second end of the housing enables the mixed plasma and fluid supply to exit the housing.

Microfluidic devices with multiple fluid process regions for subjecting similar samples to different process conditions in parallel are provided. One or more common fluid inputs may be provided to minimize the number of external fluid supply components. Solid materials such as chromatographic separation media or catalyst media is preferably provided in each fluid process region. Solid materials may be supplied to the devices in the form of slurry, with particles retained by porous elements or frits. Different fluid process regions may having different effective lengths, different solid material types or amounts, or may receive different ratios of common fluids supplied to the device. The flow resistances of dissimilar fluid process regions may be balanced passively with the addition of impedance elements in series with each fluid process region.

The invention provides a mixing system of fracturing fluid, which comprises a first mixer, a base fluid supply piece and a powder supply piece; the first mixer is a jet mixer, and a base fluid input end of the first mixer is connected with the base fluid supply piece; a powder input end of the first mixer is connected with the powder supply piece, and the first mixer is linked in parallel with a parallel pipeline capable of conveying the base fluid; the base fluid input end of the parallel pipeline is connected with the base fluid output end of the base fluid supplier, and the first mixer is linked with a second mixer in series; the second mixer is a variable flow jet type mixer, a fracturing fluid input end of the second mixer is connected with a fracturing fluid output end of the first mixer; the base fluid input end of the second mixer is connected with the base fluid output end of the parallel pipeline. The mixing system of fracturing fluid can meet the emission and fluid viscosity of the fracturing fluid simultaneously.

A system for processing analytes in samples includes an instrument and a cartridge. The cartridge includes fluid inputs, input and output valve assemblies, processing devices, fluid reservoirs, and channels for carrying samples from the fluid inputs to the fluid reservoirs. The valve assemblies include valves adapted to form a sealed fluid chamber in response to force applied by a movable head assembly of the instrument. Each fluid reservoir is adapted to mate and align with an air displacement pump interface member. A valve assembly includes a recess wall surrounding a recess and a valve assembly wall surrounding both the recess and the recess wall. The recess wall and the valve assembly walls are adapted to mate with and seal against a flexible sheet covering the recess, the recess wall, and the valve assembly wall. The cartridge and instrument include complementary features for finely and coarsely aligning instrument assemblies with portions of the cartridge.

An irrigated ablation catheter includes a tip electrode with a thin shell and a plug to provide a plenum chamber. The tip electrode has an inlet of a predetermined size and noncircular shape, and outlets in the form of fluid ports formed in the thin shell wall. The plurality of the fluid ports is predetermined, as is their diameter. The tip electrode thus considers a diffusion ratio of total fluid output area to fluid input area, and a fluid port ratio. The tip electrode also considers a fluid inlet aspect ratio where the fluid inlet has a noncircular (for example, oval or elliptical) radial cross-section. The plenum chamber has a narrow proximal portion opening to a wider distal portion so that fluid pressure decreases while fluid velocity increases with the desired effect of increased turbulence which decreases momentum for a more uniform distribution of fluid in the tip electrode. Extending distally from the plug is a baffle member shaped to diffuse fluid entering the tip electrode and to house an electromagnetic position sensor.

An irrigated ablation catheter includes a tip electrode with a thin shell and a plug to provide a plenum chamber. The tip electrode has an inlet of a predetermined size and noncircular shape, and outlets in the form of fluid ports formed in the thin shell wall. The plurality of the fluid ports is predetermined, as is their diameter. The tip electrode thus considers a diffusion ratio of total fluid output area to fluid input area, and a fluid port ratio. The tip electrode also considers a fluid inlet aspect ratio where the fluid inlet has a noncircular (for example, oval or elliptical) radial cross-section. The plenum chamber has a narrow proximal portion opening to a wider distal portion so that fluid pressure decreases while fluid velocity increases with the desired effect of increased turbulence which decreases momentum for a more uniform distribution of fluid in the tip electrode. Extending distally from the plug is a baffle member shaped to diffuse fluid entering the tip electrode and to house an electromagnetic position sensor.

A method for removing thrombus or other material from a natural or synthetic body vessel or cavity without the need for direct surgical access. The method includes providing a device supplying high pressure fluid to at least one distal orifice, causing high pressure fluid to emanate from the orifice creating at least one fluid jet, and using the fluid jet to break up material in the vessel. The method further includes directing at least one fluid jet at the opening of an exhaust lumen or target incorporated into the device and using the jet to provide a localized negative pressure which entrains material into the jet for break-up. The method optionally includes using the jet to provide stagnation pressure which drives material along the exhaust lumen. The method optionally includes metering the exhaust to match the fluid input or to be greater or less than the input. A positive displacement pump operating at steady or pulsatile flow provides the high pressure saline to the distal end of the catheter.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for processing biomass comprises a chamber, a biomass input device, a fluid input device, and a retrieval device. The chamber is defined by at least a bottom, at least one wall, and a cover supported by the at least one wall. The biomass input device operable to deliver biomass into the chamber to form a biomass pile. The fluid input device is operable to deliver fluid into the chamber to the biomass pile. The retrieval device operable to receive fluid from the chamber.

A sump assembly for a dishwasher and associated method are provided. The sump assembly comprises an integrally-formed sump member defining a circulation pump volute receptacle and a drain pump volute receptacle. The circulation pump volute receptacle and the drain pump volute receptacle are adapted to receive respective pump and motor assemblies. Each of the volute receptacles is configured to receive the respective pump and motor assembly along a respective horizontal axis defined thereby. The drain pump volute receptacle includes a washing fluid input in direct communication with the circulation pump volute receptacle for receiving the washing fluid therefrom.

An apparatus and method for fluid mixing comprising a housing having an internal chamber and a rotatable unit disposed in the chamber. Sufficient clearance is provided between the rotatable unit and the housing to create space for the mixing of the two or more dissimilar fluids. As one example, one fluid input arrives in the mixing chamber by suitable ducting in the housing and the other fluid input arrives in the mixing chamber via a passage in the rotatable unit, the fluids collide and mix and where preferably at least one array of surface irregularities are disposed on an exterior face of the rotatable unit. The refined fluid mixture leaves the apparatus from a exit in the housing preferably poritioned radially outwardly of the rotatable unit.

A fluid vapor distillation apparatus. The apparatus includes a source fluid input, and an evaporator condenser apparatus. The evaporator condenser apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical housing and a plurality of tubes in the housing. The source fluid input is fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser and the evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a heat exchanger fluidly connected to the source fluid input and a product fluid output. The heat exchanger includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a regenerative blower fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser. The regenerative blower compresses steam, and the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid.

A primary air flow path has a pre-cooler and an evaporator. A secondary air flow path includes portions of an air conditioner assembly including a compressor and an condenser. The air conditioner assembly also has lines connecting the compressor and the condenser the evaporator. A cooling tower has a coolant fluid input and output with a heat exchanger section. The heat exchanger section conveys coolant fluid. A pump causes cooling flow of water over the section. The coolant fluid output is adapted to feed a coolant fluid in two coolant fluid paths. The first fluid path is in heat exchanging relationship with the air conditioner assembly. The second fluid pat is coupled to the pre-cooler.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a remote well servicing system including a control unit and a remote servicing manifold. The control unit further includes a service fluid source and a control system. The remote servicing manifold further includes a fluid input line coupled to the service fluid source, a fluid output line couplable to a well component, and a valve coupled to the fluid input line and the fluid output line, wherein the valve, when actuated, places the fluid input line in fluid communication with the fluid output line and permits delivery of a service fluid from the service fluid source to the well component. The remote servicing manifold also includes a control line coupling the valve and the control system wherein the control system controls actuation of the valve via the control line.

A thermal compression system adapted to encompass a knee or any other portion of a limb is disclosed. The thermal compression system includes a container that has a fluid output line and a fluid input line. A fluid pump is connected with the fluid output line of the container and a fluid input of a cuff. The cuff is designed to be attached to an area of the body being treated. The pump fills the cuff with fluid and the fluid may exit the cuff through a fluid output of the cuff that is connected with the fluid input line of the container.

An embodiment of the invention is directed to a portable, modular, microscope mounted, microfluidic flow cytometry system. The system includes a microscope platform having an optical input / output port, imaging optics, and a sample stage; a sample illumination source module that is removably integrated with the optical input / output port; an optics module that is removably integrated with the sample excitation light source module and the optical input / output port; a detector module that is removably integrated with the optics module and the optical input / output port; a fluidic pump module having a fluidic input and a fluidic output, a first removable fluid conduit for connecting a fluid source to the input, and a second removable fluid conduit for connecting the output to an input of a microfluidic flow module; and, a system control and programmable data processing module. The system may further incorporate a microfluidic flow module positionable on the microscope sample stage having an output removably connectable to a fluidic waste collector. Method embodiments relating to applications of the microscope-mounted microfluidic flow cytometry system are also described.

A protection apparatus for detecting and reducing overpressure in a fluid pipeline having a fluid input end (3) and a fluid output end (4), the fluid input end being connected in use to a fluid source, comprises: first (1) and second (2) pipeline valves connected in series along the pipeline with the first pipeline valve being connected at a location closer to the input end than the connection location of the second pipeline valve, the first and second pipeline valves being independently switchable between open positions in which fluid flow through the pipeline is permitted and closed positions in which fluid flow through the pipeline is blocked; a pressure transducer for determining the fluid pressure in the pipeline at a point intermediate the first and second pipeline valves; a bypass line having a first end connected to the pipeline between the input end and the first pipeline valve and a second end connected to the pipeline between the first and second pipeline valves; a bypass valve (9) connected along the bypass line, said bypass valve being switchable between an open position in which fluid flow through the bypass line is permitted and a closed position in which fluid flow through the bypass line is blocked; a vent line connected to the bypass line between the bypass valve and the second end of the bypass line, the vent line leading to a venting means; and a vent valve (12) connected along the vent line, said vent valve being switchable between an open position in which fluid flow through the vent line is permitted and a closed position in which fluid flow through the vent line is blocked.

A hysteroscopic tissue removal system having improved fluid management and / or monitoring capabilities. According to one embodiment, the system includes a hysteroscope and a tissue removal device, the tissue removal device being selectively operable and being removably mounted in an operating channel of the hysteroscope. The system also includes a fluid source and a fluid pump, the fluid pump being coupled to the fluid source and to a fluid input channel of the hysteroscope so as to pump fluid from the fluid source to the fluid input channel, the fluid pump being selectively operable. The system further includes a selectively operable switch, coupled to both the tissue removal device and the fluid pump, for actuating both the tissue removal device and the pump. If desired, a delay mechanism may be interposed between the switch and the tissue removal device to delay operation of the tissue removal device relative to the pump.

An automated testing system includes one or more laboratory devices that operate together to perform an assay. The testing system is designed such that a laboratory device may be seamlessly integrated with the remaining devices in a quick and effortless manner. Specifically, the laboratory device is securely mounted on a slidable cart with fluid and electrical connections established therebetween. The slidable cart is in turn adapted to releasably engage with a docking station that is fixedly mounted on the workspace floor, the docking station being provided with at least one fluid input connection, an input power connection and at least one communication signal connection that are relatively permanent in nature. In order to couple the cart to the docking station, the cart is rolled generally into position above the docking station using complementary alignment posts and tracks. With the cart positioned as such, a foot pedal on the docking station is actuated which inflates a pair of internal bladders. The inflation of the bladders causes a top plate on the docking station to rise and physically lift the cart off the workspace floor, wherein complementary alignment pins and notched blocks are used to acutely position the cart on the docking station during the lifting process. As the docking station makes contact with the cart, fluid and electrical connectors on the docking station advance to their extended positions and make contact with complementary fluid and electrical connectors that are provided on the underside of the cart, thereby establishing fluid and electrical connections between the docking station and the cart. In this manner, the immobilized laboratory device is provided with fluid and electrical inputs via the cart and the docking station.

An apparatus and method for fluid mixing comprising a housing having an internal chamber and a rotatable unit disposed in the chamber. Sufficient clearance is provided between the rotatable unit and the housing to create space for the mixing of the two or more dissimilar fluids. As one example, one fluid input arrives in the mixing chamber by suitable ducting in the housing and the other fluid input arrives in the mixing chamber via a passage in the rotatable unit, the fluids collide and mix and where preferably at least one array of surface irregularities are disposed on an exterior face of the rotatable unit. The refined fluid mixture leaves the apparatus from a exit in the housing preferably poritioned radially outwardly of the rotatable unit.

Microfluidic optical sensor comprising: an optical waveguide capable of propagating light from an optical input port to an optical output port, the optical waveguide comprising an optical waveguide interaction region; a fluidic channel capable of conducting a fluid from a fluid input port to a fluid output port, the fluidic channel comprising a fluidic channel region; the fluidic channel region being separated from the optical waveguide interaction region by an interposed spacing material configured to transmit an evanescent field of the light through the spacing material between the optical waveguide interaction region and the fluidic channel region. Microfluidic optical sensor comprising an optical resonator. Methods for making microfluidic optical sensors.

A fire fighting fluid delivery system includes a fire fighting fluid delivery device, a pressure sensor, which senses fluid pressure at the fluid delivery device and generates a pressure signal indicative of the fluid pressure, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting the pressure signal. The fluid delivery system further includes a fire fighting fluid input device which is in fluid communication with the fluid delivery device and a wireless receiver that receives the pressure signal. In addition, the system includes a pressure gauge in communication with the receiver, which displays a pressure reading based on the pressure signal received by the receiver wherein a pump operator may selectively adjust the delivery of fluid to the fluid delivery device from the fluid input device based on the pressure reading displayed at the pressure gauge.

The invention discloses a method for controlling temperature / humidity of a multi-on-line air conditioning system and the multi-on-line air conditioning system; the method comprises the following steps: converging first refrigerating fluid input by the switching unit of an outdoor unit with second refrigerating fluid input by the third end of the outdoor unit, compressing refrigerating fluid through a shunting unit; shunting the refrigerating fluid; outputting the first refrigerating fluid and the second refrigerating fluid respectively; outputting the second refrigerating fluid output by the shunting unit to the first end of an indoor unit through the first end of the outdoor unit, wherein the second refrigerating fluid passes through a second condenser and a second evaporator of the indoor unit orderly and is flowed out of the third end of the indoor unit and is reflowed to the shunting unit through the third end of the outdoor unit; and switching to output the first refrigerating fluid output by the shunting unit and flowing the first refrigerating fluid through a first condenser and a first evaporator orderly, and flowing the first refrigerating fluid into the shunting unit. According to the invention, the operation energy efficiency ratio of the multi-on-line air conditioning system can also be increased.

A fluid vapor distillation apparatus. The apparatus includes a source fluid input, and an evaporator condenser apparatus. The evaporator condenser apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical housing and a plurality of tubes in the housing. The source fluid input is fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser and the evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a heat exchanger fluidly connected to the source fluid input and a product fluid output. The heat exchanger includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a regenerative blower fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser. The regenerative blower compresses steam, and the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid. The fluid vapor distillation apparatus also includes a control system.

A fluid valve comprises a fluid conduit and a flow reducing device. The fluid conduit includes a fluid input end and a fluid output end. The flow reducing device comprises a first fluid passage and is configured to adjust the width of the first fluid passage. The first fluid passage has a narrow width over an extended flow distance that is delimited by internal walls that cause a pressure gradient in fluid passing through the first fluid passage. The flow reducing device further comprises a second fluid passage having a narrow width over an extended flow distance that is delimited by internal walls. The first fluid passage and the second fluid passage are parallel to each other. The flow reducing device further comprises a plurality of damping elements having surface portions parallel to each other. The facing surface portions of adjacent pairs of said damping elements define the internal walls delimiting the first and second fluid passages.

Described herein are shock wave devices and methods for the treatment of calcified heart valves. One variation of a shock wave device may comprise an elongated flexible tube carried by a sheath. The tube may have a fluid input end, which may be located near a proximal end of the sheath. The tube may include a loop portion. The loop portion may be configured to be at least partially accommodated within a cusp of the heart valve. The tube may be fillable with a conductive fluid. In some variations, the shock wave device may include an array of electrode pairs associated with a plurality of wires positioned within the loop portion of a tube. The electrode pairs may be electrically connectable to a voltage source and configured to generate shock waves in the conductive fluid in response to voltage pulses.

An automated testing system includes one or more laboratory devices that operate together to perform an assay. The testing system is designed such that a laboratory device may be seamlessly integrated with the remaining devices in a quick and effortless manner. Specifically, the laboratory device is securely mounted on a slidable cart with fluid and electrical connections established therebetween. The slidable cart is in turn adapted to releasably engage with a docking station that is fixedly mounted on the workspace floor, the docking station being provided with at least one fluid input connection, an input power connection and at least one communication signal connection that are relatively permanent in nature. In order to couple the cart to the docking station, the cart is rolled generally into position above the docking station using complementary alignment posts and tracks.