2007 results about "Maximum diameter" patented technology

A poppet valve assembly for a high-speed compressor, the poppet valve assembly including a cage that includes a plurality of counter bores disposed therein. The poppet valve assembly further includes a plurality of poppets, each poppet having a stem and a head. The head of each poppet has a maximum diameter that is less than approximately 0.75 inches. The stem of the poppet is disposed in each of said counter bores. The poppet valve assembly also includes a seat plate overlying said cage, said seat plate including a plurality of through bores axially aligned with the counter bores of the cage. Each through bore is sized to have a smaller diameter than the maximum diameter of the head. A lift spacer is disposed in each of the counter bores.

A round-shank bit for a coal cutting machine or the like, having a bit head and a bit shank, wherein the bit head has a bit tip, maintained by a base element in a receptacle of the bit head. Starting at the base element, the bit tip tapers in a direction toward the free end of the bit tip, wherein the base element forms a maximum diameter of the bit tip, and wherein the bit tip has recesses on its outer contour. In order to assure good rotational behavior over the entire length of the operating time, the base element has the recesses on an outer circumference forming the maximum diameter.

Slow-release matrix pellets with a spherical or lenticular shape and uniform maximum diameters in the range from 0.5 to 4 mm, composed ofa) 0.1-87% by weight of at least one biologically active compound,b) 5-50% by weight of at least one water-insoluble polymer,c) 5-45% by weight of at least one lipophilic component as plasticizer for polymer b),d) 3-40% by weight of a natural or semisynthetic gel former,e) 0-50% by weight of one or more conventional formulation aids.

A stent delivery device includes a distal-side tube having a guide wire lumen; a proximal-side tube whose distal portion is fixed to a proximal portion of the distal-side tube; a cylindrical member which encloses a distal side of the distal-side tube and is slidable toward a proximal end of the distal-side tube; a stent accommodated in the cylindrical member; and a pulling member 6 for moving the cylindrical member toward a proximal side of the stent delivery device. The distal-side tube has a proximal-side opening which is open at the proximal side of the distal-side tube; and a stent-locking portion for preventing the stent from moving to the proximal side of the stent delivery device. The outer diameter of the proximal-side tube is set smaller than that of a portion, having a maximum diameter, which is disposed in a region of the stent delivery device which is distal from the proximal-side tube.

A semi-stationary balloon in the gastric antrum provided with an anchoring rod for inducing weight reduction in human beings is disclosed, a device for inducing a lesser appetite and early prandial satiety, said balloon being made of inflatable per-os medical grade silicone having a volume of up to 240 ml, with an average space of 120 ml to be filled with non-elastic fluid provided with radio-opaque contrast and dye, preferably methylene blue, so that the maximum diameter of 8 cm is reached after it is filled up with a volume of up to 240 ml and the average diameter of 6 cm with a volume of 120 ml, to be endoscopically placed inside the stomach (E); said intra-gastric balloon (1) being positioned in a semi-stationary way in the gastric antrum (GAC) and provided with an anchoring or duodenal rod (2) having a distal counter-weight (5) installed in the duodenum (D); particularly, the inner face of the pear-shaped medium portion of lesser diameter is coated with a malleable ribbon (f) that provides said balloon (1) with resistance and flexibility.

A well logging cable including an optical fiber and a pressure sealed enclosure surrounding the fiber. The enclosure is adapted to be able to be elongated to the maximum expected axial strain on the logging cable without permanent deformation. In one embodiment, the enclosure is a corrugated-wall tube surrounding the optical fiber. The tube contains toroidally shaped rings within the maximum diameter portions of the corrugations in the tube wall. The cable includes armor wires wound around the corrugated-wall tube. In the preferred embodiment, the tube is surrounded by an elastomeric jacket, and is filled with hydraulic oil or the like to prevent entry of wellbore fluids into the tube under hydrostatic pressure.

The invention discloses a single-port laparoscopy minimally invasive surgery robot system, which comprises a function end and a control end, wherein the function end comprises a function mechanical arm, an image shooting illumination module and a sleeve pipe module, the control end comprises an image shooting illumination module control module, a function mechanical arm control module and a fixing module, the image shooting illumination module control module can realize the extension, retraction and bending of the image shooting illumination module, and the function mechanical arm control module can realize the extension, retraction and bending of the function mechanical arm and the opening and the closing of a tail end executer so that the image shooting illumination module and the function mechanical arm can enter the operation position of the abdominal cavity in the posture of retracting into the sleeve pipe module, and in addition, after the function mechanical arm reaches the operation position through a single cut, and in addition, the image shooting illumination module and the function mechanical arm can move to the specific space position to enter the work posture after reaching the operation position. The maximum diameter of the function end of the single-port laparoscopy minimally invasive surgery robot system is only 12mm, so the single-port laparoscopy minimally invasive surgery robot system has the advantages that the size is small, the use is convenient, safety is realized, and the like.

A delivery system for delivering and deploying a medical implant, such as a prosthetic heart valve, includes an elongated support member, a sheath, and a tip. The sheath is movable relative to the elongated support member between a distal position overlying the medical implant and a proximal position exposing the medical implant for release from the delivery system. The tip is attached to the elongated support member and is positioned at a distal end of the sheath when the sheath is in the distal position. The tip has a compressed condition and an expanded condition, and a maximum diameter in the expanded condition that is larger than the outer diameter of the sheath.

Refractive projection objective with a numerical aperture greater than 0.7, consisting of a first convexity, a second convexity, and a waist arranged between the two convexities. The first convexity has a maximum diameter denoted by D1, and the second convexity has a maximum diameter denoted by D2, and 0.8<D₁/D₂<1.1.

A universal pipe connector for forming a connection with at least one pipe end includes a connector body having an opening for receiving the pipe end. A clamping ring, extending around, and mechanically engaging, the opening, features a tightening mechanism for tightening it between a first maximum diameter and a second minimum diameter which differ by at least a length d. An annular sealing element is deployed around an inner surface of the clamping ring for sealing around the pipe end. The sealing element is formed with a primary inner surface and at least one roughly cylindrical coaxial layer of thickness ½ d. The layer is connected to the primary inner surface by a readily severable connection such that, by selectively removing the layer and tightening the tightening mechanism, the pipe connector forms a sealing connection with pipes having diameters varying over a continuous range of at least 2 d.

A vertebral plate system and associated method minimizes the number of required multiple configurations and sizes of hardware on hand during surgery for repair, stabilization or fusion of bone segments. A novel aspect of the invention is a resilient split ring that cooperates with angled contact surfaces in a plate for allowing convenient and fast dynamic locking between the plate and a bone screw. In another aspect of the present invention, a screw or similarly elongated fastener having a generally spherical or part-spherical head with a section of helical threads is configured in a generally horizontal band and positioned around a maximum-diameter section of the head. The screw is loosely retained to a first structure by a snap-ring formed from a ring of elastic material having a slot cut so that the ring is a “C” ring. The ring is seated on an annular shoulder formed in a through-hole in the first structure. The section of the through-hole above the shoulder tapers inwardly in an upward direction to a minimum diameter that is smaller than the outside diameter of the ring when the ring is in an unstressed state. The inner diameter of the ring has an edge that is adapted to cooperate with and ride in the threads on the screw head.

An atherectomy burr has an operating diameter that is larger than the diameter of a catheter in which the burr is routed. The burr may include an expandable polymeric balloon having a partially abrasive exterior surface. The maximum expansion of the burr is controlled by an expansion mechanism. Various mechanisms are disclosed for controlling the maximum diameter of the burr thus preventing the burr from over expanding. In addition, the present invention includes systems that are pulled proximally to remove portions of a lesion located in a patient's vasculature. The system includes an ablation burr that has abrasive disposed on the proximal end. The burr may create a seal when expanded to block the ablated particulate so that an aspiration system can remove the particulate from the vasculature. Alternatively, the burr system may include a self expanding seal that is deployed out of the aspiration sheath.

There is provided a light emitting device using an optical component capable of emitting light having a wavelength different from that of light exit from an optical fiber and obtaining light of high output, and capable of being easily attached to an end of the optical fiber. The optical component includes an optical fiber holding member for holding an optical fiber, a light conversion member, and a cap having an inner hole allowing the light conversion member and the optical fiber holding member to be inserted into and an engagement part with an opening for engaging inserted members at one end of the inner hole. The light conversion member inserted into the inner hole of the cap is fitted into the inner hole with the optical fiber holding member pressed against the engagement part. The opening of the engagement part is smaller than a maximum diameter of the light conversion member.

A thin-wall PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) tube in the form of a tube of porous expanded PTFE film wherein the porous PTFE film has a microstructure containing a multiplicity of fibrils. The thin-wall tube is used in a non-porous embodiment as the balloon portion of a balloon catheter. The thin-wall tube is not elastomeric; however, because of the thinness, strength and flexibility of the tube, it may be inserted into a body conduit in a collapsed state and then deployed from a catheter and inflated up to the maximum diameter of the thin-wall tube. The porous PTFE film is provided with a continuous layer of adhesive to provide the non-porous tube; the adhesive is preferably a thermoplastic and more preferably a thermoplastic fluoropolymer such as fluorinated ethylene propylene.

A method of increasing the compressive stress or of reducing the tensile residual stress of a CVD layer, a PCVD layer or PVD layer and a cutting insert for machining.

The invention relates to a method of increasing the compressive residual stress or of reducing the tensile residual stress of a hard material outer layer or a hard material outermost layer in which the coated substrate after coating is subjected to a dry blast treatment using a granular blast agent that, according to the invention, has a maximum diameter of 150 μm.

An improved Transdermal Delivery System (TDS) comprising a backing layer inert to the components of the matrix, a self-adhesive matrix containing rotigotine and a protective foil or sheet to be removed prior to use, characterized in that the self-adhesive matrix consists of a solid or semi-solid semi-permeable polymer (1) wherein rotigotine in its free base form has been incorporated, (2) which is saturated with rotigotine and contains said rotigotine as a multitude of microreservoirs within the matrix, (3) which is highly permeable for the free base of rotigotine, (4) which is impermeable for the protonated form of rotigotine, (5) wherein the maximum diameter of the microreservoirs is less than the thickness of the matrix. is provided. Said TDS provides for enhanced flux of rotigotine across the TDS/skin interface.

A cervical canal dilating assembly and method of use are shown. The dilator assembly includes a plastic shaft, a first inflatable member, and a second inflatable member. The shaft can range from being rigid to being highly flexible. The second inflatable member is fabricated of a non-elastic material and is configured to have a maximum inflatable diameter. The second inflatable member is configured to have a predetermined maximum inflatable diameter ranging from 4 to 20 mm. The dilating assembly can also be at least partially covered by a sheath. A control system includes means for measuring pressure configured for at least monitoring the pressure of the second inflatable member. A wire can be used in selected configurations to stiffen and shape the shaft. In operation, the initial penetration of the dilating assembly into the uterus uses a wire for increased stiffness. The dilating assembly is then forwarded through the remainder of the cervical canal. The first inflatable member is expanded in the uterus after being uncovered by the sheath. The second inflatable member is positioned in the cervical canal and gradually inflated to a predetermined maximum diameter.

It is described a virtual pullback as a visualization and quantification tool that allows an interventional cardiologist to easily assess stent expansion. The virtual pullback visualizes the stent and/or the vessel lumen similar to an Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) pullback. The virtual pullback is performed in volumetric data along a reference line. The volumetric data can be a reconstruction of rotational 2D X-ray attenuation data. Planes perpendicular to the reference line are visualized as the position along the reference line changes. This view is for interventional cardiologists a very familiar view as they resemble IVUS data and may show a section plane through a vessel lumen or a stent. In these perpendicular section planes automatic measurements, such as minimum and maximum diameter, and cross sectional area of the stent can be calculated and displayed. Combining these 2D measurements allows also volumetric measurements to be calculated and displayed.

A projectile for small munitions is provided having a bullet with an integral jacket runner formed from a resilient, shape-retaining material. The projectile comprises a bullet having a tapered front section, a cylindrical middle section and a tapered end section. The middle section includes a recessed retaining portion over which the resilient jacket runner is securely positioned or formed. The maximum diameter of the bullet is less than the primary bore diameter of the firearm barrel, and the outer diameter of the jacket runner when positioned around the bullet, is slightly greater than the primary bore diameter, whereby rifling in the barrel scores the jacket runner and not the bullet, and imparts spin to the jacket runner during firing and hence to the bullet which is integral therewith, achieving enhanced gas checking efficiency, accuracy and velocity. The integral jacket runner remains on the bullet after firing and downrange to its ultimate destination. High speed production of this projectile can be achieved due to the resiliency or elastic memory of the jacket runner.

A filament nonwoven fabric comprising thermoplastic fibers with a fineness of 0.1 to 10 d/f, having a basis weight of 5 to 35 g/m2, and having thermally press bonded portions, in which the conditions (A), (B), and (C) below are satisfied: (A) the area rate of the thermally press bonded portions being from 5 to 25%; (B) X</=2.0 (mm) X: the average value of the distance between adjacent thermally press bonded portions in the mechanical direction of the nonwoven fabric; Y</=2.5 (mm) Y: the average value of the distance between adjacent thermally press bonded portions in the direction perpendicular to the mechanical direction of the nonwoven fabric; and (C) the average value of the ratio between the maximum diameters of the thermally press bonded portions satisfying 1</=y/x</=15, wherein x: the average value of the maximum diameter of the thermally press bonded portions in the mechanical direction of the nonwoven fabric; and y: the average value of the maximum diameter of the thermally press bonded portions in the direction perpendicular to the mechanical direction of the nonwoven fabric.

A system for removing obstructions from a blood vessel comprises a clot retrieval device and a catheter. The clot retrieval device comprises a clot engaging element attached to the distal end of an elongate shaft. The elongate shaft has a shaft proximal section, a shaft distal section and a shaft intermediate section between the shaft distal and proximal sections. The catheter has a catheter proximal section, a catheter distal section, and a catheter intermediate section between the proximal and distal sections. The maximum diameter of a shaft proximal section is greater than an inner distal lumen of the catheter distal section.

Provided is an applicator for a tampon including an outer cylinder having a large diameter portion for fitting a tampon therein, a small diameter portion provided on the side of a rear end of the outer cylinder and having a smaller diameter than that of the large diameter portion; and a plurality of valves provided on the side of a leading end of the outer cylinder. The valves are converged to have a curved face portion to be diametrically gradually reduced toward the leading end of the outer cylinder, and a push-out member is movably inserted into the small diameter portion of the outer cylinder. A ratio A/B is at most 0.8, when an inflection point for the boundary between the maximum diameter portion of the large diameter portion and the curved face portion is designated by Z, a radius of the outer face at the inflection point Z is designated by A, and the axial length from the inflection point Z to the leading end of the curved face portion is designated by B. A ratio L/W is within a range of 1.0 to 2.0, when the width size of root ends of the valves is designated by W and the length of the valves is designated by L.

A cervical canal dilating assembly and method of use are shown. The dilator assembly includes a plastic shaft, a first inflatable member, and a second inflatable member. The shaft can range from being rigid to being highly flexible. The second inflatable member is fabricated of a non-elastic material and is configured to have a maximum inflatable diameter. The second inflatable member is configured to have a predetermined maximum inflatable diameter ranging from 4 to 20 mm. The dilating assembly can also be at least partially covered by a sheath. A control system includes means for measuring pressure configured for at least monitoring the pressure of the second inflatable member. A wire can be used in selected configurations to stiffen and shape the shaft. In operation, the initial penetration of the dilating assembly into the uterus uses a wire for increased stiffness. The dilating assembly is then forwarded through the remainder of the cervical canal. The first inflatable member is expanded in the uterus after being uncovered by the sheath. The second inflatable member is positioned in the cervical canal and gradually inflated to a predetermined maximum diameter.