2045 results about "Polysulfone" patented technology

A lead assembly and a method of making a lead are provided. The lead comprises a terminal, proximal end having a plurality of terminal contacts and material separating the terminal contacts. In one embodiment of the lead, the terminal contacts are separated by a preformed spacer, that may be made from various hard materials such as polyurethane, PEEK and polysulfone. Epoxy may be used to fill spaces at the proximal lead end, including between the spacer and terminal contacts. In one embodiment of the lead, the terminal contacts are separated by epoxy only. The lead may include a plurality of conductor lumens that contain conductors. The lead may also include a stylet lumen for accepting a stylet.

Mixed matrix membranes are prepared from mesoporous silica (and certain other silica) and membrane-forming polymers (such as polysulfone), in a void free fashion where either no voids or voids of less than 100 angstroms are present at the interface of the membrane-forming polymer and the silica. Such silica-containing mixed matrix membranes are particularly useful for their selectivity (such as carbon dioxide selectivity) and permeability. Methods for separating carbon dioxide are provided.

The invention relates to a composite comprising a weight fraction of single-wall carbon nanotubes and at least one polar polymer wherein the composite has an electrical and/or thermal conductivity enhanced over that of the polymer alone. The invention also comprises a method for making this polymer composition. The present application provides composite compositions that, over a wide range of single-wall carbon nanotube loading, have electrical conductivities exceeding those known in the art by more than one order of magnitude. The electrical conductivity enhancement depends on the weight fraction (F) of the single-wall carbon nanotubes in the composite. The electrical conductivity of the composite of this invention is at least 5 Siemens per centimeter (S/cm) at (F) of 0.5 (i.e. where single-wall carbon nanotube loading weight represents half of the total composite weight), at least 1 S/cm at a F of 0.1, at least 1×10^{−4 S/cm at (F) of 0.004, at least 6×10−9} S/cm at (F) of 0.001 and at least 3×10⁻¹⁶ S/cm (F) plus the intrinsic conductivity of the polymer matrix material at of 0.0001. The thermal conductivity enhancement is in excess of 1 Watt/m-° K. The polar polymer can be polycarbonate, poly(acrylic acid), poly(acrylic acid), poly(methacrylic acid), polyoxide, polysulfide, polysulfone, polyamides, polyester, polyurethane, polyimide, poly(vinyl acetate), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinyl chloride), poly(vinyl pyridine), poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), copolymers thereof and combinations thereof. The composite can further comprise a nonpolar polymer, such as, a polyolefin polymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene, polyisobutene, polyisoprene, polystyrene, copolymers thereof and combinations thereof.

A desiccant compound, image projection system using the desiccant compound, and a method for utilizing the desiccant compound. The desiccant compound formed by mixing (202) a polymer binder selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides (including without limitation structural polysaccharides such as cellulose, chitin, and their functionalized derivatives), polyamines, polysulfones, and polyamides with a drying agent, typically a zeolite, at a polymer to drying agent weight ratio of 1:2.1 to 1:100, or 1:4 to 1:10. After the desiccant compound is mixed (202) it is applied (204) to a surface and cured (206), often through the application of heat and vacuum. The cured desiccant compound is conditioned (208) and the it package is sealed (210).

A porous polymeric membrane formed from a blend of a polymeric membrane forming material, such as polyvinylidene fluoride or polysulfone and a polymeric reactivity modifying agent adapted to modify the surface active properties of the porous polymeric membrane. The reactivity modifying agent is preferably a linear polymeric anhydride, such as poly(alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride). The surface activity modifications include modification of the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity balance of the membrane, or hydrolysis followed by reaction with a polyamine to form a crosslinked polyamide layer. Such modified membranes have use as reverse osmosis membranes.

A porous polymeric membrane formed from a blend of a polymeric membrane forming material, such as polyvinylidene fluoride or polysulfone and a polymeric reactivity modifying agent adapted to modify the surface active properties of the porous polymeric membrane. The reactivity modifying agent is preferably a linear polymeric anhydride, such as poly(alkyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride). The surface activity modifications include modification of the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity balance of the membrane, or hydrolysis followed by reaction with a polyamine to form a crosslinked polyamide layer. Such modified membranes have use as reverse osmosis membranes.

Provided are a polysulfone type blood-purifying membrane which is improved in blood compatibility and separation properties and less in polyvinyl pyrrolidone eluting in the internal surface of the hollow fiber membrane, as well as a process for producing the same.

A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes composite particles and a binder. Each of the composite particles includes: a negative electrode active material including an element capable of being alloyed with lithium; carbon nanofibers that are grown from a surface of the negative electrode active material; and a catalyst element for promoting the growth of the carbon nanofibers. The binder comprises at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyamide imide, polyamide, aramid, polyarylate, polyether ether ketone, polyether imide, polyether sulfone, polysulfone, polyphenylene sulfide, and polytetrafluoroethylene.

The invention discloses a microbial contamination resistance composite reverse osmosis membrane and a preparation method thereof. The microbial contamination resistance composite reverse osmosis membrane comprises a nonwoven fabric layer, a polysulfone supporting layer and two polyamide surface layer, wherein a second polyamide surface layer which is prepared by reacting nano inorganic antibacterial particle-modified polyamine solution with poly(acylchloride) is formed above a first polyamide surface layer. Compared with the prior art, the composite reverse osmosis membrane prepared by the invention is improved in microbial contamination resistance, surface thickness, mechanical damage resistance and service life for a layer of nano inorganic antibacterial particle-modified polyamide membrane is formed on the surface of the polysulfone supporting layer besides the layer of complete and uniform polyamide membrane. The composite reverse osmosis membrane of the invention has the characteristics of easy preparation and operation and high salt rejection rate and water permeability.

The present invention relates to a permselective separation membrane that can be used in blood purifying treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polysulfone-based permselective separation membrane which has well-balanced separation properties, highly stable safety and performance, and also can be smoothly assembled into a module, and a method for producing the same.

A header assembly for connecting a conductor terminating at a body organ with an implantable medical device is described. The header assembly comprises a base plate, a feedthrough subassembly disposed in the base plate and comprising a ceramic-to-metal seal with first and second feedthrough wires passing through the ceramic-to-metal seal; a first electrically conductive terminal connected to a distal end of the first feedthrough wire and having a first lead opening sized to receive a first portion of a lead for the conductor; a second electrically conductive terminal connected to a distal end of the second feedthrough wire and having a second lead opening sized to receive a second portion of the lead for the conductor; a body of polymeric material molded in a two-part construction to encase the conductive terminals and their feedthrough wires except for a first bore communicating from outside the polymeric body to the first and second lead openings aligned in a first co-axial relationship. Preferably, the polymeric body comprises a first polymeric material such as Techothane® or Polysulfone® encasing the terminals except the bore and an epoxy as a second polymeric material molded over the first polymeric material.

A preparation of composite hollow fiber membrane adopts solution phase transfer hollow fiber spinning process, makes poly(ethylene terephthalate) or polysulfone, solvent and pore-forming agent into a base membrane spinning solution of composite hollow fiber membrane, makes polyvinylidene fluoride or other copolymers or mixture of same, solvent and pore-forming agent into composite layer spinning solution of composite hollow fiber membrane and simultaneously extrudes the said two spinning solution and core solution in the hole of the spinneret central pipe through the spinneret for outside condensation bath. The solvents and pore-forming agents in the two kinds of spinning solutions prepared in said step (1) and (2) enters condensation solution phase and the polymers, as the composite layer and the base membrane materials, precipitates into polymer hollow fiber membrane due to phase transfer, producing high-strength and high-flux hydrophilic composite hollow fiber membrane.

Cast semi-permeable membranes made from synthetic polymer used in reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and microfiltration are treated with a non-leaching antimicrobial agent to prevent its bio-fouling and bacterial breakthrough. The semi-permeable membranes include a polymeric material and a non-leaching antimicrobial agent that is incorporated into and homogeneously distributed throughout the polymeric material. The polymeric material, in the case of one membrane, may be cellulose acetate. In the case of thin film composite polyamide membranes, the antimicrobial agent is incorporated in a microporous polysulfone layer that is sandwiched between a reinforcing fabric and an ultrathin polyamide material. The invention also includes a treatment of flat and hollow fiber semipermeable membranes made with polysulfones and polyvinylidene fluoride.

The invention relates to a high-speed resin heavy-load grinding wheel and a preparation method thereof. In the method, special material formulas of an outer grinding layer, core material and a hole core are designed separately, wherein used materials include four parts, namely a binding agent which is special for a high-performance modified high-polymer-based phenolic resin grinding wheel and prepared from phenolic resin, new phenolic resin and polysulfone resin, grinding materials such as fused zirconia alumina, alumina sintering corundum and black silicon carbide, fillers such as pyrite, cryolite and calcium carbonate (lime), and reinforcing materials such as mixed fine-particle-size grinding material, fiber, steel rings (local reinforcement) and the like; and a two-phase reinforced compound technology and structure are used to prepare the high-speed resin heavy loading grinding wheel. In the invention, the tensile strength, the folding strength and the grinding rate of the grinding wheel are greatly improved; under heavy load, the grinding range condition has wide adaptability, the linear speed is high, and the primary grinding rate is up to 1cm in thickness, so that the difficulty that the traditional grinding wheel can not be suitable for heavy load grinding of steel billets and steel material is better solved, and the need of increasing development of the steel industry is met.

The invention discloses a low-pollution compound reverse osmosis film, which comprises the following parts: nonwoven layer, polysulfone support layer and polyamide layer on the polysulfone support layer, wherein the crosslinked PVA layer is set on the polyamide layer, which is crosslinked by one of aliphatic dialdehydes, hydroxy fatty acid, acid anhydride or polyvalent anion salt compound and PVA solution. The invention overcomes the defect of easy stripping of PVA layer to improve the anti-pollution property of composite osmosis reverse film to lengthen the using life, which is easy to prepare and operate with high desalinization rate and large water flux, therefore fitting for water disposing course in wider domain to expand the application of the reverse osmosis film.

The invention relates to a hollow fiber type composite nano-filtration membrane and a preparation method thereof. The hollow fiber type composite nano-filtration membrane comprises a hollow fiber microporous base membrane adopted as a supporting layer, a polysulfone transition layer, and a polyamide composite layer, wherein the polysulfone transition layer is positioned inside membrane holes of the hollow fiber microporous base membrane, and the polyamide composite layer is positioned inside membrane holes of the polysulfone transition layer. The preparation method comprises: adopting a thermally induced phase separation method to obtain an asymmetric microporous base membrane, adopting an impregnation phase transformation method to obtain the polysulfone transition layer in the micro holes, and adopting pressure control and an interface condensation polymerization reaction to obtain the polyamide composite layer. The hollow fiber type composite nano-filtration membrane provides a sodium chloride salt solution entrapment rate of more than 90%, a divalent salt ion entrapment rate of more than 95%, and a pollutant entrapment rate of more than 99% under 0.2-0.8 MPa, such that the hollow fiber type composite nano-filtration membrane has characteristics of high strength, washing resistance, large flux and the like, wherein the pollutants have a molecular weight of 300-200,000 Daltons.

The invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane module comprising polysulfone type selectively permeable hollow fiber membranes which contain a polysulfone-based resin and a hydrophilic polymer as main components, wherein (A) the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the uppermost layer of the inner surface of the hollow fiber membrane is at least 1.1 times larger than the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the proximate layer of the inner surface of the membrane, and (B) the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the uppermost layer of the outer surface of the hollow fiber membrane is at least 1.1 times larger than the content of the hydrophilic polymer in the uppermost layer of the inner surface of the membrane. The hollow fiber membrane module is exposed to a radioactive ray, on condition that the oxygen concentration of an ambient atmosphere around the hollow fiber membrane is from 0.001 to 0.1%, and that the moisture content of the hollow fiber membrane to the weight thereof is from 0.2 to 7 mass %.