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20100267600 | Surfactant Mixtures With Synergistic Characteristics - The invention discloses mixtures consisting of two or three surfactants from the group containing secondary alkane sulfonates, α-methyl ester sulfonates and φ-methyl ester sulfonates. Said mixtures exhibit a synergistic cleaning action in comparison to the respective individual surfactants. | 10-21-2010 |
20120135217 | Hybrid Polymers from Cyanates and Silazanes, Process for Their Production and Use - This invention refers to hybrid pre-polymers and polymers, produced through conversion from difunctional, oligofunctional and/or polyfunctional cyanates and/or from their pre-polymers with monomeric, oligomeric and/or polymeric silazanes. The polymers are duromers with high glass transition temperature and fracture toughness, compared to duromers from the respective cyanate source material. In their pre-polymerized state, they can be dissolved in solvents and are therefore suitable as impregnating resins for prepregs. In addition, they can be processed to become moldings. Their burning properties are described as particularly outstanding. | 05-31-2012 |
20130267807 | Eliciting a Blood Sample - Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprises: a housing; a shaft mounted within the housing; an aperture in the housing, the aperture being configured to receive a part of a user; a member rotatably mounted on the shaft; a lancet protruding from one position at an edge of the member, and a blood collection part located at a second, different position at the edge of the member. The apparatus is configured such that: when the member is in a first rotational position the lancet is shielded by the housing, when the member is in a second rotational position the lancet is operable to lance the part of the user received at the aperture, and when the member is in a third rotational position the blood collection part is presented such as to receive blood from the part of the user received at the aperture. | 10-10-2013 |
20140330165 | APPARATUS FOR ELICITING A BLOOD SAMPLE - An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample is presented having a lancet for lancing a body part of a user and a cleaning member of absorbent material operable to clean a surface of the body part, the apparatus being configured such that in use the lancet is moved to lance a body part of a user and subsequently the cleaning member is moved to contact the body part of the user so as to remove blood from the surface of the body part prior to collection of the blood sample from the surface of the body part. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330166 | Apparatus for Eliciting a Blood Sample - The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing and is received through a hole in a test member. A lancet protrudes radially from the test member. The hole is configured to allow the test member to translate relative to the shaft, in the presence of a force exerted on the test member by an actuator, from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet is displaced towards the aperture. | 11-06-2014 |
20140336535 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR - Apparatus comprising a housing having an aperture configured to receive a body part of a user, a capacitive sensor supported on the housing and a controller configured to use the capacitive sensor to determine whether a body part of a user is present within the aperture and to permit lancing of the body part only when it is determined that the body part of the user is present in the aperture. | 11-13-2014 |
20140358034 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge comprises plural blood testing discs, each blood testing disc including a lancet and a blood collection and testing part. Each of the discs has a generally circular shape with a cutout at one side thereof. The lancet of each disc is supported at the periphery of the disc at a location that does not coincide with the cutout. The cartridge includes a side face having an aperture formed therein. The discs are supported in a rotatable manner on a common longitudinal axis. In a non-operational condition, the cutouts of the discs are located in a close proximity to and facing the side face of the cartridge and in an operational condition a disc that is coincident with the aperture is permitted to rotate on the longitudinal axis such that the part of the disc on which the lancet is supported passes through the aperture to allow lancing. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358035 | APPARATUS FOR ELICITING A BLOOD SAMPLE - An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprises a housing, an aperture in a wall of the housing, an aperture cover moveable between a first position in which the aperture is covered and a second position in which the aperture is uncovered, the aperture cover comprising a sealing member configured to seal the aperture on a first side of the wall when the aperture cover is in the first position and a user-contactable part extending from the sealing member through the aperture to the second side of the wall and configured to allow a user to move the aperture cover between the first and second positions. | 12-04-2014 |
20140360872 | Testing Member Cartridge - A cartridge configured to be inserted into a meter, the cartridge comprising: a housing having at least two electrical contacts disposed on an inner surface of a wall of the housing and at least two electrical contacts disposed on an outer surface of the wall of the housing, wherein a conductive path is provided between corresponding ones of the at least two electrical contacts on the inner and outer surfaces; and at least one testing member supported within the housing, each testing member having at least two contact pads configured to engage with the at least two electrical contacts disposed on the inner surface of the housing wall when that testing member is moved into a measurement position, wherein the at least two electrical contacts disposed on the outer surface of the housing wall are configured to provide a conductive connection between the testing member and the meter. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360873 | BLOOD ANALYSIS METER - A meter configured to perform a blood analysis is presented where the meter has a housing, the housing having an aperture configured to receive a body part of a user. The meter also having a plurality of light sources supported by the housing and a controller configured to control the plurality of light sources to indicate an operational status of the apparatus. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364888 | Apparatus Comprising A Lancet - An apparatus comprises a housing, a testing member rotatably mounted in the housing, a lancet protruding from an edge of the testing member and having a piercing end, and a cover configured to cover at least the piercing end of the lancet and to be displaced from the piercing end of the lancet during actuation of the testing member. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371561 | CARTRIDGE AND METER FOR RECEIVING THE CARTRIDGE - The specification describes a cartridge for insertion into a meter, the interior of the meter comprising a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body. The cartridge comprises an orientation member provided at one end of the cartridge, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding at least part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371629 | APPARATUS FOR ELICITING A BLOOD SAMPLE - The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing. A first part of a testing member is mounted on the shaft and a second part of a testing member is configured to co-rotate with the first part. A lancet protrudes radially from the second part. The second part is configured, in the presence of a force exerted against the testing member by an actuator, to translate relative to the first part from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet is displaced towards the aperture. | 12-18-2014 |
20150031974 | Apparatus for Eliciting a Blood Sample - The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing and a testing member is mounted on the shaft which rotates with the shaft. A lancing member is pivotably mounted to the testing member and a lancet protrudes from the lancing member. The lancing member is arranged to pivot relative to the testing member from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet extends into or through the aperture when the testing member is rotated so that the lancing member is coincident with the aperture. | 01-29-2015 |
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20100005674 | INJECTION MOLDING FIXING FOR FEELERS - The invention relates to a feeler ( | 01-14-2010 |
20110146092 | FEELER PIN AND FEELER HEAD FOR A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a feeler pin for a coordinate measuring machine. The feeler pin comprises a shaft having a first end and a second end, a fastening sleeve for fastening the feeler pin in a feeler pin holder, and an identification device for identifying the feeler pin. A feeler object is provided at the first end of the shaft, wherein the identification device can be read out via a first contact and a second contact. Further, it is provided that the second end of the shaft and the fastening sleeve are connected by a plastic section, wherein the first contact is provided by the fastening sleeve, and the second contact is provided by a rotationally symmetrical contact device which is electrically insulated from the fastening sleeve by the plastic section. Further, the present invention relates to a feeler head for holding the at least one feeler pin. | 06-23-2011 |
20130247402 | TRACER PIN ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an intermediate element for the arrangement of a probe pin with respect to the probe pin carrier of a coordinate measuring machine, having a single-piece base body with a probe pin end and a machine end. It is provided here that the machine end is provided with a coupling element and with a means for ensuring a reproducible rotational alignment, and the probe pin end has a bearing face which is inclined in a fixed manner with respect to the axis of the coupling element, is provided on a general ball segment form which is flattened by the bearing face, and is configured with a positively locking means and/or frictional means for the positively locking and/or frictional engagement with a fastening end of the probe pin in contact with the bearing face. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090312312 | Heterobicyclic Metalloprotease Inhibitors - The present invention relates generally to amide group containing pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to amide containing heterobicyclic metalloprotease inhibitor compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a new class of heterobicyclic MMP-13 inhibiting and MMP-3 inhibiting compounds, that exhibit an increased potency in relation to currently known MMP-13 and MMP-3 inhibitors. | 12-17-2009 |
20100009961 | DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE-IV INHIBITORS - The present invention relates generally to pyrrolidine and thiazolidine DPP-IV inhibitor compounds. The present invention also provides synthetic methods for preparation of such compounds, methods of inhibiting DPP-IV using such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations containing them for treatment of DPP-IV mediated diseases, in particular, Type-2 diabetes. | 01-14-2010 |
20110112051 | Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Inhibitors - The present invention relates generally to pyrrolidine and thiazolidine DPP-IV inhibitor compounds. The present invention also provides synthetic methods for preparation of such compounds, methods of inhibiting DPP-IV using such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations containing them for treatment of DPP-IV mediated diseases, in particular, Type-2 diabetes. | 05-12-2011 |
20120015920 | HETEROBICYCLIC METALLOPROTEASE INHIBITORS - The present invention relates generally to amide group containing pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to amide containing heterobicyclic metalloprotease inhibitor compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a new class of heterobicyclic MMP-13 inhibiting and MMP-3 inhibiting compounds, that exhibit an increased potency in relation to currently known MMP-13 and MMP-3 inhibitors. | 01-19-2012 |
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20080214691 | Low-viscosity allophanates containing actinically curable groups - A process for preparing binders containing allophanate groups which contain, at the oxygen atom of the allophanate group that is bonded via two single bonds, organic radicals with activated groups capable of participating in a polymerization reaction with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation; the process includes reacting A) one or more compounds containing uretdione groups with B) one or more OH-functional compounds which contain groups capable of participating in a polymerization reaction with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation, and C) optionally further NCO-reactive compounds, and D) in the presence of one or more compounds containing phenoxide groups, as catalysts. The binders can be used in preparing coatings, coating materials, coating compositions, adhesives, printing inks, casting resins, dental compounds, sizes, photoresists, stereolithography systems, resins for composite materials and sealants. | 09-04-2008 |
20080262262 | Preparation of polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups using phosphine catalysts - The invention provides a process for isocyanate dimerization (uretdione formation) and a process for preparing polyisocyanates having a high content of uretdione groups, using specific phosphines as catalysts. The phosphines have one or two tertiary alkyl radicals bound directly to phosphorus. | 10-23-2008 |
20080311482 | Radiation-crosslinking and thermally crosslinking PU systems comprising iminooxadiazinedione - The present invention relates to polyurethane compositions which cure by radiation and thermal action with crosslinking, and use thereof for the production of holographic media. The polyurethane compositions of the invention comprise A) one or more iminooxadiazinedione-group-containing polyisocyanates, B) one or more polyfunctional, isocyanate-reactive compounds, C) one or more compounds having groups which on exposure to actinic radiation with ethylenically unsaturated compounds with polymerization (radiation-curing groups), D) optionally one or more free radical stabilizers and E) one or more photoinitiators. | 12-18-2008 |
20090143558 | Preparation of uretdione polyisocyanates - The invention relates to the use of specific pyridines as catalysts for the dimerization of isocyanates (uretdione formation) and a process for preparing polyisocyanates having a high content of uretdione groups. | 06-04-2009 |
20090156778 | Process for producing low-monomer-content organic polyisocyanates - The invention relates to a new industrial process for producing low-monomer-content organic polyisocyanates by oligomerization of organic diisocyanates in a two-phase system. | 06-18-2009 |
20110124805 | LOW VISCOSITY ALLOPHANATES CONTAINING ACTINICALLY CURABLE GROUPS - The present invention relates to a process for preparing radiation-curing binders containing allophanate groups by reacting at temperatures of ≦130° C.
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20110207927 | 1,4,2-DIAZAPHOSPHOLIDINE DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to novel 1,4,2-diazaphospholidine derivatives, to a process for preparation thereof and to use as catalysts. | 08-25-2011 |
20110275802 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING DIISOCYANATES - The present invention relates to a process for modifying diisocyanates for preparing polyisocyanates, where the diisocyanate is reacted using a catalyst, wherein the diisocyanate used is obtained by quenching a gaseous reaction mixture in the phosgenation of diamines in the gas phase, wherein the gaseous reaction mixture comprises at least a diisocyanate, phosgene and hydrogen chloride, wherein a quenching liquid is sprayed into the gas mixture which flows continuously from a reaction zone into a downstream quenching zone, and wherein the quenching liquid is sprayed in by at least two spray nozzles which are arranged at the inlet of the quenching zone at equal intervals along the circumference of the quenching zone. | 11-10-2011 |
20120035391 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYISOCYANATES AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a process for isocyanate modification which includes reacting a) at least one organic isocyanate having an NCO functionality greater than or equal to 1, b) a catalyst comprising at least one phosphonium salt comprising at least one cycloalkyl substituent bonded directly to a P atom of a phosphonium cation, c) optionally a solvent, and d) optionally additives. The present invention also relates to a catalyst for isocyanate modification comprising at least one phosphonium salt comprising at least one cycloalkyl substituent bonded directly to a P atom of a phosphonium cation. | 02-09-2012 |
20120220717 | USE OF TIN CATALYSTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE COATINGS - The invention relates to the use of specific catalysts for the production of polyisocyanate polyaddition products, in particular for the coatings sector. | 08-30-2012 |
20140221650 | 1 4,2-DIAZAPHOSPHOLIDINE DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to novel 1,4,2-diazaphospholidine derivatives, to a process for preparation thereof and to use as catalysts. | 08-07-2014 |
20140275525 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYISOCYANATES AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for modifying isocyanates using catalysts having a water content not exceeding 1,000 ppm. | 09-18-2014 |
20140343280 | PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS ISOCYANATE MODIFICATION - A process for continuous preparation of oligomeric or polymeric isocyanates by catalytic modification of monomeric di- and/or triisocyanates, characterized in that at least one isocyanate component A and at least one catalyst component B are combined continuously in a reaction apparatus and conducted through the reaction apparatus as a reaction mixture, the residence time distribution being characterized according to the dispersion model by Bo (Bodenstein number) above 40, preferably above 60 and most preferably above 80. | 11-20-2014 |
20150025268 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYISOCYANATES AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a process for isocyanate modification which includes reacting a) at least one organic isocyanate having an NCO functionality greater than or equal to 1, b) a catalyst comprising at least one phosphonium salt comprising at least one cycloalkyl substituent bonded directly to a P atom of a phosphonium cation, c) optionally a solvent, and d) optionally additives. The present invention also relates to a catalyst for isocyanate modification comprising at least one phosphonium salt comprising at least one cycloalkyl substituent bonded directly to a P atom of a phosphonium cation. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090095124 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A CAMSHAFT - An adjustment device for a camshaft includes a brake system and a superposition gear system connected on a drive output side to the camshaft and on the drive input side to the crankshaft, such that to adjust the camshaft the superposition gear system dissipates part of the energy from the drive side into the brake system. The brake system is a frictional brake system, such that the necessary braking force is produced by a friction lining that operates in a slipping condition. | 04-16-2009 |
20110201474 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING AND ATTACHING A PLANETARY GEAR TO A CAMSHAFT AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE PLANETARY GEAR - An arrangement for mounting and fixing a planetary gear system ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110253086 | ADJUSTING SYSTEM FOR CAMSHAFTS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An adjusting system for camshafts of an internal combustion engine having an emergency running function, comprising a phase shifter gearing with an input drive element driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, an output drive element which drives a camshaft of the internal combustion engine, and an actuating element, by means of which a relative rotation between the drive input element and the drive output element can be realized by means of a device for imparting a braking torque, which is variable for normal operation, to the actuating element. In the event of failure of the device and/or control thereof, an emergency running setting of the camshaft can be attained and maintained as a result of braking or respectively, arresting the actuating element. | 10-20-2011 |
20120067315 | CLUTCH OR BRAKE IN OR AT A GEARBOX - A clutch or brake with an electrically actuated switching coil and an armature that axially moves toward the switching coil and forms a connection with the switching coil and can rotate relative to the switching coil, in an adjustment system for camshafts of a combustion engine. A superposition transmission has an input driven by a crankshaft of the engine, a drive output element that drives a camshaft of the engine and a control element, by which relative rotation between the input and the output can be produced by applying a braking torque. The armature is rotationally fixed and axially slidable, and centered on or at a transmission component, and the switching coil is rotationally fixed and centered coaxially with the armature by a membrane spring on a further transmission component, relative to which the armature is braked or to which the armature is coupled. | 03-22-2012 |
20120255382 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR A GEARBOX - A shifting device for a gearbox which has at least one sliding sleeve that is placed on a transmission shaft in a rotationally fixed and axially movable manner. One idler gear, which is rotationally supported on the transmission shaft, is located at on one side adjacent the sleeve. The sliding sleeve can be axially moved, by an actuating element, from a neutral position into a shifting position toward the idler gear, and upon reaching the shifting position, couples the idler gear with the transmission shaft. The associated actuating elements are arranged in a stationary manner and, upon actuation, engage with at least one shifting groove, provided on an outside diameter of the at least one sliding sleeve and has a curve-shaped path, in the axial direction, so that rotation of the transmission shaft axially shifts the sliding sleeve according to the further path of the shifting groove. | 10-11-2012 |
20130146007 | VALVE TRAIN OF A COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINE - A valve train of a combustion piston engine having an actuating device which comprises a phase shift gearbox with two inputs and an output for phase adjustment of a camshaft. The first input is connected with a crankshaft, the second input is connected with a controllable braking device and the output is rotationally fixed with the camshaft. The brake is an electromagnetically controlled friction brake which comprises an electromagnet and magnetic coil. A brake rotor is connected with the second input and can be biased, by the magnetic field of the electromagnet, against a friction surface. A permanent magnet is positioned axially adjacent the brake rotor such that, by its magnetic field, the brake rotor can be pressed against a fixed friction surface for the adjustment of a basic brake torque with the respective basic pressing force. | 06-13-2013 |
20140116180 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR OUTSIDE A VARIABLE-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A connecting device of a vehicle drive-train, located outside a variable-speed transmission, for rotationally coupling a shaft to a drive-train element. A sliding sleeve is rotationally fixed on the shaft but slides axially between first and second positions. In the first position, the shaft is rotationally disengaged from the drive-train element and, in the second position, they are rotationally coupled. An actuator displaces the sliding sleeve between the first and second positions, with a shift groove along a peripheral contour of the sliding sleeve and engagement members for engaging in the groove. The sliding sleeve can rotate and move axially relative to the engagement members and the groove is shaped as a curved guiding such that, when the engagement members engage in the groove and the sliding sleeve rotates relative to the engagement member, the sliding sleeve moves axially between the first and second positions by virtue of the groove. | 05-01-2014 |
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20130267810 | APPARATUS INCLUDING A LANCET - Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprises: a member rotatably mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate between a first position and a second position; and a curved lancet protruding from the member and configured to co-rotate with the member such as to provide skin penetration by the lancet when the member is in the second position. At least 1 mm of the end portion of the curved lancet is coincident with a line that is concentric with respect to the shaft. | 10-10-2013 |
20130274579 | ALLOWING MEASUREMENTS TO BE MADE OF A BLOOD SAMPLE - An apparatus and a method for measuring a property of a blood sample is shown. The apparatus comprises of a housing having an aperture; a shaft mounted inside the housing; a testing member rotatably mounted on the shaft; an actuating member coupled to the housing and configured to exert a force against the testing member; and a lancet for eliciting a blood sample fixedly coupled to and protruding substantially radially from the testing member and configured to co-rotate with the testing member. The apparatus is further configured such that the lancet is aligned with the aperture in the housing when the testing member is in a first position. The testing member is configured, in the presence of a force exerted against the testing member by the actuator member, to translate to a second position in which the lancet is in a skin penetrating position. | 10-17-2013 |
20130274631 | BLOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION - Apparatus comprises: a housing, the housing having an aperture; a shaft; and plural blood sample collection members supported on the shaft. The apparatus is constructed such that different ones of the plural blood sample collection members are able to be presented at the aperture in turn. Each of the blood sample collection members may be independently rotatable about the shaft. | 10-17-2013 |
20130281881 | Allowing Measurements to be Made of a Blood Sample - Apparatus for allowing measurements to be made of a blood sample comprises a shaft and at least first and second blood collection members. The blood collection members are independently rotatable about the shaft. Each blood collection member includes: a blood analysis part for receiving a blood sample, plural conductive contacts, and plural conductors extending between the blood analysis part and respective ones of the conductive contacts. The apparatus also includes plural terminals configured to provide an electrical connection with the plural conductive contacts on a first member when the apparatus is in a first configuration and to provide an electrical connection with the plural conductive contacts on a second member when the apparatus is in a second configuration, thereby allowing successive measurements of at least one parameter of blood samples provided on the blood analysis parts of the first and second members. | 10-24-2013 |
20140378800 | Eliciting a Blood Sample - Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample, the apparatus comprising; a testing member rotatably mounted on a shaft; and an aperture for positioning a body part of the user relative to the edge of the testing member, wherein an edge of the testing member is shaped such as repeatedly to exert pressure on the skin of a user when the testing member is rotated. | 12-25-2014 |
20150038817 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge ( | 02-05-2015 |