Showing papers on "Tube (fluid conveyance) published in 1987"

Cardiac electrode with drug delivery capabilities

Abstract: An implantable cardiac pacing lead includes a porous, platinum electrode, a flexible electrically conductive coil, and a crimp tube coupling the electrode to the distal end of the coil. A recess in the crimp tube, open to the electrode at the crimp tube distal end, houses a matrix impregnated with a therapeutic drug. The electrode is highly porous and loaded with a therapeutic drug in liquid or solid form. Immediately upon implant of the electrode at a selected myocardial location, the electrode begins dispensing the therapeutic drug. Meanwhile, the matrix begins to elute its drug at a rate more suited to chronic treatment. If desired, the recess can extend through the crimp tube to permit proximal end loading of the drug carrying matrix. A silicone plug, or an additional and proximal crimp tube section, is inserted into the recess after loading of the matrix to provide the required fluid seal. Finally, a variety of different matrices can be housed in the recess, to provide elution of different drugs and at differing rates.

Reinforced therapeutic tube

Abstract: A reinforced therapeutic tube which is excellent in kink resistance, pressure resistance and flexibility. The tube is made of an elastomeric material with a reinforcing material spirally embedded into the tube wall, and at least one of the tubular parts where no spiral reinforcing material exists. The tip end of the reinforcing material which is wound in spiral shape is bent parallel to the inside surface of the tube and inward of the tube for at least one or more pitches of the spiral, and at least the tip of the reinforcing material bent is buried into the inside wall of the tube.

Balloon catheter assembly

Abstract: A balloon catheter assembly including a balloon and a catheter. The catheter has a chuck and a multi-tube unit including at least an inner tube and an outer tube arranged slidably and coaxially with the inner tube. The balloon is removably fixed to the distal portion of the inner tube by the chuck which is pulled into the outer tube to be closed, and which is extended from the outer tube to be opened. The catheter is introduced to a required dwelling portion in a blood vessel by a tubular guide sheath having an inner diameter such that the guide sheath admits the catheter, and the expanded balloon is left in the dwelling portion to occlude the blood vessel.

Ion spray apparatus and method

Abstract: A device for interfacing between a microbore liquid chromatograph and a mass analyser. In such a device, liquid from the liquid chromatograph is sprayed through a stainless steel capillary tube into the atmospheric pressure ionization chamber of a mass spectrometer. A voltage of e.g., plus or minus 3 KV is applied to the stainless steel tube, and a nebulizing gas, e.g. nitrogen, is directed at high velocity past the tube tip through another tube encircling the stainless steel tube. The combination of the nebulizing gas and the electric potential disperses the liquid at room temperature into a fine mist providing an increased and more stable ion signal without thermal decomposition of the compounds being analysed.

The Vapor Pressure of Indium, Silver, Gallium, Copper, Tin and Gold between 0.1 and 3.0 Bar

Abstract: The vapor pressure of several liquid metals was measured using a method based on the gas-controlled heat pipe. Small samples of the test material were placed in a tungsten tube and heated to temperatures above 2900 K. The vapor pressure was measured using a gas-buffered pressure transducer and the vapor temperature was inferred from the tube surface temperature, which was measured with an optical pyrometer. Most of the tests were terminated by the failure of the containment tube. The measured pressures agree well with those calculated by thermodynamic methods from data at lower temperatures.

Self-supported, adjustable, condensation-free shower mirror

Abstract: To prevent condensation on the mirror, it is heated with water from a supply tube connected from a showerhead pipe to a dispenser which disperses the heated water in either liquid or spray form, preferably from holes in a hose which is mounted in a rear temperature-control space and which surrounds the back of the mirror. The hose has an oval cross-section with holes on one of its flatter sides so that they will all face inward, toward the center of the mirror. Also the tube acts as a gasket to prevent the water from leaking through the mirror's front. The mirror is held by a flex-arm which includes breakaway flex-joints (hinge or ball), allowing rotational and translational movements. A supply tube is carred inside the flexarm, has a friction fit in the ends of the arm, and is connected to the dispenser hose by a T-fitting. A relief slot in the mirror end of the flex-arm allows water which enters the space in the flex-arm around the supply tube to leave such space. The mirror is mounted in a frame with a back plate which is slightly larger than the frame so that the back plate spreads the back of the frame, causing its front part to be compressed, thereby to squeeze the mirror into a concave, magnifying shape.

Fluid purification system.

Abstract: A fluid purification system includes an elongated ultraviolet radiation emitting tube and independent fluid flow-controlling conduits. Each conduit is transparent to allow ultraviolet light emitted by the tube to enter the conduit, and defines a continuous path, and is helically wound closely about the tube to insure that fluid flow through the conduits is exposed to the ultraviolet light. One embodiment of the system includes a filter typically a carbon filter, having inlet and outlet ports. An end of each conduit is connected to one of the inlet and outlet ports of the filter. The system thus exposes the fluid to ultraviolet radiation both before and after the fluid is filtered. Other embodiments include reverse osmosis units and deionization units wherein each entry, exit or discharge port is isolated from contamination by having a coiled connecting tube for the fluid exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

Method of lining a pipeline with a flexible tubular sleeve

Abstract: The invention provides a method of applying a resin impregnated lining sleeve to a length of passageway surface wherein the sleeve first of all has a carrier tube everted into the sleeve from one end and out of the other end, the carrier tube is re-inverted to draw the sleeve into the carrier tube and then the assembly of carrier tube and sleeve is positioned in relation to the passageway length to be lined and the carrier tube re-everted to position the sleeve on the surface in the required position. The resin is subsequently cured and the carrier tube removed leaving a hard tubular lining shell on the passageway surface.

Ultrasonic suction apparatus

Abstract: PURPOSE: To prevent and remove the clogging of the hollow passage of a vibration transmitting member, by mounting a long fine diameter member generating ultrasonic vibration in the direction of the hollow passage as the suction passage of a vibration transmitting member for transmitting ultrasonic vibration. CONSTITUTION: The leading end part of the vibration transmitting member 8 inserted in a sheath 2 is inserted in the body cavity to be brought into contact with a hematoma for example. At this time, a cock 12 is opened and a perfusion solution is supplied in the sheath 2 to be discharged from the leading end part of the sheath 2 and, at the same time, oscillation output is applied to a piezoelectric vibrator 9 by operating the oscillator provided in a drive circuit to generate an ultrasonic wave. A wire like member 10 is vibrated by said ultrasonic wave and this vibration is increased by a horn 7 to he transmitted to the vibration transmitting member 8. The hematoma is ground by the vibration transmitting member 8 and emulsified by the perfusion solution but further ground and emulsified by the wire like member receiving vibration provided in order to prevent the generation of the coagulation of blood in a hollow passage 3 to be collected in a drainage collecting bin through a tube 5. By this action, the clogging in the hollow passage 3 of the vibration preventing member 8 can be prevented and removed. COPYRIGHT: (C)1989,JPO&Japio

Annular tube-like driver

Abstract: Annular tube-like driver for insertion into a tube insert which in turn is inserted into a tube. The driver is made of a shape-memory alloy which is capable of placing the tube insert in firm engagement with the inside of the tube.

Catheter with a rotary blade

Abstract: A catheter for inserting into a patient's artery and for remotely cutting and removing an obstruction therein, having a flexible tube equipped with a tubular blade rotatably mounted at its first end and driven by a motor through a flexible shaft, and a suction pump at its other end for cutting, ingesting and extracting the obstruction.

Endoscope guide tube

Abstract: The endoscope guide tube comprises a flexible hollow cylinder to be inserted into a body cavity so as to guide the distal end portion of the flexible tube of an endoscope into the body cavity, an opening formed in the peripheral wall of the hollow cylinder, and an instrument-guiding passage provided in the hollow cylinder and extending along the longitudinal axis of the hollow cylinder from the proximal end of the hollow cylinder to a position close to the opening.

Gas sampling lumen for breathing system

Abstract: A hose assembly for a breathing system has a corrugated flexible breathing hose with a first adaptor at one (machine) end of the hose for connection to an anesthesia machine remote from the subject patient using the hose for breathing. The adaptor has a cylindrical wall with a sampling port projecting laterally from the wall. A second adaptor is at the opposite (patient) end of the hose for connection to a breathing mask or endotracheal tube. A gas sample tube inside the hose has a sample entrance end projecting from the patient end adaptor a specified amount, extends through the entire length of the hose to the sampling port where it can communicate with a luer-lock connector and external sampling line to a gas sample monitor or, in another embodiment, the tube itself extends to the monitor. A resilient clip anchors the tube in a hose corrugation adjacent the patient end adaptor to fix the amount of extension of the sample tube from the patient adaptor and therefore fix its entrance end distance from the adaptor end. The tube is also anchored at the machine end adaptor. The tube is thick walled and relatively non-stretchable but loosely coiled inside the hose so it is not subjected to tensile loads when the corrugated hose is stretched linearly.

Flexile endoscopic ligating instrument

Abstract: A flexible endoscopic ligating instrument comprises a flexible fiberoptic endoscope on the end of which is secured an outer tube and an inner tube inserted and reciprocally movable within the outer tube. An elastic ring is mounted peripherally on the end of the inner tube which projects beyond the outer tube. A trip wire is fastened to the inner tube to provide rearward motion to the inner tube and thereby cause the elastic ring to slide off and effect ligation. The instrument is particularly suited for ligating lesions deep within the alimentary tract such as esophageal varices.

Method of and apparatus for overcladding a glass rod

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for overcladding a preform rod (22). The preform rod is aligned with and inserted into an overcladding tube (30). The outer diameter of the preform rod and the inner diameter of the tube are such that the clearance between the tube and the rod does not exceed a predetermined value. Successive increments of length of the tube and rod therein are subjected to a controlled zone of heat while the pressure inside the tube is maintained at a value which is substantially less than that outside the tube. This causes the tube to be collapsed onto the preform rod to provide an overclad preform and subsequently a drawn optical fiber in which the overcladding is substantially concentric with respect to the optical fiber core.

Animal marker implanting system

Abstract: A system for implanting a solid marker in an animal is provided. The apparatus includes a hollow tube having an entrance and an exit opening. A support is provided for supporting a hollow tube. A plunger is slideably disposed between a first position and a second position within the support. The plunger cooperates with the support and the tube. The plunger engages the marker proximate to the entrance opening of the tube, and ejects the marker through the tube when the plunger is moved from a first position to a second position.

Torque-control catheter

Abstract: A catheter includes an elongated tube having a size and shape adapted to be inserted into the cardiovascular system that is composed of a material having a modulus of elasticity providing stiffness to enhance catheter torque control, and a sheath coaxially disposed over and bonded to the tube that is composed of a biocompatible material having a modulus of elasticity providing softness to reduce catheter trauma to the cardiovascular system. An outer portion of the tube defines a plurality of longitudinally-extending ribs protruding radially outward at circumferentially spaced-apart locations, each one of the ribs having a cross sectional area that increases radially inward, for engaging the sheath circumferentially, for defining an outer surface of the tube that generally faces radially outward toward the sheath to thereby facilitate a closely-confronting relationship between the sheath and tube over substantially the entire outer surface, and for extending the outer surface over an enlarged area to thereby facilitate a better bond of the sheath to the tube.

Disposable cassette for fluid delivery pump systems

Abstract: A readily sterilizable, disposable cassette (3) can be used in a medical pumping system having a supply tube (2), an outlet tube (6) and means (22,24), such as a motor-driven piston, for intermittently applying pressure to the cassette. The cassette features a hydraulically self-actuating inlet valve (44) communicating with the supply tube (2), a hydraulically self-actuating outlet check valve (42) communicating with, and preventing backflow from, the outlet tube (6), a hollow, resilient compressible member, such as a bellows (34), having an interior communicating with the inlet and outlet valves, and a support structure (30,36,38) securing together the tubes, valves and bellows in operating relation. Preferably, the inlet and outlet valves are a unitary element. An optical sensing system detects fluid exhaustion in the cassette. The cassette has an irregularly-shaped cap (38) which prevents incorrect insertion into a pump.

Temperature variable long path cell for absorption measurements

Abstract: The design and construction of a long path cell for absorption measurements at temperatures ranging from 215-470 K and at pressures from vacuum to 10 atm are described. The cell consists of three concentric stainless-steel tubes; the innermost tube is 6.5-in. in internal diameter, has a volume of about 47 l, and contains White-type optics, six thermocouples, and a gas input tube; and the outermost tube provides a vacuum Dewar around the inner assembly. The optical design and temperature control system for the long path temperature variable cell are examined. The long path cell is applicable for analyzing temperature and pressure dependence of spectra and reaction rates of gases, and the cell has flow and photolysis capabilities for studying transient species and photochemically initiated reactions. A diagram of the cell is provided.

Transfer system in a clean room

Abstract: A transfer system for transferring a SMIF pod (TM) in a clean room, in which the pod is adapted to contain a wafer cassette The transfer system includes: at least one pair of SMIF arms (TM), the arms disposed adjacent to a semiconductor processing apparatus for transferring wafers, carried in the wafer cassette, into and out of the semiconductor processing apparatus; a transfer tube disposed near the arms; a vehicle adapted to carry the pod and adapted to move within the transfer tube; evacuation mechanism for evacuating the transfer tube to produce a negative pressure within the transfer tube so that the vehicle is moved along an axis of the transfer tube due to the negative pressure; and at least one pair of conveying mechanisms for conveying the vehicle between the transfer tube and respective arms

Flexible composite hose

Abstract: There is provided a flexible composite hose constructed such that a plastics inner tube is covered with an outer tube of heat-shrinkable material, with the inner tube being compressed by the shrinkage force of the outer tube. It is produced by covering an inner tube with an outer tube having a slightly larger inside diameter than the outside diameter of the inner tube, and then heating the tube assembly at a proper temperature to effect heat shrinkage. It has good chemical resistance and pressure resistance.

Detector system for monitoring a fluid containing tube

Abstract: Apparatus for monitoring fluid flow in dialysis systems include a tube holder for mounting the tube at a predetermined location on a dialysis monitor, a transmitter for transmitting a signal such as ultraviolet light through that location, a receiver for receiving the signal after it has passed through that location, and a sensor for sensing whether the tube is mounted at that location and whether the fluid is contained within the tube in response to the signal received by the receiver.

Water heater construction and method of heating water

Abstract: A water heater including a water tight tank having a tank wall and top and bottom head members welded thereto A combustion chamber and burner are mounted beneath the bottom head A pair of concentrically arranged jacket members are mounted around the tank wall with the space between the jacket members serving as a flow passageway through which combustion air flows downwardly to the combustion chamber A pair of concentrically arranged tube assemblies are connected to the top of the heater The inside tube assemblies carry products of combustion from the heater and the space between the inside tube assemblies and the outside tube assemblies serve as a flow passageway through which combustion air flows to the flow passageway space between the jacket members

Ink jet recorder

Abstract: PURPOSE:To prevent the outflow of ink and the mixture of bubbles and to make the installation and removal of an ink feed system possible, by using the connector in which a rubber stopper and a needle are used in the way of an ink feed path. CONSTITUTION:The ink 3 in an ink feed tube 1 and a connector 2 is hermetically sealed with a rubber stopper 4 to prevent the mixture of bubbles. The protective cover 8 energized by a spring 9 is attached to the injection needle 5 fitted to a connector base 7. A connector 2 is inserted into the connector base 7 with the rubber stopper 4 turned downward, and the injection needle 5 is inserted into the rubber stopper 4 while pushing the protective cover 8 down with the bottom surface. The needle 5 bores a hole into the rubber stopper 4 and an ink feed path is secured. Even if the connector 2 is extracted from the connector base 7 in head exchanging time, the hole of the rubber stopper 4 is closed and the outflow of the ink 3 and the mixture of bubbles in the ink feed tube 1 are prevented.

Endotracheal tube apparatus and method

Abstract: Endotracheal apparatus including an endotracheal tube having unique physical characteristics so that it will not kink or collapse during intubation or while in place. A novel cuff or balloon is on the distal end region of the tube to accurately center the tube end in the trachea without danger that the open distal end of the tube will contact the trachea wall, and to permit the minimum length tube to be used. A novel bite piece and retainer is used to secure the tube in the patient's mouth with optimum comfort.

Reinforced fluid hose having on-bonded tape

Abstract: Provided is a flexible reinforced hose (50) having an inner core tube (2) for conveying fluids surrounded by two layers of tensioned fibrous reinforcement layer (4, 8) between which is disposed a spirally wound flexible polymeric tape (6) which is unbonded to either of the reinforcement layers and free to move relative thereto under flexing and pressure pulsing conditions and which is adapted to prevent moisture from pentrating core tube (2) from outside of hose (50). Other preferred embodiments include hose (60) in which a flexible polymeric tape (12) is applied longitudinally and hose (70) where the tape is a flexible polymeric metal composite tape (20) as well as hose (32) in which the reinforcement layers (32, 36) are oppositely helically wound.

Electrode catheter for the ablation of the his bundle

Abstract: Electrode catheter (1) for the ablation of the His bundle which comprises a short hollow sleeve-like electrode (3) at an end of the catheter tube (2) with a central opening communicating with the interior of the catheter tube (2) through which a sucking force can be applied for positioning and fixing the electrode to the required wall portion of the heart. The electrode is used together with an outer electrode (4) for establishing an electrical shock that produces an AV block.

Method and apparatus for artificial fertilization

Abstract: A method and apparatus for artificial fertilization in which an ovum or embryonic implant is inserted in the uterine cavity by means of tubing which communicates with the outside and passes through the uterine wall. The tubing comprises a flexible but relatively incompressible silicone elastomer tube having, and bulges are provided on the outer surface of the tube. In some embodiments the tube includes a spiral reenforcement of stainless steel wire.

Superconducting electrical conductor

Abstract: A superconducting electrical conductor comprises a porous substrate of bonded fibers which are coated by ceramic oxide superconducting material of the perovskite type so that its critical temperature of superconductivity is at or above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. To form electrical cable, the conductor is encased within an inner tube. An outer tube surrounds the inner tube and defines an evacuated annular space therewith. This provides a thermal barrier between substrate, which will be bathed by liquid nitrogen, and the ambient. Electrical and heat insulation surrounds the outer tube. Joint connectors in the form of multiple rigid rods, each coated by superconducting material and held in a perforated frame, are used to connect facing ends of the substrate to form an electrical connection from one length of conductor to the next.