A life raft of the inflatable type comprising a circular shaped floating body of elastic material which may be inflated by a source of compressed air and in which a floor of elastic material is stretched over the inner opening of the circular body. The raft is provided with a canopy which is arranged on both sides of the raft and which is adapted to be automatically erected by means of elements attached to the floating body, the arrangement being such that when the walls of the floating body are...

A master grid layout sheet and methods of manufacture associated therewith are disclosed for use in graphic art work such as the layout and reproduction of printed circuits and the like. In typical printed circuit work precision art work and subsequent photographic reproduction thereof are normal intermediate processing steps. The master sheet includes a pattern, usually of orthogonal reference lines, printed thereon in a predetermined critical gray or neutral monotone. The monotone has a visual...

A catheter assembly comprises a catheter and a sheath enclosing the catheter to preserve the sterility thereof, the sheath being provided with a plurality of fold lines which form accordion-like pleats to enable a collapse of the sheath at a point of insertion of the catheter into a patient. The sheath is provided at a distal end of the catheter with a flange for engaging a patient during an insertion of the catheter into the patient. A catheter assembly also comprises an anchor balloon attached...

Crystalline aluminophosphates and related compounds having in the as-synthesized dried form the chemical composition expressed as wherein R represents a diamine of the general formula wherein R.sub.1 represents a C.sub.8 -C.sub.14 carbon chain which may contain one or more inert substituents and each of R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may contain one or more inert substituents and Me represents a divalent metal moiety, wherein: a:b=0.5-1 (...

The present invention provides a high temperature superconductor system comprising XTlSrCaCuO wherein X is chosen from the group consisting of Cr, Mo, and W. In a preferred embodiment, the superconductor comprises CrTlSrCaCuO. Methods of making the superconductor system are also provided.

5-(1-Hydroxy-2-piperidinopropyl)-2(1H,3H)-indolone derivatives and analogs; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; methods of treating CNS disorders therewith; and intermediates useful in the preparation of said compounds.

The present invention is directed to the synthesis and use of novel macrocyclic compounds, based upon a new class of expanded porphyrins, termed rubyrins. Disclosed herein is the structure and synthesis of a prototypical rubyrin and various substituted rubyrin analogues, conjugates and compositions. Rubyrin itself is characterized by the presence of six pyrrolic subunits contained within a fully aromatic 26 .pi.-electron macrocyclic framework and by UV/VIS absorption bands that are very red-shif...

An atherectomy catheter includes a catheter shaft having three lumens. The central lumen supports a central wire on which is mounted a shell-shaped cutter. The cutter is exposed to the exterior of the shaft via a cutting window, and the cutter is mounted in a housing integral with the catheter shaft. An upper lumen receives material severed by the cutter as severed material is pushed proximally by the cutter during a cutting stroke. The lower lumen is used to inflate a balloon situated opposite ...

Novel 9-aminotetrahydroacridines and related compounds, intermediates and processes for the preparation thereof, and a method of relieving memory dysfunction are disclosed.

A remote terminal for a subscriber loop carrier network operates by flow from one to another of units in the terminal of time division multiplexer data streams of binary valued digital bits. Each stream has the format of periodic frames of time slots of which each frame consists of (a) a service time slot containing only service bits, and (b) a plurality of customer slots which contain mostly bits coded with data from customers of the network, but which also include a less number of service bits...