The present invention concerns an expandable stent for supporting a body lumen formed from an elongate strip of biocompatible material that is helically wrapped into a tubular shape. The strip is formed with a tongue extending along one edge and a groove along the other. The tongue is slidably received in the groove as the strip is wound into helical wraps that form a tube. The tongue and groove engagement interlocks the wraps to maintain the tubular shape. Sliding of the tongue within the groov...

Disclosed is wrapped glass cap article, comprising at least one glass cap and a pair of plastic films having located therein the at least one glass cap, at least one of the pair of plastic films being imparted on its inner surface with a weak adhesiveness so that the glass cap is tightly sealed due to the weak adhesiveness of the plastic film. The article gives rise to glass caps with less contamination when the plastic film is peeled off.

A closure housing includes a plurality of housings. At least one of the housings is a concave housing with an open face. At least one layer, such as for example an elastomeric film, surrounds one or more cables to define one or more wrapped cables. A portion of each of the wrapped cables is adapted to be interposed between the housings.

A label for adhesive attachment to a stack of articles combined by an exterior substrate. The label includes a label material having a pair of outer label regions, a central label region, a signal surface having indications and an adhesive surface, the adhesive surface being provided with an adhesive. The label also includes a protective release cover, wherein the release cover is releasably attached to the adhesive surface of the label. The release cover also includes at least two separating li...

Disclosed is a large round bale wrapped with a protective covering for permitting it to be stored outside. The covering is constructed of one or more layers of semi-permeable material. It is possible for an additional layer to be added to a region of the baler to be placed on the ground during storage, this additional layer resulting in the covering becoming essentially non-permeable in the region of the additional layer. A baler for applying the covering to a bale is disclosed together with a d...

This wrapped bolster seal comprises at least two door panels, where one is a wet side door panel and another is a dry side door panel disposed opposite the wet side door panel; at least one rib extending from the side of the wet side door panel disposed proximate the dry side door panel; and at least one edge layer wrapped about a top edge of the wet side door panel and extending at least partially along the side of the wet side door panel disposed proximate the dry side door panel. When the wet...

A metal member to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article, a manufacturing method thereof and a metal cast article including the metal member cast-wrapped are provided. A hollow cylindrical metal member having an outer surface with projections to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article is manufactured in such a manner that a hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is inserted in a die 17 having a inner peripheral surface with longitudinal grooves of a depth H and a width W, and the hollow cylin...

Nano-wrapped molecular materials comprising molecule, molecular aggregate, or nanoparticle which has the surface at least partially covered with an ultrathin film containing oxygen-metal bond was disclosed. The nano-wrapped molecular materials successfully retain or are dramatically improved in the intrinsic physical and chemical properties of the individual molecules or nanoparticles.

A swab for cleaning electrical and particularly fiber optic connectors includes an elongated handle defining a longitudinal axis and having a cleaning head end and a grasping end. The swab includes a wrapped foam cleaning end. The wrapped foam cleaning end is formed from an elongated strip of microporous foam that is spiral wound about the cleaning end of the handle and is formed having a substantially flat cleaning end. A method for making the swab is also disclosed.

A wrapped plain bearing bush having a bush width which varies in the peripheral direction. The bush is characterized in that it is wrapped from a strip-shaped band section which is provided with a variable over the length of the section while still in its flat state and which is wrapped in such a way that the wrapped bush does not need to be subjected to any further cutting of the width; but, instead, has its definitive, variable bush width after wrapping on the bush mold.