摘要:
Material that is to be used in wrapping medical items or in making gowns, drapes, and the like is treated with silicone to make it liquid repellent. The material, after being sterilized by an oxidizing plasma process, still retains its repellency.
摘要:
A lithography apparatus including both a laser beam source and an electron beam column, where the electron beam column has a support(in one embodiment a window in the column housing) having an index of refraction n. The support, having a photocathode source material disposed on its remote surface, is located in some embodiments such that the internal angle of the incident laser beam is &thgr; with respect to a line perpendicular to the remote surface. The numerical aperture of the substrate(equal to nsin &thgr;) is greater than one in one embodiment, resulting in a high resolution spot size diameter incident on the photocathode source material at the remote surface. Incident energy from the laser beam thereby emits a corresponding high resolution electron beam from the photocathode source material. Electromagnetic lens components are disposed downstream in the electron beam column to demagnify the electron beam. This apparatus allows the continuously decreasing minimum feature dimension sizes for semiconductor electron beam lithography.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for defining a single structure on a semiconductor wafer by spatial frequency components whereby some of the spatial frequency components are derived by optical lithography and some by interferometric lithographic techniques. Interferometric lithography images the high frequency components while optical lithography images the low frequency components. Optics collects many spatial frequencies and the interferometry shifts the spatial frequencies to high spatial frequencies. Thus, because the mask does not need to provide high spatial frequencies, the masks are configured to create only low frequency components, thereby allowing fabrication of simpler masks having larger structures. These methods and apparatus facilitate writing more complex repetitive as well as non-repetitive patterns in a single exposure with a resolution which is higher than that currently available using known optical lithography alone.
摘要:
High-level disinfectant formulations and sporicidal formulations suitable for use as chemical disinfection and sterilization mediums comprising a dialdehyde, a carboxylate salt in amount of from about 3 weight percent to about 20 weight percent, and the balance water. The formulations are useful for disinfecting and sterilizing medical instruments and medical equipment.
摘要:
An electron beam lithography system includes a laser for generating a laser beam, and a beam splitter for splitting the laser beam into a plurality of light beams. The intensity of the light beams is individually modulated. The light beams are of sufficient energy such that, when they impinge on a photocathode, electrons are emitted. Modulation of the light beams controls modulation of the resulting electron beams. The electron beams are provided to an electron column for focusing and scanning control. Finally, the electron beams are used to write a scanning surface, for example, using an interlaced writing strategy.
摘要:
A system to deliver gas/vapor from solid materials. Specifically, the delivery system for the use of gas or vapor released from a solid material, such as a non-aqueous/solid hydrogen peroxide complex. The system is comprised of a delivery system that is configured to receive a plurality of disks containing the solid material and provide these disks into an injector. The injector heats the disks to produce a gas or vapor that is then provided into a chamber. The sterilization process can be done by gas or vapor alone, or in combination with plasma or ultra violet radiation. In particular, a control system automatically induces the delivery system to provide the injector with a disk and then remove the disk once the injection sequence is complete.
摘要:
An apparatus and process for hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilization of medical instruments and similar devices make use of hydrogen peroxide vapor released from an inorganic hydrogen peroxide complex. The peroxide vapor can be released at room temperature and atmospheric pressure; however, the pressure used can be less than 50 torr and the temperature greater than 86.degree. C. to facilitate the release of hydrogen peroxide vapor. Preferred hydrogen peroxide complexes for use in the invention include Na.sub.4 P.sub.2 O.sub.7.3 H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and KH.sub.2 PO.sub.4.H.sub.2 O.sub.2. The heating rate can be greater than 5.degree. C. Optionally, a plasma can be used in conjunction with the vapor.
摘要翻译:用于医疗器械和类似装置的过氧化氢蒸气灭菌的装置和方法利用从无机过氧化氢络合物释放的过氧化氢蒸气。 过氧化物蒸汽可以在室温和大气压下释放; 然而,使用的压力可以小于50托,并且温度大于86℃以促进过氧化氢蒸气的释放。 用于本发明的优选的过氧化氢配合物包括Na 4 P 2 O 7·3H 2 O 2和KH 2 PO 4·H 2 O 2。 加热速率可以大于5℃。任选地,等离子体可以与蒸气结合使用。
摘要:
FIG. 1 is a front, left and top perspective view of a kitchen rack, showing my design. FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof. FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof. FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof. FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof. FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view thereof. FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof. FIG. 8 is a front, left and top perspective view of a second embodiment of a kitchen rack. FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the second embodiment of the kitchen rack of FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is a rear elevation view of the second embodiment of the kitchen rack of FIG. 8. FIG. 11 is a left side elevation view of the second embodiment of the kitchen rack of FIG. 8. FIG. 12 is a right side elevation view of the second embodiment of the kitchen rack of FIG. 8. FIG. 13 is a top plan elevation view of the second embodiment of the kitchen rack of FIG. 8; and, FIG. 14 is a bottom plan elevation view of the second embodiment of the kitchen rack of FIG. 8. The broken lines shown in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the kitchen rack that form no part of the claimed design.
摘要:
The present invention discloses antisense poly-2′-O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) oligoribonucleotides which are capable of down regulating the expression of the RIα subunit of protein kinase A. An example is 5′-GGCUGCGUGCCUCCUCACUGG (named antisense poly-DNP RNA-21) or a sequence which has a one-base mismatch therewith. The antisense oligoribonucleotide can be synthesized by in vitro transcription followed by chemical derivatization. The base sequence of the oligoribonucleotides is complementary to that of nt 110 to 130 in RIα/PKA mRNA. The antisense poly-DNP RNA-21 was found to inhibit cell growth with IC50 values in the nanomolar range. These oligonucleotides can be used as effective anti-cancer agents.
摘要:
A photocathode as a source of electron beams, having a substrate of optically transmissive diamond and a photoemitter. A photocathode with a single emitting region provides a single electron beam; a photocathode with multiple emitting regions provides multiple electron beams. The photoemitter is positioned on the side of the diamond substrate opposite the surface on which the illumination is incident, and has an irradiation region at the contact with the optically transmissive diamond, and an emission region opposite the irradiation region, these regions being defined by the path of the illumination. The diamond substrate at the irradiation region/emission region interface conducts heat away from this focused region of illumination on the photocathode. Alternately, a diamond film is used for heat conduction, while another material is used as a substrate to provide structural support. The thermal conductivity of diamond is at least three orders of magnitude greater than that of fused silica, which is an alternative substrate material for photocathodes. This allows for efficient conduction of heat away from the irradiation region/emission region interface, and therefore allows higher currents to be achieved from the photocathode. This, in turn, permits higher throughput rates in applications including electron beam lithography.