Abstract:
A litter for carrying a patient in a supine position, such as a stretcher or trauma board, includes a support panel and a pressure pack for providing a portable supply of medicinal gas, such as oxygen, that can be administered to a patient on the liter. The pressure pack includes a gas storage vessel formed from a plurality of polymeric hollow chamber having either en ellipsoidal or spherical shape and interconnected by a plurality of relatively narrow conduit sections disposed between consecutive ones of the chambers. The storage vessel includes a reinforcing filament wrapped around the interconnected chambers and interconnecting conduit sections to limit radial expansion of the chambers and conduit sections when filled with a fluid under pressure. The storage vessel further includes a fluid transfer control system attached to the storage vessel for controlling fluid flow into and out of the pressure vessel and a gas delivery mechanism for delivering gas from the storage vessel to a user in a breathable manner.
Abstract:
A vehicle includes a storage pack for storing gas under pressure for providing an onboard supply of the pressurized gas. The pressurized gas may be used as a medicinal gas, e.g. oxygen, on emergency medical vehicles, or the gas may be used as a fuel source for a motorized vehicle having a motor that runs on combustible gas. The gas storage pack includes a pressure vessel formed from a plurality of hollow chambers, which have either an ellipsoidal or spherical shape, interconnected by a plurality of relatively narrow conduit sections disposed between consecutive ones of the chambers. The pressure vessel includes a reinforcing filament wrapped around the interconnected chambers and interconnecting conduit sections to limit radial expansion of the chambers and conduit sections when filled with a fluid under pressure. The gas storage pack further includes a gas transfer control system attached to the pressure vessel for controlling gas flow into and out of the pressure vessel.
Abstract:
A pressurized gas supply system includes a pressurized container which expands and contracts. The container includes a one-piece liner molded from a polymer which is reinforced by a high tensile fiber such as KEVLARnull. A valve is molded into the liner, and a regulator is connected to the valve. A hose, having a conserver positioned therealong, extends between the regulator and a fitting allowing a user to inhale gas from the container. The container is carried in a carrying bag, which can be in the form of a carrying case, a purse, or a back-pack.
Abstract:
A compact portable transport unit for shipping hyperpolarized noble gases and shielding same from electromagnetic interference and/or external magnetic fields includes a means for shifting the resonance frequency of the hyperpolarized gas outside the bandwidth of typical frequencies associated with prevalent time-dependent fields produced by electrical sources. Preferably the transport unit includes a magnetic holding field which is generated from a solenoid in the transport unit. The solenoid includes a plurality of coil segments and is sized and configured to receive the gas chamber of a container. The gas container is configured with a valve, a spherical body, and an extending capillary stem between the valve and the body. The gas container or hyperpolarized product container can also be formed as a resilient bag. The distribution method includes positioning a multi-bolus container within the transport unit to shield it and transporting same to a second site remote from the first site and subsequently dispensing into smaller patient sized formulations which can be transported (shielded) in another transport unit to yet another site.
Abstract:
Plastic articles made of ionomeric modified poly-ether-ester are stored in a cryogenic fluid containing receptacle. The articles may be tubing or bags or articles of surgical equipment or clothing.
Abstract:
An offshore submarine storage facility for highly chilled liquified gas, such as liquified natural gas, is disclosed. The facility includes an elongated, vertically oriented submerged frame. An insulated storage tank is movably mounted to the frame so as to be positionable at various depths in the water. The tank is constructed to transfer external ambient water pressure to the liquified gas without intermixture. This transferred pressure aids in maintaining the liquified state of the stored liquified gas.
Abstract:
베슬에 사용하기 위한 극저온 탱크. 상기 탱크는 2개의 수평 기초부(8, 9) 또는 데크 사이에 장착되며, 탱크는 하부 기초부(9)에 안착된다. 탱크의 상부는 상부 원통형 스커트(7)에 의해 상부 기초부(8)와 연결되며, 상부 원통형 스커트(7)는 탱크의 원통형 부분(1)의 직경보다 작은 직경을 가진다. 상부 원통형 스커트(7)는 탱크 상부의 수평 외측 부분(4)의 내측 부분에 안착된다. 탱크 상부의 외측 부분은 서로에 대한 상부 또는 하부 기초부(8, 9)의 위치 변화를 흡수하는 동시에, 온도 변화로 인한 탱크의 직경 변화를 흡수하도록 구성된 가요성을 갖는다.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:维持活塞的旋转防止功能。活塞旋转防止设备(50),是对于设有:筒状的贮藏部本体、及在贮藏部本体的内部可升降地设置的活塞之气体贮藏设备,具有:从贮藏部本体的内面朝内侧突出朝上下方向延伸的突条(51);及设在活塞并被配置于突条的两侧部的一对爪构件(55)。且,此活塞旋转防止设备,是具备:朝贮藏部本体的径方向可滑动移动地被支撑于活塞侧且设在各爪构件的滑动构件(56)、及与滑动构件的移动方向垂直地设在活塞侧的旋转轴(57)、及对于旋转轴可旋转地被支撑且在先端侧具有与滑动构件可抵接地设置的抵接部(58a)之操作杆(58)、及设在操作杆的后端附近将操作杆的抵接部与滑动构件抵接使发生将爪构件朝突条侧推压的推压力用的弹簧(59)。