1. A cable employing an oxide superconductor, comprising:
a flexible core member;
a plurality of tape-shaped oxide superconducting wires being laid on said core member with tension of not more than 2 kgfmm2 wherein each tape-shaped superconducting wire consisting essentially of an oxide superconductor and a stabilizing metal covering the same,
said plurality of tape-shaped superconducting wires forming a plurality of layers each being formed by laying a plurality of said tape-shaped superconducting wires in a side-by-side manner,
said plurality of layers being successively stacked on said core member without an insulating layer between the plurality of layers and the core member,
said core member providing said superconducting cable with flexibility,
said superconducting cable capable of maintaining a superconducting state at the temperature of liquid nitrogen,
said wires having substantially homogeneous superconducting phases along the longitudinal direction of said wire,
the c-axes of said superconducting phases being oriented substantially in parallel with the direction of thickness of said wire,
said superconducting wires being formed by grains aligned in parallel extending along the longitudinal direction of said wire,
said grains being stacked along the direction of thickness of said wire wherein said core member is a pipe having a spiral groove surface on its exterior which forms a surface for the tape-shaped superconducting wires, further including at least two distinct groups of tape-shaped wire layers, wherein a layer of dielectric material separates each of the at least two distinct groups of tape-shaped wire layers and wherein the dielectric material is biaxially oriented at a ratio of from about 5:1 to about 10:1 in the machine direction.
2. The superconducting cable of claim 1 wherein the dielectric material is further biaxially oriented up to about 2:1 in the cross machine direction.
3. The superconducting cable of claim 1, wherein the dielectric material is biaxially oriented at a ratio of from about 5:1 to about 6:1 in the machine direction.
4. The superconducting cable of claim 1, including embossing the biaxially oriented dielectric material so as to form irregular andor random channels therein.
5. The superconducting cable of claim 1, wherein the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene, and polybutylene.
6. A cable employing an oxide superconductor, comprising:
a flexible core member;
a plurality of tape-shaped oxide superconducting wires being laid on said core member with tension of not more than 2 kgfmm2 wherein each tape-shaped superconducting wire consisting essentially of an oxide superconductor and a stabilizing metal covering the same,
said plurality of tape-shaped superconducting wires forming a plurality of layers each being formed by laying a plurality of said tape-shaped superconducting wires in a side-by-side manner,
said plurality of layers being successively stacked on said core member without an insulating layer between the plurality of layers and the core member,
said core member providing said superconducting cable with flexibility,
said superconducting cable capable of maintaining a superconducting state at the temperature of liquid nitrogen,
said wires having substantially homogeneous superconducting phases along the longitudinal direction of said wire,
the c-axes of said superconducting phases being oriented substantially in parallel with the direction of thickness of said wire,
said superconducting wires being formed by grains aligned in parallel extending along the longitudinal direction of said wire,
said grains being stacked along the direction of thickness of said wire wherein said core member is a pipe having a braid surface on its exterior which forms a surface for the tape-shaped superconducting wires, further including at least two distinct groups of tape-shaped wire layers, wherein a layer of dielectric material separates each of the at least two distinct groups of tape-shaped wire layers and wherein the dielectric material is biaxially oriented at a ratio of from about 5:1 to about 10:1 in the machine direction.
7. The superconducting cable of claim 6 wherein the dielectric material is further biaxially oriented up to about 2:1 in the cross machine direction.
8. The superconducting cable of claim 6, wherein the dielectric material is biaxially oriented at a ratio of from about 5:1 to about 6:1 in the machine direction.
9. The superconducting cable of claim 6, including embossing the biaxially oriented dielectric material so as to form irregular andor random channels therein.
10. The superconducting cable of claim 6, wherein the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene, and polybutylene.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A preparation comprising globin that is insoluble at physiological pH and other blood constituents of proteinic nature, in which the globin has been obtained from whole blood by depigmentation in a medium that extracts or dissolves the haem but leaves the globin and said other constituents of proteinic nature in a substantially undissolved state.
2. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, comprising a material that comprises globin that is insoluble at physiological pH with globin that is soluble at physiological pH and, in smaller amounts, plasma proteins, especially albumin, coagulation factors and platelet factors.
3. The preparation as claimed in claim 1 wherein said whole blood is human blood.
4. The preparation as claimed in claim 1 in an acidic state.
5. The preparation as claimed in claim 1 in a neutral state.
6. The preparation as claimed in claim 1 comprising leucocytes andor platelets.
7. The preparation as claimed in claim 6, in which the leucocytes andor platelets are from the whole blood from which the preparation has been obtained.
8. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, in a form selected from the group consisting of a paste and a suspension in a physiologically acceptable carrier.
9. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, in a form selected from the group consisting of a powder, granules, a gel, a film, a sponge and a preformed solid implant.
10. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, in association with a support, especially an implantable support.
11. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one other substance or active ingredient.
12. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one auxiliary substance.
13. The preparation as claimed in claim 1, in which the concentration of the above-mentioned material in the preparation, in the absence of any support, is from 2 or 2.5% to 100%.
14. The preparation as claimed in claim 13, in which the globin forms the substantial majority of said material.
15. A process for obtaining the preparation as claimed in claim 1, in which whole blood, preferably defrosted or hemolyzed whole blood, is treated in a medium that extracts or dissolves the haem but leaves the globin and the other constituents of proteinic nature in a substantially undissolved state, and then the pigmented medium is removed to yield the globin together with other blood proteins.
16. The process as claimed in claim 15, in which the whole blood is treated in an acidic medium.
17. The process as claimed in claim 16, in which an acidic solution of the material comprising globin is subsequently neutralized.
18. The process as claimed in claim 17, in which a substantially solid preparation is produced by a method selected from lyophilizing or precipitating in acetone the suspension obtained by neutralization.
19. The process as claimed in claim 15, in which the leucocytes andor platelets are separated from said whole blood before the treatment in said medium that extracts or dissolves the haem, and, optionally, the separated leucocytes andor platelets are added to the preparation again.
20. A kit comprising, in a sterile container a flexible filtration hose connected or connectable to an upper funnel, and closed or closable at its lower part via a clip or a grip.
21. A method for treating, filling or regenerating, including healing, a tissue, comprising the step of implanting into or onto a tissue of a patient in need thereof, of an amount of a preparation according to claim 1.
22. A method according to claim 21 wherein said tissue is a conjunctive or bone tissue.
23. A method according to claim 21 for the healing of surgical tissue wounds, of chronic wounds, including in diabetic patients, facilitating the formation of a vascularized dermal and epidermal tissue, healing or reconstitution of parts of organs or of osseous tissues, including in open fracture cavities, dental extraction sockets, or spaces adjacent to dental implants, suitably filled with the preparation, or in periodontal pockets.