Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus employing a magnetic measurement to diagnose viable myocardium, comprising:
a magnetic field distribution measurement device (1) performing a non-contact magnetic measurement on a subject’s chest at a plurality of coordinates to obtain a plurality of time-series magnetic data corresponding to said plurality of coordinates, and also using said plurality of time-series magnetic data to generate time-series, magnetic field distribution data on said chest;
a first arithmetic device (2) using said generated time-series, magnetic field distribution data to generate time-series, intramyocardial current density distribution data of said subject;
a second arithmetic device (3) processing separately provided, tomographic, thoracic data of said subject to generate data representative of an anatomical image; and
a display device (4) displaying an image of said intramyocardial, current density distribution represented by said data generated by said first arithmetic device, as superimposed on said anatomical image represented by said data generated by said second arithmetic device, thereby capable of three-dimensionally identifying a lesioned part of myocardium presenting an abnormal current density distribution or a physiologically viable part of myocardium.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first arithmetic device operates based on an anatomical or functional factor to divide right and left ventricles into any plurality of regions and generates time-series data of an intramyocardial current density distribution for each said region to allow a lesioned part of myocardium in the right and left ventricles to be three-dimensionally identified.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a database (5) containing information used to determine a relationship between an intramyocardial current density represented by data generated by said first arithmetic device and a myocardial lesion current.
4. An apparatus employing a magnetic measurement to diagnose viable myocardium, comprising:
a magnetic field distribution measurement device (1) performing a non-contact magnetic measurement on a subject’s chest at a plurality of coordinates to obtain a plurality of time-series magnetic data corresponding to said plurality of coordinates, and also using said plurality of time-series magnetic data to generate time-series magnetic field distribution data on said chest;
an arithmetic device (6) using said generated time-series, magnetic field distribution data to generate time-series, intramyocardial current density distribution data of said subject; and
a display device (7) using the data generated by said arithmetic device to superimpose together an image representing a stimulation propagation path of said subject extending from a sinoatrial node to a bundle of His-Purkinje fiber network and an image representing an intramyocardial current density distribution and display said images, thereby capable of three-dimensionally identifying a lesioned part of myocardium presenting an abnormal current density distribution or a physiologically viable part of myocardium.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said arithmetic device operates based on an anatomical or functional factor to divide right and left ventricles into any plurality of regions and generate time-series data of an intramyocardial current density distribution for each said region to allow a lesioned part of myocardium in the right and left ventricles to be three-dimensionally identified.
6. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a database (5) containing information used to determine a relationship between an intramyocardial current density represented by data generated by said arithmetic device and a myocardial lesion current.
7. A method employing a magnetic measurement to analyze viable myocardium, comprising the steps of:
performing a non-contact magnetic measurement on a subject’s chest at a plurality of coordinates to obtain a plurality of time-series magnetic data corresponding to said plurality of coordinates and used to generate time-series, magnetic field distribution data of said chest and generating first data corresponding to time-series, intramyocardial current density distribution data of said subject from the generated time-series magnetic field distribution data;
processing separately fed, tomographic, thoracic image data of said subject to generate second data representative of an anatomical image; and
displaying an image of said intramyocardial current density distribution represented by said first data, as superimposed on said anatomical image represented by said second data, to allow three-dimensional identification of a lesioned part of myocardium presenting an abnormal current density distribution or a physiologically viable part of myocardium.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of generating the first data divides right and left ventricles into any plurality of regions based on an anatomical or functional factor and generates time-series data of an intramyocardial current density distribution for each said region to allow a lesioned part of myocardium in the right and left ventricles to be three-dimensionally identified.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of determining from information indicating a relationship between an intramyocardial current density represented by said first data and a myocardial lesion current whether said three-dimensionally identified part is a lesioned or viable part of myocardium.
10. A method employing a magnetic measurement to analyze viable myocardium, comprising the steps of:
performing a non-contact magnetic measurement on a subject’s chest at a plurality of coordinates to obtain a plurality of time-series magnetic data corresponding to said plurality of coordinates and used to generate time-series magnetic field distribution data of said chest and generating time-series, intramyocardial current density distribution data of said subject from the generated time-series magnetic field distribution data; and
using said generated data to superimpose together an image representing a stimulation propagation path of said subject extending from a sinoatrial node to a bundle of His-Purkinje fiber network and an image representing an intramyocardial current density distribution and displaying said images to allow three-dimensional identification of a lesioned part of myocardium presenting an abnormal current density distribution or a physiologically viable part of myocardium.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of generating data divides right and left ventricles into any plurality of regions based on an anatomical or functional factor and generates time-series data of an intramyocardial current density distribution for each said region to allow a lesioned part of myocardium in the right and left ventricles to be three-dimensionally identified.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of determining from information indicating a relationship between an intramyocardial current density represented by said data and a myocardial lesion current whether said three-dimensionally identified part is a lesioned or viable part of myocardium.

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 water and debris shedding shield combined with and to protect an electrical equipment rack within a room having a ceiling and wall from water damage, said shield comprising:
a) a frame having parallel, spaced elongated side rails attached at their ends to parallel end sections with arc-shaped upper surfaces;
b) a waterproof semi-rigid or rigid shell attached to said frame and extending over said rack and outwardly beyond said rack, such that said waterproof shell follows the arc of said sections, whereby said shell prevents water and debris from falling onto said electrical equipment rack;
c) threaded rods extending from said frame for attachment to a wall or ceiling to support said shield over said electrical equipment rack; and
d) at least one side curtain extending from said frame, said curtain having a raised stored position and a deployed position extending vertically downward from said frame.
2. The shield of claim 1, further including at least one electrical drive system to raise and lower said curtain.
3. The shield of claim 2, including a water sensor in communication with an electrical switch to activate said drive system to automatically deploy each of said curtains to their deployed position when said water sensor detects water.
4. The shield of claim 1, wherein said curtains are comprised of rollable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheets.
5. The shield of claim 1, wherein said waterproof shell is a polycarbonate sheet.
6. The shield of claim 1, wherein said end sections have an arc of from about 120\xb0 C. to about 180\xb0.
7. The shield of claim 1, wherein said end sections have an arc of from about 60\xb0 to 90\xb0.
8. The shield of claim 1, further including gaskets that are compressible between fastenable server shield sections to prevent water from leaking between fastened server shields.
9. In combination, an electrical equipment rack and a protective shield to protect the electrical equipment rack from water damage within a room having a ceiling and wall comprising:
a) an electrical equipment rack;
b) a frame having parallel, spaced elongated side rails attached at their ends to parallel end sections with arc-shaped upper surfaces;
c) a waterproof semi-rigid or rigid shell attached to said frame and extending over said rack and outwardly beyond said rack, such that said waterproof shell follows the arc of said sections, whereby said shell prevents water and debris from falling onto said electrical equipment rack;
d) threaded rods extending from said frame for attachment to a wall or ceiling to support said shield over said electrical equipment rack; and
e) at least one side curtain extending from said frame, said curtain having a raised stored position and a deployed position extending vertically downward from said frame.
10. The rack and shield of claim 9, wherein said shield further includes at least one electrical drive system to raise and lower said curtain.
11. The rack and shield of claim 10, wherein said shield further includes a water sensor in communication with an electrical switch to activate said drive system to automatically deploy each of said curtains to their deployed position when said water sensor detects water.
12. The rack and shield of claim 9, wherein said end sections have an arc of from about 120 to about 180\xb0.
13. The rack and shield of claim 9, wherein said end sections have an arc of from about 60\xb0 to 90\xb0.
14. The rack and shield of claim 9, further including gaskets that are compressible between fastenable server shield sections to prevent water from leaking between fastened server shields.
15. A combination computer server rack and water and debris shedding shield to protect said rack within a room having a ceiling and wall from water and debris damage, said combination rack and shield comprising:
a) an equipment storage rack;
b) a shield having a frame with elongated side rails attached to end sections with arc-shaped upper surfaces, and an arc-shaped waterproof semi-rigid or rigid shell extending over said equipment rack and outwardly beyond said rack, and attached to said shield frame;
c) vertical threaded rods extending from said shield frame to mount said shield frame and shell over said equipment rack; and
d) at least one deployable curtain attached to said shield frame, said curtain having a raised stored position and a deployed position extending vertically downward from said frame, said shell preventing water and debris from failing onto said electrical equipment rack when said curtain is in either position.
16. The rack of claim 15, further including at least one electrical drive system to raise and lower said curtain.
17. The rack of claim 16, further including a water sensor in communication with said electrical drive system to activate said drive system to move said curtain to its deployed position when said water sensor detects water.
18. The rack of claim 15, wherein said vertical threaded rods extend upwardly from said shield frame elongated side rails.

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising an array substrate and an opposing substrate that are disposed face to face at a prescribed interval,
the array substrate comprising scan lines, signal lines, switching devices disposed at each intersection between the scan lines and the signal lines, pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix manner and driven by the switching devices, and auxiliary capacitance lines for retaining applied voltage for the pixel electrodes,
wherein the pixel electrodes have first side edges superposed on the signal lines and on shield electrodes disposed on the auxiliary capacitance lines to achieve shielding of light, and have second side edges opposite to the first side edges, the second side edges superposed on the signal lines to make an amount of superposition between the pixel electrodes and the signal lines, the amount of superposition having a first superposition width in a region corresponding to positions where the shield electrodes are disposed and a second superposition width in a region corresponding to positions where the shield electrodes are not disposed, the first superposition width being smaller than the second superposition width.
2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the signal lines have a first line width in the region corresponding to positions where the shield electrodes are disposed and a second line width in the region corresponding to positions where the shield electrodes are not disposed, the first line width being smaller than the second line width.
3. A liquid crystal display device comprising an array substrate and an opposing substrate that are disposed face to face at a prescribed interval,
the array substrate comprising scan lines, signal lines, switching devices disposed at each intersection between the scan lines and the signal lines, pixel electrodes disposed in a matrix manner and driven by the switching devices and auxiliary capacitance lines for retaining applied voltage for the pixel electrodes,
wherein the pixel electrodes have side edges superposed on black matrices formed on the opposing substrate to achieve shielding of light, and the side edges have parts superposed on shield electrodes disposed on the auxiliary capacitance lines to make an amount of superposition between the pixel electrodes and the black matrices in a region corresponding to positions where the shield electrodes are disposed smaller than that in other regions.
4. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 3, wherein the black matrices have a width in the region corresponding to positions where the shield electrodes are disposed smaller than that in other regions.

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 skylight comprising at least one polyester composition comprising at least one polyester, which comprises:
(a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising:
i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues;
ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and
iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and

(b) a glycol component comprising:
i) 20 to 30 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and
ii) 70 to 80 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues,

wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %;
wherein the inherent viscosity of said polyester is from 0.60 to 0.75 dLg as determined in 6040 (wtwt) phenoltetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g100 ml at 25\xb0 C.;
wherein said polyester has a Tg of from 100 to 130\xb0 C.
wherein said polyester has a notched Izod impact strength of at least 7.5 ft-lbinch at 23\xb0 C. according to ASTM D256 with a 10-mil notch in a \u215b-inch thick bar;
wherein the melt viscosity of said polyester is less than 10,000 poise as measured at 1 radiansecond on a rotary melt rheometer at 290\xb0 C.; and
wherein said polyester composition contains no polycarbonate.
2. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a Tg of 100 to 120\xb0 C.
3. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a Tg of 100 to 115\xb0 C.
4. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the dicarboxylic acid component comprises 80 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues.
5. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the dicarboxylic acid component comprises 90 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues.
6. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the dicarboxylic acid component comprises 95 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues.
7. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester comprises from 0.1 to 10 mole % of 1,3-propanediol residues, 1,4-butanediol residues, or a mixture thereof.
8. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester comprises from 0.01 to 10 mole % of ethylene glycol residues.
9. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues is a mixture comprising greater than 50 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues and less than 50 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues.
10. The skylight of claim 1, wherein said 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues is a mixture comprising greater than 55 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues and less than 45 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues.
11. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol is a mixture comprising greater than 50 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues and less than 50 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues, and wherein the dicarboxylic acid component comprises 80 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues.
12. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester composition comprises at least one polymer chosen from poly(etherimides), polyphenylene oxides, poly(phenylene oxide)polystyrene blends, polystyrene resins, polyphenylene sulfides, polyphenylene sulfidesulfones, polysulfones; polysulfone ethers, poly(ether-ketones), polyamides, polystyrene, polystyrene copolymers, styrene acrylonitrile copolymers, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymers, poly(methylmethacrylate), and acrylic copolymers.
13. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester comprises residues at least one branching agent an amount of 0.01 to 10 weight % based on the total weight of the polyester.
14. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the melt viscosity of the polyester is less than 6,000 poise as measured at 1 radiansecond on a rotary melt rheometer at 290\xb0 C.
15. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a crystallization half-time of greater than 10 minutes at 170\xb0 C.
16. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a crystallization half-time of greater than 50 minutes at 170\xb0 C.
17. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a crystallization half-time of greater than 100 minutes at 170\xb0 C.
18. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a crystallization half-time of greater than 1,000 minutes at 170\xb0 C.
19. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a crystallization half-time of greater than 10,000 minutes at 170\xb0 C.
20. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester composition has a density of less than 1.3 gml at 23\xb0 C.
21. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester composition comprises at least one thermal stabilizer or a reaction product thereof.
22. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the yellowness index of the polyester according to ASTM D-1925 is less than 50.
23. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a notched Izod impact strength of at least 10 ft-lbsin at 23\xb0 C. according to ASTM D256 with a 10-mil notch in a \u215b-inch thick bar.
24. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester has a notched Izod impact strength of at least 10 ft-lbsin at 23\xb0 C. according to ASTM D256 with a 10-mil notch in a \xbc-inch thick bar.
25. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the polyester comprises the residue of at least one catalyst comprising a tin compound or a reaction product thereof.
26. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the skylight is formed by extrusion.
27. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the skylight is produced by compression molding.
28. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the skylight is formed by injection molding.
29. The skylight of claim 1, further comprising at least one UV additive.
30. A skylight comprising at least one polyester composition comprising at least one polyester, which comprises:
(a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising:
i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues;
ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and
iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and

(b) a glycol component comprising:
i) 20 to 30 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and
ii) 70 to 80 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues,

wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %;
iii) residues of at least one branching agent;

wherein the inherent viscosity of said polyester is from 0.60 to 0.75 dLg as determined in 6040 (wtwt) phenoltetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g100 ml at 25\xb0 C.;
wherein said polyester has a Tg of from 100 to 120\xb0 C.
wherein said polyester has a notched Izod impact strength of at least 7.5 ft-lbinch at 23\xb0 C. according to ASTM D256 with a 10-mil notch in a \u215b-inch thick bar; and
wherein the melt viscosity of said polyester is less than 10,000 poise as measured at 1 radiansecond on a rotary melt rheometer at 290\xb0 C.; and
wherein said polyester composition contains no polycarbonate.
31. The skylight of claim 30, wherein the polyester has a Tg of 100 to 115\xb0 C.
32. A skylight comprising at least one polyester composition comprising at least one polyester, which comprises:
(a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising:
i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues;
ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and
iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and

(b) a glycol component comprising:
i) 20 to 30 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and
ii) 70 to 80 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues,

(c) at least one thermal stabilizer or a reaction product thereof;
wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %;
wherein the inherent viscosity of said polyester is from 0.60 to 0.75 dLg as determined in 6040 (wtwt) phenoltetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g100 ml at 25\xb0 C.;
wherein said polyester has a Tg of from 100 to 115\xb0 C.;
wherein said polyester has a notched Izod impact strength of at least 7.5 ft-lbinch at 23\xb0 C. according to ASTM D256 with a 10-mil notch in a \u215b-inch thick bar;
wherein the melt viscosity of said polyester is less than 10,000 poise as measured at 1 radiansecond on a rotary melt rheometer at 290\xb0 C.; and
wherein said polyester composition contains no polycarbonate.
33. The skylight of claim 30 or 32, wherein the polyester compositions comprises residues from at least one branching agent in the amount of 0.01 to 10 mole % based on the total mole percentage of the diacid residues or diol residues.
34. The skylight of claim 1, 30 or 32, wherein said polyester comprises residues of at least one branching agent residue in an amount of 0.1 to 0.7 mole % based on the total weight of the polyester.
35. The skylight sign of claims 1, 30 or 32, wherein said polyester comprises residues of at least one branching agent selected from trimellitic acid, trimellitic anhydride, pyromellitic dianhydride, trimethylolpropane, glycerol, pentaerythritol, citric acid, tartaric acid, and 3-hydroxyglutaric acid.
36. The skylight of claim 1, 30 or 32, wherein said polyester comprises residues of trimellitic anhydride.
37. The skylight of claim 32, wherein said thermal stabilizer comprises at least one ester selected from alkyl, branched alkyl, substituted alkyl, difunctional alkyl, alkyl ethers, aryl, and substituted aryl esters of phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, phosphonic acid, phosphinic acid, or phosphonous acid.