Author: claimsbot

1. A radio frequency (RF) surgical resection instrument comprising
an asymmetric opening and closing resection loop configured to ensnare and RF surgically separate tissue, the loop comprising:
an electrically non-insulated shorter loop section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a first length, and
an electrically insulated longer loop section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a second length,
wherein the distal ends of the shorter and longer loop sections are at least one of mechanically and electrically connected to each other, and the first length is a minority of the second length,

a catheter comprising an electrically non-conductive material, the catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal opening extending between the first and second ends,
a manipulation wire disposed in the longitudinal opening of the catheter, the manipulation wire having a proximal end and a distal end that is:
at least one of mechanically and electrically connected to the proximal end of the longer loop section, or
formed as an extension of the proximal end of the longer loop section,

wherein the manipulation wire is configured:
to be advanced distally inside the catheter in the longitudinal direction to advance the longer loop section such that the longer loop section pulls the distal end of the shorter loop section distally away from the distal end of the catheter, and
to be withdrawn proximally to retract the longer loop section,

a stop device comprising:
a stop wire having a proximal end and a distal end that is connected to the proximal end of the shorter loop section,
a first entrainer coupled to the stop wire at the proximal end of the stop wire, the first entrainer being movable relative to the catheter,
a stop which is fixed relative to the catheter, inside the catheter, such that the first entrainer will contact the stop when the shorter loop section is pulled distally away from the distal end of the catheter to limit a section of the stop wire that can extend from the distal end of the catheter to a predefined length, and
electrical insulation disposed on at least the section of the stop wire which can extend from the distal end of the catheter such that the insulation extends from the distal end of the catheter when the first entrainer contacts the stop,

a second entrainer which is connected to a distal portion of the manipulation wire, the first and second entrainers configured such that upon withdrawal of the manipulation wire, the second entrainer will contact the first entrainer to also withdraw the stop wire.
2. The monopolar RF surgical resection loop according to claim 1, characterized in that the distal end of the loop is formed as a spur.
3. The monopolar RF surgical resection loop according to claim 1, characterized in that the distal end of the loop is formed as a mandrel.
4. RF surgical resection instrument comprising a monopolar RF surgical resection loop according to claim 1 and a handle at a proximal end of the catheter.

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 substrate reversing device that reverses a substrate which has first and second substantially circular surfaces opposite to each other and a circumference, and each said surface having a respective peripheral portion, comprising:
first and second movable members arranged opposite to each other for receiving said substrate such that the first and second surfaces are opposite to said first and second movable members respectively;
a plurality of first supporters that are provided on said first movable member and support the first peripheral portion of the substrate;
a plurality of second supporters that are provided on said second movable member and support the second peripheral portion of the substrate;
a driving device that moves at least one of said first and said second movable members relative to the other such that said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are selectively transferred between a first state in which said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are spaced apart from one another and a second state in which said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are closer to one another; and
a reversing device that reverses said first and second movable members in said second state about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces;
wherein corresponding pairs of said first supporters and said second supporters are arranged in positions shifted away from each other in a direction along the circumference of the substrate.
2. The substrate reversing device according to claim 1, wherein
said first movable member is composed of a plurality of first bar-shaped members that extend radially, each of said first supporters being provided on an end portion of one of said plurality of first bar-shaped members, and
said second movable member is composed of a plurality of second bar-shaped members that extend radially, each of said second supporters being provided on an end portion of one of said plurality of second bar-shaped members.
3. The substrate reversing device according to claim 1, wherein
each of said first supporters and second supporters has a supporting surface that supports the corresponding peripheral portion of the substrate and a restricting surface that prevents the substrate from slipping in a direction along a surface of the substrate.
4. The substrate reversing device according to claim 3, wherein
said supporting surface is a convex surface, and
said restricting surface is an inclined surface that inclines away from the center of the substrate with increasing distance from a plane defined by the substrate supported on said supporting surface.
5. The substrate reversing device according to claim 1, wherein
said reversing device rotates 180 degrees said first and said second movable members.
6. The substrate reversing device according to claim 1, wherein
said driving device moves both of said first and said second movable members such that said first and said second movable members are transferred between said first state and said second state.
7. The substrate reversing device according to claim 1, wherein
said first and said second movable members are moved substantially an equal amount by said driving device.
8. The substrate reversing device according to claim 1, further comprising a controller that controls said driving device such that in said second state, said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters partially overlap with each other in a direction vertical to the substrate.
9. A substrate transporting device that transports a substrate which has first and second substantially circular surfaces opposite to each other and a circumference, and each said surface having a respective peripheral portion, comprising:
a substrate reversing device; and
a moving device that moves said substrate reversing device, wherein
said substrate reversing device includes:
first and second movable members arranged opposite to each other for receiving said substrate such that the first and second surfaces are opposite to said first and second movable members respectively;
a plurality of first supporters that are provided on said first movable member and support the first peripheral portion of the substrate;
a plurality of second supporters that are provided on said second movable member and support the second peripheral portion of the substrate;
a driving device that moves at least one of said first and said second movable members relative to the other such that said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are selectively transferred between a first state in which said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are spaced apart from one another and a second state in which said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are closer to one another; and
a reversing device that reverses said first and second movable members in said second state about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces;
wherein corresponding pairs of said first supporters and said second supporters are arranged in positions shifted away from each other in a direction along the circumference of the substrate.
10. A substrate processing device that performs processing of a substrate which has first and second substantially circular surfaces opposite to each other and a circumference, and each said surface having a respective peripheral portion, comprising:
a substrate reversing device that reverses the substrate about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces while supporting the substrate; and
a processing device that performs processing of the substrate being supported by said substrate reversing device, wherein
said substrate reversing device includes:
first and second movable members arranged opposite to each other for receiving said substrate such that the first and second surfaces are opposite to said first and second movable members respectively;
a plurality of first supporters that are provided on said first movable member and support the first peripheral portion of the substrate;
a plurality of second supporters that are provided on said second movable member and support the second peripheral portion of the substrate;
a driving device that moves at least one of said first and said second movable members relative to the other such that said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are selectively transferred between a first state in which said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are spaced apart from one another and a second state in which said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are closer to one another; and
a reversing device that reverses said first and second movable members in said second state about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces;
wherein corresponding pairs of said first supporters and said second supporters are arranged in positions shifted away from each other in a direction along the circumference of the substrate.
11. The substrate processing device according to claim 10, wherein
said processing device includes first and second processing units that perform processing of the substrate, and
said substrate reversing device reverses the substrate subjected to processing by said first processing unit, and wherein
said second processing unit performs processing of the substrate reversed by said substrate reversing device.
12. A method of reversing a substrate which has first and second substantially circular surfaces opposite to each other and a circumference, and each said surface having a respective peripheral portion, comprising the steps of:
arranging the substrate between first and second movable members such that the first and second surfaces of the substrate are opposite to said first and second movable members respectively;
supporting the first peripheral portion of the substrate on a plurality of first supporters provided on said first movable member;
subsequent to said step of supporting the first peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of first supporters, moving at least one of said first and second movable members relative to the other such that a plurality of second supporters provided on said second movable member are brought closer to said plurality of first supporters;
arranging corresponding pairs of said first supporters and said second supporters in positions shifted away from each other in a direction along the circumference of the substrate;
subsequent to said step of moving, reversing said first and second movable members about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces while supporting the second peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of second supporters; and
subsequent to said step of supporting the second peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of second supporters, moving at least one of said first and second movable members relative to the other such that said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are spaced apart from one another.
13. A transporting method for transporting a substrate which has first and second substantially circular surfaces opposite to each other and a circumference, and each said surface having a respective peripheral portion, comprising the steps of:
reversing the substrate about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces while supporting the substrate using a substrate reversing device; and
moving said substrate reversing device supporting the substrate, wherein
said step of reversing the substrate while supporting the substrate comprises the steps of:
arranging the substrate between first and second movable members such that the first and second surfaces of the substrate are opposite to said first and second movable members respectively;
supporting the first peripheral portion of the substrate on a plurality of first supporters provided on said first movable member in said substrate reversing device;
subsequent to said step of supporting the first peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of first supporters, moving at least one of said first and second movable members relative to the other such that a plurality of second supporters provided on said second movable member are brought closer to said plurality of first supporters in said substrate reversing device;
arranging corresponding pairs of said first supporters and said second supporters in positions shifted away from each other in a direction along the circumference of the substrate;
subsequent to said step of moving, reversing said first and second movable members about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces while supporting the second peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of second supporters; and
subsequent to said step of supporting the second peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of second supporters, moving at least one of said first and second movable members relative to the other such that said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are spaced apart from one another.
14. A method of processing a substrate for performing processing of the substrate which has first and second substantially circular surfaces opposite to each other and a circumference, and each said surface having a respective peripheral portion, comprising the steps of:
reversing the substrate about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces while supporting the substrate using a substrate reversing device; and
performing processing of the substrate being supported by said substrate reversing device, wherein
said step of reversing the substrate while supporting the substrate comprises the steps of:
arranging the substrate between first and second movable members such that the first and second surfaces of the substrate are opposite to said first and second movable members respectively;
supporting the first peripheral portion of the substrate on a plurality of first supporters provided to a first movable member in said substrate reversing device;
subsequent to said step of supporting the first peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of first supporters, moving at least one of said first and second movable members relative to the other such that a plurality of second supporters provided on said second movable member are brought closer to said plurality of first supporters in said substrate reversing device;
arranging corresponding pairs of said first supporters and said second supporters in positions shifted away from each other in a direction along the circumference of the substrate;
subsequent to said step of moving, reversing said first and second movable members about an axis parallel to the first and second surfaces while supporting the second peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of second supporters; and
subsequent to said step of supporting the second peripheral portion of the substrate on said plurality of second supporters, moving at least one of said first and second movable members relative to the other such that said plurality of first supporters and said plurality of second supporters are spaced apart from one another.
15. The method of processing a substrate according to claim 14, wherein
said step of performing processing of the substrate includes the step of performing first processing of the substrate and the step of performing second processing of the substrate, and
said step of reversing the substrate while supporting the substrate includes the step of reversing the substrate that has been subjected to said first processing, using said substrate reversing device, and wherein
said step of performing second processing includes the step of performing said second processing of said reversed substrate.

1. A print engine assembly mountable to an inkjet printer, the print engine assembly comprising:
a housing arranged to be mountable to a printer;
a printhead assembly mounted to the housing, the printhead assembly incorporating a printhead having a plurality of print nozzles for selectively ejecting drops of ink towards a print medium passing said nozzles, the printhead further having a structure that defines a space adjacent said nozzles; and
a capping mechanism mounted to the housing for capping the nozzles of the printhead,
wherein, when the printhead is in a printing mode, said structure allows drops of ink ejected from the nozzles to strike the print medium while preventing contact between the nozzles and foreign bodies larger than a threshold size, and
wherein, when the printhead is in a non-printing mode, the capping mechanism is engageable with said structure to provide a closed atmosphere in the space.
2. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein said structure includes a nozzle guard, the space being defined between the nozzle guard and said nozzles.
3. An assembly according to claim 2 wherein said nozzle guard has a plurality of apertures aligned with said nozzles so that ink drops ejected from said nozzles pass through said apertures.
4. An assembly according to claim 1 further comprising air supply means mounted to the housing for providing positive air pressure to said space when the printhead is in the printing mode and discontinuing said air supply when the printhead is in the non-printing mode.
5. An assembly according to claim 3 wherein said plurality of nozzles are arranged in an array extending across an A4 pagewidth.
6. An assembly according to claim 5 wherein said nozzles comprise micro-electromechanical devices.
7. An assembly according to claim 6 wherein said nozzles are arranged in a plurality of print modules.
8. An assembly according to claim 7 wherein each print module is associated with a respective nozzle guard to define a respective space.
9. An assembly according to claim 8 wherein said air supply means supplies positive air pressure to each said space.
10. An assembly according to claim 3 wherein said capping mechanism covers said nozzle guard to seal the space from atmosphere.
11. An assembly according to claim 10 wherein said capping mechanism further includes means for discontinuing an air supply to said printhead.
12. An assembly according to claim 10 wherein said capping mechanism is located on a platen member mounted in the housing, said capping mechanism being moved into a capping position by the platen member when said printhead is in the non-printing mode.
13. An assembly according to claim 12 wherein said platen member is rotatable to bring said capping mechanism into said capping position.
14. An assembly according to claim 13 wherein said printhead extends across an A4 pagewidth, and wherein said platen member and said capping mechanism also extend across said pagewidth.
15. An assembly according to claim 14 wherein said capping mechanism includes a seal member arranged to contact said printhead in a locus surrounding said nozzle guard apertures.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-5. (canceled)
6. A method for servicing a field device of automation technology with radio communication for a radio network, in which a number of field devices communicate via radio with a superordinated control unit, comprising the steps of:
the field device to be serviced switches, or is switched, at start-up, respectively, first start-up, into a special start-up mode;
in the special start-up mode, a peer to peer connection to a service device or to a selected field device is produced on a specific channel; and
integration data are transmitted from the service device or the selected field device to the field device to be integrated andor diagnostic data are transmitted from the field device to the service device or to the selected field device.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
in the special start-up mode on a specific channel, a peer to peer connection to a service device or to a selected field device is produced, as soon as voltage is applied to the field device.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
for the case, in which the field device to be integrated is a wireless HART field device, a fixed IEEE 802.15.4 channel is started, which waits for transmission of an activating packet from the service device, or from the selected field device.
9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
a configuration andor diagnosis of the field device is performed, even though the field device is still not integrated into the radio network.
10. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
as field device a conventional field device is used, which is converted into a radio field device by providing it with a radio, or wireless, adapter.