All The Claims

1. A valve that is sealable to an associated container having an interior, the valve adapted to permit and stop flow of fluid from the container interior, the valve comprising:
a valve body sealable to the container, the valve body having a stem receiving region formed therein, the valve body including a fluid receiving region in communication with the container interior;
a valve stem mounted to the valve body, the valve stem including a hollow tubular member defining a central bore, the valve stem positioned in the stem receiving region and adapted for rotation within the stem receiving region, the valve stem including a stem opening in a portion of a wall thereof, the valve stem being rotatable between an open position to align the stem opening with the valve body fluid receiving region to permit flow from the fluid storage region through the valve, and a closed position to misalign the stem opening with the valve body fluid receiving region to stop flow through the valve,
the valve stem having a grasping portion spaced from the valve body, the grasping portion adapted to rotate the valve stem within the stem receiving region to move the valve between the open and closed positions, and
wherein at least a portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising at least about 0.1 wt. % oleamide.
2. The valve of claim 1, wherein at least the portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising about 0.5 wt. % to about 5 wt. % oleamide.
3. The valve of claim 1, wherein at least the portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising about 1.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % oleamide.
4. The valve of claim 1, wherein at least the portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising oleamide and a polyethylene based polymer or a polypropylene based polymer.
5. The valve of claim 1, wherein the valve stem is formed from a material comprising about 98 wt. % to about 98.5 wt. % of a polymeric blend including HDPE, LLDPE, and LDPE, and about 1.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % oleamide.
6. The valve of claim 1, wherein the grasping portion includes a frame, wherein the hollow tubular member and the frame are formed as a unitary member, wherein the unitary member is formed from a material comprising about 98 wt. % to about 98.5 wt. % of a polymeric blend including HDPE, LLDPE, and LDPE, and about 1.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % oleamide.
7. The valve of claim 1, wherein the valve has an average torque value between about 0.5 in\xb7lbs to about 2.0 in\xb7lbs after 1 month in storage and throughout 5 days of use.
8. The valve of claim 1, wherein the valve body is formed from a material comprising 0.01 wt. % to about 0.5 wt. % oleamide.
9. A medical device for collecting biological fluids comprising:
a pouch defining a collection chamber therein;
an inlet opening for receiving biological fluids;
an outlet opening defined in a bottom portion of the pouch; and
a valve adapted to permit and stop flow of biological fluids collected in the collection chamber, the valve comprising:
a valve body sealed to the pouch in the bottom portion proximate the outlet opening, the valve body having a stem receiving region formed therein, the valve body including a fluid receiving region in communication with the collection chamber;
a valve stem mounted to the valve body, the valve stem including a hollow tubular member defining a central bore, the valve stem positioned in the stem receiving region and adapted for rotation within the stem receiving region, the valve stem including a stem opening in a portion of a wall thereof, the valve stem being rotatable between an open position to align the stem opening with the valve body fluid receiving region to permit flow from the collection chamber through the valve, and a closed position to misalign the stem opening with the valve body fluid receiving region to stop flow through the valve,
the valve stem having a grasping portion spaced from the valve body, the grasping portion adapted to rotate the valve stem within the stem receiving region to move the valve between the open and closed positions, and
wherein at least a portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising at least about 0.1 wt. % oleamide.
10. The medical device of claim 9, wherein at least the portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising about 0.5 wt. % to about 5 wt. % oleamide.
11. The medical device of claim 9, wherein at least the portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising about 1.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % oleamide.
12. The medical device of claim 9, wherein at least the portion of the valve stem that is in contact with the stem receiving region is formed from a material comprising oleamide and a polyethylene based polymer or a polypropylene based polymer.
13. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the valve stem is formed from a material comprising about 98 wt. % to about 98.5 wt. % of a polymeric blend including HDPE, LLDPE, and LDPE, and about 1.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % oleamide.
14. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the grasping portion includes a frame, wherein the hollow tubular member and the frame are formed as a unitary member, wherein the unitary member is formed from a material comprising about 98 wt. % to about 98.5 wt. % of a polymeric blend including HDPE, LLDPE, and LDPE, and about 1.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % oleamide.
15. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the valve has an average torque value between about 0.5 in\xb7lbs to about 2.0 in\xb7lbs after 1 month in storage and throughout 5 days of use.
16. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the valve body is formed from a material comprising 0.01 wt. % to about 0.5 wt. % oleamide.

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 composition for ink jet printing an opto-electrical device, which composition comprises a solution-processable host material, a metal complex, and a solvent, wherein the viscosity of the composition exceeds 16 mPa\xb7s at 20\xb0 C. and which composition has a solids content of at least 1% by weight of the composition,
wherein the host material is a host polymer comprising a co-polymer having a first repeat unit selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted fluorene, optionally substituted spirofluorene, optionally substituted indenofluorene, optionally substituted phenylene, and optionally substituted oligo-phenylene, and a further repeat unit comprising an optionally substituted triarylamine as shown in the following formula:
in which each Ar is the same or different and independently represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl and any two Ar groups may be directly linked by a divalent group or a single bond; \u2014(CR4R5)n or \u2014Ar1\u2014(CR4R5)n\u2014Ar2\u2014 in which R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen or a substituent, n is from 1 to 10, and Ar1 and Ar2 are independently selected from optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, and
wherein the metal complex comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold, and wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of phenylnonane, 4-methylanisole, optionally substituted benzoates, and mixtures thereof.
2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the metal complex is an emissive metal complex.
3. A composition according to claim 2, wherein the emissive metal complex comprises an optionally substituted complex having the following general formula:
ML1qL2rL3s

wherein M is a metal; each of L1, L2 and L3 is a coordinating group; q is an integer; r and s are each independently 0 or an integer; and the sum of (a. q)+(b. r)+(c.s) is equal to the number of coordination sites available on M, wherein a is the number of coordination sites on L1, b is the number of coordination sites on L2 and c is the number of coordination sites on L3.
4. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the host polymer comprises a polyfluorene copolymer.
5. A process for the manufacture of an organic light-emissive display comprising:
providing a substrate comprising a first electrode layer and a bank structure defining a plurality of wells;
depositing a conductive organic layer over the first electrode;
depositing an organic light-emissive layer over the conductive organic layer; and
depositing a second electrode over the organic light-emissive layer,
wherein the organic light-emissive layer is deposited by ink jet printing a composition according to claim 2 into the plurality of wells.
6. An organic light-emissive display obtained by the process of claim 5.

What is claimed is:

1. A preform comprising:
a threaded neck finish;
a body portion including an end cap, the neck finish and the body portion comprising a first layer and the body portion additionally comprising a second layer, the first layer comprising virgin polyester and the second layer comprising recycled polyester;
a third layer comprising a gas barrier material applied to one of the first and second layers; and
wherein the second layer comprises about 25% to about 50% of the preform.
2. A preform according to claim 1, wherein the first layer is selected from the group consisting of PET homopolymers and copolymers, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene naphthalate copolymers, polyethylene naphthalatepolyethylene terephthalate blends, and combinations thereof.
3. A preform according to claim 1, wherein the second layer is selected from the group consisting of recycled PET homopolymers and copolymers, recycled polyethylene naphthalate, recycled polyethylene naphthalate copolymers, recycled polyethylene naphthalatepolyethylene terephthalate blends, and combinations thereof.
4. A preform according to claim 1, wherein the body portion is primarily amorphous or semi-crystalline, and the threaded neck finish is primarily crystalline.
5. A preform according to claim 4, wherein the interior surface of the threaded neck finish is amorphous.
6. A preform according to claim 1, wherein the second layer comprises recycled PET, the recycled PET being a product of a recycling process for barrier containers made of PET and hydroxy-phenoxyether polymers, the process comprising;
chopping the containers into smaller pieces;
cleaning the pieces;
dissolving the hydroxy-phenoxyether polymer with acid;
separating the hydroxy-phenoxyether polymer solution from the PET pieces;
rinsing and drying the PET pieces.
7. A method of making a preform according to claim 1, comprising:
injecting a polyester melt into a cavity formed by a mold and a core wherein the mold comprises a threaded neck finish portion at a first temperature and a body portion at a second temperature, wherein the first temperature is greater than the crystallinity temperature of the polyester and the second temperature is less than the crystallinity temperature of the polyester;
leaving the polyester melt in contact with the mold and core to form a preform wherein the body portion is primarily amorphous or semi-crystalline, and the threaded neck finish is primarily crystalline;
removing the preform from the mold;
placing the preform in a second mold wherein the second mold comprises a threaded neck finish portion at the first temperature and a body portion at the third temperature;
injecting a melt of the recycled PET material over the body portion to form a two-layer preform;
and removing the two-layer preform from the mold.
8. The method of claim 7, additionally comprising:
blow molding the preform to create a beverage container;
depositing a barrier layer onto the container.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the barrier layer comprises a silicon oxide film deposited on an inner surface of the container.
10. A mold for making a preform according to claim 1, comprising:
a first mold;
a second mold; and
a core;
wherein the first mold comprises:
a threaded neck finish portion having a first mold temperature control system; and
a body portion having a second temperature control system; and
the core having a third temperature control system;

wherein the first temperature control system is independent of the second and third temperature control systems and the threaded neck finish portion is thermally isolated from the body portion and core.
11. A mold according to claim 10, wherein the first, second and third temperature control systems comprise circulating fluid.
12. A mold according to claim 10, wherein the first and second temperature control systems are selected from the group consisting of heaters, heating coils, heating probes, and circulating fluid.
13. A mold according to claim 10, wherein the core comprises a first core portion in the region of the threaded neck portion of the mold and a second core portion in the region of the body portion of the mold, wherein the first and second core portions have separate temperature regulation systems.
14. A mold according to claim 13, wherein the first and second core temperature regulation systems are selected from the group consisting of heaters, heating coils, heating probes, and circulating fluid.
15. A laminate comprising:
a virgin PET layer;
a recycled PET layer; and
a gas barrier layer;
the virgin PET layer being directly adhered to the recycled or post-consumer PET layer and the recycled layer comprising from about 25% to about 50% of the laminate.
16. The laminate of claim 15, wherein the gas barrier layer comprises a silicon oxide film.
17. The laminate of claim 15, wherein the laminate is in the form of a preform.
18. The laminate of claim 15, wherein the laminate is in the form of a beverage container.
19. The laminate of claim 18, wherein the silicon oxide film is the innermost layer of the beverage container.
20. The laminate of claim 15, wherein the virgin PET has an isophthalic acid content of at least about 2% by weight.
21. The laminate of claim 20, wherein the isophthalic acid content of the virgin PET is about 2%-10% by weight.
22. The laminate of claim 21, wherein the isophthalic acid content of the virgin PET is about 4%-5% by weight.
23. The laminate of claim 20, wherein the isophthalic acid content of the recycled PET is at least about 2% by weight.
24. A preform comprising:
a first layer comprising virgin PET having an isophthalic acid content of at least about 2% by weight; and
a second layer comprising recycled PET; and
wherein the first layer is thinner in the end cap than in the wall portion and the second layer is thicker in the end cap than in the wall portion.
25. The preform of claim 24, wherein the recycled PET comprises about 25% to about 50% of the preform.
26. A preform comprising:
a threaded neck finish, a neck cylinder and a body portion, the body portion additionally comprising an end cap;
the neck finish, the neck cylinder and the body portion comprising a first layer of virgin polyester and the body portion additionally comprising a second layer of recycled polyester, the second layer comprising about 25% to about 50% of the preform;
wherein each of the first layer and the second layer are formed by injection molding.
27. A preform according to claim 26, wherein the first layer is selected from the group consisting of PET homopolymers and copolymers, polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene naphthalate copolymers, polyethylene naphthalatepolyethylene terephthalate blends, and combinations thereof.
28. A preform according to claim 26, wherein the second layer is selected from the group consisting of recycled PET homopolymers and copolymers, recycled polyethylene naphthalate, recycled polyethylene naphthalate copolymers, recycled polyethylene naphthalatepolyethylene terephthalate blends, and combinations thereof.
29. A preform according to claim 26, wherein the body portion is primarily amorphous or semi-crystalline, and the threaded neck finish is primarily crystalline.
30. A preform according to claim 29, wherein the interior surface of the threaded neck finish is amorphous.
31. A preform according to claim 26, wherein the second layer comprises recycled PET, the recycled PET being a product of a recycling process for barrier containers made of PET and hydroxy-phenoxyether polymers, the process comprising;
chopping the containers into smaller pieces;
cleaning the pieces;
dissolving the hydroxy-phenoxyether polymer with acid;
separating the hydroxy-phenoxyether polymer solution from the PET pieces;
rinsing and drying the PET pieces.
32. A method of making a preform according to claim 26, comprising:
injecting a polyester melt into a cavity formed by a mold and a core wherein the mold comprises a threaded neck finish portion at a first temperature and a body portion at a second temperature, wherein the first temperature is greater than the crystallinity temperature of the polyester and the second temperature is less than the crystallinity temperature of the polyester;
leaving the polyester melt in contact with the mold and core to form a preform wherein the body portion is primarily amorphous or semi-crystalline, and the threaded neck finish is primarily crystalline;
removing the preform from the mold;
placing the preform in a second mold wherein the second mold comprises a threaded neck finish portion at the first temperature and a body portion at the third temperature;
injecting a melt of the recycled PET material over the body portion to form a two-layer preform;
and removing the two-layer preform from the mold.
33. The method of claim 32, additionally comprising:
blow molding the preform to create a beverage container;
depositing a barrier layer onto the container.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the barrier layer comprises a silicon oxide film deposited on an inner surface of the container.
35. A mold for making a preform according to claim 26, comprising:
a first mold;
a second mold; and
a core;
wherein the first mold comprises:
a threaded neck finish portion having a first mold temperature control system;
a body portion having a second temperature control system; and
the core having a third temperature control system;

wherein the first temperature control system is independent of the second and third temperature control systems and the threaded neck finish portion is thermally isolated from the body portion and core.
36. A mold according to claim 35, wherein the first, second and third temperature control systems comprise circulating fluid.
37. A mold according to claim 35, wherein the first and second temperature control systems are selected from the group consisting of heaters, heating coils, heating probes, and circulating fluid.
38. A mold according to claim 35, wherein the core comprises a first core portion in the region of the threaded neck portion of the mold and a second core portion in the region of the body portion of the mold, wherein the first and second core portions have separate temperature regulation systems.
39. A mold according to claim 38, wherein the first and second core temperature regulation systems are selected from the group consisting of heaters, heating coils, heating probes, and circulating fluid.

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. An X-ray CT apparatus comprising:
a scanner that includes an X-ray source and an X-ray detector having two-dimensionally arranged X-ray detector elements, disposed on an opposite side of the X-ray source interposing a subject to be examined therebetween, and provided for measuring X-rays irradiated from the X-ray source onto the subject and passed through the subject and carries out helical scanning by rotating the X-ray source and the X-ray detector relative to the subject around a revolving axis and moving the subject relative to the X-ray source and the X-ray detector along the revolving axis; and
an image processor for creating a tomogram of the subject from projection data collected by helical scanning using the X-ray detector,
wherein the image processor creates a tomogram by reconstructing data combining a plurality of different sets of projection data at a point on the subject on the revolving axis such that phase ranges of the rotation overlap with each other.
2. The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processor reconstructs an image from data weighted and combined using the plurality of different sets of projection data and weighting functions which are functions of corresponding phase ranges of the revolution.
3. The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the phase ranges of the revolution of the plurality of different sets of projection data extend over a range of 32 or more of a complete phase.
4. The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processor includes a selection device which selects the plurality of different sets of projection data from a plurality of the two-dimensionally arranged X-ray detector element arrays and an image is reconstructed using detected data of the element arrays selected by the selection device and data opposite to the detected data.
5. An X-ray CT apparatus comprising:
a scanner that includes an X-ray source and an X-ray detector having two-dimensionally arranged X-ray detector elements, disposed on the opposite side of the X-ray source interposing a subject to be examined therebetween, for measuring X-rays irradiated from the X-ray source onto the subject and passed through the subject and carries out helical scanning by rotating the X-ray source and the X-ray detector relative to the subject around a revolving axis and moving the subject relative to the X-ray source and the X-ray detector along the revolving axis; and
an image processor for creating a tomogram of the subject from projection data collected by helical scanning using the X-ray detector,
wherein the image processor creates a tomogram by reconstructing images of a plurality of different phase ranges from a plurality of different sets of projection data of the revolution at a point on the subject on the revolving axis such that the phase ranges of the rotation overlap with each other and adding the reconstructed images of the plurality of different phase ranges.
6. The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the images in the plurality of different phase ranges are weighted by weighting functions which are functions of the phase ranges of the revolution and added to obtain a tomogram.
7. The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image processor includes a selection device that selects the plurality of sets of projection data of different phases from a plurality of the two-dimensionally arranged X-ray detector element arrays and reconstructs an image using the detected data of the element arrays selected by the selection device and data opposite to the detected data.
8. The X-ray CT apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the different phase range for the reconstructed images in the plurality of different phase ranges is 180-degree.
9. A method for creating a tomogram of a subject by revolving an X-ray source relative to a subject around a revolving axis and carrying out helical scanning which moves the X-ray source relative to the subject along the revolving axis from the projection data collected by an X-ray detector made up of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged detector elements for measuring X-rays which have been irradiated from the X-ray source onto the subject and have passed through the subject, comprising:
a step of setting measuring parameters of the projection data;
a step of obtaining projection data by carrying out helical scanning based on the measuring parameters;
a step of creating a plurality of different sets of projection data such that phase ranges of helical scanning overlap with each other at a point on the subject on the revolving axis from the projection data;
a step of creating a plurality of reconstructed images at the point corresponding to the plurality of sets of projection data created; and
a step of creating a reconstructedadded image by applying a weighting function to and adding the plurality of reconstructed images created.
10. The method for creating a tomogram according to claim 9, wherein the step of creating the plurality of sets of projection data of comprising:
a step of setting the ientical point of the reconstructed subject on the revolving axis;
a step of deciding the range of the plurality of the two-dimensionally arranged X-ray detector element arrays of the data used for reconstruction of the set point;
a step of deciding a phase range corresponding to the range of the decided X-ray detector element arrays;
a step of acquiring the data of the array range and the phase range as phase data; and
a step of acquiring helically corrected projection data by creating and applying the weighting function which is a function of phases on the revolving axis to the phase data.
11. The method for creating a tomogram according to claim 10, wherein the weighting function is a phase addition weighting function.
12. The method for creating a tomogram according to claim 11, wherein the phase range of the weighting function is or more.
13. A method for creating a tomogram of a subject by revolving an X-ray source relative to the subject around a revolving axis and carrying out helical scanning which moves the X-ray source relative to the subject along the revolving axis from the projection data collected by an X-ray detector made up of a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged detector elements for measuring X-rays which have been irradiated from the X-ray source onto the subject and have passed through the subject, comprising:
a step of setting measuring parameters of the projection data;
a step of obtaining projection data by carrying out helical scanning based on the measuring parameters;
a step of creating a plurality of different sets of projection data such that phase ranges of helical scanning overlap with each other at a point on the subject on the revolving axis from the projection data;
a step of applying a weighting function to and adding the plurality of sets of projection data created; and
a step of creating a reconstructed image using the data obtained by applying the weighting function and adding.