greater/dental caries

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to medical procedures and electrical devices. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of electrical devices for implantation in the head, for example, in the nasal cavity. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION PCT Publication WO

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention is directed to a system and method for absorption spectroscopy and, in particular, for measuring constituents of gas in a ring-down spectrometer. BACKGROUND Absorption spectroscopy has long been used for detecting the composition of matter and measuring trace

BACKGROUND Alkali metals (i.e., cesium) are used by various systems and devices. In order to integrate cesium with elements of a system it may be necessary to encapsulate the cesium in a closed structure. A small system or device may require the closed structure encapsulating cesium to be small. To

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to photonic crystal biochemical sensor devices. Such devices are used for optical detection of the adsorption of a biological material, such as DNA, protein, viruses or cells, or chemicals, onto a surface of the

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the delivery of sequential shots of polymer material to multiple mold cavities to form multilayer articles, and more specifically to forming multilayer preforms having interior layer(s) of relatively low weight percentage and substantially

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application relates to compositions useful in dentifrices and other oral care products. Particularly the invention relates to oral care compositions containing a surfactant agent consisting essentially of water soluble salts of monoalkyl and dialkyl phosphate esters,

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application relates to compositions useful in dentifrices and other oral care products. Particularly the invention relates to oral care compositions containing a surfactant agent consisting essentially of water soluble salts of monoalkyl and dialkyl phosphate esters,

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits (ICs). The present disclosure is particularly applicable to shallow trench isolation (STI) structures and methods of fabrication. BACKGROUND As ICs continue to decrease in size in pursuit of higher

RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a U.S. national stage of application No. PCT/EP2009/053322, filed on March 20, 2009. This patent application claims the priority of French patent application no. 08/51796 filed Mar. 20, 2008, the disclosure content of which is hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD OF

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to medical equipment and, more particularly, to an improved trocar device and system for accessing a body cavity and for facilitating instrument passage, instrument manipulation, operative dissection, and removal of matter through

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field This invention relates to a method for preventing tooth decay. 2. State of the Art Several methods, compositions, and devices have been described for preventing dental caries or cavities. U.S. Pat. No. 4,273,535 to Yamamoto et al. describes a device and method

BACKGROUND Semiconductor devices are used in a variety of electronic applications, such as personal computers, cell phones, digital cameras, and other electronic equipment. Semiconductor devices are typically fabricated by sequentially depositing insulating or dielectric layers, conductive layers,

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to injection molding machines and methods of producing injection molded parts and, more particularly, to low constant pressure injection molding machines and methods for producing injection molded parts at low constant injection

BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention The field of the present invention relates to body support systems that have a dynamic configuration with an air flow unit or air blower in an air blower cavity of the body support system, and a static configuration with the air flow unit or air blower removed

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improved nasal cavity device for use in the nasal cavity of a human being to aid passage of air through the nasal cavity. More particularly the present invention relates to an improved adjustable nasal cavity device for combined passage of