An apparatus including: a conveyor having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction and a pair of edges spaced apart from one another in the cross-machine direction; a roller mounted to an arm and engaged with a continuous drive, wherein the arm is pivotably mounted to a frame, wherein the roller has a first position and a second position, wherein the roller in the first position is located at a predetermined location above the conveyor and laterally within the pair of edges, wherein the roller in the second position is remote from the predetermined location, and wherein the roller and the continuous drive are separated from one another by an obstruction; a driver operatively engaged with the arm to move the roller from the first position to the second position; and a vacuum port proximal to the roller when the roller is in the first position.

A resin system for impregnating a liner element made of a resin-absorbing material for rehabilitating a pipeline. In addition, the invention relates to a method for lining a pipeline by means of a liner element of resin-absorbing material and a rehabilitation device for performing the method. The resin system according to the invention comprises three components (A), (B) and (C) wherein component (A) is a reactive resin, wherein component (B) is an additive, wherein component (C) comprises nanoscale bodies, and wherein component (C) can be excited by ultrasound, UV radiation or microwave radiation to trigger the curing of the resin system. In the method according to the invention and the rehabilitation device according to the invention, a mobile curing device is used, which is passed through the inverted liner element.

A resin system for impregnating a liner element made of a resin-absorbing material for rehabilitating a pipeline. In addition, the invention relates to a method for lining a pipeline by means of a liner element of resin-absorbing material and a rehabilitation device for performing the method. The resin system according to the invention comprises three components (A), (B) and (C) wherein component (A) is a reactive resin, wherein component (B) is an additive, wherein component (C) comprises nanoscale bodies, and wherein component (C) can be excited by ultrasound, UV radiation or microwave radiation to trigger the curing of the resin system. In the method according to the invention and the rehabilitation device according to the invention, a mobile curing device is used, which is passed through the inverted liner element.

A surgical instrument system including an endoscope having an elongated housing extending between a proximal instrument end and a distal instrument end. The surgical instrument system may further include an irrigation sleeve having a sleeve body extending between a proximal sleeve end and a distal sleeve end. The irrigation sleeve may further have a first lumen and a second lumen spaced out of fluid communication with the first lumen, the first lumen formed in the sleeve body for receiving at least a portion of the elongated housing of the endoscope with the distal instrument end arranged adjacent to the distal sleeve end. The second lumen may be formed in the sleeve body and extend between a lumen inlet adapted for fluid communication with an irrigation source and a lumen outlet arranged to direct irrigation fluid toward the distal instrument end.

A surgical instrument system including an endoscope having an elongated housing extending between a proximal instrument end and a distal instrument end. The surgical instrument system may further include an irrigation sleeve having a sleeve body extending between a proximal sleeve end and a distal sleeve end. The irrigation sleeve may further have a first lumen and a second lumen spaced out of fluid communication with the first lumen, the first lumen formed in the sleeve body for receiving at least a portion of the elongated housing of the endoscope with the distal instrument end arranged adjacent to the distal sleeve end. The second lumen may be formed in the sleeve body and extend between a lumen inlet adapted for fluid communication with an irrigation source and a lumen outlet arranged to direct irrigation fluid toward the distal instrument end.

Sizing catheters that include an inner member and an outer member. The inner member includes an elongate shaft and a plurality of radiopaque markers spaced axially from each other and secured to an outer surface of the shaft, the span of radiopaque markers defining a first portion of the inner member. The outer member that is disposed snugly around and in substantial contact with the inner member along at least the first portion of the inner member.

A medical device, such as an electrophysiology catheter, has an elongate body including a wall. A reinforcing layer is encapsulated in the wall. The reinforcing layer includes one or more reinforcing fibers having glass cores and polymer cladding. In embodiments, the reinforcing fibers are non-magnetically-susceptible and non-electrically-conductive, facilitating the use of the medical device in connection with procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

A medical device, such as an electrophysiology catheter, has an elongate body including a wall. A reinforcing layer is encapsulated in the wall. The reinforcing layer includes one or more reinforcing fibers having glass cores and polymer cladding. In embodiments, the reinforcing fibers are non-magnetically-susceptible and non-electrically-conductive, facilitating the use of the medical device in connection with procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods and devices described for improved dynamic walled tubing and catheters.

A method of manufacturing paint roller covers is disclosed in which the paint roller covers are manufactured from a seamless segment of tubular paint roller cover fabric that is placed onto a cylindrical forming tube having a segment of bonding material temporarily secured on its outer surface under the segment of tubular paint roller cover fabric. The cylindrical forming tube is placed on a heated mandrel to apply heat thereto to cause the bonding material to bond to the interior of the segment of tubular paint roller cover fabric. The cylindrical forming tube is removed from the mandrel and cooled, and the segment of tubular paint roller cover fabric becomes secured to the bonding material to produce a semi-rigid paint roller cover segment. The semi-rigid paint roller cover segment may be finished into paint roller covers by cutting it into appropriately sized segments, combing and shearing the pile fabric to a desired length, beveling the edges of the paint roller covers, and vacuuming stray fibers from the paint roller covers.