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An endoscope system (1, 1B), comprising: an image storage portion configured to store previously acquired three-dimensional image information with respect to a subject; a luminal organ extracting portion configured to extract a predetermined luminal organ from the three-dimensional image information; an objective optical system provided in a distal end of an insertion portion of an endoscope; a line-of-sight direction detecting portion configured to detect a line-of-sight direction of the objective optical system; a direction comparing portion configured to compare a core line direction of the predetermined luminal organ that is extracted by the luminal organ extracting portion and the line-of-sight direction; and a position and posture information recording portion configured to record information regarding a position and a posture of the distal end of the insertion portion of the endoscope, characterized in that the direction comparing portion is configured to perform control so as to record information regarding the position and the posture of the distal end of the insertion portion of the endoscope in the position and posture information recording portion if a condition is met that an angle that the core line direction and the line-of sight direction form is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. an image storage portion configured to store previously acquired three-dimensional image information with respect to a subject; a luminal organ extracting portion configured to extract a predetermined luminal organ from the three-dimensional image information; an objective optical system provided in a distal end of an insertion portion of an endoscope; a line-of-sight direction detecting portion configured to detect a line-of-sight direction of the objective optical system; a direction comparing portion configured to compare a core line direction of the predetermined luminal organ that is extracted by the luminal organ extracting portion and the line-of-sight direction; and a position and posture information recording portion configured to record information regarding a position and a posture of the distal end of the insertion portion of the endoscope,
A gas turbine engine (20;219) comprising: a gas generator (22; 122,124) with at least one compressor rotor, at least one gas generator turbine rotor and a combustion section, and an exhaust duct positioned downstream of said gas generator (22; 122; 124) and which receives the products of combustion which have passed over said at least one gas generator turbine rotor; and a fan drive turbine (36;222) positioned downstream of said exhaust duct said fan drive turbine (36;222) driving a shaft (38;92;201;300) which extends downstream from said fan drive turbine (36;222), characterised in that: said shaft (38;92;201;300) engages gears (40;301,302,303,304) to drive at least three fan rotors (42,44,46,48;224,226,228,230), and an axis of rotation of said gas generator is generally perpendicular to an axis of rotation of said shaft (38;92;201;300). a gas generator (22; 122,124) with at least one compressor rotor, at least one gas generator turbine rotor and a combustion section, and an exhaust duct positioned downstream of said gas generator (22; 122; 124) and which receives the products of combustion which have passed over said at least one gas generator turbine rotor; and a fan drive turbine (36;222) positioned downstream of said exhaust duct said fan drive turbine (36;222) driving a shaft (38;92;201;300) which extends downstream from said fan drive turbine (36;222),
A cell-compatible highly crosslinked hydrogel polymer composition for use in a medical treatment by administration by injection, the composition comprising a high density of open interconnected pores, wherein the hydrogel polymer composition comprises a cryogel and wherein the cryogel comprises at least 75% pores, and wherein said hydrogel is characterized by shape memory following deformation by compression or dehydration.
A method for screening a subject for a cancer comprising the steps of i) extracting the cell free nucleic acids from a sample obtained from the subject, ii) determining the total concentration of mitochondrial cell free nucleic acids, iii) determining the total concentration of nuclear cell free nucleic acids, iv) calculating the ratio of the level determined at step ii) to the concentration determined at step iii) (CmCnDNA content ratio), v) comparing ratio determined at step iv) with a predetermined corresponding reference value and vi) concluding that the subject suffers from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is lower than the predetermined corresponding reference value or concluding that the subject does not suffer from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is higher than the predetermined corresponding reference value. i) extracting the cell free nucleic acids from a sample obtained from the subject, ii) determining the total concentration of mitochondrial cell free nucleic acids, iii) determining the total concentration of nuclear cell free nucleic acids, iv) calculating the ratio of the level determined at step ii) to the concentration determined at step iii) (CmCnDNA content ratio), v) comparing ratio determined at step iv) with a predetermined corresponding reference value and vi) concluding that the subject suffers from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is lower than the predetermined corresponding reference value or concluding that the subject does not suffer from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is higher than the predetermined corresponding reference value.
A limit level measuring assembly for monitoring a limit level of a product with a limit level sensor that can be mounted on a container wall, wherein the limit level sensor comprises a protective device which, at least partially, encompasses and/or reaches over a mechanical oscillator, for protecting the mechanical oscillator against waves, foam and currents, characterized in that the protective device is attached to the limit level sensor via an attachment bracket, wherein the attachment bracket is retained by means of an attachment member configured as a nut, wherein the protective device is configured in such a way that a covering surface of the protective device extends from the attachment bracket above the mechanical oscillator, from which a first side surface and a second side surface extend laterally and vertically downwards, so that the mechanical oscillator is covered by them, and wherein the protective device reaches over the mechanical oscillator on the front side in such a way that a front surface on the front side also extends vertically downwards, wherein a gap, through which a tool for tightening the nut can be inserted, remains between the attachment bracket and the opposing side surfaces (26, 27) of the protective device.
A drum winch system comprising: a winch drum having an outer surface; and a winch drum braking system comprising a first brake having a first brake lining and a first ratchet linkage system configured to rotate and connected to the first brake lining, a second brake having a second brake lining and a second ratchet linkage configured to rotate and connected to the second brake lining, wherein the winch drum is located between the first brake lining of the first brake and the second brake lining of the second brake, and characterised in that at least one of the first ratchet linkage system and the second ratchet linkage system is a three-ring ratchet system configured to move one of the first brake lining and the second brake lining to one of a first position and a second position, wherein, in the first position, the one of the first brake lining and the second brake lining contacts the outer surface of the winch drum to apply braking force thereon, and further wherein, in the second position, the one of the first brake lining and the second brake lining is separated from the winch drum.
A method, comprising: obtaining a surgical instrument having: a handle assembly; a power assembly; a shaft assembly comprising an end effector; and a data storage protocol, wherein a surgical function has been performed with the surgical instrument and data has been recorded during the performance of the surgical function, and wherein the data includes data relating to conditions within the surgical instrument; storing data on the surgical instrument in accordance with the data storage protocol; and entering a key into the surgical instrument to override the data storage protocol. obtaining a surgical instrument having: a handle assembly; a power assembly; a shaft assembly comprising an end effector; and a data storage protocol, wherein a surgical function has been performed with the surgical instrument and data has been recorded during the performance of the surgical function, and wherein the data includes data relating to conditions within the surgical instrument; a handle assembly; a power assembly; a shaft assembly comprising an end effector; and a data storage protocol, wherein a surgical function has been performed with the surgical instrument and data has been recorded during the performance of the surgical function, and wherein the data includes data relating to conditions within the surgical instrument; storing data on the surgical instrument in accordance with the data storage protocol; and entering a key into the surgical instrument to override the data storage protocol.
A MEMS microphone, the MEMS microphone comprising: a membrane; a spring having a first end coupled to the membrane, and a second end mounted to a support; and a first layer including a backplate, a first over travel stop structure released from the backplate by a process, such that the first over travel stop structure is structurally separate and electrically isolated from the backplate and coupled to a structure other than the backplate, the first over travel stop structure is positioned at a predetermined distance from the spring when the membrane is at rest, and configured to stop movement of the membrane in a first direction. a membrane; a spring having a first end coupled to the membrane, and a second end mounted to a support; and a first layer including a backplate, a first over travel stop structure released from the backplate by a process, such that the first over travel stop structure is structurally separate and electrically isolated from the backplate and coupled to a structure other than the backplate, the first over travel stop structure is positioned at a predetermined distance from the spring when the membrane is at rest, and configured to stop movement of the membrane in a first direction.
Instrument for ophthalmic surgery and in particular for the surgical treatment of cataracts, adapted to remove the nucleus of the eye' s crystalline lens, in its integrity, without the use of ultrasound and without fragmentation thereof, comprising a tubular handle which can be rotated in both directions which to control an insertion mechanism acting on a number of movable members of the instrument, respectively: - a deformable metal alloy cable, folded to U, - an oval-shaped collection chamber of biocompatible material with an open section, - a cursor that surrounds at least part of the branches of the cable, - a fixing device comprising at least one screw, in which said movable members are contained in an immovable intermediate element, also shaped tubular with open sections, characterised by the fact that: - said cable, operated by said rotating handle, allows the output of the said collection chamber adapted to wrap the nucleus of the crystalline lens, - the sliding of the said fixing device, operated by the said rotating handle, is intended to weaken the internal fibres of the nucleus' s crystalline lens after having been incorporated in the collection chamber, - the intermediate element is equipped with at least two channels, adapted of receiving inside the metal alloy cable, joined to the collection chamber, in the upper channel and the said fixing device in the lower channel, - the said cursor, operated by this rotating handle is intended to slide along the said branches of the cable, allowing the sealing of the said collection chamber, - the said rotating handle operated in the reverse anti-clockwise allows the withdrawal of these movable members. - a deformable metal alloy cable, folded to U, - an oval-shaped collection chamber of biocompatible material with an open section, - a cursor that surrounds at least part of the branches of the cable, - a fixing device comprising at least one screw, in which said movable members are contained in an immovable intermediate element, also shaped tubular with open sections, - said cable, operated by said rotating handle, allows the output of the said collection chamber adapted to wrap the nucleus of the crystalline lens, - the sliding of the said fixing device, operated by the said rotating handle, is intended to weaken the internal fibres of the nucleus' s crystalline lens after having been incorporated in the collection chamber, - the intermediate element is equipped with at least two channels, adapted of receiving inside the metal alloy cable, joined to the collection chamber, in the upper channel and the said fixing device in the lower channel, - the said cursor, operated by this rotating handle is intended to slide along the said branches of the cable, allowing the sealing of the said collection chamber, - the said rotating handle operated in the reverse anti-clockwise allows the withdrawal of these movable members.
A method of producing metallic iron nuggets comprising the steps of: providing a hearth comprising refractory material, positioning a hearth material layer comprising at least carbonaceous material on the refractory material, positioning on the hearth material layer a stratum of agglomerates comprising reducing material and reducible iron bearing material and having a major dimension and a minor dimension, where the stratum has an average depth of at least 1.7 times the a minor dimension of the agglomerates, and heating the agglomerates to form from at least some of the agglomerates metallic iron nuggets and slag, characterized in that the stratum of agglomerates has a loading density of the agglomerates of at least 12,2 kg/m2/layer. providing a hearth comprising refractory material, positioning a hearth material layer comprising at least carbonaceous material on the refractory material, positioning on the hearth material layer a stratum of agglomerates comprising reducing material and reducible iron bearing material and having a major dimension and a minor dimension, where the stratum has an average depth of at least 1.7 times the a minor dimension of the agglomerates, and heating the agglomerates to form from at least some of the agglomerates metallic iron nuggets and slag, characterized in that the stratum of agglomerates has a loading density of the agglomerates of at least 12,2 kg/m2/layer.
Key for a mechatronic locking device, cosing a housing which forms a key bow and comprising a key shank which extends therefrom and comprises a locking coding for actuating tumblers of the locking device, the housing being associated with an electronic controller and an actuator, the locking coding being designed such that it can assume a release position and a non-release position, the locking coding being coupled to the actuator by means of a movable drive element such that, upon detection of a positive authentication by the controller, the locking coding can be brought from the non-release position into the release position by activating the actuator, the locking coding having profile elements which are mounted in the key shank and can be moved by moving the drive element, characterized in that the movable drive element is designed as a slide and in that the profile elements are designed as profile pins arranged in passages of the key shank, the passages being arranged orthogonally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the key shaft.
An antenna system adapted for use in a wireless network and for remote position monitoring and control, comprising: an antenna; a camera mounted in a fixed relation to the antenna so as to provide a view generally in the direction of the boresight of the antenna beam; and a communication connection coupled to the camera to provide image data from the camera to a remote location, wherein said antenna comprises plural radiating elements and wherein the communication connection receives beamwidth control signals provided from the remote location. an antenna; a camera mounted in a fixed relation to the antenna so as to provide a view generally in the direction of the boresight of the antenna beam; and a communication connection coupled to the camera to provide image data from the camera to a remote location, wherein
A method of loading a stented prosthetic heart valve to a transcatheter delivery system, comprising: inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve in an expanded state into a first chamber of a cooling vessel; initiating cooling in a second chamber of the cooling vessel; transferring heat from the first chamber to the second chamber through a thermally conductive wall to cool an interior of the first chamber; reducing a temperature of the stented prosthetic heart valve while located within the first chamber to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C; removing the stented prosthetic heart valve from the first chamber; compressing the stented prosthetic heart valve while at the critical temperature; and inserting the compressed stented prosthetic heart valve into a delivery system. inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve in an expanded state into a first chamber of a cooling vessel; initiating cooling in a second chamber of the cooling vessel; transferring heat from the first chamber to the second chamber through a thermally conductive wall to cool an interior of the first chamber; reducing a temperature of the stented prosthetic heart valve while located within the first chamber to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C; removing the stented prosthetic heart valve from the first chamber; compressing the stented prosthetic heart valve while at the critical temperature; and inserting the compressed stented prosthetic heart valve into a delivery system.
A power amplifier, comprising an envelope modulator (101, 201), a main power amplifier (102, 202), and an auxiliary power amplifier (103, 203), wherein the envelope modulator (101, 201) is connected separately to a drain electrode of the main power amplifier (102, 202) and a drain electrode of the auxiliary power amplifier (103, 203), and is configured to obtain an envelope voltage according to a received envelope signal, and output the envelope voltage separately to the drain electrode of the main power amplifier (102, 202) and the drain electrode of the auxiliary power amplifier (103, 203); the main power amplifier (102, 202) is connected to the envelope modulator (101, 201) and is configured to, in an operating state, use the envelope voltage received from the envelope modulator (101, 201) as an operating voltage, and perform amplification processing on a signal input to a source electrode of the main power amplifier; and the auxiliary power amplifier (103, 203) is parallelly connected to the main power amplifier (102, 202), is connected to the envelope modulator (101, 201), and is configured to, in an operating state, use the envelope voltage received from the envelope modulator (101, 201) as an operating voltage, and perform amplification processing on a signal input to a source electrode of the auxiliary power amplifier (103, 203).
A planar antenna for wireless information transfer, the planar antenna comprising: a folded conductive strip portion coupled to a driven node of a wireless communication circuit, the folded conductive strip portion comprising: at least two segments (760A - 760D) laterally offset from each other and at least partially laterally overlapping with each other; characterized in that the planar antenna further comprises: a first region oriented along a first axis in a plane of the planar antenna and a second region oriented along a second axis in the plane of the planar antenna, the two axes and the two regions specified to provide polarization diversity of radiation from the planar antenna; and a stub coupled to the folded conductive strip portion; and wherein the folded conductive strip portion and the stub are configured to provide a first specified operating frequency range at or near resonance using a mode corresponding to a total physical path length along the folded conductive strip portion; and wherein the folded conductive strip portion is configured to provide a second, higher, specified operating frequency range at or near resonance using a mode corresponding to about half of the total physical path length. a folded conductive strip portion coupled to a driven node of a wireless communication circuit, the folded conductive strip portion comprising: at least two segments (760A - 760D) laterally offset from each other and at least partially laterally overlapping with each other; characterized in that the planar antenna further comprises: at least two segments (760A - 760D) laterally offset from each other and at least partially laterally overlapping with each other; characterized in that the planar antenna further comprises: a first region oriented along a first axis in a plane of the planar antenna and a second region oriented along a second axis in the plane of the planar antenna, the two axes and the two regions specified to provide polarization diversity of radiation from the planar antenna; and a stub coupled to the folded conductive strip portion; and wherein the folded conductive strip portion and the stub are configured to provide a first specified operating frequency range at or near resonance using a mode corresponding to a total physical path length along the folded conductive strip portion; and wherein the folded conductive strip portion is configured to provide a second, higher, specified operating frequency range at or near resonance using a mode corresponding to about half of the total physical path length.