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An ophthalmic apparatus being aligned to an eye to be examined, the apparatus comprising: means (1 b) for examining the eye of an examinee, and two infrared or near infrared light sources (4a, 4b) for emitting two light beams, a detector sensitive to infrared or near-infrared light with the capability of detecting the light reflected from the examinee's face as a consequence of said emitting, and of detecting the direction from which the light is reflected from the examinee's face, and means for judging based on the detected direction whether the apparatus is aligned against the examinee's right or left eye for the examination, and for registering the examination result of the eye and the eye that was examined, said infrared or near infrared light sources (4a, 4b) being associated with different eyes and directed to emit light in two different directions at a predetermined angle in such a way that one of the said light sources (4a, 4b) is directed for emitting a light beam in the direction of the examinee's face, and the other of said light sources is directed so that at least the majority of the light beam completely misses the head of the examinee. means (1 b) for examining the eye of an examinee, and two infrared or near infrared light sources (4a, 4b) for emitting two light beams, a detector sensitive to infrared or near-infrared light with the capability of detecting the light reflected from the examinee's face as a consequence of said emitting, and of detecting the direction from which the light is reflected from the examinee's face, and means for judging based on the detected direction whether the apparatus is aligned against the examinee's right or left eye for the examination, and for registering the examination result of the eye and the eye that was examined, said infrared or near infrared light sources (4a, 4b) being associated with different eyes and directed to emit light in two different directions at a predetermined angle in such a way that one of the said light sources (4a, 4b) is directed for emitting a light beam in the direction of the examinee's face, and the other of said light sources is directed so that at least the majority of the light beam completely misses the head of the examinee.
A bone implant for enclosing bone material, the bone implant comprising: a mesh having an inner surface and an outer surface opposing the inner surface, the inner surface configured to receive a bone material when the inner surface of the mesh is in an open configuration; and a plurality of projections disposed on or in the entire inner surface of the mesh, the plurality of projections extending from at least the portion of the inner surface of the mesh and configured to engage a section of the inner surface of the mesh or a section of the outer surface of the mesh or both sections of the inner and outer surfaces of the mesh in a closed configuration so as to enclose the bone material; wherein the mesh is made of yarn that is monofilament or multifilament; and wherein the plurality of projections are hooks. a mesh having an inner surface and an outer surface opposing the inner surface, the inner surface configured to receive a bone material when the inner surface of the mesh is in an open configuration; and a plurality of projections disposed on or in the entire inner surface of the mesh, the plurality of projections extending from at least the portion of the inner surface of the mesh and configured to engage a section of the inner surface of the mesh or a section of the outer surface of the mesh or both sections of the inner and outer surfaces of the mesh in a closed configuration so as to enclose the bone material; wherein the mesh is made of yarn that is monofilament or multifilament; and wherein the plurality of projections are hooks.
A method for manufacturing a downstream product of 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol, comprising: (a) culturing under exponential growth phase in a sufficient amount of nutrients and media a non-naturally occurring microorganism comprising disruption of the genes adhE, ldhA, pflAB and mdh, wherein said microorganism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in a 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol biosynthetic pathway in sufficient amounts to produce 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol, said at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding 4-hydroxybutanoate dehydrogenase, CoA-independent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, CoA-dependent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, 4-hydroxybutyrate:CoA transferase, glutamate:succinic semialdehyde transaminase, glutamate decarboxylase, CoA-independent aldehyde dehydrogenase, CoA-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase or alcohol dehydrogenase, and wherein said microorganism produces 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol; (b) optionally isolating 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol; and (c) chemically converting 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol to the downstream product. (a) culturing under exponential growth phase in a sufficient amount of nutrients and media a non-naturally occurring microorganism comprising disruption of the genes adhE, ldhA, pflAB and mdh, wherein said microorganism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in a 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol biosynthetic pathway in sufficient amounts to produce 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol, said at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding 4-hydroxybutanoate dehydrogenase, CoA-independent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, CoA-dependent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, 4-hydroxybutyrate:CoA transferase, glutamate:succinic semialdehyde transaminase, glutamate decarboxylase, CoA-independent aldehyde dehydrogenase, CoA-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase or alcohol dehydrogenase, and wherein said microorganism produces 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol; (b) optionally isolating 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol; and (c) chemically converting 4-hydroxybutyrate or 1,4-butanediol to the downstream product.
Device for the automated analysis of solids or fluids, comprising: - a first station having a metering unit for the filling of at least one sample chamber with a specified sample quantity, - a second station having at least one measurement device for an analysis of the sample situated in a sample chamber and - a third station having an emptying device and cleaning device (71, 72) for the at least one sample chamber, and also - a transport device for a revolving transport of the at least one sample chamber from one station to the next until the first station is reached again, characterized in that the measurement device of the second station is a spherical measurement system comprising a photometer sphere formed from two half-shells, into/in the equatorial plane of which it is possible to introduce and guide the at least one sample chamber phasically. - a first station having a metering unit for the filling of at least one sample chamber with a specified sample quantity, - a second station having at least one measurement device for an analysis of the sample situated in a sample chamber and - a third station having an emptying device and cleaning device (71, 72) for the at least one sample chamber, and also - a transport device for a revolving transport of the at least one sample chamber from one station to the next until the first station is reached again,
An anchor comprising: at least one open helical coil screw thread defining an internal volume communicating with a region exterior to the at least one open helical coil screw thread through a spacing between turns of the at least one open helical coil screw thread, the at least one open helical coil screw thread comprising: a base adjacent the internal volume and having a first end and a second end, and; two non-linear side walls (135a, 135b) extending from the base to form a peak, wherein the two non-linear side walls (135a, 135b) are each circumscribed within a triangle defined by the first end, the second end, and the peak; and at least one rib disposed within the internal volume, connected to at least two turns of the at least one open helical screw thread coil. a base adjacent the internal volume and having a first end and a second end, and; two non-linear side walls (135a, 135b) extending from the base to form a peak, wherein the two non-linear side walls (135a, 135b) are each circumscribed within a triangle defined by the first end, the second end, and the peak; and at least one rib disposed within the internal volume, connected to at least two turns of the at least one open helical screw thread coil.
A motor vehicle comprising a crossmember which interconnects the two upper portions of the passenger compartment sides in a zone situated above the aperture of the windscreen, this crossmember including an upper body shell made from sheet metal and welded to a lower body shell made from sheet metal, defining between them an elongate hollow body, each of the two ends of the crossmember being connected to the upper portion of one of the two passenger compartment sides, characterized in that each of the two ends of the crossmember comprises a surface which rests on a complementary surface of the upper portion of one of the two passenger compartment sides, the two surfaces (1d, 2a) being connected to one another by a hook integral with one of the two surfaces (1d, 2a) engaged in a hole formed in the other surface, the connection permitting one part of the crossmember to pivot about an axis that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle in the event of an impact exerted on said part of the crossmember.
An imaging sensor assembly, comprising: a two-dimensional imaging sensor having two parallel, spaced-apart rows (120A, 120B) of imaging pixels, each pixel producing a multilevel signal indicative of an illumination intensity impinging that pixel; and a lens (140, 210) projecting an image (150A, 150B) of a drop ejected from a printhead comprising at least two linear nozzle arrays in parallel onto the rows (120A, 120B) sequentially as the drop travels along a trajectory; characterized in that the lens (140, 210) comprises at least two lenslet pairs (214, 218) structured to each have a different focal distance, where each focal distance corresponds to a distance from the sensor to the ejected drops of a different one of the linear arrays. a two-dimensional imaging sensor having two parallel, spaced-apart rows (120A, 120B) of imaging pixels, each pixel producing a multilevel signal indicative of an illumination intensity impinging that pixel; and a lens (140, 210) projecting an image (150A, 150B) of a drop ejected from a printhead comprising at least two linear nozzle arrays in parallel onto the rows (120A, 120B) sequentially as the drop travels along a trajectory; characterized in that the lens (140, 210) comprises at least two lenslet pairs (214, 218) structured to each have a different focal distance, where each focal distance corresponds to a distance from the sensor to the ejected drops of a different one of the linear arrays.
Facade element for buildings, where the facade element comprises a window unit with at least one window comprising at least two substantially parallel glass panes, where said at least two glass panes are placed in a common frame, or in two or more lateral and preferably joined frames, where said at least two glass panes are disposed at a distance, and thus present an air space between said glass panes, where said window furthermore comprises at least one air intake and at least one first air regulating device in connection with said at least one air intake, an air outlet and a second air regulating device in connection with said air outlet, the air outlet being in connection with said air space, wherein outdoor air is brought into said air space through said at least one air intake and the outdoor air is brought out of said air space into a room or building or out to the outdoor air through said air outlet, wherein the facade element has an outer side and an inner side, wherein the facade element furthermore comprises an air temperature change unit in connection with the at least one air intake, wherein said air temperature change unit comprises an insulating element on the outer side of the facade element, wherein said air temperature change unit furthermore comprises at least one of the following: - a heating element on the outer side of the facade element and an air passage between the insulating element and the heating element which brings outdoor air in behind or through said heating element where the air is warmed before the air is taken further through the at least one first air regulating device, - a cooling element on the inner side of the facade element, the cooled air being taken through the at least one air intake into the space. - a heating element on the outer side of the facade element and an air passage between the insulating element and the heating element which brings outdoor air in behind or through said heating element where the air is warmed before the air is taken further through the at least one first air regulating device, - a cooling element on the inner side of the facade element, the cooled air being taken through the at least one air intake into the space.
A body-insertable device system comprising: a body-insertable device comprising: an imaging unit which picks up images of an inside of a subject, and a magnetic material; and a magnetic field generating unit which generates a magnetic field to the magnetic material of the body-insertable device having been introduced into the subject and changes at least one of a position and a posture of the body-insertable device by the magnetic field; characterized in that the body-insertable device system further comprises: a position presenting unit (2; 22; 72) which is configured to be attached to the subject and to visually present, on the position presenting unit (2; 22; 72) attached to the subject, a plurality of approaching positions to which the magnetic field generating unit is allowed to move. a body-insertable device comprising: an imaging unit which picks up images of an inside of a subject, and a magnetic material; and an imaging unit which picks up images of an inside of a subject, and a magnetic material; and a magnetic field generating unit which generates a magnetic field to the magnetic material of the body-insertable device having been introduced into the subject and changes at least one of a position and a posture of the body-insertable device by the magnetic field; characterized in that the body-insertable device system further comprises: a position presenting unit (2; 22; 72) which is configured to be attached to the subject and to visually present, on the position presenting unit (2; 22; 72) attached to the subject, a plurality of approaching positions to which the magnetic field generating unit is allowed to move. a position presenting unit (2; 22; 72) which is configured to be attached to the subject and to visually present, on the position presenting unit (2; 22; 72) attached to the subject, a plurality of approaching positions to which the magnetic field generating unit is allowed to move.
A method for three-dimensional deposition printing of an optical element, in which method a plurality of droplets of a polymerizable mixture are deposited onto the surface of a substrate under a controlled atmosphere thereby forming successive layers of droplets of the polymerizable mixture, wherein the controlled atmosphere has an oxygen concentration of at the most 5.0 volume-%, and wherein the oxygen equilibrium concentration of the polymerizable mixture is at the most 8.0 volume-%.
An apparatus for controlling a droplet, comprising: a flexible substrate having a hydrophobic or oleophobic surface; a dimple formation unit configured to locally deform a bottom surface of the flexible substrate to form a dimple on the flexible substrate, the dimple formation unit comprising a vacuum tip configured to suction the bottom surface of the flexible substrate to locally mechanically deform the flexible substrate; a driving unit configured to move the vacuum tip horizontally at a lower side of the flexible substrate to move a droplet within the dimple on the flexible substrate horizontally; and a control unit configured to control the vacuum tip and the driving unit. a flexible substrate having a hydrophobic or oleophobic surface; a dimple formation unit configured to locally deform a bottom surface of the flexible substrate to form a dimple on the flexible substrate, the dimple formation unit comprising a vacuum tip configured to suction the bottom surface of the flexible substrate to locally mechanically deform the flexible substrate; a driving unit configured to move the vacuum tip horizontally at a lower side of the flexible substrate to move a droplet within the dimple on the flexible substrate horizontally; and a control unit configured to control the vacuum tip and the driving unit.
Shaft seal for sealing a gap of a penetration of a shaft through a casing, wherein in the interior of the casing there is a process fluid under a sealing pressure, and outside the casing there is an ambient fluid under an ambient pressure, wherein the shaft seal comprises more than one sealing module, at least one fluid feed and a fluid drain, wherein the ambient pressure differs from the sealing pressure by a pressure differential (ΔPtot) in the operating state, which pressure differential (ΔPtot), divided into proportions, is applied to the individual sealing modules in each case as a partial pressure differential (ΔPi), wherein the sealing modules comprise at least one main seal, which main seal is designed in such a way that the greatest partial pressure differential (ΔPi) is applied to this, wherein between the sealing modules provision is made for at least one first fluid drain by means of which a first drain fluid (FLEX1) is discharged, wherein the first main seal is designed as a simple gas seal, wherein the first main seal is designed in such a way that, during normal, trouble-free operation and during starting and shutting down, the greatest partial pressure differential (ΔPi) is applied to this, starting from the highest pressure level from the inside outwards, wherein the sealing modules comprise at least one second main seal which is designed in such a way that, in the event of a malfunction of the first main seal, the greatest partial pressure differential (ΔPi) is applied to this second main seal, starting from the highest pressure level from the inside outwards, and the second main seal is designed as a radial double seal, which is defined by two gas seals with a rotating sealing surface and a stationary sealing surface in each case, which sealing surface pair is oppositely disposed in each case in a sealing plane, wherein the two sealing planes have an essentially radial extent in relation to the shaft, wherein a first sealing surface pair of the two sealing surface pairs is located on a larger radius than the second sealing surface pair and wherein the stationary sealing surfaces and rotating sealing surfaces of the two sealing surface pairs are fastened in each case on a common carrier (RSUP, SSUP), specifically a stationary carrier (SSUP) and a rotating carrier (RSUP), and the sealing surfaces (RSS, SSS) of the sealing surface pairs are elastically tensioned towards each other by either at least the stationary carrier (SSUP) or the rotating carrier (RSUP) being pretensioned by means of an elastic element, wherein between the two sealing surface pairs provision is made for a circumferentially extending sealing fluid chamber which is exposable to admission of sealing fluid by means of a sealing fluid feed, characterized in that a third additional shaft seal is arranged between the two main seals (MS1, MS2).
An optical amplification system (505, 506) comprising: a plurality of nodes (550a, 550b, 560, 570) including Add/Drop nodes (550a, 550b) and relay nodes (560, 570) the relay nodes being arranged between adjacent Add/ Drop nodes; multi-core fibers (650, 860, 880) having a plurality of cores (651, 652, 861, 881), the multi-core fibers being used as connection between the nodes (550a, 550b, 560, 570), wherein each Add/Drop node (550a, 550b) comprises: a remote excitation laser configured to output remote excitation light; and an amplification light input unit configured to input the remote excitation light to a respective core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber, allocated to each of the relay nodes (560, 570), and wherein each one node of the relay nodes (560, 570) comprises: an amplification unit (860, 880) configured to amplify communication light transmitted through at least one core (651, 861, 881) of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber using the remote excitation light; and an amplification light coupling unit (850, 870) configured to couple the remote excitation light, which is input to the core allocated to the one node by the amplification light input unit, to the amplification unit (860,880); wherein each one node of the relay nodes is configured to amplify communication light by excitation light allocated by the amplification light coupling unit to the amplification unit provided in the one node. a plurality of nodes (550a, 550b, 560, 570) including Add/Drop nodes (550a, 550b) and relay nodes (560, 570) the relay nodes being arranged between adjacent Add/ Drop nodes; multi-core fibers (650, 860, 880) having a plurality of cores (651, 652, 861, 881), the multi-core fibers being used as connection between the nodes (550a, 550b, 560, 570), wherein each Add/Drop node (550a, 550b) comprises: a remote excitation laser configured to output remote excitation light; and an amplification light input unit configured to input the remote excitation light to a respective core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber, allocated to each of the relay nodes (560, 570), and a remote excitation laser configured to output remote excitation light; and an amplification light input unit configured to input the remote excitation light to a respective core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber, allocated to each of the relay nodes (560, 570), and an amplification unit (860, 880) configured to amplify communication light transmitted through at least one core (651, 861, 881) of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber using the remote excitation light; and an amplification light coupling unit (850, 870) configured to couple the remote excitation light, which is input to the core allocated to the one node by the amplification light input unit, to the amplification unit (860,880); wherein