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A surgical system comprising: a first instrument defining a fluid flow channel; a second instrument receivable by the first instrument fluid flow channel; and a valve connected between a valve inlet and the first instrument and configured to control fluid flow from the valve inlet in to the first instrument fluid flow channel; wherein the valve has at least two positions and each position defines a flow path between the valve inlet and the first instrument channel, wherein when the valve is: in a first position, a first flow path ('A') provides a first impedance to fluid flow from the valve inlet to the first instrument channel; and in a second position, a second flow path ('B') provides a second impedance to fluid flow from the valve inlet to the first instrument channel, wherein the second impedance is greater than the first impedance, wherein the valve includes a valve body that rotates within a valve housing and the valve body includes at least one channel that connects the valve inlet directly to the first instrument channel when the valve is in the first position and connects the valve inlet to the first instrument channel through a calibration line when the valve is in a second position, characterised in that the calibration line includes an adjustable flow restricting mechanism and the second impedance to flow can be changed by adjusting the flow restricting mechanism. a first instrument defining a fluid flow channel; a second instrument receivable by the first instrument fluid flow channel; and a valve connected between a valve inlet and the first instrument and configured to control fluid flow from the valve inlet in to the first instrument fluid flow channel; wherein the valve has at least two positions and each position defines a flow path between the valve inlet and the first instrument channel, wherein when the valve is: in a first position, a first flow path ('A') provides a first impedance to fluid flow from the valve inlet to the first instrument channel; and in a second position, a second flow path ('B') provides a second impedance to fluid flow from the valve inlet to the first instrument channel, wherein the second impedance is greater than the first impedance, in a first position, a first flow path ('A') provides a first impedance to fluid flow from the valve inlet to the first instrument channel; and in a second position, a second flow path ('B') provides a second impedance to fluid flow from the valve inlet to the first instrument channel, wherein the second impedance is greater than the first impedance, wherein the valve includes a valve body that rotates within a valve housing and the valve body includes at least one channel that connects the valve inlet directly to the first instrument channel when the valve is in the first position and connects the valve inlet to the first instrument channel through a calibration line when the valve is in a second position, characterised in that the calibration line includes an adjustable flow restricting mechanism and the second impedance to flow can be changed by adjusting the flow restricting mechanism.
A prostate resection device comprising: a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a first lumen in the shaft configured to deliver an insufflation fluid to space tissue away from the shaft; an energy delivery tube disposed within the shaft; and a laser energy source disposed on the energy delivery tube to deliver laser energy radially outwardly to resect prostate tissue, wherein the energy delivery tube is adapted to be axially translated, rotated, oscillated and rotationally oscillated relative to the shaft. a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a first lumen in the shaft configured to deliver an insufflation fluid to space tissue away from the shaft; an energy delivery tube disposed within the shaft; and a laser energy source disposed on the energy delivery tube to deliver laser energy radially outwardly to resect prostate tissue, wherein the energy delivery tube is adapted to be axially translated, rotated, oscillated and rotationally oscillated relative to the shaft.
Method for producing a jigsaw blade or sabre saw blade, in which a flat, hardened and straightened metal strip is used as a blank, from which the saw blade is punched out in a plurality of successive machining stages, wherein, in a first machining stage (S 2, S 3, S 4), the saw teeth (9, 10) are punched free in the metal strip and, in a later machining stage (S 6, S 7), the saw blade is completely punched out of the metal strip, wherein the machining is carried out using a pressing tool, which involves the punching stamps associated with each machining stage (S 1 to S 7) engaging in the metal strip simultaneously with a feed action in a synchronised and clocked manner.
A method (1000, 1300) of wireless communication operable at a user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication network, comprising: transmitting a plurality of uplink transmissions having a transmit power; calculating a transmit power margin as a function of the transmit power, a maximum transmit power level,MTPL, and a maximum power reduction, MPR; and triggering, in response to a determination that the transmit power margin is equal to or less than a threshold level for at least a predetermined threshold amount of time, a transmission of a measurement report indicating that the transmit power of the UE has reached the MTPL; characterized by: receiving a transmit power control, TPC, command; and if a previous value of the transmit power margin is equal to or less than the threshold level, and the received TPC command is not a DOWN command, setting the transmit power margin equal to the threshold level. transmitting a plurality of uplink transmissions having a transmit power; calculating a transmit power margin as a function of the transmit power, a maximum transmit power level,MTPL, and a maximum power reduction, MPR; and triggering, in response to a determination that the transmit power margin is equal to or less than a threshold level for at least a predetermined threshold amount of time, a transmission of a measurement report indicating that the transmit power of the UE has reached the MTPL; characterized by: receiving a transmit power control, TPC, command; and if a previous value of the transmit power margin is equal to or less than the threshold level, and the received TPC command is not a DOWN command, setting the transmit power margin equal to the threshold level. receiving a transmit power control, TPC, command; and if a previous value of the transmit power margin is equal to or less than the threshold level, and the received TPC command is not a DOWN command, setting the transmit power margin equal to the threshold level.
A vortex separator (10; 10A) comprising: a vortex chamber (14;14A) having a circular cross section; an inlet for delivering a fluid to the vortex chamber (14;14A); a gas outlet through which gas present in the fluid exits the vortex chamber (14;14A); a membrane positioned to substantially prevent liquid from passing through the gas outlet; and a liquid outlet through which liquid present in the fluid exits the vortex chamber (14;14A), wherein the vortex chamber (14;14A) comprises: a first end (28;28A); a second end (30;30A) generally opposite the first end (28;28A); a wall (26;26A) extending from the first end (28;28A) to the second end (30;30A); the fluid inlet being located on the wall (26;26A) near the first end (28;28A); the liquid outlet being located on the wall (26;26A) near the second end (30;30A); and characterised by the gas outlet being located along the second end (30;30A). a vortex chamber (14;14A) having a circular cross section; an inlet for delivering a fluid to the vortex chamber (14;14A); a gas outlet through which gas present in the fluid exits the vortex chamber (14;14A); a membrane positioned to substantially prevent liquid from passing through the gas outlet; and a liquid outlet through which liquid present in the fluid exits the vortex chamber (14;14A), wherein the vortex chamber (14;14A) comprises: a first end (28;28A); a second end (30;30A) generally opposite the first end (28;28A); a wall (26;26A) extending from the first end (28;28A) to the second end (30;30A); the fluid inlet being located on the wall (26;26A) near the first end (28;28A); the liquid outlet being located on the wall (26;26A) near the second end (30;30A); and characterised by the gas outlet being located along the second end (30;30A). a first end (28;28A); a second end (30;30A) generally opposite the first end (28;28A); a wall (26;26A) extending from the first end (28;28A) to the second end (30;30A); the fluid inlet being located on the wall (26;26A) near the first end (28;28A); the liquid outlet being located on the wall (26;26A) near the second end (30;30A); and characterised by the gas outlet being located along the second end (30;30A).
A method for regulating a device, the method comprising: identifying a geographic position of the device; obtaining operation regulations related to the identified geographic position; determining whether the device is indoors or outdoors; and adjusting settings or operational constraints of the device based on the obtained regulations and the determination of whether the device is indoors or outdoors; the method further comprising receiving one or more of a global positioning system, GPS, signal, an assisted GPS, A-GPS, signal, or a communications signal as a multipath propagation signal; wherein the determining whether the device is indoors or outdoors comprises determining based on a strength of the received one or more of the GPS signal, the A-GPS signal, or the multipath propagation signal; and when determining based on a strength of received one or more of the GPS signal, the A-GPS signal, or the multipath propagation signal fails: prompting a user to provide or confirm whether the device is indoors or outdoors. identifying a geographic position of the device; obtaining operation regulations related to the identified geographic position; determining whether the device is indoors or outdoors; and adjusting settings or operational constraints of the device based on the obtained regulations and the determination of whether the device is indoors or outdoors; the method further comprising receiving one or more of a global positioning system, GPS, signal, an assisted GPS, A-GPS, signal, or a communications signal as a multipath propagation signal; wherein the determining whether the device is indoors or outdoors comprises determining based on a strength of the received one or more of the GPS signal, the A-GPS signal, or the multipath propagation signal; and when determining based on a strength of received one or more of the GPS signal, the A-GPS signal, or the multipath propagation signal fails: prompting a user to provide or confirm whether the device is indoors or outdoors.
A method for providing a One-Time-Password by an OTP device that is a hardware device, characterized in that the method comprises the steps: - establishing a communication session between the OTP device and a smart card embedding a biometric sensor, said smart card being separate from the OTP device, - sending, from the OTP device to the smart card, a request to get a cryptographic value computed from an identifier of the smart card, - in response to receiving the request, trying to authenticate a user by using said biometric sensor and automatically releasing the cryptographic value only if the user was successfully authenticated, - sending said cryptographic value from the smart card to the OTP device, - performing by the OTP device a verification of the cryptographic value by using a reference value, and - providing the One-Time-Password by the OTP device only if said verification was successful. - establishing a communication session between the OTP device and a smart card embedding a biometric sensor, said smart card being separate from the OTP device, - sending, from the OTP device to the smart card, a request to get a cryptographic value computed from an identifier of the smart card, - in response to receiving the request, trying to authenticate a user by using said biometric sensor and automatically releasing the cryptographic value only if the user was successfully authenticated, - sending said cryptographic value from the smart card to the OTP device, - performing by the OTP device a verification of the cryptographic value by using a reference value, and - providing the One-Time-Password by the OTP device only if said verification was successful.
A cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium and an outlet for the beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, the cartridge incorporating within a beverage flow path between the inlet and the outlet an eductor for entraining air into the beverage, the eductor comprising an aperture for producing a jet of the beverage, means for producing a pressure reduction of the jet of beverage, and at least one air inlet, the cartridge further comprising a circulation chamber between the eductor and the outlet, the outlet being provided with a discharge spout, characterised in that the discharge spout comprises at least one fin for controlling an outflow direction of the beverage issuing from the cartridge.
A method of wireless communication operable at a scheduling entity, the method comprising: receiving a user equipment, "UE", capabilities information message comprising a set of ACK latency values, each ACK latency value having a respective associated threshold downlink throughput value; selecting (1506; 1604) an ACK latency value from among the set of ACK latency values in the UE capabilities information message; and transmitting (1512; 1606) downlink data at a downlink data rate in accordance with the associated threshold downlink throughput value in the UE capabilities information message that is associated with the selected ACK latency value. receiving a user equipment, "UE", capabilities information message comprising a set of ACK latency values, each ACK latency value having a respective associated threshold downlink throughput value; selecting (1506; 1604) an ACK latency value from among the set of ACK latency values in the UE capabilities information message; and transmitting (1512; 1606) downlink data at a downlink data rate in accordance with the associated threshold downlink throughput value in the UE capabilities information message that is associated with the selected ACK latency value.
A journal-less roller, which can be supplied with a coolant, for a continuous casting installation, comprising a rotationally symmetrical roller casing for receiving coolant and at least one roller insert piece on which there is provided a receiving means for a roller bearing carried on a bearing block journal, wherein the roller insert piece is arranged within the roller casing and is pressure-tightly fixed thereto, wherein the roller insert piece and the roller casing form a cavity for receiving the coolant.
A medical device having a lubricious coating on at least a section of the device, the coating comprising: a) a primer coating applied directly to at least a section of the device, the primer coating including an acid functionalized monoacrylate, a photoinitiator, isopropanol, benzophenone and a benzil dimethyl ketal, wherein the isopropanol makes up from 95 to 99 percent of the primer coating, the acid functionalized monoacrylate makes up from 1 to 3 percent of the primer coating, the benzophenone makes up from 0.01 to 0.2 percent of the primer coating and the benzil dimethyl ketal makes up from 0.01 to 0.2 percent of the primer coating; and b) a lubricious coating disposed on the primer coating, the lubricious coating including i) polyvinylpyrrolidone, a diazido compound, trimethylolpropyl triacrylate, and an acid functionalized monoacrylate with photoinitiators, or ii) polyethylene oxide, trimethylolpropyl triacrylate, and an acid functionalized monoacrylate with photoinitiators. a) a primer coating applied directly to at least a section of the device, the primer coating including an acid functionalized monoacrylate, a photoinitiator, isopropanol, benzophenone and a benzil dimethyl ketal, wherein the isopropanol makes up from 95 to 99 percent of the primer coating, the acid functionalized monoacrylate makes up from 1 to 3 percent of the primer coating, the benzophenone makes up from 0.01 to 0.2 percent of the primer coating and the benzil dimethyl ketal makes up from 0.01 to 0.2 percent of the primer coating; and b) a lubricious coating disposed on the primer coating, the lubricious coating including i) polyvinylpyrrolidone, a diazido compound, trimethylolpropyl triacrylate, and an acid functionalized monoacrylate with photoinitiators, or ii) polyethylene oxide, trimethylolpropyl triacrylate, and an acid functionalized monoacrylate with photoinitiators. i) polyvinylpyrrolidone, a diazido compound, trimethylolpropyl triacrylate, and an acid functionalized monoacrylate with photoinitiators, or ii) polyethylene oxide, trimethylolpropyl triacrylate, and an acid functionalized monoacrylate with photoinitiators.
A microstructured passage module for an aerosol generator, comprising: an entrance for a liquid and an exit, wherein a general direction from the entrance to the exit defines a liquid flow direction; a plate including a first zone and a second zone between the entrance and the exit, wherein the first zone comprises: a plurality of protrusions arranged in parallel columns in the liquid flow direction, and the columns being arranged over an entire width of the first zone defining a plurality of passages threrebetween, wherein the plurality of passages is arranged in the liquid flow direction and the protrusions in each column are spaced by tunnels; and a plurality of pillars disposed in the second zone and in at least a section of the passages in the first zone, the pillars defining a plurality of channels inbetween them, wherein the plurality of pillars disposed in the section of the passages increases a flow resistance for the liquid flowing through the passages, and the plurality of pillars in the section of the passage is configured to change a flow speed for the liquid flowing through the passages, and wherein the plurality of protrusions and pillars project from and are integral parts of the plate. an entrance for a liquid and an exit, wherein a general direction from the entrance to the exit defines a liquid flow direction; a plate including a first zone and a second zone between the entrance and the exit, wherein the first zone comprises: a plurality of protrusions arranged in parallel columns in the liquid flow direction, and the columns being arranged over an entire width of the first zone defining a plurality of passages threrebetween, wherein the plurality of passages is arranged in the liquid flow direction and the protrusions in each column are spaced by tunnels; and a plurality of pillars disposed in the second zone and in at least a section of the passages in the first zone, the pillars defining a plurality of channels inbetween them, wherein the plurality of pillars disposed in the section of the passages increases a flow resistance for the liquid flowing through the passages, and the plurality of pillars in the section of the passage is configured to change a flow speed for the liquid flowing through the passages, and wherein the plurality of protrusions and pillars project from and are integral parts of the plate.
A compound for use in alleviating, preventing or treating alopecia, which is selected from the group consisting of 9-deoxo-31- O -demethyl-prolyl-FK506 represented by Formula 1 below, 9-deoxo-36,37-dihydro-FK506 represented by Formula 2 below, 31- O -demethyl-36,37-dihydro-FK506 represented by Formula 3 below, 9-deoxo-31- O -demethyl-36,37-dihydro-FK506 represented by Formula 4 below, 9-deoxo-FK520 represented by Formula 5 below, 31- O -demethyl-FK520 represented by Formula 6 below, 9-deoxo-31- O -demethyl-FK520 represented by Formula 7 below, 9-deoxo-FK523 represented by Formula 8 below, and 9-deoxo-31- O -demethyl-FK523 represented by Formula 9 below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: and
Sensor arrangement for capturing a torque which acts on a shaft, wherein the sensor arrangement (2, 80, 110, 121, 130) comprises a sensor unit (4, 102, 136) with a sleeve (34, 138) on which at least one sliding element and at least a first magnetic-field-sensitive sensor are arranged, and a magnetic flux unit (6, 84, 100, 116, 132), arranged on the shaft, with two magnetic-flux-conducting rings (28, 30), wherein a magnet unit is arranged on a second shaft which can rotate coaxially with respect to the shaft, about a common rotational axis, wherein the two shafts (14, 18) are connected to one another via a torsion rod, wherein the sensor unit (4, 102, 136) and the magnetic flux unit (6, 84, 100, 116, 132) are rotated relative to one another when the shafts (14, 18) rotate, and wherein the at least one magnetic-field-sensitive sensor captures a magnetic flux which is conducted by the rings (28, 30), wherein, with the at least one magnetic-field-sensitive sensor a magnetic field which changes during a rotational movement is detected and converted into a signal which is dependent on the torque, characterized in that the at least one sliding element which is made of plastic is arranged between the magnetic-flux-conducting rings (28, 30) and slides radially with defined play between the magnetic-flux-conducting rings (28, 30).
A device for detecting a fungal contamination in an internal environment comprising: - a preconcentration module; - a separation module comprising a chromatographic microcolumn; and - a detection module comprising a matrix of sensors; characterized in that the separation module comprises a system for selecting target VOCs (volatile organic compounds). - a preconcentration module; - a separation module comprising a chromatographic microcolumn; and - a detection module comprising a matrix of sensors;