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A surgical system for projecting illumination onto an eye, one or more cannulas being inserted into the eye, comprising: a microscope; a camera communicatively coupled to a surgical console, the camera operable to collect image data of an eye; and the surgical console communicatively coupled to the camera, the surgical console operable to receive the image data, the surgical console comprising: a processor; and a memory, the memory comprising code executable by the processor; wherein the processor is configured: to process the image data in a manner defined by the code to identify said one or more cannulas inserted into the eye; and to determine one or more discrete zones of the eye surface to be illuminated, wherein the one or more discrete zones encompass the one or more cannulas to the exclusion of the remainder of the eye surface based on the received image data; a projector communicatively coupled to the surgical console, and configured to receive the desired light projection and to project visible, non-treatment light onto the eye surface; wherein the projected light is in the form of one or more discrete light projections is directed to the one or more discrete zones of the eye surface to selectively illuminate each of the one or more cannulas to form a lighted zone at each of the one or more cannulas conforming to a shape of said cannula. a microscope; a camera communicatively coupled to a surgical console, the camera operable to collect image data of an eye; and the surgical console communicatively coupled to the camera, the surgical console operable to receive the image data, the surgical console comprising: a processor; and a memory, the memory comprising code executable by the processor; a processor; and a memory, the memory comprising code executable by the processor; wherein the processor is configured: to process the image data in a manner defined by the code to identify said one or more cannulas inserted into the eye; and to determine one or more discrete zones of the eye surface to be illuminated, wherein the one or more discrete zones encompass the one or more cannulas to the exclusion of the remainder of the eye surface based on the received image data; to process the image data in a manner defined by the code to identify said one or more cannulas inserted into the eye; and to determine one or more discrete zones of the eye surface to be illuminated, wherein the one or more discrete zones encompass the one or more cannulas to the exclusion of the remainder of the eye surface based on the received image data; a projector communicatively coupled to the surgical console, and configured to receive the desired light projection and to project visible, non-treatment light onto the eye surface; wherein the projected light is in the form of one or more discrete light projections is directed to the one or more discrete zones of the eye surface to selectively illuminate each of the one or more cannulas to form a lighted zone at each of the one or more cannulas conforming to a shape of said cannula.
An identification method of an isotope present in a medium to be characterised by a measurement system for measuring energy-resolved ionising radiations, the identification method including the following steps of: - E1 measuring at least one reference spectrum for at least two reference isotopes, - E2 normalising the reference spectra, - E3 delimiting for each reference isotope measurement windows (111, 11n) in the reference spectrum of said isotope, the width of the measurement windows (111, 11n) being dependent on said reference spectrum of the reference isotope, - E4 measuring a measured spectrum on the medium to be characterised, - E5 normalising the measured spectrum, - E6 for each reference isotope, delimiting in the measured spectrum measurement windows (111, 11n) identical to those delimited for said reference isotope and calculating for each of the measurement windows (111, 11n) a deviation value which is representative of the deviation between the measured spectrum and that of the reference isotope in said measurement window (111, 11n), - E7 for each reference isotope, determining from the deviation values calculated for said reference isotope an identity coefficient, - E8 identifying the isotope from the determined identity coefficients. - E1 measuring at least one reference spectrum for at least two reference isotopes, - E2 normalising the reference spectra, - E3 delimiting for each reference isotope measurement windows (111, 11n) in the reference spectrum of said isotope, the width of the measurement windows (111, 11n) being dependent on said reference spectrum of the reference isotope, - E4 measuring a measured spectrum on the medium to be characterised, - E5 normalising the measured spectrum, - E6 for each reference isotope, delimiting in the measured spectrum measurement windows (111, 11n) identical to those delimited for said reference isotope and calculating for each of the measurement windows (111, 11n) a deviation value which is representative of the deviation between the measured spectrum and that of the reference isotope in said measurement window (111, 11n), - E7 for each reference isotope, determining from the deviation values calculated for said reference isotope an identity coefficient, - E8 identifying the isotope from the determined identity coefficients.
Boot designed to be reversibly retained on a sports device, the boot comprising a base that extends lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral edge and a medial edge, and thickness-wise between a face for cooperation with the device and an internal face, the base having, from the rear end to the front end, a rear region, a central region, a metatarsal region that is positioned opposite the metatarsus, and a front region, the boot comprising a lateral wall that has a lateral opening at the level of the metatarsal region, the lateral opening extending from the base in a direction of increasing distance from the base, the boot comprising a medial wall that has a medial opening at the level of the metatarsal region, the medial opening extending from the base in a direction of increasing distance from the base, each wall (16, 18) having sufficient stiffness to deform elastically and reversibly, the boot also comprising elements (21, 22) for tightening the lateral wall and medial wall to the rear of the openings (17, 19), the boot comprising a lateral flap (23, 43, 53) that extends at the level of the lateral opening of the lateral wall, and/or a medial flap (24, 44, 54) that extends at the level of the medial opening of the medial wall, as well as elements (21, 22) for tightening the lateral (23, 43, 53) and medial (24, 44, 54) flap or flaps, the boot being characterized in that each flap (23, 24) is an element that is more flexible, or less rigid, than the lateral wall or than the medial wall.
Extracorporeal circuit (1, 100) for regional anti-coagulation of blood comprising a line for taking the blood from a patient, a first filtering unit for separating plasma water, and a line for returning the blood to the patient defining a main circuit, the extracorporeal circuit (1, 100) being characterised in that it comprises a secondary circuit for recirculation of the plasma water obtained by the first filtering unit comprising: - a calcium removal assembly adapted to remove calcium ions from the plasma water, thereby generating a solution with low calcium content (30, 40a), and to provide the solution with low calcium content (30, 40a) to said main circuit; said extracorporeal circuit (1, 100) further comprising: - first means for the infusion of said solution with low calcium content (30, 40a) into said main circuit upstream of said first filtering unit and of said calcium removal assembly with respect to the blood flow direction in the main circuit and - second means for the infusion of an electrolytic reestablishment solution located downstream of said first means with respect to the direction of the blood flow in said main circuit. - a calcium removal assembly adapted to remove calcium ions from the plasma water, thereby generating a solution with low calcium content (30, 40a), and to provide the solution with low calcium content (30, 40a) to said main circuit; - first means for the infusion of said solution with low calcium content (30, 40a) into said main circuit upstream of said first filtering unit and of said calcium removal assembly with respect to the blood flow direction in the main circuit and - second means for the infusion of an electrolytic reestablishment solution located downstream of said first means with respect to the direction of the blood flow in said main circuit.
A shear web for a wind turbine, the shear web having a lattice structure comprising: a first longitudinal member defining a mounting flange and a first connection portion; a second longitudinal member defining a mounting flange and a second connection portion; a plurality of first bracing elements connected between the first and second connection portions; and a plurality of second bracing elements connected between the first and second connection portions, the connections between the bracing elements and the longitudinal members defining a plurality of nodes, characterised in that at one or more nodes, a connection portion of a longitudinal member is adhesively bonded between a first and a second bracing element. a first longitudinal member defining a mounting flange and a first connection portion; a second longitudinal member defining a mounting flange and a second connection portion; a plurality of first bracing elements connected between the first and second connection portions; and a plurality of second bracing elements connected between the first and second connection portions, the connections between the bracing elements and the longitudinal members defining a plurality of nodes, characterised in that at one or more nodes, a connection portion of a longitudinal member is adhesively bonded between a first and a second bracing element.
A milk container configured to be connected with the steam and/or water delivery tube of a coffee machine, said milk container comprising a collector body having a connecting route to said steam and/or water delivery tube, a first opening for the ingress of milk, connected to a pipe for the intake of the milk present in said container, a second opening for the ingress of air, connected to piping for the intake of air, and a connecting route to a delivery nozzle, a manual control member and a regulating means to regulate the intake of air, and configured to bring about a substantially inverse correlation between the flow of air and the flow of milk sucked into said flow of steam and/or water by virtue of a depression along said flow of steam and/or water, said control member having at least one first position (15a, 15b, 15c) for commanding production of hot and/or frothed milk in which said regulating means establish a positive value both for said flow of air and for said flow of milk sucked into said flow of steam and/or water, and wherein said regulating means comprises a plunger configured to regulate the section that said flow of air passes through in the piping; and characterized in that said control member has at least one second position for commanding the execution of a cycle for washing said collector body and/or said nozzle with said flow of steam and/or water, in which said regulating means and plunger establish a maximum value for said flow of air, which corresponds to a null value for said flow of milk.
A device for supporting solar modules, comprising - a base rail; - an upper support arranged on the base rail for holding an upper end of a solar module, comprising a first support element and a second support element; and - a lower support arranged on the base rail for holding a lower end of a solar module; wherein - the first support element and the second support element are pivotably connected to each other at a hinge point in such a manner that the first support element is movable relative to the second support element between a first position and a second position; - the upper support extends up to a first height above the base rail when the first support element is arranged in the first position; - the upper support extends up to a second height above the base rail, which is different from the first height, when the first support element is arranged in the second position; characterized in that - the upper support comprises a holding device which, for holding a respective solar module, comprises two support surfaces (11a, 11b), onto which, respectively, one or more solar modules can be placed and fixed, wherein - the support surfaces (11a, 11b) are arranged at an angle to a central section of the holding device in order to support a solar module at an angle to the horizontal. - a base rail; - an upper support arranged on the base rail for holding an upper end of a solar module, comprising a first support element and a second support element; and - a lower support arranged on the base rail for holding a lower end of a solar module; wherein - the first support element and the second support element are pivotably connected to each other at a hinge point in such a manner that the first support element is movable relative to the second support element between a first position and a second position; - the upper support extends up to a first height above the base rail when the first support element is arranged in the first position; - the upper support extends up to a second height above the base rail, which is different from the first height, when the first support element is arranged in the second position; characterized in that - the upper support comprises a holding device which, for holding a respective solar module, comprises two support surfaces (11a, 11b), onto which, respectively, one or more solar modules can be placed and fixed, wherein - the support surfaces (11a, 11b) are arranged at an angle to a central section of the holding device in order to support a solar module at an angle to the horizontal.
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes having a chimeric receptor that recognizes a GD2 antigen on the surface of cancer cells for use in a method of treating non small cell lung cancer in an individual, wherein the chimeric receptor comprises a scFv antibody that binds GD2 and wherein the chimeric receptor comprises the effector domain of the T-cell receptor zeta chain and one or more costimulatory molecules comprising the endodomains of CD28, OX40 or 4-1BB.
A method of wireless communication comprising: receiving information associated with a user equipment, UE, that comprises a single subscriber identifier, the UE being in communication with a first cellular network via a first cellular communication link; establishing a second cellular communication link with the UE for communication between the UE and a second cellular network based at least on the received information; and maintaining the second cellular communication link while the UE is in communication with the first cellular network via the first cellular communication link, wherein the information associated with the UE is received from a home subscriber server, HSS, of the first cellular network through a Wx interface, and wherein the information associated with the UE is received at an offload authentication, authorization, and accounting, AAA/mobility management entity, MME, server. receiving information associated with a user equipment, UE, that comprises a single subscriber identifier, the UE being in communication with a first cellular network via a first cellular communication link; establishing a second cellular communication link with the UE for communication between the UE and a second cellular network based at least on the received information; and maintaining the second cellular communication link while the UE is in communication with the first cellular network via the first cellular communication link,
A biosynthetic method of making pterostilbene comprising: expressing a 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in a cellular system; expressing a stilbene synthase in the cellular system; expressing a resveratrol O-methyltransferase (ROMT) in the cellular system; feeding p-coumaric acid to the cellular system; growing the cellular system in a medium; and producing pterostilbene. expressing a 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in a cellular system; expressing a stilbene synthase in the cellular system; expressing a resveratrol O-methyltransferase (ROMT) in the cellular system; feeding p-coumaric acid to the cellular system; growing the cellular system in a medium; and producing pterostilbene.
A tissue eversion device comprising: a delivery sheath; and a tissue engaging element configured to evert the edges of an aperture in a tissue wall, said tissue engaging element comprising a plurality of elongated members (901, 902), each comprising a memory material and having an end adapted to engage tissue, said tissue engaging element having a first configuration in which said elongated members reside within said delivery sheath substantially parallel to an axis of said delivery sheath, and a second configuration in which the elongated members extend beyond the outer surface of the delivery sheath, characterized in that when fully extended in the second configuration the elongated members move towards a midline of the delivery sheath before then curling up to engage the tissue wall and then back towards each other. a delivery sheath; and a tissue engaging element configured to evert the edges of an aperture in a tissue wall, said tissue engaging element comprising a plurality of elongated members (901, 902), each comprising a memory material and having an end adapted to engage tissue, said tissue engaging element having a first configuration in which said elongated members reside within said delivery sheath substantially parallel to an axis of said delivery sheath, and a second configuration in which the elongated members extend beyond the outer surface of the delivery sheath, characterized in that when fully extended in the second configuration the elongated members move towards a midline of the delivery sheath before then curling up to engage the tissue wall and then back towards each other.
A reading apparatus, comprising: a captured-image reader configured to read, from an imaging apparatus that captures a captured image associated with distance information indicating distances to articles, the captured image associated with the distance information; an article detecting section configured to detect images of articles in a preset predetermined imaging region in the captured image; an object recognizing section configured to perform, based on the distance information, object recognition processing of an object, the object being an article closest from the imaging apparatus among the articles detected in the predetermined region; a code reader configured to perform, based on the distance information, if a distance between the object and the imaging apparatus is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance, code reading processing for detecting a code symbol from the predetermined imaging region and reading code information from the code symbol; and an imaging-condition switching section configured to switch from the object recognition processing to the code reading processing if the distance between the object and the imaging apparatus is equal to or smaller than the predetermined distance. a captured-image reader configured to read, from an imaging apparatus that captures a captured image associated with distance information indicating distances to articles, the captured image associated with the distance information; an article detecting section configured to detect images of articles in a preset predetermined imaging region in the captured image; an object recognizing section configured to perform, based on the distance information, object recognition processing of an object, the object being an article closest from the imaging apparatus among the articles detected in the predetermined region; a code reader configured to perform, based on the distance information, if a distance between the object and the imaging apparatus is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance, code reading processing for detecting a code symbol from the predetermined imaging region and reading code information from the code symbol; and an imaging-condition switching section configured to switch from the object recognition processing to the code reading processing if the distance between the object and the imaging apparatus is equal to or smaller than the predetermined distance.
An arrangement for heating a dialysis liquid during an extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising: - at least one electrically operated heating device comprising at least one warm section heating during operation of the heating device, and at least one cold section cooling during operation of the heating device; - a first area for receiving the dialysis liquid to be heated, wherein the first area is in heat exchange relation with the warm section of the heating device; and - a second area for receiving a used dialysis liquid that is in heat exchange relation with the cold section of the heating device, wherein the area for receiving the dialysis liquid to be heated and the area for receiving the used dialysis liquid are part of the same circuit. - at least one electrically operated heating device comprising at least one warm section heating during operation of the heating device, and at least one cold section cooling during operation of the heating device; - a first area for receiving the dialysis liquid to be heated, wherein the first area is in heat exchange relation with the warm section of the heating device; and - a second area for receiving a used dialysis liquid that is in heat exchange relation with the cold section of the heating device,
A biological decontamination gel, consisting of a colloidal solution comprising: - 5% to 30% by mass, preferably 5% to 25% by mass, still preferably 8% to 20% by mass based on the mass of the gel, of at least one inorganic viscosifying agent; - an active biological decontamination agent consisting of the combination of a mineral base selected from hydroxides of alkaline metals, hydroxides of earth alkaline metals, and mixtures thereof, and of an oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium selected from permanganates, persulfates, ozone, hypochlorites, and mixtures thereof; the mineral base being present in an amount from 0.05 to 10 mol/L of gel, preferably in an amount from 0.1 to 5 mol/L of gel, and the oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium being present in an amount from 0.05 to 5 mol/L of gel, preferably from 0.1 to 2 mol/L of gel; - optionally 0.1% to 2% by mass based on the mass of the gel, of at least one surfactant; - and the balance of solvent; characterized in that the gel does not contain any super-absorbent polymer. - 5% to 30% by mass, preferably 5% to 25% by mass, still preferably 8% to 20% by mass based on the mass of the gel, of at least one inorganic viscosifying agent; - an active biological decontamination agent consisting of the combination of a mineral base selected from hydroxides of alkaline metals, hydroxides of earth alkaline metals, and mixtures thereof, and of an oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium selected from permanganates, persulfates, ozone, hypochlorites, and mixtures thereof; the mineral base being present in an amount from 0.05 to 10 mol/L of gel, preferably in an amount from 0.1 to 5 mol/L of gel, and the oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium being present in an amount from 0.05 to 5 mol/L of gel, preferably from 0.1 to 2 mol/L of gel; - optionally 0.1% to 2% by mass based on the mass of the gel, of at least one surfactant; - and the balance of solvent;
A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of allithiamine, fursultiamine, and benfotiamine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for use in alleviating, preventing or treating hypercortisolism.