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Collecting device for a tissue biopsy device with a shaver-side flow connection, which can be fluidly connected to a tissue discharge of the tissue biopsy device, with a vacuum-side flow connection, which can be fluidly connected to a vacuum device, a connection path, which can be formed between the shaver-side flow connection and the vacuum-side flow connection and through which a fluid flow can be formed from the shaver-side flow connection to the vacuum-side flow connection, and a collection container, which can be mounted in the connection path to receive tissue material from the fluid flow, wherein a bypass path separated from the collection container can be formed between the shaver-side flow connection and the vacuum-side flow connection, characterized in that the shaver-side flow connection and the vacuum-side flow connection are provided on a connection housing, on which the collection container is detachably held, and a switching apparatus, which can be switched using a handle, is provided, by means of which the shaver-side flow connection can be optionally connected via the connection path or the bypass path to the vacuum-side flow connection. with a shaver-side flow connection, which can be fluidly connected to a tissue discharge of the tissue biopsy device, with a vacuum-side flow connection, which can be fluidly connected to a vacuum device, a connection path, which can be formed between the shaver-side flow connection and the vacuum-side flow connection and through which a fluid flow can be formed from the shaver-side flow connection to the vacuum-side flow connection, and a collection container, which can be mounted in the connection path to receive tissue material from the fluid flow, wherein a bypass path separated from the collection container can be formed between the shaver-side flow connection and the vacuum-side flow connection, characterized in that the shaver-side flow connection and the vacuum-side flow connection are provided on a connection housing, on which the collection container is detachably held, and a switching apparatus, which can be switched using a handle, is provided, by means of which the shaver-side flow connection can be optionally connected via the connection path or the bypass path to the vacuum-side flow connection.
A container with a flexible wall and with at least one emptying tube (4, 4', 4") which projects through a wall aperture into the container interior surrounded by the flexible wall, the free end of which emptying tube has an emptying opening which can be set in its position in the vertical direction to different emptying heights characterized in that an adapter piece, in which the emptying tube (4, 4', 4") is held in a longitudinally displaceable manner, is arranged in the wall aperture and in that a portion of the emptying tube (4, 4', 4") is surrounded by a flexible sheath which is connected in a fluid-tight manner at a first end to the emptying tube (4, 4', 4") and at its second end, which is remote from the first end, to the wall or the adapter piece, and the flexible sheath is arranged within the container interior.
A method for the prognosis and/or risk assessment and/or monitoring of therapy and/or management of patients with COPD the method comprising the steps of: i) providing a sample of a bodily fluid from said patient, ii) determining in said sample the level of at least one biomarker, selected from the group consisting of pro-adrenomedullin (proADM), pro-natriuretic peptide, pro-Vasopressin (proAVP) and Procalcitonin or fragments thereof of at least 12 amino acids in length, iii) determining the BODE-index parameters according to one of the following steps: iii-a) determining the BODE-index parameters body-mass index (BMI, parameter B), degree of airflow obstruction (FEV 1, parameter O), and dyspnea (parameter D), omitting the BODE-index parameter exercise capacity (parameter E); iii-b) determining the BODE-index parameters body-mass index (BMI, parameter B) and dyspnea (parameter D), omitting the BODE-index parameters exercise capacity (parameter E) and degree of airflow obstruction (FEV 1, parameter O); iv) correlating said level of said at least one biomarker determined in step ii), in combination with said BODE-index parameters determined in step iii-a) or in step iii-b) to the prognosis and/or risk assessment and/or monitoring of therapy and/or management of patients with COPD. i) providing a sample of a bodily fluid from said patient, ii) determining in said sample the level of at least one biomarker, selected from the group consisting of pro-adrenomedullin (proADM), pro-natriuretic peptide, pro-Vasopressin (proAVP) and Procalcitonin or fragments thereof of at least 12 amino acids in length, iii) determining the BODE-index parameters according to one of the following steps: iii-a) determining the BODE-index parameters body-mass index (BMI, parameter B), degree of airflow obstruction (FEV 1, parameter O), and dyspnea (parameter D), omitting the BODE-index parameter exercise capacity (parameter E); iii-b) determining the BODE-index parameters body-mass index (BMI, parameter B) and dyspnea (parameter D), omitting the BODE-index parameters exercise capacity (parameter E) and degree of airflow obstruction (FEV 1, parameter O); iii-a) determining the BODE-index parameters body-mass index (BMI, parameter B), degree of airflow obstruction (FEV 1, parameter O), and dyspnea (parameter D), omitting the BODE-index parameter exercise capacity (parameter E); iii-b) determining the BODE-index parameters body-mass index (BMI, parameter B) and dyspnea (parameter D), omitting the BODE-index parameters exercise capacity (parameter E) and degree of airflow obstruction (FEV 1, parameter O); iv) correlating said level of said at least one biomarker determined in step ii), in combination with said BODE-index parameters determined in step iii-a) or in step iii-b) to the prognosis and/or risk assessment and/or monitoring of therapy and/or management of patients with COPD.
Motor vehicle having a detection device for detecting the area surrounding the vehicle in an angle-resolved manner using a radar method wherein the detection device comprises at least one antenna apparatus (2 - 7) which is configured to transmit transmission signals, and a central apparatus, characterised in that, the central apparatus has at least one coupling-in device (21, 35) by means of which terahertz radiation with a wavelength between 0.1 mm and 1.0 mm can be coupled into an assigned dielectric waveguide of the motor vehicle, in order to transmit between the central apparatus and the antenna apparatus (2 - 7) control signals for controlling the transmission of the transmission signals, wherein the terahertz radiation used for the signal transmission has a frequency which is at least 15 times as high as the frequency of the radar radiation to be generated, wherein the antenna apparatus (2 - 7) has a coupling-out device which comprises exclusively passive components and serves as a frequency converter circuit by means of which the control signal or a signal generated as a function of the control signal is frequency-convertible for providing the transmission signal, wherein by means of the coupling-in device of the central apparatus the radiation energy for transmitting the transmission signals can be coupled into the dielectric waveguide.
A multi-family housing prototype building with split-level, variable height apartments used for residential, office or other purposes, comprising foundations, structural ceilings, external and internal walls, and a roofing, and equipped with appropriate kitchen and sanitary fixtures, installations and utility connections related to the building's infrastructure, especially water and sewage, heating, ventilation, gas, electric power and telecommunication installations, said building incorporating an assemblage of apartments that comprise a one-story high part of the interior area conforming to the story-height proper to the building, and another one-and-a-half-story (1.5) high part of the interior area conforming to the story-height proper to the building, i.e. an assemblage of split-level, variable height apartments, delimited from above and from below by successive horizontal structural ceilings of the building, preferably forming the floors and ceilings of these apartments, accordingly, said building being composed of vertical structural segments with structural ceilings dividing repeatedly stacked one-story high spaces of the apartments as well as of horizontally connected with them vertical structural segments with structural ceilings dividing repeatedly stacked one-and-a-half-story (1.5) high spaces of the apartments, characterized in that said building has at least two vertical structural segments comprising one-and-a-half-story (1.5) high spaces, connected horizontally with vertical structural segments comprising one-story high spaces, while the second segment comprising one-and-a-half-story high spaces situated on the opposite side of the building, facing the first segment comprising one-and-a-half-story high spaces, or alongside the building line, next to the first segment comprising one-and-a-half-story high spaces, is shifted vertically in relation to the said first segment by half-a-story (0.5), and that the structural ceilings of a vertical segment comprising one-and-a-half-story (1.5) high spaces are situated on one side of this segment every three stories on the same level as the structural ceilings dividing one-story high spaces and are shifted in relation to the latter by half-a-story (0.5) halfway up the height of these three stories, this relationship occurring on the opposite side of the same vertical segment comprising one-and-a-half-story high spaces in an inverted arrangement, wherein the building's structure determines the interior arrangement of the apartments where a selected one-and-a-half-story (1.5) high area links two typical one-story high areas situated on one side of the said one-and-a-half-story high area on the same level, and on the other side on a level shifted vertically by half a story (0.5), which creates a highly functional solution for the dwelling space where the higher living space, for example a living room, forms a link between the two adjacent one-story high areas used as a kitchen, dining room etc. on one end, and as a more private zone with study rooms, bedrooms, children's rooms, bathrooms etc. on the other, offering also an option to use the differentiated areas for other purposes.
An apparatus for combining light, the apparatus comprising: a support having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the support defining a support aperture extending through the first face and the second face; a first receiving bank disposed on the first face, the first receiving bank configured to receive a first set of light sources configured to emit a first set of light beams; a first reflector disposed to a side of the support opposite the second face, the first reflector facing the first face, the first reflector configured to reflect the first set of light beams towards the support aperture and to increase a convergence of the first set of light beams, the first reflector defining a reflector aperture; characterized in comprising a second receiving bank disposed on the second face, the second receiving bank configured to receive a second set of light sources configured to emit a second set of light beams; a second reflector disposed to another side of the support opposite the first face, the second reflector facing the second face, the second reflector configured to reflect the second set of light beams towards the support aperture and to increase a corresponding convergence of the second set of light beams; and a differential reflector disposed in the support aperture, the differential reflector configured to reflect the first set of light beams in a direction away from the second reflector and to transmit the second set of light beams in a corresponding direction away from the second reflector. a support having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the support defining a support aperture extending through the first face and the second face; a first receiving bank disposed on the first face, the first receiving bank configured to receive a first set of light sources configured to emit a first set of light beams; a first reflector disposed to a side of the support opposite the second face, the first reflector facing the first face, the first reflector configured to reflect the first set of light beams towards the support aperture and to increase a convergence of the first set of light beams, the first reflector defining a reflector aperture; characterized in comprising a second receiving bank disposed on the second face, the second receiving bank configured to receive a second set of light sources configured to emit a second set of light beams; a second reflector disposed to another side of the support opposite the first face, the second reflector facing the second face, the second reflector configured to reflect the second set of light beams towards the support aperture and to increase a corresponding convergence of the second set of light beams; and a differential reflector disposed in the support aperture, the differential reflector configured to reflect the first set of light beams in a direction away from the second reflector and to transmit the second set of light beams in a corresponding direction away from the second reflector.
Cooking appliance - with a temperature sensor, which is coupled to at least one measuring amplifier, - wherein the at least one measuring amplifier provides an output signal as a function of a temperature measured by the temperature sensor, characterised in that - a measuring region switchover can be performed as a function of the output signal. - with a temperature sensor, which is coupled to at least one measuring amplifier, - wherein the at least one measuring amplifier provides an output signal as a function of a temperature measured by the temperature sensor, characterised in that - a measuring region switchover can be performed as a function of the output signal.
Method for producing a foundation element in the ground, in particular in the bed of a body of water, in which a pile tube is introduced into the ground, ground material is removed inside the pile tube by means of a drilling tool driven in a rotating manner and the pile tube is filled with a filling material for producing the foundation element, characterized in that - during removal of the ground material a hardenable medium is passed into a lower area of the pile tube and - in that in order to form the filling material the supplied, hardenable medium is mixed with the removed ground material by means of a mixing means above the drilling tool. - during removal of the ground material a hardenable medium is passed into a lower area of the pile tube and - in that in order to form the filling material the supplied, hardenable medium is mixed with the removed ground material by means of a mixing means above the drilling tool.
A panelised masonry look wall cladding system incorporating broad planar surfaces extending between vertical expressed joints, the wall cladding system comprising: a plurality of broad rectangular base sheets secured in a side by side vertical orientation to an underlying structure; each of the base sheets having an inner surface and a planar generally smooth unfinished outer surface, each base sheet being profiled along at least one longitudinal edge to provide, on installation with an adjacent sheet, broad planar surfaces with an intermediate overlapping vertical ship lap expressed joint, a portion of the joint being clearly visible between the outer surfaces of the base sheets, including an interface line defined by an inner overlapping edge of one of the base sheets, the interface line thereby being set in from the outer surfaces of the base sheets, wherein the visible portion of the expressed joint is defined by a channel formation between the outer surfaces of adjacent base sheets, the channel having an outer width between the outer surfaces, and an inner width at a depth set in from the outer surfaces, characterised in that the outer width is from 3mm to 9mm, the inner width is from 3mm to 9mm and wherein the maximum depth of the channel is no more than 6mm and wherein the interface line is set in at the maximum depth of the channel; and a relatively low build brushable or rollable texture coating applied in situ to the exposed unfinished outer surfaces of the installed base sheets. a plurality of broad rectangular base sheets secured in a side by side vertical orientation to an underlying structure; each of the base sheets having an inner surface and a planar generally smooth unfinished outer surface, each base sheet being profiled along at least one longitudinal edge to provide, on installation with an adjacent sheet, broad planar surfaces with an intermediate overlapping vertical ship lap expressed joint, a portion of the joint being clearly visible between the outer surfaces of the base sheets, including an interface line defined by an inner overlapping edge of one of the base sheets, the interface line thereby being set in from the outer surfaces of the base sheets, wherein the visible portion of the expressed joint is defined by a channel formation between the outer surfaces of adjacent base sheets, the channel having an outer width between the outer surfaces, and an inner width at a depth set in from the outer surfaces, characterised in that the outer width is from 3mm to 9mm, the inner width is from 3mm to 9mm and wherein the maximum depth of the channel is no more than 6mm and wherein the interface line is set in at the maximum depth of the channel; and a relatively low build brushable or rollable texture coating applied in situ to the exposed unfinished outer surfaces of the installed base sheets.
Device for being used when freezing or thawing an aqueous biological solution and for reducing and/or preventing ice-crust formation on the liquid and air interface, the device being shaped to fit the top of a container of fixed shape, comprising: an external wall and an internal wall each comprising a thermal insulating material; an internal cavity comprising a phase change material; wherein the cavity is between the internal and the external wall; a recess configured for receiving a container; wherein the freezing-temperature of the phase change material is substantially close to the freezing point of the aqueous biological solution, reducing and/or preventing ice-crust formation on the liquid and air interface; wherein the internal wall further comprises a moldable thermal insulating material; wherein the thermal insulating material of the internal wall is moldable to form an air-tight seal over the container top. an external wall and an internal wall each comprising a thermal insulating material; an internal cavity comprising a phase change material; wherein the cavity is between the internal and the external wall; a recess configured for receiving a container; wherein the freezing-temperature of the phase change material is substantially close to the freezing point of the aqueous biological solution, reducing and/or preventing ice-crust formation on the liquid and air interface; wherein the internal wall further comprises a moldable thermal insulating material; wherein the thermal insulating material of the internal wall is moldable to form an air-tight seal over the container top.
A device to aid in fusion of a joint between at least a first body and a second body, the device comprising: a clip (1100, 2400) implantable into the first and second bodies to provide compression across the joint, the clip (1100, 2400) comprising: a bridge (1106, 2406) extending from a first end (1130, 2430) to a second end (1132, 2432); at least one bone engaging member (1102, 1104, 2402, 2404); and a plug (1150, 2450) integrally formed with the clip, the plug (1150, 2450) being insertable into the joint between the first and second bodies to additionally resist joint forces between the first body and the second body; characterized in that the device further comprises a punch guide having a punch guide body and a handle, the punch guide body having a lumen that extends through the punch guide body between a distal side and a proximal side of the punch guide; and a punch extending between a distal end and a proximal end, comprising a first portion extending proximally from the distal end and having a distal-most aspect that is sharpened or pointed to penetrate bone, the first portion having an elongated cross-sectional shape that is complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the lumen of the punch guide; wherein the punch is configured for use with the punch guide to prepare a slot to receive the plug (1150, 2450). a clip (1100, 2400) implantable into the first and second bodies to provide compression across the joint, the clip (1100, 2400) comprising: a bridge (1106, 2406) extending from a first end (1130, 2430) to a second end (1132, 2432); at least one bone engaging member (1102, 1104, 2402, 2404); and a plug (1150, 2450) integrally formed with the clip, the plug (1150, 2450) being insertable into the joint between the first and second bodies to additionally resist joint forces between the first body and the second body; a bridge (1106, 2406) extending from a first end (1130, 2430) to a second end (1132, 2432); at least one bone engaging member (1102, 1104, 2402, 2404); and a plug (1150, 2450) integrally formed with the clip, the plug (1150, 2450) being insertable into the joint between the first and second bodies to additionally resist joint forces between the first body and the second body; characterized in that the device further comprises a punch guide having a punch guide body and a handle, the punch guide body having a lumen that extends through the punch guide body between a distal side and a proximal side of the punch guide; and a punch extending between a distal end and a proximal end, comprising a first portion extending proximally from the distal end and having a distal-most aspect that is sharpened or pointed to penetrate bone, the first portion having an elongated cross-sectional shape that is complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the lumen of the punch guide; wherein the punch is configured for use with the punch guide to prepare a slot to receive the plug (1150, 2450).
Domestic appliance, especially a domestic dishwasher, with a metering device for controlling the dispensing of additive substances, e.g. cleaning and/or rinsing substances, wherein arranged on the metering device is an interface device for interaction with different storage inserts (20; 30; 40) which can be introduced into the metering device for the metered discharging of different types of additive substances, e.g. tabs, powdered or liquid, by means of the metering device into a treatment compartment, especially washing compartment, of the domestic appliance, characterised in that the interface device comprises different connections (6; 7) for liquid and solid additive substances in tablet form and the metering device is configured such that a storage insert in the form of a container can be inserted into said metering device and has a tablet chamber with an outlet opening and a bowl for accommodating a liquid detergent with a connecting flange, so that the outlet opening of the tablet chamber can interact with a connection for solid additive substances in tablet form of the interface device and the connecting flange of the bowl can interact with a connection for liquid additive substances of the interface device.