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A bone marrow harvesting device comprising: a bone marrow needle including: a needle shaft that is elongate along a central axis, the needle shaft including a shaft body, the needle shaft defining an aspiration channel that extends through the shaft body along the central axis, the needle shaft further defining an intake port in fluid communication with the aspiration channel so as to draw bone marrow aspirate from a target bone, wherein the shaft body includes a flexible portion defining a groove that extends into the shaft body; a tip that extends distally from the needle shaft; and a non-elastomeric overcoat that extends over the flexible portion and covers at least a portion of the groove; and a trocar including a trocar handle and a cannulated trocar shaft that extends from the trocar handle, the cannulated shaft configured to slidingly receive at least a portion of the needle shaft, characterized in that the groove is a single continuous groove that extends along a substantially helical path along a length of the shaft body. a bone marrow needle including: a needle shaft that is elongate along a central axis, the needle shaft including a shaft body, the needle shaft defining an aspiration channel that extends through the shaft body along the central axis, the needle shaft further defining an intake port in fluid communication with the aspiration channel so as to draw bone marrow aspirate from a target bone, wherein the shaft body includes a flexible portion defining a groove that extends into the shaft body; a tip that extends distally from the needle shaft; and a non-elastomeric overcoat that extends over the flexible portion and covers at least a portion of the groove; and a needle shaft that is elongate along a central axis, the needle shaft including a shaft body, the needle shaft defining an aspiration channel that extends through the shaft body along the central axis, the needle shaft further defining an intake port in fluid communication with the aspiration channel so as to draw bone marrow aspirate from a target bone, wherein the shaft body includes a flexible portion defining a groove that extends into the shaft body; a tip that extends distally from the needle shaft; and a non-elastomeric overcoat that extends over the flexible portion and covers at least a portion of the groove; and a trocar including a trocar handle and a cannulated trocar shaft that extends from the trocar handle, the cannulated shaft configured to slidingly receive at least a portion of the needle shaft, characterized in that the groove is a single continuous groove that extends along a substantially helical path along a length of the shaft body.
A medical implant having an exposed surface, said implant comprising a thermoplastic resin having aluminosilicate particles incorporated therein, said aluminosilicate particles being devoid of antimicrobial metal ions and having a three dimensional skeletal structure that is represented by the formula XM 2/n O ̇Al 2 O 3 ̇YSiO 2 ̇ZH 2 O, wherein M represents an ion-exchangeable ion, n represents the atomic valency of the ion, X and Y represent coefficients of metal oxide and silica, respectively, and Z represents the number of water of crystallization, said aluminosilicate particles being present in said resin in an amount sufficient to impart a negative charge to said exposed surface of said implant.
A method for producing cumene by subjecting 2-phenyl-2-propanol to (a) hydrocracking reaction, or (b) dehydration and subsequent hydrogenation reaction, to obtain cumene, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a liquid containing cumene to a reactor loaded with a catalyst; and feeding hydrogen and a liquid containing 2-phenyl-2-propanol to the reactor after the step. feeding a liquid containing cumene to a reactor loaded with a catalyst; and feeding hydrogen and a liquid containing 2-phenyl-2-propanol to the reactor after the step.
System for forming a fastening of a trim part on a body part of a vehicle, comprising: - an injection-moulded trim part with a trim part flange, wherein the trim part flange has a trim part flange surface facing the body part, - a reinforcing element for reinforcing the trim part flange, wherein the reinforcing element is arranged on the side of the trim part flange that faces away from the trim part flange surface and has at least one connecting element for connecting the reinforcing element to the trim part flange, - wherein the connecting element has at least one connecting flange which engages over at least one region of the trim part flange, wherein the connecting flange can be pushed onto the region, and - wherein the region between the connecting flange engaging thereover and the reinforcing element is held with a form fit, characterized in that - the region has a cutout which is open to the edge region of the trim part flange and the connecting element is received in the cutout, and - the region forms a depression in the trim part flange surface that is open to the edge region of the trim part flange and has a wall thickness which is reduced by comparison with the wall thickness of the trim part flange, and - the reduced wall thickness of the region and the wall thickness of the connecting flange are tailored to one another such that the wall thicknesses (Y, Z) taken together in the connected state are at most as large as the wall thickness of the trim part flange, wherein the trim part flange and the reinforcing element form a substantially planar area with respect to the body part to be fastened thereon. - an injection-moulded trim part with a trim part flange, wherein the trim part flange has a trim part flange surface facing the body part, - a reinforcing element for reinforcing the trim part flange, wherein the reinforcing element is arranged on the side of the trim part flange that faces away from the trim part flange surface and has at least one connecting element for connecting the reinforcing element to the trim part flange, - wherein the connecting element has at least one connecting flange which engages over at least one region of the trim part flange, wherein the connecting flange can be pushed onto the region, and - wherein the region between the connecting flange engaging thereover and the reinforcing element is held with a form fit, - the region has a cutout which is open to the edge region of the trim part flange and the connecting element is received in the cutout, and - the region forms a depression in the trim part flange surface that is open to the edge region of the trim part flange and has a wall thickness which is reduced by comparison with the wall thickness of the trim part flange, and - the reduced wall thickness of the region and the wall thickness of the connecting flange are tailored to one another such that the wall thicknesses (Y, Z) taken together in the connected state are at most as large as the wall thickness of the trim part flange, wherein
Use of an adhesive composition to improve adhesion between an extended tubular article and a corrosion protective system, wherein the adhesive composition comprises a polyolefin blend, wherein the polyolefin blend comprises 50 % to 100 % by weight of a polyisobutene and 0 % to 50 % by weight of one or more olefin polymers, based on the total weight of the polyolefin blend, wherein the polyisobutene has one or more of the following properties (a) to (e): (a) a glass transition temperature of lower than -50 °C determined by differential scanning calorimetry; (b) a number average molecular weight M n of 5.000 to 1.000.000; (c) a molecular weight distribution M w /M n of between 1 to 10; (d) a surface tension of less than 40 mN/m at 20 °C; or (e) a density between 0.90 to 0.95 g/cm 3 in accordance with ISO 1183; wherein the corrosion protection system comprises a polyisobutene having a glass transition temperature of less than -20 °C and a surface tension of less than 40 mN/m at a temperature above the glass transition temperature, 40 to 80 % by weight of a filler material, based on the total weight of the corrosion protecting system, and an anti-oxidant, wherein said anti-oxidant is selected from the group consisting of a primary and secondary antioxidant; and wherein the adhesive composition comprises 1 to 10 % by weight of a filler, based on the total weight of the adhesive composition. (a) a glass transition temperature of lower than -50 °C determined by differential scanning calorimetry; (b) a number average molecular weight M n of 5.000 to 1.000.000; (c) a molecular weight distribution M w /M n of between 1 to 10; (d) a surface tension of less than 40 mN/m at 20 °C; or (e) a density between 0.90 to 0.95 g/cm 3 in accordance with ISO 1183; wherein the corrosion protection system comprises a polyisobutene having a glass transition temperature of less than -20 °C and a surface tension of less than 40 mN/m at a temperature above the glass transition temperature, 40 to 80 % by weight of a filler material, based on the total weight of the corrosion protecting system, and an anti-oxidant, wherein said anti-oxidant is selected from the group consisting of a primary and secondary antioxidant; and wherein the adhesive composition comprises 1 to 10 % by weight of a filler, based on the total weight of the adhesive composition.
A self-healing capacitor comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between said first and second electrodes (1, 3) and having first surface facing the first electrode and a second surface facing the second electrode, wherein said electrodes (1, 3) are planar and positioned nearly or substantially parallel to each other, wherein at least one of the electrodes (1, 3) includes a metal foam, and wherein the metal foam is configured to form a contact breaker by way of metal evaporation at an end of a conductive channel in the dielectric layer when current flows in the conductive channel as a result of application of a voltage between the first electrode and second electrode.
An absorbent article comprising: a cover layer; a barrier layer; and an absorbent system arranged between said cover layer and said barrier layer, said absorbent system comprising superabsorbent polymer; wherein said absorbent article has a drapeability index (BW/MCB) of at least 2.0 and said superabsorbent polymer has a gel blocking ratio at one minute of at least 0.25 and said superabsorbent polymer has a gel blocking ratio at five minutes of at least 0.60, wherein BW = average Basis Weight; and MCB = average Modified Circular Bend stiffness; wherein the average Basis Weight, the average Modified Circular Bend stiffness and the gel blocking ratio are obtained using the methods described in the description. a cover layer; a barrier layer; and an absorbent system arranged between said cover layer and said barrier layer, said absorbent system comprising superabsorbent polymer; wherein said absorbent article has a drapeability index (BW/MCB) of at least 2.0 and said superabsorbent polymer has a gel blocking ratio at one minute of at least 0.25 and said superabsorbent polymer has a gel blocking ratio at five minutes of at least 0.60, wherein BW = average Basis Weight; and MCB = average Modified Circular Bend stiffness;
A method for forming a digital value from a clock signal and a digital data signal, wherein the clock signal is sampled to obtain a clock signal digital value sequence, wherein the digital data signal is sampled to obtain a data signal digital value sequence, wherein sampling times are determined from the clock signal digital value sequence, at which sampling times data signal digital values are extracted from the data signal digital value sequence, wherein the digital value is formed from the data signal digital values.
A method for controlling communication of a radio terminal with a radio base station at transmission power granted by the radio base station at a request of the radio terminal to the radio base station, comprising the steps of: in the radio terminal, during communication through an uplink data channel at first transmission power granted by the radio base station, judging whether uplink data can be transmitted at a higher data rate if at least part of second transmission power of an uplink control channel is allocated to the uplink data channel, and if it is judged that the uplink data can be transmitted at the higher data rate, allocating said at least part of the second transmission power of the uplink control channel to the uplink data channel by controlling a transmission state of the uplink control channel; and requesting the radio base station to increase the first transmission power for the uplink data channel in accordance with the allocating. in the radio terminal, during communication through an uplink data channel at first transmission power granted by the radio base station, judging whether uplink data can be transmitted at a higher data rate if at least part of second transmission power of an uplink control channel is allocated to the uplink data channel, and if it is judged that the uplink data can be transmitted at the higher data rate, allocating said at least part of the second transmission power of the uplink control channel to the uplink data channel by controlling a transmission state of the uplink control channel; and requesting the radio base station to increase the first transmission power for the uplink data channel in accordance with the allocating.
A method of depositing a film, the method comprising: providing a substrate comprising a first substrate surface including a metal oxide and a second substrate surface including a dielectric; exposing the substrate to an alcohol to reduce the metal oxide to a first metal and form an alkoxy-terminated dielectric surface; and exposing to the substrate to one or more deposition gases to deposit a second metal film on the first metal selectively over the alkoxy-terminated dielectric surface, wherein the alcohol is a secondary alcohol. providing a substrate comprising a first substrate surface including a metal oxide and a second substrate surface including a dielectric; exposing the substrate to an alcohol to reduce the metal oxide to a first metal and form an alkoxy-terminated dielectric surface; and exposing to the substrate to one or more deposition gases to deposit a second metal film on the first metal selectively over the alkoxy-terminated dielectric surface, wherein the alcohol is a secondary alcohol.
An active implantable medical device for neural therapy by stimulation of the vagus nerve, VNS, comprising: - a generator, adapted to produce bursts (Si) of N pulses of VNS stimulation generated in succession during respective periods of activity (T ON), the periods of activities being separated by intermediate periods of inactivity (T OFF) during which no stimulation is delivered; and - burst stochastic modulation means, adapted to control separately the delivery of each of the N VNS pulses of each burst, so as to randomly vary the energy of VNS stimulation contained in this burst and the interval between successive pulses and hence counter the appearance of a physiological compensation loop, the device being characterized in that the stochastic modulation means comprise: - a binary pseudo-random generator of the "heads or tails" type, outputting a random binary result '0' or '1' for each VNS pulse liable to be applied; and - inhibitor means, adapted to control the inhibition or authorization, respectively, of the delivery of the VNS pulse as a function of said random binary result, for each of the pulses of each of the successive bursts (Si), so as to randomly vary the number of VNS pulses delivered in a burst. - a generator, adapted to produce bursts (Si) of N pulses of VNS stimulation generated in succession during respective periods of activity (T ON), the periods of activities being separated by intermediate periods of inactivity (T OFF) during which no stimulation is delivered; and - burst stochastic modulation means, adapted to control separately the delivery of each of the N VNS pulses of each burst, so as to randomly vary the energy of VNS stimulation contained in this burst and the interval between successive pulses and hence counter the appearance of a physiological compensation loop, - a binary pseudo-random generator of the "heads or tails" type, outputting a random binary result '0' or '1' for each VNS pulse liable to be applied; and - inhibitor means, adapted to control the inhibition or authorization, respectively, of the delivery of the VNS pulse as a function of said random binary result, for each of the pulses of each of the successive bursts (Si), so as to randomly vary the number of VNS pulses delivered in a burst.
Sensor for detecting a physical measurement variable using a transmitter field, comprising: - a sensor circuit for detecting the transmitter field and for outputting a sensor signal that is dependent on the physical measurement variable, - a housing that houses the sensor circuit, and - a moisture measurement pickup between the sensor circuit and the housing, which moisture measurement pickup is configured to generate a monitoring signal, which is dependent on moisture ingressing between the sensor circuit and the housing, wherein the sensor circuit comprises a measurement pickup for converting the transmitter field to a transmitter signal and a signal processing circuit for outputting the sensor signal based on the transmitter signal, and wherein the moisture measurement pickup is arranged on a surface of the measurement pickup and/or the signal processing circuit. - a sensor circuit for detecting the transmitter field and for outputting a sensor signal that is dependent on the physical measurement variable, - a housing that houses the sensor circuit, and - a moisture measurement pickup between the sensor circuit and the housing, which moisture measurement pickup is configured to generate a monitoring signal, which is dependent on moisture ingressing between the sensor circuit and the housing, wherein the sensor circuit comprises a measurement pickup for converting the transmitter field to a transmitter signal and a signal processing circuit for outputting the sensor signal based on the transmitter signal, and wherein the moisture measurement pickup is arranged on a surface of the measurement pickup and/or the signal processing circuit.
Method for injecting a fuel into a cylinder of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, in particular two-stroke large diesel engine, wherein the fuel is injected into the cylinder by means of a fuel injection system including a fuel injector comprising an injector control means for controlling the injection of the fuel into the cylinder, and wherein the fuel injector is fluidly connected by means of a high pressure pipe to an outlet of a pressure amplifier, the pressure amplifier having an inlet for receiving the fuel being provided under a low inlet pressure and transforming the low inlet pressure of the fuel to a high outlet pressure and providing the high outlet pressure at the outlet of the pressure amplifier, wherein the pressure amplifier is connected to and driven by a hydraulic servo oil being provided under an intermediate pressure wherein the intermediate pressure is chosen higher than the low inlet pressure and lower than the high outlet pressure, characterized in that the injector control means and / or the pressure amplifier is electronically controlled, wherein the pressure amplifier and the fuel injector are activated at the same time and / or wherein the pressure amplifier is activated before the fuel injector is started in order to avoid pressure drops at the beginning of injection.
A system for encoding energy peaks of an identifier, comprising; an encoder configured to: define a readable spectral range of an identifier, wherein the identifier comprises a rugate microtag; divide the readable spectral range into a plurality of bins; encode in a center of a bin near one end of the readable spectral range a reference peak; and encode in a center of each of a set of bins a set of peaks of a data pattern within the readable spectral range. define a readable spectral range of an identifier, wherein the identifier comprises a rugate microtag; divide the readable spectral range into a plurality of bins; encode in a center of a bin near one end of the readable spectral range a reference peak; and encode in a center of each of a set of bins a set of peaks of a data pattern within the readable spectral range.
A method for supporting multiple frequency bands at a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: generating first system information including a frequency band indicator indicating a frequency band supported by the base station and at least one additional frequency band indicator indicating multiple additional frequency bands supported by the base station; broadcasting the first system information to a terminal; generating second system information including an additional spectrum emission value corresponding to the frequency band indicated by the frequency band indicator and multiple additional spectrum emission values corresponding to the multiple additional frequency bands indicated by the at least one additional frequency band indicator; and broadcasting the second system information to the terminal, characterised by the base station arranging the frequency bands in the additional frequency band indicator according to terminal selection priority, such that the terminal selects the supported frequency band arranged first among the supported frequency bands. generating first system information including a frequency band indicator indicating a frequency band supported by the base station and at least one additional frequency band indicator indicating multiple additional frequency bands supported by the base station; broadcasting the first system information to a terminal; generating second system information including an additional spectrum emission value corresponding to the frequency band indicated by the frequency band indicator and multiple additional spectrum emission values corresponding to the multiple additional frequency bands indicated by the at least one additional frequency band indicator; and broadcasting the second system information to the terminal, characterised by the base station arranging the frequency bands in the additional frequency band indicator according to terminal selection priority, such that the terminal selects the supported frequency band arranged first among the supported frequency bands.
Fuel filter having an apparatus for separating water from the fuel and with a container disposed at the filter housing in which separated water drops are collected, wherein the container has an outlet to which a catchment chamber is connected that contains a substance which stores a liquid, wherein the catchment chamber features at least sectionwise a permeable wall which separates the catchment chamber from a collecting chamber, wherein the collecting chamber is made of impermeable material, characterized in that the apparatus for separating water comprises, disposed in a filter housing, at least one sieve cloth element which is located downstream of a filter element for particle filtration of the fuel, wherein the fuel filter features a means for the deviation of the fuel between the filter element and the sieve cloth element, wherein the container is disposed underneath the sieve cloth element at the filter housing, and wherein the collecting chamber features a temporarily releasable discharge opening.