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A method of producing a spinodal copper-nickel-tin alloy, comprising: casting a copper-nickel-tin alloy; homogenizing the alloy; hot working the homogenized alloy to obtain a reduction ratio which is a minimum of 5:1; solution annealing the hot worked alloy at a temperature of from 802°C (1475°F) to 899°C (1650°F); cold working the solution annealed alloy until a reduction of area of from 15% to 80% occurs in the alloy; and spinodally hardening the alloy after the cold working to produce a spinodal alloy; wherein the copper-nickel-tin alloy consists of: from 5 wt% to 20 wt% nickel, from 5 wt% to 10 wt% tin; optionally a minor addition of not more than 0.3 wt. % per element of at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron, zirconium, iron, niobium, magnesium and manganese, and the remainder copper and wherein the spinodal alloy has a 0.2% offset yield strength of at least 758 MPa (110 ksi), an impact toughness of at least 16 Newton meter (12 foot-pounds) when measured according to ASTM E23, V notch at room temperature, an ultimate tensile strength of at least 827 MPa (120 ksi) and a minimum elongation of 20%. casting a copper-nickel-tin alloy; homogenizing the alloy; hot working the homogenized alloy to obtain a reduction ratio which is a minimum of 5:1; solution annealing the hot worked alloy at a temperature of from 802°C (1475°F) to 899°C (1650°F); cold working the solution annealed alloy until a reduction of area of from 15% to 80% occurs in the alloy; and spinodally hardening the alloy after the cold working to produce a spinodal alloy; wherein the copper-nickel-tin alloy consists of: from 5 wt% to 20 wt% nickel, from 5 wt% to 10 wt% tin; optionally a minor addition of not more than 0.3 wt. % per element of at least one element selected from the group consisting of boron, zirconium, iron, niobium, magnesium and manganese, and the remainder copper and wherein the spinodal alloy has a 0.2% offset yield strength of at least 758 MPa (110 ksi), an impact toughness of at least 16 Newton meter (12 foot-pounds) when measured according to ASTM E23, V notch at room temperature, an ultimate tensile strength of at least 827 MPa (120 ksi) and a minimum elongation of 20%.
Measurement system for determining at least one pressure parameter in a bodily tissue in a brain or a muscle comprising: - at least one measuring device to be applied to the body, - an optical unit for emitting and detecting at least four light waves with different wavelengths, whereby at least one of the wavelengths of the light waves lies in the range of the absorption of a constituent of the bodily tissue, - at least one light guide between optical unit and the at least one measuring device for transmission of light waves with different wavelengths, and - an evaluation unit for evaluating measuring wave signals which are received and transmitted by the measuring device, - whereby light waves with different wavelengths emitted by the optical unit are able to be radiated into an optical measurement volume in the bodily tissue by means of the at least one measuring device and the measuring wave signals received from the optical measurement volume by the measuring device are transmittable to the evaluation unit, whereby - the evaluation unit is designed to process the received measuring wave signals based on the absorption of the emitted light waves - in order to determine a pulsatility of a concentration parameter measured in the measurement volume, and whereby - the evaluation unit comprises a transformation algorithm designed to determine a pressure parameter in the body tissue from the pulsatility of the concentration parameter by a comparison operation of the change or course of an amplitude of the pulsatility with a reference pressure-volume curve. - at least one measuring device to be applied to the body, - an optical unit for emitting and detecting at least four light waves with different wavelengths, whereby at least one of the wavelengths of the light waves lies in the range of the absorption of a constituent of the bodily tissue, - at least one light guide between optical unit and the at least one measuring device for transmission of light waves with different wavelengths, and - an evaluation unit for evaluating measuring wave signals which are received and transmitted by the measuring device, - whereby light waves with different wavelengths emitted by the optical unit are able to be radiated into an optical measurement volume in the bodily tissue by means of the at least one measuring device and the measuring wave signals received from the optical measurement volume by the measuring device are transmittable to the evaluation unit, - the evaluation unit is designed to process the received measuring wave signals based on the absorption of the emitted light waves - in order to determine a pulsatility of a concentration parameter measured in the measurement volume, and - the evaluation unit comprises a transformation algorithm designed to determine a pressure parameter in the body tissue from the pulsatility of the concentration parameter by a comparison operation of the change or course of an amplitude of the pulsatility with a reference pressure-volume curve.
Saddle having a saddle tree with at least one fixed girth strap on each of opposite sides of the saddle, with a chamber opening with saddle panels mounted therein, characterized in that an additional strap is arranged between the saddle tree and the saddle panels, the first end of which is connectable to one of the girth straps and the opposite second end of which is connectable to the opposite girth strap or beyond the saddle panels to the saddle tree.
An inkjet printer head having a length direction, a width direction and a perpendicular direction thereto, comprising: a plurality of groove-shaped pressure chambers extending in the width direction of the inkjet head and having a top side in the perpendicular direction thereof, the top side having a length L3 in the width direction of the inkjet head, the plurality of pressure chambers configured to be formed on piezoelectric members of which the polarization directions are opposite; a lid section with high rigidity, placed on the plurality of pressure chambers in the perpendicular direction of the inkjet head; a nozzle plate arranged on the lid section in the perpendicular direction of the inkjet head at the lateral side of the pressure chambers across the lid section wherein the lid section comprises a plurality of through holes that has a length L6 in the width direction of the inkjet head and is connected to a plurality of nozzles formed on the nozzle plate, characterized in that the inkjet head is configured to set the length ratio L6 / L3 in the range of 10-25 % such that the ejection voltage of the ink ejected from the nozzles is minimized. a plurality of groove-shaped pressure chambers extending in the width direction of the inkjet head and having a top side in the perpendicular direction thereof, the top side having a length L3 in the width direction of the inkjet head, the plurality of pressure chambers configured to be formed on piezoelectric members of which the polarization directions are opposite; a lid section with high rigidity, placed on the plurality of pressure chambers in the perpendicular direction of the inkjet head; a nozzle plate arranged on the lid section in the perpendicular direction of the inkjet head at the lateral side of the pressure chambers across the lid section wherein the lid section comprises a plurality of through holes that has a length L6 in the width direction of the inkjet head and is connected to a plurality of nozzles formed on the nozzle plate, characterized in that the inkjet head is configured to set the length ratio L6 / L3 in the range of 10-25 % such that the ejection voltage of the ink ejected from the nozzles is minimized.
A control device for controlling one or several machines or a production cell with cyclically repeatable sequences - with a machine control and - a control unit, embodied as a man-machine interface, wherein -- the machine sequences and production parameters are able to be inputted and modified at the control unit by the person or respectively operator in a screen-assisted manner at input points, -- the control unit has at least one programming control panel for the sequence programming and an operative control panel for input with a view to the production machine, characterized in that -- in the operative control panel visible and feelable touchscreen input points (19, 20, 21, 22) are provided, which are formed by the application of a profile-forming mask over a touchscreen and -- at least one part of the touchscreen input points (19, 20, 21, 22) of the operative control panel are programmable for their function depending on the inputs of the programming control panel. - with a machine control and - a control unit, embodied as a man-machine interface, wherein -- the machine sequences and production parameters are able to be inputted and modified at the control unit by the person or respectively operator in a screen-assisted manner at input points, -- the control unit has at least one programming control panel for the sequence programming and an operative control panel for input with a view to the production machine, characterized in that -- in the operative control panel visible and feelable touchscreen input points (19, 20, 21, 22) are provided, which are formed by the application of a profile-forming mask over a touchscreen and -- at least one part of the touchscreen input points (19, 20, 21, 22) of the operative control panel are programmable for their function depending on the inputs of the programming control panel. -- the machine sequences and production parameters are able to be inputted and modified at the control unit by the person or respectively operator in a screen-assisted manner at input points, -- the control unit has at least one programming control panel for the sequence programming and an operative control panel for input with a view to the production machine, -- in the operative control panel visible and feelable touchscreen input points (19, 20, 21, 22) are provided, which are formed by the application of a profile-forming mask over a touchscreen and -- at least one part of the touchscreen input points (19, 20, 21, 22) of the operative control panel are programmable for their function depending on the inputs of the programming control panel.
A computer-implemented medical method of determining a position at which a tracking reference device for referencing a position in a medical environment shall not be placed, the method comprising the following steps: a) planning image data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional medical image of an anatomical body part of a patient; b) instrument position data is acquired based on the planning image data, wherein the instrument position data describes a planned position of a medical instrument for using the medical instrument on the anatomical body part; c) instrument shape data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional shape of the medical instrument; d) instrument envelope data is acquired based on the instrument shape data and the instrument position data, wherein the instrument envelope data describes a position and a shape of a three-dimensional envelope (5, 8) around the shape of the instrument; characterized in that e) avoidance region data is determined based on the instrument envelope data, wherein the avoidance region data describes the position of an avoidance region (13, 19) in which the tracking reference device shall not be positioned, wherein the avoidance region comprises the envelope. a) planning image data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional medical image of an anatomical body part of a patient; b) instrument position data is acquired based on the planning image data, wherein the instrument position data describes a planned position of a medical instrument for using the medical instrument on the anatomical body part; c) instrument shape data is acquired which describes a three-dimensional shape of the medical instrument; d) instrument envelope data is acquired based on the instrument shape data and the instrument position data, wherein the instrument envelope data describes a position and a shape of a three-dimensional envelope (5, 8) around the shape of the instrument; characterized in that e) avoidance region data is determined based on the instrument envelope data, wherein the avoidance region data describes the position of an avoidance region (13, 19) in which the tracking reference device shall not be positioned, wherein the avoidance region comprises the envelope.
An integrated circuit including: an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel of the array of pixels configured to generate event signals, the array of pixels including a subset of pixels; a routing bus coupled to the subset of pixels, the routing bus including J routing lines, where J is a positive integer greater than 1, where each routing line of the J routing lines is coupled to more than 1 pixels of the subset of pixels; a plurality of time-capture circuits coupled to the routing bus; and characterized by a controller configured to: when the subset of pixels is in integration mode, route event signals from a first pixel of the subset of pixels to a first time-capture circuit of the plurality of time-capture circuits via a first routing line of the routing bus, and when the subset of pixels is in readout mode, route data from the first time-capture circuit to a reading circuit via the first routing line. an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel of the array of pixels configured to generate event signals, the array of pixels including a subset of pixels; a routing bus coupled to the subset of pixels, the routing bus including J routing lines, where J is a positive integer greater than 1, where each routing line of the J routing lines is coupled to more than 1 pixels of the subset of pixels; a plurality of time-capture circuits coupled to the routing bus; and characterized by a controller configured to: when the subset of pixels is in integration mode, route event signals from a first pixel of the subset of pixels to a first time-capture circuit of the plurality of time-capture circuits via a first routing line of the routing bus, and when the subset of pixels is in readout mode, route data from the first time-capture circuit to a reading circuit via the first routing line.
A device for fixating a suture anchor with a suture in a hard tissue opening, the device comprising: the suture anchor with a proximal face, the suture being retained by the suture anchor, a securing element comprising a proximal face and a material having thermoplastic properties and being an element separate from the suture anchor or integrated in the suture anchor, an anchoring tool capable of being energized in a way suitable for liquefaction of the material having thermoplastic properties, and a pusher tool having a distal face adapted to the proximal face of the suture anchor for engaging the suture anchor and for transmitting a pushing force and/or for holding the suture anchor in a hard tissue opening, wherein one of the anchoring tool and the pusher tool is cannulated comprising an axial channel and the other one of the anchoring tool and the pusher tool has a cross section adapted to fit into the axial channel and to be axially moveable therein so that the anchoring tool and the pusher tool are arranged to be moveable relative to each other in an axial direction characterized in that the anchoring tool has a distal face adapted to the proximal face of the securing element for transmission of energy to the securing element and for moving the securing element in axial direction relative to the suture anchor, and the distal end of the pusher tool and the proximal face of the suture anchor are further equipped for transmitting a torsional moment from the pusher tool to the suture anchor. the suture anchor with a proximal face, the suture being retained by the suture anchor, a securing element comprising a proximal face and a material having thermoplastic properties and being an element separate from the suture anchor or integrated in the suture anchor, an anchoring tool capable of being energized in a way suitable for liquefaction of the material having thermoplastic properties, and a pusher tool having a distal face adapted to the proximal face of the suture anchor for engaging the suture anchor and for transmitting a pushing force and/or for holding the suture anchor in a hard tissue opening, wherein one of the anchoring tool and the pusher tool is cannulated comprising an axial channel and the other one of the anchoring tool and the pusher tool has a cross section adapted to fit into the axial channel and to be axially moveable therein so that the anchoring tool and the pusher tool are arranged to be moveable relative to each other in an axial direction characterized in that the anchoring tool has a distal face adapted to the proximal face of the securing element for transmission of energy to the securing element and for moving the securing element in axial direction relative to the suture anchor, and the distal end of the pusher tool and the proximal face of the suture anchor are further equipped for transmitting a torsional moment from the pusher tool to the suture anchor.
A wheelchair comprising a wheelchair frame resting on wheels (2, 3) and supporting a seat, and a backrest frame supporting a backrest, said backrest frame being pivotally connected to said wheelchair frame and comprising two lateral tubular elements, wherein each tubular element comprises an upper end portion provided with a handle and a lower end portion pivotally mounted on an axis supported on a support fixedly connected to the wheelchair frame, characterized in that locking/unlocking means are provided for preventing the lower end portion of each one of said tubular elements to pivot relative to the corresponding support in a locked inclined position of the backrest frame, said locking/unlocking means being configured so as to permit a stepless adjustment of the angle (α 0) between a plane defined by the backrest and a plane defined by the seat in said locked inclined position, wherein the locking/unlocking means comprise at least one abutment element against which abuts a locking/unlocking element connected to the lower end portion of one of said tubular elements of the backrest frame in the locked inclined position, said abutment element being steplessly movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the support supporting the pivot axis of said lower end portion under the action of driving means supported by said support, wherein the abutment element is configured to be at least partially received inside a laterally oriented groove of the locking/unlocking element in the locked inclined position of the backrest frame so as to prevent the locking/unlocking element together with the tubular element to pivot relative to the corresponding support, wherein the locking/unlocking element is pivotally connected to the tubular element between at least one first position, in which the abutment element is at least partially received inside the groove of the locking/unlocking element, thus maintaining the backrest frame in its locked inclined position, and at least one second position, in which the abutment element is out of engagement with said groove, thus moving the backrest frame from its locked inclined position to a released position, in which the tubular element can freely pivot relative to the corresponding support, wherein the locking/unlocking element is urged into the first position by biasing means, and wherein the biasing means comprise a compression spring whose the upper end is received inside an axially oriented recessed hole provided at the lower end of the tubular element and abuts against the bottom of said recessed hole and whose the lower end abuts against an upper side of the locking/unlocking element, the groove of said locking/unlocking element being provided at a lower side of the locking/unlocking element and the pivot axis between the locking/unlocking element and the tubular element being positioned so that the spring is compressed when the locking/unlocking element moves from the first position to the second position.
Hinge for a fold-down hatch, in particular a walk-on hatch and/or a tailgate, of a recreational vehicle, in particular a camper van, having a bearing shaft on which a supporting part is mounted on a connecting part, wherein the connecting part can be connected at least indirectly to the hatch, wherein a first gas-pressurised spring bearing shaft is provided on the supporting part, on which a gas-pressurised spring can be mounted on the supporting part, wherein a second gas-pressurised spring bearing shaft is provided on the connecting part, on which the gas-pressurised spring can be mounted on the connecting part, wherein a supporting surface is formed on the supporting part, on which supporting surface the connecting part is supported when the hatch is folded down, and wherein the supporting surface is formed in such a way that a maximum lever length, relative to the bearing shaft, of the support of the connecting part on the supporting part by the supporting surface when the hatch is folded down is at least approximately at least as great as a lever length, relative to the bearing shaft, of the gas-pressurised spring on the first gas-pressurised spring bearing shaft.
Sliding fastener for attaching an inserted body, in particular to clothing or textiles, comprising of a caliper equipped with a pocket for insertion of the body and a flexible pressure element, characterized in that the sliding fastener consists of the caliper and a carrier where a front side of the caliper consists of two longitudinal rigid side segments and a longitudinal flexible middle segment provided that the side segments and a rear side of the caliper are mutually inflexible and the flexible pressure element is a part of the carrier which is slid onto the middle segment of the front side of the caliper and the carrier is provided with a raised edge for securing the body.