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Implant to be used for the occlusion of aneurysms in the region of vessel branches, in particular bifurcation aneurysms, with a mesh structure (3, 4), said implant comprising - from proximal to distal - sections (a) to (d): (a) is a section tapering down proximally in which the mesh structure is brought together to form one or several coupling elements, (b) is a fixing section by means of which the implant can be supported on the wall of a vessel, (c) is a permeable section with a mesh width bigger than in section (b) for the region of the vessel bifurcation, and (d) is a distal section in which the implant is expanded in comparison to section (b) and which is intended for placement into the aneurysm, wherein a separation zone (T1, T2) is arranged between the sections (c) and (d), and the separation zone (T1, T2) is provided with separation elements consisting of filaments extending substantially in a plane crosswise to the implant, characterized in that the distal section (d) consists of a plurality of loops which are connected with section (c) and which are provided at the distal end with rounded and atraumatic spouts, wherein the distal section (d) is widened out in a trumpet- or basket-like shape by means of loops. (a) is a section tapering down proximally in which the mesh structure is brought together to form one or several coupling elements, (b) is a fixing section by means of which the implant can be supported on the wall of a vessel, (c) is a permeable section with a mesh width bigger than in section (b) for the region of the vessel bifurcation, and (d) is a distal section in which the implant is expanded in comparison to section (b) and which is intended for placement into the aneurysm,
A method for shrinking a soft contact lens, characterized in that: the method comprises the step of shrinking the soft contact lens before an application of the soft contact lens to an eye, by contacting the soft contact lens with a liquid for contact lenses, the liquid for contact lenses being capable of shrinking the soft contact lens to a state of being more intensively shrunken than an equilibrium state thereof in a physiological saline, wherein the size of the soft contact lens is restored after application to the eye; and characterized in that: the liquid for contact lenses has an osmolarity of no less than 420 mOsm/L and no greater than 550 mOsm/L; the soft contact lens is a hydrous soft contact lens having a moisture content of no less than 30% by mass; and the temperature of the liquid for contact lenses in the shrinking step is no less than 35°C and no greater than 50°C. the method comprises the step of shrinking the soft contact lens before an application of the soft contact lens to an eye, by contacting the soft contact lens with a liquid for contact lenses, the liquid for contact lenses being capable of shrinking the soft contact lens to a state of being more intensively shrunken than an equilibrium state thereof in a physiological saline, wherein the size of the soft contact lens is restored after application to the eye; and characterized in that: the liquid for contact lenses has an osmolarity of no less than 420 mOsm/L and no greater than 550 mOsm/L; the soft contact lens is a hydrous soft contact lens having a moisture content of no less than 30% by mass; and the temperature of the liquid for contact lenses in the shrinking step is no less than 35°C and no greater than 50°C.
A method for producing a rotor for a turbine stage of a continuous-flow machine, comprising the following steps: - configuration of a blade ring comprising a plurality of rotor blades; - welding together of adapters that are arranged in the region of blade roots of the rotor blades, wherein at least substantially radial weld seams with predetermined welding depths are generated; - arrangement of a rotor disk or a rotor ring at the blade ring; and - welding of the rotor disk or the rotor ring to the adapters of the rotor blades, wherein at least one further weld seam is generated, characterised in that the welding depths of the radial weld seams are set in such a way that they amount to at least 50% and preferably at least 60% of an upper bead width of the at least one further weld seam, wherein the radial weld seams are welded over with the at least one further weld seam; the rotor disk or the rotor ring is welded to the adapters in such a way that the at least one further weld seam extends at least substantially axially and/or circularly with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor and/or along a contact region between the adapters and the rotor disk or the rotor ring. - configuration of a blade ring comprising a plurality of rotor blades; - welding together of adapters that are arranged in the region of blade roots of the rotor blades, wherein at least substantially radial weld seams with predetermined welding depths are generated; - arrangement of a rotor disk or a rotor ring at the blade ring; and - welding of the rotor disk or the rotor ring to the adapters of the rotor blades, wherein at least one further weld seam is generated, characterised in that the welding depths of the radial weld seams are set in such a way that they amount to at least 50% and preferably at least 60% of an upper bead width of the at least one further weld seam, wherein the radial weld seams are welded over with the at least one further weld seam; the rotor disk or the rotor ring is welded to the adapters in such a way that the at least one further weld seam extends at least substantially axially and/or circularly with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor and/or along a contact region between the adapters and the rotor disk or the rotor ring.
A bronchotracheal access valve for a bronchoaspiration apparatus; the bronchotracheal access valve comprising: - a first member in turn comprising connecting means for connection to a patient; and - a second member in turn comprising insertion means by which to insert a catheter into the patient's body, and flush means for flushing an end portion of said catheter; a seal positioned between the first member and the second member; the bronchotracheal access valve comprising selective communication means providing communication between said flush means and said insertion means, but not between said insertion means and said connecting means, when said access valve is in a valve closed configuration wherein the second member is capable of being rotated with respect to the first member from a first configuration to the valve closed configuration; characterized in that a duct is formed in the first member and in fluid communication with the flush means, wherein rotation of the second member with respect to the first member is capable of: - creating selective fluid communication between the flush means and the insertion means via the duct in a flushing configuration, in which valve closed configuration a surface of the first member closes the connecting means to prevent fluid communication between the flush means and the connecting means in the flushing configuration; and - creating alignment of insertion means with the connecting means, but no hydraulical communication of the duct with the insertion means prevented by the seal in the first configuration. - a first member in turn comprising connecting means for connection to a patient; and - a second member in turn comprising insertion means by which to insert a catheter into the patient's body, and flush means for flushing an end portion of said catheter; a seal positioned between the first member and the second member; the bronchotracheal access valve comprising selective communication means providing communication between said flush means and said insertion means, but not between said insertion means and said connecting means, when said access valve is in a valve closed configuration wherein the second member is capable of being rotated with respect to the first member from a first configuration to the valve closed configuration; characterized in that a duct is formed in the first member and in fluid communication with the flush means, wherein rotation of the second member with respect to the first member is capable of: - creating selective fluid communication between the flush means and the insertion means via the duct in a flushing configuration, in which valve closed configuration a surface of the first member closes the connecting means to prevent fluid communication between the flush means and the connecting means in the flushing configuration; and - creating alignment of insertion means with the connecting means, but no hydraulical communication of the duct with the insertion means prevented by the seal in the first configuration.
A method for amplifying a target nucleic acid, comprising: a. denaturing the target nucleic acid; b. annealing oligonucleotide primers to the target nucleic acid; and c. extending the annealed oligonucleotide primers; wherein the steps of denaturing, annealing and extending are carried out by thermal cycling within 10°C of the melting temperature of the target nucleic acid, and within the overlap between the melting temperatures of the oligonucleotide primers and the melting temperature of the target nucleic acid; and wherein the oligonucleotide primers are designed to have a melting temperature that is within about 10°C of the target nucleic acid melting temperature. a. denaturing the target nucleic acid; b. annealing oligonucleotide primers to the target nucleic acid; and c. extending the annealed oligonucleotide primers;
A tactile sensing device, comprising: an elastically deformable annular band, defining a lower part configured to remain exposed and to be placed in direct contact with an object to be touched and with a user's finger, and an upper part; a rigid support fixed to said upper part; an electronic board fixed to said rigid support, having at least one vibration sensor and a microprocessor functionally configured to receive electrical signals generated by said at least one vibration sensor corresponding to vibrations transmitted on the electronic board; characterized in that said upper part is configured to remain in an inner compartment of the tactile sensing device; said rigid support is placed outside said upper part; said tactile sensing device further comprises a rigid body comprising a front cover and a rear cover configured to be coupled together to define said inner compartment and at least one rigid curved surface configured to come into direct contact with said finger of a user, said front cover and said rear cover being configured to enclose in the inner compartment, when coupled together, the upper part of the annular band, the electronic board and said rigid support, said rigid support remaining in contact with an inner face of the rigid body. an elastically deformable annular band, defining a lower part configured to remain exposed and to be placed in direct contact with an object to be touched and with a user's finger, and an upper part; a rigid support fixed to said upper part; an electronic board fixed to said rigid support, having at least one vibration sensor and a microprocessor functionally configured to receive electrical signals generated by said at least one vibration sensor corresponding to vibrations transmitted on the electronic board; characterized in that said upper part is configured to remain in an inner compartment of the tactile sensing device; said rigid support is placed outside said upper part; said tactile sensing device further comprises a rigid body comprising a front cover and a rear cover configured to be coupled together to define said inner compartment and at least one rigid curved surface configured to come into direct contact with said finger of a user, said front cover and said rear cover being configured to enclose in the inner compartment, when coupled together, the upper part of the annular band, the electronic board and said rigid support, said rigid support remaining in contact with an inner face of the rigid body.
Rotary motion transfer apparatus comprising a main frame, first and second endless flexible members (14,54) each trained around a respective set of rotary members, one rotary member from each set of rotary members sharing a common shaft which is mounted on an adjustment frame member that is linearly displaceable with respect to the main frame to adjust the tension in the first endless flexible member, a pair of idler rotary members (58,60) for tensioning the second endless flexible member and mounted on a pivot arm which is mounted to the adjustment frame member for pivoting movement around a pivot axis intermediate the pair of idler rotary members (58,60), a lever secured to the pivot arm, and spring means attached between the lever and the main frame to bias the idler rotary members into engagement with opposite sides of the second endless flexible member with a substantially constant force over an adjustment range of the common shaft.
A bladder monitoring system comprising a signal processor adapted to: receive data from a wearable bladder monitoring device, said device including: securing means (27, 29) for securing the device to a subject's body; a phased array of ultrasound transducers; and a phased array controller adapted to control the phased array to direct a plurality of ultrasound beams (30, 30', 30") into the subject's body under a range of beam angles, wherein said data pertains to echo signals (31, 31', 31") of said ultrasound beams; and wherein the signal processor is adapted to receive said data from the phased array and to process said data in order to; identify an edge of the subject's pelvic bone proximal to the subject's bladder from data pertaining to at least one of said echo signals; determine an orientation of the wearable bladder monitoring device relative to the pelvic bone based on beam angle information associated with the at least one of said echo signals; and derive bladder information from the data based on the trajectories of the ultrasound beams passing through the bladder as a function of the determined orientation of the wearable bladder monitoring device relative to the pelvic bone. securing means (27, 29) for securing the device to a subject's body; a phased array of ultrasound transducers; and a phased array controller adapted to control the phased array to direct a plurality of ultrasound beams (30, 30', 30") into the subject's body under a range of beam angles, wherein said data pertains to echo signals (31, 31', 31") of said ultrasound beams; and wherein the signal processor is adapted to receive said data from the phased array and to process said data in order to; identify an edge of the subject's pelvic bone proximal to the subject's bladder from data pertaining to at least one of said echo signals; determine an orientation of the wearable bladder monitoring device relative to the pelvic bone based on beam angle information associated with the at least one of said echo signals; and derive bladder information from the data based on the trajectories of the ultrasound beams passing through the bladder as a function of the determined orientation of the wearable bladder monitoring device relative to the pelvic bone.
A nacelle or a thrust reverser section for an engine, comprising: a radially outer cowl door (16a, 16b) rotatable about a first hinge line or axis (24a, 24b); a radially inner cowl door (18a, 18b) rotatable about a second hinge line or axis (32a, 32b) that is offset from the first hinge line or axis (24a, 24b); characterised by: a connection device for selectively connecting the outer and inner cowl doors such that, when connected by said connection device, rotation of the outer cowl door (16a, 16b) causes simultaneous rotation of the inner cowl door (18a, 18b). a radially outer cowl door (16a, 16b) rotatable about a first hinge line or axis (24a, 24b); a radially inner cowl door (18a, 18b) rotatable about a second hinge line or axis (32a, 32b) that is offset from the first hinge line or axis (24a, 24b); characterised by: a connection device for selectively connecting the outer and inner cowl doors such that, when connected by said connection device, rotation of the outer cowl door (16a, 16b) causes simultaneous rotation of the inner cowl door (18a, 18b).
Electrical device to be mounted to a wall, comprising a mounting frame having a base plate, and further comprising at least one fixation and levelling device for fixing the electrical device to the wall and for rotating the electrical device with respect to a horizontal plane when fixed to the wall, wherein the base plate comprises an orifice for feeding through a fixation screw, wherein the fixation and levelling device comprises a fixation element that partially overlaps the base plate, which fixation element is mounted on the base plate, rotatable or slidable along a path of displacement, and has at least one fixation opening for receiving the fixation screw, and wherein the fixation element, or an adjustment element coupled with the fixation element, engages with the base plate, for translating a displacement or rotation of the fixation element or a rotation of the adjustment element into a rotation or displacement of the base plate in relation to the fixation screw.
A sawdust helmet, comprising an outer housing, wherein a buffer body containing sawdust is installed at the inner side of the outer housing; the buffer body is integrally formed, and the size of the buffer body is adapted with the size of the outer housing; a fabric inner cushion body is padded at the inner side of the buffer body; and a helmet belt is fixedly installed at the bottom of the outer housing; the buffer body is composed of a sawdust layer and a foam material layer; the sawdust layer is composed of cork chips or non-cork chips characterized in that the foam material layer has two layers, and the sawdust layer is pressed in the middle of the two foam material layers. the buffer body is composed of a sawdust layer and a foam material layer; the sawdust layer is composed of cork chips or non-cork chips characterized in that the foam material layer has two layers, and the sawdust layer is pressed in the middle of the two foam material layers.
A jug for a blender, comprising: a jug body having a through opening for receiving a blade assembly, the opening extending through a hub formed on an underside of the jug; the blade assembly having a bearing case (11,148) within which is mounted bearings for supporting a shaft (12, 142); the bearing case (11, 148) having a flange (16, 149) at one end and having threads (15, 103) at an opposite end, the threads (15. 103) protruding from a lower surface of the hub; the threads (15, 103) cooperating with a threaded nut that draws the flange into engagement with the jug; the lower surface of the hub and the nut being capped by a cover (131, 204) through which protrudes the shaft (12, 142); a lower end of the shaft (12, 142) having attached to it, a coupling (14, 145) characterised in that a pair of magnets are retained between the hub and the cover (131, 204). a jug body having a through opening for receiving a blade assembly, the opening extending through a hub formed on an underside of the jug; the blade assembly having a bearing case (11,148) within which is mounted bearings for supporting a shaft (12, 142); the bearing case (11, 148) having a flange (16, 149) at one end and having threads (15, 103) at an opposite end, the threads (15. 103) protruding from a lower surface of the hub; the threads (15, 103) cooperating with a threaded nut that draws the flange into engagement with the jug; the lower surface of the hub and the nut being capped by a cover (131, 204) through which protrudes the shaft (12, 142); a lower end of the shaft (12, 142) having attached to it, a coupling (14, 145) characterised in that a pair of magnets are retained between the hub and the cover (131, 204).
For preparing opposed ends of polyolefin pipes for fusion into a pipeline, a facer comprising: a frame; a sled reciprocative on said frame along an X-axis; a first servo motor driving said sled; a boom reciprocative on said sled along a Y-axis; a second servo motor driving said boom; a pair of spaced-apart parallel vertically oriented cutting wheels rotatable in unison on opposite sides of said boom about a common Z-axis; a spindle motor driving said pair of cutting wheels; and a controller coordinating operation of said first and second servo motors (31/47) to cause said cutting wheel common Z-axis to trace a center of a thickness of the opposed pipe ends in a closed loop path and of said spindle motor to simultaneously cause said cutting wheels to face the opposed ends of the pipes as said closed-loop path is traced. a frame; a sled reciprocative on said frame along an X-axis; a first servo motor driving said sled; a boom reciprocative on said sled along a Y-axis; a second servo motor driving said boom; a pair of spaced-apart parallel vertically oriented cutting wheels rotatable in unison on opposite sides of said boom about a common Z-axis; a spindle motor driving said pair of cutting wheels; and a controller coordinating operation of said first and second servo motors (31/47) to cause said cutting wheel common Z-axis to trace a center of a thickness of the opposed pipe ends in a closed loop path and of said spindle motor to simultaneously cause said cutting wheels to face the opposed ends of the pipes as said closed-loop path is traced.
A remote control device configured for controlling one or more remote controllable actuators; said remote control device comprising a housing, one or more control units, one or more electromechanical interfaces and a transmitter; said one or more electromechanical interfaces being positioned inside said housing; said one or more control units being functionally connected to said one or more electromechanical interfaces which are functionally connected to said transmitter; said one or more control units being structurally connected to one or more control bases, said one or more control bases being arranged rotatable about an axis of rotation (rA) relative to the housing of the remote control device wherein said one or more control bases can rotate freely clockwise or counterclockwise, said one or more control units together define at least a first and a second functional position (A,B) relative to the one or more control bases, said first and second functional positions (A,B) being located radially on opposite sides of said axis of rotation (rA) of said one or more control bases, said one or more control units being configured, regardless of the rotation of said one or more control bases, to produce a first control signal when activated at said first functional position and to produce a second control signal when activated at said second functional position; said first control signal being configured to cause a first function having a first direction associated with it, and said second control signal being configured to cause a second function having a second direction associated with it, and where said second direction is opposite said first direction, wherein the remote control device is adapted to turning the rotatable control base 180 degrees around the axis of rotation (rA), and wherein the one or more control units are shaped as two buttons, a sliding knob or in the form of a tiltable control stick.