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A lacrimal stent for intraluminal drainage of a mammal, the mammal having a lacrimal drainage structure, the lacrimal stent comprising: an elongated tubular silicone member configured to be inserted into at least a portion of the lacrimal drainage structures of the mammal, the elongated tubular silicone member having an exterior sidewall surface and an interior lumen; and at least one axial port extending through the exterior sidewall surface to the lumen of the elongated tubular silicone member, each axial port is configured to permit fluidic flow of the tears of the mammal into the lumen for the purpose of intraluminal drainage, wherein the depth of cut of each axial port is between 40-65% of the diameter of lacrimal stent, and wherein each axial port is shaped having a generally smooth, rounded, elongated U-shape. an elongated tubular silicone member configured to be inserted into at least a portion of the lacrimal drainage structures of the mammal, the elongated tubular silicone member having an exterior sidewall surface and an interior lumen; and at least one axial port extending through the exterior sidewall surface to the lumen of the elongated tubular silicone member, each axial port is configured to permit fluidic flow of the tears of the mammal into the lumen for the purpose of intraluminal drainage, wherein the depth of cut of each axial port is between 40-65% of the diameter of lacrimal stent, and wherein each axial port is shaped having a generally smooth, rounded, elongated U-shape.
An apparatus for use in spinal interbody fusion, comprising: an expandable interbody fusion device including an inferior endplate having an outer surface configured to contact a vertebral body of the spine, a superior endplate having an outer surface configured to contact an opposing vertebral body of said spine, said inferior endplate and said superior endplate being movable relative to each other in a direction of expansion, said device including at least one insert insertable into said device between said inferior endplate and said superior endplate upon expansion of said device; and an elongate inserter having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said inserter being releasably attached to said device, said inserter including an actuator at said proximal end, said inserter comprising a lifting platform between said inferior endplate and said superior endplate and operably coupled to said actuator for lifting one of said superior endplate and an insert within said device, characterized in that said apparatus comprises a driver operably coupled to said actuator to insert said at least one insert into said device, said inserter including an elongate track linearly supporting a plurality of inserts for sequential insertion into said device one below the other. an expandable interbody fusion device including an inferior endplate having an outer surface configured to contact a vertebral body of the spine, a superior endplate having an outer surface configured to contact an opposing vertebral body of said spine, said inferior endplate and said superior endplate being movable relative to each other in a direction of expansion, said device including at least one insert insertable into said device between said inferior endplate and said superior endplate upon expansion of said device; and an elongate inserter having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said inserter being releasably attached to said device, said inserter including an actuator at said proximal end, said inserter comprising a lifting platform between said inferior endplate and said superior endplate and operably coupled to said actuator for lifting one of said superior endplate and an insert within said device, characterized in that said apparatus comprises a driver operably coupled to said actuator to insert said at least one insert into said device, said inserter including an elongate track linearly supporting a plurality of inserts for sequential insertion into said device one below the other.
A prepreg produced by impregnating reinforcement fibers with an epoxy resin composition comprising at least the following constituents, and: epoxy resin; composite polyamide fine particles satisfying the following requirements to: the materials that form the particles are polyamide and thermoplastic elastomer resin; the melting point or glass transition temperature of polyamide is higher than 100°C; and the average particle diameter is 0.1 to 100 μm, and curing agent; wherein the melting point, glass transition temperature and average particle diameter are measured as described herein. epoxy resin; composite polyamide fine particles satisfying the following requirements to: the materials that form the particles are polyamide and thermoplastic elastomer resin; the melting point or glass transition temperature of polyamide is higher than 100°C; and the average particle diameter is 0.1 to 100 μm, and the materials that form the particles are polyamide and thermoplastic elastomer resin; the melting point or glass transition temperature of polyamide is higher than 100°C; and the average particle diameter is 0.1 to 100 μm, and curing agent;
A screw feeder (400, 800) adapted to be used in relation with a combination weigher, where the combination weigher comprises a dispersion unit, and a plurality of trenches surrounding the dispersion unit, where each of the plurality of trenches comprise an infeed end and a releasing end where each of the trenches have a circular sector like shaped bottom portion, where the dispersion unit is adapted to radially disperse food products into the trenches at their receiving ends, where at each trench the received food product is advanced by said screw feeder towards the releasing end, where said screw feeder is designed such that it has a polygon cross sectional shape having three or more edges, characterized in that the screw feeder is made of a material being softer than the material of the trenches. where said screw feeder is designed such that it has a polygon cross sectional shape having three or more edges, characterized in that the screw feeder is made of a material being softer than the material of the trenches.
A gabion system, comprising: a gabion (1, 51) including opposed side walls (2, 3, 52, 53) connected together by a pair of partition walls (4, 5, 6, 54, 55, 56) defining, together with the side walls, a compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) of the gabion, the partition walls (4, 5, 6, 54, 55, 56) being pivotally connected to the side walls (2, 3, 52, 53), and the side walls comprising at least one side wall element (14, 14', 15, 15', 514, 515), the pivotal connections allowing the gabion (1, 51) to fold concertina-wise for storage or transport; and a fill material container (1001, 1015) configured to be placed into and extend throughout the compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) when the fill material container (1001, 1015) is loaded with fill material (1010, 1018), wherein the fill material container (1001, 1015) is configured to fill a major part of the volume of the compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) but leave a peripheral gap between the fill material container and the edges and corners of the compartment, that can also be filled when in situ once the gabion system has been deployed, wherein the side walls of the loaded fill material container (1001, 1015) do not bulge such that they interfere with the sides of the gabion compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) when it is attempted to place the filled container (1001, 1015) in the compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59). a gabion (1, 51) including opposed side walls (2, 3, 52, 53) connected together by a pair of partition walls (4, 5, 6, 54, 55, 56) defining, together with the side walls, a compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) of the gabion, the partition walls (4, 5, 6, 54, 55, 56) being pivotally connected to the side walls (2, 3, 52, 53), and the side walls comprising at least one side wall element (14, 14', 15, 15', 514, 515), the pivotal connections allowing the gabion (1, 51) to fold concertina-wise for storage or transport; and a fill material container (1001, 1015) configured to be placed into and extend throughout the compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) when the fill material container (1001, 1015) is loaded with fill material (1010, 1018), wherein the fill material container (1001, 1015) is configured to fill a major part of the volume of the compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) but leave a peripheral gap between the fill material container and the edges and corners of the compartment, that can also be filled when in situ once the gabion system has been deployed, wherein the side walls of the loaded fill material container (1001, 1015) do not bulge such that they interfere with the sides of the gabion compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59) when it is attempted to place the filled container (1001, 1015) in the compartment (7, 8, 9, 57, 58, 59).
A prosthetic heart valve (100; 200; 300), comprising: a collapsible and expandable stent (102; 202; 302) having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section (110; 310) adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts (114; 514), a plurality of commissure features (116; 216; 316; 500) disposed on the stent and coupled to selected ones of the struts, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one eyelet in the body, the selected ones of the struts including two struts coupled to the distal end of the body; and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly (104; 204; 304), including a plurality of leaflets (108; 208; 308); characterized in that at least one of the leaflets is connected to the at least one eyelet and to the two struts coupled to the distal end of the body via a suture pattern. a collapsible and expandable stent (102; 202; 302) having a proximal end, a distal end, an annulus section (110; 310) adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts (114; 514), a plurality of commissure features (116; 216; 316; 500) disposed on the stent and coupled to selected ones of the struts, each commissure feature including a body having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one eyelet in the body, the selected ones of the struts including two struts coupled to the distal end of the body; and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly (104; 204; 304), including a plurality of leaflets (108; 208; 308); characterized in that at least one of the leaflets is connected to the at least one eyelet and to the two struts coupled to the distal end of the body via a suture pattern.
Method for operating a synchronous machine (PMSM) having a stator to which three winding phases are assigned, and a rotor in which estimated values (i d, i q) of motor currents of the synchronous machine (PMSM) are determined in a coordinate system, rotating with the rotor, by means of an observer, to be precise as a function of setpoint values (u d, u q) of electrical voltages of the synchronous machine (PMSM) in the coordinate system which rotates with the rotor, and as a function of motor inductances (l d, l q), wherein the motor inductances (l d, l q) are determined as a function of the estimated values (i q, i d) of the motor currents.
Kitchen appliance, with a belt drive that comprises a roller which has a guide plate with a locating region provided along the circumference for guiding a tensioning means, characterised by a delimiting web element, which is attached to a first end face of the guide plate, wherein the delimiting web element has a web region, which extends radially outwards beyond the radius of the locating region, wherein at least one latching element is provided on the delimiting web element and at least one mating latching element is provided on the guide plate, wherein the at least one latching element is designed to latch to at least one of the mating latching elements when attaching the delimiting web element to the first end face of the guide plate. a delimiting web element, which is attached to a first end face of the guide plate, wherein the delimiting web element has a web region, which extends radially outwards beyond the radius of the locating region, wherein at least one latching element is provided on the delimiting web element and at least one mating latching element is provided on the guide plate, wherein the at least one latching element is designed to latch to at least one of the mating latching elements when attaching the delimiting web element to the first end face of the guide plate.
A method for a vehicle, comprising: controlling application of tractive material for each of one or more wheel, axle, or truck of the vehicle based on respective individual actual tractive effort of each of the one or more wheel, axle, or truck, wherein controlling application of tractive material includes delivering tractive material responsive to an actual tractive effort for a given wheel, axle, or truck being less than an expected tractive effort of the given wheel, axle, or truck, and wherein the method comprises delivering a stream of compressed air to a portion of a route in advance of an interface of a wheel with the route, and not disturbing or removing tractive material from the route via the stream of compressed air.
A terminal for communicating with a first base station (eNB) configured to support LTE, the first base station establishing an RRC connection with the terminal, and a second base station configured to support New Radio, NR, the terminal comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from the first base station, a first message indicating to establish a split bearer with the first base station and the second base station; and a communicator configured to establish the split bearer with the first base station and the second base station that are reported by the first message, wherein, when the receiver receives an indication to change the split bearer to a normal bearer from the first base station, the communicator is configured to end the communication with the second base station. a receiver configured to receive, from the first base station, a first message indicating to establish a split bearer with the first base station and the second base station; and a communicator configured to establish the split bearer with the first base station and the second base station that are reported by the first message, wherein, when the receiver receives an indication to change the split bearer to a normal bearer from the first base station, the communicator is configured to end the communication with the second base station.
A seed furrow opener, comprising: a seed furrow opener arm, and a pair of seed discs rotatably connected to the seed furrow opener arm via at least one shaft unit, each of the seed discs having a respective geometric rotational axis, and the rotational axes being non-parallel to each other, so that a mutual distance between the peripheries of the seed discs is non-constant, a continuous cut-out formed in the seed furrow opener arm, for mounting the shaft unit, a slot (2221, 2222) extending from the cut-out to a periphery of the seed furrow opener arm, and a clamping device (224a, 224b; 225a, 225b), arranged to compress the slot (2221, 2222), so that the shaft unit is clamped in the cut-out, wherein the seed furrow opener arm is formed of a flat blank of substantially constant thickness, and wherein the blank has a pair of opposite and mutually parallel main surfaces and an edge surface extending therebetween. a seed furrow opener arm, and a pair of seed discs rotatably connected to the seed furrow opener arm via at least one shaft unit, each of the seed discs having a respective geometric rotational axis, and the rotational axes being non-parallel to each other, so that a mutual distance between the peripheries of the seed discs is non-constant, a continuous cut-out formed in the seed furrow opener arm, for mounting the shaft unit, a slot (2221, 2222) extending from the cut-out to a periphery of the seed furrow opener arm, and a clamping device (224a, 224b; 225a, 225b), arranged to compress the slot (2221, 2222), so that the shaft unit is clamped in the cut-out, wherein the seed furrow opener arm is formed of a flat blank of substantially constant thickness, and wherein the blank has a pair of opposite and mutually parallel main surfaces and an edge surface extending therebetween.
Apparatus for commissioning load goods on pallets, wherein the pallets have a loading bed and at least two side walls (18, 20), having a commissioning shaft which extends as far as a commissioning plane in which the load goods are moved during commissioning, a lifting and lowering apparatus for lifting and lowering the pallet in the commissioning shaft, a tongue, which is able to be moved into the commissioning shaft from the side and back out again, for loading with load goods, a device for incrementally lowering the tongue while it is being loaded with load goods such that a top side of a load-goods layer laid last on the tongue is arranged approximately at the height of the commissioning plane, and stripping means which, at least when the tongue is moved out of the commissioning shaft, strip load goods from the top side of the tongue onto the loading bed of the pallet, wherein boundary walls of the commissioning shaft end at the height of the commissioning plane or only one boundary wall of the commissioning shaft extends beyond the commissioning plane, wherein the stripping means have a movable stop, and wherein the movable stop is formed by means of a first roller shutter which can at least partially close an opening in a first boundary wall of the commissioning shaft, through which the tongue can be moved into and out of the commissioning shaft.
A composition comprising a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence ACTGSTQHQCG (SEQ ID NO: 13), wherein the peptide is a cyclic peptide comprising a Cys-Cys disulfide bond, wherein the peptide is associated with or conjugated to an active agent or an active agent carrier comprising the active agent, and wherein the composition is capable of penetrating a stratum corneum layer if contacted therewith or penetrating a cell if contacted therewith.
A method, comprising: decoding, at a first node, timing information from data detected at a neighbor network, the data comprising a MAP physical layer frame; identifying a start of a medium access control cycle at the neighbor network based on the timing information; and determining an alignment for a MAC cycle at the first node with respect to the MAC cycle at the neighbor network based at least in part on the timing information, characterized in that the determining the alignment is further based on a comparison of a first quantity of domains that are synchronized to the MAC cycle at the first node and a second quantity of domains that are synchronized to the MAC cycle at a second node of the neighbor network. decoding, at a first node, timing information from data detected at a neighbor network, the data comprising a MAP physical layer frame; identifying a start of a medium access control cycle at the neighbor network based on the timing information; and determining an alignment for a MAC cycle at the first node with respect to the MAC cycle at the neighbor network based at least in part on the timing information, characterized in that the determining the alignment is further based on a comparison of a first quantity of domains that are synchronized to the MAC cycle at the first node and a second quantity of domains that are synchronized to the MAC cycle at a second node of the neighbor network.
A method of producing an intensity correction field enabling reconstruction of a volume with normalized intensity values with a magnetic resonance imaging system, the method comprising: acquiring an image data set with the magnetic resonance imaging system; reconstructing an image based on the image data set, the reconstructed image containing water and fat phase information, and the reconstruction being phase sensitive such that it results in an in-phase image component comprising water plus fat signal and an out-of-phase image component comprising water minus fat signal; identifying image points in the reconstructed image which image points according to a test criterion represent pure fat tissue thus producing a pure-fat image, wherein the identifying comprises a step of estimating fat content relative to water content by calculating a relative fat content that is a ratio between a fat image component and the in-phase image component; segmenting the pure-fat image to produce a segmented image free from non-tissue image data; and generating the intensity correction field by interpolating a fat image using the image points indicated in the segmented image, said fat image being calculated based on the in-phase image component and the out-of-phase image component. acquiring an image data set with the magnetic resonance imaging system; reconstructing an image based on the image data set, the reconstructed image containing water and fat phase information, and the reconstruction being phase sensitive such that it results in an in-phase image component comprising water plus fat signal and an out-of-phase image component comprising water minus fat signal; identifying image points in the reconstructed image which image points according to a test criterion represent pure fat tissue thus producing a pure-fat image, wherein the identifying comprises a step of estimating fat content relative to water content by calculating a relative fat content that is a ratio between a fat image component and the in-phase image component; segmenting the pure-fat image to produce a segmented image free from non-tissue image data; and generating the intensity correction field by interpolating a fat image using the image points indicated in the segmented image, said fat image being calculated based on the in-phase image component and the out-of-phase image component.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: transmitting (1605; 1715), to a user equipment, UE, operating in a discontinuous reception, DRX, mode, a wakeup signal indicating whether data is available to be transmitted to the UE, the wakeup signal transmitted using a first set of transmit beams in accordance with a beam sweeping configuration; the method being characterized by: receiving (1610; 1720), from the UE and based at least in part on the wakeup signal, a response signal comprising a beam status report; and performing (1615; 1725), based at least in part on the response signal, a beam update procedure to identify a second set of transmit beams for future transmissions of the wakeup signal to the UE. receiving (1610; 1720), from the UE and based at least in part on the wakeup signal, a response signal comprising a beam status report; and performing (1615; 1725), based at least in part on the response signal, a beam update procedure to identify a second set of transmit beams for future transmissions of the wakeup signal to the UE.