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An apparatus operable to cut and secure tissue comprising a transecting fastener wherein the transecting fastener comprises: (a) a pair of legs configured to grip tissue therebetween, each of the pair of legs having a first end and second end; (b) a crown portion joining the pair of legs at their first ends, wherein the crown portion is deformable and made of a malleable material configured to allow and maintain deformation of the crown; and (c) at least one blade positioned on each of the pair of legs, wherein the at least one blade positioned on each of the pair of legs is dimensioned to span at least a portion of the length of the respective leg of the pair of legs, and forms a pair of opposingly facing blades which are operable to cooperatively cut the tissue between the pair of legs when the fastener is closed against the tissue; wherein: each of the pair of legs comprises a tooth and an anchor, wherein each of the teeth and the anchors are configured to penetrate, anchor themselves into, and grip tissue, and each of the teeth and anchors comprises a sharp, hook-like shape, wherein each tooth extends towards the other tooth from the second end of the respective leg of the pair of legs, and each anchor extends towards the other anchor from a portion of the respective leg of the pair of legs between its first and second end. (a) a pair of legs configured to grip tissue therebetween, each of the pair of legs having a first end and second end; (b) a crown portion joining the pair of legs at their first ends, wherein the crown portion is deformable and made of a malleable material configured to allow and maintain deformation of the crown; and (c) at least one blade positioned on each of the pair of legs, wherein the at least one blade positioned on each of the pair of legs is dimensioned to span at least a portion of the length of the respective leg of the pair of legs, and forms a pair of opposingly facing blades which are operable to cooperatively cut the tissue between the pair of legs when the fastener is closed against the tissue; wherein: each of the pair of legs comprises a tooth and an anchor, wherein each of the teeth and the anchors are configured to penetrate, anchor themselves into, and grip tissue, and each of the teeth and anchors comprises a sharp, hook-like shape, wherein each tooth extends towards the other tooth from the second end of the respective leg of the pair of legs, and each anchor extends towards the other anchor from a portion of the respective leg of the pair of legs between its first and second end.
A cellular base station antenna, an enclosure (12, 112), the enclosure (12, 112) including a rear panel, a first side wall, and a second side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall, the rear panel and the walls defining a cavity, the walls further defining an aperture through which the cavity of the enclosure may be accessed, at least one active radio component mounted inside the cavity, on the rear panel, a heat sink mounted on an external surface of the rear panel, characterised by: an internal cover mounted to the aperture, the internal cover being dimensioned to overlap an area defined by the aperture of the enclosure, a passive radio enclosure including a radome, the passive radio enclosure being defined by the radome and an exterior surface of the internal cover and the radome slidingly engages flanges on the enclosure, at least one passive radio element mounted inside the passive radio enclosure such that the at least one active radio component is being accessible without disturbing the location of the at least one passive radio element located within the radome secured thereto, e.g. by brackets and screws or clips or bonding agents, to be easily removed for service purposes, wherein the enclosure and internal cover provide environmental sealing and electromagnetically shielding for the active radio component, and wherein the radome of the passive radio enclosure does not provide environmental sealing or electromagnetic shielding for the passive radio element. an internal cover mounted to the aperture, the internal cover being dimensioned to overlap an area defined by the aperture of the enclosure, a passive radio enclosure including a radome, the passive radio enclosure being defined by the radome and an exterior surface of the internal cover and the radome slidingly engages flanges on the enclosure, at least one passive radio element mounted inside the passive radio enclosure such that the at least one active radio component is being accessible without disturbing the location of the at least one passive radio element located within the radome secured thereto, e.g. by brackets and screws or clips or bonding agents, to be easily removed for service purposes, wherein the enclosure and internal cover provide environmental sealing and electromagnetically shielding for the active radio component, and wherein the radome of the passive radio enclosure does not provide environmental sealing or electromagnetic shielding for the passive radio element.
Fly-back hand-isolating mechanism comprising a fly-back hand lever pivoted on a fly-back hand wheel coaxial to a chronograph wheel suitable to be in contact under the action of a lever spring with a heart-piece fixedly attached to the chronograph wheel, characterised in that it comprises a diaphragm device having a plurality of moving parts connected to a control ring concentric to the fly-back hand wheel; these moving parts (27, 28, 29) each comprising a middle portion in the form of an arc of a circle such that angular displacement of the control ring causes the middle portions of the moving parts (27, 28, 29) to approach or move away from the spindle of the chronograph wheel.
Method of verifying a personal code by means of a memory containing random numbers each associated with a sequence number, the results of a calculation performed on each random number using a bijective function and the personal code as a specification parameter of the bijective function, a maximum possible number of verification attempts, a theoretical remaining number of verification attempts and a control value that is associated with a sequence number, the method comprising the steps of: - comparing the control value and the random number corresponding to the sequence number associated with the control value; if the control value and said random number are identical, take as the real remaining number of verification attempts the maximum possible number; if the control value is different from said random number, take as the real remaining number the theoretical remaining number, - recover a code submitted by a user when the real remaining number is different from zero and calculate a control value on the result corresponding to a selected sequence number, using an inverse function of the bijective function using the code submitted as a specification parameter of the inverse function, - store the last calculated control value associated with the last selected sequence number, decrement the real remaining number and store as the theoretical remaining number the decremented real remaining number, - verify that the control value is identical to the random number corresponding to the selected sequence number. - comparing the control value and the random number corresponding to the sequence number associated with the control value; if the control value and said random number are identical, take as the real remaining number of verification attempts the maximum possible number; if the control value is different from said random number, take as the real remaining number the theoretical remaining number, - recover a code submitted by a user when the real remaining number is different from zero and calculate a control value on the result corresponding to a selected sequence number, using an inverse function of the bijective function using the code submitted as a specification parameter of the inverse function, - store the last calculated control value associated with the last selected sequence number, decrement the real remaining number and store as the theoretical remaining number the decremented real remaining number, - verify that the control value is identical to the random number corresponding to the selected sequence number.
A nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant cell, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) molecule that inhibits the expression of an endogenous gene in a Western corn rootworm when the dsRNA molecule is ingested by the WCR, and, wherein ingestion of the dsRNA molecule by the WCR results in death or cessation of growth, development, reproduction, and/or feeding in the WCR, wherein the polynucleotide comprises at least a first nucleotide sequence that is 100% identical to at least 25 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 4, the complement of SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, or the complement of SEQ ID NO: 5.
A method comprising: capturing an image of a scene, by an image capturing unit of a device, the device further comprising at least one inertial sensor; determining a location of at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene; determining a measured device orientation of the device based on one or more measurements performed by the at least one inertial sensor of the device; and determining candidate positions of the device in a region including an area corresponding to the scene based, at least in part, on the location of the at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene, the measured device orientation, and orientation data associated with multiple areas within the region, wherein determining the candidate positions comprises: determining candidate hallways from the multiple areas within the region based on relative orientation of the device determined from the location of the at least one vanishing point in the captured image, and based on the measured device orientation. capturing an image of a scene, by an image capturing unit of a device, the device further comprising at least one inertial sensor; determining a location of at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene; determining a measured device orientation of the device based on one or more measurements performed by the at least one inertial sensor of the device; and determining candidate positions of the device in a region including an area corresponding to the scene based, at least in part, on the location of the at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene, the measured device orientation, and orientation data associated with multiple areas within the region, wherein determining the candidate positions comprises: determining candidate hallways from the multiple areas within the region based on relative orientation of the device determined from the location of the at least one vanishing point in the captured image, and based on the measured device orientation.
Disposable microcuvette for determining the haemoglobin content in whole blood without chemical reaction of the haemoglobin, having a slit-shaped cavity which is designed to draw the whole blood into the cavity of the cuvette by means of a capillary force and is bounded in at least a sub-region by two substantially parallel cuvette walls which are at least partly coated with a dry haemolysis agent on their surface directed towards the cavity, wherein the haemolysis agent is dissolvable by means of the whole blood and suited to haemolysis of blood cells and wherein the cuvette walls are penetrable at least in sub-regions by radiation for measurement purposes, characterized in that at least one additive is deposited on the walls with the haemolysis agent for quickened drawing-in of the blood drop into the slit-shaped cavity and in that at least one additive is in the form of an inert salt or a mixture of inert salts.
Shoulder brace for approximation of the humerus head into the shoulder joint of a person, which shoulder brace comprises: - a shoulder pad adapted to be positioned over the top of a shoulder of a person, which shoulder pad has a dorsal end and a ventral end, and which shoulder pad configured to extend from the dorsal side over the top of the shoulder to the ventral side; - an adjustable armpit belt, wherein both ends of the adjustable armpit belt are arranged to the shoulder pad, which adjustable armpit belt is adapted to run along the armpit opposite of the shoulder on top of which the shoulder pad is positioned; - an upper arm sleeve adapted to be worn around the upper arm of a person and configured to enclose the upper arm and extend from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper arm; - coupling means arranged with one end to the shoulder pad and with the other end to the upper arm sleeve, characterized in that the coupling means comprise: - at least one flexible tube (5, 6) running over the shoulder pad from the dorsal end to the ventral end; - at least one wire (7, 8) running through the at least one flexible tube (5, 6), wherein both ends of the at least one wire (7, 8) are arranged to the upper arm sleeve on opposite sides relative to the axis of the upper arm sleeve. - a shoulder pad adapted to be positioned over the top of a shoulder of a person, which shoulder pad has a dorsal end and a ventral end, and which shoulder pad configured to extend from the dorsal side over the top of the shoulder to the ventral side; - an adjustable armpit belt, wherein both ends of the adjustable armpit belt are arranged to the shoulder pad, which adjustable armpit belt is adapted to run along the armpit opposite of the shoulder on top of which the shoulder pad is positioned; - an upper arm sleeve adapted to be worn around the upper arm of a person and configured to enclose the upper arm and extend from the ventral side to the dorsal side of the upper arm; - coupling means arranged with one end to the shoulder pad and with the other end to the upper arm sleeve, - at least one flexible tube (5, 6) running over the shoulder pad from the dorsal end to the ventral end; - at least one wire (7, 8) running through the at least one flexible tube (5, 6), wherein both ends of the at least one wire (7, 8) are arranged to the upper arm sleeve on opposite sides relative to the axis of the upper arm sleeve.
Hand-operated cutting machine, in particular power handsaw or wall groove milling tool, with a guide element, in particular a guide plate, which can be placed on a base by its underside, and with a drive assembly having a drive motor located in a machine housing and a tool holder for a cutting tool, in particular a saw blade, which can be guided in a working direction to produce a parting cut in the workpiece, wherein the drive assembly is mounted on the guide element for pivoting by means of a mitre bearing assembly about a mitre axis extending parallel to the working direction, which mitre bearing assembly comprises a front mitre bearing as viewed in the working direction and a rear mitre bearing as viewed in the working direction at a longitudinal distance from the front mitre bearing, on which mitre bearings the drive assembly is mounted for pivoting about the mitre axis, wherein the front mitre bearing is located between the axis of rotation of the tool holder and an outer circumference of the cutting tool, characterised in that the tool holder is mounted movably between an upper depth setting position and at least one lower depth setting position in a depth setting direction or cutting depth direction with respect to the guide element by means of a depth setting bearing, wherein a pivot axis of the depth setting bearing is located outside the longitudinal distance between the mitre bearings (31, 32).
Method for distributing energy in an electric vehicle having, as energy sources, at least one electrical energy store and at least one conditioning module with which electrical energy can be generated from fuel, wherein, before or at the start of a journey with the electric vehicle, information about the journey or else about a state of the electric vehicle is recorded and during the journey energy from at least one electrical energy store is distributed, on the basis of the information, to at least one drive machine of the vehicle, at least one passenger compartment air-conditioning device for air-conditioning a passenger compartment of the vehicle and/or at least one energy store air-conditioning device for air-conditioning the at least one electrical energy store, and is distributed from the at least one conditioning module on the one hand to the at least one energy store air-conditioning device and on the other hand to the at least one passenger compartment air-conditioning device and/or the at least one electrical energy store.
A fluid sample holder suitable for allowing a fluid sample to be delivered to, or received from, fluid processing equipment, the sample holder comprising: a fluid reservoir; a sample fluid port for providing fluid communication between said fluid reservoir and said fluid processing equipment; a buffer fluid port also for providing fluid communication between the reservoir and the fluid processing equipment; and a sliding seal within the reservoir including a sealing area which generally sealing engages with a wall of the reservoir thereby defining a first and a second fluid separated region in the reservoir, said first region being in fluid communication with the sample fluid port, and said second region being in fluid communication with the buffer fluid port, said sliding seal being displaceable within the reservoir by means of a pressure differential between said first and second regions to thereby change the respective volumes of the first and second regions, and the sliding seal including a valve, the holder being characterised in that the valve is operable when the sliding seal reaches or substantially reaches an end of its displacement, and in that said valve includes a stem having a tapered portion for cooperating with a complementary tapered aperture for substantially preventing fluid flow when so cooperating, said stem being displaceable away from said aperture and out of said cooperation at said end of its displacement, to open the valve.
An apparatus for characterization of a feature in a body part, comprising: - an input unit; - a processing unit; and - an output unit; wherein, the input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with tomosynthesis medical data comprising a plurality of images of the body part, wherein the plurality of images comprise image data associated with a plurality of rays of radiation that have passed through the body part, wherein the image data comprises spectral data associated with at least two photon energy levels of the plurality of rays of radiation, wherein the medical data comprises data of the feature; wherein, the processing unit is configured to determine a delineated boundary (50, 70, 80) of the feature; wherein, the processing unit is configured to determine at least one material composition of the body part inside the delineated boundary comprising a function of the spectral data inside the delineated boundary; wherein, the processing unit is configured to characterise the feature as a function of the at least one material composition inside the delineated boundary of the feature; and wherein, the output unit is configured to output data representative of the feature; characterized in that the processing unit is configured to determine at least one material composition of the body part inside at least one portion of at least one image of the plurality of images as a function of the spectral data inside at least a part of the at least one portion, wherein the at least one portion is outside the delineated boundary; and the processing unit is configured to determine at least one material composition of the body part inside the delineated boundary dependent on the at least one material composition inside the at least one portion that is outside the delineated boundary. - an input unit; - a processing unit; and - an output unit;
Exhaust system for a motor vehicle, with an exhaust pipe for discharging exhaust of a device that produces an exhaust, wherein a heat accumulator, which surrounds the exhaust pipe in the peripheral direction with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the exhaust pipe, at least in regions thereof, is present, and, in the radial direction between the exhaust pipe and the heat accumulator over at least a portion of the longitudinal extension of the heat accumulator, a cross-section adjusting element for adjusting a passage cross-section is arranged between the exhaust pipe and the heat accumulator, characterised in that the cross-section adjusting element has a first holed pipe, which surrounds the exhaust pipe, and a second holed pipe, which surrounds the first holed pipe, wherein the first holed pipe and the second holed pipe can be shifted in position relative to each other for adjusting the passage cross-section.
A drainage cell (201,401,501,601) for a ground water handling system, the cell comprising a through channel (225, 425), the cell comprising one or more transverse members extending from or adjacent an edge of the through channel towards a base of the cell for deflecting, in use, particulates or debris carried in a fluid flowing in said through channel, wherein: one or more fluid connections are provided from the edge of said channel towards the base of the cell; the cell further includes an auxiliary channel (216, 416, 516, 616) fluidly connected to said through channel via said fluid connections; and characterised in that the auxiliary channel (216, 416, 516, 616) comprises a base which is impervious to a fluid flowing through the auxiliary channel (216, 416, 516, 616). one or more fluid connections are provided from the edge of said channel towards the base of the cell; the cell further includes an auxiliary channel (216, 416, 516, 616) fluidly connected to said through channel via said fluid connections; and characterised in that the auxiliary channel (216, 416, 516, 616) comprises a base which is impervious to a fluid flowing through the auxiliary channel (216, 416, 516, 616).
A method of manufacturing decorated natural leather characterized by including the steps of: - applying a crusted leather, having a corium side, a grain side and an edge, on a conveyor system, having a position means, and - aligning said crusted leather by moving said edge against said position means; and - laminating said aligned crusted leather on a temporary carrier, having a top layer, wherein said corium side is attached by said top layer on said temporary carrier while conveying said crusted leather on said conveyor system towards said temporary carrier and moving said temporary carrier relative to said conveyor system; and - inkjet printing on said grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks an image by an inkjet printing system. - applying a crusted leather, having a corium side, a grain side and an edge, on a conveyor system, having a position means, and - aligning said crusted leather by moving said edge against said position means; and - laminating said aligned crusted leather on a temporary carrier, having a top layer, wherein said corium side is attached by said top layer on said temporary carrier while conveying said crusted leather on said conveyor system towards said temporary carrier and moving said temporary carrier relative to said conveyor system; and - inkjet printing on said grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks an image by an inkjet printing system.