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An electrosurgical pencil for electrical connection to an electrosurgical generator, the electrosurgical pencil comprising: an elongate housing: an electrocautery blade including a proximal end supported in the housing, and a distal end extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery blade being adapted for connection to the electrosurgical generator; at least one activation switch supported on the housing, each activation switch being configured and adapted to selectively activate the electrosurgical pencil; and characterised by: a sheath system for selectively covering and exposing the distal end of the electrocautery blade, the sheath system including: a hub including a body portion defining a lumen therethrough; and a sheath including a body portion defining a lumen therethrough, the lumen of the sheath being configured and dimensioned to operatively receive the electrocautery blade therein, the sheath being translatably associated with the hub such that rotation of the hub in a first direction results in axial movement of the sheath in a first direction to expose the distal end of the electrocautery blade and rotation of the hub in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, results in axial movement of the sheath in a second direction to cover the distal end of the electrocautery blade. an elongate housing: an electrocautery blade including a proximal end supported in the housing, and a distal end extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery blade being adapted for connection to the electrosurgical generator; at least one activation switch supported on the housing, each activation switch being configured and adapted to selectively activate the electrosurgical pencil; an electrocautery blade including a proximal end supported in the housing, and a distal end extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery blade being adapted for connection to the electrosurgical generator; at least one activation switch supported on the housing, each activation switch being configured and adapted to selectively activate the electrosurgical pencil; a sheath system for selectively covering and exposing the distal end of the electrocautery blade, the sheath system including: a hub including a body portion defining a lumen therethrough; and a sheath including a body portion defining a lumen therethrough, the lumen of the sheath being configured and dimensioned to operatively receive the electrocautery blade therein, the sheath being translatably associated with the hub such that rotation of the hub in a first direction results in axial movement of the sheath in a first direction to expose the distal end of the electrocautery blade and rotation of the hub in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, results in axial movement of the sheath in a second direction to cover the distal end of the electrocautery blade.
A remote user authentication device comprising: a hand-held remote user authentication card-device with an interface and an embedded computer logic, wherein the embedded computer logic and the interface are configured to interface the device to a network for a "what you have" factor of authentication, the embedded computer logic including, at least, a serial number corresponding to the card-device, the card-device has a top side and a bottom side, a thumbprint sensor area positioned on the top side of the card-device so that when the card-device is held in a hand with the thumb gripping the top side and the hand's index finger gripping the bottom side, the position of the thumbprint sensor area is configured to capture only a thumbprint of a holder of the card-device for a "what you are" factor of authentication, the embedded computer logic in the card-device transfers to the network through the interface an authentication record with separate "what you have" and "what you are" factors of authentication, the card-device does not store the thumbprint identity data after being transferred to the network, and the card-device is configured to provide at least two-factor remote user authentication corresponding to "what you have" and "what you are" authentication factors. a hand-held remote user authentication card-device with an interface and an embedded computer logic, wherein the embedded computer logic and the interface are configured to interface the device to a network for a "what you have" factor of authentication, the embedded computer logic including, at least, a serial number corresponding to the card-device, the card-device has a top side and a bottom side, a thumbprint sensor area positioned on the top side of the card-device so that when the card-device is held in a hand with the thumb gripping the top side and the hand's index finger gripping the bottom side, the position of the thumbprint sensor area is configured to capture only a thumbprint of a holder of the card-device for a "what you are" factor of authentication, the embedded computer logic in the card-device transfers to the network through the interface an authentication record with separate "what you have" and "what you are" factors of authentication, the card-device does not store the thumbprint identity data after being transferred to the network, and the card-device is configured to provide at least two-factor remote user authentication corresponding to "what you have" and "what you are" authentication factors.
Analogue/digital converter arrangement having a multiplexer, which comprises an output portal and a plurality of channels (K1 to Kn) with at least one switch (S3, S4, S5) and with at least one resistor, wherein the at least one switch (S3, S4, S5) connects an input portal (EP1 to EPn) of the channel (K1 to Kn) to the output portal, and having an analogue/digital converter, the analogue input (S ana) of which is connected to the output portal, wherein at least one further switch (S1, S2, S6) for testing the multiplexer is provided in at least one of the plurality of channels (K1 to Kn), which further switch connects the input portal (EP1 to EPn) of the at least one channel (K1 to Kn) and/or the output portal and/or the at least one channel (K1 to Kn) to a predefined voltage potential (U int, U P, earth), wherein a logic circuit is provided and switches the at least one switch (S3, S4, S5) and the at least one further switch (S1, S2, S6), wherein a sequence controller is implemented in the logic circuit in such a manner that the corresponding switches (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) of the individual channels (K1 to Kn) are actuated in a predefined order in order to check whether the respective channel (K1 to Kn) is coupled to another channel (K1 to Kn), wherein the logic circuit is provided in the analogue/digital converter arrangement, characterized in that the multiplexer has a first further switch which connects the channel (K1 to Kn) to an internal voltage potential (U int), a second further switch which directly connects the channel (K1 to Kn) to the earth potential (earth) and a third further switch which connects the input portal (EP1 to EPn) of the at least one channel (K1 to Kn) to a port supply voltage (U P) via a diode and via a transistor which can be controlled by a control portal.
A method to estimate a state of a battery, the method comprising: correcting an electrical physical quantity information including a current information of the battery at a current time period by adding a correction value corresponding to a capacity error to the electrical physical quantity information, wherein the capacity error is calculated based on a voltage error and an estimated open-circuit voltage, OCV, information of the battery from the previous time period, the voltage error corresponds to a difference between an estimated voltage information of the battery from the previous time period and a sensed voltage information of the battery from the previous time period; and determining a state information of the battery based on the corrected electrical physical quantity information. correcting an electrical physical quantity information including a current information of the battery at a current time period by adding a correction value corresponding to a capacity error to the electrical physical quantity information, wherein the capacity error is calculated based on a voltage error and an estimated open-circuit voltage, OCV, information of the battery from the previous time period, the voltage error corresponds to a difference between an estimated voltage information of the battery from the previous time period and a sensed voltage information of the battery from the previous time period; and determining a state information of the battery based on the corrected electrical physical quantity information.
A method performed by a management device, MD, for managing a cellular radio communications network, RCN,, the method comprising: - receiving a plurality of numerology capability indications (NI1, NI2) from a first and second radio devices (UE1, UE2), wherein a numerology capability indication (NI1; NI2) comprises one or more direct-link FFT block lengths (B; C) being provided by the respective radio device (UE1, UE2) for communicating via a physical direct-link radio channel D2D, wherein the one or more direct-link FFT block lengths (B; C) are smaller than a FFT block length used by the respective radio device (UE1, UE2) for communicating with the management device, MD, via a physical uplink and/or downlink radio channel (UCH1, UCH2, DCH1, DCH2); - receiving a plurality of cell indications (CI1, CI2), wherein the cell indication (CI1; CI2) indicates in which radio cell (C1; C2) the respective radio device (UE1; UE2) is operating; - determining an instruction message (I1; I2) for the first radio device and the second radio device to transmit data (d) from the first radio device towards the second radio device in dependence on the numerology indications (NI1; NI2) of the first and second radio device (UE1, UE2) and in dependence on the cell indication (CI1, CI2) of the first and second radio device (UE1, UE2); and - transmitting the instruction message (I1; I2) towards the first and second radio devices (UE1; UE2). - receiving a plurality of numerology capability indications (NI1, NI2) from a first and second radio devices (UE1, UE2), wherein a numerology capability indication (NI1; NI2) comprises one or more direct-link FFT block lengths (B; C) being provided by the respective radio device (UE1, UE2) for communicating via a physical direct-link radio channel D2D, wherein the one or more direct-link FFT block lengths (B; C) are smaller than a FFT block length used by the respective radio device (UE1, UE2) for communicating with the management device, MD, via a physical uplink and/or downlink radio channel (UCH1, UCH2, DCH1, DCH2); - receiving a plurality of cell indications (CI1, CI2), wherein the cell indication (CI1; CI2) indicates in which radio cell (C1; C2) the respective radio device (UE1; UE2) is operating; - determining an instruction message (I1; I2) for the first radio device and the second radio device to transmit data (d) from the first radio device towards the second radio device in dependence on the numerology indications (NI1; NI2) of the first and second radio device (UE1, UE2) and in dependence on the cell indication (CI1, CI2) of the first and second radio device (UE1, UE2); and - transmitting the instruction message (I1; I2) towards the first and second radio devices (UE1; UE2).
A mobile terminal, comprising: a controller, and a piezoelectric excitation portion including a first excitation source, and a second excitation source, wherein: the controller is configured to control the first excitation source to generate a first vibration driving force and control the second excitation source to generate a second vibration driving force when the mobile terminal is in a handset mode, such that at a position where the second excitation source is located, a first vibration wave generated by the first vibration driving force and a second vibration wave generated by the second vibration driving force have opposite vibration directions, and a vibration amplitude of the second vibration wave is less than or equal to that of the first vibration wave, characterized in that the second excitation source comprises a plurality of excitation elements arranged at intervals, and an arrangement trajectory of the plurality of excitation elements is circle centered on a geometric center of the first excitation source. a controller, and a piezoelectric excitation portion including a first excitation source, and a second excitation source, wherein: the controller is configured to control the first excitation source to generate a first vibration driving force and control the second excitation source to generate a second vibration driving force when the mobile terminal is in a handset mode, such that at a position where the second excitation source is located, a first vibration wave generated by the first vibration driving force and a second vibration wave generated by the second vibration driving force have opposite vibration directions, and a vibration amplitude of the second vibration wave is less than or equal to that of the first vibration wave, characterized in that the second excitation source comprises a plurality of excitation elements arranged at intervals, and an arrangement trajectory of the plurality of excitation elements is circle centered on a geometric center of the first excitation source.
A method for merging environment sensor data with communication data, wherein the environment sensor data is detected by means of at least one environment sensor, and wherein the communication data is contained in vehicle-to-X messages which are received by means of vehicle-to-X communication means, wherein communication data selected by a pre-processing process is fed to a sensor data merging process, wherein the sensor data merging process merges the selected communication data with environment sensor data to form an environment model, characterised in that the selected communication data is directly fed prior to a data management process by picking off the communication data which is relevant for the sensor data merging process, without first being subjected to checking, sorting and a preliminary evaluation, wherein the data management process comprises for its part a dynamic mapping process which collects, sorts and conveys the data contents of the received vehicle-to-X messages to suitable communication-based application processes.
A high frequency treatment device comprising: an insertion member; a pair of jaws (32a, 32b) providing a longitudinal direction along which each of the jaws is elongated, each jaw having an outer surface on which an electrical electrode is formed, said electrode occupying the entire region of the outer surface in the longitudinal direction, the outer surface including a gripping surface configured to grip a portion of tissue of an object; a link member (34, 42) configured to i) hold the pair of jaws to be opened and closed in a direction in which the gripping surfaces of the jaws selectively come closer or depart to or from each other and ii) link the pair of jaws to a tip of the insertion member, wherein electrical insulative material is coated on an outer surface of the link member (34, 42); a contact preventing member (34a, 34b; 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d; 74a, 74b) configured to prevent a mechanical contact between the gripping surfaces of the pair of jaws (32a, 32b) when the jaws are closed to each other; a power line (64a, 18, 42c, 34a, 42a, 64b, 18, 42c, 34b, 42b) being disposed through the insertion member and configured to apply a high frequency voltage to the jaws (32a, 32b) via the link member (34, 42) to cause a high frequency current to flow through the jaws (32a, 32b); and an operation wire being disposed through the insertion member and configured to transmit open and close movements to the jaws (32a, 32b) via the link member (34, 42). an insertion member; a pair of jaws (32a, 32b) providing a longitudinal direction along which each of the jaws is elongated, each jaw having an outer surface on which an electrical electrode is formed, said electrode occupying the entire region of the outer surface in the longitudinal direction, the outer surface including a gripping surface configured to grip a portion of tissue of an object; a link member (34, 42) configured to i) hold the pair of jaws to be opened and closed in a direction in which the gripping surfaces of the jaws selectively come closer or depart to or from each other and ii) link the pair of jaws to a tip of the insertion member, wherein electrical insulative material is coated on an outer surface of the link member (34, 42); a contact preventing member (34a, 34b; 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d; 74a, 74b) configured to prevent a mechanical contact between the gripping surfaces of the pair of jaws (32a, 32b) when the jaws are closed to each other; a power line (64a, 18, 42c, 34a, 42a, 64b, 18, 42c, 34b, 42b) being disposed through the insertion member and configured to apply a high frequency voltage to the jaws (32a, 32b) via the link member (34, 42) to cause a high frequency current to flow through the jaws (32a, 32b); and an operation wire being disposed through the insertion member and configured to transmit open and close movements to the jaws (32a, 32b) via the link member (34, 42).
A method of engineering a recombinant Listeria vaccine strain to express a heterologous antigen, the method comprising: contacting a Listeria strain auxotrophic for D-alanine synthesis comprising a mutation in a D-alanine racemase gene and in a D-amino acid transferase gene in said Listeria's chromosome with a plasmid, said plasmid comprising: a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that comprises a heterologous antigen, and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a D-alanine racemase, wherein said plasmid does not confer antibiotic resistance to said auxotrophic Listeria vaccine strain, whereby said auxotrophic Listeria strain takes up said plasmid, whereby said D-alanine racemase complements said mutation in said D-alanine racemase gene of said Listeria bacterial strain, wherein said auxotrophic Listeria strain will grow in the absence of D-alanine, wherein said plasmid comprises a prfA gene, and wherein said first nucleic acid sequence is operably linked to a prokaryotic promoter, thereby engineering a recombinant Listeria vaccine strain to express a heterologous antigen. contacting a Listeria strain auxotrophic for D-alanine synthesis comprising a mutation in a D-alanine racemase gene and in a D-amino acid transferase gene in said Listeria's chromosome with a plasmid, said plasmid comprising: a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that comprises a heterologous antigen, and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a D-alanine racemase, wherein said plasmid does not confer antibiotic resistance to said auxotrophic Listeria vaccine strain, a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that comprises a heterologous antigen, and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a D-alanine racemase, wherein said plasmid does not confer antibiotic resistance to said auxotrophic Listeria vaccine strain, whereby said auxotrophic Listeria strain takes up said plasmid, whereby said D-alanine racemase complements said mutation in said D-alanine racemase gene of said Listeria bacterial strain, wherein said auxotrophic Listeria strain will grow in the absence of D-alanine, wherein said plasmid comprises a prfA gene, and wherein said first nucleic acid sequence is operably linked to a prokaryotic promoter, thereby engineering a recombinant Listeria vaccine strain to express a heterologous antigen.
A process for preparing an aqueous emulsion of a midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer comprising at least two non-sulfonated polymer end-blocks A and at least one sulfonated block B, comprising the following steps: a) providing a cement of said midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer in a non-polar solvent, wherein the non-polar solvent is a hydrocarbon compound comprising from 5 to 12 carbon atoms with a boiling point of less than 100°C or mixture of such compounds; b) mixing the cement of step a) with a co-solvent to form a mixture; c) emulsifying the mixture of step b), optionally in the presence of an emulsifier, with water to produce an emulsion; d) removing the hydrocarbon solvent and optionally the co-solvent from the emulsion to produce the aqueous emulsion, wherein the non-polar solvent has a Hansen polarity parameter (δp) smaller than 2.0 (expressed in √MPa), and the co-solvent is a polar aprotic solvent or polar protic solvent with a Hansen polarity parameter (δp) in the range of 2.8 to 15, and a Hansen hydrogen bonding parameter (δh) in the range of 4.0 to 27 (expressed in √MPa). a) providing a cement of said midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer in a non-polar solvent, wherein the non-polar solvent is a hydrocarbon compound comprising from 5 to 12 carbon atoms with a boiling point of less than 100°C or mixture of such compounds; b) mixing the cement of step a) with a co-solvent to form a mixture; c) emulsifying the mixture of step b), optionally in the presence of an emulsifier, with water to produce an emulsion; d) removing the hydrocarbon solvent and optionally the co-solvent from the emulsion to produce the aqueous emulsion,
A titanium-containing formulation containing complexes of titanium salts with ascorbic acid and citric acid, a preservative agent, and water-soluble sulfates of metals absorbable by plants, characterized in that it comprises the product of the titanium complexation reaction from titanyl sulfate with a mixture of ascorbic acid and citric acid in aqueous environment alkalized with magnesium hydroxide in the simultaneous presence of acetic acid, at the mass ratio of magnesium, calculated as MgO, to titanium of 1:1 to 20:1; ascorbic acid to citric acid of 5:1 to 3:5, preferably 2:1; ascorbic acid to titanium of 7:2 to 10:1, preferably 4:1 to 6:1; and magnesium hydroxide, calculated as MgO, to acetic acid, calculated as 100 % acetic acid, of 8:1 to 3:5.