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An auto-injection syringe comprising: an injection assembly; and a retraction assembly being operatively securable to a distal end of said injection assembly, said retraction assembly comprising a housing, the housing containing: a double-ended hypodermic needle having a needle hub, an end cap having a lower seal through which a portion of said hypodermic needle can pass; a retraction spring disposed between said needle hub and said end cap, an upper seal urged against a facially sealing surface of said housing of said retraction assembly so that a sealed area is defined between said upper and lower seals (44, 48), said hypodermic needle being disposed in said sealed area; and a vent device in fluid communication with said sealed area for pressure equalization between said sealed area and an exterior of said retraction assembly, wherein said vent device is a microbial filter; characterized in that: before activation of the syringe the retraction spring is maintained in a partially compressed condition between the needle hub and the end cap, and the upper seal is urged in a direction opposite the injection direction against the facially sealing surface of said retraction assembly by the needle hub and the force of said retraction spring on said needle hub before use, and the upper seal is pierceable by the medicine entrance tip of the needle. an injection assembly; and a retraction assembly being operatively securable to a distal end of said injection assembly, said retraction assembly comprising a housing, the housing containing: a double-ended hypodermic needle having a needle hub, an end cap having a lower seal through which a portion of said hypodermic needle can pass; a retraction spring disposed between said needle hub and said end cap, an upper seal urged against a facially sealing surface of said housing of said retraction assembly so that a sealed area is defined between said upper and lower seals (44, 48), said hypodermic needle being disposed in said sealed area; and a vent device in fluid communication with said sealed area for pressure equalization between said sealed area and an exterior of said retraction assembly, wherein said vent device is a microbial filter; characterized in that: before activation of the syringe the retraction spring is maintained in a partially compressed condition between the needle hub and the end cap, and the upper seal is urged in a direction opposite the injection direction against the facially sealing surface of said retraction assembly by the needle hub and the force of said retraction spring on said needle hub before use, and the upper seal is pierceable by the medicine entrance tip of the needle. before activation of the syringe the retraction spring is maintained in a partially compressed condition between the needle hub and the end cap, and the upper seal is urged in a direction opposite the injection direction against the facially sealing surface of said retraction assembly by the needle hub and the force of said retraction spring on said needle hub before use, and the upper seal is pierceable by the medicine entrance tip of the needle.
A guidance system for sliding doors, with a door guide of a running rail for guiding a track roller of the door guide, with a drive system having a drive device, and with a travel space of the door guide extending in the longitudinal direction of the running rail, the travel space being delimited at least in part by the running rail, wherein a cover is fastened to the running rail, characterized in that a passage for the sliding door is formed between the cover and the running rail, wherein an operating panel for the drive system is arranged at or in the passage, and wherein the operating panel is operable from a bottom side of the running rail.
A windscreen wiper device, comprising: a wiper blade made of an elastomeric material and extending in a longitudinal direction; a carrier element that is pre-curved to have a curved shape when in a relaxed condition and operatively supporting said wiper blade and biasing said wiper blade into a curved shape; said carrier element having opposing lateral edges, at least one of said lateral edges having a notch formed therein; a connector base operably connected with said carrier element and including at least one projection received in said at least one notch of said carrier element for restricting relative movement between said connector base and said carrier element in said longitudinal direction; said connector base further including a plurality of locking arms (48, 50) which engage around said lateral edges of said carrier element to lockingly connect said connector base with said carrier element; the wiper device being characterised in that said plurality of locking arms include at least one long locking arm on one lateral side of said connector base and at least one short locking arm on an opposite lateral side of said connector base from said at least one long locking arm, said at least one short locking arm having a lateral width that is less than said at least one long locking arm; and said at least one short locking arm having ramped lower surfaces for allowing said at least one short locking arm to snappingly engage said carrier element. a wiper blade made of an elastomeric material and extending in a longitudinal direction; a carrier element that is pre-curved to have a curved shape when in a relaxed condition and operatively supporting said wiper blade and biasing said wiper blade into a curved shape; said carrier element having opposing lateral edges, at least one of said lateral edges having a notch formed therein; a connector base operably connected with said carrier element and including at least one projection received in said at least one notch of said carrier element for restricting relative movement between said connector base and said carrier element in said longitudinal direction; said connector base further including a plurality of locking arms (48, 50) which engage around said lateral edges of said carrier element to lockingly connect said connector base with said carrier element; the wiper device being characterised in that said plurality of locking arms include at least one long locking arm on one lateral side of said connector base and at least one short locking arm on an opposite lateral side of said connector base from said at least one long locking arm, said at least one short locking arm having a lateral width that is less than said at least one long locking arm; and said at least one short locking arm having ramped lower surfaces for allowing said at least one short locking arm to snappingly engage said carrier element.
Apparatus for positioning within the small bowel of a patient, the apparatus comprising: - a visualization apparatus; - a flexible tube sized to receive the visualization apparatus disposed within the lumen of the tube; and - a helical thread disposed on the exterior surface of the tube, the helical thread having a sufficient structural integrity, and a sufficient surface profile, such that when the tube is disposed in the small bowel of the patient so that the helical thread engages the interior side wall of the small bowel of the patient, rotation of the tube will (i) induce a relative movement between the tube and the side wall of the small bowel of the patient, and (ii) will draw the small bowel of the patient onto the tube in a pleating fashion in order to bring the site of the small bowel which is to be visualized toward the visualization apparatus, - wherein the visualization apparatus is adapted to be advanced further into the small bowel relative to the tube, after a portion of the small bowel has been drawn onto the tube. - a visualization apparatus; - a flexible tube sized to receive the visualization apparatus disposed within the lumen of the tube; and - a helical thread disposed on the exterior surface of the tube, the helical thread having a sufficient structural integrity, and a sufficient surface profile, such that when the tube is disposed in the small bowel of the patient so that the helical thread engages the interior side wall of the small bowel of the patient, rotation of the tube will (i) induce a relative movement between the tube and the side wall of the small bowel of the patient, and (ii) will draw the small bowel of the patient onto the tube in a pleating fashion in order to bring the site of the small bowel which is to be visualized toward the visualization apparatus, - wherein the visualization apparatus is adapted to be advanced further into the small bowel relative to the tube, after a portion of the small bowel has been drawn onto the tube.
An apparatus for producing a multilayered (n-layered) unstretched film according to a multi-manifold method that comprises separately heating and melting a plural number n of thermoplastic resins, then widening the heated and melted plural thermoplastic resins through respective manifolds and thereafter combining and extruding them to produce a multilayered (n-layered) unstretched film; the apparatus comprising a plural number n of extruders (A1 to An) for separately heating and melting the plural thermoplastic resins to constitute the respective layers of the multilayered (n-layered) unstretched film, at least one extruder for heating and melting another thermoplastic resin than the plural thermoplastic resins, a plural number n of ducts (C1 to Cn) for resin melt supply each connected to the respective extruders (A1 to An), a plural number n of ducts (D1 to Dn) for resin melt supply each connected to the extruder, a plural number n of feed blocks where two holes (H1, H2, H3) are formed on both sides of the lower part of the ducts (C1 to Cn) for resin melt supply and are connected to the ducts (D1 to Dn) for resin melt supply, a plural number n of manifolds, one die lip connected to each manifold, and one T-die connected to each feed block.
A method of increasing the hydrophilicity of a fluorine-containing polymer, the method comprising: (i) a first step of treating a surface of a fluorine-containing polymer with radiation having a photon energy at least 6 eV and not more than 11.3 eV, and a flux of at least 10 20 m -2 s -1, to deplete the fluorine content of the surface of the fluorine-containing polymer; then (ii) exposing the treated surface to neutral oxygen atoms in the absence of plasma conditions, the fluence of said neutral oxygen atoms being between 10 24 and 10 26 m -2. (i) a first step of treating a surface of a fluorine-containing polymer with radiation having a photon energy at least 6 eV and not more than 11.3 eV, and a flux of at least 10 20 m -2 s -1, to deplete the fluorine content of the surface of the fluorine-containing polymer; then (ii) exposing the treated surface to neutral oxygen atoms in the absence of plasma conditions, the fluence of said neutral oxygen atoms being between 10 24 and 10 26 m -2.
A locatable medical instrument insertable through a working channel of a bronchoscope, comprising: a sheath having three coils (32, 34, 36) embedded therein, the three coils having a common center point centrally defined within each coil of the three coils, and each of the three coils being within a wall defining a longitudinal lumen extending through the sheath, wherein each of the three coils (32, 34, 36) is configured to generate a signal when placed in an electromagnetic field, the signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field and the position of the sheath, and said locatable medical instrument being characterized in that a first coil defines a first plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sheath and said medical instrument being characterised in that the second and third coils (32, 34) define a second and a third plane which are perpendicular to each other and angled relative to the first plane and the longitudinal axis of the sheath. a sheath having three coils (32, 34, 36) embedded therein, the three coils having a common center point centrally defined within each coil of the three coils, and each of the three coils being within a wall defining a longitudinal lumen extending through the sheath, wherein each of the three coils (32, 34, 36) is configured to generate a signal when placed in an electromagnetic field, the signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field and the position of the sheath, and said locatable medical instrument being characterized in that a first coil defines a first plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sheath and said medical instrument being characterised in that the second and third coils (32, 34) define a second and a third plane which are perpendicular to each other and angled relative to the first plane and the longitudinal axis of the sheath.
Water jet surgical instrument, comprising a hollow shank having a feed line for feeding a cutting fluid, an expulsion nozzle for forming and expelling a liquid jet with a predetermined widening angle (α), and an enveloping tube, wherein a jet-forming device is provided, and is arranged relative to the expulsion nozzle such that the liquid jet is settable with respect to its widening angle by way of the jet-forming device, wherein, for setting the widening angle, the jet-forming device is adjustable in terms of its relative position with respect to the expulsion nozzle, wherein the shank is guided within the enveloping tube so as to be displaceable with respect to the enveloping tube in a longitudinal direction of the water jet surgical instrument, characterized in that the jet-forming device is mounted in the enveloping tube.
A compound comprising an EET analog conjugated to folic acid or methotrexate, wherein the EET analog used to prepare the compound has a formula selected from the group consisting of
A connection assembly for connecting a magnetic separator into a central heating system circuit, the magnetic separator including a housing, a separation chamber within the housing, and externally threaded inlet and outlet ports (20, 22) extending from the housing, the connection assembly comprising: a fitment adapted to be received within at least one of the ports (20, 22) of the separator, the fitment including a bore for carrying fluid from/to the central heating circuit to/from the separator; a threaded connector disposed around the bore for securing the fitment to the or each port (20, 22), the threaded connector having a hand grip area for facilitating tightening of the connector by hand; and a removable force transfer element receivable between the fitment and the threaded connector for transferring force between the threaded connector and the fitment, characterised in that, when installed on the fitment, the removable force transfer element is removable therefrom whilst the fitment and threaded connector remain fitted to the or each port (20, 22). a fitment adapted to be received within at least one of the ports (20, 22) of the separator, the fitment including a bore for carrying fluid from/to the central heating circuit to/from the separator; a threaded connector disposed around the bore for securing the fitment to the or each port (20, 22), the threaded connector having a hand grip area for facilitating tightening of the connector by hand; and a removable force transfer element receivable between the fitment and the threaded connector for transferring force between the threaded connector and the fitment, characterised in that, when installed on the fitment, the removable force transfer element is removable therefrom whilst the fitment and threaded connector remain fitted to the or each port (20, 22).
A landing gear force control system for an aircraft having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of landing gears (10, 11, 12) having one or more braking and/or driving wheels, the force control system comprising: an error-based force control module; and a configuration manager for providing configuration data to the force control module, wherein the error-based force control module is adapted to: receive an input signal representative of a longitudinal force demand to be achieved by the force control system; receive an input signal representative of an actual measured longitudinal force acting upon one or more landing gears; calculate any error between the force demand signal and the actual force signal; and output a longitudinal force command for the one or more landing gears so as to minimise any error between the demanded force and the actual force. receive an input signal representative of a longitudinal force demand to be achieved by the force control system; receive an input signal representative of an actual measured longitudinal force acting upon one or more landing gears; calculate any error between the force demand signal and the actual force signal; and output a longitudinal force command for the one or more landing gears so as to minimise any error between the demanded force and the actual force.
A cutting tool for the vertical incision of tendons comprising a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis, having a distal end and a proximal end and a cutting head, close to said distal end, having a plurality of blades (11, 15), said cutting head, in use configuration, being located below the longitudinal axis of the shaft and lying on a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft and is connected to the latter by a coupling characterised in that said coupling is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis by an angle (α) from 10° to 20°, wherein said cutting head comprises a base plate from which two semicircular lateral blades project, extending along planes parallel to each other and orthogonal to said base plate, and an upper blade, orthogonal to said lateral blades, arranged along an upper edge of said base plate.
A piston pump for high performance liquid chromatography comprising a cam mechanism for converting a swiveling movement of a drive-side shaft into a linear output movement, comprising a) a cam disk that can attach to the drive-side shaft b) a slider that can be shifted in a linear guide at least in sections, and c) a cam follower which is applied against the circumferential surface of the cam disk, so that a swiveling movement of the cam disk leads to a linear output movement of the slider in the linear guide, wherein the circumference of the cam disk is designed as spiral-shaped at least in sections, and the radius of the cam disk increases monotonically in the spiral-shaped section (19, 21) from a start radius R 1 to an end radius R 2 along a swiveling direction, a motor for driving a drive-side shaft which is connected to the cam disk, a control of the motor, and a piston which is present attached central axially on the end of the slider, on the side facing away from the cam follower characterized in that the control of the motor is configured so that the cam disk performs a swiveling movement between two reversal points. a) a cam disk that can attach to the drive-side shaft b) a slider that can be shifted in a linear guide at least in sections, and c) a cam follower which is applied against the circumferential surface of the cam disk, so that a swiveling movement of the cam disk leads to a linear output movement of the slider in the linear guide, wherein the circumference of the cam disk is designed as spiral-shaped at least in sections, and the radius of the cam disk increases monotonically in the spiral-shaped section (19, 21) from a start radius R 1 to an end radius R 2 along a swiveling direction,
A device for detecting rain on a pane comprising - a camera, - an illumination source for emitting light (h, o, p), - a diffusion element from which the light emitted by the illumination source exits as light sheet (s), and - wherein the camera, the illumination source and the diffusion element are formed and arranged such that the camera can detect a signal from the light (r1, r2) which is emitted by the illumination source, impinges on the pane through the diffusion element and is reflected by the pane, - wherein the camera can detect a first mirror image of the light sheet (s) reflected at the inner side of the pane (2.1) and a second mirror image of the light sheet (s) reflected at the outer side of the pane (2.2), - characterized in that - the camera comprises a view funnel, and the diffusion element is arranged at the view funnel or is integrated in the view funnel. - a camera, - an illumination source for emitting light (h, o, p), - a diffusion element from which the light emitted by the illumination source exits as light sheet (s), and - wherein the camera, the illumination source and the diffusion element are formed and arranged such that the camera can detect a signal from the light (r1, r2) which is emitted by the illumination source, impinges on the pane through the diffusion element and is reflected by the pane, - wherein the camera can detect a first mirror image of the light sheet (s) reflected at the inner side of the pane (2.1) and a second mirror image of the light sheet (s) reflected at the outer side of the pane (2.2), - characterized in that - the camera comprises a view funnel, and the diffusion element is arranged at the view funnel or is integrated in the view funnel.
A method of controlling undesirable vegetation in a field containing an auxin and glyphosate herbicide-resistant cotton crop comprising applying to the location where control is desired a mixture of an effective amount of 2,4-DB and an effective amount of glyphosate.
A respiratory equipment for an aircraft, a pilot or first officer of the aircraft forming a user of the respiratory equipment, the respiratory equipment comprising: - a head armature, configured to be worn on the user's head, - a respiratory mask configured to be applied, in a use position around the mouth and nose of a user, - an inflatable harness configured to be coupled to a pressurized gas source, an inflation of the inflatable harness causing an extension of the inflatable harness such that the respiratory mask can be brought opposite the mouth and nose of a user, and a purge of the inflatable harness causing a constrained application of the inflatable harness against the mouth and nose of a user, wherein the head armature comprises at least an occipital member, and a front cradle for receiving and lodging the respiratory mask in a waiting position, the front cradle comprising retention means for maintaining therein the respiratory mask in the waiting position, wherein the inflatable harness is fixed to the occipital member and the inflatable harness is coupled to the respiratory mask. - a head armature, configured to be worn on the user's head, - a respiratory mask configured to be applied, in a use position around the mouth and nose of a user, - an inflatable harness configured to be coupled to a pressurized gas source, an inflation of the inflatable harness causing an extension of the inflatable harness such that the respiratory mask can be brought opposite the mouth and nose of a user, and a purge of the inflatable harness causing a constrained application of the inflatable harness against the mouth and nose of a user,