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A nasal implant comprising: a first longitudinal body adapted to engage with a septum or a septal cartilage of a patient; a second longitudinal body adapted to engage with an upper lateral cartilage of the patient; and a feature on at least one of the first and second longitudinal bodies adapted to connect the first and second longitudinal bodies (1516d, 1515d), wherein the nasal implant is sized to reside within a nasal tissue of the patient between a mucosa, the septum or septal cartilage, and the upper lateral cartilage to increase a cross-sectional area of a nasal airway; characterized in that the nasal implant further comprises a plurality of barbs located along an outer surface of at least one of the first and second longitudinal bodies (1516d, 1515d), and adapted to engage with the upper lateral cartilage of the patient. a first longitudinal body adapted to engage with a septum or a septal cartilage of a patient; a second longitudinal body adapted to engage with an upper lateral cartilage of the patient; and a feature on at least one of the first and second longitudinal bodies adapted to connect the first and second longitudinal bodies (1516d, 1515d), wherein the nasal implant is sized to reside within a nasal tissue of the patient between a mucosa, the septum or septal cartilage, and the upper lateral cartilage to increase a cross-sectional area of a nasal airway; characterized in that the nasal implant further comprises a plurality of barbs located along an outer surface of at least one of the first and second longitudinal bodies (1516d, 1515d), and adapted to engage with the upper lateral cartilage of the patient.
A compound having the formula R1 -COOH wherein R1 is an alkyl group having a C 7-11 backbone, optionally branched with a C 1-6 alkyl group at any C position in the backbone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide or ester thereof, wherein the backbone of the alkyl group, and/or the branched alkyl groups, are optionally interrupted by one or more heteroatoms, wherein the compound is selected from nonanoic acid, 4-ethyloctanoic acid, 2-butyloctanoic acid, 4-methylnonanoic acid, and 3-Methylundecanoic acid, for use in the treatment or prevention of a disease or a biomedical condition selected from seizure-related disorders
Apparatus for providing compressed gas at a spray apparatus which operates with compressed gas, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one connection means for a compressed-gas source, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one humidification unit, in particular tank, wherein the humidification unit comprises a preferably aqueous liquid which is admixed with the compressed gas, and wherein the humidification unit comprises at least one heating means (19, 19', 19ʺ, 19′′′, 19ʺʺ) for controlling the temperature of the liquid and/or of the compressed gas, and wherein the humidification unit comprises at least one feed line and at least one discharge line, wherein the at least one discharge line is designed as a heatable discharge line and comprises at least one heating means (19', 19ʺ), and characterized in that the at least one feed line is designed as a heatable feed line and comprises at least one heating means.
A coolant pump comprising: - a housing having an internal axis; - a bearing disposed on an outside of the housing; - wherein the bearing comprises an inner ring defining said inner diameter and an outer ring disposed to rotate on the inner ring, wherein the inner ring is fixed to the housing; - a shaft disposed along the internal axis of the housing, wherein the shaft is journaled by the bearing so as to be rotatable; - an impeller disposed on the shaft so as to rotate with the shaft; - a seal disposed on the shaft at least partially inside of the bearing so that the bearing overlaps the seal along the internal axis of the housing, wherein the bearing has an inner diameter, the seal has an outer diameter, and the inner diameter of the bearing is greater than the outer diameter of the seal, and - a support member connected to the outer ring of the bearing so that the support member is rotatable with the outer ring, wherein the support member also has a central portion attached to the shaft so that when the ring portion is rotated, the outer ring of the bearing, the support member, the shaft and the impeller rotate together; the coolant pump being characterised in that the outer ring of the bearing defines a belt engaging portion adapted to engage an actuator belt to rotate the outer ring and actuate the coolant pump. - a housing having an internal axis; - a bearing disposed on an outside of the housing; - wherein the bearing comprises an inner ring defining said inner diameter and an outer ring disposed to rotate on the inner ring, wherein the inner ring is fixed to the housing; - a shaft disposed along the internal axis of the housing, wherein the shaft is journaled by the bearing so as to be rotatable; - an impeller disposed on the shaft so as to rotate with the shaft; - a seal disposed on the shaft at least partially inside of the bearing so that the bearing overlaps the seal along the internal axis of the housing, wherein the bearing has an inner diameter, the seal has an outer diameter, and the inner diameter of the bearing is greater than the outer diameter of the seal, and - a support member connected to the outer ring of the bearing so that the support member is rotatable with the outer ring, wherein the support member also has a central portion attached to the shaft so that when the ring portion is rotated, the outer ring of the bearing, the support member, the shaft and the impeller rotate together;
An integrated-circuit device comprising: a processor; a program memory; a hardware-based key generation system (22, 26) configured to output a selectable device identity key of a plurality of predetermined device identity keys; and a one-time programmable, OTP, memory for storing one or more public cryptographic keys, wherein the device is configured: when a public cryptographic key is stored in the OTP memory, and when software is stored in the program memory, to use the public cryptographic key to determine whether the software stored in the program memory is validly signed by a private cryptographic key associated with the public cryptographic key, before the software is executed by the processor; and to control which device identity key of the plurality of predetermined device identity keys is output by the hardware-based key generation system (22, 26) at least partly in dependence on an outcome of said determination. a processor; a program memory; a hardware-based key generation system (22, 26) configured to output a selectable device identity key of a plurality of predetermined device identity keys; and a one-time programmable, OTP, memory for storing one or more public cryptographic keys, when a public cryptographic key is stored in the OTP memory, and when software is stored in the program memory, to use the public cryptographic key to determine whether the software stored in the program memory is validly signed by a private cryptographic key associated with the public cryptographic key, before the software is executed by the processor; and to control which device identity key of the plurality of predetermined device identity keys is output by the hardware-based key generation system (22, 26) at least partly in dependence on an outcome of said determination.
A load cell transducer comprising: one or more strain gauges (130A-130D) configured to generate a first signal indicative of a force applied to the load cell transducer; a sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of an acceleration and an orientation of the load cell transducer; and a controller including an electronic processor, the controller communicatively coupled to the one or more strain gauges (130A-130D) and the sensor, the controller configured to: determine a weight of an object based on the first signal; determine the acceleration of the load cell transducer based on the second signal; determine whether the acceleration exceeds a threshold; and output a message indicating an issue of the load cell transducer, when the acceleration exceeds the threshold. one or more strain gauges (130A-130D) configured to generate a first signal indicative of a force applied to the load cell transducer; a sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of an acceleration and an orientation of the load cell transducer; and a controller including an electronic processor, the controller communicatively coupled to the one or more strain gauges (130A-130D) and the sensor, the controller configured to: determine a weight of an object based on the first signal; determine the acceleration of the load cell transducer based on the second signal; determine whether the acceleration exceeds a threshold; and output a message indicating an issue of the load cell transducer, when the acceleration exceeds the threshold. determine a weight of an object based on the first signal; determine the acceleration of the load cell transducer based on the second signal; determine whether the acceleration exceeds a threshold; and output a message indicating an issue of the load cell transducer, when the acceleration exceeds the threshold.
A flux comprising: epoxy resin; and long-chain dibasic acid mixture including one or more species of: first long-chain dibasic acid having an alkyl group in a side chain, the first long-chain dibasic acid being added as a hardening agent for hardening the epoxy resin and an activator; and second long-chain dibasic acid having an alkyl group and an alkoxycarbonyl group in a side chain, and having a carbon number of 8 or more in a main chain between the carboxyl groups at opposite terminals, and wherein the content of the epoxy resin is 30 mass% through 40 mass%, content of the long-chain dibasic acid mixture is 20 mass% through 60 mass%, and content of the solvent is set to be 7 % through 37 % and the remainder is set to be hardened castor oil and a hardening accelerator. epoxy resin; and long-chain dibasic acid mixture including one or more species of: first long-chain dibasic acid having an alkyl group in a side chain, the first long-chain dibasic acid being added as a hardening agent for hardening the epoxy resin and an activator; and second long-chain dibasic acid having an alkyl group and an alkoxycarbonyl group in a side chain, and having a carbon number of 8 or more in a main chain between the carboxyl groups at opposite terminals, and wherein the content of the epoxy resin is 30 mass% through 40 mass%, content of the long-chain dibasic acid mixture is 20 mass% through 60 mass%, and content of the solvent is set to be 7 % through 37 % and the remainder is set to be hardened castor oil and a hardening accelerator. first long-chain dibasic acid having an alkyl group in a side chain, the first long-chain dibasic acid being added as a hardening agent for hardening the epoxy resin and an activator; and second long-chain dibasic acid having an alkyl group and an alkoxycarbonyl group in a side chain, and having a carbon number of 8 or more in a main chain between the carboxyl groups at opposite terminals, and wherein the content of the epoxy resin is 30 mass% through 40 mass%, content of the long-chain dibasic acid mixture is 20 mass% through 60 mass%, and content of the solvent is set to be 7 % through 37 % and the remainder is set to be hardened castor oil and a hardening accelerator.
A computer implemented method of designing a dental restoration for a patient, wherein the method comprises: - providing one or more 2D images (201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 610, 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1101) showing the patient's teeth before preparing the teeth, where at least one 2D image comprises at least one facial feature wherein the facial features are present in an image of the patient and/or in a generic image of a person and wherein the facial features comprises one or more imaginary lines of a face adapted to be detected in the 2D image (201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 610, 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1101), such as the midline, the horizontal line, and/or the bi-pupillar line; - providing a 3D virtual model (202, 302, 402, 602, 702, 902, 1002, 1102) of at least part of the patient's oral cavity; - arranging at least one of the one or more 2D images relative to the 3D virtual model in a virtual 3D space such that the 2D image and the 3D virtual model are aligned at least by scaling the 2D image and the 3D model relative to each other, whereby the 3D virtual model and the 2D image are both visualized in the 3D space; and - digitally designing a restoration on the 3D virtual model, where the restoration is designed to fit the facial feature of the at least one 2D image, characterised by arranging the 2D image (201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 610, 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1101) and the 3D virtual model (202, 302, 402, 602, 702, 902, 1002, 1102) in the virtual 3D space as separate representations at a distance between each other so that the 2D image and the 3D virtual model are aligned when viewed from a front viewpoint. - providing one or more 2D images (201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 610, 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1101) showing the patient's teeth before preparing the teeth, where at least one 2D image comprises at least one facial feature wherein the facial features are present in an image of the patient and/or in a generic image of a person and wherein the facial features comprises one or more imaginary lines of a face adapted to be detected in the 2D image (201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 610, 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1101), such as the midline, the horizontal line, and/or the bi-pupillar line; - providing a 3D virtual model (202, 302, 402, 602, 702, 902, 1002, 1102) of at least part of the patient's oral cavity; - arranging at least one of the one or more 2D images relative to the 3D virtual model in a virtual 3D space such that the 2D image and the 3D virtual model are aligned at least by scaling the 2D image and the 3D model relative to each other, whereby the 3D virtual model and the 2D image are both visualized in the 3D space; and - digitally designing a restoration on the 3D virtual model, where the restoration is designed to fit the facial feature of the at least one 2D image,
A detector for an optical detection of at least one object, comprising: - at least one longitudinal optical sensor, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor has at least one sensor region, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor comprises at least one photodiode driven in a photoconductive mode, wherein the sensor region comprises at least one photoconductive material, wherein an electrical conductivity of the photoconductive material in the sensor region, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on the beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal is dependent on the electrical conductivity; and - at least one evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor. - at least one longitudinal optical sensor, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor has at least one sensor region, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor comprises at least one photodiode driven in a photoconductive mode, wherein the sensor region comprises at least one photoconductive material, wherein an electrical conductivity of the photoconductive material in the sensor region, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on the beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal is dependent on the electrical conductivity; and - at least one evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of the longitudinal optical sensor.
A method of automatically selecting a mode of a portable phone, the method comprising: storing a plurality of functions of the phone in a group, wherein each function can be individually set by a user from a plurality of user selectable settings, forming a plurality of groups, each group defining a mode of the phone, allowing the user to select (27, 29) one of the modes via a user interface, to select one of the plurality of groups comprising a plurality of user settable functions, characterised by associating at least one control parameter with at least one mode defined by a group comprising a plurality of user settable functions, and detecting the at least one control parameter and, in response thereto, automatically selecting a group comprising a plurality of user settable functions defining a mode. storing a plurality of functions of the phone in a group, wherein each function can be individually set by a user from a plurality of user selectable settings, forming a plurality of groups, each group defining a mode of the phone, allowing the user to select (27, 29) one of the modes via a user interface, to select one of the plurality of groups comprising a plurality of user settable functions, characterised by associating at least one control parameter with at least one mode defined by a group comprising a plurality of user settable functions, and detecting the at least one control parameter and, in response thereto, automatically selecting a group comprising a plurality of user settable functions defining a mode.
Method for evaluating a pump actuation on a pump dispenser for discharging a fluid, in particular a pharmaceutical fluid, having the following features: a. the method is applied to a pump dispenser which has two sub-units (12, 14), which can be moved manually relative to one another, and has a pump having a pump chamber that can be made smaller by moving the sub-units (12, 14) from an unactuated first end position into an actuated second end position, and b. to detect the actuated second end position, a force with which the sub-units (12, 14) are manually moved towards one another is detected by means of a force sensor (64, 84) during the movement of the sub-units (12, 14) towards one another, and c. the time curve of the detected force is evaluated in such a way that a force increase characteristic of reaching the actuated second end position is identified, and d. depending on whether the force increase characteristic of reaching the actuated second end position has been detected, a signal characteristic of the result is output haptically, acoustically and/or visually and/or is sent via a wireless interface to an external display device by an output device, characterized by the following further features: e. the data detected by the force sensor (64, 84) are stored in a memory in such a way that the time curve of the detected force results from this, and f. the evaluation used to determine whether a force increase characteristic of reaching the actuated second end position has occurred is performed taking the detected time curve into account. a. the method is applied to a pump dispenser which has two sub-units (12, 14), which can be moved manually relative to one another, and has a pump having a pump chamber that can be made smaller by moving the sub-units (12, 14) from an unactuated first end position into an actuated second end position, and b. to detect the actuated second end position, a force with which the sub-units (12, 14) are manually moved towards one another is detected by means of a force sensor (64, 84) during the movement of the sub-units (12, 14) towards one another, and c. the time curve of the detected force is evaluated in such a way that a force increase characteristic of reaching the actuated second end position is identified, and d. depending on whether the force increase characteristic of reaching the actuated second end position has been detected, a signal characteristic of the result is output haptically, acoustically and/or visually and/or is sent via a wireless interface to an external display device by an output device, e. the data detected by the force sensor (64, 84) are stored in a memory in such a way that the time curve of the detected force results from this, and f. the evaluation used to determine whether a force increase characteristic of reaching the actuated second end position has occurred is performed taking the detected time curve into account.
An apparatus for generating a second digital signal having a second sample rate based on a first digital signal having a first sample rate, the first digital signal representing a finite data sequence, comprising: a sample rate converter configured to resample the first digital signal at a second sample time as a sample of the second digital signal, wherein the sample rate converter is configured to modify a time interval between a first sample time of the first digital signal and the second sample time based on a structure of the finite data sequence, wherein the finite data sequence is known, so that the sample of the second digital signal is located at a desired position within the finite data sequence. a sample rate converter configured to resample the first digital signal at a second sample time as a sample of the second digital signal, wherein the sample rate converter is configured to modify a time interval between a first sample time of the first digital signal and the second sample time based on a structure of the finite data sequence, wherein the finite data sequence is known, so that the sample of the second digital signal is located at a desired position within the finite data sequence.
A method performed in a control unit for closing a contactor device, the contactor device being movable between a closed position in which a current is allowed to flow in a current path and an open position in which the current path is broken, the control unit being configured to enable the movement between the closed position and the open position by energizing a coil of an electromagnetic circuit, the method comprising: - applying a voltage over the coil, - determining, during a first period of time, current through the coil and voltage over the coil and estimating based thereon model parameters for a model predicting the behavior of the current through the coil if the contactor device were to stay in an open position, and - measuring, after the ending of the first period of time, current through the coil and determining a difference between, on the one hand the measured current and, on the other hand a predicted current of the model, and repeating the measuring and determining until a state change from open position to closed position is detected by the difference in current. - applying a voltage over the coil, - determining, during a first period of time, current through the coil and voltage over the coil and estimating based thereon model parameters for a model predicting the behavior of the current through the coil if the contactor device were to stay in an open position, and - measuring, after the ending of the first period of time, current through the coil and determining a difference between, on the one hand the measured current and, on the other hand a predicted current of the model, and repeating the measuring and determining until a state change from open position to closed position is detected by the difference in current.