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A readhead for a diagnostic instrument for illuminating a sample carrier and receiving light from the sample carrier, the readhead comprising: a housing adapted to be incorporated in the diagnostic instrument and including an illumination chamber for receiving a sample carrier; an array of reflectance light sources mounted within the housing in a fixed position relative to the illumination chamber, and including a first light-emitting diode for emitting substantially monochromatic light of a first wavelength and a second light- emitting diode for emitting substantially monochromatic light of a second wavelength substantially different from the first wavelength; a light guide mounted in the housing to receive light from each of the light-emitting diodes, for conveying, when only one of the light-emitting diodes is illuminated, substantially all of the light from the one light-emitting diode to the illumination chamber so that the illumination chamber is illuminated substantially uniformly; a light detector coupled to receive light from the illumination chamber; a fluorescence excitation light source positioned in the housing and positioned to direct excitation light of a predetermined wavelength to the illumination chamber; and a light filter positioned between the illumination chamber and the light detector and adapted to prevent passage therethrough of the excitation light from the fluorescence excitation light source but allow passage of emissive light from a sample carrier in the illumination chamber having a wavelength different from the predetermined wavelength of the excitation light, wherein the fluorescence excitation light source comprises an ultraviolet light source positioned in an ultraviolet light source chamber within the housing, the ultraviolet light source chamber having an opening for directing light from the ultraviolet light source into the illumination chamber, wherein the interior of the ultraviolet light source chamber is lined with metal foil.
A multifocal ophthalmic lens comprising an optical substrate comprising a first surface having a first filtering zone associated with a far vision portion of the ophthalmic lens and provided with first selective interferential filtering means for selectively inhibiting transmission of incident light based on the wavelength spectrum of the incident light, the first selective interferential filtering means being configured to inhibit, at a first rate of rejection, transmission of a first selected range of wavelengths of incident light, incident on the first filtering zone within a first selected range of angles of incidence, wherein the first selected range of angles of incidence is determined based on at least one main light of sight of a user and two peripheral angles of incidence, wherein the first surface further comprises a second filtering zone associated with a near vision portion of the ophthalmic lens, the second filtering zone being provided with second selective interferential filtering means configured to inhibit, at a respective further rate of rejection transmission of a respective selected range of wavelengths of incident light, incident on the second filtering zone within a respective second selected range of angles of incidence, wherein the first surface further comprises a further zone linking the first filtering zone and the second filtering zone, wherein the second selected range of angles of incidence is configured to be different to the first selected range of angles of incidence, wherein the second selected range of wavelengths is substantially the same as the first selected range of wavelengths. the first selective interferential filtering means being configured to inhibit, at a first rate of rejection, transmission of a first selected range of wavelengths of incident light, incident on the first filtering zone within a first selected range of angles of incidence, wherein the first selected range of angles of incidence is determined based on at least one main light of sight of a user and two peripheral angles of incidence, wherein the first surface further comprises a second filtering zone associated with a near vision portion of the ophthalmic lens, the second filtering zone being provided with second selective interferential filtering means configured to inhibit, at a respective further rate of rejection transmission of a respective selected range of wavelengths of incident light, incident on the second filtering zone within a respective second selected range of angles of incidence, wherein the first surface further comprises a further zone linking the first filtering zone and the second filtering zone, wherein the second selected range of angles of incidence is configured to be different to the first selected range of angles of incidence, wherein the second selected range of wavelengths is substantially the same as the first selected range of wavelengths.
A kind of shoes for magnetotherapy, wherein said shoes comprising soles (11, 21, 31, 41), front uppers (12, 22, 32, 42) and/or rear-side uppers (13, 23), are selected from non-padded shoes, padded shoes, sandals, slippers and all kinds of shoes, wherein there are at least two grooves (14, 24, 34) on each of said soles (11, 21, 31, 41) and one magnetic bead (15, 25, 35)is placed in each of said grooves (14, 24, 34); characterized in that, at least two shallow grooves (221, 411) are formed in the place of contact of soles (11, 21, 31, 41) and foot, wherein either one soft or hard magnet or a pair of soft or hard magnets arranged in parallel are stuck into each of the shallow grooves (221, 441); a layer of liner covers on top of the shallow grooves (221, 411); at least two soft or hard magnets or a pair of soft or hard magnets arranged in parallel are placed between the vamp and the inner of both front uppers (12, 22, 32, 42) and rear-side uppers (13, 23) of said shoes; said soft or hard magnets are stuck with glue or are fixed with thread being sewn around them, wherein said magnetic bead (15, 25, 35) rolls freely in each of said grooves (14, 24, 34) when the wearer walks,
Guiding barrel for a cutting tool such as a drill, having a rear end, provided with a conical outer surface to be press-fitted in a barrel support of a drilling machine, comprising: - a main body having a front end and the rear end provided with the conical outer surface, and - an insert for guiding the cutting tool, characterised in that the insert is designed to be screwed to the front end of the main body and in that the main body has an outer shoulder oriented frontwards, intended to bear against a grille. - a main body having a front end and the rear end provided with the conical outer surface, and - an insert for guiding the cutting tool,
Roll-up shutter (100; 101) configured to be rolled-up around a support roller from an extended configuration of maximum obstruction, to a rolled-up configuration of minimum obstruction, comprising: - a plurality of tiltable slats; - lateral supporting means, configured to support said plurality of slats; - rotatable connecting means, positioned or positionable at one end of a slat of said plurality of slats to rotatably connect said slat to said lateral supporting means; - constraining means, configured to constrain each other adjacent slats of said plurality of slats such as to allow a simultaneous orientation of said plurality of slats at an extended configuration of said shutter, said orientation taking place between closing and opening configurations of said slats, and comprising a rotation of a slat around a main rotation axis (A-A), wherein said main rotation axis (A-A) is decentralized with respect to the barycentric longitudinal extension axis (B-B) of the slat, characterized in that said constraining means comprises a rod element rotatably connected, at each end, to an upper edge of slats adjacent between each other, said main rotation axis (A-A) of said slat being positioned in a portion comprised between said barycentric longitudinal extension axis (B-B) and a lower edge of the slat. - a plurality of tiltable slats; - lateral supporting means, configured to support said plurality of slats; - rotatable connecting means, positioned or positionable at one end of a slat of said plurality of slats to rotatably connect said slat to said lateral supporting means; - constraining means, configured to constrain each other adjacent slats of said plurality of slats such as to allow a simultaneous orientation of said plurality of slats at an extended configuration of said shutter, said orientation taking place between closing and opening configurations of said slats, and comprising a rotation of a slat around a main rotation axis (A-A), wherein said main rotation axis (A-A) is decentralized with respect to the barycentric longitudinal extension axis (B-B) of the slat,
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a memory cell of a nonvolatile memory, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface including a first region and a second region; (b) forming a first gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate in the first region with a first insulating film including a charge storage film in between, and forming a second gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate in the second region with a second insulating film in between; (c) forming a hydrogen-containing insulating film over the semiconductor substrate in the first region, the hydrogen-containing insulating film covering the first insulating film and the first gate electrode and exposing the second region; (d) after the step (c), performing heat treatment on the semiconductor substrate; (e) after the step (d), removing the hydrogen-containing insulating film; and (f) forming first source/drain regions over main surfaces of portions of the semiconductor substrate, the portions being located on both sides of the first gate electrode, and forming second source/drain regions over main surfaces of portions of the semiconductor substrate, the portions being located on both sides of the second gate electrode, wherein the first source/drain regions, the first insulating film, and the first gate electrode configure the memory cell, and wherein the second source/drain regions, the second insulating film, and the second gate electrode configure a field effect transistor. (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface including a first region and a second region; (b) forming a first gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate in the first region with a first insulating film including a charge storage film in between, and forming a second gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate in the second region with a second insulating film in between; (c) forming a hydrogen-containing insulating film over the semiconductor substrate in the first region, the hydrogen-containing insulating film covering the first insulating film and the first gate electrode and exposing the second region; (d) after the step (c), performing heat treatment on the semiconductor substrate; (e) after the step (d), removing the hydrogen-containing insulating film; and (f) forming first source/drain regions over main surfaces of portions of the semiconductor substrate, the portions being located on both sides of the first gate electrode, and forming second source/drain regions over main surfaces of portions of the semiconductor substrate, the portions being located on both sides of the second gate electrode,
A transparent fiber-matrix composite, comprising reinforcing fibers made of an amorphous material and a matrix material made of an amorphous polymer, the matrix material including said reinforcing fibers, wherein the matrix material has a silicon content of less than 2 % by weight, and the transparent fiber-matrix composite has a normalized transmission, determined at 589 nm and 20°C, of at least 60%, and a fiber content of 25 to 60% by volume, preferably at least 40% by volume and more preferably of 45-55% by volume or 55-60% by volume, wherein the amorphous polymer is formed from two or more monomers selected from styrene, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, N -vinylpyrrolidone, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, glycidyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, methacrylic acid, methacrylamide, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, isopropenyl acetate and vinyl propionate, wherein the amorphous polymer is a copolymer, terpolymer or quaterpolymer, the composition of which is adjusted via the ratio of the monomers of aromatic vinyl monomers and a vinyl or acrylic monomer in such a way that the matrix material and the reinforcing fibers have matching refractive indices which differ by 0.02 at most.
Method for transferring a winding mandrel, in particular with vertical alignment and preferably mounted exclusively in the vicinity of its top end, of a film, preferably of a wound stretch film, wound onto an unpacking device, wherein the film wound onto the winding mandrel, on reaching the transfer position of the winding mandrel, is drawn off by at least one transfer device from the winding mandrel, and is guided to a disposal region.
A recumbent cycle device (100, 200) that includes a frame, a recumbent seat, a front wheel, a front fork component, a pedal crank assembly, a transmission and at least one rear wheel (128, 130); wherein the recumbent cycle device (100, 200) operates manually through the pedal crank assembly and the transmission directly powering motion of the front wheel alone; wherein the transmission comprises a fixed transmission assembly component and a subsequent moveable transmission assembly component; and wherein the fixed transmission assembly component is attached to the frame so as to remain in position relative to the frame and the movable transmission assembly component is incorporated in the front fork component so as to be moveable with a steering input; characterised in that: the fixed transmission assembly component exhibits torque reduction and the subsequent moveable transmission assembly component exhibits torque multiplication such that operation of the pedal crank assembly does not generate any appreciable torque interference with the steering of the recumbent cycle device (100, 200).
A coordinate positioning apparatus comprising: a base (12, 82); a structure (14, 84); six or more struts (22-32, 42-52, 70-80, 86a-f, 96-106) joining the base and the structure; a plurality of joints (34,36, 38,40, 54,56, 62,64, 66,68, 92,94) located at the base and structure for joining the struts to the base and structure; a working volume for receiving a part, defined by the base, structure and struts; a support member (16, 88) on the structure, for mounting thereon a module (20, 90) operating on the part; and at least one access region for the part into the working volume, the at least one access region being formed between two adjacent struts, the area of the access region being defined by two struts (22, 32), and a straight line between connection points of the struts to the base and a straight line between connection points of the struts to the structure, wherein the area of the at least one access region is greater than the area between another set of adjacent struts; characterised in that the geometric configuration of the joints in one of the base and structure is a triangle. a base (12, 82); a structure (14, 84); six or more struts (22-32, 42-52, 70-80, 86a-f, 96-106) joining the base and the structure; a plurality of joints (34,36, 38,40, 54,56, 62,64, 66,68, 92,94) located at the base and structure for joining the struts to the base and structure; a working volume for receiving a part, defined by the base, structure and struts; a support member (16, 88) on the structure, for mounting thereon a module (20, 90) operating on the part; and at least one access region for the part into the working volume, the at least one access region being formed between two adjacent struts, the area of the access region being defined by two struts (22, 32), and a straight line between connection points of the struts to the base and a straight line between connection points of the struts to the structure, wherein the area of the at least one access region is greater than the area between another set of adjacent struts; characterised in that the geometric configuration of the joints in one of the base and structure is a triangle.
Apparatus for stenting comprising: a stent (1, 32) having proximal and distal ends, and a lumen extending therebetween; and a material attached with adhesive to at least a portion of the stent along discrete points, circumferential bands, longitudinal seams, or helical seams, the material comprising pores dimensioned for enabling endothelial cell ingrowths while preventing passage of emboli larger than a predetermined size, wherein the material comprises pores along its entire length, the pores are created through the material with diameters larger than about 30 μm and smaller than about 100 μm. a stent (1, 32) having proximal and distal ends, and a lumen extending therebetween; and a material attached with adhesive to at least a portion of the stent along discrete points, circumferential bands, longitudinal seams, or helical seams, the material comprising pores dimensioned for enabling endothelial cell ingrowths while preventing passage of emboli larger than a predetermined size, wherein the material comprises pores along its entire length, the pores are created through the material with diameters larger than about 30 μm and smaller than about 100 μm.
Magnetic separation device for separating magnetic particles from a suspension with a magnetically soft tip extending along a tip axis, whose magnetization state is selectively modifiable between a stronger magnetized state and a weaker magnetized state, where the tip exhibits an immersion end for insertion into the suspension and a magnetization section for modifying the magnetization state of the tip, where the separation device exhibits a motion drive and a magnet arrangement connected with same in motion-transmitting connection, which comprises at least one permanent magnet or is formed from at least one permanent magnet and which by means of the motion drive is advanceable towards the magnetization section and retractable away from it, such that the magnetic field of the magnet arrangement in the magnetization section of the tip can be varied temporally for modifying the magnetization state of the tip, wherein the magnetically soft tip is rotatable about the tip axis, where the motion drive is coupled in a motion-transmitting manner with the magnet arrangement in order to actuate it to its advancing motion towards the magnetization section and to its retracting motion away from it, and is also coupled in a motion-transmitting manner with the magnetically soft tip in order to actuate it to rotate about the tip axis.
A system comprising: a digital pen comprising: a barrel; a camera mounted along a length of the barrel; and a first set of magnetic members (116a-b); and a computing device comprising: a second set of magnetic members (126a-b); to magnetically couple with the first set of magnetic members of the digital pen, wherein when the first and second sets of magnetic members are to magnetically couple with each other, the camera is to activate for use with the computing device for videoconferencing. a digital pen comprising: a barrel; a camera mounted along a length of the barrel; and a first set of magnetic members (116a-b); and a barrel; a camera mounted along a length of the barrel; and a first set of magnetic members (116a-b); and a computing device comprising: a second set of magnetic members (126a-b); to magnetically couple with the first set of magnetic members of the digital pen, wherein when the first and second sets of magnetic members are to magnetically couple with each other, the camera is to activate for use with the computing device for videoconferencing.
A component for use in a gas turbine engine comprising: an airfoil portion having a trailing edge; and means for maximizing thermal performance of said component by reducing a relative diffusion angle between an injected coolant flow and a streamline direction of a fluid passing over said airfoil portion, characterised in that said maximizing means comprises a non-linear array of teardrop shaped assemblies positioned adjacent said trailing edge and said teardrop shaped assemblies form a plurality of injection slots for injecting a fan shaped coolant flow into said fluid passing over said airfoil portion, the component further comprising a coolant passageway having a plurality of coolant outlets formed by a plurality of spaced apart ribs (52, 54), and wherein each said teardrop shaped assembly has a central longitudinal axis and wherein said central longitudinal axis is aligned with an axis of a respective coolant outlet formed by two of said spaced apart ribs (52, 54), the component further comprising a pedestal array intermediate said coolant passageway and said trailing edge, and said pedestal array having a spanwise variable density, said pedestal array comprises a plurality of pedestals defining a plurality of fluid passageways which extend between said coolant outlets and said injection slots formed by said teardrop shaped assemblies, and in that each of said fluid passageways formed by said pedestal array is substantially aligned with a coolant injection slot formed by adjacent ones of said teardrop assemblies. an airfoil portion having a trailing edge; and means for maximizing thermal performance of said component by reducing a relative diffusion angle between an injected coolant flow and a streamline direction of a fluid passing over said airfoil portion, characterised in that said maximizing means comprises a non-linear array of teardrop shaped assemblies positioned adjacent said trailing edge and said teardrop shaped assemblies form a plurality of injection slots for injecting a fan shaped coolant flow into said fluid passing over said airfoil portion, the component further comprising a coolant passageway having a plurality of coolant outlets formed by a plurality of spaced apart ribs (52, 54), and wherein each said teardrop shaped assembly has a central longitudinal axis and wherein said central longitudinal axis is aligned with an axis of a respective coolant outlet formed by two of said spaced apart ribs (52, 54), the component further comprising a pedestal array intermediate said coolant passageway and said trailing edge, and said pedestal array having a spanwise variable density, said pedestal array comprises a plurality of pedestals defining a plurality of fluid passageways which extend between said coolant outlets and said injection slots formed by said teardrop shaped assemblies, and in that each of said fluid passageways formed by said pedestal array is substantially aligned with a coolant injection slot formed by adjacent ones of said teardrop assemblies.