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An orthopaedic reamer for preparing a patient's bone, the orthopaedic reamer comprising: a shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis; and a cutting head coupled to the shaft to transmit rotation of the shaft about the longitudinal axis to the cutting head, the cutting head comprising: an oblong body having a peripheral wall that defines an outer perimeter of the cutting head, a length of the oblong body exceeding a width of the oblong body, wherein the length and the width are measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a first blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body; and a second blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body in a direction transverse to the first blade; characterized in that the oblong body is one of oval and elliptical in shape. a shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis; and a cutting head coupled to the shaft to transmit rotation of the shaft about the longitudinal axis to the cutting head, the cutting head comprising: an oblong body having a peripheral wall that defines an outer perimeter of the cutting head, a length of the oblong body exceeding a width of the oblong body, wherein the length and the width are measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a first blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body; and a second blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body in a direction transverse to the first blade; an oblong body having a peripheral wall that defines an outer perimeter of the cutting head, a length of the oblong body exceeding a width of the oblong body, wherein the length and the width are measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a first blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body; and a second blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body in a direction transverse to the first blade; characterized in that the oblong body is one of oval and elliptical in shape.
A method for detecting a non-superconducting transition of a superconducting wire comprising a substrate, a superconducting layer that has a critical temperature of 77 K or more, and a metal stabilization layer, the method comprising the following steps in the following order: adhesively attaching an optical fiber in which a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings are formed in a core along a longitudinal direction thereof to the superconducting wire; concentrically winding the superconducting wire adhesively attached with the optical fiber in which the fiber Bragg gratings are formed; fixing the wound superconducting wire in a coil shape; measuring in advance a Bragg wavelength shift of the fiber Bragg gratings with respect to a temperature variation of the superconducting wire, and determining a relational expression based on the Bragg wavelength shift for a temperature calculation of the superconducting wire; determining temperature variations of the plurality of fiber Bragg gratings before and after the non-superconducting transition of the superconducting wire using the relational expression; and calculating a propagation rate of the non-superconducting transition based on both a time difference of temperature increases of the plurality of fiber Bragg gratings, and an interval between each of the fiber Bragg gratings. adhesively attaching an optical fiber in which a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings are formed in a core along a longitudinal direction thereof to the superconducting wire; concentrically winding the superconducting wire adhesively attached with the optical fiber in which the fiber Bragg gratings are formed; fixing the wound superconducting wire in a coil shape; measuring in advance a Bragg wavelength shift of the fiber Bragg gratings with respect to a temperature variation of the superconducting wire, and determining a relational expression based on the Bragg wavelength shift for a temperature calculation of the superconducting wire; determining temperature variations of the plurality of fiber Bragg gratings before and after the non-superconducting transition of the superconducting wire using the relational expression; and calculating a propagation rate of the non-superconducting transition based on both a time difference of temperature increases of the plurality of fiber Bragg gratings, and an interval between each of the fiber Bragg gratings.
A flow restrictor suitable for inclusion in an aspiration flow of an ocular surgical device, comprising: a conical valve head (12; 302) suitable for insertion into a valve stage, wherein, upon the insertion, the conical valve head (12; 302) at least substantially impedes the aspiration flow; characterized in that it comprises: a flexible spider membrane (14; 310) having a plurality of valve passages that open and close with a flexation of the flexible spider membrane (14; 310), wherein the flexible spider membrane is connective with the conical valve head (12; 302) and forces the insertion of the conical valve head into the valve stage proportionally to the aspiration flow; a circular receiving plate for receiving the aspiration flow, wherein the circular receiving plate imparts the proportional insertion to the flexible spider membrane; and a plurality of ribs (202; 304), integral to at least one of the conical valve head (12; 302) and the valve stage, that provides a minimum for the aspiration flow when the insertion is full. a conical valve head (12; 302) suitable for insertion into a valve stage, wherein, upon the insertion, the conical valve head (12; 302) at least substantially impedes the aspiration flow; characterized in that it comprises: a flexible spider membrane (14; 310) having a plurality of valve passages that open and close with a flexation of the flexible spider membrane (14; 310), wherein the flexible spider membrane is connective with the conical valve head (12; 302) and forces the insertion of the conical valve head into the valve stage proportionally to the aspiration flow; a circular receiving plate for receiving the aspiration flow, wherein the circular receiving plate imparts the proportional insertion to the flexible spider membrane; and a plurality of ribs (202; 304), integral to at least one of the conical valve head (12; 302) and the valve stage, that provides a minimum for the aspiration flow when the insertion is full. a flexible spider membrane (14; 310) having a plurality of valve passages that open and close with a flexation of the flexible spider membrane (14; 310), wherein the flexible spider membrane is connective with the conical valve head (12; 302) and forces the insertion of the conical valve head into the valve stage proportionally to the aspiration flow; a circular receiving plate for receiving the aspiration flow, wherein the circular receiving plate imparts the proportional insertion to the flexible spider membrane; and a plurality of ribs (202; 304), integral to at least one of the conical valve head (12; 302) and the valve stage, that provides a minimum for the aspiration flow when the insertion is full.
An ultrasonic probe comprising: a case in which an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving device is accommodated; a lens provided at one end of the case; and an indicator attached to an outer surface of the case and including a reacting part configured to react with a certain chemical component characterized in that: the indicator further includes an information provider configured to provide information of a name or a concentration of the certain chemical component with which the reacting part reacts. a case in which an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving device is accommodated; a lens provided at one end of the case; and an indicator attached to an outer surface of the case and including a reacting part configured to react with a certain chemical component characterized in that: the indicator further includes an information provider configured to provide information of a name or a concentration of the certain chemical component with which the reacting part reacts.
A heat transfer device, comprising: a body defining a fluid inlet and fluid outlet; and a plurality of channels defined within the body in fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, characterised in that the channels are interlaced and fluidly isolated from one another between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. a body defining a fluid inlet and fluid outlet; and a plurality of channels defined within the body in fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, characterised in that the channels are interlaced and fluidly isolated from one another between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet.
A method for continuously monitoring of quality and moisture parameters of a liquid, comprising: (a) measuring a relative water saturation (rS 1) of the liquid at a first thermodynamic temperature (T 1), (b) measuring the relative water saturation (rS 2) at a second thermodynamic temperature (T 2), provided that absolute water content ( w 1) at the first thermodynamic temperature (T 1) and absolute water content ( w 2) at the second thermodynamic temperature (T 2) are essentially equal; characterized in that the method further comprises a step of (c) determining the absolute water content of the liquid (w) according to the formula: w = rS × exp A − B T 100, where rS is relative water saturation of the liquid at temperature T, wherein the water in liquid solubility coefficient A is determined according to the formula A = αB + β, where α and β are constants known or experimentally obtained for the liquid, and the water in liquid solubility coefficient B is determined as the function of said relative water saturation of the liquid at the first thermodynamic temperature, the relative water saturation of the liquid at the second thermodynamic temperature, and the respective thermodynamic temperatures. (a) measuring a relative water saturation (rS 1) of the liquid at a first thermodynamic temperature (T 1), (b) measuring the relative water saturation (rS 2) at a second thermodynamic temperature (T 2), provided that absolute water content ( w 1) at the first thermodynamic temperature (T 1) and absolute water content ( w 2) at the second thermodynamic temperature (T 2) are essentially equal; characterized in that the method further comprises a step of (c) determining the absolute water content of the liquid (w) according to the formula: w = rS × exp A − B T 100, where rS is relative water saturation of the liquid at temperature T, wherein the water in liquid solubility coefficient A is determined according to the formula A = αB + β, where α and β are constants known or experimentally obtained for the liquid, and the water in liquid solubility coefficient B is determined as the function of said relative water saturation of the liquid at the first thermodynamic temperature, the relative water saturation of the liquid at the second thermodynamic temperature, and the respective thermodynamic temperatures. where rS is relative water saturation of the liquid at temperature T, wherein the water in liquid solubility coefficient A is determined according to the formula A = αB + β, where α and β are constants known or experimentally obtained for the liquid, and the water in liquid solubility coefficient B is determined as the function of said relative water saturation of the liquid at the first thermodynamic temperature, the relative water saturation of the liquid at the second thermodynamic temperature, and the respective thermodynamic temperatures.
An electrical impedance cell counting and/or sizing apparatus for counting and/or sizing and characterizing particles suspended in a liquid, comprising: - a housing with a mixing chamber and a collection chamber separated by a polymer membrane containing an orifice with an orifice diameter for passage of the particles between the mixing chamber and the collection chamber for impedance determination of the particles, wherein the orifice diameter is in the range from 10 μm to 1000 μm; - a bore in the outer surface of the housing for entrance of the liquid sample, communicating with - a sampling member positioned in the housing for sampling the liquid sample and having a cavity for receiving and holding the liquid sample, the member being movably positioned in relation to the housing in such a way that, in a first position, the cavity is in communication with the bore for entrance of the liquid sample into the cavity, and, in a second position, the cavity is in communication with the mixing chamber for discharge of the liquid sample into the mixing chamber. - a housing with a mixing chamber and a collection chamber separated by a polymer membrane containing an orifice with an orifice diameter for passage of the particles between the mixing chamber and the collection chamber for impedance determination of the particles, wherein the orifice diameter is in the range from 10 μm to 1000 μm; - a bore in the outer surface of the housing for entrance of the liquid sample, communicating with - a sampling member positioned in the housing for sampling the liquid sample and having a cavity for receiving and holding the liquid sample, the member being movably positioned in relation to the housing in such a way that, in a first position, the cavity is in communication with the bore for entrance of the liquid sample into the cavity, and, in a second position, the cavity is in communication with the mixing chamber for discharge of the liquid sample into the mixing chamber.
A dual-threaded screw structure having two kinds of threads formed on a shank, the two kinds of threads comprising: a first thread consisting of one thread or more threads of a kind selected from a metric thread, a Whitworth thread, a unified thread, a trapezoidal thread, a pipe thread, a round thread, a ball thread and an angular thread, and a second thread having a lead larger than the first thread; wherein a root diameter of the second thread is larger than an effective diameter (d) of the first thread and smaller than an outer diameter of the first thread. a first thread consisting of one thread or more threads of a kind selected from a metric thread, a Whitworth thread, a unified thread, a trapezoidal thread, a pipe thread, a round thread, a ball thread and an angular thread, and a second thread having a lead larger than the first thread; wherein a root diameter of the second thread is larger than an effective diameter (d) of the first thread and smaller than an outer diameter of the first thread.
Anchoring element (1; 30) for making ground containment and consolidation structures, comprising: - a tubular bar with mainly longitudinal development inserted in said ground in which it is constrained through a cement mix; - one or more cables arranged inside said bar and constrained through the cement mix present inside said bar; - a fixing unit suited to fix said anchoring element (1; 30) to the ground, characterized in that said fixing unit is connected to the ends (5a, 2a) of said one or more cables and of said bar projecting from said ground. - a tubular bar with mainly longitudinal development inserted in said ground in which it is constrained through a cement mix; - one or more cables arranged inside said bar and constrained through the cement mix present inside said bar; - a fixing unit suited to fix said anchoring element (1; 30) to the ground,
A method of determining a topology of a computation system by a node (110, 111, 112), wherein the computation system is a network of nodes (110, 111, 112), and multiple nodes of the network are capable of being a grandmaster clock source, the method comprising the steps of: starting a best clock selection process, announcing clock information, if the node is not acting grand master then receiving messages announcing clock information from other nodes of the network, and extracting topology information from the messages, or else if the node is acting grandmaster then retiring from the position of grandmaster, and repeating the best clock selection process steps until no node of the network becomes acting grandmaster. computation system is a network of nodes (110, 111, 112), and multiple nodes of the network are capable of being a grandmaster clock source, the method comprising the steps of: starting a best clock selection process, announcing clock information, if the node is not acting grand master then receiving messages announcing clock information from other nodes of the network, and extracting topology information from the messages, or else if the node is acting grandmaster then retiring from the position of grandmaster, and repeating the best clock selection process steps until no node of the network becomes acting grandmaster. starting a best clock selection process, announcing clock information, if the node is not acting grand master then receiving messages announcing clock information from other nodes of the network, and extracting topology information from the messages, or else if the node is acting grandmaster then retiring from the position of grandmaster, and repeating the best clock selection process steps until no node of the network becomes acting grandmaster.
A method of processing a mixture comprising at least two polysaccharides, and no more than 5% w/w of oil, and no more than 1% w/w of protein, wherein one of the polysaccharides is β-glucan, and wherein at least one polysaccharide is not β-glucan, wherein said method comprises: (a) subjecting said mixture to at least one enzymatic treatment for a time period of between 1 and 2 hours, said enzymatic treatment comprising treatment with one or more of an alpha-amylase and an amyloglucosidase and wherein said enzymatic treatment degrades at least a portion of at least one polysaccharide which is not β-glucan so that at least 92% of the polysaccharide which is not β-glucan is degraded to a degree of polymerization of 6DP or less than 5DP; and (b) filtering the enzymatically treated mixture, and wherein, prior to said enzymatic treatment, pH of said mixture is reduced to between 1.4 and 2.0 and said mixture is heated to at least 135°C and wherein prior to filtration, said mixture is allowed to cool. (a) subjecting said mixture to at least one enzymatic treatment for a time period of between 1 and 2 hours, said enzymatic treatment comprising treatment with one or more of an alpha-amylase and an amyloglucosidase and wherein said enzymatic treatment degrades at least a portion of at least one polysaccharide which is not β-glucan so that at least 92% of the polysaccharide which is not β-glucan is degraded to a degree of polymerization of 6DP or less than 5DP; and (b) filtering the enzymatically treated mixture, and
Process for the production and filling of an administration packaging for a liquid pharmaceutical product, having the process steps: - heating a deep-drawing film composed of thermoplastic plastics materials that are laminated to one another, in order to plasticise the deep-drawing film at least in sub-regions, - deep-drawing plasticised regions of the deep-drawing film into a moulding tool to form a chamber for the liquid pharmaceutical product and a cannula-like administration channel opening into that chamber, the chamber and the administration channel being completely surrounded by a non-deep-drawn, substantially flat connection region of the deep-drawing film, - introducing the liquid pharmaceutical product into the chamber of the deep-drawn deep-drawing film, - covering the deep-drawn and filled deep-drawing film with a substantially flat cover film in order to close the chamber and the administration channel, - fixing the cover film to the connection region of the deep-drawing film surrounding the chamber and the administration channel, characterised in that during the deep-drawing, the deep-drawing film is pressed into the moulding tool with a moulding die, at least in a sub-region of the administration channel, this being effected in a thermally plasticised state such that on so doing the deep-drawing film is calibrated between the moulding die and the moulding tool in order to ensure the dimensional accuracy of the administration channel of the administration packaging produced. - heating a deep-drawing film composed of thermoplastic plastics materials that are laminated to one another, in order to plasticise the deep-drawing film at least in sub-regions, - deep-drawing plasticised regions of the deep-drawing film into a moulding tool to form a chamber for the liquid pharmaceutical product and a cannula-like administration channel opening into that chamber, the chamber and the administration channel being completely surrounded by a non-deep-drawn, substantially flat connection region of the deep-drawing film, - introducing the liquid pharmaceutical product into the chamber of the deep-drawn deep-drawing film, - covering the deep-drawn and filled deep-drawing film with a substantially flat cover film in order to close the chamber and the administration channel, - fixing the cover film to the connection region of the deep-drawing film surrounding the chamber and the administration channel,
Device for adjusting an electrode of a metallurgical furnace, comprising an upper, first clamping ring and a lower, second clamping ring, wherein the clamping rings (4, 6) are connected together by stroke cylinders and are adjustable in their mutual spacing through a compensating stroke (a) by actuation of the stroke cylinders, and wherein the clamping rings (4, 6) for holding the electrode are tightenable around this and for a relative movement of the electrode with respect to the clamping rings (4, 6) are releasable from this, and a control device for activating the stroke cylinders and the clamping rings (4, 6), characterised in that at least one of the two clamping rings (4, 6) is permanently without current, wherein the respective other one of the two clamping rings (6, 4) has at least one contact jaw by means of which a constant current transfer to the electrode is provided.
A gas turbine engine comprising: a first spool having a first turbine connected to a first compressor through a first rotatable shaft; a second spool having a second turbine connected to a second compressor through a second rotatable shaft; a first gearbox having a power input port coupled to each of the first and second shafts (38, 36) and a power output port connected to at least one output shaft, wherein the rotational speed of the at least one output shaft is lower than the rotational speed of each of the first and second shafts (38, 36); and further comprising: a third spool having a third turbine connected to a third compressor through a third rotatable shaft. a first spool having a first turbine connected to a first compressor through a first rotatable shaft; a second spool having a second turbine connected to a second compressor through a second rotatable shaft; a first gearbox having a power input port coupled to each of the first and second shafts (38, 36) and a power output port connected to at least one output shaft, wherein the rotational speed of the at least one output shaft is lower than the rotational speed of each of the first and second shafts (38, 36); and further comprising: a third spool having a third turbine connected to a third compressor through a third rotatable shaft.