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An electrosurgical device, comprising: (a) a body; (b) an end effector comprising: (i) a first jaw, and (ii) a second jaw, wherein the first jaw is movable toward the second jaw to clamp tissue between the first and second jaw, wherein at least one of the jaws comprises at least one electrode, wherein the at least one electrode is operable to deliver RF energy to tissue clamped between the first and second jaw; (c) a cutting member operable to cut tissue clamped between the first jaw and the second jaw; and (d) a shaft extending between the body and the end effector, wherein the shaft defines a longitudinal axis, wherein the shaft includes an articulation section, wherein the articulation section is operable to selectively position the end effector at non-parallel positions relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the body includes a controller comprising a knob configured to selectively actuate the articulation section, characterised in that the knob is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft along a plane that is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. (a) a body; (b) an end effector comprising: (i) a first jaw, and (ii) a second jaw, wherein the first jaw is movable toward the second jaw to clamp tissue between the first and second jaw, wherein at least one of the jaws comprises at least one electrode, wherein the at least one electrode is operable to deliver RF energy to tissue clamped between the first and second jaw; (i) a first jaw, and (ii) a second jaw, (c) a cutting member operable to cut tissue clamped between the first jaw and the second jaw; and (d) a shaft extending between the body and the end effector, wherein the shaft defines a longitudinal axis, wherein the shaft includes an articulation section, wherein the articulation section is operable to selectively position the end effector at non-parallel positions relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the body includes a controller comprising a knob configured to selectively actuate the articulation section, characterised in that the knob is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft along a plane that is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the shaft.
A composition comprising nanoparticles comprising paclitaxel and an albumin for use in a method of treating metastatic or locally advanced pancreatic cancer in an individual in need thereof, wherein the method comprises administering the composition with gemcitabine, and wherein the individual is selected for treatment based on (i) having pancreatic cancer in the primary location in the head of the pancreas, and/or (ii) having serum CA19-9 level that is ≥ 59 x ULN (Upper Limit of Normal).
A smoking article comprising a tobacco rod and a filter connected to the tobacco rod, the filter comprising a flow restrictor; the smoking article further comprising a ventilation zone at a location along the filter downstream of the flow restrictor; wherein the diameter of the tobacco rod is from 5 mm to 8.5 mm, the tobacco packing density within the tobacco rod is from 180 mg/cubic centimetre to 280 mg/cubic centimetre, the length of the tobacco rod is from 15 mm to 45 mm; wherein the tobacco rod is circumscribed by a wrapper having an air permeability of less than 20 Coresta units; and wherein the wrapper is made of a transparent regenerated cellulose film, or cellophane.
An observation tower comprising: a substantially upright support member; and an observation enclosure moveable up and down said support member; wherein the observation enclosure projects radially outwardly from and substantially normal to said support member, the enclosure being annular and having a toroid profile, the observation tower being characterized in that the enclosure presents a tapering aerodynamic exterior profile around its circumference, the enclosure further being sized to allow 70-100 people to walk around there-within such that they are able to have a 360 degree panoramic walk-around experience, the tower further comprising damping apparatus for damping undesirable vibrations of the tower. a substantially upright support member; and an observation enclosure moveable up and down said support member; wherein the observation enclosure projects radially outwardly from and substantially normal to said support member, the enclosure being annular and having a toroid profile, the observation tower being characterized in that the enclosure presents a tapering aerodynamic exterior profile around its circumference, the enclosure further being sized to allow 70-100 people to walk around there-within such that they are able to have a 360 degree panoramic walk-around experience, the tower further comprising damping apparatus for damping undesirable vibrations of the tower.
A removable kitchen designed for concealed installation in a service compartment formed on board a recreational vehicle, such as a motor caravan or a pleasure boat, said kitchen comprising: - a support element for supporting a hob with a plurality of burners and a sink having a faucet; - connection means for connection to respective sources for said burners and said faucet; - guide means for said element to be slidingly extractable from the service compartment of the vehicle; characterized in that it comprises junction means for quick coupling/uncoupling of said support element to/from said guide means,, as well as coupling means for removably connecting a plurality of telescopic legs with said support element and allowing the kitchen to be used when resting on the ground independently of the vehicle, said support element having substantially vertical side walls joined together by corner pieces, each of said corner pieces having a lower end equipped with said coupling means for connection to the upper end of a respective telescopic leg. - a support element for supporting a hob with a plurality of burners and a sink having a faucet; - connection means for connection to respective sources for said burners and said faucet; - guide means for said element to be slidingly extractable from the service compartment of the vehicle;
A method of operating an authentication system, the authentication system comprising a server and a client, the method comprising: at the server: receiving an authorisation request comprising a first password from the client; accessing an expiry date for the first password; ascertaining whether the first password has expired; transmitting a response to the client, the response comprising the expiry date regardless whether the password has expired or not, so as to allow the client to modify a password procedure with which a user is prompted for credentials; in response to determining that the first password has expired, triggering a new password procedure at the client; at the client: based on determining that the password has expired or will expire within a configurable number of days' time, modifying the password procedure with which the user is prompted for credentials to provide a modified password procedure, the modified password procedure based on the response; and providing a second password as a replacement of the first password to the server using the modified password procedure. at the server: receiving an authorisation request comprising a first password from the client; accessing an expiry date for the first password; ascertaining whether the first password has expired; transmitting a response to the client, the response comprising the expiry date regardless whether the password has expired or not, so as to allow the client to modify a password procedure with which a user is prompted for credentials; in response to determining that the first password has expired, triggering a new password procedure at the client; receiving an authorisation request comprising a first password from the client; accessing an expiry date for the first password; ascertaining whether the first password has expired; transmitting a response to the client, the response comprising the expiry date regardless whether the password has expired or not, so as to allow the client to modify a password procedure with which a user is prompted for credentials; in response to determining that the first password has expired, triggering a new password procedure at the client; at the client: based on determining that the password has expired or will expire within a configurable number of days' time, modifying the password procedure with which the user is prompted for credentials to provide a modified password procedure, the modified password procedure based on the response; and providing a second password as a replacement of the first password to the server using the modified password procedure. based on determining that the password has expired or will expire within a configurable number of days' time, modifying the password procedure with which the user is prompted for credentials to provide a modified password procedure, the modified password procedure based on the response; and providing a second password as a replacement of the first password to the server using the modified password procedure.
A glass sheet transport vehicle for handling substantially vertical stacks of glass sheets, comprising a carrying fork having carrying fork prongs (8, 9) for passing under at least one stack, a supporting frame for supporting a stack that the fork has passed under, and at least one holding claw (12, 13) that can be displaced approximately in parallel to the supporting frame, characterized in that devices (17, 18), which communicate with each other and are used to detect a stack or a clearance between the two free ends, are provided at the free end of at least one carrying fork prong (8, 9) and at the free end of at least one holding claw (12, 13) disposed above the carrying fork prong (8, 9).
A circuit carrier for positioning a circuit that measures parameters of the cardan shaft (20, 30) and that is arranged to be connected to a rotating part of the cardan shaft that is connected with the vehicle chassis with a center bearing connection that holds a center bearing containing a fixed coil carrier for holding a winding arranged on the center bearing side, the circuit carrier having a carrier body having an opening arranged to allow the rotating part of the cardan shaft to pass through and is provided such that it engages the rotating part of the cardan shaft; and a circuit assembly surface provided on said carrier body as a radially extending surface; being characterised in that it further comprises at least one elevation foot provided as an axially extending projection on said circuit assembly surface; a circuit member provided on the elevation foot such that it does not contact the circuit assembly surface; at least one channel provided on the circuit assembly surface; at least one retaining hole provided on the circuit assembly surface; a coating provided to completely encapsulate said circuit element and at least partially fill the channel and completely fill the retaining hole. a carrier body having an opening arranged to allow the rotating part of the cardan shaft to pass through and is provided such that it engages the rotating part of the cardan shaft; and a circuit assembly surface provided on said carrier body as a radially extending surface; being characterised in that it further comprises at least one elevation foot provided as an axially extending projection on said circuit assembly surface; a circuit member provided on the elevation foot such that it does not contact the circuit assembly surface; at least one channel provided on the circuit assembly surface; at least one retaining hole provided on the circuit assembly surface; a coating provided to completely encapsulate said circuit element and at least partially fill the channel and completely fill the retaining hole.
A soldering apparatus comprising a soldering device, a receiving means adapted to hold a liquid, a nozzle, and a pump adapted to convey the liquid from the receiving means through the nozzle in the direction of a Z-axis, wherein a traversing means for traversing the soldering device is provided in a working space, characterized in that the working space has a machine table arranged in an X/Y plane, the machine table having a surface lying in the X/Y plane, the X/Y plane being orthogonal to the Z axis, and in that the soldering device has a traversing device which is arranged on the soldering device and which is designed for the independent traversing of the soldering device on the surface of the machine table in the X/Y plane of the working space.
A product for cleaning off oils, including petroleum and petroleum products, from soil or hard surfaces in the form of a water solution of a natural polysaccharide and a surface-active agent, wherein the natural polysaccharide represents polysaccharide microgels of molecular mass of 20,000 to 200,000 D and a particle size of 50 to 600 nm, wherein the total concentration of polysaccharide microgels and the surface-active agent in the water solution is at least 0.2 g/l, and wherein the ratio of polysaccharide microgels to the surface-active agent varies within the 10:1 to 1:10 range.
A surgical screw comprising a shaft having threads in a first direction, and a coil; said coil wound around the screw shaft in an opposing second direction as to the first direction; said coil comprising a coil end, characterized in that the screw further comprises a head having a bottom face having a flange (16, 36), wherein the coil end is defined to engage said flange (16, 36); wherein the end of the shaft and the coil are adapted to engage to a soft tissue.
Method to make a tubular element to transfer abrasive materials such as concrete, inert materials or suchlike, wherein said tubular element comprises an external tubular component made of steel and an internal tubular component made of a material having a greater resistance to wear than that of the external tubular component, and wherein said external and internal tubular components are coaxial to a central axis, characterized in that it comprises a first sub-step in which said external tubular component is made to rotate around said central axis at a determinate angular speed, and a second sub-step, simultaneous with said first sub-step, in which a material comprising chromium carbide, in a pure form or in the form of an alloy or mixture thereof, is cast into said external tubular component made to rotate, in a melted condition in order to make said internal tubular component, and in that said material comprising chromium carbide is conveyed toward the internal surface of said external tubular component by distribution means, while a corresponding translation is made between said external tubular component and said distribution means in a direction parallel to said central axis.
Directional valve arrangement having a directional valve which has a valve slide, via which a pressure medium connection between a pressure duct, an outlet duct and a working duct can be controlled, a pilot-controlled, unlockable shut-off valve having a shut-off valve body and a pilot control body being provided in the working duct, which bodies can be opened mechanically by way of a displacement of the valve slide in the case of a working duct which is still shut off to the outlet duct via a control edge of the valve slide, an intermediate space for receiving a compression volume of the working duct being present in the pressure medium flow path between the shut-off valve and that control edge of the valve slide which shuts off the working duct to the outlet duct, characterized in that there is an electronic arrangement, by which the valve slide of the directional valve can be displaced from a basic position into a position, in which, in the case of a working duct which is still shut off to the outlet duct via the control edge, at least the pilot control body of the shut-off valve is opened, and from which position the valve slide of the directional valve is reset into the basic position again.
Column for equipment for stacking and transporting piled-up and separated articles, comprising a channel-shaped body, a plurality of superimposed swingable brackets(3; 33) designed to support the articles, said brackets being formed by a front section for supporting the articles, a central section for coupling with said body and a rear section, each one of said brackets (3; 33) being pivoted to the body so as to be rotated between a retracted inoperative position, in which it is substantially contained inside the body, an intermediate pre-loading position, in which the front section of the bracket (3; 33) is partially projecting from the body to receive an article, and an extracted loading position in which said front section is projecting substantially transversely from said body to support the article, wherein the central section is provided with means for pivoting to the body and wherein there are provided actuator means for controlling the rotation of the bracket (3; 33) from the retracted position to the intermediate pre-loading position by a contiguous bracket and means for returning the bracket towards the retracted inoperative position, characterised in that the central section of each of the brackets (3; 33) has a pair of stop fins coplanar to the central section, each of the stop fins being inserted into a respective groove provided for on the body, said groove being formed by: - an initial section with a substantially horizontal lower surface on which the stop fin rests in said loading position of the bracket (3; 33), - an end section with vertical surface against which the stop fin rests in said inoperative position of the bracket (3; 33), and - a slanting chute intermediate section suitable to allow the stop fin to pass through - during the rotation of the bracket (3; 33)- between said inoperative and loading positions, and in that the rear section of each of the brackets (3; 33) is provided with at least one lateral appendage coupled to said actuator means (4; 37). - an initial section with a substantially horizontal lower surface on which the stop fin rests in said loading position of the bracket (3; 33), - an end section with vertical surface against which the stop fin rests in said inoperative position of the bracket (3; 33), and - a slanting chute intermediate section suitable to allow the stop fin to pass through - during the rotation of the bracket (3; 33)- between said inoperative and loading positions,
A hydro-ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of a plant of the Cichorium genus comprising the phenolic acids chicoric acid, caftaric acid and chlorogenic acid, and the flavonoids quercetin and luteolin, wherein the amount of chicoric acid is more than or equal to 30 g/kg of the dry weight of the extract, and optionally a carrier, and wherein the extraction solvent is ethanol/water in a range from 60/40 to 40/60 v/v and the aerial parts are dried or are fresh and blanched.
A module system for a modular plug connector, comprising: a module block (10, 10') to be received in the modular plug connector, wherein the module block (10, 10') ') is designed with a plurality of contact receptacles (15, 15') which are each provided to receive a contact (20, 20') of a first type, and an adaptation component (40, 40') which is designed to be received in one said contact receptacle (15, 15') of the module block (10, 10'), wherein the adaptation component (40, 40') is provided to receive a contact (30, 30') of a second type, wherein the contact (30, 30') of the second type has a smaller cross-section than the contact (20, 20') of the first type. a module block (10, 10') to be received in the modular plug connector, wherein the module block (10, 10') ') is designed with a plurality of contact receptacles (15, 15') which are each provided to receive a contact (20, 20') of a first type, and an adaptation component (40, 40') which is designed to be received in one said contact receptacle (15, 15') of the module block (10, 10'), wherein the adaptation component (40, 40') is provided to receive a contact (30, 30') of a second type, wherein the contact (30, 30') of the second type has a smaller cross-section than the contact (20, 20') of the first type.
A blast damper comprising a frame defining a flow channel for air flow through the blast damper, closing blades pivotally arranged in the flow channel, wherein each closing blade can be pivoted about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position and wherein each closing blade is pivotally supported at the frame by means of shaft means, an actuating mechanism comprising turning levers so that one turning lever is fixed to shaft means of each closing blade and a common operating lever is turnably fixed to each turning lever such that the closing blades are configured to simultaneously pivot between the closed position so as to prevent air flow through the blast damper and so that the actuating mechanism takes a closing position, and the open position so as to allow air flow through the blast damper and so that the actuating mechanism takes an opening position, and an energy storing device functionally connected to the actuating mechanism, wherein the closing blades are configured to move into the closed position in response to a pressure increase in the flow channel sensed by at least one of the closing blades, whereby the energy storing device is configured to be loaded with energy when the closing blades pivots into the closed position, wherein said energy loaded to the energy storing device is configured to urge the closing blades into the open position, characterized by an adjustable stopper mechanism functionally connected to the actuating mechanism for setting the opening position of the actuating mechanism. a frame defining a flow channel for air flow through the blast damper, closing blades pivotally arranged in the flow channel, wherein each closing blade can be pivoted about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position and wherein each closing blade is pivotally supported at the frame by means of shaft means, an actuating mechanism comprising turning levers so that one turning lever is fixed to shaft means of each closing blade and a common operating lever is turnably fixed to each turning lever such that the closing blades are configured to simultaneously pivot between the closed position so as to prevent air flow through the blast damper and so that the actuating mechanism takes a closing position, and the open position so as to allow air flow through the blast damper and so that the actuating mechanism takes an opening position, and an energy storing device functionally connected to the actuating mechanism, wherein the closing blades are configured to move into the closed position in response to a pressure increase in the flow channel sensed by at least one of the closing blades, whereby the energy storing device is configured to be loaded with energy when the closing blades pivots into the closed position, wherein said energy loaded to the energy storing device is configured to urge the closing blades into the open position, characterized by an adjustable stopper mechanism functionally connected to the actuating mechanism for setting the opening position of the actuating mechanism.