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A surgical pledget assembly, comprising: a pledget; first and second apertures extending through the pledget; characaterised by a snare passing through the pledget and including first and second suture engaging loops (45, 46; 100, 110) passing, respectively, through the first and second apertures of the pledget and disposed on a distal side of the pledget; and a handle secured to the ends (42, 43; 102, 112) of the snare, proximal to the pledget such that movement of the handle away from the pledget causes the first and second suture engaging loops (45, 46; 100, 110) to be pulled proximally through their respective first and second apertures. a pledget; first and second apertures extending through the pledget; characaterised by a snare passing through the pledget and including first and second suture engaging loops (45, 46; 100, 110) passing, respectively, through the first and second apertures of the pledget and disposed on a distal side of the pledget; and a handle secured to the ends (42, 43; 102, 112) of the snare, proximal to the pledget such that movement of the handle away from the pledget causes the first and second suture engaging loops (45, 46; 100, 110) to be pulled proximally through their respective first and second apertures.
A prosthetic heart valve (400B; 400C; 600; 700B), comprising: a collapsible and expandable stent (102; 410B; 410C; 550; 610; 710B) having an inflow end (130; 430B; 430C; 530) at a proximal end, an outflow end (132; 432B) at a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts (160; 412B; 412C; 552a, 552b) forming a plurality of cells disposed in rows: a cuff (420B; 420C; 500; 620; 720B) coupled to the stent so that a flat bottom edge of the cuff lies adjacent the proximal end of the stent, the cuff covering all or part of either or both of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the annulus section of the stent; and characterized by: the stent further comprising a series of horseshoe-shaped portions, wherein each horseshoe-shaped portion is formed by two (552a, 552b) of the plurality of struts joining at the inflow end; and a pattern of stitches circumferentially disposed around the flat bottom edge of the cuff, the pattern of stitches alternating between stitches sewn to the cuff only and stitches sewn to both the cuff and the stent, wherein the stitches sewn to both the cuff and the stent are each a horseshoe locking stitch anchored at each horseshoe-shaped portion. a collapsible and expandable stent (102; 410B; 410C; 550; 610; 710B) having an inflow end (130; 430B; 430C; 530) at a proximal end, an outflow end (132; 432B) at a distal end, an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and an aortic section adjacent the distal end, the stent including a plurality of struts (160; 412B; 412C; 552a, 552b) forming a plurality of cells disposed in rows: a cuff (420B; 420C; 500; 620; 720B) coupled to the stent so that a flat bottom edge of the cuff lies adjacent the proximal end of the stent, the cuff covering all or part of either or both of the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the annulus section of the stent; and characterized by: the stent further comprising a series of horseshoe-shaped portions, wherein each horseshoe-shaped portion is formed by two (552a, 552b) of the plurality of struts joining at the inflow end; and a pattern of stitches circumferentially disposed around the flat bottom edge of the cuff, the pattern of stitches alternating between stitches sewn to the cuff only and stitches sewn to both the cuff and the stent, wherein the stitches sewn to both the cuff and the stent are each a horseshoe locking stitch anchored at each horseshoe-shaped portion.
A lighting means comprising a light source and an optical device arranged downstream of the light source in a radiation direction, in which a primary optical element is arranged between the light source and the optical device and is formed in the manner of a non-imaging concentrator which, compared with a conventional use of a concentrator, is intended for transmission in the opposite direction, and whose cross-sectional area at the light input is smaller than at the light output, wherein a light output of the primary optical element, viewed in plan view, has a long shape with a first longitudinal side and an opposite second longitudinal side, wherein the first longitudinal side has a smaller distance from the light input than the second longitudinal side, characterised in that the optical device is formed in the manner of a projection lens, the focal region of which is located on a curved imaginary surface which is arranged downstream of the light output in a radiation direction, or is located completely or partially within the primary optical element, and which is located in a beam path of the light emitted by the light source.
An anti-caking mine rock dust including an inorganic particulate material treated with at least one surface treatment, wherein the at least one surface treatment imparts hydrophobic or water-repellant properties to the inorganic material wherein the treated inorganic particulate material is ground calcium carbonate or lime and the at least one surface treatment includes at least one of a fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, silicone oil, silane, or siloxane, wherein the mine rock dust further comprises coal dust.
An implant installation strength evaluation method comprising: a step of vibrating an implant; a step of measuring time series data of the number of vibrations and vibration strengths of the implant vibrated in the vibrating step; and a step of deriving information indicating an index of an installation strength of the implant based on the time series data of the number of vibrations and the vibration strengths of the implant, wherein the vibrating step is executed by an implant installation strength evaluation device, characterized in that the vibrating step is executed in a non-contact manner utilizing a laser beam. a step of vibrating an implant; a step of measuring time series data of the number of vibrations and vibration strengths of the implant vibrated in the vibrating step; and a step of deriving information indicating an index of an installation strength of the implant based on the time series data of the number of vibrations and the vibration strengths of the implant, wherein the vibrating step is executed by an implant installation strength evaluation device, characterized in that the vibrating step is executed in a non-contact manner utilizing a laser beam.
Arrangement for coating substrates with liquid coating medium for the production of exhaust gas purification catalysts - especially, for motor vehicles - the substrates being cylindrical support bodies each having two end faces, a lateral surface and an axial length L, and being traversed by a plurality of channels from the first end face to the second end face, having a chamber filled with a liquid and having a piston, wherein the liquid-filled chamber communicates with a tank, in the interior of which a displacement body is arranged in such a way that, when the piston is moved, the displacement body is moved proportionally by the liquid, and the tank communicates with a coating device for the substrate, wherein the displacement body acts on the liquid coating medium in such a way that a proportional change in the fill-level of the liquid coating medium in the coating device is effected.
A telescope comprising: a concave primary mirror having an orifice, wherein light propagating along an optical path originates from an object positioned in front of the concave primary mirror and reflects off the concave primary mirror; a convex secondary mirror disposed adjacent to the concave primary mirror, wherein the light propagating along the optical path reflects off the convex secondary mirror and passes through the orifice in the concave primary mirror; a set of extended field corrector optics disposed along the optical path, the set of extended field corrector optics positioned to reflect light incident from the convex secondary mirror, wherein the set of extended field corrector optics is formed of a concave mirror and a convex mirror; and forms an accessible intermediate image between the concave mirror and the convex mirror; and a tertiary mirror disposed along the optical path and adjacent to the set of extended field corrector optics, the tertiary mirror positioned to reflect the light incident from the set of extended field corrector optics, wherein the set of extended field corrector optics formed of the concave mirror and the convex mirror has substantially no net paraxial optical power. a concave primary mirror having an orifice, wherein light propagating along an optical path originates from an object positioned in front of the concave primary mirror and reflects off the concave primary mirror; a convex secondary mirror disposed adjacent to the concave primary mirror, wherein the light propagating along the optical path reflects off the convex secondary mirror and passes through the orifice in the concave primary mirror; a set of extended field corrector optics disposed along the optical path, the set of extended field corrector optics positioned to reflect light incident from the convex secondary mirror, wherein the set of extended field corrector optics is formed of a concave mirror and a convex mirror; and forms an accessible intermediate image between the concave mirror and the convex mirror; and a tertiary mirror disposed along the optical path and adjacent to the set of extended field corrector optics, the tertiary mirror positioned to reflect the light incident from the set of extended field corrector optics, wherein the set of extended field corrector optics formed of the concave mirror and the convex mirror has substantially no net paraxial optical power.
A plant for producing compressed air exploitable by a user unit, comprising: - a compression unit configured to receive air to be compressed, to perform a compression work on said air to be compressed and to eject compressed air (B, C), - a heating apparatus configured to receive a first portion of said compressed air, to provide heat to said first portion of compressed air, and to eject heated compressed air, - an expansion unit configured to receive said heated compressed air, to generate an expansion work, and to eject expanded air, - a transmission apparatus, configured to receive said expansion work generated by the expansion unit and to drive the compression unit, characterized in that: - the plant is not driven electrically, and - the plant comprises a user conduit configured to receive a second portion of said compressed air and to convey said second portion of compressed air to said user unit, - said expansion work being used, under steady-state conditions, only to drive said compression unit. - a compression unit configured to receive air to be compressed, to perform a compression work on said air to be compressed and to eject compressed air (B, C), - a heating apparatus configured to receive a first portion of said compressed air, to provide heat to said first portion of compressed air, and to eject heated compressed air, - an expansion unit configured to receive said heated compressed air, to generate an expansion work, and to eject expanded air, - a transmission apparatus, configured to receive said expansion work generated by the expansion unit and to drive the compression unit, - the plant is not driven electrically, and - the plant comprises a user conduit configured to receive a second portion of said compressed air and to convey said second portion of compressed air to said user unit, - said expansion work being used, under steady-state conditions, only to drive said compression unit.
A method based on a communication between a portable data carrier and terminal, in which a) a first password that is derived from a software deposited in the terminal and is allocated to the terminal is transmitted from the terminal to the portable data carrier, and b) the portable data carrier verifies subsequently whether the transmitted first password matches the corresponding first password allocated to the portable data carrier and stored thereon, c) in the case of successful verification, for binding the portable data carrier to the terminal, a second password is allocated (S3-S8) to the terminal and the portable data carrier, said second password being valid individually for the terminal and the portable data carrier and being verifiable upon putting the terminal into operation with the portable data carrier by checking for a match, wherein d) the portable data carrier transmits an identification allocated thereto to the terminal, e) the terminal derives the second password that is valid individually for the terminal and the portable data carrier from the identification of the portable data carrier and the software deposited in the terminal and transmits said second password to the portable data carrier, and f) the portable data carrier stores the second password. a) a first password that is derived from a software deposited in the terminal and is allocated to the terminal is transmitted from the terminal to the portable data carrier, and b) the portable data carrier verifies subsequently whether the transmitted first password matches the corresponding first password allocated to the portable data carrier and stored thereon, c) in the case of successful verification, for binding the portable data carrier to the terminal, a second password is allocated (S3-S8) to the terminal and the portable data carrier, said second password being valid individually for the terminal and the portable data carrier and being verifiable upon putting the terminal into operation with the portable data carrier by checking for a match, wherein d) the portable data carrier transmits an identification allocated thereto to the terminal, e) the terminal derives the second password that is valid individually for the terminal and the portable data carrier from the identification of the portable data carrier and the software deposited in the terminal and transmits said second password to the portable data carrier, and f) the portable data carrier stores the second password.
Device for machining rails (2, 3), having an outer frame which can be placed on both sides of the rails and in which a tool is held so that it can be advanced in the direction of the rails for the purpose of machining, the advancing movements being set up transversely to the longitudinal extent of the rails (2, 3) and comprise a first translatory movement in the axial direction of the tool towards the rail head, a second translatory movement in a horizontal plane transverse to the longitudinal direction of the rails and a rotatory movement about an axis extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the rails, wherein, to represent the second translatory movement, a frame-like support is slidably mounted in the outer frame transversely to the longitudinal direction of the rail, wherein, to represent the rotational movement, a tool carriage carrying the tool is movable along two arcuate guides (8, 9) extending in mutually spaced parallel vertical planes and arranged on the carrier, thereby effecting a pivoting of the tool carriage about the axis, wherein the tool carriage comprises a drive for the representation of the first translatory movement, and wherein the carrier is displaceable in the frame by means of a drive for the representation of the second translatory movement, characterized in that the circular arc-shaped guides (8, 9) each have a fixedly arranged toothed profile which is in engagement with a gear wheel in each case for the purpose of representing the rotational movement, the gear wheel being operatively connected to a drive arranged on the tool carriage, and in that a control is provided for coordinating the feed movements, so that partially or fully automatic operation is possible. wherein, to represent the second translatory movement, a frame-like support is slidably mounted in the outer frame transversely to the longitudinal direction of the rail, wherein, to represent the rotational movement, a tool carriage carrying the tool is movable along two arcuate guides (8, 9) extending in mutually spaced parallel vertical planes and arranged on the carrier, thereby effecting a pivoting of the tool carriage about the axis, wherein the tool carriage comprises a drive for the representation of the first translatory movement, and wherein the carrier is displaceable in the frame by means of a drive for the representation of the second translatory movement, characterized in that the circular arc-shaped guides (8, 9) each have a fixedly arranged toothed profile which is in engagement with a gear wheel in each case for the purpose of representing the rotational movement, the gear wheel being operatively connected to a drive arranged on the tool carriage, and in that a control is provided for coordinating the feed movements, so that partially or fully automatic operation is possible.
A method for producing a micron-size spherical silica aerogel having a selectable or controllable average particle size, the method comprising: (a) providing an aqueous acid-silica sol comprising an inorganic acid and a water glass solution, with a pH less than 3 (b) producing a surface-modified silica sol by adding a first organosilane compound to the aqueous acid-silica sol, without gelation of the aqueous acid-silica sol; (c) dispersive mixing a non-polar organic solvent, a second organosilane compound, and the surface-modified silica sol until gelating to produce micron-size spherical silica hydrogels, without adding a surfactant or dispersant; (d) simultaneously performing ageing, further surface modification, and solvent substitution on the micron-size spherical silica hydrogels by allowing the micron- size spherical silica hydrogels produced in (c) to settle, wherein the solvent substitution is to extract water containing sodium ions from the micron-size spherical silica hydrogels; (e) removing the water containing sodium ions extracted from the micron-size spherical silica hydrogels for obtaining a hydrophobic micron-size spherical silica gel; and (f) drying the hydrophobic micron-size spherical silica gel produced in (e) to thereby produce the micron-size silica aerogels containing spherical particles. (a) providing an aqueous acid-silica sol comprising an inorganic acid and a water glass solution, with a pH less than 3 (b) producing a surface-modified silica sol by adding a first organosilane compound to the aqueous acid-silica sol, without gelation of the aqueous acid-silica sol; (c) dispersive mixing a non-polar organic solvent, a second organosilane compound, and the surface-modified silica sol until gelating to produce micron-size spherical silica hydrogels, without adding a surfactant or dispersant; (d) simultaneously performing ageing, further surface modification, and solvent substitution on the micron-size spherical silica hydrogels by allowing the micron- size spherical silica hydrogels produced in (c) to settle, wherein the solvent substitution is to extract water containing sodium ions from the micron-size spherical silica hydrogels; (e) removing the water containing sodium ions extracted from the micron-size spherical silica hydrogels for obtaining a hydrophobic micron-size spherical silica gel; and (f) drying the hydrophobic micron-size spherical silica gel produced in (e) to thereby produce the micron-size silica aerogels containing spherical particles.
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine comprising: pressure and suction side walls (86,88) joined to one another at leading and trailing edges (82,84) to provide an exterior airfoil surface, the pressure and suction side walls (86,88) spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction, a stagnation line located near the leading edge, a cooling passage (89,90,92) provided between the pressure and suction side walls (86,88), and showerhead cooling holes (102,104) arranged at least one of adjacent to or on the stagnation line, at least one of the showerhead cooling holes (102,104) has a metering hole fluidly connecting the cooling passage (89,90,92) to a diffuser arranged at the exterior airfoil surface, wherein at least one showerhead cooling hole (102,104) is arranged on each of opposing sides of the stagnation line, and each of the at least one showerhead cooling holes (102,104) has the diffuser with a first diffuser angle that expands downstream in the thickness direction in opposing directions from one another when separated by the stagnation line, characterised in that: the airfoil has Zweifel lift coefficient greater than 1.1, and the stagnation line shifts from the leading edge to the pressure side wall in the 60% span to 95% span region on the pressure side wall aft of the leading edge. pressure and suction side walls (86,88) joined to one another at leading and trailing edges (82,84) to provide an exterior airfoil surface, the pressure and suction side walls (86,88) spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction, a stagnation line located near the leading edge, a cooling passage (89,90,92) provided between the pressure and suction side walls (86,88), and showerhead cooling holes (102,104) arranged at least one of adjacent to or on the stagnation line, at least one of the showerhead cooling holes (102,104) has a metering hole fluidly connecting the cooling passage (89,90,92) to a diffuser arranged at the exterior airfoil surface, wherein at least one showerhead cooling hole (102,104) is arranged on each of opposing sides of the stagnation line, and each of the at least one showerhead cooling holes (102,104) has the diffuser with a first diffuser angle that expands downstream in the thickness direction in opposing directions from one another when separated by the stagnation line, characterised in that: the airfoil has Zweifel lift coefficient greater than 1.1, and the stagnation line shifts from the leading edge to the pressure side wall in the 60% span to 95% span region on the pressure side wall aft of the leading edge.
A method comprising: brominating a butanes feed stream comprising i -butane in a bromination reactor to form a bromination effluent stream comprising t -butyl bromide and unreacted i -butane; and separating the butanes from the bromination effluent stream to form a brominated compound stream; isomerizing at least a portion of the n -butane to form an isomerization effluent comprising i -butane and n -butane; feeding the i -butane and the n -butane of the isomerization effluent to the bromination reactor; and dehydrobrominating the t -butyl bromide to form isobutylene and HBr, wherein the dehydrobromination is performed non-catalytically or in the presence of a silica-based catalyst. brominating a butanes feed stream comprising i -butane in a bromination reactor to form a bromination effluent stream comprising t -butyl bromide and unreacted i -butane; and separating the butanes from the bromination effluent stream to form a brominated compound stream; isomerizing at least a portion of the n -butane to form an isomerization effluent comprising i -butane and n -butane; feeding the i -butane and the n -butane of the isomerization effluent to the bromination reactor; and dehydrobrominating the t -butyl bromide to form isobutylene and HBr, wherein the dehydrobromination is performed non-catalytically or in the presence of a silica-based catalyst.