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An implantable therapeutic device to treat a patient, comprising: a hollow refillable housing for implantation within the posterior segment of an eye through a penetration in the sclera of the eye, the housing having a proximal end region; a proximal retention structure protruding outward from the proximal end region and comprising an access portion opening; a penetrable barrier positioned at least in part within the access portion opening, the penetrable barrier configured to be repeatedly penetrated; a rigid porous structure positioned within a region of the housing away from the access portion opening; and a reservoir chamber extending along an axis between the penetrable barrier and the porous structure, the reservoir chamber comprising a volume sized to deliver therapeutic amounts of a therapeutic agent to the eye for an extended period of time, wherein the access portion opening opens into the reservoir chamber; wherein the penetrable barrier is pre-molded with soft-high strength material and characterised in that the penetrable barrier has an upper region having a first diameter and a distal region having a second diameter, and wherein the access portion opening of the housing within which the penetrable barrier is positioned has a third diameter, wherein each of the first diameter and the second diameter is larger than the third diameter. a hollow refillable housing for implantation within the posterior segment of an eye through a penetration in the sclera of the eye, the housing having a proximal end region; a proximal retention structure protruding outward from the proximal end region and comprising an access portion opening; a penetrable barrier positioned at least in part within the access portion opening, the penetrable barrier configured to be repeatedly penetrated; a rigid porous structure positioned within a region of the housing away from the access portion opening; and a reservoir chamber extending along an axis between the penetrable barrier and the porous structure, the reservoir chamber comprising a volume sized to deliver therapeutic amounts of a therapeutic agent to the eye for an extended period of time, wherein the access portion opening opens into the reservoir chamber; wherein the penetrable barrier is pre-molded with soft-high strength material and characterised in that the penetrable barrier has an upper region having a first diameter and a distal region having a second diameter, and wherein the access portion opening of the housing within which the penetrable barrier is positioned has a third diameter, wherein each of the first diameter and the second diameter is larger than the third diameter.
A fluid-heating device for heating fluid comprising a heater unit configured to have a heater and a heating portion, the heating portion being formed so as to cover surrounding of the heater, a tank configured to accommodate the heater unit, wherein the heating portion has an inner heat exchange surface formed on an inner surface of a through hole penetrating through an inner side of the heater, the inner heat exchange surface being configured to perform heat exchange with the fluid and an outer heat exchange surface formed on an outer-wall portion of an outer side of the heater, the outer heat exchange surface being configured to perform the heat exchange with the fluid, a heat transfer area of the outer-wall portion is larger than the heat transfer area of the through hole, the through hole has inner circumferential fins, the inner circumferential fins being configured to project towards an inner circumference, and the outer-wall portion has outer circumferential fins, the outer circumferential fins being configured to project towards an outer circumference, and the inner circumferential fins are formed along a flowing direction of the fluid, characterized in that: the tank has a top surface, the top surface being configured to close an opening portion for inserting the heater unit, and the outer circumferential fins are provided so as to extend substantially parallel to the top surface. the tank has a top surface, the top surface being configured to close an opening portion for inserting the heater unit, and the outer circumferential fins are provided so as to extend substantially parallel to the top surface.
A method for correcting image data retrieved from an image sensor comprising a plurality of image pixels (R, G, B) and non-image pixels, the image pixels (R, G, B) being overlaid with a colour filter array and having a different spectral sensitivity than the non-image pixels, the non-image pixels being physically arranged in a contiguous manner on at least part of one column of the image sensor or at least part of one row of the image sensor, the method being characterized by the following steps: a) determining a set of colour components (Rold, Gold, Bold) for the image pixels (R, G, B) based on raw image data (rraw, graw, braw) read only from the image pixels (R, G, B) of the image sensor, whereby one colour component is assigned the raw image data obtained from the sensor for said image pixel, and the other colour components are determined from raw image data obtained from the sensor for image pixels (R, G, B) in the vicinity of said image pixel; b) determining a corrected set of colour components (Rcorr, Gcorr, Bcorr) for the image pixels (R, G, B) that are not directly adjacent to the non-image pixels by means of a first colour correction matrix using the formula: R corr G corr B corr = m 11 m 12 m 13 m 21 m 22 m 23 m 31 m 32 m 33 R old G old B old; c) determining a corrected set of colour components (Rcorr, Gcorr, Bcorr) for the image pixels (R, G, B) that are directly adjacent to the non-image pixels by means of a second colour correction matrix different from the first colour correction matrix, using the formula: R corr G corr B corr = m 11 ʹ m 12 ʹ m 13 ʹ m 21 ʹ m 22 ʹ m 23 ʹ m 31 ʹ m 32 ʹ m 33 ʹ R old G old B old; whereby the coefficients (m11,..., m33) and (m'11,..., m'33) of the first and second colour correction matrix (CCM1,CCM2) are adapted for simultaneous colour transformation and cross-talk correction. a) determining a set of colour components (Rold, Gold, Bold) for the image pixels (R, G, B) based on raw image data (rraw, graw, braw) read only from the image pixels (R, G, B) of the image sensor, whereby one colour component is assigned the raw image data obtained from the sensor for said image pixel, and the other colour components are determined from raw image data obtained from the sensor for image pixels (R, G, B) in the vicinity of said image pixel; b) determining a corrected set of colour components (Rcorr, Gcorr, Bcorr) for the image pixels (R, G, B) that are not directly adjacent to the non-image pixels by means of a first colour correction matrix using the formula: R corr G corr B corr = m 11 m 12 m 13 m 21 m 22 m 23 m 31 m 32 m 33 R old G old B old; c) determining a corrected set of colour components (Rcorr, Gcorr, Bcorr) for the image pixels (R, G, B) that are directly adjacent to the non-image pixels by means of a second colour correction matrix different from the first colour correction matrix, using the formula: R corr G corr B corr = m 11 ʹ m 12 ʹ m 13 ʹ m 21 ʹ m 22 ʹ m 23 ʹ m 31 ʹ m 32 ʹ m 33 ʹ R old G old B old;
A composition for use in promoting mucous membrane permeation of a therapeutically active ingredient, comprising at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of: a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 3; a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4; a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5; a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 12; a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 14; and a peptide comprising amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 15.
An active noise reduction earphone system comprising: a feedback microphone for detecting noise; feedback circuitry, responsive to the feedback microphone, for applying a digital filter K fb to an output of the feedback microphone to produce an antinoise signal; an electroacoustic driver for transducing the antinoise signal into acoustic energy; a housing supporting the feedback microphone and the driver near the entrance to the ear canal, the housing comprises a rigid nozzle portion; and an ear tip for coupling the housing to the external anatomical structures of a first ear of a user and positioning the housing to provide a consistent acoustic coupling of the feedback microphone and the driver to the ear canal of the first ear, the ear tip comprising a flexible nozzle portion ending in an outlet into the ear canal; wherein the acoustic coupling includes a tube of air defined by the combination of the housing and ear tip, having a length L and effective cross-sectional area A such that the ratio L/A is less than 0.6 mm -1; wherein the rigid nozzle portion of the housing and the flexible nozzle portion of the ear tip constitute the tube of air; characterised in that the microphone is located within the rigid nozzle portion of the housing. a feedback microphone for detecting noise; feedback circuitry, responsive to the feedback microphone, for applying a digital filter K fb to an output of the feedback microphone to produce an antinoise signal; an electroacoustic driver for transducing the antinoise signal into acoustic energy; a housing supporting the feedback microphone and the driver near the entrance to the ear canal, the housing comprises a rigid nozzle portion; and an ear tip for coupling the housing to the external anatomical structures of a first ear of a user and positioning the housing to provide a consistent acoustic coupling of the feedback microphone and the driver to the ear canal of the first ear, the ear tip comprising a flexible nozzle portion ending in an outlet into the ear canal; wherein the acoustic coupling includes a tube of air defined by the combination of the housing and ear tip, having a length L and effective cross-sectional area A such that the ratio L/A is less than 0.6 mm -1; wherein the rigid nozzle portion of the housing and the flexible nozzle portion of the ear tip constitute the tube of air; characterised in that the microphone is located within the rigid nozzle portion of the housing.
A microwave filtering structure including - two dielectric layers (21, 23) separated by a conducting layer, the conducting layer being etched as a filter, - the upper and lower outer faces of the stacking of both dielectric layers (21, 23) being covered on the major part of their surface with a conducting plane constituting the ground planes of the structure, - said ground planes being interconnected to each other by a metallisation of the periphery of the structure, except for the surroundings of the microwave accesses, - two identical devices (24, 25), of which an input transition device and an output transition device, each enabling switching from a microstrip mode to a stripline mode and vice versa, configured such that the geometry of the transition device (24, 25) is optimised so as to minimise the standing wave ratios to the accesses of the filter, and also minimise the excitation and coupling of the TE10 mode, - characterised in that the structure includes at least two conducting pillars perpendicular to the plane of the structure, laterally located relative to the filter closest to a main axis of the structure, without any coupling with the filter and interconnecting the upper and lower ground planes. - two dielectric layers (21, 23) separated by a conducting layer, the conducting layer being etched as a filter, - the upper and lower outer faces of the stacking of both dielectric layers (21, 23) being covered on the major part of their surface with a conducting plane constituting the ground planes of the structure, - said ground planes being interconnected to each other by a metallisation of the periphery of the structure, except for the surroundings of the microwave accesses, - two identical devices (24, 25), of which an input transition device and an output transition device, each enabling switching from a microstrip mode to a stripline mode and vice versa, configured such that the geometry of the transition device (24, 25) is optimised so as to minimise the standing wave ratios to the accesses of the filter, and also minimise the excitation and coupling of the TE10 mode, - characterised in that the structure includes
A method for producing a rubber composition comprising kneading a conjugated diene polymer having a group with bonding reactivity to silica only at one site of one molecule of the polymer, a polymer having groups with bonding reactivity to silica at a plurality of sites of one molecule of the polymer and a filler containing silica.
A tape cartridge to be mounted in a tape printing apparatus provided with a cartridge mounting unit which has a mounting base portion and a mounting circumferential wall surrounding the mounting base portion and in which plural kinds of tape cartridges (100A, 100B, 100C) different from each other in the thickness in a mounting/unmounting direction can be mounted and plural push switches which project from the mounting circumferential wall at such positions that distances from the mounting base portion vary from each other according to thicknesses of the plural kinds of tape cartridges (100A, 100B, 100C), the tape cartridge comprising: plural detection target portions that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the tape cartridge and to be opposed to the plural respective push switches when the cartridge is mounted in or unmounted from the cartridge mounting unit, characterized in that each of the plural detection target portions has a slide portion that extends in the mounting/unmounting direction and operates the associated push switch while sliding when the cartridge is mounted in the cartridge mounting unit. plural detection target portions that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the tape cartridge and to be opposed to the plural respective push switches when the cartridge is mounted in or unmounted from the cartridge mounting unit, characterized in that each of the plural detection target portions has a slide portion that extends in the mounting/unmounting direction and operates the associated push switch while sliding when the cartridge is mounted in the cartridge mounting unit.
A packaging apparatus comprising: - a cutter, wherein the cutter comprises: at least one blade, each blade comprising: a plurality of first teeth; and a plurality of second teeth; wherein the first teeth are longer than the second teeth such that in use the first teeth contact a surface to be cut of film before the second teeth, and wherein the first teeth are interspersed with second teeth of the plurality of second teeth, characterized in that the packaging apparatus comprises: - a film dispenser configured to dispense film that has a thickness of less than about 30 micrometers and/or a Young's modulus of less than about 100,000 MPa, wherein the packaging apparatus is configured such that the cutter cuts the film, - a sealer configured to seal the film to a tray, and in that the cutter forms a substantially closed shape. - a cutter, wherein the cutter comprises: at least one blade, each blade comprising: a plurality of first teeth; and a plurality of second teeth; wherein the first teeth are longer than the second teeth such that in use the first teeth contact a surface to be cut of film before the second teeth, and wherein the first teeth are interspersed with second teeth of the plurality of second teeth, characterized in that the packaging apparatus comprises: at least one blade, each blade comprising: a plurality of first teeth; and a plurality of second teeth; a plurality of first teeth; and a plurality of second teeth; wherein the first teeth are longer than the second teeth such that in use the first teeth contact a surface to be cut of film before the second teeth, and wherein the first teeth are interspersed with second teeth of the plurality of second teeth, characterized in that the packaging apparatus comprises: - a film dispenser configured to dispense film that has a thickness of less than about 30 micrometers and/or a Young's modulus of less than about 100,000 MPa, wherein the packaging apparatus is configured such that the cutter cuts the film, - a sealer configured to seal the film to a tray,
A data communication method which is executed by a communication system including a base station which performs a persistent scheduling process of transmitting a scheduling result in a predetermined notification cycle, and which transmits and receives packet data by using an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, method as a downlink access method, and a mobile terminal which transmits a scheduling request signal with which to make a request of the base station for allocation of radio resources, and which transmits and receives the packet data by using radio resources allocated thereto by the base station, wherein the data communication method comprises: - a talk state judging process of, when there exists voice information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal, judging whether state is either a talk state in which the base station transmits the voice information as voice packet data or a silent state in which the base station transmits background noise data as the voice packet data; - a notification process of notifying both talk-spurt radio resources available to the talk spurt and silent-period radio resources available to the silent state to the mobile terminal at a time of initial transmission between the base station and the mobile terminal; and - a radio resource allocating process of allocating the talk-spurt radio resources to another mobile terminal when detecting a transition from the talk state to the silent state through the talk state judging process, characterized in that notifying of the silent-period radio resources includes notifying a parameter indicating a frequency region and a time region of a shared channel shared by a plurality of mobile terminals exclusive for the silent state, which is disposed in advance of the time of initial transmission between the base station and the mobile terminal, for transmission of voice packet data including background noise data. - a talk state judging process of, when there exists voice information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal, judging whether state is either a talk state in which the base station transmits the voice information as voice packet data or a silent state in which the base station transmits background noise data as the voice packet data; - a notification process of notifying both talk-spurt radio resources available to the talk spurt and silent-period radio resources available to the silent state to the mobile terminal at a time of initial transmission between the base station and the mobile terminal; and - a radio resource allocating process of allocating the talk-spurt radio resources to another mobile terminal when detecting a transition from the talk state to the silent state through the talk state judging process,
Internal combustion engine, comprising at least one main combustion chamber (B1, B2) formed in a cylinder above a movable piston (K; K2), which is arranged in the cylinder, wherein the main combustion chamber is supplied with an ignition chamber charge of gaseous fuel from an ignition chamber space of an ignition chamber, which is connected to a fuel supply system, wherein the at least one main combustion chamber is also supplied with a main combustion chamber charge of gaseous fuel, wherein the combustion chamber is assigned an ignition source which ignites the gaseous fuel in the ignition chamber space of the ignition chamber at a predefinable time, as a result of which ignited reactive gas jets (En) shoot into the main combustion chamber and burn in the main combustion chamber upon ignition of the main combustion chamber charge together with the ignition chamber charge, after which the exhaust gas is discharged from the at least one main combustion chamber, wherein the ignition chamber has firing channels (Sn) for the targeted introduction of ignited reactive gas jets (En) into the main combustion chamber which is delimited by a main combustion chamber roof (B2-1) of the cylinder and by a piston bowl formed in the movable piston (K; K2), characterized in that at a predefinable position (zOT) of the movable piston (K; K2) in the cylinder, seven reactive gas jets (En; n = 7) are directed onto a primary ignition region (KM2-2) of the piston bowl of the piston (K; K2), said ignition region being located between a central region (KM2-3) and a squeezing edge region (KM2-1) of a geometrically specifically designed hemispherical piston bowl, which squeezing edge region lies in the edge region of the piston bowl, and three further reactive gas jets (En; n = 8 to 10) are directed onto the central region (KM2-3) of the geometrically specifically designed piston bowl in the hemispherical shape.
A vaginal drug delivery device configured for placement within the vagina, comprising a housing, at least one reservoir comprising an anticholinergic medicament, in particular oxybutynin, dispensing means and means for the controlled release of the anticholinergic compound from the reservoir into the vagina, wherein the device is a ring which comprises a first rigid member, a second rigid member, a first flexible member and a flexible part, wherein the first flexible member is made of an elastic material and comprises a recess to allow the first and second rigid members (101, 102) to move towards each other when the device is squeezed from the extended into the collapsed state, and wherein the controlled release is programmable according to a defined release pattern. wherein the device is a ring which comprises a first rigid member, a second rigid member, a first flexible member and a flexible part, wherein the first flexible member is made of an elastic material and comprises a recess to allow the first and second rigid members (101, 102) to move towards each other when the device is squeezed from the extended into the collapsed state, and wherein the controlled release is programmable according to a defined release pattern.
An inertial vibration exciter having a housing comprising a heat sink thermally coupled to a magnet assembly, the magnet assembly disposed in the housing so as to define an annular gap, and a coil assembly disposed in the annular gap; wherein the coil assembly and the magnet assembly are mounted by suspension means for reciprocating movement of the coil assembly in the gap; and the inertial vibration exciter further comprises coupling means for coupling the coil assembly to a member to be vibrated, such that: the magnet assembly is resiliently suspended in the housing by a first resilient seal at one end of the housing and the coil assembly is resiliently suspended in the housing by a second resilient seal at the other end of the housing; the heat sink is coupled to the housing via the first resilient seal; and the coupling means comprises a plate-like member to which the coil assembly is rigidly attached and of a size substantially greater than the diameter of the coil assembly, the plate-like member being coupled to the housing via the second resilient seal such that the housing is hermetically sealed.