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A system for quantifying contamination of a fluidic sample by a type of bacteria of interest, the system comprising: a sample bottle into which a sample fluid is acquired; a reagent providing an optical signature in presence of the bacteria of interest, that is mixed with the sample fluid; a temperature controller apparatus for incubating the sample fluid; an optical sensor for obtaining a fluorescence optical signal and/or an absorbance optical signal from the sample fluid at multiple times, said optical sensor using a minimum of two wavelengths for measuring the absorbance optical signal, whereas the two wavelengths are selected such that one is more sensitive than the other to the optical signature of the reagent; said optical sensor comprising light sources (1103, 1104, 1107) and a light detector, a controller configured to determine bacterial concentration of the sample fluid as a function of a shape of a fluorescence versus time curve and/or an absorbance versus time curve obtained from the at least one optical sensor during incubation of the fluidic sample, the system being characterized in that: the temperature controller apparatus is positioned around the sample bottle and comprises openings; and the optical sensor being positioned around the temperature controller apparatus, the light sources (1103, 1104, 1107) and the light detector being aligned with the openings of the temperatures controller apparatus. a sample bottle into which a sample fluid is acquired; a reagent providing an optical signature in presence of the bacteria of interest, that is mixed with the sample fluid; a temperature controller apparatus for incubating the sample fluid; an optical sensor for obtaining a fluorescence optical signal and/or an absorbance optical signal from the sample fluid at multiple times, said optical sensor using a minimum of two wavelengths for measuring the absorbance optical signal, whereas the two wavelengths are selected such that one is more sensitive than the other to the optical signature of the reagent; said optical sensor comprising light sources (1103, 1104, 1107) and a light detector, a controller configured to determine bacterial concentration of the sample fluid as a function of a shape of a fluorescence versus time curve and/or an absorbance versus time curve obtained from the at least one optical sensor during incubation of the fluidic sample, the system being characterized in that: the temperature controller apparatus is positioned around the sample bottle and comprises openings; and the optical sensor being positioned around the temperature controller apparatus, the light sources (1103, 1104, 1107) and the light detector being aligned with the openings of the temperatures controller apparatus. the temperature controller apparatus is positioned around the sample bottle and comprises openings; and the optical sensor being positioned around the temperature controller apparatus, the light sources (1103, 1104, 1107) and the light detector being aligned with the openings of the temperatures controller apparatus.
A method for cleaning vehicle sensors, in which - a vehicle sends position data of the vehicle via a mobile data connection of a service station; - the service station receives the position data and causes an unmanned aircraft suitable for cleaning vehicle sensors to fly to the vehicle; - the unmanned aircraft flies to the vehicle on the basis of the received position data of the vehicle; - the unmanned aircraft is positioned in the vicinity of the vehicle on the basis of position data of a sensor of the vehicle to be cleaned so that it is possible to clean the sensor to be cleaned; - the unmanned aircraft cleans the sensor; and - the unmanned aircraft returns to the service station after the cleaning operation is completed. - a vehicle sends position data of the vehicle via a mobile data connection of a service station; - the service station receives the position data and causes an unmanned aircraft suitable for cleaning vehicle sensors to fly to the vehicle; - the unmanned aircraft flies to the vehicle on the basis of the received position data of the vehicle; - the unmanned aircraft is positioned in the vicinity of the vehicle on the basis of position data of a sensor of the vehicle to be cleaned so that it is possible to clean the sensor to be cleaned; - the unmanned aircraft cleans the sensor; and - the unmanned aircraft returns to the service station after the cleaning operation is completed.
A training device (10, 60), comprising a base (12, 62), a piercable artificial venous structure (20, 68) mounted on the base (12, 62) and adapted to contain a fluid, a reservoir (34, 78) that makes fluid inside the reservoir (34, 78) observable by a user from an exterior of the training device (10, 60), and a fluid path (26, 28, 72) connecting said artificial venous structure (20, 68) to said reservoir (34, 78), wherein the user can pierce the artificial venous structure (20, 68) with a needle and inject fluid into the artificial venous structure (20, 68), whereby fluid can flow through the fluid path (26, 28, 72) into the reservoir (34, 78) and is visible in the reservoir (34, 78) following a successful injection of fluid into the artificial venous structure (20, 68), characterized in that the fluid path (26, 28, 72) includes a connecting tube (28, 72) with a port (30, 76) for filling the artificial venous structure (20, 68) with the fluid, the connecting tube (28, 72) connecting the artificial venous structure (20, 68) and the reservoir (34, 78); in that the artificial venous structure (20, 68) is defined by a plurality of artificial veins having first terminal ends communicating with the connecting tube (28, 72) and second terminal ends that are spaced apart from one another, and the plurality of artificial veins including different internal lumen diameters to enable testing of piercing different sizes of veins with a needle.
Retractor, in particular for cranial surgery, comprising two articulated parts (12a, 12b) which are pivotable relative to one another about an axis of rotation (dA), wherein each articulated part (12a, 12b) has a handle part (14a, 14b) on the proximal end and a retracting element (16a, 16b) on the distal end, wherein at least a section (18a, 18b) of each articulated part (12a, 12b) spans a plane and wherein a clamping arm is arranged on at least one of the articulated parts (12a, 12b), wherein the clamping arm has a plurality of tendons, which are threaded onto a traction cable and which engage with one another in sections and can be tilted and/or rotated relative to one another, characterised in that the clamping arm is arranged pivotably about a pivot axis (S1A) and the pivot axis (S1A) is connected to the articulated part (12a, 12b) by means of an arm (19a, 19b) arranged in the plane, wherein the arm (19a, 19b) is directed outwards from the articulated part (12a, 12b), so that the pivot axis (S1A) is spaced apart from the articulated part (12a, 12b) in the plane.
A fluoroscopic device comprising: a light source unit configured to emit illumination light, which is in a wavelength range to be absorbed by a blood vessel, and excitation light, configured to generate agent fluorescence by exciting a fluorochrome accumulated specifically in a lesion, to an examination site; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image by irradiating the same examination site with the illumination light and the excitation light and photographing the respective reflected light and fluorescence obtained; and an image processing unit configured to acquire a reference image by smoothing the luminance of the reflected-light image acquired by the image acquisition unit and corrects the fluorescence image on the basis of the acquired reference image. a light source unit configured to emit illumination light, which is in a wavelength range to be absorbed by a blood vessel, and excitation light, configured to generate agent fluorescence by exciting a fluorochrome accumulated specifically in a lesion, to an examination site; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image by irradiating the same examination site with the illumination light and the excitation light and photographing the respective reflected light and fluorescence obtained; and an image processing unit configured to acquire a reference image by smoothing the luminance of the reflected-light image acquired by the image acquisition unit and corrects the fluorescence image on the basis of the acquired reference image.
A comb for the treatment of pediculosis by cleaning and removing nits and/or lice from a user's hair, comprising a comb of the type having a grip handle from which a plurality of teeth is projected, wherein said teeth have a proximal end retained in said handle and a free distal end, said teeth being differentiated into a first plurality of teeth and a second plurality of teeth, where the teeth of the first plurality alternate with the teeth of the second plurality and the teeth of said first plurality are longer than the teeth of said second plurality so that the distal ends of the teeth of the first plurality project beyond the distal ends of the teeth of the second plurality, wherein said teeth are separated by a distance of between 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm, characterized in that said teeth of the first and second plurality of teeth are steel teeth having a diameter of 1.25 mm. said teeth have a proximal end retained in said handle and a free distal end, said teeth being differentiated into a first plurality of teeth and a second plurality of teeth, where the teeth of the first plurality alternate with the teeth of the second plurality and the teeth of said first plurality are longer than the teeth of said second plurality so that the distal ends of the teeth of the first plurality project beyond the distal ends of the teeth of the second plurality, wherein said teeth are separated by a distance of between 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm, characterized in that said teeth of the first and second plurality of teeth are steel teeth having a diameter of 1.25 mm.
A structure of a gas turbine engine for extracting a part of compressed air generated by a compressor, comprising: a cylindrical housing extending around an axis and forming therein at least a part of a compressing chamber in which air is flowed in a direction parallel to the axis as the air is compressed to generate the compressed air, the cylindrical housing having an annular portion (43A, 43B) extending around the compressing chamber to define an annular chamber, an annular partition dividing the annular chamber into an annular first plenum chamber and an annular second plenum chamber positioned on an upstream side of the first plenum chamber with respect to the direction and separated from the annular first plenum chamber, characterized by the cylindrical housing further having a plurality of first apertures defined therethrough to communicate between the compressing chamber and said annular first plenum chamber; the annular partition having a plurality of second apertures defined therethrough to communicate between the annular first and second plenum chambers, the plurality of first apertures and the plurality of second apertures being configured so that the plurality of first apertures have a first total cross-sectional area and the plurality of second apertures have a second total cross-sectional area which is smaller than the first total cross-sectional area; the annular second plenum chamber being in fluid communication with a second extracting passage for extracting the compressed air from the annular second plenum chamber. a cylindrical housing extending around an axis and forming therein at least a part of a compressing chamber in which air is flowed in a direction parallel to the axis as the air is compressed to generate the compressed air, the cylindrical housing having an annular portion (43A, 43B) extending around the compressing chamber to define an annular chamber, an annular partition dividing the annular chamber into an annular first plenum chamber and an annular second plenum chamber positioned on an upstream side of the first plenum chamber with respect to the direction and separated from the annular first plenum chamber, characterized by the cylindrical housing further having a plurality of first apertures defined therethrough to communicate between the compressing chamber and said annular first plenum chamber; the annular partition having a plurality of second apertures defined therethrough to communicate between the annular first and second plenum chambers, the plurality of first apertures and the plurality of second apertures being configured so that the plurality of first apertures have a first total cross-sectional area and the plurality of second apertures have a second total cross-sectional area which is smaller than the first total cross-sectional area; the annular second plenum chamber being in fluid communication with a second extracting passage for extracting the compressed air from the annular second plenum chamber.
Stiffened panel consisting of a composite material with fibrous reinforcements and comprising at least one stiffener, termed the longitudinal stiffener, extending substantially from one end of the panel to the other, and whose trace follows, on the surface of the skin of said panel, a trajectory having a non-zero geodesic curvature between the two ends of said stiffener, characterized in that said stiffener is formed by the local superposition of plies (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46), effected by covering edges of plies which are pre-cut when laying-up the panel.
A method for crimping a balloon-expanded scaffold to a balloon, comprising the steps of: providing a tube comprising a polymer characterized by a glass transition temperature range having a lower limit of Tg-low; radially expanding the tube to increase its radial stiffness; forming the scaffold from the radially-expanded tube; crimping the scaffold to the balloon while the scaffold has a temperature of between about Tg-low and 15 degrees below Tg-low; and characterized by further including before crimping the scaffold to reduce damage to the scaffold, the steps of: positioning the scaffold on a support; and deionizing the scaffold while it rests on the support to reduce any static charge buildup on the scaffold that might have occurred while the scaffold was positioned on the support. providing a tube comprising a polymer characterized by a glass transition temperature range having a lower limit of Tg-low; radially expanding the tube to increase its radial stiffness; forming the scaffold from the radially-expanded tube; crimping the scaffold to the balloon while the scaffold has a temperature of between about Tg-low and 15 degrees below Tg-low; and characterized by further including before crimping the scaffold to reduce damage to the scaffold, the steps of: positioning the scaffold on a support; and deionizing the scaffold while it rests on the support to reduce any static charge buildup on the scaffold that might have occurred while the scaffold was positioned on the support.
An epoxy resin, comprising an epoxy compound having a mesogen structure, wherein, when performing a process of decreasing a temperature of the epoxy resin from 150°C to 30°C at a rate of 2°C/min, and a process of increasing the temperature of the epoxy resin from 30°C to 150°C at a rate of 2°C/min, in this order, the epoxy resin has a maximum value of η'2/η'1 of 20 or less within a temperature range of from 30°C to 150°C, wherein η'1 is a dynamic shear viscosity (Pa·s) measured in the process of decreasing the temperature, and η'2 is a dynamic shear viscosity (Pa·s) measured in the process of increasing the temperature, η'1 and η'2 being measured at the same temperature and as indicated in the description, and a value of η'2 measured at 100°C is 1000 Pa·s or less, with the proviso that the epoxy resin is not any one of the epoxy resin disclosed in Example 3 of EP 3 514 190 A1, the epoxy resin A disclosed in paragraph of EP 3 597 687 A1 and the resins 1 and 3 disclosed in paragraphs and of EP 3 527 604 A1.
A fused ring derivative represented by the formula: wherein X 1 and X 2 independently represent CH or N; ring U represents C 6 aryl or 5 or 6-membered heteroaryl; m represents an integral number from 0 to 2; wherein n is 0, or n is 1 to 3 and R 2 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or C 1-6 alkyl or C 1-6 alkoxy each of which may independently have any 1 to 3 groups selected from a fluorine atom, a hydroxy group and amino; R 1 represents a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, amino or C 1-6 alkyl, and when m is 2, two R 1 are optionally different from each other; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. X 1 and X 2 independently represent CH or N; ring U represents C 6 aryl or 5 or 6-membered heteroaryl; m represents an integral number from 0 to 2; wherein n is 0, or n is 1 to 3 and R 2 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or C 1-6 alkyl or C 1-6 alkoxy each of which may independently have any 1 to 3 groups selected from a fluorine atom, a hydroxy group and amino; R 1 represents a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, amino or C 1-6 alkyl, and when m is 2, two R 1 are optionally different from each other; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method of accessing a channel in a wireless local area network, comprising: transmitting, by a first station, a plurality of request to send, RTS, frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813 814) to allocate a network allocation vector to a second station over a first band; and receiving, by the first station, a clear to send, CTS, frame (322, 712, 821) over a second band from the second station as a response to the plurality of RTS frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813, 814), wherein the first band includes a plurality of first 20 MHz bands, each of the plurality of RTS frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813, 814) corresponding to each of the plurality of first 20 MHz bands, wherein the second band includes a 20 MHz second band, wherein the number of the 20 MHz second band is equal to or less than the number of the plurality of first 20 MHz bands, and characterised in that each of the plurality of RTS frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813, 814) includes transmission mode information indicating an entire bandwidth of the plurality of first 20 MHz bands. transmitting, by a first station, a plurality of request to send, RTS, frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813 814) to allocate a network allocation vector to a second station over a first band; and receiving, by the first station, a clear to send, CTS, frame (322, 712, 821) over a second band from the second station as a response to the plurality of RTS frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813, 814), wherein the first band includes a plurality of first 20 MHz bands, each of the plurality of RTS frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813, 814) corresponding to each of the plurality of first 20 MHz bands, wherein the second band includes a 20 MHz second band, wherein the number of the 20 MHz second band is equal to or less than the number of the plurality of first 20 MHz bands, and characterised in that each of the plurality of RTS frames (321, 711, 811, 812, 813, 814) includes transmission mode information indicating an entire bandwidth of the plurality of first 20 MHz bands.
A refrigerator including: a cabinet provided therein with a storage compartment configured with an access opening formed in the front surface of the storage compartment and formed by an upper wall, a lower wall, both sidewalls and a rear wall which are formed of an insulating material; at least one door to open and close the storage compartment; and a camera device installed in the storage compartment which includes: a camera module part configured to receive a camera lens and provided with a transparent window spaced a certain distance from the camera lens, a camera housing part (73, 74) configured to seat and fix the camera module part at a position in the camera housing part (73, 74), characterized in that the door is closely contacting the front surface of the storage compartment, in that said camera module part receives electrical components needed to drive a camera, in that a heater is arranged to heat the transparent window, wherein the heater is arranged to maintain the central portion of the transparent window at a temperature of at least 12°C, and wherein the heater is disposed at the opposite side of the surface of the transparent window exposed to the storage compartment. a cabinet provided therein with a storage compartment configured with an access opening formed in the front surface of the storage compartment and formed by an upper wall, a lower wall, both sidewalls and a rear wall which are formed of an insulating material; at least one door to open and close the storage compartment; and a camera device installed in the storage compartment which includes: a camera module part configured to receive a camera lens and provided with a transparent window spaced a certain distance from the camera lens, a camera housing part (73, 74) configured to seat and fix the camera module part at a position in the camera housing part (73, 74), characterized in that the door is closely contacting the front surface of the storage compartment, in that said camera module part receives electrical components needed to drive a camera, in that a heater is arranged to heat the transparent window, wherein the heater is arranged to maintain the central portion of the transparent window at a temperature of at least 12°C, and wherein the heater is disposed at the opposite side of the surface of the transparent window exposed to the storage compartment. a camera module part configured to receive a camera lens and provided with a transparent window spaced a certain distance from the camera lens, a camera housing part (73, 74) configured to seat and fix the camera module part at a position in the camera housing part (73, 74), characterized in that the door is closely contacting the front surface of the storage compartment, in that said camera module part receives electrical components needed to drive a camera, in that a heater is arranged to heat the transparent window, wherein the heater is arranged to maintain the central portion of the transparent window at a temperature of at least 12°C, and wherein the heater is disposed at the opposite side of the surface of the transparent window exposed to the storage compartment.
An internal combustion engine system, comprising: a reductant delivery system in reductant supplying communication with combustion exhaust, the reductant delivery system comprising: a reductant tank containing reductant; a doser that supplies reductant to the combustion exhaust; a reductant pump that draws reductant from the reductant tank and delivers the reductant to the doser; a filter module positioned within the reductant tank to filter the reductant, a venting line, wherein the filter module is positioned adjacent to a bottom wall of the reductant tank the system being characterised by: the filter module comprising a venting port positioned to release entrained gas from the filter module to restrict entry of entrained gas into the reductant pump; and by the venting line extending substantially vertically to convey the gas from the venting port through the reductant in the reductant tank to a gas reservoir above the reductant within the reductant tank. a reductant tank containing reductant; a doser that supplies reductant to the combustion exhaust; a reductant pump that draws reductant from the reductant tank and delivers the reductant to the doser; a filter module positioned within the reductant tank to filter the reductant, the filter module comprising a venting port positioned to release entrained gas from the filter module to restrict entry of entrained gas into the reductant pump; and by the venting line extending substantially vertically to convey the gas from the venting port through the reductant in the reductant tank to a gas reservoir above the reductant within the reductant tank.