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A tool for removing an implanted catheter having a catheter body and a cuff, said tool comprising: a removal head configured to secure to a distal end of an elongated manipulator, said removal head including a tubular body having an axial opening along one side to be placed over the catheter body; wherein said tubular body has a blunt distal tip and first and second cutting edges extending obliquely in a proximal direction from the blunt distal tip; wherein the tubular body has third and fourth cutting edges along the axial opening, wherein the third and fourth cutting edges are oriented to cut tissue as the removal head is rotatable over the catheter body or cuff; the tool further comprising cutting elements along the third and fourth cutting edges, wherein the cutting elements are serrations. a removal head configured to secure to a distal end of an elongated manipulator, said removal head including a tubular body having an axial opening along one side to be placed over the catheter body; wherein said tubular body has a blunt distal tip and first and second cutting edges extending obliquely in a proximal direction from the blunt distal tip; wherein the tubular body has third and fourth cutting edges along the axial opening, wherein the third and fourth cutting edges are oriented to cut tissue as the removal head is rotatable over the catheter body or cuff; the tool further comprising cutting elements along the third and fourth cutting edges, wherein the cutting elements are serrations.
A piston-membrane hot sludge pump (100, 200) having at least one pendulum line, a displacement chamber, in which a membrane activated by means of a piston is arranged as a displacement element, and at least one expansion compensator (5, 105) for compensating the thermal change in length of the pendulum line, characterized in that the expansion compensator (5, 105) has a linear guide (6, 106) and at least one sealing arrangement (7, 7', 107, 107') between at least one displaceable element (8, 108) of the pump (100, 200), the displaceable element being connectable or being connected to a pendulum line, and at least one stationary area (9, 109) of the pump (100, 200), the expansion compensator (5, 105) has a housing (15, 115) which provides bearing means (16, 116) and sealing means (17, 117), the expansion compensator (5, 105) has the displaceable element (18, 118) which engages in the housing (15, 115) and provides counter-bearing means (19, 119) and counter-sealing means (20, 120) interacting with the bearing means (16, 116) and sealing means (17, 117), the housing (15, 115) has a first bore (21, 121), into which the displaceable element (8, 108) extends, and a second bore (22a, 122a), which extends from the outer side of the housing to the first bore (21, 121), the axis of the second bore (22a, 122a) runs at an angle of about 90° to the axis of the first bore (21, 121), and the second bore (22a, 122a) is associated with the displacement chamber.
A method of transmitting an indication of user equipment uplink buffer status in a wireless communications network in which said user equipment is configured to communicate with more than one network node at a given time using dual connectivity techniques in which a scheduler is provided at each serving network node, said method comprising: receiving an indication of a dual connectivity configuration to be used by said user equipment for uplink transmission; structuring uplink buffer status reporting in which uplink buffer status is grouped for one or more schedulers to be used for said user equipment according to said received indication of a dual connectivity configuration; wherein structuring uplink buffer status reporting comprises constructing an independent uplink buffer status report for each scheduler to be used for said user equipment; transmitting said independent uplink buffer status reports to one or more of said network nodes using resources granted by said more than one network node; wherein the resource used to transmit each said independent uplink buffer status report implicitly indicates which scheduler each said independent uplink buffer status report is intended for. receiving an indication of a dual connectivity configuration to be used by said user equipment for uplink transmission; structuring uplink buffer status reporting in which uplink buffer status is grouped for one or more schedulers to be used for said user equipment according to said received indication of a dual connectivity configuration; wherein structuring uplink buffer status reporting comprises constructing an independent uplink buffer status report for each scheduler to be used for said user equipment; transmitting said independent uplink buffer status reports to one or more of said network nodes using resources granted by said more than one network node; wherein the resource used to transmit each said independent uplink buffer status report implicitly indicates which scheduler each said independent uplink buffer status report is intended for.
A steel plate for a thick-walled steel pipe with excellent Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) performance in a heat affected zone which is formed as a result of performing girth welding, the steel plate having a chemical composition consisting of, by mass%, C: 0.030% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 2.00% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Mo: 0.20% or less including 0%, Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.05% or less, Al: 0.005% or more and 0.1% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, and optionally one or more of Cu: 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.50% or less and V: 0.05% or less; with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein Pcm* in % is 0.20 or less, wherein Pcm* is given by the following formula: [C + Si/30 + (Mn + Cu + Cr)/20 + Ni/60 + Mo/2 + V/10], where atomic symbols respectively represent the contents in mass% of the corresponding alloying chemical elements in the equation, and where the symbol of an alloying chemical element which is not contained is assigned a value of 0, wherein a fraction of bainite in a base material of the steel plate in terms of area ratio is 50% or more, and wherein a fraction of island martensite in terms of area ratio, which is generated in a coarse-grain region reheated in a dual-phase temperature range when the steel plate is subjected to girth welding which involves multilayer welding, when steel pipes are joined, is 5.0% or less, wherein the fraction of island martensite in terms of area ratio is calculated as average value of the ratios of the area of island martensite which were observed in an arbitrary cross section of the steel plate with respect to the total observation fields of view.
A LED traffic signal (100, 500, 600) comprising: a housing that includes a rear housing wall, an LED array mounted to the rear housing wall, said rear housing wall being made of a thermally conductive material to act as a heat sink for the LED array mounted thereon; a lens that receives and collimates a light from the LEDarray; a distribution optic that receives light from the collimating lens and distributes the light in a predetermined pattern, and an element located in an area proximate the LED array to minimize the amount of light received from an external source which exits the signal wherein the element is mounted to the rear housing wall located below the LED array; characterized in that the predetermined pattern directs, light out of the device in a particular direction such as upward, downward, and/or laterally; said element being selected from: at least one retroreflector; a hole located proximate to the LED array, and one or more reflective elements that receive external light and direct said light into the hole; a hole located proximate to the LED array, and a converging element positioned between the lens and the rear housing wall to direct external light from the lens into the hole a housing that includes a rear housing wall, an LED array mounted to the rear housing wall, said rear housing wall being made of a thermally conductive material to act as a heat sink for the LED array mounted thereon; a lens that receives and collimates a light from the LEDarray; a distribution optic that receives light from the collimating lens and distributes the light in a predetermined pattern, and an element located in an area proximate the LED array to minimize the amount of light received from an external source which exits the signal wherein the element is mounted to the rear housing wall located below the LED array; characterized in that the predetermined pattern directs, light out of the device in a particular direction such as upward, downward, and/or laterally; said element being selected from: at least one retroreflector; a hole located proximate to the LED array, and one or more reflective elements that receive external light and direct said light into the hole; a hole located proximate to the LED array, and a converging element positioned between the lens and the rear housing wall to direct external light from the lens into the hole at least one retroreflector; a hole located proximate to the LED array, and one or more reflective elements that receive external light and direct said light into the hole; a hole located proximate to the LED array, and a converging element positioned between the lens and the rear housing wall to direct external light from the lens into the hole
A process for producing a liquid product stream that has a C 13 to C 20 hydrocarbon content of less than 5.0 wt% based upon a total weight of the liquid product stream, the process comprising: contacting synthesis gas with a sulfurized Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 catalyst, wherein the sulfurized Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 catalyst includes cobalt and a sulfur doped Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 support, with the sulfur being incorporated via sulfate ions, the cobalt being present in an amount within a range of from 1 to 25 wt% based upon a dry weight of the sulfurized Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 catalyst, the sulfur being present in an amount within a range of from 0.01 to 1.00 wt%, based upon a dry weight of the sulfurized Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 catalyst, the conditions consisting essentially of a temperature within a range of from 150 to 300 °C, a pressure within a range of from 5 to 40 bar, and a gas hourly space velocity within a range of from 100 to 10000 h -1.
A computer implemented method comprising: receiving literal data at a source code editor, the literal data representing a literal data value for use by source code displayed by the source code editor; inserting the literal data representing the literal data value into the source code; and displaying a graphical representation of the literal data value in the source code editor, the graphical representation displayed within a program code statement associated with the literal data value; compiling the program code statement associated with the literal data value after inserting the literal data representing the literal data value into the source code; executing the compiled program code statement to generate output; and displaying the output of the compiled program code statement associated with the literal data value within the source code editor. receiving literal data at a source code editor, the literal data representing a literal data value for use by source code displayed by the source code editor; inserting the literal data representing the literal data value into the source code; and displaying a graphical representation of the literal data value in the source code editor, the graphical representation displayed within a program code statement associated with the literal data value; compiling the program code statement associated with the literal data value after inserting the literal data representing the literal data value into the source code; executing the compiled program code statement to generate output; and displaying the output of the compiled program code statement associated with the literal data value within the source code editor.
Amplifier with a main amplifier circuit (41, 61) and an auxiliary amplifier circuit (42, 62), wherein output connections of the main amplifier circuit (41, 61) and of the auxiliary amplifier circuit (42, 62) are connected according to the Doherty principle, wherein the amplifier also comprises a signal producing device (40, 60) which is configured directly to produce a main amplifier signal as input signal for the main amplifier circuit (41, 61) and an auxiliary amplifier signal as input signal for the auxiliary amplifier circuit (42, 62), wherein the signal producing device (40, 60) is configured to produce the main amplifier signal and the auxiliary amplifier signal by modulation and/or from digital data to be transmitted, wherein the main amplifier signal corresponds to a signal to be amplified, wherein the auxiliary amplifier signal corresponds to the signal peaks of the signal to be amplified, characterised in that the amplifier also comprises a control device (46, 66), in that the control device (46, 66) is configured to control the signal producing device (40, 60), and in that the control device (46, 66) is configured to use the signal to be amplified to define a threshold value (53, 54, 55) to define the main amplifier signal and the auxiliary amplifier signal.
Device for coating lenses, preferably eyeglass lenses, by means of sputtering, in particular magnetron sputtering, with at least two targets and with a carrier for holding at least one lens to be coated, wherein the targets are designed elongated or tubular, wherein the targets are adjustable to change the distance (Z, F) to the at least one lens to be coated and/or the distance of the targets, characterized in that the device has an adjustment drive for common adjustment of the targets. with at least two targets and with a carrier for holding at least one lens to be coated, wherein the targets are designed elongated or tubular, wherein the targets are adjustable to change the distance (Z, F) to the at least one lens to be coated and/or the distance of the targets, characterized in that the device has an adjustment drive for common adjustment of the targets.
An absorbable iron-based alloy medical device implant, comprising an iron-based alloy substrate and a degradable polymer disposed on the surface of the iron-based alloy substrate, wherein the medical device further comprises a zinc-containing protector disposed on the surface of the iron-based alloy substrate, a mixture of zinc containing protector and a component selected from the group consisting of a phosphate radical-containing compound, a degradable adhesive or a water-soluble adhesive; characterized in that the zinc-containing protector is a zinc compound selected from the group consisting of zinc phosphate, zinc sulfate, zinc chloride zinc nitrate, zinc carbonate, basic zinc carbonate, zinc gluconate, licorzinc, zinc acetate, zinc citrate, amino acid zinc and yeast zinc; and wherein the weight percentage of the zinc compound in the mixture is greater than or equal to 20 percent and less than 100 percent.
Method for controlling the alignment of a heliostat with respect to a receiver, the heliostat comprising a mirror device with a mirror surface, characterized in that a two-dimensional image sensor device is arranged on the mirror surface, and in that the heliostat is aligned by the image sensor device using image recognition on a two-dimensional image in such a way that a first angle of a first vector pointing towards the sun, relative to a prescribed vector of the mirror device, and a second angle of a vector pointing towards a prescribed target area of the receiver, relative to the prescribed vector, are in a relationship to each other which is dependent upon the prescribed vector of the mirror device, wherein images of the sun and the prescribed target area and their position relative to the prescribed vector are determined, and wherein the contour of an image of the sun is detected.
A reversible seat belt tensioner in a vehicle, comprising a reversible first drive and a clutch, said clutch having a first drive element connected to the first drive and adapted for being rotated in a driving direction and in a releasing direction, at least one pawl arranged at a face side of a seat belt spool, the pawl being configured to engage a clutch-side toothing on the first drive element to couple the seat belt spool with the first drive element, the pawl being configured to assume a disengaged position in which the pawl is not in engagement with the clutch-side toothing on the first drive element and an engaged position in which the pawl is in engagement with the clutch-side toothing, characterized in that a second drive element is configured to interact with the pawl so that a motion of the second drive element moves the pawl from its disengaged position into its engaged position, the second drive element being moveable independently of the rotation of the first drive element.
A bus bar mounting assembly having multiple bus bars and at least one bus bar holder which can be applied to a support structure and having at least one base receptacle (22, 22', 22") for inserting a base section of a bus bar and fixing the base section in place by a holding element, the holding element being a separate element, releasably, attachable on a base element of the bus bar holder and, for attachment to a matched holding element receptacle of the base element has a connecting section and for fixation in place of the base section has a head piece extending over the base section, characterized in that the wherein a distance (a) between facing longitudinal edges of the contacting sections protruding past the bus bar holder of two adjoining bus bars is less than an extension of the head piece of the holding element in a longitudinal direction of the bus bar holder, and the height of the holding element from an underside facing the base element to a top facing away from the base element is matched to a clearance between the respective contacting section and the base receptacle (22, 22', 22") so that the holding element is insertable canted between the facing longitudinal edges of the contacting sections of two adjoining bus bars and is then tiltable and may then be plugged into the base receptacle (22, 22', 22") perpendicularly with respect to the top of the base element.
Particle analysis method, including a spectrometry-based analysis of a fluid sample comprising a sheath fluid and at least one particle to be analysed, comprising the steps of - creating a sample light beam (S, S1, S2) and a probe light beam with a light source device and periodically varying a relative phase between the sample and probe light beams (S, S1, S2, P) with a phase modulator device, - irradiating the fluid sample with the sample light beam (S, S1, S2), wherein the fluid sample is flowing in at least one sample channel (31, 32) through a beam path of the sample light beam (S, S1, S2), so that the at least one particle is irradiated for a predetermined irradiation period, - detecting the sample and probe light beams (S, S1, S2, P) with a detector device, and - providing a spectral response of the at least one particle, based on an output of the detector device, wherein - the light source device comprises at least one broadband source, which has an emission spectrum covering a mid-infrared frequency range, wherein - the step of detecting the sample and probe light beams (S, S1, S2, P) comprises interferometrically sensing an optical spectrum of the at least one particle with the detector device, and - the phase modulator device varies the relative phase with a scanning period equal to or below the irradiation period of irradiating the at least one particle. - creating a sample light beam (S, S1, S2) and a probe light beam with a light source device and periodically varying a relative phase between the sample and probe light beams (S, S1, S2, P) with a phase modulator device, - irradiating the fluid sample with the sample light beam (S, S1, S2), wherein the fluid sample is flowing in at least one sample channel (31, 32) through a beam path of the sample light beam (S, S1, S2), so that the at least one particle is irradiated for a predetermined irradiation period, - detecting the sample and probe light beams (S, S1, S2, P) with a detector device, and - providing a spectral response of the at least one particle, based on an output of the detector device, wherein - the light source device comprises at least one broadband source, which has an emission spectrum covering a mid-infrared frequency range, wherein - the step of detecting the sample and probe light beams (S, S1, S2, P) comprises interferometrically sensing an optical spectrum of the at least one particle with the detector device, and - the phase modulator device varies the relative phase with a scanning period equal to or below the irradiation period of irradiating the at least one particle.
A hydrogen generator comprising: a reformer configured to produce hydrogen-containing gas from raw material gas through reforming; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a hydro-desulfurizer configured to remove sulfur from the raw material gas through hydrodesulfurization; a recycle flow passage through which recycle gas as a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the hydro-desulfurizer; a raw material gas flow detector configured to detect a flow rate of the raw material gas, the raw material gas flow detector located somewhere in a flow passage for the raw material gas upstream of a junction of the recycle gas and the raw material gas; a recycle gas flow regulator provided in the recycle flow passage and configured to regulate and detect a flow rate of the recycle gas flowing in the recycle flow passage; and a controller configured to control the flow rate of the recycle gas in accordance with the temperature of the reformer, the flow rate of the raw material gas, and the flow rate of the recycle gas detected by the recycle gas flow regulator. a reformer configured to produce hydrogen-containing gas from raw material gas through reforming; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a hydro-desulfurizer configured to remove sulfur from the raw material gas through hydrodesulfurization; a recycle flow passage through which recycle gas as a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied to the hydro-desulfurizer; a raw material gas flow detector configured to detect a flow rate of the raw material gas, the raw material gas flow detector located somewhere in a flow passage for the raw material gas upstream of a junction of the recycle gas and the raw material gas; a recycle gas flow regulator provided in the recycle flow passage and configured to regulate and detect a flow rate of the recycle gas flowing in the recycle flow passage; and a controller configured to control the flow rate of the recycle gas in accordance with the temperature of the reformer, the flow rate of the raw material gas, and the flow rate of the recycle gas detected by the recycle gas flow regulator.