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A support apparatus for a lithographic apparatus, comprising: an object holder configured to support an object; and an extraction body radially outward of the object holder, the extraction body comprising a projection and an extraction opening configured to extract fluid from a top surface of the support apparatus, wherein the extraction body is spaced from the object holder such that the extraction body is substantially decoupled from the object holder; characterised in that the projection is below the object and in that the projection is configured such that it surrounds the object holder and such that, in use, a layer of liquid is retained on the top surface of the projection and in contact with the lower surface of the object supported on the object holder. an object holder configured to support an object; and an extraction body radially outward of the object holder, the extraction body comprising a projection and an extraction opening configured to extract fluid from a top surface of the support apparatus, wherein the extraction body is spaced from the object holder such that the extraction body is substantially decoupled from the object holder; characterised in that the projection is below the object and in that the projection is configured such that it surrounds the object holder and such that, in use, a layer of liquid is retained on the top surface of the projection and in contact with the lower surface of the object supported on the object holder.
A drill pipe mountable wellbore cleaning tool apparatus, comprising: a) drill pipe joint having first and second connector end portions and a cylindrically shaped portion in between the connector end portions, said joint being part of a drill string; b) a support sleeve (26, 66) mounted to the drill pipe joint in between the connector end portions; c) wherein the support sleeve (26, 66) abuts but does not invade the integrity of the cylindrical portion; d) centralizers attached to the opposing ends of the support sleeve (26, 66), each centralizer overlapping a portion of the support sleeve; e) the sleeve carrying one or more debris cleaning tools (40, 70) in between the centralizers that enable debris removal from a wellbore; characterised in that f) at least one locking clamp attached to the cylindrical portion next to a said centralizer; and g) wherein the locking clamp prevents the support sleeve (26, 66) from moving longitudinally along the drill pipe joint. a) drill pipe joint having first and second connector end portions and a cylindrically shaped portion in between the connector end portions, said joint being part of a drill string; b) a support sleeve (26, 66) mounted to the drill pipe joint in between the connector end portions; c) wherein the support sleeve (26, 66) abuts but does not invade the integrity of the cylindrical portion; d) centralizers attached to the opposing ends of the support sleeve (26, 66), each centralizer overlapping a portion of the support sleeve; e) the sleeve carrying one or more debris cleaning tools (40, 70) in between the centralizers that enable debris removal from a wellbore; characterised in that f) at least one locking clamp attached to the cylindrical portion next to a said centralizer; and g) wherein the locking clamp prevents the support sleeve (26, 66) from moving longitudinally along the drill pipe joint.
A deposition apparatus for use in additive manufacturing, the deposition apparatus comprising: at least one reservoir for storing a colloidal suspension of material and a liquid carrier; at least one print head comprising a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the reservoir, each nozzle configured to deposit a droplet of the colloidal suspension onto a substrate; and drying means disposed adjacent the at least one print head, characterised in that the drying means is configured to selectively supply a first energy pulse to a deposited droplet in order to evaporate the liquid from the deposited droplet, the apparatus further comprising: melting means disposed adjacent the drying means, the melting means configured to selectively supply a second energy pulse for melting the material in a droplet dried by the drying means. at least one reservoir for storing a colloidal suspension of material and a liquid carrier; at least one print head comprising a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the reservoir, each nozzle configured to deposit a droplet of the colloidal suspension onto a substrate; and drying means disposed adjacent the at least one print head, characterised in that the drying means is configured to selectively supply a first energy pulse to a deposited droplet in order to evaporate the liquid from the deposited droplet, the apparatus further comprising: melting means disposed adjacent the drying means, the melting means configured to selectively supply a second energy pulse for melting the material in a droplet dried by the drying means.
A coated optical fiber comprising: a glass optical fiber comprising a glass core and a glass cladding disposed about the glass core; and a cured reaction product of a radiation-curable optical fiber coating composition comprising at least 20 wt% of one or more at least trifunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomers, each having three or more free radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturations; at least 20 wt% of one or more at least trifunctional thiol monomers, each having three or more free radical polymerizable thiols; and an effective amount of a free radical photoinitiator, wherein the ratio of the number of polymerizable ethylenic unsaturations of the curable composition to the number of polymerizable thiols of the curable compositions is at least about 1. a glass optical fiber comprising a glass core and a glass cladding disposed about the glass core; and a cured reaction product of a radiation-curable optical fiber coating composition comprising at least 20 wt% of one or more at least trifunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomers, each having three or more free radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturations; at least 20 wt% of one or more at least trifunctional thiol monomers, each having three or more free radical polymerizable thiols; and an effective amount of a free radical photoinitiator, wherein the ratio of the number of polymerizable ethylenic unsaturations of the curable composition to the number of polymerizable thiols of the curable compositions is at least about 1. at least 20 wt% of one or more at least trifunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomers, each having three or more free radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturations; at least 20 wt% of one or more at least trifunctional thiol monomers, each having three or more free radical polymerizable thiols; and an effective amount of a free radical photoinitiator, wherein the ratio of the number of polymerizable ethylenic unsaturations of the curable composition to the number of polymerizable thiols of the curable compositions is at least about 1.
An engine suspension structure for a two-wheeled motor vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body frame; an engine suspendedly supported on the vehicle body frame; left and right down frames (18L, 18R) forming part of the vehicle body frame and extending vertically in front of the engine, the left and right down frames (18L, 18R) being separated in a vehicle width direction; and a mounting plate for linking together the down frames (18L, 18R) and hangers provided on the engine for thereby mounting the engine, wherein the mounting plate is attached in such a manner as to be sandwiched between the left and right down frames (18L, 18R), and the mounting plate is formed into a U-shaped cross-section opened toward the hangers, has left and right side walls (185L, 185R), and is attached to the hangers so as to sandwich the hangers, characterized in that the left and right side walls (185L, 185R) of the mounting plate are bridged by cross members (188; 188A). a vehicle body frame; an engine suspendedly supported on the vehicle body frame; left and right down frames (18L, 18R) forming part of the vehicle body frame and extending vertically in front of the engine, the left and right down frames (18L, 18R) being separated in a vehicle width direction; and a mounting plate for linking together the down frames (18L, 18R) and hangers provided on the engine for thereby mounting the engine,
An ex-vivo method of producing an acellular cornea comprising subjecting a cornea obtained from an animal to the treatment of a supercritical fluid in the presence of a co-solvent, wherein the co-solvent is ethanol, which is conducted in the presence of 60% of ethanol by volume under a pressure of 35 MPa (350 bar) at a temperature of 45 °C for 80 min, wherein the method is characterized in not having the step of treating the cornea with any of a protease, a chelating agent, a detergent, a glycerol, or a combination thereof, wherein prior to the SCF treatment, the cornea is subjected to the treatment of a salt solution containing 0.5-4.0 M NaCl for at least 24 hours.
Backpack with a substantially parallelepipedal shape, with an overall plane of symmetry, comprising a chamber formed by an enclosure made from flexible material such as a synthetic fabric consisting of at least a dorsal wall, a front wall, two lateral walls (6a, 6b), and means for varying the volume of its chamber, characterised in that the front wall consists of three wall portions (16, 17a, 17b), each of these portions being substantially rectangular in shape extending vertically substantially over the height of the front wall, namely a middle portion and two lateral portions (17a, 17b), while the front wall comprises two vertical fold zones (18a, 18b) enabling the lateral wall portions (17a, 17b) to be able to be folded back over the middle wall portion, and to be fixed together in order to enable the pack to have at least two positions, namely a so-called small-volume folded position and a large-volume unfolded position, and each of the wall portions (16, 17a, 17b) comprises a reinforcement layer (19, 20a, 20b) making it possible to locate the two lateral fold zones (18a, 18b) between the middle wall portion and the two lateral wall portions (17a, 17b), the pack comprises removable means for the connection of the two lateral wall portions (17a, 17b), namely that each of the respective external lateral borders (21a, 21b) comprises complementary means allowing the removable connection of these two lateral borders in the folded-over position corresponding to the small-volume folded position of the pack.
A method for steering packet traffic by a switch, the method comprising: receiving a packet on an ingress port; responsive to determining there is an entry corresponding to the packet stored in a microflow table, correlating the packet with a service chain identifier; determining a next service type for the packet in accordance with the service chain identifier and the ingress port; selecting an instance of the next service from a plurality of instances of the next service in accordance with the determined next service type and at least one of a packet parameter or a non-packet parameter; and forwarding the packet to the selected instance of the next service. receiving a packet on an ingress port; responsive to determining there is an entry corresponding to the packet stored in a microflow table, correlating the packet with a service chain identifier; determining a next service type for the packet in accordance with the service chain identifier and the ingress port; selecting an instance of the next service from a plurality of instances of the next service in accordance with the determined next service type and at least one of a packet parameter or a non-packet parameter; and forwarding the packet to the selected instance of the next service.
A method for generating a workpiece having a second toothing incorporated into a first toothing having a predefined toothing geometry, characterised in that a first machining operation is carried out on the workpiece to generate the second toothing by cutting in the kinematics of skiving, said workpiece in particular still having an oversize (Δ) relative to the predefined toothing geometry, in particular at a transition from the first to the second toothing, and in that a second machining operation which matches the predefined toothing geometry is then carried out at the transition in the kinematics of skiving, thereby in particular removing any remaining oversize.
A patient-specific bone implant, comprising: a porous body (200, 200a, 200b) configured for being placed on bone and having a core material covered with tantalum and made with unique outer dimensions selected to match a specific patient, the porous body (200, 200a, 200b) including a hole or window extending from an outer surface of the porous body (200, 200a, 200b), and an anchor member (202, 202a, 202b) press fit within the hole or window, characterised therein that said porous body (200, 200a, 200b) includes a cavity or bore perpendicular to the hole or window and at least one post is threadedly secured to the anchor member (202, 202a, 202b) in the hole or window, the at least one post placed through the cavity or bore. a porous body (200, 200a, 200b) configured for being placed on bone and having a core material covered with tantalum and made with unique outer dimensions selected to match a specific patient, the porous body (200, 200a, 200b) including a hole or window extending from an outer surface of the porous body (200, 200a, 200b), and an anchor member (202, 202a, 202b) press fit within the hole or window, characterised therein that said porous body (200, 200a, 200b) includes a cavity or bore perpendicular to the hole or window and at least one post is threadedly secured to the anchor member (202, 202a, 202b) in the hole or window, the at least one post placed through the cavity or bore.
A filter for a cigarette comprising one or more capsules containing a liquid additive material for modifying the characteristics of tobacco smoke during smoking of the cigarette, wherein the one or more capsules are present in a plug of fibrous cellulose acetate filter material within the filter, and wherein the one or more capsules are singular-part, seamless capsules that may be ruptured by applying force to release the liquid additive material therein, wherein the one or more singular-part, seamless capsules are round microcapsules with diameters of 0.3mm to 1.0mm, wherein the one or more singular-part, seamless capsules have a liquid center and a shell wall comprising pectin.
A control system for a blood treatment apparatus, said control system being configured to: instruct an operator to install a first flow circuit for conducting a fluid provided by the blood treatment apparatus through a dialyzer; instruct the operator to install a second flow circuit which is separated from the first flow circuit by a semi-permeable membrane of the dialyzer and comprising connectors (43, 44) for connection to a vascular system of a subject during blood treatment, wherein the second flow circuit is installed to be disconnected from the vascular system and form a closed loop that includes a sterilizing filter, operate the blood treatment apparatus to pump a human-compatible fluid into the first flow circuit so that a portion of the human-compatible fluid flows through the semi-permeable membrane into the second flow circuit; and operate the blood treatment apparatus to circulate said portion of the human-compatible fluid in the closed loop of second flow circuit, to thereby sterilize said portion of the human-compatible fluid by the sterilizing filter. instruct an operator to install a first flow circuit for conducting a fluid provided by the blood treatment apparatus through a dialyzer; instruct the operator to install a second flow circuit which is separated from the first flow circuit by a semi-permeable membrane of the dialyzer and comprising connectors (43, 44) for connection to a vascular system of a subject during blood treatment, wherein the second flow circuit is installed to be disconnected from the vascular system and form a closed loop that includes a sterilizing filter, operate the blood treatment apparatus to pump a human-compatible fluid into the first flow circuit so that a portion of the human-compatible fluid flows through the semi-permeable membrane into the second flow circuit; and operate the blood treatment apparatus to circulate said portion of the human-compatible fluid in the closed loop of second flow circuit, to thereby sterilize said portion of the human-compatible fluid by the sterilizing filter.
Medical hollow needle comprising at least one suction tube or suction line having a proximal end remote from the body and a distal end close to the body, wherein said distal end is formed as a suction aperture, wherein at said suction aperture at said distal end of said suction tube or suction line at least one protrusion is disposed and said protrusion is formed to protrude beyond an edge of said suction aperture and said distal end of said suction tube or suction line, characterized in that said protrusion is formed as separate element and is connected to said distal end of said suction tube or suction line.
An image sensor using charge transfer, the sensor comprising rows of photodiodes alternating with rows of gates adjacent to the photodiodes, the gates covering a semiconductor active layer region of a first type of conductivity and the photodiodes being formed in the active layer by individual regions of a second type of conductivity, themselves covered by individual superficial regions of the first type connected to a reference potential for the active layer, the gates exhibiting an asymmetry between an upstream side and a downstream side, adjacent on one side to a photodiode and having, on the other side, narrow gate fingers extending toward another photodiode, the narrow fingers being separated from one another by insulating regions doped with the first type of conductivity, more doped than the superficial regions and also connected to the reference potential of the active layer, the sensor being characterized in that it comprises at least two independent gates (G2A i, G2B i), adjacent to both a first photodiode (PH1 i) belonging to a first row of photodiodes and to a second photodiode (PH2 i) belonging to a second row of photodiodes, a first of the two gates having its narrow fingers extending toward the first photodiode and the second gate having its narrow fingers extending toward the second photodiode, and the two gates being controllable separately from each other.
A method in a wireless terminal, the method comprising: estimating a first channel matrix based on a first reference signal that corresponds to a first reference signal resource; estimating a second channel matrix based on a second reference signal that corresponds to a second reference signal resource; determining a pair of precoding matrices based on the first channel matrix and on the second channel matrix, the pair of precoding matrices being selected so as to maximize a mutual information metric, the mutual information metric including a maximum rate at which reliable communication, defined as the ability to transmit and receive so that the probability of a bit error tends to zero, is possible, and wherein a first precoding matrix of the pair is applicable to the first reference signal resource and represents an assumption that a desired signal is precoded at a first transmission point by the first precoding matrix, and wherein a second precoding matrix of the pair is applicable to the second reference signal resource and represents an assumption that an interference signal is precoded at a second transmission point by the second precoding matrix; and sending, to at least one transmission point a channel state information, the channel state information including information relating to the precoding matrix pair. estimating a first channel matrix based on a first reference signal that corresponds to a first reference signal resource; estimating a second channel matrix based on a second reference signal that corresponds to a second reference signal resource; determining a pair of precoding matrices based on the first channel matrix and on the second channel matrix, the pair of precoding matrices being selected so as to maximize a mutual information metric, the mutual information metric including a maximum rate at which reliable communication, defined as the ability to transmit and receive so that the probability of a bit error tends to zero, is possible, and wherein a first precoding matrix of the pair is applicable to the first reference signal resource and represents an assumption that a desired signal is precoded at a first transmission point by the first precoding matrix, and wherein a second precoding matrix of the pair is applicable to the second reference signal resource and represents an assumption that an interference signal is precoded at a second transmission point by the second precoding matrix; and sending, to at least one transmission point a channel state information, the channel state information including information relating to the precoding matrix pair.
A recombinant neurotrophic viral vector comprising a transgene, for use in a method of delivering the product of the transgene to the spinal cord of a subject, wherein the method comprises administering the viral vector to at least one ventricle of the brain, whereby said transgene is expressed and the expressed transgene product is delivered to the spinal cord, wherein the viral vector is an adeno-associated virus vector and wherein the transgene is SMN-1.
A coupling device for a manipulator featuring a clamping fixture for fixedly connected to the manipulator and an adapter for fixedly clamping thereto, the clamping fixture comprising a locking mechanism the locking elements of which are designed to engage a protuberance or recess of the adapter, both the clamping fixture and the adapter featuring an elongated, particularly an essentially rectangular basic shape, the adapter featuring a locking opening provided with side widenings (45, 46) and the locking mechanism having two laterally shiftable locking elements (6, 7) and an actuating member disposed inbetween, by means of which the locking elements (6, 7) are insertable in the side widenings (45, 46) of the locking opening such that the adapter is fixedly securable to the clamping fixture, characterized in that said locking mechanism is also arranged centrally in a slotted recess of the clamping fixture and the adapter is provided with an elongated, strip-shaped base into which the cited locking opening is inset, the base of the adapter being insertable into the cited recess of the clamping fixture.
A structured film comprising a semi-crystalline polyolefin and a beta-nucleating agent, the structured film comprising a backing and upstanding posts attached to the backing.