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A sheath assembly for insertion of a cord-shaped element (32, 105), particularly a catheter, into the body of a patient, said assembly comprising an introducer sheath, the distal end of which is provided for insertion into the body of a patient and the proximal end of which protrudes from the body of the patient during insertion of the distal end of said assembly into the body of the patient, and comprising an auxiliary sheath for insertion into the introducer sheath together with the cord-shaped element / catheter (32, 105), with first fastening means especially for detachably fastening the auxiliary sheath to the introducer sheath, and with second fastening means especially for detachably fastening the cord-shaped element to the auxiliary sheath, wherein the introducer sheath has a first sheath housing (13, 114) and therein, a first sheath inner chamber having a first receiving channel for a cord-shaped element (32, 105) and a distal tubular section (11, 41a) that terminates in the first sheath housing, and a first flushing device for flushing the sheath inner chamber, wherein the auxiliary sheath has a second sheath inner chamber having a second receiving channel for a cord-shaped element (32, 105), a distal, tubular part and a second flushing device for the second sheath inner chamber, and wherein the first sheath housing (13, 114) has means for positioning the distal end of the tubular part of the auxiliary sheath in the first sheath housing (13, 114), proximally in front of the proximal end of the tubular section (11, 41a) characterised in that the second flushing device is connected to the first flushing device to allow an exchange of flushing fluid.
A solar cell element comprising a semiconductor substrate that includes a first semiconductor layer of one conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer of the opposite conductivity type, and a plurality of linear current collector electrodes that are arranged on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate at the second semiconductor layer side, the plurality of linear current collector electrodes being arranged at intervals in a direction from a middle part toward both end parts of the first main surface, wherein a distance between neighbouring ones of the current collector electrodes located in the middle part and a distance between neighbouring ones of the current collector electrodes located in the both end parts are different from each other, wherein a first output extraction electrode crossing the current collector electrodes is arranged, wherein the first output extraction electrode intersects the plurality of linear current collector electrodes at a position separated from an end portion of the linear current collector electrodes, so that the end portions extend from the first output extraction electrode, characterized in that the distance between neighbouring ones of the current collector electrodes located in the middle part is shorter than the distance between neighbouring ones of the current collector electrodes located in the both end parts, and wherein a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the middle part is smaller than a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the both end parts. wherein a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the middle part is smaller than a thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the both end parts.
A method for winterizing microbial oil comprising the steps of: (a) providing a microbial oil; (b) heating the microbial oil to a first temperature and maintaining the microbial oil at the first temperature for a first period of time; (c) reducing the first temperature of the microbial oil after the first period of time to a second temperature over a second period of time, wherein reducing the first temperature produces a first solid fraction and first liquid fraction of the microbial oil; (d) removing the first solid fraction from the microbial oil; (e) reducing the second temperature of the first liquid fraction of the microbial oil over a third period of time to a third temperature, wherein reducing the second temperature of the microbial oil produces a second solid fraction and second liquid fraction of the microbial oil, and wherein the microbial oil is not heated between the steps of reducing the first temperature and reducing the second temperature; (f) removing the second solid fraction from the microbial oil; and (g) recovering the second liquid fraction of the microbial oil, wherein the method is carried out in the absence of solvents. (a) providing a microbial oil; (b) heating the microbial oil to a first temperature and maintaining the microbial oil at the first temperature for a first period of time; (c) reducing the first temperature of the microbial oil after the first period of time to a second temperature over a second period of time, wherein reducing the first temperature produces a first solid fraction and first liquid fraction of the microbial oil; (d) removing the first solid fraction from the microbial oil; (e) reducing the second temperature of the first liquid fraction of the microbial oil over a third period of time to a third temperature, wherein reducing the second temperature of the microbial oil produces a second solid fraction and second liquid fraction of the microbial oil, and wherein the microbial oil is not heated between the steps of reducing the first temperature and reducing the second temperature; (f) removing the second solid fraction from the microbial oil; and (g) recovering the second liquid fraction of the microbial oil,
Optical article comprising, in the following order, starting from the substrate: (a) a transparent substrate made of organic glass comprising two main faces, (b) a primer coating comprising polyurethane, deposited on at least one of the two main faces of the substrate made of glass, (c) an abrasion-resistant coating deposited on the primer coating, and (d) an antireflective coating deposited on the abrasion-resistant coating, characterized in that the primer coating additionally comprises particulate silica, in that the percentage by weight of the said particulate silica in the dry primer coating is between 45% and 55%, with respect to the weight of dry coating, and in that the percentage by weight of polyurethane in the dry primer coating is between 45% and 55%, with respect to the weight of dry coating. (a) a transparent substrate made of organic glass comprising two main faces, (b) a primer coating comprising polyurethane, deposited on at least one of the two main faces of the substrate made of glass, (c) an abrasion-resistant coating deposited on the primer coating, and (d) an antireflective coating deposited on the abrasion-resistant coating,
A bayonet connection for coupling the ends of drill pipes, drill rods or anchor rods, comprising a bayonet plug and a bayonet sleeve, said bayonet plug being provided with two bayonet pins spaced apart by 180°, which bayonet pins are insertable in substantially L-shaped bayonet grooves formed in the bayonet sleeve and are fixable by rotation in a substantially horizontally disposed leg of the L, wherein the bayonet grooves have a diameter enlarged relative to the diameter of a bayonet pin, and a plug-in depth of the bayonet plug into the bayonet sleeve is limited by an axial stop formed in the bayonet sleeve, the axial stop is designed as a conical surface or a frustoconical surface with a passage opening leading through the truncated cone, which axial stop cooperates with a substantially corresponding conical surface or frustoconical surface with a passage opening leading through the truncated cone, characterized in that the two cooperating conical or frustoconical surfaces are formed with mutually different surface roughnesses matching each other.
A carrier adapted for the localized delivery of a biologically active agent, comprising a shell capable of releasing an enclosed biologically active agent as a result of a local stimulus, e.g. energy input, such as heat, wherein the shell encloses a water-soluble 19F MR contrast agent, wherein the 19F contrast agent undergoes a change in detectability upon its release from the carrier, and wherein the biologically active agent is a drug for therapy or prevention of diseases or disorders, wherein the carrier further comprises an 1 H MR contrast agent selected from the group of T1and/or T2 modifying contrast agents, a paramagnetic chemical shift agent, a Chemical Exchange-dependent Saturation Transfer (CEST) contrast agent, and combinations thereof, and wherein the 1H MR contrast agent and 19F MR contrast agent are in the cavity formed by the shell.
A tubular ceramic filter arrangement comprising a rigid and self-supporting ceramic filter and a primary support housed within the ceramic filter, wherein the primary support is in contact with inside walls of the ceramic filter, characterised in that the primary support comprises a knuckle for making contact with the inside walls of the ceramic filter wherein the primary support comprises a plurality of bars and two or more reinforcing elements spaced along and connected to the bars, wherein one or more of the bars comprises a free end that is bent substantially inwards to define an inwardly extending bar section to form the knuckle that exhibits spring-like characteristics wherein the diameter of the primary support at the knuckle is greater than the diameter of the main body of the support.
Use of asphaltite-mineral particles to impart self-healing properties to a cement sheath that is placed in a subterranean well penetrating one or more hydrocarbon-containing formations, wherein said self-healing properties are enabled by swelling the asphaltite-mineral particles when contacted by gaseous hydrocarbons from the formation.
A network comprising a first base station, BS, of a new radio, NR, Radio Access Network, NR-RAN, and a second BS of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, E-UTRA, Network, E-UTRAN, for handling NR capabilities, comprising: the first BS being adapted to receive at least one E-UTRA capability and at least one first NR capability of a communication device from the communication device in a first NR-access Radio Resource Control, RRC, message or from a core network, CN; the first BS being adapted to transmit the at least one E-UTRA capability and the at least one first NR capability of the communication device to the second BS; the second BS being adapted to generate a first, RRC, Connection Reconfiguration message according to the at least one E-UTRA capability and the at least one first NR capability, wherein the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message comprises at least one E-UTRA configuration and a NR configuration; the second BS being adapted to transmit the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message to the first BS; the first BS being adapted to generate a second NR-access RRC message comprising the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message; the first BS being adapted to transmit the second NR-access RRC message to the communication device; and the second BS being adapted to receive a first RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message from the communication device, in response to the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message. the first BS being adapted to receive at least one E-UTRA capability and at least one first NR capability of a communication device from the communication device in a first NR-access Radio Resource Control, RRC, message or from a core network, CN; the first BS being adapted to transmit the at least one E-UTRA capability and the at least one first NR capability of the communication device to the second BS; the second BS being adapted to generate a first, RRC, Connection Reconfiguration message according to the at least one E-UTRA capability and the at least one first NR capability, wherein the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message comprises at least one E-UTRA configuration and a NR configuration; the second BS being adapted to transmit the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message to the first BS; the first BS being adapted to generate a second NR-access RRC message comprising the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message; the first BS being adapted to transmit the second NR-access RRC message to the communication device; and the second BS being adapted to receive a first RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message from the communication device, in response to the first RRC Connection Reconfiguration message.
Use of an oil composition comprising silicone oil for stabilizing storage of hydrogen peroxide, wherein the oil composition is applied to an inner surface of a container or a syringe.
A wax inhibitor for hydrocarbon oils comprising an esterified copolymer having repeating structural units derived from an esterified ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and a-olefins having at least 18 carbon atoms, whereof at least 3 mol-% of the a-olefins have 30 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid has been esterified with a mixture of alcohols comprising i) 70 to 97 mol-% of a saturated fatty alcohol having 18 to 24 carbon atoms and ii) 3 to 30 mol-% of an unsaturated alcohol having 16 to 24 carbon atoms. i) 70 to 97 mol-% of a saturated fatty alcohol having 18 to 24 carbon atoms and ii) 3 to 30 mol-% of an unsaturated alcohol having 16 to 24 carbon atoms.
Magnetic structure (5, 5', 5", 10) generating a magnetic field for an ironless motor of an electrodynamic loudspeaker having a mobile coil, wherein the magnetic structure generates a magnetic field in a gap in which the coil is arranged, said magnetic structure consisting of a stack of three magnets corresponding to one intermediate magnet (8, 8', 8") and two top and bottom covering magnets (7, 9) (7', 9') (7", 9") (11, 12), the gap-circumscribing edges of said magnets being aligned and forming a straight gap border, said magnets being further located side by side, the intermediate magnet having a radial magnetic polarization, the covering magnets having the same magnetic polarization and substantially identical remanent magnetizations, characterized in that the covering magnets have a radial (7, 9) (7', 9') (7", 9") or axial (11, 12) magnetic polarization and in that, when magnetic polarization of the covering magnets is radial, remanent magnetization of each covering magnet is higher than remanent magnetization of the intermediate magnet, and in that when magnetic polarization of the covering magnets is axial, remanent magnetization of each covering magnet is lower than remanent magnetization of the intermediate magnet.
A combination of at least one marker (50, 100) with a stent insertable within vasculature of a patient, comprising: the stent including a plurality of interconnected struts (12, 50, 102); the marker (50, 100) including an elongated body (60, 160) formed of a biocompatible radiopaque material that enhances locating the marker when using at least one imaging technique, the body having a first end (68, 268), a second end (64, 164), an inner surface (66, 166), an outer surface (68, 168), and at least two opposing edges (70, 72, 170, 172) extending between the first and second ends and establishing a boundary between the inner surface and the outer surface; the inner surface of the body defining a passageway (74, 174) extending between the first and second ends; in a first condition, the body defines a gap (76, 176) between the at least two opposing edges, the gap enabling unobstructed communication of the passageway with the outer surface of the body and enabling insertion of a strut of the plurality of interconnected struts into the passageway; and in a second condition, the opposing edges are brought into substantial abutment with each other to obstruct the gap to substantially prevent communication of the passageway with the outer surface of the body and to prevent unintended removal of the marker from the stent, thereby securing the marker to the stent such that a single strut of the plurality of interconnected struts securely carries the marker. the stent including a plurality of interconnected struts (12, 50, 102); the marker (50, 100) including an elongated body (60, 160) formed of a biocompatible radiopaque material that enhances locating the marker when using at least one imaging technique, the body having a first end (68, 268), a second end (64, 164), an inner surface (66, 166), an outer surface (68, 168), and at least two opposing edges (70, 72, 170, 172) extending between the first and second ends and establishing a boundary between the inner surface and the outer surface; the inner surface of the body defining a passageway (74, 174) extending between the first and second ends; in a first condition, the body defines a gap (76, 176) between the at least two opposing edges, the gap enabling unobstructed communication of the passageway with the outer surface of the body and enabling insertion of a strut of the plurality of interconnected struts into the passageway; and in a second condition, the opposing edges are brought into substantial abutment with each other to obstruct the gap to substantially prevent communication of the passageway with the outer surface of the body and to prevent unintended removal of the marker from the stent, thereby securing the marker to the stent such that a single strut of the plurality of interconnected struts securely carries the marker.
A system comprising: - a plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) connected to a direct-current line, each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) including a bidirectional DC-to-DC converter configured to be coupled to the DC line, and a battery configured to supply power via the DC line; characterized by - circuitry configured to - acquire information indicating a variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...), and - identify a connection topology of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) connected to the DC line based on the acquired information indicating the variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...). - a plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) connected to a direct-current line, each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) including a bidirectional DC-to-DC converter configured to be coupled to the DC line, and a battery configured to supply power via the DC line; characterized by - circuitry configured to - acquire information indicating a variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...), and - identify a connection topology of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) connected to the DC line based on the acquired information indicating the variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...). - acquire information indicating a variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...), and - identify a connection topology of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...) connected to the DC line based on the acquired information indicating the variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes (N1, N2...).
Toilet brush provided with interchangeable components, said toilet brush being of the type that can be inserted inside a container and being provided with a handle-stick and a head which forms the lower end of said handle-stick, said handle-stick being provided with hollow tubular upper portion at the lower end of which, constrained in a rotating manner, there is a cover for said container, the cover having an external edge, wherein inside the lower end of said hollow tubular upper portion is inserted in a non-removable manner at least one releasable coupling element configured to be engaged with a corresponding releasable coupling element made at the upper end of said head, in a way to engage in a removable manner said head and said hollow tubular upper portion of said handle-stick, said toilet brush being characterised in that said at least one releasable coupling element, inserted in a non-removable manner in said hollow tubular upper portion, withholds in a rotating manner said cover at said hollow tubular upper portion by means of an annular projection in such a way that, by holding said head firm and turning said hollow tubular upper portion clockwise with respect to said cover, the blocking of said head against the group consisting of said hollow tubular upper portion and said cover is obtained and, by holding and keeping the external edge of said cover firm in position and turning said hollow tubular upper portion anticlockwise with respect to said cover, the ejection of said head from said group consisting of said hollow tubular upper portion and said cover is obtained.
An endoscope comprising: a distal end rigid member made of resin and including a communicating hole for an insertion channel; a channel tube connecting member formed in a tubular shape using a member having conductivity, the channel tube connecting member having a distal end side fitted and fixed in the communicating hole of the distal end rigid member and a rear end side connected to an insertion channel tube; a bending piece member arranged just behind a rear end side of the distal end rigid member, the bending piece member being formed in a tubular shape using a member having conductivity, and fixed to the distal end rigid member with the channel tube connecting member being housed inside the bending piece member; and a protruding portion which is adapted to elastically deform, characterized in that the protruding portion is provided so as to protrude toward an inner circumferential surface side of the bending piece member and to elastically deform toward the inner circumferential surface side of the bending piece member and to contact and establish conduction with a first stepped portion provided on a part of an outer circumferential surface in a longitudinal direction of the channel tube connecting member, and the protruding portion is plastic-deformed by pushing out a part of a thin-wall portion of the bending piece member toward an inner circumferential surface side and configured integrally with the bending piece member. a distal end rigid member made of resin and including a communicating hole for an insertion channel; a channel tube connecting member formed in a tubular shape using a member having conductivity, the channel tube connecting member having a distal end side fitted and fixed in the communicating hole of the distal end rigid member and a rear end side connected to an insertion channel tube; a bending piece member arranged just behind a rear end side of the distal end rigid member, the bending piece member being formed in a tubular shape using a member having conductivity, and fixed to the distal end rigid member with the channel tube connecting member being housed inside the bending piece member; and a protruding portion which is adapted to elastically deform, characterized in that the protruding portion is provided so as to protrude toward an inner circumferential surface side of the bending piece member and to elastically deform toward the inner circumferential surface side of the bending piece member and to contact and establish conduction with a first stepped portion provided on a part of an outer circumferential surface in a longitudinal direction of the channel tube connecting member, and the protruding portion is plastic-deformed by pushing out a part of a thin-wall portion of the bending piece member toward an inner circumferential surface side and configured integrally with the bending piece member.