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A surgical system comprising: an ultrasonic surgical instrument comprising: a housing; an ultrasonic transducer; a control circuit; an end effector comprising a clamp jaw and an ultrasonic blade, wherein the ultrasonic blade is acoustically coupled to the ultrasonic transducer; a first capacitive touch sensor positioned on the clamp jaw and facing the ultrasonic blade, wherein the first capacitive touch sensor is configured to sense presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade and to provide a first signal to the control circuit, wherein the signal is indicative of the presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade; a second capacitive touch sensor positioned on the ultrasonic blade and facing the clamp jaw, wherein the second capacitive touch sensor is configured to sense presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade and to provide a second signal indicative of the presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade; and a generator coupled to the ultrasonic transducer, the generator configured to deliver therapeutic ultrasonic energy to the ultrasonic blade; wherein the control circuit is configured to activate the generator to apply ultrasonic therapeutic energy to the ultrasonic blade based on the signal indicative of the presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade. a housing; an ultrasonic transducer; a control circuit; an end effector comprising a clamp jaw and an ultrasonic blade, wherein the ultrasonic blade is acoustically coupled to the ultrasonic transducer; a first capacitive touch sensor positioned on the clamp jaw and facing the ultrasonic blade, wherein the first capacitive touch sensor is configured to sense presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade and to provide a first signal to the control circuit, wherein the signal is indicative of the presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade; a second capacitive touch sensor positioned on the ultrasonic blade and facing the clamp jaw, wherein the second capacitive touch sensor is configured to sense presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade and to provide a second signal indicative of the presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade; and a generator coupled to the ultrasonic transducer, the generator configured to deliver therapeutic ultrasonic energy to the ultrasonic blade; wherein the control circuit is configured to activate the generator to apply ultrasonic therapeutic energy to the ultrasonic blade based on the signal indicative of the presence of tissue between the clamp jaw and the ultrasonic blade.
An airflow detecting device comprising: at least one pivot rod; a first vane portion hingedly secured to the at least one pivot rod; a second vane portion hingedly secured to the at least one pivot rod, the arrangement being that the first vane portion is hingedly secured on one side of the at least one pivot rod and the second vane portion is hingedly secured to an opposite side of the at least one pivot rod so that the first vane portion and the second vane portion generally lie along a common plane; a first sensor assembly coupled to the first vane portion and the second vane portion, the first sensor assembly generating a signal when the one of the first vane portion and the second vane portion is moved relative to the other of the second vane portion and the first vane portion when effected by airflow; and a control module secured to the at least one pivot rod and coupled to the first sensor assembly to receive the signal from the first sensor assembly, the control module being configured to determine the direction and the amount of airflow based on the signal from the first sensor assembly. at least one pivot rod; a first vane portion hingedly secured to the at least one pivot rod; a second vane portion hingedly secured to the at least one pivot rod, the arrangement being that the first vane portion is hingedly secured on one side of the at least one pivot rod and the second vane portion is hingedly secured to an opposite side of the at least one pivot rod so that the first vane portion and the second vane portion generally lie along a common plane; a first sensor assembly coupled to the first vane portion and the second vane portion, the first sensor assembly generating a signal when the one of the first vane portion and the second vane portion is moved relative to the other of the second vane portion and the first vane portion when effected by airflow; and a control module secured to the at least one pivot rod and coupled to the first sensor assembly to receive the signal from the first sensor assembly, the control module being configured to determine the direction and the amount of airflow based on the signal from the first sensor assembly.
A recording apparatus (10; 66) comprising: a recording head that is capable of discharging liquid onto a medium; a controller that controls the recording head; a housing (26; 68) that covers a structure including the recording head and the controller; a case that stores a liquid accommodating member accommodating the liquid and an electronic component holding information of the liquid accommodating member, and is attached to the outside of the housing; a tube (56a, 56b) that guides the liquid from the liquid accommodating member to the inside of the housing; and an electric wiring that electrically connects the controller and the electronic component, wherein the electric wiring includes a connection portion which connects cables (30b; 40b), a cable on the controller side which constitutes a wiring of the controller side with respect to the connection portion, and a cable on the electronic component side which constitutes a wiring of the electronic component side with respect to the connection portion, wherein at least one of the cable on the controller side and the cable on the electronic component side is able to be connected to and disconnected from the connection portion, wherein an opening through which the electric wiring passes is formed in the case, and wherein the connection portion is provided between the opening and the electronic component. a recording head that is capable of discharging liquid onto a medium; a controller that controls the recording head; a housing (26; 68) that covers a structure including the recording head and the controller; a case that stores a liquid accommodating member accommodating the liquid and an electronic component holding information of the liquid accommodating member, and is attached to the outside of the housing; a tube (56a, 56b) that guides the liquid from the liquid accommodating member to the inside of the housing; and an electric wiring that electrically connects the controller and the electronic component, wherein the electric wiring includes a connection portion which connects cables (30b; 40b), a cable on the controller side which constitutes a wiring of the controller side with respect to the connection portion, and a cable on the electronic component side which constitutes a wiring of the electronic component side with respect to the connection portion, wherein at least one of the cable on the controller side and the cable on the electronic component side is able to be connected to and disconnected from the connection portion, wherein an opening through which the electric wiring passes is formed in the case, and wherein the connection portion is provided between the opening and the electronic component.
Pharmaceutical composition for use in the prevention or treatment of skin degenerative disorders and cellular aging caused by skin exposure to ionizing radiation, in particular to solar or artificial ultraviolet radiation, comprising at least one thioester of glutathione with a fatty acid as an active ingredient, having the following formula wherein R1 is selected from radicals of linolenic, arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids and R2 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group.
Use for stabilizing a protein, of a compound represented by following Formula: wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and n is an integer of 3 to 17.
A method of producing high frame rate quantitative Doppler ultrasound images, that includes: a. emitting multiple Doppler ensembles each comprising N unfocused acoustic pulse signals at M directional angles into a medium (30, 90) over a transducer's (20, 86) field of view; b. receiving and storing scattered and reflected ultrasonic signals from a plurality of receiving elements in an array of receiving elements in the transducer in response to each acoustic emission; c. processing the received ultrasonic signals with respect to each image point of a frame of displayable image points within the transducer's field of view to extract quantitative motion information from points in the medium such that an entire frame is processed using signals acquired from the multiple Doppler ensemble emissions; and d. generating on a display device a Doppler image that is derived from the quantitative motion information; characterised in that the signals acquired from the multiple Doppler ensemble emissions are collected in two ways depending upon expected flow velocity, namely (a) collecting all N pulses of each ensemble at one angle and then changing angles until all angles are complete, or (b) collecting one pulse for each of M angles and then repeating for N pulses. a. emitting multiple Doppler ensembles each comprising N unfocused acoustic pulse signals at M directional angles into a medium (30, 90) over a transducer's (20, 86) field of view; b. receiving and storing scattered and reflected ultrasonic signals from a plurality of receiving elements in an array of receiving elements in the transducer in response to each acoustic emission; c. processing the received ultrasonic signals with respect to each image point of a frame of displayable image points within the transducer's field of view to extract quantitative motion information from points in the medium such that an entire frame is processed using signals acquired from the multiple Doppler ensemble emissions; and d. generating on a display device a Doppler image that is derived from the quantitative motion information; (a) collecting all N pulses of each ensemble at one angle and then changing angles until all angles are complete, or (b) collecting one pulse for each of M angles and then repeating for N pulses.
A method performed by a transmitting entity for transmitting one or more data packets to a receiving entity, the transmitting entity and the receiving entity being operable in a communication network, the method comprising: - receiving, from an application, a user layer packet, ULP, to be transmitted by means of a transport layer packet, TLP, to the receiving entity, - when a rate of incoming data, bytes or ULPs from the application meets a threshold, bundling the received ULP together with one or more additional received ULPs in a TLP and when the rate of incoming data, bytes or ULPs does not meet the threshold, inserting the received ULP in the TLP without bundling the received ULP together with any additional received ULPs, and - transmitting the TLP to the receiving entity, characterized in that the threshold is determined at least partly based on: (i) computational cost for not employing bundling, (ii) computational cost for employing bundling, (iii) computational cost for a supervision timer indicating a period of time the transmitting entity should wait, unless the TLP is full, before transmitting one or more received ULPs, (iv) computational delay for not employing bundling, and (v) computational delay for employing bundling. - receiving, from an application, a user layer packet, ULP, to be transmitted by means of a transport layer packet, TLP, to the receiving entity, - when a rate of incoming data, bytes or ULPs from the application meets a threshold, bundling the received ULP together with one or more additional received ULPs in a TLP and when the rate of incoming data, bytes or ULPs does not meet the threshold, inserting the received ULP in the TLP without bundling the received ULP together with any additional received ULPs, and - transmitting the TLP to the receiving entity, (i) computational cost for not employing bundling, (ii) computational cost for employing bundling, (iii) computational cost for a supervision timer indicating a period of time the transmitting entity should wait, unless the TLP is full, before transmitting one or more received ULPs, (iv) computational delay for not employing bundling, and (v) computational delay for employing bundling.
An elastomeric glove formed from a random terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and carboxylic acid, wherein said glove has an elastic modulus in the range of 3 MPa to 6 MPa at 300% stretch-elongation as measured according to ASTM D-412-98a, and a tensile strength at break in the range of 30 MPa to 55 MPa as measured according to ASTM D-412-98a, wherein the glove is formed from a composition comprising, relative to 100 dry parts of carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber, 0-1.5 parts alkali hydroxide, 0.5-1.5 parts zinc oxide or other metal oxide, 0.5-1.5 parts sulfur, 0.5-1.5 parts rubber accelerator, 0-5 parts titanium dioxide, and 0-1 parts color pigment; characterised in that said accelerator comprises: zinc diethyldithiocarbamate (ZDEC), zinc 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (ZMBT), and diphenyl guanidine.
An apparatus comprising: (a) a housing (210, 218) defining a gap configured to receive a portion of an end effector of a surgical stapler; (b) a platform, wherein a portion of the platform is exposed in the gap defined by the housing; (c) a buttress assembly (100, 110) positioned on the platform, wherein the buttress assembly is exposed in the gap defined by the housing; (d) at least one retainer member including arms configured to selectively retain the buttress assembly against the platform, wherein the at least one retainer member is further configured to move laterally outwardly such that the arms release the buttress assembly from the platform in response to a clamping action of an end effector positioned in the gap defined by the housing; and (e) a lockout alignment feature, wherein the lockout alignment feature is configured to prevent the at least one retainer member from releasing the buttress assembly from the platform unless the end effector is located at a predetermined position in relation to the buttress assembly during clamping of the end effector, wherein the lockout alignment feature comprises a latch, wherein the latch is configured to transition between a latching configuration and a non-latching configuration, wherein the latch is configured to hold the at least one retainer in a position to engage the buttress when the latch is in the latching configuration, wherein the latch is configured to enable the at least one retainer to release the buttress assembly when the latch is in the non-latching configuration. (a) a housing (210, 218) defining a gap configured to receive a portion of an end effector of a surgical stapler; (b) a platform, wherein a portion of the platform is exposed in the gap defined by the housing; (c) a buttress assembly (100, 110) positioned on the platform, wherein the buttress assembly is exposed in the gap defined by the housing; (d) at least one retainer member including arms configured to selectively retain the buttress assembly against the platform, wherein the at least one retainer member is further configured to move laterally outwardly such that the arms release the buttress assembly from the platform in response to a clamping action of an end effector positioned in the gap defined by the housing; and (e) a lockout alignment feature, wherein the lockout alignment feature is configured to prevent the at least one retainer member from releasing the buttress assembly from the platform unless the end effector is located at a predetermined position in relation to the buttress assembly during clamping of the end effector, wherein the lockout alignment feature comprises a latch, wherein the latch is configured to transition between a latching configuration and a non-latching configuration, wherein the latch is configured to hold the at least one retainer in a position to engage the buttress when the latch is in the latching configuration, wherein the latch is configured to enable the at least one retainer to release the buttress assembly when the latch is in the non-latching configuration.
A method of generating a representation of a route travelled by a user, comprising: receiving position data relating to the position of the user at a plurality of times when travelling along the route; obtaining first additional data comprising at least one of: (i) historical route data indicative of previous routes travelled by the user and/or other users; and (ii) digital map data, based on the received position data; performing a smoothing operation on the received position data to generate a more accurate representation of the route, wherein the smoothing operation comprises: applying a spline algorithm to the received position data to obtain an estimated representation of the route in the form of a spline curve; and refining the estimated representation of the route using the first additional data; and providing the generated representation of the route, or data representative thereof, to a device for display to the or another user. receiving position data relating to the position of the user at a plurality of times when travelling along the route; obtaining first additional data comprising at least one of: (i) historical route data indicative of previous routes travelled by the user and/or other users; and (ii) digital map data, based on the received position data; performing a smoothing operation on the received position data to generate a more accurate representation of the route, wherein the smoothing operation comprises: applying a spline algorithm to the received position data to obtain an estimated representation of the route in the form of a spline curve; and refining the estimated representation of the route using the first additional data; and applying a spline algorithm to the received position data to obtain an estimated representation of the route in the form of a spline curve; and refining the estimated representation of the route using the first additional data; and providing the generated representation of the route, or data representative thereof, to a device for display to the or another user.
An operation handle which is linkable to a shaft body and which is configured to operate the shaft body, the operation handle comprising: a handle main body; and a linking clip, wherein the handle main body includes a cylindrical shape shaft body retaining portion fittable over the shaft body, wherein the shaft body retaining portion includes a pair of clip-holding grooves (33, 34), wherein the linking clip includes a base portion and a pair of elastic legs which face each other via the base portion, wherein each of the pair of elastic legs includes a locking portion, wherein the pair of elastic legs are inserted into the pair of the clip-holding grooves (33, 34) and the shaft body retaining portion is interposed from both sides by the pair of elastic legs and the linking clip is mounted in the shaft body retaining portion, and wherein each of the locking portions extends further inside than an inner peripheral wall of the shaft body retaining portion, characterized in that at least one of the pair of the clip-holding grooves (33, 34) includes a straight region which is formed in a straight line shape based on the insertion direction of the linking clip and an inclined region which is continuous to the straight region, has a groove shape inclined from an insertion direction of the linking clip relative to the straight region, and elastically deforms the elastic legs inserted into the clip-holding grooves (33, 34) along the groove shape. a handle main body; and a linking clip, wherein the handle main body includes a cylindrical shape shaft body retaining portion fittable over the shaft body, wherein the shaft body retaining portion includes a pair of clip-holding grooves (33, 34), wherein the linking clip includes a base portion and a pair of elastic legs which face each other via the base portion, wherein each of the pair of elastic legs includes a locking portion, wherein the pair of elastic legs are inserted into the pair of the clip-holding grooves (33, 34) and the shaft body retaining portion is interposed from both sides by the pair of elastic legs and the linking clip is mounted in the shaft body retaining portion, and wherein each of the locking portions extends further inside than an inner peripheral wall of the shaft body retaining portion, characterized in that at least one of the pair of the clip-holding grooves (33, 34) includes a straight region which is formed in a straight line shape based on the insertion direction of the linking clip and an inclined region which is continuous to the straight region, has a groove shape inclined from an insertion direction of the linking clip relative to the straight region, and elastically deforms the elastic legs inserted into the clip-holding grooves (33, 34) along the groove shape.
A process for producing methane by a two-stage anaerobic digestion of organic feed, comprising i) subjecting an organic feed suspension (a) to acidogenesis and methanogenesis in a first reactor; ii) withdrawing an effluent (b) from said first reactor and subjecting it to solid/liquid separation 2), thus obtaining effluents high (d) and low (c) in solids; iii) subjecting the effluent low in solids (c) to acidogenesis and methanogenesis in a second reactor, wherein at least part of a liquid effluent stream (g) is withdrawn from said second reactor and returned to said first reactor, wherein the volatile fatty acid concentration in said first reactor is controlled by the withdrawal rate of effluent (b) and the return rate of the second reactor effluent (g) to said first reactor; and in which two-stage anaerobic digestion process acidogenesis and methanogenesis are performed simultaneously thus producing methane gas in said first and second reactor, wherein said first reactor is a slurry reactor and said second reactor is a granular sludge reactor. i) subjecting an organic feed suspension (a) to acidogenesis and methanogenesis in a first reactor; ii) withdrawing an effluent (b) from said first reactor and subjecting it to solid/liquid separation 2), thus obtaining effluents high (d) and low (c) in solids; iii) subjecting the effluent low in solids (c) to acidogenesis and methanogenesis in a second reactor, wherein at least part of a liquid effluent stream (g) is withdrawn from said second reactor and returned to said first reactor,
Turbine blade comprising a vane extending above a platform and a root extending below said platform, the root of said blade having the form of a radially extending arm, being produced from composite material and having at least a first plane or cylindrical face, oriented axially, the direction of the generatrices of which is oriented towards said platform, so as to allow a clamping piece to slide on said plane or cylindrical face under the action of the centrifugal force that is exerted on said blade during operation on a turbine engine, characterised in that said arm has at its lower end a protuberance forming the end of root and providing a radial bearing point for cooperation with an element for retaining the blade on a turbine disc, and in that the root is located entirely on the side of said protuberance relative to said first face.