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Light applicator for the examination and/or treatment of an organic body, wherein the light applicator comprises a distal side needle section with an LED at the distal end for purposes of piercing the tissue of the organic body, and a proximal-side cable section, wherein the light applicator comprises an electrical conductor for the supply of power to the LED, characterised in that, the conductor in the needle section is embodied so as to be solid, and thicker than in the cable section, such that the cross-sectional area of the conductor in the needle section is more than 70% of the cross-sectional area of the light applicator, and thus the needle section is more resistant to bending than the cable section. the light applicator comprises a distal side needle section with an LED at the distal end for purposes of piercing the tissue of the organic body, and a proximal-side cable section, wherein the light applicator comprises an electrical conductor for the supply of power to the LED, characterised in that, the conductor in the needle section is embodied so as to be solid, and thicker than in the cable section, such that the cross-sectional area of the conductor in the needle section is more than 70% of the cross-sectional area of the light applicator, and thus the needle section is more resistant to bending than the cable section.
A device for closing metal containers with an insert lid and a clamp ring which secures the insert lid to the container against unintentional opening, having a closure element configured on the clamp ring, comprising a drive for a closure device, which brings the lid inserted into the container and the already closed clamp ring mounted on the lid to bear against a roll edge configured on the container opening by reshaping the clamp ring, characterized in that - the drive comprises an upper disc-shaped body and a lower disc-shaped body as well as a hollow cylindrical wall, which is inserted between the two bodies (3, 5) and which forms a piston displacement with said bodies, in which a drive pulley which functions as a piston is inserted and is connected to a bearing plate of the closure device, wherein the bearing plate can be vertically displaced by the drive along a guide. - the drive comprises an upper disc-shaped body and a lower disc-shaped body as well as a hollow cylindrical wall, which is inserted between the two bodies (3, 5) and which forms a piston displacement with said bodies, in which a drive pulley which functions as a piston is inserted and is connected to a bearing plate of the closure device, wherein the bearing plate can be vertically displaced by the drive along a guide.
A scalpel that comprises a conduit which, on the one hand, communicates with a source of pressurized liquid and which, on the other hand, terminates in two openings, each having a diameter of between 0.03 mm and less than 0.1 mm, and disposed such as to supply two liquid jets (8, 9) that converge at a convergence point, said liquid being at a pressure of 60 to 200 bar characterized in that - the convergence point is between 20 and 40 mm away from the openings, and the spacing between the two openings is between 2 and 6 mm. - the convergence point is between 20 and 40 mm away from the openings, and the spacing between the two openings is between 2 and 6 mm.
A sterilizing liquid dispenser for dispensing a measured amount of at least two fluid reagents, the dispenser comprising: - a first reservoir for a first fluid reagent, the reservoir having a first reservoir inlet valve and a first reservoir outlet valve; - a second reservoir for a second fluid reagent, the reservoir having a second reservoir inlet valve and a second reservoir outlet valve; and - a user-operable actuator; wherein the actuator is operable to: - close the first and second reservoir inlet valves, to prevent fluid reagent entering the first and second reservoirs; and - open the first and second reservoir outlet valves, to permit dispensing of the first and second fluid reagents from the reservoirs. - a first reservoir for a first fluid reagent, the reservoir having a first reservoir inlet valve and a first reservoir outlet valve; - a second reservoir for a second fluid reagent, the reservoir having a second reservoir inlet valve and a second reservoir outlet valve; and - a user-operable actuator; - close the first and second reservoir inlet valves, to prevent fluid reagent entering the first and second reservoirs; and - open the first and second reservoir outlet valves, to permit dispensing of the first and second fluid reagents from the reservoirs.
A device for treating sleep disordered breathing comprising a tether attached to a device body characterized in that the device body is configured as a pre-shaped tube having a proximal curved portion with a proximal opening and distal straight portion with a distal opening, wherein an angle between said curved portion and said straight portion is between 30 to 90 degrees and further wherein said proximal curved portion has a radius of curvature of 40 mm or less so as to match a curvature of a pharyngeal lumen along the resting soft palate.
A galvanic vestibular stimulation device, comprising: first and second electrodes (215A, 215B), first and second earpieces (250A, 250B), each of the earpieces comprising a respective one of the first and second electrodes, and a controller comprising a waveform generator that is configured to deliver a modulated electrical signal to a subject via transdermal electrical stimulation through the first and second electrodes, the modulated electrical signal comprising an amplitude and a carrier frequency, at least one of the amplitude and the carrier frequency being modulated based on a modulation waveform to modulate an electrical signal, the modulation waveform comprising a modulation frequency that is less than the carrier frequency, the carrier frequency being greater than 3 kilohertz (kHz), wherein the first and second electrodes are configured to be insertable into a respective ear canal of the subject and configured to deliver the modulated electrical signal to the subject through GVS. first and second electrodes (215A, 215B), first and second earpieces (250A, 250B), each of the earpieces comprising a respective one of the first and second electrodes, and a controller comprising a waveform generator that is configured to deliver a modulated electrical signal to a subject via transdermal electrical stimulation through the first and second electrodes, the modulated electrical signal comprising an amplitude and a carrier frequency, at least one of the amplitude and the carrier frequency being modulated based on a modulation waveform to modulate an electrical signal, the modulation waveform comprising a modulation frequency that is less than the carrier frequency, the carrier frequency being greater than 3 kilohertz (kHz), wherein the first and second electrodes are configured to be insertable into a respective ear canal of the subject and configured to deliver the modulated electrical signal to the subject through GVS.
Electric motor for driving a pump unit, comprising a converter system, notably a power electronic converter system, for supplying power to the electric motor and an active cooling device for cooling the electric motor and/or the converter system, in which the converter system has an intermediate circuit formed from at least one capacitor, a control and at least one first winding wound on a core, via which power is transferable into the intermediate circuit and which is connected to the control, in which an additional winding for generating an induced auxiliary voltage (U aux) is applied on the core, characterised by the additional winding being connected to the active cooling device for feeding the cooling device by means of the auxiliary voltage (U aux).
A quantum computer comprising: a set of qubits; and qubit control circuitry for independently performing discrete operations on each qubit and independently reading a qubit value from each qubit; wherein each qubit is a concatenation of at least two doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits, a doubly periodic Josephson junction circuit being a Josephson junction circuit having an energy E being a function of a phase φ such that E(φ)=E(φ+π) where φ is the superconducting phase difference across the Josephson junction circuit; wherein the concatenation provides a series interconnection of doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits; wherein the doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits include two Josephson junctions symmetrically arranged in a bridge circuit, wherein the doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits are connected in series at primary terminals of the doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits on opposite sides of the bridge; and wherein the bridge circuit further includes two inductors in series with and separating two Josephson junctions, each Josephson junction being connected to a different primary terminal forming a connection between an inductor and a Josephson junction. a set of qubits; and qubit control circuitry for independently performing discrete operations on each qubit and independently reading a qubit value from each qubit; wherein each qubit is a concatenation of at least two doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits, a doubly periodic Josephson junction circuit being a Josephson junction circuit having an energy E being a function of a phase φ such that E(φ)=E(φ+π) where φ is the superconducting phase difference across the Josephson junction circuit; wherein the concatenation provides a series interconnection of doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits; wherein the doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits include two Josephson junctions symmetrically arranged in a bridge circuit, wherein the doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits are connected in series at primary terminals of the doubly periodic Josephson junction circuits on opposite sides of the bridge; and wherein the bridge circuit further includes two inductors in series with and separating two Josephson junctions, each Josephson junction being connected to a different primary terminal forming a connection between an inductor and a Josephson junction.
A chimney waste water filter system for insertion into a chimney, the chimney waste water filter system comprising at least the following components: - a filter housing insertable into a pipe of a chimney, comprising at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening, - filter material arranged in the filter housing - and preferably at least one impact protector disposed on the outside of the filter housing. - a filter housing insertable into a pipe of a chimney, comprising at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening, - filter material arranged in the filter housing - and preferably at least one impact protector disposed on the outside of the filter housing.
A method in a first node of controlling transmission of data between the first node and a second node in a mobile communication system, comprising: - receiving, from the second node, a message comprising coded data, - calculating an estimate of a probability of a successful decoding of the coded data, and - sending, to the second node, a probability feedback message comprising an indicator representing the calculated estimate, characterized in that: - the indicator representing the calculated estimate is a binary indicator, the levels of which represent a high probability and a low probability, respectively, of a successful decoding of the coded data. - the calculation of an estimate of a probability of a successful decoding of the coded data is performed prior to decoding the coded data and the sending of the probability feedback message is performed prior to sending an acknowledgement, ACK, or a negative acknowledgement, NACK, response in a hybrid automatic request for retransmission, HARQ, procedure involving the first node and the second node. - receiving, from the second node, a message comprising coded data, - calculating an estimate of a probability of a successful decoding of the coded data, and - sending, to the second node, a probability feedback message comprising an indicator representing the calculated estimate, characterized in that: - the indicator representing the calculated estimate is a binary indicator, the levels of which represent a high probability and a low probability, respectively, of a successful decoding of the coded data. - the calculation of an estimate of a probability of a successful decoding of the coded data is performed prior to decoding the coded data and the sending of the probability feedback message is performed prior to sending an acknowledgement, ACK, or a negative acknowledgement, NACK, response in a hybrid automatic request for retransmission, HARQ, procedure involving the first node and the second node. - the indicator representing the calculated estimate is a binary indicator, the levels of which represent a high probability and a low probability, respectively, of a successful decoding of the coded data. - the calculation of an estimate of a probability of a successful decoding of the coded data is performed prior to decoding the coded data and the sending of the probability feedback message is performed prior to sending an acknowledgement, ACK, or a negative acknowledgement, NACK, response in a hybrid automatic request for retransmission, HARQ, procedure involving the first node and the second node.
A munition comprising: a single-piece, monolithic penetrator casing; a fuel-oxidizer mixture within the penetrator casing; and a height-of-burst fuze operatively coupled to the fuel-oxidizer mixture; wherein the fuze is configured to ignite the fuel-oxidizer mixture before initial impact of the penetrator casing with a target (200, 300, 500), with the fuel-oxidizer mixture continuing combustion within the casing during and after the initial impact; wherein the penetrator casing has a nose, and a cylindrical aft section extending back from the nose; and wherein the nose has a thickest portion that is at least twice the thickness of a thickest portion of the aft section, and has a thickness that reduces backwardly along the penetrator casing. a single-piece, monolithic penetrator casing; a fuel-oxidizer mixture within the penetrator casing; and a height-of-burst fuze operatively coupled to the fuel-oxidizer mixture; wherein the fuze is configured to ignite the fuel-oxidizer mixture before initial impact of the penetrator casing with a target (200, 300, 500), with the fuel-oxidizer mixture continuing combustion within the casing during and after the initial impact; wherein the penetrator casing has a nose, and a cylindrical aft section extending back from the nose; and wherein the nose has a thickest portion that is at least twice the thickness of a thickest portion of the aft section, and has a thickness that reduces backwardly along the penetrator casing.
Improved blister-making machine, able to produce blister packs of the desired shape and sizes starting from a moldable strip, on which blisters are made so as to define a blister strip, from a covering strip and from noxious material, comprising a distributor device to deliver and position the noxious material inside the blisters and a sealing device to seal the covering strip to the blister strip, characterized in that upstream of the sealing device there is an insulated chamber into which the noxious material is delivered and distributed and in which the covering strip is applied onto the blister strip, said insulated chamber comprising at least a pre-sealing device, configured to continuously achieve continuous sealed bands, in proximity with at least two lateral edges of the combination of the blister strip containing the noxious material and of the covering strip.
A method of orienting an object in a wellbore comprising: varying the orientation of the object in the wellbore; activating at least one directional acoustic source (402a-c) arranged in fixed relation to said object so as to generate sound in a plurality of different orientations of said object, characterised in that the method further comprises; interrogating an optical fibre deployed down the wellbore to provide distributed acoustic sensing in the vicinity of the object; and analysing acoustic signals detected by the optical fibre so as to determine the orientation of the at least one directional acoustic source (402a-c) relative to the optical fibre. varying the orientation of the object in the wellbore; activating at least one directional acoustic source (402a-c) arranged in fixed relation to said object so as to generate sound in a plurality of different orientations of said object, characterised in that the method further comprises; interrogating an optical fibre deployed down the wellbore to provide distributed acoustic sensing in the vicinity of the object; and analysing acoustic signals detected by the optical fibre so as to determine the orientation of the at least one directional acoustic source (402a-c) relative to the optical fibre.
A device for packaging coated décor paper web sections (5, 6), with a processing segment having devices (11 to 13) for decorating and impregnating a continuous paper web to yield a décor paper web and at least one transverse cutting unit (30, 31) for separating décor paper web sections (5, 6) of a defined length (l 1, l 2) from the décor paper web, characterized in that at least one longitudinal cutting unit for cutting the décor paper web into at least two continuous longitudinal décor paper webs (2, 3) is situated in front of the at least one transverse cutting unit (30, 31) in the conveying direction, and that at least one reversing device is provided, which spaces the two longitudinal décor paper webs (2, 3) apart from each other and relays them to a respectively separate transverse cutting unit (30, 31).
A method of preparing a modified bone matrix comprising the steps of: providing a bone matrix; and exposing the bone matrix to a collagenase that increases at least one biological activity, selected from osteoinductive activity, osteogenic activity and chondrogenic activity, of the bone matrix relative to its level in an unmodified bone matrix, and an agent selected from the group consisting of: BMP-1, tolloid, furin, pepsin, trypsin, papain, and cathepsins. providing a bone matrix; and exposing the bone matrix to a collagenase that increases at least one biological activity, selected from osteoinductive activity, osteogenic activity and chondrogenic activity, of the bone matrix relative to its level in an unmodified bone matrix, and an agent selected from the group consisting of: BMP-1, tolloid, furin, pepsin, trypsin, papain, and cathepsins.
A compression garment, comprising: a body dimensioned to wrap at least partially around a length of a limb of a subject, wherein the body has an adjustable length; a plurality of trimmable tension bands positioned along the adjustable length of the body; an adjustable limb positioning sleeve positioned on the body and/or tension bands; and a plurality of removable fasteners for attachment of the tension bands onto the body or tension bands, wherein the adjustable limb positioning sleeve comprises: (a) a first flap and a second flap, wherein the first and second flap are removably attachable onto one-another; or (b) a first flap and a second flap, each flap having a respective first end affixed to the body or the tension band, wherein the first and second flap are removably attachable onto one-another. a body dimensioned to wrap at least partially around a length of a limb of a subject, wherein the body has an adjustable length; a plurality of trimmable tension bands positioned along the adjustable length of the body; an adjustable limb positioning sleeve positioned on the body and/or tension bands; and a plurality of removable fasteners for attachment of the tension bands onto the body or tension bands, wherein the adjustable limb positioning sleeve comprises: (a) a first flap and a second flap, wherein the first and second flap are removably attachable onto one-another; or (b) a first flap and a second flap, each flap having a respective first end affixed to the body or the tension band, wherein the first and second flap are removably attachable onto one-another. (a) a first flap and a second flap, wherein the first and second flap are removably attachable onto one-another; or (b) a first flap and a second flap, each flap having a respective first end affixed to the body or the tension band, wherein the first and second flap are removably attachable onto one-another.
A method for providing for an electrically powered dispenser of hand cleaning fluid within a building, the method comprising: providing a solar element commonly mounted with the dispenser supported by the building, providing a light source wired to receive power from the building electrical power such that light emitted from the light source is received by the solar element, generating electrical power with the solar element from the light emitted by the light source received by the solar element and providing the electrical power generated by the solar element to the dispenser; characterized by: monitoring a status of a rechargeable power source in the dispenser; controlling the electrical power generated by the solar element by the control of the operation of the light source by wireless communication from the dispenser to the light source based on the status or operation of the rechargeable power source. providing a solar element commonly mounted with the dispenser supported by the building, providing a light source wired to receive power from the building electrical power such that light emitted from the light source is received by the solar element, generating electrical power with the solar element from the light emitted by the light source received by the solar element and providing the electrical power generated by the solar element to the dispenser; characterized by: monitoring a status of a rechargeable power source in the dispenser; controlling the electrical power generated by the solar element by the control of the operation of the light source by wireless communication from the dispenser to the light source based on the status or operation of the rechargeable power source. monitoring a status of a rechargeable power source in the dispenser; controlling the electrical power generated by the solar element by the control of the operation of the light source by wireless communication from the dispenser to the light source based on the status or operation of the rechargeable power source.