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A suture passing instrument comprising: a needle provided with a slot to securely engage each of a first and a second flexible strand; an elongate body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a cannulation configured to receive the needle; a first jaw member integral to the distal end of the elongate body, the first jaw member having a securing mechanism configured to be loaded with the first and the second flexible strands, and a passage for receiving the needle; a second jaw member mounted to the distal end of the elongate body and pivotally connected to the first jaw member such that the second jaw member is moveable with respect to the first jaw member; and a handle assembly configured to move the needle from a first position to a second position and to sequentially engage each of the first and second flexible strands with the needle by sequentially shifting the first and second flexible strands from the securing mechanism of the first jaw member onto the slot of the needle. a needle provided with a slot to securely engage each of a first and a second flexible strand; an elongate body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a cannulation configured to receive the needle; a first jaw member integral to the distal end of the elongate body, the first jaw member having a securing mechanism configured to be loaded with the first and the second flexible strands, and a passage for receiving the needle; a second jaw member mounted to the distal end of the elongate body and pivotally connected to the first jaw member such that the second jaw member is moveable with respect to the first jaw member; and a handle assembly configured to move the needle from a first position to a second position and to sequentially engage each of the first and second flexible strands with the needle by sequentially shifting the first and second flexible strands from the securing mechanism of the first jaw member onto the slot of the needle.
A device for heating a sample by microwave radiation comprising: a source of microwave radiation (11,12), a first waveguide for guiding said microwave radiation to an applicator space adapted to receive said sample to be heated, characterized in that said applicator space is defined by a terminal portion of said first waveguide and an initial portion of a second waveguide extending from said terminal portion of said first waveguide and being arranged at an angle with respect to said first waveguide, wherein said second waveguide is adapted to block or dampen propagation of microwave radiation from said first waveguide into said second waveguide if no sample is present in the portion of said applicator space defined by said second waveguide. a source of microwave radiation (11,12), a first waveguide for guiding said microwave radiation to an applicator space adapted to receive said sample to be heated, characterized in that said applicator space is defined by a terminal portion of said first waveguide and an initial portion of a second waveguide extending from said terminal portion of said first waveguide and being arranged at an angle with respect to said first waveguide, wherein said second waveguide is adapted to block or dampen propagation of microwave radiation from said first waveguide into said second waveguide if no sample is present in the portion of said applicator space defined by said second waveguide.
A method for retrieving an electric submersible pump from a well where the ESP is deployed at the end of a spoolable tube, comprising: exposing a free end of the tube extending above a surface end of the well wherein the tube comprises a tubing encapsulated cable inserting a longitudinal extension of a splice connector into the free end of the tube; crimping the tube into crimping grooves in the splice connector; retracting the tube with the ESP attached thereto by withdrawing the tube and the splice connector onto a winch or winch reel until the ESP is disposed above a wellhead at an upper end of the well; and further comprising drilling out electrical conductors in the TEC for a longitudinal distance corresponding to a length of a longitudinal extension of the splice connector. exposing a free end of the tube extending above a surface end of the well wherein the tube comprises a tubing encapsulated cable inserting a longitudinal extension of a splice connector into the free end of the tube; crimping the tube into crimping grooves in the splice connector; retracting the tube with the ESP attached thereto by withdrawing the tube and the splice connector onto a winch or winch reel until the ESP is disposed above a wellhead at an upper end of the well; and further comprising drilling out electrical conductors in the TEC for a longitudinal distance corresponding to a length of a longitudinal extension of the splice connector.
A method for inspecting the ends of rod-shaped segments of the tobacco industry, comprising the steps of: - feeding a plurality of pairs of rod-shaped segments (101, 102) of the tobacco industry into respective successive peripheral flutes of a rotary drum, each pair comprising a first and a second segment (101, 102) disposed coaxially and able to be axially spaced from each other; - capturing images of inner ends (101a, 102a) of the first and second segments (101, 102), the inner ends (101a, 102a) being disposed to face each other; wherein the step of capturing is carried out by capturing means which are at least partly interposed between the two segments (101, 102) of the pair to be inspected characterized in that the step of image capturing comprises a first sub-step of capturing a first image of the inner end of the first segment and a second sub-step of capturing a second image of the inner end of the second segment, and wherein the second sub-step is carried out downstream of the first sub-step in the direction of rotation of the drum. - feeding a plurality of pairs of rod-shaped segments (101, 102) of the tobacco industry into respective successive peripheral flutes of a rotary drum, each pair comprising a first and a second segment (101, 102) disposed coaxially and able to be axially spaced from each other; - capturing images of inner ends (101a, 102a) of the first and second segments (101, 102), the inner ends (101a, 102a) being disposed to face each other; wherein the step of capturing is carried out by capturing means which are at least partly interposed between the two segments (101, 102) of the pair to be inspected
Robotized surgery system comprising at least one robot arm which acts under the control of a control console which is intended for the surgeon, wherein a) the console comprises an eye tracking system for detecting the direction of the surgeon's gaze and for entering commands depending on the directions of the gaze detected; b) the console comprises a screen with at least one zone for viewing the operating field and a human machine interface which displays on the screen selection areas which are associated with commands; c) the tracking system estimating the direction of the surgeon's gaze and performing the selection of commands associated with one area of the selection areas when it detects a gaze direction which falls within said one area; d) the console comprises manipulators (17, 18) for operating the robot arms; and e) the commands associated with the selection areas comprise commands for assigning the manipulators to the robot arms.
A medium support unit comprising: a support surface that can support a medium; a depressed portion in which a part of the medium supported by the support surface can be depressed with respect to the support surface; and an adjustment unit which can change a size of the depressed portion by changing a state of a first area in the depressed portion, characterized in that at least a part of the depressed portion is bottomless. a support surface that can support a medium; a depressed portion in which a part of the medium supported by the support surface can be depressed with respect to the support surface; and an adjustment unit which can change a size of the depressed portion by changing a state of a first area in the depressed portion, characterized in that at least a part of the depressed portion is bottomless.
Moulding tool (1, 1a, 10) for producing a fibre composite component, wherein in at least one partial region the moulding tool (1a, 10) has a cavity (3, 12), in which at least one self-sufficient latent heat store (4, 13) and/or thermochemical heat store for self-sufficiently controlling the temperature of the moulding tool (1a, 10) in the partial region is provided, characterized in that the at least one self-sufficient latent heat store (4, 13) and/or thermochemical heat store for self-sufficiently controlling the temperature of the moulding tool (1a, 10) in the partial region is provided in such a manner that heat energy for self-sufficiently controlling the temperature of the moulding tool is emitted when the latent heat store (4, 13) and/or thermochemical heat store is activated.
Anti-impact gloves, comprising a glove body and an anti-impact protective layer arranged on a back of the glove body, characterized in that the anti-impact protective layer includes: a finger protective layer, which comprises a thumb protective layer and a plurality of universal finger protective layers; wherein the thumb protective layer covers a thumb part on the back of the glove body and extends above the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint, an anisotropic flex slit is arranged on a first dactylus of the thumb protective layer near the first knuckle, and a flex cut structure is provided at the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb protection layer to adapt to the flexion of the metacarpophalangeal joint; the plurality of universal finger protective layers, respectively covered on other finger parts except the thumb and adapted to the corresponding finger shape, wherein a fingertip part of each universal finger protection layer is provided with a plurality of full flex cuts to divide the fingertip part into a plurality of partition blocks facing different directions; a hand back protective layer, arranged on a hand back part of the back of the glove body and including a plurality of vertical protection blocks and a plurality of long strip-shaped flex slits arranged alternately, each of the long strip-shaped flex slits is distributed between the two adjacent metacarpophalangeal joints; a bottom layer disposed below the finger protective layer and the hand back protective layer and fixed on the back of the glove body. a finger protective layer, which comprises a thumb protective layer and a plurality of universal finger protective layers; wherein the thumb protective layer covers a thumb part on the back of the glove body and extends above the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint, an anisotropic flex slit is arranged on a first dactylus of the thumb protective layer near the first knuckle, and a flex cut structure is provided at the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb protection layer to adapt to the flexion of the metacarpophalangeal joint; the plurality of universal finger protective layers, respectively covered on other finger parts except the thumb and adapted to the corresponding finger shape, wherein a fingertip part of each universal finger protection layer is provided with a plurality of full flex cuts to divide the fingertip part into a plurality of partition blocks facing different directions; a hand back protective layer, arranged on a hand back part of the back of the glove body and including a plurality of vertical protection blocks and a plurality of long strip-shaped flex slits arranged alternately, each of the long strip-shaped flex slits is distributed between the two adjacent metacarpophalangeal joints; a bottom layer disposed below the finger protective layer and the hand back protective layer and fixed on the back of the glove body.
Fluid container having a device which is arranged in an interior space within the fluid container and serves for monitoring the fill level of a fluid, the device comprising a linearly movable position encoder having a magnet element, the position of which correlates with the fill level of the fluid in the fluid container, and comprising a signal unit for detecting the position of the magnet element, which signal unit generates in a manner dependent on the position of the magnet element at least one electrical signal and, for this purpose, has at least one Hall element, wherein the signal unit is arranged substantially within a guide tube on which the position encoder is guided, characterized in that a projection extends from a base of the fluid container forwards in the direction of the guide tube and is likewise provided for guidance of the position encoder, whereby the position encoder is movable substantially as far as the base of the fluid container.
A system for supplying LNG fuel, the system comprising: a fuel supplying line connected from a fuel storage tank to an engine and including a pressure measuring sensor; a pump provided on the fuel supplying line and configured to pressurize fuel outputted from the fuel storage tank; a heat exchanger provided on the fuel supplying line between the pump and the engine and configured to heat the fuel outputted from the pump; a first return line provided at a front end of the heat exchanger on the fuel supplying line and configured to return the fuel from the fuel supplying line; and a second return line provided at a rear end of the heat exchanger on the fuel supplying line and configured to return the fuel from the fuel supplying line, wherein the fuel is returned through the first return line or the second return line when pressure of the fuel is sensed to be more than a predetermined pressure by the pressure measuring sensor, and wherein the first return line and the second return line are connected to the fuel storage tank, and the fuel is returned to the fuel storage tank through the first return line or the second return line. a fuel supplying line connected from a fuel storage tank to an engine and including a pressure measuring sensor; a pump provided on the fuel supplying line and configured to pressurize fuel outputted from the fuel storage tank; a heat exchanger provided on the fuel supplying line between the pump and the engine and configured to heat the fuel outputted from the pump; a first return line provided at a front end of the heat exchanger on the fuel supplying line and configured to return the fuel from the fuel supplying line; and a second return line provided at a rear end of the heat exchanger on the fuel supplying line and configured to return the fuel from the fuel supplying line, wherein the fuel is returned through the first return line or the second return line when pressure of the fuel is sensed to be more than a predetermined pressure by the pressure measuring sensor, and wherein the first return line and the second return line are connected to the fuel storage tank, and the fuel is returned to the fuel storage tank through the first return line or the second return line.
A frame for cable entries, pipe penetrations or the like, characterized in that it comprises at least two end modules forming at least one opening to receive the cable entries, pipe penetrations or the like and that it has means covering the openings of the frame before the cables, pipes or the like are received.
A convertible hood comprising an exterior hood cover which can be tightened by moving the hood from its rear stowage position into a closed position and which is fixed both in the stowage position and in the closed position at least partly by means of a fastening device, said fastening device variably fixing the hood cover in order to change the hood tension in the closed position and said fastening device comprising a plastic strip to which the hood cover is fixed and the position of which allows the tension of the hood to be varied, and said fastening device comprising a clamping profile for reversible fixing of the hood cover, characterised in that the plastic strip can be fixed in a groove of the clamping profile and the length of the hood cover can be varied by different depths of penetration of the plastic strip into the groove.
Electric component assembly, comprising a semiconductor component and a carrier, said carrier containing a thermally conductive ceramic and being connected to at least one varistor body, characterized in that heat from the semiconductor component can be at least partially dissipated to the carrier by means of the varistor body and in that the carrier and/or the varistor body have at least one thermally conductive channel.
A device for delivering a deliverable agent in the form of an aerosol or vapour to a user, said device comprising a solid, porous carrier material, and plant material comprising the deliverable agent, wherein the carrier material is a solid, continuous three-dimensional network comprising particles of a ceramic material, which particles are bonded together to form voids and wherein the plant material is located within said voids in the carrier material, wherein the device is operable to heat the carrier material and vaporise the deliverable agent.
A tire comprising: a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core, and is folded back around the bead core; a rubber sheet which covers an end of the carcass ply which has been folded back; and an electronic component provided between the bead filler and the rubber sheet, wherein the bead filler is formed in an annular shape, wherein the rubber sheet is formed in an annular shape by one end side and another end side of a long sheet being joined at a joint part, and wherein the electronic component is disposed between the bead filler and the rubber sheet at the joint part. a rubber sheet which covers an end of the carcass ply which has been folded back; and an electronic component provided between the bead filler and the rubber sheet, wherein the bead filler is formed in an annular shape, wherein the rubber sheet is formed in an annular shape by one end side and another end side of a long sheet being joined at a joint part, and wherein the electronic component is disposed between the bead filler and the rubber sheet at the joint part.
A method for operating a robot that comprises a link arrangement having at least two coupling links (120, 130) of which a first coupling link is connected in an articulated manner in a second axis of rotation to a crank link that is driven in a rotatable manner about a first axis of rotation, and a second coupling link is connected in an articulated manner in a third axis of rotation to the first coupling link, wherein a drive for the first coupling link is arranged on the second axis of rotation and the second coupling link comprises an effector pivot point on its end region that lies opposite the first coupling link, wherein the method is configured such that the crank link and the first coupling link are driven such that the effector pivot point remains in a resting position (164, 166) in a specific angular range while the crank link is rotating, characterized in that immediately after the resting position (164, 166) is achieved, a torque is applied to the first coupling link by means of the effector pivot point so as to shorten the dwell time of the effector pivot point in the resting position (164,166) by means of the drive on the second axis of rotation, said torque amounting in the time span of the desired dwell duration to a maximum 5% of the torque that would be necessary in order to achieve a dwell time of the effector pivot point that is of a shorter duration.
A control apparatus configured to operate as a master device for controlling a slave device, comprising: image capturing means; registration means (500, 1200) configured to register slave device information of a slave device to be controlled by the control apparatus; identification means configured to, based on the slave device information registered by the registration means, identify a slave device that exists in a range of image capturing by the image capturing means; and a slave device control means configured to perform control of a slave device that has been identified by the identification means, characterized in that the registration means (500, 1200) is configured to, after a slave device to be registered is caused to be approximately in the center of the range of image capturing by the image capturing means, execute a registration process and register, as the slave device information, information on a relative direction and inclination (504, 1204) of the slave device with respect to a position of the image capturing means at the time of execution of the registration process, and the identification means (500, 1200) is configured to identify the slave device by comparing the registered information on the relative direction and inclination (504, 1204) of the slave device with respect to the position of the image capturing means with information on a relative direction of the four vertices of the range of image capturing by the image capturing means. image capturing means; registration means (500, 1200) configured to register slave device information of a slave device to be controlled by the control apparatus; identification means configured to, based on the slave device information registered by the registration means, identify a slave device that exists in a range of image capturing by the image capturing means; and a slave device control means configured to perform control of a slave device that has been identified by the identification means, characterized in that the registration means (500, 1200) is configured to, after a slave device to be registered is caused to be approximately in the center of the range of image capturing by the image capturing means, execute a registration process and register, as the slave device information, information on a relative direction and inclination (504, 1204) of the slave device with respect to a position of the image capturing means at the time of execution of the registration process, and the identification means (500, 1200) is configured to identify the slave device by comparing the registered information on the relative direction and inclination (504, 1204) of the slave device with respect to the position of the image capturing means with information on a relative direction of the four vertices of the range of image capturing by the image capturing means.
A radio frequency receive coil device for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising a RF receive coil, a plug for connecting the RF receive coil to the MR imaging system, sensing means for sensing the presence of a magnetic field of the MR imaging system's main magnet (100, 102), detecting means for detecting if the plug is connected to the MR imaging system, characterised in that the sensing means is arranged for sensing the presence of the static magnetic field of the MR imaging system's main magnet (100, 102), and in that the device further comprises a warning means (120, 122) for generating a warning when the sensing means sense the presence of the MR imaging system's main magnet's static magnetic field (100, 102) and the detecting means detect that the plug is not connected to the MR imaging system.
Thermal deburring installation having a first and a separate second chamber part (12; 13) for receiving workpieces to be deburred, wherein a closing device is provided, by means of which the first chamber part can be pushed against the second chamber part, or vice versa, with respect to a closing direction, wherein the corresponding closing forces are absorbed by at least one supporting assembly, which has a form that is annular with respect to a transverse axis which is oriented perpendicularly to the closing direction, characterized in that the at least one supporting assembly can be moved relative to the first and the second chamber part (12; 13) transversely to the closing direction.