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A testing device, comprising: a porous flow path member in which a flow path for flowing a sample is formed; and a resin layer provided at one position or a plurality of positions over the flow path member, wherein reagents reactive with the sample are provided in the form consisting of a solid phase by an interaction over a surface of the resin layer facing the flow path member, at least one reagent being a capture antibody (17, 18) and at least one reagent being a labeled antibody, wherein the interaction is selected from chemical bonding, attachment, adhesion, adsorption, and van der Waals binding, wherein the resin layer is a non-porous member, and wherein the device is arranged such that a color is developed by the capture antibody (17, 18) fixed over the surface of the resin layers being bound by labeling particles indicating the presence of an antigen. a porous flow path member in which a flow path for flowing a sample is formed; and a resin layer provided at one position or a plurality of positions over the flow path member, wherein reagents reactive with the sample are provided in the form consisting of a solid phase by an interaction over a surface of the resin layer facing the flow path member, at least one reagent being a capture antibody (17, 18) and at least one reagent being a labeled antibody, wherein the interaction is selected from chemical bonding, attachment, adhesion, adsorption, and van der Waals binding, wherein the resin layer is a non-porous member, and wherein the device is arranged such that a color is developed by the capture antibody (17, 18) fixed over the surface of the resin layers being bound by labeling particles indicating the presence of an antigen.
Method of additive manufacturing of dielectric elastomer actuators, in which layers of a base polymer A including electrically conductive constituents with a proportion at which the percolation threshold is exceeded are applied individually with a print head, forming an electrically conductive region or such a layer, a dielectric layer or such a region is formed between layers or regions containing electrically conductive constituents; characterized in that at least layers or regions containing electrically conductive constituents are formed with a print head, and a base polymer A and at least one additive C with which a reduction in viscosity sufficient for printing is achievable and which is converted to the gas phase at a maximum temperature of 80°C are fed in dosed form into the print head and mixed therein, and the mixture formed by the base polymer A and the at least one additive C is conveyed through the print head to an exit nozzle, and, after the exit, solidification/partial crosslinking or curing of the base polymer A and conversion of the at least one additive C still present in the base polymer A to the gas phase are achieved and layer-by-layer three-dimensional formation of an elastically deformable electrically conductive layer or such a region is thus achieved.
A base plate for an ostomy appliance, comprising; an adhesive wafer formed by a backing layer carrying a skin-friendly adhesive on a proximal surface of the backing layer for adhering the base plate to a skin area around a stoma of a user, the adhesive wafer defining a through-going passage for receiving the stoma, and an injection-moulded convex supporting device, having a contour and shape and made from a material more rigid than the adhesive wafer, wherein the convex supporting device is attached to a distal surface of the backing layer in a first attachment zone and in a second attachment zone and comprises an annular ring defined by an outer edge and an inner edge placed in separate planes offset with respect to each other along a center axis of the through-going passage, the inner edge defining a through-going hole for receiving a stoma, and characterized in a plurality of solid stiffening elements extending radially from the through-going hole towards the outer edge of the annular ring, such that a bending resistance of the base plate about a bending axis, which is perpendicular to the center axis, is below a first predetermined level and that an axial compression resistance of the base plate, in a direction parallel to the center axis, is above a second predetermined level. an adhesive wafer formed by a backing layer carrying a skin-friendly adhesive on a proximal surface of the backing layer for adhering the base plate to a skin area around a stoma of a user, the adhesive wafer defining a through-going passage for receiving the stoma, and an injection-moulded convex supporting device, having a contour and shape and made from a material more rigid than the adhesive wafer, wherein the convex supporting device is attached to a distal surface of the backing layer in a first attachment zone and in a second attachment zone and comprises an annular ring defined by an outer edge and an inner edge placed in separate planes offset with respect to each other along a center axis of the through-going passage, the inner edge defining a through-going hole for receiving a stoma, and characterized in a plurality of solid stiffening elements extending radially from the through-going hole towards the outer edge of the annular ring, such that a bending resistance of the base plate about a bending axis, which is perpendicular to the center axis, is below a first predetermined level and that an axial compression resistance of the base plate, in a direction parallel to the center axis, is above a second predetermined level.
A switchable cell, comprising: an optical substrate with a diffraction guiding surface; an elastic film in close proximity or contact with the diffraction guiding surface; an optical fluid filling a transparent chamber (120, 120') between the elastic film and the diffraction guiding surface of the optical substrate, with its refractive index matching or being close to the refractive index of the optical substrate; and means through which the optical fluid is transposed in or out of the transparent chamber (120, 120'), characterized in that the cell is switchable between an active state, wherein the index matching optical fluid is at least partly removed from the chamber thus reshaping the transparent chamber (120, 120') so that the elastic film takes the shape of the diffractive guiding surface and a diffractive effect is switched on, and a relaxed state, wherein the index matching optical fluid is filled in the chamber so that the film forms a refractive surface and the diffractive effect is switched off. an optical substrate with a diffraction guiding surface; an elastic film in close proximity or contact with the diffraction guiding surface; an optical fluid filling a transparent chamber (120, 120') between the elastic film and the diffraction guiding surface of the optical substrate, with its refractive index matching or being close to the refractive index of the optical substrate; and means through which the optical fluid is transposed in or out of the transparent chamber (120, 120'), characterized in that the cell is switchable between an active state, wherein the index matching optical fluid is at least partly removed from the chamber thus reshaping the transparent chamber (120, 120') so that the elastic film takes the shape of the diffractive guiding surface and a diffractive effect is switched on, and
A system for removing a thrombus, the system comprising: an interventional element configured to be disposed proximate to or adjacent to a thrombus within a blood vessel; and a signal generator in electrical communication with the interventional element, the signal generator configured to deliver an electrical signal to the interventional element, wherein the electrical signal includes a waveform having: a positive phase having a peak positive current (c p) and a first duration; and a negative phase having a peak negative current (c n) and a second duration, wherein a magnitude of the peak positive current (c p) is greater than a magnitude of the peak negative current (c n), and the first duration is greater than the second duration. an interventional element configured to be disposed proximate to or adjacent to a thrombus within a blood vessel; and a signal generator in electrical communication with the interventional element, the signal generator configured to deliver an electrical signal to the interventional element, wherein the electrical signal includes a waveform having: a positive phase having a peak positive current (c p) and a first duration; and a negative phase having a peak negative current (c n) and a second duration, wherein a magnitude of the peak positive current (c p) is greater than a magnitude of the peak negative current (c n), and the first duration is greater than the second duration. a positive phase having a peak positive current (c p) and a first duration; and a negative phase having a peak negative current (c n) and a second duration, wherein a magnitude of the peak positive current (c p) is greater than a magnitude of the peak negative current (c n), and the first duration is greater than the second duration.
A method of determining abnormality of a heart of a fetus, the method comprising: detecting a chest and a spine of the fetus in an ultrasound image of a fetal heart; receiving a user's input for inputting information regarding left and right directions of the chest of the fetus in the ultrasound image; detecting a position of the heart in the ultrasound image; and determining abnormality of the heart of the fetus based on the information about the left and right directions input by the user's input and information about the detected position of the heart. detecting a chest and a spine of the fetus in an ultrasound image of a fetal heart; receiving a user's input for inputting information regarding left and right directions of the chest of the fetus in the ultrasound image; detecting a position of the heart in the ultrasound image; and determining abnormality of the heart of the fetus based on the information about the left and right directions input by the user's input and information about the detected position of the heart.
A method for detecting motion direction of an object, the method comprising the steps of: - generating laser output light, using a semiconductor laser having a thermal response frequency (fr); - driving the laser with rectangularly modulated DC current having a modulation frequency higher than twice said thermal response frequency (fr), such as to triangularly modulate a wavelength of the laser output light; - directing the laser output light to the object; - allowing a portion of reflected light to interfere with light within the laser; - using a portion of the laser light as measuring beam; - analyzing a frequency spectrum of the measuring beam in conjunction with the modulated laser current in order to determine a direction of movement of the object, wherein the step of analyzing the frequency spectrum of the measuring beam is done by analysis of a frequency content of a quadrature demodulated signal such that a frequency corresponding to a speed of relative movement of the object with respect to the semiconductor laser is discriminated from other frequencies in the spectrum; - adjusting the modulation frequency of the rectangularly modulated DC current as a function of said speed; and - adjusting an amplitude of the rectangularly modulated DC current as the modulation frequency is adjusted so as to maintain a phase modulation depth of the laser light to be constant. - generating laser output light, using a semiconductor laser having a thermal response frequency (fr); - driving the laser with rectangularly modulated DC current having a modulation frequency higher than twice said thermal response frequency (fr), such as to triangularly modulate a wavelength of the laser output light; - directing the laser output light to the object; - allowing a portion of reflected light to interfere with light within the laser; - using a portion of the laser light as measuring beam; - analyzing a frequency spectrum of the measuring beam in conjunction with the modulated laser current in order to determine a direction of movement of the object, wherein the step of analyzing the frequency spectrum of the measuring beam is done by analysis of a frequency content of a quadrature demodulated signal such that a frequency corresponding to a speed of relative movement of the object with respect to the semiconductor laser is discriminated from other frequencies in the spectrum; - adjusting the modulation frequency of the rectangularly modulated DC current as a function of said speed; and - adjusting an amplitude of the rectangularly modulated DC current as the modulation frequency is adjusted so as to maintain a phase modulation depth of the laser light to be constant.
A baler comprising: a frame; a feed system coupled to the frame; a baling chamber; a gearbox; a crank arm driven by the gearbox; a plunger at least partially positioned within and reciprocally movable with respect to the baling chamber; a connecting rod extending between and coupled to both the crank arm and the plunger, wherein the connecting rod defines a connector length, and wherein the connecting rod defines a fluid volume therein; and a hydraulic system in operable communication with the connecting rod, the hydraulic system including: a pump, a first feed line extending between and in fluid communication with the fluid volume of the connecting rod and the pump, and a lockout valve adjustable between a first configuration in which the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the pump, and a second configuration in which the fluid volume is not in fluid communication with the pump, characterized in further comprising a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the fluid volume and a controller in operable communication with the pressure transducer, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the force being applied to the plunger based at least in part on a signal received from the pressure transducer. a frame; a feed system coupled to the frame; a baling chamber; a gearbox; a crank arm driven by the gearbox; a plunger at least partially positioned within and reciprocally movable with respect to the baling chamber; a connecting rod extending between and coupled to both the crank arm and the plunger, wherein the connecting rod defines a connector length, and wherein the connecting rod defines a fluid volume therein; and a hydraulic system in operable communication with the connecting rod, the hydraulic system including: a pump, a first feed line extending between and in fluid communication with the fluid volume of the connecting rod and the pump, and a lockout valve adjustable between a first configuration in which the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the pump, and a second configuration in which the fluid volume is not in fluid communication with the pump, a pump, a first feed line extending between and in fluid communication with the fluid volume of the connecting rod and the pump, and a lockout valve adjustable between a first configuration in which the fluid volume is in fluid communication with the pump, and a second configuration in which the fluid volume is not in fluid communication with the pump, characterized in further comprising a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the fluid volume and a controller in operable communication with the pressure transducer, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the force being applied to the plunger based at least in part on a signal received from the pressure transducer. a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the fluid volume and a controller in operable communication with the pressure transducer, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the force being applied to the plunger based at least in part on a signal received from the pressure transducer.
A waveguide assembly for use in a radar, the waveguide assembly being fabricated from a di-electric material and comprising: i. a waveguide; and ii. a beamsplitter which comprises a right circular cylinder having a quarter wave air gap substantially along a centreline of the right circular cylinder. i. a waveguide; and ii. a beamsplitter which comprises a right circular cylinder having a quarter wave air gap substantially along a centreline of the right circular cylinder.
A MEMS microphone comprising a base structure; a piezoelectric resonator body having a first end and a second end, the first end being fixedly supported by the base structure and the second end being free such that the piezoelectric resonator body is cantilevered from the base structure; a first electrode connected to the piezoelectric resonator body; a second electrode connected to the piezoelectric resonator body; a controller including at least one circuit connected to the first and second electrodes (152, 156) and configured to drive the piezoelectric resonator body at a shear resonance frequency of the piezoelectric resonator body and to detect a difference in the shear resonance frequency from a baseline resonance frequency resulting from a sound pressure; wherein the piezoelectric resonator body is formed in a plane; and the controller is configured to drive the piezoelectric resonator body to resonate in the plane of the piezoelectric resonator body; wherein the piezoelectric resonator body is configured such that the sound pressure deflects the piezoelectric resonator body at least partially out of the plane, causing the difference in the shear resonance frequency from the baseline resonance frequency; wherein an acoustic leak path is defined separating the second end of the piezoelectric resonator body from the base structure in the plane of the piezoelectric body; wherein the acoustic leak path is defined having an arcuate shape, and the acoustic leak path surrounds an arc of between 300 degrees and 350 degrees around the piezoelectric resonator body; wherein the first electrode is plated on a first side of the piezoelectric resonator body and the second electrode is plated on a second opposite side of the piezoelectric resonator body; and wherein the first and second electrodes (152, 156) each include a circular electrode portion, and the circular electrode portion of the first electrode has a different surface area than the circular electrode portion of the second electrode.
A method for producing a capillary tube from nonferrous alloys, which comprises a continuous cold rotary extrusion step of an initial blank having a solid cross-section, produced by casting, so as to obtain a tube having a hollow cross-section, wherein the deformation of the blank during said cold extrusion step is achieved only by means of friction force, a step of cooling of the extruded tube to ambient temperature, and at least one step of cold drawing of the extruded tube so as to reduce its diameter to obtain a capillary tube with an inside diameter from 0.2 to 4.5 mm.
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread, a carcass and a belt structure interposed between the carcass and the tread, wherein the belt structure comprises a zigzag belt structure, wherein the zigzag belt structure comprises or is formed of at least two layers of cords interwoven together from a strip (43, 51, 52, 53, 54) of rubber reinforced with one or more cords, wherein the strip (43, 51, 52, 53, 54) is layed up in a first zigzag winding extending between a first lateral zigzag belt edge and a second lateral zigzag belt edge in an at least substantially zigzag or sine wavelength having a first amplitude in a first direction followed by a second amplitude in the opposite direction of the first amplitude, wherein the strip (43, 51, 52, 53, 54) is layed up in a second zigzag winding extending between the first lateral zigzag belt edge and the second lateral zigzag belt edge in an at least substantially zigzag or sine wavelength having a first amplitude followed by a second amplitude in the opposite direction of the first amplitude, wherein the belt structure further comprises a pair of working belts (41, 42) with the angle of the working belts ranging of from 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire, wherein the zigzag belt structure is located radially inward of the working belts (41, 42), and wherein that zigzag belt structure is the narrowest belt of the belt structure, characterized in that the first amplitude in the first zigzag winding is different from the second amplitude in the first zigzag winding and in that the first amplitude in the second zigzag winding is different from the second amplitude in the second zigzag winding.
A computer-implemented method for detecting lever locking positions on a liquid level controller, the method comprising: detecting, by one or more processors, presence of a magnetic field produced by a feedback element of a sensor, the presence of the magnetic field being detected using a sensing element of the sensor and the sensor being coupled to a lever locking mechanism of the liquid level controller, wherein the sensing element includes normally closed contacts; causing, by one or more processors, the normally closed contacts to open if the presence of the magnetic field is detected; determining, by one or more processors, that the lever locking mechanism is in a locked position if the presence of the magnetic field is detected; determining, by one or more processors, that the lever locking mechanism is in an unlocked position if the presence of the magnetic field is not detected; generating, by one or more processors, a signal to open an electrical circuit to indicate that the lever locking mechanism is in the unlocked position; and providing, by one or more processors, the determined locked or unlocked position of the lever locking mechanism to a user. detecting, by one or more processors, presence of a magnetic field produced by a feedback element of a sensor, the presence of the magnetic field being detected using a sensing element of the sensor and the sensor being coupled to a lever locking mechanism of the liquid level controller, wherein the sensing element includes normally closed contacts; causing, by one or more processors, the normally closed contacts to open if the presence of the magnetic field is detected; determining, by one or more processors, that the lever locking mechanism is in a locked position if the presence of the magnetic field is detected; determining, by one or more processors, that the lever locking mechanism is in an unlocked position if the presence of the magnetic field is not detected; generating, by one or more processors, a signal to open an electrical circuit to indicate that the lever locking mechanism is in the unlocked position; and providing, by one or more processors, the determined locked or unlocked position of the lever locking mechanism to a user.