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A seal compartment, comprising: a first component; a second component; and a brush seal (48a,48b;48a';48a";48a′′′;48a"") providing a seal between the first component and the second component, and the brush seal (48a,48b;48a';48a";48a"';48a"") being attached to the first component, wherein the brush seal (48a,48b;48a';48a";48a′′′;48a"") comprises: a top plate; a back plate; a bristle pack secured at a joint between the top plate and the back plate, the bristle pack comprising: a first bristle set extending from the joint; and a second bristle set extending from the joint; and a sliding backing plate (64;64';64") comprising: a sliding portion disposed contiguous with the second bristle set; and characterised by a support portion having an inner face and a support face, the inner face contacting a distal end of the second bristle set, and the support face configured to support at least a portion of the first bristle set; wherein: the sliding backing plate (64;64';64") is configured to slide relative to the second bristle set; the sliding portion is disposed between the second bristle set and the first component, a component-side face of the sliding backing plate (64;64';64") being in contact with a support surface of the first component; and the sliding backing plate (64;64';64") is configured to slide relative to the first component. a first component; a second component; and a brush seal (48a,48b;48a';48a";48a′′′;48a"") providing a seal between the first component and the second component, and the brush seal (48a,48b;48a';48a";48a"';48a"") being attached to the first component, wherein the brush seal (48a,48b;48a';48a";48a′′′;48a"") comprises: a top plate; a back plate; a bristle pack secured at a joint between the top plate and the back plate, the bristle pack comprising: a first bristle set extending from the joint; and a second bristle set extending from the joint; and a sliding backing plate (64;64';64") comprising: a sliding portion disposed contiguous with the second bristle set; a top plate; a back plate; a bristle pack secured at a joint between the top plate and the back plate, the bristle pack comprising: a first bristle set extending from the joint; and a second bristle set extending from the joint; and a first bristle set extending from the joint; and a second bristle set extending from the joint; and a sliding backing plate (64;64';64") comprising: a sliding portion disposed contiguous with the second bristle set; and characterised by a support portion having an inner face and a support face, the inner face contacting a distal end of the second bristle set, and the support face configured to support at least a portion of the first bristle set; wherein: the sliding backing plate (64;64';64") is configured to slide relative to the second bristle set; the sliding portion is disposed between the second bristle set and the first component, a component-side face of the sliding backing plate (64;64';64") being in contact with a support surface of the first component; and the sliding backing plate (64;64';64") is configured to slide relative to the first component.
A composition comprising an oral antimicrobial rinse or oral antiseptic rinse for use in treating or preventing Barrett's esophagus and related disorders in a mammal, optionally a human, the use comprising orally applying the oral antimicrobial or oral antiseptic rinse at least once daily; wherein the oral antimicrobial rinse or oral antiseptic rinse comprises chlorhexidine; and wherein the related disorders are selected from the group consisting of esophageal cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and indigestion, and eosinophilic esophagitis.
A surgical instrument configured for operating hip joint osteoarthritis in a human patient, the hip joint comprising an acetabulum, the acetabulum being a part of the pelvic bone, and a caput femur, the caput femur being the proximal part of the femoral bone, wherein said surgical instrument is adapted to operate inside of the hip joint from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone of said human patient, said surgical instrument comprising an abdominal portion (21a, 26) insertable through an incision in the skin in the abdominal region and adapted to be placed between the incision in the abdominal region and the pelvic bone when the instrument is in use, and a pelvic portion (21b, 28c) connected to the abdominal portion, being partially insertable through a hole in the pelvic bone from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone, when the instrument is in use, wherein a portion of the pelvic portion is adapted to operate at least partially in a surgically created hole in the pelvic bone, and a gripping end for handling of the instrument, wherein said gripping end is connected to the abdominal portion and adapted to remain outside the skin of the patient when the instrument is in use, said instrument further comprising a hip joint end, opposite of the gripping end, adapted to be placed in the hip joint, and a bend (26, 29a, 29b, 79, 80a, 80b, 428) between said abdominal portion and said pelvic portion; wherein a distance between the gripping end and the bend is at least 10 cm and a distance between the hip joint end of the instrument and the bend is at least 4 cm.
Safety harness created from high-strength flexible strips, comprising in its upper portion a chest harness, in its lower portion a sit harness, a ventral attachment region having an attachment means for roping a user, and opening/closing means which, in the open position, allow the harness to expand laterally away from a vertical median plane (I-I) for donning or removal, and which, in the closed position, keep the harness around the body of the user, the chest harness comprising two braces (7, 8), the sit harness comprising a pair of thigh loops (4, 5) on either side of the vertical median plane (I-I), characterized in that - the ventral attachment region is permanently closed and is formed by the junction of the ventral ends of the two braces (7, 8) and the attachment means, - the respective dorsal portions (7a, 8a) of the two braces (7, 8) are arranged entirely on either side of the vertical median plane (I-I) and are connected to one another by a dorsal closure forming said opening/closing means. - the ventral attachment region is permanently closed and is formed by the junction of the ventral ends of the two braces (7, 8) and the attachment means, - the respective dorsal portions (7a, 8a) of the two braces (7, 8) are arranged entirely on either side of the vertical median plane (I-I) and are connected to one another by a dorsal closure forming said opening/closing means.
An apparatus for providing at least one treatment to at least one tissue, comprising: a first structural arrangement configured to expand a first portion at a distal end of the apparatus; a second structural arrangement configured to expand a second portion at the distal end; and at least one lumen extending from a proximal end of the apparatus to the distal end and having an opening at the proximal end, wherein the at least one lumen is located between and separate from the first structural arrangement ef and the second structural arrangement; wherein at least one of the first structural arrangement or the second structural arrangement is configured to position the at least one lumen at a particular position with respect to the at least one tissue. a first structural arrangement configured to expand a first portion at a distal end of the apparatus; a second structural arrangement configured to expand a second portion at the distal end; and at least one lumen extending from a proximal end of the apparatus to the distal end and having an opening at the proximal end, wherein the at least one lumen is located between and separate from the first structural arrangement ef and the second structural arrangement; wherein at least one of the first structural arrangement or the second structural arrangement is configured to position the at least one lumen at a particular position with respect to the at least one tissue.
Method of MR imaging of an object positioned in the examination volume of an MR device, the method comprising the steps of: a) subjecting the object to an imaging sequence comprising RF excitation pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, wherein multiple echo signals are generated at different echo times (TE1, TE2, TE3) after each RF excitation pulse, b) acquiring the echo signals along a set of radial or spiral k-space trajectories covering a given k-space region, wherein each of the echo signals generated after an RF excitation pulse is assigned a different orientation of the radial or spiral trajectory in k-space; c) reconstructing a single echo image for each echo time (TE1, TE2, TE3) from the echo signals acquired; d) deriving high-resolution water, fat, B 0 and/or apparent transverse relaxation time (T 2 *) maps from the single echo images using a deep learning algorithm; and d) synthesizing a high-resolution mammogram from the water, fat, B 0 and/or T 2 * maps, wherein a high-resolution intermediate image is reconstructed from a combination of the echo signals acquired at the different echo times (TE1, TE2, TE3) from the entire k-space region covered by the set of radial or spiral k-space trajectories, wherein the deriving of the high-resolution water, fat, B 0 and/or T 2 * maps is additionally based on the high-resolution intermediate image. a) subjecting the object to an imaging sequence comprising RF excitation pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, wherein multiple echo signals are generated at different echo times (TE1, TE2, TE3) after each RF excitation pulse, b) acquiring the echo signals along a set of radial or spiral k-space trajectories covering a given k-space region, wherein each of the echo signals generated after an RF excitation pulse is assigned a different orientation of the radial or spiral trajectory in k-space; c) reconstructing a single echo image for each echo time (TE1, TE2, TE3) from the echo signals acquired; d) deriving high-resolution water, fat, B 0 and/or apparent transverse relaxation time (T 2 *) maps from the single echo images using a deep learning algorithm; and d) synthesizing a high-resolution mammogram from the water, fat, B 0 and/or T 2 * maps, wherein a high-resolution intermediate image is reconstructed from a combination of the echo signals acquired at the different echo times (TE1, TE2, TE3) from the entire k-space region covered by the set of radial or spiral k-space trajectories, wherein the deriving of the high-resolution water, fat, B 0 and/or T 2 * maps is additionally based on the high-resolution intermediate image.
Transmission for a motor vehicle, - having a housing which has a first housing part and a second housing part, wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part and the second housing part are joined together, - having a vent duct through which air can escape from the transmission, and - having a separate breather element which extends into the first housing part and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct, wherein the breather element is located in a plug-in position in the first housing part and has a fixing stop against which the second housing part bears in the assembled state of the transmission and thus securely fixes the breather element in the plug-in position, characterised in that the first duct wall projects into a blind bore-shaped recess of the first housing part, wherein it creates at least two duct sections in the recess which are joined together at a bottom of the recess. - having a housing which has a first housing part and a second housing part, wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part and the second housing part are joined together, - having a vent duct through which air can escape from the transmission, and - having a separate breather element which extends into the first housing part and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct,
A method for multi-carrier data transmission performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: detecting scheduling assignment signaling, SA, of another UE within a sensing window of each of a plurality of carriers; measuring a received power of a scheduled data channel based on the SA; detecting a received energy of each subchannel of each sub-frame in the sensing window; selecting a resource for data transmission on the plurality of carriers based on the SA, the received power, and the received energy; and using the selected resource for data transmission. detecting scheduling assignment signaling, SA, of another UE within a sensing window of each of a plurality of carriers; measuring a received power of a scheduled data channel based on the SA; detecting a received energy of each subchannel of each sub-frame in the sensing window; selecting a resource for data transmission on the plurality of carriers based on the SA, the received power, and the received energy; and using the selected resource for data transmission.
A process for producing a polyurethane, comprising at least the following steps: reaction of at least one polyester polyol and/or polyether polyol with a quantity of from 0.5 to 12 mol%, based on the total quantity of polyisocyanate, of at least one first polyisocyanate in order to obtain a prepolymer in which more than 70% of the terminal groups present are terminal hydroxy groups, and reaction of the prepolymer from step with a quantity of from 88 to 99.5 mol%, based on the total quantity of polyisocyanate, of at least one second polyisocyanate, and optionally with further additives, in order to obtain the polyurethane, the total of the quantities of polyisocyanates of step and step being 100 mol%. reaction of at least one polyester polyol and/or polyether polyol with a quantity of from 0.5 to 12 mol%, based on the total quantity of polyisocyanate, of at least one first polyisocyanate in order to obtain a prepolymer in which more than 70% of the terminal groups present are terminal hydroxy groups, and reaction of the prepolymer from step with a quantity of from 88 to 99.5 mol%, based on the total quantity of polyisocyanate, of at least one second polyisocyanate, and optionally with further additives, in order to obtain the polyurethane, the total of the quantities of polyisocyanates of step and step being 100 mol%.
A method, comprising: transmitting discovery messages from an apparatus (100,500); receiving response messages to the discovery messages, each of the response messages including at least a frequency hopping synchronization packet including an address of a source apparatus (502,504,506) for the response message; determining by the apparatus (100,500) if a predetermined response criterion is satisfied, characterized in that the predetermined response criterion comprises receiving a plurality of response messages from a source apparatus having a measured signal strength at or above a predetermined signal strength and including an extended inquiry response packet comprising additional information regarding the source apparatus; and If it is determined by the apparatus (100,500) that the predetermined response criterion is satisfied, initiating automatic wireless connection establishment between the apparatus and the source apparatus satisfying the predetermined response criterion. transmitting discovery messages from an apparatus (100,500); receiving response messages to the discovery messages, each of the response messages including at least a frequency hopping synchronization packet including an address of a source apparatus (502,504,506) for the response message; determining by the apparatus (100,500) if a predetermined response criterion is satisfied, characterized in that the predetermined response criterion comprises receiving a plurality of response messages from a source apparatus having a measured signal strength at or above a predetermined signal strength and including an extended inquiry response packet comprising additional information regarding the source apparatus; and If it is determined by the apparatus (100,500) that the predetermined response criterion is satisfied, initiating automatic wireless connection establishment between the apparatus and the source apparatus satisfying the predetermined response criterion.
Method for determining a position of an open/closed-valve positioned by a pneumatic actuating drive and movable to a completely opened open position and a closed close position depending on operating requirements, wherein during normal operation of the actuating drive an i/p-converter pneumatically impinges on a pneumatic working chamber of the actuating drive such that the open/closed-valve moves to one of the open/closed positions and, in the case of a predefined operating condition, in particular an emergency situation, the i/p-converter allows the working chamber to vent so that the open/closed-valve automatically moves to the other one of the open/closed positions, characterised in that the pneumatic pressure prevailing in the working chamber and/or the pneumatic control pressure outputted at the i/p converter is captured continuously over time, and a pressure change is determined over time, on the basis of which a physical operational variable of the open/closed-valve, such as the position, the displacement time, the travel distance or the like, is determined, wherein the actual pattern over time of the pressure change is compared with an expected pressure pattern, based on empirical values, of a faultlessly working open/closed-valve, and in case of exceeding a predetermined deviation tolerance of the actual pressure pattern with respect to the expected pressure pattern, an error signal is generated.
An antenna system designed to reduce a probability of destructive interference of signals received by the antenna system, the antenna system comprising: a first linearly polarized antenna (105; 701) oriented to detect energy along a first plane; a second linearly polarized antenna (111, 113; 702) oriented to detect energy along a second plane, wherein the second antenna is positioned generally perpendicular to the first antenna and affixed thereto such that the first plane is cross-polarized with the second plane; a first RF amplifier coupled to the first antenna and comprising a first resistor for controlling a gain of the first RF amplifier; and a second RF amplifier coupled to the second antenna and comprising a second resistor for controlling a gain of the second RF amplifier; wherein the first antenna exhibits a first gain and the second antenna exhibits a second gain that is different from the first gain, such that the different first gain and second gain are configured to reduce a probability of destructive interference of the signals arriving at the antenna system; and characterized in that the first and second resistors are configured to adjust the gain of the first RF amplifier and the gain of the second RF amplifier to match the different first gain and second gain of the first antenna and the second antenna. a first linearly polarized antenna (105; 701) oriented to detect energy along a first plane; a second linearly polarized antenna (111, 113; 702) oriented to detect energy along a second plane, wherein the second antenna is positioned generally perpendicular to the first antenna and affixed thereto such that the first plane is cross-polarized with the second plane; a first RF amplifier coupled to the first antenna and comprising a first resistor for controlling a gain of the first RF amplifier; and a second RF amplifier coupled to the second antenna and comprising a second resistor for controlling a gain of the second RF amplifier; wherein the first antenna exhibits a first gain and the second antenna exhibits a second gain that is different from the first gain, such that the different first gain and second gain are configured to reduce a probability of destructive interference of the signals arriving at the antenna system; and characterized in that the first and second resistors are configured to adjust the gain of the first RF amplifier and the gain of the second RF amplifier to match the different first gain and second gain of the first antenna and the second antenna.
A fader apparatus comprising: a fader control knob directly attached to a rotor of a non-contact motor, wherein the rotor surrounds a stator of the non-contact motor, and wherein the non-contact motor is a three-phase, direct current electric motor; a sensor system configured to detect a rotational position of the rotor; and control circuitry configured to cause a fade effect in accordance with the detected rotational position of the rotor, wherein the fader control knob is configured to move along one or more axes, wherein a position of the fader control knob along each of the one or more axes is assigned at least one audio function, and wherein the stator is moveable to support movement of the fader control knob to achieve the at least one audio function. a fader control knob directly attached to a rotor of a non-contact motor, wherein the rotor surrounds a stator of the non-contact motor, and wherein the non-contact motor is a three-phase, direct current electric motor; a sensor system configured to detect a rotational position of the rotor; and control circuitry configured to cause a fade effect in accordance with the detected rotational position of the rotor, wherein the fader control knob is configured to move along one or more axes, wherein a position of the fader control knob along each of the one or more axes is assigned at least one audio function, and wherein the stator is moveable to support movement of the fader control knob to achieve the at least one audio function.