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A usable-length-selectable catheter system comprising: a catheter comprising a catheter shaft; a lock-grip; a mandrel with handle; and two or more guide-wire exit ports (113, 116), disposed laterally on the catheter shaft at different axial positions of the catheter shaft; characterized in that the mandrel is designed such that its tip can selectively be positioned relative to each one of the guide-wire exit ports (113, 116) such that a guide-wire can be guided through the selected guide-wire exit port. a catheter comprising a catheter shaft; a lock-grip; a mandrel with handle; and two or more guide-wire exit ports (113, 116), disposed laterally on the catheter shaft at different axial positions of the catheter shaft; characterized in that the mandrel is designed such that its tip can selectively be positioned relative to each one of the guide-wire exit ports (113, 116) such that a guide-wire can be guided through the selected guide-wire exit port.
A sortase comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, wherein the amino acid sequence comprises the mutations D101S and K137S, and wherein the sortase has a higher enzymatic activity in a sortase mediated coupling reaction between a first compound comprising the amino acid sequence LPXTG (SEQ ID NO: 21) and a second compound comprising a di- or tri-glycine at its N-terminus than a sortase that has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.
A process for the preparation of copper containing molecular sieves with the CHA structure which have the aluminosilicate composition having a silica to alumina mole ratio in the range from 25 to 40, wherein the copper exchange step is conducted via wet state exchange and prior to a potential coating step and wherein in the copper exchange step a liquid copper solution is used wherein the initial concentration of copper is in the range of 0.15 to 0.225 molar using copper acetate as copper source, wherein the liquid to solid ratio which is defined herein as the weight of water and copper salt used to prepare the Cu solution relative to the weight of the starting zeolite used in the copper exchange step is in the range from 4 to 8, wherein the copper is exchanged into a Na + -form or into a NH 4 -form of Chabazite, wherein the zeolite is added to a premade solution of copper salt which is preheated to the ion-exchange temperature of 40 to 75°C before adding the zeolite, wherein the reaction time of the ion-exchange step is in the range of 10 minutes to 3 hours, wherein the aqueous solution is suitably stirred, wherein the pH of the ion-exchange step is in the range of 3 to 5.5, wherein the molar ratio of Cu to Al in the copper slurry for the copper-exchange step is in the range from 0.5 to 1.5, wherein the copper-exchange step is repeated 0 to 2 times, and wherein, after the copper exchange step, the molecular sieve with the CHA structure is washed at least once with a suitable washing agent.
A method for monitoring the condition of a motor, the motor being driven by a power source that provides signals to the motor, wherein the method is carried out by the device of claim 10 or the system of claim 11 and comprises the steps of: - sensing a motor signal, - detecting operating conditions of the motor, and if the motor operates in predetermined conditions: - detecting (S402, S403) the instants of zero-crossing of the sensed signal, - determining the time intervals between two zero-crossing instants, - estimating plural envelopes of the determined time intervals in order to obtain an estimated pattern of envelopes, each envelope being determined over a number of determined time intervals, - determining from the operating conditions of the motor and the pattern of envelopes if the motor has a fault and/or a level of the fault. - sensing a motor signal, - detecting operating conditions of the motor, and if the motor operates in predetermined conditions: - detecting (S402, S403) the instants of zero-crossing of the sensed signal, - determining the time intervals between two zero-crossing instants, - estimating plural envelopes of the determined time intervals in order to obtain an estimated pattern of envelopes, each envelope being determined over a number of determined time intervals, - determining from the operating conditions of the motor and the pattern of envelopes if the motor has a fault and/or a level of the fault.
Tourniquet apparatus for measuring a patient's limb occlusion pressure comprising: an inflatable tourniquet cuff for encircling a limb at a location; a tourniquet instrument releasably connectable to the cuff and including: pressure sensing means for producing a cuff pressure signal indicative of the level of pressure in the cuff, pressure regulation means communicating with the cuff and responsive to the cuff pressure signal for moving fluid into and out of the cuff, thereby regulating the pressure in the cuff, blood flow transducing means for producing a blood flow signal indicative of blood flow past the cuff, and limb occlusion pressure means responsive to the blood flow signal and the cuff pressure signal, configured to increase the cuff pressure level until blood flow indicated by the blood flow signal decreases to a level less than a minimum detection threshold, and then suspend fluid movement into and out of the cuff to produce a limb occlusion pressure value that is indicative of a pressure in the cuff when the fluid motion is suspended. an inflatable tourniquet cuff for encircling a limb at a location; a tourniquet instrument releasably connectable to the cuff and including: pressure sensing means for producing a cuff pressure signal indicative of the level of pressure in the cuff, pressure regulation means communicating with the cuff and responsive to the cuff pressure signal for moving fluid into and out of the cuff, thereby regulating the pressure in the cuff, blood flow transducing means for producing a blood flow signal indicative of blood flow past the cuff, and limb occlusion pressure means responsive to the blood flow signal and the cuff pressure signal, configured to increase the cuff pressure level until blood flow indicated by the blood flow signal decreases to a level less than a minimum detection threshold, and then suspend fluid movement into and out of the cuff to produce a limb occlusion pressure value that is indicative of a pressure in the cuff when the fluid motion is suspended. pressure sensing means for producing a cuff pressure signal indicative of the level of pressure in the cuff, pressure regulation means communicating with the cuff and responsive to the cuff pressure signal for moving fluid into and out of the cuff, thereby regulating the pressure in the cuff, blood flow transducing means for producing a blood flow signal indicative of blood flow past the cuff, and limb occlusion pressure means responsive to the blood flow signal and the cuff pressure signal, configured to increase the cuff pressure level until blood flow indicated by the blood flow signal decreases to a level less than a minimum detection threshold, and then suspend fluid movement into and out of the cuff to produce a limb occlusion pressure value that is indicative of a pressure in the cuff when the fluid motion is suspended.
An electronic lighting device (100, 200, 1100), comprising: a flame element (101, 201, 301, 601) comprising a hollow interior (107, 207, 307, 607,) and an aperture (109, 209, 309, 609) disposed on a side (111, 311) of the flame element, wherein the flame element comprises a tab (129, 229, 329, 629) that extends from the side of the flame element into the aperture; a housing (105, 205, 405, 1105) comprising an internal cavity (113, 213, 409); an arm (115, 215, 415, 615, 1115) that extends horizontally from the housing and has a first end disposed within a central area of the internal cavity, wherein the arm has a downward projection (137, 437, 637) and wherein the tab and the downward projection of the arm overlap to secure the flame element on the arm while the flame element is suspended on the arm, wherein at least one of the tab and the downward projection bends to allow the flame element to be removed or placed on the arm; and wherein the arm is sized and dimensioned to extend into the aperture to suspend the flame element within the internal cavity and to allow the flame element to move with respect to the arm. a flame element (101, 201, 301, 601) comprising a hollow interior (107, 207, 307, 607,) and an aperture (109, 209, 309, 609) disposed on a side (111, 311) of the flame element, wherein the flame element comprises a tab (129, 229, 329, 629) that extends from the side of the flame element into the aperture; a housing (105, 205, 405, 1105) comprising an internal cavity (113, 213, 409); an arm (115, 215, 415, 615, 1115) that extends horizontally from the housing and has a first end disposed within a central area of the internal cavity, wherein the arm has a downward projection (137, 437, 637) and wherein the tab and the downward projection of the arm overlap to secure the flame element on the arm while the flame element is suspended on the arm, wherein at least one of the tab and the downward projection bends to allow the flame element to be removed or placed on the arm; and wherein the arm is sized and dimensioned to extend into the aperture to suspend the flame element within the internal cavity and to allow the flame element to move with respect to the arm.
A data packet forwarding method performed by a network device, wherein the network device comprises a hardware layer used to maintain a first match table, wherein a learning module at the hardware layer of the network device cannot learn a received data packet, further comprising a software layer used to maintain a second match table, wherein a learning module at the software layer of the network device can learn the received data packet, and the method comprises: • receiving the data packet, and checking whether an entry that matches the data packet exists in the first match table; • if the entry that matches the data packet does not exist in the first match table, obtaining a local physical address and a destination physical address of the data packet, and determining whether the local physical address is the same as the destination physical address of the data packet; • if the local physical address is different from the destination physical address, searching the second match table for an entry in which a physical address matches the destination physical address, and generating a layer 2 forwarding entry according to the entry that matches the destination physical address; and • forwarding the data packet according to the layer 2 forwarding entry. • receiving the data packet, and checking whether an entry that matches the data packet exists in the first match table; • if the entry that matches the data packet does not exist in the first match table, obtaining a local physical address and a destination physical address of the data packet, and determining whether the local physical address is the same as the destination physical address of the data packet; • if the local physical address is different from the destination physical address, searching the second match table for an entry in which a physical address matches the destination physical address, and generating a layer 2 forwarding entry according to the entry that matches the destination physical address; and • forwarding the data packet according to the layer 2 forwarding entry.
A shelving construction for attachment to a generally planar wall surface comprising: (a) a plurality of elongate tubes (12, 14, 16) each having a rectangular cross-section of mutually perpendicular front surface, rear surface and first and second opposed side surfaces(22, 24), said tubes (12, 14, 16) adapted to be attached to said wall surface in a vertical and spaced-apart, parallel orientation and where vertically spaced-apart pairs of horizontally aligned slots are formed through the front surface of each of the plurality of tubes (12, 14, 16); (b) a plurality of generally L-shaped plates, each having a first leg fitted individually into said slots and pivotally secured therein by a first set of bolts extending through aligned apertures in said first leg of said plates and said first and second opposed side surfaces of the tubes (12, 14, 16); (c) a second set of bolts extending through aligned apertures in the first and second opposed side surfaces of said tubes (12, 14, 16) and vertically offset from the first set of bolts by a distance whereby a second leg of the L-shaped plates extends perpendicularly from the first surfaces of said tubes (12, 14, 16) when the L-shaped plates engage the second set of bolts; and (d) shelf members (28, 30) joined to the second legs of horizontally aligned ones of said plates. (a) a plurality of elongate tubes (12, 14, 16) each having a rectangular cross-section of mutually perpendicular front surface, rear surface and first and second opposed side surfaces(22, 24), said tubes (12, 14, 16) adapted to be attached to said wall surface in a vertical and spaced-apart, parallel orientation and where vertically spaced-apart pairs of horizontally aligned slots are formed through the front surface of each of the plurality of tubes (12, 14, 16); (b) a plurality of generally L-shaped plates, each having a first leg fitted individually into said slots and pivotally secured therein by a first set of bolts extending through aligned apertures in said first leg of said plates and said first and second opposed side surfaces of the tubes (12, 14, 16); (c) a second set of bolts extending through aligned apertures in the first and second opposed side surfaces of said tubes (12, 14, 16) and vertically offset from the first set of bolts by a distance whereby a second leg of the L-shaped plates extends perpendicularly from the first surfaces of said tubes (12, 14, 16) when the L-shaped plates engage the second set of bolts; and (d) shelf members (28, 30) joined to the second legs of horizontally aligned ones of said plates.
A method of eliminating residual pluripotent stem cells from a batch of differentiated progeny cells in order to prevent the formation of teratomas in a stem cell-based therapy, the method characterized by: exposing, in vitro, the batch of differentiated progeny cells and the residual pluripotent stem cells to an alternating electric field for a period of time, the alternating electric field having a frequency and a field strength, wherein the frequency and the field strength of the alternating electric field are such that, as a result of being exposed to the alternating electric field for the period of time, the pluripotent stem cells die off, resulting in a purified batch of differentiated progeny cells that is rendered safe for subsequent use in the stem cell-based therapy, and wherein the frequency and the field strength of the alternating electric field are such that the differentiated cells that are exposed to the alternating electric field for the period of time remain substantially unharmed. exposing, in vitro, the batch of differentiated progeny cells and the residual pluripotent stem cells to an alternating electric field for a period of time, the alternating electric field having a frequency and a field strength, wherein the frequency and the field strength of the alternating electric field are such that, as a result of being exposed to the alternating electric field for the period of time, the pluripotent stem cells die off, resulting in a purified batch of differentiated progeny cells that is rendered safe for subsequent use in the stem cell-based therapy, and wherein the frequency and the field strength of the alternating electric field are such that the differentiated cells that are exposed to the alternating electric field for the period of time remain substantially unharmed.
Use of a salt selected from the group consisting of: -3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile phosphoric acid salt; -3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile sulfuric acid salt; and -3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile maleic acid salt, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of polycythemia vera. -3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile phosphoric acid salt; -3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile sulfuric acid salt; and -3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile maleic acid salt, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of polycythemia vera.
An integrated LIDAR measurement device, comprising: an illumination source mounted to a printed circuit board; and a Gallium Nitride, GaN, based illumination driver integrated circuit, IC, mounted to the printed circuit board, the illumination driver IC electrically coupled to the illumination source and a first electrical power source, wherein the illumination driver IC is configured to selectively electrically couple the illumination source to the first electrical power source in response to a pulse trigger signal, causing the illumination source to emit a measurement pulse of illumination light, wherein the GaN based illumination driver IC includes a power save control module that is configured to supply a controlled amount of electrical power to a portion of the GaN based illumination driver IC based on the pulse trigger signal such that power consumption of the portion of the GaN based illumination driver IC is reduced during idle periods between emission of measurement pulses. an illumination source mounted to a printed circuit board; and a Gallium Nitride, GaN, based illumination driver integrated circuit, IC, mounted to the printed circuit board, the illumination driver IC electrically coupled to the illumination source and a first electrical power source, wherein the illumination driver IC is configured to selectively electrically couple the illumination source to the first electrical power source in response to a pulse trigger signal, causing the illumination source to emit a measurement pulse of illumination light, wherein the GaN based illumination driver IC includes a power save control module that is configured to supply a controlled amount of electrical power to a portion of the GaN based illumination driver IC based on the pulse trigger signal such that power consumption of the portion of the GaN based illumination driver IC is reduced during idle periods between emission of measurement pulses.
A longitudinal bone implant with a substantially circular cross-sectional profile, comprising a front section having a front end a and a shaft section having a rear end, wherein the front section comprises, at least three longitudinal groove-like cut-outs extending in axial direction of the front section and opening towards the front end of the implant, circumferentially alternating with at least three longitudinal, radially protruding ribs extending in axial direction, wherein the ribs have an increased cross-sectional width in a section radially more distant to the central longitudinal axis of the implant as compared to the width in a section radially closer to the central longitudinal axis of the implant, characterised in that the front section is a non-threaded front section.
Anchoring system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) for anchoring an offshore structure, in particular a floatable offshore structure, comprising: - at least one anchor device (102, 202, 402, 502, 602, 702) with at least one anchor base body (104, 204, 404, 504, 604, 704), - at least one flushing arrangement (106, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) arranged in the anchor base body (104, 204, 404, 504, 604, 704), - wherein the flushing arrangement (106, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) comprises at least one inlet opening (108, 208, 608, 708) configured to receive a flushing fluid, - wherein the flushing arrangement (106, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) comprises at least one outlet nozzle (110, 210, 410, 510, 610, 710) connected to the inlet opening (108, 208, 608, 708) via a fluid channel (112, 212, 412, 512, 612, 712) and configured to output the received flushing fluid, characterized in that - the at least one outlet nozzle (110, 210, 410, 510, 610, 710) comprises an openable closure element (450, 550). - at least one anchor device (102, 202, 402, 502, 602, 702) with at least one anchor base body (104, 204, 404, 504, 604, 704), - at least one flushing arrangement (106, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) arranged in the anchor base body (104, 204, 404, 504, 604, 704), - wherein the flushing arrangement (106, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) comprises at least one inlet opening (108, 208, 608, 708) configured to receive a flushing fluid, - wherein the flushing arrangement (106, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) comprises at least one outlet nozzle (110, 210, 410, 510, 610, 710) connected to the inlet opening (108, 208, 608, 708) via a fluid channel (112, 212, 412, 512, 612, 712) and configured to output the received flushing fluid, characterized in that - the at least one outlet nozzle (110, 210, 410, 510, 610, 710) comprises an openable closure element (450, 550).
A method for determining the properties of a multiphase fluid comprising a liquid having at least one component and a gas, comprising: generating radial acoustic radiation forces in a first hollow piezoelectric cylinder having an axis, through which said multiphase fluid is caused to flow, such that said gas is directed away from the axis thereof and separated from said liquid; flowing said at least one component into a second hollow piezoelectric cylinder having a second axis collinear with the axis of said first piezoelectric cylinder for generating acoustic standing waves in said at least one component; measuring the frequencies and amplitudes of the acoustic standing waves; and measuring the sound speed and sound attenuation of said at least one component from which said gas has been separated; whereby the composition of said at least one component is determined; whereby an outside wall of the second hollow piezoelectric cylinder has two diametrically aligned electrodes and that form a transmitting transducer and an opposing receiving transducer; and wherein the second hollow piezoelectric cylinder has a smaller diameter and is thinner-walled than the first hollow piezoelectric cylinder, wherein the second hollow piezoelectric cylinder is located downstream from the first hollow piezoelectric cylinder such that the determination of the composition of said at least one component after a majority of the gas present in the fluid has been removed and the fluid flow can be made more accurately. generating radial acoustic radiation forces in a first hollow piezoelectric cylinder having an axis, through which said multiphase fluid is caused to flow, such that said gas is directed away from the axis thereof and separated from said liquid; flowing said at least one component into a second hollow piezoelectric cylinder having a second axis collinear with the axis of said first piezoelectric cylinder for generating acoustic standing waves in said at least one component; measuring the frequencies and amplitudes of the acoustic standing waves; and measuring the sound speed and sound attenuation of said at least one component from which said gas has been separated; whereby the composition of said at least one component is determined; whereby an outside wall of the second hollow piezoelectric cylinder has two diametrically aligned electrodes and that form a transmitting transducer and an opposing receiving transducer; and wherein the second hollow piezoelectric cylinder has a smaller diameter and is thinner-walled than the first hollow piezoelectric cylinder, wherein the second hollow piezoelectric cylinder is located downstream from the first hollow piezoelectric cylinder such that the determination of the composition of said at least one component after a majority of the gas present in the fluid has been removed and the fluid flow can be made more accurately.