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Cutting device for endovascular surgical or medical operations comprising two cutting blades (11, 12, 101, 102), means of remote actuation of two cutting blades (11,12, 101, 102) and at least two flexible guide rods, said cutting blades (11,12, 101, 102) being installed free to slide on said guide rods and said remote actuation means including flexible transmission means (3, 6), a channel passing longitudinally through the entire external length of said cutting blades (11, 12, 101, 102) for insertion of the flexible guide rods.
A scanning adiabatic calorimeter, the calorimeter comprising: a bomb (pressurizable reaction vessel), having an interior space for a sample; an external insulating wall enclosing the bomb; at least one guard heater within the wall and external to the bomb, said guard heater or heaters having at least one associated thermocouple (not illustrated); a sample heater within or on or in the wall of the bomb or within or on or in the wall of an associated heat sink, and in thermal contact with the sample; a first thermocouple outside the bomb and inside the wall and in thermal contact with the external surface of the bomb; an optional second thermocouple extending inside the bomb and in thermal contact with the sample; and an associated controller, exterior to the insulated wall, that receives the outputs of the first thermocouple and/or the second thermocouple and the at least one guard heater thermocouple, controls the output of the sample heater and the one or more guard heaters, and performs calculations to select the amount of power to be provided to the sample heater and the one or more guard heaters to accomplish a method according to any of claims 10 to 15. a bomb (pressurizable reaction vessel), having an interior space for a sample; an external insulating wall enclosing the bomb; at least one guard heater within the wall and external to the bomb, said guard heater or heaters having at least one associated thermocouple (not illustrated); a sample heater within or on or in the wall of the bomb or within or on or in the wall of an associated heat sink, and in thermal contact with the sample; a first thermocouple outside the bomb and inside the wall and in thermal contact with the external surface of the bomb; an optional second thermocouple extending inside the bomb and in thermal contact with the sample; and an associated controller, exterior to the insulated wall, that receives the outputs of the first thermocouple and/or the second thermocouple and the at least one guard heater thermocouple, controls the output of the sample heater and the one or more guard heaters, and performs calculations to select the amount of power to be provided to the sample heater and the one or more guard heaters to accomplish a method according to any of claims 10 to 15.
A method for heating a recirculating gas stream comprising: passing a gas stream G at a pressure P 1 and a temperature T 1 through a recuperative heat exchanger such that the gas stream is cooled to a temperature T 2 that is less than T 1; separating the gas stream G into a first fraction G 1 and a second fraction G 2; compressing the gas stream fraction G 1 to a pressure P 2 that is greater than P 1; compressing the gas stream fraction G 2 to a pressure P 3 that is greater than P 1 so as to heat the gas stream fraction G 2 to a temperature T 3 that is greater than T 2; withdrawing the heat from the compressed gas stream fraction G 2; combining the gas stream fraction G 1 and the gas stream fraction G 2 to form a combined recirculating gas stream Gc; pumping the recirculating gas stream Gc to a pressure P 4 that is greater than P 2 and greater than P 3; and passing the recirculating gas stream G C to the recuperative heat exchanger such that the gas stream G C is heated by the cooling gas stream G; wherein the heat withdrawn from the compressed gas stream fraction G 2 is added to the recirculating gas stream Gc after pumping to pressure P 4. passing a gas stream G at a pressure P 1 and a temperature T 1 through a recuperative heat exchanger such that the gas stream is cooled to a temperature T 2 that is less than T 1; separating the gas stream G into a first fraction G 1 and a second fraction G 2; compressing the gas stream fraction G 1 to a pressure P 2 that is greater than P 1; compressing the gas stream fraction G 2 to a pressure P 3 that is greater than P 1 so as to heat the gas stream fraction G 2 to a temperature T 3 that is greater than T 2; withdrawing the heat from the compressed gas stream fraction G 2; combining the gas stream fraction G 1 and the gas stream fraction G 2 to form a combined recirculating gas stream Gc; pumping the recirculating gas stream Gc to a pressure P 4 that is greater than P 2 and greater than P 3; and passing the recirculating gas stream G C to the recuperative heat exchanger such that the gas stream G C is heated by the cooling gas stream G; wherein the heat withdrawn from the compressed gas stream fraction G 2 is added to the recirculating gas stream Gc after pumping to pressure P 4.
A processor comprising: a memory management unit to store a set of bits including a set of reserved bits and a set of used bits in addition to the set of reserved bits to a system memory; reserved bit enforcement logic to generate a pseudo-random pattern in the set of reserved bits and an error correction code over the pseudo-random pattern prior to storing the set of reserved bits; the memory management unit to load the set of reserved bits including the pseudo-random pattern and the error correction code; the reserved bit enforcement logic to use the error correction code to determine whether the set of reserved bits has been modified by software; and if the set of reserved bits has been modified, then the processor to generate an error condition and if not modified, then the processor to continue normal execution; characterized in that the set of reserved bits is split into two groups, wherein a first group of the set of reserved bits contains the pseudo-random pattern and a second group of the set of reserved bits contains the error correction code of the pseudo-random pattern. a memory management unit to store a set of bits including a set of reserved bits and a set of used bits in addition to the set of reserved bits to a system memory; reserved bit enforcement logic to generate a pseudo-random pattern in the set of reserved bits and an error correction code over the pseudo-random pattern prior to storing the set of reserved bits; the memory management unit to load the set of reserved bits including the pseudo-random pattern and the error correction code; the reserved bit enforcement logic to use the error correction code to determine whether the set of reserved bits has been modified by software; and if the set of reserved bits has been modified, then the processor to generate an error condition and if not modified, then the processor to continue normal execution; characterized in that the set of reserved bits is split into two groups, wherein a first group of the set of reserved bits contains the pseudo-random pattern and a second group of the set of reserved bits contains the error correction code of the pseudo-random pattern.
An apparatus for forming an ophthalmic lens based upon a Lens Precursor, the apparatus comprising: a light source capable of emitting actinic radiation; a homogenizer positioned to receive light from the light source and provide a more uniform intensity of light than the light received; a spatial light modulator reflecting at least a portion of the light provided by the homogenizer; a converging lens system converging light reflected by the spatial light modulator; a mold part comprising a lens forming surface transmissive of sufficient converging light reflected by the spatial light modulator to comprise actinic radiation; a vessel for containing reactive mixture around the lens forming surface in an amount in excess of an amount required to form the Lens Precursor; a dwelling location where the mold part can be positioned such that flowable chemical residue may flow across the near surface region of the Lens Precursor; and a source of fixing radiation, in addition to the light source capable of emitting actinic radiation, sufficient to fix unreacted and partially reacted monomer comprising the Lens Precursor to form the ophthalmic lens based upon the Lens Precursor. a light source capable of emitting actinic radiation; a homogenizer positioned to receive light from the light source and provide a more uniform intensity of light than the light received; a spatial light modulator reflecting at least a portion of the light provided by the homogenizer; a converging lens system converging light reflected by the spatial light modulator; a mold part comprising a lens forming surface transmissive of sufficient converging light reflected by the spatial light modulator to comprise actinic radiation; a vessel for containing reactive mixture around the lens forming surface in an amount in excess of an amount required to form the Lens Precursor; a dwelling location where the mold part can be positioned such that flowable chemical residue may flow across the near surface region of the Lens Precursor; and a source of fixing radiation, in addition to the light source capable of emitting actinic radiation, sufficient to fix unreacted and partially reacted monomer comprising the Lens Precursor to form the ophthalmic lens based upon the Lens Precursor.
A method of manufacturing a panel, comprising the steps of supplying a substrate having an upper side, applying a layer onto the upper side and subsequently irradiating the upper side so as to cure at least a part of the layer by irradiation, hence forming the panel, wherein the layer comprises a liquid coating (12, 17) on substantially the entire upper side and a substance (11, 19, 21) which is digitally printed locally on the upper side, wherein the substance (11, 19, 21) and the liquid coating (12, 17, 21) cooperate such that the coating is non-curable or only curable to a limited extent by the irradiation, whereas the substance makes the coating curable by the irradiation at locations where they meet each other characterized in that the substance is a first substance and wherein a second substance is digitally printed locally on the upper side adjacent to the first substance, which second substance inhibits curing of the coating at locations where they meet each other such that the coating remains liquid there.
Use of porous, chemically interconnected, carbon nanofibers-comprising carbon networks as electrochemically active material in the anode of rechargeable lithium or sodium batteries, wherein the carbon nanofibers in the carbon networks are covalently bonded, wherein the porous carbon networks form an intraparticle porous network wherein the carbon nanofibers are interconnected to other carbon nanofibers in the network by chemical bonds via junctions, wherein the pores in the network have an intraparticle pore diameter size of 5-150 nm using Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry according to ASTM D4404-10, and the carbon nanofibers have an average aspect ratio of fibre length-to-thickness of at least 2, preferably having a d-spacing in the range of 0.340 to 0.5 nm. wherein the carbon nanofibers in the carbon networks are covalently bonded, wherein the porous carbon networks form an intraparticle porous network wherein the carbon nanofibers are interconnected to other carbon nanofibers in the network by chemical bonds via junctions, wherein the pores in the network have an intraparticle pore diameter size of 5-150 nm using Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry according to ASTM D4404-10, and the carbon nanofibers have an average aspect ratio of fibre length-to-thickness of at least 2, preferably having a d-spacing in the range of 0.340 to 0.5 nm.
A method of selectively removing hydrogen sulfide contained in a gaseous effluent comprising CO 2, wherein a stage of selective absorption of the hydrogen sulfide over the CO 2 is carried out by contacting said effluent with an absorbent solution comprising (a) water and (b) at least 1,2-bis(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)ethane, characterized in that: the absorption selectivity of the hydrogen sulfide over the CO 2 is controlled by adding a proportion equal to less than 20 % by weight of the absorbent solution of a viscosifying compound (c) to said absorbent solution, so as to increase the dynamic viscosity of the absorbent solution by at least 20 % in relation to the same absorbent solution without said viscosifying compound, said proportion of said viscosifying compound (c) being adjusted so as to obtain the desired selectivity, said viscosifying compound (c) being selected from the group consisting of polyethers and their copolymers.
Use in a turbo-charged gasoline direct injection engine of a lubricant composition to reduce cam chain wear, wherein the lubricant composition comprises a major amount of oil of lubricating viscosity, and from 0.25 wt% to 10 wt% based on a total weight of the lubricant composition of at least one highly grafted, multi-functional olefin copolymer made by reacting an acylating agent with an olefin copolymer having a number average molecular weight greater than 1,000 in the presence of a free radical initiator to provide an acylated olefin copolymer having a degree of grafting of the acylating agent on the olefin copolymer of at least 0.5 wt.%, and reacting the acylated olefin copolymer with an N-phenylphenylene-diamine to provide a highly grafted, multi-functional olefin copolymer, wherein the highly grafted, multi-functional olefin copolymer is effective to reduce engine wear in the turbo-charged GDI engine to below engine wear provided by a lubricant composition devoid of the highly grafted, multi-functional olefin copolymer.
A method for rolling up flat dough around or without a filling to produce a rolled food product, comprising: (a) laying and conveying the dough with or without the filling onto a first belt having an end and moving in a first direction toward the end; (b) bringing the dough on the first belt into contact with a second belt being adjacent to the end and movable in a second direction, wherein the second direction is a vertical direction and is perpendicular to the first direction to curve the dough; (c) guiding the dough curved along the second belt around along holding members (41; 57; 59A; 59B) arranged along the first belt, whereby rolling up the dough; and (d) shifting the holding members (41; 57; 59A; 59B) in the second direction in accordance with increase in a number of turns of the dough, the method being characterized by further comprising: passing the second belt around a driving pulley pivoted on a fixed shaft and an idler pivoted on a movable shaft movable in the second direction, the driving pulley being rotatable at a constant speed and the idler being rotatable in accordance with the second belt, and moving the idler in the second direction with rotating the driving pulley at the constant speed, whereby moving the second belt at the constant speed without influence by movement of the idler. (a) laying and conveying the dough with or without the filling onto a first belt having an end and moving in a first direction toward the end; (b) bringing the dough on the first belt into contact with a second belt being adjacent to the end and movable in a second direction, wherein the second direction is a vertical direction and is perpendicular to the first direction to curve the dough; (c) guiding the dough curved along the second belt around along holding members (41; 57; 59A; 59B) arranged along the first belt, whereby rolling up the dough; and (d) shifting the holding members (41; 57; 59A; 59B) in the second direction in accordance with increase in a number of turns of the dough,
Folding roller of the clamp and wedge type for an interfolding machine, peripherally comprising first longitudinal grooves angularly equidistant from each other, suitable to receive for radially slide catching wedges whose outer end extends in a standby position from the surface of said folding roller, with said catching wedges resiliently supported inside the relative grooves to move back radially, and peripherally comprising a same number of second longitudinal grooves angularly equidistant from each other, alternate to said first longitudinal grooves, suitable to receive movable jaws mounted for swinging within said second longitudinal grooves, between a clamping position in which each movable jaw is arranged to interact with a corresponding fixed jaw made in a wall of each second longitudinal groove and a release position in which said movable jaw is spaced from said fixed jaw, wherein elastic members are associated to said movable jaw arranged to press it toward said clamping position, and wherein said movable jaw comprises a drive shaft longitudinally elongated which can be selectively rotated, in step relation with the rotation of said folding roller, between the position of clamping of said movable jaw and the release position of the same, and a plurality of jaw elements mounted on said drive shaft longitudinally aligned with one another, characterized by said movable jaw comprising an automatic unlocking device suitable to allow a rotation of each jaw element towards the release position when said drive shaft is rotated into the clamping position, said jaw element being rotatably coupled to said drive shaft and a motion transmission element being peripherally projecting from the surface of said drive shaft for interacting with a slotted cavity provided in the inner surface of said jaw element that realizes said automatic unlocking device.
A magnetocaloric material of the general formula (Mn x Fe 1-x) 2+u P 1-y-z Si y B z wherein 0.25 ≤ x ≤ 0.55, 0.25 ≤ y ≤ 0.65, 0.05 < z ≤ 0.1 − 0.1 ≤ u ≤ 0.05, and y + z ≤ 0.7.
An active implantable medical device of the cardiac prosthesis type for stimulation, resynchronization and/or defibrillation, comprising: - a ventricular stimulation circuit adapted to deliver low energy stimulation pulses to an implantable electrode in a ventricle of a patient; - an acceleration sensor, adapted to deliver an endocardial acceleration EA signal; and - a ventricular capture detection circuit adapted to detect a presence or absence of a contraction of the ventricle after an application of a stimulation pulse, by analyzing the EA signal during a cardiac signal, wherein the ventricular capture detection circuit comprises: • means for sampling the EA signal delivered by the sensor, adapted to deliver successive sampled EA measurements; and • windowing means adapted to extract a series of said EA measurements sampled during a duration of a predetermined temporal window (W DET) which opens after the application of a stimulation pulse, characterized in that the ventricular capture detection circuit further comprises • summing means, adapted to calculate, by summing, an indicator (MEAN ABS) based on an average of absolute values of successive EA measurements of said series of EA measurements when the predetermined temporal window ends; and • comparator means, adapted to compare the calculated value of the indicator to a predetermined discrimination threshold (Cap Threshold); and determine a presence or absence of ventricular capture depending on whether the indicator value is above or below this threshold. - a ventricular stimulation circuit adapted to deliver low energy stimulation pulses to an implantable electrode in a ventricle of a patient; - an acceleration sensor, adapted to deliver an endocardial acceleration EA signal; and - a ventricular capture detection circuit adapted to detect a presence or absence of a contraction of the ventricle after an application of a stimulation pulse, by analyzing the EA signal during a cardiac signal, • means for sampling the EA signal delivered by the sensor, adapted to deliver successive sampled EA measurements; and • windowing means adapted to extract a series of said EA measurements sampled during a duration of a predetermined temporal window (W DET) which opens after the application of a stimulation pulse, • summing means, adapted to calculate, by summing, an indicator (MEAN ABS) based on an average of absolute values of successive EA measurements of said series of EA measurements when the predetermined temporal window ends; and • comparator means, adapted to compare the calculated value of the indicator to a predetermined discrimination threshold (Cap Threshold); and determine a presence or absence of ventricular capture depending on whether the indicator value is above or below this threshold.
A nozzle assembly comprising: a housing; a capillary tube disposed within the housing, wherein the housing defines a symmetrical internal cross-section sized and shaped so as to be spaced apart from at least a portion of an outer diameter of the capillary tube; at least one bore defined by the capillary tube; and an asperity defined substantially on an apex of the tapered distal end, wherein a distal end of the housing defines an outlet channel and a distal end of the capillary tube is tapered, characterized in that the at least one bore defines a capillary outlet on a side surface of the tapered distal end. a housing; a capillary tube disposed within the housing, wherein the housing defines a symmetrical internal cross-section sized and shaped so as to be spaced apart from at least a portion of an outer diameter of the capillary tube; at least one bore defined by the capillary tube; and an asperity defined substantially on an apex of the tapered distal end, wherein a distal end of the housing defines an outlet channel and a distal end of the capillary tube is tapered, characterized in that the at least one bore defines a capillary outlet on a side surface of the tapered distal end.
A semiconductor structure comprising: a silicon carbide substrate of a first conductivity type having a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface; an active epitaxial layer on the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate; an array of dimples extending from the second main surface into the silicon carbide substrate toward the first main surface, wherein the array of dimples extends entirely through the silicon carbide substrate; an epitaxial silicon carbide layer of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type disposed within the dimples and on the second main surface; and a metallization layer overlying the second main surface of the silicon carbide substrate and within the dimples. a silicon carbide substrate of a first conductivity type having a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface; an active epitaxial layer on the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate; an array of dimples extending from the second main surface into the silicon carbide substrate toward the first main surface, wherein the array of dimples extends entirely through the silicon carbide substrate; an epitaxial silicon carbide layer of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type disposed within the dimples and on the second main surface; and a metallization layer overlying the second main surface of the silicon carbide substrate and within the dimples.
A tyre comprising an impermeable layer suitable to ensure the sealing under pressure of the air contained in the inner cavity of the carcass and a foam material housed inside said inner cavity; said tyre being characterized in that said foam material is based on a polycondensate of polyphenolic compounds.