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A sling implant system for treating a pelvic condition, comprising: a sling implant having a support portion and one or more end anchors; a needle delivery device having a handle and a needle, wherein the needle includes a distal end portion adapted for selective engagement with the one or more end anchors of the sling implant; an elongate sheath adapted to at least partially shroud a length of the needle and adapted to engage with at least one of the end anchors such that rotation of the elongate sheath forces at least one of the end anchors from the distal end portion of the needle, said sling implant system being characterized in that it further comprises an actuation mechanism having a housing boundary constraining a proximal end of the elongate sheath, and an actuator in operable communication with the elongate sheath, wherein activation of the actuator is adapted to cause the elongate sheath to operably rotate about the needle, with the housing boundary restricting the elongate sheath from moving longitudinally, to deploy the one or more anchors from the distal end portion. a sling implant having a support portion and one or more end anchors; a needle delivery device having a handle and a needle, wherein the needle includes a distal end portion adapted for selective engagement with the one or more end anchors of the sling implant; an elongate sheath adapted to at least partially shroud a length of the needle and adapted to engage with at least one of the end anchors such that rotation of the elongate sheath forces at least one of the end anchors from the distal end portion of the needle, said sling implant system being characterized in that it further comprises an actuation mechanism having a housing boundary constraining a proximal end of the elongate sheath, and an actuator in operable communication with the elongate sheath, wherein activation of the actuator is adapted to cause the elongate sheath to operably rotate about the needle, with the housing boundary restricting the elongate sheath from moving longitudinally, to deploy the one or more anchors from the distal end portion.
Pencil having a shaft and a lead arranged therein, and having arranged on the shaft surface a plurality of - nub-like projections, or - nub-like projections and cup-shaped recesses, wherein the projections each have a surface element or the projections and the recesses each have a surface element, wherein the entire surface of the projections or at least a major part thereof and/or the entire base surface of the recesses or at least a major part thereof is formed by the respective surface element, wherein - only the surface elements are provided with a coating which has a higher light reflection than the remaining, non-recessed or non-raised shaft surface, and - surface elements adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the pencil and/or in the peripheral direction have different orientations with respect to a longitudinal plane penetrating them and containing the central longitudinal axis of the pencil and/or a transverse plane intersecting the center longitudinal axis at right angles in such a way that surface elements adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the pencil and/or in the peripheral direction form different angles (α, β, β') with the longitudinal plane and/or the transverse plane. - nub-like projections, or - nub-like projections and cup-shaped recesses, wherein the projections each have a surface element or the projections and the recesses each have a surface element, wherein the entire surface of the projections or at least a major part thereof and/or the entire base surface of the recesses or at least a major part thereof is formed by the respective surface element, wherein - only the surface elements are provided with a coating which has a higher light reflection than the remaining, non-recessed or non-raised shaft surface, and - surface elements adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the pencil and/or in the peripheral direction have different orientations with respect to a longitudinal plane penetrating them and containing the central longitudinal axis of the pencil and/or a transverse plane intersecting the center longitudinal axis at right angles in such a way that surface elements adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the pencil and/or in the peripheral direction form different angles (α, β, β') with the longitudinal plane and/or the transverse plane.
A system (200, 500) for a distributed repository, comprising: a processor configured to: receive a request to change a portion of code; determine a change reference and an existing reference; indicate to lock a plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504) of the distributed repository; request votes on swapping references, a vote on swapping references comprising a swap indication; determine whether swapping references is approved by a vote, comprising: receiving a swap indication from each repository of the plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504), and determining whether a majority of the received swap indications indicate to swap the references; in the event that swapping references is approved: swap the references; and indicate to unlock the plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504). receive a request to change a portion of code; determine a change reference and an existing reference; indicate to lock a plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504) of the distributed repository; request votes on swapping references, a vote on swapping references comprising a swap indication; determine whether swapping references is approved by a vote, comprising: receiving a swap indication from each repository of the plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504), and determining whether a majority of the received swap indications indicate to swap the references; receiving a swap indication from each repository of the plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504), and determining whether a majority of the received swap indications indicate to swap the references; in the event that swapping references is approved: swap the references; and indicate to unlock the plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504). swap the references; and indicate to unlock the plurality of repositories (500, 502, 504).
A dispenser comprising: a guide shaft; a housing, accommodating the guide shaft, and supporting the guide shaft movably frontward and rearward along an axial direction; a slide block slidably mounted on the guide shaft; a piston shaft having one end mounted on the slide block, and another end projecting from the housing as the slide block moves frontward; a handle projecting from the housing; a lever; a first slide bar having one end rotatably supported on the housing, and another end rotatably supported on the lever and approaching the handle when rotated; a second slide bar having one end rotatably supported on the handle, and another end rotatably supported on the lever, wherein the first slide bar and the second slide bar are rotated when the lever is operated by a user of the dispenser to move closer or away from the handle; and an engaging piece provided on the one end of the first slide bar and engaging a guide groove formed in the guide shaft, wherein the engaging piece moves the guide shaft frontward when the other end of the first slide bar is rotated to approach the handle due to the operation of the user. a guide shaft; a housing, accommodating the guide shaft, and supporting the guide shaft movably frontward and rearward along an axial direction; a slide block slidably mounted on the guide shaft; a piston shaft having one end mounted on the slide block, and another end projecting from the housing as the slide block moves frontward; a handle projecting from the housing; a lever; a first slide bar having one end rotatably supported on the housing, and another end rotatably supported on the lever and approaching the handle when rotated; a second slide bar having one end rotatably supported on the handle, and another end rotatably supported on the lever, wherein the first slide bar and the second slide bar are rotated when the lever is operated by a user of the dispenser to move closer or away from the handle; and an engaging piece provided on the one end of the first slide bar and engaging a guide groove formed in the guide shaft, wherein the engaging piece moves the guide shaft frontward when the other end of the first slide bar is rotated to approach the handle due to the operation of the user.
Autonomous transport system comprising an autonomous vehicle, having a vehicle body, a chassis with at least one driven wheel, a coupling for coupling a trailer to the autonomous vehicle, and at least one contactless detecting distance sensor, which is configured to output signals in at least one output direction and which is arranged on the autonomous vehicle to output the signals at a level (h) which is below a maximum elevation of the vehicle body, and of which the output direction has a direction component which in a plan view of the autonomous vehicle intersects the ground plan of the vehicle body and a trailer having a mating coupling for coupling to the coupling of the autonomous vehicle, a support base, four driveless wheels (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) which are mounted rotatably on a wheel bearing (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d) respectively about an axis of rotation and a trailer chassis connecting the wheel bearings (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d) to the support base, characterised in that the trailer chassis is designed to form between the wheels (16a, 16, 16c, 16d) and the support base an optically permeable gap area for signals of the contactless detecting distance sensor of the autonomous vehicle and in that the contactless detecting distances sensor is arranged on a front side of the vehicle body in travelling direction of the autonomous vehicle and the output direction has a direction component directed opposite the travelling direction.
A tuneable contact lens (200, 400) comprising: a first lens portion (202, 202b, 402b) that is in contact with an eye when the lens is in use; and a second lens portion (204, 204b, 404b) which forms part of an external curvature of the contact lens when the lens is in use, wherein the first and second lens portions are fused together to form a single piece; a central chamber (206, 206b, 406b) between the first lens portion and the second lens portion, wherein a boundary of the central chamber is defined by a circumferential wall and an external surface, the external surface forming part of the second portion and facing away from the eye when the lens is in use, and wherein the central chamber is enclosed by a portion of a surface of the first lens portion; a fluid reservoir, the fluid reservoir being in fluid communication with the central chamber; and a pump for pumping fluid from the fluid reservoir to the central chamber; the lens being configured to have an activated state, in which the pump has pumped fluid into the central chamber, and a deactivated state, in which the central chamber is substantially empty of fluid, wherein the central chamber is biased towards the deactivated state, and wherein the biasing of the central chamber causes fluid to passively vacate the central chamber, thereby changing the optical power of the lens. a first lens portion (202, 202b, 402b) that is in contact with an eye when the lens is in use; and a second lens portion (204, 204b, 404b) which forms part of an external curvature of the contact lens when the lens is in use, wherein the first and second lens portions are fused together to form a single piece; a central chamber (206, 206b, 406b) between the first lens portion and the second lens portion, wherein a boundary of the central chamber is defined by a circumferential wall and an external surface, the external surface forming part of the second portion and facing away from the eye when the lens is in use, and wherein the central chamber is enclosed by a portion of a surface of the first lens portion; a fluid reservoir, the fluid reservoir being in fluid communication with the central chamber; and a pump for pumping fluid from the fluid reservoir to the central chamber; the lens being configured to have an activated state, in which the pump has pumped fluid into the central chamber, and a deactivated state, in which the central chamber is substantially empty of fluid, wherein the central chamber is biased towards the deactivated state, and wherein the biasing of the central chamber causes fluid to passively vacate the central chamber, thereby changing the optical power of the lens.
Explosive assembly for military ammunition, composed of an explosive charge provided with its means of initiation and of several electrochemical and/or electrostatic accumulators forming a battery and/or a series of supercapacitors, in which the electrochemical and/or electrostatic accumulators are inserted into the explosive charge, or in which the explosive charge (6,8,9) is arranged around and/or between the electrochemical and/or electrostatic accumulators.
A diaphragm for a sound generating device, comprising at least one elastomer layer, wherein the elastomer layer is made of an ethylene propylene diene monomer; and the ethylene propylene diene monomer is formed by polymerizing three monomers, the three monomers being an ethylene monomer, a propylene monomer and a non-conjugated diene monomer respectively, characterised by a mass ratio of the ethylene monomer to the propylene monomer ranging from 0.25 to 4, and content of the non-conjugated diene monomer being 1%-15% of total content of the ethylene monomer and the propylene monomer.
An integrated circuit for receiving data and transmitting data in a communications system, the integrated circuit configured to carry out the steps of: selecting a set of predefined modulation and coding schemes from at least two predefined sets -- the first set and the second set, which have a plurality of modulation and coding schemes in common and differ in that the second set further includes an additional modulation with an order higher than any modulation in the first set, and the first set and the second set have the same size, wherein the additional modulation includes a 256-QAM modulation, and wherein two or more lowest values of a modulation and coding indicator refer to the same lowest-order modulation in both the first and the second set, selecting a modulation and coding scheme from the selected set of predefined modulation and coding schemes according to the modulation and coding indicator, transmitting scheduling information within downlink control information, DCI, specifying resources on which the data are to be transmitted and including the modulation and coding indicator, transmitting a selection indicator indicating the selected set, and transmitting or receiving the data on the scheduled resources using the selected modulation and coding scheme. selecting a set of predefined modulation and coding schemes from at least two predefined sets -- the first set and the second set, which have a plurality of modulation and coding schemes in common and differ in that the second set further includes an additional modulation with an order higher than any modulation in the first set, and the first set and the second set have the same size, wherein the additional modulation includes a 256-QAM modulation, and wherein two or more lowest values of a modulation and coding indicator refer to the same lowest-order modulation in both the first and the second set, selecting a modulation and coding scheme from the selected set of predefined modulation and coding schemes according to the modulation and coding indicator, transmitting scheduling information within downlink control information, DCI, specifying resources on which the data are to be transmitted and including the modulation and coding indicator, transmitting a selection indicator indicating the selected set, and transmitting or receiving the data on the scheduled resources using the selected modulation and coding scheme.
An electrical household appliance comprising: - a boiler having a circular base, in which water is brought to a boil, which has an opening in a wall closable by a stopper, - a heating element integrated into the base of the boiler to heat and boil water, and - a device (40, 42) for removing limescale formed in the boiler, said device (40, 42) being extractable through the opening in the wall of the boiler, wherein the device (40, 42) has at least one elastic element having a helicoidal shape, in particular, the shape of a spring, to which limescale can adhere and, once extracted from the boiler, limescale can be removed from it; characterized in that the device (40, 42) is movable inside the boiler, and is configured to filter the limescale particles from water boiling inside it; wherein the device (40, 42) has a guide surrounded at least partially by the elastic element; and wherein the electrical household appliance is an iron for clothes. - a boiler having a circular base, in which water is brought to a boil, which has an opening in a wall closable by a stopper, - a heating element integrated into the base of the boiler to heat and boil water, and - a device (40, 42) for removing limescale formed in the boiler, said device (40, 42) being extractable through the opening in the wall of the boiler, wherein the device (40, 42) has at least one elastic element having a helicoidal shape, in particular, the shape of a spring, to which limescale can adhere and, once extracted from the boiler, limescale can be removed from it; characterized in that the device (40, 42) is movable inside the boiler, and is configured to filter the limescale particles from water boiling inside it; wherein the device (40, 42) has a guide surrounded at least partially by the elastic element; and wherein the electrical household appliance is an iron for clothes.
A golf ball tracking system comprising a single distributed radar sensor system including a plurality of radar sensors distributed over a coverage area, said radar sensors configured to perform range and speed measurements to multiple golf balls in flight, and a central processor in communication with the radar sensors, the central processor including: a receiving component for receiving sensor data from the plurality of sensors of each of multiple golf balls moving through the coverage area; a 3D tracking component for simultaneously determining the locations of the multiple golf balls moving through the coverage area based on the sensor data including assigned indexes to each golf ball in flight that are based on the continuity of measurements from one sample to the next; a trajectory determining component for concurrently constructing complete trajectories for each of the multiple golf balls in flight and determining their geographical origins and landing locations based on information determined by the 3D tracking component; and an assigning component for assigning each of the multiple golf ball trajectories to a golfer who hit the shot based on the geographical origins of the multiple golf ball trajectories. a receiving component for receiving sensor data from the plurality of sensors of each of multiple golf balls moving through the coverage area; a 3D tracking component for simultaneously determining the locations of the multiple golf balls moving through the coverage area based on the sensor data including assigned indexes to each golf ball in flight that are based on the continuity of measurements from one sample to the next; a trajectory determining component for concurrently constructing complete trajectories for each of the multiple golf balls in flight and determining their geographical origins and landing locations based on information determined by the 3D tracking component; and an assigning component for assigning each of the multiple golf ball trajectories to a golfer who hit the shot based on the geographical origins of the multiple golf ball trajectories.
A system for performing a medical procedure, comprising: a syringe comprising a barrel including a distal port communicating with an interior of the barrel and a plunger comprising a piston slidable within the interior of the barrel; and an actuator on a housing for selectively opening an outlet of a source of gas to deliver gas therein along a fluid path into the interior of the barrel through the distal port; characterized by a housing defining a recess carrying the source of gas therein, said gas being pressurized; a syringe cavity for receiving the barrel of the syringe; and a fluid path extending from an outlet of the source of pressurized gas to the syringe cavity; wherein the barrel is receivable in the syringe cavity in the housing such that the distal port communicates with the fluid path to deliver pressurized gas into the interior of the barrel, thereby causing the plunger to move from a distal or fully depressed position to a proximal position as the interior is filled with the pressurized gas. a syringe comprising a barrel including a distal port communicating with an interior of the barrel and a plunger comprising a piston slidable within the interior of the barrel; and an actuator on a housing for selectively opening an outlet of a source of gas to deliver gas therein along a fluid path into the interior of the barrel through the distal port; characterized by a housing defining a recess carrying the source of gas therein, said gas being pressurized; a syringe cavity for receiving the barrel of the syringe; and a fluid path extending from an outlet of the source of pressurized gas to the syringe cavity; wherein the barrel is receivable in the syringe cavity in the housing such that the distal port communicates with the fluid path to deliver pressurized gas into the interior of the barrel, thereby causing the plunger to move from a distal or fully depressed position to a proximal position as the interior is filled with the pressurized gas.
A method for making a colour screen (24A, 24B) for a lighting and/or signalling device for a motor vehicle, characterized in that it implements the following steps: - a step of pressing a first film against a second film of larger surface, in such a way that the first film perforates the second film and forms that way a passage at the size of the first film, the first and the second film being made of plastic material and of different colours, then - a step of positioning the first film into the passage in such a way as to plug said passage. - a step of pressing a first film against a second film of larger surface, in such a way that the first film perforates the second film and forms that way a passage at the size of the first film, the first and the second film being made of plastic material and of different colours, then - a step of positioning the first film into the passage in such a way as to plug said passage.