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A catheter for creating a bicuspid venous valve from autologous tissue, the catheter comprising: an elongate catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an inflation lumen and proximal portions of first and second delivery lumens (847, 849); a balloon extending from the distal end of the catheter shaft and having an interior fluidly coupled to the inflation lumen; a first delivery shaft defining a distal portion of the first delivery lumen with a first distal port for accessing the first delivery lumen, the first delivery shaft attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft such that the proximal portion of the first delivery lumen is connected to the distal portion of the first delivery lumen; and a second delivery shaft defining a distal portion of the second delivery lumen with a second distal port for accessing the second delivery lumen, the second delivery shaft attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft such that the proximal portion of the second delivery lumen is connected to the distal portion of the second delivery lumen, wherein the first delivery shaft longitudinally extends along one side of the balloon and the second delivery shaft longitudinally extends along the opposite side of the balloon such that the first and second distal ports (852, 854) are positioned adjacent a working length of the balloon approximately 180 degrees apart. an elongate catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an inflation lumen and proximal portions of first and second delivery lumens (847, 849); a balloon extending from the distal end of the catheter shaft and having an interior fluidly coupled to the inflation lumen; a first delivery shaft defining a distal portion of the first delivery lumen with a first distal port for accessing the first delivery lumen, the first delivery shaft attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft such that the proximal portion of the first delivery lumen is connected to the distal portion of the first delivery lumen; and a second delivery shaft defining a distal portion of the second delivery lumen with a second distal port for accessing the second delivery lumen, the second delivery shaft attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft such that the proximal portion of the second delivery lumen is connected to the distal portion of the second delivery lumen, wherein the first delivery shaft longitudinally extends along one side of the balloon and the second delivery shaft longitudinally extends along the opposite side of the balloon such that the first and second distal ports (852, 854) are positioned adjacent a working length of the balloon approximately 180 degrees apart.
Dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, comprising a washing container, which provides a washing chamber and has a loading opening which can be closed by means of an in particular pivotably mounted washing chamber door, the dishwasher comprising a camera housed by the washing chamber door, which camera visually captures the washing chamber, and the dishwasher comprising an optical unit which interacts with the camera, characterised in that the optical unit divides the image capture region of the camera into a first portion and a second portion, wherein, by means of the first portion, the washing chamber and, by means of the second portion, a dosing device, housed by the washing chamber door, for process chemicals can be at least partially visually captured.
A method of analysing an at least partially transparent object; such as a gemstone, comprising: providing a cuvette with an immersion material;; fixing the object in a holder; and next arranging the holder in the cuvette containing the immersion material such that the object and at least a portion of the holder is immersed in the immersion materia analysing internal and/or external features of the object, wherein analysing comprises visualizing an internal and/or external portion of the object using light rays while the object is immersed in the immersion material, and determining characteristics of the object based on the visualized internal and/or external portion of the object; wherein, during the analysing, the difference between the refractive index RI of the immersion material and the RI of at least an immersed portion of the holder which is in contact with the object, is less than 0.3. providing a cuvette with an immersion material;; fixing the object in a holder; and next arranging the holder in the cuvette containing the immersion material such that the object and at least a portion of the holder is immersed in the immersion materia analysing internal and/or external features of the object, wherein analysing comprises visualizing an internal and/or external portion of the object using light rays while the object is immersed in the immersion material, and determining characteristics of the object based on the visualized internal and/or external portion of the object; wherein, during the analysing, the difference between the refractive index RI of the immersion material and the RI of at least an immersed portion of the holder which is in contact with the object, is less than 0.3.
A magnetostrictive ultrasonic dental scaler, comprising: a handpiece having an ultrasonic transducer that vibrates at an optimal operational frequency in response to an electromagnetic field applied thereto and an excitation coil that generates said electromagnetic field in response to an applied electrical signal; a resonant circuit that generates said electrical signal; and a control circuit comprising a microprocessor and a full bridge synchronous class D amplifier that generates a drive signal for said resonant circuit, said control circuit receiving sensed current and voltage outputs of said ultrasonic transducer as a result of changing impedance at said ultrasonic transducer, said microprocessor quadrature sampling said sensed current and voltage outputs at the same sampling rate as used for the generation of said electrical signal, generating a pulse width modulated signal from said quadrature sampled sensed current and voltage that represents a pulse train approximation of a sine wave of said drive signal, and said pulse train being applied to said full bridge synchronous class D amplifier to generate said drive signal, whereby changing pulse widths of the pulse train changes an amplitude of said drive signal. a handpiece having an ultrasonic transducer that vibrates at an optimal operational frequency in response to an electromagnetic field applied thereto and an excitation coil that generates said electromagnetic field in response to an applied electrical signal; a resonant circuit that generates said electrical signal; and a control circuit comprising a microprocessor and a full bridge synchronous class D amplifier that generates a drive signal for said resonant circuit, said control circuit receiving sensed current and voltage outputs of said ultrasonic transducer as a result of changing impedance at said ultrasonic transducer, said microprocessor quadrature sampling said sensed current and voltage outputs at the same sampling rate as used for the generation of said electrical signal, generating a pulse width modulated signal from said quadrature sampled sensed current and voltage that represents a pulse train approximation of a sine wave of said drive signal, and said pulse train being applied to said full bridge synchronous class D amplifier to generate said drive signal, whereby changing pulse widths of the pulse train changes an amplitude of said drive signal.
A system to form a passageway through tissue between a second body lumen and a first body lumen, comprising: an endoscope having a longitudinal axis; an elongated catheter device positionable inside a working channel of the endoscope with a catheter device actuator coupled to a proximal end of the catheter device; an elongated, hollow needle removably positionable inside a working lumen of the catheter device with a needle actuator coupled to a proximal end of the needle; a guidewire adapted to be placed through the working lumen of the catheter device; and a handle with a handle body, wherein the handle is adapted to house the catheter device actuator and the needle actuator, wherein the catheter device and the needle, independently, are moveable within the working channel of the endoscope by advancing or retracting their respective actuator along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the movement of either actuator (20, 22) can be locked with respect to the endoscope while permitting movement of the other actuator, and wherein the needle actuator comprises a locking tab adapted to interface with a locking groove in an inside wall of the handle body, the locking groove being interrupted along its length by a locking ramp. an endoscope having a longitudinal axis; an elongated catheter device positionable inside a working channel of the endoscope with a catheter device actuator coupled to a proximal end of the catheter device; an elongated, hollow needle removably positionable inside a working lumen of the catheter device with a needle actuator coupled to a proximal end of the needle; a guidewire adapted to be placed through the working lumen of the catheter device; and a handle with a handle body, wherein the handle is adapted to house the catheter device actuator and the needle actuator, wherein the catheter device and the needle, independently, are moveable within the working channel of the endoscope by advancing or retracting their respective actuator along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the movement of either actuator (20, 22) can be locked with respect to the endoscope while permitting movement of the other actuator, and wherein the needle actuator comprises a locking tab adapted to interface with a locking groove in an inside wall of the handle body, the locking groove being interrupted along its length by a locking ramp.
A vehicle head light comprising: a lighting casing comprising a lamp housing opened on one side and a cover that closes the opening of the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the lighting casing; a support member that supports the lamp unit so as to be rotatable at least in two directions; an actuator (27, 27A) that rotates the lamp unit with respect to the support member; and a thrust receiver that receives a load of the lamp unit, wherein the actuator (27, 27A) is disposed under the lamp unit, wherein a lower end of the lamp unit is coupled to the actuator (27, 27A), wherein the actuator (27, 27A) comprises: a case member (28, 28A); and a driving mechanism (29, 29A) disposed in the case member (28, 28A), wherein the lamp unit is coupled to the driving mechanism (29, 29A); and wherein the thrust receiver is integrally provided on the case member (28, 28A) of the actuator (27, 27A), characterized in that at least a part of the driving mechanism (29, 29A) moves in a front-rear direction to rotate the lamp unit in a predetermined direction. a lighting casing comprising a lamp housing opened on one side and a cover that closes the opening of the lamp housing; a lamp unit disposed in the lighting casing; a support member that supports the lamp unit so as to be rotatable at least in two directions; an actuator (27, 27A) that rotates the lamp unit with respect to the support member; and a thrust receiver that receives a load of the lamp unit, wherein the actuator (27, 27A) is disposed under the lamp unit, wherein a lower end of the lamp unit is coupled to the actuator (27, 27A), wherein the actuator (27, 27A) comprises: a case member (28, 28A); and a driving mechanism (29, 29A) disposed in the case member (28, 28A), wherein the lamp unit is coupled to the driving mechanism (29, 29A); and wherein the thrust receiver is integrally provided on the case member (28, 28A) of the actuator (27, 27A), characterized in that at least a part of the driving mechanism (29, 29A) moves in a front-rear direction to rotate the lamp unit in a predetermined direction. a case member (28, 28A); and a driving mechanism (29, 29A) disposed in the case member (28, 28A), wherein the lamp unit is coupled to the driving mechanism (29, 29A); and wherein the thrust receiver is integrally provided on the case member (28, 28A) of the actuator (27, 27A), characterized in that at least a part of the driving mechanism (29, 29A) moves in a front-rear direction to rotate the lamp unit in a predetermined direction.
Drill bit for mechanically creating planting holes in pots filled with substrate, having a connection shank and having a drilling body, wherein the drilling body has a helical spiral thread, characterized in that at least one scoop element is arranged between the connection shank and the spiral thread, the radial extent of said scoop element being greater than the maximum radial extent of the spiral thread, and in that the scoop element has an inclination angle β greater than zero in the direction of rotation of the drill bit.
Cleaning device, in particular a floor cleaning device, comprising a rotatably mounted cleaning roller for cleaning a surface, to which cleaning roller a roller driving pin is allocated for rotational interaction with a shaft driven on the device side, which roller driving pin can be inserted into an axial roller recess of the cleaning roller at least in part and coupling means (7, 8) that can be brought into cooperation being formed on the roller driving pin and the roller recess, characterised in that the roller driving pin comprises a roller driving pin spring by means of which the coupling means (7, 8) can be secured against one another, in the assembled state, in order to transmit a torque, such that a restoring force of the roller driving pin spring presses the coupling means of the roller driving pin against the coupling means of the cleaning roller in the axial direction of the cleaning roller, or vice versa.
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed under the first semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed under the second semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed under the active layer; an electrode disposed on an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer; an electrode layer disposed under a lower surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a conductive supporting member disposed under the electrode layer; a second insulating layer (143, 144) covering a periphery of the second semiconductor layer, the active layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein an outer portion of the electrode layer extends under a lower surface of the second insulating layer, and wherein the electrode layer includes a reflective layer, characterized in that a first insulating layer is disposed on a periphery between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the second insulating layer (143, 144) being disposed under the first insulating layer, and in that an inner side surface of the first insulating layer which is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a concavo-convex structure. a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed under the first semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed under the second semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed under the active layer; an electrode disposed on an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer; an electrode layer disposed under a lower surface of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a conductive supporting member disposed under the electrode layer; a second insulating layer (143, 144) covering a periphery of the second semiconductor layer, the active layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein an outer portion of the electrode layer extends under a lower surface of the second insulating layer, and wherein the electrode layer includes a reflective layer, characterized in that a first insulating layer is disposed on a periphery between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the second insulating layer (143, 144) being disposed under the first insulating layer, and in that an inner side surface of the first insulating layer which is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a concavo-convex structure.
A cultivation bed for use in a hydroponic system for fruit vegetables, which includes: a cultivation bed body having an incline in the longitudinal direction thereof; a water-retaining sheet that covers the inner surface of the cultivation bed; a holding portion for holding a seedling of a fruit vegetable; a drainage groove, and a space for accommodating grown roots along both sides of the drainage groove, characterised in that the cultivation bed further provides a water-permeable root barrier sheet that is laid over the water-retaining sheet; and a nutrient solution flowing groove in either edge portion.
A method comprising: determining a position of a playback device with respect to a base providing support for the playback device; the method characterized by further comprising the steps of: determining an orientation of the playback device; comparing the determined position to a reference position for the determined orientation; if the determined position corresponds to the reference position for the determined orientation, allowing normal operation of the playback device; and if the determined position does not correspond to the reference position for the determined orientation, limiting operation of the playback device, wherein limiting operation of the playback device comprises at least one of: limiting a maximum volume level of the playback device; adjusting a volume level of the playback device; and adjusting an equalization setting of the playback device. determining a position of a playback device with respect to a base providing support for the playback device; the method characterized by further comprising the steps of: determining an orientation of the playback device; comparing the determined position to a reference position for the determined orientation; if the determined position corresponds to the reference position for the determined orientation, allowing normal operation of the playback device; and if the determined position does not correspond to the reference position for the determined orientation, limiting operation of the playback device, wherein limiting operation of the playback device comprises at least one of: limiting a maximum volume level of the playback device; adjusting a volume level of the playback device; and adjusting an equalization setting of the playback device. determining an orientation of the playback device; comparing the determined position to a reference position for the determined orientation; if the determined position corresponds to the reference position for the determined orientation, allowing normal operation of the playback device; and if the determined position does not correspond to the reference position for the determined orientation, limiting operation of the playback device, wherein limiting operation of the playback device comprises at least one of: limiting a maximum volume level of the playback device; adjusting a volume level of the playback device; and adjusting an equalization setting of the playback device. limiting a maximum volume level of the playback device; adjusting a volume level of the playback device; and adjusting an equalization setting of the playback device.
A computer-implemented method of distributing a shared secret among a plurality of participants, the method comprising a first mapping step wherein a plurality of inputs to said first mapping step are mapped to respective elliptic curve points of an elliptic curve of an elliptic curve cryptography system common to the participants; a first encryption step wherein a plurality of said elliptic curve points are encrypted by means of a public key of a public-private key pair of the elliptic curve cryptography system to provide an output adapted to be decrypted by means of the corresponding private key of the public-private key pair; a second encryption step wherein a plurality of parts of at least one input to said second encryption step are multiplied by respective terms of a series known to said participants, wherein the second encryption step includes a said series including powers of a term known to the participants and based on a message shared between the participants; and a secret sharing step wherein a plurality of shares of an input to said secret sharing step are distributed to a plurality of said participants such that said input is accessible to a threshold number of said shares and is inaccessible to less than said threshold number of said shares. a first mapping step wherein a plurality of inputs to said first mapping step are mapped to respective elliptic curve points of an elliptic curve of an elliptic curve cryptography system common to the participants; a first encryption step wherein a plurality of said elliptic curve points are encrypted by means of a public key of a public-private key pair of the elliptic curve cryptography system to provide an output adapted to be decrypted by means of the corresponding private key of the public-private key pair; a second encryption step wherein a plurality of parts of at least one input to said second encryption step are multiplied by respective terms of a series known to said participants, wherein the second encryption step includes a said series including powers of a term known to the participants and based on a message shared between the participants; and a secret sharing step wherein a plurality of shares of an input to said secret sharing step are distributed to a plurality of said participants such that said input is accessible to a threshold number of said shares and is inaccessible to less than said threshold number of said shares.