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Apparatus for controlling the blood glucose concentration level in a patient comprising: a sensor for measuring the patient's blood glucose concentration; a controller configured to define a blood glucose concentration set-point for the patient and a blood glucose concentration target range; a pump configured to deliver insulin to the patient in response to signals from the controller; the controller further being configured to generate a first signal based on the difference between the measured glucose concentration in the patient and the defined set-point which, if applied to the pump, would cause the delivery of insulin to stabilize the patient's blood glucose concentration to the set-point, and to generate a second signal which, if applied to the pump, would cause delivery of a basal amount of insulin; wherein the controller is configured to apply the second signal to the pump when the measured blood glucose concentration is within the target range and to apply the first signal to the pump in place of the second signal when the measured blood glucose concentration is outside the target range and to apply the first signal to the pump in place of the second signal when the measured blood glucose concentration is within said range and decreasing at a rate exceeding a threshold. a sensor for measuring the patient's blood glucose concentration; a controller configured to define a blood glucose concentration set-point for the patient and a blood glucose concentration target range; a pump configured to deliver insulin to the patient in response to signals from the controller; the controller further being configured to generate a first signal based on the difference between the measured glucose concentration in the patient and the defined set-point which, if applied to the pump, would cause the delivery of insulin to stabilize the patient's blood glucose concentration to the set-point, and to generate a second signal which, if applied to the pump, would cause delivery of a basal amount of insulin;
A network gateway comprising: a gateway function, implemented on the network gateway, wherein the gateway function is configured to perform one or more predetermined operations on or with respect to data reaching the gateway function, a first application implemented on the network gateway, wherein the first application is configured to participate in testing of the gateway function by exchanging data with a second application implemented on the network gateway, and a routing unit configured to route, using at least a first virtual network interface associated with the first application, through the gateway function, at least some of the data exchanged during the testing of the gateway function between the first application and the second application so that the at least some of the data reaches the gateway function. a gateway function, implemented on the network gateway, wherein the gateway function is configured to perform one or more predetermined operations on or with respect to data reaching the gateway function, a first application implemented on the network gateway, wherein the first application is configured to participate in testing of the gateway function by exchanging data with a second application implemented on the network gateway, and a routing unit configured to route, using at least a first virtual network interface associated with the first application, through the gateway function, at least some of the data exchanged during the testing of the gateway function between the first application and the second application so that the at least some of the data reaches the gateway function.
A light blocking element for an imaging system for a motor vehicle comprising a bottom section, a left wall section and a right wall section, the wall sections extending from an opening for reception of a camera lens between the wall sections, the wall sections being attached to the bottom section at a first end, the wall sections' second end being adapted to be attached to a motor vehicle windshield, the wall sections being elastically deformable, such that the wall sections are elastically compressible to reduce the height of the wall sections to match a stacking height limit for transport, characterized in that a frame section is attached to the outer surface of the first end of the wall sections and a front end of the bottom section.
A locally injectable aqueous pharmaceutical composition comprising: an insoluble corticosteroid; a soluble corticosteroid; and at least one viscosity enhancing agent; wherein the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is hyaluronic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of hyaluronate, the insoluble corticosteroid is dexamethasone acetate, and the soluble corticosteroid is dexamethasone sodium phosphate; wherein the molecular weight of the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is between 1.0 MDa and 2.5 MDa; wherein the concentration of the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is between 1.0% w/v and 1.5% w/v; and wherein the locally injectable aqueous pharmaceutical composition has a viscosity of between 1 Pa.s (1 kcP) and 200 Pa.s (200 kcP). an insoluble corticosteroid; a soluble corticosteroid; and at least one viscosity enhancing agent; wherein the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is hyaluronic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of hyaluronate, the insoluble corticosteroid is dexamethasone acetate, and the soluble corticosteroid is dexamethasone sodium phosphate; wherein the molecular weight of the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is between 1.0 MDa and 2.5 MDa; wherein the concentration of the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is between 1.0% w/v and 1.5% w/v; and wherein the locally injectable aqueous pharmaceutical composition has a viscosity of between 1 Pa.s (1 kcP) and 200 Pa.s (200 kcP).
A frame apparatus for holding a flexible lance positioning and drive device adjacent to and spaced from a heat exchanger tube sheet, the apparatus comprising: a guide rail; a positioner support rail supported from the guide rail; and a positioner support rail carriage movably mounted on the guide rail; a flexible lance drive support carriage movably mounted on the positioner support rail; and an air motor drive assembly fastened to each of the positioner support rail carriage and the lance drive support carriage, each air motor drive assembly comprising an air motor having a shaft driving a spur gear in a spur gear housing fastened to one of the flexible lance drive support carriage and the positioner support rail carriage characterised in that each spur gear housing is selectively rotatable between a locked position with the spur gear engaging the rail (104, 108) to which the carriage (122, 124) is mounted and an unlocked position with the spur gear disengaged with the rail (104, 108) to which the carriage (122, 124) is mounted. a guide rail; a positioner support rail supported from the guide rail; and a positioner support rail carriage movably mounted on the guide rail; a flexible lance drive support carriage movably mounted on the positioner support rail; and an air motor drive assembly fastened to each of the positioner support rail carriage and the lance drive support carriage, each air motor drive assembly comprising an air motor having a shaft driving a spur gear in a spur gear housing fastened to one of the flexible lance drive support carriage and the positioner support rail carriage characterised in that each spur gear housing is selectively rotatable between a locked position with the spur gear engaging the rail (104, 108) to which the carriage (122, 124) is mounted and an unlocked position with the spur gear disengaged with the rail (104, 108) to which the carriage (122, 124) is mounted.
Method for processing agricultural slurry for generating biomass fertilizer, characterized by the following method steps: a) separating the agricultural slurry mixture by mechanical separation, such as sieving (grates) or centrifugation, of coarse foreign bodies, such as straw, from the substantially liquid phase, b) adding carbon-containing substances, such as monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, pyruvic acids and glucono delta-lactone and the like, to the liquid phase, c) introducing moulds of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Trichoderma or Mucor and yeasts and/or bacteria into the substantially liquid phase of the slurry mixture, wherein the inorganic ions present in the substantially liquid phase of the slurry, more particularly ammonium ions, potassium ions and phosphate ions, are metabolized by the moulds and yeasts and/or bacteria in a microbiological endergonic reaction at a temperature of from 8 to 35°C and organically bound in the resulting organic nitrogen compounds, such as proteins, chitins, urea and phytin. a) separating the agricultural slurry mixture by mechanical separation, such as sieving (grates) or centrifugation, of coarse foreign bodies, such as straw, from the substantially liquid phase, b) adding carbon-containing substances, such as monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, pyruvic acids and glucono delta-lactone and the like, to the liquid phase, c) introducing moulds of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Trichoderma or Mucor and yeasts and/or bacteria into the substantially liquid phase of the slurry mixture,
A method of current differential protection performed in a control device, the control device having a first operate-restrain characteristic with a differential characteristic pick-up setting I D, the method comprising: - determining currents of all terminals of a protected object, - determining a differential current based on the determined currents, characterized by - determining direct current, DC, components, I DC in the respective determined currents, - detecting a fault based on the determined differential current, and - adjusting, when the detected fault is an external fault, the operate-restrain characteristics by setting an adjusted differential characteristic pick-up setting I D_adj to be equal to the sum of the differential characteristic pick-up setting I D and the determined DC components, I DC, providing an adjusted operate-restrain characteristics. - determining currents of all terminals of a protected object, - determining a differential current based on the determined currents, characterized by - determining direct current, DC, components, I DC in the respective determined currents, - detecting a fault based on the determined differential current, and - adjusting, when the detected fault is an external fault, the operate-restrain characteristics by setting an adjusted differential characteristic pick-up setting I D_adj to be equal to the sum of the differential characteristic pick-up setting I D and the determined DC components, I DC, providing an adjusted operate-restrain characteristics.
A data collection system, comprising: a data receiving unit that acquires a chronological measurement value acquired from at least one sensor installed in a device; an abnormality degree calculating unit that calculates an abnormality degree on the basis of the measurement value; an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormality on the basis of the abnormality degree; an abnormality frequency measuring unit that measures an abnormality frequency on the basis of the detected abnormality; a remaining lifespan calculating unit that calculates a remaining lifespan on the basis of the abnormality degree; a data period setting unit that controls a data period on the basis of the abnormality frequency and the remaining lifespan of the device; and at least one of a transmitting unit (29, 35) that transmits the measurement value in the data period and a data storage unit that stores the measurement value in the data period. a data receiving unit that acquires a chronological measurement value acquired from at least one sensor installed in a device; an abnormality degree calculating unit that calculates an abnormality degree on the basis of the measurement value; an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormality on the basis of the abnormality degree; an abnormality frequency measuring unit that measures an abnormality frequency on the basis of the detected abnormality; a remaining lifespan calculating unit that calculates a remaining lifespan on the basis of the abnormality degree; a data period setting unit that controls a data period on the basis of the abnormality frequency and the remaining lifespan of the device; and at least one of a transmitting unit (29, 35) that transmits the measurement value in the data period and a data storage unit that stores the measurement value in the data period.
A portable standard alcohol gas cartridge for a drunkometer which contains a standard alcohol gas with a predetermined concentration, the value of the predetermined concentration of the standard alcohol gas being displayed on the outer surface of the cartridge or is stored on the storing medium provided on the cartridge, the cartridge having a gas outlet port which is connectable to the drunkometer to exhaust the standard alcohol gas to the drunkometer characterized in that the cartridge comprises an inner container of soft material in which the standard alcohol gas with the predetermined concentration is contained and an outer case of hard material to protect the inner container, and the gas outlet port is sealed by a soft membrane configured to be penetrated by a gas inlet pin of the drunkometer without leakage of the standard alcohol gas to achieve smooth flow of the standard alcohol gas, wherein the cartridge further includes an interface which stores the information of the concentration value of the standard alcohol gas, transmits the information of the predetermined concentration of the standard alcohol gas to the drunkometer and detects whether the cartridge is connected to the drunkometer.
Driver assist system of a vehicle designed to move on a traffic lane, said system comprising: - a camera that is designed to be carried on board said vehicle and that is designed to capture images of at least one ground marking designed to encode a recommended speed for a portion of the traffic lane; - an on-board recommended-speed-determination device that is designed to determine, in real time, the recommended speed for said vehicle for said traffic lane portion from images captured by the camera by decoding said ground marking in the images captured by the camera, and to transmit a recommended speed setpoint; - a driver assist device designed to receive said recommended speed setpoint and to use this latter to assist said driver when driving the vehicle on said traffic lane portion; characterised in that said ground marking includes a geometric pattern including a dimension that is variable as a function of the recommended speed and that is used to encode this latter, and an invariable dimension that remains unchanged, regardless of the recommended speed for the traffic lane portion, and the on-board determination device is designed to calculate the recommended speed as a function of a ratio between the invariable dimension and the variable dimension measured in the images captured by the camera. - a camera that is designed to be carried on board said vehicle and that is designed to capture images of at least one ground marking designed to encode a recommended speed for a portion of the traffic lane; - an on-board recommended-speed-determination device that is designed to determine, in real time, the recommended speed for said vehicle for said traffic lane portion from images captured by the camera by decoding said ground marking in the images captured by the camera, and to transmit a recommended speed setpoint; - a driver assist device designed to receive said recommended speed setpoint and to use this latter to assist said driver when driving the vehicle on said traffic lane portion;
A microwave pyrolysis reactor comprising an inner pipe element, a microwave distribution element and a housing, wherein - the inner pipe element is made of a microwave transparent material and comprises a first open end and a second open end; - the microwave distribution element is made of a material not transparent to microwaves and is arranged around the inner pipe element, and comprises at least one opening for allowing passage of microwaves into the inner pipe element; - the housing comprises a first inner surface enclosing a first annular space around the microwave distribution element and a port for a microwave waveguide in communication with the first annular space; and wherein the microwave distribution element is in thermal conductive contact with a heat exchange system (38,41) for removal of heat from the microwave pyrolysis reactor during use. - the inner pipe element is made of a microwave transparent material and comprises a first open end and a second open end; - the microwave distribution element is made of a material not transparent to microwaves and is arranged around the inner pipe element, and comprises at least one opening for allowing passage of microwaves into the inner pipe element; - the housing comprises a first inner surface enclosing a first annular space around the microwave distribution element and a port for a microwave waveguide in communication with the first annular space;
A field effect device, comprising: a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface; a source contact coupled to the semiconductor body proximate the second surface; a drain contact coupled to the semiconductor body at the first surface and separated from the source; a body contact coupled to the semiconductor body proximate the second surface; an insulated control gate extending through the semiconductor body from the second surface toward the first surface, not reaching the drain contact and configured to control a conductive channel extending between the source and drain contacts (105, 104); a body region of a first conductivity type and having an extension region extending to the body contact; a first doped region of a second conductivity type and adjacent to the drain contact; a first drift region of the second conductivity type and which forms a N-P junction with the body region within the semiconductor body, the first drift region having a doping concentration below that of the first doped region; a second drift region of the second conductivity type, the second drift region separating the body region from the source contact; a second doped region of the first conductivity type adjacent and connected to the source contact; a third doped region of the second conductivity type different to the first conductivity type, the second doped region being adjacent and connected to the second doped region and adjacent to the source contact; and wherein the second drift region isolates the second doped region and the third doped region from a remainder of the semiconductor body. a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface; a source contact coupled to the semiconductor body proximate the second surface; a drain contact coupled to the semiconductor body at the first surface and separated from the source; a body contact coupled to the semiconductor body proximate the second surface; an insulated control gate extending through the semiconductor body from the second surface toward the first surface, not reaching the drain contact and configured to control a conductive channel extending between the source and drain contacts (105, 104); a body region of a first conductivity type and having an extension region extending to the body contact; a first doped region of a second conductivity type and adjacent to the drain contact; a first drift region of the second conductivity type and which forms a N-P junction with the body region within the semiconductor body, the first drift region having a doping concentration below that of the first doped region; a second drift region of the second conductivity type, the second drift region separating the body region from the source contact; a second doped region of the first conductivity type adjacent and connected to the source contact; a third doped region of the second conductivity type different to the first conductivity type, the second doped region being adjacent and connected to the second doped region and adjacent to the source contact; and wherein the second drift region isolates the second doped region and the third doped region from a remainder of the semiconductor body.
A device comprising: a transceiver arranged to transmit in a first mode on a first transmission channel (150, 150', 150") a first bit sequence having a first transmission duration and to receive in a second mode on a second transmission channel one or more second bit sequences having a second transmission duration, the first bit sequence starting with a recognition bit sequence and a plurality of blocks of equal length each containing a count value decremented with each block; wherein the transceiver is further arranged to interrupt the transmission of the first bit sequence in the first mode at regular intervals and to switch to the second mode in each case and to check in the second mode whether a second bit sequence is transmitted on the second transmission channel; wherein the interval between two successive interruptions is less than the second transmission duration; and wherein, if a second bit sequence is transmitted on the second transmission channel, the device reads the second bit sequence completely and then continues to transmit the first bit sequence on the first transmission channel (150, 150', 150"), omitting intermediate blocks of the first bit sequence. a transceiver arranged to transmit in a first mode on a first transmission channel (150, 150', 150") a first bit sequence having a first transmission duration and to receive in a second mode on a second transmission channel one or more second bit sequences having a second transmission duration, the first bit sequence starting with a recognition bit sequence and a plurality of blocks of equal length each containing a count value decremented with each block; wherein the transceiver is further arranged to interrupt the transmission of the first bit sequence in the first mode at regular intervals and to switch to the second mode in each case and to check in the second mode whether a second bit sequence is transmitted on the second transmission channel; wherein the interval between two successive interruptions is less than the second transmission duration; and wherein, if a second bit sequence is transmitted on the second transmission channel, the device reads the second bit sequence completely and then continues to transmit the first bit sequence on the first transmission channel (150, 150', 150"), omitting intermediate blocks of the first bit sequence.
An arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40) for implementing kissing balloons (6a, 7a; 8a, 8b; 45a, 47) simulating a bifurcated vessel, comprising a first catheter having a first inflatable balloon (6a, 6b, 6c; 8a; 38; 45a, 45b, 45c) at or near its distal portion, a second catheter (7, 48a) having a second inflatable balloon (7a, 8b, 47) at or near its distal portion, wherein the first balloon (6a, 6b, 6c; 8a; 38; 45a, 45b, 45c) comprises a holding element (5, 9, 44), the said holding element (5, 9, 44) being adapted for: i) allowing the distal portion of the second catheter (7, 48a) to pass there through; ii) affixing the second catheter (7, 48a) in a proximal vicinity to the first catheter so that, in use, respective facing surfaces of the inflated first balloon (6a, 8a, 45a) and the inflated second balloon (7a, 8b, 47) touch each other. i) allowing the distal portion of the second catheter (7, 48a) to pass there through; ii) affixing the second catheter (7, 48a) in a proximal vicinity to the first catheter so that, in use, respective facing surfaces of the inflated first balloon (6a, 8a, 45a) and the inflated second balloon (7a, 8b, 47) touch each other.
An implantable composition comprising collagen for use in medicine, wherein the collagen consists of type III collagen and the composition is for use in tissue augmentation.