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A system for fluid handling of a patient's blood, comprising: a double lumen cannula including an inner infusion cannula having an infusion cannula inlet at a proximal end of said infusion cannula, an infusion cannula outlet at a distal end of said infusion cannula, and an infusion lumen from the infusion cannula inlet to the infusion cannula outlet, and an outer drainage cannula comprising a port extending into its sidewall, wherein the infusion cannula has an outer diameter sized to allow the infusion cannula to be positioned in and to move within said port, said drainage cannula and a self-expanding cylindrical wire frame, the outer drainage cannula having a drainage cannula inlet at a distal end of said drainage cannula, a drainage cannula outlet at a proximal end of said drainage cannula, and an annular drainage lumen formed between an outer surface of the inner infusion cannula and an inner surface of the outer drainage cannula; characterised in that the inlet of the outer drainage cannula further comprises the self-expanding cylindrical wire frame having an open distal wire frame end and a proximal wire frame end opposite said distal wire frame end, said proximal wire frame end being attached to said distal end of said drainage cannula, said wire frame being automatically expandable to a maximum diameter when positioned to collect blood from a patient's body, wherein said distal wire frame end is expandable to said maximum diameter of said wire frame, wherein the drainage cannula forms a blood withdrawal lumen radially supported by the self-expanding wire frame. a double lumen cannula including an inner infusion cannula having an infusion cannula inlet at a proximal end of said infusion cannula, an infusion cannula outlet at a distal end of said infusion cannula, and an infusion lumen from the infusion cannula inlet to the infusion cannula outlet, and an outer drainage cannula comprising a port extending into its sidewall, wherein the infusion cannula has an outer diameter sized to allow the infusion cannula to be positioned in and to move within said port, said drainage cannula and a self-expanding cylindrical wire frame, the outer drainage cannula having a drainage cannula inlet at a distal end of said drainage cannula, a drainage cannula outlet at a proximal end of said drainage cannula, and an annular drainage lumen formed between an outer surface of the inner infusion cannula and an inner surface of the outer drainage cannula; characterised in that the inlet of the outer drainage cannula further comprises the self-expanding cylindrical wire frame having an open distal wire frame end and a proximal wire frame end opposite said distal wire frame end, said proximal wire frame end being attached to said distal end of said drainage cannula, said wire frame being automatically expandable to a maximum diameter when positioned to collect blood from a patient's body, wherein said distal wire frame end is expandable to said maximum diameter of said wire frame, wherein the drainage cannula forms a blood withdrawal lumen radially supported by the self-expanding wire frame.
Hand-held tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate, wherein driving energy is delivered to the fastening elements by impact, characterised in that the tool includes a driving energy information device providing information about the driving energy delivered in a previous driving operation or in several previous driving operations.
An electrical induction device comprising: a housing; and a contact arrangement in the housing of the electrical induction device for electrically contacting an electrical conductor, the contact arrangement comprising: a conductor tube; a receiver contact which is fastened to the conductor tube and configured to receive and electrically connect with the electrical conductor; and a resilient suspension arrangement fastened to the housing and connected to an outside of the conductor tube such that the receiver contact is resiliently movable in a plane (xy) which is parallel to a cross section of the conductor tube while being substantially immovable in an axial direction (z) of the conductor tube. a housing; and a contact arrangement in the housing of the electrical induction device for electrically contacting an electrical conductor, the contact arrangement comprising: a conductor tube; a receiver contact which is fastened to the conductor tube and configured to receive and electrically connect with the electrical conductor; and a resilient suspension arrangement fastened to the housing and connected to an outside of the conductor tube such that the receiver contact is resiliently movable in a plane (xy) which is parallel to a cross section of the conductor tube while being substantially immovable in an axial direction (z) of the conductor tube. a conductor tube; a receiver contact which is fastened to the conductor tube and configured to receive and electrically connect with the electrical conductor; and a resilient suspension arrangement fastened to the housing and connected to an outside of the conductor tube such that the receiver contact is resiliently movable in a plane (xy) which is parallel to a cross section of the conductor tube while being substantially immovable in an axial direction (z) of the conductor tube.
A liquid immersion member that is used in a liquid immersion exposure apparatus, and is configured for forming a liquid immersion space on a surface of an object opposite to an member emitting surface of an optical member which emits exposure light, the liquid immersion member comprising: a first member that includes a first part disposed at a surrounding of an optical path of the exposure light, and in which a first opening part, through which the exposure light is allowed to pass, is provided; and a second member that includes a first liquid recovery part and a liquid supply part, and that is movable with respect to the first member outside the first part with respect to the optical path, the first liquid recovery part being arranged to be opposite to the surface of the object, the liquid supply part being disposed between the optical path and the first liquid recovery part in a radial direction with respect to an optical axis of the optical member and being arranged to be opposite to the surface of the object.
A device for shooting confetti, streamers and the like, characterized in that it comprises at least one containment tank containing a pressurized gas, having an inlet for introducing the gas into the tank itself, wherein said tank comprises at least two outlets, each for connecting to a respective shooting tube containing an amount of material to shoot, selected from confetti, streamers and the like, and connecting means adapted to establish, when open, an independent fluid connection between the tank itself and each of said shooting tubes, so that to cause a shot from each of said at least two shooting tubes at different times or simultaneously.
A multilevel voltage source converter comprising a first DC terminal and a second DC terminal for providing a first pole voltage V DC1 at the first DC terminal and a second pole voltage V DC2 at the second DC terminal and cells connected in cascade in a phase leg, and an AC terminal is provided in the middle of the phase leg for providing an AC voltage V AC, wherein the cells in the phase leg comprise a first group of cells between the first pole and the AC terminal and a second group of cells between the second DC terminal and the AC terminal, each cell having a first and a second cell terminal (CT1, CT2), a cell capacitor, a first switch between a first end of the cell capacitor and the first cell terminal, a second switch between a second end of the cell capacitor and said first cell terminal, where the second cell terminal is provided via the first or the second end of the cell capacitor, a first gate control unit configured to control the first switch and a second gate control unit configured to control the second switch, a first chargeable power supply unit configured to supply power to the first gate control unit and being connected in parallel with the first switch, and a second chargeable power supply unit configured to supply power to the second gate control unit and being connected in parallel with the second switch, each chargeable power supply unit comprising an energy storage element configured to be charged by a voltage applied over the corresponding switch, characterised by a black start control unit configured to energize the chargeable power supply units of the cells when black starting the converter and configured to perform, after the initial application of a DC voltage to a cell terminal (CT2, CT1) of a cell and the subsequent initial charging of the chargeable power supply unit of one of the switches, charging of an uncharged power supply unit of the other switch through repeatedly turning on and off the switch with initially charged power supply unit, wherein the black start control unit is configured to perform charging of uncharged chargeable power supply units in one group of cells before the other group of cells.
A living sample observing apparatus, comprising: an observing unit comprising a fluorescence epi-illuminating section, an observing section which comprises a shooting section for obtaining a fluorescence image, and a sample stage, the observing unit adapted to perform a time lapse shooting of a predetermined observation area at a first shooting frequency; and a first discriminating unit adapted to discriminate whether or not a first material is expressed in the observation area based on the fluorescence image obtained by the shooting section of the observing unit and a brightness threshold value, the observation area being observed at a coarse observation level, characterized in that: the first discriminating unit is adapted to set a region of interest at each part of the observation area where the first material is expressed at a timing when the first material is expressed in the observation area, wherein the observing unit is adapted to start a time lapse shooting at a second shooting frequency relating to each ROI, each ROI being observed at a detailed observation level, and wherein the second shooting frequency is higher than the first shooting frequency. an observing unit comprising a fluorescence epi-illuminating section, an observing section which comprises a shooting section for obtaining a fluorescence image, and a sample stage, the observing unit adapted to perform a time lapse shooting of a predetermined observation area at a first shooting frequency; and a first discriminating unit adapted to discriminate whether or not a first material is expressed in the observation area based on the fluorescence image obtained by the shooting section of the observing unit and a brightness threshold value, the observation area being observed at a coarse observation level, the first discriminating unit is adapted to set a region of interest at each part of the observation area where the first material is expressed at a timing when the first material is expressed in the observation area, wherein the observing unit is adapted to start a time lapse shooting at a second shooting frequency relating to each ROI, each ROI being observed at a detailed observation level, and wherein the second shooting frequency is higher than the first shooting frequency.
A method for determining a control observer to estimate the SoC of a battery, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - Specifying an initial excitation signal of the battery, wherein the excitation signal comprises a time sequence of a plurality of design points defined by the load current and the SoC value; - Specifying an initial model of the battery having a model output (y) and model parameters (ψ); - Determining an optimized experimental design in form of an optimized time sequence of design points by use of a model based design of experiments method on the basis of the Fisher information matrix (I FIM), defined by I FIM = 1 σ 2 ∑ k = 1 N ∂ y k ψ ∂ ψ ∂ y k ψ T ∂ ψ and a judgment criterion; - Impinging the battery with the individual design points in the time-sequence according to the determined experimental design, wherein the measurements are obtained by state variables of the battery; - Determining a nonlinear model of the battery on the basis of the determined measurements and by a local model network comprising a number of local, linear, time-variant, and dynamic models (LM i), which are respectively valid in specific ranges of the input variables, wherein the model output is determined as a weighted linear combination of the outputs of the local models (LM i); - Converting the local models (LM i) of the model network into local, linear state space models having a state vector comprising the SoC; - Creating a local observer for each local, linear state space model; and - Creating the control observer from a linear combination of the local observers. - Specifying an initial excitation signal of the battery, wherein the excitation signal comprises a time sequence of a plurality of design points defined by the load current and the SoC value; - Specifying an initial model of the battery having a model output (y) and model parameters (ψ); - Determining an optimized experimental design in form of an optimized time sequence of design points by use of a model based design of experiments method on the basis of the Fisher information matrix (I FIM), defined by I FIM = 1 σ 2 ∑ k = 1 N ∂ y k ψ ∂ ψ ∂ y k ψ T ∂ ψ and a judgment criterion; - Impinging the battery with the individual design points in the time-sequence according to the determined experimental design, wherein the measurements are obtained by state variables of the battery; - Determining a nonlinear model of the battery on the basis of the determined measurements and by a local model network comprising a number of local, linear, time-variant, and dynamic models (LM i), which are respectively valid in specific ranges of the input variables, wherein the model output is determined as a weighted linear combination of the outputs of the local models (LM i); - Converting the local models (LM i) of the model network into local, linear state space models having a state vector comprising the SoC; - Creating a local observer for each local, linear state space model; and - Creating the control observer from a linear combination of the local observers.
A method for estimating friction between a tire of a vehicle and a road surface, the method comprising: acquiring: - a front wheel axle torque, T f; - a rear wheel axle torque, T r; - a vehicle longitudinal acceleration, a x; - a vehicle pitch rate, Ω y; and - a plurality of wheel rotational velocities, ω m f / r; determining a front wheel normal force, F zf and a rear wheel normal force, F zr, based on a center of gravity of the vehicle and the longitudinal acceleration; determining a longitudinal tire stiffness, k i; jointly determining a vehicle longitudinal velocity, v x, based on the wheel rotational velocities and vehicle longitudinal acceleration, and a vehicle pitch angle, θ y, relative to the horizontal plane based on the vehicle pitch rate; and determining a friction coefficient, μ i, between a tire and the road surface based on the front and rear wheel axle torque, the front wheel normal force and the joint estimation of the pitch angle and the vehicle longitudinal velocity. acquiring: - a front wheel axle torque, T f; - a rear wheel axle torque, T r; - a vehicle longitudinal acceleration, a x; - a vehicle pitch rate, Ω y; and - a plurality of wheel rotational velocities, ω m f / r; - a front wheel axle torque, T f; - a rear wheel axle torque, T r; - a vehicle longitudinal acceleration, a x; - a vehicle pitch rate, Ω y; and - a plurality of wheel rotational velocities, ω m f / r; determining a front wheel normal force, F zf and a rear wheel normal force, F zr, based on a center of gravity of the vehicle and the longitudinal acceleration; determining a longitudinal tire stiffness, k i; jointly determining a vehicle longitudinal velocity, v x, based on the wheel rotational velocities and vehicle longitudinal acceleration, and a vehicle pitch angle, θ y, relative to the horizontal plane based on the vehicle pitch rate; and determining a friction coefficient, μ i, between a tire and the road surface based on the front and rear wheel axle torque, the front wheel normal force and the joint estimation of the pitch angle and the vehicle longitudinal velocity.
Riveting die for riveting a rivet at least in the periphery of a torque transmission apparatus, such as a double clutch, having a body which extends along a longitudinal axis, the body being designed at least partially for being brought into contact with the rivet and being designed at least in part for conducting current from the rivet to a sensing device, characterized in that the body can assume two states within the riveting die, a conduction of current from the body to the sensing device being interrupted in a first state, and the body and the sensing device being connected to one another directly or indirectly in an electrically conducting manner in a second state.
A method for producing composite particles containing polymer particles and silica particles that adhere to the polymer particles, comprising a polymerization step of subjecting a polymerizable monomer to aqueous suspension polymerization in a presence of silica particles and a water-soluble cellulose compound adsorbing onto surfaces of the silica particles, so as to obtain the composite particles.
A substantially flat urine collection device to collect urine discharged during urination, comprising: a fluid impermeable barrier having a first lateral side defining an aperture configured to receive a conduit therethrough and a second lateral side distal to the first lateral side, a protrusion of the fluid impermeable barrier which extends from the second lateral side, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining a chamber and an opening, the opening including a longitudinal length of at least about 4 cm and a lateral width; and a fluid permeable body positioned at least partially within the chamber such that a portion of the fluid permeable body extends across at least a portion of the opening and to at least partially define, with the fluid impermeable barrier, a reservoir that is positioned in the protrusion, the fluid permeable body being configured to wick urine away from the opening to the reservoir; and wherein: i) the lateral width of the opening is substantially equal to or greater than the longitudinal length; and ii) the aperture and the protrusion are positioned on an axis that is substantially centered on the lateral width of the opening the device further comprising a conduit including an inlet and an outlet, wherein at least a portion of the conduit extends through the aperture and the fluid permeable body to position the inlet at the protrusion in fluid communication with the reservoir. a fluid impermeable barrier having a first lateral side defining an aperture configured to receive a conduit therethrough and a second lateral side distal to the first lateral side, a protrusion of the fluid impermeable barrier which extends from the second lateral side, the fluid impermeable barrier also defining a chamber and an opening, the opening including a longitudinal length of at least about 4 cm and a lateral width; and a fluid permeable body positioned at least partially within the chamber such that a portion of the fluid permeable body extends across at least a portion of the opening and to at least partially define, with the fluid impermeable barrier, a reservoir that is positioned in the protrusion, the fluid permeable body being configured to wick urine away from the opening to the reservoir; and wherein: i) the lateral width of the opening is substantially equal to or greater than the longitudinal length; and ii) the aperture and the protrusion are positioned on an axis that is substantially centered on the lateral width of the opening i) the lateral width of the opening is substantially equal to or greater than the longitudinal length; and ii) the aperture and the protrusion are positioned on an axis that is substantially centered on the lateral width of the opening the device further comprising a conduit including an inlet and an outlet, wherein at least a portion of the conduit extends through the aperture and the fluid permeable body to position the inlet at the protrusion in fluid communication with the reservoir.
An arrangement suitable for use in a continuous ink jet printer, for separating air, at least partially, from ink, the arrangement comprising: a fluid inlet for receiving ink from which air is to be separated; a plate portion comprising a plurality of plates (77, 79, 81, 83), including a first plate positioned below the fluid inlet so that ink that has been received by the fluid inlet flows onto an upper surface of the first plate and flows across at least a part of the upper surface; a space below the plate portion for receiving ink that has passed over at least the first plate; and a fluid outlet (95, 133) for ink that has been received in the said space, and in which the plurality of plates (77, 79, 81, 83) are arranged at least partially overlapping each other and one above the next so that ink that has been received by the fluid inlet flows across the top surface of a plurality of plates in turn before being received in the said space, and at least one pair of adjacent plates are separated by a gap of 2 mm to 5 mm where they overlap. a fluid inlet for receiving ink from which air is to be separated; a plate portion comprising a plurality of plates (77, 79, 81, 83), including a first plate positioned below the fluid inlet so that ink that has been received by the fluid inlet flows onto an upper surface of the first plate and flows across at least a part of the upper surface; a space below the plate portion for receiving ink that has passed over at least the first plate; and a fluid outlet (95, 133) for ink that has been received in the said space, and in which the plurality of plates (77, 79, 81, 83) are arranged at least partially overlapping each other and one above the next so that ink that has been received by the fluid inlet flows across the top surface of a plurality of plates in turn before being received in the said space, and at least one pair of adjacent plates are separated by a gap of 2 mm to 5 mm where they overlap.