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A catheter comprising: a proximal segment; a distal segment, the catheter being configured to permit relative movement between the distal segment and the proximal segment in response to an application of force on the distal segment; and an inductive sensing element configured to measure displacement between the proximal segment and the distal segment, wherein the inductive sensing element comprises: conductive coil windings; a magnetic core; and an electrically insulating tube between the magnetic core and the conductive coil windings, wherein the conductive coil windings is mounted to the electrically insulating tube, and wherein the tube has a length that is longer than the length of the conductive coil windings such that the magnetic core is coaxially constrained within the coil windings, wherein the conductive coil windings are configured to move relative to the magnetic core in conjunction with movement between the distal segment and the proximal segment, wherein an inductance of the conductive coil windings changes based on its position relative to the magnetic core. a proximal segment; a distal segment, the catheter being configured to permit relative movement between the distal segment and the proximal segment in response to an application of force on the distal segment; and an inductive sensing element configured to measure displacement between the proximal segment and the distal segment, wherein the inductive sensing element comprises: conductive coil windings; a magnetic core; and an electrically insulating tube between the magnetic core and the conductive coil windings, wherein the conductive coil windings is mounted to the electrically insulating tube, and wherein the tube has a length that is longer than the length of the conductive coil windings such that the magnetic core is coaxially constrained within the coil windings, wherein the conductive coil windings are configured to move relative to the magnetic core in conjunction with movement between the distal segment and the proximal segment, wherein an inductance of the conductive coil windings changes based on its position relative to the magnetic core.
A process for the manufacture of a frozen aerated confectionary with an overrun of at least 15 vol. % and wherein the number average length of the ice crystals is at most 100 μm, comprising the following steps: a) providing a frozen aerated confectionary with an overrun of at least 15 vol. % and wherein the number average length of the ice crystals is at most 100 μm comprising • 40 to 85 wt. % of water; • 0.1 to 30 wt. % of fat; • 5 to 45 wt % freezing point depressant and bulk filler; and • 0.1 to 7 % protein b) providing an ingredient having a Trouton ratio of at least 75, as measured in a 0.2 wt. % solution of said ingredient in water as measured at 20 degrees Celsius; wherein the ingredient is provided in an amount of 0.001 to 10 wt. %, based on the weight of the final composition; c) mixing said frozen confectionary provided at step 'a' with the ingredient provided at step 'b' to provide a frozen aerated confectionary according to the invention. a) providing a frozen aerated confectionary with an overrun of at least 15 vol. % and wherein the number average length of the ice crystals is at most 100 μm comprising • 40 to 85 wt. % of water; • 0.1 to 30 wt. % of fat; • 5 to 45 wt % freezing point depressant and bulk filler; and • 0.1 to 7 % protein • 40 to 85 wt. % of water; • 0.1 to 30 wt. % of fat; • 5 to 45 wt % freezing point depressant and bulk filler; and • 0.1 to 7 % protein b) providing an ingredient having a Trouton ratio of at least 75, as measured in a 0.2 wt. % solution of said ingredient in water as measured at 20 degrees Celsius; wherein the ingredient is provided in an amount of 0.001 to 10 wt. %, based on the weight of the final composition; c) mixing said frozen confectionary provided at step 'a' with the ingredient provided at step 'b' to provide a frozen aerated confectionary according to the invention.
A measuring probe comprising: a holder portion attached to a subject; and a plurality of optical fibers (102, 103) for irradiation and detection whose distal end portions on a subject side are retained by the holder portion, wherein the optical fibers are led out from a side surface of the holder portion and are bent inside the holder portion such that the distal end portions are directed to the subject when the holder portion is attached to the subject, and characterized in that each of the optical fibers has a core portion and a peripheral coating, the holder portion has a first member to be brought into contact with the subject and a second member combined with the first member, the first member being more flexible and less rigid than the second member, protecting grooves into which the optical fibers are inserted, are formed in at least one of the first member and the second member, and each protecting groove accommodates a bent portion of one of the optical fibers, the bent portion consisting only of the core portion of the optical fiber and not of the peripheral coating. a holder portion attached to a subject; and a plurality of optical fibers (102, 103) for irradiation and detection whose distal end portions on a subject side are retained by the holder portion, wherein the optical fibers are led out from a side surface of the holder portion and are bent inside the holder portion such that the distal end portions are directed to the subject when the holder portion is attached to the subject, and each of the optical fibers has a core portion and a peripheral coating, the holder portion has a first member to be brought into contact with the subject and a second member combined with the first member, the first member being more flexible and less rigid than the second member, protecting grooves into which the optical fibers are inserted, are formed in at least one of the first member and the second member, and each protecting groove accommodates a bent portion of one of the optical fibers, the bent portion consisting only of the core portion of the optical fiber and not of the peripheral coating.
A head-mounted device, comprising: a head-mounted housing; an optical assembly in the head-mounted housing that is configured to provide an image to an eye box; a gaze tracker; and a motor configured to position the optical assembly based on a measured eye relief from the gaze tracker and a measured interpupillary distance from the gaze tracker. a head-mounted housing; an optical assembly in the head-mounted housing that is configured to provide an image to an eye box; a gaze tracker; and a motor configured to position the optical assembly based on a measured eye relief from the gaze tracker and a measured interpupillary distance from the gaze tracker.
A froth wand for a beverage brewing apparatus, comprising: a coupling that connects the froth wand to a steam supply of the beverage brewing apparatus; a conduit for communicating steam received at the coupling; a hollow steam tube connected to the conduit; and a cylindrical sheath releasably disposed over the steam tube, the froth wand being characterised in that: the hollow steam tube is angularly connected to the conduit for rotational movement thereabout, the steam tube including an annular recess as an exit; and the cylindrical sheath includes a rearwardly projecting cylindrical hub at a distal end that engages and abuts the annular recess of the steam tube to provide a mating engagement therebetween, the cylindrical hub including an aperture having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the exit of the steam tube such that steam transitioning from the steam tube to the cylindrical hub of the sheath is accelerated, and wherein the cylindrical hub includes a window adjacent the aperture for collecting foam created by the steam. a coupling that connects the froth wand to a steam supply of the beverage brewing apparatus; a conduit for communicating steam received at the coupling; a hollow steam tube connected to the conduit; and a cylindrical sheath releasably disposed over the steam tube, the froth wand being characterised in that: the hollow steam tube is angularly connected to the conduit for rotational movement thereabout, the steam tube including an annular recess as an exit; and the cylindrical sheath includes a rearwardly projecting cylindrical hub at a distal end that engages and abuts the annular recess of the steam tube to provide a mating engagement therebetween, the cylindrical hub including an aperture having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the exit of the steam tube such that steam transitioning from the steam tube to the cylindrical hub of the sheath is accelerated, and wherein the cylindrical hub includes a window adjacent the aperture for collecting foam created by the steam. the hollow steam tube is angularly connected to the conduit for rotational movement thereabout, the steam tube including an annular recess as an exit; and the cylindrical sheath includes a rearwardly projecting cylindrical hub at a distal end that engages and abuts the annular recess of the steam tube to provide a mating engagement therebetween, the cylindrical hub including an aperture having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the exit of the steam tube such that steam transitioning from the steam tube to the cylindrical hub of the sheath is accelerated, and wherein the cylindrical hub includes a window adjacent the aperture for collecting foam created by the steam.
Gas composition containing xenon gas for use in preventing the relapse of a patient who has been weaned from at least one psychotropic product which resulted in said patient becoming habituated, said patient being a human being, the xenon being administered to the patient by inhalation and containing an effective volume proportion of xenon between at least 10% and less than 50% by volume.
Electronic watch allowing data to be received, comprising: • An electrical energy source • A control member arranged to be supplied with power by the electrical energy source • A receiver module comprising: ∘ An optical sensor capable of detecting a sequence of light pulses modulated by data, and of converting said sequence into a digital signal ∘ An energy storage element arranged to store electrical energy generated by the optical sensor, said energy storage element being a capacitor ∘ A demodulator arranged to be supplied with power by the energy storage element, capable of extracting the data from the digital signal ∘ Transmission means capable of transmitting the extracted data to the control member. • An electrical energy source • A control member arranged to be supplied with power by the electrical energy source • A receiver module comprising: ∘ An optical sensor capable of detecting a sequence of light pulses modulated by data, and of converting said sequence into a digital signal ∘ An energy storage element arranged to store electrical energy generated by the optical sensor, said energy storage element being a capacitor ∘ A demodulator arranged to be supplied with power by the energy storage element, capable of extracting the data from the digital signal ∘ Transmission means capable of transmitting the extracted data to the control member. ∘ An optical sensor capable of detecting a sequence of light pulses modulated by data, and of converting said sequence into a digital signal ∘ An energy storage element arranged to store electrical energy generated by the optical sensor, said energy storage element being a capacitor ∘ A demodulator arranged to be supplied with power by the energy storage element, capable of extracting the data from the digital signal ∘ Transmission means capable of transmitting the extracted data to the control member.
A conditioning apparatus for providing a carrier gas, the apparatus including: A gas inlet for a flow of inlet gas; a cleaning unit to provide a clean flow of gas, the cleaning unit including one or more filters to remove solid and/or liquid contamination particles from the gas flow and a drying station to remove moisture from the gas flow; an ionization chamber which ionizes the clean gas flow to generate the carrier gas; and an outlet port for the clean, ionized carrier gas; characterised in that the apparatus further includes a treatment station located downstream of the ionization chamber, wherein the treatment station contains activated carbon filters which remove unwanted products generated by the ionization step from the ionized gas. A gas inlet for a flow of inlet gas; a cleaning unit to provide a clean flow of gas, the cleaning unit including one or more filters to remove solid and/or liquid contamination particles from the gas flow and a drying station to remove moisture from the gas flow; an ionization chamber which ionizes the clean gas flow to generate the carrier gas; and an outlet port for the clean, ionized carrier gas; characterised in that the apparatus further includes a treatment station located downstream of the ionization chamber, wherein the treatment station contains activated carbon filters which remove unwanted products generated by the ionization step from the ionized gas.
Sand stairway for a sand-spreading system of a rail vehicle, comprising a stairway housing with a sand compartment for providing progressively sliding spreading sand and with a blow-out duct for discharging spreading sand from the stairway housing, and a first nozzle for producing an air jet which is directed into the sand compartment and swirls up spreading sand, and a second nozzle for producing an air jet which is directed into the blow-out duct and discharges swirled-up spreading sand, - in the case of which sand stairway the stairway housing has, above the sand compartment and the blow-out duct, a nozzle flange with a first receiving bore and a second receiving bore, - in the case of which sand stairway the first nozzle is formed by a first nozzle insert, and the second nozzle is formed by a second nozzle insert, which are in each case produced separately from the stairway housing and are releasably inserted into one of the first and second receiving bores (14, 15) each, - with the result that the nozzle inserts can be tailored in terms of their nozzle diameters to a spreading sand used, - with the result that the nozzle inserts can be replaced upon contamination, and - with the result that, depending on the operating requirements, the first and the second nozzle insert can be changed in terms of their nozzle diameters from the same nozzle diameters to different ones, and vice versa, characterized in that, furthermore, the sand stairway comprises a set of nozzle inserts having differently dimensioned nozzle diameters corresponding to a particle size of the spreading sand used, and in that the first nozzle insert and the second nozzle insert can in each case be selected from the set of nozzle inserts. - in the case of which sand stairway the stairway housing has, above the sand compartment and the blow-out duct, a nozzle flange with a first receiving bore and a second receiving bore, - in the case of which sand stairway the first nozzle is formed by a first nozzle insert, and the second nozzle is formed by a second nozzle insert, which are in each case produced separately from the stairway housing and are releasably inserted into one of the first and second receiving bores (14, 15) each, - with the result that the nozzle inserts can be tailored in terms of their nozzle diameters to a spreading sand used, - with the result that the nozzle inserts can be replaced upon contamination, and - with the result that, depending on the operating requirements, the first and the second nozzle insert can be changed in terms of their nozzle diameters from the same nozzle diameters to different ones, and vice versa, characterized in that, furthermore, the sand stairway comprises a set of nozzle inserts having differently dimensioned nozzle diameters corresponding to a particle size of the spreading sand used, and in that the first nozzle insert and the second nozzle insert can in each case be selected from the set of nozzle inserts.
A web broker comprising a geolocation information collecting unit adapted to collect geolocation information; wherein, said web broker is adapted to mediate between an HTML client browser running on a client device and with an application running on a remote application server through a web session, said web broker further comprising: - said geolocation information collecting unit, adapted to collect geolocation information from said HTML client browser for said application requiring geolocation information from said client device; - a geolocation processing engine, configured to process said geolocation information, thereby generating location device signalling; - a transmitting module, adapted to transmit said location device signalling to an application server session of said remote application server, thereby emulating a location device; and - an application streamer adapted to: ∘ generate a representation of a web page incorporating said application; and ∘ stream said representation of said web page to said HTML client browser. - said geolocation information collecting unit, adapted to collect geolocation information from said HTML client browser for said application requiring geolocation information from said client device; - a geolocation processing engine, configured to process said geolocation information, thereby generating location device signalling; - a transmitting module, adapted to transmit said location device signalling to an application server session of said remote application server, thereby emulating a location device; and - an application streamer adapted to: ∘ generate a representation of a web page incorporating said application; and ∘ stream said representation of said web page to said HTML client browser. ∘ generate a representation of a web page incorporating said application; and ∘ stream said representation of said web page to said HTML client browser.
A quick connector device comprising: a connector body that has two fluid hose connectors located at two ends and an injector port connector located at a middle bottom section thereof, the injector port connector having a support rib; an O-ring that is coupled to the injector port connector; and a locking member that is inserted onto and rotatably connected to the injector port connector between an unlocked state and a locked state and comprises at least one elastic member that is located on outer side of the locking member and has cut-out ends, the elastic member comprising a bump that is disposed on outer side of the elastic member and a receiving space that is formed on an upper outer surface of the injector port connector, wherein, in the locked state, the support rib contacts the inner surface of the elastic member to prevent the elastic member from elastically deforming inwardly and, in the unlocked state, the support rib does not contact the inner surface of the elastic member to allow the elastic member to elastically deform into the receiving space. a connector body that has two fluid hose connectors located at two ends and an injector port connector located at a middle bottom section thereof, the injector port connector having a support rib; an O-ring that is coupled to the injector port connector; and a locking member that is inserted onto and rotatably connected to the injector port connector between an unlocked state and a locked state and comprises at least one elastic member that is located on outer side of the locking member and has cut-out ends, the elastic member comprising a bump that is disposed on outer side of the elastic member and a receiving space that is formed on an upper outer surface of the injector port connector, wherein, in the locked state, the support rib contacts the inner surface of the elastic member to prevent the elastic member from elastically deforming inwardly and, in the unlocked state, the support rib does not contact the inner surface of the elastic member to allow the elastic member to elastically deform into the receiving space.
An axle drive for a vehicle comprising at least one drivable vehicle axle oriented transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said axle drive comprising - a drive shaft which extends along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, starting from a first side of the axle drive, across the vehicle axle to a second side of the axle drive, wherein the drive shaft is configured to receive drive power at an input section from an electric motor arranged at the first side of the axle drive and to output the drive power at the second side of the axle drive via an output section, characterized by - a driven shaft which extends at the second side of the axle drive offset from the drive shaft and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the first end of the driven shaft faces towards the first side of the axle drive, and wherein the driven shaft is configured to receive drive power at an input section from the output section of the drive shaft and to output said drive power to the vehicle axle via a bevel gear arranged at the first end; and - a brake, in particular a parking brake, comprising a brake disk which is rotatable around an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction and which is arranged at the second side of the axle drive, in a manner facing away from the first side of the axle drive, at the drive shaft or at the driven shaft. - a drive shaft which extends along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, starting from a first side of the axle drive, across the vehicle axle to a second side of the axle drive, wherein the drive shaft is configured to receive drive power at an input section from an electric motor arranged at the first side of the axle drive and to output the drive power at the second side of the axle drive via an output section, characterized by - a driven shaft which extends at the second side of the axle drive offset from the drive shaft and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the first end of the driven shaft faces towards the first side of the axle drive, and wherein the driven shaft is configured to receive drive power at an input section from the output section of the drive shaft and to output said drive power to the vehicle axle via a bevel gear arranged at the first end; and - a brake, in particular a parking brake, comprising a brake disk which is rotatable around an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction and which is arranged at the second side of the axle drive, in a manner facing away from the first side of the axle drive, at the drive shaft or at the driven shaft.
Thermoplastic composition comprising at least the following compounds: - Compound A: thermoplastic polyamide, - Compound B: thermoplastic polymer having a lower thermal conductivity than polyamide A, - Compound C: optionally one or more compatibilizers between compound A and compound B, at least one of which comprises functional groups for compatibilization with compound A, - Compound D: hollow glass beads, and - Compound E: optionally reinforcing fillers or extenders; said compound B being a styrene (co)polymer and the composition comprising from 10 to 20%, relative to the total weight of the composition, of hollow glass beads and from 0.1 to 30 wt.%, relative to the total weight of the composition, of compound B. - Compound A: thermoplastic polyamide, - Compound B: thermoplastic polymer having a lower thermal conductivity than polyamide A, - Compound C: optionally one or more compatibilizers between compound A and compound B, at least one of which comprises functional groups for compatibilization with compound A, - Compound D: hollow glass beads, and - Compound E: optionally reinforcing fillers or extenders;