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A syringe assembly for performing a capsulotomy on a patient's eye with a cystotome, the assembly comprising: a syringe having a luer tip with a liquid outlet at a distal end thereof; and, a grip including an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis between first and second ends (60, 62), the first end defining a female luer fitting configured for mounting onto the luer tip of the syringe, an inlet opening being defined in the female luer fitting, the second end defining a male luer fitting defining an outlet opening at a distal end thereof, and, a liquid passageway defined through the body between the inlet opening and the outlet opening to allow liquid flow therebetween, wherein, the body defines an outer surface encircling the longitudinal axis, the outer surface being at least partially textured, wherein the grip is mounted to the syringe with the female luer fitting mounted to the luer tip, and the inlet opening being aligned with the liquid outlet of the luer tip, characterized by a cystotome, distally extending from a hub, the cystotome configured for incising the lens capsule of a patient's eye, the hub having a secondary female luer fitting mounted to the male luer fitting. a syringe having a luer tip with a liquid outlet at a distal end thereof; and, a grip including an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis between first and second ends (60, 62), the first end defining a female luer fitting configured for mounting onto the luer tip of the syringe, an inlet opening being defined in the female luer fitting, the second end defining a male luer fitting defining an outlet opening at a distal end thereof, and, a liquid passageway defined through the body between the inlet opening and the outlet opening to allow liquid flow therebetween, wherein, the body defines an outer surface encircling the longitudinal axis, the outer surface being at least partially textured, wherein the grip is mounted to the syringe with the female luer fitting mounted to the luer tip, and the inlet opening being aligned with the liquid outlet of the luer tip, characterized by a cystotome, distally extending from a hub, the cystotome configured for incising the lens capsule of a patient's eye, the hub having a secondary female luer fitting mounted to the male luer fitting.
System for forming a vibrating screed, wherein the system comprises at least one smoothing surface and at least one frame structure, characterized in that the at least one smoothing surface and the at least one frame structure can be connected to one another via releasable connections to form a unit, with the result that the smoothing surface can be used alone as a segment (1, 2) of a vibrating screed, or the unit consisting of frame structure and smoothing surface can be used as a segment (1, 3, 5) of a vibrating screed.
A method of transmitting information between a first device (1,3,5) and a second device, the method including: receiving at a node a multiplicity of data packets representing the information from said first device (1,3,5), said data packets including a first component indicative of the identity of said second device; encapsulating said data packets by said node, including inserting a second component for facilitating delivery of the data packets to an intermediate destination; transmitting said data packets by said node by distributing respective ones of said data packets received from said first device (1,3,5) over different ones of a plurality of communications networks (15;23;25) to said intermediate destination, where said plurality of communication networks (15;23;25) includes at least two wireless communication systems, said data packets being received at a control portion (37,47; 35,45; 33,43) of each of said communications networks (15;23;25) and forwarded by a communications link (39,41) to said intermediate destination such that the data packets are received by said second device; and re-assembling said data packets at the intermediate destination, into the form they took when originally transmitted by said first device (1,3,5) and delivering said data packets to said second device based on the indication of said first component such that the information represented by said data packets may be used. receiving at a node a multiplicity of data packets representing the information from said first device (1,3,5), said data packets including a first component indicative of the identity of said second device; encapsulating said data packets by said node, including inserting a second component for facilitating delivery of the data packets to an intermediate destination; transmitting said data packets by said node by distributing respective ones of said data packets received from said first device (1,3,5) over different ones of a plurality of communications networks (15;23;25) to said intermediate destination, where said plurality of communication networks (15;23;25) includes at least two wireless communication systems, said data packets being received at a control portion (37,47; 35,45; 33,43) of each of said communications networks (15;23;25) and forwarded by a communications link (39,41) to said intermediate destination such that the data packets are received by said second device; and re-assembling said data packets at the intermediate destination, into the form they took when originally transmitted by said first device (1,3,5) and delivering said data packets to said second device based on the indication of said first component such that the information represented by said data packets may be used.
A piston, comprising: a piston body having an upper combustion surface spaced from an internal cooling chamber by a wall, said wall having at least one pocket extending into said upper combustion surface toward said internal cooling chamber over a depth to a closed bottom surface, said closed bottom surface being spaced from said internal cooling chamber by a portion of said wall having a reduced thickness; characterised in that a tubular member is disposed in said at least one pocket and extending upwardly from said upper combustion surface; wherein said tubular member extends upwardly from said upper combustion surface a distance equal to or greater than said reduced thickness, and wherein said tubular member has a length greater than said depth. a piston body having an upper combustion surface spaced from an internal cooling chamber by a wall, said wall having at least one pocket extending into said upper combustion surface toward said internal cooling chamber over a depth to a closed bottom surface, said closed bottom surface being spaced from said internal cooling chamber by a portion of said wall having a reduced thickness; characterised in that a tubular member is disposed in said at least one pocket and extending upwardly from said upper combustion surface; wherein said tubular member extends upwardly from said upper combustion surface a distance equal to or greater than said reduced thickness, and wherein said tubular member has a length greater than said depth.
A computer implemented method for predicting fracture of an analysis target part in a forming process comprising: a first step of discretizing a portion of an analysis target part by a first finite element mesh and a second finite element mesh where the element size of the second finite element mesh is larger than that of the first finite element mesh respectively and performing forming analysis using a finite element method; a second step of calculating averaged values of maximum principal strain or sheet thickness reduction ratio for each of the finite element meshes; and a third step of extracting a fracture risk portion from the analysis target part discretized by the first finite element mesh, where the difference of the calculated averaged values of the maximum principal strain or sheet thickness reduction ratio between corresponding calculated averaged values of elements of the first finite element mesh and elements of the second finite element mesh is larger than a predetermined value at a position corresponding to a same location on the analysis target part. a first step of discretizing a portion of an analysis target part by a first finite element mesh and a second finite element mesh where the element size of the second finite element mesh is larger than that of the first finite element mesh respectively and performing forming analysis using a finite element method; a second step of calculating averaged values of maximum principal strain or sheet thickness reduction ratio for each of the finite element meshes; and a third step of extracting a fracture risk portion from the analysis target part discretized by the first finite element mesh, where the difference of the calculated averaged values of the maximum principal strain or sheet thickness reduction ratio between corresponding calculated averaged values of elements of the first finite element mesh and elements of the second finite element mesh is larger than a predetermined value at a position corresponding to a same location on the analysis target part.
An acoustic glass-break detector comprising: i) a first and a second microphone, wherein the first microphone is configured for capturing acoustic energy and converting it into a first electrical signal, wherein the second microphone is an omnidirectional microphone configured for capturing acoustic energy and converting it into a second electrical signal; the acoustic glass-break detector further comprising; ii) conditioning circuitry (130, 140) configured to convert the first and second electrical signals into first and second conditioned electrical signals in a form suitable to be captured by an analog to digital converter (ADC1, ADC2); and iii) a digital signal processor for capturing and analyzing the first and second conditioned electrical signals; wherein the digital signal processor is configured to thereby: capture the first and second conditioned electrical signals; characterized in that the acoustic glass-break detector has anti-masking functionality and is configured to perform the capture periodically, perform analysis of the captured signals, including comparing the signals and if: A) the signals have a differential greater than a threshold, to trigger a masking alarm; B) the signals have a differential less than or equal to the threshold, to continue operation. i) a first and a second microphone, wherein the first microphone is configured for capturing acoustic energy and converting it into a first electrical signal, wherein the second microphone is an omnidirectional microphone configured for capturing acoustic energy and converting it into a second electrical signal; the acoustic glass-break detector further comprising; ii) conditioning circuitry (130, 140) configured to convert the first and second electrical signals into first and second conditioned electrical signals in a form suitable to be captured by an analog to digital converter (ADC1, ADC2); and iii) a digital signal processor for capturing and analyzing the first and second conditioned electrical signals; A) the signals have a differential greater than a threshold, to trigger a masking alarm; B) the signals have a differential less than or equal to the threshold, to continue operation.
An insufflation system which insufflates a gas supplied from a gas supply source into a lumen of a living body, the insufflation system comprising: a first insufflation conduit (64, 144) through which the gas is automatically insufflated into the lumen; a second insufflation conduit (65, 145) through which the gas is insufflated into the lumen in response to manual operation; a pressure detecting device (128, 129) configured to detect a pressure inside the lumen; and a control device configured to control an insufflation flow rate of the gas insufflated through the first insufflation conduit (64, 144), based on a pressure difference between the pressure detected by the pressure detecting device (128, 129) and a preset set pressure, the control device configured to alternately repeat an insufflation step of insufflating the gas through the first insufflation conduit (64, 144) and a pressure detection step of stopping insufflating the gas and detecting the pressure inside the lumen by the pressure detecting device (128, 129), characterized in that when one cycle is defined as one repeating unit formed of the insufflation step and the pressure detection step, an average flow rate per cycle of the gas supplied to the first insufflation conduit (64, 144) is set to be less than or equal to the insufflation flow rate when the gas is insufflated through the second insufflation conduit (65, 145). a first insufflation conduit (64, 144) through which the gas is automatically insufflated into the lumen; a second insufflation conduit (65, 145) through which the gas is insufflated into the lumen in response to manual operation; a pressure detecting device (128, 129) configured to detect a pressure inside the lumen; and a control device configured to control an insufflation flow rate of the gas insufflated through the first insufflation conduit (64, 144), based on a pressure difference between the pressure detected by the pressure detecting device (128, 129) and a preset set pressure, the control device configured to alternately repeat an insufflation step of insufflating the gas through the first insufflation conduit (64, 144) and a pressure detection step of stopping insufflating the gas and detecting the pressure inside the lumen by the pressure detecting device (128, 129), characterized in that when one cycle is defined as one repeating unit formed of the insufflation step and the pressure detection step, an average flow rate per cycle of the gas supplied to the first insufflation conduit (64, 144) is set to be less than or equal to the insufflation flow rate when the gas is insufflated through the second insufflation conduit (65, 145).
Anchor assembly having an anchor, which is designed to be inserted into a drill hole in the ground and has an elongated traction element, which has - a base section being designed for anchoring in the ground by injecting an injection medium that can be set, - a centre section designed to be arranged in the ground together with the base section, and - a head portion, which is arranged outside of the hole and a tensioning device for applying a tensile stress, characterised in that - a tension release device is arranged in the region of the head portion and is designed for the targeted reduction of the strength of the traction element at an effective point to a reduced strength state, in which the traction element is plastically deformed at the effective point by the applied tensile stress in order to reduce the stress. - a base section being designed for anchoring in the ground by injecting an injection medium that can be set, - a centre section designed to be arranged in the ground together with the base section, and - a head portion, which is arranged outside of the hole and a tensioning device for applying a tensile stress, - a tension release device is arranged in the region of the head portion and is designed for the targeted reduction of the strength of the traction element at an effective point to a reduced strength state, in which the traction element is plastically deformed at the effective point by the applied tensile stress in order to reduce the stress.
A solid state switching device, comprising an enclosure containing a heatsink having a generally planar base with a central mounting area on one side of the base, first and second groups of heat conductive fins (48, 72) extending from the base on opposite sides of the mounting area, and an outer wall spaced from and generally parallel to the base, with the fins (48, 72) in each of the two groups extending between the base and the outer wall to form open ended ducts (46, 47, 73) between the fins, a solid state switching element mounted on the mounting area of the base beside one of the groups of fins and in heat conductive relationship with the heatsink, ventilation openings (62, 63) in the enclosure in axial alignment with the ducts (46, 47) in each of the two groups through which air can flow to remove heat from the heatsink by radiation and convection, and terminals (36, 37) accessible outside the enclosure for connecting the device to an electrical circuit controlled by the switching element.
Apparatus for processing an analog sensor output signal from a sensor, comprising: an amplifier block, the amplifier block having two or more gain settings, the amplifier block receiving a differential analog sensor output signal from a sensor; an offset block for selectively applying an offset to the differential analog sensor output signal when instructed to do so to output an offset differential analog sensor output signal; and a controller coupled to the amplifier block and the offset block, the controller causing the amplifier block to amplify the differential analog sensor output signal using a first gain setting to produce a lower resolution analog sensor output signal over a first range of the sensor, the controller using a measure related to the lower resolution analog sensor output signal to determine an offset value, the controller instructing the offset block to apply the determined offset value to the differential analog sensor output signal, resulting in the offset differential analog sensor output signal, the controller then causing the amplifier block to amplify the offset differential analog sensor output signal using a second gain setting that is higher than the first gain setting to produce a higher resolution analog sensor output signal over a second range of the sensor, wherein the second range is a subset of the first range. an amplifier block, the amplifier block having two or more gain settings, the amplifier block receiving a differential analog sensor output signal from a sensor; an offset block for selectively applying an offset to the differential analog sensor output signal when instructed to do so to output an offset differential analog sensor output signal; and a controller coupled to the amplifier block and the offset block, the controller causing the amplifier block to amplify the differential analog sensor output signal using a first gain setting to produce a lower resolution analog sensor output signal over a first range of the sensor, the controller using a measure related to the lower resolution analog sensor output signal to determine an offset value, the controller instructing the offset block to apply the determined offset value to the differential analog sensor output signal, resulting in the offset differential analog sensor output signal, the controller then causing the amplifier block to amplify the offset differential analog sensor output signal using a second gain setting that is higher than the first gain setting to produce a higher resolution analog sensor output signal over a second range of the sensor, wherein the second range is a subset of the first range.
A heel retainer for a ski binding, comprising: a base plate using which the heel retainer can be fastened to an upper side of a ski or snowboard; a connecting structure which can be connected to the base plate; and a tensioning device using which a ski boot is tensioned onto the ski, wherein the connecting structure comprises a first connecting structure part and a second connecting structure part, and the first connecting structure part can be moved relative to the second connecting structure part in the transverse release direction when the ski binding is transversely released, and the tensioning device comprises a sole retainer which, in direct contact with the sole of a ski boot, tensions the ski boot towards the ski or snowboard, wherein the sole retainer is formed as a rolling body (5a, 5b) exhibiting a rotational axis (A1, A2) and is connected to the tensioning device such that the sole retainer can be rotated about its rotational axis (A1, A2), characterised in that the rotational axis (A1, A2) is at an acute angle to the surface of the ski. a base plate using which the heel retainer can be fastened to an upper side of a ski or snowboard; a connecting structure which can be connected to the base plate; and a tensioning device using which a ski boot is tensioned onto the ski, wherein the connecting structure comprises a first connecting structure part and a second connecting structure part, and the first connecting structure part can be moved relative to the second connecting structure part in the transverse release direction when the ski binding is transversely released, and the tensioning device comprises a sole retainer which, in direct contact with the sole of a ski boot, tensions the ski boot towards the ski or snowboard,
Method for the production of ultra-fine suspensions, characterized in that - a substance, which is a solid at 20 °C, is dissolved in a solvent, - the solvent is very rapidly and substantially removed from the part of the obtained solution, which is present in the drying process, within 5 seconds, - the powder obtained thereby, the particles of which have an average particle size in the range of 1 to 50 μm (according to laser diffractometry), is dispersed in a dispersing medium, and the thus obtained suspension is further processed, by applying high forces of 10 9 to 10 13 W/m 3, into a suspension the solid particles of which having an average particle size (according to photon correlation spectroscopy PCS) below below 1 μm (1000 nm), and particularly preferred below 400 nm, especially below 200 nm. - a substance, which is a solid at 20 °C, is dissolved in a solvent, - the solvent is very rapidly and substantially removed from the part of the obtained solution, which is present in the drying process, within 5 seconds, - the powder obtained thereby, the particles of which have an average particle size in the range of 1 to 50 μm (according to laser diffractometry), is dispersed in a dispersing medium, and