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A venous valve prosthesis comprising: a frame (110, 210, 310); and a prosthetic valve (150, 350, 450) coupled to an outer surface of the frame and being disposed on the outer surface of the frame, the prosthetic valve including a closed configuration and an open configuration; wherein the prosthetic valve in the closed configuration is configured such that with the venous valve prosthesis implanted in a vein an outer surface of the prosthetic valve is in contact with a wall of the vein around a circumference of the prosthetic valve to prevent blood from flowing past the prosthetic valve between the wall of the vein and the outer surface of the prosthetic valve, and wherein the prosthetic valve is configured to move to the open configuration such that at least a portion of an outer wall of the prosthetic valve partially collapses away from the wall of the vein in response to antegrade blood flow through the vein to enable blood flow between the outer surface of the prosthetic valve and the wall of the vein. a frame (110, 210, 310); and a prosthetic valve (150, 350, 450) coupled to an outer surface of the frame and being disposed on the outer surface of the frame, the prosthetic valve including a closed configuration and an open configuration; wherein the prosthetic valve in the closed configuration is configured such that with the venous valve prosthesis implanted in a vein an outer surface of the prosthetic valve is in contact with a wall of the vein around a circumference of the prosthetic valve to prevent blood from flowing past the prosthetic valve between the wall of the vein and the outer surface of the prosthetic valve, and wherein the prosthetic valve is configured to move to the open configuration such that at least a portion of an outer wall of the prosthetic valve partially collapses away from the wall of the vein in response to antegrade blood flow through the vein to enable blood flow between the outer surface of the prosthetic valve and the wall of the vein.
A current limiter for a defibrillation pulse produced by a defibrillator having first and second defibrillation pulse outputs designed to be coupled to patient electrodes comprising: a switching circuit, and a sense resistor (R sen) coupled to the first defibrillation pulse output and a patient electrode; a source of supply voltage coupled to the first electrode output which supplies an operating potential for the switching circuit; and a control circuit responsive to the potential across the sense resistor (R sen) to switch the switching circuit during a condition of excessive current, wherein the control circuit is configured to switch the switching circuit during an excessive current condition to prevent the delivery of excessive current to the output electrode; characterized in that the current limiter further comprises an inductor coupled to the first defibrillation pulse output and the patient electrode, and wherein the inductor is configured to source current to a patient when the switching circuit is switched to a nonconductive state, wherein the switching circuit, the sense resistor (R sen), and the inductor are coupled in series between the first defibrillation pulse output and a patient electrode, and further comprising a flyback diode and a flyback switch (S fb) connected in series between the node between the sense resistor (R sen) and the inductor and the second defibrillator pulse output, such that closure of the flyback switch (S fb) causes the flyback diode to complete a loop circuit including the inductor and a patient impedance (R pat). a switching circuit, and a sense resistor (R sen) coupled to the first defibrillation pulse output and a patient electrode; a source of supply voltage coupled to the first electrode output which supplies an operating potential for the switching circuit; and a control circuit responsive to the potential across the sense resistor (R sen) to switch the switching circuit during a condition of excessive current, wherein the control circuit is configured to switch the switching circuit during an excessive current condition to prevent the delivery of excessive current to the output electrode; characterized in that the current limiter further comprises an inductor coupled to the first defibrillation pulse output and the patient electrode, and wherein the inductor is configured to source current to a patient when the switching circuit is switched to a nonconductive state, wherein the switching circuit, the sense resistor (R sen), and the inductor are coupled in series between the first defibrillation pulse output and a patient electrode, and further comprising a flyback diode and a flyback switch (S fb) connected in series between the node between the sense resistor (R sen) and the inductor and the second defibrillator pulse output, such that closure of the flyback switch (S fb) causes the flyback diode to complete a loop circuit including the inductor and a patient impedance (R pat).
A method of monitoring a Mass Flow Controller connected to a pressure chamber for supplying gas to the chamber, which is in an unpumped condition, including: cyclically switching the MFC to create successive fill cycles for a test period, each fill cycle comprising a fill step, the length of the fill step corresponding to the sum of the fill time and the total MFC switch time during the fill step; and measuring the chamber pressure at intervals during the test period; characterised in that the total switch time of the MFC during each fill step is at least 10% of each fill step and in that the method includes obtaining the average of the pressure measurements and comparing them with historical data to determine whether or not the MFC is functioning properly. cyclically switching the MFC to create successive fill cycles for a test period, each fill cycle comprising a fill step, the length of the fill step corresponding to the sum of the fill time and the total MFC switch time during the fill step; and measuring the chamber pressure at intervals during the test period; characterised in that the total switch time of the MFC during each fill step is at least 10% of each fill step and in that the method includes obtaining the average of the pressure measurements and comparing them with historical data to determine whether or not the MFC is functioning properly.
Holder (10, 50, 104) for high-voltage discharge lines in oil transformers, comprising a plate-shaped, elongated basic insulation module, which has two planar outer sides and side edges (54, 56) and has at its two ends (22, 24) a respective connecting device for connection to construction elements (82, 84) of an oil tank and in its middle region a receiving device (32, 64, 92) for a screen tube, running transversely to the holder, for an electrical conductor, wherein the basic insulation module, along its extent between a first and a second end, is multiply angled (26, 28, 30), so that a creepage path extension is thereby effected, and in that transversely to the longitudinal extent of the basic insulation module are provided a plurality of adjacent slots (38, 40, 62), which run round this on its planar outer sides and its side edges (54, 56) in a respective plane.
Device for injection of fluids in a well bore, wherein the device comprises an outer hollow housing comprising at least one slot therein between an internal surface of the outer housing and an outer surface of the outer housing, and an internal body moveable within the outer housing in an longitudinal direction of the internal body and comprising an internal mainly longitudinal bore for the flow of injection fluids from an inlet of the bore connectable to a source of injection fluids to an outlet of the bore, where the movement of the internal body is operated by pressure differential across the internal body, the movement of the internal body is for closing or opening the outlet, the bore outlet in a closed position is closed with a seal system (10, 11) between the outer housing and the internal body, and the internal body comprises at least one slot from the internal bore to the outside of the internal body forming the outlet of the internal bore, which in an open position of the device corresponds to the at least one slot in the outer housing, and characterised in that it leads directly from the internal bore to the outside of the outer housing with a mainly linear flow path and via the at least one slot of the internal body, and which at least one slot of the internal body is bevelled and angled from an internal surface to an outer surface of the internal body in order to obtain streamline flow of the injection fluid from the internal bore to the outside of the device. the movement of the internal body is for closing or opening the outlet, the bore outlet in a closed position is closed with a seal system (10, 11) between the outer housing and the internal body, and the internal body comprises at least one slot from the internal bore to the outside of the internal body forming the outlet of the internal bore, which in an open position of the device corresponds to the at least one slot in the outer housing, and characterised in that it leads directly from the internal bore to the outside of the outer housing with a mainly linear flow path and via the at least one slot of the internal body, and which at least one slot of the internal body is bevelled and angled from an internal surface to an outer surface of the internal body in order to obtain streamline flow of the injection fluid from the internal bore to the outside of the device.
Fuel system for an internal combustion engine, which fuel system comprises a first fuel tank, a fuel filter device, arranged between a low pressure pump operated by an electric motor and a high pressure pump, a first fuel conduit, through which the low pressure pump is arranged to supply fuel from the first fuel tank to the fuel filter device, and a control device arranged in connection with the electric motor, operating the low pressure pump, wherein an overflow conduit is arranged in connection with a deaeration outlet, arranged in the fuel filter device, and the first fuel tank, and wherein the control device is arranged to control the electric motor, in such a way that the low pressure pump is active when the internal combustion engine is turned off for a limited period, characterised in that the control device is arranged to reduce the rotational speed of the low pressure pump when the internal combustion engine is turned off for said limited period, thereby ensuring that fuel flows from the fuel filter device back to the first fuel tank via the deaeration outlet arranged in the fuel filter device, and the overflow conduit arranged in connection with the deaeration outlet and the first fuel tank.
Hydraulic system of a transmission having a plurality of pressure regulating valves, among them a plurality of clutch valves (62, 63, 88) and first pressure regulating valves (28, 29), it being possible for a prevailing pressure (p_sys) to be adjusted in the region of all pressure regulating valves (62, 63, 88, 28, 29) to a pressure level to be set downstream in a manner which is dependent on an overall force component which acts in each case on a valve slide in a manner which is dependent on the operating state, the overall force component being set in a manner which is dependent on a pilot control force component which can be applied in each case on the valve slide, an actuating force component and a regulating force component which is dependent on the pressure level which prevails downstream, it being possible for the pilot control force component and the actuating force component of the first pressure regulating valves (28, 29) to be applied at the valve slide in a respectively identically acting manner in the direction of a first end position of a valve slide of a first pressure regulating valve (28, 29), in which first end position the region upstream of the first pressure regulating valve (28, 29) is connected to the region downstream of the first pressure regulating valve via the first pressure regulating valve, whereas the pressure downstream of the first pressure regulating valve (28, 29) of the pilot control force component and the actuating force component can be applied at the valve slide in a counteracting manner in the direction of a second end position of the valve slide, in which second end position the region downstream of a pressure regulating valve (62, 63, 88, 28, 29) is connected to a low pressure region, characterized in that the clutch valves (62, 63, 88) can be brought into an operative connection via a valve unit which can be pilot controlled to a region which conducts pressure (p_sys) of a primary pressure circuit or to a further valve unit, the further valve unit being configured as a pressure limiting valve and setting a predefined pressure level upstream of the further valve unit, and being connected downstream to a low pressure region.
A belt cutter (10; 72; 92; 118; 132; 150) comprising: a main body having a slot (14; 82; 114; 144; 156) for receiving an end portion of a belt having regularly spaced ridges on one side that extend across the width of the belt; a blade (42; 88; 100; 122; 142; 162) extending from the main body into the slot (14; 82; 114; 144; 156); a guide (24; 80; 98; 120, 121; 138; 152) bounding one side of the slot (14; 82; 114; 144; 156) and having an outer face having one or more grooves (30, 30'; 89, 89'; 146, 147; 158, 159) for receiving one or more of the ridges of the belt and registering the belt relative to the blade (42; 88; 100; 122; 142; 162); a handle (58; 76) for pulling the main body across the width of the belt in a direction (32; 90; 116) parallel to the ridges for the blade (14; 88; 100; 122; 142; 162) to cut through the end portion of the belt and form a butt end parallel to the ridges. a main body having a slot (14; 82; 114; 144; 156) for receiving an end portion of a belt having regularly spaced ridges on one side that extend across the width of the belt; a blade (42; 88; 100; 122; 142; 162) extending from the main body into the slot (14; 82; 114; 144; 156); a guide (24; 80; 98; 120, 121; 138; 152) bounding one side of the slot (14; 82; 114; 144; 156) and having an outer face having one or more grooves (30, 30'; 89, 89'; 146, 147; 158, 159) for receiving one or more of the ridges of the belt and registering the belt relative to the blade (42; 88; 100; 122; 142; 162); a handle (58; 76) for pulling the main body across the width of the belt in a direction (32; 90; 116) parallel to the ridges for the blade (14; 88; 100; 122; 142; 162) to cut through the end portion of the belt and form a butt end parallel to the ridges.
Method for purifying combustion fumes, in which: - fumes to be purified are passed through a gas-solid separator, - the following are fed into a quench reactor at the same time: • a fraction of the solid residues discharged from the separator, this fraction amounting to between 50% and 95% of the total output of the solid residues discharged from the separator, • a reagent formed from alkaline earth metal oxide, and • a gaseous flux containing between 25% and 100% by volume of steam, wherein the flow time of the solids through the reactor, during which the mixture of said fraction of solid residues and said reagent is exposed to said gaseous flux, ranges between 1 and 30 minutes, and - the solids discharged from the reactor are recirculated to the separator by mixing them with the fumes to be purified upstream of the separator. - fumes to be purified are passed through a gas-solid separator, - the following are fed into a quench reactor at the same time: • a fraction of the solid residues discharged from the separator, this fraction amounting to between 50% and 95% of the total output of the solid residues discharged from the separator, • a reagent formed from alkaline earth metal oxide, and • a gaseous flux containing between 25% and 100% by volume of steam, wherein the flow time of the solids through the reactor, during which the mixture of said fraction of solid residues and said reagent is exposed to said gaseous flux, ranges between 1 and 30 minutes, and • a fraction of the solid residues discharged from the separator, this fraction amounting to between 50% and 95% of the total output of the solid residues discharged from the separator, • a reagent formed from alkaline earth metal oxide, and • a gaseous flux containing between 25% and 100% by volume of steam, - the solids discharged from the reactor are recirculated to the separator by mixing them with the fumes to be purified upstream of the separator.
A printer configured to print an image on a print medium based on print data that includes print dot data for each of a plurality of print lines, comprising: a print head including a plurality of heating elements (E1-E12) arranged along a direction of the print lines; and a controller configured to find the number of print dots on each print line and determine a first control mode or a second control mode as a control mode of the heating elements (E1-E12) for printing each print line based on the found number of print dots, wherein in the second control mode dividing the heating elements (E1-E12) into a plurality of second groups the controller controls the plurality of heating elements (E1-E12) to generate heat at a different timing for each second group including two or more heating elements (E1-E12), at least two of which are spaced apart, characterized in that in the first control mode dividing the heating elements (E1-E12) into a plurality of first groups along the direction of the print lines, each first group including two or more adjacent heating elements (E1-E12), the controller controls the plurality of heating elements (E1-E12) to generate heat at a different timing for each first group so that heating elements in each first group are heated concurrently. a print head including a plurality of heating elements (E1-E12) arranged along a direction of the print lines; and a controller configured to find the number of print dots on each print line and determine a first control mode or a second control mode as a control mode of the heating elements (E1-E12) for printing each print line based on the found number of print dots, wherein in the second control mode dividing the heating elements (E1-E12) into a plurality of second groups the controller controls the plurality of heating elements (E1-E12) to generate heat at a different timing for each second group including two or more heating elements (E1-E12), at least two of which are spaced apart, characterized in that in the first control mode dividing the heating elements (E1-E12) into a plurality of first groups along the direction of the print lines, each first group including two or more adjacent heating elements (E1-E12), the controller controls the plurality of heating elements (E1-E12) to generate heat at a different timing for each first group so that heating elements in each first group are heated concurrently.
Switch comprising a switch insert, a covering frame, at least one actuating rocker (50, 51) and a lighting assembly provided in the switch insert and comprising a light-emitting means, wherein the light radiation generated by the light-emitting means passes to at least one fibreoptic conductor (54, 56) introduced in at least one fibreoptic window (53, 55) of the at least one actuating rocker (50, 51), with the result that lighting which is detectable from the front side of the switch is provided, • wherein a light barrier plate system is provided which consists of two plates (61, 62) and is positioned on the switch insert, • wherein the rear sides of the plates (61, 62) are provided with clamping domes for fixing and centering the light barrier plate system on the switch insert, said clamping domes engaging in corresponding openings in the switch insert, • wherein the front sides of the plates (61, 62) are provided with ribs (65, 66) as a barrier to the light which prevent light from passing from the light-emitting means to the gap between the covering frame and the actuating rocker (50, 51), • wherein the two plates (61, 62) of the light barrier plate system are connected to one another via a connecting bow. • wherein a light barrier plate system is provided which consists of two plates (61, 62) and is positioned on the switch insert, • wherein the rear sides of the plates (61, 62) are provided with clamping domes for fixing and centering the light barrier plate system on the switch insert, said clamping domes engaging in corresponding openings in the switch insert, • wherein the front sides of the plates (61, 62) are provided with ribs (65, 66) as a barrier to the light which prevent light from passing from the light-emitting means to the gap between the covering frame and the actuating rocker (50, 51), • wherein the two plates (61, 62) of the light barrier plate system are connected to one another via a connecting bow.
A radio base station, characterized by: a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of downlink signals from a plurality of cells through a plurality of paths; and a cell identification determination unit configured to determine the downlink signals with an identical scrambling code as downlink signals from different cells based on the determination that the arrival time difference between the downlink signals with the identical scrambling code is larger than a predetermined value and to determine the downlink signals with the identical scrambling code as a series of downlink signals transmitted from an identical cell based on the determination that the arrival time difference between the downlink signals with the identical scrambling code is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value. a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of downlink signals from a plurality of cells through a plurality of paths; and a cell identification determination unit configured to determine the downlink signals with an identical scrambling code as downlink signals from different cells based on the determination that the arrival time difference between the downlink signals with the identical scrambling code is larger than a predetermined value and to determine the downlink signals with the identical scrambling code as a series of downlink signals transmitted from an identical cell based on the determination that the arrival time difference between the downlink signals with the identical scrambling code is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.