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A surgical tool system comprising: a surgical tool comprising a handle and an electrical tissue contact element operable to ablate tissue mounted on a distal portion of the tool, wherein the distal portion is connected to the handle via a shaft; a power source electrically connected to the tissue contact element; an impedance analyzer electrically connected to the tissue contact element, wherein the impedance analyzer receives impedance measurement signals from the tissue contact element and calculates tissue impedance; a tactile mapping logic electrically connected to the impedance analyzer, wherein the tactile mapping logic receives calculated impedance information from the impedance analyzer and processes the information into signal commands; and a feedback system including one or more haptic actuators coupled to the handle and electrically connected to the tactile mapping logic, wherein the tactile mapping logic communicates the signal commands to the feedback system and the feedback system uses the signal commands to generate haptic feedback relating to the calculated impedance information to the handle, characterized in that the haptic feedback generated by the feedback system additionally informs a user about operating parameters of the power source, wherein the operating parameters include at least one of a frequency setting and an amplitude setting of the power source that are mapped into a set of vibrotactile alerts to provide confirmation to the user that the power source is operating in a particular mode. a surgical tool comprising a handle and an electrical tissue contact element operable to ablate tissue mounted on a distal portion of the tool, wherein the distal portion is connected to the handle via a shaft; a power source electrically connected to the tissue contact element; an impedance analyzer electrically connected to the tissue contact element, wherein the impedance analyzer receives impedance measurement signals from the tissue contact element and calculates tissue impedance; a tactile mapping logic electrically connected to the impedance analyzer, wherein the tactile mapping logic receives calculated impedance information from the impedance analyzer and processes the information into signal commands; and a feedback system including one or more haptic actuators coupled to the handle and electrically connected to the tactile mapping logic, wherein the tactile mapping logic communicates the signal commands to the feedback system and the feedback system uses the signal commands to generate haptic feedback relating to the calculated impedance information to the handle, characterized in that the haptic feedback generated by the feedback system additionally informs a user about operating parameters of the power source, wherein the operating parameters include at least one of a frequency setting and an amplitude setting of the power source that are mapped into a set of vibrotactile alerts to provide confirmation to the user that the power source is operating in a particular mode.
A tape applicator head for an apparatus, the tape applicator head comprising: an applicator roller for applying a strip of tape to a workpiece positioned on a flatbed of the apparatus; a support for supporting a tape roll; the tape applicator head being characterized by further comprising: a plurality of guides that are each configured for guiding a different tape width; and a guide mount configured for removably mounting a selected one of the plurality of guides; the mounted guide being positioned to guide tape from the tape roll to the applicator roller. an applicator roller for applying a strip of tape to a workpiece positioned on a flatbed of the apparatus; a support for supporting a tape roll; the tape applicator head being characterized by further comprising: a plurality of guides that are each configured for guiding a different tape width; and a guide mount configured for removably mounting a selected one of the plurality of guides; the mounted guide being positioned to guide tape from the tape roll to the applicator roller. a plurality of guides that are each configured for guiding a different tape width; and a guide mount configured for removably mounting a selected one of the plurality of guides; the mounted guide being positioned to guide tape from the tape roll to the applicator roller.
A medical balloon, comprising: a) a plurality of yarn filaments forming a woven textile tube comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the woven textile tube is characterized as having been heated to cause at least some adjacent and overlapping yarn filaments to partially melt together to increase the integrity and strength of the woven textile tube, and b) wherein yarn filaments forming the woven textile tube range from 5 to 500 denier. a) a plurality of yarn filaments forming a woven textile tube comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the woven textile tube is characterized as having been heated to cause at least some adjacent and overlapping yarn filaments to partially melt together to increase the integrity and strength of the woven textile tube, and b) wherein yarn filaments forming the woven textile tube range from 5 to 500 denier.
A method (800, 900) of fabricating a solid laminate stringer on a composite panel comprising: unspooling one or more composite layers onto a composite panel, which comprises aligning at least one of edges and centerlines of the one or more composite layers on the composite panel to one or more curved lines, and wherein the one or more composite layers are unspooled continuously along a length corresponding to a length of the solid laminate stringer; compacting the one or more composite layers unspooled onto the composite panel; cutting the one or more composite layers unspooled onto the composite panel; and curing the one or more composite layers unspooled onto the composite panel. unspooling one or more composite layers onto a composite panel, which comprises aligning at least one of edges and centerlines of the one or more composite layers on the composite panel to one or more curved lines, and wherein the one or more composite layers are unspooled continuously along a length corresponding to a length of the solid laminate stringer; compacting the one or more composite layers unspooled onto the composite panel; cutting the one or more composite layers unspooled onto the composite panel; and curing the one or more composite layers unspooled onto the composite panel.
Method for securing communication between a communication system of a vehicle and a vehicle-external server via a communication interface which is secured in such a way that data can be transmitted to the communication system with integrity protection and authenticity protection and, if necessary, confidentially, wherein a first securing method for non-post-quantum-resistant securing of exchanged data is implemented in the communication system via the communication interface, characterized in that a second securing method for post-quantum-resistant securing of exchanged data is implemented in the communication system via the communication interface,or is implemented via an interface which in turn is implemented in the communication system or is implemented via a software update, wherein a secret for exclusive use in the second securing method can be introduced via an additional interface which in turn is implemented in the communication system or can be implemented via a software update, which secret is received in a cryptographically encrypted manner and is securely stored for exclusive use in the second securing method, wherein the introduction of key material via the additional interface takes place with post-quantum-resistant cryptographic encryption, for which purpose initial equipping of the communication system with secret key material is carried out.
A biological material with composite extracellular matrix components, comprising: an interlayer containing a decellularized small intestinal submucosa; a superior surface layer containing a decellularized urinary bladder matrix; an inferior surface layer containing a UBM; wherein the superior surface layer and the inferior surface layer encapsulated completely the interlayer to form a sandwich structure. an interlayer containing a decellularized small intestinal submucosa; a superior surface layer containing a decellularized urinary bladder matrix; an inferior surface layer containing a UBM; wherein the superior surface layer and the inferior surface layer encapsulated completely the interlayer to form a sandwich structure.
A method of operating a display circuit, wherein the display circuit comprises a plurality of pixel circuits, each pixel circuit comprising at least two transistors in series (M7, M8) connecting a column line to a pixel of a Liquid Crystal Display, the method comprising: performing frame loading operations, wherein each frame loading operation updates a display image of the LCD at a frame rate; and between frame loading operations, for each pixel circuit, holding a charge of the corresponding LCD pixel, characterized in that to hold a charge of a LCD pixel of a pixel circuit between frame loading operations, a negative gate bias voltage (V off) is alternately applied to said transistors in series (M7, M8) of the pixel circuit, and when the negative gate bias voltage is applied to at least one of said transistor, a stress reducing gate voltage (V REST) is applied on the at least one other transistor at a rate higher than the frame rate, said stress reducing gate voltage being higher than said negative gate bias voltage. performing frame loading operations, wherein each frame loading operation updates a display image of the LCD at a frame rate; and between frame loading operations, for each pixel circuit, holding a charge of the corresponding LCD pixel,
A manually removable lid structure comprising: a metal lid having a centre panel, inner and outer walls defining a channel, the outer wall terminating in a generally outwardly extending annulus, and terminating in a raw edge; and a plastics ring comprising an inwardly extending annular shoulder and a peripheral skirt depending from the shoulder, the skirt having an inwardly extending lug which clips against the edge of the lid with the shoulder extending over the lid annulus, and a lower profile which is complementary to the profile of the upper edge of a container body to which, in use, the lid structure is to be fixed; wherein a line of weakening is provided along which at least part of the lower profile of the ring is manually deformable or tearable for opening the container to which the lid structure is attached, and characterized in that the line of weakening defines a tamper evident strip or band that is configured for tearing the lower profile of the ring so that after tearing the lower profile, the lid structure is removable from the container to which the lid structure is attached. a metal lid having a centre panel, inner and outer walls defining a channel, the outer wall terminating in a generally outwardly extending annulus, and terminating in a raw edge; and a plastics ring comprising an inwardly extending annular shoulder and a peripheral skirt depending from the shoulder, the skirt having an inwardly extending lug which clips against the edge of the lid with the shoulder extending over the lid annulus, and a lower profile which is complementary to the profile of the upper edge of a container body to which, in use, the lid structure is to be fixed; wherein a line of weakening is provided along which at least part of the lower profile of the ring is manually deformable or tearable for opening the container to which the lid structure is attached, and characterized in that the line of weakening defines a tamper evident strip or band that is configured for tearing the lower profile of the ring so that after tearing the lower profile, the lid structure is removable from the container to which the lid structure is attached.
A method, comprising: receiving, at a home subscriber server, HSS, in a public land mobile network, PLMN, a request to monitor at least one event associated with at least one user, wherein the request is used to configure, activate, or deactivate delivery of reports from at least one entity in the PLMN to a monitor collection entity in response to said at least one event; and configuring at least one profile in the HSS associated with said at least one user based on the request; and providing from the HSS the request to monitor said at least one event associated with said at least one user to at least one serving node associated with said at least one user and propagating from the at least one serving node the request to monitor the same said at least one event to one other serving node, wherein the other serving node is configurable to monitor the at least one event that is being monitored by the at least one serving node. receiving, at a home subscriber server, HSS, in a public land mobile network, PLMN, a request to monitor at least one event associated with at least one user, wherein the request is used to configure, activate, or deactivate delivery of reports from at least one entity in the PLMN to a monitor collection entity in response to said at least one event; and configuring at least one profile in the HSS associated with said at least one user based on the request; and providing from the HSS the request to monitor said at least one event associated with said at least one user to at least one serving node associated with said at least one user and propagating from the at least one serving node the request to monitor the same said at least one event to one other serving node, wherein the other serving node is configurable to monitor the at least one event that is being monitored by the at least one serving node.
A process for producing chlorine, which comprises reacting chlorine with carbon monoxide to produce phosgene, reacting the phosgene with a primary amine to produce isocyanate and hydrogen chloride as a by-product, and oxidizing the hydrogen chloride through a catalytic gas phase reaction in the presence of a catalyst, wherein a sulfur content in carbon monoxide employed as a raw material for the phosgene is set to not more than 2000 vol. ppb, and wherein the process for producing chlorine is conducted without performing water absorption and stripping of the hydrogen chloride that is a by-product of the isocyanate production.
An oncolytic herpes simplex virus encoding a functional ICP47 or ICP6 gene for use in a method of treating cancer in a human subject, the method comprising administering intravenously, intra-arterially, intracavity or intratumorally more than one dose of the oncolytic herpes simplex virus to the subject wherein the oncolytic herpes simplex virus is a mutant of an HSV-1 strain 17, and further comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immune checkpoint inhibitor.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre for utility vehicles, comprising a carcass, comprising a tyre belt constructed radially outside the carcass and comprising a profiled tread which is constructed on the tyre belt, radially outside the tyre belt, wherein the tyre belt is formed from a plurality of tyre belt plies (13, 14, 15) arranged resting one on top of the other from radially on the inside to radially on the outside, at least two of which tyre belt plies (13, 15) are embodied as working plies, wherein the radially inner working ply and the radially outer working ply of the two working plies are tyre belt plies comprising parallel strengthening members (23, 25) which are made of steel and are embedded in rubber, wherein the strengthening members of the radially inner working ply enclose in their orientation an angle α with the circumferential direction U where 10° ≤ α ≤ 24°, and the strengthening members of the radially outer working ply enclose an angle γ with the circumferential direction U where 10° ≤ γ ≤ 24°, wherein viewed in the circumferential direction U of the vehicle tyre the strengthening members of the one working ply have an opposing axial direction of inclination to that of the strengthening members of the other working ply, and wherein the adjacent strengthening members of the radially inner working ply of the two working plies (13, 15) in the vehicle tyre are at different distances from one another than the adjacent strengthening members of the radially outer working ply of the two working plies (13, 15), characterized in that a further tyre belt ply comprising parallel strengthening members which are embedded in rubber is formed radially outside the radially outer working ply on the outer working ply, wherein the further tyre belt ply is embodied as a zero degree ply whose strengthening members enclose in their orientation an angle δ with the circumferential direction U of the pneumatic vehicle tyre where 0° ≤ δ ≤ 5°.
A surroundings monitoring apparatus comprising: a sensor capable of acquiring detection information about a position of a predetermined monitoring target located in an area surrounding a work machine; and a control unit for outputting an alarm or restricting operation of the work machine in a case where the monitoring target is present within a range in which the sensor can acquire the detection information, within a range equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the work machine, and within a predetermined first range in a height direction of the work machine, characterized in that: in a case where the monitoring target is present on a step surface that is beyond the first range and has a different height than a reference surface on which the work machine is located, or in a case where the monitoring target is present at a position, beyond the first range in the height direction from the reference surface, on an inclined surface having an inclination angle different from the reference surface, the control unit neither outputs the alarm nor restricts the operation. a sensor capable of acquiring detection information about a position of a predetermined monitoring target located in an area surrounding a work machine; and a control unit for outputting an alarm or restricting operation of the work machine in a case where the monitoring target is present within a range in which the sensor can acquire the detection information, within a range equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the work machine, and within a predetermined first range in a height direction of the work machine, characterized in that: in a case where the monitoring target is present on a step surface that is beyond the first range and has a different height than a reference surface on which the work machine is located, or in a case where the monitoring target is present at a position, beyond the first range in the height direction from the reference surface, on an inclined surface having an inclination angle different from the reference surface, the control unit neither outputs the alarm nor restricts the operation.
Method for a medical image analysis, comprising the steps: a) Performing a first CT scan of a region of interest of a subject resulting in a first image with a first resolution; b) Applying a medical image processing method to the first image resulting in first values representing a first analysis of the region of interest of the subject, wherein the medical image processing method is configured to identify a section of the first image by detecting a predefined pattern or at least one predefined feature within the first image; c) Determining a range of interest of the subject based on the first values, wherein the range of interest represents a part of the region of interest where at least one predefined pattern or predefined feature is to be expected; d) Performing a second CT scan of the range of interest of the subject resulting in a second image with a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; and e) Applying the same medical imaging processing method to the second image resulting in second values representing a second analysis of the range of interest of the subject, wherein the medical imaging processing method is configured to identify a section of the second image by detecting a predefined pattern or at least one predefined featured within the second image. a) Performing a first CT scan of a region of interest of a subject resulting in a first image with a first resolution; b) Applying a medical image processing method to the first image resulting in first values representing a first analysis of the region of interest of the subject, wherein the medical image processing method is configured to identify a section of the first image by detecting a predefined pattern or at least one predefined feature within the first image; c) Determining a range of interest of the subject based on the first values, wherein the range of interest represents a part of the region of interest where at least one predefined pattern or predefined feature is to be expected; d) Performing a second CT scan of the range of interest of the subject resulting in a second image with a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; and e) Applying the same medical imaging processing method to the second image resulting in second values representing a second analysis of the range of interest of the subject, wherein the medical imaging processing method is configured to identify a section of the second image by detecting a predefined pattern or at least one predefined featured within the second image.
Heat treatment apparatus (100; 220) comprising: at least one infrared radiator (110, 112) comprising at least one controllable heat source and arranged to emit infrared radiation generated by the heat source to a skin area of a user of the heat treatment apparatus (100; 200); at least one thermal sensor (140, 142) arranged to detect a surface temperature at the skin area of the user; and a control means adapted to control a heat output of the at least one infrared radiator (110, 112) at least partially based on the detected surface temperature at the skin area of the user, wherein the infrared radiator (110, 112) in an operating state corresponding to a heat output delivered to the user in the range of 20 to 120 milliwatts per square centimeter at the skin area of the user, has a minimum delay of less than 5 seconds to achieve a difference of at least 20% in the heat output delivered to the user at the skin area. at least one infrared radiator (110, 112) comprising at least one controllable heat source and arranged to emit infrared radiation generated by the heat source to a skin area of a user of the heat treatment apparatus (100; 200); at least one thermal sensor (140, 142) arranged to detect a surface temperature at the skin area of the user; and a control means adapted to control a heat output of the at least one infrared radiator (110, 112) at least partially based on the detected surface temperature at the skin area of the user, wherein the infrared radiator (110, 112) in an operating state corresponding to a heat output delivered to the user in the range of 20 to 120 milliwatts per square centimeter at the skin area of the user, has a minimum delay of less than 5 seconds to achieve a difference of at least 20% in the heat output delivered to the user at the skin area.