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A delivery system for percutaneous transcatheter delivery of an annuloplasty ring to repair a target valve of a heart via a trans-apical approach, the delivery apparatus comprising: a guide sheath having a lumen therethrough and configured to be positioned into the heart via an access site through a wall of the heart at the apex of the heart, the guide sheath having a length configured to be positioned through a ventricle of the heart, retrograde through the target valve, and into an atrium of the heart; a delivery assembly configured to be positioned within the guide sheath and advanced to a distal portion of the guide sheath; an annuloplasty ring (114, 114', 1002, 1100, 1300, 1600, 1800, 2100) configured to be arranged in a compressed delivery geometry within a plane that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the lumen of the guiding sheath, wherein the annuloplasty ring comprises a plurality of anchors (602, 1004, 1104, 1610, 1710, 2108) configured to be pressed into and engage tissue of the annulus of the target valve; and wherein the delivery assembly comprises a balloon assembly 106 and the annuloplasty ring is further configured to be arranged around the balloon assembly which comprises an upper balloon portion, a lower balloon portion and a double lumen shaft coupling the upper balloon portion and the lower balloon portion, the double lumen shaft having a first lumen coupled to and configured to direct a fluid or gas into the upper balloon portion from outside the heart and a second lumen coupled to and configured to direct a fluid or gas into the lower balloon portion from outside the heart. a guide sheath having a lumen therethrough and configured to be positioned into the heart via an access site through a wall of the heart at the apex of the heart, the guide sheath having a length configured to be positioned through a ventricle of the heart, retrograde through the target valve, and into an atrium of the heart; a delivery assembly configured to be positioned within the guide sheath and advanced to a distal portion of the guide sheath; an annuloplasty ring (114, 114', 1002, 1100, 1300, 1600, 1800, 2100) configured to be arranged in a compressed delivery geometry within a plane that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the lumen of the guiding sheath, wherein the annuloplasty ring comprises a plurality of anchors (602, 1004, 1104, 1610, 1710, 2108) configured to be pressed into and engage tissue of the annulus of the target valve; and wherein the delivery assembly comprises a balloon assembly 106 and the annuloplasty ring is further configured to be arranged around the balloon assembly which comprises an upper balloon portion, a lower balloon portion and a double lumen shaft coupling the upper balloon portion and the lower balloon portion, the double lumen shaft having a first lumen coupled to and configured to direct a fluid or gas into the upper balloon portion from outside the heart and a second lumen coupled to and configured to direct a fluid or gas into the lower balloon portion from outside the heart.
A seat occupancy detection device (2, 52) comprising: a membrane switch (4, 54) formed in a bar shape and adapted to be provided at a seat cushion, the membrane switch (4, 54) including a plurality of contact portions (6A, 6B, 6C, 6D) arranged in a straight line in a lengthwise direction of the membrane switch (4, 54), two of the contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) from among the plurality of contact portions (6A, 6B, 6C, 6D) being connected in series such that the membrane switch (4, 54) outputs a seat occupancy detection signal when two of the contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) are turned on at the same time by a load of an occupant seated on the seat cushion, r characterised in that the two contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) from among the plurality of contact portions are arranged at every other contact portion, wherein the membrane switch (4, 54) is provided at the seat cushion in a manner that at least a set of the two contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) is positioned in a seating load area when the seating load area is positioned anywhere among four seating load areas (FLA, FRA, BLA, BRA), the seating load area receiving the load of the occupant who is seated on the seat cushion, and the four seating load areas (FLA, FRA, BLA, BRA) each being most deviated in a longitudinal direction or a lateral direction of a vehicle on which the seat cushion is mounted relative to a standard position located in a rear center portion of the seat cushion, the standard position being an area on which an occupant sits without a positional deviation. a membrane switch (4, 54) formed in a bar shape and adapted to be provided at a seat cushion, the membrane switch (4, 54) including a plurality of contact portions (6A, 6B, 6C, 6D) arranged in a straight line in a lengthwise direction of the membrane switch (4, 54), two of the contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) from among the plurality of contact portions (6A, 6B, 6C, 6D) being connected in series such that the membrane switch (4, 54) outputs a seat occupancy detection signal when two of the contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) are turned on at the same time by a load of an occupant seated on the seat cushion, r characterised in that the two contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) from among the plurality of contact portions are arranged at every other contact portion, wherein the membrane switch (4, 54) is provided at the seat cushion in a manner that at least a set of the two contact portions (6A, 6C/6B, 6D) is positioned in a seating load area when the seating load area is positioned anywhere among four seating load areas (FLA, FRA, BLA, BRA), the seating load area receiving the load of the occupant who is seated on the seat cushion, and the four seating load areas (FLA, FRA, BLA, BRA) each being most deviated in a longitudinal direction or a lateral direction of a vehicle on which the seat cushion is mounted relative to a standard position located in a rear center portion of the seat cushion, the standard position being an area on which an occupant sits without a positional deviation.
An air filter arrangement comprising a filter housing for connection to a duct for a combustion engine of a truck, a cover for closing a top aperture of the filter housing, an engine air outlet on the cover, and a flexible pipe section on the engine air outlet for the connection to the duct, which pipe section is adapted to allowing the cover to be removed from the top aperture and a filter unit to be introduced into and taken out from the filter housing when the housing is connected to the duct, characterized in that the pipe section has a curved portion C which has a narrowing cross-section in a direction of flow and which is made of rubber elastic material which, like a roll bellows, allows the larger cross-section nearest to the cover to be turned inside out over the narrowing cross-section nearest to the air duct when the cover is being opened.
A container for blood or a blood component, the container comprising one or more container walls defining an interior chamber, the container walls comprising one or more layers, the layers comprising or consisting of a composition comprising PVC, a first extractable agent, and a second extractable agent, wherein the first extractable agent is a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid ester, preferably 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid diisononyl ester (DINCH), and the second extractable agent is a citrate ester, preferably acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC) or butiryl trihexyl citrate (BTHC), wherein the container further comprises one or more additional components, wherein the one or more additional components are selected from the group consisting of an outlet port, an inlet port, an adapter, a spike, a seal, a valve, a tube, a label, and combinations thereof, and/or wherein the one or more additional components are an injection molded additional component, or an extruded additional component, wherein the container comprises less than 3% (w/w) of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), preferably wherein the container comprises less than 3% (w/w) of phthalates. the container walls comprising one or more layers, the layers comprising or consisting of a composition comprising PVC, a first extractable agent, and a second extractable agent, wherein the first extractable agent is a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid ester, preferably 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid diisononyl ester (DINCH), and the second extractable agent is a citrate ester, preferably acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC) or butiryl trihexyl citrate (BTHC), wherein the one or more additional components are selected from the group consisting of an outlet port, an inlet port, an adapter, a spike, a seal, a valve, a tube, a label, and combinations thereof, and/or wherein the one or more additional components are an injection molded additional component, or an extruded additional component, wherein the container comprises less than 3% (w/w) of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), preferably wherein the container comprises less than 3% (w/w) of phthalates.
A polypeptide suitable for targeting phosphatidylserine cell-surface expression both in vitro and in vivo, said polypeptide comprising: a protein S gamma-carboxyglutamic-acid (Gla) domain, an EGF domain, and a therapeutic agent; wherein the polypeptide lacks a protease domain and also lacks a hormone-binding domain. a protein S gamma-carboxyglutamic-acid (Gla) domain, an EGF domain, and a therapeutic agent; wherein the polypeptide lacks a protease domain and also lacks a hormone-binding domain.
An image-forming device, comprising: a plurality of paper-supply stages (112a - 112d); remaining paper amount detection sensors that detect the remaining paper amounts in the paper-supply stages (112a - 112d); and a system control unit is configured such that, when there is a fax reception of a fax to be printed by the image forming device and a remaining paper amount that is detected by a remaining paper amount detection sensor of the remaining paper amount detection sensors is less than a setting value, sets a paper-supply stage (112a - 112d) that has a paper amount that is less than the setting value as a FAX use only paper-supply stage (112a - 112d) a plurality of paper-supply stages (112a - 112d); remaining paper amount detection sensors that detect the remaining paper amounts in the paper-supply stages (112a - 112d); and a system control unit is configured such that, when there is a fax reception of a fax to be printed by the image forming device and a remaining paper amount that is detected by a remaining paper amount detection sensor of the remaining paper amount detection sensors is less than a setting value, sets a paper-supply stage (112a - 112d) that has a paper amount that is less than the setting value as a FAX use only paper-supply stage (112a - 112d)
Agricultural machine in the form of a disc harrow for cultivating soil, wherein the disc harrow has a frame with a plurality of discs which are arranged at least in two consecutive transverse rows and next to one another and are positioned at an angle with respect to the direction of travel and are arranged in a freely rotatable manner, wherein the discs of the first transverse row are arranged obliquely in an opposed manner to the discs of the second transverse row, wherein the respectively outermost, outwardly throwing disc of one transverse row (9, 10) is assigned, offset to the rear in the direction of travel and spaced apart laterally from said outer disc, an apparatus which collects the soil thrown to the side by the disc, characterized in that the apparatus is designed as a side disc which is mounted in a freely rotatable manner, in that the side disc is fastened to the frame on the machine by means of a supporting arm (18, 19), in that the supporting arm is articulated on the frame by means of a joint having a vertical axis, and in that the supporting arm (18, 19) is bringable and/or pivotable with the side disc into a working position to the side of the disc and into a transport position within the transport width of the machine.
An expert system with a rules editor system for use therewith comprising: a clinical database comprising a finite set of real data; a rule editor for creating, editing, or creating and editing at least one rule expression, for checking the database for information stored on the database, wherein the rules editor comprises pre-determined text-based rules expressions for generating the at least one rule expression, where the rule expression comprises at least one condition or action input by a user; a block manager for verifying the logic of the rule expression the block manager comprising a block editor for controlling the graphical presentation of the rule editor, wherein the block manager uses a block editor definition to define combinations of condition inputs and action inputs for a logically correct rule expression; a rule manager for converting the rule expression into a rule interpretable by the expert system; a test scenario facility for executing the interpretable rule with sample data values that are a subset of the real data of the database and for providing an output, wherein, if the output is the one expected, the interpretable rule is promoted to an enabled rule authorized by the rule editor to modify the real data in the database; and a graphical user interface through which (a) the rule editor presents the display for creating, editing, or creating and editing the at least one rule expression, (b) the sample data is entered into a test scenario template and (c) the results of the executed interpretable rule are displayed. a clinical database comprising a finite set of real data; a rule editor for creating, editing, or creating and editing at least one rule expression, for checking the database for information stored on the database, wherein the rules editor comprises pre-determined text-based rules expressions for generating the at least one rule expression, where the rule expression comprises at least one condition or action input by a user; a block manager for verifying the logic of the rule expression the block manager comprising a block editor for controlling the graphical presentation of the rule editor, wherein the block manager uses a block editor definition to define combinations of condition inputs and action inputs for a logically correct rule expression; a rule manager for converting the rule expression into a rule interpretable by the expert system; a test scenario facility for executing the interpretable rule with sample data values that are a subset of the real data of the database and for providing an output, wherein, if the output is the one expected, the interpretable rule is promoted to an enabled rule authorized by the rule editor to modify the real data in the database; and a graphical user interface through which (a) the rule editor presents the display for creating, editing, or creating and editing the at least one rule expression, (b) the sample data is entered into a test scenario template and (c) the results of the executed interpretable rule are displayed.
Tank for storing hot water, comprising a tank body where the water is stored, said tank body comprising a plurality of hollow tubular segments which are arranged adjacent and attached to one another forming rows such that a first tubular segment is arranged in a first row and a last tubular segment is arranged in a last row, higher than the first row, a cover (4A, 4B) at each end of the tank body enabling closure of the tank, a main intake arranged in the first tubular segment and through which pressurized water is introduced into the tank, preferably from the supply system, and a main outlet arranged in the last tubular segment and through which water is discharged from the tank for use thereof, allowing the communication between two contiguous tubular segments through passage ports arranged in at least one of the covers (4A, 4B), characterized in that the first tubular segment and the last tubular segment of the plurality of segments are communicated through a bridge conduit which is arranged on one of the sides of the tank.
A computer implemented volume measurement method, comprising: determining thicknesses of a measured object in each of directions of multiple X-rays emitted from an accelerator target according to measurement results of the X-rays (S102, S402), wherein the multiple X-rays are emitted by the accelerator target in a same plane at the same time, and an intersection of the plane and the measured object is a cross section of the measured object; determining a proximal distance between the accelerator target and a proximal intersection point on each of the X-rays emitted from the accelerator target, wherein the proximal intersection point is one of the intersection points of the X-ray and the measured object that is closest to the accelerator target; determining a cross section area of the measured object according to the thicknesses corresponding to each of the X-rays in the cross section of the measured object, comprising: determining the cross section area of the measured object according to the thicknesses and the proximal distance corresponding to each of the X-rays and the angle between the corresponding adjacent X-rays in the cross section of the measured object; and determining a volume of the measured object according to the cross section area (S106, S408) and a length of the measured object in a direction perpendicular to the cross section. determining thicknesses of a measured object in each of directions of multiple X-rays emitted from an accelerator target according to measurement results of the X-rays (S102, S402), wherein the multiple X-rays are emitted by the accelerator target in a same plane at the same time, and an intersection of the plane and the measured object is a cross section of the measured object; determining a proximal distance between the accelerator target and a proximal intersection point on each of the X-rays emitted from the accelerator target, wherein the proximal intersection point is one of the intersection points of the X-ray and the measured object that is closest to the accelerator target; determining a cross section area of the measured object according to the thicknesses corresponding to each of the X-rays in the cross section of the measured object, comprising: determining the cross section area of the measured object according to the thicknesses and the proximal distance corresponding to each of the X-rays and the angle between the corresponding adjacent X-rays in the cross section of the measured object; and determining a volume of the measured object according to the cross section area (S106, S408) and a length of the measured object in a direction perpendicular to the cross section.
A wireless stethoscope comprising at least one wireless sensor for monitoring bodily sounds and a receiver unit, wherein said wireless sensor comprises: at least one microphone that detects bodily sounds; a preamplifier that amplifies the bodily sounds within a specific wavelength range, wherein said specific wavelength range corresponds to the wavelength of sounds typical of pulmonary sounds or the wavelength of sounds typical of cardiac sounds; a filter circuit that removes or reduces bodily noises that are outside said specific wavelength range, wherein said filter circuit is interfaced with a power amplifier that amplifies bodily sounds that are within said specific wavelength range; an analog to digital converter interfaced to a microcontroller that digitizes the bodily sounds that are within said specific wavelength range, and a transmitter unit for wireless transmission of said digitized bodily sounds within said specific wavelength range to said receiver unit, wherein said receiver unit receives and processes said sound signals and transmits said sound signals to a user-end listening and displaying device, and wherein said filter circuit further distinguishes and separates cardiac sounds from pulmonary sounds, such that only the pulmonary sounds or the cardiac sounds are transmitted to the receiver. at least one microphone that detects bodily sounds; a preamplifier that amplifies the bodily sounds within a specific wavelength range, wherein said specific wavelength range corresponds to the wavelength of sounds typical of pulmonary sounds or the wavelength of sounds typical of cardiac sounds; a filter circuit that removes or reduces bodily noises that are outside said specific wavelength range, wherein said filter circuit is interfaced with a power amplifier that amplifies bodily sounds that are within said specific wavelength range; an analog to digital converter interfaced to a microcontroller that digitizes the bodily sounds that are within said specific wavelength range, and a transmitter unit for wireless transmission of said digitized bodily sounds within said specific wavelength range to said receiver unit,
A vertical shaft impact crusher comprising a rotor, adapted for rotating about a substantially vertical axis for accelerating a flow of material to be crushed; a housing, comprising a circumferential impact wall section against which the accelerated flow of material may be crushed; a feed tube, adapted for vertically feeding a flow of material to be crushed into the rotor; and a feeding chamber, defined by a feeding chamber side wall and adapted for vertically feeding a flow of material into the feed tube, characterised in said crusher further comprising a first door for opening and closing a first aperture in the feeding chamber side wall, such that said feed tube may be removed from said feeding chamber via said first aperture.
Safety cabinet, more particularly hazardous substances cabinet, for storing preferably liquid hazardous substances, with a cabinet body, also with at least one cabinet door and with at least one locking element for the cabinet door, characterised in that - the locking element is in the form of a locking bolt subject to the action of a spring, wherein - the locking element assumes its unlocking position against the force of the spring and with the force of the spring is moved into the locking position, and - after having assumed its unlocking position and having taken into account a pre-selectable period of time and/or a pre-selectable point in time, the locking element is moved back into the locking position - irrespective of any position of the cabinet door and that - in its locking position and if the cabinet door is open, the locking element protrudes at the edge and - when the cabinet door assumes the closed position, engages in a hollow bore in the cabinet body. - the locking element is in the form of a locking bolt subject to the action of a spring, wherein - the locking element assumes its unlocking position against the force of the spring and with the force of the spring is moved into the locking position, and - after having assumed its unlocking position and having taken into account a pre-selectable period of time and/or a pre-selectable point in time, the locking element is moved back into the locking position - irrespective of any position of the cabinet door and that - in its locking position and if the cabinet door is open, the locking element protrudes at the edge and - when the cabinet door assumes the closed position, engages in a hollow bore in the cabinet body.