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An implantable neurostimulator, comprising: a shell having a first transverse line extending between first opposing ends of the shell, and a second transverse line extending between second opposing ends of the shell, wherein the first transverse line is shorter than the second transverse line; at least one upper connector assembly and at least one lower connector assembly housed in the shell, each configured for receiving a neurostimulation lead, wherein the at least one upper connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line, and the at least one lower connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line; and at least one upper strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one upper connector assembly and one of the first opposing ends of the shell, and at least one lower strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one lower connector assembly and one of the second opposing ends of the shell, characterized in that the at least one upper strain relief member has a shorter length than the at least one lower strain relief member. a shell having a first transverse line extending between first opposing ends of the shell, and a second transverse line extending between second opposing ends of the shell, wherein the first transverse line is shorter than the second transverse line; at least one upper connector assembly and at least one lower connector assembly housed in the shell, each configured for receiving a neurostimulation lead, wherein the at least one upper connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line, and the at least one lower connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line; and at least one upper strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one upper connector assembly and one of the first opposing ends of the shell, and at least one lower strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one lower connector assembly and one of the second opposing ends of the shell, characterized in that the at least one upper strain relief member has a shorter length than the at least one lower strain relief member.
Protective barrier for an item of industrial equipment (E, E1, E2, E3) that is traversed by and/or or processes a combustible fluid or oxygen, comprising four vertical walls (1, 2, 3, 4, C, C') forming four sides of a parallelepiped, these walls being attached to a base so as to define a rectangular-section space that is intended to contain the industrial equipment arranged on the base, the four vertical walls having a height of at least 2.4 m and comprising at least one partial roof (T1, T2, T3, T4) attached to at least one of the vertical walls, having a surface parallel to the base and extending over the space, the surface area of the partial roof or the surface area of each of the partial roofs being equal to at most 50%, preferably at most 30%, of the surface area corresponding to the rectangular section, characterized in that a first wall (1, 2) of the four walls, whose length is that of the barrier, is attached to a first partial roof (T1, T4) and the height of a second of the four walls or of a partition is greater than that of the first wall, the second wall or the partition being parallel to the first wall.
A method comprising: receiving laser data collected for a roadway as a vehicle is driven along the roadway, wherein the laser data includes a plurality of laser data points, each data point of the plurality of laser data points having location and intensity information associated therewith; determining an average intensity of the plurality laser data points associated with locations within the roadway; comparing the average intensity to a threshold value associated with an expected average intensity of the roadway under dry weather conditions; when the average intensity is below the threshold value, identifying an indication that the roadway is wet; estimating, by a processor, a driving condition of the roadway based on the indication the roadway is wet; and using the estimate, by the processor, to make a driving decision for the vehicle. receiving laser data collected for a roadway as a vehicle is driven along the roadway, wherein the laser data includes a plurality of laser data points, each data point of the plurality of laser data points having location and intensity information associated therewith; determining an average intensity of the plurality laser data points associated with locations within the roadway; comparing the average intensity to a threshold value associated with an expected average intensity of the roadway under dry weather conditions; when the average intensity is below the threshold value, identifying an indication that the roadway is wet; estimating, by a processor, a driving condition of the roadway based on the indication the roadway is wet; and using the estimate, by the processor, to make a driving decision for the vehicle.
A process for producing a glasslike, transparent coating on a substrate, by coating the substrate with a solution comprising a) a polysilazane of the formula -(SiR'R"-NR"') n - where R', R", R"' are the same or different and are each independently hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, vinyl or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl radical, where n is an integer and n is such that the polysilazane has a number-average molecular weight of from 150 to 150 000 g/mol, and b) a catalyst in an organic solvent, subsequently removing the solvent by evaporation to leave a polysilazane layer having a layer thickness of 0.05-3.0 μm on the substrate, and irradiating the polysilazane layer with VUV radiation with wavelength fractions < 230 nm and UV radiation with wavelength fractions between 230 and 300 nm in a steam-containing atmosphere in the presence of oxygen, active oxygen and optionally nitrogen wherein the catalyst used is a basic catalyst, in particular N,N-diethylethanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, triethanolamine, triethylamine, 3-morpholinopropylamine or N-heterocyclic compounds.
A clock generator circuit, comprising: a fractional reference generator configured to generate a reference clock in response to a base reference clock and a phase error signal, the reference clock having a frequency that is a rational multiple of a frequency of the base reference clock; a digitally controlled delay line, DCDL, configured to delay the reference clock based on a first control code; a pulse generator configured to generate pulses based on the delayed reference clock; a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO, including an injection input coupled to the pulse generator to receive the pulses, the DCO configured to generate an output clock based on the pulses and a second control code; a phase detector configured to compare phases of the output clock and the reference clock and generate the phase error signal; and a control circuit configured to generate the first and second control codes based on the phase error signal. a fractional reference generator configured to generate a reference clock in response to a base reference clock and a phase error signal, the reference clock having a frequency that is a rational multiple of a frequency of the base reference clock; a digitally controlled delay line, DCDL, configured to delay the reference clock based on a first control code; a pulse generator configured to generate pulses based on the delayed reference clock; a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO, including an injection input coupled to the pulse generator to receive the pulses, the DCO configured to generate an output clock based on the pulses and a second control code; a phase detector configured to compare phases of the output clock and the reference clock and generate the phase error signal; and a control circuit configured to generate the first and second control codes based on the phase error signal.
A guide wire comprising: a flexible elongate wire body; and a coating layer which covers a distal portion of the wire body and is formed of a resin material, the wire body has a projection which projects along the entire circumference of an outer circumferential portion of the wire body, the projection has a distal portion thereof in contact with a proximal portion of the coating layer, characterized in that the maximum outside diameter of the projection is greater than the outside diameter of the coating layer that is in contact with the projection. a flexible elongate wire body; and a coating layer which covers a distal portion of the wire body and is formed of a resin material, the wire body has a projection which projects along the entire circumference of an outer circumferential portion of the wire body, the projection has a distal portion thereof in contact with a proximal portion of the coating layer, characterized in that the maximum outside diameter of the projection is greater than the outside diameter of the coating layer that is in contact with the projection.
An oven comprising a cooking chamber wherein the food to be cooked is emplaced, a door separating the cooking chamber from the outside, providing access of the user to the cooking chamber, a frame on which the door bears when closed, a sealing element mounted on the frame to provide leak-proofing between the door and the frame, having at least two profiles and at least one connective band joining the profiles together, and a joining element enabling the sealing element to be mounted on the frame, whereby the sealing element has at least one groove, with at least a portion thereof arranged on the at least one connective band, for securing the joining element, characterized by the sealing element comprising independent grooves inside the at least one connective band and the at least two profiles.
Particle sensor for detecting particles in a fluid of a lubrication system, comprising: - a measurement unit comprising: ∘ a first transmitter coil, ∘ a first receiver coil: ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said first transmitter coil; - a reference unit comprising: ∘ a second transmitter coil identical to the first transmitter coil, ∘ a second receiver coil identical to the first receiver coil: ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said second transmitter coil; the measurement and reference units being arranged symmetrically with respect to a plane located between the measurement unit and the reference unit; characterised in that it further comprises: - a magnet which is located between the measurement unit and the reference unit and at the same distance from the measurement unit and the reference unit and arranged to generate a continuous magnetic field to attract particles of said fluid in the vicinity of the measurement unit; - an external contact wall provided so as to be in contact with the fluid and to prevent the fluid and the particles from entering the sensor; and the measurement unit of the sensor being located between said wall and the reference unit, such that said particles are kept at a greater distance from said reference unit than from said measurement unit. - a measurement unit comprising: ∘ a first transmitter coil, ∘ a first receiver coil: ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said first transmitter coil; ∘ a first transmitter coil, ∘ a first receiver coil: ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said first transmitter coil; ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said first transmitter coil; - a reference unit comprising: ∘ a second transmitter coil identical to the first transmitter coil, ∘ a second receiver coil identical to the first receiver coil: ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said second transmitter coil; ∘ a second transmitter coil identical to the first transmitter coil, ∘ a second receiver coil identical to the first receiver coil: ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said second transmitter coil; ▪ magnetically coupled to, and ▪ coaxial with, said second transmitter coil; - a magnet which is located between the measurement unit and the reference unit and at the same distance from the measurement unit and the reference unit and arranged to generate a continuous magnetic field to attract particles of said fluid in the vicinity of the measurement unit; - an external contact wall provided so as to be in contact with the fluid and to prevent the fluid and the particles from entering the sensor; and
An automatic lubricant dispenser, in particular for guide tracks, having a housing, from which a lubricant chamber is formed by at least one movable piston (17, 29, 30), wherein the lubricant chamber is provided with a lubricant outlet opening, the lubricant dispenser is equipped with a drive element for moving the piston or the pistons, multiple lubricant chambers and an equal number of pistons are arranged in the housing of the lubricant dispenser, the pistons are movable directly or indirectly by the drive element, and lines leading to the respective different lubrication points are connected to the lubricant outlet openings, characterized in that all pistons, to which pressure can be applied, can have pressure applied to them by means of an elastically deformable movement piston, which delimits the hydraulic medium chamber.
A method of differentially diagnosing adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing's syndrome in a patient where the differential diagnosis is between ectopic ACTH syndrome and Cushing Disease, the method comprising the steps of: (i) obtaining from a patient an ACTH concentration in a fluid sample obtained from either the left or right inferior petrosal venous sinus and an ACTH concentration from fluid obtained from a periphery venous sample, and (ii) obtaining an ACTH concentration ratio from the ACTH concentrations, wherein the patient is a patient with Cushing's syndrome and also elevated ACTH levels to whom a dose of glucocorticoid receptor antagonist sufficient to increase ACTH from the pituitary gland by at least two fold in persons with normal Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenal function had been administered, wherein the samples were obtained at least two hours after administration of GRA, wherein an ACTH concentration ratio of greater than 3 for the ACTH concentration from the inferior venous sinus sample over the periphery venous sinus sample is diagnostic of Cushing's disease. (i) obtaining from a patient an ACTH concentration in a fluid sample obtained from either the left or right inferior petrosal venous sinus and an ACTH concentration from fluid obtained from a periphery venous sample, and (ii) obtaining an ACTH concentration ratio from the ACTH concentrations,
Catheter position detection apparatus for detecting the position of a catheter in a neonate, the catheter being associated with electrically conductive physiological saline, the catheter position detection apparatus comprising: a connector for establishing an electrical connection between the electrically conductive physiological saline associated with the catheter and an output of the connector, and a controller having at least one output connectable to an ECG patient connector; wherein the controller includes at least one first input electrically connected to the output of the connector; wherein the controller includes means (26, 32-35) for converting a high impedance input at the first input into a low impedance output signal at said output of the controller; wherein the controller includes at least one second input for connection to a body electrode attachable to a part of a patient's body, wherein the at least one second input is connected to a sterile lead having a further electrical connector attached to the end of said sterile lead, wherein the further electrical connector is configured for connection by means of a further lead to said body electrode, and wherein the further electrical connector may be located, in use, outside a sterile zone including said controller, such that the further lead does not need to enter the sterile zone. a connector for establishing an electrical connection between the electrically conductive physiological saline associated with the catheter and an output of the connector, and a controller having at least one output connectable to an ECG patient connector; wherein the controller includes at least one first input electrically connected to the output of the connector; wherein the controller includes means (26, 32-35) for converting a high impedance input at the first input into a low impedance output signal at said output of the controller; wherein the controller includes at least one second input for connection to a body electrode attachable to a part of a patient's body, wherein the at least one second input is connected to a sterile lead having a further electrical connector attached to the end of said sterile lead, wherein the further electrical connector is configured for connection by means of a further lead to said body electrode, and wherein the further electrical connector may be located, in use, outside a sterile zone including said controller, such that the further lead does not need to enter the sterile zone.
A method of transmission power control, comprising: determining that a first uplink transmission and a second uplink transmission are scheduled for transmission during a symbol of a subframe, wherein the first uplink transmission has a first transmission time interval, TTI, and a first transmission power and the second uplink transmission has a second TTI, and a second transmission power, wherein a duration of the first TTI is different from a duration of the second TTI; determining that a power limitation condition is met for one or both of the first transmission power or the second transmission power following the determining that the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission are scheduled for transmission during the symbol of the subframe; and adjusting one or both of the first transmission power or the second transmission power based on a determination that the power limitation condition is met. determining that a first uplink transmission and a second uplink transmission are scheduled for transmission during a symbol of a subframe, wherein the first uplink transmission has a first transmission time interval, TTI, and a first transmission power and the second uplink transmission has a second TTI, and a second transmission power, wherein a duration of the first TTI is different from a duration of the second TTI; determining that a power limitation condition is met for one or both of the first transmission power or the second transmission power following the determining that the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission are scheduled for transmission during the symbol of the subframe; and adjusting one or both of the first transmission power or the second transmission power based on a determination that the power limitation condition is met.
A lid component comprising a lid and a frame structure, said lid comprising a top portion and a side wall portion, said top portion having an outer lid surface and an inner lid surface opposite to said outer lid surface, said lid component comprising a circumferential lid sealing member applied in said lid against an inner lid support surface, said frame structure forming a closed loop and said lid being connected to said frame structure by a hinge member arranged at a first part of said frame structure, and a locking arrangement being arranged on said frame structure at a second part of said frame structure, which is located opposite said first part of said frame structure, said locking arrangement comprising interengaging locking elements, wherein a first interengaging locking element is arranged in or on said outer lid surface of said lid top portion and a second interengaging locking element is arranged in or on a locking flap arranged on said frame structure and being hingedly connected to said frame structure by means of a hinge formed integrally with, or connected to, said frame structure, characterized in that said circumferential lid sealing member is made from a polymeric foam having a closed-cell structure and has a no-load thickness t 0 of from 1.5 to 5 mm and a density of from 10 to 75 kg/m 3 and wherein said circumferential lid sealing member is applied in said lid with a lateral compression against said side wall portion such that lateral tension through said circumferential lid sealing member is created.
A distributed acoustic sensing, DAS, system to obtain acoustic levels, comprising: an optical fiber; a light source configured to inject light into the optical fiber; a photodetector configured to sample a DAS signal in each section of one or more sections of the optical fiber resulting from two or more points within the section on the optical fiber over a period of time; and a processor (230, 130) configured to process only a low frequency portion of the DAS signal to obtain the acoustic levels at each of the one or more sections on the optical fiber over the period of time, the low frequency portion of the DAS signal being less than 10 Hz; characterized in that: the processor (230, 130) is configured to obtain the acoustic levels at each of the one or more sections based on: DAS ′ = Temp ∗ Acoust = Temp ∗ Acoust = B, where DAS' = DAS + i ∗ Hilbert, Hilbert is the Hilbert transform of the DAS signal, Temp is a temperature component of the DAS signal, Acoust is an acoustic component of the DAS signal, and B is a constant. an optical fiber; a light source configured to inject light into the optical fiber; a photodetector configured to sample a DAS signal in each section of one or more sections of the optical fiber resulting from two or more points within the section on the optical fiber over a period of time; and a processor (230, 130) configured to process only a low frequency portion of the DAS signal to obtain the acoustic levels at each of the one or more sections on the optical fiber over the period of time, the low frequency portion of the DAS signal being less than 10 Hz; characterized in that: the processor (230, 130) is configured to obtain the acoustic levels at each of the one or more sections based on: DAS ′ = Temp ∗ Acoust = Temp ∗ Acoust = B, where DAS' = DAS + i ∗ Hilbert, Hilbert is the Hilbert transform of the DAS signal, Temp is a temperature component of the DAS signal, Acoust is an acoustic component of the DAS signal, and B is a constant. the processor (230, 130) is configured to obtain the acoustic levels at each of the one or more sections based on: DAS ′ = Temp ∗ Acoust = Temp ∗ Acoust = B, where DAS' = DAS + i ∗ Hilbert, Hilbert is the Hilbert transform of the DAS signal, Temp is a temperature component of the DAS signal, Acoust is an acoustic component of the DAS signal, and B is a constant.