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A laryngoscopy device comprising: a laryngoscope blade, being elongated, having a blade distal portion comprising a blade tip; a looped element, switchable at least from a first configuration to a second configuration; and a mounting mechanism; wherein in the first configuration said looped element defines an expanded arch, having an expanded arch base and an expanded arch top, and in the second configuration said looped element defines a contracted arch, having a contracted arch base; wherein said mounting mechanism (486 and 488, 526 and 542) is configured to support said expanded arch and said contracted arch in the first configuration and in the second configuration, respectively; wherein said mounting mechanism (486 and 488, 526 and 542) is configured to restrict said expanded arch base and said contracted arch base to a first mounting site (170, 1415) on said blade distal portion; and characterized in that said expanded arch is shaped and sized such that when said laryngoscopy device is inserted into the oral cavity of the subject in said first configuration with said blade tip being located in a vallecula of the subject and said looped element encompassing the epiglottis, then said expanded arch top is positioned proximately to, or rests against, the laryngopharyngeal posterior wall. a laryngoscope blade, being elongated, having a blade distal portion comprising a blade tip; a looped element, switchable at least from a first configuration to a second configuration; and a mounting mechanism; wherein in the first configuration said looped element defines an expanded arch, having an expanded arch base and an expanded arch top, and in the second configuration said looped element defines a contracted arch, having a contracted arch base; wherein said mounting mechanism (486 and 488, 526 and 542) is configured to support said expanded arch and said contracted arch in the first configuration and in the second configuration, respectively; wherein said mounting mechanism (486 and 488, 526 and 542) is configured to restrict said expanded arch base and said contracted arch base to a first mounting site (170, 1415) on said blade distal portion; and characterized in that said expanded arch is shaped and sized such that when said laryngoscopy device is inserted into the oral cavity of the subject in said first configuration with said blade tip being located in a vallecula of the subject and said looped element encompassing the epiglottis, then said expanded arch top is positioned proximately to, or rests against, the laryngopharyngeal posterior wall.
Voltage potential measurement arrangement for measuring a voltage potential at a conductor in the interior of an encapsulated power switching device, in which at least one portion of the conductor is surrounded by a field control component, in particular a field control electrode, having a measurement electrode for capacitive coupling to the conductor, characterized in that the measurement electrode is arranged outside of the field control component and at least one aperture passes through the field control component at the height of the measurement electrode.
A multilevel magnetic element comprising: a first tunnel barrier layer between a sense layer having a magnetization that can be freely aligned and a first storage layer; a first antiferromagnetic layer freeing a magnetization of the first storage layer at a first high temperature threshold and pinning it at a first low temperature threshold; a second tunnel barrier layer, and a second storage layer; characterized in that the multilevel magnetic element further comprises a second antiferromagnetic layer freeing a magnetization of the second storage layer at a second high temperature threshold and pinning it at the first low temperature threshold; the sense layer being comprised between the first and second tunnel barrier layers (22, 24). a first tunnel barrier layer between a sense layer having a magnetization that can be freely aligned and a first storage layer; a first antiferromagnetic layer freeing a magnetization of the first storage layer at a first high temperature threshold and pinning it at a first low temperature threshold; a second tunnel barrier layer, and a second storage layer;
Switchgear with a vacuum-insulated switchgear comprising switches having at least breaking and disconnecting functions, each placed in a unit, and solid-insulated bus bars for electrically connecting the switches in each unit; and an air-insulated switchgear comprising switches having at least breaking and disconnecting functions, each placed in a unit, and air-insulated bus bars for electrically connecting the switches in each unit; characterized in that the vacuum-insulated switchgear and the air-insulated switchgear are installed side-by-side, wherein flexible conductors are provided between the solid-insulated bus bars of the vacuum-insulated switchgear and the air-insulated bus bars of the air-insulated switchgear for electrically connecting the vacuum-insulated switchgear and the air-insulated switchgear.
Monomer compounds having the structure of formula la: R 5 -X 1 -R-NR 3 -X 7 -B-X 8 -[NR 3 -R-X 6 -] f R 6 (Ia) wherein f is 0 or 1; X 1 and X 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of O, S and NR 3, wherein R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups containing from one to six carbon atoms; X 7 and X 8 are independently selected from the group consisting of -(C=O)-NR 3 -(urea), -(C=O)-O- (carbamate), -(C=O)-S- (thiocarbamate), and -(C=O)- (amide); each R is independently selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted aromatic, heteroaromatic, aryl ether, haloaromatic alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl and heteroalkenyl groups, each containing from one to ten carbon atoms, wherein at least one R has a pendant carboxylic acid or carboxylate group, or the thio or amide analog thereof; R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups containing from one to six carbon atoms; and B is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted alkyl groups, optionally substituted heteroalkyl groups, optionally substituted alkenyl groups and optionally substituted heteroalkenyl groups, or B is selected so that HO-B-OH is a hydroxyl endcapped macromer, H 2 N-B-NH 2 is an amino endcapped macromer or HS-B-SH is a thiol endcapped macromer. wherein f is 0 or 1; X 1 and X 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of O, S and NR 3, wherein R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups containing from one to six carbon atoms; X 7 and X 8 are independently selected from the group consisting of -(C=O)-NR 3 -(urea), -(C=O)-O- (carbamate), -(C=O)-S- (thiocarbamate), and -(C=O)- (amide); each R is independently selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted aromatic, heteroaromatic, aryl ether, haloaromatic alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl and heteroalkenyl groups, each containing from one to ten carbon atoms, wherein at least one R has a pendant carboxylic acid or carboxylate group, or the thio or amide analog thereof; R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl groups containing from one to six carbon atoms; and B is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted alkyl groups, optionally substituted heteroalkyl groups, optionally substituted alkenyl groups and optionally substituted heteroalkenyl groups, or B is selected so that HO-B-OH is a hydroxyl endcapped macromer, H 2 N-B-NH 2 is an amino endcapped macromer or HS-B-SH is a thiol endcapped macromer.
An echo suppression device comprising: a first linear echo suppression unit configured to estimate an amplitude component and a phase component of a linear echo signal included in an input signal (x mic (k)) acquired by a microphone, to suppress the linear echo signal from the input signal (x mic (k)); characterized in that, the echo suppression device further comprises:- a nonlinear echo estimation unit configured to estimate the nonlinear echo signal (X NN (ω)) included in the input signal (x mic (k)) from at least one of a call reception signal (x(k)) to be output to a speaker and the input signal (x mic (k)); a nonlinear echo suppression unit configured to suppress the nonlinear echo signal from the input signal (x mic (k)), by using the nonlinear echo signal (X NN (ω)) estimated by the nonlinear echo estimation unit; and a second linear echo suppression unit, configured to receive the call reception signal (x(k)) in the frequency domain (X(ω)) and the output signal (Y NL-ES (ω)) from the nonlinear echo suppression unit and further configured to estimate an amplitude component of a residual linear echo signal not suppressed by the first linear echo suppression unit, to suppress the residual linear echo signal in the output signal (Y NL-ES (ω)). a nonlinear echo estimation unit configured to estimate the nonlinear echo signal (X NN (ω)) included in the input signal (x mic (k)) from at least one of a call reception signal (x(k)) to be output to a speaker and the input signal (x mic (k)); a nonlinear echo suppression unit configured to suppress the nonlinear echo signal from the input signal (x mic (k)), by using the nonlinear echo signal (X NN (ω)) estimated by the nonlinear echo estimation unit; and a second linear echo suppression unit, configured to receive the call reception signal (x(k)) in the frequency domain (X(ω)) and the output signal (Y NL-ES (ω)) from the nonlinear echo suppression unit and further configured to estimate an amplitude component of a residual linear echo signal not suppressed by the first linear echo suppression unit, to suppress the residual linear echo signal in the output signal (Y NL-ES (ω)).
Workpiece carrier for transporting and/or storing components of a drug delivery device, comprising: - an array of accommodating recesses extending in a first lateral plane (x, y) and being adapted to receive at least one component of the drug delivery device, - wherein the recesses extend in vertical direction with respect to the lateral plane (x, y) to arrange the component of the drug delivery device in an upright way in the recesses, - at least one stack forming structure adapted to mate with a corresponding stack forming structure of another workpiece carrier for mutually aligning workpiece carriers when stacked on one another, - wherein the center of the at least one stack forming structure is arranged laterally offset with respect to the center of the array of accommodating recesses in at least one lateral direction (x, y), and - wherein the stack forming structure comprises a surrounding edge comprising at least in sections a corrugated or undulated structure (18, 19), characterized in that - the surrounding edge comprises a left side wall section and a right side wall section, both of corrugated or undulated structure and wherein the surrounding edge vertically displaced from the array of accommodating recesses comprises an outward extending flange portion at an upper end, and - wherein the flange portion entirely surrounds the surrounding edge and comprises at least two gripping recesses. - an array of accommodating recesses extending in a first lateral plane (x, y) and being adapted to receive at least one component of the drug delivery device, - wherein the recesses extend in vertical direction with respect to the lateral plane (x, y) to arrange the component of the drug delivery device in an upright way in the recesses, - at least one stack forming structure adapted to mate with a corresponding stack forming structure of another workpiece carrier for mutually aligning workpiece carriers when stacked on one another, - wherein the center of the at least one stack forming structure is arranged laterally offset with respect to the center of the array of accommodating recesses in at least one lateral direction (x, y), and - wherein the stack forming structure comprises a surrounding edge comprising at least in sections a corrugated or undulated structure (18, 19), characterized in that - the surrounding edge comprises a left side wall section and a right side wall section, both of corrugated or undulated structure and wherein the surrounding edge vertically displaced from the array of accommodating recesses comprises an outward extending flange portion at an upper end, and - wherein the flange portion entirely surrounds the surrounding edge and comprises at least two gripping recesses.
A driving tool for driving fastening means into workpieces comprising - a drive device (4, 12) in a housing, - an outlet tool protruding from the lower end of the housing with a driving channel, - a driving tappet that projects into the driving channel and is connected at the top to the drive device (4, 12), - a magazine for fastening means that is attached to the driving channel in order to supply fastening means to the driving channel, and - a nail centering at the bottom on the outlet tool that has a centering opening that is limited by guide elements movable in the radial direction that are pretensioned toward the centering opening by at least one spring device, characterized in that - the nail centering comprises a centering housing in which at least one circle (59 to 62) of balls is arranged, between which the centering opening is defined, and - the spring device is an elastic ring (66, 67) that under pretensioning abuts the balls on the outside. - a drive device (4, 12) in a housing, - an outlet tool protruding from the lower end of the housing with a driving channel, - a driving tappet that projects into the driving channel and is connected at the top to the drive device (4, 12), - a magazine for fastening means that is attached to the driving channel in order to supply fastening means to the driving channel, and - a nail centering at the bottom on the outlet tool that has a centering opening that is limited by guide elements movable in the radial direction that are pretensioned toward the centering opening by at least one spring device, characterized in that - the nail centering comprises a centering housing in which at least one circle (59 to 62) of balls is arranged, between which the centering opening is defined, and - the spring device is an elastic ring (66, 67) that under pretensioning abuts the balls on the outside. - the nail centering comprises a centering housing in which at least one circle (59 to 62) of balls is arranged, between which the centering opening is defined, and - the spring device is an elastic ring (66, 67) that under pretensioning abuts the balls on the outside.
A method for preparing a positive electrode active material comprising: mixing a precursor of a metal for a positive electrode active material with a nanosol of a ceramic-based ion conductor to adsorb the nanosol of the ceramic-based ion conductor on the precursor surface; and mixing the nanosol of the ceramic-based ion conductor-adsorbed precursor with a lithium raw material, and heat treating the resultant to prepare a positive electrode active material including lithium complex metal oxide particles, wherein the lithium complex metal oxide present on a surface side of the lithium complex metal oxide particles is doped with a metal element of the ceramic-based ion conductor, and wherein the nanosol of the ceramic-based ion conductor is a sol of the ceramic-based ion conductor in a hydroxide form having nano-level particle sizes, noncrystalline, and having a hydroxyl group on the surface, which may be prepared by dissolving a precursor of a metal for forming the ceramic-based ion conductor in a glycol-based solvent, and then hydrating the result by adding water thereto, and the precursor of a metal for a positive electrode active material is a hydroxide containing a metal for a positive electrode active material. mixing a precursor of a metal for a positive electrode active material with a nanosol of a ceramic-based ion conductor to adsorb the nanosol of the ceramic-based ion conductor on the precursor surface; and mixing the nanosol of the ceramic-based ion conductor-adsorbed precursor with a lithium raw material, and heat treating the resultant to prepare a positive electrode active material including lithium complex metal oxide particles, wherein the lithium complex metal oxide present on a surface side of the lithium complex metal oxide particles is doped with a metal element of the ceramic-based ion conductor, and wherein the nanosol of the ceramic-based ion conductor is a sol of the ceramic-based ion conductor in a hydroxide form having nano-level particle sizes, noncrystalline, and having a hydroxyl group on the surface, which may be prepared by dissolving a precursor of a metal for forming the ceramic-based ion conductor in a glycol-based solvent, and then hydrating the result by adding water thereto, and the precursor of a metal for a positive electrode active material is a hydroxide containing a metal for a positive electrode active material.
A smoke alarm system with a plurality of smoke alarm units connected wirelessly with one another and arranged for the exchange of data, which are constructed so as to be able to be mounted in a stationary manner respectively at a location which is to be monitored, have transmission means for wireless data exchange and smoke sensor means for smoke detection, wherein a plurality of the smoke alarm units has respectively means for the capturing of a transmission quality, in particular transmission signal strength, transmission loss and/or transmission interference values, of a direct transmission path to a respective other, in particular any other, of the smoke alarm units, the capture means have storage means for the storing of a signal parameter corresponding to the transmission quality to the respective other smoke alarm units and are constructed so that on the basis of the stored signal parameters the direct transmission path or an indirect transmission path formed via an intermediate smoke alarm unit or repeater unit, to each of the other smoke alarm units is determined and stored as communication path periodically and during a monitoring operation as a function of the signal parameters, characterized in that the smoke alarm units have alarm means for the emitting of an acoustic and/or optical alarm signal and the capture means are constructed so that as a reaction to a smoke detection signal of the smoke sensor means, an activation of the alarm means of each of the other smoke alarm units takes place over the communication paths, wherein there are associated with the plurality of smoke alarm units display- and visualization means which, by means of a display unit, indicate the currently determined and stored transmission paths and the communication paths and respectively associated signal parameters as a graphic presentation.
Layered freeze-dried porous shaped moulding, the length and width of which are at least 10 times greater than the thickness thereof, comprising alginate, calcium, sulfate and also carboxymethylcellulose and/or hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof, characterized in that the said moulding is obtainable by a process which comprises mixing an aqueous alginate solution with calcium sulfate in the presence of at least one mineral acid, pouring the resulting mixture into a mould and drying the mixture.
A tool for a surface cleaning apparatus, including: a floor head; a connecting member for connecting the tool to a surface cleaning apparatus; and a passage for carrying dirt-laden air from the floor head to the apparatus, wherein the floor head and connecting member are pivotally connected to each other about an axis A, wherein the connecting member includes an articulated joint having first and second parts which are pivotable relative to each other about an axis B, wherein axis B extends transversely to axis A, where the tool includes an electrical cable passage through which electrical cables (204, 205) may extend to provide an electric connection between the apparatus and an electrical component in the floor head, wherein a first part of the electrical cable passage is provided in or by the first part of the articulated joint, and wherein the first part of the electrical cable passage terminates at an opening which is positioned above the axis B and which opening extends upwardly away from the floor head, said opening communicating with a second part of the electrical cable passage which is provided in or by the second part of the articulated joint, wherein the opening and a portion of the first part of the electrical cable passage adjacent the opening are positioned in or substantially in the same plane, characterised in that the passage is a corrugated tube. a floor head; a connecting member for connecting the tool to a surface cleaning apparatus; and a passage for carrying dirt-laden air from the floor head to the apparatus, wherein the floor head and connecting member are pivotally connected to each other about an axis A, wherein the connecting member includes an articulated joint having first and second parts which are pivotable relative to each other about an axis B, wherein axis B extends transversely to axis A, where the tool includes an electrical cable passage through which electrical cables (204, 205) may extend to provide an electric connection between the apparatus and an electrical component in the floor head, wherein a first part of the electrical cable passage is provided in or by the first part of the articulated joint, and wherein the first part of the electrical cable passage terminates at an opening which is positioned above the axis B and which opening extends upwardly away from the floor head, said opening communicating with a second part of the electrical cable passage which is provided in or by the second part of the articulated joint, wherein the opening and a portion of the first part of the electrical cable passage adjacent the opening are positioned in or substantially in the same plane, characterised in that the passage is a corrugated tube.
A thrust disc for a magnetic bearing, wherein the thrust disc comprises: - a body which is adapted to be mounted on a shaft and which has a first offset yield strength and a first magnetic permeability (μ20), and - at least one flange (50, 60; 150, 160, 170, 180; 250; 350; 450, 460, 470; 550, 560; 650, 660) which is fixed to the body in a position where it can interact with a thrust stator (5; 6) in order to form a magnetic bearing and which has a second offset yield strength (Rp50; Rp60) and a second magnetic permeability (μ50; μ60); the first offset yield strength being higher than the second offset yield strength (Rp50; Rp60); characterised in that the first magnetic permeability (μ20) is smaller than the second magnetic permeability (μ50; μ60) and that holes are formed in the body and/or the flange (50, 60; 150, 160, 170, 180; 250; 350; 450, 460, 470; 550, 560; 650, 660) for internal and external pressure equilibrium of the thrust disc. - a body which is adapted to be mounted on a shaft and which has a first offset yield strength and a first magnetic permeability (μ20), and - at least one flange (50, 60; 150, 160, 170, 180; 250; 350; 450, 460, 470; 550, 560; 650, 660) which is fixed to the body in a position where it can interact with a thrust stator (5; 6) in order to form a magnetic bearing and which has a second offset yield strength (Rp50; Rp60) and a second magnetic permeability (μ50; μ60);
A gradient coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a set of inner gradient coils and a set of outer gradient coils, which are concentrically arranged in respect to a common rotational axis of the set of inner and outer gradient coils (142, 144), wherein the set of inner gradient coils and a set of outer gradient coils being controlled to generate gradient magnetic fields within an inner space of the gradient coil assembly, the set of outer gradient coils provides a shielding of the set of inner gradient coils, at least one coil (152, 154, 156) of the set of outer coils is at least partially made of aluminum, characterized in that at least a y-coil and a x-coil of the set of inner gradient coils are made of copper.