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An apparatus for treating a body lumen, comprising: an elongate tubular member including a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a body lumen, and a first inflation lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; an inner balloon on the distal end formed from substantially inelastic material defining a central region, the inner balloon expandable from a delivery configuration in which the inner balloon is rolled or folded around the distal end, and an enlarged configuration in which the central region defines a substantially uniform diameter when inflation media is introduced into the first inflation lumen; and an outer balloon on the distal end overlying the inner balloon, the outer balloon formed from elastic material such that the outer balloon expands elastically when the inner balloon is expanded from the contracted configuration to the enlarged configuration, further characterized by: a plurality of stents disposed around the outer balloon and spaced apart from one another and aligned over the central region of the inner balloon. an elongate tubular member including a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a body lumen, and a first inflation lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; an inner balloon on the distal end formed from substantially inelastic material defining a central region, the inner balloon expandable from a delivery configuration in which the inner balloon is rolled or folded around the distal end, and an enlarged configuration in which the central region defines a substantially uniform diameter when inflation media is introduced into the first inflation lumen; and an outer balloon on the distal end overlying the inner balloon, the outer balloon formed from elastic material such that the outer balloon expands elastically when the inner balloon is expanded from the contracted configuration to the enlarged configuration, further characterized by: a plurality of stents disposed around the outer balloon and spaced apart from one another and aligned over the central region of the inner balloon.
Rechargeable and reusable device for the rapid release of a fluid, comprising an overall tube-shaped reservoir having an outlet opening at one of the ends thereof closed by a first end plate and containing said fluid to be released, a piston sliding leaktightly inside the reservoir along the longitudinal axis of said reservoir, the reservoir having a gas generator at the other end thereof opposite said outlet opening and closed by a second end plate, which is capable of setting said piston in motion so that the fluid is released through said outlet opening as rapidly as possible, the gas generator being fixed leaktightly and non-permanently to the second end plate, the outlet orifice being closed off by a rupture cap able to tear under pressure in order to release the fluid and gripped between two elements (9, 10), one of which is removable to enable said cap to be replaced, said device being characterised in that the piston has an internal recess whereby the propulsion face of said piston in contact with the gases coming from the gas generator is situated upstream from at least the major portion of the piston in contact with the reservoir, said recess being distributed in two superimposed and coaxial cylindrical spaces, the space in contact with the propulsion face having a diameter less than that of the upper space.
An energy converter (200, 300, 400, 500) comprising: a permanent magnet (20, 70) fixed to a predetermined area; and a diaphragm (10, 60) disposed on the permanent magnet (20, 70) and having a coil (14, 64) formed of a conductor pattern, wherein the diaphragm (10, 60) has a surface facing the permanent magnet (20, 70), characterized in that the diaphragm has minute projections made of an insulating material formed in dots by an ejected or screenprinted curable resin paste dispersed with fine silica particles onto the surface of the diaphragm. a permanent magnet (20, 70) fixed to a predetermined area; and a diaphragm (10, 60) disposed on the permanent magnet (20, 70) and having a coil (14, 64) formed of a conductor pattern, wherein the diaphragm (10, 60) has a surface facing the permanent magnet (20, 70), characterized in that the diaphragm has minute projections made of an insulating material formed in dots by an ejected or screenprinted curable resin paste dispersed with fine silica particles onto the surface of the diaphragm.
Line illumination with light sources arranged in a row, wherein the light sources are arranged in at least two groups (A, B) which can be switched independently of one another, characterized in that all light sources of a group have the same angle (α, β) of their radiation direction and that the light sources of the at least two groups (A, B) differ in the angle (α, β) of their radiation direction.
Brake device for a rail-guided tractive vehicle having electronic, pneumatic and mechanical components and having vehicle interfaces (3, 4) for connecting the brake device to the tractive vehicle, characterized in that the components are accommodated in modules which each have a predefined spatial dimension, wherein each module has at least one electrical or pneumatic vehicle interface which is predefined both in terms of its spatial position within the module and in terms of its operational variable.
A method for controlling and/or configuring a user-specific hearing system by means of a computing and/or communication device, the hearing system comprising at least one hearing device customisable according to the individual hearing ability and/or preferences of a user of the hearing system, the method comprising the steps of: - connecting the hearing system to a server via a network comprising sending a hearing system/device identifier from the hearing system to the server; - connecting the computing and/or communication device to the server via the network comprising sending a computing and/or communication device identifier from the computing and/or communication device to the server; - providing by the server to the computing and/or communication device a hearing system control and/or configuration service tailored to the user-specific hearing system; - determining and/or selecting at the computing and/or communication device control data and/or configuration data using the hearing system control and/or configuration service; - sending the control and/or configuration data from the computing and/or communication device to the hearing system; - adjusting the hearing system based on control and/or configuration data received at the hearing system, characterised in that the hearing system control and/or configuration service provides a user interface customised according to the capabilities of the hearing device. - connecting the hearing system to a server via a network comprising sending a hearing system/device identifier from the hearing system to the server; - connecting the computing and/or communication device to the server via the network comprising sending a computing and/or communication device identifier from the computing and/or communication device to the server; - providing by the server to the computing and/or communication device a hearing system control and/or configuration service tailored to the user-specific hearing system; - determining and/or selecting at the computing and/or communication device control data and/or configuration data using the hearing system control and/or configuration service; - sending the control and/or configuration data from the computing and/or communication device to the hearing system; - adjusting the hearing system based on control and/or configuration data received at the hearing system,
Method for adding compounds of enological interest to wine or its distillates, said compounds of enological interest including aromatic substances, tannins, polysaccharides present inside a solid matrix based on wood and/or other plant substance and also located at different depths in the thickness of said solid matrix, the method comprising the following steps: a) filling an extraction chamber with wine or its distillates to put them into contact with a filtering bag containing said solid matrix and therefore wood and/or other plant substances containing said compounds of enological interest; b) pressurizing said extraction chamber and making it function at an operating pressure comprised between 6 and 9 bar; c) depressurizing said extraction chamber, making it function at an operating pressure comprised between 1 and 1.5 bar and carrying out through said extraction chamber a continuous recirculation of the wine or its distillates; d) repeating in a cyclical manner the sequence of steps b) and c) for a total time comprised between 90 and 1,200 minutes; e) extracting from said extraction chamber a liquid current comprising wine or its distillates enriched with said compounds of enological interest including aromatic substances, tannins, polysaccharides. a) filling an extraction chamber with wine or its distillates to put them into contact with a filtering bag containing said solid matrix and therefore wood and/or other plant substances containing said compounds of enological interest; b) pressurizing said extraction chamber and making it function at an operating pressure comprised between 6 and 9 bar; c) depressurizing said extraction chamber, making it function at an operating pressure comprised between 1 and 1.5 bar and carrying out through said extraction chamber a continuous recirculation of the wine or its distillates; d) repeating in a cyclical manner the sequence of steps b) and c) for a total time comprised between 90 and 1,200 minutes; e) extracting from said extraction chamber a liquid current comprising wine or its distillates enriched with said compounds of enological interest including aromatic substances, tannins, polysaccharides.
A method for eliminating redundant synchronization barriers in an instruction stream, comprising: detecting a first instruction indicating an operation for which a computer architecture requires a subsequent synchronization barrier and for which the computer architecture permits a synchronization operation to be automatically performed by computer hardware; automatically performing, by the computer hardware, the synchronization operation responsive to the first instruction; detecting a first synchronization event resulting from the synchronization operation being automatically performed by the computer hardware responsive to the first instruction; detecting the next instruction following the first instruction in the instruction stream; determining whether the next instruction comprises a synchronization barrier configured to cause a synchronization event of a type corresponding to the first synchronization event; and responsive to determining that the next instruction comprises a synchronization barrier configured to cause a synchronization event of a type corresponding to the first synchronization event, eliminating the next instruction from the instruction stream. detecting a first instruction indicating an operation for which a computer architecture requires a subsequent synchronization barrier and for which the computer architecture permits a synchronization operation to be automatically performed by computer hardware; automatically performing, by the computer hardware, the synchronization operation responsive to the first instruction; detecting a first synchronization event resulting from the synchronization operation being automatically performed by the computer hardware responsive to the first instruction; detecting the next instruction following the first instruction in the instruction stream; determining whether the next instruction comprises a synchronization barrier configured to cause a synchronization event of a type corresponding to the first synchronization event; and responsive to determining that the next instruction comprises a synchronization barrier configured to cause a synchronization event of a type corresponding to the first synchronization event, eliminating the next instruction from the instruction stream.
A glycerol ester composition comprising the reaction product obtained from reacting valeric acid and glycerol at a molar ratio of between 1: 0.8 and 1: 1.2, for use in reduction and/or inhibition of the growth of gram-positive, pathogenic bacteria.
A method for encoding an audio signal, where a frequency spectrum of the audio signal is divided into at least a first and a second region, where at least the second region comprises a number of bands, and where spectral peak segments in the first region are encoded by a first coding method, and where each spectral peak segment comprises a peak and a determined number of neighboring MDCT bins, the method comprising: for a segment of the audio signal: - determining a relation between an energy of a band in the second region and an energy estimate of the first region; - determining a relation between the energy of the band in the second region and an energy of neighboring bands in the second region; - determining (303, 305) whether an available number of bits is sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region; and when the relations fulfill a respective predetermined criterion and the number of bits is sufficient: - encoding the band in the second region and the at least one non-peak segment of the first region using a second coding method that is different from the first coding method, and otherwise: - subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill. - determining a relation between an energy of a band in the second region and an energy estimate of the first region; - determining a relation between the energy of the band in the second region and an energy of neighboring bands in the second region; - determining (303, 305) whether an available number of bits is sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region; and when the relations fulfill a respective predetermined criterion and the number of bits is sufficient: - encoding the band in the second region and the at least one non-peak segment of the first region using a second coding method that is different from the first coding method, and otherwise: - subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill. - encoding the band in the second region and the at least one non-peak segment of the first region using a second coding method that is different from the first coding method, and otherwise: - subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill. - subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension BWE or noise fill.
A method of producing an OFDM symbol in a communication system, comprising: grouping N input data symbols to be transmitted into P number of groups, each of the P groups including Q number of data symbols, wherein N, P and Q are integers greater than 1 and N = P*Q; performing a Q-size inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on each of the P groups of Q data symbols in parallel; phase shifting the IFFT-transformed P groups of Q data symbols in parallel, wherein the phase shifting is performed per group; performing parallel-to-serial conversion on each of the P groups of Q data symbols; and performing a P-size IFFT on the parallel-to-serial converted data symbols, wherein the P-size IFFT is performed Q times. grouping N input data symbols to be transmitted into P number of groups, each of the P groups including Q number of data symbols, wherein N, P and Q are integers greater than 1 and N = P*Q; performing a Q-size inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on each of the P groups of Q data symbols in parallel; phase shifting the IFFT-transformed P groups of Q data symbols in parallel, wherein the phase shifting is performed per group; performing parallel-to-serial conversion on each of the P groups of Q data symbols; and performing a P-size IFFT on the parallel-to-serial converted data symbols, wherein the P-size IFFT is performed Q times.
Composition comprising at least one uncharged organic luminescent compound and at least one ionic compound and at least one host material, characterized in that the organic luminescent compound has a separation S 1 - T 1 between the lowest triplet state T 1 and the first excited singlet state S 1 of not more than 0.15 eV, wherein the organic luminescent compound is a metal-free organic compound which is selected from aromatic compounds having both donor and acceptor substituents, wherein the acceptor group is selected from the group consisting of CN, CF 3, electron-deficient heteroaryl groups and the donor group is selected from diarylamino groups, diheteroarylamino groups, carbazole groups; wherein the ionic compound is an electrolyte, an ionic liquid or an ionic transition metal complex (iTMC); and wherein the host material has a lowest triplet state T 1 H having an energy higher than the energy of the lowest triplet state T 1 of the uncharged organic luminescent compound.
Suction control apparatus for controlling suction flow rate during laparoscopic surgery, comprising: a suction flow path between an inlet and an outlet, said inlet connectable to a suction collection system comprising at least one fluid collection canister, and said outlet connectable to a suction-generating vacuum source, said suction-generating vacuum source when connected to said outlet, operable to generate a vacuum source vacuum pressure level that produces a vacuum source suction flow rate within said suction flow path; and a user-adjustable suction flow rate controller operable to control the suction flow rate in said suction flow path; characterised by: a vacuum pressure level regulator operable to regulate the vacuum pressure level within said suction flow path to prevent a pre-set, user non-adjustable regulated maximum suction vacuum pressure level being exceeded. a suction flow path between an inlet and an outlet, said inlet connectable to a suction collection system comprising at least one fluid collection canister, and said outlet connectable to a suction-generating vacuum source, said suction-generating vacuum source when connected to said outlet, operable to generate a vacuum source vacuum pressure level that produces a vacuum source suction flow rate within said suction flow path; and a user-adjustable suction flow rate controller operable to control the suction flow rate in said suction flow path; characterised by: a vacuum pressure level regulator operable to regulate the vacuum pressure level within said suction flow path to prevent a pre-set, user non-adjustable regulated maximum suction vacuum pressure level being exceeded.
An apparatus for preparing used oil-based drilling fluid for recovery comprising: a first dosing pump dispensing a predetermined amount of surfactant into the oil-based drilling fluid; a first static mixer mixing the oil-based drilling fluid and the surfactant to form a surfactant treated drilling fluid; a second dosing pump dispensing a predetermined amount of flocculating polymer into the surfactant treated drilling fluid; and a plurality of serially aligned mixers (16, 18, 20, 21); characterised in that: the serially aligned mixers are arranged to mix the surfactant treated drilling fluid and the flocculating polymer. a first dosing pump dispensing a predetermined amount of surfactant into the oil-based drilling fluid; a first static mixer mixing the oil-based drilling fluid and the surfactant to form a surfactant treated drilling fluid; a second dosing pump dispensing a predetermined amount of flocculating polymer into the surfactant treated drilling fluid; and a plurality of serially aligned mixers (16, 18, 20, 21); the serially aligned mixers are arranged to mix the surfactant treated drilling fluid and the flocculating polymer.
A method for preparing antibacterial thermal storage fiber, comprising spinning a spinning solution containing: i. 92 to 95% by weight of fiber-forming resin; ii. 2.5 to 5.5% by weight of carbon particles; 1% by weight of zinc oxide particles and 1% by weight of aluminum particles exhibiting an antibacterial function; and iii. 0.5% by weight of titanium alkoxide coupling agent, characterized in that the spinning solution is prepared by treating a mixture of the carbon particles and the zinc oxide particles and the aluminum particles with the titanium alkoxide coupling agent, mixing the treated particles with a resin to prepare a masterbatch, mixing the masterbatch with the fiber-forming resin, and melting the mixture. i. 92 to 95% by weight of fiber-forming resin; ii. 2.5 to 5.5% by weight of carbon particles; 1% by weight of zinc oxide particles and 1% by weight of aluminum particles exhibiting an antibacterial function; and iii. 0.5% by weight of titanium alkoxide coupling agent,
A torsional damper for a vehicle transmission system, comprising: - an input element rotationally movable around an axis and exhibiting at least one window comprising two angularly spaced lateral edges and a radially external edge; - an output element rotationally movable around the axis and exhibiting at least one window comprising two angularly spaced lateral edges and a radially external edge, an elastic return member being capable of being received simultaneously in the window of the input element and in the window of the output element so as to generate a force acting against rotation of the output element with respect to the input element; and - an additional element rotationally movable around the axis and integral with one of the input element and output element, the additional element exhibiting at least one edge, said edge comprising at least one region projecting radially into the window of that one of the input element and output element with which the additional element is integral, the damper being capable of being integrated into a friction disk for a clutch, the input element being constituted by a flange, the output element being constituted by two guide washers axially surrounding the flange, characterized in that the additional element is constituted by a support disk capable of supporting at least one friction lining. - an input element rotationally movable around an axis and exhibiting at least one window comprising two angularly spaced lateral edges and a radially external edge; - an output element rotationally movable around the axis and exhibiting at least one window comprising two angularly spaced lateral edges and a radially external edge, an elastic return member being capable of being received simultaneously in the window of the input element and in the window of the output element so as to generate a force acting against rotation of the output element with respect to the input element; and - an additional element rotationally movable around the axis and integral with one of the input element and output element, the additional element exhibiting at least one edge, said edge comprising at least one region projecting radially into the window of that one of the input element and output element with which the additional element is integral,
A device for modulating the air intake into a residential site, able to be installed through a window, door or wall element of the site, comprising a sensitive means acting mechanically via a mechanical transmission on a control means of the opening section of an air pipe arranged between the outside and the inside of the site, where the control means makes it possible to modulate the opening section of the air pipe between 0 and 100% of its maximum value, characterized in that it comprises a radiofrequency transmitter supplied by an autonomous supply means and able to transmit information relative to said opening section of the air pipe.