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An ultrasonic surgical instrument, comprising: (a) an end effector including an ultrasonic blade; (b) an acoustic waveguide having at least a proximal portion thereof extending along a longitudinal axis; (c) an ultrasonic transducer assembly including a fixation member including a flange having a cylindrical portion and a flat portion, the ultrasonic transducer assembly being operatively connected to the acoustic waveguide such that the acoustic waveguide is in acoustic communication with an ultrasonic transducer; and (d) a carrier having at least a portion thereof engaged with the fixation member of the ultrasonic transducer assembly thereby inhibiting movement of the ultrasonic transducer assembly relative to the carrier, wherein the carrier movably supports the ultrasonic transducer assembly along the longitudinal axis such that the ultrasonic transducer assembly is configured to move from a proximal position on the longitudinal axis to a distal position on the longitudinal axis for inserting the ultrasonic blade into a patient, wherein the carrier includes a transducer housing having a flange receiving channel, wherein the flange receiving channel is configured to engage the cylindrical portion of the flange to secure a longitudinal position of the ultrasonic transducer assembly within the transducer housing, wherein the flange receiving channel is further configured to engage the flat portion of the flange to secure a rotational position of the ultrasonic transducer assembly within the transducer housing. (a) an end effector including an ultrasonic blade; (b) an acoustic waveguide having at least a proximal portion thereof extending along a longitudinal axis; (c) an ultrasonic transducer assembly including a fixation member including a flange having a cylindrical portion and a flat portion, the ultrasonic transducer assembly being operatively connected to the acoustic waveguide such that the acoustic waveguide is in acoustic communication with an ultrasonic transducer; and (d) a carrier having at least a portion thereof engaged with the fixation member of the ultrasonic transducer assembly thereby inhibiting movement of the ultrasonic transducer assembly relative to the carrier, wherein the carrier movably supports the ultrasonic transducer assembly along the longitudinal axis such that the ultrasonic transducer assembly is configured to move from a proximal position on the longitudinal axis to a distal position on the longitudinal axis for inserting the ultrasonic blade into a patient, wherein the carrier includes a transducer housing having a flange receiving channel, wherein the flange receiving channel is configured to engage the cylindrical portion of the flange to secure a longitudinal position of the ultrasonic transducer assembly within the transducer housing, wherein the flange receiving channel is further configured to engage the flat portion of the flange to secure a rotational position of the ultrasonic transducer assembly within the transducer housing.
An optical transmission system (70; 80) in which a transmitting station (71; 81) and a plurality of receiving stations (27-1 - 27-N; 28-1 - 28-N) are connected via an optical splitter, the optical transmission system (70; 80) being for realizing optical fiber transmission, wherein the transmitting station (71; 81) includes: intensity modulation means adapted to perform intensity modulation on an optical signal to generate an intensity modulated signal; phase modulation means adapted to perform phase modulation on an optical signal to generate a phase modulated signal; and control means adapted to selectively output an electric signal for a receiving station of the plurality of receiving stations (27-1 - 27-N; 28-1 - 28-N) to the intensity modulation means or to the phase modulation means, depending on a distance between the transmitting station (71; 81) and the receiving station and a frequency band of a channel that the receiving station uses. intensity modulation means adapted to perform intensity modulation on an optical signal to generate an intensity modulated signal; phase modulation means adapted to perform phase modulation on an optical signal to generate a phase modulated signal; and control means adapted to selectively output an electric signal for a receiving station of the plurality of receiving stations (27-1 - 27-N; 28-1 - 28-N) to the intensity modulation means or to the phase modulation means, depending on a distance between the transmitting station (71; 81) and the receiving station and a frequency band of a channel that the receiving station uses.
Method for operating a high-pressure injection system for an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of: - delivering fuel to a high-pressure pump by way of a predelivery pump, - delivering fuel under high pressure to a high-pressure rail by way of the high-pressure pump, - delivering fuel to the high-pressure rail by way of the predelivery pump prior to starting of the internal combustion engine, characterized in that the predelivery pump is operated in two different delivery directions, and, in a first delivery direction, the fuel is delivered to the high-pressure pump, and, in a second delivery direction which is opposite the first delivery direction, the fuel is delivered into the high-pressure rail through an LP fuel line prior to the starting of the internal combustion engine. - delivering fuel to a high-pressure pump by way of a predelivery pump, - delivering fuel under high pressure to a high-pressure rail by way of the high-pressure pump, - delivering fuel to the high-pressure rail by way of the predelivery pump prior to starting of the internal combustion engine,
Apparatus operable to close a wound in a patient's tissue, said wound presenting an insertion site and an elongated, obliquely oriented tract extending into the patient's tissue and in communication with said insertion site, said apparatus comprising: a body having an elongated, rigid force-transmitting surface including an elongated, obliquely oriented, and progressively tapered segment, said body operable to be placed in an external wound-closing position with said force-transmitting surface proximal to the patient's skin, atop said wound and in general axial alignment with said tract; and a force-exerting assembly coupled with said body and operable to exert forces of different magnitudes at different locations along the length of said force-transmitting surface in order to close the wound, said forces being greatest adjacent the end of said force-transmitting surface closest to the patient's heart, and decreasing along the length of the force-transmitting surface away from the patient's heart, said force-transmitting surface being three-dimensionally asymmetric, said force-transmitting surface comprising first and second surface sections (58, 60) having different force-transmitting areas, respectively, wherein said first and second surface sections (58, 60) being substantially coplanar, said force-transmitting surface including a third, generally T-shaped surface section bridging said first and second surface sections (58, 60) and comprising said elongated segment and a segment transverse to said elongated segment. a body having an elongated, rigid force-transmitting surface including an elongated, obliquely oriented, and progressively tapered segment, said body operable to be placed in an external wound-closing position with said force-transmitting surface proximal to the patient's skin, atop said wound and in general axial alignment with said tract; and a force-exerting assembly coupled with said body and operable to exert forces of different magnitudes at different locations along the length of said force-transmitting surface in order to close the wound, said forces being greatest adjacent the end of said force-transmitting surface closest to the patient's heart, and decreasing along the length of the force-transmitting surface away from the patient's heart, said force-transmitting surface being three-dimensionally asymmetric, said force-transmitting surface comprising first and second surface sections (58, 60) having different force-transmitting areas, respectively, wherein said first and second surface sections (58, 60) being substantially coplanar, said force-transmitting surface including a third, generally T-shaped surface section bridging said first and second surface sections (58, 60) and comprising said elongated segment and a segment transverse to said elongated segment.
A method for drying a vaccine composition comprising a virus or viral protein subunit or virus-like particles comprising the steps of: a) providing an aqueous composition in a primary container comprising a buffer, the virus or viral protein subunit or virus-like particles, and between about 20% w/w and about 60% w/w of one or more non-polymeric sugars; b) freezing the composition, thereby forming at least one frozen body comprising the buffer in frozen form; and c) applying microwave radiation in a traveling wave format at a power in a range of between 0.5 and 8 KW/hr/Kg to the frozen body under a pressure below atmospheric pressure to produce a dried formulation; using sublimation as the predominant drying mechanism. a) providing an aqueous composition in a primary container comprising a buffer, the virus or viral protein subunit or virus-like particles, and between about 20% w/w and about 60% w/w of one or more non-polymeric sugars; b) freezing the composition, thereby forming at least one frozen body comprising the buffer in frozen form; and c) applying microwave radiation in a traveling wave format at a power in a range of between 0.5 and 8 KW/hr/Kg to the frozen body under a pressure below atmospheric pressure to produce a dried formulation; using sublimation as the predominant drying mechanism.
Refrigeration system comprising a refrigeration circuit, a refrigerant compressor, a condenser following on from the refrigerant compressor, an expansion device following on from the condenser and an evaporator following on from the expansion device being arranged in said refrigeration circuit, said evaporator being connected to the refrigerant compressor, wherein the refrigerant compressor has a drive motor speed-controlled by an electronic motor control and a control cooling branch having refrigerant flowing through it, branching off from the refrigeration circuit between the condenser and the expansion device and being guided to a connection of the refrigerant compressor, a cooling element connected in a heat conducting manner to electronic power components of the motor control being arranged in said branch, wherein a minimum evaporation temperature of the cooling element is below a liquefying temperature of the refrigerant in the condenser, characterized in that a regulating device is present for the control cooling branch and is designed such that it regulates a temperature of the cooling element during operation of the refrigerant compressor such that a minimum evaporation temperature of the cooling element is above a freezing temperature of water and above a dew point temperature of surroundings of the motor control, that the temperature of the cooling element is at least at a minimum evaporation temperature adjustable in the cooling element as a result of an evaporation pressure of the refrigerant or higher, and that the adjustment of the evaporation pressure in the cooling element is brought about by an evaporation pressure regulator.
An integral protector for a living being member including a foot for prevention of pressure ulcers, comprising a one-piece tubular assembly consisting of: - a textile tubular stockinette providing a tubular envelope intended to be in contact with the skin of the living being, said textile stockinette comprising at least an elastic longitudinal portion extending along a whole generatrix thereof, and - a tubular jacket made of a 3D spacer fabric providing an external sleeve, said tubular jacket receiving placed therein said textile stockinette, arranged coaxially and covering an inner surface thereof, said textile stockinette being attached to said tubular jacket, wherein said tubular jacket operating as padding by decreasing the pressure acting on the cited living being member when in rest against a surface, said stockinette acting as a skin protector and the one-piece tubular assembly providing a total protection of all the potential living member areas at risk against pressure ulcers. - a textile tubular stockinette providing a tubular envelope intended to be in contact with the skin of the living being, said textile stockinette comprising at least an elastic longitudinal portion extending along a whole generatrix thereof, and - a tubular jacket made of a 3D spacer fabric providing an external sleeve, said tubular jacket receiving placed therein said textile stockinette, arranged coaxially and covering an inner surface thereof, said textile stockinette being attached to said tubular jacket,
Machine for washing impressions (29; 290), comprising a washing fluid circuit and at least one tool (10; 30; 40; 50) for forming patties from a food mass, comprising: • an impression holder (11; 311; 411; 52); • an impression arranged so as to be received in the impression holder, the impression being made of a material that is porous to a fluid and having an inner face delimiting a mould for forming a patty and an outer face separated from the inner face by a thickness of porous material; and • a clamping means (13; 313; 413; 53) for clamping the impression in the impression holder, wherein the clamping means is a clamping nut; and • a seal (14, 15, 17) interposed between the impression and one out of the impression holder and the clamping means, the seal being arranged so as to force a pressurized fluid, provided on the outer face, to pass through the thickness of porous material, from said outer face to the inner face; and • a fluid intake chamber partially delimited by the outer face of the impression, and delimited by a cavity formed in the impression holder and delimited by a depression formed in the clamping nut; the machine for washing impressions (29; 290) having the impression in fluidic connection with the washing fluid circuit. • an impression holder (11; 311; 411; 52); • an impression arranged so as to be received in the impression holder, the impression being made of a material that is porous to a fluid and having an inner face delimiting a mould for forming a patty and an outer face separated from the inner face by a thickness of porous material; and • a clamping means (13; 313; 413; 53) for clamping the impression in the impression holder, wherein the clamping means is a clamping nut; and • a seal (14, 15, 17) interposed between the impression and one out of the impression holder and the clamping means, the seal being arranged so as to force a pressurized fluid, provided on the outer face, to pass through the thickness of porous material, from said outer face to the inner face; and • a fluid intake chamber partially delimited by the outer face of the impression, and delimited by a cavity formed in the impression holder and delimited by a depression formed in the clamping nut;
A stackable packaging unit for transporting and proving fresh unbaked risen dough portions which are neither deep-frozen or precooked, comprising • a frame of rigid plastics material, the frame comprising ∘ peripheral side walls, each peripheral side wall comprising an inner face, an outer face, a lower face and an upper face, each lower or upper face respectively being configured to fit together with an upper or lower face respectively of an identical stackable transport packaging unit, ∘ at least two opposing side walls which have one or more air passages, the total cross-section of the air passages per side wall being between 2 and 12%, preferably between 2.5 and 8%, of the outer surface area of said side wall, and • a rigid stainless steel support arranged inside the frame, the support comprising at least two opposing folded lateral edges, the opposing folded edges being held in position on inner faces of opposing peripheral side walls of the frame. • a frame of rigid plastics material, the frame comprising ∘ peripheral side walls, each peripheral side wall comprising an inner face, an outer face, a lower face and an upper face, each lower or upper face respectively being configured to fit together with an upper or lower face respectively of an identical stackable transport packaging unit, ∘ at least two opposing side walls which have one or more air passages, the total cross-section of the air passages per side wall being between 2 and 12%, preferably between 2.5 and 8%, of the outer surface area of said side wall, and ∘ peripheral side walls, each peripheral side wall comprising an inner face, an outer face, a lower face and an upper face, each lower or upper face respectively being configured to fit together with an upper or lower face respectively of an identical stackable transport packaging unit, ∘ at least two opposing side walls which have one or more air passages, the total cross-section of the air passages per side wall being between 2 and 12%, preferably between 2.5 and 8%, of the outer surface area of said side wall, and • a rigid stainless steel support arranged inside the frame, the support comprising at least two opposing folded lateral edges, the opposing folded edges being held in position on inner faces of opposing peripheral side walls of the frame.
A device for characterizing an extracorporeal blood treatment carried out by an extracorporeal treatment apparatus (704, 802) expelling, during said treatment, an extracorporeal treatment liquid, called filtrate, discharged through a discharge circuit, said device comprising: - means (102, 104), called collecting means, for collecting, throughout said treatment, a quantity of filtrate, at the outlet of said treatment apparatus (704, 802); and - means (112, 116, 118, 120), called determining means, for determining at least one parameter relating to said treatment by analysis of at least one sample of said filtrate collected by said collecting means (102, 104); characterized in that said collecting means comprise means for carrying out continuous collection of filtrate throughout the extracorporeal treatment. - means (102, 104), called collecting means, for collecting, throughout said treatment, a quantity of filtrate, at the outlet of said treatment apparatus (704, 802); and - means (112, 116, 118, 120), called determining means, for determining at least one parameter relating to said treatment by analysis of at least one sample of said filtrate collected by said collecting means (102, 104);
A computing system comprising: a first client computing device configured to locally generate a first local graphics surface, and to remotely access a virtual collaboration application instance in a virtual computing session running on a virtual machine; a second client computing device configured to locally run a collaboration application instance generating a second local graphics surface; a virtualization server configured to run the virtual computing session for the first client computing device and the virtual collaboration application instance hosted in the virtual computing session, and to generate a virtual graphics surface from the first local graphics surface of the first client computing device within the virtual computing session via the virtual collaboration application instance; and a collaboration cloud computing service cooperating with the second client computing device and the virtual collaboration application instance at the virtualization server to share the virtual graphics surface within the second local graphics surface of the second client computing device. a first client computing device configured to locally generate a first local graphics surface, and to remotely access a virtual collaboration application instance in a virtual computing session running on a virtual machine; a second client computing device configured to locally run a collaboration application instance generating a second local graphics surface; a virtualization server configured to run the virtual computing session for the first client computing device and the virtual collaboration application instance hosted in the virtual computing session, and to generate a virtual graphics surface from the first local graphics surface of the first client computing device within the virtual computing session via the virtual collaboration application instance; and a collaboration cloud computing service cooperating with the second client computing device and the virtual collaboration application instance at the virtualization server to share the virtual graphics surface within the second local graphics surface of the second client computing device.
A computer-implemented method for enabling transactions on an associated network, comprising: receiving, by a user device having a processor, a personalized application including a service providing application, an application certificate having an application identifier, an application signature, and a diversified key from an associated central system over an intermittent network connection (193, 194, 195); authenticating with a tag via a near field communication connection, in accordance with the diversified key and a master key stored on the tag wherein the diversified key may be computed from the application identifier using the master key and a key derivation function; validating the user device for access to the associated transportation network in accordance with an exchange of the application identifier and a tag identifier; generating a notification to an associated user indicative of a successful transaction responsive to a validation of the user device; receiving a transaction certificate from the tag, the transaction certificate including the application identifier and the tag identifier; receiving at least a portion of a log from the tag, the log representative of a plurality of transactions between the tag and a plurality of user devices (300A-300C); and communicating the transaction certificate and the at least a portion of the log to the central system via the intermittent network connection. receiving, by a user device having a processor, a personalized application including a service providing application, an application certificate having an application identifier, an application signature, and a diversified key from an associated central system over an intermittent network connection (193, 194, 195); authenticating with a tag via a near field communication connection, in accordance with the diversified key and a master key stored on the tag wherein the diversified key may be computed from the application identifier using the master key and a key derivation function; validating the user device for access to the associated transportation network in accordance with an exchange of the application identifier and a tag identifier; generating a notification to an associated user indicative of a successful transaction responsive to a validation of the user device; receiving a transaction certificate from the tag, the transaction certificate including the application identifier and the tag identifier; receiving at least a portion of a log from the tag, the log representative of a plurality of transactions between the tag and a plurality of user devices (300A-300C); and communicating the transaction certificate and the at least a portion of the log to the central system via the intermittent network connection.
An infrared photodetector (10; 30; 35; 40) comprising a stack of layers (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) on a substrate (14, 26) having an active area made of organic semiconductor materials capable of converting an infrared radiation into an electric signal and comprising, in said stack and/or on the substrate, a single layer at least partially filtering visible light, wherein the filtering layer comprises a material selected from the group comprising amorphous silicon, amorphous silicon-germanium alloys, copper-indium-gallium-selenium alloys, copper zinc tin sulphide, or a mixture of at least two of these compounds.