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Locking unit for a vehicle seat, comprising a locking pawl which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position and which has a retention contour for securing a locking bolt in the closed position, as well as at least one claw (90, 91, 92) which is mounted so as to be pivotable about the same pivot axis, wherein the claw (90, 91, 92) has a closure contour, wherein the locking pawl can be pivoted from the open position to the closed position by the closure contour being acted upon by the locking bolt, wherein the locking pawl and the claw are pivotably mounted offset in the axial direction parallel to a first bearing bolt, wherein the first bearing bolt extends in an axial direction, characterized in that a surface of a covering of the locking pawl facing the locking bolt has a path which in the axial direction has an apex which is offset relative to the center of the width of the surface in the axial direction.
An absorbent article, wherein said absorbent article is a feminine hygiene garment, baby diaper, baby pants or adult incontinence garment; said absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent structure situated in between the liquid pervious topsheet and liquid impervious backsheet, said absorbent structure having longitudinal edges extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; said absorbent structure including at least one carrier layer, at least one auxiliary layer, and absorbent material; wherein the carrier layer and auxiliary layer are joined via substantially permanent primary attachments and substantially temporary secondary attachments; wherein, apart from the primary attachments and secondary attachments, there are also unattached regions, where there is substantially no attachment, bond and/or joint between the carrier layer and auxiliary layer, thereby providing compartments in which the absorbent material is located; wherein the primary attachments are made up of ultrasonic bonds; wherein the primary attachments comprise multiple attachment regions between the longitudinal edges in the form of lines creating additional channels and ducts which help the fluid transport from the point of liquid contact to the rest of the absorbent structure via mass flow allowing better and more spread out immediate liquid management via capillary flow locally; said lines being such that they do not allow channeling of liquid to the very side of the absorbent structure to avoid leakages upon time of insult; whereby the temporary secondary attachments are configured to be loosened as a result of exposing the absorbent structure to liquid whereas the permanent primary attachments are configured to remain substantially intact. said absorbent structure including at least one carrier layer, at least one auxiliary layer, and absorbent material; wherein the carrier layer and auxiliary layer are joined via substantially permanent primary attachments and substantially temporary secondary attachments; wherein, apart from the primary attachments and secondary attachments, there are also unattached regions, where there is substantially no attachment, bond and/or joint between the carrier layer and auxiliary layer, thereby providing compartments in which the absorbent material is located; wherein the primary attachments are made up of ultrasonic bonds; wherein the primary attachments comprise multiple attachment regions between the longitudinal edges in the form of lines creating additional channels and ducts which help the fluid transport from the point of liquid contact to the rest of the absorbent structure via mass flow allowing better and more spread out immediate liquid management via capillary flow locally; said lines being such that they do not allow channeling of liquid to the very side of the absorbent structure to avoid leakages upon time of insult; whereby the temporary secondary attachments are configured to be loosened as a result of exposing the absorbent structure to liquid whereas the permanent primary attachments are configured to remain substantially intact.
A medical device for extracting tissue, the device comprising: an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end; two or more channels (110; 302) extending through the elongate member from the proximal end to the distal end; and a morcellating device configured to morcellate tissue, carried in one of the channels (110; 302d); wherein one of the channels (110; 302) is configured as a return channel configured for extracting morcellated tissue, and wherein the morcellating device is a laser fiber secured to an inner surface of the return channel. an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end; two or more channels (110; 302) extending through the elongate member from the proximal end to the distal end; and a morcellating device configured to morcellate tissue, carried in one of the channels (110; 302d); wherein one of the channels (110; 302) is configured as a return channel configured for extracting morcellated tissue, and wherein the morcellating device is a laser fiber secured to an inner surface of the return channel.
A residual gas analyzer comprising a detector (530, 630), an ion source, an analyzer having an aperture, the analyzer defining a beamline passing through the aperture, the detector (530, 630) configured to receive ions traveling in a downstream direction of the beamline, and including a steering electrode (553, 653) offset from the beamline, a first ion-receiving electrode (533, 633) arranged at least partly on the opposite side of the steering electrode (553, 653) from the beamline, a second ion-receiving electrode (539, 639) at least partly offset from the beamline and arranged at least partly across the beamline from at least a portion of the steering electrode (553, 653), wherein the second ion-receiving electrode (539, 639) is arranged at least partially upstream of at least a portion of the steering electrode (553, 653) and in that the detector (530, 630) comprises: a) a shielding electrode (557, 657) arranged at least partly between the beamline and the second ion-receiving electrode (539, 639), wherein the shielding electrode (557, 657) is grounded; and b) a source for applying a potential to the steering electrode (553, 653). a) a shielding electrode (557, 657) arranged at least partly between the beamline and the second ion-receiving electrode (539, 639), wherein the shielding electrode (557, 657) is grounded; and b) a source for applying a potential to the steering electrode (553, 653).
A communication network switch (120, 210) comprising: a plurality of network ports (122, 212, 312); a plurality of power connections, each of the plurality of power connections logically associated with at least one of the plurality of network ports; and a controller coupled to the plurality of network ports and configured to provide communications between the plurality of network ports; wherein the controller is further configured to identify a piece of equipment connected to at least one of the plurality of network ports based upon network traffic on the at least one of the plurality of network ports; wherein the controller is further configured to identify at least one of the plurality of power connections as providing power to the piece of equipment based upon the logical association of each of the plurality of power connections with the at least one of the plurality of network ports; wherein the plurality of network ports is distributed along a chassis of the communication network switch such that each of the network ports is physically associated with at least one of a plurality of mounting spaces within an equipment rack when the chassis is installed to the equipment rack, wherein the chassis is physically configured to align along the height of an equipment rack; and characterised in that the controller is further configured to identify at least one of the plurality of mounting spaces as being associated with the piece of equipment based upon the association of the at least one of the plurality of mounting spaces with the at least one of the plurality of network ports. a plurality of network ports (122, 212, 312); a plurality of power connections, each of the plurality of power connections logically associated with at least one of the plurality of network ports; and a controller coupled to the plurality of network ports and configured to provide communications between the plurality of network ports; wherein the controller is further configured to identify a piece of equipment connected to at least one of the plurality of network ports based upon network traffic on the at least one of the plurality of network ports; wherein the controller is further configured to identify at least one of the plurality of power connections as providing power to the piece of equipment based upon the logical association of each of the plurality of power connections with the at least one of the plurality of network ports; wherein the plurality of network ports is distributed along a chassis of the communication network switch such that each of the network ports is physically associated with at least one of a plurality of mounting spaces within an equipment rack when the chassis is installed to the equipment rack, wherein the chassis is physically configured to align along the height of an equipment rack; and characterised in that the controller is further configured to identify at least one of the plurality of mounting spaces as being associated with the piece of equipment based upon the association of the at least one of the plurality of mounting spaces with the at least one of the plurality of network ports.
Crankshaft for a refrigerant compressor, the crankshaft comprising at least - a cylindrical shaft element, - a crankpin for driving a compressor piston of the refrigerant compressor, and - means for conveying lubricant from a lower end region of the shaft element facing away from the crankpin in the direction toward the crankpin to supply lubricant to movable parts of the refrigerant compressor, characterized in that at least a surface section of a surface of the crankshaft comprises at least one flow disruptor, which flow disruptor is adapted due to its geometry and/or texture to destroy vapor bubbles and/or gas bubbles in the lubricant flowing around the crankshaft in an operating state of the refrigerant compressor. - a cylindrical shaft element, - a crankpin for driving a compressor piston of the refrigerant compressor, and - means for conveying lubricant from a lower end region of the shaft element facing away from the crankpin in the direction toward the crankpin to supply lubricant to movable parts of the refrigerant compressor,
Method for monitoring a belt drive (L, E) comprising a rotatably mounted disc (M, U) and a belt which is deflected at the disc (M, U), wherein the belt and the disc (M, U) are respectively equipped with a marking (K1, K2) and the belt and the disc (M, U) are positioned with respect to each other such that the markings (K1, K2) of the disc (M, U) and the belt are directly opposite each other in a trigger position when the belt circulates around the disc (M, U), characterised by the following work steps: a) Recording the trigger position by means of a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device emits a signal when the markings (K1, K2) are located in the trigger position; b) Recording the number of signals triggered over a certain past time period; and c) Determining the loads to which the belt or the disc (M, U) have been subjected to during the past time period based on the number of triggered signals corresponding to the number of circulations of the belt, and taking into consideration relevant influencing variables. a) Recording the trigger position by means of a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device emits a signal when the markings (K1, K2) are located in the trigger position; b) Recording the number of signals triggered over a certain past time period; and c) Determining the loads to which the belt or the disc (M, U) have been subjected to during the past time period based on the number of triggered signals corresponding to the number of circulations of the belt, and taking into consideration relevant influencing variables.
A method for identifying a cancer patient as likely to positively respond to a therapy regimen, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing samples obtained from the patient comprising at least one solid tumor sample and at least one blood plasma sample; (b) determining in the samples the sequence of at least a portion of each of the biomarkers listed in Table 1; (c) determining a measure of genetic heterogeneity in the biomarker sequence, the measure of heterogeneity selected from plasma recovery rate, mutant allele tumor heterogeneity (MATH) and multi-variant gene count (MVGC); (d) identifying the patient as likely to positively respond to a therapy regimen if the measure of genetic heterogeneity is low; or (e) identifying the patient as not likely to positively respond to a therapy regimen if the measure of genetic heterogeneity is high, wherein the cancer is selected from among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and colorectal cancer in stages I, II, III and IV, wherein the positive response to therapy is selected from increased progression free survival and increased overall survival, and wherein the therapy regimen is selected from treatment with FOLFOXIRI-bevacizumab and treatment FOLFOX-bevacizumab. (a) providing samples obtained from the patient comprising at least one solid tumor sample and at least one blood plasma sample; (b) determining in the samples the sequence of at least a portion of each of the biomarkers listed in Table 1; (c) determining a measure of genetic heterogeneity in the biomarker sequence, the measure of heterogeneity selected from plasma recovery rate, mutant allele tumor heterogeneity (MATH) and multi-variant gene count (MVGC); (d) identifying the patient as likely to positively respond to a therapy regimen if the measure of genetic heterogeneity is low; or (e) identifying the patient as not likely to positively respond to a therapy regimen if the measure of genetic heterogeneity is high, wherein the cancer is selected from among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and colorectal cancer in stages I, II, III and IV, wherein the positive response to therapy is selected from increased progression free survival and increased overall survival, and wherein the therapy regimen is selected from treatment with FOLFOXIRI-bevacizumab and treatment FOLFOX-bevacizumab.
A method for capturing a breakpoint fragment of a fusion gene, comprising (a) contacting a provided biological sample with a polynucleotide probe, which comprises one or more locked nucleic acid nucleotides, under conditions sufficient to: (i) permit hybridization between the polynucleotide probe and the breakpoint fragment to provide a probe-captured polynucleotide in a mixture, which polynucleotide probe has sequence complementarity with the breakpoint fragment and has affinity for the fusion gene that is greater than a polynucleotide having the sequence complementarity and containing only unmodified nucleotides; and (ii) permit enrichment or isolation of the probe-captured polynucleotide from the mixture, wherein the polynucleotide probe has sequence complementarity with the breakpoint fragment, (b) eluting the probe-captured polynucleotides to isolate the captured polynucleotides from the probes; and (c) directly sequencing the eluted polynucleotides or using the eluted polynucleotides to produce sequencing libraries, wherein the biological sample contains or is suspected of containing a cell-free nucleic acid molecule comprising the breakpoint fragment of the fusion gene. (a) contacting a provided biological sample with a polynucleotide probe, which comprises one or more locked nucleic acid nucleotides, under conditions sufficient to: (i) permit hybridization between the polynucleotide probe and the breakpoint fragment to provide a probe-captured polynucleotide in a mixture, which polynucleotide probe has sequence complementarity with the breakpoint fragment and has affinity for the fusion gene that is greater than a polynucleotide having the sequence complementarity and containing only unmodified nucleotides; and (ii) permit enrichment or isolation of the probe-captured polynucleotide from the mixture, wherein the polynucleotide probe has sequence complementarity with the breakpoint fragment, (i) permit hybridization between the polynucleotide probe and the breakpoint fragment to provide a probe-captured polynucleotide in a mixture, which polynucleotide probe has sequence complementarity with the breakpoint fragment and has affinity for the fusion gene that is greater than a polynucleotide having the sequence complementarity and containing only unmodified nucleotides; and (ii) permit enrichment or isolation of the probe-captured polynucleotide from the mixture, wherein the polynucleotide probe has sequence complementarity with the breakpoint fragment, (b) eluting the probe-captured polynucleotides to isolate the captured polynucleotides from the probes; and (c) directly sequencing the eluted polynucleotides or using the eluted polynucleotides to produce sequencing libraries, wherein the biological sample contains or is suspected of containing a cell-free nucleic acid molecule comprising the breakpoint fragment of the fusion gene.
A medical device, comprising: a needle, including a plurality of links and a distal tip, reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration; a conduit including a lumen extending through the needle, the conduit being coupled to the distal tip, wherein longitudinal movement of the conduit is configured to transition the needle between the first configuration and the second configuration, wherein the needle has a first rigidity in the first configuration, and a second rigidity greater than the first rigidity in the second configuration; and wherein gaps are present between adjacent links in the first configuration, and wherein the gaps are closed in the second configuration, characterized by a spring configured to bias the needle into the first configuration. a needle, including a plurality of links and a distal tip, reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration; a conduit including a lumen extending through the needle, the conduit being coupled to the distal tip, wherein longitudinal movement of the conduit is configured to transition the needle between the first configuration and the second configuration, wherein the needle has a first rigidity in the first configuration, and a second rigidity greater than the first rigidity in the second configuration; and wherein gaps are present between adjacent links in the first configuration, and wherein the gaps are closed in the second configuration, characterized by a spring configured to bias the needle into the first configuration.
A data carrier with a light source and a graphical element, wherein the graphical element is variable in its appearance by the light source arranged in a body of the data carrier in dependence on the switching state the light source, wherein the body comprises an inlay, wherein on one side of the inlay a first transparent cover foil is arranged and on the other, opposite side of the inlay a second transparent cover foil is arranged, wherein on the first cover foil on the side facing the inlay an opaque print is arranged, wherein on the second cover foil on the side facing the inlay an opaque print is arranged, wherein the inlay has a recess, wherein within the recess a light guide is arranged, wherein the light guide comprises a colorlessly transparent region, wherein the body comprises a light source in order to illuminate the light guide, wherein the opaque print extends at least regionally over the colorlessly transparent region in order to form a contour of the graphical element, so that, when the light source is switched off, the print is visible from the outside in the region of the graphical element and when the light source is switched on, the contour of the graphical element is visible from the outside.
A vehicular input device for receiving an input to an in-vehicle display from a driver, the device comprising a contactless operation detecting unit (14, 23) configured to detect a contactless operation on the in-vehicle display; characterized in that said device comprises: at least one distance detecting unit (15, 16, Sd1,..., Sdn) configured to detect a distance to an object present in a vehicle; a distance information storage unit (Md1,..., Mdn) in which distance information obtained from the at least one distance detecting unit (15, 16, Sd1,..., Sdn) is stored for each of the at least one distance detecting unit for a predetermined period of time; a proximity object determining unit configured to determine whether or not the object is in the proximity of any of at least one predetermined specific position in the vehicle based on the distance information stored in the distance information storage unit (Md1,..., Mdn); and a detecting operation controlling unit configured to limit the detection by the contactless operation detecting unit (14, 23) when the proximity object determining unit determines that the object is in the proximity of any of the at least one specific position. at least one distance detecting unit (15, 16, Sd1,..., Sdn) configured to detect a distance to an object present in a vehicle; a distance information storage unit (Md1,..., Mdn) in which distance information obtained from the at least one distance detecting unit (15, 16, Sd1,..., Sdn) is stored for each of the at least one distance detecting unit for a predetermined period of time; a proximity object determining unit configured to determine whether or not the object is in the proximity of any of at least one predetermined specific position in the vehicle based on the distance information stored in the distance information storage unit (Md1,..., Mdn); and a detecting operation controlling unit configured to limit the detection by the contactless operation detecting unit (14, 23) when the proximity object determining unit determines that the object is in the proximity of any of the at least one specific position.
A cutting tip (11; 32; 35; 44; 47; 86) comprising: a cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73) made of a high-hardness material to take a thin plate shape; and a support portion (14; 31; 37; 42; 46; 48; 74) made of a material which is easier to be worn than the cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73), and securing and supporting the cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73) on a reverse side of a rake face of the cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73), wherein the support portion (14; 31; 37; 42; 46; 48; 74) is made of a fragile material, the fragile material being a sintered compact with solder and ceramic particles mixed, characterized in that the support portion's (14; 31; 37; 42; 46; 48; 74) material comprises ceramic particles in a range of #400 to #1200 in particle size and 30% or less in porosity, the porosity being expressed as: 1 − measured specific gravity g / cm 3 / absolute specific gravity g / cm 3 ⋅ 100. a cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73) made of a high-hardness material to take a thin plate shape; and a support portion (14; 31; 37; 42; 46; 48; 74) made of a material which is easier to be worn than the cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73), and securing and supporting the cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73) on a reverse side of a rake face of the cutting edge portion (13; 30; 36; 40; 45; 49; 73), wherein the support portion (14; 31; 37; 42; 46; 48; 74) is made of a fragile material, the fragile material being a sintered compact with solder and ceramic particles mixed, characterized in that the support portion's (14; 31; 37; 42; 46; 48; 74) material comprises ceramic particles in a range of #400 to #1200 in particle size and 30% or less in porosity, the porosity being expressed as: 1 − measured specific gravity g / cm 3 / absolute specific gravity g / cm 3 ⋅ 100.