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A suture passing device, comprising: a handle; a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft comprising a sharp distal tip that defines a shaft axis, the shaft defining a lumen; a jaw assembly housed within the shaft, the jaw assembly comprising a first jaw member and a second jaw member, the first jaw member and the second jaw member being movable with respect to each other between a closed position and an open position, the jaw assembly comprising a suture capturing mechanism; an actuating mechanism coupled to the jaw assembly and configured to move the jaw assembly between the closed position and the open position; wherein the first jaw member and the second jaw member are biased away from each towards the open position and moved to the open position when the actuating mechanism moves the jaw assembly distally with respect to the shaft such that first jaw member and the second jaw member each diverge from the shaft axis when exiting the shaft, wherein the first jaw member and the second jaw member are moved to the closed position when the actuating mechanism is moved to retract the jaw assembly proximally with respect to the shaft, characterized in that the suture capturing mechanism (44-qq) comprises a first configuration of teeth included in the first jaw member and a second configuration of teeth included in the second jaw member, the second configuration of teeth being axially and vertically staggered with respect to the first configuration of teeth, wherein, in a closed position, the first and second configurations of teeth do not overlap or align with each other. a handle; a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft comprising a sharp distal tip that defines a shaft axis, the shaft defining a lumen; a jaw assembly housed within the shaft, the jaw assembly comprising a first jaw member and a second jaw member, the first jaw member and the second jaw member being movable with respect to each other between a closed position and an open position, the jaw assembly comprising a suture capturing mechanism; an actuating mechanism coupled to the jaw assembly and configured to move the jaw assembly between the closed position and the open position; wherein the first jaw member and the second jaw member are biased away from each towards the open position and moved to the open position when the actuating mechanism moves the jaw assembly distally with respect to the shaft such that first jaw member and the second jaw member each diverge from the shaft axis when exiting the shaft, wherein the first jaw member and the second jaw member are moved to the closed position when the actuating mechanism is moved to retract the jaw assembly proximally with respect to the shaft, characterized in that the suture capturing mechanism (44-qq) comprises a first configuration of teeth included in the first jaw member and a second configuration of teeth included in the second jaw member, the second configuration of teeth being axially and vertically staggered with respect to the first configuration of teeth, wherein, in a closed position, the first and second configurations of teeth do not overlap or align with each other.
A handover method for a wireless communications system having a plurality of base stations servicing respective cells for communication with wireless devices, the method comprising: - for at least one target cell, transmitting a first message from a source base station to a target base station servicing said target cell, the first message including an identifier of a wireless device having a communication link with the source base station and information for obtaining authentication data for said wireless device, wherein the authentication data depends on a secret key available to the wireless device and the source base station and on an identity of said target cell; - upon failure of said communication link, selecting a cell at the wireless device and transmitting, from the wireless device to one of the base stations servicing the selected cell, a reestablishment request message including the identifier of the wireless device and authentication data depending on the secret key and on an identity of the selected cell; - if the selected cell is a target cell serviced by a target base station that received a first message, verifying conformity of the authentication data included in the reestablishment request message with the authentication data obtained from said first message; and - transferring the communication link to the selected cell if conformity is verified. - for at least one target cell, transmitting a first message from a source base station to a target base station servicing said target cell, the first message including an identifier of a wireless device having a communication link with the source base station and information for obtaining authentication data for said wireless device, wherein the authentication data depends on a secret key available to the wireless device and the source base station and on an identity of said target cell; - upon failure of said communication link, selecting a cell at the wireless device and transmitting, from the wireless device to one of the base stations servicing the selected cell, a reestablishment request message including the identifier of the wireless device and authentication data depending on the secret key and on an identity of the selected cell; - if the selected cell is a target cell serviced by a target base station that received a first message, verifying conformity of the authentication data included in the reestablishment request message with the authentication data obtained from said first message; and - transferring the communication link to the selected cell if conformity is verified.
A method for recovering a clock signal from a data signal by using a clock recovery module, with the following steps: - Accumulating edge timings of the data signal, - Transforming the edge timings accumulated into one bit period interval by applying a modulo transformation, thereby obtaining a reference bit period, - Determining a time offset for the reference bit period, wherein the time offset is chosen from a number of different time offsets by evaluating the difference of the accumulated edge timings with respect to a center of the bit period interval, - Determining a reference clock signal based on the time offset, - Determining the number of bits within a system clock of the clock recovery module, and - Recovering the clock signal based on the reference clock signal and the number of bits. - Accumulating edge timings of the data signal, - Transforming the edge timings accumulated into one bit period interval by applying a modulo transformation, thereby obtaining a reference bit period, - Determining a time offset for the reference bit period, wherein the time offset is chosen from a number of different time offsets by evaluating the difference of the accumulated edge timings with respect to a center of the bit period interval, - Determining a reference clock signal based on the time offset, - Determining the number of bits within a system clock of the clock recovery module, and - Recovering the clock signal based on the reference clock signal and the number of bits.
A stroller, comprising: an upper frame portion including first (112, 122) and second (114, 124) side struts spaced apart from each other; a lower frame portion including first (112, 122) and second (114, 124) side struts spaced apart from each other; and a pair of primary connector components adapted to support an associated primary seat in selectively releasable attachment therewith, each of the primary connector components slidably attached to the upper frame portion. an upper frame portion including first (112, 122) and second (114, 124) side struts spaced apart from each other; a lower frame portion including first (112, 122) and second (114, 124) side struts spaced apart from each other; and a pair of primary connector components adapted to support an associated primary seat in selectively releasable attachment therewith, each of the primary connector components slidably attached to the upper frame portion.
A process for converting biomass and any other organic material to useful energy gases, wherein a feed of said biomass is supplied, as dried, pre-heated particles, to a main reaction zone of a reactor according to any one of claims 10 to 15, where the particles are subjected to a stream of superheated steam, wherein the stream of superheated steam in the reactor has a temperature in a temperature range sufficient to cause pyrolysis of the biomass and steam to produce said energy gases; and wherein the latter includes one or more of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and any complex volatile organic compounds produced by the pyrolysis of the biomass are subjected to further thermally induced hydro breakdown into synthesis gas in an annular space within the reactor.
A installation template for a joint implant of a shoulder prosthesis on a humeral head, said template is made on the basis of a three-dimensional reconstruction of the osseous elements of the jointe from tomodensitometric data and markings of points on the humerus useful for the positioning of the relevant joint element, the template comprising: - a part forming gripping means, and - a breakable area capable of temporarily receiving a cutting block for its fixing to the humeral bone before allowing the implementation of the humeral resection, characterized in that the template comprises: - a support base forming a tripod with three angularly shifted legs,,, one of whom cooperating with the interbuberculaire groove or bicipital groove of the humeral head to constitute a single mark, said breakable area receiving the cutting block while being arranged between the leg cooperating with the bicipital groove and one of the two others legs or (lb). - a part forming gripping means, and - a breakable area capable of temporarily receiving a cutting block for its fixing to the humeral bone before allowing the implementation of the humeral resection, characterized in that the template comprises: - a support base forming a tripod with three angularly shifted legs,,, one of whom cooperating with the interbuberculaire groove or bicipital groove of the humeral head to constitute a single mark, said breakable area receiving the cutting block while being arranged between the leg cooperating with the bicipital groove and one of the two others legs or (lb). - a support base forming a tripod with three angularly shifted legs,,, one of whom cooperating with the interbuberculaire groove or bicipital groove of the humeral head to constitute a single mark, said breakable area receiving the cutting block while being arranged between the leg cooperating with the bicipital groove and one of the two others legs or (lb).
A thermally assisted switching MRAM element comprising a magnetic tunnel junction including a reference layer having a reference magnetization; a storage layer having a storage magnetization (230, 234, 235); a tunnel barrier layer included between the storage layer and the reference layer; and a storage antiferromagnetic layer exchange-coupling the storage layer such as to pin the storage magnetization (230, 234, 235) at a low temperature threshold and to free it at a high temperature threshold; the antiferromagnetic layer comprising at least one first layer having a first storage blocking temperature (T bs1), and at least one second antiferromagnetic layer having a second storage blocking temperature (T bs2); characterized in that the first storage blocking temperature (T bs1) is below 200°C and the second storage blocking temperature (T bs2) is above 250°C.
An automatic analyzer comprising: a mounting unit for mounting a specimen vessel (4, 13, 40a-40e) that stores a specimen to be analyzed, a first identifier (12, 41a-41e) arranged at a back position of the mounting unit, a reading unit (5, 16) arranged at a front position of the mounting unit and capable of reading the first identifier (12, 41a-41e), and a control unit for determining whether the specimen vessel (4, 13, 40a-40e) is mounted on the mounting unit based on whether a contrast value of the light reflected from the first identifier (12, 41a-41e) is equal to or greater than a threshold, by using a signal read by the reading unit (5, 16), wherein the first identifier (12, 41a-41e) is a two-dimensional code, and the contrast value is calculated from the signals of the black part and the white part of the two-dimensional code (12, 41a-41e), characterized in that the mounting unit is suitable for mounting specimen vessel types of various heights, and a plurality of the two-dimensional codes (12, 41a-41e) are arranged at the back position of the mounting unit, and the control unit is configured to determine the type of the specimen vessel (40a-40e) based on the number of the two-dimensional codes (12, 41a-41e) read by the reading unit (5, 16). a mounting unit for mounting a specimen vessel (4, 13, 40a-40e) that stores a specimen to be analyzed, a first identifier (12, 41a-41e) arranged at a back position of the mounting unit, a reading unit (5, 16) arranged at a front position of the mounting unit and capable of reading the first identifier (12, 41a-41e), and a control unit for determining whether the specimen vessel (4, 13, 40a-40e) is mounted on the mounting unit based on whether a contrast value of the light reflected from the first identifier (12, 41a-41e) is equal to or greater than a threshold, by using a signal read by the reading unit (5, 16), wherein the first identifier (12, 41a-41e) is a two-dimensional code, and the contrast value is calculated from the signals of the black part and the white part of the two-dimensional code (12, 41a-41e), characterized in that the mounting unit is suitable for mounting specimen vessel types of various heights, and a plurality of the two-dimensional codes (12, 41a-41e) are arranged at the back position of the mounting unit, and the control unit is configured to determine the type of the specimen vessel (40a-40e) based on the number of the two-dimensional codes (12, 41a-41e) read by the reading unit (5, 16).
Industrial plug-in connector having at least one module, one holding frame which can be fixed in the industrial plug-in connector, • wherein the at least one module has fixing means with which it can be reversibly fixed in a holding frame, wherein each of the at least one modules has two optical fibre plug-in connectors with a ferrule in each case, • wherein the optical fibre plug-in connectors are reversibly latched in the module, and • two adapters which are reversibly latched in a module in each case, wherein each adapter is associated with an optical fibre plug-in connector and surrounds a portion of the ferrule of the optical fibre plug-in connector, wherein the optical fibre plug-in connectors are FC or LC or ST or SC plug-in connectors or a combination thereof, and the adapters each contain an optically imaging element in the form of a spherical lens or a rod lens by which the emerging light signal is widened and parallelized. • wherein the at least one module has fixing means with which it can be reversibly fixed in a holding frame, wherein each of the at least one modules has two optical fibre plug-in connectors with a ferrule in each case, • wherein the optical fibre plug-in connectors are reversibly latched in the module, and • two adapters which are reversibly latched in a module in each case, wherein each adapter is associated with an optical fibre plug-in connector and surrounds a portion of the ferrule of the optical fibre plug-in connector, wherein the optical fibre plug-in connectors are FC or LC or ST or SC plug-in connectors or a combination thereof, and the adapters each contain an optically imaging element in the form of a spherical lens or a rod lens by which the emerging light signal is widened and parallelized.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount or a prophylactically effective amount of a combination of sacubitril and valsartan in a 1:1 molar ratio for use in the prevention or treatment of heart failure in a human pediatric patient, wherein the human pediatric patient has an age from 1 month to < 18 years, and wherein the patient suffers from chronic heart failure resulting from left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and wherein, when the patient is from 6 to less than 18 year old, the patient has heart failure of NYHA class II, III or IV, or when the patient is less than 6 year old, the patient has heart failure of Ross HF classification II-IV, wherein the use comprises the twice daily administration of a single dose of the combination of sacubitril and valsartan in a 1:1 molar ratio from 2 mg / kg body weight to 4 mg / kg body weight of the patient. when the patient is from 6 to less than 18 year old, the patient has heart failure of NYHA class II, III or IV, or when the patient is less than 6 year old, the patient has heart failure of Ross HF classification II-IV,
A computer-implemented method for detecting a scene change during video encoding, the method comprising: calculating a match rate for a current picture, wherein calculating the match rate comprises performing hash-based block matching for the current picture, wherein performing hash-based block matching for a given picture comprises, for each of a plurality of blocks of the given picture, determining a hash value and searching for a matching hash value in a hash table, the hash table storing hash values for candidate blocks of one or more reference pictures, wherein the match rate for the current picture indicates how many blocks of the current picture have hash matches in the hash table; calculating an average match rate for a plurality of previous pictures, wherein calculating the average match rate comprises performing hash-based block matching for the plurality of previous pictures; calculating a weighted average match rate, comprising multiplying the average match rate for the plurality of previous pictures with a weight value; and when the match rate for the current picture is less than the weighted average match rate, determining that the current picture is a scene change picture. calculating a match rate for a current picture, wherein calculating the match rate comprises performing hash-based block matching for the current picture, wherein performing hash-based block matching for a given picture comprises, for each of a plurality of blocks of the given picture, determining a hash value and searching for a matching hash value in a hash table, the hash table storing hash values for candidate blocks of one or more reference pictures, wherein the match rate for the current picture indicates how many blocks of the current picture have hash matches in the hash table; calculating an average match rate for a plurality of previous pictures, wherein calculating the average match rate comprises performing hash-based block matching for the plurality of previous pictures; calculating a weighted average match rate, comprising multiplying the average match rate for the plurality of previous pictures with a weight value; and when the match rate for the current picture is less than the weighted average match rate, determining that the current picture is a scene change picture.
A trip device for a circuit breaker, comprising: a first terminal connected to a power source side; a second terminal connected to a load side; and a bimetal having one side connected with the first terminal and the other side connected with the second terminal, such that a current can flow therethrough, characterized in that the bimetal comes in surface-contact with at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal, with interposing an arc-resistive member formed of silver carbide, AgC, (168a, 168b) therebetween. a first terminal connected to a power source side; a second terminal connected to a load side; and a bimetal having one side connected with the first terminal and the other side connected with the second terminal, such that a current can flow therethrough, characterized in that the bimetal comes in surface-contact with at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal, with interposing an arc-resistive member formed of silver carbide, AgC, (168a, 168b) therebetween.
A fuel cell system comprising: a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw material and steam; a raw material supply device configured to supply the raw material to the reformer; a steam supply device (3, 4) configured to supply the steam to the reformer; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; a combustor configured to combust the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell to heat the reformer; and a controller; wherein the controller is configured to, while the fuel cell is generating electric power, if the temperature detected by the temperature detector has deviated from a target temperature in accordance with a change in a composition of the raw material, control a raw material supply amount to the reformer via the raw material supply device such that the temperature detected by the temperature detector becomes the target temperature, and concurrently, control the steam supply device (3, 4) such that a change rate of a steam supply amount to the reformer becomes less than a change rate of the raw material supply amount to the reformer. a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw material and steam; a raw material supply device configured to supply the raw material to the reformer; a steam supply device (3, 4) configured to supply the steam to the reformer; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; a combustor configured to combust the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell to heat the reformer; and a controller; wherein the controller is configured to, while the fuel cell is generating electric power, if the temperature detected by the temperature detector has deviated from a target temperature in accordance with a change in a composition of the raw material, control a raw material supply amount to the reformer via the raw material supply device such that the temperature detected by the temperature detector becomes the target temperature, and concurrently, control the steam supply device (3, 4) such that a change rate of a steam supply amount to the reformer becomes less than a change rate of the raw material supply amount to the reformer.
An electroconductive composite, which comprises a matrix of nanocrystalline cellulose and graphene oxide, with the matrix being, in at least a region thereof, unipolar by having, in that region, n-type, or at least predominantly n-type, charge carrier conductivity, wherein the mass concentration of nanocrystalline cellulose in that region of the matrix is >7% and <35%.