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A magnetic field sensor for detecting motion of an object, comprising: a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements configured to generate at least two magnetic field signals in response to a magnetic field associated with the object; a first detector circuit responsive to at least one of the magnetic field signals and configured to generate a right channel signal having edges indicative of motion of the object; a second detector circuit responsive to at least one of the magnetic field signals and configured to generate a left channel signal having edges indicative of motion of the object; a direction calculation processor responsive to the right and left channel signals to generate a direction signal having a state indicative of a direction of motion of the object, wherein the direction signal is generated in response to a state of the left channel signal occurring at an edge of the right channel signal; an output signal generator responsive to the direction signal to generate an output signal having a pulse indicative of the direction of motion of the object; and an error detection processor responsive to the output signal and to the direction signal to detect an error in at least the direction signal comprising an edge of the direction signal not coinciding with an edge of the right channel signal. a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements configured to generate at least two magnetic field signals in response to a magnetic field associated with the object; a first detector circuit responsive to at least one of the magnetic field signals and configured to generate a right channel signal having edges indicative of motion of the object; a second detector circuit responsive to at least one of the magnetic field signals and configured to generate a left channel signal having edges indicative of motion of the object; a direction calculation processor responsive to the right and left channel signals to generate a direction signal having a state indicative of a direction of motion of the object, wherein the direction signal is generated in response to a state of the left channel signal occurring at an edge of the right channel signal; an output signal generator responsive to the direction signal to generate an output signal having a pulse indicative of the direction of motion of the object; and an error detection processor responsive to the output signal and to the direction signal to detect an error in at least the direction signal comprising an edge of the direction signal not coinciding with an edge of the right channel signal.
An apparatus for automated control of gas washout of a patient interface (30, 330, 430) of a respiratory treatment apparatus comprising: a vent assembly (60, 360, 460) associated with a patient interface (30, 330, 430) to vent expiratory gas and positioned in an air delivery conduit proximal to the patient interface; an actuator to manipulate the vent assembly (60, 360, 460); and a controller, including a processor, that is coupled to the actuator; wherein the vent assembly (60, 360, 460) has a variable exhaust area defined by overlapping apertures (90, 590, 1090, 1290; 95, 595, 1295), wherein the overlapping apertures (90, 590, 1090, 1290; 95, 595, 1295) allow air to pass through the exhaust area; and the controller is configured to operate the actuator to change the variable exhaust area of the vent assembly (60, 360, 460). a vent assembly (60, 360, 460) associated with a patient interface (30, 330, 430) to vent expiratory gas and positioned in an air delivery conduit proximal to the patient interface; an actuator to manipulate the vent assembly (60, 360, 460); and a controller, including a processor, that is coupled to the actuator; wherein the vent assembly (60, 360, 460) has a variable exhaust area defined by overlapping apertures (90, 590, 1090, 1290; 95, 595, 1295), wherein the overlapping apertures (90, 590, 1090, 1290; 95, 595, 1295) allow air to pass through the exhaust area; and the controller is configured to operate the actuator to change the variable exhaust area of the vent assembly (60, 360, 460).
A pre-loaded stent graft delivery device comprising: a guide wire catheter having a guide wire lumen therethrough; a handle assembly at a distal end of the guide wire catheter, the handle assembly including a manifold, where the manifold comprises two side ports and a through bore, the two side ports extending distally from the through bore; a nose cone dilator at a proximal end of the guide wire catheter; a pusher catheter extending from the manifold towards the nose cone dilator, the pusher catheter comprising at least one lumen therethrough where the guide wire catheter extends through the at least one lumen within the pusher catheter; an access sheath disposed within each of the two side ports of the manifold; and a sheath disposed coaxially over the pusher catheter, characterised in that the sheath has at least two longitudinal splits formed along a portion of a length of the sheath, where each split is aligned with each of the access sheaths such that the sheath can be at least partially retracted over the access sheaths. a guide wire catheter having a guide wire lumen therethrough; a handle assembly at a distal end of the guide wire catheter, the handle assembly including a manifold, where the manifold comprises two side ports and a through bore, the two side ports extending distally from the through bore; a nose cone dilator at a proximal end of the guide wire catheter; a pusher catheter extending from the manifold towards the nose cone dilator, the pusher catheter comprising at least one lumen therethrough where the guide wire catheter extends through the at least one lumen within the pusher catheter; an access sheath disposed within each of the two side ports of the manifold; and a sheath disposed coaxially over the pusher catheter, characterised in that the sheath has at least two longitudinal splits formed along a portion of a length of the sheath, where each split is aligned with each of the access sheaths such that the sheath can be at least partially retracted over the access sheaths.
A circuit for controlling a rotating three-phase motor having three interconnected motor coils (L1, L2, L3) each corresponding to one of three phases, comprising: a plurality of switching circuit components and each connected to the motor to supply current to one of said coils; a signal generator circuit producing in synchronism with the rotation of the motor a variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signal for each of the switching circuit components; characterised in that a logic gating circuit coupled to the signal generator circuit and to the switching circuit components and being operative: a) to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical off state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit components, and b) to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical on state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit comonents. a plurality of switching circuit components and each connected to the motor to supply current to one of said coils; a signal generator circuit producing in synchronism with the rotation of the motor a variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signal for each of the switching circuit components; characterised in that a logic gating circuit coupled to the signal generator circuit and to the switching circuit components and being operative: a) to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical off state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit components, and b) to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical on state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit comonents. a) to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical off state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit components, and b) to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical on state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit comonents.
A method of supporting location services, comprising: sending a query message from a location server to a terminal to query for information on active location sessions; and receiving from the terminal a response message comprising the information on the active location sessions, characterized in that the sending the query message comprises sending a Secure User Plane Location, SUPL, INIT message comprising a positioning method parameter set to a predefined value to indicate a session info query session, and wherein the receiving the response message comprises receiving a SUPL REPORT message comprising the information on the active location sessions. sending a query message from a location server to a terminal to query for information on active location sessions; and receiving from the terminal a response message comprising the information on the active location sessions, characterized in that the sending the query message comprises sending a Secure User Plane Location, SUPL, INIT message comprising a positioning method parameter set to a predefined value to indicate a session info query session, and wherein the receiving the response message comprises receiving a SUPL REPORT message comprising the information on the active location sessions.
A steering wheel cover with a multilayer structure which in the unwound state has a circumferential length and a cross-sectional width and whose layers (6, 7, 8, 9) cover each other at least partially in projection, with a lower electrically conductive shielding layer and with an upper cover layer, between which are arranged, starting from the shielding layer, an insulation layer and at least one electrically conductive sensor layer, wherein at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer comprises a conductor structure with conductors extending in circumferential length and cross-sectional width, and wherein the shielding layer and the sensor layer are electrically connected to connecting conductors of a connecting cable, characterized in that at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer has a knitted structure with non-conductive, stitchforming warp threads and conductive weft threads and that the electrical connection of the respective connecting conductors of the connecting cable with at least one of the shielding layer and the sensor layer is formed by a respective metal foil.
A method comprising: receiving a received signal that is associated with odd-order intermodulation distortion occurring from at least two transmit signals; generating a baseband replica intermodulation distortion signal using the at least two transmit signals; converting the baseband replica intermodulation distortion signal to a low frequency intermodulation distortion signal using complex multiplication of the baseband replica intermodulation distortion signal and an intermediate frequency signal having a frequency that is the difference between a frequency of a local oscillator and a frequency of the odd-order intermodulation distortion; and subtracting the low frequency intermodulation distortion signal from the received signal to cancel odd-order intermodulation distortion from the received signal to create a corrected signal. receiving a received signal that is associated with odd-order intermodulation distortion occurring from at least two transmit signals; generating a baseband replica intermodulation distortion signal using the at least two transmit signals; converting the baseband replica intermodulation distortion signal to a low frequency intermodulation distortion signal using complex multiplication of the baseband replica intermodulation distortion signal and an intermediate frequency signal having a frequency that is the difference between a frequency of a local oscillator and a frequency of the odd-order intermodulation distortion; and subtracting the low frequency intermodulation distortion signal from the received signal to cancel odd-order intermodulation distortion from the received signal to create a corrected signal.
Inhibitor of scleral hypoxia-inducible factor-1α for use in inhibiting myopia, wherein the inhibitor of scleral hypoxia-inducible factor-1α is salidroside or formononetin.
Fluid-circulation valve, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a body having a duct for the passage of a fluid, a shut-off flap which shuts off the duct, a shaft on which the shut-off flap is fastened, and a rotary control member for the shaft, the rotation of which selectively controls the opening and the closing of the duct by the shut-off flap, in which the rotary control member comprises a housing for receiving a sensor target, the wall of which housing is formed by four wall portions, characterized in that each wall portion has at least one projecting relief or rib, preferably at least two projecting reliefs or ribs.
A phenol-producing transformant constructed by transferring a gene which encodes an enzyme having tyrosine phenol-lyase activity into a coryneform bacterium as a host, wherein the gene which encodes an enzyme having tyrosine phenollyase acitvity is a gene derived from Pantoea agglomerctns, a gene derived from Citrobacter braakii, a gene derived from Desulfitobacterium hafniense, a gene derived from Chloro flexus aurantiacus, a gene derived from Nostoc punctiforme, or a gene derived from Treponema denticola.
An instrument for positioning an acetabular cup component of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis, comprising: a support member having a plurality of jaw members unitarily formed around a periphery of the support member, each of the jaw members having a cup engaging limb which extends from the support member in a first direction, and an actuator operable to adopt an engaged configuration or a disengaged configuration, characterised in that the cup engaging limbs are adapted to be received in a recess on an external side wall of the acetabular cup component, wherein each jaw member is pivotable between an engaged position in which the cup engaging limbs are displaced inwardly and a disengaged position in which the cup engaging limbs are displaced outwardly allowing the acetabular cup component to be removed from between the jaw members, whereby in the engaged configuration the actuator acts on all the jaw members to urge them into the engaged position and in the disengaged configuration the actuator does not act on any of the jaw members to urge them into the engaged position and all the jaw members can adopt the disengaged position. a support member having a plurality of jaw members unitarily formed around a periphery of the support member, each of the jaw members having a cup engaging limb which extends from the support member in a first direction, and an actuator operable to adopt an engaged configuration or a disengaged configuration, characterised in that the cup engaging limbs are adapted to be received in a recess on an external side wall of the acetabular cup component, wherein each jaw member is pivotable between an engaged position in which the cup engaging limbs are displaced inwardly and a disengaged position in which the cup engaging limbs are displaced outwardly allowing the acetabular cup component to be removed from between the jaw members, whereby in the engaged configuration the actuator acts on all the jaw members to urge them into the engaged position and in the disengaged configuration the actuator does not act on any of the jaw members to urge them into the engaged position and all the jaw members can adopt the disengaged position.
A microscope with - a lens system, - a light source which radiates light into the lens system, - an object stage, arranged between the light source and the lens system, for receiving an object which is to be examined by microscope, - a first polarisation filter arranged between the light source and the object stage, - a second polarisation filter arranged between the object stage and the lens system, and turned by 90° relative to the first polarisation filter, and - a photonic crystal arranged in the beam path, which is formed by nanostructuring of the surface in a region of a microscope slide or cover slip, the surface of the photonic crystal having periodically-arranged cavities, wherein the photonic crystal is brought into contact with the object, wherein the object is a biological material, and wherein the resonances of the photonic crystal lie in the visible light spectrum, and only arise when the object is applied by changing the refractive index on the surface of the photonic crystal. - a lens system, - a light source which radiates light into the lens system, - an object stage, arranged between the light source and the lens system, for receiving an object which is to be examined by microscope, - a first polarisation filter arranged between the light source and the object stage, - a second polarisation filter arranged between the object stage and the lens system, and turned by 90° relative to the first polarisation filter, and - a photonic crystal arranged in the beam path, which is formed by nanostructuring of the surface in a region of a microscope slide or cover slip, the surface of the photonic crystal having periodically-arranged cavities,
A handle for a cooking vessel or lid that comprises at least one thermoelectric generator comprising at least one first contact surface connected thermally to a heat sink, characterized in that the heat sink is comprised of a material that undergoes a phase transition when the material is heated to temperatures of 50° C to 70° C.
An energy delivery device for delivering energy from an energy supply unit to a target region beneath a surface of tissue, the device comprising: a device body having a tissue engaging surface, where the tissue engaging surface allows orientation of the device body on the surface of tissue; a first plurality of energy transfer elements being advanceable from the device body at an oblique angle relative to the tissue engaging surface; a stabilization plate adjacent to the tissue engaging surface and being spaced from the plurality of energy transfer elements; and a connector adapted to couple the energy supply unit to the plurality of energy transfer elements; wherein the tissue engaging surface and stabilization plate are positioned such that when the tissue engaging surface is placed on the surface of tissue and the first plurality of energy transfer elements is advanced into the surface of tissue at an entry point, the first plurality of energy transfer elements enters the tissue at the oblique angle relative to the tissue surface while the tissue engaging surface and the stabilization plate reduce movement of the surface of tissue adjacent to the entry point, characterized in that the stabilization plate comprises a window that permits direct observation of the surface of tissue above the target region. a device body having a tissue engaging surface, where the tissue engaging surface allows orientation of the device body on the surface of tissue; a first plurality of energy transfer elements being advanceable from the device body at an oblique angle relative to the tissue engaging surface; a stabilization plate adjacent to the tissue engaging surface and being spaced from the plurality of energy transfer elements; and a connector adapted to couple the energy supply unit to the plurality of energy transfer elements; wherein the tissue engaging surface and stabilization plate are positioned such that when the tissue engaging surface is placed on the surface of tissue and the first plurality of energy transfer elements is advanced into the surface of tissue at an entry point, the first plurality of energy transfer elements enters the tissue at the oblique angle relative to the tissue surface while the tissue engaging surface and the stabilization plate reduce movement of the surface of tissue adjacent to the entry point, characterized in that the stabilization plate comprises a window that permits direct observation of the surface of tissue above the target region.
A sustained-release oral dosage form comprising at least one active ingredient which is ruxolitinib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one sustained-release matrix former which is hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, wherein said ruxolitinib, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is present in said dosage form in an amount of about 10 to about 60 mg on a free base basis, and wherein said hydroxypropyl methylcellulose is present in said dosage form in an amount up to 30% by weight; wherein administration of said dosage form to a human results in a ratio of mean peak plasma concentration (C max) to mean 12-hour plasma concentration (C 12h) of ruxolitinib of 2 to 7, and a mean half-life (t 1/2) of from about 3.5 hours to about 11 hours.
A device for treating a vaginal canal by a laser beam, comprising: a vaginal canal wall retractor having a longitudinal axis (A-A) and comprising an expansion members defining a hollow volume, said expansion members configured and arranged for interacting with the vaginal canal, causing the expansion thereof upon introduction of the device into the vagina; a system for directing the laser beam towards said wall, said system including a mirror arranged in said hollow volume defined by the expansion members; a laser beam scanning system (13, 13A, 13B) arranged and controlled for directing the laser beam on said mirror and for moving said laser beam according to a pre-settable pattern, wherein the mirror is arranged so that when the retractor is introduced into the vaginal canal, the mirror takes on such position that the beam coming from the scanning system (13A, 13B) is directed orthogonally relative to the longitudinal axis (A-A) of the retractor, and therefore orthogonally to a portion of the vaginal canal wall.
Linkage assembly (2; 102) between a vehicle (6; 106) body (4; 104) and a bogie (10; 110) chassis (8; 108), comprising two traction bars (22, 24; 122, 124) intended to be positioned on the sides of the chassis (8; 108), each comprising an end intended to be connected to the body (4; 104) via a ball joint coupling (29, 30; 145, 146, 147, 148) and an end intended to be connected to the chassis (8; 108) via a ball joint coupling (25, 26; 125, 126), and a balancing bar (28; 143) connecting transversely the traction bars (22, 24; 122, 124), the balancing bar (28; 143) being intended to be positioned outside the bogie chassis and to be connected to the vehicle (6; 106) body (4; 104) by two pivot linkage elements (32; 132, 133) intended to be positioned outside the bogie chassis, these two pivot linkage elements (132, 133) being adapted to connect the traction bars (122, 124) to the vehicle body and to be made integral with two lateral structural beams (150, 151) of the body, the linkage assembly being characterised in that the balancing bar is solely connectable to the vehicle body by the two pivot linkage elements (132, 133).