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An implantable tissue marker device to be placed in a soft tissue site through an open surgical incision, comprising: a bioabsorbable body whose outer regions define a peripheral boundary of the marker device and which is in the shape of a spiral having an open architecture, wherein the bioabsorbable body comprises a first end portion extending inwardly towards the centre of the spiral and a second end portion extending inwardly towards the centre of the spiral; a first visualization marker from a plurality of visualization markers disposed in the first end portion; a second visualization marker from the plurality of visualization markers disposed in the second end portion; wherein when imaged the first and second visualization markers are visually distinct and indicate a boundary of a tissue cavity containing the bioabsorbable body; the bioabsorbable body being in the shape of the spiral having the open architecture such that adjacent soft tissue can infiltrate across the peripheral boundary between turns of the spiral when the bioabsorbable body is disposed within the tissue cavity. a bioabsorbable body whose outer regions define a peripheral boundary of the marker device and which is in the shape of a spiral having an open architecture, wherein the bioabsorbable body comprises a first end portion extending inwardly towards the centre of the spiral and a second end portion extending inwardly towards the centre of the spiral; a first visualization marker from a plurality of visualization markers disposed in the first end portion; a second visualization marker from the plurality of visualization markers disposed in the second end portion; wherein when imaged the first and second visualization markers are visually distinct and indicate a boundary of a tissue cavity containing the bioabsorbable body; the bioabsorbable body being in the shape of the spiral having the open architecture such that adjacent soft tissue can infiltrate across the peripheral boundary between turns of the spiral when the bioabsorbable body is disposed within the tissue cavity.
An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising: a support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a polymerized product of a hole transporting substance, wherein the hole transporting substance does not have a nitrogen atom, and having a reactive functional group and a structure other than the reactive functional group, wherein, the structure other than the reactive functional group of the hole transporting substance is one of: a structure consisting of a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom; and a structure consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom, the structure other than the reactive functional group of the hole transporting substance comprises a structure which comprises a conjugate structure comprising 24 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, and wherein, the conjugate structure comprises a condensed polycyclic structure comprising 12 or more sp 2 carbon atoms. a support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a polymerized product of a hole transporting substance, wherein the hole transporting substance does not have a nitrogen atom, and having a reactive functional group and a structure other than the reactive functional group, wherein, the structure other than the reactive functional group of the hole transporting substance is one of: a structure consisting of a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom; and a structure consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom, the structure other than the reactive functional group of the hole transporting substance comprises a structure which comprises a conjugate structure comprising 24 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, and wherein, the conjugate structure comprises a condensed polycyclic structure comprising 12 or more sp 2 carbon atoms. a structure consisting of a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom; and a structure consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom, the structure other than the reactive functional group of the hole transporting substance comprises a structure which comprises a conjugate structure comprising 24 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, and wherein, the conjugate structure comprises a condensed polycyclic structure comprising 12 or more sp 2 carbon atoms.
An optical tracking system (1, 2) for tracking a location and a posture of a marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210) which is attachable to a target and configured so that a pattern surface (15, 85, 250) formed inside the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210) is visible through an optical system (12, 82, 220) formed in an aperture (13, 83, 230) of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210), comprising: an image capturing device (100, 800) including a first image capturing part (110, 270, 710, 810) configured to capture at least a part of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80,210) to generate a light field image and a second image capturing part (120, 280, 720, 820) configured to capture a first outgoing light emitted from the aperture (13, 83, 230); and a processor (130, 760, 830) configured to determine the posture of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210) based on a first image (730, 930), which is obtained by extracting an image from the light field image and includes a pattern image (320, 735, 935) in which a part of the pattern surface (15, 85, 250) is identifiably captured, and to determine the location of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210) based on a second image (740, 940) obtained by extracting an image from the light field image and a third image (750, 950) obtained by capturing, by the second image capturing part (120, 280, 720, 820), the first outgoing light emitted from the aperture (13, 83, 230) in a direction different from an emission direction of a second outgoing light directed to the first image capturing part (110, 270, 710, 810), wherein the depths of field of the second and third images (740, 940; 750, 950) are formed in a predetermined finite range around the location of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210). an image capturing device (100, 800) including a first image capturing part (110, 270, 710, 810) configured to capture at least a part of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80,210) to generate a light field image and a second image capturing part (120, 280, 720, 820) configured to capture a first outgoing light emitted from the aperture (13, 83, 230); and a processor (130, 760, 830) configured to determine the posture of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210) based on a first image (730, 930), which is obtained by extracting an image from the light field image and includes a pattern image (320, 735, 935) in which a part of the pattern surface (15, 85, 250) is identifiably captured, and to determine the location of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210) based on a second image (740, 940) obtained by extracting an image from the light field image and a third image (750, 950) obtained by capturing, by the second image capturing part (120, 280, 720, 820), the first outgoing light emitted from the aperture (13, 83, 230) in a direction different from an emission direction of a second outgoing light directed to the first image capturing part (110, 270, 710, 810), wherein the depths of field of the second and third images (740, 940; 750, 950) are formed in a predetermined finite range around the location of the marker (10, 30, 70, 80, 210).
A composition comprising a bacterial strain of the species Blautia stercoris or Blautia wexlerae, for use in a method of treating or preventing an inflammatory or autoimmune disease.
A steering mechanism for use in a medical device, comprising: a first lever rotatable about a first axis, the first lever coupled to a first cam and configured to move the first cam from a first position to a second position when rotated about the first axis to provide a first deflection of a distal end of the medical device; a second lever rotatable about a second axis, the second lever coupled to a second cam and configured to move the second cam from a first position to a second position when rotated about the second axis to provide a second deflection of the distal end of the medical device; a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first lever has a first end coupled to the housing at a first pivot and a second free end, wherein the second lever has a first end coupled to the housing at a second pivot; and an object connecting the first lever to the second lever, wherein the first lever and the second lever are configured to move independently or concertedly by moving the object characterized in that the second lever has an opposite free end. a first lever rotatable about a first axis, the first lever coupled to a first cam and configured to move the first cam from a first position to a second position when rotated about the first axis to provide a first deflection of a distal end of the medical device; a second lever rotatable about a second axis, the second lever coupled to a second cam and configured to move the second cam from a first position to a second position when rotated about the second axis to provide a second deflection of the distal end of the medical device; a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first lever has a first end coupled to the housing at a first pivot and a second free end, wherein the second lever has a first end coupled to the housing at a second pivot; and an object connecting the first lever to the second lever, wherein the first lever and the second lever are configured to move independently or concertedly by moving the object characterized in that the second lever has an opposite free end.
Use of a formulation comprising from 1.5 wt% to 5wt% of at least one surfactant and from 95 wt% to 98.5 wt% of at least one oil, in the form of an aqueous emulsion, as a scratch-masking coating on a glass surface, wherein the formulation comprises less than 5 weight% of at least one surfactant and wherein the oil is chosen from among: • polyolefins such as paraffins oils; • fatty acids; • fatty esters, preferably mono esters, having more than 10 carbon atoms, and preferably up to 40 carbon atoms; • sorbitan esters or alkoxylated (preferably ethoxylated and/or propoxylated) sorbitan esters. • glycol, mono-, and/or and di-esters; and • glycerol, mono- and/or di- and/or tri-esters and wherein the concentration of the oil phase in the as applied emulsion is from 2% to 20% by weight. • polyolefins such as paraffins oils; • fatty acids; • fatty esters, preferably mono esters, having more than 10 carbon atoms, and preferably up to 40 carbon atoms; • sorbitan esters or alkoxylated (preferably ethoxylated and/or propoxylated) sorbitan esters. • glycol, mono-, and/or and di-esters; and • glycerol, mono- and/or di- and/or tri-esters
Method for planning a route by a user in a system having a display and an input device, comprising the steps of using a map database that stores data associated with an area that includes a required route; displaying the map or a portion thereof on the display, in said displaying step selecting the scale and position of the displayed map, and using said input device to draw manually the required route on the map displayed, and storing the coordinate data of the required route; characterized by adjusting and storing preferences as parameters associated with the required route, said preferences include route preferences concerning type of the road like allowing passage of cars, bicycle or walking on foot or using toll roads or ferries, and said preferences further include a planning preference that relates to choosing in combination the shortest route, the route that can be taken in the shortest time and a route that has minimum height difference, and further comprising the steps of determining a suggested route based on the stored coordinate data of the required route, wherein using the Dijkstra iteration algorithm to determine from successive points (v) of the required route beginning with its starting points respective costs of vectors starting at said successive points (v) and ending at points of possible routes (s) that satisfy said route preferences and lie in the vicinity of said points of the required route, wherein the cost is a quantity defined by the previously stored planning preferences, the cost comprising a weighted amount of the distance and the height difference, and selecting a suggested route from the plurality of said possible routes that has minimum overall cost, and storing and displaying said suggested route.
A toner, comprising: toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a wax and a polymer having a structure obtained by a reaction between a vinyl-based resin component and a hydrocarbon compound; and an external additive, wherein: the content of the wax is 3 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; surfaces of the toner particles have an average surface roughness (Ra) measured with a scanning probe microscope of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less; and the toner has a surface tension index I for a 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol measured by a capillary suction time method and calculated from the following equation of 5.0×10 -3 N/m or more and 5.0×10 -2 N/m or less: I = P α A × B × 10 6 where I represents the surface tension index (N/m) of the toner, P α represents a capillary pressure (N/m 2) of the toner for the 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol, A represents a specific surface area (m 2 /g) of the toner, and B represents a true density (g/cm 3) of the toner. toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a wax and a polymer having a structure obtained by a reaction between a vinyl-based resin component and a hydrocarbon compound; and an external additive, wherein: the content of the wax is 3 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; surfaces of the toner particles have an average surface roughness (Ra) measured with a scanning probe microscope of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less; and the toner has a surface tension index I for a 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol measured by a capillary suction time method and calculated from the following equation of 5.0×10 -3 N/m or more and 5.0×10 -2 N/m or less: I = P α A × B × 10 6 where I represents the surface tension index (N/m) of the toner, P α represents a capillary pressure (N/m 2) of the toner for the 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol, A represents a specific surface area (m 2 /g) of the toner, and B represents a true density (g/cm 3) of the toner. the content of the wax is 3 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; surfaces of the toner particles have an average surface roughness (Ra) measured with a scanning probe microscope of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less; and the toner has a surface tension index I for a 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol measured by a capillary suction time method and calculated from the following equation of 5.0×10 -3 N/m or more and 5.0×10 -2 N/m or less: I = P α A × B × 10 6 where I represents the surface tension index (N/m) of the toner, P α represents a capillary pressure (N/m 2) of the toner for the 45-vol% aqueous solution of methanol, A represents a specific surface area (m 2 /g) of the toner, and B represents a true density (g/cm 3) of the toner.
A system for injection molding a polymer article comprising: a mold 12; an injection device 10 in fluid communication with the mold 12 for directing a flow of a polymer material into the mold 12; a flow path 22 located between the injection device 10 and the mold 12, the flow path 22 including an injection point 52 for receiving the flow of a polymer material from the injection device 10 and a gate 54 positioned downstream from the injection point 52 on the flow path 22, the gate 54 being located at or adjacent to an opening leading into the mold 12; at least one overflow passage 56, 58 in fluid communication with the flow path 22 between the injection point 52 and the gate 54, the overflow passage 56, 58 being configured such that during initial flow of a polymer material through the flow path 22, a portion of the flow is diverted temporarily to the at least one overflow passage 56, 58 causing a flow rate of a polymer material through the gate 54 to be reduced temporarily and then increased. a mold 12; an injection device 10 in fluid communication with the mold 12 for directing a flow of a polymer material into the mold 12; a flow path 22 located between the injection device 10 and the mold 12, the flow path 22 including an injection point 52 for receiving the flow of a polymer material from the injection device 10 and a gate 54 positioned downstream from the injection point 52 on the flow path 22, the gate 54 being located at or adjacent to an opening leading into the mold 12; at least one overflow passage 56, 58 in fluid communication with the flow path 22 between the injection point 52 and the gate 54, the overflow passage 56, 58 being configured such that during initial flow of a polymer material through the flow path 22, a portion of the flow is diverted temporarily to the at least one overflow passage 56, 58 causing a flow rate of a polymer material through the gate 54 to be reduced temporarily and then increased.
A piston rod installed to a vehicle height adjusting shock absorber, the piston rod comprising: - a body portion having a hollow portion with first and second ends that are open; and - a step portion extending inwardly by a predetermined length from the first end of the hollow portion so that the inner diameter of the step portion is wider than the inner diameter of the hollow portion, the step portion having a thread formed on an inner surface thereof; characterized in that - the piston rod further comprises a guide member threadly engaged to the step portion to plug the open hollow portion; and an upper eye is engaged to an upper end of the step portion of the piston rod in order to attach to a vehicle body; - wherein the guide member comprises a coupling portion having a thread corresponding to the thread of the step portion, and a plug portion to plug the hollow portion. - a body portion having a hollow portion with first and second ends that are open; and - a step portion extending inwardly by a predetermined length from the first end of the hollow portion so that the inner diameter of the step portion is wider than the inner diameter of the hollow portion, the step portion having a thread formed on an inner surface thereof; - the piston rod further comprises a guide member threadly engaged to the step portion to plug the open hollow portion; and an upper eye is engaged to an upper end of the step portion of the piston rod in order to attach to a vehicle body; a guide member threadly engaged to the step portion to plug the open hollow portion; and an upper eye is engaged to an upper end of the step portion of the piston rod in order to attach to a vehicle body; - wherein the guide member comprises a coupling portion having a thread corresponding to the thread of the step portion, and a plug portion to plug the hollow portion.
Process for controlling an electric continuous-flow water heater with the steps activation of a first operating mode by pressing a single button of a control element, with an outflow temperature and flow rate being reduced in this first operating mode.
A method for decoding a bitstream to obtain an output image, comprising: a) providing the bitstream, wherein the bitstream comprises encoded image data; b) performing entropy decoding (415, 615) on the bitstream to obtain a residual image and disparity parameters; c) performing inverse quantization (411, 611) and inverse transformation on the residual image to obtain a non-transformed residual image; d) converting (425, 625) the non-transformed residual image from a fixed point representation to a floating point representation to provide a converted image; e) performing disparity compensation (402, 602) based on a reference picture from a reference picture buffer and the disparity parameters to generate a disparity compensated image; and f) generating a reconstructed image based on the converted image and the disparity compensated image, wherein the reconstructed image comprises the output image, and converting the output image from the floating point representation to a fixed point representation. a) providing the bitstream, wherein the bitstream comprises encoded image data; b) performing entropy decoding (415, 615) on the bitstream to obtain a residual image and disparity parameters; c) performing inverse quantization (411, 611) and inverse transformation on the residual image to obtain a non-transformed residual image; d) converting (425, 625) the non-transformed residual image from a fixed point representation to a floating point representation to provide a converted image; e) performing disparity compensation (402, 602) based on a reference picture from a reference picture buffer and the disparity parameters to generate a disparity compensated image; and f) generating a reconstructed image based on the converted image and the disparity compensated image,