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A collapsible and expandable stent adapted to treat blood flow regurgitation in a native heart valve by allowing downstream blood flow and preventing upstream blood flow, the stent comprising: an outer section comprising a first stent cell pattern; an inner valve support section extending radially upward into the outer section and comprising the first stent cell pattern or a second stent cell pattern, the inner valve support section supporting prosthetic valve leaflets attached therein; a transition section between the outer section and the inner valve support section comprising a third stent cell pattern that is different from the first stent cell pattern and the second stent cell pattern, wherein the transition section turns radially inward to give rise to a radially upward extension of the inner valve support section within the outer section, wherein the third stent cell pattern of the transition section further comprises a plurality of curvilinear struts comprising a degree of curvature and/or twist, wherein a spacing between adjacent curvilinear struts defines the cells of the transition section and the third stent cell pattern, and wherein adjacent curvilinear struts are configured to nest together when the stent is collapsed. an outer section comprising a first stent cell pattern; an inner valve support section extending radially upward into the outer section and comprising the first stent cell pattern or a second stent cell pattern, the inner valve support section supporting prosthetic valve leaflets attached therein; a transition section between the outer section and the inner valve support section comprising a third stent cell pattern that is different from the first stent cell pattern and the second stent cell pattern, wherein the transition section turns radially inward to give rise to a radially upward extension of the inner valve support section within the outer section, wherein the third stent cell pattern of the transition section further comprises a plurality of curvilinear struts comprising a degree of curvature and/or twist, wherein a spacing between adjacent curvilinear struts defines the cells of the transition section and the third stent cell pattern, and wherein adjacent curvilinear struts are configured to nest together when the stent is collapsed.
A steel wire rope for use in a drive system comprising zinc or zinc alloy coated steel wires, said steel wires further comprising a liquid carrier coating, said liquid carrier coating comprising magnesium oxide particles as a corrosion inhibitor, characterised in that said liquid carrier coating further comprises abrasive particles having a particle size between 5 and 50 micrometer and whereon said steel wire rope at least 100 milligrams of magnesium oxide per square meter of wire surface is present, said magnesium oxide and abrasive particles being finely dispersed in said liquid carrier, said abrasive particles for polishing the surface of said wire.
A method of forming a composite article to have a primary composite structure and an integral secondary composite structure that extends out of a plane c, the method comprising: laying-up first plies to construct the primary composite structure, the first plies containing the continuous reinforcement material and extending from a first zone that will define the primary composite structure into a second zone that will define the secondary composite structure, thereby defining the plane defined by a continuous reinforcement material within the primary composite structure; during laying-up of the first plies, interleaving additional plies with the first plies within the second zone but not the first zone so that the second zone contains both the first and additional plies, the additional plies originating within a build-up zone between the first and second zones (12,14) and extending therefrom into the second zone; and then deforming the build-up zone and the interleaved first and additional plies therein to orient the second zone and form the secondary composite structure that extends out of the plane defined by the continuous reinforcement material of the first plies within the primary composite structure. laying-up first plies to construct the primary composite structure, the first plies containing the continuous reinforcement material and extending from a first zone that will define the primary composite structure into a second zone that will define the secondary composite structure, thereby defining the plane defined by a continuous reinforcement material within the primary composite structure; during laying-up of the first plies, interleaving additional plies with the first plies within the second zone but not the first zone so that the second zone contains both the first and additional plies, the additional plies originating within a build-up zone between the first and second zones (12,14) and extending therefrom into the second zone; and then deforming the build-up zone and the interleaved first and additional plies therein to orient the second zone and form the secondary composite structure that extends out of the plane defined by the continuous reinforcement material of the first plies within the primary composite structure.
A method in a server system for aggregating presence across multiple endpoints of a publisher, wherein the publisher is a publishing user and each endpoint is a single logon session of the publishing user, the method comprising: providing a collection of presence state publications for the publisher, each presence state publication having an availability value and an activity; and upon detecting a change in the publisher's presence state, determining an aggregated machine state; publishing the aggregated machine state; generating an aggregated presence state of the publisher from the collection of presence state publications (304, 306); and publishing the aggregated presence state of the publisher, identifying a publisher's most active machine from the aggregated machine state; publishing an indication of the publisher's most active machine. providing a collection of presence state publications for the publisher, each presence state publication having an availability value and an activity; and upon detecting a change in the publisher's presence state, determining an aggregated machine state; publishing the aggregated machine state; generating an aggregated presence state of the publisher from the collection of presence state publications (304, 306); and publishing the aggregated presence state of the publisher, identifying a publisher's most active machine from the aggregated machine state; publishing an indication of the publisher's most active machine. generating an aggregated presence state of the publisher from the collection of presence state publications (304, 306); and publishing the aggregated presence state of the publisher, identifying a publisher's most active machine from the aggregated machine state; publishing an indication of the publisher's most active machine.
A distribution plate for supplying crossflow filtration cassettes, the plate comprising a surface, two opposite end walls, two opposite side walls, a feed channel in fluid communication with a feed inlet port and with a plurality of feed apertures which open into the surface; a retentate channel in fluid communication with a retentate outlet port, and with a plurality of retentate apertures which open into the surface; and a permeate channel in fluid communication with two permeate outlet ports (9,10) located on opposite end walls and with a plurality of permeate apertures which open into the surface; wherein said feed channel, said retentate channel and said permeate channel extend in a vertical direction parallel with one or both side walls; wherein said feed apertures are grouped at a first area on the surface, said retentate apertures are grouped at a second area on the surface; wherein said permeate apertures are located at the first and/or the second area; and wherein a plurality of permeate connector channels extend inside the plate from at least one region (15,16) of the permeate channel, adjacent the permeate outlet ports (9,10) and said permeate connector channels provide fluidic communication between the permeate apertures and the permeate channel, wherein the angle between each permeate connector channel and the permeate channel is 20-80 degrees.
A lug insert configured to removably disposed within a tapered depression of a mounting boss of a shroud assembly for replacably connecting a shroud to a work implement of earth-working machines, such as hydraulic excavators, cable shovels, wheel loaders, front shovels, draglines, and bulldozers, the lug insert comprising: a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being generally parallel with the lower surface, and a plurality of tapered side surfaces connecting the upper surface to the lower surface, the plurality of tapered side surfaces including a pair of opposing shorter side surfaces and a pair of opposing longer side surfaces, the shorter side surfaces are angled in opposition to each other; and at least one lug protruding from the upper surface. a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being generally parallel with the lower surface, and a plurality of tapered side surfaces connecting the upper surface to the lower surface, the plurality of tapered side surfaces including a pair of opposing shorter side surfaces and a pair of opposing longer side surfaces, the shorter side surfaces are angled in opposition to each other; and at least one lug protruding from the upper surface.
An article comprising a cast iron support having two opposite sides, including a vitreous coating in the form of at least one continuous layer of a sol-gel material comprising a matrix from at least one metal polyalkoxylate and at least one silicone oil, said layer of sol-gel material being disposed directly on at least one side of said support, and in that said side provided with a vitreous coating has a surface roughness Ra comprised between 5 and 15 μm with a peak count per centimeter RPc comprised between 50 and 200, and in that the silicone oil is a reactive oil selected from chlorinated, aminated, vinylated, epoxidized, methacrylated, hydroxylated, and anhydride-or hydride-terminated oils.
A bone fixation system comprising: a bone implant including an implant body that defines an upper surface and a bone-facing surface opposite the upper surface, and a bone fixation aperture that extends through the implant body from the upper surface to the bone-facing surface, the bone fixation aperture at least partially defined by a threaded inner wall; and a bone fixation element including a head and a shaft that extends with respect to the head in a distal direction and is configured to be driven into a fixation site, wherein the bone fixation element further defines a stop surface and the head defines a at least one thread that is spaced from the stop surface along the distal direction, and the at least one thread that is configured to threadedly engage the threaded inner wall as the bone fixation element rotates to advance the head in the distal direction in the aperture, characterized in that when the at least one thread is threadedly engaged with the threaded inner wall of the bone implant, at least a portion of the threaded inner wall is captured between the stop surface and the at least one thread, and in that the bone implant comprises first and second wire segments (102, 104) that define first and second threaded inner walls (53a, 53b), respectively, that face each other so as to define the threaded inner wall. a bone implant including an implant body that defines an upper surface and a bone-facing surface opposite the upper surface, and a bone fixation aperture that extends through the implant body from the upper surface to the bone-facing surface, the bone fixation aperture at least partially defined by a threaded inner wall; and a bone fixation element including a head and a shaft that extends with respect to the head in a distal direction and is configured to be driven into a fixation site, wherein the bone fixation element further defines a stop surface and the head defines a at least one thread that is spaced from the stop surface along the distal direction, and the at least one thread that is configured to threadedly engage the threaded inner wall as the bone fixation element rotates to advance the head in the distal direction in the aperture, characterized in that when the at least one thread is threadedly engaged with the threaded inner wall of the bone implant, at least a portion of the threaded inner wall is captured between the stop surface and the at least one thread, and in that the bone implant comprises first and second wire segments (102, 104) that define first and second threaded inner walls (53a, 53b), respectively, that face each other so as to define the threaded inner wall.
An energy storage system for a repeated intake, storage and release of electrical energy, comprising a control unit and an energy store comprising a plurality of electrical storage cells (26, 26a, 28) which are organized in storage modules, wherein the control unit is configured to separately determine the state of charge of at least some of the storage cells (26, 26a, 28), wherein the control unit is configured - to recognize whether at least one storage cell (26, 26a) should be removed; - to electrically disconnect the storage cell to be removed from the remaining storage cells after the recognition that at least one storage cell (26, 26a) should be removed; - to recognize whether the disconnected storage cell has been replaced by a new storage cell; and - to electrically connect the new storage cell to the remaining storage cells, wherein the control unit is configured to determine a temporal operating pattern of the energy storage system, with an input power, an output power and the state of charge of the storage cells (26, 26a) being determined over time for the operating pattern; wherein the control unit is configured to adapt the state of charge of the new storage cell by charging to the state of charge of the remaining storage cells before or on the electrical connection of the new storage cell to the remaining storage cells, wherein the control unit is configured to set the speed of the adaptation of the state of charge in dependence on the dissipation loss arising on the adaptation; and/or wherein the control unit is configured to adapt the state of charge of the remaining storage cells by charging to the state of charge of the new storage cell before or on the electrical connection of the new storage cell to the remaining storage cells, wherein the control unit is configured to set the speed of the adaptation of the state of charge in dependence on the dissipation loss arising on the adaptation. - to recognize whether at least one storage cell (26, 26a) should be removed; - to electrically disconnect the storage cell to be removed from the remaining storage cells after the recognition that at least one storage cell (26, 26a) should be removed; - to recognize whether the disconnected storage cell has been replaced by a new storage cell; and - to electrically connect the new storage cell to the remaining storage cells, wherein
A body balance training apparatus comprising: a support placed on a ground; a foot stand having one first end pivotally coupled to one first end of the support; and an inclination adjuster having one first end pivotably coupled to an opposite second end of the foot stand, and an opposite second end supported on the support, such that the inclination adjuster adjusts an angle between the foot stand and the support;, wherein the support includes a support frame having one first end pivotally coupled to a middle region of the first end of the foot stand; and a pair of support blocks pivotally coupled to both opposing sides of an opposite second end of the support frame, respectively, wherein each support block has a plurality of catching grooves defined therein and spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of each support block. a support placed on a ground; a foot stand having one first end pivotally coupled to one first end of the support; and an inclination adjuster having one first end pivotably coupled to an opposite second end of the foot stand, and an opposite second end supported on the support, such that the inclination adjuster adjusts an angle between the foot stand and the support;, wherein the support includes a support frame having one first end pivotally coupled to a middle region of the first end of the foot stand; and a pair of support blocks pivotally coupled to both opposing sides of an opposite second end of the support frame, respectively, wherein each support block has a plurality of catching grooves defined therein and spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of each support block.
A light-curable ink composition for ink jet recording comprising a coloring material, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the coloring material contains at least C.I. Pigment Yellow 155, and the polymerizable compound contains at least a vinyl-ether-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula below, with the vinyl-ether-containing (meth)acrylate present in an amount of 10 to 67% by mass based on a total mass of the ink composition: CH 2 =CR 1 -COOR 2 -O-CH=CH-R 3... where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R 3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms; and wherein C.I. Pigment Yellow 155 is present in an amount of 0.1 to 6% by mass relative to the total mass of the ink composition.
Computer-implemented method for designing a tooth replacement part, which is intended to be mountable on a residual area, with the steps: - providing a spacing between the tooth replacement part and the residual tooth area - subsequent examination whether one or more undercuts (4, 5) with respect to an insertion direction of the tooth replacement part exist in the tooth replacement part, wherein the spacing comprises two, three, four or more spacing areas (1a, 1c), whose surfaces extend each parallel to the surface of the residual tooth area and wherein at least two spacing areas have different thicknesses, wherein a transition area is provided between two neighbouring spacing areas, wherein preferably between all neighbouring spacing areas a transition area is provided, characterised in that a shape of the transition area or of the transitions areas can only be chosen such that the transition area or the transitions areas do not project beyond an imaginary plane, the plane being parallel to the insertion direction and going through an end of the transition area or the transitions areas pointing towards a preparation line, wherein the end of the transition area or of the transitions areas concerns the end of the transition area or the transitions areas on the tooth replacement part, such that an undercut is avoided. - providing a spacing between the tooth replacement part and the residual tooth area - subsequent examination whether one or more undercuts (4, 5) with respect to an insertion direction of the tooth replacement part exist in the tooth replacement part,
An apparatus comprising: an encoder adapted to encode information of a first moving picture in a second moving picture as a digital watermark; characterized in that: the encoder is further adapted to encode the second moving picture through motion compensation; and the apparatus further comprising: a decoder adapted to extract the digital watermark from the second moving picture-encoded data transmitted from the encoder, decode the second moving picture, and motion-compensated decode the first moving picture using the extracted digital watermark; wherein the encoder is adapted to encode the information of the first moving picture by including a motion vector of the first moving picture and a disparity vector between the first moving picture and the second moving picture. an encoder adapted to encode information of a first moving picture in a second moving picture as a digital watermark; characterized in that: the encoder is further adapted to encode the second moving picture through motion compensation; and the apparatus further comprising: a decoder adapted to extract the digital watermark from the second moving picture-encoded data transmitted from the encoder, decode the second moving picture, and motion-compensated decode the first moving picture using the extracted digital watermark; wherein the encoder is adapted to encode the information of the first moving picture by including a motion vector of the first moving picture and a disparity vector between the first moving picture and the second moving picture. the encoder is further adapted to encode the second moving picture through motion compensation; and the apparatus further comprising: a decoder adapted to extract the digital watermark from the second moving picture-encoded data transmitted from the encoder, decode the second moving picture, and motion-compensated decode the first moving picture using the extracted digital watermark; wherein the encoder is adapted to encode the information of the first moving picture by including a motion vector of the first moving picture and a disparity vector between the first moving picture and the second moving picture. a decoder adapted to extract the digital watermark from the second moving picture-encoded data transmitted from the encoder, decode the second moving picture, and motion-compensated decode the first moving picture using the extracted digital watermark; wherein the encoder is adapted to encode the information of the first moving picture by including a motion vector of the first moving picture and a disparity vector between the first moving picture and the second moving picture.
Picking robot with a suction gripper for gripping an article, including at least one 3D camera for detecting a target container and a controller for determining a trajectory of the suction gripper for picking up an article from a source container and for depositing the article in the target container, wherein the controller is designed to determine, from the data of the 3D camera with the aid of image processing software, a deposit location of the article in the target container and at least one vertical boundary wall in the target container, characterised in that the controller is further designed to determine the trajectory such that the article - moves vertically downwards in a lowering section and in so doing maintains a horizontal lowering distance from the boundary wall, so that, in the lowering section, the article is offset horizontally by the lowering distance relative to the deposit location, and - approaches the boundary wall in an end section of the trajectory, which follows the lowering section, or that the article touches the boundary wall in a stabilising section of the trajectory, - to determine a height of the boundary wall and a height H of the article and to determine a starting point of the end section as a function of the height of the boundary wall and the height H of the article such that it lies at or below the height of the boundary wall. - moves vertically downwards in a lowering section and in so doing maintains a horizontal lowering distance from the boundary wall, so that, in the lowering section, the article is offset horizontally by the lowering distance relative to the deposit location, and - approaches the boundary wall in an end section of the trajectory, which follows the lowering section, or that the article touches the boundary wall in a stabilising section of the trajectory, - to determine a height of the boundary wall and a height H of the article and to determine a starting point of the end section as a function of the height of the boundary wall and the height H of the article such that it lies at or below the height of the boundary wall.