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A solid-state imaging device (50, 51, 52, 53), comprising: a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes at least one shallow light receiving portion (11a, 11b) formed near a surface of the semiconductor substrate and at least one deep light receiving portion formed under the shallow light receiving portion (11a, 11b), one or more of the shallow light receiving portions and one of the deep light receiving portions are connected to each other so as to form a second light receiving portion, and the rest of the shallow light receiving portions forms a first light receiving portion, the deep light receiving portion included in the second light receiving portion extends so as to be located below at least one of the shallow light receiving portions (11a, 11b) included in the first light receiving portion, wherein the solid-imaging device is configured to discharge excess electric charge in the first light receiving portion to the deep light receiving portion, and characterized in that a potential barrier of a vertical overflow barrier provided under the deep light re ceiving portion is smaller than a potential barrier of a deep horizontal separation portion provided between the deep light receiving portions. a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes at least one shallow light receiving portion (11a, 11b) formed near a surface of the semiconductor substrate and at least one deep light receiving portion formed under the shallow light receiving portion (11a, 11b), one or more of the shallow light receiving portions and one of the deep light receiving portions are connected to each other so as to form a second light receiving portion, and the rest of the shallow light receiving portions forms a first light receiving portion, the deep light receiving portion included in the second light receiving portion extends so as to be located below at least one of the shallow light receiving portions (11a, 11b) included in the first light receiving portion, wherein the solid-imaging device is configured to discharge excess electric charge in the first light receiving portion to the deep light receiving portion, and characterized in that a potential barrier of a vertical overflow barrier provided under the deep light re ceiving portion is smaller than a potential barrier of a deep horizontal separation portion provided between the deep light receiving portions.
An oxidative reductive potential water solution, for use in a method of treating second or third degree burns, the solution having a pH of 7.4 to about 7.6 and is stable for at least two months, wherein the solution comprises anode water and cathode water, and wherein the solution comprises free chlorine species at a level of from 50 ppm to 80 ppm.
Multi-sprocket arrangement for a rear wheel hub of a bicycle, which multi-sprocket arrangement comprises a multiplicity of sprockets (12, 13, 14) of different diameters, wherein at least one of the sprockets (12, 13, 14) has in each case a plurality of teeth, which can be brought into engagement with a chain composed of inner link elements and outer link elements, wherein, on the circumference of said sprocket (12, 13, 14), as viewed in a circumferential direction, at least one sequence of teeth (21, 22) is provided, and wherein, on said sprocket, at least one impression and/or a passage recess are provided which form at least one gearshift channel and permit a changeover of the chain between two adjacent sprockets (12, 13, 14), wherein the impression and/or the passage recess on at least one of the teeth of said sprocket (13, 14) of relatively large diameter, said tooth forming a passage tooth, is provided for the passage of an inner link of the chain in order for the chain to descend onto an adjacent sprocket (12, 13) of relatively small diameter, characterized in that, in the sequence of teeth, with regard to their material thickness, a thin tooth is followed directly by a thick tooth which is in turn followed directly by a thin tooth.
A device for the separation of flue gas particles, liquid droplets, and humidity from extracted surgical gases during laparoscopic interventions, wherein the gases have a flow rate of 3 to 20 1/min, characterized by a tube of length 1 of 10 to 50 mm, the tube having an inner diameter d i of 4 to 20 mm, an axially located flow body K having a web cross-section of 0.5 to 6 mm, two to six guide vanes L disposed between the axially located flow body K and the inner wall of the tube and being rigidly connected thereto, wherein the guide vanes L are helically arranged to confer a radial movement component to the gas flowing therethrough.
A wellsite connector for connecting components of a wellsite, the wellsite having a wellbore extending into a subsurface formation, the wellsite connector comprising: a connector body (232,602) having a longitudinal axis (X-X,604), said connector body having an upper axial end adapted for coupling to a first of the components and a cavity (265,615) to receive a second of the components; said second component being introduced into the cavity through a lower axial end of the connector; a piston (234,620) axially movable in the connector body, the piston having a piston profile along an inner surface thereof; and a plurality of collets (236,624) positionable about the connector body adjacent the piston and radially movable thereabout, the plurality of collets having a collet profile along an outer surface thereof corresponding to the piston profile of the piston and the plurality of collets having a grip profile along an inner surface thereof selectively engageable with the second of the components whereby the plurality of collets are selectively latchable about the second of the components, characterized in that the wellsite connector further comprises a floatable seal member (273,642) comprising a flexible ring having a hole therethrough to sealingly receive the second of the components, the seal member slidably movable in a pocket of the connector transversely to the axis of the connector body whereby the second components is alignable to the first component for connection therebetween. a connector body (232,602) having a longitudinal axis (X-X,604), said connector body having an upper axial end adapted for coupling to a first of the components and a cavity (265,615) to receive a second of the components; said second component being introduced into the cavity through a lower axial end of the connector; a piston (234,620) axially movable in the connector body, the piston having a piston profile along an inner surface thereof; and a plurality of collets (236,624) positionable about the connector body adjacent the piston and radially movable thereabout, the plurality of collets having a collet profile along an outer surface thereof corresponding to the piston profile of the piston and the plurality of collets having a grip profile along an inner surface thereof selectively engageable with the second of the components whereby the plurality of collets are selectively latchable about the second of the components, characterized in that the wellsite connector further comprises a floatable seal member (273,642) comprising a flexible ring having a hole therethrough to sealingly receive the second of the components, the seal member slidably movable in a pocket of the connector transversely to the axis of the connector body whereby the second components is alignable to the first component for connection therebetween.
A host device (2, 12) adapted to read and write information from and into a card (1, 11), characterized in that the host device (2, 12) is adapted to supply a supply voltage from a first voltage range or a second voltage range which is lower than the first voltage range, the host device (2, 12) is adapted to issue to the card a voltage identification command including a voltage range identification section, an error detection section, and a check pattern section, the voltage range identification section includes information indicating which one of the first voltage range and the second voltage range the supply voltage belongs, the error detection section has a pattern adapted to enable the card (1, 11) which has received the voltage identification command to confirm validity of the voltage identification command, and the check pattern section has a preset pattern.
An angle adjustment tool having a first arm providing a wedge-shaped window means having a linear wedge surface, and a second arm, wherein the second arm provides for a support for enabling swinging about an axial center of the first arm, wherein further the second arm has circular arc-shaped gear means, wherein further the adjustment tool provides for a floating wedge member regulating the swinging motion of the second arm to a deployed direction with respect to the first arm, the floating wedge member having a toothed surface able to mesh with the gear means, wherein the regulating of the swinging motion is performed by slidable displacement of a linear contact surface of the wedge member along a linear wedge surface of the wedge-shaped window means, wherein further the floating wedge member is displaceably stored in a wedge-shaped space not covering the gear means of the wedge-shaped window means, wherein further the linear contact surface which is able to contact with the linear wedge surface is positioned on an edge of the wedge-shaped window means, wherein further the floating wedge member has a toothed surface on the other surface side which is able to mesh with the gear means which are not part of the wedge-shaped window means.
A method of adjusting a staple gap in a surgical stapling apparatus, comprising: providing a surgical stapling apparatus having a jaw structure with an anvil receiving portion and a jaw structure with a cartridge receiving portion, the jaw structures being operatively couplable to one another to provide a staple gap between a respective forward portion of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions, one of the jaw structures having a pair of mounting members (112, 114) thereon for mounting the other of the jaw structures thereon; and positioning a gap adjustment member on the mounting members between the jaw structures to provide a desired gap between the forward portions of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: inserting a gauging element into the staple gap; manipulating the gap adjustment member in order to adjust the size of the staple gap; and locking the gap adjustment member to the mounting members to provide the desired staple gap. providing a surgical stapling apparatus having a jaw structure with an anvil receiving portion and a jaw structure with a cartridge receiving portion, the jaw structures being operatively couplable to one another to provide a staple gap between a respective forward portion of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions, one of the jaw structures having a pair of mounting members (112, 114) thereon for mounting the other of the jaw structures thereon; and positioning a gap adjustment member on the mounting members between the jaw structures to provide a desired gap between the forward portions of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: inserting a gauging element into the staple gap; manipulating the gap adjustment member in order to adjust the size of the staple gap; and locking the gap adjustment member to the mounting members to provide the desired staple gap. inserting a gauging element into the staple gap; manipulating the gap adjustment member in order to adjust the size of the staple gap; and locking the gap adjustment member to the mounting members to provide the desired staple gap.
A method of electric wire routing, comprising: routing an electric wire in an electric wire routing path which is provided in a case and has a concave shape in a cross-sectional view; and covering an upper portion of the electric wire routing path with a cover, wherein a pair of guide pins (64A, 64B) are inserted into a through hole formed in a bottom portion of the electric wire routing path in the case from below to a position above a side wall portion which forms the electric wire routing path, the electric wire is passed between the guide pins, and the cover is assembled to the upper portion of the electric wire routing path while the guide pins are pulled out from the through hole. routing an electric wire in an electric wire routing path which is provided in a case and has a concave shape in a cross-sectional view; and covering an upper portion of the electric wire routing path with a cover, wherein a pair of guide pins (64A, 64B) are inserted into a through hole formed in a bottom portion of the electric wire routing path in the case from below to a position above a side wall portion which forms the electric wire routing path, the electric wire is passed between the guide pins, and the cover is assembled to the upper portion of the electric wire routing path while the guide pins are pulled out from the through hole.
A processing apparatus comprising: a storage section that is configured to store an output value obtained by counting a pulse signal of incident X-rays by a photon-counting type semiconductor detector; and a calculation section that is configured to calculate a count value based on the output value that has been stored, characterized in that the calculation section is configured to use a model in which an apparent time constant of the pulse signal monotonously decreases against increase in pulse detection ratio, wherein the pulse detection ratio corresponds to a ratio of a total time during which the pulse signal is detected to a total time of an exposure, and wherein the apparent time constant corresponds to the time constant of the pulse signal when the pulse detection ratio is zero, and wherein the apparent time constant is a product of the time constant of the pulse signal and a constant smaller than 1 when the pulse detection ratio is 1, and the time constant of the pulse signal is a time during which an intensity of a single pulse signal exceeds a threshold. a storage section that is configured to store an output value obtained by counting a pulse signal of incident X-rays by a photon-counting type semiconductor detector; and a calculation section that is configured to calculate a count value based on the output value that has been stored, characterized in that the calculation section is configured to use a model in which an apparent time constant of the pulse signal monotonously decreases against increase in pulse detection ratio, wherein the pulse detection ratio corresponds to a ratio of a total time during which the pulse signal is detected to a total time of an exposure, and wherein the apparent time constant corresponds to the time constant of the pulse signal when the pulse detection ratio is zero, and wherein the apparent time constant is a product of the time constant of the pulse signal and a constant smaller than 1 when the pulse detection ratio is 1, and the time constant of the pulse signal is a time during which an intensity of a single pulse signal exceeds a threshold.
A monomer having the formula or: wherein R 1 to R 3 are each independently a C 1 -C 6 straight, branched or cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group, R 1 and R 2 may bond together to form an alicyclic group with the carbon atom to which they are attached, R a is hydrogen, methyl or trifluoromethyl, X a is a C 1 -C 10 alkylene group, X b is a C 1 -C 10 straight, or cyclic (k 1 +1)-valent hydrocarbon group in which any constituent -CH 2 - moiety may be replaced by -O- or -C(=O)- X c is a single bond, methylene or ethylidene, X d is a single bond, methylene or ethylidene, Z a is an atomic group necessary to form a C 3 -C 10 alicyclic group selected from the group consisting of the following formulae:, A is a polymerizable functional group selected from the group consisting of the following formulae:, and k 1 is 1 or 2.
Surgical device, with a housing which encloses at least one assembly, with a carrier which has detent openings and on which the assembly is arranged, with at least one detent foot for fixing the assemble in the housing, wherein the detent foot comprises two discs (25, 26) and an elastic body which is arranged between the discs (25, 26), wherein the elastic body comprises a groove on its periphery, wherein the detent foot is assigned to a detent openings which has a holding portion and an insert portion, the diameter of the holding portion is smaller than the diameter (D25, D26) of the two discs (25, 26), and wherein the edge of the holding portion extends along an arc of more than 180°, wherein the detent openings are arranged at a radial distance (R1, R2) from a pivot point and are oriented in the same direction of rotation, wherein for each detent opening, the centre point of the holding portion and the centre point of the insert portion arc arranged at the corresponding rotary distance (R1, R2) from the pivot point.
An optical processing system (500, 520, 600, 1040, 1101, 1403, 1503, 1702), the optical processing system comprising - an interface to a multi-mode fiber at a first end of the optical processing system; - M first single-mode waveguides, M>2, coupled to the interface; wherein the first waveguides are arranged to carry M first optical signals, respectively; each of the M first single-mode waveguides carrying its respective first optical signal In a basic mode; - N second single-mode waveguides, N>1, at a second end of the optical processing system; wherein the second waveguides are arranged to carry N second optical signals, respectively; wherein each of the N second single-mode waveguides carries its respective second optical signal in a basic mode; wherein the N second optical signals are associated with N modes carried by the multi-mode fiber, respectively; and - an optical processing core (503, 504) for transforming the first optical signals into the second optical signals such that a correlation between the second optical signals is decreased compared to a correlation between the first optical signals; wherein the optical processing core (503,504) comprises two or more optical processing stages in sequence, each comprising one or more optical couplers arranged for processing one or more pairs of single-mode waveguides, respectively, thereby coupling some or all of the M first optical signals with one another, such that at least one of the N second optical signals is a linear combination of the some or all of the M first optical signals. - an interface to a multi-mode fiber at a first end of the optical processing system; - M first single-mode waveguides, M>2, coupled to the interface; wherein the first waveguides are arranged to carry M first optical signals, respectively; each of the M first single-mode waveguides carrying its respective first optical signal In a basic mode; - N second single-mode waveguides, N>1, at a second end of the optical processing system; wherein the second waveguides are arranged to carry N second optical signals, respectively; wherein each of the N second single-mode waveguides carries its respective second optical signal in a basic mode; wherein the N second optical signals are associated with N modes carried by the multi-mode fiber, respectively; and - an optical processing core (503, 504) for transforming the first optical signals into the second optical signals such that a correlation between the second optical signals is decreased compared to a correlation between the first optical signals; wherein the optical processing core (503,504) comprises two or more optical processing stages in sequence, each comprising one or more optical couplers arranged for processing one or more pairs of single-mode waveguides, respectively, thereby coupling some or all of the M first optical signals with one another, such that at least one of the N second optical signals is a linear combination of the some or all of the M first optical signals.
A biodegradable composite material for medical device or a medical device comprising said material, wherein the material comprises at least one biodegradable polymer matrix material and filler particles and which material has an initial shape and at least one evolved shape, the evolved shape being different from the initial shape, the initial shape being adapted to change towards the evolved shape, characterized in that the initial shape has been orientation programmed in a deformation process having predetermined draw ratio to adapt towards a predetermined tension level and to restore the predetermined tension level by stress generation or relaxation, and in that the material comprises a structure consisting of: - biodegradable polymer matrix material consisting of L-lactide/D-lactide 50L/50D copolymer and 5 wt-% or 10 wt-% of β-tricalciumphosphate filler particles and having the predetermined draw ratio of 4 or - biodegradable polymer matrix material of L-lactide/glycolide copolymer 85L/15G and 10 wt.%, 15 wt-% or 20 wt-% of β-tricalciumphosphate filler particles and having the predetermined draw ratio of 4.1, and wherein the structure has heterogeneous orientation of polymer chains of the biodegradable polymer matrix and cavities around the filler particles, and wherein the structure accelerates or amplifies transformation from the initial shape towards the evolved shape when the external stimulus for transformation is given by physiological conditions thus enabling shortened latency time of the transformation or amplified transformation of dimensions of the material or device when compared to the biodegradable polymer matrix materials without the filler particles. - biodegradable polymer matrix material consisting of L-lactide/D-lactide 50L/50D copolymer and 5 wt-% or 10 wt-% of β-tricalciumphosphate filler particles and having the predetermined draw ratio of 4 or - biodegradable polymer matrix material of L-lactide/glycolide copolymer 85L/15G and 10 wt.%, 15 wt-% or 20 wt-% of β-tricalciumphosphate filler particles and having the predetermined draw ratio of 4.1,