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A retention system for an implant, the retention system comprising: a body comprising an inner surface defining a first thread form, the first thread form comprising a first stage having a first pitch and a second stage having a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch; and a screw comprising a shaft and a neck, the shaft comprising an outer surface defining a second thread form configured to engage the first thread form to lock the screw with the body, the neck comprising a smooth unthreaded section, wherein the second thread form has a uniform pitch along an entire length of the second thread form. a body comprising an inner surface defining a first thread form, the first thread form comprising a first stage having a first pitch and a second stage having a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch; and a screw comprising a shaft and a neck, the shaft comprising an outer surface defining a second thread form configured to engage the first thread form to lock the screw with the body, the neck comprising a smooth unthreaded section, wherein the second thread form has a uniform pitch along an entire length of the second thread form.
A method for negotiating a master station, comprising: receiving, by an ordinary station, from the master station a management frame that carries a master identity; obtaining, by the ordinary station, a maximum time interval between receiving of the management frame and receiving of a next management frame from the master station; and determining, by the ordinary station, according to a preset policy, itself as a new master station if no more management frame is received after the maximum time interval; wherein the management frame is a probe frame, and wherein the probe frame further carries a list of stations arranged according to control capabilities of the stations; and the determining the local station as a new master station according to the preset policy comprises: determining the local station as a new master station according to the list of stations. receiving, by an ordinary station, from the master station a management frame that carries a master identity; obtaining, by the ordinary station, a maximum time interval between receiving of the management frame and receiving of a next management frame from the master station; and determining, by the ordinary station, according to a preset policy, itself as a new master station if no more management frame is received after the maximum time interval; wherein the management frame is a probe frame, and wherein the probe frame further carries a list of stations arranged according to control capabilities of the stations; and the determining the local station as a new master station according to the preset policy comprises: determining the local station as a new master station according to the list of stations. determining the local station as a new master station according to the list of stations.
Non central communication network consisting of at least two network nodes (1, 2) having one transmission/reception antenna each, wherein each of the network nodes (1, 2) is designed to use at least one data frame to communicate with another of the network nodes (1, 2), wherein the data frame contains at least one useful data packet intended to be transmitted between the at least two network nodes (1, 2), wherein at least one network node (1, 2) has a reservation functionality in order to reserve at least one time slot at the network node (1, 2) intended to receive the useful data packet, wherein the reservation functionality is based on data packets defined in the data frame, wherein at least one request to send data packet is sent from the sender to the receiver for a reservation request and at least one clear to send or not clear to send (nCTS) data packet is sent in response to the RTS data packets, characterized in that even when an nCTS data packet is received a network node (1, 2) transmits data to the network node sending nCTS if the data have high priority.
A composite article, comprising: (i) at least one fibrous layer; and (ii) at least one multiphase thermoplastic epoxy web layer having a core-shell additive dispersed therein and being located in direct contact with the at least one fibrous layer, - wherein the thermoplastic epoxy web layer dissolves during a molding and/or curing process by becoming a fluidic material that is entirely a thermoplastic epoxy material, while the additive remains in a generally solid state, so that the additive and the fluidic material are separable from each other during the molding and/or curing process for releasing the additive; and - wherein the thermoplastic epoxy web layer comprises a polyhydroxy amino ether and/or the thermoplastic epoxy web layer includes a thermoplastic epoxy material that is formed as a reaction product of diepoxide resin and a mono primary amine or a di-secondary amine. (i) at least one fibrous layer; and (ii) at least one multiphase thermoplastic epoxy web layer having a core-shell additive dispersed therein and being located in direct contact with the at least one fibrous layer, - wherein the thermoplastic epoxy web layer dissolves during a molding and/or curing process by becoming a fluidic material that is entirely a thermoplastic epoxy material, while the additive remains in a generally solid state, so that the additive and the fluidic material are separable from each other during the molding and/or curing process for releasing the additive; and - wherein the thermoplastic epoxy web layer comprises a polyhydroxy amino ether and/or the thermoplastic epoxy web layer includes a thermoplastic epoxy material that is formed as a reaction product of diepoxide resin and a mono primary amine or a di-secondary amine. - wherein the thermoplastic epoxy web layer dissolves during a molding and/or curing process by becoming a fluidic material that is entirely a thermoplastic epoxy material, while the additive remains in a generally solid state, so that the additive and the fluidic material are separable from each other during the molding and/or curing process for releasing the additive; and - wherein the thermoplastic epoxy web layer comprises a polyhydroxy amino ether and/or the thermoplastic epoxy web layer includes a thermoplastic epoxy material that is formed as a reaction product of diepoxide resin and a mono primary amine or a di-secondary amine.
A method of dispensing dots of a viscous material onto a surface in noncontact fashion with a droplet generator operatively connected to a computer, the method comprising a material volume calibration subroutine with the following steps: providing command signals to move the droplet generator so that the nozzle is over a table of a weight scale; determining a total volume value representing a total volume of the viscous material to be dispensed and a total length value representing a length over which the total volume of viscous material is to be dispensed; dispensing a number of viscous material dots onto a table of a weight scale; reading or sampling a feedback signal from the weight scale to the computer representing the weight of the viscous material contained in the number of viscous material dots applied to the surface of the weight scale characterised by the following steps of the material volume calibration subroutine:; determining, based on the number of dispensed dots, the weight of each dot providing specific gravity data; determining, based on the specific gravity data, the volume of each dot; determining, based on the total volume value and the volume of each dot, the number of dots required to dispense the total volume; determining, based on the total length value and the number of dots required to dispense the total volume, the dot pitch; and determining with the computer, based on a maximum dot rate and the dot pitch, a maximum velocity at which a motion controller can command the droplet generator to move relative to the surface to result in the total volume of viscous material being dispensed over the length. providing command signals to move the droplet generator so that the nozzle is over a table of a weight scale; determining a total volume value representing a total volume of the viscous material to be dispensed and a total length value representing a length over which the total volume of viscous material is to be dispensed; dispensing a number of viscous material dots onto a table of a weight scale; reading or sampling a feedback signal from the weight scale to the computer representing the weight of the viscous material contained in the number of viscous material dots applied to the surface of the weight scale; determining, based on the number of dispensed dots, the weight of each dot providing specific gravity data; determining, based on the specific gravity data, the volume of each dot; determining, based on the total volume value and the volume of each dot, the number of dots required to dispense the total volume; determining, based on the total length value and the number of dots required to dispense the total volume, the dot pitch; and determining with the computer, based on a maximum dot rate and the dot pitch, a maximum velocity at which a motion controller can command the droplet generator to move relative to the surface to result in the total volume of viscous material being dispensed over the length.
A percutaneous absorption preparation comprising: (a) a backing layer; and (b) a drug-containing layer comprising rivastigmine free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a tackifier resin, and a plasticizer wherein the percutaneous absorption preparation is free from an additional intermediate layer or an additional adhesive layer; the drug-containing layer (b) does not comprise an organic acid or a salt thereof; and the rivastigmine free base or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is included in an amount of at least 1.0 mg/cm 2 and less than 1.8 mg/cm 2, and the rivastigmine free base or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, the tackifier resin, and the plasticizer are included at a weight ratio of 1∼2: 2∼5: 2∼5: 0.1∼2. (a) a backing layer; and (b) a drug-containing layer comprising rivastigmine free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, a tackifier resin, and a plasticizer
An organic light emitting display device comprising; a first pixel including: a first thin-film transistor "TFT" comprising a source electrode, and a first organic light emitting diode "OLED"; a second pixel including a second OLED comprising an anode electrode; a repair line connected to the anode electrode at a first end thereof, a second end of the repair line extending over the source electrode, wherein the entire repair line extended from the first end to the second end is provided in the same conductive layer as the anode electrode, and the repair line is formed as one body with the anode electrode and of the same material as the anode electrode; and a passivation layer on the source electrode, wherein the second end of the repair line overlaps the source electrode with the passivation layer therebetween so that a top of the source electrode is in contact with the passivation layer. a first thin-film transistor "TFT" comprising a source electrode, and a first organic light emitting diode "OLED";
A method for the, in particular, continuous condition monitoring of at least one track component laid in railway construction, in particular a swivel plate, with at least one sensor arranged on the track component, wherein data are detected by the sensor when and also before and/or after a railway vehicle rolls over the track component, characterised in that the detected data are temporally segmented, wherein a condition of the track component is determined from the detected and segmented data.
An automated system (700a;700b) for determining a white blood cell status in a biological sample, the system comprising: a first module in the form of complete blood cell count analyser; configured to determine a first red blood cell concentration of the biological sample; a second module in the form of a volume conductivity scattering analyser; configured to determine a combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration of the biological sample, and a second red blood cell concentration of the biological sample, characterized by: a data processing module configured to determine the white blood cell status based on a multiplication product of a first factor and a second factor, the first factor comprising the first red blood cell concentration and the second factor comprising a ratio of one of: i) the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration to the second red blood cell concentration; or ii) the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration to the summation of the second red blood cell concentration and the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration. a first module in the form of complete blood cell count analyser; configured to determine a first red blood cell concentration of the biological sample; a second module in the form of a volume conductivity scattering analyser; configured to determine a combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration of the biological sample, and a second red blood cell concentration of the biological sample, characterized by: a data processing module configured to determine the white blood cell status based on a multiplication product of a first factor and a second factor, the first factor comprising the first red blood cell concentration and the second factor comprising a ratio of one of: i) the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration to the second red blood cell concentration; or ii) the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration to the summation of the second red blood cell concentration and the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration. i) the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration to the second red blood cell concentration; or ii) the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration to the summation of the second red blood cell concentration and the combined white blood cell and nucleated red blood cell concentration.
A support foot for a modular safety rail system, said support foot being adapted to provide location for a vertical member of a safety rail section and comprising:- a support body assembly having upper and lower surface regions (11,12) and an outer periphery; a plurality of location formations positioned inwards of said outer periphery and each extending into the support body assembly from said upper surface for location of a vertical member of a safety rail section; said support foot comprising two bodies to provide said support body assembly, one of said bodies being an upper body section which defines said upper surface region, the other of said bodies being a lower body section which defines said lower surface region, the two bodies having at least in part a substantially common outer periphery and said location formations each extending through at least that material that defines the upper body section, characterised in that at least one location formation has associated therewith a retention means for securing a vertical member of a safety rail section against removal from the support foot, and said retention means comprises a retainer which is held captive within the assembly of the two support foot body sections (11,12).
A wound debridement device comprising a carrier layer and, arranged thereon, a wound debridement layer configured to hold wound exudate and/or solid wound components and having debridement threads, wherein the wound debridement device is provided with at least one storage material that increases the holding capacity for wound exudate, characterised in that the wound debridement layer is provided with the storage material and the proportion of the at least one storage material, based on the dry weight of the debridement layer, is 0.2-30% by weight, in particular 0.25-27% by weight, preferably 0.3-25% by weight.
A method of connecting an electronic component on a mounting substrate, comprising: arranging the electronic component on the mounting substrate with a first surface of the electronic component facing the mounting substrate and a second surface of the electronic component facing away from the mounting substrate, the first and second surfaces (1a,1b) of the electronic component being opposite to each other; and electrically connecting a first component-side conductor on the second surface of the electronic component to a first substrate-side conductor on the mounting substrate; characterized in that the step of electrically connecting the first component-side conductor comprises using a common portion of electrically-conductive adhesive to electrically connect the first component-side conductor to a pair of conductor portions provided on the mounting substrate on either side of the electronic component, the electrically-conductive adhesive being applied in the form of electrically-conductive paste, and there is provided a step of solidifying the electrically-conductive paste by a heating process. arranging the electronic component on the mounting substrate with a first surface of the electronic component facing the mounting substrate and a second surface of the electronic component facing away from the mounting substrate, the first and second surfaces (1a,1b) of the electronic component being opposite to each other; and electrically connecting a first component-side conductor on the second surface of the electronic component to a first substrate-side conductor on the mounting substrate; characterized in that the step of electrically connecting the first component-side conductor comprises using a common portion of electrically-conductive adhesive to electrically connect the first component-side conductor to a pair of conductor portions provided on the mounting substrate on either side of the electronic component, the electrically-conductive adhesive being applied in the form of electrically-conductive paste, and there is provided a step of solidifying the electrically-conductive paste by a heating process.
A gas turbine engine comprising: a turbine section and an air moving section (22, 24) upstream of the turbine section; and a thrust balance chamber defined within one of said air moving and turbine sections (22, 24, 28), said thrust balance chamber being defined between a static structure and a rotating component that is part of at least one of said air moving section (22, 24) and said turbine section; and characterised by: said thrust balance chamber being sealed by a first non-contact seal at a radially inner location and a second non-contact seal at a radially outer location, wherein said turbine section drives a fan through a gear reduction, and said first and second non-contact seals (92, 94) each include a shoe which is biased radially inwardly and outwardly relative to a carrier at least in part based upon a spring force (S; 125). a turbine section and an air moving section (22, 24) upstream of the turbine section; and a thrust balance chamber defined within one of said air moving and turbine sections (22, 24, 28), said thrust balance chamber being defined between a static structure and a rotating component that is part of at least one of said air moving section (22, 24) and said turbine section; and characterised by: said thrust balance chamber being sealed by a first non-contact seal at a radially inner location and a second non-contact seal at a radially outer location, wherein said turbine section drives a fan through a gear reduction, and said first and second non-contact seals (92, 94) each include a shoe which is biased radially inwardly and outwardly relative to a carrier at least in part based upon a spring force (S; 125). said thrust balance chamber being sealed by a first non-contact seal at a radially inner location and a second non-contact seal at a radially outer location, wherein said turbine section drives a fan through a gear reduction, and said first and second non-contact seals (92, 94) each include a shoe which is biased radially inwardly and outwardly relative to a carrier at least in part based upon a spring force (S; 125).
Integral exhaust gas pipe of plastic material for conducting exhaust gas of heating plants, with a multitude of flexible, corrugated pipe sections arranged along a longitudinal extent of an exhaust gas pipe, and rigid, cylindric plain pipe insertion sections, wherein at least two of the corrugated pipe sections incorporate at least one of the plain pipe insertion sections therebetween and/or at least two of the plain pipe insertion sections incorporate at least one of the corrugated pipe sections therebetween, characterized in that the exhaust gas pipe comprises a multitude of socket pipe sections arranged distributed over the longitudinal extent of an exhaust gas pipe which each comprise an inner annular groove for receiving an annular sealing and which adjoin an exhaust gas pipe section of the exhaust gas pipe on both sides, and in that through separating one of these exhaust gas pipe sections perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of an exhaust gas pipe a socket pipe insertion opening can be generated, of which the inner diameter corresponds to an outer diameter of the plain pipe insertion sections plus a clearance so that an exhaust gas pipe or an exhaust gas pipe section separated therefrom can axially be slotted in the socket pipe insertion opening until beyond the annular groove of the associated socket pipe section with an end-side plain pipe insertion section.
An apparatus (100,300,400,500,600,900,1000) comprising: a single path optical interferometer (110,310,410,510,610) having a first sensing portion attachable to a location on a conduit (105,305,405,505,605); and a dual path optical interferometer (120, 320,420,520,620) having a second sensing portion attachable to the conduit (105,305,405,505,605) essentially at the location of the first sensing portion on the conduit (105,305,405,505,605), characterized in that the single path optical interferometer (110,310,410,510,610)and the dual path optical interferometer (120, 320,420,520,620) are arranged together to measure a pressure change within the conduit (105,305,405,505,605), wherein the single path optical interferometer (110,310,410,510,610) measures a direction of the pressure change within the conduit (105,305,405,505,605) and the dual path optical interferometer (120, 320,420,520,620) measures an amount of the pressure change within the conduit (105,305,405,505,605). a single path optical interferometer (110,310,410,510,610) having a first sensing portion attachable to a location on a conduit (105,305,405,505,605); and a dual path optical interferometer (120, 320,420,520,620) having a second sensing portion attachable to the conduit (105,305,405,505,605) essentially at the location of the first sensing portion on the conduit (105,305,405,505,605), characterized in that the single path optical interferometer (110,310,410,510,610)and the dual path optical interferometer (120, 320,420,520,620) are arranged together to measure a pressure change within the conduit (105,305,405,505,605), wherein the single path optical interferometer (110,310,410,510,610) measures a direction of the pressure change within the conduit (105,305,405,505,605) and the dual path optical interferometer (120, 320,420,520,620) measures an amount of the pressure change within the conduit (105,305,405,505,605).