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A Delivery assist wire-catheter assembly, which comprises: an aspiration catheter having longitudinal tube, and a Delivery assist wire which is configured for insertion into the longitudinal tube of the aspiration catheter, wherein the Delivery assist wire has a distal tip part, a distal working part and a base part and wherein the base part of the Delivery assist wire has a smaller diameter relative to the diameter of the distal working part of the Delivery assist wire, wherein the base part of the Delivery assist wire has a diameter maximal 1 mm, preferably 0.89 mm and the distal working part has a diameter in an interval between 0.9 mm and 1.88 mm, preferably 1.27 mm; and wherein the distal working part of the Delivery assist wire has an outer diameter from 60 to 99 percent of an average inner diameter of an aspiration catheter lumen at the distal end of the aspiration catheter. an aspiration catheter having longitudinal tube, and a Delivery assist wire which is configured for insertion into the longitudinal tube of the aspiration catheter, wherein the Delivery assist wire has a distal tip part, a distal working part and a base part and wherein the base part of the Delivery assist wire has a smaller diameter relative to the diameter of the distal working part of the Delivery assist wire, wherein the base part of the Delivery assist wire has a diameter maximal 1 mm, preferably 0.89 mm and the distal working part has a diameter in an interval between 0.9 mm and 1.88 mm, preferably 1.27 mm; and wherein the distal working part of the Delivery assist wire has an outer diameter from 60 to 99 percent of an average inner diameter of an aspiration catheter lumen at the distal end of the aspiration catheter.
A sub sea valve actuator system comprising a piston and cylinder assembly and a return spring arranged in an actuator housing (21, 22), a hydraulic pump and electric motor assembly associated with the piston and cylinder assembly, hydraulic flow lines (42, 43) for hydraulic medium driving the piston and cylinder in relative displacement against the force of the return spring, wherein detection means is arranged for detecting an end-of-stroke position of the piston and cylinder assembly, wherein said detection means is at least one of: - a motor current monitoring circuit unit; - a hydraulic medium pressure sensor unit; - a position sensor unit; and - a linear variable differential transformer unit, wherein an electromechanical arresting mechanism is arranged to be energized for releasably arresting the return spring in a compressed state in result of the detected end-of-stroke position, wherein hydraulic medium is supplied via a flow line opening in the end of the piston which is stationary in the actuator housing (21, 22), and the cylinder is arranged displaceable on the piston in the actuator housing filled with hydraulic medium communicating with the hydraulic pump via a return flow line. - a motor current monitoring circuit unit; - a hydraulic medium pressure sensor unit; - a position sensor unit; and - a linear variable differential transformer unit,
An anti-B7-H4 antibody comprising: (a) a light chain having an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO:63; and (b) a heavy chain having an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO:81. (a) a light chain having an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO:63; and (b) a heavy chain having an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO:81.
A strain of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris deposited under the Budapest Treaty on 24th of February 2009 at the CNCM under number CNCM I-4128, or a variant obtained from the CNCM I-4128 strain either by natural mutation and selection or by mutation induced by genetic engineering, and wherein said variant: a) produces at least 12 μg of menaquinone per 100 g of milk fermented with said variant when measured in the Test A according to the description, and/or b) produces at least 260 μg of menaquinone per 100 g of freeze-dried cells when measured in the Test B according to the description. a) produces at least 12 μg of menaquinone per 100 g of milk fermented with said variant when measured in the Test A according to the description, and/or b) produces at least 260 μg of menaquinone per 100 g of freeze-dried cells when measured in the Test B according to the description.
An equalizer circuit comprising: an addition circuit configured to add an input signal and a compensation signal; a comparison circuit configured in a binary determination to compare an output signal of the addition circuit with a threshold value thereof; a plurality of first latch circuits configured to hold a series of output signals of the comparison circuit, the plurality of first latch circuits being connected in cascade, and the number of the plurality of first latch circuits being smaller by one than the number of taps in the equalizer circuit; a selection circuit configured to receive output signals of the comparison circuit and each of the plurality of first latch circuits, and to select and output one of the output signals; a second latch circuit configured to hold an output signal of the selection circuit; and a digital-to-analog conversion circuit configured to generate the compensation signal, based on an output signal of the second latch circuit and according to a coefficient depending on a compensation intensity, wherein the plurality of first latch circuits and the second latch circuit are driven by a clock signal. an addition circuit configured to add an input signal and a compensation signal; a comparison circuit configured in a binary determination to compare an output signal of the addition circuit with a threshold value thereof; a plurality of first latch circuits configured to hold a series of output signals of the comparison circuit, the plurality of first latch circuits being connected in cascade, and the number of the plurality of first latch circuits being smaller by one than the number of taps in the equalizer circuit; a selection circuit configured to receive output signals of the comparison circuit and each of the plurality of first latch circuits, and to select and output one of the output signals; a second latch circuit configured to hold an output signal of the selection circuit; and a digital-to-analog conversion circuit configured to generate the compensation signal, based on an output signal of the second latch circuit and according to a coefficient depending on a compensation intensity, wherein the plurality of first latch circuits and the second latch circuit are driven by a clock signal.
Method for producing a bituminous emulsion for making layers and/or coatings for road construction and/or civil engineering, comprising the following steps: i) preparing a primary bitumen binder emulsion by mixing, under the effect of a mechanical shearing energy, a dispersing aqueous phase and a bituminous binder, in the presence of at least one emulsifier selected from cationic surfactants, the shearing rate being greater than or equal to 2.10 3 and less than 10 5 s -1; and ii) subjecting the primary bituminous binder emulsion resulting from the preceding step to a mechanical shearing energy, the shearing rate ranging from 10 5 to 10 6 s -1, so as to obtain droplets of bituminous binder having a median diameter of less than or equal to 3 μm dispersed in the aqueous phase. i) preparing a primary bitumen binder emulsion by mixing, under the effect of a mechanical shearing energy, a dispersing aqueous phase and a bituminous binder, in the presence of at least one emulsifier selected from cationic surfactants, the shearing rate being greater than or equal to 2.10 3 and less than 10 5 s -1; and ii) subjecting the primary bituminous binder emulsion resulting from the preceding step to a mechanical shearing energy, the shearing rate ranging from 10 5 to 10 6 s -1, so as to obtain droplets of bituminous binder having a median diameter of less than or equal to 3 μm dispersed in the aqueous phase.
Packaging facility for packing flat, flexible products, in particular hygiene products, into packaging bags, comprising a tubular film which runs continuously around a forming shoe for wrapping the products in the formed film tube, a conveyor device for supplying and feeding the product stack into the film tube, and downstream welding devices (20, 38) for the transverse and longitudinal welding of the film tube, characterised in that the conveyor device is a belt conveyor having a number of transport belts, one side of each of which laterally acts on the products, the transport belts each consisting of at least two individual belts, and individual belts of transport belts which are arranged one behind the other when viewed in the transport direction of the products being arranged so as to overlap one another at at least one position on the packaging facility.
A system comprising: a catheter comprising one or more electrodes configured to inject a current and to measure electrical signals in response to the injected current; a system configured to determine a position of the catheter electrodes at multiple, different catheter positions in the heart; and a processing unit configured to determine anatomical information about the heart based on positions of the catheter electrodes at a plurality of the multiple, different catheter positions and said measured electrical signals at the plurality of the multiple, different catheter positions subsequent to receiving information about the positions and said measured electrical signals from the plurality of the multiple, different catheter positions. a catheter comprising one or more electrodes configured to inject a current and to measure electrical signals in response to the injected current; a system configured to determine a position of the catheter electrodes at multiple, different catheter positions in the heart; and a processing unit configured to determine anatomical information about the heart based on positions of the catheter electrodes at a plurality of the multiple, different catheter positions and said measured electrical signals at the plurality of the multiple, different catheter positions subsequent to receiving information about the positions and said measured electrical signals from the plurality of the multiple, different catheter positions.
A method of installing a tuned mass damper (20, 120, 220) in a wind energy installation, which is arranged in a tower of the wind energy installation below a nacelle of the wind energy installation, wherein, before or after the erection of the tower, a pendulum container (22, 122, 222) is first fastened in the tower, in particular to a platform of the tower, and is filled with pendulum ballast material in an erected state of the tower, wherein bulk material in a dry state or mixed with water, or water is filled or pumped as pendulum ballast material from above through at least one filling hose or at least one filling tube into the pendulum container (22, 122).
A method for providing a drainage from a space between a lined concrete wall and a lining for protecting the lined concrete wall, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: • arranging one or more draining member(s) each comprising a draining pipe having a blind flange (11, 11') arranged at both ends and having a length including the blind flanges that is substantially equal to the wall thickness in a casting frame so that the blind flanges (11, 11') are resting at the casting frame at the inside of the wall and the outside of the wall, respectively, • filling concrete into the casting frame to cover the draining member(s) and allowing the concrete to cure, • removing the casting frame from at least one of the sides of the concrete wall, • drilling through the blind flanges (11, 11') to open the draining member(s). • arranging one or more draining member(s) each comprising a draining pipe having a blind flange (11, 11') arranged at both ends and having a length including the blind flanges that is substantially equal to the wall thickness in a casting frame so that the blind flanges (11, 11') are resting at the casting frame at the inside of the wall and the outside of the wall, respectively, • filling concrete into the casting frame to cover the draining member(s) and allowing the concrete to cure, • removing the casting frame from at least one of the sides of the concrete wall, • drilling through the blind flanges (11, 11') to open the draining member(s).
A method of garbage collection in a computing device, comprising: providing a concurrent garbage collection in a dedicated thread concurrently running in the computing device with a mutator thread; wherein the concurrent garbage collection is triggered based on a dynamically tunable parameter from a previous garbage collection in a closed feedback loop, characterised in that the concurrent garbage collection is triggered based on a previous trigger and an error value, the previous trigger being an amount of free space at the start of a previous garbage collection and the error value being a difference between the previous trigger and a preselected goal amount of free memory space. providing a concurrent garbage collection in a dedicated thread concurrently running in the computing device with a mutator thread; wherein the concurrent garbage collection is triggered based on a dynamically tunable parameter from a previous garbage collection in a closed feedback loop, the concurrent garbage collection is triggered based on a previous trigger and an error value, the previous trigger being an amount of free space at the start of a previous garbage collection and the error value being a difference between the previous trigger and a preselected goal amount of free memory space.
Method for detecting a whistle blast of a referee of a sport event, comprising: - the installation of first and second microphones (112, 113) on the referee such that, when the referee uses a whistle, the second microphone is located farther from the whistle than the first microphone; and - the analysis of first and second signals (S1, S2) respectively provided by first and second microphones (112, 113), to determine if a perceived sound is ambient, or can come from the whistle. - the installation of first and second microphones (112, 113) on the referee such that, when the referee uses a whistle, the second microphone is located farther from the whistle than the first microphone; and - the analysis of first and second signals (S1, S2) respectively provided by first and second microphones (112, 113), to determine if a perceived sound is ambient, or can come from the whistle.
Suction conveyor system for bulk materials, with two complementary coupling elements (10, 14) and with at least one flexible suction pipe, which is coupled by one coupling element to the complementary coupling element of one of several suction pipe sockets, wherein one of the coupling elements has a cylindrical sleeve into which a tube section of the other coupling element can be fittingly inserted and which narrows at a shoulder to a cross-section flush with the inner cross-section of the tube section, and that the end face of the tube section forms a metal-to-metal seal with the shoulder in the coupled state, wherein the sleeve has a collar on the outer circumference, on which a plastic coupler is supported, which is screwable to the coupling element that forms the tube section, wherein the coupler has a multi-start thread for screwing, and wherein, in the coupled state, the coupling elements (10, 14) are additionally locked to one another by the coupler. wherein one of the coupling elements has a cylindrical sleeve into which a tube section of the other coupling element can be fittingly inserted and which narrows at a shoulder to a cross-section flush with the inner cross-section of the tube section, and that the end face of the tube section forms a metal-to-metal seal with the shoulder in the coupled state, wherein the sleeve has a collar on the outer circumference, on which a plastic coupler is supported, which is screwable to the coupling element that forms the tube section, wherein the coupler has a multi-start thread for screwing, and wherein, in the coupled state, the coupling elements (10, 14) are additionally locked to one another by the coupler.
A replication competent oncolytic virus comprising a heterologous nucleic acid inserted into a nonessential region of the adenovirus genome, said nucleic acid comprising a sequence encoding an OX40 agonist operatively linked to a transcriptional control element, wherein the OX40 agonist is OX40 ligand (OX40L), preferably wherein the nucleic acid encoding OX40L encodes a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in GenBank Accession Number NP_003317.1 or a sequence at least 95% identical thereto and more preferably wherein the nucleic acid encoding OX40L has the nucleic acid sequence of NCBI Reference Sequence: NM_003326.3 or a sequence at least 95% identical thereto, or is an antibody against OX40.
Cosmetic applicator comprising an application member having a base fixed to a support, this base extending along a longitudinal axis of the support, and an applicator part connected to the base, the applicator comprising a constraint element fitted to the application member and at least partially in contact with the latter, the constraint element constraining the application member in such a way that the applicator part extends at least partially obliquely with respect to the axis of the support.
A method of controlling a photographing apparatus having a voice call function, the method comprising: determining whether the voice call function is being performed upon an input of a shutter release signal of the photographing apparatus; sensing a distance between the photographing apparatus and an object when the voice call function is being performed upon the input of the shutter release signal; and disabling a barrel driving mode based on the shutter release signal when the sensed distance is equal to or less than a predetermined value. determining whether the voice call function is being performed upon an input of a shutter release signal of the photographing apparatus; sensing a distance between the photographing apparatus and an object when the voice call function is being performed upon the input of the shutter release signal; and disabling a barrel driving mode based on the shutter release signal when the sensed distance is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
A drug delivery device comprising: a reservoir for containing a medicament and having a proximal end and a distal end, the medicament comprising a suspension of solids in a liquid carrier; a needle in fluid communication with said reservoir and having a distal end for injection into a patient, and a proximal end in said reservoir; and, an accumulation surface defined at least partially about said needle, distally of said proximal end of said needle, said accumulation surface defining a distally-extending trough-shaped indentation sized and shaped to collect, during use, solids that come out of suspension, characterized in that said trough-shaped indentation comprises a plurality of dimples and is spaced apart from and circumscribes said needle, and wherein a proximally-extending protrusion is located adjacent to said indentation, said needle extending through said protrusion. a reservoir for containing a medicament and having a proximal end and a distal end, the medicament comprising a suspension of solids in a liquid carrier; a needle in fluid communication with said reservoir and having a distal end for injection into a patient, and a proximal end in said reservoir; and, an accumulation surface defined at least partially about said needle, distally of said proximal end of said needle, said accumulation surface defining a distally-extending trough-shaped indentation sized and shaped to collect, during use, solids that come out of suspension, characterized in that said trough-shaped indentation comprises a plurality of dimples and is spaced apart from and circumscribes said needle, and wherein a proximally-extending protrusion is located adjacent to said indentation, said needle extending through said protrusion.
Sensor arrangement for colour measurement with interference ripple suppression containing at least one silicon-based optical sensor having at least three separate light-sensitive sensor faces and a sensor passivation, which is composed of a combination of SiO 2 layer and anti-reflection-adapted Si 3 N 4 layer, characterised in that - the SiO 2 layer has a thickness in the range from 5 to 10 nm, - above the sensor passivation, there is arranged a substrate which carries at least three spectrally different interference filters (21; 23, 24, 25) and which is connected to the sensor by means of an adhesive and which forms between each of the light-sensitive sensor faces and an interference filter which is associated with the respective sensor face an intermediate space in the manner of an optical layer (32; 33) with a lower refractive index (n 2) with respect to the sensor passivation of the sensor, and - the optical layer (32; 33) over each associated light-sensitive sensor face has a height variation (Δh), wherein the height variation (Δh) is produced by means of a tilting of the substrate with the optical filters (21; 23, 24, 25) with respect to the light-sensitive sensor faces, wherein spacers for defined adjustment of the substrate tilting are provided on the substrate at predetermined positions which are produced in the process of the production of the optical filters (21; 23, 24, 25) by sequential coating of filters (21; 23, 24, 25) of known layer thicknesses at a defined height. - the SiO 2 layer has a thickness in the range from 5 to 10 nm, - above the sensor passivation, there is arranged a substrate which carries at least three spectrally different interference filters (21; 23, 24, 25) and which is connected to the sensor by means of an adhesive and which forms between each of the light-sensitive sensor faces and an interference filter which is associated with the respective sensor face an intermediate space in the manner of an optical layer (32; 33) with a lower refractive index (n 2) with respect to the sensor passivation of the sensor, and - the optical layer (32; 33) over each associated light-sensitive sensor face has a height variation (Δh), wherein the height variation (Δh) is produced by means of a tilting of the substrate with the optical filters (21; 23, 24, 25) with respect to the light-sensitive sensor faces, wherein spacers for defined adjustment of the substrate tilting are provided on the substrate at predetermined positions which are produced in the process of the production of the optical filters (21; 23, 24, 25) by sequential coating of filters (21; 23, 24, 25) of known layer thicknesses at a defined height.
An accessory of components for use with a spectrometer to enable reflectance measurements to be made on the sample, said accessory comprising a housing defining a sample location, a first reflector for receiving analysing radiation propagating generally horizontally and for reflecting the radiation at least partially upwardly to a second reflector, a third reflector for directing the radiation towards the sample location and a detector for receiving radiation reflected from the sample characterised in that the third reflector is rotatable and translatable so that it can be oriented to direct radiation to be incident on the sample over a range of angles, the detector is disposed within the housing and is mounted so as to be movable in correspondence with movement of the third reflector so that radiation remains incident on the detector, and the accessory includes a fourth reflector for receiving radiation from the second reflector and directing it along a generally horizontal path towards the third reflector.