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An endoscope assembly comprising: an endoscope head extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first at least one selectably inflatable balloon associated therewith at least one first axial location along said longitudinal axis and a second at least one selectably inflatable balloon associated therewith at at least one second axial location along said longitudinal axis, the endoscope head comprising at least one light source and at least one imaging sensor; and an endoscope head controller being operative for controlling selectable inflation of said first and second at least one selectably inflatable balloons (500, 502) for selectable positioning of said endoscope head; wherein each of the first and second at least one selectably inflatable balloons (500, 502) is configured as a selectably extendable sealing element to define a sealed region therebetween when positioned within a tubular body portion, and by further comprising means for supplying fluid to the sealed region; characterised in that the endoscope head controller is adapted to provide locomotive functionality adapted to sequentially displace said endoscope head through the tubular body portion. an endoscope head extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first at least one selectably inflatable balloon associated therewith at least one first axial location along said longitudinal axis and a second at least one selectably inflatable balloon associated therewith at at least one second axial location along said longitudinal axis, the endoscope head comprising at least one light source and at least one imaging sensor; and an endoscope head controller being operative for controlling selectable inflation of said first and second at least one selectably inflatable balloons (500, 502) for selectable positioning of said endoscope head;
Use of a liquid substance mixture as a binding means for producing a mortar, wherein this mixture contains at least one substance from the group of organically modified silicon dioxides, in particular organo-alkoxysilanes, wherein one substance of the mixture is an organically modified silicon dioxide which contains at least one epoxy unit and wherein one substance of the mixture is an organically modified silicon dioxide containing at least one amine function.
A tag molecule for use in detecting or imaging pre-cancerous cells and/or adenoma and/or cancer in a gastrointestinal system of a subject, wherein the tag molecule is a near infrared dye, wherein the tag molecule is administered into the subject's gastrointestinal lumen either orally or by way of an enema and wherein the pre-cancerous cells and/or adenoma and/or cancer are tagged with the tag molecule within the lumen.
A bogie for a rail vehicle, comprising 1.1 a bogie frame; 1.2 at least one wheel set (2, 4), having two wheels (2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2), a final drive, an axle and a final drive housing; 1.3 a torque support for the mutual articulated support of the final drive on the bogie or on the bogie frame; characterized by the following features: 1.4 the receiver head (12.1, 12.2) comprises a bearing (13.1, 13.2) with a cylindrical bolt (14.1, 14.2) which is used for support on the respective element, wherein 1.5 the rod is arranged as a sleeve at least in the region of its two ends (10.1, 10.2); 1.6 the bearing (13.1, 13.2) comprises a socket (17.1, 17.2) which is arranged in the radial direction of the bolt (14.1, 14.2) between the bolt (14.1, 14.2) and the receiver head (12.1, 12.2) and is supported on the receiver head (12.1, 12.2) via at least one further bearing element (18.1, 18.2); 1.7 the socket (17.1, 17.2) comprises a bulbous section in the manner of a universal ball joint on its outer circumference, wherein 1.8 the bolts (14.1, 14.2) have a circular cross-sectional shape at least in the region of their support in the bearing (13.1, 13.2), and 1.9 the bolts (14.1, 14.2) can be connected to the final drive housing (8.1, 8.2, 8.3) and/or the bogie by means of a press fit, wherein 1.10 an anti-twisting element is associated with the bolt (14.1, 14.2). 1.1 a bogie frame; 1.2 at least one wheel set (2, 4), having two wheels (2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2), a final drive, an axle and a final drive housing; 1.3 a torque support for the mutual articulated support of the final drive on the bogie or on the bogie frame; characterized by the following features: 1.4 the receiver head (12.1, 12.2) comprises a bearing (13.1, 13.2) with a cylindrical bolt (14.1, 14.2) which is used for support on the respective element, wherein 1.5 the rod is arranged as a sleeve at least in the region of its two ends (10.1, 10.2); 1.6 the bearing (13.1, 13.2) comprises a socket (17.1, 17.2) which is arranged in the radial direction of the bolt (14.1, 14.2) between the bolt (14.1, 14.2) and the receiver head (12.1, 12.2) and is supported on the receiver head (12.1, 12.2) via at least one further bearing element (18.1, 18.2); 1.7 the socket (17.1, 17.2) comprises a bulbous section in the manner of a universal ball joint on its outer circumference, wherein 1.8 the bolts (14.1, 14.2) have a circular cross-sectional shape at least in the region of their support in the bearing (13.1, 13.2), and 1.9 the bolts (14.1, 14.2) can be connected to the final drive housing (8.1, 8.2, 8.3) and/or the bogie by means of a press fit, wherein 1.10 an anti-twisting element is associated with the bolt (14.1, 14.2).
Device for storing cryogenic fluid, comprising a sealed internal shell delimiting the storage volume for the cryogenic fluid, a thermal insulation layer disposed around the internal shell and a sealed external shell disposed around the insulation layer, the space between the internal shell and the external shell being under vacuum, the external shell resting on the periphery of the thermal insulation layer, the thermal insulation layer comprising an insulating material of the "pressure-responsive" type such as "LRMLI" ("Load Responsive Multi Layer Insulation"), the device also comprising a protective shell disposed around the external shell, the device comprising at least one supporting component (6, 7, 9) comprising an end connected rigidly to the internal shell and a second end rigidly connected to the protective shell such that the assembly comprising the internal shell, the external shell and the thermal insulation layer under vacuum is suspended in the protective shell via the at least one supporting component (6, 7, 9).
Filter pipette tip with a small tube with a relatively large aperture at one end for attaching to a pipette, a relatively small aperture at the other end for the passage of liquid and a through-channel between the large aperture and the small aperture and a porous filter arranged in the through-channel filling up a portion of the through-channel and comprising at least two layers (11, 12) arranged in series in the direction of the through-channel and the layers (11, 12) comprising different colorations, wherein the colorations of the layers (11, 12) are selected from the achromatic and/or the chromatic colours, are produced by using colored plastics granulate during the manufacture of the filter, the colorations identify a characteristic and/or orientation of the filter pipette tips and/or the filter and may be determined by means of a human sense organ and/or a sensor.
A pharmaceutical composition for oral delivery of a physiologically active peptide agent comprising: a therapeutically effective amount of said active peptide linked to a membrane translocator, wherein said active peptide is selected from one of human glucagon-like peptide 1, salmon calcitonin, insulin, human parathyroid hormone; and wherein said membrane translocator is a signal peptide, said membrane translocator is capable of being at least partially cleaved from the active peptide in vivo by an enzyme; at least one pharmaceutically acceptable pH-lowering agent and/or protease inhibitor; and an acid resistant protective vehicle effective to transport said pharmaceutical composition through the stomach of a patient while preventing contact between said active peptide agent and stomach proteases a therapeutically effective amount of said active peptide linked to a membrane translocator, wherein said active peptide is selected from one of human glucagon-like peptide 1, salmon calcitonin, insulin, human parathyroid hormone; and wherein said membrane translocator is a signal peptide, said membrane translocator is capable of being at least partially cleaved from the active peptide in vivo by an enzyme; at least one pharmaceutically acceptable pH-lowering agent and/or protease inhibitor; and an acid resistant protective vehicle effective to transport said pharmaceutical composition through the stomach of a patient while preventing contact between said active peptide agent and stomach proteases
Method for performing an initialization or a reset of a port of an integrated circuit with a device for supervising ports of said integrated circuit, said device being arranged for exchanging information with a central processing unit of an integrated circuit and for communicating with ports of said integrated circuit and comprising parity controlling means arranged for performing a parity check on one or more parity bits contained in said information exchanged with said central processing unit and generating an error signal in case said parity check yields no match and arranged for, upon a positive response to said request, generating one or more parity bits when performing said write operation to said port, and carrying out a parity check when performing said read operation from said port and generating an error signal in case said parity check yields no match, the method comprising - receiving in said device for supervising ports, from said central processing unit of said integrated circuit, a port initialisation signal comprising port initialisation data and one or more parity bits, - inverting in said device for supervising ports said one or more parity bits in accordance with said port initialization signal, - providing said port initialisation signal comprising said port initialisation data and said inverted one or more parity bits to said port of said integrated circuit, - on receipt of said port initialisation signal at said port, inverting again in said port said inverted one or more parity bits, thereby obtaining the original one or more parity bits and storing said port initialisation data and the just obtained original one or more parity bits. - receiving in said device for supervising ports, from said central processing unit of said integrated circuit, a port initialisation signal comprising port initialisation data and one or more parity bits, - inverting in said device for supervising ports said one or more parity bits in accordance with said port initialization signal, - providing said port initialisation signal comprising said port initialisation data and said inverted one or more parity bits to said port of said integrated circuit, - on receipt of said port initialisation signal at said port, inverting again in said port said inverted one or more parity bits, thereby obtaining the original one or more parity bits and storing said port initialisation data and the just obtained original one or more parity bits.
An operating method for a fuel cell system having a radiator structure through which ambient air flows and having a fuel cell stack, the exhaust air flow of the fuel cell stack being able to be guided at least in part to the radiator structure such that, at the radiator structure, this exhaust air flow guided thereto causes an increase in the mass flow of the ambient air through the radiator structure in accordance with the jet pump principle, and wherein at least some of the exhaust air flow of the fuel cell stack can be guided through a gas expansion machine and the division of the energy contained in the exhaust air flow and recoverable in the gas expansion machine and/or at the radiator structure in accordance with the jet pump principle is changed by means of an electronic control unit in a manner adapted to boundary conditions under which the division is performed.
An optical system for sample inspection comprising: an objective comprising at least four mirrors (110, 112, 115', 120, 210, 212, 215, 218, 222, 224, 410, 412, 415, 420) including a concave outermost mirror (115', 222, 415, 500) located closest to the inspected sample (105, 205, 505) among the at least four mirrors (110, 112, 115', 120, 210, 212, 215, 218, 222, 224, 410, 412, 415, 420); wherein from the sample side the last four mirrors of the at least four mirrors comprise, in sequence along the light path, concave mirror (120, 224, 420), the outermost concave mirror (115', 222, 415), a concave mirror (112, 218, 412) and a convex mirror (110, 215, 410); pupil relay optics (102, 170) optically coupled to the objective to yield a flat final image plane, wherein the pupil relay optics (102, 170) include one or more refractive optical elements and is centered on the optical axis; and wherein the objective is configured to provide imaging at a numerical aperture greater than 0.7, a sample field size greater than 0.5 mm, central obscuration less than 35% in pupil, and wherein a ratio of the diameter of the curved outermost mirror (115', 222, 415, 500) to its edge thickness is no more than 20:1 and the objective features negative Petzval curvature and provides a curved intermediate image plane. an objective comprising at least four mirrors (110, 112, 115', 120, 210, 212, 215, 218, 222, 224, 410, 412, 415, 420) including a concave outermost mirror (115', 222, 415, 500) located closest to the inspected sample (105, 205, 505) among the at least four mirrors (110, 112, 115', 120, 210, 212, 215, 218, 222, 224, 410, 412, 415, 420); wherein from the sample side the last four mirrors of the at least four mirrors comprise, in sequence along the light path, concave mirror (120, 224, 420), the outermost concave mirror (115', 222, 415), a concave mirror (112, 218, 412) and a convex mirror (110, 215, 410); pupil relay optics (102, 170) optically coupled to the objective to yield a flat final image plane, wherein the pupil relay optics (102, 170) include one or more refractive optical elements and is centered on the optical axis; and wherein the objective is configured to provide imaging at a numerical aperture greater than 0.7, a sample field size greater than 0.5 mm, central obscuration less than 35% in pupil, and wherein a ratio of the diameter of the curved outermost mirror (115', 222, 415, 500) to its edge thickness is no more than 20:1 and the objective features negative Petzval curvature and provides a curved intermediate image plane.
A tool for manipulating an adjustable prosthetic anatomical device, the tool comprising: a cylinder; a knob having a proximal end and a bore receiving the cylinder, the knob being rotatable about the cylinder; a shaft extending through the cylinder fixedly attached to the proximal end of the knob, whereby rotation of the knob about the cylinder causes rotation of the shaft relative to the cylinder; a housing supporting the shaft for rotation by the knob; and a member (111, 186) arranged within the housing engaging a portion of the shaft, the member (111, 186) configured for retarding rotation of the shaft by applying a compressive force thereto. a cylinder; a knob having a proximal end and a bore receiving the cylinder, the knob being rotatable about the cylinder; a shaft extending through the cylinder fixedly attached to the proximal end of the knob, whereby rotation of the knob about the cylinder causes rotation of the shaft relative to the cylinder; a housing supporting the shaft for rotation by the knob; and a member (111, 186) arranged within the housing engaging a portion of the shaft, the member (111, 186) configured for retarding rotation of the shaft by applying a compressive force thereto.
A light responsive opsin for use in a method of disrupting reward-related behaviour in a living animal, wherein said light responsive opsin is expressed in cholinergic neurons of the nucleus accumbens or dorsal striatum, and wherein said light responsive opsin is an ion pump that moves the membrane potential of the neuron away from its threshold voltage to dissuade or inhibit action potentials.
A blowing machine, particularly stretch blow-molding machine, for manufacturing containers from tempered preforms in blowing stations having tempered blow molds tempered by a primary function tempering system operating with liquid, wherein functional equipment components such as electric servomotors (18, 19) to control and/or monitor secondary functions during production are assigned at least to said blowing stations, characterized in that, for tempering at least some functional equipment components for secondary functions, an electrically operated controllable liquid tempering system supplied by at least one tempering device and extending over the functional equipment components is integrated into the blowing machine.
An object having an aero- or hydrodynamically active surface, wherein one or more enzymes are immobilized on said surface by means of a cross-linker containing a spacer, and are coating said surface at least partially, characterised in that: one or more anti-icing proteins are also immobilized on said surface by means of a cross-linker containing a spacer, and are coating said surface at least partially; and the aero- or hydrodynamically active surface is the surface of a wing of an aircraft. one or more anti-icing proteins are also immobilized on said surface by means of a cross-linker containing a spacer, and are coating said surface at least partially; and the aero- or hydrodynamically active surface is the surface of a wing of an aircraft.
A method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery comprising an electrode mixture comprising an electrode active material, binder and conductive material coated on an aluminum current collector, the method comprising surface-treating the current collector to form aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3) layer of 20 to 30 nm on the current collector wherein adhesion between the electrode mixture and the current collector is enhanced, wherein the electrode is a cathode or anode, wherein the cathode comprises, as a cathode active material, a spinel-structure lithium metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below: Li x M y Mn 2-y O 4-z A z wherein 0.9≤x≤1.2, 0<y<2, and 0≤z<0.2, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, B, Ca, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sr, Sb, W. Ti, and Bi; and A is at least one monovalent or divalent anion, wherein the surface-treating is performed by thermal treatment, wherein the thermal treatment is performed at 200 to 450 °C for 0.5 to 5 hours under an oxygen atmosphere of 30 to 100 mTorr, and wherein the aluminum oxide layer is a porous material, which makes that a contact area between the electrode mixture and the electrode widens. wherein the electrode is a cathode or anode, wherein the cathode comprises, as a cathode active material, a spinel-structure lithium metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below: Li x M y Mn 2-y O 4-z A z wherein 0.9≤x≤1.2, 0<y<2, and 0≤z<0.2, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, B, Ca, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sr, Sb, W. Ti, and Bi; and A is at least one monovalent or divalent anion, wherein 0.9≤x≤1.2, 0<y<2, and 0≤z<0.2, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu, B, Ca, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sr, Sb, W. Ti, and Bi; and A is at least one monovalent or divalent anion, wherein the surface-treating is performed by thermal treatment, wherein the thermal treatment is performed at 200 to 450 °C for 0.5 to 5 hours under an oxygen atmosphere of 30 to 100 mTorr, and wherein the aluminum oxide layer is a porous material, which makes that a contact area between the electrode mixture and the electrode widens.
A beacon light and lens system comprising: a plurality of light emitting diodes; a lens comprising optics configured to capture and direct light from the plurality of light emitting diodes, the lens comprising an inner lens arranged adjacent to the plurality of light emitting diodes; the lens further comprising an outer lens arranged adjacent the inner lens; and the outer lens having a larger diameter than the inner lens; characterized in that the inner lens collimates the light from the plurality of light emitting diodes, in that the inner lens comprises a concave profile on an outer surface thereof to redirect collimated light in a diverging beam pattern to the outer lens, and in that the diverging beam pattern is recollimated with the outer lens. a plurality of light emitting diodes; a lens comprising optics configured to capture and direct light from the plurality of light emitting diodes, the lens comprising an inner lens arranged adjacent to the plurality of light emitting diodes; the lens further comprising an outer lens arranged adjacent the inner lens; and the outer lens having a larger diameter than the inner lens; characterized in that the inner lens collimates the light from the plurality of light emitting diodes, in that the inner lens comprises a concave profile on an outer surface thereof to redirect collimated light in a diverging beam pattern to the outer lens, and in that the diverging beam pattern is recollimated with the outer lens.
A method, at a Diameter routing node, for modifying a Diameter signaling message directed to a charging function node, the method comprising: receiving, at the Diameter routing node, a first Diameter signaling message that is associated with a mobile subscriber and is directed to a destination charging function node; accessing mobile subscriber related information that is associated with the first Diameter signaling message the subscriber related information being from a previously received signaling message other than the first Diameter signaling message; modifying the first Diameter signaling message to include the mobile subscriber related information; and routing the modified Diameter message to the destination charging function node; wherein the Diameter routing node includes at least one of: a Diameter signaling router, DSR, a Diameter routing agent, DRA, a Diameter proxy agent DPA, and a Diameter relay agent. receiving, at the Diameter routing node, a first Diameter signaling message that is associated with a mobile subscriber and is directed to a destination charging function node; accessing mobile subscriber related information that is associated with the first Diameter signaling message the subscriber related information being from a previously received signaling message other than the first Diameter signaling message; modifying the first Diameter signaling message to include the mobile subscriber related information; and routing the modified Diameter message to the destination charging function node; wherein the Diameter routing node includes at least one of: a Diameter signaling router, DSR, a Diameter routing agent, DRA, a Diameter proxy agent DPA, and a Diameter relay agent.