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A wound monitoring and/or therapy apparatus comprising: a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the wound dressing comprising: a wound contact layer comprising one or more electronic components and one or more electronic connections that connect at least some of the one or more electronic components; and an acquisition distribution layer above the wound contact layer, the acquisition distribution layer configured to allow distribution of fluid and wherein the acquisition distribution layer distribution layer comprises one or more slits and is configured to laterally wick fluid. a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the wound dressing comprising: a wound contact layer comprising one or more electronic components and one or more electronic connections that connect at least some of the one or more electronic components; and an acquisition distribution layer above the wound contact layer, the acquisition distribution layer configured to allow distribution of fluid and a wound contact layer comprising one or more electronic components and one or more electronic connections that connect at least some of the one or more electronic components; and an acquisition distribution layer above the wound contact layer, the acquisition distribution layer configured to allow distribution of fluid and wherein the acquisition distribution layer distribution layer comprises one or more slits and is configured to laterally wick fluid.
A motor drive system, comprising an AC electric motor having a rotor with a permanent magnet attached thereon; a power converter for controlling power supply to said AC electric motor by on/off control of a plurality of power semiconductor switching elements (Q1 - Q6) under pulse width modulation control; a current detector for detecting a motor current flowing between said power converter and said AC electric motor; and a ripple detecting unit for detecting a ripple current width (Irp) of said motor current, corresponding to switching frequency of each of said power semiconductor switching elements (Q1 - Q6), based on a detected value from said current detector; characterized by a reference setting unit for setting a reference value (Irp#) of said ripple current width such that magnet temperature does not increase to a temperature causing demagnetization of said permanent magnet, at least based on a temperature increase characteristic of said permanent magnet with respect to said ripple current width (Irp); and a frequency adjusting unit for controlling frequency of a carrier (Vcr) used for said pulse width modulation control, based on a comparison between said ripple current width (Irp) detected by said ripple detecting unit and said reference value (Irp#) set by said reference setting unit.
A device for evaluation of a moisture characterization parameter indicative of dry eye, the device comprising: (a) an alternating current source, adapted to connect to a power supply and to produce an alternating current; (b) an electrode arrangement having at least a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to said alternating current source, said first electrode electrically separated from said second electrode by an electrically insulating region, said arrangement having an at least semi-rigid region fixing said electrodes in a spaced-apart manner and being adapted to contact the soft tissue on the inner surface of an eyelid of the eye, and said electrodes and said insulating region being composed of biocompatible materials; and (c) a processor, associated with said electrode arrangement, wherein, when said electrode arrangement is provided with said alternating current, and is disposed against the soft tissue, the soft tissue electrically bridges between said electrodes (112,114) to form an electrical circuit, such that an electrical signal is produced by said alternating current passing from said first electrode to said second electrode via the soft tissue, said processor being adapted to receive in-vivo based electrical information originating from said electrical signal, via said circuit, and to produce an output relating to, or derived from, the moisture parameter, based on said in-vivo electrical information, said processor being designed and configured to compute the moisture parameter in the soft tissue, at least partially based on said in-vivo electrical information, and based on an empirical correlation between said in-vivo electrical information and said moisture parameter, said empirical correlation including an inverse relationship between an electrical impedance derived from said in-vivo electrical information, and said moisture parameter, such that an increasing level of moisture of soft tissue on the inner surface of the eyelid is correlated with a decreasing of said electrical impedance. (a) an alternating current source, adapted to connect to a power supply and to produce an alternating current; (b) an electrode arrangement having at least a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to said alternating current source, said first electrode electrically separated from said second electrode by an electrically insulating region, said arrangement having an at least semi-rigid region fixing said electrodes in a spaced-apart manner and being adapted to contact the soft tissue on the inner surface of an eyelid of the eye, and said electrodes and said insulating region being composed of biocompatible materials; and (c) a processor, associated with said electrode arrangement,
An ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composition, comprising the following components: modified graphene, modified silicon carbide whisker, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene wherein: - the modified graphene has a content of 0.5-5 wt% of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene; - the modified silicon carbide whisker has a content of 0.5-5 wt% of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the modified silicon carbide whisker is silicon carbide whisker modified with a silane coupling agent, the silicon carbide whisker and the silane coupling agent have a weight ratio of 1:(0.1-0.5); - the silicon carbide whiskers in the modified silicon carbide whiskers have a diameter of 100-600 nm and a length of 10-50 μm; - the silane coupling agent is a mixture of an alkyl silane coupling agent and an amino silane coupling agent, and the alkyl silane coupling agent has 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group; - the alkyl silane coupling agent and the amino silane coupling agent have a weight ratio of (2:3)-(3:2); - the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has a weight-average molecular weight of 2-2.4 million; - the modified graphene is an aminated graphene comprising piperazine modified graphene and octadecylamine modified graphene in a weight ratio of 1:. - the modified graphene has a content of 0.5-5 wt% of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene; - the modified silicon carbide whisker has a content of 0.5-5 wt% of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and the modified silicon carbide whisker is silicon carbide whisker modified with a silane coupling agent, the silicon carbide whisker and the silane coupling agent have a weight ratio of 1:(0.1-0.5); - the silicon carbide whiskers in the modified silicon carbide whiskers have a diameter of 100-600 nm and a length of 10-50 μm; - the silane coupling agent is a mixture of an alkyl silane coupling agent and an amino silane coupling agent, and the alkyl silane coupling agent has 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group; - the alkyl silane coupling agent and the amino silane coupling agent have a weight ratio of (2:3)-(3:2); - the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has a weight-average molecular weight of 2-2.4 million; - the modified graphene is an aminated graphene comprising piperazine modified graphene and octadecylamine modified graphene in a weight ratio of 1:.
A ligating clip for a self-ligating orthodontic bracket, comprising: - a labial arm having a free end and a further end - a lingual arm having a free end and a further end - a connecting arm connected to the further ends of the labial arm and the lingual arm the labial arm, the connecting arm and the lingual arm each having a distal side and a mesial side, the labial arm and the lingual arm extending generally in a gingival-occlusal direction and the connecting arm extending generally in a lingual-labial direction - a locking element in form of a hook arranged at the free end of the lingual arm, the hook protruding in a lingual-labial direction characterized in that at least one cutout is arranged at the free end of the lingual arm, the at least one cutout being open at either the distal or the mesial side of the lingual arm. - a labial arm having a free end and a further end - a lingual arm having a free end and a further end - a connecting arm connected to the further ends of the labial arm and the lingual arm the labial arm, the connecting arm and the lingual arm each having a distal side and a mesial side, the labial arm and the lingual arm extending generally in a gingival-occlusal direction and the connecting arm extending generally in a lingual-labial direction - a locking element in form of a hook arranged at the free end of the lingual arm, the hook protruding in a lingual-labial direction
A method of controlling tonal noises produced by an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, the method comprising: generating thrust with a plurality of rotor units mounted to the UAV to propel the UAV into flight, each of the rotor units including a bladed rotor; and adjusting at least one of a rotation rate or a phase delay of at least one of the rotor units relative to one or more others of the rotor units, wherein adjusting the at least one of the rotation rate or the phase delay causes a spread in the tonal noises generated by the rotor units, wherein adjusting at least one of the rotation rate or the phase delay comprises varying rotation rates of the rotor units relative to each other to spectrally spread out component frequencies of the tonal noises collectively generated by the rotor units, wherein one or more of the rotor units have different physical geometries relative to each other such that different rotation rates for different ones of the rotor units produce a common amount of thrust. generating thrust with a plurality of rotor units mounted to the UAV to propel the UAV into flight, each of the rotor units including a bladed rotor; and adjusting at least one of a rotation rate or a phase delay of at least one of the rotor units relative to one or more others of the rotor units, wherein adjusting the at least one of the rotation rate or the phase delay causes a spread in the tonal noises generated by the rotor units, wherein adjusting at least one of the rotation rate or the phase delay comprises varying rotation rates of the rotor units relative to each other to spectrally spread out component frequencies of the tonal noises collectively generated by the rotor units, wherein one or more of the rotor units have different physical geometries relative to each other such that different rotation rates for different ones of the rotor units produce a common amount of thrust.
An oven comprising - an exterior body having two side walls, one rear wall and one top wall, - a casing positioned in the exterior body such that a gap remains therebetween, - at least one fan disposed between the exterior body and the casing, moving the air, - a cover having a closed position wherein the front of the exterior body is entirely closed and an open position that the cover is changed to from the closed position by being moved, allowing access into the exterior body, - at least one opening disposed on the side of the side wall near the cover, - at least one guiding member - that is situated over the at least one opening, between the side wall and the casing, - that provides the directing of the air entering from the opening to between the side wall and the casing towards the rear wall, characterized by more than one guiding member arranged one above the other. - an exterior body having two side walls, one rear wall and one top wall, - a casing positioned in the exterior body such that a gap remains therebetween, - at least one fan disposed between the exterior body and the casing, moving the air, - a cover having a closed position wherein the front of the exterior body is entirely closed and an open position that the cover is changed to from the closed position by being moved, allowing access into the exterior body, - at least one opening disposed on the side of the side wall near the cover, - at least one guiding member - that is situated over the at least one opening, between the side wall and the casing, - that provides the directing of the air entering from the opening to between the side wall and the casing towards the rear wall,
An apparatus comprising means for: determining an available real space, comprising a portion of a real space, by determining a boundary of the available real space, wherein the available real space comprises locations available to a user to control a corresponding virtual location of a virtual user, via first-person perspective-mediated reality, wherein first-person perspective-mediated reality creates a correspondence between a location and orientation of a user in real space to a virtual location and virtual orientation of a virtual user; determining a constrained virtual space, comprising a portion of a virtual space (20, 60), by determining a boundary of the constrained virtual space, wherein the constrained virtual space corresponds to the available real space; determining available mediated reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space; automatically determining a sub-set of the available mediated reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space, without requiring the user to change location in the real space; and causing rendering of at least some of the determined sub-set of the available virtual reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space to the user. determining an available real space, comprising a portion of a real space, by determining a boundary of the available real space, wherein the available real space comprises locations available to a user to control a corresponding virtual location of a virtual user, via first-person perspective-mediated reality, wherein first-person perspective-mediated reality creates a correspondence between a location and orientation of a user in real space to a virtual location and virtual orientation of a virtual user; determining a constrained virtual space, comprising a portion of a virtual space (20, 60), by determining a boundary of the constrained virtual space, wherein the constrained virtual space corresponds to the available real space; determining available mediated reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space; automatically determining a sub-set of the available mediated reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space, without requiring the user to change location in the real space; and causing rendering of at least some of the determined sub-set of the available virtual reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space to the user.
A cooking device comprising a body, a top plate and a spring element pressing the top plate to the body in a manner to attach the top plate to the body in the locked position, wherein - the top plate is positioned with a predetermined spacing with the body, wherein the spacing is accessible from the outside of the device, and - the spring element is configured to release the top plate when a force is applied to a joining wall of the spring element from the outside of the device via the spacing, characterized in, that the spring element comprises an upper end which bends backwardly and releases the top plate when a force is applied through the spacing to a joining wall of the spring element, said upper end extending up to the inner side of the inner folded-edge of the top plate, and the spring element is fixed to the body from a lower edge thereof which is at a lower level than the upper end and extends in S form from the upper end towards the body. - the top plate is positioned with a predetermined spacing with the body, wherein the spacing is accessible from the outside of the device, and - the spring element is configured to release the top plate when a force is applied to a joining wall of the spring element from the outside of the device via the spacing, characterized in, that the spring element comprises an upper end which bends backwardly and releases the top plate when a force is applied through the spacing to a joining wall of the spring element, said upper end extending up to the inner side of the inner folded-edge of the top plate, and the spring element is fixed to the body from a lower edge thereof which is at a lower level than the upper end and extends in S form from the upper end towards the body.
A cochlear implant comprising a signal level detector configured to determine a total signal level of an incoming acoustic signal; a processing unit configured to determine, in accordance with the determined total signal level, an intermediate knee point for each of a plurality of frequency bands, and wherein the intermediate knee point is determined by interpolating, such as linearly interpolating, predefined knee point values for each of the plurality of frequency bands; a bandpass filter configured to generate a plurality of band limited audio signals in dependence upon the incoming acoustic signal, each band limited acoustic signal representing an associated audio frequency range relating to at least one electrode of a plurality of an implanted electrode array of the cochlear implant; and a pulse controller configured to deliver electrical stimulation signals to the plurality of electrodes of the implanted electrode array based on the generated band limited audio signals and the determined intermediate knee point corresponding to the frequency range; and characterized in that he processing unit is configured to access a look up table comprising the predefined knee point values corresponding to each of the plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of average signal levels, and wherein the predefined knee point values are statistically determined for different speech situations. a signal level detector configured to determine a total signal level of an incoming acoustic signal; a processing unit configured to determine, in accordance with the determined total signal level, an intermediate knee point for each of a plurality of frequency bands, and wherein the intermediate knee point is determined by interpolating, such as linearly interpolating, predefined knee point values for each of the plurality of frequency bands; a bandpass filter configured to generate a plurality of band limited audio signals in dependence upon the incoming acoustic signal, each band limited acoustic signal representing an associated audio frequency range relating to at least one electrode of a plurality of an implanted electrode array of the cochlear implant; and a pulse controller configured to deliver electrical stimulation signals to the plurality of electrodes of the implanted electrode array based on the generated band limited audio signals and the determined intermediate knee point corresponding to the frequency range; and characterized in that he processing unit is configured to access a look up table comprising the predefined knee point values corresponding to each of the plurality of frequency bands and a plurality of average signal levels, and wherein the predefined knee point values are statistically determined for different speech situations.
A capsule emplacement apparatus comprising: an elongated sheath, a needle being movably disposed within a lumen of the sheath; the needle having a tip at a distal end thereof and defining a lumen; the needle disposed within the elongate sheath lumen and configured to translate relative to the elongate sheath; a membrane introducer tube movably disposed within the lumen of the needle, the membrane introducer tube defining a lumen within and having a distal end; a detachable encapsulation membrane defining an interior and an inlet region configured to receive fluid into the interior through the inlet region, the detachable encapsulation membrane being coupled to the distal end of the membrane introducer tube near the inlet region, and being expandable from a collapsed condition, when the detachable encapsulation membrane is disposed within the needle lumen, to an expanded condition, when the detachable encapsulation membrane is extended beyond the needle tip; a filler tube having a distal end and defining a lumen within, wherein the filler tube when in communication with the inlet region of the detachable encapsulation membrane, introduces a fluid into the interior of the detachable encapsulation membrane, thereby expanding the detachable encapsulation membrane; and an elongated sealing device disposed within and configured to translated relative to the membrane introducer tube, wherein the elongated sealing device configured to seal the detachable encapsulation membrane when positioned at the inlet region of the detachable encapsulation membrane. an elongated sheath, a needle being movably disposed within a lumen of the sheath; the needle having a tip at a distal end thereof and defining a lumen; the needle disposed within the elongate sheath lumen and configured to translate relative to the elongate sheath; a membrane introducer tube movably disposed within the lumen of the needle, the membrane introducer tube defining a lumen within and having a distal end; a detachable encapsulation membrane defining an interior and an inlet region configured to receive fluid into the interior through the inlet region, the detachable encapsulation membrane being coupled to the distal end of the membrane introducer tube near the inlet region, and being expandable from a collapsed condition, when the detachable encapsulation membrane is disposed within the needle lumen, to an expanded condition, when the detachable encapsulation membrane is extended beyond the needle tip; a filler tube having a distal end and defining a lumen within, wherein the filler tube when in communication with the inlet region of the detachable encapsulation membrane, introduces a fluid into the interior of the detachable encapsulation membrane, thereby expanding the detachable encapsulation membrane; and an elongated sealing device disposed within and configured to translated relative to the membrane introducer tube, wherein the elongated sealing device configured to seal the detachable encapsulation membrane when positioned at the inlet region of the detachable encapsulation membrane.
A device (1; 26) for use in a medical treatment room, comprising at least one control unit (2, 6; 18), formed as a light guide, and at least one light source (3, 3'; 21), characterised in that the light source emits light with a wavelength between 380 nanometres and 420 nanometres, in particular with 405 nanometres, and is arranged in such a way that emitted light is coupled into the light guide, wherein the light guide is formed in such a way that light, emerging from the light guide again, at least partly transilluminates the surface of the control unit (2, 6; 18).