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A system, comprising: a lens configured to shape light emitted from a light-emitting diode to form shaped light; and a beam-shaping element coupled to the lens and positioned to receive at least some of the shaped light, the beam-shaping element including an incident surface that faces the lens, the incident surface including a pattern of reflective elements (213A, 213B) that are configured to reflect a first portion of the shaped light toward the lens, the incident surface allowing a second portion of the shaped light to propagate through the beam-shaping element through one or more spaces between adjacent reflective elements in the pattern, and characterized in that the beam-shaping element further comprises a plurality of protrusions that fasten the beam-shaping element to an exiting surface of the lens. a lens configured to shape light emitted from a light-emitting diode to form shaped light; and a beam-shaping element coupled to the lens and positioned to receive at least some of the shaped light, the beam-shaping element including an incident surface that faces the lens, the incident surface including a pattern of reflective elements (213A, 213B) that are configured to reflect a first portion of the shaped light toward the lens, the incident surface allowing a second portion of the shaped light to propagate through the beam-shaping element through one or more spaces between adjacent reflective elements in the pattern, and characterized in that the beam-shaping element further comprises a plurality of protrusions that fasten the beam-shaping element to an exiting surface of the lens.
An aqueous pigment anti-settling agent obtained by neutralizing, with a base, a mixture comprising a polyamide obtained by reacting a diamine having 2 to 34 carbon atoms and an excess amount with respect to the diamine of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 36 carbon atoms or a mixture of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 36 carbon atoms and a monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, an amide wax obtained by reacting a monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 22 carbon atoms and a diamine having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and/or a monoamine having 2 to 22 carbon atoms and/or hydrogenated castor oil, then, dispersing the obtained neutralized product into a medium mainly composed of water, and optionally, heat-treating the obtained dispersion.
A liquid discharging apparatus comprising: a transport section for a medium; a line head in which nozzles discharging liquid are arrayed in an intersecting direction that intersects a direction of transporting the medium; a scan sensor that is moved in the intersecting direction and is capable of detecting an end portion of the medium in the intersecting direction; a controller that controls movement of the scan sensor in the intersecting direction, and controls discharging of the liquid based on a detection result of the scan sensor; and a meandering detection sensor that when being disposed at a predetermined position is capable of detecting whether or not the medium is transported in a meandering manner by detecting the end portion at the predetermined position, wherein the controller sets the movement range of the scan sensor in the intersecting direction, based on the position of the meandering detection sensor. a transport section for a medium; a line head in which nozzles discharging liquid are arrayed in an intersecting direction that intersects a direction of transporting the medium; a scan sensor that is moved in the intersecting direction and is capable of detecting an end portion of the medium in the intersecting direction; a controller that controls movement of the scan sensor in the intersecting direction, and controls discharging of the liquid based on a detection result of the scan sensor; and a meandering detection sensor that when being disposed at a predetermined position is capable of detecting whether or not the medium is transported in a meandering manner by detecting the end portion at the predetermined position, wherein the controller sets the movement range of the scan sensor in the intersecting direction, based on the position of the meandering detection sensor.
A modular portable intra-aortic balloon pump, comprising: (a) a wheeled cart, and (b) a wheeled pump unit removably mounted on or in the cart, the pump unit comprising a frame, a pump disposed within the frame, a control unit configured to control the pump, a display device in electronic communication with the pump unit, and a wheel assembly connected to the frame, wherein a first helium gas reservoir is connected to the cart and a second helium gas reservoir is connected to the pump unit, the second helium gas reservoir is configured and used to provide helium gas as a shuttle gas to the pump unit during operation of the pump unit, and the first helium gas reservoir is configured and used to refresh gas in the second helium gas reservoir, wherein the second helium gas reservoir is smaller than the first helium gas reservoir. (a) a wheeled cart, and (b) a wheeled pump unit removably mounted on or in the cart,
Electrical plug-in connector for differential signal transmission, having an external conductor contact element, a dielectric and at least one internal conductor contact element pair for differential signal transmission, wherein the dielectric extends along a longitudinal axis through the external conductor contact element, and wherein the internal conductor contact element pair comprises a first internal conductor contact element and a second internal conductor contact element which extend along the longitudinal axis through the dielectric, characterized in that a) the external conductor contact element and/or the dielectric have a compensation geometry (8, 9, 11, 12) in order to compensate for an asymmetry of the internal conductor contact element pair with respect to the longitudinal axis; and/or b) the internal conductor contact element pair has a compensation geometry (8, 9, 11, 12) in order to compensate for an asymmetry of the external conductor contact element and/or of the dielectric with respect to the longitudinal axis. a) the external conductor contact element and/or the dielectric have a compensation geometry (8, 9, 11, 12) in order to compensate for an asymmetry of the internal conductor contact element pair with respect to the longitudinal axis; and/or b) the internal conductor contact element pair has a compensation geometry (8, 9, 11, 12) in order to compensate for an asymmetry of the external conductor contact element and/or of the dielectric with respect to the longitudinal axis.
A bearing arrangement with a spatially alignable swash plate of a surgical instrument having a main shaft, wherein the swash plate can be connected to a plurality of steering wires for activating a distal bending mechanism of the surgical instrument and is connected in an articulated manner to the main shaft, which defines a main axis, wherein the swash plate is rotatable about two axes (X, Y) which are orthogonal to each other and to the main axis, and wherein a point of intersection of the two axes (X, Y), which defines a pivot centre of the swash plate, lies on the main axis, wherein the main shaft has a spherical coupling section (7.1), and the swash plate has a hollow spherical outer bearing opening (8.1), wherein the pivot centre of the swash plate corresponds to a ball centre of the hollow spherical outer bearing opening (8.1) and in the bearing arrangement corresponds to a ball centre of the spherical coupling section (7.1), and the bearing arrangement has rolling bearing balls with a ball radius and a ball cage, which is movably arranged in the outer bearing opening (8.1) and delimits a hollow spherical inner bearing opening (11.3), in which the coupling section (7.1) of the main shaft is movably arranged, wherein the ball cage has window openings (11.1, 11.2), in each of which one of the rolling bearing balls is arranged, and the coupling section (7.1) has first round grooves (7.2) in the longitudinal direction of the main shaft as the inner raceway for the rolling bearing balls and the outer bearing opening (8.1) has second round grooves (8.2) in the longitudinal direction of the main shaft as the outer raceway for the rolling bearing balls. the main shaft has a spherical coupling section (7.1), and the swash plate has a hollow spherical outer bearing opening (8.1), wherein the pivot centre of the swash plate corresponds to a ball centre of the hollow spherical outer bearing opening (8.1) and in the bearing arrangement corresponds to a ball centre of the spherical coupling section (7.1), and the bearing arrangement has rolling bearing balls with a ball radius and a ball cage, which is movably arranged in the outer bearing opening (8.1) and delimits a hollow spherical inner bearing opening (11.3), in which the coupling section (7.1) of the main shaft is movably arranged, wherein the ball cage has window openings (11.1, 11.2), in each of which one of the rolling bearing balls is arranged, and the coupling section (7.1) has first round grooves (7.2) in the longitudinal direction of the main shaft as the inner raceway for the rolling bearing balls and the outer bearing opening (8.1) has second round grooves (8.2) in the longitudinal direction of the main shaft as the outer raceway for the rolling bearing balls.
A device for applying a liquid coating material to a portion of a fastening element projecting from a surface of a first component fastened to a second component by the fastening element, wherein the device comprises: - a bristle arrangement comprising - a carrier structure which defines an interior space and a first opening providing access to the interior space from an exterior of the carrier structure, wherein the carrier structure comprises an annular portion extending from the first opening and extending around an entire circumference of the interior space, and - a plurality of bristles secured to the carrier structure and extending from the carrier structure into the interior space, and - a casing comprising - an interior chamber in which the plurality of bristles are located, - a second opening providing access from an exterior of the casing to the interior chamber, such that objects are insertible from outside the casing through the first and second openings (13, 21) into the interior space of the carrier structure, and - at least one through-hole providing access to the plurality of bristles and allowing to introduce a liquid coating material into the interior chamber and to the plurality of bristles, characterized in that the carrier structure is separate from and mounted to a wall structure of the casing and comprises at least one wire-shaped element to which the plurality of bristles is secured and from which they extend in a radial direction. - a bristle arrangement comprising - a carrier structure which defines an interior space and a first opening providing access to the interior space from an exterior of the carrier structure, wherein the carrier structure comprises an annular portion extending from the first opening and extending around an entire circumference of the interior space, and - a plurality of bristles secured to the carrier structure and extending from the carrier structure into the interior space, and - a casing comprising - an interior chamber in which the plurality of bristles are located, - a second opening providing access from an exterior of the casing to the interior chamber, such that objects are insertible from outside the casing through the first and second openings (13, 21) into the interior space of the carrier structure, and - at least one through-hole providing access to the plurality of bristles and allowing to introduce a liquid coating material into the interior chamber and to the plurality of bristles,
Method for operating a stepper motor by rotationally position-dependent commutation and energization of the coils of the motor, with chopped coil current pulses, wherein a radial overlap between a rotor and a stator coil of the motor is thereby detected and an enable signal is set to enable energization of a next motor coil, in that the duration (t imp) of the chopped coil current pulses falls below a predetermined reference pulse duration (tx), wherein a next motor coil is energized by generating a next step pulse, characterized in that: - a first time duration between the setting of an enable signal and the subsequent generation of a step pulse is detected, - a target current value (Iset) to be impressed in the coils of the motor is reduced towards a predetermined minimum coil target current value (Imin), or, with the same or only slightly reduced target current value (Iset), the speed and/or the acceleration of the motor and/or the motor load is correspondingly increased, if the first time duration exceeds a predetermined upper limit value (Dek), and/or - a target current value (Iset) to be impressed in the coils of the motor is increased towards a predetermined maximum coil target current value (Imax), or, with the same or only slightly increased target current value (Iset), the speed and/or the acceleration of the motor and/or the motor load is correspondingly reduced, if the first time duration falls below a predetermined lower limit value (Ink), - wherein the first time duration is determined by counting of counting pulses having a frequency which is higher by a predetermined multiplication factor than the frequency of the step pulses or the frequency of the enable signals, and the first time duration represents a torque reserve, the magnitude of which is directly proportional to the first time duration. - a first time duration between the setting of an enable signal and the subsequent generation of a step pulse is detected, - a target current value (Iset) to be impressed in the coils of the motor is reduced towards a predetermined minimum coil target current value (Imin), or, with the same or only slightly reduced target current value (Iset), the speed and/or the acceleration of the motor and/or the motor load is correspondingly increased, if the first time duration exceeds a predetermined upper limit value (Dek), and/or - a target current value (Iset) to be impressed in the coils of the motor is increased towards a predetermined maximum coil target current value (Imax), or, with the same or only slightly increased target current value (Iset), the speed and/or the acceleration of the motor and/or the motor load is correspondingly reduced, if the first time duration falls below a predetermined lower limit value (Ink), - wherein the first time duration is determined by counting of counting pulses having a frequency which is higher by a predetermined multiplication factor than the frequency of the step pulses or the frequency of the enable signals, and the first time duration represents a torque reserve, the magnitude of which is directly proportional to the first time duration.
A pulse wave analyzer comprising: a pulse wave acquirer which is configured to acquire a pulse wave of a subject; a respiration information acquirer which is configured to acquire respiration information of the subject; and an analyzing section, characterized in that said analyzing section includes: a detector which, based on the respiration information, is configured to detect that spontaneous respiration is generated, and to detect an end-tidal phase of the spontaneous respiration; and an eliminator which is configured to eliminate a unit pulse wave corresponding to one heart beat that, in the pulse wave, is generated immediately after the end-tidal phase of the spontaneous respiration, from the pulse wave, wherein the analyzing section is configured to calculate a respiratory variation from the pulse wave from which the unit pulse wave has been eliminated. a pulse wave acquirer which is configured to acquire a pulse wave of a subject; a respiration information acquirer which is configured to acquire respiration information of the subject; and an analyzing section, characterized in that said analyzing section includes: a detector which, based on the respiration information, is configured to detect that spontaneous respiration is generated, and to detect an end-tidal phase of the spontaneous respiration; and an eliminator which is configured to eliminate a unit pulse wave corresponding to one heart beat that, in the pulse wave, is generated immediately after the end-tidal phase of the spontaneous respiration, from the pulse wave, wherein a detector which, based on the respiration information, is configured to detect that spontaneous respiration is generated, and to detect an end-tidal phase of the spontaneous respiration; and an eliminator which is configured to eliminate a unit pulse wave corresponding to one heart beat that, in the pulse wave, is generated immediately after the end-tidal phase of the spontaneous respiration, from the pulse wave, wherein the analyzing section is configured to calculate a respiratory variation from the pulse wave from which the unit pulse wave has been eliminated.
Connecting arrangement, at least comprising a first component and a second component and a connecting ring for connecting the components (2, 3), the connecting ring being designed to be circumferentially closed in a circumferential direction and extending around both components (2, 3), a plurality of first holding elements being arranged on the first component along the circumferential direction and a plurality of second holding elements being arranged on the second component along the circumferential direction, the connecting ring forming a first form-fitting connection to the first holding elements with respect to a first axial direction and a second form-fitting connection to the second holding elements with respect to a second axial direction; the first holding elements being designed as protrusions on a circumferential surface of the first component and the second holding elements being designed as protrusions on a circumferential surface of the second component; characterized in that - first holding elements and second holding elements are each arranged opposite one another along the circumferential direction and the connecting ring has alternating clamping portions and connecting portions along the circumferential direction, the connecting ring extending in each clamping portion in the axial direction (8, 10) over a first length and thereby at least over a first holding element and a second holding element and extending in each connecting portion in the axial direction (8, 10) over a second length, the second length being smaller than the first length; or - first holding elements and second holding elements are each arranged offset from one another along the circumferential direction and the connecting ring extends in a meandering manner along the circumferential direction, so that the connecting ring extends between a first holding element and a second holding element both along the circumferential direction and along the axial direction (8, 10). - first holding elements and second holding elements are each arranged opposite one another along the circumferential direction and the connecting ring has alternating clamping portions and connecting portions along the circumferential direction, the connecting ring extending in each clamping portion in the axial direction (8, 10) over a first length and thereby at least over a first holding element and a second holding element and extending in each connecting portion in the axial direction (8, 10) over a second length, the second length being smaller than the first length; or - first holding elements and second holding elements are each arranged offset from one another along the circumferential direction and the connecting ring extends in a meandering manner along the circumferential direction, so that the connecting ring extends between a first holding element and a second holding element both along the circumferential direction and along the axial direction (8, 10).
Process for separation and immobilization of carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide from an offgas, wherein the offgas is obtained by combustion of fossil fuels in a power plant, as a byproduct in an industrial process or as an extraction gas in the extraction of fossil fuels, comprising the steps of: a) establishing a stoichiometric ratio of carbon dioxide to hydrogen and/or of carbon monoxide and hydrogen which is suitable for a methanization reaction by supplying the offgas with a corresponding amount of hydrogen or alternatively carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide by means of an additive gas, b) performing a catalytic reaction in which the reactants carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide and also hydrogen are converted into methane and water, c) separating the methane from the product of the catalytic reaction, d) cracking the methane into carbon and hydrogen, wherein the carbon is generated as a solid, e) collecting the cracked carbon and f) landfilling the collected carbon wherein the offgas is a mixture of at least two components, wherein the offgas comprises at least carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide as one component and the offgas comprises at least one inert gas as further component which remains in the offgas after the separation according to step c), and wherein the carbon obtained as a solid is mixed with a carrier before the landfilling of step f) in order to ensure permanent immobilization of the carbon. a) establishing a stoichiometric ratio of carbon dioxide to hydrogen and/or of carbon monoxide and hydrogen which is suitable for a methanization reaction by supplying the offgas with a corresponding amount of hydrogen or alternatively carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide by means of an additive gas, b) performing a catalytic reaction in which the reactants carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide and also hydrogen are converted into methane and water, c) separating the methane from the product of the catalytic reaction, d) cracking the methane into carbon and hydrogen, wherein the carbon is generated as a solid, e) collecting the cracked carbon and f) landfilling the collected carbon wherein the offgas is a mixture of at least two components, wherein the offgas comprises at least carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide as one component and the offgas comprises at least one inert gas as further component which remains in the offgas after the separation according to step c), and wherein the carbon obtained as a solid is mixed with a carrier before the landfilling of step f) in order to ensure permanent immobilization of the carbon.
A surgical access device comprising a plurality of chambers (3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), the chambers having an uninflated configuration and an inflated configuration, the device comprising a first layer of chambers (3, 4) and a second layer of chambers (5, 6), the first layer of chambers having a first region of overlap in which at least some of the chambers (3, 4) of the first layer are overlapped for sealing engagement between the chambers of the first layer when the spaces defined by the chamber are inflated, the second layer of chambers (5, 6) having a second region of overlap in which at least some of the chambers of the second layer are overlapped for sealing engagement between the chambers of the second layers when the spaces defined by the chambers are inflated, the device having a longitudinal axis and the chambers extending laterally of the longitudinal axis, the second region of overlap being offset from the first region of overlap, the walls of the inflated chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) being movable for passage of an object such as a surgeons arm/hand or an instrument between the chambers of the first layer and between the chambers of the second layer whilst maintaining a seal.