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A circuit configured to control an input current, the circuit comprising: a first input port configured to receive the input current; a first current detector configured to detect an input current value of the input current and generate a first control signal indicative of the input current value; a first output port configured to output an output current to a load; a second output port configured to receive the output current from the load; and a control circuit generates a switch control signal for controlling switch, configured to provide a low-impedance path in parallel with the load in response to the first control signal indicating the input current value below a threshold value, the circuit further comprising a first series resistor connecting the first input port to the current detector; and a second series resistor connected to the second output port and an output terminal, wherein a switch connects between the first output port and the second output port, wherein the first series resistor has a lower resistance value than the second series resistor in series with the load, and wherein the first series resistor and the second series resistor are current limiting resistors. a first input port configured to receive the input current; a first current detector configured to detect an input current value of the input current and generate a first control signal indicative of the input current value; a first output port configured to output an output current to a load; a second output port configured to receive the output current from the load; and a control circuit generates a switch control signal for controlling switch, configured to provide a low-impedance path in parallel with the load in response to the first control signal indicating the input current value below a threshold value, the circuit further comprising a first series resistor connecting the first input port to the current detector; and a second series resistor connected to the second output port and an output terminal, wherein a switch connects between the first output port and the second output port, wherein the first series resistor has a lower resistance value than the second series resistor in series with the load, and wherein the first series resistor and the second series resistor are current limiting resistors.
A method of post-processing a 3D printed component, comprising: printing a marker on the 3D printed component or on a support structure (18, 20) with a 3D printer used to form the 3D printed component and the support structure (18, 20); sensing the marker and determining a cutting path between the 3D printed component and the support structure (18, 20) attached to the 3D printed component based on the marker; and outputting the cutting path to a cutting system for cutting through the 3D printed component or the support structure (18, 20) along the cutting path to separate the 3D printed component from the support structure (18, 20); wherein a location relative to the marker of a connection point between the support structure (18, 20) and the 3D printed component or the cutting path is encoded in the marker. printing a marker on the 3D printed component or on a support structure (18, 20) with a 3D printer used to form the 3D printed component and the support structure (18, 20); sensing the marker and determining a cutting path between the 3D printed component and the support structure (18, 20) attached to the 3D printed component based on the marker; and outputting the cutting path to a cutting system for cutting through the 3D printed component or the support structure (18, 20) along the cutting path to separate the 3D printed component from the support structure (18, 20); wherein a location relative to the marker of a connection point between the support structure (18, 20) and the 3D printed component or the cutting path is encoded in the marker.
A method for improving the sweetness profile of a blend of Reb D and Reb M, comprising providing Reb N and Reb O each in an amount of less than 3% in the blend.
A double-cylinder circular machine for producing tubular knitted manufactures, particularly for making hosiery items or the like, comprising a supporting structure which is provided with a footing for resting on the ground which supports, so that it can rotate about its own vertically-oriented axis, a lower needle cylinder, said supporting structure comprising at least one column which is extended substantially vertically, protrudes upward from said footing and supports, so that it can rotate about its own axis, an upper needle cylinder which is arranged above said lower needle cylinder, actuation means being provided for the actuation of said lower needle cylinder and of said upper needle cylinder with a rotary motion about their axes (4, 7); said actuation means comprising a main motor, which is connected kinematically to said lower needle cylinder and to said upper needle cylinder by means of a main shaft, which is arranged within said column and is oriented so that its axis is vertical, said upper needle cylinder being supported so that it can rotate about its own axis by an arm, which in turn is supported by said column so that it can rotate about the axis of said main shaft, means being provided for the rotation of said arm about the axis of said main shaft with respect to said column for the transition of said upper needle cylinder from an active position, in which it is arranged coaxially to said lower needle cylinder, to an inactive position, in which it is spaced with its axis laterally to the axis of said lower needle cylinder, and vice versa, said rotation means being constituted by said main motor, characterized in that said main shaft is the shaft of said main motor, both being accommodated in said column.
An apparatus (2, 2') for assisting a patient with airway clearance, comprising: a gas flow generating component (4, 6, 28) structured to selectively generate a positive pressure insufflation gas flow and a negative pressure exsufflation gas flow; a patient circuit having a patient interface device operatively coupled to the gas flow generating component; and a controller operatively coupled to the gas flow generating component, the controller being structured to: (i) cause the gas flow generating component to provide the positive pressure insufflation gas flow to the patient through the patient circuit during an insufflation phase, (ii) determine that the insufflation phase is complete, and (v) following a termination of an expiratory hold condition, cause the gas flow generating component to provide the negative pressure exsufflation gas flow to the patient through the patient circuit during an exsufflation phase, characterized in that the controller is further structured to: (iii) responsive to determining that the insufflation phase is complete, cause the patient circuit to enter an operating condition wherein the patient, when coupled to the patient interface device, will be in the expiratory hold condition wherein the patient is prevented from exhaling, (iv) responsive to determining that a certain condition has been met, cause the patient circuit to no longer be in the operating condition such that the expiratory hold condition is terminated. a gas flow generating component (4, 6, 28) structured to selectively generate a positive pressure insufflation gas flow and a negative pressure exsufflation gas flow; a patient circuit having a patient interface device operatively coupled to the gas flow generating component; and a controller operatively coupled to the gas flow generating component, the controller being structured to: (i) cause the gas flow generating component to provide the positive pressure insufflation gas flow to the patient through the patient circuit during an insufflation phase, (ii) determine that the insufflation phase is complete, and (v) following a termination of an expiratory hold condition, cause the gas flow generating component to provide the negative pressure exsufflation gas flow to the patient through the patient circuit during an exsufflation phase,
A device for measuring a flow rate of an air flow exhaled or inhaled by a person, comprising: - A tubular conduit intended to conduct said air flow, the tubular conduit comprising a wall having an internal face and an external face, and - a structure disposed in the tubular conduit and comprising a plurality of channels intended to achieve a partition of the airflow; characterized in that the device has: - a first groove extending along a first circumference of the external face, opening onto the external face of the wall of the tubular conduit and having a fluidic communication with the set of channels located at the periphery of the structure, and - a second groove extending along a second circumference of the external face, opening onto the external face of the wall of the tubular conduit and having a fluidic communication with said set of channels located at the periphery of the structure, the second groove being formed at a distance from the first groove. - A tubular conduit intended to conduct said air flow, the tubular conduit comprising a wall having an internal face and an external face, and - a structure disposed in the tubular conduit and comprising a plurality of channels intended to achieve a partition of the airflow; - a first groove extending along a first circumference of the external face, opening onto the external face of the wall of the tubular conduit and having a fluidic communication with the set of channels located at the periphery of the structure, and - a second groove extending along a second circumference of the external face, opening onto the external face of the wall of the tubular conduit and having a fluidic communication with said set of channels located at the periphery of the structure,
A device for spraying liquid, at a distance from the user, of the type comprising at least one spraying nozzle (12, 13) placed at a first end of a stick, the second end of which is held by the user, wherein said nozzle or nozzles are connected by means of a flexible pipe to a tank of the liquid to spray, comprising a cart to which the nozzle or nozzles are fixed, wherein the cart has swiveling movement means (9A, 9B, 11A, 11B), and comprises means for maneuvring the swiveling of the movement means made up of at least one set of two wheels or rollers (11A, 11B), wherein the maneuvring means can be controlled remotely by the user from the second end of the stick by which the stick is held by the user, by turning the second end of the stick, characterized in that the means for maneuvring the swiveling of the rolling means include a geared transmission system connecting the first end of the stick to said cart.
A total air temperature probe comprising: a probe body extending from a probe base to an opposed probe tip along a longitudinal axis and defining a leading edge and opposed trailing edge; an interior flow passage aligned with the longitudinal axis defined in the probe body with an inlet and an outlet for exhausting fluid out from the interior flow passage; and a temperature sensor mounted within the interior flow passage for measuring temperature of flow through the interior flow passage to determine total air temperature; characterised in that the inlet is defined on the probe tip for fluid communication of fluid into the interior flow passage; and in that the total air temperature probe further comprises a sloped surface on the probe tip extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, wherein the sloped surface is flush with the leading edge and set in from the trailing edge with respect to the longitudinal axis to define a lip proximate the trailing edge, wherein the sloped surface and the lip are configured to create a high pressure region proximate the inlet of the interior flow passage. a probe body extending from a probe base to an opposed probe tip along a longitudinal axis and defining a leading edge and opposed trailing edge; an interior flow passage aligned with the longitudinal axis defined in the probe body with an inlet and an outlet for exhausting fluid out from the interior flow passage; and a temperature sensor mounted within the interior flow passage for measuring temperature of flow through the interior flow passage to determine total air temperature; characterised in that the inlet is defined on the probe tip for fluid communication of fluid into the interior flow passage; and in that the total air temperature probe further comprises a sloped surface on the probe tip extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, wherein the sloped surface is flush with the leading edge and set in from the trailing edge with respect to the longitudinal axis to define a lip proximate the trailing edge, wherein the sloped surface and the lip are configured to create a high pressure region proximate the inlet of the interior flow passage.
An anchor device, comprising: an elongate body (12, 102, 402, 802, 902, 1002) having a body wall (30, 101, 808, 908, 1004) that at least partially defines a lumen (20, 104, 804, 904, 1006); and a subcutaneous anchor mechanism (22, 110, 200, 300, 404, 500, 810, 910, 1008, 1100, 1200) coupled to the elongate body, the subcutaneous anchor mechanism having one or more non-retractable barbs (24, 112, 204, 304, 410, 504, 912, 1010, 1102, 1202) that extend away from the body wall with a curvature so that tips of the barbs are not pointed at the underside of a dermis layer of a human patient when in a deployed orientation in a subcutaneous layer, wherein flexing action of the non-retractable barbs occurs from an insertion and removal force applied from the dermis layer without a separate actuation device to extend or retract the barbs, wherein the non-retractable barbs are flexibly bendable to a distally-oriented removal orientation when the anchor mechanism is withdrawn from the subcutaneous layer and out through the dermis layer and flexibly bendable to a proximally-oriented insertion orientation when the anchor mechanism is inserted through the dermis layer. an elongate body (12, 102, 402, 802, 902, 1002) having a body wall (30, 101, 808, 908, 1004) that at least partially defines a lumen (20, 104, 804, 904, 1006); and a subcutaneous anchor mechanism (22, 110, 200, 300, 404, 500, 810, 910, 1008, 1100, 1200) coupled to the elongate body, the subcutaneous anchor mechanism having one or more non-retractable barbs (24, 112, 204, 304, 410, 504, 912, 1010, 1102, 1202) that extend away from the body wall with a curvature so that tips of the barbs are not pointed at the underside of a dermis layer of a human patient when in a deployed orientation in a subcutaneous layer, wherein flexing action of the non-retractable barbs occurs from an insertion and removal force applied from the dermis layer without a separate actuation device to extend or retract the barbs, wherein the non-retractable barbs are flexibly bendable to a distally-oriented removal orientation when the anchor mechanism is withdrawn from the subcutaneous layer and out through the dermis layer and flexibly bendable to a proximally-oriented insertion orientation when the anchor mechanism is inserted through the dermis layer.
Lighting device comprising at least one fibre light source and a light transport comprising a plurality of second multimode optical fibres, the light from the light source being guided to an output end of a first optical fibre, the first ends of the second optical fibres being grouped within a first surface, the second ends of the optical fibres being arranged over the periphery of a second surface, characterised in that the lighting device comprises: an afocal optical system comprising a first lens and a second lens, the system being arranged between the output end of the first optical fibre and the first ends of the second optical fibres, the main image focal point of the first lens coinciding with the main object focal point of the second lens; the output end of the first optical fibre being arranged substantially on the optical axis and at the main object focal point of the first lens; and the first ends of the second optical fibres being arranged substantially on the optical axis and substantially at the main image focal point of the second lens; an optical diffuser being in the form of a plate arranged in the vicinity of the main image focal point of the first lens and at the main object focal point of the second lens. an afocal optical system comprising a first lens and a second lens, the system being arranged between the output end of the first optical fibre and the first ends of the second optical fibres, the main image focal point of the first lens coinciding with the main object focal point of the second lens; the output end of the first optical fibre being arranged substantially on the optical axis and at the main object focal point of the first lens; and the first ends of the second optical fibres being arranged substantially on the optical axis and substantially at the main image focal point of the second lens; an optical diffuser being in the form of a plate arranged in the vicinity of the main image focal point of the first lens and at the main object focal point of the second lens.
A planar array catheter comprising: an elongated catheter shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a catheter longitudinal axis (a-a) extending between the proximal and distal ends; and a flexible, planar array at the distal end of the catheter shaft, the planar array being configured to conform to tissue, and includes two or more arms (103, 104, 105, 106) extending substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis (a-a), each of the arms (103, 104, 105, 106) having a plurality of electrodes (1021-N) mounted thereon; wherein the electrodes (1021-N) on the same side of each arm (103, 104, 105, 106) are grouped into cliques (1121, 1122, 1123) of three or more electrodes (1021-N) defining a two-dimensional shape, wherein the electrodes (1021-N) on each arm (103, 104, 105, 106) are in a fixed relative position in at least two columns oriented substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis (a-a) on one or both sides along the same arm (103, 104, 105, 106), wherein the three or more electrodes (1021-N) in each clique (1121, 1122, 1123) are in a fixed relative position along the same arm (103, 104, 105, 106), and wherein the cliques (1121, 1122, 1123) of three or more electrodes (1021-N) are configured in a triangular-shape, wherein the three or more electrodes (1021-N) in each clique (1121, 1122, 1123) form a right triangle. an elongated catheter shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a catheter longitudinal axis (a-a) extending between the proximal and distal ends; and a flexible, planar array at the distal end of the catheter shaft, the planar array being configured to conform to tissue, and includes two or more arms (103, 104, 105, 106) extending substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis (a-a), each of the arms (103, 104, 105, 106) having a plurality of electrodes (1021-N) mounted thereon; wherein the electrodes (1021-N) on the same side of each arm (103, 104, 105, 106) are grouped into cliques (1121, 1122, 1123) of three or more electrodes (1021-N) defining a two-dimensional shape, wherein the electrodes (1021-N) on each arm (103, 104, 105, 106) are in a fixed relative position in at least two columns oriented substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis (a-a) on one or both sides along the same arm (103, 104, 105, 106), wherein the three or more electrodes (1021-N) in each clique (1121, 1122, 1123) are in a fixed relative position along the same arm (103, 104, 105, 106), and wherein the cliques (1121, 1122, 1123) of three or more electrodes (1021-N) are configured in a triangular-shape, wherein the three or more electrodes (1021-N) in each clique (1121, 1122, 1123) form a right triangle.
A method for producing carbonaceous material-containing metal oxide briquettes, comprising: a mixing step of mixing a metal oxide material containing a large amount of fine particles with a carbonaceous material in a mixer to form a powdery mixture; a compacting step of compacting said powdery mixture using a briquette machine to form compacts; a classifying step of classifying said compacts into an oversize fraction and an undersize fraction, using a sieve, and collecting said oversize fraction as carbonaceous material-containing metal oxide briquettes as a product; and a compacts circulating step of returning a part of said compacts to said briquette machine disposed downstream of said mixer, as a recycle material, and wherein said recycle material is added to new material. a mixing step of mixing a metal oxide material containing a large amount of fine particles with a carbonaceous material in a mixer to form a powdery mixture; a compacting step of compacting said powdery mixture using a briquette machine to form compacts; a classifying step of classifying said compacts into an oversize fraction and an undersize fraction, using a sieve, and collecting said oversize fraction as carbonaceous material-containing metal oxide briquettes as a product; and a compacts circulating step of returning a part of said compacts to said briquette machine disposed downstream of said mixer, as a recycle material, and wherein said recycle material is added to new material.
A method of manufacturing an image display element structure, the method characterised by comprising: a coating step of coating a substrate surface comprising a plurality of recessed portions arranged at predetermined intervals, with a coating material that is plastic-deformable, in such a manner as to maintain spaces in the recessed portions wherein the coating step is applied by applying the coating material over the top of the plurality of recessed portions which are exposed from the top; an expanding step of forming gaps in the coating material coating the substrate surface by expanding gas in the spaces, wherein the gaps correspond to the recessed portions; and a peeling step of peeling off the coating material in which the gaps have been formed, from the substrate surface. a coating step of coating a substrate surface comprising a plurality of recessed portions arranged at predetermined intervals, with a coating material that is plastic-deformable, in such a manner as to maintain spaces in the recessed portions wherein the coating step is applied by applying the coating material over the top of the plurality of recessed portions which are exposed from the top; an expanding step of forming gaps in the coating material coating the substrate surface by expanding gas in the spaces, wherein the gaps correspond to the recessed portions; and a peeling step of peeling off the coating material in which the gaps have been formed, from the substrate surface.
Use of a fat composition for sustaining over time an enhanced palatability of a pet food with the exception of a drink and a beverage, wherein said fat composition has a C12:0/C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio from 0.85 to 2.5 and/or a C14:0/C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio from 0.45 to 4.3, wherein said enhanced palatability of said pet food is sustained over at least about 0.25 month of storage in an appropriate container at ambient temperature.