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A system for treating sinusitis comprising: a) a pre-loaded implant delivery device for creating access to a paranasal sinus cavity, the implant delivery device comprising a conduit (12, 28) having a lumen (16, 32), a distal portion (18,34), a side wall (14, 30), a tip (22, 38), and an opening (20, 36) in said distal portion; and a pusher (24, 40) within the lumen; and b) one or more biodegradable implants (10, 44, 46) in the lumen of the implant delivery device, the one or more biodegradable implants comprising a sustained release therapeutic agent dispersed within a biodegradable matrix, wherein the biodegradable implant is sized and configured to be delivered from the conduit to a paranasal sinus cavity, and has a first solid form prior to delivery to a paranasal sinus cavity and a second solid form after delivery of the biodegradable implant to a paranasal sinus cavity from the conduit, and wherein the second form has at least one characteristic that substantially prevents clearance of the one or more implants from a sinus during a treatment period after delivery of the one or more implants into the sinus; and wherein the one or more implants are delivered into the sinus by distally advancing the pusher to slidably engage the one or more implants and move the one or more implants through the opening in the distal portion of the conduit. a) a pre-loaded implant delivery device for creating access to a paranasal sinus cavity, the implant delivery device comprising a conduit (12, 28) having a lumen (16, 32), a distal portion (18,34), a side wall (14, 30), a tip (22, 38), and an opening (20, 36) in said distal portion; and a pusher (24, 40) within the lumen; and b) one or more biodegradable implants (10, 44, 46) in the lumen of the implant delivery device, the one or more biodegradable implants comprising a sustained release therapeutic agent dispersed within a biodegradable matrix, wherein the biodegradable implant is sized and configured to be delivered from the conduit to a paranasal sinus cavity, and has a first solid form prior to delivery to a paranasal sinus cavity and a second solid form after delivery of the biodegradable implant to a paranasal sinus cavity from the conduit, and wherein the second form has at least one characteristic that substantially prevents clearance of the one or more implants from a sinus during a treatment period after delivery of the one or more implants into the sinus; and
Demoulding mechanism for demoulding an injection-moulded part having undercuts from an injection mould, having an ejector frame for ejecting the injection-moulded part from a mould half in an ejection direction and at least one slide movable and guided obliquely to the ejection direction for releasing the undercuts in the injection-moulded part, wherein the ejector frame and the slide comprise a first driver pairing (10, 16), by means of which the ejector frame can move the slide from the injection position obliquely to the ejection direction sufficiently far so that the first driver pairing (10, 16) disengages because of the increasing distance between ejector and slide, characterised in that the first driver pairing (10, 16) is designed in such a way that an interlocking connection is formed between ejector frame and slide when the ejector frame is moved in the ejection direction and an interlocking connection is not formed between ejector and slide when the ejector is moved in the opposing, return direction.
A method for controlling a transmission power by a user equipment, the method comprising: based on a physical random access channel, PRACH, transmission on a first primary cell of a first timing advance group, TAG, overlapping in time with a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, transmission on a serving cell of a second TAG, and based on a total transmission power of the PRACH transmission and the PUCCH transmission exceeding a maximum transmission power configured for the user equipment in the overlapped time, allocating a transmission power for the PRACH transmission with priority over a transmission power for the PUCCH transmission.
Aircraft provided with a rotary wing driven by a mechanical kinematic linkage, said aircraft having a power plant, said power plant having at least one engine, the mechanical kinematic linkage comprising a free wheel associated with said engine, said free wheel comprising a driving part and a driven part, said driving part being connected by a mechanical connection to a working shaft of the associated engine and said driven part being connected kinematically to the rotary wing, said power plant comprising a disengaging connection that is arranged in parallel with the free wheel, the disengaging connection being disengageable on request in order to transmit mechanical power on command between the rotary wing and the engine, wherein said disengaging connection is arranged between said driving part and a connecting shaft of said driven part, said power plant having a braking system comprising an engine brake of said engine, characterised in that said disengaging connection comprises at least one clutch disc that is able to move in translation and a clutch actuator that is configured to move said clutch disc in translation between a disengaged position assumed in a disengaged mode and an engaged position assumed in an engaged mode, said clutch disc being able to move in translation either so as to be pressed against a contact face of the driving part in the engaged mode or so as to be moved away from the contact face in the disengaged mode. said disengaging connection is arranged between said driving part and a connecting shaft of said driven part, said power plant having a braking system comprising an engine brake of said engine, characterised in that said disengaging connection comprises at least one clutch disc that is able to move in translation and a clutch actuator that is configured to move said clutch disc in translation between a disengaged position assumed in a disengaged mode and an engaged position assumed in an engaged mode, said clutch disc being able to move in translation either so as to be pressed against a contact face of the driving part in the engaged mode or so as to be moved away from the contact face in the disengaged mode.
Control device for autonomous guidance of a motor vehicle, wherein - a set of rules for specifying driving behavior when the motor vehicle is guided by the control device, comprising predetermined rules, is stored in the control device, - the control device is designed to guide the motor vehicle according to one of at least two selectable driving modes, wherein all predetermined rules of the set of rules for guiding the motor vehicle are adhered to by the control device in a normal driving mode, and - the control device is designed to calculate a current risk value during a journey, and - in an emergency driving mode, at least one selected rule of the predetermined rules of the set of rules for guiding the motor vehicle is only adhered to by the control device if the current risk value fulfills a predetermined risk criterion, characterized in that - the control device has an input device which is designed to select the predetermined risk criterion according to a user input. - a set of rules for specifying driving behavior when the motor vehicle is guided by the control device, comprising predetermined rules, is stored in the control device, - the control device is designed to guide the motor vehicle according to one of at least two selectable driving modes, wherein all predetermined rules of the set of rules for guiding the motor vehicle are adhered to by the control device in a normal driving mode, and - the control device is designed to calculate a current risk value during a journey, and - in an emergency driving mode, at least one selected rule of the predetermined rules of the set of rules for guiding the motor vehicle is only adhered to by the control device if the current risk value fulfills a predetermined risk criterion, - the control device has an input device which is designed to select the predetermined risk criterion according to a user input.
Giver rapier head for inserting a weft thread in a rapier weaving machine, comprising: - a guide nose which, viewed in the direction of movement for inserting a weft thread, forms the first component of the giver rapier head and which comprises a first guide arc which ends on the bottom side or the top side of the giver rapier head for freely guiding warp threads over said bottom side or top side, - a selection nose, comprising a second guide arc for freely guiding warp threads over the top side or the bottom side respectively; - an insertion space extending between the selection nose and the bottom side or the top side respectively, allowing the weft thread to engage therein; wherein the point of the guide nose which is furthest from the bottom side or the top side respectively, is situated at least as far from said bottom side or said top side respectively, as the point of the selection nose which is situated furthest from the top side or the bottom side respectively, wherein the distance is measured along a direction which extends at right angles to said direction of movement from the bottom side to the top side, characterized in that the selection nose, viewed in said direction of movement, is positioned completely behind the guide nose at an intermediate distance, so that a presentation space extends over a certain distance between the guide nose and the selection nose for presenting therein a weft thread to be inserted to the giver rapier head, wherein said presentation space extends, viewed at right angles to the direction of movement, through the giver rapier head, with an access opening for the weft thread on the top side or the bottom side of the giver rapier head respectively, wherein the insertion space is provided for allowing the weft thread to engage therein from the presentation space. - a guide nose which, viewed in the direction of movement for inserting a weft thread, forms the first component of the giver rapier head and which comprises a first guide arc which ends on the bottom side or the top side of the giver rapier head for freely guiding warp threads over said bottom side or top side, - a selection nose, comprising a second guide arc for freely guiding warp threads over the top side or the bottom side respectively; - an insertion space extending between the selection nose and the bottom side or the top side respectively, allowing the weft thread to engage therein;
A method, for use in determining the location of user equipment within a region, the method comprising, for each of a plurality of access points accessible by the user equipment within the region: generating a measure of the diversity of received signal strength values by calculating an entropy value; and generating an entropy weight measure using the entropy value, characterised in that the method further comprises: determining a measurement of RSS for each access point at each of a plurality of pre-defined locations within the region and discretising the RSS measurements by binning the measurements into respective selected ones of a predefined number of bins over an interval defined by maximum and minimum observed RSS measurements over all pre-defined locations for the plurality of access points, each bin representing a respective range of RSS values; and for each access point, calculating an entropy value using a function of probabilities each of which corresponds to the probability of observing a RSS value for the given access point within a respective bin. generating a measure of the diversity of received signal strength values by calculating an entropy value; and generating an entropy weight measure using the entropy value, determining a measurement of RSS for each access point at each of a plurality of pre-defined locations within the region and discretising the RSS measurements by binning the measurements into respective selected ones of a predefined number of bins over an interval defined by maximum and minimum observed RSS measurements over all pre-defined locations for the plurality of access points, each bin representing a respective range of RSS values; and for each access point, calculating an entropy value using a function of probabilities each of which corresponds to the probability of observing a RSS value for the given access point within a respective bin.
A non-isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter, which performs bidirectional voltage conversion between a high-voltage power source and a low-voltage power source comprising: a DC-DC converter unit including a pair of switching elements composed of a high-voltage switch and a low-voltage switch, which are switched to a boost mode or a buck mode as a response to a switching signal and an inductor connected to the high-voltage switch and the low-voltage switch, a first protection switch disposed between the high-voltage switch of the DC-DC converter unit and the high-voltage power source to serve as a back-to-back switch together with the high-voltage switch or a second protection switch; the second protection switch disposed between the inductor of the DC-DC converter unit and the low-voltage power source to serve as a back-to-back switch together with the low-voltage switch or the first protection switch; characterized by comprising: a first logic element configured to calculate a logic product of a switching signal of the first protection switch and a switching signal of the high-voltage switch and apply the switching signal with the calculated logic product to the high-voltage switch; and a second logic element configured to calculate a logic product of a switching signal of the second protection switch and a switching signal of the low-voltage switch and apply the switching signal with the calculated logic product to the low-voltage switch, wherein the first logic element and the second logic element perform the logic AND function. a DC-DC converter unit including a pair of switching elements composed of a high-voltage switch and a low-voltage switch, which are switched to a boost mode or a buck mode as a response to a switching signal and an inductor connected to the high-voltage switch and the low-voltage switch, a first protection switch disposed between the high-voltage switch of the DC-DC converter unit and the high-voltage power source to serve as a back-to-back switch together with the high-voltage switch or a second protection switch; the second protection switch disposed between the inductor of the DC-DC converter unit and the low-voltage power source to serve as a back-to-back switch together with the low-voltage switch or the first protection switch; characterized by comprising: a first logic element configured to calculate a logic product of a switching signal of the first protection switch and a switching signal of the high-voltage switch and apply the switching signal with the calculated logic product to the high-voltage switch; and a second logic element configured to calculate a logic product of a switching signal of the second protection switch and a switching signal of the low-voltage switch and apply the switching signal with the calculated logic product to the low-voltage switch, wherein the first logic element and the second logic element perform the logic AND function.
Suction head configured to be applied in a vacuum cleaner and to perform a cleaning action on a surface, the suction head comprising: a housing that includes a coupling area configured to enable coupling of the housing to an air suction source of the vacuum cleaner, two brushes in a substantially parallel arrangement in the housing, wherein each of the brushes is rotatable about a rotation axis and is configured to interact with the surface to be cleaned, and a wetting arrangement that is arranged and configured to enable a direct supply of liquid from at least one liquid supplying position to at least one area of the surface to be cleaned, wherein the at least one liquid supplying position is in an area between the brushes characterized in that the at least one liquid supplying position is at a level of the rotation axes of the brushes or closer to surface level. a housing that includes a coupling area configured to enable coupling of the housing to an air suction source of the vacuum cleaner, two brushes in a substantially parallel arrangement in the housing, wherein each of the brushes is rotatable about a rotation axis and is configured to interact with the surface to be cleaned, and a wetting arrangement that is arranged and configured to enable a direct supply of liquid from at least one liquid supplying position to at least one area of the surface to be cleaned, wherein the at least one liquid supplying position is in an area between the brushes characterized in that the at least one liquid supplying position is at a level of the rotation axes of the brushes or closer to surface level.
A tourbillon of a movement having: - a rotatably mounted rotating carriage connected to a second pinion, - a balance mounted on the rotating carriage relative to a balance shaft and also having an escape wheel mounted on the rotating carriage and operatively connected to the balance via a lever, characterized by: - a brake element arranged on the rotating carriage, which can be brought into engagement with the balance and is only movable axially to the balance shaft. - a rotatably mounted rotating carriage connected to a second pinion, - a balance mounted on the rotating carriage relative to a balance shaft and also having an escape wheel mounted on the rotating carriage and operatively connected to the balance via a lever, characterized by: - a brake element arranged on the rotating carriage, which can be brought into engagement with the balance and is only movable axially to the balance shaft.
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having an inner space opened closed by a refrigerator door (200, 300), the inner space being partitioned into at least two spaces (110, 120) by a partition wall, wherein at least one of the inner spaces (110, 120) is respectively provided with a first cool air channel at an inner side of a ceiling surface thereof; one or more evaporators (440, 460) installed at the first cool air channel of the refrigerator body, for generating cool air; and one or more fans (470, 480) installed at the first cool air channel, for supplying the cool air generated from the evaporator (440, 460) to the corresponding space (110, 120);, characterized in that the first cool air channel is formed at the inner side of the ceiling surface of each space (110, 120) so as to communicate the respective spaces (110, 120) with each other, at least one of the evaporators (440, 460) is installed at one of the spaces (110, 120), and the fans (470, 480) are individually installed at the respective spaces (110, 120). a refrigerator body having an inner space opened closed by a refrigerator door (200, 300), the inner space being partitioned into at least two spaces (110, 120) by a partition wall, wherein at least one of the inner spaces (110, 120) is respectively provided with a first cool air channel at an inner side of a ceiling surface thereof; one or more evaporators (440, 460) installed at the first cool air channel of the refrigerator body, for generating cool air; and one or more fans (470, 480) installed at the first cool air channel, for supplying the cool air generated from the evaporator (440, 460) to the corresponding space (110, 120);, characterized in that the first cool air channel is formed at the inner side of the ceiling surface of each space (110, 120) so as to communicate the respective spaces (110, 120) with each other, at least one of the evaporators (440, 460) is installed at one of the spaces (110, 120), and the fans (470, 480) are individually installed at the respective spaces (110, 120).
A coffee roasting apparatus comprising: a compartment for holding coffee beans; a roasting element for directing a heated air flow through said compartment; and a controller arranged to control said roasting element, the coffee roasting apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises a particulate matter sensor for detecting a peak amount of particulate matter in said air flow and in that the controller is adapted to: select a defined control time for said roasting element as a function of an amount of time lapsed from the start of the roasting process until the detection of said peak amount; and apply the defined control time to said roasting element after first cracking of the coffee beans to complete the roasting of the coffee beans. a compartment for holding coffee beans; a roasting element for directing a heated air flow through said compartment; and a controller arranged to control said roasting element, the coffee roasting apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises a particulate matter sensor for detecting a peak amount of particulate matter in said air flow and in that the controller is adapted to: select a defined control time for said roasting element as a function of an amount of time lapsed from the start of the roasting process until the detection of said peak amount; and apply the defined control time to said roasting element after first cracking of the coffee beans to complete the roasting of the coffee beans. select a defined control time for said roasting element as a function of an amount of time lapsed from the start of the roasting process until the detection of said peak amount; and apply the defined control time to said roasting element after first cracking of the coffee beans to complete the roasting of the coffee beans.
A method for determining an analyte concentration in a biological sample, characterized by: generating at least one analytic output signal in response to a redox reaction of an analyte from a biological sample sensed by multiple pulses input to a working electrode and a counter electrode; generating at least one secondary output signal from the biological sample from an additional electrode, the secondary output signal in response to the hematocrit content of the sample; determining at least one index function responsive to multiple error parameters including the secondary output signal and temperature; and determining the analyte concentration in the biological sample from the at least one analytic output signal and a slope compensation equation responsive to the at least one index function, where the slope compensation equation includes at least one reference correlation and at least one slope deviation. generating at least one analytic output signal in response to a redox reaction of an analyte from a biological sample sensed by multiple pulses input to a working electrode and a counter electrode; generating at least one secondary output signal from the biological sample from an additional electrode, the secondary output signal in response to the hematocrit content of the sample; determining at least one index function responsive to multiple error parameters including the secondary output signal and temperature; and determining the analyte concentration in the biological sample from the at least one analytic output signal and a slope compensation equation responsive to the at least one index function, where the slope compensation equation includes at least one reference correlation and at least one slope deviation.