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A device for treating a target location comprising: a lead (100, 400) comprising a shaft (103, 402) having at least one electrode (102, 408) disposed along its distal end (101, 401) and a structural kink point disposed along the shaft proximal to the at least one electrode so that the structural kink point can reside within an epidural space while the at least one electrode is positioned near the target location, wherein the structural kink point is configured such that, during advancement of a portion of the shaft into the epidural space, the shaft is caused to bend near the structural kink point to assist in creating a slack anchor while the position of the at least one electrode is substantially maintained near the target location. a lead (100, 400) comprising a shaft (103, 402) having at least one electrode (102, 408) disposed along its distal end (101, 401) and a structural kink point disposed along the shaft proximal to the at least one electrode so that the structural kink point can reside within an epidural space while the at least one electrode is positioned near the target location, wherein the structural kink point is configured such that, during advancement of a portion of the shaft into the epidural space, the shaft is caused to bend near the structural kink point to assist in creating a slack anchor while the position of the at least one electrode is substantially maintained near the target location.
A system for generating and collimating an X-ray beam, comprising: an X-ray tube insert for generating said X-ray beam, said X-ray tube insert being a vacuum tube; a tube housing for containing said X-ray tube insert, said tube housing being made of an X-ray absorbing material; and a collimator for collimating said X-ray beam; wherein said collimator is arranged between said X-ray tube insert and said tube housing. wherein said collimator comprises a plurality of collimating areas, and wherein said collimator is adapted to be movable with respect to the X-ray tube insert so as to select one of the plurality of collimating areas for collimating the X-ray beam, characterised in that each of at least one of the plurality of collimating areas comprises a plurality of binary openings (109,111), wherein said binary openings (109,111) have a density in a center region of a collimating area being higher than at border regions of the collimating area. an X-ray tube insert for generating said X-ray beam, said X-ray tube insert being a vacuum tube; a tube housing for containing said X-ray tube insert, said tube housing being made of an X-ray absorbing material; and a collimator for collimating said X-ray beam; wherein said collimator is arranged between said X-ray tube insert and said tube housing.
Shifting device for a transmission, the shifting device having a shaft, and a first and second idler gear (LR1, LR2) which are assigned to the shaft, - the shifting device being set up to establish a shiftable non-rotational connection between - the shaft and the first idler gear, - and between the first idler gear and the second idler gear which is arranged coaxially with respect to the shaft, - the shifting device having a slider sleeve which is arranged between the first and second idler gear (LR1, LR2), - it being possible for the non-rotational connection between the shaft and the first idler gear to be established by way of displacement of the slider sleeve in the direction of the first idler gear, - it being possible for the non-rotational connection between the first idler gear and the second idler gear to be established by way of displacement of the slider sleeve in the direction of the second idler gear, characterized in that the first idler gear has a plurality of axially protruding projections which reach through openings which are configured in the slider sleeve. - the shifting device being set up to establish a shiftable non-rotational connection between - the shaft and the first idler gear, - and between the first idler gear and the second idler gear which is arranged coaxially with respect to the shaft, - the shifting device having a slider sleeve which is arranged between the first and second idler gear (LR1, LR2), - it being possible for the non-rotational connection between the shaft and the first idler gear to be established by way of displacement of the slider sleeve in the direction of the first idler gear, - it being possible for the non-rotational connection between the first idler gear and the second idler gear to be established by way of displacement of the slider sleeve in the direction of the second idler gear,
A system for nucleic acid indexed amplification, comprising: a plurality of contiguity beads, each contiguity bead associated with a transposome, and comprising a bead-bound nucleic acid molecule; an indexed primer pool comprising: a plurality of primer beads, each primer bead comprising an adapter, a barcode, and a primer; and a solution primer; wherein the contiguity beads and primer beads are partitioned together within droplets; and a detector for obtaining sequencing data. a plurality of contiguity beads, each contiguity bead associated with a transposome, and comprising a bead-bound nucleic acid molecule; an indexed primer pool comprising: a plurality of primer beads, each primer bead comprising an adapter, a barcode, and a primer; and a solution primer; a plurality of primer beads, each primer bead comprising an adapter, a barcode, and a primer; and a solution primer; wherein the contiguity beads and primer beads are partitioned together within droplets; and a detector for obtaining sequencing data.
A drill stem engaging apparatus for connection to an elongated feed beam of a drilling apparatus for one of guiding and wrenching a drill stem, said apparatus (12, 14) comprising a frame (16, 70) having opposed actuators supported on said frame and spaced apart jaw support members connected to said actuators for movement toward and away from each other to engage a drill stem and to move away from said drill stem, said actuators comprising pressure fluid operated piston and cylinder actuators; the apparatus characterized in that actuator support members for said actuators disposed on said frame and adapted to position said actuators in one of at least two selected positions accommodate a range of one of diameter or cross-sectional shape of said drill stem; wherein said actuators include opposed trunnions engaged with respective bearing bores on said actuator support members; and said actuator support members include a generally cylindrical boss formed thereon and said bearing bores are disposed eccentric to said boss whereby said support members may be disposed relative to said frame in a first position and in a second position rotated 180° from said first position.
An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the processor and the memory being configured to provide: a first software process configured to execute at a first privilege level and to receive a memory allocation request for one-time programmable memory - OTP - from a software application, wherein the software application is executing at the first privilege level or at a privilege level that is more restrictive than the first privilege level, and a second software process configured to execute at a second privilege level, wherein the first privilege level is more restrictive than the second privilege level, wherein the processor is configured to: initialize, at the first privilege level, an OTP memory pool within the memory; allocate, at the first privilege level, a block of memory in said OTP memory pool in response to said memory allocation request send a request to write protect the block of memory to the second software process; and write protect by the second software process, at the second privilege level, the allocated block of memory; wherein in case the entire OTP memory pool has been allocated to write protected memory blocks, the second software process is configured to allocate additional memory for the OTP memory pool a first software process configured to execute at a first privilege level and to receive a memory allocation request for one-time programmable memory - OTP - from a software application, wherein the software application is executing at the first privilege level or at a privilege level that is more restrictive than the first privilege level, and a second software process configured to execute at a second privilege level, wherein the first privilege level is more restrictive than the second privilege level, wherein the processor is configured to: initialize, at the first privilege level, an OTP memory pool within the memory; allocate, at the first privilege level, a block of memory in said OTP memory pool in response to said memory allocation request send a request to write protect the block of memory to the second software process; and write protect by the second software process, at the second privilege level, the allocated block of memory; wherein in case the entire OTP memory pool has been allocated to write protected memory blocks, the second software process is configured to allocate additional memory for the OTP memory pool initialize, at the first privilege level, an OTP memory pool within the memory; allocate, at the first privilege level, a block of memory in said OTP memory pool in response to said memory allocation request send a request to write protect the block of memory to the second software process; and write protect by the second software process, at the second privilege level, the allocated block of memory; wherein in case the entire OTP memory pool has been allocated to write protected memory blocks, the second software process is configured to allocate additional memory for the OTP memory pool
An encapsulation structure for encapsulating a display device, comprising a plurality of film layers coated on the outside of the display device, wherein the plurality of film layers comprises an inorganic layer and an organic layer that are overlaid, and the organic layer comprises a polymer matrix and a repairing microstructure, wherein the repairing microstructure is in the form of a capsule comprising a capsule wall and a capsule core, and a formation material of the capsule core comprises a repairing agent; and the repairing agent is used for a reversible addition-fragmentation transfer radical polymerization reaction with the polymer matrix, and the polymer matrix is formed from a polymerization reaction of a reactant mixture, characterized in that the reactant mixture comprises a polymeric monomer, an initiator, and a chain transfer agent, and the repairing agent comprises the polymeric monomer, and a formation material of the capsule wall comprises melamine formaldehyde resin, urea formaldehyde resin, and gelatin. wherein the repairing microstructure is in the form of a capsule comprising a capsule wall and a capsule core, and a formation material of the capsule core comprises a repairing agent; and the repairing agent is used for a reversible addition-fragmentation transfer radical polymerization reaction with the polymer matrix, and the polymer matrix is formed from a polymerization reaction of a reactant mixture, characterized in that the reactant mixture comprises a polymeric monomer, an initiator, and a chain transfer agent, and the repairing agent comprises the polymeric monomer, and a formation material of the capsule wall comprises melamine formaldehyde resin, urea formaldehyde resin, and gelatin.
A process for the preparation of a multimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) having a melt flow rate (MFR 2) of 0.1 to 4.0 g/10 min and a MFR 5 of 2.5 to 12 g/10 min, said process comprising: (i) polymerising ethylene in a first polymerisation stage in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst to prepare a first ethylene homopolymer having a MFR 2 from 10 to 500 g/10 min; (ii) polymerising ethylene in a second polymerisation stage in the presence of said catalyst and said first ethylene homopolymer to prepare an ethylene homopolymer mixture comprising said first ethylene homopolymer and a second ethylene homopolymer, said mixture having a MFR 2 from 50 to 1000 g/10 min; and (iii)polymerising ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin comonomer in a third polymerisation stage in the presence of said catalyst and said ethylene homopolymer mixture to prepare said multimodal HDPE. (i) polymerising ethylene in a first polymerisation stage in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst to prepare a first ethylene homopolymer having a MFR 2 from 10 to 500 g/10 min; (ii) polymerising ethylene in a second polymerisation stage in the presence of said catalyst and said first ethylene homopolymer to prepare an ethylene homopolymer mixture comprising said first ethylene homopolymer and a second ethylene homopolymer, said mixture having a MFR 2 from 50 to 1000 g/10 min; and (iii)polymerising ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin comonomer in a third polymerisation stage in the presence of said catalyst and said ethylene homopolymer mixture to prepare said multimodal HDPE.
A photovoltaic cell comprising: a first substantially intrinsic amorphous-based semiconductor film; a second n-type amorphous-based semiconductor film; a first translucent electrode layer; and a first collecting electrode in this order on a primary light incidence surface of an n-type crystal-based semiconductor, and a third substantially intrinsic amorphous-based semiconductor film; a fourth p-type amorphous-based semiconductor film; a second translucent electrode layer; and a second collecting electrode in this order on a back surface of said crystal-based semiconductor, wherein the first collecting electrode includes a first bus bar electrode and a plurality of first finger electrodes extending from the first bus bar electrode, the second collecting electrode includes a second bus bar electrode and a plurality of second finger electrodes extending from the second bus bar electrode, the second n-type amorphous-based semiconductor film is doped at a high concentration, a number of the first finger electrodes is smaller than a number of the second finger electrodes; and an area where said first collecting electrode covers the first translucent electrode layer is smaller than an area where said second collecting electrode covers the second translucent electrode layer. a first substantially intrinsic amorphous-based semiconductor film; a second n-type amorphous-based semiconductor film; a first translucent electrode layer; and a first collecting electrode in this order on a primary light incidence surface of an n-type crystal-based semiconductor, and a third substantially intrinsic amorphous-based semiconductor film; a fourth p-type amorphous-based semiconductor film; a second translucent electrode layer; and a second collecting electrode in this order on a back surface of said crystal-based semiconductor, wherein the first collecting electrode includes a first bus bar electrode and a plurality of first finger electrodes extending from the first bus bar electrode, the second collecting electrode includes a second bus bar electrode and a plurality of second finger electrodes extending from the second bus bar electrode, the second n-type amorphous-based semiconductor film is doped at a high concentration, a number of the first finger electrodes is smaller than a number of the second finger electrodes; and an area where said first collecting electrode covers the first translucent electrode layer is smaller than an area where said second collecting electrode covers the second translucent electrode layer.
The use of a backing sheet for the protection of one or more layers of a prepreg between prepreg manufacture and lay up of sections of the prepreg to produce a laminar structure by curing following removal of the backing sheet, the prepreg comprising continuous fibres within a curable resin, wherein the resin content is from 25 to 35% by weight of the prepreg, the backing sheet having a surface that has been treated to increase its surface tension on the side in contact with the prepreg; and further wherein the adhesion of the backing sheet to the prepreg is in the range of 0.1 to 0.2 as measured in accordance with "Experimental analysis of prepreg tack" by Dubois as set out in the present description, and the adhesion between layers of the prepreg after removal of the backing sheet and prior to curing of the resin is in the range of 0.1 to 0.45 as measured in accordance with "Experimental analysis of prepreg tack" by Dubois as set out in the present description.
A screw tool having a gear head which has a freewheel gear (20, 21, 23), having an output shaft which is inserted in a non-rotatable but displaceable manner in an output opening and can be displaced to and fro between a right-hand screw position and a left-hand screw position in each case by means of axial displacement, in each case a different end portion of the output shaft projecting out of the gear head, having at least one locking means (9, 9') to secure the position of the output shaft in the respective screw position and/or to secure a screw output element on the output shaft, the at least one locking means (9, 9') being held in a locking position by an unlatching slide disposed in an axial cavity of the output shaft and being displaceable from a locking position into a release position by pressure on actuation elements (10, 10') disposed on each end face of the output shaft, characterized in that the locking position is a form-fitting latching position that can only be released by axial pressure onto one of the two actuation elements (10, 10') so that in the locking position, the screw output element which, for example, is formed as a socket, cannot be removed from the output shaft.
Furniture whereof the component elements comprise a top, at least two feet, means for attaching feet to the top, said elements being either in a work configuration in which the feet are orthogonally attached to the top, or in a compact configuration in which securing fasteners maintain said feet parallel to the top, - each foot is maintained against the top by at least two securing fasteners in compact configuration; - the fasteners are disposed relative to each other and configured such that together they constitute at least one cable support in the work configuration, characterized in that each securing fasteners comprises at least one rigid profile, the cross-section of which espouses the exterior contour of the barrel of one foot, as well as a zone for attachment to the plate. - each foot is maintained against the top by at least two securing fasteners in compact configuration; - the fasteners are disposed relative to each other and configured such that together they constitute at least one cable support in the work configuration,
An image processing device comprising: a first detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of markers shown in an image; a selecting unit configured to select a predetermined number of markers from among the markers detected by the first detecting unit; a second detecting unit configured to detect the predetermined number of markers selected by the selecting unit in a more accurate manner than the first detecting unit; and an estimating unit configured to estimate positions and postures of the markers based on a result of the detection performed by the second detecting unit, wherein the predetermined number of markers to be subjected to the detection process by the second detecting unit is determined beforehand based on a processing load on the second detecting unit and computing power and processing speed of the image processing device; and the selecting unit selects the predetermined number of markers to be subjected to the detection process by the second detecting unit based on a layout of the markers in the image. a first detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of markers shown in an image; a selecting unit configured to select a predetermined number of markers from among the markers detected by the first detecting unit; a second detecting unit configured to detect the predetermined number of markers selected by the selecting unit in a more accurate manner than the first detecting unit; and an estimating unit configured to estimate positions and postures of the markers based on a result of the detection performed by the second detecting unit, wherein the predetermined number of markers to be subjected to the detection process by the second detecting unit is determined beforehand based on a processing load on the second detecting unit and computing power and processing speed of the image processing device; and the selecting unit selects the predetermined number of markers to be subjected to the detection process by the second detecting unit based on a layout of the markers in the image.
A method of providing a breathing gas comprising: separating a component gas comprising oxygen from atmospheric air; wherein room air is alternately passed through one of two pressure swing adsorption sieve beds (28, 29); checking the component gas pressure before the component gas moves into a component gas tank; preventing the component gas to move into the component gas tank if the checked component gas pressure has not reached a threshold value; wherein the steps of checking the component gas pressure and preventing the component gas to move into the component gas tank are performed by two check valves (32, 33); determining the rate of flow of the component gas to a patient, wherein this step comprises: measuring a pressure decay at the tank during the time in which the patient is consuming gas and the check valves (32, 33) have not yet allowed gas from the pressure swing adsorption sieve beds (28, 29) enter the tank; correlating the pressure decay to a flow rate; and selecting the switch pressure which is the component gas tank pressure at which sieve beds are switched based on the rate of flow of the component gas between a higher value for higher flow operating conditions corresponding to a high performance mode and a lower value for a lower demand corresponding to a conservation mode. separating a component gas comprising oxygen from atmospheric air; wherein room air is alternately passed through one of two pressure swing adsorption sieve beds (28, 29); checking the component gas pressure before the component gas moves into a component gas tank; preventing the component gas to move into the component gas tank if the checked component gas pressure has not reached a threshold value; wherein the steps of checking the component gas pressure and preventing the component gas to move into the component gas tank are performed by two check valves (32, 33); determining the rate of flow of the component gas to a patient, wherein this step comprises: measuring a pressure decay at the tank during the time in which the patient is consuming gas and the check valves (32, 33) have not yet allowed gas from the pressure swing adsorption sieve beds (28, 29) enter the tank; correlating the pressure decay to a flow rate; and measuring a pressure decay at the tank during the time in which the patient is consuming gas and the check valves (32, 33) have not yet allowed gas from the pressure swing adsorption sieve beds (28, 29) enter the tank; correlating the pressure decay to a flow rate; and selecting the switch pressure which is the component gas tank pressure at which sieve beds are switched based on the rate of flow of the component gas between a higher value for higher flow operating conditions corresponding to a high performance mode and a lower value for a lower demand corresponding to a conservation mode.