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A medicament delivery device comprising an actuation mechanism by successive operation of which a predetermined number of unit doses of medicament can be dispensed, the device including a locking mechanism for preventing further operation of the actuation mechanism after dispensing of said predetermined number of unit doses, characterised in that said locking mechanism comprises a resilient member, a formation with which the resilient member is engageable to disable operation of the actuation mechanism, and a barrier member that prevents engagement of the resilient member and the formation until said predetermined number of unit doses has been dispensed, wherein operation of the device is brought about by means of a push-button which acts upon a dispensing actuator and a dose counter actuator that are integrally formed as a single component that undergoes a reciprocating action, and the push-button not only causes dispensing of a unit dose of medicament, but also operates a dose counting mechanism that provides to the user of the device an indication of the number of doses that have been dispensed or alternatively the number of doses that remain to be dispensed; wherein the resilient member is an elongate arm which is formed integrally with the dose counter actuator and which is displaced along an axis parallel to the axis of reciprocating movement of the dose counter actuator; and wherein the barrier member is part of the dose counting mechanism, the barrier member being interposed between the resilient member and the formation until the last of the predetermined number of unit doses has been dispensed, wherein operation of the device to dispense the last of the predetermined doses has the effect of removing the barrier member from between the resilient member and the formation, thereby permitting the resilient member to engage the formation and preventing further operation of the device.
A sample injector, comprising: a sample injection part connected to a column to inject a sample into the column; a sample injection needle attachable to the sample injection part; a sample suction part connectable to the sample injection needle and configured to cause a predetermined amount of the sample to be drawn by suction into the sample injection needle upon connecting to the sample connection needle; a mobile phase supply part configured to supply the column with a mobile phase; a first switching valve for selectively connecting the sample injection needle either to the sample suction part in a first switching state of the valve, or to the mobile phase supply part in a second switching state of the valve; and a second switching valve, including the sample injection part, for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column via the sample injection needle in a case of having the sample injection needle attached to the sample injection part and for supplying the mobile phase to the column via the first switching valve in a case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part, the second switching valve comprising a first path for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column; and a second path for supplying the mobile phase to the first path in a case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part. a sample injection part connected to a column to inject a sample into the column; a sample injection needle attachable to the sample injection part; a sample suction part connectable to the sample injection needle and configured to cause a predetermined amount of the sample to be drawn by suction into the sample injection needle upon connecting to the sample connection needle; a mobile phase supply part configured to supply the column with a mobile phase; a first switching valve for selectively connecting the sample injection needle either to the sample suction part in a first switching state of the valve, or to the mobile phase supply part in a second switching state of the valve; and a second switching valve, including the sample injection part, for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column via the sample injection needle in a case of having the sample injection needle attached to the sample injection part and for supplying the mobile phase to the column via the first switching valve in a case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part, the second switching valve comprising a first path for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column; and a second path for supplying the mobile phase to the first path in a case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part. a first path for supplying the sample and the mobile phase to the column; and a second path for supplying the mobile phase to the first path in a case of having the sample injection needle removed from the sample injection part.
An endoscopic forceps, comprising: a housing having a shaft affixed thereto, the shaft including first and second jaw members attached to a distal end thereof; an actuator operable to move at least one jaw member relative to the other jaw member from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween; each jaw member including an electrically conductive tissue engaging surface adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the jaw members are selectively capable of conducting bipolar energy through tissue held therebetween; wherein at least one of the jaw members includes a conductive monopolar element at the distal end of the at least one jaw member providing an electrically conductive surface that is selectively activatable independent of the electrically conductive surfaces of the jaw members to treat tissue in a monopolar fashion; and wherein the electrically conductive surface of the at least one jaw member includes an insulating material at a distal end thereof that isolates the conductive monopolar element. a housing having a shaft affixed thereto, the shaft including first and second jaw members attached to a distal end thereof; an actuator operable to move at least one jaw member relative to the other jaw member from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween; each jaw member including an electrically conductive tissue engaging surface adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the jaw members are selectively capable of conducting bipolar energy through tissue held therebetween; wherein at least one of the jaw members includes a conductive monopolar element at the distal end of the at least one jaw member providing an electrically conductive surface that is selectively activatable independent of the electrically conductive surfaces of the jaw members to treat tissue in a monopolar fashion; and wherein the electrically conductive surface of the at least one jaw member includes an insulating material at a distal end thereof that isolates the conductive monopolar element.
Method for estimating spatial coordinates and a type of a light source (120, 125, 128) in an environment image, wherein the type of the light source (120, 125, 128) can be a point light source or a directional light source, having the steps of: a) capturing an environment in the form of an environment image by means of a camera; b) determining surfaces of increased brightness of the environment image, specifically a set of pixels having a brightness that exceeds a predefined threshold; c) determining spatial coordinates of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of the surfaces of increased brightness in accordance with a first calculation method; d) determining the type of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of a shadow of a vehicle on the environment image, having the substeps of: d1) assigning the shadow of the vehicle to the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of peripheries (351, 352, 355, 356) of the shadow and the spatial coordinates of the light source (120, 125, 128); d2) determining the type of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of the parallelism of the peripheries (351, 352, 355, 356) of the shadow, specifically a directional light source on the basis of parallel peripheries (355, 356) and a point light source on the basis of non-parallel peripheries (355, 356). a) capturing an environment in the form of an environment image by means of a camera; b) determining surfaces of increased brightness of the environment image, specifically a set of pixels having a brightness that exceeds a predefined threshold; c) determining spatial coordinates of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of the surfaces of increased brightness in accordance with a first calculation method; d) determining the type of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of a shadow of a vehicle on the environment image, having the substeps of: d1) assigning the shadow of the vehicle to the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of peripheries (351, 352, 355, 356) of the shadow and the spatial coordinates of the light source (120, 125, 128); d2) determining the type of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of the parallelism of the peripheries (351, 352, 355, 356) of the shadow, specifically a directional light source on the basis of parallel peripheries (355, 356) and a point light source on the basis of non-parallel peripheries (355, 356). d1) assigning the shadow of the vehicle to the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of peripheries (351, 352, 355, 356) of the shadow and the spatial coordinates of the light source (120, 125, 128); d2) determining the type of the light source (120, 125, 128) on the basis of the parallelism of the peripheries (351, 352, 355, 356) of the shadow, specifically a directional light source on the basis of parallel peripheries (355, 356) and a point light source on the basis of non-parallel peripheries (355, 356).
A breathing hose for ducting inhaled and exhaled gas between a user and a rebreather apparatus, in which the breathing hose comprises a collapsible inner tube (48, 49, 62) located within a non-collapsible flexible outer tube (50, 51, 60), characterized in that the collapsible inner tube (48, 49, 62) is configured to inflate to accommodate the exhaled breath of the user, and to deflate to accommodate the inhaled breath of the user.
Repair injector with a screw mounting construction to a known support device, which is temporarily fixed on a laminated glass pane, which are mostly upstanding automobile windshields, which sometimes have a crack, caused by grit stones or such, which crack is mostly in the form of a bullseye or a star and initially can have more small cracks radiating from an open point in the surface of the windshield, wherein said repair injector with its central spindle pin to the tube mouth puts or presses the repair resin into said crack and afterwards retracts the air bubbles from the repair resin, wherein for a good inspection of the repaired crack said repair injector can be shifted over a short distance, characterized in that the repair injector is built-up with a first cylindrical casing, wherein a merely longitudinal or axial movable piston assembly is placed with an injection tube for repair resin and to retract air bubbles from said injected repair resin, wherein said first cylindrical casing 2 in two-stepped in axial sense is executed with a lower tube part with an outer screw thread diameter D1 for connecting with the support device and an upper tube part with an outer helical groove with diameter D2, wherein D1 < D2 and a second outer axial rotating cylindrical casing is mounted around with an internal steel cam sliding in said helical groove with the same diameter D2 as the first cylindrical casing for moving up and down said piston wit its injection/extraction tube with an annular flexible element at the end, wherein the construction material is a light weight material.
A method for the calculation of flight paths taking into consideration events of relevance for the radiation dose, comprising the following steps: a) collection of radiation data of the atmospheric radiation, b) examination of the radiation data and conclusion about an event of relevance for the radiation dose that generates a temporary increase in exposure, c) creation of a model using the radiation data, the model containing at least an estimate of the spatial location of a region with a radiation intensity increased by the event of relevance for the radiation dose, d) determination of flight-relevant parameters, e) calculation of a possible flight path in view of the flight-relevant parameters taking into consideration the model created in step c), the flight path being adjusted in respect of a reduction of an exposure to radiation. a) collection of radiation data of the atmospheric radiation, b) examination of the radiation data and conclusion about an event of relevance for the radiation dose that generates a temporary increase in exposure, c) creation of a model using the radiation data, the model containing at least an estimate of the spatial location of a region with a radiation intensity increased by the event of relevance for the radiation dose, d) determination of flight-relevant parameters, e) calculation of a possible flight path in view of the flight-relevant parameters taking into consideration the model created in step c), the flight path being adjusted in respect of a reduction of an exposure to radiation.
An apparatus for thermally curing a composite structure having an array of cells therein, comprising: a bank of tools, each tool comprising: a tool block having a cross-sectional shape substantially matching that of the cell and contacting the composite structure when inserted into the cell; and a thermally conductive element placed into the tool block so that the thermally conductive element extends substantially through the tool block and has an exposed portion outside of the tool block; a manifold comprising: an enclosure configured such that the bank of tools is placeable into the enclosure; tubular inlets in one end of the enclosure and provided with fans adapted to draw hot air into the enclosure; and an exit in the enclosure at the opposite end; wherein the thermally conductive element is configured to be convectively heated by the hot air passing over the exposed portion thereof and to conduct the heat to the tool block. a bank of tools, each tool comprising: a tool block having a cross-sectional shape substantially matching that of the cell and contacting the composite structure when inserted into the cell; and a thermally conductive element placed into the tool block so that the thermally conductive element extends substantially through the tool block and has an exposed portion outside of the tool block; a tool block having a cross-sectional shape substantially matching that of the cell and contacting the composite structure when inserted into the cell; and a thermally conductive element placed into the tool block so that the thermally conductive element extends substantially through the tool block and has an exposed portion outside of the tool block; a manifold comprising: an enclosure configured such that the bank of tools is placeable into the enclosure; tubular inlets in one end of the enclosure and provided with fans adapted to draw hot air into the enclosure; and an exit in the enclosure at the opposite end; an enclosure configured such that the bank of tools is placeable into the enclosure; tubular inlets in one end of the enclosure and provided with fans adapted to draw hot air into the enclosure; and an exit in the enclosure at the opposite end; wherein the thermally conductive element is configured to be convectively heated by the hot air passing over the exposed portion thereof and to conduct the heat to the tool block.
A centrifugation chamber for a separation processes that is usable for culturing cells, comprising: - A layer for growing cells thereon, and - A means for detecting the progress of a separation, wherein the means for detecting the progress of separation in the rotating container is a window, a prism or a mirror, and wherein the window, prism or mirror is positioned to cover a channel formed in a lid or a bottom of the rotating container wherein the channel is configured such that at least a part of the sample can flow into the channel during centrifugation. - A layer for growing cells thereon, and - A means for detecting the progress of a separation,
Lopper device comprising a lopper stick adapted to be mounted to and carrying a lopper head having two cutting blades (3, 4) rotatable relative to each other and in the opened state defining a cutting gap therebetween, and further comprising at least one guidance unit (9, 10) adapted to guide items (A, B, C) to be lopped into and towards the cutting gap, wherein the guidance unit (9, 10) comprises at least one wedged guidance element (9, 10) increasing in height in a direction towards the cutting gap, characterized in that in at least one positional configuration of the lopper head, the cutting blades, in particular a fixed blade, are/is positioned at the lopper stick, with the cutting gap being oriented or opens in a direction towards an end of the lopper stick remote from the end to which the lopper head is mounted, with the guidance element (9, 10) being implemented as - a wedged extension axially protruding from at least one of the cutting blades (3, 4) with the back face or the abutment face of the wedged extension facing or abutting the lopper stick, and/or - a wedged fin, blade or lamellae attached to the lopper stick with the wedged fin guidance element comprising a sleeve adapted and designed to be fixed, engage around and/or wrap around the lopper stick. - a wedged extension axially protruding from at least one of the cutting blades (3, 4) with the back face or the abutment face of the wedged extension facing or abutting the lopper stick, - a wedged fin, blade or lamellae attached to the lopper stick with the wedged fin guidance element comprising a sleeve adapted and designed to be fixed, engage around and/or wrap around the lopper stick.
A method of fabricating solar battery modules (101, 102) comprising the steps of divisionally producing two types of segments (10, 20, 21, 22) differing in shape from each other from each of disk-formed solar battery substrates, respectively collecting the same types of the segments, and two- dimensionally arranging the segments, by types, to thereby obtain respective solar battery modules, wherein the segments are produced by subjecting semiconductor single crystal wafers, as the solar battery substrates, in the disk form state thereof to cell formation process for forming solar battery cells respectively in the areas planned to be included later in the segments, and by dividing the wafers after completion of the cell formation process, and wherein the method of fabricating solar battery modules further comprising the steps of: setting, as planned cutting lines, only one pair pairs of parallel lines (referred to as parallel planned cutting lines, hereinafter) symmetrically arranged with respect to the center of the wafer on a main surface of the semiconductor single crystal wafers; subjecting the semiconductor single crystal wafers to the cell formation process respectively for first segment forming areas including the center of the wafer and for bow-formed second segment forming areas, which are the residual area besides the first segment forming area, to thereby form the solar battery cells; and cutting the solar battery cell along the planned cutting lines in the thickness-wise direction thereof so as to obtain the first type of segments from the first segment forming areas and the second type of segments from the second segment forming areas, arranging a plurality of the first type of segments in a parallel and staggered manner so that the parallel cut edges thereof are adjacent to each other to thereby obtain a solar battery module. setting, as planned cutting lines, only one pair pairs of parallel lines (referred to as parallel planned cutting lines, hereinafter) symmetrically arranged with respect to the center of the wafer on a main surface of the semiconductor single crystal wafers; subjecting the semiconductor single crystal wafers to the cell formation process respectively for first segment forming areas including the center of the wafer and for bow-formed second segment forming areas, which are the residual area besides the first segment forming area, to thereby form the solar battery cells; and cutting the solar battery cell along the planned cutting lines in the thickness-wise direction thereof so as to obtain the first type of segments from the first segment forming areas and the second type of segments from the second segment forming areas, arranging a plurality of the first type of segments in a parallel and staggered manner so that the parallel cut edges thereof are adjacent to each other to thereby obtain a solar battery module.
A method to be performed by a playback device (102-106; 200; 702, 704; 802-812) for outputting audio in a multi-channel listening environment, comprising: receiving audio data over a network; processing the audio data to be output from a plurality of speaker drivers; and outputting the processed audio data from the plurality of speaker drivers; characterised by the processing the audio data comprising: responsive to configuration of the playback device for a first type of pairing, performing a first equalization of the audio data to be output from the plurality of speaker drivers by adjusting the strength of frequencies within the audio data in accordance with the first type of pairing; responsive to configuration of the playback device for a second type of pairing, performing a second equalization of the audio data to be output from the plurality of speaker drivers by adjusting the strength of frequencies within the audio data in accordance with the second type of pairing. receiving audio data over a network; processing the audio data to be output from a plurality of speaker drivers; and outputting the processed audio data from the plurality of speaker drivers; characterised by the processing the audio data comprising: responsive to configuration of the playback device for a first type of pairing, performing a first equalization of the audio data to be output from the plurality of speaker drivers by adjusting the strength of frequencies within the audio data in accordance with the first type of pairing; responsive to configuration of the playback device for a second type of pairing, performing a second equalization of the audio data to be output from the plurality of speaker drivers by adjusting the strength of frequencies within the audio data in accordance with the second type of pairing. responsive to configuration of the playback device for a first type of pairing, performing a first equalization of the audio data to be output from the plurality of speaker drivers by adjusting the strength of frequencies within the audio data in accordance with the first type of pairing; responsive to configuration of the playback device for a second type of pairing, performing a second equalization of the audio data to be output from the plurality of speaker drivers by adjusting the strength of frequencies within the audio data in accordance with the second type of pairing.