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An apparatus for negative pressure wound therapy, the apparatus comprising: a wound dressing comprising: a material layer comprising one or more through holes extending vertically through a thickness of the material layer wherein the material layer is an absorbent layer; and a transparent or translucent cover layer positioned above the absorbent layer, the cover layer configured to form a negative pressure chamber underneath the cover layer; and a port configured to communicate negative pressure to the negative pressure chamber; wherein the one or more through holes in the material layer permit viewing of tissue beneath the wound dressing through the wound cover when the wound dressing is applied to a patient; and wherein a plug material is positioned within at least some of the one or more through holes, wherein the plug material comprises silicone. a material layer comprising one or more through holes extending vertically through a thickness of the material layer wherein the material layer is an absorbent layer; and a transparent or translucent cover layer positioned above the absorbent layer, the cover layer configured to form a negative pressure chamber underneath the cover layer; and a port configured to communicate negative pressure to the negative pressure chamber; wherein the one or more through holes in the material layer permit viewing of tissue beneath the wound dressing through the wound cover when the wound dressing is applied to a patient; and wherein a plug material is positioned within at least some of the one or more through holes, wherein the plug material comprises silicone.
Method for processing machine instructions by a processor, comprising the following steps: - receiving (104, 105) a machine instruction to execute, said machine instruction comprising the identification of at least one first operation to execute and a conditional prefix representing a condition to verify to execute said at least one first operation, - evaluating said prefix, and - executing or not executing said at least one first operation identified in said machine instruction, according to whether the condition is verified or not; in which evaluating said prefix comprises verifying a value of a predicate register, said conditional prefix comprising: - an identification of said value of said predicate register, and - an identification of a second operation to perform on said value for said verification, and in which said second operation is an expectation to realize said value. - receiving (104, 105) a machine instruction to execute, said machine instruction comprising the identification of at least one first operation to execute and a conditional prefix representing a condition to verify to execute said at least one first operation, - evaluating said prefix, and - executing or not executing said at least one first operation identified in said machine instruction, according to whether the condition is verified or not; - an identification of said value of said predicate register, and - an identification of a second operation to perform on said value for said verification, and
A system comprising: an alarm device, the alarm device further comprising: a switch mode buck converter; a capacitor that is charged by the buck converter; a boost converter adapted to power an alarm output device primarily from energy discharged from the capacitor; and circuitry coupled to the buck converter and boost converter, wherein the circuitry is adapted to sample the voltage on the capacitor and adjust the average current from the buck converter charging the capacitor after each sample period if the charge slope rate on the capacitor is not calculated to reach a correct regulation voltage by the time the next discharge starts and wherein the circuitry is adapted to dynamically adjust an instantaneous duty cycle of the buck converter to achieve the correct regulation voltage based upon a power setting of the alarm output device. a switch mode buck converter; a capacitor that is charged by the buck converter; a boost converter adapted to power an alarm output device primarily from energy discharged from the capacitor; and circuitry coupled to the buck converter and boost converter, wherein the circuitry is adapted to sample the voltage on the capacitor and adjust the average current from the buck converter charging the capacitor after each sample period if the charge slope rate on the capacitor is not calculated to reach a correct regulation voltage by the time the next discharge starts and wherein the circuitry is adapted to dynamically adjust an instantaneous duty cycle of the buck converter to achieve the correct regulation voltage based upon a power setting of the alarm output device.
An exhaust system for a vehicular lean burn internal combustion engine, which system comprising: a conduit for carrying a flowing exhaust gas, a source of nitrogenous reductant, a small pore zeolite catalyst containing a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, which is ZSM-34, and containing at least one transition metal, which at least one transition metal consists of copper and which small pore zeolite catalyst is coated on a monolith substrate disposed in a flow path of the exhaust gas and means for metering the nitrogenous reductant from the source of nitrogenous reductant into a flowing exhaust gas upstream of the zeolite catalyst, wherein an oxidation catalyst comprising at least one platinum group metal for oxidising nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide is located upstream of the means for metering the nitrogenous reductant into a flowing exhaust gas. a conduit for carrying a flowing exhaust gas, a source of nitrogenous reductant, a small pore zeolite catalyst containing a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, which is ZSM-34, and containing at least one transition metal, which at least one transition metal consists of copper and which small pore zeolite catalyst is coated on a monolith substrate disposed in a flow path of the exhaust gas and means for metering the nitrogenous reductant from the source of nitrogenous reductant into a flowing exhaust gas upstream of the zeolite catalyst, wherein an oxidation catalyst comprising at least one platinum group metal for oxidising nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide is located upstream of the means for metering the nitrogenous reductant into a flowing exhaust gas.
A method for determining the amount of thyroglobulin in a test sample, comprising: (a) digesting thyroglobulin in said test sample with trypsin to form a peptide consisting of the sequence VIFDANPVAVR (SEQ ID NO:4); (b) adding an internal standard to said test sample before step (a), or adding an internal standard to said test sample after step (a); (c) purifying said peptide and said internal standard; (d) ionizing said peptide and said internal standard by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) or electrospray ionization to generate one or more ions detectable by mass spectrometry; (e) detecting the amount of one or more ions by mass spectrometry; wherein the amount of said ion(s) detected is related to the amount of said thyroglobulin in said test sample. (a) digesting thyroglobulin in said test sample with trypsin to form a peptide consisting of the sequence VIFDANPVAVR (SEQ ID NO:4); (b) adding an internal standard to said test sample before step (a), or adding an internal standard to said test sample after step (a); (c) purifying said peptide and said internal standard; (d) ionizing said peptide and said internal standard by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) or electrospray ionization to generate one or more ions detectable by mass spectrometry; (e) detecting the amount of one or more ions by mass spectrometry; wherein the amount of said ion(s) detected is related to the amount of said thyroglobulin in said test sample.
A wireless charger comprising: one or more wireless power transmission coils comprising a plurality of coil segments (CS1-CS3), wherein the coil segments (CS1-CS3) in the plurality of coil segments (CS1-CS3) are part of a single, monolithic coil and each of the coil segments (CS1-CS3) being arranged to transmit power at a different region of the wireless charger; drive circuitry configured to apply a drive signal to the one or more wireless power transmission coils (CS1-CS3); bypass circuit paths (BP1-BP3) configured to route drive signals around the respective coil segments (CS1-CS3); switch elements (S1-S3) configured to enable and disable the bypass circuit paths (BP1-BP3); and control circuity configured to (i) detect the presence of devices to be charged at the different regions of the wireless charger, and (ii) control the switch elements (S1-S3) such that, when devices to be charged are detected for at least two of the different regions, the wireless charger alternates between charging the devices at the least two different regions. one or more wireless power transmission coils comprising a plurality of coil segments (CS1-CS3), wherein the coil segments (CS1-CS3) in the plurality of coil segments (CS1-CS3) are part of a single, monolithic coil and each of the coil segments (CS1-CS3) being arranged to transmit power at a different region of the wireless charger; drive circuitry configured to apply a drive signal to the one or more wireless power transmission coils (CS1-CS3); bypass circuit paths (BP1-BP3) configured to route drive signals around the respective coil segments (CS1-CS3); switch elements (S1-S3) configured to enable and disable the bypass circuit paths (BP1-BP3); and control circuity configured to (i) detect the presence of devices to be charged at the different regions of the wireless charger, and (ii) control the switch elements (S1-S3) such that, when devices to be charged are detected for at least two of the different regions, the wireless charger alternates between charging the devices at the least two different regions.
Positive electrode active substance particles for lithium ion batteries, comprising lithium manganate particles comprising Li and Mn as main components and having a cubic spinel structure (space group: Fd-3m (No. 227)), primary particles of the positive electrode active substance having a dodecahedral or higher-polyhedral shape in which none of crystal planes equivalent to the plane are located adjacent to each other, and flat crystal planes are crossed with each other to form a clear ridge, and an average primary particle diameter of the primary particles being not less than 1 μm and not more than 20 μm, wherein a phosphorus compound and/or an aluminium compound are used as a crystal plane growth inhibitor and wherein the content of a phosphorus component in the particles is 0.0001 to 0.05 in terms of a molar ratio of P based on Mn and/or the content of an aluminium component in the particles is 0.01 to 0.5 in terms of molar ratio of Al based on Mn.
Disc brake, comprising: a. a brake calliper, at least one application-side and one reaction-side brake pad and a brake disc; b. wherein the at least one application-side brake pad is movable both in a direction parallel to a brake disc axis of rotation and in a direction parallel to a brake disc friction surface; c. further comprising an actuating device acting on an actuating plunger, the actuating plunger being coupled to a pressure pad of the application-side brake pad; and d. further comprising a self-energising device comprising the pressure pad and at least two energising plungers (7, 8) with a taper bearing (9, 9') each, each of the taper bearings (9, 9') having a rolling body (10, 10') located between ramps (13, 14 and 13', 14'), characterised in that e. the two taper bearings (9, 9') differ in their shape in such a way that the ramps (13, 14 and 13', 14') of the two taper bearings (9, 9') have different ramp angles (19, 19') if viewed in the same direction tangential to a direction of rotation of the brake disc. a. a brake calliper, at least one application-side and one reaction-side brake pad and a brake disc; b. wherein the at least one application-side brake pad is movable both in a direction parallel to a brake disc axis of rotation and in a direction parallel to a brake disc friction surface; c. further comprising an actuating device acting on an actuating plunger, the actuating plunger being coupled to a pressure pad of the application-side brake pad; and d. further comprising a self-energising device comprising the pressure pad and at least two energising plungers (7, 8) with a taper bearing (9, 9') each, each of the taper bearings (9, 9') having a rolling body (10, 10') located between ramps (13, 14 and 13', 14'), characterised in that e. the two taper bearings (9, 9') differ in their shape in such a way that the ramps (13, 14 and 13', 14') of the two taper bearings (9, 9') have different ramp angles (19, 19') if viewed in the same direction tangential to a direction of rotation of the brake disc.
A placement jig for locating a dental implant analog in a physical model of at least a portion of a patient's mouth for use in creating a tooth prosthesis, comprising: a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; a guide-strut receiving feature (214a,b,c) positioned within the base, the guide-strut receiving feature (214a,b,c) being configured to receive in use a guide-strut (110a",b",c") of the physical model thereby positioning the lower surface of the placement jig at a desired distance from an opening of a bore (100") in the physical model; a throughbore for receiving a screw therethrough, the screw being configured to be coupled with the dental implant analog in use such that the dental implant analog is removably coupled to the base, the throughbore having a central axis oriented at an angle relative to the lower surface of the base; and an angled receiving feature positioned about the throughbore on the lower surface of the base, the angled receiving feature including a mating surface that is configured to abut a custom abutment positioned in use between the mating surface and the dental implant analog, the central axis of the throughbore being perpendicular to the angled receiving feature. a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; a guide-strut receiving feature (214a,b,c) positioned within the base, the guide-strut receiving feature (214a,b,c) being configured to receive in use a guide-strut (110a",b",c") of the physical model thereby positioning the lower surface of the placement jig at a desired distance from an opening of a bore (100") in the physical model; a throughbore for receiving a screw therethrough, the screw being configured to be coupled with the dental implant analog in use such that the dental implant analog is removably coupled to the base, the throughbore having a central axis oriented at an angle relative to the lower surface of the base; and an angled receiving feature positioned about the throughbore on the lower surface of the base, the angled receiving feature including a mating surface that is configured to abut a custom abutment positioned in use between the mating surface and the dental implant analog, the central axis of the throughbore being perpendicular to the angled receiving feature.
An optical measuring device for irradiating a sample with excitation light and detecting measurement light, the optical measuring device comprising: an integrator formed with an incident opening on which the excitation light is to be incident and an exit opening from which the measurement light is to exit, wherein the sample is to be disposed in the integrator; a light guide unit for guiding the measurement light that exits from the exit opening; and a light detecting unit for detecting the measurement light guided by the light guide unit, wherein the light guide unit comprises a plurality of light guide members arranged so that incident end surfaces of the light guide members face the inside of the integrator through the exit opening, the light detecting unit is configured to detect the measurement light that is guided by at least one of the plurality of light guide members; wherein the plurality of light guide members are arranged such that detection view fields of the plurality of light guide members on the incident end surface side overlap with each other in the integrator; charaterized in that a baffle is disposed in the integrator at a position to face the exit opening and the light guide members are arranged such that the optical axes of the plurality of light guide members on the incident end surfaces cross each other between the exit opening and the baffle. an integrator formed with an incident opening on which the excitation light is to be incident and an exit opening from which the measurement light is to exit, wherein the sample is to be disposed in the integrator; a light guide unit for guiding the measurement light that exits from the exit opening; and a light detecting unit for detecting the measurement light guided by the light guide unit, wherein the light guide unit comprises a plurality of light guide members arranged so that incident end surfaces of the light guide members face the inside of the integrator through the exit opening, the light detecting unit is configured to detect the measurement light that is guided by at least one of the plurality of light guide members; wherein the plurality of light guide members are arranged such that detection view fields of the plurality of light guide members on the incident end surface side overlap with each other in the integrator; charaterized in that a baffle is disposed in the integrator at a position to face the exit opening and the light guide members are arranged such that the optical axes of the plurality of light guide members on the incident end surfaces cross each other between the exit opening and the baffle.
Particles, each of which consists of a polyvalent metal salt of phosphoric acid as a nucleus and a coating of a metallic soap of the polyvalent metal coating the surface of the nucleus; the polyvalent metal salt of phosphoric acid being selected from zinc phosphate, iron zinc phosphate, iron phosphate, manganese phosphate, nickel phosphate, cobalt phosphate, calcium phosphate and calcium hydrogenphosphate; in the particles the proportion of all the metallic soap coatings to all the particles being 1 to 30 % by mass.
A system for performing a therapeutic procedure, wherein the system comprises: - an elongate introduction element for being introduced into a body, the elongate introduction element being a catheter, - a temperature determination unit for determining a temperature along the catheter, - an inner part determination unit for determining which part of the catheter is within the body based on the determined temperature, thereby providing a temperature-based segmentation of the catheter, and - a therapeutic procedure performing unit (18, 19, 15) for performing the therapeutic procedure by using the catheter depending on the determination which part of the catheter is within the body such that the therapeutic procedure is performed only at the determined inner part of the catheter, characterized in that the therapeutic procedure performing unit (18, 19, 15) comprises a) a moving unit (18, 19) configured to move a radiation source to a dwell position for treating the body at the dwell position within the catheter and b) a brachytherapy control unit configured to control the moving unit (18, 19) such that the dwell position is within the part of the catheter which has been determined as being within the body, wherein the temperature-based segmentation of the catheter is used to prevent that the dwell position is outside the body. - an elongate introduction element for being introduced into a body, the elongate introduction element being a catheter, - a temperature determination unit for determining a temperature along the catheter, - an inner part determination unit for determining which part of the catheter is within the body based on the determined temperature, thereby providing a temperature-based segmentation of the catheter, and - a therapeutic procedure performing unit (18, 19, 15) for performing the therapeutic procedure by using the catheter depending on the determination which part of the catheter is within the body such that the therapeutic procedure is performed only at the determined inner part of the catheter,
An RRAM device, comprising: a bottom electrode; a high-k material on the bottom electrode; a top electrode; a top contact on the top electrode; and an encapsulating layer of Al 2 O 3 that encapsulates the bottom electrode, the high-k material, the top electrode and the top contact, characterised by a layer including a noble metal, TiN, WN or TaN under the encapsulating layer and the bottom electrode. a bottom electrode; a high-k material on the bottom electrode; a top electrode; a top contact on the top electrode; and an encapsulating layer of Al 2 O 3 that encapsulates the bottom electrode, the high-k material, the top electrode and the top contact, characterised by a layer including a noble metal, TiN, WN or TaN under the encapsulating layer and the bottom electrode.
A method for detecting the presence or severity of an inflammatory or atherosclerotic disease, disorder or condition, comprising detecting in an in vitro biological sample the expression of a unique edge portion of a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:18, wherein said unique edge portion consists of the amino acid sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 463 and 462.
A multilayer lining plate for essentially horizontal support surfaces such as floors or floor coverings, comprising a main layer which includes at least one part made of a rigid or semi-rigid material, and a ductile or flexible upper decorative layer, wherein the multilayer lining plate comprises a ductile machinable portion in the perimeter of the main layer, the ductile machinable portion being machinable to enable to machine a connecting profile therein for connecting the multilayer lining plate with other plates, wherein the ductile machinable portion is made of medium-density fiberboard, a wood-plastic composite material or polyvinyl chloride, and wherein the decorative layer is a layer of natural or synthetic plant-based material, mineral-based material, organic material, inorganic material or a mixture thereof, or preferably, a sheet of vinyl material, characterized in that the rigid or semi-rigid material of the at least one part included in the main layer is magnesium oxide, fibrocement or mortar with perlite and vermiculite.
A population of phagocytic amniocytes of amniotic fluid having selective phagocytic activity against pathological cells of a cellular pathology, wherein said population of phagocytic amniocytes of amniotic fluid is obtained by co-culturing amniocytes of amniotic fluid with pathological cells of a cellular pathology for a period of time equal to at least the time that elapses until the start of the phagocytic activity on the part of the amniocytes against said pathological cells, wherein the amniocytes co-cultured with pathological cells have a morphology characterised by a rounded shape and jagged cell membrane when observed by transmission electron microscope and do not have phagocytic activity and wherein the cellular pathology is proliferative vitreoretinopathy or tumours.
Electronically commutated DC motor comprising an inner rotor and a three-phase stator, characterised in that the DC motor is produced in accordance with a method according to claim 16.