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Apparatus for configuring first and second blood vessels connected by an anastomosis at a fistula, the apparatus comprising: a coupler comprising: a mount having a saddle-like shape configured to seat on and couple to the first blood vessel; an adapter having a substantially cylindrical shape that extends from the mount in the vicinity of the fistula; and a brace extending from a side of the mount that can be closed to prevent the coupler from lifting off from the first blood vessel; and a sleeve connected to the adapter, the sleeve configured to ensheathe and hold a portion of the second blood vessel in the vicinity of the fistula, characterized in that the sleeve does not penetrate through a wall of the first blood vessel into the first blood vessel lumen when connected to the adapter. a coupler comprising: a mount having a saddle-like shape configured to seat on and couple to the first blood vessel; an adapter having a substantially cylindrical shape that extends from the mount in the vicinity of the fistula; and a brace extending from a side of the mount that can be closed to prevent the coupler from lifting off from the first blood vessel; and a mount having a saddle-like shape configured to seat on and couple to the first blood vessel; an adapter having a substantially cylindrical shape that extends from the mount in the vicinity of the fistula; and a brace extending from a side of the mount that can be closed to prevent the coupler from lifting off from the first blood vessel; and a sleeve connected to the adapter, the sleeve configured to ensheathe and hold a portion of the second blood vessel in the vicinity of the fistula, characterized in that the sleeve does not penetrate through a wall of the first blood vessel into the first blood vessel lumen when connected to the adapter.
A dental floss holder comprising a basic body, which forms two arms having at least one dental floss thread tensioned between them and from which a toothpick element projects, said toothpick element being surrounded by a V-shaped protection element, which is located at its protective position and which is adapted to be pivoted to a position of use, where the toothpick element projects freely from the basic body, characterized by an arresting element for locking the protection element at the position of use, said arresting element being arranged and configured such that, at the position of use, two legs of the V-shaped protection element receive the arresting element between them and lock it in position.
Apparatus for repairing a cardiac valve, the apparatus comprising: a flexible annuloplasty structure having a sleeve with an elongated tubular side wall and at least one distal end wall having a surface substantially transverse to a lateral surface of the tubular side wall; a first tissue anchor defining a first longitudinal axis, the first tissue anchor being adapted to pass through the distal end wall of the sleeve; and a second tissue anchor defining a second longitudinal axis, the second tissue anchor being adapted to pass through the tubular side wall, characterized in that the apparatus is configured to cause the first and second tissue anchors (32a, 32b) to be disposed consecutively with the first and the second longitudinal axes substantially parallel. a flexible annuloplasty structure having a sleeve with an elongated tubular side wall and at least one distal end wall having a surface substantially transverse to a lateral surface of the tubular side wall; a first tissue anchor defining a first longitudinal axis, the first tissue anchor being adapted to pass through the distal end wall of the sleeve; and a second tissue anchor defining a second longitudinal axis, the second tissue anchor being adapted to pass through the tubular side wall,
A movable connector comprising: a stationary housing to be fixed to a substrate; a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing; and a restriction fitting that has been formed and then has been integrated with the stationary housing, the restriction fitting functioning as a fixing fitting adapted to fix the stationary housing to the substrate, wherein: the restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion, the counterpart engagement portion being configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction, the connector upward direction being a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate and away from the substrate, so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region, characterized in that the counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside, and at least one of the engagement portion and the counterpart engagement portion includes an inclined portion (45, 58B) to guide the engagement portion into the through-pass section. a stationary housing to be fixed to a substrate; a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing; and a restriction fitting that has been formed and then has been integrated with the stationary housing, the restriction fitting functioning as a fixing fitting adapted to fix the stationary housing to the substrate, wherein: the restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion, the counterpart engagement portion being configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction, the connector upward direction being a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate and away from the substrate, so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region, characterized in that the counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside, and at least one of the engagement portion and the counterpart engagement portion includes an inclined portion (45, 58B) to guide the engagement portion into the through-pass section. the restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion, the counterpart engagement portion being configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction, the connector upward direction being a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate and away from the substrate, so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region, characterized in that the counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside, and at least one of the engagement portion and the counterpart engagement portion includes an inclined portion (45, 58B) to guide the engagement portion into the through-pass section.
A perfluoroalkyl-crosslinked polymer represented by Structure IV wherein each of Π α and Π β is a polymeric radical having a backbone chain comprising fluoroalkylene repeat units optionally substituted by ether oxygen, and perfluoroalkyl-crosslinked repeat units at a molar concentration in the range of a molar concentration of 0.5 to 50 mol-%; where x 1, and x 2 each independently is an integer in the range of 0 to 3; y 1 and y 2 each independently is an integer in the range of 0 to 6, and z 1 and z 2 each independently is an integer in the range of 0 to 3; R 1 = (CF 2) a CFR 2, where a is an integer in the range of 0 to 6, and R 2 is F or C 1-6 perfluoroalkyl optionally substituted by ether oxygen; R 1 ' = (CF 2) a' CFR 2 ' where a' is an integer in the range of 0 to 6, and R 2 ' is F or C 1-6 perfluoroalkyl optionally substituted by ether oxygen; and, R 3 and R 3 ' are each independently F or C 1-6 perfluoroalkyl optionally substituted by ether oxygen; with the proviso that and z 1 cannot both be zero; with the further proviso that y 2 and z 2 cannot both be zero; with the further proviso that no repeat unit in the backbone chain of said Π α and Π β polymeric radicals has more than two vinyl hydrogens attached thereto; and, with the further proviso that Π α and Π β can be the same or different.
A co-rotating scroll compressor (1A, 1B, 1C), comprising: a driving-side scroll member driven by a drive unit so as to rotate, and comprising a spiral driving-side wall arranged on a driving-side end plate; a driven-side scroll member in which a spiral driven-side wall corresponding to the driving-side wall is arranged on a driven-side end plate, the driven-side wall being engaged with the driving-side wall so as to form a compression space; a synchronous driving mechanism that transmits driving force from the driving-side scroll member to the driven-side scroll member so that the driving-side scroll member and the driven-side scroll member rotationally move in a same direction at a same angular velocity; a biasing means (14, 20) for biasing a distal end of the driving-side wall and a distal end of the driven-side wall in a direction toward the driven-side end plate and the driving-side end plate that are respectively opposed to the distal end of the driving-side wall and the distal end of the driven-side wall,and characterized in that it further comprises a displacement amount restricting means for restricting a displacement amount between the driving-side scroll member and the driven-side scroll member, wherein the displacement amount restricting means is fixed via a bolt to a side of a housing that accommodates the driven-side scroll member. a driving-side scroll member driven by a drive unit so as to rotate, and comprising a spiral driving-side wall arranged on a driving-side end plate; a driven-side scroll member in which a spiral driven-side wall corresponding to the driving-side wall is arranged on a driven-side end plate, the driven-side wall being engaged with the driving-side wall so as to form a compression space; a synchronous driving mechanism that transmits driving force from the driving-side scroll member to the driven-side scroll member so that the driving-side scroll member and the driven-side scroll member rotationally move in a same direction at a same angular velocity; a biasing means (14, 20) for biasing a distal end of the driving-side wall and a distal end of the driven-side wall in a direction toward the driven-side end plate and the driving-side end plate that are respectively opposed to the distal end of the driving-side wall and the distal end of the driven-side wall,and characterized in that it further comprises a displacement amount restricting means for restricting a displacement amount between the driving-side scroll member and the driven-side scroll member, wherein the displacement amount restricting means is fixed via a bolt to a side of a housing that accommodates the driven-side scroll member.
A method of producing a sliding bearing made of an aluminium base alloy, wherein a lead-free aluminium-iron-silicon alloy, which comprises up to 10% iron, up to 3% silicon, up to 20% tin and up to 0.2% strontium or sodium, the iron to silicon ratio being between 2:1 and 4:1, is processed by the following steps in the specified order: melting the aluminium-iron-silicon alloy, casting the material produced in step, heating the material produced in step, rolling the material produced in step, rolling the first material rolled in step onto a steel support which later forms at least a part of the steel back, heating the material produced in step, optionally: deforming the material produced in step. melting the aluminium-iron-silicon alloy, casting the material produced in step, heating the material produced in step, rolling the material produced in step, rolling the first material rolled in step onto a steel support which later forms at least a part of the steel back, heating the material produced in step, optionally: deforming the material produced in step.
A substrate having an authentication device printed thereon, the authentication device being formed of an image comprising: a plurality of magnetic pigment flakes surrounded by a transparent carrier printed on the substrate, characterized in that a portion of the plurality of magnetic pigment flakes are aligned in an arching pattern relative to a surface of the substrate, wherein the arching pattern includes magnetic pigment flakes parallel to the surface of the substrate in the center portion of the arching pattern, wherein, when viewed by an observer, an elongate region of the substrate where pigment flakes aligned in the arching pattern are tilted so that incident light reflects off faces of the magnetic pigment flakes to the observer appears lighter than other areas of the substrate that do not directly reflect light to the observer, and the elongate region forms a bright bar across the image appearing between a first contrasting field and a second contrasting field, wherein the bright bar appears to move relative to the first contrasting field and the second contrasting field from first to second positions and the sizes of the first and second contrasting fields change as the image is tilted with respect to the viewing angle in the presence of a fixed illumination source.
A clamping fixture comprising a chuck and for locking thereto a workpiece pallet, said chuck comprising first centering members in the form of centering spigots and said workpiece pallet is provided with a main body and secured thereto a centering disk into which second centering members in the form of centering openings are machined, and said centering spigots of said chuck mate in said centering openings of the workpiece pallet that the latter is alignable relative to the chuck in the X-direction and Y-direction and said chuck featuring at the side of the centering spigots a sealing member assembly, characterized in that disposed between the centering disk and the main body of the workpiece pallet is a sealing disk which overhangs the centering disk radially, said portion of the sealing disk overhanging the centering disk radial such that said portion sealingly comes into contact with a sealing member of the sealing member assembly when the workpiece pallet is securely clamped in place.
A method for producing a semiconductor device (100, 200), the method comprising: an aliphatic polycarbonate layer forming step of forming an aliphatic polycarbonate layer that covers a gate electrode layer disposed above a semiconductor layer with a gate insulator being interposed between the gate electrode layer and the semiconductor layer, and also covers the semiconductor layer, and has a dopant causing the semiconductor layer to become an n-type or p-type semiconductor layer; and a heating step of heating at a temperature causing introduction of the dopant into the semiconductor layer and decomposition of the aliphatic polycarbonate layer. an aliphatic polycarbonate layer forming step of forming an aliphatic polycarbonate layer that covers a gate electrode layer disposed above a semiconductor layer with a gate insulator being interposed between the gate electrode layer and the semiconductor layer, and also covers the semiconductor layer, and has a dopant causing the semiconductor layer to become an n-type or p-type semiconductor layer; and a heating step of heating at a temperature causing introduction of the dopant into the semiconductor layer and decomposition of the aliphatic polycarbonate layer.
A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame, a water-cooled power unit which is supported on the vehicle body frame, a radiator which cools the power unit, wherein the radiator comprises a side portion, and a radiator cover which is arranged on the side portion of the radiator, the radiator cover being provided with an opening portion at a position where the opening portion overlaps the radiator as viewed in a side view, wherein the radiator cover includes a front cover portion which extends in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body in front of and in the vicinity of the opening portion, and characterized in that the side portion protrudes more in the vehicle widthwise direction than the front cover portion, and the front cover portion and the side portion form a stepped portion (65, X) in the vehicle widthwise direction. a vehicle body frame, a water-cooled power unit which is supported on the vehicle body frame, a radiator which cools the power unit, wherein the radiator comprises a side portion, and a radiator cover which is arranged on the side portion of the radiator, the radiator cover being provided with an opening portion at a position where the opening portion overlaps the radiator as viewed in a side view, wherein the radiator cover includes a front cover portion which extends in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body in front of and in the vicinity of the opening portion, and characterized in that the side portion protrudes more in the vehicle widthwise direction than the front cover portion, and the front cover portion and the side portion form a stepped portion (65, X) in the vehicle widthwise direction.
A method in a container manager to manage access to resources within a virtualization platform with the use of application tokens, where an application token includes information identifying a primary application that can be used to manage access to the resources for the primary application, the method comprising: generating an application token for the primary application, where the primary application is executed in a first container; instantiating a second container and an application helper to be executed therein, the second container being separate from the first container, wherein the application helper is specific to the primary application such that a 1:1 relationship exists between the primary application and application helper; and providing the application token to the application helper, wherein the application helper manages API requests using the application token on behalf of the primary application. generating an application token for the primary application, where the primary application is executed in a first container; instantiating a second container and an application helper to be executed therein, the second container being separate from the first container, wherein the application helper is specific to the primary application such that a 1:1 relationship exists between the primary application and application helper; and providing the application token to the application helper, wherein the application helper manages API requests using the application token on behalf of the primary application.
A video descriptor generation device for generating a video descriptor for video retrieval, comprising: an each-picture feature extraction unit that extracts a feature from a video for each picture which is a frame or a field, and outputs an each-picture feature; an inter-picture feature difference calculation unit that calculates an inter-picture feature difference, which is a difference between features of pictures at different time points, from the each-picture features of the video as a difference feature, and calculates a difference feature information amount indicating an information amount required for describing the difference feature; an additional feature extraction unit that calculates a feature to be added as an additional feature from the video; and a feature combining unit that, if volume of the difference feature information amount is smaller than a certain criterion, generates a video descriptor including the additional feature and the difference feature, wherein the additional feature extraction unit is adapted to calculate the additional feature only when the volume of the difference feature information amount is smaller than the certain criterion. an each-picture feature extraction unit that extracts a feature from a video for each picture which is a frame or a field, and outputs an each-picture feature; an inter-picture feature difference calculation unit that calculates an inter-picture feature difference, which is a difference between features of pictures at different time points, from the each-picture features of the video as a difference feature, and calculates a difference feature information amount indicating an information amount required for describing the difference feature; an additional feature extraction unit that calculates a feature to be added as an additional feature from the video; and a feature combining unit that, if volume of the difference feature information amount is smaller than a certain criterion, generates a video descriptor including the additional feature and the difference feature, wherein the additional feature extraction unit is adapted to calculate the additional feature only when the volume of the difference feature information amount is smaller than the certain criterion.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: generating, by an apparatus, an aggregated media access control protocol data unit, A-MPDU, frame comprising two or more A-MPDU sub-frames (905j, 905k, 9051), wherein each A-MPDU sub-frame comprises a receiver address and further wherein the A-MPDU frame comprises at least one indication for one or more acknowledgement policies associated with the receiver address of each A-MPDU sub-frame, wherein generating the A-MPDU frame comprises generating a request for an acknowledgement of receipt in an end of frame field (812j, 812k, 8121) in at least one of the two or more A-MPDU sub-frames, wherein a value in the end of frame field (812j, 812k, 812l) determines a type of the request for an acknowledgement of receipt; and outputting the A-MPDU frame for transmission. generating, by an apparatus, an aggregated media access control protocol data unit, A-MPDU, frame comprising two or more A-MPDU sub-frames (905j, 905k, 9051), wherein each A-MPDU sub-frame comprises a receiver address and further wherein the A-MPDU frame comprises at least one indication for one or more acknowledgement policies associated with the receiver address of each A-MPDU sub-frame, wherein generating the A-MPDU frame comprises generating a request for an acknowledgement of receipt in an end of frame field (812j, 812k, 8121) in at least one of the two or more A-MPDU sub-frames, wherein a value in the end of frame field (812j, 812k, 812l) determines a type of the request for an acknowledgement of receipt; and outputting the A-MPDU frame for transmission.
An actuating apparatus comprising an actuating unit which can be moved via an actuator, the translational main movement thereof being superimposed by a pivoting movement, a translationally movable transmitter element having a magnetic field, the element being biased to bear against a first end of the actuating unit, and cooperating with a receiver element fixedly arranged in the housing, characterized in that the first end of the actuating unit has a circular arc-shaped contour whose circular arc central axis is a first pivot axis.