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A assay kit for concurrently detecting H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis and S. pneumoniae from a mucosal sample, the assay kit comprising: a lysis buffer to lyse cells within the sample and form a single sample solution, wherein the lysis buffer comprises between 0.01 % and 5% (w/w) of the anionic surfactant and between 0.1% and 15% (w/w) of the osmotic agent; a cartridge containing one or more solid phase substrates holding a first agent that that binds specifically to a first antigen specific to H. influenzae but not M. catarrhalis or S. pneumoniae, a second agent that binds specifically to a second antigen specific to M. catarrhalis but not H. influenzae or S. pneumoniae, and a third agent that binds specifically to a third antigen specific to S. pneumoniae but not M. catarrhalis or H. influenzae, wherein the first, second and third agents are bound to specific regions of the one or more solid phase substrates in the cartridge; one or more conjugation regions within the cartridge, the one or more conjugation regions in fluid communication with the one or more solid phase substrates and comprising a fourth agent that is labeled and that binds specifically to the first antigen, a fifth agent that is labeled and that binds specifically to the second antigen, and a sixth agent that is labeled and that bind specifically to the third antigen; one or more sample inlets on the cartridge in fluid communication with the one or more conjugation regions; and one or more windows through which the specific regions of the solid phase substrate to which the first, second and third agents are bound may be viewed. a lysis buffer to lyse cells within the sample and form a single sample solution, wherein the lysis buffer comprises between 0.01 % and 5% (w/w) of the anionic surfactant and between 0.1% and 15% (w/w) of the osmotic agent; a cartridge containing one or more solid phase substrates holding a first agent that that binds specifically to a first antigen specific to H. influenzae but not M. catarrhalis or S. pneumoniae, a second agent that binds specifically to a second antigen specific to M. catarrhalis but not H. influenzae or S. pneumoniae, and a third agent that binds specifically to a third antigen specific to S. pneumoniae but not M. catarrhalis or H. influenzae, wherein the first, second and third agents are bound to specific regions of the one or more solid phase substrates in the cartridge; one or more conjugation regions within the cartridge, the one or more conjugation regions in fluid communication with the one or more solid phase substrates and comprising a fourth agent that is labeled and that binds specifically to the first antigen, a fifth agent that is labeled and that binds specifically to the second antigen, and a sixth agent that is labeled and that bind specifically to the third antigen; one or more sample inlets on the cartridge in fluid communication with the one or more conjugation regions; and one or more windows through which the specific regions of the solid phase substrate to which the first, second and third agents are bound may be viewed.
An injector comprising: an injector housing; an intraocular lens disposed within said housing, said intraocular lens having first and second interconnected viewing elements (202,204); a lens carrier, said lens carrier being moveable relative to said injector housing along a continuously longitudinal path from a first position in which (a) said lens carrier engages said intraocular lens and (b) optical axes of said viewing elements (202,204) are substantially coincident, to a second position in which (a) one of said viewing elements is forward of the other and (b) said viewing elements (202,204) are at least partially compacted. an injector housing; an intraocular lens disposed within said housing, said intraocular lens having first and second interconnected viewing elements (202,204); a lens carrier, said lens carrier being moveable relative to said injector housing along a continuously longitudinal path from a first position in which (a) said lens carrier engages said intraocular lens and (b) optical axes of said viewing elements (202,204) are substantially coincident, to a second position in which (a) one of said viewing elements is forward of the other and (b) said viewing elements (202,204) are at least partially compacted.
An electronic control device, comprising: a connector case; connectors (2a, 2b) disposed opposing each other in an exterior of the connector case and each having a multiple of connector terminals (6a, 6b); control boards (5a, 5b) disposed opposing each other in an interior of the connector case; first extended terminals (6a1, 6b1) extended from the multiple of connector terminals (6a, 6b) of the opposing connectors (2a, 2b) respectively; and second extended terminals (8a, 8b) extended from the opposing control boards (5a, 5b) respectively, wherein a hole is formed between the opposing connectors (2a, 2b) in the connector case, each of the first extended terminals (6a1, 6b1) and each of the second extended terminals (8a, 8b) oppose and approach each other toward the hole, in addition to which the first extended terminals (6a1, 6b1) are formed heading toward the exterior of the connector case from the hole forming contact portions of the first extended terminals (6a2, 6b2) and the second extended terminals (8a, 8b) are formed heading toward the exterior of the connector case from the hole forming contact portions of the second extended terminals (8a1, 8b1), and the contact portions of the first extended terminals (6a2, 6b2) come into contact with the contact portions of the second extended terminals (8a1, 8b1) on differing side faces. a connector case; connectors (2a, 2b) disposed opposing each other in an exterior of the connector case and each having a multiple of connector terminals (6a, 6b); control boards (5a, 5b) disposed opposing each other in an interior of the connector case; first extended terminals (6a1, 6b1) extended from the multiple of connector terminals (6a, 6b) of the opposing connectors (2a, 2b) respectively; and second extended terminals (8a, 8b) extended from the opposing control boards (5a, 5b) respectively, wherein a hole is formed between the opposing connectors (2a, 2b) in the connector case, each of the first extended terminals (6a1, 6b1) and each of the second extended terminals (8a, 8b) oppose and approach each other toward the hole, in addition to which the first extended terminals (6a1, 6b1) are formed heading toward the exterior of the connector case from the hole forming contact portions of the first extended terminals (6a2, 6b2) and the second extended terminals (8a, 8b) are formed heading toward the exterior of the connector case from the hole forming contact portions of the second extended terminals (8a1, 8b1), and the contact portions of the first extended terminals (6a2, 6b2) come into contact with the contact portions of the second extended terminals (8a1, 8b1) on differing side faces.
A mechanism for cutting out screws one by one from a screw feeding machine, comprising a rotary disk which rotates horizontally and has recesses each for receiving a screw, said recesses being formed on an outer periphery of said rotary disk and opened toward a rotary shaft along a radial direction, said rotary disk being fitted in a circular cavity which is formed in an upper part of a frame, wherein said rotary shaft is secured to said rotary disk at the upper part of said frame, supported by a fixed bearing part arranged at an intermediate part of said frame and has an adjustable bearing unit arranged at a bottom part of said frame, a slit disk having slits corresponding to said recesses being positioned at a suitable positions of said rotary shaft between said circular rotary disk and said adjustable bearing unit, a driving wheel being positioned at a suitable position of said rotary shaft between said rotary disk and said adjustable bearing unit, a detection mechanism for detecting positions of said slits of said slit disk, and a stepping motor for driving and rotating said driving wheel to one direction each at a predetermined angle, said stepping motor being controlled by a detection signal of said detection mechanism.
A control device for controlling the rotational speed ( n VAD (t)) of a non-pulsatile ventricular assist device, VAD, by means of an event-based within-a-beat control strategy, wherein the control device is configured to alter the rotational speed ( n VAD (t)) of the VAD within the cardiac cycle of the assisted heart and to synchronize the alteration of the rotational speed ( n VAD (t)) with the heartbeat by at least one sequence of trigger signals (σ(t)) that is related to at least one predetermined characteristic event in the cardiac cycle, characterized in that the control device is configured to alter the rotational speed ( n VAD (t)) of the VAD to generate a predetermined desired minimum pulsatility Δ AoP ̃ h in an artery of interest within the cardiac cycle, and to synchronize the beginning and/or the end of the speed alteration by the at least one sequence of trigger signals (σ(t)).
A process for producing a low-Na 2 O alumina, comprising the steps of: calcining an alumina source material in the presence of a Na 2 O-removal agent, by which calcined alumina source material dust is produced, in a calciner; collecting the dust in a dust collector; sorting the dust by particle size; subjecting at least a portion of a smaller fraction of the sorted dust to a Na 2 O-removal process; and returning the thus Na 2 O-removal processed dust to the calciner. calcining an alumina source material in the presence of a Na 2 O-removal agent, by which calcined alumina source material dust is produced, in a calciner; collecting the dust in a dust collector; sorting the dust by particle size; subjecting at least a portion of a smaller fraction of the sorted dust to a Na 2 O-removal process; and returning the thus Na 2 O-removal processed dust to the calciner.
A method of operating an acoustic transducer (100, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1500, 1600), the method comprising: receiving an input audio signal (V i); generating a time-varying stationary coil signal (I s) in a stationary coil (118, 1018, 1018a-1018d, 1118a-1118d, 1218, 1218a-1218d), wherein the stationary coil signal (I s) corresponds to the input audio signal (V i) and the stationary coil signal (I s) energises the stationary coil (118, 1018, 1018a-1018d, 1118a-1118d, 1218, 1218a-1218d) wherein the stationary coil (118, 1018, 1018a-1018d, 1118a-1118d, 1218, 1218a-1218d) induces magnetic flux in a magnetic flux path; generating a time-varying moving coil signal (I m) in a moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320), wherein: the moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320) is disposed within the magnetic flux path; the moving coil signal (I m) corresponds to both the stationary coil signal (I s) and the input audio signal (V i); and the moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320) is coupled to a moving diaphragm (114, 914, 1014) which moves in response to the moving coil signal (I m) and the stationary coil signal (I s). receiving an input audio signal (V i); generating a time-varying stationary coil signal (I s) in a stationary coil (118, 1018, 1018a-1018d, 1118a-1118d, 1218, 1218a-1218d), wherein the stationary coil signal (I s) corresponds to the input audio signal (V i) and the stationary coil signal (I s) energises the stationary coil (118, 1018, 1018a-1018d, 1118a-1118d, 1218, 1218a-1218d) wherein the stationary coil (118, 1018, 1018a-1018d, 1118a-1118d, 1218, 1218a-1218d) induces magnetic flux in a magnetic flux path; generating a time-varying moving coil signal (I m) in a moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320), wherein: the moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320) is disposed within the magnetic flux path; the moving coil signal (I m) corresponds to both the stationary coil signal (I s) and the input audio signal (V i); and the moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320) is coupled to a moving diaphragm (114, 914, 1014) which moves in response to the moving coil signal (I m) and the stationary coil signal (I s). the moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320) is disposed within the magnetic flux path; the moving coil signal (I m) corresponds to both the stationary coil signal (I s) and the input audio signal (V i); and the moving coil (120, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1220m, 1320) is coupled to a moving diaphragm (114, 914, 1014) which moves in response to the moving coil signal (I m) and the stationary coil signal (I s).
Balloon catheter comprising a catheter line, an expandable balloon which is attached thereto and borders a balloon interior, and a connection device connected to the catheter line, which connection device has at least one first connector for supplying fluid, in particular air, for filling the balloon, at least one first channel extending in the catheter line, which channel is fluidically connected at the proximal longitudinal end thereof to the first connector, and is fluidically connected at the distal longitudinal end thereof to the balloon interior, the first channel having a first channel length portion and a second channel length portion connected to the first channel length portion in the distal direction by means of a transition, the catheter line being made of elastic material, at least along these channel length portions (27, 29) and along the transition, the balloon catheter having at least one first valve element which is in particular designed as a sphere and is inserted into the first channel, the area of the hollow cross section of the first channel in the second channel length portion, in particular when the relevant wall of the catheter line is relaxed, being smaller than the area of the hollow cross section of the first channel in the first channel length portion and smaller than the area of the cross section of the first valve element that is oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the catheter line, and the balloon catheter having a force transmission device, characterised in that, the force transmission device is fastened to the first valve element and extends from the first valve element in the proximal direction through the first channel and further through the connection device to a handle piece, the first valve element being moveable from the first channel length portion into the second channel length portion by means of a movement of the handle piece towards the connection device, with elastic expansion of the wall of the catheter line in said second channel length portion.
A method for reserving channel access time slots in a wireless network employing a flexible medium access control, MAC, protocol, comprising: determining at least a reservation type and a reservation mode of the channel reservation, wherein the reservation type is one selected from a peer-to-peer negotiation, a slave-initiated negotiation, and a master-initiated negotiation and the determination of the reservation type is based on an operation mode of the flexible MAC protocol, the operation mode is any one of a distributed mode and a centralized mode; generating a reservation request frame based on the determined reservation type and reservation mode of the channel reservation, the reservation request frame including the reservation type; sending the reservation request frame to a reservation proxy device; in response to the reservation request frame, receiving a reservation response frame from the reservation proxy device (220-RP); and announcing usage of an allocated time slot if a channel reservation request is confirmed in the reservation response frame. determining at least a reservation type and a reservation mode of the channel reservation, wherein the reservation type is one selected from a peer-to-peer negotiation, a slave-initiated negotiation, and a master-initiated negotiation and the determination of the reservation type is based on an operation mode of the flexible MAC protocol, the operation mode is any one of a distributed mode and a centralized mode; generating a reservation request frame based on the determined reservation type and reservation mode of the channel reservation, the reservation request frame including the reservation type; sending the reservation request frame to a reservation proxy device; in response to the reservation request frame, receiving a reservation response frame from the reservation proxy device (220-RP); and announcing usage of an allocated time slot if a channel reservation request is confirmed in the reservation response frame.
Connection fitting for releasably attaching a first planar furniture part to a second planar furniture part, the connection fitting at least comprising: - a mounting base portion for attaching the connection fitting to one of the two furniture parts (T1; T2), - a locking arm having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and - a locking means which has a locking pin, - the locking arm at the first end portion being arranged on the mounting base portion so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis, and - the locking means being arranged on the second end portion of the locking arm such that it can be moved in the radial direction relative to the locking arm, and - the second end portion of the locking arm having a through-hole, extending in parallel with the rotational axis, through which hole the locking pin of the locking means passes, characterized in that the locking arm can be pivoted through 180° about the rotational axis, an opening being provided on the top of the mounting base portion, into which opening the locking pin of the locking means can be at least partly brought into engagement. - a mounting base portion for attaching the connection fitting to one of the two furniture parts (T1; T2), - a locking arm having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and - a locking means which has a locking pin, - the locking arm at the first end portion being arranged on the mounting base portion so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis, and - the locking means being arranged on the second end portion of the locking arm such that it can be moved in the radial direction relative to the locking arm, and - the second end portion of the locking arm having a through-hole, extending in parallel with the rotational axis, through which hole the locking pin of the locking means passes,
A compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is -O-; R 2 is C 2 -C 4 haloalkyl, wherein R 2 is substituted with at least four fluorines; R 3 is hydrogen; R 4 is -CH 3 or -CH 2 CH 3; and R 1, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 and R 9 are hydrogen. X is -O-; R 2 is C 2 -C 4 haloalkyl, wherein R 2 is substituted with at least four fluorines; R 3 is hydrogen; R 4 is -CH 3 or -CH 2 CH 3; and R 1, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 and R 9 are hydrogen.
A synchronised logic circuit comprising: an input module; an output module; a decision logic module connected between the input and output modules and configured to provide a next output state to the output module dependent on a current input state provided from the input and output modules; a clock module connected to the input and output modules and configured to provide a clock signal for synchronising operation of the input and output modules; an input detection module connected to the input module and configured to provide an enable signal to the clock module on detection of a change in an input provided to the input module; and an output detection module connected to the output module and configured to provide an enable signal to the clock module on detection of a change in an output provided by the output module, wherein the clock module is configured to provide a clock signal to the input and output modules on receiving the enable signal from the input detection circuit, and wherein the clock module is configured to provide a clock signal to the input and output modules on receiving the enable signal from the output detection circuit. an input module; an output module; a decision logic module connected between the input and output modules and configured to provide a next output state to the output module dependent on a current input state provided from the input and output modules; a clock module connected to the input and output modules and configured to provide a clock signal for synchronising operation of the input and output modules; an input detection module connected to the input module and configured to provide an enable signal to the clock module on detection of a change in an input provided to the input module; and an output detection module connected to the output module and configured to provide an enable signal to the clock module on detection of a change in an output provided by the output module, wherein the clock module is configured to provide a clock signal to the input and output modules on receiving the enable signal from the input detection circuit, and wherein the clock module is configured to provide a clock signal to the input and output modules on receiving the enable signal from the output detection circuit.
A system for monitoring fetal health data and/or mother health data, comprising: a belly-covering garment, wherein the belly-covering garment is configured to at least partially cover a belly and to hold one or more sensor modules (120a-d;410a-h) directly adjacent to the belly; and the one or more sensor modules (120a-d;410a-h) disposed at particular locations within the belly-covering garment, wherein the one or more sensor modules (120a-d;410a-h) comprise: a pulse-oximeter sensor, wherein the pulse-oximeter sensor is configured to gather pulse oximetry data from a mother through contact with the belly; an accelerometer sensor, wherein the accelerometer sensor is configured to gather movement data from the mother; and a fetal sensor, wherein the fetal sensor is configured to gather fetal health data from a fetus within the belly, the fetal sensor comprising multiple individual sensor units that are each configured to gather a heart rate from the fetus, characterized in that the fetal sensor is configured to identify a particular individual sensor unit from the multiple individual sensor units that is receiving the strongest heart rate signal, and in that the fetal sensor is configured to decrease a sampling rate of the multiple individual sensor units except the particular individual sensor unit. a belly-covering garment, wherein the belly-covering garment is configured to at least partially cover a belly and to hold one or more sensor modules (120a-d;410a-h) directly adjacent to the belly; and the one or more sensor modules (120a-d;410a-h) disposed at particular locations within the belly-covering garment, wherein the one or more sensor modules (120a-d;410a-h) comprise: a pulse-oximeter sensor, wherein the pulse-oximeter sensor is configured to gather pulse oximetry data from a mother through contact with the belly; an accelerometer sensor, wherein the accelerometer sensor is configured to gather movement data from the mother; and a fetal sensor, wherein the fetal sensor is configured to gather fetal health data from a fetus within the belly, a pulse-oximeter sensor, wherein the pulse-oximeter sensor is configured to gather pulse oximetry data from a mother through contact with the belly; an accelerometer sensor, wherein the accelerometer sensor is configured to gather movement data from the mother; and a fetal sensor, wherein the fetal sensor is configured to gather fetal health data from a fetus within the belly, the fetal sensor comprising multiple individual sensor units that are each configured to gather a heart rate from the fetus, characterized in that the fetal sensor is configured to identify a particular individual sensor unit from the multiple individual sensor units that is receiving the strongest heart rate signal, and in that the fetal sensor is configured to decrease a sampling rate of the multiple individual sensor units except the particular individual sensor unit.