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A labeling machine suitable for marking containers of biological products, particularly test tubes, comprising: - a positioning and recognition device configured for comparing expected and detected test tubes, - a barcode printer on labels adapted to receive printing commands after comparison between expected and detected test tubes accommodated in said positioning and recognition device of said labeling machine and to apply said labels onto said test tubes, - synchronization means (6, 32a, 32b, 33) between the printing operation of said label and the operation of rotation of said test tube for applying said label, - characterized in that said positioning and recognition device comprises a first presence sensor of said test tube, a color sensor of a cap of said test tube, a second presence sensor of said test tube, a presence sensor of a pre-existing label and a length sensor of said test tube. - a positioning and recognition device configured for comparing expected and detected test tubes, - a barcode printer on labels adapted to receive printing commands after comparison between expected and detected test tubes accommodated in said positioning and recognition device of said labeling machine and to apply said labels onto said test tubes, - synchronization means (6, 32a, 32b, 33) between the printing operation of said label and the operation of rotation of said test tube for applying said label, - characterized in that said positioning and recognition device comprises a first presence sensor of said test tube, a color sensor of a cap of said test tube, a second presence sensor of said test tube, a presence sensor of a pre-existing label and a length sensor of said test tube.
A wearable device for non-invasively stimulating a subject's inflammatory reflex, the device comprising: an actuator configured to mechanically stimulate a subject's cymba conchae; and an ear attachment region configured to secure to at least a portion of a subject's ear, characterized in that the device further comprises: a driver configured to move the distal tip region between about 50 and 500 Hz; and an alert configured to indicate that the device should be worn. an actuator configured to mechanically stimulate a subject's cymba conchae; and an ear attachment region configured to secure to at least a portion of a subject's ear, characterized in that the device further comprises: a driver configured to move the distal tip region between about 50 and 500 Hz; and an alert configured to indicate that the device should be worn. a driver configured to move the distal tip region between about 50 and 500 Hz; and an alert configured to indicate that the device should be worn.
An optical device, comprising: a display source; a first light-transmitting substrate having a refractive index, at least two major surfaces (26, 28) and edges; a collimating lens for collimating light waves emanating from the display source; an optical element (16, 39, 33, 146) for coupling the collimated light waves into the substrate for effecting total internal reflection; at least one element carried by the light-transmitting substrate for coupling light waves out of the light-transmitting substrate; a first transparent plate, having at least two major surfaces, one of the major surfaces of the first transparent plate being optically cemented, with a first optical adhesive having a refractive index, to one of the major surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate, defining a first interface plane, light waves coupled inside the first light-transmitting substrate are partially reflected from the first interface plane and partially pass through it, wherein the refractive index of the optical adhesive is substantially different than the refractive index of the first light-transmitting substrate. a display source; a first light-transmitting substrate having a refractive index, at least two major surfaces (26, 28) and edges; a collimating lens for collimating light waves emanating from the display source; an optical element (16, 39, 33, 146) for coupling the collimated light waves into the substrate for effecting total internal reflection; at least one element carried by the light-transmitting substrate for coupling light waves out of the light-transmitting substrate; a first transparent plate, having at least two major surfaces, one of the major surfaces of the first transparent plate being optically cemented, with a first optical adhesive having a refractive index, to one of the major surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate, defining a first interface plane, light waves coupled inside the first light-transmitting substrate are partially reflected from the first interface plane and partially pass through it, wherein the refractive index of the optical adhesive is substantially different than the refractive index of the first light-transmitting substrate.
A boron-containing compound comprising two or more boron atoms and at least one fluorine atom, wherein the compound contains a boron isotope in a concentration or ratio greater than a natural abundance concentration or ratio thereof.
Method for determining setting parameters (18a, 18b) for an agricultural spreader, comprising the steps of: - determining properties of a spreadable material type by means of one or more mobile methods; - providing the determined properties of the spreadable material type and an indication of an intended working width in a planned spreading process for an evaluation means; - determining setting parameters (18a, 18b) for an agricultural spreader for the planned spreading process by the evaluation means on the basis of the determined properties of the spreadable material type and the indication of the intended working width in the planned spreading process characterized in that setting parameters (18a, 18b) for the agricultural spreader for the planned spreading process are also determined on the basis of properties of the spreadable material type previously provided by other users and stored on a database or a server. - determining properties of a spreadable material type by means of one or more mobile methods; - providing the determined properties of the spreadable material type and an indication of an intended working width in a planned spreading process for an evaluation means; - determining setting parameters (18a, 18b) for an agricultural spreader for the planned spreading process by the evaluation means on the basis of the determined properties of the spreadable material type and the indication of the intended working width in the planned spreading process
A band clamp implant assembly comprising: a band clamp including a main body, a threaded locking member, a band slot, and an anchor slot, wherein the main body includes a mating recess; and a flexible band having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion therebetween, a leader attached to the first end of the flexible band, an anchor attached to the second end of the flexible band, and wherein the middle portion is configured to contact a bone, wherein the anchor is configured to engage the mating recess, wherein the leader is configured to loop around patient anatomy and pass through the band slot, and wherein the threaded locking member is configured to lock the flexible band in the main body of the band clamp; characterized in that the anchor has a cut to allow the anchor to contract to enter the anchor slot and then expand to be received into the mating recess in anchor slot, wherein the anchor is configured to spring back open to prevent disassembly once fully positioned within the mating recess. a band clamp including a main body, a threaded locking member, a band slot, and an anchor slot, wherein the main body includes a mating recess; and a flexible band having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion therebetween, a leader attached to the first end of the flexible band, an anchor attached to the second end of the flexible band, and wherein the middle portion is configured to contact a bone, wherein the anchor is configured to engage the mating recess, wherein the leader is configured to loop around patient anatomy and pass through the band slot, and wherein the threaded locking member is configured to lock the flexible band in the main body of the band clamp; characterized in that
An exercise device configured for use by a user, the exercise device comprising: a supporting frame; a pedal mounting assembly attached to the supporting frame at a tilt angle to a vertical plane, the tilt angle having a value greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°; two pedal supports, each pedal support affixed at an attachment angle to the pedal mounting assembly via a pedal crank assembly (56, 58), the attachment angle having a value greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°; and two pedals, one pedal attached to and supported by each pedal support, the pedals providing for counter-rotating circular motion in a plane rotated at the attachment angle to the vertical plane, characterized in that the value of the attachment angle is adjustable, and/or, the value of the tilt angle is adjustable. a supporting frame; a pedal mounting assembly attached to the supporting frame at a tilt angle to a vertical plane, the tilt angle having a value greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°; two pedal supports, each pedal support affixed at an attachment angle to the pedal mounting assembly via a pedal crank assembly (56, 58), the attachment angle having a value greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°; and two pedals, one pedal attached to and supported by each pedal support, the pedals providing for counter-rotating circular motion in a plane rotated at the attachment angle to the vertical plane,
A method for robust header compression feedback and in-band signaling for packet data convergence protocol, comprising: passing un-numbered packet data convergence protocol control packet data units to and/or from a lower layer radio link control, wherein the control packet data units define in-band signaling messages for a radio bearer; and sending the control packet data units in radio link control packet data unit format. passing un-numbered packet data convergence protocol control packet data units to and/or from a lower layer radio link control, wherein the control packet data units define in-band signaling messages for a radio bearer; and sending the control packet data units in radio link control packet data unit format.
A machine for preparing and dispensing espresso coffee or the like, comprising: a first device (40, 20) for measuring a mass of an amount of ground coffee to be used for preparing an espresso coffee, a second device for measuring a mass of the brewed espresso coffee, a processing device for calculating in real time during dispensing of the espresso coffee a brew ratio corresponding to a ratio between said mass of the amount of ground coffee and said mass of the brewed espresso coffee.
Method for focusing a beam of a high energy radiation source, particularly a laser beam, on a reference point on the surface of a flying object in flight, including the following steps: a) Recording a number of consecutive two-dimensional images of the flying object in flight with an imaging method using an image acquisition device; b) Determining the trajectory of the flight path of the flying object as a sequence of three-dimensional waypoints; c) Simultaneously determining the line of sight angle between the image acquisition device and the position of the flying object in synchronisation with the image; d) Calculating a three-dimensional model of the flying object from the two-dimensional images recorded in step a) on the basis of the relative geometry to be calculated from the line of sight angles calculated in step c) and the trajectory obtained in step b), and on the basis of predefined model assumptions about the flying object; e) Displaying the currently acquired two-dimensional image of the flying object in flight via an image reproduction device; f) Marking the reference point (HP') on the displayed two-dimensional image of the flying object; g) Calculating the three-dimensional reference point on the surface of the flying object starting from the two-dimensional reference point (HP') marked in step f) using the three-dimensional model of the flying object calculated in step d), and h) Focusing the beam of the high energy radiation source on the three-dimensional reference point and causing the focus point of the beam directed at the reference point to track said reference point. a) Recording a number of consecutive two-dimensional images of the flying object in flight with an imaging method using an image acquisition device; b) Determining the trajectory of the flight path of the flying object as a sequence of three-dimensional waypoints; c) Simultaneously determining the line of sight angle between the image acquisition device and the position of the flying object in synchronisation with the image; d) Calculating a three-dimensional model of the flying object from the two-dimensional images recorded in step a) on the basis of the relative geometry to be calculated from the line of sight angles calculated in step c) and the trajectory obtained in step b), and on the basis of predefined model assumptions about the flying object; e) Displaying the currently acquired two-dimensional image of the flying object in flight via an image reproduction device; f) Marking the reference point (HP') on the displayed two-dimensional image of the flying object; g) Calculating the three-dimensional reference point on the surface of the flying object starting from the two-dimensional reference point (HP') marked in step f) using the three-dimensional model of the flying object calculated in step d), and h) Focusing the beam of the high energy radiation source on the three-dimensional reference point and causing the focus point of the beam directed at the reference point to track said reference point.
A piston (1, 50, 51) for a cartridge for storing a filler material in a storage chamber of the cartridge, comprising a piston body (2, 52) which has a conveying side (3, 53) as well as a drive side (4, 54) disposed opposite the conveying side (3, 53) and comprising a piston jacket (5, 55), wherein the piston jacket (5, 55) is arranged around a piston axis and the piston body (2, 52) is surrounded by the piston jacket (5, 55) at the peripheral side, wherein the piston jacket has a sealing element for forming a fluid-tight connection between the sealing element of the piston jacket (5, 55) and an inner wall of the storage chamber of the cartridge so that the sealing element forms a fluid-tight connection between the conveying side (3, 53) and the drive side (4, 54) in the installed state and the piston body (2, 52) contains a first and a second venting element (60, 61) by which the conveying side (3, 53) and the drive side (4, 54) can be connected to one another by a respective bore, characterized in that the piston body (2, 52) has a venting slit (71, 73) which is configured and arranged on the conveying side (3, 53) such that gas can be conducted via the venting slit (71, 73) to an inlet opening (62, 63) which opens into the bore on an insertion of the piston (1, 50, 51) into the cartridge containing the filler material.
Bragg-grating erosion sensor (100, 200, 300, 400) comprising: - one or more optical fibres (110, 210, 310, 401, 402), each optical fibre comprising one or more cores (111, 211, 311, 312, 411, 412) and an optical sheath (112, 212, 313, 413, 414) surrounding the core(s), - a variable-pitch measurement Bragg grating (120, 220, 320, 420) inscribed in one of the cores (111, 211, 311, 411) of one of the optical fibres in a measurement section intended to undergo an erosion, and - one or more reference Bragg gratings (130, 230, 241, 242, 243, 244, 330, 341, 342, 343, 344, 430, 441, 442, 443, 444), each reference Bragg grating being inscribed in one of the cores (111, 211, 312, 412) of one of the optical fibres, characterised in that at least one of the one or more reference Bragg gratings (130, 230, 241, 242, 243, 244, 330, 341, 342, 343, 344, 430, 441, 442, 443, 444) is a constant-pitch Bragg grating. - one or more optical fibres (110, 210, 310, 401, 402), each optical fibre comprising one or more cores (111, 211, 311, 312, 411, 412) and an optical sheath (112, 212, 313, 413, 414) surrounding the core(s), - a variable-pitch measurement Bragg grating (120, 220, 320, 420) inscribed in one of the cores (111, 211, 311, 411) of one of the optical fibres in a measurement section intended to undergo an erosion, and - one or more reference Bragg gratings (130, 230, 241, 242, 243, 244, 330, 341, 342, 343, 344, 430, 441, 442, 443, 444), each reference Bragg grating being inscribed in one of the cores (111, 211, 312, 412) of one of the optical fibres,
Motor vehicle comprising a control device which is designed to control an at least partially automated longitudinal and/or transverse assistance of the motor vehicle in the context of a specific driving manoeuvre, and at least one operational element which is designed to communicate with the control device and to give control information concerning the at least partially automated longitudinal and/or transverse assistance to the control device, wherein the control device is configured such that an activation or a deactivation of the longitudinal and/or transverse assistance is controllable by means of a first operational step carried out by the operator at the operational element, and that at least one driving parameter is modifiable, which influences the longitudinal and/or transverse assistance of the motor vehicle controlled by the control device, by means of an additional, in particular different from the first operational step, second operational step carried out by the operator at the operational element. characterised in that the operational element comprises a return means forming a return force against the second operational step, wherein the return force is variable depending on a vehicle environment information detected by a vehicle environment sensor system which is in communication with the control device, in particular during the driving manoeuvre, and/or that the operational element comprises an output means for outputting acoustic and/or haptic and/or optical signals, or the operational element is designed to control at least one output means on the motor vehicle side for outputting acoustic and/or haptic and/or optical signals, wherein the signals are to be outputted depending on a vehicle environment information detected by a vehicle environment sensor system or by the vehicle environment sensor system which is in communication with the control device, wherein the intensity of the signals is variable depending on the vehicle environment information.
A closure for a drive rod fitting of a casement of a window, a window door or the like pivotable against a frame having a locking element and having a coupling element for connecting a locking pin of the drive rod fitting with the locking element, characterized in that the locking element is guided in a housing longitudinally displaceably and that the housing has dimensions, with which in the mounted state it overlaps the locking pin of the drive rod fitting and has a flange for connecting with the component of the casement or of the frame having the drive rod and that in the mounted state a striking plate arranged on the opposite component of the frame or of the casement and designed for receiving the locking element in the closed position is opposite the housing.
Method for identifying laundry tangles in a tumble dryer appliance with a laundry drum that can rotate horizontally, in which - a temporal course of an electrical resistance of laundry located in the laundry drum is recorded while the laundry drum is rotating, - the temporal course is transformed into a frequency pattern (P1-P4), - a temporal sequence of a frequency position of at least one frequency peak of the frequency pattern (P1-P4) is monitored and - when a change in frequency (Δf) of the at least one monitored frequency position reaches at least one predefined variable, a laundry tangle consisting of laundry located in the laundry drum is inferred, wherein - the change in frequency (Δf) is a frequency shift, the at least one predefined variable is at least one predefined first threshold value and a laundry tangle is inferred when the frequency shift (Δf) reaches or exceeds the predefined first threshold value, and/or wherein - the change in frequency is a change in frequency over time, the at least one predefined variable is at least one predefined second threshold value and a laundry tangle is inferred when the change in frequency over time reaches or exceeds the predefined second threshold value. - a temporal course of an electrical resistance of laundry located in the laundry drum is recorded while the laundry drum is rotating, - the temporal course is transformed into a frequency pattern (P1-P4), - a temporal sequence of a frequency position of at least one frequency peak of the frequency pattern (P1-P4) is monitored and - when a change in frequency (Δf) of the at least one monitored frequency position reaches at least one predefined variable, a laundry tangle consisting of laundry located in the laundry drum is inferred, wherein - the change in frequency (Δf) is a frequency shift, the at least one predefined variable is at least one predefined first threshold value and a laundry tangle is inferred when the frequency shift (Δf) reaches or exceeds the predefined first threshold value, and/or wherein - the change in frequency is a change in frequency over time, the at least one predefined variable is at least one predefined second threshold value and a laundry tangle is inferred when the change in frequency over time reaches or exceeds the predefined second threshold value.
An instrument rotation mechanism for a surgical scoping device, the instrument rotation mechanism comprising: a housing mountable at a proximal end of an instrument channel of a surgical scoping device; a proximal actuator mounted to rotate relative to the housing; an elongate force transfer element configured to be slidably mounted within and to extend along the instrument channel of a surgical scoping device; a proximal coupler operably engaged with the proximal actuator and elongate force transfer element to transform rotational movement of the proximal actuator relative to the housing into linear movement of the elongate force transfer element relative to the instrument channel; a distal end effector that is securable to a distal portion of a surgical instrument mounted in the instrument channel; and a distal coupler operably engaged with the distal end effector and elongate force transfer element to transform linear movement of the elongate force transfer element relative to the instrument channel into rotational movement of the distal end effector relative to the instrument channel. a housing mountable at a proximal end of an instrument channel of a surgical scoping device; a proximal actuator mounted to rotate relative to the housing; an elongate force transfer element configured to be slidably mounted within and to extend along the instrument channel of a surgical scoping device; a proximal coupler operably engaged with the proximal actuator and elongate force transfer element to transform rotational movement of the proximal actuator relative to the housing into linear movement of the elongate force transfer element relative to the instrument channel; a distal end effector that is securable to a distal portion of a surgical instrument mounted in the instrument channel; and a distal coupler operably engaged with the distal end effector and elongate force transfer element to transform linear movement of the elongate force transfer element relative to the instrument channel into rotational movement of the distal end effector relative to the instrument channel.