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A cranked rod pumping apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400), for imparting reciprocating substantially vertical motion to a rod (52, 204) of a sucker-rod pump having a pump stroke (206, 306, 406), the CRP apparatus comprising: a cranked mechanical actuator arrangement (102, 208), having a substantially vertically movable member attached to the rod of the sucker-rod pump for imparting and controlling vertical motion of the rod of the sucker-rod pump; a motor (104, 216) having a rotatable element thereof operatively connected to the substantially vertically movable member of the cranked mechanical actuator arrangement in a manner establishing a fixed relationship between the rotational position of the rotatable element of the motor and the vertical movement of the vertically movable member, and a motor drive and controller for operating the motor in a substantially constant input power operational mode. a cranked mechanical actuator arrangement (102, 208), having a substantially vertically movable member attached to the rod of the sucker-rod pump for imparting and controlling vertical motion of the rod of the sucker-rod pump; a motor (104, 216) having a rotatable element thereof operatively connected to the substantially vertically movable member of the cranked mechanical actuator arrangement in a manner establishing a fixed relationship between the rotational position of the rotatable element of the motor and the vertical movement of the vertically movable member, and a motor drive and controller for operating the motor in a substantially constant input power operational mode.
A method of manufacturing a catheter for assisting recovery from dysphagia, the method comprising the steps of: providing a pre-formed container for packaging and storing the catheter, the container having one or more formations for receiving at least part of a catheter; providing a catheter comprising a feeding tube, a sleeve for receiving the feeding tube and being movable longitudinally relative to the feeding tube and a retaining formation having a first part and a second part connected by a living hinge, attached to the sleeve for fixing the position of the sleeve relative to the feeding tube, the second part being movable relative to the first part between an open position whereby the sleeve can be moved longitudinally relative to the feeding tube and a closed position, whereby the feeding tube is clamped between the first part and the second part to positionally fix the sleeve relative to the feeding tube; inserting the catheter into the pre-formed container for packaging and storing the catheter such that at least part of the catheter is received and deformed by the one or more formations of the pre-formed container; and afterwards, during a terminal sterilisation step, exposing said pre-formed container to pre-determined conditions of one or more of temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum, gas or radiation for a pre-determined time, whereby upon completion of the application of those conditions, at least part of the catheter maintains its deformed shape when removed from said container. providing a pre-formed container for packaging and storing the catheter, the container having one or more formations for receiving at least part of a catheter; providing a catheter comprising a feeding tube, a sleeve for receiving the feeding tube and being movable longitudinally relative to the feeding tube and a retaining formation having a first part and a second part connected by a living hinge, attached to the sleeve for fixing the position of the sleeve relative to the feeding tube, the second part being movable relative to the first part between an open position whereby the sleeve can be moved longitudinally relative to the feeding tube and a closed position, whereby the feeding tube is clamped between the first part and the second part to positionally fix the sleeve relative to the feeding tube; inserting the catheter into the pre-formed container for packaging and storing the catheter such that at least part of the catheter is received and deformed by the one or more formations of the pre-formed container; and afterwards, during a terminal sterilisation step, exposing said pre-formed container to pre-determined conditions of one or more of temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum, gas or radiation for a pre-determined time, whereby upon completion of the application of those conditions, at least part of the catheter maintains its deformed shape when removed from said container.
A self-balancing powered unicycle device comprising: a single wheel; a drive arrangement (135, 1200) adapted to drive the wheel; a balance control system adapted to maintain fore-aft balance of the unicycle device; at least one foot platform for supporting a user of the unicycle device; a usage detection system (200, 210) adapted to detect an indication of intended usage from a user and to provide an indication of intended usage; and a control system adapted to control operation of the unicycle based on the indication of intended usage from the usage detection system wherein the indication of intended usage comprises manipulation of the overall unicycle device resulting from preparatory action taken by the user prior to the onset of the intended usage; the powered unicycle device comprises a handle for lifting the unicycle; characterised in that the usage detection system comprises one or more proximity sensors adapted to detect the existence of an entity in close proximity with the proximity sensor, wherein the handle comprises at least one of the proximity sensors. a single wheel; a drive arrangement (135, 1200) adapted to drive the wheel; a balance control system adapted to maintain fore-aft balance of the unicycle device; at least one foot platform for supporting a user of the unicycle device; a usage detection system (200, 210) adapted to detect an indication of intended usage from a user and to provide an indication of intended usage; and a control system adapted to control operation of the unicycle based on the indication of intended usage from the usage detection system wherein the indication of intended usage comprises manipulation of the overall unicycle device resulting from preparatory action taken by the user prior to the onset of the intended usage; the powered unicycle device comprises a handle for lifting the unicycle; characterised in that the usage detection system comprises one or more proximity sensors adapted to detect the existence of an entity in close proximity with the proximity sensor, wherein the handle comprises at least one of the proximity sensors.
A cell culture comprising a medium comprising human pluripotent stem cells and definitive endoderm cells, a TGFβ superfamily growth factor and wherein less than about 5% (v/v) of the medium is serum, wherein said TGFβ superfamily growth factor is selected from the group consisting of Activin A and Activin B, and combinations of any of these growth factors.
A method of measuring high-molecular-weight adiponectin in a sample, wherein adiponectin multimers are separated by use of a protease and measured immunologically, the method comprising reacting a sample containing adiponectin multimers with chymotrypsin.
A method performed by a mobile terminal for processing streaming media data, comprising: determining (S101, S201, S301) whether streaming media data to be downloaded satisfies a pre-download condition, upon detecting existence of the streaming media data to be downloaded; and downloading (S102, S202) the streaming media data to be downloaded, based on a determination that the streaming media data to be downloaded satisfies the pre-download condition; characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting, within a preset time period, whether a playing environment of the streaming media data downloaded exists after the streaming media data to be downloaded has been downloaded, wherein the playing environment at least comprises a scenario in which a playing window of the streaming media data downloaded is displayed on a currently displayed page; playing (S103, S203) the streaming media data downloaded in the playing environment of the streaming media data; and in response to determining that no playing environment is detected, cleaning up the streaming media data downloaded and adjusting the pre-download condition for pre-downloading another streaming media data to be downloaded. determining (S101, S201, S301) whether streaming media data to be downloaded satisfies a pre-download condition, upon detecting existence of the streaming media data to be downloaded; and downloading (S102, S202) the streaming media data to be downloaded, based on a determination that the streaming media data to be downloaded satisfies the pre-download condition; characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting, within a preset time period, whether a playing environment of the streaming media data downloaded exists after the streaming media data to be downloaded has been downloaded, wherein the playing environment at least comprises a scenario in which a playing window of the streaming media data downloaded is displayed on a currently displayed page; playing (S103, S203) the streaming media data downloaded in the playing environment of the streaming media data; and in response to determining that no playing environment is detected, cleaning up the streaming media data downloaded and adjusting the pre-download condition for pre-downloading another streaming media data to be downloaded. detecting, within a preset time period, whether a playing environment of the streaming media data downloaded exists after the streaming media data to be downloaded has been downloaded, wherein the playing environment at least comprises a scenario in which a playing window of the streaming media data downloaded is displayed on a currently displayed page; playing (S103, S203) the streaming media data downloaded in the playing environment of the streaming media data; and in response to determining that no playing environment is detected, cleaning up the streaming media data downloaded and adjusting the pre-download condition for pre-downloading another streaming media data to be downloaded.
A method for the automated imaging and evaluation of human embryos, oocytes, or pluripotent cells, comprising: placing at least one human embryo or pluripotent cell in a multi-well culture dish; loading the multi-well culture dish in a loading platform of an imaging system having at least one time-lapse microscope inside a housing; adjusting the loading of the multi-well culture dish into the loading platform to verify a position and orientation of the multi-well culture dish with a template that is incrementally rotated and matched against an original image of the multi-well culture dish; acquiring time-lapse images of the multi-well culture dish; displaying the images captured by the at least one time-lapse microscope in a graphical user interface accessible by a touch-screen panel; and analyzing the time-lapse images of the multi-well culture dish to determine one or more parameters related to a development potential of the at least one human embryo or pluripotent cell, wherein said one or more parameters comprises a duration of first cytokinesis. placing at least one human embryo or pluripotent cell in a multi-well culture dish; loading the multi-well culture dish in a loading platform of an imaging system having at least one time-lapse microscope inside a housing; adjusting the loading of the multi-well culture dish into the loading platform to verify a position and orientation of the multi-well culture dish with a template that is incrementally rotated and matched against an original image of the multi-well culture dish; acquiring time-lapse images of the multi-well culture dish; displaying the images captured by the at least one time-lapse microscope in a graphical user interface accessible by a touch-screen panel; and analyzing the time-lapse images of the multi-well culture dish to determine one or more parameters related to a development potential of the at least one human embryo or pluripotent cell, wherein said one or more parameters comprises a duration of first cytokinesis.
A method in a wireless communication assembly of a first wireless communication device configured to perform a beamforming refinement procedure with a second wireless communication device, the method comprising: generating, at a controller of the first wireless communication device, a frame comprising: header data and beamforming data, the beamforming data organized into one or more units of beamforming training fields, the header data comprising: a first number ("P") of a first type of TRN fields in each of the one or more units of the beamforming data, the first type of TRN fields to be transmitted using same antenna settings used for the header data; a second number ("M") of a second type of TRN fields in each of the one or more units of the beamforming data, the second type of TRN fields to be transmitted using different antenna settings than used for the header data; and a third number ("N") of the second type of TRN fields organized into a respective group of the second type of TRN fields in each of the one or more units that are to be consecutively transmitted using same respective antenna settings, the respective antenna settings changing with each successive group of the third number ("N") of the second type of TRN fields; the beamforming data further comprising: the one or more units of the TRN fields as defined by the first number, the second number and the third number; and the first number of the first type of TRN fields further appended to a last unit; and transmitting, using a radio of the first wireless communication device, the frame to the second wireless communication device. generating, at a controller of the first wireless communication device, a frame comprising: header data and beamforming data, the beamforming data organized into one or more units of beamforming training fields, the header data comprising: a first number ("P") of a first type of TRN fields in each of the one or more units of the beamforming data, the first type of TRN fields to be transmitted using same antenna settings used for the header data; a second number ("M") of a second type of TRN fields in each of the one or more units of the beamforming data, the second type of TRN fields to be transmitted using different antenna settings than used for the header data; and a third number ("N") of the second type of TRN fields organized into a respective group of the second type of TRN fields in each of the one or more units that are to be consecutively transmitted using same respective antenna settings, the respective antenna settings changing with each successive group of the third number ("N") of the second type of TRN fields; the beamforming data further comprising: the one or more units of the TRN fields as defined by the first number, the second number and the third number; and the first number of the first type of TRN fields further appended to a last unit; and transmitting, using a radio of the first wireless communication device, the frame to the second wireless communication device.
A lighting apparatus, comprising: a light emitting diode chip emitting blue light; a green phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 500 nm to 550 nm; and a red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 600 nm to 650nm, wherein the red phosphor comprises: a first red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 620 nm to 630 nm; and a second red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 630 nm to 640 nm, wherein full widths at half maximum of the first red phosphor and the second red phosphor are in a range of 20 nm to 60 nm. a light emitting diode chip emitting blue light; a green phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 500 nm to 550 nm; and a red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 600 nm to 650nm, wherein the red phosphor comprises: a first red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 620 nm to 630 nm; and a second red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 630 nm to 640 nm, wherein full widths at half maximum of the first red phosphor and the second red phosphor are in a range of 20 nm to 60 nm. a first red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 620 nm to 630 nm; and a second red phosphor having an emission peak in a range of 630 nm to 640 nm, wherein full widths at half maximum of the first red phosphor and the second red phosphor are in a range of 20 nm to 60 nm.
A Nuclear Medicine (N-M) imaging system comprising: a gantry comprising: a stationary stator (104; a rotor (112, 202) rotatably mounted on said stator and including at least one detection unit (102, 602, 1000) including at least one pivotable scanning column having at least one Multi-Pixel Photon Counter, said pivotable scanning column driven by at least one scanning column driver assembly; a rotor driving assembly comprising: a motor; and a flat driving belt mounted on an outer circumferential flat surface of said rotor (112, 202), the length of said driving belt being shorter than a circumference of said outer circumferential surface of said rotor and driven by said motor to rotate said rotor (112, 202). a stationary stator (104; a rotor (112, 202) rotatably mounted on said stator and including at least one detection unit (102, 602, 1000) including at least one pivotable scanning column having at least one Multi-Pixel Photon Counter, said pivotable scanning column driven by at least one scanning column driver assembly; a rotor driving assembly comprising: a motor; and a flat driving belt mounted on an outer circumferential flat surface of said rotor (112, 202), the length of said driving belt being shorter than a circumference of said outer circumferential surface of said rotor and driven by said motor to rotate said rotor (112, 202). a motor; and a flat driving belt mounted on an outer circumferential flat surface of said rotor (112, 202), the length of said driving belt being shorter than a circumference of said outer circumferential surface of said rotor and driven by said motor to rotate said rotor (112, 202).
An aerodynamic profile for aircraft and wind power stations having an aerodynamically shaped structure, comprising: an ultrasonic generator arrangement (12; 22) arranged inside of the aerodynamic profile and, during operation, emitting ultrasonic waves in a targeted manner in multiple directions (R1, R2, R3) to determine the profile of the thickness of an ice layer on a surface of the aerodynamic profile, characterized in that the ultrasonic generator arrangement comprises a plurality of piezo transducer elements which are arranged underneath an erosion protector of the aerodynamic profile and that the aerodynamically shaped structure is made from a fiber composite material into which the ultrasonic generator arrangement is laminated. an ultrasonic generator arrangement (12; 22) arranged inside of the aerodynamic profile and, during operation, emitting ultrasonic waves in a targeted manner in multiple directions (R1, R2, R3) to determine the profile of the thickness of an ice layer on a surface of the aerodynamic profile, characterized in that the ultrasonic generator arrangement comprises a plurality of piezo transducer elements which are arranged underneath an erosion protector of the aerodynamic profile and that the aerodynamically shaped structure is made from a fiber composite material into which the ultrasonic generator arrangement is laminated.
An integrated circuit array, comprising: - a plurality of integrated circuit elements each formed in a respective substrate portion, wherein integrated electrical interconnects are comprised within each circuit element, wherein the substrate portions are separated from each other, - a flexible and / or stretchable connection layer coupled to the integrated circuit elements for flexibly connecting the integrated circuit elements to each other, and - a plurality of electrical interconnects for electrically coupling the integrated circuit elements to each other, wherein the electrical interconnects are formed as metal lines and form a monolithic one piece structure with the integrated electrical interconnects of the integrated circuit elements, and wherein the electrical interconnects are separated from the connection layer. - a plurality of integrated circuit elements each formed in a respective substrate portion, wherein integrated electrical interconnects are comprised within each circuit element, wherein the substrate portions are separated from each other, - a flexible and / or stretchable connection layer coupled to the integrated circuit elements for flexibly connecting the integrated circuit elements to each other, and - a plurality of electrical interconnects for electrically coupling the integrated circuit elements to each other, wherein the electrical interconnects are formed as metal lines and form a monolithic one piece structure with the integrated electrical interconnects of the integrated circuit elements, and wherein the electrical interconnects are separated from the connection layer.
A bone fixation device for internal fixation of bone fragments with a longitudinal axis and comprising: A) a first and a second plate (3, 4) each having a lower surface, an upper surface, two lateral surfaces (22, 23), a front surface axially intermediate between said first and second plate (3, 4), an axially terminal surface and at least two screw holes extending from said upper surface to said lower surface and intended to receive bone screws; B) a first and a second guide rail (13, 14) arranged parallel with respect to said longitudinal axis and uniaxially slideably connecting said first and second plate (3, 4); and C) at least one resilient member (15, 16) arranged between said first and second plate (3, 4) acting as a compression spring, wherein D) said first and second guide rail (13, 14) each has a first and a second end (19, 20, 24, 25) wherein said first ends (19, 24) are axially fixed to said first plate and said second ends (20, 25) are axially displaceably connected to said second plate, characterized in that the bone fixation device further comprises: E) a set member which is arranged in said second plate by means of which the maximum axial displacement of said second plate towards said first plate can be adjusted; and F) a tension member which is axially and threadedly connected to said second end of said second guide rail and axially kept at said second plate against movements towards said front surface of said second plate such that by means of said tension member said first and second resilient member (15, 16) can be axially compressed and pre-stressed. A) a first and a second plate (3, 4) each having a lower surface, an upper surface, two lateral surfaces (22, 23), a front surface axially intermediate between said first and second plate (3, 4), an axially terminal surface and at least two screw holes extending from said upper surface to said lower surface and intended to receive bone screws; B) a first and a second guide rail (13, 14) arranged parallel with respect to said longitudinal axis and uniaxially slideably connecting said first and second plate (3, 4); and C) at least one resilient member (15, 16) arranged between said first and second plate (3, 4) acting as a compression spring, wherein D) said first and second guide rail (13, 14) each has a first and a second end (19, 20, 24, 25) wherein said first ends (19, 24) are axially fixed to said first plate and said second ends (20, 25) are axially displaceably connected to said second plate, characterized in that the bone fixation device further comprises: E) a set member which is arranged in said second plate by means of which the maximum axial displacement of said second plate towards said first plate can be adjusted; and F) a tension member which is axially and threadedly connected to said second end of said second guide rail and axially kept at said second plate against movements towards said front surface of said second plate such that by means of said tension member said first and second resilient member (15, 16) can be axially compressed and pre-stressed.