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Sample holder for holding a plurality of magnetic nanoparticle samples and for usage in a lock-in thermography system in which the sample is subjected to an alternating magnetic field, comprising a plurality of sample wells distributed on a top surface of the sample holder, wherein each of the sample wells is adapted to hold a magnetic nanoparticle sample consisting of a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles embedded in a medium, characterized in that the sample wells are distributed on the top surface such that a first distance between neighboring samples wells and a second distance between each peripheral sample well and a respective edge of the top surface of the sample holder and a third distance between a deepest point of the sample wells and a bottom of the sample holder are between at least 10 and 100 times greater than a thermal diffusion length of the sample holder material, wherein the first distance and the second distance and the third distance are equal and wherein the thermal diffusion length of the sample holder material is λ 1 = 2 k 2 πρcf where k is the sample holder material thermal conductivity in [W/m/°C], ρ is the sample holder material density in [kg/m 3], c is the sample holder material heat capacity in [kJ/kg/°C], and f is frequency at which the amplitude of the AMF is modulated in [Hz].
Sampling device for taking at least one sample of soft tissue from an organ, said device comprising a body and a needle formed by a stylet and a cannula coaxial with said stylet, said device comprising a mechanism for arming the needle, designed for sequentially moving the cannula and then the stylet from a rest position wherein the stylet and the cannula are extended towards the outside of the body, to a shooting position wherein the stylet and the cannula are retracted towards the rear of the body, and a triggering mechanism designed to release the stylet then the cannula and to allow their displacement from the shooting position to the rest position, the cannula being coupled kinematically to a cannula slider comprising at least one retaining element for retaining the cannula slider in a shooting position, the stylet being coupled kinematically to a stylet slider comprising at least one retaining element for retaining the stylet slider in a shooting position and means for unlocking the cannula slider, characterized in that the needle comprises at least one sliding shoe located on the side of the body of the device between the cannula and the stylet in such a way that the stylet and the cannula slide relative to each other while at the same time resting on this sliding shoe.
Connection device for the connection of a conductor end, which connection device has a housing and also a metal busbar section, a clamping spring arrangement and a rotary lever arrangement in the housing, the clamping spring arrangement being able to be rotated, with the aid of the rotary lever arrangement, from an open position to a contact position, in which contact is made with the conductor end, wherein the rotary lever arrangement has a rotary lever element which is mounted rotatably in the housing in or on a preferably central section and has an axis of rotation, and that the rotary lever element has a cam section, which has a control curve on which the clamping spring arrangement slides along during a movement into the end contact position, characterised in that a guiding means of the cam section, such as a projection or such as a pin or the like inserted into said section, engages in a slotted link of the housing, and in that a clamping and/or latching means is formed on the cam section, and in that the slotted link of the housing is aligned with a slotted link in the busbar section, in which the fixing position is formed for the clamping and/or latching means.
A method of analyzing a fluid of volume V, comprising the subsequent steps of - forcing the fluid flow through a filter surface of a filter, the filter being characterized by a mean volumetric density j mean which is substantially independent of the force used to force the fluid through the filter, said mean volumetric density being defined as the fluid's volumetric density averaged over the filter surface, and characterized by - scanning the filter surface with a scan rate B; wherein the area A of the filter surface is substantially equal to an optimum area A opt defined as A opt = VB j mean. - forcing the fluid flow through a filter surface of a filter, the filter being characterized by a mean volumetric density j mean which is substantially independent of the force used to force the fluid through the filter, said mean volumetric density being defined as the fluid's volumetric density averaged over the filter surface, and characterized by - scanning the filter surface with a scan rate B; wherein the area A of the filter surface is substantially equal to an optimum area A opt defined as A opt = VB j mean.
An air vent knob for a vehicle including: an air vent wing provided on the front surface of an air vent and guiding the direction of wind being discharged, where the air vent wing is coupled to an assembly hole of a knob; wherein a front stopper is formed on the front surface of the air vent wing coupled to the knob and a knob fitting groove is formed on the rear surface of the air vent wing coupled to the knob, an assembly groove is formed at the front portion inside the assembly hole of the knob, thereby a rubber is assembled thereinto, a front slide groove is formed on the rubber wherein the front stopper of the air vent wing is fitted and moved in the front slide groove, and a rear stopper is formed on both ends of the rear portion of the knob, where the rear stopper contacts the inner surface of both sides of the knob fitting groove of the air vent wing, characterized in that a movement distance in which the front stopper of the knob moves right and left along the front slide groove is smaller than a movement distance in which the rear stopper moves right and left along the knob fitting groove, wherein the front stopper contacts the wall of the front slide groove of the rubber in advance.
A surgical impacting tool, comprising: a first spring and a second spring; means (12, 13) for actuating the first spring to store energy therein and releasing the first spring to release energy therefrom, and for actuating the second spring to store energy therein and releasing the second spring to release energy therefrom; a controller configured to monitor and manage the storage and release of energy from the first and second springs (2a, 2b); an adapter to secure a surgical implement; and a means for delivering impact forces responsive to the energy released to the surgical implement; wherein the impact force delivered to the surgical implement responsive to the energy released from the first spring is a forward impact force; and wherein the impact force delivered to the surgical implement responsive to the energy released from the second spring is a rearward impact force. a first spring and a second spring; means (12, 13) for actuating the first spring to store energy therein and releasing the first spring to release energy therefrom, and for actuating the second spring to store energy therein and releasing the second spring to release energy therefrom; a controller configured to monitor and manage the storage and release of energy from the first and second springs (2a, 2b); an adapter to secure a surgical implement; and a means for delivering impact forces responsive to the energy released to the surgical implement; wherein the impact force delivered to the surgical implement responsive to the energy released from the first spring is a forward impact force; and wherein the impact force delivered to the surgical implement responsive to the energy released from the second spring is a rearward impact force.
Connector unit formed out of a side piece of a blower housing and an engine mounting plate for a drive motor of a blower, wherein the engine mounting plate has a ring element and is attachable to the side piece in various rotational or alternatively angular positions vis-à-vis a rotational axis that runs in an axial direction to the side piece, wherein the side piece has an axial countersinking, in which the ring element of the engine mounting plate is arranged and fixed, wherein the engine mounting plate is formed as two pieces with the side piece and is connected to the side piece by means of a bonding or clinching process in a gas-tight manner, and wherein an angular rotation of the engine mounting plate with respect to the side piece for the determination of the various rotational or alternatively angular positions of the engine mounting plate is infinitely variable on the side piece, such that every relative angle can be achieved and the side piece and the engine mounting plate, in this respect, can be determined, at will, in relation to one another.
A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a thermoplastic resin comprising a (meth)acrylic resin and an aromatic vinyl resin; and a siloxane compound represented by Formula 1: wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a C 1 to C 5 alkyl group; R 3 and R 4 are each independently a C 2 to C 15 alkylene group; A 1 and A 2 are each independently a glycidoxy group, an epoxy group, or a dialkoxyaryl group; and n ranges from 10 to 80 on average. a thermoplastic resin comprising a (meth)acrylic resin and an aromatic vinyl resin; and a siloxane compound represented by Formula 1:
Applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care, product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having a moulded applicator member having: - a core that extends along a longitudinal axis, - spikes (15, 16) that are carried by the core and are disposed all around the core in a plurality of longitudinal rows (17, 19, 20), wherein, in said applicator, at least one longitudinal row has an alternation of curved spikes that each extend along a curvilinear elongation axis (E c) and straight spikes that each extend along a rectilinear elongation axis (E r), the free end of the curved spikes being offset along the longitudinal axis of the core with respect to the base of the spike, by way of which the latter is attached to the core, the applicator also having a guard element that is disposed at the proximal end of the core and has a plurality of arcs oriented in the direction of the distal end of the core. - a core that extends along a longitudinal axis, - spikes (15, 16) that are carried by the core and are disposed all around the core in a plurality of longitudinal rows (17, 19, 20),
A method for sterilizing containers by means of electron beam radiation, wherein the containers are transported along a pre-set transport path by a transport device and wherein an irradiation device is introduced by a relative movement between the container and the irradiation device in a longitudinal direction of the container into the interior of the container to be sterilized and emits a charge carrier irradiation comprising electron beam radiation in order to sterilize the inner wall of the container by means of this charge carrier irradiation, characterized in that a thread region - situated on the outside - of the container is also sterilized by the irradiation device, wherein the sterilization of the thread region situated on the outside is carried out directly before or directly after the sterilization of the inner surfaces by means of this irradiation device of the container.
Method of producing a cemented carbide mining insert comprising the steps of: - providing a green mining insert compact formed from a first powder comprising a WC-based hard phase, optionally one or more further hard-phase components and a binder; - applying a second powder comprising a grain refiner compound and / or a carbon based grain growth promoter to at least one portion of the surface of the green mining insert compact; and - sintering the green mining insert compact to produce a cemented carbide mining insert at a temperature of 1300°C to 1600°C for 15 minutes to 5 hours; wherein said the first powder additionally comprises Cr, in an amount such that the mass ratio of Cr/binder is of 0.01-0.3 wherein the chemical concentrations within the cemented carbide mining insert are measured using wavelength dispersive spectroscopy along the centreline of a cross sectioned cemented carbide mining insert; characterised in that the grain refiner compound in the second powder comprises Cr and C and / or N. - providing a green mining insert compact formed from a first powder comprising a WC-based hard phase, optionally one or more further hard-phase components and a binder; - applying a second powder comprising a grain refiner compound and / or a carbon based grain growth promoter to at least one portion of the surface of the green mining insert compact; and - sintering the green mining insert compact to produce a cemented carbide mining insert at a temperature of 1300°C to 1600°C for 15 minutes to 5 hours;
A method to be performed by a first device (102,200,500), the method comprising: creating for the first device a root certificate (112,206,518) that binds an identity of the first device to a long-term public key (204,516) of the first device, the root certificate digitally signed using a long-term private key (202,514) of the first device; making the root certificate available to a second device (104,106,250,600) in any trusted manner; acquiring one or more short-term identities of the first device; generating a short-term public/private key pair consisting of a short-term public key of the first device and a short-term private key of the first device; creating for the first device a derived certificate (130,220,534) that binds at least one of the one or more short-term identities of the first device to the short-term public key of the first device, the derived certificate digitally signed using the long-term private key of the first device; and sending the derived certificate to the second device, wherein the long-term public key of the first device and the long-term private key of the first device form a long-term public/private key pair of the first device. creating for the first device a root certificate (112,206,518) that binds an identity of the first device to a long-term public key (204,516) of the first device, the root certificate digitally signed using a long-term private key (202,514) of the first device; making the root certificate available to a second device (104,106,250,600) in any trusted manner; acquiring one or more short-term identities of the first device; generating a short-term public/private key pair consisting of a short-term public key of the first device and a short-term private key of the first device; creating for the first device a derived certificate (130,220,534) that binds at least one of the one or more short-term identities of the first device to the short-term public key of the first device, the derived certificate digitally signed using the long-term private key of the first device; and sending the derived certificate to the second device, wherein the long-term public key of the first device and the long-term private key of the first device form a long-term public/private key pair of the first device.
A rotary machine, including: - at least one bearing mount; - at least one bearing carried by the bearing mount, the bearing including inner and outer races and rolling elements between the races; - a shaft engaged in the bearing, axially blocked relative to the inner race; - a pushrod cover arranged on one side of the bearing, having a surface opposite the bearing; - at least one push element moved transversally to the axis of rotation of the shaft in order to exert a pressure on said surface of the pushrod cover in order to press it against the outer race and axially block same, characterised in that the pushrod cover has on its radially outer edge a bead of material in contact with the outer race and on its radially inner edge a turnback directed towards the radially inner race, the turnback extending with a small clearance from the shaft so as to retain the grease present in the space between the bearing and the pushrod cover. - at least one bearing mount; - at least one bearing carried by the bearing mount, the bearing including inner and outer races and rolling elements between the races; - a shaft engaged in the bearing, axially blocked relative to the inner race; - a pushrod cover arranged on one side of the bearing, having a surface opposite the bearing; - at least one push element moved transversally to the axis of rotation of the shaft in order to exert a pressure on said surface of the pushrod cover in order to press it against the outer race and axially block same, characterised in that the pushrod cover has on its radially outer edge a bead of material in contact with the outer race and on its radially inner edge a turnback directed towards the radially inner race, the turnback extending with a small clearance from the shaft so as to retain the grease present in the space between the bearing and the pushrod cover.
A RANKL inhibitor for use in a method of preventing a primary breast or mammary cancer in a subject, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the RANKL inhibitor to said patient, wherein the RANKL inhibitor is an anti-RANKL antibody.
A negative pressure assembly comprising: a drape for covering a dressing site on a patient and capable of maintaining a negative pressure underneath the drape when sealed against skin upon application of a vacuum; a sealing element that when applied to the skin cooperates with the drape to define an enclosed volume covered by the drape and surrounded by the sealing element; a reactor located with respect to the drape and the sealing element so as to be in fluid communication with the enclosed volume when the drape is covering the dressing site, the reactor being configured to react with a selected gas found in air so as to consume the selected gas; and a mechanical pump assembly including a pump chamber fluidly connectable to the enclosed volume, and configured to draw air from the enclosed volume into the pump chamber when fluidly connected with the enclosed volume. a drape for covering a dressing site on a patient and capable of maintaining a negative pressure underneath the drape when sealed against skin upon application of a vacuum; a sealing element that when applied to the skin cooperates with the drape to define an enclosed volume covered by the drape and surrounded by the sealing element; a reactor located with respect to the drape and the sealing element so as to be in fluid communication with the enclosed volume when the drape is covering the dressing site, the reactor being configured to react with a selected gas found in air so as to consume the selected gas; and a mechanical pump assembly including a pump chamber fluidly connectable to the enclosed volume, and configured to draw air from the enclosed volume into the pump chamber when fluidly connected with the enclosed volume.
Lamp cover, which is at least partially light-transmissive and is designed to be connected to a trough-shaped housing part in order to form a closed lamp housing, wherein the cover is pot-shaped and, in a region provided for connection to the trough-shaped housing part, has a peripheral, outward facing splash guard edge that is interrupted in the region of latching regions provided for engagement with the trough-shaped housing part, and wherein, in the region of the interruptions, the cover respectively has outward projecting webs, characterized in that said webs extend from the splash guard edge to a latching projection provided for engagement with the trough-shaped housing part, so that the interruption of the splash guard edge is bridged by the webs and the associated latching projection.
A robotic surgical tool holder configured to (a) hold a first type of surgical tool and/or (b) hold and drive a second type of surgical tool, said robotic surgical tool holder comprising: a housing configured to be detachably mounted on a distal end of a surgical robotic arm (20, 22) and having at least one tool-receiving opening configured to removably receive individual surgical tools of either the first type or the second type therethrough; a drive train in the housing having an input drive member configured to couple to an output drive member on the surgical robotic arm (20, 22) when the housing is mounted on the distal end of the surgical robotic arm (20, 22); a tool gripper mechanism controllably couplable to the drive train, said tool gripper mechanism configured to selectively grasp and release an exterior surface of the first type of surgical tool when said first type of surgical tool is positioned in the tool-receiving opening; and a tool driver mechanism controllably couplable to the drive train, said tool driver mechanism having an output drive element configured to mechanically engage an input drive element on the second type of surgical tool when said second type of surgical tool is attached to the tool holder; characterized in that the drive train comprises a mechanical arrangement of gears and shafts configured to selectively transmit rotational motion and torque from the output drive member of the surgical robotic arm (20, 22) to each of the tool gripper mechanism and the tool driver mechanism one at a time. a housing configured to be detachably mounted on a distal end of a surgical robotic arm (20, 22) and having at least one tool-receiving opening configured to removably receive individual surgical tools of either the first type or the second type therethrough; a drive train in the housing having an input drive member configured to couple to an output drive member on the surgical robotic arm (20, 22) when the housing is mounted on the distal end of the surgical robotic arm (20, 22); a tool gripper mechanism controllably couplable to the drive train, said tool gripper mechanism configured to selectively grasp and release an exterior surface of the first type of surgical tool when said first type of surgical tool is positioned in the tool-receiving opening; and a tool driver mechanism controllably couplable to the drive train, said tool driver mechanism having an output drive element configured to mechanically engage an input drive element on the second type of surgical tool when said second type of surgical tool is attached to the tool holder; characterized in that the drive train comprises a mechanical arrangement of gears and shafts configured to selectively transmit rotational motion and torque from the output drive member of the surgical robotic arm (20, 22) to each of the tool gripper mechanism and the tool driver mechanism one at a time.
Method for performing a gas analysis measurement, said method comprising directing a gas flow or gas sample to a gas flow measurement device, said gas flow measuring device comprising a gas inlet, and a gas compartment with a definite and predefined inner geometric physical volume, the gas compartment having one gas accumulating end and one lifting end and having a pivoting element enabling the gas compartment to pivot upwards to release the gas contained therein and then downwards again to its initial position and operating according to the leverage effect, characterized in that the gas flow measuring device comprises a gas outlet, the gas compartment is arranged in a closed wet space compartment, implying that the gas compartment is only connected to the outside via the gas inlet and the gas outlet, the gas compartment also having at least one sensor, for a volumetric measurement of the gas flow, wherein the method is performed for evaluating a batch fermentation and/or in an in-vitro analysis platform, and wherein the method comprises that using the gas flow measurement device is performed for evaluating the specific characteristics of animal feed/nutrition(s) or human food/nutrition(s) by determining the digestibility; or evaluating the activity of gut microbiota or yeast or bacteria by determining the fermentative capacity/production or bacterial metabolic activities.