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A sizing caliper for facilitating the selection of a femoral component of a knee prosthesis to be attached to a resected distal end of a femur, the femur having one or more posterior femoral condyles, the caliper having a longitudinal axis and comprising a caliper body configured for engaging the resected distal end of the femur; a stylus tower; a stylus coupled to the stylus tower and having a tip: and two drill guide bodies (6a, 6b), each drill guide body provided with a drill guide hole (62a, 62b), wherein the caliper body comprises a base portion coupled to the caliper body, the base portion being configured to be positioned adjacent to surfaces of the one or more posterior femoral condyles of the femur for referencing the caliper body to one or more of the posterior femoral condyles when the caliper body engages the resected distal end of the femur, wherein the stylus is configured to place the tip adjacent an anterior condyle surface of the femur when the caliper body engages the resected distal end of the femur, wherein the distance between the tip of the stylus and the base portion defines an anterior/posterior dimension, characterised in that the drill guide holes are located at a midpoint of the anterior/posterior dimension, wherein the caliper body, the stylus tower and the two drill guide bodies are configured to be slidably linked to each other, whereby as the caliper body and the stylus tower are linearly displaced in opposite directions along the longitudinal axis relative to the two drill guide bodies, the caliper body and the stylus tower are linearly displaced at an equal rate relative to the drill guide bodies and the drill guide holes remain located at the midpoint of the anterior/posterior dimension. a caliper body configured for engaging the resected distal end of the femur; a stylus tower; a stylus coupled to the stylus tower and having a tip: and two drill guide bodies (6a, 6b), each drill guide body provided with a drill guide hole (62a, 62b),
An image capture system comprising: a lens that produces an image; an image sensor having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the first edge being placed closer to the lens such that the lens focuses on more distant objects; an image stabilizer configured to provide a time-varying compensation of image motion at the image sensor; and a controller configured to: operate the image capture system in a repeating cycle, wherein during each cycle the controller operates the sensor to expose and read out an image progressively from one edge to the opposite edge, and operate the image stabilizer to provide an image motion compensation that varies in time such that the image motion compensation is greater when exposing and reading the second edge of the sensor than when exposing and reading the first edge of the sensor. a lens that produces an image; an image sensor having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the first edge being placed closer to the lens such that the lens focuses on more distant objects; an image stabilizer configured to provide a time-varying compensation of image motion at the image sensor; and a controller configured to: operate the image capture system in a repeating cycle, wherein during each cycle the controller operates the sensor to expose and read out an image progressively from one edge to the opposite edge, and operate the image stabilizer to provide an image motion compensation that varies in time such that the image motion compensation is greater when exposing and reading the second edge of the sensor than when exposing and reading the first edge of the sensor. operate the image capture system in a repeating cycle, wherein during each cycle the controller operates the sensor to expose and read out an image progressively from one edge to the opposite edge, and operate the image stabilizer to provide an image motion compensation that varies in time such that the image motion compensation is greater when exposing and reading the second edge of the sensor than when exposing and reading the first edge of the sensor.
A method comprising: displaying a graphical user interface on a screen, the GUI including an information-display region that displays a live feed from at least one camera of an ophthalmic imaging system imaging an eye; overlaying, on the information-display region, an alignment indicator specifying a target view of the eye when in alignment with the ophthalmic imaging system; identifying, on the information-display region, a manual controller of the ophthalmic imaging system operable by a user; and characterized by providing, on the information-display region, manipulation information regarding how to manipulate the manual controller to improve alignment between the ophthalmic imaging system and the eye. displaying a graphical user interface on a screen, the GUI including an information-display region that displays a live feed from at least one camera of an ophthalmic imaging system imaging an eye; overlaying, on the information-display region, an alignment indicator specifying a target view of the eye when in alignment with the ophthalmic imaging system; identifying, on the information-display region, a manual controller of the ophthalmic imaging system operable by a user; and characterized by providing, on the information-display region, manipulation information regarding how to manipulate the manual controller to improve alignment between the ophthalmic imaging system and the eye.
Closing device for a container that has a container opening, - the closing device comprising a lid element for closing the container opening, an inner housing and a chamber that is arranged on the lid element, - the chamber being arranged in the inner housing at least in part, - the inner housing comprising a first thread that interlockingly corresponds to a thread of the container, - the lid element and the inner housing comprising mutually interlockingly corresponding second threads along which the lid element can be moved relative to the inner housing from a closed position to a discharge position, in which discharge position a medium stored in the chamber can escape into the container, - the first threads and the second threads being designed so as to be mutually contradirectional such that, upon a movement into the discharge position, the chamber is moved further into the inner housing, - the second threads furthermore being designed as left-hand threads and the first threads being designed as right-hand threads, it being possible to unscrew the inner housing from the container by actuating the right-hand threads and the left-hand threads being arranged in a region outside the container when the closing device is screwed onto the container, and - the inner housing comprising a U-shaped edge region that has a side edge which supports the inner-housing part of the first threads on a side that faces the outer wall of the container when the closing device is screwed on, characterised in that, when the closing device is screwed on, the side edge, facing outwards, supports the inner-housing part of the second threads. - the closing device comprising a lid element for closing the container opening, an inner housing and a chamber that is arranged on the lid element, - the chamber being arranged in the inner housing at least in part, - the inner housing comprising a first thread that interlockingly corresponds to a thread of the container, - the lid element and the inner housing comprising mutually interlockingly corresponding second threads along which the lid element can be moved relative to the inner housing from a closed position to a discharge position, in which discharge position a medium stored in the chamber can escape into the container, - the first threads and the second threads being designed so as to be mutually contradirectional such that, upon a movement into the discharge position, the chamber is moved further into the inner housing, - the second threads furthermore being designed as left-hand threads and the first threads being designed as right-hand threads, it being possible to unscrew the inner housing from the container by actuating the right-hand threads and the left-hand threads being arranged in a region outside the container when the closing device is screwed onto the container, and - the inner housing comprising a U-shaped edge region that has a side edge which supports the inner-housing part of the first threads on a side that faces the outer wall of the container when the closing device is screwed on,
A method of manufacturing a laser welded steel pipe by forming a steel strip into a cylindrical open pipe with forming rolls and performing laser welding on edges of the open pipe by emitting a laser beam onto the edges of the open pipe while pressing the edges with squeeze rolls, the laser welding including: emitting two laser beams (3a, 3b) along the edges from an upper surface side of the open pipe, characterized in that the two laser beams (3a, 3b) are transmitted through different optical fibers and have in-focus spot diameters exceeding 0.3 mm; the method being further characterized by the steps of: emitting the laser beams (3a, 3b) such that a leading laser beam of the two laser beams (3a, 3b) and a trailing laser beam of the two laser beams (3a, 3b) are each inclined toward a direction in which welding proceeds at incident angles (θ a, θ b) defined with respect to a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the open pipe, the leading laser beam being ahead of the trailing laser beam on the upper surface of the open pipe in the direction in which welding proceeds, the trailing laser beam being behind the leading laser beam on the upper surface of the open pipe in the direction in which welding proceeds; setting the incident angle (θ a) of the leading laser beam to be larger than the incident angle (θ b) of the trailing laser beam; and setting a gap between a center point of the leading laser beam and a center point of the trailing laser beam on a back surface of the open pipe to 1 mm or larger. emitting the laser beams (3a, 3b) such that a leading laser beam of the two laser beams (3a, 3b) and a trailing laser beam of the two laser beams (3a, 3b) are each inclined toward a direction in which welding proceeds at incident angles (θ a, θ b) defined with respect to a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the open pipe, the leading laser beam being ahead of the trailing laser beam on the upper surface of the open pipe in the direction in which welding proceeds, the trailing laser beam being behind the leading laser beam on the upper surface of the open pipe in the direction in which welding proceeds; setting the incident angle (θ a) of the leading laser beam to be larger than the incident angle (θ b) of the trailing laser beam; and setting a gap between a center point of the leading laser beam and a center point of the trailing laser beam on a back surface of the open pipe to 1 mm or larger.
Electromagnetic line protection actuator comprising a plurality of coils surrounding a movable magnetic core capable of moving from a rest position to an actuating position under the effect of the magnetic field created by the coils and comprising: - a differential coil generating a magnetic field in response to a differential type fault on the current line to be protected; - a magnetic coil characterised in that said magnetic coil is imbricated with the differential coil and generates a magnetic field in response to a short circuit type fault on the current line to be protected, and in that the electromagnetic actuator also comprises a third coil wound in a short circuit and imbricated with said differential coil and said magnetic coil, generating a magnetic field opposite to the magnetic field created by the magnetic coil. - a differential coil generating a magnetic field in response to a differential type fault on the current line to be protected; - a magnetic coil characterised in that said magnetic coil is imbricated with the differential coil and generates a magnetic field in response to a short circuit type fault on the current line to be protected, and in that the electromagnetic actuator also comprises a third coil wound in a short circuit and imbricated with said differential coil and said magnetic coil, generating a magnetic field opposite to the magnetic field created by the magnetic coil.
A method of improving transfer efficiency in a power link for ultrasonic energy transfer, the link having a send transducer, configured to transmit at a transmit frequency, and a receive transducer, the method being performed by the send transducer and comprising: sweeping the transmit frequency over a range of frequencies; digitizing current and voltage waveforms from the power link for each frequency in the range of frequencies; integrating, digitizing, and calculating impedance phase for each frequency in the range of frequencies; identifying that frequency at which the impedance phase is at a local minimum that is closest in value to a global best operating frequency, wherein the global best operating frequency is characteristic to the send transducer, and adjusting the transmit transducer frequency to the frequency so identified.
A tape-shaped prepreg comprising a plurality of unidirectionally oriented fibers and a binder infiltrated into these fibers, wherein the tape-shaped prepreg has an average thickness of 50 μm to 150 μm; a content percentage of the plurality of fibers in the tape-shaped prepreg is 30 vol% to 60 vol%; characterized in that a fractal dimension D of a coefficient of variation Cv(n), which is determined from an areal proportion a of fibers in each of regions obtained by equally dividing a cross-sectional image perpendicular to an orientation direction of the plurality of fibers into n sections (n is an integer of 2 or larger) along each of lengthwise and crosswise directions, is 0.4 to 1.5; and a degree of orientation P, which is expressed by the following equation: Degree of orientation P = 1 − minor-axis length of approximate ellipse / major-axis length thereof that is determined from an approximate ellipse of a power-spectrum image obtained by Fourier transform of a cross-sectional image parallel to the orientation direction of the plurality of fibers, is 0.8 or greater and less than 1.0.
- An electrical facility (1, 100), such as an electrical distribution board, comprising at least one electrical connection bar (4; 104, 106, 108) connected to an electrically conductive element such as another electrical connection bar or to an electrical appliance, the electrical facility comprising an electrically insulating protective casing (2; 102) mounted on said connection bar at a junction zone between said bar and the other electrically conductive element, the protective casing (2; 102) comprising at least two shells (8, 10; 110, 110', 112, 114, 114'), of which each shell (8, 10; 110, 110', 112, 114, 114') includes internal surfaces intended to enclose at least part of the connection bar at the junction area, at least 50% of the area of said internal surfaces being in direct contact with one of the electrically conductive elements of the junction zone characterized in that the protective casing is manufactured by means of an additive manufacturing method, for example a selective laser powder sintering method or by melting molten wire, and in that at least one outer wall of the casing (2; 102) comprises a customised marking integrated into the outer wall, for example in relief, to identify a temperature measurement area defining a preferred location for positioning an external temperature sensor or a target location for a non-contact temperature measurement device, and wherein the measurement area is provided on a portion of the wall which is in direct contact with the bar or with conductive elements in the junction area.
A diet composition for use in the prevention and/or the treatment of endometrial hyperplasia in a human subject, the diet composition comprising: - a fasting mimicking diet component to be administered for a first time period, said fasting mimicking diet component containing complex carbohydrates from plant sources and providing less than 50% of the normal caloric intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction, as it provides the subject with no more than 0.4 g proteins/kg of body weight/day and no more than 11 kcal/kg of bodyweight/day and contains an amount of sugars that provides less than 15% of the total calories provided by the fasting mimicking diet component; and - a re-feeding diet component to be administered for a second time period, said re-feeding diet component providing 60-100% of the normal caloric intake of the subject; wherein the fasting mimicking diet component and the re-feeding diet component are administered for multiple cycles. - a fasting mimicking diet component to be administered for a first time period, said fasting mimicking diet component containing complex carbohydrates from plant sources and providing less than 50% of the normal caloric intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction, as it provides the subject with no more than 0.4 g proteins/kg of body weight/day and no more than 11 kcal/kg of bodyweight/day and contains an amount of sugars that provides less than 15% of the total calories provided by the fasting mimicking diet component; and - a re-feeding diet component to be administered for a second time period, said re-feeding diet component providing 60-100% of the normal caloric intake of the subject;
A wound closure device comprising: a filamentary element having a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of barbs extending outwardly from said filamentary element, each said barb having a base connected with said filamentary element, a tip spaced from said base, and an outer edge that extends between said base and said tip, wherein said outer edge includes a first section having a concave surface that extends between said base and a transition point of said barb and a second section having a convex surface that extends between said transition point of said barb and said tip of said barb, wherein each said barb has said outer edge facing away from said filamentary element and an inner edge spaced from and facing said filamentary element, and wherein each said tip has a convexly curved outer surface extending between said outer and inner edges (234, 236) having a radius of about 0.08-0.15 mm (about 0.003-0.006 inches). a filamentary element having a proximal end and a distal end; and a plurality of barbs extending outwardly from said filamentary element, each said barb having a base connected with said filamentary element, a tip spaced from said base, and an outer edge that extends between said base and said tip, wherein said outer edge includes a first section having a concave surface that extends between said base and a transition point of said barb and a second section having a convex surface that extends between said transition point of said barb and said tip of said barb, wherein each said barb has said outer edge facing away from said filamentary element and an inner edge spaced from and facing said filamentary element, and wherein each said tip has a convexly curved outer surface extending between said outer and inner edges (234, 236) having a radius of about 0.08-0.15 mm (about 0.003-0.006 inches).
A portable ultrasonic testing device for, with respect to an object to be inspected having a chamfered surface to be inspected formed between a first surface and a second surface that intersect at a right angle, irradiating the surface to be inspected with ultrasonic waves while moving along the surface to be inspected so as to detect flaws in the object to be inspected, the device comprising: a device frame; a probe that is configured to irradiate the surface to be inspected with ultrasonic waves and to receive reflected ultrasonic waves; a wedge to which the probe is fixed and that has a detecting surface arranged to come in contact with the surface to be inspected; a slide mechanism that is provided on the device frame and is configured to move the wedge in a sliding direction with respect to the device frame; an urging member that urges the wedge; and a guide member that includes a rolling contact member that is attached to the device frame and has a rolling contact surface (61,62) arranged to come into contact with the second surface of the object to be inspected, characterized in that the urging member urges the wedge so that the wedge and the surface to be inspected approach each other in the sliding direction and the portable ultrasonic testing device further comprises a wedge guide that is configured to be moved by the slide mechanism in the sliding direction along with the wedge with respect to the device frame and that has a first contact surface that is tilted relative to the detecting surface of the wedge to come into contact with the first surface of the object to be inspected. a device frame; a probe that is configured to irradiate the surface to be inspected with ultrasonic waves and to receive reflected ultrasonic waves; a wedge to which the probe is fixed and that has a detecting surface arranged to come in contact with the surface to be inspected; a slide mechanism that is provided on the device frame and is configured to move the wedge in a sliding direction with respect to the device frame; an urging member that urges the wedge; and a guide member that includes a rolling contact member that is attached to the device frame and has a rolling contact surface (61,62) arranged to come into contact with the second surface of the object to be inspected, characterized in that the urging member urges the wedge so that the wedge and the surface to be inspected approach each other in the sliding direction and the portable ultrasonic testing device further comprises a wedge guide that is configured to be moved by the slide mechanism in the sliding direction along with the wedge with respect to the device frame and that has a first contact surface that is tilted relative to the detecting surface of the wedge to come into contact with the first surface of the object to be inspected.
A system for a direct-drive electric vehicle and/or a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a motor; a brake mechanism, the brake mechanism structured to receive an indication of a desired change in vehicle speed; and a controller communicatively coupled to the motor and the brake mechanism, the controller structured to: receive the indication of the desired change in the vehicle speed; characterised in that said controller is further structured to: receive a vehicle speed being at or above a predetermined speed limit; activate a motor speed governor responsive to the brake mechanism being in a released state and via a gear selectable by an operator, wherein the motor speed governor is structured to control the vehicle speed; and adjust an output torque based on the vehicle speed being at or above the predetermined speed limit. a motor; a brake mechanism, the brake mechanism structured to receive an indication of a desired change in vehicle speed; and a controller communicatively coupled to the motor and the brake mechanism, the controller structured to: receive the indication of the desired change in the vehicle speed; characterised in that said controller is further structured to: receive a vehicle speed being at or above a predetermined speed limit; activate a motor speed governor responsive to the brake mechanism being in a released state and via a gear selectable by an operator, wherein the motor speed governor is structured to control the vehicle speed; and adjust an output torque based on the vehicle speed being at or above the predetermined speed limit. receive a vehicle speed being at or above a predetermined speed limit; activate a motor speed governor responsive to the brake mechanism being in a released state and via a gear selectable by an operator, wherein the motor speed governor is structured to control the vehicle speed; and adjust an output torque based on the vehicle speed being at or above the predetermined speed limit.