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A method of monitoring a fetal heart rate, the method comprising: - providing a first measurement head and a second measurement head and a sensor, the sensor being adapted to sense the maternal heart rate, wherein the first measurement head is a tocodynamometer having a tocodynamometer transducer and a tocodynamometer housing, the tocodynamometer transducer being adapted to sense maternal-fetal related medical data and the second measurement head being adapted to sense the fetal heart rate, - measuring the maternal heart rate by acquiring maternal heart rate data using the sensor, - measuring the fetal heart rate by acquiring fetal heart rate data using the second measurement head, - acquiring the maternal-fetal related medical data, - detecting maternal-fetal heart beat coincidences using the maternal heart rate data and the fetal heart rate data, wherein the sensor is an optical infrared sensor which is integrated into the tocodynamometer housing and wherein the tocodynamometer housing further comprises a signal processing unit and an interface for transmitting the maternal-fetal related data and the maternal heart rate data to a fetal monitor. - providing a first measurement head and a second measurement head and a sensor, the sensor being adapted to sense the maternal heart rate, wherein the first measurement head is a tocodynamometer having a tocodynamometer transducer and a tocodynamometer housing, the tocodynamometer transducer being adapted to sense maternal-fetal related medical data and the second measurement head being adapted to sense the fetal heart rate, - measuring the maternal heart rate by acquiring maternal heart rate data using the sensor, - measuring the fetal heart rate by acquiring fetal heart rate data using the second measurement head, - acquiring the maternal-fetal related medical data, - detecting maternal-fetal heart beat coincidences using the maternal heart rate data and the fetal heart rate data,
Electrohydraulic device for controlling the compression ratio of a variable compression ratio engine, characterized in that it comprises at least one electrovalve that can open or close at least one hydraulic fluid duct between the top chamber and bottom chamber of a control jack, at least one position sensor of a control rack, an angular position sensor of the crankshaft of the engine in order to regulate the compression ratio and at least one computer, top chamber and said bottom chamber of the control jack being respectively supplied with hydraulic fluid under pressure from a hydraulic unit via two booster check valves (188, 185) which open respectively into each of the two chambers and which allow the hydraulic fluid to enter said chambers while preventing it from leaving.
An oral cavity treatment device comprising: a power component comprising a housing having a cavity and a power source located in the cavity; a tray component comprising a tooth receiving channel (204, 205), a first electrode (210, 212) operably coupled to a first electrical contact, and a second electrode (211, 213) operably coupled to a second electrical contact, the first and second electrodes (210, 211, 212, 213) being located on opposite sides of the tooth receiving channel (204, 205); and wherein the tray component is detachably coupled to the power component in: - i) a first configuration whereby the first electrical contact is operably coupled to a positive terminal of the power source and the second electrical contact is operably coupled to a negative terminal of the power source; and - ii) a second configuration whereby the first electrical contact is operably coupled to the negative terminal of the power source and the second electrical contact is operably coupled to the positive terminal of the power source; and characterized in that the housing of the power component comprises a first engagement surface and the tray component comprises a second engagement surface that mates with the first engagement surface when the tray component is attached to the power component. a power component comprising a housing having a cavity and a power source located in the cavity; a tray component comprising a tooth receiving channel (204, 205), a first electrode (210, 212) operably coupled to a first electrical contact, and a second electrode (211, 213) operably coupled to a second electrical contact, the first and second electrodes (210, 211, 212, 213) being located on opposite sides of the tooth receiving channel (204, 205); and wherein the tray component is detachably coupled to the power component in: - i) a first configuration whereby the first electrical contact is operably coupled to a positive terminal of the power source and the second electrical contact is operably coupled to a negative terminal of the power source; and - ii) a second configuration whereby the first electrical contact is operably coupled to the negative terminal of the power source and the second electrical contact is operably coupled to the positive terminal of the power source; and - i) a first configuration whereby the first electrical contact is operably coupled to a positive terminal of the power source and the second electrical contact is operably coupled to a negative terminal of the power source; and - ii) a second configuration whereby the first electrical contact is operably coupled to the negative terminal of the power source and the second electrical contact is operably coupled to the positive terminal of the power source; and characterized in that the housing of the power component comprises a first engagement surface and the tray component comprises a second engagement surface that mates with the first engagement surface when the tray component is attached to the power component.
Rhinological implant (10; 20; 30) for straightening the nasal septum, which implant can be fixed on both sides of the septum of the human nose on the relevant outer surface of the septum in each left and right side of the nasal cavity, wherein the implant (10; 20; 30) has a central tergal portion (11a; 21a; 31a) which is flat or only very slightly angled upward from a horizontal plane at a spread angle ω > 100°, or is curved upward from the horizontal plane in a barrel-shaped manner with a radius of curvature r ≥ 0.5 mm, and, in the implanted state, encompasses the free lower edge of the septum, wherein two side portions (12a, 13a; 22a, 23a; 32a, 33a) of the implant (10; 20; 30) are arranged on either side of the central tergal portion (11a; 21a; 31a), which side portions extend so as to be bent upward, symmetrically to the central tergal portion (11a; 21a; 31a), at an angle φ of in each case approximately 90° with respect to the central tergal portion (11a; 21a; 31a), and, in the implanted state, abut the entire surface of the two opposite outer surfaces of the septum, wherein, before implantation, the implant (10; 20; 30) is folded from an initially flat blank into its subsequent, implantable three-dimensional shape, wherein the two side portions (12a, 13a; 22a, 23a; 32a, 33a) of the implant (10; 20; 30) each have a first partial portion (12a', 13a'; 22a', 23a'; 32a', 33a*) which connects directly to the central tergal portion (11a; 21a; 31a) and extends substantially in parallel therewith, and wherein the two side portions (12a, 13a; 22a, 23a; 32a, 33a) each have a second partial portion (12a", 13a"; 22a", 23a"; 32a", 33a") which connects to the relevant first partial portion (12a', 13a'; 22a', 23a'; 32a', 33a') and extends at an angle relative thereto, characterized in that a third partial portion (12a′′′, 13a′′′; 22a′′′, 23a′′′; 32a′′′, 33a′′′) is connected to an end of the relevant first partial portion (12a', 13a'; 22a', 23a'; 32a', 33a*) opposite the relevant second partial portion (12a", 13a"; 22a", 23a"; 32a", 33a") and also extends at an angle relative to the relevant first partial portion (12a', 13a'; 22a', 23a'; 32a', 33a').
Multidimensionally photopatterned substrate, said multidimensionally photopatterned substrate comprising 2 and/or 3 dimensionally patterned photoresist, said photoresist preferably comprising at least one component chosen from: monosaccharide derivative, its oligomer, its polymer, said multidimensionally photopatterned substrate comprised of at least one photoresist composition on the basis of at least one component chosen from: monosaccharide derivative, disaccharide derivative, oligosaccharide derivative, polysaccharide derivative, said derivative bearing at least one type of acid labile group, and further comprised of a photoacid generator (hereinafter PAG), wherein said substrate is comprised of silyl ether of any of the following: monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide, said substrate changing its refractive index upon conversion to the polysaccharide.
A medical device for shaping a vessel accommodated therein in a predetermined form, said vessel comprising a vein and an artery which are connected at an artifactual vascular junction thereof; said device comprising: an external vascular support (1000; 1200) having at least one vascular support wall for accommodating an exterior vessel wall of the vessel therein when implanted; said vascular support having an arterial portion (1040; 1240) for apposition with said artery when accommodated therein, and a venous portion (1030; 1230) for apposition with said vein when accommodated therein; characterized in that the external vascular support is shaped to provide a vessel rounding (1220, 1222, 1224) to an immediate vicinity of the vascular junction (1154; 1226) when in apposition with the said vascular junction upon implantation of said device for said vessel shaping. an external vascular support (1000; 1200) having at least one vascular support wall for accommodating an exterior vessel wall of the vessel therein when implanted; said vascular support having an arterial portion (1040; 1240) for apposition with said artery when accommodated therein, and a venous portion (1030; 1230) for apposition with said vein when accommodated therein; characterized in that the external vascular support is shaped to provide a vessel rounding (1220, 1222, 1224) to an immediate vicinity of the vascular junction (1154; 1226) when in apposition with the said vascular junction upon implantation of said device for said vessel shaping.
A manufacturing method of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising: heating a steel consisting of Si: 2.5 mass% to 4.0 mass%, C: 0.02 mass% to 0.10 mass%, Mn: 0.05 mass% to 0.20 mass%, acid-soluble Al: 0.020 mass% to 0.040 mass%, N: 0.002 mass% to 0.012 mass%, S: 0.001 mass% to 0.010 mass%, P: 0.01 mass% to 0.08 mass%, and Te: 0.0005 mass% to 0.0035 mass%, optionally 0.01 mass% to 0.3 mass% of one type or a plurality of types selected from a group consisting of Sn, Sb, Cr, Ni, B, Mo, and Cu, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities to 1320°C or lower and performing hot rolling to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; performing annealing of the hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain an annealed steel sheet; performing cold rolling of the annealed steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet; performing decarburization annealing and nitridation annealing of the cold-rolled steel sheet to obtain a decarburized nitrided steel sheet; and applying an annealing separating agent on a surface of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet and performing finish annealing of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet to form a glass coating film, wherein the N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet is set to 0.0150 mass% to 0.0250 mass% and the relationship of 2 × [Te] + ≦ 0.0300 mass% is set to be established. (Here, [Te] represents the Te content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet, and represents the N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet.) heating a steel consisting of Si: 2.5 mass% to 4.0 mass%, C: 0.02 mass% to 0.10 mass%, Mn: 0.05 mass% to 0.20 mass%, acid-soluble Al: 0.020 mass% to 0.040 mass%, N: 0.002 mass% to 0.012 mass%, S: 0.001 mass% to 0.010 mass%, P: 0.01 mass% to 0.08 mass%, and Te: 0.0005 mass% to 0.0035 mass%, optionally 0.01 mass% to 0.3 mass% of one type or a plurality of types selected from a group consisting of Sn, Sb, Cr, Ni, B, Mo, and Cu, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities to 1320°C or lower and performing hot rolling to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; performing annealing of the hot-rolled steel sheet to obtain an annealed steel sheet; performing cold rolling of the annealed steel sheet to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet; performing decarburization annealing and nitridation annealing of the cold-rolled steel sheet to obtain a decarburized nitrided steel sheet; and applying an annealing separating agent on a surface of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet and performing finish annealing of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet to form a glass coating film, wherein the N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet is set to 0.0150 mass% to 0.0250 mass% and the relationship of 2 × [Te] + ≦ 0.0300 mass% is set to be established. (Here, [Te] represents the Te content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet, and represents the N content of the decarburized nitrided steel sheet.)
A secondary battery, comprising a negative electrode plate, wherein the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and negative film layers, wherein the negative film layers comprise a first negative film layer and a second negative film layer, the first negative film layer is disposed on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a first negative active material, and the second negative film layer is disposed on the first negative film layer and comprises a second negative active material; the first negative active material comprises natural graphite, and the second negative active material comprises artificial graphite; the first negative active material has a powder OI value COI 1 satisfying 4.0 ≤ COI 1 ≤ 7.0; and the second negative active material has a powder OI value COI 2 satisfying 2.2 ≤ COI 2 ≤ 4.2, wherein COI 1 is a ratio of peak area of 004 characteristic diffraction peak to peak area of 110 characteristic diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the first negative active material as measured by the method defined in the description; and COI 2 is a ratio of peak area of 004 characteristic diffraction peak to peak area of 110 characteristic diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the second negative active material as measured by the method defined in the description. the first negative active material comprises natural graphite, and the second negative active material comprises artificial graphite; the first negative active material has a powder OI value COI 1 satisfying 4.0 ≤ COI 1 ≤ 7.0; and the second negative active material has a powder OI value COI 2 satisfying 2.2 ≤ COI 2 ≤ 4.2, wherein COI 1 is a ratio of peak area of 004 characteristic diffraction peak to peak area of 110 characteristic diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the first negative active material as measured by the method defined in the description; and COI 2 is a ratio of peak area of 004 characteristic diffraction peak to peak area of 110 characteristic diffraction peak in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the second negative active material as measured by the method defined in the description.
A laminated coil comprising a folded base body (1, 2) including a plurality of molded laminated units (11, 21), wherein the laminated unit (11, 21) comprises an opening (111, 211), a first common edge (112, 212) and a second common edge (113, 213), wherein opening directions of two adjacent laminated units (11, 21) are opposite, and the laminated unit (11, 21) is jointed with two adjacent laminated units (11, 21) by means of the first common edge (112, 212) and the second common edge (113, 213), respectively, so that the base body (1, 2) in a laminated state forms a spiral conductive path; wherein the laminated unit (11, 21) comprises a U-shaped unit comprising a first arc edge, a second arc edge, a third arc edge, a fourth arc edge, a first connection edge, a second connection edge, a third connection edge and a fourth connection edge; wherein the first common edge (112, 212), the first arc edge, the first connection edge, the second arc edge, the second common edge (113, 213), the third arc edge, the second connection edge, the third connection edge, the fourth connection edge and the fourth arc edge are successively jointed end to end to form the U-shaped unit; the base body (1, 2) is attached with a superconductive layer on its surface, and an insulation layer is wrapped on the superconductive layer.
System for processing yarns for carpets comprising in particular a device for guiding a strand of at least two threads on a transporter structure, the device for guiding a strand comprising a mechanism for generating false twists between the at least two threads of the strand, the device for guiding a strand being positioned upstream of a mechanism for placing the strand on a transporter structure, characterised in that the mechanism for generating false twists comprises: - a disk with transverse perforations so that the different threads of the strand are able to traverse the disk through the respective perforations, the disk being adapted to perform a rotary pendulum movement about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disk, - a structure supporting the disk associated with a frame and adapted to support the disk in at least one portion of its periphery, the disk being mounted so that it can rotate relative to the support structure about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disk, - a motor for actuating the pendulum rotation of the disk generating rotations perpendicular to at least one complete rotation of the disk in opposite directions. - a disk with transverse perforations so that the different threads of the strand are able to traverse the disk through the respective perforations, the disk being adapted to perform a rotary pendulum movement about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disk, - a structure supporting the disk associated with a frame and adapted to support the disk in at least one portion of its periphery, the disk being mounted so that it can rotate relative to the support structure about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disk, - a motor for actuating the pendulum rotation of the disk generating rotations perpendicular to at least one complete rotation of the disk in opposite directions.
A composition for the controlled release of at least one biologically active polypeptide having a molecular weight of less than 10,000 to a host, comprising the at least one biologically active polypeptide encapsulated in a matrix comprising at least one phase separated, thermoplastic, biodegradable multi-block copolymer, the copolymer being characterized in that: (i) it comprises at least two hydrolysable segments chosen from prepolymer and prepolymer, prepolymer having a Tg lower than 37°C and prepolymer having a Tm of 40°C - 100°C under human body conditions; (ii) the phase separated copolymer having at least two phase transitions, each of which is related to the corresponding Tg or Tm values of the prepolymers which are comprised in the copolymer; (iii) prepolymer comprising reaction products of cyclic monomers selected from glycolide, lactide, ε-caprolactone, δ-valerolactone, trimethylene carbonate, tetramethylenecarbonate, 1,5-dioxepane-2-one, 1,4- dioxane-2-one (para-dioxanone) and/or cyclic anhydrides such as oxepane-2,7- dione; and wherein prepolymer contains a segment that is derived from a water soluble polymer, preferably wherein said water soluble polymer is derived from a diol, a diamine or a diacid; (iv) prepolymer comprising poly(ε-caprolactone) with an Mn of larger than 3000; (v) the segments being linked by a diiosocyanate chain-extender; (vi) the segments are randomly distributed over the polymer chain; and (vii) said copolymer contains poly(ethylene glycol), as a segment of pre polymer and/or as an additional pre polymer, and wherein said poly(ethylene glycol) a) has a molecular weight of from 200 to 3000 g/mol, and b) is present in an amount of from 5 wt.% to 60 wt.%. (i) it comprises at least two hydrolysable segments chosen from prepolymer and prepolymer, prepolymer having a Tg lower than 37°C and prepolymer having a Tm of 40°C - 100°C under human body conditions; (ii) the phase separated copolymer having at least two phase transitions, each of which is related to the corresponding Tg or Tm values of the prepolymers which are comprised in the copolymer; (iii) prepolymer comprising reaction products of cyclic monomers selected from glycolide, lactide, ε-caprolactone, δ-valerolactone, trimethylene carbonate, tetramethylenecarbonate, 1,5-dioxepane-2-one, 1,4- dioxane-2-one (para-dioxanone) and/or cyclic anhydrides such as oxepane-2,7- dione; and wherein prepolymer contains a segment that is derived from a water soluble polymer, preferably wherein said water soluble polymer is derived from a diol, a diamine or a diacid; (iv) prepolymer comprising poly(ε-caprolactone) with an Mn of larger than 3000; (v) the segments being linked by a diiosocyanate chain-extender; (vi) the segments are randomly distributed over the polymer chain; and (vii) said copolymer contains poly(ethylene glycol), as a segment of pre polymer and/or as an additional pre polymer, and wherein said poly(ethylene glycol) a) has a molecular weight of from 200 to 3000 g/mol, and b) is present in an amount of from 5 wt.% to 60 wt.%. a) has a molecular weight of from 200 to 3000 g/mol, and b) is present in an amount of from 5 wt.% to 60 wt.%.
Mechanical vacuum pump for a motor vehicle, comprising a pump rotor rotatably mounted in a stationary pump housing and a separate pump-side plug-coupling element which is connected for conjoint rotation with the pump rotor, wherein a lubricant supply is provided for lubricating the plug-coupling element, the lubricant supply comprising: a stationary lubricant supply channel in the pump housing, through which the lubricant is pumped from a lubricant inlet of the pump housing, in the direction of the coupling arrangement, to a transfer opening, and a lubricant transport channel (30; 30') in the pump rotor (16; 16'), wherein the lubricant is pumped through the transport channel (30; 30') from an acceptance opening to a lubricant outlet opening, wherein the transfer opening and the acceptance opening are arranged such that they are temporarily in fluid communication with one another at least once during a rotation of the pump rotor, and wherein the outlet opening is arranged eccentrically in an end wall of the pump rotor, wherein the plug-coupling element is retained at the pump rotor by a retaining bolt, and wherein said retaining bolt is fixed in a blind bore of the pump rotor that is not in direct fluid communication with the transport channel (30, 32) so that lubricant does not flow through the blind hole. a stationary lubricant supply channel in the pump housing, through which the lubricant is pumped from a lubricant inlet of the pump housing, in the direction of the coupling arrangement, to a transfer opening, and a lubricant transport channel (30; 30') in the pump rotor (16; 16'), wherein the lubricant is pumped through the transport channel (30; 30') from an acceptance opening to a lubricant outlet opening, wherein the transfer opening and the acceptance opening are arranged such that they are temporarily in fluid communication with one another at least once during a rotation of the pump rotor, and wherein the outlet opening is arranged eccentrically in an end wall of the pump rotor, wherein the plug-coupling element is retained at the pump rotor by a retaining bolt, and wherein said retaining bolt is fixed in a blind bore of the pump rotor that is not in direct fluid communication with the transport channel (30, 32) so that lubricant does not flow through the blind hole.