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An ablation device for ablating a posterior wall of a left atrium of a patient's heart, the device comprising a device body comprising: (a) an energy resorption compartment comprising a resorption surface having a general shape of the posterior wall of the left atrium of the patient's heart; (b) an insulation compartment disposed adjacent to the energy resorption compartment, the insulation compartment comprising an insulation surface; (c) a line coupled to a first side of the device body, the line comprising: (i) a fluid delivery channel in fluidic communication with the energy resorption compartment; and (ii) a fluid removal channel in fluidic communication with the energy resorption compartment, wherein the fluid delivery channel is constructed and arranged to deliver a cryothermy ablation fluid and the fluid removal channel is constructed and arranged to remove the cryothermy ablation fluid such that the cryothermy ablation fluid is shuttled through the energy resorption compartment, wherein the insulation surface is disposed on an opposite side of the ablation device in relation to the resorption surface, wherein the insulation compartment is configured to insulate surrounding tissues from the energy resorption compartment, wherein each of the resorption surface and the insulation surface has a surface area of at least six cm 2; wherein the device body has a collapsed configuration wherein the device body comprises a collapsed size and shape such that the device body can be deployed via a minimally invasive procedure, and wherein the device body has an expanded configuration wherein the resorption surface is a relatively flat shape and is sized and shaped in the expanded configuration to contact a large planar area of the posterior wall of the left atrium of the patient's heart. (a) an energy resorption compartment comprising a resorption surface having a general shape of the posterior wall of the left atrium of the patient's heart; (b) an insulation compartment disposed adjacent to the energy resorption compartment, the insulation compartment comprising an insulation surface; (c) a line coupled to a first side of the device body, the line comprising: (i) a fluid delivery channel in fluidic communication with the energy resorption compartment; and (ii) a fluid removal channel in fluidic communication with the energy resorption compartment, wherein the fluid delivery channel is constructed and arranged to deliver a cryothermy ablation fluid and the fluid removal channel is constructed and arranged to remove the cryothermy ablation fluid such that the cryothermy ablation fluid is shuttled through the energy resorption compartment, (i) a fluid delivery channel in fluidic communication with the energy resorption compartment; and (ii) a fluid removal channel in fluidic communication with the energy resorption compartment, wherein the fluid delivery channel is constructed and arranged to deliver a cryothermy ablation fluid and the fluid removal channel is constructed and arranged to remove the cryothermy ablation fluid such that the cryothermy ablation fluid is shuttled through the energy resorption compartment,
A tread for a pneumatic tire, the tread comprising a tread base layer comprising a tread base compound, a first tread cap layer comprising a first tread cap layer compound and located radially outside of the tread base layer, a second tread cap layer comprising a second tread cap layer compound and located radially outside of the tread base layer and axially adjacent the first tread cap layer, and a third intermediate tread layer comprising an intermediate tread layer compound and located radially between the tread base layer and the first and the second tread cap layer (110, 120), wherein the first tread cap layer compound is different in composition from the second tread cap layer compound, wherein the intermediate tread layer compound is different in composition from the first and/or the second tread cap layer compound, wherein the tread base layer compound is different in composition from the intermediate tread layer compound, and wherein the first tread cap layer and/or the second tread cap layer has at least one protrusion extending radially inward from an inner surface of the respective first or second tread cap layer (110, 120) having the at least one protrusion into the third intermediate tread layer.
A method of assembling a container, the method comprising: providing a container, a closure, a receiving member, and a platform: the container comprising a first chamber having a sidewall extending between an open end and a closed end defining a first chamber interior, a second chamber having a sidewall extending between an open end and a closed end defining a second chamber interior; attaching the platform to the closure; aligning the receiving member to one of the first or second chambers (6, 7); and rotatably mating the closure with the container, wherein the platform is rotatable with respect to the closure when the receiving member extends within the interior of either the first chamber or the second chamber of the container. the container comprising a first chamber having a sidewall extending between an open end and a closed end defining a first chamber interior, a second chamber having a sidewall extending between an open end and a closed end defining a second chamber interior; attaching the platform to the closure; aligning the receiving member to one of the first or second chambers (6, 7); and rotatably mating the closure with the container, wherein the platform is rotatable with respect to the closure when the receiving member extends within the interior of either the first chamber or the second chamber of the container.
An electronic smoking device comprising: a power supply portion comprising a battery, a liquid reservoir, and an atomizer comprising a capillary element and a heating coil wherein the atomizer is operable when connected to the battery to atomize liquid stored in the liquid reservoir wherein the capillary element is configured to draw liquid from the liquid reservoir towards the heating coil by capillary action, and wherein the capillary element comprises metal mesh (310, 320, 330, 340), characterized in that the capillary element comprises different metal meshes (310, 320, 330, 340) differing in capillarity. a power supply portion comprising a battery, a liquid reservoir, and an atomizer comprising a capillary element and a heating coil wherein the atomizer is operable when connected to the battery to atomize liquid stored in the liquid reservoir wherein the capillary element is configured to draw liquid from the liquid reservoir towards the heating coil by capillary action, and wherein the capillary element comprises metal mesh (310, 320, 330, 340), characterized in that the capillary element comprises different metal meshes (310, 320, 330, 340) differing in capillarity.
A power supply system for a vehicle, comprising: a high-voltage battery that supplies electric power to an on-vehicle motor; a low-voltage battery that supplies electric power to a plurality of on-vehicle auxiliary machines; a DC/DC converter that changes voltage of an output of the high-voltage battery and supplies a resulting output to the low-voltage battery; and a controller that detects a working state of at least one of the plurality of on-vehicle auxiliary machines (22, 24) and controls operation of the DC/DC converter in accordance with the working state that is detected, characterized in that the controller performs voltage feedback control with respect to the DC/DC converter in accordance with an output voltage of the DC/DC converter, the plurality of on-vehicle auxiliary machines include electric power steering and an electrically controlled brake system, the controller detects the working state of the electric power steering based on a working signal of the electric power steering and detects the working state of the electrically controlled brake system based on a working signal of the electrically controlled brake system, and, when at least one of the working signals of the electric power steering and the electrically controlled brake system is detected, the controller raises control gain of the DC/DC converter, wherein an amount by which the control gain is raised is prestored in a memory, the amount corresponding to an amount of electric current consumed by the on-vehicle auxiliary machines. a high-voltage battery that supplies electric power to an on-vehicle motor; a low-voltage battery that supplies electric power to a plurality of on-vehicle auxiliary machines; a DC/DC converter that changes voltage of an output of the high-voltage battery and supplies a resulting output to the low-voltage battery; and a controller that detects a working state of at least one of the plurality of on-vehicle auxiliary machines (22, 24) and controls operation of the DC/DC converter in accordance with the working state that is detected, characterized in that the controller performs voltage feedback control with respect to the DC/DC converter in accordance with an output voltage of the DC/DC converter, the plurality of on-vehicle auxiliary machines include electric power steering and an electrically controlled brake system, the controller detects the working state of the electric power steering based on a working signal of the electric power steering and detects the working state of the electrically controlled brake system based on a working signal of the electrically controlled brake system, and, when at least one of the working signals of the electric power steering and the electrically controlled brake system is detected, the controller raises control gain of the DC/DC converter, wherein an amount by which the control gain is raised is prestored in a memory, the amount corresponding to an amount of electric current consumed by the on-vehicle auxiliary machines.
A method for generating a stream of data comprising a plurality of encoded data blocks, the plurality of encoded data blocks comprising a plurality of self-contained blocks including all information for decoding the block and a plurality of blocks including only partial information for decoding, the method comprising: varying a distance of self-contained blocks in the stream dependent on the content encoded in the stream, wherein the stream is a main stream, and wherein tuning into the main stream is effected via a secondary stream comprising at least a subset of the data blocks of the main stream encoded at a quality different from a quality of the data blocks of the main stream, and wherein the self-contained blocks are inserted at positions in the main stream where differences in the quality of the data encoded in the main stream and in the secondary stream are less detectable. varying a distance of self-contained blocks in the stream dependent on the content encoded in the stream, wherein the stream is a main stream, and wherein tuning into the main stream is effected via a secondary stream comprising at least a subset of the data blocks of the main stream encoded at a quality different from a quality of the data blocks of the main stream, and wherein the self-contained blocks are inserted at positions in the main stream where differences in the quality of the data encoded in the main stream and in the secondary stream are less detectable.
Method for producing a epitaxially grown layer on at least one growth plate comprising the following steps: - providing a masking substrate, - providing at least one growth plate comprising a chamfer, - bonding said at least one growth plate on the masking substrate, such that the masking substrate masks a first surface and exposes a second surface of said at least one plate, said second surface comprising the chamfer and said first surface being at least partially delimited by the chamfer, - after the bonding step, depositing at least one protective film at least on one portion of the chamfer of said at least one growth plate, - debonding said at least one growth plate from the masking substrate, and - after the debonding step, depositing at least one epitaxially grown layer from said first surface of said at least one growth plate. - providing a masking substrate, - providing at least one growth plate comprising a chamfer, - bonding said at least one growth plate on the masking substrate, such that the masking substrate masks a first surface and exposes a second surface of said at least one plate, said second surface comprising the chamfer and said first surface being at least partially delimited by the chamfer, - after the bonding step, depositing at least one protective film at least on one portion of the chamfer of said at least one growth plate, - debonding said at least one growth plate from the masking substrate, and - after the debonding step, depositing at least one epitaxially grown layer from said first surface of said at least one growth plate.
Apparatus comprising a main body having an electrode and comprising a contact element, wherein the contact element is directly mechanically and electrically conductively connected to the electrode in order to electrically conductively and mechanically connect the main body and the contact element, wherein the electrical and mechanical connection between the electrode and the contact element is free of melting regions of the materials of the electrode and of the contact element which are involved in the connection, wherein the connection is realized in a manner free of connection material, wherein the connection is formed by a cohesive diffusion connection between the electrode material and the material of the contact element, wherein the contact element is a wire which has a connecting region in which it is electrically conductively and mechanically directly connected to the electrode, wherein the connection has a plurality of local connection regions delimited from one another between the electrode and the contact element, and wherein the connecting region forms a continuous region in which the connection regions are arranged.
A surgical mesh implant comprising: a porous substrate; a first and a second hydrogel precursor applied to the porous substrate, the precursors being spatially separated and different to each other and being capable of interacting upon implantation to form a material useful for anchoring the porous substrate to tissue; and a mesh having a first portion embedded within the porous substrate and a second portion free of substrate that is exposed for tissue contact. a porous substrate; a first and a second hydrogel precursor applied to the porous substrate, the precursors being spatially separated and different to each other and being capable of interacting upon implantation to form a material useful for anchoring the porous substrate to tissue; and a mesh having a first portion embedded within the porous substrate and a second portion free of substrate that is exposed for tissue contact.
Display surface element for a domestic appliance, in particular for a baking oven, consisting of an integral plate, which has transparent and opaque plate regions, wherein the plate is formed from at least two layers (1, 2) closely connected to one another, of which at least one outer, uninterrupted layer is fully transparent and a second inner layer has at least partially opaque regions, and both the outer layer and the inner layer are embodied from an plastic material which is capable of being injection moulded, characterised in that each layer (1, 2) has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm and the inner layer is provided with a thicker centre region and with lug-like elements (3, 4), or elements (3, 4) embodied in the form of eyelets, e.g. for the connection thereof to the domestic appliance.
An electric power tool comprising: a brushless motor including a stator and a rotor, the stator having a plurality of windings, the rotor being rotatable relative to the stator, an induced voltage being generated from the plurality of windings upon rotations of the rotor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to produce from the rectified voltage a pulsating voltage in which ripples remain; an inverter circuit configured to sequentially switch the plurality of windings for energization by a capacitor voltage developed across the smoothing capacitor; a receiving unit configured to receive a drive instruction for driving the brushless motor by a user; and a control unit configured to control the inverter circuit, characterized in that the smoothing capacitor has such a capacity that a first period of time for which a current flows through the brushless motor and a second period of time for which the current does not flow through the brushless motor alternately take place, the current flowing through the brushless motor for the first period of time being caused by the capacitor voltage exceeding the induced voltage resulting from a variation in the capacitor voltage accompanying a variation in the rectified voltage, the current not flowing through the brushless motor for the second period of time being caused by a balance of the capacitor voltage with the induced voltage, that the control unit is configured to control the inverter circuit such that the inverter circuit performs the sequential switching during both the first period of time and the second period of time insofar as the drive instruction is being received at the receiving unit, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the inverter circuit to halt the sequential switching when the current flowing through the brushless motor exceeds an overcurrent threshold value regardless of the drive instruction being received at the receiving unit.
A method of determining pancreatic cancer disease state in a subject, said method comprising: assaying a sample obtained from said subject for the level of a CA19-9 glycoform which binds to DC-SIGN by determining binding of CA19-9 to DC-SIGN, comparing the detected level of said lectin-binding CA19-9 glycoform in said sample with that of a control sample or a predetermined threshold value, and determining the pancreatic cancer disease state in said subject on the basis of said comparison. assaying a sample obtained from said subject for the level of a CA19-9 glycoform which binds to DC-SIGN by determining binding of CA19-9 to DC-SIGN, comparing the detected level of said lectin-binding CA19-9 glycoform in said sample with that of a control sample or a predetermined threshold value, and determining the pancreatic cancer disease state in said subject on the basis of said comparison.
A method of processing a lignocellulosic feedstock, the method comprising: heating the lignocellulosic feedstock in in a solvent mixture comprising an acid and at least 80% by volume of n-butanol to produce a reaction mixture including a butylated lignin.
Method for focusing a camera, wherein the field of view of the camera is divided into at least two segments (5, 6), and wherein at least one operating element or at least one position of an operating element is in each case assigned to at least the two segments (5, 6), and at least one object (A, B) is in each case recognized and tracked in at least two segments (5, 6), and the recognized at least two objects (A, B) are automatically assigned to the respective operating element or position of the operating element depending on which segment (5, 6) they are assigned to, and when the operating element is actuated or the operating element is brought into the corresponding position, the camera is focused on the object (A, B) assigned to the operating element or the position of the operating element.
Method for feeding a treatment medium into a thermal treatment chamber by means of a feeding device, which feeding device is cooled by means of a cooling medium passed through a cooling system (17a, 17b) that is closed with respect to the treatment chamber, characterized in that the treatment medium and the cooling medium are respectively preheated before being fed to the feeding device, the cooling medium being heated to a temperature that is the same as or greater than the temperature of the treatment medium.
An industrial transmitter assembly comprising: an industrial transmitter including electronics contained in a housing; and a transmitter mount configured to attach the housing to a structure, the transmitter mount comprising: a stem member having a first end connected to the housing, and a second end including one of a flange oriented substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the stem member and a first twist-lock connector; an adaptor configured for attachment to the structure and comprising a base member including respectively either a slot configured to receive the flange, or a second twist-lock connector configured to attach to the first twist-lock connector; and a locking member configured to secure the second end of the stem member to the base member. an industrial transmitter including electronics contained in a housing; and a transmitter mount configured to attach the housing to a structure, the transmitter mount comprising: a stem member having a first end connected to the housing, and a second end including one of a flange oriented substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the stem member and a first twist-lock connector; an adaptor configured for attachment to the structure and comprising a base member including respectively either a slot configured to receive the flange, or a second twist-lock connector configured to attach to the first twist-lock connector; and a locking member configured to secure the second end of the stem member to the base member. a stem member having a first end connected to the housing, and a second end including one of a flange oriented substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the stem member and a first twist-lock connector; an adaptor configured for attachment to the structure and comprising a base member including respectively either a slot configured to receive the flange, or a second twist-lock connector configured to attach to the first twist-lock connector; and a locking member configured to secure the second end of the stem member to the base member.
A delamination resistant pharmaceutical container comprising a glass composition, the pharmaceutical container comprising: SiO 2 in an amount greater than or equal to about 72 mol.% and less than or equal to about 78 mol.%; alkaline earth oxide comprising both MgO and CaO, wherein CaO is present in an amount up to about 1.0 mol.%, and a ratio (CaO (mol.%)/(CaO (mol.%)+MgO (mol.%))) is less than or equal to 0.5; X mol.% Al 2 O 3 wherein X is greater than or equal to about 5 mol.% and less than or equal to about 7 mol.% and; Y mol.% alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises Na 2 O in an amount greater than about 8 mol.%; a ratio of a concentration of B 2 O 3 (mol.%) in the glass container to (Y mol.% - X mol.%) is less than or equal to 0.3; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient comprises pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine. SiO 2 in an amount greater than or equal to about 72 mol.% and less than or equal to about 78 mol.%; alkaline earth oxide comprising both MgO and CaO, wherein CaO is present in an amount up to about 1.0 mol.%, and a ratio (CaO (mol.%)/(CaO (mol.%)+MgO (mol.%))) is less than or equal to 0.5; X mol.% Al 2 O 3 wherein X is greater than or equal to about 5 mol.% and less than or equal to about 7 mol.% and; Y mol.% alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises Na 2 O in an amount greater than about 8 mol.%; a ratio of a concentration of B 2 O 3 (mol.%) in the glass container to (Y mol.% - X mol.%) is less than or equal to 0.3; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient comprises pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine.