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An apparatus for the delivery of a therapeutic agent to a predetermined site within the tissue of a patient comprising: a) a fluid reservoir for containing a therapeutic agent, said reservoir operatively connected to at least one injection orifice; b) an actuator (114, 124) configured to transmit said therapeutic agent through said orifice to the predetermined site within the tissue of the patient; c) a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship; d) a structure incorporating an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to said penetrating electrodes, said fluid reservoir, and said injection orifice for deploying said plurality of electrodes and said injection orifice within the tissue of a patient according to a predetermined spatial relationship, wherein said source of energy is sufficient to impart a force of at least 0.7 kg/square millimeter (1000 pounds per square inch) of the total cross sectional area of all electrodes at the initiation of deployment of the electrodes for deploying said plurality of electrodes without significant distortion within the tissue of a patient; and an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to said actuator, wherein said source of energy is configured to apply a force of at least 1.1 Newtons (0.25 pound) through said fluid reservoir to said therapeutic agent; and e) an electrical field generator which facilitates the intracellular delivery of said therapeutic agent, wherein the electrical field generator is operatively connected to said electrodes at least in their deployed state. a) a fluid reservoir for containing a therapeutic agent, said reservoir operatively connected to at least one injection orifice; b) an actuator (114, 124) configured to transmit said therapeutic agent through said orifice to the predetermined site within the tissue of the patient; c) a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship; d) a structure incorporating an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to said penetrating electrodes, said fluid reservoir, and said injection orifice for deploying said plurality of electrodes and said injection orifice within the tissue of a patient according to a predetermined spatial relationship, wherein said source of energy is sufficient to impart a force of at least 0.7 kg/square millimeter (1000 pounds per square inch) of the total cross sectional area of all electrodes at the initiation of deployment of the electrodes for deploying said plurality of electrodes without significant distortion within the tissue of a patient; and an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to said actuator, wherein said source of energy is configured to apply a force of at least 1.1 Newtons (0.25 pound) through said fluid reservoir to said therapeutic agent; and e) an electrical field generator which facilitates the intracellular delivery of said therapeutic agent, wherein the electrical field generator is operatively connected to said electrodes at least in their deployed state.
A method comprising: signalling first control information from a radio access network to a mobile station (UE1, 10) for use in processing data packets, wherein the first control information comprises transmission parameters, the transmission parameters comprising at least one of: a modulation and coding scheme used on a data channel, and radio resources used on the data channel; transmitting a first data packet to the mobile station (UE1, 10) on the data channel using the transmission parameters of the first control information; characterized by for at least one subsequent transmission on the data channel, signalling control information to the mobile station (UE1, 10), the control information comprising one or more different transmission parameter values, only if one or more transmission parameter values for said at least one subsequent transmission differ from one or more corresponding values used for transmitting the first data packet. signalling first control information from a radio access network to a mobile station (UE1, 10) for use in processing data packets, wherein the first control information comprises transmission parameters, the transmission parameters comprising at least one of: a modulation and coding scheme used on a data channel, and radio resources used on the data channel; a modulation and coding scheme used on a data channel, and radio resources used on the data channel; transmitting a first data packet to the mobile station (UE1, 10) on the data channel using the transmission parameters of the first control information; characterized by for at least one subsequent transmission on the data channel, signalling control information to the mobile station (UE1, 10), the control information comprising one or more different transmission parameter values, only if one or more transmission parameter values for said at least one subsequent transmission differ from one or more corresponding values used for transmitting the first data packet.
A conveying device comprising: a conveying unit (33, 34, 35, 36, 22A, 22G, 23A, 23B, 41A, 42B, 46A, 46B) that conveys a cut sheet along a conveying path; a detecting unit (S130, S430) that is adapted to detect a jam of the cut sheet on the conveying path; a first display unit that displays information; an acquiring unit (57, S110, S410) that acquires length data indicating a length of the cut sheet; and a first control unit (S200, S210, S500, S510) that controls the first display unit to display information, wherein the detecting unit includes a position specifying unit (A, B, C, S200, S500) that specifies a position of the cut sheet on the conveying path when the jam occurs; characterized in that the first control unit is adapted to select jam information including information about the position of the cut sheet and information about a method to remove the cut sheet, based on the length data and the position of the cut sheet, and is adapted to control the first display unit to display the selected jam information. a conveying unit (33, 34, 35, 36, 22A, 22G, 23A, 23B, 41A, 42B, 46A, 46B) that conveys a cut sheet along a conveying path; a detecting unit (S130, S430) that is adapted to detect a jam of the cut sheet on the conveying path; a first display unit that displays information; an acquiring unit (57, S110, S410) that acquires length data indicating a length of the cut sheet; and a first control unit (S200, S210, S500, S510) that controls the first display unit to display information, wherein the detecting unit includes a position specifying unit (A, B, C, S200, S500) that specifies a position of the cut sheet on the conveying path when the jam occurs; characterized in that the first control unit is adapted to select jam information including information about the position of the cut sheet and information about a method to remove the cut sheet, based on the length data and the position of the cut sheet, and is adapted to control the first display unit to display the selected jam information.
A neck supporter, which is to be fit around a neck of a wearer and has an air-bag in which air is to be injected, said neck supporter comprising: an elongated main body providing said air-bag; an air injection valve that is provided in said main body to enable the air to be injected into said air-bag or discharged therefrom; connection sections (31, 32) that are provided on opposite surfaces in a vicinity of opposite ends of said main body to connect said opposite surfaces to each other; and a plurality of retaining portions to provide bonded portions between a front surface and a back surface of said main body; characterized in that said retaining portions are provided dispersedly as dots in series in a longitudinal direction of said main body. an elongated main body providing said air-bag; an air injection valve that is provided in said main body to enable the air to be injected into said air-bag or discharged therefrom; connection sections (31, 32) that are provided on opposite surfaces in a vicinity of opposite ends of said main body to connect said opposite surfaces to each other; and a plurality of retaining portions to provide bonded portions between a front surface and a back surface of said main body; characterized in that said retaining portions are provided dispersedly as dots in series in a longitudinal direction of said main body.
A method for creating an NC control program for controlling a test run for producing at least one test contour (11a-e, 13, 14, 17, 21, 21a-c, 31, 33 to 35, 41 to 44) for determining, optimising and/or validating processing parameters (BP1, BP2) and/or control parameters of a processing operation on a laser processing machine, comprising the steps of: providing a basic NC program which includes at least one contour variable for the at least one test contour (11a-e, 13, 14, 17, 21, 21a-c, 31, 33 to 35, 41 to 44) to be produced in the test run and at least one decision function for value assignment of a contour parameter to the contour variable, wherein the contour variable is a contour type of the test contour to be produced, providing a selection function for selection by an operator of a combination of input values that are characteristic of the processing operation, and creating the NC control program from the basic NC program by automatic execution of the decision function for value assignment to the contour variable of a contour parameter that is technologically suitable in dependence on the selected combination of input values and is selected during automatic performance of the decision function from a predetermined number of contour shapes of the test contour to be produced, wherein the contour shapes comprise meanders, squares, triangles, rectangles and oblong meanders. providing a basic NC program which includes at least one contour variable for the at least one test contour (11a-e, 13, 14, 17, 21, 21a-c, 31, 33 to 35, 41 to 44) to be produced in the test run and at least one decision function for value assignment of a contour parameter to the contour variable, wherein the contour variable is a contour type of the test contour to be produced, providing a selection function for selection by an operator of a combination of input values that are characteristic of the processing operation, and creating the NC control program from the basic NC program by automatic execution of the decision function for value assignment to the contour variable of a contour parameter that is technologically suitable in dependence on the selected combination of input values and is selected during automatic performance of the decision function from a predetermined number of contour shapes of the test contour to be produced, wherein the contour shapes comprise meanders, squares, triangles, rectangles and oblong meanders.
Pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade monitoring apparatus comprising: an indwelling probe comprising: an elongate body adapted for insertion within a coronary sinus of a patient; and motion sensing means comprising at least one three-axis accelerometer coupled to the elongate body and configured to sense motion of the probe based on movement of a wall of the coronary sinus and record acceleration data indicative of acceleration and/or deceleration of the wall; and a processor coupled to the probe for receiving the acceleration data obtained from the motion sensing means, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a first calculation to determine first displacement data from the acceleration data, perform a second calculation to determine volumetric displacement data of the probe from the first displacement data, compare the volumetric displacement data with baseline volumetric displacement data to monitor for cardiac dysfunction indicative of pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade; and trigger an alert upon the volumetric displacement falling below a pre-defined volumetric displacement threshold level. an indwelling probe comprising: an elongate body adapted for insertion within a coronary sinus of a patient; and motion sensing means comprising at least one three-axis accelerometer coupled to the elongate body and configured to sense motion of the probe based on movement of a wall of the coronary sinus and record acceleration data indicative of acceleration and/or deceleration of the wall; and an elongate body adapted for insertion within a coronary sinus of a patient; and motion sensing means comprising at least one three-axis accelerometer coupled to the elongate body and configured to sense motion of the probe based on movement of a wall of the coronary sinus and record acceleration data indicative of acceleration and/or deceleration of the wall; and a processor coupled to the probe for receiving the acceleration data obtained from the motion sensing means, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a first calculation to determine first displacement data from the acceleration data, perform a second calculation to determine volumetric displacement data of the probe from the first displacement data, compare the volumetric displacement data with baseline volumetric displacement data to monitor for cardiac dysfunction indicative of pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade; and trigger an alert upon the volumetric displacement falling below a pre-defined volumetric displacement threshold level. perform a first calculation to determine first displacement data from the acceleration data, perform a second calculation to determine volumetric displacement data of the probe from the first displacement data, compare the volumetric displacement data with baseline volumetric displacement data to monitor for cardiac dysfunction indicative of pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade; and trigger an alert upon the volumetric displacement falling below a pre-defined volumetric displacement threshold level.
Method for producing a prestressed concrete component, comprising, preferably in the following order, the steps: - providing at least one reinforcing element comprising a plurality of carbon fibers and several removable holding elements, which are connected to each other by the carbon fibers, so that the carbon fibers can be tensioned in their longitudinal direction by means of the holding elements, wherein the carbon fibers are attached to the holding elements in such a way that the carbon fibers open into the holding elements in a largely straight line when tensioned, the carbon fibers have a net cross-sectional area of less than 5 mm 2, and the carbon fibers are attached to the holding elements by laminating or by laminating and clamping and are fixed in their mutual arrangement; - tensioning the carbon fibers of the reinforcing element by pulling apart the associated holding elements in their longitudinal direction; and - concreting of the concrete component with at least partial concreting of the tensioned carbon fibers. - providing at least one reinforcing element comprising a plurality of carbon fibers and several removable holding elements, which are connected to each other by the carbon fibers, so that the carbon fibers can be tensioned in their longitudinal direction by means of the holding elements, wherein the carbon fibers are attached to the holding elements in such a way that the carbon fibers open into the holding elements in a largely straight line when tensioned, the carbon fibers have a net cross-sectional area of less than 5 mm 2, and the carbon fibers are attached to the holding elements by laminating or by laminating and clamping and are fixed in their mutual arrangement; - tensioning the carbon fibers of the reinforcing element by pulling apart the associated holding elements in their longitudinal direction; and - concreting of the concrete component with at least partial concreting of the tensioned carbon fibers.
A mobile system comprising: a control message receiver adapted to receive a control message associated with a virtual base station system from a base station system via an allocated spectrum; a spectrum selector adapted to select a spectrum to be used for communication with the virtual base station system based on the control message; and a data transceiver adapted to transmit and receive data via the selected spectrum; wherein the virtual base station system is adapted to use the infrastructure of the base station system and is adapted to provide a radio voice service and a data service via a shared spectrum, instead of the allocated spectrum that is used in the base station system, wherein said control message contains information associated with the shared spectrum; wherein the data transceiver comprises: a synchronization unit to perform forward frame synchronization with the virtual base station system; an initialization unit to receive a broadcast control message from the virtual base station system to perform initialization between the mobile system and the virtual base station system; and an additional control message receiver to receive an additional control message via the selected spectrum; and wherein the additional control message comprises sensing information for spectrum management. a control message receiver adapted to receive a control message associated with a virtual base station system from a base station system via an allocated spectrum; a spectrum selector adapted to select a spectrum to be used for communication with the virtual base station system based on the control message; and a data transceiver adapted to transmit and receive data via the selected spectrum; wherein the virtual base station system is adapted to use the infrastructure of the base station system and is adapted to provide a radio voice service and a data service via a shared spectrum, instead of the allocated spectrum that is used in the base station system, wherein said control message contains information associated with the shared spectrum; wherein the data transceiver comprises: a synchronization unit to perform forward frame synchronization with the virtual base station system; an initialization unit to receive a broadcast control message from the virtual base station system to perform initialization between the mobile system and the virtual base station system; and an additional control message receiver to receive an additional control message via the selected spectrum; and a synchronization unit to perform forward frame synchronization with the virtual base station system; an initialization unit to receive a broadcast control message from the virtual base station system to perform initialization between the mobile system and the virtual base station system; and an additional control message receiver to receive an additional control message via the selected spectrum; and wherein the additional control message comprises sensing information for spectrum management.
A method of determining a traffic distribution pattern in an optical network having a plurality of links, said method comprising: dividing a signal into a plurality of sub-signals, each sub-signal comprising primary traffic, backup traffic, or a combination of primary and backup traffic; determining a distribution pattern such that each sub-signal traverses one or more of said links between a same beginning node and a same ending node; and iteratively revising the distribution pattern to reduce backup traffic load by: identifying the most loaded links and marking them as critical links in the distribution pattern; determining a first set of sub-signals that each traverse at least one critical link; reallocating a primary traffic load from the first set of sub-signals to one or more link-disjoint sub-signals; and reducing backup traffic on one or more of the link-disjoint sub-signals, wherein the one or more link-disjoint sub-signals are link-disjoint from the first set of sub-signals. dividing a signal into a plurality of sub-signals, each sub-signal comprising primary traffic, backup traffic, or a combination of primary and backup traffic; determining a distribution pattern such that each sub-signal traverses one or more of said links between a same beginning node and a same ending node; and iteratively revising the distribution pattern to reduce backup traffic load by: identifying the most loaded links and marking them as critical links in the distribution pattern; determining a first set of sub-signals that each traverse at least one critical link; reallocating a primary traffic load from the first set of sub-signals to one or more link-disjoint sub-signals; and reducing backup traffic on one or more of the link-disjoint sub-signals, wherein the one or more link-disjoint sub-signals are link-disjoint from the first set of sub-signals. identifying the most loaded links and marking them as critical links in the distribution pattern; determining a first set of sub-signals that each traverse at least one critical link; reallocating a primary traffic load from the first set of sub-signals to one or more link-disjoint sub-signals; and reducing backup traffic on one or more of the link-disjoint sub-signals, wherein the one or more link-disjoint sub-signals are link-disjoint from the first set of sub-signals.
A process for producing an esterified cellulose ether comprising the step of reacting a cellulose ether with an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid anhydride and/or a dicarboxylic acid anhydride in the presence of up to 2000 weight parts of an aliphatic carboxylic acid per 100 weight parts of cellulose ether and with a depolymerizing agent, wherein the cellulose ether has an initial viscosity of at least 500 mPa·s, measured as a 2 weight-% solution in water at 20 °C, the depolymerizing agent is an inorganic acid or an oxidizing agent different from oxygen and the reaction of the cellulose ether with the aliphatic monocarboxylic acid anhydride and/or the dicarboxylic acid anhydride and with the depolymerizing agent is conducted simultaneously or in sequence in one reaction device.
An ejector (200; 400; 430) for an ejector refrigeration system comprising: a primary inlet; a secondary inlet; an outlet; a primary flowpath from the primary inlet to the outlet; a secondary flowpath from the secondary inlet to the outlet; a motive nozzle surrounding the primary flowpath upstream of a junction with the secondary flowpath and having: a convergent section; a throat; a divergent section; and an exit; and means (204, 210; 402; 432) which are configured for varying an effective area of the throat and an effective area of the exit oppositely to each other. a primary inlet; a secondary inlet; an outlet; a primary flowpath from the primary inlet to the outlet; a secondary flowpath from the secondary inlet to the outlet; a motive nozzle surrounding the primary flowpath upstream of a junction with the secondary flowpath and having: a convergent section; a throat; a divergent section; and an exit; and a convergent section; a throat; a divergent section; and an exit; and means (204, 210; 402; 432) which are configured for varying an effective area of the throat and an effective area of the exit oppositely to each other.