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An apparatus, comprising: a tube having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therethough, the distal end configured to be disposed within the stomach of a patient via the esophagus of the patient; a balloon coupled to the distal end of the tube and having a balloon wall defining an interior in fluid communication with the lumen, the balloon inflatable with a fluid delivered via the lumen to define an echogenic space; a magnet disposed in the lumen of the tube and disposed entirely within the balloon, a position of the balloon and the distal end of the tube within the stomach of the patient controllable via magnetic attraction between the magnet and an external magnetic source disposed external to the patient such that the balloon pushes the stomach wall of the patient against subcutaneous tissue of an abdomen of the patient. a tube having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therethough, the distal end configured to be disposed within the stomach of a patient via the esophagus of the patient; a balloon coupled to the distal end of the tube and having a balloon wall defining an interior in fluid communication with the lumen, the balloon inflatable with a fluid delivered via the lumen to define an echogenic space; a magnet disposed in the lumen of the tube and disposed entirely within the balloon, a position of the balloon and the distal end of the tube within the stomach of the patient controllable via magnetic attraction between the magnet and an external magnetic source disposed external to the patient such that the balloon pushes the stomach wall of the patient against subcutaneous tissue of an abdomen of the patient.
Method of starting a transferred-arc plasma-cutting torch comprising the steps of: b) approaching the torch of the upper surface of the piece to a transfer height H 1 of a pilot arc to the piece, and c) separating the torch of the upper surface of the piece to a drilling height H 2 with H 2 >H a, and starting of the drilling of the piece, characterised in that, prior to the step b), the method comprises a step of: a) positioning the torch at a starting height H a provided with respect to the upper surface of the piece to be cut, with H 1 <H a <H 2, and initiation of the pilot arc. b) approaching the torch of the upper surface of the piece to a transfer height H 1 of a pilot arc to the piece, and c) separating the torch of the upper surface of the piece to a drilling height H 2 with H 2 >H a, and starting of the drilling of the piece, characterised in that, prior to the step b), the method comprises a step of: a) positioning the torch at a starting height H a provided with respect to the upper surface of the piece to be cut, with H 1 <H a <H 2, and initiation of the pilot arc. a) positioning the torch at a starting height H a provided with respect to the upper surface of the piece to be cut, with H 1 <H a <H 2, and initiation of the pilot arc.
A dumbbell with a selectable number of weight disks and comprising: a base assembly, in which a first and second set of separate weight disks standing upright are insertable, the weight disks having openings which lie in alignment with one another when the weight disks stand in the base assembly, a handle with pin members axially projectable in opposing directions for insertion in the openings of the weight disks, the projection lengths of the pin members from the handle being selectable in order thereby to permit a selection of the number of weight disks accommodated on the handle, and neighbouring weight disks and the handle having mutually cooperating connecting means (7, 8) which are disposed, in the axial direction of the dumbbell, to interconnect neighbouring weight disks with one another and the handle, but, in a radial direction, to permit separation of one weight disk from a neighbouring weight disk and the handle, respectively, the handle displays housings at its opposing ends, from which the pin members are disposed to be projectable in opposing directions in the longitudinal direction of the handle, wherein the handle has locking means (22, 23) for locking the pin members in selected projection positions on lifting of the dumbbell up out of the base assembly and wherein the pin members are movable along the longitudinal center axis of the handle, characterized in that the connecting means (7, 8) comprises a cuneiform depression on one side of each weight disk and a cuneiform projection on an opposite side of each weight disk, wherein, for each weight disk, the depression and the projection each have respective longitudinal center lines and are cuneiform symmetrically about the respective longitudinal center lines, the longitudinal center lines also being diameter lines for the weight disk through the opening, the depression being undercut in cross-sectional configuration, the projection having a profile in cross-section corresponding to the cross-sectional configuration of the depression, the depression being open to a peripheral edge of the weight disk, and wherein in use two weight disks are adapted to be interconnected by the projection on one of the two weight disks being accommodated in the depression of another one of the two weight disks so that the two weight disks cannot be displaced in an axial direction in relation to one another and so that the two weight disks are displaceable only in one direction along the longitudinal center lines of the depression and the projection.
Device for shaping food products, from portions or pieces of frozen blocks, characterised in that it comprises: • a mould plate having at least one shaping cavity inside which the calibrated frozen portion or the frozen pieces are placed; • a universal backing mould consisting of an elastomeric stamping base covering the at least one shaping cavity provided in the mould plate; • a press plate driven by a pressing device for urging the elastomeric stamping base onto the edges of the at least one shaping cavity of the mould plate, such that said elastomeric stamping base, under the pressing force of said press plate, is able to deform elastically and to press the portion or the pieces uniformly inside the shaping cavity in order to move the flesh of said portion or of said pieces inside the shaping cavity while respecting the integrity of the muscle fibre and the organoleptic quality of the newly shaped product; • and ejection means for discharging the newly formed product from the at least one shaping cavity. • a mould plate having at least one shaping cavity inside which the calibrated frozen portion or the frozen pieces are placed; • a universal backing mould consisting of an elastomeric stamping base covering the at least one shaping cavity provided in the mould plate; • a press plate driven by a pressing device for urging the elastomeric stamping base onto the edges of the at least one shaping cavity of the mould plate, such that said elastomeric stamping base, under the pressing force of said press plate, is able to deform elastically and to press the portion or the pieces uniformly inside the shaping cavity in order to move the flesh of said portion or of said pieces inside the shaping cavity while respecting the integrity of the muscle fibre and the organoleptic quality of the newly shaped product; • and ejection means for discharging the newly formed product from the at least one shaping cavity.
A steerable stent delivery system, comprising: a microcatheter having a distal end configured to be inserted into a blood vessel; a core member extending within the microcatheter; and a stent; the core member having a distal portion and an intermediate portion proximal to the distal portion, the stent extending along the intermediate portion; the core member being configured to be steerable by being rotatable relative to the stent and the microcatheter, characterised in that; the distal portion of the core member comprising a distal cover is rotatably coupled to the core member and at least partially surrounds a distal portion of the stent. a microcatheter having a distal end configured to be inserted into a blood vessel; a core member extending within the microcatheter; and a stent; the core member having a distal portion and an intermediate portion proximal to the distal portion, the stent extending along the intermediate portion; the core member being configured to be steerable by being rotatable relative to the stent and the microcatheter, characterised in that; the distal portion of the core member comprising a distal cover is rotatably coupled to the core member and at least partially surrounds a distal portion of the stent.
A system to perform seismic exploration in an aqueous medium, comprising a detector, a wake-up system, a storage and control sub-system, a sensor and an optical transmitter; wherein the detector is configured to provide an indication to the wake-up system to turn on the storage and control sub-system, the sensor, and the optical transmitter; the system is characterized in that the wake-up system, in response to the indication from the detector, operational to: identify an optical communication link established via the optical transmitter through the aqueous medium; determine a quality control parameter of the optical communication link; and validate, based on the quality control parameter the optical communication link established via the optical transmitter through the aqueous medium; and the storage and control sub-system operational to cause the optical transmitter to transmit, via the optical communication link validated by the wake-up system, data indicative of a parameter sensed by the sensor. identify an optical communication link established via the optical transmitter through the aqueous medium; determine a quality control parameter of the optical communication link; and validate, based on the quality control parameter the optical communication link established via the optical transmitter through the aqueous medium; and the storage and control sub-system operational to cause the optical transmitter to transmit, via the optical communication link validated by the wake-up system, data indicative of a parameter sensed by the sensor.
A telescoping retractor holder comprising a length-adjustable support, the one end section of which can be supported on an operating table, and comprising a retractor lever, the one, distal end of which comprises a retractor receptacle adapted to releasably grip a retractor, and the other, proximal end section of which can be operatively connected in a supporting and detachable manner to the other free end section of the telescoping support, by way of a detachable connecting means, for the application of a lever force, wherein the proximal end section of the retractor lever comprising at least one, and preferably a plurality of longitudinally spaced points of engagement/points of action serving as the connecting means, characterized in that the support can be telescoped and the retractor lever can selectively be operatively connected to the support in a loosely seated manner at the at least one point of engagement/point of action, the at least one point of engagement/point of action forming a freely accessible undercut, into which a detent protrusion or pin at the other free end section of the support can latch in such a way that a relative pivoting movement is permitted between the support and the retractor lever, while sliding of the retractor lever in the longitudinal direction thereof away from the support is prevented, and the undercut is designed in the form of a notch or a protrusion on the rod-shaped retractor lever, and interacts with the detent protrusion or pin at the free end of the support by simple abutment.
A surgical device adapter for coupling an end effector to a handle assembly, the surgical device adapter comprising: a housing; a drive mechanism disposed within the housing and couplable to the handle assembly and the end effector; and a drive coupling assembly coupled to the housing and selectively couplable to the handle assembly, characterised in that the drive coupling assembly includes a retraction assembly selectively couplable to the drive mechanism such that manual rotation of the drive coupling assembly about a longitudinal axis defined by the surgical device adapter and relative to the housing actuates the drive mechanism. a housing; a drive mechanism disposed within the housing and couplable to the handle assembly and the end effector; and a drive coupling assembly coupled to the housing and selectively couplable to the handle assembly, characterised in that the drive coupling assembly includes a retraction assembly selectively couplable to the drive mechanism such that manual rotation of the drive coupling assembly about a longitudinal axis defined by the surgical device adapter and relative to the housing actuates the drive mechanism.
A method for checking the integrity of a pressurised fuel tank (100; 600) using pressure measurements obtained during a filling process where the pressurised fuel tank is filled with fuel and wherein the fuel is a fluid, the method comprising: obtaining pressure measurements indicating a series of pressures inside the pressurised fuel tank at different times during the filling process as the pressurised fuel tank is being filled with fuel thereby describing a measured pressure profile of the filling process; comparing the measured pressure profile against a reference pressure profile that indicates an expected series of pressures inside the pressurised fuel tank at different times during a filling process where the pressurised fuel tank is filled with fuel, wherein the fuel is fluid, to determine whether the measured and reference pressure profiles correspond; and using the comparison to provide an indication of the integrity of the pressurised fuel tank. obtaining pressure measurements indicating a series of pressures inside the pressurised fuel tank at different times during the filling process as the pressurised fuel tank is being filled with fuel thereby describing a measured pressure profile of the filling process; comparing the measured pressure profile against a reference pressure profile that indicates an expected series of pressures inside the pressurised fuel tank at different times during a filling process where the pressurised fuel tank is filled with fuel, wherein the fuel is fluid, to determine whether the measured and reference pressure profiles correspond; and using the comparison to provide an indication of the integrity of the pressurised fuel tank.
A control body coupled or coupleable with a cartridge that is equipped with a heating element and contains an aerosol precursor composition, the control body being coupled or coupleable with the cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device in which the heating element is configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition, the control body comprising: a power source connected to an electrical load that includes the heating element when the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the power source comprising: a supercapacitor configured to provide power to the electrical load, wherein the supercapacitor is a hybrid capacitor; a DC-to-DC converter connected to the supercapacitor, between the supercapacitor and electrical load; and a snubber circuit connected in parallel with the supercapacitor and thereby forming a parallel combination, the DC-to-DC converter being connected in series with the parallel combination of the snubber circuit and supercapacitor; and a microprocessor configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the microprocessor in the active mode being configured to direct power from the supercapacitor to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. a power source connected to an electrical load that includes the heating element when the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the power source comprising: a supercapacitor configured to provide power to the electrical load, wherein the supercapacitor is a hybrid capacitor; a DC-to-DC converter connected to the supercapacitor, between the supercapacitor and electrical load; and a snubber circuit connected in parallel with the supercapacitor and thereby forming a parallel combination, the DC-to-DC converter being connected in series with the parallel combination of the snubber circuit and supercapacitor; and a supercapacitor configured to provide power to the electrical load, wherein the supercapacitor is a hybrid capacitor; a DC-to-DC converter connected to the supercapacitor, between the supercapacitor and electrical load; and a snubber circuit connected in parallel with the supercapacitor and thereby forming a parallel combination, the DC-to-DC converter being connected in series with the parallel combination of the snubber circuit and supercapacitor; and a microprocessor configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge, the microprocessor in the active mode being configured to direct power from the supercapacitor to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
A method for operating a hearing aid, comprising the steps of: using a clustering algorithm to find hearing environment classes (10, 11, 12) based on feature values in a feature space describing sound situations to which the hearing aid is subjected; activating corresponding parameter sets (13, 14, 15) in a parameter space for said hearing aid according to occurrence of the found classes (10, 11, 12); in an ongoing learning process, redefining at least one or more of the found classes by at least one of modifying, deleting or merging the one or more found classes dependent on an acoustical environment of a user of the hearing aid, and including continuously analyzing a distribution of said feature values in said feature space and modifying borders of the classes so that one cluster will represent one class; and performing at least one of the following steps selected from the group consisting of if two distinct clusters are detected within one existing class, the class is split into two new classes (29, 30), and if one cluster is covering two existing classes (30, 32), the two classes (30, 32) are merged to one new class. using a clustering algorithm to find hearing environment classes (10, 11, 12) based on feature values in a feature space describing sound situations to which the hearing aid is subjected; activating corresponding parameter sets (13, 14, 15) in a parameter space for said hearing aid according to occurrence of the found classes (10, 11, 12); in an ongoing learning process, redefining at least one or more of the found classes by at least one of modifying, deleting or merging the one or more found classes dependent on an acoustical environment of a user of the hearing aid, and including continuously analyzing a distribution of said feature values in said feature space and modifying borders of the classes so that one cluster will represent one class; and performing at least one of the following steps selected from the group consisting of if two distinct clusters are detected within one existing class, the class is split into two new classes (29, 30), and if one cluster is covering two existing classes (30, 32), the two classes (30, 32) are merged to one new class.
A polycrystalline compact, comprising a plurality of grains of hard material, the plurality of grains of hard material being interbonded to form a polycrystalline hard material, characterized by: a plurality of generally spherical non-catalytic nanoparticles disposed in interstitial spaces between the grains of hard material; wherein the plurality of grains of hard material comprises: a plurality of smaller grains of hard material having a first average grain size; and a plurality of larger grains of hard material having a second average grains size that is at least about one hundred and fifty times larger than the first average grain size. a plurality of smaller grains of hard material having a first average grain size; and a plurality of larger grains of hard material having a second average grains size that is at least about one hundred and fifty times larger than the first average grain size.
Rubber component which comprises a coating composition and at least one reinforcing element embedded in the coating composition, the coating composition being a rubber composition based on a modified polyisoprene, a vulcanization system and a reinforcing filler comprising a silica, the modified polyisoprene being a polyisoprene which bears pendent imidazole functions.
A mirror surface angle adjusting device comprising; a pivot plate to be attached to a back side of a mirror, and an actuator for holding the pivot plate, the actuator comprising: a first housing; one or more rods for pushing or pulling the pivot plate; one or more motors for providing driving powers to the rods; one or more worm wheels for transmitting the driving powers of the motors to the rods, each of the worm wheels comprising an annular gearwheel portion, a tubular portion being formed on an inner circumferential face of the gearwheel portion; and a second housing being fixed to the first housing being located between the first housing and the pivot plate, and comprising one or more gear holding parts, each of which has a circular opening formed therein, characterised in that one or more engaging portions are formed on an outer circumferential face of the tubular portion, the engaging portions being engaged with inner flanges of the openings formed in the gear holding parts such that the worm wheels are held by the second housing so that each of the worm wheels is undetachable along its central axis and rotates around the central axis. a first housing; one or more rods for pushing or pulling the pivot plate; one or more motors for providing driving powers to the rods; one or more worm wheels for transmitting the driving powers of the motors to the rods, each of the worm wheels comprising an annular gearwheel portion, a tubular portion being formed on an inner circumferential face of the gearwheel portion; and a second housing being fixed to the first housing being located between the first housing and the pivot plate, and comprising one or more gear holding parts, each of which has a circular opening formed therein,