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A device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein, the device comprising: a crossing device comprising a tip fixed to a distal end of a shaft and a hub fixed to a proximal end of the shaft, the shaft including: a coil having a plurality of filars wound in a helical shape, the coil extending from the distal end of the shaft to the proximal end of the shaft; a sleeve extending from the distal end of the shaft and disposed about a portion of the coil; and a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, and covering a portion of the coil and a portion of the sleeve, the distal end of the tubular body extending beyond the proximal end of the sleeve, and the proximal end of the tubular body is fixed to the hub; and a handle assembly positioned about the crossing device and configured to be coupled to the crossing device such that torque is applied to the shaft when the handle assembly is rotated, wherein the handle assembly comprises a handle body threadedly connected to a handle cap, the handle cap being configured to rotate relative to the handle body; and wherein the handle assembly comprises at least one grip sleeve configured to grip the shaft in response to a rotation of the handle cap relative to the handle body. a crossing device comprising a tip fixed to a distal end of a shaft and a hub fixed to a proximal end of the shaft, the shaft including: a coil having a plurality of filars wound in a helical shape, the coil extending from the distal end of the shaft to the proximal end of the shaft; a sleeve extending from the distal end of the shaft and disposed about a portion of the coil; and a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, and covering a portion of the coil and a portion of the sleeve, the distal end of the tubular body extending beyond the proximal end of the sleeve, and the proximal end of the tubular body is fixed to the hub; and a coil having a plurality of filars wound in a helical shape, the coil extending from the distal end of the shaft to the proximal end of the shaft; a sleeve extending from the distal end of the shaft and disposed about a portion of the coil; and a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, and covering a portion of the coil and a portion of the sleeve, the distal end of the tubular body extending beyond the proximal end of the sleeve, and the proximal end of the tubular body is fixed to the hub; and a handle assembly positioned about the crossing device and configured to be coupled to the crossing device such that torque is applied to the shaft when the handle assembly is rotated, wherein the handle assembly comprises a handle body threadedly connected to a handle cap, the handle cap being configured to rotate relative to the handle body; and wherein the handle assembly comprises at least one grip sleeve configured to grip the shaft in response to a rotation of the handle cap relative to the handle body.
A method of determining an operational parameter for thermoregulation fluid to be provided for a personal thermoregulation treatment pack (14, 200), the pack including a thermoregulation zone for at least partially surrounding a treatment zone and for applying a thermal treatment to a user at the treatment zone, the method including: measuring a first volume indicator, the first volume indicator being indicative of a volume of the treatment zone when occupied by a first user; determining, from the first volume indicator, a first operational parameter for thermoregulation fluid to be provided for treating the first user; characterized in that the first operational parameter is a volumetric parameter. measuring a first volume indicator, the first volume indicator being indicative of a volume of the treatment zone when occupied by a first user; determining, from the first volume indicator, a first operational parameter for thermoregulation fluid to be provided for treating the first user; characterized in that the first operational parameter is a volumetric parameter.
A method for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising receiving information related to a maneuver for the platoon; determining a reference point for the maneuver within the platoon based on one or more maneuver criteria; and providing information related to the reference point within the platoon, wherein the maneuver is a decrease of the inter-vehicular distances between the vehicles of the platoon, wherein the method comprises receiving information related to predicted quality of service, PQoS, of communication links between the vehicles of the platoon and wherein the method comprises predicting, based on the information related to the PQoS, a duration of a decreased inter vehicle distance until the inter vehicle distance has to be increased. receiving information related to a maneuver for the platoon; determining a reference point for the maneuver within the platoon based on one or more maneuver criteria; and providing information related to the reference point within the platoon, wherein the maneuver is a decrease of the inter-vehicular distances between the vehicles of the platoon, wherein the method comprises receiving information related to predicted quality of service, PQoS, of communication links between the vehicles of the platoon and wherein the method comprises predicting, based on the information related to the PQoS, a duration of a decreased inter vehicle distance until the inter vehicle distance has to be increased.
A method for processing media data on a receiver device in a packet-switched network, the method comprising the steps of - receiving media data comprising a sequence of data packets, - detecting data packet losses in the media data, - determining data frames within a group of successive data frames of the media stream affected by a packet loss, said determining comprising assessing a number of the affected data frames within said group of successive data frames, wherein the affected data frames comprise both the data frames being affected directly by the packet loss and the data frames being affected indirectly by the packet loss, said indirectly affected data frames being predictively encoded based on the directly affected data frames and wherein a data frame comprises at least one data packet and the group of successive data frames comprises data frames which are predictive encoded and data frames which are independent encoded, - deciding whether to drop data frames and which data frames are to be dropped as a function of a threshold value for quality degradation of presented media data and the assessed number of data frames affected by the data packet loss and - dropping the data frames based on the decision (S 15). - receiving media data comprising a sequence of data packets, - detecting data packet losses in the media data, - determining data frames within a group of successive data frames of the media stream affected by a packet loss, said determining comprising assessing a number of the affected data frames within said group of successive data frames, wherein the affected data frames comprise both the data frames being affected directly by the packet loss and the data frames being affected indirectly by the packet loss, said indirectly affected data frames being predictively encoded based on the directly affected data frames and wherein a data frame comprises at least one data packet and the group of successive data frames comprises data frames which are predictive encoded and data frames which are independent encoded, - deciding whether to drop data frames and which data frames are to be dropped as a function of a threshold value for quality degradation of presented media data and the assessed number of data frames affected by the data packet loss and - dropping the data frames based on the decision (S 15).
A catheter comprising: an elongated flexible catheter body defining a longitudinal axis and including an inner shaft and an outer shaft; an end effector affixed to a distal end of the outer shaft; a first tensile member extending along the longitudinal axis, with its distal end affixed to a distal portion of the inner shaft; and a control handle proximal of the catheter body and including a first control member that is configured to pivot at a joint about an axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a proximal end of the first tensile member affixed to the first control member at a first location laterally offset from the joint such that the first tensile member deflects a distal portion of the inner shaft toward a first side of the control handle when the first control member pivots about the joint in a first direction. an elongated flexible catheter body defining a longitudinal axis and including an inner shaft and an outer shaft; an end effector affixed to a distal end of the outer shaft; a first tensile member extending along the longitudinal axis, with its distal end affixed to a distal portion of the inner shaft; and a control handle proximal of the catheter body and including a first control member that is configured to pivot at a joint about an axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a proximal end of the first tensile member affixed to the first control member at a first location laterally offset from the joint such that the first tensile member deflects a distal portion of the inner shaft toward a first side of the control handle when the first control member pivots about the joint in a first direction.
A stone column drill wherein the drill is a tubular drill including a drill body which is a tube, such that a drill flight is attached to a body outer surface of the drill body, where the body outer surface is the exposed outer surface of the drill body, wherein the drill flight changes angle from a primary flight angle to a secondary flight angle at a transition distance from a ground terminal end of the drill where the ground terminal end is the end of the drill that is configured to enter ground first, characterised in that, the drill flight has the primary flight angle prior to the transition distance and the secondary flight angle after the transition distance, such that: A 1 = 5 ° to 35 °; A 2 = 30 ° to 70 °; and A 2 ≥ A 1 + 5 °.
A composition for use in a method of treating a mammalian subject for intracellular pathogen infection, wherein the pathogen is a bacterium, wherein the bacterium is Chlamydia sp., the method comprising: administering to the subject an anti-CD47 agent that reduces the binding of CD47 on an infected cell to SIRPα on a phagocytic cell, at an effective dose for increasing the phagocytosis of the infected cell, wherein the anti-CD47 agent is: (a) an anti-CD47 antibody, (b) an anti-SIRPa antibody that does not stimulate signaling through SIRPα, (c) a SIRPα-derived polypeptide that specifically binds to CD47, or (d) a soluble CD47 polypeptide that specifically binds to SIRPα and does not stimulate signaling through SIRPα. (a) an anti-CD47 antibody, (b) an anti-SIRPa antibody that does not stimulate signaling through SIRPα, (c) a SIRPα-derived polypeptide that specifically binds to CD47, or (d) a soluble CD47 polypeptide that specifically binds to SIRPα and does not stimulate signaling through SIRPα.
Method for controlling a tank ventilation device for a motor vehicle, wherein - a tank ventilation valve of the tank ventilation device is closed, - the value of a control signal for the tank ventilation valve is increased in the sense of opening the tank ventilation valve until a leak detection means (23, 31) which is assigned to the tank ventilation device detects a leak in the tank ventilation device, characterized in that - the value of the control signal at which the leak in the tank ventilation device is detected is detected as the opening control valve for opening the tank ventilation valve. - a tank ventilation valve of the tank ventilation device is closed, - the value of a control signal for the tank ventilation valve is increased in the sense of opening the tank ventilation valve until a leak detection means (23, 31) which is assigned to the tank ventilation device detects a leak in the tank ventilation device, characterized in that - the value of the control signal at which the leak in the tank ventilation device is detected is detected as the opening control valve for opening the tank ventilation valve.
A light emitting diode, LED, filament lamp, comprising at least one LED filament (120, 120a, 120b) extending over a length, L, along a longitudinal axis, A, wherein the LED filament comprises an array of a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, extending along the longitudinal axis, and an encapsulant at least partially enclosing the plurality of LEDs, wherein the encapsulant comprises a luminescent material, characterized in that at least one of the thickness, T L, of the encapsulant along a transverse axis, B, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the concentration, C L, of the luminescent material in the encapsulant, increases or decreases gradually over at least a portion of the length of the at least one LED filament along the longitudinal axis, whereby the color temperature, CT L, of the light emitted from the at least one LED filament decreases or increases gradually respectively over the length of the at least one LED filament at least along the portion thereof, and wherein at least one of the thickness of the encapsulant and the concentration of the luminescent material in the encapsulant increases gradually at least along a portion of the at least one LED filament from a base portion to a top portion thereof, whereby the color temperature of the light emitted from the at least one LED filament decreases gradually from the base portion to the top portion at least along the portion of the at least one LED filament. at least one LED filament (120, 120a, 120b) extending over a length, L, along a longitudinal axis, A, wherein the LED filament comprises an array of a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, extending along the longitudinal axis, and an encapsulant at least partially enclosing the plurality of LEDs, wherein the encapsulant comprises a luminescent material, characterized in that at least one of the thickness, T L, of the encapsulant along a transverse axis, B, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the concentration, C L, of the luminescent material in the encapsulant, increases or decreases gradually over at least a portion of the length of the at least one LED filament along the longitudinal axis, whereby the color temperature, CT L, of the light emitted from the at least one LED filament decreases or increases gradually respectively over the length of the at least one LED filament at least along the portion thereof, and wherein at least one of the thickness of the encapsulant and the concentration of the luminescent material in the encapsulant increases gradually at least along a portion of the at least one LED filament from a base portion to a top portion thereof, whereby the color temperature of the light emitted from the at least one LED filament decreases gradually from the base portion to the top portion at least along the portion of the at least one LED filament.
A rotating electrical machine comprising: a housing having a plurality of cooling fins (52L, 52S) formed on a circumference thereof; a stator fitted to the housing; a rotor fixed to a rotating shaft and configured to rotate by a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator; a cooling fan configured to rotate as the rotating shaft rotates; a cover disposed on an outer circumference of the housing; and a covering member disposed between the cover and the housing so as to cover tips of the plurality of cooling fins (52L, 52S) and thereby form a space between the plurality of cooling fins (52L, 52S), wherein the covering member is made of a material having a heat conductivity lower than those of the housing and the cover. a housing having a plurality of cooling fins (52L, 52S) formed on a circumference thereof; a stator fitted to the housing; a rotor fixed to a rotating shaft and configured to rotate by a rotating magnetic field generated by the stator; a cooling fan configured to rotate as the rotating shaft rotates; a cover disposed on an outer circumference of the housing; and a covering member disposed between the cover and the housing so as to cover tips of the plurality of cooling fins (52L, 52S) and thereby form a space between the plurality of cooling fins (52L, 52S), wherein the covering member is made of a material having a heat conductivity lower than those of the housing and the cover.
A vehicle construction, preferably vehicle chassis of modular construction, having at least two supporting structures (T3, T4) which each have at least one connector node (K3, K4), characterized in that the supporting structures (T3, T4) have adjacent connector nodes (K3, K4) and the adjacent connector nodes (K3, K4) are connected to one another via at least one connecting construction, and the connecting construction has sleeves (10, 11) connected to one another and a clamping element extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle construction, wherein the clamping element extends through the sleeves (10, 11) which are connected to one another and loads the adjacent connector nodes (K3, K4) towards one another and/or loads them towards one another substantially in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle construction.
Driver for a wiper blade support arm (10, 10', 10") for retaining a windscreen washer liquid pipe, the driver comprising: - an orifice arranged to receive a rotation shaft, this shaft being rotated about a rotation axis, - an outer contour when this driver (10, 10', 10") is observed along the rotation axis, characterized in that it comprises: - a housing formed on the said driver (10, 10', 10") between at least one radially inner rib (16, 16', 16"), and one radially outer rib, at least one of the inner rib (16, 16', 16") and the outer rib is of circularly arcuate shape, centred on the orifice of the driver (10, 10', 10"), arranged to receive a curved portion of a windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice, - a lower face, notably substantially flat, and the housing is formed on this lower face and is arranged so that, when the driver is observed along the rotation axis and when the pipe is installed on the driver (10, 10', 10"), the curved portion of the pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver (10, 10', 10"). - an orifice arranged to receive a rotation shaft, this shaft being rotated about a rotation axis, - an outer contour when this driver (10, 10', 10") is observed along the rotation axis, characterized in that it comprises: - a housing formed on the said driver (10, 10', 10") between at least one radially inner rib (16, 16', 16"), and one radially outer rib, at least one of the inner rib (16, 16', 16") and the outer rib is of circularly arcuate shape, centred on the orifice of the driver (10, 10', 10"), arranged to receive a curved portion of a windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice, - a lower face, notably substantially flat, and the housing is formed on this lower face and is arranged so that, when the driver is observed along the rotation axis and when the pipe is installed on the driver (10, 10', 10"), the curved portion of the pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver (10, 10', 10"). - a housing formed on the said driver (10, 10', 10") between at least one radially inner rib (16, 16', 16"), and one radially outer rib, at least one of the inner rib (16, 16', 16") and the outer rib is of circularly arcuate shape, centred on the orifice of the driver (10, 10', 10"), arranged to receive a curved portion of a windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice, - a lower face, notably substantially flat, and the housing is formed on this lower face and is arranged so that, when the driver is observed along the rotation axis and when the pipe is installed on the driver (10, 10', 10"), the curved portion of the pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver (10, 10', 10").
A method of making a crack-free, crystalline metal oxide article, the method comprising: providing a monolithic aerogel comprising an organic material and crystalline metal oxide particles, wherein the crystalline metal oxide particles are in a range of 3 to 20 volume percent, based on the total volume percent of the aerogel, wherein at least 70 mole percent of the crystalline metal oxide is ZrO 2; heating the monolithic aerogel for a time and at a temperature sufficient to provide a crack-free, calcined metal oxide article, wherein the crack-free calcined metal oxide article has x, y, and z dimensions of at least 5 mm, a density in a range from 30 to 95 percent of theoretical density, and an average connected pore size in a range from 10 nm to 100 nm, wherein at least 70 mole percent of the metal oxide is crystalline ZrO 2, and wherein the crystalline ZrO 2 has an average grain size less than 100 nm; and heating the crack-free, calcined metal oxide article for a time and at one or more temperatures sufficient to provide the crack-free, crystalline metal oxide article having an x, y, and z dimensions of at least 3 mm and a density of at least 98.5 percent of theoretical density, wherein at least 70 mole percent of the crystalline metal oxide is ZrO 2, and wherein the ZrO 2 has an average grain size less than 400 nanometers. providing a monolithic aerogel comprising an organic material and crystalline metal oxide particles, wherein the crystalline metal oxide particles are in a range of 3 to 20 volume percent, based on the total volume percent of the aerogel, wherein at least 70 mole percent of the crystalline metal oxide is ZrO 2; heating the monolithic aerogel for a time and at a temperature sufficient to provide a crack-free, calcined metal oxide article, wherein the crack-free calcined metal oxide article has x, y, and z dimensions of at least 5 mm, a density in a range from 30 to 95 percent of theoretical density, and an average connected pore size in a range from 10 nm to 100 nm, wherein at least 70 mole percent of the metal oxide is crystalline ZrO 2, and wherein the crystalline ZrO 2 has an average grain size less than 100 nm; and heating the crack-free, calcined metal oxide article for a time and at one or more temperatures sufficient to provide the crack-free, crystalline metal oxide article having an x, y, and z dimensions of at least 3 mm and a density of at least 98.5 percent of theoretical density, wherein at least 70 mole percent of the crystalline metal oxide is ZrO 2, and wherein the ZrO 2 has an average grain size less than 400 nanometers.