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A medical connector comprising: a housing with a central axis and a hollow bore having a male end with a male luer tip and a female end ; a valve member configured to at least partially extend into an interior space of the male luer tip, the valve member comprising a first opened end, a second closed end, and an internal passageway , at least one opening near the second closed end of the valve member extending through the valve member and into the passageway; a rigid conduit in fluid communication with the female end and the first opened end of the valve member, the rigid conduit and the first opened end of the valve member being moveable relative to each other along the central axis such that at least a portion of the first opened end of the valve member and the rigid conduit overlap, thereby producing a change in volume in an interior region of the housing between the second closed end of the valve member and the female end of the housing as the valve member moves from a first position in which fluid flow through the male luer tip is obstructed to a second position in which fluid flow through the male luer tip is permitted, the volume of the interior region being larger in the first position than in the second position; a resilient member configured to couple the valve member and the housing; and a sealing element disposed within the housing and configured to inhibit fluid communication through the hollow bore of the housing between the interior of the male luer tip of the housing and the exterior of the valve member. a valve member configured to at least partially extend into an interior space of the male luer tip, the valve member comprising a first opened end, a second closed end, and an internal passageway , at least one opening near the second closed end of the valve member extending through the valve member and into the passageway; a rigid conduit in fluid communication with the female end and the first opened end of the valve member, the rigid conduit and the first opened end of the valve member being moveable relative to each other along the central axis such that at least a portion of the first opened end of the valve member and the rigid conduit overlap, thereby producing a change in volume in an interior region of the housing between the second closed end of the valve member and the female end of the housing as the valve member moves from a first position in which fluid flow through the male luer tip is obstructed to a second position in which fluid flow through the male luer tip is permitted, the volume of the interior region being larger in the first position than in the second position; a resilient member configured to couple the valve member and the housing; and a sealing element disposed within the housing and configured to inhibit fluid communication through the hollow bore of the housing between the interior of the male luer tip of the housing and the exterior of the valve member.
A wedge shaped spiral ring including: an outer circumferential face configured to contact a wellbore casing or liner; a conical, inner circumferential face configured to contact a retainer , wherein the conical, inner circumferential face is angled relative to the outer circumferential face and the outer circumferential face is configured to be parallel with the wellbore casing or liner; and an axial end face configured to contact a packing element , wherein the axial end face is perpendicular to the outer circumferential face , wherein the wedge shaped spiral ring is cut as one continuous spiral. an outer circumferential face configured to contact a wellbore casing or liner; a conical, inner circumferential face configured to contact a retainer , wherein the conical, inner circumferential face is angled relative to the outer circumferential face and the outer circumferential face is configured to be parallel with the wellbore casing or liner; and an axial end face configured to contact a packing element , wherein the axial end face is perpendicular to the outer circumferential face , wherein the wedge shaped spiral ring is cut as one continuous spiral.
A plasma source comprising a quarter wave antenna located in a cylindrical enclosure provided with an opening opposite the end of the antenna , wherein: the diameter (d) of the antenna is in the range from one third to one quarter of the inner diameter (d 1 ) of the enclosure , the distance between the end of the antenna and the opening is in the range from 2/3 to 5/3 of the diameter (d) of the antenna . the diameter (d) of the antenna is in the range from one third to one quarter of the inner diameter (d 1 ) of the enclosure , the distance between the end of the antenna and the opening is in the range from 2/3 to 5/3 of the diameter (d) of the antenna .
Bypass device for accepting chyme from the stomach and for bypass-type conducting of the chyme through the pylorus in or through the duodenum of a patient, comprising a tubular, radially collapsible and self-erecting transpyloric conducting element , which penetrates the pylorus, having a central conducting lumen for the chyme, and fixing elements for anchoring the transpyloric conducting element on the pylorus, consisting of an annular gastric anchor element, which is arranged on the gastric side or proximal to the pylorus, for anchoring the transpyloric conducting element proximally to the pylorus, having a gastric balloon segment , which regionally delimits a cavity of annular structure fillable with a medium, and also an annular duodenal anchor element, which is located on the intestine side or distally to the pylorus in the duodenum, for anchoring the transpyloric conducting element distally to the pylorus, having a duodenal balloon segment , which regionally delimits a cavity of annular structure fillable with a medium, characterized in that the gastric balloon segment and/or the duodenal balloon segment encloses the radial exterior of the transpyloric conducting segment , is not closed along a circumferential line in the toroidal direction, and is connected to the conducting element such that the latter forms a part of the enclosure of the relevant toroidal cavity, wherein the conducting element is formed or reinforced at least in its region encompassing the gastric and/or duodenal cavity such that it has a higher structural stability or self-erection capability there than the relevant balloon segment in the immediate surroundings, and wherein at least one balloon segment has a free edge area extending circumferentially, which is closed in a ring shape and presses against the transpyloric conducting element , which free edge area (i) is everted such that it presses flatly with its inner side, which faces the regarding cavity, against the transpyloric conducting segment , and (ii) is connected to the transpyloric conducting element to form a seal.
A compressor assembly, comprising: a housing that includes a plurality of attached shell sections which define an internal volume of the compressor; compressor bodies disposed in the housing , the compressor bodies having respective surfaces which mutually engage; a drive unit disposed in the housing , the drive unit having a motor to provide a mechanical output on a drive shaft , the drive shaft operatively driving the compressor bodies to facilitate relative movement for the compression of fluid; wherein the plurality of shell sections includes a base plate having an annular rib which locates a tubular central shell section of the plurality of attached shell sections, wherein a central portion of the base plate is convex along the outer surface of the housing, such that the central portion extends downward when the compressor is right side up, characterized in that the central portion of the base plate has a flattened bottom portion surrounded by angled sides , wherein the central portion of the base plate has two pairs of opposing angled sides, with a first pair of opposing angled sides being concave with respect to the central portion , and that a second pair of opposing angled sides has a linear profile when viewed in cross-section, with the second pair of opposing angled sides being shorter and angled steeper than the first pair . a housing that includes a plurality of attached shell sections which define an internal volume of the compressor; compressor bodies disposed in the housing , the compressor bodies having respective surfaces which mutually engage; a drive unit disposed in the housing , the drive unit having a motor to provide a mechanical output on a drive shaft , the drive shaft operatively driving the compressor bodies to facilitate relative movement for the compression of fluid; wherein the plurality of shell sections includes a base plate having an annular rib which locates a tubular central shell section of the plurality of attached shell sections, wherein a central portion of the base plate is convex along the outer surface of the housing, such that the central portion extends downward when the compressor is right side up, characterized in that the central portion of the base plate has a flattened bottom portion surrounded by angled sides , wherein the central portion of the base plate has two pairs of opposing angled sides, with a first pair of opposing angled sides being concave with respect to the central portion , and that a second pair of opposing angled sides has a linear profile when viewed in cross-section, with the second pair of opposing angled sides being shorter and angled steeper than the first pair .
A method of sorbing carbon dioxide from a gaseous composition to selectively remove carbon dioxide from methane or hydrogen gas, the method comprising; providing a porous polymeric sorbent, wherein the porous polymeric sorbent has a BET specific surface area of at least 400 m 2 /gram, the porous polymeric sorbent comprising a) 75 to 100 weight percent of a first monomeric unit of Formula (I); and b) 0 to 25 weight percent of a second monomeric unit of Formula (II); wherein R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; each weight percent is based on a total weight of the porous polymeric sorbent; and exposing the porous polymeric sorbent to the gaseous composition at a first pressure, wherein the gaseous composition comprises carbon dioxide; sorbing carbon dioxide from the gaseous composition on the porous polymeric sorbent; and desorbing carbon dioxide from the porous polymeric sorbent at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure. a) 75 to 100 weight percent of a first monomeric unit of Formula (I); and b) 0 to 25 weight percent of a second monomeric unit of Formula (II); wherein R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; each weight percent is based on a total weight of the porous polymeric sorbent; and exposing the porous polymeric sorbent to the gaseous composition at a first pressure, wherein the gaseous composition comprises carbon dioxide; sorbing carbon dioxide from the gaseous composition on the porous polymeric sorbent; and desorbing carbon dioxide from the porous polymeric sorbent at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure. R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; each weight percent is based on a total weight of the porous polymeric sorbent; and exposing the porous polymeric sorbent to the gaseous composition at a first pressure, wherein the gaseous composition comprises carbon dioxide; sorbing carbon dioxide from the gaseous composition on the porous polymeric sorbent; and desorbing carbon dioxide from the porous polymeric sorbent at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure.
A transfection complex comprising a transfection enhancer and a cell surface ligand, wherein said cell surface ligand is a peptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 350.
A method of operating access points in a wireless network comprising the steps of, by means of an access point : i) identifying a user equipment route in the wireless network, the user equipment route relating to a trajectory of at least one user equipment through a topographical area covered by the wireless network, by obtaining and processing a historic log recorded by the at least one user equipment relating to previously connected access points in the network; ii) identifying at least one coverage gap within the identified user equipment route by locating events in the historic log relating to disconnections from the wireless network experienced by the at least one user equipment between the access point and at least one other access point ; iii) closing the at least one coverage gap by increasing the coverage range of at least one of the access points so that the coverage range of the access points overlap. i) identifying a user equipment route in the wireless network, the user equipment route relating to a trajectory of at least one user equipment through a topographical area covered by the wireless network, by obtaining and processing a historic log recorded by the at least one user equipment relating to previously connected access points in the network; ii) identifying at least one coverage gap within the identified user equipment route by locating events in the historic log relating to disconnections from the wireless network experienced by the at least one user equipment between the access point and at least one other access point ; iii) closing the at least one coverage gap by increasing the coverage range of at least one of the access points so that the coverage range of the access points overlap.
An apparatus for quantitative modulated fluorescence imaging to perform depth sectioned fluorescence and reflectance imaging of a turbid sample composed of a fluorescent turbid medium, the apparatus comprising: a source configured to expose a turbid sample to a periodic pattern of illumination, said illumination pattern having the form S = S 0 2 1 + M 0 cos 2 πf x x + Φ , where S 0 , M 0 , f x . and Φ are the illumination source intensity, modulation depth, spatial frequency, and spatial phase, respectively, wherein the source does not contact the sample, a camera configured to receive a data image from the sample; a signal processor to Fourier transform the data image of the sample, to spatially filter the Fourier transformed data image of the sample, and to reconstruct the filtered Fourier transformed data image of the sample, wherein the source is configured to provide the periodic pattern of illumination encoded with a fluorescent excitation wavelength to provide depth-resolved discrimination of fluorescent structures withing the turbid medium; and the apparatus further comprises means for reconstructing the non-contact three dimensional image of fluorescence at an emission frequency within the turbid sample wherein, in practise, the illumination is in the form M 0 ∗ cos(2πf x +Φ)+1, containing a DC (planar) component to allow for modulation from 0 to 1 wherein, in practice, the sample is illuminated three times at a same spatial frequency with phase offsets of 0, 120 and 240 degrees. a source configured to expose a turbid sample to a periodic pattern of illumination, said illumination pattern having the form S = S 0 2 1 + M 0 cos 2 πf x x + Φ , where S 0 , M 0 , f x . and Φ are the illumination source intensity, modulation depth, spatial frequency, and spatial phase, respectively, wherein the source does not contact the sample, a camera configured to receive a data image from the sample; a signal processor to Fourier transform the data image of the sample, to spatially filter the Fourier transformed data image of the sample, and to reconstruct the filtered Fourier transformed data image of the sample, wherein the source is configured to provide the periodic pattern of illumination encoded with a fluorescent excitation wavelength to provide depth-resolved discrimination of fluorescent structures withing the turbid medium; and the apparatus further comprises means for reconstructing the non-contact three dimensional image of fluorescence at an emission frequency within the turbid sample wherein, in practise, the illumination is in the form M 0 ∗ cos(2πf x +Φ)+1, containing a DC (planar) component to allow for modulation from 0 to 1 wherein, in practice, the sample is illuminated three times at a same spatial frequency with phase offsets of 0, 120 and 240 degrees.
An information communication apparatus that comprises a processor and a memory coupled to or integrated with the processor and is configured to designate a communication destination by selecting a desired recipient from a plurality of recipients displayed in a list form in an operation screen, wherein the processor: displays, for the recipients, recipient names, which are names of the recipients, and displays, in front of each of the recipient names, a letter icon including a combination of an initial letter of each recipient name in a case in which the recipient names are written with phonetic characters, and a figure, and sorts the recipients in a predetermined display order based on the initial letter included in the letter icon and displays the sorted recipients in the operation screen. displays, for the recipients, recipient names, which are names of the recipients, and displays, in front of each of the recipient names, a letter icon including a combination of an initial letter of each recipient name in a case in which the recipient names are written with phonetic characters, and a figure, and sorts the recipients in a predetermined display order based on the initial letter included in the letter icon and displays the sorted recipients in the operation screen.
Method for identifying a node closest to a target device in a wireless communication coverage extension system comprising a backhaul subnetwork in the shape of a tree comprising a set of interconnected nodes , a plurality of nodes of the backhaul subnetwork implementing a functionality of an access point of one and the same wireless communication network, the wireless communication coverage extension system being suitable for allowing devices including said target device to be connected to said nodes via the wireless communication network or by wire in order to form a local area network, the method comprising the following steps: - monitoring messages exchanged during an address resolution phase, and obtaining therefrom an association between network address and Medium Access Control (MAC) address of each device connected to the local area network and node of the backhaul subnetwork; - filling in , in each said node , an address resolution table, indicating therein each association between network address and MAC address obtained by said node , and also interface wqinformation representing an interface of said node via which the message which allowed said association to be obtained was received; and, to identify the node closest to the target device among said nodes of the backhaul subnetwork, the method comprises an analysis of the resolution tables which includes the following steps: - scanning the address resolution tables in search of the association between network address and MAC address corresponding to said target device , and obtaining therefrom the associated interface information; and - identifying the node closest to the target device as being the node the address resolution table of which does not reference any node of the backhaul subnetwork in association with said interface information. - monitoring messages exchanged during an address resolution phase, and obtaining therefrom an association between network address and Medium Access Control (MAC) address of each device connected to the local area network and node of the backhaul subnetwork; - filling in , in each said node , an address resolution table, indicating therein each association between network address and MAC address obtained by said node , and also interface wqinformation representing an interface of said node via which the message which allowed said association to be obtained was received; - scanning the address resolution tables in search of the association between network address and MAC address corresponding to said target device , and obtaining therefrom the associated interface information; and - identifying the node closest to the target device as being the node the address resolution table of which does not reference any node of the backhaul subnetwork in association with said interface information.
An aerosol inhaler , comprising: a power supply that is able to discharge power to a heating resistor for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source , wherein the aerosol generation source is a part which a user can replace to use, said part being provided to the user as a set of one or more aerosol generation sources, and a control unit that is configured to perform control to cause power discharge from the power supply to the heating resistor such that the power supply is not fully-discharged, characterized in that the control unit is configured to control discharge of the power supply such that an amount of power of the power supply at which to stop discharge of power from the power supply to the heating resistor such that the power supply is not fully-discharged is made to be an amount of power in accordance with a degree of deterioration of the power supply based on a calculation dividing a full charge capacity of the power supply in a deteriorated state by a full charge capacity state of the power supply in a brand new state so that an amount of power required to be supplied to the heating resistor , in a state in which charging of the power supply is completed, to consume two sets of aerosol generation sources that are unused is an amount of power of the power supply that is secured. a power supply that is able to discharge power to a heating resistor for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source , wherein the aerosol generation source is a part which a user can replace to use, said part being provided to the user as a set of one or more aerosol generation sources, and a control unit that is configured to perform control to cause power discharge from the power supply to the heating resistor such that the power supply is not fully-discharged, characterized in that the control unit is configured to control discharge of the power supply such that an amount of power of the power supply at which to stop discharge of power from the power supply to the heating resistor such that the power supply is not fully-discharged is made to be an amount of power in accordance with a degree of deterioration of the power supply based on a calculation dividing a full charge capacity of the power supply in a deteriorated state by a full charge capacity state of the power supply in a brand new state so that an amount of power required to be supplied to the heating resistor , in a state in which charging of the power supply is completed, to consume two sets of aerosol generation sources that are unused is an amount of power of the power supply that is secured.