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A method for generating a combined anatomical model of a heart, the method comprising the following steps implemented by a processor arrangement: receiving a non-contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound image of a left ventricular region of the heart; receiving a contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound image of the left ventricular region of the heart; aligning the non-contrast agent-enhanced and contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound images; the method characterised by performing a combined segmentation of the aligned non-contrast agent-enhanced and contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound images to generate the combined anatomical model, wherein performing the combined segmentation comprises using features of both of the aligned non-contrast agent-enhanced and contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound images as target points. receiving a non-contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound image of a left ventricular region of the heart; receiving a contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound image of the left ventricular region of the heart; aligning the non-contrast agent-enhanced and contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound images; the method characterised by performing a combined segmentation of the aligned non-contrast agent-enhanced and contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound images to generate the combined anatomical model, wherein performing the combined segmentation comprises using features of both of the aligned non-contrast agent-enhanced and contrast agent-enhanced ultrasound images as target points.
A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread portion; and at least one sipe on a tread surface of the tread portion, wherein the sipe includes a first sipe portion on the tread surface side, a second sipe portion on a sipe bottom side, and a wide-width portion , between the first sipe portion and the second sipe portion , having a sipe width larger than a sipe width of the first sipe portion and a sipe width of the second sipe portion , characterised in that at least a bottom portion of the wide-width portion is included in an intermediate tread rubber layer located at an intermediate position in a tire radial direction between a tread rubber layer forming the tread surface and a tread rubber layer on an innermost side of the tread portion in the tire radial direction. a tread portion; and at least one sipe on a tread surface of the tread portion, the sipe includes a first sipe portion on the tread surface side, a second sipe portion on a sipe bottom side, and a wide-width portion , between the first sipe portion and the second sipe portion , having a sipe width larger than a sipe width of the first sipe portion and a sipe width of the second sipe portion , characterised in that at least a bottom portion of the wide-width portion is included in an intermediate tread rubber layer located at an intermediate position in a tire radial direction between a tread rubber layer forming the tread surface and a tread rubber layer on an innermost side of the tread portion in the tire radial direction.
Egg carrier for holding an egg in an egg handling system , wherein the egg carrier comprises; - an egg accommodation , - an egg clamping system to secure an egg in the egg accommodation , wherein the egg clamping system is moveable between an egg securing position and an egg release position, - an operating system coupled with the egg clamping system to move the egg clamping system between the egg securing position and the egg release position wherein the operating system comprises an operating member that is operable externally from the egg carrier , - characterised by at least two mutually movable coupled housing members that extend around a central axis of the egg carrier and the egg accommodation , wherein the operating system comprises a number of cooperating transmission members , each transmission member coupled with one of the at least two housing members . - an egg accommodation , - an egg clamping system to secure an egg in the egg accommodation , wherein the egg clamping system is moveable between an egg securing position and an egg release position, - an operating system coupled with the egg clamping system to move the egg clamping system between the egg securing position and the egg release position - an operating system coupled with the egg clamping system to move the egg clamping system between the egg securing position and the egg release position wherein the operating system comprises an operating member that is operable externally from the egg carrier , - characterised by at least two mutually movable coupled housing members that extend around a central axis of the egg carrier and the egg accommodation , - characterised by at least two mutually movable coupled housing members that extend around a central axis of the egg carrier and the egg accommodation , wherein the operating system comprises a number of cooperating transmission members , each transmission member coupled with one of the at least two housing members .
A high-strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods, the high-strength seamless steel pipe having a composition that comprises, in mass%, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.3 to 0.9%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.03 to 0.1%, N: 0.006% or less, Cr: more than 0.6% and 1.7% or less, Mo: more than 1.0% and 3.0% or less, V: 0.02 to 0.3%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.02%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, O (oxygen) : 0.0030% or less, Ti: less than 0.003%, optionally, in mass%, one element or more elements selected from Cu: 1.0% or less, Ni: 1.0% or less, W: 3.0% or less and Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, the high-strength seamless steel pipe having a structure in which the volume fraction of tempered martensite is 90% or more, and in which the number of nitride inclusions with a particle diameter of 4 μm or more is 50 or less per 100 mm 2 , the number of nitride inclusions with a particle diameter of less than 4 μm is 500 or less per 100 mm 2 , the number of oxide inclusions with a particle diameter of 4 μm or more is 40 or less per 100 mm 2 , and the number of oxide inclusions with a particle diameter of less than 4 μm is 400 or less per 100 mm 2 in a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction, the high-strength seamless steel pipe having a yield stress YS of 862 MPa or more measured according to specification JIS Z 2241.
An implant detaching mechanism to detach an implant from an implant holder, comprising: a catheter having an inner shaft , a catheter shaft , a capsule , and a handle ; the implant holder that is attached to the inner shaft , the implant holder having at least one pin (202; 302; 402; 502; 602; 702; 802) on its peripheral surface to engage an implant to the implant holder, the catheter shaft being movable in the longitudinal direction, the capsule being attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft, and the capsule covering and uncovering the implant holder and at least the engaged implant partially upon movement of the catheter shaft; and a thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806), elastic in nature, is attached to the implant holder and placed between the peripheral surface of the implant holder and the engaged implant; wherein, on moving the capsule to cover the implant holder , a compressive force is applied on the thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806) and the engaged implant; wherein, on moving the capsule to uncover the implant holder , release of potential energy stored in the thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806) causes detachment of the engaged implant from the pin (202; 302; 402; 502; 602; 702; 802); and wherein the thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806) has an eyelet (304; 404; 504; 704; 804) or an elongated slot on its peripheral surface to accommodate overlapping portion of the pin (202; 302; 402; 502; 602; 702; 802) on compression due to the movement of the capsule . a catheter having an inner shaft , a catheter shaft , a capsule , and a handle ; the implant holder that is attached to the inner shaft , the implant holder having at least one pin (202; 302; 402; 502; 602; 702; 802) on its peripheral surface to engage an implant to the implant holder, the catheter shaft being movable in the longitudinal direction, the capsule being attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft, and the capsule covering and uncovering the implant holder and at least the engaged implant partially upon movement of the catheter shaft; and a thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806), elastic in nature, is attached to the implant holder and placed between the peripheral surface of the implant holder and the engaged implant; wherein, on moving the capsule to cover the implant holder , a compressive force is applied on the thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806) and the engaged implant; wherein, on moving the capsule to uncover the implant holder , release of potential energy stored in the thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806) causes detachment of the engaged implant from the pin (202; 302; 402; 502; 602; 702; 802); and wherein the thin strip (206; 306; 406; 506; 606; 706; 806) has an eyelet (304; 404; 504; 704; 804) or an elongated slot on its peripheral surface to accommodate overlapping portion of the pin (202; 302; 402; 502; 602; 702; 802) on compression due to the movement of the capsule .
Pneumatic vehicle tyre comprising a tread of a directional configuration with middle profile blocks in the middle region of the tread and with shoulder blocks , which blocks are delimited in the circumferential direction by oblique grooves , which extend in a V-shaped manner in relation to one another over the tread width and respectively form a pitch (L, M, K) with the middle profile blocks and shoulder blocks adjoining them in the circumferential direction, wherein pitches (L, M, K) with at least two different circumferential lengths (l L , l M , l K ) are provided, wherein the middle profile blocks and the shoulder blocks are respectively delimited at the periphery of the tread in relation to the oblique grooves by two block edges (4', 4", 5', 5") extending parallel to one another, and wherein the middle profile blocks and the shoulder blocks are provided with sipes (4a, 5a L , 5a M , 5a K ), wherein each middle profile block and each shoulder block is provided with exactly one sipe (4a, 5a L , 5a M , 5a K ), which in plan view extends parallel to the block edges (4', 4", 5', 5") and crosses the middle profile block and the shoulder block , characterized in that , in the pitches (L) with the greatest circumferential length (l L ), the sipes (4a, 5a L ) extend along the block centre lines, wherein, in the pitches (M, K) of other circumferential length(s), the sipes extending in the middle profile blocks are offset with respect to the block centre line in the rolling direction (P 1 ) during forward travel and the sipes (5a M , 5a K ) extending in the shoulder blocks are offset with respect to the block centre line counter to the rolling direction (P 1 ) during forward travel.
A print-medium buffering system comprising: a set of print-medium-buffer flags operable, in a first position, to maintain a print medium in a guided path (G) as the print medium passes through a print-medium buffer zone; characterized in that the system further comprises: an encoder provided on a second feed element arranged at the input zone of the print-medium buffer zone to feed print media into the print-medium buffer zone; and a control unit to control a drive mechanism to move the set of print-medium-buffer flags away from the guided path to a second position depending on a position signal generated by the encoder , the control unit comprising a receiver (R) to receive the signal from the encoder . an encoder provided on a second feed element arranged at the input zone of the print-medium buffer zone to feed print media into the print-medium buffer zone; and a control unit to control a drive mechanism to move the set of print-medium-buffer flags away from the guided path to a second position depending on a position signal generated by the encoder , the control unit comprising a receiver (R) to receive the signal from the encoder .
A polyolefin blend composition comprising: 60 to 99.5 wt% of a polypropylene base polymer; 0.5 to 40 wt% of a polybutadiene functionalized with one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amine, epoxy, vinyl, carboxyl, acrylate or methacrylate, and combinations thereof, wherein the polybutadiene is not a copolymer of butadiene monomers copolymerized with styrene comonomers; and 0 to 5 wt% of an organic peroxide; wherein the composition exhibits both i) an increased melt flow, measured in accordance with ASTM D1238, and ii) an increased impact toughness, measured by Izod impact at room temperature in accordance with ASTM D256, and/or melt elasticity, measured by G' at 0.1 rad/s, as compared to the same composition without the functionalized polybutadiene. 60 to 99.5 wt% of a polypropylene base polymer; 0.5 to 40 wt% of a polybutadiene functionalized with one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amine, epoxy, vinyl, carboxyl, acrylate or methacrylate, and combinations thereof, wherein the polybutadiene is not a copolymer of butadiene monomers copolymerized with styrene comonomers; and 0 to 5 wt% of an organic peroxide; wherein the composition exhibits both i) an increased melt flow, measured in accordance with ASTM D1238, and ii) an increased impact toughness, measured by Izod impact at room temperature in accordance with ASTM D256, and/or melt elasticity, measured by G' at 0.1 rad/s, as compared to the same composition without the functionalized polybutadiene.
Assembly of a bag and of a composite panel exhibiting a damaged region to be repaired by polymerization of a repair piece using the bag , the bag comprising a sheet intended to be laid over the panel , characterized in that when the panel and the sheet are laid one atop of the other, the sheet exhibits regions capable of absorbing heat emitted by radiation onto it in a proportion that is dependent on the polymerization temperature needed for that region of the panel that corresponds to it, the radiation being partially absorbed by suitable colouration of the sheet in the region concerned.
A turbofan , comprising a fan , a casing positioned downstream of the fan and separating a primary flowpath from a secondary flowpath , a compressor , a combustion chamber and a turbine being arranged in the primary flowpath , the turbofan comprising a differential transmission coupled to the turbine , to the compressor and to the fan , and a power supply device configured to provide additional power to that provided by the turbine to drive the compressor , wherein the differential transmission comprises a first reduction gear configured to modify the rotation speed transmission ratio between the turbine and the fan , characterized in that the differential transmission comprises a second reduction gear configured to modify the rotation speed transmission ratio between the turbine and the compressor .
A vibration damper system in a food processor to reduce vibration, comprising: a motor suspended from a motor mount ceiling that is mounted on a housing of a motor base through a plurality of bolted joints; each bolted joint is surround by a vibration dampening block ; the vibration dampening block is defined by an upper portion , a middle portion , a lower portion , and a vertical bore through the center of the vibration dampening block ; wherein the middle portion is smaller than the upper portion and the lower portion wherein a recess is defined in which the motor mount ceiling is received such that said ceiling is positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion ; and the lower portion further comprises a plurality of petal members surrounding the bore ; and a safety switch residing between a higher position and a lower position, wherein said safety switch , when pressed to said lower position, allows the motor to operate. a motor suspended from a motor mount ceiling that is mounted on a housing of a motor base through a plurality of bolted joints; each bolted joint is surround by a vibration dampening block ; the vibration dampening block is defined by an upper portion , a middle portion , a lower portion , and a vertical bore through the center of the vibration dampening block ; wherein the middle portion is smaller than the upper portion and the lower portion wherein a recess is defined in which the motor mount ceiling is received such that said ceiling is positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion ; and the lower portion further comprises a plurality of petal members surrounding the bore ; and a safety switch residing between a higher position and a lower position, wherein said safety switch , when pressed to said lower position, allows the motor to operate.
A fishing rod having a rod body , and comprising: an attachment having an attachment or fixing portion and being attached to an outer peripheral face of the rod body ; characterised by : a first layer formed by winding a first sheet around both the attachment or fixing portion and the rod body ; and a second layer formed by winding a second sheet made of fiber-reinforced resin on an outer side of the first sheet , wherein the tensile elongation measured in accordance with JIS K 7161-1 of the first sheet is greater than that measured in accordance with JIS K 7161-1 of the second sheet . a first layer formed by winding a first sheet around both the attachment or fixing portion and the rod body ; and a second layer formed by winding a second sheet made of fiber-reinforced resin on an outer side of the first sheet , wherein the tensile elongation measured in accordance with JIS K 7161-1 of the first sheet is greater than that measured in accordance with JIS K 7161-1 of the second sheet .
A method of encapsulating a solid benzoyl peroxide comprising: - dispersing solid benzoyl peroxide particles in an aqueous dispersion of one or more monovalent fatty acid salts to form a benzoyl peroxide/monovalent fatty acid salt dispersion, wherein the benzoyl peroxide particles have diameter mean particle size (D50) of 10 μm or less; and - subsequently encapsulating the solid benzoyl peroxide particles by reacting the one or more monovalent fatty acid salts with one or more multivalent salts of calcium, magnesium, aluminum, silver, and/or zinc, thereby forming encapsulated solid peroxide particles of benzoyl peroxide. - dispersing solid benzoyl peroxide particles in an aqueous dispersion of one or more monovalent fatty acid salts to form a benzoyl peroxide/monovalent fatty acid salt dispersion, wherein the benzoyl peroxide particles have diameter mean particle size (D50) of 10 μm or less; and - subsequently encapsulating the solid benzoyl peroxide particles by reacting the one or more monovalent fatty acid salts with one or more multivalent salts of calcium, magnesium, aluminum, silver, and/or zinc, thereby forming encapsulated solid peroxide particles of benzoyl peroxide.
An apparatus for directing a laser beam to a dental treatment area, the apparatus comprising: a laser source adapted to generate a laser beam; a hand piece comprising an optical subsystem including a turning mirror for directing a laser beam to a treatment area via an exit orifice of the hand piece downstream of the turning mirror ; and a fluid supply subsystem for creating a pressurized fluid flow within the hand piece , so as to mitigate contamination of the turning mirror , the fluid supply subsystem comprising: a first nozzle forming an outlet aperture for directing fluid at least one of (i) directed out of a nozzle within the hand piece directly toward a surface of the turning mirror and (ii) directed out of a nozzle within the hand piece transversely across the surface of the turning mirror ; and a second nozzle forming an outlet aperture for directing fluid to the treatment area, wherein the first nozzle outlet terminates upstream of the exit orifice and the second nozzle outlet terminates at least at the exit orifice . a laser source adapted to generate a laser beam; a hand piece comprising an optical subsystem including a turning mirror for directing a laser beam to a treatment area via an exit orifice of the hand piece downstream of the turning mirror ; and a fluid supply subsystem for creating a pressurized fluid flow within the hand piece , so as to mitigate contamination of the turning mirror , the fluid supply subsystem comprising: a first nozzle forming an outlet aperture for directing fluid at least one of (i) directed out of a nozzle within the hand piece directly toward a surface of the turning mirror and (ii) directed out of a nozzle within the hand piece transversely across the surface of the turning mirror ; and a second nozzle forming an outlet aperture for directing fluid to the treatment area, wherein the first nozzle outlet terminates upstream of the exit orifice and the second nozzle outlet terminates at least at the exit orifice . a first nozzle forming an outlet aperture for directing fluid at least one of (i) directed out of a nozzle within the hand piece directly toward a surface of the turning mirror and (ii) directed out of a nozzle within the hand piece transversely across the surface of the turning mirror ; and a second nozzle forming an outlet aperture for directing fluid to the treatment area, wherein the first nozzle outlet terminates upstream of the exit orifice and the second nozzle outlet terminates at least at the exit orifice .
A method for detecting and mitigating the effect of noise caused by a respiratory device and its components, the respiratory device being provided with a mask and means to determine an air leaking from the mask, the method comprising: receiving first audio data from a first microphone; receiving second audio data from a second microphone; analyzing the first audio data to determine if noise associated with air leaking from a mask is occurring, the mask being coupled to a respiratory device supplying pressurized air, the mask being configured to engage a user during a sleep session to aid in directing the supplied pressurized air to an airway of the user; responsive to (i) the analysis of the first audio data resulting in a determination that noise associated with air leaking from the mask is occurring, or (ii) the respiratory device determining that air is leaking from the mask, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), analyzing the second audio data to determine a sleep stage change in a bed partner of the user as an indication of being presently disturbed; and causing a speaker to emit sound based on the further analysis of the second data resulting in a determination that the bed partner is presently disturbed, wherein the emitted sound is configured to aid in masking the noise associated with the air leaking from the mask. receiving first audio data from a first microphone; receiving second audio data from a second microphone; analyzing the first audio data to determine if noise associated with air leaking from a mask is occurring, the mask being coupled to a respiratory device supplying pressurized air, the mask being configured to engage a user during a sleep session to aid in directing the supplied pressurized air to an airway of the user; responsive to (i) the analysis of the first audio data resulting in a determination that noise associated with air leaking from the mask is occurring, or (ii) the respiratory device determining that air is leaking from the mask, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), analyzing the second audio data to determine a sleep stage change in a bed partner of the user as an indication of being presently disturbed; and causing a speaker to emit sound based on the further analysis of the second data resulting in a determination that the bed partner is presently disturbed, wherein the emitted sound is configured to aid in masking the noise associated with the air leaking from the mask.