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A ventilator breathing system VBS to provide breathing gas to a patient, and having a breath cycle including an inhalation phase and an exhalation phase, the VBS comprising: a gas supply ; a patient tubing circuit coupled to the gas supply; a gas monitoring system associated with the patient tubing circuit and configured to monitor at least flow and pressure; and a control unit coupled to the monitoring system and configured to determine a patient disconnection from the VBS, characterised in that the control unit is configured to determine a patient disconnection from the VBS by estimating a patient lung compliance ratio based upon determined volumes of gas delivered during the inhalation phase of the breath cycle and exiting during the exhalation phase of the breath cycle, and monitored pressures in the patient tubing circuit during the inhalation and exhalation phases of the breath cycle, wherein the control unit is configured to estimate the patient lung compliance ratio by estimating an inhalation patient lung compliance during the inhalation phase of the breath cycle, and estimating an exhalation patient lung compliance during the exhalation phase of the breath cycle and wherein the control unit is further configured to determine the patient disconnection from the VBS by comparing the estimated patient lung compliance ratio to a threshold. a gas supply ; a patient tubing circuit coupled to the gas supply; a gas monitoring system associated with the patient tubing circuit and configured to monitor at least flow and pressure; and a control unit coupled to the monitoring system and configured to determine a patient disconnection from the VBS, characterised in that the control unit is configured to determine a patient disconnection from the VBS by estimating a patient lung compliance ratio based upon determined volumes of gas delivered during the inhalation phase of the breath cycle and exiting during the exhalation phase of the breath cycle, and monitored pressures in the patient tubing circuit during the inhalation and exhalation phases of the breath cycle, wherein the control unit is configured to estimate the patient lung compliance ratio by estimating an inhalation patient lung compliance during the inhalation phase of the breath cycle, and estimating an exhalation patient lung compliance during the exhalation phase of the breath cycle and wherein the control unit is further configured to determine the patient disconnection from the VBS by comparing the estimated patient lung compliance ratio to a threshold.
An elongated post for securing fences thereon, having an essentially mushroom-shaped cross-section which is essentially symmetrical around a symmetry axis (A), comprising the following portions integrally ordered along the symmetry axis (A) at each side of the symmetry axis (A): - a first portion having a mainly convex outer face and an essentially flat inner face ; the first portion having a width (W) parallel to the inner face , and a depth (D) along the symmetry axis (A); - a second portion forming an essentially flat side surface along a depth (d) mainly perpendicular to said inner face and mainly parallel to the symmetry axis (A), where the inner face has a maximum distance (h2) to the symmetry axis (A) which is mainly equal to a minimum distance (h1) of a distal end of the flat inner face to the symmetry axis (A); and - a third portion delimiting the depth (d) by having a support surface having a distal end with a distance (h3) to the symmetry axis (A) which is greater than the maximum distance (h2) of the second portion at the end of the second portion distal to the first portion , characterized in that ; said post further comprises at least one securing means having two flat surfaces, which are mainly perpendicular to each other and fixed on both the side surface of the second portion and the inner face of the first portion , for constraining a fence between said securing means and said inner face at various angles relative to the post , wherein said side surface and said inner face are adjacent to each other. - a first portion having a mainly convex outer face and an essentially flat inner face ; the first portion having a width (W) parallel to the inner face , and a depth (D) along the symmetry axis (A); - a second portion forming an essentially flat side surface along a depth (d) mainly perpendicular to said inner face and mainly parallel to the symmetry axis (A), where the inner face has a maximum distance (h2) to the symmetry axis (A) which is mainly equal to a minimum distance (h1) of a distal end of the flat inner face to the symmetry axis (A); and - a third portion delimiting the depth (d) by having a support surface having a distal end with a distance (h3) to the symmetry axis (A) which is greater than the maximum distance (h2) of the second portion at the end of the second portion distal to the first portion ,
A capacitive control system , in particular a steering wheel column integrated module of an automotive vehicle, comprising a support , at least one rotational control element disposed displaceably for a user, wherein the support provides guidance for said at least one rotational control element , wherein at least one shaped metal piece is disposed between the support and said at least one rotational control element , wherein said piece comprises a plurality of metal, deformable arms (83a-83d) along a first direction of said piece and cooperating with said at least one rotational control element , wherein each of the arms (83a-83d) is provided with a first capacitive activating region (81a-81d) adjacent to and facing a second capacitive activating region (71a-71d) and disposed beneath and cooperating with said control element , wherein a displacement of said at least one rotational control element results in a change of the distance and thus electrical capacitance between the first (81a-81d) and the second (71a-71d) capacitive activating regions, wherein said metal, deformable arms (83a-83d) are haptically engaged with said at least one rotational control element , wherein said haptical engagement is provided by a shaped projection (82a-82d) or recess of the arm cooperating with at least one internal recess or projection of said at least one rotational control element , wherein in a first position said shaped projection (82a-82d) or recess of said arm is located within said internal recess or projection of said at least one rotational control element , so that a distance (d1) between the first capacitive activating region of said arm and the second capacitive activating region is larger than a distance (d2) corresponding to a position where said shaped projection (82a-82d) or recess of said arm is outside of said internal recess or projection of said at least one rotational control element , and wherein the distance between the first (81a-81d) and the second (71a-71d) capacitive activating regions remains greater than zero. wherein said metal, deformable arms (83a-83d) are haptically engaged with said at least one rotational control element , wherein said haptical engagement is provided by a shaped projection (82a-82d) or recess of the arm cooperating with at least one internal recess or projection of said at least one rotational control element , wherein in a first position said shaped projection (82a-82d) or recess of said arm is located within said internal recess or projection of said at least one rotational control element , so that a distance (d1) between the first capacitive activating region of said arm and the second capacitive activating region is larger than a distance (d2) corresponding to a position where said shaped projection (82a-82d) or recess of said arm is outside of said internal recess or projection of said at least one rotational control element , and wherein the distance between the first (81a-81d) and the second (71a-71d) capacitive activating regions remains greater than zero.
A catalyst composition comprising a solution of at least one member selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal carboxylate and an alkaline earth metal carboxylate in a solvent which is nonreactive with the isocyanate groups of a polyisocyanate; wherein the carboxylate is derived from a linear carboxylic acid; wherein the carboxylate is present in an amount of from 10 to 90 percent by weight based on the total weight of the solution; wherein the solvent is an ester having no free hydroxyl groups derived from a mono, di- or poly-carboxylic acid with a monol, diol, triol or glycol ether, or a triglyceride derived from an aliphatic or aromatic acid with glycerol; wherein the solvent is present in an amount of from 10 to 90 percent by weight based on the total weight of the solution; and wherein water is present in an amount of less than 25 percent by weight of the catalyst composition. wherein the carboxylate is derived from a linear carboxylic acid; wherein the carboxylate is present in an amount of from 10 to 90 percent by weight based on the total weight of the solution; wherein the solvent is an ester having no free hydroxyl groups derived from a mono, di- or poly-carboxylic acid with a monol, diol, triol or glycol ether, or a triglyceride derived from an aliphatic or aromatic acid with glycerol; wherein the solvent is present in an amount of from 10 to 90 percent by weight based on the total weight of the solution; and wherein water is present in an amount of less than 25 percent by weight of the catalyst composition.
A cooking apparatus comprising: a food support for supporting food ingredients; a cooking chamber for receiving the food support; an air circulation system activatable to circulate air in the cooking chamber and deactivatable to cease said circulating of air; a weighing system coupled to the food support; and one or more processors configured to: receive a first signal indicative of an initial weight of the food ingredients, the first signal being provided by the weighing system when said air circulation system is deactivated; receive a second signal indicative of the initial weight of the food ingredients and said circulating of air, the second signal being provided by the weighing system following activation of said air circulation system; compare said first signal and said second signal; receive a third signal indicative of a subsequent weight of the food ingredients and said circulating of air, the third signal being provided by the weighing system while said air circulation system is activated; and determine a measure of the subsequent weight of the food ingredients based on the third signal and said comparison between the first signal and the second signal. a food support for supporting food ingredients; a cooking chamber for receiving the food support; an air circulation system activatable to circulate air in the cooking chamber and deactivatable to cease said circulating of air; a weighing system coupled to the food support; and one or more processors configured to: receive a first signal indicative of an initial weight of the food ingredients, the first signal being provided by the weighing system when said air circulation system is deactivated; receive a second signal indicative of the initial weight of the food ingredients and said circulating of air, the second signal being provided by the weighing system following activation of said air circulation system; compare said first signal and said second signal; receive a third signal indicative of a subsequent weight of the food ingredients and said circulating of air, the third signal being provided by the weighing system while said air circulation system is activated; and determine a measure of the subsequent weight of the food ingredients based on the third signal and said comparison between the first signal and the second signal. receive a first signal indicative of an initial weight of the food ingredients, the first signal being provided by the weighing system when said air circulation system is deactivated; receive a second signal indicative of the initial weight of the food ingredients and said circulating of air, the second signal being provided by the weighing system following activation of said air circulation system; compare said first signal and said second signal; receive a third signal indicative of a subsequent weight of the food ingredients and said circulating of air, the third signal being provided by the weighing system while said air circulation system is activated; and determine a measure of the subsequent weight of the food ingredients based on the third signal and said comparison between the first signal and the second signal.
A system comprising: an aircraft ; a probe (12a-12n) that includes a heater comprising a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational current is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe; a first current sensor configured to sense a first current through the resistive heating element; a second current sensor configured to sense a second current through the resistive heating element; and the system characterised by comprising a control circuit configured to determine a leakage current based on the first and second currents, to normalize the leakage current based upon a probe temperature, to store a normalized leakage current, to monitor the leakage current over time by storing the normalized leakage current over a plurality of flights of the aircraft, to determine a remaining useful life of the probe based on the leakage current over time and to report the remaining useful life to facilitate replacement of the probe prior to probe failure. an aircraft ; a probe (12a-12n) that includes a heater comprising a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational current is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe; a first current sensor configured to sense a first current through the resistive heating element; a second current sensor configured to sense a second current through the resistive heating element; and the system characterised by comprising a control circuit configured to determine a leakage current based on the first and second currents, to normalize the leakage current based upon a probe temperature, to store a normalized leakage current, to monitor the leakage current over time by storing the normalized leakage current over a plurality of flights of the aircraft, to determine a remaining useful life of the probe based on the leakage current over time and to report the remaining useful life to facilitate replacement of the probe prior to probe failure.
A system for delivering breathing gas, the system comprising: a base unit comprising: a blower; a heating element for heating liquid, the heating element having a heating surface; and a pressure sensor; a vapor transfer unit external to the base unit and comprising: a gas passage, a liquid passage, a gas outlet, and a membrane separating the gas passage and the liquid passage, wherein the membrane permits transfer of vapor into the gas passage from liquid in the liquid passage; a nasal cannula coupled to the gas outlet; and a liquid container configured to reversibly mate with the base unit, the liquid container having a surface formed of a flexible film, wherein the flexible film is configured to mate with the heating surface when the liquid container mates with the base unit, wherein the pressure sensor is configured to measure pressure of the liquid of the liquid container against the flexible film when the liquid container is coupled to the base unit. a base unit comprising: a blower; a heating element for heating liquid, the heating element having a heating surface; and a pressure sensor; a blower; a heating element for heating liquid, the heating element having a heating surface; and a pressure sensor; a vapor transfer unit external to the base unit and comprising: a gas passage, a liquid passage, a gas outlet, and a membrane separating the gas passage and the liquid passage, wherein the membrane permits transfer of vapor into the gas passage from liquid in the liquid passage; a gas passage, a liquid passage, a gas outlet, and a membrane separating the gas passage and the liquid passage, wherein the membrane permits transfer of vapor into the gas passage from liquid in the liquid passage; a nasal cannula coupled to the gas outlet; and a liquid container configured to reversibly mate with the base unit, the liquid container having a surface formed of a flexible film, wherein the flexible film is configured to mate with the heating surface when the liquid container mates with the base unit, wherein the pressure sensor is configured to measure pressure of the liquid of the liquid container against the flexible film when the liquid container is coupled to the base unit.
A suture anchor for locking a suture relative to a hard tissue, the suture anchor comprising a pin portion having a distal end with a smaller cross section than the rest of the anchor, a material having thermoplastic properties being arranged at least partly around a pin portion circumference and, for holding the suture, a suture conduit at the distal end of the pin portion , characterized in that the suture conduit comprises at least two eyelets and consists of a material which is plastically deformable or becomes plastically deformable under the influence of energy transmitted into the anchor and that the suture anchor is designed such that the suture running along the anchor length in a suture groove extending in axial direction along the pin portion can be threaded through the two eyelets and by collapse of the distal suture conduit or the distal end of the pin, the suture is locked or clamped.
A process for the manufacture of heat-set knitted fabric, the knitted fabric being produced and guided over at least one heating plate at a temperature of 60 to 260°C and then rolled up for the first time, wherein the knitted fabric is produced on a circular knitting machine as a tube and either the tube is cut open before being guided over the heating plate at two, in particular opposite, lines and both resulting knitted fabric webs are guided in one layer over in each case at least one heating plate and are subsequently rolled up in each case to form a roll, or the tube is opened out before being guided over the heating plate and is guided in one layer over the heating plate , wherein the opened out mesh web is guided over at least one heating plate extending over the entire web width of the opened out mesh web .
Dental composition comprising: - filler F1 comprising aggregated nano-sized particles in an amount of from 30 to 70 wt.% according to DIN 53206 , - filler F2 comprising agglomerated nano-sized particles in an amount from 1 to 20 wt.% according to DIN 53206 , - hardenable component A1 being an urethane(meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 and having a molecular weight from 400 to 3,000 g/mol in an amount from 1 to 20 wt.%, - hardenable component A2 being a radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 being different from component A1 in an amount from 5 to 60 wt.%, - redox curing initiator system, the dental composition not comprising non-agglomerated nano-sized filler in an amount above about 10 wt.%, wt.% with respect to the weight of the whole composition, wherein filler F1 has a BET specific surface from 50 to 400 m 2 /g and comprises a mixture of SiO 2 and ZrO 2 particles , and filler F2 has a BET specific surface from 30 to 400 m 2 /g and comprises particles of fumed silica.. - filler F1 comprising aggregated nano-sized particles in an amount of from 30 to 70 wt.% according to DIN 53206 , - filler F2 comprising agglomerated nano-sized particles in an amount from 1 to 20 wt.% according to DIN 53206 , - hardenable component A1 being an urethane(meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 and having a molecular weight from 400 to 3,000 g/mol in an amount from 1 to 20 wt.%, - hardenable component A2 being a radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 being different from component A1 in an amount from 5 to 60 wt.%, - redox curing initiator system, filler F1 has a BET specific surface from 50 to 400 m 2 /g and comprises a mixture of SiO 2 and ZrO 2 particles , and filler F2 has a BET specific surface from 30 to 400 m 2 /g and comprises particles of fumed silica..
An air filter , featuring - a filter housing having a raw air intake and - a filter element disposed in the filter housing and featuring a filter medium surrounding a longitudinal axis of the filter element in a ring-shaped manner, wherein the filter medium separates a raw side in the filter housing from a clean side inside the filter element , wherein the filter element features a first end disc having a clean air passage , wherein a primary air outlet communicating with the clean side of the filter element is provided at the filter housing , wherein a secondary air outlet communicating via a channel with the clean side of the filter element is provided at the filter housing , wherein the channel surrounds the primary air outlet in a ring-shaped manner and is limited in the radial direction by a circumferential interior wall and a circumferential exterior wall , and wherein the first end disc and the exterior wall of the channel are sealingly connected to one another, wherein a projection extending in the axial direction is provided at the first end disc , said projection surrounding the clean air passage in a ring-shaped manner and being connected sealingly to the exterior wall of the channel , and wherein the projection and the exterior wall overlap in the axial direction, wherein a radially acting sealing element is present at the projection , in particular at a radially interior side of the projection . - a filter housing having a raw air intake and - a filter element disposed in the filter housing and featuring a filter medium surrounding a longitudinal axis of the filter element in a ring-shaped manner, wherein the filter medium separates a raw side in the filter housing from a clean side inside the filter element , wherein the filter element features a first end disc having a clean air passage , wherein a primary air outlet communicating with the clean side of the filter element is provided at the filter housing , wherein a secondary air outlet communicating via a channel with the clean side of the filter element is provided at the filter housing , wherein the channel surrounds the primary air outlet in a ring-shaped manner and is limited in the radial direction by a circumferential interior wall and a circumferential exterior wall , and wherein the first end disc and the exterior wall of the channel are sealingly connected to one another, wherein a projection extending in the axial direction is provided at the first end disc , said projection surrounding the clean air passage in a ring-shaped manner and being connected sealingly to the exterior wall of the channel , and wherein the projection and the exterior wall overlap in the axial direction, wherein a radially acting sealing element is present at the projection , in particular at a radially interior side of the projection .