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A biopsy assembly comprising: a biopsy catheter including a proximal portion , a distal portion , and defining a lumen extending therethrough; and a valve defining a first port , a second port , and an open third port , the first port configured to couple to a device capable of applying suction and pressure to the valve, and the second port configured to couple to the proximal portion of the biopsy catheter , wherein the valve is configured such that, when suction is applied to the first port a suction path is defined through the lumen of the biopsy catheter, the second port , and the first port for suctioning target tissue into the distal portion of the biopsy catheter, and such that, when pressure is applied to the first port a pressure path is defined through the first port and the third port to expel material therethrough while maintaining suction at the second port; characterised in that the valve further includes an indicator configured to provide an audible or visual indication of loss of suction between the distal portion of the biopsy catheter and target tissue. a biopsy catheter including a proximal portion , a distal portion , and defining a lumen extending therethrough; and a valve defining a first port , a second port , and an open third port , the first port configured to couple to a device capable of applying suction and pressure to the valve, and the second port configured to couple to the proximal portion of the biopsy catheter , wherein the valve is configured such that, when suction is applied to the first port a suction path is defined through the lumen of the biopsy catheter, the second port , and the first port for suctioning target tissue into the distal portion of the biopsy catheter, and such that, when pressure is applied to the first port a pressure path is defined through the first port and the third port to expel material therethrough while maintaining suction at the second port; characterised in that the valve further includes an indicator configured to provide an audible or visual indication of loss of suction between the distal portion of the biopsy catheter and target tissue.
An optical scanning device for selectively emitting emission lights to a plurality of directions different from each other, said device comprising: a supporting body; an optical waveguide comprising a single crystal having electro-optic effect and integrated with said supporting body directly or through a clad layer; a plurality of periodic domain inversion parts formed in said optical waveguide, said periodic domain inversion parts having periods different from each other; a plurality of electrodes each capable of applying a voltage on each of said periodic domain inversion parts to generate a diffraction grating in each of said periodic domain inversion parts; and a side face clad provided between said optical waveguide and said electrodes, wherein said clad layer and side face clad comprise materials having refractive indices lower than a refractive index of said single crystal forming said optical waveguide, respectively; wherein each of said periodic domain inversion parts on which said voltage is applied is selected to generate said diffraction grating in said selected periodic domain inversion part; and wherein a propagation light is propagated in said optical waveguide and said propagation light is emitted to the outside of said optical scanning device as a diffracted light. a supporting body; an optical waveguide comprising a single crystal having electro-optic effect and integrated with said supporting body directly or through a clad layer; a plurality of periodic domain inversion parts formed in said optical waveguide, said periodic domain inversion parts having periods different from each other; a plurality of electrodes each capable of applying a voltage on each of said periodic domain inversion parts to generate a diffraction grating in each of said periodic domain inversion parts; and a side face clad provided between said optical waveguide and said electrodes, wherein said clad layer and side face clad comprise materials having refractive indices lower than a refractive index of said single crystal forming said optical waveguide, respectively; wherein each of said periodic domain inversion parts on which said voltage is applied is selected to generate said diffraction grating in said selected periodic domain inversion part; and wherein a propagation light is propagated in said optical waveguide and said propagation light is emitted to the outside of said optical scanning device as a diffracted light.
Cryogenic separation unit for separation of methane and carbon dioxide, comprising: - a distillation column K01 comprising a cold section at the top of the column and a hot section at the bottom of the column, - a means for physically separating the cold section and the hot section , - at least two containers V04 A/B external to the distillation column, for placing in contact the liquid from the cold section and the vapour rising from the hot section and for trapping all the solid CO 2 , and - a device for regenerating the external containers, comprising a means for extracting a fluid from the distillation column K01 which is capable of liquefying the solid CO 2 , a means for introducing this fluid into the external container(s) in regeneration so as to bring about the melting of the solid CO 2 and a means for reintroducing the resulting liquid CO 2 -vapour mixture into the distillation column K01. - a distillation column K01 comprising a cold section at the top of the column and a hot section at the bottom of the column, - a means for physically separating the cold section and the hot section , - at least two containers V04 A/B external to the distillation column, for placing in contact the liquid from the cold section and the vapour rising from the hot section and for trapping all the solid CO 2 , and - a device for regenerating the external containers, comprising a means for extracting a fluid from the distillation column K01 which is capable of liquefying the solid CO 2 , a means for introducing this fluid into the external container(s) in regeneration so as to bring about the melting of the solid CO 2 and a means for reintroducing the resulting liquid CO 2 -vapour mixture into the distillation column K01.
Lifting device for lifting a vehicle, the device comprising: - a frame with a moveable carrier configured for carrying the vehicle, wherein the carrier comprises a carrying part and a guiding part ; - a drive which acts on the carrier and configured for raising and/or lowering the carrier relative to the frame ; - a locking system for locking and unlocking the moveable carrier relative to the frame ; and - a controller configured for controlling the height of the carrier, wherein the locking system comprises: - a lock actuator and a locking rail that both extend over at least a part of the height of the frame; - a locking drive configured for moving the lock actuator between a locked state and an unlocked state;- a lock that is provided at or on the moveable carrier and is configured for engaging and/or disengaging the locking rail in response to a movement of the lock actuator ; and characterized by the locking system comprising a locking mechanism that comprises - a rod extending between the lock and the carrier , and wherein the lock actuator and the locking rail are provided in or at the frame . - a frame with a moveable carrier configured for carrying the vehicle, wherein the carrier comprises a carrying part and a guiding part ; - a drive which acts on the carrier and configured for raising and/or lowering the carrier relative to the frame ; - a locking system for locking and unlocking the moveable carrier relative to the frame ; and - a controller configured for controlling the height of the carrier, - a lock actuator and a locking rail that both extend over at least a part of the height of the frame; - a locking drive configured for moving the lock actuator between a locked state and an unlocked state;- a lock that is provided at or on the moveable carrier and is configured for engaging and/or disengaging the locking rail in response to a movement of the lock actuator ; and characterized by the locking system comprising a locking mechanism that comprises - a rod extending between the lock and the carrier , and wherein the lock actuator and the locking rail are provided in or at the frame .
A workpiece carrier for providing and handling workpieces in high-temperature furnaces for workpiece coating, the workpiece carrier being realized by a carrier plate having workpiece holders projecting from a plate plane of the carrier plate, the workpiece carrier being made of a carbon material, characterized in that the workpiece carrier is made of several pieces, at least the carrier plate being made of carbon fiber reinforced carbon and the carrier plate having a hole pattern .
A textile backsheet (TBS), comprising: (i) a high-loft nonwoven fabric having a thickness of at least 1 mm as determined utilizing a ProGage Thickness tester (model 89-2009) utilizing a 2" diameter foot, having a force application of 1.45 kPa during measurement; and (ii) a film, such as a vapor-permeable and liquid impermeable (VPLI) film or a non-permeable film, wherein the nonwoven fabric is bonded to the film via an adhesive layer; wherein the TBS has (a) a basis weight from about 10 grams-per-square-meter (gsm) to about 20 gsm, such as at least about any of the following: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, and/or at most about any of the following: 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, and 15 gsm, and (b) an abrasion resistance grade ("Grade") of at least about 3.0 as determined by SS-EN ISO 12945-2, such as at most about any of the following: 5, 4.9,4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2, 4.1, and 4 as determined by SS-EN ISO 12945-2, and/or at least about any of the following: 3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, and 4 as determined by SS-EN ISO 12945-2. (i) a high-loft nonwoven fabric having a thickness of at least 1 mm as determined utilizing a ProGage Thickness tester (model 89-2009) utilizing a 2" diameter foot, having a force application of 1.45 kPa during measurement; and (ii) a film, such as a vapor-permeable and liquid impermeable (VPLI) film or a non-permeable film, wherein the nonwoven fabric is bonded to the film via an adhesive layer;
A method for antialiased rendering, comprising: receiving 1-bit-per-pixel coverage data having an oversampled format, the 1-bit-per-pixel coverage data represents coverage data for a text glyph, the received coverage data having a storage format of greater than 1 bit per byte of storage; assembling bits of coverage data to form an n-bit value corresponding to a pixel having the oversampled format; indexing a pixel value table using the n-bit value; retrieving at least one pixel value corresponding to the indexed location; and rendering a pixel based on the retrieved at least one pixel value, wherein assembling bits of coverage data to form an n-bit value comprises: sampling a byte of stored pixel coverage data as a floating point data type, the byte including one or more bits corresponding to coverage data for a pixel to be rendered; transforming the sampled floating point byte to segregate the one or more bits in the stored data; truncating the transformed byte to remove bits not corresponding to the one or more segregated bits; and assembling the segregated bits with at least one other portion of segregated bits to form an n-bit value corresponding to a pixel having the oversampled format. receiving 1-bit-per-pixel coverage data having an oversampled format, the 1-bit-per-pixel coverage data represents coverage data for a text glyph, the received coverage data having a storage format of greater than 1 bit per byte of storage; assembling bits of coverage data to form an n-bit value corresponding to a pixel having the oversampled format; indexing a pixel value table using the n-bit value; retrieving at least one pixel value corresponding to the indexed location; and rendering a pixel based on the retrieved at least one pixel value, wherein assembling bits of coverage data to form an n-bit value comprises: sampling a byte of stored pixel coverage data as a floating point data type, the byte including one or more bits corresponding to coverage data for a pixel to be rendered; transforming the sampled floating point byte to segregate the one or more bits in the stored data; truncating the transformed byte to remove bits not corresponding to the one or more segregated bits; and assembling the segregated bits with at least one other portion of segregated bits to form an n-bit value corresponding to a pixel having the oversampled format. sampling a byte of stored pixel coverage data as a floating point data type, the byte including one or more bits corresponding to coverage data for a pixel to be rendered; transforming the sampled floating point byte to segregate the one or more bits in the stored data; truncating the transformed byte to remove bits not corresponding to the one or more segregated bits; and assembling the segregated bits with at least one other portion of segregated bits to form an n-bit value corresponding to a pixel having the oversampled format.
A stage light free from damage of sunlight, comprising a light body, a control assembly, and a light avoiding system, wherein when the light body is in a power-on state, the control assembly is adapted to control the light avoiding system not to work; and when the light body is in a power-off state, the control assembly is adapted to control the light avoiding system to implement a light avoiding action, the light body comprises a light head , a light base , and a driving electric motor configured to drive the light head to rotate relative to the light base , and the light avoiding action is that the control assembly is adapted to control the driving electric motor to rotate so that the light head avoids sunlight, characterized in that the light avoiding system comprises a gravity sensor for detecting the gravity direction of the stage light, and the control assembly comprises a main controller for calculating an included angle (α) between the direction of the light head of the stage light and the gravity direction, and wherein when the included angle (α) is within the range of a first included angle, the main controller is adapted to control the driving electric motor to drive the light head to rotate, and adjust the included angle (α) to be within the range of a second included angle, in which the first included angle is an included angle at which sunlight is capable of irradiating the interior of the light head ; and the second included angle is an included angle at which the sunlight cannot irradiate the interior of the light head .
A silver reflector comprising an adhesion layer as a primer layer, a main silver layer formed on the adhesion layer , and a reflection-enhancing layer formed on the main silver layer as a reflection film , wherein the adhesion layer includes a first layer and a second layer ; the second layer is on a side of the main silver layer , and the first layer is on a side opposite to the second layer wherein the first layer is composed of aluminium oxide and formed by an ion-assisted method or composed of aluminum oxide and 5 to 10 % of La 2 O 3 and formed by an ion-assisted method, and the second layer is a layer formed from a material of at least one selected from LaTiO 3 , CeO 2 , Y 2 O 3 and SnO 2 , and is formed by an ion-assisted method, wherein the main silver layer is formed of either silver or a silver alloy comprising an additive material selected from the group of Bi, Pd, Cu, Au, Ge, Nd and/or Al, a film stress after the reflection film is formed, is within a range of +100 MPa to -100 MPa, a film stress after the reflection film is subjected to a hot and dry environment at 110°C for 24 hours, is within a range of +100 MPa to -100 MPa, a film stress after the reflection film subjected to the hot and dry environment at 110°C is subjected to a hot and humid environment at 85°C and 85%RH for 24 hours, is within a range of +100 MPa to -100 MPa, and an absolute value of a change amount between the film stress value after the film is subjected to the hot and dry environment at 110°C for 24 hours and the film stress value after the film is subjected to the hot and humid environment at 85°C and 85%RH for 24 hours, is 40 MPa or lower. wherein the adhesion layer includes a first layer and a second layer ; the second layer is on a side of the main silver layer , and the first layer is on a side opposite to the second layer wherein the first layer is composed of aluminium oxide and formed by an ion-assisted method or composed of aluminum oxide and 5 to 10 % of La 2 O 3 and formed by an ion-assisted method, and the second layer is a layer formed from a material of at least one selected from LaTiO 3 , CeO 2 , Y 2 O 3 and SnO 2 , and is formed by an ion-assisted method, wherein the main silver layer is formed of either silver or a silver alloy comprising an additive material selected from the group of Bi, Pd, Cu, Au, Ge, Nd and/or Al, a film stress after the reflection film is formed, is within a range of +100 MPa to -100 MPa, a film stress after the reflection film is subjected to a hot and dry environment at 110°C for 24 hours, is within a range of +100 MPa to -100 MPa, a film stress after the reflection film subjected to the hot and dry environment at 110°C is subjected to a hot and humid environment at 85°C and 85%RH for 24 hours, is within a range of +100 MPa to -100 MPa, and an absolute value of a change amount between the film stress value after the film is subjected to the hot and dry environment at 110°C for 24 hours and the film stress value after the film is subjected to the hot and humid environment at 85°C and 85%RH for 24 hours, is 40 MPa or lower.
A method for scheduling self coexistence windows, SCWs, wherein SCWs are part of frames transmitted in wireless regional area networks, WRANs, sharing a common channel, the method comprising: monitoring the common channel for a duration of at least a maximum SCW cycle length (S410); checking if at least one coexistence beacon protocol, CBP, packet including at least one of SCWs and quiet periods, QPs, scheduled by neighbor WRANs is detected on the common channel (S420); and establishing a SCW schedule by setting SCW schedule fields in a modified superframe control header, SCH, , wherein the SCW schedule fields include a SCW Cycle Length field , a SCW Cycle Offset field , and a SCW Cycle Frame Bitmap field , wherein the SCW schedule is established for a frame that is not marked as including the at least one of SCWs and QPs scheduled by neighbor WRANs, thereby the newly established SCW schedule does not conflict with any already scheduled SCWs and QPs (S440). monitoring the common channel for a duration of at least a maximum SCW cycle length (S410); checking if at least one coexistence beacon protocol, CBP, packet including at least one of SCWs and quiet periods, QPs, scheduled by neighbor WRANs is detected on the common channel (S420); and establishing a SCW schedule by setting SCW schedule fields in a modified superframe control header, SCH, , wherein the SCW schedule fields include a SCW Cycle Length field , a SCW Cycle Offset field , and a SCW Cycle Frame Bitmap field , wherein the SCW schedule is established for a frame that is not marked as including the at least one of SCWs and QPs scheduled by neighbor WRANs, thereby the newly established SCW schedule does not conflict with any already scheduled SCWs and QPs (S440).
A method for transferring playback of media content between a mobile device and a vehicle, the method being performed by the vehicle, and the method comprising: detecting (s110) the playback of the media content on the mobile device with a microphone of the vehicle, retrieving (s120), by the vehicle, the media content played back on the mobile device; playing back (s130), by the vehicle, the retrieved media content in synchronization with the playback of the media content on the mobile device; sending (s140), from the vehicle to the mobile device, a first message instructing the mobile device to pause its playback of the media content; sending (s170), from the vehicle to the mobile device, a second message instructing the mobile device to resume its playback of the media content, if it is detected, at the vehicle, that the vehicle arrives at a predefined destination, and ending (s180), by the vehicle, the playback of the media content by the vehicle; wherein retrieving (s120) the media content played back by the mobile device comprises: identifying (s121), by the vehicle, a content source of the media content played back on the mobile device other than the mobile device; and retrieving (s122), by the vehicle, the media content from the identified content source. detecting (s110) the playback of the media content on the mobile device with a microphone of the vehicle, retrieving (s120), by the vehicle, the media content played back on the mobile device; playing back (s130), by the vehicle, the retrieved media content in synchronization with the playback of the media content on the mobile device; sending (s140), from the vehicle to the mobile device, a first message instructing the mobile device to pause its playback of the media content; sending (s170), from the vehicle to the mobile device, a second message instructing the mobile device to resume its playback of the media content, if it is detected, at the vehicle, that the vehicle arrives at a predefined destination, and ending (s180), by the vehicle, the playback of the media content by the vehicle; wherein retrieving (s120) the media content played back by the mobile device comprises: identifying (s121), by the vehicle, a content source of the media content played back on the mobile device other than the mobile device; and
A stir stick dispenser (1; 30) for a beverage vending machine, the stir stick dispenser comprising a fixed frame (T); a stir stick magazine carried by the fixed frame (T) and configured to house a stack of stir sticks resting on a support surface ; an extractor arranged below the stir stick magazine to individually extract the stir sticks from the stack ; wherein the extractor is coupled to the fixed frame (T) and is motorised to move in an extraction direction transversal to a longitudinal axis of the stir sticks between a retracted rest position, in which the stack is resting on the support surface , and an advanced extraction position, in which the stir stick at the bottom of the stack is extracted; and a drop chute having an inlet adjacent to the extractor to receive therefrom one stir stick at a time and an outlet arranged below the inlet to supply the stir stick into an underlying beverage container (B); characterised by comprising movable retention means arranged inside the drop chute and back and forth movable therein to temporarily stop the stir stick as it drops towards the outlet ; the movable retention means comprising a movable stopping member carried by the extractor and configured to cooperate in abutment against the stir stick .