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A patient-specific bicompartmental knee implant for implantation into a patient's joint, the implant comprising: a body having a condylar portion and a trochlear portion, wherein the condylar portion has a shape generally resembling a surface of a condyle of the patient's knee and the trochlear portion has a shape generally resembling the surface of a trochlea of the patient's knee; the condylar portion further having an articular surface, wherein at least a portion of the articular surface of the condylar portion is configured such that a curve of the at least a portion of the articular surface of the condylar portion substantially matches a curve of a corresponding portion of an articular surface of the patient's condyle; and the condylar portion further having a bone-facing surface opposite the articular surface of the condylar portion, wherein at least a first portion on a posterior end of the bone-facing surface of the condylar portion is planar and at least a second portion of the bone-facing surface of the condylar portion substantially matches a corresponding portion of an articular surface of the patient's joint, characterised in that the trochlear portion includes a patellofemoral (PF) region having a patient-specific sagittal curvature and an engineered coronal curvature, in which the coronal curvature is selected by choosing one standard curvature from a family of standard curvatures. a body having a condylar portion and a trochlear portion, wherein the condylar portion has a shape generally resembling a surface of a condyle of the patient's knee and the trochlear portion has a shape generally resembling the surface of a trochlea of the patient's knee; the condylar portion further having an articular surface, wherein at least a portion of the articular surface of the condylar portion is configured such that a curve of the at least a portion of the articular surface of the condylar portion substantially matches a curve of a corresponding portion of an articular surface of the patient's condyle; and the condylar portion further having a bone-facing surface opposite the articular surface of the condylar portion, wherein at least a first portion on a posterior end of the bone-facing surface of the condylar portion is planar and at least a second portion of the bone-facing surface of the condylar portion substantially matches a corresponding portion of an articular surface of the patient's joint, characterised in that the trochlear portion includes a patellofemoral (PF) region having a patient-specific sagittal curvature and an engineered coronal curvature, in which the coronal curvature is selected by choosing one standard curvature from a family of standard curvatures.
System consisting of a low-pressure unit for raising a pressure level in a hydraulic drive , having a pressurized accumulator tank for storing a hydraulic fluid at a desired pressure, a low-pressure accumulator downstream of the pressurized accumulator tank for temporarily storing the fluid, and having a hydraulic pump driven by a motor , wherein the pressurized accumulator tank , the low-pressure accumulator and the pump are hydraulically coupled to one another by way of a connecting block , wherein the connecting block is designed in such a way that the low-pressure unit is able to be integrated directly into/or connected to a main control block of the hydraulic drive by way of the connecting block ; and a tank connected externally to the low-pressure unit , wherein the low-pressure unit has a multiplicity of valves by way of the positions of which the low-pressure unit is switchable between operation as a closed system in which the pump conveys fluid at a desired pressure level from the pressurized accumulator tank to the low-pressure accumulator , and an operation as an open system in which the pump conveys fluid from the externally connected tank to the low-pressure accumulator ; wherein depending on the position of the valves , the pressurized accumulator tank and the low-pressure accumulator are able to be filled with fluid from the external tank , or the pressurized accumulator tank and the low-pressure accumulator dispense fluid to the external tank . a low-pressure unit for raising a pressure level in a hydraulic drive , having a pressurized accumulator tank for storing a hydraulic fluid at a desired pressure, a low-pressure accumulator downstream of the pressurized accumulator tank for temporarily storing the fluid, and having a hydraulic pump driven by a motor , wherein the pressurized accumulator tank , the low-pressure accumulator and the pump are hydraulically coupled to one another by way of a connecting block , wherein the connecting block is designed in such a way that the low-pressure unit is able to be integrated directly into/or connected to a main control block of the hydraulic drive by way of the connecting block ; and a tank connected externally to the low-pressure unit , wherein the low-pressure unit has a multiplicity of valves by way of the positions of which the low-pressure unit is switchable between operation as a closed system in which the pump conveys fluid at a desired pressure level from the pressurized accumulator tank to the low-pressure accumulator , and an operation as an open system in which the pump conveys fluid from the externally connected tank to the low-pressure accumulator ; wherein depending on the position of the valves , the pressurized accumulator tank and the low-pressure accumulator are able to be filled with fluid from the external tank , or the pressurized accumulator tank and the low-pressure accumulator dispense fluid to the external tank .
A head-up display, HUD, apparatus, comprising: a first optical module ; a second optical module arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the first optical module ; a separation module arranged on an optical path of the first and second optical modules ; and an optical system configured to output the light having passed the separation module , characterized in that the separation module is configured to totally reflect a light of the first optical module and to project a light from the second optical module , wherein the first optical module includes a 2D display panel and a first backlight unit , wherein the second optical module includes a 3D display panel and a second backlight unit using one of a lenticular method and a parallax barrier method, and wherein size of an output screen of the second optical module is controlled in association with vehicle speed. a first optical module ; a second optical module arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the first optical module ; a separation module arranged on an optical path of the first and second optical modules ; and an optical system configured to output the light having passed the separation module , characterized in that the separation module is configured to totally reflect a light of the first optical module and to project a light from the second optical module , wherein the first optical module includes a 2D display panel and a first backlight unit , wherein the second optical module includes a 3D display panel and a second backlight unit using one of a lenticular method and a parallax barrier method, and wherein size of an output screen of the second optical module is controlled in association with vehicle speed.
A method for determining a treatment which can be carried out on a textile material item, comprising the steps of: - carrying out a first scan on an area (RC) of the textile material item by means of near infrared band, NIR, electromagnetic radiation to obtain a first signal (S1) indicative of the nature of the textile material in the scanned area (RC); - carrying out a second scan on said area (RC) of the textile material item by means of visible band electromagnetic radiation to obtain a second signal (S2) indicative of the color of the textile material in the scanned area (RC); wherein said first scan and second scan are performed on an unstained area (RC) of the textile material, and wherein the method further comprises the steps of: - carrying out a third scan by means of near infrared band electromagnetic radiation on a stained area (RS) of the textile material item where there is a stain, to obtain a third signal (S3) indicative of the nature of the textile material in the scanned stained area (RS); - transmitting said first signal (S1), second signal (S2) and third signal (S3) to an electronic processing means ; - determining a treatment program for the textile material item by said electronic processing means , based on a processing of said first signal (S1), second signal (S2) and third signal (S3); - providing a control unit of a household appliance and/or a user interface with information about the treatment program determined by the electronic processing means . - carrying out a first scan on an area (RC) of the textile material item by means of near infrared band, NIR, electromagnetic radiation to obtain a first signal (S1) indicative of the nature of the textile material in the scanned area (RC); - carrying out a second scan on said area (RC) of the textile material item by means of visible band electromagnetic radiation to obtain a second signal (S2) indicative of the color of the textile material in the scanned area (RC); - carrying out a third scan by means of near infrared band electromagnetic radiation on a stained area (RS) of the textile material item where there is a stain, to obtain a third signal (S3) indicative of the nature of the textile material in the scanned stained area (RS); - transmitting said first signal (S1), second signal (S2) and third signal (S3) to an electronic processing means ; - determining a treatment program for the textile material item by said electronic processing means , based on a processing of said first signal (S1), second signal (S2) and third signal (S3); - providing a control unit of a household appliance and/or a user interface with information about the treatment program determined by the electronic processing means .
Method for ultrasound determination of a corrected image of a medium, the method comprising: - determination of a temporal succession of images of the medium (I k ), k being an image index between 0 and N, and the first image of said succession being assumed to be without strain, - determination of the movement for each image of the medium of index k between 1 and N, the movement being between an image of the medium of index k (I k ) and the preceding image of the medium of index k-1 (I k-1 ), - determination of a temporal succession of partial strain images (IΔε k ), based on the image of the medium of index k (I k ) and the preceding image of the medium of index k-1 (I k-1 ), - determination of corrected partial strain images (IΔε k *), by compensation of said partial strain images (IΔε k ) based on preceding movements, meaning the movements associated with the images of the medium having indices between 1 and k inclusive, and - determination of a corrected strain image (Iε k *) by summation of the corrected partial strain images (IΔε k *) of indices between 1 and k inclusive, and wherein the determination of the movement of index k is carried out by: - determination of a field of displacement (u k ) between an image of the medium (I k ) and the preceding image of the medium (I k-1 ), - determination of an image geometric transformation (T k ) based on said field of displacement (u k ), said geometric transformation representing the field of displacement (u k ) with fewer than ten parameters. - determination of a temporal succession of images of the medium (I k ), k being an image index between 0 and N, and the first image of said succession being assumed to be without strain, - determination of the movement for each image of the medium of index k between 1 and N, the movement being between an image of the medium of index k (I k ) and the preceding image of the medium of index k-1 (I k-1 ), - determination of a temporal succession of partial strain images (IΔε k ), based on the image of the medium of index k (I k ) and the preceding image of the medium of index k-1 (I k-1 ), - determination of corrected partial strain images (IΔε k *), by compensation of said partial strain images (IΔε k ) based on preceding movements, meaning the movements associated with the images of the medium having indices between 1 and k inclusive, and - determination of a corrected strain image (Iε k *) by summation of the corrected partial strain images (IΔε k *) of indices between 1 and k inclusive, and - determination of a field of displacement (u k ) between an image of the medium (I k ) and the preceding image of the medium (I k-1 ), - determination of an image geometric transformation (T k ) based on said field of displacement (u k ), said geometric transformation representing the field of displacement (u k ) with fewer than ten parameters.
A circuit, comprising: - a plurality of nanowire transistors, including a first vertical nanowire transistor and a second vertical nanowire transistor disposed vertically relative to a surface of a substrate, the first vertical nanowire transistor having a first vertical channel comprising a first set of vertical nanowires arranged in parallel and having at least two members, the second vertical nanowire transistor having a second vertical channel comprising a second set of vertical nanowires arranged in parallel and having at least two members; - a vertical nanowire interconnect disposed vertically relative to the surface of the substrate; and - a horizontal connector island connecting a first terminal of the vertical nanowires in the first set of vertical nanowires in the first vertical nanowire transistor to the vertical nanowire interconnect , the horizontal connector island disposed horizontally relative to the surface of the substrate, beneath the first vertical nanowire transistor , and insulated from the substrate; - wherein the vertical nanowire interconnect comprises a set of nanowires having at least two members connected in parallel, the set of nanowires in the vertical nanowire interconnect being connected in parallel between a source region of the first vertical nanowire transistor and a horizontal drain conductor of the second vertical nanowire transistor , - wherein at least the first and second vertical nanowire transistors in the plurality are electrically in series via at least the vertical nanowire interconnect . - a plurality of nanowire transistors, including a first vertical nanowire transistor and a second vertical nanowire transistor disposed vertically relative to a surface of a substrate, the first vertical nanowire transistor having a first vertical channel comprising a first set of vertical nanowires arranged in parallel and having at least two members, the second vertical nanowire transistor having a second vertical channel comprising a second set of vertical nanowires arranged in parallel and having at least two members; - a vertical nanowire interconnect disposed vertically relative to the surface of the substrate; and - a horizontal connector island connecting a first terminal of the vertical nanowires in the first set of vertical nanowires in the first vertical nanowire transistor to the vertical nanowire interconnect , the horizontal connector island disposed horizontally relative to the surface of the substrate, beneath the first vertical nanowire transistor , and insulated from the substrate; - wherein the vertical nanowire interconnect comprises a set of nanowires having at least two members connected in parallel, the set of nanowires in the vertical nanowire interconnect being connected in parallel between a source region of the first vertical nanowire transistor and a horizontal drain conductor of the second vertical nanowire transistor , - wherein at least the first and second vertical nanowire transistors in the plurality are electrically in series via at least the vertical nanowire interconnect .
A handle device for a vehicle in which an operating member linked to a base fixed to a door of a vehicle to be rotatably operable is operated so as to displace an output portion and operate a door lock device in the door linked to the output portion via a cable device , wherein a displacement (Δd) amount in the output portion per unit operation angle (Δθ) of the operating member changes according to a rotation position of the operating member characterized in that the displacement amount (Δd) in the output portion per unit operation angle (Δθ) of the operating member is large at an initial state of a handle operation and is small in a vicinity of a lock releasing operation position of the door lock device that substantially matches the position at which the resistance from the door lock device becomes the maximum.
A surgical evacuation system , comprising: a pump ; a motor configured to drive said pump; a housing , comprising: an inlet port ; an outlet port ; and a flow path defined through said housing from said inlet port to said outlet port, wherein said pump is positioned along said flow path; a sensor positioned along said flow path, wherein said sensor is configured to detect a particulate concentration in a volume of fluid moving past said sensor; a filter receptacle along said flow path intermediate said inlet port and said pump, wherein said sensor is positioned upstream of said filter receptacle; a second sensor positioned along said flow path downstream of said filter receptacle, wherein said second sensor is configured to detect a particulate concentration in a volume of fluid moving past said second sensor; and a control circuit configured to: receive a signal from said sensor indicative of the particulate concentration in the volume of fluid; transmit a drive signal to said motor to automatically modify a speed of said motor based on the signal from said sensor; and receive a second signal from said second sensor, characterized in that said drive signal to said motor is also based on said second signal. a pump ; a motor configured to drive said pump; a housing , comprising: an inlet port ; an outlet port ; and a flow path defined through said housing from said inlet port to said outlet port, wherein said pump is positioned along said flow path; an inlet port ; an outlet port ; and a flow path defined through said housing from said inlet port to said outlet port, wherein said pump is positioned along said flow path; a sensor positioned along said flow path, wherein said sensor is configured to detect a particulate concentration in a volume of fluid moving past said sensor; a filter receptacle along said flow path intermediate said inlet port and said pump, wherein said sensor is positioned upstream of said filter receptacle; a second sensor positioned along said flow path downstream of said filter receptacle, wherein said second sensor is configured to detect a particulate concentration in a volume of fluid moving past said second sensor; and a control circuit configured to: receive a signal from said sensor indicative of the particulate concentration in the volume of fluid; transmit a drive signal to said motor to automatically modify a speed of said motor based on the signal from said sensor; and receive a second signal from said second sensor, characterized in that said drive signal to said motor is also based on said second signal. receive a signal from said sensor indicative of the particulate concentration in the volume of fluid; transmit a drive signal to said motor to automatically modify a speed of said motor based on the signal from said sensor; and receive a second signal from said second sensor, characterized in that said drive signal to said motor is also based on said second signal.
A helicoil comprising a helical body comprising a plurality of turns separated by spaces therebetween, the helical body terminating in a proximal end and a distal end , and at least one internal strut extending between at least two turns of the helical body, wherein the spaces between the turns substantially do not impede the passage of fluids and/or tissue through the helicoil, and characterized in that the helicoil comprises a tapered interior surface which corresponds to a tapered exterior surface on an inserter for turning the helicoil and comprising at least one groove for receiving the at least one strut, so that when the helicoil is mounted on the inserter, the helicoil and the inserter form a positive seat such that the interior surface of the helicoil is in direct contact with a tapered exterior surface of the inserter.
A disc brake for a utility vehicle having a brake calliper that encompasses a brake disc and is fixed such that it is able to move axially in relation to the brake disc by means of two fixing elements, one taking the form of a fixed bearing and the other the form of a floating bearing , to a stationary brake carrier , the floating bearing having a guide bush , which is held fast in the brake calliper , and a sliding bush made of a plastic, in particular of an elastomer, in which a guide bar is connected to the brake carrier is seated such that it is able to move longitudinally, characterised in that held in the sliding bush is a spring sheath that has spring braces that extend in longitudinal direction, are positioned spaced around the periphery and make contact with the guide bar.
A method comprising: receiving , by a communication controller of a source device and from an audio source of the source device, audio data to be wirelessly transmitted to a sink device, wherein the audio data is received from the audio source at a rate; storing , by the communication controller and in a buffer, the audio data as a sequence of audio blocks, wherein each audio block includes audio data for a respective output time; transmitting , by the source device and to the sink device, audio blocks of the sequence of audio blocks using a wireless link between the source device and the sink device; responsive to determining that a particular audio block has been successfully received by the sink device, removing, by the communications controller and from the buffer, an audio block corresponding to the particular audio block; determining a current condition of the wireless link; and automatically adjusting , by the communication controller and based on the current condition of the wireless link, the rate at which audio data is received from the audio source, wherein automatically adjusting the rate at which audio data is received comprises outputting, by the communication controller and to the audio source, a request to reduce the rate at which the audio source inserts audio blocks into the buffer to defer dropping an oldest audio block from the buffer when the data buffer becomes full. receiving , by a communication controller of a source device and from an audio source of the source device, audio data to be wirelessly transmitted to a sink device, wherein the audio data is received from the audio source at a rate; storing , by the communication controller and in a buffer, the audio data as a sequence of audio blocks, wherein each audio block includes audio data for a respective output time; transmitting , by the source device and to the sink device, audio blocks of the sequence of audio blocks using a wireless link between the source device and the sink device; responsive to determining that a particular audio block has been successfully received by the sink device, removing, by the communications controller and from the buffer, an audio block corresponding to the particular audio block; determining a current condition of the wireless link; and automatically adjusting , by the communication controller and based on the current condition of the wireless link, the rate at which audio data is received from the audio source, wherein automatically adjusting the rate at which audio data is received comprises outputting, by the communication controller and to the audio source, a request to reduce the rate at which the audio source inserts audio blocks into the buffer to defer dropping an oldest audio block from the buffer when the data buffer becomes full.