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A medical device, comprising: a housing having a distal portion with a first port that is detachably couplable to a probe, and a proximal portion with a second port that is detachably couplable to a syringe, the first port fluidly coupled to the second port; a pressure sensor carried by the housing, the sensor configured to generate a pressure signal in response to a pressure of a tissue environment in which a distal portion of the probe is positioned, the pressure signal comprising a series of instantaneous pressure values; a processing unit coupled to the sensor, the processing unit configured to receive and process the series of instantaneous pressure values so as to determine a mean pressure value using a moving average of the series over a time period, the mean pressure value indicative of the tissue environment about the distal portion of the probe; and an output unit coupled to the processing unit and carried by the housing, the output unit configured to output to a visual display a reporting signal based on the determined pressure value, wherein the device is configured to enable wireless monitoring of the pressure value. a housing having a distal portion with a first port that is detachably couplable to a probe, and a proximal portion with a second port that is detachably couplable to a syringe, the first port fluidly coupled to the second port; a pressure sensor carried by the housing, the sensor configured to generate a pressure signal in response to a pressure of a tissue environment in which a distal portion of the probe is positioned, the pressure signal comprising a series of instantaneous pressure values; a processing unit coupled to the sensor, the processing unit configured to receive and process the series of instantaneous pressure values so as to determine a mean pressure value using a moving average of the series over a time period, the mean pressure value indicative of the tissue environment about the distal portion of the probe; and an output unit coupled to the processing unit and carried by the housing, the output unit configured to output to a visual display a reporting signal based on the determined pressure value, wherein the device is configured to enable wireless monitoring of the pressure value.
A nasal pillow section for use as part of an apparatus for providing a stream of gases to a user, said pillow section in use located in front of the upper lip and below the nostrils of a user, said pillow section comprising, when viewed from the front and to one side of the nasal pillow section being worn by the user who is standing up: a pillow gasket (450-2), having a gases aperture which receives a stream of gases in use, nasal pillows (450-1), fluidically connected to said pillow gasket (450-2) and adapted to substantially seal against the nostrils of a user in use, so that substantially the whole of said stream of gases passes into said nasal pillows (450-1) from said pillow gasket (450-2) and is delivered to said user, the lower inner surface of said pillow gasket (450-2) shaped to include a concavity or a straight planar surface; wherein the pillow gasket (450-2) has the form of a cylinder which in use is aligned across the top lip of a user, the gases aperture being at one side of the pillow gasket (450-2). a pillow gasket (450-2), having a gases aperture which receives a stream of gases in use, nasal pillows (450-1), fluidically connected to said pillow gasket (450-2) and adapted to substantially seal against the nostrils of a user in use, so that substantially the whole of said stream of gases passes into said nasal pillows (450-1) from said pillow gasket (450-2) and is delivered to said user, the lower inner surface of said pillow gasket (450-2) shaped to include a concavity or a straight planar surface; wherein the pillow gasket (450-2) has the form of a cylinder which in use is aligned across the top lip of a user, the gases aperture being at one side of the pillow gasket (450-2).
Method for operating a transmission system that comprises a first network and at least one further network , wherein data are interchanged between these at least two networks by virtue of data of the first network being supplied to duplicating means , wherein the supplied data are split into two data streams by the duplicating means and are wirelessly transmitted to separating means via at least a first of at least two transmission links by means of the parallel redundancy protocol, PRP, and forwarded to the connected further network by the separating means , wherein the data are transmitted as data packets via the first transmission link and if a data packet was not received by the separating means , this data packet is transmitted once again at least via the second transmission link and not via the first transmission link .
Method for operating a washing machine comprising a suds container for receiving washing liquid for treating laundry , a drum which is rotatably mounted in the suds container and intended for receiving the laundry , a heating member and a recirculation device for conveying washing liquid out of a lower region of the suds container into an upper region, based on the operational installation position of the washing machine, the method comprising carrying out a washing programme which comprises a heating step and a post-washing step carried out after the heating step has been completed, a washing liquid level being formed in the suds container during the heating step such that the heating member is below the washing liquid level and the drum is above the washing liquid level, based on the operational installation position of the washing machine, and steam being generated by operating the heating member , characterised in that the recirculation device is activated during the post-washing step if the selection temperature of the washing programme is less than or equal to a limit temperature which is equal to or up to 5°C higher than the temperature of the washing liquid in the lower region of the suds container.
Door for a household appliance , having at least one plate-like door panel (6, 8 to 10) and a strip-shaped cover which covers the door panel (6, 8 to 10) from above at least partially, and which is formed from at least two different materials, wherein the cover is formed as a hybrid component from at least two different materials, wherein the cover is formed as a hybrid component from at least the materials plastic and metal, characterised in that - the cover has a core part made of metal, which is at least partially encapsulated with plastic, or - the cover has a core part made of metal, which is partially surrounded and fused with plastic or is inlaid and flanged or embossed in the plastic, or - the cover has a core part made of metal, which is non-destructively detachably connected, in particular snapped on, to an encasement part formed from plastic, wherein in each case the core part is connected to the plastic such that a relative movement is enabled because of different material expansion under the influence of heat, wherein the core part is connected to the plastic by a floating bearing and a fixed bearing and is arranged at least partially floating in the plastic. - the cover has a core part made of metal, which is at least partially encapsulated with plastic, or - the cover has a core part made of metal, which is partially surrounded and fused with plastic or is inlaid and flanged or embossed in the plastic, or - the cover has a core part made of metal, which is non-destructively detachably connected, in particular snapped on, to an encasement part formed from plastic,
A kit comprising: a dental article having a surface for bonding the article to a tooth structure and a compressible material bonded to the surface of the article, the compressible material comprising a porous material having a hardenable dental composition at least partially within the pores thereof; and instructions for using the kit. a dental article having a surface for bonding the article to a tooth structure and a compressible material bonded to the surface of the article, the compressible material comprising a porous material having a hardenable dental composition at least partially within the pores thereof; and instructions for using the kit.
Parking brake module of a parking brake device with an emergency braking function, by way of which parking brake module pressure medium loading of at least one brake actuator can be controlled, the parking brake module having an electronic control device , at least one solenoid valve which can be actuated by the electronic control device, a valve which boosts the pressure medium quantity for the pressure medium loading of the at least one brake actuator , and at least one pressure medium inlet , via which pressure medium can be fed to the parking brake module , characterized in that the parking brake module has a double shut-off valve and a pressure medium connector , the double shut-off valve has two inlets and an outlet and is configured in such a way that that inlet , at which the lower pressure prevails, is connected to the outlet of the double shut-off valve , the outlet of the double shut-off valve being connected to the control inlet of the valve which boosts the pressure medium quantity, and the pressure medium connector is connected to only one of the two inlets of the double shut-off valve .
A method for imaging an atomic-scale material by means of a field ion microscope (M) comprising a vacuum chamber (CV) configured to accommodate the prepared material in the form of a tip (P) and an image gas (GI), and an ion detector (Det), characterized in that it comprises the application of a direct-current electrical potential (V DC ) and of a pulsed electrical potential, the maximum value of the pulse of which is denoted V imp , so that the tip erodes for a potential value equal to V DC +V imp ; acquisition by the detector, between at least two pulses of the pulsed potential, of series of at least two ion images of the impacts of ions detached from the tip on the detector; calculation of a quantity characteristic of an evolution of the erosion of the tip from the series of ion images acquired and adjustment between each series of images of the values of V DC and V imp so that the quantity characteristic of the trend remains constant or within a target range and the ratio V DC /V imp remains constant.
A compound having the formula (I) : wherein: - R 1 represents a group: -NH 2 , -NHCOR a , -NHCOOR b , -(C 2 -C 6 )alkenylene-CO-NH-OH, - (C 2 -C 6 )alkynylene-CO-NH-OH or -OH; - R 2 represents a group: -OCH 3 , -OCH 2 CH 3 , -SCH 3 , -SCH 2 CH 3 or -OCHF 2 ; - R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group: -CH 3 , -CN, -F, -CI or -OR c ; - R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or a group: -CH 3 , -CN, -F, -CI or -OR d ; - R a represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; - R b represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; - R c represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; and - R d represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; in the following state: base or acid, or salts of acids or salts of bases; or in the form of a hydrate or a solvate. - R 1 represents a group: -NH 2 , -NHCOR a , -NHCOOR b , -(C 2 -C 6 )alkenylene-CO-NH-OH, - (C 2 -C 6 )alkynylene-CO-NH-OH or -OH; - R 2 represents a group: -OCH 3 , -OCH 2 CH 3 , -SCH 3 , -SCH 2 CH 3 or -OCHF 2 ; - R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group: -CH 3 , -CN, -F, -CI or -OR c ; - R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or a group: -CH 3 , -CN, -F, -CI or -OR d ; - R a represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; - R b represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; - R c represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ; and - R d represents a group: -(C 1 -C 5 )alkyl or -CF 3 ;
A deformable mirror comprising a deformable membrane having a reflecting face and an opposite hidden face , said membrane being mounted on a support provided with at least one actuator adapted to deform said membrane , said actuator comprising at least one movable member fixed to the membrane by an adhesive joint , said movable member having a main body , located outside the adhesive joint , which is continued by an active part that penetrates entirely or in part into said adhesive joint , in such a way that said adhesive joint , forming a flexible cone, on the one hand, adheres to and spreads over the hidden face substantially parallel to the reflecting face , and on the other hand, adheres at least in part to the side wall of said active part to ensure a junction between the movable member and the membrane , said active part having a cross-section (S 12 ), delimited by said side wall , which is different from the cross-section (S 11 ) of the main body , the active part forming a tip at the first end of the movable member , the tip being partially embedded in the adhesive joint .
A method for determining a precoding matrix indicator, comprising: selecting , by a receive end, a precoding matrix W from a codebook based on a reference signal sent by a transmit end, wherein the precoding matrix W is a product of matrix W1 and a matrix W2 wherein the W1 comprises N B block matrices X i , N B ≥ 1, and the W1 is indicated as: W 1 = diag { X 1 ,..., X N B }, wherein 1 ≤ i ≤ N B , and a column x i,j of each block matrix X i of the N B block matrices is a Kronecker product of a first vector A ij and a second vector B ij , that is, x ij = A ij ⊗ B ij , wherein A ij corresponds to a phase in a horizontal direction and B ij corresponds to a phase in a vertical direction; and sending , by the receive end, a precoding matrix indicator PMI corresponding to the precoding matrix W to the transmit end, so that the transmit end obtains the precoding matrix W according to the PMI. selecting , by a receive end, a precoding matrix W from a codebook based on a reference signal sent by a transmit end, wherein the precoding matrix W is a product of matrix W1 and a matrix W2 wherein the W1 comprises N B block matrices X i , N B ≥ 1, and the W1 is indicated as: W 1 = diag { X 1 ,..., X N B }, wherein 1 ≤ i ≤ N B , and a column x i,j of each block matrix X i of the N B block matrices is a Kronecker product of a first vector A ij and a second vector B ij , that is, x ij = A ij ⊗ B ij , wherein A ij corresponds to a phase in a horizontal direction and B ij corresponds to a phase in a vertical direction; and sending , by the receive end, a precoding matrix indicator PMI corresponding to the precoding matrix W to the transmit end, so that the transmit end obtains the precoding matrix W according to the PMI.
A press felt comprising two stacked layers of a woven single layer base fabric , each of the layers of the base fabric being formed by a system of warp yarns interwoven with first and second systems of weft yarns (540 - 552) according to a defined single layer repeating weave pattern, the two stacked layers being needled with at least one batt layer, wherein in the woven single layer base fabric , the warp yarns of the system of warp yarns are polymeric monofilaments arranged as a single layer and are interwoven with the weft yarns (540 - 552) in the first and second systems of weft yarns; the weft yarns of the first system of weft yarns comprise cabled polymeric monofilaments and the weft yarns of the second system of weft yarns comprise single polymeric monofilaments (541, 543, 546. 548, 551); the cabled polymeric monofilaments comprise from 50% to 85% of the weft yarns and the single polymeric monofilaments (541, 543, 546. 548, 551) make up from 50% to 15% of the weft yarns in one repeat of the base fabric weave construction; the cabled monofilaments are each comprised of at least two monofilaments which are cabled together; at least two of the cabled weft yarns in each repeat of the repeating weave pattern are adjacent to each other; characterized in that the warp yarns pass over and under the weft yarns (540 - 552) of the first and second systems of weft yarns (540 - 552) such that under tension the cabled polymeric monofilaments of the first system of weft yarns crimp more than the single polymeric monofilaments (541, 543, 546. 548, 551) of the second system of weft yarns, thereby changing the yarn to yarn spacing, and in that a center line to center line first distance (A) between any two adjacent ones of the weft yarns (540, 541; 545, 546) in one repeat (R1) of the repeating weave pattern differs from a corresponding center line to center line second distance (B) between a second different set of adjacent ones of the weft yarns in the repeat, with both the first and the second distances (A, B) being different than a center line to center line third distance (C) between a third different set of adjacent ones of the weft yarns (541, 542; 543, 544) in the repeat (R1). the warp yarns pass over and under the weft yarns (540 - 552) of the first and second systems of weft yarns (540 - 552) such that under tension the cabled polymeric monofilaments of the first system of weft yarns crimp more than the single polymeric monofilaments (541, 543, 546. 548, 551) of the second system of weft yarns, thereby changing the yarn to yarn spacing, and in that a center line to center line first distance (A) between any two adjacent ones of the weft yarns (540, 541; 545, 546) in one repeat (R1) of the repeating weave pattern differs from a corresponding center line to center line second distance (B) between a second different set of adjacent ones of the weft yarns in the repeat, with both the first and the second distances (A, B) being different than a center line to center line third distance (C) between a third different set of adjacent ones of the weft yarns (541, 542; 543, 544) in the repeat (R1).
An installation tool for installing reactor components into a reactor, the tool comprising: a housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a releasable attachment assembly for securing a reactor component support to the tool, the attachment assembly being mounted inside the housing; a gas supply hose connected to the first end of the housing; and a gas outlet at the second end of the housing in fluid communication with the gas supply hose, wherein the gas outlet is configured to provide gas to expand a reactor component secured by the releasable attachment assembly and wherein a control line for the releasable attachment assembly runs inside the gas supply hose, wherein the tool comprises a seal assembly mounted on the second end of the housing and the gas outlet is configured to provide gas to expand the reactor component via the seal assembly, and wherein the gas supply hose is configured to support the weight of the tool.
A granule comprising (a) at least three cores comprising a biological active and a plasticizable polymer, wherein the cores are made of a material having an elongation upon break of at least 30%, and wherein the diameter of the cores is at least 50 μm and at most two thirds of the diameter of the granule; (b) a solid matrix interspacing the cores of (a), wherein the solid matrix is made of a material having an elongation upon break of less than 30%; and (c) optionally a coating consisting of one or more layer(s) surrounding the granule. (a) at least three cores comprising a biological active and a plasticizable polymer, wherein the cores are made of a material having an elongation upon break of at least 30%, and wherein the diameter of the cores is at least 50 μm and at most two thirds of the diameter of the granule; (b) a solid matrix interspacing the cores of (a), wherein the solid matrix is made of a material having an elongation upon break of less than 30%; and (c) optionally a coating consisting of one or more layer(s) surrounding the granule.
Use of an apparatus for controlling water hardness and reducing scale formation by contacting a water source with the apparatus for treating the water source, said apparatus comprising: (a) an inlet for providing the water to a first treatment reservoir; (b) a water treatment composition comprising a substantially water insoluble resin material being exhausted in capacity by being loaded with one or more multivalent cations so that the resin is unable to perform ion exchange, wherein the resin comprises a weak acid cation resin which is a crosslinked acrylic acid polymer and wherein the composition is contained within the treatment reservoir; (c) an outlet fluidly connected to the first treatment reservoir, wherein the outlet provides treated water from the treatment reservoir, wherein the weak acid cation resin is a mixture of a crosslinked acrylic acid polymer and a crosslinked methacrylic acid polymer and the crosslinked acrylic acid polymer is crosslinked at less than 8%. (a) an inlet for providing the water to a first treatment reservoir; (b) a water treatment composition comprising a substantially water insoluble resin material being exhausted in capacity by being loaded with one or more multivalent cations so that the resin is unable to perform ion exchange, wherein the resin comprises a weak acid cation resin which is a crosslinked acrylic acid polymer and wherein the composition is contained within the treatment reservoir; (c) an outlet fluidly connected to the first treatment reservoir, wherein the outlet provides treated water from the treatment reservoir, wherein the weak acid cation resin is a mixture of a crosslinked acrylic acid polymer and a crosslinked methacrylic acid polymer and the crosslinked acrylic acid polymer is crosslinked at less than 8%.
Biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles for use in a method of tracking immune cells, the method comprising: identifying a patient having a disease associated with an organ; providing an aqueous suspension containing biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles, the aqueous suspension being free of particles having a size greater than 1000 nm, the biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles each containing a superparamagnetic core that is covered by one or more biocompatible polymers, each of which has a polyethylene glycol group, a silane group, and a linker linking, via a covalent bond, the polyethylene glycol group and the silane group; administering the aqueous suspension into the blood stream of the patient; and after the administration step, obtaining a magnetic resonance image of the organ, wherein the organ is kidney or lymph node, the biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles each have an r2 relaxivity of 120 to 250 (mM.S) -1 , and the presence of hyperintense or hypointense spots in the magnetic resonance image indicates immune response in the patient. identifying a patient having a disease associated with an organ; providing an aqueous suspension containing biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles, the aqueous suspension being free of particles having a size greater than 1000 nm, the biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles each containing a superparamagnetic core that is covered by one or more biocompatible polymers, each of which has a polyethylene glycol group, a silane group, and a linker linking, via a covalent bond, the polyethylene glycol group and the silane group; administering the aqueous suspension into the blood stream of the patient; and after the administration step, obtaining a magnetic resonance image of the organ,
An article comprising: an occlusive layer; an absorbent substrate selected from foam, fabric, nonwoven, hydrocolloid, hydrogel, and combinations thereof and having two opposing major surfaces, wherein one opposing major surface is a nanostructured surface; a metal oxide layer, wherein the nanostructured surface is coated with the metal oxide layer and the metal oxide layer comprises antimicrobial metal oxide, wherein the metal oxide layer comprises less than 40 wt.-% non-oxidized metal; and a metal layer overlaying the metal oxide layer. an occlusive layer; an absorbent substrate selected from foam, fabric, nonwoven, hydrocolloid, hydrogel, and combinations thereof and having two opposing major surfaces, wherein one opposing major surface is a nanostructured surface; a metal oxide layer, wherein the nanostructured surface is coated with the metal oxide layer and the metal oxide layer comprises antimicrobial metal oxide, wherein the metal oxide layer comprises less than 40 wt.-% non-oxidized metal; and a metal layer overlaying the metal oxide layer.