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A method for controlling the clamping force applied to tissue, the method comprising: providing a first clamping member and a second clamping member for clamping tissue; clamping the first clamping member and the second clamping member by driving at least one of the clamping members with an electric motor toward a predetermined tissue gap between the clamping members; during the clamping, monitoring a motor current of the electric motor indicative of a clamping force exerted to the tissue by the clamping members; and during the clamping, controlling the electric motor, based on the monitored net motor current, to limit the clamping force to a predetermined maximum limit, characterized in that the controlling comprises: determining a first motor drive input based on the difference between a motor velocity and a predetermined target motor velocity; determining a second motor drive input based on the difference between a motor position and a predetermined target motor position; and determining a third motor drive input based on the difference between a net motor current and a predetermined target net motor current; and wherein the controlling further comprises applying the smallest of the first motor drive input, the second motor drive input, and the third motor drive input to the motor. providing a first clamping member and a second clamping member for clamping tissue; clamping the first clamping member and the second clamping member by driving at least one of the clamping members with an electric motor toward a predetermined tissue gap between the clamping members; during the clamping, monitoring a motor current of the electric motor indicative of a clamping force exerted to the tissue by the clamping members; and during the clamping, controlling the electric motor, based on the monitored net motor current, to limit the clamping force to a predetermined maximum limit, characterized in that the controlling comprises: determining a first motor drive input based on the difference between a motor velocity and a predetermined target motor velocity; determining a second motor drive input based on the difference between a motor position and a predetermined target motor position; and determining a third motor drive input based on the difference between a net motor current and a predetermined target net motor current; and determining a first motor drive input based on the difference between a motor velocity and a predetermined target motor velocity; determining a second motor drive input based on the difference between a motor position and a predetermined target motor position; and determining a third motor drive input based on the difference between a net motor current and a predetermined target net motor current; and wherein the controlling further comprises applying the smallest of the first motor drive input, the second motor drive input, and the third motor drive input to the motor.
A medical prosthesis for blocking or reducing tear flow through a punctum or canaliculus of a human eye and delivering a drug to the eye that comprises: a punctal plug made as a single material that comprises a dehydrated covalently crosslinked synthetic hydrophilic polymer hydrogel , with dimensions to pass through a puncta lacrimali , with the dehydrated hydrogel absorbing physiological water to swell to at least 1 mm in cross-sectional width and conformably fit a canaliculus, with the hydrogel comprising a therapeutic agent dispersed through the hydrogel for release to an eye, with the hydrogel having a water content of at least about 50% by weight or volume when allowed to fully hydrate in vitro in physiological saline, with the therapeutic agent being present in the hydrogel in a phase that is discontinuous from the hydrogel,-wherein the hydrogel is a reaction product of a first synthetic water soluble polymer comprising polyethylene glycol comprising at least three first functional groups and a second synthetic water soluble polymer that comprises at least three second functional groups selected from the group consisting of amine and thiol with the first and second functional groups reacting with each other to form covalent bonds and thereby form the hydrogel as a synthetic crosslinked hydrogel .
A working machine in which a working unit that performs predetermined work is connected to a machine body that travels, comprising: illumination means that illuminates a traveling direction of the machine body characterised in that the illumination means is capable of light adjustment and color adjustment; wherein the working machine further comprises: brightness detection means that detects brightness of an illumination spot that is illuminated by illuminating light (K) of the illumination means, color detection means that detects a color of the illumination spot (P) that is illuminated by the illuminating light (K) of the illumination means; and control means which performs light adjustment of the illumination means so that the brightness of the illumination spot is a predetermined value or more and which performs color adjustment of the illumination means in accordance with the color detected by the color detection means so that the color of the illumination spot illuminated by the illuminating light is a predetermined color or a predetermined hue that maintains visibility. brightness detection means that detects brightness of an illumination spot that is illuminated by illuminating light (K) of the illumination means, color detection means that detects a color of the illumination spot (P) that is illuminated by the illuminating light (K) of the illumination means; and control means which performs light adjustment of the illumination means so that the brightness of the illumination spot is a predetermined value or more and which performs color adjustment of the illumination means in accordance with the color detected by the color detection means so that the color of the illumination spot illuminated by the illuminating light is a predetermined color or a predetermined hue that maintains visibility.
A conditional handover method performed in a source base station, comprising the steps of: receiving a measurement report from a terminal and transmitting a handover preparation instruction to a neighboring base station; and transmitting a conditional handover command to the terminal, wherein the conditional handover command is configured to enable the terminal to perform a handover procedure in a target cell or a Radio Resource Control, RRC, re-establishment procedure in a case of a connection failure, wherein the conditional handover command comprises a first signal condition, and the first signal condition comprises signal quality of a neighboring cell or a signal quality difference between the neighboring cell and a source cell, characterized in that the conditional handover command further comprises indication information for indicating whether the handover procedure can be initiated when the connection failure occurs, wherein if the indication information indicates that the handover procedure can be initiated, the handover procedure is performed, wherein if the indication information indicates that the handover procedure cannot be initiated, the RRC re-establishment procedure is performed. receiving a measurement report from a terminal and transmitting a handover preparation instruction to a neighboring base station; and transmitting a conditional handover command to the terminal, wherein the conditional handover command is configured to enable the terminal to perform a handover procedure in a target cell or a Radio Resource Control, RRC, re-establishment procedure in a case of a connection failure, wherein the conditional handover command comprises a first signal condition, and the first signal condition comprises signal quality of a neighboring cell or a signal quality difference between the neighboring cell and a source cell, characterized in that the conditional handover command further comprises indication information for indicating whether the handover procedure can be initiated when the connection failure occurs, wherein if the indication information indicates that the handover procedure can be initiated, the handover procedure is performed, wherein if the indication information indicates that the handover procedure cannot be initiated, the RRC re-establishment procedure is performed.
A printing system comprising a print station disposed at a sheet transport path , a feed section arranged to feed media sheets of different media types into the transport path so as to be fed sequentially to the print station , and a controller arranged to receive print instructions concerning images to be printed, to schedule a sequence of the media sheets, and to control the feed section and the print station such that each image is printed on a sheet of a media type that has been specified for that image in the print instructions, characterized in that a sensor is arranged at the transport path for detecting a quality condition of the sheets being fed to the print station, and the controller is adapted to receive a quality signal from the sensor and, when the quality of a sheet is found to be insufficient, to skip that sheet and to reroute the corresponding image to another scheduled sheet that is compatible with the print instructions, and, when processing a print job that provides printing a plurality of images (11 - 17) in a predetermined order, to reroute the images with conservation of the print order, by rerouting an image for a sheet (M2), that precedes a target sheet (M3) to which the image for the defective sheet (M1) has been rerouted, to a sheet (M5) that follows that target sheet (M3) in the sequence (Fig. 2).
Hand-held battery-operated vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum cleaner main assembly and an insert which can be removed from and reinserted into the vacuum cleaner , wherein the insert has one or more electrical supply contacts , the vacuum cleaner main assembly has one or more electrical supply counter-contacts which can conductively contact the corresponding supply contact(s) of the insert in each case when the insert is inserted into the vacuum cleaner , and the vacuum cleaner has an actuating device , by the actuation of which the insert can be decoupled from the vacuum cleaner main assembly, characterised in that by actuating the actuating device the conductive contact between the or at least one of the supply contact(s) and a corresponding supply counter-contact is decoupled.
A molded article comprising a structure , wherein a bent portion (M) is formed through a bending process in the structure , the structure including: a core layer that is formed by folding a sheet material molded of a single plastic sheet into a predetermined shape so that the core layer is sectioned into a plurality of cells (S) that are formed by the polygonal-cylindrical or circular-cylindrical sidewalls and are disposed adjoiningly inside; and skin layers provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the core layer , wherein, in the core layer of the structure , one end surface of each cell is closed by an upper or lower wall having a two-layer structure and the other end surface is closed by a lower or upper wall having a one-layer structure, and an opening is formed in the upper or lower wall closing one end of the cell (S), and communication portions for connecting adjacent cells (S) to each other are formed in the core layer of the structure , wherein the upper surface of the structure is provided with one-layer portions (L1) formed of only the skin layer corresponding to the opening , two-layer portions (L2) formed of the upper wall having the one-layer structure and the skin layer , and three-layer portions (L3) formed of the upper wall having the two-layer structure and the skin layer , and wherein the opening is defined by two edges of the two-layer structure and each of the edges is a folding of two continuous layers. a core layer that is formed by folding a sheet material molded of a single plastic sheet into a predetermined shape so that the core layer is sectioned into a plurality of cells (S) that are formed by the polygonal-cylindrical or circular-cylindrical sidewalls and are disposed adjoiningly inside; and skin layers provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the core layer , wherein, in the core layer of the structure , one end surface of each cell is closed by an upper or lower wall having a two-layer structure and the other end surface is closed by a lower or upper wall having a one-layer structure, and an opening is formed in the upper or lower wall closing one end of the cell (S), and communication portions for connecting adjacent cells (S) to each other are formed in the core layer of the structure , wherein the upper surface of the structure is provided with one-layer portions (L1) formed of only the skin layer corresponding to the opening , two-layer portions (L2) formed of the upper wall having the one-layer structure and the skin layer , and three-layer portions (L3) formed of the upper wall having the two-layer structure and the skin layer , and wherein the opening is defined by two edges of the two-layer structure and each of the edges is a folding of two continuous layers.
A tropoelastin composition for use in a method of healing a wound or for use in improving re-epithelialisation of a wound, wherein the tropoelastin composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of tropoelastin blended with a cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel enabling a sustained release of tropoelastin from the composition, wherein the tropoelastin composition is contacted with a wound edge in conditions for enabling a sustained contact of the tropoelastin composition with the wound edge for a time period for improving re-epithelialisation of the wound, wherein the wound edge is in the form of a plurality of epidermal cells located about the wound, and wherein the re-epithelialisation of the wound enables healing of the wound. wherein the tropoelastin composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of tropoelastin blended with a cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel enabling a sustained release of tropoelastin from the composition, wherein the tropoelastin composition is contacted with a wound edge in conditions for enabling a sustained contact of the tropoelastin composition with the wound edge for a time period for improving re-epithelialisation of the wound, wherein the wound edge is in the form of a plurality of epidermal cells located about the wound, and wherein the re-epithelialisation of the wound enables healing of the wound.
Intramedullary fixation device, having an intramedullary rod provided for insertion thereof into a bone , wherein the rod comprises a central screw , with a first free end having a stopper and a second free end having a pre-tensioning nut , the central screw being introduced through an inner hole into an alternating series of expanders and bolts , the surfaces contacting the expanders of which are wedge shaped, characterized in that : - between each pair of consecutive expanders there is a bolt being arranged, the faces thereof being in contact with the expanders are wedge shaped, so that the central part of each bolt has a bigger section than both ends, and the bolt surfaces in contact with the expanders reduce the transverse section along the longitudinal direction progressively in both directions, giving the bolt a spindle shape, - the expanders acquire a geometric form in such a way that at both ends thereof, they have a conical or pyramidal inner hole with the smaller sections oriented towards the central area, in the opposite direction, intended for receiving the bolts , and the expanders surface contacting the bolts has the geometry complementary to the bolts , and with a section which is slightly smaller so that, when the system is pre-tensioned, interference between them and radial expansion of the expander is produced, - the expanders and the bolts are provided with at least one surface , changing inclination thereof with respect to the wedge angle, and which upon contacting each other limit the nailing thereof, wherein the geometric stopper limits the maximum interference between the expander and the bolt, controlling the maximum radial deformation of the expander and the maximum stress transmitted to the bone . - between each pair of consecutive expanders there is a bolt being arranged, the faces thereof being in contact with the expanders are wedge shaped, so that the central part of each bolt has a bigger section than both ends, and the bolt surfaces in contact with the expanders reduce the transverse section along the longitudinal direction progressively in both directions, giving the bolt a spindle shape, - the expanders acquire a geometric form in such a way that at both ends thereof, they have a conical or pyramidal inner hole with the smaller sections oriented towards the central area, in the opposite direction, intended for receiving the bolts , and the expanders surface contacting the bolts has the geometry complementary to the bolts , and with a section which is slightly smaller so that, when the system is pre-tensioned, interference between them and radial expansion of the expander is produced, - the expanders and the bolts are provided with at least one surface , changing inclination thereof with respect to the wedge angle, and which upon contacting each other limit the nailing thereof, wherein the geometric stopper limits the maximum interference between the expander and the bolt, controlling the maximum radial deformation of the expander and the maximum stress transmitted to the bone .
A method of fabricating an light emitting diode (LED) system , comprising: providing a substrate with an array of LEE dies disposed on a top surface of the substrate, wherein electrical connections to the LED dies are made through a plurality of top-side contacts disposed only on the top surface of the substrate and forming a molded lens over at least one of the LED dies using molding to shape a material that is disposed over substantially all of the top surface of the substrate; characterised by exposing the plurality of top-side contacts by selectively de-flashing the material from areas covering the plurality of top-side contacts, by blasting abrasive particles in a stream of air at the material , wherein the top-side contacts have a thickness of less than five microns. providing a substrate with an array of LEE dies disposed on a top surface of the substrate, wherein electrical connections to the LED dies are made through a plurality of top-side contacts disposed only on the top surface of the substrate and forming a molded lens over at least one of the LED dies using molding to shape a material that is disposed over substantially all of the top surface of the substrate; characterised by exposing the plurality of top-side contacts by selectively de-flashing the material from areas covering the plurality of top-side contacts, by blasting abrasive particles in a stream of air at the material , wherein the top-side contacts have a thickness of less than five microns.
A duplex connector apparatus comprising: a first plug with a first depressible latch for engaging and disengaging said first plug into a first receptacle; a second plug with a second depressible latch for engaging and disengaging said second plug into a second receptacle; an attachment feature between said first plug and said second plug ; at least one trigger to depress said first and second latches (205 and 209); and a blocking member (101 or 401) sized to be manually inserted beneath the at least one trigger to block movement of the least one trigger toward the first and second latches (205 and 209) and hence prevent the at least one trigger from depressing the first and second latches (205 and 209) to release the first and second plugs (203 and 207) from the first and second receptacles, characterized by said blocking member (101 or 401) includes a nose sized to protrude between the first and second latches (205 and 209) when said blocking member (101 or 401) is positioned beneath the at least one trigger . a first plug with a first depressible latch for engaging and disengaging said first plug into a first receptacle; a second plug with a second depressible latch for engaging and disengaging said second plug into a second receptacle; an attachment feature between said first plug and said second plug ; at least one trigger to depress said first and second latches (205 and 209); and a blocking member (101 or 401) sized to be manually inserted beneath the at least one trigger to block movement of the least one trigger toward the first and second latches (205 and 209) and hence prevent the at least one trigger from depressing the first and second latches (205 and 209) to release the first and second plugs (203 and 207) from the first and second receptacles, characterized by said blocking member (101 or 401) includes a nose sized to protrude between the first and second latches (205 and 209) when said blocking member (101 or 401) is positioned beneath the at least one trigger .
Coupling plate for a fifth wheel , wherein the coupling plate has on an upper side a planar bearing plane and at a rear end two horn-like introduction members which delimit an introduction opening , the introduction opening extends in a longitudinal axis (x) of the coupling plate and terminates in a kingpin bearing region , and the coupling plate is constructed at the lower side thereof at both sides of the kingpin bearing region and on a transverse axis (y) with spacing from each other with a receiving structure for a bearing block , characterised in that at least one connection means for releasably fitting at least one reinforcement element is constructed on the coupling plate below the planar bearing plane .
A fuel cell assembly comprising: a first fuel cell stack in series with a variable resistor ; and a second fuel cell stack in parallel with said first fuel cell stack and in series with a contactor , wherein the assembly is configured such that the resistance level of said variable resistor is adjustable in response to the closing of said contactor , characterised in that : the fuel cell assembly further comprises a controller configured to control said resistance level of said variable resistor , wherein said controller is configured to control a deactivated state of said contactor and the controller is configured to increase the resistance level of said variable resistor in response to the closing of said contactor ; and said first fuel cell stack is operable to generate power in a first power range and said second fuel cell stack is operable to generate power in a second power range that is different to said first power range. a first fuel cell stack in series with a variable resistor ; and a second fuel cell stack in parallel with said first fuel cell stack and in series with a contactor , wherein the assembly is configured such that the resistance level of said variable resistor is adjustable in response to the closing of said contactor , the fuel cell assembly further comprises a controller configured to control said resistance level of said variable resistor , wherein said controller is configured to control a deactivated state of said contactor and the controller is configured to increase the resistance level of said variable resistor in response to the closing of said contactor ; and said first fuel cell stack is operable to generate power in a first power range and said second fuel cell stack is operable to generate power in a second power range that is different to said first power range.