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An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprising: an ultrasonic drive unit ; an ultrasonic clamp coagulator apparatus having a housing that includes a handgrip portion having a pistol-like configuration, an elongated portion extending from the housing and an end-effector at the distal end of the elongated portion ; a triggering mechanism (36a-b) mounted on the handgrip portion for effecting, in use, activation of an ultrasonic drive unit to provide ultrasonic energy to the end-effector; characterised by that the housing comprises a connector electrically connected to the triggering mechanism (36a-b) and adapted to interface with at least one circumferential electrical connector (111a-b) on the ultrasonic drive unit to provide electrical contact therewith; wherein the drive unit is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the housing whilst maintaining the interface between the connector on the housing and the at least one circumferential electrical connector (111a-b) on the ultrasonic drive unit ; wherein the connector comprises first and second slip ring connectors , electrically connectable to first and second circumferential connectors , respectively, on the drive unit ; and wherein the connector of the housing is adapted to provide alignment between the connector and the at least one circumferential electrical connector (111a-b) on the ultrasonic drive unit . an ultrasonic drive unit ; an ultrasonic clamp coagulator apparatus having a housing that includes a handgrip portion having a pistol-like configuration, an elongated portion extending from the housing and an end-effector at the distal end of the elongated portion ; a triggering mechanism (36a-b) mounted on the handgrip portion for effecting, in use, activation of an ultrasonic drive unit to provide ultrasonic energy to the end-effector; characterised by that the housing comprises a connector electrically connected to the triggering mechanism (36a-b) and adapted to interface with at least one circumferential electrical connector (111a-b) on the ultrasonic drive unit to provide electrical contact therewith; wherein the drive unit is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the housing whilst maintaining the interface between the connector on the housing and the at least one circumferential electrical connector (111a-b) on the ultrasonic drive unit ; wherein the connector comprises first and second slip ring connectors , electrically connectable to first and second circumferential connectors , respectively, on the drive unit ; and wherein the connector of the housing is adapted to provide alignment between the connector and the at least one circumferential electrical connector (111a-b) on the ultrasonic drive unit .
Method, performed by an apparatus , the method including: - Obtaining and/or causing the obtaining of sensor information captured by at least one environment sensor (12-1) of an unmanned vehicle , wherein the sensor information represents at least one object parameter of an object that is moving relative to the unmanned vehicle , wherein the unmanned vehicle participates in traffic on land in pedestrian areas on footpaths, wherein the unmanned vehicle comprises means for receiving and transporting one or more goods items, wherein the unmanned vehicle is not intended for the transport of persons, and wherein the object is a vehicle or an object in the environment of the unmanned vehicle ; - Determining , at least partly based on the at least one object parameter, whether a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent; and if it is determined that a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent: - Determining , at least partly based on the at least one object parameter, at least one triggering parameter for triggering at least one crash cushion (13-1) of the unmanned vehicle , and - Triggering and/or causing the triggering of the at least one crash cushion (13-1) according to the at least one triggering parameter, wherein the at least one crash cushion (13-1) is triggered before the imminent collision. - Obtaining and/or causing the obtaining of sensor information captured by at least one environment sensor (12-1) of an unmanned vehicle , wherein the sensor information represents at least one object parameter of an object that is moving relative to the unmanned vehicle , wherein the unmanned vehicle participates in traffic on land in pedestrian areas on footpaths, wherein the unmanned vehicle comprises means for receiving and transporting one or more goods items, wherein the unmanned vehicle is not intended for the transport of persons, and wherein the object is a vehicle or an object in the environment of the unmanned vehicle ; - Determining , at least partly based on the at least one object parameter, whether a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent; and - Determining , at least partly based on the at least one object parameter, at least one triggering parameter for triggering at least one crash cushion (13-1) of the unmanned vehicle , and - Triggering and/or causing the triggering of the at least one crash cushion (13-1) according to the at least one triggering parameter, wherein the at least one crash cushion (13-1) is triggered before the imminent collision.
An ultrasonic osteotome comprising: a shaft having a distal end portion with a lateral outer surface and a blunt distal tip ; and a cutting blade in the form of a thin flat plate connected to said distal end portion of said shaft at least in part at said lateral outer surface , said lateral outer surface extending so far on opposite sides of said cutting blade as to block or stop penetration of said shaft into an incision formed in bone tissue by said flat or planar blade , characterized in that said cutting blade extends distally beyond the blunt distal tip of said shaft . a shaft having a distal end portion with a lateral outer surface and a blunt distal tip ; and a cutting blade in the form of a thin flat plate connected to said distal end portion of said shaft at least in part at said lateral outer surface , said lateral outer surface extending so far on opposite sides of said cutting blade as to block or stop penetration of said shaft into an incision formed in bone tissue by said flat or planar blade , characterized in that said cutting blade extends distally beyond the blunt distal tip of said shaft .
An oral care composition comprising: a. an effective amount of a zinc ion source, wherein the zinc ion source comprises zinc oxide and zinc citrate, in a wt.% ratio of the amount of zinc oxide to the amount of zinc citrate from 1.5:1 to 4.5:1, wherein the wt.% is relative to the total weight of the oral care composition; wherein the zinc citrate is present in an amount of from 0.25 to 1 wt.%, based on the total weight of the oral care composition, and the zinc oxide is present in an amount of from 0.75 to 1.25 wt.%, based on the weight of the oral care composition; b. a fluoride source; and c. a herbal extract source comprising Gymnema sylvestre. a. an effective amount of a zinc ion source, wherein the zinc ion source comprises zinc oxide and zinc citrate, in a wt.% ratio of the amount of zinc oxide to the amount of zinc citrate from 1.5:1 to 4.5:1, wherein the wt.% is relative to the total weight of the oral care composition; wherein the zinc citrate is present in an amount of from 0.25 to 1 wt.%, based on the total weight of the oral care composition, and the zinc oxide is present in an amount of from 0.75 to 1.25 wt.%, based on the weight of the oral care composition; b. a fluoride source; and c. a herbal extract source comprising Gymnema sylvestre.
Toggle fixing for fixing an article to a thin-walled building component , - having a crosspiece which extends along a crosspiece longitudinal axis (L 1 ) and has an opening for receiving a screw, the opening extending along an opening longitudinal axis (L 2 ) transversely with respect to the crosspiece longitudinal axis (L 1 ), and - having a strip , which is connected to the crosspiece and serves for holding and positioning the crosspiece during mounting, the crosspiece forming a supporting side on the side facing towards the strip , - wherein the crosspiece consists of at least two components, characterised in that a first component of the crosspiece forms a supporting body and a second component forms a contact body in the region of the supporting side for planar contact with a thin-walled building component , wherein the supporting body has on the supporting side at the two ends of the crosspiece an obliquely outward-facing bearing surface such that the distance of the side of the supporting body that faces towards the supporting side from the supporting side increases in the direction of the ends. - having a crosspiece which extends along a crosspiece longitudinal axis (L 1 ) and has an opening for receiving a screw, the opening extending along an opening longitudinal axis (L 2 ) transversely with respect to the crosspiece longitudinal axis (L 1 ), and - having a strip , which is connected to the crosspiece and serves for holding and positioning the crosspiece during mounting, the crosspiece forming a supporting side on the side facing towards the strip , - wherein the crosspiece consists of at least two components,
A device for producing a three-dimensional object by selectively solidifying building material , layer by layer, at positions that correspond to the cross-section of the object to be produced in the respective layer by means of electromagnetic radiation , wherein the device comprises a radiation source and a process chamber , the radiation source being capable of emitting an electromagnetic radiation that is suited to cause solidification of the building material at positions of a layer of the building material applied in a working surface of the device, which positions correspond to the cross-section of the object to be produced, when impinging on those positions, and wherein the device comprises an exposure optics having at least a first object-sided lens system having a first focal length f 1 and a second image-sided lens system having a second focal length f 2 , which lens systems are arranged in the beam path of the radiation emitted by the radiation source , characterized in that the focal plane of the first lens system and the focal plane of the second lens system coincide in a plane between the two lens systems, the focal length f 1 of the first lens system is equal to or greater than the focal length f 2 of the second lens system , the exposure optics is designed and arranged such that the electromagnetic radiation is incident substantially perpendicular on the working surface , and the exposure optics is movably arranged in the process chamber of the device . wherein the device comprises a radiation source and a process chamber , the radiation source being capable of emitting an electromagnetic radiation that is suited to cause solidification of the building material at positions of a layer of the building material applied in a working surface of the device, which positions correspond to the cross-section of the object to be produced, when impinging on those positions, and wherein the device comprises an exposure optics having at least a first object-sided lens system having a first focal length f 1 and a second image-sided lens system having a second focal length f 2 , which lens systems are arranged in the beam path of the radiation emitted by the radiation source , characterized in that the focal plane of the first lens system and the focal plane of the second lens system coincide in a plane between the two lens systems, the focal length f 1 of the first lens system is equal to or greater than the focal length f 2 of the second lens system , the exposure optics is designed and arranged such that the electromagnetic radiation is incident substantially perpendicular on the working surface , and the exposure optics is movably arranged in the process chamber of the device .
An in vitro method to aid the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), comprising determining in a patient's sample the level of expression of the tropomyosin isoform characterised as having a molecular weight of approximately 37kDa associated with UniprotKB accession number P09493-3.
An integrated circuit device comprising two or more active components carried on a surface (S1) of an interposer structure ; wherein said interposer structure comprises an interposer substrate and spaced-apart conductive vias formed in the substrate and electrically connected to electric connections of said two or more active components ; said two or more active components including at least two components of at least two different semiconductor materials carried by at least two respective arrangements of the conductive vias in at least two different respective regions (R30a, R30b) of the interposer structure ; said at least two arrangements of the conductive vias are different in at least one parameter such that the effective coefficients of thermal expansion, CTEs, of the interposer structure at said at least two different respective regions match the CTEs of the semiconductor materials of the respective components on said at least two regions, said at least one parameter comprising at least one of the following: diameters of the conductive vias ; pitches of the conductive vias in said arrangements of vias ; materials of said conductive vias ; and fraction of a surface area covered by the conductive vias ; and wherein the integrated circuit device comprises at least one metal cap , furnished on the top surface (S 1) of the interposer structure and encapsulating at least one of said two or more active components . said interposer structure comprises an interposer substrate and spaced-apart conductive vias formed in the substrate and electrically connected to electric connections of said two or more active components ; said two or more active components including at least two components of at least two different semiconductor materials carried by at least two respective arrangements of the conductive vias in at least two different respective regions (R30a, R30b) of the interposer structure ; said at least two arrangements of the conductive vias are different in at least one parameter such that the effective coefficients of thermal expansion, CTEs, of the interposer structure at said at least two different respective regions match the CTEs of the semiconductor materials of the respective components on said at least two regions, said at least one parameter comprising at least one of the following: diameters of the conductive vias ; pitches of the conductive vias in said arrangements of vias ; materials of said conductive vias ; and fraction of a surface area covered by the conductive vias ; and diameters of the conductive vias ; pitches of the conductive vias in said arrangements of vias ; materials of said conductive vias ; and fraction of a surface area covered by the conductive vias ; and wherein the integrated circuit device comprises at least one metal cap , furnished on the top surface (S 1) of the interposer structure and encapsulating at least one of said two or more active components .
A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving , by a user equipment, UE, operating in a discontinuous reception, DRX, mode, a set of reference signals in a first ordered set of beams; identifying a signal quality for a subset of reference signals received by the UE; transmitting feedback information to a base station based at least in part on identifying the signal quality for the subset of reference signals; and receiving the set of reference signals in a second ordered set of beams that is different from the first ordered set of beams but that includes the same beam configurations as the first ordered set of beams, the second ordered set of beams based at least in part on transmitting the feedback information, so that beams with better channel conditions are received earlier. receiving , by a user equipment, UE, operating in a discontinuous reception, DRX, mode, a set of reference signals in a first ordered set of beams; identifying a signal quality for a subset of reference signals received by the UE; transmitting feedback information to a base station based at least in part on identifying the signal quality for the subset of reference signals; and receiving the set of reference signals in a second ordered set of beams that is different from the first ordered set of beams but that includes the same beam configurations as the first ordered set of beams, the second ordered set of beams based at least in part on transmitting the feedback information, so that beams with better channel conditions are received earlier.
A composition comprising a refrigerant mixture for replacing R-410A said refrigerant mixture consisting essentially of from 42 to 59 weight percent difluoromethane, 33 to 53 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 1 to 9 weight percent carbon dioxide.
A method for classifying samples of pictures to be assessed, comprising: obtaining (S21) sample T to be assessed and sample feature Ft of sample T to be assessed; selecting (S22) a first quantity N of example samples from a classification sample database, wherein the database consists of samples which belong to a same category; obtaining (S23) a feature similarity SIMi between sample T to be assessed and each of the N example samples i, wherein feature similarity SIMi is determined based on sample feature Ft of sample T to be assessed and sample feature Fi of each example sample i; obtaining (S24) a sample quality Qi of each example sample i, wherein the sample quality is determined by obtaining historical feature similarities between a plurality of historical samples T and the example sample, and assessment results of the plurality of historical samples; determining (S25) comprehensive similarities Si between sample T to be assessed and each example sample i based on at least a difference value ri between feature similarity SIMi and sample quality Qi, wherein Si = a + b * ri * c, where a and b are constants, a + b = 1, and c is a coefficient associated with sample quality Qi, and wherein in a case of ri > = 0, c = 1/(1-Qi) and in a case of ri < 0, c = 1/Qi; and determining (S26), based on comprehensive similarity Si, whether sample T to be assessed falls in the same category of the classification sample database. obtaining (S21) sample T to be assessed and sample feature Ft of sample T to be assessed; selecting (S22) a first quantity N of example samples from a classification sample database, wherein the database consists of samples which belong to a same category; obtaining (S23) a feature similarity SIMi between sample T to be assessed and each of the N example samples i, wherein feature similarity SIMi is determined based on sample feature Ft of sample T to be assessed and sample feature Fi of each example sample i; obtaining (S24) a sample quality Qi of each example sample i, wherein the sample quality is determined by obtaining historical feature similarities between a plurality of historical samples T and the example sample, and assessment results of the plurality of historical samples; determining (S25) comprehensive similarities Si between sample T to be assessed and each example sample i based on at least a difference value ri between feature similarity SIMi and sample quality Qi, wherein Si = a + b * ri * c, where a and b are constants, a + b = 1, and c is a coefficient associated with sample quality Qi, and wherein in a case of ri > = 0, c = 1/(1-Qi) and in a case of ri < 0, c = 1/Qi; and determining (S26), based on comprehensive similarity Si, whether sample T to be assessed falls in the same category of the classification sample database.
A control system for an electric machine comprising an inverter , a current sensor and a current controller , wherein the current controller comprises an input, an output, a threshold generator and a comparator , the current sensor outputs a voltage that is sensitive to current in the inverter , the output of the current sensor is delivered to the input of the current controller , and the current controller generates an overcurrent signal at the output whenever current in the inverter exceeds a current threshold, characterised in that the threshold generator stores a scaling factor and comprises a PWM module that operates on a reference voltage to generate a threshold voltage, the duty cycle of the PWM module is defined by the scaling factor, the comparator compares a voltage at the input against the threshold voltage and causes the overcurrent signal to be generated at the output when the voltage at the input exceeds the threshold voltage, and the scaling factor is set such that the effect of component tolerances on the current threshold is trimmed.
A method of production of a homogeneous powdered product from a starting product in a liquid state, the starting product having sugars as at least 60% of its total solids, the method comprising: in the absence of air, pressurizing the starting product to a pressure greater than 1 bar and less than 15 bar and injecting a gas into the starting product to form a mixture in which the starting product is substantially saturated by the gas; and degassing the mixture into a continuous stream of transport gas such that, on contact with the transport gas, water from the mixture evaporates to leave the homogeneous powdered product; characterised in that : the gas is carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, or a mixture of one or more of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and nitrogen; the transport gas comprises one or more of air, oxygen, or carbon dioxide and is at a temperature greater than 50°C; and before or during the injection of the gas, the starting product is cooled below 30°C. in the absence of air, pressurizing the starting product to a pressure greater than 1 bar and less than 15 bar and injecting a gas into the starting product to form a mixture in which the starting product is substantially saturated by the gas; and degassing the mixture into a continuous stream of transport gas such that, on contact with the transport gas, water from the mixture evaporates to leave the homogeneous powdered product; characterised in that : the gas is carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, or a mixture of one or more of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and nitrogen; the transport gas comprises one or more of air, oxygen, or carbon dioxide and is at a temperature greater than 50°C; and before or during the injection of the gas, the starting product is cooled below 30°C. the gas is carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, or a mixture of one or more of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and nitrogen; the transport gas comprises one or more of air, oxygen, or carbon dioxide and is at a temperature greater than 50°C; and before or during the injection of the gas, the starting product is cooled below 30°C.
A mycotoxin adsorbent comprising an aluminum silicate organically modified with an alkyl phenol ethoxylate derivative of formula (I): wherein R is n-nonyl, X is bromine, n = 9, R 1 is methyl and R 2 is methyl, and wherein the aluminium silicate has a cation exchange capacity of at least 20 milliequivalents per 100 g of material.
Intraocular lens having an optics body which comprises an optical axis , a first haptic comprising a first partial haptic and a second partial haptic both attached to the optics body , characterized in that the first partial haptic and the second partial haptic are arranged next to one another in an axial direction with respect to the optical axis and have a convergence state and a divergence state in which the first partial haptic and the second partial haptic are further apart from one another than in the convergence state, and a superabsorber arranged between the first partial haptic and the second partial haptic in the axial direction and configured to increase its volume by absorbing water and thus transfer the first partial haptic and the second partial haptic from the convergence state to the divergence state.