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A stretchable buttress assembly for reinforcing the mechanical fastening of tissue by surgical staples that are deployable from a surgical stapler, the buttress assembly comprising: (a) a buttress body formed by a planar fabric having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the planar fabric is configured to stretch along a stretch axis, wherein the planar fabric comprises: (i) a plurality of extensible fibers arranged in a repeatable pattern, wherein the extensible fibers are oriented along respective paths that are each parallel to the stretch axis, and (ii) a plurality of non-extensible fibers arranged in a repeatable pattern and engaged with the extensible fibers; and (b) a biocompatible adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is applied to the first side of the planar fabric and is configured to removably adhere the planar fabric to an end effector of a surgical stapler. (a) a buttress body formed by a planar fabric having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the planar fabric is configured to stretch along a stretch axis, wherein the planar fabric comprises: (i) a plurality of extensible fibers arranged in a repeatable pattern, wherein the extensible fibers are oriented along respective paths that are each parallel to the stretch axis, and (ii) a plurality of non-extensible fibers arranged in a repeatable pattern and engaged with the extensible fibers; and (i) a plurality of extensible fibers arranged in a repeatable pattern, wherein the extensible fibers are oriented along respective paths that are each parallel to the stretch axis, and (ii) a plurality of non-extensible fibers arranged in a repeatable pattern and engaged with the extensible fibers; and (b) a biocompatible adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is applied to the first side of the planar fabric and is configured to removably adhere the planar fabric to an end effector of a surgical stapler.
A receiving apparatus configured to be used in a wireless communication system using a first wireless line and a plurality of wireless lines, the first wireless line being used in time-division multiplex transmission, the plurality of wireless lines being virtually consolidated into one to use as a virtual transmission path using link aggregation, a modulation method of each of the plurality of wireless lines being variable, the receiving apparatus comprising: a releasing unit configured to select, when a failure occurs in the first wireless line, a second wireless line from the plurality of wireless lines constituting the virtual transmission path and to perform degeneration of link aggregation for the second wireless line, wherein the degeneration of link aggregation is an operation to stop the assignment of a frame to a line in which a failure has occurred and to change a frame distribution rule to assign the frame to other lines in which no failure has occurred when a failure occurs in a line constituting the virtual transmission path; a demodulation unit (1231 - 1234) configured to change a modulation method used for demodulation of the second wireless line to a modulation method used in the time-division multiplex transmission; and a switching unit configured to switch line connection from the first wireless line in which the failure has occurred to the second wireless line . a releasing unit configured to select, when a failure occurs in the first wireless line, a second wireless line from the plurality of wireless lines constituting the virtual transmission path and to perform degeneration of link aggregation for the second wireless line, wherein the degeneration of link aggregation is an operation to stop the assignment of a frame to a line in which a failure has occurred and to change a frame distribution rule to assign the frame to other lines in which no failure has occurred when a failure occurs in a line constituting the virtual transmission path; to select, when a failure occurs in the first wireless line, a second wireless line from the plurality of wireless lines constituting the virtual transmission path and to perform degeneration of link aggregation for the second wireless line, wherein the degeneration of link aggregation is an operation to stop the assignment of a frame to a line in which a failure has occurred and to change a frame distribution rule to assign the frame to other lines in which no failure has occurred when a failure occurs in a line constituting the virtual transmission path; a demodulation unit (1231 - 1234) configured to change a modulation method used for demodulation of the second wireless line to a modulation method used in the time-division multiplex transmission; and a switching unit configured to switch line connection from the first wireless line in which the failure has occurred to the second wireless line .
A modified ethylene polymer in which at least part of the ethylene polymer is graft-modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, wherein the modified ethylene polymer has a graft modification of 0.15% by weight to 0.40% by weight, and has an elution amount in o-dichlorobenzene at 80°C or lower as determined by cross-fractionation chromatography that is not more than 10% by weight, and wherein at least part of the ethylene polymer is obtained by polymerization performed in the presence of a metallocene catalyst.
A compound of the formula wherein X 1 is a group of the formula X 2 and X 3 are independently of each other a group of the formula additionally, X 2 and X 3 may be a group of the formula
Aircraft landing gear including at least: - an axle carried in the bottom portion of the landing gear; - a wheel provided with a rim mounted on the axle of the landing gear via bearings in order to rotate about an axis of rotation; - a brake threaded on the axle and including a torque tube extending around the axle, friction members mounted around the torque tube and extending between the torque tube and the rim of the wheel, and at least one brake actuator configured for selectively exerting a braking force on the friction members, the brake actuator being carried by an actuator-carrier to which the torque tube is secured; - a rotary drive configured to drive the wheel in rotation including firstly an actuator for driving the wheel in rotation and secondly a transmission member for selectively transmitting movement in rotation from the rotation actuator to the rim of the wheel and extending between the axle and the torque tube; characterised in that the actuator-carrier is centred directly by the axle and the transmission member is carried by the brake and guided in rotation thereon by bearings . - an axle carried in the bottom portion of the landing gear; - a wheel provided with a rim mounted on the axle of the landing gear via bearings in order to rotate about an axis of rotation; - a brake threaded on the axle and including a torque tube extending around the axle, friction members mounted around the torque tube and extending between the torque tube and the rim of the wheel, and at least one brake actuator configured for selectively exerting a braking force on the friction members, the brake actuator being carried by an actuator-carrier to which the torque tube is secured; - a rotary drive configured to drive the wheel in rotation including firstly an actuator for driving the wheel in rotation and secondly a transmission member for selectively transmitting movement in rotation from the rotation actuator to the rim of the wheel and extending between the axle and the torque tube;
Swab for taking biological samples comprising a support rod having an end portion coated with a layer of fibres , each fibre extending in length orthogonally to a surface of the support rod with a corresponding free end portion , wherein said layer of fibres has hydrophilic properties to allow the absorption of biological samples, wherein each of said fibres is mechanically anchored at a bottom portion to a textile substrate which in turn is fixed to a surface of the end portion of said rod, characterised in that said fibres have a count between 60 dtex and 90 dtex.
Method for commanding a tip (P) of a probe (S), wherein the command signal (SC), representative of the force applied by said tip on the surface of a sample (E) to be analysed, comprises at least one cycle successively defined by: - a first step (E1) where the value of said command signal decreases from a maximum value (Smax) to a minimum value (Smin) so as to move said tip away from said surface at a predetermined distance called detachment height; - a second step (E2) where the value of the command signal is maintained constant at said minimum value so as to maintain the tip at said detachment height; - a third step (E3) where the value of the command signal increases from a minimum value up to said maximum value so as to bring the tip towards the surface to be analysed until the tip comes into contact with the surface; and - a fourth step (E4) where the value of the command signal is maintained constant at said maximum value so as to maintain the tip in contact with the surface to be analysed under a constant force between the tip and the surface to be analysed; characterized in that the command signal being controlled between two successive steps to prevent any oscillation of the tip. - a first step (E1) where the value of said command signal decreases from a maximum value (Smax) to a minimum value (Smin) so as to move said tip away from said surface at a predetermined distance called detachment height; - a second step (E2) where the value of the command signal is maintained constant at said minimum value so as to maintain the tip at said detachment height; - a third step (E3) where the value of the command signal increases from a minimum value up to said maximum value so as to bring the tip towards the surface to be analysed until the tip comes into contact with the surface; and - a fourth step (E4) where the value of the command signal is maintained constant at said maximum value so as to maintain the tip in contact with the surface to be analysed under a constant force between the tip and the surface to be analysed;
A redundant reciprocal tracking system comprising: a first tracker device and a second tracker device , the first tracker device comprising: at least one optical sensor module comprising at least one image sensor and at least one reticule disposed proximate the at least one image sensor; and at least one processor configured to: generate positional information of the second tracker device in a first reference frame of the first tracker device based on a shadow cast by the at least one reticule on the at least one image sensor upon illumination of at least one sensed element of the second tracker device; and output the positional information via at least one communication link to facilitate determination of one or more of a pose of the second tracker device with respect to the first reference frame or a rigid transformation of the first reference frame relative to a second reference frame of the second tracker device , wherein the second tracker device comprises at least one optical sensor module comprising at least one image sensor, at least one reticule disposed proximate the at least one image sensor, the at least one sensed element, and at least one processor at least one optical sensor module comprising at least one image sensor and at least one reticule disposed proximate the at least one image sensor; and at least one processor configured to: generate positional information of the second tracker device in a first reference frame of the first tracker device based on a shadow cast by the at least one reticule on the at least one image sensor upon illumination of at least one sensed element of the second tracker device; and output the positional information via at least one communication link to facilitate determination of one or more of a pose of the second tracker device with respect to the first reference frame or a rigid transformation of the first reference frame relative to a second reference frame of the second tracker device , generate positional information of the second tracker device in a first reference frame of the first tracker device based on a shadow cast by the at least one reticule on the at least one image sensor upon illumination of at least one sensed element of the second tracker device; and output the positional information via at least one communication link to facilitate determination of one or more of a pose of the second tracker device with respect to the first reference frame or a rigid transformation of the first reference frame relative to a second reference frame of the second tracker device ,
A method of estimating an angle of arrival (θ) of a radar signal reflected on a human target, the method comprising: receiving the reflected radar signal (RX1, RX2) with first and second antennas of a millimeter-wave radar; transforming the reflected radar signal (RX1, RX2) received with the first and second antennas to generate first and second range spectrum , respectively; generating a first range-Doppler map based on the first range spectrum; generating a second range-Doppler map based on the second range spectrum; determining or estimating a Doppler velocity (v) based on the first range-Doppler map or the second range-Doppler map; macro-compensating the first range-Doppler map and the second range-Doppler map by selecting a peak in the first range-Doppler map or the second range-Doppler map based on the determined Doppler velocity (v); identifying an index of the first macro-compensated range-Doppler map corresponding to an identified target; estimating a phase difference (Δφ) based on the first and second macro-compensated range-Doppler maps and the identified index; and estimating the angle of arrival (θ) based on the phase difference (Δφ). receiving the reflected radar signal (RX1, RX2) with first and second antennas of a millimeter-wave radar; transforming the reflected radar signal (RX1, RX2) received with the first and second antennas to generate first and second range spectrum , respectively; generating a first range-Doppler map based on the first range spectrum; generating a second range-Doppler map based on the second range spectrum; determining or estimating a Doppler velocity (v) based on the first range-Doppler map or the second range-Doppler map; macro-compensating the first range-Doppler map and the second range-Doppler map by selecting a peak in the first range-Doppler map or the second range-Doppler map based on the determined Doppler velocity (v); identifying an index of the first macro-compensated range-Doppler map corresponding to an identified target; estimating a phase difference (Δφ) based on the first and second macro-compensated range-Doppler maps and the identified index; and estimating the angle of arrival (θ) based on the phase difference (Δφ).
A software updating device that executes a process for updating software that operates a vehicle-mounted equipment, the software updating device comprising a controller that acquires the software and applies the software to the equipment to control the equipment, and the controller being configured to acquire the software and apply the software to the equipment, thereby executing the update process; cause a warning device of the software updating device to output a warning when an abnormality relating to the equipment is detected while the update process is not being executed; and record a fault code corresponding to the abnormality in a storage region of the controller and cause the warning device to output the warning based on the fault code that was recorded when the abnormality relating to the equipment occurs; characterized in that the controller is further configured to prohibit outputting of the warning by the warning device when the abnormality relating to the equipment is detected while the update process is being executed; and prohibit the outputting of the warning by the warning device without recording the fault code when the abnormality relating to the equipment occurs while the update process is being executed. the software updating device comprising a controller that acquires the software and applies the software to the equipment to control the equipment, and the controller being configured to acquire the software and apply the software to the equipment, thereby executing the update process; cause a warning device of the software updating device to output a warning when an abnormality relating to the equipment is detected while the update process is not being executed; and record a fault code corresponding to the abnormality in a storage region of the controller and cause the warning device to output the warning based on the fault code that was recorded when the abnormality relating to the equipment occurs; characterized in that the controller is further configured to prohibit outputting of the warning by the warning device when the abnormality relating to the equipment is detected while the update process is being executed; and prohibit the outputting of the warning by the warning device without recording the fault code when the abnormality relating to the equipment occurs while the update process is being executed.
Use of an aluminium alloy strip for producing lithographic printing plates or printing plates for waterless offset printing, wherein the aluminium alloy strip has a rolled-in surface topography on at least one strip surface, characterised in that the surface of the aluminium alloy strip has a mean peak number RPc measured perpendicular to the rolling direction of the aluminium alloy strip of ≤ 50 cm -1 , preferably ≤ 45 cm -1 or particularly preferably ≤ 40 cm -1 , wherein c1 = + 0.25 μm and c2 = - 0.25 μm have been selected as section lines for the RPc measurement and the mean peak number RPc is determined from an optical areal measurement of three measuring areas of at least 4.5 mm x 4.5 mm using a confocal microscope with a lateral measuring point distance of 1,6 μm or less, wherein the arithmetic mean value of the profile parameter RPc perpendicular to the rolling direction is calculated within the measuring areas from the profile sections of the areal measurement available perpendicular to the rolling direction per measuring area and the arithmetic mean is calculated for the parameter from the three measuring areas, wherein the measurement data processing is performed by a shape equalisation with a second-order polynomial (F-filter) and a Gaussian filter with λc = 250 μm as a waviness filter without filtering the fine roughness.
A high melting point Kelvin structure lattice metal, wherein the lattice metal is a three-dimensional Kelvin structure developed from a base unit cell, wherein the material of the three-dimensional Kelvin structure is high melting point metal material, wherein the high melting point metal material comprises steel material or superalloys material, and the basic unit cell is a Kelvin structure lattice metal unit cell taking a prism structure as its main body, wherein the prism of the Kelvin lattice metal unit cell is a solid body, the rest of the Kelvin lattice metal unit cell is virtual except the prism , and two neighboring Kelvin structure lattice metal units cell share a same prism , and the Kelvin structure lattice metal has a porosity of 58%-92%, wherein the compression stress-strain curve of the lattice metal has a plastic yield platform and has the same mechanical properties in three spatial directions, wherein the prism has a diameter of 2-10 mm and a length to diameter ratio of 1.2-3.0.
A laser device for the selective treatment of acne comprising: a laser source terminating in an optical collimator , which supplies a laser beam; said laser source comprises a switch which allows impulses of said laser beam of pre-defined duration to be transmitted; an opto-mechanical interface comprising a lens focusing the laser beam received from the optical collimator ; an optical fibre connected to said opto-mechanical interface ; and said device comprises a handpiece connected to said optical fibre characterized in that said optical fibre has a length greater than 15 m; and wherein said handpiece comprises an optical zoom system which allows the diameter of the laser beam emerging from said handpiece to be varied from 0.5 mm to 5 mm.
Device for testing the presence of an electrical direct current voltage and also of an electrical alternating current voltage in a possibly live part of an electrical system, with a contact electrode which can be brought into contact with the part to be tested or with a coupling electrode which can be brought close to the part to be tested, wherein the device comprises an integrator device for integrating the electrical signal which changes due to bringing the contact electrode into contact or due to bringing the coupling electrode close, and wherein the integrator device operates as a charge detector in which a compensating current flowing when the contact electrode is brought into contact or when the coupling electrode is brought close can be stored in a charge storage device , characterised in that the device is configured as a single-pole voltage tester, in particular for medium voltage and/or high voltage power supply networks, and thus detects whether direct current or alternating current voltage is applied to the part to be tested, in that the output signal of the integrator device is evaluated by means of an evaluation device and it is decided by comparison with a threshold value whether the part to be tested is live, in that at least one first threshold value for a direct current voltage applied to the part to be tested and at least one second threshold value for an alternating current voltage applied to the part to be tested is stored in the evaluation device of the device , and in that the evaluation device takes into account different threshold values depending on whether a direct current voltage or an alternating current voltage is applied to the part to be tested.
A tire comprising a decorative member on a surface of a sidewall portion , wherein the decorative member comprises a ridge pair in which two ridges intersect each other a multiple number of times while bending, characterized in that the decorative member comprises a plurality of the ridge pairs , and distances (D) between the ridge pairs adjacent to each other are non-uniform. wherein the decorative member comprises a ridge pair in which two ridges intersect each other a multiple number of times while bending, characterized in that the decorative member comprises a plurality of the ridge pairs , and distances (D) between the ridge pairs adjacent to each other are non-uniform.