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A reservoir for storing a liquid drug, comprising: a shell component having an inner surface; a flexible component coupled to the shell component, wherein the coupling is a hermetic seal and the flexible component conforms to the inner surface of the shell component when in a deflated state; a port configured to enable filling and/or emptying of the reservoir; one or more drainage channels formed into the inner surface of the shell component, wherein the one or more drainage channels directly contact the liquid drug to reduce hold up volume of the drug reservoir that is present as the flexible component deflates and the drug reservoir is drained by guiding the liquid drug to the port. a shell component having an inner surface; a flexible component coupled to the shell component, wherein the coupling is a hermetic seal and the flexible component conforms to the inner surface of the shell component when in a deflated state; a port configured to enable filling and/or emptying of the reservoir; one or more drainage channels formed into the inner surface of the shell component, wherein the one or more drainage channels directly contact the liquid drug to reduce hold up volume of the drug reservoir that is present as the flexible component deflates and the drug reservoir is drained by guiding the liquid drug to the port.
A method comprising: contacting a first glass composition of a first glass layer in a viscous state with a second glass composition of a second glass layer in a viscous state to form a glass preform comprising a plurality of glass layers; heating the glass preform comprising the plurality of glass layers drawing the glass preform in a distal direction to form a drawn glass sheet extending distally from the glass preform and comprising the plurality of glass layers, a thickness of the drawn glass sheet being less than a thickness of the glass preform; and rolling the glass sheet onto a collection spool. contacting a first glass composition of a first glass layer in a viscous state with a second glass composition of a second glass layer in a viscous state to form a glass preform comprising a plurality of glass layers; heating the glass preform comprising the plurality of glass layers drawing the glass preform in a distal direction to form a drawn glass sheet extending distally from the glass preform and comprising the plurality of glass layers, a thickness of the drawn glass sheet being less than a thickness of the glass preform; and rolling the glass sheet onto a collection spool.
A gastrostomy tube for enteral nutrition or medication of a subject, comprising a first flexible tube having an internal end positionable in vivo within the stomach of the subject and an external end positionable ex vivo, wherein the first flexible tube has a main longitudinal channel and a secondary longitudinal channel , and wherein the main and secondary longitudinal channels are not in fluid communication with each other; an internal retention device attached at or towards the internal end of the first flexible tube and in fluid communication with the secondary longitudinal channel; a substantially Y-shaped connector attached to the external end of the first flexible tube, wherein the substantially Y-shaped connector has a first port , a second port and a third port , wherein the external end of the first flexible tube is connected to the first port, the second port is in fluid communication with the main longitudinal channel and the third port is in fluid communication with the secondary longitudinal channel; and a second flexible tube having a first end and a second end and a conduit extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is bonded with a silicone adhesive to the second port of the substantially Y-shaped connector to define a delivery channel extending between the internal end of the first flexible tube and the second end of the second flexible tube for delivering a nutrient or medicine to the subject, wherein the second end of the second flexible tube is attachable to a nutrient or medicine source. a first flexible tube having an internal end positionable in vivo within the stomach of the subject and an external end positionable ex vivo, wherein the first flexible tube has a main longitudinal channel and a secondary longitudinal channel , and wherein the main and secondary longitudinal channels are not in fluid communication with each other; an internal retention device attached at or towards the internal end of the first flexible tube and in fluid communication with the secondary longitudinal channel; a substantially Y-shaped connector attached to the external end of the first flexible tube, wherein the substantially Y-shaped connector has a first port , a second port and a third port , wherein the external end of the first flexible tube is connected to the first port, the second port is in fluid communication with the main longitudinal channel and the third port is in fluid communication with the secondary longitudinal channel; and a second flexible tube having a first end and a second end and a conduit extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is bonded with a silicone adhesive to the second port of the substantially Y-shaped connector to define a delivery channel extending between the internal end of the first flexible tube and the second end of the second flexible tube for delivering a nutrient or medicine to the subject, wherein the second end of the second flexible tube is attachable to a nutrient or medicine source.
Heat recovery steam generator for generating steam for a steam turbine by recovering heat energy out of a flow of exhaust gas , comprising at least a first pressure section for producing steam at a first pressure, wherein the first pressure section comprises a first economiser section thermally coupled to the exhaust gas to heat a feeding fluid and at least one flash vessel to generate steam out of the feeding fluid by flash evaporation, characterised in that the first pressure section comprises a water turbine arranged in the flow of feeding fluid in flow direction of the feeding fluid before the at least one flash vessel to deliver feeding fluid to the at least one flash vessel and to generate power out of the flow of feeding fluid . wherein the first pressure section comprises a first economiser section thermally coupled to the exhaust gas to heat a feeding fluid and at least one flash vessel to generate steam out of the feeding fluid by flash evaporation, characterised in that the first pressure section comprises a water turbine arranged in the flow of feeding fluid in flow direction of the feeding fluid before the at least one flash vessel to deliver feeding fluid to the at least one flash vessel and to generate power out of the flow of feeding fluid .
A tool gripper for a machine tool, comprising: a base to which a tool magazine can be detachably coupled; a pair of guide arms disposed at both sides of the base to make an insertion space for a tool with the base , each having a first end fixed to the base and a second end having a cantilever shape extending toward the tool , and each having a guide protrusion formed at the second end to come in contact with the tool such that the guide protrusions press both sides of the tool by elasticity acting at the second ends about fixed first ends; and a support extending toward the tool between the guide arms at both sides of the base and having a supporting protrusion supporting the tool at an end, characterised in that : the guide protrusions are spaced apart from second end portions of the guide arms toward the insertion space for the tool and manual grooves are formed between the second end portions and the guide protrusions , so the tool can be mounted and demounted by removing pressing force of the guide arms through using the manual grooves when the tool cannot be mounted or demounted. a base to which a tool magazine can be detachably coupled; a pair of guide arms disposed at both sides of the base to make an insertion space for a tool with the base , each having a first end fixed to the base and a second end having a cantilever shape extending toward the tool , and each having a guide protrusion formed at the second end to come in contact with the tool such that the guide protrusions press both sides of the tool by elasticity acting at the second ends about fixed first ends; and a support extending toward the tool between the guide arms at both sides of the base and having a supporting protrusion supporting the tool at an end, characterised in that : the guide protrusions are spaced apart from second end portions of the guide arms toward the insertion space for the tool and manual grooves are formed between the second end portions and the guide protrusions , so the tool can be mounted and demounted by removing pressing force of the guide arms through using the manual grooves when the tool cannot be mounted or demounted.
An in vitro method of a) reducing or eliminating the thrombogenicity of a graft, or b) rendering a graft pro-migratory, wherein, when implanted, the graft is re-endothelialized by the recipient's vascular endothelial cells, or c) for reducing or eliminating the risk of developing a thrombosis associated with graft transplant in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising: obtaining a decellularized graft, wherein the decellularized graft comprises a vascular graft; and contacting the decellularized graft with extracellular matrix (ECM)-producing TSP2-null cells for a period of time wherein the period of time comprises about 7 days removing the TSP2-null cells but not the cell-derived ECM, thereby modifying the decellularized vascular graft with a cell-derived extracellular matrix lacking thrombospondin-2 (TSP2-null ECM). a) reducing or eliminating the thrombogenicity of a graft, or b) rendering a graft pro-migratory, wherein, when implanted, the graft is re-endothelialized by the recipient's vascular endothelial cells, or c) for reducing or eliminating the risk of developing a thrombosis associated with graft transplant in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising: obtaining a decellularized graft, wherein the decellularized graft comprises a vascular graft; and contacting the decellularized graft with extracellular matrix (ECM)-producing TSP2-null cells for a period of time wherein the period of time comprises about 7 days removing the TSP2-null cells but not the cell-derived ECM, thereby modifying the decellularized vascular graft with a cell-derived extracellular matrix lacking thrombospondin-2 (TSP2-null ECM). obtaining a decellularized graft, wherein the decellularized graft comprises a vascular graft; and contacting the decellularized graft with extracellular matrix (ECM)-producing TSP2-null cells for a period of time wherein the period of time comprises about 7 days removing the TSP2-null cells but not the cell-derived ECM, thereby modifying the decellularized vascular graft with a cell-derived extracellular matrix lacking thrombospondin-2 (TSP2-null ECM).
A user equipment, UE, , comprising: processing circuitry arranged to: decode, from an evolved node-B, eNB, , a schedule for repeated transmissions of data on a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH; encode, for transmission to the eNB, repetitions of the data on the PUSCH; during transmission of the data or after transmission of a predetermined number of the repetitions of the data, monitor a machine type communication, MTC, Physical Downlink Control Channel, MPDCCH, for an indication of early termination that indicates acknowledgement, ACK, feedback for the data by the eNB; determine reception of the indication of early termination that indicates the ACK feedback for the data based on at least one of: a first field in a first downlink control information, DCI, formed in accordance with format 6-0 A, is a resource block assignment field that is set to all ones and at least one other field of the first DCI is set to zero; or a second field in a second DCI, formed in accordance with format 6-0 B, is a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, field that is set to all ones and at least one other field of the second DCI is set to zero; and in response to reception of the indication of early termination, terminate transmission of remaining repetitions of the data. decode, from an evolved node-B, eNB, , a schedule for repeated transmissions of data on a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH; encode, for transmission to the eNB, repetitions of the data on the PUSCH; during transmission of the data or after transmission of a predetermined number of the repetitions of the data, monitor a machine type communication, MTC, Physical Downlink Control Channel, MPDCCH, for an indication of early termination that indicates acknowledgement, ACK, feedback for the data by the eNB; determine reception of the indication of early termination that indicates the ACK feedback for the data based on at least one of: a first field in a first downlink control information, DCI, formed in accordance with format 6-0 A, is a resource block assignment field that is set to all ones and at least one other field of the first DCI is set to zero; or a second field in a second DCI, formed in accordance with format 6-0 B, is a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, field that is set to all ones and at least one other field of the second DCI is set to zero; and a first field in a first downlink control information, DCI, formed in accordance with format 6-0 A, is a resource block assignment field that is set to all ones and at least one other field of the first DCI is set to zero; or a second field in a second DCI, formed in accordance with format 6-0 B, is a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, field that is set to all ones and at least one other field of the second DCI is set to zero; and in response to reception of the indication of early termination, terminate transmission of remaining repetitions of the data.
A reflective security element for checking authenticity with polarized light, having a retroreflective layer and a birefringent layer arranged on the retroreflective layer in a structured manner, characterized in that the birefringent layer forms a λ/4 layer.
An imaging system , comprising: a radiation source ; a positioner configured to rotate the radiation source along an arc path at a rate R; an imager in operative position relative to the radiation source , wherein the radiation source and the imager are configured to obtain a plurality of images of a patient while the radiation source is at different positions along the arc path ; and a processor configured to determine a digital tomosynthesis image using a subset (490a-490f) of the plurality of images ; wherein: the processor is configured to receive a period T of a physiological motion of the patient and to determine a maximum rate of rotation by the radiation source , R MAX ; wherein said arc path has an arc angle of from 2 degrees to 10 degrees; wherein T is between 3 and 15 seconds; wherein R MAX is equal to α / T, where α is an angular spacing between positions at which adjacent images of a subset (490a-490f) of the images that belong to a same bin are obtained, the images belonging to the same bin being images obtained at a predetermined phase range of physiological movement of the patient ; and wherein R ≤ R MAX . a radiation source ; a positioner configured to rotate the radiation source along an arc path at a rate R; an imager in operative position relative to the radiation source , wherein the radiation source and the imager are configured to obtain a plurality of images of a patient while the radiation source is at different positions along the arc path ; and a processor configured to determine a digital tomosynthesis image using a subset (490a-490f) of the plurality of images ; wherein: the processor is configured to receive a period T of a physiological motion of the patient and to determine a maximum rate of rotation by the radiation source , R MAX ; wherein said arc path has an arc angle of from 2 degrees to 10 degrees; wherein T is between 3 and 15 seconds; wherein R MAX is equal to α / T, where α is an angular spacing between positions at which adjacent images of a subset (490a-490f) of the images that belong to a same bin are obtained, the images belonging to the same bin being images obtained at a predetermined phase range of physiological movement of the patient ; and wherein R ≤ R MAX . the processor is configured to receive a period T of a physiological motion of the patient and to determine a maximum rate of rotation by the radiation source , R MAX ; wherein said arc path has an arc angle of from 2 degrees to 10 degrees; wherein T is between 3 and 15 seconds; wherein R MAX is equal to α / T, where α is an angular spacing between positions at which adjacent images of a subset (490a-490f) of the images that belong to a same bin are obtained, the images belonging to the same bin being images obtained at a predetermined phase range of physiological movement of the patient ; and wherein R ≤ R MAX .
An optical sensor for detecting codes, having a transmitter emitting light beams and a receiver receiving light beams , the transmitter and the receiver being designed to scan codes, and having an evaluation unit which is designed to determine code information of the codes as a function of received signals of the receiver , the evaluation unit having neural networks , characterised in that the neural networks form differentiation units for differentiating the received signals.
A system for determining a sound source, the system comprising: an audio sensor ; a biosensor for measuring one or more biosignals of a subject; and a processing unit communicatively coupled with the audio sensor and the biosensor , the processing unit configured to perform operations comprising: obtaining audio data from the audio sensor and biosignal data from the biosensor, the audio data and the biosignal data being time-synced with each other, characterized in that the operations further comprise: detecting , based on the audio data, a sound exceeding a threshold , and determining that the sound exceeding the threshold originates from the subject if the biosignal data indicates a change in the one or more biosignals at a corresponding time. an audio sensor ; a biosensor for measuring one or more biosignals of a subject; and a processing unit communicatively coupled with the audio sensor and the biosensor , the processing unit configured to perform operations comprising: obtaining audio data from the audio sensor and biosignal data from the biosensor, the audio data and the biosignal data being time-synced with each other, characterized in that the operations further comprise: detecting , based on the audio data, a sound exceeding a threshold , and determining that the sound exceeding the threshold originates from the subject if the biosignal data indicates a change in the one or more biosignals at a corresponding time. detecting , based on the audio data, a sound exceeding a threshold , and determining that the sound exceeding the threshold originates from the subject if the biosignal data indicates a change in the one or more biosignals at a corresponding time.
An integrated circuit configured to control a process of an apparatus for transmitting transport blocks in subframes of a predefined length within a wireless communication system, the process including the following steps: receiving or generating a downlink control information including a resource grant, the resource grant comprising a predetermined modulation and a predetermined transport block size, generating a transport block including channel coded data to be transmitted in a subframe with the predetermined modulation and the predetermined transport block size, performing sensing in the subframes and determining whether a partial subframe or a complete subframe is available for transmission of the generated transport block; characterized by transmitting the transport block with a modified modulation different from the predetermined modulation if the partial rather than complete subframe is available, wherein a modulation order of the modified modulation is increased from a modulation order of the predetermined modulation by more than one level, the modification of modulation is modification of modulation order and the predetermined modulation as well as the modified modulation is one of BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM. receiving or generating a downlink control information including a resource grant, the resource grant comprising a predetermined modulation and a predetermined transport block size, generating a transport block including channel coded data to be transmitted in a subframe with the predetermined modulation and the predetermined transport block size, performing sensing in the subframes and determining whether a partial subframe or a complete subframe is available for transmission of the generated transport block; characterized by transmitting the transport block with a modified modulation different from the predetermined modulation if the partial rather than complete subframe is available, wherein a modulation order of the modified modulation is increased from a modulation order of the predetermined modulation by more than one level, the modification of modulation is modification of modulation order and the predetermined modulation as well as the modified modulation is one of BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and 256QAM.
An apparatus for communication , comprising: means for receiving, from a network device , a configuration of one or more configured grant, CG, resources for a small data transmission, SDT, procedure and a list of one or more data radio bearers, DRBs, associated with respective logical channels allowed for SDT over the at least one of the one or more configured grant resources; and means for initiating a random access procedure based on whether there is available data associated with at least one of the one or more DRBs to be transmitted in a buffer of the apparatus and further based whether there is valid synchronization signal block, SSB, or not. means for receiving, from a network device , a configuration of one or more configured grant, CG, resources for a small data transmission, SDT, procedure and a list of one or more data radio bearers, DRBs, associated with respective logical channels allowed for SDT over the at least one of the one or more configured grant resources; and means for initiating a random access procedure based on whether there is available data associated with at least one of the one or more DRBs to be transmitted in a buffer of the apparatus and further based whether there is valid synchronization signal block, SSB, or not.