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A catheter comprising: a proximal portion , a distal portion , and a deflectable section located therebetween, the deflectable section having a deflectable cross section; wherein the deflectable cross section comprises an elastic material on a first side and a flexible support material on a second side, an inflation lumen bounded by both the elastic material and the flexible support material, and wherein the deflectable cross section is rotatable along a length of the deflectable section such that the elastic material, the inflation lumen and the flexible support material extend helically along the length of the deflectable section; a pull wire extending through the flexible support material at least along the length of the deflectable section and at least to the proximal portion of the catheter, such that proximal tension applied to the pull wire causes the deflectable section to deflect into a helical profile; and wherein when a pressure within the inflation lumen increases, the elastic material expands away from the inflation lumen. a proximal portion , a distal portion , and a deflectable section located therebetween, the deflectable section having a deflectable cross section; wherein the deflectable cross section comprises an elastic material on a first side and a flexible support material on a second side, an inflation lumen bounded by both the elastic material and the flexible support material, and wherein the deflectable cross section is rotatable along a length of the deflectable section such that the elastic material, the inflation lumen and the flexible support material extend helically along the length of the deflectable section; a pull wire extending through the flexible support material at least along the length of the deflectable section and at least to the proximal portion of the catheter, such that proximal tension applied to the pull wire causes the deflectable section to deflect into a helical profile; and wherein when a pressure within the inflation lumen increases, the elastic material expands away from the inflation lumen.
A breathing apparatus with a user interface comprising: a display for displaying at least one menu item, and three or four buttons for operating the display and controlling the breathing apparatus via the display, comprising: a first button operable to sequentially cycle through and display a plurality of menu items , a second and optionally third button operable to configure a parameter of the selected menu item; and a fourth button operable to confirm the change of a parameter of the selected menu item, wherein the parameter is a respiratory parameter and/or other breathing apparatus parameter. a display for displaying at least one menu item, and three or four buttons for operating the display and controlling the breathing apparatus via the display, comprising: a first button operable to sequentially cycle through and display a plurality of menu items , a second and optionally third button operable to configure a parameter of the selected menu item; and a fourth button operable to confirm the change of a parameter of the selected menu item, wherein the parameter is a respiratory parameter and/or other breathing apparatus parameter. a first button operable to sequentially cycle through and display a plurality of menu items , a second and optionally third button operable to configure a parameter of the selected menu item; and a fourth button operable to confirm the change of a parameter of the selected menu item, wherein the parameter is a respiratory parameter and/or other breathing apparatus parameter.
A spray gun with a basic body , a liquid conveying device which has a liquid supply pipe which opens at an opening into a liquid conveying pipe , and contact surfaces (229 to 232) between the liquid conveying device and the basic body or a basic body component , characterized in that , for fastening the liquid conveying device to the basic body or a basic body component of the spray gun, the contact surfaces (229 to 232) are arranged obliquely with respect to the orientation of the liquid conveying pipe in such a manner that a conical receptacle for the liquid conveying device is created on the basic body .
A method, comprising: manufacturing a housing for an impeller of a blood pump by: treating a frame in order to enhance bonding between an inner surface of the frame and an inner lining ; subsequently, coupling the inner lining to the inner surface of the frame along at least a portion of a central cylindrical portion of the frame , the central cylindrical portion of the frame including struts that define a generally cylindrical shape; subsequent to coupling the inner lining to the inner surface of the frame along at least a portion of the central cylindrical portion of the frame : placing a mandrel inside the inner lining ; placing a portion of an elongate tube around at least a portion of the frame , the elongate tube including a proximal portion that defines at least one blood outlet opening ; while the portion of the elongate tube is disposed around at least the portion of the frame , heating the inner lining , the frame and the portion of the elongate tube , via the mandrel; and while heating the inner lining , the frame , and the portion of the elongate tube , applying pressure from outside the portion of the elongate tube , such as to cause the portion of the elongate tube to become coupled to the frame . treating a frame in order to enhance bonding between an inner surface of the frame and an inner lining ; subsequently, coupling the inner lining to the inner surface of the frame along at least a portion of a central cylindrical portion of the frame , the central cylindrical portion of the frame including struts that define a generally cylindrical shape; subsequent to coupling the inner lining to the inner surface of the frame along at least a portion of the central cylindrical portion of the frame : placing a mandrel inside the inner lining ; placing a portion of an elongate tube around at least a portion of the frame , the elongate tube including a proximal portion that defines at least one blood outlet opening ; while the portion of the elongate tube is disposed around at least the portion of the frame , heating the inner lining , the frame and the portion of the elongate tube , via the mandrel; and while heating the inner lining , the frame , and the portion of the elongate tube , applying pressure from outside the portion of the elongate tube , such as to cause the portion of the elongate tube to become coupled to the frame . placing a mandrel inside the inner lining ; placing a portion of an elongate tube around at least a portion of the frame , the elongate tube including a proximal portion that defines at least one blood outlet opening ; while the portion of the elongate tube is disposed around at least the portion of the frame , heating the inner lining , the frame and the portion of the elongate tube , via the mandrel; and while heating the inner lining , the frame , and the portion of the elongate tube , applying pressure from outside the portion of the elongate tube , such as to cause the portion of the elongate tube to become coupled to the frame .
A radar apparatus for detecting around a ship, comprising: A radar antenna configured to transmit a pulse-shaped transmission wave and to receive a reflection wave caused by the transmission wave, the radar antenna configured to repeatedly rotate in a horizontal plane, in each rotation obtaining a scan including a respective signal intensity for each of a plurality of pixels as detection data; an unstable area detecting module configured to observe a variation in a signal intensity for individual pixels corresponding to detection data over a plurality of scans in a time series defined by the repeatedly rotating of the antenna, to derive a value for unstableness of the observed detection data for the individual pixels, and to detect unstable areas of pixels based on the values for unstableness for the individual pixels; a determining module configured to measure a size of each of the unstable areas and determine the unstable area as a small target object area when the size of the unstable area is below a given threshold; a processing module configured to process the detection data corresponding to the small target object area to be emphasized when displayed, differently from the detection data corresponding to the other unstable area , thereby obtaining a processing result; and a display unit configured to receive the processing result from the processing module and to display the processing result. A radar antenna configured to transmit a pulse-shaped transmission wave and to receive a reflection wave caused by the transmission wave, the radar antenna configured to repeatedly rotate in a horizontal plane, in each rotation obtaining a scan including a respective signal intensity for each of a plurality of pixels as detection data; an unstable area detecting module configured to observe a variation in a signal intensity for individual pixels corresponding to detection data over a plurality of scans in a time series defined by the repeatedly rotating of the antenna, to derive a value for unstableness of the observed detection data for the individual pixels, and to detect unstable areas of pixels based on the values for unstableness for the individual pixels; a determining module configured to measure a size of each of the unstable areas and determine the unstable area as a small target object area when the size of the unstable area is below a given threshold; a processing module configured to process the detection data corresponding to the small target object area to be emphasized when displayed, differently from the detection data corresponding to the other unstable area , thereby obtaining a processing result; and a display unit configured to receive the processing result from the processing module and to display the processing result.
Pulling sleeve for rotor blades of a wind turbine, having a flexible sleeve band for winding around a rotor blade , which sleeve band has an inner side and an outer side , characterized in that the sleeve band has a guiding line at its second end and has a fastener element at its first end on the outer side , said fastener element forming with the inner side of the sleeve band , when overlapping at the first end of the latter, a releasable connection whose shear strength is higher than its tensile bonding strength by at least one order of magnitude.
Storage container for a plant pot, the container comprising a base, a lateral wall connected to the base and a water level indicator, the storage container forming a water reservoir together with the base and preferably at least part of the lateral wall , characterised in that the lateral wall comprises at least one film-like surface element designed as a decorative element, which surface element at least also forms a water level indicator having a viewing window for displaying a water level of the water reservoir and at least partially forms the outer wall of the storage container, the lateral wall , except for the decorative element thereof, being made of a transparent plastics material at least in part.
A fitting arrangement for a lift and slide element , such as a lift and slide door or a lift and slide window, which is displaceable along a guide rail and which can be transferred from a lowered position, in which the lift and slide element is non-displaceable, into a raised position in which the lift and slide element is displaceable, said fitting arrangement comprising a lifting device for raising and lowering the lift and slide element , said lifting device comprising an actuation lever , at least one lifting element and a transmission gear having at least one connecting rod via which the at least one lifting element is drive-effectively coupled to the actuation lever , wherein the fitting arrangement further comprises a gas pressure spring having a cylinder and a piston rod which is received by the cylinder and which is drive-effectively coupled to the lifting device such that the gas pressure spring counteracts the weight force of the lift and slide element during both the lowering and the raising of the lift and slide element , characterized in that the free end of the piston rod is fastened to the connecting rod by means of a fastening element which extends through an eye , which is formed at the free end of the piston rod , and into a base rising from the surface of the connecting rod . said fitting arrangement comprising a lifting device for raising and lowering the lift and slide element , said lifting device comprising an actuation lever , at least one lifting element and a transmission gear having at least one connecting rod via which the at least one lifting element is drive-effectively coupled to the actuation lever , wherein the fitting arrangement further comprises a gas pressure spring having a cylinder and a piston rod which is received by the cylinder and which is drive-effectively coupled to the lifting device such that the gas pressure spring counteracts the weight force of the lift and slide element during both the lowering and the raising of the lift and slide element , characterized in that the free end of the piston rod is fastened to the connecting rod by means of a fastening element which extends through an eye , which is formed at the free end of the piston rod , and into a base rising from the surface of the connecting rod .
A secondary battery including a battery electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are alternately laminated while a separator is interposed therebetween, wherein each of said positive electrode and said negative electrode includes a current collector and an active material that is applied on said current collector , each surface of said current collector is provided with an application portion and a non-application portion, said application portion being a portion on which said active material is applied, said non-application portion being a portion on which said active material is not applied, and each of the active material of the positive electrode and the active material of the negative electrode comprises a thinner portion whose thickness is smaller with respect to the center portion, at least at a part of an outer edge portion of said application portion of each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode , and a charging capacity ratio A/C between said negative electrode and said positive electrode that face each other at the outer edge portion containing said thinner portion is higher than the charging capacity ratio A/C between said negative electrode and said positive electrode that face each other at a center side with respect to the outer edge portion, the charging capacity ratio A/C being a ratio between a charging capacity A of said negative electrode and a charging capacity C of said positive electrode . each of said positive electrode and said negative electrode includes a current collector and an active material that is applied on said current collector , each surface of said current collector is provided with an application portion and a non-application portion, said application portion being a portion on which said active material is applied, said non-application portion being a portion on which said active material is not applied, and each of the active material of the positive electrode and the active material of the negative electrode comprises a thinner portion whose thickness is smaller with respect to the center portion, at least at a part of an outer edge portion of said application portion of each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode , and a charging capacity ratio A/C between said negative electrode and said positive electrode that face each other at the outer edge portion containing said thinner portion is higher than the charging capacity ratio A/C between said negative electrode and said positive electrode that face each other at a center side with respect to the outer edge portion, the charging capacity ratio A/C being a ratio between a charging capacity A of said negative electrode and a charging capacity C of said positive electrode .
A method of regulating the rotational speed of a rotor of a vacuum pump , said method comprising determining a temperature of the rotor ; determining a maximum permissible rotational speed of the rotor in dependence on the temperature of the rotor ; and regulating an actual rotational speed of the rotor in dependence on the maximum permissible rotational speed , wherein the maximum permissible rotational speed of the rotor is determined while taking account of a maximum permissible material stress of the rotor which is dependent on the temperature of the rotor . determining a temperature of the rotor ; determining a maximum permissible rotational speed of the rotor in dependence on the temperature of the rotor ; and regulating an actual rotational speed of the rotor in dependence on the maximum permissible rotational speed , wherein the maximum permissible rotational speed of the rotor is determined while taking account of a maximum permissible material stress of the rotor which is dependent on the temperature of the rotor .
A process for the preparation of a fibrous composition by providing a casein-containing milk-based liquid selected from the group consisting of dissolved casein powder obtained from subjecting milk to microfiltration, a retentate obtained by subjecting milk to microfiltration, and mixtures thereof, subjecting said liquid to a treatment step comprising increasing its temperature to 60°C to 95°C, and increasing its pH to a value of 7 to 9, prior to adding an alginate, adding an alginate so as to form a liquid mass, and contacting the liquid mass with an aqueous solution comprising calcium ions so as to form fibres.
A leadless neurostimulation device comprising: a header unit comprising: a primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface on a side of the leadless neurostimulation device; an outer housing that forms a side of the header unit opposite of the contact surface of the primary electrode; and a dielectric mount that receives at least a portion of the primary electrode and at least partially surrounds the primary electrode, the dielectric mount being configured to electrically insulate the primary electrode from the outer housing, the dielectric mount being received and fixed within a recessed portion of the outer housing; and a housing comprising a secondary electrode positioned on the same side of the leadless neurostimulation device as the primary electrode, the primary electrode and the secondary electrode being configured to transmit an electrical stimulation signal therebetween to provide electrical stimulation therapy to a tibial nerve of a patient. a header unit comprising: a primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface on a side of the leadless neurostimulation device; an outer housing that forms a side of the header unit opposite of the contact surface of the primary electrode; and a dielectric mount that receives at least a portion of the primary electrode and at least partially surrounds the primary electrode, the dielectric mount being configured to electrically insulate the primary electrode from the outer housing, the dielectric mount being received and fixed within a recessed portion of the outer housing; and a primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface on a side of the leadless neurostimulation device; an outer housing that forms a side of the header unit opposite of the contact surface of the primary electrode; and a dielectric mount that receives at least a portion of the primary electrode and at least partially surrounds the primary electrode, the dielectric mount being configured to electrically insulate the primary electrode from the outer housing, the dielectric mount being received and fixed within a recessed portion of the outer housing; and a housing comprising a secondary electrode positioned on the same side of the leadless neurostimulation device as the primary electrode, the primary electrode and the secondary electrode being configured to transmit an electrical stimulation signal therebetween to provide electrical stimulation therapy to a tibial nerve of a patient.
Housing for an electric heating device for a stream of air flowing inside a ventilating, heating and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, said housing comprising: - at least one heating compartment which defines at least one main slot in which at least one heating module is able to be installed; - a first connection interface arranged for the connection of at least one heating module to an electric power supply of the vehicle; - a second connection interface arranged to cooperate with position-retaining means which are carried by the ventilating, heating and/or air-conditioning system, the heating compartment and the two connection interfaces being made in one piece such that the housing is formed by one and the same block characterized in that the second connection interface comprises an opening for inserting at least one heating module into the slot of the heating compartment , via the side opposite the first connection interface . - at least one heating compartment which defines at least one main slot in which at least one heating module is able to be installed; - a first connection interface arranged for the connection of at least one heating module to an electric power supply of the vehicle; - a second connection interface arranged to cooperate with position-retaining means which are carried by the ventilating, heating and/or air-conditioning system, the heating compartment and the two connection interfaces being made in one piece such that the housing is formed by one and the same block characterized in that the second connection interface comprises an opening for inserting at least one heating module into the slot of the heating compartment , via the side opposite the first connection interface .
A vehicle comprising: a first duct having a first duct inlet and a first duct outlet ; and a second duct having a second duct inlet and a second duct outlet ; wherein the first and second duct inlets are arranged in line with or inset from respective first and second lateral sides of the vehicle; and the first and second duct outlets are disposed at or proximal to a rear of the vehicle; the first and second ducts being arranged, in use, to direct respective first and second jets of air inwardly to control the lateral and/or longitudinal propagation of a wake formed behind the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a body structure having a roof mounted to pillars (D) comprising first and second rear pillars, an outer surface of said first rear pillar defining a sidewall of said first duct and an outer surface of said second rear pillar defining a sidewall of said second duct, and wherein the first and second ducts are each comprised of a structural component of the body structure that is spaced from the first and second rear pillars. a first duct having a first duct inlet and a first duct outlet ; and a second duct having a second duct inlet and a second duct outlet ; wherein the first and second duct inlets are arranged in line with or inset from respective first and second lateral sides of the vehicle; and the first and second duct outlets are disposed at or proximal to a rear of the vehicle; the first and second ducts being arranged, in use, to direct respective first and second jets of air inwardly to control the lateral and/or longitudinal propagation of a wake formed behind the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a body structure having a roof mounted to pillars (D) comprising first and second rear pillars, an outer surface of said first rear pillar defining a sidewall of said first duct and an outer surface of said second rear pillar defining a sidewall of said second duct, and wherein the first and second ducts are each comprised of a structural component of the body structure that is spaced from the first and second rear pillars.