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An air leak detection device for a thoracic cavity drain system which, by utilizing negative pressure generated by a vacuum source , sucks gas within a thoracic cavity of a patient via a water seal chamber in which liquid is received, configured to be provided between the vacuum source and the water seal chamber , and comprising: a pressure measurement device configured to measure a pressure between the vacuum source and the water seal chamber ; characterized in that the air leak detection device further comprises an air bubble detection device configured to detect occurrence of air bubbles created in the water seal chamber based on pressure fluctuations obtained by measured values measured by the pressure measurement device , wherein based on said measured values the occurrence of air bubbles is determined when a reduction of negative pressure greater than a fixed value has occurred within a predetermined fixed measurement time interval, and/or when the time in which a reduction of negative pressure has continued has become greater than or equal to a predetermined value. a pressure measurement device configured to measure a pressure between the vacuum source and the water seal chamber ; characterized in that the air leak detection device further comprises an air bubble detection device configured to detect occurrence of air bubbles created in the water seal chamber based on pressure fluctuations obtained by measured values measured by the pressure measurement device , wherein based on said measured values the occurrence of air bubbles is determined when a reduction of negative pressure greater than a fixed value has occurred within a predetermined fixed measurement time interval, and/or when the time in which a reduction of negative pressure has continued has become greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
A ringlet coupler configured to be employed in the header of an implantable pulse generator and adapted to make an electrical connection with a contact of a lead pin of a medical lead, said ringlet coupler comprising: (a) an electrically conductive housing having an outer cylindrical wall defining a first inner surface and first outer surface with a pair of walls extending inwardly from the first inner surface of the outer cylindrical wall , said pair of walls defining a first channel aligned with a slot , said slot configured such that an electrically conductive ringlet may be inserted through the slot into the first channel to capture the ringlet in the first channel between the walls to secure the ringlet to the inner surface of the housing , (b) said electrically conductive ringlet comprising a band , said band having a second inner surface and a second outer surface , and fabricated into at least three smoothly curved foils (38a-n) joined together by smoothly curved reduced diameter sections (40a-n) between adjacent foils, wherein said foils are equally spaced about a second channel defined by said reduced diameter sections (40a-n), wherein each foil has an apex adjacent to the inner surface of the housing , wherein the reduced diameter sections (40a-n) are adapted to simultaneously engage a lead pin inserted into the second channel to form an electrical connection and cooperate with the foils and the housing to mechanically secure such a lead pin to the electrically conductive ringlet . (a) an electrically conductive housing having an outer cylindrical wall defining a first inner surface and first outer surface with a pair of walls extending inwardly from the first inner surface of the outer cylindrical wall , said pair of walls defining a first channel aligned with a slot , said slot configured such that an electrically conductive ringlet may be inserted through the slot into the first channel to capture the ringlet in the first channel between the walls to secure the ringlet to the inner surface of the housing , (b) said electrically conductive ringlet comprising a band , said band having a second inner surface and a second outer surface , and fabricated into at least three smoothly curved foils (38a-n) joined together by smoothly curved reduced diameter sections (40a-n) between adjacent foils, wherein said foils are equally spaced about a second channel defined by said reduced diameter sections (40a-n), wherein each foil has an apex adjacent to the inner surface of the housing , wherein the reduced diameter sections (40a-n) are adapted to simultaneously engage a lead pin inserted into the second channel to form an electrical connection and cooperate with the foils and the housing to mechanically secure such a lead pin to the electrically conductive ringlet .
A self-propelled, in particular at least partially autonomously navigating, harvesting machine which discharges at least a portion of harvested crop which has been picked up following processing, having a control unit which controls at least the drive speed (v F ) of the harvesting machine with the aid of sensor data, characterized in that the control unit is coupled to an instrument for identifying a field crop edge and is configured so that upon passing a field crop edge in at least one direction, the drive speed (v F ) of the harvesting machine is adapted to the throughput speed (v D ) of harvested crop through the harvesting machine at the moment of passing the field crop edge .
A surgical tool system for drilling holes in an acetabulum to accommodate screws used to fasten an acetabular cup to the acetabulum , the acetabular cup comprising a concave portion, cup slots disposed in the concave portion in close proximity to a circumferential edge of the acetabular cup and one or more through holes to accommodate screws for fastening the acetabular cup to the acetabulum , the surgical tool system comprising: a drill guide sized to fit within the concave portion and having spring-loaded pins arranged to engage the cup slots when the drill guide is optimally positioned within the acetabular cup , the drill guide further comprising one or more through holes sized and spaced to line up approximately concentrically with the through holes of the acetabular cup and a guide indent for each through hole of the drill guide , each guide indent being positioned on a beam member which traverses the drill guide at a circumferential edge thereof; a handle comprising a shaft with a drill bit guide disposed at the distal end thereof, the drill bit guide having a drill bit guide distal end and a side portion, the drill bit guide being sized to engage a through hole of the drill guide and the side portion being positioned to engage the guide indent for its respective through hole of the drill guide ; and a drill bit having a cutting portion and a shaft sized to pass through the drill bit guide . a drill guide sized to fit within the concave portion and having spring-loaded pins arranged to engage the cup slots when the drill guide is optimally positioned within the acetabular cup , the drill guide further comprising one or more through holes sized and spaced to line up approximately concentrically with the through holes of the acetabular cup and a guide indent for each through hole of the drill guide , each guide indent being positioned on a beam member which traverses the drill guide at a circumferential edge thereof; a handle comprising a shaft with a drill bit guide disposed at the distal end thereof, the drill bit guide having a drill bit guide distal end and a side portion, the drill bit guide being sized to engage a through hole of the drill guide and the side portion being positioned to engage the guide indent for its respective through hole of the drill guide ; and a drill bit having a cutting portion and a shaft sized to pass through the drill bit guide .
A method of improving intelligibility of a speech signal having a frequency spectrum comprising: identifying a frequency passband having a passband lower frequency limit and a passband upper frequency limit; defining a threshold frequency within the passband; receiving the speech signal, the speech signal having a highest frequency component that is greater than the passband upper frequency limit; identifying a highest frequency component of the received speech signal that is to be preserved; compressing a portion of the speech signal in a first frequency range between the threshold frequency and the highest frequency component of the speech signal that is to be preserved, into the frequency range between the threshold frequency and the passband upper frequency limit, wherein the total power of the compressed portion of the speech signal is equal to the total power of the portion of the speech signal before compression, wherein components of the speech signal having frequencies below the threshold frequency are not compressed; and normalizing the peak power of the compressed speech signal, where the act of normalizing comprises reducing the peak power by an amount proportional to an amount of compression. identifying a frequency passband having a passband lower frequency limit and a passband upper frequency limit; defining a threshold frequency within the passband; receiving the speech signal, the speech signal having a highest frequency component that is greater than the passband upper frequency limit; identifying a highest frequency component of the received speech signal that is to be preserved; compressing a portion of the speech signal in a first frequency range between the threshold frequency and the highest frequency component of the speech signal that is to be preserved, into the frequency range between the threshold frequency and the passband upper frequency limit, wherein the total power of the compressed portion of the speech signal is equal to the total power of the portion of the speech signal before compression, wherein components of the speech signal having frequencies below the threshold frequency are not compressed; and normalizing the peak power of the compressed speech signal, where the act of normalizing comprises reducing the peak power by an amount proportional to an amount of compression.
A bicycle , comprising: a frame including a top tube and a head tube ; a fork including a steer tube , wherein the steer tube comprises at least one routing feature selected from a flat face and a cable tray ; handlebars comprising a stem ; and an internal cable , wherein the internal cable is routed at least partially inside the handlebars to the steer tube; characterised in that the bicycle further comprises at least one spacer located on the steer tube between the stem and the head tube , wherein the internal cable is routed between the routing feature of the steer tube and the spacer; and wherein the at least one spacer includes an inboard opening through which the internal cable can pass, and wherein the at least one spacer is formed by a right portion and a left portion mechanically connected together around the steer tube , such that a number of the at least one spacers can be changed without breaking the internal cable. a frame including a top tube and a head tube ; a fork including a steer tube , wherein the steer tube comprises at least one routing feature selected from a flat face and a cable tray ; handlebars comprising a stem ; and an internal cable , wherein the internal cable is routed at least partially inside the handlebars to the steer tube; characterised in that the bicycle further comprises at least one spacer located on the steer tube between the stem and the head tube , wherein the internal cable is routed between the routing feature of the steer tube and the spacer; and wherein the at least one spacer includes an inboard opening through which the internal cable can pass, and wherein the at least one spacer is formed by a right portion and a left portion mechanically connected together around the steer tube , such that a number of the at least one spacers can be changed without breaking the internal cable. the internal cable is routed at least partially inside the handlebars to the steer tube; characterised in that the bicycle further comprises at least one spacer located on the steer tube between the stem and the head tube , wherein the internal cable is routed between the routing feature of the steer tube and the spacer; and wherein the at least one spacer includes an inboard opening through which the internal cable can pass, and wherein the at least one spacer is formed by a right portion and a left portion mechanically connected together around the steer tube , such that a number of the at least one spacers can be changed without breaking the internal cable.
Device for wringing out strips of a mop with flexible absorbent strips, comprising: - a wringing-out basket comprising a main opening enabling the strips to pass into and out of a reception cavity extending as far as a bottom of the basket opposite to the main opening , - a support for the basket , - a device for rotational guidance of the basket with respect to the support about an axis, referred to as the longitudinal axis , passing through the main opening and the bottom of the basket , the guide device being connected to the support and to the basket , the guide device being connected to and extending around a lateral part of the basket between the bottom of the basket and the main opening , characterised in that the basket comprises: - a perforated vessel comprising a wall defining the reception cavity and comprising a plurality of apertures , - an attached ring extending around the perforated vessel and comprising a plurality of tongues, referred to as confinement tongues , passing through the apertures of the perforated vessel , the confinement tongues making it possible to transmit a torque between the perforated vessel and the rotational-guidance device , - the perforated vessel and the attached ring being fixed rigidly but separably from one another. - a wringing-out basket comprising a main opening enabling the strips to pass into and out of a reception cavity extending as far as a bottom of the basket opposite to the main opening , - a support for the basket , - a device for rotational guidance of the basket with respect to the support about an axis, referred to as the longitudinal axis , passing through the main opening and the bottom of the basket , the guide device being connected to the support and to the basket , the guide device being connected to and extending around a lateral part of the basket between the bottom of the basket and the main opening , - a perforated vessel comprising a wall defining the reception cavity and comprising a plurality of apertures , - an attached ring extending around the perforated vessel and comprising a plurality of tongues, referred to as confinement tongues , passing through the apertures of the perforated vessel , the confinement tongues making it possible to transmit a torque between the perforated vessel and the rotational-guidance device , - the perforated vessel and the attached ring being fixed rigidly but separably from one another.
A method of selectively plating nickel on an intermediate semiconductor device structure, comprising: providing an intermediate semiconductor device structure comprising at least one exposed tungsten structure and at least one of at least one exposed aluminum structure and at least one exposed copper structure on a semiconductor substrate; activating either the at least one exposed tungsten structure or the at least one of the at least one exposed aluminum structure and the at least one exposed copper structure toward nickel plating; and nickel plating either the activated at least one exposed tungsten structure or the activated at least one of the at least one exposed aluminum structure and the at least one exposed copper structure while the other of the at least one exposed tungsten structure or the at least one of the at least one exposed aluminum structure and the at least one exposed copper structure remains unplated. providing an intermediate semiconductor device structure comprising at least one exposed tungsten structure and at least one of at least one exposed aluminum structure and at least one exposed copper structure on a semiconductor substrate; activating either the at least one exposed tungsten structure or the at least one of the at least one exposed aluminum structure and the at least one exposed copper structure toward nickel plating; and nickel plating either the activated at least one exposed tungsten structure or the activated at least one of the at least one exposed aluminum structure and the at least one exposed copper structure while the other of the at least one exposed tungsten structure or the at least one of the at least one exposed aluminum structure and the at least one exposed copper structure remains unplated.
An optical fiber cutter for cutting an optical fiber, the optical fiber cutter comprising: a cutter base ; a slider movably provided on the cutter base; a blade member rotatably provided on the slider to scratch the optical fiber; a rotating body provided on the blade member to rotate integrally with the blade member ; and a rotation control mechanism that controls rotation of the blade member, wherein the rotation control mechanism includes a main body rotatably provided in the cutter base , and a swinging portion that swings around a shaft provided in the cutter base in conjunction with rotation of the main body, and characterized in that the swinging portion swings to a first position at which the swinging portion comes into contact with the rotating body to rotate the blade member by a predetermined angle when the slider reaches a predetermined position and a second position at which the swinging portion does not come into contact with the rotating body at the predetermined position of the slider . a cutter base ; a slider movably provided on the cutter base; a blade member rotatably provided on the slider to scratch the optical fiber; a rotating body provided on the blade member to rotate integrally with the blade member ; and a rotation control mechanism that controls rotation of the blade member, wherein the rotation control mechanism includes a main body rotatably provided in the cutter base , and a swinging portion that swings around a shaft provided in the cutter base in conjunction with rotation of the main body, and characterized in that the swinging portion swings to a first position at which the swinging portion comes into contact with the rotating body to rotate the blade member by a predetermined angle when the slider reaches a predetermined position and a second position at which the swinging portion does not come into contact with the rotating body at the predetermined position of the slider .
A device for diverting items with respect to an overall direction of travel (A) of the items , comprising: - a support plane defining a plurality of openings , - a plurality of diverting balls , each diverting ball being arranged in one of the openings and mounted with the ability to rotate with respect to the support plane about an axis of rotation , - at least one roller arranged underneath the support plane for driving the diverting balls , the roller extending in a transverse direction (Y) substantially parallel to the support plane and substantially perpendicular to the overall direction of travel (A) of the items , and - a plurality of actuators , each actuator being suitable for selectively moving the axis of rotation of one of the diverting balls in rotation about an axis of direction with respect to the support plane between a plurality of positions, characterized in that the axis of direction passes through the center of the diverting ball and forms an acute angle (α) with the axis of rotation , the axis of rotation and the axis of direction defining a plane (P) forming an angle of inclination (β) with a direction normal (Z) to the support plane , the plurality of positions of the axis of rotation defining a plurality of possible values for the angle of inclination (β). - a support plane defining a plurality of openings , - a plurality of diverting balls , each diverting ball being arranged in one of the openings and mounted with the ability to rotate with respect to the support plane about an axis of rotation , - at least one roller arranged underneath the support plane for driving the diverting balls , the roller extending in a transverse direction (Y) substantially parallel to the support plane and substantially perpendicular to the overall direction of travel (A) of the items , and - a plurality of actuators , each actuator being suitable for selectively moving the axis of rotation of one of the diverting balls in rotation about an axis of direction with respect to the support plane between a plurality of positions, characterized in that the axis of direction passes through the center of the diverting ball and forms an acute angle (α) with the axis of rotation , the axis of rotation and the axis of direction defining a plane (P) forming an angle of inclination (β) with a direction normal (Z) to the support plane , the plurality of positions of the axis of rotation defining a plurality of possible values for the angle of inclination (β).
A method of neighbor cell detection performed in a communication device , the method comprising: - selecting at least one subband-time interval resource for processing, wherein each subband is part of a system frequency bandwidth, each subband being smaller than the whole system frequency bandwidth, and each time interval is a part of a synchronization signal repetition time period, - recording one or more radio samples associated with signals transmitted in the at least one subband-time interval resource, - executing detection of synchronization signals for neighbor cell detection on the recorded radio samples, and - repeating the selecting , recording and executing until a stop criterion is fulfilled. - selecting at least one subband-time interval resource for processing, wherein each subband is part of a system frequency bandwidth, each subband being smaller than the whole system frequency bandwidth, and each time interval is a part of a synchronization signal repetition time period, - recording one or more radio samples associated with signals transmitted in the at least one subband-time interval resource, - executing detection of synchronization signals for neighbor cell detection on the recorded radio samples, and - repeating the selecting , recording and executing until a stop criterion is fulfilled.
A method for quantification of purity of sub-visible particle samples, comprising: placing a sample to be analyzed in an electron microscope to obtain an electron microscopy image of the sample, the sample containing objects ; enhancing the objects in the image having sizes being different from a size range of primary particles and sizes being within the size range of primary particles ; detecting the objects in the image as being primary particles or debris ; excluding the detected primary particles from the objects so that objects contains debris but no primary particles ; measuring a first total area (T1) of the detected debris ; measuring a second total area (T2) of the detected primary particles ; and calculating a ratio of the first total area (T1) to the second total area (T2) to determine a quantitative measurement of purity of the sample. placing a sample to be analyzed in an electron microscope to obtain an electron microscopy image of the sample, the sample containing objects ; enhancing the objects in the image having sizes being different from a size range of primary particles and sizes being within the size range of primary particles ; detecting the objects in the image as being primary particles or debris ; excluding the detected primary particles from the objects so that objects contains debris but no primary particles ; measuring a first total area (T1) of the detected debris ; measuring a second total area (T2) of the detected primary particles ; and calculating a ratio of the first total area (T1) to the second total area (T2) to determine a quantitative measurement of purity of the sample.