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A splint system for diagnostic functions for a patient with a vascular impairment, comprising: a splint having: i. a leg supporting portion and a foot supporting portion , that are configured to support and secure the leg and foot of the patient; ii. a locally and/or remotely controllable portion for setting a dorsiflexion angle of the foot of the patient, including electrical and/or mechanical controls and one or more actuators for setting of the dorsiflexion angle, for providing treatment to improve vascular function; and iii. one or more physiological parameter sensors for measuring one or more physiological parameters of the leg and/or foot of the patient, wherein the one or more physiological parameters are associated with vascular function in the leg and/or foot of the patient; wherein the physiological parameters comprises tissue oxygenation of one or more plantar flexor muscles of the leg of the patient; and the splint system further comprising: a controller configured to receive the measurement of the tissue oxygenation of the one or more plantar flexor muscles of the leg of the patient and facilitate determination of a prescribed dorsiflexion angle that decrease muscle oxygenation by an effective amount; preferably, wherein the effective amount induces local ischemia in the one or more plantar flexor muscles of the leg of the patient; and more preferably, wherein the effective amount is sufficient to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) i. a leg supporting portion and a foot supporting portion , that are configured to support and secure the leg and foot of the patient; ii. a locally and/or remotely controllable portion for setting a dorsiflexion angle of the foot of the patient, including electrical and/or mechanical controls and one or more actuators for setting of the dorsiflexion angle, for providing treatment to improve vascular function; and iii. one or more physiological parameter sensors for measuring one or more physiological parameters of the leg and/or foot of the patient, wherein the one or more physiological parameters are associated with vascular function in the leg and/or foot of the patient; wherein the physiological parameters comprises tissue oxygenation of one or more plantar flexor muscles of the leg of the patient; a controller configured to receive the measurement of the tissue oxygenation of the one or more plantar flexor muscles of the leg of the patient and facilitate determination of a prescribed dorsiflexion angle that decrease muscle oxygenation by an effective amount; preferably, wherein the effective amount induces local ischemia in the one or more plantar flexor muscles of the leg of the patient; and more preferably, wherein the effective amount is sufficient to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD)
An RF hydration sensor, comprising: a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an RF circuit electrically coupled to the antenna, the RF circuit comprising a processor; a thermal source electrically coupled to the RF circuit for changing a thermal condition of a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the thermal source for sensing a temperature of the thermal source, the RF hydration sensor being configured such that when the thermal source is thermally coupled to the target area, the RF hydration sensor wirelessly receives a first power having a first form from a transceiver, the RF circuit transforms the first power to a second power having a second form different from the first form and delivers the second power to the thermal source, the sensing element senses a time variation of the thermal source temperature, and the processor determines a hydration indicator indicating hydration level based on the sensed time variation of the thermal source temperature; and an energy harvesting device disposed on the substrate and configured to be coupled to an unintentional or ambient source. a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an RF circuit electrically coupled to the antenna, the RF circuit comprising a processor; a thermal source electrically coupled to the RF circuit for changing a thermal condition of a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the thermal source for sensing a temperature of the thermal source, the RF hydration sensor being configured such that when the thermal source is thermally coupled to the target area, the RF hydration sensor wirelessly receives a first power having a first form from a transceiver, the RF circuit transforms the first power to a second power having a second form different from the first form and delivers the second power to the thermal source, the sensing element senses a time variation of the thermal source temperature, and the processor determines a hydration indicator indicating hydration level based on the sensed time variation of the thermal source temperature; and an energy harvesting device disposed on the substrate and configured to be coupled to an unintentional or ambient source.
A method for wireless communications, performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: determining a number of repetitions of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmission, wherein each of the repetitions of the PDCCH transmission has at least one of: a same downlink control information, DCI, payload, a same aggregation level, or a grant for a same data channel allocation; and monitoring for the PDCCH based on the determined number of repetitions of the PDCCH transmission; wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring different repetitions of the PDCCH transmission in different control resource sets, CORESETs, and the method is characterised in that it further comprises assuming demodulation reference signals, DMRS, of the different CORESETs share one or more quasi-colocation, QCL, parameters, are transmitted using a same DMRS port, or both; and wherein: the different CORESETs use the same frequency resources and different time resources, include a PDCCH transmission with a same DCI content and different aggregation levels, or both, and the DMRS for the different CORESETs use different frequency resource patterns within the frequency resources of the CORESETs, the different frequency resource patterns associated with different subcarrier offsets. determining a number of repetitions of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmission, wherein each of the repetitions of the PDCCH transmission has at least one of: a same downlink control information, DCI, payload, a same aggregation level, or a grant for a same data channel allocation; and monitoring for the PDCCH based on the determined number of repetitions of the PDCCH transmission; wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring different repetitions of the PDCCH transmission in different control resource sets, CORESETs, and the method is characterised in that it further comprises assuming demodulation reference signals, DMRS, of the different CORESETs share one or more quasi-colocation, QCL, parameters, are transmitted using a same DMRS port, or both; and wherein: the different CORESETs use the same frequency resources and different time resources, include a PDCCH transmission with a same DCI content and different aggregation levels, or both, and the DMRS for the different CORESETs use different frequency resource patterns within the frequency resources of the CORESETs, the different frequency resource patterns associated with different subcarrier offsets. the different CORESETs use the same frequency resources and different time resources, include a PDCCH transmission with a same DCI content and different aggregation levels, or both, and the DMRS for the different CORESETs use different frequency resource patterns within the frequency resources of the CORESETs, the different frequency resource patterns associated with different subcarrier offsets.
An aerosol-generating device comprising: an inductive heating arrangement configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate , the inductive heating arrangement comprising: a susceptor arrangement that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the aerosol-forming substrate , at least a first inductor coil , and at least a second inductor coil , wherein the second inductor coil has a different number of turns to the first inductor coil , and a controller , wherein the controller is configured to drive the first inductor coil with a first alternating pulse width modulated signal for generating a first alternating magnetic field for heating a first portion of the susceptor arrangement , wherein the controller is configured to drive the second inductor coil with a second alternating pulse width modulated signal for generating a second alternating magnetic field for heating a second portion of the susceptor arrangement , and wherein the controller is configured to supply the first alternating pulse width modulated signal and the second alternating pulse width modulated signal with complementary duty cycles. an inductive heating arrangement configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate , the inductive heating arrangement comprising: a susceptor arrangement that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the aerosol-forming substrate , at least a first inductor coil , and at least a second inductor coil , wherein the second inductor coil has a different number of turns to the first inductor coil , and a susceptor arrangement that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the aerosol-forming substrate , at least a first inductor coil , and at least a second inductor coil , wherein the second inductor coil has a different number of turns to the first inductor coil , and a controller , wherein the controller is configured to drive the second inductor coil with a second alternating pulse width modulated signal for generating a second alternating magnetic field for heating a second portion of the susceptor arrangement , and wherein the controller is configured to supply the first alternating pulse width modulated signal and the second alternating pulse width modulated signal with complementary duty cycles.
A method for observing a biological sample , the sample being placed between a light source and a pixelated image sensor , the light source emitting an incident light beam , which propagates to the sample along a propagation axis (Z), and at an emission wavelength (λ) comprised between 1 μm and 20 μm, the method comprising the following steps: a) illuminating the sample with the light source; b) acquiring an image ( I λ ) of the sample with the pixelated image sensor , no image-forming optic being placed between the sample and the image sensor; the method being such that: - the sample is able to absorb some of the incident light beam, such that the acquired image ( I λ ) is representative of an absorption of the incident beam by the sample, at the emission wavelength; - the light source illuminates an area of the sample larger than 1 mm 2 or larger than 5 mm 2 ; - the image acquired of the sample by the image sensor corresponds to an area of sample larger than 1 mm 2 or larger than 5 mm 2 ; - the pixels of the image sensor define a detection plane (P 20 ), the sample being placed at a distance from the detection plane smaller than 1 mm. a) illuminating the sample with the light source; b) acquiring an image ( I λ ) of the sample with the pixelated image sensor , no image-forming optic being placed between the sample and the image sensor; - the sample is able to absorb some of the incident light beam, such that the acquired image ( I λ ) is representative of an absorption of the incident beam by the sample, at the emission wavelength; - the light source illuminates an area of the sample larger than 1 mm 2 or larger than 5 mm 2 ; - the image acquired of the sample by the image sensor corresponds to an area of sample larger than 1 mm 2 or larger than 5 mm 2 ; - the pixels of the image sensor define a detection plane (P 20 ), the sample being placed at a distance from the detection plane smaller than 1 mm.
An anti-theft screw part, namely a wheel nut or wheel bolt for fixing a rim to a motor vehicle, comprising a rotational axis and a recess formed at a free end region of the screw part and annularly extending, for engaging an adapter for rotating the screw part, which recess , as viewed from the outward to the inward direction, is limited by an outer edge , a bottom and an inner edge , wherein at least one of these edges form abutment faces for the adapter , the screw part is assembled of a main piece and an insert piece that are assembled and are firmly attached to each other, the main piece forming the outer edge and the inner edge being formed by the insert piece , the outer edge being limited by a) an outer wall surface , which is located on an outer circle , characterized in that the outer edge b) is limited by several, namely n, internal projections , which project from the outer circle towards the rotational axis to a first circular line , in that the inner edge c) is limited by an inner wall surface , which is located on an inner circle and d) by a plurality, namely m, of outer projections , which project from the inner circle towards the exterior to a second circular line , in that the first circular line is located completely within the second circular line , in that the diameter of the second circular line is larger than the diameter of the first circular line , and in that the internal projections and the outer projections are formed as cylinder segments.
A drone docking station configured to receive at least one drone , the docking station comprising: a docking shaft sized to engage with the at least one drone , the docking shaft having a drone entrance end and a drone exit end opposite the drone entrance end ; and a drone guiding portion helically disposed along the docking shaft , the drone guiding portion configured to engage with a corresponding guiding region on the at least one drone to allow the at least drone to move along the drone guiding portion from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end . a docking shaft sized to engage with the at least one drone , the docking shaft having a drone entrance end and a drone exit end opposite the drone entrance end ; and a drone guiding portion helically disposed along the docking shaft , the drone guiding portion configured to engage with a corresponding guiding region on the at least one drone to allow the at least drone to move along the drone guiding portion from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end .
An optical assembly , comprising: - a barrel having a cavity and a set of barrel threads ; - a seat provided in the cavity of the barrel; - an optical element having a first surface (S1) resting on the seat and a second surface (S2) opposite to the first surface, said optical element having a peripheral mounting edge ; and - a retaining ring affixed to the barrel through a set of ring threads complementary to the barrel threads and having a thread angle, the retaining ring comprising an abutment surface engaging the peripheral mounting edge of the optical element along a circular edge contact line , thereby securing the optical element between the seat and the retaining ring, the abutment surface having a frustro-spherical profile having a radius of curvature R Ring given by the formula: R Ring = d ring 2 tan φ threads 2 − h − T / 2 2 + Y 2 where: - d ring is a diameter of the retaining ring along the ring threads ; - φ thread is a value of the thread angle; - Y is a half-diameter of the peripheral mounting edge ; - h is a distance between (i) a first point of contact of the barrel threads with the ring threads proximate to the optical element and (ii) the edge contact line ; and - T is a distance between (i) the first point of contact of the barrel threads with the ring threads proximate to the optical element and (ii) a last point of contact of the barrel threads with the ring threads farthest from the optical element diametrically opposite to the first point of contact. - a barrel having a cavity and a set of barrel threads ; - a seat provided in the cavity of the barrel; - an optical element having a first surface (S1) resting on the seat and a second surface (S2) opposite to the first surface, said optical element having a peripheral mounting edge ; and - a retaining ring affixed to the barrel through a set of ring threads complementary to the barrel threads and having a thread angle, the retaining ring comprising an abutment surface engaging the peripheral mounting edge of the optical element along a circular edge contact line , thereby securing the optical element between the seat and the retaining ring, the abutment surface having a frustro-spherical profile having a radius of curvature R Ring given by the formula: R Ring = d ring 2 tan φ threads 2 − h − T / 2 2 + Y 2 - d ring is a diameter of the retaining ring along the ring threads ; - φ thread is a value of the thread angle; - Y is a half-diameter of the peripheral mounting edge ; - h is a distance between (i) a first point of contact of the barrel threads with the ring threads proximate to the optical element and (ii) the edge contact line ; and - T is a distance between (i) the first point of contact of the barrel threads with the ring threads proximate to the optical element and (ii) a last point of contact of the barrel threads with the ring threads farthest from the optical element diametrically opposite to the first point of contact.
Modular orthosis , in particular a knee orthosis, comprising the following mechanically assemblable components: - at least one orthotic joint , - a first holding part , - wherein the size of the first holding part is adapted to the size of the circumference of a thigh of a patient and is formed as an anterior brace (3.1), and - a second holding part , - at least one connecting element (5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3), which has at least one receptacle for a brace (4.1) and/or a rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3), - at least one rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3), wherein the holding parts can each be fastened to or on a respective rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) via a connecting element (5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3), and wherein at least two rails (6, 6.2 or 6.1, 6.3) connect the first and the second holding part to the orthotic joint , wherein the rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) can be adjusted in an articulated manner, characterized in that the size of the second holding part is adapted to the size of a circumference of a lower leg of the patient and is formed as a rear lower leg brace (4.1), wherein the holding parts designed as braces (3.1, 4.1) are provided with different widths for different leg circumferences. - at least one orthotic joint , - a first holding part , - wherein the size of the first holding part is adapted to the size of the circumference of a thigh of a patient and is formed as an anterior brace (3.1), and - a second holding part , - at least one connecting element (5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3), which has at least one receptacle for a brace (4.1) and/or a rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3), - at least one rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3), wherein the holding parts can each be fastened to or on a respective rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) via a connecting element (5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3), and wherein at least two rails (6, 6.2 or 6.1, 6.3) connect the first and the second holding part to the orthotic joint , wherein the rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) can be adjusted in an articulated manner, characterized in that the size of the second holding part is adapted to the size of a circumference of a lower leg of the patient and is formed as a rear lower leg brace (4.1), wherein the holding parts designed as braces (3.1, 4.1) are provided with different widths for different leg circumferences. wherein the holding parts can each be fastened to or on a respective rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) via a connecting element (5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3), and wherein at least two rails (6, 6.2 or 6.1, 6.3) connect the first and the second holding part to the orthotic joint , wherein the rail (6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) can be adjusted in an articulated manner, characterized in that the size of the second holding part is adapted to the size of a circumference of a lower leg of the patient and is formed as a rear lower leg brace (4.1), wherein the holding parts designed as braces (3.1, 4.1) are provided with different widths for different leg circumferences.
- A process for machining a part by electrical discharge machining using an electrode wire , wherein: - the electrode wire is tautened and driven to translate longitudinally in proximity to said part to be machined, in a sparking zone through which a stream of dielectric liquid is moved, - using an electrical power source connected between the part to be machined and the electrode wire , electrical pulses (UA-IE) are generated that cause sparks in the sparking zone between the electrode wire and the part to be machined, - the quantity of gas bubbles present in the sparking zone between the electrode wire and the part to be machined is evaluated indirectly by measuring the electrical impedance between the electrode wire and the part to be machined during the time interval (Te) between two successive pulses of spark current (IE). - at least one of the machining parameters is modified, depending on said evaluated quantity of gas bubbles, so as to maintain or return said evaluated quantity of bubbles to a suitable range of values. - the electrode wire is tautened and driven to translate longitudinally in proximity to said part to be machined, in a sparking zone through which a stream of dielectric liquid is moved, - using an electrical power source connected between the part to be machined and the electrode wire , electrical pulses (UA-IE) are generated that cause sparks in the sparking zone between the electrode wire and the part to be machined, - the quantity of gas bubbles present in the sparking zone between the electrode wire and the part to be machined is evaluated indirectly by measuring the electrical impedance between the electrode wire and the part to be machined during the time interval (Te) between two successive pulses of spark current (IE). - at least one of the machining parameters is modified, depending on said evaluated quantity of gas bubbles, so as to maintain or return said evaluated quantity of bubbles to a suitable range of values.
Road vehicle turn signal assist system for a road vehicle having turn indicators and comprising a positioning system having access to map data and one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings as well as one or more gears for selectively travelling forward or in reverse, characterized in that : the turn signal assist system is arranged to: use current positioning information and map data for the current position to determine if parking of the road vehicle is in progress when a reverse gear is selected; and activate, if not already manually activated, the right hand side or left hand side road vehicle turn indicators to indicate the ongoing parking operation if determined that parking of the road vehicle is in progress and the one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings are detecting moving objects . use current positioning information and map data for the current position to determine if parking of the road vehicle is in progress when a reverse gear is selected; and activate, if not already manually activated, the right hand side or left hand side road vehicle turn indicators to indicate the ongoing parking operation if determined that parking of the road vehicle is in progress and the one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings are detecting moving objects .
A process for preparing an epoxidized polymer, comprising: reacting an unsaturated polymer with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a polymer support having a sulfonic acid group, wherein the unsaturated polymer is provided in an organic phase and the hydrogen peroxide and the polymer support having the sulfonic acid group are provided in an aqueous phase and wherein the unsaturated polymer is a copolymer comprising repeating units derived from at least one C4-C8 isoolefin and repeating units derived from at least one C4-C16 conjugated diolefin.