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An apparatus comprising: a base configured to couple to a patient at a preliminary port location for a robotic arm; a member coupled to the base via a flexible joint , the flexible joint being configured such that the member is pivotable relative to the base, the member comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the member is transitionable between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration; at least one tracking element coupled to the member, wherein the at least one tracking element is configured to allow tracking of the member relative to the preliminary port location; and a marking element engaged with the member, such that when the base is coupled to the patient, the marking element is spaced apart from the patient when the member is in the extended configuration and the marking element is in contact with the patient when the member is in the compressed configuration, wherein the marking element is configured to mark the preliminary port location on the patient. a base configured to couple to a patient at a preliminary port location for a robotic arm; a member coupled to the base via a flexible joint , the flexible joint being configured such that the member is pivotable relative to the base, the member comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the member is transitionable between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration; at least one tracking element coupled to the member, wherein the at least one tracking element is configured to allow tracking of the member relative to the preliminary port location; and a marking element engaged with the member, such that when the base is coupled to the patient, the marking element is spaced apart from the patient when the member is in the extended configuration and the marking element is in contact with the patient when the member is in the compressed configuration, wherein the marking element is configured to mark the preliminary port location on the patient.
A non-invasive patient interface that is configured to deliver pressurized respiratory gas to the mouth and nares of a patient, the patient interface comprising a cushion module which comprises: (a) a seal for sealing around the mouth and nares of the patient; (b) a housing connected to the seal ; (c) an interior volume defined by the seal and the housing ; (d) the seal includes a cavity wall located within the interior volume so as to define first and second cavities within the interior volume of the cushion module; and (e) a preferential deformation region that is part of the cavity wall and that includes a deformation panel and includes first and second resilient regions between which the deformation panel is disposed. (a) a seal for sealing around the mouth and nares of the patient; (b) a housing connected to the seal ; (c) an interior volume defined by the seal and the housing ; (d) the seal includes a cavity wall located within the interior volume so as to define first and second cavities within the interior volume of the cushion module; and (e) a preferential deformation region that is part of the cavity wall and that includes a deformation panel and includes first and second resilient regions between which the deformation panel is disposed.
A core discharge device for discharging a core from a cast material, the core being a sand core containing a binder that contains water glass, the device comprising: a humidified gas supply device that supplies humidified gas, to which humidity has been added, to the sand core inside a cast molded article, characterized by : a droplet removing device configured to remove droplets from the humidified gas before the humidified gas is supplied to the core. a humidified gas supply device that supplies humidified gas, to which humidity has been added, to the sand core inside a cast molded article, characterized by : a droplet removing device configured to remove droplets from the humidified gas before the humidified gas is supplied to the core.
Applicator device for a cosmetic product, comprising a support suitable for being held in a user's hand and an applicator head carried by the support , the applicator head being flexible and suitable for applying the cosmetic product onto part of the body of a user, said applicator head comprising a convergent body and an applicator body , the convergent body extending for a first length (L1) while converging from a first end fixed to the support to a second end, and the applicator body extending the second end of the convergent body for a second length (L2) extending from the second end of the convergent body to a distal end, the applicator body having a uniform cross-section from the second end of the convergent body to the distal end of said applicator body, and the second length (L2) being greater than the first length (L1), said cross-section of the applicator body being chosen in the group consisting in a substantially circular, square or triangular and wherein said cross-section of said applicator body has a circumscribed diameter comprised between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
Slide closure unit on the spout of a metallurgical vessel, preferably a copper-anode furnace , comprising a housing , in which refractory closure plates as well as at least one connecting refractory inner nozzle are arranged, whereby a removable induction heater is provided, characterised in that the induction heater having at least one induction coil at least partially surrounding the at least one refractory inner nozzle outside of and/or within the housing , whereby the induction coil with these encasing cooling chambers is embedded in a supporting body made of ferritic material and is provided with the cooling chamber that encloses the supporting body peripherally and with the cooling chamber adjacent to the side wall of the supporting body directed towards the vessel, whereby the supporting body , along with the cooling chambers surrounding it, is fitted removably in a support plate fastened to the spout , whereby a spacer ring supported against the supporting body being inserted between said support plate and the slide closure .
Method for firefighting using a firefighting medium emitted from one or more nozzles installed on a wall or in a ceiling , where the firefighting medium is supplied to and allowed to escape from the nozzle through one or more apertures, the nozzle being provided with an internally arranged valve in sealing contact with a valve seat until the valve is released from its sealing position, said release being caused by a trigger rod acting on the valve , providing a locking force required for maintaining the sealing effect by means of a removable cap , attached to and covering at least a part of a front of the nozzle , and where the locking force is released when the trigger rod is exposed to heat from a fire, characterized by the steps of: - providing the nozzle with a circular attachment plate having a central hole for attachment to the nozzle and arranging recesses along the periphery of the circular attachment plate ; - providing a first seat support on the removable cap and a second seat support on the circular attachment plate , to serve as seat supports for ends of a trigger rod ; - providing one of the end surfaces of each recess with a slanted locking surface , configured to cooperate with correspondingly inverted shaped slanted locking surfaces arranged on the inner periphery of the removable cap ; - placing the trigger rod in a lateral offset position of the cap or the nozzle between the first support and the second seat support , thereby establishing a locking force between the slanted locking surfaces on the cap and the locking surfaces on the attachment plate . - providing the nozzle with a circular attachment plate having a central hole for attachment to the nozzle and arranging recesses along the periphery of the circular attachment plate ; - providing a first seat support on the removable cap and a second seat support on the circular attachment plate , to serve as seat supports for ends of a trigger rod ; - providing one of the end surfaces of each recess with a slanted locking surface , configured to cooperate with correspondingly inverted shaped slanted locking surfaces arranged on the inner periphery of the removable cap ; - placing the trigger rod in a lateral offset position of the cap or the nozzle between the first support and the second seat support , thereby establishing a locking force between the slanted locking surfaces on the cap and the locking surfaces on the attachment plate .
Torsion spring as rod spring or helical spring made of a spring wire made of fiber-composite material, having a plurality of layers of fiber reinforcement which have been saturated with a matrix material, where each layer has only fibers that are tension-loaded or only fibers that are compression-loaded, characterized in that groups of layers exist that are tension-loaded and groups of layers exist that are compression-loaded, and the at least one compression-loaded group has a lower group stiffness than the tension-loaded group with the highest group stiffness.
A controller structure for a wind turbine having an aerodynamic rotor with at least one rotor blade , wherein the controller structure is designed to control a rotation speed (n) of the rotor of the wind turbine , wherein the controller structure is designed as a cascade control arrangement and has an outer control loop and an inner control loop , wherein the inner control loop receives an input signal which comprises a change in the rotation speed, an acceleration of the rotation speed, a function of the change in the rotation speed and/or a function of the acceleration of the rotation speed, characterized in that the input signal of the inner control loop comprises a rotor acceleration power or a rotor acceleration torque, wherein the rotor acceleration power or the rotor acceleration torque describes the portion of a power or torque received by the rotor of the wind turbine that is converted into an acceleration of the rotor . the controller structure is designed as a cascade control arrangement and has an outer control loop and an inner control loop , wherein the inner control loop receives an input signal which comprises a change in the rotation speed, an acceleration of the rotation speed, a function of the change in the rotation speed and/or a function of the acceleration of the rotation speed, characterized in that the input signal of the inner control loop comprises a rotor acceleration power or a rotor acceleration torque, wherein the rotor acceleration power or the rotor acceleration torque describes the portion of a power or torque received by the rotor of the wind turbine that is converted into an acceleration of the rotor .
Bank note cassette having a locationally fixed first receptacle compartment for receiving bank notes; having at least one locationally fixed second receptacle compartment for receiving bank notes; and having an infeed unit for feeding the bank notes to the receptacle compartments (130a to 130c); wherein the receptacle compartments (130a to 130c) are configured in such a manner that bank notes are capable of being stacked in said receptacle compartments (130a to 130c), characterized in that the bank note cassette comprises a lower part comprising a base plate , a first lateral wall , a second lateral wall , a rear wall , and a front wall and a cover for closing an opening of the lower part ; in that the receptacle compartments (130a to 130c) are disposed in the lower part and the infeed unit is disposed in the cover ; and in that each receptacle compartment (130a to 130c) has in each case one receptacle region (160a to 160c) for receiving the bank notes, and in that the receptacle region (160a to 160c) is in each case delimited by part of the base plate , part of the first lateral wall , part of the second lateral wall , a locationally fixed wall (166a to 166c) and a contact pressure wall (164a to 164c) that is mounted so as to be movable in the stacking direction of the bank notes, wherein the bank notes in the receptacle compartments (130a to 130c) are deposited so as to stand on one of the short sides of said bank notes or on one of the long sides of said bank notes.
A method of detecting wear of a pump, which pump is controlled with a frequency converter providing rotational speed and torque estimates and the characteristic curves of the pump being known, characterized in that the method comprises obtaining a value representing the operating point of the pump by measuring the flow ( Q act ) or the head ( H act ) produced by the pump, estimating the operating point of the pump by using a calculation based on the characteristic curves of the pump and the estimated rotational speed ( n est ) of the pump and the estimated torque ( T est ) of the pump, calculating an estimation error from the measured value representing the operating point and from the estimated operating point, repeating the above steps during the use of the pump, and detecting the wear of the pump from the amplitude of the estimation error.
A mechanical transmission assembly for driving an actuator in rotary motion in stop-start manner, said mechanical transmission assembly being characterized in that it comprises elliptical gearing designed to be coupled between said actuator and a clutch brake that has an inlet shaft driven in rotation at constant speed, in that the elliptical gearing comprises an elliptical pinion and a polygasteroidal gearwheel having a profile complementary to the profile of the pinion, and in that the clutch has an outlet axis that passes through a focus of the elliptical pinion, and the actuator has an inlet axis that passes through the centre of the gearwheel, and in that the transmission assembly further comprises an electronic control that controls braking and stopping of the clutch brake every time the actuator turns through one half-turn as detected by a sensor (C) for sensing the angular position of the gearwheel or of the pinion.
A communication method, comprising: determining (S22), by a terminal device, that a plurality of bandwidth parts, BP, are activated, wherein the plurality of BPs are in a same carrier, the plurality of BPs comprise a first BP and a second BP, a first common search space, CSS, is configured in the first BP, and common downlink control information, DCI, is configured in the first CSS; and characterised in detecting (S23), by the terminal device, the common DCI only in a second CSS when the second CSS is configured in the second BP, wherein the common DCI is configured in the second CSS, wherein when the second CSS is configured in the second BP, the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal device, first indication information from a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to detect the common DCI in the second CSS. determining (S22), by a terminal device, that a plurality of bandwidth parts, BP, are activated, wherein the plurality of BPs are in a same carrier, the plurality of BPs comprise a first BP and a second BP, a first common search space, CSS, is configured in the first BP, and common downlink control information, DCI, is configured in the first CSS; and characterised in detecting (S23), by the terminal device, the common DCI only in a second CSS when the second CSS is configured in the second BP, wherein the common DCI is configured in the second CSS, wherein when the second CSS is configured in the second BP, the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal device, first indication information from a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to detect the common DCI in the second CSS.
Apparatus for detecting leukocytes and other cloudy materials in an aqueous rinsing solution after its medical or non-medical use with a base body, at least one light source , a detector device , towards which the at least one light source is directed, a mounting for a component , which contains the rinsing solution, between the at least one light source and the detector device and an indicator device for the values corresponding to the detected leukocytes and other cloudy materials, wherein the base body has the form of a clip, which consists of two clip portions , which are connected together by a joint and are urged into a closed position by a spring arranged between the clip portions , that the mounting has two opposing indentations in the clip portions , into which a transparent hose or a cannula for the rinsing solution may be fixed, that the clip may be opened by exerting pressure on the ends of the clip portions , and that fastened to one clip portion are the at least one light source and a housing with an electrical power connection and to the other clip portion are the detector device and the indicator device .
A method of communicating in a software-defined wide area network, SD-WAN, configured in a hub-and-spoke topology, the method characterized in : in the hub-and-spoke topology, where each of a plurality of spoke devices are configured with an overlay tunnel to a corresponding one of a plurality of hub devices such that a first spoke device configured with a tunnel to a first hub device communicates with a second spoke device configured with a tunnel to a second hub device via a first path through the first hub device and the second hub device, determining, with a software-defined networking, SDN, controller facilitating SD-WAN services across the SD-WAN, information indicative of traffic flowing between the first and second spoke devices via the first path; determining, with the SDN controller, that a second path for communicating between the first spoke device and the second spoke device is to be configured based on the determined information, wherein the second path bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; configuring, with the SDN controller and in response to the determination, parameters required for the second path between the first spoke device and the second spoke device through the SD-WAN that bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; and outputting, with the SDN controller, the parameters to at least one of the first or second spoke devices to configure the at least one of the first or second spoke devices with the second path and causing the first and second spoke devices to communicate traffic based on the second path. in the hub-and-spoke topology, where each of a plurality of spoke devices are configured with an overlay tunnel to a corresponding one of a plurality of hub devices such that a first spoke device configured with a tunnel to a first hub device communicates with a second spoke device configured with a tunnel to a second hub device via a first path through the first hub device and the second hub device, determining, with a software-defined networking, SDN, controller facilitating SD-WAN services across the SD-WAN, information indicative of traffic flowing between the first and second spoke devices via the first path; determining, with the SDN controller, that a second path for communicating between the first spoke device and the second spoke device is to be configured based on the determined information, wherein the second path bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; configuring, with the SDN controller and in response to the determination, parameters required for the second path between the first spoke device and the second spoke device through the SD-WAN that bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; and outputting, with the SDN controller, the parameters to at least one of the first or second spoke devices to configure the at least one of the first or second spoke devices with the second path and causing the first and second spoke devices to communicate traffic based on the second path.
Apparatus for use with renal veins and a vena cava of a subject, the apparatus comprising: a tube that defines: a flared downstream portion thereof that diverges toward a downstream end of the tube , and a flared upstream portion thereof that diverges toward an upstream end of the tube , such that a central portion of the tube is narrower than at the ends of the tube , and a plurality of lateral openings ; and a support frame configured to support the tube within the subject's vena cava, such that: the downstream portion of the tube is sealed with respect to an inner wall of the vena cava at a location that is downstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins, and the upstream portion of the tube is sealed with respect to the inner wall of the vena cava at a location that is upstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins. a tube that defines: a flared downstream portion thereof that diverges toward a downstream end of the tube , and a flared upstream portion thereof that diverges toward an upstream end of the tube , such that a central portion of the tube is narrower than at the ends of the tube , and a plurality of lateral openings ; and a flared downstream portion thereof that diverges toward a downstream end of the tube , and a flared upstream portion thereof that diverges toward an upstream end of the tube , such that a central portion of the tube is narrower than at the ends of the tube , and a plurality of lateral openings ; and a support frame configured to support the tube within the subject's vena cava, such that: the downstream portion of the tube is sealed with respect to an inner wall of the vena cava at a location that is downstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins, and the upstream portion of the tube is sealed with respect to the inner wall of the vena cava at a location that is upstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins. the downstream portion of the tube is sealed with respect to an inner wall of the vena cava at a location that is downstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins, and the upstream portion of the tube is sealed with respect to the inner wall of the vena cava at a location that is upstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins.
A silicon-containing structure comprising a silicon composite comprising: a porous silicon secondary particle forming a core; first carbon flakes as an inner shell disposed on a surface of the porous silicon secondary particle to surround the core; a carbonaceous coating layer as a protective outer shell on the silicon composite, the carbonaceous coating layer comprising a first amorphous carbon; and a second amorphous carbon disposed in pores of the porous silicon secondary particle; wherein the porous silicon secondary particle comprises an aggregate of silicon composite primary particles, each comprising: silicon , a silicon suboxide on a surface of the silicon, and second carbon flakes on a surface of the silicon suboxide. a porous silicon secondary particle forming a core; first carbon flakes as an inner shell disposed on a surface of the porous silicon secondary particle to surround the core; a carbonaceous coating layer as a protective outer shell on the silicon composite, the carbonaceous coating layer comprising a first amorphous carbon; and a second amorphous carbon disposed in pores of the porous silicon secondary particle; wherein the porous silicon secondary particle comprises an aggregate of silicon composite primary particles, each comprising: silicon , a silicon suboxide on a surface of the silicon, and second carbon flakes on a surface of the silicon suboxide. silicon , a silicon suboxide on a surface of the silicon, and second carbon flakes on a surface of the silicon suboxide.