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A device for accessing a pump inside a cryogenic fluid tank , comprising: an elongated, vertical column structure defining an internal volume; a pump contained in a lower region of the column structure; at least one seal that provides a seal between an internal volume of the vertical column structure and a region exterior to the internal volume; a lift mechanism that actuates to raise the pump; and an actuator attached to the lift mechanism, the actuator adapted to raise the pump upon actuation; characterised in that a bottom region of the vertical column structure is inside an inner tank , the inner tank being nested inside an outer tank such that a vacuum space exists between the inner and outer tanks, and an upper region of the vertical column structure extends out of the inner tank to the outer tank, wherein the upper region of the vertical column structure transitions to a bellows , the bellows being attached to the outer tank. an elongated, vertical column structure defining an internal volume; a pump contained in a lower region of the column structure; at least one seal that provides a seal between an internal volume of the vertical column structure and a region exterior to the internal volume; a lift mechanism that actuates to raise the pump; and an actuator attached to the lift mechanism, the actuator adapted to raise the pump upon actuation; characterised in that a bottom region of the vertical column structure is inside an inner tank , the inner tank being nested inside an outer tank such that a vacuum space exists between the inner and outer tanks, and an upper region of the vertical column structure extends out of the inner tank to the outer tank, wherein the upper region of the vertical column structure transitions to a bellows , the bellows being attached to the outer tank.
A DC/DC converter comprising at least one clocked switching element and at least one inductance arranged between an input terminal and an output terminal of the DC/DC converter for the intermediate storage of an energy transmitted by the DC/DC converter, the inductance comprising a core with permanent magnetisation, the DC/DC converter configured for bidirectional operation, and the at least one switching element being switched in a first energy transmission direction in a first mode of operation , and the at least one switching element being switched in a second mode of operation, which differs from the first, in a second energy transmission direction opposite to the first direction, characterized in that in the second energy transmission direction and thus in the second mode of operation, the at least one clocked switching element is switched at a switching frequency which is variable and dynamically adapted to the power to be transmitted.
A haptic robotic surgical system for reaming an indentation in a bone of a patient, the system comprising: a cutting tool ; and a controller programmed to: compare a position of an intended indentation in the bone and a position of the cutting tool when placed proximate to the bone ; and generate control signals causing the robotic surgical system to constrain movement of the cutting tool to within a haptic volume comprising a tapered section that narrows parabolically as the haptic volume extends towards the bone. a cutting tool ; and a controller programmed to: compare a position of an intended indentation in the bone and a position of the cutting tool when placed proximate to the bone ; and generate control signals causing the robotic surgical system to constrain movement of the cutting tool to within a haptic volume comprising a tapered section that narrows parabolically as the haptic volume extends towards the bone. compare a position of an intended indentation in the bone and a position of the cutting tool when placed proximate to the bone ; and generate control signals causing the robotic surgical system to constrain movement of the cutting tool to within a haptic volume comprising a tapered section that narrows parabolically as the haptic volume extends towards the bone.
A phase quantum bit comprising: a Josephson junction ; a distributed element coupled to the Josephson junction , the distributed element providing a capacitive component and an inductive component of the phase quantum bit ; and a control circuit coupled to the distributed element for biasing the phase quantum bit and a readout circuit coupled to the distributed element for reading the phase quantum bit wherein the control circuit and/or the readout circuit are coupled to the distributed element at a location where the magnitude of the radio frequency (RF) current is approximately zero. a Josephson junction ; a distributed element coupled to the Josephson junction , the distributed element providing a capacitive component and an inductive component of the phase quantum bit ; and a control circuit coupled to the distributed element for biasing the phase quantum bit and a readout circuit coupled to the distributed element for reading the phase quantum bit wherein the control circuit and/or the readout circuit are coupled to the distributed element at a location where the magnitude of the radio frequency (RF) current is approximately zero.
A fluid spraying device for a system for cleaning a surface of a motor vehicle, the spraying device comprising a solenoid valve configured to allow or prevent the passage of fluid in the direction of a spraying member , said solenoid valve having a hydraulic system and an electromagnetic system , the hydraulic system comprising at least one fluid distribution member which has at least one fluid inlet endpiece , a circulation chamber , and a fluid outlet endpiece in fluidic communication with the spraying member , the electromagnetic system being configured to allow or prevent the passage of fluid through the circulation chamber , characterized in that the spraying member comprises at least one coupling tube and a spray nozzle which are formed in one piece, the coupling tube being directly fixed to the fluid outlet endpiece .
A method of treating a sensor array , the sensor array including a plurality of sensors and a well wall structure , the plurality of sensors each being a chemical field effect transistor, a sensor of the plurality of sensors having a material layer of a sensor pad exposed at a surface of the sensor array, the well wall structure disposed between the sensor pad and sensor pads of other sensors of the plurality of sensors, the method comprising: exposing at least the material layer of the sensor pad and the well wall structure to a treatment solution including an organo-silicon compound, a sulfonic acid, and a first organic solvent for a period of between 30 seconds and 30 minutes, wherein the organo-silicon compound includes a polysiloxane and the first organic solvent includes an alkane solvent; rinsing the treatment solution from the material layer of the sensor pad and the well wall structure with a second organic solvent; and drying the sensor array. exposing at least the material layer of the sensor pad and the well wall structure to a treatment solution including an organo-silicon compound, a sulfonic acid, and a first organic solvent for a period of between 30 seconds and 30 minutes, wherein the organo-silicon compound includes a polysiloxane and the first organic solvent includes an alkane solvent; rinsing the treatment solution from the material layer of the sensor pad and the well wall structure with a second organic solvent; and drying the sensor array.
A method for analyzing computerized tomography data of a lung, the method comprising: receiving by a server computing device anonymized computerized tomography data of a lung over a network from a client computing device at a different location; analyzing the computerized tomography data, wherein analyzing the computerized tomography data comprises identifying the lung, airways, and blood vessels; segmenting the lung into five separate lobes; subtracting airways until at least the third generation; calculating volumes of the lobes; calculating emphysema scores for the lobes based on density masks; identifying fissure locations; calculating a fissure completeness score for each fissure, wherein the fissure completeness score of the right upper lobe is based on the completeness of the horizontal fissure and the portion of the right oblique fissure that separates the right upper lobe from the right lower lobe, and wherein the fissure completeness score of the right middle lobe is based on the completeness of the horizontal fissure and the portion of the right oblique fissure that separates the right middle lobe from the right lower lobe; creating a three-dimensional reconstruction of the fissures indicating locations where the fissures are incomplete; and creating a report comprising fissure scores, volumes, and emphysema scores for each lobe. receiving by a server computing device anonymized computerized tomography data of a lung over a network from a client computing device at a different location; analyzing the computerized tomography data, wherein analyzing the computerized tomography data comprises identifying the lung, airways, and blood vessels; segmenting the lung into five separate lobes; subtracting airways until at least the third generation; calculating volumes of the lobes; calculating emphysema scores for the lobes based on density masks; identifying fissure locations; calculating a fissure completeness score for each fissure, wherein the fissure completeness score of the right upper lobe is based on the completeness of the horizontal fissure and the portion of the right oblique fissure that separates the right upper lobe from the right lower lobe, and wherein the fissure completeness score of the right middle lobe is based on the completeness of the horizontal fissure and the portion of the right oblique fissure that separates the right middle lobe from the right lower lobe; creating a three-dimensional reconstruction of the fissures indicating locations where the fissures are incomplete; and creating a report comprising fissure scores, volumes, and emphysema scores for each lobe.
A production process for obtaining a porous silicon dioxide material comprising the process steps (101 to 105) of: a) Feeding a feed material composition into a reaction zone at a feeding position, wherein the feed material composition is liquid or gaseous or both; b) Reacting the feed material composition in the reaction zone into a first plurality of particles by a chemical reaction; c) Depositing the first plurality of particles onto a substrate surface of a substrate , thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material , having a pore structure, in the form of 1 layer superimposing the substrate surface ; d) At least partial removal of the porous silicon dioxide material from the substrate surface ; and e) Modification of the pore structure of the porous silicon dioxide material , thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material having a further pore structure. a) Feeding a feed material composition into a reaction zone at a feeding position, wherein the feed material composition is liquid or gaseous or both; b) Reacting the feed material composition in the reaction zone into a first plurality of particles by a chemical reaction; c) Depositing the first plurality of particles onto a substrate surface of a substrate , thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material , having a pore structure, in the form of 1 layer superimposing the substrate surface ; d) At least partial removal of the porous silicon dioxide material from the substrate surface ; and e) Modification of the pore structure of the porous silicon dioxide material , thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material having a further pore structure.
Pipetting device for dispensing and aspirating dosing liquid by increasing or decreasing the pressure of a working fluid, comprising: - a receiving space for the dosing liquid to be at least partially filled with the working fluid, having a pipetting opening as a first flow cross-section constriction, through which the dosing liquid can be dispensed and aspirated out of the dosing liquid receiving space as a function of the pressure of the working fluid, and - a pressure-changing device adapted to vary the pressure of the working fluid in the dosing liquid receiving space , - in a pipetting channel , which is operatively filled with the working fluid, a throttle point as a further flow cross-section constriction fluid-mechanically between the dosing liquid receiving space and the pressure-changing device , wherein the ratio of the flow resistance (R1) of the pipetting opening with respect to a dosing liquid whose viscosity does not exceed the value of 0.004 Nsm -2 to the flow resistance (R2) of the throttling point with respect to a working fluid whose viscosity does not exceed the value of 0.00003 Nsm -2 is less than 0.5, characterized in that - the pipetting channel is the aspiration and dispensing connection of the dosing liquid receiving space and the pressure-changing device . - a receiving space for the dosing liquid to be at least partially filled with the working fluid, having a pipetting opening as a first flow cross-section constriction, through which the dosing liquid can be dispensed and aspirated out of the dosing liquid receiving space as a function of the pressure of the working fluid, and - a pressure-changing device adapted to vary the pressure of the working fluid in the dosing liquid receiving space , - in a pipetting channel , which is operatively filled with the working fluid, a throttle point as a further flow cross-section constriction fluid-mechanically between the dosing liquid receiving space and the pressure-changing device , wherein the ratio of the flow resistance (R1) of the pipetting opening with respect to a dosing liquid whose viscosity does not exceed the value of 0.004 Nsm -2 to the flow resistance (R2) of the throttling point with respect to a working fluid whose viscosity does not exceed the value of 0.00003 Nsm -2 is less than 0.5, characterized in that - the pipetting channel is the aspiration and dispensing connection of the dosing liquid receiving space and the pressure-changing device .
A method for forming and adhering an entrained polymer structure (20, 55; 25, 75, 218) to a substrate , comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate configured to receive application of an entrained polymer composition (20, 55; 25, 75, 218) in molten form, wherein the entrained polymer composition comprises a base polymer, 3A molecular sieve and optionally a channeling agent , and b) applying the entrained polymer composition in molten form in a predetermined shape to a surface of the substrate, to form thereon a solidified entrained polymer structure (20, 55; 25, 75, 218), the solidified entrained polymer structure being a monolithic material, wherein the surface of the substrate is compatible with the entrained polymer composition in molten form so as to thermally bond therewith and to adhere thereto, and wherein the entrained polymer composition solidifies upon sufficient cooling to form the monolithic material. a) providing a substrate configured to receive application of an entrained polymer composition (20, 55; 25, 75, 218) in molten form, wherein the entrained polymer composition comprises a base polymer, 3A molecular sieve and optionally a channeling agent , and b) applying the entrained polymer composition in molten form in a predetermined shape to a surface of the substrate, to form thereon a solidified entrained polymer structure (20, 55; 25, 75, 218), the solidified entrained polymer structure being a monolithic material, wherein the surface of the substrate is compatible with the entrained polymer composition in molten form so as to thermally bond therewith and to adhere thereto, and wherein the entrained polymer composition solidifies upon sufficient cooling to form the monolithic material.
An operating device for operating lighting means, having • connections for an external supply voltage, • emergency power supply means for providing an emergency power supply, wherein the emergency power supply means comprise at least one battery or an accumulator, • electronic components , which convert the external supply voltage or the emergency power supply into an operating voltage for the lighting means, • a housing for accommodating the emergency power supply means and the electronic components , wherein the housing has a first region for the accommodation of the electronic components and a second region for the accommodation of the emergency power supply means and wherein the first region and the second region are thermally separated from one another, and wherein the housing has intermediate walls , which separate the first region and the second region from one another, characterized in that at least two intermediate walls are present, which enclose an intermediate room separating the first region from the second region , and that the outer walls of the housing enclosing the intermediate space , which walls abut against the intermediate space, are provided with openings, so that an air circulation through the intermediate space is made possible. • connections for an external supply voltage, • emergency power supply means for providing an emergency power supply, wherein the emergency power supply means comprise at least one battery or an accumulator, • electronic components , which convert the external supply voltage or the emergency power supply into an operating voltage for the lighting means, • a housing for accommodating the emergency power supply means and the electronic components , wherein the housing has a first region for the accommodation of the electronic components and a second region for the accommodation of the emergency power supply means and wherein the first region and the second region are thermally separated from one another, and wherein the housing has intermediate walls , which separate the first region and the second region from one another, characterized in that at least two intermediate walls are present, which enclose an intermediate room separating the first region from the second region , and that the outer walls of the housing enclosing the intermediate space , which walls abut against the intermediate space, are provided with openings, so that an air circulation through the intermediate space is made possible.
A silicon- and nitrogen-containing film formation process, the process comprising the steps of: Depositing a silicon- and nitrogen-containing film on a substrate by introducing a vapor of a mono-substituted TSA precursor and a nitrogen-containing reactant into a reactor containing the substrate, the mono-substituted TSA precursor having a formula (SiH 3 ) 2 N-SiH 2 -X, characterized in that X is an amino group [-NR 2 ] and each R is independently selected from the group consisting of H; a C 1 -C 6 hydrocarbyl group. Depositing a silicon- and nitrogen-containing film on a substrate by introducing a vapor of a mono-substituted TSA precursor and a nitrogen-containing reactant into a reactor containing the substrate, the mono-substituted TSA precursor having a formula (SiH 3 ) 2 N-SiH 2 -X, characterized in that X is an amino group [-NR 2 ] and each R is independently selected from the group consisting of H; a C 1 -C 6 hydrocarbyl group.
A method of filling a hole formed in a component carrier with copper , the method comprising: forming a layer of an electrically conductive material covering at least part of a surface of a wall , wherein the wall delimits the hole ; and subsequently covering at least partially the layer and filling partially an unfilled volume of the hole with copper using a plating process including a bath, wherein the bath comprises a concentration of a copper ion, in particular Cu 2+ , in a range between 60 g/L and 70 g/L, wherein at least partially covering the layer and partially filling the hole is done by flash-plating, and filling completely the remaining volume of the hole with copper using a further flash-plating process including a further bath, wherein the further bath comprises a different composition of chemical ingredients and/or a different concentration of chemical ingredients as the first bath. forming a layer of an electrically conductive material covering at least part of a surface of a wall , wherein the wall delimits the hole ; and subsequently covering at least partially the layer and filling partially an unfilled volume of the hole with copper using a plating process including a bath, wherein the bath comprises a concentration of a copper ion, in particular Cu 2+ , in a range between 60 g/L and 70 g/L, wherein at least partially covering the layer and partially filling the hole is done by flash-plating, and filling completely the remaining volume of the hole with copper using a further flash-plating process including a further bath, wherein the further bath comprises a different composition of chemical ingredients and/or a different concentration of chemical ingredients as the first bath.
A method of determining the effectiveness of a therapy to preserve β cell function in a subject who has Type 1 diabetes mellitus comprising: selecting a subject who has Type 1 diabetes mellitus undergoing said therapy, and (i) measuring the CD4 central memory (CD45RO+CD62L+) T-cell subpopulation in a sample from said subject, and evaluating the effectiveness of the therapy, wherein a low or decreasing CD4 central memory T-cell level during said therapy indicates effective therapy; or (ii) measuring the CD4 central memory (CD45RO+CD62L+) T-cell subpopulation and measuring the CD4 T-cell naive (CD45RO-CD62L+) subpopulation in a sample from said subject, and evaluating the effectiveness of the therapy, wherein a high or increasing ratio of the CD4 T-cell naive to CD4 central memory T-cell subpopulation during said therapy indicates effective therapy. (i) measuring the CD4 central memory (CD45RO+CD62L+) T-cell subpopulation in a sample from said subject, and evaluating the effectiveness of the therapy, wherein a low or decreasing CD4 central memory T-cell level during said therapy indicates effective therapy; or (ii) measuring the CD4 central memory (CD45RO+CD62L+) T-cell subpopulation and measuring the CD4 T-cell naive (CD45RO-CD62L+) subpopulation in a sample from said subject, and evaluating the effectiveness of the therapy, wherein a high or increasing ratio of the CD4 T-cell naive to CD4 central memory T-cell subpopulation during said therapy indicates effective therapy.
Manure cleaner for hygienizing the stable floor and removing manure on a stable floor, comprising a mobile unit, wherein the mobile unit comprises a cleaning frame with sweeping elements , suitable for moving manure, wherein the cleaning frame extends in a first direction, and wherein the sweeping elements are provided on the cleaning frame movably along the first direction; and the manure cleaner is movable in a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction and preferably substantially perpendicular to it, characterized in that the mobile unit comprises at least one belt , with said belt secured around at least 2 tension rollers on the cleaning frame and configured to rotate around the tension rollers , wherein the tension rollers extend along the second direction, wherein the sweeping elements are provided on the at least one belt .