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A connecting device configured to detachably connect a first block (R) and a second block (P) to each other, the connecting device comprising: a cylinder hole provided in a housing to be attached to the first block (R); an output member inserted in the cylinder hole so as to be movable in an axial direction of the cylinder hole ; a plurality of engagement members supported by the housing or by the output member so as to be movable in a radial direction of the cylinder hole , the engagement members being configured to be moved inward in the radial direction by movement of the output member in the axial direction; an insertion hole opening onto a leading end surface of the housing ; at least one support hole , provided in the housing so as to extend in parallel to an axial direction of the insertion hole ; a connecting rod provided so as to protrude from a base plate to be attached to a side wall surface of the second block (P), the connecting rod being configured to be movable on a surface of the base plate and to be insertable into the insertion hole ; an engaged portion provided on an outer peripheral wall of the connecting rod in its circumferential direction so as to be contactable with the engagement members ; and at least one support member , provided so as to protrude from the base plate in parallel to an axial direction of the connecting rod , the support member , being configured to be inserted in the support hole , . a cylinder hole provided in a housing to be attached to the first block (R); an output member inserted in the cylinder hole so as to be movable in an axial direction of the cylinder hole ; a plurality of engagement members supported by the housing or by the output member so as to be movable in a radial direction of the cylinder hole , the engagement members being configured to be moved inward in the radial direction by movement of the output member in the axial direction; an insertion hole opening onto a leading end surface of the housing ; at least one support hole , provided in the housing so as to extend in parallel to an axial direction of the insertion hole ; a connecting rod provided so as to protrude from a base plate to be attached to a side wall surface of the second block (P), the connecting rod being configured to be movable on a surface of the base plate and to be insertable into the insertion hole ; an engaged portion provided on an outer peripheral wall of the connecting rod in its circumferential direction so as to be contactable with the engagement members ; and at least one support member , provided so as to protrude from the base plate in parallel to an axial direction of the connecting rod , the support member , being configured to be inserted in the support hole , .
A system for conducting urinalysis of urine comprising: a housing mountable on a urination device defining urination area; a dispenser mounted in said housing and being configured for holding a plurality of urine test strips (hereinafter "UTS"), each one of said UTS includes at least one reacting area configured for a chemical reaction with a substance in the urine; a detector configured for detecting at least one property of said reacting area; the system characterized in that it comprises a shifting mechanism having a rotating arm configured for extracting one UTS from said dispenser and moving said UTS to a urination position in which said UTS is disposed above said urination area, such that said reacting area is disposed along a urine path; said shifting mechanism is further configured for moving said rotating arm to a testing position in which said UTS is disposed at a location with respect to said detector facilitating thereby detection of said at least one property. a housing mountable on a urination device defining urination area; a dispenser mounted in said housing and being configured for holding a plurality of urine test strips (hereinafter "UTS"), each one of said UTS includes at least one reacting area configured for a chemical reaction with a substance in the urine; a detector configured for detecting at least one property of said reacting area; the system characterized in that it comprises a shifting mechanism having a rotating arm configured for extracting one UTS from said dispenser and moving said UTS to a urination position in which said UTS is disposed above said urination area, such that said reacting area is disposed along a urine path; said shifting mechanism is further configured for moving said rotating arm to a testing position in which said UTS is disposed at a location with respect to said detector facilitating thereby detection of said at least one property.
A flame-retardant thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane resin and components (A), (B), and (C): (A) at least one melamine salt selected from the group consisting of melamine orthophosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, and melamine polyphosphate, (B) at least one piperazine salt selected from the group consisting of piperazine orthophosphate, piperazine pyrophosphate, and piperazine polyphosphate, and (C) wet process silica having an oil absorption of 200 ml/100 g or more as measured in accordance with JIS K5101. (A) at least one melamine salt selected from the group consisting of melamine orthophosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, and melamine polyphosphate, (B) at least one piperazine salt selected from the group consisting of piperazine orthophosphate, piperazine pyrophosphate, and piperazine polyphosphate, and (C) wet process silica having an oil absorption of 200 ml/100 g or more as measured in accordance with JIS K5101.
A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a piston body having an upper combustion surface configured for direct exposure to combustion gases within a cylinder bore with an undercrown surface beneath said upper combustion surface and having a ring belt region configured for receipt of at least one piston ring adjacent said upper combustion surface with a cooling gallery configured radially inwardly from said ring belt region and in substantial radial alignment with said ring belt region ; and a non-stick material bonded to at least one of said undercrown surface and at least a portion of said cooling gallery , characterized by said non-stick material being selected from the group consisting of: pure cobalt, WC-17Co, and Co-18Cr-30Mo. a piston body having an upper combustion surface configured for direct exposure to combustion gases within a cylinder bore with an undercrown surface beneath said upper combustion surface and having a ring belt region configured for receipt of at least one piston ring adjacent said upper combustion surface with a cooling gallery configured radially inwardly from said ring belt region and in substantial radial alignment with said ring belt region ; and a non-stick material bonded to at least one of said undercrown surface and at least a portion of said cooling gallery , characterized by said non-stick material being selected from the group consisting of: pure cobalt, WC-17Co, and Co-18Cr-30Mo.
A lysis solution for selectively lysing animal cells in a sample comprising animal cells and microbial and/or plant cells containing less than 2 M of chaotropic substances, comprising at least one saponin in a total amount ranging of from 5% to 15% (w/v), a water-soluble salt selected from acetates, sulfates, glutamates and mixture thereof in an amount of from 50 to 850 mM, a viscosity modifying agent being selected from sucrose and glucose or a mixture thereof in an amount ranging of from 300 to 1.000 mM and optionally a polyanionic sulfonate.
Apparatus for straightening and flattening a side wall of a body lumen or body cavity, so as to provide three dimensional exposure of, and access to, a lesion or abnormality within the body lumen or body cavity during an endoscopic procedure, the apparatus comprising: a deployable hoop expander comprising a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinally-extending outer perimeter extending therebetween, the longitudinally-extending outer perimeter comprising an open lattice structure defining a volume; the deployable hoop expander being configured so as to be transitionable between (i) a reduced cross-sectional configuration, and (ii) an expanded cross-sectional configuration, wherein the deployable hoop expander can be configured in its reduced cross-sectional configuration for easy insertion into a body lumen , and it can thereafter be re-configured into its expanded cross-sectional configuration so as to engage, straighten and flatten the side wall of the body lumen , whereby to provide three dimensional exposure of, and access to, the lesion or abnormality through the open lattice structure; characterized in that the proximal end of the deployable hoop expander comprises at least one guide disposed within the volume of the deployable hoop expander for docking with and, after the deployable hoop expander is transitioned to the expanded cross-sectional configuration, stabilizing the distal end of an endoscopic instrument projecting into the volume relative to the deployable hoop expander during an endoscopic procedure. a deployable hoop expander comprising a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinally-extending outer perimeter extending therebetween, the longitudinally-extending outer perimeter comprising an open lattice structure defining a volume; the deployable hoop expander being configured so as to be transitionable between (i) a reduced cross-sectional configuration, and (ii) an expanded cross-sectional configuration, wherein
A haemostatic material comprising a carrier layer, an adhesive and a material for wound contact comprising at least one haemostat in particulate, granular, powder, flake or short fibrous form, wherein the haemostat comprises a chitosan salt and wherein the adhesive and haemostat are mixed together and form a layer, the mixed adhesive/haemostat layer being located on the carrier layer.
An optical system of a stereo-video endoscope with a sideways viewing direction, comprising a sideways-viewing distal optical assembly and a proximal optical assembly , wherein the distal optical assembly comprises an inlet lens , a deflecting unit designed as a prism unit, and an outlet lens on a common optical axis one after the other in the direction of light incidence, and the proximal optical assembly comprises a left and a right lens system channel , wherein the lens system channels are identically designed and are arranged parallel to each other, and each lens system channel has its own optical axis (LoA, RoA), characterized in that the outlet lens is formed with a light-impermeable coating on the light outlet side facing away from the deflecting unit in the central region of the outlet lens .
A magnetic field application device , comprising: a magnetic field application unit provided with a magnetic working substance and applying a magnetic field to the magnetic working substance ; and a permanent magnet , wherein the magnetic field application device further comprises a yoke that forms at least two closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) each of which is a closed circuit that magnetically connects both ends in a magnetization direction of the permanent magnet , the magnetic field application unit is provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), and the magnetic field application device further comprises a coil capable of changing an intensity of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic working substance and provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), characterized in that the magnetic field application device is configured such that a magnetic flux of the permanent magnet is branched to flow through two or more of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) including the closed magnetic circuit (44 to 46) provided with the magnetic field application unit when the coil is non-energized, wherein the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) include a first closed magnetic circuit and a second closed magnetic circuit , and the magnetic field application device is designed to satisfy 0.01×R1≤R2≤100×R1, where R1 is a magnetic resistance of part of the first closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet , and R2 is a magnetic resistance of part of the second closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet . the magnetic field application device further comprises a yoke that forms at least two closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) each of which is a closed circuit that magnetically connects both ends in a magnetization direction of the permanent magnet , the magnetic field application unit is provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), and the magnetic field application device further comprises a coil capable of changing an intensity of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic working substance and provided in at least one of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46), characterized in that the magnetic field application device is configured such that a magnetic flux of the permanent magnet is branched to flow through two or more of the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) including the closed magnetic circuit (44 to 46) provided with the magnetic field application unit when the coil is non-energized, wherein the closed magnetic circuits (44 to 46) include a first closed magnetic circuit and a second closed magnetic circuit , and the magnetic field application device is designed to satisfy 0.01×R1≤R2≤100×R1, where R1 is a magnetic resistance of part of the first closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet , and R2 is a magnetic resistance of part of the second closed magnetic circuit excluding the permanent magnet .
Method for selecting the target state of a vehicle drivetrain connecting at least an internal combustion engine and an electric machine to the wheels of the vehicle by means of a transmission, from a set of states present in the transmission and defined by different combinations of couplers and reduction gears thereof in order to transfer torque from the internal combustion engine and from the electric machine to the wheels in one or more gear reduction ratios, the selection of the target state conforming to a sequence of filtering operations that determine, from a list of available states ( Vtx_avl_dls ), sets of successive eligible states as a function of cumulative comfort constraints, characterized in that it comprises, in succession: - a first step of initializing an eligibility vector and of acknowledging the available states, - a second step of filtering, associated with a driver man-machine interface and with the power mode engaged, - a third step of filtering, associated with the speed constraints, and - a fourth step of filtering, associated with the drivetrain force constraints, and in that , at the end of all the filtering steps, it produces a final eligibility vector ( Vtx_drb _ arb_dls ) which represents all of the eligible states as a function of the comfort constraints. - a first step of initializing an eligibility vector and of acknowledging the available states, - a second step of filtering, associated with a driver man-machine interface and with the power mode engaged, - a third step of filtering, associated with the speed constraints, and - a fourth step of filtering, associated with the drivetrain force constraints,
An apparatus for sorting cells or particles by light induced dielectrophoresis, the apparatus comprising: a fluidic chamber having a first surface and a second surface configured for retaining in the fluidic chamber a liquid containing a population of particles or cells to be sorted; a photoconductive area on said first or said second surface configured for conversion of received light to a local electric field in the vicinity of the received light; a light source to provide the light to the photoconductive area ; an input channel (112; 144) being configured for receiving a sample liquid containing a population of particles or cells to be sorted; the input channel flaring outward to form a sorting area (114; 146); and a light pattern controller configured for controlling output and pattern of light provided to the photoconductive area from the light source , wherein the light source is arranged to provide light patterns (104; 122; 154) at an angle to a flow of said sample liquid in the fluidic chamber; the sorting area breaking up into a plurality of outlet channels (116, 118; 148, 150, 152) spaced-apart at relative distances in relation to the position of the photoconductive area of the fluidic chamber. a fluidic chamber having a first surface and a second surface configured for retaining in the fluidic chamber a liquid containing a population of particles or cells to be sorted; a photoconductive area on said first or said second surface configured for conversion of received light to a local electric field in the vicinity of the received light; a light source to provide the light to the photoconductive area ; an input channel (112; 144) being configured for receiving a sample liquid containing a population of particles or cells to be sorted; the input channel flaring outward to form a sorting area (114; 146); and a light pattern controller configured for controlling output and pattern of light provided to the photoconductive area from the light source , wherein the light source is arranged to provide light patterns (104; 122; 154) at an angle to a flow of said sample liquid in the fluidic chamber; the sorting area breaking up into a plurality of outlet channels (116, 118; 148, 150, 152) spaced-apart at relative distances in relation to the position of the photoconductive area of the fluidic chamber.
An implant comprising: (a) an articular end for repair of articular cartilage defects, the articular end having a circular perimeter , a convex upper face and a concave lower face , and (b) a stem extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along a vertical axis, the stem having a cylindrical stem portion extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis, wherein the convex upper face has a first circular pitch radius and a first circular roll radius, the first circular pitch radius being about the same as the first circular roll radius, and wherein the concave lower face has a first surface comprising a second circular pitch radius and a second circular roll radius, characterized in that the stem has a conical stem portion extending from the cylindrical stem portion away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis, and in that the conical stem portion has a plurality of yaw radii that decrease from the yaw radius of the cylindrical stem portion at the intersection of the cylindrical and conical stem portions to a lesser yaw radius along the vertical axis of the stem in the direction away from the convex upper face , and in that the conical stem portion has a plurality of circumferential grooves that are each defined between two adjacent conical stem portion perimeters and that each has the shape of a partial torus extending radially inward of the adjacent conical stem portion perimeters, and each of the plurality of circumferential grooves extends continuously around the conical stem portion perimeter, and in that each circumferential groove blends into the two adjacent conical stem portion perimeters, and in that the stem blends into the concave lower face of the articular end . (a) an articular end for repair of articular cartilage defects, the articular end having a circular perimeter , a convex upper face and a concave lower face , and (b) a stem extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along a vertical axis, the stem having a cylindrical stem portion extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis,
A system comprising: a gas turbine system comprising exhaust gas recirculation; at least one sensor configured to communicate a signal representative of the gas turbine system operations; a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor; and a stoichiometric model configured to receive one or more inputs representative of the gas turbine operations and a measured equivalence ratio in the gas turbine system, wherein the stoichiometric model comprises a chemical equation modeling combustion, including products of combustion and stoichiometry; and wherein the one or more inputs comprise a compressor discharge temperature (TCD) , a target combustor firing temperature, a percent recirculated exhaust cooling fluid, a fuel composition, a measured compressor discharge temperature, a measured specific humidity, and a measured exhaust gas; wherein the stoichiometric model is configured to derive a target equivalence ratio based on the one or more inputs representative of the gas turbine operations; and wherein the controller is configured to transform the signal into the one or more inputs, to compare the measured equivalence ratio to the target equivalence ratio to compute an equivalence error, and to use the stoichiometric model to derive an actuation signal by using the equivalence error to provide for a substantially stoichiometric equivalence ratio. a gas turbine system comprising exhaust gas recirculation; at least one sensor configured to communicate a signal representative of the gas turbine system operations; a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor; and a stoichiometric model configured to receive one or more inputs representative of the gas turbine operations and a measured equivalence ratio in the gas turbine system, wherein the stoichiometric model comprises a chemical equation modeling combustion, including products of combustion and stoichiometry; and wherein the one or more inputs comprise a compressor discharge temperature (TCD) , a target combustor firing temperature, a percent recirculated exhaust cooling fluid, a fuel composition, a measured compressor discharge temperature, a measured specific humidity, and a measured exhaust gas; wherein the stoichiometric model is configured to derive a target equivalence ratio based on the one or more inputs representative of the gas turbine operations; and wherein the controller is configured to transform the signal into the one or more inputs, to compare the measured equivalence ratio to the target equivalence ratio to compute an equivalence error, and to use the stoichiometric model to derive an actuation signal by using the equivalence error to provide for a substantially stoichiometric equivalence ratio.