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Method for configuring a measuring device , wherein the measuring device comprises a flow measuring device , an inlet tube and an outlet tube , wherein the flow measuring device comprises a measuring tube and the measuring tube is connected to the inlet tube and to the outlet tube , wherein the inlet tube , the measuring tube and the outlet tube form a siphon , wherein the inlet tube and the outlet tube each have a first tube segment with a first tube segment longitudinal axis , a second tube segment with a second tube segment longitudinal axis , and a third tube segment , wherein the first tube segment is connected to the measuring tube , the first tube segment and the second tube segment are connected to each other by the third tube segment , and the first tube segment longitudinal axis and the second tube segment longitudinal axis are spaced apart by a tube segment distance (d) and are parallel to each other, characterized in that the siphon is formed and aligned with respect to the earth gravity field vector in such a way that, when a medium first flows through the siphon and then the flow of the medium stops, the measuring tube is completely filled with the stationary medium , and wherein the tube segment distance (d) is determined taking into account an assumed maximum flow velocity and assumed properties of a medium in such a way that when the medium first flows through the inlet tube , the measuring tube and the outlet tube at the assumed maximum flow velocity and then the cause of the flow of the medium stops, the measuring tube is completely filled with the stationary medium .
A method for creating a patient-specific resection guide , the method comprising: generating a three-dimensional model of a patient's bone based on a plurality of images , wherein each image views the patient's bone in a different imaging plane of a plurality of imaging planes; mapping the three-dimensional model to a plurality of silhouette curves , wherein each silhouette curve corresponds to a contour of the patient's bone captured in an image of the plurality of images of the patient's bone ; and determining a plurality of customized patient-specific negative contours based on the plurality of silhouette curves , wherein each customized patient-specific negative contour is shaped to match and receive a corresponding positive contour of the patient's bone , and wherein each positive contour corresponds to a silhouette curve of the plurality of silhouette curves ; the method further comprising generating a guide having a polymeric body including a bone-facing surface and an outer surface positioned opposite the bone-facing surface and a plurality of bone-contacting surfaces coupled to the bone-facing surface and raised relative to the bone-facing surface , wherein each bone-contacting surface defines a customized patient-specific negative contour of the plurality of patient-specific negative contours, and wherein the polymeric body includes a base and an elongated first arm [22; 24] coupled to the base, and the first bone contacting segment [44; 52] extends from the base [18; 18] to a posterior end [46; 54] of the first arm [22; 24]. generating a three-dimensional model of a patient's bone based on a plurality of images , wherein each image views the patient's bone in a different imaging plane of a plurality of imaging planes; mapping the three-dimensional model to a plurality of silhouette curves , wherein each silhouette curve corresponds to a contour of the patient's bone captured in an image of the plurality of images of the patient's bone ; and determining a plurality of customized patient-specific negative contours based on the plurality of silhouette curves , wherein each customized patient-specific negative contour is shaped to match and receive a corresponding positive contour of the patient's bone , and wherein each positive contour corresponds to a silhouette curve of the plurality of silhouette curves ; the method further comprising generating a guide having a polymeric body including a bone-facing surface and an outer surface positioned opposite the bone-facing surface and a plurality of bone-contacting surfaces coupled to the bone-facing surface and raised relative to the bone-facing surface , wherein each bone-contacting surface defines a customized patient-specific negative contour of the plurality of patient-specific negative contours, and wherein the polymeric body includes a base and an elongated first arm [22; 24] coupled to the base, and the first bone contacting segment [44; 52] extends from the base [18; 18] to a posterior end [46; 54] of the first arm [22; 24].
A semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor layer ; an adhesion layer disposed above the semiconductor layer ; an anodic metal layer disposed above the adhesion layer and having an upper surface and sidewalls; and a cathodic metal layer disposed overlying and on the anodic metal layer and having sidewalls; wherein an oxidation potential of the anodic metal layer is greater than an oxidation potential of the cathodic metal layer; wherein: the cathodic metal layer comprises copper, Cu; the upper surface of the anodic metal layer extending away from a sidewall of the cathodic metal layer to a sidewall of the anodic metal layer so that the upper surface of the anodic metal layer is exposed to a same ambient environment as the sidewall of the cathodic metal layer . a semiconductor layer ; an adhesion layer disposed above the semiconductor layer ; an anodic metal layer disposed above the adhesion layer and having an upper surface and sidewalls; and a cathodic metal layer disposed overlying and on the anodic metal layer and having sidewalls; wherein an oxidation potential of the anodic metal layer is greater than an oxidation potential of the cathodic metal layer; wherein: the cathodic metal layer comprises copper, Cu; the upper surface of the anodic metal layer extending away from a sidewall of the cathodic metal layer to a sidewall of the anodic metal layer so that the upper surface of the anodic metal layer is exposed to a same ambient environment as the sidewall of the cathodic metal layer . the cathodic metal layer comprises copper, Cu; the upper surface of the anodic metal layer extending away from a sidewall of the cathodic metal layer to a sidewall of the anodic metal layer so that the upper surface of the anodic metal layer is exposed to a same ambient environment as the sidewall of the cathodic metal layer .
An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor configured to capture a rear area behind a vehicle and generate a first video image; and a controller configured to: synthesize a guide wall image that indicates a predicted path of the vehicle on a road surface in a display region of the first video image, recognize a detection object in the display region of the first video image, characterised by the following steps synthesize a first recognition wall image on a vehicle side of the detection object , wherein the first recognition wall image extends in a height direction from the road surface by a predetermined value and is displayed as a surface having a transmittance that increases as the height from the road surface increases, and synthesize a second recognition wall image in an edge region of a second video image on a side where the detection object is located when the detection object is located outside of the display region ; the second video image being a video image corresponding to the display region of the first video image. an image sensor configured to capture a rear area behind a vehicle and generate a first video image; and a controller configured to: synthesize a guide wall image that indicates a predicted path of the vehicle on a road surface in a display region of the first video image, recognize a detection object in the display region of the first video image, characterised by the following steps synthesize a first recognition wall image on a vehicle side of the detection object , synthesize a guide wall image that indicates a predicted path of the vehicle on a road surface in a display region of the first video image, recognize a detection object in the display region of the first video image, characterised by the following steps synthesize a first recognition wall image on a vehicle side of the detection object , wherein the first recognition wall image extends in a height direction from the road surface by a predetermined value and is displayed as a surface having a transmittance that increases as the height from the road surface increases, and synthesize a second recognition wall image in an edge region of a second video image on a side where the detection object is located when the detection object is located outside of the display region ; the second video image being a video image corresponding to the display region of the first video image.
A self-assembling peptide solution for use in a method for mitigating adhesion to a biological tissue or between biological tissues, the method comprising administering an effective amount of the self-assembling peptide solution to a biological tissue at a surgical site, wherein the self-assembling peptide comprises (RADA) 4 , wherein the self-assembling peptide is about 2.5 w/v % of the solution, wherein the self-assembling peptide solution forms a hydrogel under physiological conditions, wherein the hydrogel mitigates adhesion to the biological tissue or of another biological tissue to the biological tissue at the surgical site, wherein the hydrogel assists in healing of areas in which the surgical procedure was performed, and wherein the biological tissue comprises intraperitoneum, cecum, and/or intestine.
A waveguide-based display element comprising: - a light source capable of generating coherent light rays; - a waveguide capable of guiding the light rays in two dimensions via total internal reflections, and - a diffractive optical element (DOE) arranged on or within the waveguide, the DOE being adapted to allow propagation of the light rays inside the waveguide along said two dimensions so that the light rays can propagate at least from one first location of the DOE to at least one second location of the DOE along different routes having the same geometrical optical path length, and characterized in that the DOE is further adapted so that at least for one wavelength range the difference in physical optical path lengths, defined as the slope of linear approximation to the phase function as a function of the wavenumber at the wavelengths of the rays, for light rays having propagated along at least some of the said different routes is longer than the coherence length, so that the light rays sum incoherently at the second location . - a light source capable of generating coherent light rays; - a waveguide capable of guiding the light rays in two dimensions via total internal reflections, and - a diffractive optical element (DOE) arranged on or within the waveguide, the DOE being adapted to allow propagation of the light rays inside the waveguide along said two dimensions so that the light rays can propagate at least from one first location of the DOE to at least one second location of the DOE along different routes having the same geometrical optical path length, and
A three-dimensional measurement apparatus comprising: a light projecting unit configured to project, onto a target, a pattern in which data is encoded with a two-dimensional structure; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of the target onto which the pattern is projected; and a calculation unit configured to extract feature points of the pattern and to calculate positions of a three-dimensional point group expressing a three-dimensional shape of the target based on positions of the feature points in the image and the data that is decoded, wherein the pattern includes a plurality of unit patterns of minimum units that each expresses at least two bits, include the feature points, and are used in order to calculate the positions of the three-dimensional point group, the unit patterns each includes a first region and a second region that is distinguished from the first region and has an area that is larger than an area of the first region, and an area ratio obtained by dividing the area of the first region by the area of the second region is at least 0.3 and not more than 0.9, wherein the three-dimensional measurement apparatus is characterized in further comprising: a setting unit configured to set a range of the area ratio of the pattern projected by the light projecting unit , in accordance with a number of pixels of a short side of the unit pattern on the image. a light projecting unit configured to project, onto a target, a pattern in which data is encoded with a two-dimensional structure; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of the target onto which the pattern is projected; and a calculation unit configured to extract feature points of the pattern and to calculate positions of a three-dimensional point group expressing a three-dimensional shape of the target based on positions of the feature points in the image and the data that is decoded, wherein the pattern includes a plurality of unit patterns of minimum units that each expresses at least two bits, include the feature points, and are used in order to calculate the positions of the three-dimensional point group, the unit patterns each includes a first region and a second region that is distinguished from the first region and has an area that is larger than an area of the first region, and an area ratio obtained by dividing the area of the first region by the area of the second region is at least 0.3 and not more than 0.9, wherein the three-dimensional measurement apparatus is characterized in further comprising: a setting unit configured to set a range of the area ratio of the pattern projected by the light projecting unit , in accordance with a number of pixels of a short side of the unit pattern on the image.
Antenna arrangement comprising an antenna feeding network , an electrically conductive reflector and at least one radiating element arranged on said reflector, the antenna feeding network comprising at least one substantially air filled coaxial line, each coaxial line comprising a central inner conductor and an elongated outer conductor surrounding the central inner conductor, wherein at least one radiating element and a central inner conductor of said at least one coaxial line are configured to interconnect indirectly, wherein said at least one radiating element comprises a coupling element for interconnecting with the at least one central inner conductor, wherein the coupling element (24; 124) comprises a free end portion , wherein said at least one radiating element is configured to interconnect with said at least one central inner conductor via said free end portion, wherein the electrically conductive reflector comprises an opening and wherein the coupling element extends through the opening to the inner conductor , characterized in that said antenna arrangement further comprises a snap on mechanism having a snap on portion integrally arranged on the coupling element (24; 124), at least in proximity of the free end portion , and a complementary snap on portion arranged on the inner conductor (14; 114), wherein said complementary snap on portion is provided in the form of a portion of the envelope surface of said inner conductor , and wherein said snap on portion is formed at the free end portion of the coupling element as a pair of snap on fingers configured to engage with said complementary snap on portion , wherein the snap on fingers are flexible such that the snap on fingers are removably connected to the inner conductor by being snapped onto the snap on portion .
A surgical device for removing tissue from a body organ comprising an elongated shaft distally attached to a flexible cutting section , said cutting section comprising a plurality of cutting edges , characterised in that the plurality of cutting edges are spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of said cutting section, wherein said flexible cutting section is configured to be bent at at least one point between two adjacent cutting edges of said plurality of cutting edges, and wherein said device comprises a controller housed within a handle for controlling bending of said cutting section at said at least one point.
Measuring device for determining the temperature of a roller surface of a roller body , wherein the measuring device can be inserted into a recess in the roller body , and wherein the measuring device has at least a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor , characterized in that the measuring device has a mounting rod , on which at least the first and the second temperature sensor are arranged spaced apart from one another in the axial direction of the mounting rod and which respectively has a support element on each side of a temperature sensor in the axial direction, wherein the mounting rod is embodied in a sprung fashion between the support elements such that each of the temperature sensors can be applied with a defined pressing force (F) to an inner wall of the recess .
An implant comprising: a frame having a proximal end, a distal end and adjacent struts joined at an apex ; and a sleeve disposed about the apex, the sleeve configured to apply a force to the frame at one or more contact points along the adjacent struts, the sleeve including a resiliency feature selected to reduce stress resulting from the force at the one or more contact points, wherein the sleeve includes a plurality of sleeve slots extending from a distal end of the sleeve proximally for a slot extent, characterized in that at least two of the plurality of sleeve slots differs by at least one of a length, a width, extent, or a pattern. a frame having a proximal end, a distal end and adjacent struts joined at an apex ; and a sleeve disposed about the apex, the sleeve configured to apply a force to the frame at one or more contact points along the adjacent struts, the sleeve including a resiliency feature selected to reduce stress resulting from the force at the one or more contact points, wherein the sleeve includes a plurality of sleeve slots extending from a distal end of the sleeve proximally for a slot extent, characterized in that at least two of the plurality of sleeve slots differs by at least one of a length, a width, extent, or a pattern.
A topical composition comprising: (a) a component that can produce in situ a product of oxidation, the component comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid, ester or salt thereof, the component further comprising conjugated linoleic acid, low oleic sunflower seed oil or both; (b) a 0.1 to 1 weight percent radical scavenger comprising pentaerythritol tetrakis-(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate) and 0.1 to 1 weight percent peroxide decomposer comprising didodecyl 3,3' thiodipropionate; and (c) oil carrier comprising caprylic/capric triglyceride. (a) a component that can produce in situ a product of oxidation, the component comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid, ester or salt thereof, the component further comprising conjugated linoleic acid, low oleic sunflower seed oil or both; (b) a 0.1 to 1 weight percent radical scavenger comprising pentaerythritol tetrakis-(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate) and 0.1 to 1 weight percent peroxide decomposer comprising didodecyl 3,3' thiodipropionate; and (c) oil carrier comprising caprylic/capric triglyceride.
An oral pouched snuff product comprising a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, said oral pouched snuff product having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, said saliva-permeable pouch comprising a first elongated seal and a second elongated seal, each of said first and second elongated seals having a seal length extending along said transverse direction of said product and a seal width extending along the longitudinal direction of the product, said saliva-permeable pouch further comprising a single additional elongated seal having a seal length extending along the longitudinal direction of the product and a seal width extending along the transverse direction of the product, characterized in said seal width of each of said first elongated seal and said second elongated seal being within the range of from 0.1 mm to 1 mm, such as within the range of from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, each of said first elongated seal and said second elongated seal being an ultrasonically provided weld, said first elongated seal sealing a first outermost end portion of the pouch, and said second elongated seal sealing a second outermost end portion of said saliva-permeable pouch, each of said first elongated seal and said second elongated seal being coterminous with an end edge of a packaging material forming said pouch.
A method for transmitting adjusted signals, the method being performed by a radio communications device comprising at least two radio transmitter units , the method comprising: generating (S102) a signal to be transmitted by the at least two radio transmitter units ; characterised by the steps of: adjusting (S104) the signal at at least one of the at least two radio transmitter units by dithering at least one radio parameter value such that the signals from all of the at least two radio transmitter units are mutually different; and transmitting (S106) the adjusted signal by the at least two radio transmitter units . generating (S102) a signal to be transmitted by the at least two radio transmitter units ; characterised by the steps of: adjusting (S104) the signal at at least one of the at least two radio transmitter units by dithering at least one radio parameter value such that the signals from all of the at least two radio transmitter units are mutually different; and transmitting (S106) the adjusted signal by the at least two radio transmitter units . adjusting (S104) the signal at at least one of the at least two radio transmitter units by dithering at least one radio parameter value such that the signals from all of the at least two radio transmitter units are mutually different; and transmitting (S106) the adjusted signal by the at least two radio transmitter units .