The invention relates to a storage device, a storage system and a method for producing a component from a duroplastic Towpreg semi-finished product as well as to a component. The invention relates in particular to a storage device for producing a component from a duroplastic Towpreg semi-finished product, comprising a storage unit for guiding the Towpreg semi-finished product, a laser unit for emitting a laser beam and a heating region, wherein the laser unit is arranged and configured to subject the Towpreg semi-finished product in the heating region to the laser beam.
B29C 70/38 - Automated lay-up, e.g. using robots, laying filaments according to predetermined patterns
B29C 70/16 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length
B29C 70/32 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or coreShaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core on a rotating mould, former or core
B29C 65/10 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using hot gases
B29C 65/14 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using wave energy or particle radiation
B29C 65/72 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by combined operations, e.g. welding and stitching
B29C 65/78 - Means for handling the parts to be joined, e.g. for making containers or hollow articles
B29K 105/08 - Condition, form or state of moulded material containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts of continuous length, e.g. cords, rovings, mats, fabrics, strands or yarns
A wrist endoprosthesis (2) for functional replacement of the human wrist, containing a radius component (4) that has a shaft (10) for anchoring in the radius, a head (12), and a first joint surface (16), which is implemented on a distal head face (14), and a carpal component (6) that has a proximal carpal face (22), a distal carpal face (20) and a second joint surface (24) which is formed on the proximal carpal face (22) and interacts with the first joint surface (169) of the radius component (4), characterized in that the carpal component (6) is substantially trough-shaped, in order to at least partially surround the carpal bones. Also, a wrist endoprosthesis (2) that has anti-luxation protection (8), a method for producing wrist endoprostheses (2) and a computer program product.
2322 are mixed with water to give a mixture, the mixture is agglomerated into the form of wet pellets, the wet pellets are dried to give pellets, and the pellets are heated up from 1450 to 1800°C wherein the liquid technical silicon phase is separated from the slag phase.
The invention relates to a wrist endoprosthesis (2) for functional replacement of the human wrist, comprising a radius component (4) that has a shaft (10) for anchoring in the radius, a head (12) and a first joint surface (16) which is formed on a distal head face (14); and comprising a carpal component (6) that has a proximal carpal face (22), a distal carpal face (20) and a second joint surface (24) which is formed on the proximal carpal face (22) and interacts with the first joint surface (16) of the radius component (4); characterised in that the carpal component (6) is substantially trough shaped, in order to at least partially surround the carpal bone. The invention also relates to a wrist endoprosthesis (2) having luxation protection (8), to a method for producing wrist endoprostheses (2), and to a computer program product.
A61B 17/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods
A61B 17/56 - Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or jointsDevices specially adapted therefor
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
B22F 3/105 - Sintering only by using electric current, laser radiation or plasma
The invention relates to a method for the removal of silicon from slag that is produced when silicon dioxide is reduced with carbon in a smelting furnace. According to the method, the liquid slag is allowed to rest and, as a result, a liquid silicon phase separates out. The liquid silicon phase is made to solidify on a chilled surface and the solidified silicon is removed from the chilled surface.
C01B 33/025 - Preparation by reduction of silica or silica-containing material with carbon or a solid carbonaceous material, i.e. carbo-thermal process
The invention relates to a mctliod for bio-printing a thrcc-dimensional biological structure containing liv ing cells having at least two different materials for the bio-printing. Said method is distinguished by the fact that, in at least one step, one of the materials for printing is applied or introduced by printing droplets (drop-on-dentand) printing. In particular, this method is suitable for printing tissue structures. including those which have supply structures. Such structures are in particular cardiac structures, liver structures, kidney structures, alveolar structures, skin struchircs or neural structuies. The invention further relates to a biological three-dimensional structure thus obtainable. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a three-dimensional structure according to the invention as a tissue model, in particular as a model for tissue genesis, for example suitable for testing therapy forms or for the stratification of a therapy or for testing or identifying active substance candidates.
A61K 38/17 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans
A61P 9/10 - Drugs for disorders of the cardiovascular system for treating ischaemic or atherosclerotic diseases, e.g. antianginal drugs, coronary vasodilators, drugs for myocardial infarction, retinopathy, cerebrovascula insufficiency, renal arteriosclerosis
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND SAID STRUCTURE THUS OBTAINED
The invention relates to a method for bio-printing a three-dimensional biological structure containing living cells having at least two different materials for the bio-printing. Said method is distinguished by the fact that, in at least one step, one of the materials for printing is applied or introduced by printing droplets (drop-on-demand) printing. In particular, this method is suitable for printing tissue structures, including those which have supply structures. Such structures are in particular cardiac structures, liver structures, kidney structures, alveolar structures, skin structures or neural structures. The invention further relates to a biological three-dimensional structure thus obtainable. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a three-dimensional structure according to the invention as a tissue model, in particular as a model for tissue genesis, for example suitable for testing therapy forms or for the stratification of a therapy or for testing or identifying active substance candidates.
Implant for insertion into body cavities, in particular blood vessels, preferably aneurysms, comprising at least one fibre (2) by means of which a coagulation of blood can be brought about, wherein the implant comprises at least one driving element (1) which can be formed into a first shape and which can be converted from the first shape automatically into a second, in particular relaxed shape by a mechanical stress which is applied to the element in the first shape, and the implant comprises at least one driven fibre (2), in particular a multiplicity of driven fibres (2), and a respective driven fibre (2) with regions which are spaced apart in the direction of extent of the fibre is attached to the at least one driving element (1) in regions which are at a different position with respect to one another, in particular at a larger distance from one another, in the first shape than in the second shape, and the at least one driven fibre (2), preferably the multiplicity of driven fibres (2), is driven by the driving element (1) to change its shape with the conversion of the driving element (1) from the first shape into the second shape.
A61B 17/12 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord
A61B 17/00 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods
This invention relates to pyrazine compounds having a sulfilimine or sulfoximine groups and to the use of said compounds for treating cancer. Furthermore the invention relates to combination treatment using said compounds. Finally, the present invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising the compounds of this invention, and processes for preparing the compounds of this invention.
C07D 241/28 - Carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals with nitrogen atoms directly attached to ring carbon atoms in which said hetero-bound carbon atoms have double bonds to oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atoms
The invention relates to a drive converter (11) for a switched reluctance machine (12) having a particular number of phase inputs (ph1, ph2, ph3, ph4), and to a system (13) comprising this drive converter (11) and the reluctance machine (12). The drive converter comprises an input section (11a) for connection to a voltage source (7) and for supplying an output section (11b) of the drive converter (11), which is provided for connection to the reluctance machine (12), with an AC voltage having one or more phases (Itr1, Itr2, Itr3), wherein the output section (11b) is formed by one or more frequency converters (10), wherein each of the frequency converters (10) is supplied by the one or more phases of the AC voltage (Itr1, Itr2, Itr3), and the number of frequency converters (10) is adapted to the number of phase inputs (ph1, ph2, ph3, ph4) of the reluctance machine (12).
H02P 27/06 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using DC to AC converters or inverters
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
A method for modulating a complex digital input signal IN is provided. It comprises the steps of providing an intermediate signal Si representing the complex digital input signal IN in a first step, selecting in a constellation diagram an angular cluster Ci containing the intermediate signal Si by a cluster selection module in a second step and operating multiple gain stages Ain for the respective phase signals φn and φn +Δφ inside the selected cluster Ci in dependency of phase and magnitude of the intermediate signal Si and adding the output signals from the multiple first gain stages Ai n together to a phase- and magnitude-modulated output signal SOi by an additive interpolator in a third step. Additionally, a corresponding signal modulator for modulating said complex digital input signal IN is disclosed. The modulator comprises means configured to perform the different steps of the method.
The invention relates to a post/support connection, preferably a wood connection, between a post (1), which is vertically oriented in particular, and at least one support (2), which is oriented perpendicularly to the post (1) in particular. The post (1) has a recess (3), in particular a slot (3), which runs through the thickness of the post, and the support (2) has a pin (7) on at least one of the support ends, said pin being insertable into the recess (3) on the post (1). The pin (7) of the at least one support (2) has a notch (9) at a distance from the end face (8) of the pin (7), and a bearing (5) which is adapted to the contour of the notch (9) is arranged in the recess (3) of the post (1), wherein the notch (9) of the pin (7) can be placed on the bearing, preferably in a formfitting manner. In particular, the recess (3) and the pin (7) are adapted to each other such that the pin (7) can be inserted into the recess (3) in the direction of the length of the support (2) and can be moved in the recess (3) in the direction of the bearing (5). A closure element (11) is provided which can be removably inserted into a recess region opposite the recess (3) of the bearing (5) in the direction of the support length, in particular opposite the insertion direction (4) of the pin, in a locking manner. The invention also relates to a method for producing same.
E04B 1/26 - Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons the supporting parts consisting of wood
A47B 47/00 - Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
F16B 12/12 - Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics
F16B 12/20 - Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like
The present invention relates to a host cell comprising an rh1A gene or an ortholog thereof that is capable of producing hydroxyalkanoyloxy alkanoic acid (HAA) and achieving an HAA concentration of more than 1 g L-1 when cultured. The invention further relates to methods of producing such a host cell and to the use of said host cell for producing HAA. The present invention also relates to methods of producing HAA using said host cell, HAA compositions produced by these methods, as well as methods of producing fatty acid compositions, fatty alcohol compositions, or hydrocarbon compositions comprising producing HAA using said host cell, and fatty acid compositions, fatty alcohol compositions, or hydrocarbon compositions produced by said methods.
The invention relates to a plant protection and/or plant growth promotion system, comprising at least one anchor peptide for increased binding to a plant part, a support function which is directly or indirectly bound to the anchor peptide, and an active ingredient for protecting the plant and/or for promoting plant growth and yield.
A01N 25/08 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests containing solids as carriers or diluents
The present invention relates to a method for identifying substances which prime cells for a stress response by determining the respiration activity of the cells treated with a candidate substance in comparison to cells not treated with the candidate substance.
The invention relates to a method for producing a bonded joint between a light metal of a first component and a steel material of a second component, wherein a protective-gas joining process is used, in which process a zinc-based filler material is used, and wherein an arc of the protective-gas joining process reaches at least also the steel material of the second component, wherein a phase space (6) comprising at least intermetallic phase (7) composed of iron and of the light metal is produced in a joining region adjacent to the steel material. The introduction of heat occurs in such a way that the joint to the steel material is a solder connection and, during the joining process, a detachment of at least part of the solidified intermetallic phase(s) (7) from the steel material of the second component (2) starts in a melt of a solder matrix (8) formed by means of the filler material and the at least one intermetallic phase (7) is embedded in the solder matrix (8). The invention further relates to a structural element that can be produced by means of the method.
The invention relates to a method for removing brittle-hard material by means of laser radiation, wherein an ablation depression (1) forms in the material as a result of the removal process, the flanks of said ablation depression extending a flank angle (w). The ablation depression has a rim (4) which is defined as a spatially extended region of the surface of the material where an unmodified and thus unremoved part of the surface of the material runs into the ablation depression. At said rim, spatial portions of the energy of the laser radiation are refracted and focused into the volume of the unremoved material. The distribution of the laser radiation is set such that the rim has a small spatial dimension such that the portion of the energy of the laser radiation which is affected by the focusing effect of the rim does not suffice to generate a threshold value Pdamage for the electron density in the volume of the material, in order thus to avoid damage to the material.
The invention relates to a method for removing brittle-hard material (1) having a spatial volume of a given thickness between a top side (4) and an underside (2) by means of laser radiation, and the material (1) has a defined optical penetration depth which is greater than or equal to the thickness of said material. The laser radiation is incident at a defined angle of incidence (10) with respect to the surface normal of the top side; said laser radiation is designated as primary laser radiation (12). The primary laser radiation (12) is at least partly reflected at the underside (2) of the material (1), such that secondary laser radiation (13) is generated in the volume of the material as a result of the reflection. For the processing of the brittle-hard material (1), the underside (2) of the latter is backed by a further material (2) in an interlocking manner. The invention also relates to a corresponding device.
The invention relates to a device for performing respiratory training, in particular altitude training, comprising a mouthpiece (1) through which a person can exhale respiratory gas into a volume (2, 3a, 7) or can inhale it out of the volume (2, 3a, 7), wherein this volume (2, 3a, 7) is formed at least in part by a container (2) which is adjustable in terms of its volume and which is connected to the mouthpiece, wherein the volume (2, 3a, 7) adjoins one side of at least one gas-permeable membrane (4), to the other side of which at least one gas exchange chamber (3b) is connected, through which a fluid provided for the gas exchange, in particular CO2 and/or O2 gas exchange, can actively flow. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a method for performing respiratory training, in particular altitude training, wherein a person exhales into a training device through a mouthpiece (1) and inhales from this training device, wherein the O2 and/or C02 partial pressure in the respiratory gas inhaled from the device is influenced by exchange of O2 and/or CO2 between the respiratory gas in the training device and a fluid provided for the gas exchange through at least one gas-permeable membrane (4).
The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a multi-layer, particularly multi-axial fabric in a machine, particularly a warp knitting machine with a specified constant transport width, wherein, inside the machine, a lower fabric layer made from threads or thread bundles is placed into the transport element of the transport system of the machine with the specified constant transport width, and, on said lower fabric layer, at least one further fabric layer is placed at least partially near net-shaped relative to a component, to be produced from the fabric, made from threads or thread bundles or at least one semi-finished product, wherein the width of the fabric layer is smaller than the specified constant transport width and the at least one further fabric layer is pulled together with the lower fabric layer through a connecting unit of the machine by the transport system that strikes said lower fabric layer.
D04B 23/10 - Flat warp knitting machines for knitting through thread, fleece, or fabric layers, or around elongated core material
D04B 21/16 - Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threadsFabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes incorporating synthetic threads
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE FILLING LEVEL OF THE BLADDER OF A PATIENT
The invention relates to a device and a method for monitoring the filling level of the bladder of a patient, in which method several electrodes (4), in particular more than four electrodes (4), are arranged on the body surface of a patient (1), around the bladder of the patient (1), and an alternating current flowing through the body is fed in through at least one pair of two electrodes (4), wherein a respective alternating voltage measurement value is detected on several electrodes (4), and wherein the alternating voltage measurement value itself, or at least a result value calculated therefrom, forms a measure of the filling level of the bladder, in particular wherein an alarm signal is generated after said measurement is compared with at least one comparison value.
The invention relates to a blood withdrawal cannula (4) for connecting a pump (2) assisting or replacing activity of the heart to the inner volume of a heart ventricle (1), in particular the left ventricle. At the end thereof that is located in the ventricle the cannula has a pressure sensor (7a, 7b) for measuring the ventricle pressure and/or ventricle pressure differences and at the same end of the cannula has a volume sensor (3a, 3b, 5, 6) for measuring the volume and/or volume changes of the ventricle (1) in at least a partial region of the ventricle. The invention further relates to a measuring device for monitoring the ventricle contractions and/or the function of a pump replacing or assisting activity of the heart. The measuring device can be/is connected to the pressure sensor (7a, 7b) and to the volume sensor of a blood withdrawal cannula according to any one of the preceding claims and is designed to detect pressure changes and volume changes of a ventricle (1) as the heart is beating.
The invention has involved the development of a method for reading a memory element which has a series circuit comprising at least two memory cells A and B. In this case, the memory cells A and B each have a stable state A0 or B0 with high resistance and the stable state A1 or B1 with a low electrical resistance. The method involves the measurement of an electrical variable for the series circuit. For this measurement, the invention chooses an electrical variable to which the memory cell A in the state A0 makes a different contribution from the memory cell B in the state B0 and/or to which the memory cell A in the state A1 makes a different contribution from the memory cell B in the state B1. It has been recognized that the two state combinations A1 and B0 and A0 and B1 then result in different values for the electrical variable measured using the series circuit. It is therefore possible to distinguish these state combinations from one another without having to alter the logic state of the memory element for reading.
The invention relates to a method for entering information (3) in a data processing system wherein a plurality of pieces of selectable information (3) are depicted on a display device (1), in particular a screen, wherein the surface of the display device (1) is at least latently divided into a plurality of target fields (2), wherein a different selectable piece of information (3) is depicted in each target field (2) and the path of a selection element (6), in particular the finger of the hand of an operating person, is registered during a selection movement and a best-fit line (5) is determined from the registered path (4), wherein a piece of information (3) is determined to be selected when the best-fit line (5) points to or ends in the target field (2) thereof. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
The present invention relates to an optical assembly for optically pumping an active medium (9), with which a symmetrization and/or homogenization of optical radiation of a light source used for pumping is achieved. The assembly comprises two imaging lenses (1, 2), which are arranged one behind the other such that a parallel beam of rays passing through the first imaging lens (1) forms a beam waist between the first (1) and the second imaging lens (2) and an angular distribution of the beam of rays is imaged in the region of the beam waist by the second imaging lens (2) on the focal plane (7) of the second imaging lens (2). In the region of the beam waist, an optical element (3) is located, which achieves a homogenization of the angular distribution of the radiation in front of the second imaging lens (2), in particular at least one micro lens array. Using the proposed assembly, symmetrization and/or homogenization of the angular distribution of the optical radiation is achieved behind the optical system such that a local homogeneity is not only achieved in the target plane, but also in the region behind the target plane.
H01S 3/0941 - Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a semiconductor laser, e.g. of a laser diode
G02B 27/09 - Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectioned area, not otherwise provided for
The invention relates to a memory element, to stacking, and to a memory matrix in which said memory element can be used, to a method for operating the memory matrix, and to a method for determining the truth value of a logic operation in an array composed of the memory elements. The memory element has at least one first stable state 0 and a second stable state 1. By applying a first write voltage V0, said memory element can be transferred into the high-impedance state 0 and by applying a second write voltage V1, it can be transferred into the likewise high-impedance state 1. By applying a read voltage VR, the amount of which is smaller than the write voltages V0 and V1, the memory element exhibits different electrical resistance values. In the parasitic current paths occurring in a memory matrix, the memory element acts as a high-impedance resistor, without in principle being limited to unipolar switching. A method has been developed, with which an array composed of the memory elements according to the invention can be turned into a gate for arbitrary logic operations.
G11C 13/00 - Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups , , or
G11C 13/02 - Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups , , or using elements whose operation depends upon chemical change
G11C 11/56 - Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elementsStorage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
H03K 19/177 - Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one outputInverting circuits using specified components using elementary logic circuits as components arranged in matrix form
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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE TO A MEASUREMENT VOLUME
The present invention relates to a device and to a method for connecting an optical measuring device to a measurement volume in which a medium (2) to be measured flows. The device comprises a partition (8) for separating the optical measuring device from the measurement volume and an optical element (5) for passing optical radiance that closes off an opening formed in the partition (8). A pipe-shaped protrusion (6) is mounted on one side of the partition (8) by means of the optical element (5) such that a light or laser beam (3) can pass from an opposite side of the partition (8), through the optical element (5) and the pipe-shaped protrusion (6), into the measurement volume. One or more air inlet openings (9) are formed in the pipe-shaped protrusion (6) and/or in a connecting element between the pipe-shaped protrusion (6) and the partition (8), by means of which the ambient air (7) from outside of the measurement volume can flow into the pipe-shaped protrusion (6). The device and the method allow measurement using an optical measuring device, in a simple and cost-effective manner, wherein contamination of the optical element by the medium to be measured is prevented.
The invention relates to a method for the activation of a fuel cell. It is characterized in that during galvanic operation the fuel cell is operated, at least for a short time, fully or partially in an electrolysis mode. The invention further relates to a fuel cell suitable for carrying out the method.
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