Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the quality of an imaging plate, comprising the steps of carrying out an exposure of the imaging plate, carrying out a scan of the imaging plate in order to determine an image, determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and carrying out edge recognition on the image and calculating a quality value of the imaging plate on the basis of the signal-to-noise ratio of the image or/and on the basis of the recognized edge structure. Furthermore, the invention relates to an imaging plate scanner for carrying out such a method.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell including an electrode-separator composite having an anode, at least one separator and a cathode, wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector having a surface consisting of at least one metal and has been laden with at least one layer of a negative active electrode material, the cathode comprises a cathode current collector having a surface consisting of at least one metal and has been laden with at least one layer of a positive active electrode material, and the surface of the anode current collector and/or the surface of the cathode current collector comprises at least one clear region not laden with the respective active electrode material, and in the at least one clear region the surface of the anode current collector and/or the surface of the cathode current collector has been coated with a support material of greater thermal stability than the surface coated therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure transducer for measuring blood pressure for medical use, which can be connected by pressure to the vascular system of a patient, said transducer comprising a pressure measuring element for measuring the prevailing pressure in the fluid chamber, and also mechanical holding means for detachably mounting the pressure transducer onto the contact holder. The invention also relates to a contact holder for holding and for electrically contacting a pressure transducer for medical use.

Abstract: So that a catheter can be made visible in ultrasound images easily and with relatively little effort, and hence positional control of a catheter can be enabled with relatively little effort, an ultrasound marking recognizable in the body of a living being by means of ultrasound is provided at the distal end of a catheter, wherein the catheter has a lumen, and the ultrasound marking is arranged in the lumen near the distal end such that it is removable via a proximal end of the catheter.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid ? peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid ? peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A Luer-Lock connector for medical devices with a tubular body and a swivel nut enclosing it and secured on it. The swivel nut has a radially inward-protruding edge and the tubular body has at least one radially outward-protruding elastic arm, whose end can be stopped against the edge.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid ? peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid D peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid ? peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A fluid pressure measurement unit is manufactured by steps of providing a measurement element with a measurement chip arranged on a first chip carrier side and a plurality of socket-shaped terminal contacts for contacting contact terminals of the measurement chip, the socket-shaped terminal contacts protruding from a second chip carrier side opposite from the chip carrier first side; providing a housing element comprising a plurality of receiving holes in a housing element first side which are implemented to receive the socket-shaped terminal contacts when combining the housing element with the measurement element, wherein the receiving holes extend from the housing element first side to a housing element second side opposite from the housing element first side; and combining the measurement element and the housing element, wherein the second chip carrier side is opposite from the housing element first side and the socket-shaped terminal contacts are arranged in the receiving holes.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component of a fluid pressure measurement unit includes the step of providing a measurement element with a measurement chip arranged on a first side of the chip carrier and a plurality of socket-shaped terminal contacts for contacting contact terminals of the measurement chip, wherein the socket-shaped terminal contacts protrude from a second side of the chip carrier opposite from the first side of the chip carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure measuring line, particularly for invasive blood pressure measurement, which presents a wall made of a flexible material, which surrounds a passageway. The wall consists particularly of at least one inner hose and an outer hose enveloping the former, where the material of the inner hose is harder than the material of the outer hose, and the wall thickness of the inner hose is less than the wall thickness of the outer hose. The inner side of the outer hose is in full-surface contact with the outer side of the inner hose.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid ? peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A Luer-Lock connector for medical devices with a tubular body and a swivel nut enclosing it and secured on it. The swivel nut has a radially inward-protruding edge and the tubular body has at least one radially outward-protruding elastic arm, whose end can be stopped against the edge.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing of a disease or condition associated with an increased level of isoforms of amyloid ? peptides (A?) and/or with a changed ratio of levels of A? isoforms and/or with the formation of plaques containing amyloid ? peptide (A?) isoforms in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the formulas Ia, Ib wherein V, W, Y, R2, R3, R5, R6, L1 and i are defined as in claim 1.

Abstract: A patient monitoring apparatus includes at least one transducer for a patient, a transmission device for the patient and a reception device which is remote therefrom and to which an evaluation unit is connected. The transmission and reception devices each have at least one memory. The memory in the transmission unit stores an explicit or unique unalterable identification code. The reception unit has a keypad which can be used to input an identification code into its memory. A radio link between the transmission and reception units is set up only if the two stored identification codes are identical. If the radio link is interrupted for a prescribed period, the identification code in the reception unit is automatically erased, and a connection can be set up again only after the appropriate identification code has been input on the reception unit again. The radio link operates on the basis of the Bluetooth protocol.

Abstract: The medical regulating valve for adjusting the flow in an infusion or transfusion procedure has a housing (2), and a valve chamber (21) into which an inlet connecting piece and an outlet connecting piece (22, 23) open. A rotating piece has a cylindrical valve plug (41) which can be inserted in the valve chamber (21) to form a seal between the plug and the chamber. The valve plug, has, on its outer periphery, at least one groove (42, 43) opposite the connecting pieces (22, 23) connecting the connecting pieces with one another in terms of flow and having a cross-section changing in the peripheral direction. An insert (3) having the shape of an annular disc overlaps the valve chamber (21) and has, on its side facing the rotating piece (4), a number of markings (35, 36, 37) lying on concentric circles. Provided on the rotating piece (4) are a number of windows (45, 46, 47) which are offset with respect to each other in the peripheral and radial directions, each being opposite one of the markings (35, 36, 37).

Abstract: The medical regulating valve for adjusting the flow in an infusion or transfusion procedure has a housing (2), and a valve chamber (21) into which an inlet connecting piece and an outlet connecting piece (22, 23) open. A rotating piece has a cylindrical valve plug (41) which can be inserted in the valve chamber (21) to form a seal between the plug and the chamber. The valve plug, has, on its outer periphery, at least one groove (42, 43) opposite the connecting pieces (22, 23) connecting the connecting pieces with one another in terms of flow and having a cross-section changing in the peripheral direction. An insert (3) having the shape of an annular disc overlaps the valve chamber (21) and has, on its side facing the rotating piece (4), a number of markings (35, 36, 37) lying on concentric circles. Provided on the rotating piece (4) are a number of windows (45, 46, 47) which are offset with respect to each other in the peripheral and radial directions, each being opposite one of the markings (35, 36, 37).

Abstract: A mounting for poles of jumps in equestrian sport. A dish-shaped pole receiver suspended on a generally vertical rail can be connected together by bolts, then fixed to a stand. The bolts, which are flanged such that the shaft is not as wide as the head, extend in multi-segmented slots having serially connected narrow, wide and further narrow portions. The width of the narrow portion of the slot corresponds to approximately the width of the bolt shaft, while the wide portion of the slot is wide enough to accommodate the bolt head. The slot can secure the bolts by firstly introducing the bolt head into the wide portion of the slot, then engaging the shaft with the narrow part of the slot until the shaft comes in contact with the further narrow portion.