Abstract: A printer for printing a 3D object based on a computer model, the printer comprising a tool for extruding or solidifying material, a stage supporting layers of the object; motion structure defining the shape of the layers, and a controller configured to make a path to be followed for making the object. To increase at least one of the speed and the precision by which the object is made, the controller is configured to define the path by defining a plurality of line segments and by defining transition segment for insertion between the line segments. The controller is further configured to only demand material deposition along the line segments and not along the transition segments.
Abstract: A sports ball is configured to enhance detection of spin properties by radar. The ball includes a spherical body having a first reflectivity with respect to radiation generated by a radar to be used in detecting spin of the ball. In addition, the ball includes a plurality of markers. Each of the markers has a second reflectivity with respect to the radiation generated by a radar to be used in detecting spin of the ball. The second reflectivity is different from the first reflectivity. The markers are distributed on the ball so that every great circle extending around an exterior surface of the ball is within a distance d of a projection on the exterior surface of the ball of at least one of the markers. The distance d is less than a radius of the ball.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
TRACKMAN A/S
Inventors:
Fredrik Tuxen, Nicolaj Peter Hermansen, Thomas Harries Hasselbalch
Abstract: A coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering apparatus for imaging a sample includes an optical output; an optical source arranged to generate a first optical signal at a first wavelength; and a nonlinear element arranged to receive the first optical signal, where the nonlinear element is arranged to cause the first optical signal to undergo four-wave mixing on transmission through the nonlinear element such that a second optical signal at a second wavelength and a third optical signal at a third wavelength are generated, wherein an optical signal pair including two of the first, second and third optical signals is provided to the optical output for imaging the sample.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 3, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
NKT PHOTONICS A/S
Inventors:
Anatoly Borisovich Grudinin, John Redvers Clowes, Pascal Dupriez, Michael Yarrow
Abstract: An articulated tip part suitable for an endoscope, where the articulated tip part includes a distal end segment, a proximal end segment and a number of intermediate segments arranged between the distal end segment and the proximal end segment, the segments being joined together to form an articulated assembly of segments, a passage running along the length of the articulated tip part, and a bending element, the bending element being fastened to at least two segments and being arranged along a path which is essentially parallel to a centerline of the articulated tip part.
Abstract: A cartridge holder assembly is provided, comprising an enclosed cartridge, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The enclosed cartridge defines a longitudinal axis and comprises a generally cylindrical main portion, a distal outlet portion having a neck portion with a circumferential shoulder portion, and a proximal portion having an opening surrounded by a circumferential rim. The distal portion comprises a distal support structure engaging the cartridge neck portion and being adapted to support the cartridge against movement in the distal direction, and the proximal portion comprises a proximal support structure engaging the cartridge circumferential rim and being adapted to support the cartridge against movement in the proximal direction. The proximal support structure is essentially non-deformed, and the distal support structure engaging the cartridge neck portion is plastically deformed.
Abstract: A method for repairing a gear (2) having a number of damaged teeth (4, 4?, 4?), wherein the method comprises the step of removing material from the gear (2) hereby providing a pocket structure (28, 28?, 28?, 28??), wherein said material includes at least one damaged tooth (4, 4?). Said method further comprises the step of providing a segment (12, 12?, 12?, 12??) to be inserted into the pocket structure (28, 28?, 28?, 28??), wherein the segment (12, 12?, 12?, 12??) has a geometry that fits the geometry of the pocket structure (28, 28?, 28?, 28??). The method comprises the step of radially inserting the segment (12, 12?, 12?, 12??) into the pocket structure (28, 28?, 28?, 28??) and attaching radially extending attachment structures (60, 60?) through at least a portion (18, 18?) of the segment (12, 12?, 12?, 12??) and further into at least a portion (32, 32?) of the underlying structure (64) of the gear (2).
Abstract: An earcup for a headphone, comprising at least one earcup comprising a front opening adapted to be adjacent to the ear of a user of the headphone, a baffle disposed within the earcup to define front and rear cavities, an outer cup arranged to accommodate the rear cavities, a first inner cup arranged within the rear cavity surrounding the front opening, a transducer and an earpad extending around the periphery of the front opening of the earcup arranged to accommodate the front cavity and the ear of the user, and wherein the earcup comprises a second inner cup arranged between the outer cup and the back-volume cup for providing an acoustic barrier between outside noise and the ear of the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
EPOS Group A/S
Inventors:
Anders Røser Hansen, Peter Vestergaard Værum, Klaus Sommer Ipsen, Johan Grundtvig, Morten Hessilt Kjær, Giovanni Ferranti
Abstract: A monitoring system for a wind turbine blade, wherein the wind turbine blade includes an electrically conducting or semi-conducting structural component and a lightning protection system having a down conductor electrically connected to an lightning receptor, wherein the down conductor is electrically connected to the structural component by an equipotential connector, such that, a network of electrical impedances including the structural component, the equipotential connector and the down conductor is formed, whereby the hybrid monitoring system includes, a sensing device for the network, including a transmitter for emitting an electrical pulse into the network via a first terminal and a receiver for receiving a reception pattern of the electrical pulse from the network via a second terminal, and an evaluation device for evaluating the reception pattern to determine a first health information regarding the lightning protection system, and a second health information regarding the structural component, is pro
Abstract: A system and method utilizing a light transfer protocol for a sensor that monitors hose assembly degradation is disclosed. The system includes a sensor having one or more first alignment features, a contactless switch, and a light transmitter configured to transmit a light transfer protocol. The light transfer protocol is a sensor unique identification code recognizable by a gateway device that automatically pairs the sensor to the gateway device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 21, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2023
Assignee:
DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS II TECHNOLOGY A/S
Inventors:
David Samuel Remba Uribe, Glenn J. Steffen
Abstract: A braking mechanism for a rotary operating member (9) of a medical device such as an endoscope. The braking mechanism includes at least one elastic member (18) adapted for biasing a friction element (19) into a frictional engagement between a stationary shaft arranged on the endoscope handle and the rotary operating member (9). The friction element (19) includes a curved surface and the elastic member (18) comprises a spring which, as seen in the radial direction of the rotary member (9), has a cross-sectional shape with at least one U-shaped section.
Abstract: An image processing device including a housing and a processing circuit in the housing, the processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory including a neural network model and proximity suppression logic, the neural network model comprising a single-pass neural network model trained with training images corresponding to an endoscopic procedure and defining anatomic references observable in the training images, wherein the neural network model is configured to process images, to detect the anatomic references in the images, and to output a set of anatomic references including identifiers and confidence values representing the likelihoods that the anatomic reference identifiers are correct, and wherein the proximity suppression logic is configured to change the confidence values of the anatomic references in the set of anatomic references based on a prior position of the endoscope to identify an anatomic reference indicative of the current position of the endoscope.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 2, 2022
Publication date:
June 8, 2023
Applicant:
AMBU A/S
Inventors:
Andreas Härstedt JØRGENSEN, Finn SONNENBORG, Dana Marie YU, Lee Herluf Lund LASSEN, Alejandro ALONSO DÍAZ, Josefine Dam GADE
Abstract: According to a first aspect, a sound processor unit of a cochlear implant system is disclosed. The sound processor unit comprises an electric circuit, which comprises a sound processor antenna with a sound processor antenna capacitance and a sound processor antenna inductance, wherein the sound processor antenna capacitance and the sound processor antenna inductance are connected in series and form a resonant circuit.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 6, 2022
Publication date:
June 8, 2023
Applicant:
Oticon Medical A/S
Inventors:
Julien VENET, Philippe MONIER, Regis PIERQUIN, Martin BESNARD
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a phycocyanin, glycerol and a modified starch. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the composition and the use of the composition for coloring edible products.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 5, 2021
Publication date:
June 8, 2023
Applicant:
OTERRA A/S
Inventors:
Dina DIX, Adina JEROMINSKI, Lori NAPIER
Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid including a vibrator configured to apply a main vibration stimulation onto a skull of a recipient of the hearing aid. The vibrator may include a first assembly which comprises a magnet configured to provide a static magnetic flux and a coil configured to provide a dynamic magnetic flux based on a first current, and the coil may be wrapped around at least a part of the magnet. Furthermore, the vibrator includes a second assembly which includes a vibrator transfer unit and a suspension spring, and wherein the first assembly may be configured to move relative to the second assembly generating a first vibration based on the static and the dynamic magnetic flux, and the first vibration may be transferred to the vibrator transfer unit.
Abstract: A rope for reinforcing joints in fibre-reinforced composite structures is described. The rope comprises chopped reinforcement fibres and retaining means for retaining the chopped fibres in a rope-shape. Further, composite structures utilising such ropes as filler elements are described as well as an apparatus for manufacturing such ropes.
Abstract: An endoscope (1) including a handle (2), an insertion cord (3), and a steering mechanism, the insertion cord (3) including an insertion tube (4), a bending section (5) and a distal tip unit (6), the steering mechanism including a manually operable steering input element (7) to receive a rotational input by a user and being connected to a control shaft, which is rotatably supported at the endoscope handle (2) and a steering switch mechanism (13) configured to switch a coupling state of the steering input element (7) at least between a first mode of operation, in which the steering mechanism bends the bending section (5) in a first bending plane, and a second mode of operation, in which the steering mechanism bends the bending section (5) in a second bending plane.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing stereodefined phosphorothioate oligonucleotides, especially locked stereodefined phosphorothioate oligonucleotides with a high yield, using pyridinium acidic salts as a coupling activator.