Abstract: A nasal pillow adapted for use with a patient interface device, the nasal pillow including an outer casing structured to define an interior area; and an inner support structure disposed in the interior area, wherein a rigidity of the inner support structure is greater than a rigidity of the outer casing.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus (1) including a display generation unit (110) configured to generate a display area (210) in a user interface, the display area being configured to display a 3-D model of a patient's face and a 3-D model of a patient interface device fitted to the 3-D model of the patient's face; and an interaction map unit (160) configured to generate an interaction map tool (260) in the user interface and to calculate an interaction map between the patient's face and the patient interface device indicating levels of an interaction characteristic between the patient's face and the patient interface device, wherein the interaction map tool is operable to toggle display of the interaction map in the user interface.

Abstract: The invention describes an OLED device (1) comprising an organic layer (3) which emits light (L1) in operation and which is positioned between an essentially transparent anode layer (5) and an essentially opaque cathode layer (7). The cathode layer (7) is deliberately structured along a main extension plane (EP) of the OLED device to comprise at least one cathode region (11, 11a, 11b) in which the cathode layer (7) is 10 present and a plurality of cathode-free regions (13, 13a, 13b) and/or at least one cathode-free region (13, 13a, 13b) of a larger extension, through which cathode-free regions and/or region (13, 13a, 13b) visible light (L2) can pass in the direction of a cross extension (CE) of the OLED device. The invention also describes a production method of such OLED device (1).

Abstract: An optical monitoring device for monitoring curvature along a flexible medical instrument including optical fibers, a light source to inject light into the optical fibers, a light receiver configured to measure an optical characteristic of reflected light from the optical fibers, a processor to analyze the measured optical characteristic to determine a curvature of the optical fibers, compare the curvature with a threshold curvature, determine a location along the optical fibers of the determined curvature, store previous curvatures and their associated location along the fibers in a storage, analyze the stored curvatures by counting or summing curvatures determined at a given location over time to predict breakdown of the flexible medical instrument, and produce an indication when the stored curvatures determined at the given location over time predict breakdown of the flexible medical instrument at the given location.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for commissioning of nodes of a network. The method comprises the steps of (S10) receiving, at a first node (30a) of the network, at least one indication message including identification information of a second node (30b) of the network; (S20) receiving, at the first node (30a), parameter information indicating a parameter sensed with at least one parameter sensor associated with the first node (30a); (S30) determining whether the at least one indication message and the parameter information temporarily correlate; and (S40), if a correlation is determined, adding correlation information about the second node (30b) to a register table of the first node (30a).

Abstract: The invention describes an OLED device (1) comprising an organic layer (3) which emits light (L1) in operation and which is positioned between an essentially transparent anode layer (5) and an essentially opaque cathode layer (7). The cathode layer (7) is deliberately structured along a main extension plane (EP) of the OLED device to comprise at least one cathode region (11, 11a, 11b) in which the cathode layer (7) is 10 present and a plurality of cathode-free regions (13, 13a, 13b) and/or at least one cathode-free region (13, 13a, 13b) of a larger extension, through which cathode-free regions and/or region (13, 13a, 13b) visible light (L2) can pass in the direction of a cross extension (CE) oft he OLED device. The invention also describes a production method of such OLED device (1).

Abstract: A method of and system for digital rights management, in which access to a piece of content is granted in accordance with a license owned by a license owner to a client who is a member of a domain. This requires successfully verifying that a membership relation exists between the client and the domain as reflected in a first state variable, and that an association relation exists between the license owner and the domain as reflected in a second state variable. Both relationships are revoked by executing an online protocol between the parties in the relationship after which both remove the corresponding state variable. The domain controller propagates the state administration relating to the domain is propagated to the client so that the client can update its state administration.

Abstract: The system (900), transmitter (700), receiver (800.a 800.b), and method of the present invention provide a technique to code data bits into symbols using TCM, MLCM or BIMLCM before the symbols are placed in an SCBT block. Generally, TCM, MLCM, and BIMLCM do not have good performance over the frequency selective channels. However, since the frequency domain equalization of SCBT will flatten the channel, the use of TCM, MLCM and BIMLCM can provide significant gain. Furthermore, since some of the bits are left uncoded, the speed requirements on the encoder and decoder can be relaxed. This feature is especially important for the very high data rate systems.

Abstract: In a distributed-control cognitive radio network, each secondary user (200) in a network broadcasts parameters (125) that indicate the minimum quiet-period sensing demand for regular quiet-periods that the device requires for reliable detection of a primary user (290). Each device (200) in the network adjusts its quiet-period sensing rate to accommodate the highest minimum sensing demand (155, 160), thereby providing optimal efficiency relative to quiet-period support while assuring that all devices (200) in the network are provided at least their minimum quiet-period sensing demand (150). Both the interval between regular quiet-periods and the duration of these quiet-periods are negotiated among the devices on the network (155). A quiet-period index (140) is used to synchronize all of the devices to a common time base. Techniques are also provided for efficient coordination of on-demand quiet-period requests, and for supporting different quiet-period schedules for multiple classes of primary users.