Abstract: The system invention describes a support and improved method of application and removal. The support, comprised of a network of flexible, non-porous, multi-lumen tubing interlaces at a plurality of junctions to form a lattice structure. Apertures designed to accommodate boney prominences also permit air or water to reach the skin underneath and encourage rapid fluid flow internally through the lattice. A hydrophobic, thermal-resistant, flowable padding layer is injected within a secondary lumen to the lattice structure, spanning its complete surface area. As a result, the breathability of the support is not affected by this padding layer because it mirrors the apertures of the lattice. At least one liquid is injected into the structure and configured to transform into a solid when acted on by an external mechanical stimulus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display; and one or more processors configured to, based on a user input being received while a video is provided through the display, obtain at least one passage by inputting information on the user input and the video to a first encoder, obtain a text by using a part of a plurality of tokens included in the at least one passage by inputting the video, the information on the user input, and the at least one passage into a neural network model, and output the obtained text.

Abstract: An inlet cannula is provided for supplying a fluid from a human vessel to a fluid pump, the inlet cannula formed as a hollow structure suitable for conveying the fluid and a surface of the inlet cannula has an ingrowth zone and an inlet zone separated from each other by a tear-off edge extending in the circumferential direction of the inlet cannula, wherein a first tangent to the inlet zone on the tear-off edge has an angle to a longitudinal axis of the inlet cannula of >0° and <180°, and wherein a surface roughness in the ingrowth zone is greater than a surface roughness in the inlet zone, and wherein along the flow direction the ingrowth zone is concave, convex, or not curved and the inlet zone is convexly curved, and wherein the tear-off edge forms a curvature transition between the ingrowth zone and the inlet zone.

Abstract: The present application relates to an implantable blood pump for assisting a heart function. The blood pump comprises a heat source and a wall that delimits a flow cannel. In addition, the blood pump comprises a heat distributor for distributing heat generated by the heat source to a surface of the wall. In order to transfer heat from the heat source to the blood conveyed in the flow channel, the heat distributor is thermally conductively connected to the heat source and thermally conductively connected to the opposite face of the wall from the flow channel.

Abstract: A fluid pump is provided for delivering a fluid, particularly blood, comprising: a housing with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a rotor, which is mounted in the housing such that it can rotate about an axis of rotation in order to deliver the fluid from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, the rotor being mounted in the housing by means of a mechanical bearing. A flow cross-section between the rotor and the housing has a local or partial flow cross-section minimum in the direction of the axis of rotation in the region of the mechanical bearing.

Abstract: An inlet cannula is provided for supplying a fluid from a human vessel to a fluid pump, the inlet cannula formed as a hollow structure suitable for conveying the fluid and a surface of the inlet cannula has an ingrowth zone and an inlet zone separated from each other by a tear-off edge extending in the circumferential direction of the inlet cannula, wherein a first tangent to the inlet zone on the tear-off edge has an angle to a longitudinal axis of the inlet cannula of >0° and <180°, and wherein a surface roughness in the ingrowth zone is greater than a surface roughness in the inlet zone, and wherein along the flow direction the ingrowth zone is concave, convex, or not curved and the inlet zone is convexly curved, and wherein the tear-off edge forms a curvature transition between the ingrowth zone and the inlet zone.

Abstract: Methods for operating a liquid pump having a rotor are provided for conveying liquids. The viscosity of the conveyed liquid, such as blood, may be determined while taking into account measured values of operating parameters of the pump. The pump may be operated in a predetermined region of a family of characteristic curves. The family of characteristic curves may link at least two operating parameters of the pump to each other, and, in the predetermined region, at least three parameters of the pump may be sensed and taken into account in order to determine the viscosity. Because of the operation in a predetermined region of a family of characteristic curves, the viscosity of the conveyed liquid can be determined in addition to the volumetric flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump when an appropriate selection is made from a sufficient number of sensed operating parameters.

Abstract: Methods for operating a pump are provided, the pump comprising a rotor for conveying fluids, wherein the volume flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump is determined, wherein at least one first operating parameter and in particular a second operating parameter of a first group of operating parameters are detected and, depending on the value of the first and in particular also the value of a second operating parameter of the first group, the volume flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump is determined from detected values of the operating parameters, either from the first group of operating parameters, or values of another set of operating parameters, in particular at least one additional operating parameter, are taken into consideration in order to determine the volume flow rate and the pressure difference across the pump.

Abstract: A blood pump is provided that comprises a housing with an inlet arranged upstream, an outlet arranged downstream, and a rotatably mounted rotor with an axis and a blading. The rotor comprises a cylinder bushing or a cylinder, wherein the blading is arranged on an outer surface of the cylinder. The rotor is magnetically mounted in an axial direction and comprises at least a first ring, which is secured to the blading, runs radially externally around the blading, and is magnetised in the axial direction, and also a second magnetised ring portion, which runs externally around the first ring, for forming an axial magnetic bearing.

Abstract: Methods for operating a liquid pump having a rotor are provided for conveying liquids. The viscosity of the conveyed liquid, such as blood, may be determined while taking into account measured values of operating parameters of the pump. The pump may be operated in a predetermined region of a family of characteristic curves. The family of characteristic curves may link at least two operating parameters of the pump to each other, and, in the predetermined region, at least three parameters of the pump may be sensed and taken into account in order to determine the viscosity. Because of the operation in a predetermined region of a family of characteristic curves, the viscosity of the conveyed liquid can be determined in addition to the volumetric flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump when an appropriate selection is made from a sufficient number of sensed operating parameters.

Abstract: Methods for operating a pump are provided, the pump comprising a rotor for conveying fluids, wherein the volume flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump is determined, wherein at least one first operating parameter and in particular a second operating parameter of a first group of operating parameters are detected and, depending on the value of the first and in particular also the value of a second operating parameter of the first group, the volume flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump is determined from detected values of the operating parameters, either from the first group of operating parameters, or values of another set of operating parameters, in particular at least one additional operating parameter, are taken into consideration in order to determine the volume flow rate and the pressure difference across the pump.