Abstract: An embossing die includes a recess into which a component can be introduced for embossing and an embossing bead protruding into the recess and contacting the component. The recess has a side wall that extends at least partially conically or concavely in an embossing direction.

Abstract: A positioning device has a deformable load-bearing element (10), a shaped part (12) coupled to the load-bearing element (10), and a holder (24). The load-bearing element (10) is adapted to be shifted from a first position in which the shaped part (12) is held in a first shape by the holder (24), into a second position in which the shaped part (12) is at least partially no longer held by the holder (24) and takes a second shape which is transmitted to the load-bearing element (10).

Abstract: A positioning device has a deformable load-bearing element (10), a shaped part (12) coupled to the load-bearing element (10), and a holder (24). The load-bearing element (10) is adapted to be shifted from a first position in which the shaped part (12) is held in a first shape by the holder (24), into a second position in which the shaped part (12) is at least partially no longer held by the holder (24) and takes a second shape which is transmitted to the load-bearing element (10).

Abstract: An apparatus for the administration of a medicine, the apparatus including a hydraulic passage and a porous element, in some embodiments, a membrane, in the hydraulic passage, wherein the rate of administration is controlled, adjusted or selected by determining the rate of flow or delivering a component of an impulse pressure of a hydraulic fluid flowing through the passage and porous element. In some embodiments, different porous elements, a porous element having portions of varied permeability or a cover for covering all or a portion of the porous element may be used for selectively controlling or varying the rate of flow and, thereby, the rate of administration of the medicine.