Abstract: A method and a device for the measurement of one or more fluid-mechanically effective parameters of a fluid, with a fluid pump which comprises a delivery element which is mounted in a magnet bearing, and the delivery element of the fluid pump is excited into an oscillation by way of an excitation device, wherein the oscillation parameters as well as, as the case may be, the oscillation behaviour is measured, and parameters of the fluid are determined from this.

Abstract: An implantable medical device comprises an electronic functional device for performing a function of said implantable medical device, said electronic functional device having an operational state for performing said function and a switched-off state. A wake-up device serves for transferring said functional device from said switched-off state to said operational state. The wake-up device comprises a first timer circuit for repeatedly transferring the functional device to the operational state according to a predetermined first timing scheme, a detection device for detecting a signal from a signal source external to the implantable medical device, and a second timer circuit for repeatedly switching the detection device to a reception state according to a second timing scheme.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement with damping effect, consisting of two structurally identical fastening units each having a central first through opening. Each fastening unit comprises a mounting element and a damping element. The mounting element is disc-shaped with a central second through opening and an identical detent structure extends from a first side of each mounting element. The damping element is disc-shaped with a central third through opening and is arranged at last partially in the central second through opening of the mounting element. Due to this construction the two fastening units can be fastened to one another by means of the mutually facing first sides having the identical detent structure of the respective mounting elements with first component arranged between them.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement with damping effect, consisting of two structurally identical fastening units each having a central first through opening. Each fastening unit comprises a mounting element and a damping element. The mounting element is disc-shaped with a central second through opening and an identical detent structure extends from a first side of each mounting element. The damping element is disc-shaped with a central third through opening and is arranged at last partially in the central second through opening of the mounting element. Due to this construction the two fastening units can be fastened to one another by means of the mutually facing first sides having the identical detent structure of the respective mounting elements with first component arranged between them.

Abstract: An elastic connecting block with which, by receiving a connecting pin, at least two components can be connected together via a respective component opening. The connecting block, which is formed as a single piece, comprises a central bearing block with two mutually opposing bearing surfaces for the components to be connected. A locking flange, which can be engaged in a component opening, is provided on the first bearing surface. On the other bearing surface, a widening flange is provided, which can be expanded by a spherical head of the connecting pin such that the widening flange is held via an axial undercut in the second component opening of the second component.

Abstract: An aqueous composition includes a dihydrotriazine compound of the general formula below, where: R1 means (i) a phenyl group or phenylalkyl group, (ii) a naphthyl group or naphthylalkyl group, (iii) a heterocyclic group, heterocyclic alkyl group or heterocyclic aminoalkyl group, (iv) an alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms or (v) a cycloalkyl group or cycloalkylalkyl group, R1? means a hydrogen atom bonded to the nitrogen atom at position 1 or 3 of the dihydrotriazine ring, R2 and R3 each mean a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R4 means an alkyl group having 7 to 16 carbon atoms, and the dashed line indicates that a double bond is positioned either between positions 1 and 2 or between positions 2 and 3 of the dihydrotriazine ring, or a tautomer thereof or a salt thereof and a surfactant.

Abstract: An aqueous composition includes a dihydrotriazine compound of the general formula below, where R1 means (i) a phenyl group or phenylalkyl group, (ii) a naphthyl group or naphthylalkyl group, (iii) a heterocyclic group, heterocyclic alkyl group or heterocyclic aminoalkyl group, (iv) an alkyl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms or (v) a cycloalkyl group or cycloalkylalkyl group, R1? means a hydrogen atom bonded to the nitrogen atom at position 1 or 3 of the dihydrotriazine ring, R2 and R3 each mean a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R4 means an alkyl group having 7 to 16 carbon atoms and the dashed line indicates that a double bond is positioned either between positions 1 and 2 or between positions 2 and 3 of the dihydrotriazine ring, or a tautomer thereof or a salt thereof and a defoamer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implantable pressure sensor probe for measuring a pressure in the left atrium of a human heart, wherein a distal portion of the pressure sensor probe has a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure. A catheter is also described.

Abstract: A method and a device for the measurement of one or more fluid-mechanically effective parameters of a fluid, with a fluid pump which comprises a delivery element which is mounted in a magnet bearing, and the delivery element of the fluid pump is excited into an oscillation by way of an excitation device, wherein the oscillation parameters as well as, as the case may be, the oscillation behaviour is measured, and parameters of the fluid are determined from this.

Abstract: A method and a device for the measurement of one or more fluid-mechanically effective parameters of a fluid, with a fluid pump which comprises a delivery element which is mounted in a magnet bearing, and the delivery element of the fluid pump is excited into an oscillation by way of an excitation device, wherein the oscillation parameters as well as, as the case may be, the oscillation behaviour is measured, and parameters of the fluid are determined from this.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implantation catheter for implanting a vascular implant into a vessel of a human or animal, comprising a catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a vascular implant carried by the catheter shaft, and a pressure sensor for sensing a vascular pressure at the distal end. The implantation catheter comprises an inflatable balloon arranged circumferentially around an outside of the catheter shaft in a distal end section of the catheter shaft. Also, a method for implanting a vascular implant into a vessel of a human or an animal is provided.

Abstract: An implantable pump system can deliver blood within the body of a patient, with a blood pump which delivers a fluid in an axial direction. The blood pump can include a rotatingly drivable rotor as well as a pump casing surrounding the rotor, as well as a support tube, in which the pump casing is arranged and held, wherein an annular gap is formed between the support tube and the pump casing. An almost physiological blood flow is rendered possible in this manner, by way of the combination of a flow through the pump casing on the one hand, and the annular gap on the other hand.

Abstract: An annular plug-in coupling having a ring structure with a longitudinal axis, a radial inner side and a radial outer side, a fastening structure on the outer side of the ring structure with a first and a second undercut acting against one another in the longitudinal direction of the ring structure, of which at least the first undercut can be moved resiliently in the radial direction, a latching structure arranged centrally the ring structure, with which a coupling pin of a second component can be releasably connected and which consists of at least three spring arms, the width of which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the ring structure and is greater than a thickness, the spring arms extend inwards from the radial inner side of the ring structure and end in a free fastening end which include at least an insertion slope and a clamping portion.

Abstract: A blood pump has a hollow body in which an impeller with a spiral blading produces an axial propulsion of blood along the impeller, as well as an at least partly actively stabilized magnetic bearing device and a hydrodynamic bearing device for the impeller. The impeller may be set into a rotation about a rotation axis of the impeller with a motor stator located outside the hollow body. The hollow body has an inlet for the flow of blood into the hollow body in an inflow direction which is essentially parallel to the rotation axis, and an outlet for the outflow of the blood out of the hollow body in an outflow direction which is offset to the rotation axis of the impeller to produce a non-zero outflow angle (?) between the inflow direction and the outflow direction. A total artificial heart can be formed from two such blood pumps.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a closure element of a drive means opening of a connection element. Further, the present disclosure relates to an installation holding element with a plurality of closure elements of the drive means opening of a connection element, wherein the closure elements can be installed manually without tool in the drive means opening of the connection element. For this purpose, the installation holding element comprises a holding element, a handle portion as well as a plurality of closure elements arranged at the holding element.

Abstract: A blood pump includes a hollow body in which an impeller with blading is provided for producing an axial propulsion of blood along the impeller. An at least partly actively stabilized magnetic bearing device is provided wherein the impeller may be set into a rotation about a rotation axis of the impeller, with a motor stator. The hollow body has an inlet for the flow of blood into the hollow body in an inflow direction which is essentially parallel to the rotation axis, and an outlet for the outflow of the blood out of the hollow body in an outflow direction.

Abstract: A method and a device for the measurement of one or more fluid-mechanically effective parameters of a fluid, with a fluid pump which comprises a delivery element which is mounted in a magnet bearing, and the delivery element of the fluid pump is excited into an oscillation by way of an excitation device, wherein the oscillation parameters as well as, as the case may be, the oscillation behaviour is measured, and parameters of the fluid are determined from this.

Abstract: A method and a device for the measurement of fluid-mechanically effective parameters of a fluid, with a fluid pump which comprises a delivery element (2) which is mounted in a magnet bearing (10, 10a, 11, 11a), according to the invention, envisages the delivery element (2) of the fluid pump being excited into an oscillation by way of an excitation device (16, 44), wherein the oscillation parameters as well as, as the case may be, the oscillation behavior is measured, and parameters of the fluid are determined from this.

Abstract: Methods are provided for controlling the speed of a pump based on a valve state index and/or for deriving a valve state from time-series signal representing a pressure difference or a flow rate. The methods may be employed in blood pump systems or in blood pump control systems.

Abstract: A blood pump has a hollow body in which an impeller with a spiral blading produces an axial propulsion of blood along the impeller, as well as an at least partly actively stabilized magnetic bearing device and a hydrodynamic bearing device for the impeller. The impeller may be set into a rotation about a rotation axis of the impeller with a motor stator located outside the hollow body. The hollow body has an inlet for the flow of blood into the hollow body in an inflow direction which is essentially parallel to the rotation axis, and an outlet for the outflow of the blood out of the hollow body in an outflow direction which is offset to the rotation axis of the impeller to produce a non-zero outflow angle (?) between the inflow direction and the outflow direction. A total artificial heart can be formed from two such blood pumps.