Abstract: A data receiver is configured to receive a signal, the signal comprising interferences of an interference-infested transmission channel, the data receiver being configured to form a histogram of receive information of a signal portion of the received signal and to determine mean receive information and/or a noise measure from the histogram.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stents made of a magnesium alloy degradable under physiological conditions having an inorganic coating comprising magnesium fluoride and having an organic coating. The stents according the invention can additionally be coated with at least one antiinflammatory, antiproliferative, antiangiogenic, antirestenotic, and/or antithrombogenic active agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intracorporeal guide component (1) for guiding lines belonging to medical devices inside a living being. The guide component (1) has a main body (2) comprising a line channel (3) for receiving and guiding the line. To secure the guide component (1) in the body of the living being more easily, with less damage to the tissue, according to the invention the main body (2) has, on its periphery, one or more contact surfaces (4, 4b) designed for interlocking and/or frictional contact with a bone structure of the living being. For example, the guide component (1) can be clamped between two costal arches of the living being, as an intercostal guide component (1), in order to securely hold and guide a line leading to the heart of the living being.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stents made of a magnesium alloy degradable under physiological conditions having an inorganic coating comprising magnesium fluoride and having an organic coating. The stents according the invention can additionally be coated with at least one antiinflammatory, antiproliferative, antiangiogenic, antirestenotic, and/or antithrombogenic active agent.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for segmenting a medical image. In one aspect, a method comprises: receiving a medical image that is captured using a medical imaging modality and that depicts a region of tissue in a body; and processing the medical image using a segmentation neural network to generate a segmentation output, wherein the segmentation neural network comprises a sequence of multiple encoder blocks, wherein: each encoder block is a residual neural network block comprising one or more two-dimensional convolutional neural network layers, one or more three-dimensional convolutional neural network layers, or both, and each encoder block is configured to process a respective encoder block input to generate a respective encoder block output wherein a spatial resolution of the encoder block output is lower than a spatial resolution of the encoder block input.

Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a sensor unit having a plurality of sensor elements, the detection data of which are used for controlling an opto-electronic light source. According to various embodiments, the plurality of sensor elements are arranged on a substrate body, which is provided in the form of a molded circuit carrier made of a plastic material, and detect different regions and/or sizes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a largely nickel-free iron alloy or a nickel-free stainless steel having the following composition: 14.0% by wt.-16.5% by wt. chromium 10.0% by wt.-12.0% by wt. manganese ?3.0% by wt.-4.00% by wt. molybdenum 0.55% by wt.-0.70% by wt. nitrogen 0.10% by wt.-0.20% by wt. carbon 0.00% by wt.-2.00% by wt. impurities, such as other metals, semimetals, metal salts and/or non-metals the rest up to 100% by wt. is iron, which is in particular suitable for the production of stents as well as to stents made of this alloy.

Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a sensor unit having a plurality of sensor elements, the detection data of which are used for controlling an opto-electronic light source. According to various embodiments, the plurality of sensor elements are arranged on a substrate body, which is provided in the form of a molded circuit carrier made of a plastic material, and detect different regions and/or sizes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vessel connector (10) for surgically connecting two vessels and/or prosthetics to each other, comprising a sleeve-shaped body (1), the walls of which are designed to be elastic, such that the force acting on the ligature or suture is limited to the extent that no pressure points or necroses occur in the vessel. It is made of two substantially rigid outer rings (2), delimiting the sleeve-shaped body, and webs (3) present between the rings, wherein at least regions of individual webs have a shape (4) deviating from a straight line over longer distances, and it has at least one ring-shaped region (5) of higher elasticity between the rigid rings. The connector provides a blood-tight connection of at least two natural or artificial vessels, including prosthetic connections, a prosthesis to a natural vessel, or two prostheses to each other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a largely nickel-free iron alloy or a nickel-free stainless steel having the following composition: 14.0% by wt.-16.5% by wt. chromium 10.0% by wt.-12.0% by wt. manganese ?3.0% by wt.-4.00% by wt. molybdenum 0.55% by wt.-0.70% by wt. nitrogen 0.10% by wt.-0.20% by wt. carbon 0.00% by wt.-2.00% by wt. impurities, such as other metals, semimetals, metal salts and/or non-metals the rest up to 100% by wt. is iron, which is in particular suitable for the production of stents as well as to stents made of this alloy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vessel connector (10) for surgically connecting two vessels and/or prosthetics to each other, comprising a sleeve-shaped body (1), the walls of which are designed to be elastic, such that the force acting on the ligature or suture is limited to the extent that no pressure points or necroses occur in the vessel. It is made of two substantially rigid outer rings (2), delimiting the sleeve-shaped body, and webs (3) present between the rings, wherein at least regions of individual webs have a shape (4) deviating from a straight line over longer distances, and it has at least one ring-shaped region (5) of higher elasticity between the rigid rings. The connector provides a blood-tight connection of at least two natural or artificial vessels, including prosthetic connections, a prosthesis to a natural vessel, or two prostheses to each other.

Abstract: A lamp has a lamp body having a first socket and a second socket configured to receive matching bases of a tubular fluorescent light. At least the first socket has a housing that is of such a design that the housing, with a base of the fluorescent tube received and electrically contacted in the first socket, is detachably connected to the lamp body. The detachable connection is a snap connection having a bore and a matching pin that can be secured in the bore by a snap element engaging a locking recess on the pin.