Abstract: A device for dispensing a substance, including a receptacle for the product, a piston plug axially moveable in the receptacle, an output member associated with the device for causing the piston plug to move axially, and a connecting mechanism for detachably connecting the output member to the piston plug by axially displacement of the output member and the piston plug relative to each other, wherein, after being connected, the output member and piston plug may be separated by relative twisting.

Abstract: A medical device, with an operating element for triggering the medical device, includes a safety system for preventing an erroneous triggering of the device. The present invention encompasses a method for controlling the medical device including determining if an operating command is given by a person prior to the device's carrying out the command.

Abstract: A device for delivering a liquid agent in doses, the device including a receptacle for storing the liquid agent and a propulsion mechanism for advancing a piston toward an outlet of the receptacle in order to expel a dose of the agent, wherein the propulsion mechanism permanently acts on the piston with a propulsive force, and wherein the device further includes a mechanism for releasably blocking a piston advance. The invention encompasses embodiments in the form of an infusion pump adapted to include the device for delivering and a controller for controlling at least the mechanism for releasably blocking.

Abstract: The present invention provides a module for a computer interface including a transducer wherein the transducer receives a measurement value and makes this measurement value available for monitoring an individual's health by means of the computer interface, for example, for monitoring an individual's blood glucose level, wherein the measurement value is obtained by means of a sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a module for a computer interface including a transducer wherein the transducer receives a measurement value and makes this measurement value available for monitoring an individual's health by means of the computer interface, for example, for monitoring an individual's blood glucose level, wherein the measurement value is obtained by means of a sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the monitoring of the pressure of a product fluid to be administered in dosed amounts during an infusion or injection, which is dispensable from a container that is received in or formed by a housing, by advancement of a piston received in the container. The reaction force exerted by the piston onto the housing, which serves as a measure for the fluid pressure, is hereby measured and fed to a control for a drive of the piston. The control compares the measured reaction force with a predetermined reference force and controls the drive of the motor under consideration of the result of the comparison. The reference force is a nominal value for the reaction force and a direct nominal/actual comparison is carried out between the measured reaction force and its nominal value. The invention further relates to an apparatus which is especially suited for carrying out the process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a module for a computer interface including a transducer wherein the transducer receives a measurement value and makes this measurement value available for monitoring an individual's health by means of the computer interface, for example, for monitoring an individual's blood glucose level, wherein the measurement value is obtained by means of a sensor.

Abstract: The spigot-and-socket joint which is secured against sliding is designated for moulded parts and for socket pipes (1) produced by the centrifugal casting technique, with the spigot end (3) of the one pipe adapted to be slid, with radial play, into the socket end (2) of the other pipe. In the socket end there are arranged a sealing ring (8) and a separate clamping ring (14) comprising a plurality of circumferentially extending, spaced clamping segments (15) having a spherically convex outer surface (17) and, on their inner surface (18), a tooth system (19) which, in the presence of axial forces, presses radially onto the spigot end (3) as the spherically convex surface (17) cooperates with a pipe socket's inner surface (18) which tapers conically towards the end. An elastomer support member (20), which can be fixed in its position at the socket face end and supports the same, is provided on the clamping ring (14).

Abstract: A spigot-and-socket joint which is secured against pulling apart, particularly for socket pipes manufactured by centrifugal casting or molding, wherein the spigot end of one pipe is pushed into the socket end of another pipe, with radial play, comprises a sealing ring and a gripping ring in the socket pipe, the gripping ring comprising a plurality of gripping segments mutually spaced circumferentially and each having a spherically convex radially outer surface and being interconnected in the circumferential direction by a vulcanized intermediate piece of rubber or the like, and a toothed configuration on the radially inner surface, so that when axial tensile forces arise at the joint, the toothed configurations are pressed radially inwardly against the spigot end by interaction of the spherically convex surfaces with an interior conical surface of the pipe socket which interior surface narrows in the direction of the distal end of the socket.