Abstract: A hand-held unit serves to feed an implant, in particular a stent, and to release the implant by means of a release element. The hand-held unit comprises a housing that has a housing opening and a connection section for attaching an outer catheter layer of a catheter to the housing and for guiding the release element from an interior of the housing into the catheter so that the release element is movable relative to the outer catheter layer. The hand-held unit further comprises a transmission element that is connected to the release element in order to transmit a movement of the transmission element to the release element, and an actuation element that is rotatably or displaceably supported in the housing and that can be actuated from outside the housing through the housing opening, wherein a movement of the actuation element causes a movement of the transmission element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stent for transluminal implantation into hollow organs, in particular into blood vessels, ureters, esophagi, the colon, the duodenum, the airways or the biliary tract, comprising an at least substantially tubular body that extends along a longitudinal direction and that can be converted from a compressed state having a first cross-sectional diameter into an expanded state having an enlarged second cross-sectional diameter. The stent in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the tubular body comprises an inner body and an outer body, with the outer body surrounding the inner body at least regionally, with the outer body completely running around at least one section of the inner body, and the outer body is formed from a bioresorbable material or comprises a bioresorbable material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stent for transluminal implantation into hollow organs, in particular into blood vessels, ureters, esophagi, the colon, the duodenum, the airways or the biliary tract, comprising an at least substantially tubular body that extends along a longitudinal direction and that can be converted from a compressed state having a first cross-sectional diameter into an expanded state having an enlarged second cross-sectional diameter, wherein the stent comprises a stent body composed of a biostable material, characterized in that the stent body comprises a plurality of stent sections, preferably annular stent sections, that are in particular separate from one another, and the stent has a support structure that connects the stent sections to one another, wherein the support structure is formed from a bioresorbable material or comprises a bioresorbable material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the dynamic parameterization of at least one sensor in an industrial process in which measurement data of the process are acquired by means of a configuration sensor and of a productive sensor, with the configuration sensor and the productive sensor being sensors of the same kind; the measurement data are transmitted to a control unit; the control unit generates a parameter set for the productive sensor with reference to the measurement data and transmits the parameter set to the productive sensor; and the productive sensor uses the parameter set in operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a setup kit for at least one placement machine, wherein the placement machine serves for the placement of components on/at assemblies, and wherein those components that are required for the assemblies for a plurality of different assemblies to be manufactured are determined by means of the placement machine; possible setup kits for the placement machine are prepared iteratively from the determined components, with each setup kit comprising a plurality of components; an optimized setup kit is selected from the setup kits by means of an electronic processing device in the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a setup kit for at least one placement machine, wherein the placement machine serves for the placement of components on/at assemblies, and wherein those components that are required for the assemblies for a plurality of different assemblies to be manufactured are determined by means of the placement machine; possible setup kits for the placement machine are prepared iteratively from the determined components, with each setup kit comprising a plurality of components; an optimized setup kit is selected from the setup kits by means of an electronic processing device in the method,

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the dynamic parameterization of at least one sensor in an industrial process in which measurement data of the process are acquired by means of a configuration sensor and of a productive sensor, with the configuration sensor and the productive sensor being sensors of the same kind; the measurement data are transmitted to a control unit; the control unit generates a parameter set for the productive sensor with reference to the measurement data and transmits the parameter set to the productive sensor; and the productive sensor uses the parameter set in operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the utilization of data from a plurality of machines, in which operating data from a plurality of machines are detected by a plurality of sensors, wherein the operating data have different first data formats, with the respective first data format depending on the respective sensor; the operating data are converted by at least one abstraction module into abstraction data, wherein the abstraction data have a uniform second data format and are stored in a central memory device; an analysis of the abstraction data is carried out, wherein the analysis is based on operating data from at least two machines; an operating state of one of the machines is assessed with reference to the analysis; and the analysis of the abstraction data is output.

Abstract: A metering device for dispensing a predetermined amount of lubricant includes a lubricant reservoir, which retains a lubricant and dispenses it under pressure via an outlet of the lubricant reservoir, and a metering apparatus, which comprises at least one microvalve. The microvalve is fluidly coupled with the outlet of the lubricant reservoir and dispenses the predetermined amount of lubricant in a defined manner. The metering apparatus is spatially separable from the lubricant reservoir.

Abstract: A pressure switch comprises a housing having a cavity for conveying a pressurized fluid. The cavity extends from an inlet to an outlet and defines a flow path for the fluid. A pressure-transducing element is provided for measuring the fluid pressure. The pressure-transducing element is in fluid communication with the cavity and is at least partially disposed in the flow path between the inlet and the outlet. The pressure-transducing element has a cylindrical shape with a constant diameter and is partially disposed in a bore in the housing. The bore has a constant bore diameter. One end of the pressure-transducing element extends into the flow path.

Abstract: A metering device for dispensing a predetermined amount of lubricant includes a lubricant reservoir, which retains a lubricant and dispenses it under pressure via an outlet of the lubricant reservoir, and a metering apparatus, which comprises at least one microvalve. The microvalve is fluidly coupled with the outlet of the lubricant reservoir and dispenses the predetermined amount of lubricant in a defined manner. The metering apparatus is spatially separable from the lubricant reservoir.

Abstract: A pressure switch comprises a housing having a cavity for conveying a pressurized fluid. The cavity extends from an inlet to an outlet and defines a flow path for the fluid. A pressure-transducing element is provided for measuring the fluid pressure. The pressure-transducing element is in fluid communication with the cavity and is at least partially disposed in the flow path between the inlet and the outlet. The pressure-transducing element has a cylindrical shape with a constant diameter and is partially disposed in a bore in the housing. The bore has a constant bore diameter. One end of the pressure-transducing element extends into the flow path.