Abstract: A device for the measurement of carbon dioxide in a working gas comprises: a tubular body inside which a working gas is conveyed; at least one emitter of an optical signal arranged at the tubular body; at least one receiver of the optical signal arranged at the tubular body on the opposite side of the emitter; heating unit arranged at least one of the emitter and the receiver; wherein the device comprises at least one temperature sensor positioned in the proximity of the heating unit, at least one control unit operatively connected to the emitter, to the receiver, to the heating unit and to the sensor, the control circuit unit comprising correction unit which are configured to correct the value of the optical signal detected by the receiver depending on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: An electrostimulating apparatus comprises a generating arrangement for generating electric pulses organised in sequences having preset values of typical parameters, the typical parameters comprising amplitude, width and frequency of the pulses, a plurality of stimulation channels such as to dispense the sequences to body zones of an organism in an independent manner, a varying arrangement suitable for varying at least one of the typical parameters in such a way as to substantially prevent the organism from habituating to the electric pulses; a method for electrostimulating an organism comprises: producing a sequence of electric pulses having a relaxing effect and a further sequence of electric pulses having a vasoactive effect; dispensing the sequence to body zones of the organism, and further dispensing the further sequence to further body zones of the organism, the body zones and the further body zones comprising agonist muscles and antagonist muscles of a neuromuscular compartment comprised in the organism

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the automatic control of a blood centrifuge, including a controller that processes four input values and two output parameters. The four input values include the hematocrit value of the input blood, the volume of the red cells present in the centrifuge, the filling level of the centrifuge, and, selectively, the hematocrit value for collected blood at the end of the filling step and the time required for the filling step. The two output parameters include the flow rate of the blood into the centrifuge and either the time required for the filling step (when the hematocrit value is provided as input) or the predicted hematocrit value (when the time for the filling step is provided as input).

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the automatic control of a blood centrifuge, including a controller that processes four input values and two output parameters. The four input values include the hematocrit value of the input blood, the volume of the red cells present in the centrifuge, the filling level of the centrifuge, and, selectively, the hematocrit value for collected blood at the end of the filling step and the time required for the filling step. The two output parameters include the flow rate of the blood into the centrifuge and either the time required for the filling step (when the hematocrit value is provided as input) or the predicted hematocrit value (when the time for the filling step is provided as input).

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the automatic control of a blood centrifuge, including a controller that processes four input values and two output parameters. The four input values include the hematocrit value of the input blood, the volume of the red cells present in the centrifuge, the filling level of the centrifuge, and, selectively, the hematocrit value for collected blood at the end of the filling step and the time required for the filling step. The two output parameters include the flow rate of the blood into the centrifuge and either the time required for the filling step (when the hematocrit value is provided as input) or the predicted hematocrit value (when the time for the filling step is provided as input).