Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for noninvasive measurement of parameters of a bodily tissue, the measuring device having a sensor unit and a sensor mat for detachable placement of the device on a body surface. The sensor unit (1) has a receptacle (6), the interior of which accommodates a sensor arrangement, wherein the receptacle (6) has a sensor surface (15) in the direction of the body surface. The sensor mat (8) has a cutout (11) for accommodating the sensor unit (1) and a contact surface (14), at least partially surrounding the sensor unit (1), for placement on the body surface (9). A cover (12) is provided for closing the cutout (11) over an upper side of the sensor unit (1) and the sensor mat (8) during a measurement of parameters. The sensor unit (1), the sensor mat (8) and the cover (12) are detachable from one another.

Abstract: A method and a device for anchoring a suture to an object includes a shuttle and a pin made of a material which can be liquefied by means of ultrasonic vibrations. A suture is attached to a rear end of the pin. The shuttle has a shuttle body, a shuttle arm and a suture reception, wherein the shuttle arm is suitable for releasably holding the pin in a predetermined position relative to the shuttle body such that the pin can be reliably introduced into a hole in an object.

Abstract: A flowmeter for liquids has a measuring housing, which encloses and rotatably mounts an impeller, said measuring housing comprising a one-piece supply pipe and discharge pipe, wherein the impeller is eccentrically arranged in the discharge pipe after a nozzle-forming constriction. A sensor encoder is associated with the impeller and a sensor which responds to the sensor encoder is provided on the measuring housing for determining the amount of liquid flowing through the measuring housing on the basis of the revolutions of the impeller. The outer diameter corresponding to the impeller is smaller than the nominal inner diameter of the discharge pipe, enabling it to be pushed into the one-piece pipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for noninvasive measurement of parameters of a bodily tissue, the measuring device having a sensor unit and a sensor mat for detachable placement of the device on a body surface. The sensor unit (1) has a receptacle (6), the interior of which accommodates a sensor arrangement, wherein the receptacle (6) has a sensor surface (15) in the direction of the body surface. The sensor mat (8) has a cutout (11) for accommodating the sensor unit (1) and a contact surface (14), at least partially surrounding the sensor unit (1), for placement on the body surface (9). A cover (12) is provided for closing the cutout (11) over an upper side of the sensor unit (1) and the sensor mat (8) during a measurement of parameters. The sensor unit (1), the sensor mat (8) and the cover (12) are detachable from one another.

Abstract: A method and a device for anchoring a suture to an object includes a shuttle and a pin made of a material which can be liquefied by means of ultrasonic vibrations. A suture is attached to a rear end of the pin. The shuttle has a shuttle body, a shuttle arm and a suture reception, wherein the shuttle arm is suitable for releasably holding the pin in a predetermined position relative to the shuttle body such that the pin can be reliably introduced into a hole in an object.

Abstract: A flowmeter for liquids has a measuring housing, which encloses and rotatably mounts an impeller, said measuring housing comprising a one-piece supply pipe and discharge pipe, wherein the impeller is eccentrically arranged in the discharge pipe after a nozzle-forming constriction. A sensor encoder is associated with the impeller and a sensor which responds to the sensor encoder is provided on the measuring housing for determining the amount of liquid flowing through the measuring housing on the basis of the revolutions of the impeller. The outer diameter corresponding to the impeller is smaller than the nominal inner diameter of the discharge pipe, enabling it to be pushed into the one-piece pipe.

Abstract: A hearing aid includes a shaped body that is adapted to an individual auditory canal. A casting cavity is created from a central casting space element, an outer casting space element, and a canal element. The casting cavity is filled while inside the auditory canal. The central casting space element, which remains on the hearing aid, has an outer and an inner ring as well as a tubular and extendible membrane. The outer casting space element delimits the casting cavity on the outer face. After casting, the outer casting space element is replaced by an electronics module including a loudspeaker. The at least partly flexible canal element can hold the loudspeaker canal open, can be joined in a fixed or detachable manner to the outer casting space element, and can essentially close the opening of the inner ring and can limit the axial mobility of the inner ring.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a hearing aid comprising a shaped body that is adapted to an individual auditory canal. To this end, a casting cavity is created from a number of elements and this casting cavity is filled while inside the auditory canal. After the casting compound cures, said elements, with the exception of one, are removed and replaced by an electronics module (ora module having another function). The elements, which can be joined to one another by snap catches, consist of a central casting space element (1), an outer casting space element (2) and of a canal element (3). The central casting space element (1), which remains on the hearing aid, comprises an outer and an inner ring (1.2 and 1.3) as well as a tubular and extendible membrane (1.1), which extends between both rings and which radially delimits the casting cavity (5) with regard to the exterior. The outer casting space element (2) delimits the casting cavity on the outer face, is matched to the outer ring (1.