Abstract: Low viscosity polyorganosiloxanes comprising a) at least one polyorganosiloxane group, b) at least one quaternary ammonium group, c) at least one terminal group, selected from the groups consisting of: c1) at least one terminal mono functional polyorganosiloxane group, c2) at least one terminal ester group, and c3) at least one terminal alkyl-terminated poly ether group, compositions thereof, aqueous emulsions thereof, methods of the manufacture thereof and their use for the modification of surfaces of substrates.

Abstract: An instrument system is provided. The instrument system has an endoscopic instrument with a work head that is mounted on one end of a flexible support arm and can be inserted into a patient. The instrument system has a trocar that can be placed in the body surface of the patient and has a main body which can be fixed in position relative to the patient and which has a through-opening for the instrument, a guide body which, when the instrument is inserted, encloses and guides a longitudinal portion of the support arm with a guide channel in such a way that a spatial guiding direction of the support arm is defined at least thereon, with an adjustment element acting on the guide body and allowing a specific change of a relative position of the guiding direction with respect to the main body.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor (1) comprises a housing (2) and a diaphragm (4), to which a piezo-electric element (6) is fastened, and an electric connector region (8) which has an earth connector (24). A layer made from an electrically non-conducting material is arranged between the diaphragm (4) and the piezo-electric element (6), and the diaphragm (4) is connected to the earth connector (24) in an electrically conducting manner.

Abstract: A method for handling emergency calls includes: receiving, by a user equipment attached to a mobile communication network, emergency call capability information indicative of whether the mobile communication network supports an emergency service for the user equipment in a case where the user equipment is connected to the mobile communication network via a wireless access point connected to an external packet data network; and initiating, by the user equipment, an emergency call via the wireless access point or via an access network of the mobile communication network different from the wireless access point based on whether or not the emergency call capability information indicates that the mobile communication network supports the emergency service for the user equipment in the case where the user equipment is connected to the mobile communication network via the wireless access point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody which specifically binds to unprocessed and/or partially processed neurotoxin polypeptide or an antibody which specifically binds an epitope consisting of a peptide having an amino acid sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 16 and to methods for the manufacture of such antibodies. Moreover, the present invention relates to a composition comprising processed neurotoxin polypeptide free of unprocessed or partially processed neurotoxin polypeptide and a method for manufacturing said neurotoxin polypeptide based on the antibodies of the invention. The present invention also relates to the use of the aforementioned antibody for separating processed neurotoxin polypeptides from unprocessed or partially processed neurotoxin polypeptides or for determining unprocessed or partially processed neurotoxin polypeptides. The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a medicament.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of invasive and non-invasive systems for combined electrophysiological mapping and ablation of a patient's heart. An electrophysiological mapping system (EMS) is configured to operate in conjunction with a cardiac ablation system, which in an invasive embodiment may employ an ablation catheter configured for insertion inside the heart of the patient, and in a non-invasive embodiment may comprise a HIFU transducer. The EMS is programmed and configured to process ECG signals acquired from a patient's torso during the combined electrophysiological mapping and cardiac ablation procedure, and to produce on a display or monitor the real-time or near-real-time voxel-model-derived visual representation of one or more locations on the patient's heart where at least one scar has been created by the ablation device during the combined procedure.

Abstract: Cathodically depositable electrocoat materials comprising basic bismuth nitrate, further comprising at least one binder having reactive functional groups and at least one crosslinker containing the complementary reactive functional groups which are able to enter into thermal crosslinking reactions.

Abstract: A method for saving energy in operating first and second mobile communication networks by invoking an energy saving operational mode of the first and second mobile communication networks includes: operating a first radio access network in a first operational mode for peak time usage of the first mobile communication network, and in a second operational mode for off-peak time usage of the first mobile communication network; and invoking, at least partly during off-peak time usage of the first and second mobile communication networks, the energy saving operational mode of the combination of the first and second mobile communication networks such that the first radio access network is operated in the second operational mode while the second radio access network is operated such that coverage and capacity requirements in a geographic area are ensured by the combination of the first and second mobile communication networks.

Abstract: A trocar system, comprising a trocar having an optical channel extending coaxially in the trocar for receiving an optical unit, and a hollow transparent distal tip of the trocar, which can be observed from the interior. The distal working end of an instrument having two working parts movable relative to one another is formed on the distal tip, wherein a first working part is an integral component of the tip and the second working part is mounted movably on the tip, wherein an actuating channel is constructed in the wall of the trocar surrounding the optical channel, which channel extends axially parallel from the proximal end of the trocar into the distal tip thereof, and wherein an actuating element is received in the actuating channel such as to be axially displaceable.

Abstract: A hydrostatic drive, especially a hydrostatic fan drive, includes a hydraulic constant-displacement pump configured to drive a hydraulic motor for a fan. The drive further includes a hydraulic machine configured to supply a second hydraulic circuit with a pressure medium. The constant-displacement pump is configured to be hydraulically combined with the hydraulic machine.

Abstract: A reciprocating piston engine is disclosed having a first inner magnetic field unit, arranged on a first crank web of a crankshaft, and a stationary first outer magnetic field unit, wherein the first inner magnetic field unit and the first outer magnetic field unit together form a first electromagnetic converter, in particular an electric motor or an electric generator. The first crank web has a first compensating weight on a side that is opposite a first connecting rod bearing and that faces radially outwards in relation to a crankshaft axis, wherein the first compensating weight is made of a non-magnetizable material. The first inner magnetic field unit is arranged on a side of the first compensating weight that faces outwards in relation to the crankshaft axis. The invention also relates to a system comprising the reciprocating piston engine, an energy store, an electric control unit and a crankshaft sensor.

Abstract: A pump housing made of plastic sections is provided. The housing includes a first casing that has a first side facing the region in which a pumped medium will flow, and a second casing that has a second side facing the environment. The pump housing's first casing and second casing are both dimensionally stable, with a space between the first casing and the second casing. A filler material such as a self-expanding foam may be provided in the space. The pump casings may be standardized components, and multiple casings may be assembled to form pump housings to suit a particular application.

Abstract: A reciprocating piston engine is disclosed having a first inner magnetic field unit comprising a first inner magnetic field unit arranged on a first crank arm of a crankshaft including a magnetizable material, and a stationary first outer magnetic field unit. The first inner magnetic field unit and the first outer magnetic field unit together form a first electromechanical converter. The first crank arm has a first securing surface on a face which points radially outwards with respect to a crankshaft axis and which is opposite a first connecting rod bearing. A first counterweight is fixed to the first securing surface in a formfitting manner in the radial direction, said first counterweight including a non-magnetizable material. The first magnetic field unit is arranged on a counterweight face pointing radially outwards with respect to the crankshaft axis.

Abstract: A method for extending IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-oriented handling of telecommunications services within a telecommunications network for a subscriber using circuit switched (CS) connectivity, wherein an identification information of the subscriber is natively lacking an IMS identity and/or IMS profile within the telecommunications network, includes: generating, at least temporarily, by an identity management functionality of the telecommunications network, an IMS identity and/or IMS profile with respect to the subscriber.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted oxopyridine derivatives and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular disorders, preferably thrombotic or thromboembolic disorders, and oedemas, and also ophthalmic disorders.

Abstract: A method and a system produces extrusion billets from scraps obtained from stamping, cutting and/or machining operations, in particular scraps made of magnesium or magnesium alloys, without subjecting these to a melting process. The system for carrying out the method is essentially composed of a storage unit for the scraps, a device for comminuting the scraps, a press for producing a round briquette, and an extruder for shaping the round briquette into a extrusion billet.

Abstract: A method for data communication between a data processing unit (12) and an end device (20) to be used by a user is provided, which method comprises an analyzing step according to which a content to be displayed on a display (22) of the end device (20) is analyzed and wherein the content to be displayed is chosen by the user, previously. Further, a data set (16), in particular a video data set, stored in a storage (14) of said data processing unit (12) is chosen according to the result of the analyzing step. The data set (16) is transferred to the end device (20) which data content is displayed on the display (22) of the end device (20). Further, a system (10) and a method for calculating charges is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing aromatic amines by the hydrogenation of aromatic nitro compounds. This method supplies aromatic nitro compounds and hydrogen to a reactor and contacts them with a hydrogenation catalyst; and stops the supply of aromatic nitro compounds and hydrogen to the reactor. The supply of aromatic nitro compounds and hydrogen to the reactor is stopped to ensure safe shutdown of the reactor.

Abstract: A wafer processing method which includes a first tape attaching step of attaching a first tape to the front side of a wafer and mounting the wafer through the first tape to a first annular frame, a separating step of holding the wafer through the first tape on a chuck table and applying a laser beam to the boundary between an annular projection formed along the outer circumference of the wafer and a device area surrounded by the annular projection to cut the wafer and the first tape along this boundary, thereby separating the device area from the annular projection, and a removing step of removing the annular projection together with the first annular frame from the device area of the wafer in the condition where the annular projection is supported through the first tape to the first annular frame.

Abstract: A knee airbag having an inlet opening (6) for deployment gas from a gas generator (4) for flowing into a first chamber (10), at least one second chamber (20, 30) adjacent to the first chamber (10), which second chamber (20, 30) is separated from the first chamber by at least one dividing wall (25), wherein between the first chamber (10) and the second chamber (20, 30) at least one closable overflow opening (40) is provided, through which deployment gas can flow from the first chamber (10) into the second chamber (20, 30), wherein at least one closing device (50 for the overflow opening (40), or the overflow opening (40), is associated with the penetration region of the knees (5).