Abstract: A system for controlling and/or regulating a plurality of machines includes a control unit designed to communicate with the plurality of machines and to transmit to at least one of the plurality of machines a data packet which includes an instruction for carrying out a work task, and a licensing unit designed to provide a license required for carrying out the work task, with the license being awarded in the presence of an authorization to carry out the work task when the at least one of the plurality of machines meets a certain technical requirement.

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously producing a molded body by an additive manufacturing method includes a processing region receiving a powder applied layer-by-layer to form a molded body, and a separation device having a separation element which can be introduced into the processing region to form chambers in the processing region. The separation device further includes a drive to move the separation element such as to lower the chambers in a vertical direction during the layer-by-layer processing from a treatment portion of the processing region to a removal portion of the processing region, and to remove the separation element in the removal portion of the processing region at least in part from the processing region for opening a lower one of the chambers so that the molded body is able to fall or slide out of the processing region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microneedle system (MNS) for intradermally delivering solutions or formulations. The invention relates to a microneedle system, comprising a cover element (1), an active substance container (2), a frame (3), a microneedle array (MNA) (4) and a base plate (5), wherein the microneedle array (MNA) (4) is connected to the frame (3), and the base plate (5) has an opening for receiving the microneedle array (4), the cover element (1) and the base plate (5) are movably connected to one another, the base plate (5) is joined to a surgical tape (6), and the frame (3) and the base plate (5) can be linearly displaced with respect to one another. The MNS according to the invention is suitable for intradermally administering medicinal drugs, active substances, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions or other substances to an individual, and preferably to a patient, over an extended period.

Abstract: A code reading device for the parallel reading of a plurality of codes on a plurality of objects arranged next to one another is provided that has a camera unit having at least one camera head for recording an image of the objects, a control and evaluation unit that is configured to localize code zones of the codes in the image and to read the code information of the codes, and a display unit to present the image and to mark the read codes and/or objects having read codes, Here a hand reading unit for reading codes is provided to subsequently read codes not read by means of the camera unit and to transfer the subsequently read code information to the control and evaluation unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microneedle system (MNS) for intradermally delivering solutions or formulations. The invention relates to a microneedle system, comprising a cover element (1), an active substance container (2), a frame (3), a microneedle array (MNA) (4) and a base plate (5), wherein the microneedle array (MNA) (4) is connected to the frame (3), and the base plate (5) has an opening for receiving the microneedle array (4), the cover element (1) and the base plate (5) are movably connected to one another, the base plate (5) is joined to a surgical tape (6), and the frame (3) and the base plate (5) can be linearly displaced with respect to one another. The MNS according to the invention is suitable for intradermally administering medicinal drugs, active substances, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions or other substances to an individual, and preferably to a patient, over an extended period.

Abstract: A code reading device for the parallel reading of a plurality of codes on a plurality of objects arranged next to one another is provided that has a camera unit having at least one camera head for recording an image of the objects, a control and evaluation unit that is configured to localize code zones of the codes in the image and to read the code information of the codes, and a display unit to present the image and to mark the read codes and/or objects having read codes, Here a hand reading unit for reading codes is provided to subsequently read codes not read by means of the camera unit and to transfer the subsequently read code information to the control and evaluation unit.

Abstract: A disposable injector with a piston actuation ram is mounted in a housing, is loaded by a spring energy accumulator and can be unlocked by a displaceable trigger device. The piston actuation ram can be supported by a tensioning rod mounted in the housing. The trigger device comprises a trigger ring displaceable relative to the housing. The tensioning rod can be supported directly or indirectly by a bearing surface of the trigger ring. The bearing surface encloses an angle of between ten degrees and forty five degrees with the longitudinal direction of the disposable injector. The point of the angle lies offset with respect to the trigger ring in the triggering direction of the disposable injector. A disposable injector with increased trigger reliability is developed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator system comprising a microneedle array and to the use thereof for the intradermal delivery of active ingredients, and in particular of medicinal drugs, wherein this microneedle array is suitable for penetrating the skin of humans or animals and includes at least one active ingredient for wound healing.

Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component and an electronic component, having barrier layers for the encapsulation of the component. The method involves providing a substrate (1) with at least one functional layer (22), and an electronic component, applying at least one first barrier layer (3) on the functional layer (22) by way of plasmaless atomic layer deposition (PLALD), and applying at least one second barrier layer (4) on the functional layer (22) by way of plasma-enhanced chemical v0apor deposition (PECVD).

Abstract: A luminous means comprising a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, and at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main plane of the luminous means, wherein the luminous means has two operating states, such that the luminous means is an illumination source in a first operating state and the luminous means is a mirror in a second operating state.

Abstract: A microneedle system and method for production thereof. From a board a web grating is produced which has a plurality of grating nodes each defined by three apertures and which has web grating wedges. The microneedle system comprising a board and a plurality of openings delimited circumferentially by a web grating, having at each opening at least one web grating wedge having a needle-shaped tip which projects from the board and which is oriented at least approximately normal to the board. Web grating wedges having needle-shaped tips protrude into each aperture from at least three different directions. In order to produce openings, at least all the web grating wedges which protrude into an aperture are bent by a punch and the needle-shaped tips thereof are oriented normal to the plane of the web grating. At least two web grating wedges are arranged at each opening.

Abstract: A device that includes a component and an encapsulation arrangement for the encapsulation of the component with respect to moisture and/or oxygen, wherein the encapsulation arrangement has a first layer and thereabove a second layer on at least one surface of the component, the first layer and the second layer each comprise an inorganic material, and the second layer is arranged directly on the first layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microneedle system (MNS) for intradermally delivering solutions or formulations. The invention relates to a microneedle system, comprising a cover element (1), an active substance container (2), a frame (3), a microneedle array (MNA) (4) and a base plate (5), wherein the microneedle array (MNA) (4) is connected to the frame (3), and the base plate (5) has an opening for receiving the microneedle array (4), the cover element (1) and the base plate (5) are movably connected to one another, the base plate (5) is joined to a surgical tape (6), and the frame (3) and the base plate (5) can be linearly displaced with respect to one another. The MNS according to the invention is suitable for intradermally administering medicinal drugs, active substances, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions or other substances to an individual, and preferably to a patient, over an extended period.

Abstract: A disposable injector with a piston actuation ram is mounted in a housing, is loaded by a spring energy accumulator and can be unlocked by a displaceable trigger device. The piston actuation ram can be supported by a tensioning rod mounted in the housing. The trigger device comprises a trigger ring displaceable relative to the housing. The tensioning rod can be supported directly or indirectly by a bearing surface of the trigger ring. The bearing surface encloses an angle of between ten degrees and forty five degrees with the longitudinal direction of the disposable injector. The point of the angle lies offset with respect to the trigger ring in the triggering direction of the disposable injector. A disposable injector with increased trigger reliability is developed.

Abstract: A single-use injector having a plunger actuator which is mounted in a housing, which is loaded by a spring energy store, and which can be unlocked by a movable release device. The plunger actuator can be supported by a traction rod mounted in the housing. The movable release device includes a casing housing. The casing housing includes an upper shell and a lower shell, the separation line of which is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the single-use injector. The casing housing has a cornerless cross-section deviating from a circular shape. The housing is anti-rotationally centered in the casing housing.

Abstract: A luminous means comprising a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, and at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main plane of the luminous means, wherein the luminous means has two operating states, such that the luminous means is an illumination source in a first operating state and the luminous means is a mirror in a second operating state.

Abstract: A glazing comprising a luminous means with a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, and an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, wherein the luminous means is arranged between two glass plates of the glazing of a window. Also, storage furniture is disclosed comprising a storage element shaped in planar fashion and having at least one storage surface and at least one radiation-emitting component, and at least one holding apparatus for holding the storage element.

Abstract: A process of producing a radiation-emitting organic-electronic device having a first and a second electrode layer and an emitter layer includes: A) providing a phosphorescent emitter with an anisotropic molecule structure and a matrix material, B) applying the first electrode layer to a substrate, C) applying the emitter layer under thermodynamic control, with vaporization of the phosphorescent emitter and of the matrix material under reduced pressure and deposition thereof on the first electrode layer such that molecules of the phosphorescent emitter are in anisotropic alignment, and D) applying the second electrode layer on the emitter layer.

Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component comprising barrier layers for the encapsulation of the component comprises, in particular, the following steps: providing a substrate with at least one functional layer, applying at least one first barrier layer on the functional layer via plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), and applying at least one second barrier layer on the functional layer by means of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), where the at least one first barrier layer is applied at a temperature of less than 100° C.

Abstract: A method for producing an electronic component with at least one first electrode zone (21) and one second electrode zone (23), which are separated from one another by an insulator (9) and each comprise at least one sublayer of a first electrically conductive material. Also disclosed is an electronic component, which may be produced using the disclosed method.