Abstract: An inhaler vaporizer cartridge includes a housing body with a flow channel, a liquid storage tank, and a vaporizer unit. The vaporizer unit has a wick member and heating member and is liquid-permeable such that liquid is conveyed from the tank through the vaporizer unit to the flow channel. The housing body has a cavity forming the tank and a wick member receiving chamber, and housing is divided by an intermediate wall and a flow channel section. An access opening from the receiving chamber to the flow channel is formed in the intermediate wall and covered by the heating member. Granular grains in the receiving chamber form the wick member and bear against the heating member. The grains form microchannels and are retained by a cover element. An access opening, covered with a liquid-permeable grid structure, establishes a liquid connection from the tank to receiving chamber in the intermediate wall.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing assisted scene capture for an artificial reality (XR) environment. Some implementations can obtain an XR space model corresponding to a real-world space, including walls, the ceiling, and the floor, using an XR system. Some implementations can then scan the real-world space and display a mesh corresponding to the scanned area overlaid onto a view of the real-world space. Some implementations can perform post-processing on the displayed mesh, which can include A) collapsing variations in the mesh corresponding to the walls, ceiling, or floor onto the XR space model; B) clipping the mesh to the XR space model for open doorways, windows, etc.; C) simplifying the mesh corresponding to the walls, ceiling, or floor; D) determining that the mesh is complete by identifying that a threshold percentage of the XR space model is covered by the mesh; or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A transfer device (2) and a method for transferring at least one functional element (3) into a process chamber (4) are provided, wherein the at least one functional element (3) is arranged interchangeably on an element carrier (5) and the element carrier (5) is transferable from a starting position (6) into an end or working position (7), wherein, in the end or working position (7), the at least one functional element (3) is arranged partly in the process chamber (4) and partly outside the process chamber (4). The invention is therefore particularly suitable for aseptic processes in the pharmaceutical industry, but is not limited to this sphere.

Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge for an inhaler has a hollow body with a continuous flow channel and liquid storage tank. The tank has an access opening to the channel and a vaporizer unit extending over the entire access opening. The vaporizer unit has a wick member and a heating member. The vaporizer unit is liquid-permeable such that liquid is conveyed at least initially in a capillary manner from the storage tank through the vaporizer unit in the direction of the flow channel. The wick member is formed from a plurality of granular grains which, as a result of their fill and/or formation, form microchannels which establish a fluid connection between the storage tank and the flow channel, continuously from an entry side to an exit side of the wick member. An additional securing means is provided which is holds the granular wick member in position. A corresponding inhaler is also provided.

Abstract: A fastening device for a cleaning device by introducing pressure waves through a hollow nozzle into a boiler to be cleaned through an opening in the boiler wall has a housing body, which can be fastened to the boiler wall with the aid of a fastening flange on the boiler side, the hollow nozzle being concentric with the opening in the boiler wall and orthogonal to the boiler axis. Damping units are arranged at regular angular intervals around the hollow nozzle in the longitudinal direction thereof and are each fastened with one free end to the boiler-side fastening flange and with the respective other free end to the housing body. When the pressure waves are triggered, the housing body is resiliently retained in the longitudinal direction away from the boiler and brought back into the initial position.

Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure there is provided an angioplasty catheter system and method for using such angioplasty catheter system that facilitates controllably delivering focalized pressure to complex lesions.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for optimized spinal fixation using additive manufacturing techniques to create implants with optimized structure for various surgical approaches, anatomies, etc. One exemplary embodiment includes a cage having an X-shaped connection that can bear a load during cage impaction. The cage can be additively manufactured to incorporate features such as variable wall thickness or material density to adjust properties of the cage, including load bearing capability, flexibility, radiolucency, etc. The cage can further include one or more of the connectors disposed between upper and lower endplates. In some embodiments, the cage can include a feature for coupling an insertion device thereto for introducing the cage into the body of a patient. In some embodiments, a plate can be appended to or integrally formed with a proximal end of the cage to assist with securing the cage to vertebral bodies.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for optimized spinal fixation using additive manufacturing techniques to create implants with optimized structure for various surgical approaches, anatomies, etc. One exemplary embodiment includes a cage having an X-shaped connection that can bear a load during cage impaction. The cage can be additively manufactured to incorporate features such as variable wall thickness or material density to adjust properties of the cage, including load bearing capability, flexibility, radiolucency, etc. The cage can further include one or more of the connectors disposed between upper and lower endplates. In some embodiments, the cage can include a feature for coupling an insertion device thereto for introducing the cage into the body of a patient. In some embodiments, a plate can be appended to or integrally formed with a proximal end of the cage to assist with securing the cage to vertebral bodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, wherein ASC is —N(R8)(R9)ASC-1 ASC-1 is Ring A represents a 4- to 6-membered saturated ring containing carbon atoms as ring members in addition to the nitrogen atom and wherein one CH2 moiety in ring A is optionally replaced by CH(R21) and wherein one carbon atom in ring A that is not adjacent to the nitrogen atom is optionally replaced by O, and wherein ring A is connected to X via a carbon atom; X represents a bond, —CH2- or —C(?O)—; AR1, AR2 represent independently phenyl or a 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl ring containing one to three heteroatoms selected from O, S and N, wherein AR1 is connected to LI via a carbon atom, and wherein AR2 is connected to L1 and L2 via a carbon atom; R1, R2, R3 represent independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, —C1-C6alkylene-N(R12)R13, —N(R12)R13, —C(O)OR111, —C(O)N(R12)R13,

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically receiving and/or transmitting information intended for or relating to a holder of an alphanumeric account identifier, the method including a step of creating an electronic address comprising an identifier, wherein the identifier is obtained or derived from at least a portion of the alphanumeric identifier of the account or associated with an account. The invention also concerns the corresponding electronic system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, wherein ASC is —N(R8)(R9)ASC-1 ASC-1 is Ring A represents a 4- to 6-membered saturated ring containing carbon atoms as ring members in addition to the nitrogen atom and wherein one CH2 moiety in ring A is optionally replaced by CH(R21) and wherein one carbon atom in ring A that is not adjacent to the nitrogen atom is optionally replaced by O, and wherein ring A is connected to X via a carbon atom; X represents a bond, —CH2- or —C(?O)—; AR1, AR2 represent independently phenyl or a 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl ring containing one to three heteroatoms selected from O, S and N, wherein AR1 is connected to L1 via a carbon atom, and wherein AR2 is connected to L1 and L2 via a carbon atom; R1, R2, R3 represent independently hydrogen, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6haloalkoxy, —C1-C6alkylene-N(R12)R13, —N(R12)R13, —C(O)OR111, —C(O)N(R12)R13,

Abstract: A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length.

Abstract: A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length.

Abstract: A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring winding resistances of windings in a delta-connected transformer includes at least a first and a second DC current source connected each between the phase ends of a first and a second leg respectively of the primary side of the transformer and at least a third DC current source connected between two nodes of the secondary side of the transformer. Furthermore, a method for measuring a winding resistance of windings in delta-connected transformers includes the steps of applying a first and a second measuring current to each one of two corresponding legs, applying a third measuring current between two nodes of a pair of windings on the secondary side and measuring at least a winding resistance of the winding between said nodes on the secondary side of the transformer and/or the winding resistance of a leg of the primary side as soon as an inductive voltage drop in the windings substantially equals zero.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling contactless transactions of contactless applications stored on a first secure element, said contactless transactions being operated with a portable device, said portable device comprising said first secure element. The method is characterised in that it comprises a step of pairing said first secure element with a second secure element, a step of requesting to the second secure element an authorization to execute a predetermined number of contactless transactions, a step of requesting to the second secure element another authorization to execute a new predetermined number of contactless transactions when a predetermined contactless transaction's threshold is reached.

Abstract: A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length.

Abstract: A catheter device that includes a double-threaded guidance wire that allows multiple use of a compliant cavity creation device (i.e., treatment of more than one level). The double-threaded guidance wire may be connected with the luer part of the device and a distal part of the balloon using a threaded engagement to avoid lengthening of the inner tube, avoid lengthening of the balloon, and to limit the plastic deformation of the system in axial direction. In other implementations, the double-threaded guidance wire may be reconnected to the distal part of the balloon with a distal thread of the double-threaded guidance wire in order to restore the nominal length.

Abstract: A velocimetry system for measuring the velocity of a moving body propagating through a measurement volume includes a light source for emitting a light beam, a controller for generating a modulation pattern corresponding to a desired set of fringes to be generated in the measurement volume, and a spatial light modulator operatively connected to the controller to receive therefrom the modulation pattern. The spatial light modulator is configured to spatially modulate the light beam according to the modulation pattern in order to generate the desired set of fringes in the measurement volume. Also provided are a light detector for measuring the energy of the light scattered by the moving body as it intersects the fringes, and a data analysis unit operatively connected to the light detector and adapted to determine the velocity of the moving body from at least one fringe characteristic and the energy of the scattered light measured.

Abstract: C1-C6Alkyloxy- or benzyloxy-carbonyl esters of -{3-[(E)-(1-phenyl or naphthyl C1-C4alkyl)-imino]-propyl}-amino)-acetic acid, which are intermediates for producing known bridged monobactam compounds useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.