Abstract: A motor vehicle drive assembly which is equipped with a drive element and an abutment, and also with at least one spring between the drive element and the abutment. In addition, there is at least one drive element sensor which, depending on the application of force by the drive element counter to the force of the spring and an associated relative movement between the drive element and the abutment, transmits sensor signals to a control unites. According to the invention, the drive element sensor, depending on the application of force by the drive element, generates different force-dependent, sliding sensor signals which are evaluated by the control unites, for example to drive an actuating element.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl. Also provided is a sensor arrangement associated with the locking mechanism comprising a fixed sensor and a sensing element that influences signals of the sensor and follows the locking mechanism, or vice versa. The sensor generates at least two different signals associated with the presence and absence of the sensing element in the region of influence of the sensor. According to the invention, the single sensing element also produces at least one additional third signal of the single sensor in accordance with its position in relation to the sensor.

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for gradient delay time correction of MR data using an MR device, wherein the magnetic resonance data is recorded using a three-dimensional recording technique with linear recording trajectories which are oriented in different readout directions of a readout plane that is perpendicular to a partition direction. The method includes: in a calibration measurement using the magnetic resonance device, recording calibration data which describes readout-direction-dependent shifts, caused by delay effects, of measurement points in the k-space; determining correction data by evaluating the calibration data; correcting the MR data based on the correction data in order to compensate for the delay effects, wherein the calibration data, which covers a coverage region in partition direction is recorded in a resolved manner, and the correction data is determined and applied in a manner that is dependent on partition direction.

Abstract: An identification system for medical sterile containers and mesh trays for accommodating medical instruments. The system includes one or more sterile containers, one or more mesh trays, and one or more identification plates. Each identification plate includes an interface. At least one counterpart interface is complementary to the interface and formed or arranged on each sterile container and each mesh tray. The interface and the counterpart interface are designed to retain at least one identification plate on one of the sterile containers or on one of the mesh trays.

Abstract: A pneumatic valve features a fluid supply port, a fluid outlet port, and a fluid drainage opening. The valve includes a valve chamber with fluid supply, outlet, and trigger openings, and an actuator chamber connected to the trigger opening. An actuator with an SMA wire, actuating and resetting elements, and a printed circuit board is housed within the valve. A sealing element on the actuating element controls the trigger opening, while a membrane divides the valve chamber into two regions and facilitates plunger movement. The plunger connected to the membrane closes the fluid outlet opening in the unactuated state and opens it in the actuated state. The membrane includes a passage opening for fluid flow between the regions, with a smaller cross-section than the trigger opening, facilitating controlled fluid flow within the valve.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for the butt welding of two, e.g., planar, workpieces composed of glass, e.g., quartz glass, by a pulsed laser beam, e.g., an ultrashort pulse (“USP”) laser beam, which is directed into the workpiece material parallel to the joining surface of the two workpieces and which is focused into the workpiece material in the region of the joining surface to locally melt the two workpieces in the region of their joining surface, wherein the laser focus of the laser beam focused into the workpiece material is moved in or counter to the beam direction of the laser beam to produce in the region of the joining surface a weld seam extending along the beam direction.

Abstract: A sterilization container for receiving cleaned or sterilized medical goods or medical goods to be cleaned or sterilized. The container includes a sterilization container lower part forming a receiving space for the goods and a sterilization container lid that can be detachably mounted on the sterilization container lower part to seal the receiving space. At least one handle element is located on the sterilization container lower part and can be positioned between a carrying position projecting from the sterilization container lid and a locking position that locks the sterilization container lid to the sterilization container lower part. A receiving region is formed in the sterilization container lid for receiving the handle element in the locking position. The receiving region is a trough like handle recess in the form of a depression projecting into the receiving space with respect to the lid plane for receiving the entire handle element.

Abstract: A microcapsule dispersion containing: (1) biodegradable microcapsules comprising a core material and a shell, wherein the shell consists of at least one barrier layer and one stability layer, wherein the barrier layer surrounds the core material, wherein the stability layer comprises at least one biopolymer and is arranged on the outer surface of the barrier layer, and wherein optionally an emulsion stabilizer is arranged at the transition from the barrier layer to the stability layer; and (2) at least one emulsifier, wherein the emulsifier is selected from the group of ethoxylated, hydrogenated castor oils, particularly those with medium EO values in the range of 20 to 60, preferably 30 to 50.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a plurality of data signals associated with a plurality of patients within a medical environment; processing the plurality of data signals to determine if one or more of the plurality of patients is experiencing an urgent care event; and if such an urgent care event is occurring, notifying an on-call care member so that the urgent care event can be addressed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a plurality of data signals associated with a plurality of patients within a medical environment over a defined period of time; calculating an acuity score for each of the plurality of patients, wherein the acuity score defines the overall care needs of each of the plurality of patients; and generating a rounding list that prioritizes the plurality of patients based, at least in part, upon the acuity scores.

Abstract: Incident Summary: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a plurality of data signals associated with a patient within a medical environment; detecting one or more incidents defined within one or more of the data signals; and processing the one or more incidents defined within the one or more data signals to produce a summary of the one or more incidents so that a user may be quickly knowledgeable of these one or more incidents.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a plurality of data signals associated with one or more patients within a medical environment over a defined period of time; generating a shift-change report for the one or more patients, wherein the shift-change report includes one or more of: a summary of the medical history of the one or more patients over the defined period of time, a recommendation concerning the one or more patients based, at least in part, upon the history of the one or more patients over the defined period of time, and a justification for the recommendation for the one or more patients.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring one or more operations within a medical environment; generating an operations management report based, at least in part, upon the one or more operations monitored within the medical environment; and providing the operations management report to a user, wherein the operations management report includes one or more of: an operations management score, an explanation of the operations management score, and a justification for the operations management score.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a plurality of data signals associated with a plurality of patients within a medical environment; processing the plurality of data signals to determine if one or more of the plurality of patients is experiencing an urgent care event; and if such an urgent care event is occurring, generating an urgent care report for the one or more patients, wherein the urgent care report includes one or more of: a summary of the urgent care event of the one or more patients, a justification as to why this is an urgent care event for the one or more patients, and a recommendation for addressing the urgent care event of the one or more patients.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: interfacing with a bedside monitoring device to receive data signals, wherein the data signals have monitoring criteria; enabling adjustment of one or more of the monitoring criteria; receiving a proposed change from a user concerning the one or more monitoring criteria; and providing feedback to the user concerning the proposed change.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: interfacing with a bedside monitoring device to receive data signals, wherein the data signals have monitoring criteria; enabling adjustment of one or more of the monitoring criteria; suggesting a proposed change to a user concerning the one or more monitoring criteria; and providing instructions to the user concerning the proposed change.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a plurality of data signals associated with a patient within a medical environment; detecting one or more incidents defined within one or more of the data signals; and processing the one or more incidents defined within the one or more data signals to produce a recommendation based upon the one or more incidents so that a user may gain more insight into these one or more incidents.

Abstract: A handle for a shaving razor in which the handle comprises a frame and a movable member assembly operably coupled to the frame such that the frame is disposed between the movable member assembly and where the movable member assembly portions are configured to move both above and below the frame. The movement can be linear or rotational. The movable member assembly comprises one or more springs. The first member and the second member are coupled together through said rigid member. The rigid member can include a rigid member platform which has a width to thickness ratio from about 7 to about 60.