Abstract: A load carrying assembly for carrying a load with a rotary wing aircraft. The load carrying assembly includes a cargo cable and a load engaging system. The cargo cable may have a first end that is attachable to a hoist or a cargo hook arrangement. The load engaging system may include a first attachment that is attached to the second end of the cargo cable, a second attachment that is adapted for receiving a load, a connecting apparatus that connects the first attachment with the second attachment, and at least two first and second thrust producing devices that are attached to the connecting apparatus and produce thrust in a direction that is orthogonal to the cargo cable extension.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biosensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of ammonia or ammonium ions with the use of indophenol reagents in the presence of an ionomer. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a perfluorinated membrane that comprises an ionomer in contact with an alkali buffer in a vessel configured to receive a sample, such as whole blood. The disclosure also relates to a method of detecting or quantifying the ammonia or ammonium ion concentration in whole blood in a point of care bio sensor without reliance on gas chromatography or any measurement that takes more than about twenty minutes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biosensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of ammonia or ammonium ions with the use of indophenol reagents in the presence of an ionomer. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a perflurinated membrane that comprises an ionomer in contact with an alkali buffer in a vessel configured to receive a sample, such as whole blood. The disclosure also relates to a method of detecting or quantifying the ammonia or ammonium ion concentration in whole blood in a point of care bio sensor without reliance on gas chromatography or any measurement that takes more than about twenty minutes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biosensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of amino acids with the use of a reagentless system comprising an electrode modified by hydrogel that comprises at least one enzyme that oxidizes at least one substrate that is at least one amino acid. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a hydrogel comprising alginate. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises use of a thermophilic bacterial metabolic enzyme immobilized or attached to the hydrogel.

Abstract: A step-climbing attachment for a wheeled chair, the attachment comprising a first wheel having at least a hub and a rim spaced from the hub, the hub and rim defining an inner region, a second wheel having a different diameter than the first wheel, and the second wheel being rotatably mounted to an extending arm, the extending arm being movable relative to the first wheel between a first position and at least one second position by a controllable mechanism, wherein the controllable mechanism is housed at least partially within the inner region of the first wheel, wherein the second wheel is driven by rotation of the first wheel.

Abstract: A fluid turbine is provided, comprising a rotor with a rotation axis and at least two rotor blades arranged within a housing, wherein a top and a bottom of the housing are arranged essentially perpendicular to the rotation axis, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the housing, and wherein at least one support element is arranged between the top and the bottom of the housing. Due to the at least one support element, the fluid turbine has particularly high efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biosensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of ammonia or ammonium ions with the use of indophenol reagents in the presence of an ionomer. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a perflurinated membrane that comprises an ionomer in contact with an alkali buffer in a vessel configured to receive a sample, such as whole blood. The disclosure also relates to a method of detecting or quantifying the ammonia or ammonium ion concentration in whole blood in a point of care bio sensor without reliance on gas chromatography or any measurement that takes more than about twenty minutes.

Abstract: A rope suspension device with at least one rope suspension module that is adapted for suspension of at least one rope from a rotorcraft, the rope suspension module comprising at least one lockable load beam that is rotatable around an axis of rotation between a locked state and an unlocked state and that is adapted for supporting in the locked state at least one rope that is to be suspended from the rope suspension module, the at least one lockable load beam being, upon unlocking in operation, rotatable from the locked state around the axis of rotation into the unlocked state at least on the basis of a load that is applied to the at least one lockable load beam by means of at least one rope that is supported by the at least one lockable load beam.

Abstract: A rotor 16 is provided, comprising a vertical rotation axis 12, and at least two rotor blades 18, 20, 22 arranged on the rotation axis 12, wherein at least one rotor blade 18, 20, 22 comprises a curved first portion 40, wherein the first portion 40 has a concave side 42 and a convex side 44, wherein a curved second portion 50 is arranged on the end 46 of the first portion 40 of the rotor blade 18, 20, 22 facing away from the rotation axis 12. The second portion 50 has a concave side 52 and a convex side 54, and the two portions 40, 50 are arranged in such a manner that, in the radial direction, the convex side 44 of the first portion 40 is followed by the concave side 52 of the second portion 50. Due to the design of the rotor blade 18, 20, 22, the rotor 16 has particularly high efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biosensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of ammonia or ammonium ions with the use of indophenol reagents in the presence of an ionomer. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a perflurinated membrane that comprises an ionomer in contact with an alkali buffer in a vessel configured to receive a sample, such as whole blood. The disclosure also relates to a method of detecting or quantifying the ammonia or ammonium ion concentration in whole blood in a point of care bio sensor without reliance on gas chromatography or any measurement that takes more than about twenty minutes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bio-sensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of ammonia or ammonium ions with the use of indophenol reagents in the presence of an ionomer. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a perflurinated membrane that comprises an ionomer in contact with an alkaline buffer in a vessel configured to receive a sample, such as whole blood. The disclosure also relates to a method of detecting or quantifying the ammonia or ammonium ion concentration in whole blood in a point of care biosensor without reliance on gas chromatography or any measurement that takes more than about twenty minutes.

Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage and a floor structure that is arranged inside the fuselage, the floor structure and the fuselage defining a subfloor region between the floor structure and a fuselage underside of the fuselage, the subfloor region accommodating at least one auxiliary compartment, wherein an equipment bay with at least one auxiliary equipment is arranged within the subfloor region, the at least one auxiliary equipment being at least essentially stowable in the equipment bay in a stow mode and the at least one auxiliary compartment being at least partly arranged in a region between the equipment bay and the floor structure such that the at least one auxiliary compartment separates the equipment bay from the floor structure.

Abstract: A fluid turbine 65 is provided, including a rotor 16, including a vertical rotation axis 12, on which at least two rotor blades 18, 20, 22 are arranged, wherein the rotor 16 is arranged within a housing 70, wherein a top 72 and a bottom 74 of the housing 70 are arranged essentially vertical to the rotation axis 12. Each rotor blade 18, 20, 22 has at least a first height 68 at a second distance 69 parallel to the rotation axis 12 and the second height 66 at a second distance 67 parallel to the rotation axis 12, wherein the first distance 69 and the first height 68 are smaller than the second distance 67 and the second height 66, wherein the rotor 16 is rotatable relative to the housing 70. Due to the design of the housing 70, the fluid turbine 65 has particularly high efficiency.

Abstract: An external load mass rope for attachment to a cargo hook device of a rotorcraft that comprises at least one first cargo hook and at least one second cargo hook, the external load mass rope comprising at least one first rope leg and at least one second rope leg, wherein the at least one first rope leg is adapted for attachment to the at least one first cargo hook and the at least one second rope leg is adapted for attachment to the at least one second cargo hook, characterized in that at least one of the first and second rope legs comprises an associated length adjustment unit that is adapted to shorten or lengthen the at least one of the first and second rope legs in operation on the basis of associated operating parameters.

Abstract: A rotor 16 is provided, including a vertical rotation axis 12 and at least two rotor blades 18, 20, 22 arranged on the rotation axis 12, wherein at least one rotor blade 18, 20, 22 includes an opening 60 with an openable closure element 62. Due to the design of the rotor blade 18, 20, 22, the rotor 16 has particularly high efficiency.

Abstract: A step climbing attachment suitable for attachment to a wheeled chair is described. The step climbing attachment includes a chassis for mounting one or more ground engaging units, a first and a second ground engaging unit mounted to the chassis, at least one of the first and second ground engaging units adapted to move relative to the other of the first or second ground engaging units and the chassis, the relative movement being between a ground engaging position and a step-engaging support position so that in use at least one of the first and/or second ground engaging units engages a step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biosensor capable of measuring the total concentration of one or a plurality of amino acids with the use of a reagentless system comprising an electrode modified by hydrogel that comprises at least one enzyme that oxidizes at least one substrate that is at least one amino acid. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises a hydrogel comprising alginate. In some embodiments, the biosensor comprises use of a thermophilic bacterial metabolic enzyme immobilized or attached to the hydrogel.

Abstract: A rotor 16 is provided, including a vertical rotation axis 12 and at least two rotor blades 18, 20, 22 arranged on the rotation axis 12, wherein at least one rotor blade 18, 20, 22 includes an opening 60 with an openable closure element 62. Due to the design of the rotor blade 18, 20, 22, the rotor 16 has particularly high efficiency.

Abstract: A fluid turbine 65 is provided, including a rotor 16, including a vertical rotation axis 12, on which at least two rotor blades 18, 20, 22 are arranged, wherein the rotor 16 is arranged within a housing 70, wherein a top 72 and a bottom 74 of the housing 70 are arranged essentially vertical to the rotation axis 12. Each rotor blade 18, 20, 22 has at least a first height 68 at a second distance 69 parallel to the rotation axis 12 and the second height 66 at a second distance 67 parallel to the rotation axis 12, wherein the first distance 69 and the first height 68 are smaller than the second distance 67 and the second height 66, wherein the rotor 16 is rotatable relative to the housing 70.

Abstract: A rotor 16 is provided, comprising a vertical rotation axis 12, and at least two rotor blades 18, 20, 22 arranged on the rotation axis 12, wherein at least one rotor blade 18, 20, 22 comprises a curved first portion 40, wherein the first portion 40 has a concave side 42 and a convex side 44, wherein a curved second portion 50 is arranged on the end 46 of the first portion 40 of the rotor blade 18, 20, 22 facing away from the rotation axis 12. The second portion 50 has a concave side 52 and a convex side 54, and the two portions 40, 50 are arranged in such a manner that, in the radial direction, the convex side 44 of the first portion 40 is followed by the concave side 52 of the second portion 50. Due to the design of the rotor blade 18, 20, 22, the rotor 16 has particularly high efficiency.