Abstract: Surgical robot systems for remote manipulation having robotic telemanipulators are provided. The surgical robot systems are well adapted for use by the surgeon, seamlessly integrateable into the operation room, allow for a surgeon to work between the robot and the patient throughout a surgery in a sterile manner, are relatively low cost, and/or permit integrated laparoscopy. The system preferably includes a master console having a plurality of master links interconnected by a plurality of master joints, and a handle coupled to the master console for operating the telemanipulator. The system further includes a slave console operatively coupled to the master console and having a plurality of slave links interconnected by a plurality of slave joints that move responsive to movement at the master console to permit an end-effector to perform surgery.

Abstract: Embodiments include an implantable electrical line with at least one helically wound electrical conductor, an electrically conductive sleeve electrically connected to the electrical conductor, and an electrical filter. The electrical filter is arranged between a proximal and a distal longitudinal portion of a helix formed by the at least one helically wound electrical conductor as viewed in a longitudinal direction of the implantable electrical line, and is also arranged within the electrically conductive sleeve as viewed in a radial direction of the implantable electrical line.

Abstract: Surgical robot systems for remote manipulation having robotic telemanipulators are provided. The surgical robot systems are well adapted for use by the surgeon, seamlessly integratable into the operation room, allow for a surgeon to work between the robot and the patient throughout a surgery in a sterile manner, are relatively low cost, and/or permit integrated laparoscopy. The system preferably includes a master console having a plurality of master links interconnected by a plurality of master joints, and a handle coupled to the master console for operating the telemanipulator. The system further includes a slave console operatively coupled to the master console and having a plurality of slave links interconnected by a plurality of slave joints that move responsive to movement at the master console to permit an end-effector to perform surgery.

Abstract: Surgical robot systems for remote manipulation having robotic telemanipulators are provided. The surgical robot systems are well adapted for use by the surgeon, seamlessly integratable into the operation room, allow for a surgeon to work between the robot and the patient throughout a surgery in a sterile manner, are relatively low cost, and/or permit integrated laparoscopy. The system preferably includes a master console having a plurality of master links interconnected by a plurality of master joints, and a handle coupled to the master console for operating the telemanipulator. The system further includes a slave console operatively coupled to the master console and having a plurality of slave links interconnected by a plurality of slave joints that move responsive to movement at the master console to permit an end-effector to perform surgery.

Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.

Abstract: A roofing tile composed of concrete material and a method for producing such a roofing tile. The concrete material contains a binder, a gravel, a light-weight aggregate, and added water. The roofing tile has at least one watercourse and a lateral interlocking joint having a covering fold and a water fold. The ratio of water to binder is less than 0.3, the light-weight aggregate is composed of a material that is hydrophobic and/or not hygroscopic, and the roofing tile has a density in the range of 1.6 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3 after the hardening. The roofing tile has a thickness of 5 mm to 9 mm, preferably 7 mm to 8 mm, in the highly loaded regions, preferably in the region of the watercourse.

Abstract: A method for exiting from a recuperation phase in a parallel hybrid vehicle includes, in a first step, the vehicle is in a recuperation phase, started by means of a trigger, with a predefined recuperation driving demand, and, in a second step, the electric machine is brought to an increased rotational speed during the recuperation phase. In a third step, a phase for departing from the recuperation phase is started by means of a trigger, wherein, in this phase, the internal combustion engine is made available for coupling to the electric machine, such that a target rotational speed determined between the internal combustion engine to be connected and the electric machine for the connection to the transmission input is set, and in parallel, by means of an upshift, a highest possible gear ratio for the connection to the drivetrain is set, in order to satisfy a present driving demand. In a fourth step, the departure from the recuperation phase is completed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a temporarily or permanently implantable medical device with an elongate electrical line, and a method of producing the implantable medical device. The elongate electrical line includes a first electrical component and a second component, wherein the first electrical component or part of the first electrical component includes a functional conductor. The second component includes at least one metal layer and at least one flexible plastic layer. The first electrical component is electrically connected in series to the at least one metal layer of the second component.

Abstract: A configuration performs electrical therapy on a patient and is configured to produce at least one electrical therapeutic voltage, which acts at a therapy site in or on the patient's body. The configuration contains at least one first and one second subunit, and every subunit has at least one energy storage. The amount of energy storable by every individual energy storage is smaller than the amount of energy required to produce the electrical voltage for therapy.

Abstract: An implantable medical device including at least one elongate electrical line with a first electrical component as a functional conductor, and at least one second electrical component with an electrical length. The first electrical component includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal side is in electrical contact with tissue or blood. The first electrical component is in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical component, and wherein the electrical length of the at least one second component corresponds to at least a tenth of a wavelength (?/10) of electromagnetic waves in a radiofrequency range.

Abstract: A sensor apparatus for detecting a target object is provided, together with a corresponding method for operating the sensor apparatus. The sensor apparatus comprises a transmitter device which is operated by periodic excitation signals at a basic frequency, a receiver device which couples to the transmitter device, wherein the coupling is dependent on a relative position of the target object with respect to the receiver device, and the receiver device delivers signals at the basic frequency which are dependent on the relative position of the target object with respect to the receiver device. A threshold value checking device checks whether signals lie within or outside a threshold value range. A linking device acts on signals from the receiver device or signals derived therefrom in such a way that signals or signal combinations are shifted into the threshold value range insofar as they previously lay outside this range.

Abstract: Surgical instruments for use in a surgical robot are provided herein. The instruments are preferably part of a translational instrument interface and are removably coupled to the surgical robot. In one aspect, the translational instrument interface has a slave hub mounted on a distal end of the slave unit, a sterile shield insertable within the slave hub, and an instrument having an end-effector for contacting tissue insertable within the sterile shield. The instrument may be disposable after a single use. The handle of the surgical robot is preferably coupled to the translational instrument interface such that actuation at the handle causes movement of the end-effector for performing surgery.

Abstract: A perfusion assessment multi-modality optical medical device comprising ? a white light image sensor (320) and optical system configured to image a body area of interest (130, 340), a coherent light source (330) for illuminating said body area of interest with wavelength of 760-810 nm, an optical coherence imaging (OCI) image sensor (310) detecting the fluctuations of the backscattered light (302) near the illumination wavelength from at least part of said illuminated body area of interest (340), a fluorescence image sensor (315) to detect the fluorescence signal at higher wavelength than the illumination wavelength from at least part of said illuminated body area of interest (340), a screen (115, 210) to show the results from the modalities, all previous items being included in a single movable unit (200) which furthermore comprises a processing unit (105, 110) to calculate perfusion map from the OCI image sensor (310) using LDI or LSI algorithms, wherein said white light image sensor (320), said OCI imag

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wind turbine (1) and a method of operating a wind turbine with at least one rotational speed exclusion zone (18, 19), wherein the wind turbine (!) comprises a wind turbine control system (10) monitoring the vibrations of the wind turbine tower (2) and the rotational speed of the rotor. The wind turbine control system (10) controls the rotational speed of the rotor based on the measured vibration level (13), wherein the control system (10) uses the at least one exclusion zone (18, 19) to avoid rotational speeds that coincide with the eigenfrequency (14) of the wind turbine tower (2). The at least one exclusion zone (18, 19) has a variable width, which is determined based on the measured vibration level (13) so that resonance in the wind turbine tower (2) is avoided while minimizing the power loss.

Abstract: A roofing tile composed of concrete material and a method for producing such a roofing tile. The concrete material contains a binder, a gravel, a light-weight aggregate, and added water. The roofing tile has at least one watercourse and a lateral interlocking joint having a covering fold and a water fold. The ratio of water to binder is less than 0.3, the light-weight aggregate is composed of a material that is hydrophobic and/or not hygroscopic, and the roofing tile has a density in the range of 1.6 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3 after the hardening. The roofing tile has a thickness of 5 mm to 9 mm, preferably 7 mm to 8 mm, in the highly loaded regions, preferably in the region of the watercourse.

Abstract: A turbine rotor blade arrangement for a gas turbine, having a turbine disc and a turbine rotor blade ring that comprises a plurality of rotor blades. The turbine disc has disc channels for providing air, wherein a disc channel respectively ends in a discharge hole in the area of a blade root reception area. The rotor blades have cooling air channels for cooling the rotor blades. In the blade root or between the blade root and the blade root reception area, an air channel is formed via which sealing air is discharged that is fed in from the disc channel. It is provided that the blade root comprises a deflection device that is provided and is configured for the purpose of partially deflecting air exiting the disc channel in the direction of the air channel. Another embodiment of the invention relates to a method for the provision of sealing air in a turbine rotor blade arrangement.

Abstract: A functional optical coherent imaging (fOCI) platform includes at least one active camera unit (ACU) having a coherent and/or a partially coherent light source, and means for spectral filtering and imaging a selected body area of interest; an image processing unit (IPU) for pre-processing data received from an ACU; at least one stimulation unit (STU) transmitting a stimulation to a subject; at least one body function reference measurement unit (BFMU); a central clock and processing unit (CCU), with interconnections to the ACU, the IPU, the STU, for collecting pre-processed data from the IPU, stimuli from the STU body function reference data from the BFMU in a synchronized manner; a post-processing unit (statistical analysis unit. SAU); and an operator interface (HOD.

Abstract: An orthopedic system having at least one stimulation electrode for activating at least one muscle, an orthotic or prosthetic device, which may be placed on a patient's body and secured there with at least one joint by which a proximal and a distal component of the orthotic or prosthetic device are connected to each other in swivelling fashion, at least one adjustable resistance device which is arranged between the distal component and the proximal component and with which a motion resistance against a swivelling of the proximal component relative to the distal component is adjustable, sensors for detecting of forces positions, accelerations and/or torques, and a control device which is coupled to the sensors and the resistance device, processes sensor values of the sensors and adjusts the resistance device in dependence on the sensor values.

Abstract: A roofing tile composed of concrete material and a method for producing such a roofing tile. The concrete material contains a binder, a gravel, a light-weight aggregate, and added water. The roofing tile has at least one watercourse and a lateral interlocking joint having a covering fold and a water fold. The ratio of water to binder is less than 0.3, the light-weight aggregate is composed of a material that is hydrophobic and/or not hygroscopic, and the roofing tile has a density in the range of 1.6 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3 after the hardening. The roofing tile has a thickness of 5 mm to 9 mm, preferably 7 mm to 8 mm, in the highly loaded regions, preferably in the region of the watercourse.

Abstract: Embodiments include an implantable electrical line with at least one helically wound electrical conductor, an electrically conductive sleeve electrically connected to the electrical conductor, and an electrical filter. The electrical filter is arranged between a proximal and a distal longitudinal portion of a helix formed by the at least one helically wound electrical conductor as viewed in a longitudinal direction of the implantable electrical line, and is also arranged within the electrically conductive sleeve as viewed in a radial direction of the implantable electrical line.