Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for affecting the accelerator (15) of a vehicle by means of a an actuator, typically a handle (3), arranged within the reach of the driver. The main purpose of use of the invention is to modify vehicles equipped with foot pedal control means so that they become better suitable to be used by disabled persons. The invention is suitable to be used by professional drivers to improve driving comfort.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manipulating at least one auxiliary control device refers to a lever switch, placed in connection with the steering wheel of the vehicle, or a panel switch, placed in the control panel of the vehicle or elsewhere within reach for the driver. According to the invention, at lest one auxiliary control device of the vehicle is subjected by means of at least one electrical actuator to a mechanical movement/mechanical movements controlled with at least one control means intended for the driver. The control means used are preferably press-button or rocker switches, which are placed in an ergonomic way for example in the handle of a manual control device and/or in connection with the steering wheel of the vehicle in a place where they are well within reach for the driver. The invention makes it possible to equip an ordinary vehicle to be suitable for a person with restricted mobility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a gene transfer product to reduce hyperplastic connective tissue growth after tissue trauma or implantation of a medical device. The present invention also relates to a medical device with improved biological properties for an at least partial contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues when introduced in a mammalian body, which device comprises a core and a nucleic acid, encoding a product capable of leading to production of extracellular superoxide dismutase present in a biologically compatible medium. Said nucleic acid encodes a translation or transcription product, which is capable of inhibiting hyperplastic connective tissue growth and promoting endothelialisation in vivo at least partially on a synthetic surface of said core. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a medical device according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for affecting the accelerator (15) of a vehicle by means of a an actuator, typically a handle (3), arranged within the reach of the driver. The main purpose of use of the invention is to modify vehicles equipped with foot pedal control means so that they become better suitable to be used by disabled persons. The invention is suitable to be used by professional drivers to improve driving comfort.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (HC) for operating one or more foot pedal control devices (26; 26) in a vehicle. According to the invention, the control device (HC) comprises means (11, 20, 22; 11, 21 23) for transmitting the movement and force, exerted by the driver by his/her own muscular strength on the actuator (13) of the control device (HC), hydrostatically to the foot pedal control device/devices (26; 27) of the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the actuator (13) is arranged to act on the brake pedal (16) by means of an independent hydraulic circuit (18, 20, 22) when the driver moves/turns said actuator (13) in a first direction (B), and the actuator (13) is arranged to act on a second independent hydraulic circuit (19, 21, 23) when the driver turns/moves the actuator (13) in the opposite direction (C).