Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator device, having two working chambers which are coupled to one another in such a way that a volume increase in a first of the working chambers is associated with a volume decrease in the second working chamber, and vice versa. There is provided an output device which can be driven, and thus moved, by the respective volume increase in the respective working chamber. There is provided a pump device having a solid-state actuator and intended for conveying a fluid. There is provided a first flow path through which the fluid conveyed by means of the pump device can flow and via which, to bring about the volume increase in the first working chamber, the fluid conveyed by means of the pump device and flowing through the first flow path can be introduced into the first working chamber.

Abstract: The invention provides an actuator device, which has: an output element, which is acted on by a fluid and as a result is movable into a holding position; two solid-state actuators, which are able to be activated alternately; a coupling element common to the solid-state actuators; a discharge duct, via which the fluid is able to be discharged from the output element; and at least one valve element, which is adjustable between a blocking closed state and an open state, in which the valve element allows the fluid to be discharged from the output element via the discharge duct and allows the output element to move from the holding position into at least one yielding position, wherein the valve element is actuable, via the coupling element of the respective solid-state actuator, by the respective activation of the solid-state actuator and is able to be moved into the closed state.

Abstract: The invention provides an actuator device, which has: an output element, which is acted on by a fluid and as a result is movable into a holding position; two solid-state actuators, which are able to be activated alternately; a coupling element common to the solid-state actuators; a discharge duct, via which the fluid is able to be discharged from the output element; and at least one valve element, which is adjustable between a blocking closed state and an open state, in which the valve element allows the fluid to be discharged from the output element via the discharge duct and allows the output element to move from the holding position into at least one yielding position, wherein the valve element is actuable, via the coupling element of the respective solid-state actuator, by the respective activation of the solid-state actuator and is able to be moved into the closed state.

Abstract: A setting tool having a drive apparatus, having a rod-shaped plunger for driving in a fixing means, a tubular rotary body, at least one spring element, first winding cords which connect the spring element and the rotary body and which convert a linear movement of the spring element into a rotational movement of the rotary body, and second winding cords which connect the rotary body and the plunger and which convert a rotational movement of the rotary body into a linear movement of the plunger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pan-genomes of bacterial species that are stable with regard to their core genome and the addition of new genes, their uses, as well as a data base containing these pan-genomes, a method of determining an antimicrobial drug profile using a pan-genome, a method of determining an infection of a patient and a method of selecting a treatment of a patient using a pan-genome, and a computer program product for carrying out the methods.