Abstract: The invention relates to a fan blade (3) of a turbomachine (15) comprising a structure (4) made of composite material having, within the root (5) and/or the stilt (6) of the blade, a first layer (11) comprising the lower face (16) and having a first thickness (E1) of between 10% and 25% of the total thickness (E), a second layer (12) comprising the suction face (17) and having a second thickness (E2) of between 10% and 25% of the total thickness (E), and a central layer (13) extending between the first layer (11) and the second layer (12), the shortening of the warp strands (9) in the first and second layers (11, 12) being greater than the shortening of the warp strands (9) in the central layer (13).

Abstract: Sacro-iliac joint stabilizing implants adapted for implanting across a SI joint from a dorsal approach. Methods of, and delivery tools adapted for implanting sacro-iliac joint stabilizing implants across a SI joint from a dorsal approach.

Abstract: A double flexible optical circuit includes: a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of optical fibers; a first connector terminating the optical fibers at a first end of the double flexible optical circuit; and a second connector terminating the optical fibers at a second end of the double flexible optical circuit. Each of the optical fibers is positioned in one of a plurality of separate extensions formed by the flexible substrate as the optical fibers extend from the first connector to the second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to be tested when the first and second connectors are connected through the double flexible optical circuit. The double flexible optical circuit is configured to be divided in half once the testing is complete to form two separate flexible optical circuits.

Abstract: Some embodiments described herein include a heart valve replacement system that may be delivered to a targeted native heart valve site via one or more delivery catheters. In some embodiments, a prosthetic heart valve of the system includes structural features that securely anchor the prosthetic heart valve to the site of the native heart valve. Such structural features can provide robust migration resistance. In particular implementations, the prosthetic heart valves occupy a smaller delivery profile, thereby facilitating a smaller delivery catheter for advancement to the heart.

Abstract: A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors.

Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves may be delivered to a targeted native heart valve site via one or more delivery catheters. In some embodiments, the prosthetic heart valves are implanted using catheter-based deployment systems that include multiple control wires. In particular implementations, the deployment systems can include a retrieval catheter that can be used to recapture the prosthetic heart valve back into a delivery sheath after being expressed from the delivery sheath. The prosthetic heart valves occupy a small delivery profile, thereby facilitating a smaller delivery catheter system for advancement to the heart. Some delivery catheter systems can include a curved control catheter and/or a deflectable catheter to facilitate deployment of the prosthetic heart valve to a native tricuspid valve site via a superior vena cava or inferior vena cava.

Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves may be delivered to a targeted native heart valve site via one or more delivery catheters. In some embodiments, the prosthetic heart valves are implanted using catheter-based deployment systems that include multiple control wires. In particular implementations, the deployment systems can include a retrieval catheter that can be used to recapture the prosthetic heart valve back into a delivery sheath after being expressed from the delivery sheath. The prosthetic heart valves occupy a small delivery profile, thereby facilitating a smaller delivery catheter system for advancement to the heart. Some delivery catheter systems can include a curved control catheter and/or a deflectable catheter to facilitate deployment of the prosthetic heart valve to a native tricuspid valve site via a superior vena cava or inferior vena cava.

Abstract: A detection arrangement for detecting a possible fault of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle. The detection arrangement has an underride guard, a sensor arranged on or integrated into the same, and a control device for detecting at least two different possible fault cases including a possible first fault case and a possible second fault case, and for determining based on a measurement signal received from the sensor, whether the possible first or second fault case is present. At least one first reaction measure is assigned to the possible first fault case and at least one second reaction measure, which is different from the first, is assigned to the possible second fault case.

Abstract: A method for setting a blind fastener comprising the steps of: providing a workpiece with a through hole; providing the fastener; providing a setting tool comprising: a tool housing; a screw tool with a male thread movable within the housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted and an extended positions; a first electric motor with a first drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the first drive shaft defining a first axis radially spaced from the tool axis; a second electric motor with a second drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the second drive shaft defining a second axis radially spaced from the tool axis and from the first axis; and a solid roller screw arranged for rotation and axial movement in the tool housing, and axially concentric with and in driving connection to the screw tool; supplying the fastener in front of the screw tool when the screw tool is in the retracted position; engaging the screw tool with the fastener; and setting the fastener to the workpiece.

Abstract: A hydrochloride salt of inupadenant, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of making pharmaceutical compositions of a hydrochloride salt of inupadenant (e.g., crystalline hydrochloride salt of inupadenant) and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including squamous NSCLC and nonsquamous NSCLC.

Abstract: A battery fire prevention system for a battery of a motor vehicle including several battery cells for preventing a battery fire resulting from a thermal runaway of a first battery cell of the battery cells of the battery. The battery fire prevention system includes a cell degassing channel connected to the battery cells and into which a gas escaping from a respective battery cell is introduced and discharged to at least one escape opening of the cell degassing channel, a gas flow influencing structure as part of the cell degassing channel, which influences the course of the gas flow flowing through the cell degassing channel, formed by the gas escaping from the first battery cell, and a cooling device for cooling the first battery cell in thermal runaway mode.

Abstract: A power tool including a motor and an impact mechanism. The impact mechanism is coupled to the motor and includes a hammer driven by the motor, and an anvil positioned at a nose of the power tool, and configured to receive an impact from the hammer. The power tool also includes a sensor assembly positioned at the nose of the power tool, and an electronic processor. The sensor assembly includes an output position sensor configured to generate an output signal indicative of a position of the hammer or the anvil. The electronic processor is coupled to the output position sensor and to the motor, and is configured to operate the motor based on the output signal from the output position sensor.

Abstract: A cell degassing channel for discharging gases from a battery with at least one battery cell. The cell degassing channel has a chamber which has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening and which is designed such that a gas exiting from the at least one battery cell can be introduced into the chamber through the at least one inlet opening and can be led through the same along at least one gas discharge path to at least one outlet opening of the chamber. The chamber has at least one first perforated plate which is arranged in an interior space of the chamber and has multiple first holes.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a mechanical part making it possible to evaluate the residual stresses in the part, as well as a method for constructing a predictive model and a non-destructive testing method making it possible to easily test such a part, the characterizing method including the following steps: measuring geometrical information of the part in a first state, physically transforming the part between the first state and a second state, measuring geometrical information of the part in its second state, determining the displacement field between the first state and the second state of the part by a digital image correlation method and obtaining the deformation field between the first state and the second state of the part, determining the stress field in the second state of the part by a finite element simulation method.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for non-invasively determining a temperature of a fluid inside a housing are provided. First and second temperature sensors are positioned so that there is a temperature differential between the first and second temperature sensors. A difference between the temperature of the first and second temperature sensors can be used to estimate the temperature of the fluid inside the housing and/or a zero heat flow methodology can be used to determine the temperature of the fluid inside the housing.

Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves may be delivered to a targeted native heart valve site via one or more delivery catheters. In some embodiments, the prosthetic heart valves are implanted using catheter-based deployment systems that include multiple control wires. In particular implementations, the deployment systems can include a retrieval catheter that can be used to recapture the prosthetic heart valve back into a delivery sheath after being expressed from the delivery sheath. The prosthetic heart valves occupy a small delivery profile, thereby facilitating a smaller delivery catheter system for advancement to the heart. Some delivery catheter systems can include a curved control catheter and/or a deflectable catheter to facilitate deployment of the prosthetic heart valve to a native tricuspid valve site via a superior vena cava or inferior vena cava.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a sensor system for determining a flow rate of a fluid flow within a fluid channel comprising an elastic segment arranged next to a rigid segment, wherein a first pair of electrodes is provided at the rigid segment and a second pair of electrodes is provided at the elastic segment of the fluid channel. The system further comprises a sensor unit for detecting a capacitance of the first and second electrode pairs, and a processing unit for calculating and monitoring a distance between the electrodes of the second electrode pair based on the detected capacitance of the first electrode pair and the second electrode pair, wherein the first electrode pair is in contact with the rigid segment and the second electrode pair is in contact with the elastic segment. Moreover, a respective method for determining a flow rate of a fluid flow within a fluid channel is provided by the present disclosure, as well as a use of the sensor system.