Abstract: A device and method for intravascular treatment of atherosclerotic plaque prior to balloon angioplasty which microperforates the plaque with small sharp spikes acting as serrations for forming cleavage lines or planes in the plaque. The spikes may also be used to transport medication into the plaque. The plaque preparation treatment enables subsequent angioplasty to be performed at low balloon pressures of about 4 atmospheres or less, reduces dissections, and avoids injury to the arterial wall. The subsequent angioplasty may be performed with a drug-eluting balloon (DEB) or drug-coated balloon (DCB). The pre-angioplasty perforation procedure enables more drug to be absorbed during DEB or DCB angioplasty, and makes the need for a stent less likely. Alternatively, any local incidence of plaque dissection after balloon angioplasty may be treated by applying a thin, ring-shaped tack at the dissection site only, rather than applying a stent over the overall plaque site.

Abstract: A cage can be positioned around a medical balloon, such as an angioplasty balloon, to assist in a medical procedure. The cage can include a plurality of strips, each extending between a set of rings including first and second rings. As the balloon expands, the first and second rings move closer together and allow the strips to expand outward. The cage may have wedge dissectors on the strips.

Abstract: A serration balloon can have a number of different components and can be made in a number of different manners. One or more longitudinally extending members with periodic raised wedges can be attached to a medical balloon. They can be attached with a fiber coating, a polymer coating, or other methods. A polymer matrix can be used to bond the longitudinally extending member to the surface of the balloon. The fiber coating can be, for example, a thread or mesh that secures the longitudinally extending member to the balloon. The medical balloon can be an angioplasty balloon, such as an off-the-shelf angioplasty balloon.

Abstract: A heat pump, for use in an HVAC system, that has a compressor device including an electric motor for providing a mechanical movement for compressing a working medium, an inverter which supplies the electric motor with alternating current, a rectifier which supplies the inverter with direct current, and a monitoring device for monitoring an operating state of the electric motor. The monitoring device includes at least one measuring means for detecting an operating variable of the compressor device and an evaluation means for evaluating the detected operating variable, wherein the electric motor and the inverter are integrated jointly in a DC compressor unit that is coupled via a direct current interface to an electronics unit of the compressor device which is separated from said DC compressor unit and in which in turn the rectifier and the monitoring device are integrated jointly.

Abstract: A method for checking a processing of payload data. The method includes processing the payload data and metadata by a sequence of data processing blocks. An adjustment value is ascertained for each data processing block as a function of a thereto-supplied payload data version so that, if the thereto-supplied metadata version is correctly processed by the data processing block to form a respective processing result, the processing result, after having been adjusted according to the adjustment value according to a specified adjustment rule, is equal to a value assigned to the data processing block. Each data processing block processes the metadata version supplied to it, and the next metadata version is derived from the supplied metadata version as a function of the processing result adjusted according to the adjustment value according to the specified adjustment rule, and checking whether the payload data have been processed correctly.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a technical system, in particular a vehicle, with regard to a change of state of a component of the technical system. The method includes: providing component data of the technical system; providing change data that include a plurality of change decompositions, wherein the change decompositions each include one or more function blocks that are obtained by decomposing a description of a change of state with respect to a component of the technical system; providing event data that include information about state change events; if there is a state change event: providing a current history of context parameter values for context parameters; and determining, based on at least part of the current history of context parameter values and the change decompositions, whether there is a discrepancy between a state of the component and the change of state according to the state change event.

Abstract: A display device includes a screen unit. The screen unit has a first side arranged and/or supported on an inner side of a vehicle roof and a second side opposite the first side. The second side has a screen for displaying an image. The display device includes a reflector unit for reflecting and projecting an image displayed by the screen. A movement unit translationally moves the reflection unit relative to the screen unit.

Abstract: An EAS pedestal system is shown and described herein. The pedestal system comprises a base and an EAS antenna frame removably connected to the base. The removable frame allows for the frame to be dissociated from the base to allow access to the electronic components housed in the base or to replace the frame portion.

Abstract: A method for fusing environment-related parameters includes providing at least one environment-related parameter of a first sensor system; providing at least one environment-related parameter of a second sensor system; providing at least one respective boundary condition that existed when the respective at least one environment-related parameter of the respective sensor system was determined; assigning the at least one respective boundary condition to the respective at least one environment-related parameter of the respective sensor system; providing an evaluation scheme which assigns weighting factors to the respective environment-related parameter of the respective sensor system depending on the respective boundary conditions; and fusing, with a fusion device, the at least one environment-related parameter of the first sensor system with the at least one environment-related parameter of the second sensor system according to the assigned weighting factors to determine the representation of the environment of

Abstract: A method for monitoring a technical system, in particular a vehicle, with regard to a potentially safety-relevant situation, including: determining available context parameter values for at least a portion of the context parameters comprised by the context parameter data; determining, based on the context-parameter attack decompositions, active context-parameter attack decompositions; determining, based on the context parameter situation data and the available context parameter values, safety-relevant situations that are relevant for the active context-parameter attack decompositions; determining, based on the response data and the relevant safety-relevant situations, at least one measure; and providing information regarding the at least one measure and, in particular, initiating the at least one measure.

Abstract: Implantable medical device for stimulating a heart includes a proximal electrode pole, and first and second distal electrode poles.

Abstract: A barrel having a dispensing device for dispensing a fluid, having a fluid reservoir for receiving the fluid, a carrying device having a carrying handle for carrying the fluid reservoir, a valve which is configured to release the fluid from the fluid reservoir when in an actuated state, and a spout which can be connected to the valve for dispensing the fluid released out of the valve. The carrying handle has a recess which forms a receptacle for the spout, the spout can be secured in the receptacle in a carrying state and can be connected to the valve in an operating state.

Abstract: A barrel having a dispensing device for dispensing a fluid, having a fluid reservoir for receiving the fluid, a carrying device with a carrying handle for carrying the fluid reservoir, wherein the carrying handle is movable relative to the fluid reservoir, a valve which is configured to release the fluid from the fluid reservoir when in an actuated state, and a spout which can be connected to the valve for dispensing the fluid released out of the valve. In a connected state in which the spout is connected to the valve, a relative movement of the carrying handle relative to the fluid reservoir leads to an actuation of the valve, while in a non-connected state in which the spout is not connected to the valve, the relative movement of the carrying handle does not lead to actuation of the valve.

Abstract: An implantable medical device implantable in a human or animal heart that carries out the following steps during its operation: a) continuously detecting a cardiac electric signal; b) starting a coagulation timer if the detected cardiac electric signal is indicative for an atrial tachycardia; c) keeping the coagulation timer active during a temporary loss of the cardiac electric signal; and d) stopping the coagulation timer, if the following criteria are fulfilled: i) an amplitude of the cardiac electric signal of a plurality of cardiac intervals being close in time exceeds a presettable significance threshold, and ii) an atrial rate calculated from the plurality of cardiac intervals being close in time is below a predefinable threshold rate indicative for atrial tachycardia, or e) keeping the coagulation timer active for a predefined time period, if the criteria are not fulfilled.

Abstract: A method for detecting an error that occurred during data processing, using a computer-implemented monitoring instance. The method provides for a plurality of application software instances executed independently of one another on a non-intrinsically safe computer platform, e.g., for controlling one motor vehicle in each case, to be entangled so that, in the event of a critical error in one application software instance, a reliable and timely error response is triggered in all application software instances. A system for detecting an error that occurred during data processing, to a computer program and a machine-readable storage medium is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and/or a SGLT-2 inhibitor drug, and metformin XR, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases.

Abstract: Method comprising: monitoring whether a network receives an authorization request for establishing a session of an AF with a UE, wherein the authorization request comprises a permanent identifier of the AF, a received temporary identifier of the AF, and a temporary identifier of a UE; if the authorization request is received: forming a key identifier based on the temporary identifier of the UE; retrieving, based on the key identifier, a stored key and a first permanent identifier of the UE; calculating a calculated temporary identifier of the AF based on the permanent identifier of the AF and the stored key; checking whether the calculated temporary identifier of the AF is identical with the received temporary identifier of the AF; inhibiting authorizing the AF for the establishing the session with the UE if the calculated temporary identifier of the AF is not identical with the received temporary identifier of the AF.

Abstract: A serration balloon can have a number of different components and can be made in a number of different manners. One or more longitudinally extending members with periodic raised wedges can be attached to a medical balloon. They can be attached with a fiber coating, a polymer coating, or other methods. A polymer matrix can be used to bond the longitudinally extending member to the surface of the balloon. The fiber coating can be, for example, a thread or mesh that secures the longitudinally extending member to the balloon. The medical balloon can be an angioplasty balloon, such as an off-the-shelf angioplasty balloon.

Abstract: A method for processing sensor data in a control device of a vehicle. The method includes: evaluating sensor data generated by different sensors of the vehicle for detecting its environment, via different evaluation functions which convert at least part of the sensor data as input data into output data, wherein the output data are assigned a priority using an assignment rule based on known insufficiencies of the sensors and/or the evaluation functions and the output data are used according to their priority in order to update an environment model that stores information about objects in the environment of the vehicle; recognizing an insufficiency that differs from the known insufficiencies using at least a part of the sensor data and/or at least a part of the output data; updating the assignment rule based on the recognized insufficiency.

Abstract: A method for checking the integrity of a compute node which is part of a network of compute nodes communicatively connected to one another, and on which at least one portion of a distributed application is executed. The method includes: providing test data for the compute node; generating test results by applying the at least one portion of the distributed application to the provided test data; and checking the integrity of the compute node by comparing the test results to expected results.