Abstract: According to one aspect, an integrated circuit includes: an electronic module configured to generate a voltage at an output, and an electronic control circuit coupled to an output of the electronic module, the electronic control circuit comprising an emissive electronic component. The electronic control circuit is configured to cause the emissive electronic component to emit light radiation as a function of a value of the voltage at the output of the electronic module relative to a value of an operating voltage of the electronic module, and the operating voltage is specific thereto during normal operation of this electronic module. The light radiation emitted by the emissive electronic component is configured to diffuse to an outer face of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A device for measuring the turbidity of cerebrospinal fluid includes, a source of a light signal comprising having one or more wavelength(s), such that at least part of the emitted light signal passes through the cerebrospinal fluid; a flow element including an inlet and an outlet, the flow element being suitable for allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flow between the inlet and the outlet; an opaque element, arranged to absorb at least part of the emitted light signal after it has passed through the cerebrospinal fluid, and to allow another part of the emitted light signal to be reflected after it has passed through the cerebrospinal fluid; and an optical detector configured to detect the light signal after it has passed through the cerebrospinal fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting a malfunctioning of a valve/catheters assembly for shunting a cerebrospinal fluid or the like, characterized in that it comprises: a chamber (6) which is placed inside the said housing; a laminar canal (4), a sensor (7) for measuring a pressure in the said chamber; a flexible membrane (5) separating the sensor from the chamber (6); control and communications electronics (8,9) able to exchange with an external reader in order to transmit a measurement by the said sensor, the sensor (7) being attached to the flexible membrane (5) with which it is in contact.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting a malfunctioning of a valve/catheters assembly for shunting a cerebrospinal fluid or the like, characterized in that it comprises: a chamber (6) which is placed inside the said housing; a laminar canal (4), a sensor (7) for measuring a pressure in the said chamber; a flexible membrane (5) separating the sensor from the chamber (6); control and communications electronics (8,9) able to exchange with an external reader in order to transmit a measurement by the said sensor, the sensor (7) being attached to the flexible membrane (5) with which it is in contact.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting a malfunctioning of a valve/catheters assembly for shunting a cerebrospinal fluid or the like, characterized in that it comprises: a chamber (6) which is placed inside the said housing; a laminar canal (4), a sensor (7) for measuring a pressure in the said chamber; a flexible membrane (5) separating the sensor from the chamber (6); control and communications electronics (8,9) able to exchange with an external reader in order to transmit a measurement by the said sensor, the sensor (7) being attached to the flexible membrane (5) with which it is in contact.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data exchange system comprising a spectacle frame and at least one detachable temple, a base station for receiving the detachable temple when detached from the spectacle frame, wherein the detachable temple comprises a connecting interface configured to mate a connecting interface, in particular an electrical connecting interface, of the spectacle frame and an electrical connecting interface of the base station. This data exchange system allows a user to carry the glasses in a comfortable manner whereas, at the same time, a secure data exchange from any devices incorporated into the spectacles can be ensured.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensing means for a contact lens used in a physiological parameter measuring system comprising one or two contact lenses, wherein to improve the comfort of wear for a patient each contact lens comprises an antenna and a purely passive sensing means. The invention also relates to a corresponding method and a method to fabricate the sensing means and the contact lens.

Abstract: A Marx generator, includes a number of capacitors (E) connected in series via spark gaps (E), between two output terminals and a power supply circuit that charges the capacitors in parallel. The capacitors are connected in series by a flat line formed of two metal strips running parallel and facing one another. These strips are connected together electrically at one end of the line and respectively to the output terminals at the other end and consist of one continuous strip and a second strip subdivided by transverse slots into successive plane sections interconnected in series alternately by a capacitor and a surface spark gap. A structure of this kind reduces the inductance of the generator and hence improves the rise time of the output pulses.