Abstract: The invention relates to a method for programming a wiper system (10; 10a) for vehicle windscreens, in which for operating respectively a windscreen wiper (14, 15) a wiper module (12, 13) on the driver's side is programmed as master module (36) and a wiper module (12, 13) on the passenger's side is programmed as slave module (37), wherein the wiper modules (12, 13) consist of a reversing motor (18), if applicable a gear (19), a holder (22, 23) for fastening to the body of a vehicle, and a control (20), wherein in the control (20) at least data for a program sequence (38), vehicle-specific characteristic data (39) and data for the operation of the wiper module (12, 13) as master module (36) or respectively as slave module (37) are stored, wherein at least the wiper module (12, 13) on the driver's side is connected via an on-board wiring system interface (30) and a first data communication line (32) with a vehicle control unit (28).

Abstract: A sealing means for sealing an introduction facility for a medical instrument includes a first sealing membrane of an elastic material with a first slit and a second sealing membrane of an elastic material with a second slit. The first sealing membrane and the second sealing membrane abut laminarily on each other. The first sealing membrane and the second sealing membrane are arranged such that the first slit and the second slit are not parallel with each other. Each of the first slit and the second slit is unbranched.

Abstract: An endoscopic surgical instrument with an elongate shaft, a surgical tool arranged at a distal end of the shaft for conducting surgical manipulations and a handle arranged at a proximal end of the shaft for actuating the surgical tool. The shaft has an elongate shaft tube and an elongate actuation rod arranged movably within the shaft tube, the tool and the handle both being connected to the shaft tube and the actuating rod such that the tool can be actuated by the handle through a motion of the actuating rod relative to the shaft tube.

Abstract: A medical instrument serves for creating an access for a minimally invasive intervention and has a body having a longitudinal axis. The body is assembled of at least two parts, each of said parts having edges extending along a direction of said axis. Each of said parts having edges extending along a direction of said axis. Each part has a distal section merging into a proximal section standing outwardly from said longitudinal axis. In a first position, the distal end section of the parts are joined along said edges to form a distal body with the proximal section standing away. In a second position, the proximal sections of said parts are joined along said edges to form a hollow proximal body with said distal end section spreaded outwardly. The edges are provided with interacting features which are designed to block a lateral sliding of said joined parts transversely to said edges.

Abstract: A bend sensor for measuring a deflection of a technical or medical instrument, consisting of an elongated body of electrically insulating polymer material, with a longitudinal axis and with fibers of an electrically conducting polymer material that are embedded in the body. The fibers are disposed essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis and at a distance from one another in the polymer body. A measuring unit is connected with the fibers and is suited for evaluating the modification of the electrical resistances of the fibers as a measurement of the deflection of the body from the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A Precoding process for a transmitter of a MU-MIMO communication system comprising M antennas in the transmitter and K User Equipments (UE), said precoding being based on a Regularized Zero Forcing (R-ZF) linear precoding.

Abstract: An endoscopic instrument system for performing endoscopic interventions via a natural access path, including a flexible endoscope with an endoscope handle and an elongate endoscope shaft introducible into a hollow space in a body, wherein the endoscope shaft includes a steerable end section and at least one instrument channel, and also includes an endoscopic instrument with a handle, an elongate instrument shaft and a tool which can be actuated by a pull and/or push element arranged within the instrument shaft and connected to the handle and to the tool, wherein the endoscopic instrument can be introduced into the instrument channel for conducting manipulations in the hollow space in the body, and wherein the instrument shaft includes a continuous flexible tube that is connected, such that it is rotationally fixed, to the handle and to the tool with respect to a longitudinal direction of the tube.

Abstract: A water-bearing household appliance such as a dishwashing machine is provided with a housing having a housing edge which defines a washing compartment opening and with a washing compartment which is enclosed by the housing and which is defined by the housing. A seal is provided onto which a device door can be closed to abut the seal and the dishwashing machine has lighting elements arranged in the area between the housing edge and the seal for illuminating the washing compartment.

Abstract: A medical instrument has an instrument insert and an instrument handle, which are detachably connected to one another. An actuation rod of the instrument insert is releasably connectable to a movable grip of the instrument handle via a locking connection. A blocking element is provided which blocks the movable grip when the actuation rod has been released.

Abstract: A process for beamforming data to be transmitted in a MU-MIMO communication system comprising a base station and a selected set of User Equipments (UE) communicating with said base station; said data being precoded by said base station in accordance with a beamforming matrix complying with a precoding matrix under the form of: (formula 1) Where—M is the number of transmit antennas—D is a diagonal unitary matrix of the form D=diag (formula 2)—P is a permutation matrix interchanging only the last M?1 rows. —A is a general Hadamard matrix. and that the signaling information transmitted by the base station to the UE comprises at least a first and a second index which are representative of D, P and A.

Abstract: A shaft for a medical instrument for a minimally invasive procedure includes a proximal end that is mechanically connectable or connected with an operational device and a distal end that is connectable or connected with a tool, whereby the shaft comprises a bent portion and whereby no plane exists from which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft are at a lesser distance than one-third of a diameter of the shaft.