Abstract: A disc brake has a brake caliper in which two brake pads are arranged so that they can be pressed against a brake disc in operation, one of which on the clamping side is actuatable via at least one axially adjustable adjusting spindle carrying a pressure piece by way of a clamping device and the adjusting spindle being guided through an opening of a closure cover closing a receiving chamber of the brake caliper, thereby forming an annular gap.

Abstract: A method for generating a modified magnetic resonance sequence, a magnetic resonance device, and a computer program product are provided. In accordance with the method, an original magnetic resonance sequence is provided for the acquisition of magnetic resonance signals. The magnetic resonance sequence includes multiple gradient pulses. Further, at least one limit value is provided. At least one modification gradient pulse of the multiple gradient pulses is modified as a function of the at least one limit value, and thus, a modified magnetic resonance sequence is generated.

Abstract: A cable unit designed for connecting a gradient coil, which is embodied to generate a magnetic field gradient in one spatial direction, to a power amplifier, having at least one feed line, wherein the feed line comprises at least two cable elements at least in sections, and the at least two cable elements are connected electrically in parallel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a filter unit for a cable unit connecting a gradient coil unit to a gradient controller. The filter unit may include a filter and a cooler. The cooler may include a cooling line through which a cooling medium can flow. The cooler may be configured to cool the filter.

Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system includes a circumferential wall surrounding a muffler interior, at least one muffler wall, which adjoins the circumferential wall and/or is arranged in the muffler interior, at least one muffler tube, which extends in the direction of a tube axis and passes through a tube passage opening in at least one muffler wall. At least one muffler tube passing through a tube passage opening in a muffler wall is connected to the muffler wall by a bayonet connector.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments relates to a method for position determination during a magnetic resonance examination and checking a medical limit value. The method comprises determining position information of a specific part of a body of a patient on a patient table; and checking the magnetic resonance sequence for adherence to the at least one limit value using the position information of the specific part of the body. One or more example embodiments makes possible a specific determination of the absorption rate of specific parts of the body and an increase in the performance of a magnetic resonance apparatus.

Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a muffler housing having a peripheral wall elongated along a longitudinal axis of the muffler housing. The peripheral wall has first and second end walls. A muffler insert is surrounded by the peripheral wall and is supported thereon. The muffler insert has a retaining wall extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The peripheral wall has a peripheral wall opening and a first exhaust-gas routing pipe has a first end region and is positioned with the first end region thereof engaging in the peripheral wall opening. The first exhaust-gas routing pipe has a second end region and is secured by the second end region thereof to the retaining wall. The first exhaust-gas routing pipe is of multi-part configuration and has a first pipe part and a second pipe part.

Abstract: A method for operating a magnetic resonance tomography system and a magnetic resonance tomography system for executing the method are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system captures a change in state using a control system, assesses the change in state with respect to a possible operating interruption, and determines possible energy-saving scenarios for the possible imminent interruption of the image recording. The magnetic resonance tomography system captures a selection made by a user and implements the selected energy-saving scenario.

Abstract: Methods for performing a magnetic resonance examination on a patient with a magnetic resonance apparatus, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. According to the method, patient-specific information about the patient is provided. The patient-specific information about the patient ascertains whether at least one latent error test is to be performed on the magnetic resonance apparatus. If it is ascertained that the at least one latent error test to check the magnetic resonance apparatus is to be performed, the at least one latent error test is performed. The magnetic resonance examination is performed depending on a result of the at least one latent error test.

Abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and a monitoring unit, wherein the MR apparatus includes: a scanner unit to acquire medical MR data; a patient receiving region surrounded at least in part by the scanner unit; a patient positioning apparatus having a patient table designed to be movable into the patient receiving region; a position acquisition unit to acquire position data of a position of the patient table and/or of an object positioned on the patient table, wherein the position acquisition unit comprises a camera; and a setting unit operable, based on a provided setting parameter, to set the position of the patient table and/or of the object on the patient table, wherein the monitoring unit is designed so as, with the acquired position data, to provide the setting parameter for setting a position of the patient table and/or of the object on the patient table.

Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of holes in a curved surface, wherein the individual holes are removed layer by layer, the first layers to be removed of the holes being arranged at different distances in a Z-direction of the laser, the holes each being processed in a specific focal position, wherein only the holes detected from the same focal position are processed.

Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning a housing of a medical imaging apparatus surrounding a patient receiving area, including at least one cleaning element, wherein the at least one cleaning element has an annular carrier structure, and a diameter of the cleaning element comprises at least one value of a diameter of the housing surrounding the patient receiving area.

Abstract: Method for transmitting encrypted data from a medical technology system, including: generating the encrypted data by applying a DK to data generated by the MTS; transmitting a first user-specific DK for decrypting the encrypted data to a first data user authorized by a central data transfer authorization entity; transmitting the encrypted data from the MTS to the first data user; decrypting the encrypted data by the first data user by applying the first user-specific DK; transmitting a second user-specific DK, which is different from the first user-specific DK, by the central data transfer authorization entity to a second data user authorized by the central data transfer authorization entity for decrypting the encrypted data; transmitting the encrypted data by the MTS or by the first data user to the second data user; and decrypting the encrypted data by the second data user by applying the second user-specific DK.

Abstract: A pivot bearing supports a pivot lever of an application apparatus of a disc brake, wherein the pivot bearing has a curved bearing shell and a roller bearing cage which is pivotably guided thereon, wherein the roller bearing cage has at least one guiding vane which protrudes axially with respect to the pivot axis and which has at only one side an axially extending stop face for returning the roller member cage. A pivot lever arrangement and an application apparatus include the pivot bearing.

Abstract: A trustworthy component for a control path of a magnetic resonance apparatus and a magnetic resonance apparatus with at least one trustworthy component are provided. The trustworthy component is configured to be arranged in a control path of a safety-relevant function of a magnetic resonance apparatus, so that when the trustworthy component is arranged in the control path, the control path is, at least in parts, non-trustworthy.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining an optimal energy-saving state of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method includes receiving a set of rules with a central controller, and receiving at least one state of at least one component with the central controller. The at least one component is a component of the magnetic resonance imaging system and/or an environment of the magnetic resonance imaging system. The set of rules includes at least one rule by which the optimal energy-saving state may be determined based on the at least one state of the at least one component. The method also includes determining the optimal energy-saving state based on the set of rules and the at least one state of the at least one component. The method also includes providing information regarding the optimal energy-saving state.

Abstract: Method for the operation of a cleaning system of a medical imaging facility, wherein the imaging facility has an outer useful surface exposed to contaminating effects of patients and/or operators. During a utilization phase for an examination procedure of a patient, sensor data of a sensor arrangement detecting at least a portion of the useful surface is acquired and by evaluation of the sensor data, a surface map having potentially contaminated regions of the useful surface is determined. During a cleaning phase following the utilization phase, cleaning information of the potentially contaminated regions are output to a cleaner and/or used for actuation of at least one cleaning apparatus of the imaging facility for targeted cleaning of the potentially contaminated regions.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for producing compatibility of a patient table and of a medical imaging system. The patient table is designed to mount a patient during an examination with the medical imaging system. The method includes receiving a functional scope of the patient table, wherein the functional scope of the patient table (15) includes at least one function; receiving a functional scope of the medical imaging system, wherein the functional scope of the medical imaging system includes at least one function; comparing the functional scope of the patient table with the functional scope of the medical imaging system; and if at least one function is included only in the functional scope of the patient table and/or only in the functional scope of the medical imaging system, locking the at least one function.

Abstract: A brake application device of a disc brake for a commercial vehicle has a brake lever that acts on a brake plunger, wherein the brake plunger has an adjusting spindle provided with an external thread and a pressure piece, which bears against a radially aligned support surface of the adjusting spindle facing a brake pad. The outer diameter of the support surface is at least 60% of the diameter of the pressure surface of the pressure piece.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically generating a partially-editable dataset copy. One example method includes receiving an edit request from a user to edit a data set. A filter for the data set is determined, based on a context of the edit request. The filter is used to generate a partially-editable copy of the data set that includes the editable portion of the data set. An exposed view of the data set is generated that exposes the partially-editable copy of the data set and a non-editable portion of the data set. The exposed view of the data set is provided to the user and a change to a data item in the editable portion of the data set is received. The data item in the partially-editable copy of the data set is updated based on the change.