Abstract: In accordance with invention an application device for nasal splints is created, comprising at least one hollow body for accommodating a nasal splint, and a plunger which can be moved within the hollow body, wherein one end face of the hollow body is open so that a nasal splint contained in the hollow body can be introduced through a movement of the plunger from the hollow body through the open end face into the nose of a patient.

Abstract: A device for coating a band-shaped substrate within a vacuum chamber is provided. The device comprises a coating device; a cooling device with at least one convex surface area which at least partially touches the band-shaped substrate at the time of the coating; and a coil system comprising at least a supply roller, a receiving roller, and multiple guide rollers, wherein the band-shaped substrate includes an electrically conductive material at least on the side where the band-shaped substrate touches the cooling device, wherein the cooling device has an electrically conductive base body and an outer edge layer comprising an electrically insulating material; the coil system is designed to be potential-free with respect to the electrical mass of the device, and an electrical voltage of at least 10 V is formed between the electrically conductive base body, the cooling device, and the electrically conductive material of the substrate.

Abstract: In accordance with invention an application device for nasal splints is created, comprising at least one hollow body for accommodating a nasal splint, and a plunger which can be moved within the hollow body, wherein one end face of the hollow body is open so that a nasal splint contained in the hollow body can be introduced through a movement of the plunger from the hollow body through the open end face into the nose of a patient.

Abstract: In accordance with invention an application device for nasal splints is created, comprising at least one hollow body for accommodating a nasal splint, and a plunger which can be moved within the hollow body, wherein one end face of the hollow body is open so that a nasal splint contained in the hollow body can be introduced through a movement of the plunger from the hollow body through the open end face into the nose of a patient.

Abstract: In accordance with invention an application device for nasal splints is created, comprising at least one hollow body for accommodating a nasal splint, and a plunger which can be moved within the hollow body, wherein one end face of the hollow body is open so that a nasal splint contained in the hollow body can be introduced through a movement of the plunger from the hollow body through the open end face into the nose of a patient.

Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable device for the non-pneumatic adjustable positioning of a human or animal body part, comprising a) at least one elastic element and, optionally, b) an abutment, as well as the use of this device in a method for the treatment of disorders that are caused by the deficient or inadequate positioning of a human or animal body part. In particular, the invention relates to the use of the device for treating sleep-related breathing disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable device for the non-pneumatic adjustable positioning of a human or animal body part, comprising a) at least one elastic element and, optionally, b) an abutment, as well as the use of this device in a method for the treatment of disorders that are caused by the deficient or inadequate positioning of a human or animal body part. In particular, the invention relates to the use of the device for treating sleep-related breathing disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing UV-absorbing transparent wear protection layers by vacuum coating in which at the same time or immediately one after the other at least one inorganic compound that forms layers with high wear resistance and an inorganic compound that forms layers with high UV-absorption are deposited on a substrate respectively by means of reactive or partially reactive plasma-aided high-rate deposition.

Abstract: An ATM switching architecture for a wireless telecommunications network includes two separate units having different functionality. The first unit performs mobility control, wherein a virtual path which contains all virtual channels of a mobile terminal is switched from a first port associated with a first access point, to a second port connected to a first port of the second unit. The second unit performs a switching operation, wherein the virtual channels of the mobile terminal are distributed from the first port of the second unit to different destination ports of the second unit. In one embodiment, the two units may be dedicated hardware components, and in another embodiment, one single hardware component is functionally separated into two separate units connected by a loopback link.