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20110262885 | SURFACE MAPPING AND GENERATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SURFACE MAPPING AND SURFACE GENERATION - A surface mapping and generating device which has devices for the process and/or cost optimization, in particular raw material recovery devices, an automatic control of the intensity of a used laser light, devices for carrying out a calibrating procedure by evaluating overlap errors at matching points, devices for archiving especially three-dimensional data of the jaw and/or for modeling the bite position of the upper and the lower jaws, devices for the optimized preparation of at least one dental stump for the production and placement of a dental prosthesis thereon and/or devices for taking into consideration the bite position of the upper and lower jaws. It can be provided that the devices for the process and/or cost optimization are designed to ensure that two half frames showing different positions or views are evaluated, whereby preferably a pulsed laser for exposure purposes is included and/or that an image recording device, in particular a CCD chip, is arranged so as to ensure that lines, taking into account the Scheimpflug angle, are located perpendicular to the direction of travel of a measuring table. Methods according to the present invention use such devices and function correspondingly. In addition, the invention also makes available a patient data archiving system which comprises a chip card and/or decentralized data storage systems especially for dental data. | 10-27-2011 |
20120171642 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENTURE PARTS OR FOR TOOTH RESTORATION USING ELECTRONIC DENTAL REPRESENTATIONS - The invention relates to a method for producing denture parts or for tooth restoration. According to said method, to reconstruct a tooth requiring repair or a defective condition, at least some of the missing exterior surfaces of denture parts or tooth restoration are adapted to the existing residual tooth material and/or the opposing teeth and/or the position of the neighbouring tooth and/or the occlusion position, by means of the optimisation of a generic dental-model data record of the desired tooth type, thus varying the linear factors of at least the most important components, (determined from the electronic data records of a larger number of measured tooth surfaces by primary axis analysis methods), in such a way that the selected optimisation criteria are fulfilled by the minimisation of an error function. After the successful adaptation of said surfaces to the residual occlusion position and the completion of the data record, the reconstructed denture part or the reconstructed tooth restoration is machine-manufactured. | 07-05-2012 |
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20140016297 | Light Module for a Projection Apparatus and Method for Generating the Blue Component in a Light Module for a Projection Apparatus - A light module for a projection apparatus, comprising a laser apparatus adapted to emit linearly polarized radiation in the blue wavelength range, a luminous wheel arranged in the beam path of the radiation emitted by the laser apparatus, a first beam splitter arranged in the beam path of the radiation emitted by the laser apparatus between the laser apparatus and the luminous wheel, a focusing apparatus arranged in the beam path of the radiation emitted by the laser apparatus between the first beam splitter and the luminous wheel, and at least one polarization manipulation apparatus, adapted to rotate the polarization of radiation that has passed through it twice in different directions through 90°, wherein the first beam splitter is arranged such that it is also located in the beam path of radiation in the blue wavelength range which has passed twice through the polarization manipulation apparatus in different directions. | 01-16-2014 |
20140029237 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS WITH PHOSPHOR WHEEL - Various embodiments propose an illumination apparatus having a laser apparatus and a phosphor wheel, wherein the phosphor wheel has, in addition to at least one phosphor region for phosphor conversion, at least one transmission region for colored light having a second, greater dominance wavelength from a light source. The beam paths from light source and laser apparatus are e.g. arranged collinearly, wherein the phosphor wheel rotates into the common optical axis of the laser apparatus and light source. By adding colored light having a greater dominance wavelength, the dominance wavelength of a colored light channel that is required for projection applications can also be obtained with colored light converted using efficient phosphor having a dominance wavelength that is too small. | 01-30-2014 |
20140254130 | Lighting Device Comprising Pump Light Source and at Least Two Phosphor Wheels - A lighting device comprising a pump light source and two or more phosphor wheels arranged one directly behind another. As a result, firstly, the heat loss can be dissipated via the two phosphor wheels. Secondly, only a single common collecting optical unit is required for collecting the conversion light emitted by the first phosphor wheel and the second phosphor wheel. | 09-11-2014 |
20140328044 | LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH LUMINOPHORE ON A MOVABLE CARRIER - The lighting device ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140369025 | LIGHTING APPARATUS COMPRISING PHOSPHOR WHEEL - Various embodiments relate to a lighting apparatus including at least one light generating device for generating primary light, and at least one phosphor wheel arranged optically downstream of the light generating device. The phosphor wheel may include at least one phosphor for wavelength conversion of the primary light into secondary light. A plurality of phosphor wheels are arranged optically downstream of the light generating device, | 12-18-2014 |
20150049456 | LIGHT MODULE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING WAVELENGTH-CONVERTED LIGHT IN THE RED SPECTRAL RANGE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A light module includes a wavelength conversion element and an excitation radiation source to emit excitation radiation having the first wavelength and arranged such that excitation radiation emitted by the excitation radiation source can be radiated onto the wavelength conversion element. The element has an emission spectrum having a red spectral component and a second dominant wavelength, which is less than a first dominant wavelength of the wavelength spectrum of the light to be generated by a predefinable value. The light module includes a long-pass filter arranged such that light emitted by the element can be radiated onto the long-pass filter. The long-pass filter is designed to filter the light emitted by the element and radiated onto the long-pass filter such that the filtered light has the wavelength spectrum of the light to be generated having the predefinable dominant wavelength. | 02-19-2015 |
20150062540 | IRRADIATION OF AN IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM OF A PROJECTOR - Various embodiments may relate to a method for irradiating an imaging optical system of a projector. The imaging optical system is irradiated with light of different colors from different semiconductor light sources sequentially, both with individual colors and superimposed as mixed light. | 03-05-2015 |
20150124430 | Lighting device and method for generating light by means of a wavelength conversion arrangement and a band-stop filter, and method for providing a band-stop filter - The invention proposes a lighting device ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150267880 | Lighting Device Comprising A Wavelength Conversion Arrangement - A lighting device comprising a phosphor wheel configured such that it temporarily sequentially not only emits the excitation light in a wavelength-converted fashion as conversion light but additionally reflects said excitation light in an unconverted fashion as reflection light. Conversion light and reflection light are guided spatially separately on a conversion light path and reflection light path, respectively, with the aid of a first dichroic mirror and are finally combined with the aid of a second dichroic mirror. In this way, it is possible to combine the reflection light for example as a blue light channel with the conversion light. | 09-24-2015 |
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20100023057 | DEVICE TO BE IMPLANTED IN HUMAN OR ANIMAL TISSUE AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING AND ASSEMBLING THE DEVICE - An implant or endoprosthesis suitable to be implanted in human or animal tissue comprises two (or more than two) parts to be joined in situ. Each one of the parts comprises a joining location, the two joining locations facing each other when the device parts are positioned for being joined together, wherein one of the joining locations comprises a material which is liquefiable by mechanical vibration and the other one of the joining locations comprises a material which is not liquefiable by mechanical vibration and a structure (e.g. undercut cavities or protrusions) suitable for forming a positive fit connection with the liquefiable material. The joining process is effected pressing the two device parts against each other and by applying vibration, e.g. ultrasonic vibration, to one of the device parts when the two parts are positioned relative to each other such that the two joining locations are in contact with each other. Preferably, at least one of the device parts is fixed to the tissue before or during the joining process. Such fixing is advantageously effected with the aid of a further liquefiable material and mechanical vibration which results in an anchorage of the part by interpenetration of the tissue by the liquefiable material. | 01-28-2010 |
20100274358 | SPINE STABILIZATION DEVICE, AND METHOD AND KIT FOR ITS IMPLANTATION - A spine stabilization device is provided, the spine stabilization device including an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra, and including a top surface oriented towards the lower endplate of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and a bottom surface oriented towards the upper endplate of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra; and a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device including a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra into a ventral direction, the support portion shaped to rest against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and further including an anchor, the anchor including an anchoring material portion that is configured to be inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body. | 10-28-2010 |
20110046670 | DEVICE FOR ANCHORING A SUTURE IN TISSUE - A device for the anchoring of a suture in tissue includes a guide sleeve, a sonotrode, an anchor and the suture. The guide sleeve has a distal part with a smaller cross section and a proximal part with a larger cross section. The sonotrode extends through the lumen of the guide sleeve and has a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being designed for coupling the sonotrode to a vibration source (e.g. an ultrasonic device). The anchor is arranged at the distal end of the device and includes an anchor foot and an anchoring sleeve sitting on a shoulder of the anchor foot. The anchoring sleeve consists of a material which is liquefiable through mechanical vibrations. A middle portion of the suture runs through the anchor foot and two end portions of the suture are attached to the guide sleeve. The anchoring sleeve is clamped or clampable between the anchor foot and a pushing sleeve or the sonotrode or the guide sleeve. The device is particularly suitable for the anchoring of sutures in bone tissue. | 02-24-2011 |
20110093008 | DEVICE TO BE IMPLANTED IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY FOR MATERIAL OR SIGNAL DELIVERY OR ACQUISITION WITHIN THE BODY, AND METHOD OF IMPLANTING THE DEVICE - For fixedly implanting a device for material or signal delivery or acquisition or a part of such a device in a human or animal body, an opening is provided in hard tissue of the body, the opening reaching through a hard tissue layer, e.g. through a cortical bone layer into cancellous bone underneath. The device includes a plug portion (P) and/or a cover portion (C) which includes a ring of a material having thermoplastic properties extending around the plug portion (P) or on a tissue facing surface of the cover portion (C). The opening provided in the hard tissue has a cross section at least in the area of its mouth that is adapted to the plug or cover portion such that the plug portion (P) can be introduced through the mouth of the opening or the cover portion (C) can be positioned over the mouth of the opening such that the ring extends around the opening, along its wall and/or on the hard tissue surface around its mouth. | 04-21-2011 |
20110257694 | AUGMENTATION - A method of anchoring an implant in hard tissue, and/or hard tissue replacement material, includes the steps of providing an initial opening in the hard tissue, providing a thermoplastic augmentation element, a tool and a counter element, compressing the augmentation element between the tool and the counter element while energy is coupled into the tool and while a periphery of a liquefaction interface of the tool and the augmentation element and/or of a liquefaction interface of the augmentation element and the counter element is in the opening, thereby liquefying material of the augmentation element at the liquefaction interface(s) to yield liquefied material, causing portions of the liquefied material to penetrate into structures of the hard tissue, allowing the liquefied material to harden and to thereby become augmentation material, removing the tool and the counter element, and anchoring the implant in the opening including at least some of the augmentation material. | 10-20-2011 |
20120022535 | METHOD FOR FUSING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL JOINT AS WELL AS FUSION DEVICE AND TOOL SET FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The fusion device for fusing a synovial joint of a human or animal patient, in particular a human facet joint, finger joint or toe joint, includes two pin-shaped anchorage portions ( | 01-26-2012 |
20140107702 | DEVICE FOR ANCHORING A SUTURE IN TISSUE - A device for the anchoring of a suture in tissue includes a guide sleeve, a sonotrode, an anchor and the suture. The guide sleeve has a distal part with a smaller cross section and a proximal part with a larger cross section. The sonotrode extends through the lumen of the guide sleeve and has a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being designed for coupling the sonotrode to a vibration source (e.g. an ultrasonic device). The anchor is arranged at the distal end of the device and includes an anchor foot and an anchoring sleeve sitting on a shoulder of the anchor foot. The anchoring sleeve consists of a material which is liquefiable through mechanical vibrations. A middle portion of the suture runs through the anchor foot and two end portions of the suture are attached to the guide sleeve. | 04-17-2014 |
20140135856 | METHOD OF ANCHORING AN IMPLANT IN TISSUE - A method of anchoring an implant in hard tissue, and/or hard tissue replacement material, includes the steps of providing an initial opening in the hard tissue, providing a thermoplastic augmentation element, a tool and a counter element, compressing the augmentation element between the tool and the counter element while energy is coupled into the tool and while a periphery of a liquefaction interface of the tool and the augmentation element and/or of a liquefaction interface of the augmentation element and the counter element is in the opening, thereby liquefying material of the augmentation element at the liquefaction interface(s) to yield liquefied material, causing portions of the liquefied material to penetrate into structures of the hard tissue, allowing the liquefied material to harden and to thereby become augmentation material, removing the tool and the counter element, and anchoring the implant in the opening including at least some of the augmentation material. | 05-15-2014 |
20150119993 | METHOD FOR FUSING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL JOINT AS WELL AS FUSION DEVICE AND TOOL SET FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The fusion device for fusing a synovial joint of a human or animal patient, in particular a human facet joint, finger joint or toe joint, includes two pin-shaped anchorage portions and arranged therebetween a stabilization portion. The anchorage portions include a thermoplastic material which is liquefiable by mechanical vibration. The stabilization portion preferably has a surface which is equipped for enhancing osseointegration. The anchorage portions have a greater thickness and a greater depth than the stabilization portion. Then the fusion device is pushed between the articular surfaces and mechanical vibration, in particular ultrasonic vibration, is applied to the proximal face of the fusion device. Thereby the liquefiable material is liquefied where in contact with the bone tissue and penetrates into the bone tissue, where after re-solidification it constitutes a positive fit connection between the fusion device and the bone tissue. | 04-30-2015 |
20150196253 | DEVICE TO BE IMPLANTED IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY FOR MATERIAL OR SIGNAL DELIVERY OR ACQUISITION WITHIN THE BODY, AND METHOD OF IMPLANTING THE DEVICE - For fixedly implanting a device for material or signal delivery or acquisition or a part of such a device in a human or animal body, an opening is provided in hard tissue of the body, the opening reaching through a hard tissue layer, e.g. through a cortical bone layer into cancellous bone underneath. The device includes a plug portion and/or a cover portion which includes a ring of a material having thermoplastic properties extending around the plug portion or on a tissue facing surface of the cover portion. The opening provided in the hard tissue has a cross section at least in the area of its mouth that is adapted to the plug or cover portion such that the plug portion can be introduced through the mouth of the opening or the cover portion can be positioned over the mouth of the opening such that the ring extends around the opening, along its wall and/or on the hard tissue surface around its mouth. | 07-16-2015 |
20150374357 | DEVICE FOR ANCHORING A SUTURE IN TISSUE - A device for the anchoring of a suture in tissue includes a guide sleeve, a sonotrode, an anchor and the suture. The guide sleeve has a distal part with a smaller cross section and a proximal part with a larger cross section. The sonotrode extends through the lumen of the guide sleeve and has a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being designed for coupling the sonotrode to a vibration source (e.g. an ultrasonic device). The anchor is arranged at the distal end of the device and includes an anchor foot and an anchoring sleeve sitting on a shoulder of the anchor foot. The anchoring sleeve consists of a material which is liquefiable through mechanical vibrations. A middle portion of the suture runs through the anchor foot and two end portions of the suture are attached to the guide sleeve. | 12-31-2015 |
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20080208413 | Safety System For Vehicle Occupants - The present invention relates to a safety system for occupants of a vehicle | 08-28-2008 |
20100276239 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system for a vehicle is described, having a main brake cylinder which is designed to detect an actuation of a brake input element and to provide a pressure signal corresponding to the actuation of the brake input element, and a first brake circuit having a first wheel brake cylinder which is configured to exert a force on a first wheel corresponding to the pressure signal, having a first switching valve which is situated between the main brake cylinder and the first wheel brake cylinder and which is designed as an isolating valve, having a first pump and a storage chamber, the storage chamber in a neutral state having a storage volume on a side facing the first pump, and having a first wheel outlet valve which is associated with the first wheel and which is configured to control a flow of braking medium between the first wheel brake cylinder and the storage chamber. A method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described. | 11-04-2010 |
20100276240 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the brake-medium reservoir, and having at least one first wheel brake cylinder, which is mounted at a first wheel, in order to exert a force corresponding to the pressure signal onto the first wheel, and having a separator valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder, to prevent further transmission of the pressure signal upon receipt of a supplied closing signal; and having a control valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder; in order to control an inflow of a brake medium from brake-medium reservoir to the first wheel-brake cylinder. In addition, a method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described. | 11-04-2010 |
20110049973 | braking device for a motor vehicle - In a braking device for a motor vehicle having a first group and a second group of brake circuits, each brake circuit being associated with one group of wheels, and at least the first group of brake circuit being implemented as hydraulic brake circuits, at least one group of wheels being connected to at least one operating unit, which may cause a deceleration of the wheels, the task of a comfortable connection of recuperation brake applications to conventional brake applications is achieved in that a control unit controls the brake application of the brake circuit or circuits of the second group and optionally the deceleration effect of the operating unit or assemblies, the first group of brake circuits being activatable directly by the driver using a brake operating unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110108375 | BRAKE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST THREE BRAKE CIRCUITS - A brake device for motor vehicles has at least two hydraulic brake circuits which are directly connected to a master brake cylinder, as well as an additional brake circuit, which is able to be actuated via a control device, independently of the master brake cylinder. Because of the separate hydraulic brake circuits in the region of the front axle, redundancy is provided, while the third brake circuit, that is able to be actuated independently of the master brake cylinder and typically acts on the rear wheels, during automatic actuation, permits taking into account a braking effect by additional active assemblies, such as a driven generator. | 05-12-2011 |
20110175435 | BRAKE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR - In a brake device for a motor vehicle having a first and a second hydraulic brake circuit, the second brake circuit is decoupled from the main brake cylinder in partial braking operations, and is operated with the aid of a pressure accumulator controlled by a control device, which takes an additional deceleration effect due to an active power component, e.g., a generator, into account. | 07-21-2011 |
20120074771 | Method for Operating a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System that has an Anti-Lock Control Unit - A method for operating a hydraulic vehicle braking system that has an anti-lock control unit is disclosed. The system includes a brake master cylinder having an electromechanical brake booster. As the pressure level of the vehicle braking system decreases during an anti-lock control, in which all vehicle wheels are controlled, the boosting force of the brake booster is reduced in an anti-lock control of this type. | 03-29-2012 |
20120161507 | Method for Operating a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System - A method for operating a hydraulic vehicle braking system having an electromechanical brake booster is disclosed. A shut-off valve that is located between a brake master cylinder and wheel brakes is closed to maintain a wheel-brake pressure and thus a braking force. To maintain a constant braking force, no current must be applied to an electric motor of the brake booster. The vehicle braking system can be used as a parking brake. The shut-off valve is present if the vehicle braking system has an anti-lock control device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120179345 | CONTROL DEVICES FOR A BOOSTER BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOSTER BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a control device ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120256480 | Method for Actuating a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System - A method for actuating a hydraulic vehicle brake system, includes a master brake cylinder with a preferably electromechanical brake booster and a wheel slip control device. The master brake cylinder is actuated simultaneously with the brake booster, and hydraulic pumps of the wheel slip control device are driven by an electric motor. Pressure builds more quickly in the wheel brakes of the vehicle brake system for safety and assistance functions that require high pressure build-up dynamic. The method also increases the wheel brake pressure using the pressure that can be generated by actuating the master brake cylinder with the brake booster. | 10-11-2012 |