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20080230421 | Surgical data carrier - The invention relates to a surgical data carrier for the identification of a medical implant, in particular, a surgical plate for the fixing of bones or bone fragments, comprising a carrier element and a connecting device which has a receptacle for the insertion of at least part of the implant. In order to make such a surgical data carrier available which has an improved handling capability, it is suggested according to the invention that the connecting device be designed in such a manner that it can be transferred from a connecting position, in which the implant is held in the receptacle, into a release position, in which the data carrier can be detached from the implant, without any forces acting on the implant. In addition, the invention relates to a surgical implantation system as well as an identification system for identifying and handling a medical implant. | 09-25-2008 |
20080230422 | Surgical data carrier - The invention relates to a surgical data carrier for the identification of a medical implant, in particular, a surgical plate for the fixing of bones or bone fragments, wherein the data carrier has a carrier element and a connecting device which comprises a receptacle for the insertion of at least part of the implant. In order to make such a surgical data carrier available which has an improved handling capability, it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the data carrier have an actuating device which can be actuated by a user and with which the connecting device can be transferred from a connecting position, in which the implant is held in the receptacle, into a release position, in which the data carrier can be detached from the implant. The invention relates, in addition, to a surgical implantation system. | 09-25-2008 |
20090036751 | Method and device for acquiring physiological measurement data - In a method for acquiring measurement data which are generated by a physiological sensor as a function of physiological parameters of a living being, in which the data generated by the physiological sensor are supplied to an external evaluation unit, which stores these data in a memory, in order to simplify the storing of data when using various sensors, it is proposed that its own memory is associated with each physiological sensor and data originating from the physiological sensor are exclusively stored in the memory associated with the physiological sensor. Moreover, a device for carrying out this method is given. | 02-05-2009 |
20100030103 | Measuring device for physiological parameters - In a measuring device for physiological parameters with an implantable fluid chamber accommodating brain fluid, with a sensor device communicating with the brain fluid in the fluid chamber via a membrane and comprising a sensor for one or more physiological parameters, electronic components and a telemetry device for wireless transmission of signals of the sensor, in order to improve the manufacture and handling, it is proposed that the fluid chamber comprise at least two housing parts which are adapted to be fitted together in a sealed manner, thereby forming a closed interior, and which allow access to the interior when not fitted together, and that the sensor device be arranged in a measurement chamber closed on all sides, which is configured as a component that is adapted for independent handling and is insertable in a defined position in the interior of the fluid chamber. | 02-04-2010 |
20100160940 | Surgical Instrument - A surgical instrument has a shaft, an end effector comprising at least one movably mounted tool element and defining a longitudinal axis, and a force transmitting member mounted in the shaft for movement in the distal and proximal directions for transmitting an actuating force introduced at a proximal end of the instrument onto the end effector in order to move the at least one tool element from a first tool element position to a second tool element position and/or vice versa. The at least one tool element is pivotably mounted on a bearing shaft held on the shaft. The at least one tool element is connected by at least one articulation member, at least a section of which is flexible, to the force transmitting member in order to transmit the actuating force from the force transmitting member onto the at least one tool element. | 06-24-2010 |
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20090280179 | Resorbable Calcium Phosphate Based Biopolymer-Cross-Linked Bone Replacement Material - A resorbable bone replacement material made of calcium phosphate particles of different phases which are embedded in an inventive-specific cross-linked collagen matrix. The goal is to form a non-brittle, bone replacement moulded body having a positive fit, i.e. having a shape which is anatomic and/or corresponds to the defect, which perfectly fills the bone defect and can be resorbed thereby. Said goal is achieved by producing the bone replacement material made of a mixture of calcium phosphate particles which is embedded in an inventive cross-linked collagen matrix. In particular, the collagen cross-linking is achieved by a Laccase-induced peptide cross-linking and suitable bridge molecules. Essentially substituted dihydroxyarmotes and/or substrates of the lignolytic polyphenoloxidases, such as Laccases, are suitable as bridge molecules. Also, monocyclic ortho-dihydroxyaromates, monocyclic para-dihydroxyaromates, bicyclic monohydroxyaromates, polycyclic monohydroxyaromates, bicyclic dihydroxyaromates, polycyclic dihydroxyaromates, bicyclic trihydroxyaromates, polycyclic trihydroxyaromates, or mixtures thereof are used. The inventive hydroxyaromates are not part of a polymer chain as opposed to the known conchal adhesive. | 11-12-2009 |
20090318584 | Adhesive for Medical Applications and Means for Haemostasis - The invention relates to a kit comprising the following individual components: (a) polymers comprising at least one free amino group, (b) bridge molecules selected from the group consisting of monocyclic ortho-dihydroxyaromates, mono-cyclic para-dihydroxyaromates, bicyclic monohydrxyaromates, polycyclic monohydroxyaromates, bicyclic dihydroxyaromates, polycyclic dihydroxyaromates, bicyclic trihydroxyaromates, polycyclic trihydroxyaromates, and mixtures thereof, and (c) polyphenoloxidases, in particular, lignolytic polyphenoloxidases, whereby the individual components b) and c) are not in contact. | 12-24-2009 |
20110040086 | Novel Beta-Lactam Antibiotics, Methods for Their Production, and Their Use - The invention relates to novel antimicrobial agents that are based on β-lactam derivatives and are produced by reacting previously known β-lactam derivatives with polyphenol oxidase substrates under the influence of free radicals and by forming salts of any β-lactam derivatives with polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrogen carbonate. Said novel compounds are suitable as an antibiotic. | 02-17-2011 |
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20090017037 | Human TIMP-1 Antibodies - Human antibodies that bind to TIMP-1 can be used as reagents to diagnose and treat disorders in which TIMP-1 is elevated, such as liver fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cardiac fibrosis, acute coronary syndrome, lupus nephritis, glomerulosclerotic renal disease, benign prostate hypertrophy, colon cancer, lung cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. | 01-15-2009 |
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20140086935 | Human TIMP-1 Antibodies - Human antibodies that bind to TIMP-1 can be used as reagents to diagnose and treat disorders in which TIMP-1 is elevated, such as liver fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cardiac fibrosis, acute coronary syndrome, lupus nephritis, glomerulosclerotic renal disease, benign prostate hypertrophy, colon cancer, lung cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090261456 | EPITAXIALLY COATED SILICON WAFER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EPITAXIALLY COATED SILICON WAFERS - A multiplicity of silicon wafers polished at least on their front sides are provided and successively coated individually in an epitaxy reactor by a procedure whereby one of the wafers is placed on a susceptor in the epitaxy reactor, is pretreated under a hydrogen atmosphere at a first hydrogen flow rate, and with addition of an etching medium to the hydrogen atmosphere at a reduced hydrogen flow rate in a second step, is subsequently coated epitaxially on its polished front side, and removed from the reactor. An etching treatment of the susceptor follows a specific number of epitaxial coatings. Silicon wafers produced thereby have a global flatness value GBIR of 0.07-0.3 μm relative to an edge exclusion of 2 mm. | 10-22-2009 |
20090277376 | Method for producing an epitaxially coated semiconductor wafer - Epitaxially coated semiconductor wafers are prepared by a process in which a semiconductor wafer polished at least on its front side is placed on a susceptor in a single-wafer epitaxy reactor and epitaxially coated on its polished front side at temperatures of 1000-1200° C., wherein, after coating, the semiconductor wafer is cooled in the temperature range from 1200° C. to 900° C. at a rate of less than 5° C. per second. In a second method for producing an epitaxially coated wafer, the wafer is placed on a susceptor in the epitaxy reactor and epitaxially coated on its polished front side at a deposition temperature of 1000-1200° C., and after coating, and while still at the deposition temperature, the wafer is raised for 1-60 seconds to break connections between susceptor and wafer produced by deposited semiconductor material before the wafer is cooled. | 11-12-2009 |
20100224964 | Epitaxially coated silicon wafer and method for producing an epitaxially coated silicon wafer - Epitaxially coated silicon wafers have a rounded and polished edge region and a region adjacent to the edge having a width of 3 mm on the front and rear sides, a surface roughness in edge region of 0.1-1.5 nm RMS relative to a spatial wavelength range of 10-80 μm, and a variation of surface roughness of 1-10%. The wafer edges, after polishing, are examined for defects and roughness at the edge and surrounding region. Silicon wafers having a surface roughness of less than 1 nm RMS are pretreated in single wafer epitaxy reactors, first in a hydrogen atmosphere at a flow rate of 1-100 slm and in a second step, an etching medium with a flow rate of 0.5-5 slm is conducted onto the edge region of the wafer by a gas distribution device. The wafer is then epitaxially coated. | 09-09-2010 |
20110073041 | Epitaxially Coated Semiconductor Wafer and Device and Method For Producing An Epitaxially Coated Semiconductor Wafer - In a method for producing epitaxially coated semiconductor wafers, a multiplicity of prepared, front side-polished semiconductor wafers are successively coated individually with an epitaxial layer on their polished front sides at temperatures of 800-1200° C. in a reactor, while supporting the prepared semiconductor wafer over a susceptor having a gas-permeable structure, on a ring placed on the susceptor which acts as a thermal buffer between the susceptor and the supported semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer resting on the ring, and its backside facing but not contacting the susceptor, so that gaseous substances are delivered from a region over the backside of the semiconductor wafer by gas diffusion through the susceptor into a region over the backside of the susceptor, the semiconductor wafer contacting the ring only in an edge region of its backside, wherein no stresses measurable by means of photoelastic stress measurement (“SIRD”) occur in the semiconductor wafer. | 03-31-2011 |
20120270407 | SUSCEPTOR FOR SUPPORTING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A LAYER ON A FRONT SIDE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A susceptor for supporting a semiconductor wafer during deposition of a layer on a front side of the semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer having a diameter D and, at its edge, a notch having a depth T, comprising:
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