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Various patient monitoring systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for monitoring physiological parameters of a patient. A noninvasive blood pressure monitor can include an inflatable cuff, a pressure transducer, an air pump, and a plurality of air paths connecting the inflatable cuff, the pressure transducer, and the air pump. The monitor can also include an acoustic filter provided along at least one of the air paths. In some cases, the monitor can include first and second air pumps, as well as a processor to independently control operating characteristics of the air pumps. The processor can also control the air pumps so as to provide a first inflation rate for the inflatable cuff during a non-measurement portion of an inflation phase and a second, higher inflation rate during a measurement portion of the inflation phase.

A wind energy plant with a nacelle, a rotor, which features at least one rotor blade adjustable in its blade pitch angle, a central control device for controlling the wind energy plant and a control unit disposed in the rotor for controlling the blade pitch angle of the at least one rotor blade, wherein the central control device and the control unit in the rotor can exchange data with each other via a data link, which comprises at least one first sending and receiving device at the nacelle side and at least one second sending and receiving device at the rotor side, wherein a wireless network connection with a safety-oriented communication protocol is provided between the at least one first sending and receiving device and the at least one second sending and receiving device, and that one monitoring- and communication device at a time is associated to the first and / or the second sending and receiving device, which can monitor the function of the sending and receiving device and initiate a predetermined action in the case of an error.

A portable fan includes an airflow portion and a handheld portion. The airflow portion includes rotation air blades and a drive portion that is driveably connected to the rotation air blades. The drive portion is a three-phase motor that is configured to drive the rotation air blades to rotate to generate an airflow. The handheld portion is connected to the airflow portion. A power supply assembly is arranged inside the handheld portion; and the power supply assembly is electrically connected to and supply power to the three-phase motor.

A gas turbine engine comprises a fan, a core turbine engine coupled to the fan, a fan case housing the fan and the core turbine engine, a plurality of outlet guide vanes extending between the core turbine engine and the fan case, and an acoustic spacing. The fan comprises a plurality of fan blades that define a fan diameter and a BEAL. The fan case comprises an inlet and an inlet length between the inlet and the fan. The acoustic spacing comprises a distance between the fan and the plurality of outlet guide vanes, and in combination with the BEAL determines an acoustic spacing ratio of the gas turbine engine.

A portable fan includes: an airflow portion and a display screen. The airflow portion includes an air outlet, the air outlet is disposed surrounding a periphery of the display screen. The display screen has an outer surface at least partially curved; and / or the display screen is configured to display at least one of: a remaining battery power level, a current air speed, a battery power level during charging, and an operating state.

An electrocardiogram device configured to transmit at least one signal responsive to a wearer's cardiac electrical activity can include a disposable portion and a reusable portion configured to mechanically and electrically mate with each other. The disposable portion can include a base having at least one mechanical connector portion, a plurality of cables and corresponding external ECG electrodes, and a first plurality of electrical connectors associated with the plurality of cables. The reusable portion can include a cover having at least one mechanical connector portion, a second plurality of electrical connectors configured to electrically connect with the first plurality of electrical connectors of the disposable portion, and an output connector port configured to transmit at least one signal responsive to one or more signals outputted by the external ECG electrodes of the disposable portion.

Systems, assemblies, apparatuses, and methods herein may provide a cover assembly for closing a port of a high-power pump. The cover assembly may include a cap and a retainer that may be connected to one another and separated from one another. The cap may include a cap body forming a radial wall, an axial wall, and a cap connector. The retainer may include a retainer body having a retainer connector at an end of the retainer. The cap connector and the retainer connecter may be positioned to connect the cap and the retainer to one another, thereby to provide an annular location for an annular seal between the radial wall and the end of the retainer.

A handheld fan includes a housing, a fan module, a power module, and a retractable cable module. The fan module is disposed in the housing, the power module is disposed in the housing and configured to supply power to the fan module, the retractable cable module is disposed in the housing and includes a cable retractable relative to the housing to be withdrawn into the housing or extended out of the housing, and the cable is configured to connect to an external electronic device, and supply power to the external electronic device through the power module. When a user carries the handheld fan and has a charging need, the cable is capable of being pulled out of the housing of the handheld fan, and connected to the external electronic device including a mobile phone. The power module is configured to supply power to the external electronic device.

An embodiment of a fluid end of a pump includes a housing including a plurality of pumping chambers. Each pumping chamber configured to receive a plunger therein. In addition, the housing includes a plurality of outlet ports, each being in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of pumping chambers. The fluid end also includes a discharge manifold assembly connected to the housing and positioned to receive fluid discharged from the plurality of pumping chambers. The discharge manifold assembly including a single-piece, monolithic body having a plurality of discharge bores and a manifold bore defined therein, the manifold bore being in fluid communication with the plurality of discharge bores, the plurality of discharge bores positioned to align with the plurality of outlet ports, and each of the plurality of discharge bores being configured to at least partially receive a corresponding discharge valve assembly therein.

Apparatus and methods are described including placing, into a subject's body, a blood-pump tube, with an impeller disposed within the blood-pump tube. At least one blood-pressure-measurement element extends to at least an outer surface of the blood-pump tube, such that the distal end of the blood-pressure-measurement element is in direct fluid communication with a bloodstream of the subject outside the blood-pump tube at a location that is proximal to blood-inlet opening(s) defined by the blood-pump tube. Blood is pumped through the blood-pump tube, using the impeller. Pressure of the bloodstream of the subject outside the blood-pump tube is measured by measuring blood pressure at the distal end of the left-ventricular blood-pressure-measurement element. Other applications are also described.

The invention comprises a pumping apparatus, system and method for increasing the flow of the in a first direction to boost liquid flow and in a reverse second direction to remove blockages and / or self-clearing, with operation having an rotor / impeller that can use a shredder and / or shearing action utilizing blades for processing to pass solids, debris and other things to prevent clogging and / or self-cleaning of the unit.

To provide a technique for suppressing influences caused by the presence of a space communicating in a radial direction in a protruding portion, which protrudes from a stator core, in a stator coil.SOLUTION: A compressor 100 comprises a compression mechanism part 120 and a motor 200 which are stored in a sealed container 110. A stator 300 of the motor 200 includes a stator coil 340 wound around a plurality of teeth of a stator core 310. The stator coil 340 includes a first protruding portion 340A and a second protruding portion 340B protruding from the stator core 310 to a first side and a second side in an axial direction. At least outside of the first protruding portion 340A, a first enclosure wall 350 is provided which extends without a gap in the axial direction and a circumferential direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A handheld fan includes an air supply portion and a handheld portion. The handheld portion includes a first outer shell and a battery module arranged in the first outer shell. The battery module includes a battery housing, and a first storage battery and a second storage battery which are arranged in the battery housing. The first storage battery and the second storage battery are connected in series through an electrical connector. The first storage battery and the second storage battery are arranged in a battery housing. The first storage battery and the second storage battery are connected in series or in parallel through an electric connector, which increases the battery capacity of the handheld fan, so that when a user uses the handheld fan, the battery life can be longer, bringing a better user experience.

A hand-held refrigeration fan is provided, including a fan head and a hand-held portion. The fan head includes a fan housing, an air duct is formed in the fan housing, and the fan housing is provided with a connecting through hole penetrating through inner and outer sides of the air duct. A conductive member is arranged on an outer surface of the hand-held portion, a refrigeration apparatus is arranged in the hand-held portion, a refrigeration end of the refrigeration apparatus is connected to the conductive member in a heat conduction manner, and a heat dissipation end of the refrigeration apparatus communicates with the air duct after penetrating through the connecting through hole. A conductive sheet is arranged on an outer surface of a hand-held portion, and a refrigeration effect is achieved by the conductive sheet through the operation of a refrigeration apparatus.

An engine for aeromechanical instability abatement includes a sensor configured to capture data from rotating blades of the engine system, a airflow effector device, and an engine controller. The engine controller is configured to control the airflow effector device according to a nominal schedule, detect, based on a signal from the sensor indicating a vibration amplitude of the rotating blades within a frequency band, an incipient instability condition, in response to the incipient instability condition being present, determine a modified control parameter for at least one of the airflow effector device, and control the airflow effector device according to the modified control parameter, deviating from the nominal schedule.

A method of forming a housing for an ACM, having steps of: forming a base: a first section adjacent to a seal of an ACM compressor rotor when installed; a second section that is fixed to an ACM forward frame member when installed; a third section adjacent to a bearing and sleeve disposed around an ACM compressor rotor shaft when installed, forming the base includes: printing thermoplastic polymer surfaces from thermoplastic polymers that are disposed against each other, the thermoplastic polymer surface having differing CTEs; forming a lower support section on the base by printing, layer by layer, along the plurality of discrete sections of the base a mixture of a third thermoplastic polymer and a catalyst formed with metal; and forming an upper support section on the housing by depositing on the lower support section, along each of the discrete sections, via electrolysis deposition, a metallic coating.

A valve assembly includes an upper portion to be coupled to guide legs, a cavity being formed within one of the upper portion or the guide legs and a coupling member being associated with the other of the upper portion or the guide legs, wherein the upper portion is coupled to the guide legs via a single force application process.

The invention discloses a dredge pump control system and method for river regulation, and relates to the technical field of dredge pump control. The dredge pump control system comprises a sensing module, a centralized control module, an energy-saving execution module and a control parameter recording module; the sensing module is arranged on a multi-element sensor at a key part of a dredge pump for acquiring data, and the data is pre-processed by a microprocessor and then transmitted to the centralized control module at a high speed by a wireless transmission module, so that an accurate basis is provided for system control; according to the invention, by integrating multiple sensors and an advanced control algorithm, the dredging efficiency and accuracy of the dredge pump of the dredger are obviously improved; the sensing module can monitor key parameters of the dredge pump in real time, such as suction pressure, discharge flow, pump shaft temperature and sediment concentration, and it is ensured that the running state of the dredge pump is comprehensively known; and the centralized control module dynamically optimizes a control sequence by using a model predictive control and fuzzy logic control algorithm so as to adapt to variable working conditions.

A fluid end includes a housing having a bore extending toward a cavity and a wear sleeve positioned within the bore. The fluid end also includes a plunger positioned within a plunger bore extending through the wear sleeve, the plunger reciprocating within the plunger bore. The fluid end further includes a wear sleeve retainer coupled to the housing and positioned to block axial movement of the wear sleeve, the wear sleeve retainer having external threads along a body that engage internal threads formed in the housing. The fluid end also includes an anti-rotation system, coupled to the housing, the anti-rotation system engaging the wear sleeve retainer to block rotation of the wear sleeve retainer in at least one direction. The fluid end further includes a packing nut coupled to the wear sleeve retainer.

Blood pump assemblies and methods of manufacturing and operating blood pump assemblies are provided. The blood pump assembly includes a pump and an impeller blade rotatably coupled to the pump. The blood pump assembly also includes a pump housing component sized for passage through a body lumen and coupled to the pump. The pump housing component includes a peripheral wall extending about a rotation axis of the impeller blade. The peripheral wall includes an inner peripheral wall surface and an outer peripheral wall surface. The peripheral wall also includes one or more blood exhaust apertures. Each blood exhaust aperture in the one or more blood exhaust apertures is defined by an inner aperture edge and an outer aperture edge. Each inner aperture edge is chamfered between the inner peripheral wall surface and the outer peripheral wall surface.

Forming a shroud for an ACM by: forming a base having discrete sections including: a first section defining connecting features for connecting with a fixed ACM structure; a second section positioned adjacent to a compressor rotor when installed in the ACM; and a third section disposed adjacent to a drive ring bearing when installed in the ACM; forming the base includes: printing thermoplastic polymer surfaces, respectively from thermoplastic polymers, disposed against each other, a first thermoplastic polymer surface having a CTE, and a second thermoplastic polymer surface having a second CTE; forming a lower support section on the base by printing along the discrete sections of the base a mixture of a third thermoplastic polymer and a catalyst formed with metal; and forming an upper support section on the shroud by depositing on the lower support section, along each of the discrete sections, via electrolysis deposition, a metallic coating.

Unfaired fan for aeronautical propulsion. Unfaired propulsive fan (100) comprising at least a first row of blades (110) capable of rotating about a central axis (X). Each of the blades (110) of the first row comprises a streamlined body extending radially from an inner radius Ri to an outer radius Re with respect to the central axis (X) and comprising an intrados (111) and an extrados (112) connecting a leading edge (BA) to a trailing edge (BF). The trailing edge (BF) of the profiled body of each blade (110) of the first row of blades (110) has teeth with spacings (λk) between adjacent tooth apexes that decrease monotonically in a radial direction towards the outer radius Re and the profiled body of each blade (110) of the first row of blades (110) has an activity factor FA between 100 and 225. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 2.

A compressor case having a composition gradient defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second coefficient of thermal expansion that differs from the first coefficient of thermal expansion; and a thermoelectric junction operationally coupled to the composition gradient, wherein the composition gradient is formed of either of a plurality of dissimilar metals or of plastic with fillings or fibers.

The invention relates to the technical field of high-pressure dredge pump simulation calculation, and discloses a construction and application method of a high-pressure efficient dredge pump simulation calculation model. A model is established based on dynamic fluid-solid coupling parameters (mud pulsating pressure, impeller dynamic stress and the like), soil multiphase rheological parameters (particle phase volume fraction, viscous resistance coefficient and the like) and pipeline transient resistance parameters (transient pressure drop gradient and the like), and factors such as rotating speed-power matching and the like are incorporated to calculate an operation envelope and a critical failure threshold. A multi-physics field coupling analysis system comprising parameter configuration, dynamic simulation (integrating a flow field and a structural vibration solver) and a safety evaluation module is developed, after actually measured data and self-defined parameters are input, dynamic flow velocity distribution, pressure pulsation characteristics and the like are obtained through fluid-solid bidirectional coupling calculation, and an optimal configuration scheme is generated. The system supports database management, multi-rheological model matching and three-dimensional visualization, the simulation precision and the engineering efficiency are improved, and support is provided for performance optimization and safety evaluation of the high-pressure working condition.

A pump comprising a fluid end comprising a bellows housing having an interior volume, a power end, a reciprocating element, a bellows disposed at least partially within the bellows housing and dividing the interior volume of the bellows housing into a first volume interior to the bellows and a second volume exterior to the bellows, suction valve(s) fluidly coupled to the second volume of the bellows housing. and discharge valve(s) fluidly coupled to the second volume of the bellows housing. The suction valve(s), the discharge valve(s), or both the suction valve(s) and the discharge valve(s) comprise a redundant valve including at least two of said valves, such that, during normal operation, one of the at least two said valves of the redundant valve is open / online while another of the at least two said valves of the redundant valve is closed / offline.

A centrifugal blood pump without a mechanical bearing comprises a pump casing (1), an impeller (9) arranged in the pump casing rotatably about the central axis and freely movable axially and radially within a limited clearance. The impeller has per-manent magnets or permanently magnetized magnetic regions (N / S) which cooperate with an electromagnetic drive to set the impeller rotating. A circular wall (12) or circularly arranged wall sections are provided within the pump casing, their inner surfaces defining a radial clearance together with the outer circumference of the impeller to form a hydrodynamic radial bearing for the impeller.

Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes a tube configured to traverse a subject's aortic valve. The tube defines a generally-cylindrical central portion, and a proximal conical portion that narrows from a proximal end of the central portion to a proximal end of the tube. The tube defines one or more blood inlet openings in a vicinity of a distal end of the tube, and one or more blood outlet openings that extend axially from the central portion of the tube at least partially into the proximal conical portion of the tube. A blood pump pumps blood into the tube from the subject's left ventricle through the one or more blood inlet openings, and from the tube into the aorta through the one or more blood outlet openings. Other applications are also described.

A packing assembly includes a packing sleeve having a first sleeve portion and a second sleeve portion, wherein a first sleeve portion outer diameter is larger than a second sleeve portion outer diameter and a first sleeve portion inner diameter is larger than a second sleeve portion inner diameter. The packing assembly also includes a groove formed in the second sleeve portion outer diameter. The packing assembly further includes a shoulder formed at a transition between the first sleeve portion and the second sleeve portion. The packing assembly includes a shelf formed at the transition between the first sleeve portion and the second sleeve portion. The packing assembly also includes a plurality of packing components arranged within the first sleeve portion inner diameter, at least a portion of the plurality of packing components engaging the shelf. The packing assembly further includes a seal positioned within the groove.

Disclosed is a screw compressor (100), comprising a screw compressor housing (101), a discharge cavity (113), at least one silencing channel, and at least one adjustment piston, wherein the discharge cavity (113) is defined by at least one part of the screw compressor housing (101); the at least one part of the screw compressor housing (101) defining the discharge cavity (113) forms a wall of the discharge cavity (113); at least one hole is provided in the wall of the discharge cavity (113); the at least one adjustment piston can be inserted into the at least one hole and move therein; the at least one silencing channel is formed by the at least one hole and the at least one adjustment piston, and the at least one silencing channel is in fluid communication with the discharge cavity (113); and the position of the at least one adjustment piston in the at least one hole determines the silencing length of the at least one silencing channel.

The present disclosure provides a neck fan. The neck fan includes a hanging shell and a first fan assembly. The hanging shell includes an inner end portion that is in contact with the neck. A first air guide chamber having a first central axis is arranged on the hanging shell in a protruding manner. The first air guide chamber includes a first air inlet arranged at a lower end portion of the hanging shell and a first air outlet opposite to the first air inlet. The first air outlet is oriented towards the inner end portion. Both the first air inlet and the first air outlet are located on the first central axis. The first fan assembly is located in the first air guide chamber. And the first fan assembly is configured to drive an air flow to flow from the first air inlet to the first air outlet.