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A system for performing an end-to-side vascular anastomosis, including an anastomosis device, an application instrument and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis. The system is applicable for performing an anastomosis between a vascular graft and the ascending aorta in coronary artery bypass surgery, particularly in port-access CABG surgery. A first aspect of the invention includes a vascular anastomosis staple. A first configuration has two parts: an anchor member, forming the attachment with the target vessel wall and a coupling member, forming the attachment with the bypass graft vessel. The anastomosis is completed by inserting the coupling member, with the graft vessel attached, into the anchor member. A second configuration combines the functions of the anchor member and the coupling member into a one-piece anastomosis staple. A second aspect of the invention includes an anastomotic fitting, having an inner flange over which the graft vessel is everted and an outer flange which contacts the exterior surface of the target vessel. A tailored amount of compression applied by the inner and outer flanges grips the target vessel wall and creates a leak-proof seal between the graft vessel and the target vessel. A third aspect of the invention has a flange to which the graft vessel attaches, by everting the graft vessel over the flange, and a plurality of staple-like members which attach the flange and the everted end of the graft vessel to the wall of the target vessel to form the anastomosis

Systems and methods for forming a lesion on an endocardial tissue of a patient's heart involve placing an ablation assembly inside of the heart and adjacent to the endocardial tissue, and placing a guiding assembly outside of the heart. An ablation assembly includes an ablation element and a first attraction element, and a guiding assembly includes a second attraction element. First and second attraction elements can be attracted via magnetism. Techniques involve forming an ablation on the cardiac tissue of a patient's heart with an ablation element of the ablation assembly. Optionally, techniques may include moving the second attraction element of the guiding assembly relative to the patient's heart, so as to effect a corresponding movement of the ablation element of the ablation assembly.

A tile cutter including a base stand, a protruding rib disposed on the base stand, bridge-like guide rails installed above the protruding rib, an operating lever sliding on the guide rails while being guided by the guide rails, and a rotary blade and a pressing member installed on the base portion of the operating lever, wherein the pressing member is comprised of a pair of pressing plates with a hollow space in between, the pressing plates are connected to each other by a C-shaped connecting element, the pressing member is supported on the base portion of the operating lever near a blade supporting shaft for the rotary blade so that the pressing member is free to swing upward and downward, and part of the base portion of the operating lever and the rotary blade enter the hollow space when the pressing member takes a hanging attitude.

A tile cutter including a base stand, a protruding rib disposed on the base stand, bridge-like guide rails installed above the protruding rib, an operating lever sliding on the guide rails while being guided by the guide rails, and a rotary blade and a pressing member installed on the base portion of the operating lever, wherein the pressing member is comprised of a pair of pressing plates with a hollow space in between, the pressing plates are connected to each other by a C-shaped connecting element, the pressing member is supported on the base portion of the operating lever near a blade supporting shaft for the rotary blade so that the pressing member is free to swing upward and downward, and part of the base portion of the operating lever and the rotary blade enter the hollow space when the pressing member takes a hanging attitude.

A memory control device for writing to a memory data input via a port section and for reading from the memory data output via the port section includes setting means for setting, in accordance with a transfer speed of first input data input via the port section, a write-enable time for enabling writing of the first input data for each predetermined period and for setting, in accordance with a transfer speed of first output data output via the port section, a read-enable time for enabling reading of the first output data for the predetermined period; and write / read control means for controlling data writing / reading to / from the memory such that second input data input via the port section is written or second output data output via the port section is read within a time other than the write-enable and read-enable times within the predetermined period.

To detect a failure of a position contact outputting a contact signal, a change of a shift pattern defined by a combination of contact signals is monitored. Upon detection of the shift patterns belonging to a plurality of regions bridging a shift position corresponding to a selected position during an off period of the contact signal, a failure of the position contact is detected. As such, in a shift position sensor selecting a shift position by a combination of the contact signals from a plurality of position contacts, abnormality of the position contact can be detected reliably.

The invention concerns a tire damage detection method that includes a tire damage detection step comprising: providing an acquisition device (11), which is installed on board a motor vehicle (2) equipped with two or more wheels fitted with tires, and which is coupled to a vehicle bus (20) of the motor vehicle (2), and a processing device / system (12,12A,12B) storing a predefined tire damage model; acquiring, by the acquisition device (11) from the vehicle bus (20), signals indicative of speeds of the motor vehicle (2) and of a wheel of said motor vehicle (2); outputting, by the acquisition device (11), quantities indicative of the speeds of the motor vehicle (2) and of the wheel thereof; receiving, by the processing device / system (12,12A,12B) from the acquisition device (11), the quantities indicative of the speeds of the motor vehicle (2) and of the wheel of said motor vehicle (2); computing, by the processing device / system (12,12A,12B), based on the quantities indicative of the speeds of the motor vehicle (2) and of the wheel of said motor vehicle (2), a normalized wheel speed indicative of a ratio of the wheel speed to the motor vehicle speed; and detecting, by the processing device / system (12,12A,12B), a potential damage to a tire of the wheel of the motor vehicle (2) based on the predefined tire damage model and on the normalized wheel speed. In particular, the tire damage detection method according to the present invention includes also a preliminary step that comprises: performing tests involving test tire impacts against / on different obstacles at different motor vehicle speeds; measuring / acquiring test-related wheel and motor vehicle speeds during the performed tests; computing test-related normalized wheel speeds based on the test-related wheel and motor vehicle speeds; and determining the predefined tire damage model to be used by the processing device / system (12,12A,12B) in the tire damage detection step on the basis of the test-related normalized wheel speeds and the test-related motor vehicle speeds that correspond to the test tire impacts.

In order to efficiently and reliably perform a valid field test, there are provided: a running data acquisition part for sequentially acquiring actual running data of a vehicle under execution of a running test on a road by a driver; and a tendency data output part for sequentially producing and outputting tendency data indicating a tendency as to whether or not the running test is valid, based on the actual running data during the running test.

The present invention provides a system for limiting energy levels across the output of a driver circuitry segment (100). The system provides an output structure (102) adapted to drive an output load (104). A transconductance component (106) is communicatively coupled to the output structure, and adapted to output a transconductance current that is proportional to the voltage across the output structure. A scaling component (108) is communicatively coupled to the output structure, and adapted to output a scaled current that is proportional, by some scaling factor, to the current through the output structure. A qualifying component (110) is communicatively coupled to the scaling component, and adapted to activate a trigger component (112) when the scaled current passes a first threshold. The trigger component is communicatively coupled to the qualifying component, the transconductance component, and the output structure. Responsive to activation from the qualifying component, the trigger component receives the transconductance current and accumulates charge, for an amount of time inversely proportional to the transconductance current's magnitude, and triggers shut off of the output structure when the accumulated charge passes a second threshold.

The invention concerns a tire damage detection method that includes a tire damage detection step comprising: providing an acquisition device (11), which is installed onboard a motor vehicle (2) equipped with two or more wheels fitted with tires, and which is coupled to a vehicle bus (20) of the motor vehicle (2), and a processing device / system (12, 12A, 12B) storing a predefined tire damage model; acquiring, by the acquisition device (11) from the vehicle bus (20), a signal indicative of a speed of a wheel of the motor vehicle (2); outputting, by the acquisition device (11), quantities indicative of the wheel speed; receiving, by the processing device / system (12, 12A, 12B) from the acquisition device (11), the quantities indicative of the wheel speed; computing, by the processing device / system (12, 12A, 12B) based on the quantities indicative of the wheel speed, a normalized wheel speed indicative of a ratio of the wheel speed to an average wheel speed indicative of motor vehicle speed; and detecting, by the processing device / system (12, 12A, 12B), a potential damage to a tire of the wheel of the motor vehicle (2) based on the predefined tire damage model and on the normalized wheel speed. In particular, the tire damage detection method according to the present invention includes also a preliminary step that comprises: performing tests involving test tire impacts against / on different obstacles at different motor vehicle speeds; measuring / acquiring test-related wheel speeds during the performed tests; computing test-related normalized wheel speeds based on the test-related wheel speeds; and determining the predefined tire damage model to be used by the processing device / system (12, 12A, 12B) in the tire damage detection step on the basis of the test-related normalized wheel speeds corresponding to the test tire impacts and of associated test-related average wheel speeds.