Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh

Bernd Engelbrecht

Marcel F Schemmann

Holger Joachim Moench

Alexander Marc Van Der Lee

Joachim Kahlert

Carsten Heinks

Mark Carpaij

Dieter Leers

Hanns Ernst Fischer

Pippinus Maarten Robertus Wortelboer

Andrew East

A tongue manipulation device () has a tissue anchor () for attachment to the tongue, a bone anchor () typically for attachment to the mandible and a tether line () which fixes the tissue anchor to the bone anchor. The bone anchor comprises a tether line spool arrangement which comprises a spool () rotatable about a spooling axis and a spooling locking arrangement (). The spooling locking arrangement is controlled by rotation about the spooling axis between spooling locking and permitting configurations. In this way, the physician implanting and setting the device can perform titration and subsequent locking as two independent operations.

Tongue manipulation device, bone anchor for use in such device, control device and an adjustment method

The method is based on a determination of the orientation of the sensor to the surface moving with respect to the sensor and then acquiring data where the lateral velocity is small and the forward velocity is large. Then, the orientation of the sensor with respect to the direction of the forward velocity is determined and the velocity data subsequently measured are corrected using the measured orientation of the sensor with respect to the reference surface and the forward velocity direction.

Method for adjusting a self mixing laser sensor system for measuring the velocity of a vehicle

A high-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp has an envelope which contains two electrodes made from tungsten and a filling in a discharge space. The filling essentially consists of mercury, rare gas, and a halogen that is free in the operating condition. The envelope further has a second space.

High-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp with a space

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Bernd Engelbrecht