Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh

Claudia Hannelore Igney

Rainer Hilbig

Achim Gerhard Rolf Koerber

Robert Pinter

Matthias Hamsch

Francisco Javier Rosell Ferrer

Andreas Brauers

Olaf Such

Sandrine Magali Laure Devot

Markus Petsch

A device for assisting the aligning of a patient support dockable onto an operating table is provided A sensing unit is configured to be arranged on the patient support or the operating table and configured to sense a feature of the patient support and/or of the operating table, said feature lying opposite the sensing unit. The sensing unit configured to sense a position-dependent physical interaction and herefrom to generate a signal that depends on the spatial relative position between the patient support and the operating table. An evaluating unit is configured to receive the signal from the sensing unit and to generate an output that characterizes the relative position between the operating table and the patient support.

Device and method for assisting the aligning of a dockable patient support

The present invention relates to a method for generating nitric oxide, which comprises the steps of: providing a precursor solution comprising a nitric oxide precursor in a first reservoir (), guiding the precursor solution through a reaction chamber (), thereby subjecting the precursor solution to radiation to generate nitric oxide, guiding the generated nitric oxide out of the reaction chamber () by a stream of carrier gas, and guiding the reacted solution into a second reservoir (). The method according to the invention provides a method of generating nitric oxide, or a flow of nitric oxide comprising gas, in which the concentration of the nitric oxide may be kept especially constant. Also claimed is an apparatus for generating nitric oxide comprising reservoirs for the precursor solution and the reacted solution and a reaction chamber.

Method and arrangement for generating nitric oxide

A coil arrangement for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus includes an excitation coil configured to generate a magnetic excitation field in an object, a shimming coil configured to generate a shimming field, and a detection coil configured to detect a magnetic response field generated in response to the magnetic excitation field inducing a current in the object. In order to enhance an accuracy of a determination of a parameter of an object, a value of a field strength of a net magnetic excitation field in the detection coil, being the sum of the excitation field and the shimming field, is approximately within a magnitude range of an average value of a field strength of the magnetic response field in the detection coil.

Coil arrangement for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus comprising a partly compensated magnetic excitation field in the detection coil

The present invention relates to a system () and method for automatically monitoring the movement activity of a fetus. In order to provide a simple and reliable technique for monitoring the movement activity of a fetus, a method of automatically monitoring the movement activity of a fetus is suggested, the method comprising the steps of: detecting () the overall movements of a pregnant female, said overall movements comprising movements of the pregnant female and movements of the fetus; detecting at least one second physiological signal () of the pregnant female; and&#x2014;determining () the movement activity of the fetus by analyzing the detected overall movements of the pregnant female, analyzing the at least one second physiological signal () of the pregnant female, and discriminating movements of the pregnant female from movements of the fetus depending on the analyzing results.

Method of autonomously monitoring the movement activity of a fetus

The invention relates to a Method of generating oxygen and nitric oxide. The method comprises the steps of: guiding an oxygen comprising gas to a primary side of a dense membrane (), heating the membrane () to a temperature at which it is permeable for oxygen, creating a pressure difference between the primary side of the membrane () and a secondary side of the membrane (), wherein a stream of oxygen is generated at the secondary side of the membrane () and a stream of oxygen depleted gas is generated at the primary side of the membrane (). The method according to the invention further comprises the steps of: providing a flow of nitrous oxide comprising gas and heating the nitrous oxide comprising gas to a temperature at which nitric oxide is generated. Thereby, according to the invention, heat generated in the process of operating the membrane is used. According to the invention it is possible to generate both oxygen and nitric oxide in one device making use of several synergistic effects, thus being energy saving.

Method and arrangement for generating oxygen and nitric oxide

The invention relates to a method for generating nitric oxide, in particular for therapeutic applications, which comprises the steps of: guiding a process gas into a reaction chamber, wherein the process gas comprises nitrogen and oxygen, heating the process gas to a temperature which is sufficiently high to enable a reaction of oxygen and nitrogen to form nitric oxide, thereby forming a gas which comprises nitric oxide, and extracting the nitric oxide comprising gas from the reaction chamber, wherein oxygen is present in the process gas in the reaction chamber in an amount of &#x3c;5 vol-%.

Method for generating nitric oxide

A planar coil arrangement () for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus comprises an excitation coil () configured for generating a magnetic excitation field in an object, and a detection coil () configured for detecting a magnetic response field generated in response to the magnetic excitation field inducing a current in the object. In order to minimize an effect of the magnetic excitation field in the detection coil (), the detection coil () is radially symmetrical shaped with respect to the excitation coil () and is arranged relative to the excitation coil () such that the magnetic excitation field is minimized in the detection coil ().

Planar coil arrangement for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus

A magnetic induction tomography system and method for studying the electromagnetic properties of an object includes generator coils adapted for generating a primary magnetic field, and sensor coils adapted for sensing a secondary magnetic field. Actuators provide relative movement between the generator coils and/or the sensor coils on the one hand and the object to be studied on the other hand.

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Claudia Hannelore Igney