Materialise N.v.

Philippe Schiettecatte

Roman Plaghki

Willem Jan Verleysen

Dries Vandecruys

Toon Roels

Filip Dehing

Paulus Ludovicus Maria Groenewege

Jolien Rasschaert

Irene Ruiz Diaz

Elias Rosseau

Ivan Rasko

Volodymyr Makarenko

Brecht Das

Embodiments of this application relate to connectors configured for coupling to a hollow structure, for joining hollow structures together, and/or for joining a hollow structure to a functional element. A connector may be configured to couple to one or more hollow structures, and may be further configured to couple to one or more functional elements. Exemplary connectors comprise a shell and a plug.

Connectors

The present disclosure relates to eyewear, such as eyeglasses, configured for receiving a hose, such as a medical gas therapy hose. The eyewear comprises flexible elements and a groove defined in and extending through the flexible elements and other parts of the eyewear. The present disclosure further relates to a flexible element, such as a hinge, which may be used in eyewear to enable bending of parts of the eyewear. An exemplary embodiment of the flexible element is a hinge having a plurality of repeating units.

Eyewear and flexible elements

Disclosed is a 3D printed eyewear frame having an integrated hinge. Advantageously, the integrated hinge assembly is a crossed spring hinge. Methods of manufacturing a 3D printed eyewear frame are likewise provided.

3D printed eyewear frame with integrated hinge and methods of manufacture

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Leuven, Belgium

Philippe Schiettecatte