Guardian IP Consulting I/S

Various aspects disclosed herein relate to a culture apparatus for performing nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the apparatus comprising an insertion module configured to be inserted into a magnet of a system for performing nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, wherein the insertion module comprises: a sample container defining a culture chamber, the culture chamber having a sample volume and being configured to contain a sample of living cells, the culture chamber being in fluidic connection with at least one supply channel for providing a fluid flow through the culture chamber, one or more radiofrequency resonators, each configured to transmit a time-varying electromagnetic wave into the sample volume of the culture chamber and/or to detect a time-varying electromagnetic wave from the sample volume of the culture chamber, wherein the sample container comprises a cell support structure defining at least one cell adherence surface configured to carry a culture of living cells within the culture chamber.

A dermatological laser apparatus for dermatological treatment of a patient's skin using a treatment laser beam, the dermatological laser apparatus comprising a laser module, a beam delivery device, and a control circuit, wherein the laser module is configured to create bursts of laser radiation, each burst comprising laser radiation at least one of a set of laser wavelengths, the set comprising two or more laser wavelengths, wherein the beam delivery device is configured to direct the created laser radiation as a treatment laser beam towards a target area of the patient's skin; and wherein the control circuit is configured to: obtain information about the patient's skin type; select, in dependence of at least the patient's skin type, relative amounts of laser energy to be delivered at respective ones of the set of laser wavelengths; and control the laser module to create the bursts of laser radiation such that each burst comprises the selected relative amounts of laser energy at the respective ones of the set of laser wavelengths.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an apparatus for measuring an amount of analyte in a biological sample, the apparatus comprising a pipetting unit for transferring an aliquot of a received biological sample into a sample receptacle for analysis of the aliquot of the received biological sample, wherein the pipetting unit comprises a sample transfer needle, the needle comprising a circumferential wall, the circumferential wall defining an elongated lumen surrounded by the circumferential wall.

The present disclosure relates to a mobile robot (100) configured to transport a payload transport vehicle (200) or the like, carrying, at least at some times, a payload (300), the mobile robot (100) comprising a payload transport vehicle engagement element (150), a load or force sensor (130) functionally connected (135) to the payload transport vehicle engagement element (150), a control element (110), and at least one active wheel or other active robot driving element (140) configured to the move the mobile robot (100) on a surface (175), wherein the payload transport vehicle engagement element (150) is configured to engage with and apply a controllable force (F<x>) to the payload transport vehicle (200) in response to a control signal (125), to be transported or being transported by the mobile robot (100), whereby the mobile robot (100) receives at least a part of a load of the payload transport vehicle (200) via the payload transport vehicle engagement element (150), where the received load of the payload transport vehicle (200) is proportional to the applied force (F<x>), at least a part of the received load of the payload transport vehicle (200) is distributed to at least one of the at least one active wheel or other active robot driving element (140), the load or force sensor (130) is configured to determine or estimate a current load or force applied on or to the payload transport vehicle engagement element (150) by the load of the payload transport vehicle (200) and to provide a sensor signal (135) in response thereto, and the control element (110) is configured to receive the sensor signal (135) and to provide the control signal (125) in response to or as a function of the received sensor signal (135).

The present invention relates to a communication system configured to be used in a demanding environment, the communication system comprising at least one communication and hearing protection device (103, 303a, 303b), in particular at least one in-ear communication and hearing protection device (103, 303a, 303b), configured to be worn by a user (101), the communication and hearing protection device (103, 303a, 303b) comprising an ambient microphone (315, 315a, 315b) configured to provide an ambient microphone input signal (505a, 505b, 513), and a transmit (Tx) microphone (317, 317a, 317b) configured to provide a transmit microphone input signal (503a, 503b, 511) in response to registering speech from the user (101), one or more processors (205, 207) configured to implement and execute a trained artificial intelligence or machine learning method or component (515, 607) to generate a correction function or signal (517, 609) in response to the ambient microphone input signal (505a, 505b, 513) and the transmit microphone input signal (503a, 503b, 511).

The present invention relates to a communication system configured to be used in a demanding environment, the communication system comprising a first in-ear device (103, 303a, 303b) comprising a tip (323, 323a, 323b, 337), the tip (323, 323a, 323b, 337) having a distal end (331) and a proximal end (333) and being configured to be inserted into an ear canal of a user (101) with the proximal end (333) being closer to an inner ear of the user (101) than the distal end (331) when the user (101) is wearing the in-ear device (103, 303a, 303b), wherein the tip (323, 323a, 323b, 337) comprises a user compressible material (337) and is further configured to be inserted into the ear canal of the user (101) in a compressed state and, to expand over time into a less compressed state where at least a part of an exterior of the tip (323, 323a, 323b, 337) touches and engages with the ear canal of the user (101) thereby attenuating sound from the demanding environment before reaching the inner ear of the user, wherein the user compressible material (323, 323a, 323b, 337) has a predetermined expansion time so that the tip (323) expands from the compressed state at a first point in time (T<0>) to the less compressed state at a second point in time (T<1>), where a sound attenuation effect of the tip (323, 323a, 323b, 337), at the second point in time (T<1>), has reached at predetermined attenuation level, and where the time between the first (T<0>) and second points in time (T<1>) is at least about 20 seconds.

The present invention pertains to novel beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) isolates as well as to a method of producing such isolates and to uses of the powders, e.g. in beverage applications.

The invention relates to a hearing implant, an external hearing device and a hearing system wherein the hearing implant is implantable in a user. The hearing implant comprises an electrode array for stimulating a cochlea nerve of the user and a rechargeable battery assembly comprising a rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery is chargeable by power or energy supplied by an external charging device via a wireless magnetic induction link.

The sand moulding chamber (1) includes a chamber top wall (3), a chamber bottom wall (4), and two opposed chamber side walls (5, 6), wherein an internal side of each said chamber wall is provided with a machined contact face (9) for attachment of a wear plate, wherein an external side of the sand moulding chamber forms a number of tie rod bearing extensions (15) having bores (16) for tie rod guide bushings for guiding, in a longitudinal direction of the sand moulding chamber, respective tie rods of a compacting system of a vertical sand moulding machine, and wherein each tie rod bearing extension includes a machined contact face (20) for the respective tie rod guide bushing. The chamber top wall, the chamber bottom wall, and the two opposed chamber side walls together form a main chamber element (21) made from one single metal casting.

The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method (300) performing video analysis of a video-feed (111), where the method comprises the steps of: obtaining or extracting a plurality of frames (112) from at least a segment of the video-feed (111), generating pose data (112') for each or a least a predetermined number of the plurality of frames (112), the generated pose data (112') representing at least a part of a person or patient (101) comprised by at least one, typically a plurality, of the plurality of frames (112), processing (304), by a first patient movement detector or predictor (200), the generated pose data (112'), and/or first additional data derived on the basis of the generated pose data (112'), to detect or predict at least a first movement of the patient (101) resulting in first data representing first movement detection output data (150).