1. A device for storing and squeezing a collapsible container having at least one dispensing outlet, the device comprising two opposing bodies wherein at least one of the bodies comprises an aperture through which the outlet of the container passes, the bodies being hingedly linked to accommodate the container such that the exertion of pressure on one or more of the bodies moves the bodies towards each other to squeeze the container, the device further comprising means to enable the device to stand.
2. A device according to claim 1 wherein the aperture is at the upper end of the device, when the device is put in an upright position.
3. A device according to claim 1 wherein the bodies are hingedly linked at the upper part of the device when the device stands in an upright position.
4. A device according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the opposing bodies is flexible.
5. A device according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the opposing bodies is of substantially the same length as the body of the collapsible container.
6. A device according to claim 1 wherein the means to enable the device to be stood upright comprises at least one of the opposing bodies which is shaped such that it allows the device to stand on its own in an upright position.
7. A device according to claim 1 further comprising means to keep the collapsible container in place.
8. A device according to claim 1 further comprising means to keep the collapsible container in place, which means are the edges of an aperture in which the container fits.
9. A device according to claim 1 further comprising means to keep the collapsible container in place, which means are the edges of an aperture in which the container fits and wherein the edges of aperture secure the outlet of the container and wherein the apertures are shaped such that the outlet of the container fits in it.
10. A device according to claim 1 further comprising means to keep the collapsible container in place wherein said means to keep the sachet in place comprises a means protruding from the inner face of at least one of the opposing bodies at a position such that the collapsible container is securely placed between the aperture and the protruding means.
11. A device according to claim 1 further comprising fixation means that if engaged keeps the two opposable bodies in a fixed position relative to each other.
12. A device according to claim 1 wherein the device is being made from a unitary body of a flexible material.
13. A kit of parts comprising a device according claim 1 and a collapsible container, said container having a dispensing outlet.
14. A kit of parts comprising a device according claim 1 wherein the device comprises an aperture whose edges secure the outlet of the container and at least one container having a dispensing outlet sized that it can be secured by the edges of that aperture.
15. A kit of parts comprising a device according claim 1 wherein the device comprises an aperture whose edges secure the outlet of the container and at least one container having a dispensing outlet sized that it can be secured by the edges of that aperture, wherein said container is a collapsible pouch.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A position determining system for determining a position of an object (2), the position determining system (1; 101; 201) comprising:
a first position detection unit (5; 105; 205) comprising a sending and receiving unit (3; 103, 114; 203, 214, 216, 217) for transferring radiation (6, 7; 106, 107; 206, 207) between the object (2) and a transfer position being known relative to a reference position, and a first position determining unit (4; 104; 204) for determining a first position of the object (2) relative to the reference position based on the transferred radiation (6, 7; 106, 107; 206, 207),
a second position detection unit (35) comprising an accelerometer (8) for determining an acceleration of the object (2), and a second position determining unit (9) for determining a second position of the object (2) relative to the reference position based on the determined acceleration and the determined first position,
an output unit (12) for outputting at least one of the first position and the second position.
2. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the sending and receiving unit (3; 103, 114; 203, 214, 216, 217) is adapted to transfer ultrasound.
3. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the sending and receiving unit (3) is adapted to send radiation to the object (2) for being reflected by the object (2) and to receive radiation reflected by the object (2).
4. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the sending and receiving unit (103, 114) comprises a first transferring element (103) located at the transfer position and a second transferring element (114) for being attached to the object (2), wherein the first transferring element (103) and the second transferring element (114) are adapted for transferring radiation between the first transferring element (103) and the second transferring element (114), wherein the first position determining unit (104) is adapted to determine the first position depending on the transferred radiation.
5. The position determining system as defined in claim 4, wherein the sending and receiving unit comprises at least three first transferring elements (203, 216, 217) located at transfer positions being known relative to the reference position and at least one second transferring element (214) for being attached to the object (2), wherein the at least three first transferring elements (214) and the at least one second transferring element (214) are adapted to transfer radiation (206, 207) between the at least three first transferring elements (214) and the at least one second transferring element (214), wherein the first position determining unit (204) is adapted to determine the first position depending on the transferred radiation (206, 207).
6. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the position determining system further comprises an error determination unit (18) for determining an error of at least one of the first position and the second position, wherein the output unit (12) is adapted to output at least one of the first position and the second position based on the determined error.
7. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the second position determining unit (9) is adapted to use the determined first position as a start position, to determine a movement of the object (2) starting from the start position based on the determined acceleration and to determine the second position based on the start position and the determined movement of the object (2).
8. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the second position detection unit (35) comprises a gyroscope (19) for being attached to the object (2) for determining the orientation of the object, wherein the second position determining unit (35) is adapted to use the determined first position as a start position, to determine a movement of the object starting from the start position based on the determined acceleration and the orientation of the object determined by the gyroscope, and to determine the second position based on the start position and the determined movement of the object.
9. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a moving unit (23) for moving the object (22) and a moving unit control unit (25) for controlling the moving unit depending on the output at least one of the first position and the second position of the object for moving the object to a set position.
10. The position determining system as defined in claim 1, wherein the position determining system is adapted to determine the first position and the second position of the object (33) relative to a position of a further object (26), wherein the position determining system further comprises a collision preventing unit (42) for determining if the further object (26) enters a predefined safety region (41) around the object (33) and for outputting a signal if the collision preventing unit (42) has determined that the further object (26) enters the predefined safety region (41).
11. An imaging system for imaging an object (33), the imaging system (26) comprising the position determining system as defined in claim 1 for determining the position of the object (33) relative to the imaging system.
12. A position determining method for determining a position of an object (2), the position determining method comprising the steps of:
detecting a first position of the object (2) by a first position detection unit (5;
105; 205) comprising a sending and receiving unit (3; 103, 114; 203, 214, 216, 217) and a first position determination unit (4; 104; 204), wherein radiation (6; 106; 206) is transferred between the object (2) and a transfer position being known relative to a reference position by the sending and receiving unit (3; 103, 114; 203, 214, 216, 217) and wherein the first position of the object (2) relative to the reference position is determined based on the transferred radiation (6, 7; 106, 107; 206, 207) by the first position determination unit (4; 104; 204),
detecting a second position of the object (2) by a second position detection unit comprising an accelerometer (8) and a second position determining unit (9), wherein an acceleration of the object (2) is determined by the accelerometer (8), and wherein a second position of the object (2) relative to the reference position is determined based on the determined acceleration and the determined first position by the second position determining unit (9),
outputting at least one of the first position and the second position by an output unit (12).
13. An imaging method for imaging an object (33), the imaging method comprising the steps of determining the position of the object (33) relative to the imaging system (26) and of imaging the object (33).
14. A computer program for determining a position of an object, the computer program comprising program code means for causing a position determining system as defined in claim 1 to carry out the steps of the position determining method as defined in claim 12, when the computer program is run on a computer controlling the position determining system.
15. A computer program for imaging an object, the computer program comprising program code means for causing an imaging system (26) as defined in claim 11 to carry out the steps of the imaging method as defined in claim 13, when the computer program is run on a computer controlling the imaging system (26).