1. A heating system for heating a living being, the heating system comprising:
an infrared laser system for illuminating the living being with infrared laser light, thereby heating the living being, wherein the illuminating the living being with the infrared laser light can be confined to a location of the living by a collimation of the infrared laser light.
2. The heating system of claim 1, wherein the infrared laser system comprises one or several vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
3. The heating system of claim 1, wherein the heating system further comprises:
a presence signal providing unit for providing a presence signal being indicative of whether a living being is present such that the living being is illuminatable by the infrared light from the infrared laser system; and
a control unit for controlling the infrared laser system wherein the controlling depends on the presence signal.
4. The heating system of claim 3, wherein the presence signal is further indicative of the location of the living being to be heated, wherein the control unit is adapted to:
determine the location of the living being depending on the provided presence signal, and
control the infrared laser system to provide the infrared laser light at the location of the living being.
5. The heating system of claim 3, wherein the presence signal is an image of the living being wherein the control unit is adapted to:
detect predefined regions on the living being from the provided image, and
control the infrared laser system to provide the infrared laser light to the predefined regions.
6. The heating system of claim 3, wherein the presence signal providing unit is an image of the living being wherein the control unit is adapted to:
associate a first temperature with a temperature of a living being, and
control the infrared laser system depending on a determined temperature value in the image that equals the first temperature.
7. The heating system of claim 1, wherein the heating system is adapted to be used for heating a person in a vehicle.
8. The heating system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle comprises a window and wherein the infrared laser system is adapted to also heat the window.
9. The heating system of claim 7, wherein the living being is a driver of the vehicle, wherein the heating system comprises an attention signal providing unit for providing an attention signal, if the driver’s attention is to be attracted, and a control unit for controlling the infrared laser system depending on the provided attention signal.
10. A camera system for cooperating with the heating system of claim 1, wherein the heating system comprises a control unit for controlling the infrared laser system depending on a presence signal, wherein the camera system is adapted to acquire an image of the living being and to send the acquired image as the presence signal to the heating system for allowing the control unit of the heating system to control the infrared laser system of the heating system depending on the acquired image.
11. A driver assist system for cooperating with the heating system of claim 9, wherein the driver assist system is adapted to
detect a dangerous situation,
generate an attention signal, if a dangerous situation has been detected, and
send the attention signal to the heating system, in order to allow the control unit of the heating system to control the infrared laser system of the heating system depending on the presence of the attention signal.
12. A vehicle comprising the heating system as claim 1.
13. The vehicle of claim 12, wherein the heating system comprises several infrared lasers distributed within the vehicle.
14. A heating method for heating a living being, the heating method comprising illuminating the living being with infrared laser light by an infrared laser system wherein the illuminating the living being is confined to a location of the living being by collimation of the infrared laser light.
15. A heating computer program for heating a living being, the heating computer program comprising program code means for causing the heating system of claim 1 to carry out the heating method comprising illuminating the living being with infrared laser light by an infrared laser system, wherein the illuminating the living being is confined to a location of the living being by collimation of the infrared laser light, wherein the computer program is run on a computer controlling the heating system.
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. An anti-adhesion sheet having an interior region and an edge region encompassing the interior region, and comprising at least one radiopaque marker, wherein the radiopaque marker defines the edge region of the sheet.
2. The sheet of claim 1 wherein the sheet has a plurality of corners, and wherein the edge region includes a radiopaque marker located in each respective corner of the sheet.
3. The sheet of claim 1 wherein the radiopaque marker extends continuously along the edge region of the sheet.
4. An anti-adhesion sheet having an interior region and an edge region encompassing the interior region, and comprising at least one radiopaque marker located at least partially in an interior region of the sheet.
5. The sheet of claim 4 wherein the marker is located along a midline of the sheet.
6. The sheet of claim 4 wherein the marker is located continuously along a midline of the sheet.
7. A tab-less anti-adhesion sheet having a radiopaque marker.
8. An anti-adhesion sheet having a bulk region and a tab region, wherein the bulk region comprises a radiopaque marker.
9. An anti-adhesion sheet having a first face and a second face producing a first thickness therebetween, wherein the first face has a recess therein to produce a bend zone having a second wall thickness, wherein the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness.
10. An anti-adhesion sheet having a stiffness enhancement feature selected from the group consisting of a compression ridge and a rib.
11. A method comprising:
a) providing a vertebral body having an anterior wall defining a first radius of curvature,
b) providing an anti-adhesion sheet having a concave face defining a second radius of curvature, wherein the first radius of curvature is greater than the second radius of curvature, and
c) attaching the concave face of the anti-adhesion sheet to the anterior wall of the vertebral body.
12. An anti-adhesion sheet comprising a dye.
13. The sheet of claim 12 wherein the sheet is translucent.
14. The sheet of claim 12 wherein the sheet is transparent.
15. An anti-adhesion sheet having bony purchase features selected from the group consisting of mesh, adhesive and pre-attached bone anchors.
16. The anti-adhesion sheet of claim 15 wherein the bony purchase feature is a mesh.
17. The anti-adhesion sheet of claim 15 wherein the bony purchase feature is an adhesive.
18. The anti-adhesion sheet of claim 15 wherein the bony purchase feature is a pre-attached bone anchor.
19. The anti-adhesion sheet of claim 18 wherein the pre-attached bone anchor is in-line attached.
20. The anti-adhesion sheet of claim 18 wherein the pre-attached bone anchor is included angle.