A plurality of machine elements, such as needles, are combined into a shipping unit by material connections, such as an adhesive bond, and this shipping unit can be easily transported and stored. In order to reduce the amount of data to be processed, the map units are structured hierarchically, map units of an nth order respectively corresponding to one geographic partial region, n being a natural number, and map units of an th order respectively corresponding to one geographic subregion of one of the partial regions. For delivery, the implant is compacted within a delivery device and secured at one end. Another method for updating firmware comprises building a firmware update package that is executable in a change management program running in a native operating system on an information handling system, and storing the firmware update package in a repository available to a user. Quantum dots can form a quantum dot layer, and the quantum dot layer can be found between the light source and the active layer or on the side of the active layer opposite the light source. The invention relates particularly to the synthesis of polymerized thiophene films, for example poly films.