baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2554375-A (GB)
Title: Device
Inventor: HANS-ULRICH LAASCH
IPC: A61M25/09
Filed: 2016-09-22
Abstract: A device (1) for accessing a location within a body lumen and obtaining a biopsy sample, the device (1) comprising: first (2) and second (4) elongate members; a first cutter part (8) connected to the first elongate member (2); and a second cutter (12) part connected to the second elongate member (4); wherein the first (2) and second (4) elongate members are moveable relative to one another and configured to move at least one of the first (8) and second (12) cutter parts in a longitudinal direction of at least one of the elongate members between an open position and a cutter interaction position for cutting a biopsy sample. The first member (2) may comprise a dilation element (10). The device may comprise a chamber (16) for holding the tissue sample, possibly located within an outer sheath of the second member (4). A portion of the chamber may be defined by the first member, such as between the dilation element (10) and the cutter part (8). Said cutter parts may be electrically connectable to a source of electrical current, such as a radio frequency alternating current, and may comprise a radiopaque material. The device may comprise a grip at the proximal end. Said grip may comprise first and second grip elements (32 & 34, fig.4) connected to the first and second elongate members respectively, may permit single-handed use of the grip and may comprise gradations to provide an indication of the distances between the two cutter parts. The device may be adapted to move over a guide wire (6).
Patent GB-2554708-A (GB)
Title: Process for converting nitriles
Inventor: Paul David Randall
IPC: C12P7/44
Filed: 2016-10-05
Abstract: The present invention relates to nitrilases from Bradyrhizobium japonicum and uses thereof in a process for the production of a dicarboxylic acid. The dicarboxylic acid is produced by reacting a composition comprising one or more aliphatic dinitriles wherein the or each aliphatic dinitrile contains from 2 to 20 carbon atoms or one or more aromatic dinitriles wherein the or each aromatic dinitrile contains from 6 to 20 carbon atoms with the nitrilase to produce a dicarboxylic acid, wherein the nitrilase comprises a CWE motif and, wherein the nitrilase when tested using the OPA Nitrilase Assay with 2-methylglutaronitrile (2-MGN) as substrate has a % total hydrolysis of at least 45% or when tested using the OPA Nitrilase Assay with 4-cyanopentanoic acid (4-CPA) as substrate has an % total hydrolysis of at least 15%. The nitrilase may comprise mutations at positions 90, 131 and 243. The substrates are preferably 2-methylglutaronitrile or 2-ethylsuccinonitrile. The products are preferably 2-methylglutaric acid or 2-ethylsuccinic acid.
Patent GB-2556941-A (GB)
Title: Detection of irregularities using registration
Inventor: ABRAHAM MARCIANO
IPC: G06T7/60
Filed: 2016-11-28
Abstract: A method comprising classifying an inspection image generated using transmission of radiation through the container. The inspection image is classified S1 in a matching class of one or more predetermined classes of containers, wherein each class contains reference images. A shape model of the inspection image is compared S2 with shape models of the reference images of the matching class, and a matching reference image is found S3. One or more zones of the inspection image which correspond to one or more zones of the reference image are registered S4 and the differences between the two images mapped S5 based on this. The classifying may be done using a trained classier, which may be a pre-trained convolutional neural network CNN. The classifier may comprise a multi-class support vector machine SVM. Preferably a signal is output S6 such as an alarm. The system is for detecting hidden objects or contraband in a vehicle or a shipping container.
Patent GB-2546186-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for generating a gradient value
Inventor: GREGOR DASBACH
IPC: G01C9/00
Filed: 2015-05-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a gradient value, comprising the following steps: At least two pressure variables are detected by means of a pressure sensor (DS) and at least one acceleration variable is detected by means of an acceleration sensor (BS) and a first gradient value is generated in accordance with the at least two pressure variables and a second gradient value is generated in accordance with the at least one acceleration variable. The method also comprises the additional step of outputting the first or second gradient value in accordance with the amount of the quotients of both gradient values.
Patent GB-2550512-A (GB)
Title: Physiological phantoms incorporating feedback sensors and sensing materials
Inventor: FERGAL KERINS
IPC: G09B23/34
Filed: 2015-01-29
Abstract: Disclosed herein are physiological phantoms incorporating sensors and sensor materials integrated with a tissue phantom of an anatomical part. The sensors and sensor materials include small diameter optical fibers containing Bragg gratings, thermochromic materials, electrical strain gauges, flexible strain gauges, shape sensing cables, electrochromic materials and etc. The sensors and sensing materials may mimic tissue as part of the tissue phantom. They may mimic the directionality, density, elasticity of the anatomical tissues they may be mimicking. The sensors and sensing materials may be sensitive to strain, heat, electricity, shape, light, and etc. similar to what may occur during medical procedures using various medical devices and tools such as a scalpel, a needle, a deep brain stimulation probe, a port used in brain or spinal surgery and etc.
Patent GB-2566926-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatics
Inventor: STEVE PARTINGTON
IPC: F15B11/068
Filed: 2017-08-04
Abstract: A pneumatic system for a pneumatic actuator is provided. The pneumatic system 101 comprises: a housing 21, defining a volume, comprising a first port 27 and a second port 28; a repository tank 40, for storing compressed gas, pneumatically connected to the housing 21 via second port 28; a pressure regulator 50, pneumatically connected to the repository tank 40 and pneumatically connected to the housing 21 via the second port 28, configured to output compressed gas at a threshold pressure to the repository tank 40 and to the second port 28 of the housing 21; and a pneumatic actuator 20, separating the volume of the housing 21 into a first variable sub-volume 22 and a second variable sub-volume 24. The actuator 20 is configured to: respond to compressed gas input into the first port 27 increasing the pressure in the first variable sub-volume 22 above the threshold pressure, by moving from a first position in the housing 21 to a second position in the housing and by urging compressed gas from the second variable sub-volume 24 and into the repository tank 40 via the second port 28; and respond to a reduction in pressure in the first variable sub-volume 22 below the threshold pressure, by moving from the second position to the first position, causing entry of compressed gas into the second variable sub-volume 24 from the repository tank 40 via the second port 28. Corresponding methods, and pneumatic devices are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2551287-A (GB)
Title: Solar home system
Inventor: Simon Bransfield-Garth
IPC: H02J7/35
Filed: 2016-02-26
Abstract: A Solar Home System comprises photovoltaic panels (1), rechargeable batteries (2), a system controller (3) and one or more loads and provides an intelligent and adaptive operation. This operation optimises the solar charging and then adjusts the output for each device on the system to match predicted usage patterns that are developed by tracking typical usage.
Patent GB-2555693-A (GB)
Title: Airbag including a secondary panel extending across a valley defining a secondary chamber
Inventor: TAHMIDUR RAHMAN
IPC: B60R21/233
Filed: 2017-08-22
Abstract: An airbag 10 includes a panel 14, a secondary panel 16, and an opening 26. The paneldefines an inflation chamber and includes a valley 20 in the inflated position. The secondary panel is connected to the panel on opposite sides of the valley and extends across the valley to define a secondary chamber 24. The opening extends through the panel from the inflation chamber to the secondary chamber. During a vehicle impact, the occupant may move towards the secondary panel, which may absorb energy from the occupant and reduce or prevent the occupants head from rotating or sliding. Preferably, the inflation chambers are disposed on opposite sides of the valley. A plurality of openings may be present, and the secondary panel may be substantially planar. A system wherein the airbag is supported by a vehicle roof is also described. The system may comprise a seat including a bottom (30, Fig.1) and seatback (32).
Patent GB-2577482-A (GB)
Title: Integral solar panels for vehicles
Inventor: JONATHAN BARRY
IPC: B60L8/00
Filed: 2018-09-18
Abstract: A vehicle with solar panel(s) integrated into the structural integrity of the vehicle body to harvest solar energy, transfer the power harvested to a storage facility within the vehicle and use it to fulfil the energy demands of the vehicle. The photovoltaic module(s) may be located on the exterior roof or upper surface of the vehicle to gain maximum exposure to sunlight. The solar panel may also be retrofitted to a vehicle. The power storage facility may consist of a battery or a series of batteries within the vehicle and be available to the vehicle operator to augment, supplement or replace the vehicle’s primary power system. The energy harvested may also be used for power in an attached vehicle such as a trailer or a caravan.
Patent GB-2577749-A (GB)
Title: Powered transportation device
Inventor: TIMUR ARTEMEV
IPC: B64C35/00
Filed: 2018-10-05
Abstract: A powered transportation device 1, (80, figure 8) for transporting a load over a surface, e.g. water, road, earth, soil, ground. A propulsion element 5, 6, (85, 86) generates positive or negative aerodynamic lift force for modifying an apparent weight of the device. A drive member 3, (83), e.g. wheel, track, water propeller, paddle, pump, generates a drive force via contacting surface material. A balance control system 7, (87) maintains a fore-aft balance of the transportation device by controlling at least the drive force appropriately. This may enable intuitive controls, such that the driver can lean forward to accelerate, or lean backward to brake. Optionally, in dual control mode, both the drive element and propulsion elements maintain fore-aft balance. The lift propulsors may also enable side-to-side vehicle balance. A flight control system may control operation of lift propulsors in flight mode. A surface detection unit may detect contact of the powered transmission device with the surface. The drive member position may be controlled by a retracting mechanism. Proximity sensor signals may indicate an obstacle presence, e.g. vehicular traffic such that the device can avoid it (e.g. flyover, steer around).
Patent GB-2579374-A (GB)
Title: Steering column assembly
Inventor: MARK ANTHONY WILKES
IPC: B62D5/00
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A steering column assembly for a vehicle has a housing 12 and a shaft 16 rotatably mounted with respect to housing 12 for attaching a steering wheel at one end. One aspect has a first gear 22 connected to and rotating with shaft 16, and first and second motors (32, 34, Figure 3) engage first gear 22 and have outputs driving respective output gears (24, 26, Figure 3). The motors are controllable in a first mode, where the motors apply torque to first gear 22 in opposite directions, and a second mode, where the motors apply torque to first gear 22 in the same direction. Another aspect has a threaded elongate member 40 connected to and rotating with shaft 16 and a nut 54 threaded on elongate member 40 and non-rotatable relative to housing 12, so rotation of shaft 40 causes nut 54 to move along the elongate member. Two abutments 50, 52 are spaced longitudinally on elongate member 40 and can engage nut 54 to determine two extreme positions of the nut along the elongate member.
Patent GB-2582308-A (GB)
Title: A raiseable roof system for a vehicle
Inventor: ANDREW JOHN GOSLING
IPC: B60J7/16
Filed: 2019-03-18
Abstract: A raiseable roof system is provided for a vehicle with an aperture having front and rear ends. The roof system has a roof shell 5 covering the aperture and an actuation mechanism for moving roof shell 5 between a lowered position covering the aperture and a raised position displaced from the aperture. The mechanism has an actuator 15, for example a gas strut, connectable at one end to roof shell 5 and at another end to the vehicle, with the roof shell connection point being forward the vehicle connection point. The mechanism also has a first rotatable strut 18, preferably a rigid strut of fixed length, to the rear of actuator 15, pivotally connectable to roof shell 5 at one end and to the vehicle at the other end, with the connection points being fixed. A second rotatable strut 18 may be connected to the vehicle near the vehicle connection point of actuator 15 and to roof shell 5 forward of the connection point of first strut 18.
Patent GB-2570823-A (GB)
Title: A method and device
Inventor: KAZUMI HIRANO
IPC: H04N21/41
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: Live video content is received over an IP network. The content may be received by a television or alternatively, the content may be received by a tablet via an IP network with a television, where the television acts as a server. The live video content is displayed on the television. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is displayed and enables a user to perform a review of the live video content, which may include rewinding the live video content; and the GUI enables the reviewed content to be displayed or initiated using playlists 745 & unique identifiers. The rewound content may be viewed on the tablet, and a control signal may be sent to the television instructing the television to display the live video content concurrently with the rewound content on the tablet. The GUI is then used to return the rewound content to the live video content.
Patent GB-2583386-A (GB)
Title: Method for predicting treatment response for first line of tuberculosis drug regime
Inventor: ASIF MOHMMED
IPC: C12Q1/6883
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: A method for predicting a treatment response for a first line tuberculosis drug regime and the risk of development of drug resistant infection by comparing the differential level of RNA signatures / expression profile, of non-coding RNA such as micro RNA (miRNA) or piwi interacting RNA (piRNA) of in the plurality of patients. The RNA signatures being compared to those for patients that are known to represent certain patient groups, active tuberculosis, responders to drug therapy or non-responders. Also provided is a diagnostic kit to be used with the method.
Patent GB-2585241-A (GB)
Title: Augmented reality system
Inventor: Tom Finn
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2019-07-05
Abstract: The augmented reality system comprises a display and is arranged to determine the user's current position, to determine a safe or optimum path from the user's current location to a desired destination, determine if there are any hazards or unmapped areas, provide an augmented reality overlay over a user's field of vision which visually masks or obscures any hazards or unmapped areas which might distract, attract or confuse the user, and the system overlays a series of transverse bars, images or other visual cues which appear to the user to be located on the ground in front of the user and which act to prompt the user to step forwards and follow the determined safe or otherwise optimum path from the user's current location to the desired destination. The display may be a headset or glasses. Where transverse bars are overlaid, they may be adapted in proportion with a user’s height or gait. The system may use gamification and reward points or other feedback after the user has progressed walking over or towards one or more of the visual cues. The apparatus may assist a user with Parkinson’s disease achieve increased mobility by navigating a particular space when experiences freezing of gait (FOG). Multiple people may be able to use systems in the same area. The system may be used with or without a nurse or practitioner.
Patent GB-2586954-A (GB)
Title: Handling trace data
Inventor: IAIN ROBERTSON
IPC: G06F21/52
Filed: 2019-07-10
Abstract: A processor supervisory unit for monitoring the program flow executed by a processor, the supervisory unit being arranged to store a set of values representing locations to which the program flow is expected to return after jumps in the program flow, the unit being capable of: in a first mode, on detecting a jump in the program flow to store a location value representing a location to which the program flow is expected to return from that jump; and in a second mode, on detecting a jump in the program flow to increment a counter associated with a location value representing a location to which the program flow is expected to return from that jump.
Patent GB-2581873-A (GB)
Title: A running tool and method of cleaning a downhole well casing
Inventor: ARTHUR TERRY STAUTZENBERGER
IPC: E21B37/00
Filed: 2018-11-27
Abstract: A running tool coupled to a running string and for operational use in a well casing. The running tool having a collapsed and expanded state, a tubular positioned around the centralizer to hold the centralizer in the collapsed state, a release assembly maneuverable to release the tubular causing the centralizer to enter into an expanded state, and a cleaning device for cleaning walls of the well casing. The cleaning device includes at least one of a scraper, magnet, brush, and a high flow rate circulation valve for channeling fluid from the running string into the well casing. The centralizer functions as a stabilizer in the expanded state protecting the running tool during operation.
Patent GB-2578853-A (GB)
Title: System and method for cuff-less blood pressure monitoring
Inventor: Roozbeh Jafari
IPC: A61B8/08
Filed: 2018-07-06
Abstract: A method of non-invasive, continuous, real-time measurement of blood pressure includes applying a wearable blood-pressure monitoring device to a bodily region of a wearer. The wearable blood-pressure monitoring device includes a plurality of pulse sensors or a sensor offering a plurality of observations. The wearable blood-pressure monitoring device is calibrated such that a subset of the plurality of pulse sensors or observations are selected. The selected subset of the plurality of pulse sensors measure a pulse wave velocity and other important physiological parameters of the wearer. The measured pulse wave velocity and other important physiological parameters are converted to a blood pressure of the wearer.
Patent GB-2579972-A (GB)
Title: Sensor apparatus for a grease trap
Inventor: JAMES O'NEILL
IPC: G01N33/18
Filed: 2018-08-13
Abstract: A sensor apparatus for a grease trap (2) comprising a sensor body (20) arranged to be submerged in effluent within a grease trap, said sensor body incorporating a plurality of first sensors (30) adapted to distinguish between air, water and fat/oil/grease, at predetermined vertical positions within the grease trap, in use, and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting data from said plurality of first sensors (30), the apparatus further comprising a receiver (40) receiving data from said plurality of first sensors and a processing means (50) for monitoring operation of the grease trap in response to said date received from said plurality of sensors.
Patent GB-2596611-A (GB)
Title: A filter device for dialysis applications
Inventor: JASON LIM TZE CHERN
IPC: A61M1/28
Filed: 2020-09-29
Abstract: The device comprises a housing 210 having a first port 220 and a second port 230, and a hollow fibre membrane 240 formed from hollow hydrophilic fibres within the housing. When in use, a dialysate from a subject 9 enters the filter device through the first port and exits via the second port in an outflow direction, and a regenerated dialysate from a sorbent system 270 enters the filter device through the second port and exits via the first port in an inflow direction. Also disclosed herein is a peritoneal dialysis system comprising said filter device, a method for controlling dialysate flow in a peritoneal dialysis system, and a haemodialysis device.
Patent GB-2589479-A (GB)
Title: Stocking assistant robot
Inventor: BRETT BRACEWELL BONNER
IPC: B66F9/07
Filed: 2019-06-25
Abstract: A stocking assistant robot includes a base plate, one or more wheels coupled to the base plate, a first support coupled to the base plate, and a second support coupled to the base plate, wherein the first support is configured to move perpendicular to the base plate and the second support is configured to move perpendicular to the base plate. The stocking assistant robot also includes a first actuator configured to move the first support perpendicular to the base plate, and a second actuator configured to move the second support perpendicular to the base plate. The stocking assistant robot identifies an item, determines a stock location based on the identified item, operates one or more electric motors coupled to the one or more wheels based on the stock location, and moves the first support or the second support perpendicular to the base plate based on the stock location.
Patent GB-2603897-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum pump exhaust system
Inventor: Richard Percival-Alwyn
IPC: F04C29/04
Filed: 2021-02-12
Abstract: A vacuum pump exhaust system and a vacuum pump are disclosed. The exhaust system comprises a housing 102 having an inlet 122 and an outlet 118 via which the pumped gas flows; and an aftercooler plenum 114 defined between the inlet and the outlet; wherein at least a portion of a bottom surface 136 of said aftercooler chamber 114 is recessed and a lowest point 144 of the recessed portion is contiguous with the outlet. The arrangement allows the aftercooling plenum to self-drain, liquids and other debris that collect within it drain without the need for a sump. This is particularly desirable when the liquids are hazardous (e.g. flammable or corrosive). The top surface of the plenum may also comprise a recess, allowing the draining effect when the pump is operated “upside-down”. A kit of parts comprising a recessed bottom portion is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2590833-A (GB)
Title: Spectral calibration apparatus and spectral calibration method
Inventor: YOHEI KAWAGUCHI
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2019-08-09
Abstract: Provided are a spectral calibration device and a spectral calibration method that can highly accurately carry out spectral calibration even when peaks emerge simultaneously among fluorescent pigments. This spectral calibration device is for calculating a color conversion matrix for use in a color conversion process, and is provided with: a spectroscopy signal acquisition unit that acquires a spectroscopy signal of fluorescent light detected over time; a candidate calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the spectroscopy signal, a color conversion matrix candidate for each of parameter values which are dependent on the frequency of simultaneous emergences of the fluorescent peaks of the fluorescent pigments; and a selection unit that selects a color conversion matrix on the basis of an evaluation value calculated for each of the candidates.