mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A splash guard for protecting a vent membrane associated with a fitment from a liquid in a container having an interior volume, the splash guard comprising: an upper surface having an upper perimeter substantially contoured to a lower perimeter of the fitment, said upper perimeter being adapted to permit gas to escape from the interior volume of the container comprising a liquid; and a lower surface having a perimeter and being configured to prevent liquid from splashing onto the vent membrane, wherein the center of the lower surface comprises a ring affixed to a plurality of ridges radially extending outwards from the center towards the perimeter, each of the plurality of ridges having a top surface and opposing side surfaces, or wherein the lower surface comprises an inverted cone or pyramid shape. an upper surface having an upper perimeter substantially contoured to a lower perimeter of the fitment, said upper perimeter being adapted to permit gas to escape from the interior volume of the container comprising a liquid; and a lower surface having a perimeter and being configured to prevent liquid from splashing onto the vent membrane, wherein the center of the lower surface comprises a ring affixed to a plurality of ridges radially extending outwards from the center towards the perimeter, each of the plurality of ridges having a top surface and opposing side surfaces, or wherein the lower surface comprises an inverted cone or pyramid shape.
A suture passer (100, 400), comprising: (a) a needle (62, 130, 230, 330, 430) extending longitudinally and configured to be manipulated between a catch position and a release position; (b) a first suture notch (133, 433) extending through the needle, wherein the first suture notch includes a first catch undercut configured to receive a suture thread therein and releasably capture the suture thread radially inwardly as the needle is manipulated toward a catch direction; and (c) a second suture notch (136, 436) extending through the needle, wherein the second suture notch includes a second catch undercut configured to receive the suture thread therein and releasably capture the suture thread radially inwardly as the needle is manipulated toward the catch direction; (d) a sheath (110, 410) having a longitudinal bore (112, 412) extending therethrough, wherein the longitudinal bore slidably receives the needle therein such that the needle is configured to move distally within the longitudinal bore relative to the sheath from a retracted position to an extended position; wherein the sheath further includes an upper aperture and a lower aperture proximal to an end of the distal sheath, wherein the apertures are configured to provide communication between an outer radial surface of the sheath and the bore such that the apertures expose needle head when the needle is slidably inserted within the longitudinal bore; and wherein the upper aperture is positioned along sheath to correspond with the first suture notch on needle head and wherein lower aperture is positioned along sheath to correspond with the second suture notch. (a) a needle (62, 130, 230, 330, 430) extending longitudinally and configured to be manipulated between a catch position and a release position; (b) a first suture notch (133, 433) extending through the needle, wherein the first suture notch includes a first catch undercut configured to receive a suture thread therein and releasably capture the suture thread radially inwardly as the needle is manipulated toward a catch direction; and (c) a second suture notch (136, 436) extending through the needle, wherein the second suture notch includes a second catch undercut configured to receive the suture thread therein and releasably capture the suture thread radially inwardly as the needle is manipulated toward the catch direction; (d) a sheath (110, 410) having a longitudinal bore (112, 412) extending therethrough, wherein the longitudinal bore slidably receives the needle therein such that the needle is configured to move distally within the longitudinal bore relative to the sheath from a retracted position to an extended position;
A surgical instrument manually operated comprising: an end tool formed to rotate in two or more directions; an operation portion formed to rotate in two or more directions and controlling an operation of the end tool; an operating force transmitter transmitting a movement of the operation portion to the end tool and comprising one or more wires and one or more pulleys; and a connector having one end portion coupled to the end tool and the other end portion coupled to the operation portion to connect the operation portion and the end tool, characterized in that: the operating portion comprises an operating bar coupled to the connector and at least a portion formed to extend from the operating bar toward the end tool in any movement state of the operation portion, and when the operation portion is rotated in the two or more directions, the end tool rotates to move in substantially the same direction as the operation portion such that the position of the portion indicates the angular orientation of the end tool, wherein the end tool performs at least one of motions among a pitch motion, a yaw motion and an actuation motion in accordance with the movement of the operation portion transmitted to the end tool. an end tool formed to rotate in two or more directions; an operation portion formed to rotate in two or more directions and controlling an operation of the end tool; an operating force transmitter transmitting a movement of the operation portion to the end tool and comprising one or more wires and one or more pulleys; and a connector having one end portion coupled to the end tool and the other end portion coupled to the operation portion to connect the operation portion and the end tool, characterized in that: the operating portion comprises an operating bar coupled to the connector and at least a portion formed to extend from the operating bar toward the end tool in any movement state of the operation portion, and when the operation portion is rotated in the two or more directions, the end tool rotates to move in substantially the same direction as the operation portion such that the position of the portion indicates the angular orientation of the end tool, wherein the end tool performs at least one of motions among a pitch motion, a yaw motion and an actuation motion in accordance with the movement of the operation portion transmitted to the end tool.
A method for paging admission control for multi-service flows in a mobile packet domain, characterized by comprising: when authentication of a mobile station accessing a connectivity service network through an access service network succeeds, assigning, by an authentication authorization accounting or strategy server, a service flow paging strategy for all downlink service flows of the mobile station, wherein the service flow paging strategy includes paging admission information indicating whether the downlink service flows admit paging or not, and sending the service flow paging strategy to the access service network for storage; and receiving, by the access service network, downlink data of the mobile station in IDLE state from a home agent, searching for a downlink service flow to which the downlink data belong, and determining whether the downlink service flow admits paging according to the service flow paging strategy, and if yes, initiating a paging flow triggered by the downlink data. when authentication of a mobile station accessing a connectivity service network through an access service network succeeds, assigning, by an authentication authorization accounting or strategy server, a service flow paging strategy for all downlink service flows of the mobile station, wherein the service flow paging strategy includes paging admission information indicating whether the downlink service flows admit paging or not, and sending the service flow paging strategy to the access service network for storage; and receiving, by the access service network, downlink data of the mobile station in IDLE state from a home agent, searching for a downlink service flow to which the downlink data belong, and determining whether the downlink service flow admits paging according to the service flow paging strategy, and if yes, initiating a paging flow triggered by the downlink data.
A method for secure joining of a computer as a node in a process control system, the method being performed by a setup control unit of a setup tool having been created in the process control system and comprising a setup tool identifier (SUID) providing a unique identity of the setup tool, the method comprising the steps of: - getting the setup control unit activated via a first computer, which computer is to become a node in the process control system, which activation is initiated by the setup tool being brought to the first computer, - contacting a configuration control computer in the process control system, - supplying the setup tool identifier (SUID) to the configuration control computer, in order for the configuration control computer to perform a setup tool identifier investigation, - receiving node parameter data associated with a selected system node from said configuration control computer, said node parameter data being received based on an operator selection of a system node for the first computer and after a successful setup tool identifier investigation has been performed in the configuration control computer, and - providing the first computer with said node parameter data for making the first computer into the selected system node. - getting the setup control unit activated via a first computer, which computer is to become a node in the process control system, which activation is initiated by the setup tool being brought to the first computer, - contacting a configuration control computer in the process control system, - supplying the setup tool identifier (SUID) to the configuration control computer, in order for the configuration control computer to perform a setup tool identifier investigation, - receiving node parameter data associated with a selected system node from said configuration control computer, said node parameter data being received based on an operator selection of a system node for the first computer and after a successful setup tool identifier investigation has been performed in the configuration control computer, and - providing the first computer with said node parameter data for making the first computer into the selected system node.
A body with a substantially rectangular cross-section for an industrial vehicle, comprising: - a substantially planar bottom comprising a metal plate supported by cross members intended to rest on the chassis of said vehicle; and, - two right and left side walls welded to the corresponding ends of the cross members respectively, each side wall being formed solely by two or more superimposed and welded longitudinal sections, the lower longitudinal section having, in its lower part, the first and second welding surfaces (35, 36) being joined together while forming an approximately right angle in which the corresponding ends of the cross members are inserted, a first welding surface of one end of a cross member being welded to said first welding surface of the lower section and a second welding surface of said end of said cross member being welded to said second welding surface of the section, the metal plate having a reduced width relative to the width of the cross members so as to leave uncovered the parts of the cross member used as first welding surfaces at each end of a cross member. - a substantially planar bottom comprising a metal plate supported by cross members intended to rest on the chassis of said vehicle; and, - two right and left side walls welded to the corresponding ends of the cross members respectively, each side wall being formed solely by two or more superimposed and welded longitudinal sections, the lower longitudinal section having, in its lower part, the first and second welding surfaces (35, 36) being joined together while forming an approximately right angle in which the corresponding ends of the cross members are inserted, a first welding surface of one end of a cross member being welded to said first welding surface of the lower section and a second welding surface of said end of said cross member being welded to said second welding surface of the section, the metal plate having a reduced width relative to the width of the cross members so as to leave uncovered the parts of the cross member used as first welding surfaces at each end of a cross member.
An autodepositing liquid bath composition comprising water and: dispersed or both dispersed and dissolved film forming polymer present in a concentration of at least 1.0% of the composition selected from an epoxy polymer or an epoxy pre-polymer and polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers; a surfactant component present in sufficient quantity to emulsify component; a curing component comprising at least one latent cross-linking agent chemically reactive with constituents of component at temperatures of 140° C or less and stable at pH ranges of 1.5 to about 6 selected from blocked isocyanates blocked with pyrazoles; and a dissolved accelerator component; wherein the autodepositing liquid bath composition is capable of depositing on an active metal surface and curing upon heating by cross-linking at temperatures of 140° C or less. dispersed or both dispersed and dissolved film forming polymer present in a concentration of at least 1.0% of the composition selected from an epoxy polymer or an epoxy pre-polymer and polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers; a surfactant component present in sufficient quantity to emulsify component; a curing component comprising at least one latent cross-linking agent chemically reactive with constituents of component at temperatures of 140° C or less and stable at pH ranges of 1.5 to about 6 selected from blocked isocyanates blocked with pyrazoles; and a dissolved accelerator component;
Fixture for molding thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, elastomers and reactive mixtures, in particular for producing footwear, of the type which provides for a pair of half-rings (11, 12), positioned on a pair of arms (13, 14), which are closed by performing a horizontal movement, and retention means, adapted to keep said half rings (11, 12) in their closed position, by opposing the thrust due to the injection pressure of said thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, said fixture being suitable to be used in carousel-type plant, wherein said half-rings (11, 12) are assembled on a pair of arms (13, 14), which can rotate around a pin with a substantially vertical axis, means being provided which are adapted to generate said rotary movement of said arms (13, 14), said retention means and said means, adapted to generate said rotary movement of said arms (13, 14), being placed in the rear part of said fixture oriented towards a centre of said carousel, characterized in that means (18, 19, 20) are provided to perform a rectilinear stroke of said half-rings (11, 12) to complete the closing of the mold.
A refrigerator having storage space with an open front, the refrigerator comprising: an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress having an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress, wherein the air curtain system produces a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator; at least one shelf between the egress and the ingress, the shelf having a front edge: at least one elongate air-guiding strip extending across at least part of the open front of the refrigerator; the strip being located substantially in the plane of the shelf and spaced from the front edge of the shelf; the strip being located substantially vertically beneath the outer edge of the upper air egress; characterized in that the air-guiding strip is in the form of an aerofoil having a leading edge, a pressure surface which faces the front edge of the shelf, and a suction surface that faces outwardly from the storage space of the refrigerator. an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress having an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress, wherein the air curtain system produces a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator; at least one shelf between the egress and the ingress, the shelf having a front edge: at least one elongate air-guiding strip extending across at least part of the open front of the refrigerator; the strip being located substantially in the plane of the shelf and spaced from the front edge of the shelf; the strip being located substantially vertically beneath the outer edge of the upper air egress; at least one elongate air-guiding strip extending across at least part of the open front of the refrigerator; the strip being located substantially in the plane of the shelf and spaced from the front edge of the shelf; the strip being located substantially vertically beneath the outer edge of the upper air egress;
A method to be carried out in a processor for detecting periodic breathing by a patient, the method comprising: receiving in a processor a series of event intervals bounded by apnea (6010, 6020, 6030) or hypopnea (6110, 6120, 6130) events detected in respiration of the patient; characterized by processing in the processor, upon closure of an event interval, the event interval to determine a character of the event interval, wherein the character of an event interval is one of: a periodic breathing cycle; not a periodic breathing cycle; and uninformative; and determining in the processor whether to change a current periodic breathing state that indicates whether a periodic breathing episode is in progress, based on a history of the event interval characters that is on the order of minutes or longer and longer than a typical length of a periodic breathing cycle. receiving in a processor a series of event intervals bounded by apnea (6010, 6020, 6030) or hypopnea (6110, 6120, 6130) events detected in respiration of the patient; characterized by processing in the processor, upon closure of an event interval, the event interval to determine a character of the event interval, wherein the character of an event interval is one of: a periodic breathing cycle; not a periodic breathing cycle; and uninformative; and a periodic breathing cycle; not a periodic breathing cycle; and uninformative; and determining in the processor whether to change a current periodic breathing state that indicates whether a periodic breathing episode is in progress, based on a history of the event interval characters that is on the order of minutes or longer and longer than a typical length of a periodic breathing cycle.
Holding device for an intraocular lens, wherein the holding device is formed open to the bottom in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the holding device and has an elongated support member open to the bottom in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the holding device, on which an, in the direction of the longitudinal axis, elongated holding rail for holding the lens is disposed, wherein the holding rail is also formed open to the bottom in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the holding device, and said support member is formed longer in its longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis than its width and is designed rail-like, and the support member is formed elongated and clamp-like and is formed widened to the bottom in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, whereby the support member is formed as a hollow body open to the bottom in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, which has an inverted Y shape.
Device for cooling a drinks crate with a container vessel for cooling media, wherein the container vessel can be inserted from above into the retrieval opening of a drinks crate, characterised in that an overhanging edge element serves as a flat resting surface for resting on the drinks crate edge and borders the container vessel.
Plug connector having at least one spring or blade contact element arranged in a housing, said spring or blade contact element being connected in an electrically conductive manner to at least one insulation displacement contact which contacts and fixes at least one single-core, insulated cable (301, 302, 303, 304), wherein a support is arranged on the side facing away from the spring or blade contact element to be integrally connected to said spring or blade contact element, on said support the at least one insulation displacement contact is arranged to be rotated by 90° relative to the spring or blade contact element such that the at least one single-core, insulated cable is contacted and fixed running in the plug direction of the spring or blade contact element through an insulation displacement contact, wherein the housing comprises two housing parts (100, 200) which are slidable into each other and are lockable to each other by simultaneous contacting and fixing of the at least one single-core, insulated cable, wherein the at least one spring or blade contact element together with the at least one insulation displacement contact which is rotated by 90° and the at least one clamping element following said insulation displacement contact are arranged in the first housing part and wherein the at least one single-core, insulated cable (301, 302, 303, 304) to be contacted and to be fixed is arranged in a cable duct in the second housing part such that it lies on the at least one insulation displacement contact prior to the two housing parts (100, 200) sliding into each other, characterised in that at least one clamping element is formed on the support on the side of the at least one insulation displacement contact facing away from the at least one spring or blade contact element, said clamping element, in the contacted and fixed state of the at least one single-core, insulated cable (301, 302, 303, 304), clamping the insulation in order to form a strain relief.
Vessel designed to hold a medium, said vessel having a membrane at a predetermined position of its wall, wherein the membrane has a thickness that is less than that of the wall of the vessel, wherein the membrane has a tuning fork, which projects into the vessel, wherein the vessel with the membrane and the tuning fork are created using a three-dimensional model and are made from a single piece from at least one raw material complying with the three-dimensional model by means of a generative layering process.
A method for production of plasma, wherein at least one pair of water streams flows under pressure opposite to each other through a pair of pipes opened at one end and said streams flow-out freely through said open ends arranged at a distance from each other, so that between the two water streams an area is formed, characterized in that an electrode is located in each one of said pipes and is completely submerged within the water stream, and high voltage of more than 1000 V is supplied to both of said electrodes connected to both opposite poles of a direct current electricity source of high voltage for generation of plasma in the area between both of said water streams, flowing-out freely from the pipes.
A combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor and a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein the proteasome inhibitor is selected from bortezomib, carfilzomib and LU-102.
An Anabaena variabilis phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (AvPAL) variant wherein said AvPAL variant has a greater phenylalanine-converting activity and/or a reduced immunogenicity as compared to a wild-type AvPAL (SEQ ID NO:4), wherein one or more cysteine residues selected from the group consisting of cysteine residues at positions 503 and 565 has been substituted by a serine residue.