mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A delivery apparatus for delivering a stent-valve for implantation within the body, the delivery apparatus configured for introduction into the body through an arterial introducer of a type having a stem insertable into the body and a mouth section that remains outside the body, the mouth section including a haemostasis valve, and wherein the delivery apparatus comprises: a first constraining sheath at a stent-valve accommodation region of the apparatus at a distal end of the apparatus, and configured for constraining at least a portion of a stent-valve at the stent-valve accommodation region in a radially collapsed configuration; a delivery introducer captive on the delivery apparatus, characterised in that the delivery introducer is slidable between a first position surrounding at least a portion of the stent-valve accommodation region, and a second position in which the delivery introducer slides proximally of the stent-valve accommodation region; the delivery introducer providing a manipulation support by which an insertion force can be manually applied to the distal end of the delivery apparatus, the delivery introducer having a shape that forms an interference fit with at least one component of the stent-valve accommodation region when the delivery introducer is in the first position, to mechanically transfer the insertion force applied from the delivery introducer to the stent-valve accommodation region, for facilitating introduction of the stent-valve accommodation region into the mouth section of a said arterial introducer and through the haemostasis valve. a first constraining sheath at a stent-valve accommodation region of the apparatus at a distal end of the apparatus, and configured for constraining at least a portion of a stent-valve at the stent-valve accommodation region in a radially collapsed configuration; a delivery introducer captive on the delivery apparatus, characterised in that the delivery introducer is slidable between a first position surrounding at least a portion of the stent-valve accommodation region, and a second position in which the delivery introducer slides proximally of the stent-valve accommodation region; the delivery introducer providing a manipulation support by which an insertion force can be manually applied to the distal end of the delivery apparatus, the delivery introducer having a shape that forms an interference fit with at least one component of the stent-valve accommodation region when the delivery introducer is in the first position, to mechanically transfer the insertion force applied from the delivery introducer to the stent-valve accommodation region, for facilitating introduction of the stent-valve accommodation region into the mouth section of a said arterial introducer and through the haemostasis valve.
Measuring device for a blast furnace having at least one measurement probe for sending and receiving electromagnetic waves and for outputting measurement data associated with a measured location of a ballast in the blast furnace, at least one second measurement probe for outputting measurement data associated with the measured location of the ballast surface, a processor for evaluating the measured data of the first and second measurement probes; characterized by the at least one second measurement probe for sending and receiving acoustic waves, wherein the first and second measurement probes (10, 11) are in communication with the processor for evaluating the measured data such that a temperature-dependent deviation of the measured data of the first and second measurement probes (10, 11) may be determined for determining a gas temperature distribution at the upper surface of a ballast in the blast furnace, wherein the temperature-dependent deviation of the measured data may be detected by a radar measurement by means of the first measurement probe that serves as a tolerance measurement, and from the detected deviation, sound velocity and thus a temperature may be determined associated with the measured location via an analytical method.
An expression system comprising a first receptor molecule for a first ligand, and a second receptor molecule for a second ligand, wherein said second receptor molecule is a transcription factor, wherein binding of the first ligand to said first receptor molecule controls expression of one or more first expression cassettes via activation of an intracellular signaling cascade, wherein said one or more first expression cassettes encode said second receptor molecule and binding of the first ligand to the first receptor molecule thereby activates expression of the second receptor molecule; wherein binding of the second ligand to said second receptor molecule represses expression of one or more second expression cassettes; wherein said first and said second ligand are the same; and wherein said first and second receptor molecules have opposing responsiveness to said ligand.
A method for enhancing a salty taste of a food or beverage containing sodium chloride, comprising: adding a salty taste enhancer comprising sodium lactate and/or potassium lactate as active ingredient(s) to the food or beverage, wherein the added amount of the salty taste enhancer is 0.0001 to 1.5 parts by mass as sodium lactate and/or potassium lactate contained in the salty taste enhancer with respect to 100 parts by mass of sodium chloride contained in the food or beverage. adding a salty taste enhancer comprising sodium lactate and/or potassium lactate as active ingredient(s) to the food or beverage, wherein the added amount of the salty taste enhancer is 0.0001 to 1.5 parts by mass as sodium lactate and/or potassium lactate contained in the salty taste enhancer with respect to 100 parts by mass of sodium chloride contained in the food or beverage.
A local wave field synthesis apparatus for driving an array of loudspeakers with drive signals to generate one or more local wave fields at one or more intended audio zones, the apparatus comprising: - a determination module (40, 210) designed to determine desired sound pressures and desired particle velocity vectors at a plurality of control points, - a computation module (60, 212) designed to compute sound pressures and particle velocity vectors at the plurality of control points based on a set of filter parameters, - an optimization module designed to compute an optimum set of filter parameters by jointly optimizing the computed sound pressures towards the desired sound pressures and the computed particle velocity vectors towards the desired particle velocity vectors, and - a generator module, designed to generate the drive signals based on the optimum set of filter parameters, wherein the plurality of control points are located on one or more contours around the one or more audio zones. - a determination module (40, 210) designed to determine desired sound pressures and desired particle velocity vectors at a plurality of control points, - a computation module (60, 212) designed to compute sound pressures and particle velocity vectors at the plurality of control points based on a set of filter parameters, - an optimization module designed to compute an optimum set of filter parameters by jointly optimizing the computed sound pressures towards the desired sound pressures and the computed particle velocity vectors towards the desired particle velocity vectors, and - a generator module, designed to generate the drive signals based on the optimum set of filter parameters,
A method of preparing a bound zeolite support comprising: contacting a KL-zeolite powder with a binder and water to form a paste; shaping the paste to form a wet extruded base; drying the wet extruded base to form an extruded base; contacting the extruded base with a fluorine-containing compound to form a fluorinated extruded base prior to calcining the fluorinated extruded base to form a calcined fluorinated extruded base; washing the calcined fluorinated extruded base to form a washed calcined fluorinated extruded base; drying the washed calcined fluorinated extruded base to form a dried washed calcined fluorinated extruded base; and calcining the dried washed calcined fluorinated extruded base to form a bound zeolite support. contacting a KL-zeolite powder with a binder and water to form a paste; shaping the paste to form a wet extruded base; drying the wet extruded base to form an extruded base; contacting the extruded base with a fluorine-containing compound to form a fluorinated extruded base prior to calcining the fluorinated extruded base to form a calcined fluorinated extruded base; washing the calcined fluorinated extruded base to form a washed calcined fluorinated extruded base; drying the washed calcined fluorinated extruded base to form a dried washed calcined fluorinated extruded base; and calcining the dried washed calcined fluorinated extruded base to form a bound zeolite support.
A dispensing unit for a dispenser being adapted for the use with continuous web material, the dispensing unit comprising a first roller having a first axis, wherein the first roller is arranged to rotate about the first axis and a second roller having a second axis, wherein the second roller is arranged to rotate about the second axis, the first and second axes (16, 20) being substantially parallel, wherein a web path is provided through the dispensing unit and a portion of the web path consists of a web passage defined between the first roller and the second roller, and wherein the dispensing unit further comprises a drive mechanism, which engages with the first roller for feeding web material through the web passage, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a feeding ring rotatably suspended in the dispensing unit, the feeding ring extending around the web path, characterized in that the feeding ring is arranged to be manually actuated, such that a rotation of the feeding ring is translated into a rotation of the first roller, the feeding ring is engaged directly with the first roller, or alternatively the drive mechanism comprises further components which are arranged between the feeding ring and the first roller.
A composition exclusive of hydroquinone comprising at least one polymer comprising (3,4-dialkoxythiophene) monomer units, in which the two alkoxy groups may be the same or different or together represent an optionally substituted oxy-alkylene-oxy bridge, a polyanion, at least one polyhydroxy group-containing aromatic compound exclusive of sulfo groups, at least one amino-compound or heterocyclic compound with at least one ring nitrogen atom, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxy- and/or carboxy group or amide or lactam group containing aliphatic compounds and aprotic compounds with a dielectric constant ≥ 15.
A rotary machine system comprising: a first rotary machine including a driving shaft capable of being driven about an axis; a second rotary machine including a driven shaft rotatable about the axis and a bearing device slidably supporting the driven shaft on an axial end portion side with a pad surface such that lubricating oil is supplied to the pad surface; a coupling unit connecting the driving shaft and the driven shaft to each other such that rotation of the driving shaft is transmitted to the driven shaft; and a baffle plate disposed between the bearing device and the coupling unit and separating a space on the bearing device side and a space on the coupling unit side from each other, the rotary machine system being characterized in that the second rotary machine includes a casing provided with a tubular portion that has a tubular shape and forms a gap in a radial direction between the tubular portion and the baffle plate, the baffle plate includes a plurality of support units disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, the baffle plate is supported by an inner peripheral surface of the casing via the support units, and guard members are attached to said casing and to a second casing of the first rotary machine; the guard members have a tubular shape and are attached to cover the distance between said casing and said second casing; a predetermined gap is disposed between a pair of the guard members to define a port configured to discharge lubricating oil. a first rotary machine including a driving shaft capable of being driven about an axis; a second rotary machine including a driven shaft rotatable about the axis and a bearing device slidably supporting the driven shaft on an axial end portion side with a pad surface such that lubricating oil is supplied to the pad surface; a coupling unit connecting the driving shaft and the driven shaft to each other such that rotation of the driving shaft is transmitted to the driven shaft; and a baffle plate disposed between the bearing device and the coupling unit and separating a space on the bearing device side and a space on the coupling unit side from each other, the rotary machine system being characterized in that the second rotary machine includes a casing provided with a tubular portion that has a tubular shape and forms a gap in a radial direction between the tubular portion and the baffle plate, the baffle plate includes a plurality of support units disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, the baffle plate is supported by an inner peripheral surface of the casing via the support units, and guard members are attached to said casing and to a second casing of the first rotary machine; the guard members have a tubular shape and are attached to cover the distance between said casing and said second casing; a predetermined gap is disposed between a pair of the guard members to define a port configured to discharge lubricating oil.
Lifting and automatic positioning system of an electric vehicle for a battery swap from the bottom including three or more piston type lifting devices and characterised in that: - it comprises three or more identical elements fixed to the bottom of the chassis of said vehicle, cylindrical but with a surface pointed towards the ground suitably shaped rather than flat and with a little hemispherical housing at the highest midpoint; - the said three or more piston type lifting devices are placed in resting position below the ground level with a top view positioning that is the same as that of the said elements secured to the vehicle and have load bearing balls on the upper extremities, with a diameter just less than said hemispherical housings. - it comprises three or more identical elements fixed to the bottom of the chassis of said vehicle, cylindrical but with a surface pointed towards the ground suitably shaped rather than flat and with a little hemispherical housing at the highest midpoint; - the said three or more piston type lifting devices are placed in resting position below the ground level with a top view positioning that is the same as that of the said elements secured to the vehicle and have load bearing balls on the upper extremities, with a diameter just less than said hemispherical housings.
An apparatus for negative pressure wound therapy comprising: a source of reduced pressure; a first chamber in fluid communication with the source of reduced pressure such that the source of reduced pressure is operable to generate a negative pressure in the first chamber; a pressure release means that prevents the negative pressure in the first chamber from exceeding a predetermined negative pressure value; a second chamber comprising means for establishing fluid communication between the second chamber and a wound; a valve located between the first chamber and the second chamber, the valve permitting the negative pressure in the second chamber to increase in response to an increase in the negative pressure in the first chamber, and preventing the negative pressure in the second chamber from dropping in response to a drop in the negative pressure in the first chamber. a source of reduced pressure; a first chamber in fluid communication with the source of reduced pressure such that the source of reduced pressure is operable to generate a negative pressure in the first chamber; a pressure release means that prevents the negative pressure in the first chamber from exceeding a predetermined negative pressure value; a second chamber comprising means for establishing fluid communication between the second chamber and a wound; a valve located between the first chamber and the second chamber, the valve permitting the negative pressure in the second chamber to increase in response to an increase in the negative pressure in the first chamber, and preventing the negative pressure in the second chamber from dropping in response to a drop in the negative pressure in the first chamber.
A vibrational frequency adjustment device for adjusting the vibrational frequency of reciprocating linear motion, comprising: first conversion means that includes an input-side rotational member, an output-side rotational member, and a one-way clutch transferring only a rotational motion of the input-side rotational member in one direction to the output-side rotational member, and allows the input-side rotational member to make a reciprocating rotational motion by a set angle by a reciprocating linear motion of a first shaft member, thereby to transfer only a forward motion or a backward motion of the input-side rotational member to the output-side rotational member via the one-way clutch and rotate the output-side rotational member by each specific angle; and second conversion means that converts the rotational motion of the output-side rotational member into a reciprocating linear motion of a second shaft member. first conversion means that includes an input-side rotational member, an output-side rotational member, and a one-way clutch transferring only a rotational motion of the input-side rotational member in one direction to the output-side rotational member, and allows the input-side rotational member to make a reciprocating rotational motion by a set angle by a reciprocating linear motion of a first shaft member, thereby to transfer only a forward motion or a backward motion of the input-side rotational member to the output-side rotational member via the one-way clutch and rotate the output-side rotational member by each specific angle; and second conversion means that converts the rotational motion of the output-side rotational member into a reciprocating linear motion of a second shaft member.
A transparent solid marker comprising: 10∼70% by weight of a gel forming material that includes an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having 8 to 36 carbon atoms; 2∼30% by weight of a transparency agent which is an aliphatic amino alcohol; 3∼60% by weight of a subsidiary transparency agent that includes one or more selected from the group consisting of sugar, lactose, maltose, amylose, amylopectin, and starch syrup; 0.1∼10% by weight of a dye; and 2∼30% by weight of alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. 10∼70% by weight of a gel forming material that includes an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having 8 to 36 carbon atoms; 2∼30% by weight of a transparency agent which is an aliphatic amino alcohol; 3∼60% by weight of a subsidiary transparency agent that includes one or more selected from the group consisting of sugar, lactose, maltose, amylose, amylopectin, and starch syrup; 0.1∼10% by weight of a dye; and 2∼30% by weight of alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
Lubricant composition comprising based on the total weight of the lubricant composition a) at least 55 wt.-% of a dicarboxylic acid ester component which is selected from di-isononyladipate and di-(2-ethylhexyl)adipate, b) 10 to 25 wt.-% of an ethylene-propylene copolymer, and c) 5 to 20 wt.-% of a monocarboxylic acid ester, wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer (b) has a kinematic viscosity according to JIS K 2283 at 100° C in the range of from 1000 to 2200 mm 2 /s. a) at least 55 wt.-% of a dicarboxylic acid ester component which is selected from di-isononyladipate and di-(2-ethylhexyl)adipate, b) 10 to 25 wt.-% of an ethylene-propylene copolymer, and c) 5 to 20 wt.-% of a monocarboxylic acid ester,
A biomaterial engineered to display a FasL protein, wherein the biomaterial is a hydrogel comprising maleimide-terminated four-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG- 4MAL) wherein the hydrogel comprises a chimeric FasL protein comprising a FasL moiety and a streptavidin moiety, wherein the chimeric FasL protein is conjugated to the hydrogel via biotin, and wherein the FasL moiety comprises an extracellular domain that lacks matrix metalloproteinase sensitive sites.
A method of operating a network controller (150; 1000; 1600) for a satellite communications system, the method comprising: performing an inter-beam handover by switching communications with a user terminal (400; 401; 1700) from a first beam to a second beam of a satellite; the method characterized by receiving a feedback message from the user terminal (400; 401; 1700), via the first beam, after the inter-beam handover is completed, the feedback message comprising a request for retransmission of a first set of data previously received by the user terminal; and retransmitting data to the user terminal (400; 401; 1700) via the second beam based at least in part on the feedback message. performing an inter-beam handover by switching communications with a user terminal (400; 401; 1700) from a first beam to a second beam of a satellite; the method characterized by receiving a feedback message from the user terminal (400; 401; 1700), via the first beam, after the inter-beam handover is completed, the feedback message comprising a request for retransmission of a first set of data previously received by the user terminal; and retransmitting data to the user terminal (400; 401; 1700) via the second beam based at least in part on the feedback message.