mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Surgical instrument for use in a knee joint replacement operation, having a first fastening device which is configured for releasably fastening to a reference component attached to a distal femur, a second fastening device which is spaced apart distally from the first fastening device and is configured for releasably fastening to a tibial cutting block for cutting guidance on a proximal tibia, a circular arc guide which is connected at one end to the first fastening device and at the other end to the second fastening device and by means of which the second fastening device is linearly movable relative to the first fastening device guided in a sagittal guide plane along a guide path which is elongate in the manner of a circular arc, a first linear guide, by means of which the circular arc guide is connected at one end to the first fastening device and is linearly movable relative thereto guided in the guide plane along a first guide path which is elongate anteroposteriorly, and a second linear guide, by means of which the second fastening device is connected at the other end to the circular arc guide and is linearly movable relative thereto guided in the guide plane along a second guide path which is elongate anteroposteriorly. a first fastening device which is configured for releasably fastening to a reference component attached to a distal femur, a second fastening device which is spaced apart distally from the first fastening device and is configured for releasably fastening to a tibial cutting block for cutting guidance on a proximal tibia, a circular arc guide which is connected at one end to the first fastening device and at the other end to the second fastening device and by means of which the second fastening device is linearly movable relative to the first fastening device guided in a sagittal guide plane along a guide path which is elongate in the manner of a circular arc, a first linear guide, by means of which the circular arc guide is connected at one end to the first fastening device and is linearly movable relative thereto guided in the guide plane along a first guide path which is elongate anteroposteriorly, and a second linear guide, by means of which the second fastening device is connected at the other end to the circular arc guide and is linearly movable relative thereto guided in the guide plane along a second guide path which is elongate anteroposteriorly.
An electrical device, comprising: - a first electrical contact terminal (101, 201, 301), - a second electrical contact terminal (102, 202, 302), - a third electrical contact terminal (103, 203, 303), non-zero voltage being arranged to prevail between the second electrical contact terminal and the third electrical contact terminal, - a resistor (108, 208, 308) connected between the first electrical contact terminal and the second electrical contact terminal, and - a detector (112, 212, 312) arranged to detect a situation in which the electrical device is connected to another electrical device on the basis of a change of an electrical quantity associated with the resistor, characterised in that the electrical device further comprises a control circuitry arranged to reduce its power consumption as a response to a situation in which the change of the said electrical quantity associated with the resistor is indicative of a decrease of power dissipated in the resistor. - a first electrical contact terminal (101, 201, 301), - a second electrical contact terminal (102, 202, 302), - a third electrical contact terminal (103, 203, 303), non-zero voltage being arranged to prevail between the second electrical contact terminal and the third electrical contact terminal, - a resistor (108, 208, 308) connected between the first electrical contact terminal and the second electrical contact terminal, and - a detector (112, 212, 312) arranged to detect a situation in which the electrical device is connected to another electrical device on the basis of a change of an electrical quantity associated with the resistor,
A method of making a biodegradable patient-specific polymeric vascular graft or conduit having a diameter that is varied throughout its length, wherein the method comprises: (i) using a 3D image of the vasculature of a patient and an image-assisted computational design method to fabricate a patient-specific custom mandrel model that is based on the patient's anatomy at a site of implantation, and (ii) creating the patient-specific polymeric vascular graft or conduit by forming a three-dimensional matrix of biodegradable nanofibers comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(lactic acid-glycolic acid), poly(lactic acid), poly(glycolic acid) and poly(caprolactone), around the custom mandrel, and optionally removing said graft or conduit from the mandrel, wherein said graft or conduit is modelled according to the morphology of the intended site of insertion within the patient and is suitable for use as a patient-specific tissue engineered vascular graft (TEVG), and wherein the graft or conduit has pores between 5 and 500 microns in diameter. (i) using a 3D image of the vasculature of a patient and an image-assisted computational design method to fabricate a patient-specific custom mandrel model that is based on the patient's anatomy at a site of implantation, and (ii) creating the patient-specific polymeric vascular graft or conduit by forming a three-dimensional matrix of biodegradable nanofibers comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(lactic acid-glycolic acid), poly(lactic acid), poly(glycolic acid) and poly(caprolactone), around the custom mandrel, and optionally removing said graft or conduit from the mandrel,
A computer-implemented method comprising: accessing a predictive function configured to: receive a partial or complete bond string and position, BSP, representation of a molecule of a reactant ionic liquid, wherein the partial or complete BSP representation identifies relative positions of atoms connected by a bond in the molecule; predict a reaction-characteristic value that characterizes a reaction between the reactant ionic liquid and a particular polymer based on the received partial or complete BSP representation; wherein the predictive function was generated at least in part using training data corresponding to a set of molecules that were selected using Bayesian optimization, one or more previous versions of the predictive function, and experimentally derived reaction-characteristic values characterizing reactions between the molecules selected using Bayesian optimization and the particular polymer; identifying at least one particular ionic liquid as a prospect for depolymerizing the particular polymer based on the predictive function; and outputting an identification of the at least one particular ionic liquid. receive a partial or complete bond string and position, BSP, representation of a molecule of a reactant ionic liquid, wherein the partial or complete BSP representation identifies relative positions of atoms connected by a bond in the molecule; predict a reaction-characteristic value that characterizes a reaction between the reactant ionic liquid and a particular polymer based on the received partial or complete BSP representation; wherein the predictive function was generated at least in part using training data corresponding to a set of molecules that were selected using Bayesian optimization, one or more previous versions of the predictive function, and experimentally derived reaction-characteristic values characterizing reactions between the molecules selected using Bayesian optimization and the particular polymer; identifying at least one particular ionic liquid as a prospect for depolymerizing the particular polymer based on the predictive function; and outputting an identification of the at least one particular ionic liquid.
A method of reducing the oxygen transmission rate of a substrate, comprising: applying an oxygen barrier coating composition on the substrate, and drying the oxygen barrier coating composition. the oxygen barrier coating composition comprising: a resin including a β-hydroxythioether linkage of the following formula: wherein: R1 is an aryl or alkyl aryl group; and R2 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyl aryl or heteroaryl group, which resin including a β-hydroxythioether linkage is the reaction product of multifunctional aromatic glycidyl ether and multifunctional mercapto compounds. applying an oxygen barrier coating composition on the substrate, and drying the oxygen barrier coating composition. R1 is an aryl or alkyl aryl group; and R2 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyl aryl or heteroaryl group, which resin including a β-hydroxythioether linkage is the reaction product of multifunctional aromatic glycidyl ether and multifunctional mercapto compounds.
A voice call method, comprising: obtaining a voice call state of a terminal system at a historical moment, the terminal system being provided with at least two audio acquisition devices, wherein the voice call state at least comprises far-end single-talk, near-end single-talk, two-end talk, or no talk, wherein the far-end single-talk is a call state during a voice call when there is a far-end voice signal and there is no near-end voice signal, the near-end single-talk is a call state during a voice call when there is no far-end voice signal and there is a near-end voice signal, the two-end talk is a call state during a voice call when there is a far-end voice signal and there is a near-end voice signal, and the no talk is a call state during a voice call when there is no far-end voice signal and there is no near-end voice signal; obtaining first voice signals acquired by the audio acquisition devices at a current moment respectively, and determining a signal energy of each of the first voice signals; and determining a target audio acquisition device at the current moment from the audio acquisition devices based on the voice call state at the historical moment and the signal energy of each of the first voice signals. obtaining a voice call state of a terminal system at a historical moment, the terminal system being provided with at least two audio acquisition devices, wherein the voice call state at least comprises far-end single-talk, near-end single-talk, two-end talk, or no talk, wherein the far-end single-talk is a call state during a voice call when there is a far-end voice signal and there is no near-end voice signal, the near-end single-talk is a call state during a voice call when there is no far-end voice signal and there is a near-end voice signal, the two-end talk is a call state during a voice call when there is a far-end voice signal and there is a near-end voice signal, and the no talk is a call state during a voice call when there is no far-end voice signal and there is no near-end voice signal; obtaining first voice signals acquired by the audio acquisition devices at a current moment respectively, and determining a signal energy of each of the first voice signals; and determining a target audio acquisition device at the current moment from the audio acquisition devices based on the voice call state at the historical moment and the signal energy of each of the first voice signals.
An image processing apparatus configured to perform a screen process on image data of a plurality of colors using a threshold matrix for each of the colors, the apparatus comprising: an address calculation section configured to calculate an address (sai, saj) in the threshold matrix based on a position of a pixel in the image data for each pixel; a threshold processor configured to acquire, from the threshold matrix, a threshold corresponding to the address (sai, saj), and to perform an n-valued process (n≥2) on a pixel value of the pixel using the acquired threshold for each pixel; a shift section configured to divide the image data into blocks in units of the threshold matrix, to determine a shift amount (sx) in a main scanning direction and a shift amount (sy) in a sub-scanning direction for each of the blocks independently, and to shift the address (sai, saj) by the shift amounts (sx, sy) of the respective block; wherein the threshold processor is configured to acquire a threshold corresponding to an address (sai+sx, saj+sy) after the shift by the shift section for the image data of at least one of the colors, and to perform the n-valued process using the acquired threshold; and wherein the threshold matrix for a color for which the address (sai, saj) is shifted has a screen ruling with a lower number of lines than the threshold matrix for a color for which the address (sai, saj) is not shifted; wherein the color for which the address (sai, saj) is shifted has a lower visual sensitivity among the colors. an address calculation section configured to calculate an address (sai, saj) in the threshold matrix based on a position of a pixel in the image data for each pixel; a threshold processor configured to acquire, from the threshold matrix, a threshold corresponding to the address (sai, saj), and to perform an n-valued process (n≥2) on a pixel value of the pixel using the acquired threshold for each pixel; a shift section configured to divide the image data into blocks in units of the threshold matrix, to determine a shift amount (sx) in a main scanning direction and a shift amount (sy) in a sub-scanning direction for each of the blocks independently, and to shift the address (sai, saj) by the shift amounts (sx, sy) of the respective block; wherein the threshold processor is configured to acquire a threshold corresponding to an address (sai+sx, saj+sy) after the shift by the shift section for the image data of at least one of the colors, and to perform the n-valued process using the acquired threshold; and wherein the threshold matrix for a color for which the address (sai, saj) is shifted has a screen ruling with a lower number of lines than the threshold matrix for a color for which the address (sai, saj) is not shifted; wherein the color for which the address (sai, saj) is shifted has a lower visual sensitivity among the colors.
A method for setting up an X2 interface in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, by a first base station, BS, an X2 interface setup request message to a second BS, wherein the X2 interface setup request message includes a closed subscriber group, CSG, identifier, ID, of a cell served by the first BS, and information on an adjacent cell of the first BS, in case that a CSG cell or a hybrid cell is served by the first BS; and receiving, by the first BS, an X2 interface setup response message from the second BS, wherein the X2 interface setup response message comprises the CSG ID of a cell served by the second BS, and information on an adjacent cell of the second BS, in case that a CSG cell or a hybrid cell is served by the second BS. transmitting, by a first base station, BS, an X2 interface setup request message to a second BS, wherein the X2 interface setup request message includes a closed subscriber group, CSG, identifier, ID, of a cell served by the first BS, and information on an adjacent cell of the first BS, in case that a CSG cell or a hybrid cell is served by the first BS; and receiving, by the first BS, an X2 interface setup response message from the second BS, wherein the X2 interface setup response message comprises the CSG ID of a cell served by the second BS, and information on an adjacent cell of the second BS, in case that a CSG cell or a hybrid cell is served by the second BS.
A method for caulking a caulking member having a caulking recess portion formed therein to a metal plate, the method comprising: using a device for caulking that includes a die with a caulking protrusion formed at an end surface thereof and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the caulking recess portion, and a punch arranged to be opposite to the die and to be capable of approaching to and separating from the die; placing the metal plate on the die, and arranging the caulking member on the metal plate by aligning a position of the caulking recess portion with the caulking protrusion; pressing the caulking member against the metal plate by bringing the punch closer to the die; characterized by restricting an upper surface of the metal plate in a position opposite to the caulking recess portion by a downward protruding portion of the punch, plastically flowing the metal plate into the caulking recess portion, and caulking the caulking member to the metal plate without boring the metal plate. using a device for caulking that includes a die with a caulking protrusion formed at an end surface thereof and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the caulking recess portion, and a punch arranged to be opposite to the die and to be capable of approaching to and separating from the die; placing the metal plate on the die, and arranging the caulking member on the metal plate by aligning a position of the caulking recess portion with the caulking protrusion; pressing the caulking member against the metal plate by bringing the punch closer to the die;
Device for gripping and transferring individual products, comprising: - a feed conveyor arranged to advance a flow of individual products along a straight direction of advancement from an upstream zone to a downstream zone, - at least one closed-loop conveyor having a plurality of movable positions configured for receiving respective ordered groups of products and movable along a closed-loop path, the closed-loop conveyor having an upstream branch and a downstream branch located in the area of the upstream zone and the downstream zone of the feed conveyor, respectively, - an output conveyor configured to receive a succession of ordered groups of products from said closed-loop conveyor, - a transfer device configured to transfer said ordered groups of products from said movable positions of the closed-loop conveyor to said output conveyor, characterized in that the device comprises at least one upstream manipulator (22, 24) and at least one downstream manipulator (26, 28), controlled independently from each other, and having respective work areas (22a, 24a, 26a, 28a), which cover, respectively, at least a part of the upstream branch and at least a part of the downstream branch of the closed-loop conveyor, wherein, in operation, said movable positions of the closed-loop conveyor move in a direction such that the movable positions downstream of the transfer device first pass through the work areas (26a, 28a) of said at least one downstream manipulator (26, 28) and thereafter the work areas (22a, 24a) of said at least one upstream manipulator (22, 24), and in that the work areas (22a, 26a) of said at least one upstream manipulator and of said at least one downstream manipulator have a diameter less than the width of said feed conveyor, wherein the work area of the upstream manipulator and the work area of the downstream manipulator are offset from one another so that together they cover the entire width of the feed conveyor. - a feed conveyor arranged to advance a flow of individual products along a straight direction of advancement from an upstream zone to a downstream zone, - at least one closed-loop conveyor having a plurality of movable positions configured for receiving respective ordered groups of products and movable along a closed-loop path, the closed-loop conveyor having an upstream branch and a downstream branch located in the area of the upstream zone and the downstream zone of the feed conveyor, respectively, - an output conveyor configured to receive a succession of ordered groups of products from said closed-loop conveyor, - a transfer device configured to transfer said ordered groups of products from said movable positions of the closed-loop conveyor to said output conveyor,
An assembly comprising a tube, a receiving body and a quick-connect system connecting the tube to said receiving body, the quick-connect system comprising: a tubular interface formation fixed to the receiving body and having a plurality of shaped retaining lugs angularly spaced around its axis (A-A) and protruding axially and radially towards the outside; a fastening member, with a substantially tubular shape, in which the tube can be pre-inserted axially and which has a plurality of external peripheral coupling elements angularly spaced around its axis (A-A) and each able to engage with a corresponding retaining lug of the interface formation, in a mutually axially retaining relationship; wherein the fastening member, with the tube pre-inserted therein, is able to be inserted into the interface formation in a coupling position in which the coupling elements of the fastening member angularly alternate with the retaining lugs (4, 5) of the interface formation; the fastening member being then rotatable in a predetermined direction, around the tube and with respect to the interface formation, from the aforementioned coupling position into a locking position, such as to achieve the engagement of each of its coupling elements with a corresponding retaining lug (4, 5) of the interface formation; the assembly being characterized in that the fastening member is internally provided with at least one positioning projection able to engage in a corresponding eyelet provided in the tube, such that when said projection is engaged in the eyelet, the tube and the fastening member are capable of performing a relative angular displacement of a predetermined amount about their axis (A-A). a tubular interface formation fixed to the receiving body and having a plurality of shaped retaining lugs angularly spaced around its axis (A-A) and protruding axially and radially towards the outside; a fastening member, with a substantially tubular shape, in which the tube can be pre-inserted axially and which has a plurality of external peripheral coupling elements angularly spaced around its axis (A-A) and each able to engage with a corresponding retaining lug of the interface formation, in a mutually axially retaining relationship; wherein the fastening member, with the tube pre-inserted therein, is able to be inserted into the interface formation in a coupling position in which the coupling elements of the fastening member angularly alternate with the retaining lugs (4, 5) of the interface formation; the fastening member being then rotatable in a predetermined direction, around the tube and with respect to the interface formation, from the aforementioned coupling position into a locking position, such as to achieve the engagement of each of its coupling elements with a corresponding retaining lug (4, 5) of the interface formation;