mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A double-side-coated surface stress sensor comprising: a sensing membrane structure portion where at least two ends opposite each other are fixed on a mounting portion; and a receptor layer that coats both surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion; characterised in that it further comprises: an element detecting a stress, which is provided in a narrow portion of the sensing membrane structure portion located adjacent to at least one of the fixed two ends, opposite each other, of the sensing membrane structure portion, the narrow portion being narrower than the adjacent portion of the sensing membrane structure portion, or in at least one of the areas of the mounting portion to which the at least two ends of the sensing membrane structure portion are attached, and wherein a detection output is obtained from the element based on a surface stress which is applied onto the receptor layer coating the both surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion. a sensing membrane structure portion where at least two ends opposite each other are fixed on a mounting portion; and a receptor layer that coats both surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion; an element detecting a stress, which is provided in a narrow portion of the sensing membrane structure portion located adjacent to at least one of the fixed two ends, opposite each other, of the sensing membrane structure portion, the narrow portion being narrower than the adjacent portion of the sensing membrane structure portion, or in at least one of the areas of the mounting portion to which the at least two ends of the sensing membrane structure portion are attached, and wherein a detection output is obtained from the element based on a surface stress which is applied onto the receptor layer coating the both surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion.
An assembly structured for concurrent irrigation and drainage of a nasal cavity, said assembly comprising: a housing including an interior chamber structured to removably contain irrigating fluid therein, an applicator connected to said housing in fluid communication with said chamber and the irrigating fluid; at least a portion of said applicator dimensioned and configured to be inserted in the nasal cavity, and an activating assembly (22, 24) structured and disposed to force the irrigating fluid from said chamber through said applicator, when said applicator is in the nasal cavity, said applicator and said activating assembly (22, 24) cooperatively structured to concurrently deliver the irrigating fluid to and drain waste fluid from the nasal cavity when said applicator is disposed in the nasal cavity; characterized in that said chamber comprises at least a first chamber section and a second chamber section (18"); said activating assembly (22, 24) comprising a drive member movably disposed within said chamber in fluid sealing relation between said first and second chamber sections (18', 18"); said drive member disposed within said chamber in pressure applying, dispensing relation to the irrigating fluid; and a path of fluid flow of the waste fluid within said housing disposed between said applicator and said second chamber section (18") to direct the waste fluid into said second chamber (18") concurrently with the irrigation fluid being dispensed from said first chamber. a housing including an interior chamber structured to removably contain irrigating fluid therein, an applicator connected to said housing in fluid communication with said chamber and the irrigating fluid; at least a portion of said applicator dimensioned and configured to be inserted in the nasal cavity, and an activating assembly (22, 24) structured and disposed to force the irrigating fluid from said chamber through said applicator, when said applicator is in the nasal cavity,
An nucleic acid encoding a universal chimeric antigen receptor, wherein the receptor comprises three domains, wherein - the first domain is a tag-binding domain, - the second domain is an extracellular hinge and a transmembrane domain and - the third domain is a signal transduction domain, wherein the tag-binding domain binds to a tag derived from a human nuclear protein, wherein the tag is the short linear epitope E5B9 from the human nuclear La protein and wherein the tag-binding domain is an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and wherein the tag-binding domain is binding to the respective La epitope 5B9. - the first domain is a tag-binding domain, - the second domain is an extracellular hinge and a transmembrane domain and - the third domain is a signal transduction domain,
A method for identifying follicular helper T cells in a sample, comprising analyzing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the mammalian gene region for leukemia inhibitory factor, wherein said at least one CpG position is selected from CpG positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 in the amplicon No. 2305 according to SEQ ID No. 1, wherein a demethylation of said gene region is indicative for a follicular helper T cell, when compared to a non-follicular helper T cell.
An actuator comprising an armature and a stator with electrical coils being arranged, when energised, to cause relative displacement between the armature and the stator, the stator and the armature having opposed surfaces (16, 17) with an airgap between them, the opposed surfaces (16, 17) have undulations (16a, 17a) that vary in depth, the undulations (16a, 17a) comprising a plurality of projections in one of the opposed surfaces and a plurality of recesses in the other opposed surface and the undulations (16a, 17a) in at least one of the opposed surfaces (16, 17) are rectangular slots in cross-section whereby in use the projections and recesses move between a first position in which the projections are unenclosed by the recesses and a second position in which the projections are within the recesses.
Method for evaluating a weld quality of a welded seam that has the end portions of at least two longitudinally extended conductor elements which are welded together by irradiating the end faces thereof, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) capturing an image of the end faces of the conductor elements welded together by means of the welded seam, wherein the image is recorded from the end faces of the conductor elements and the environment recorded by the image comprises at least an entire surface of the welded seam, and wherein the image is captured at different intensity levels in pixels of the image, wherein the intensity levels are an indicator of the amount of light that has been locally reflected from the recorded position during recording of the image, and the indicator is thus a measure of a local orientation of the surface of the welded seam, in particular wherein the welded seam is illuminated with light in parallel with the direction of recording of the image, (b) dividing the image into at least a first subset of pixels, the intensity levels of which are greater than a determined intensity level threshold value, and into at least a second subset of pixels, the intensity levels of which are less than or equal to the intensity level threshold value, and (c) assessing the weld quality of the welded seam by comparing a number and/or position of pixels of the first subset and/or the second subset with at least one pixel target value of a number and/or a pixel target range of a position of pixels of the first subset and/or the second subset corresponding to a welded seam of desired quality. (a) capturing an image of the end faces of the conductor elements welded together by means of the welded seam, wherein the image is recorded from the end faces of the conductor elements and the environment recorded by the image comprises at least an entire surface of the welded seam, and wherein the image is captured at different intensity levels in pixels of the image, wherein the intensity levels are an indicator of the amount of light that has been locally reflected from the recorded position during recording of the image, and the indicator is thus a measure of a local orientation of the surface of the welded seam, in particular wherein the welded seam is illuminated with light in parallel with the direction of recording of the image, (b) dividing the image into at least a first subset of pixels, the intensity levels of which are greater than a determined intensity level threshold value, and into at least a second subset of pixels, the intensity levels of which are less than or equal to the intensity level threshold value, and (c) assessing the weld quality of the welded seam by comparing a number and/or position of pixels of the first subset and/or the second subset with at least one pixel target value of a number and/or a pixel target range of a position of pixels of the first subset and/or the second subset corresponding to a welded seam of desired quality.
A diffuser assembly for a scanner, the diffuser assembly comprising: a diffuser having a front end at least partially surrounding a field of view and a rear end configured to be proximate an imager window of a housing of the scanner; and an illumination assembly comprising: an LED assembly for generating a light output; and an LED reflector mounted to the LED assembly and configured to receive at least a portion of the light output and to reflect at least the portion of the light output toward a region of interest; and characterised in that: the diffuser is a dome diffuser; the illumination assembly is operatively coupled to the front end of the diffuser; and the illumination assembly further comprises, a continuous aspheric cylindrical lens disposed forward of the LED reflector between the LED reflector and the region of interest, the portion of the light output reflected toward the region of interest reflected onto the continuous aspheric cylindrical lens which then provides redistributed light to the region of interest. a diffuser having a front end at least partially surrounding a field of view and a rear end configured to be proximate an imager window of a housing of the scanner; and an illumination assembly comprising: an LED assembly for generating a light output; and an LED reflector mounted to the LED assembly and configured to receive at least a portion of the light output and to reflect at least the portion of the light output toward a region of interest; and an LED assembly for generating a light output; and an LED reflector mounted to the LED assembly and configured to receive at least a portion of the light output and to reflect at least the portion of the light output toward a region of interest; and the diffuser is a dome diffuser; the illumination assembly is operatively coupled to the front end of the diffuser; and the illumination assembly further comprises, a continuous aspheric cylindrical lens disposed forward of the LED reflector between the LED reflector and the region of interest, the portion of the light output reflected toward the region of interest reflected onto the continuous aspheric cylindrical lens which then provides redistributed light to the region of interest.
A blister package for a contact lens, the blister package comprising: a body, the body comprising a handle, a bowl, and a body top surface, wherein the bowl is recessed from the body top surface, the handle extends away from the bowl and terminates at a distal end, and the body top surface defines a bowl perimeter sealing surface; the bowl contains a contact lens and characterised in that the blister package further comprises a double layer foil component comprising a sheet of material folded upon itself and defining a seal, a flap, and a fold, the seal and the flap intersecting at the fold, wherein the seal contacts the bowl perimeter sealing surface around the perimeter of the bowl and seals the bowl, the flap is configured to be pulled away from the seal to form a pull tab, and the pull tab is configured to be pulled so that the seal can be separated from the bowl perimeter sealing surface and the bowl can be opened. a body, the body comprising a handle, a bowl, and a body top surface, wherein the bowl is recessed from the body top surface, the handle extends away from the bowl and terminates at a distal end, and the body top surface defines a bowl perimeter sealing surface; the bowl contains a contact lens and characterised in that the blister package further comprises a double layer foil component comprising a sheet of material folded upon itself and defining a seal, a flap, and a fold, the seal and the flap intersecting at the fold, wherein the seal contacts the bowl perimeter sealing surface around the perimeter of the bowl and seals the bowl, the flap is configured to be pulled away from the seal to form a pull tab, and the pull tab is configured to be pulled so that the seal can be separated from the bowl perimeter sealing surface and the bowl can be opened.
A device for welding edges of flexible material, in particular, edges of packs, comprising two pressing members (10, 20) provided with respective contact portions (11, 21) facing or adapted to face with each other to delimit between them a channel for the insertion of two or more edges to be welded in a superposed configuration, and further comprising a heat generating unit configured to transmit heat to at least a first of the contact portions (11, 21), characterized in that at least the first contact portion (11, 21), preferably both the contact portions (11, 21), is made of a thermal conductive, elastically deformable composite material.
A combination of a vehicle and an implement, comprising: a global positioning system receiver configured to obtain position information for the implement; and an implement control system configured to determine a lateral error for the implement based on the position information, and to estimate a lateral error for the vehicle relative to the implement, the vehicle being attached to the implement, characterized in that the implement control system is configured to steer the vehicle to guide the implement based on at least the lateral error for the implement and the lateral error for the vehicle. a global positioning system receiver configured to obtain position information for the implement; and an implement control system configured to determine a lateral error for the implement based on the position information, and to estimate a lateral error for the vehicle relative to the implement, the vehicle being attached to the implement, characterized in that the implement control system is configured to steer the vehicle to guide the implement based on at least the lateral error for the implement and the lateral error for the vehicle.
An oral care implement comprising: a handle extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis (A-A); a head at the distal end of the handle; the handle comprising a first component constructed of a first material and a second component constructed of a second material; the first component comprising: a body portion; and first, second and third longitudinal ribs (203, 204, 205) extending from the body portion toward the proximal end of the handle; and the second component comprising: a first portion disposed between the first and third longitudinal ribs (203, 205), a second portion disposed between first and second longitudinal ribs (203, 204), and a third portion disposed between the second and third ribs (204, 205). a handle extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis (A-A); a head at the distal end of the handle; the handle comprising a first component constructed of a first material and a second component constructed of a second material; the first component comprising: a body portion; and first, second and third longitudinal ribs (203, 204, 205) extending from the body portion toward the proximal end of the handle; and the second component comprising: a first portion disposed between the first and third longitudinal ribs (203, 205), a second portion disposed between first and second longitudinal ribs (203, 204), and a third portion disposed between the second and third ribs (204, 205). a body portion; and first, second and third longitudinal ribs (203, 204, 205) extending from the body portion toward the proximal end of the handle; and the second component comprising: a first portion disposed between the first and third longitudinal ribs (203, 205), a second portion disposed between first and second longitudinal ribs (203, 204), and a third portion disposed between the second and third ribs (204, 205).
Table for a table system, comprising a table top (2, 2a, 2b) that has at least one straight table edge, at least one table leg that has a table top receptacle, and a fastening device by means of which the at least one table leg can be connected to the table top (2, 2a, 2b), jamming elements and a lever element being mounted on the table leg and a counterpart being mounted on the underside of the table top (2, 2a, 2b), the fastening device comprising: two movable jamming elements that can be attached to one end of a table leg (2, 2a, 2b), an actuating element for actuating and locking the jamming elements in place, and the counterpart for mounting on the underside of the table top (2, 2a, 2b), the counterpart having at least two engagement elements (15a, 15b, 15c), it being possible by actuating the actuating element to bring the jamming elements from a release position in which the jamming elements do not engage behind the engagement elements (15a, 15b, 15c) into a fastening position in which the jamming elements engage behind the engagement elements (15a, 15b, 15c), the actuating element being designed as a lever element that can be pivoted about a pivot axis in order to move the jamming elements from the release position into the fastening position, which axis is parallel to the table top (2, 2a, 2b) to be fixed when the table top receptacle is in alignment with the counterpart that is mounted in the underside of the table top, characterized in that the two jamming elements of the fastening element are designed as pins, are mounted on a common base and can be jointly actuated by the lever element, the lever element causing the base to be moved together with the jamming elements. two movable jamming elements that can be attached to one end of a table leg (2, 2a, 2b), an actuating element for actuating and locking the jamming elements in place, and the counterpart for mounting on the underside of the table top (2, 2a, 2b), the counterpart having at least two engagement elements (15a, 15b, 15c), it being possible by actuating the actuating element to bring the jamming elements from a release position in which the jamming elements do not engage behind the engagement elements (15a, 15b, 15c) into a fastening position in which the jamming elements engage behind the engagement elements (15a, 15b, 15c), the actuating element being designed as a lever element that can be pivoted about a pivot axis in order to move the jamming elements from the release position into the fastening position, which axis is parallel to the table top (2, 2a, 2b) to be fixed when the table top receptacle is in alignment with the counterpart that is mounted in the underside of the table top, characterized in that the two jamming elements of the fastening element are designed as pins, are mounted on a common base and can be jointly actuated by the lever element, the lever element causing the base to be moved together with the jamming elements.
A nerve stimulation apparatus for detecting nerve activities from a body surface and applying stimulation, the nerve stimulation apparatus comprising: a stimulation apparatus, including a plurality of electrodes, a three-dimensional structure which has a convex portion on at least one side, wherein the three-dimensional structure has a semicircular column shape, and a current supply unit for supplying a current to the electrodes, configured to provide the current percutaneously to a living body to stimulate a target nerve; a measurement apparatus configured to measure activities of muscles governed by the nerve stimulated by the stimulation apparatus, or the activities of the nerve itself; and an information processing apparatus configured to determine, based on a measurement result of the nerve activities obtained from the measurement apparatus, which electrode is capable of providing the target nerve activities equal to or greater than a desired value, wherein the electrodes include a plurality of stimulation negative electrodes, a center-to-center distance of the adjacent stimulation negative electrodes is less than 3 mm, an area of each of the stimulation negative electrodes is equal to or greater than 12 mm 2, and the stimulation negative electrodes are arranged on the convex portion of the three-dimensional structure. a stimulation apparatus, including a plurality of electrodes, a three-dimensional structure which has a convex portion on at least one side, wherein the three-dimensional structure has a semicircular column shape, and a current supply unit for supplying a current to the electrodes, configured to provide the current percutaneously to a living body to stimulate a target nerve; a measurement apparatus configured to measure activities of muscles governed by the nerve stimulated by the stimulation apparatus, or the activities of the nerve itself; and an information processing apparatus configured to determine, based on a measurement result of the nerve activities obtained from the measurement apparatus, which electrode is capable of providing the target nerve activities equal to or greater than a desired value, wherein the electrodes include a plurality of stimulation negative electrodes, a center-to-center distance of the adjacent stimulation negative electrodes is less than 3 mm, an area of each of the stimulation negative electrodes is equal to or greater than 12 mm 2, and the stimulation negative electrodes are arranged on the convex portion of the three-dimensional structure.
A control signaling transmission method, comprising: acquiring a message for processing a first signal, the first signal carrying a signal for which a reception device is not a target reception device; and transmitting the message to the reception device, characterized in that, the message is a control instruction; the control instruction is configured to control the reception device to or not to process the first signal, and comprises control information about at least one data stream of the first signal; and the control information comprises a first state in which the first signal is processed by the reception device or a second state in which the first signal is not processed by the reception device, and the first state is different from the second state. acquiring a message for processing a first signal, the first signal carrying a signal for which a reception device is not a target reception device; and transmitting the message to the reception device, characterized in that, the message is a control instruction; the control instruction is configured to control the reception device to or not to process the first signal, and comprises control information about at least one data stream of the first signal; and the control information comprises a first state in which the first signal is processed by the reception device or a second state in which the first signal is not processed by the reception device, and the first state is different from the second state.