mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system comprising a processor and an energy delivery device comprising an ablation probe, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a target tissue region adjusted for ablation-related anatomical changes, wherein identifying the target tissue region adjusted for expected ablation-related anatomical changes comprises: receiving information regarding the tissue region and the energy delivery device; computing contraction deformations within the tissue region; and identifying the target tissue region adjusted for ablation-related anatomical changes; and adjusting an amount of energy delivered during the ablation procedure if a predicted contraction point distance and/or direction for one or more contraction points is inconsistent with an actual respective contraction point distance and/or direction. identify a target tissue region adjusted for ablation-related anatomical changes, wherein identifying the target tissue region adjusted for expected ablation-related anatomical changes comprises: receiving information regarding the tissue region and the energy delivery device; computing contraction deformations within the tissue region; and identifying the target tissue region adjusted for ablation-related anatomical changes; and adjusting an amount of energy delivered during the ablation procedure if a predicted contraction point distance and/or direction for one or more contraction points is inconsistent with an actual respective contraction point distance and/or direction. receiving information regarding the tissue region and the energy delivery device; computing contraction deformations within the tissue region; and identifying the target tissue region adjusted for ablation-related anatomical changes; and adjusting an amount of energy delivered during the ablation procedure if a predicted contraction point distance and/or direction for one or more contraction points is inconsistent with an actual respective contraction point distance and/or direction.
A method (800, 900) of microfluidic filtering, comprising: activating (802, 902) a first fluid pump within a microfluidic channel to cause a forward flow of fluid through the microfluidic channel and through a filter of a filter loop, the filter loop intersecting the microfluidic channel at a loop entry and at a loop exit; and, activating (804, 906) a second fluid pump to cause a reverse flow of fluid through the filter, wherein activating the second fluid pump comprises activating the second fluid pump located within a cavity of the filter loop. activating (802, 902) a first fluid pump within a microfluidic channel to cause a forward flow of fluid through the microfluidic channel and through a filter of a filter loop, the filter loop intersecting the microfluidic channel at a loop entry and at a loop exit; and, activating (804, 906) a second fluid pump to cause a reverse flow of fluid through the filter, wherein activating the second fluid pump comprises activating the second fluid pump located within a cavity of the filter loop.
A conveyor control system for controlling a conveyor system configured to transport a series of loads, the conveyor system including a series of conveyor zones including at least one downstream conveyor zone (32, 34, 36) and at least one upstream conveyor zone (12, 14, 16), each conveyor of each conveyor zone having at least one motor configured to control operation of the respective conveyor of the respective conveyor zone and a selectively operable drive arrangement interconnected with each conveyor zone for operating the at least one motor of each conveyor zone to advance the loads along the conveyor system, the conveyor control system comprising: a plurality of zone controllers (68, 70, 72, 73), each zone controller configured for controlling one of the series of conveyor zones and the zone controller includes a plurality of user settable switches (82, 84, 86, 87) and a plurality of operating functions stored in the zone controller, wherein the plurality of user settable switches select at least one of the plurality of operating functions for execution on the zone controller to define, at least in part, operation of the zone controller; and a Local Area Network connection (90, 92) between each of the plurality of zone controllers, wherein each of the plurality of zone controllers receives data via the LAN connection from at least one other zone controller corresponding to the operation of the at least one other zone controller and wherein data identifying a change in the operation of the at least one other zone controller received via the LAN connection defines, at least in part, operation of the zone controller. a plurality of zone controllers (68, 70, 72, 73), each zone controller configured for controlling one of the series of conveyor zones and the zone controller includes a plurality of user settable switches (82, 84, 86, 87) and a plurality of operating functions stored in the zone controller, wherein the plurality of user settable switches select at least one of the plurality of operating functions for execution on the zone controller to define, at least in part, operation of the zone controller; and a Local Area Network connection (90, 92) between each of the plurality of zone controllers, wherein each of the plurality of zone controllers receives data via the LAN connection from at least one other zone controller corresponding to the operation of the at least one other zone controller and wherein data identifying a change in the operation of the at least one other zone controller received via the LAN connection defines, at least in part, operation of the zone controller.
A pump comprising a flexible container filled with a fluid and having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a constricting device conforming the container to a generally circular cross-section and operable cyclically to reduce the diameter of the container to expel fluid from the outlet and then allow the diameter to increase with fluid entering the inlet to refill the container, characterised in that the constricting device comprises a braid tube acting on the container.
An electromechanical actuator package for actuating a brake assembly, comprising: a motor comprising a motor rotor shaft; a belt drive mechanism connecting the motor rotor shaft to an actuator output via a plurality of drive belts, the actuator output associated with the brake assembly; a circuit board; and a housing enclosing the motor, the multi-stage belt drive mechanism and the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is positioned between one end of the motor rotor shaft and an inner surface of the housing, characterised in that the belt drive mechanism is multi-stage and the motor rotor shaft comprises a drive pulley machined on a circumferential surface of the motor rotor shaft. a motor comprising a motor rotor shaft; a belt drive mechanism connecting the motor rotor shaft to an actuator output via a plurality of drive belts, the actuator output associated with the brake assembly; a circuit board; and a housing enclosing the motor, the multi-stage belt drive mechanism and the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is positioned between one end of the motor rotor shaft and an inner surface of the housing, characterised in that the belt drive mechanism is multi-stage and the motor rotor shaft comprises a drive pulley machined on a circumferential surface of the motor rotor shaft.
A method for isolating RNA from a whole blood sample comprising the steps: a) bringing the sample into contact with an aqueous lysis solution containing at least one lysis substance at a concentration of 1.5 mol/l to 7 mol/l and at least one detergent, and magnesium ions, b) simultaneous or subsequent addition of a proteinase, in particular proteinase K, c) then incubating the solution obtained according to step b) for at least partial enzymatic digestion and lysis of the sample, a lysate being obtained, and d) isolation of the RNA from the lysate wherein the sample is brought directly in contact with the lysis solution in step a) and is not diluted by adding a further solvent until the completion of step c), no stabiliser is added and/or it is not centrifuged, in particular the overall volume comprising the sample, the aqueous lysis solution and the proteinase exceeding the initial volume of the sample by no more than the factor 2.5, preferably by no more than the factor 1.5, by the completion of step c). a) bringing the sample into contact with an aqueous lysis solution containing at least one lysis substance at a concentration of 1.5 mol/l to 7 mol/l and at least one detergent, and magnesium ions, b) simultaneous or subsequent addition of a proteinase, in particular proteinase K, c) then incubating the solution obtained according to step b) for at least partial enzymatic digestion and lysis of the sample, a lysate being obtained, and d) isolation of the RNA from the lysate
A system (100, 342), for full virtual machine, VM, functionality, comprising: an identify engine to identify a hardware component, having a respective full functionality, included in a physical machine (344-1,..., 344-G) hosting VMs, wherein the physical machine is a pass through machine; a send engine to send, a complete initialization package including a plurality of drivers stored in memory of the physical machine hosting the VMs, to a location in random-access memory of the physical machine accessible by a hypervisor; an assign engine to assign a driver of the plurality of drivers to the hardware component based on a resource identifier that includes a mapping of the driver to the hardware component; and a generate engine to generate a VM capable of providing the respective full functionality of the hardware component, wherein the resource identifier is included in a plurality of resource identifiers stored as a table in read-only memory associated with a bootloader of the pass through machine, and wherein the plurality of resource identifiers include resource identifiers having mappings to a plurality of different types of pass through machines capable of hosting VMs. an identify engine to identify a hardware component, having a respective full functionality, included in a physical machine (344-1,..., 344-G) hosting VMs, wherein the physical machine is a pass through machine; a send engine to send, a complete initialization package including a plurality of drivers stored in memory of the physical machine hosting the VMs, to a location in random-access memory of the physical machine accessible by a hypervisor; an assign engine to assign a driver of the plurality of drivers to the hardware component based on a resource identifier that includes a mapping of the driver to the hardware component; and a generate engine to generate a VM capable of providing the respective full functionality of the hardware component, wherein the resource identifier is included in a plurality of resource identifiers stored as a table in read-only memory associated with a bootloader of the pass through machine, and wherein the plurality of resource identifiers include resource identifiers having mappings to a plurality of different types of pass through machines capable of hosting VMs.
A system configured to control the performance range of a pneumatically sealed trocar, comprising: a) a controller configured to deliver variable DC voltage to at least one DC motor; b) at least one DC motor operatively connected to the controller for driving at least one pump operatively connected to a pneumatically sealed trocar; c) at least one pump driven by the DC motor for circulating pressurized gas through the pneumatically sealed trocar; and d) at least one sensor (118, 120) configured to sense pressure and/or flow parameters between the at least one pump and the pneumatically sealed trocar to provide at least one feedback control signal to the controller so that the controller can vary the voltage delivered to the at least one DC motor to affect the output pressure and/or flow of the at least one pump during a surgical procedure, wherein the at least one sensor (118, 120) includes a first sensor configured to sense positive pressure and flow parameters between the at least one pump and an inlet port of the pneumatically sealed trocar to provide a first feedback control signal to the controller and a second sensor configured to sense negative pressure and/or flow parameters between the at least one pump and an outlet port of the pneumatically sealed trocar to provide a second feedback control signal to the controller, characterised in that the at least one pump is a single pump that is configured to pressurize one side of the pneumatic circuit and apply suction to the other side of the circuit. a) a controller configured to deliver variable DC voltage to at least one DC motor; b) at least one DC motor operatively connected to the controller for driving at least one pump operatively connected to a pneumatically sealed trocar; c) at least one pump driven by the DC motor for circulating pressurized gas through the pneumatically sealed trocar; and d) at least one sensor (118, 120) configured to sense pressure and/or flow parameters between the at least one pump and the pneumatically sealed trocar to provide at least one feedback control signal to the controller so that the controller can vary the voltage delivered to the at least one DC motor to affect the output pressure and/or flow of the at least one pump during a surgical procedure, wherein the at least one sensor (118, 120) includes a first sensor configured to sense positive pressure and flow parameters between the at least one pump and an inlet port of the pneumatically sealed trocar to provide a first feedback control signal to the controller and a second sensor configured to sense negative pressure and/or flow parameters between the at least one pump and an outlet port of the pneumatically sealed trocar to provide a second feedback control signal to the controller, characterised in that the at least one pump is a single pump that is configured to pressurize one side of the pneumatic circuit and apply suction to the other side of the circuit.
A synthetic oligosaccharide representing part of the repeating unit of the Clostridium difficile glycopolymer PS-I and having the sequence of the pentasaccharide α-L-Rhap-(1→3)-β-D-Glcp-(1→4)-[α-L-Rhap-(1→3)]-α-D-Glcp-(1→2)-α-D-Glcp or a fragment thereof and bearing at least one linker L for conjugation to a carrier protein or for immobilization on a surface, which oligosaccharide has the formula 1 or 1' containing the linker L (CH 2)nNH 2, with n being an integer from 2 to 50, preferably 3 to 20 or 3 to 10, or a fragment having formulas 2, 3, 4, 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 of 1; or a fragment having formulas 2', 20', 21', 22', 23', 24', 30', 31', 32', 33', 34', 35', 36', 37', 38' of 1 '
A photon counting device (1, 1") for counting photon interactions in a piece of converter material, comprising: a plurality of energy discriminators and a pulse detector (11, 11'), each being arranged to receive a pulse generated by a photon interacting with the piece of converter material, and a plurality of counters, each of the counters being coupled to one of the energy discriminators, for counting photon interactions with energy discrimination according to an energy level of the coupled energy discriminator, characterized in that the pulse detector (11, 11') is arranged to provide a pulse logic signal upon receiving an input of a predetermined energy level, the predetermined energy level being lower than the energy levels of the energy discriminators, wherein the photon counting device (1, 1") further comprises a prevention circuitry (13, 13') arranged to receive a neighboring logic signal indicating an input of predetermined energy level in at least one neighboring piece of converter material, wherein the prevention circuitry (13, 13') is arranged to selectively prevent a pulse from being counted by any one of the plurality of counters in case the pulse logic signal and the neighboring logic signal are present together in a coincidence window of predetermined size. a plurality of energy discriminators and a pulse detector (11, 11'), each being arranged to receive a pulse generated by a photon interacting with the piece of converter material, and a plurality of counters, each of the counters being coupled to one of the energy discriminators, for counting photon interactions with energy discrimination according to an energy level of the coupled energy discriminator, characterized in that the pulse detector (11, 11') is arranged to provide a pulse logic signal upon receiving an input of a predetermined energy level, the predetermined energy level being lower than the energy levels of the energy discriminators, wherein the photon counting device (1, 1") further comprises a prevention circuitry (13, 13') arranged to receive a neighboring logic signal indicating an input of predetermined energy level in at least one neighboring piece of converter material, wherein the prevention circuitry (13, 13') is arranged to selectively prevent a pulse from being counted by any one of the plurality of counters in case the pulse logic signal and the neighboring logic signal are present together in a coincidence window of predetermined size.
A process for removing urea in concentrations of less than 1000 parts per billion from feed water, the process comprising the step of: providing the feed water to one or more ion exchange columns in series filled up with strong acid cation exchange resins and an addition of a nitrite ion (NO 2 -) by adding at least one of a salt like NaNO 2, Nitrous acid (HNO 2) or NO 2 gas in front of the ion exchange resin columns.
An aqueous lubricant for metal material plastic working, wherein an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid having 5 to 8 carbon atoms and a solubility in water at 20°C of 10 g/100 mL or more and an alkaline earth metal compound are blended in water, or an alkaline earth metal salt of the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid is dissolved and/or dispersed in water, and which contains at least one kind of organic lubricants selected from a soap, a wax, an amino acid compound having a layered structure, and an organic modified clay mineral, wherein: the blending amount is within the range of 1: 0.2 or more and 1: less than 8 in terms of a molar ratio of the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid to the alkaline earth metal compound, and the aliphatic polycarboxylic acid having 5 to 8 carbon atoms is glutaric acid or citric acid.
An elevator car (C,C2,C3,C',C") comprising a first floor (1;21;31;1';21') for delimiting a first transport space (5;25;35) above it, and a second floor (2;22;32) for delimiting a second transport space (6;26;36) above it, characterized in that one of the first and second floor (1,2;21,22;31,32;1',2;21',22) is a displaceable floor, the elevator car (C,C2,C3,C',C") being shiftable between a double-decker -state and a single-decker -state by displacing the displaceable floor (2;22;31).
A method implemented by a network device residing in a service domain, wherein the network device comprises an information centric networking, ICN, transport layer and a service access layer, SAL, for handling context-aware service logistics and service mobility overlaid on the ICN transport layer, the method comprising: receiving, in the ICN transport layer, a message comprising a service request that originates from a user equipment, UE; in the SAL, retrieving, from the service request, contextual information relevant to the UE or an access network connected to the UE; determining, based on the contextual information, one or more services needed to execute the service request; determining one or more service identities, SIDs, each of which identifies one of the one or more services; determining, by querying a database in the SAL, that at least one instance of a service in the one or more services is available from at least one service provider residing in the service domain; decomposing the service into two or more tasks, each of which represents an instance of the service; and transmitting, in the ICN transport layer, service interest packets specifying one or more of the tasks to the at least one service provider. receiving, in the ICN transport layer, a message comprising a service request that originates from a user equipment, UE; in the SAL, retrieving, from the service request, contextual information relevant to the UE or an access network connected to the UE; determining, based on the contextual information, one or more services needed to execute the service request; determining one or more service identities, SIDs, each of which identifies one of the one or more services; retrieving, from the service request, contextual information relevant to the UE or an access network connected to the UE; determining, based on the contextual information, one or more services needed to execute the service request; determining one or more service identities, SIDs, each of which identifies one of the one or more services; determining, by querying a database in the SAL, that at least one instance of a service in the one or more services is available from at least one service provider residing in the service domain; decomposing the service into two or more tasks, each of which represents an instance of the service; and transmitting, in the ICN transport layer, service interest packets specifying one or more of the tasks to the at least one service provider.
A navigation system to navigate a procedure relative to an anatomy, comprising: an imaging device operable to capture image data of the anatomy by moving the imaging device to a plurality of positions; an imaging device processor operable to determine a baseline position of the imaging device relative to the anatomy and a current position of the imaging device relative to the baseline position; a tracking system; an instrument operable to be tracked with the tracking system relative to the anatomy; a navigation processor operable to determine a position of the instrument relative to the anatomy and to determine an orientation of the image data relative to the anatomy based upon the determination of the current position of the imaging device with the imaging device processor; and a display device operable to display the obtained image data and an icon representing the determined position of the instrument on the image data on the display device relative to the anatomy based at least in part on the determined baseline position or determined current position of the imaging device; characterized by the icon indicating the position of the instrument relative to the image data corresponding to the current position of the imaging device and the tracked position of the instrument. an imaging device operable to capture image data of the anatomy by moving the imaging device to a plurality of positions; an imaging device processor operable to determine a baseline position of the imaging device relative to the anatomy and a current position of the imaging device relative to the baseline position; a tracking system; an instrument operable to be tracked with the tracking system relative to the anatomy; a navigation processor operable to determine a position of the instrument relative to the anatomy and to determine an orientation of the image data relative to the anatomy based upon the determination of the current position of the imaging device with the imaging device processor; and a display device operable to display the obtained image data and an icon representing the determined position of the instrument on the image data on the display device relative to the anatomy based at least in part on the determined baseline position or determined current position of the imaging device; characterized by the icon indicating the position of the instrument relative to the image data corresponding to the current position of the imaging device and the tracked position of the instrument.