mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A ureteral stent for placement in a bladder, a kidney and a ureteral passageway connecting the bladder and the kidney, the ureteral stent including: a solid bladder portion in the form of a coil having first and second ends (1066, 1068) and being free of a lumen, the solid bladder portion being positionable in the bladder to prevent the bladder portion from migrating into the ureteral passageway; a tubular kidney portion positionable in the kidney and the ureteral passageway and having first and second ends (1086, 1088), the tubular kidney portion having a ureter portion configured to be positioned in the kidney and the ureteral passageway to place the ureteral passageway in an open state and a resilient fixing portion biased in an unrestrained position to secure the resilient fixing portion in the kidney, wherein the ureter portion includes an opening in a wall of the ureter portion near the second end of the kidney portion; and a tether with first and second ends (1130, 1132) connecting the solid bladder portion and the ureter portion to allow the bladder portion to float in the bladder and to allow a ureter orifice connecting the ureteral passageway to the bladder to move between a compressed state and an uncompressed state, characterized in that the tether is received in the opening of the ureter portion such that the tether is looped through the opening in the wall of the ureter portion, and wherein the first and second ends (1130, 1132) of the tether are coupled to the second end of the solid bladder portion. a solid bladder portion in the form of a coil having first and second ends (1066, 1068) and being free of a lumen, the solid bladder portion being positionable in the bladder to prevent the bladder portion from migrating into the ureteral passageway; a tubular kidney portion positionable in the kidney and the ureteral passageway and having first and second ends (1086, 1088), the tubular kidney portion having a ureter portion configured to be positioned in the kidney and the ureteral passageway to place the ureteral passageway in an open state and a resilient fixing portion biased in an unrestrained position to secure the resilient fixing portion in the kidney, wherein the ureter portion includes an opening in a wall of the ureter portion near the second end of the kidney portion; and a tether with first and second ends (1130, 1132) connecting the solid bladder portion and the ureter portion to allow the bladder portion to float in the bladder and to allow a ureter orifice connecting the ureteral passageway to the bladder to move between a compressed state and an uncompressed state, characterized in that the tether is received in the opening of the ureter portion such that the tether is looped through the opening in the wall of the ureter portion, and wherein the first and second ends (1130, 1132) of the tether are coupled to the second end of the solid bladder portion.
A method (80; 100) of detecting gestures in a recorded image, the method comprising: projecting an image onto an external display surface using a projector; recording a gesture illuminated by the projected image using a digital camera; generating a control signal for synchronizing a refresh rate of the projector with an exposure time of the digital camera; synchronizing the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera using said control signal; and detecting the gesture in the recorded image, the method being characterized by further comprising tuning (90, 100) the synchronizing of the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera while projecting the image onto the external display surface, said tuning comprising: analyzing a content of the recorded gesture to detect whether an interference pattern is visible in the recorded gesture, and if such a pattern is detected: generating an adjusted control signal based on the generated control signal; and adjusting the synchronizing of the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera based on the adjusted control signal. projecting an image onto an external display surface using a projector; recording a gesture illuminated by the projected image using a digital camera; generating a control signal for synchronizing a refresh rate of the projector with an exposure time of the digital camera; synchronizing the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera using said control signal; and detecting the gesture in the recorded image, the method being characterized by further comprising tuning (90, 100) the synchronizing of the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera while projecting the image onto the external display surface, said tuning comprising: analyzing a content of the recorded gesture to detect whether an interference pattern is visible in the recorded gesture, and if such a pattern is detected: generating an adjusted control signal based on the generated control signal; and adjusting the synchronizing of the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera based on the adjusted control signal. generating an adjusted control signal based on the generated control signal; and adjusting the synchronizing of the refresh rate of the projector with the exposure time of the digital camera based on the adjusted control signal.
Electrical energy storing system for an engine vehicle comprising a brake pedal, an accelerator pedal and an engine starter, an alternator and electrical equipments connected to an electrical circuit of the vehicle, the electrical energy storing system comprising at least: - an internal electrical circuit, intended to be connected to said electrical circuit, - a battery set; - a capacitor set comprising at least one capacitor and being connected to the internal electrical circuit, - only one controlled switch connected between the battery set and the internal electrical circuit, and - a control unit adapted to control the controlled switch according to the state of charge of capacitor set, characterized in that said control unit is configured so that if the brake pedal of the motor vehicle is not activated and if the acceleration pedal is activated, the capacitor set is charged with a current available from the alternator set if the engine speed is greater than a minimum speed threshold value and if the charge of the capacitor set is lower than a further energy threshold value, wherein said minimum speed threshold value is an idling speed of the engine and said further energy threshold is the maximum energy threshold value to which the capacitor set can be charged; wherein said control unit is also configured so that if the speed engine is lower than said minimum speed threshold value and if the capacitor charge is greater than a further second energy threshold value, the controlled switch is open; said second threshold energy value is a minimum energy threshold value under which the controlled switch has to be closed; said control unit being configured so that, if the charge of the capacitor set is greater than said energy threshold value, said controlled switch is open. - an internal electrical circuit, intended to be connected to said electrical circuit, - a battery set; - a capacitor set comprising at least one capacitor and being connected to the internal electrical circuit, - only one controlled switch connected between the battery set and the internal electrical circuit, and - a control unit adapted to control the controlled switch according to the state of charge of capacitor set,
Method for determining a concentration (c) of a gas in accordance with the wavelength modulation spectrometry, which comprises at least the following steps: a) recording a 2F absorption measured curve of an absorption line of the gas; b) calculating a curve shape of a reference curve which matches the 2F absorption measured curve by selecting a suitable ratio between maximum and minimum of the 2F absorption curve, characterised in that the method also comprises the following steps: c) adjusting the reference curve to the 2F absorption curve by setting a Y-scaling factor (α); and d) determining the concentration (c) from the Y-scaling factor (α) of the adjusted reference curve. a) recording a 2F absorption measured curve of an absorption line of the gas; b) calculating a curve shape of a reference curve which matches the 2F absorption measured curve by selecting a suitable ratio between maximum and minimum of the 2F absorption curve, c) adjusting the reference curve to the 2F absorption curve by setting a Y-scaling factor (α); and d) determining the concentration (c) from the Y-scaling factor (α) of the adjusted reference curve.
Device comprising a sample accommodation mechanism, an accommodation mechanism for test organisms, preferably for a suspension comprising test organisms, more particularly for a bacterial suspension, and a jet pump mechanism, wherein the jet pump mechanism is or is bringable in active connection with the accommodation mechanism, and wherein the jet pump mechanism is designed and set up to spray test organisms in the form of an aerosol in the direction of the sample accommodation mechanism by means of a propellant having a higher pressure than the air pressure at the installation site of the device, characterized in that the device has a mechanism for the controlling of a reproducible pressure of the propellant during the spraying of the test organisms, and wherein the mechanism for the controlling of a reproducible pressure of the propellant comprises a valve for the regulation of the supply of the fluid, and wherein compressed air is preferably provided by means of a compressed air provider.
A creasing tool configured to create a crease line (11, 12) in a fibrous substrate, the creasing tool comprises a contact portion having a base surface and a relief portion, the relief portion is provided as a protruding pattern extending from the base surface and is configured to be pressed against said fibrous substrate, wherein the relief portion comprises a crease-line forming portion and a peripheral deformation portion, and characterized in that the peripheral deformation portion comprises a plurality of discrete segments in the shape of curved transverse surface areas extending in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the crease-line forming portion, and such that an outer periphery of the curved transverse surface areas is concave in relation to the outer edges of the creasing tool. wherein the relief portion comprises a crease-line forming portion and a peripheral deformation portion, and characterized in that the peripheral deformation portion comprises a plurality of discrete segments in the shape of curved transverse surface areas extending in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the crease-line forming portion, and such that an outer periphery of the curved transverse surface areas is concave in relation to the outer edges of the creasing tool.
Fixing device comprising a screw (1, 4) with a shank (11, 41) having a thread and a head (12, 42) formed on the shank as well as a holding element (2, 5) which can be positively connected to the head (12, 42), which holding element has a receptacle for fixing a cable, wherein the head (12, 42) is provided with a toothing (13, 44), which corresponds with a toothing (23, 541) provided on the holding element (2, 5) in such a manner that a torque transmission from the holding element (2, 5) to the screw head (12, 42) is enabled, characterised in that the head has a cylinder body, which is radially circumferentially provided with an external toothing, which extends over a partial section of the cylinder body in the axial direction, wherein the holding element has an aperture, with which it can be pushed onto the section of the head provided with the external toothing, wherein an internal toothing is arranged in the aperture, which corresponds with the external toothing of the head, wherein at least one spring tongue is arranged on the holding element, which, in the mounted state of the holding element, in which internal toothing and external toothing are engaged, engages behind at least one tooth of the external toothing of the head of the screw.
A surgical instrument camera assembly, comprising: a camera housing defining an interior space having first and second openings (502a, 502b) on respective radially-opposed sides of the camera housing; first and second support arms (518, 520) pivotally coupled within the camera housing and deployable therefrom; and a camera body coupled to the first and second support arms (518, 520) and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing, and a second position, in which the camera body is deployed from one of the radially-opposed openings (502a, 502b) of the camera housing. a camera housing defining an interior space having first and second openings (502a, 502b) on respective radially-opposed sides of the camera housing; first and second support arms (518, 520) pivotally coupled within the camera housing and deployable therefrom; and a camera body coupled to the first and second support arms (518, 520) and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing, and a second position, in which the camera body is deployed from one of the radially-opposed openings (502a, 502b) of the camera housing.
An inverter for converting DC voltage to AC voltage, the inverter, comprising: a Cuk converter having a switch and configured to convert the DC voltage into a full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage; a switching device unit having a first set of switches including two switches (S1, S4) and a second set of switches including two switches (S2, S3), configured to convert the full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage into a sine waveform voltage; and further characterized by comprising: a controller as a single entity configured to control both the switch of the Cuk converter and said switches (S1-S4) of the switching device unit to turn on and off, wherein the controller converts the DC voltage into the full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage by changing duty cycle of the switch within the Cuk converter at a selected rate and convert the full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage into the sine waveform voltage by controlling an alternate switching of said first set of switches and said second set of switches of the switching device. a Cuk converter having a switch and configured to convert the DC voltage into a full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage; a switching device unit having a first set of switches including two switches (S1, S4) and a second set of switches including two switches (S2, S3), configured to convert the full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage into a sine waveform voltage; and further characterized by comprising: a controller as a single entity configured to control both the switch of the Cuk converter and said switches (S1-S4) of the switching device unit to turn on and off, wherein the controller converts the DC voltage into the full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage by changing duty cycle of the switch within the Cuk converter at a selected rate and convert the full-wave rectified sine waveform voltage into the sine waveform voltage by controlling an alternate switching of said first set of switches and said second set of switches of the switching device.
A method of releasing, by a user equipment, UE, a connection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: establishing the connection with a network; receiving connection release information from the network via a paging message, system information or a radio resource control, RRC, message; wherein the connection release information includes an establishment cause or a logical channel priority for determining whether or not the UE releases the established connection with the network; releasing the established connection based on the received connection release information, wherein the established connection is released if the establishment cause included in the connection release information is not in a list of a prioritized access, wherein the established connection is released if the highest logical channel priority for a configured data radio bearer is equal to or lower than the logical channel priority included in the connection release information, wherein the connection release information further includes wait time information indicating a time period that the access to the network is barred, wherein the connection release information further includes a probability factor for further determining the releasing of the connection, and wherein a random number is generated based on the received probability factor, and the established connection is released if the generated random number is lower than a threshold value. establishing the connection with a network; receiving connection release information from the network via a paging message, system information or a radio resource control, RRC, message; wherein the connection release information includes an establishment cause or a logical channel priority for determining whether or not the UE releases the established connection with the network; releasing the established connection based on the received connection release information, wherein the established connection is released if the establishment cause included in the connection release information is not in a list of a prioritized access, wherein the established connection is released if the highest logical channel priority for a configured data radio bearer is equal to or lower than the logical channel priority included in the connection release information, wherein the connection release information further includes wait time information indicating a time period that the access to the network is barred, wherein the connection release information further includes a probability factor for further determining the releasing of the connection, and wherein a random number is generated based on the received probability factor, and the established connection is released if the generated random number is lower than a threshold value.
Polyester comprising two or more structural units, one or more structural units and either one or two terminal structural groups wherein G 1 is one or more (OC n H 2n) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, preferably from 2 to 6 and more preferably (OC 2 H 4), (OC 3 H 6), (OC 4 H 8) or (OC 6 H 12), R 1 is a C 1-30 alkyl, preferably C 1-4 alkyl and more preferably methyl, p is, based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 200, preferably from 2 to 150 and more preferably from 3 to 120, q is, based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 40, preferably from 0 to 30, more preferably from 0 to 20, and most preferably from 0 to 10, where the (OC 3 H 6)- and (OC 2 H 4)-groups of the terminal group may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically, preferably blockwise and/or statistically, either of the groups (OC 3 H 6)- and (OC 2 H 4)- can be linked to R 1 - and -O, adjacent structural units are connected by the structural unit, in the case that only one terminal group is present in the polymer, the other terminal group is selected from the group consisting of OH, OCH 3, and G 1 OH and both terminal groups may be only linked to a structural unit. G 1 is one or more (OC n H 2n) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, preferably from 2 to 6 and more preferably (OC 2 H 4), (OC 3 H 6), (OC 4 H 8) or (OC 6 H 12), R 1 is a C 1-30 alkyl, preferably C 1-4 alkyl and more preferably methyl, p is, based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 200, preferably from 2 to 150 and more preferably from 3 to 120, q is, based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 40, preferably from 0 to 30, more preferably from 0 to 20, and most preferably from 0 to 10, where the (OC 3 H 6)- and (OC 2 H 4)-groups of the terminal group may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically, preferably blockwise and/or statistically, either of the groups (OC 3 H 6)- and (OC 2 H 4)- can be linked to R 1 - and -O, adjacent structural units are connected by the structural unit, in the case that only one terminal group is present in the polymer, the other terminal group is selected from the group consisting of OH, OCH 3, and G 1 OH and both terminal groups may be only linked to a structural unit.
Device (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 300) for controlling a steering angle in a bicycle handlebar, wherein the device (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 300) comprises at least - a head tube (10, 130), - a steering rod (25, 120) which runs through the head tube (10, 130) and is rotatably mounted in the head tube (10, 130), - at least one spring element (100, 101, 310) situated within the head tube (10, 130), wherein the at least one spring element (100, 101, 310) is designed, upon a rotational movement of the steering rod (25, 120), to generate a force opposed to the rotational movement to control the rotational movement in dependence on the steering angle of the bicycle handlebar, wherein the spring element (100, 101, 310) is connected to the steering rod (25, 120), and the device (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 300) additionally comprises at least one first stop which is arranged within the head tube (10, 130), wherein the first stop is designed, upon a rotational movement of the steering rod (25, 120), to compress the spring element (100, 101, 310) in dependence on the steering angle, characterized in that a component of the first and/or of a second stop is designed to vary the force opposed to the rotational movement. - a head tube (10, 130), - a steering rod (25, 120) which runs through the head tube (10, 130) and is rotatably mounted in the head tube (10, 130), - at least one spring element (100, 101, 310) situated within the head tube (10, 130), wherein the at least one spring element (100, 101, 310) is designed, upon a rotational movement of the steering rod (25, 120), to generate a force opposed to the rotational movement to control the rotational movement in dependence on the steering angle of the bicycle handlebar,
Device intended to break at least one closure element arranged inside a flexible tube, said closure element comprising a first part and a second part separated by a weakening zone, said weakening zone able to be broken in order to enable fluid to flow inside said flexible tube, said device comprising an assembly for holding said flexible tube, said assembly comprising a fixed element provided with a first housing intended to hold a first portion of said flexible tube, and a mobile element provided with a second housing intended to hold a second portion of said flexible tube, the two housings (28,30) being aligned along a centre line defining a neutral position of the mobile element, said device being characterised in that it comprises a member for moving the mobile element to either side of its neutral position, in such a way as to be able to break the weakening zone of the closure element when the flexible tube is placed in the assembly for holding.
An edible coating, comprising scalenohedral calcium carbonate particles in an amount of from about 1 wt-% to about 30 wt-% by weight of coating, wherein the coating comprises sugar.