mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Elastic diaper element comprising an elastic layer and a layer of nonwoven, wherein the elastic element has connecting regions between the elastic layer and the layer of nonwoven, and the connecting regions have an orientation in a preferred direction, wherein the layer of nonwoven is corrugated in the unstretched state of the diaper element, in order to provide areas as a reserve for enabling stretching characterized in that the connecting regions have interruptions in their orientation, the interruptions being interruptions in relation to the total area of the connecting regions of more than 5 percent and/or of less than 90 percent by area.
A method of processing video data, the method comprising: receiving, in a video bitstream, an initial access unit having a random access point picture, wherein a hypothetical reference decoder initializes at the initial access unit; receiving a subsequent access unit having a RAP picture; receiving, in a buffering period supplemental enhancement information message, a picture buffer removal delay offset for the subsequent access unit; and shifting a picture buffer removal time for a picture buffer earlier, by the picture buffer removal delay offset, regardless of whether the HRD initializes at the subsequent access unit, if: the subsequent access unit has a network abstraction layer unit type which indicates a broken link access access unit for which the coded picture does not have associated random access skipped leading (RASL) pictures present in the bitstream but may have associated random access decodable leading (RADL) pictures, or a network abstraction layer unit type which indicates a BLA access unit for which the coded picture does not have leading pictures, and a value of a syntax element indicates that an alternative initial coded picture buffer removal delay and an alternative initial CPB removal offset are specified in the buffering period SEI message; or the subsequent access unit has a NAL unit type which indicates a BLA access unit for which the coded picture may have associated RASL or RADL pictures present in the bitstream, or which indicates a clean random access access unit, a value of a syntax element indicates that an alternative initial coded picture buffer removal delay and an alternative initial CPB removal offset are specified in the buffering period SEI message, and a value of a variable UseAltCpbParamsFlag for the subsequent access unit indicates that alternative CPB parameters are used. the subsequent access unit has a network abstraction layer unit type which indicates a broken link access access unit for which the coded picture does not have associated random access skipped leading (RASL) pictures present in the bitstream but may have associated random access decodable leading (RADL) pictures, or a network abstraction layer unit type which indicates a BLA access unit for which the coded picture does not have leading pictures, and a value of a syntax element indicates that an alternative initial coded picture buffer removal delay and an alternative initial CPB removal offset are specified in the buffering period SEI message; or the subsequent access unit has a NAL unit type which indicates a BLA access unit for which the coded picture may have associated RASL or RADL pictures present in the bitstream, or which indicates a clean random access access unit, a value of a syntax element indicates that an alternative initial coded picture buffer removal delay and an alternative initial CPB removal offset are specified in the buffering period SEI message, and a value of a variable UseAltCpbParamsFlag for the subsequent access unit indicates that alternative CPB parameters are used.
A method for the electrodeposition of aluminum onto a surface of a conductive substrate at a temperature from about 10°C to about 70°C, about 0.5 atm (50.66 kPa) to about 5 atm (506.62 kPa), in an atmosphere comprising oxygen, the method comprising electrodepositing aluminum via electrochemical reduction of an aqueous solution consisting of water, and an aluminum complex, optionally in the presence of a) an electrolyte selected from ammonium acetate or ammonium citrate, or b) polyvinyl alcohol or a mixture thereof, the aluminum complex consisting of an aluminum center and ligands; wherein the ligands are at least one of sulfonate ligands and sulfonimide ligands, wherein the at least one sulfonate ligand is selected from sulfonate ligands of the formulae: and wherein the at least one sulfonimide ligand is selected from sulfonimide ligands of the formula:
A method of preparing dialysate for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), comprising: using a device configured for preparing a first batch of dialysate for at least one dialysis treatment session, the device having a mixed batch container into which fluids are pumped, to prepare said first batch of dialysate for use in a cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis treatment by pumping fluids into the mixed batch container, wherein said device is further configured to perform cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis treatment in which a pumping portion of said device conveys dialysate from said first batch container to a patient's peritoneum and extracts said first batch from the peritoneum, while measuring net fluid gain or loss between the fluid conveyed to the peritoneum and fluid extracted therefrom; using said device to prepare a second batch of dialysate for CAPD, including connecting a CAPD container to a predefined connector, filling said second batch from said mixed batch container to said CAPD container. using a device configured for preparing a first batch of dialysate for at least one dialysis treatment session, the device having a mixed batch container into which fluids are pumped, to prepare said first batch of dialysate for use in a cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis treatment by pumping fluids into the mixed batch container, wherein said device is further configured to perform cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis treatment in which a pumping portion of said device conveys dialysate from said first batch container to a patient's peritoneum and extracts said first batch from the peritoneum, while measuring net fluid gain or loss between the fluid conveyed to the peritoneum and fluid extracted therefrom; using said device to prepare a second batch of dialysate for CAPD, including connecting a CAPD container to a predefined connector, filling said second batch from said mixed batch container to said CAPD container.
A coating membrane forming method for forming a coating membrane on an object to be coated having a porous body with a monolith form, the method comprising the steps of: setting the object to be coated for forming a coating membrane thereon in a dipping tank; sending an application liquid for forming the coating membrane into the dipping tank to raise a liquid level of the application liquid till the top of a region for forming the coating membrane thereon in the object to be coated is immersed in the application liquid; and thereafter discharging the application liquid outside the dipping tank to lower the liquid level of the application liquid, wherein the raising of the liquid level by sending the application liquid into the dipping tank and the lowering of the liquid level by discharging the application liquid outside the dipping tank are performed by raising and lowering of a solution tank which holds the application liquid and communicates with the dipping tank via a conduit, wherein a sealing member is provided to seal between a top as well as a bottom of an outer peripheral face of the object to be coated and an inner peripheral face of the dipping tank, and pressurized gas is supplied in a space formed by the inner peripheral face of the dipping tank, the outer peripheral face of the object to be coated, and the sealing members.
A brush for dusting and cleaning, comprising: a handle having a distal end and a proximal end and a hollow interior; an outer rail of bristles along an outer portion of the brush having a first row of outer bristles and a second row of outer bristles; an inner rail of bristles along an inner portion of the brush having a first row of inner bristles and a second row of inner bristles; a row of suction holes located between the first row of outer bristles and the second row of outer bristles to remove particles and debris trapped within the brush; characterized in that the brush further comprises: a sloped ridge separating a first hole and a second adjacent hole of the first row of suction holes, the sloped ridge having a first curved portion adjacent to the first hole that slopes from an outer portion of the handle toward the hollow interior of the brush at the first hole and a second inwardly curved portion adjacent to the second hole that slopes from an outer portion of the handle toward the hollow interior of the brush at the second hole such that dust is easily suctioned into the holes; and a front row of bristles located along the distal end of the handle. a handle having a distal end and a proximal end and a hollow interior; an outer rail of bristles along an outer portion of the brush having a first row of outer bristles and a second row of outer bristles; an inner rail of bristles along an inner portion of the brush having a first row of inner bristles and a second row of inner bristles; a row of suction holes located between the first row of outer bristles and the second row of outer bristles to remove particles and debris trapped within the brush; characterized in that the brush further comprises: a sloped ridge separating a first hole and a second adjacent hole of the first row of suction holes, the sloped ridge having a first curved portion adjacent to the first hole that slopes from an outer portion of the handle toward the hollow interior of the brush at the first hole and a second inwardly curved portion adjacent to the second hole that slopes from an outer portion of the handle toward the hollow interior of the brush at the second hole such that dust is easily suctioned into the holes; and a front row of bristles located along the distal end of the handle. a sloped ridge separating a first hole and a second adjacent hole of the first row of suction holes, the sloped ridge having a first curved portion adjacent to the first hole that slopes from an outer portion of the handle toward the hollow interior of the brush at the first hole and a second inwardly curved portion adjacent to the second hole that slopes from an outer portion of the handle toward the hollow interior of the brush at the second hole such that dust is easily suctioned into the holes; and a front row of bristles located along the distal end of the handle.
Wind turbine control method comprising: • a rotor with a plurality of blades, in turn comprising respective actuators configured to vary a pitch angle of each blade, • and a control unit, the method comprises: • obtaining at least one value indicative of wind distribution in an area swept by the rotor and, • determining, from the at least one value indicative of wind distribution in the area swept by the rotor, an azimuthal position wherein a wind speed value is maximum, • determining an azimuthal position for each blade, • calculating for each blade a variable blade pitch angle set-point according to a periodical function which establishes a blade pitch angle in accordance with the azimuthal position of the blade, where the periodical function has a period substantially equal to that of rotation of the rotor and a phase dependent on at least one value indicative of wind distribution in the area swept by the rotor, and • sending the blade pitch angle set-point to the actuators, wherein the method is characterized in that between determining the azimuthal position and calculating for each blade a variable blade pitch angle set-point, the method further comprises: • comparing a signal indicative of the production level with a production threshold value and wherein when the signal indicative of the production level is less than the production threshold value the phase of the periodical function is such that the function has a minimum value in the azimuthal position wherein the wind speed value is maximum • a rotor with a plurality of blades, in turn comprising respective actuators configured to vary a pitch angle of each blade, • and a control unit, • obtaining at least one value indicative of wind distribution in an area swept by the rotor and, • determining, from the at least one value indicative of wind distribution in the area swept by the rotor, an azimuthal position wherein a wind speed value is maximum, • determining an azimuthal position for each blade, • calculating for each blade a variable blade pitch angle set-point according to a periodical function which establishes a blade pitch angle in accordance with the azimuthal position of the blade, where the periodical function has a period substantially equal to that of rotation of the rotor and a phase dependent on at least one value indicative of wind distribution in the area swept by the rotor, and • sending the blade pitch angle set-point to the actuators, • comparing a signal indicative of the production level with a production threshold value and wherein when the signal indicative of the production level is less than the production threshold value the phase of the periodical function is such that the function has a minimum value in the azimuthal position wherein the wind speed value is maximum
An intravascular connector for deployment, in use, between first and second vessels (71, 72), the connector comprising: at least two first pairs of clinch members (66a, 66v) having a deployed configuration, each first pair of clinch members comprising a continuously formed clip absent an intervening waist segment between the clinch members thereby to create a smoothly arcuate transition between the clinch members, each first pair of clinch members being configured so as, in use, to be longitudinally disposed relative to contiguous portions of the first vessel and the second vessel such that the deployed clinch members of each first pair are biased to close upon contiguous parallel portions of the first and second vessels; and at least two second pairs of clinch members (67a, 67v) having a deployed configuration transverse to the first pairs and each comprising a continuously formed clip absent an intervening waist segment between the clinch members, wherein in said deployed configuration a first tip and an opposed second tip of each second pair are spaced from one another and are in a transverse orientation relative to the first pairs, wherein the second pairs of clinch members extend transversely in an arcuate shape with each end arcing outwardly relative to an axial centreline of the device such that, in use, each tip of the deployed second pairs is biased to exert a nominal pressure on circumferentially spaced points which are displaced from the connector on side walls of the first and second vessels. at least two first pairs of clinch members (66a, 66v) having a deployed configuration, each first pair of clinch members comprising a continuously formed clip absent an intervening waist segment between the clinch members thereby to create a smoothly arcuate transition between the clinch members, each first pair of clinch members being configured so as, in use, to be longitudinally disposed relative to contiguous portions of the first vessel and the second vessel such that the deployed clinch members of each first pair are biased to close upon contiguous parallel portions of the first and second vessels; and at least two second pairs of clinch members (67a, 67v) having a deployed configuration transverse to the first pairs and each comprising a continuously formed clip absent an intervening waist segment between the clinch members, wherein in said deployed configuration a first tip and an opposed second tip of each second pair are spaced from one another and are in a transverse orientation relative to the first pairs, wherein the second pairs of clinch members extend transversely in an arcuate shape with each end arcing outwardly relative to an axial centreline of the device such that, in use, each tip of the deployed second pairs is biased to exert a nominal pressure on circumferentially spaced points which are displaced from the connector on side walls of the first and second vessels.
An isolating decoupler comprising: a hub for connection to a shaft; a pulley journalled to the hub, the pulley having a belt engaging surface; a composite spring having a clutch portion, a transition portion and a variable diameter portion; the composite spring engaged between the hub and the pulley, the clutch portion diameter reducible in a loading direction for a frictional engagement with the pulley in the loading direction; the frictional engagement of the clutch portion progressively releasable from the pulley in an unloading direction; the variable diameter portion having a diameter which varies according to a torque load; and characterized by: an inertial member engaged with the hub through a damping member, wherein the transition portion of the composite spring has a helical shape in the unloaded condition with an increasing diameter from the clutch portion to a tab at one end of the composite spring. a hub for connection to a shaft; a pulley journalled to the hub, the pulley having a belt engaging surface; a composite spring having a clutch portion, a transition portion and a variable diameter portion; the composite spring engaged between the hub and the pulley, the clutch portion diameter reducible in a loading direction for a frictional engagement with the pulley in the loading direction; the frictional engagement of the clutch portion progressively releasable from the pulley in an unloading direction; the variable diameter portion having a diameter which varies according to a torque load; and characterized by: an inertial member engaged with the hub through a damping member, wherein the transition portion of the composite spring has a helical shape in the unloaded condition with an increasing diameter from the clutch portion to a tab at one end of the composite spring. an inertial member engaged with the hub through a damping member, wherein the transition portion of the composite spring has a helical shape in the unloaded condition with an increasing diameter from the clutch portion to a tab at one end of the composite spring.
A dental implant for insertion in the jaw bone of a patient, comprising an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a coronal end, an interior bore extending longitudinally from the coronal end, with a first set of longitudinally extending anti-rotation structures (10, 10') constituting a first anti-rotation feature and a second set of longitudinally extending anti-rotation structures constituting a second anti-rotation feature, the anti-rotation structures of the first set and the anti-rotation structures of the second set extending at least in part over a common length of the bore, characterised in that at least one set of anti-rotation structures are formed by projections on the interior bore.
A fluid dispenser, comprising: • a fluid reservoir; • a dispenser member through which the fluid is delivered, the dispenser member comprising a body and an actuator rod that is axially movable down and up relative to the body over a maximum rod stroke, • a dispenser orifice (46; 46") where a user may recover the dispensed fluid, • a rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4") that the user can turn about its own axis, • a transmission member (5; 5") that is engaged both with the dispenser member and also with the rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4"), and • cam means (43, 55; 43'; 43", 55") that are formed by the rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4") and by the transmission member (5; 5") for transforming turning of the rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4") into an axial movement of the actuator rod or of the body, the dispenser being characterized in that: • the cam means (43, 55; 43'; 43", 55") define a maximum cam stroke that is greater than the maximum rod stroke, and • resilient means (56; 43'; 45") act axially so as to compensate for the extra amount of the maximum cam stroke and thus allow it to be followed so as to guarantee that the rod performs its maximum stroke in full. • a fluid reservoir; • a dispenser member through which the fluid is delivered, the dispenser member comprising a body and an actuator rod that is axially movable down and up relative to the body over a maximum rod stroke, • a dispenser orifice (46; 46") where a user may recover the dispensed fluid, • a rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4") that the user can turn about its own axis, • a transmission member (5; 5") that is engaged both with the dispenser member and also with the rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4"), and • cam means (43, 55; 43'; 43", 55") that are formed by the rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4") and by the transmission member (5; 5") for transforming turning of the rotary actuator member (4; 4'; 4") into an axial movement of the actuator rod or of the body, • the cam means (43, 55; 43'; 43", 55") define a maximum cam stroke that is greater than the maximum rod stroke, and • resilient means (56; 43'; 45") act axially so as to compensate for the extra amount of the maximum cam stroke and thus allow it to be followed so as to guarantee that the rod performs its maximum stroke in full.
A human-originated EGF domain protein for use in treating Gram-negative bacteria infection, the amino acid sequence thereof being described in any one of SEQ ID NO: 1-SEQ ID NO: 1498 in the sequence listing.
A medical device, comprising: an expandable energy delivery array (102; 700; 800) reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the expandable energy delivery array (102; 700; 800) comprising: a first assembly having a first proximal end piece, a first distal end piece, and one or more first energy transfer elements extending between the first proximal and first distal end pieces; and a second assembly having a second proximal end piece, a second distal end piece, and one or more second energy transfer elements extending between the second proximal and second distal end pieces, wherein the second proximal end piece is proximal to the first proximal end piece, and the second distal end piece is distal to the first distal end piece; characterised in that the first and second assemblies are electrically insulated from one another. an expandable energy delivery array (102; 700; 800) reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the expandable energy delivery array (102; 700; 800) comprising: a first assembly having a first proximal end piece, a first distal end piece, and one or more first energy transfer elements extending between the first proximal and first distal end pieces; and a second assembly having a second proximal end piece, a second distal end piece, and one or more second energy transfer elements extending between the second proximal and second distal end pieces, wherein the second proximal end piece is proximal to the first proximal end piece, and the second distal end piece is distal to the first distal end piece; a first assembly having a first proximal end piece, a first distal end piece, and one or more first energy transfer elements extending between the first proximal and first distal end pieces; and a second assembly having a second proximal end piece, a second distal end piece, and one or more second energy transfer elements extending between the second proximal and second distal end pieces, wherein the second proximal end piece is proximal to the first proximal end piece, and the second distal end piece is distal to the first distal end piece; characterised in that the first and second assemblies are electrically insulated from one another.