mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A mixing valve for a dispensing device for dispensing a cooled beverage mixed with a gas, in particular nitrogen or a mixture containing nitrogen, the mixing valve comprising - a first inlet which can be fluidically connected to a source of said gas at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure and adapted, in use, to be supplied with said gas; - a second inlet which can be fluidically connected to a source of said beverage without gas and adapted, in use, to be supplied with said beverage not mixed with said gas; - an outlet which can be fluidically connected to a dispensing mouth for dispensing said beverage mixed with said gas; said dispensing mouth being, in use, selectively available in a closed or open configuration to prevent or allow respectively the dispensing of said cooled beverage mixed with said gas; - a mixing chamber interposed between said first and second inlet (30, 31) on one side and said outlet on the other side and adapted to allow mixing of said gas and beverage not mixed with said gas, thus forming said beverage mixed with said gas; characterized in that the mixing valve further comprises - regulation means (40, 41), configured such that, when said dispensing mouth is arranged in said open configuration, the passage, respectively, of a first flow rate value of said gas between said first inlet and outlet and a second flow rate value of said non-mixed beverage between said second inlet and outlet is regulated on the basis of the desired scenic effect of the beverage mixed with gas and the height of the froth desired when the beverage is dispensed. - a first inlet which can be fluidically connected to a source of said gas at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure and adapted, in use, to be supplied with said gas; - a second inlet which can be fluidically connected to a source of said beverage without gas and adapted, in use, to be supplied with said beverage not mixed with said gas; - an outlet which can be fluidically connected to a dispensing mouth for dispensing said beverage mixed with said gas; said dispensing mouth being, in use, selectively available in a closed or open configuration to prevent or allow respectively the dispensing of said cooled beverage mixed with said gas; - a mixing chamber interposed between said first and second inlet (30, 31) on one side and said outlet on the other side and adapted to allow mixing of said gas and beverage not mixed with said gas, thus forming said beverage mixed with said gas; characterized in that the mixing valve further comprises - regulation means (40, 41), configured such that, when said dispensing mouth is arranged in said open configuration, the passage, respectively, of a first flow rate value of said gas between said first inlet and outlet and a second flow rate value of said non-mixed beverage between said second inlet and outlet is regulated on the basis of the desired scenic effect of the beverage mixed with gas and the height of the froth desired when the beverage is dispensed.
A memory element, comprising: a first electrode; a phase change material structure having an interior space, the phase change material structure being over and in electrical communication with the first electrode; insulating material filling the interior space of the phase change material structure; a second electrode in electrical communication with the phase change material structure, and characterized in that, a diameter measured between interior sidewalls of the phase change material structure decreases from a bottom surface of said phase change material structure adjacent a top surface of said first electrode to a top surface of said phase change material structure. a first electrode; a phase change material structure having an interior space, the phase change material structure being over and in electrical communication with the first electrode; insulating material filling the interior space of the phase change material structure; a second electrode in electrical communication with the phase change material structure, and characterized in that, a diameter measured between interior sidewalls of the phase change material structure decreases from a bottom surface of said phase change material structure adjacent a top surface of said first electrode to a top surface of said phase change material structure.
A film coating apparatus for coating a thin film on a substrate, wherein the film coating apparatus comprises: a substrate fixing device having an arched surface for fixing the substrate; a thin film bearing device having a bearing surface opposite to the arched surface, and the thin film detachably disposed to the bearing surface; a press roll located at a side of the thin film away from the substrate fixing device, and may move towards the substrate and roll from one end of the thin film to the other end; characterised in that the thin film bearing device further comprises a screen plate disposed between the bearing surface and the thin film and opposite to the arched surface, the press roll being located at a side of the screen plate away from the thin film. a substrate fixing device having an arched surface for fixing the substrate; a thin film bearing device having a bearing surface opposite to the arched surface, and the thin film detachably disposed to the bearing surface; a press roll located at a side of the thin film away from the substrate fixing device, and may move towards the substrate and roll from one end of the thin film to the other end; characterised in that the thin film bearing device further comprises a screen plate disposed between the bearing surface and the thin film and opposite to the arched surface, the press roll being located at a side of the screen plate away from the thin film.
A needle (10,30,70) for a surgical instrument for removal of diseased or unwanted tissue, the needle (10,30,70) comprising: a hollow elongate needle shaft having a needle tip (14,34,74) at a distal end for cutting tissue, the needle tip (14,34,74) being flared in at least one plane and having a flattened posterior lip and an anterior lip shaped to produce an asymmetric tip mouth with a major axis (A-A') larger than an outer diameter of the needle shaft and a minor axis (B-B') smaller than the major axis (A-A'), the needle tip further having a plurality of grooves (16,36,72) milled into a surface of the tip (14,34,74) in an asymmetric arrangement around the circumference of the needle tip, wherein the grooves (16,36,72) are milled into an internal surface, only of the posterior lip and are straight and substantially parallel to each other. a hollow elongate needle shaft having a needle tip (14,34,74) at a distal end for cutting tissue, the needle tip (14,34,74) being flared in at least one plane and having a flattened posterior lip and an anterior lip shaped to produce an asymmetric tip mouth with a major axis (A-A') larger than an outer diameter of the needle shaft and a minor axis (B-B') smaller than the major axis (A-A'), the needle tip further having a plurality of grooves (16,36,72) milled into a surface of the tip (14,34,74) in an asymmetric arrangement around the circumference of the needle tip, wherein the grooves (16,36,72) are milled into an internal surface, only of the posterior lip and are straight and substantially parallel to each other.
A safe pharmaceutical formulation comprising melatonin dissolved in an aqueous vehicle for use in the treatment of brain injuries caused by birth asphyxia in a neonate, wherein said formulation is administered by parenteral infusion at a daily dose of from 10 to 20 mg/kg, characterized in that the administration is started not earlier than 45 minutes but not later than 4 hours from resuscitation of said neonate and the time period for the infusion is comprised between 30 minutes and 4 hours.
An apparatus comprising: a memory controller, comprising: a command queue having a first input for receiving memory access requests; a memory interface queue having an output for coupling to a memory channel adapted for coupling to at least one dynamic random access memory, DRAM; an arbiter coupled to the command queue for selecting entries from the command queue, and placing them in the memory interface queue causing them to be transmitted over the memory channel; and a refresh control circuit coupled to the arbiter and operable to: monitor an activate counter which counts a number of activate commands sent over the memory channel to a memory region; and in response to the activate counter being above an intermediate management threshold value and at or below a maximum management threshold value, only issue a refresh management, RFM, command if there is no refresh, REF, command currently held at the refresh control circuit for the memory region. a command queue having a first input for receiving memory access requests; a memory interface queue having an output for coupling to a memory channel adapted for coupling to at least one dynamic random access memory, DRAM; an arbiter coupled to the command queue for selecting entries from the command queue, and placing them in the memory interface queue causing them to be transmitted over the memory channel; and a refresh control circuit coupled to the arbiter and operable to: monitor an activate counter which counts a number of activate commands sent over the memory channel to a memory region; and in response to the activate counter being above an intermediate management threshold value and at or below a maximum management threshold value, only issue a refresh management, RFM, command if there is no refresh, REF, command currently held at the refresh control circuit for the memory region. monitor an activate counter which counts a number of activate commands sent over the memory channel to a memory region; and in response to the activate counter being above an intermediate management threshold value and at or below a maximum management threshold value, only issue a refresh management, RFM, command if there is no refresh, REF, command currently held at the refresh control circuit for the memory region.
An integrated assembly, comprising: first electrodes having top surfaces and sidewall surfaces extending downwardly from the top surfaces; the first electrodes being solid pillars; insulative material along the sidewall surfaces of the first electrodes; second electrodes extending along the sidewall surfaces of the first electrodes and being spaced from the sidewall surfaces by the insulative material; conductive-plate-material comprising a different composition to the electrodes and extending across the first and second electrodes, and coupling the second electrodes to one another; and leaker-device-material configured as leaker-devices electrically coupling the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material and being configured to discharge at least a portion of excess charge from the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material,, and wherein each of the leaker devices has a bottom surface directly against the conductive material of the first electrodes, and has an upper surface directly against the conductive-plate-material, the leaker-devices extending from the top surfaces of the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material. first electrodes having top surfaces and sidewall surfaces extending downwardly from the top surfaces; the first electrodes being solid pillars; insulative material along the sidewall surfaces of the first electrodes; second electrodes extending along the sidewall surfaces of the first electrodes and being spaced from the sidewall surfaces by the insulative material; conductive-plate-material comprising a different composition to the electrodes and extending across the first and second electrodes, and coupling the second electrodes to one another; and leaker-device-material configured as leaker-devices electrically coupling the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material and being configured to discharge at least a portion of excess charge from the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material,, and wherein each of the leaker devices has a bottom surface directly against the conductive material of the first electrodes, and has an upper surface directly against the conductive-plate-material, the leaker-devices extending from the top surfaces of the first electrodes to the conductive-plate-material.
A conversion LED with a chip which emits primary blue radiation, and a luminescent substance containing layer upstream from the chip which converts at least part of the primary radiation of the chip into secondary radiation, wherein a first yellow-green emitting luminescent substance of the garnet type A3B5O12:Ce and a second orange-red emitting luminescent substance of the type nitride silicate M2X5Y8:D is used, characterized in that the peak wavelength of the primary radiation is in the range of 430 to 445 nm, while the first luminescent substance is a garnet with the cation A = Lu or a mixture of Lu,Y with Y having a fraction of up to 30%, and wherein B contains fractions of both Ga and Al and wherein the first luminescent substance contains 1.5% to 2.9 mol% Ce in the component A, remainder is A, while the second luminescent substance is a nitride silicate which contains both Ba and Sr as cation M, and in which the doping consists of Eu, wherein the second luminescent substance contains 35 to 65 mol% Ba for the component M, remainder is Sr, where X = Si and Y = N.
A safety mechanism for preventing slamming of a door, the mechanism comprising: a base board (22,82,160) attachable to said door; a pivot (28,110,138) extending from said base board (22,82,160); an arm (26,98134) comprising a first end and a second end rotatably attached at said first end to said pivot (28,110,138) for pivoting from a stand-by position to a blocking position, when the door is slammed; a door arresting wedge (34,96,144) attached substantially perpendicularly to said second end of said arm (26,98,134); characterized in that the mechanism comprises at least one magnet (49, 92, 132) disposed on said base board (22, 82, 160) for attracting said arm (26, 98, 134); and at least another magnet or at least one part made of metal disposed on an edge of said arm (26, 98, 134), wherein said magnet (49,92,132) attracts said arm in the door blocking position, when the door is slammed and the mechanism also comprises at least one stopper (37, 106, 148) to prevent the rotation of said arm (26, 98, 134) in the stand-by position, the grip force of the stopper being overcome by the slamming force, when the door is slammed towards the door frame. a base board (22,82,160) attachable to said door; a pivot (28,110,138) extending from said base board (22,82,160); an arm (26,98134) comprising a first end and a second end rotatably attached at said first end to said pivot (28,110,138) for pivoting from a stand-by position to a blocking position, when the door is slammed; a door arresting wedge (34,96,144) attached substantially perpendicularly to said second end of said arm (26,98,134); characterized in that the mechanism comprises at least one magnet (49, 92, 132) disposed on said base board (22, 82, 160) for attracting said arm (26, 98, 134); and at least another magnet or at least one part made of metal disposed on an edge of said arm (26, 98, 134), wherein said magnet (49,92,132) attracts said arm in the door blocking position, when the door is slammed and the mechanism also comprises at least one stopper (37, 106, 148) to prevent the rotation of said arm (26, 98, 134) in the stand-by position, the grip force of the stopper being overcome by the slamming force, when the door is slammed towards the door frame.
A modular power base for a wheelchair, the modular power base comprising: two or more leg modules (106, 106a, 106b, 106c), each leg module comprising: an upper leg portion (108, 108a, 108b, 108c) comprising a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end is configured to be detachably and rotatably coupled to a seat portion of the wheelchair; a lower leg portion (114, 114a, 114b, 114c) having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lower leg portion being rotatably coupled to the distal end of the upper leg portion; a first wheel (122, 122a, 122b, 122c) rotatably coupled to the distal end of the upper leg portion and to the first end of the lower leg portion; a second wheel (124, 124a, 124b, 124c) rotatably coupled to the second end of the lower leg portion; and an independent control and power system comprising a control unit operable to control motion of the leg module. two or more leg modules (106, 106a, 106b, 106c), each leg module comprising: an upper leg portion (108, 108a, 108b, 108c) comprising a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end is configured to be detachably and rotatably coupled to a seat portion of the wheelchair; a lower leg portion (114, 114a, 114b, 114c) having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lower leg portion being rotatably coupled to the distal end of the upper leg portion; a first wheel (122, 122a, 122b, 122c) rotatably coupled to the distal end of the upper leg portion and to the first end of the lower leg portion; a second wheel (124, 124a, 124b, 124c) rotatably coupled to the second end of the lower leg portion; and an independent control and power system comprising a control unit operable to control motion of the leg module. an upper leg portion (108, 108a, 108b, 108c) comprising a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end is configured to be detachably and rotatably coupled to a seat portion of the wheelchair; a lower leg portion (114, 114a, 114b, 114c) having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lower leg portion being rotatably coupled to the distal end of the upper leg portion; a first wheel (122, 122a, 122b, 122c) rotatably coupled to the distal end of the upper leg portion and to the first end of the lower leg portion; a second wheel (124, 124a, 124b, 124c) rotatably coupled to the second end of the lower leg portion; and an independent control and power system comprising a control unit operable to control motion of the leg module.
A lateral flow assay strip for the detection of an antibody isotype associated with an acute immune response to a Zika virus infection, comprising: a) a sample receiving area for a biological sample; b) a blocker area located downstream of the sample receiving area, wherein the blocker area comprises Dengue NS1 polypeptides; c) a conjugate area on the lateral flow assay test strip located downstream from the blocker area, wherein the conjugate area comprises labeled antigens that specifically bind to Zika NS1-specific antibodies in the biological sample, wherein the labeled antigens are labeled Zika NS1 polypeptides; d) a first capture zone on the lateral flow assay test strip located downstream from the conjugate area, wherein the first capture zone comprises capture reagents that specifically capture IgG isotype antibodies; e) a second capture zone on the lateral flow assay test strip located downstream from the conjugate area, wherein the second capture zone comprises capture reagents that specifically capture IgM isotype antibodies. a) a sample receiving area for a biological sample; b) a blocker area located downstream of the sample receiving area, wherein the blocker area comprises Dengue NS1 polypeptides; c) a conjugate area on the lateral flow assay test strip located downstream from the blocker area, wherein the conjugate area comprises labeled antigens that specifically bind to Zika NS1-specific antibodies in the biological sample, wherein the labeled antigens are labeled Zika NS1 polypeptides; d) a first capture zone on the lateral flow assay test strip located downstream from the conjugate area, wherein the first capture zone comprises capture reagents that specifically capture IgG isotype antibodies; e) a second capture zone on the lateral flow assay test strip located downstream from the conjugate area, wherein the second capture zone comprises capture reagents that specifically capture IgM isotype antibodies.
An adjuvant comprising a monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA)-containing liposome composition and at least one saponin, wherein the liposome composition comprises i) a lipid bilayer comprising a phosphatidylcholine consisting of dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), and a phosphatidylglycerol consisting of dimyristoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG); and ii) cholesterol at a mole percent concentration of greater than 55% (mol/mol), wherein the saponin is selected from QS-7, QS-18 or QS-21, or a mixture thereof.
A nucleic acid having nucleolytic enzyme resistance, comprising: hairpin-shaped DNA comprising nucleic acid regions to below sequentially ligated from the 5' end toward the 3' end: a first nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; a second nucleic acid region comprising a "gna" or "gnna" base sequence, wherein each "n" independently represents "g", "t", "a", or "c", a base analogue, or a modified base; and a third nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the first nucleic acid region, wherein the first nucleic acid region and the third nucleic acid region form a stem portion by base pairing with each other and the second nucleic acid region forms a loop portion, and a single-stranded nucleic acid fragment comprising a DNA aptamer; wherein at least one end of the nucleic acid fragment is ligated to the hairpin-shaped DNA. hairpin-shaped DNA comprising nucleic acid regions to below sequentially ligated from the 5' end toward the 3' end: a first nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; a second nucleic acid region comprising a "gna" or "gnna" base sequence, wherein each "n" independently represents "g", "t", "a", or "c", a base analogue, or a modified base; and a third nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the first nucleic acid region, wherein the first nucleic acid region and the third nucleic acid region form a stem portion by base pairing with each other and the second nucleic acid region forms a loop portion, and a first nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; a second nucleic acid region comprising a "gna" or "gnna" base sequence, wherein each "n" independently represents "g", "t", "a", or "c", a base analogue, or a modified base; and a third nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the first nucleic acid region, a single-stranded nucleic acid fragment comprising a DNA aptamer; wherein at least one end of the nucleic acid fragment is ligated to the hairpin-shaped DNA.
A method of enhancing alcohol sensation in an alcoholic consumable or an alcohol-free beverage comprising the step of adding an olfactory effective amount of 17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dimethyl-hexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol or an isomer thereof, wherein the olfactory effective amount is 0.1 parts per billion or greater by weight.