mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A stapler, comprising: a handle assembly; a shaft extending distally from the handle assembly; a tool assembly configured to selectively couple to the shaft and including a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly, the cartridge assembly including a staple guide defining a tissue contacting surface and a plurality of staple retaining slots formed in said tissue contacting surface; a resilient member operably positioned within the cartridge assembly and configured to bias the staple guide distally to provide a predetermined compressive force against tissue when the cartridge assembly and anvil assembly are approximated toward one another; a motor and a power source configured to energize the motor; and a microcontroller configured to operably communicate with the motor and the power source, wherein the microcontroller is in operable communication with the cartridge assembly, characterized in that the microcontroller is configured to test a spring constant of the resilient member. a handle assembly; a shaft extending distally from the handle assembly; a tool assembly configured to selectively couple to the shaft and including a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly, the cartridge assembly including a staple guide defining a tissue contacting surface and a plurality of staple retaining slots formed in said tissue contacting surface; a resilient member operably positioned within the cartridge assembly and configured to bias the staple guide distally to provide a predetermined compressive force against tissue when the cartridge assembly and anvil assembly are approximated toward one another; a motor and a power source configured to energize the motor; and a microcontroller configured to operably communicate with the motor and the power source, wherein the microcontroller is in operable communication with the cartridge assembly, characterized in that the microcontroller is configured to test a spring constant of the resilient member.
A radar target simulator frontend, configured to simulate at least one radar target for testing a radar device under test, comprising at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43), arranged along a first angle under investigation, wherein the at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43) are configured to be selectively activated and deactivated, each antenna unit (10-15, 40-43) of the at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43) generating a simulated radar target along the first angle under investigation, when activated, wherein the radar target simulator frontend is configured to simulate a near field radar target by jointly activating at least two adjacent antenna units (10-15, 40-43) of the at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43). comprising at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43), arranged along a first angle under investigation, wherein the at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43) are configured to be selectively activated and deactivated, each antenna unit (10-15, 40-43) of the at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43) generating a simulated radar target along the first angle under investigation, when activated, wherein the radar target simulator frontend is configured to simulate a near field radar target by jointly activating at least two adjacent antenna units (10-15, 40-43) of the at least two antenna units (10-15, 40-43).
A heating system comprising: an electronic controller, a turbine for burning a fuel to provide flue gas and electrical energy, a flue gas heat exchanger for receiving the flue gas and using the flue gas to heat water, a main conduit for receiving inlet air and gases from secondary inlets (5, 26) from within the system to elevate the temperature in the main conduit above ambient, an air heat exchanger for recovering heat from the air flow of the main conduit, and an air source heat pump ASHP to receive energy from the air heat exchanger, wherein the air heat exchanger comprises a cooler arranged to cool air from the main conduit for venting to atmosphere, characterized in that the cooler comprises an evaporator coil cooler and it shares an evaporator coil with the ASHP to transfer energy to said ASHP, the system further comprises a water source heat pump WSHP to receive a water feed at an elevated temperature from the ASHP, in which at least one stage (25(a), 25(b)) of the flue gas heat exchanger and the WSHP are configured to provide process hot water, and wherein recovered energy from the flue gas heat exchanger (25(c)) is provided to the WSHP, wherein the cooler and the ASHP are in an evaporator circuit, whereby the cooler delivers energy to the ASHP, the ASHP receives elevated-temperature water from the flue gas heat exchanger (25(c)) and delivers elevated temperature water to the WSHP, and the flue gas heat exchanger delivers elevated-temperature water to the WSHP. an electronic controller, a turbine for burning a fuel to provide flue gas and electrical energy, a flue gas heat exchanger for receiving the flue gas and using the flue gas to heat water, a main conduit for receiving inlet air and gases from secondary inlets (5, 26) from within the system to elevate the temperature in the main conduit above ambient, an air heat exchanger for recovering heat from the air flow of the main conduit, and an air source heat pump ASHP to receive energy from the air heat exchanger, wherein the air heat exchanger comprises a cooler arranged to cool air from the main conduit for venting to atmosphere, characterized in that the cooler comprises an evaporator coil cooler and it shares an evaporator coil with the ASHP to transfer energy to said ASHP, the system further comprises a water source heat pump WSHP to receive a water feed at an elevated temperature from the ASHP, in which at least one stage (25(a), 25(b)) of the flue gas heat exchanger and the WSHP are configured to provide process hot water, and wherein recovered energy from the flue gas heat exchanger (25(c)) is provided to the WSHP, wherein the cooler and the ASHP are in an evaporator circuit, whereby the cooler delivers energy to the ASHP, the ASHP receives elevated-temperature water from the flue gas heat exchanger (25(c)) and delivers elevated temperature water to the WSHP, and the flue gas heat exchanger delivers elevated-temperature water to the WSHP.
A one-pass inkjet recording method comprising: ejecting two or more inks, each containing an aqueous medium and a colorant to a surface of a recording medium having absorbability of the aqueous medium, by one scanning of an inkjet head over the recording medium to thereby form an image, wherein the recording medium is a cloth or a non-woven fabric, and the inkjet recording method comprises humidifying the surface of the recording medium before ejection of the inks to the recording medium, characterized in that the surface is humidified by air having a relative humidity of 50 to 80%. ejecting two or more inks, each containing an aqueous medium and a colorant to a surface of a recording medium having absorbability of the aqueous medium, by one scanning of an inkjet head over the recording medium to thereby form an image, wherein the recording medium is a cloth or a non-woven fabric, and the inkjet recording method comprises humidifying the surface of the recording medium before ejection of the inks to the recording medium, characterized in that the surface is humidified by air having a relative humidity of 50 to 80%.
A transcriptionally active recombinant linear polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide is DNA, encoding an antibody or fragment thereof wherein said polynucleotide is suitable for expression in a mammalian cell and comprises in the following order: i. a first promoter sequence, which is operably linked to ii. a first encoding polynucleotide that encodes one or more domains of the antibody or fragments thereof, which is operably linked to iii. a bidirectional transcription regulatory DNA sequence that is capable of forming the end of each RNA transcript formed, which is operably linked to iv. a second encoding polynucleotide sequence that encodes one or more domains of the antibody or fragments thereof, which is operably linked to v. a second promoter sequence, wherein the first polynucleotide of ii) and the second polynucleotide of iv) are in convergent transcriptional orientation. i. a first promoter sequence, which is operably linked to ii. a first encoding polynucleotide that encodes one or more domains of the antibody or fragments thereof, which is operably linked to iii. a bidirectional transcription regulatory DNA sequence that is capable of forming the end of each RNA transcript formed, which is operably linked to iv. a second encoding polynucleotide sequence that encodes one or more domains of the antibody or fragments thereof, which is operably linked to v. a second promoter sequence, wherein the first polynucleotide of ii) and the second polynucleotide of iv) are in convergent transcriptional orientation.
A modular buttstock system for a firearm, the system comprising: a longitudinally-extending buttstock including a right sidewall, a left sidewall, a closed bottom connecting the right and left sidewalls, a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinally and axially extending internal rearwardly open cavity being V-shaped in transverse cross section and extending from the front end to the rear end; a buttstock module removably attached to the buttstock, the module including a longitudinally-extending upper comb portion positioned above the buttstock and a rear butt portion positioned at the rear end of the buttstock; the buttstock module further including a forwardly projecting rear mounting flange inserted into the rearwardly open cavity of the buttstock; a fastening mechanism (122, 130/140, 193) removably securing the buttstock module to the buttstock; an open top formed in the buttstock; wherein the buttstock includes a longitudinally-extending horizontal partition wall recessed within the open top, the partition wall being slidably engaged by a laterally spaced apart pair of downwardly projecting longitudinal side mounting flanges formed on the buttstock module; wherein the partition wall extends longitudinally and laterally/transversely across cavity between the left and right sidewalls (100, 102) of the buttstock such that the partition wall closes the cavity. a longitudinally-extending buttstock including a right sidewall, a left sidewall, a closed bottom connecting the right and left sidewalls, a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinally and axially extending internal rearwardly open cavity being V-shaped in transverse cross section and extending from the front end to the rear end; a buttstock module removably attached to the buttstock, the module including a longitudinally-extending upper comb portion positioned above the buttstock and a rear butt portion positioned at the rear end of the buttstock; the buttstock module further including a forwardly projecting rear mounting flange inserted into the rearwardly open cavity of the buttstock; a fastening mechanism (122, 130/140, 193) removably securing the buttstock module to the buttstock; an open top formed in the buttstock; wherein the buttstock includes a longitudinally-extending horizontal partition wall recessed within the open top, the partition wall being slidably engaged by a laterally spaced apart pair of downwardly projecting longitudinal side mounting flanges formed on the buttstock module; wherein the partition wall extends longitudinally and laterally/transversely across cavity between the left and right sidewalls (100, 102) of the buttstock such that the partition wall closes the cavity.
A system for estimating a dose from a proton therapy plan for a patient, comprising: a memory that stores machine instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory that executes the machine instructions to subdivide a representation of a volume of interest into a plurality of voxels, determine a first distance associated with a planned proton field and a first voxel of the plurality of voxels, and compute a metric based on the first distance and a second distance associated with a target volume traversed by the planned proton field, wherein the volume of interest corresponds to the target volume and the metric represents a discrete contribution at the first voxel to an estimated dose received by the target volume, characterised in that a summation of a plurality of discrete contributions corresponding to the plurality of voxels yields an estimated dose corresponding to the volume of interest, wherein the plurality of discrete contributions includes the metric as given below representing the dose contribution from a proton beam with respect to a location or a voxel: G x = { Δ + d − Δ e − a T s − x + b x < T s d T s < x < T e 0 T e < x, wherein G x is the single proton field contribution to the geometry-expected dose, x is the distance from the proton beam source, the target volume starts at distance T s and ends at distance T e, Δ is the distance the ray travels in the target volume, d is the prescription dose level from the specified field to the target, and parameters a and b are phenomenological coefficients. a memory that stores machine instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory that executes the machine instructions to subdivide a representation of a volume of interest into a plurality of voxels, determine a first distance associated with a planned proton field and a first voxel of the plurality of voxels, and compute a metric based on the first distance and a second distance associated with a target volume traversed by the planned proton field, wherein the volume of interest corresponds to the target volume and the metric represents a discrete contribution at the first voxel to an estimated dose received by the target volume, characterised in that a summation of a plurality of discrete contributions corresponding to the plurality of voxels yields an estimated dose corresponding to the volume of interest, wherein the plurality of discrete contributions includes the metric as given below representing the dose contribution from a proton beam with respect to a location or a voxel: G x = { Δ + d − Δ e − a T s − x + b x < T s d T s < x < T e 0 T e < x, wherein G x is the single proton field contribution to the geometry-expected dose, x is the distance from the proton beam source, the target volume starts at distance T s and ends at distance T e, Δ is the distance the ray travels in the target volume, d is the prescription dose level from the specified field to the target, and parameters a and b are phenomenological coefficients.
A system for processing test samples comprising: a low-cost, disposable, self-contained microfluidics processing module for processing the test sample: a plurality of liquid wells disposed in a body of the low-cost, disposable, self-contained microfluidics processing module adapted to contain reagents for processing the test sample; a chamber for hybridizing the test sample disposed within the processing module; and a valve plate disposed between the plurality of liquid wells and the chamber, said valve plate being moveable among a plurality of positions that each form respective, microfluidics channels that communicate liquids between at least some of the liquid wells and the chamber. a low-cost, disposable, self-contained microfluidics processing module for processing the test sample: a plurality of liquid wells disposed in a body of the low-cost, disposable, self-contained microfluidics processing module adapted to contain reagents for processing the test sample; a chamber for hybridizing the test sample disposed within the processing module; and a valve plate disposed between the plurality of liquid wells and the chamber, said valve plate being moveable among a plurality of positions that each form respective, microfluidics channels that communicate liquids between at least some of the liquid wells and the chamber. a plurality of liquid wells disposed in a body of the low-cost, disposable, self-contained microfluidics processing module adapted to contain reagents for processing the test sample; a chamber for hybridizing the test sample disposed within the processing module; and a valve plate disposed between the plurality of liquid wells and the chamber, said valve plate being moveable among a plurality of positions that each form respective, microfluidics channels that communicate liquids between at least some of the liquid wells and the chamber.
Overcurrent protection device for protection of an electric power system, in particular an inverter, against overcurrents, wherein the overcurrent protection device comprises a) a first current path comprising a first fuse (2.1), b) a second current path comprising a second fuse (2.2), wherein c) the first current path and the second current path are connected in parallel between an input and an output of the overcurrent protection device, d) a first current control element (4.1) is arranged in the second current path, wherein the first current control element (4.1) is configured to be closed in a normal operation mode and the first current control element (4.1) is configured to be opened in an overcurrent situation, and wherein the first current control element (4.1) is a transistor and is connected in series with the second fuse (2.2), characterized in that e) a bypass diode is connected in parallel with the first current control element (4.1) such that, when the first fuse has interrupted and the first current control element (4.1) is switched off, a current path around the first current control element (4.1) is available to the overcurrent, and f) the overcurrent protection device is configured such that, in a situation where an overcurrent occurs, essentially the entire overcurrent first flows through the first fuse (2.1), causing the first fuse (2.1) to interrupt, and after the first fuse (2.1) has interrupted, essentially the entire overcurrent flows through the second fuse (2.2), causing the second fuse (2.2) to interrupt. a) a first current path comprising a first fuse (2.1), b) a second current path comprising a second fuse (2.2), c) the first current path and the second current path are connected in parallel between an input and an output of the overcurrent protection device, d) a first current control element (4.1) is arranged in the second current path, wherein the first current control element (4.1) is configured to be closed in a normal operation mode and the first current control element (4.1) is configured to be opened in an overcurrent situation, and wherein the first current control element (4.1) is a transistor and is connected in series with the second fuse (2.2), e) a bypass diode is connected in parallel with the first current control element (4.1) such that, when the first fuse has interrupted and the first current control element (4.1) is switched off, a current path around the first current control element (4.1) is available to the overcurrent, and f) the overcurrent protection device is configured such that, in a situation where an overcurrent occurs, essentially the entire overcurrent first flows through the first fuse (2.1), causing the first fuse (2.1) to interrupt, and after the first fuse (2.1) has interrupted, essentially the entire overcurrent flows through the second fuse (2.2), causing the second fuse (2.2) to interrupt.
A damper assembly (20, 220) comprising: a monotube damper and a twintube damper (24, 224) in a telescopic configuration; the monotube damper including a first tube, a rod disposed at least partially within the first tube and coaxially therewith, and a first piston connected to the rod and slidably disposed within the first tube; the twintube damper (24, 224) including a second tube and a third tube each disposed coaxially around the monotube damper, the second tube having an upper end and a closed lower end opposite from the upper end, and the third tube disposed within the second tube and defining an annular chamber therebetween; the twintube damper (24, 224) including a second piston connected to an axial end of the first tube dividing an interior of the third tube into an upper twintube chamber and a lower twintube chamber, the second piston defining a twintube passage (93, 94) providing fluid communication between the upper twintube chamber and the lower twintube chamber; the twintube damper (24, 224) including a base valve (96, 296) having a base member (97, 297) disposed adjacent to the closed lower end of the second tube and defining at least one base passage (98, 298) therethrough and providing fluid communication between the lower twintube chamber and the annular chamber; and a seal (104, 108, 208) configured to selectively block fluid flow through one of the twintube passage (93, 94) or the base passage (98, 298) based on an axial position of the first tube relative to the second tube. a monotube damper and a twintube damper (24, 224) in a telescopic configuration; the monotube damper including a first tube, a rod disposed at least partially within the first tube and coaxially therewith, and a first piston connected to the rod and slidably disposed within the first tube; the twintube damper (24, 224) including a second tube and a third tube each disposed coaxially around the monotube damper, the second tube having an upper end and a closed lower end opposite from the upper end, and the third tube disposed within the second tube and defining an annular chamber therebetween; the twintube damper (24, 224) including a second piston connected to an axial end of the first tube dividing an interior of the third tube into an upper twintube chamber and a lower twintube chamber, the second piston defining a twintube passage (93, 94) providing fluid communication between the upper twintube chamber and the lower twintube chamber; the twintube damper (24, 224) including a base valve (96, 296) having a base member (97, 297) disposed adjacent to the closed lower end of the second tube and defining at least one base passage (98, 298) therethrough and providing fluid communication between the lower twintube chamber and the annular chamber; and a seal (104, 108, 208) configured to selectively block fluid flow through one of the twintube passage (93, 94) or the base passage (98, 298) based on an axial position of the first tube relative to the second tube.
Transverse link made of fibre-reinforced plastics material for a wheel suspension of a vehicle, which transverse link is pivotable on at least two of its bearing elements (1.1, 1.2) about a common pivot axis or about pivot axes running substantially coaxially with respect to one another, these at least two bearing elements (1.1, 1.2) being connected by a single-shell connecting element (1.4) having at least two connecting arms (1.4a, 1.4b) to at least one bearing element (1.3) having a ball and socket joint bearing, the bearing elements (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and the connecting element (1.4) being elements of an integral plastics material moulded part, characterised in that the integral plastics material moulded part is produced by extrusion of plastics material containing fibres, the bearing elements (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) having bearing bushes (2, 10) or bearing shells surrounded in a material-uniting manner by extrusion of the plastics material, the ball and socket joint bearing having a bearing bush or a shell-shaped sliding capsule, which is produced from plastics material and is connected in a material-uniting manner to the connecting element (1.4), the connecting element comprising a centre or transverse web (1.41) connecting the bearing elements (1.1, 1.2, 1.3), and at least one edge web (1.42, 1.43), which is connected to the centre or transverse web (1.41) and, with the latter, defines an angle (α), preferably substantially a right angle.