mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A syringe system comprising: - a needle guard having a shield and a body, the shield comprising a pair of finger flanges having lateral edges, lateral ends and distal surfaces providing a surface area for the end user's fingers to grip and secure the syringe system, the body being configured to receive a syringe, and - an extended finger flange removably coupled with and fully inserted onto the needle guard and comprising: - a central attachment area which engages the shield of the needle guard, - a pair of lateral flaps configured to be engaged by an end user's fingers, the lateral flaps increasing the surface area available for the end user's fingers; and characterized in that the extended finger flange comprises one or more internal snaps which press fit against the finger flanges of the shield when the extended finger flange is fully inserted onto the needle guard, so that said snaps press against the lateral edges of the finger flanges but not against the lateral ends. - a needle guard having a shield and a body, the shield comprising a pair of finger flanges having lateral edges, lateral ends and distal surfaces providing a surface area for the end user's fingers to grip and secure the syringe system, the body being configured to receive a syringe, and - an extended finger flange removably coupled with and fully inserted onto the needle guard and comprising: - a central attachment area which engages the shield of the needle guard, - a pair of lateral flaps configured to be engaged by an end user's fingers, the lateral flaps increasing the surface area available for the end user's fingers; and - a central attachment area which engages the shield of the needle guard, - a pair of lateral flaps configured to be engaged by an end user's fingers, the lateral flaps increasing the surface area available for the end user's fingers; and
Street furniture such as bollards, lights, signs, guardrails, hoop guards, bicycle stands, waste bins, benches, the street furniture comprising an embedding sleeve, or an embedding sleeve with a ground sleeve, insertable in the ground and a hollow pole or strut insertable therein in a form-fit manner and detachably connectable therewith, the embedding sleeve, respectively the embedding sleeve with the ground sleeve, intended for receiving the vertical hollow pole or strut being equipped with a first fixator and a second fixator, and the fixators (52, 53) each being disposed at different levels (54, 55) within the embedding sleeve, respectively the embedding sleeve with the ground sleeve, characterized in that the street furniture has a connecting piece, the fixators (52, 53) enabling receiving hollow poles or struts of a further piece of street furniture using differently designed connecting systems by the connecting piece being insertable in the lower end of the hollow pole or strut of the further piece of furniture, the lower end of the connecting piece being connectable to the embedding sleeve using a bayonet-like catch in an upper opening of the embedding sleeve forming the second fixator on the upper level.
Wear distance sensor for sensing a wear distance of a brake lining (18, 18'), in particular of a friction brake, having: - a protective sheath with a friction side and a connecting side; and - a pick-up with at least one wear volume element, wherein the wear volume element is embodied so as to be light-transmitting, wherein a light-transmitting distance of the volume of the wear volume element is dependent on the wear distance of the brake lining (18, 18'), characterized in that the wear volume element has a first connecting section for feeding in an optical exciter signal and a second connecting section for extracting an optical response signal as optical connections, wherein a first guide element is attached to the first connecting section on the connecting side to a left-hand end section of an edge of the wear volume element which has a light-transmitting capability, and wherein a second guide element is connected to the wear volume element with a light-transmitting capability in the second connecting section in the same way, positioned opposite on a right-hand end section of this edge. - a protective sheath with a friction side and a connecting side; and - a pick-up with at least one wear volume element,
Lighting device (1, 1') having a tube, at least sections of which are transparent, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein the LEDs are arranged within the tube next to one another and parallel to the tube longitudinal axis, and wherein at least one separate optical means (5, 6; 5', 6') is arranged within the tube, wherein the at least one optical means comprises a cylindrical lens (6, 6'), characterized in that the at least one optical means comprises an elongate reflector (5, 5'), in which the LEDs are arranged, wherein the reflector for each LED has individual funnel-like depressions, and wherein the respective LED is arranged at the narrow end of the associated funnel-like depressions.
A sheet material handling group comprising a tray movable with reciprocating motion along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of teeth carried by said tray and equally spaced along said axis, guiding means for said teeth configured to allow a vertical motion of limited excursion of said teeth and elastic means housed in said tray and cooperating with said teeth to exert an upward return force thereon, characterized in that said e l astic means comprise a flat spring.
A balloon catheter comprising: a shaft having an elastically expandable balloon on a side of a distal end and space provided inside and allowing a fluid to flow into and flow out of the balloon; a heat generating member provided in internal space of the balloon and having a cylindrical shape, wherein the heat generating member is provided inside an in-side tube allowing a fluid to flow into the balloon through the in-side tube, wherein the heat generating member is disposed along an inner wall surface of the in-side tube; characterized by comprising only two light guide members, including a first light guide member and a second light guide member which are extended up to the internal space of the balloon along the shaft and emit a light beam input into a proximal end to the heat generating member from the distal end, wherein the positions of the distal ends of the first light guide member and the second light guide member are shifted from each other in an extending direction, and are located inside the heat generating member, while being fixed to each other, wherein the distal end of the second light guide member is located on the distal end side of the heat generating member distal to the position where the light beam emitted from the first light guide member reaches the heat generating member first. a shaft having an elastically expandable balloon on a side of a distal end and space provided inside and allowing a fluid to flow into and flow out of the balloon; a heat generating member provided in internal space of the balloon and having a cylindrical shape, wherein the heat generating member is provided inside an in-side tube allowing a fluid to flow into the balloon through the in-side tube, wherein the heat generating member is disposed along an inner wall surface of the in-side tube; characterized by comprising only two light guide members, including a first light guide member and a second light guide member which are extended up to the internal space of the balloon along the shaft and emit a light beam input into a proximal end to the heat generating member from the distal end, wherein the positions of the distal ends of the first light guide member and the second light guide member are shifted from each other in an extending direction, and are located inside the heat generating member, while being fixed to each other, wherein the distal end of the second light guide member is located on the distal end side of the heat generating member distal to the position where the light beam emitted from the first light guide member reaches the heat generating member first.
A method for determining the quality of at least one service, whereby several parameters that represent the quality of service are detected in a communication terminal device, characterized in that at least one second parameter from a second layer is associated with at least one first parameter from a first layer, whereby the first layer belongs to a higher layer and relates to the provision of services that the user of the terminal device accesses, whereby the second layer belongs to a lower layer and relates to the data transmission between the terminal device and the communication network, and the detection of the second parameter is started as a function of the result of a comparison of the first parameter to a prescribed threshold value.
A diaper or adult incontinence garment comprising a topsheet,a backsheet, an absorbent core and a sublayer distinct from the topsheet and the absorbent core and which is situated between the absorbent core and the topsheet for acquisition of bodily exudates and storage of feces, and said sublayer comprising a single region with a multitude of through or blind holes, said sublayer and holes having a length in y-direction, width in x-direction and thickness or caliper in z-direction, said holes. having an average smallest dimension through the centre point of said holes measured in the x-y cross section of the holes in the surface of said sublayer, facing the user in use of from 4 to 8 mm, and said sublayer having an average caliper of from 2 mm to 8 mm, and whereby said sublayer has an average caliper loss after wetting and under pressure of 0.3psi (2068,4 Pa), as defined herein, of less than 20%, characterized in that said region has a total open area of from 25% to 40% of the total surface area of said sublayer as measured on the surface facing the user, and said region of said sublayer is present in the back 50% of said diaper surface area, and the average shortest distance between neighboring holes measured from edge to edge in the x-y plane is from 3mm to 7 mm, and in that said sublayer comprises at least a first acquisition layer and a second acquisition layer and optionally further layers or components, whereby said first acquisition layer of the sublayer comprise a material selected from: modified cellulose fibers, chemically modified and/ or stiffened curled fibrous material, partially bonded and/ or non-bonded polypropylene and/or polyester fibers, a multitude of carded bonded nonwoven layers, preferably each having a basis weight of at least 40gsm, or a mixture thereof, and wherein said holes of the sublayer are formed by holes through the first layer or indentations in the first layer, and by holes through or in the second layer, and optionally in or through optional further layers or components.
A method for processing a digital signal through a linear device having a resonance frequency or a linear device that is described by a Laplace-filter having more than one pole, the digital signal making a first transition from a first level to a second level, wherein the first level is lower than the second level, the method comprising: pre-emphasizing the digital signal before processing it by the linear device; characterized in that pre-emphasizing the digital signal includes: pre-emphasizing the digital signal by applying an undershoot to the first level before the first transition. pre-emphasizing the digital signal before processing it by the linear device; characterized in that pre-emphasizing the digital signal includes: pre-emphasizing the digital signal by applying an undershoot to the first level before the first transition.
A metal bar for a support structure of a false ceiling, said bar being elongated in a longitudinal direction and including at least two sheet metal portions (5, 6) located side by side or overlapping, in contact, or adherent, the one with the other along said longitudinal direction, wherein a transverse direction, extending transverse to, or intersecting, said longitudinal direction, is defined in said bar, wherein each of said sheet metal portions (5, 6) has a sheet thickness and a thickness direction, wherein both the at least two sheet metal portions have cuts that are arranged, are directed, or extend, along said transverse direction, said cuts defining between them partially cut parts (10, 10A, 11, 11A), a partially cut part (10, 10A, 11, 11A) of one of the sheet metal portions (5, 6) protruding toward the other of said sheet metal portions (5, 6) to determine an interference of parts, wherein pairs of partially cut parts (10, 10A, 11, 11A) of the two sheet metal portions (5,6) are overlapped and are shifted in pairs along the thickness direction with respect to an adjacent area of the respective sheet metal portions (5, 6); the metal bar being characterized in that of each pair of shifted partially cut parts (10, 10A, 11, 11 A), one partially cut part (10, 10A, 11, 11A) of one sheet metal portion (5, 6) is projecting outwards with respect to said sheet thickness and defines a free region in said sheet thickness of the one sheet metal portion (5, 6), and the other partially cut part (10, 10A, 11, 11 A) of the other of said sheet metal portions (5, 6) is arranged at least partially in said free region of the thickness of the one sheet metal portion (5, 6) creating an interference between the two sheet metal portions (5, 6) in the transverse direction and in that longitudinally adjacent pairs of overlapped partially cut parts (10, 10A, 11) are present and are alternatively shifting in opposite directions to alternatively protrude along the longitudinal direction from one sheet metal portion and from the other sheet metal portion.
An air treatment device comprising: a casing; a tray provided in the casing and configured to receive water; and a photographing device configured to photograph a photographing target including an inner surface of the tray to obtain image data; characterized in that: the air treatment device comprises a lighting device configured to apply, to the photographing target of the photographing device, visible light having a maximum peak wavelength in a wavelength band from 400 nm to 500 nm, wherein the inner surface of the tray is white, such that an image, captured by the photographing device, of a portion of the inner surface having no dirt adhered to the inner surface is relatively high in brightness compared to a portion of the inner surface having dirt adhering to the inner surface, and the lighting device is a white light emitting diode. a casing; a tray provided in the casing and configured to receive water; and a photographing device configured to photograph a photographing target including an inner surface of the tray to obtain image data; characterized in that: the air treatment device comprises a lighting device configured to apply, to the photographing target of the photographing device, visible light having a maximum peak wavelength in a wavelength band from 400 nm to 500 nm, wherein the inner surface of the tray is white, such that an image, captured by the photographing device, of a portion of the inner surface having no dirt adhered to the inner surface is relatively high in brightness compared to a portion of the inner surface having dirt adhering to the inner surface, and the lighting device is a white light emitting diode. the air treatment device comprises a lighting device configured to apply, to the photographing target of the photographing device, visible light having a maximum peak wavelength in a wavelength band from 400 nm to 500 nm, wherein the inner surface of the tray is white, such that an image, captured by the photographing device, of a portion of the inner surface having no dirt adhered to the inner surface is relatively high in brightness compared to a portion of the inner surface having dirt adhering to the inner surface, and the lighting device is a white light emitting diode.
Method for producing a multi-layer metal tube, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - inserting into each other at least an inner block (10, 16) and at least an outer block - heating the blocks (10, 16, 11) which are inserted into each other - reducing the wall thickness of the blocks (10, 16, 11) which are inserted into each other by treatment on a push bench for forming the multi-layer metal tube, which is the final product, wherein the inner block (10, 16) is a hollow block. - inserting into each other at least an inner block (10, 16) and at least an outer block - heating the blocks (10, 16, 11) which are inserted into each other - reducing the wall thickness of the blocks (10, 16, 11) which are inserted into each other by treatment on a push bench for forming the multi-layer metal tube, which is the final product, wherein the inner block (10, 16) is a hollow block.
A probe for use in a method of detecting a condition in vivo involving porous dental hydroxyapatite, comprising: a coloured reporter conjugated to a protein selected from the group: Serum albumin; Complement C3 beta chain; Alpha-1-antitrypsin; Protein S100-A9; Lactotransferrin; Leukocyte elastase inhibitor; Antithrombin-III; Hemoglobin subunit alpha; Hemoglobin subunit beta; Hemoglobin subunit delta; Prolactin-inducible protein; Alpha amylase 1; Ig kappa chain V-III region SIE; Ig alpha-2 chain C region; Uncharacterized protein c6orf58; Serpin B3; Amelogenin; osteocalcin; and decorin, wherein the protein specifically binds porous dental hydroxyapatite.
A method of cell selection by a terminal in a mobile communication system supporting a packet switched, PS, service, the method comprising: transmitting an attach request message indicating that the terminal desires to perform a circuit switched, CS, service to a first network; receiving a first message from the first network; determining whether a first cell of the first network supports circuit switched fallback, CSFB, based on the first message; and if the CSFB is not supported by the first cell, storing an indication of the first cell in a list of indications of cells which do not support the CSFB, and excluding the first cell from being a selection or reselection candidate. transmitting an attach request message indicating that the terminal desires to perform a circuit switched, CS, service to a first network; receiving a first message from the first network; determining whether a first cell of the first network supports circuit switched fallback, CSFB, based on the first message; and if the CSFB is not supported by the first cell, storing an indication of the first cell in a list of indications of cells which do not support the CSFB, and excluding the first cell from being a selection or reselection candidate.
A sample collection system comprising: a microfluidic container configured to collect a sample comprising a volume of biological fluid of less than about 0.1 ml; and (i) a reusable actuation chuck configured to provide an actuation force when the microfluidic container is contacted with the actuation chuck; or (ii) an actuation subsystem integrated together with the microfluidic container, the actuation subsystem comprising a mechanism that generates an actuation force; wherein the microfluidic container comprises a reaction chamber, wherein the reaction chamber further comprises reagents disposed within the reaction chamber and an array of microposts configured for movement in the presence of the actuation force in order to mix the biological fluid with the reagents. (i) a reusable actuation chuck configured to provide an actuation force when the microfluidic container is contacted with the actuation chuck; or (ii) an actuation subsystem integrated together with the microfluidic container, the actuation subsystem comprising a mechanism that generates an actuation force;
A method for quantifying the amount of a peptide in a biological sample, comprising: contacting the biological sample with (i) an anti-peptide antibody specific for said peptide; (ii) a known quantity of an isotopically labeled version of the peptide; separating peptide bound by said antibody from unbound peptide; eluting said peptide and said isotopically labeled version of the peptide bound by said antibody from said antibody; measuring the amount of the peptide and said isotopically labeled version of said peptide eluted from said antibody using a mass spectrometer; and calculating the amount of the peptide in the biological sample, wherein said biological sample is a proteolytic digest of a body fluid. contacting the biological sample with (i) an anti-peptide antibody specific for said peptide; (ii) a known quantity of an isotopically labeled version of the peptide; (i) an anti-peptide antibody specific for said peptide; (ii) a known quantity of an isotopically labeled version of the peptide; separating peptide bound by said antibody from unbound peptide; eluting said peptide and said isotopically labeled version of the peptide bound by said antibody from said antibody; measuring the amount of the peptide and said isotopically labeled version of said peptide eluted from said antibody using a mass spectrometer; and calculating the amount of the peptide in the biological sample, wherein said biological sample is a proteolytic digest of a body fluid.
A safety pen needle assembly comprising: a hub having a proximal end and a distal end; a needle fixed to said hub, said needle having a distal end, formed for insertion into a patient, and a proximal end, said needle extending distally from said distal end of said hub so as to define an injection length of said needle between said distal end of said needle and said distal end of said hub; a first shield slidable relative to said hub from a first state, in which said shield covers at least a substantial portion of said injection length of said needle, to a second state, in which at least a substantial portion of said injection length of said needle is exposed; and a second shield slidable relative to said hub from a first position, in which said shield covers said proximal end of said needle, to a second position, in which said proximal end of said needle is exposed; characterized in that, a single biasing element is disposed between said first and second shields (16, 18) configured to simultaneously generate a biasing force configured to urge said first shield distally toward said first state and to generate a biasing force configured to urge said second shield proximally towards said first position. a hub having a proximal end and a distal end; a needle fixed to said hub, said needle having a distal end, formed for insertion into a patient, and a proximal end, said needle extending distally from said distal end of said hub so as to define an injection length of said needle between said distal end of said needle and said distal end of said hub; a first shield slidable relative to said hub from a first state, in which said shield covers at least a substantial portion of said injection length of said needle, to a second state, in which at least a substantial portion of said injection length of said needle is exposed; and a second shield slidable relative to said hub from a first position, in which said shield covers said proximal end of said needle, to a second position, in which said proximal end of said needle is exposed; a single biasing element is disposed between said first and second shields (16, 18) configured to simultaneously generate a biasing force configured to urge said first shield distally toward said first state and to generate a biasing force configured to urge said second shield proximally towards said first position.
A nonwoven fabric, comprising: a plurality of crimped bicomponent fibers having a first component comprising a first polymeric material comprising a first polymer or a first polymeric blend and a second component comprising a second polymeric material; wherein the second polymeric material comprises a second polymeric blend of (i) at least one polypropylene polymer, (ii) at least one polyethylene polymer, and (iii) at least one compatibilizer comprising or consisting of at least one polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer.