mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Spacer device for the knee joint comprising a femoral component, a tibial component and an intermediate component, wherein said femoral component is suitable for being constrained to an end of the femoral bone in proximity to the knee joint, wherein said tibial component is suitable for being constrained to an end of the tibial bone in proximity to the knee joint, wherein said intermediate component has a proximal end placed at said femoral component and a distal end placed at said tibial component, wherein said proximal end has a through hole and wherein said distal end has a through hole, said femoral component comprising a first condylar portion and a second condylar portion, said first condylar portion being placed laterally and said second condylar portion being placed medially with respect to the sagittal plane of the human body, said femoral component being suitable to come into contact and to articulate with said tibial component, wherein said intermediate component is placed in use between said femoral component and said tibial component, wherein said tibial component comprises a tibial plateau, said tibial plateau comprising two condylar articular bases (13, 23), corresponding to said condylar portions (12, 22), and an intercondylar protuberance placed between said condylar articular bases (13, 23) and suitable, in use, for being inserted into an intercondylar space of said femoral component, wherein said spacer device comprises a first hinge and a second hinge adapted to rotatably constrain said femoral component to said tibial component, wherein said tibial plateau has an opening or recess extending substantially parallel with respect to the longitudinal axis of the human body, said opening or recess extending inside said tibial component for a certain length and wherein said distal end of said intermediate component, in use, inserts into said opening or recess, so as to have a certain play between said distal end and said opening or recess, characterized in that the spacer device is a temporary spacer device and contains and/or is adapted for being added with one or more medical substances, for example, antibiotics, and in that the intercondylar protuberance has said opening or recess, and in that the play between said distal end and that said opening or recess is such that said distal end is allowed to move at least in the sagittal direction in said opening or recess.
Injector assembly with an injector, which has a plunger and a cannula and is configured to move an intraocular lens through the cannula by means of a translational movement of the plunger, a magnetic coupling and a drive unit, which has a first coupling half of the magnetic coupling, a motor, which is configured to drive the first coupling half into a first rotational movement, and a housing, within which the first coupling half and the motor are encapsulated and which has an annular housing portion which delimits a channel which has a circular cross section, wherein the injector has a second coupling half of the magnetic coupling, and the injector and the second coupling half are arranged in the channel, wherein the first coupling half is arranged around the annular housing portion and is thus configured to carry out the first rotational movement around the annular housing portion and therefore to drive the second coupling half into a second rotational movement by means of a magnetic field of the magnetic coupling penetrating the annular housing portion, wherein the injector is configured to convert the second rotational movement into the translational movement of the plunger, wherein the first coupling half has at least one permanent magnet and the second coupling half has a soft magnetic material.
A method for manufacturing a hyperechoic permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure for disposition within tissue, characterized by: encapsulating said hyperechoic permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure within a dehydrated hydrogel material so that the dehydrated hydrogel material surrounds the permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure, wherein the hydrogel material enhances ultrasound visibility of the permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure within the hydrogel material, when hydrated; and applying an external force to the dehydrated hydrogel material to stretch the dehydrated hydrogel material from a repose configuration to a stretched configuration where the stretching exceeds the elastic limit of the dehydrated hydrogel material so that it retains its substantially stretched position when the external force is removed, such that upon rehydration, the dehydrated hydrogel material substantially returns to its unstretched, in repose configuration. encapsulating said hyperechoic permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure within a dehydrated hydrogel material so that the dehydrated hydrogel material surrounds the permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure, wherein the hydrogel material enhances ultrasound visibility of the permanent marker, metal structure or hard plastic structure within the hydrogel material, when hydrated; and applying an external force to the dehydrated hydrogel material to stretch the dehydrated hydrogel material from a repose configuration to a stretched configuration where the stretching exceeds the elastic limit of the dehydrated hydrogel material so that it retains its substantially stretched position when the external force is removed, such that upon rehydration, the dehydrated hydrogel material substantially returns to its unstretched, in repose configuration.
A method for producing a reinforcing fiber preform, comprising: holding at least one substrate laminate by a shaping mold composed of at least two molds (13, 14) that face each other, wherein the at least one substrate laminate is selected from a substrate laminate which is produced by laminating multiple reinforcing fiber substrates each having a fixing material applied to at least one surface thereof and a substrate laminate which is produced by laminating multiple reinforcing fiber substrates with the fixing material interposed therebetween; and subsequently applying an electric current to the substrate laminate in a direction of lamination to heat the reinforcing fiber substrates and therefore apply heat to the fixing material, thereby fixing substrate layers in the substrate laminate to each other; wherein a means for making electric resistance in a fixing area relatively lower compared with that in a non-fixing area in the substrate laminate is used, and wherein the means for making the electric resistance in the fixing area relatively lower compared with that in the non-fixing area in the substrate laminate is a means for making a fiber occupation ratio in the fixing area relatively higher compared with that in the non-fixing area upon the holding of the substrate laminate by the shaping mold.
A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a continuous phase comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a polyamide and a dispersed phase comprising a halogenated isomonoolefin- para -alkylstyrene copolymer, wherein the composition comprises from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of acylglycerol derived from a fatty acid having not more than 8 carbon atoms and glycerol based on 100 parts by weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer.
A spinal construct comprising: a body defining a first groove; a transverse rod formed with the body and extending from the body; a first band disposable in the first groove; a base connectable with the body and engageable with the first band, the base defining a second groove and a slot; a second band disposable in the second groove and defining an opening aligned with the slot; and a shaft connectable with the base and engageable with the second band, the shaft being configured to penetrate tissue, the opening being aligned with the slot to facilitate an angular range of movement of the shaft relative to the body, wherein the second band includes a first mating surface engageable with a second mating surface of the second groove, the mating surfaces being engageable to fix the second band with the second groove, and the mating surfaces are engageable to resist or prevent rotation of the second band relative to the base. a body defining a first groove; a transverse rod formed with the body and extending from the body; a first band disposable in the first groove; a base connectable with the body and engageable with the first band, the base defining a second groove and a slot; a second band disposable in the second groove and defining an opening aligned with the slot; and a shaft connectable with the base and engageable with the second band, the shaft being configured to penetrate tissue, the opening being aligned with the slot to facilitate an angular range of movement of the shaft relative to the body, wherein the second band includes a first mating surface engageable with a second mating surface of the second groove, the mating surfaces being engageable to fix the second band with the second groove, and the mating surfaces are engageable to resist or prevent rotation of the second band relative to the base.
A turning device configured to rotate a turbine rotor comprising: an electric motor which comprises an output shaft; a moving gear configured to move between a first position at which rotation of the output shaft of the electric motor is able to be transmitted to the turbine rotor and a second position at which rotation of the output shaft of the electric motor is unable to be transmitted to the turbine rotor; a movement mechanism configured to move the moving gear between the first position and the second position; and a control device configured to control the movement mechanism, characterized in that the turning device comprises a torque detection unit, configured to detect a torque of the output shaft of the electric motor; and that the control device is configured to control the movement mechanism to move the moving gear from the first position to the second position based on the torque detected by the torque detection unit. an electric motor which comprises an output shaft; a moving gear configured to move between a first position at which rotation of the output shaft of the electric motor is able to be transmitted to the turbine rotor and a second position at which rotation of the output shaft of the electric motor is unable to be transmitted to the turbine rotor; a movement mechanism configured to move the moving gear between the first position and the second position; and a control device configured to control the movement mechanism, characterized in that the turning device comprises a torque detection unit, configured to detect a torque of the output shaft of the electric motor; and that the control device is configured to control the movement mechanism to move the moving gear from the first position to the second position based on the torque detected by the torque detection unit.
Track or steering rod for a vehicle, having a rod which has an end section which extends in a longitudinal direction (x) and is provided with an external thread, having a sleeve which is provided with an external thread and with an internal thread and is screwed onto the end section, having a joint housing which has a screw socket which is provided with an internal thread, is screwed onto the sleeve, and on which two flanges (21, 22) with in each case one through hole which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) are provided, which flanges (21, 22) are separated from one another by way of a slot which penetrates the wall of the screw socket and runs in the longitudinal direction (x), and having a clamping means which has a pin which extends through the through holes of the flanges (21, 22), characterized in that, on its outer circumference, the sleeve has a groove, into which the pin engages, and in that a radially projecting securing element is provided on the outer circumference of the rod between that end of the sleeve which faces the joint housing and that end of the rod which faces the joint housing.
Apparatus for filling bulk goods into empty open bags comprising at least one filling station and a bag receiving unit disposed thereat and at least one weighing unit, wherein a bag received by the bag receiving unit is at least partially filled, characterised in that at least one bag receiving unit is configured as a receiving box having a receiving space to temporarily receive a bag at which receiving box suction apertures are disposed for form-fit reception of the empty bag intended for receiving in the receiving box at least in sections, and that the receiving box comprises suction apertures in a lower region and in at least one region (31b, 31c) above, which are controlled differently.
A telescopic arrangement having a hollow cylinder and a part which is telescopically engaged with the cylinder, in which the arrangement is provided with at least one coil constituting a first form of pulse-induction device, and at least one target constituting a second form of pulse-induction device, to monitor the position of the said part relative to the cylinder, wherein a plurality of devices (22, 28) each of the same form of device being one of the said first and second forms of device are positioned on the outside of the cylinder, at different respective positions therealong, and at least one (22, 28) of the other of the said first and second forms of device is fixed relative to the said part of the arrangement in a position such that it is moved over the said plurality of devices in succession as the said part is telescopically moved relative to the cylinder of the arrangement, characterised in that the telescopic arrangement is provided with a sleeve that is fixed relative to and surrounds a said part of the arrangement and within which extends the cylinder, or at least a portion of the cylinder, depending upon the position of the said part relative to the cylinder, the said at least one (22, 28) of the said other of the said first and second forms of device being attached to the interior of the sleeve at the end thereof from which extends a portion of the cylinder.
A reservoir element comprising: a first ferromagnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, at least one via wiring electrically connected to the first ferromagnetic layer, characterized in that the first ferromagnetic layer defines an xy-plane; a layer comprises a plurality of ferromagnetic cylinders spaced apart from each other in a plane parallel to the xy-plane and projecting from the first ferromagnetic layer into a z-direction which is perpendicular to the xy-plane, the nonmagnetic layer is positioned between the first ferromagnetic layer and the plurality of second ferromagnetic cylinders, the at least one via wiring is connected to the first ferromagnetic layer on a surface opposite to a surface with the nonmagnetic layer. a first ferromagnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, at least one via wiring electrically connected to the first ferromagnetic layer, the first ferromagnetic layer defines an xy-plane; a layer comprises a plurality of ferromagnetic cylinders spaced apart from each other in a plane parallel to the xy-plane and projecting from the first ferromagnetic layer into a z-direction which is perpendicular to the xy-plane, the nonmagnetic layer is positioned between the first ferromagnetic layer and the plurality of second ferromagnetic cylinders, the at least one via wiring is connected to the first ferromagnetic layer on a surface opposite to a surface with the nonmagnetic layer.
A packaged pressure sensor (1; 29; 30; 33), comprising: a first MEMS pressure-sensor chip; a second MEMS pressure-sensor chip; a filling layer (12; 31; 32) of solidified elastomeric material on, and in contact with, the first and second MEMS pressure-sensor chips (6, 21), the filling layer being configured to transfer a force applied to a surface of the filling layer to the first and the second MEMS pressure-sensor chips; a container having an internal cavity that houses the first and the second MEMS pressure-sensor chips (6, 21), the filling layer filling the internal cavity of the container, characterized in that the first MEMS pressure-sensor chip is coupled on a first supporting region through a first coupling region, and the second MEMS pressure-sensor chip is coupled on a second supporting region through a second coupling region, the first and second supporting regions lying on different planes. a first MEMS pressure-sensor chip; a second MEMS pressure-sensor chip; a filling layer (12; 31; 32) of solidified elastomeric material on, and in contact with, the first and second MEMS pressure-sensor chips (6, 21), the filling layer being configured to transfer a force applied to a surface of the filling layer to the first and the second MEMS pressure-sensor chips; a container having an internal cavity that houses the first and the second MEMS pressure-sensor chips (6, 21), the filling layer filling the internal cavity of the container, characterized in that the first MEMS pressure-sensor chip is coupled on a first supporting region through a first coupling region, and the second MEMS pressure-sensor chip is coupled on a second supporting region through a second coupling region, the first and second supporting regions lying on different planes.
A flow straightening device through which a gas stream passes before being introduced into a hydrolysis reaction vessel that causes a hydrolysis reaction of urea water, said flow straightening device comprising: an outer tube into which the gas stream flows through one end of the outer tube toward the other end of the outer tube which is opposite to the one end; a control wall positioned inside the outer tube or at the other end of the outer tube, the control wall reversing at least a portion of the gas stream flowing into the outer tube through the one end toward the other end; and at least one tube part which is at least partially positioned at a location that is inside the outer tube and that is between the one end and the control wall, said at least one tube part constituting a flow passage of the gas stream flowing from an inside of the outer tube toward an outside of the outer tube through a side wall of the outer tube so as to introduce the gas stream inside the outer tube into the hydrolysis reaction vessel, said at least one tube part having an inlet part and an outlet part for the gas stream. an outer tube into which the gas stream flows through one end of the outer tube toward the other end of the outer tube which is opposite to the one end; a control wall positioned inside the outer tube or at the other end of the outer tube, the control wall reversing at least a portion of the gas stream flowing into the outer tube through the one end toward the other end; and at least one tube part which is at least partially positioned at a location that is inside the outer tube and that is between the one end and the control wall, said at least one tube part constituting a flow passage of the gas stream flowing from an inside of the outer tube toward an outside of the outer tube through a side wall of the outer tube so as to introduce the gas stream inside the outer tube into the hydrolysis reaction vessel, said at least one tube part having an inlet part and an outlet part for the gas stream.
Method for signaling a successful gesture input by a user, comprising the steps: - detecting a gesture (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) of a user, - classifying the gesture (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), and - signaling (400, 500) the determined class by generating an animation which visually emphasizes a position (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) along an edge of a screen associated with the gesture input, this position being linearly variable at least on a sectional basis, characterized in that the animation takes a different form depending on whether an application-related function can be executed in response to the recognized gesture (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5). - detecting a gesture (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) of a user, - classifying the gesture (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), and - signaling (400, 500) the determined class by generating an animation which visually emphasizes a position (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) along an edge of a screen associated with the gesture input, this position being linearly variable at least on a sectional basis, characterized in that the animation takes a different form depending on whether an application-related function can be executed in response to the recognized gesture (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5).
Use of a catalyst system comprising - at least one catalyst containing at least one aliphatic amidine or guanidine group, and - at least one moderator in the form of a basic metal compound, for crosslinking compositions based on polymers containing silane groups, characterized in that the basic metal compound is selected from oxides, carbonates, hydrogencarbonates, silicates, metal silicates, phosphates and pyrophosphates of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals, the basic metal compound comprising or consisting of calcium oxide. - at least one catalyst containing at least one aliphatic amidine or guanidine group, and - at least one moderator in the form of a basic metal compound,
A receiver for wireless communications in which transmission and reception occur in the same bandwidth, the receiver comprising: an analogue leakage canceller operable to receive an RF signal ( x(t)) comprising a desired signal component and a leakage signal component, and to suppress the leakage signal component using a first leakage cancellation mechanism to provide a modulated output signal ( z(t)) comprising the desired signal component and a residual leakage signal component; a digital leakage canceller operable to receive the modulated output signal ( z(t)), and to cancel the residual leakage component in the modulated output signal ( z(t)) using a second leakage cancellation mechanism to provide the desired signal; a first high resolution analog-to-digital converter operable to receive the modulated output signal ( z(t)) from the analogue leakage canceller and to convert the modulated output signal ( z(t)) to a first digital signal and provide the first digital signal as input to the digital leakage canceller; wherein the analogue leakage canceller is a modulated wideband leakage canceller and the first leakage cancellation mechanism is a modulated wideband leakage cancellation algorithm and wherein the receiver further comprises: a second low resolution analog-to-digital converter operable to convert the modulated output signal ( z(t)) from the modulated wideband leakage canceller to a second digital signal and provide the second digital signal to the first leakage cancellation mechanism for use in the modulated wideband leakage cancellation algorithm. an analogue leakage canceller operable to receive an RF signal ( x(t)) comprising a desired signal component and a leakage signal component, and to suppress the leakage signal component using a first leakage cancellation mechanism to provide a modulated output signal ( z(t)) comprising the desired signal component and a residual leakage signal component; a digital leakage canceller operable to receive the modulated output signal ( z(t)), and to cancel the residual leakage component in the modulated output signal ( z(t)) using a second leakage cancellation mechanism to provide the desired signal; a first high resolution analog-to-digital converter operable to receive the modulated output signal ( z(t)) from the analogue leakage canceller and to convert the modulated output signal ( z(t)) to a first digital signal and provide the first digital signal as input to the digital leakage canceller; wherein the analogue leakage canceller is a modulated wideband leakage canceller and the first leakage cancellation mechanism is a modulated wideband leakage cancellation algorithm and wherein the receiver further comprises: a second low resolution analog-to-digital converter operable to convert the modulated output signal ( z(t)) from the modulated wideband leakage canceller to a second digital signal and provide the second digital signal to the first leakage cancellation mechanism for use in the modulated wideband leakage cancellation algorithm.