mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
The non-therapeutic use of an oral composition comprising a polymeric surface active agent for providing surface conditioning effects to a subject's teeth and mucosal surfaces by increasing the hydrophilic character as measured by a decrease in water contact angles on the teeth and on the mucosal surfaces comprising administering to the subject an oral composition comprising a polymeric surface active agent which deposits on said oral surfaces a conditioning film wherein the polymeric surface active agent is a polyelectrolyte selected from: a) condensed phosphorylated polymers; b) polyphosphonates; c) copolymers of phosphate- or phosphonate-containing monomers or polymers with ethylenically unsaturated monomers, amino acids, or with other polymers selected from proteins, polypeptides, polysaccharides, poly(acrylate), poly(acrylamide), poly(methacrylate), poly(ethacrylate), poly(hydroxyalkylmethacrylate), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(maleic anhydride), poly(maleate) poly(amide), poly(ethylene amine), poly(ethylene glycol), poly(propylene glycol), poly(vinyl acetate) or poly(vinyl benzyl chloride); and d) mixtures thereof. a) condensed phosphorylated polymers; b) polyphosphonates; c) copolymers of phosphate- or phosphonate-containing monomers or polymers with ethylenically unsaturated monomers, amino acids, or with other polymers selected from proteins, polypeptides, polysaccharides, poly(acrylate), poly(acrylamide), poly(methacrylate), poly(ethacrylate), poly(hydroxyalkylmethacrylate), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(maleic anhydride), poly(maleate) poly(amide), poly(ethylene amine), poly(ethylene glycol), poly(propylene glycol), poly(vinyl acetate) or poly(vinyl benzyl chloride); and d) mixtures thereof.
A process for producing urea, the process comprising a. subjecting ammonia and carbon dioxide to urea forming conditions in a urea synthesis section, thereby producing a urea aqueous stream; b. sending the urea aqueous stream to a recovery section; c. subjecting, in the recovery section, the urea aqueous stream to recovery of unreacted ammonia and carbon dioxide from said urea aqueous stream, thereby producing recovered ammonia and carbon dioxide, and a purified urea aqueous stream; d. recycling said recovered ammonia and carbon dioxide to the synthesis section; e. sending the purified urea aqueous stream to a concentration section; f. subjecting, in the concentration section, the purified urea aqueous stream to removal of water, thereby producing a concentrated urea stream; wherein the process further comprises g. adding, downstream of the concentration section, liquid ammonia to the concentrated urea stream, to give a concentration of ammonia after addition in the range of from 500 to 5000 ppm by weight, wherein the process is conducted in a urea plant provided with an abatement section, for ammonia-containing gas emissions. a. subjecting ammonia and carbon dioxide to urea forming conditions in a urea synthesis section, thereby producing a urea aqueous stream; b. sending the urea aqueous stream to a recovery section; c. subjecting, in the recovery section, the urea aqueous stream to recovery of unreacted ammonia and carbon dioxide from said urea aqueous stream, thereby producing recovered ammonia and carbon dioxide, and a purified urea aqueous stream; d. recycling said recovered ammonia and carbon dioxide to the synthesis section; e. sending the purified urea aqueous stream to a concentration section; f. subjecting, in the concentration section, the purified urea aqueous stream to removal of water, thereby producing a concentrated urea stream; wherein the process further comprises g. adding, downstream of the concentration section, liquid ammonia to the concentrated urea stream, to give a concentration of ammonia after addition in the range of from 500 to 5000 ppm by weight,
Clamping device for mechanically clamping a component, having a) an axially displaceable tension rod for clamping the component, and b) an axially displaceable piston for displacing the tension rod, and c) a clamping bushing for clamping in a bore of the component, d) wherein the clamping bushing in a relaxed state is contracted radially so that the clamping bushing can be introduced into the bore and removed from the bore, e) whereas the clamping bushing in a clamped state is expanded radially so that the lateral surface of the clamping bushing forms a mechanical connection with the inside wall of the bore, f) wherein the mechanical connection between the lateral surface of the clamping bushing and the inside wall of the bore is interlocking, characterised by g) an external thread in the lateral surface of the clamping bushing for engaging an internal thread in the inside wall of the bore, thereby producing the interlocking connection. a) an axially displaceable tension rod for clamping the component, and b) an axially displaceable piston for displacing the tension rod, and c) a clamping bushing for clamping in a bore of the component, d) wherein the clamping bushing in a relaxed state is contracted radially so that the clamping bushing can be introduced into the bore and removed from the bore, e) whereas the clamping bushing in a clamped state is expanded radially so that the lateral surface of the clamping bushing forms a mechanical connection with the inside wall of the bore, f) wherein the mechanical connection between the lateral surface of the clamping bushing and the inside wall of the bore is interlocking, characterised by g) an external thread in the lateral surface of the clamping bushing for engaging an internal thread in the inside wall of the bore, thereby producing the interlocking connection.
A negative electrode comprising: a current collector for a negative electrode; a first negative electrode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector for a negative electrode and containing a carbonaceous active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer positioned on the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a silicon-based active material, carbon nanotubes and a carbonaceous active material. a current collector for a negative electrode; a first negative electrode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector for a negative electrode and containing a carbonaceous active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer positioned on the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a silicon-based active material, carbon nanotubes and a carbonaceous active material.
A control device for a walking assistance device, the walking assistance device comprising an actuator (TA1, TA2) provided in association with at least one of a hip joint and a knee joint of a user, comprising: a controller that computes an assist force for the corresponding joint to reduce an effort to flex the corresponding joint and controls the corresponding actuator accordingly; a sensor for detecting a walking state of the user; a determination unit for detecting an abnormal state of walking according to an output signal from the sensor; and a switching unit for invoking an abnormal mode (40,41) when an abnormal state of walking is detected by the determination unit whereby the controller controls the actuator in a way different from that under a normal mode, the abnormal mode including a forced tripping evasion mode wherein the controller urges a walking attitude of the user toward an upright attitude by using the actuator; characterised in that the sensor is attached to an abdomen of the user to measure a tension of a muscle, and the determination unit comprises a differentiating circuit for differentiating an output of the sensor and a comparator circuit for comparing an output of the differentiating circuit with a predetermined threshold value. a controller that computes an assist force for the corresponding joint to reduce an effort to flex the corresponding joint and controls the corresponding actuator accordingly; a sensor for detecting a walking state of the user; a determination unit for detecting an abnormal state of walking according to an output signal from the sensor; and a switching unit for invoking an abnormal mode (40,41) when an abnormal state of walking is detected by the determination unit whereby the controller controls the actuator in a way different from that under a normal mode, the abnormal mode including a forced tripping evasion mode wherein the controller urges a walking attitude of the user toward an upright attitude by using the actuator; characterised in that the sensor is attached to an abdomen of the user to measure a tension of a muscle, and the determination unit comprises a differentiating circuit for differentiating an output of the sensor and a comparator circuit for comparing an output of the differentiating circuit with a predetermined threshold value.
A solid daptomycin composition, wherein said composition is prepared by lyophilizing an aqueous liquid daptomycin solution comprising at least one excipient selected from a sugar and glycine, wherein the aqueous liquid daptomycin solution has a pH of 6.5 to 7.5.
A method for introducing perforations into a sheet of laminated material that includes a layer of silicone gel, which method involves contacting perforating elements with the sheet and subjecting the sheet, at least in the regions contacted with the perforating elements, to high frequency mechanical vibrations, such that the perforating elements puncture the sheet of laminated material, wherein the perforating elements remain in the sheet of laminated material for sufficient time to allow re-moulding of the silicone gel around the perforating elements.
A process for preparing carrier particles for a dry powder formulation for inhalation comprising i) a fraction of co-micronized particles made of a mixture of an excipient and an additive, the mixture having a mass median diameter lower than 20 micron; ii) a fraction of coarse excipient particles having a MMD equal to or higher than 80 micron, said process comprising the following steps: a) co-micronizing the excipient particles and additive particles; b) adding and mixing the obtained co-micronized particles with the coarse excipient particles; characterized in that the co-micronized particles of step a) are first conditioned by exposure to a relative humidity of 50-75% at 22 ± 2° C for a time comprised between 24 and 60 hours. a) co-micronizing the excipient particles and additive particles; b) adding and mixing the obtained co-micronized particles with the coarse excipient particles;
Method for the electrically conducting connection of a bundle of bare strands or wires by means of ultrasonic action, where the bundle is held prior to ultrasonic action by a sheath, such as a sleeve, of metallic material whose longitudinal axis runs in the longitudinal direction of the bundle, and where a substance-to-substance connection of the wires or strands to one another and to the metallic sheath by means of ultrasonic welding is achieved in that the sonotrode (114, 28,42, 48) is set in ultrasonic oscillation in its longitudinal direction and the sonotrode (114, 28,42, 48) acts on the sheath in the antinode, wherein the sheath with the bundle held in some areas is arranged with its longitudinal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the sonotrode (114, 28, 42, 48) transmitting the ultrasonic oscillations, and at the same time as the substance-to-substance connection of the wires or strands to one another and to the metallic sheath a recess is shaped transverse to the longitudinal axis of the metallic sheath inside the latter.
A method of detecting loss of data connection in a plurality of links between an exchange and one or more of a plurality of network terminals arising during presence of a user at an intervention point node on the links between the exchange and the network terminals, comprising - receiving connection information about loss of data connection on any one of the links, - receiving duration information about duration of the user presence at the intervention point node, - determining if the loss of data connection occurred within the user presence duration, - causing line tests to be conducted on each of the links for which loss of data connection is determined to have occurred within the user presence duration, - receiving results of the line tests including a number of links being determined, by the line test, to exhibit a fault, and - determining if the number of links determined to exhibit a fault exceeds a predetermined threshold number. - receiving connection information about loss of data connection on any one of the links, - receiving duration information about duration of the user presence at the intervention point node, - determining if the loss of data connection occurred within the user presence duration, - causing line tests to be conducted on each of the links for which loss of data connection is determined to have occurred within the user presence duration, - receiving results of the line tests including a number of links being determined, by the line test, to exhibit a fault, and - determining if the number of links determined to exhibit a fault exceeds a predetermined threshold number.
Protective device for containers, such as beverage cans and similar, of the type constituted in any kind of plastic and coupled to the mouth or upper base of the can, characterized in that it is constituted from a tubular body closed from above, with a short, round base according to the mouth of the can, in which perimeter wall a likewise perimeter thickening is interiorly defined, parallel to which a perimeter partition is established, defining a channel to tightly receive the press fit embossed edge of the can, wherein the outer and perimeter wall has a longitudinal and perimeter cut extending along the entire perimeter of said wall except for a section in which a link is defined, characterised in that the cut has a crenellated contour, such that said crenellated perimeter cut determines two sectors related to each other through the aforementioned link that define an annular sector affixed to the mouth of the can and a sector having the functions of an upper lid likewise affixed to the embossed edge of the can through the crenellated sectors, the entire set being integrated as a single-piece.
A method for producing a nanocomposite material, including nanofillers dispersed in a thermoplastic polymeric matrix, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a starting thermoplastic polymeric material, having a crystalline structure; b) providing one or more precursors of the nanofillers; c) bringing the starting thermoplastic polymeric material into the molten state and dispersing the precursor or precursors therein; d) subjecting the precursor or precursors to in situ thermolysis, thereby generating the nanofillers directly within the molten polymeric material; and e) causing solidification of the molten polymeric material including the nanofillers, thereby obtaining the nanocomposite material, wherein the precursor or precursors are selected from among carbonates and acetylacetonates and the thermoplastic polymeric material is isotactic polypropylene. a) providing a starting thermoplastic polymeric material, having a crystalline structure; b) providing one or more precursors of the nanofillers; c) bringing the starting thermoplastic polymeric material into the molten state and dispersing the precursor or precursors therein; d) subjecting the precursor or precursors to in situ thermolysis, thereby generating the nanofillers directly within the molten polymeric material; and e) causing solidification of the molten polymeric material including the nanofillers, thereby obtaining the nanocomposite material,
A substation platform for use in offshore power transmission comprising a primary floor, at least one transformer assembly including one or more transformers for connection in use to one or more electrical networks, wherein the primary floor includes at least one opening, wherein the or each transformer assembly is releasably connected to the primary floor, and wherein the substation platform includes at least one strand jack including one or more cables, the or each cable being operable to releasably connect to a respective transformer assembly and the or each strand jack being operable to lower or lift the respective transformer through the respective opening of the primary floor, characterized in that the or each transformer assembly includes a secondary floor attached to the base of the respective transformer and releasably connected to the primary floor.
Retention system for a load carrying container, comprising a retention portion arrangeable at or near a rear end of a load carrying container, which retention portion is pivotable between a first, raised position and a second, lowered position; and a drive element for moving the pivotable retention portion between the first and second positions, characterized in that the retention portion comprises a lining of the load carrying container.
Seating furniture chassis, comprising a retractable and extendable leg- and/or foot-rest, a drive means, a fold-out means (1001, 1002, 1003, 1004) for triggering a folding movement of the leg- and/or foot-rest during an extending and/or retracting movement of the leg- and/or foot-rest, a guide element, a guide rail, a translation means and a carriage that is rigidly connected to the translation means, the translation means being configured to be moved translationally by the drive means and thus trigger the extending and/or retracting movement, the guide rail being configured to guide the guide element during the extending and/or retracting movement, wherein the folding movement of the leg- and/or foot-rest can be triggered by a change in the distance between the fold-out means (1001, 1002, 1003, 1004) and the translation means, characterised in that the distance between the fold-out means (1001, 1002, 1003, 1004) and the translation means can be changed, by the guide elements being guided during the extending and/or retracting movement towards the translation means or the carriage or away from the translation means or the carriage.
A negative electrode base member wherein a metal film is formed on a support having an organic film, wherein a surface layer of the organic film is covered with a silica coating film characterised in that the silica coating film being formed between the organic film and the metal film.
A method, comprising: monitoring a downlink channel in active time or connected mode; receiving, by a user equipment, an instantaneous status of a data buffer of a base station related to the user equipment in a buffer status report; monitoring an instantaneous status of data buffers related to the user equipment and the base station, wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring the instantaneous status of the data buffer of the base station, the monitoring of the downlink channel is guided by the instantaneous status as presently known, and the monitoring (410, 420) of the downlink channel and the instantaneous status of the data buffers, as well as the guiding of the monitoring of the downlink channel, is performed in the user equipment. monitoring a downlink channel in active time or connected mode; receiving, by a user equipment, an instantaneous status of a data buffer of a base station related to the user equipment in a buffer status report; monitoring an instantaneous status of data buffers related to the user equipment and the base station, wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring the instantaneous status of the data buffer of the base station, the monitoring of the downlink channel is guided by the instantaneous status as presently known, and the monitoring (410, 420) of the downlink channel and the instantaneous status of the data buffers, as well as the guiding of the monitoring of the downlink channel, is performed in the user equipment.
A cation exchange membrane comprising a fluorine-containing polymer containing a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoroethylene unit having a carboxylic acid-type ion exchange group, wherein the melt index a of a fluorine-containing polymer obtained by esterifying the carboxylic acid-type ion exchange group with methanol is 3 to 50 g/10 min, the melt index a being measured according to JIS K-7210 under conditions at 270°C, a load of 2.16 kg and an orifice inner diameter of 2.09 mm, and the melt index a and the melt index b of the fluorine-containing polymer obtained by esterifying the carboxylic acid-type ion exchange group with methanol satisfy the relation represented by the following expression, the melt index b being measured under conditions at 260°C, a load of 2.16 kg and an orifice inner diameter of 2.09 mm: a − b / 270 − 260 ≤ 0.027 × a + 0.19
A method for the automated driving of a motor vehicle, by means of at least one camera and an evaluation unit for evaluating the data captured by the camera, wherein by means of the camera lane markings (14, 15, 16, 18, 19) are captured and traffic lanes (11, 12, 13) are determined therefrom, characterized in that changes in the lane markings (14, 15, 16, 18, 19), which would lead to determining a new traffic lane, are observed over a predefined distance (d grenz1, d grenz2), wherein the new traffic lane is adopted only if the changed lane marking (14, 15, 16, 18, 19) has been captured over a predefined distance (d grenz1, d grenz2), wherein the distance (d grenz1, d grenz2) is selected differently for the adoption of a traffic lane for a left and a right traffic lane.
A trace analyte collection swab comprising: a substrate comprising a surface having a trace analyte collection area; and a coating disposed on the surface of the substrate in the trace analyte collection area, wherein the coating comprises polyisobutylene for collecting particles of the trace analyte from a surface when the trace analyte collection area is placed against the surface, and characterised in that the coating is applied in a pattern on the substrate in the trace analyte collection area. a substrate comprising a surface having a trace analyte collection area; and a coating disposed on the surface of the substrate in the trace analyte collection area, wherein the coating comprises polyisobutylene for collecting particles of the trace analyte from a surface when the trace analyte collection area is placed against the surface, and characterised in that the coating is applied in a pattern on the substrate in the trace analyte collection area. wherein the coating comprises polyisobutylene for collecting particles of the trace analyte from a surface when the trace analyte collection area is placed against the surface, and characterised in that the coating is applied in a pattern on the substrate in the trace analyte collection area.