mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A diversity transmission circuit, comprising: an input adapted to receive a signal for transmission to a receiver at a far field location; a sampler adapted to divide the input into a first signal (202; 302) and a second signal (204; 304); a parameter modifier, arranged to modify the second signal in order to direct the signal for transmission to the far field location; a first antenna (222; 324) adapted to receive and transmit the first signal; and a coupling network (210; 310, 312, 314) arranged to receive the first signal, modify the first signal, and output the modified first signal to a combiner (214; 318), the combiner also arranged to receive the modified second signal and output a combination of the modified first signal and the modified second signal to a second antenna (220; 326) that is adapted to receive and transmit the combination of the modified first signal and the modified second signal; and wherein the coupling network (210; 310,312,314) is adapted to adjust an amplitude and/or a phase of the first signal to maintain a specific absorption rate below a predetermined level at near field locations. an input adapted to receive a signal for transmission to a receiver at a far field location; a sampler adapted to divide the input into a first signal (202; 302) and a second signal (204; 304); a parameter modifier, arranged to modify the second signal in order to direct the signal for transmission to the far field location; a first antenna (222; 324) adapted to receive and transmit the first signal; and a coupling network (210; 310, 312, 314) arranged to receive the first signal, modify the first signal, and output the modified first signal to a combiner (214; 318), the combiner also arranged to receive the modified second signal and output a combination of the modified first signal and the modified second signal to a second antenna (220; 326) that is adapted to receive and transmit the combination of the modified first signal and the modified second signal; and wherein the coupling network (210; 310,312,314) is adapted to adjust an amplitude and/or a phase of the first signal to maintain a specific absorption rate below a predetermined level at near field locations.
A method for forming a catheter tube the method comprising: providing a reinforcement structure that includes first and second outer wall reinforcement portions and a septum reinforcement portion; and enveloping at least a portion of the reinforcement structure within a catheter tube such that the septum reinforcement portion is disposed within a septum of the catheter tube. providing a reinforcement structure that includes first and second outer wall reinforcement portions and a septum reinforcement portion; and enveloping at least a portion of the reinforcement structure within a catheter tube such that the septum reinforcement portion is disposed within a septum of the catheter tube.
A device for delivering ultrasonic energy to a target tissue that is subcutaneous to an ulcerated wound comprising: a transducer (154, 156, 158, 160); an aspiration conduit (144, 152); an irrigation conduit (130, 119, 117) comprising a sleeve; a horn; and a needle secured to the horn, wherein the needle includes an exposed portion having a length of about 19.05 mm (0.75 inches) to about 38.1 mm (1.5 inches); wherein a distal portion of the needle of the ultrasonic energy delivery device is configured to be positioned using a percutaneous approach at or around a target tissue located at a position subcutaneous to the ulcerated wound, and wherein the device is configured to deliver ultrasonic energy to the target tissue, wherein the device is configured to percutaneously treat a foot ulcer using the ultrasonic energy, wherein the sleeve comprises an insertion portion adapted for percutaneous insertion to the foot ulcer. a transducer (154, 156, 158, 160); an aspiration conduit (144, 152); an irrigation conduit (130, 119, 117) comprising a sleeve; a horn; and a needle secured to the horn, wherein the needle includes an exposed portion having a length of about 19.05 mm (0.75 inches) to about 38.1 mm (1.5 inches); wherein a distal portion of the needle of the ultrasonic energy delivery device is configured to be positioned using a percutaneous approach at or around a target tissue located at a position subcutaneous to the ulcerated wound, and wherein the device is configured to deliver ultrasonic energy to the target tissue, wherein the device is configured to percutaneously treat a foot ulcer using the ultrasonic energy, wherein the sleeve comprises an insertion portion adapted for percutaneous insertion to the foot ulcer.
Conveyor module, comprising: a module body, comprising: a pair of first link ends extending in a first direction of travel, each first link end having a first transverse opening therethrough, wherein at least one of the first link ends has a bayonet keyway; a second link end extending in a second direction of travel opposite the first direction, the second link end having a second transverse opening therethrough; a pin configured to be received in the first transverse openings, the pin having a shaft and a lever affixed at a first end of the shaft, characterized in that the pin has a bayonet tab on the shaft to cooperate with the bayonet keyway thereby retaining the pin in the first transverse openings, wherein the lever comprises a first locking portion and the module body comprises a second locking portion configured to couple with the first locking portion to prevent rotation of the pin. a module body, comprising: a pair of first link ends extending in a first direction of travel, each first link end having a first transverse opening therethrough, wherein at least one of the first link ends has a bayonet keyway; a second link end extending in a second direction of travel opposite the first direction, the second link end having a second transverse opening therethrough; a pair of first link ends extending in a first direction of travel, each first link end having a first transverse opening therethrough, wherein at least one of the first link ends has a bayonet keyway; a second link end extending in a second direction of travel opposite the first direction, the second link end having a second transverse opening therethrough; a pin configured to be received in the first transverse openings, the pin having a shaft and a lever affixed at a first end of the shaft, characterized in that the pin has a bayonet tab on the shaft to cooperate with the bayonet keyway thereby retaining the pin in the first transverse openings, wherein the lever comprises a first locking portion and the module body comprises a second locking portion configured to couple with the first locking portion to prevent rotation of the pin.
A method for the manufacture of recombinant antibody molecules selected from a Fab, modified Fab, an altered hinge Fab, Fab', F(ab')2 or Fv fragment; a single chain antibody; a single chain Fv in which the heavy and light chain variable domains are joined by a peptide linker, and a dual specificity antibody, such as a Fab-dAb comprising a) culturing a host cell sample of gram-negative bacteria transformed with an expression vector encoding a recombinant antibody molecule; b) adding an extraction buffer having a pH of 7.5 to 9 to the sample; and c) subjecting the sample to a heat treatment step within a range of 40°C to 70°C for 1 to 24 hours; characterized in that the pH of the sample is detected after addition of the extraction buffer and adjusted if the pH of the sample does not have a pH of 7 to 9 to ensure that the pH of the sample is 7 to 9 prior to the heat treatment step and not adjusted if the sample has a pH of 7 to 9. a) culturing a host cell sample of gram-negative bacteria transformed with an expression vector encoding a recombinant antibody molecule; b) adding an extraction buffer having a pH of 7.5 to 9 to the sample; and c) subjecting the sample to a heat treatment step within a range of 40°C to 70°C for 1 to 24 hours;
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an input image; generating progressively blurred images from the input image by filtering the input image with a Gaussian filter using a Gaussian scale space of predefined intervals; detecting blobs in the blurred images using a Maximally Stable Extremal Regions algorithm; outputting ellipses over the blobs; removing ellipses that are non-words by eliminating ellipses with an aspect ratio falling outside a specific interval; detecting, using one or more computing devices, a word in the input image based on the remaining ellipse(s); normalizing the orientation of the word, using the one or more computing devices; performing optical character recognition on the word; and outputting, using the one or more computing devices, text associated with the word. receiving an input image; generating progressively blurred images from the input image by filtering the input image with a Gaussian filter using a Gaussian scale space of predefined intervals; detecting blobs in the blurred images using a Maximally Stable Extremal Regions algorithm; outputting ellipses over the blobs; removing ellipses that are non-words by eliminating ellipses with an aspect ratio falling outside a specific interval; detecting, using one or more computing devices, a word in the input image based on the remaining ellipse(s); normalizing the orientation of the word, using the one or more computing devices; performing optical character recognition on the word; and outputting, using the one or more computing devices, text associated with the word.
An arrangement (na, 11b) for subsea cooling of a semiconductor module, the arrangement (11a, 11b) comprising: a tank, the tank being filled with a dielectric fluid; and at least one semiconductor module placed in the tank, each at least one semiconductor module comprising semiconductor submodules and being attached to a heat sink, wherein the semiconductor submodules generate heat, thereby causing the dielectric fluid to circulate by natural convection, wherein the heat sink comprises a first part having a first thermal resistance from the semiconductor module to the dielectric fluid, and a second part having a second thermal resistance from the semiconductor module to the dielectric fluid, wherein the second thermal resistance is higher than the first thermal resistance, and wherein the first part is configured to lie vertically higher than the second part. a tank, the tank being filled with a dielectric fluid; and at least one semiconductor module placed in the tank, each at least one semiconductor module comprising semiconductor submodules and being attached to a heat sink, wherein the semiconductor submodules generate heat, thereby causing the dielectric fluid to circulate by natural convection, wherein the heat sink comprises a first part having a first thermal resistance from the semiconductor module to the dielectric fluid, and a second part having a second thermal resistance from the semiconductor module to the dielectric fluid, wherein the second thermal resistance is higher than the first thermal resistance, and wherein the first part is configured to lie vertically higher than the second part.
An underground nuclear power plant, comprising: a nuclear island of one or more thermo-nuclear reactors installed in caverns; side by side with one or more thermo-nuclear reactors, a centre for characterisation, treatment and conditioning of radioactive wastes; and one repository being adapted to temporarily store spent fuel, high-level long-life radioactive materials and, in case, spare nuclear rods for reactor refuelling; and that installed in the caverns is another repository being adapted to finally store low-intermediate level nuclear wastes, characterised in that the underground caverns housing the nuclear island and the underground caverns storing the radioactive wastes and materials have a roof, an inverted arch base and side-walls, said underground caverns being provided with systems for collecting natural or accidentally released fluids. a nuclear island of one or more thermo-nuclear reactors installed in caverns; side by side with one or more thermo-nuclear reactors, a centre for characterisation, treatment and conditioning of radioactive wastes; and one repository being adapted to temporarily store spent fuel, high-level long-life radioactive materials and, in case, spare nuclear rods for reactor refuelling; and that installed in the caverns is another repository being adapted to finally store low-intermediate level nuclear wastes, characterised in that the underground caverns housing the nuclear island and the underground caverns storing the radioactive wastes and materials have a roof, an inverted arch base and side-walls, said underground caverns being provided with systems for collecting natural or accidentally released fluids.
A state analyzer system (1000, 1000A, 1000B, 1000C) comprising: an air-conditioning apparatus (100, 100C) including a refrigerant circuit including a compressor and an expansion unit, a state detection unit configured to detect a state of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit as state data, and a controller configured to control the compressor and the expansion unit; a specific state determination unit configured to determine a plurality of pieces of specific state information by using the state data and control data, the control data indicating a content of control performed by the controller, the plurality of pieces of specific state information each representing, as a point, a state of the refrigerant at each of a plurality of specific positions in the refrigeration circuit, and being located in a p-h chart defined by a pressure of the refrigerant and an enthalpy; a normal region determination unit configured to determine, by using the state data and the control data, a plurality of normal regions in the p-h chart within which each of the plurality of pieces of specific state information is present when the air-conditioning apparatus (100, 100C) operates under a normal state; and a display unit (421, 521) configured to display a diagnostic image in which the plurality of pieces of specific state information and the plurality of normal regions are displayed on the p-h chart, the plurality of pieces of specific state information being determined by the specific state determination unit, and the plurality of normal regions being determined by the normal region determination unit. an air-conditioning apparatus (100, 100C) including a refrigerant circuit including a compressor and an expansion unit, a state detection unit configured to detect a state of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit as state data, and a controller configured to control the compressor and the expansion unit; a specific state determination unit configured to determine a plurality of pieces of specific state information by using the state data and control data, the control data indicating a content of control performed by the controller, the plurality of pieces of specific state information each representing, as a point, a state of the refrigerant at each of a plurality of specific positions in the refrigeration circuit, and being located in a p-h chart defined by a pressure of the refrigerant and an enthalpy; a normal region determination unit configured to determine, by using the state data and the control data, a plurality of normal regions in the p-h chart within which each of the plurality of pieces of specific state information is present when the air-conditioning apparatus (100, 100C) operates under a normal state; and a display unit (421, 521) configured to display a diagnostic image in which the plurality of pieces of specific state information and the plurality of normal regions are displayed on the p-h chart, the plurality of pieces of specific state information being determined by the specific state determination unit, and the plurality of normal regions being determined by the normal region determination unit.
A method of operating an image processing device for enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in a colour image captured by an image capturing device of a medical device said colour image having a plurality of colour channels including a red colour channel, a green colour channel, and a blue colour channel and having a plurality of pixels, wherein said method comprises for at least some of said plurality of pixels the steps of: (a) processing data obtained from the red colour channel together with data obtained from the green colour channel to create a value of a first sub parameter, processing data obtained from the red colour channel together with data obtained from the blue colour channel to create a value of a second sub parameter, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of processing said value of said first sub parameter together with said value of said second sub parameter to create a value of a first parameter indicative of the intensity in the red spectrum relative to the total intensity of said pixel; (b) using said value of said first parameter to alter said pixel, wherein said first parameter has at least three possible values, and wherein the strength of the alteration is dependent on the value of said first parameter. (a) processing data obtained from the red colour channel together with data obtained from the green colour channel to create a value of a first sub parameter, processing data obtained from the red colour channel together with data obtained from the blue colour channel to create a value of a second sub parameter, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of processing said value of said first sub parameter together with said value of said second sub parameter to create a value of a first parameter indicative of the intensity in the red spectrum relative to the total intensity of said pixel; (b) using said value of said first parameter to alter said pixel, wherein said first parameter has at least three possible values, and wherein the strength of the alteration is dependent on the value of said first parameter.
An embossing roller arrangement for manufacturing at least two-ply tissues, such as in particular handkerchiefs and/or napkins and/or kitchen rolls and/or toilet paper, with a pair of rollers rolling on one another, wherein the pair of rollers comprise an embossing roller and a counter roller, and with at least one embossing arrangement formed on the pair of rollers, wherein the embossing arrangement comprises a recess on the counter roller and a protrusion on the embossing roller engaging in the recess, wherein the recess has an embossing edge surrounding the recess opening and the protrusion has, at least in sections, angled side flanks with which the protrusion contacts, at least in sections, the embossing edge when dipping into the recess, wherein the recess has a slope which, at least in the region of the embossing edge, has a slope angle (α) which is smaller relative to the vertical than a flank angle (β) of the side flanks of the protrusion, characterized in that the flank angle (β) is greater than the slope angle (α) by more than 10 degrees, and particularly preferred by more than 15 degrees.
Appliance (200;600) comprising: - at least one electrode, called measurement electrode, polarized at an alternating electrical potential (V G), called detection potential, different from a ground potential, at a frequency, called detection frequency, in order to detect at least one object in a detection zone, - at least one capacitive detection electronics, connected to said measurement electrode(s), in order to detect a signal with respect to a coupling capacitance between said object and said measurement electrode or at least one of said measurement electrodes, and - an electric line comprising at least one electric wire, in said detection zone; said appliance (200;600) also comprising a signal conditioner, applying, to at least a portion of said electric line, an alternating electrical potential (V G), called guard potential, identical to said detection potential at said detection frequency. - at least one electrode, called measurement electrode, polarized at an alternating electrical potential (V G), called detection potential, different from a ground potential, at a frequency, called detection frequency, in order to detect at least one object in a detection zone, - at least one capacitive detection electronics, connected to said measurement electrode(s), in order to detect a signal with respect to a coupling capacitance between said object and said measurement electrode or at least one of said measurement electrodes, and - an electric line comprising at least one electric wire, in said detection zone;
A power-assisted bicycle having a pedaling force sensor which detects pedaling force inputted to pedals (13L, 13R) and a motor which assists driving force in response to an output of the pedaling force sensor, comprising: a motor controlling section configured to control the motor; and descending slope estimation means which estimates a descending slope of a road surface based on an acceleration (α) of a vehicle body of the power-assisted bicycle; wherein the motor controlling section controls, when it is estimated by the descending slope estimation means that the road surface has a descending slope, the motor to function as a generator to carry out regenerative power generation, and the descending slope estimation means estimates that the road surface has a descending slope when the acceleration (α) exceeds a descending slope regeneration starting threshold value (α1) and the pedaling force detected by the pedaling force sensor is lower than an assist starting threshold value, characterized in that the descending slope estimation means estimates that the road surface has a descending slope also in the case where a state in which the acceleration (α) exceeds a threshold value (α3) which is lower than the descending slope regeneration starting threshold value (α1) continues for a predetermined time period (n) and besides the pedaling force detected by the pedaling force sensor is lower than the assist starting threshold value. a motor controlling section configured to control the motor; and descending slope estimation means which estimates a descending slope of a road surface based on an acceleration (α) of a vehicle body of the power-assisted bicycle; wherein the motor controlling section controls, when it is estimated by the descending slope estimation means that the road surface has a descending slope, the motor to function as a generator to carry out regenerative power generation, and the descending slope estimation means estimates that the road surface has a descending slope when the acceleration (α) exceeds a descending slope regeneration starting threshold value (α1) and the pedaling force detected by the pedaling force sensor is lower than an assist starting threshold value,
An incision closure device, comprising: an elongated handle portion including a distal end; a first connector detachably affixed to the distal end of the handle portion; and a second connector adapted to be axially moveable along the handle portion; wherein the first and second connectors (120, 130) are magnetically attracted to one another; characterized by the second connector including a housing defining an interior chamber configured to receive the said one or more magnets therein. an elongated handle portion including a distal end; a first connector detachably affixed to the distal end of the handle portion; and a second connector adapted to be axially moveable along the handle portion; wherein the first and second connectors (120, 130) are magnetically attracted to one another; characterized by the second connector including a housing defining an interior chamber configured to receive the said one or more magnets therein.