mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A surgical navigation system for integrating a plurality of images of an anatomical region of a body including a 3D pre-operative scan image, an intra-operative fluoroscopic image and an intra-operative endoscopic image, the surgical navigation system comprising: an image integrator operable to generate an integrated image matrix (T X-E) including a multiplication of a fluoroscopic image matrix (T X-CT) and an endoscopic image matrix (T CT-E), wherein the fluoroscopic image matrix (T X-CT) represents a fluoroscopic image registration involving a transformation from the pre-operative scan image as a reference image into the intra-operative fluoroscopic image as a target image, and wherein the endoscopic image matrix (T CT-E) represents an endoscopic image registration involving a transformation between the 3D pre-operative scan image and a surface reconstruction of an object within the intra-operative endoscopic image; and a tool tracker operable to generate an integrated tracking matrix (T T-X), wherein the integrated tracking matrix (T T-X) includes a multiplication of the integrated image matrix (T X-E) and an endoscopic tracking matrix (T T-E) representing a position of a surgical tool in the intra-operative endoscopic image. an image integrator operable to generate an integrated image matrix (T X-E) including a multiplication of a fluoroscopic image matrix (T X-CT) and an endoscopic image matrix (T CT-E), wherein the fluoroscopic image matrix (T X-CT) represents a fluoroscopic image registration involving a transformation from the pre-operative scan image as a reference image into the intra-operative fluoroscopic image as a target image, and wherein the endoscopic image matrix (T CT-E) represents an endoscopic image registration involving a transformation between the 3D pre-operative scan image and a surface reconstruction of an object within the intra-operative endoscopic image; and a tool tracker operable to generate an integrated tracking matrix (T T-X), wherein the integrated tracking matrix (T T-X) includes a multiplication of the integrated image matrix (T X-E) and an endoscopic tracking matrix (T T-E) representing a position of a surgical tool in the intra-operative endoscopic image.
An apparatus comprising: a kickstand rotatably attached to a rear portion of a tablet computer; and at least one hinge that attaches a portion of the kickstand to the rear portion of the tablet computer, the hinge including a center of rotation such that a top surface of the kickstand and a rear surface of the tablet computer form a flat planar surface when the kickstand is in a closed position; characterized in that the center of rotation is external to the hinge and wherein the center of rotation is within ten millimeters of a center axis of a seam corresponding to a space between abutting edges of the top surface of the kickstand and the rear surface of the tablet computer, a width of the seam is maintained within a variation of five millimeters during rotation of the kickstand; and wherein the apparatus further comprises a different hinge (1302a, 1302b) attached to the kickstand and the tablet computer, and configured to stabilize an edge of the kickstand during movement of the kickstand. a kickstand rotatably attached to a rear portion of a tablet computer; and at least one hinge that attaches a portion of the kickstand to the rear portion of the tablet computer, the hinge including a center of rotation such that a top surface of the kickstand and a rear surface of the tablet computer form a flat planar surface when the kickstand is in a closed position; characterized in that the center of rotation is external to the hinge and wherein the center of rotation is within ten millimeters of a center axis of a seam corresponding to a space between abutting edges of the top surface of the kickstand and the rear surface of the tablet computer, a width of the seam is maintained within a variation of five millimeters during rotation of the kickstand; and wherein the apparatus further comprises a different hinge (1302a, 1302b) attached to the kickstand and the tablet computer, and configured to stabilize an edge of the kickstand during movement of the kickstand.
A lens module consisting of, from an object side to an image side thereof: a first lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens having refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens having refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a sixth lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface and both surfaces of the sixth lens having one or more inflection points; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power, a concave image-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens having one or more inflection points, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens and the seventh lens are disposed in a sequential order from the first lens to the seventh lens. a first lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens having refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens having refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a sixth lens having refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface and both surfaces of the sixth lens having one or more inflection points; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power, a concave image-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens having one or more inflection points, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens and the seventh lens are disposed in a sequential order from the first lens to the seventh lens.
Pressure relief assembly for use in a hydraulically or pneumatically operated mechanical brake system which is supplied with pressure by a pump for releasing the brake and is relieved towards a tank, characterized in that the pressure relief assembly consists of at least one switching valve (60. 1, 60.2) open in the de-energized state and at least one pressure holding arrangement provided between the switching valve (60.1, 60.2) and the tank and adjustable to a defined brake pressure, for rapid reduction of the system pressure to a preset pressure level and subsequent holding at that level for a predetermined duration, wherein the at least one pressure-maintaining arrangement comprises a valve (53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 53.4) which is pressurized by the pump, is proportionally adjustable and is closed in the de-energized state, and a pressure-maintaining valve (50.1, 50.2, 50.3, 50.4) whose pressure-maintaining level is controlled via the proportionally adjustable valve (53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 53.4).
An anal dilator comprising a cylindrical body, the cylindrical body being provided on its upper end with an elastic enlarged edge, wherein the anal dilator further comprises an external light source assembly for illuminating an operative field, and the external light source assembly is connected to the enlarged edge; characterised in that a wall of the cylindrical body is of a double-layer structure being capable of guiding and transmitting light, and a gap inside the double-layer structure forms a light channel.
A control method of a dialysis machine to allow detection on the dialysis fluid side of recirculation in an arteriovenous inlet/outlet element, preferably a shunt, wherein the dialysis machine comprises at least one dialysis fluid inlet and at least one dialysis fluid discharge for a selected dialysis fluid and at least one dialysis fluid pump which are in fluidic communication with at least one dialyser, wherein, viewed in the dialysis fluid flow direction, a sensor is arranged downstream of the dialyser and detects a change of a physicochemical parameter (P D) of the outflowing dialysis fluid, comprising the following method steps of: - setting a desired first blood flow value BF 1 at which recirculation R >/= 0 is adjusted and the parameter detected by the sensor adopts an appropriate value P D1; - changing the first blood flow value BF 1 to a preferably lower second blood flow value BF 2, wherein at the sensor a new parameter value P D2 is appropriately provided and detected; - determining without bolus the recirculation R by way of the course of change and/or the change from the parameter value P D1 to the parameter value P D2, and - detecting the recirculation R by evaluating a transient behavior of the time course of the change of the physicochemical parameter P D from the parameter value P D1 to the parameter value P D2 after change of the first blood flow BF 1 to the second blood flow BF 2 or vice versa, characterized in that the transient behavior is detected by a damping δ and the recirculation R is determined by means of the damping δ of the transient behavior after applying the second blood flow BF 2. - setting a desired first blood flow value BF 1 at which recirculation R >/= 0 is adjusted and the parameter detected by the sensor adopts an appropriate value P D1; - changing the first blood flow value BF 1 to a preferably lower second blood flow value BF 2, wherein at the sensor a new parameter value P D2 is appropriately provided and detected; - determining without bolus the recirculation R by way of the course of change and/or the change from the parameter value P D1 to the parameter value P D2, and - detecting the recirculation R by evaluating a transient behavior of the time course of the change of the physicochemical parameter P D from the parameter value P D1 to the parameter value P D2 after change of the first blood flow BF 1 to the second blood flow BF 2 or vice versa,
A method for making a trench Double Diffused MOS transistor, i.e. DMOS, comprising the steps of: providing an article comprising a first region (5,51) having a first conductivity type and a second region (7, 55) having a second conductivity type, the article having first and second trenches (11, 11', 59, 59') which extend through the second region (7, 55) and into the first region (5, 51), the first trench (11, 59) formed in an active region, and the second trench (11', 59') formed in a termination region; depositing a second electrically insulating layer (13', 61) over the surface of the first trench (11, 59), the surface of the second trench (11', 59'), and the surface of the second region (7, 55), the second insulating layer (13', 61) having a mean thickness over the second trench of t 2; removing the second insulating layer (13', 61) over a first locus defined by the surface of the first trench (11, 59) and the areas adjacent thereto by means of an etch; and thereafter depositing a first electrically insulating layer (13, 75) over the surface of the first trench (11, 59), said first insulating layer (13, 75) having a mean thickness over the first trench of t 1; wherein the ratio t 2 /t 1 is at least 1.2; wherein the first insulating layer (13, 75) extends over the first locus; and wherein the second insulating layer (13', 61) extends over at least a second locus defined by the surface of the second trench (11', 59') and the areas adjacent thereto, and wherein the second insulating layer (13', 61) has an essentially uniform thickness over the second locus. providing an article comprising a first region (5,51) having a first conductivity type and a second region (7, 55) having a second conductivity type, the article having first and second trenches (11, 11', 59, 59') which extend through the second region (7, 55) and into the first region (5, 51), the first trench (11, 59) formed in an active region, and the second trench (11', 59') formed in a termination region; depositing a second electrically insulating layer (13', 61) over the surface of the first trench (11, 59), the surface of the second trench (11', 59'), and the surface of the second region (7, 55), the second insulating layer (13', 61) having a mean thickness over the second trench of t 2; removing the second insulating layer (13', 61) over a first locus defined by the surface of the first trench (11, 59) and the areas adjacent thereto by means of an etch; and thereafter depositing a first electrically insulating layer (13, 75) over the surface of the first trench (11, 59), said first insulating layer (13, 75) having a mean thickness over the first trench of t 1; wherein the ratio t 2 /t 1 is at least 1.2; wherein the first insulating layer (13, 75) extends over the first locus; and wherein the second insulating layer (13', 61) extends over at least a second locus defined by the surface of the second trench (11', 59') and the areas adjacent thereto, and wherein the second insulating layer (13', 61) has an essentially uniform thickness over the second locus.
A pen needle outer cover, comprising: a plastic distal cover portion having a closed distal end, an opening at a proximal end and an attachment member adjacent the opening; and a plastic proximal cover portion engaging the attachment member, wherein the proximal cover portion has a rupturable, thin-walled border portion defining a user-separable section of the proximal cover portion, characterized in that a first latching portion can be releasably re-engaged with a second latching portion after the user-separable section has been separated at the thin-walled border portion, wherein the user-separable section has a finger pull tab at an outer end thereof, and wherein a sidewall of the distal cover portion includes a first latching portion, and the finger pull tab includes a second latching portion configured to engage the first latching portion. a plastic distal cover portion having a closed distal end, an opening at a proximal end and an attachment member adjacent the opening; and a plastic proximal cover portion engaging the attachment member, wherein the proximal cover portion has a rupturable, thin-walled border portion defining a user-separable section of the proximal cover portion, a first latching portion can be releasably re-engaged with a second latching portion after the user-separable section has been separated at the thin-walled border portion, wherein the user-separable section has a finger pull tab at an outer end thereof, and wherein a sidewall of the distal cover portion includes a first latching portion, and the finger pull tab includes a second latching portion configured to engage the first latching portion.
Device for transferring heat or mass onto surfaces, comprising a regular gridpattern arrangement of i) jet nozzles in an equidistant arrangement, with which a fluid can be sprayed onto the surface which is to be dried, and ii) effusion openings which surround the jet nozzles and through which the nozzle-applied fluid can be suctioned up, and iii) arranged between every two adjacent jet nozzles in each case is at least one effusion opening, which delimits both these jet nozzles at the same time, characterised in that iv) the jet nozzles in each case comprise a hexagonal cross-section, and v) the effusion openings are arranged hexagonally about the jet nozzles, such that a honeycomb structure of jet nozzles and effusion openings is produced. i) jet nozzles in an equidistant arrangement, with which a fluid can be sprayed onto the surface which is to be dried, and ii) effusion openings which surround the jet nozzles and through which the nozzle-applied fluid can be suctioned up, and iii) arranged between every two adjacent jet nozzles in each case is at least one effusion opening, which delimits both these jet nozzles at the same time, characterised in that iv) the jet nozzles in each case comprise a hexagonal cross-section, and v) the effusion openings are arranged hexagonally about the jet nozzles, such that a honeycomb structure of jet nozzles and effusion openings is produced.
A method for use in testing an operational status of a light source for illuminating a scene, the light source having a fixed spatial relationship relative to a camera, and the method comprising: using the camera to capture a first image when the light source is disabled; using the camera to capture a second image when the light source is enabled; and determining a test result indicating the operational status of the light source based at least in part on: a light source setting when the camera captures each of the first and second images (60, 62), the light source setting indicating whether the light source is disabled or enabled when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); at least one of: one or more camera settings when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); and one or more image properties of the first and second images (60, 62); and characterized in that the method further comprises the step of determining whether the first and second images (60, 62) are images of the same scene. using the camera to capture a first image when the light source is disabled; using the camera to capture a second image when the light source is enabled; and determining a test result indicating the operational status of the light source based at least in part on: a light source setting when the camera captures each of the first and second images (60, 62), the light source setting indicating whether the light source is disabled or enabled when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); at least one of: one or more camera settings when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); and one or more image properties of the first and second images (60, 62); and characterized in that the method further comprises the step of determining whether the first and second images (60, 62) are images of the same scene. a light source setting when the camera captures each of the first and second images (60, 62), the light source setting indicating whether the light source is disabled or enabled when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); at least one of: one or more camera settings when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); and one or more image properties of the first and second images (60, 62); and characterized in that the method further comprises the step of determining whether the first and second images (60, 62) are images of the same scene. one or more camera settings when the camera captures the first and second images (60, 62); and one or more image properties of the first and second images (60, 62); and characterized in that the method further comprises the step of determining whether the first and second images (60, 62) are images of the same scene.
A clot removal device, comprising: a first scaffolding section; a second scaffolding section distal of the first scaffolding section; a first hinged element connecting the first scaffolding section and the second scaffolding section, the first hinged element comprising a pinching cell comprising a collapsed state and an expanded state configured to pinch at least a portion of a clot; a third scaffolding section distal of the second scaffolding section; a second hinged strut element connecting the second scaffolding section and the third scaffolding section, the second hinged strut element comprising a pinching cell comprising a collapsed state and an expanded state configured to pinch at least a portion of the clot; and an outer diameter of the third scaffolding section being greater than an outer diameter of the second scaffolding section which is greater than an outer diameter of the first scaffolding section. a first scaffolding section; a second scaffolding section distal of the first scaffolding section; a first hinged element connecting the first scaffolding section and the second scaffolding section, the first hinged element comprising a pinching cell comprising a collapsed state and an expanded state configured to pinch at least a portion of a clot; a third scaffolding section distal of the second scaffolding section; a second hinged strut element connecting the second scaffolding section and the third scaffolding section, the second hinged strut element comprising a pinching cell comprising a collapsed state and an expanded state configured to pinch at least a portion of the clot; and an outer diameter of the third scaffolding section being greater than an outer diameter of the second scaffolding section which is greater than an outer diameter of the first scaffolding section.
A method for controlling a mobile wireless communication device having a keyboard comprising keys including capacitive touch sensors, the capacitive touch sensors forming a capacitive touch sensor array, and a fingerprint sensor located in a cutout in the capacitive touch sensor array, the method comprising: receiving a first touch at the fingerprint sensor; receiving, from an application on the mobile wireless communication device, a trigger at a fingerprint controller coupled to the fingerprint sensor, and in response to the trigger indicating that authentication is required, initiating a fingerprint sensing mode; in the fingerprint sensing mode: obtaining fingerprint data associated with the first touch at the fingerprint controller; and authenticating a user based on the fingerprint data; and in a touch sensing mode: determining first touch location data, in a coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, associated with the first touch at the fingerprint controller; and transmitting the first touch location data to a second controller (116, 123), wherein the fingerprint sensor and the capacitive touch sensor array form a combined touchpad in the touch sensing mode, and determining a touch location of the first touch on the combined touchpad based on the first touch location data at the second controller. receiving a first touch at the fingerprint sensor; receiving, from an application on the mobile wireless communication device, a trigger at a fingerprint controller coupled to the fingerprint sensor, and in response to the trigger indicating that authentication is required, initiating a fingerprint sensing mode; in the fingerprint sensing mode: obtaining fingerprint data associated with the first touch at the fingerprint controller; and authenticating a user based on the fingerprint data; and obtaining fingerprint data associated with the first touch at the fingerprint controller; and authenticating a user based on the fingerprint data; and in a touch sensing mode: determining first touch location data, in a coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, associated with the first touch at the fingerprint controller; and transmitting the first touch location data to a second controller (116, 123), wherein the fingerprint sensor and the capacitive touch sensor array form a combined touchpad in the touch sensing mode, and determining a touch location of the first touch on the combined touchpad based on the first touch location data at the second controller. determining first touch location data, in a coordinate system of the fingerprint sensor, associated with the first touch at the fingerprint controller; and transmitting the first touch location data to a second controller (116, 123), wherein the fingerprint sensor and the capacitive touch sensor array form a combined touchpad in the touch sensing mode, and determining a touch location of the first touch on the combined touchpad based on the first touch location data at the second controller.