mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Bluetooth Low Energy device operating in an advertising mode to frequently broadcast at least one advertising packet to another BLE device and comprising: - a transceiver to broadcast the at least one advertising packet in a non-connectable undirected advertising mode, - a processor connected to the transceiver to generate the advertising packet and/or to trigger broadcasting thereof according to a broadcasting schedule, - an energy source connected to the processor and to the transceiver, - a verification element connected to the processor and being capable of ascertaining or determining if a predefined condition is met based on detected energy level from the energy source, characterized in that the verification element comprises at least one sensor or a pushbutton, and in that based on the determination, at least one of the verification element and the processor is capable of modifying a strength of the advertising packets, a size of the advertising packets and an interval between successive broadcasting events of the advertising packets, to reduce electrical power consumption of the BLE device operating in a non-connectable undirected advertising mode. - a transceiver to broadcast the at least one advertising packet in a non-connectable undirected advertising mode, - a processor connected to the transceiver to generate the advertising packet and/or to trigger broadcasting thereof according to a broadcasting schedule, - an energy source connected to the processor and to the transceiver, - a verification element connected to the processor and being capable of ascertaining or determining if a predefined condition is met based on detected energy level from the energy source,
A power transmitter for wirelessly providing power to a power receiver via an inductive power transfer signal; the power transmitter comprising: a variable resonance circuit for generating the inductive power transfer signal in response to a drive signal, the variable resonance circuit comprising a capacitive impedance and an inductive impedance comprising a transmitter coil for generating the inductive power transfer signal, the resonance circuit having a variable resonance frequency by at least one of the inductive impedance and the capacitive impedance being a variable impedance having an impedance controllable by a control signal; a driver for generating the drive signal for the variable resonance circuit, the drive signal having a variable drive frequency; a frequency modulator for applying a frequency modulation to the drive signal by varying the variable drive frequency in response to data values to be transmitted to the power receiver; and characterized by an adapter for generating the control signal in response to the data values such that the variable resonance frequency follows variations in the variable drive frequency resulting from the frequency modulation of the drive signal thereby reducing amplitude variations of the inductive power transfer signal. a variable resonance circuit for generating the inductive power transfer signal in response to a drive signal, the variable resonance circuit comprising a capacitive impedance and an inductive impedance comprising a transmitter coil for generating the inductive power transfer signal, the resonance circuit having a variable resonance frequency by at least one of the inductive impedance and the capacitive impedance being a variable impedance having an impedance controllable by a control signal; a driver for generating the drive signal for the variable resonance circuit, the drive signal having a variable drive frequency; a frequency modulator for applying a frequency modulation to the drive signal by varying the variable drive frequency in response to data values to be transmitted to the power receiver; and characterized by an adapter for generating the control signal in response to the data values such that the variable resonance frequency follows variations in the variable drive frequency resulting from the frequency modulation of the drive signal thereby reducing amplitude variations of the inductive power transfer signal.
A device for adjusting the rolling positions of rolling rolls disposed on at least a first rolling stand and a second rolling stand constituting a three-roll mandrel mill, the device comprising: a pressing-down device (1, P1 to P6) for moving the rolling rolls (R1 to R6) in the rolling direction; and a control unit for controlling the pressing-down device (1, P1 to P6), characterized in that immediately after a front edge part of a pipe or tube material has begun to be rolled by the rolling rolls of said first rolling stand, the control unit controls the pressing-down device (1, P1) to move the rolling rolls of said first rolling stand in the closing direction at a speed of 16 millimeters per second or higher so that the rolling reduction changes from 0 mm to 8 mm, and thereafter the control unit controls the pressing-down device (1, P1) to keep the rolling positions of the moved rolling rolls. a pressing-down device (1, P1 to P6) for moving the rolling rolls (R1 to R6) in the rolling direction; and a control unit for controlling the pressing-down device (1, P1 to P6), characterized in that immediately after a front edge part of a pipe or tube material has begun to be rolled by the rolling rolls of said first rolling stand, the control unit controls the pressing-down device (1, P1) to move the rolling rolls of said first rolling stand in the closing direction at a speed of 16 millimeters per second or higher so that the rolling reduction changes from 0 mm to 8 mm, and thereafter the control unit controls the pressing-down device (1, P1) to keep the rolling positions of the moved rolling rolls.
Access monitoring device of a lift installation with at least one video unit (K, K1, K2), wherein the at least one video unit (K, K1, K2) is connected with a control unit by way of a communications network, wherein the at least one video unit (K, K1, K2) records at least one image of a defined monitoring space of the access monitoring device, wherein the at least one video unit (K, K1, K2) filters out an unchanging image part of the at least one image (BN, BN-1, BN-2), wherein the at least one video unit (K, K1, K2) evaluates the remaining image part (BGN, BGN-1, BGN-2) with regard to whether an object is present in the monitoring space, wherein in the case of an object present in the monitoring space the at least one video unit transmits data to the control unit and wherein the control unit checks, in dependence on the transmitted data, the authorisation of the object present in the monitoring space and ascertains either the direction of movement or the location of the object within the monitoring space, characterised in that at least one first video unit and at least one second video unit (K1, K2) are arranged oppositely and the at least one first video unit is disposed in the viewing field of the at least one second video unit and conversely.
A fluid transfer coupling arrangement comprising: a housing; a hollow shaft arranged in the housing and rotatable about an axis, the hollow shaft provided by a wall having radially spaced interior and exterior surfaces, and a first passage extending through the wall and configured to communicate fluid between the interior and exterior surfaces; a fluid coupling sealed about the exterior surface and the first passage, the fluid coupling providing a second passage in fluid communication with the first passage, the fluid coupling including a locating feature configured to permit radial movement of the fluid coupling relative to the housing, and characterized by the housing including a hole, and the fluid coupling including a port in fluid communication with the second passage, a transfer tube extending through the hole and removably received in the port, the transfer tube providing the locating feature. a housing; a hollow shaft arranged in the housing and rotatable about an axis, the hollow shaft provided by a wall having radially spaced interior and exterior surfaces, and a first passage extending through the wall and configured to communicate fluid between the interior and exterior surfaces; a fluid coupling sealed about the exterior surface and the first passage, the fluid coupling providing a second passage in fluid communication with the first passage, the fluid coupling including a locating feature configured to permit radial movement of the fluid coupling relative to the housing, and characterized by the housing including a hole, and the fluid coupling including a port in fluid communication with the second passage, a transfer tube extending through the hole and removably received in the port, the transfer tube providing the locating feature.
An actuator having a housing and having an electric motor, the electric motor being arranged in the housing and being braced with respect to the housing by means of a spring element, the motor having at least one axial continuation which engages into the spring element, the spring element being supported in the radial and in the axial direction with respect to the inner walls of the housing, wherein the spring element is an annular element having a plurality of spring arms (7, 8) projecting radially inwardly from an encircling collar, a number of first spring arms providing support with respect to the motor in the radial direction and a number of second spring arms providing support with respect to the motor in the axial direction, characterized in that the second spring arms are deflected upwardly in the axial direction from a common plane toward the motor, the first spring arms being arranged in the common plane.
A computer-implemented numerical orthodontic treatment planning method for determining movement of a tooth, comprising: determining an initial position of a tooth; determining an altered position of the tooth; and generating response surface (80; 810) data using a mathematical relationship between the initial position and the altered position, the mathematical relationship being defined by a number of parameters useful for determining one or more of the stress, strain, force, moment, movement rate, or other parameter associated with movement of the tooth from the initial position to the altered position; wherein the response surface (80; 810) is a two or more dimensional output providing average root stress as a function of arch wire width and effective torque angle as a result of a prescribed motion of the tooth. determining an initial position of a tooth; determining an altered position of the tooth; and generating response surface (80; 810) data using a mathematical relationship between the initial position and the altered position, the mathematical relationship being defined by a number of parameters useful for determining one or more of the stress, strain, force, moment, movement rate, or other parameter associated with movement of the tooth from the initial position to the altered position; wherein the response surface (80; 810) is a two or more dimensional output providing average root stress as a function of arch wire width and effective torque angle as a result of a prescribed motion of the tooth.
Method for operating a gas sensor comprising a sensing element of a material including metal oxide and being sensitive to a target gas and to a recalibration gas different from the target gas, the method comprising the step of: recalibrating the gas sensor in a recalibration environment showing a recalibration gas baseline concentration (c BaseRG) and a target gas concentration (c sens) in a baseline range by measuring an associated electrical resistance of the sensing element, wherein the material of the sensing element is selected such that for a target gas concentration (c sens) in a target range a sensor response of the sensing element exceeds its sensor response for a recalibration gas concentration in a baseline range, and for a target gas concentration (c sens) in a baseline range the sensor response of the sensing element is less than its sensor response for a recalibration gas concentration in the baseline range, wherein the material of the sensing element is Pd-doped SnO2 with at least approximately 1% Pd. recalibrating the gas sensor in a recalibration environment showing a recalibration gas baseline concentration (c BaseRG) and a target gas concentration (c sens) in a baseline range by measuring an associated electrical resistance of the sensing element, wherein the material of the sensing element is selected such that for a target gas concentration (c sens) in a target range a sensor response of the sensing element exceeds its sensor response for a recalibration gas concentration in a baseline range, and for a target gas concentration (c sens) in a baseline range the sensor response of the sensing element is less than its sensor response for a recalibration gas concentration in the baseline range, for a target gas concentration (c sens) in a target range a sensor response of the sensing element exceeds its sensor response for a recalibration gas concentration in a baseline range, and for a target gas concentration (c sens) in a baseline range the sensor response of the sensing element is less than its sensor response for a recalibration gas concentration in the baseline range, wherein the material of the sensing element is Pd-doped SnO2 with at least approximately 1% Pd.
A medical material comprising a biocompatible component, wherein the biocompatible component is covalently bonded to a surface of a diamond-like carbon film, which is formed on a surface of a base material, wherein the biocompatible component is a polymer introduced by graft polymerization to the surface of the diamond like carbon film which has been activated by cleaving carbon to carbon bonds.
A medical observation system comprising: an observation optical system configured to guide an observation light from a subject; an imaging unit configured to receive an observation light from the observation optical system and generate an image signal; and an image processing unit configured to apply signal processing to the image signal generated by the imaging unit, wherein the image processing unit includes a filter detection unit configured to detect, based on a signal value of a color which includes a wavelength band of a specific light in a preset wavelength band of the image signal, whether or not an observation-side filter (10A, 10B, 21F, 95) for cutting the specific light over an entirety of the imaging unit is disposed on an optical path of the observation light so light which the imaging unit receives excludes the specific light, the specific light cut by the observation-side filter being excitation light for fluorescence emission from the subject. an observation optical system configured to guide an observation light from a subject; an imaging unit configured to receive an observation light from the observation optical system and generate an image signal; and an image processing unit configured to apply signal processing to the image signal generated by the imaging unit, wherein the image processing unit includes a filter detection unit configured to detect, based on a signal value of a color which includes a wavelength band of a specific light in a preset wavelength band of the image signal, whether or not an observation-side filter (10A, 10B, 21F, 95) for cutting the specific light over an entirety of the imaging unit is disposed on an optical path of the observation light so light which the imaging unit receives excludes the specific light, the specific light cut by the observation-side filter being excitation light for fluorescence emission from the subject.
Storage vessel, comprising at least one antibacterially-acting moulded article, disposed in the interior of the storage vessel, wherein the antibacterially-acting moulded article is formed from a moulding compound, comprising at least one sort of a particular antibacterial material with an average particle diameter which is present dispersed in at least one synthetic resin, characterised in that the basis of the moulded article is an cylindrical basic body, the maximum diameter of the base of which is at most 100 times the average particle diameter of the particular antibacterial material and which is coiled to form a spiral or is present in the form of a randomly orientated ball, wherein the storage vessel contains sterile stored liquids, solutions, dispersions, suspensions, gels, organogels, microemulsion gels, pastes and/or creams for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and/or foodstuff applications, and wherein the moulded article serves for maintaining sterility of the liquids, solutions, dispersions, suspensions, gels, organogels, microemulsion gels, pastes and/or creams during the storage.
A system for treating sleep apnea, the system comprising: a collar having a plurality of vacuum surfaces, each vacuum surface having at least one inlet opening configured to allow air to flow through at least one inlet valve into a negative pressure region between the vacuum surface and a region of a throat of the subject, at least one outlet opening located in each of the vacuum surfaces, and a sealing surface that is configured to form a seal with a region of a neck of a subject having an airway; a first pump secured to the collar and configured to maintain the airway open by drawing, through the at least one outlet opening, a vacuum from between each of the vacuum surfaces of the collar and a region of a throat of the subject to cause a negative pressure to exist within each of the negative pressure regions; and a motor secured to the collar and configured to drive the pump. a collar having a plurality of vacuum surfaces, each vacuum surface having at least one inlet opening configured to allow air to flow through at least one inlet valve into a negative pressure region between the vacuum surface and a region of a throat of the subject, at least one outlet opening located in each of the vacuum surfaces, and a sealing surface that is configured to form a seal with a region of a neck of a subject having an airway; a plurality of vacuum surfaces, each vacuum surface having at least one inlet opening configured to allow air to flow through at least one inlet valve into a negative pressure region between the vacuum surface and a region of a throat of the subject, at least one outlet opening located in each of the vacuum surfaces, and a sealing surface that is configured to form a seal with a region of a neck of a subject having an airway; a first pump secured to the collar and configured to maintain the airway open by drawing, through the at least one outlet opening, a vacuum from between each of the vacuum surfaces of the collar and a region of a throat of the subject to cause a negative pressure to exist within each of the negative pressure regions; and a motor secured to the collar and configured to drive the pump.
A hydrophilically coated urinary catheter, comprising: a urinary catheter having a surface; and a lubricious hydrophilic coating disposed on the surface of the urinary catheter, the lubricious hydrophilic coating comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone cross-linked by a metal acetylacetonate crosslinker and by-products of a metal acetylacetonate crosslinker. a urinary catheter having a surface; and a lubricious hydrophilic coating disposed on the surface of the urinary catheter, the lubricious hydrophilic coating comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone cross-linked by a metal acetylacetonate crosslinker and by-products of a metal acetylacetonate crosslinker.
A skin sample culture apparatus (171, 181) which comprises: a base frame, with a skin sample receiving surface upon which at least part of a skin sample may be placed and which extends across an area defined by the shape of the frame; and a securing member which is releasably connectable to the base frame and a grip which holds the skin sample under tension, characterised in that the base frame comprises a plurality of channels which extend through the side of the base frame and wherein at least one of said channels is an upper channel positioned towards the skin sample receiving surface of the base frame, and at least one of said channels is a lower channel positioned towards the bottom surface of the base frame upon which it rests in use in a culture medium receptacle containing culture medium, wherein the upper channel is positioned for allowing air or other ambient gas to exit from the position below a skin sample when it is situated on the base frame within a culture medium receptacle containing culture medium. a base frame, with a skin sample receiving surface upon which at least part of a skin sample may be placed and which extends across an area defined by the shape of the frame; and a securing member which is releasably connectable to the base frame and a grip which holds the skin sample under tension, characterised in that the base frame comprises a plurality of channels which extend through the side of the base frame and wherein at least one of said channels is an upper channel positioned towards the skin sample receiving surface of the base frame, and at least one of said channels is a lower channel positioned towards the bottom surface of the base frame upon which it rests in use in a culture medium receptacle containing culture medium, wherein the upper channel is positioned for allowing air or other ambient gas to exit from the position below a skin sample when it is situated on the base frame within a culture medium receptacle containing culture medium.
A method of supporting a tool in an assembled apparatus, the assembled apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine, a turbomachine, a gas turbine engine, a nuclear reactor, marine apparatus, petrochemical apparatus, a fluid pipe, a gas pipe, a petrol pipe or a water pipe, the method comprising the steps of (a) inserting a support structure through a first aperture (52,56) in a casing (50,54) of the apparatus, a first end of the support structure being outside the casing (50, 54) and a second end of the support structure being inside the casing (50,54), (b) securing the first end of the support structure to the casing (50,54), (c) arranging a first portion of the support structure to abut at least one surface within the casing (50,54), (d) inserting a tool through a second aperture (53,57) in the casing (50,54), and (e) securing the tool to a second portion of the support structure within the casing (50,54).
A method of producing a metalicised polymer-electrode composite comprising transferring a conductive metal foil (18,28,36) from a metal transfer film (10,20,30) to a surface of a polymer film, wherein the conductive metal foil (18,28,36) has a texture or a corrugation capable of being stretched without loss of conductivity, wherein the step of transferring comprises: casting a curable polymer film-forming formulation onto a surface of a conductive metal transfer film (10,20,30) having conductive metal foil (18,28,36) thereon; curing the formulation to form a polymer film having a first surface in contact with the surface of the conductive metal transfer film (10,20,30) having conductive metal foil (18,28,36) thereon; and removing the cured polymer film from the conductive metal transfer film (10,20,30), thereby transferring metal foil (18,28,36) to the first surface of the polymer film. casting a curable polymer film-forming formulation onto a surface of a conductive metal transfer film (10,20,30) having conductive metal foil (18,28,36) thereon; curing the formulation to form a polymer film having a first surface in contact with the surface of the conductive metal transfer film (10,20,30) having conductive metal foil (18,28,36) thereon; and removing the cured polymer film from the conductive metal transfer film (10,20,30), thereby transferring metal foil (18,28,36) to the first surface of the polymer film.