mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An acoustic probe (100, 300), comprising: an acoustic transducer (15, 444), comprising a plurality of acoustic transducer elements (20 arranged coupled to a corresponding plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442), each variably-refracting acoustic lens element (10, 210a, 210b, 442) having at least a pair of electrodes (150, 160) adapted to adjust at least one characteristic of the variably-refracting acoustic lens element (10, 210a, 210b, 442) in response to a selected voltage applied across the electrodes (150, 160); where the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442) are controllable to operate as a single variably refracting acoustic lens (200a, 200b) having an effective size greater than each one of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442) by shaping individual meniscuses of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442) to form a combined meniscus of the single variably refracting acoustic lens (200a, 200b). an acoustic transducer (15, 444), comprising a plurality of acoustic transducer elements (20 arranged coupled to a corresponding plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442), each variably-refracting acoustic lens element (10, 210a, 210b, 442) having at least a pair of electrodes (150, 160) adapted to adjust at least one characteristic of the variably-refracting acoustic lens element (10, 210a, 210b, 442) in response to a selected voltage applied across the electrodes (150, 160); where the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442) are controllable to operate as a single variably refracting acoustic lens (200a, 200b) having an effective size greater than each one of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442) by shaping individual meniscuses of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements (10, 210a, 210b, 442) to form a combined meniscus of the single variably refracting acoustic lens (200a, 200b).
A blood collection cartridge, comprising: a container having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining a container interior; a resealable closure sealing the distal end of the container, the resealable closure having a closure distal end and a closure proximal end; a cap sealing the proximal end of the container, the cap having a cap distal end and a cap proximal end; a stopper slidably disposed within the container interior of the container, the stopper sized relative to the container to provide sealing engagement with the sidewall of the container, the stopper having a stopper distal end and a stopper proximal end; a first fluid reservoir located within the sidewall between the closure proximal end and the stopper distal end; and a second fluid reservoir located within the sidewall between the cap distal end and the stopper proximal end characterized in that the cap is rotatable between a closed position in which the cap seals the proximal end of the container and an open position in which the cap breaks the seal with the proximal end of the container allowing air to vent from the container interior. a container having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining a container interior; a resealable closure sealing the distal end of the container, the resealable closure having a closure distal end and a closure proximal end; a cap sealing the proximal end of the container, the cap having a cap distal end and a cap proximal end; a stopper slidably disposed within the container interior of the container, the stopper sized relative to the container to provide sealing engagement with the sidewall of the container, the stopper having a stopper distal end and a stopper proximal end; a first fluid reservoir located within the sidewall between the closure proximal end and the stopper distal end; and a second fluid reservoir located within the sidewall between the cap distal end and the stopper proximal end the cap is rotatable between a closed position in which the cap seals the proximal end of the container and an open position in which the cap breaks the seal with the proximal end of the container allowing air to vent from the container interior.
A system for sensing at least one reactive analyte in a solution, the system comprising: a sensing device separated into a trans chamber and a cis chamber by a divider; a sensor element which is a protein pore operably disposed in the divider, wherein the protein pore is an αHL pore and wherein the αHL pore comprises at least one monomer having a Cys residue at amino acid 117; a detection system operable to detect a change in current between the cis and trans chambers; and an ionic solution containing at least one reactive analyte capable of covalently bonding to the protein pore; wherein bonding of the reactive analyte to the protein pore produces a change in current between the cis and trans chambers over a time interval detectable by the current detection system; wherein the reactive analyte irreversibly covalently bonds to the protein pore, and wherein the system further comprises ionic solution containing a chemical reagent capable of breaking the covalent bond; and wherein the covalent bond between the analyte and the sensor element is a direct covalent bond between the analyte and the sensor element. a sensing device separated into a trans chamber and a cis chamber by a divider; a sensor element which is a protein pore operably disposed in the divider, wherein the protein pore is an αHL pore and wherein the αHL pore comprises at least one monomer having a Cys residue at amino acid 117; a detection system operable to detect a change in current between the cis and trans chambers; and an ionic solution containing at least one reactive analyte capable of covalently bonding to the protein pore; wherein bonding of the reactive analyte to the protein pore produces a change in current between the cis and trans chambers over a time interval detectable by the current detection system; wherein the reactive analyte irreversibly covalently bonds to the protein pore, and wherein the system further comprises ionic solution containing a chemical reagent capable of breaking the covalent bond; and wherein the covalent bond between the analyte and the sensor element is a direct covalent bond between the analyte and the sensor element.
A method of promoting growth of green algae which promotes the growth of the green algae which is in a state of being a green swarm cell by irradiating the green algae that accumulate astaxanthin with an artificial light, wherein the green algae are grown in a liquid medium while maintaining a state in which the color of a culture solution of the green algae is green or brown by intermittently radiating a blue illumination light while continuously radiating a red illumination light, wherein the irradiation period of the blue illumination light is 1 hour to 24 hours and the non-irradiation period thereof is 1 hour to 24 hours.
An adjustable stroke mechanism for a random orbital machine comprising: a housing having a central axis and a wall enclosing a cavity; at least one counterweight movably disposed within the cavity; a mounting assembly disposed within the cavity, the mounting assembly including a workpiece attachment mechanism; characterized in that a stroke adjustor including a rotatable cam mechanism comprising a cam, the cam mechanism coupling the at least one counterweight with the mounting assembly, the stroke adjustor including an adjustor ring surrounding the wall of the housing, wherein the adjustor ring is axially moveable and is rotatable around the central axis, the stroke adjustor cam mechanism, upon rotation of the cam mechanism, enabling the counterweight and mounting assembly to move in response to adjustor ring movement and with respect to one another such that a distance between the counterweight and the mounting assembly is variably adjusted which, in turn, variably adjusts a stroke radius of the workpiece attachment mechanism with respect to the central axis of the housing. a housing having a central axis and a wall enclosing a cavity; at least one counterweight movably disposed within the cavity; a mounting assembly disposed within the cavity, the mounting assembly including a workpiece attachment mechanism;
System for mixing the contents of a container, comprising - a closed container comprising an interior mixing element provided as a rotating impeller and - a mixing device comprising an exterior bearing for coupling an exterior drive system to the interior mixing element of the container, wherein the exterior bearing provides a driven non-rotating, nutating motion that drives the interior mixing element of the container so that the interior mixing element performs a mixing motion inside the container without opening the container; characterized in that the container comprises an interior converter which converts the non-rotating, nutating motion provided by the exterior bearing into a rotating motion of the impeller. - a closed container comprising an interior mixing element provided as a rotating impeller and - a mixing device comprising an exterior bearing for coupling an exterior drive system to the interior mixing element of the container,
A subassembly for an implantable medical device, comprising: a rigid insulative core having a long axis; a core opening along the long axis; an alternating series of contacts and seals in the core opening; a plurality of contact openings in the core along and perpendicular to the long axis, wherein one of the contacts is accessible through each of the contact openings; a connector block opening in the core and perpendicular to the long axis; and a connector block in the connector block opening having a lead opening configured to receive a proximal end of a medical lead and to pass the proximal end along the long axis through the core opening; wherein the core comprises major faces defining a three-dimensional rectangle, with short sides perpendicular to the long axis, and long sides parallel to the long axis. a rigid insulative core having a long axis; a core opening along the long axis; an alternating series of contacts and seals in the core opening; a plurality of contact openings in the core along and perpendicular to the long axis, wherein one of the contacts is accessible through each of the contact openings; a connector block opening in the core and perpendicular to the long axis; and a connector block in the connector block opening having a lead opening configured to receive a proximal end of a medical lead and to pass the proximal end along the long axis through the core opening;
Anti-shock device for the protection of a timepiece component pivotally mounted between a first end and a second end of said component, said component being made of material that is at least partially magnetically permeable or at least partially magnetic at said first end and at said second end, said device including a first pole piece and a second pole piece disposed on both sides of said first and second ends, said device including, on both sides of said first and second ends, on one hand, means for attracting said first end to keep said first end abutting on said first pole piece, and on the other, in proximity to said second pole piece, means for attracting said second end towards said second pole piece, such that said means for attracting said first end, on one hand, and said means for attracting said second end, on the other, can move along a direction between stop members, and said device includes, on both sides of said first and second ends, at a greater air-gap distance, by the value of a determined operational play, than the distance of centres between said first end and said second end, a first surface of said first pole piece and a second surface of said second pole piece, characterised in that said first pole piece and said second pole piece are arranged either to be each attracted by a magnetic field transmitted by said first end and respectively said second end, or indeed to each generate a magnetic field attracting said first end and respectively said second end, such that the magnetic attraction forces being exerted on said component at the two ends (2; 3) thereof are of different intensity, so as to attract said component via one of the said two ends thereof, in direct or indirect contact onto only one of said surfaces (5; 7) of said pole pieces (4; 6), and said first pole piece and said second pole piece can each move inside a chamber between two stop members (41, 42; 43, 44) along said direction, and said device includes means for dampening the movement of each of said pole pieces (4; 6) inside the respective chamber thereof and/or means for elastically returning each of said pole pieces (4; 6), said damping means and/or said elastic return means being arranged to absorb the energy transmitted to said pole pieces (4; 6) in the event of a shock, and to return after said shock each of said pole pieces (4; 6) to the position of stable equilibrium occupied thereby prior to said shock.
A signal processing system having: a plurality of optical fibres (42, 43, 50, 150) with their one ends oriented to receive electromagnetic radiation, and at least one coupler (54, 154) interconnecting the other ends of the optical fibres, the fibres being arranged to provide an in-built time delay between the transmission by each optical fibre, and their other ends being interconnected in parallel such that electromagnetic radiation transmitted by the optical fibres will be coupled together in sequence to provide a combined electromagnetic radiation signal, characterised in that the signal processing system further has at least two independent processing channels (45, 47), the coupler (54, 154) being arranged such that the combined electromagnetic radiation signal is directed into each of the independent processing channels (45, 47). a plurality of optical fibres (42, 43, 50, 150) with their one ends oriented to receive electromagnetic radiation, and at least one coupler (54, 154) interconnecting the other ends of the optical fibres, the fibres being arranged to provide an in-built time delay between the transmission by each optical fibre, and their other ends being interconnected in parallel such that electromagnetic radiation transmitted by the optical fibres will be coupled together in sequence to provide a combined electromagnetic radiation signal, characterised in that the signal processing system further has at least two independent processing channels (45, 47), the coupler (54, 154) being arranged such that the combined electromagnetic radiation signal is directed into each of the independent processing channels (45, 47).
Motor vehicle latch, in particular motor vehicle door latch, comprising a locking mechanism (1, 2) consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl, also comprising an operating lever chain (3, 4) for acting upon the locking mechanism (1, 2), and comprising a safety unit (5, 6), which disactivates the operating lever chain (3, 4) in its "on" position and activates the operating lever chain (3, 4) in its "off" position, the safety unit (5, 6) having a mechanically operated and/or motor-operated control member, and a spring unit that interacts directly or indirectly with the control member being provided for assuming the two positions, characterized in that the spring unit, together with a cam, defines the two positions, a relative movement between the cam and the spring unit or between the cam including the spring unit and a contour, comparable with an unstable balance, causing the change between the two positions, the spring unit being designed as a spring bar connected on one side and being connected on one side to the control member designed as an operating nut, the operating nut or the control member being a plastics injection molded part on which both the spring unit as a spring bar and the cam are formed, the spring unit being stationary and the cam being designed to be movable with respect thereto. the spring unit, together with a cam, defines the two positions, a relative movement between the cam and the spring unit or between the cam including the spring unit and a contour, comparable with an unstable balance, causing the change between the two positions, the spring unit being designed as a spring bar connected on one side and being connected on one side to the control member designed as an operating nut, the operating nut or the control member being a plastics injection molded part on which both the spring unit as a spring bar and the cam are formed, the spring unit being stationary and the cam being designed to be movable with respect thereto.
Computer-implemented method for controlling a radio transmitter (110, 110.1, 110.2) that communicates data to objects (100, o.1., o.2., o.3), the objects being associated with receivers, wherein the radio transmitter is enabled to send directed radio signals (s, s.1, s.2., s.3) as beams into a plurality of sectors (sec.1, sec.2, sec.3, 110.1.b, 110.2.b), the method performed by a computer that controls the radio transmitter, the method comprising the following steps: selecting a sub-plurality of beams and causing the radio transmitter to communicate data to the objects, wherein the radio transmitter sends directed radio signals via the selected beams; processing feedback data from feedback signals that arrive from objects that have obtained data from the radio transmitter, wherein the feedback data is being converted to values that indicate communication performance to communicate data to the objects; characterized in that the method further comprises: repeating the selecting and processing step, to select sub-pluralities of beams, according to the values that indicate communication performance, wherein repeating selecting and processing comprises to apply machine learning with a multi-armed bandit problem in the contextual category with the context being movement of the objects. selecting a sub-plurality of beams and causing the radio transmitter to communicate data to the objects, wherein the radio transmitter sends directed radio signals via the selected beams; processing feedback data from feedback signals that arrive from objects that have obtained data from the radio transmitter, wherein the feedback data is being converted to values that indicate communication performance to communicate data to the objects; characterized in that the method further comprises: repeating the selecting and processing step, to select sub-pluralities of beams, according to the values that indicate communication performance, wherein repeating selecting and processing comprises to apply machine learning with a multi-armed bandit problem in the contextual category with the context being movement of the objects.
Central disc of a brake disc for cycle or motorcycle, wherein said central disc is configured to key on a wheel hub of the cycle or of the motorcycle, wherein said central disc supports an outer ring of the brake disc, wherein said outer ring comprises a contact zone with friction means for braking, wherein said central disc comprises a load-bearing body comprising a multiplicity of first radial grooves adapted to mount a multiplicity of protuberances or ribs extending radially from an inner edge of said outer ring of the brake disc towards said central disc, characterized in that said load-bearing body comprises a multiplicity of second radial grooves, wherein each second radial groove is arranged in correspondence with each first radial groove of said multiplicity of first radial grooves, wherein each second radial groove is in communication of friction powder flow resulting from the braking action with each first radial groove of said multiplicity of first radial grooves through a through slot carved inside the load-bearing body between said first and said second radial groove. wherein said central disc is configured to key on a wheel hub of the cycle or of the motorcycle, wherein said central disc supports an outer ring of the brake disc, wherein said outer ring comprises a contact zone with friction means for braking, wherein said central disc comprises a load-bearing body comprising a multiplicity of first radial grooves adapted to mount a multiplicity of protuberances or ribs extending radially from an inner edge of said outer ring of the brake disc towards said central disc, characterized in that said load-bearing body comprises a multiplicity of second radial grooves, wherein each second radial groove is arranged in correspondence with each first radial groove of said multiplicity of first radial grooves, wherein each second radial groove is in communication of friction powder flow resulting from the braking action with each first radial groove of said multiplicity of first radial grooves through a through slot carved inside the load-bearing body between said first and said second radial groove.
A base station for a cellular wireless communications network, comprising: a first interface for enabling connection with a plurality of remote communications devices using a cellular wireless communications protocol in the cellular wireless communications network; and a second interface for enabling connection over a local area network and over a wide area network; and further comprising: software for enabling communication over the wide area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and a core network of the cellular wireless communications network; and software for enabling communication over the local area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and devices connected to the local area network, without passing traffic through the core network of the cellular wireless communications network, wherein the base station has a MSISDN number, and wherein the base station is configured to cause all remote communications devices connected over the first interface to ring until one of them is answered, when the MSISDN number of the base station is called. a first interface for enabling connection with a plurality of remote communications devices using a cellular wireless communications protocol in the cellular wireless communications network; and a second interface for enabling connection over a local area network and over a wide area network; and further comprising: software for enabling communication over the wide area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and a core network of the cellular wireless communications network; and software for enabling communication over the local area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and devices connected to the local area network, without passing traffic through the core network of the cellular wireless communications network, software for enabling communication over the wide area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and a core network of the cellular wireless communications network; and software for enabling communication over the local area network between the remote communications devices, connected to the first interface, and devices connected to the local area network, without passing traffic through the core network of the cellular wireless communications network, wherein the base station has a MSISDN number, and wherein the base station is configured to cause all remote communications devices connected over the first interface to ring until one of them is answered, when the MSISDN number of the base station is called.
Pneumatic vehicle tire with a sound-absorbing open-cell foam ring inside it, adhesively attached to the inner surface opposite from the tread, the foam ring adhering to a previously applied, self-sealing sealant, which at least immediately after its application has a tackiness required for the adhesive attachment of the foam ring, characterized in that a closed-cell foam ring with an airtight effect, which has a radial thickness of 20 mm to 50 mm, is arranged between the sound-absorbing foam ring and the sealant.