mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A catheter comprising: a catheter shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; an irrigation element positioned relative to the catheter shaft to direct irrigation fluid distal to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft; and an ablation electrode including a distal region and a proximal region, the proximal region coupled to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft, and the distal region including struts coupled to one another to define collectively a plurality of cells, wherein each cell is bounded by at least four of the struts, the struts are coupled to one another to define a closed shape along the distal region enveloping the irrigation element, characterised in that the struts are in electrical communication with one another to form a single electrical conductor. a catheter shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; an irrigation element positioned relative to the catheter shaft to direct irrigation fluid distal to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft; and an ablation electrode including a distal region and a proximal region, the proximal region coupled to the distal end portion of the catheter shaft, and the distal region including struts coupled to one another to define collectively a plurality of cells, wherein each cell is bounded by at least four of the struts, the struts are coupled to one another to define a closed shape along the distal region enveloping the irrigation element, characterised in that the struts are in electrical communication with one another to form a single electrical conductor.
A trans-abdominal gastric surgical system comprising: a cannula having: an outer end; an inner end; a central portion having an outer-facing surface that extends between said inner end and said outer end and an inner-facing surface that defines a lumen configured to receive a portion of a medical instrument that traverses between said outer end and said inner end; an internal anchor connected to said inner end and having a surface shape configured to secure the system against an interior surface of a gastric wall or peritoneal surface; and an external anchor removably and translationally connected to said cannula outer-facing surface and having a surface shape configured to secure said system against a skin surface; wherein said external anchor comprises a disc having an inner-facing surface that defines a passage for receiving said cannula; and said disc comprises: a central body that defines said passage; and a flange connected to said central body, said flange comprising a plurality of passages extending therethrough, wherein the plurality of passages are arranged in a circumferential offset pattern relative to a central body having a substantially circular shape; characterized in that adjacent passages are separated by a separation distance that is greater than 1 mm and less than 4 mm and have alternating separation distances from said central body corresponding to a minimum separation distance and a maximum separation distance. a cannula having: an outer end; an inner end; a central portion having an outer-facing surface that extends between said inner end and said outer end and an inner-facing surface that defines a lumen configured to receive a portion of a medical instrument that traverses between said outer end and said inner end; an outer end; an inner end; a central portion having an outer-facing surface that extends between said inner end and said outer end and an inner-facing surface that defines a lumen configured to receive a portion of a medical instrument that traverses between said outer end and said inner end; an internal anchor connected to said inner end and having a surface shape configured to secure the system against an interior surface of a gastric wall or peritoneal surface; and an external anchor removably and translationally connected to said cannula outer-facing surface and having a surface shape configured to secure said system against a skin surface; wherein said external anchor comprises a disc having an inner-facing surface that defines a passage for receiving said cannula; and said disc comprises: a central body that defines said passage; and a flange connected to said central body, said flange comprising a plurality of passages extending therethrough, wherein the plurality of passages are arranged in a circumferential offset pattern relative to a central body having a substantially circular shape; a central body that defines said passage; and a flange connected to said central body, said flange comprising a plurality of passages extending therethrough, wherein the plurality of passages are arranged in a circumferential offset pattern relative to a central body having a substantially circular shape;
A method for performing multimedia broadcast and multicast service, MBMS, related measurement(s), performed by a user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving logging configuration information from a network; performing logging of the MBMS related measurement(s) according to the logging configuration information, wherein, if information related to one MBMS single frequency network, MBSFN, area is included in the logging configuration information, the UE performs the logging of the MBMS related measurement(s) for the one MBSFN area indicated by the information related to the one MBSFN area; and transmitting an availability indicator indicating an existence of logged MBMS related measurement(s) that is to be reported to the network. receiving logging configuration information from a network; performing logging of the MBMS related measurement(s) according to the logging configuration information, wherein, if information related to one MBMS single frequency network, MBSFN, area is included in the logging configuration information, the UE performs the logging of the MBMS related measurement(s) for the one MBSFN area indicated by the information related to the one MBSFN area; and transmitting an availability indicator indicating an existence of logged MBMS related measurement(s) that is to be reported to the network.
A system for coating agricultural cores with a flexible film, the system comprising: a carrier (100, 140, 150, 200, 300) having an exterior face (101, 312) including a connecting structure (102, 302) and a plurality of core supports (104, 208, 306) recessed relative to the connecting structure (102, 202, 302), each core support (104, 208, 306) including a pedestal sized and shaped to support one of the agricultural cores to be coated, the pedestal including an aperture (130, 232) of a first fluid conduit; characterized in that each core support (104, 208, 306) further includes a plurality of bridges (110, 210) which extend between the pedestal and the connecting structure of the exterior face of the carrier (100, 140, 150), the plurality of bridges (110, 210) being separated by a plurality of apertures of a second fluid conduit; and in that the system further comprises a vacuum system (170, 320) in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit. a carrier (100, 140, 150, 200, 300) having an exterior face (101, 312) including a connecting structure (102, 302) and a plurality of core supports (104, 208, 306) recessed relative to the connecting structure (102, 202, 302), each core support (104, 208, 306) including a pedestal sized and shaped to support one of the agricultural cores to be coated, the pedestal including an aperture (130, 232) of a first fluid conduit; characterized in that each core support (104, 208, 306) further includes a plurality of bridges (110, 210) which extend between the pedestal and the connecting structure of the exterior face of the carrier (100, 140, 150), the plurality of bridges (110, 210) being separated by a plurality of apertures of a second fluid conduit; and in that the system further comprises a vacuum system (170, 320) in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit.
A liquid electrophotographic ink, comprising: a liquid ink vehicle; a conductive toner, said conductive toner including a conductive pigment and a polymeric binder; and a charge director, wherein the charge director is present in an amount from about 0.01 wt% to about 7.5 wt%, and wherein the conductive toner is present in an amount from about 0.1 wt% to about 5 wt%. a liquid ink vehicle; a conductive toner, said conductive toner including a conductive pigment and a polymeric binder; and a charge director, wherein the charge director is present in an amount from about 0.01 wt% to about 7.5 wt%, and wherein the conductive toner is present in an amount from about 0.1 wt% to about 5 wt%.
A method for avoiding downlink data collision, comprising: an Access point, AP, receiving a radio frame, PS-Poll, transmitted by a Station, STA, for inquiring whether the AP has a Bufferable Unit, BU, of the STA; when the AP has the BU of the STA, and the BU of the STA is larger than a predetermined threshold, the AP firstly transmitting a Request to send, RTS, to reserve a channel, wherein a channel reservation time of the RTS is set to a time required for transmitting data; after the STA which transmits the PS-Poll receives the RTS, the AP receiving a Clear to send, CTS, transmitted by the STA after a Short Inter Frame Space, SIFS, wherein a time cut-off point set through the channel reservation time of the CTS is consistent with a time cut-off point set through the channel reservation information of the RTS; and then after receiving the CTS, the AP transmitting the BU. an Access point, AP, receiving a radio frame, PS-Poll, transmitted by a Station, STA, for inquiring whether the AP has a Bufferable Unit, BU, of the STA; when the AP has the BU of the STA, and the BU of the STA is larger than a predetermined threshold, the AP firstly transmitting a Request to send, RTS, to reserve a channel, wherein a channel reservation time of the RTS is set to a time required for transmitting data; after the STA which transmits the PS-Poll receives the RTS, the AP receiving a Clear to send, CTS, transmitted by the STA after a Short Inter Frame Space, SIFS, wherein a time cut-off point set through the channel reservation time of the CTS is consistent with a time cut-off point set through the channel reservation information of the RTS; and then after receiving the CTS, the AP transmitting the BU.
Device for manipulating particles and comprising a flow generator arranged to generate a transport fluid flow, and a screen having a first outer surface from which a particle structure can be formed, the screen comprising through-holes opening via openings onto said first outer surface and the transport fluid flow being provided to transport the particles to or from the first outer surface, the device being arranged so that the transport fluid flow only passes through predetermined portions of the first outer surface of the screen, the device comprising a valve matrix, an open valve making it possible to allow the transport fluid flow, in order to blow the particles from the first outer surface, characterised in that each valve can be addressed independently of the other valves. the device being arranged so that the transport fluid flow only passes through predetermined portions of the first outer surface of the screen, the device comprising a valve matrix, an open valve making it possible to allow the transport fluid flow, in order to blow the particles from the first outer surface, characterised in that each valve can be addressed independently of the other valves.
A method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network, comprising: receiving an uplink grant in a single short Transmission Transmit Interval, sTTI, n, the uplink grant being for plural sTTIs and based on the same uplink Downlink Control Information for each of said plural sTTIs; and determining, for each of the plural sTTIs of the uplink grant, based on a configured uplink/downlink configuration, an uplink scheduling timing l; and transmitting, in a sTTI n + l, an uplink transmission in accordance with the uplink grant received in the sTTI n. receiving an uplink grant in a single short Transmission Transmit Interval, sTTI, n, the uplink grant being for plural sTTIs and based on the same uplink Downlink Control Information for each of said plural sTTIs; and determining, for each of the plural sTTIs of the uplink grant, based on a configured uplink/downlink configuration, an uplink scheduling timing l; and transmitting, in a sTTI n + l, an uplink transmission in accordance with the uplink grant received in the sTTI n.
Fitting for a door or a window arrangement, wherein a guide constructed as a corner bracket is provided, in which a locking pin is mounted to be longitudinally displaceable, wherein the longitudinal limb of the fitting is constructed in such a way that this is capable of fitting in the profile of the sash and thus is held in transverse direction and that a fastening possibility is provided in the transverse limb of the fitting, which can be provided as a screw connection, characterised in that a groove for reception of a sealing section is provided at a front and/or rear edge of the fitting, wherein this reception can also be provided at the two limbs (4, 5) of the fitting constructed as a bracket.
An impedance-based method for detecting microbial growth, the method comprising: providing a vessel with at least two electrodes (211, 212) disposed therein; introducing a sample to be monitored for microbial growth into the vessel, wherein the at least two electrodes (211, 212) are immersed in the sample; applying a sinusoidal electrical signal, a frequency of which is varied, to a first electrode of the at least two electrodes; repeatedly measuring an out-of-phase signal amplitude at a second electrode of the at least two electrodes repeatedly tuning the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal until a zero-crossing frequency of the out-of-phase signal amplitude is reached; and determining from an increase in the zero-crossing frequency over time that microbial growth has occurred, characterized in that the method comprises: switching between a high frequency mode of operation and a low frequency mode of operation, wherein the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal is in a range of about 40 kHz to about 80 kHz in the high frequency mode of operation, and wherein the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal is in a range of about 1 kHz to about 10 kHz in the low frequency mode of operation. providing a vessel with at least two electrodes (211, 212) disposed therein; introducing a sample to be monitored for microbial growth into the vessel, wherein the at least two electrodes (211, 212) are immersed in the sample; applying a sinusoidal electrical signal, a frequency of which is varied, to a first electrode of the at least two electrodes; repeatedly measuring an out-of-phase signal amplitude at a second electrode of the at least two electrodes repeatedly tuning the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal until a zero-crossing frequency of the out-of-phase signal amplitude is reached; and determining from an increase in the zero-crossing frequency over time that microbial growth has occurred, characterized in that the method comprises: switching between a high frequency mode of operation and a low frequency mode of operation, wherein the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal is in a range of about 40 kHz to about 80 kHz in the high frequency mode of operation, and wherein the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal is in a range of about 1 kHz to about 10 kHz in the low frequency mode of operation. repeatedly tuning the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal until a zero-crossing frequency of the out-of-phase signal amplitude is reached; and determining from an increase in the zero-crossing frequency over time that microbial growth has occurred, characterized in that the method comprises: switching between a high frequency mode of operation and a low frequency mode of operation, wherein the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal is in a range of about 40 kHz to about 80 kHz in the high frequency mode of operation, and wherein the frequency of the sinusoidal electrical signal is in a range of about 1 kHz to about 10 kHz in the low frequency mode of operation.
An adaptor (40, 60) for forming an electrical connection between a medical device having a first type of connector and an electrode (20, 70) having a second type of connector, the adaptor comprising: a first connecting part (42, 62) shaped to cooperate with a corresponding connecting part (54, 69) on one of the medical device and the electrode (20, 70) so as to form a mechanical and electrical connection therebetween; and a second connecting part comprising a portion of magnetic or ferromagnetic material arranged to be magnetically attracted to a corresponding magnet or portion of ferromagnetic material comprised in a magnetic connector part on the other of the medical device and the electrode (20, 70), so as to form a magnetic and electrical connection therebetween; wherein the first connecting part (42, 62) is electrically connected to the second connecting part. a first connecting part (42, 62) shaped to cooperate with a corresponding connecting part (54, 69) on one of the medical device and the electrode (20, 70) so as to form a mechanical and electrical connection therebetween; and a second connecting part comprising a portion of magnetic or ferromagnetic material arranged to be magnetically attracted to a corresponding magnet or portion of ferromagnetic material comprised in a magnetic connector part on the other of the medical device and the electrode (20, 70), so as to form a magnetic and electrical connection therebetween; wherein the first connecting part (42, 62) is electrically connected to the second connecting part.
Continuous process for making a polymer polyol, comprising mixing at least one melted thermoplastic styrene-acrylonitrile-copolymer with at least one polyol in the presence of at least one stabilizer, comprising from 10 to 70% by weight, preferably 30 to 60% by weight, more preferably 40 to 55% by weight, based on the sum of all components, at least one polyol P2, and at least one polyol CSP which comprises the reaction product of at least one macromere M, styrene and acrylonitrile in P2, optionally with an initiator and/ or a chain transfer agent, wherein the content of macromere M of the stabilizer is between 30-70 wt%, preferably 35 to 54 wt%, based on the sum of all components, and/or wherein the polyol CSP is preferably comb-structured, and wherein, in a first step, TP, P and S are fed into an extruder to form an initial dispersion, and the initial dispersion obtained from the extruder is then fed, in a second step, into at least one rotor-stator device comprising at least one rotor-stator combination, and the dispersion is cooled below the T g of the thermoplastic styrene-acrylonitrile-copolymer after passing all of the rotor-stators to obtain the final polymer polyol, wherein a macromonomere is defined as a molecule which comprises one or more polymerizable double bonds and one or more hydroxyl-terminated polyether tails.
Fish guidance rack for use in a fish guidance system in a watercourse, preferably for use at a run-of-river hydropower plant or a water intake, the fish guidance rack comprising a series of vertical bars mounted on a rack frame along a longitudinal axis of the fish guidance rack between a first end of the fish guidance rack and a second end of the fish guidance rack, wherein the bars each comprise a first, upstream half (x) beginning with an upstream tip and a second, downstream half (y) ending in a downstream tip, wherein the downstream half (y) adjoins the upstream half (x) in a downstream direction of the bar with respect to a flow direction of the watercourse in an installed state of the rack, characterized in that at least a number of the bars each comprise, at least along a part of a depth (db) of the bar, a convex curvature of a first, upstream side with respect to the first, upstream end of the fish guidance rack, wherein in a horizontal cross section, the bars each comprise a maximum, first thickness (tb,max) in the first, upstream half (x) of each bar, that the fish guidance rack comprises a minimum clear bar spacing (sb,min) between respective upstream halves (x) of neighboring bars measured along the longitudinal axis of the rack, and that in a downstream direction from respective locations of maximum, first thickness (tb, max) in respective upstream halves (x) of neighboring bars to the respective downstream tips, a clear bar spacing (sb) between neighboring bars in the fish guidance rack either only increases or remains partially equal and partially increases.
A method for producing a blow-moulded container, which comprises an opening section that can be closed, a side wall, as well as a closed bottom, characterised in that an injection-moulded preform is tempered and is formed by means of a blow-moulding process into a container in such a manner that the material in the region of the side wall is moulded by means of the blow-moulding process in such a manner that at least three recessed grips, between which at least two respective longitudinal ribs are moulded, which are oriented in a longitudinal direction of the container and which are separated from one another by means of a recess, which also extends in a longitudinal direction, are arranged along an outer circumference of the container, and that at least one circumferential rib, which extends in a circumferential direction of the container, is arranged inside each of the recessed grips, wherein the base of the recessed grip is transferred into the region of the side wall of the container in a longitudinal direction of the container, both in vertical direction to the top as well as in vertical direction to the bottom by means of at least two stepped circumferential ribs.
A gesture recognition apparatus comprising: a moving image sensor for imaging a scene in front of the sensor and generating a moving image signal indicating the result of imaging; a moving image processing unit for processing the moving image signal and generating gesture information; a recognition unit for recognizing a gesture based on a set of the gesture information input in a given input period; a prediction unit for predicting the gesture from halfway input gesture information among the set of gesture information; and a notification unit for notifying a user of prediction information about the result of predicting the gesture, wherein the prediction information for the gesture includes the reliability of the gesture prediction result, and wherein the reliability of the prediction result is represented as a ratio of the halfway input gesture information to the set of gesture information. a moving image sensor for imaging a scene in front of the sensor and generating a moving image signal indicating the result of imaging; a moving image processing unit for processing the moving image signal and generating gesture information; a recognition unit for recognizing a gesture based on a set of the gesture information input in a given input period; a prediction unit for predicting the gesture from halfway input gesture information among the set of gesture information; and a notification unit for notifying a user of prediction information about the result of predicting the gesture, wherein the prediction information for the gesture includes the reliability of the gesture prediction result, and wherein the reliability of the prediction result is represented as a ratio of the halfway input gesture information to the set of gesture information.