mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A processing system comprising: a processor comprising a separator; a disposable set configured to cooperate with the separator to separate whole blood passing through the set into plasma and other components, the set comprising an inlet line attachable to a blood source to receive whole blood from the blood source and a return line attachable to a blood source to return processed fluid to the blood source; and a source of replacement fluid connected to the disposable set, the processor configured to combine the other components with replacement fluid from the source of replacement fluid to define the processed fluid returned to the blood source via the return line, characterized in that the processor comprises a controller and an input device coupled to the controller, the controller configured to receive an input via the input device, the input representing a volume of replacement fluid, and to control the processor to separate whole blood passing through the set and to combine the other components with the replacement fluid according to the input received prior to controlling the processor to separate whole blood passing through the set and to combine the other components with the replacement fluid until the source of replacement fluid is empty. a processor comprising a separator; a disposable set configured to cooperate with the separator to separate whole blood passing through the set into plasma and other components, the set comprising an inlet line attachable to a blood source to receive whole blood from the blood source and a return line attachable to a blood source to return processed fluid to the blood source; and a source of replacement fluid connected to the disposable set, the processor configured to combine the other components with replacement fluid from the source of replacement fluid to define the processed fluid returned to the blood source via the return line, characterized in that the processor comprises a controller and an input device coupled to the controller, the controller configured to receive an input via the input device, the input representing a volume of replacement fluid, and to control the processor to separate whole blood passing through the set and to combine the other components with the replacement fluid according to the input received prior to controlling the processor to separate whole blood passing through the set and to combine the other components with the replacement fluid until the source of replacement fluid is empty.
A method for sub-micron scale printing of indicia on a substrate surface, comprising: coating a tip array with a patterning composition, the tip array comprising a compressible elastomeric polymer comprising a plurality of non-cantilevered tips each having a radius of curvature of less than about 1 μm and a common substrate comprising an elastomeric layer comprising a compressible elastomeric polymer, the tip array and the common substrate fixed onto a rigid support and the tip array, common substrate, and rigid support together being at least translucent; contacting the substrate surface for a first contacting period of time and at a first contacting pressure with all or substantially all of the coated tips of the array to deposit the patterning composition onto the substrate surface and form substantially uniform indicia with all or substantially all of said coated tips, the indicia having a dot size or line width of less than 1 μm. coating a tip array with a patterning composition, the tip array comprising a compressible elastomeric polymer comprising a plurality of non-cantilevered tips each having a radius of curvature of less than about 1 μm and a common substrate comprising an elastomeric layer comprising a compressible elastomeric polymer, the tip array and the common substrate fixed onto a rigid support and the tip array, common substrate, and rigid support together being at least translucent; contacting the substrate surface for a first contacting period of time and at a first contacting pressure with all or substantially all of the coated tips of the array to deposit the patterning composition onto the substrate surface and form substantially uniform indicia with all or substantially all of said coated tips, the indicia having a dot size or line width of less than 1 μm.
Refrigeration appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, having thermal insulation which at least partially encloses a refrigeration compartment and in which a supply tube for refrigerant is provided to feed the refrigerant to an evaporator of the refrigeration appliance, the supply tube has a terminal section with an injection point for injecting the refrigerant into the evaporator, said terminal section extending in a cavity of the insulation without being in contact with the insulation, characterised in that sound can therefore be transmitted from the supply tube in the region of the section with the injection point initially to surrounding air and then via the air outwards to the insulation.
A surgical device comprising: a forceps device capable of performing a bending movement and opening and closing movements of grasping portions (1a, 1b) thereof; a plurality of driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) to each of which driving force is transmitted from outside of the surgical device, the driving force causing each of the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) to individually move linearly; a plurality of cords (35a, 35b, 35c) each being fixed to one of the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c), the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) transmitting linear movements of the driven portions to the forceps device; a housing containing the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) and the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) therein; and a shaft in which the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) are arranged, wherein the forceps device performs at least any of the bending movement and the opening and closing movements when all or some of the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) are pulled, and the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) are each configured to move along an axial direction of the shaft and are arranged in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the shaft. a forceps device capable of performing a bending movement and opening and closing movements of grasping portions (1a, 1b) thereof; a plurality of driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) to each of which driving force is transmitted from outside of the surgical device, the driving force causing each of the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) to individually move linearly; a plurality of cords (35a, 35b, 35c) each being fixed to one of the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c), the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) transmitting linear movements of the driven portions to the forceps device; a housing containing the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) and the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) therein; and a shaft in which the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) are arranged, wherein the forceps device performs at least any of the bending movement and the opening and closing movements when all or some of the cords (35a, 35b, 35c) are pulled, and the driven portions (31, 31a, 31b, 31c) are each configured to move along an axial direction of the shaft and are arranged in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the shaft.
A method of restoring a degraded frame resulting from reconstruction of a source frame, the method comprising: generating, using guided image filtering based on first restoration parameters comprising a first radius and a first noise value, a first guide tile for a degraded tile of the degraded frame, the degraded tile corresponding to a source tile of the source frame; generating, using guided image filtering based on second restoration parameters comprising a second radius and second noise value, a second guide tile for the degraded tile of the degraded frame, the second restoration parameters being different from the first restoration parameters; determining a first tile difference between the degraded tile and the first guide tile; determining a second tile difference between the degraded tile and the second guide tile; calculating projection parameters that minimize a difference between a restored tile of the degraded tile and the source tile, wherein the difference between the restored tile of the degraded tile and the degraded tile comprises a linear combination, using the projection parameters, of the first tile difference and the second tile difference; and encoding, in an encoded bitstream, the restoration and projection parameters. generating, using guided image filtering based on first restoration parameters comprising a first radius and a first noise value, a first guide tile for a degraded tile of the degraded frame, the degraded tile corresponding to a source tile of the source frame; generating, using guided image filtering based on second restoration parameters comprising a second radius and second noise value, a second guide tile for the degraded tile of the degraded frame, the second restoration parameters being different from the first restoration parameters; determining a first tile difference between the degraded tile and the first guide tile; determining a second tile difference between the degraded tile and the second guide tile; calculating projection parameters that minimize a difference between a restored tile of the degraded tile and the source tile, wherein the difference between the restored tile of the degraded tile and the degraded tile comprises a linear combination, using the projection parameters, of the first tile difference and the second tile difference; and encoding, in an encoded bitstream, the restoration and projection parameters.
A compressor comprising: a compression mechanism; a motor coupled with the compression mechanism via a driving shaft; and a casing for accommodating the compression mechanism and the motor, wherein the motor includes a motor stator, and a motor rotor disposed inside the motor stator and coupled to the driving shaft, the motor stator is spot-joined to the casing via a plurality of spot-joined portions (6a, 6b) formed by spot welding to the casing, each of the plurality of spot-joined portions (6a, 6b) being arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction around an axis of the driving shaft on an outer circumference surface of the driving shaft, and characterised by some of the plurality of spot-joined portions (6a, 6b) being arranged at different positions in the axial direction of the driving shaft as well. a compression mechanism; a motor coupled with the compression mechanism via a driving shaft; and a casing for accommodating the compression mechanism and the motor, wherein the motor includes a motor stator, and a motor rotor disposed inside the motor stator and coupled to the driving shaft, the motor stator is spot-joined to the casing via a plurality of spot-joined portions (6a, 6b) formed by spot welding to the casing, each of the plurality of spot-joined portions (6a, 6b) being arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction around an axis of the driving shaft on an outer circumference surface of the driving shaft, and characterised by some of the plurality of spot-joined portions (6a, 6b) being arranged at different positions in the axial direction of the driving shaft as well.
A guidance system, comprising: a real-time imaging device configured to intra-operatively collect image data of a target region including a heart to provide a real-time image; a target determination module configured to generate an overlay map registered to the real-time image to project morphological feature information on corresponding features in the real-time image of the target region, the morphological feature information including a wall thickness of the heart; and at least one medical instrument for performing a procedure on the target region such that the at least one medical instrument is guided to a location suitable for performing an operative task based upon the overlay map, the at least one medical instrument including a needle, wherein upon having been guided to the location, the at least one medical instrument is controlled to extend the needle at said location with a depth depending on the wall thickness information. a real-time imaging device configured to intra-operatively collect image data of a target region including a heart to provide a real-time image; a target determination module configured to generate an overlay map registered to the real-time image to project morphological feature information on corresponding features in the real-time image of the target region, the morphological feature information including a wall thickness of the heart; and at least one medical instrument for performing a procedure on the target region such that the at least one medical instrument is guided to a location suitable for performing an operative task based upon the overlay map, the at least one medical instrument including a needle, wherein upon having been guided to the location, the at least one medical instrument is controlled to extend the needle at said location with a depth depending on the wall thickness information.
A noise reducer for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the noise reducer comprising: a plurality of rods each having a body extending between a first end and a second end, the body of each of the plurality of rods extending parallel to the body of a neighboring rod of the plurality of rods and contacting the body of the neighboring rod throughout the entire body between the first end and second end when the noise reducer is in a stable position, i.e. a position wherein the noise reducer, and rods thereof, is not being affected by any external forces such as by the force of wind flowing past the rotor blade.
A resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a resin having a carboxyl group in at least part of the end of the molecular chain selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polyester, a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester, an aliphatic polyester, a polyester carbonate and a polyphenylene sulfite, all of these resins having a carboxylate terminal, 5 to 80 parts by weight of an ethylene·α-olefin copolymer, 1 to 30 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing silicon elastomer and 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of at least one antioxidant selected from the group consisting of hindered phenol compound, phosphite compound, phosphonite compound and thioether compound.
An aqueous cathodically depositable electrodeposition coating material composition comprising (a) at least one cathodically depositable polymer and (b) at least one carbon black pigment, wherein the at least one carbon black pigment (b) is a lamp black pigment having a number-based median primary particle size (d N,50%), determined according to the method identified in the specification, of at least 50 nm and at most 200 nm. (a) at least one cathodically depositable polymer and (b) at least one carbon black pigment,
A printing apparatus comprising: a mask formed with a pattern hole (51 a) for printing; a printing mechanism having a squeegee that comes into contact with a front surface of the mask at a predetermined contact angle, the printing mechanism causing the squeegee to slide on the front surface of the mask with a predetermined printing pressure to move a solder accumulation on the front surface of the mask while scraping the solder by the squeegee, thereby printing the solder to a substrate via the pattern hole (51 a); a detection device executing detection operation for detecting a physical quantity that changes in accordance with an amount of solder of the solder accumulation on the front surface of the mask by sensing the front surface of the mask; and a control device adjusting the printing pressure of the squeegee on the basis of the physical quantity detected by the detection device, characterized in that the control device increases the printing pressure of the squeegee in accordance with an increase of the amount of solder indicated by the physical quantity detected by the detection device, and on the other hand, the control device decreases the printing pressure of the squeegee in accordance with a decrease of the amount of solder indicated by the physical quantity. a mask formed with a pattern hole (51 a) for printing; a printing mechanism having a squeegee that comes into contact with a front surface of the mask at a predetermined contact angle, the printing mechanism causing the squeegee to slide on the front surface of the mask with a predetermined printing pressure to move a solder accumulation on the front surface of the mask while scraping the solder by the squeegee, thereby printing the solder to a substrate via the pattern hole (51 a); a detection device executing detection operation for detecting a physical quantity that changes in accordance with an amount of solder of the solder accumulation on the front surface of the mask by sensing the front surface of the mask; and a control device adjusting the printing pressure of the squeegee on the basis of the physical quantity detected by the detection device,
A method for wireless communications, comprising: constructing a long training field LTF sequence of a preamble by combining a plurality of interpolating sequences with LTF tone values associated with at least one of the IEEE 802.11n standard or the IEEE 802.11a standard, wherein the LTF tone values cover at least a portion of bandwidth of a first size, and each of the LTF tone values is repeated one or more times for different subcarriers; rotating phases of tones of the LTF sequence per bandwidth of the first size in an effort to reduce a peak-to-average power ratio PAPR during a transmission of the LTF sequence; and replacing of the LTF sequence at pilot locations with a defined stream of values chosen in an effort to reduce the PAPR. constructing a long training field LTF sequence of a preamble by combining a plurality of interpolating sequences with LTF tone values associated with at least one of the IEEE 802.11n standard or the IEEE 802.11a standard, wherein the LTF tone values cover at least a portion of bandwidth of a first size, and each of the LTF tone values is repeated one or more times for different subcarriers; rotating phases of tones of the LTF sequence per bandwidth of the first size in an effort to reduce a peak-to-average power ratio PAPR during a transmission of the LTF sequence; and replacing of the LTF sequence at pilot locations with a defined stream of values chosen in an effort to reduce the PAPR.
Bearing, such as a rolling bearing, mounted on a support able to move in translation and comprising a lubrication means, the support able to move in translation being defined by the movable part sliding about the fixed piston of a linear-movement actuator, around which the inner ring of the bearing to be lubricated is mounted, the means for lubricating the bearing comprising at least one pipe for conveying a lubricant, connected to a lubricant supply source, and a conduit (52; 65) connected to the movable support, in which engages, at least in part, the pipe for conveying the lubricant on an internal path from said movable support to the bearing, passing through the inner face thereof, characterised in that said pipe and said conduit (52; 65) extend parallel to the translational movement of the movable support in order to cooperate with each other by sliding between the two extreme positions of the support, said pipe being fixed and the conduit sliding with respect thereto.
A magnetic bearing arrangement for rotating machinery comprising: a rotating magnet; and a non-rotating magnet, wherein the non-rotating magnet comprises an array of axially polarized permanent ring magnets with axially neighbouring rings in mutual repulsion to each other; and characterised in that the rotating magnet comprises a single piece elongate permanent ring magnet which, in use, has an axis of rotation parallel with, and centrally through the bore of the ring magnet, wherein the magnet comprises an even number of axially polarized zones (122a, 122b, 122c, 122d) between the axial ends of the magnet, with axially neighbouring polarized zones in mutual repulsion to each other said rotating magnet concentrically surrounding the non-rotating magnet, and wherein the axially polarized zones (122a, 122b, 122c, 122d) on the rotating magnet and the axially polarized ring magnets of the non-rotating magnet array are orientated to provide a mutual repulsion between the rotating magnet and non-rotating magnet array. a rotating magnet; and a non-rotating magnet, wherein the non-rotating magnet comprises an array of axially polarized permanent ring magnets with axially neighbouring rings in mutual repulsion to each other; and characterised in that the rotating magnet comprises a single piece elongate permanent ring magnet which, in use, has an axis of rotation parallel with, and centrally through the bore of the ring magnet, wherein the magnet comprises an even number of axially polarized zones (122a, 122b, 122c, 122d) between the axial ends of the magnet, with axially neighbouring polarized zones in mutual repulsion to each other said rotating magnet concentrically surrounding the non-rotating magnet, and wherein the axially polarized zones (122a, 122b, 122c, 122d) on the rotating magnet and the axially polarized ring magnets of the non-rotating magnet array are orientated to provide a mutual repulsion between the rotating magnet and non-rotating magnet array.
A method of forming a photonic crystal material having an inverse opal structure, comprising: a) generating an array of particles on a first substrate, the array including interstices between the particles for the receipt of a matrix material; b) bonding the particles to each other so as to fix the relative positions of the particles with respect to each other; c) providing a matrix material to at least partially fill the interstices; d) attaching a second substrate to the array, or forming a second substrate on the array, such that the array is positioned between the first and second substrates; e) fixing the position of the matrix material with respect to the particles; f) detaching at least one of the first or second substrates from the array so as to expose a respective contact surface of the array; and, g) applying an etching agent to the contact surface, said etching agent being adapted to remove material of the particles so as form the inverse opal structure. a) generating an array of particles on a first substrate, the array including interstices between the particles for the receipt of a matrix material; b) bonding the particles to each other so as to fix the relative positions of the particles with respect to each other; c) providing a matrix material to at least partially fill the interstices; d) attaching a second substrate to the array, or forming a second substrate on the array, such that the array is positioned between the first and second substrates; e) fixing the position of the matrix material with respect to the particles; f) detaching at least one of the first or second substrates from the array so as to expose a respective contact surface of the array; and, g) applying an etching agent to the contact surface, said etching agent being adapted to remove material of the particles so as form the inverse opal structure.