mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system implemented by one or more computers, the system comprising: a visual encoder component configured to: receive as input, data representing a sequence of image frames (120a,b) and to output a sequence of corresponding respective state codes (122a,b), each state code comprising vectors, one for each object in a scene of the sequence, wherein each vector represents a respective position and velocity of its corresponding object; a dynamic predictor component configured to: take as input a sequence of state codes (122a,b; 140a,b,c) and generate a predicted state code (140a,b,c) for a next unobserved image frame; and a state decoder component configured to: convert a state code (140a,b,c) to a state (150a,b,c), a state (150a,b,c) comprising a respective position and velocity vector for each object in the scene; wherein: the dynamic predictor component comprises multiple interaction network components, each being configured to take as input one state code of the sequence of state codes (122a,b; 140a,b,c), each one state code corresponding to a different temporal offset and to produce a respective candidate state code; and the dynamic predictor component is configured to aggregate the candidate state codes by a multilayer perceptron to produce the predicted state code (140a,b,c) for the next image frame after the input sequence of image frames; and wherein the candidate state codes all relate to the same predicted state code and the temporal offsets are backwards from the predicted state code (140a,b,c). a visual encoder component configured to: receive as input, data representing a sequence of image frames (120a,b) and to output a sequence of corresponding respective state codes (122a,b), each state code comprising vectors, one for each object in a scene of the sequence, wherein each vector represents a respective position and velocity of its corresponding object; a dynamic predictor component configured to: take as input a sequence of state codes (122a,b; 140a,b,c) and generate a predicted state code (140a,b,c) for a next unobserved image frame; and a state decoder component configured to: convert a state code (140a,b,c) to a state (150a,b,c), a state (150a,b,c) comprising a respective position and velocity vector for each object in the scene; wherein: the dynamic predictor component comprises multiple interaction network components, each being configured to take as input one state code of the sequence of state codes (122a,b; 140a,b,c), each one state code corresponding to a different temporal offset and to produce a respective candidate state code; and the dynamic predictor component is configured to aggregate the candidate state codes by a multilayer perceptron to produce the predicted state code (140a,b,c) for the next image frame after the input sequence of image frames; and wherein the candidate state codes all relate to the same predicted state code and the temporal offsets are backwards from the predicted state code (140a,b,c).
A medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue, the device having a solid surfactant-free particulate coating layer applied to a surface of the device, the coating layer comprising a therapeutic agent and at least one non-polymeric organic additive which is hydrolytically stable; wherein at least a proportion of the particulate coating layer comprising the therapeutic agent and the at least one organic additive melts as a single phase at a lower temperature than the melting point of the therapeutic agent and the at least one organic additive when in pure form; wherein the therapeutic agent is paclitaxel; wherein the therapeutic agent, when formulated in the coating layer, is stable to sterilization; and wherein each at least one organic additive is independently selected from the list consisting of p-aminobenzoic acid, saccharin, ascorbic acid, methyl paraben, caffeine, calcium salicylate, pentetic acid, creatinine, ethylurea, acetaminophen, aspirin, theobromine, tryptophan, succinic acid, adipic acid, glutaric acid, theophylline, and saccharin sodium.
A method for starting up a fluidized bed boiler for operation with a predetermined concentration of ilmenite particles in the bed material, characterized in that pre-oxidized ilmenite particles are used for reaching the predetermined concentration of ilmenite particles in the bed material.
A cell isolation instrument, comprising: a container having an opening; a sealing member which seals the opening; and a pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) which is connected to the sealing member and configured to be openable or closable by pressing, wherein the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) is provided with ridges and grooves on at least a portion of a pinching surface for pinching a biological tissue, wherein the sealing member includes: a large-diameter part to which the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) are attached; a small-diameter part which is provided with a second communication hole for communicating a solution with an external apparatus; and a mesh filter; characterized in that the large-diameter part is provided with a first communication hole for communicating the solution containing isolated cells and wherein the mesh filter is provided between the first communication hole and the second communication hole to filter the solution, wherein the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) is provided with ridges and grooves in at least a portion of an opposite surface to a pinching surface for pinching a biological tissue. a container having an opening; a sealing member which seals the opening; and a pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) which is connected to the sealing member and configured to be openable or closable by pressing, wherein the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) is provided with ridges and grooves on at least a portion of a pinching surface for pinching a biological tissue, wherein the sealing member includes: a large-diameter part to which the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) are attached; a small-diameter part which is provided with a second communication hole for communicating a solution with an external apparatus; and a mesh filter; characterized in that the large-diameter part is provided with a first communication hole for communicating the solution containing isolated cells and wherein the mesh filter is provided between the first communication hole and the second communication hole to filter the solution, wherein the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) is provided with ridges and grooves in at least a portion of an opposite surface to a pinching surface for pinching a biological tissue. a large-diameter part to which the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) are attached; a small-diameter part which is provided with a second communication hole for communicating a solution with an external apparatus; and a mesh filter; characterized in that the large-diameter part is provided with a first communication hole for communicating the solution containing isolated cells and wherein the mesh filter is provided between the first communication hole and the second communication hole to filter the solution, wherein the pair of pinching parts (13a, 13b) is provided with ridges and grooves in at least a portion of an opposite surface to a pinching surface for pinching a biological tissue.
A drug delivery ocular implant comprising: an elongate outer shell having a proximal end, a distal end, said outer shell being shaped to define an interior lumen; at least a first active drug positioned within said interior lumen, wherein said first active drug is present as one or more micro-tablets, wherein said micro-tablets have a density of 0.7 g/cc to 1.6 g/cc, wherein said micro-tablets have an aspect ratio of length to diameter of 2.8 to 3.6, so that said first active drug is present in an amount of at least 70% by weight of a total weight of the one or more micro-tablets; wherein said micro-tablets are configured to balance osmotic pressure between said interior lumen and the ocular environment external to an implant after implantation, wherein said outer shell comprises a first thickness; and wherein said outer shell comprises one or more regions of drug release. an elongate outer shell having a proximal end, a distal end, said outer shell being shaped to define an interior lumen; at least a first active drug positioned within said interior lumen, wherein said first active drug is present as one or more micro-tablets, wherein said micro-tablets have a density of 0.7 g/cc to 1.6 g/cc, wherein said micro-tablets have an aspect ratio of length to diameter of 2.8 to 3.6, so that said first active drug is present in an amount of at least 70% by weight of a total weight of the one or more micro-tablets; wherein said micro-tablets are configured to balance osmotic pressure between said interior lumen and the ocular environment external to an implant after implantation, wherein said outer shell comprises a first thickness; and wherein said outer shell comprises one or more regions of drug release.
An optical transceiver (2, 3) comprising: a bandwidth calculating unit and a test signal receiving unit, the bandwidth calculating unit is configured to calculate, when test signals are sent to a transmission line of an optical communication network from a test signal transmitting unit (11, 51) and the test signal receiving unit receives the test signals transmitted by said test signal transmitting unit through said transmission line and a plurality of wavelength filters (6-1a, 6-2a), a bandwidth of the test signals received by the test signal receiving unit, the test signal transmitting unit is configured to generate, as the test signals, a collection of narrowband signals, the narrowband signals being a plurality of signals having a narrower bandwidth than a bandwidth of the wavelength filters and having different frequencies, and each wavelength filter being included in an optical splitter (6-1, 6-2) inserted in the transmission line, and the collection of narrowband signals including a narrowband signal having a higher frequency than a highest frequency in the bandwidth of the wavelength filters and a narrowband signal having a lower frequency than a lowest frequency in the bandwidth of the wavelength filters, the bandwidth calculating unit being configured to calculate said bandwidth of the test signals by: - calculating the frequencies of the test signals; - identifying the lowest frequency and the highest frequency among the calculated frequencies; - calculating a bandwidth from the lowest frequency to the highest frequency as a bandwidth of the test signals having passed through the wavelength filters; and a transmission signal determining unit (16, 20, 23, 81) to perform determination of a modulation rate of a transmission signal and a modulation level of the transmission signal depending on the bandwidth calculated by the bandwidth calculating unit. - calculating the frequencies of the test signals; - identifying the lowest frequency and the highest frequency among the calculated frequencies; - calculating a bandwidth from the lowest frequency to the highest frequency as a bandwidth of the test signals having passed through the wavelength filters; and
A method of coating a microneedle device, the method comprising spray coating the individual needles of a microneedle device by positioning the microneedle device and the spray nozzle of a spraying device such that the angle between the axis of the spray nozzle and the plane of the microneedle device is between 70 and 45 degrees when spraying at least one microneedle.
An optical scanner which comprises: - a mirror, provided with a front face, essentially planar, and with a rear face, said mirror being pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis and being transparent or partially transparent in an area between said front face and up to said rear face or from said front face up to said rear face; - a light source intended to emit an incident light radiation on the front face of the mirror, and the mirror being partially transparent to the light radiation from its front face towards its rear face; the scanner is characterised in that the rear face includes a structuration formed by at least one facet essentially planar and inclined with respect to the front face so that a light radiation, incident on the mirror on the front face side, and transmitted by the at least one facet undergoes a deflection with respect to an angle of incidence of said light radiation on the front face. - a mirror, provided with a front face, essentially planar, and with a rear face, said mirror being pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis and being transparent or partially transparent in an area between said front face and up to said rear face or from said front face up to said rear face; - a light source intended to emit an incident light radiation on the front face of the mirror, and the mirror being partially transparent to the light radiation from its front face towards its rear face;
A marker comprising: a two-dimensional pattern code; and at least two attitude inversion detection patterns (Fx, Fy) each of which consisting of a transparent cylindrical body having a central axis (ra) and having a first side face in a range of 180 degrees around the central axis and a second side face in another range of 180 degrees around the central axis, wherein the first side face has a pattern, the second side face has no pattern and is transparent, the pattern is visually recognized through the second side face, and the pattern is usable for attitude inversion detection, the attitude inversion detection patterns (Fx, Fy) being provided so as to be orthogonal to each other, wherein the two-dimensional pattern code and the attitude inversion detection patterns (Fx, Fy) are provided on a same plane. a two-dimensional pattern code; and at least two attitude inversion detection patterns (Fx, Fy) each of which consisting of a transparent cylindrical body having a central axis (ra) and having a first side face in a range of 180 degrees around the central axis and a second side face in another range of 180 degrees around the central axis, wherein the first side face has a pattern, the second side face has no pattern and is transparent, the pattern is visually recognized through the second side face, and the pattern is usable for attitude inversion detection, the attitude inversion detection patterns (Fx, Fy) being provided so as to be orthogonal to each other, wherein the two-dimensional pattern code and the attitude inversion detection patterns (Fx, Fy) are provided on a same plane.
Forming apparatus comprising: - a frame; - a first table and a second table for receiving respectively, a first half mould and a second half mould for forming a workpiece, at least one of said two tables being movable with respect to said frame; - first driving means for driving relative movements of said two tables in relation to one another; - second driving means (6; 7) for exerting a force between said two tables that is suitable for forming the workpiece, said second driving means having a first part mounted on one table and a second part mounted on the other table, said first and second part being separated from one another when said two tables are at a distance from one another and being couplable together when said first driving means brings said two tables towards one another in a relative coupling position; wherein said first part comprises at least one traction rod mounted on said first table and said second part comprises at least one traction actuator mounted on said second table. - a frame; - a first table and a second table for receiving respectively, a first half mould and a second half mould for forming a workpiece, at least one of said two tables being movable with respect to said frame; - first driving means for driving relative movements of said two tables in relation to one another; - second driving means (6; 7) for exerting a force between said two tables that is suitable for forming the workpiece, said second driving means having a first part mounted on one table and a second part mounted on the other table, said first and second part being separated from one another when said two tables are at a distance from one another and being couplable together when said first driving means brings said two tables towards one another in a relative coupling position;
An implantable medical device coupled to a plurality of electrodes and configured to: provide ventricular pacing pulses to a patient via at least one of the electrodes; and determine a period of vulnerability wherein electrical shocks may be provided to induce fibrillation of a heart; characterized in that the implantable medical device is further configured to determine the period of vulnerability and deliver an electrical shock by: obtaining a derivatized electrogram of far-field data via at least one of the electrodes for first and second sets of heartbeats of the heart, the heartbeats resulting from provision of ventricular pulses to the heart; determining a T-window for each of the heartbeats of the heart; and determining a most vulnerable moment (QTp) of the heart for each of the heartbeats; determining a first average QTp value for the first set of heartbeats and a second average QTp value for the second set of heartbeats; comparing the determined first average QTp value for the first set of heartbeats and the second average QTp value for the second set of heartbeats for determining a difference between the first and second average QTp values; comparing the determined difference between the first and second average QTp values to a predetermined value; and delivering the shock to the heart based on the comparison of the determined difference between the first and second average QTp values to the the predetermined value; and delivering a shock to the heart. provide ventricular pacing pulses to a patient via at least one of the electrodes; and determine a period of vulnerability wherein electrical shocks may be provided to induce fibrillation of a heart; characterized in that the implantable medical device is further configured to determine the period of vulnerability and deliver an electrical shock by: obtaining a derivatized electrogram of far-field data via at least one of the electrodes for first and second sets of heartbeats of the heart, the heartbeats resulting from provision of ventricular pulses to the heart; determining a T-window for each of the heartbeats of the heart; and determining a most vulnerable moment (QTp) of the heart for each of the heartbeats; determining a first average QTp value for the first set of heartbeats and a second average QTp value for the second set of heartbeats; comparing the determined first average QTp value for the first set of heartbeats and the second average QTp value for the second set of heartbeats for determining a difference between the first and second average QTp values; comparing the determined difference between the first and second average QTp values to a predetermined value; and delivering the shock to the heart based on the comparison of the determined difference between the first and second average QTp values to the the predetermined value; and delivering a shock to the heart.
Capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, wherein the capsule comprises an aluminum capsule body having a central capsule body axis, said aluminum capsule body being provided with a bottom, a side wall and an outwardly extending flange, the capsule further comprising an aluminum cover attached to the outwardly extending flange, the cover hermetically closing the capsule, wherein the capsule further comprises a sealing member at the outwardly extending flange for providing a fluid sealing contact with an enclosing member of a beverage preparation device if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device and the enclosing member is closed by means of a closing member of the beverage preparation device, such as an extraction plate of the beverage preparation device, such that the outwardly extending flange of the capsule and at least a portion of the sealing member of the capsule are sealingly engaged between the enclosing member and the closing member of the beverage preparation device, wherein the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device comprises an annular element having a central annular element axis and a free contact end, said free contact end of the annular element optionally being provided with a plurality of radially extending open grooves, characterized in that, the sealing member is integral with the outwardly extending flange and comprises at least one projection projecting from the outwardly extending flange, said at least one projection comprising a projection top, and wherein the at least one projection is configured such that its projection top exerts a radial force on the free contact end of the annular element if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device and the enclosing member is closed by means of the closing member of the beverage preparation device, wherein the sealing member comprises a further projection projecting from the outwardly extending flange and a plateau between said two projections, wherein the distance between the two projections is such that the free contact end of the annular element is enclosed between the two projections if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member and the enclosing member is closed by means of the closing member and wherein a first one of the two projections projects further from a base portion of the outwardly extending flange, to which base portion the cover is attached, than a second one of the two projections.
A seed firmer (370;470;700) comprising: a base support to be positioned in operation in proximity to a trench (38;438) for planting seed (42;442) in the trench; and a lower member (378;478;710) integrated with the base support or coupled to the base support, the lower member (378;478;710) includes a non-planar ground contacting lower surface to position the seed within the trench at a desired depth, characterized in that the non-planar ground contacting lower surface is arranged to adjust an orientation of the seed (42;442) to a desired seed orientation within the trench (38;438). a base support to be positioned in operation in proximity to a trench (38;438) for planting seed (42;442) in the trench; and a lower member (378;478;710) integrated with the base support or coupled to the base support, the lower member (378;478;710) includes a non-planar ground contacting lower surface to position the seed within the trench at a desired depth, characterized in that the non-planar ground contacting lower surface is arranged to adjust an orientation of the seed (42;442) to a desired seed orientation within the trench (38;438).