mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Apparatus for non-cryogenic separation of gases, comprising a plurality of modules, each module including at least one polymeric membrane capable of separating components of a gas passing through the module, the apparatus including a plurality of conduits and valves (4, 12, 20) which are connected to the modules, wherein in a first configuration of the valves (4, 12, 20), a feed gas is directed into all of the modules, wherein the modules are connected in parallel, and in a second configuration of the valves (4, 12, 20), a feed gas is directed into a first group of modules, the first group comprising fewer than all of the modules, and then into a second group of modules, the second group comprising modules not belonging to the first group, wherein the first and second groups of modules are effectively connected in series, characterized in that: the modules are disposed in a single housing, there are exactly three valves (4, 12, 20), and all of the valves are located outside of the housing. wherein in a first configuration of the valves (4, 12, 20), a feed gas is directed into all of the modules, wherein the modules are connected in parallel, and in a second configuration of the valves (4, 12, 20), a feed gas is directed into a first group of modules, the first group comprising fewer than all of the modules, and then into a second group of modules, the second group comprising modules not belonging to the first group, wherein the first and second groups of modules are effectively connected in series, characterized in that: the modules are disposed in a single housing, there are exactly three valves (4, 12, 20), and all of the valves are located outside of the housing. the modules are disposed in a single housing, there are exactly three valves (4, 12, 20), and all of the valves are located outside of the housing.
A display having a display area for displaying an illuminated icon or picture; the display comprising: - a light guide having an incoupling face for receiving one or more LED devices having a principal light emitting direction for defining a light path traveling away from the incoupling face to an outcoupling face where the light couples out, the outcoupling face defining the icon or picture; - the light guide having side border portions blocking light from the one or more LED devices in a direction sideways from the principal light emitting direction; - the light guide being provided with a transparent portion comprising a light homogenization zone with an apex facing the incoupling face extending along the one or more LED devices; said homogenization zone being distanced from the incoupling face by a distance measured from the apex less than a length of the one or more LED devices as measured alongside its light emitting face and said homogenization zone extending along the light emitting direction over a length of the one or more LED devices, wherein the transparent portion and the side border portions are formed of two or more segmented and complementary shaped layers of different optical density and formed of the same material type that are fused to form a single layer. - a light guide having an incoupling face for receiving one or more LED devices having a principal light emitting direction for defining a light path traveling away from the incoupling face to an outcoupling face where the light couples out, the outcoupling face defining the icon or picture; - the light guide having side border portions blocking light from the one or more LED devices in a direction sideways from the principal light emitting direction; - the light guide being provided with a transparent portion comprising a light homogenization zone with an apex facing the incoupling face extending along the one or more LED devices; said homogenization zone being distanced from the incoupling face by a distance measured from the apex less than a length of the one or more LED devices as measured alongside its light emitting face and said homogenization zone extending along the light emitting direction over a length of the one or more LED devices,
A method for recycling a cured composite laminate material into a delaminated recyclate, the method comprising: providing a cured composite laminate material comprising a resin matrix and a plurality of fibers, wherein the volume of fiber in the cured composite laminate material is given by a fiber volume fraction, and wherein the plurality of fibers are aligned at the lamina level; preconditioning the cured composite laminate material by soaking in one or more liquid solvents so that the cured composite laminate material substantially absorbs the one or more liquid solvents; removing any excess amount of the one or more liquid solvents not absorbed by the cured composite laminate material; pre-heating the cured composite laminate material substantially absorbed with the one or more liquid solvents to a temperature below the lowest solvent boiling point of the one or more liquid solvents; and rapidly heating the pre-heated cured composite laminate material substantially absorbed with the one or more liquid solvents to a temperature above the highest solvent boiling point of the one or more liquid solvents, so as to effect a liquid-to-gas phase change of the one or more liquid solvents in order to delaminate the cured composite laminate material; thereby obtaining a delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and an alignment of the plurality of fibers at the lamina level substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material. providing a cured composite laminate material comprising a resin matrix and a plurality of fibers, wherein the volume of fiber in the cured composite laminate material is given by a fiber volume fraction, and wherein the plurality of fibers are aligned at the lamina level; preconditioning the cured composite laminate material by soaking in one or more liquid solvents so that the cured composite laminate material substantially absorbs the one or more liquid solvents; removing any excess amount of the one or more liquid solvents not absorbed by the cured composite laminate material; pre-heating the cured composite laminate material substantially absorbed with the one or more liquid solvents to a temperature below the lowest solvent boiling point of the one or more liquid solvents; and rapidly heating the pre-heated cured composite laminate material substantially absorbed with the one or more liquid solvents to a temperature above the highest solvent boiling point of the one or more liquid solvents, so as to effect a liquid-to-gas phase change of the one or more liquid solvents in order to delaminate the cured composite laminate material; thereby obtaining a delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and an alignment of the plurality of fibers at the lamina level substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material.
A composition comprising zero-valent silver, 4-dimethylaminopyridine and ions of one or more metals chosen from tin ions, iron ions and titanium ions, said ions having an electrical potential for reducing silver ions to zero-valent silver.
A system for automatically identifying a location of focal arrhythmogenic activity, the system comprising: an interface, configured to receive a collection of acquisitions acquired by a plurality of electrodes in a heart, wherein each acquisition comprises a set of electrophysiological signals; and a processor, which is configured to: estimate for each of the acquisitions a respective direction of arrival and a respective distance relative to the electrodes, from which the set of EP signals originated; aggregate the acquisitions, to form a statistical distribution of the acquisitions as a function of estimated DOA and distance; check, using a statistical test, whether the statistical distribution of the acquisitions is consistent, in accordance with a predefined consistency criterion; if the statistical distribution of the acquisitions is found consistent, derive from the statistical distribution an estimated location in the heart of a focal source of an arrhythmogenic activity that generated the received EP signals; and overlay the estimated location of the focal source on an anatomical map of at least a portion of the heart. an interface, configured to receive a collection of acquisitions acquired by a plurality of electrodes in a heart, wherein each acquisition comprises a set of electrophysiological signals; and a processor, which is configured to: estimate for each of the acquisitions a respective direction of arrival and a respective distance relative to the electrodes, from which the set of EP signals originated; aggregate the acquisitions, to form a statistical distribution of the acquisitions as a function of estimated DOA and distance; check, using a statistical test, whether the statistical distribution of the acquisitions is consistent, in accordance with a predefined consistency criterion; if the statistical distribution of the acquisitions is found consistent, derive from the statistical distribution an estimated location in the heart of a focal source of an arrhythmogenic activity that generated the received EP signals; and overlay the estimated location of the focal source on an anatomical map of at least a portion of the heart. estimate for each of the acquisitions a respective direction of arrival and a respective distance relative to the electrodes, from which the set of EP signals originated; aggregate the acquisitions, to form a statistical distribution of the acquisitions as a function of estimated DOA and distance; check, using a statistical test, whether the statistical distribution of the acquisitions is consistent, in accordance with a predefined consistency criterion; if the statistical distribution of the acquisitions is found consistent, derive from the statistical distribution an estimated location in the heart of a focal source of an arrhythmogenic activity that generated the received EP signals; and overlay the estimated location of the focal source on an anatomical map of at least a portion of the heart.
A nacelle for a turbofan propulsion system that extends along a centerline, comprising: a forward cowling; and an aft cowling having a non-circular internal cross-sectional geometry disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the centerline, which non-circular internal cross-sectional geometry includes a radially recessed section disposed between first and second curved sections (58, 60), wherein the first and the second curved sections (58, 60) each have a radius (74, 76) that is varied and that is greater than a radial distance between the centerline and a center point of the radially recessed section; wherein the first and the second curved sections (58, 60) each extend between top and bottom ends (66, 68, 70, 72), wherein the radially recessed section extends between the top ends (66, 68) of the first and the second curved sections (58, 60), and wherein the radially recessed section has a compound cross-sectional geometry. a forward cowling; and an aft cowling having a non-circular internal cross-sectional geometry disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the centerline, which non-circular internal cross-sectional geometry includes a radially recessed section disposed between first and second curved sections (58, 60), wherein the first and the second curved sections (58, 60) each have a radius (74, 76) that is varied and that is greater than a radial distance between the centerline and a center point of the radially recessed section; wherein the first and the second curved sections (58, 60) each extend between top and bottom ends (66, 68, 70, 72), wherein the radially recessed section extends between the top ends (66, 68) of the first and the second curved sections (58, 60), and wherein the radially recessed section has a compound cross-sectional geometry.
A system for procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination from microbes exterior to the bodily-fluid source, the system comprising: a lumen-defining device configured to be placed in fluid communication with a patient; a handle having an internal fluid reservoir disposed within the handle and an actuator configured to be transitioned from a first configuration to a second configuration to place the lumen-defining device in fluid communication with the internal fluid reservoir; an adapter configured to be coupled to a coupler of the handle, the adapter at least temporarily coupled to a sample reservoir (840A, 840B) such that an inlet surface of the sample reservoir is disposed within the adapter; and a sterilization member at least temporarily coupled to the adapter such that the inlet surface of the sample reservoir is maintained in a substantially sterile environment collectively defined by the adapter and the sterilization member prior to the adapter being coupled to the coupler of the handle, the sterilization member being at least partially removed from the adapter when the adapter is coupled to the coupler to allow fluid communication between the internal fluid reservoir and the sample reservoir in response to actuation of the coupler. a lumen-defining device configured to be placed in fluid communication with a patient; a handle having an internal fluid reservoir disposed within the handle and an actuator configured to be transitioned from a first configuration to a second configuration to place the lumen-defining device in fluid communication with the internal fluid reservoir; an adapter configured to be coupled to a coupler of the handle, the adapter at least temporarily coupled to a sample reservoir (840A, 840B) such that an inlet surface of the sample reservoir is disposed within the adapter; and a sterilization member at least temporarily coupled to the adapter such that the inlet surface of the sample reservoir is maintained in a substantially sterile environment collectively defined by the adapter and the sterilization member prior to the adapter being coupled to the coupler of the handle, the sterilization member being at least partially removed from the adapter when the adapter is coupled to the coupler to allow fluid communication between the internal fluid reservoir and the sample reservoir in response to actuation of the coupler.
A board work machine control device comprising: a processor configured to control a board work machine comprising multiple working members (20, 30, 40) for mounting components on a board, and a tracing data output device configured to output tracing data, being outputted from the processor, to an external device for the purpose of real-time debugging or defect analysis, and a main memory, wherein, the tracing data output device further comprises: a tracing register configured to temporarily store the tracing data which is outputted from the processor; a ring buffer into which the tracing data temporarily stored in the tracing register is written before being periodically transferred to the main memory using a direct memory access functionality; and an output control section configured to output only part of the tracing data stored in the ring buffer on a real-time basis to the external device, wherein the part of the tracing data stored in the ring buffer outputted to the external device is tracing data of a type set in advance. a processor configured to control a board work machine comprising multiple working members (20, 30, 40) for mounting components on a board, and a tracing data output device configured to output tracing data, being outputted from the processor, to an external device for the purpose of real-time debugging or defect analysis, and a main memory, wherein, the tracing data output device further comprises: a tracing register configured to temporarily store the tracing data which is outputted from the processor; a ring buffer into which the tracing data temporarily stored in the tracing register is written before being periodically transferred to the main memory using a direct memory access functionality; and an output control section configured to output only part of the tracing data stored in the ring buffer on a real-time basis to the external device, wherein the part of the tracing data stored in the ring buffer outputted to the external device is tracing data of a type set in advance. a tracing register configured to temporarily store the tracing data which is outputted from the processor; a ring buffer into which the tracing data temporarily stored in the tracing register is written before being periodically transferred to the main memory using a direct memory access functionality; and an output control section configured to output only part of the tracing data stored in the ring buffer on a real-time basis to the external device, wherein the part of the tracing data stored in the ring buffer outputted to the external device is tracing data of a type set in advance.
A switching device for a downhole tool (100, 40), the switching device comprising: an electronic switch for accommodation within the downhole tool (100, 40), wherein the electronic switch comprises a closed electrical system with no external electrical connections; and an activator for remote switching of the electronic switch, the activator being a handheld activator constructed to enable wireless and contactless activation of the electronic switch at surface such that the electronic switch is switched between an inactive and an active configuration by the activator prior to running the tool downhole. an electronic switch for accommodation within the downhole tool (100, 40), wherein the electronic switch comprises a closed electrical system with no external electrical connections; and an activator for remote switching of the electronic switch, the activator being a handheld activator constructed to enable wireless and contactless activation of the electronic switch at surface such that the electronic switch is switched between an inactive and an active configuration by the activator prior to running the tool downhole.
Hydraulic accumulator comprising a first housing shell and comprising a second housing shell, which, in relation to a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic accumulator, each overlap with their opening edges (5, 6) in an overlapping region such that they define a partial volume of the hydraulic accumulator, and comprising a separating element formed from elastomer material as a membrane, said separating element separating inner work chambers (9, 10) from one another in a media-tight manner inside the accumulator housing of the hydraulic accumulator formed by means of the housing shells (2, 3), and wherein the opening edge of the housing shell lying radially outwards is placed, by forming, on the circumference of the housing shell lying radially inwards to form a positive connection, characterised in that the separating element comes into contact, adjacent to the overlapping region, in a circumferential groove on the inside of the radially outer first housing shell and is held with an anchoring element, which consists substantially of a U-shaped clamping ring when viewed in cross-section.
An organic light emitting diode, OLED, comprising: an organic electroluminescent layer formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein one of the first and second electrodes is a transparent electrode through which light is emitted from the OLED to the outside, the one electrode comprising a nano-meter metallic layer having a plasmonic photonic crystal structure, and wherein the plasmonic photonic crystal structure is configured having a bandgap in the frequency range of surface plasmon polaritons, SPP, generated at a surface of the one electrode, thereby operable to suppress propagation of the surface plasmon polaritons at the surface and so provide for transmission of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of between 350nm to 750nm from the OLED; characterized in that the one electrode further comprises at least one grating formed on the surface of the one electrode, wherein the at least one grating formation comprises a plurality of cavities; wherein the depth of the cavities is between 1 nm and 50 nm. an organic electroluminescent layer formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein one of the first and second electrodes is a transparent electrode through which light is emitted from the OLED to the outside, the one electrode comprising a nano-meter metallic layer having a plasmonic photonic crystal structure, and wherein the plasmonic photonic crystal structure is configured having a bandgap in the frequency range of surface plasmon polaritons, SPP, generated at a surface of the one electrode, thereby operable to suppress propagation of the surface plasmon polaritons at the surface and so provide for transmission of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of between 350nm to 750nm from the OLED; characterized in that the one electrode further comprises at least one grating formed on the surface of the one electrode, wherein the at least one grating formation comprises a plurality of cavities; wherein the depth of the cavities is between 1 nm and 50 nm.
An atmosphere control composition for use in the culture of cells, comprising (a) an ascorbic acid component, (b) water, (c) a porous carrier, (d) an aldehyde-removing agent, and (e) a transition metal catalyst and optionally an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, wherein the aldehyde-removing agent is ethylene urea, wherein the amount of the ethylene urea is in the range of 0.5 to 25 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of the ascorbic acid component. (a) an ascorbic acid component, (b) water, (c) a porous carrier, (d) an aldehyde-removing agent, and (e) a transition metal catalyst and optionally an alkaline earth metal hydroxide,
A method for preparing a topographically structured microarray, comprising the steps of a) providing one or more types of biomolecule(s) on top of micropillars of an array of micropillars, preferably by means of robotical spotting; b) providing a partially crosslinked hydrogel on a substrate, preferably attached to a substantially rigid and/or planar substrate; c) simultaneously soft-embossing a hydrogel microwell array and transferring the biomolecule(s) from the micropillars to the microwells by pressing the micropillars of the array of step a) onto the partially crosslinked layer of hydrogel of step b) until substantial completion of crosslinking; d) demolding the array of micropillars of step a) from the hydrogel microwell array of step c). a) providing one or more types of biomolecule(s) on top of micropillars of an array of micropillars, preferably by means of robotical spotting; b) providing a partially crosslinked hydrogel on a substrate, preferably attached to a substantially rigid and/or planar substrate; c) simultaneously soft-embossing a hydrogel microwell array and transferring the biomolecule(s) from the micropillars to the microwells by pressing the micropillars of the array of step a) onto the partially crosslinked layer of hydrogel of step b) until substantial completion of crosslinking; a) onto the partially crosslinked layer of hydrogel of step b) until substantial completion of crosslinking; d) demolding the array of micropillars of step a) from the hydrogel microwell array of step c).