mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin, an amine-based curing agent and a block copolymer as components, wherein the epoxy resin contains the following [Aa] and [Ab], the component [Ab] contains the following components [Ab1'], and; and the block copolymer is the following block copolymer; wherein component contains, among 100 mass% of the component, 20 to 50 mass% of the component [Aa] and 5 to 20 mass% of the component [Ab1'] and contains the component to ensure that the sum of the components [Ab1'] and is 20 to 40 mass% and contains the component to ensure that the sum of the components [Aa] and is 60 to 80 mass%; and the component is contained by 1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the component; component [Aa] is a biphenyl type epoxy resin having a biphenyl structure; [Ab1'] is a diglycidylaniline derivative represented by the following general formula; where Rs denote, respectively independently, a group selected from hydrogen, straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and straight-chain or branched alkoxy group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms; is a liquid bisphenol type epoxy resin; is a solid bisphenol type epoxy resin; the component is dicyandiamide; and is at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M and M-B-M; where the aforementioned respective blocks are linked by a covalent bond or are linked by an intermediate molecule connected with one block by one covalent bond and with the other block by another covalent bond; block M is a block consisting of polymethyl methacrylate homopolymer or a copolymer containing at least 50 wt% of methyl methacrylate; block B is a block immiscible with the block M and has a glass transition temperature of 20°C or lower; and block B is a block consisting of: monomer selected from the group consisting of butadiene, isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 1,3-pentadiene, 2-phenyl-1,3-butadiene; partially or perfectly hydrogenated polydienes containing monomer selected from the group consisting of butadiene, isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 1,3-pentadiene and 2-phenyl-1,3-butadiene; or a monomer selected from the group consisting of ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate; and block S is a block immiscible with the blocks B and M and has a glass transition temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the block B; and the block S is a block consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, an alkyl ester of an alkyl acid and/or methacrylic acid having 1 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
An implantable cartilaginous tissue repair device comprising: - a biocompatible and at least partially bioresorbable three-dimensional fibre lay comprising silk fibres at least partially infiltrated by - a biocompatible and at least partially bioresorbable, substantially porous silk fibroin hydrogel whereby, the hydrogel has an open porous structure and in use, cells are contained within at least some of the open pores of the hydrogel. - a biocompatible and at least partially bioresorbable three-dimensional fibre lay comprising silk fibres at least partially infiltrated by - a biocompatible and at least partially bioresorbable, substantially porous silk fibroin hydrogel
A process for producing a single stranded oligonucleotide product having at least one modified nucleotide residue, wherein the modification is selected from the group consisting of modification at the 2' position of the sugar moiety, modification of the nucleobase, and modification of the backbone, and wherein the product is produced at gram or kilogram scale, or greater, and/or the process is carried out in a 1 L or larger reactor, comprising: a) providing a template oligonucleotide complementary to the sequence of the product, said template having properties that allow it to be separated from the product; b) providing a pool of oligonucleotides containing oligonucleotides that are segments of the product sequence, wherein at least one segment contains at least one modified nucleotide residue and wherein the modification is selected from the group consisting of modification at the 2' position of the sugar moiety, modification of the nucleobase, and modification of the backbone; c) contacting and in conditions to allow annealing; d) joining the segment oligonucleotides by enzymatic ligation with a ligase to form the product; e) changing the conditions to separate any impurities, comprising denaturing the annealed template and impurity oligonucleotide strands and separating the impurities; f) changing the conditions to separate the product, comprising denaturing the annealed template and product oligonucleotide strands and separating the product; and g) recycling the template for use in future reactions. a) providing a template oligonucleotide complementary to the sequence of the product, said template having properties that allow it to be separated from the product; b) providing a pool of oligonucleotides containing oligonucleotides that are segments of the product sequence, wherein at least one segment contains at least one modified nucleotide residue and wherein the modification is selected from the group consisting of modification at the 2' position of the sugar moiety, modification of the nucleobase, and modification of the backbone; c) contacting and in conditions to allow annealing; d) joining the segment oligonucleotides by enzymatic ligation with a ligase to form the product; e) changing the conditions to separate any impurities, comprising denaturing the annealed template and impurity oligonucleotide strands and separating the impurities; f) changing the conditions to separate the product, comprising denaturing the annealed template and product oligonucleotide strands and separating the product; and g) recycling the template for use in future reactions.
A system for the rendering and real-time display of an augmented reality overlay representation of one or more probe species in tissue for enhanced real-time visualization of one or more tissue structures of a subject, the system comprising: a dynamic motion tracker for detecting tracking sensors (115, 130, 145a,b) and for producing real-time sensor position information; a real-time NIR imaging apparatus for detecting near-infrared light (i) at each of one or more discrete wavelengths and/or (ii) over each of one or more discrete wavelength bands; and a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive and/or store one or more structural images of the subject; and produce the real-time augmented reality overlay using the one or more structural images of the subject, the near-infrared light detected by the real-time NIR imaging apparatus, and the real-time sensor position information. a dynamic motion tracker for detecting tracking sensors (115, 130, 145a,b) and for producing real-time sensor position information; a real-time NIR imaging apparatus for detecting near-infrared light (i) at each of one or more discrete wavelengths and/or (ii) over each of one or more discrete wavelength bands; and a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive and/or store one or more structural images of the subject; and produce the real-time augmented reality overlay using the one or more structural images of the subject, the near-infrared light detected by the real-time NIR imaging apparatus, and the real-time sensor position information.
An electric cable (10; 20) comprising: - an electric conductor (11, 21) surrounded with an electrically insulating layer (12, 22) made from a first polymer composition comprising: (a) polyvinyl chloride as a first polymer matrix, (b) an amount up to 45 phr of a plasticizing system consisting of a phthalate plasticizer and a second plasticizer selected from: dialkyl-adipate, dialkyl-sebacate or dialkyl-azelate, wherein the alkyl group contains from 4 to 10 carbon atoms; the first polymer composition having a limiting oxygen index up to 30% as determined according to ASTM D2863-12; and - an outer sheath (13, 24), surrounding the insulating layer (12, 22), made from a second polymer composition comprising: (i) a halogen-free second polymer matrix; and (ii) a halogen-free inorganic flame-retardant filler in a total amount of from 80 to 500 phr. - an electric conductor (11, 21) surrounded with an electrically insulating layer (12, 22) made from a first polymer composition comprising: (a) polyvinyl chloride as a first polymer matrix, (b) an amount up to 45 phr of a plasticizing system consisting of a phthalate plasticizer and a second plasticizer selected from: dialkyl-adipate, dialkyl-sebacate or dialkyl-azelate, wherein the alkyl group contains from 4 to 10 carbon atoms; the first polymer composition having a limiting oxygen index up to 30% as determined according to ASTM D2863-12; and (a) polyvinyl chloride as a first polymer matrix, (b) an amount up to 45 phr of a plasticizing system consisting of a phthalate plasticizer and a second plasticizer selected from: dialkyl-adipate, dialkyl-sebacate or dialkyl-azelate, wherein the alkyl group contains from 4 to 10 carbon atoms; - an outer sheath (13, 24), surrounding the insulating layer (12, 22), made from a second polymer composition comprising: (i) a halogen-free second polymer matrix; and (ii) a halogen-free inorganic flame-retardant filler in a total amount of from 80 to 500 phr. (i) a halogen-free second polymer matrix; and (ii) a halogen-free inorganic flame-retardant filler in a total amount of from 80 to 500 phr.
A photocatalytic reactor for carrying out a photocatalytic reaction on a liquid which is to be treated, the reactor comprising a reaction chamber (2;102); characterised in that: the reaction chamber (2;102) is divided by foraminated members (8;116) into a plurality of chambers, each of which has a base (10:118) which comprises a foraminated member which supports a plurality of mobile photocatalyst particles, the size and density of which is such that they tend to rest on the foraminated member In use; and an aeration device (14,16,18) is located below the foraminated members (8;116) which causes gas bubbles to rise through the liquid which is to be treated to the foraminated members and to rise from the foraminated members and agitate the mobile photocatalyst particles. the reaction chamber (2;102) is divided by foraminated members (8;116) into a plurality of chambers, each of which has a base (10:118) which comprises a foraminated member which supports a plurality of mobile photocatalyst particles, the size and density of which is such that they tend to rest on the foraminated member In use; and an aeration device (14,16,18) is located below the foraminated members (8;116) which causes gas bubbles to rise through the liquid which is to be treated to the foraminated members and to rise from the foraminated members and agitate the mobile photocatalyst particles.
A reconditioning device for disinfecting, sterilising and/or maintaining medical, in particular dental, instruments, having a distributor unit for supplying cleaning or maintenance media to the instruments, wherein the distributor unit has for each medium a central inlet which is connected, in each case, via a valve to a support for an instrument, and wherein each valve has a sealing element which can be brought into a valve-opening position by means of a selectively positionable actuating element of the distributor unit, characterised in that the actuating element is arranged on a slider, wherein the sealing element of a valve is made of a ferritic material, and the actuating element is formed by a magnet, which can be selectively positioned on the upper side of a distributor plate, wherein the positioning of the magnet is effected by way of the slider.
A method to reduce porosity in a composite structure, the method comprising: adding an additive to a resin material to form an additive-resin mixture, the additive comprising a phase transition material having an additive phase transition temperature greater than a resin cure temperature of the resin material; combining the additive-resin mixture with a plurality of reinforcement fibers to form a composite prepreg material; forming the composite prepreg material into a composite structure; heat curing the composite structure in a heating apparatus under a vacuum device at an effective vacuum pressure for an effective time period at the resin cure temperature sufficient to decrease a viscosity of the resin material; heating the composite structure to an increased temperature above the additive phase transition temperature and above the resin cure temperature and maintaining the increased temperature for a time period sufficient for the additive to undergo a phase transition and to form an additive gas that substantially displaces one or more gases out of the composite structure; reducing the increased temperature back down to the resin cure temperature to allow the additive gas to undergo a phase transition to a condensed phase, resulting in a substantially reduced vacuum pressure in the composite structure, and resulting in a reduction in porosity of the composite structure; and, cooling the composite structure. adding an additive to a resin material to form an additive-resin mixture, the additive comprising a phase transition material having an additive phase transition temperature greater than a resin cure temperature of the resin material; combining the additive-resin mixture with a plurality of reinforcement fibers to form a composite prepreg material; forming the composite prepreg material into a composite structure; heat curing the composite structure in a heating apparatus under a vacuum device at an effective vacuum pressure for an effective time period at the resin cure temperature sufficient to decrease a viscosity of the resin material; heating the composite structure to an increased temperature above the additive phase transition temperature and above the resin cure temperature and maintaining the increased temperature for a time period sufficient for the additive to undergo a phase transition and to form an additive gas that substantially displaces one or more gases out of the composite structure; reducing the increased temperature back down to the resin cure temperature to allow the additive gas to undergo a phase transition to a condensed phase, resulting in a substantially reduced vacuum pressure in the composite structure, and resulting in a reduction in porosity of the composite structure; and, cooling the composite structure.
Sealing body (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) for sealing a gap between a telecommunication cable and a surface (250, 251) of a port entry device, the sealing body comprising a) a passageway (81, 82) for receiving a section of the cable, comprising a first axial portion and an adjacent, coaxial second axial portion, wherein the length direction of the passageway defines axial directions, with radial directions being directions orthogonal to the axial directions, b) a base (30, 31, 32) forming the first axial portion of the passageway, and c) a segmented tubular wall (40, 41, 42, 43), elastically deformable and radially compressible, forming the second axial portion of the passageway, wherein the segmented tubular wall (40, 41, 42, 43) is formed by circumferentially arranged segments (50, 51, 52, 53) protruding from the base (30, 31, 32) in an axial direction, and wherein the segments (50, 51) are separated by a plurality of gaps (60, 61), extending between an inner surface (130, 131) of the segmented wall (40, 41) and an outer surface (70, 71) of the segmented wall, characterized in that the width of the gaps (60, 61), measured circumferentially, increases with increasing axial distance from the base (30, 31, 32) or the gaps (60, 61) are skew V-shaped gaps. a) a passageway (81, 82) for receiving a section of the cable, comprising a first axial portion and an adjacent, coaxial second axial portion, wherein the length direction of the passageway defines axial directions, with radial directions being directions orthogonal to the axial directions, b) a base (30, 31, 32) forming the first axial portion of the passageway, and c) a segmented tubular wall (40, 41, 42, 43), elastically deformable and radially compressible, forming the second axial portion of the passageway, wherein the segmented tubular wall (40, 41, 42, 43) is formed by circumferentially arranged segments (50, 51, 52, 53) protruding from the base (30, 31, 32) in an axial direction, and wherein the segments (50, 51) are separated by a plurality of gaps (60, 61), extending between an inner surface (130, 131) of the segmented wall (40, 41) and an outer surface (70, 71) of the segmented wall, characterized in that the width of the gaps (60, 61), measured circumferentially, increases with increasing axial distance from the base (30, 31, 32) or the gaps (60, 61) are skew V-shaped gaps.
A protective sleeve apparatus for protecting an endoscopic or laparoscopic instrument ("E"), which comprises: an elongated tubular member having an open proximal end and an open distal end, the elongated tubular member being sized and configured to receive the laparoscopic or endoscopic instrument therethrough, characterised by the tubular member having a folded section adjacent the distal end in releaseable engagement with an intermediate section of the tubular member to define a substantially enclosed sleeve to receive the instrument and substantially prevent entry of contaminants within an interior of the tubular member, the folded section being releasable from the intermediate section upon exertion of a proximal force to the tubular member to facilitate removal of the tubular member along the instrument.
Laminate, characterised in that it consists of at least one layer of a compressible graphite material and at least one further layer of a compressible graphite material or one layer of a ceramic material, the compressible graphite material being selected independently of one another from the group consisting of compacted graphite expandate, graphite foams, carbon fibre felts, carbon fibre knitted fabrics or carbon fibre non-woven fabrics, the strength of the connection between the materials over the extension of the connection surfaces of the laminate being greater than the inherent strength of the weakest layer, and the materials being connected by a surface-active, adhesion-promoting substance from the group of organosilicon compounds, metal soaps or perfluorinated compounds, having a layer thickness of from 10 to 1,000 nm.
An injection mold for producing a watermark insert having a multilevel injection molded relief in a dewatering screen provided with a gap, having - a nozzle tool that serves as an injection mold top, and - a relief tool that serves as an injection mold bottom, - the injection mold comprising an injection molding cavity that is produced by a nozzle tool cavity arranged on the bottom of the nozzle tool and/or a relief tool cavity arranged on the top of the relief tool, - the nozzle tool comprising, on its top, a nozzle opening for injecting plastic into the injection molding cavity, - the relief tool being provided on its top with a multilevel watermark relief in the form of the inverted injection molded relief, - the nozzle tool and the relief tool as the injection mold top and injection mold bottom taking up the dewatering screen in the region of the gap between them, thus producing the injection molding cavity, which includes the nozzle tool cavity and/or the relief tool cavity and the gap in the dewatering screen and on its bottom is delimited from the watermark relief of the relief tool such that a watermark insert injected directly into the dewatering screen and having the desired injection molded relief is created when plastic is injected into the injection molding cavity, the relief tool comprising, on its top and adjacent to the watermark relief, a screen-embossing relief, and the nozzle tool on its bottom and, if appropriate, adjacent to the nozzle tool cavity, a corresponding inverted screen-embossing relief, such that the screen-embossing reliefs of the nozzle tool and the relief tool furnish the dewatering screen with an embossing region adjacent to the watermark insert. - a nozzle tool that serves as an injection mold top, and - a relief tool that serves as an injection mold bottom, - the injection mold comprising an injection molding cavity that is produced by a nozzle tool cavity arranged on the bottom of the nozzle tool and/or a relief tool cavity arranged on the top of the relief tool, - the nozzle tool comprising, on its top, a nozzle opening for injecting plastic into the injection molding cavity, - the relief tool being provided on its top with a multilevel watermark relief in the form of the inverted injection molded relief, - the nozzle tool and the relief tool as the injection mold top and injection mold bottom taking up the dewatering screen in the region of the gap between them, thus producing the injection molding cavity, which includes the nozzle tool cavity and/or the relief tool cavity and the gap in the dewatering screen and on its bottom is delimited from the watermark relief of the relief tool such that a watermark insert injected directly into the dewatering screen and having the desired injection molded relief is created when plastic is injected into the injection molding cavity,
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a processing system configured to generate a frame including a service field, the service field including a plurality of bits indicating channel bonding information indicating whether each of a plurality of channels are available for multi-user, MU, communication by one or more wireless nodes of a first type, the one or more wireless nodes of the first type having a first MU communication capability, wherein the frame is decodable by the one or more wireless nodes of the first type and one or more wireless nodes of a second type, the one or more wireless nodes of the second type not having the first MU communication capability; and the channel bonding information is interpretable by the one or more wireless nodes of the first type but not interpretable by the one or more wireless nodes of the second type; and a first interface configured to output the frame for transmission. a processing system configured to generate a frame including a service field, the service field including a plurality of bits indicating channel bonding information indicating whether each of a plurality of channels are available for multi-user, MU, communication by one or more wireless nodes of a first type, the one or more wireless nodes of the first type having a first MU communication capability, wherein the frame is decodable by the one or more wireless nodes of the first type and one or more wireless nodes of a second type, the one or more wireless nodes of the second type not having the first MU communication capability; and the channel bonding information is interpretable by the one or more wireless nodes of the first type but not interpretable by the one or more wireless nodes of the second type; and the frame is decodable by the one or more wireless nodes of the first type and one or more wireless nodes of a second type, the one or more wireless nodes of the second type not having the first MU communication capability; and the channel bonding information is interpretable by the one or more wireless nodes of the first type but not interpretable by the one or more wireless nodes of the second type; and a first interface configured to output the frame for transmission.