mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of indicating status of at least one operating parameter associated with a topical negative pressure system, characterized by the steps of: generating, as an illumination from an LED having only three possible states, a cue having three characteristics corresponding to a status of at least one operating parameter associated with the TNP system, the three characteristics comprising: a first characteristic comprising a first solid colour for indicating normal operation; a second characteristic comprising a second solid colour for indicating failed operation, the second solid color different from the first solid color; and a third characteristic comprising a flashing of the first colour for indicating a non-urgent warning. generating, as an illumination from an LED having only three possible states, a cue having three characteristics corresponding to a status of at least one operating parameter associated with the TNP system, the three characteristics comprising: a first characteristic comprising a first solid colour for indicating normal operation; a second characteristic comprising a second solid colour for indicating failed operation, the second solid color different from the first solid color; and a third characteristic comprising a flashing of the first colour for indicating a non-urgent warning. a first characteristic comprising a first solid colour for indicating normal operation; a second characteristic comprising a second solid colour for indicating failed operation, the second solid color different from the first solid color; and a third characteristic comprising a flashing of the first colour for indicating a non-urgent warning.
A sensor for use with an automatic door, comprising: detecting means forming a plurality of detection spots (22a to 22d) arranged two-dimensionally on a floor surface near a door; each of said detection spots (22a to 22d) being capable of detecting a person or an object by means of infrared light independently from other detection spots; distinguishing means distinguishing a region formed by plural ones of said plurality of detection spots (22a to 22d) detecting said person or object; judging means judging a direction in which said distinguished region moves; and output means outputting a signal which causes said door to be opened only when the direction of movement of said distinguished region is a direction toward said door; and said judging means computing the direction of movement of said distinguished region on the basis of a location of the center of gravity of said distinguished region; characterised in that the center of gravity of said distinguished region is the centroid of said distinguished region offset toward said detecting means by a predetermined amount, to avoid the effects of a shadow of said detected person or object. detecting means forming a plurality of detection spots (22a to 22d) arranged two-dimensionally on a floor surface near a door; each of said detection spots (22a to 22d) being capable of detecting a person or an object by means of infrared light independently from other detection spots; distinguishing means distinguishing a region formed by plural ones of said plurality of detection spots (22a to 22d) detecting said person or object; judging means judging a direction in which said distinguished region moves; and output means outputting a signal which causes said door to be opened only when the direction of movement of said distinguished region is a direction toward said door; and said judging means computing the direction of movement of said distinguished region on the basis of a location of the center of gravity of said distinguished region; characterised in that the center of gravity of said distinguished region is the centroid of said distinguished region offset toward said detecting means by a predetermined amount, to avoid the effects of a shadow of said detected person or object.
A system, configured to drive a wired load, the system comprising: a frequency-selective analog circuit, including an analog circuit input to receive a digitally pre-distorted signal and an analog circuit output configured to be coupled to the wired load; a digital-predistortion circuit, including a DPD input and including a DPD output coupled to the analog circuit input via a frequency-selective equalizer circuit, the DPD circuit configured to apply a nonlinear digital predistortion to an input signal received at the DPD input to provide, at the DPD output, the digitally pre-distorted signal to the analog circuit input based on feedback from a signal downstream from the frequency-selective analog circuit; a frequency-selective digital circuit, including a digital circuit input to receive a digital input signal, the digital circuit having a frequency response selected to emulate a frequency response of the frequency-selective analog circuit, and having a digital circuit output coupled to the DPD input; and the frequency-selective equalizer circuit, including an equalizer input coupled to the DPD output, and an equalizer output coupled to the analog circuit input, the frequency-selective equalizer circuit having a frequency response that is the inverse of the frequency response of the frequency-selective digital circuit and the frequency-selective analog circuit. a frequency-selective analog circuit, including an analog circuit input to receive a digitally pre-distorted signal and an analog circuit output configured to be coupled to the wired load; a digital-predistortion circuit, including a DPD input and including a DPD output coupled to the analog circuit input via a frequency-selective equalizer circuit, the DPD circuit configured to apply a nonlinear digital predistortion to an input signal received at the DPD input to provide, at the DPD output, the digitally pre-distorted signal to the analog circuit input based on feedback from a signal downstream from the frequency-selective analog circuit; a frequency-selective digital circuit, including a digital circuit input to receive a digital input signal, the digital circuit having a frequency response selected to emulate a frequency response of the frequency-selective analog circuit, and having a digital circuit output coupled to the DPD input; and the frequency-selective equalizer circuit, including an equalizer input coupled to the DPD output, and an equalizer output coupled to the analog circuit input, the frequency-selective equalizer circuit having a frequency response that is the inverse of the frequency response of the frequency-selective digital circuit and the frequency-selective analog circuit.
A method for die casting of suspension struts, wherein a flowable casting material is pressed into two cavities which lies back to back opposite one another, wherein the cavities each are each formed by two mould parts (6a, 6b) which each form a mould, wherein a casting chamber is arranged between the moulds, in which casting chamber the fluid casting material is vertically pressed by way of a casting drive plunger and wherein the casting chamber is filled with a flowable casting material whilst the moulds are still opened and a counter-plunger covers the sprue.
A vacuum cooling assembly for cooling a beverage in at least one closed container, the vacuum cooling assembly comprising the at least one closed container containing the beverage therein, and comprising: a container compartment with the at least one closed container disposed therein; a pressure sensor in the container compartment; an air inlet valve in communication with the container compartment; a wetted material disposed about the at least one closed container; at least one vapor trap in communication with the container compartment; a vacuum valve disposed between the container compartment and the at least one vapor trap; a vacuum pump configured to create a vacuum in the at least one vapor trap and the container compartment, causing water to evaporate from the wetted material, thereby lowering the temperature of the wetted material and cooling the beverage within the at least one closed container; and a controller in communication with the air inlet valve, the vacuum valve and the pressure sensor, the controller being configured to adjust one or more of the air inlet valve and the vacuum valve based on information received from the pressure sensor to maintain a predetermined pressure within the container compartment. a container compartment with the at least one closed container disposed therein; a pressure sensor in the container compartment; an air inlet valve in communication with the container compartment; a wetted material disposed about the at least one closed container; at least one vapor trap in communication with the container compartment; a vacuum valve disposed between the container compartment and the at least one vapor trap; a vacuum pump configured to create a vacuum in the at least one vapor trap and the container compartment, causing water to evaporate from the wetted material, thereby lowering the temperature of the wetted material and cooling the beverage within the at least one closed container; and a controller in communication with the air inlet valve, the vacuum valve and the pressure sensor, the controller being configured to adjust one or more of the air inlet valve and the vacuum valve based on information received from the pressure sensor to maintain a predetermined pressure within the container compartment.
An introducer comprising: a housing near a proximal end of the introducer; a first valve in the housing; a flexible proximal tube coupled to the housing; and a rigid distal tube coupled to a distal end of the proximal tube; wherein the proximal tube is more flexible than the distal tube and is capable of being clamped to prevent fluid flow therethrough, characterized by a second valve in the housing; wherein the first valve is oriented to allow fluid to flow across the first valve only in a first direction and the second valve is oriented to allow fluid to flow across the second valve only in a second direction, the first direction being opposite the second direction. a housing near a proximal end of the introducer; a first valve in the housing; a flexible proximal tube coupled to the housing; and a rigid distal tube coupled to a distal end of the proximal tube; wherein the proximal tube is more flexible than the distal tube and is capable of being clamped to prevent fluid flow therethrough, characterized by a second valve in the housing; wherein the first valve is oriented to allow fluid to flow across the first valve only in a first direction and the second valve is oriented to allow fluid to flow across the second valve only in a second direction, the first direction being opposite the second direction.
An agent for dyeing keratinic fibers, in particular human hair, containing in a gel-like carrier at least one oxidation dye precursor, characterized in that the agent is free of fatty substances and the gel-like carrier of the dye contains: a) at least one emulsifier combination of: i) one or more non-ionic polyethoxylated emulsifiers (i) selected from ethoxylated fatty alcohols having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and/or ethoxylated castor oil, and ii) one or more polyethylene glycol(s) (ii) having an average molecular weight of from 100 to 100,000 g·Mol -1, b) and at least one polymeric thickener selected from homopolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and/or copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid having C 1 -C 4 alkyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. a) at least one emulsifier combination of: i) one or more non-ionic polyethoxylated emulsifiers (i) selected from ethoxylated fatty alcohols having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and/or ethoxylated castor oil, and ii) one or more polyethylene glycol(s) (ii) having an average molecular weight of from 100 to 100,000 g·Mol -1, i) one or more non-ionic polyethoxylated emulsifiers (i) selected from ethoxylated fatty alcohols having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms and/or ethoxylated castor oil, and ii) one or more polyethylene glycol(s) (ii) having an average molecular weight of from 100 to 100,000 g·Mol -1, b) and at least one polymeric thickener selected from homopolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and/or copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid having C 1 -C 4 alkyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.
A process for delineating a population of electrode structures in a web, the web comprising an electrically conductive layer having opposing front and back surfaces and an electrochemically active material layer on the front surface, the back surface, or on both of the front and back surfaces, the web having a down-web direction and a cross-web direction, the down-web and cross-web directions being orthogonal to each other, the process being characterised by comprising the following: controlling a tension of the web in the down-web direction while forming a series of weakened tear patterns in the web in the down-web direction, the cross-web direction, or each of the cross-web and down-web directions that delineate members of the electrode structure population without releasing the delineated members from the web, wherein the delineated members are individually bounded, at least in part, by a member of the series of weakened tear patterns that is adapted to facilitate separation of the delineated members, individually, from the web by an application of a force, wherein controlling the tension of the web comprises maintaining a tension on the web of 500 gram force or less, and forming a series of alignment features in the web that are disposed in the cross-web or down-web direction relative to the delineated members, the alignment features being adapted for locating delineated members of the electrode structure population, individually, in the web, so that the alignment features are used to aid in the forming of discontinuous weakened portions. controlling a tension of the web in the down-web direction while forming a series of weakened tear patterns in the web in the down-web direction, the cross-web direction, or each of the cross-web and down-web directions that delineate members of the electrode structure population without releasing the delineated members from the web, wherein the delineated members are individually bounded, at least in part, by a member of the series of weakened tear patterns that is adapted to facilitate separation of the delineated members, individually, from the web by an application of a force, wherein controlling the tension of the web comprises maintaining a tension on the web of 500 gram force or less, and forming a series of alignment features in the web that are disposed in the cross-web or down-web direction relative to the delineated members, the alignment features being adapted for locating delineated members of the electrode structure population, individually, in the web, so that the alignment features are used to aid in the forming of discontinuous weakened portions.
A process for the preparation of apremilast, a compound of formula I comprising reacting a compound of formula II with a compound of formula III or a salt thereof in the presence of a non-carboxylic acid solvent to obtain apremilast wherein the content of deacetyl apremilast, a compound of formula IV is less than 1 %w/w as determined by HPLC, wherein the salt is the N-acetyl-L-leucine salt or the L-pyroglutamate salt of the compound of formula III and the reaction is carried out in absence of acetic acid.
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting structure layer including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; a conductive support substrate electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer; a contact electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the contact is formed in a recess extending into a portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer through the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer, and wherein a top surface of the contact is directly in contact with said portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer; a dielectric material making contact with the contact and disposed between the contact and the conductive support substrate; an insulating layer (501, 504) formed in the recess and electrically insulating the contact from the active layer, the second conductive semiconductor layer, and the conductive support substrate; and an electrode unit on the first conductive semiconductor layer. a light emitting structure layer including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; a conductive support substrate electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer; a contact electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the contact is formed in a recess extending into a portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer through the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer, and wherein a top surface of the contact is directly in contact with said portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer; a dielectric material making contact with the contact and disposed between the contact and the conductive support substrate; an insulating layer (501, 504) formed in the recess and electrically insulating the contact from the active layer, the second conductive semiconductor layer, and the conductive support substrate; and an electrode unit on the first conductive semiconductor layer.
A medical device for treating a hard tissue, the medical device comprising: an extension member comprising an inner member disposed within an outer member; a handle releasably coupled to the extension member, wherein actuation of the handle is configured to transition a working end portion of the extension member between a deflected configuration and an undeflected configuration, the working end portion disposed adjacent a distal end of the extension member; and a torque release mechanism, wherein the torque release mechanism is configured to transition the medical device between a torque release configuration and a torque retention configuration, characterised in that the torque release mechanism is coupled to the handle and the inner member. an extension member comprising an inner member disposed within an outer member; a handle releasably coupled to the extension member, wherein actuation of the handle is configured to transition a working end portion of the extension member between a deflected configuration and an undeflected configuration, the working end portion disposed adjacent a distal end of the extension member; and a torque release mechanism, wherein the torque release mechanism is configured to transition the medical device between a torque release configuration and a torque retention configuration, characterised in that the torque release mechanism is coupled to the handle and the inner member.
A partition mounted on a mounting surface, the partition comprising a plurality of elongate upright members; the partition further comprising a first board and a second board, the first board being mounted on one side of a pair of the elongate upright members that are adjacent to each other, and the second board being mounted on the other side of the same pair of adjacent elongate upright members, so as to define a cavity between the pair of elongate upright members and the first and second boards (20, 22); the partition further comprising a spacer, the spacer being located within the cavity defined by the pair of adjacent elongate upright members and the first and second boards (20, 22), the maximum dimension of the spacer in the through-thickness direction of the partition being at least 90% of the separation of the two boards; the partition being configured such that the spacer does not provide a load-transferring cross-member between the pair of adjacent elongate upright members; the partition being further configured such that the spacer does not provide a load-transferring member between the mounting surface and either of the first and second boards (20, 22), characterised in that; the spacer contacts both the first and second boards (20, 22), and the partition being configured such that the spacer experiences compressive loading in the through-thickness direction of the partition. the partition further comprising a first board and a second board, the first board being mounted on one side of a pair of the elongate upright members that are adjacent to each other, and the second board being mounted on the other side of the same pair of adjacent elongate upright members, so as to define a cavity between the pair of elongate upright members and the first and second boards (20, 22); the partition further comprising a spacer, the spacer being located within the cavity defined by the pair of adjacent elongate upright members and the first and second boards (20, 22), the maximum dimension of the spacer in the through-thickness direction of the partition being at least 90% of the separation of the two boards; the partition being configured such that the spacer does not provide a load-transferring cross-member between the pair of adjacent elongate upright members; the partition being further configured such that the spacer does not provide a load-transferring member between the mounting surface and either of the first and second boards (20, 22), characterised in that; the spacer contacts both the first and second boards (20, 22), and the partition being configured such that the spacer experiences compressive loading in the through-thickness direction of the partition.
A surgical snare assembly (144, 146, 150, 156), comprising: a suture fastener having an entrance and an exit; a proximal suture engaging loop; a distal suture engaging loop; and a handle which is directly coupled to the proximal suture engaging loop and coupled to the distal suture engaging loop, and configured such that: movement of the handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the proximal suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit; and movement of the handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the distal suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit; characterized in that the distal suture engaging loop is indirectly coupled to the handle by the proximal suture engaging loop and a twisted filament extending between the proximal suture engaging loop and the distal suture engaging loop, or by the proximal suture engaging loop and at least one or more filaments extending between the proximal suture engaging loop and the distal suture engaging loop. a suture fastener having an entrance and an exit; a proximal suture engaging loop; a distal suture engaging loop; and a handle which is directly coupled to the proximal suture engaging loop and coupled to the distal suture engaging loop, and configured such that: movement of the handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the proximal suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit; and movement of the handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the distal suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit; characterized in that the distal suture engaging loop is indirectly coupled to the handle by the proximal suture engaging loop and a twisted filament extending between the proximal suture engaging loop and the distal suture engaging loop, or by the proximal suture engaging loop and at least one or more filaments extending between the proximal suture engaging loop and the distal suture engaging loop. movement of the handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the proximal suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit; and movement of the handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the distal suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit;