mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A video system for viewing an object on a body from outside the body, comprising: a long slender tube having an endoscopic eye piece at a proximal end and a lens arrangement inside the tube for receiving, affecting, and transmitting optical images, an endoscopic camera head detachably attached to said endoscopic eye piece for transmitting the image, a camera control unit attached to said endoscopic camera head for receiving the transmitted image, said lens arrangement is adapted to have a field of view, where the field of view is the surgical field, said field of view has a depth of field between 8 mm and 20 mm, and an arm attached to said tube, for holding a distal end of the lens arrangement at a working distance between 180 mm and 300 mm away from said field of view, wherein said lens arrangement is arranged to focus at a distance equal to said working distance. a long slender tube having an endoscopic eye piece at a proximal end and a lens arrangement inside the tube for receiving, affecting, and transmitting optical images, an endoscopic camera head detachably attached to said endoscopic eye piece for transmitting the image, a camera control unit attached to said endoscopic camera head for receiving the transmitted image, said lens arrangement is adapted to have a field of view, where the field of view is the surgical field, said field of view has a depth of field between 8 mm and 20 mm, and an arm attached to said tube, for holding a distal end of the lens arrangement at a working distance between 180 mm and 300 mm away from said field of view, wherein said lens arrangement is arranged to focus at a distance equal to said working distance.
A method of operating a pressure-retarded osmosis plant, the plant comprising at least one osmosis element having a semi-permeable membrane, the semi-permeable membrane defining a feed side and a permeate side of the osmosis element, the method comprising, in a first mode of operation, opening a feed inlet valve to supply a feed stream having a relatively high concentration of solute through an inlet port to the feed side in a cross flow configuration, opening a permeate stream inlet valve to supply a permeate stream having a relatively low concentration of solute through to a single port of the permeate side in a dead end filtration flow configuration, and opening a feed outlet valve for receiving a feed outlet stream from the feed side through an outlet port wherein permeate has passed through the semi-permeable membrane from the permeate side to the feed side; side, and in a second mode of operation, closing the feed inlet valve and opening a backwash feed valve to supply a backwash stream having a relatively low concentration compared to the feed stream through the inlet port to the feed side of the osmosis element, such that water flow direction across the semi-permeable membrane is reversed relative to the first mode of operation, and closing the permeate stream inlet valve and opening a permeate stream outlet valve for receiving a permeate outlet stream through the single port of the permeate side, the method further comprising alternately performing the first mode of operation, to perform a production step, and performing the second mode of operation, to reduce fouling of the semi-permeable membrane.
An internally cooled airfoil comprising: an airfoil body shaped to form a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side surrounding an internal cooling channel; a baffle insert disposed within the internal cooling channel, the baffle insert comprising: a hollow liner body having a perimeter shaped to correspond to the shape of the internal cooling channel and to form a cooling air supply duct; and a plurality of cooling holes extending through the hollow liner body to direct cooling air from the supply duct into the internal cooling channel; and first and second elongate standoffs positioned between the airfoil body and the liner body to maintain a spacing between the airfoil body and the liner body, characterised in that the elongate standoffs are shaped to meter and accelerate airflow between an interior surface of the airfoil body and an exterior surface of the liner body; and wherein the first and second elongate standoffs form a channel having a decreasing cross-sectional area in a direction in which the airflow travels. an airfoil body shaped to form a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side surrounding an internal cooling channel; a baffle insert disposed within the internal cooling channel, the baffle insert comprising: a hollow liner body having a perimeter shaped to correspond to the shape of the internal cooling channel and to form a cooling air supply duct; and a plurality of cooling holes extending through the hollow liner body to direct cooling air from the supply duct into the internal cooling channel; and first and second elongate standoffs positioned between the airfoil body and the liner body to maintain a spacing between the airfoil body and the liner body, characterised in that the elongate standoffs are shaped to meter and accelerate airflow between an interior surface of the airfoil body and an exterior surface of the liner body; and a hollow liner body having a perimeter shaped to correspond to the shape of the internal cooling channel and to form a cooling air supply duct; and a plurality of cooling holes extending through the hollow liner body to direct cooling air from the supply duct into the internal cooling channel; and first and second elongate standoffs positioned between the airfoil body and the liner body to maintain a spacing between the airfoil body and the liner body, characterised in that the elongate standoffs are shaped to meter and accelerate airflow between an interior surface of the airfoil body and an exterior surface of the liner body; and wherein the first and second elongate standoffs form a channel having a decreasing cross-sectional area in a direction in which the airflow travels.
Extrusion blow molded article comprising at least 90 wt.-% of a propylene copolymer based on the total amount of the extrusion blow molded article, wherein the propylene copolymer has (a) a melt flow rate MFR 2 (230 °C) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 g/10min; (b) a xylene cold soluble content determined according ISO 16152 (25 °C) in the range of 20.0 to 40.0 wt.-%; (c) a comonomer content in the range of more than 4.5 to 12.0 wt.-%; and (d) fulfills inequation Co total XCS ≤ 0.35 wherein Co (total) is the comonomer content [wt.-%] of the propylene copolymer, XCS is the content of the xylene cold soluble fraction [wt.-%] of the propylene copolymer; wherein further (e) the comonomer content of xylene cold soluble fraction of the propylene copolymer is in the range of 12.0 to 28.0 wt.-%. (a) a melt flow rate MFR 2 (230 °C) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 g/10min; (b) a xylene cold soluble content determined according ISO 16152 (25 °C) in the range of 20.0 to 40.0 wt.-%; (c) a comonomer content in the range of more than 4.5 to 12.0 wt.-%; and (d) fulfills inequation Co total XCS ≤ 0.35 wherein Co (total) is the comonomer content [wt.-%] of the propylene copolymer, XCS is the content of the xylene cold soluble fraction [wt.-%] of the propylene copolymer; wherein further Co (total) is the comonomer content [wt.-%] of the propylene copolymer, XCS is the content of the xylene cold soluble fraction [wt.-%] of the propylene copolymer; (e) the comonomer content of xylene cold soluble fraction of the propylene copolymer is in the range of 12.0 to 28.0 wt.-%.
A composition comprising (i) a mixed metal compound containing at least one trivalent metal selected from iron and aluminium and at least one divalent metal selected from of magnesium, iron, zinc, calcium, lanthanum and cerium, (ii) xanthan gum (iii) at least one of (a) polyvinyl pyrrolidone (b) locust bean gum (c) methyl cellulose wherein the composition has been irradiated with ionising radiation in an amount of at least 4kGy. (i) a mixed metal compound containing at least one trivalent metal selected from iron and aluminium and at least one divalent metal selected from of magnesium, iron, zinc, calcium, lanthanum and cerium, (ii) xanthan gum (iii) at least one of (a) polyvinyl pyrrolidone (b) locust bean gum (c) methyl cellulose (a) polyvinyl pyrrolidone (b) locust bean gum (c) methyl cellulose
A system for the optical calibration of a temperature controller, the system comprising - a thermochromic liquid crystal in combination with a luminophore, for the determination of a predetermined event temperature of a micro-environment, - a light source adapted to irradiate said combination and a light detector adapted to monitor luminescence emitted by said irradiated combination, and - means for controlling the micro-environment temperature. - a thermochromic liquid crystal in combination with a luminophore, for the determination of a predetermined event temperature of a micro-environment, - a light source adapted to irradiate said combination and a light detector adapted to monitor luminescence emitted by said irradiated combination, and - means for controlling the micro-environment temperature.
An apparatus for irrigating and aspirating ears, nasal passages, and wounds in a subject that comprises: a controller box and one or more containers/reservoirs disposed almost entirely in the controller box, the controller box comprising one or more pumps that is/are configured and designed to create a positive pressure within the controller box and further configured to create a negative pressure in the controller box thereby moving one or more pistons present in the one or more containers/reservoirs wherein movement of the one or more pistons causes aspiration and irrigation of fluids and/or gas by the movement of the one or more pistons, wherein irrigation and/or aspiration is/are prevented while the one or more pistons is/are stationary, said apparatus optionally having one or more conduits that can be operationally attached to the one or more containers/reservoirs thereby facilitating said aspiration and irrigation of fluids and/or gas through said one or more conduits. the controller box comprising one or more pumps that is/are configured and designed to create a positive pressure within the controller box and further configured to create a negative pressure in the controller box thereby moving one or more pistons present in the one or more containers/reservoirs wherein movement of the one or more pistons causes aspiration and irrigation of fluids and/or gas by the movement of the one or more pistons, wherein irrigation and/or aspiration is/are prevented while the one or more pistons is/are stationary, said apparatus optionally having one or more conduits that can be operationally attached to the one or more containers/reservoirs thereby facilitating said aspiration and irrigation of fluids and/or gas through said one or more conduits.
A retractable rolling shutter assembly operable between a deployed condition and a stored condition comprising; a shutter support member; an initial discrete shutter subassembly having a plurality of individual slats (34, 46, 52, 58) in mechanical engagement with one another; said initial discrete shutter subassembly having a length effective to essentially encircle said shutter support member when stored thereabout; at least one subsequent shutter subassembly having a plurality of individual slats (62, 6 4, 66, 68) in mechanical engagement with one another; said at least one subsequent shutter assembly having a length effective to essentially encircle said initial or previously deployed discrete shutter assembly in its stored condition, whereby each said shutter subassembly is in close proximity to said previously deployed shutter subassembly when said shutter subassemblies are in their stored positions thereby decreasing the overall dimensions of said rolling shutter assembly characterized in that each of said slats is curved along a plane extending from one edge to the other edge and in that each said shutter subassembly is in a nested arrangement with respect to said previously deployed shutter subassembly and a portion of said slats of each said shutter subassembly are in contact with said slats of said previously deployed shutter subassembly when said rolling shutter assembly is in its stored position.
A pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c) for a drive system of a watercraft, wherein the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c) comprises a water inlet opening and a water outlet opening, wherein a fin system is disposed inside the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c), wherein the inlet region of the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c) comprises no fin system, wherein no propeller is disposed inside the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c), characterized in that the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c) is rotationally asymmetrical, wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the body of the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c) comprises in particular two rectilinear sections (37, 38), in particular over the entire length of the pre-nozzle (10a, 10b, 10c)
A mounter comprising: a component holding tool configured to hold a component and mount the held component on a board; an imaging device configured to image any position on a base on which the board is loaded; and a control device characterized in that the control device includes a path imaging section configured to, in a case in which mounting work is interrupted by a stoppage of the mounter and then restarted, use the imaging device to image the base on which the board is loaded along a path over which the component holding tool moved until the position of the component holding tool when mounting work was interrupted; a dropped component determination section configured to determine whether the component dropped on the base on which the board is loaded based on image data captured by the path imaging section; and a dropped notification section configured to report information to an operator indicating that a component has been dropped in a case in which the component was determined to have been dropped by the dropped component determination section. a component holding tool configured to hold a component and mount the held component on a board; an imaging device configured to image any position on a base on which the board is loaded; and a control device characterized in that the control device includes a path imaging section configured to, in a case in which mounting work is interrupted by a stoppage of the mounter and then restarted, use the imaging device to image the base on which the board is loaded along a path over which the component holding tool moved until the position of the component holding tool when mounting work was interrupted; a dropped component determination section configured to determine whether the component dropped on the base on which the board is loaded based on image data captured by the path imaging section; and a dropped notification section configured to report information to an operator indicating that a component has been dropped in a case in which the component was determined to have been dropped by the dropped component determination section. a path imaging section configured to, in a case in which mounting work is interrupted by a stoppage of the mounter and then restarted, use the imaging device to image the base on which the board is loaded along a path over which the component holding tool moved until the position of the component holding tool when mounting work was interrupted; a dropped component determination section configured to determine whether the component dropped on the base on which the board is loaded based on image data captured by the path imaging section; and a dropped notification section configured to report information to an operator indicating that a component has been dropped in a case in which the component was determined to have been dropped by the dropped component determination section.
A computer implemented method for processing a 3D fetal ultrasound image, the method comprising: (110; 118) obtaining a 3D fetal ultrasound image; (114a, 120a) detecting the spine within the image; (114b, 120b) determining a first reference axis (z) based on the spine orientation and location within the image; (114c, 120c) determining a second reference axis (x), perpendicular to the first reference axis (z), based on the fetal torso orientation with respect to the detected spine; and updating the 3D fetal ultrasound image using the first and second reference axes; wherein the determining of the second reference axis (x) comprises: extracting a set of planes, each orthogonal to the first reference axis or locally orthogonal to the spine; detecting an elliptical or circular form of the abdomen or thorax of the fetus in each plane; and determining the second reference axis (x) based on an orientation vector in each plane between the spine and the center of the elliptical form. (110; 118) obtaining a 3D fetal ultrasound image; (114a, 120a) detecting the spine within the image; (114b, 120b) determining a first reference axis (z) based on the spine orientation and location within the image; (114c, 120c) determining a second reference axis (x), perpendicular to the first reference axis (z), based on the fetal torso orientation with respect to the detected spine; and updating the 3D fetal ultrasound image using the first and second reference axes; wherein the determining of the second reference axis (x) comprises: extracting a set of planes, each orthogonal to the first reference axis or locally orthogonal to the spine; detecting an elliptical or circular form of the abdomen or thorax of the fetus in each plane; and determining the second reference axis (x) based on an orientation vector in each plane between the spine and the center of the elliptical form. extracting a set of planes, each orthogonal to the first reference axis or locally orthogonal to the spine; detecting an elliptical or circular form of the abdomen or thorax of the fetus in each plane; and determining the second reference axis (x) based on an orientation vector in each plane between the spine and the center of the elliptical form.
A passenger boarding bridge including a tunnel section including a plurality of tunnels (1, 2, 3) which are telescopically fitted to each other and are movable relative to each other in a lengthwise direction so that the tunnel section is extendable and retractable, the passenger boarding bridge comprising: a walkway section (22, 32) which is provided at an outer tunnel of adjacent tunnels, and is movable between a walkway position set at a predetermined height position and a non-walkway position located under the walkway position; and a plurality of rotary members arranged along the lengthwise direction of the outer tunnel, each of the plurality of rotary members being rotatable around a rotation axis line extending in a vertical direction, and each of the plurality of rotary members being configured to be rotated between a first rotation position at which the rotary member supports an end portion of the walkway section in a width direction so that the walkway section is at the walkway position and a second rotation position at which the rotary member is away from the end portion of the walkway section in the width direction and does not support the end portion of the walkway section in the width direction; characterised in that when at least one of adjacent rotary members of the plurality of rotary members is at the second rotation position, the adjacent rotary members partially overlap with each other when viewed in the width direction of the walkway section or in the vertical direction. a walkway section (22, 32) which is provided at an outer tunnel of adjacent tunnels, and is movable between a walkway position set at a predetermined height position and a non-walkway position located under the walkway position; and a plurality of rotary members arranged along the lengthwise direction of the outer tunnel, each of the plurality of rotary members being rotatable around a rotation axis line extending in a vertical direction, and each of the plurality of rotary members being configured to be rotated between a first rotation position at which the rotary member supports an end portion of the walkway section in a width direction so that the walkway section is at the walkway position and a second rotation position at which the rotary member is away from the end portion of the walkway section in the width direction and does not support the end portion of the walkway section in the width direction; characterised in that when at least one of adjacent rotary members of the plurality of rotary members is at the second rotation position, the adjacent rotary members partially overlap with each other when viewed in the width direction of the walkway section or in the vertical direction.
A device (2, 2a, 2b) to process a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS (12, 12a, 12b) and further data (14, 14a,..., 14h) to be transmitted via a first radio module of a radio communications network (100, 102, 104), in which data to be transmitted is mapped on subcarriers and in the radio module subsequently up-converted to a radio frequency higher than the subcarrier frequencies, wherein the subcarriers are grouped into frequency subbands, and wherein at least one subband is scalable with at least one subband parameter for a period of time, wherein a subband parameter is in particular a subcarrier spacing, and wherein in at least one subband at least two different parameters, in particular subcarrier spacings, can be used, wherein the device (2, 2a, 2b) comprises at least a processor and a memory, and is configured to: - determine a first CSI-RS and a second CSI-RS, - determine first further data (14a,..., 14d) and second further data (14b, 14 e,..., 14h); - allocate for a first period of time the first CSI-RS to a first subband and the second CSI-RS to a second subband of a time-frequency resource, - allocate for a second period of time subsequent to and different from the first period of time the first further data (14a,..., 14d) to the first subband and the second further data (14b, 14 e,..., 14h) to the second subband, and - map the first CSI-RS, the second CSI-RS, the first further data (14a,..., 14d) and the second further data (14b, 14 e,..., 14h) to subcarriers corresponding to the allocated subbands. - determine a first CSI-RS and a second CSI-RS, - determine first further data (14a,..., 14d) and second further data (14b, 14 e,..., 14h); - allocate for a first period of time the first CSI-RS to a first subband and the second CSI-RS to a second subband of a time-frequency resource, - allocate for a second period of time subsequent to and different from the first period of time the first further data (14a,..., 14d) to the first subband and the second further data (14b, 14 e,..., 14h) to the second subband, and - map the first CSI-RS, the second CSI-RS, the first further data (14a,..., 14d) and the second further data (14b, 14 e,..., 14h) to subcarriers corresponding to the allocated subbands.