mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A medical device, comprising an elongate tubular body comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a length therebetween, the elongate tubular body defining a lumen along the length; the elongate tubular body having an unexpanded configuration, and an expanded configuration wherein the proximal portion expands into a proximal retention member, the distal portion expands into a distal retention member, and a cylindrical saddle region extends therebetween; wherein the cylindrical saddle region includes an internal cone configured to move between a first diameter configuration which limits or prevents the flow of fluids and/or debris through the cylindrical saddle region, and a second diameter configuration larger than the first diameter configuration, which provides an open flow or access passage therethrough; and characterised in that the internal cone comprises a plurality of overlapping flexible filament loops. an elongate tubular body comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a length therebetween, the elongate tubular body defining a lumen along the length; the elongate tubular body having an unexpanded configuration, and an expanded configuration wherein the proximal portion expands into a proximal retention member, the distal portion expands into a distal retention member, and a cylindrical saddle region extends therebetween; wherein the cylindrical saddle region includes an internal cone configured to move between a first diameter configuration which limits or prevents the flow of fluids and/or debris through the cylindrical saddle region, and a second diameter configuration larger than the first diameter configuration, which provides an open flow or access passage therethrough; and characterised in that the internal cone comprises a plurality of overlapping flexible filament loops.
A tamper-resistant aerator comprising: a housing comprising a top and a bottom; an aerator cartridge at least partially disposed within the housing; an insert engaged with a portion of the housing, the insert defining at least one insert removal slot adapted to receive at least a portion of a tool; and a locking ring at least partially disposed within the housing, the locking ring defining at least one locking ring removal slot and adapted to receive at least a portion of the tool, the locking ring rotatable relative to the housing, characterized in that the locking ring removal slot extends the entire height of the locking ring, the locking ring is rotatable to align the at least one insert removal slot with the at least one locking ring removal slot, an entirety of the insert extends in an axial direction toward the top of the housing from a bottom surface of the insert, and an entirety of the locking ring extends in an opposite axial direction toward the bottom of the housing from a top surface of the locking ring. a housing comprising a top and a bottom; an aerator cartridge at least partially disposed within the housing; an insert engaged with a portion of the housing, the insert defining at least one insert removal slot adapted to receive at least a portion of a tool; and a locking ring at least partially disposed within the housing, the locking ring defining at least one locking ring removal slot and adapted to receive at least a portion of the tool, the locking ring rotatable relative to the housing, characterized in that the locking ring removal slot extends the entire height of the locking ring, the locking ring is rotatable to align the at least one insert removal slot with the at least one locking ring removal slot, an entirety of the insert extends in an axial direction toward the top of the housing from a bottom surface of the insert, and an entirety of the locking ring extends in an opposite axial direction toward the bottom of the housing from a top surface of the locking ring.
A method of mitigating interference by a mobile terminal on one or more adjacent base stations including at least one macro base station, in a mobile telecommunications network, in regard to communications between the mobile terminal and a micro base station such as an Access Point, AP, the method including: determining a first parameter value indicative of a maximum acceptable level of interference by the mobile terminal on the adjacent macro base station; using the first parameter value to determine a maximum operating threshold of the mobile terminal for communications with the micro base station; and determining an operating parameter level of the mobile terminal for a communication with the micro base station for a given service, based upon a required service level for the given service; comparing the operating parameter level with the maximum operating threshold, such that the operating parameter level of the communication for the given service is required to not exceed the threshold and where the operating parameter level exceeds the threshold: a) offering the mobile terminal a lower service quality; or b) not proceeding with the communication. determining a first parameter value indicative of a maximum acceptable level of interference by the mobile terminal on the adjacent macro base station; using the first parameter value to determine a maximum operating threshold of the mobile terminal for communications with the micro base station; and determining an operating parameter level of the mobile terminal for a communication with the micro base station for a given service, based upon a required service level for the given service; comparing the operating parameter level with the maximum operating threshold, such that the operating parameter level of the communication for the given service is required to not exceed the threshold and a) offering the mobile terminal a lower service quality; or b) not proceeding with the communication.
A surgical system, comprising: an implant (34, 46, 50, 122) configured to be implanted in a body of a patient to facilitate meniscal repair, the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having an inner lumen (40, 126) extending therethrough such that the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) is cannulated, the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having a longitudinal axis, and wherein the inner lumen (40, 126) is configured to permit a needle to extend coaxially through the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) with a distal portion (39, 39a) of the needle extending distally beyond a distal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) and a proximal portion of the needle extending proximally beyond a proximal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122); the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having a first plurality of holes formed through a sidewall of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) on a first side thereof, the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having a second plurality of holes formed through the sidewall of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) on a second side thereof, the first side being opposite to the second side, and each of the first plurality of holes being aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of holes; characterised in that the inner lumen (40, 126) has a first constant cross-section of a first diameter extending from the distal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) and a second constant cross-section of a larger diameter extending from the proximal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122), and wherein a junction between the first and second constant cross-sections defines a step within the inner lumen (40, 126). an implant (34, 46, 50, 122) configured to be implanted in a body of a patient to facilitate meniscal repair, the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having an inner lumen (40, 126) extending therethrough such that the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) is cannulated, the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having a longitudinal axis, and wherein the inner lumen (40, 126) is configured to permit a needle to extend coaxially through the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) with a distal portion (39, 39a) of the needle extending distally beyond a distal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) and a proximal portion of the needle extending proximally beyond a proximal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122); the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having a first plurality of holes formed through a sidewall of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) on a first side thereof, the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) having a second plurality of holes formed through the sidewall of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) on a second side thereof, the first side being opposite to the second side, and each of the first plurality of holes being aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of holes; characterised in that the inner lumen (40, 126) has a first constant cross-section of a first diameter extending from the distal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122) and a second constant cross-section of a larger diameter extending from the proximal end of the implant (34, 46, 50, 122), and wherein a junction between the first and second constant cross-sections defines a step within the inner lumen (40, 126).
A method for designing a clean room for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, comprising the steps of: - selecting a pharmaceutical product for manufacture in the clean room; - determining one or more specific devices and/or one or more specific materials for manufacturing the selected pharmaceutical product; and - assigning one or more positions for the determined respective specific devices and/or specific materials in the clean room, namely using a navigation system, characterized in that the navigation system comprises a projector and uses said projector to provide at least one display (8, 10, 12, 14) in the floor area of the clean room, which display is allocated to a position in the clean room, at which the specific device and/or the specific material for manufacturing the selected pharmaceutical product is/are to be arranged in each case, and the display comprises a projection beam such that the projection beam shines onto a quadrant or a determined position in the clean room, and a user is able to arrange the specific device and/or the specific material on the position illuminated by the projection beam. - selecting a pharmaceutical product for manufacture in the clean room; - determining one or more specific devices and/or one or more specific materials for manufacturing the selected pharmaceutical product; and - assigning one or more positions for the determined respective specific devices and/or specific materials in the clean room, namely using a navigation system,
An antisense oligonucleotide, whereby said antisense oligonucleotide is able to bind to a stretch of at least 21 nucleotides within the following nucleotide sequence within exon 45 of the dystrophin pre-mRNA: and wherein said oligonucleotide has a length of at least 21 nucleotides and wherein said antisense oligonucleotide does not consist of 5'- AACAGTTTGCCGCTGCCCAATGCCA - 3', 5'- CTGACAACAGTTTGCCGCTGCCCAA -3', 5' - GTTGCATTCAATGTTCTGACAACAG -3', 5' GCTGAATTATTTCTTCCCCAGTTGC - 3' or 5'- ATTATTTCTTCCCCAGTTGCATTCA -3'.
Electrochromic solution comprising: - a solvent; - a thickening polymer agent having a molecular weight of at least 200,000 g/mol; - at least one additive having a molecular weight between 300 and 50,000 g/mol; - a redox chemical mixture in solution in said solvent said mixture being constituted of at least one electrochromic reducing compound and at least one electrochromic oxidizing compound, and which colors in the presence of an applied voltage and which bleaches to a colorless condition in the absence of an applied voltage. - a solvent; - a thickening polymer agent having a molecular weight of at least 200,000 g/mol; - at least one additive having a molecular weight between 300 and 50,000 g/mol; - a redox chemical mixture in solution in said solvent said mixture being constituted of at least one electrochromic reducing compound and at least one electrochromic oxidizing compound, and which colors in the presence of an applied voltage and which bleaches to a colorless condition in the absence of an applied voltage.
A composition comprising a culture medium that has been in contact with a mesenchymal stem cell and contains compounds released from the MSC for use in a method of treating or preventing vasculopathy in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering to the subject a prostacyclin and said composition, further comprising, prior to the administration, contacting the MSC with a prostacyclin to obtain the culture medium, wherein the MSC has increased production of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) compared to an untreated MSC.
A process for preparing an amino-functional organosilicon compound, the process comprising: I) combining, under conditions to catalyze reductive amination reaction, starting materials comprising an aldehyde-functional organosilicon compound, which comprises a group covalently bonded to silicon having formula:, where G is a divalent hydrocarbon group free of aliphatic unsaturation that has 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an amine source, a hydrogenation catalyst, hydrogen, and optionally a solvent, thereby forming a reaction product comprising the amino-functional organosilicon compound.
Seal between two parts, said seal being at least partially constituted of a flexible and elastic material, of the polyurethane or silicon foam type, characterised in that it comprises two cords (10, 11) juxtaposed at different heights, and in that the first cord is sized by a higher foam height, enabling a compression rate higher than the second cord, and that said second cord is arranged towards the exterior of a chamber formed by the two parts.
A cold rolled steel sheet with superior formability, the steel sheet having a composition comprising 0.01% or less of C, 0.01-0.2% of Cu, 0.005-0.08% of S, 0.1% or less of A1, 0.02% or less of N, 0.2% or less of P, 0.0001-0.002% of B, 0.005-0.15% of Ti, by weight, and the balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, wherein the composition satisfies the following relationships: 1 ≤ (Cu/63.5)/(S*/32) ≤ 30 and S* = S-0.8 x (Ti - 0.8 x (48/14) x N) x (32/48), and wherein the steel sheet comprises CuS precipitates having an average size of 0.2 μm or less.
A method for carrying out a PCVD deposition process, said method comprising the steps of: i) providing a glass substrate tube; ii) supplying one or more glass-forming gasses to the substrate tube of step i); iii) inducing a plasma by means of microwave radiation on at least a part of the substrate tube of step ii) to induce deposition of one or more glass layers onto the interior surface of the substrate tube; wherein at least one plasma-reactive gas is supplied to the substrate tube during step iii) in one or more pulses as a function of the axial position of the plasma along the length of the substrate tube, characterized in that one single pulse is supplied of plasma-reactive gas and wherein the length and position of said pulse is selected to fall in a longitudinal position corresponding to a deposition oscillation, said deposition oscillation being a variation in the thickness or composition of the deposited glass over the length of the substrate tube, wherein the plasma-reactive gas is selected from the group consisting of Argon, Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen and one or more combinations thereof. i) providing a glass substrate tube; ii) supplying one or more glass-forming gasses to the substrate tube of step i); iii) inducing a plasma by means of microwave radiation on at least a part of the substrate tube of step ii) to induce deposition of one or more glass layers onto the interior surface of the substrate tube;
An ice maker comprising: an ice tray for receiving water to form ice; an ejector rotatably provided and for rotating the ice formed by the ice tray to discharge the ice from the ice tray; and a motor capable of rotating the ejector in forward and backward rotational directions, wherein a lower portion of the ice tray includes first guide ribs to be extended in a forward and backward direction of the ice maker to enable heat exchange with cool air supplied from a cool air guide, and second guide ribs to be extended in a left and right direction of the ice maker, characterized in that the left and right direction of the ice maker is in parallel with a direction in which cool air supplied from the cool air guide moves, the forward and backward direction of the ice maker is vertical to the left and right direction of the ice maker, and a first guide rib is arranged in a first area of the ice tray adjacent to the cool air guide, and first and second guide ribs (192, 194) are arranged in a second area of the ice tray more distant from the cool air guide than the first area. an ice tray for receiving water to form ice; an ejector rotatably provided and for rotating the ice formed by the ice tray to discharge the ice from the ice tray; and a motor capable of rotating the ejector in forward and backward rotational directions, wherein a lower portion of the ice tray includes first guide ribs to be extended in a forward and backward direction of the ice maker to enable heat exchange with cool air supplied from a cool air guide, and second guide ribs to be extended in a left and right direction of the ice maker, characterized in that the left and right direction of the ice maker is in parallel with a direction in which cool air supplied from the cool air guide moves, the forward and backward direction of the ice maker is vertical to the left and right direction of the ice maker, and a first guide rib is arranged in a first area of the ice tray adjacent to the cool air guide, and first and second guide ribs (192, 194) are arranged in a second area of the ice tray more distant from the cool air guide than the first area.
Base profile of a floor profile assembly comprising a support leg, a holding device which is formed to receive in a fastening manner a cover profile provided to cover a joint, wherein at least one bending part is formed on the support leg, said bending part being bendable relative to the support leg in a first vertical direction which, in the intended use, points towards a support surface, and, in the bent state, forms a support for the base profile on the support surface and thereby displaces the holding device, in the intended use, relative to the support leg placeable on the support surface, in a second vertical direction opposite to the first vertical direction.
A safety valve comprising: a cylindrical housing provided with a fusible material, a movable body configured to move in association with fusion of the fusible material and a compression coil spring configured to urge the movable body toward the fusible material; a main body fixed to the housing; a movable plug body arranged in a movable plug body arrangement passage in the main body and configured to move in association with the movement of the movable body; a seal ring fitted to an outer periphery of the movable plug body and the seal ring being in tight contact with an inner peripheral surface of the movable plug arrangement passage; a relief passage communicating with the movable plug body arrangement passage and configured to be opened by the movement of the movable plug body, wherein the movable body includes a shaft portion to which the compression coil spring is fitted, and a flange portion coming into contact with the fusible material by being urged by the compression coil spring, characterised in that the flange portion of the movable body is provided with through holes configured to discharge the fused fusible material into a compression coil spring arrangement space. a cylindrical housing provided with a fusible material, a movable body configured to move in association with fusion of the fusible material and a compression coil spring configured to urge the movable body toward the fusible material; a main body fixed to the housing; a movable plug body arranged in a movable plug body arrangement passage in the main body and configured to move in association with the movement of the movable body; a seal ring fitted to an outer periphery of the movable plug body and the seal ring being in tight contact with an inner peripheral surface of the movable plug arrangement passage; a relief passage communicating with the movable plug body arrangement passage and configured to be opened by the movement of the movable plug body, wherein the movable body includes a shaft portion to which the compression coil spring is fitted, and a flange portion coming into contact with the fusible material by being urged by the compression coil spring, characterised in that the flange portion of the movable body is provided with through holes configured to discharge the fused fusible material into a compression coil spring arrangement space. the movable body includes a shaft portion to which the compression coil spring is fitted, and a flange portion coming into contact with the fusible material by being urged by the compression coil spring, characterised in that the flange portion of the movable body is provided with through holes configured to discharge the fused fusible material into a compression coil spring arrangement space.
A plug-in power supply for supplying a consumer with a low voltage, the plug-in power supply comprising a housing having arranged therein a voltage transformer module for converting a mains voltage into the required low voltage, and an exchangeable mains plug unit (102, 104, 106, 108) with at least two mains plug pins for connecting the voltage transformer module to a mains socket, wherein the housing has provided thereon at least two spring contacts which are electrically connected to the voltage transformer module, wherein the mains plug unit comprises at least two contact pins which cooperate with the spring contacts for establishing an electric contact with the mains plug pins, and wherein the mains plug unit can be slid onto the housing in a direction across to a plug-in direction of the mains plug pins into the mains socket, wherein the contact pins are arranged so that they can be contacted frontally by the spring contacts in a direction which essentially extends along said plug-in direction of the mains plug pins into the mains socket, characterized in that, for complying with the provisions of the international standard IEC 60884 with regard to touch protection and tracking resistance, each contact pin is arranged in a corresponding separate recess with a funnel shaped insertion counter-bore (g), wherein the recess has a rectangular cross-section with dimensions (e, f) of less than 1.8 mm breadth (e) to 4.8 mm length (f), and a depth (d) of less than 5 mm between the insertion counter-bore (g) and the contact pin, and wherein the spring contacts contact the contact pins through the recess when the mains plug unit is assembled.
A method of encoding data on a single-stranded polynucleotide strand, comprising: moving the polynucleotide strand with respect to a nanopore defining a nanoreactor; wherein the nanoreactor comprises an internal volume within the nanopore and/or a nanovolume extending from one or more openings of the nanopore; wherein the movement of the polynucleotide strand with respect to the nanopore is controlled using a polynucleotide-handling enzyme; and selectively modifying portions of the polynucleotide strand as they move through the nanoreactor; wherein the pattern of selective modifications on the polynucleotide strand encodes data on the strand. moving the polynucleotide strand with respect to a nanopore defining a nanoreactor; wherein the nanoreactor comprises an internal volume within the nanopore and/or a nanovolume extending from one or more openings of the nanopore; wherein the movement of the polynucleotide strand with respect to the nanopore is controlled using a polynucleotide-handling enzyme; and selectively modifying portions of the polynucleotide strand as they move through the nanoreactor;