mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A drug delivery ocular implant comprising: an outer shell having a proximal end, a distal end, the outer shell being shaped to define an interior lumen; at least a first drug positioned within the interior lumen; a region of drug release at the proximal end of the outer shell, a retention protrusion on the distal end of the outer shell, wherein the retention protrusion comprises a spike-like or barb-like protrusion and is configured to anchor the ocular implant at a target tissue site in the eye; wherein the implant further comprises a fluid inflow pathway and a fluid outflow pathway positioned adjacent the distal end of said outer shell, wherein said fluid outflow pathway is configured to allow ocular fluid to be directed through the implant via the fluid inflow pathway to a physiological outflow space. an outer shell having a proximal end, a distal end, the outer shell being shaped to define an interior lumen; at least a first drug positioned within the interior lumen; a region of drug release at the proximal end of the outer shell, a retention protrusion on the distal end of the outer shell, wherein the retention protrusion comprises a spike-like or barb-like protrusion and is configured to anchor the ocular implant at a target tissue site in the eye; wherein the implant further comprises a fluid inflow pathway and a fluid outflow pathway positioned adjacent the distal end of said outer shell, wherein said fluid outflow pathway is configured to allow ocular fluid to be directed through the implant via the fluid inflow pathway to a physiological outflow space.
A transcatheter atrio-ventricular valve prosthesis for functional replacement of an atrio-ventricular heart valve in a connection channel, having a circumferential connection channel wall structure, between the atrial chamber and the ventricular chamber of a heart, comprising a radially expandable tubular body to be disposed in the interior of the connection channel and extending along an axis, and a valve arranged within and attached to the tubular body, wherein the tubular body is provided with an outer circumferential groove which is open to the radial outside of the tubular body and which defines a groove bottom, whereby the tubular body is separated by the outer circumferential groove into first and second body sections, and wherein the tubular body is provided with a first plurality of projections (50, 55) which extend from the first or second body section (31, 32) in an axial direction of the tubular body and each of which has a free end (60, 65) arranged to overlap the outer circumferential groove, further comprising an elongate outer member to be disposed at the exterior of the connection channel wall structure at a level of the circumferential grove, wherein the elongate outer member can at least partially extend around the tubular body with valve tissue of the connection channel wall structure being correspondingly circumferentially arranged between the tubular body and the outer member and in such a radial distance to the axis of the tubular body that the valve tissue of the connection channel wall structure can be radially forced into the outer circumferential groove so as to be at least partially located radially below the projections (50, 55).
A bee vectoring apparatus comprising: a) a tray for positioning in an exit path of a beehive, the tray comprising: i) a bottom, and at least one side wall extending upwardly from the bottom; and ii) a bee entrance end and a bee exit end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; and b) an openable tray lid positioned above the bottom, the tray lid movable between a lid open position in which access to the tray from above is allowed, and a lid closed position in which access to the tray from above is inhibited; and c) a door movable between a door open position in which the bee entrance end is accessible from a body of the beehive, and a door closed position in which access to the bee entrance end from the body of the beehive is blocked; characterized in that the door is coupled to the tray lid and moved to the door closed position by movement of the tray lid to the lid open position, and to the door open position by movement of the tray lid to the lid closed position. a) a tray for positioning in an exit path of a beehive, the tray comprising: i) a bottom, and at least one side wall extending upwardly from the bottom; and ii) a bee entrance end and a bee exit end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; and i) a bottom, and at least one side wall extending upwardly from the bottom; and ii) a bee entrance end and a bee exit end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; and b) an openable tray lid positioned above the bottom, the tray lid movable between a lid open position in which access to the tray from above is allowed, and a lid closed position in which access to the tray from above is inhibited; and c) a door movable between a door open position in which the bee entrance end is accessible from a body of the beehive, and a door closed position in which access to the bee entrance end from the body of the beehive is blocked;
Apparatus for shredding and mixing fibrous products intended for preparing animal food products, of the type comprising a tank or vat within which there is mounted a shredding and mixing device consisting of a rotor or auger comprising a rotary shaft on which there is mounted a plurality of mixing elements, each mixing element consisting of a scraper blade operatively connected to an upper end of a supporting rod, while the lower end of said supporting rod is fixed on the lateral surface of the rotary shaft through a respective fixing plate, wherein each scraper blade is rotatable around the axis of the supporting rod thereof and it is provided with elastic means which allow said scraper blade to rotate around the relative supporting rod according to a predefined angle (α) in the case where said scraper blade finds an obstacle during the rotation of the shaft, as well as returning said scraper blade in the initial position thereof at the moment when said obstacle has been overcome or removed, the apparatus being characterised in that the axis of at least part of the supporting rods of the scraper blades is inclined according to two predefined inclination angles (β, γ) with respect to two corresponding planes (P1, P2) respectively parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the rotary shaft, said predefined inclination angles (β, γ) being determined as a function of the rotation direction of the scraper blades and the position of said scraper blades along the rotary shaft, said predefined inclination angles (β, γ) allowing each scraper blade, though rotating around the axis of the supporting rod thereof, to always describe the circumferences which maintain said scraper blade equally spaced apart from the inner surface of the tank or vat, wherein each scraper blade is provided, at an end thereof, with a bush engaged in a rotating manner on the upper end of the supporting rod by interposing an antifriction element, so that said scraper blade can rotate around the axis of the relative supporting rod, and wherein the elastic means consist of a steel foil with high elastic properties, constrained at the lower part to the fixing plate through its blocking plate and resting at the upper part on a first end of a bar whose opposite end is integral with the bush.
A bioreactor process for the substantial anaerobic conversion of biomass to at least hydrogen gas comprising: providing a reactor vessel having a fluidized granular bed consisting of a mixed anaerobic bacterial consortium; providing a biomass inflow into the reactor vessel via an inlet means, the rate of biomass inflow controlled by an inflow meter or an inflow variable pump, the biomass inflow at least partially fermented by the mixed anaerobic bacterial consortium of the reactor vessel to produce at least hydrogen gas; harvesting the at least hydrogen gas produced during fermentation inside the reactor vessel via a harvesting means; providing a degassed biomass effluent outflow exiting the reactor vessel via an outflow means, the treated biomass effluent outflow rate controlled by an outflow meter or an outflow variable pump; and recycling the degassed biomass effluent via a degassed effluent recycling means back into the reactor vessel, the rate of recycling controlled by a recycling flow meter or a recycling variable pump, and at a temperature between 55°C and 70°C with degassed effluent recycling rates between 2.0 and 3.5 L/min and influent supply rates between 3.0 and 4.2 L/h for a reactor volume of 2.53 L. providing a reactor vessel having a fluidized granular bed consisting of a mixed anaerobic bacterial consortium; providing a biomass inflow into the reactor vessel via an inlet means, the rate of biomass inflow controlled by an inflow meter or an inflow variable pump, the biomass inflow at least partially fermented by the mixed anaerobic bacterial consortium of the reactor vessel to produce at least hydrogen gas; harvesting the at least hydrogen gas produced during fermentation inside the reactor vessel via a harvesting means; providing a degassed biomass effluent outflow exiting the reactor vessel via an outflow means, the treated biomass effluent outflow rate controlled by an outflow meter or an outflow variable pump; and recycling the degassed biomass effluent via a degassed effluent recycling means back into the reactor vessel, the rate of recycling controlled by a recycling flow meter or a recycling variable pump, and at a temperature between 55°C and 70°C with degassed effluent recycling rates between 2.0 and 3.5 L/min and influent supply rates between 3.0 and 4.2 L/h for a reactor volume of 2.53 L.
A material for use in a chemical heat pump, the material comprising a plurality of individual cells enclosing an active substance, wherein: - at least a part of the material can be in thermal contact with the surroundings; - each of said cells has at least one cell wall, wherein one side of the cell walls is facing the active substance, and wherein the cell walls comprise a plurality of at least partially overlapping flakes; - the active substance is capable of being active in an adsorption process together with a volatile liquid and the active substance is selected from the group consisting of a salt and an oxide; - the overlapping flakes form closed cells, so that there are no holes so large that water or active substance in solution phase or liquid phase can escape, and the cell walls are permeable for the volatile liquid in gas phase, so that transport of a volatile liquid in gas phase to and from at least a part of the active substance is allowed; - the overlapping flakes are selected from the group consisting of graphene and graphene oxide and are in direct contact with the active substance, so as to obtain a good heat conduction, wherein each individual flake has a lateral size in the range 100-10000 nm and a thickness in the range 0.34 nm to 5 nm; - the flakes are both in the cell walls and enclosed in the cells together with the active substance. - at least a part of the material can be in thermal contact with the surroundings; - each of said cells has at least one cell wall, wherein one side of the cell walls is facing the active substance, and wherein the cell walls comprise a plurality of at least partially overlapping flakes; - the active substance is capable of being active in an adsorption process together with a volatile liquid and the active substance is selected from the group consisting of a salt and an oxide; - the overlapping flakes form closed cells, so that there are no holes so large that water or active substance in solution phase or liquid phase can escape, and the cell walls are permeable for the volatile liquid in gas phase, so that transport of a volatile liquid in gas phase to and from at least a part of the active substance is allowed; - the overlapping flakes are selected from the group consisting of graphene and graphene oxide and are in direct contact with the active substance, so as to obtain a good heat conduction, wherein each individual flake has a lateral size in the range 100-10000 nm and a thickness in the range 0.34 nm to 5 nm; - the flakes are both in the cell walls and enclosed in the cells together with the active substance.
Dish brush for mounting at a vertical driving axle under a conventional sweeping machine for cleaning mostly paved surfaces with sweeping elements, wherein said dish brush is built-up of a circular plate with a raised outer edge, wherein at the bottom side of said raised outer edge are fixed at mutually equal tangential distances said sweeping elements characterised in that said raised outer contour edge is executed under an angle alpha (a) with the circular plate to form with the sweeping elements (4,5) a to the outside protruding circular dish brush (1,11) with an axial diameter D1 and a raised contour edge diameter D2 all with a plate thickness d, wherein against the bottom side of said raised contour edge at radial angles of five beta ( 5 β) sweeping elements in the form of steel cable plugs with a circular holder and between them at radial angles beta (β) brush-shaped sweeping elements with a rectangular holder are fixed by welding, wherein said cable plugs with their cylindrical holder are welded against the bottom side of raised contour edge and said sweeping elements are welded through slit openings (6,7) from the upper side of said raised outer contour edge.
A pointing device (900, 1000) for communicating with a computing device, the pointing device comprising: a switch operable to generate a control signal; a motion sensor configured to generate spatial data based on movements of a moveable part of the pointing device (900, 1000); a controller configured to inhibit transmission of the spatial data to the computing device, during a predetermined time interval immediately following a state change in the control signal; and a memory configured to store the spatial data that is inhibited from being transmitted to the computing device; wherein the memory is further configured to accumulate the stored spatial data; and the controller is further configured to activate transmission of the accumulated stored spatial data to the computing device, if the motion sensor continues to generate spatial data after the predetermined time interval and before a further state change in the control signal. a switch operable to generate a control signal; a motion sensor configured to generate spatial data based on movements of a moveable part of the pointing device (900, 1000); a controller configured to inhibit transmission of the spatial data to the computing device, during a predetermined time interval immediately following a state change in the control signal; and a memory configured to store the spatial data that is inhibited from being transmitted to the computing device; wherein the memory is further configured to accumulate the stored spatial data; and the controller is further configured to activate transmission of the accumulated stored spatial data to the computing device, if the motion sensor continues to generate spatial data after the predetermined time interval and before a further state change in the control signal.
Method for absorbing flammable working fluid in the housing (1, 3) of a device for operating an anti-clockwise refrigeration cycle, characterised in that - in response to a triggering signal, a poorly combustible or incombustible absorption liquid under high pressure is injected into the housing, - injection is maintained until a signal is given to stop injection, and - the absorption liquid that runs off is collected. - in response to a triggering signal, a poorly combustible or incombustible absorption liquid under high pressure is injected into the housing, - injection is maintained until a signal is given to stop injection, and - the absorption liquid that runs off is collected.
A pressure roller station for rotary presses having a guide profile which is lockable at the rotary press, wherein the guide profile is in the form of a freestanding support column and comprises two side faces, on each of which a pair of upper and lower shaft mounts for pressure roller shafts are arranged, so that on the same guide profile two pairs of pressure rollers can be attached, wherein the pressure roller station is characterized in that the shaft mounts are arranged on the outside of the side surfaces.
Device consisting of a distributor or a ladle with a bottom drain provided in the bottom, whereby for low-slag removal of liquid steel from the distributor or the ladle their bottom drain is allocated to plate-shaped fixtures made of refractory material that affect the eddies created on opening, which have a vertical braking element in the form of a plate and a support stand corresponding to a recess in the bottom, whereby the plate has a sharp edge facing the bottom drain, maintaining a predetermined distance, pointing towards the bottom drain and is arranged at a predetermined angle to the plug or a starting tube in the bottom drain, characterized in that the braking element designed as a plate has a straight and an oblique side flank (32, 34) running diagonally to the longitudinal axis of the plate, whereby the straight side flank runs through to the tip of the sharp edge, while the side flank running at an angle and thus widening the plate is designed to end at a distance of 5.5-2.5 cm in front of the tip and then lead obliquely to the tip.
An ophthalmic lens comprising a transparent substrate with a front face and a rear face, the rear face being coated with a multilayered antireflective coating comprising a stack of at least one layer A having a refractive index n A less than 1.55 and comprising a silicon oxide, and of at least one layer B having a refractive index n B greater than or equal to 1.55, wherein a mean reflection factor in the range 280 nm to 380 nm weighted by the W(λ) function defined according to the ISO 13666:1998 standard (Ruv) on the rear face is less than or equal to 5% for an angle of incidence of 35°, the multilayered antireflective coating has been deposited by sputtering, characterized in that the ophthalmic lens has a critical temperature greater than or equal to 60°C, wherein the critical temperature is defined as the temperature from which the multilayered antireflective coating is cracked, and wherein the ratio [sum of the physical thicknesses of the layers having a refractive index less than 1.55 in the multilayered antireflective coating / sum of the physical thicknesses of the layers having a refractive index equal to or greater than 1.55 in the multilayered antireflective coating] is less than 0.9.
Method for controlling charging of a battery of a piece of electrical equipment, said battery being intended to be charged by a charger connected to a power source so as to deliver a charging current (Ich) and to apply, to said battery, a charging voltage, characterized in that it comprises: - A step of connecting the battery to said charger at a first time, said battery having an initial state of charge (SOC_ini), - A step of detecting the connection of the battery to the charger at a second time, subsequent to the first time, - A step of automatically triggering a process of controlling the charging current (Ich) and of maintaining a non-zero voltage across the terminals of said battery, said process being triggered at a third time, subsequent to the second time, characterized by - A step of regulating said charging current (Ich) during said process of controlling the charging current (Ich), said step being configured to maintain a state of charge of the battery at a level comprised between plus or minus 5% of its initial state of charge. - A step of connecting the battery to said charger at a first time, said battery having an initial state of charge (SOC_ini), - A step of detecting the connection of the battery to the charger at a second time, subsequent to the first time, - A step of automatically triggering a process of controlling the charging current (Ich) and of maintaining a non-zero voltage across the terminals of said battery, said process being triggered at a third time, subsequent to the second time, characterized by - A step of regulating said charging current (Ich) during said process of controlling the charging current (Ich), said step being configured to maintain a state of charge of the battery at a level comprised between plus or minus 5% of its initial state of charge.
A semiconductor module comprising a module substrate and a plurality of semiconductor devices (101 -136) mounted on the module substrate in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of semiconductor devices having the same structure, wherein plan directions of the plurality of semiconductor devices are made uniform so that terminals provided thereon match one another in layout, wherein this layout defines a mounting direction of each semiconductor device, and two of the semiconductor devices adjacent in the first direction differ in their respective mounting direction by 180°, characterized in that terminals of a group of the semiconductor devices matching in their respective mounting direction (101, 103, 105, 111, 113; 102, 104, 110, 112, 114) are commonly connected by a respective line (W1-W4) within the module substrate, and two of the semiconductor devices adjacent in the second direction differ in their respective mounting direction by 180°.
Use of marine ostracod crustacean luciferin or an analog thereof represented by general formula: wherein R 3 represents an aryl group which may be substituted or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; R 5 represents a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted with fluorine atoms, a cycloalkyl group which may be substituted with fluorine atoms, a 5- or 6-membered aromatic group or heterocyclic group, or an aralkyl group; Y 1 represents a C1-6 alkylene group or a C2-6 alkenylene group which may be substituted; and Z 1 represents an amino group, mono-C1-6 alkylamino group, di-C1-6 alkylamino group, guanidino group or amidino group, or an amino group, guanidino group or amidino group protected with a protecting group, and an ascorbic acid or salts thereof for the manufacture of a marine ostracod crustacean luciferin stabilization composition. wherein R 3 represents an aryl group which may be substituted or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; R 5 represents a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted with fluorine atoms, a cycloalkyl group which may be substituted with fluorine atoms, a 5- or 6-membered aromatic group or heterocyclic group, or an aralkyl group; Y 1 represents a C1-6 alkylene group or a C2-6 alkenylene group which may be substituted; and Z 1 represents an amino group, mono-C1-6 alkylamino group, di-C1-6 alkylamino group, guanidino group or amidino group, or an amino group, guanidino group or amidino group protected with a protecting group, and an ascorbic acid or salts thereof for the manufacture of a marine ostracod crustacean luciferin stabilization composition.