mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An oral device comprising: a mouthpiece (110, 105 and 130) for insertion into a mouth, said mouthpiece having a vestibular portion, an oral cavity portion, an upper portion (120, 121 and 122) and a lower portion, wherein said upper portion is configured to hold upper teeth of said mouth and said lower portion is configured to hold lower teeth of said mouth, and wherein the vestibular portion comprises an outer portion of the mouthpiece that faces cheeks and lips when the mouthpiece is inserted into the mouth, and wherein the vestibular portion comprises a top vestibular portion of the mouthpiece and a bottom vestibular portion of the mouthpiece; a gas inlet conduit (140, 152 and 164) adjacent to and extending along a first side of said top vestibular portion of said mouthpiece, wherein said gas inlet conduit has a first opening outside said mouth and a second opening inside said mouth and is configured to allow gas to flow between said first opening and said second opening; a gas outlet conduit adjacent to and extending along a second side of said top vestibular portion of said mouthpiece, wherein said gas outlet conduit has a first opening outside said mouth and a second opening inside said mouth and is configured to allow gas to flow between said second opening and said first opening; and, a fluid outlet conduit adjacent to said bottom vestibular portion of said mouthpiece, wherein said fluid outlet conduit has a first opening outside said mouth and a second opening inside said mouth and is configured to allow fluid to flow between said second opening and said first opening. a mouthpiece (110, 105 and 130) for insertion into a mouth, said mouthpiece having a vestibular portion, an oral cavity portion, an upper portion (120, 121 and 122) and a lower portion, wherein said upper portion is configured to hold upper teeth of said mouth and said lower portion is configured to hold lower teeth of said mouth, and wherein the vestibular portion comprises an outer portion of the mouthpiece that faces cheeks and lips when the mouthpiece is inserted into the mouth, and wherein the vestibular portion comprises a top vestibular portion of the mouthpiece and a bottom vestibular portion of the mouthpiece; a gas inlet conduit (140, 152 and 164) adjacent to and extending along a first side of said top vestibular portion of said mouthpiece, wherein said gas inlet conduit has a first opening outside said mouth and a second opening inside said mouth and is configured to allow gas to flow between said first opening and said second opening; a gas outlet conduit adjacent to and extending along a second side of said top vestibular portion of said mouthpiece, wherein said gas outlet conduit has a first opening outside said mouth and a second opening inside said mouth and is configured to allow gas to flow between said second opening and said first opening; and, a fluid outlet conduit adjacent to said bottom vestibular portion of said mouthpiece, wherein said fluid outlet conduit has a first opening outside said mouth and a second opening inside said mouth and is configured to allow fluid to flow between said second opening and said first opening.
Surgical tool (1, 17), in particular surgical transversal saw, jigsaw or surgical ultrasonic cutting tool, having an effector (6, 22) and a tool shaft (2, 18), which, has a coupling structure at its proximal end for coupling to a handpiece and which has an effector holder (4, 20) at its distal end for reversible coupling of the tool shaft (2, 18) with the effector (6, 22), the effector holder being arranged at a predetermined first, in particular acute, angle (α, δ) to the longitudinal axis (A, C) of the tool shaft (2, 18), characterized in that the effector (6, 22) can be coupled via a coupling section (10, 24) by configuring the effector holder such that the effector can be coupled relative to the effector holder by a relative rotation between tool shaft (2, 18) and effector (6, 22) about the longitudinal axis (A, C) of the tool shaft into exactly two rotational positions provided at a rotational distance by 180° in such a way that the effector (6, 22) and the tool shaft (2, 18) can be brought into at least two different angular positions (γ 1, γ 2, γ 3, γ 4 to each other.
A signal processing device for processing sensing data generated by a sensing data generation unit comprising a pattern sensing unit having a plurality of sensing elements arranged in a line, the sensing data generation unit being arranged to generate the sensing data by sequentially sensing an image pattern of an object being scanned while the object moves relative to the pattern sensing unit such that a respective image pattern of the object is sensed in each of a sequence of sensing areas (La) of the object by the pattern sensing unit, the signal processing device comprising: a pattern presence/absence evaluation value generation unit for calculating, on a basis of sensing data (d3(i)) which includes a signal component corresponding to the image pattern of the object being scanned, a degree of inclusion of the signal component in the sensing data (d3(i)), wherein a sensing element of the pattern sensing unit is arranged to obtain the signal component by sensing of the object being scanned in each of the sensing areas (La); a correction data updating unit for taking a weighted sum of the sensing data (d3(i)) and correction data (d44(i)) representing a direct current component of the sensing data (d3(i)) included in the sensing data and determined from sensing results up to the preceding one of the sensing areas (La) to generate updated correction data (d42(i)), with weight given to the correction data being greater as said degree increases, and weight given to the sensing data being greater as said degree decreases; and a correction data subtraction unit for subtracting the updated correction data from the sensing data to generate corrected sensing data (43(i)). a pattern presence/absence evaluation value generation unit for calculating, on a basis of sensing data (d3(i)) which includes a signal component corresponding to the image pattern of the object being scanned, a degree of inclusion of the signal component in the sensing data (d3(i)), wherein a sensing element of the pattern sensing unit is arranged to obtain the signal component by sensing of the object being scanned in each of the sensing areas (La); a correction data updating unit for taking a weighted sum of the sensing data (d3(i)) and correction data (d44(i)) representing a direct current component of the sensing data (d3(i)) included in the sensing data and determined from sensing results up to the preceding one of the sensing areas (La) to generate updated correction data (d42(i)), with weight given to the correction data being greater as said degree increases, and weight given to the sensing data being greater as said degree decreases; and a correction data subtraction unit for subtracting the updated correction data from the sensing data to generate corrected sensing data (43(i)).
Process for manufacturing at least one electrochemical cell of a solid state battery comprising a mixed conductor anode, a mixed conductor cathode, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the anode and cathode, with the following steps: - a mixed conductor anode is manufactured or made available, - a mixed conductor cathode is manufactured or made available, - the surface of at least one of the two electrodes is modified by an addition process stage in such a manner that in a layer close to the surface of the electrode, the electrical conductivity at right angles to the cell is reduced at room temperature to less than 10 -8 S/cm, whilst ionic conductivity amounts to more than 10 -6 S/cm. - in which surface modification of at least one electrode takes place by a chemical reaction with a liquid, gaseous or solid reagent or by a physical phase conversion. - the anode and cathode are then assembled into a solid state battery in such a manner that the surface-modified layer of at least one electrode is arranged as an electrolyte layer and the mixed conductor electrodes are thus electronically separated thereby. - a mixed conductor anode is manufactured or made available, - a mixed conductor cathode is manufactured or made available, - the surface of at least one of the two electrodes is modified by an addition process stage in such a manner that in a layer close to the surface of the electrode, the electrical conductivity at right angles to the cell is reduced at room temperature to less than 10 -8 S/cm, whilst ionic conductivity amounts to more than 10 -6 S/cm. - in which surface modification of at least one electrode takes place by a chemical reaction with a liquid, gaseous or solid reagent or by a physical phase conversion. - the anode and cathode are then assembled into a solid state battery in such a manner that the surface-modified layer of at least one electrode is arranged as an electrolyte layer and the mixed conductor electrodes are thus electronically separated thereby.
Method of analyzing a sample comprising different RNA species, each having a sequence comprising a target sequence and being prepared by RNA in vitro transcription, the method comprising determining the presence, integrity and/or quantity of each of the RNA species present in said sample using reverse transcription followed by quantitative PCR, wherein the lengths of the different RNA species within the sample differ by not more than 10% and/or the sequences of a region of the target sequences of the different RNA species within the sample have a sequence identity of at least 70%, wherein the region comprises at least 200 nucleotides, and wherein at least one primer pair is used for said analysis which is not complementary to a sequence within the target sequence such that said analysis is independent of the target sequence of the at least one RNA species, and wherein the target sequence is a coding sequence, and wherein the reverse transcription followed by quantitative PCR comprises the following steps: a) contacting said sample with at least one primer for reverse transcription under conditions sufficient for reverse transcription, thereby providing a sample containing cDNA; b) contacting the sample containing cDNA with different sets of PCR primers under conditions sufficient for PCR amplification of the cDNA, wherein each set of PCR primers is capable of binding to the cDNA corresponding to one RNA species within the sample, but not to the cDNA corresponding to other RNA species within the sample, and wherein each set of PCR primers comprises a primer pair which is not complementary to a sequence within the target sequence; and c) detecting the amplified DNA. a) contacting said sample with at least one primer for reverse transcription under conditions sufficient for reverse transcription, thereby providing a sample containing cDNA; b) contacting the sample containing cDNA with different sets of PCR primers under conditions sufficient for PCR amplification of the cDNA, wherein each set of PCR primers is capable of binding to the cDNA corresponding to one RNA species within the sample, but not to the cDNA corresponding to other RNA species within the sample, and wherein each set of PCR primers comprises a primer pair which is not complementary to a sequence within the target sequence; and c) detecting the amplified DNA.
A process for preparing a (1,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopentyl)acetate compound of the following general formula: wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the process comprising: subjecting a haloacetaldehyde alkyl 2,3-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl acetal compound of the following general formula: wherein R is as defined above, and Y represents a halogen atom, to a dehydrohalogenation reaction in the presence of a base, followed by a rearrangement reaction to obtain a (1,2-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl)acetate compound of the following general formula: wherein R is as defined above, and subjecting the (1,2-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl)acetate compound to an epoxidation reaction, followed by an isomerization reaction, and then a methylenation reaction to obtain the (1,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopentyl)acetate compound. subjecting a haloacetaldehyde alkyl 2,3-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl acetal compound of the following general formula: wherein R is as defined above, and Y represents a halogen atom, to a dehydrohalogenation reaction in the presence of a base, followed by a rearrangement reaction to obtain a (1,2-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl)acetate compound of the following general formula: wherein R is as defined above, and subjecting the (1,2-dimethyl-2-cyclopentenyl)acetate compound to an epoxidation reaction, followed by an isomerization reaction, and then a methylenation reaction to obtain the (1,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopentyl)acetate compound.
An electrohydraulic drive unit, particularly for use on a machine press, comprising - a piston-cylinder assembly with a first hydraulic working chamber on the piston side and a second hydraulic working chamber on the piston rod side, - a tank for storing hydraulic fluid, - a hydraulic pump, which is driven with variable rotational speed by means of an electric motor and has a tank connection point and a working connection point, - a valve assembly, which is connected between the working connection point of the hydraulic pump and the piston-cylinder assembly and comprises multiple switching valves (S1-S6) that can be activated electrically, - an anti-cavitation valve, which is connected between the tank and the first hydraulic working chamber of the piston-cylinder assembly, - and a machine controller, which acts upon the switching valves (S1-S6) and the electric motor and by means of which the switching valves (S1-S6) can be switched between loading of the first hydraulic working chamber and loading of the second hydraulic working chamber of the piston-cylinder assembly in the pumping mode of the hydraulic pump from its working connection point, characterized by a hydraulic decompression module with a hydraulic accumulator, which can be connected to the second hydraulic working chamber via a first connecting line with a pressure limiting valve having a flow direction from the second hydraulic working chamber to the hydraulic accumulator and via a second connecting line with a check valve opening in the flow direction from the hydraulic accumulator to the second hydraulic working chamber. - a piston-cylinder assembly with a first hydraulic working chamber on the piston side and a second hydraulic working chamber on the piston rod side, - a tank for storing hydraulic fluid, - a hydraulic pump, which is driven with variable rotational speed by means of an electric motor and has a tank connection point and a working connection point, - a valve assembly, which is connected between the working connection point of the hydraulic pump and the piston-cylinder assembly and comprises multiple switching valves (S1-S6) that can be activated electrically, - an anti-cavitation valve, which is connected between the tank and the first hydraulic working chamber of the piston-cylinder assembly, - and a machine controller, which acts upon the switching valves (S1-S6) and the electric motor and by means of which the switching valves (S1-S6) can be switched between loading of the first hydraulic working chamber and loading of the second hydraulic working chamber of the piston-cylinder assembly in the pumping mode of the hydraulic pump from its working connection point,
A method for increasing crop yield comprising transforming a plant that utilizes C4 photosynthesis with at least one ictB coding sequence, wherein said ictB coding sequence encodes a protein selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 536, 544, 546, and 548, and wherein said ictB coding sequence is operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant, wherein said promoter that drives expression in a plant comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 541.
A process for producing a treated fabric, comprising the following steps: a. Providing at least one plurality of warp yarns and at least one plurality of weft yarns; b. Weaving said at least one plurality of warp yarns with said at least one plurality of weft yarns to provide a woven fabric, having a front side and a back side; c. Providing at least a layer of at least one biopolymer which is produced by a microorganism on said yarns (2; 3) or on at least part of at least one side (5; 6) of said woven fabric to provide a composite fabric; characterized in that said process comprises the steps of d. Dyeing at least part of said composite fabric, whereby at least part of the fabric yarns (2; 3) are dyed together with said biopolymer layer; e. Removing at least part of said layer of biopolymer from said composite fabric to obtain a treated fabric. a. Providing at least one plurality of warp yarns and at least one plurality of weft yarns; b. Weaving said at least one plurality of warp yarns with said at least one plurality of weft yarns to provide a woven fabric, having a front side and a back side; c. Providing at least a layer of at least one biopolymer which is produced by a microorganism on said yarns (2; 3) or on at least part of at least one side (5; 6) of said woven fabric to provide a composite fabric; characterized in that said process comprises the steps of d. Dyeing at least part of said composite fabric, whereby at least part of the fabric yarns (2; 3) are dyed together with said biopolymer layer; e. Removing at least part of said layer of biopolymer from said composite fabric to obtain a treated fabric.
A pharmaceutical composition containing ghrelin, said composition comprises an aqueous solution, characterized in that the aqueous solution having the ghrelin dissolved therein has a pH from 3 to 5.
A method of fabricating a formed wire tie strap, comprising: cutting a wire to a desired length; subsequent to the cutting flattening a body portion of the wire to form a body of the formed wire tie strap; shaping the end portion of the wire to form a rivet, wherein the rivet includes a hub having a first radius and a shoulder having a second radius that is greater than the first radius, and bending an end portion of the wire relative to the body to define an operative position for the rivet. cutting a wire to a desired length; subsequent to the cutting flattening a body portion of the wire to form a body of the formed wire tie strap; shaping the end portion of the wire to form a rivet, wherein the rivet includes a hub having a first radius and a shoulder having a second radius that is greater than the first radius, and bending an end portion of the wire relative to the body to define an operative position for the rivet.
A pretreatment method for partial plating, comprising: preparing a mixture of nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane as a self-assembled monolayer starting material; forming, as a resist, on a substrate constituted by an aluminum material, a self-assembled monolayer from the mixture of nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane; and subjecting the substrate to a zincate treatment, wherein a molar mixing ratio between the nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and the trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane is 4: 6 to 6: 4; wherein the pretreatment method further comprises the step of: removing a portion of the self-assembled monolayer from the substrate by exposure to light prior to the zincate treatment, the portion of the self-assembled monolayer corresponding to a portion of the substrate to be plated. preparing a mixture of nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane as a self-assembled monolayer starting material; forming, as a resist, on a substrate constituted by an aluminum material, a self-assembled monolayer from the mixture of nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane; and subjecting the substrate to a zincate treatment, wherein a molar mixing ratio between the nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and the trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane is 4: 6 to 6: 4; wherein the pretreatment method further comprises the step of: removing a portion of the self-assembled monolayer from the substrate by exposure to light prior to the zincate treatment, the portion of the self-assembled monolayer corresponding to a portion of the substrate to be plated.
A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve, comprising: a stent extending in an axial direction from an inflow end to an outflow end, the stent having a plurality of cells formed by cell struts, a collapsed condition and an expanded condition; a valve assembly disposed within the stent; a first cuff annularly disposed adjacent the stent; and a second cuff (650, 750) having a proximal edge (652, 752) facing toward the inflow end of the stent and a distal edge (658, 758) facing toward the outflow end of the stent, the second cuff being annularly disposed about the stent radially outward of the first cuff and radially outward of the stent, the second cuff including a pleat (670, 770) formed by at least two folds in the second cuff; characterized in that the proximal edge of the second cuff is attached to the inflow end of the stent or the first cuff, and the distal edge of the second cuff is attached to the stent or the first cuff at attachment points that are spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the stent so that, as blood enters a space between the first cuff and the second cuff between the attachment points, the pleat billows outwardly. a stent extending in an axial direction from an inflow end to an outflow end, the stent having a plurality of cells formed by cell struts, a collapsed condition and an expanded condition; a valve assembly disposed within the stent; a first cuff annularly disposed adjacent the stent; and a second cuff (650, 750) having a proximal edge (652, 752) facing toward the inflow end of the stent and a distal edge (658, 758) facing toward the outflow end of the stent, the second cuff being annularly disposed about the stent radially outward of the first cuff and radially outward of the stent, the second cuff including a pleat (670, 770) formed by at least two folds in the second cuff; characterized in that the proximal edge of the second cuff is attached to the inflow end of the stent or the first cuff, and the distal edge of the second cuff is attached to the stent or the first cuff at attachment points that are spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the stent so that, as blood enters a space between the first cuff and the second cuff between the attachment points, the pleat billows outwardly.