mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Operating device for a screen, such as a window covering, which screen is provided with a screen shaft, said operating device comprising: a drive element for the screen shaft, a first operating mechanism comprising a first operating element which is connected to a first movement transfer element connected by means of a first transmission to the drive element, wherein the first operating mechanism is configured to convert a linear movement of the first operating element to a rotational movement of the drive element for operating the screen shaft in a first rotational direction, a second operating mechanism comprising a second operating element which is connected to a second movement transfer element connected by means of a second transmission to the drive element, wherein the second operating mechanism is configured to convert a linear movement of the second operating element to a rotational movement of the drive element for operating the screen shaft in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, wherein the first operating mechanism comprises a first pull cord and the first movement transfer element is a first cord reel for winding up the first pull cord, wherein the second operating mechanism comprises a second pull cord and the second movement transfer element is a second cord reel for winding up the second pull cord, wherein the operating device comprises a recoil spring which mutually connects the first pull cord and the second pull cord, characterized in that, the first movement transfer element and the second movement transfer element are configured to enclose the spring. a drive element for the screen shaft, a first operating mechanism comprising a first operating element which is connected to a first movement transfer element connected by means of a first transmission to the drive element, wherein the first operating mechanism is configured to convert a linear movement of the first operating element to a rotational movement of the drive element for operating the screen shaft in a first rotational direction, a second operating mechanism comprising a second operating element which is connected to a second movement transfer element connected by means of a second transmission to the drive element, wherein the second operating mechanism is configured to convert a linear movement of the second operating element to a rotational movement of the drive element for operating the screen shaft in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, wherein the first operating mechanism comprises a first pull cord and the first movement transfer element is a first cord reel for winding up the first pull cord, wherein the second operating mechanism comprises a second pull cord and the second movement transfer element is a second cord reel for winding up the second pull cord, wherein the operating device comprises a recoil spring which mutually connects the first pull cord and the second pull cord, characterized in that, the first movement transfer element and the second movement transfer element are configured to enclose the spring.
A boot stirrup for use during surgery, the boot stirrup comprising a support arm having a longitudinal axis, a surgical boot including a foot support portion formed to support a foot of a patient, and a lockable joint coupled to the support arm and coupled to the surgical boot, the lockable joint being configured to move between an unlocked position in which the lockable joint permits movement of the surgical boot along the longitudinal axis relative to the support arm and rotation of the surgical boot about the longitudinal axis relative to the support arm and a locked position in which the lockable joint blocks movement of the surgical boot along the longitudinal axis relative to the support arm and rotation of the surgical boot about the longitudinal axis relative to the support arm, and the lockable joint includes a release lever characterised in that: the surgical boot further includes a boot handle fixed to the foot support portion; the release lever is configured to move relative to the boot handle to unlock the lockable joint; and the release lever includes a grip portion located beneath the boot handle that is pulled upwardly toward the boot handle to unlock the lockable joint. the surgical boot further includes a boot handle fixed to the foot support portion; the release lever is configured to move relative to the boot handle to unlock the lockable joint; and the release lever includes a grip portion located beneath the boot handle that is pulled upwardly toward the boot handle to unlock the lockable joint.
Rubber caterpillar track forming a closed loop in a longitudinal direction having a given width in a transverse direction and having an interior surface intended to collaborate with drive means, and a tread of which the exterior surface is intended to come into contact with the ground, having a preferred direction of running indicated by the arrow, said tread comprising a tread pattern formed of N relief elements made of an elastomeric material which are intended to come into contact with the ground in order to give the caterpillar track traction, each element of said tread pattern extending outwards from a bearing surface as far as the exterior surface and comprising a contact face intended to be in contact with the ground and a leading face intended to transmit force, said leading face of n tread pattern elements, the number n being at least equal to 0.2xN, is inclined by an angle α comprised between 45 degrees and 75 degrees with respect to a direction normal to the bearing surface, the tread is notably made of an elastomeric material of which the shore A hardness, measured in accordance with the standard ASTM D2240, is greater than or equal to 65, characterized in that the tread pattern blocks further comprise transverse sipes.
A method for producing an image indicative of a material property in a bounded medium with a magnetic resonance imaging system, the steps comprising: a) applying a vibratory motion to said bounded medium; b) acquiring, with the MRI system, image data from the medium while the vibratory motion is applied; c) reconstructing, from the acquired image data, a series of wave images indicative of a displacement in the medium resulting from the applied vibratory motion; d) evaluating the displacement in the medium resulting from the applied vibratory motion using the series of wave images by determining displacement data from said wave images; e) filtering said displacement data, to reduce noise in the displacement data; f) selecting a model of wave propagation which describes the propagation of waves resulting from said vibratory motion inside a finite medium representing said bounded medium; g) producing an image indicative of a material property in said medium using the filtered displacement data and the model of wave propagation selected in step f). a) applying a vibratory motion to said bounded medium; b) acquiring, with the MRI system, image data from the medium while the vibratory motion is applied; c) reconstructing, from the acquired image data, a series of wave images indicative of a displacement in the medium resulting from the applied vibratory motion; d) evaluating the displacement in the medium resulting from the applied vibratory motion using the series of wave images by determining displacement data from said wave images; e) filtering said displacement data, to reduce noise in the displacement data; f) selecting a model of wave propagation which describes the propagation of waves resulting from said vibratory motion inside a finite medium representing said bounded medium; g) producing an image indicative of a material property in said medium using the filtered displacement data and the model of wave propagation selected in step f).
Compound 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one for use in a method for the treatment or prevention of fibrotic diseases, wherein the fibrotic disease is not liver fibrosis, or for the treatment or prevention of a tyrosine kinase related cancer.
A fire stop device comprising on the one hand a tubular body having an inner section, preferably circular or rectangular, and having an axis, and on the other hand a shutter movably mounted inside the body between: - an open position, in which the shutter enables the passage of air into the body; - and a closed position, in which the shutter substantially seals a section of the body so as to prevent the passage of air into the body; this device being such that the shutter includes at least two plates having a shape corresponding to that of the inner section of the body, the plates being fastened to each other in parallel, in a superimposed manner and spaced apart from each other, so that an air volume is formed between two adjacent plates and characterized in that, in the open position, the space formed between two adjacent plates enables a passage of air. - an open position, in which the shutter enables the passage of air into the body; - and a closed position, in which the shutter substantially seals a section of the body so as to prevent the passage of air into the body;
Slotted guide ring for a piston-cylinder unit, which consists partially or completely of a viscoplastically deformable base material, - with a guide side which points inward or outward in a direction radial to the central axis Z of the guide ring and which is used for dynamically contacting abutment on a machine part (12, 14), and - with a rear side which points away from the guide side in the radial direction and which serves to support the guide ring in a statically contacting manner, - with a first free end portion and with a second free end portion, which are at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction of the guide ring, forming an axial passage gap, and the end faces (40, 42) of which extend parallel or substantially parallel to one another, the end faces (40, 42) enclosing an acute angle α of 15° ≤ α ≤ 75° with the central axis Z in their projection onto the central axis Z, - with a plurality of annular beads formed on the guide side, which are each arranged at a distance from one another in an axial direction relative to the central axis Z of the guide ring, - with at least one lubricant channel which is delimited on both sides in the axial direction by two of the annular beads, the lubricant channel extending in the circumferential direction of the guide ring from the first free end portion to the second free end portion and being open on both sides toward the axial passage gap, characterized in that the at least one lubricant channel has a wavy course in the circumferential direction. - with a guide side which points inward or outward in a direction radial to the central axis Z of the guide ring and which is used for dynamically contacting abutment on a machine part (12, 14), and - with a rear side which points away from the guide side in the radial direction and which serves to support the guide ring in a statically contacting manner, - with a first free end portion and with a second free end portion, which are at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction of the guide ring, forming an axial passage gap, and the end faces (40, 42) of which extend parallel or substantially parallel to one another, the end faces (40, 42) enclosing an acute angle α of 15° ≤ α ≤ 75° with the central axis Z in their projection onto the central axis Z, - with a plurality of annular beads formed on the guide side, which are each arranged at a distance from one another in an axial direction relative to the central axis Z of the guide ring, - with at least one lubricant channel which is delimited on both sides in the axial direction by two of the annular beads, the lubricant channel extending in the circumferential direction of the guide ring from the first free end portion to the second free end portion and being open on both sides toward the axial passage gap,
A surgical instrument apparatus comprising: (a) a handle portion; (b) a shaft housing a firing bar (103, 126, 162); (c) an end effector comprising an anvil, a lower jaw, and a stapling and severing assembly responsive to a longitudinal closing motion produced by the handle portion and the shaft; and (d) a removable cartridge (101, 107, 113, 119), wherein the lower jaw is configured to receive the cartridge (101, 107, 113, 119), the cartridge comprising: (i) a housing, (ii) a plurality of staples disposed in the housing, (iii) a deck disposed (105, 109, 115) over the plurality of staples, the deck (105, 109, 115) defining apertures, each aperture being substantially disposed over each staple, and (iv) a biocompatible material (114, 138, 174, 186, 192), wherein the firing bar (103, 126, 162) is operable to apply the biocompatible material (114, 138, 174, 186, 192) to tissue while the stapling and severing assembly simultaneously severs and drives staples into the tissue and wherein the firing bar (103, 126, 162) includes a notch (110, 136, 164) configured to receive the biocompatible material (114,138, 174,186, 192). (a) a handle portion; (b) a shaft housing a firing bar (103, 126, 162); (c) an end effector comprising an anvil, a lower jaw, and a stapling and severing assembly responsive to a longitudinal closing motion produced by the handle portion and the shaft; and (d) a removable cartridge (101, 107, 113, 119), wherein the lower jaw is configured to receive the cartridge (101, 107, 113, 119), the cartridge comprising: (i) a housing, (ii) a plurality of staples disposed in the housing, (iii) a deck disposed (105, 109, 115) over the plurality of staples, the deck (105, 109, 115) defining apertures, each aperture being substantially disposed over each staple, and (iv) a biocompatible material (114, 138, 174, 186, 192), wherein the firing bar (103, 126, 162) is operable to apply the biocompatible material (114, 138, 174, 186, 192) to tissue while the stapling and severing assembly simultaneously severs and drives staples into the tissue and wherein the firing bar (103, 126, 162) includes a notch (110, 136, 164) configured to receive the biocompatible material (114,138, 174,186, 192). (i) a housing, (ii) a plurality of staples disposed in the housing, (iii) a deck disposed (105, 109, 115) over the plurality of staples, the deck (105, 109, 115) defining apertures, each aperture being substantially disposed over each staple, and (iv) a biocompatible material (114, 138, 174, 186, 192), wherein the firing bar (103, 126, 162) is operable to apply the biocompatible material (114, 138, 174, 186, 192) to tissue while the stapling and severing assembly simultaneously severs and drives staples into the tissue and wherein the firing bar (103, 126, 162) includes a notch (110, 136, 164) configured to receive the biocompatible material (114,138, 174,186, 192).
A luggage case comprising: a plurality of walls defining an internal storage volume, the plurality of walls including opposing major faces and a plurality of sidewalls; an internal divider separating the internal storage volume into a first storage volume defined between the internal divider and an opposing wall, the internal divider movably mounted relative to the opposing wall; at least two straps positioned near opposite ends or sides of the internal divider and each connected to at least one of the walls of the luggage case on or proximate to the opposing wall; and at least one buckle mounted on the internal divider, each buckle adjustably gripping a corresponding strap at different positions along the length of the strap so as to secure the internal divider to the strap at different positions along the length of the strap and thereby to position the internal divider at different heights from the opposing wall of the luggage case, wherein the internal divider comprises a planar panel. a plurality of walls defining an internal storage volume, the plurality of walls including opposing major faces and a plurality of sidewalls; an internal divider separating the internal storage volume into a first storage volume defined between the internal divider and an opposing wall, the internal divider movably mounted relative to the opposing wall; at least two straps positioned near opposite ends or sides of the internal divider and each connected to at least one of the walls of the luggage case on or proximate to the opposing wall; and at least one buckle mounted on the internal divider, each buckle adjustably gripping a corresponding strap at different positions along the length of the strap so as to secure the internal divider to the strap at different positions along the length of the strap and thereby to position the internal divider at different heights from the opposing wall of the luggage case, wherein the internal divider comprises a planar panel.
A method of generating haptic effects on a haptically-enabled device, the method comprising: retrieving a haptic effect definition in response to a request for a haptic effect, the haptic effect definition including a haptic effect parameter and being adapted to be converted to a haptic effect signal and applied to a haptic output device to generate the haptic effect; receiving a power consumption management mode including an energy budget; determining an amount of energy used by the haptically-enabled device whenever the haptically-enabled device is energized and generating haptic effects; modifying the haptic effect parameter of the haptic effect definition, based on the determined amount of energy used by the haptically-enabled device and the energy budget, to create a modified haptic effect parameter; converting the modified haptic effect definition into the haptic effect signal; and applying the haptic effect signal to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect. retrieving a haptic effect definition in response to a request for a haptic effect, the haptic effect definition including a haptic effect parameter and being adapted to be converted to a haptic effect signal and applied to a haptic output device to generate the haptic effect; receiving a power consumption management mode including an energy budget; determining an amount of energy used by the haptically-enabled device whenever the haptically-enabled device is energized and generating haptic effects; modifying the haptic effect parameter of the haptic effect definition, based on the determined amount of energy used by the haptically-enabled device and the energy budget, to create a modified haptic effect parameter; converting the modified haptic effect definition into the haptic effect signal; and applying the haptic effect signal to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect.
A method of improving vernier acuity under low light conditions in a subject which comprises measuring the high-order aberrations of a subject's eye using a wavefront sensor and correcting high order aberrations in the subject's eyes using an optical element comprising a cured polymer material that has a variable index of refraction, wherein the optical element is fastened to the eyepiece of a a rifle scope, binoculars, or a night vision device, in a removable manner, wherein the optical element is configured to correct the measured high order aberrations within a pupil diameter of the subject's eye of 3 mm and to not correct the measured high order aberrations for greater than 3 mm pupil diameter of the subject's eye.
Lighting unit for interiors of engines, in particular of internal combustion engines, wherein the lighting unit has a housing in which at least one light source formed by an LED lamp is arranged, wherein the housing has a cooling duct arrangement, in particular for a cooling liquid, for cooling the light source, wherein a cooling section of the cooling duct arrangement is arranged in the region of the light source, characterised in that the LED lamp is operated in a pulsed manner.
A method for recovering a rare earth element comprising the steps of: allowing a water-soluble salt which is one or more members selected from the group consisting of a chloride, a perchlorate, a chlorate, a bromate, a bromide, a periodate, an iodate, and an iodide to coexist in an aqueous solution containing a rare earth element at an anionic ion concentration of 4 to 10 mol/l, wherein the water-soluble salt is dissolved in the aqueous solution containing the rare earth element; and adding an alkali metal sulfate thereto so that a precipitate of a double sulfate of the rare earth element is generated. allowing a water-soluble salt which is one or more members selected from the group consisting of a chloride, a perchlorate, a chlorate, a bromate, a bromide, a periodate, an iodate, and an iodide to coexist in an aqueous solution containing a rare earth element at an anionic ion concentration of 4 to 10 mol/l, wherein the water-soluble salt is dissolved in the aqueous solution containing the rare earth element; and adding an alkali metal sulfate thereto so that a precipitate of a double sulfate of the rare earth element is generated.
An implantable lead comprising: a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end; a conductor extending within the lead body; a coil electrode having a proximal end, a distal end, and one or more filars, the coil electrode extending along a portion of the distal end of the lead body and configured to deliver defibrillation therapy to tissue, the one or more filars wound in a helical pattern to have a pitch; and a tubular fitting having a lumen, the tubular fitting formed from an electrically conductive metal, at least a portion of the lumen having threading that corresponds to the pitch of the one or more filars, the tubular fitting electrically connecting the conductor to the coil electrode; and a polymer sleeve having a wall, the polymer sleeve extending over the coil electrode, the wall of the polymer sleeve configured to allow the delivery of the defibrillation therapy through the wall, wherein one of the proximal end or the distal end of the coil electrode is within the lumen of the tubular fitting and the coil electrode is mechanically connected to the tubular fitting by interaction between the threading of the lumen and the one or more filars, and wherein the polymer sleeve extends into the lumen of the tubular fitting, and the wall of the polymer sleeve is pinched between the threading of the lumen and the one or more filars to mechanically couple the polymer sleeve to the tubular fitting. a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end; a conductor extending within the lead body; a coil electrode having a proximal end, a distal end, and one or more filars, the coil electrode extending along a portion of the distal end of the lead body and configured to deliver defibrillation therapy to tissue, the one or more filars wound in a helical pattern to have a pitch; and a tubular fitting having a lumen, the tubular fitting formed from an electrically conductive metal, at least a portion of the lumen having threading that corresponds to the pitch of the one or more filars, the tubular fitting electrically connecting the conductor to the coil electrode; and a polymer sleeve having a wall, the polymer sleeve extending over the coil electrode, the wall of the polymer sleeve configured to allow the delivery of the defibrillation therapy through the wall, wherein one of the proximal end or the distal end of the coil electrode is within the lumen of the tubular fitting and the coil electrode is mechanically connected to the tubular fitting by interaction between the threading of the lumen and the one or more filars, and wherein the polymer sleeve extends into the lumen of the tubular fitting, and the wall of the polymer sleeve is pinched between the threading of the lumen and the one or more filars to mechanically couple the polymer sleeve to the tubular fitting.