mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A surgical evacuation system, comprising: a pump; a motor operably coupled to the pump; and a flow path fluidically coupled to the pump, wherein the flow path comprises: a first fluid filter configured to extract a large droplet in a fluid moving through the flow path; and a second fluid filter configured to extract a small droplet in the fluid moving through the flow path, wherein the first fluid filter is coupled in series with the second fluid filter, wherein the first fluid filter is positioned upstream of the second fluid filter, wherein an outlet port of the second fluid filter is coupled to an inlet port of a non-fluid filter; and characterised in that the surgical evacuation system further comprises a first recirculation channel, wherein an inlet port of the first recirculation channel is positioned between the first fluid filter and the second fluid filter, wherein the first recirculation channel is configured to recirculate the fluid output from the first fluid filter. a pump; a motor operably coupled to the pump; and a flow path fluidically coupled to the pump, wherein the flow path comprises: a first fluid filter configured to extract a large droplet in a fluid moving through the flow path; and a second fluid filter configured to extract a small droplet in the fluid moving through the flow path, wherein the first fluid filter is coupled in series with the second fluid filter, wherein the first fluid filter is positioned upstream of the second fluid filter, wherein an outlet port of the second fluid filter is coupled to an inlet port of a non-fluid filter; and a first fluid filter configured to extract a large droplet in a fluid moving through the flow path; and a second fluid filter configured to extract a small droplet in the fluid moving through the flow path, wherein the first fluid filter is coupled in series with the second fluid filter, wherein the first fluid filter is positioned upstream of the second fluid filter, wherein an outlet port of the second fluid filter is coupled to an inlet port of a non-fluid filter; and characterised in that the surgical evacuation system further comprises a first recirculation channel, wherein an inlet port of the first recirculation channel is positioned between the first fluid filter and the second fluid filter, wherein the first recirculation channel is configured to recirculate the fluid output from the first fluid filter.
An electronic communication device comprising: at least one antenna; and an RF microwave element electrically connected to a ground plane of said at least one antenna for improving an isolation from electro-magnetically coupled currents between said at least one antenna and other RF components of said electronic communication device in said ground plane by causing an impedance discontinuity for ground plane currents induced by the at least one antenna; characterised in that said electronic communication device comprises at least two blocks (72a, 72b) which are configured to fold or slide relative to each other to facilitate different modes of operation of said electronic communication device; said RF microwave element is a balun structure attached to at least one of said at least two blocks; and said balun structure is implemented as a rod made of a conducting material and parallel to said at least one of said at least two blocks and attached to said at least one of said at least two blocks (72a, 72b) at one end of said rod, wherein another end of said rod is left open and said rod has a length of substantially a quarter wavelength which said electronic communication device operates on. at least one antenna; and an RF microwave element electrically connected to a ground plane of said at least one antenna for improving an isolation from electro-magnetically coupled currents between said at least one antenna and other RF components of said electronic communication device in said ground plane by causing an impedance discontinuity for ground plane currents induced by the at least one antenna; characterised in that said electronic communication device comprises at least two blocks (72a, 72b) which are configured to fold or slide relative to each other to facilitate different modes of operation of said electronic communication device; said RF microwave element is a balun structure attached to at least one of said at least two blocks; and said balun structure is implemented as a rod made of a conducting material and parallel to said at least one of said at least two blocks and attached to said at least one of said at least two blocks (72a, 72b) at one end of said rod, wherein another end of said rod is left open and said rod has a length of substantially a quarter wavelength which said electronic communication device operates on.
A substantially pure polypeptide between 37 and 47 amino acid residues in length, wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence (a) set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or (b) that aligns to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 with five or less amino acid additions, deletions, substitutions, or combinations thereof, wherein said polypeptide has diuretic and natriuretic activity and lacks the ability to lower blood pressure in a mammal.
Method for vaporizing a liquid under reduced pressure, wherein at least the axial end regions of a rotor, which is located in a liquid, is driven by a motor via a shaft, is covered at its end faces by end plates (311 and 5 respectively) against an axial incident flow of liquid, and has at least two radial baffles which are evenly distributed over its circumference and generate a tangential flow, set in motion, in the tangential direction, a region, of the liquid, that is surrounded radially outwardly by one or more stationary and flow-bounding elements (51, 54), wherein the baffles project over the entire length of the rotor from the shaft located at the centre of rotation and the rotor is surrounded in the axial direction, at all points with a separation from 0.1 mm up to at most one-third of the local diameter of the shell surface swept by the rotor baffles, by the one or more stationary flow-bounding elements (51, 54) that are arranged concentrically with the rotor axis, wherein the rotational speed of the rotor is selected such that, in the interior of the rotor, surrounded by the rotating region of the liquid and bounded at the end faces by the end plates (311; 5), there is formed an axisymmetric cavity which is at reduced pressure and has a shell surface available for the vaporizing process, wherein the local diameter of this shell surface and thus the thickness of the rotating liquid layer surrounding the cavity is determined by the equilibrium between the centrifugal force generated by the mass of the rotating liquid and the counter-force generated from the sum of the atmospheric pressure acting from outside on the liquid and the hydrostatic pressure built up by the local immersion depth of the rotor on one hand, and the reduced pressure prevailing in the cavity on the other hand, and in that the vapour that has passed into the cavity is removed either via a line (52, 53) to a condenser - of any kind - which has a downstream vacuum pump and is located outside the rotor, or to a condenser which is located within the cavity but does not rotate, of the type used in short-path vaporizers, is condensed, the condensed distillate is collected and is subsequently removed from the cavity using a pump against the reduced pressure prevailing in the cavity, wherein that fraction of the heat losses arising on account of the removal of the vaporization heat which is not compensated for by the heat produced by the stirring effect is covered by a heating system acting on the liquid either inside or outside the rotor.
Device for attaching a resealable opening device on a flexible package, comprising an attachment unit having at least one movably arranged carrier member, and a knife arrangement, the at least one carrier member being movable between a pick-up position and an attachment position, wherein the at least one carrier member, in said attachment position, is arranged for attachment of the opening device on an application area of the flexible package by means of relative movement between the carrier member and the flexible package, and wherein the at least one carrier member, in said pick-up position, is movable relative a web of semi-finished and interconnected opening devices for engagement therewith in order to pick-up the opening device, characterized in that the knife arrangement and the carrier member are arranged for punching out the opening device, and in that the engagement of the carrier member with the web is a punch engagement.
An estimation method for estimating the distance actually traveled by an individual having a step length (L_step) during a period of time, said method being performed by a measurement device (PODO), e.g. of the pedometer type, and including a measurement step consisting in measuring the number of steps (No_step) taken by said individual during the period of time, the method being characterized in that, prior to the measurement step, it comprises: ▪ an input step consisting in particular of inputting at least one physiological data item (DATA) comprising known information relating to the stature of said individual; and ▪ a first calculation step consisting in calculating the natural walking frequency (Freq_nat) of said individual as a function in particular of the Froude number N Fr and the physiological data item (DATA); and in that, after the measurement step, it further comprises: · a second calculation step consisting in calculating an estimate (dist_est) of the distance actually traveled by said individual during the period of time as a function in particular of the measured number of steps (No_step), of the calculated natural walking frequency (Freq_nat), and of the step length (L_step) of said individual. ▪ an input step consisting in particular of inputting at least one physiological data item (DATA) comprising known information relating to the stature of said individual; and ▪ a first calculation step consisting in calculating the natural walking frequency (Freq_nat) of said individual as a function in particular of the Froude number N Fr and the physiological data item (DATA); · a second calculation step consisting in calculating an estimate (dist_est) of the distance actually traveled by said individual during the period of time as a function in particular of the measured number of steps (No_step), of the calculated natural walking frequency (Freq_nat), and of the step length (L_step) of said individual.
A stimulation system for regulating fluid volume in a body having a cardiovascular system including a superior vena cava, an inferior vena cava, a pulmonary vein, a right atrium and a left atrium by stimulating volume receptors distributed in or near one or more of a junction of the superior vena cava and the right atrium, a junction of the inferior vena cava and the right atrium, and a junction of the pulmonary vein and the left atrium, the volume receptors being low-pressure baroreceptors sensing blood volume in the body, the system comprising: a stimulation device (332; 432; 540; 940; 1042) configured to deliver stimulation to the volume receptors; a fluid volume sensor configured to sense a volume signal indicative of a level of fluid retention in the body, the fluid volume sensor including an acoustic sensor configured to sense at least a heart sound; and a stimulation controller coupled to the stimulation device (332; 432; 540; 940; 1042) and the fluid volume sensor, the stimulation controller programmed to control the delivery of the stimulation using the volume signal and one or more stimulation parameters selected to induce diuresis while minimizing potential desensitization of the volume receptors. a stimulation device (332; 432; 540; 940; 1042) configured to deliver stimulation to the volume receptors; a fluid volume sensor configured to sense a volume signal indicative of a level of fluid retention in the body, the fluid volume sensor including an acoustic sensor configured to sense at least a heart sound; and a stimulation controller coupled to the stimulation device (332; 432; 540; 940; 1042) and the fluid volume sensor, the stimulation controller programmed to control the delivery of the stimulation using the volume signal and one or more stimulation parameters selected to induce diuresis while minimizing potential desensitization of the volume receptors.
A method for coordinating event reporting in a self-organizing network, performed by a network element (64, 600), comprising: detecting (150, 200) an event, the network element (64, 600) being responsible for reporting a network event type associated with the detected event to an element manager (62, 600); determining (152, 220) that the network element (64, 600) should relinquish responsibility for reporting the network event type; waiting (158, 230) for a predetermined period of time without reporting the detected event to the element manager (62, 600); and responsive to receiving an event report corresponding to the detected event from a second network element (64, 600) during the predetermined period of time, initiating (162, 600, 164, 240) a hand-over of the responsibility for reporting the network event type to the second network element (64, 600); responsive to not receiving an event report corresponding to the detected event during the predetermined period of time, transmitting (154, 250) an event report to the element manager (62, 600). detecting (150, 200) an event, the network element (64, 600) being responsible for reporting a network event type associated with the detected event to an element manager (62, 600); determining (152, 220) that the network element (64, 600) should relinquish responsibility for reporting the network event type; waiting (158, 230) for a predetermined period of time without reporting the detected event to the element manager (62, 600); and responsive to receiving an event report corresponding to the detected event from a second network element (64, 600) during the predetermined period of time, initiating (162, 600, 164, 240) a hand-over of the responsibility for reporting the network event type to the second network element (64, 600); responsive to not receiving an event report corresponding to the detected event during the predetermined period of time, transmitting (154, 250) an event report to the element manager (62, 600).
A method for treating water containing ammonium-nitrogen in which raw water containing ammonium-nitrogen is introduced into a nitrification tank, a part of the ammonium-nitrogen in the raw water is oxidized into nitrite-nitrogen by the action of ammonium oxidizing bacteria, and nitrification of the nitrite-nitrogen by nitrite oxidizing bacteria is inhibited, thereby conducting nitrification of nitrous acid type, wherein at least one of carbonate and bicarbonate is added into the nitrification tank and the inorganic carbon concentration in the nitrification tank is maintained at 35 mg-C/L or more.
A package assembly comprising one or more products and a packet enclosing the one or more products, the packet being formed from a flexible laminated wrapper having an outer laminate structure and an inner laminate structure, the packet having an opening arrangement comprising a tear strip formed in the wrapper, the tear strip having an outer tear strip portion defined in the outer laminate structure between a pair of outer spaced lines of weakness (42, 44) in the outer laminate structure; wherein the tear strip is also defined by means of at least one inner line of weakness (48, 50) in the inner laminate structure, characterised in that the at least one inner line of weakness is offset from the outer lines of weakness (42, 44), at least part of the tear strip defined in one of the outer and inner laminate structures being bonded to an overlapping region of the other of the outer and inner laminate structures in a peelable manner.
A resource management and task allocation controller for installation in a multicore processor having a plurality of interconnected processor elements providing resources for processing executable transactions, at least one of said elements being a master processing unit, the master processing unit being logically separate from said controller and adapted to carry out allocation of executable transactions; the controller being adapted to communicate, when installed, with each of the processor elements including the master processing unit, and comprising control logic for allocating executable transactions within the multicore processor to particular processor elements in accordance with pre-defined allocation parameters, said controller being operative to activate the control logic so as to allocate executable transactions when initialised; wherein either the controller or the master processing unit may be configured to have master status and wherein the controller or the master processing unit that is configured to have master status carries out the allocation of executable transactions; wherein the master processing unit is configured to have master status at turning on of the multicore processor, and wherein the controller is configured to assume master status from the master processor during an initialisation sequence.
A module for a modular conveyor belt comprising first and second lengthwise ends and a first and second widthwise ends, a top surface for supporting a load disposed between the first and second lengthwise ends and the first and second widthwise ends, a bore for receiving a hinge rod formed at one of the first and second lengthwise ends, a retainer having a fixed end and a free end, the retainer being bendable between a first position in which the retainer prevents a hinge rod from being withdrawn from the bore and a second position in which a hinge rod can pass over the retainer to be withdrawn from the bore, and a stopper which supports the retainer at a location in a middle 50% of the length of the retainer when the retainer is in its second position; and characterised in that the free end of the retainer is closer to the widthwise centre of the module than the fixed end of the retainer.
A system comprising: a controller; a bleed air source; a first flow path configured to carry a first bleed air flow from the bleed air source, wherein the first flow path includes a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the first bleed air flow; a first flow control valve positioned to control the first bleed air flow; a second flow path configured to carry a second bleed air flow from the bleed air source, wherein the first and second flow paths merge downstream to provide a combined bleed air flow; and a second flow control valve positioned to control the second bleed air flow, wherein the controller is configured to control the first bleed air flow and the second bleed air flow to control a temperature and flow of the combined bleed air flow; characterised in that: the controller is further configured to control the first flow control valve to provide the first bleed air flow as the combined bleed air flow upon failure of the second flow control valve, and wherein the controller is further configured to control the second flow control valve to provide the second bleed air flow as the combined bleed air flow upon failure of the first flow control valve. a controller; a bleed air source; a first flow path configured to carry a first bleed air flow from the bleed air source, wherein the first flow path includes a heat transfer device configured to transfer heat to or from the first bleed air flow; a first flow control valve positioned to control the first bleed air flow; a second flow path configured to carry a second bleed air flow from the bleed air source, wherein the first and second flow paths merge downstream to provide a combined bleed air flow; and a second flow control valve positioned to control the second bleed air flow, wherein the controller is configured to control the first bleed air flow and the second bleed air flow to control a temperature and flow of the combined bleed air flow; characterised in that: the controller is further configured to control the first flow control valve to provide the first bleed air flow as the combined bleed air flow upon failure of the second flow control valve, and wherein the controller is further configured to control the second flow control valve to provide the second bleed air flow as the combined bleed air flow upon failure of the first flow control valve.
A conveyor device for conveying articles of the tobacco processing industry, having a stationary body with a surface, in which is formed at least one first recess capable of being subjected to a vacuum, having a conveyor element located adjacent to the surface of the body with an inner side and movable relative to the surface of the body in a movement direction, which element is provided, on its outer side, with several receiving sections arranged sequentially in the movement direction for temporarily receiving the articles and which contains first through passages, which connect the receiving sections on the outer side to at least one first opening on the inner side of the conveyor element, said opening capable of being fluid-connected to the first recess in the surface of the body, and having a layer, which is configured for stationary arrangement on the surface of the body and which is provided with at least one first passage opening, which can be fluid-connected to the first recess in the surface of the body and to the first opening on the inner side of the conveyor element, characterised in that the layer is configured as a film or a sheet.