mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A two-phase separator device, the device comprising: a housing having an inlet for receiving a two-phase mixture, wherein the two-phase mixture includes a gas stream and condensate or particulate; and a rotatable vane assembly within the housing and along a flow path of the gas stream, the rotatable vane assembly comprising: a rotatable drum configured to rotate about an axis of rotation along an axial direction of the two-phase separator device; and a plurality of vanes arranged about the axis of rotation and extending radially outwardly from the axis of rotation to the rotatable drum, wherein the plurality of vanes are connected to the rotatable drum at an inner wall that is sloped, wherein a plurality of non-planar features are formed in at least a major surface of each of the plurality of vanes, the plurality of non-planar features configured to capture condensate or particulate from the gas stream. a housing having an inlet for receiving a two-phase mixture, wherein the two-phase mixture includes a gas stream and condensate or particulate; and a rotatable vane assembly within the housing and along a flow path of the gas stream, the rotatable vane assembly comprising: a rotatable drum configured to rotate about an axis of rotation along an axial direction of the two-phase separator device; and a plurality of vanes arranged about the axis of rotation and extending radially outwardly from the axis of rotation to the rotatable drum, wherein the plurality of vanes are connected to the rotatable drum at an inner wall that is sloped, wherein a plurality of non-planar features are formed in at least a major surface of each of the plurality of vanes, the plurality of non-planar features configured to capture condensate or particulate from the gas stream. a rotatable drum configured to rotate about an axis of rotation along an axial direction of the two-phase separator device; and a plurality of vanes arranged about the axis of rotation and extending radially outwardly from the axis of rotation to the rotatable drum, wherein the plurality of vanes are connected to the rotatable drum at an inner wall that is sloped, wherein a plurality of non-planar features are formed in at least a major surface of each of the plurality of vanes, the plurality of non-planar features configured to capture condensate or particulate from the gas stream.
A system, comprising: a memory (102, 204, 502) having a block data structure representing a transaction for an asset having an identifier (110, 318) and at least one verifiable characteristic (112, 320); a blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406) in the memory linking one or more blocks (106, 314, 322) having the block data structure; a verifier node that is a node among a set of nodes in data communication in a peer-to-peer network, each node in the set of nodes being capable of receiving a distributed copy of the blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406), at least one of the nodes including the memory, wherein each verifier node holds a stake at risk, wherein each verifier node receives a reputational score, wherein each verifier node has a private key, wherein each verifier node is capable of verifying the verifiable characteristic of the asset and signing a new block with the private key; and a consensus protocol in memory including rules (506, 508, 50, 512, 514, 516, 518) for: receiving the stake at risk from the verifiers, providing the reputational score to the verifiers, verifying the verifiable characteristic of the asset by the verifiers, cryptographic verification by miners, adding the new block (322, 408) to the blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406) by the miners, providing the reward to the miners, and distributing the copy of the blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406) to each node (202, 302, 402). a memory (102, 204, 502) having a block data structure representing a transaction for an asset having an identifier (110, 318) and at least one verifiable characteristic (112, 320); a blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406) in the memory linking one or more blocks (106, 314, 322) having the block data structure; a verifier node that is a node among a set of nodes in data communication in a peer-to-peer network, each node in the set of nodes being capable of receiving a distributed copy of the blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406), at least one of the nodes including the memory, wherein each verifier node holds a stake at risk, wherein each verifier node receives a reputational score, wherein each verifier node has a private key, wherein each verifier node is capable of verifying the verifiable characteristic of the asset and signing a new block with the private key; and wherein each verifier node holds a stake at risk, wherein each verifier node receives a reputational score, wherein each verifier node has a private key, wherein each verifier node is capable of verifying the verifiable a consensus protocol in memory including rules (506, 508, 50, 512, 514, 516, 518) for: receiving the stake at risk from the verifiers, providing the reputational score to the verifiers, verifying the verifiable characteristic of the asset by the verifiers, cryptographic verification by miners, adding the new block (322, 408) to the blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406) by the miners, providing the reward to the miners, and distributing the copy of the blockchain (104, 206, 312, 406) to each node (202, 302, 402).
A rolling bearing guide apparatus comprising: a guide rail; a slider main body straddling on, and configured to slide on, said guide rail; rolling elements configured to roll between said slider main body and said guide rail as said slider main body slides; an end cap (9a, 9b) attached to an end surface of said slider main body that is located at a front or rear end thereof with respect to when said slider main body is sliding, and defining a turn passage (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) configured to turn the direction of movement of said rolling elements; two lubrication members (223a, 223b) impregnated with lubricant, arranged between said slider main body and said end cap, and partly exposed inside said turn passage (215a, 215b, 215c, 215d); the two lubrication members (223a, 223b) being arranged on two sides of said guide rail respectively, and serving as return guides configured to turn a direction of movement of said rolling elements; a lubricant storing portion provided on the surface of the end cap facing the slider main body as a recess; and the rolling bearing guide apparatus being characterized in that said lubrication members have a substantially trapezoidal shape in their cross section along their width and are round-cornered at their edges (240a, 240b) to be in contact with the rolling elements. a guide rail; a slider main body straddling on, and configured to slide on, said guide rail; rolling elements configured to roll between said slider main body and said guide rail as said slider main body slides; an end cap (9a, 9b) attached to an end surface of said slider main body that is located at a front or rear end thereof with respect to when said slider main body is sliding, and defining a turn passage (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) configured to turn the direction of movement of said rolling elements; two lubrication members (223a, 223b) impregnated with lubricant, arranged between said slider main body and said end cap, and partly exposed inside said turn passage (215a, 215b, 215c, 215d); the two lubrication members (223a, 223b) being arranged on two sides of said guide rail respectively, and serving as return guides configured to turn a direction of movement of said rolling elements; a lubricant storing portion provided on the surface of the end cap facing the slider main body as a recess; and the rolling bearing guide apparatus being characterized in that said lubrication members have a substantially trapezoidal shape in their cross section along their width and are round-cornered at their edges (240a, 240b) to be in contact with the rolling elements.
A composition comprising a muco-adhesive polymer and one or more nano-carriers, wherein: (a) a first mucoadhesive surface of the muco-adhesive polymer is characterized by a volume by volume (v/v) crosslinking degree of less than 0.5%; (b) a second surface of the muco-adhesive polymer is characterized by a v/v crosslinking degree of at least 3%; (c) said one or more nano-carriers are entrapped within said muco-adhesive polymer; (d) said one or more nano-carriers comprise at least one therapeutic or diagnostic agent, said one or more nano-carrier are liposomes; wherein said muco-adhesive polymer is selected from the group consisting of alginate, pectin, hyaluronic acid, an acrylated polymer, or any combination thereof; and wherein at least 0.5% to 60%, by total volume of said muco-adhesive polymer, are crosslinked via a crosslinking agent. (a) a first mucoadhesive surface of the muco-adhesive polymer is characterized by a volume by volume (v/v) crosslinking degree of less than 0.5%; (b) a second surface of the muco-adhesive polymer is characterized by a v/v crosslinking degree of at least 3%; (c) said one or more nano-carriers are entrapped within said muco-adhesive polymer; (d) said one or more nano-carriers comprise at least one therapeutic or diagnostic agent, said one or more nano-carrier are liposomes; wherein said muco-adhesive polymer is selected from the group consisting of alginate, pectin, hyaluronic acid, an acrylated polymer, or any combination thereof; and wherein at least 0.5% to 60%, by total volume of said muco-adhesive polymer, are crosslinked via a crosslinking agent.
An apparatus comprising: memory to store a decompression Application Programming Interface, API, the decompression API to receive an input handle to a data object, wherein the data object includes compressed data and metadata; and Decompression Engine, DE, circuitry to decompress the compressed data to generate uncompressed data, the DE circuitry to decompress the compressed data in response to invocation of a decompression instruction by the decompression API, wherein the metadata comprises a first operand to indicate a location of the compressed data, a second operand to indicate a size of the compressed data, a third operand to indicate a location to which decompressed data by the DE circuitry is to be stored, and a fourth operand to indicate a size of the decompressed data. memory to store a decompression Application Programming Interface, API, the decompression API to receive an input handle to a data object, wherein the data object includes compressed data and metadata; and Decompression Engine, DE, circuitry to decompress the compressed data to generate uncompressed data, the DE circuitry to decompress the compressed data in response to invocation of a decompression instruction by the decompression API, wherein the metadata comprises a first operand to indicate a location of the compressed data, a second operand to indicate a size of the compressed data, a third operand to indicate a location to which decompressed data by the DE circuitry is to be stored, and a fourth operand to indicate a size of the decompressed data.
A sensor insertion device that uses a needle for puncturing a skin on a first end side to insert a sensor into a patient's body, the sensor insertion device comprising: a main body case; a needle slider configured to grip the needle and the sensor on the first end side, the needle slider provided inside the main body case in a state of being able to slide in the insertion direction of the sensor; a disposal slider that is provided inside the main body case in a state of being able to slide in parallel with the needle slider; a biasing member that is provided between the needle slider and the disposal slider, the biasing member configured to bias the needle slider which has moved in the sensor insertion direction, in the opposite direction from the sensor insertion direction; a puncture knob configured to push the needle slider to a specific puncture position by sliding it in the sensor insertion direction in a state of being in contact with a second end side of the needle slider that is on the opposite side from the first end, the puncture knob having an insertion hole into which a rear end portion of the needle slider can be inserted; and an opening mechanism configured to put the insertion hole in a closed state when the needle slider is slid a specific length in the sensor insertion direction, and put the insertion hole in an open state in which the second end side of the needle slider has been inserted into the insertion hole by opening up the contact portion between the puncture knob and the second end side of the needle slider when the puncture operation is complete. a main body case; a needle slider configured to grip the needle and the sensor on the first end side, the needle slider provided inside the main body case in a state of being able to slide in the insertion direction of the sensor; a disposal slider that is provided inside the main body case in a state of being able to slide in parallel with the needle slider; a biasing member that is provided between the needle slider and the disposal slider, the biasing member configured to bias the needle slider which has moved in the sensor insertion direction, in the opposite direction from the sensor insertion direction; a puncture knob configured to push the needle slider to a specific puncture position by sliding it in the sensor insertion direction in a state of being in contact with a second end side of the needle slider that is on the opposite side from the first end, the puncture knob having an insertion hole into which a rear end portion of the needle slider can be inserted; and an opening mechanism configured to put the insertion hole in a closed state when the needle slider is slid a specific length in the sensor insertion direction, and put the insertion hole in an open state in which the second end side of the needle slider has been inserted into the insertion hole by opening up the contact portion between the puncture knob and the second end side of the needle slider when the puncture operation is complete.
A device for collecting a bodily fluid sample from a subject, the device comprising: at least two sample collection pathways (1162, 1164) configured to draw the bodily fluid sample into the device from a single end of the device in contact with the subject, thereby separating the fluid sample into two separate samples; characterised by a plurality of flow guides (1166, 1168), wherein a portion of each of the sample collection pathways (1162, 1164) includes one of said flow guides to reduce pathway dimension in at least one axis to direct sample flow at said portion; a second portion comprising a plurality of sample vessels (1146a, 1146b) for receiving the bodily fluid sample collected in the sample collection pathways, the sample vessels operably engagable to be in fluid communication with the sample collection pathways (1162, 1164), whereupon when fluid communication is established, the vessels provide a motive force to move a majority of the two separate samples from the pathways into the vessels. at least two sample collection pathways (1162, 1164) configured to draw the bodily fluid sample into the device from a single end of the device in contact with the subject, thereby separating the fluid sample into two separate samples; characterised by a plurality of flow guides (1166, 1168), wherein a portion of each of the sample collection pathways (1162, 1164) includes one of said flow guides to reduce pathway dimension in at least one axis to direct sample flow at said portion; a second portion comprising a plurality of sample vessels (1146a, 1146b) for receiving the bodily fluid sample collected in the sample collection pathways, the sample vessels operably engagable to be in fluid communication with the sample collection pathways (1162, 1164), whereupon when fluid communication is established, the vessels provide a motive force to move a majority of the two separate samples from the pathways into the vessels.
Apparatus for pre- and/or post-heating metal powders in an additive manufacturing process, said apparatus being provided with at least one illuminator emitting light beams, having a wavelength in the range of 300 to 1,000 nm, which are directed towards a powder bed so as to concentrate said light beams evenly on an area of said powder bed to be pre- and/or post-heated, wherein a reflector of the Compound Elliptical Concentrator type is associated with said illuminator, which comprises two ellipses (e1,e2) having respective foci (R1,R2;S1,S2), wherein at least one of said two foci (R1,R2;S1,S2) of said ellipses (e1,e2) coincides with respective extremes of said area of said powder bed to be pre- and/or post heated or wherein a reflector of the parabolic type having a focus is associated with said illuminator, which is equipped with two further reflectors (15,16), preferably cylindrical ones, capable of recovering the energy emitted by the illuminator and subtended to angles (θ1,θ2) respectively comprised between two first straight lines (r1,r2), passing through said focus and the extremes of said reflector of the parabolic type, and second straight lines (r3,r4), passing through said focus and respective extremes of the area of said powder bed to be pre- and/or post-heated.
A linerless label or tape comprising a substantially biodegradable, woven or non-woven, natural or synthetic substrate and, impregnated therein, a formulation comprising at least 90 weight percent of a polyester amide segmented block copolymer.
A method for psychophysical measurement of dark adaptation status in a subject, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing said subject; b. bleaching a portion of the rhodopsin molecules in a test eye of said subject with a bleaching light intensity of 7.48 log scot Td sec or less; c. presenting a target stimulus to said test eye of said subject; d. determining a response of said subject to said target stimulus by obtaining at least one threshold measurement, wherein said at least one threshold measurement is obtained predominantly from rod-mediated sensitivity recovery and said at least one threshold measurement is used to determine the dark adaptation status of said subject; and e. comparing said at least one threshold measurement to corresponding threshold measurements from an appropriately selected comparative database using a means for comparison to determine a dark adaptation status of said subject; and f. optionally wherein said at least one threshold measurement is subject to a noise reduction protocol. a. providing said subject; b. bleaching a portion of the rhodopsin molecules in a test eye of said subject with a bleaching light intensity of 7.48 log scot Td sec or less; c. presenting a target stimulus to said test eye of said subject; d. determining a response of said subject to said target stimulus by obtaining at least one threshold measurement, wherein said at least one threshold measurement is obtained predominantly from rod-mediated sensitivity recovery and said at least one threshold measurement is used to determine the dark adaptation status of said subject; and e. comparing said at least one threshold measurement to corresponding threshold measurements from an appropriately selected comparative database using a means for comparison to determine a dark adaptation status of said subject; and f. optionally wherein said at least one threshold measurement is subject to a noise reduction protocol.
A system, comprising: an identification component configured to identify physical dimensions of a first entity and physical locations of one or more second entities (306, 308) relative to the first entity; a geofence component configured to generate multiple concentric geofences of different radii for the first entity based on the physical dimensions and locations and to assign an outer geofence of the concentric geofences to the first entity and one respective geofence to each of the second entities (306, 308) in order of their respective distance from the center of the first entity, wherein an innermost geofence of the concentric geofences has a radius corresponding to the outer dimensions of the first entity, said innermost geofence centering at the center of the first entity; and an evaluation component configured to manage, responsive to a user device intersecting one of the multiple geofences, triggering of the intersected one of the multiple geofences, wherein a notice corresponding to the triggered geofence is sent to the user device. an identification component configured to identify physical dimensions of a first entity and physical locations of one or more second entities (306, 308) relative to the first entity; a geofence component configured to generate multiple concentric geofences of different radii for the first entity based on the physical dimensions and locations and to assign an outer geofence of the concentric geofences to the first entity and one respective geofence to each of the second entities (306, 308) in order of their respective distance from the center of the first entity, wherein an innermost geofence of the concentric geofences has a radius corresponding to the outer dimensions of the first entity, said innermost geofence centering at the center of the first entity; and an evaluation component configured to manage, responsive to a user device intersecting one of the multiple geofences, triggering of the intersected one of the multiple geofences, wherein a notice corresponding to the triggered geofence is sent to the user device.
A wafer level image module comprising: a photo sensor for outputting an electrical signal upon receiving light; a lens set for focusing incident light onto the photo sensor; and a light transmissive spacer and an adjustment member formed on top of the light transmissive spacer and disposed between the photo sensor and the lens set for controlling the distance between the photo sensor and the lens set for enabling the lens set to focus the incident light onto the photo sensor in an in-focus manner, characterized in that the adjustment member includes a glass ball spacer. a photo sensor for outputting an electrical signal upon receiving light; a lens set for focusing incident light onto the photo sensor; and a light transmissive spacer and an adjustment member formed on top of the light transmissive spacer and disposed between the photo sensor and the lens set for controlling the distance between the photo sensor and the lens set for enabling the lens set to focus the incident light onto the photo sensor in an in-focus manner, characterized in that the adjustment member includes a glass ball spacer.
A heating element, comprising: a transparent substrate; two bus bars; a power supply connected to the bus bars; a heat emitting pattern line provided on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the bus bars; and a non-heat emitting pattern line provided on the transparent substrate and not electrically connected to the bus bars, wherein the two bus bars are not arranged parallel to each other; and characterized in that the non-heat emitting pattern lines are arranged between the heat emitting pattern lines. a transparent substrate; two bus bars; a power supply connected to the bus bars; a heat emitting pattern line provided on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the bus bars; and a non-heat emitting pattern line provided on the transparent substrate and not electrically connected to the bus bars, wherein the two bus bars are not arranged parallel to each other; and characterized in that the non-heat emitting pattern lines are arranged between the heat emitting pattern lines.
A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising: A) at least one fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of a nitrile group-containing cure site monomer; B) a cure system comprising at least two different dihydrazides; and optionally C) at least one additive. A) at least one fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of a nitrile group-containing cure site monomer; B) a cure system comprising at least two different dihydrazides; and optionally C) at least one additive.