mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A battery transfer apparatus (18, 104, 200, 402, 600) for loading and/or unloading batteries from materials handling vehicles (12, 102, 222, 412) comprising: a mobile unit (30, 106, 202, 406, 602) for temporarily supporting and transporting a battery (16, 100, 216, 413, 608) that is to be transferred into or out of a materials handling vehicle, said mobile unit comprising load handling structure (34, 112, 206, 417, 634) for supporting said battery; a battery stand (32, 108, 204, 604) comprising a top wall (70, 113) and support structure, said top wall including at least one opening (74A, 74B, 118A-D, 212) and said support structure adapted to engage a surface upon which said battery stand is placed so as to support said battery stand on the surface; and wherein said battery stand is capable of storing said battery while said battery is out of the materials handling vehicle when said battery stand is disengaged from said load handling structure, characterized in that said load handling structure comprises at least one roller (36A, 36B, 116A-D, 210) that is used to roll said battery into or out of the materials handling vehicle and in that said battery stand is adapted to be engaged by said mobile unit during a transfer of said battery into or out of the materials handling vehicle by inserting said at least one roller up through said at least one opening in said top wall of said battery stand such that said at least one roller can engage said battery through said at least one opening. a mobile unit (30, 106, 202, 406, 602) for temporarily supporting and transporting a battery (16, 100, 216, 413, 608) that is to be transferred into or out of a materials handling vehicle, said mobile unit comprising load handling structure (34, 112, 206, 417, 634) for supporting said battery; a battery stand (32, 108, 204, 604) comprising a top wall (70, 113) and support structure, said top wall including at least one opening (74A, 74B, 118A-D, 212) and said support structure adapted to engage a surface upon which said battery stand is placed so as to support said battery stand on the surface; and wherein said battery stand is capable of storing said battery while said battery is out of the materials handling vehicle when said battery stand is disengaged from said load handling structure, characterized in that said load handling structure comprises at least one roller (36A, 36B, 116A-D, 210) that is used to roll said battery into or out of the materials handling vehicle and in that said battery stand is adapted to be engaged by said mobile unit during a transfer of said battery into or out of the materials handling vehicle by inserting said at least one roller up through said at least one opening in said top wall of said battery stand such that said at least one roller can engage said battery through said at least one opening.
A system for delivering a therapeutic device within a patient's vascular system comprising: a therapeutic device having a working component and a longitudinal extension depending therefrom; a flexible tubing defining a lumen, the flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end; a heating element disposed at the distal end of the flexible tubing, the heating element actuable remotely therefrom; and an ejector disposed within the flexible tubing and proximal to the therapeutic device, the ejector configured to apply a longitudinal force on the therapeutic device to eject the longitudinal extension and the therapeutic device from the distal end of the flexible tubing, wherein the ejector is a spring, wherein a proximal end of the spring is fixed to an inner wall of the flexible tubing characterised in that the heating element is adhered to the longitudinal extension of the therapeutic device by an adhesive. a therapeutic device having a working component and a longitudinal extension depending therefrom; a flexible tubing defining a lumen, the flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end; a heating element disposed at the distal end of the flexible tubing, the heating element actuable remotely therefrom; and an ejector disposed within the flexible tubing and proximal to the therapeutic device, the ejector configured to apply a longitudinal force on the therapeutic device to eject the longitudinal extension and the therapeutic device from the distal end of the flexible tubing, wherein the ejector is a spring, wherein a proximal end of the spring is fixed to an inner wall of the flexible tubing characterised in that the heating element is adhered to the longitudinal extension of the therapeutic device by an adhesive.
Filter-type self-rescuer training breathing apparatus for training the breathing of hot breathing air, having an exhalation valve via which the exhaled air directly leaves the apparatus, having a heating cartridge which is passed through only by the inhaled ambient air, wherein the heating cartridge displays air treatment chambers (6, 7, 8), and granular potassium superoxide, a heat-generating material, is located in at least one inner air treatment chamber, wherein the heating cartridge serves for heating the ambient air which is used as breathing air and makes possible training the breathing of hot breathing air, using the heat-generating material, wherein the heat-generating material substantially is granular potassium superoxide.
A method implemented by a data processing apparatus, comprising: - receiving an image obtained by a microscope; - providing a set-point for a desired image quality parameter of said image; - processing said image using an image analysis technique for determining a current image quality parameter of said image; - comparing said current image quality parameter with said desired set-point, and generating, based on said comparison, a modified image by using an image modification technique, wherein said generating comprises the steps of: - Improving said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter is lower than said set-point; and - Deteriorating said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter exceeds said set-point; and - outputting and analysing said modified image, wherein the modified image is comparable w.r.t. its image quality parameter to the set-point, said analysing comprises the step of using an artificial neural network and/or a convolutional neural network on said modified image, the neural network having been trained using images whose respective image quality parameter is comparable to said set-point, and wherein said image quality parameter comprises one or more parameters chosen from the group consisting of: resolution, color depth, dynamic range, focus, sharpness, directional blur, contrast, white balance, and noise. - receiving an image obtained by a microscope; - providing a set-point for a desired image quality parameter of said image; - processing said image using an image analysis technique for determining a current image quality parameter of said image; - comparing said current image quality parameter with said desired set-point, and generating, based on said comparison, a modified image by using an image modification technique, wherein said generating comprises the steps of: - Improving said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter is lower than said set-point; and - Deteriorating said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter exceeds said set-point; and - Improving said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter is lower than said set-point; and - Deteriorating said image in terms of said image quality parameter in case said current image quality parameter exceeds said set-point; and - outputting and analysing said modified image, wherein the modified image is comparable w.r.t. its image quality parameter to the set-point, said analysing comprises the step of using an artificial neural network and/or a convolutional neural network on said modified image, the neural network having been trained using images whose respective image quality parameter is comparable to said set-point, and wherein said image quality parameter comprises one or more parameters chosen from the group consisting of: resolution, color depth, dynamic range, focus, sharpness, directional blur, contrast, white balance, and noise.
A patient interface system comprising: a non-sealing nasal cannula configured to deliver gases to a user; a mask having a mask body, the mask body defining a user-contacting surface and an interior space when the user-contacting surface is in contact with a face of the user, the mask being selectively securable to or removable from a user independently of the nasal cannula, wherein the mask body is adapted to create a seal around the nasal cannula when the mask is used in combination with the nasal cannula allowing the interior space of the mask to be pressurized; the interior space of the mask being configured to accommodate at least a portion of the nasal cannula when the mask is positioned on the head of the user with the user-contacting surface in contact with the face of the user; a flow controller configured to, in use, use pressure data from within the mask to control the pressure within the mask; and a pressure port that communicates with the interior space and allows measurement of a pressure within the interior space. a non-sealing nasal cannula configured to deliver gases to a user; a mask having a mask body, the mask body defining a user-contacting surface and an interior space when the user-contacting surface is in contact with a face of the user, the mask being selectively securable to or removable from a user independently of the nasal cannula, wherein the mask body is adapted to create a seal around the nasal cannula when the mask is used in combination with the nasal cannula allowing the interior space of the mask to be pressurized; the interior space of the mask being configured to accommodate at least a portion of the nasal cannula when the mask is positioned on the head of the user with the user-contacting surface in contact with the face of the user; a flow controller configured to, in use, use pressure data from within the mask to control the pressure within the mask; and a pressure port that communicates with the interior space and allows measurement of a pressure within the interior space.
A process for producing acrylic acid, the process comprising: a step 1 of preparing a first aqueous lactic acid solution by diluting a lactic acid raw material with water; a step 2 of heat exchanging the first aqueous lactic acid solution to form a vaporized second lactic acid vapor and an unvaporized third aqueous lactic acid solution; a step 3 of including the unvaporized third aqueous lactic acid solution in the aqueous solution of the step 1; and a step 4 of supplying and absorbing an absorption liquid to the vaporized second lactic acid vapor to form an absorbed fourth aqueous lactic acid solution and an unabsorbed fifth lactic acid vapor, wherein the absorption liquid is water or an aqueous lactic acid solution. a step 1 of preparing a first aqueous lactic acid solution by diluting a lactic acid raw material with water; a step 2 of heat exchanging the first aqueous lactic acid solution to form a vaporized second lactic acid vapor and an unvaporized third aqueous lactic acid solution; a step 3 of including the unvaporized third aqueous lactic acid solution in the aqueous solution of the step 1; and a step 4 of supplying and absorbing an absorption liquid to the vaporized second lactic acid vapor to form an absorbed fourth aqueous lactic acid solution and an unabsorbed fifth lactic acid vapor, wherein the absorption liquid is water or an aqueous lactic acid solution.
A conductive channel-containing membrane, comprising: (a) a membrane layer; and (b) an isolated viral DNA-packaging motor connector protein that is incorporated into the membrane layer to form an aperture through which conductance can occur when an electrical potential, is applied across the membrane, wherein the viral DNA-packaging motor connector protein comprises a homododecamer of viral DNA-packaging motor connector protein polypeptide subunits, wherein each of said subunits comprises: (a) an aperture domain that comprises a bacteriophage phi29 DNA-packaging motor connector protein polypeptide gp10 having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 [Ace. No. ACE96033], the polypeptide having an amino terminus and a carboxy terminus; and (b) both of (i) a flexibility domain that comprises Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly set forth in SEQ ID NO:23, and that is fused to the carboxy terminus of (a), and (ii) an affinity/alignment domain that comprises a Strep-II tag as set forth in SEQ ID NO:22 [WSHPQRFEK]. (a) a membrane layer; and (b) an isolated viral DNA-packaging motor connector protein that is incorporated into the membrane layer to form an aperture through which conductance can occur when an electrical potential, is applied across the membrane, (a) an aperture domain that comprises a bacteriophage phi29 DNA-packaging motor connector protein polypeptide gp10 having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 [Ace. No. ACE96033], the polypeptide having an amino terminus and a carboxy terminus; and (b) both of (i) a flexibility domain that comprises Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly set forth in SEQ ID NO:23, and that is fused to the carboxy terminus of (a), and (ii) an affinity/alignment domain that comprises a Strep-II tag as set forth in SEQ ID NO:22 [WSHPQRFEK]. (i) a flexibility domain that comprises Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly set forth in SEQ ID NO:23, and that is fused to the carboxy terminus of (a), and (ii) an affinity/alignment domain that comprises a Strep-II tag as set forth in SEQ ID NO:22 [WSHPQRFEK].
A coupler assembly (15, 115, 215) for coupling implements having a first connecting pin (19, 119) and a second connecting pin (23, 123), to a vehicle, the coupler assembly having: a body component (13, 131, 221) that is connectable to the vehicle, and which includes a forward recess (21, 121, 221) for receiving the first connecting pin (19, 119), and an actuator (33, 133, 245); characterised in that the coupler assembly further comprises: a slide (27, 127, 217) which is supported by the body component (13, 131, 221) and is slidable through a range of travel relative to the body component, and which includes, or forms a part of, an aft recess (25, 125, 225) for receiving the second connecting pin (23, 123), with the actuator (33, 133, 245) being arranged to selectively move the slide (27, 127, 217) relative to the body component (13, 131, 221), and a rear locking member (37, 137, 227) that is pivotably mounted to the slide (27, 127, 217), and the rear locking member (37, 137, 227) being movable between an extended position in which the rear locking member (37, 137, 227) directly prevents the second connecting pin (23, 123) from exiting the aft recess (25,125, 225) and a retracted position in which the rear locking member (37, 137, 227) allows the second connecting pin (23, 123) to exit the aft recess (25, 125, 225). a body component (13, 131, 221) that is connectable to the vehicle, and which includes a forward recess (21, 121, 221) for receiving the first connecting pin (19, 119), and an actuator (33, 133, 245); characterised in that the coupler assembly further comprises: a slide (27, 127, 217) which is supported by the body component (13, 131, 221) and is slidable through a range of travel relative to the body component, and which includes, or forms a part of, an aft recess (25, 125, 225) for receiving the second connecting pin (23, 123), with the actuator (33, 133, 245) being arranged to selectively move the slide (27, 127, 217) relative to the body component (13, 131, 221), and a rear locking member (37, 137, 227) that is pivotably mounted to the slide (27, 127, 217), and the rear locking member (37, 137, 227) being movable between an extended position in which the rear locking member (37, 137, 227) directly prevents the second connecting pin (23, 123) from exiting the aft recess (25,125, 225) and a retracted position in which the rear locking member (37, 137, 227) allows the second connecting pin (23, 123) to exit the aft recess (25, 125, 225).
An arrangement (2, 12, 22) for extracorporeal lung and heart support, comprising a blood pump (4, 14, 24), a gas exchanger (5, 15, 25), a control unit (6, 16, 26) for controlling the flow at the blood pump (4, 14, 24) and for matching the optimum time for blood withdrawal from a patient in dependence on the patient's breathing and for adjusting the blood flow accordingly, a cannula (3, 13, 23) with which blood can be withdrawn from the patient, which blood is conveyed by the blood pump (4, 14, 24) through the gas exchanger (5, 15, 25), the cannula being in communication with the blood pump (4, 14, 24) so that blood can be delivered through the gas exchanger (5, 15, 25) by means of the blood pump (4, 14, 24), and at least one device (8, 30, 33) for transmitting measured values to the control unit (6, 16, 26), characterized in that the device (8, 30, 33) is adapted to output a parameter of the respiratory cycle or a parameter associated with the respiratory cycle.
A recharge management system, comprising; an implantable medical device having a rechargeable power source; and an external charger configured to charge said rechargeable power source when placed in proximity to said implantable medical device; characterized by electronic componentry, operatively coupled to said implantable medical device, configured to determine, during a recharging session, a recharge interval should said recharging session not continue; and a user output, operatively coupled to said electronic componentry, configured to communicate said recharge interval to a user; wherein: i) said electronic componentry comprises means configured to measure an initial power source voltage of said rechargeable power source before said external charger begins to charge said rechargeable power source, and wherein said implantable medical device further comprises a current meter, said current meter configured to measure current to said rechargeable power source, and wherein said electronic componentry applies a model that utilizes said initial power source voltage and said measured current to determine said recharge interval; and/or ii) said rechargeable power source has a power source voltage, a charge capacity and a charge level, and wherein said electronic componentry is further configured to: measure said power source voltage during a time in which said external charger has suspended charging of said rechargeable power source; determine said charge level as a function of said power source voltage and said charge capacity; and determine said recharge interval based on said charge level. i) said electronic componentry comprises means configured to measure an initial power source voltage of said rechargeable power source before said external charger begins to charge said rechargeable power source, and wherein said implantable medical device further comprises a current meter, said current meter configured to measure current to said rechargeable power source, and wherein said electronic componentry applies a model that utilizes said initial power source voltage and said measured current to determine said recharge interval; and/or ii) said rechargeable power source has a power source voltage, a charge capacity and a charge level, and wherein said electronic componentry is further configured to: measure said power source voltage during a time in which said external charger has suspended charging of said rechargeable power source; determine said charge level as a function of said power source voltage and said charge capacity; and determine said recharge interval based on said charge level. measure said power source voltage during a time in which said external charger has suspended charging of said rechargeable power source; determine said charge level as a function of said power source voltage and said charge capacity; and determine said recharge interval based on said charge level.
Method for drying channels of an endoscope, the method comprising the following steps: a) connecting the endoscope, in particular via a specific, preferably watertigh, connector, to a drying unit, b) injecting a neutral gas into the endoscope channels for a period of time between 10 and 60 seconds, the flow rate of the gas being between 1 and 20 l/min, the gas being injected at a temperature between 10°C and 30°C, in order to remove the residual liquid by means of a laminar flow of the gas, then c) drying the channels of the endoscope for a period of time between 30 and 150 seconds by injecting a gas at a temperature between 30°C and 60°C, the flow rate of the gas being between 20 l/min and 100 1/min, in order to generate a turbulent flow of the gas. a) connecting the endoscope, in particular via a specific, preferably watertigh, connector, to a drying unit, b) injecting a neutral gas into the endoscope channels for a period of time between 10 and 60 seconds, the flow rate of the gas being between 1 and 20 l/min, the gas being injected at a temperature between 10°C and 30°C, in order to remove the residual liquid by means of a laminar flow of the gas, then c) drying the channels of the endoscope for a period of time between 30 and 150 seconds by injecting a gas at a temperature between 30°C and 60°C, the flow rate of the gas being between 20 l/min and 100 1/min, in order to generate a turbulent flow of the gas.
A column for thermal treatment of fluid mixtures, having a cylindrical, vertical column body which forms a column cavity, a plurality of trays mounted with mutual vertical spacing in the column cavity, and a support construction which supports at least one of the trays in the vertical direction, where the support construction has a plurality of orifices (12; 18) which allow horizontal mass transfer through the support construction, where in a vertical section through the support construction the orifices (12; 18) take up a proportion of the sectional area of the support construction within a range from 30% to 90%, wherein the orifices are arranged in at least two horizontal rows with mutual vertical spacing, and at least two orifices (12; 18) are arranged one on top of another with vertical spacing and the support construction rests on a tray and supports a tray arranged above from beneath, where, in at least a portion of the orifices (12; 18), the lower boundary edge of the orifice (12; 18) is formed by the tray on which the support construction rests, or an element is formed, such that this portion of the orifices (12; 18) allows essentially unhindered horizontal mass transfer along the plane of this tray through the orifices (12; 18). a cylindrical, vertical column body which forms a column cavity, a plurality of trays mounted with mutual vertical spacing in the column cavity, and a support construction which supports at least one of the trays in the vertical direction, where