mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An ultrasonic transducer array for a phased array ultrasonic transducer (200;300;400;500), the ultrasonic transducer array comprising: a bonding wire structure (502;700;1100;1200;1300;1400) comprising a plurality of bonding wire elements (504,506,508;600), each bonding wire element (504,506,508;600) consisting of a conductive column; a damping material for attenuating ultrasonic energy surrounding the bonding wire structure and interposed with the plurality of bonding wire elements (504,506,508), wherein the damping material defines a first face and a second face that is opposite the first face; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (102,104,106;210;310;410;910) arranged in a matrix, wherein the ultrasonic transducers are coupled to said first face of the damping material, each of said ultrasonic transducers coupled to one of said plurality of bonding wire elements (504,506,508) through a contact (510,512,514); and a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of circuits, wherein the printed circuit board is coupled to said second face of the damping material, each said circuit coupled to a wire element of said plurality of bonding wire elements; wherein the bonding wire structure is manufactured by additive manufacturing techniques; a filler material fills voids between each of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers (102,104,106) and the damping material; and each transducer (102,104,106) has a membrane (108,110,112) for propagating ultrasonic waves, located opposite to the first face of the damping material. a bonding wire structure (502;700;1100;1200;1300;1400) comprising a plurality of bonding wire elements (504,506,508;600), each bonding wire element (504,506,508;600) consisting of a conductive column; a damping material for attenuating ultrasonic energy surrounding the bonding wire structure and interposed with the plurality of bonding wire elements (504,506,508), wherein the damping material defines a first face and a second face that is opposite the first face; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (102,104,106;210;310;410;910) arranged in a matrix, wherein the ultrasonic transducers are coupled to said first face of the damping material, each of said ultrasonic transducers coupled to one of said plurality of bonding wire elements (504,506,508) through a contact (510,512,514); and a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of circuits, wherein the printed circuit board is coupled to said second face of the damping material, each said circuit coupled to a wire element of said plurality of bonding wire elements; wherein the bonding wire structure is manufactured by additive manufacturing techniques; a filler material fills voids between each of the plurality of ultrasonic transducers (102,104,106) and the damping material; and each transducer (102,104,106) has a membrane (108,110,112) for propagating ultrasonic waves, located opposite to the first face of the damping material.
An analytical apparatus for isolating and analyzing at least one nucleic acid analyte, comprising (i) at least one module for receiving and dispensing a sample to be analyzed, (ii) at least one module for isolating said nucleic acid analyte to be analyzed, (iii) at least one module for analyzing said nucleic acid analyte, (iv) at least one transport module for transferring consumables (60,70,101,301,302), characterized in that said modules (i) to (iii) (401,402,403) are arranged along an axis and said modules (401,402,403) are fixed to neighboring modules(401,402,403); wherein said at least one transport module is arranged parallel to said axis in front of modules (i) to (iii) (401,402,403), and said analytical apparatus comprises (v) at least one consumable holder, wherein said at least one consumable holder is arranged along said axis in front of said modules (i) to (iii) (401,402,403). (i) at least one module for receiving and dispensing a sample to be analyzed, (ii) at least one module for isolating said nucleic acid analyte to be analyzed, (iii) at least one module for analyzing said nucleic acid analyte, (iv) at least one transport module for transferring consumables (60,70,101,301,302), characterized in that said modules (i) to (iii) (401,402,403) are arranged along an axis and said modules (401,402,403) are fixed to neighboring modules(401,402,403); wherein said at least one transport module is arranged parallel to said axis in front of modules (i) to (iii) (401,402,403), and said analytical apparatus comprises (v) at least one consumable holder, wherein said at least one consumable holder is arranged along said axis in front of said modules (i) to (iii) (401,402,403).
A catheter system having a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter system comprising: an inner tube having a first lumen; an outer tube having a second lumen, wherein said inner tube extends through said second lumen; a retractable sleeve structure positioned between the inner tube and outer tube, said retractable sleeve structure comprising a middle tube and a sleeve tip; and a housing structure at the proximal end of said catheter system, said housing structure having a distal end and a proximal end, characterized in that said inner tube comprises a curved inner tube portion extending within and affixed to said housing structure; wherein said retractable sleeve and said inner tube form a sealed chamber. an inner tube having a first lumen; an outer tube having a second lumen, wherein said inner tube extends through said second lumen; a retractable sleeve structure positioned between the inner tube and outer tube, said retractable sleeve structure comprising a middle tube and a sleeve tip; and a housing structure at the proximal end of said catheter system, said housing structure having a distal end and a proximal end, characterized in that said inner tube comprises a curved inner tube portion extending within and affixed to said housing structure; wherein said retractable sleeve and said inner tube form a sealed chamber.
A method for coexistence of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access, OFDMA, receiver with a synchronous frame-based transmitter within a mobile station comprising: receiving an estimated media access protocol, MAP', signal indicating when a MAP message (222, 242) is expected to be received by the OFDMA receiver; sending the MAP' signal to the synchronous frame-based transmitter to shut down the synchronous frame-based transmitter when a MAP message is expected to be received. receiving an estimated media access protocol, MAP', signal indicating when a MAP message (222, 242) is expected to be received by the OFDMA receiver; sending the MAP' signal to the synchronous frame-based transmitter to shut down the synchronous frame-based transmitter when a MAP message is expected to be received.
An apparatus for a surgical stapler, comprising: (a) a buttress body, wherein the buttress body is sized to fit on an anvil or a staple cartridge deck of a surgical stapler; (b) a flowable material disposed on the buttress body, wherein the flowable material is configured to flow across the buttress body in response to the temperature of the flowable material exceeding the melting temperature of the flowable material; (c) a containment sheet disposed on the flowable material, wherein the containment sheet is secured relative to the buttress body such that the containment sheet is configured to contain the flowable material on the buttress body; and (d) a buttress assembly loading cartridge, wherein the buttress body is secured to the buttress assembly loading cartridge and the buttress assembly loading cartridge includes a platform, wherein the buttress body is disposed on the platform, and the containment sheet is secured directly to the platform. (a) a buttress body, wherein the buttress body is sized to fit on an anvil or a staple cartridge deck of a surgical stapler; (b) a flowable material disposed on the buttress body, wherein the flowable material is configured to flow across the buttress body in response to the temperature of the flowable material exceeding the melting temperature of the flowable material; (c) a containment sheet disposed on the flowable material, wherein the containment sheet is secured relative to the buttress body such that the containment sheet is configured to contain the flowable material on the buttress body; and (d) a buttress assembly loading cartridge, wherein the buttress body is secured to the buttress assembly loading cartridge and the buttress assembly loading cartridge includes a platform, wherein the buttress body is disposed on the platform, and the containment sheet is secured directly to the platform.
An effective amount of a peptide having an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 (4F-benzoyl-Arg-Arg-Nal-Cys-Tyr-Cit-Lys-DLys-Pro-Tyr-Arg-Cit-Cys-Arg-NH 2) for use in a method of cell harvesting by apheresis comprising elevating the level of hematopoietic progenitor cells in peripheral blood of a subject, wherein the cells are subsequently harvested by apheresis, wherein the peptide is not for administration in combination with G-CSF.
Use of a compound or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a hydrate, a solvate, or a salt thereof or an agrochemical formulation comprising said compound or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a hydrate, a solvate, or a salt thereof wherein said compound is selected from or for inducing abiotic stress tolerance in plants.
A self-adjusting gastric band (105, 205, 305, 405, 505, 605, 705, 805) for imposing a first constriction and a second constriction on a fundus, the self-adjusting gastric band comprising: a movable member (115, 215, 325, 425, 510, 610, 715, 815) for applying a substantially constant force against the fundus when the fundus is in a first position and a second position, the first constriction applied to the fundus in the first position and the second constriction applied to the fundus in the second position, wherein the movable member self-adjusts as the fundus moves from the first position to the second position; and characterised by: a biasing mechanism (120, 320, 420, 520, 522, 620, 720) coupled to the movable member to facilitate applying the substantially constant force against the fundus, the biasing mechanism automatically moving the movable member with the substantially constant force as the fundus moves from the first position to the second position. a movable member (115, 215, 325, 425, 510, 610, 715, 815) for applying a substantially constant force against the fundus when the fundus is in a first position and a second position, the first constriction applied to the fundus in the first position and the second constriction applied to the fundus in the second position, wherein the movable member self-adjusts as the fundus moves from the first position to the second position; and characterised by: a biasing mechanism (120, 320, 420, 520, 522, 620, 720) coupled to the movable member to facilitate applying the substantially constant force against the fundus, the biasing mechanism automatically moving the movable member with the substantially constant force as the fundus moves from the first position to the second position. a biasing mechanism (120, 320, 420, 520, 522, 620, 720) coupled to the movable member to facilitate applying the substantially constant force against the fundus, the biasing mechanism automatically moving the movable member with the substantially constant force as the fundus moves from the first position to the second position.
A method of operating a centrifugal compressor, comprising: measuring an operational parameter for a centrifugal compressor, the operational parameter being selected from only one of discharge pressure, compressor vibration and acoustic energy; processing the measured operational parameter to remove any extraneous information; comparing the measured operational parameter to a predetermined value, the predetermined value corresponding to a value of the operational parameter occurring during stable operation of the centrifugal compressor; indicating an occurrence of a surge condition in response to only the measured operational parameter being greater than the predetermined value, the occurrence of the surge condition corresponding to a complete reversal of flow in the compressor; and adjusting at least one of a position of a variable geometry diffuser of the centrifugal compressor or the speed of the centrifugal compressor to remediate the surge condition in response to the surge condition being indicated. measuring an operational parameter for a centrifugal compressor, the operational parameter being selected from only one of discharge pressure, compressor vibration and acoustic energy; processing the measured operational parameter to remove any extraneous information; comparing the measured operational parameter to a predetermined value, the predetermined value corresponding to a value of the operational parameter occurring during stable operation of the centrifugal compressor; indicating an occurrence of a surge condition in response to only the measured operational parameter being greater than the predetermined value, the occurrence of the surge condition corresponding to a complete reversal of flow in the compressor; and adjusting at least one of a position of a variable geometry diffuser of the centrifugal compressor or the speed of the centrifugal compressor to remediate the surge condition in response to the surge condition being indicated.
Method for determining a high-density platooning driving maneuver, comprising the steps of selecting a high-density platooning closing maneuver time, selecting a high-density platooning opening maneuver time, and testing the selected high-density platooning closing and opening maneuvers times with at least one test criterion, said test criterion comprising a test in terms of energy consumption, under consideration of a predicted quality of service profile of a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link for the communication between the platoon members (PV1 to PL) and if said selected high-density platooning closing and opening maneuver times do not fulfill the test criterion, waiting a time period and performing the steps of selecting a high-density platooning closing maneuver time and selecting a high-density platooning opening maneuver time anew, and testing the newly selected high-density platooning closing and opening maneuver times with said test criterion.
A sheet tray comprising a tray section including a placement surface on which a sheet is to be placed, wherein a rear end portion of the tray section capable of supporting a sheet at an upstream side of the sheet conveyance direction extends in a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, and both ends of the rear end portion in the width direction of the sheet are raised upward to the placement surface relative to a middle of the rear end portion in the width direction of the sheet, characterized in that a lift plate formed as a forward end portion of the tray section is capable of supporting a downstream side of the sheet in the direction of conveyance of the sheet, both ends of the lift plate in the width direction of the sheet are raised upward to the placement surface relative to the middle of the lift plate in the width direction of the sheet, both ends of the lift plate are end guides, and the end guides and the rear end portion of the tray section give to the sheet placed on the tray section a deflection shape extending along the direction of conveyance of the sheet and curved in the width direction of the sheet, and characterised in that each of the end guides is formed of a right triangle as viewed from above having a right-angled vertex at the corner of the lift plate in the width direction of the sheet, two sides formed of the end edge of the lift plate and a side edge of the lift plate along the direction of conveyance of the sheet, and the hypotenuse formed as a bending line extending on the sheet placement surface. a rear end portion of the tray section capable of supporting a sheet at an upstream side of the sheet conveyance direction extends in a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, and both ends of the rear end portion in the width direction of the sheet are raised upward to the placement surface relative to a middle of the rear end portion in the width direction of the sheet, characterized in that a lift plate formed as a forward end portion of the tray section is capable of supporting a downstream side of the sheet in the direction of conveyance of the sheet, both ends of the lift plate in the width direction of the sheet are raised upward to the placement surface relative to the middle of the lift plate in the width direction of the sheet, both ends of the lift plate are end guides, and the end guides and the rear end portion of the tray section give to the sheet placed on the tray section a deflection shape extending along the direction of conveyance of the sheet and curved in the width direction of the sheet, and characterised in that each of the end guides is formed of a right triangle as viewed from above having a right-angled vertex at the corner of the lift plate in the width direction of the sheet, two sides formed of the end edge of the lift plate and a side edge of the lift plate along the direction of conveyance of the sheet, and the hypotenuse formed as a bending line extending on the sheet placement surface.
An arrangement having at least two baskets (20, 21) stackable on top of each other, wherein each of the baskets (20, 21) has a basket base and lateral walls (22, 23) and, in the case of baskets (20, 21) stacked on top of each other, the undersides of the lateral walls of the basket which is upper in the case in question rest on the upper sides of the lateral walls of the basket which is lower in the case in question, and on the upper side of at least one lateral wall of the basket which is lower in the case in question there is arranged a coding body projecting beyond this upper side of this lateral wall and on the underside of at least one lateral wall of the basket which is upper in the case in question there is formed a coding body receiver, characterised in that solely in a single stacking position is the coding body insertable sufficiently far into the coding body receiver for the stacking of the baskets (20, 21) on top of each other.
Belt strip for contact elements, • which consists fundamentally of a flat metal strip, • from which individual tabs are bent at approximately 90°, • wherein two tabs are arranged opposite one another and together form a tab pair, • wherein the tabs each have two retaining arms curved toward one another, and • wherein the retaining arms each have a constant direction of curvature, and • in that the radius of curvature increases in the direction of the ends of the corresponding retaining arms. • which consists fundamentally of a flat metal strip, • from which individual tabs are bent at approximately 90°, • wherein two tabs are arranged opposite one another and together form a tab pair, • wherein the tabs each have two retaining arms curved toward one another, and • wherein the retaining arms each have a constant direction of curvature, and • in that the radius of curvature increases in the direction of the ends of the corresponding retaining arms.
Method for machine gluing stone strips to a substrate, wherein glue is applied to the substrate and/or the stone strips, wherein subsequently, after a delay time, the stone strips are each pressed against the substrate with the glue between the stone strips and the substrate, during a contact time and with a contact pressure, characterised in that the contact pressure is determined as a function of the delay time between the glue being applied and the stone strip being pressed. wherein glue is applied to the substrate and/or the stone strips, wherein subsequently, after a delay time, the stone strips are each pressed against the substrate with the glue between the stone strips and the substrate, during a contact time and with a contact pressure, characterised in that the contact pressure is determined as a function of the delay time between the glue being applied and the stone strip being pressed.
Hairstyling apparatus comprising at least: - two elongated jaws, a first and a second, having longitudinal axes L and L', and articulated together via a hinge, in order to be mobile between an open position and a closed position in which they define, via facing working surfaces (S 1, S 2), a zone for treatment of hair, - heating means associated with at least one of the working surfaces (S 1, S 2), - a comb comprising a series of retractable teeth and/or tufts of brush hairs (12, 12') that are mobile between a working position in which they are intended to comb a strand of hair at least partly passing through the treatment zone and a rest position in which the teeth and/or the tufts of brush hairs do not comb the strand of hair, and which are, in the working position, substantially parallel to a direction of extension normal to at least one of the working surfaces (S 1, S 2), wherein the retractable teeth and/or tufts of brush hairs (12, 12') are mobile in rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to the direction of extension of the teeth and/or of the tufts of brush hairs (12, 12'), characterised in that the comb comprises: - elastic means for returning each tooth and/or each retractable tuft of brush hairs (12, 12') to the working position. - two elongated jaws, a first and a second, having longitudinal axes L and L', and articulated together via a hinge, in order to be mobile between an open position and a closed position in which they define, via facing working surfaces (S 1, S 2), a zone for treatment of hair, - heating means associated with at least one of the working surfaces (S 1, S 2), - a comb comprising a series of retractable teeth and/or tufts of brush hairs (12, 12') - elastic means for returning each tooth and/or each retractable tuft of brush hairs (12, 12') to the working position.
An in vitro method for determining the biological activity of a preparation of a clostridial neurotoxin, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting at least one test particle with a sample of said preparation; and (b) comparing the biological effect of said sample with the biological effect of a reference sample; wherein said at least one test particle comprises at least a membrane enclosing a reaction volume, wherein said membrane carries one or more receptors for said clostridial neurotoxin capable of mediating transfer of said clostridial neurotoxin to said reaction volume, and wherein said reaction volume comprises a substrate for the proteolytic activity of said clostridial neurotoxin; wherein the biological activity is determined by determining one or more of the following parameters: (i) time-dependent decrease of the amount of unchanged starting substrate; (ii) time-dependent increase of the amount(s) of one or more cleavage products resulting from proteolytic cleavage of said substrate; and (iii) time-dependent decrease of the amount of a compound released from the test particle. (a) contacting at least one test particle with a sample of said preparation; and (b) comparing the biological effect of said sample with the biological effect of a reference sample; (i) time-dependent decrease of the amount of unchanged starting substrate; (ii) time-dependent increase of the amount(s) of one or more cleavage products resulting from proteolytic cleavage of said substrate; and (iii) time-dependent decrease of the amount of a compound released from the test particle.