mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus comprising: a first antenna outputting a first wideband signal; a second antenna outputting a second wideband signal; a first filter bank coupled to the first antenna, receiving the first wideband signal and outputting a first plurality of narrowband time-domain signals; a second filter bank coupled to the second antenna, receiving the second wideband signal and outputting a second plurality of narrowband time-domain signals; an interference suppressor receiving a first narrowband time-domain signal from the first filter bank and a second narrowband time-domain signal from the second filter bank and outputting an interference-suppressed time-domain signal based on the first and the second narrowband time-domain signals; characterised in that the first and the second filter banks operate continuously in a linear convolution fashion. a first antenna outputting a first wideband signal; a second antenna outputting a second wideband signal; a first filter bank coupled to the first antenna, receiving the first wideband signal and outputting a first plurality of narrowband time-domain signals; a second filter bank coupled to the second antenna, receiving the second wideband signal and outputting a second plurality of narrowband time-domain signals; an interference suppressor receiving a first narrowband time-domain signal from the first filter bank and a second narrowband time-domain signal from the second filter bank and outputting an interference-suppressed time-domain signal based on the first and the second narrowband time-domain signals; characterised in that the first and the second filter banks operate continuously in a linear convolution fashion.
An apparatus comprising a busbar and a fixture used to secure the busbar for a treatment process, the fixture comprising: a jig top configured to engage a top surface of the busbar; a jig bottom configured to engage a bottom surface of the busbar; and crab pliers configured to apply a force on the jig top and the jig bottom to secure the busbar in place; said fixture being configured to perform within a wet environment so that the busbar is continuously wet during activation and deactivation of the treatment process; wherein the jig top, the jig bottom and the crab pliers are fabricated from hard plastic, wherein the fixture further comprises an anode for performing an anodizing process, wherein the anode extends through the jig bottom so that an end of the anode is exposed on an upwardly facing surface of the jig bottom, and wherein the fixture further comprises a directional pin to orient the jig in a correct position, wherein the directional pin extends from an upwardly facing surface of the jig bottom, the directional pin being received within an opening formed in the busbar. a jig top configured to engage a top surface of the busbar; a jig bottom configured to engage a bottom surface of the busbar; and crab pliers configured to apply a force on the jig top and the jig bottom to secure the busbar in place; said fixture being configured to perform within a wet environment so that the busbar is continuously wet during activation and deactivation of the treatment process; wherein the jig top, the jig bottom and the crab pliers are fabricated from hard plastic, wherein the fixture further comprises an anode for performing an anodizing process, wherein the anode extends through the jig bottom so that an end of the anode is exposed on an upwardly facing surface of the jig bottom, and wherein the fixture further comprises a directional pin to orient the jig in a correct position, wherein the directional pin extends from an upwardly facing surface of the jig bottom, the directional pin being received within an opening formed in the busbar.
A spraying device with a refill of fluid therein, wherein the refill comprises a body forming a reservoir for the fluid and a spray head located at the uppermost part of the refill in fluid communication with the reservoir, and wherein the device comprises a housing adapted to receive the refill therein and having an aperture suitable for permitting, in use, the spraying of the fluid from an exit orifice of the spray head therethrough, the device further comprising actuation means configured for periodic actuation of the refill, wherein the device is provided with detection means configured, in use, to interrogate the spray head to distinguish between at least one area of lower reflectance and at least one area of relatively higher reflectance on the spray head of said refill, characterised in that the spray head is provided with at least one portion shaped to substantially reflect the detection means interrogation (44, 52) back toward said means and is provided with at least one portion (50,54) shaped to substantially deflect the detector means interrogation (44', 52') away from said means.
A medical implant, made of bioresorbable material, provided for intensification of healing of transplants into parent tissue after surgeries associated with reconstruction of ligaments in tunnel sockets of bones, where an implant body is a tube with a longitudinal throughout conduit, whilst throughout orifices are made in the body wall, and the outer surface of the body is provided with a protruding crest that forms a screw line serving as a screw thread, where the envelope of the screw line is a straight line, and a part of the implant length has a thread with its envelope curve convergent towards one end of the implant which envelope has the form of a parametric B-spline curve, whilst tangency of that curved sections to the straight section of the thread envelope is maintained at the contact point between these two sections, and the throughout orifices made in the wall of the implant body are spaced in every pitch of the thread in the bottom of the thread root, characterized in that orifices made in wall of the implant body have cross-sections converging towards the axial conduit of the implant body, in particular the orifices have a form of truncated cones.
A purified preparation of infectious Plasmodium-species sporozoites from mosquito salivary glands comprising less than 85 nanograms of mosquito SGM (salivary gland material) per 25,000 sporozoites, as measured by ELISA by using rabbit anti-SGM serum as primary antibody and alkaline phosphatase-conjugated anti-Rabbit IgG as secondary antibody.
A method for calculating thanks to computer means a multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens, for the purpose of manufacturing the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens, the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens being capable of correcting a wearer's ophthalmic vision when the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens is worn by the wearer in a position of use and having a back surface and a front surface, where the back surface is positioned closest to a wearer's eye when the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens is worn by the wearer in the position of use, the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens comprising a light guide optical element inserted between the back surface and the front surface and arranged to output a supplementary image to the wearer through an exit surface of said light guide optical element, where the exit surface, the back surface and an optical material located between said exit surface and said back surface form an optical device and wherein said optical device comprises an area of stabilized optical power; and, wherein the exit surface is defined by an angular aperture contour, denoted AC(α,β), α being the eye declination angle and β being the eye azimuth angle, α, β pole being the center of rotation of the wearer's eye when the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens is worn by the wearer in the position of use, wherein the α variation range within AC(α,β) and the β variation range within AC(α,β) are each equal to or greater than 5°, wherein the α variation range within AC(α,β) and/or the β variation range within AC(α,β) is equal to or greater than 15°, wherein the angular aperture contour, AC (α,β), is situated in the area of stabilized optical power so that the optical device fulfils the requirement of following equation when (α,β) is within the contour AC(α,β): − 0.5 Diopter ≤ P α β − P mean ≤ 0.5 Diopter; where P(α,β) is the dioptric power of the optical device and P mean is the mean dioptric power of the optical device within the contour AC(α,β), wherein P(α,β) and P mean are expressed in Diopter. wherein the exit surface is defined by an angular aperture contour, denoted AC(α,β), α being the eye declination angle and β being the eye azimuth angle, α, β pole being the center of rotation of the wearer's eye when the multifocal ophthalmic spectacle lens is worn by the wearer in the position of use, wherein the α variation range within AC(α,β) and the β variation range within AC(α,β) are each equal to or greater than 5°, wherein the α variation range within AC(α,β) and/or the β variation range within AC(α,β) is equal to or greater than 15°, wherein the angular aperture contour, AC (α,β), is situated in the area of stabilized optical power so that the optical device fulfils the requirement of following equation when (α,β) is within the contour AC(α,β): − 0.5 Diopter ≤ P α β − P mean ≤ 0.5 Diopter; where P(α,β) is the dioptric power of the optical device and P mean is the mean dioptric power of the optical device within the contour AC(α,β), wherein P(α,β) and P mean are expressed in Diopter.
Method for producing a solar cell (11; 21; 31), wherein - a solar cell substrate is arranged in a holding device having at least one holding lug and in the process is placed against the at least one holding lug, - the holding device is introduced into a coating device and a dielectric coating is deposited on the back side of the solar cell substrate, - a planar contact (12; 22; 32) is applied at least to parts of the dielectric coating, - in the course of applying the planar contact (12; 22; 32) at least to parts of the dielectric coating, those regions (6a, 6b, 6c) are omitted which were shaded by the holding lugs during the deposition of the dielectric coating, - the planar contact (12; 22; 32) is configured in such a way that its boundary line (14; 24; 34) has at least one recess (16a; 26a), and - the planar contact (12; 22; 32) is configured and arranged in such a way that the at least one recess (16a; 26a) omits from a covering with the planar contact (12; 22; 32) at least one portion of those regions (6a, 6b, 6c) which were shaded by the holding lugs during the deposition of the dielectric coating. - a solar cell substrate is arranged in a holding device having at least one holding lug and in the process is placed against the at least one holding lug, - the holding device is introduced into a coating device and a dielectric coating is deposited on the back side of the solar cell substrate, - a planar contact (12; 22; 32) is applied at least to parts of the dielectric coating, - in the course of applying the planar contact (12; 22; 32) at least to parts of the dielectric coating, those regions (6a, 6b, 6c) are omitted which were shaded by the holding lugs during the deposition of the dielectric coating, - the planar contact (12; 22; 32) is configured in such a way that its boundary line (14; 24; 34) has at least one recess (16a; 26a), and - the planar contact (12; 22; 32) is configured and arranged in such a way that the at least one recess (16a; 26a) omits from a covering with the planar contact (12; 22; 32) at least one portion of those regions (6a, 6b, 6c) which were shaded by the holding lugs during the deposition of the dielectric coating.
A medical body area network, MBAN, channel management system comprising: at least one controller configured to: identify an available set of channels to be used by a plurality of MBAN systems; generate channel access rules describing a set of channels for each of a plurality of MBAN priorities, the channels of the set of channels being channels of the available set of channels, the plurality of MBAN priorities corresponding to MBAN priorities assigned to the plurality of MBAN systems; and communicate the channel access rules to the plurality of MBAN systems, wherein an MBAN system of the plurality of MBAN systems uses a channel from the set of channels corresponding to the MBAN priority assigned to the MBAN system, characterized in that the at least one controller is configured to generate the channel access rules describing a set of channels for each of a plurality of MBAN priorities that are assigned to the plurality of MBAN systems based on patient acuity level. at least one controller configured to: identify an available set of channels to be used by a plurality of MBAN systems; generate channel access rules describing a set of channels for each of a plurality of MBAN priorities, the channels of the set of channels being channels of the available set of channels, the plurality of MBAN priorities corresponding to MBAN priorities assigned to the plurality of MBAN systems; and communicate the channel access rules to the plurality of MBAN systems, wherein an MBAN system of the plurality of MBAN systems uses a channel from the set of channels corresponding to the MBAN priority assigned to the MBAN system, characterized in that the at least one controller is configured to generate the channel access rules describing a set of channels for each of a plurality of MBAN priorities that are assigned to the plurality of MBAN systems based on patient acuity level. identify an available set of channels to be used by a plurality of MBAN systems; generate channel access rules describing a set of channels for each of a plurality of MBAN priorities, the channels of the set of channels being channels of the available set of channels, the plurality of MBAN priorities corresponding to MBAN priorities assigned to the plurality of MBAN systems; and communicate the channel access rules to the plurality of MBAN systems, wherein an MBAN system of the plurality of MBAN systems uses a channel from the set of channels corresponding to the MBAN priority assigned to the MBAN system, characterized in that the at least one controller is configured to generate the channel access rules describing a set of channels for each of a plurality of MBAN priorities that are assigned to the plurality of MBAN systems based on patient acuity level.
A method for reliable delivery of content packages (312A - 312C) to a client device, the method comprising: maintaining a device content listing of content packages received or to be received at the client device, the device content listing being for reconciling with a server content listing of content packages intended for delivery to the client device from a content server (226, 405); listening for push delivery of a manifest file (314A - 314C, 422) specifying a content package listed in the device content listing; upon receiving (522, 822) push delivery of the content package, updating (524, 824) the device content listing to indicate that the content package has been received; the method being characterised by, upon determining, based upon reconciliation of the server content listing with the device content listing, a failed attempt at push delivery to the client device, requesting delivery of the content package from the content server. maintaining a device content listing of content packages received or to be received at the client device, the device content listing being for reconciling with a server content listing of content packages intended for delivery to the client device from a content server (226, 405); listening for push delivery of a manifest file (314A - 314C, 422) specifying a content package listed in the device content listing; upon receiving (522, 822) push delivery of the content package, updating (524, 824) the device content listing to indicate that the content package has been received; the method being characterised by, upon determining, based upon reconciliation of the server content listing with the device content listing, a failed attempt at push delivery to the client device, requesting delivery of the content package from the content server.
An information processing apparatus, comprising: an interface configured to display an object and to receive an instruction to change a display scale of the object; and a processor configured to control the interface to change the display scale of the object based on the received instruction, wherein the instruction is received at the interface and the interface includes a touch panel, and the instruction to change the display scale of the object is a first flicking operation performed by a user detected by the touch panel; wherein when the speed of the first flicking operation is below a first threshold the processor is configured to control the interface to stop changing the display scale of the displayed object when the display scale of the displayed object becomes a predetermined display scale, and control the interface to resume changing the display scale of the displayed object upon determining that a second flicking operation has been performed by the user; and wherein when the speed of the first flicking operation is above the first threshold the processor is configured to control the interface to change the display scale of the displayed object by an amount corresponding to the speed of the first flicking operation. an interface configured to display an object and to receive an instruction to change a display scale of the object; and a processor configured to control the interface to change the display scale of the object based on the received instruction, wherein the instruction is received at the interface and the interface includes a touch panel, and the instruction to change the display scale of the object is a first flicking operation performed by a user detected by the touch panel; wherein
A tubular tissue support (stent) for use in a method of removal of tubular tissue supports from hollow organs of humans or of animals, wherein the tubular tissue support is composed of a polymer having a transition temperature T trans which is higher than body temperature of the human or animal and up to 60 °C, the polymer further has a softening point at which the elastic modulus is less than 200 MPa, wherein the softening point is below the transition temperature T trans by 0.5 to 10 °C, said method comprising the steps of heating the implanted tissue support to a temperature corresponding to the softening point and below the transition temperature T trans until softening occurs; and withdrawing the implanted tissue support in a minimally invasive way from the hollow organ.
Sintered ball, comprising tungsten carbide WC and partially stabilised zirconium oxide nX:ZrO 2, in which the proportion of WC in the material composition is 1 to 60 % by volume and the proportion of nX:ZrO 2 is 99 to 40 % by volume based on 100 % by volume WC and nX:ZrO 2.
Knob pattern connection system, consisting of at least two similar connection components with structured surfaces, equipped with a nub-like shape of the surface, whose knobs (14.6 und 14.7) produce a self-adjusting, positive-locking connection between the connection components of the knob pattern connection system during the compression of the connection system, wherein the basic bodies of the knobs (14.6 and 14.7) are designed as threefold or fourfold segmented rotation body, and the rotation body is equipped with at least one head (2.1), (14.1), with conically designed sliding surfaces (2.2 and 2.3), (14.5) and recesses (2.4),, and aligned in a rectangular or hexagonal grid, in such a distance that the knobs, (14.6 and 14.7) of the components to be connected glide to each other when joining and become stuck one into another or interlock, wherein the single knobs, (14.6 and 14.7) geometrically merge one into another at the head of the averted component characterised in that a double-sided usability is produced, being the connection component equipped with a knob structure on the upper and under part, and by vertically duplicating downwards the surface having a nub-like structure, made of threefold or fourfold segmented rotation bodies, so that at each point between the original surface and its copy there is a distance and between these two surfaces a volume body is geometrically extruded, wherein a horizontal cut always runs through the focus of the so designed connection component and leads to an end-to-end triangular or rectangular grid, and the under part of the connection components is designed analogue at the upper side of the connection components, so that the under and upper part are separated connection surfaces, having one and the same structure.
A method of diagnosing cancer in a mammal comprising the steps of: i) determining in a nucleic acid-containing biological sample obtained from the mammal the degree of DNA methylation of CG sites in a target region within the hTERT promoter, wherein the target region comprises a region from the nucleotide at about position -376 to the nucleotide at about position -591, or a corresponding target region in a TERT promoter in a mammal other than a human, to yield a sample methylation signature; ii) determining the baseline degree of DNA methylation of the target region in a control sample to yield a control methylation signature; iii) comparing the sample methylation signature to the control methylation signature and rendering a diagnosis of cancer when there is at least 1.5 times more methylation in the sample methylation signature as compared to the control methylation signature. i) determining in a nucleic acid-containing biological sample obtained from the mammal the degree of DNA methylation of CG sites in a target region within the hTERT promoter, wherein the target region comprises a region from the nucleotide at about position -376 to the nucleotide at about position -591, or a corresponding target region in a TERT promoter in a mammal other than a human, to yield a sample methylation signature; ii) determining the baseline degree of DNA methylation of the target region in a control sample to yield a control methylation signature; iii) comparing the sample methylation signature to the control methylation signature and rendering a diagnosis of cancer when there is at least 1.5 times more methylation in the sample methylation signature as compared to the control methylation signature.
A system for a sonar device, comprising a base body having at least one holder for a hydrophone element, wherein the holder and the hydrophone element are configured to be releasably connected to one another, wherein the hydrophone element has a hydrophone which is encased in a plastic body in such a way as to withstand seawater wherein the base body is in two parts or comprises two sections (14, 16), wherein the two parts or the two sections (14, 16) respectively have a rectangular contour and are arranged above one another, wherein the two parts or the two sections (14, 16) are in contact and/or connected at two opposite ends (18a, 18b) of the base body and an intermediate space is formed between the ends (18a, 18b) which are in contact or connected characterized in that the intermediate space is filled with a metal. wherein the base body is in two parts or comprises two sections (14, 16), wherein the two parts or the two sections (14, 16) respectively have a rectangular contour and are arranged above one another, wherein the two parts or the two sections (14, 16) are in contact and/or connected at two opposite ends (18a, 18b) of the base body and an intermediate space is formed between the ends (18a, 18b) which are in contact or connected characterized in that the intermediate space is filled with a metal.