mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A prosthetic valve (100; 100'; 100") comprising: a frame (106: 106'; 106") movable between a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, wherein the frame (106: 106'; 106") comprises a plurality of strut sections intersecting at junctions, and a leaflet assembly mounted within the frame (106; 106'; 106") and comprising a plurality of leaflets configured to regulate flow through the prosthetic valve (100; 100'; 100"), wherein each leaflet comprises a rounded cusp end portion defining a cusp edge, a free edge opposite to the cusp edge, and a pair of oppositely-directed tabs separating the cusp edge and the free edge; wherein each cusp end portion is coupled to at least one strut section via at least one primary suture threaded therethrough in an in-and-out pattern, and a secondary suture (156; 170) forming a series of non-penetrating whip stitches spaced from each other along the length of the strut section, each non-penetrating whip stitch comprising a strut-wrapping section looped around the strut section and a primary-suture-wrapping section extending therefrom, looped around the primary suture and passing between the primary suture and the leaflet. a frame (106: 106'; 106") movable between a radially compressed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, wherein the frame (106: 106'; 106") comprises a plurality of strut sections intersecting at junctions, and a leaflet assembly mounted within the frame (106; 106'; 106") and comprising a plurality of leaflets configured to regulate flow through the prosthetic valve (100; 100'; 100"), wherein each leaflet comprises a rounded cusp end portion defining a cusp edge, a free edge opposite to the cusp edge, and a pair of oppositely-directed tabs separating the cusp edge and the free edge; wherein each cusp end portion is coupled to at least one strut section via at least one primary suture threaded therethrough in an in-and-out pattern, and a secondary suture (156; 170) forming a series of non-penetrating whip stitches spaced from each other along the length of the strut section, each non-penetrating whip stitch comprising a strut-wrapping section looped around the strut section and a primary-suture-wrapping section extending therefrom, looped around the primary suture and passing between the primary suture and the leaflet.
An Archimedean screw apparatus comprising a screw body formed by a shaft and at least one helical flight located in a horizontal or inclined close-fitting channel structure, characterized in that the screw body is rotatably mounted such that the flight is in frictional contact with an inner surface of the channel structure, which inner surface thereby provides longitudinal support and alignment to the screw body.
Writing instrument comprising a barrel extending along a longitudinal axis and a tip mounted at the front of the barrel, the writing instrument further comprising a protective sleeve for the tip, said sleeve being, in an assembled state of the writing instrument, mounted coaxially on the barrel and movable relative to the barrel between a protective position where it covers the tip and a retracted position where it exposes the tip to allow writing, said sleeve having an inner wall which comprises a helical cam engaging with a guide element formed on the barrel so that the sleeve is movable in translation combined with rotation in said assembled state, said sleeve further comprising on its inner wall a detent element capable of engaging, after the assembling, with a retaining element formed on the barrel so as to prevent the sleeve from being detached from the barrel, characterized in that it comprises a locking element (22; 12) capable of engaging with one among said retaining element and said detent element so as to rotationally lock said protective position of the sleeve.
A threaded tubular component for drilling or working hydrocarbon wells, said tubular component having at one of its ends (1; 2) a threaded zone (3; 4) arranged on its outer or inner peripheral surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type, characterized in that at least a portion of the end (1; 2) is coated with at least one dry film with a Shore D hardness of more than 50 and comprising a matrix of polyurethane and polyurea, in which the urethane functionality is predominant with respect to the urea functionality in a proportion of at least 55% by weight.
A skin puncturing device, which is comprised of oblong main body, a cup closing the front end of the main body, placed against patient's skin and which has an opening for the puncturing a lancet blade, a puncturing mechanism with a lancet guiding mechanism, a drive spring of the lancet guiding mechanism, return spring of the lancet guiding mechanism, a button for tensioning the drive spring in the back part of the main body with a member releasing the drive spring tension as well as having a puncture depth regulation mechanism and a used lancet removal mechanism, characterized in that the main body have a casing in form of a tube with longitudinal axis as well as front and back ends opened, while the puncturing mechanism, the puncture depth regulation mechanism and the used lancet removal mechanism form the mechanism unit installed inside the main body, elements of the mechanism unit are placed inside the mechanism body, permanently fixed inside the casing, the front end of the mechanism body is genera lly flush with the front end of the casing its back end is located inside the casing, the lancet guiding mechanism is comprised of the lancet socket with oblong guide that passes through the opening in the transverse partition of the mechanism body and finished in the front end with the lancet chamber, which in the back end is linked with the front end of the driving sleeve, the driving sleeve is rotary and sliding fitted in the back part of the mechanism body, the return spring is placed between the transverse partition and the end of the driving sleeve, linked with guide of the lancet socket, the drive spring is placed between the driving sleeve and the button, the button is rotary and sliding fitted in the back end of the casing, the member releasing the drive spring tension is a springy latch of the driving sleeve, cooperating with a stop surface of the mechanism body and an activating surface of the button, whereas the puncture depth regulation mechanism is comprised of the button rotary coupled with the driving sleeve and of limiting steps limiting the movement of bumper of the driving sleeve.
Base station for a radio communications network, comprising: - a first phasing network for forming first beams (B 1 -B 4) for fixed reception angles out of first signals provided by a receive antenna array and for outputting second signals constituting said first beams (B 1 -B 4); characterized by - a second phasing network for co-phasing and summing the second signals provided by the first phasing network for at least two neighbouring first beams (B 2,B 3), thus forming at least one composite beam (B 2_3) for a reception angle in-between the at least two neighbouring first beams (B 2,B 3), and for scaling amplitude and/or power of the at least one composite beam (B 2_3) with a predetermined factor making the at least one composite beam (B 2_3) comparable with the first beams (B 1 -B 4); and - means for estimating the direction of arrival of signals received in the uplink at the receive antenna array from the first beams (B 1 -B 4) and the at least one composite beam (B 2_3). - a first phasing network for forming first beams (B 1 -B 4) for fixed reception angles out of first signals provided by a receive antenna array and for outputting second signals constituting said first beams (B 1 -B 4); - a second phasing network for co-phasing and summing the second signals provided by the first phasing network for at least two neighbouring first beams (B 2,B 3), thus forming at least one composite beam (B 2_3) for a reception angle in-between the at least two neighbouring first beams (B 2,B 3), and for scaling amplitude and/or power of the at least one composite beam (B 2_3) with a predetermined factor making the at least one composite beam (B 2_3) comparable with the first beams (B 1 -B 4); and - means for estimating the direction of arrival of signals received in the uplink at the receive antenna array from the first beams (B 1 -B 4) and the at least one composite beam (B 2_3).
An anti-Folate receptor 1 (FOLR1) immunoconjugate for use in cancer therapy in a human subject, wherein an FOLR1 staining intensity score of 2 or greater has been detected in greater than 75% of cells in a cancer sample obtained from the human subject using an immunohistochemistry detection method that distinguishes between staining intensity and staining uniformity in a FOLR1 expressing cancer sample as compared to staining intensity and staining uniformity in one or more reference samples, wherein the anti-FOLR1 immunoconjugate for use in cancer therapy comprises (i) an anti-FOLR1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprising (a) a heavy chain CDR1 comprising the amino acids GYFMN of SEQ ID NO: 3; a heavy chain CDR2 comprising the amino acids RIHPYDGDTFYNQKFQG of SEQ ID NO: 3; and a heavy chain CDR3 comprising the amino acids YDGSRAMDY of SEQ ID NO: 3; and (b) a light chain CDR1 comprising the amino acids KASQSVSFAGTSLMH of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; a light chain CDR2 comprising the amino acids RASNLEA of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; and a light chain CDR3 comprising the amino acids QQSREYPYT of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; (ii) the linker N-succinimidyl 4-(2-pyridyldithio)-2-sulfobutanoate (sulfo-SPDB); and (iii) the cytotoxic agent N -deacetyl-N -(4-mercapto-4-methyl-1-oxopentyl)-maytansine, wherein the linker links the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to the cytotoxic agent. (i) an anti-FOLR1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprising (a) a heavy chain CDR1 comprising the amino acids GYFMN of SEQ ID NO: 3; a heavy chain CDR2 comprising the amino acids RIHPYDGDTFYNQKFQG of SEQ ID NO: 3; and a heavy chain CDR3 comprising the amino acids YDGSRAMDY of SEQ ID NO: 3; and (b) a light chain CDR1 comprising the amino acids KASQSVSFAGTSLMH of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; a light chain CDR2 comprising the amino acids RASNLEA of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; and a light chain CDR3 comprising the amino acids QQSREYPYT of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; (a) a heavy chain CDR1 comprising the amino acids GYFMN of SEQ ID NO: 3; a heavy chain CDR2 comprising the amino acids RIHPYDGDTFYNQKFQG of SEQ ID NO: 3; and a heavy chain CDR3 comprising the amino acids YDGSRAMDY of SEQ ID NO: 3; and (b) a light chain CDR1 comprising the amino acids KASQSVSFAGTSLMH of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; a light chain CDR2 comprising the amino acids RASNLEA of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; and a light chain CDR3 comprising the amino acids QQSREYPYT of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 5; (ii) the linker N-succinimidyl 4-(2-pyridyldithio)-2-sulfobutanoate (sulfo-SPDB); and (iii) the cytotoxic agent N -deacetyl-N -(4-mercapto-4-methyl-1-oxopentyl)-maytansine, wherein the linker links the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to the cytotoxic agent.
Intraoral probe for recording periodontal status which intraoral probe has a changeable probe tip and a handle portion that incorporates at the front end a means of holding the changeable probe tip and is provided with means of transmission for transmitting signals to an evaluating device, where the probe tip can be non-rotatorily fastened to the handle portion, where the handle portion incorporates a camera, and a lens aperture, and the probe tip is disposed within the camera's field of view, characterised in that the lens aperture is disposed on the circumference of the handle portion such that the camera's field of view is directed radially out of the handle portion.
Continuous-flow heater for heating a liquid, comprising a heating cartridge with at least one channel, wherein the at least one channel is a fluidic channel, wherein at least one electrically heated heating element adapted for heating the liquid is arranged in the fluidic channel, and at least one safety temperature limiting device which is adapted to de-energize the at least one heating element by means of a temperature-controlled switching element when a predetermined maximum temperature of the liquid is exceeded, wherein the safety temperature limiting device comprises a coupling element with a fluid contact side adapted for heat transfer from the liquid to the switching element, wherein the coupling element is arranged to come into contact with the liquid at least in regions, characterised in that the coupling element has at least one cavity-forming recess on the fluid contact side. a heating cartridge with at least one channel, wherein the at least one channel is a fluidic channel, wherein at least one electrically heated heating element adapted for heating the liquid is arranged in the fluidic channel, and at least one safety temperature limiting device which is adapted to de-energize the at least one heating element by means of a temperature-controlled switching element when a predetermined maximum temperature of the liquid is exceeded, wherein the safety temperature limiting device comprises a coupling element with a fluid contact side adapted for heat transfer from the liquid to the switching element, wherein the coupling element is arranged to come into contact with the liquid at least in regions, characterised in that the coupling element has at least one cavity-forming recess on the fluid contact side.
An artificial airway device to facilitate lung ventilation in a patient, comprising a flexible airway tube having a proximal end and a distal end and a mask at the distal end, characterised by an introducer that is connected to the device, wherein the introducer comprises means adapted to releasably confer rigidity to the airway tube at or adjacent its distal end that is slidable along the airway tube, and wherein the rigidity conferring means is adapted to act as a bite block when it is positioned towards the proximal end of the airway tube by a user.
A waterproof sound-permeable membrane adapted to permit passage of sound and prevent ingress of water, wherein an air permeability of the waterproof sound-permeable membrane, as expressed by Gurley number, is 20 seconds/100 mL or more, a water entry pressure of the waterproof sound-permeable membrane is 500 kPa or more, and when a tensile strength at break of the waterproof sound-permeable membrane in a machine direction MD, which is a direction parallel to a direction of calendering of the membrane, is denoted by T1 and a tensile strength at break of the waterproof sound-permeable membrane in a transverse direction TD orthogonal to the machine direction MD is denoted by T2, a strength ratio T1/T2 is in a range of 0.5 to 2.0.
An antenna arrangement (120a, 120b, 120c, 120d), the antenna arrangement (120a, 120b, 120C, 120d) comprising: a first antenna array and a second antenna array, wherein each antenna array comprises antenna elements of a first polarization and antenna elements of a second polarization, wherein the two antenna arrays (130a, 130b) are arranged to collectively be fed four signals, such that the antenna elements (140a, 140b) of each polarization (p1, p2) at each antenna array (130a, 130b) is fed a respective one out of the four signals, wherein the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements, and wherein the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the first antenna array is phase shifted either 180° or (180 - α)° with respect to the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array. a first antenna array and a second antenna array, wherein each antenna array comprises antenna elements of a first polarization and antenna elements of a second polarization, wherein the two antenna arrays (130a, 130b) are arranged to collectively be fed four signals, such that the antenna elements (140a, 140b) of each polarization (p1, p2) at each antenna array (130a, 130b) is fed a respective one out of the four signals, wherein the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements, and wherein the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the first antenna array is phase shifted either 180° or (180 - α)° with respect to the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array.
A method for controlling a laundry treatment apparatus, the laundry treatment apparatus comprising a receiver that receives an object to be dried, a circulation flow path that draws air out of the receiver and resupplies the air into the receiver, an evaporator that evaporates a refrigerant via heat exchange with the air introduced to the circulation flow path, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant via heat exchange with the air having passed through the evaporator, and a compressor that compresses the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator and supplies the compressed refrigerant to the condenser, and a controller that controls a flow rate of the compressed refrigerant via adjustment of a frequency of alternating current supplied to the compressor, the method comprising: supplying alternating current to the compressor at a predetermined first frequency; measuring a first time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; measuring a second time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor when a predetermined first reference time has passed after completion of the measuring the first time the temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; and controlling the first frequency of the alternating current based on a difference between the temperature measured the first time and the temperature measured the second time, wherein the controlling the first frequency of the alternating current includes changing the first frequency when a difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is not equal to a predetermined reference value, wherein the changing the first frequency includes supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency lower than the first frequency when the difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is greater than the predetermined reference value. supplying alternating current to the compressor at a predetermined first frequency; measuring a first time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; measuring a second time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor when a predetermined first reference time has passed after completion of the measuring the first time the temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; and controlling the first frequency of the alternating current based on a difference between the temperature measured the first time and the temperature measured the second time, wherein the controlling the first frequency of the alternating current includes changing the first frequency when a difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is not equal to a predetermined reference value, wherein the changing the first frequency includes supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency lower than the first frequency when the difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is greater than the predetermined reference value.
A method for use in a portable electronic device for self-calibration of a proximity sensor, the method comprising: obtaining a background measurement by the proximity sensor, wherein the background measurement is a measure of a received signal when no signal is transmitted by the proximity sensor; adjusting a detection threshold of the proximity sensor based on the background measurement, the detection threshold associated with a sensitivity of the proximity sensor to environmental conditions; emitting a source signal by the proximity sensor based on the adjusted detection threshold of the proximity sensor; and receiving a return signal by the proximity sensor corresponding to the source signal. obtaining a background measurement by the proximity sensor, wherein the background measurement is a measure of a received signal when no signal is transmitted by the proximity sensor; adjusting a detection threshold of the proximity sensor based on the background measurement, the detection threshold associated with a sensitivity of the proximity sensor to environmental conditions; emitting a source signal by the proximity sensor based on the adjusted detection threshold of the proximity sensor; and receiving a return signal by the proximity sensor corresponding to the source signal.
A device comprising: a Magnetic Tunnel Junction memory element comprising, a reference layer, a free layer, and a magnetic tunneling layer between the reference layer and the free layer; and characterized by the device having a pair of magneto-electric controlling layers, which have in-plane uniaxial anisotropy, wherein the pair of magneto-electric controlling layers are disposed below the free layer. a Magnetic Tunnel Junction memory element comprising, a reference layer, a free layer, and a magnetic tunneling layer between the reference layer and the free layer; and characterized by the device having a pair of magneto-electric controlling layers, which have in-plane uniaxial anisotropy, wherein the pair of magneto-electric controlling layers are disposed below the free layer.
An integrated circuit which, in operation, controls a process of a communication apparatus, the process comprising: generating a MAC control element including a cluster of bits which indicates an activation/deactivation status of each of a plurality of secondary component carriers that are added to a primary component carrier which is always activated; and transmitting the generated MAC control element, the transmitted MAC control element being for use by a user equipment to activate or deactivate the plurality of the secondary component carriers and to start an SRS transmission on the activated secondary component carriers, wherein each of the plurality of the secondary component carriers is associated with a respective bit in the cluster of bits, and when any one bit among the cluster of bits indicates that its corresponding secondary component carrier should be activated, said one bit further indicates a sounding reference signal, SRS, transmission request to the user equipment. generating a MAC control element including a cluster of bits which indicates an activation/deactivation status of each of a plurality of secondary component carriers that are added to a primary component carrier which is always activated; and transmitting the generated MAC control element, the transmitted MAC control element being for use by a user equipment to activate or deactivate the plurality of the secondary component carriers and to start an SRS transmission on the activated secondary component carriers, wherein each of the plurality of the secondary component carriers is associated with a respective bit in the cluster of bits, and when any one bit among the cluster of bits indicates that its corresponding secondary component carrier should be activated, said one bit further indicates a sounding reference signal, SRS, transmission request to the user equipment.