mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A wound dressing system (100, 200), which comprises: a fluid permeable support member (108, 124, 204, 300), the support member configured for positioning within a wound ("w") and adapted to generally conform to a topography of the wound, and to permit exudates from the wound to pass therethrough; a plurality of beads (110, 206) supported by the support member, the beads having sufficient rigidity to substantially maintain respective shapes thereof to thereby facilitate passage of the exudates through spaces defined between adjacent beads; an outer member adapted for positioning over the wound to substantially enclose the beads; and a conduit for supplying reduced pressure to the wound, characterized by at least some of the plurality of beads each having a bore therethrough, the bore configured to facilitate passage of the exudates or of air. a fluid permeable support member (108, 124, 204, 300), the support member configured for positioning within a wound ("w") and adapted to generally conform to a topography of the wound, and to permit exudates from the wound to pass therethrough; a plurality of beads (110, 206) supported by the support member, the beads having sufficient rigidity to substantially maintain respective shapes thereof to thereby facilitate passage of the exudates through spaces defined between adjacent beads; an outer member adapted for positioning over the wound to substantially enclose the beads; and a conduit for supplying reduced pressure to the wound, characterized by at least some of the plurality of beads each having a bore therethrough, the bore configured to facilitate passage of the exudates or of air.
A hybrid supplemental solar energy collection and dissipation system with one or more heat pumps, the system comprising: one or more photovoltaic panels configured to convert incident radiation to electricity; one or more supplemental solar energy collectors having a flow of fluid therein coupled to the one or more photovoltaic panels, the one or more supplemental solar energy collectors configured to collect thermal energy from the one or more photovoltaic panels, radiate thermal energy to outer space, collect thermal energy from an environment and/or dissipate thermal energy to the environment to heat or cool one or more loads; and wherein the one or more heat pumps are coupled to the one or more supplemental solar energy collectors and the one or more loads, characterized in that the one or more heat pumps are configured to be shifted to amplify heating or cooling of the one or more loads (96, 98). one or more photovoltaic panels configured to convert incident radiation to electricity; one or more supplemental solar energy collectors having a flow of fluid therein coupled to the one or more photovoltaic panels, the one or more supplemental solar energy collectors configured to collect thermal energy from the one or more photovoltaic panels, radiate thermal energy to outer space, collect thermal energy from an environment and/or dissipate thermal energy to the environment to heat or cool one or more loads; and wherein the one or more heat pumps are coupled to the one or more supplemental solar energy collectors and the one or more loads, characterized in that the one or more heat pumps are configured to be shifted to amplify heating or cooling of the one or more loads (96, 98).
A computer-implemented method of estimating a photoplethysmogram waveform of a target, comprising: obtaining a plurality of images, each image comprising pixels, wherein an image of the plurality of images comprises the target; subdividing the target into a plurality of portions; determining, based on the plurality of images and pixels, a time variation of a light reflectivity of a portion of the plurality of portions; determining, based on the time variation of the light reflectivity, a weight associated with the portion of the plurality of portions; and estimating the PPG waveform of the target based on the weight and the image of the plurality of images, wherein estimating the PPG waveform of the target comprises multiplying the weight of the portion of the plurality of portions by the light reflectivity of the portion of the plurality of portions to form a weighted light reflectivity of the first portion. obtaining a plurality of images, each image comprising pixels, wherein an image of the plurality of images comprises the target; subdividing the target into a plurality of portions; determining, based on the plurality of images and pixels, a time variation of a light reflectivity of a portion of the plurality of portions; determining, based on the time variation of the light reflectivity, a weight associated with the portion of the plurality of portions; and estimating the PPG waveform of the target based on the weight and the image of the plurality of images, wherein estimating the PPG waveform of the target comprises multiplying the weight of the portion of the plurality of portions by the light reflectivity of the portion of the plurality of portions to form a weighted light reflectivity of the first portion.
A bearing ring for a bearing element, comprising a main body made of a polymer material and comprising at least one coating arranged at least partially on the main body to increase the load-bearing capacity and the media and temperature resistance of the bearing ring, characterised in that the at least one coating is formed from an inorganic-organic hybrid polymer material.
Holding device (3, 33) for an overhead line, comprising a supporting frame (17, 41) having at least two carrying legs (19, 47), a holding element (23, 53) being arranged on each of the ends thereof for receiving a conductor cable (11, 51), and a holding insulator (15, 45) that extends in a longitudinal direction and is mounted between the carrying legs (19, 47) of the supporting frame (17, 41) and that has a free end (13, 43) for fixing to a mast crossbeam (7, 37), characterised in that the supporting frame (17, 41) is sized in such a way that the carrying legs (19, 47) extend in the longitudinal direction of the holding insulator (15, 45) beyond the free end of the holding insulator (15, 45) in order to raise the conductor cable (11, 51) in the vertical direction above the holding insulator (15, 45).
A method for repairing a vortex generator which projects from an outer skin of a rotor blade, the vortex generator tip of which is broken off and leaves behind a vortex generator stub on the rotor blade outer skin, by the vortex generator stub being ground down and a vortex generator crown being fitted onto the ground-down vortex generator stub.
A composition comprising a variant phytase enzyme comprising amino acid substitutions as compared to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said substitutions comprise I55V/G157Q/R159Y/Y255D/F354Y/A380P, and wherein said variant phytase enzyme has improved thermostability as compared to SEQ ID NO:1.
A base station system comprising: a control message transmitter to transmit control information to a mobile system, wherein the control information includes spectrum information of an associated virtual base station system; and a communication repeater to relay communication between the mobile system and the virtual base station system, based on the spectrum information; wherein the virtual base station system provides a radio voice service and a data service via a shared spectrum, instead of a frequency spectrum that is used in the base station system; characterized in that the control message further includes an identifier of the virtual base station system; and the mobile system communicates with the virtual base station system corresponding to the identifier, based on the spectrum information. a control message transmitter to transmit control information to a mobile system, wherein the control information includes spectrum information of an associated virtual base station system; and a communication repeater to relay communication between the mobile system and the virtual base station system, based on the spectrum information; wherein the virtual base station system provides a radio voice service and a data service via a shared spectrum, instead of a frequency spectrum that is used in the base station system; characterized in that the control message further includes an identifier of the virtual base station system; and the mobile system communicates with the virtual base station system corresponding to the identifier, based on the spectrum information.
A client device for use in a cellular network providing location-based publications using a publish/subscribe protocol, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing program code instructions, wherein execution of the program code instructions at the processor cause the client device to: determine a geographical location relevant to the client device; determine a subscription geohash, to identify an area including the geographical location relevant to the client device; send a subscription to a server, the subscription having a subscription name comprising the subscription geohash. determine a geographical location relevant to the client device; determine a subscription geohash, to identify an area including the geographical location relevant to the client device; send a subscription to a server, the subscription having a subscription name comprising the subscription geohash.
A uterotubal implant device, comprising at least three compressible self-expanding bodies, the bodies being constituted by a reticular structure and coupled to one another in a longitudinal direction, a body which is arranged distally in the longitudinal direction and a body which is arranged proximally in the longitudinal direction being formed to be funnel-shaped in such a way that the proximal funnel-shaped body in the longitudinal direction is formed to be conically widening from distal to proximal and the distal body (5, 2) is formed to be conically widening from proximal to distal, and a body arranged between the distal funnel-shaped body (5, 2) and the proximal funnel-shaped body (6, 2) being formed to be spindle-shaped in such a way that the spindle-shaped body is formed in the longitudinal direction to be conically widening at its proximal end and conically tapering at its distal end in such a way that the body forms a spindle shape.
Gulley comprising a gulley pot, a sewer outlet in a side wall of the gulley pot and a baffle configured to act as odour trap, wherein the sewer outlet is configured to couple the gulley to a sewer system and has an underside defining a normal outflow level L norm, and wherein the baffle has an underside defining a minimal liquid level L min to enable the baffle to act as odour trap; wherein the gulley pot further comprises an additional reservoir in the form of a drainage means, and at least one infiltration outlet through the side wall, characterised in that the at least one infiltration outlet being configured to transfer liquid in the gulley pot to the drainage means facilitating infiltration of collected water into the ground around the gulley when the liquid level in the gulley pot exceeds an additional outflow level L drain, wherein L min < L drain ≤ L norm.
An abnormality detection apparatus connectable to a bus (201, 201a, 201b) through which a data frame is transmitted at a predetermined cycle, the abnormality detection apparatus adapted to detect an attack on equipment connected to the bus (201, 201a, 201b), the abnormality detection apparatus comprising: a frame reception unit adapted to receive a data frame transmitted through the bus (201, 201a, 201b); an attack detection unit adapted to determine whether or not a reception cycle of a check target data frame is within a normal range by using a threshold indicating a normal range, and to detect presence or absence of an attack based on a determination result, characterized in that the abnormality detection apparatus further comprises: a bus load calculation unit adapted to calculate a bus load value (L, LB) indicating a congestion degree in the bus (201, 201a, 201b) based on contents of the data frame that the frame reception unit receives; and a reception cycle threshold calculation unit adapted to decide the threshold according to the bus load value (L, LB) that the bus load calculation unit calculates. a frame reception unit adapted to receive a data frame transmitted through the bus (201, 201a, 201b); an attack detection unit adapted to determine whether or not a reception cycle of a check target data frame is within a normal range by using a threshold indicating a normal range, and to detect presence or absence of an attack based on a determination result, characterized in that the abnormality detection apparatus further comprises: a bus load calculation unit adapted to calculate a bus load value (L, LB) indicating a congestion degree in the bus (201, 201a, 201b) based on contents of the data frame that the frame reception unit receives; and a reception cycle threshold calculation unit adapted to decide the threshold according to the bus load value (L, LB) that the bus load calculation unit calculates. a bus load calculation unit adapted to calculate a bus load value (L, LB) indicating a congestion degree in the bus (201, 201a, 201b) based on contents of the data frame that the frame reception unit receives; and a reception cycle threshold calculation unit adapted to decide the threshold according to the bus load value (L, LB) that the bus load calculation unit calculates.
A polishing process comprising: bringing a rotating article to be polished into contact with various centrifugally outspread flexible flaps of a rotating flexible flap grinding wheel, with a grinding wheel rotation shaft being parallel to an article rotation shaft; pneumatically controlling the feed of the flexible flap grinding wheel relative to the surface of the article to be polished, such that the outer edges of the flaps of the flexible flap grinding wheel are in pressure contact with the surface to be polished of the article to be polished, and polishing same, wherein said flexible flap grinding wheel comprises a hub and a plurality of flexible flaps with an inner edge fixed on the hub and an outer edge that can be outspread, each flexible flap comprising a substrate and an abrasive layer, and the abrasive layer being bonded to the substrate and comprising an abrasive and a binder, wherein the process further comprises bringing the rotating article to be polished sequentially into contact with a plurality of rotating flexible flap grinding wheels in the descending order of the grain sizes of abrasives of the grinding wheels, where the width of a grinding wheel flap with a smaller abrasive grain size is greater than the width of a grinding wheel flap with a larger abrasive grain size; wherein said article to be polished is a glass article. bringing a rotating article to be polished into contact with various centrifugally outspread flexible flaps of a rotating flexible flap grinding wheel, with a grinding wheel rotation shaft being parallel to an article rotation shaft; pneumatically controlling the feed of the flexible flap grinding wheel relative to the surface of the article to be polished, such that the outer edges of the flaps of the flexible flap grinding wheel are in pressure contact with the surface to be polished of the article to be polished, and polishing same, wherein said flexible flap grinding wheel comprises a hub and a plurality of flexible flaps with an inner edge fixed on the hub and an outer edge that can be outspread, each flexible flap comprising a substrate and an abrasive layer, and the abrasive layer being bonded to the substrate and comprising an abrasive and a binder, wherein the process further comprises bringing the rotating article to be polished sequentially into contact with a plurality of rotating flexible flap grinding wheels in the descending order of the grain sizes of abrasives of the grinding wheels, where the width of a grinding wheel flap with a smaller abrasive grain size is greater than the width of a grinding wheel flap with a larger abrasive grain size; wherein said article to be polished is a glass article.
Cam bending machine, consisting of two arms (1, 2) hinged about a hinge axis with respect to one other, each arm comprising a short part (5, 6) that extends in front of the hinge axis, each short part (5, 6) having, at the end, means for exerting a bending force on a rod, the bending machine further comprising a main roller that is coaxial with the hinge axis of said arms (1, 2), characterized in that the means for exerting a bending force consist of two eyes (13, 14) rotatably mounted on the end of the short part (5, 6) of each of said arms (1, 2) about an axis of rotation that is parallel to the axis of said main roller, each eye (13, 14) comprising an opening (15, 16) having an axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the eye, the opening being arranged so as to allow the rod that is to be bent to pass through.
A flowmeter for a beverage preparation machine comprising a housing (2,4) delimiting a measuring chamber, the housing being formed of a first body and second body that are assembled together by a bayonet connector having a number of pairs of interconnecting securing parts (25,25',25a,26,26',26a,45,45',45a), characterised in that the securing parts (25,25a,26,45,45a) of each said pair have cooperating shapes for interconnection thereof, the pairs of securing parts having at least two different kinds of cooperating shapes formed so that a securing part of a pair of a first kind is incompatible with a corresponding securing part (25,26) of another kind.
A semi-conducting component including: - a semi-conducting support (200, 210) including a first face and at least one semi-conducting layer, of a first type of conductivity, the surface of which forms said first face, - a plurality of optoelectronic semi-conducting structures provided in a portion of the semi-conducting layer, each structure including at least one semi-conducting zone of a second type of conductivity opposite the first type of conductivity, - an electrically insulating layer, in contact with the first face of the support and extending at least along the portion of the semi-conducting layer, - a first bias means adapted to bias the semi-conducting layer along the portion of the semi-conducting layer, - second bias means (241, 242) each associated with a semi-conducting structure and each adapted to bias the corresponding semi-conducting zone, the first bias means comprising a conducting layer in contact with the insulating layer on the face of the insulating layer which is opposite the support and which extends along the portion of the semi-conducting layer, the conducting layer including passageways for each of the second bias means with a spacing between the conducting layer and each of said second bias means which is located facing the corresponding semi-conducting zone, the component being characterised in that the conducting layer covers at least partly each of said semi-conducting zones. - a semi-conducting support (200, 210) including a first face and at least one semi-conducting layer, of a first type of conductivity, the surface of which forms said first face, - a plurality of optoelectronic semi-conducting structures provided in a portion of the semi-conducting layer, each structure including at least one semi-conducting zone of a second type of conductivity opposite the first type of conductivity, - an electrically insulating layer, in contact with the first face of the support and extending at least along the portion of the semi-conducting layer, - a first bias means adapted to bias the semi-conducting layer along the portion of the semi-conducting layer, - second bias means (241, 242) each associated with a semi-conducting structure and each adapted to bias the corresponding semi-conducting zone,
A system comprising a server comprising secret keys each associated with an identifier of a user, computing entity or terminal, or terminal application, characterized in that said server is configured to generate and communicate, on request with the identifier, and remotely, a dynamic key (6, DPUK) based on a secret key (Kshared), and on a variable or a random value, said dynamic key (6, DPUK) serving as a dynamic encryption/decryption key or as a base for obtaining a dynamic data encryption/decryption key.
A method of producing coated lenses comprising the steps of: holding a lens with its surface facing upward by a spinning device that supports and rotates the lens; feeding a photocurable coating solution onto the upper surface of the lens held by said spinning device; spreading the photocurable coating solution fed onto the upper surface of the lens by using a flexible film while rotating the lens; and forming a coating by curing said photocurable coating solution by irradiating the "lens coated with the photocurable coating solution that is spread thereon through said step " with light; wherein said photocurable coating solution has a viscosity at 25°C of 80 to 1000 centipoises (cP), and provision is further made of the step of bringing the edge portion of a spatula into contact with the upper edge portion of the lens held by said spinning device, said upper portion of said spatula being tilted toward the center side of the lens, said step being executed after the end of said step but before the photocurable coating solution arrives at the circumferential edge portion of the lens in said step, and in particular at a moment when the photocurable coating solution fed onto the upper surface of the lens is spread over 60 to 98% of the surface area of the lens in said step, to thereby remove an excess of the photocurable coating solution via said spatula at the time when the photocurable coating solution is being spread. holding a lens with its surface facing upward by a spinning device that supports and rotates the lens; feeding a photocurable coating solution onto the upper surface of the lens held by said spinning device; spreading the photocurable coating solution fed onto the upper surface of the lens by using a flexible film while rotating the lens; and forming a coating by curing said photocurable coating solution by irradiating the "lens coated with the photocurable coating solution that is spread thereon through said step " with light;
A method of balancing a rotor of a vacuum pump, in particular of a turbomolecular pump, in which an imbalance of the rotor is determined and material is removed from the rotor by means of a laser in dependence on the determined imbalance in order to reduce the imbalance, wherein a rough alignment and a fine alignment are performed for a beam of the laser, wherein the rough alignment comprises aligning the beam with a surface section (31, 51) of the rotor which is provided for the material removal, wherein the rough alignment is performed by means of at least a first mirror which is moved in a translatory manner relative to the rotor, and wherein, in the fine alignment, the alignment of the beam is varied, starting from the rough alignment, to bring about a direct removal of the material in the region of the surface section (31, 51).