mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A composite composition comprising an organic polymer and a mesoporous silicate, wherein the mass ratio of polymer to silicate is between about 99:1 and about 50:50, and wherein the mesoporous silicate has a surface area of at least 400 meters square per gram, an average mesopore diameter of at least 2 nm 4, and a pore volume of at least 1.0 cubic centimeters per gram, wherein at least 20% of the total pore volume is due to the presence of mesopores 2 to 50 nm in size, wherein the mesoporous silicate is selected from a surfactant templated mesoporous silicate having an average pore diameter of 4 nm or greater and a mesoporous layered silicate clay having an average pore diameter of 2 nm or greater.
Lighting module (11; 51; 61; 71), comprising - a housing having an open rear side, - a light source substrate with at least one light source arranged thereon, - a driver circuit board (15; 55; 72) accommodated in the housing, - at least one electrical connection element (17; 52) for electrically connecting the driver circuit board (15; 55; 72) to the light source substrate, and - a closure element (29; 75) for closing the open rear side, wherein the closure element (29; 75) is designed for feeding through at least one electrical connection (30, 31; 74), characterized in that - the closure element for feeding through at least one electrical connection has at least one plated-through hole (30, 31), and - the driver circuit board has at least one spring contact, in particular spring contact pin (32, 33), for making electrical contact with a plated-through hole (30, 31) of the closure element. - a housing having an open rear side, - a light source substrate with at least one light source arranged thereon, - a driver circuit board (15; 55; 72) accommodated in the housing, - at least one electrical connection element (17; 52) for electrically connecting the driver circuit board (15; 55; 72) to the light source substrate, and - a closure element (29; 75) for closing the open rear side, wherein the closure element (29; 75) is designed for feeding through at least one electrical connection (30, 31; 74), - the closure element for feeding through at least one electrical connection has at least one plated-through hole (30, 31), and - the driver circuit board has at least one spring contact, in particular spring contact pin (32, 33), for making electrical contact with a plated-through hole (30, 31) of the closure element.
Device (1, 1c) for monitoring the operation of a vehicle, the device (1, 1c) comprising: - a driver assistance system which is configured to selectively assist a driver of the vehicle in operating the vehicle by means of an assistance action, - a monitoring system which is configured to make available an indicator, whose value quantifies a capability of the driver to operate the vehicle owing to fatigue on the part of the driver, on the basis of a frequency of occurrence of the assistance function, characterized in that the driver assistance system is characterized by an operating parameter and is configured to set the operating parameter and/or the assistance function on the basis of the value of the indicator, and to detect a feature of a travel situation which describes surroundings of the vehicle, and to quantify said feature by means of a value of the feature, and to assist the driver selectively by means of the assistance action on the basis of a threshold value comparison of the operating parameter with the value of the feature. - a driver assistance system which is configured to selectively assist a driver of the vehicle in operating the vehicle by means of an assistance action, - a monitoring system which is configured to make available an indicator, whose value quantifies a capability of the driver to operate the vehicle owing to fatigue on the part of the driver, on the basis of a frequency of occurrence of the assistance function, characterized in that
A device for the hydrolytic generation of hydrogen, comprising at least one gas-tight reaction space, at least one feed for the composite material and/or at least one feed for water or a water-containing mixture and at least one discharge for the resulting hydrogen and at least one composite material that comprises at least one alkaline earth metal-containing metal hydride and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of water-soluble and/or hydrolyzable metal salts with formation of acid, which contains one or more of the metal cations Ca 2+, Mg 2+, Zn 2+, Sn 2+, Fe 2+, Fe 3+, Ti 3+, Ga 3+, Sc 3+, Al 3+, Y 3+, Ti 4+, Zr 4+, Sn 4+, RE 3+ or RE 4+, RE representing the lanthanides La to Lu of the periodic table, the alkaline earth metal containing metal hydride being MgH 2, characterized in that the composite material and the water or the water-containing mixture used for the hydrolysis are separated from one another by means of a destructible barrier and the contact between the composite material and the water or the water-containing mixture used for the hydrolysis is established by irreversible damage or destruction of the barrier.
Method for remediation and/or restoration of a body of water comprising an anoxic body of water, wherein the anoxic body of water is an underlying water layer lying below a surface water layer and wherein a calcium nitrate solution is added to the anoxic body of water, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method comprises the steps of - mixing water having a percent of oxygen saturation of between 50% and 150%, preferably around 100%, with the calcium nitrate solution, resulting in a mixture, preferably having a concentration of calcium nitrate-N of between 10 and 1000 mg/l, depending on the volume of the anoxic body of water and the water flow in the anoxic body of water, wherein the water is taken from the surface water layer, the underlying water layer or a ground water source in the vicinity of the surface water layer, and wherein the water is mixed with oxygen, preferably in the form of atmospheric air, oxygen enriched atmospheric air, or 100% pure oxygen, via an oxygen mixing means; - pumping the mixture into the body of water, until the final concentration of nitrate-N in the remedied and/or restored anoxic body of water is between 1 to 20 mg/l. - mixing water having a percent of oxygen saturation of between 50% and 150%, preferably around 100%, with the calcium nitrate solution, resulting in a mixture, preferably having a concentration of calcium nitrate-N of between 10 and 1000 mg/l, depending on the volume of the anoxic body of water and the water flow in the anoxic body of water, wherein the water is taken from the surface water layer, the underlying water layer or a ground water source in the vicinity of the surface water layer, and wherein the water is mixed with oxygen, preferably in the form of atmospheric air, oxygen enriched atmospheric air, or 100% pure oxygen, via an oxygen mixing means; - pumping the mixture into the body of water, until the final concentration of nitrate-N in the remedied and/or restored anoxic body of water is between 1 to 20 mg/l.
An apparatus for release and deployment of a stretch resistant therapeutic device within a patient's vasculature, comprising: a vasoocclusive coil having a proximal end and a distal end, said vasoocclussive coil defining a lumen between said proximal and distal ends; an elongated pusher member having a distal end adjacent to said proximal end of the vasoocclusive coil; at least one first loop of fiber material attached to said elongated pusher member, said at least one first loop of fiber material being severable by heating of said at least one first loop of fiber material; a second loop (31, 34, 36) attached to the proximal end of said coil; an electrical resistance heater wire disposed adjacent to said at least one first loop of fiber material, said electrical resistance wire being connected to a control unit for heating and thereby severing said at least one first loop of fiber material;and a stretch resistant member extending through said lumen of said vasoocclusive coil, said stretch resistant member having first and second ends; being formed of a therapeutic non-metallic fiber material and forming a third loop (28, 30), said stretch resistant member being fixedly attached to said vasoocclusive coil at said distal end of said vasoocclusive coil, and said second loop (31, 34, 36) and said third loop being detachably mounted to the distal end of the elongated pusher member by said at least one first loop of fiber material to allow for placement of the vasoocclussive coil within the patient's vasculature. a vasoocclusive coil having a proximal end and a distal end, said vasoocclussive coil defining a lumen between said proximal and distal ends; an elongated pusher member having a distal end adjacent to said proximal end of the vasoocclusive coil; at least one first loop of fiber material attached to said elongated pusher member, said at least one first loop of fiber material being severable by heating of said at least one first loop of fiber material; a second loop (31, 34, 36) attached to the proximal end of said coil; an electrical resistance heater wire disposed adjacent to said at least one first loop of fiber material, said electrical resistance wire being connected to a control unit for heating and thereby severing said at least one first loop of fiber material;and a stretch resistant member extending through said lumen of said vasoocclusive coil, said stretch resistant member having first and second ends; being formed of a therapeutic non-metallic fiber material and forming a third loop (28, 30), said stretch resistant member being fixedly attached to said vasoocclusive coil at said distal end of said vasoocclusive coil, and said second loop (31, 34, 36) and said third loop being detachably mounted to the distal end of the elongated pusher member by said at least one first loop of fiber material to allow for placement of the vasoocclussive coil within the patient's vasculature.
A method of purification treatment of water from a supply of water containing dissolved matter, comprising delivering the supply water to at least one treatment surface comprising a semi-permeable membrane, and subjecting the supply water to pressure to cause osmotic flow of the purified water through the membrane, characterised by creating an electric field at the semi-permeable membrane by applying an electric charge to an electrically conductive layer or an electrode closely adjacent the membrane to establish a hydration layer of water at the conductive layer or electrode, and extracting the hydration layer water by flow through the membrane under the pressure applied to the supply water.
An endoscope comprising: a treatment tool insertion channel that includes an inlet and an outlet portion, the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel is maintained in a shape of a straight pipe regardless of bending of a bending part of the endoscope; a suction tube that joins the treatment tool insertion channel; and an endoscope aid configured to be attachably and detachably attached to the treatment tool insertion channel, the endoscope aid comprising: a flexible tubular member having a length equal to or larger than a length ranging from at least an inlet-side end part of the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel, to the inlet of the treatment tool insertion channel, wherein the flexible tubular member includes a distal end part that has an outer periphery in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel and is disposed at the outlet portion, and a communication part (104, 204) that is configured to allow an outlet of the treatment tool insertion channel and the suction tube to communicate with each other. a treatment tool insertion channel that includes an inlet and an outlet portion, the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel is maintained in a shape of a straight pipe regardless of bending of a bending part of the endoscope; a suction tube that joins the treatment tool insertion channel; and an endoscope aid configured to be attachably and detachably attached to the treatment tool insertion channel, the endoscope aid comprising: a flexible tubular member having a length equal to or larger than a length ranging from at least an inlet-side end part of the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel, to the inlet of the treatment tool insertion channel, wherein the flexible tubular member includes a distal end part that has an outer periphery in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel and is disposed at the outlet portion, and a communication part (104, 204) that is configured to allow an outlet of the treatment tool insertion channel and the suction tube to communicate with each other. a flexible tubular member having a length equal to or larger than a length ranging from at least an inlet-side end part of the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel, to the inlet of the treatment tool insertion channel, wherein the flexible tubular member includes a distal end part that has an outer periphery in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outlet portion of the treatment tool insertion channel and is disposed at the outlet portion, and a communication part (104, 204) that is configured to allow an outlet of the treatment tool insertion channel and the suction tube to communicate with each other.
Device for protecting electrode holders in CVD reactors, which comprises an electrode suitable for accommodating a filament rod on an electrode holder which is composed of an electrically conductive material and is installed in a recess of a bottom plate, wherein an intermediate space between electrode holder and bottom plate is sealed by means of a sealing material and the sealing material is protected by a protective body which is made up of one or more parts and is arranged in a ring-like manner around the electrode holder and the axial extent of the protective body decreases at least in sections with increasing radial distance from the electrode holder.
A population of uniquely labeled nanoreporter probes, wherein the nanoreporter probe comprises: i) a unique target-specific region; ii) a region comprising a unique, designed nanoreporter wherein said nanoreporter comprises a single-stranded uniquely-designed nucleic acid backbone, said backbone comprising at least three label attachment regions covalently attached together in a unique linear combination, wherein each label attachment region of each backbone is individually selected and is different from the other label attachment regions in that same backbone, wherein the label attachment regions are selected from a population of rationally-designed polynucleotide sequences, wherein the polynucleotide sequence is hybridized to a complementary polynucleotide sequence having attached thereto one or more detectable molecules; wherein each complementary polynucleotide sequence has designated a specific detectable molecule; and wherein said label attachment regions each has a G/C content of about 50%, and wherein each of said complementary polynucleotide sequences has a G/C ratio of at least 1/1 or, optionally, of about 3/2, and, wherein each nanoreporter has a detectable signal that distinguishes it from other nanoreporters in said population. i) a unique target-specific region; ii) a region comprising a unique, designed nanoreporter
An optical device comprising a substrate (1, 21), an orientation layer (2, 22) and an anisotropic layer of crosslinked liquid-crystalline monomers or oligomers (3, 23) with locally varying orientation of the liquid crystal molecules (6, 7, 25, 26), wherein the surface of the orientation layer adjacent to said liquid crystal layer has regions comprising orientation patterns with a defined parallel or fan-shaped line structure consisting of micro-mechanically produced groove-shaped structural elements, wherein the mean spacing of the lines is not larger than the liquid crystal layer thickness and the angle between neighboring lines is not greater than 3 °, characterized in that the liquid crystal layer has a continuous variation of the director orientation, which is caused by the orientation pattern of the orientation layer.
A catheter comprising: an elongated catheter body extending along a longitudinal axis, the elongated catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible wire assembly positioned at the distal end of the elongated catheter body and formed from a single piece of shape memory material, the flexible wire assembly having a plurality of flexible wires and a distal hub, each flexible wire having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal hub extending from the distal ends of at least a portion of the plurality of flexible wires, wherein the distal end of the distal hub comprises a stress-relieving edge; a plurality of spines formed from the plurality of flexible wires; and a plurality of electrodes and cabling attached to each spine, the plurality of electrodes and cabling having a corresponding plurality of wires coiled on a core and covered by a sheath such that each electrode is attached through the sheath to one of the plurality of wires, wherein the core provides a lumen through which one of the flexible wires is passed, such that the catheter has a first operational state wherein the spines bow radially outwardly and a second operational state wherein the spines are arranged generally along a longitudinal axis of the catheter body, wherein the inner diameter of the distal hub has a first diameter in the first operational state and a second diameter in the second operational state, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter. an elongated catheter body extending along a longitudinal axis, the elongated catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible wire assembly positioned at the distal end of the elongated catheter body and formed from a single piece of shape memory material, the flexible wire assembly having a plurality of flexible wires and a distal hub, each flexible wire having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal hub extending from the distal ends of at least a portion of the plurality of flexible wires, wherein the distal end of the distal hub comprises a stress-relieving edge; a plurality of spines formed from the plurality of flexible wires; and a plurality of electrodes and cabling attached to each spine, the plurality of electrodes and cabling having a corresponding plurality of wires coiled on a core and covered by a sheath such that each electrode is attached through the sheath to one of the plurality of wires, wherein the core provides a lumen through which one of the flexible wires is passed, such that the catheter has a first operational state wherein the spines bow radially outwardly and a second operational state wherein the spines are arranged generally along a longitudinal axis of the catheter body, wherein the inner diameter of the distal hub has a first diameter in the first operational state and a second diameter in the second operational state, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter.
Furniture with at least one support rod and with at least one first plate on which the support rod or rods can be installed, wherein the first plate has one or more first recesses, wherein a support rod can be inserted with its one end into each of these first recesses, wherein each of said support rods is vertically mountable to said first plate, wherein the support rod has a star-shaped, axially symmetrical cross-section which tapers at one end facing the first plate and the shape of the first recesses is adapted to the star-shaped cross-section of the support rod, preferably in such a way that it is formed similar to the star-shaped cross-section of the support rod, wherein at least one second recess is provided, which is located in a second plate parallel in the insertion direction of the support rod behind the first recess in the first plate, wherein the second recess is preferably similar, but smaller than the first recess and wherein the support rod is inserted with its one end into the first and the second recess in several orientations, which are created by rotation of the support rod around the central axis, thus creating an assembly condition (30.1), characterised in that the support rod comprises electrical conductor tracks by means of which a consumer, which is provided directly or indirectly on the support rod, can be supplied with electrical energy, wherein electrical contact points are provided at one end of the support rod in order to supply the electrical conductor tracks with electrical energy and that a printed circuit board is provided which has electrical mating contact points (51, 52) which can be brought into operative connection with the electrical contact points, wherein the circuit board is designed in such a way that the contact between the electrical contact points and the electrical mating contact points (51, 52) is made, irrespective of the orientation of the support rod, merely by inserting the support rod into a first and a second recess respectively.
A composition comprising an anti-angiogenic agent and a hypoxia activated prodrug for use in the treatment of cancer, wherein the anti-angiogenic agent is selected from the group consisting of pazopanib, sorafenib, sunitinib and everolimus, and the hypoxia activated prodrug is TH-302.
A terminal arrangement for a road rail with a rail profile, said arrangement comprising a terminal guiding device being movable along the road rail under the influence of kinetic energy from a vehicle hitting the terminal guiding device, and a terminal profile, constituting a prolongation of the rail profile and extending within the terminal guiding device obliquely down to a ground anchor, where it is attached, wherein means for deforming the terminal profile and eventually the rail profile and thus for absorbing kinetic energy are provided in the terminal guiding device, characterized in that said terminal arrangement further comprises a ground attachment being attached to the ground anchor, wherein said terminal guiding device is connected at a first end to the ground attachment.
A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure chamber forming substrate in which a plurality of spaces to be pressure chambers in communication with nozzles are provided side by side in a first direction; and a piezoelectric element which faces a vibration plate defining the pressure chambers by sealing openings of the spaces in the pressure chamber forming substrate and in which a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode layer are laminated in order from the side of the vibration plate, characterized in that: in a region corresponding to the pressure chamber, the first electrode layer is formed with a width of 50% or more and 80% or less of a width of the pressure chamber in the first direction and the piezoelectric body layer covers the first electrode layer in the first direction and is formed with a width of 90% or less of the width of the pressure chamber. a pressure chamber forming substrate in which a plurality of spaces to be pressure chambers in communication with nozzles are provided side by side in a first direction; and a piezoelectric element which faces a vibration plate defining the pressure chambers by sealing openings of the spaces in the pressure chamber forming substrate and in which a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode layer are laminated in order from the side of the vibration plate, characterized in that: in a region corresponding to the pressure chamber, the first electrode layer is formed with a width of 50% or more and 80% or less of a width of the pressure chamber in the first direction and the piezoelectric body layer covers the first electrode layer in the first direction and is formed with a width of 90% or less of the width of the pressure chamber.