mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An axially compressible and stretchable bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150), used in an aorta and provided with at least two layers of woven meshes, wherein the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) comprises: a non-sparse mesh area, wherein the non-sparse mesh area is formed by overlapping and interleaving at least first wires (13, 23, 33) and second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b), each of the first wires (13, 23, 33) and each of the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b) having different diameters, wherein a diameter of each of the first wires (13, 23, 33) ranges from 20 μm to 150 μm, and a diameter of each of the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b) ranges from 150 μm to 600 μm; and a sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27'), wherein the sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27') is formed only of the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b), and the sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27') is arranged at branch arteries of a corresponding treatment site after the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is released, wherein in a natural release state, except for the sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27'), the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) has a metal coverage of at least 60%; characterized in that the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is formed by weaving 96-202 wires, among which 4-30 wires are the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b), and remaining wires are the first wires (13, 23, 33); wherein in the natural release state, a radial support force of the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is greater than or equal to 100 N; wherein in a release and axial maximum compression state, the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) has the metal coverage of 90%-100%, and the radial support force of the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is greater than or equal to 500 N. a non-sparse mesh area, wherein the non-sparse mesh area is formed by overlapping and interleaving at least first wires (13, 23, 33) and second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b), each of the first wires (13, 23, 33) and each of the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b) having different diameters, wherein a diameter of each of the first wires (13, 23, 33) ranges from 20 μm to 150 μm, and a diameter of each of the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b) ranges from 150 μm to 600 μm; and a sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27'), wherein the sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27') is formed only of the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b), and the sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27') is arranged at branch arteries of a corresponding treatment site after the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is released, wherein in a natural release state, except for the sparse mesh area (16, 26, 27, 27'), the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) has a metal coverage of at least 60%; characterized in that the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is formed by weaving 96-202 wires, among which 4-30 wires are the second wires (14, 24, 34a, 34b), and remaining wires are the first wires (13, 23, 33); wherein in the natural release state, a radial support force of the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is greater than or equal to 100 N; wherein in a release and axial maximum compression state, the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) has the metal coverage of 90%-100%, and the radial support force of the bare stent (10, 20, 20', 150) is greater than or equal to 500 N.
Method for determination of the growth rate of biofilm using an electrical impedance analysis, - storing a fluid culture medium in at least one receptacle (2a, 2b), - bringing the fluid culture medium stored in the at least one receptacle (2a, 2b) in contact with an electrode structure (4a, 4b), - measuring the impedance of the electrode structure (4a, 4b) over a monitoring time, characterized by - having biofilm grown within the fluid culture medium and having the biofilm floating on top of the fluid culture medium, such that the biofilm does not adhere to the electrode structure (4a, 4b) and is arranged in distance to the electrode structure (4a, 4b), so that the fluid culture medium is placed between the growing biofilm and the electrode structure (4a, 4b), and - determining the growth rate of the biofilm after expiration of a specific growth time of the biofilm, said specific growth time being expired at the earliest when a continuous reduction of the impedance values measured on the electrode structure (4a, 4b) occurs, wherein the growth rate of the biofilm is determined as a function of the reduction rate of the impedance values measured on the electrode structure (4a, 4b). - storing a fluid culture medium in at least one receptacle (2a, 2b), - bringing the fluid culture medium stored in the at least one receptacle (2a, 2b) in contact with an electrode structure (4a, 4b), - measuring the impedance of the electrode structure (4a, 4b) over a monitoring time, - having biofilm grown within the fluid culture medium and having the biofilm floating on top of the fluid culture medium, such that the biofilm does not adhere to the electrode structure (4a, 4b) and is arranged in distance to the electrode structure (4a, 4b), so that the fluid culture medium is placed between the growing biofilm and the electrode structure (4a, 4b), and - determining the growth rate of the biofilm after expiration of a specific growth time of the biofilm, said specific growth time being expired at the earliest when a continuous reduction of the impedance values measured on the electrode structure (4a, 4b) occurs, wherein the growth rate of the biofilm is determined as a function of the reduction rate of the impedance values measured on the electrode structure (4a, 4b).
A reel, comprising: a first flange comprising at least one first bracket (600a; 601) extending from a first major surface of the first flange; a second flange comprising at least one second bracket (600b; 603) extending from a first major surface of the second flange, wherein the first major surface of the second flange is directed toward the first major surface of the first flange; and a plurality of segmented structures each comprising a plurality of links (312a, 312b, 312c) pivotably coupled to the at least one first bracket (600a; 601) by a first end pivot rod and to the at least one second bracket by a second end pivot rod, characterized by the plurality of links (312a, 312b, 312c) comprising at least three links and being configured to have a first stable arrangement and a second stable arrangement different from the first stable arrangement, wherein: in the first stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a first distance with the reel being configured to support a first maximum load of cable; and in the second stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a second distance less than the first distance with the reel being configured to support a second maximum load of cable less than the first maximum load of cable. a first flange comprising at least one first bracket (600a; 601) extending from a first major surface of the first flange; a second flange comprising at least one second bracket (600b; 603) extending from a first major surface of the second flange, wherein the first major surface of the second flange is directed toward the first major surface of the first flange; and a plurality of segmented structures each comprising a plurality of links (312a, 312b, 312c) pivotably coupled to the at least one first bracket (600a; 601) by a first end pivot rod and to the at least one second bracket by a second end pivot rod, characterized by the plurality of links (312a, 312b, 312c) comprising at least three links and being configured to have a first stable arrangement and a second stable arrangement different from the first stable arrangement, wherein: in the first stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a first distance with the reel being configured to support a first maximum load of cable; and in the second stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a second distance less than the first distance with the reel being configured to support a second maximum load of cable less than the first maximum load of cable. in the first stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a first distance with the reel being configured to support a first maximum load of cable; and in the second stable arrangement, the first flange and the second flange are separated by a second distance less than the first distance with the reel being configured to support a second maximum load of cable less than the first maximum load of cable.
Process for three-dimensional printing, for the production of windows, which comprises: - at least one supply step of PVC and of at least one solvent in which said PVC is soluble; - at least one mixing step of said PVC and of said solvent to obtain at least one mixture in the liquid phase; - at least one distribution step of said mixture onto at least one deposition surface; - at least one evaporation step of said solvent for obtaining at least one layer of PVC of at least one manufactured article, said evaporation step being subsequent to said distribution step; and - repeating said distribution step and said evaporation step to obtain a plurality of said overlapping layers of PVC forming said manufactured article; wherein said manufactured article is a decorative surface portion of a profiled element for window frames. - at least one supply step of PVC and of at least one solvent in which said PVC is soluble; - at least one mixing step of said PVC and of said solvent to obtain at least one mixture in the liquid phase; - at least one distribution step of said mixture onto at least one deposition surface; - at least one evaporation step of said solvent for obtaining at least one layer of PVC of at least one manufactured article, said evaporation step being subsequent to said distribution step; and - repeating said distribution step and said evaporation step to obtain a plurality of said overlapping layers of PVC forming said manufactured article;
A charge pump driver circuit arranged to output a charge pump control voltage signal, the charge pump driver circuit comprising: a bias current source component arranged to generate a bias current; a control stage coupled to the bias current source component and arranged to receive the bias current, the control stage is further arranged to receive an input signal and to generate a control current signal proportional to the bias current in accordance with the input signal; and an output stage arranged to receive the control current signal generated by the control stage and to generate the charge pump control voltage signal based on the control current signal generated by the control stage, wherein the bias current source component is arranged to vary the bias current in response to variations in temperature, and wherein the bias current source component is arranged to generate the bias current having a multi-region temperature profile comprising a substantially flat lower temperature profile region and a substantially linear negative slope upper temperature profile region. a bias current source component arranged to generate a bias current; a control stage coupled to the bias current source component and arranged to receive the bias current, the control stage is further arranged to receive an input signal and to generate a control current signal proportional to the bias current in accordance with the input signal; and an output stage arranged to receive the control current signal generated by the control stage and to generate the charge pump control voltage signal based on the control current signal generated by the control stage, wherein the bias current source component is arranged to vary the bias current in response to variations in temperature, and wherein the bias current source component is arranged to generate the bias current having a multi-region temperature profile comprising a substantially flat lower temperature profile region and a substantially linear negative slope upper temperature profile region.
An X-ray diffraction method of mapping grain structures in a crystalline material sample, where an X-ray source provides a polychromatic X-ray beam in a beam path, in which beam path the polychromatic X-ray beam is divergent, a staging device positions the crystalline material sample in the beam path, an X-ray detector (12; 21) detects a plurality of diffracted X-ray beams leaving the crystalline material sample, and wherein the crystalline material sample is a polycrystalline material sample having a plurality of grains, the staging device locates the polycrystalline material sample in a plurality of mutually different angular positions in relation to the X-ray source, the X-ray detector (12; 21) detects spots or line-shaped segments from beams diffracted from at least some of the grains, each spot having a position and each line-shaped segment having a position and a length, and wherein a processing device determines a three-dimensional model of the polycrystalline material sample by analysing values received from the x-ray detector, establishing a theoretical model of the sample discretized into voxels, said voxels further discretized with respect to orientation space, comparing theoretical spots or line-shaped segments resulting from a possible orientation with at least the positions of detected spots or line-shaped segments, and determining voxel orientations.
A method of maintaining uplink synchronization of a terminal, comprising: triggering, by the terminal, an uplink alignment timer UAT, and receiving a timing advance command TAC within a duration of the UAT; and losing uplink synchronization in a case where the terminal does not receive the TAC within the duration of the UAT, characterized in that: the UAT is corresponding to a time advance group TAG, wherein the TAG comprises a time alignment timer TAT and the UAT, and triggering, by the terminal, the UAT comprises: triggering, by the terminal, the UAT when the TAT fails; or, triggering, by the terminal, the UAT when triggering the TAT, and the duration of the UAT is greater than or equal to a duration of the TAT. triggering, by the terminal, an uplink alignment timer UAT, and receiving a timing advance command TAC within a duration of the UAT; and losing uplink synchronization in a case where the terminal does not receive the TAC within the duration of the UAT, characterized in that: the UAT is corresponding to a time advance group TAG, wherein the TAG comprises a time alignment timer TAT and the UAT, and triggering, by the terminal, the UAT comprises: the UAT is corresponding to a time advance group TAG, wherein the TAG comprises a time alignment timer TAT and the UAT, and triggering, by the terminal, the UAT comprises: triggering, by the terminal, the UAT when the TAT fails; or, triggering, by the terminal, the UAT when triggering the TAT, and the duration of the UAT is greater than or equal to a duration of the TAT.
Polyester film which has at least one white base layer and at least one matt outer layer, characterized in that a. the base layer comprises white pigment at a concentration of from 3 to 15 % by weight (based on the weight of the base layer), b. the outer layer comprises white pigment at a concentration of from 2 to 15 % by weight (based on the weight of the outer layer) and c. the outer layer comprises other particles which differ from the white pigment, the median diameter d 50 of these being from 2 to 10 μm, and d. the outer layer is composed of a polyester which has from 4 to 30 mol % composed of isophthalic acid units and from 70 to 96 mol % of terephthalic acid units (based on the total quantity of acid in the polyester in this layer). a. the base layer comprises white pigment at a concentration of from 3 to 15 % by weight (based on the weight of the base layer), b. the outer layer comprises white pigment at a concentration of from 2 to 15 % by weight (based on the weight of the outer layer) and c. the outer layer comprises other particles which differ from the white pigment, the median diameter d 50 of these being from 2 to 10 μm, and d. the outer layer is composed of a polyester which has from 4 to 30 mol % composed of isophthalic acid units and from 70 to 96 mol % of terephthalic acid units (based on the total quantity of acid in the polyester in this layer).
An improved hot-air hair brush, comprising a body exhibiting a longitudinal development along a determined central axis and a grip connected to an end of the body, the body comprising a tubular metal wall exhibiting on a surface thereof a plurality of through-holes, and a plurality of bristles emerging from the holes, the tubular metal wall exhibiting two substantially flat portions (P1, P2), parallel to one another and arranged on opposite sides of the central axis and connected by two curved parts (T1, T2), the bristles emerging from both the substantially flat portions (P1, P2) and both the curved parts (T1, T2) characterised in that the substantially flat portions P1, P2 have respective external faces (fp1, fp2) which are designed to come into contact with the hair, said external faces (fp1, fp2) are positioned mutually spaced by a first distance and the curved parts (T1, T2) exhibit respective external faces (ft1, ft2) which are arranged at a reciprocal second distance defined by a maximal size of the tubular wall in a perpendicular direction to the central axis and parallel to each of the substantially flat portions (P1, P2), and in that the ratio between the second distance and the first distance is greater than 1.5.
An apparatus for recovering fluid from a fluid retaining structure, said apparatus comprising: a vessel comprising a port coupled to a source of negative pressure; a cylindrical strainer received by said vessel, said strainer comprising a body having a small diameter lower section joined to a large diameter upper section by a first flange, said small diameter lower section having a base with a plurality of apertures, wherein said fluid retaining structure is received by said large diameter upper section; and a piston comprising a shaft separating an upper piston head for engaging said large diameter upper section and a lower piston head for engaging said small diameter lower section; and whereby said piston is caused to travel within said strainer by said negative pressure, wherein said piston acts on said fluid retaining structure on said base to cause egress of said fluid from said fluid retaining structure into a reservoir comprised by said vessel via said plurality of apertures. a vessel comprising a port coupled to a source of negative pressure; a cylindrical strainer received by said vessel, said strainer comprising a body having a small diameter lower section joined to a large diameter upper section by a first flange, said small diameter lower section having a base with a plurality of apertures, wherein said fluid retaining structure is received by said large diameter upper section; and a piston comprising a shaft separating an upper piston head for engaging said large diameter upper section and a lower piston head for engaging said small diameter lower section; and whereby said piston is caused to travel within said strainer by said negative pressure, wherein said piston acts on said fluid retaining structure on said base to cause egress of said fluid from said fluid retaining structure into a reservoir comprised by said vessel via said plurality of apertures.
A motor unit comprising: a housing for housing a motor; a motor shaft for receiving a motor provided driving force; a torque sensor mechanism for detecting torque; a controller for controlling power to the motor in response to a detected amount of torque to change the amount of motor provided driving force provided to the motor shaft and an actuator (8054, 8070, 8052, 8065, 8074) coupling a torque sensor (8045, 8044) to a sensor of the controller; wherein the actuator (8054, 8070, 8052, 8065, 8074) is configured to move relative to the controller sensor thereby causing the sensor to produce a signal indicative of the detected level of torque, characterized in that; the controllers is contained within the housing of the motor; the controllers is located at one end of the motor housing and the torque sensor (8045, 8044) is connected to an opposite end of the motor housing; and the actuator (8054, 8070, 8052, 8065, 8074) coupling the torque sensor (8045, 8044) to the controller sensor is accommodated in a hollow bore of the motor shaft to thereby couple the torque sensor (8045, 8044) at one end of the motor housing to the controller at another end of the motor housing. a housing for housing a motor; a motor shaft for receiving a motor provided driving force; a torque sensor mechanism for detecting torque; a controller for controlling power to the motor in response to a detected amount of torque to change the amount of motor provided driving force provided to the motor shaft and an actuator (8054, 8070, 8052, 8065, 8074) coupling a torque sensor (8045, 8044) to a sensor of the controller; wherein the actuator (8054, 8070, 8052, 8065, 8074) is configured to move relative to the controller sensor thereby causing the sensor to produce a signal indicative of the detected level of torque, characterized in that; the controllers is contained within the housing of the motor; the controllers is located at one end of the motor housing and the torque sensor (8045, 8044) is connected to an opposite end of the motor housing; and the actuator (8054, 8070, 8052, 8065, 8074) coupling the torque sensor (8045, 8044) to the controller sensor is accommodated in a hollow bore of the motor shaft to thereby couple the torque sensor (8045, 8044) at one end of the motor housing to the controller at another end of the motor housing.
A method for context-aware content object security, the method comprising: applying a predefined global permission model to a shared content object, the predefined global permission model mapping a predetermined user role to determine a set of global access permissions to a shared content object for a particular user (102-1.. 102-N); maintaining one or more context-aware access policies that govern user interactions over the shared content object; determining a context of a particular user interaction by gathering one or more interaction attributes associated with the particular user interaction over the shared content object, the one or more interaction attributes comprising at least a user identifier, a content object identifier, an application identifier, and an interaction type; applying the one or more context-aware access policies to the one or more interaction attributes comprising at least the user identifier, the content object identifier, the application identifier, and the interaction type, to dynamically determine a set of extensible access permissions; determining that the dynamically determined set of extensible access permissions conflict with the set of global access permissions; and determining whether the extensible access permissions override the set of global access permissions. applying a predefined global permission model to a shared content object, the predefined global permission model mapping a predetermined user role to determine a set of global access permissions to a shared content object for a particular user (102-1.. 102-N); maintaining one or more context-aware access policies that govern user interactions over the shared content object; determining a context of a particular user interaction by gathering one or more interaction attributes associated with the particular user interaction over the shared content object, the one or more interaction attributes comprising at least a user identifier, a content object identifier, an application identifier, and an interaction type; applying the one or more context-aware access policies to the one or more interaction attributes comprising at least the user identifier, the content object identifier, the application identifier, and the interaction type, to dynamically determine a set of extensible access permissions; determining that the dynamically determined set of extensible access permissions conflict with the set of global access permissions; and determining whether the extensible access permissions override the set of global access permissions.