mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for deploying an endoluminal prosthesis, the system including: a graft including biocompatible material and with at least one lumen extending therethrough; a rotatable cannula extending at least partially through the graft lumen; and a suture provided with a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being coupled to the rotatable cannula within the graft lumen and the second portion being coupled to the graft, wherein an extent to which the suture is wound around the cannula adjusts in response to rotation of the rotatable cannula to vary a diameter of the graft; wherein the suture includes a loop portion at a first end thereof, the cannula has an attachment member, and the loop portion is coupled to the attachment member. a graft including biocompatible material and with at least one lumen extending therethrough; a rotatable cannula extending at least partially through the graft lumen; and a suture provided with a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being coupled to the rotatable cannula within the graft lumen and the second portion being coupled to the graft, wherein an extent to which the suture is wound around the cannula adjusts in response to rotation of the rotatable cannula to vary a diameter of the graft; wherein the suture includes a loop portion at a first end thereof, the cannula has an attachment member, and the loop portion is coupled to the attachment member.
A process for the preparation of a compound of formula I comprising a. reacting a compound of formula II with a nucleophile in the presence of water to give a compound comprising a thietane moiety in which the carbon atom at the 3 position of the thietane moiety is bonded to a nitrogen atom; wherein the nucleophile is selected the group consisting of: N 3 -, a sulfonamide having two hydrogen atoms bound to the nitrogen atom, a diimide having a hydrogen atom bound to the nitrogen atom or an anion thereof, NH 2 OH and NH 3; and b. when the nucleophile used in step a. is N 3 - or NH 2 OH, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a suitable reducing agent to give a compound of formula I; or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a sulfonamide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the S-N bond of the sulfonamide group to give a compound of formula I; or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a diimide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the C-N bond of the amide group to give a compound of formula I. a. reacting a compound of formula II with a nucleophile in the presence of water to give a compound comprising a thietane moiety in which the carbon atom at the 3 position of the thietane moiety is bonded to a nitrogen atom; wherein the nucleophile is selected the group consisting of: N 3 -, a sulfonamide having two hydrogen atoms bound to the nitrogen atom, a diimide having a hydrogen atom bound to the nitrogen atom or an anion thereof, NH 2 OH and NH 3; and b. when the nucleophile used in step a. is N 3 - or NH 2 OH, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a suitable reducing agent to give a compound of formula I; or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a sulfonamide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the S-N bond of the sulfonamide group to give a compound of formula I; or when the nucleophile used in step a. is a diimide, reacting the compound produced in step a. with a reagent suitable for cleaving the C-N bond of the amide group to give a compound of formula I.
A method for continuous production of starch paste from enzymatically degraded starch, wherein starch suspension and enzyme are feeded to a stirrer vessel and, at the same time, degraded starch paste is continuously removed from the stirrer vessel, wherein the enzyme is inactivated in the degraded and removed paste, characterized in that the starch suspension and the enzyme are feeded jointly to the stirrer vessel via a common enzyme-starch suspension line, wherein the agglutination of the starch suspension is effected before entering the stirrer vessel and wherein by means of a stirrer a turbulent condition is generated in the stirrer vessel.
An end cap (400, 500) for use with an intramedullary nail, comprising a head portion (410, 510) with a tool engagement portion (412, 512) and a shaft with a longitudinal axis and a tip (440, 540), wherein a thread (470, 570) with a constant pitch is provided on at least a portion of the shaft, characterized in that the threaded portion of the shaft comprises a first end adjacent the tip (440, 540) of the shaft, a first conical section (420, 520), a second conical section (460, 560) and a second end, wherein the first conical section extends between the first end and the second conical section, and wherein the first conical section defines a first cone with a first angle between its cone surface and the longitudinal axis (416, 516), and the second conical section defines a second cone with a second angle between its cone surface and the longitudinal axis, wherein the first angle differs from the second angle.
A method of operating an apparatus for applying drinking straws to packaging containers, said apparatus comprising a drive means adapted for conveying drinking straws wrapped in protective envelopes to a picking position, an application device adapted to pick a drinking straw with envelope from the drive means at the picking position and apply said drinking straw to a wall of the packaging container, a first conveyor adapted for conveying packaging containers past the apparatus, wherein said method comprising the steps of performing a motion cycle of the drive means for bringing at least one drinking straw into the picking position, adapting said motion cycle such that, at the point when the application device picks the at least one drinking straw at the picking position, the acceleration of the drive means is substantially zero and the velocity of the drive means is substantially equal to a set point velocity ( v s); characterized by comprising detecting the pitch between successive packaging containers, and adapting each motion cycle of the drive means to fit the corresponding pitch, still keeping substantially zero acceleration and set point velocity ( v s) of the drive means at the point when the application device picks the drinking straws. a drive means adapted for conveying drinking straws wrapped in protective envelopes to a picking position, an application device adapted to pick a drinking straw with envelope from the drive means at the picking position and apply said drinking straw to a wall of the packaging container, a first conveyor adapted for conveying packaging containers past the apparatus, wherein said method comprising the steps of performing a motion cycle of the drive means for bringing at least one drinking straw into the picking position, adapting said motion cycle such that, at the point when the application device picks the at least one drinking straw at the picking position, the acceleration of the drive means is substantially zero and the velocity of the drive means is substantially equal to a set point velocity ( v s); characterized by comprising detecting the pitch between successive packaging containers, and adapting each motion cycle of the drive means to fit the corresponding pitch, still keeping substantially zero acceleration and set point velocity ( v s) of the drive means at the point when the application device picks the drinking straws.
A portable device having a rotatable input button set including input buttons, comprising: a display panel for displaying 3-dimensional menu layers (35a, 35b, 35c) in an input mode of said portable device, each menu layer comprising a number of objects, and for displaying only one of said 3-dimensional menu layers 2-dimensionally in a basic mode of said portable device; a button rotation detecting unit which is operable to detect rotation positions of the input buttons; a determination unit which is operable to determine whether positions of the input buttons, changed in response to rotation of the input buttons, are a first position or a second position; and a mode setting unit which is operable to change a current mode of the portable device to the input mode in which a user can perform movement between the 3-dimensional menu layers for selecting a desired menu layer among the 3-dimensional menu layers using the input buttons if, as a result of the determination, the positions of the input buttons are at the second position, and which is operable to change a current mode of the portable device to the basic mode in which a user can select a desired object on the selected menu layer using the input buttons, if, as a result of the determination, the positions of the input buttons are the first position. a display panel for displaying 3-dimensional menu layers (35a, 35b, 35c) in an input mode of said portable device, each menu layer comprising a number of objects, and for displaying only one of said 3-dimensional menu layers 2-dimensionally in a basic mode of said portable device; a button rotation detecting unit which is operable to detect rotation positions of the input buttons; a determination unit which is operable to determine whether positions of the input buttons, changed in response to rotation of the input buttons, are a first position or a second position; and a mode setting unit which is operable to change a current mode of the portable device to the input mode in which a user can perform movement between the 3-dimensional menu layers for selecting a desired menu layer among the 3-dimensional menu layers using the input buttons if, as a result of the determination, the positions of the input buttons are at the second position, and which is operable to change a current mode of the portable device to the basic mode in which a user can select a desired object on the selected menu layer using the input buttons, if, as a result of the determination, the positions of the input buttons are the first position.
External fixation component comprising a first capture member adapted to capture a first element of an external fixation system and a second capture member (20, 110, 120) adapted to capture a second element of an external fixation system; and a rotation member, coupled to the first capture member and to the second capture member (20, 110. 120) such that the coupling allows the two capture members (10, 20, 110, 120) to rotate about three axes (46, 46, 81) relative to each other, whereas each capture member (10, 20, 110, 120) comprises a central locking screw extending therethrough and defining a longitudinal axis of the associated capture member (10, 20, 110, 120), whereas the rotation member comprises two rotation blockers (63, 64), each blocker (63, 64) providing a first interface surface adapted to be in contact with a complementary second interface surface of one of the capture members (10, 20, 110, 120), whereas each rotation blocker (63, 64) comprises a surface opposite to said first interface surface comprising an inner cylindrical surface, whereas the rotation member further comprises a central disc element (61, 62), the central disc element comprising a central axis and forming an outer rolling surface as complementary surface to the inner cylindrical surface of the corresponding rotation blocker (63, 64), the central disc element allowing rotation of the corresponding capture element (10, 20, 110, 120) around the axis of the central disc element (61, 62), wherein the rotation member comprises two counter elements (65, 66), wherein each counter element (65, 66) is associated to one of said locking screw of a corresponding capture member (10, 20, 110, 120) and wherein each locking screw of a capture member (10, 20, 110, 120) is extending through the corresponding rotation blocker (63, 64) and engages the corresponding counter element (65, 66) for an individual locking of each capture member (10, 20, 110, 120), characterized in that the central disc element (61, 62) comprises two lateral cylindrical discs (61, 62) defining an interspace between them, wherein each cylindrical disc (61, 62) comprises a circular ring undercut to accommodate lateral parts of the counter elements (65, 66) in said interspace, wherein each counter element (65, 66) has a cylindrical segment as upper surface to block, upon tightening of the associated screw, the first and second interface surfaces (45, 55) between the capture member (10, 20, 110, 120) and the rotation blocker (63, 64) as well as the upper surface and the undercut against a rotational movement around the corresponding axes (46, 81).
A use of an electric pulse corresponding to an electric current induced in a coil of an actuator of a mechanism for separating fixed and moving contacts (12, 14) of an electric circuit breaker, to generate a square resetting indication signal of the circuit breaker, the moving contact being capable of moving between an open position, in which the fixed and moving contacts (12, 14) are separated, and a closed position, in which the moving contact is pressed against the fixed contact, said circuit breaker further comprising a lever for resetting the mechanism from the open position to the closed position of the moving contact, mechanically coupled to said actuator, the current being induced in the coil by the movement of a moving core from its working position to its idle position when the circuit breaker is reset, the moving core being included in the actuator.
A gas turbine engine comprising: a fan section including a fan hub; a speed reduction device (48; 148) including a star gear system; a turbine section connected to the fan section through the speed reduction device; a first fan bearing for supporting rotation of the fan hub connected forward of the speed reduction device; a second fan bearing for supporting rotation of the fan hub connected aft of the speed reduction device, wherein a first outer race of the first fan bearing is attached to the fan hub; and an outer race of the second fan bearing is attached to a rotating aft support, the second fan bearing configured to support an aft end of the fan hub. a fan section including a fan hub; a speed reduction device (48; 148) including a star gear system; a turbine section connected to the fan section through the speed reduction device; a first fan bearing for supporting rotation of the fan hub connected forward of the speed reduction device; a second fan bearing for supporting rotation of the fan hub connected aft of the speed reduction device, wherein a first outer race of the first fan bearing is attached to the fan hub; and an outer race of the second fan bearing is attached to a rotating aft support, the second fan bearing configured to support an aft end of the fan hub.
A radar altimeter signal interference prevention system for a frequency modulated continuous wave, FMCW, radar altimeter, the signal interference prevention system comprising: a frequency synthesizer to generate FMCW ramps in a radio frequency, RF, signal used in the FMCW radar altimeter, a ramp rate of the frequency synthesizer being fixed to provide a constant radar range resolution, a transmit frame time of the frequency synthesizer being fixed to provide simplified signal processing in the FMCW radar altimeter; at least one memory, at least a 2 N row high frequency table and a 2 N row low frequency table stored in the at least one memory; and a field programmable gate array, FPGA, configured to implement N pseudorandom noise sequence generators to generate an N-bit integer value that is used as an index into one of the 2 N row high frequency table and the 2 N row low frequency table in selecting a start frequency of the FMCW ramp for a current frame of the radio frequency, RF, signal, the FPGA further configured to use a start frequency of a FMCW ramp in a next transmit frame as a stop frequency of the FMCW ramp in the current frame wherein the N pseudorandom noise sequence generators are clocked one frame ahead of the frequency synthesizer so that the start and stop frequency may be configured at the beginning of each frame, wherein the 2 N row high frequency table is used if a ramp direction is in an up ramp direction and the 2 N row low frequency table is used if the ramp direction is in a down ramp direction. a frequency synthesizer to generate FMCW ramps in a radio frequency, RF, signal used in the FMCW radar altimeter, a ramp rate of the frequency synthesizer being fixed to provide a constant radar range resolution, a transmit frame time of the frequency synthesizer being fixed to provide simplified signal processing in the FMCW radar altimeter; at least one memory, at least a 2 N row high frequency table and a 2 N row low frequency table stored in the at least one memory; and a field programmable gate array, FPGA, configured to implement N pseudorandom noise sequence generators to generate an N-bit integer value that is used as an index into one of the 2 N row high frequency table and the 2 N row low frequency table in selecting a start frequency of the FMCW ramp for a current frame of the radio frequency, RF, signal, the FPGA further configured to use a start frequency of a FMCW ramp in a next transmit frame as a stop frequency of the FMCW ramp in the current frame wherein the N pseudorandom noise sequence generators are clocked one frame ahead of the frequency synthesizer so that the start and stop frequency may be configured at the beginning of each frame, wherein the 2 N row high frequency table is used if a ramp direction is in an up ramp direction and the 2 N row low frequency table is used if the ramp direction is in a down ramp direction.
Method for deciphering control words for terminals that are mechanically and electronically independent of one another, in which: - in response to the absence, in any one of the terminals, of one or more control words CW C for descrambling one or more cryptoperiods of a multimedia content, this terminal transmits a request containing the cryptogram(s) of one or more of the absent control words to a control word server, and, in response, - the control word server transmits the absent control word(s) to this terminal, characterized in that the control word server: - determines, selectively for each terminal, a number of supplementary control words CW S to be transmitted to the terminal depending on the probability of the security of these supplementary control words being compromised, on the basis of a confidence index for said terminal, - transmits to this terminal, in addition to the absent control words CW C, the determined number of supplementary control words CW s in order to allow the terminal to descramble supplementary cryptoperiods of the multimedia content in addition to the cryptoperiods descrambleable using the requested absent control words CW C. - in response to the absence, in any one of the terminals, of one or more control words CW C for descrambling one or more cryptoperiods of a multimedia content, this terminal transmits a request containing the cryptogram(s) of one or more of the absent control words to a control word server, and, in response, - the control word server transmits the absent control word(s) to this terminal, - determines, selectively for each terminal, a number of supplementary control words CW S to be transmitted to the terminal depending on the probability of the security of these supplementary control words being compromised, on the basis of a confidence index for said terminal, - transmits to this terminal, in addition to the absent control words CW C, the determined number of supplementary control words CW s in order to allow the terminal to descramble supplementary cryptoperiods of the multimedia content in addition to the cryptoperiods descrambleable using the requested absent control words CW C.
A process for the preparation of a compound of formula, comprising the reaction of the compound of formula, wherein X - is ion of a leaving group with hydroxylamine or hydroxylamine hydrochloride in the presence of tertiary amine or tertiary alkoxide.
A label applicator for affixing labels to cables, the label applicator comprising an applicator head; a selectable peel and present subassembly to accommodate various label sizes by adjusting the label path in the label applicator, the selectable peel and present subassembly comprising: an index plate with an index arm pivotably mounted to the index plate; and a wedge carrier mounted to the index plate, the wedge carrier housing components forming a peel wedge, wherein the wedge carrier dictates the label path, wherein the components of the peel wedge are adapted to be positioned a proper distance away from the applicator head on the label applicator; whereby movement of the index plate by the index arm linearly moves the wedge carrier to accommodate various label sizes; whereby the selectable peel and present subassembly is designed to adjust a label path in the label applicator for accommodating various label sizes to be affixed to cables. an index plate with an index arm pivotably mounted to the index plate; and a wedge carrier mounted to the index plate, the wedge carrier housing components forming a peel wedge, wherein the wedge carrier dictates the label path, wherein the components of the peel wedge are adapted to be positioned a proper distance away from the applicator head on the label applicator; whereby movement of the index plate by the index arm linearly moves the wedge carrier to accommodate various label sizes;
Apparatus designed to determine or monitor a predefined level, density or viscosity of a medium in a vessel, with a housing and a unit capable of vibration, which has a membrane with an interior surface and an exterior surface and, where applicable, at least one vibration element secured to the exterior surface of the membrane, and which can be attached at the height of the predefined level, or which can be attached at the height of the predefined level or can be attached in the vessel in such a way that it is immersed in the medium up to defined immersion depth, wherein a transmission/reception unit is provided which excites the unit capable of vibration to vibrate at a predefined excitation frequency and which receives the vibrations of the unit capable of vibration, and wherein the transmission/reception unit is an electromagnetic drive, said electromagnetic drive having at least a coil and a coil core, and wherein a control/evaluation unit is provided that signals that the predefined level is reached or determines the density or viscosity of the medium, characterized in that a discoidal element made from a magnetostrictive material is provided, said element being connected with a non-positive connection and in a planar manner with the interior surface of the membrane, and wherein the non-positive connection - which can be used at temperatures above 300 °C - is a solder, a weld or a bond, and wherein the electromagnetic drive is arranged inside the housing in such a way that a gap is provided between the discoidal element made from the magnetostrictive material and the corresponding end area of the electromagnetic drive.