mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A rotary blood pump comprising: a housing (11, 12) having a pumping chamber defined by an upper wall and a lower wall; a first electromagnetic motor stator overlying an exterior surface of said upper wall and a second electromagnetic motor stator overlying an exterior surface of said lower wall; and a rotatable impeller within the pumping chamber having a hydrodynamic thrust bearing surface adapted to constrain a position of said impeller along an axis of rotation relative to said upper wall and said lower wall when said impeller is rotating about the axis of rotation, without requiring a cooperative constant polarity magnetic force in an axial direction parallel to said axis at a position fixed with respect to said housing (11, 12), the first electromagnetic motor stator being positioned closer to the impeller than the second electromagnetic motor stator; and the rotary blood pump has no magnetic bearing having a permanent magnet at a fixed position with respect to said housing (11, 12) for exerting the constant polarity axially directed magnetic force. a housing (11, 12) having a pumping chamber defined by an upper wall and a lower wall; a first electromagnetic motor stator overlying an exterior surface of said upper wall and a second electromagnetic motor stator overlying an exterior surface of said lower wall; and a rotatable impeller within the pumping chamber having a hydrodynamic thrust bearing surface adapted to constrain a position of said impeller along an axis of rotation relative to said upper wall and said lower wall when said impeller is rotating about the axis of rotation, without requiring a cooperative constant polarity magnetic force in an axial direction parallel to said axis at a position fixed with respect to said housing (11, 12), the first electromagnetic motor stator being positioned closer to the impeller than the second electromagnetic motor stator; and the rotary blood pump has no magnetic bearing having a permanent magnet at a fixed position with respect to said housing (11, 12) for exerting the constant polarity axially directed magnetic force.
A system for detecting insulation defects in an underground power cable comprising one or more single conductors (16, 18, 20) surrounded by an electrically conducting shield, wherein the system comprises two or more external clamp-on sensors (4, 4', 4", 4′′′) clamped onto the outside of or arranged in the proximity of the power cable, wherein the clamp-on sensors (4, 4', 4", 4′′′) are configured to provide one or more current measurements from the outside of the power cable without being electrically connected to any of the one or more conductors (16, 18, 20) of the power cable, wherein the system comprises a signal processing unit, wherein the sensors (4, 4', 4", 4′′′) are configured to detect a partial discharge event (6, 6', 6", 6′′′, 6ʺʺ), wherein the signal processing unit is adapted to use a mathematical statistical model which processes measurements made by the sensors (4, 4', 4", 4′′′) to identify if the current measurements are caused by a partial discharge event (6, 6', 6", 6′′′, 6"") caused by a leakage structure in the power cable, characterised in that the mathematical statistical model is configured to make a linear projection of the current in the conductor(s) (16, 18, 20) and shield, wherein the mathematical statistical model is defined as: Y t = F t θ t + ε t ε t ∼ δ 1 V t θ t = g t θ t − 1 + θ t θ t ∼ δ 2 W t where Y t is a vector determining the observed process at time t, comprising observed data from the sensor (S 1, S 2,..., S n); θ t is a vector determining the latent stochastic process at time t, comprising latent process data; i.e. the currents originating from the conductor(s) (16, 18, 20) and the shield of the cable, respectively; F t is the regression matrix which determines the linear relation between the latent process and the observed process at time t; g t is the evolve matrix which determines the transition from time t-1 to time t in the latent process; δ 1 and δ 2 are the stochastic noise vectors of the observed process and the latent process respectively; V t is the observation variance-covariance matrix; W t is the evolution variance-covariance matrix. where Y t is a vector determining the observed process at time t, comprising observed data from the sensor (S 1, S 2,..., S n); θ t is a vector determining the latent stochastic process at time t, comprising latent process data; i.e. the currents originating from the conductor(s) (16, 18, 20) and the shield of the cable, respectively; F t is the regression matrix which determines the linear relation between the latent process and the observed process at time t; g t is the evolve matrix which determines the transition from time t-1 to time t in the latent process; δ 1 and δ 2 are the stochastic noise vectors of the observed process and the latent process respectively; V t is the observation variance-covariance matrix; W t is the evolution variance-covariance matrix.
An X-ray imaging guiding system for positioning a patient for X-ray image acquisitions, comprising: - an X-ray detector arrangement including an automatic exposure control device; and - adaptable graphical positioning information; wherein the graphical positioning information comprises at least a graphical target anatomy representation and wherein the graphical positioning information further comprises positional information in relation to the automatic exposure control device; and wherein the graphical positioning information is provided in spatial relation with the X-ray detector arrangement; wherein the graphical target anatomy representation indicates to a user a target position and an outline of a respective anatomy of the patient for a determined X-ray image acquisition; and wherein the positional information indicates a position of the automatic exposure control device: and wherein the graphical positioning information is adaptable in accordance with the determined X-ray image acquisition. - an X-ray detector arrangement including an automatic exposure control device; and - adaptable graphical positioning information;
A clutch assembly comprising: an input member coupled to a prime mover and including a clutch protrusion; an output member coupled to an output and including an output clutch; an intermediate member positioned between the input member and the output member, the intermediate member including a first side having a first clutch member engaged with the input member and a second side with second clutch members engagable with the output clutch; characterized in that, the clutch assembly is further comprising: a biasing member biasing the intermediate member axially away from the output member thereby axially spacing the second side of the intermediate member from the output clutch; wherein the intermediate member is axially displaceable against the bias of the biasing member to engage the second side of the intermediate member with the output clutch when the input member is rotated. an input member coupled to a prime mover and including a clutch protrusion; an output member coupled to an output and including an output clutch; an intermediate member positioned between the input member and the output member, the intermediate member including a first side having a first clutch member engaged with the input member and a second side with second clutch members engagable with the output clutch; characterized in that, the clutch assembly is further comprising: a biasing member biasing the intermediate member axially away from the output member thereby axially spacing the second side of the intermediate member from the output clutch; wherein the intermediate member is axially displaceable against the bias of the biasing member to engage the second side of the intermediate member with the output clutch when the input member is rotated. a biasing member biasing the intermediate member axially away from the output member thereby axially spacing the second side of the intermediate member from the output clutch; wherein the intermediate member is axially displaceable against the bias of the biasing member to engage the second side of the intermediate member with the output clutch when the input member is rotated.
A method comprising: determining a target region based at least in part on depth range data corresponding to an intensity image, the intensity image comprising data descriptive of a hand; determining a point of interest of a hand portion of the target region, wherein the point of interest is an estimated center of the hand portion; determining a shape corresponding to a palm region of the hand, wherein the shape corresponds to a circle determined from a plurality of circle features extracted from the target region; determining a cutting direction and cutting position for removal of a selected portion of the target region, the cutting direction being based on characteristics of the target region, and the cutting position being based on a spatial relationship between a center of the palm region and the point of interest of the hand portion of the target region; and removing the selected portion of the target region to identify a portion of the target region corresponding to the hand. determining a target region based at least in part on depth range data corresponding to an intensity image, the intensity image comprising data descriptive of a hand; determining a point of interest of a hand portion of the target region, wherein the point of interest is an estimated center of the hand portion; determining a shape corresponding to a palm region of the hand, wherein the shape corresponds to a circle determined from a plurality of circle features extracted from the target region; determining a cutting direction and cutting position for removal of a selected portion of the target region, the cutting direction being based on characteristics of the target region, and the cutting position being based on a spatial relationship between a center of the palm region and the point of interest of the hand portion of the target region; and removing the selected portion of the target region to identify a portion of the target region corresponding to the hand.
A processor-implemented liveness detection method using a neural network-based liveness detection model, comprising: detecting a face region in an input image; measuring characteristic information of the detected face region, wherein the characteristic information includes any one or any combination of any two or more of a hue value, a face tilt value, a white balance value, a brightness value, and a gamma value; in response to at least one value of the any one or any combination of any two or more of a hue value, a face tilt value, a white balance value, a brightness value, and a gamma value being determined as being out of range of a corresponding pre-set range determined based on values of characteristic information corresponding to the at least one value of images used to train the neural network-based liveness detection model (330:NO), generating an adjusted face region by adjusting the characteristic information of the face region such that the value or values included in the characteristic information fall within the respective pre-set absolute or statistical range or ranges; and performing a liveness detection on the input image to which the adjusted face region is applied using the neural network-based liveness detection model. detecting a face region in an input image; measuring characteristic information of the detected face region, wherein the characteristic information includes any one or any combination of any two or more of a hue value, a face tilt value, a white balance value, a brightness value, and a gamma value; in response to at least one value of the any one or any combination of any two or more of a hue value, a face tilt value, a white balance value, a brightness value, and a gamma value being determined as being out of range of a corresponding pre-set range determined based on values of characteristic information corresponding to the at least one value of images used to train the neural network-based liveness detection model (330:NO), generating an adjusted face region by adjusting the characteristic information of the face region such that the value or values included in the characteristic information fall within the respective pre-set absolute or statistical range or ranges; and performing a liveness detection on the input image to which the adjusted face region is applied using the neural network-based liveness detection model.
Process for the recovery of graphite from black mass, characterized by the following steps in the following order: - step (a): providing a black mass containing graphite; - step (b): adding water to the black mass and creating a suspension of the black mass in water; - step (c): dosing ozone as an oxidizing agent to the suspension and simultaneously stirring the suspension of black mass with water; - step (f): flotation of the suspension and skimming off graphite. - step (a): providing a black mass containing graphite; - step (b): adding water to the black mass and creating a suspension of the black mass in water; - step (c): dosing ozone as an oxidizing agent to the suspension and simultaneously stirring the suspension of black mass with water; - step (f): flotation of the suspension and skimming off graphite.
A polymer having an acrylate-derived backbone, where the polymer comprises at least two monomeric units, wherein the first monomeric unit is derived from the monomers selected from the group consisting of: and the second monomeric unit is derived from monomer of formula: wherein at each occurrence, R 1, R 2 and R 3 are independently H or methyl; R 4 is H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; R 6 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl; and at each occurrence, R 10 is independently H, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkanoyl, C 2 -C 5 alkenoyl, - C 1 -C 4 alkyl-aryl, or -alkanoylaryl; wherein the C 2 -C 6 hydroxyalkyl group has one or two OH groups. at each occurrence, R 1, R 2 and R 3 are independently H or methyl; R 4 is H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; R 6 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl; and at each occurrence, R 10 is independently H, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkanoyl, C 2 -C 5 alkenoyl, - C 1 -C 4 alkyl-aryl, or -alkanoylaryl;
Method for producing an anchor plate of a motor-vehicle lock from an anchor-plate blank, wherein, in the installed state, the finished anchor plate carries the following locking elements: latch mechanism and catch, characterized in that the anchor-plate blank is cold-formed such that displacement of material out of at least one storage region (5, 5') of the anchor-plate blank produces at least one thickened peripheral region (6, 6') with a locally elevated metal-plate thickness, and in that a hole (8, 8') is produced in the storage region (5, 5') of the anchor-plate blank once the thickened peripheral region (6, 6') has been produced, the hole (8, 8') being produced by perforation.
A motorized hydrofoil apparatus comprising: a sailboard having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first hydrofoil assembly coupled to the sailboard, said assembly having a first hydrofoil, a first support unit coupling said sailboard to said first hydrofoil, and a second hydrofoil hingedly coupled to the first hydrofoil via a second support unit; a propulsion system coupled to the sailboard to provide power to the hydrofoil apparatus; a sensing unit to detect deviation movement of the hydrofoil apparatus; and a control unit to control the second hydrofoil to generate corrective movements to increase stability of the hydrofoil apparatus. a sailboard having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first hydrofoil assembly coupled to the sailboard, said assembly having a first hydrofoil, a first support unit coupling said sailboard to said first hydrofoil, and a second hydrofoil hingedly coupled to the first hydrofoil via a second support unit; a propulsion system coupled to the sailboard to provide power to the hydrofoil apparatus; a sensing unit to detect deviation movement of the hydrofoil apparatus; and a control unit to control the second hydrofoil to generate corrective movements to increase stability of the hydrofoil apparatus.
A hydraulic fluid for use in a hydraulic system, the fluid comprising: a phosphate-ester-based compound, and a redox couple; wherein the redox couple comprises a sandwich compound having the formula: M(A r) 2 +0, where M is a transition metal, and A r is an aryl compound. a phosphate-ester-based compound, and a redox couple;
A transapical removal device comprising: a delivery catheter configured to be deployed near a mitral valve using a guide catheter; a snare head at a distal end of the delivery catheter, the snare head having (i) a collapsed state for movement of the delivery catheter through the guide catheter and (ii) a deployed state for capturing a mitral valve clip that has been pre-positioned on the mitral valve to bind at least a portion of the mitral valve or for capturing for alteration or removal the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve; a snare head controller connected at a proximal end of the delivery catheter and configured to control transition of the snare head between the collapsed state and the deployed state; the snare head having a snare basket for at least partially surrounding the pre-positioned mitral valve clip or the anterior leaflet and having one or more ablation delivery catheters configured to ablate tissue surrounding the pre-positioned mitral valve clip or the anterior leaflet; the snare head controller configured to control the position and/or size of the snare basket during the deployed state, the snare head controller configured to control ablation source delivery to the tissue during the deployed state. a delivery catheter configured to be deployed near a mitral valve using a guide catheter; a snare head at a distal end of the delivery catheter, the snare head having (i) a collapsed state for movement of the delivery catheter through the guide catheter and (ii) a deployed state for capturing a mitral valve clip that has been pre-positioned on the mitral valve to bind at least a portion of the mitral valve or for capturing for alteration or removal the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve; a snare head controller connected at a proximal end of the delivery catheter and configured to control transition of the snare head between the collapsed state and the deployed state; the snare head having a snare basket for at least partially surrounding the pre-positioned mitral valve clip or the anterior leaflet and having one or more ablation delivery catheters configured to ablate tissue surrounding the pre-positioned mitral valve clip or the anterior leaflet; the snare head controller configured to control the position and/or size of the snare basket during the deployed state, the snare head controller configured to control ablation source delivery to the tissue during the deployed state.
A method of material build-up on a tip of a blade of a gas turbine engine, the method being characterised by comprising: inserting a material supply and an inflatable bladder between the tip and a shroud such that the material supply is exposed to the tip and the inflatable bladder is positioned between the material supply and the shroud; inflating the inflatable bladder to force contact between the material supply and the tip; and causing relative movement between the material supply and the tip, wherein the relative movement in combination with the radial biased contact between the material supply and the tip creates heat through friction. inserting a material supply and an inflatable bladder between the tip and a shroud such that the material supply is exposed to the tip and the inflatable bladder is positioned between the material supply and the shroud; inflating the inflatable bladder to force contact between the material supply and the tip; and causing relative movement between the material supply and the tip, wherein the relative movement in combination with the radial biased contact between the material supply and the tip creates heat through friction.
An immunogenic molecular entity comprising at least one hapten linked to a macromolecular carrier, wherein the hapten comprises a cyclic peptide comprising a macrocyclic ring, wherein the cyclic peptide comprises the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of RIPT(X a+2)TGFF (SEQ ID NO: 110), GVNP(X a+2)GGWF (SEQ ID NO: 96), KAKT(X a+2)TVLY (SEQ ID NO: 97), KTKT(X a+2)TVLY (SEQ ID NO: 98), GANP(X a+2)OLYY (SEQ ID NO: 99), GANP(X a+2)ALYY (SEQ ID NO: 100), GYST(X a+2)SYYF (SEQ ID NO: 101), GYRT(X a+2)NTYF (SEQ ID NO: 102), YNP(X a+2)VGYF (SEQ ID NO: 103), GGKV(X a+2)SAYF (SEQ ID NO: 104), SVKP(X a+2)TGFA (SEQ ID NO: 105), DSV(X a+2)ASYF (SEQ ID NO: 106), KYNP(X a+2)SNYL (SEQ ID NO: 107), KYNP(X a+2)ASYL (SEQ ID NO: 108), KYNP(X a+2)ANYL (SEQ ID NO: 109), DI(X a+2)NAYF (SEQ ID NO: 111), DM(X a+2)NGYF (SEQ ID NO: 112), KYNP(X a+2)LGFL (SEQ ID NO: 113), KYYP(X a+2)FGYF (SEQ ID NO: 114), GARP(X a+2)GGFF (SEQ ID NO: 115), GAKP(X a+2)GGFF (SEQ ID NO: 116), YSP(X a+2)TNFF (SEQ ID NO: 117), YSP(X a+2)TNF (SEQ ID NO: 118), or QN(X a+2)PNIFGQWM (SEQ ID NO: 119), wherein the last amino acid residue of each sequence is X 1 which is an amino acid residue that is covalently bonded to a group R by a respective carbonyl group; X a+2 is any amino acid, a respective carbon atom of which is covalently bonded to R; wherein R comprises-CH 2 O-, -CH 2 CH 2 O-, -CH 2 CH(CH 3)O-, -CH 2 -phenyl-O-, -CH 2 S-, -CH 2 CH 2 S-, or -(CH 2) n NH-, wherein n is 1 to about 4; and wherein the N- terminal amino acid residue of the cyclic peptide is attached to the macromolecular carrier; and wherein the macromolecular carrier is of sufficient size, in conjunction with the hapten linked thereto, to trigger the mounting of an immune response by an organism challenged by the immunogenic molecular entity.
A monolithic semiconductor structure, including; a stack of layers including: a substrate; a first layer made from a first semiconductor material; a second layer made from a second semiconductor material, said first layer being situated between the substrate and the second layer and at least one of said first semiconductor material and said second semiconductor material containing a III-nitride material; said structure including a power transistor, including: a body formed in said stack of layers; a first power terminal at a side of said first layer facing said second layer; a second power terminal at least partly formed in said substrate; a gate structure for controlling the propagation through said body of electric signals between said first power terminal and said second power terminal; said structure further including a Schottky diode, including: an anode; a cathode (101,102) including said substrate, and a Schottky barrier between said cathode and said anode, said Schottky barrier being situated between said substrate and an anode layer in the stack of layers. a substrate; a first layer made from a first semiconductor material; a second layer made from a second semiconductor material, said first layer being situated between the substrate and the second layer and at least one of said first semiconductor material and said second semiconductor material containing a III-nitride material; a body formed in said stack of layers; a first power terminal at a side of said first layer facing said second layer; a second power terminal at least partly formed in said substrate; a gate structure for controlling the propagation through said body of electric signals between said first power terminal and said second power terminal; an anode; a cathode (101,102) including said substrate, and a Schottky barrier between said cathode and said anode, said Schottky barrier being situated between said substrate and an anode layer in the stack of layers.