mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An electrosurgical apparatus for joining biological tissues, comprising: a high frequency power supply portion (11, 12, 13, 14) configured to supply a high frequency power to be applied to the biological tissues; a detection portion (15, 16, 17) configured to detect a voltage and a current of the high frequency power that is output from the high frequency power supply portion (11, 12, 13, 14); an impedance calculating portion configured to calculate an impedance between a pair of electrodes supplied with the high frequency power and grasping the biological tissues based on respective values of the voltage and the current that are detected at the detection portion (15, 16, 17); and a control portion, characterized in that the control portion is configured to control so as to intermittently supply the high frequency power after there is an increase that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value in the impedance that is calculated at the impedance calculating portion, and when the impedance at the end of a period in which a high-frequency low power is being output for monitoring a state of the biological tissues in a period in which the high frequency power is not supplied becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold value, control to stop or substantially stop supply of the high frequency power from the high frequency power supply portion (11, 12, 13, 14). a high frequency power supply portion (11, 12, 13, 14) configured to supply a high frequency power to be applied to the biological tissues; a detection portion (15, 16, 17) configured to detect a voltage and a current of the high frequency power that is output from the high frequency power supply portion (11, 12, 13, 14); an impedance calculating portion configured to calculate an impedance between a pair of electrodes supplied with the high frequency power and grasping the biological tissues based on respective values of the voltage and the current that are detected at the detection portion (15, 16, 17); and a control portion, characterized in that the control portion is configured to control so as to intermittently supply the high frequency power after there is an increase that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value in the impedance that is calculated at the impedance calculating portion, and when the impedance at the end of a period in which a high-frequency low power is being output for monitoring a state of the biological tissues in a period in which the high frequency power is not supplied becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold value, control to stop or substantially stop supply of the high frequency power from the high frequency power supply portion (11, 12, 13, 14).
A vaporizer device comprising: a thermal flow sensor configured to measure a mass flow rate of the vaporizable material across the surface of the thermal flow sensor, wherein the thermal flow sensor is positioned along an airflow path between the heating element and an outlet of the vaporizer device, the thermal flow sensor comprising: a self-cleaning element configured to remove a liquid accumulated on the surface of the thermal flow sensor by at least evaporating the liquid, the self-cleaning element activated in response to detecting an event that activates a cleaning cycle of the thermal flow sensor. a thermal flow sensor configured to measure a mass flow rate of the vaporizable material across the surface of the thermal flow sensor, wherein the thermal flow sensor is positioned along an airflow path between the heating element and an outlet of the vaporizer device, the thermal flow sensor comprising: a self-cleaning element configured to remove a liquid accumulated on the surface of the thermal flow sensor by at least evaporating the liquid, the self-cleaning element activated in response to detecting an event that activates a cleaning cycle of the thermal flow sensor.
Total evaporator for liquids, comprising a cold chamber to prevent pre-evaporation, an adjoining evaporation region having a narrow flow cross-section for fast evaporation of the liquid, and a subsequent vapour chamber for pulsation damping and controlled superheating of the vapour, characterised in that the evaporation region is formed by the gap between concentrically nested cylindrical and/or conical tube sections, and the heat required for the evaporation and superheating processes can be supplied by electric heating, by a hot fluid, by catalytic and/or homogenous combustion via the wall of concentric tubes, wherein the concentric tube sections in the evaporation region fit precisely inside each other and individual evaporation channels incorporated in the inner and/or outer walls of the concentric tube sections.
A container (10, 410, 610) for consumer goods, the container comprising: a box for housing the consumer goods, the box comprising a box front wall, a box back wall, a box bottom wall and box side walls, wherein the top face of the box is at least partially open to provide an access opening for accessing the consumer goods; and a lid flap hingedly connected to the box back wall and comprising a lid top wall and a lid front wall, wherein in a closed position of the lid flap the lid top wall and the lid front wall overlie the access opening and the box front wall, wherein prior to first opening of the container, the lid front wall is connected to each of the box side walls along a line of weakness extending along the front edge of the respective box side wall, and wherein upon separation of the lid flap from the box along the line of weakness, the lid flap is movable into an open position in which the access opening is uncovered. a box for housing the consumer goods, the box comprising a box front wall, a box back wall, a box bottom wall and box side walls, wherein the top face of the box is at least partially open to provide an access opening for accessing the consumer goods; and a lid flap hingedly connected to the box back wall and comprising a lid top wall and a lid front wall, wherein in a closed position of the lid flap the lid top wall and the lid front wall overlie the access opening and the box front wall, wherein prior to first opening of the container, the lid front wall is connected to each of the box side walls along a line of weakness extending along the front edge of the respective box side wall, and wherein upon separation of the lid flap from the box along the line of weakness, the lid flap is movable into an open position in which the access opening is uncovered.
A battery module, comprising: - a plurality of electrochemical cells; - a bus bar carrier, wherein the bus bar carrier comprises a finger having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and configured to be disposed proximate to a first electrochemical cell of the plurality of electrochemical cells such that the finger is configured to press against a terminal end of the first electrochemical cell, a thickness extending between the first surface and the second surface, an opening extending through the first surface, through the thickness, and through the second surface, and a cavity disposed adjacent to the opening and exposed through the second surface of the finger; - a lead wire passing through the opening from the first surface of the finger to the second surface of the finger; and - a sensor coupled to the lead wire to enable communication between the sensor and the first electrochemical cell, wherein the sensor is disposed in the cavity. - a plurality of electrochemical cells; - a bus bar carrier, wherein the bus bar carrier comprises a finger having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and configured to be disposed proximate to a first electrochemical cell of the plurality of electrochemical cells such that the finger is configured to press against a terminal end of the first electrochemical cell, a thickness extending between the first surface and the second surface, an opening extending through the first surface, through the thickness, and through the second surface, and a cavity disposed adjacent to the opening and exposed through the second surface of the finger; - a lead wire passing through the opening from the first surface of the finger to the second surface of the finger; and - a sensor coupled to the lead wire to enable communication between the sensor and the first electrochemical cell, wherein the sensor is disposed in the cavity.
Method for using a processor unit of an autonomously movable vehicle, wherein, in a charging process of an electric energy store of the vehicle, a processing power of the processor unit is made available to at least one vehicle-external computing network or to a grouping of vehicle-external computing networks, characterised in that the processing power of the processor unit is made available to the computing network or to the grouping in dependence of the charging state of the energy store of the vehicle, and wherein the processing power of the processor unit of the vehicle made available to the computing network or to the grouping is increased as the amount of electric energy stored in the energy store of the vehicle increases.
A footwear knitted seamlessly, comprising: a base knit fabric portion and an additional knit fabric portion arranged on an inner side or an outer side of the base knit fabric portion when wearing the footwear; wherein the base knit fabric portion and the additional knit fabric portion are connected seamlessly at a position of a foot-inserting part of the footwear, the footwear being characterized by the base knit fabric portion including a mixed section knitted using a first knitting yarn and a second knitting yarn interwoven along the first knitting yarn; wherein the first knitting yarn is a knitting yarn that is not a heat-fusible yarn; the second knitting yarn is a heat-fusible yarn having thermal adhesiveness and heat-shrinkable properties, and wherein the mixed section of the base knit fabric portion is knitted by plating knitting using the first knitting yarn and the second knitting yarn; and a surface on which the second knitting yarn is arranged in the mixed section is arranged to face the additional knit fabric portion. a base knit fabric portion and an additional knit fabric portion arranged on an inner side or an outer side of the base knit fabric portion when wearing the footwear; wherein the base knit fabric portion and the additional knit fabric portion are connected seamlessly at a position of a foot-inserting part of the footwear, the footwear being characterized by the base knit fabric portion including a mixed section knitted using a first knitting yarn and a second knitting yarn interwoven along the first knitting yarn; wherein the first knitting yarn is a knitting yarn that is not a heat-fusible yarn; the second knitting yarn is a heat-fusible yarn having thermal adhesiveness and heat-shrinkable properties, and wherein the mixed section of the base knit fabric portion is knitted by plating knitting using the first knitting yarn and the second knitting yarn; and a surface on which the second knitting yarn is arranged in the mixed section is arranged to face the additional knit fabric portion.
A method for forming a silicon-containing film, the method comprising using at least one organoaminodisilane precursor comprising a Si-N bond, a Si-Si bond, and a Si-H 2 group represented by the following Formula I below: wherein R 1 and R 3 are each independently selected from a linear or branched C 3 to C 10 alkyl group, a linear or branched C 3 to C 10 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C 3 to C 10 alkynyl group, a C 1 to C 6 dialkylamino group, an electron withdrawing group selected from nitrile, F, Cl, Br, I, NO 2, RSO and/or RSO 2 wherein R = C 1 to C 10 alkyl, a C 3 to C 10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C 6 to C 10 aryl group; R 2 and R 4 are each independently selected from a hydrogen, a linear or branched C 1 to C 10 alkyl group, a linear or branched C 3 to C 10 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C 3 to C 10 alkynyl group, a C 1 to C 6 dialkylamino group, an electron withdrawing group selected from nitrile, F, Cl, Br, I, NO 2, RSO and/or RSO 2 wherein R = C 1 to C 10 alkyl; a C 3 to C 10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C 6 to C 10 aryl group; and wherein any one, all, or none of R 1 and R 2, R 3 and R 4, R 1 and R 3, or R 2 and R 4 are linked together to form a ring selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic ring, to form the silicon-containing film, wherein the method is an atomic layer deposition or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method and the silicon-containing film is an amorphous silicon film or a silicon oxide film.
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a first connector including a first housing provided with a mating opening; a second connector including a second housing configured to be mated with the mating opening of the first connector; characterized by: a drainage structure (22, 35) provided on and corresponding to a boundary portion between the first housing and the second housing, the boundary portion facing the mating opening, wherein the drainage structure (22, 35) has a convex region having a top at the boundary portion, and a first concave region and a second concave region which are continuous with the convex region respectively, the first concave region being formed in the first housing, and the second concave region being formed in the second housing. a first connector including a first housing provided with a mating opening; a second connector including a second housing configured to be mated with the mating opening of the first connector; characterized by: a drainage structure (22, 35) provided on and corresponding to a boundary portion between the first housing and the second housing, the boundary portion facing the mating opening, wherein the drainage structure (22, 35) has a convex region having a top at the boundary portion, and a first concave region and a second concave region which are continuous with the convex region respectively, the first concave region being formed in the first housing, and the second concave region being formed in the second housing. a drainage structure (22, 35) provided on and corresponding to a boundary portion between the first housing and the second housing, the boundary portion facing the mating opening, wherein the drainage structure (22, 35) has a convex region having a top at the boundary portion, and a first concave region and a second concave region which are continuous with the convex region respectively, the first concave region being formed in the first housing, and the second concave region being formed in the second housing.
A gases transportation pathway for transporting humidified gases to a patient, said pathway comprising an enclosing wall that includes at least a layer of positive temperature coefficient material, wherein the localised electrical resistance of said material is positively related to the localised temperature; at least two electrical conductors (21, 22, 45, 46) running the length of said pathway, disposed in electrical contact with said positive temperature coefficient material, wherein said conductors (21, 22, 45, 46) are arranged helically along said gases transportation pathway and are at least substantially constantly spaced from one another along the length of said gases transportation pathway.
A compound wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of the following compounds: and or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.
An evaluation jig comprising: a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector, for charging a vehicle; and an adjustment member capable of adjusting contact resistance of the female terminal and the male terminal, the female terminal being reducible in diameter, the adjustment member including an annular band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the female terminal and formed in an annulus surrounding the female terminal, a metal band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the annular band and capable of applying clamping force to the female terminal to reduce the female terminal in diameter, and an adjustment unit, having a screw capable of adjusting the clamping force applied by the metal band to the female terminal, by adjusting the metal band in diameter, the annular band being made of an electrically and thermally insulating material. a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector, for charging a vehicle; and an adjustment member capable of adjusting contact resistance of the female terminal and the male terminal, the female terminal being reducible in diameter, the adjustment member including an annular band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the female terminal and formed in an annulus surrounding the female terminal, a metal band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the annular band and capable of applying clamping force to the female terminal to reduce the female terminal in diameter, and an adjustment unit, having a screw capable of adjusting the clamping force applied by the metal band to the female terminal, by adjusting the metal band in diameter, an annular band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the female terminal and formed in an annulus surrounding the female terminal, a metal band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the annular band and capable of applying clamping force to the female terminal to reduce the female terminal in diameter, and an adjustment unit, having a screw capable of adjusting the clamping force applied by the metal band to the female terminal, by adjusting the metal band in diameter, the annular band being made of an electrically and thermally insulating material.
A method of identifying a breath from a body generated breath related signal comprising sensing a sound signal generated by a living human or animal body and separating the signal into more than two frequency bands; analysing the separated signal within the different bands using a segmentation algorithm to define segments of the originally sensed signal as candidate breaths; and evaluating the candidate segments within a certain time interval to identify a certain breath event; the method further comprising identifying a segment of a breath as either inspiration or expiration, and identifying in each frequency band the start point or end point of an inspiration or expiration breath candidate by a process including the step of detecting as a signal feature a minimum or turning point or based on a previous end point or a start point.
A thawing appliance, having both a thawing mode and a holding mode, in particular a food thawing cabinet, comprising: - a food compartment, - a refrigeration circuit comprising a cooler, - a heater switchable between at least two conditions, - an air circulating element circulating an airflow across the food compartment, wherein the airflow circulated by the air circulating element into the food compartment passes through the heater, and wherein only a part of the airflow that passes through the heater also passes through the cooler. - a food compartment, - a refrigeration circuit comprising a cooler, - a heater switchable between at least two conditions, - an air circulating element circulating an airflow across the food compartment,
A separation film comprising: a cellulose fiber; and a silica, wherein - the silica is in a particle-type state, and a content of the silica is 3 to 7 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the entire separation film and - the thickness of the separation film is 21 to 40 μm. a cellulose fiber; and a silica, - the silica is in a particle-type state, and a content of the silica is 3 to 7 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the entire separation film and - the thickness of the separation film is 21 to 40 μm.
A detonation transfer end fitting (884; 1009; 1109) comprising: a cylindrical outer housing (825; 1025) with an upper end and a lower end and a cylindrical axis; a first bore (824; 1024) of a first diameter along the cylindrical axis with a first end being the upper end and a second end, adapted to accept a detonating cord; a second bore (822; 1021) of a second diameter along the cylindrical axis starting at the second end of the first bore (824; 1024) and having a third end adapted to accept a detonator, wherein the first bore (824; 1024) intersects the second bore (822; 1021) at the second end; and a third bore (820; 1020) tangential to the cylindrical axis and starting at the cylindrical outer housing (825; 1025) and ending at an intersection with the first bore (824; 1024) at the second end, wherein the transfer end fitting (884; 1009; 1109) further comprises a shoulder (823; 1023) narrower than the first bore (824; 1024) at the second end of the first bore, wherein the shoulder (823; 1023) prevents the detonating cord inserted into the first bore (824; 1024) from entering the second bore (822; 1021). a cylindrical outer housing (825; 1025) with an upper end and a lower end and a cylindrical axis; a first bore (824; 1024) of a first diameter along the cylindrical axis with a first end being the upper end and a second end, adapted to accept a detonating cord; a second bore (822; 1021) of a second diameter along the cylindrical axis starting at the second end of the first bore (824; 1024) and having a third end adapted to accept a detonator, wherein the first bore (824; 1024) intersects the second bore (822; 1021) at the second end; and a third bore (820; 1020) tangential to the cylindrical axis and starting at the cylindrical outer housing (825; 1025) and ending at an intersection with the first bore (824; 1024) at the second end, wherein the transfer end fitting (884; 1009; 1109) further comprises a shoulder (823; 1023) narrower than the first bore (824; 1024) at the second end of the first bore, wherein the shoulder (823; 1023) prevents the detonating cord inserted into the first bore (824; 1024) from entering the second bore (822; 1021).
A method for determining the copy number of at least one chromosome in a test sample, the method comprising: (a) interrogating at least one test locus on at least one chromosome in the test sample, interrogating at least one reference locus of at least one chromosome in the test sample; and (b) quantifying the copy number of at least one of the interrogated test loci relative to at least one of the reference loci, wherein the at least one test locus and the at least one reference locus is located on a region of the chromosome that is not within a copy number variable region (CNVR) on the chromosome, and wherein one or more loci is interrogated by amplifying and detecting the amplified nucleic acid with a detectable label-quencher system; (c) determining the copy number of at least one chromosome in the test sample on which at least one of the interrogated test loci is located, wherein the copy number of at least one chromosome in the test sample on which at least one of the interrogated test loci is located is determined relative to one or more reference loci. (a) interrogating at least one test locus on at least one chromosome in the test sample, interrogating at least one reference locus of at least one chromosome in the test sample; and (b) quantifying the copy number of at least one of the interrogated test loci relative to at least one of the reference loci, wherein the at least one test locus and the at least one reference locus is located on a region of the chromosome that is not within a copy number variable region (CNVR) on the chromosome, and wherein one or more loci is interrogated by amplifying and detecting the amplified nucleic acid with a detectable label-quencher system; (c) determining the copy number of at least one chromosome in the test sample on which at least one of the interrogated test loci is located, wherein the copy number of at least one chromosome in the test sample on which at least one of the interrogated test loci is located is determined relative to one or more reference loci.