mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Apparatus for use in implanting intraocular lenses, the apparatus comprising: an axial elongate hollow conduit (170,178) having first and second ends and defining an intraocular lens injection pathway extending along a longitudinal axis, said axial elongate hollow conduit being formed at said first end with a syringe connector defining a removable syringe mounting location; a pusher element located within said axial elongate hollow conduit between said syringe connector and said second end; and a dual purpose elongate hollow tube, fixed to said pusher element, said dual purpose elongate hollow tube having a fluid entry end adjacent said syringe connector and a fluid outlet end, said dual purpose elongate hollow tube defining a hollow pusher rod and being displaceable along said longitudinal axis within and relative to said axial elongate hollow conduit towards said second end, thereby displacing said pusher element along said axis towards said second end, at least one of said axial elongate hollow conduit and said pusher element including a fluid pathway for enabling viscoelastic material to pass through said syringe connector and said pusher element to a location between said pusher element and said second end of said axial elongate hollow conduit; characterized in that said axial elongate hollow conduit includes a first relatively rigid housing portion, which defines said syringe connector, and a relatively flexible sleeve portion, which is mounted onto said relatively rigid housing portion. an axial elongate hollow conduit (170,178) having first and second ends and defining an intraocular lens injection pathway extending along a longitudinal axis, said axial elongate hollow conduit being formed at said first end with a syringe connector defining a removable syringe mounting location; a pusher element located within said axial elongate hollow conduit between said syringe connector and said second end; and a dual purpose elongate hollow tube, fixed to said pusher element, said dual purpose elongate hollow tube having a fluid entry end adjacent said syringe connector and a fluid outlet end, said dual purpose elongate hollow tube defining a hollow pusher rod and being displaceable along said longitudinal axis within and relative to said axial elongate hollow conduit towards said second end, thereby displacing said pusher element along said axis towards said second end, at least one of said axial elongate hollow conduit and said pusher element including a fluid pathway for enabling viscoelastic material to pass through said syringe connector and said pusher element to a location between said pusher element and said second end of said axial elongate hollow conduit; characterized in that said axial elongate hollow conduit includes a first relatively rigid housing portion, which defines said syringe connector, and a relatively flexible sleeve portion, which is mounted onto said relatively rigid housing portion.
A machine direction oriented plastic film for labels, characterized in that the machine direction oriented plastic film has a multilayer structure including at least one skin layer and a core layer comprising at least one polypropylene homopolymer, polypropylene random copolymer or polypropylene block copolymer or mixture of two or more thereof and a modifier, which is at least one of the following: - hydrocarbon resin; - styrene block copolymer. - hydrocarbon resin; - styrene block copolymer.
Coaxial cartridge for storing a flowable multi-component composition and for insertion into a support structure for dispensing the composition from the cartridge, the coaxial cartridge comprising: - a hollow-cylindrical inner wall and a hollow-cylindrical outer wall arranged coaxially around said inner wall, so that the cartridge has an inner chamber, which is delimited radially by the inner wall, for receiving a first component, and an outer chamber, which is arranged radially between the inner wall and the outer wall, for receiving a second component of the multi-component composition; - a cartridge front wall which firmly closes the inner and the outer chamber (6, 7) on one end face of the cartridge and has one discharge opening per chamber; and - an inner piston which closes the inner chamber at the rear and is axially movable therein, and an outer piston which closes the outer chamber at the rear and is axially movable therein; - characterized in that one or more predetermined expansion points are formed in the outer wall, each of which extend axially from one end face to the other end face of the cartridge and are plastically deformable such that, during the dispensing process, the target expansion points immediately yield to pressure acting on the outer wall from the inside by plastically expanding; and the outer wall is otherwise designed to be dimensionally stable, in particular thick-walled, such that, when the compound is dispensed from the cartridge by axial displacement of the inner and outer pistons (10, 11), the outer wall retains its shape apart from the expansion of the predetermined expansion points. - a hollow-cylindrical inner wall and a hollow-cylindrical outer wall arranged coaxially around said inner wall, so that the cartridge has an inner chamber, which is delimited radially by the inner wall, for receiving a first component, and an outer chamber, which is arranged radially between the inner wall and the outer wall, for receiving a second component of the multi-component composition; - a cartridge front wall which firmly closes the inner and the outer chamber (6, 7) on one end face of the cartridge and has one discharge opening per chamber; and - an inner piston which closes the inner chamber at the rear and is axially movable therein, and an outer piston which closes the outer chamber at the rear and is axially movable therein; - characterized in that one or more predetermined expansion points are formed in the outer wall, each of which extend axially from one end face to the other end face of the cartridge and are plastically deformable such that, during the dispensing process, the target expansion points immediately yield to pressure acting on the outer wall from the inside by plastically expanding; and the outer wall is otherwise designed to be dimensionally stable, in particular thick-walled, such that, when the compound is dispensed from the cartridge by axial displacement of the inner and outer pistons (10, 11), the outer wall retains its shape apart from the expansion of the predetermined expansion points.
A speed ratio control device for a continuously variable transmission, wherein the continuously variable transmission comprises an endless torque transmission member looped around a pair of pulleys (11, 12), one of the pulleys (11, 12) having a movable sheave (11A, 11B) configured to displace in an axial direction in accordance with an applied pulley thrust to change a winding radius of the endless torque transmission member, the speed ratio control device comprising: a sensor (21, 42, 43) which detects an operating state of the continuously variable transmission, characterised by a programmable controller programmed to: calculate a stretch amount of the endless torque transmission member based on the operating state of the continuously variable transmission, and a slip limit thrust in accordance with the stretch amount; and control the pulley thrust of the one of pulleys (11, 12) based on the slip limit thrust. a sensor (21, 42, 43) which detects an operating state of the continuously variable transmission, characterised by a programmable controller programmed to: calculate a stretch amount of the endless torque transmission member based on the operating state of the continuously variable transmission, and a slip limit thrust in accordance with the stretch amount; and control the pulley thrust of the one of pulleys (11, 12) based on the slip limit thrust. calculate a stretch amount of the endless torque transmission member based on the operating state of the continuously variable transmission, and a slip limit thrust in accordance with the stretch amount; and control the pulley thrust of the one of pulleys (11, 12) based on the slip limit thrust.
An apparatus for dispensing pasty or viscous material, in particular for filling casings with sausage meat, comprising a dispensing unit which can be moved between a dispensing position and a waiting position, wherein the dispensing unit can be moved from the dispensing position into the waiting position by a pulling back, wherein the dispensing unit has an inlet for receiving the material and at least one outlet, in particular a filling tube, for dispensing the material, characterized in that a closure system (22, 24) is provided which, for a change from the dispensing position to the waiting position, automatically interrupts a transport path for the material, said transport path running through the dispensing unit between the inlet and the outlet, in order to prevent a lagging of material through the transport path that is caused by the movement of the dispensing unit into the waiting position. wherein the dispensing unit has an inlet for receiving the material and at least one outlet, in particular a filling tube, for dispensing the material, characterized in that a closure system (22, 24) is provided which, for a change from the dispensing position to the waiting position, automatically interrupts a transport path for the material, said transport path running through the dispensing unit between the inlet and the outlet, in order to prevent a lagging of material through the transport path that is caused by the movement of the dispensing unit into the waiting position.
A method of managing a service level agreement, SLA, with respect to devices on a network by using a server, the method comprising: receiving user input for selecting at least one SLA item to quantitatively measure service levels provided by the devices; receiving user input for setting a service management automatic option with respect to the selected SLA item; receiving user input for setting a target service level with respect to the selected SLA item; monitoring the service levels provided by the devices with respect to the selected SLA item; and executing a predetermined event to control the devices according to a result of the monitoring and a setting of the service management automatic option, the method characterized in that the monitoring of the service levels comprises: receiving a normal operation time of each device denoting a time during which the device is normally operated with respect to a selected SLA item without service error, and an error fix time consumed to fix an error occurring on the selected SLA item; calculating the result of the monitoring comprising an average operation rate of the devices based on the normal operation time and the error fix time, and comparing the monitoring result and the set target service level with each other and indicating a state of the selected SLA item. receiving user input for selecting at least one SLA item to quantitatively measure service levels provided by the devices; receiving user input for setting a service management automatic option with respect to the selected SLA item; receiving user input for setting a target service level with respect to the selected SLA item; monitoring the service levels provided by the devices with respect to the selected SLA item; and executing a predetermined event to control the devices according to a result of the monitoring and a setting of the service management automatic option, the method characterized in that the monitoring of the service levels comprises: receiving a normal operation time of each device denoting a time during which the device is normally operated with respect to a selected SLA item without service error, and an error fix time consumed to fix an error occurring on the selected SLA item; calculating the result of the monitoring comprising an average operation rate of the devices based on the normal operation time and the error fix time, and comparing the monitoring result and the set target service level with each other and indicating a state of the selected SLA item. receiving a normal operation time of each device denoting a time during which the device is normally operated with respect to a selected SLA item without service error, and an error fix time consumed to fix an error occurring on the selected SLA item; calculating the result of the monitoring comprising an average operation rate of the devices based on the normal operation time and the error fix time, and comparing the monitoring result and the set target service level with each other and indicating a state of the selected SLA item.
A washing machine comprising: a cabinet forming an outer appearance of the washing machine; a tub integrally formed with the cabinet and fixed inside the cabinet to hold water therein; a drum rotatably placed in the tub, the drum having both side surfaces supported by the cabinet to be rotatable and an inlet at a circumferential surface thereof for loading and unloading laundry; a driving motor fixed on one side surface of the drum to rotate the drum, a drum door for opening/closing the inlet of the drum, guide rails having a predetermined length and extending outwardly from the outer drum surface for guiding the drum door toward the circumferential direction on the outer side of the drum, wherein the guide rails are formed on both side surfaces of the drum inlet, wherein the drum door is a plate type having same curvature rate as that of the circumferential surface of the drum and having a plurality of washing water in/out holes, wherein both side surfaces of the drum door are inserted in the guide rails and to be moved along with the guide rails to open/close the inlet 16 of the drum. a cabinet forming an outer appearance of the washing machine; a tub integrally formed with the cabinet and fixed inside the cabinet to hold water therein; a drum rotatably placed in the tub, the drum having both side surfaces supported by the cabinet to be rotatable and an inlet at a circumferential surface thereof for loading and unloading laundry; a driving motor fixed on one side surface of the drum to rotate the drum, a drum door for opening/closing the inlet of the drum, guide rails having a predetermined length and extending outwardly from the outer drum surface for guiding the drum door toward the circumferential direction on the outer side of the drum, wherein the guide rails are formed on both side surfaces of the drum inlet, wherein the drum door is a plate type having same curvature rate as that of the circumferential surface of the drum and having a plurality of washing water in/out holes, wherein both side surfaces of the drum door are inserted in the guide rails and to be moved along with the guide rails to open/close the inlet 16 of the drum.
Urinary catheter, comprising a catheter body and at least one operating member extending proximally of said catheter body and being connected durably thereto, said catheter body comprising an elongated shaft portion having a longitudinal liquid channel for passing a liquid flow between a distal side and a proximal side thereof, and said catheter body comprising an anchoring portion distally of said shaft portion, said anchoring portion comprising an anchoring body which is deployable from a relatively slender first state, which allows a transluminal introduction of said catheter body in a bladder into an expanded second state, which prevents an inadvertent escape of the catheter body from said bladder said shaft portion having a sufficient length to reach beyond a closure point of the urethral sphincter while the anchoring body resides in the bladder, and said catheter body being sufficiently compact to be received completely inside said bladder characterized in that the anchoring body is self expandable from said relatively slender first state into said expanded second state, in that said anchoring body is substantially balloon shaped in said expanded state and widens gradually in a distal direction at a side which is directed towards said shaft portion, and in that said anchoring body comprises a number of linked resilient filaments which are connected to an outer end of said shaft portion and which are mutually separated in a peripheral direction by longitudinal incisions, which filaments are able and adapted to transform from a straightened state to a longitudinally curved state.
An apparatus for facilitating the mounting of a prosthetic articulation surface to a patient tissue, the apparatus comprising: an anchoring base including a central fastener aperture extending longitudinally therethrough, a first base end laterally spaced from the central fastener aperture, and a second base end laterally spaced from the first base end with the central fastener aperture laterally interposed therebetween, both of the first and second base ends (108, 110) including a plate engagement feature; characterised in that the apparatus comprises a substantially planar anchor plate including a central coupler aperture extending longitudinally therethrough, an outer perimeter spaced laterally apart from the central coupler aperture, a plate rim extending laterally inward from the outer perimeter to substantially laterally surround the central coupler aperture, at least one plate fastener aperture extending longitudinally through the plate rim, and at least one base engagement feature located on the plate rim and being selectively engageable with the plate engagement feature of the anchoring base. an anchoring base including a central fastener aperture extending longitudinally therethrough, a first base end laterally spaced from the central fastener aperture, and a second base end laterally spaced from the first base end with the central fastener aperture laterally interposed therebetween, both of the first and second base ends (108, 110) including a plate engagement feature; characterised in that the apparatus comprises a substantially planar anchor plate including a central coupler aperture extending longitudinally therethrough, an outer perimeter spaced laterally apart from the central coupler aperture, a plate rim extending laterally inward from the outer perimeter to substantially laterally surround the central coupler aperture, at least one plate fastener aperture extending longitudinally through the plate rim, and at least one base engagement feature located on the plate rim and being selectively engageable with the plate engagement feature of the anchoring base.
A method of manufacturing a duplex stainless steel wire product starting from duplex stainless steel wire rod, the method comprising the following steps: roughening the wire rod surface; applying a carrier coating on the wire rod surface; peeling the wire rod using a shaving die comprising cemented carbide; roughening the wire rod surface; applying a carrier coating on the wire rod surface; and drawing to final wire dimension, wherein, in the peeling step, the shaving die used has a rake face land angle η which is 10-30°, a rake angle γ which is 10-25°, a clearance angle α which is 3-10°, a rake face land width w which is 0.1-0.5 mm, and an edge radius which is 0.02-0.08 mm.
A sensor comprising: a rotatable first array of M magnetic pole pairs, where M is a positive number; a rotatable second array of N magnetic pole pairs, arranged substantially in parallel to and mechanically coupled to the first array, where N is a positive number different than M, to form a first magnetic field between the first and second arrays (505, 510) that changes orientation in respect to position; a first field sensor positioned adjacent with respect to a radial extent of the first array and the second array and between the first array and the second array with respect to an axial direction of the sensor; and a rotatable third array of N magnetic pole pairs and a second field sensor, wherein the third array is located adjacent to the second array to form a second magnetic field in between the second and third arrays (510, 515) that changes orientation with respect to a displacement between the second and third arrays (510, 515) and wherein the second field sensor is located adjacent with respect to a radial extent of the second array and the third array and between the second array and the third array (S10, 515) with respect to an axial direction of the sensor.
A patch comprising: a support; and an adhesive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer comprises: at least one selected from the group consisting of butorphanol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; an aliphatic alcohol having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; and a non-cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone that does not contain vinyl acetate as a constituent monomer. a support; and an adhesive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer comprises: at least one selected from the group consisting of butorphanol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; an aliphatic alcohol having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; and a non-cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone that does not contain vinyl acetate as a constituent monomer. at least one selected from the group consisting of butorphanol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; an aliphatic alcohol having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; and a non-cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone that does not contain vinyl acetate as a constituent monomer.