mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A transverse welding assembly for a flow-pack packaging machine comprising: - a stationary support structure, - a translating base movable with respect to the stationary support structure along a straight direction, - a transmission mechanism configured to command a reciprocating movement of the translating base along said straight direction between a rear position and an advanced position and vice versa, and - first and second welding elements (24, 26), carried by the translating base, and movable with respect to each other between an open position and a closed position in phase with the movement of the translating base, characterized in that said transmission mechanism comprises: - a cam oscillator device, comprising an inlet shaft rotatable around a first axis and connected to an electric motor, at least one cam fixed to said inlet shaft, an outlet shaft oscillating around a second axis parallel to said first axis, and at least one cam-follower member carried by the outlet shaft and cooperating with said at least one cam, wherein said cam has a profile configured to convert a continuous rotary movement of the inlet shaft into an alternating pivoting movement of the outlet shaft around said second axis, and - at least one pivoting arm fixed to the outlet shaft of the cam oscillator device and connected to the translating base by means of a sliding coupling element. - a stationary support structure, - a translating base movable with respect to the stationary support structure along a straight direction, - a transmission mechanism configured to command a reciprocating movement of the translating base along said straight direction between a rear position and an advanced position and vice versa, and - first and second welding elements (24, 26), carried by the translating base, and movable with respect to each other between an open position and a closed position in phase with the movement of the translating base, - a cam oscillator device, comprising an inlet shaft rotatable around a first axis and connected to an electric motor, at least one cam fixed to said inlet shaft, an outlet shaft oscillating around a second axis parallel to said first axis, and at least one cam-follower member carried by the outlet shaft and cooperating with said at least one cam, wherein said cam has a profile configured to convert a continuous rotary movement of the inlet shaft into an alternating pivoting movement of the outlet shaft around said second axis, and - at least one pivoting arm fixed to the outlet shaft of the cam oscillator device and connected to the translating base by means of a sliding coupling element.
An artificial cell membrane, comprising: a substrate; and a supported lipid bilayer disposed on the substrate, wherein the supported lipid bilayer, within which some or all lipids are capable of shifting position, comprises a first lipid bound with a first ligand; and a third lipid bound with a third ligand which is the same as or different from the first ligand, a first metal particle comprising a second ligand at a density of 100 to 100,000/μm 2 specifically binding to the first ligand is bound to at least two of the first lipids through the binding between the first ligand and the second ligand, so as to decrease the mobility of the first metal particle in the supported lipid layer to 0 to 0.5×10 -8 cm 2 /s, and a second metal particle comprising a fourth ligand specifically binding to the third ligand binds to at least one of the third lipids through the interaction between the third ligand and the fourth ligand, and has higher mobility in the supported lipid layer compared to that of the first metal particle by adjusting the number of ligands bonded to the metal particles. a substrate; and a supported lipid bilayer disposed on the substrate, wherein the supported lipid bilayer, within which some or all lipids are capable of shifting position, comprises a first lipid bound with a first ligand; and a third lipid bound with a third ligand which is the same as or different from the first ligand, a first metal particle comprising a second ligand at a density of 100 to 100,000/μm 2 specifically binding to the first ligand is bound to at least two of the first lipids through the binding between the first ligand and the second ligand, so as to decrease the mobility of the first metal particle in the supported lipid layer to 0 to 0.5×10 -8 cm 2 /s, and a second metal particle comprising a fourth ligand specifically binding to the third ligand binds to at least one of the third lipids through the interaction between the third ligand and the fourth ligand, and has higher mobility in the supported lipid layer compared to that of the first metal particle by adjusting the number of ligands bonded to the metal particles.
A locking device for a roof box comprising: - a first locking element adapted to be housed on a resting surface; - a second locking element that can be constrained to the first locking element and movable with respect to it along a locking axis perpendicular to said resting surface; - a clamping device configured to vary a relative distance between said first and second locking element performing a clamping stroke of the second locking element and having a first end positioned above the first locking element and a second end constrained in a lower portion of the second locking element; characterised in that said first locking element is elastically deformable and comprises an expansion device configured to expand said first locking element increasing its dimensions along said locking axis to obtain an extra clamping stroke. - a first locking element adapted to be housed on a resting surface; - a second locking element that can be constrained to the first locking element and movable with respect to it along a locking axis perpendicular to said resting surface; - a clamping device configured to vary a relative distance between said first and second locking element performing a clamping stroke of the second locking element and having a first end positioned above the first locking element and a second end constrained in a lower portion of the second locking element; characterised in that said first locking element is elastically deformable and comprises an expansion device configured to expand said first locking element increasing its dimensions along said locking axis to obtain an extra clamping stroke.
An abrasive article, comprising: a body; and a plurality of Z-shaped abrasive segments extending from a face of the body, characterized in that the Z-shaped abrasive segments comprise a segment including a plurality of outer peripheral serrations formed in an outer circumferential wall of the segment. a body; and a plurality of Z-shaped abrasive segments extending from a face of the body, characterized in that the Z-shaped abrasive segments comprise a segment including a plurality of outer peripheral serrations formed in an outer circumferential wall of the segment.
A connector system for medical fluid administration comprising, a male connection member having a body comprising a distal portion terminating in a distal end and a proximal portion terminating in a proximal end, a lumen being defined through the body for the passage of liquid from the distal end to the proximal end, a female connection member defining a sheath for receiving the distal portion of the male connection member, a distal end of the sheath being spanned by a septum having a central region and a peripheral region, in which, the central region of the septum is formed from material having a thickness that is between 1.5 and 400 times thicker than material forming the peripheral region of the septum surrounding the central region, and the distal end of the male connection member comprises means for rupturing (365, 375) the peripheral region of the septum when the male connection member is received in the female connection member to form a connection, and in which the male connection member is a giving set spike for the administration of medical fluids, and the female connection member forms an access port into a medical fluid container.
A vehicle configured to perform the steps of: obtaining an indicator of a potential collision threat identified by an autonomous emergency braking system of the vehicle, wherein the autonomous emergency braking system of the vehicle comprises pre-defined control phases (28a-c), and wherein the indicator at least partly determines a current control phase of the autonomous emergency braking system; and sending the obtained indicator to one or more following vehicles, characterized in that the indicator is based on a relative speed between the potential collision threat and the vehicle or on a distance between the potential collision threat and the vehicle. obtaining an indicator of a potential collision threat identified by an autonomous emergency braking system of the vehicle, wherein the autonomous emergency braking system of the vehicle comprises pre-defined control phases (28a-c), and wherein the indicator at least partly determines a current control phase of the autonomous emergency braking system; and sending the obtained indicator to one or more following vehicles,
A device (1, 30) for osteosynthesis, comprising: a body having a proximal surface, a distal surface configured and dimensioned to face a target portion of bone over which the body is to be mounted and a through opening (2, 32) extending through the body from the proximal surface to the distal surface along a central axis, the through hole including a first protrusion (5, 35) extending from an inner surface thereof toward the central axis, the first protrusion (5, 35) being biased toward an unstressed state in which the first protrusion (5, 35) extends into the through opening (2, 32) to a first distance from the central axis, the first protrusion (5, 35) being movable toward the inner surface when subjected to a force directed outward from the central axis, characterized in that the first protrusion (5, 35) comprises a front face (6, 36) facing the central axis wherein the movability/deformability of the protrusion (5, 35) is not based on the deformability of the front face (6, 36), and wherein the first protrusion includes an elastically deformable hinge coupled to the inner surface of the through opening and wherein the hinge is longitudinally aligned with one of the proximal surface and the distal surface (8, 9) of the body and equidistant from the proximal and distal surfaces (8,9) of the body. a body having a proximal surface, a distal surface configured and dimensioned to face a target portion of bone over which the body is to be mounted and a through opening (2, 32) extending through the body from the proximal surface to the distal surface along a central axis, the through hole including a first protrusion (5, 35) extending from an inner surface thereof toward the central axis, the first protrusion (5, 35) being biased toward an unstressed state in which the first protrusion (5, 35) extends into the through opening (2, 32) to a first distance from the central axis, the first protrusion (5, 35) being movable toward the inner surface when subjected to a force directed outward from the central axis, characterized in that the first protrusion (5, 35) comprises a front face (6, 36) facing the central axis wherein the movability/deformability of the protrusion (5, 35) is not based on the deformability of the front face (6, 36), and wherein the first protrusion includes an elastically deformable hinge coupled to the inner surface of the through opening and wherein the hinge is longitudinally aligned with one of the proximal surface and the distal surface (8, 9) of the body and equidistant from the proximal and distal surfaces (8,9) of the body.
A method for radiographic imaging by means of high energy radiation comprising the method steps of: - positioning a patient by means of a positioning system adapted for positioning the patient with respect to an imaging system comprising a high energy radiation source and a high energy radiation detector; - prior to the exposure to the high energy radiation, acquiring multiple biometric data about the actual anatomy of the patient using at least one data acquisition device (10, 13, 14, 20); - using the imaging system for acquiring radiographic images by an imaging process and automatically setting at least one operational parameter of the imaging process in dependency of the multiple biometric data, wherein - multiple raw data regarding the anatomy of the patient are acquired by the at least one data acquisition device (10, 13, 14, 20), - specific anatomical features of the actual anatomy of the patient are identified by processing the multiple raw data, - the multiple biometric data are determined with respect to the identified specific anatomical features, and - said at least one automatically set operational parameter is used as a preset reference for an automatic exposure control method, characterised in that at the beginning of the exposure time an adjustment of the at least one operational parameter is made by a closed loop control of the at least one operational parameter in dependency of the average signal of pixels of the detector while allowing a limited range of variation around a preset reference value of the at least one operational parameter. - positioning a patient by means of a positioning system adapted for positioning the patient with respect to an imaging system comprising a high energy radiation source and a high energy radiation detector; - prior to the exposure to the high energy radiation, acquiring multiple biometric data about the actual anatomy of the patient using at least one data acquisition device (10, 13, 14, 20); - using the imaging system for acquiring radiographic images by an imaging process and automatically setting at least one operational parameter of the imaging process in dependency of the multiple biometric data, - multiple raw data regarding the anatomy of the patient are acquired by the at least one data acquisition device (10, 13, 14, 20), - specific anatomical features of the actual anatomy of the patient are identified by processing the multiple raw data, - the multiple biometric data are determined with respect to the identified specific anatomical features, and - said at least one automatically set operational parameter is used as a preset reference for an automatic exposure control method, characterised in that at the beginning of the exposure time an adjustment of the at least one operational parameter is made by a closed loop control of the at least one operational parameter in dependency of the average signal of pixels of the detector while allowing a limited range of variation around a preset reference value of the at least one operational parameter.
A method for producing a CD3-positive cell, comprising step of culturing the CD3-positive cell in the presence of a CD3/TCR complex agonist, fibronectin or a variant thereof, and a CD30 agonist.
A substrate film for a surface-protection tape for semiconductor wafers, the substrate film having three layers containing a polyethylene-based resin, and the substrate film satisfying the following requirements: the substrate film being a three-layer film of a branched low-density polyethylene (LDPE)/LDPE/LDPE; a three-layer film of an ethylene/methyl methacrylate copolymer (EMMA)/LDPE/EMMA; or a three-layer film of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer /LDPE/EVA; the back and front surfaces of the substrate film have a surface roughness Ra measured based on JIS B0601 of not more than 0.8 μm, and at least one surface thereof has a surface roughness Ra of not less than 0.05 μm; and the difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the substrate film is not more than 4 μm. the substrate film being a three-layer film of a branched low-density polyethylene (LDPE)/LDPE/LDPE; a three-layer film of an ethylene/methyl methacrylate copolymer (EMMA)/LDPE/EMMA; or a three-layer film of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer /LDPE/EVA; the back and front surfaces of the substrate film have a surface roughness Ra measured based on JIS B0601 of not more than 0.8 μm, and at least one surface thereof has a surface roughness Ra of not less than 0.05 μm; and the difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the substrate film is not more than 4 μm. the back and front surfaces of the substrate film have a surface roughness Ra measured based on JIS B0601 of not more than 0.8 μm, and at least one surface thereof has a surface roughness Ra of not less than 0.05 μm; and the difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the substrate film is not more than 4 μm.
A method for synchronizing operation between a digital radiographic detector's integration periods and an x-ray generator's x-ray pulse rate, the method comprising: operating in a first mode with the detector monitoring one or more selected pixels to detect an x-ray pulse (603, 605) from the x-ray generator; determining a start time of the x-ray generator emitting the detected x-ray pulse (603, 605) relative to an internal clock of the detector; determining a pulse rate of the x-ray generator based on determined start times of a first detected x-ray pulse (603, 605) and a second detected x-ray pulse (603, 605); and operating in a second mode by selectively synchronizing integration periods of the detector with start times of the x-ray generator emitting x-ray pulses (603, 605) based on the determined pulse rate and the determined start time of the x-ray generator emitting the detected x-ray pulse (603, 605). operating in a first mode with the detector monitoring one or more selected pixels to detect an x-ray pulse (603, 605) from the x-ray generator; determining a start time of the x-ray generator emitting the detected x-ray pulse (603, 605) relative to an internal clock of the detector; determining a pulse rate of the x-ray generator based on determined start times of a first detected x-ray pulse (603, 605) and a second detected x-ray pulse (603, 605); and operating in a second mode by selectively synchronizing integration periods of the detector with start times of the x-ray generator emitting x-ray pulses (603, 605) based on the determined pulse rate and the determined start time of the x-ray generator emitting the detected x-ray pulse (603, 605).
A method for measuring network bandwidth in a data network comprising a network management system (MGMT), a Gateway connected to the network management system (MGMT) and a Customer Premises Equipment connected to the Gateway, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: creating an interface to the Gateway comprising a pre-defined IP address pointing to the Customer Premises Equipment; wherein the pre-defined IP address is a part of a IP address space reserved for testing purposes only, the pre-defined IP address does not point to any device within the address space of the Customer Premises Equipment and the Customer Premises Equipment comprises a return IP route to the Gateway; creating a User Datagram Protocol, UDP packet flood looping between the pre-defined IP address pointing to the Customer Premises Equipment and the Gateway, said UDP packet flood consuming the available bandwidth between the Gateway and the Customer Premises Equipment; and measuring the bandwidth from the amount of data received at the Gateway and at the Customer Premises Equipment. creating an interface to the Gateway comprising a pre-defined IP address pointing to the Customer Premises Equipment; wherein the pre-defined IP address is a part of a IP address space reserved for testing purposes only, the pre-defined IP address does not point to any device within the address space of the Customer Premises Equipment and the Customer Premises Equipment comprises a return IP route to the Gateway; creating a User Datagram Protocol, UDP packet flood looping between the pre-defined IP address pointing to the Customer Premises Equipment and the Gateway, said UDP packet flood consuming the available bandwidth between the Gateway and the Customer Premises Equipment; and measuring the bandwidth from the amount of data received at the Gateway and at the Customer Premises Equipment.
A method comprising: receiving an indication of a bending force in excess of a first predetermined threshold being applied to a flexible communications device that is bendable from an original configuration to a bent configuration in response to a user-applied bending force and which is elastic so as to return to its original configuration on release of the bending force; and causing a message to be transmitted from the communications device to a remote receiver in response to, subsequent to receipt of the indication of the bending force being in excess of the first predetermined threshold, receipt of an indication that no bending force is being applied or that the bending force has subsequently fallen below a second predetermined threshold; determining a maximum magnitude of the bending force; and prior to causing the message to be transmitted, adapting the message based on the determined maximum magnitude. receiving an indication of a bending force in excess of a first predetermined threshold being applied to a flexible communications device that is bendable from an original configuration to a bent configuration in response to a user-applied bending force and which is elastic so as to return to its original configuration on release of the bending force; and causing a message to be transmitted from the communications device to a remote receiver in response to, subsequent to receipt of the indication of the bending force being in excess of the first predetermined threshold, receipt of an indication that no bending force is being applied or that the bending force has subsequently fallen below a second predetermined threshold; determining a maximum magnitude of the bending force; and prior to causing the message to be transmitted, adapting the message based on the determined maximum magnitude.
A composition for use in alleviating menopause-associated symptoms, wherein said composition comprises an estetrol component and wherein said composition is administered at a daily amount equivalent to about 15 mg of estetrol.
A stent delivery system comprising: an expandable stent including a plurality of interconnected cells and extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a catheter including an elongated member having a stent attachment location including a compressible material; and a sheath mounted on the elongated member, the sheath being positionable in a transport position in which the sheath covers the stent mounted at the stent attachment location of the elongated member such that the cells of the stent are pressed into and capture the compressible material, and a deploy position in which the stent is at least partially exposed, characterised in that the stent attachment location of the elongated member includes fibers extending radially therefrom, such that when the sheath is in the transport position, the fibers are captured by the cells of the stent. an expandable stent including a plurality of interconnected cells and extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a catheter including an elongated member having a stent attachment location including a compressible material; and a sheath mounted on the elongated member, the sheath being positionable in a transport position in which the sheath covers the stent mounted at the stent attachment location of the elongated member such that the cells of the stent are pressed into and capture the compressible material, and a deploy position in which the stent is at least partially exposed, characterised in that the stent attachment location of the elongated member includes fibers extending radially therefrom, such that when the sheath is in the transport position, the fibers are captured by the cells of the stent.