mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of manufacturing a pipe with a branch, comprising: injecting a molten resin into a main cavity, which has on its one end a pressure port provided with a floating core and on its other end a first outlet, and a branch cavity, which communicates with the main cavity and has on its end a second outlet allowed to open and close; pressure-injecting a pressurized fluid through the pressure port after the injection of the molten resin, and moving the floating core to the first outlet side, and, at the same time, extruding the molten resin from the first outlet to form a main pipe hollow; characterized in that the method further comprises extruding the molten resin by the pressurized fluid which is pressure-injected through the pressure port from the second outlet to form a branch pipe hollow. injecting a molten resin into a main cavity, which has on its one end a pressure port provided with a floating core and on its other end a first outlet, and a branch cavity, which communicates with the main cavity and has on its end a second outlet allowed to open and close; pressure-injecting a pressurized fluid through the pressure port after the injection of the molten resin, and moving the floating core to the first outlet side, and, at the same time, extruding the molten resin from the first outlet to form a main pipe hollow; characterized in that the method further comprises extruding the molten resin by the pressurized fluid which is pressure-injected through the pressure port from the second outlet to form a branch pipe hollow.
A device for removing and extracting removable material such as deposits from inside hollow bodies, in particular for removing and extracting thrombi and emboli from blood vessels or the like, having a reducing catheter which can be inserted into the hollow body, and a sheathing catheter which can likewise be inserted into the same hollow body, wherein the reducing catheter and the sheathing catheter each have a proximal end (3a, 4a) and a distal end (3b, 4b), the distal end of the sheathing catheter being connected to a radially deformable, funnel-shaped end piece which is produced from liquid-permeable material and which widens in cross-section towards its distal end, and the reducing catheter has a working head and a flexible sleeve connected thereto, wherein the working head of the reducing catheter has an external diameter which is smaller than the internal diameter of the widened end piece for insertion into the region of the funnel-shaped end piece of the sheathing catheter, characterized in that the working head of the reducing catheter has a sleeve-shaped stator (8, 14, 17, 21, 25, 27, 38) and a rotor (9, 39) which is centrally disposed therein and which is displaceable in rotation relative to the stator (8, 14, 17, 21, 25, 27, 38), the stator (8, 14, 17, 21, 25, 27, 38) is provided at its circumference with at least one inlet opening (8a, 14a, 17a, 21a, 38a) and the rotor (9, 39) is connected to or configured as one piece with a feed screw (10, 40), wherein the at least one lateral inlet opening (8a, 14a, 17a, 21a, 38a) of the stator (8, 14, 17, 21, 25, 27, 38) is configured as at least two circular holes (15, 16; 18, 19; 22, 23, 42, 43, 44) which are disposed axially in succession with respect to the longitudinal axis of the reducing catheter.
A cardiac monitoring method comprising: assaying at least an inactive natriuretic peptide and an active natriuretic peptide in a biological sample taken from a patient, both the inactive and active natriuretic peptides being produced in the patient responsive to cardiac stress; wherein a therapeutic agent has been administered to the patient, the administered therapeutic agent substantially interfering with the active natriuretic peptide assay but not substantially interfering with the inactive natriuretic peptide assay; determining in the biological sample taken from the patient kinetics of the administered therapeutic agent based on at least the active natriuretic peptide assay; and determining in the biological sample taken from the patient cardiac diagnostic information based on at least the inactive natriuretic peptide assay; wherein the assaying is performed both before and after the administering, and the determining of kinetics includes: determining a difference between (i) the active natriuretic peptide assay performed after the administering and (ii) the active natriuretic peptide assay performed before the administering to determine uptake of the administered therapeutic agent; and wherein the therapeutic agent includes a synthetic BNP, the active natriuretic peptide includes natural BNP and the inactive natriuretic peptide includes NT-proBNP. assaying at least an inactive natriuretic peptide and an active natriuretic peptide in a biological sample taken from a patient, both the inactive and active natriuretic peptides being produced in the patient responsive to cardiac stress; determining in the biological sample taken from the patient kinetics of the administered therapeutic agent based on at least the active natriuretic peptide assay; and determining in the biological sample taken from the patient cardiac diagnostic information based on at least the inactive natriuretic peptide assay; determining a difference between (i) the active natriuretic peptide assay performed after the administering and (ii) the active natriuretic peptide assay performed before the administering to determine uptake of the administered therapeutic agent; and wherein the therapeutic agent includes a synthetic BNP, the active natriuretic peptide includes natural BNP and the inactive natriuretic peptide includes NT-proBNP.
A multistage vacuum pump in which a plurality of pump chambers are formed by a housing and a partition plate, the plurality of pump chambers are connected via a gas passage formed in the partition plate, a pair of rotors attached to a shaft are disposed in each of the pump chambers, and when the pair of rotors rotate while intermeshing, a suctioned gas is compressed and then discharged through a discharge side recessed portion that communicates with the gas passage, the multistage vacuum pump being characterized in that angles of the rotors relative to the shaft are adjusted such that a phase angle Δθ of the rotors of adjacent pump chambers relative to a rotation angle C of the rotors during a single cycle of the pump chambers from intake to discharge and the number of stages S of the rotors satisfies Δθ ≤ C/S, and wherein a rotor angle φ from a reference position to an opening start point of the discharge side recessed portion is set as a first stage rotor angle φ1, an mth stage rotor angle φm, and an nth stage rotor angle φn in order from an upstream side of a gas flow direction, relationships of φ1 ≤ φm ≤ φn and φ1 < φn, where n and m are natural numbers and n > m, are satisfied.
A prosthesis configured to atraumatically engage intralumenal tissue when deployed within a body cavity, the prosthesis comprising: an expandable frame comprising a proximal end and a distal end and having a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the frame configured to radially expand and contract for deployment within the body cavity, and a plurality of distal anchors each connected to the frame at a base with a single strut and having a looped atraumatic end, wherein the looped atraumatic end is larger near a tip of the distal anchor to form a type of elongated teardrop, and wherein the tip is substantially flat; wherein when the frame is in an expanded configuration each of the plurality of distal anchors extends from the base generally distally before extending generally proximally and radially outwardly from the frame; and characterised in that when in an expanded configuration, the expandable frame has a bulbous shape with a middle portion being larger than the proximal and distal ends (32, 34). an expandable frame comprising a proximal end and a distal end and having a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the frame configured to radially expand and contract for deployment within the body cavity, and a plurality of distal anchors each connected to the frame at a base with a single strut and having a looped atraumatic end, wherein the looped atraumatic end is larger near a tip of the distal anchor to form a type of elongated teardrop, and wherein the tip is substantially flat; wherein when the frame is in an expanded configuration each of the plurality of distal anchors extends from the base generally distally before extending generally proximally and radially outwardly from the frame; and characterised in that when in an expanded configuration, the expandable frame has a bulbous shape with a middle portion being larger than the proximal and distal ends (32, 34).
A device for in-flight conditioning equipments (6, 7, 8) of cryogenic circuits conveying cryogenic fluids from one or more tanks to the engine(s) of an aircraft characterised in that it includes: - means for collecting air external to the aircraft, said air collecting means being able to be located on a compressor stage of a turbine engine with which the aircraft is equipped, - means for extracting nitrogen from this air by means of an OBIGGS type nitrogen separator, - means for dispensing (4, 5) this nitrogen about said equipments, said nitrogen dispensing means comprising a piping circuit provided with calibrated orifices, so as to flush said equipments with nitrogen, said orifices being calibrated to keep the equipments supercharge conditioned with respect to their environment, - means for encapsulating said equipments (6, 7, 8) to receive conditioning nitrogen, and - drying-up means in the circuit downstream of the separator. - means for collecting air external to the aircraft, said air collecting means being able to be located on a compressor stage of a turbine engine with which the aircraft is equipped, - means for extracting nitrogen from this air by means of an OBIGGS type nitrogen separator, - means for dispensing (4, 5) this nitrogen about said equipments, said nitrogen dispensing means comprising a piping circuit provided with calibrated orifices, so as to flush said equipments with nitrogen, said orifices being calibrated to keep the equipments supercharge conditioned with respect to their environment, - means for encapsulating said equipments (6, 7, 8) to receive conditioning nitrogen, and - drying-up means in the circuit downstream of the separator.
A method for use with a packet network including a network node for transporting packets between first and second nodes under control of a controller node, the method comprising: sending, by the controller to the network node over the packet network, an instruction and a packet-applicable criterion; receiving, by the network node from the controller node, the instruction and the criterion; and receiving (S301,S620), by the network node from the first node over the packet network, a packet addressed to the second node, wherein the packet comprises distinct header and payload fields; characterized in that: the method is for Deep Packet Inspection, DPI, the instruction is 'probe', 'mirror', or 'terminate' instruction, the criterion includes one or more values associated with one or more bits of the header and payload fields, and the method further comprising: checking, by the network node, if the packet satisfies the criterion by comparing the one or more values with one or more bits of the header or payload fields; responsive to the packet not satisfying the criterion, sending, by the network node over the packet network, the packet to the second node; and responsive to the packet satisfying the criterion, sending the packet (S306,S302), by the network node over the packet network, in response to the instruction, to a destination node other than the second node. sending, by the controller to the network node over the packet network, an instruction and a packet-applicable criterion; receiving, by the network node from the controller node, the instruction and the criterion; and receiving (S301,S620), by the network node from the first node over the packet network, a packet addressed to the second node, wherein the packet comprises distinct header and payload fields; characterized in that: the method is for Deep Packet Inspection, DPI, the instruction is 'probe', 'mirror', or 'terminate' instruction, the criterion includes one or more values associated with one or more bits of the header and payload fields, and the method further comprising: checking, by the network node, if the packet satisfies the criterion by comparing the one or more values with one or more bits of the header or payload fields; responsive to the packet not satisfying the criterion, sending, by the network node over the packet network, the packet to the second node; and responsive to the packet satisfying the criterion, sending the packet (S306,S302), by the network node over the packet network, in response to the instruction, to a destination node other than the second node. checking, by the network node, if the packet satisfies the criterion by comparing the one or more values with one or more bits of the header or payload fields; responsive to the packet not satisfying the criterion, sending, by the network node over the packet network, the packet to the second node; and responsive to the packet satisfying the criterion, sending the packet (S306,S302), by the network node over the packet network, in response to the instruction, to a destination node other than the second node.
Apparatus for determining a state of a potentially current-carrying installation component, in particular of an electrical conductor of a technical installation, comprising: - a field generating device, which is connected to the installation component to be monitored and which generates a magnetic field in a vicinity of the installation part, - an organic magnetoresistive OMR semiconductor element, which is arranged in a stationary manner in the vicinity of the installation component to be monitored, and - a voltage source (28, 29) for generating an electrical voltage between two electrodes (24, 26) of the OMR semiconductor element, characterized in that the voltage source is designed as a constant-voltage source and the OMR semiconductor element is designed such that it is operated with a constant voltage within an operating range in which the OMR semiconductor element has a maximum field sensitivity. - a field generating device, which is connected to the installation component to be monitored and which generates a magnetic field in a vicinity of the installation part, - an organic magnetoresistive OMR semiconductor element, which is arranged in a stationary manner in the vicinity of the installation component to be monitored, and - a voltage source (28, 29) for generating an electrical voltage between two electrodes (24, 26) of the OMR semiconductor element, characterized in that the voltage source is designed as a constant-voltage source and the OMR semiconductor element is designed such that it is operated with a constant voltage within an operating range in which the OMR semiconductor element has a maximum field sensitivity.
In a computing environment, a method for calculating a refined segmentation of an image which identifies a foreground of the image and a background of the image, the method comprising: accessing an image (0019, 0033), the image including a foreground image and background information; creating a first segmentation (0019, 0035, 0047) of the image by applying an image subtraction algorithm; creating a second segmentation (0019, 0048) of the image by applying a semantic segmentation algorithm; creating an initialization segmentation (0019, 0048) by combining the first segmentation and the second segmentation, wherein combining includes comparing corresponding pixels from each of the first and second segmentations, resolving conflicts; characterized in that the initialization segmentation comprises values representing background pixels, foreground pixels and unknown pixels; and the method further comprises creating a resulting refined segmentation (0007, 0057, 0062) by refining the initialization segmentation using at least one of statistical analysis or graphical methods, the resulting refined segmentation being a more accurate segmentation of the image into foreground and background portions than the first segmentation and second segmentation of the image. accessing an image (0019, 0033), the image including a foreground image and background information; creating a first segmentation (0019, 0035, 0047) of the image by applying an image subtraction algorithm; creating a second segmentation (0019, 0048) of the image by applying a semantic segmentation algorithm; creating an initialization segmentation (0019, 0048) by combining the first segmentation and the second segmentation, wherein combining includes comparing corresponding pixels from each of the first and second segmentations, resolving conflicts; characterized in that the initialization segmentation comprises values representing background pixels, foreground pixels and unknown pixels; and the method further comprises creating a resulting refined segmentation (0007, 0057, 0062) by refining the initialization segmentation using at least one of statistical analysis or graphical methods, the resulting refined segmentation being a more accurate segmentation of the image into foreground and background portions than the first segmentation and second segmentation of the image.
Wall mounting bracket for a water heater, in particular hot water storage tanks, which can be attached horizontally to a system-built wall and hooked into the water heater, whereby an overhang of a hooking device of the water heater can grip behind the wall mounting bracket, the heads of the screws, with which the wall mounting bracket is fixed to the wall, can grip behind the wall fixing bracket, whereby the overhang of the hooking device of the water heater can be located between the system-built wall and the wall mounting bracket, that the wall mounting bracket has at least one indentation, in which at least one drillhole is provided for the wall mounting, that at least two recesses are provided in the wall mounting bracket, in which the water heater can be hooked, whereby the two recesses are arranged symmetrically and in pairs and form a first pair, characterised by the fact that at least one second pair of recesses (16 or 17) is provided in the wall mounting bracket so that water heaters with different hooking devices can be hooked into the corresponding pairs of recesses (15, 16, 17).
A method comprising: sending, by a mobile computing device, a request to perform a ranging operation to a server device; receiving, by the mobile computing device and from the server device, an indication that the mobile computing device may perform the ranging operation, responsive to receiving the indication that the mobile computing device may perform the ranging operation from the server device, outputting, by the mobile computing device, a first radio signal that includes a first data packet, wherein the first data packet includes information indicating that the mobile computing device is requesting initiation of a ranging operation; after outputting the first radio signal, outputting, by the mobile computing device, an ultrasonic pulse that includes a second data packet; after outputting the ultrasonic pulse, receiving, by the mobile computing device, a third data packet via a second radio signal from a beacon device (10A-C), wherein the third data packet includes information identifying the beacon device as a source of the third data packet; determining, by the mobile computing device, a time difference between outputting the ultrasonic pulse and receiving the second radio signal; and determining, by the mobile computing device and based at least in part on the third data packet and the time difference, a location of the mobile computing device. sending, by a mobile computing device, a request to perform a ranging operation to a server device; receiving, by the mobile computing device and from the server device, an indication that the mobile computing device may perform the ranging operation, responsive to receiving the indication that the mobile computing device may perform the ranging operation from the server device, outputting, by the mobile computing device, a first radio signal that includes a first data packet, wherein the first data packet includes information indicating that the mobile computing device is requesting initiation of a ranging operation; after outputting the first radio signal, outputting, by the mobile computing device, an ultrasonic pulse that includes a second data packet; after outputting the ultrasonic pulse, receiving, by the mobile computing device, a third data packet via a second radio signal from a beacon device (10A-C), wherein the third data packet includes information identifying the beacon device as a source of the third data packet; determining, by the mobile computing device, a time difference between outputting the ultrasonic pulse and receiving the second radio signal; and determining, by the mobile computing device and based at least in part on the third data packet and the time difference, a location of the mobile computing device.
Use of a lignin compound and elemental sulphur to prepare a urea fertiliser having the lignin compound and the elemental sulphur dispersed throughout the fertiliser and having improved hardness.
Heat engine having a piston which can be moved to and fro in a cylinder and on which a working medium which is let under pressure into a cylinder chamber performs mechanical expansion work, having devices for varying the cylinder chamber volume (V 0) which is present for the working medium when an inlet valve is closed and/or for varying the opening duration of the inlet valve, the inlet valve for the medium comprising an actuating element which projects axially into the cylinder chamber and can be moved directly by the piston, characterized in that the length of the actuating element which projects into the cylinder chamber when the inlet valve is closed can be adjusted, with varying of the said cylinder chamber volume (V 0).