mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
An orthopaedic device comprising a joint with - a first joint element comprising ∘ a first joint arm with a first form-fitting element and - a second joint element that can be swivelled relative to the first joint element comprising ∘ a second joint arm and ∘ a force application lever with a second form-fitting element and ∘ a mechanical energy store arranged between the force application lever and the second joint arm, wherein the mechanical energy store can be charged and discharged by swivelling the first joint arm relative to the second joint arm when the first form-fitting element is engaged with the second form-fitting element , characterised in that the device comprises a securing device which ensures that, irrespective of the position of the first form-fitting element and the second form-fitting element relative to each other, the two form-fitting elements can be engaged in such a way that an acting force of the charged mechanical energy store is transmitted from the second form-fitting element to the first form-fitting element . a joint with - a first joint element comprising ∘ a first joint arm with a first form-fitting element and - a second joint element that can be swivelled relative to the first joint element comprising ∘ a second joint arm and ∘ a force application lever with a second form-fitting element and ∘ a mechanical energy store arranged between the force application lever and the second joint arm, - a first joint element comprising ∘ a first joint arm with a first form-fitting element and ∘ a first joint arm with a first form-fitting element and - a second joint element that can be swivelled relative to the first joint element comprising ∘ a second joint arm and ∘ a force application lever with a second form-fitting element and ∘ a mechanical energy store arranged between the force application lever and the second joint arm, ∘ a second joint arm and ∘ a force application lever with a second form-fitting element and ∘ a mechanical energy store arranged between the force application lever and the second joint arm, wherein the mechanical energy store can be charged and discharged by swivelling the first joint arm relative to the second joint arm when the first form-fitting element is engaged with the second form-fitting element , characterised in that the device comprises a securing device which ensures that, irrespective of the position of the first form-fitting element and the second form-fitting element relative to each other, the two form-fitting elements can be engaged in such a way that an acting force of the charged mechanical energy store is transmitted from the second form-fitting element to the first form-fitting element .
A blood pump housing device comprising a first and second artificial heart pump receiving part configured to receive and partly enclose a first and a second artificial heart pump of a total artificial heart (TAH); and a first and second pump actuation enclosing part configured to partly enclose a first and second pump actuation means , said artificial heart pump receiving parts and pump actuation means enclosing parts are arranged to connect to each other in a leak-free manner, characterized in that each artificial heart pump comprises a valve cylinder movably arranged inside said pump receiving part , said valve cylinder is separated by a valve plane provided with a valve , said valve plane dividing said valve cylinder into an artificial atrium and an artificial ventricle .
Valve apparatus for influencing a flow of medium between a supply port , to which a pressure supply source (P) can be connected, and a pressure port , to which a hydraulic load (U) can be connected, comprising a valve device having a valve slide which is guided in a valve housing such that it can be displaced longitudinally between end positions (SS), the pressure adjusted by the valve slide at the pressure port being restricted by means of a control device once the valve slide has performed a pre-defined displacement (V) in the direction of one of its end positions, a control line leading into the valve housing , said control line forming part of an LS signal line , a tank port or another return port which is substantially at ambient pressure, characterised in that a fluid coming from the supply port once the valve slide has performed the pre-defined displacement (V) discharges via the control line .
Inlet nozzle for a radial fan having, as seen in the direction of flow, a plurality of flow sections defined via the wall of the inlet nozzle , said flow sections comprising at least: an inlet section having an inlet opening , an disturbance section directly adjoining the inlet section , and an outlet section directly adjoining the disturbance section , wherein a flow cross section of the inlet nozzle is reduced in the inlet section , wherein the disturbance section formed between the inlet section and the discharge section is cylindrical over its entire axial length and extends parallel to the axis of rotation of the inlet nozzle , such that the flow cross-section of the inlet nozzle is constant in the disturbance section , characterized in that a flow cross-section of the inlet nozzle decreases in the discharge section , and wherein as a further flow section, viewed in the direction of flow, an outlet section forming an outlet opening immediately adjoins the discharge section , said outlet section running divergently to the axis of rotation of the inlet nozzle in the direction of flow and its flow cross section increasing in the direction of flow.
A processor-implemented method comprising: acquiring a driving image including a road surface from a single camera mounted on a front face of a driving vehicle; classifying line marks of the road surface into one or more groups by comparing a degree of change in a curvature of a line of the road surface included in the driving image to a reference variation and classifying, based on a result of the comparing, the line marks into one or more groups based on one or more points at which the degree of change in the curvature is greater than the reference variation; estimating a pitch angle of the road surface, corresponding to an angle of inclination between the road surface and the single camera, for each of the one or more groups by inverse perspective mapping, IPM, of at least the line marks of the road surface in each of the one or more groups based on calibration information of the single camera acquired in advance, thereby obtaining an initial pitch angle as the pitch angle; generating three-dimensional, 3D, information reflecting a 3D road model of the road surface using the pitch angle of the road surface for each of the one or more groups; and displaying a 3D object visually overlaid on the road surface based on the 3D information. acquiring a driving image including a road surface from a single camera mounted on a front face of a driving vehicle; classifying line marks of the road surface into one or more groups by comparing a degree of change in a curvature of a line of the road surface included in the driving image to a reference variation and classifying, based on a result of the comparing, the line marks into one or more groups based on one or more points at which the degree of change in the curvature is greater than the reference variation; estimating a pitch angle of the road surface, corresponding to an angle of inclination between the road surface and the single camera, for each of the one or more groups by inverse perspective mapping, IPM, of at least the line marks of the road surface in each of the one or more groups based on calibration information of the single camera acquired in advance, thereby obtaining an initial pitch angle as the pitch angle; generating three-dimensional, 3D, information reflecting a 3D road model of the road surface using the pitch angle of the road surface for each of the one or more groups; and displaying a 3D object visually overlaid on the road surface based on the 3D information.
A method , comprising: acquiring measurements representing torque applied to a connection between a first tubular and a second tubular , a rotational position of the first tubular relative to the second tubular , or both; obtaining a plurality of make-up parameters representing conditions under which the connection is fully made; generating a plurality of rules for connection evaluation based on the make-up parameters; automatically evaluating the connection using a computer, wherein automatically evaluating comprises applying a machine learning algorithm to a dataset of the measurements; and recommending accepting or rejecting the connection based on the automatic evaluation, wherein automatically evaluating the connection comprises: acquiring a training corpus of datasets acquired during historical connection processes, wherein the training corpus comprises connection torque-turn plots, and wherein the datasets are each associated with at least one of acceptance, rejection, or a specific anomaly in the respective, associated historical connection processes; training the machine learning algorithm using the training corpus; determining probabilities of a plurality of individual anomalies present in the dataset as an output of the machine learning algorithm; and classifying the output of the machine learning algorithm to identify an anomaly present in the dataset. acquiring measurements representing torque applied to a connection between a first tubular and a second tubular , a rotational position of the first tubular relative to the second tubular , or both; obtaining a plurality of make-up parameters representing conditions under which the connection is fully made; generating a plurality of rules for connection evaluation based on the make-up parameters; automatically evaluating the connection using a computer, wherein automatically evaluating comprises applying a machine learning algorithm to a dataset of the measurements; and recommending accepting or rejecting the connection based on the automatic evaluation, acquiring a training corpus of datasets acquired during historical connection processes, wherein the training corpus comprises connection torque-turn plots, and wherein the datasets are each associated with at least one of acceptance, rejection, or a specific anomaly in the respective, associated historical connection processes; training the machine learning algorithm using the training corpus; determining probabilities of a plurality of individual anomalies present in the dataset as an output of the machine learning algorithm; and classifying the output of the machine learning algorithm to identify an anomaly present in the dataset.
A method for calibrating an instrument, wherein the instrument includes an optical system capable of imaging fluorescence emission from a plurality of reaction sites, the method comprising: performing a region-of-interest, ROI, calibration to determine reaction site positions in a fluorescence image, wherein the ROI calibration further comprises: estimating initial ROIs from fluorescence thresholds from each sample well; estimating center locations of each ROI; estimating a size of each ROI; determining an average size of the ROTs from the plurality of reaction sites; deriving global gridding models by comparing center-to-center distance between ROIs to grid coordinates of a well plate layout and determining XY grid coordinates for each of the ROI center locations; recovering missing ROIs by determining and applying mapping functions to expected grid coordinates, the mapping functions being a pair of 2 2-dimensional quadratic polynomial functions that map X or Y grid locations to the ROI center locations in the X or Y direction; and extending the radius of the ROIs, wherein the extension includes an extending of the radius of the ROIs to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the optical system. estimating initial ROIs from fluorescence thresholds from each sample well; estimating center locations of each ROI; estimating a size of each ROI; determining an average size of the ROTs from the plurality of reaction sites; deriving global gridding models by comparing center-to-center distance between ROIs to grid coordinates of a well plate layout and determining XY grid coordinates for each of the ROI center locations; recovering missing ROIs by determining and applying mapping functions to expected grid coordinates, the mapping functions being a pair of 2 2-dimensional quadratic polynomial functions that map X or Y grid locations to the ROI center locations in the X or Y direction; and extending the radius of the ROIs, wherein the extension includes an extending of the radius of the ROIs to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the optical system.
An ultrasound system , the system comprising: an ultrasound transducer array , wherein the ultrasound transducer array comprises a plurality of transducer elements , adapted to conform with a subject's body and wherein at least two ultrasound transducer elements of the plurality of transducer elements are adapted to acquire a plurality of ultrasound signals from a region of interest at different orientations relative to said region of interest; and a processor adapted to receive ultrasound signals acquired by the ultrasound transducer array, wherein the processor is adapted to: partition the plurality of ultrasound signals according to a signal depth; for each ultrasound signal partition, calculate a Doppler power; for each ultrasound signal, identify a depth of a fetal heartbeat based on the Doppler power of each ultrasound signal partition; and identify a fetal heart region based on the identified depth of fetal heartbeat and a location of the at least two ultrasound transducer elements, wherein the identifying of the depth of the fetal heartbeat comprises comparing the Doppler power to a threshold power, and wherein the identifying of the depth of the fetal heartbeat further comprises clustering the Doppler power values above the threshold power. an ultrasound transducer array , wherein the ultrasound transducer array comprises a plurality of transducer elements , adapted to conform with a subject's body and wherein at least two ultrasound transducer elements of the plurality of transducer elements are adapted to acquire a plurality of ultrasound signals from a region of interest at different orientations relative to said region of interest; and a processor adapted to receive ultrasound signals acquired by the ultrasound transducer array, wherein the processor is adapted to: partition the plurality of ultrasound signals according to a signal depth; for each ultrasound signal partition, calculate a Doppler power; for each ultrasound signal, identify a depth of a fetal heartbeat based on the Doppler power of each ultrasound signal partition; and identify a fetal heart region based on the identified depth of fetal heartbeat and a location of the at least two ultrasound transducer elements, partition the plurality of ultrasound signals according to a signal depth; for each ultrasound signal partition, calculate a Doppler power; for each ultrasound signal, identify a depth of a fetal heartbeat based on the Doppler power of each ultrasound signal partition; and identify a fetal heart region based on the identified depth of fetal heartbeat and a location of the at least two ultrasound transducer elements, wherein the identifying of the depth of the fetal heartbeat comprises comparing the Doppler power to a threshold power, and wherein the identifying of the depth of the fetal heartbeat further comprises clustering the Doppler power values above the threshold power.
An electrophotographic member comprising a base member and an elastic layer on the base member , the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber, an ionic electroconductive agent, and an inorganic particle, wherein the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and the inorganic particle has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 atomic % or more and 1.00 atomic % or less, and wherein an aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,240 NTU or less. the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and the inorganic particle has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 atomic % or more and 1.00 atomic % or less, and wherein an aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,240 NTU or less.
A display control circuit for causing an image of a subject to be displayed on a subject image display region of a display means according to image data generated from the output data from an image-capturing means for capturing an image of a subject, and for causing predetermined information to be displayed on an information display region of the display means according to information data, wherein the display means is divided into at least the subject image display region and the information display region, the display control circuit is configured to cause displaying to be performed in a state in which the time taken to refresh each single line in a horizontal direction of the display means in the information display region is shorter than the time taken to refresh each line in the subject image display region, characterized in that the display control circuit is configured to cause displaying to be performed in a state in which the line refresh time in the subject image display region is variable, the display control circuit is configured to cause displaying to be performed in a state in which vertical synchronization signals for the display means (DVsync) are synchronized with vertical synchronization signals for the image-capturing means (SVsync), the vertical synchronization signals for the display means (DVsync) and the vertical synchronization signals for the image-capturing means (SVsync) being identical and constant, the display control circuit is configured to acquire progress information indicative of a status of progress of the processing for generating the image data for each line of the display means , and to control the display means to display the line, for which it has been determined by the progress information that the processing for generating the image data has most recently ended, in the subject image display region, and the display control circuit is configured to vary the line refresh time in the subject image display region by outputting a horizontal synchronizing signal (DHsync) in synchronization with the timing at which the processing for generating the image data for each line of the display means has ended, based on the progress information.
Method to shim a magnetic field inside an MR apparatus , whereby a subject is placed inside the MR apparatus , whereby a magnetic field heterogeneity distribution of the magnetic field is measured with the MR apparatus , whereby a shim current is determined based on the measured magnetic field heterogeneity distribution in a target region-of-interest , whereby the shim coil is driven with the shim current, whereby a physiological characteristic of the subject is measured and used to determine the shim current and whereby the physiological characteristic is measured and the shim current is determined and updated while diagnostic data is acquired with the MR apparatus characterized in that the measured physiological characteristic is used to determine the target region-of-interest .
An alkane dehydrogenation catalyst composition comprising a Group IIIA metal selected from gallium, indium, thallium and combinations thereof; a Group VIII noble metal selected from platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, and combinations thereof; at least one dopant selected from iron, chromium, vanadium, and combinations thereof; and an optional promoter metal selected from sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and combinations thereof; on a catalyst support selected from silica, alumina, silica-alumina composites, rare earth modified alumina, and combinations thereof.
A method for producing an implant from intestinal tissue, the intestinal tissue comprising a tubular segment of intestine with at least part of its associated vasculature intact, the method comprising: perfusing the vasculature through a vessel thereof with a series of decellularising media wherein the series of media comprises at least one detergent, at least one protease and at least one DNase; and separately perfusing the tubular segment of intestine through its lumen with a series of decellularising media wherein the series of media comprises at least one detergent, at least one protease and at least one DNase, wherein perfusion of the vasculature is carried out according to a first perfusion protocol and perfusion of the tubular segment of intestine is carried out according to a second, different, protocol and wherein the first and second protocols differ in their respective decellularising media and/or perfusion times. perfusing the vasculature through a vessel thereof with a series of decellularising media wherein the series of media comprises at least one detergent, at least one protease and at least one DNase; and separately perfusing the tubular segment of intestine through its lumen with a series of decellularising media wherein the series of media comprises at least one detergent, at least one protease and at least one DNase,
A pressurization system that provides a pressurized air to an internal environment suitable for occupants, comprising: a first compressor that receives a ram air, a fan air, or a bleed air; a first turbine that is on a common shaft with the first compressor and wherein the first turbine receives the bleed air; a main heat exchanger downstream of the first compressor and the first turbine, and upstream of the internal environment, wherein a hot side of the main heat exchanger receives air directly from the first compressor; and a second turbine that is downstream of the internal environment, wherein the second turbine receives outflow air of the internal environment via a variable geometry nozzle and transfers the outflow air into a cold side of the main heat exchanger. a first compressor that receives a ram air, a fan air, or a bleed air; a first turbine that is on a common shaft with the first compressor and wherein the first turbine receives the bleed air; a main heat exchanger downstream of the first compressor and the first turbine, and upstream of the internal environment, wherein a hot side of the main heat exchanger receives air directly from the first compressor; and a second turbine that is downstream of the internal environment, wherein the second turbine receives outflow air of the internal environment via a variable geometry nozzle and transfers the outflow air into a cold side of the main heat exchanger.