mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A deployment handle for an introducer assembly for endoluminal delivery of an implantable device, said handle comprising: a first actuating mechanism for actuating an implantable device deployment arrangement, the first actuating mechanism including a first helical guide and an actuating member including a first follower on the actuating member engaged with the first helical guide ; a second actuating mechanism for actuating a blocking arrangement between a first state in which access to one or more functions of the handle is blocked and a second state in which the access to one or more functions of the handle is unblocked; and a knob operatively coupled to both of the first and second actuating mechanisms to cause concurrent operation of both of the first and second actuating mechanisms in response to actuation of the knob, wherein the first helical guide is movable with the knob about a rotational axis ; wherein the first follower causes linear movement of the actuating member between the first state and the second state in response to corresponding rotation of the knob . a first actuating mechanism for actuating an implantable device deployment arrangement, the first actuating mechanism including a first helical guide and an actuating member including a first follower on the actuating member engaged with the first helical guide ; a second actuating mechanism for actuating a blocking arrangement between a first state in which access to one or more functions of the handle is blocked and a second state in which the access to one or more functions of the handle is unblocked; and a knob operatively coupled to both of the first and second actuating mechanisms to cause concurrent operation of both of the first and second actuating mechanisms in response to actuation of the knob, wherein the first helical guide is movable with the knob about a rotational axis ; wherein the first follower causes linear movement of the actuating member between the first state and the second state in response to corresponding rotation of the knob .
Range finder for determining at least one geometric information about at least one object , the range finder comprising: - at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern , wherein the illumination source is adapted to illuminate the object with the illumination pattern under an angle of inclination; - at least one optical sensor having at least one light sensitive area , wherein the optical sensor is designed to generate at least one image matrix in response to an illumination of its light sensitive area by at least one reflection pattern originating from the object ; - at least one evaluation device being configured for determining the geometric information about the object from the reflection pattern by evaluating the image matrix assuming at least one geometrical constellation to be present in the reflection pattern , wherein the geometrical constellation is assumed to be at least one first surface and at least one second surface , wherein the geometric information is information about at least one spatial angle between the at least two surfaces , wherein the illumination pattern comprises at least one first illumination pattern adapted to define at least one first plane on the at least one first surface and at least one second illumination pattern adapted to define at least one second plane on the at least one second surface , wherein the evaluation device is configured for determining a position of each of the illumination features, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to determine a first plane comprising the reflection pattern corresponding to the at least one first illumination pattern, and a second plane comprising the reflection pattern corresponding to the at least one second illumination pattern, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to determine the spatial angle between the at least one first plane and the at least one second plane. - at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern , wherein the illumination source is adapted to illuminate the object with the illumination pattern under an angle of inclination; - at least one optical sensor having at least one light sensitive area , wherein the optical sensor is designed to generate at least one image matrix in response to an illumination of its light sensitive area by at least one reflection pattern originating from the object ; - at least one evaluation device being configured for determining the geometric information about the object from the reflection pattern by evaluating the image matrix assuming at least one geometrical constellation to be present in the reflection pattern ,
Method for operating a hearing device , which comprises at least one microphone for converting ambient sound into a microphone signal (S M ), wherein according to the method - a plurality of features (M E , M O , M T , M P , M W , M Z , M M ) are derived from the microphone signal (S M ) or from an input signal (S E ) formed therefrom, - at least three classifiers (K S , K M , K F ), which are implemented independently of each other for respectively analyzing an assigned acoustic dimension - i.e. a group of hearing situations, which are related on the basis of their specific properties - are each supplied with a specifically assigned selection from these features (M E , M O , M T , M P , M W , M Z , M M ), wherein at least two of the at least three classifiers (K S , K M , K F ) each are supplied with a different selection from the features (M E , M O , M T , M P , M W , M Z , M M ), - by means of the respective classifier (K S , K M , K F ), in each case an information is generated about a characteristic of the acoustic dimension assigned to this classifier (K S , K M , K F ), and - at least one signal processing algorithm (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 ), which is executed in order to process the microphone signal (S M ) or the input signal (S E ) into an output signal (S A ), is modified as a function of at least one of the at least three pieces of information about the respective characteristic of the assigned acoustic dimension. - a plurality of features (M E , M O , M T , M P , M W , M Z , M M ) are derived from the microphone signal (S M ) or from an input signal (S E ) formed therefrom, - at least three classifiers (K S , K M , K F ), which are implemented independently of each other for respectively analyzing an assigned acoustic dimension - i.e. a group of hearing situations, which are related on the basis of their specific properties - are each supplied with a specifically assigned selection from these features (M E , M O , M T , M P , M W , M Z , M M ), wherein at least two of the at least three classifiers (K S , K M , K F ) each are supplied with a different selection from the features (M E , M O , M T , M P , M W , M Z , M M ), - by means of the respective classifier (K S , K M , K F ), in each case an information is generated about a characteristic of the acoustic dimension assigned to this classifier (K S , K M , K F ), and - at least one signal processing algorithm (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 ), which is executed in order to process the microphone signal (S M ) or the input signal (S E ) into an output signal (S A ), is modified as a function of at least one of the at least three pieces of information about the respective characteristic of the assigned acoustic dimension.
Method for fastening an oven seal , comprising the following steps: - providing a seal comprising an attachment base with first and second portions having: a respective substantially groove-like shape to be attached to a muffle and/or a door of the oven, a channel extending along the longitudinal direction, an intermediate section extending between said attachment base and said channel , and a lip on said channel extending therefrom; - applying a frame to the muffle by interposing the intermediate section of the seal between respective edges of the muffle and of the frame , - fastening the seal by engaging it with the edges of the muffle and of the frame , and by keeping the lip projecting outwards from the muffle, thereby avoiding and/or limiting the use of screws, rivets, adhesives, brackets and/or other traditional fastening means. - providing a seal comprising an attachment base with first and second portions having: a respective substantially groove-like shape to be attached to a muffle and/or a door of the oven, a channel extending along the longitudinal direction, an intermediate section extending between said attachment base and said channel , and a lip on said channel extending therefrom; - applying a frame to the muffle by interposing the intermediate section of the seal between respective edges of the muffle and of the frame , - fastening the seal by engaging it with the edges of the muffle and of the frame , and by keeping the lip projecting outwards from the muffle,
Extension device for treating bone fractures, having - a telescope rail , which has an outer rail and an inner rail that can be shifted into it, characterised in that the inner rail has teeth running along its longitudinal axis, - a rotatory knob which is arranged on the outer rail and which can be moved between a first position and a second position by pulling away from the outer rail (R1) and by pressing in the direction of the outer rail (R2), and - a worm which is set up to be rotated by the rotation of the rotatory knob , and which is arranged in such a way that it does not engage in the teeth in the first position of the rotatory knob and engages in the teeth in the second position of the rotatory knob . - a telescope rail , which has an outer rail and an inner rail that can be shifted into it, characterised in that the inner rail has teeth running along its longitudinal axis, - a rotatory knob which is arranged on the outer rail and which can be moved between a first position and a second position by pulling away from the outer rail (R1) and by pressing in the direction of the outer rail (R2), and - a worm which is set up to be rotated by the rotation of the rotatory knob , and which is arranged in such a way that it does not engage in the teeth in the first position of the rotatory knob and engages in the teeth in the second position of the rotatory knob .
Method for increasing the electrical conductivity of a surface of a composite material part suitable for an aircraft, the composite material part comprising at least one surface , the method comprising the step of applying a metallic material coating layer , the coating layer thickness being 0.1-10 μm and said coating layer being applied on the at least one surface of the composite material part , by means of physical vapour deposition ; wherein the application of the coating layer is made in vacuum conditions, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of preparing the surface of the composite material part prior to the application of the coating layer , this step being performed in vacuum conditions, and comprising applying an intermediate bonding layer by means of physical vapour deposition before the coating layer and wherein the bonding layer comprises a metal nitride. applying a metallic material coating layer , the coating layer thickness being 0.1-10 μm and said coating layer being applied on the at least one surface of the composite material part , by means of physical vapour deposition ; wherein the application of the coating layer is made in vacuum conditions, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of preparing the surface of the composite material part prior to the application of the coating layer , this step being performed in vacuum conditions, and comprising applying an intermediate bonding layer by means of physical vapour deposition before the coating layer and wherein the bonding layer comprises a metal nitride.
A tag comprising a magnetically soft microwire as an active element, characterised in the magnetically soft microwire having: - a diameter between 80 and 250 μm, - a metal core having a diameter comprised between 30 μm and 250 μm, - giant magnetoimpedance properties, - a non-bistable hysteresis loop with transverse anisotropy between 10×1000/4π and 20×1000/4π A/m, - a coercive field between 1×1000/4π and 5×1000/4π A/m for a low frequency excitation field with frequencies from 10 to 50,000 mHz and an amplitude between 0 and 25x 1000/4π A/m, the magnetically soft microwire having an electric resonance frequency at excitation frequencies between 1 and 20 GHz which is conditioned by the geometric parameters of the magnetically soft microwire, and the magnetically soft microwire being a borosilicate glass-coated microwire, having a composition based on iron and cobalt. - a diameter between 80 and 250 μm, - a metal core having a diameter comprised between 30 μm and 250 μm, - giant magnetoimpedance properties, - a non-bistable hysteresis loop with transverse anisotropy between 10×1000/4π and 20×1000/4π A/m, - a coercive field between 1×1000/4π and 5×1000/4π A/m for a low frequency excitation field with frequencies from 10 to 50,000 mHz and an amplitude between 0 and 25x 1000/4π A/m, the magnetically soft microwire having an electric resonance frequency at excitation frequencies between 1 and 20 GHz which is conditioned by the geometric parameters of the magnetically soft microwire, and the magnetically soft microwire being a borosilicate glass-coated microwire, having a composition based on iron and cobalt.
A water channel assembly of a floor cleaner, the water channel assembly comprising: a shell defining a channel ; a filter filter disposed in a pathway between the channel and a cleaning roller assembly; a seal element disposed on a first side of the channel; and a water-squeezing member disposed on a second side of the channel, wherein: the second side of the channel is diametrically opposite the first side of the channel, characterized in that the filter is disposed in a gap between the seal element and the water-squeezing member. a shell defining a channel ; a filter filter disposed in a pathway between the channel and a cleaning roller assembly; a seal element disposed on a first side of the channel; and a water-squeezing member disposed on a second side of the channel, wherein: the second side of the channel is diametrically opposite the first side of the channel, characterized in that the filter is disposed in a gap between the seal element and the water-squeezing member. the second side of the channel is diametrically opposite the first side of the channel, characterized in that the filter is disposed in a gap between the seal element and the water-squeezing member.
A method of providing access to a protected resource, comprising: obtaining a first authentication factor for a user that is accessing the resource using a computing device; prompting the user to provide a second authentication factor; accessing the second authentication factor from a second authentication factor device; determining if the second authentication factor device is bound by a registration process to the computing device, wherein the registration process comprises obtaining data from the second authentication factor device and information identifying the computing device and storing the obtained data in a record of a directory in an authentication system that is separate from the computing device and the second authentication factor device, thereby binding the second authentication factor device to the computing device, wherein the registration process requires receipt of additional security information from the user in order to bind the second authentication factor device to the computing device; and allowing the user to access the protected resource in response to the first and second authentication factors being valid and the second authentication factor device being bound to the computing device. obtaining a first authentication factor for a user that is accessing the resource using a computing device; prompting the user to provide a second authentication factor; accessing the second authentication factor from a second authentication factor device; determining if the second authentication factor device is bound by a registration process to the computing device, wherein the registration process comprises obtaining data from the second authentication factor device and information identifying the computing device and storing the obtained data in a record of a directory in an authentication system that is separate from the computing device and the second authentication factor device, thereby binding the second authentication factor device to the computing device, wherein the registration process requires receipt of additional security information from the user in order to bind the second authentication factor device to the computing device; and allowing the user to access the protected resource in response to the first and second authentication factors being valid and the second authentication factor device being bound to the computing device.
Apparatus for ascertaining the location of a first mechanical element and of a second mechanical element in relation to one another, having a first measurement unit for placement on the first mechanical element, a second measurement unit for placement on the second mechanical element, and an evaluation unit , wherein the apparatus has means (49; 138; 42, 238) for producing a first optical pattern on the first measurement unit and means (49; 140, 141; 240) for producing a second optical pattern on the second measurement unit, wherein the second measurement unit has a beam splitter that faces the first measurement unit when the measurement units are placed on the respective mechanical element, wherein the second optical pattern is arranged, viewed from the first measurement unit, downstream of the beam splitter, wherein the first measurement unit has a camera with a detector and an imaging optical unit to image a superposition of the first optical pattern reflected at the beam splitter and of the second optical pattern transmitted by the beam splitter onto the detector, and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to ascertain the location of the first mechanical element and of the second mechanical element in relation to one another from the relative positions of the imaging of the first optical pattern and of the second optical pattern on the detector.
A cleaning method of a drink filling system which is able to fill a container selectively with either one of a non-sterilized carbonated drink, a high acidic drink and a low acidic drink, and is provided with a drink supply pipe line for supplying a drink to a filling machine and an aseptic chamber surrounding at least the filling machine , the cleaning method being performed by executing either one of first, second and third programs, wherein the first program corresponds to a non-sterilized carbonated drink and executes a COP, cleaning out of place, treatment performed for an interior of the aseptic chamber and a CIP, cleaning in place, treatment performed for an interior of the drink supply pipe line , wherein the second program corresponds to a high acidic drink and executes the COP treatment and an SOP, sterilizing out of place, treatment by hydrogen peroxide and aseptic water performed for the interior of the aseptic chamber and a CIP treatment and an SIP, sterilizing in place, treatment performed in the interior of the drink supply pipe line , wherein the third program corresponds to a low acidic drink and executes the COP treatment and the SOP treatment by hydrogen peroxide, acetyl hydroperoxide and aseptic water performed for the interior of the aseptic chamber and the CIP treatment and the SIP treatment performed in the interior of the drink supply pipe line , and wherein the cleaning method is performed by selectively executing either one of the three programs, wherein in a case where the drink is a non-sterilized carbonated drink, the first program is selected, in a case where the drink is a high acidic drink, the second program is selected, and in a case where the drink is a low acidic drink, the third program is selected, to thereby clean the interiors of the aseptic chamber and the drink supply pipe line before filling of the drink in accordance with the selected program.
A fusion protein that activates expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) for use in the treatment or prevention of a condition characterised by neuropathy, wherein the fusion protein comprises a transcriptional activation domain and a six finger zinc protein comprising the recognition helices shown in a single row below: F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 QSGHLAR (SEQ ID NO:21) RSDDRKT (SEQ ID NO:7) DNPNLNR (SEQ ID NO:22) RSDDLSR (SEQ ID NO:23) DRSHLSR (SEQ ID NO:24) RSDHLSR (SEQ ID NO:25) QSGHLAR (SEQ ID NO:21) RSDDRKT (SEQ ID NO:7) RYPNLIR (SEQ ID NO:26) RSDDLSR (SEQ ID NO:23) DRSHLSR (SEQ ID NO:24) RSDHLSR (SEQ ID NO:25) QSGNLAR (SEQ ID NO:27) TSGNLTR (SEQ ID NO:28) RSDHLSE (SEQ ID NO:29) QNHHRIN (SEQ ID NO:30) RSADLTR (SEQ ID NO:31) QSSDLRR (SEQ ID NO:32) RSDNLSV (SEQ ID NO:33) RNASRIT (SEQ ID NO:34) QSGSLTR (SEQ ID NO:35) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37) RSDHLSQ (SEQ ID NO:38) RSAVRKN (SEQ ID NO:39) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) DRSHLAR (SEQ ID NO:40) DRSARTR (SEQ ID NO:41) QSGNLAR (SEQ ID NO:27) DRNQLIN (SEQ ID NO:42) RSADLSR (SEQ ID NO:43) QSSDLSR (SEQ ID NO:44) DRSNLTR (SEQ ID NO:45) RSDHLSA (SEQ ID NO:46) DRSDLSR (SEQ ID NO:4) RSANLSV (SEQ ID NO:47) RNASRIT (SEQ ID NO:34) YQGVLTR (SEQ ID NO:48) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37) RSDNLSV (SEQ ID NO:33) TKRALNQ (SEQ ID NO:49) QSGSLTR (SEQ ID NO:35) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37) RSDNLSV (SEQ ID NO:33) QQSARTL (SEQ ID NO:50) QSGSLTR (SEQ ID NO:35) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37) RSDNLSV (SEQ ID NO:33) HRSTLLM (SEQ ID NO:51) QSGSL TR (SEQ ID NO:35) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37) RADNLSV (SEQ ID NO:52) TTKGRTH (SEQ ID NO:53) QSGSLTR (SEQ ID NO:35) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37) RSDNLSV (SEQ ID NO:33) RRSSLRS (SEQ ID NO:54) QSGSLTR (SEQ ID NO: 35) RSDNLRE (SEQ ID NO:36) RSDHLST (SEQ ID NO:6) QNATRIN (SEQ ID NO:37)
A Magnetic Logic Unit, MLU, cell for sensing an external magnetic field, comprising a magnetic tunnel junction including a sense layer having a sense magnetization adapted to be oriented by the external magnetic field; a reference layer having a reference magnetization ; a reference antiferromagnetic layer pinning the reference magnetization at a low threshold temperature (T L ) and freeing the reference magnetization at a high threshold temperature (T H ); and a tunnel barrier layer between the sense layer and the reference layer ; a biasing layer having a biasing magnetization and a biasing antiferromagnetic layer pinning the biasing magnetization at the low threshold temperature (T L ) and freeing the biasing magnetization at the high threshold temperature (T H ); and the pinned biasing magnetization being oriented substantially parallel to the pinned reference magnetization ; a biasing coupling layer between the sense layer and the basing layer , the biasing coupling layer comprising a magnetic material of the antiferromagnetic type and being configured for magnetically coupling the biasing layer and the sense layer such that the sense magnetization is oriented substantially perpendicular to the pinned biasing magnetization and to the pinned reference magnetization ; characterized in that the magnetic tunnel junction further comprises a non-magnetic spacer layer between the sense layer and the biasing coupling layer , the non-magnetic spacer layer comprising one of: Ta, Mg, Al, Ru, Cu, Pt, Pd, Hf, Cr, Nb, Zn or any alloy or oxide containing any one of these elements, and being configured for tuning the strength of the magnetic coupling of the coupling layer , the spacer layer having a thickness that is equal to or smaller than about 2nm.