| Document | Document Title |
|---|---|
| US10328650B2 |
Tire vulcanization bladder, manufacturing method thereof and rubber composition for bladder
A rubber composition for a bladder used for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanizing tire, in which 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended in 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and a method for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanization of tires characterized in that the bladder for vulcanization of tires is manufactured by an extrusion molding and an injection molding of a rubber composition for a bladder, in the rubber composition for a bladder, 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and the injection molding of the rubber composition for a bladder is carried out while performing vacuum suction. |
| US10328646B2 |
Process and plant for producing tyres for vehicle wheels
A plant and a process for producing tires wherein the process includes the steps of: a) building a green tire on a toroidal support in a building line of a tire production plant; b) transferring the green tire and the relevant toroidal support from the building line of the production plant to a first holding unit; c) transferring the green tire and the relevant toroidal support from the first holding unit to a vulcanization line of the production plant; d) molding and vulcanization the green tire in the vulcanization line of the production plant; e) separating the molded and vulcanized tire from the relevant toroidal support; f) transferring the toroidal support, separated from the relevant tire, from the vulcanization line to the first holding unit; and g) transferring the toroidal support, separated from the relevant tire, from the first holding unit to the building line of the production plant, wherein steps b) and g) are carried out through a first transfer device and steps c) and f) are carried out through a second transfer device different from the first transfer device. |
| US10328645B2 |
Reusable lens molds and methods of use thereof
The present invention general related to a method and a reusable mold for making a contact lens, comprising a first mold half having a first mold surface in contact with a hydrogel contact lens forming composition and a second mold half having a second mold surface in contact with the lens forming composition, wherein the first mold half and the second mold half are configured to receive each other such that a cavity is formed between the first mold surface and the second mold surface, wherein the cavity defines the shape of a contact lens to be molded, wherein the lens forming composition is polymerizable and/or crosslinkable by an actinic radiation, wherein at least one of the mold halves having an absorbing antireflective coating, wherein the reusable mold is a non-plastic mold. |
| US10328637B2 |
Interlayer adhesion in a part printed by additive manufacturing
A three-dimensional object printing system improves the interlayer adhesion of an object. The printing system includes a platform on which a three-dimensional object is built. A material applicator in the printing system expels material to form layers of the object on the platform. The material applicator also includes a heater configured to heat the layer of the object ahead of the material applicator when the material applicator moves in a first direction and a second direction, both directions being parallel to the platform. |
| US10328633B2 |
Solid object shaping apparatus, control method for solid object shaping apparatus, and control program for solid object shaping apparatus
A solid object shaping apparatus can shape a solid object having a designated color, and includes a head unit that can eject a plurality of types of liquids including a first liquid used to represent the designated color and a curing unit that cures the plurality of liquids so as to form a plurality of blocks including a first block. The blocks include a first surface block whose upper face or lower face corresponds to a surface of the solid object and a second surface block whose side face corresponds to the surface of the solid object. When the solid object is shaped, the number of the first blocks used in a predetermined area formed by an upper face of the first surface block is different from the number of the first blocks used in a predetermined area formed by a side face of the second surface block. |
| US10328632B2 |
Modular system for detecting inoperative ejectors in three-dimensional object printers
A printhead maintenance module is configured as a replaceable unit. The module includes a frame, at least two rollers detachably mounted within the frame, at least two electric motors, a platen, an optical sensor, and a controller. Each electric motor is operatively connected to one of the rollers in a one-to-one correspondence. The controller is configured to operate one of the electric motors to rotate one of the rollers to move media from a position opposite a printhead where a test pattern is printed on the media to a position opposite the optical sensor, receive image data of the printed test pattern generated by the optical sensor, and identify inoperative ejectors with reference to the image data of the test pattern. |
| US10328627B2 |
Die assembly and method of extruding cellular ceramic substrates with a skin
An extrusion apparatus including a die and a mask are provided such that no slots feed directly into the longitudinal skin forming gap between the mask and the die. In a method of forming a die adapted to improve skin uniformity of extruded cellular ceramic substrates a slotted block of die material is provided including central slots adapted to form a cellular matrix of the substrate and peripheral slots located outwardly of the central slots designed to be covered by a skin former mask and adapted to extrude peripheral batch material. An arcuate skin former is cut corresponding to a target shrinkage so as to intersect the slotted block such that skin flow from tangent slots at 90 degree positions of the die is limited to the peripheral batch material. |
| US10328625B2 |
Coextruded arc-induced materials
A nasal dilator and method of making nasal dilators are provided. The dilator may have a composite base element of at least two regions, the base element having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the base element having a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed thereon; the base element further including a spring element which imparts return memory into the base element so that the base element returns towards a planar conformation during use. The spring element has elastic memory effected by differential properties in the at least two regions. |
| US10328619B2 |
Protection film and method for manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a protection film includes performing a first foaming of a first part of a base material on a substrate to form a bumper layer having first bubbles foamed with a first foaming ratio, and performing a second foaming of a second part of the base material to form a light blocking layer having second bubbles foamed with a second foaming ratio. |
| US10328615B2 |
Molding equipment of composite material and molding method of composite material
According to one implementation, a molding equipment of a composite material includes a vessel, a decompression system and a heating medium supply system. The vessel houses a molding target sealed by a sealing object. The decompression system performs bending forming of the molding target and pressurization on the molding target after the bending forming by decompressing a region surrounded by the sealing object in the vessel. The heating medium supply system supplies a heating medium into the vessel. The heating medium is supplied for the bending forming, and heating and curing of the molding target under the pressurization. |
| US10328607B2 |
Machine for cutting stone material
A machine (12) for cutting slabs, comprises a workpiece support bench (14) adapted to support at least one slab, and cutting means for automated cutting of the slab on the bench. The cutting means comprise two lateral support structures (16, 18). A first beam (20) is adapted to move along said lateral support structures (16, 18). The first beam (20) is adapted to slide on the lateral support structures (16, 18) via its ends (22, 24) and guiding means (25, 26) provided on the lateral support structures (16, 18). The first beam (20) is provided with a first carriage (28) adapted to be moved along the first beam (20). A first sleeve (30) adapted to be moved towards or away from the workpiece support bench (14) is provided on the first carriage (28). A first machining head (32) comprising a first cutting spindle (34) is provided on the first sleeve (30). A second beam (201) is adapted to move along the lateral support structures (16, 18). The second beam (201) is adapted to slide on the lateral support structures (16, 18) via its ends (221, 241) and guiding means (26) provided on the lateral support structures (16, 18), independently of the first beam (20). The second beam (201) is provided with a second carriage (281) which is adapted to be moved along the second beam (201). A second sleeve (301) adapted to be moved towards or away from the workpiece support bench (14) is provided on the second carriage (281). A second machining head (321) comprising a second cutting spindle (341) is provided on the second sleeve (301). At least either one of the first head (32) and the second head (321) is provided with a gripping device (42, 421) for the slabs or parts thereof. |
| US10328606B2 |
Cutting apparatus
A controller of a cutting apparatus includes: a storage section configured to preliminarily store as a threshold an arbitrary value based on a load current value of a motor detected when a cutting blade is rotated at a predetermined rotational speed while supplying a predetermined quantity of cutting water in a state in which a cutting water supply nozzle is positioned in an appropriate position; and a judgment section configured to judge normality or abnormality according to the result of comparison between a load current value detected when the cutting blade is rotated at the predetermined rotational speed while supplying the predetermined quantity of cutting water and the threshold stored in the storage section. |
| US10328602B2 |
Method for finishing a wood board
The disclosure relates to a method for finishing a wood board with an upper face and a lower face. A layer of liquid synthetic resin is first applied at least onto the upper face or the lower face, and at least one paper ply soaked with a synthetic resin is then applied. The structure is then pressed in a press under high pressure and at a high temperature, wherein the synthetic resin melts and is connected to the upper face or the lower face of the wood board. The invention is characterized in that the upper face and/or the lower face is provided while still having a press skin and in an ungrounded state, and the layer is applied so thinly that the liquid synthetic resin is completely drawn into the press skin, the layer is not actively dried, and the paper ply is positioned on the press skin. |
| US10328601B2 |
Mitre cutting guide tool
A mitre cutting guide tool (1) comprises a first body section (2a) having a substantially planar outer face with an outer edge configured to rest against the face of a skirting board or coving to guide a cutting tool in use; a second body section (2b) rotationally connected to the first body section (2a) via a connecting means (5); a sensing means (9) configured to measure the angle between the first and second body sections (2a, 2b); a locking means (5) configured to connect the first and second body sections (2a, 2b) so that the angle can be altered and to lock the first and second body sections (2a, 2b) in position to set a given angle; the second body section (2b) supporting the first body section (2a) at the set angle against the length of skirting board or coving; the connecting means and/or locking means (5) configured so that the space between the first and second body sections (2a, 2b) is substantially unobstructed. |
| US10328597B2 |
Cutting mat
A cutting mat includes two baseboards, at least one foldable sheet connecting the two baseboards and multiple back antiskid units. Each baseboard has a cutting surface formed on a front thereof and a back, wherein the two baseboards are adjacent to each other and the foldable sheet is attached to the back of each of the two baseboards for connecting the two adjacent baseboards. The foldable sheet has a pre-folding line formed thereon along an abutment between the two adjacent baseboards such that the foldable sheet is folded along the pre-folding line to make the two baseboards completely abutting each other. The multiple back antiskid units are formed by printed antiskid layers that are distributed on the back of each of the two baseboards and a back of the foldable sheet. |
| US10328595B2 |
Post-processing apparatus
A post-processing apparatus includes a storing unit in which plural recording media are stored for performing post-processing, and a pushing member that latches onto and pushes trailing ends of the recording media stored in the storing unit toward an ejection port. When the number of the recording media stacked on the storing unit is small, the pushing member latches onto and pushes the trailing ends of the recording media at a position different from a position at which the pushing member latches onto and pushes the trailing ends of the recording media when the number of the recording media stacked on the storing unit is large. |
| US10328593B2 |
Internal splitting method of cross-section of end of metal plate or metal rod, manufacturing method of metal container and metal pipe by the internal splitting method and joining method of metal components
Provided is a method for internal splitting in the cross-section of the end of a metal plate or a metal rod. The method permits free-adjustment of the width and length of incision of the internal split and gives smooth and even surfaces to the cut face of the internal split for an accurate internal splitting in the cross-section of the end of a metal plate or a metal rod only at the desired position. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing a metal container and a metal pipe by that splitting method and a method for joining metal components. The present invention includes the steps of: a process to form a crevice by abutting a splitting punch or a cleaving punch on the cross-section of the end of the metal plate or the metal rod using a means for determining the width of the internal split; and a process to advance the internal splitting further by repeating the press-splitting on the crevice multiple times using a splitting punch or a cleaving punch. The invented method uses a clamping die, at least one side of which has an opening and a clamping margin to pinch both sides of the metal plate or two opposed positions on the circumference of the metal rod. Every time of each operation step, the clamping die is positioned in advance in accordance with the position of the tip of the intended internal split. |
| US10328590B2 |
Device for treating substrates
A device for treating substrates has a separation system, with which processed substrates can be separated into one or more waste parts and at least one blank. The device for treating substrates offers improved flexibility. The separation system comprises a transport cylinder and a stripping cylinder associated therewith. The transport cylinder is able to secure replaceable packing, along with first and second openings which, when the packing is secured, are covered at least partially by perforations that may be formed in the packing. A first air supply supplies air to the first openings and a second air supply supplies air to the second openings independently of the supply of the air to the first openings. The first and the second air supply are switchable between a suction air supply and a blower air supply. |
| US10328589B2 |
Knife blade edge serrations and method therefor
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward blades having serrations, and methods for forming the serrations. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, laser light is scanned across a surface of a knife blade in which the laser light is intersected with an edge thereof. The laser light is used to serrate the edge of the knife blade by generating heat in the knife blade while the laser light is scanned, melting portions of the knife blade at serration regions at the edge, and removing the melted portions. This approach may be carried out without registering an accurate location of the knife edge, and while also melting portions of the knife blade away from the edge. |
| US10328588B2 |
Stem removing tool
A stem removing tool for cutting the stems from vegetables, herbs, and the like. The stem removing tool includes a pair of elongated arms pivotally secured to one another at a common pivot point. Each arm includes a handle disposed on a first end thereof and a rotary blade disposed on a second end thereof, wherein the pair of blades are parallel to one another. The blades are able to rotate along a surface and over an object, such as the rib of a lettuce leaf, thereby removing the rib therefrom with a single use. A spring is secured between the pair of elongated arms on the second ends thereof so as to allow the blades to compress together when the handles are compressed together and spread apart when the handles are released from one another. |
| US10328581B2 |
Method and device for robotic direct lead-through teaching
A device for robotic direct lead-through teaching includes a robot, a replacing member and a lead-through teaching member. The robot has an operation member coupled with the replacing member. The lead-through teaching member mounted replaceably at the replacing member has a force sensor. The force sensor has six-axis load information. A path teaching is executed manually upon the operation member of the robot so as to store coordinate information. In additional, a method for robotic direct lead-through teaching is also provided. |
| US10328580B2 |
Reduced footprint substrate transport vacuum platform
An apparatus has a vacuum transport chamber having first and second isolation valves coupled to first and second substrate processing locations, and third and fourth isolation valves coupled to a load lock. First and substrate transport vacuum robots are provided. The load lock is between the first and second substrate transport vacuum robots, and has an atmospheric isolation valve. The atmospheric isolation valve, the third and the fourth isolation valves are arranged in a spaced triangular relationship. The first substrate transport vacuum robot transports a processed substrate from the first processing location to the load lock and transports an unprocessed substrate from the load lock to the first processing location substantially simultaneously as the second substrate transport vacuum robot transports a different processed substrate from the second processing location to the load lock and transports a different unprocessed substrate from the load lock to the second processing location. |
| US10328579B2 |
Unit for cutting thin films of synthetic material
A unit for cutting thin films of synthetic material has a worktable and a cutting head. The cutting head has a shoe with a smooth bearing surface and a cutting member that can project from the smooth bearing surface. The smooth bearing surface is intended to be applied against the thin film of synthetic material, while the shoe is moved substantially parallel to the worktable so that it can cut the thin film of synthetic material. The worktable has a non-slip coating with a static coefficient of friction in relation to the synthetic material, while the smooth bearing surface has a dynamic coefficient of friction in relation to the synthetic material. The dynamic coefficient of friction is lower than the static coefficient of friction. |
| US10328577B2 |
Autonomous navigational system for floor preparation and maintenance equipment
According to embodiments of the present disclosure is an automatic floor preparation or maintenance system. The system uses a laser rangefinder to map a workspace, while a path planning module uses the map to determine a path for the concrete polishing vehicle to travel. A propulsion system moves the vehicle along the determined path. A user interface allows an operator to remotely monitor the autonomous operations. |
| US10328576B2 |
Social behavior rules for a medical telepresence robot
Devices, systems, and methods for social behavior of a telepresence robot are disclosed herein. A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an object detection system, and a social behaviors component. The drive system is configured to move the telepresence robot. The control system is configured to control the drive system to drive the telepresence robot around a work area. The object detection system is configured to detect a human in proximity to the telepresence robot. The social behaviors component is configured to provide instructions to the control system to cause the telepresence robot to operate according to a first set of rules when a presence of one or more humans is not detected and operate according to a second set of rules when the presence of one or more humans is detected. |
| US10328568B1 |
Telescoping back tool kit
The telescoping back tool kit is a multipurpose tool. The telescoping back tool kit comprises a base apparatus, a plurality of heads, and a threaded connection. The threaded connection removably attaches a head selected from the plurality of heads to the base apparatus. The head forms the working element of the telescoping back tool kit. The purpose of the telescoping back tool kit is changed by interchanging two heads selected from the plurality of heads. The base apparatus is a mechanical structure used to adjust the span of the distance between a user of the telescoping back tool kit and head selected from the plurality of heads. |
| US10328567B2 |
Brushless motor system for power tools
A power tool motor is provided including a stator assembly and a rotor assembly rotatably disposed within the stator assembly. The stator assembly includes: a generally-cylindrical lamination stack having a stator ring and stator teeth extending radially inwardly towards a center bore arranged to receive the rotor assembly therein; an end insulator disposed at an and of the lamination stack and having an outer ring and teeth portions extending radially inwardly from the outer ring towards a center of the end insulator; and stator windings wound around the stator teeth and the teeth portion of the end insulator. A generally cylindrical seal member is disposed to interface with an end of the stator, which includes a mating surface having indents configured to mate with ends of the stator windings or ends of the teeth portion of the end insulator to substantially seal respective gaps therebetween from entry of workpiece particulate. |
| US10328554B2 |
Cleanable reversible socket and driver
A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener having a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft, or otherwise splined, having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween. A cleanable reversible socket is provided having a hex, or otherwise splined, passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the similarly shaped driver shank shaft. The socket is removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends. A magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank is to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex socket ends when the socket is mounted on the driver shank to hold the hex head fastener in one of the socket ends. |
| US10328553B1 |
Adjustable open ended wrench with bidirectional release action
An adjustable open ended wrench having adjustable gripping jaws that grip inch or metric sized nuts or bolts and provides bidirectional release action of the gripping jaws that allows the user to loosen or tighten the nut or bolt without having to remove the wrench. The wrench is particularly suited for accessing nuts or bolts or nuts that are located in areas where rotational action is very restricted and may be provided with an adjustable torque release spring biased ball detent mechanism that can be set to release the grip of the gripping jaws if the gripping force exceeds a predetermined amount to prevent damage to the nut or bolt due to over tightening. |
| US10328552B2 |
Wood clamp with lateral support member
Embodiments are directed to a wood clamp that grips two perpendicularly arranged boards. A pair of gripping elements having planar surfaces may define a gripping jaw that is moveable to grip a first board A lateral support member may extend from a spacer orthogonally from a longitudinal direction of the pair of gripping elements and may define a projection. The projection may be configured to prevent sliding of a second board supported by the lateral support member and abutting the first board. A lockable handle assembly coupled with the pair of gripping elements may be configured to manipulate an offset between the pair of gripping elements by moving at least one of the pair of gripping elements and locking a position of the planar surfaces to maintain the offset using a linkage. |
| US10328550B2 |
Superhard constructions and methods of making same
A method of forming a super hard PCD construction comprises forming an aggregated mass comprising a catalyst/solvent material for diamond, and one or more of W, Mo, Cr, V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Sc, and/or Y, forming a pre-sinter assembly comprising the aggregated mass and a plurality of diamond grains and treating the pre-sinter assembly at UHPT to form a PCD construction. Residual catalyst/solvent and one or more of W, Mo, Cr, V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Sc, and/or Y, in non-carbide form at least partially fill a plurality of interstitial regions in the PCD. There is also disclosed a superhard PCD construction comprising a body of PCD material formed of a mass of diamond grains and a non-superhard phase at least partially filling a plurality of interstitial regions, wherein the non-superhard phase comprises one or more of W, Mo, Cr, V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Sc, and/or Y, in the non-carbide form. |
| US10328547B2 |
Grinding apparatus and wafer processing method
A grinding apparatus includes a chuck table for holding a wafer having a modified layer near the front side or a groove on the front side, the groove having a depth not less than a finished thickness of the wafer, a grinding unit for grinding the back side of the wafer to divide the wafer into a plurality of chips, a die strength measuring unit for measuring the die strength of any one of the chips, and a control unit for controlling each component according to a measured value of die strength. The control unit determines that grinding is not to be performed on the remaining wafers stored in the cassette when the measured value is less than a threshold value, and determines that grinding is to be performed on the remaining wafers when the measured value is greater than or equal to the threshold value. |
| US10328544B2 |
Scroll machining method and scroll machining apparatus
In a scroll machining method, a scroll has a disc-like end plate and a scroll wall extending from a first side surface of the disc-like end plate, and the scroll is driven to rotate around a center axis C of the scroll, and a first cutter machines a side wall surface of the scroll wall while the scroll is rotating. The first cutter is a non-rotary cutter. When the scroll is machined, the scroll rotates around its center axis, and the first cutter does not rotate around its axis, thereby improving the scroll's machining precision and machining efficiency. |
| US10328542B2 |
Tool path-generating method, drilling method, and tool path-generating device
A tool path-generating device for generating a tool path for moving a tool and a workpiece relative to each other and processing said workpiece is equipped with: an opposite path-extracting section for extracting two tool paths, the movement directions of which are roughly opposite to each other; a reversal position-calculating section for calculating a reversal position at which the tool feed direction is reversed at a position, between the endpoint of one of the two tool paths and the starting point of the other of the two tool paths, that is separated from the workpiece; and a reversal path-generating section for calculating a connecting path that passes through the endpoint of one of the two tool paths, the reversal position, and the starting point of the other of the two tool paths. |
| US10328540B2 |
Speed change auxiliary device of lathe
A speed change auxiliary device of a lathe is provided. A side chamber of the lathe is provided with a shaft seat and a bottom shaft seat at the top and bottom thereof. An auxiliary device is provided between the shaft seat and the bottom shaft seat. The auxiliary device includes a shaft. A spring, an eccentric block, an engaging member, a positioning nut, a rotary sleeve and a fixing block are fitted on the shaft. The rotary sleeve includes a handle. Two sides of an inner circumferential surface of the rotary sleeve have protrusions. The protrusions each have an upright surface and an upper guide bevel at two sides thereof. The fixing block is disposed on the bottom shaft seat. Two sides of a circumferential surface of the fixing block have recesses. The recesses each have a stop surface and a lower guide bevel at two sides thereof. |
| US10328531B2 |
Rotary device
A rotary device, comprises a central hub; and at least one blade extending from the hub; wherein the blade comprises a blade body and a blade cap, the blade body having a blade body tip, the blade cap being arranged to cover the blade body tip; and wherein the blade cap comprises a mesh. |
| US10328528B2 |
Piercing processing method and laser processing machine
A piercing processing method and a laser processing machine capable of carrying out a piercing processing on a thick plate in short time are provided. It is a processing method for carrying out a piercing processing on a metallic material by laser beams with wavelengths in 1 μm band, where the piercing processing is carried out by maintaining a range of 8≤Zr/d≤12 when a condensed beam diameter of the laser beams is set to be d and a Rayleigh length of the laser beams is set to be Zr. At that time, a focal position of the laser beams is set to be on a surface of a workpiece or an external of the workpiece. Then, a beam profile of the laser beams is such that the laser beams of a single mode are converted into a bowler hat shape by a beam quality tunable device. |
| US10328521B2 |
Laser machining device and laser machining method
A laser processing device includes: a laser light source; a converging optical system; and a reflective spatial light modulator modulating the laser light such that the laser light is caused to branch into at least first processing light and second processing light, and the first processing light is converged at a first converging point and the second processing light is converged at a second converging point. In a case in which W1 is a radius of the first processing light at a front face of the object, W2 is a radius of the second processing light at the front face, and D is a distance between the first converging point and the second converging point when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the front face, the reflective spatial light modulator modulates the laser light such that D>W1+W2 is satisfied. |
| US10328520B2 |
Apparatus and method for trimming a side of steel plate
A side trimming apparatus including a cutting unit which is installed on at least one side of a steel plate being transferred and trims a side of the steel plate by mechanical cutting and a laser processing unit which is installed in front of the cutting unit and emits a laser beam to a portion of the steel plate to be cut to form a groove at the portion to be cut or preheat the portion to be cut, and a side trimming method using the same are provided. |
| US10328517B2 |
Manual plasma system with remote control
A torch assembly for cutting or spraying applications. The torch assembly includes a torch connector that connects to at least one cable that communicates with a power supply. The torch assembly includes a trigger mounted on the torch assembly to start and stop torch operations. The trigger electrically communicates with the power supply via the at least one cable. The torch assembly also includes a remote switch mounted on the torch assembly to allow an operator to remotely adjust an output of the power supply to a desired output level. The remote switch is electrically coupled to the power supply via the at least one cable. |
| US10328513B2 |
Welding process, welding system, and welded article
A welding process, welding system and welded article are disclosed. The welding process includes generating a first beam from a stationary fusion apparatus and generating a second beam from a rotatable fusion apparatus. The first beam and the second beam form a weld in an article. The welding system includes a stationary fusion apparatus and a rotatable fusion apparatus directed at an article to be welded, the stationary fusion apparatus and rotatable fusion apparatus being arranged and disposed to form a single weld in the article. The welded article includes a first element welded to a second element, the welded article having a decreased root reinforcement, in an inaccessible region, from that of a hybrid stationary fusion apparatus. |
| US10328510B2 |
Fixing structure of wire bobbin and fixing method of the same
In a fixing structure and fixing method of a wire bobbin, the wire bobbin is abutted against the regulating member with the bolt inserted into the insertion hole of the wire bobbin. Then, a nut is inserted into a through hole while being kept inclined so that the axis of the through hole is substantially aligned with the axis of the bolt. Thereafter, the inclination of the nut is returned so that the axis of threaded hole becomes substantially aligned with the axis of the bolt, and then the nut is turned so as to insert part of a tapered portion into the insertion hole. |
| US10328508B2 |
Saw mount system and method
Systems and methods for a table-mounted stand that houses a hand-held masonry cut-off saw. In some embodiments, the stand provides a fixed mount that keeps the saw stationary while the operator is allowed to feed the work piece through the saw with both hands. In some embodiments, the stand is configured to mount and un-mount the saw without the need for separate tools or time-consuming restraints. In some embodiments, the stand includes a throttle control that is activated via foot control, which allows for two-hand manipulation of the work piece being cut by the saw mounted on the stand. In some embodiments, the two-handed work-piece manipulation provided by the stand allows for precise curved and multi-angled cuts. In some embodiments, the stand is made of lightweight construction (e.g., aluminum) for ease of setup and mobilization. |
| US10328504B2 |
Two-stage method of cutting ultra-high strength material sheet
In a first stage or operation, at least one shear initiation breakthrough opening is formed through the ultra-high strength material sheet at an interior location. A leading terminal end of each of at least two inclined shearing edges of an interior opening shearing tool is positioned in the at least one shear initiation breakthrough opening. The interior opening shearing tool is different from the breakthrough opening forming tool. In a second stage or operation, shearing of the material is initiated from the at least one shear initiation breakthrough opening by advancing the at least two inclined shearing edges of the interior opening shearing tool against the ultra-high strength material sheet and relative to a corresponding shearing tool. |
| US10328501B2 |
Hole cutter with multiple fulcrums
A hole cutter has a cylindrical blade body including a cutting edge and one or more axially-elongated apertures formed within a side wall of the blade body. The axially-elongated aperture is configured to receive a lever, such as a screwdriver, therethrough. Each axially-elongated aperture includes a first fulcrum axially spaced adjacent to the cutting edge, a second fulcrum axially spaced further away from the cutting edge than the first fulcrum, and optionally a third fulcrum axially spaced between the first and second fulcrums. A lever, such as a screwdriver, can be inserted into the aperture and placed against each of the fulcrums to lever slugs out of the interior of the blade body. |
| US10328499B2 |
Step drill
A step drill bit has a cutting head defining a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of steps having different effective diameters. First and second cutting edges are formed in the cutting head. The first cutting edge and the second cutting edge are arranged such that the bit is asymmetric in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis relative to a plane containing the longitudinal axis. A rubbing surface is formed on each step where the rubbing surface extends to approximately the effective diameter of that step such that the first cutting edge, second cutting edge and the rubbing surface forms three points of contact with the side wall of the hole being cut. |
| US10328494B2 |
Solid-lubricated metal cutter and processing method thereof
A solid-lubricated metal cutter and processing method relates to the technical field of metal cutters. A surface texture morphology is worked out on a metal cutter, a solid lubricant is filled into the surface texture morphology, and a convex dam is arranged on the cutter surface on which surface texture morphology is located at a chip flow side. The surface texture morphology has micro-pit and micro-boss features, and can exert antifriction effect of a solid lubricant and anti-adhesion effect of micro-protrusions. The convex dam is arranged at an end of the micro-texture region away from the cutting blade, so that a part of the solid lubricant flows back to the texture region and thereby the utilization efficiency and retentiveness of the solid lubricant are improved. |
| US10328493B2 |
Pipe machining apparatuses and methods of operating the same
Pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In one aspect, a locking member may be provided to selectively engage with a frame and a tool carrier of a pipe machining apparatus to prevent movement of the tool carrier relative to the frame. In another aspect, a roller bearing assembly for a pipe machining apparatus may be provided and defines a lubricant cavity in a spindle of the roller bearing assembly. In a further aspect, a coupling member for coupling a pipe machining apparatus to either an exterior surface or an exterior surface of a pipe may be provided. In still another aspect, an adjustable pad is provided for coupling a pipe machining apparatus to a pipe. |
| US10328490B2 |
Turbine shroud segment with inter-segment overlap
A method of manufacturing a turbine shroud segment for a gas turbine engine comprises: metal injection molding (MIM) a shroud segment body with a groove defined in a first lateral side thereof and with a flow restrictor projecting integrally from an opposite second lateral side thereof. The groove is oversized relative to the flow restrictor to provide for a clearance fit between the flow restrictor and the groove of adjacent turbine shroud segments when assembled together in a ring formation. The shroud segment body with the integrated flow restrictor are then subjected to debinding and sintering operations. |
| US10328487B2 |
Low-pressure cast aluminum wheel mold
The present disclosure provides a low-pressure cast aluminum wheel mold. The back cavity of a top mold (1) is divided into three parts: the back cavity in a rim area is open, and the wall thickness of the top mold is progressively increased by 15-25 mm from bottom to top; the back cavity in a spoke area is machined in a profile-followed manner, and the top mold has an equal wall thickness of 20-30 mm; at each R angle position where the rim is connected with a spoke, the top mold is provided with a boss (11), the axial wall thickness of the boss (11) is 40-60 mm, and the radial wall thickness is 30-50 mm. A temperature gradient beneficial to progressive solidification of a casting is constructed; by designing an annular water cooling structure at the R angle where the rim is connected with the spoke, quick cooling on the hot spot is specifically realized, the cooling capability is stronger, the cooling range is more exact, bad influence on the adjacent thin-wall part is not produced, and smooth feeding of molten aluminum is ensured. |
| US10328480B2 |
Clamp apparatus
To provide a clamp apparatus including swinging fulcrums on a side of a swinging body, in which the clamp apparatus swings about the swinging fulcrum at the time of opening a channel mouth and at an initial stage to start clamping of the channel mouth, and as swinging for the clamping progresses, the clamp apparatus shifts to other swinging fulcrum located at an upper part of a clamping point to complete clamping. |
| US10328479B2 |
Punch assembly with replaceable punch tip secured by coupling pin
A punch assembly includes a punch body having an axis and a replaceable punch tip configured for a punching operation, e.g., in a punch press apparatus. A laterally manipulated coupling pin is provided to selectively engage the punch tip with the punch body along the axis, and to selective disengage the punch tip from the punch body. |
| US10328478B2 |
Punching a workpiece
This disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for punching workpieces. A punching tool is configured to move during a punching stroke along a stroke axis towards a workpiece to be punched. The punching tool is configured to move away from the punched workpiece during a return stroke. The punching tool includes first and second components configured to be coupled hydraulically for concurrent movement along the stroke axis. The punching tool includes a punching drive for moving the first component along the stroke axis. The punching apparatus is configured to move the second component relative to the first component at a first transmission ratio during the punching stroke. The punching apparatus is configured to move the second component relative to the first component at a second transmission ratio in response to a reaction force of the workpiece exceeding a threshold value of the punching drive during the punching stroke. |
| US10328477B2 |
System and method for forming a metal beverage container using pressure molding
A system and method of manufacturing a metal vessel may include inserting a preform into a mold that includes multiple segments, the preform being a work hardened metal. A pre-pressure may be applied to the preform at a first pressure level. The multiple segments of the mold may be closed, and the pressure being applied to the preform may be increased using a step function to a second pressure level after the mold is closed to cause the preform to take a shape defined by the mold. |
| US10328475B2 |
Method and device for bending of strand-shaped workpieces
A device and method for bending strand-shaped workpieces are described with a holder for a strand-shaped workpiece. A bending tool comprises at least one radius part and one bending part. The workpiece can be bent by pivoting the bending part about the radius part. A workpiece drive shaft that extends at least in a longitudinal direction is provided for driving the bending tool and a positioning device for positioning the bending tool relative to the workpiece. The positioning device allows a displacement of the bending tool and the tool driveshaft in at least one transverse direction that runs transversely to the longitudinal direction. A drive wheel is rotatably arranged around an axis that is fixed relative to the workpiece and is coupled via a transmission device to drive the tool driveshaft. The transmission device has a coupling element that can move transverse to the axis of the drive wheel. |
| US10328474B2 |
Combined device for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements and method for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements through such device
A combined device for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements is described, comprising first guiding and supporting means (1, 101) adapted to allow positioning a ribbon-shaped element (T, T1), second guiding and supporting means (3, 103) adapted to prevent the rotation of the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1) with respect to an axis belonging to a plane on which the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1) rests, first translating means (41, 1041) and rotation means (4, 104) adapted to move a tool (5, 105) with respect to the second guiding and supporting means (3, 103); the second guiding and supporting means (3, 103) comprise a portion of bending profile (8, 108) adapted to bend the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1) and a portion of cutting profile (9, 109) adapted to cut the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1). A method is further described for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements performed through such device. |
| US10328473B2 |
Drawing machine for drawing tubes
A drawing machine (1) for drawing a tube (2), defining a longitudinal axis (Y), comprising a first die (3) for carrying out the drawing of the tube by means of the use of a mandrel (4); a device for varying the inclination (5) of the tube inlet into said first die (3); a second die (6) for carrying out a skin pass operation on the tube, arranged downstream of said first die (3); an in-line system for detecting the eccentricity of the tube; a data processing system (7) for processing signals originating from said detection system and sending input data to said device for varying the inclination (5) of the tube to vary the inclination of the tube so as to correct the eccentricity of the tube in-line; wherein said in-line system for detecting the eccentricity of the tube comprises a first detection head comprising at least three first transducers (8) arranged downstream of said first die (3). |
| US10328466B2 |
Device for facilitating grill grate cleaning
The invention claims a device for facilitating the effective cleaning of grill grates by taking the exact shape of the grill grate itself. This is possible doe to a large number of small diameter pins that move independently of each other. When pressed against the grill grate the pins m contact with the grate itself will be displaced upward and the pins in between the grates will move downward. This movement allows the device to take the exact shape of each individual grate. When the device takes the shape of the grate it can easily be locked in place allowing effective scraping of the grates. When finished scraping one particular size and shape grate the device can easily be unlocked and placed on a flat surface to even out the pins, then placed on another grate of a completely different shape and size, pressed down, have it take the exact shape, lock in place and effectively scrape this grate. This can be repeated over and over for most any shape or size grill grate. |
| US10328464B2 |
Method and apparatus for sorting heterogeneous material
A system is provided for the identification and separation of heterogeneous material, the system comprising: a hyperspectral identification system for capturing spectra of material; a computer receiving and analyzing data from the hyperspectral identification system and selecting desired materials from the heterogeneous materials; and an ejection system, whereby the desired materials are ejected from the system. |
| US10328463B2 |
Ultrasonic transducer with backing having spatially segmented surface
Methods and devices are provided for suppressing reverberations within an ultrasound transducer with a backing whereby the backing may not sufficiently attenuate the acoustic energy by means of acoustic absorption and scattering alone. At least a portion of a surface of the backing is segmented into a plurality of levels defined by surface segments. The levels may be are spatially offset so that acoustic reflections from the segmented surface are spread out in time, thereby decreasing the net amplitude of the internally reflected waves as they interact with the piezoelectric layer. Adjacent (neighboring) levels may be spatially offset by a longitudinal distance equaling approximately an odd number multiple of a quarter of an operational wavelength of the transducer, so that destructive interference occurs from acoustic waves reflected from adjacent levels. Various example configurations of segmented surfaces are described, and methods for selecting a profile of a segmented surface are provided. |
| US10328461B2 |
Vibration motor
The present disclosure relates to a vibration motor, comprising a housing, a vibrator, an elastic member, a first block and a second block; the elastic member comprises first elastic member and second elastic member facing toward each other and each comprises a first fixing portion, two extending portions and two second fixing portions, the first fixing portion is fixed on the first surface, the two extending portion extend from the first fixing portion along two opposite directions and surrounds the second surface, the two second fixing portions are fixed on the side wall away from the first fixing portion; the first block is on a side of the first fixing portion corresponding to the side wall, the second block is on the side wall, faces towards the first block and is spaced from the first block. The second block is adjacent to the second fixing portion and is between the two second fixing portions. |
| US10328455B2 |
One component heat-curable powder coating composition
The invention relates to a one component heat-curable powder coating composition comprising a resin containing reactive unsaturations and wherein all said reactive unsaturations are carbon carbon double bonds connected directly to an electron withdrawing group, a thermal initiation system comprising a transition metal catalyst and a peroxide, wherein the peroxide is chosen from the group of peroxyesters, mono-peroxycarbonates and mixtures thereof and a co-crosslinker chosen from the group of vinylethers, vinylesters, vinylamides, itaconates, enamines and mixtures thereof. |
| US10328449B2 |
Piezoelectric dispenser and method of calibrating stroke of the same
A piezoelectric dispenser having a uniform dispensing quality of a viscous liquid by calibrating an operation stroke of a valve rod discharging a viscous liquid (vertical operation displacement of the valve rod) by setting the operation stroke of the valve rod to an initial value during use, and a method of calibrating the operation stroke of the piezoelectric dispenser. Accordingly, a uniform dispensing accuracy of viscous liquid may be maintained, and degradation of the dispensing quality of a viscous liquid due to abrasion of components may be reduced. |
| US10328447B1 |
Spray dispenser for liquid dispensing product having a nozzle guard
A liquid dispensing product having: a spray dispenser having a nozzle with a guard of the nozzle and a liquid composition, the spray dispenser configured to spray the composition. The spray dispenser having a shroud housing a pump, the shroud having a shroud top surface, a shroud bottom edge opposing the shroud top surface and shroud walls connecting the shroud top surface to the shroud bottom edge; a rotatable nozzle cover housing a discharge nozzle, the discharge nozzle in fluid communication with the pump; a trigger operatively engaged with the pump; and a guard proximate the nozzle cover, the guard inhibiting contact by an outside structure or force with the nozzle cover from at least one direction. The guard is not in direct contact with the nozzle. The liquid composition having from about 5% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant system. |
| US10328446B2 |
Internal quench system for cooling pipe
An internal quench system for cooling pipes being coated is provided. The system comprises an internal quench lance having spray nozzles configured at one end of the internal quench lance. There is also provided wheels and retractable supports to support the internal quench lance without hindering the movement of the pipes. Each retract support is provided with a liquid coolant supplying means to provide liquid coolant to the internal quench lance. A process for using the internal quench system for cooling pipes being coated is also provided. |
| US10328444B2 |
Sprinkler with internal compartments
A sprinkler includes a compartment that surrounds its riser portion in an offset or asymmetrical configuration. More specifically, the distance of the compartments walls from those of the riser vary (i.e., increase or decrease) at different locations surrounding the riser. Put another way, the riser is closer to one side of the compartment than other sides of the compartment. This non-concentric configuration allows larger components to fit inside the compartment than would otherwise fit if the riser was symmetrically surrounded by the compartment. |
| US10328443B2 |
Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system
There is provided a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including a liquid storage container containing: a first liquid composition and a second composition; a plurality of capsules, each capsule encapsulating the second composition to separate the second composition from the first liquid composition, each capsule including a frangible shell encapsulating the second composition; a capsule retainer; and an outlet in the liquid storage container configured to deliver liquid from the liquid storage container, the capsule retainer substantially preventing any frangible shells, or parts thereof, from exiting the cartridge through the outlet. An aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge to form an aerosol-generating system is also provided. |
| US10328442B2 |
On-demand high volume, low pressure spray system
Various embodiments concern a sprayer having a blower that outputs a HVLP flow of air into a hose, the hose connecting with a spray gun. A pressure sensor measures pressure of the HVLP air within the hose via a tube that branches from a fitting to which the hose connects. If the sensor indicates that the pressure level has increased above a threshold amount, indicating that the trigger of the spray gun is not being actuated, then power output to the blower is reduced (e.g., stopped). HVLP air is trapped within the hose by two valves when the trigger is not actuated. When the sensor indicates that the pressure level has decreased, corresponding to release of the trapped HVLP air into the gun for spraying by actuation of the trigger, power to the blower is increased (e.g., resumed). |
| US10328440B2 |
Showerhead and membrane therefor
A showerhead is described, the showerhead comprising: a top plate, comprising at least one water inlet; a bottom plate, comprising a plurality of holes through which the water is delivered; a membrane, comprising a disc of predefined thickness and a plurality of nozzles extending perpendicularly from the disc and inserted inside the holes of the bottom plate. The showerhead is characterized in that the membrane comprises a peripheral portion with thickness greater than the thickness of the disk, suitable for defining a water flow passage from the inlet to the plurality of nozzles between the top plate and the disc, and in that the peripheral portion includes a flexible tongue extending into the water flow passage and forming a seal against the top plate. |
| US10328439B2 |
Thimble for cyclone separator
A thimble assembly for a cyclone separator comprising a plurality of carrier brackets separately mountable on a shelf of the separator along the perimeter of a circular exhaust opening, a plurality of segments vertically successively suspended from the brackets, the segments of an upper row being joined to the brackets, the segments of each successive lower row being joined to the segments of row immediately above, each bracket exclusively serving a chord of an arc concentric with the circular opening that is substantially the same in length as the chord of an arc that a segment spans, a center-to-center chordal spacing of adjacent brackets being the same as a center-to-center distance of an adjacent pair of segments. |
| US10328438B2 |
Tube rack of a centrifugal separator having bottom rubber members
A tube rack of a centrifugal separator, in which a bottom rubber portion can be readily mounted and readily replaced, and yet such bottom rubber portion cannot be easily separated. The tube rack includes a holder (14) including a plurality of tube holes (12) each configured to accommodate a tube that is used for a sample and each includes an opening at one end portion of the holder serving as a tube insertion side, and an opening at a bottom portion of the holder that is at the other end. The tube rack includes a bottom rubber portion (15) including a plurality of bottom rubber members (25) each fits in the tube hole (12), and including connecting pieces (24). The tube rack includes a base (13) formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom configured to accommodate and detachably hold the holder (14) and the bottom rubber portion (15), and to be inserted into a bucket of the centrifugal separator. |
| US10328437B2 |
Electrostatic precipitator, charge control program for electrostatic precipitator, and charge control method for electrostatic precipitator
In a charging time period T1, a dry electrostatic precipitator outputs DCON that is a current for charging a collection target object from a high voltage power supply. Subsequently, in a second period of time T2-2 after a first period of time T2-1 passes from a time that a charging pause time period T2 starts, the dry electrostatic precipitator outputs DCBC that is a current that is less than DCON and is greater than a current in the first period of time T2-1, from the high voltage power supply. |
| US10328434B2 |
Method and apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon, and the method includes steps of placing the polycrystalline silicon in a water tank containing water; applying an instant high voltage to the water tank so that high-voltage discharge occurs in the water of the water tank to fracture the polycrystalline silicon. The method and apparatus have advantages of simple process, uniform fragments and no metal contamination. |
| US10328431B2 |
Storage devices for RFID-tracked biological and other samples
A storage system for storing samples, such as frozen biological samples in RFID-tagged vials. The storage system has (i) a storage device having a device antenna and (ii) a plurality of storage components adapted to be stored within the storage device, each storage component having a component circuit. Each storage component is configured to store one or more samples. The storage device is configured to (i) transmit electrical power and downlink data signals wirelessly to each storage component via the device antenna and the corresponding component circuit and to (ii) receive uplink data signals from each storage component wirelessly via the corresponding component circuit and the device antenna such that a control system located outside of the dewar can identify any specified storage component stored within the storage device. |
| US10328430B2 |
Disposable sealed body fluid retention device and convenient and sanitary fluid-taking method
Disclosed is a disposable sealed body fluid retention device, comprising a fluid storage pipe (1), a fluid-taking piece (2) and a shielding body (4), wherein the fluid storage pipe (1) comprises an opening part (11) and a fluid storage cavity (12); the fluid-taking piece (2) is provided with a fluid guide channel (21), an exhaust channel (22), an annular side wall (23) and a partition (28); the partition (28) is located in the annular side wall (23) and separates the fluid guide channel (21) from the exhaust channel (22); one end of the fluid guide channel (21) is provided with a fluid inlet (24) and the other end is provided with a fluid outlet (25); the fluid outlet (25) is located at the lower part of the fluid-taking piece (2); one end of the exhaust channel (22) is provided with an exhaust port (26) and the other end is provided with an air outlet (27); the exhaust port (26) is located at the lower part of the fluid-taking piece (2); and the shielding body (4) is located outside the fluid storage pipe (1). The disposable sealed body fluid retention device has the advantages of convenience and sanitation, and when removing the fluid-taking piece (2) and the shielding body (4), it is ensured that the outer wall of the fluid storage pipe (1) is not contaminated with urine and the fluid storage pipe (1) can be directly used for a urine dipstick test and urine analyser detection. |
| US10328429B2 |
Test element analysis system for the analytical examination of a sample
A test element analysis system for the analytical examination of a sample, a method for positioning a test element in a measuring device and a method for an analytical examination of a sample are disclosed. The test element analysis system comprises: a measurement device comprising a test element receptacle for receiving a test element at least partially, wherein the receptacle comprises a first part and a second part, the first part comprises a support surface for placement of the test element, the second part comprises an alignment pin for engagement with an alignment hole of the test element, the second part is movable relative to the first part in a direction essentially perpendicular to the support surface, the receptacle is configured to position the second part in at least three distinct positions relative to the first part comprising an intermediate position, a closed position, and an open position. |
| US10328425B2 |
Functionalized main chain polymers
A non crosslinked, covalently crosslinked and/or ionically crosslinked polymer, having repeating units of the general formula (1) —K—R— (1) In which K is a bond, oxygen, sulfur, the radical R is a divalent radical of an aromatic or heteroaromatic compound. |
| US10328416B2 |
Fuel reforming catalyst
A fuel reforming catalyst which contains an inorganic porous support, a catalytically active species, and catalyst particles including CeO2 and ZrO2 and in which the concentration of ZrO2 in the catalyst particles is higher in the vicinity of the particle surface than in the particle interior and the concentration of CeO2 in the catalyst particles is equal in the particle interior and in the vicinity of the particle surface is proposed for the purpose of providing a new fuel reforming catalyst which can effectively lower the concentration of the hydrocarbon of C2 or more in the gas which has passed through a steam reforming reaction. |
| US10328415B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling metals in liquids
Method and apparatus for controlling metals in a liquid are described. The liquid is contacted with a hexahydrotriazine and/or a hemiaminal material, and metal is adsorbed from the liquid onto the material. The hexahydrotriazine and/or hemiaminal material may be made from a diamine and an aldehyde. |
| US10328405B2 |
Process for the production of solid cooling agents
Suggested is a process for the production of solid cooling agents, wherein a pre-scraped melt, i.e., a melt of menthol compounds with added seed crystals is applied to a pre-cooled area by even deposition of drops. |
| US10328403B2 |
Mug with a hollow pumping piece
A mug including a stirring unit connected to the liquid space of the mug, for stirring a beverage contained in the liquid space of the mug simultaneously by the same hand in which the mug is held, and in which mug the stirring unit includes a pumping space separate from the liquid space, and a pumping device connected to the pumping space, configured to increase and to decrease the pressure of air inside the pumping space in an alternating manner. In the mug according to the invention, a flow channel extends from the pumping space to the liquid space, enabling the flow of the beverage contained in the liquid space from the liquid space to the pumping space and from the pumping space to the liquid space, whereby a liquid flow can be formed in the flow channel, for stirring the beverage in the liquid space by the pumping device. |
| US10328395B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for bodily fluid separation materials
In one embodiment described herein, a bodily fluid separation material is provided comprising a formed component capture region and a bodily fluid pass-through region. The pass-through region has structures with a reduced liquid leaching quality relative to than the capture region, wherein during separation material use, bodily fluid enters the capture region prior to entering the pass-through region. Optionally, a bodily fluid pass-through region has a reduced amount of liquid leaching material relative to than the capture region. |
| US10328393B2 |
Membrane laminate
A laminate is provided comprising at least one polysulfone and/or polyethersulfone porous membrane heat bonded to a polyvinylidene fluoride substrate. |
| US10328392B2 |
Pleated, tapered, and spiral-wound cross-flow filter element
Pleated, tapered, and spiral-wound cross-flow filter elements are described. The filter elements have pleated and tapered membrane leaves. The pleated and tapered membrane leaves maintain retentate fluid velocity in high permeate flux applications. |
| US10328391B2 |
Structural body
A structural body 10 includes a porous partition portion 14 forming a plurality of cells 12 each of which is used as a flow path of a mixed gas as a fluid; a function layer 16 provided on each inside surface 15 of the partition portion 14; a protective layer 18 provided on each inside surface end portion 15a of the inside surface 15; and a sealing portion 19 provided on each end surface 17 of the partition portion 14. The function layer 16 contains metal ions, and is transformed by light. The protective layer 18 is a length B (mm) from an end surface 11 of the structural body 10 and a maximum length A (mm) of an opening of the cell 12 satisfy the relationship of B/A≥0.4. |
| US10328388B2 |
Diesel oxidation catalyst
An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emis-sions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, described is an oxidation catalyst composite including a first oxidation material comprising a first refractory metal oxide support, a rare earth oxide, and palladium (Pd); a second oxidation material comprising a second refractory metal oxide, and platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a protective overlayer comprising a third refractory metal oxide, platinum (Pt) and, optionally, palladium (Pd), and a molecular sieve promoted with a metal selected from one or more of Cu, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, V, and, Ag. The oxid-ation catalyst composite is sulfur tolerant. |
| US10328387B2 |
Method and apparatus of manufacturing exhaust gas-purifying catalyst
A method of manufacturing an exhaust gas-purifying catalyst comprising: moving a gas-flow control tool from a first position where the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face with the slurry in the reservoir interposed therebetween and is spaced apart from the slurry in the reservoir to a second position where the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face with a distance from the first end face shorter than that in the first position, in a period during which the slurry flows from the first end face's side toward the second end face's side, the gas-flow control tool being configured to generate a distribution of linear velocities of gas flows when the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face and gas is passed therethrough toward the first end face. |
| US10328386B2 |
Co-cast thin film composite flat sheet membranes for gas separations and olefin/paraffin separations
A co-cast thin film composite flat sheet membrane is provided that comprises an asymmetric porous non-selective support layer with a thickness of 10-50 micrometers and an asymmetric integrally skinned polyimide-containing selective layer with a thickness of 5-40 micrometers on top of said support layer, wherein said asymmetric integrally skinned polyimide-containing selective layer comprises a porous non-selective polyimide-containing support layer with a thickness of ˜5-40 micrometers and a relatively porous, thin, dense, polyimide-containing top skin layer with a thickness of 0.02-0.2 micrometers. |
| US10328377B2 |
Segmented bendable filter
A filter includes a relatively rigid support frame having top and bottom frame members and side frame members. A filter element is disposed within and supported by the frame for filtering a medium passing through the filter element. Two opposing members of the frame are bendable into an arch to allow the filter to be progressively inserted along an arched path into a filter housing. In one embodiment, the filter is a cabin air filter for a vehicle and opposing sides of the frame are provided with V-shaped notches to facilitate bending the filter into an arch for insertion. |
| US10328374B2 |
Method for producing a contoured filter element and filter element arrangement
The invention relates to a method for producing a contoured filter element, according to which method at least one filtering medium is applied to a flat backing material and is detachably secured thereto. The filtering medium is cut out on the backing material to form the contoured filter element and said contoured filter element can be detached from the backing material for use. The invention also relates to a filter element arrangement produced by means of this method. |
| US10328366B2 |
Fluid reservoir having inlet filtering
An inlet filter is disclosed for use with a reductant tank having a fill spout. The inlet filter may have a generally cylindrical base portion with an open top end and an open bottom end and configured for mounting inside the fill spout. The inlet filter may also have a mesh bag with a top connected to the generally cylindrical base portion, a folded bottom, and open side edges. The inlet filter may further have a bag carrier configured to close the open side edges. |
| US10328365B2 |
Transverse flow self-cleaning strainer
A system for filtering particles from a fluid includes a strainer. The strainer includes a housing having an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet. A filter element is positioned in an internal volume of the housing. The filter element defines a bore formed axially-therethrough and openings that are substantially transverse to the bore. A first portion of the fluid that enters the housing through the inlet flows through the openings in the filter element and exits the housing through the first outlet, and a second portion of the fluid that the housing through the inlet bypasses the openings and exits the housing through the second outlet. |
| US10328363B2 |
Bioreactor system and method
The present invention is a composting bioreactor system that continually receives biodegradable solid wastes, waste waters and exhaust gases, automatically recycles the biodegradable wastes into nutrients and heat energy, and automatically supplies the nutrients and heat into an integrated hydroponic or aquaponic system. This invention together with integrated food growing system may be installed onsite such as balconies, backyards and premises of restaurants and food factories etc. therefore may lead to zero mileage targets both for recycling wastes and for supplying foods. This invention integrates composting process and aquaponic technology together and may establish a closed-loop recirculation of both water and gases therefore upgrades aquaponics into compoponics. A compoponic system has both soil and soilless growing beds and mimics nature recirculating nutrients, carbon and energy among human being, animals, microorganisms and plants by way of photosynthesis, slow burning by cellular respiration and burning by combustion. |
| US10328359B2 |
Illuminated rotatable reels for entertainment machines
A rotatable reel 100 for an entertainment machine comprises a circumferential lateral surface 101 and an internal frame structure 102. The reel 100 is provided with illumination means 110. The illumination means 110 are provided in a circumferentially mounted row, the row aligned with the direction of rotation about the central axis X. The illumination means 110 are activated by an illumination control unit at frequencies related to the rotation frequency of the rotatable reel 100 about central axis X. |
| US10328356B1 |
Assembling beads on a beading board
An apparatus for holding beads in a pattern has a beading board having a base with a bottom side and a top side. A plurality of posts project out from the top side of the base and are configured to extend through holes in beads to hold the beads in lateral position relative to each other. The apparatus has a perforated panel having perforations that are larger in width than the posts, and the perforated panel is configured to be removably placed on the beading board with the posts extending through the perforations. The perforated panel slides along the posts and sliding of the perforated causes beads placed on the posts to slide vertically along the length of the posts. |
| US10328350B2 |
Attachment and control system
An example attachment is attachable to a game controller including a controller-side slide portion on which a controller-side operation button is provided. The attachment includes an attachment-side slide portion and an attachment-side operation button. The attachment-side slide portion is provided on a first surface of the attachment, wherein the attachment-side slide portion is configured to slidably engage with the controller-side slide portion in a predetermined slide direction, and wherein the controller-side slide portion is insertable into the attachment-side slide portion from a first side in the slide direction. The attachment-side operation button is capable of protruding from a second surface on a reverse side from the first surface. The attachment-side operation button includes a actuation portion capable of protruding from the first surface, thereby pressing the controller-side operation button, in response to an operation of pressing the attachment-side operation button. |
| US10328349B2 |
System and method for managing game-playing experiences
A system for managing game-playing experiences includes one or more game-playing devices provided with communication interfaces for exchanging game-playing experiences therebetween. Each device includes computing hardware coupled to a graphical interface for presenting an interactive game thereupon. The computing hardware is operable to execute one or more game software products recorded on machine-readable data storage media for generating the interactive game. The one or more game software products include a game experience software module (GESW) for generating metadata concurrently with recording the game-playing experience substantially as presented via the graphical interface which enables the recorded game-playing experience to be subsequently managed prior to communication for distribution for viewing. Optionally, the metadata includes one or more metadata events which are searchable when subsequently viewing the game-playing experience. |
| US10328344B2 |
Game controller systems and methods
Various game controller hardware and user interface configurations are disclosed. Some configurations may comprise two circular trackpads, driven by the player's thumbs, which may be clickable, allowing the entire surface to act as a button. Haptic feedback may be based on dual linear resonant actuators (e.g., by means of strong, weighted electro-magnets attached to each of the dual trackpads), capable of delivering a wide range of force and vibration, allowing control over frequency, amplitude, and direction of movement. The haptics-related components in certain implementations may also play audio waveforms and thereby function as speakers. In the center of the controller according to certain configurations may be another touch-enabled surface, this one backed by a display screen. In some configurations this entire screen itself may also be clickable, like a large single button. A variety of other exemplary implementations and configurations are described. |
| US10328342B2 |
Magic wand methods, apparatuses and systems for defining, initiating, and conducting quests
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and storage media for creating, discovering, and/or resolving spells using a wand are provided. In embodiments, a computing device or a wand may detect one or more gestures and sensors in the wand may generate sensor data representative of the one or more gestures. The one or more gestures may be movements performed using the wand. The sensor data representative of the one or more gestures may be converted into a spell sequence. The wand may transmit the spell sequence to a computing device, and receive, from the computing device, a spell output based on the spell sequence, a wand position, and a quest. The quest may indicate an order in which one or more second devices are to be activated and one or more spells to activate each of the one or more second devices. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10328341B2 |
Programmable actuation inputs of an accessory and methods thereof
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including detecting a first depression range of a button that includes an electro-mechanical sensor for detecting the first depression range, comparing the first depression range to a first actuation threshold, and asserting a first actuation state when the first depression range is at or exceeds the first actuation threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10328340B2 |
Method, apparatus, and recording medium for controlling a game
The present invention relates to a game control technology. Particularly, the present invention relates to a game control method using a user input, a game control apparatus, and a recording medium thereof, which variously control the displaying of components of a game screen so as to provide a game that allows various types of game play schemes. |
| US10328336B1 |
Concurrent game functionality and video content
Disclosed are various embodiments for a gaming content service implemented by a media distribution service. Game content is encoded for concurrent presentation with video content from a media distribution service. Viewers of the video content may interact with the game content using personal client devices. Whether the game content is presented with the video content may be determined according to a number of participating players. |
| US10328331B2 |
Mechanical traction for a cross-country ski
A snow ski has a longitudinal body defining a sole for gliding on the snow. The ski includes: (a) a platform slidably coupled to the body for sliding longitudinally relative to the body; and (b) a gripping element slidably and rotatably coupled to the body and rotatably coupled to the platform. The gripping element extends downward to penetrate the snow in response to the platform being slid rearward relative to the body. The gripping element retracts upward above the sole when the platform is slid forward relative to the body. First and second gripping elements may be disposed on opposing sides of the body. A locking mechanism selectively locks the platform at a forward position, in which the gripping element is retracted, one or more intermediate positions, or a rearward position in which the gripping element extends to penetrate the snow.A ski-traction kit for retrofitting a ski is provided. |
| US10328328B2 |
Game time-outs management system and method
A method (300) for managing time-outs in a game, including: putting a receiver unit (14) in a ready state (205); receiving at the receiver unit (14) a desired time-out signal from a transmitter unit (12); putting the receiver unit in a time-out approval state (210, 215) and indicating to the game official through a receiver user interface (62) that the desired time-out signal has been received; receiving from the game official through the receiver user interface (62) one of an allow command and a deny command. When the allow command is received, the time-out counter (78, 80) is incremented, and, when the deny command is received, the receiver unit (14) is returned to the ready state (205) while keeping constant the time-out counter (78, 90). |
| US10328326B2 |
Rating system for identifying exciting sporting events and notifying users
Systems and methods for determining interest levels for sporting events and notifying users when the sporting events' interest levels reach threshold levels. One embodiment is a system that includes a processing engine that receives data associated with sporting events and, based on this data, determines interest levels associated with the sporting events. The system also includes a notification engine is coupled to the processing engine. When the processing engine determines that the interest level associated with a particular sporting event has reached a threshold, the notification engine provides notifications to users indicating that the threshold level has been reached. |
| US10328324B1 |
Running training aid to provide auditory feedback on proper arm mechanics
A running training aid for use by a user to provide auditory feedback on arm mechanics is provided. The running training aid includes a body strap disposed around the user's chest and back areas, a reinforcement pad coupled to a portion of the body strap, a pair of clickers detachably coupled to any portion of the body strap coupled to the reinforcement pad, and a pair of arm bands coupled to the body strap and designed to wrap around the user's arms, each arm band coupled to one of the pair of clickers. Motion of any arm of the user in a backswing direction permits the arm band attached thereon to apply a force on the clicker connected thereto, thereby permitting the clicker to generate an audible alert when the arm travels a predetermined distance. |
| US10328323B2 |
Projectile and target game
The present invention is a projectile and target lawn game that calls to mind the sport of bowling. The lawn game disclosed herein uses a number of pins that are magnetically attracted to a board as the target. The projectiles are preferably beanbags that a player tosses at the pins. |
| US10328321B2 |
Diagnosis server, diagnosis system, diagnosis method, diagnosis program, and recording medium
A diagnosis server includes a storing section configured to store exercise data of respective users and diagnosis criteria of respective customers and a processing section configured to perform diagnosis on the basis of exercise data of a user designated from a terminal of a customer among the exercise data of the respective users and diagnosis criteria of the customer among the diagnosis criteria of the respective customers and provide the terminal of the customer with a diagnosis result. |
| US10328315B2 |
Systems and methods for producing a sports ball
A method for manufacturing sports ball having a high-performance cover formed from a plurality of panels with foam provided internally. |
| US10328311B2 |
Golf ball incorporating at least one cast layer of thermoset polymer mixture having a centering time that is independent of cure time and is lower than the centering time of the thermoset polymer composition portion of the mixture
Golf ball comprising cast layer of thermoset polymer mixture having centering time Ct1 and consisting of: (i) a thermoset polymer composition consisting of polyurethane composition, polyurea composition, and/or polyurethane/polyurea hybrid composition; and (ii) a treated fumed silica compound in an amount such that centering time Ct1 is independent of the thermoset polymer mixture's degree of cure and lower than a centering time Ct2 of the thermoset polymer composition (which is dependent on its gel window Gw). The treated fumed silica compound may be surface treated with at least one of polydimethylsiloxane, hexamethyldisilazane, and dimethyldichlorosilane. In some embodiments, delta time Δt1 between a dispensing time Dt1 of the thermoset polymer mixture and centering time Ct1 is less than a delta time Δt2 between Ct1 and centering time Ct2. Centering time Ct1 and dispensing time Dt1 may differ by less than 10 seconds or even by 5 seconds or less. |
| US10328305B1 |
Exercise machine
In an exercise machine, foot platforms may travel in inclined circular paths to establish three dimensional operational characteristics. Platform support members may be rotationally synchronized by connected mechanical components such that they are maintained out of phase with each other by one half of a cycle or 180 degrees in counter rotational directions. Crank synchronization in an inclined plane during operation of the exercise machine may provide three-dimensional foot travel in vertical, lateral and longitudinal directions. |
| US10328304B2 |
Neck muscle exerciser and method of assessing neck muscle performance
Training neck muscles in such a way as to improve responsiveness to head acceleration forces, and to help prevent concussion and/or screening subjects who are at high risk of concussion, especially from contact sports or military activities, may be accomplished by a device and/or method of training that incorporates an adjustable centripetal force about a fixed axis on the head. The centripetal force may be adjusted through varying the weight and/or length of a force arm, and neck muscle performance may be measured by a number of revolutions of the force arm completed over a set time period or a time required to complete a pre-determined number of revolutions of the force arm. |
| US10328303B2 |
Exercise treadmill
An exercise treadmill is disclosed. The treadmill can be constructed with no obstructing front rails, with one or more side rails, and/or with a structural flat or ramped surface at the front allowing the user to exercise with unconstrained motion. The treadmill can further include one or more accommodations to help the user stay safe, remain longitudinally centered, and/or adjust speed with controls built into the treadmill, or automatically based on body position relative to sensors built into the side rails. The treadmill belt may be motor driven, or be user driven and dynamically moderated by resistance. The treadmill configuration can be utilized to provide a virtualized exercise experience for the user. |
| US10328301B2 |
Exercise machine with adjustable stride
A stationary exercise machine according to the present disclosure may include a frame, a crankshaft rotatable supported by the frame, first and second lower linkages, and first and second crank arms connected to opposite sides of the crankshaft such that rotation of either of the first or second crank arm causes rotation of the crankshaft. Each of the first and second lower linkages may be operatively connected to the crankshaft and to a respective one of first and second pedals. Each of the first and second lower linkages may include a reciprocating member operatively connecting the respective one of the pedals with respective one of the crank arms. In some examples, each of the first and second lower linkages may include an adjustable linkage connected between the reciprocating member and the respective crank arm, the adjustable linkage operable to vary a distance between an output end of the reciprocating member and an input end of the crank arm. In some examples, each of the pedals may be pivotally connected to the respective reciprocating members. |
| US10328300B2 |
Wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus
A wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a base part for supporting a rear surface of a wearer, a leg part rotatably coupled to the base part and connected to a lower part of a body of the wearer, a wire part coupled to each of the base part and the leg part and a driving part provided in at least one of the base part and the leg part, coupled to the wire part, and driven to pull or release the wire part depending on a control to provide assist force to waist muscular strength of the wearer. |
| US10328299B2 |
Adjustable exercise device
An adjustable barbell or dumbbell or exercise device includes a handle device having a handle bar engageable into grooves of a number of weight members, the weight members each having two pivotal arms, a link pivotally connected between the arms, a hand grip disposed on the handle bar, and a number of plates disposed on the handle bar and rotated in concert with the hand grip, the plates are engageable between the weight members, and the plates each include an engaging element for engaging with the link and for moving the arms toward each other to engage with the handle device when the plates and the hand grip are rotated relative to the handle bar, and for anchoring a selected number of weight members to the handle device with the plates. |
| US10328297B2 |
Aqueous fire-fighting foams with reduced fluorine content
Aqueous film forming firefighting composition concentrates are provided that contain an effective amount of a monomeric zwitterionic or anionic C6 perfluoroalkyl surfactant having a molecule weight less than 800 daltons. The compositions also contain an effective amount of a foam stabilizing agent, and an effective amount of at least one non-fluorinated surfactant. The composition has less than 0.8% F, and is substantially free of any surfactant containing a perfluoroalkyl group containing more than 6 carbon atoms. The composition meets Military Specification MIL-F-24385F. |
| US10328294B2 |
Load indicator for a fall protection apparatus
A load indicator for use with a fall protection apparatus having a line and a connector for connecting to a user includes a housing having a pass-through opening and a covered indicator region. At least a portion of the housing is configured for connecting to the line. The load indicator also includes a shear pin supported by the housing and extending across the pass-through opening, and a saddle extending across at least a portion of the pass-through opening and supported by at least a portion of the shear pin. The saddle is configured for connecting to at least a portion of the connector. The saddle is movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position when a force exceeding a predetermined threshold value is applied on the saddle causing the shear pin to shear or break. At least a portion of the indicator region is uncovered in the second position of the saddle when the shear pin shears or breaks. |
| US10328292B2 |
Multi-sensor based motion sensing in SCBA
Embodiments relate generally to personal alert safety systems (PASS) as well as motion detection systems and methods for motion detection. Some embodiments may comprise methods for determining the alarm status for a PASS, wherein a plurality of motion sensing elements may be utilized by a motion detection system, thereby reducing false alarms. A motion detection system may comprise two motion sensing elements, with one motion sensing element located near the chest and shoulders of a user, and one motion sensing element located near the hips and back of a user. |
| US10328290B2 |
Weeping balloon catheter with ultrasound element
Systems and methods for treating a blood clot positioned within a blood vessel are disclosed. In one embodiment, a balloon member is positioned on a distal end region of a catheter and an ultrasound emitting element is positioned within the balloon member and arranged for actively emitting ultrasound. In some exemplary embodiments, the disclosure provides a multi-wall balloon member and a multi-lumen catheter with at least one and/or all cavities of the balloon member arranged for heat transfer with the ultrasound emitting element. The disclosure also provides catheter arrangements with an ultrasound emitting element arranged to heat tissue adjacent to the balloon member. Additionally, in some embodiments, at least one and/or all walls of the balloon member have apertures arranged to release a therapeutic agent such as a thrombolytic drug. |
| US10328286B2 |
Beam shaping assembly for neutron capture therapy
A beam shaping assembly for neutron capture therapy includes a beam inlet, a target having nuclear reaction with an incident proton beam from the beam inlet to produce neutrons forming a neutron beam, a moderator adjoining to the target, a reflector surrounding the moderator, a thermal neutron absorber adjoining to the moderator, a radiation shield arranged inside the beam shaping assembly and a beam outlet. The material of the moderator is subjected to a powder sintering process using a powder sintering device so as to change powders or a power compact into blocks. The reflector leads the neutrons deviated from the main axis back. The thermal neutron absorber is used for absorbing thermal neutrons so as to avoid overdosing in superficial normal tissue during therapy. The radiation shield is used for shielding leaking neutrons and photons so as to reduce dose of the normal tissue not exposed to irradiation. |
| US10328285B2 |
Hadron radiation installation and verification method
A hadron radiation installation adapted to subject a target to irradiation by a hadron radiation beam includes a target support configured to support, preferably immobilize, a target; a hadron radiation apparatus adapted to emit a hadron radiation beam along a beam axis to irradiate the target supported by the target support, the radiation beam penetrating into the target. The radiation apparatus has a control system at least comprising a beam penetration depth control allowing at least to control and vary the penetration depth of the radiation beam into the target. The installation has a radiation beam range sensor device adapted to determine the penetration depth of said radiation beam into the target, where the range sensor device includes a gamma camera responsive to prompt gamma rays that are emitted while the hadron radiation beam penetrates into the target. |
| US10328282B2 |
System and method for novel chance-constrained optimization in intensity-modulated proton therapy planning to account for range and patient setup uncertainties
A system and methods are provided for generating intensity modulated proton therapy plans robust to various kinds of delivery uncertainties with the capability for treatment planners to control the balance between plan quality and robustness. The system obtains a representation of a subject and a proton beam configuration that describes a number of beamlets and their respective arrangement. The system computes an objective function, in the treatment planning system, first part of which is about dose deviations from the prescribed dose in the target volumes, second part of which is about dose deviations from the dose constraint in the non-target volumes, and computing dose volume constraints for targets using a probability to control the dose distribution in the target volumes to be between a lower threshold and an upper threshold. Based on this information, the system obtains a robust chance-constrained treatment planning model with a user-adjustable tolerance level. |
| US10328277B2 |
Device and method for skin laser treatment
A system for treating a region of the epidermis, including: at least one laser energy source; a time control device to generate a laser beam; a laser energy focusing system arranged and produced to direct a laser beam on the region of the epidermis. The control device generates a laser beam including a plurality of composite pulses, emitted at a base frequency, each composite pulse including a sequence of sub-pulses at a higher frequency than the base frequency. |
| US10328272B2 |
Retrievability for implantable medical devices
An implantable medical device (IMD) may include an outer housing having a titanium outer surface, the titanium outer surface including a plurality of titanium atoms. A tissue growth-inhibiting layer may extend over the titanium outer surface. In some cases, the tissue growth-inhibiting layer may include a plurality of polyethylene glycol molecules, at least some of the plurality of polyethylene glycol molecules covalently bonded via an ether bond to one of the plurality of titanium atoms. |
| US10328270B2 |
Input switching in a ventricular intracardiac pacemaker
An intracardiac pacemaker system is configured to produce physiological atrial event signals by a sensing circuit of a ventricular intracardiac pacemaker and select a first atrial event input as the physiological atrial event signals. The ventricular intracardiac pacemaker detects atrial events from the selected first atrial event input, determines if input switching criteria are met, and switches from the first atrial event input to a second atrial event input in response to the input switching criteria being met. The second atrial event input includes broadcast atrial event signals produced by a second implantable medical device and received by the ventricular intracardiac pacemaker. |
| US10328269B2 |
Active implantable medical device for the diagnosis of cardiac decompensation
The disclosure relates to a device including a plurality of electrodes for stimulation of both ventricles with application of an atrioventricular delay and of an interventricular delay, a processor configured to multidimensionally measure an interventricular conduction delay, and monitor the evolution of a patient's condition. For the multidimensional measurement of the interventricular conduction delay, the device produces stimulation of one of the ventricles and collects, in the other ventricle, two endocardial electrogram signals on separate respective channels, giving two respective temporal components. Both temporal components are combined in one single parametric 2D characteristic representative of the cardiac cycle, and a comparison is made with reference descriptors for deriving an index representative of the evolution of the patient's condition. |
| US10328268B2 |
Cardiac pacing
A cardiac pacing system that includes a pulse generator to generate therapeutic electrical pulses and at least one lead inserted through an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to pace the heart of the patient. |
| US10328259B2 |
Treatment of biological tissues using subnanosecond electric pulses
A system for treatment of biological tissues is provided. The system can deliver electric pulses to a targeted region within a biological tissue. The system includes an antenna assembly and a lens. The antenna assembly is configured to generate and direct electromagnetic radiation. The lens is configured to be positioned between a surface of the biological tissue and the antenna assembly. The lens can have a plurality of lossy portions. The lens can be configured to be adjustable to create a patient-specific desired electric field distribution by selective positioning of the plurality of lossy portions within the lens. |
| US10328256B1 |
Autonomic nervous system control via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods
Autonomic nervous system control via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods. A method for treating a patient in accordance with a particular embodiment includes selecting a neural modulation site to include a neural population of the patient's spinal cord, and selecting parameters of a neural modulation signal to at least reduce an autonomic system deficit in the patient. |
| US10328253B2 |
Medical electrical stimulation lead including expandable coiled fixation element
A medical lead includes a coiled conductor portion that defines at least part of an outer surface of the lead and an expandable coiled fixation element that defines at least a part of the outer surface of the lead. The expandable coiled fixation element is configured to expand from a first dimension in a first state to a second dimension in a second state in a direction away from the coiled conductor portion. In some examples, the expandable coiled fixation element comprises a shape memory material. |
| US10328250B2 |
Medical device adapter
An adapter constructed to have a proximal portion that interfaces with the internal lumen of a medical device and a distal portion that modifies, augments or extends the configuration or intended use of the medical device. The proximal portion of the adapter interfaces with the internal lumen of the medical device in a manner to secure the adapter to the medical device during use. The distal portion of the adapter is generally outside the lumen of the catheter or device. |
| US10328247B2 |
Post-processing of a medical device to control morphology and mechanical properties
A method of forming a coated medical device is described in which a coating including a therapeutic agent dispersed in a polymer or oligomer matrix is applied to an outer surface of the medical device. The coating is then post-processed to selectively remove a substantial portion of the polymer or oligomer matrix from the coating. The post-processed coating is then sterilized. |
| US10328244B2 |
Peripheral antegrade perfusion and occlusion device
This disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for occluding vessels of the heart and inducing cardioplegic arrest to facilitate the performance of cardiac procedures. An aortic occlusion and perfusion device includes an expandable member configured to expand within the aorta to secure the device within the aorta, and a catheter extending proximally from the expandable member and in fluid communication with the expandable member. The catheter can define a plurality of openings along its length through which blood can pass with one or more of the openings located proximal to the expandable member and one or more of the openings located within the expandable member. The device can also include a flow control sheath disposed around the catheter member such that axial movement of the flow control sheath relative to the catheter selectively occludes or uncovers one or more of the openings located proximal to the expandable member. |
| US10328237B2 |
Ready to use catheter assembly and method of making a ready to use catheter assembly
A ready to use catheter assembly comprises a catheter package with an opening, a catheter with a shaft arranged in the catheter package so a distal end of the catheter lies in the region of the opening, and a protective sleeve which partly covers the catheter shaft, a first end of the protective sleeve fixed to the distal end of the catheter. A method for producing a ready to use catheter assembly and a ready to use catheter assembly which further reduces the risk of an accidental contamination of a catheter when pulling it out of the catheter package prior to the insertion into the urethra of a user are provided. The opening has a defined maximum opening length, a second end of the protective sleeve is releasably connected which the catheter package near the maximum opening length of the opening and the protective sleeve is in a retracted state. |
| US10328235B2 |
System and method for the treatment of insomnia
A system and method that provides controlled bilateral stimulation to a patient in response to physiological feedback to initiate and/or accelerate the onset of sleep and to maintain the sleep state after the onset of sleep. The system induces bilateral stimulation through stimulation modules that are coupled to opposite lateral sides of the patient's body. The stimulation modules stimulate the patient's body bilaterally through a sequence of stimulations that alternate from one side of the patient's body to the other with a pause between each successive stimulation. The system controls the duration of the stimulations, the intensity of the stimulations and the period of time between successive stimulations in response to feedback from physiological sensors. The sensors are coupled to the patient and provide physiological information which initiates or terminates the bilateral stimulations, and/or modifies the characteristics of the stimulations. |
| US10328228B2 |
Systems and methods for ambulatory generation of nitric oxide
Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula. |
| US10328227B2 |
Tracheal tube apparatus and methods
A tracheal tube includes an inner cannula and an outer cannula that are connected with a threaded connection able to swivel, and wherein the inner cannula is also connected to an elbow adaptor through a Bayonet Neill-Concelman (BNC) connection. Both the threaded and the BNC connects provide more secure connections of the corresponding components and are able to withstand greater amounts of force exerted on them without becoming detached from each other. The elbow adapter may further be coupled to a pressure release valve that will alleviate pressure buildup within the tracheal tube. |
| US10328222B2 |
Vent device for use with a respiratory device
A vent device for a respiratory device, comprising one or a plurality of vents configured with a variable aperture size for communicating a flow of breathable gas. Said vent device being configured so that the cross section profile exposed to the flow of breathable gas communicating through the vent does not change as the aperture size changes. A vent device may comprise of a plurality of the said vents, wherein the aperture size of each vent may be controlled independently or together, and may be controlled according to one or more input signals from one or more sensors. Examples of suitable input signals include flow, pressure, noise, accelerometer outputs, orientation of a patient or presence of any obstructions. A patient interface or a patient conduit may comprise the vent device, or the vent device may be configured to connect with a patient interface or a patient conduit. |
| US10328221B2 |
Anesthetic breathing apparatus with target value control of anesthetic agent
An anesthetic breathing apparatus has a processing unit, a breathing circuit for providing an inspiratory patient gas mixture of re-breathed gas and/or fresh gas to a patient fluidly connected to the breathing circuit, and a fresh gas supply controllable by the processing unit for supplying a flow of the fresh gas to the breathing circuit in a composition including oxygen and at least one anesthetic agent (AA). A user interface includes a first user input element for receiving operator input for an anesthetic target value including an end expiratory concentration of the AA (EtAA) target value and/or an end expiratory minimum alveolar concentration (EtMAC) target value of an end expiratory MAC value of the patient, and a second user input element for receiving operator input for a desired control profile for the fresh gas supply for obtaining at least the anesthetic target value. The inspiratory patient gas mixture is controlled based on at least the anesthetic target value, the oxygen target value, and the desired control profile. |
| US10328220B2 |
Bi-directional flow generation in an in-exsufflation system
A bi-directional gas flow generation system (10), the system comprising: (a) a pressure generator (14) comprising an inlet (40) and an outlet (42), (b) a flow member (16) comprising an outlet port (50), an inlet port (52), a respiratory circuit port (54) and a flow path (60), (c) a first valve (18), (d) a second valve (20), and (e) a processor (24) configured to selectively control the first valve and the second valve to operate in (i) a first mode in which gas flows from the flow member inlet port (52) to the respiratory circuit port (54), thereby creating a positive pressure at the respiratory circuit port (54) to insufflate the subject; and (ii) a second mode in which gas flows from the respiratory circuit port (54) to the flow member outlet port (50), thereby facilitating gas flow out from the airway of the subject to exsufflate the subject. |
| US10328219B2 |
Methods and devices with leak detection
Automated methods provide leak detection that may be implemented in a respiratory treatment apparatus. In some embodiments, the detection apparatus may automatically determine and score different types of leak events during a treatment session, including, for example, continuous mouth leak events and valve-like mouth leak events. The detection methodologies may be implemented as a data analysis of a specific purpose computer or a detection device that measures a respiratory airflow or a respiratory treatment apparatus that provides a respiratory treatment regime based on the detected leak. In some embodiments, the leak detector may determine and report a leak severity index. Such an index may combine data that quantifies different types of leak events. |
| US10328216B2 |
Encapsulation of lipophilic ingredients in dispensible spray dried powders suitable for inhalation
A method of manufacturing a flowable and dispersible powder includes solubilizing a lipophilic substance in a terpene to form a mixture and treating the mixture to form a nanoemulsion dispersed in an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution includes at least one functional excipient. The nanoemulsion is then spray dried, thereby evaporating first the aqueous portion and then the terpene to form a dry powder formed from solid particles comprising the lipophilic substance. |
| US10328215B2 |
Patch-sized fluid delivery systems and methods
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device. |
| US10328210B2 |
Non-axial working end-of content mechanism and an injection device comprising the same
The invention relates to a non-axial working End-of-Content mechanism which is geared by a hypocycloid gearing. The EoC mechanism comprises a first element (30, 109) having a first internal surface (36, 136) with a first internal diameter (D), and an EoC element (50, 150) having a second external surface (56, 156) with a second external diameter (d) being smaller that the first internal diameter (D). The EoC element (50, 150) is located inside the first internal diameter (D) of the first element (30, 109) and the first element (30, 109) and the EoC element rotates relatively to each other in a gearing ratio. The EoC element (150, 150) thus operating as the inner rolling circle of a hypocycloid counting the numbers of relative rotations. The EoC mechanism further has stopping means (45, 55; 113, 155)) provided for stopping the relative rotation in a predetermined position which position correlates to the initial injectable content of drug in the injection device such that a user cannot at any time set a dose larger than the quantum left in the injection device at any time. |
| US10328207B2 |
Antiseptic cap
A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap holder assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material removably attached to the syringe. |
| US10328202B2 |
Methods and systems for determining fluid administration
Methods and systems are provided for determining fluid administration. The system may determine fluid administration based on the fluid responsiveness and regional oxygen saturation of a subject. The system may receive the fluid responsiveness and regional oxygen saturation from external sources or may determine one or both based on received physiological signals. In some embodiments, the system may determine whether to administer fluid based on the fluid responsiveness and regional oxygen saturation. In some embodiments, the system may determine the amount of fluid to administer based on the fluid responsiveness and regional oxygen saturation. In some embodiments, the system may determine the effectiveness of fluid administration. In some embodiments, the system may provide an indication of the determined fluid administration so that a care-giver can implement the appropriate fluid administration. In some embodiments, the system may control the fluid administration based on its determination. |
| US10328196B2 |
Systems and methods for peripheral vascular cannulation
Systems and method for peripheral cannulation are provided. Systems include cannulas defining fenestrations that can be exposed or occluded by a cover slip to selectively expose fenestrations to blood flow in an artery or vein. |
| US10328190B2 |
Implantation of a transapical ventricular assist device and kit for same
A method of implanting a blood pump in a heart of a mammalian subject includes maintaining a temporary plug in an inlet opening of a pump having a pump body and an outlet cannula projecting from the pump body, advancing the pump into a ventricle of the heart through a hole in a wall of the heart so that the inlet of the pump is disposed within the ventricle and the outlet cannula extends through a valve of the heart into an artery, and then withdrawing the temporary plug from the inlet of the pump. |
| US10328184B2 |
Wound treatment device
The current invention discloses a wound treatment device having a wound covering member, an applicator unit, and two lumens. The wound covering member may cover a wound. Sealing mechanism of the wound covering member may be used to form a sealed wound enclosure over and around the wound. The two lumens, including a negative pressure lumen and an oxygen lumen, connect the wound enclosure to the applicator unit. The applicator may be used to apply alternating and cycling negative pressure and oxygen to the wound enclosure, facilitating the wound healing process. The levels and durations of negative pressure, as well as the purity, amount, and durations of oxygen, may be adjusted by the applicator unit. |
| US10328181B2 |
Ceramic bone substitute material and method for the production thereof
A method for producing a ceramic osseoconductive bone substitute material, the bone substitute material, intervertebral disk implants containing the substitute bone material, and to methods of using the bone substitute material. |
| US10328176B2 |
Biocompatible phase invertible proteinaceous compositions and methods for making and using the same
Biocompatible phase invertible proteinaceous compositions and methods for making and using the same are provided. The subject phase invertible compositions are prepared by combining a crosslinker and a proteinaceous substrate. The proteinaceous substrate includes one or more proteins and a polyamine, where the polyamine and a proteinaceous substrate are present in synergistic viscosity enhancing amounts, and may also include one or more of: a carbohydrate, a tackifying agent, a plasticizer, or other modification agent. In certain embodiments, the crosslinker is a heat-treated dialdehyde, e.g., heat-treated glutaraldehyde. Also provided are kits for use in preparing the subject compositions. The subject compositions, kits and systems find use in a variety of different applications. |
| US10328173B2 |
Long-acting deodorization of noxious odors using a water-based deodorizing solution in an ultrasonic dispenser
A long-acting ultrasonic dispenser that effuses a water-based deodorizer solution into ambient air as a dry fog in a closed environment, and a method for deodorizing noxious odors in that closed environment by the dry fog. The dry fog, containing the deodorizer, chemically reacts with materials producing the odors, thereby neutralizing them. The dispenser contains an electronic ultrasonic wave generator comprising a piezoelectric crystal and an ultrasonic membrane, which is always submerged under liquid. As the liquid evaporates, droplets larger than five microns are filtered out, and the remaining dry fog is emitted into the air. The dispenser is connected to a large reservoir. When the liquid level reaches a minimum permissible height, additional deodorizer solution is pumped into the dispenser. This system is ideal for use with central air conditioners in large office buildings to eliminate odors over a long period of time with minimum maintenance. |
| US10328171B2 |
Air freshener device for vehicle
An air freshener for a vehicle includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet at both ends thereof. A perfume container is provided inside the housing, in which a plurality of aromatics having different physical states are laminated. An aromatics laminated at an uppermost layer is evaporated by air passing through an interior of the housing. |
| US10328168B1 |
Method and apparatus for operating a germicidal UV device with a programmable logic controller and a bluetooth low energy solution
This invention employs a computer system or a programmable logic controller (computer) with a specific wireless communication protocol (BLE) to allow for remote connectivity of the germicidal UV device to display the status of the disinfection cycle and to operate the device and send and transfer data wirelessly to the Cloud via the BLE interface. A dose sensitive coupon, which can undergo color change in response to UV dosage, can also be used. |
| US10328167B2 |
Installation for sterilization articles by radiation
An installation for sterilizing articles by radiation, the installation having a radiation-generator device and an article support device disposed facing the radiation-generator device. Devices for moving the articles in front of the radiation-generator device are provided. The article support device comprises devices for varying the orientation of the articles when the articles move in front of the radiation-generator device. |
| US10328166B2 |
Cleaning and disinfecting cradle for virtual reality visors
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a disinfecting/cleaning box for disinfecting and cleaning a virtual reality (VR) visor. The disinfecting/cleaning box may include a box body having an inner volume sufficient to accommodate the visor; a lid attached to the box body; a plurality of vents extending through walls of the box body; an air jet nozzle extending from at least one of the walls towards an interior of the box body; a pressurized air tube attached to the air jet nozzle, the pressurized air tube configured to provide pressurized air to be dispersed through the air jet nozzle toward the interior of the box body; and at least one ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diode (LED) attached to an inner surface of the wall, the UV LED configured to emit UV light toward the interior of the box body. |
| US10328160B2 |
Hollow silica nanospheres and methods of making same
The disclosure provide hollow nanospheres and methods of making and using the same. The methods and compositions of the disclosure are useful for drug delivery and gene transfer. |
| US10328155B2 |
Compositions of jasmonate compounds and methods of use
The disclosure describes nanocarried and/or microcarried jasmonate compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions, as well as use thereof for treating or preventing angiogenesis-related or NF-κB-related disorders. Also disclosed are methods of making the nanocarried and/or microcarried compounds and their compositions. |
| US10328154B2 |
Topical compositions for improved delivery of active agents
A topical composition and methods of making the composition is disclosed. The composition may comprise an ointment base, C11-C40 alcohols or acids, and a polymer. The ointment base may be in an amount of at least about 50% of the topical composition by weight. The polymer may be substantially soluble in the ointment base. |
| US10328147B2 |
Herpes simplex virus type-1(HSV-1) vaccine strain VC2 generating an anti-EHV-1 immune response
Embodiments of nucleic acids comprise a nucleotide sequence encoding a live-attenuated chimeric Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 (HSV-1) VC2 virus and a nucleotide sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide operably linked to a promoter. The nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide can be operably linked to a promoter encoding the glycoprotein D (gD) of Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) or a fragment thereof. Also provided is a live-attenuated recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 (HSV-1) VC2 virus comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a nucleotide sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide operably linked to a promoter. |
| US10328146B2 |
Contructs for enhancing immune responses
Chimeric protein constructs including a herpesvirus glycoprotein D (gD) and a heterologous polypeptide that interact with herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) and enhance and enhance an immune response against the heterologous polypeptide and methods for their use are provided. |
| US10328143B2 |
Hemagglutinin-binding peptide
Object of the present invention is to provide a hemagglutinin-binding peptide producing an anti-influenza virus effect higher than that of existing peptides. The present invention provides, for example, a hemagglutinin-binding peptide comprising a polypeptide having any of the following amino acid sequences (i) to (iv): (i) Thr-MeGly-Asp-MePhe-MePhe-Ser-MeSer-His-Tyr-Thr-Val-Pro-Arg (SEQ ID NO: 1); (ii) Arg-Val-Ser-MePhe-Thr-Tyr-MePhe-MeSer-Tyr-Thr-Pro-Ser (SEQ ID NO: 2); (iii) an amino acid sequence with deletions, additions, or substitutions of one or several amino acids in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2; and (iv) an amino acid sequence having 90% or more sequence identity to that of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2. |
| US10328139B2 |
Live-attenuated vaccine against plague
Provided herein is a genetically modified Y. pestis that includes three alterations compared to a control Y. pestis. Two alterations include decreased mRNA, decreased protein, or a combination thereof, encoded by a lpp coding region and encoded by a msbB coding region. The third alteration is selected from an alteration of an intergenic region between the coding regions ypo1119 and ypo1120, and decreased mRNA, decreased protein, or a combination thereof, encoded by a coding region selected from pla, ypol717, ypmt1.80c, rbsA (ypo2500), ypo0498, vasK (ypo3603), ypo3164, hxuB (ypo3248), ypo1616, ypo1119, ypo1120, and ail. Also provided are compositions that include the genetically modified Y. pestis, and methods of using the genetically modified Y. pestis. |
| US10328138B2 |
Vaccine for treatment or prevention of Burkholderia infection in a mammal
An agent for use in a vaccine therapy to prevent or treat a Burkholderia infection in a mammal, wherein the agent is selected from a polypeptide of SEQUENCE ID NO:1, or a therapeutically effective variant thereof having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQUENCE ID NO: 1; a polypeptide of SEQUENCE ID NO:3, or a therapeutically effective variant thereof having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQUENCE ID NO: 3; and an immunogenic portion of the polypeptides of SEQUENCE ID NO:1 or SEQUENCE ID NO:3. |
| US10328132B2 |
Compositions for the inhibition of Giardia lamblia
The present invention relates to a composition exhibiting a bile-salt hydrolase activity for its use for the treatment or the prevention of giardiasis, said composition comprising a bile-salt hydrolase (BSH) enzyme, a bacterium able to secrete a BSH, a recombinant host cell able to secrete a BSH, or a combination thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of a composition exhibiting a BSH activity for the treatment or the prevention of giardiasis, and to a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition comprising, as an active principle, a BSH, a lactic acid bacterium able to secrete a BSH, or a recombinant host cell able to secrete a BSH. |
| US10328131B2 |
Compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function using adipsin
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function through modulation of adipsin activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing, treating, diagnosing, and prognosing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, in a subject through modulation or detection of adipsin activity and/or expression. |
| US10328130B2 |
Modified hyaluronidases and uses in treating hyaluronan-associated diseases and conditions
Provided are combinations, compositions and kits containing a hyaluronan degrading enzyme, such as a soluble hyaluronidase, for treatment of hyaluronan-associated conditions, diseases and disorders. In one example, the products include an additional agent or treatment. Such products can be used in methods for administering the products to treat the hyaluronan-associated diseases and conditions, for example, hyaluronan-associated cancers, for example, hyaluronan-rich tumors. The methods include administration of the hyaluronan degrading enzyme composition alone or in combination with other treatments. Also provided are methods and compositions for providing sustained treatment effects in hyaluronan-associated diseases and conditions. |
| US10328126B2 |
Peptides and compositions for treatment of joint damage
The present invention provides new protease-resistant polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing conditions related to joint damage, including acute joint injury and arthritis. |
| US10328124B2 |
Soluble mediator
The present disclosure relates to a soluble CD52 glycoprotein and its use in treating diseases regulated by effector T-cells, for example autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes. The present disclosure also relates to fusion proteins comprising the soluble glycoprotein, to cells expressing high levels of CD52, and to diagnostic methods based on the detection of CD52 expression levels in a subject. |
| US10328123B2 |
Pulsed introduction of low-dose RANKL as a therapy for atherosclerosis
Systems and methods for inhibiting atherosclerosis using FoxP3+ CD8 T-cells (TcREG). Osteoclasts are induced to produce FoxP3+ CD8 T-cells (TcREG) through introduction of a low-dose of a RANK agonist suck as RANKL. The RANKL was found to best work when provided in accordance with a schedule resulting in a pulsed administration. |
| US10328120B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions targeting WNT pathway proteins
Provided is a composition comprising a peptide comprising amino acids and/or amino acid analogs comprising a continuous sequence of a sclerostin fragment comprising Tyr43 or Tyr213. Also provided is a composition comprising a peptide comprising less than about 75 amino acids and/or amino acid analogs including an amino acid or amino acid analog capable of being sulfated, where the composition is capable of inhibiting sclerostin binding to an LRP. Further provided is a composition comprising a peptide comprising less than about 75 amino acids and/or amino acid analogs including an amino acid or amino acid analog capable of being post-translationally sulfated, where the composition is capable of inhibiting binding of a protein ligand comprising a sulfation site to its binding partner. |
| US10328116B2 |
Combinations of proteasome inhibitors and cyclic peptides
The present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. In particular, the present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor selected from the group consisting of: a boronate, an epoxyketone, a peptide aldehyde and a β-lactone protease inhibitor; and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. More particularly, the present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor selected from the group consisting of: bortezomib, delanzomib, ixazomib, carfilzomib, oprozomib, MG132 and marizomib; and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. |
| US10328115B2 |
Modulators of complement activity
The present invention provides polypeptide modulators of complement activity, including cyclic polypeptide modulators. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics. |
| US10328111B2 |
Water-soluble phytocannabinoid formulations
Methods and formulations for increasing the water solubility and/or bioavailability of a phytocannabinoid compound is disclosed herein. In one example, a water-soluble phytocannabinoid formulation can comprise a phytocannabinoid; a non-ionic surfactant; and optionally, water. The weight ratio of phytocannabinoid content to non-ionic surfactant can be from 1:10,000 to 1:5. |
| US10328107B2 |
Compositions for fecal floral transplantation and methods for making and using them and devices for delivering them
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions, e.g., formulations, used for gastric, gastrointestinal and/or colonic treatments or lavage, e.g., orthostatic lavage, e.g., for inducing the purgation (e.g., cleansing) of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including a colon; and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, compositions and methods of the invention are used for the stabilization, amelioration, treatment and/or prevention of constipation, for the treatment of abdominal pain, particularly non-specific abdominal pain, and diarrhea, including diarrhea caused by a drug side effect, a psychological condition, a disease or a condition such as Crohn's Disease, a poison, a toxin or an infection, e.g., a toxin-mediated travelers diarrhea, or C. difficile or the pseudo-membranous colitis associated with this infection. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceuticals and products (articles) of manufacture for delivering these compositions and formulations to an individual, e.g., a human or an animal. The invention also provides devices for delivering a fecal material to a patient. |
| US10328099B2 |
Intradialytic use of sodium nitrite
Provided herein are methods for maintaining physiological levels of nitrite in a subject undergoing hemodialysis. Also provided herein are methods of administering pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite to a subject undergoing hemodialysis. |
| US10328095B2 |
Resorbable oxidized cellulose embolization microspheres
A method for forming an embolism within a blood vessel is disclosed. The method includes including: implanting a plurality of oxidized cellulose microspheres into a lumen of a blood vessel to at least partially block the lumen. |
| US10328090B2 |
Honokiol and magnolol formulations with increased stability and improved uptake, and methods of use thereof
Described herein are formulations and methods for treating, managing, or preventing sleeplessness or restlessness, for increasing focus or concentration, or for decreasing anxiety. The formulations comprise honokiol and magnolol, which are present in magnolia bark extract, in admixture with one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as those found in virgin salmon oil. As compared to other lipid formulations of honokiol and magnolol, the formulations show improved stability and increased uptake. |
| US10328084B2 |
Pyrrolobenzodiazepines and targeted conjugates
A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, or conjugates thereof, selected from the group consisting of: wherein: (a) R10 is H, and R11 is OH, ORA, where RA is saturated C1-4 alkyl; (b) R10 and R11 form a nitrogen-carbon double bond between the nitrogen and carbon atoms to which they are bound; or (c) R10 is H and R11 is SOzM, where z is 2 or 3 and M is a monovalent pharmaceutically acceptable cation, or both M together are a divalent pharmaceutically acceptable cation. |
| US10328082B2 |
Methods of use and combinations
The present invention relates to a compound of Formula 1, 2 or 3: wherein A is N or —CR0—, where R0 is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc., Z is —CRe—, or, —N—, where Re is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R2 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R8 is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R9 and R10 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; Q is —CO—, —(CH2)q—, —(CHRs)q—, or —(CRsRt)q—, where Rs and Rt are independently C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, heteroaryl or alkylheteroaryl; where q is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and, where n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; or, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of certain diseases, particularly those affected or mediated by the androgen receptor; to combinations comprising such compounds with a second pharmaceutically active ingredient; to compositions containing such combinations; and to such combinations for the treatment of various diseases, particularly, those affected or mediated by the androgen receptor. |
| US10328077B2 |
Treatment of relapsed and/or refractory solid tumors and non-hodgkin's lymphomas
Methods are provided for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory solid tumors (including neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC)) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) and the like, using substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds useful for the inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1 (LSD-1). |
| US10328074B2 |
Substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazines as BRD4 inhibitors
Method for treating AML and MM by administration of a compound of the formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R3 have the meanings given in the specification. |
| US10328067B2 |
Pharmaceutical oral dose formulation and composition of matter
An apparatus and method for formulating low solubility, low permeability and/or p-glycoprotein efflux transporter substrate drugs or herbal extracts for increased intestinal absorption. The method utilizes a supercritical fluid, such as carbon dioxide to complex a low solubility, low permeability and/or p-glycoprotein efflux transporter substrate drug or herbal extract, the p-glycoprotein inhibitors quercitin and piperine, with a carbohydrate. The result is a micro-emulsion of the drug or herbal extract which has both higher solubility and permeability than if dosed alone; as well as resistance to p-glycoprotein mediated efflux, once absorbed into the intestinal lumen. |
| US10328063B2 |
Method of wound healing
The present invention relates to a method of treating a wound, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an aza adamantane compound according to Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereof. |
| US10328060B2 |
Certain protein kinase inhibitors
Provided are certain PI3K inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use therefor. |
| US10328058B2 |
Treating atherosclerosis by removing senescent foam cell macrophages from atherosclerotic plaques
Foamy macrophages with senescence markers accumulate in the subendothelial space at the onset of atherosclerosis where they drive pathology by increasing expression of key atherogenic and inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. In advanced lesions, senescent cells promote features of plaque instability, including elastic fiber degradation and fibrous cap thinning, by heightening metalloprotease production. This invention provides methods and materials for treating arthritis by removing senescent cells in or around atherosclerotic plaques, thereby stabilizing the plaques, inhibiting rupture of the plaques and pathological sequelae that manifest as coronary artery disease. |
| US10328054B2 |
Substituted pyrrolidines as mGluR5 antagonists
Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I), as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 mediated disorders, such as acute and/or chronic neurological disorders, cognitive disorders and memory deficits, as well as acute and chronic pain. |
| US10328052B2 |
D-proline derivatives as SAP depleting agent
The present invention relates to the compound ((2R,2′R)-bis(((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carbonyl)oxy)methyl) 1,1′-adipoylbis(pyrrolidine-2-carboxylate), pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and the use of the same for treatment of diseases or disorders wherein depletion of serum amyloid P component (SAP) would be beneficial, including amyloidosis, Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis. |
| US10328051B2 |
Proline or proline derivatives for the treatment of dementia
A pharmaceutical compositions including proline or proline derivatives is provided. A method for the treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases with the compositions is also provided. |
| US10328044B2 |
Pharmaceutical suspensions containing drug particles, devices for their administration, and methods of their use
The invention features a pharmaceutical suspension containing drug particles, a drug delivery device anchored in the mouth for continuously administering the pharmaceutical suspension, and methods of their use. |
| US10328043B1 |
Composition and method for dual targeting in treatment of neuroendocrine tumors
Chemical compositions and methods of synthesis thereof. The compositions disclosed and described herein are directed toward thyroid hormone αvβ3 integrin receptor antagonists conjugated to targets of the norepinephrine transporter (NET) or the catecholamine transporter. The compositions have a dual targeting effect and increased targeting efficiency in the treatment and diagnostic imaging of neuroendocrine tumors. |
| US10328039B2 |
Production process for NSAID-containing lozenges, their compositions, their medicinal use
A process for producing a pharmaceutical lozenge formulation comprising the steps of: (a) providing a liquid composition comprising a salt of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID salt) and a solvent system, (b) providing a molten lozenge-forming composition, (c) mixing the liquid composition with the molten lozenge-forming composition, and, (d) forming the resulting mixture into lozenges each containing a therapeutically effective amount of said NSAID salt/NSAID mixture. The present application discloses the corresponding NSAID-containing lozenge compositions and their use for the manufacture of a medicament for treating sore throat. |
| US10328036B2 |
Treatment of CNS disorders with trans 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenamine
Treatment of CNS disorders with (1R,4S)-trans 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenamine; and (1S,4R)-trans 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenamine is disclosed. A process for preparing 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenamine is also disclosed. The process includes the preparation of all four isomers of N-[4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl]formamide, which are also useful. |
| US10328034B2 |
Polymeric adhesive matrix with salified carboxylic groups for transdermal use
Polymeric matrices for the controlled release of medicaments for the topical transdermal use comprising copolymers of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid or esters thereof having a Tg lower than 0° C., whose free carboxy groups are salified with compatible organic or inorganic bases. The matrices of the invention allow to prepare therapeutical systems for the controlled-release of active principles through the transdermal route, thus solving stability, solubility and/or bioavailability problems of the active ingredient within the matrix. |
| US10328033B2 |
Methods and biocompatible compositions to achieve sustained drug release in the eye
A nanostructured biocompatible wafer for drug delivery to a tissue. The wafer contains a tissue-reactive mucoadhesive polymer and a mesh formed of a plurality of polymer fibers. Also provided is a method for treating an ocular surface disease, disorder, or infection using the nanostructured biocompatible wafer. Additionally, an injectable sustained-release formulation for treating an ocular disorder is disclosed. The formulation includes a drug contained within a plurality of microparticles formed of a biodegradable polymer and are coated with a tissue-reactive compound. Further provided is a method for treating an ocular disorder by injecting the microparticulate sustained release formulation. |
| US10328030B2 |
Compositions and methods of use for treatment of mammalian diseases
This disclosure relates to a Composition having medicinal properties for use with mammalian diseases such as anti-cancer properties and methods of use, anti-viral properties and methods of use, anti-protozoan properties and methods of use, and anti-bacterial properties and methods of use in mammals. A chemical Composition for use as a pharmaceutical of a biologically acceptable copper compound and may include other components such as iron, which is transported to afflicted cells in a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier. |
| US10328026B2 |
Synthetic nanostructures including nucleic acids and/or other entities
Articles, compositions, kits, and methods relating to nanostructures, including synthetic nanostructures, are provided. Certain embodiments described herein include structures having a core-shell type arrangement; for instance, a nanostructure core may be surrounded by a shell including a material, such as a lipid bilayer, and may include other components such as oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, the structures, when introduced into a subject, can be used to deliver nucleic acids and/or can regulate gene expression. Accordingly, the structures described herein may be used to diagnose, prevent, treat or manage certain diseases or bodily conditions. In some cases, the structures are both a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent. |
| US10328025B2 |
Ophthalmic emulsion
The present invention is directed to an ophthalmic emulsion. The emulsion has a unique combination of ingredients that promotes the stability of small oil droplets within the emulsion. The emulsion also includes a mucoadhesive polymer that aid in delivering a lipid to the ocular surface. |
| US10328023B2 |
Multicomponent gummy compositions with hard core
The present disclosure provides oral, chewable dosage forms that are suitable for delivery of one or more active ingredients to a consumer, particularly a human individual. The dosage forms can be configured as multicomponent compositions formed of: a first component including a gummy composition; a second component that is a particulate material or is a pre-formed solid unit or plurality of pre-formed solid units; and an active ingredient. The second component can be, for example, in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage unit, such as a tablet, a caplet, a soft shell capsule, a hard shell capsule, a microcapsule, or a pastille. |
| US10328018B2 |
Cosmetic use of the essential oil of Laserpitium siler L. against the signs of aging of the skin and as a skin antioxidant
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of the essential oil of Laserpitium siler L., as an active agent for preventing and/or treating the signs of aging or photoaging of the skin and as an antioxidant. It also targets a method for cosmetic treatment of the skin in order to combat the signs of skin aging or photoaging and/or to prevent and/or treat skin disorders induced by an oxidative stress and also a composition comprising an essential oil of Laserpitium siler L. |
| US10328015B2 |
Fragrance releasing compositions
A composition having extended fragrance retention capability including an acrylic polymer, to be applied a human body surface is provided. The composition can be applied by using a kit which includes means for applying the fragrance releasing complex to the body surface. |
| US10328005B2 |
Composition comprising salt of acyl glutamate as primary surfactant or primary anionic surfactant and specific structurant polymers
The present invention relates to compositions comprising salt of acyl glutamate as primary surfactant or primary anionic surfactant and specific structurant polymers. |
| US10328003B2 |
Solubilizing agents for active or functional organic compounds
A photo protective topical composition, comprising: (i) at least one functional active; and (ii) at least one solubilizing compound having the structure of Formula I: wherein R is C5-C10 cycloalkyl or linear or branched alkylcycloalkyl, wherein the ring size is C5-C7; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl, provided that at least two of R1, R2, R3 are H; wherein the solubilizing compound is present in an amount effective to solubilize said functional active. Also disclosed is a method for treating skin, lips, nails, hair, ears, eyelashes, eyebrows and/or scalp with an effective amount of composition. |
| US10327997B2 |
Enteral feeding extension set connector
A connector for coupling to a base of an indwelling device equipped with a circular hub having a radius, a top surface, a side surface, and a circumferential recess defined in the side surface. The connector has a resilient assembly including a plurality of release buttons extending from the resilient assembly and may include a conduit defining a fluid pathway through the connector. Each release button has a finger contact zone and a catch. The catch is configured to releasably engage the circumferential recess. The connector is coupled by positioning the connector on the circular hub and depressing the connector until the catches engage the circumferential recess such that the connector is configured to rotate completely about the circular hub. The connector is decoupled from the hub by pressing the release buttons to reversibly displace the respective catches radially to disengage from the circumferential recess. |
| US10327995B2 |
Automatic medicine retrieving device
An automatic medicine retrieving device includes a medicine tray, a medicine box, and a driving mechanism. The medicine tray includes a bearing plate defining an exit port and a medicine separating member rotatably positioned on the bearing plate. The medicine separating member has medicine separating areas and a positioning area. Medications in the form of pills are positioned on the bearing plate and received in the medicine separating areas. The medicine box is opposite to the exit port. The driving mechanism drives the medicine separating member to rotate from being opposite to the exit port, bringing the medicine separating area to a position opposite to the exit port. A pill in the medicine separating area then passes through the exit port to fall into an accepting mechanism. |
| US10327994B2 |
System and methods for customized medicine dosages in a capsule
A medicine dispensing system includes canisters and packing assemblies to place specific doses of medicines into capsules. The system removes inert and filler ingredients to place only those active ingredients prescribed to the patient. The system includes a conveyor belt to move the capsules between canisters filled with the active ingredients. A dose is placed and packed into the capsules for each active ingredient. Thus, the number of capsules for a variety of medicines is reduced. |
| US10327990B2 |
Container for mixing and dispensing fluid medication components
A container for storing and mixing two components is provided. The container includes a body, a first plug, and a second plug. The body has a first end, a second end, and a bypass with a length L disposed between the first and second ends. The first and second plugs are slidably disposed in the body and define a first compartment. A second compartment is in the body between the second plug and the second end. The second plug has a first edge, a second edge, and a primary conduit extending therein, a plurality of secondary conduits extending from the primary conduit through the second plug. The primary conduit has a first opening. A distance D extends longitudinally from the first edge to the second edge and a distance E extends longitudinally from the first edge to the first opening. D≥L and E |
| US10327985B2 |
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation quality feedback system
A system for providing feedback regarding chest compressions in CPR, an automated resuscitation device and a method for providing feedback regarding chest compressions in CPR, are based upon a quality measure for cardio pulmonary resuscitation. The system includes a measuring unit, a processor, an indicator unit, and a sensor and display. The measuring unit measures an arterial blood pressure of a patient. The processor calculates a blood pressure CPR quality index based on the measured blood pressure as a function of time. The indicator unit provides an indication of the blood pressure CPR quality indicator. The sensor registers a depth of compression of CPR and the display displays a signal indicating CPR compression depth as a function of time. |
| US10327984B2 |
Controlling ear stimulation in response to image analysis
Systems and related methods for controlling an ear stimulation device with a personal computing device, based on analysis of an image of a user of the personal computing device captured with a camera associated with the personal computing device, are described. One or more parameter is determined from the processed image, including, but not limited, to user identity, emotion, physiological condition, or placement of a stimulator earpiece, and control of the ear stimulation device is based thereon. If the earpiece is located incorrectly, in an aspect, delivery of a stimulus is prevented. In another aspect, the user is notified of the need to reposition an incorrectly located earpiece. |
| US10327981B1 |
Massaging device
The massaging device comprises a telescopic handle, a threaded connection, and a plurality of heads. The threaded connection attaches a head selected from the plurality of heads to the telescopic handle. Each of the plurality of heads further comprises a massaging surface. The differences between each of the plurality of heads is defined by differences in the massaging surface. The person places the massaging surface on the portion of the body that requires therapeutic pressure or kneading. The plurality of heads of massaging device pivots allowing the angle of the massaging surface to be changed relative to the body of the person. Each of the plurality of heads is interchangeable. |
| US10327980B1 |
Facial roller massager
Hand held unit for providing rollers used for massaging the facial skin and muscles. Said rollers rotate vertically providing deep thumping massage for the facial skin and muscles. Interchangeable Conductive rollers provide horizontal massaging effect as well as benefit of iontophoresis microcurrent for purpose of introducing into the skin stem cell solutions and other cosmotological products. Power supply unit will provide appropriate oscillating microcurrent as well as the power for the motor. |
| US10327978B2 |
Therapeutic undergarments for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders including irritable bowel syndrome
An apparatus, system, and method for treating symptoms of IBS. The apparatus includes a base material comprising a material that fits to the body of a user, an elastic portion capable of applying compression across the abdomen of a user, and a tension adjusting mechanism for adjusting the compression applied to the abdomen in order to treat the symptoms of IBS. A system for treating IBS may include a processor configured to receive a first set of data from biosensors configured to measure contractions in the bowel, receive a second set of data from a galvanic skin response sensor configured to measure electrical conductance of the skin; and, analyze patterns between the first and second sets of data. |
| US10327977B2 |
Dual density pressure pad
Provided are orthopedic, dual density pressure pads designed to transfer pressure onto a focused anatomical structure; typically through the assistance of a device that applies a perpendicular or downward force. The pad includes an outer layer including a relatively soft material and an interior support including a rigid material, with the interior support typically having a substantially greater hardness than the outer layer. |
| US10327972B2 |
Portable massage table
In one embodiment of the present invention a portable massage table is provided, comprising a chest support element having a top side and a bottom side; a chest cushion affixed to the top side of chest support element; a pair of hinge support elements attached to bottom side of chest support element; a pair of support legs rotational mounted to the pair of hinge support elements, wherein the pair of support legs comprise a plurality of positional holes; a pair of head support beams rotational mounted to the pair of hinge support elements, wherein the pair of head support beams are designed to support a face cushion; and a base plate removable attached to the plurality of positional holes via removable hardware. |
| US10327968B1 |
Jumpseat for an emergency transport vehicle
A jumpseat for an emergency transport vehicle having a patient compartment that includes a medical scanning device and a patient stretcher having a stretcher axis. The jumpseat includes a post element rotatably attached to a floor portion of the patient compartment, wherein the floor portion is located in a clearance space between the scanning device and a head end of the stretcher. The jumpseat also includes a seating element rotatably attached to the post element. The post and seating elements are moveable between a stowed position wherein the post element and seating element are substantially horizontal and a deployed position wherein the post element is substantially vertical and the seating element is substantially horizontal and located in the clearance space and in-line with a patient's body axis. |
| US10327967B2 |
Method of making a mechanical fastener using a crowned surface
A method of making a mechanical fastener. The method includes providing a slit web having mechanical fastening elements, applying tension to the slit web in the machine direction, and spreading the slit web in the cross-machine direction by moving the slit web over a crowned surface to provide a spread mechanical fastening web. The slit web includes a plurality of interrupted slits that are interrupted by intact bridging regions of the web. The crowned surface may be an air bearing, or at least a portion of the crowned surface is a low-friction surface, and the crowned surface and the slit web are not moving at the same speed in the same direction. The crowned surface may be provided with at least one ridge. |
| US10327962B2 |
Cloth diaper with adjustment features
This disclosure provides systems and methods for an adjustable reusable diaper. Some systems include a reusable diaper including a sealing apparatus configured keep fluid sealed within the diaper. The sealing apparatus may include one or more elastic members and one or more gussets where one elastic member is threaded through channels of the one or more gussets. Some systems include a reusable diaper and one or more soaker pads configured to be attachable to the reusable diaper. The soaker pads may be of varying sizes and shapes and can be selectively attached to the reusable diaper to effect different absorption volumes and patterns within the diaper. The soaker pads may be received in one or more pockets of the reusable diaper. Some systems include one or more openings to a pocket to allow a user to more efficiently attach and position one or more soaker pads in a reusable diaper. |
| US10327959B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling phasing of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines
The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the relative positions or phasing of advancing substrates and/or components in absorbent article converting lines. The systems and methods may utilize feedback from technologies, such as vision systems, sensors, remote input and output stations, and controllers with synchronized embedded clocks to accurately correlate component placement detections and placement control on an absorbent article converting process. The systems and methods may accurately apply the use of precision clock synchronization for both instrumentation and control system devices on a non-deterministic communications network. In turn, the clock synchronized control and instrumentation network may be used to control the substrate position. As such, the controller may be programmed to the relative positions of substrates and components along the converting line without having to account for undeterminable delays. |
| US10327956B2 |
Traumatic wound dressing system with wrap
A wound dressing system comprising a wrap and a frangible ampoule is provided. The wrap is configured to contact/surround a wound site and includes an oxygen catalyst. The ampoule includes an oxygen precursor. The catalyst and precursor are configured to form oxygen when combined. A wound dressing system including a container is also provided that includes a powder, wrap, and frangible ampoule. The powder is disposed within the container, which is configured to allow the powder to be dispersed onto a wound site when activated. The wrap, which may include an oxygen catalyst, is also disposed in the container and is configured to contact/surround the wound site. The ampoule, also disposed in the container, includes a liquid containing an oxygen precursor. The liquid is configured to contact the wrap when the container is activated. Further, the catalyst and precursor are configured to form oxygen when combined. |
| US10327955B2 |
Absorbent article for application to human or animal skin surfaces
The invention relates to an absorbent article for application to human or animal skin surfaces in the region of wounds, consisting of an outer covering (2) which is permeable for liquid substances, and of an inner layer (1) which is surrounded by the covering (2) and which consists essentially of a mixture of an amount of strongly osmotically active substances with an amount of osmotically comparatively weak or osmotically inactive substances, such as cellulose. The inner layer (1) is filled with osmotically active substances in such a way that it is possible to exert on a wound, with the wound fluids contained therein, an osmotic pressure via which the wound fluid can be removed from the organism to be treated, and thus it is possible to assist both in the surfaced wound region and in the depth of the tissue a normal interstitial hydration of tissue by directing endogenous fluids in their direction of flow to the patient's skin surface into the absorbent article, and keeping them there. |
| US10327952B2 |
Ultraviolet radiation sensor systems and methods for laser pulse energy control in eye surgery
Systems are provided for delivering a calibrated ultraviolet radiation pulse at a treatment plane during a laser-ablation treatment of a patient's eye. Exemplary systems include an ultraviolet radiation source, and a fluorescent plate positioned to receive an initial ultraviolet radiation pulse produced by the ultraviolet radiation source. The fluorescent plate generates a visible light pulse in response to the initial ultraviolet radiation pulse. Exemplary systems further include a photon detector positioned to receive the visible light pulse for generating an electrical signal in response to the visible light pulse, and a processing module configured to determine an energy of the initial ultraviolet radiation pulse based on an amplitude and a decay time of the electrical signal, determine an energy calibration signal based on the determined energy of the initial ultraviolet radiation pulse, and provide the energy calibration signal to the ultraviolet radiation source for producing the calibrated ultraviolet radiation pulse. |
| US10327948B2 |
Fluid level detection system
A medical device fluid sensing system in provided. The system includes a transmitter array positioned in association with a fluid maintaining device, such as a reservoir in a cassette. Electrical circuitry is connected to the transmitter array and configured to cause the transmitter array to transmit light energy at a predetermined wavelength and producing a desired absorption coefficient based on expected conditions within the fluid maintaining device. The system also includes a receiver array configured to receive light energy transmitted through the fluid maintaining device and originating from the transmitter array, and a controller configured to determine fluid level in the fluid maintaining device based on conditions sensed by the receiver array. In one embodiment, three transmitters and three matching sensors are provided in a surgical cassette, and when optical energy having predetermined characteristics is provided to the transmitter array, the presence or absence of fluid is determined. |
| US10327939B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for administering therapy
Devices, systems, and methods for administering therapy to restore limb motion to patients in need are disclosed. The system may include a motion capture device to capture an exercise performed by a therapist. The exercise may be retrieved by the patient and used to generate a visual display used to guide the patient through the exercise in real time. |
| US10327937B2 |
Intestinal barrier sleeve with expandable anchor section
An intestinal barrier sleeve and corresponding treatments using the sleeve are provided herein. The sleeve generally includes an expanding section coupled to a tubular section at an interface there between. The expanding section is expandable from at least a first collapsed position to at least one expanded position, where the expanding section has a conical shape that when expanded retains the sleeve in the subject gastrointestinal tract. The expanding section may further include a plurality of petal-like elements extending radially from the narrow end of the conical shape and the petal-like elements may be interconnected with a webbing to form the conical shape. |
| US10327933B2 |
Medical cannulae, delivery systems and methods
The disclosure relates to cannulae, delivery systems, methods of making cannulae, and methods of making delivery systems. A delivery system comprises an elongate outer tubular member defining an outer tubular member lumen, a cannula having a circumferential wall extending between a proximal end and a distal end and defining an interior lumen, and an intraluminal medical device disposed within the outer tubular member lumen distal to the cannula and not about the cannula. A pattern of openings arranged in an interrupted spiral extends circumferentially along the cannula. |
| US10327928B2 |
Operating handle and stent delivery system
Provided is an operation handle capable of shortening an entire length and enhancing operability. The slide mechanism (S) comprises a rotating body (4) that rotates in conjunction with a rotation of the thumbwheel (3) as the rotating wheel and a slide body (5) that engages with the rotating body (4), slides. The slide body (5) is configured by a 1st divided body (6) formed with a 1st engaging part (6A) engaged with the rotating body (4) in the initial state, and a 2nd divided body (7) formed with a 2nd engaging part (7A) engaged with the rotating body (4) in the initial state and not engaged with the rotating body (4) in the position where the rotating body (4) and the 1st engaging part (6A) is not engaged with each other. A power transmitting means (T) that transmits a driving force of the 1st divided body (6) to the 2nd divided body (7), to integrally slide the 1st divided body (6) and the 2nd divided body (7), is provided. When the engagement between the rotating body (4) and the 1st engaging part (6A) is not engaged and the 1st divided body (6) is stopped, the rotating body (4) is engaged with the 2nd engaging part (7A) and the 2nd divided body (7) slides to the proximal side (A). |
| US10327927B2 |
Pull wire for vascular intervention device delivery system
A vascular intervention device delivery system includes a catheter with a proximal end attached to a handle, and a distal carrier segment for mounting a vascular intervention device thereon. A retractable sheath is movable from a first position covering the distal carrier segment to a second position retracted proximally uncovering the distal carrier segment. A pull is attached to the retractable sheath and extends proximally from the retractable sheath toward the handle. A majority of the length of the pull has a cross sectional shape with a concave side that faces the longitudinal axis and is opposite to a convex side that faces away from the longitudinal axis. The cross sectional shape has a width that is greater than a thickness. |
| US10327926B2 |
Implantable and lumen-supporting stents and related methods of manufacture and use
There is disclosed an implantable medical stent system, including: a radially expandable stent comprising a filamental structure in a pattern surrounding a bore to form a substantially tubular wall along a length relative to a longitudinal axis; in which the filamental structure includes at least one arcuate crown with a crown peak having a radius of curvature located along a reference axis, and first and second arcuate crown shoulders on first and second sides, respectively, of the reference axis; in which the filamental structure also includes at least one pair of first and second elongated struts extending from the first and second crown shoulders, respectively; the first and second elongated struts have a region of constant maximum width at an intermediate portion and tapering toward the first and second crown shoulders. |
| US10327924B2 |
Bridging stent graft with combination balloon expandable and self-expandable stents and methods for use
The present disclosure provides a stent graft defining a lumen having a first end and a second end, the stent graft comprising (a) a first portion at the first end of the stent graft having a first diameter and a first length, wherein a first stent structure of the first portion is balloon-expandable, (b) a second portion of the stent graft having a second diameter and a second length, wherein a second stent structure of the second portion is self-expanding, (c) a breakable restraint configured to be coupled to the second portion in a pre-deployment state and decoupled from the second portion in a deployed state, and (d) a third portion at the second end of the stent graft has a third diameter and a third length, wherein a third stent structure of the third portion is balloon-expandable. |
| US10327921B2 |
Bio-mechanical prosthetic finger with Y-shaped rocker
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a prosthetic finger assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a coupling tip and a distal ring coupled with the coupling tip. The assembly further includes a proximal ring coupled with the distal ring. A rocker formed in a Y-shape with a first end forming a single prong and a second end forming a split prong may extend between the coupling tip and the proximal ring. The coupling tip, distal ring, proximal ring, and Y-shaped rocker may all be hingedly connected such that movements of the residual finger within the proximal ring and the distal articulate the distal ring together with the rocker to curl and bend the coupling tip. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10327920B2 |
Bidirectional biomechanical prosthetic full finger configured for abduction and adduction with MCP pivot and multiple-finger ring
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a bidirectional biomechanical prosthetic finger assembly. One embodiment includes a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) pivot configured for swivelable attachment to a hand of a user, a distal coupler, and an articulation assembly rotatively coupled therebetween. A multiple-finger ring configured to receive a user's residual finger and at least one adjacent finger is disposed upon the articulation assembly, and may be adjusted to a target location based on a length of the residual finger. The articulation assembly is configured to utilize vertical movements of the residual and/or adjacent finger(s) within the multiple-finger ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-z plane, and the MCP pivot is configured to utilize lateral movements of the residual finger within the ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-y plane. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10327919B2 |
Variable angle spinal surgery instrument
An instrument for use in a procedure for inserting a spinal implant between human vertebrae may include a shaft and an end member. The end member may rotate with respect to the shaft. An angle of the end member with respect to the shaft may be varied when the end member is in a disc space between the human vertebrae. The instrument may include a slide for securing the end member at selected angles relative to the shaft. The end member may be separable from the shalt when the end member is in a selected orientation with the shaft. An instrument kit may include a shaft assembly and modular end members for various steps in a surgical procedure, such as disc space preparation, disc space evaluation, and spinal implant insertion. |
| US10327918B2 |
Height adjustable medical implant
An implant includes a body that defines an axis and has an interior. A counter element is disposed on the body to releasably fix a manipulating tool thereto. The counter element has at least two undercuts spaced apart relative to the axis of the body and each has a respective holding surface oriented towards the interior of the body. A bearing surface is on the counter element to rotationally fix the implant relative to the manipulating tool. The bearing surface is oriented non-coaxially with the axis of the body. |
| US10327915B2 |
Nubbed plate
A separate nub component between the plate and an intervertebral fusion cage, wherein the nub is attached to the plate. The nub lessens the undesired pivotal movement of the plate. It is believed that when the nub fits snugly between the endplates of the adjacent vertebral bodies, it acts as a stop against the undesired pivotal movement of the plate. |
| US10327913B2 |
Pivotable interbody implant system
An interbody implant system is provided. The interbody implant system includes an implant having an engagement surface and an instrument including a first member and a second member that is movable relative to the first member. The first member is configured to capture the implant and the second member includes an interface configured to engage the engagement surface to releasably lock the implant in at least one orientation relative to the second member. The at least one of the engagement surface and the interface include at least one planar face. Methods of use are disclosed. |
| US10327910B2 |
Spinal implant and assembly
An implant assembly is shown and described. The implant has at least one or a plurality of elastic, resilient or flexible arms that each have a detent adapted to retain at least one screw in a locked position in the implant. At least one of the arms has a portion that extends into a screw aperture such that an arm axis is generally parallel to the axis of the screw after the screw is received in the implant. In another embodiment, means or a system for locking the multi-component implant members together is shown. |
| US10327905B2 |
Ankle prosthesis with simplified adjustment
The invention relates to an ankle prosthesis including a talar implant, a tibial implant, and an intermediate implant designed to be mounted to move relative to said talar implant in order to impart mobility to the ankle, said prosthesis further including embedded adjustment structure designed to alternate between a releasing state, in which they allow the intermediate implant to move relative to the tibial implant, and a locking state, in which they hold the prosthesis in the chosen assembly configuration, said prosthesis being characterized in that said adjustment structure can be controlled to be operable while the prosthesis is in the assembled state in vivo. |
| US10327904B2 |
Prosthetic device and system and method for implanting prosthetic device
A prosthetic device includes one or more components configured to be disposed in a joint. The component includes at least one feature configured to provide information about the component. The information can be used to determine or create the relationship between the component and the joint and/or other components. This relationship may be used to evaluate and/or modify the expected performance of the prosthetic device and assist in determining the optimal relationship between one or more components and a patient's anatomy. |
| US10327901B2 |
Device for the deployment of a system of guide wires within a cardiac chamber for implanting a prosthetic heart valve
A prosthetic system for heart valve replacement comprises an annular support structure within which a valved prosthetic body can be expanded until it meets opposition. The annular support is provided in ring segments having terminal connectors for forming, in the condition of use of the prosthetic system, a stable and durable annular structural continuity capable of withstanding the opposition exerted by the valved prosthetic body. The prosthetic system is deployed using guide wires within a cardiac chamber guided through an introducer catheter having through lumens, within which at least two first guide catheters are positioned. These guide catheters have respective deflected or deflectable distal ends adapted to emerge from the distal end of the introducer catheter to convey and direct the distal ends of respective guide wires, placed within the guide catheters, towards a capture member of a capture system which is provided within the introducer catheter. |
| US10327900B2 |
Tissue shaping device
Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device. |
| US10327899B2 |
Delivery device for prosthetic heart valve with capsule adjustment device
A delivery device for percutaneously delivering a stented prosthetic heart includes a sheath, a handle, and adjustment device including a fine adjustment mechanism, and an outer stability shaft. The sheath defines a lumen and is configured to compressively constrain the stented prosthetic heart valve. The handle is coupled to the proximal portion of the sheath and includes an actuator mechanism coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath that is configured to selectively move the sheath relative to the housing to release the stented prosthetic heat valve. The adjustment device is coupled to the handle and includes an adjustment lumen through which the sheath and the handle slidably extend. The outer stability shaft is coupled to the adjustment device. The fine adjustment mechanism is configured to selectively move the handle and the sheath relative to the adjustment device and the outer stability shaft. |
| US10327895B2 |
Pressure differential actuated prosthetic medical device
The invention relates to a medical prosthesis, and in particular a heart valve substitute comprising a pliant tubular conduit mounted on a resilient annular frame and tethered to a non-perforating anchor within the right or left ventricle of the heart, wherein the pliant tubular conduit is a reciprocating mechanical member that is compressed by pressurized working fluid within the ventricle during systole. |
| US10327890B2 |
Thermochemically treated miniature tubes as semifinished products for vascular stents
A method for increasing the fatigue strength of a tubular semifinished product for a medical implant, a tubular semifinished product for a medical implant having improved fatigue strength, and a medical implant produced from such a semifinished product. |
| US10327888B2 |
Enhanced toric lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function
Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing an enhanced toric lens which redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The intraocular lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the intraocular lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the intraocular lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike. |
| US10327884B2 |
Elongated tissue matrices
Elongated and high aspect ratio tissue treatment products are provided. Methods of making and using the tissue treatment products are also provided. The tissue treatment products can be used as implants that conform to the site of implantation and resist migration away from their implantation site in vivo. |
| US10327883B2 |
Filtration and entrapment apparatus and method of use
A filter system comprises an expandable filter, with a first end of the filter attached to an end of a first tube, and a second end of the filter attached to an end of a second tube. The tubes are arranged telescopically with respect to each other such that telescopic movement of the first and second tubes with respect to each other causes the filter to move between a first collapsed, position and a second expanded position, where the filter extends outwardly. The filter may be a folded-over member, when in the expanded position, or a spiraling member. |
| US10327879B2 |
Device for recording centric jaw relation and orientation jaw relation simultaneously
The device for recording centric jaw relation and orientation jaw relation simultaneously is disclosed that provides an accurate and precise recording of centric jaw relation as well as orientation jaw relation recording and transfer. The device includes a central bar, a centric relation recorder, a dentulous adjustable fork or an edentulous fork, a semi-circular frame, a nasion pointer and an orbital pointer. The central bar is received by a plurality of clamping assemblies that adjustably position the nasion pointer, the adjustable fork or the edentulous fork and the centric relation recorder respectively. The device can be used in case of both, dentulous as well as edentulous subjects. The device can advantageously transfer the centric relation record to any semi-adjustable articulators or non-adjustable articulators. |
| US10327872B2 |
Field curvature model for confocal imaging apparatus with curved focal surface
A computing device comprises a processor that uses a field curvature model that is calibrated to a confocal imaging apparatus. The processor receives intensity measurements generated by pixels of a detector of the confocal imaging apparatus. The processor determines, for each pixel, a focusing setting of the confocal imaging apparatus that provides a maximum measured intensity. The processor determines, for each pixel, a depth of a point of a 3D object associated with the pixel that corresponds to the determined focusing setting. The processor adjusts the depth of at least one point of the 3D object based on applying the determined focusing setting for the pixel associated with the at least one point to the field curvature model to compensate for a non-flat focal surface of the confocal imaging apparatus. The processor determines a shape of the 3D object based at least in part on the adjusted depth. |
| US10327869B2 |
Attachment members with internally located radiopaque information markers for CT scan
An attachment member for mating with a dental implant includes a non-rotational structure and a body. The non-rotational structure is configured to mate with a corresponding non-rotational feature of the dental implant. The body extends from the non-rotational structure. The body has (i) an exterior side surface configured to at least partially engage gingival tissue adjacent to the dental implant, (ii) an exterior top surface that is exposed through the gingival tissue, (iii) a screw access bore for receiving a screw that attaches the attachment member to the dental implant in a removable fashion, and (iv) a set of radiopaque information markers that is located internal to the exterior side surface and the exterior top surface. The set of radiopaque information markers indicates information regarding the dental implant that is revealed in response to a scan from a computerized tomography (CT) scanner. |
| US10327868B2 |
Self ligating orthodontic bracket with coplanar spring
An orthodontic self-ligating bracket for orthodontic treatment of maloccluded teeth is provided that includes a bracket body and a bracket door including a coplanar spring. The bracket body has a base that is contoured to attach to a surface of a tooth, a archwire slot on the top side of the bracket body extending in a mesiodistal direction and configured to releasably retain an archwire, and a bracket groove on the top side of the bracket body extending in an occlusogingival direction towards the archwire slot. The coplanar spring includes a spring body and one or more legs that deflect in direction generally coplanar with a plane of motion of the bracket door. The one or more legs interact with one or more depressions in the bracket body to move and retain the bracket door on the bracket body. |
| US10327866B2 |
Apparatus and method for endodontic treatment
An apparatus for endodontic treatment, comprising: a nozzle connected to a fluid source comprising: a tip small enough to be inserted into a pulp chamber of a tooth; an inner geometry which forms a flow parameters including non-axial flow direction of nozzle fluid flowing through the inner geometry such that discharge fluid discharged from the inner geometry increase rotation of root canal fluid within a root canal sufficiently to remove tissue from the root canal. |
| US10327865B2 |
Composite restoration roller
A dental instrument with an interchangeable frustum roller with a fixed apical tip for unobstructed viewing a working surface on a tooth and for rapidly, precisely and homogenously distributing a restorative material on the surface of a tooth while avoiding adherence of an applied restorative material to the dental instrument. |
| US10327863B2 |
System and method for the design, creation and installation of implant-supported dental prostheses
An improved system and method for the design, creation and installation of implant-supported dental prostheses is provided. A network accessible portal facilitates communication among a dental professional, a scanning center, a manufacturing center and others in the design and production of a dental drill guide and prosthesis, utilizing cone beam imaging, a rotatable 3-dimension representation of a patient's jaw, virtual placement of one or more implants and virtual testing prior to manufacture. Dental professionals may access the portal on a subscription or non-subscription basis. |
| US10327862B2 |
Fiducial marker deployment system
The present disclosure generally relates a fiducial marker deployment system configured for controlled deployment of at least one of a plurality of preloaded specially-configured fiducials in a controlled serial manner to a desired target site. The deployment system generally includes a deployment device configured to deploy at least one of a plurality of preloaded fiducials to a target site within a patient via a rotational deployment mechanism. Each fiducial generally includes a pellet-like body having a groove helically formed along an outer surface thereof and the deployment device includes a deployment catheter having an internally threaded lumen configured to engage the helical groove of each fiducial so as to allow rotational loading and deployment of each fiducial. |
| US10327861B2 |
Surgical implant alignment device
An alignment device for aligning an orthopedic plate with a bone attachment site includes one or more one light sources that are secured to an orthopedic plate holder with a mounting interface and in a location spaced from the orthopedic plate that is releasably secured to the distal end of the plate holder. The light sources are configured to project an illuminated indication pattern onto the plane the orthopedic plate and aligned with the primary axis of interest of the orthopedic plate, and which indication pattern extends a sufficient lateral distance away from the plate holder to allow the medical professional to align the axis of interest of the orthopedic plate with an out-of-view bone attachment site using at least one superficial anatomic landmark on the exterior of the patient and remote from the bone attachment site. |
| US10327859B2 |
Catheter stability indication
A probe having a temperature sensor on its distal portion is introduced into a fluid-filled body cavity of a subject, and an irrigating fluid passed through the probe. The temperature of the irrigating fluid exiting the probe differs from the temperature of the body cavity. Temperature readings of the irrigating fluid exiting the probe are recorded. A determination is made from the temperature readings that predetermined contact criteria between the probe and the interior wall of the body cavity are satisfied. |
| US10327858B2 |
Water-resistant ventricular assist device bag
Embodiments provide a water-resistant VAD bag including an upper unit having the shape of a cylinder, a lower unit having the shape of a cylinder, a controller sleeve, a battery sleeve, two inserted sleeves positioned in between the controller sleeve and the battery sleeve, an inner sleeve, and an inner layer. The upper unit includes a first elongated strap with a clip and second elongated strap without a clip, a cover on top of the upper unit with a handle sewn into the cover, and a zipper around a bottom of the cover. The lower unit includes a connecting strap and a third elongated strap with a receptacle for the clip on the first elongated strap from the upper unit, where the zipper is on the top of the lower unit, and where the connecting strap and second elongated strap are sewn into the lower unit and the upper unit. |
| US10327851B2 |
Method and apparatus for ablation planning and control
A method for visualizing ablation includes displaying to a user a three-dimensional (3D) tube that visually represents a region for ablation in tissue of a patient. Ablation information, which specifies one or more ablation locations along the 3D tube and one or more respective ablation configurations for ablating in the ablation locations, is received from the user. An estimated impact of the ablation in the tissue is displayed to the user on the 3D tube based on the ablation locations and the corresponding ablation configurations. |
| US10327850B2 |
Automated system and method for harvesting or implanting follicular units
Automated systems and methods for creating a plan for performing a procedure (for example, hair transplantation) are provided. In some embodiments, the plan is generated automatically by a processor. A user interface may be configured to allow a user to input one or more of the parameters of the plan. In certain embodiments, the hair transplantation plan takes into consideration existing hair. |
| US10327849B2 |
Robotic system and method for backdriving the same
A robotic surgical systems and methods of operating the same are provided. The system comprises a surgical tool, a manipulator having a plurality of joints and supporting the surgical tool, and a controller. A virtual simulation represents the surgical tool as a virtual rigid body having a virtual mass including an inertia about at least one of the joints. The controller determines an expected joint torque for the joint. The expected joint torque is compared to an actual joint torque of the joint to determine a joint torque difference. The inertia of the virtual mass about the joint is determined. An angular acceleration about the joint is computed using the joint torque difference and the inertia. The angular acceleration is projected to the virtual mass to determine an external force. The controller simulates dynamics of the surgical tool in the virtual simulation in response to the external force. |
| US10327848B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining implant positions of two medical implant components forming a joint
A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a target pose and the corresponding virtual pose; d) calculating an overall pose deviation value from all the individual pose deviation values; e) repeating steps b) to d) for different pairs of virtual test implant positions until the overall pose deviation value fulfills a minimization criterion; and f) using the pair of virtual test implant positions for which the minimization criterion is fulfilled as the implant positions. |
| US10327847B2 |
Method and system for patient-specific modeling of blood flow
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. |
| US10327838B2 |
Apparatus for performing an electrosurgical procedure
An endoscopic forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft that extends therefrom. An end effector assembly is operatively connected to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of pivotably coupled first and second jaw members. One of the jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member. A drive mechanism includes a driving structure in operative communication with a cam slot operably disposed on one of the first and second jaw members. The driving structure includes a detent. |
| US10327835B2 |
Heat pipe cooling arrangement for electrosurgical devices
An electrosurgical device comprising: forceps including: (i) a first working arm; (ii) a second working arm; (iii) a blade electrode; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; and wherein the electrosurgical device includes a heat pipe in the first working arm, the second working arm, or both. |
| US10327833B2 |
Electrosurgical switch assembly and related systems and methods
Switches for electrosurgical devices comprising a plurality of electrode sets and related devices, systems, and methods. In some embodiments, a first electrode set may be configured to deliver CUT radiofrequency energy and a second electrode set configured to deliver COAG radiofrequency energy. A switch assembly may be configured to allow for selection between at least three modes, the at least three modes comprising a first, neutral mode, in which the electrosurgical device is configured such that no radiofrequency energy is delivered to either the first electrode set or the second electrode set, a second, CUT mode, in which the electrosurgical device is configured such that CUT radiofrequency energy may be delivered to the first electrode set through the switch assembly, and a third, COAG mode, in which the electrosurgical device is configured such that COAG radiofrequency energy may be delivered to the second electrode set through the switch assembly. |
| US10327832B2 |
Methods and devices for tissue ablation
A device for vaporizing a hole in tissue, including a vaporizing element, a heating element, configured to heat the vaporizing element, and a mechanism configured to advance the vaporizing element into a specific depth in the tissue and retract the vaporizing element from the tissue within a period of time long enough for the vaporizing element to vaporize the tissue and short enough to limit diffusion of heat beyond a predetermined collateral damage distance from the hole. Related apparatus and methods are also described. |
| US10327831B2 |
Electrosurgery apparatus, in particular for ablation of a tissue mass from the body of a human or animal patient
An electrosurgical apparatus includes a generator system configured to generate a radio-frequency electric signal, and a handpiece to be gripped by an operator and having an end fitted with an active electrode electrically connected to the generator system. The signal is capable of polarizing the active electrode so as to generate a glow plasma discharge in the atmosphere when the active electrode is in the proximity of the tissue mass, without propagation of electric current through the patient's body (B). |
| US10327830B2 |
Cryotherapy, thermal therapy, temperature modulation therapy, and probe apparatus therefor
A variable length interstitial probe apparatus includes: a probe for effecting thermal therapy and/or cryotherapy to a tissue; a flexible umbilical sheath permanently affixed to the probe, including at least one interface for supplying energy, cooling fluid, cooling gas, heating fluid, and/or heating gas to the probe; and an adjustable depth stop configured to slide along a length of a shaft region of the probe, and lock to the shaft region at a selected position. The adjustable depth stop is configured to engage a probe driver and/or a skull mount apparatus to stabilize positioning of the probe and to control a depth of entry of the probe into a patient. The probe may be configured to effect temperature modulation therapy, where processing circuitry activates a modulation pattern of thermal therapy emission and cryogenic therapy emission for applying a thermal dose to the tissue. |
| US10327829B2 |
Alignment guide apparatus, methods and systems
The present invention discloses an alignment guide apparatus, system, and method. The alignment guide apparatus includes a body, a fixation insert, a guide pin, and a screw. The body may include an arm with a first end and a second end, an attachment portion at the first end, and an alignment portion at the second end. The fixation insert may be configured to pass through the attachment portion and the guide pin may be configured to pass through the alignment portion. The screw may be configured to engage the guide pin. The alignment system may include a bone plate, an alignment guide, a screw, at least one first fastener, and at least one second fastener. A method for moving a joint is also disclosed. |
| US10327827B2 |
Torsional orthopaedic revision system
A torsional-mode ultrasonic vibration generator is manufactured with longitudinal slots extending along its horn which damp unwanted vibrational modes and allow it to be made significantly smaller than previous apparatus. The torsional-mode ultrasonic generator is operable with a suite of surgical tools, to perform portions of an orthopaedic arthroplasty revision procedure. Three of the tools are for removing bone cement from within a bone cavity on a prosthesis cemented into the bone cavity. Three other tools are for separating an uncemented prosthesis from ingrown bone by cutting the bone between the prosthesis and walls of the bone cavity. The seventh tool is provided with sensors to determine a separation between a bone-cutting tool head and a metal prosthesis, feedback from the sensors being used to control servo motors of an articulated mounting for the seventh tool, to maintain the separation at a desirable value. |
| US10327826B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for semi-rigid bone fixation
Apparatus and methods are provided for the approximation of two bones, the apparatus including a first anchor that is rotationally driven into a first bone by a second bone anchor, which receives driving torque from a driver tool. After the first anchor is secured in the first bone, the second anchor is disengaged from the first anchor but remains connected to the first anchor by a flexible link of a designed length. The second bone anchor is secured in the second bone and has provisions to be lengthened or shortened to adjust the overall length of the implant, thereby adjusting the approximation between the two bones. |
| US10327821B2 |
Devices and methods for treating vertebral fractures
The present application is directed to devices and methods for treating vertebral fractures with one or more bone pins. In one embodiment of a method, a fractured vertebral body may be accessed through a pedicle portion and an opening may be created therethrough. One or more bone pins may be inserted through the opening. In one embodiment, at least one of the inserted bone pins is inserted to extend across a fracture zone with a proximal portion of the pin engaging a first bone segment and a distal portion engaging a second bone segment. The pin or pins may be manipulated to immobilize the first and second portions of the fractured vertebra. |
| US10327818B2 |
Method and apparatus for the treatment of scoliosis
A spinal adjustment system which includes at least three implant modules, wherein each implant module includes: an engagement apparatus for engaging the implant module with a vertebra; and a semirigid, resilient elongated force application means which in use is secured to said engagement apparatus and extends from one implant module to the or each adjacent implant module; wherein: said force application means in use engages said the or each adjacent implant module such that said force application means can slide relative thereto in the plane of the force application means; each force application means in use applies a lifting force to the corresponding implant module and said at least three implant modules together in use apply a rotational force to said system; and the force application means extending from one implant module to an adjacent implant module extends alongside the force application means extending from said adjacent implant module to said one implant module. |
| US10327814B2 |
Nail plate growth guide surgical implantation kit
A surgical kit for the repair of a nail bed includes implantable nail plate guides adapted to guide the regrowth of a fingernail over a nail bed, drapes, a suture needle with absorbable suture, a suture needle with non-absorbable suture, wound dressings, and all instruments required to perform the procedure. The instruments preferably include an elevator, a needle driver, a clamp, a tweezers, and a scissors. The kit also includes anesthesia, a syringe, and needles for loading and then administering the anesthesia to the finger. The kit may include a tourniquet, antiseptic, and an antiinfective. Therefore, the kit assembles together several nail plate guides, the instruments for implanting a selected one of the nail plate guides onto the nail bed over a patient, the pre-implantation surgical preparation materials, and the post-implantation wound care materials. |
| US10327813B2 |
Vaginal surgical apparatus
This invention relates generally to a medical device, and more specifically, to a vaginal surgical apparatus. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes, but is not limited to, a vaginal manipulator probe that is at least partly insertable into a vagina, the vaginal manipulator probe including an arcuate end portion that includes a bullous tip and that includes a space that accommodates a cervix therewithin; and a disk that is movable along at least a portion of a length of the vaginal manipulator probe. |
| US10327808B2 |
Low friction cannula seals for minimally invasive robotic surgery
Embodiments of a cannula seal are disclosed. In some embodiments, a cannula seal can include a base portion that engages with a cannula; and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion that slidebly engages with an instrument shaft such that an insertion frictional force between the seal portion and the instrument shaft for insertion of the instrument shaft is symmetrical and substantially equal with a retraction frictional force. |
| US10327807B2 |
Endoscopic surgical systems and methods
An access system is provided for establishing an access path to a surgical site within a patient. The access system comprises an access portal defining a working channel with a central axis, and an adaptor with a mating section mountable to the access portal. The adaptor is selectively rotatable about the central axis. The access portal includes a plurality of openings and the adaptor includes a plurality of projections, each of the projections and openings being arranged so that, in a first orientation, the openings and projections align to allow mounting of the adaptor to the access portal and, in a second orientation, the openings and projections do not align to prevent disassociation between the adaptor and the access portal. The adaptor also includes a holder for a viewing device, the viewing device being movable with the adaptor about the access portal and vertically translatable relative to the access portal. |
| US10327805B2 |
Biopsy cannula adjustable depth stop
A biopsy system with a grid plate used as either a lateral or medial compression plate of a localization fixture used with a breast coil includes a rotatable guide cube that may be inserted into a desired rectangular recess in the grid plate after rotating to position a selected guide hole in the desired spatial orientation. Versions of a guide cube include those rotatable in two axes to provide additional hole positions, angled holes, enlarged circular holes that function with a rotating guide to support a noncircular biopsy instrument cannula (e.g., trocar/sleeve combination, core biopsy probe of a biopsy device) for rotation. A rotating guide may have an unlocked state for easily sliding to a selected longitudinal position thereon. Thereafter, the rotating guide is locked to serve as a positive depth stop (e.g., quarter turn locking elastomeric rings, triangular and scissor clips, and shutter depth stops). |
| US10327801B2 |
Systems and methods for creating hair transplantation procedure sites
Methods and systems are provided for determining the location of procedure sites, for example hair implantation sites, the method and systems enabling a natural looking randomness to be maintained to achieve a desired density while avoiding previously created procedure sites and existing features. |
| US10327799B2 |
Scissors
Scissors including a pair of shanks with one end forming an upper shear blade and a lower shear blade and with the other end of the pair of shanks forming handles, the handles being opened and closed centered about a pivot where the shanks intersect and causing the upper shear blade and lower shear blade to open and close, and screw for loosely fastening the pivot with a degree of freedom so that the screws do not interfere with sliding of the blades when cutting an object, at least one of the upper shear blade and the lower shear blade being formed by an alloy having an elastic deformation ability of 0.2% or more. |
| US10327797B2 |
Ultrasonic surgical instrument with removable shaft assembly portion
An apparatus includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes an outer tube, a proximal inner tube member, a distal inner tube member, and an acoustic waveguide. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. A first portion of the clamp arm is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the outer tube. A second portion of the clamp arm is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the distal inner tube member. The outer tube is configured to removably couple with the body and the distal inner tube member is configured to removably couple with the proximal inner tube member such that the outer tube, the distal inner tube member, and the clamp arm are configured to removably couple with the body and the remainder of the shaft assembly and end effector as a unit. |
| US10327795B2 |
Connection for a morcellator
A connecting element for a morcellator (M). The morcellator (M) has a hand module (1), a cutting tube (5) and a sleeve (8), the hand module (1) has a connecting piece (10) and the sleeve (8) has a connecting ring (9). The connecting ring (9) can be clipped onto the connecting piece (10). |
| US10327782B2 |
Flexible intra-vascular aneurysm treatment stent
An intra-vascular aneurysm-treatment stent and a method for lowering pressure within an aneurysm bubble in a blood vessel. A stent coil is insertable into a blood vessel, the coil made of a material sufficiently flexible to move around curves, loops, and corners in the blood vessel. The stent coil is positioned in the blood vessel with selected stent coil portions proximate an opening into either a saccular aneurysm or a fusiform aneurysm. Blood in the lumen of the blood vessel flows past the leading edges and both over the outer surfaces, and under the inner surfaces. A portion of the blood inside the aneurysm becomes entrained with the blood flowing over the outer surfaces. At the trailing edges, the converging blood flows create eddies. |
| US10327780B2 |
Apparatus and method for the ligation of tissue
A novel catheter-based system which ligates the left atrial appendage (LAA) on the outside of the heart, preferably using a combination of catheters and/or instruments, e.g., a guide catheter positioned inside the left atrial appendage which may assist in locating the left atrial appendage and/or assist in the optimal placement of a ligature on the outside of the appendage, and a ligating catheter and/or instrument outside the heart in the pericardial space to set a ligating element at the neck of the left atrial appendage. |
| US10327776B2 |
Surgical stapling buttresses and adjunct materials
A layer of material for use with a surgical staple cartridge is disclosed. The layer can be releasably secured to the cartridge body of the surgical staple cartridge. The layer can comprise an array of discrete distressed regions arranged in a pattern that matches a pattern of staple cavities defined in the cartridge body. |
| US10327775B2 |
Handling of fasteners within a surgical instrument
Surgical instruments and their methods of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the surgical instrument may include a handle and an elongated shaft assembly extending distally from the handle. The surgical instrument may also include a fastener deployment system for deploying fasteners from the elongated shaft assembly including a reciprocating driveshaft disposed within the elongated shaft assembly. The driveshaft may include an internal channel and at least one guide surface shaped and arranged to maintain an orientation of at least one fastener in the channel of the driveshaft. In other embodiments, the fastener deployment system may include a follower disposed within the elongated shaft assembly for displacing one or more fasteners within the elongated shaft assembly towards a distal fastener deployment position. |
| US10327774B2 |
Force modulating tissue bridge
Medical devices disclosed herein include pre-defined structures for dispensing forces onto a tissue plane in a living organism and are utilized to adjust spatial relationships, orientations, and mechanical forces in a patient treatment area. The treatment area may be a wound, an incision, or a surgically accessed area within a patient that includes oppositely disposed sections that heal more efficiently and with less scarring when force vectors of a particular magnitude and direction are applied to the treatment area. The medical device provides a structure that may be pre-stressed through planned deformation that develops desirable spatial and mechanical relationships along the tissue plane for alignment, compression, advancement, eversion, inversion, distraction, rotation, angulation, and the control or modulation of tension across the treatment area. |
| US10327773B2 |
Clamping instrument
Embodiments of a clamping instrument are disclosed. In some embodiments, a clamping device with calibrated parameters and a calibration process for the clamping device is presented. A method of calibrating a clamping instrument can include acquiring a data set of clamping torque as a function of tip deflection data for the clamping instrument; determining a torque limit from the data set; and storing the torque limit in the clamping instrument. |
| US10327771B2 |
Powered surgical instrument
A powered surgical apparatus, which is configured to engage tissue includes a handle assembly having proximal and distal portions, a movable portion operatively connected to the distal portion of the handle assembly, a tool assembly operatively coupled to the movable portion, a power source configured to supply electrical power, and a transmission system operatively associated with the power source. The movable portion is movable with respect to the handle assembly. The tool assembly is adapted to engage tissue. The transmission system is configured to transmit electrical power or signals between the handle assembly and the movable portion. |
| US10327765B2 |
Drive systems for surgical instruments
A surgical instrument for use with a remotely actuatable system capable of generating control motions is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises an elongate shaft assembly and an end effector extending from the elongate shaft assembly. The elongate shaft assembly is configured to be coupled to the remotely actuatable system. The end effector comprises an elongate channel configured to receive a staple cartridge, an anvil movably coupled to the elongate channel, and an actuating member operably supported within the elongate shaft assembly. The actuating member is configured to effect at least one motion at the end effector in response to the control motions. The actuating member is advanceable from an initial position a first distance in response to the control motions. The actuating member is retractable a second distance through the initial position in response to the control motions. The second distance is greater than the first distance. |
| US10327761B2 |
Suture delivery device for suturing tissue
Systems are provided for delivering a suture to close a surgical opening. An elongated deployment member may have at its distal end a retracted counterforce member. The counterforce member may be inserted into the surgical opening and deployed to resist being withdrawn from the opening. A compression member may be slid down the elongated member to compress the tissue to be sutured against the counterforce member. Suture passers loaded with suture ends may be passed through needle tubes within the elongated member to emerge from the elongated member and pierce the tissue to be sutured, then deposit the suture ends with a suture catcher. The suture passers may be withdrawn, leaving the suture ends. The suture catcher may be retracted, retaining the suture ends and the device—elongated member, retracted suture catcher, and retained suture end—may be withdrawn from the surgical opening. The suture may then be completed. |
| US10327760B2 |
Sizing and positioning adapter for medical instruments
In accordance with the present invention there is provided apparatuses and methods for using a medical instrument including a sizing and positioning adapter. The apparatus comprises an adapter for a medical instrument, the adapt having a body having a shim portion and an instrument holding portion adjacent the shim portion, wherein the shim portion provides an enlarged peripheral surface adjacent the medical instrument such that when the medical instrument is held in the instrument holding portion and the medical instrument and body are inserted through an opening in a patient tissue, at least a portion of the enlarged peripheral surface is in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the opening in the patient tissue. |
| US10327754B2 |
Knotless suture anchor
Methods, systems and apparatuses for soft tissue repair including a device for anchoring sutured tissue to a bone are disclosed. According to one example, the device can include a body and a member. The body can have a wall with an outer surface thereof configured to engage the bone of a patient. The body can define an inner passage extending generally from a proximal end thereof to a distal end thereof. The wall can have a first side having a first size that differs from a second size of a second side of the wall. The member can be configured to be disposed within the body and can be moveable along the inner passage relative to the body between a first position and a second position. The member can be configured with an eyelet to receive and pass a suture through the member when the member is in the first position. |
| US10327744B2 |
Assistive manual zeroing visualization
A probe having a contact force sensor is inserted into a cardiac chamber and an image of the blood pool is generated. A portion of the blood pool is removed from the image to retain a remaining portion of the blood pool. A determination is made that the distal segment of the probe is within the remaining portion of the blood pool, and responsively to the determination the contact force sensor is manually zeroed. |
| US10327732B2 |
Method for characterising an ultrasound wound in organic tissues
The method of characterizing an ultrasound lesion (T) in organic tissues, the lesion being made by applying high intensity focused ultrasound delivered by a probe having its emission surface presenting a shape that is toroidal, consists in: after a period of at least two days from the end of ultrasound application, acquiring at least one characterization image (Ic) of the organic tissues; detecting the presence of a contrast border (16) in the characterization image (Ic); and from the contrast border (16), determining the extent of the ultrasound lesion. |
| US10327726B2 |
X-ray image feature detection and registration systems and methods
The disclosure relates generally to the field of vascular system and peripheral vascular system data collection, imaging, image processing and feature detection relating thereto. In part, the disclosure more specifically relates to methods for detecting position and size of contrast cloud in an x-ray image including with respect to a sequence of x-ray images during intravascular imaging. Methods of detecting and extracting metallic wires from x-ray images are also described herein such as guidewires used in coronary procedures. Further, methods for of registering vascular trees for one or more images, such as in sequences of x-ray images, are disclosed. In part, the disclosure relates to processing, tracking and registering angiography images and elements in such images. The registration can be performed relative to images from an intravascular imaging modality such as, for example, optical coherence tomography (OCT) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). |
| US10327724B2 |
Detection and characterization of aortic pathologies
According to one or more embodiments, a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for detecting and characterizing aortic pathologies are provided. The method may include receiving, by a computer, one or more tomograph scan images corresponding to a patient's aorta. The one or more received tomograph scan images may be analyzed by the computer for one or more image features associated with one or more aortic pathologies, such as aortic dissection or an aortic aneurysm. One or more image features associated with the one or more aortic pathologies may be identified in the one or more analyzed tomograph scan images, which may allow the determination of an aortic pathology associated with the patient's aorta based on the identification of the image features. A portion of the aorta and one or more branch arteries corresponding to the determined aortic pathology may then be identified. |
| US10327718B2 |
Dental X-ray imaging device
Disclosed is a dental X-ray imaging device having a curved detector. The dental X-ray imaging device according to the present invention comprises: an X-ray source for radially emitting X-rays; and a curved detector formed in a cylindrical two-dimensional curved shape or a round three-dimensional curved shape, which is arranged to be spaced apart at a predetermined distance from the X-ray source and has substantially the same radius of curvature as the predetermined distance. |
| US10327716B2 |
Method and apparatus for emission guided radiation therapy
An apparatus comprising a radiation source, coincident positron emission detectors configured to detect coincident positron annihilation emissions originating within a coordinate system, and a controller coupled to the radiation source and the coincident positron emission detectors, the controller configured to identify coincident positron annihilation emission paths intersecting one or more volumes in the coordinate system and align the radiation source along an identified coincident positron annihilation emission path. |
| US10327715B2 |
System and method of providing information of peripheral device
Provided is a device for detecting stress of a user based on a bio-signal of the user, and when the stress is detected, outputting information of a peripheral device. |
| US10327714B2 |
Analyte concentration alert function for analyte sensor system
Systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide alerts based on analyte data and acceleration data. An analyte sensor may generate the analyte data. An accelerometer may generate the acceleration data. A transceiver may convert the analyte data into analyte concentration values. The transceiver may convert the acceleration data into activity information. The transceiver may generate an alert based on the analyte concentration values and activity information. The alert may be communicated to a user by a mobile medical application executed on the transceiver and/or a display device (e.g., smartphone) in communication with the transceiver. The mobile medical application may display (e.g., on a display of the display device) a plot or graph of the analyte concentration values and activity information with respect to time. |
| US10327712B2 |
Prediction of diseases based on analysis of medical exam and/or test workflow
Use of medical workflows where a first medical workflow is obtained from a plurality of medical acts performed in sequence that related to care of a patient. A set of condition-indication rules is applied to the first medical workflow to determine first condition information. The first condition information relates to a likelihood that a first medical condition exists in the patient. |
| US10327706B2 |
Near field telemetry link for passing a shared secret to establish a secure radio frequency communication link in a physiological condition management system
Pairing is provided between first and second wireless devices in a physiological condition management system. The first and second wireless devices are placed in proximity to initiate generation of a secret key via a random process at one of the devices and to exchange the secret key with the other device using a wireless near field communication (NFC) link. The shared secret key is then used to encrypt data for communication between the first and second wireless devices via a different secure radio frequency (RF) wireless channel. |
| US10327705B2 |
Method and device to monitor at least one vehicle passenger and method to control at least one assistance device
A method for monitoring a vehicle passenger involves determining a current vital parameter value of at least one vital parameter of the vehicle passenger and, if necessary, a current environmental parameter value of at least one environmental parameter of an outer environmental of the vehicle. Depending upon the determined values, assistance can be provided to the vehicle passenger. |
| US10327703B2 |
Vital sign monitoring device
The present disclosure describes a vital sign monitoring device configured for monitoring one or more patient vital signs. The device includes a disposable patch assembly attachable to a reusable electronics package. The patch assembly includes an adhesive layer for adhering to a patient's skin. A vital sign sensor is embedded within the adhesive layer. A flexible circuit connects to the sensor on an upper side of the adhesive layer, and provides electrical contact between the sensor and the electronics package. The electronics package includes a battery and microcontroller for powering and controlling the sensor. |
| US10327700B2 |
Intelligent insole
An intelligent insole is provided. The intelligent insole includes an insole body, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor and a signal collector. The pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor are formed on the surface of the insole body, and the above sensors and the insole body are manufactured via the same 3D printing process. The pressure sensor senses the pressure signal from the insole body in contact with the foot. The temperature sensor and the humidity sensor respectively sense the temperature signal and the humidity signal of the insole body. The signal collector is respectively electrically connected to the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor to receive the pressure signal, the temperature signal and the humidity signal and then transmit the signals to a signal receiver via wireless transmission. |
| US10327698B2 |
Food intake monitoring system using apnea detection in breathing signals
A wearable breathing sensor, such as a piezoelectric chest belt system, generates a breathing signal that is analyzed by a classifier to identify apnea patterns indicating that the subject has swallowed during breathing. These breathing signals are computer-analyzed to extract inferences regarding the subject's eating and drinking patterns and thereby provide useful data for monitoring food or beverage intake for remote health monitoring. |
| US10327697B1 |
Digital platform to identify health conditions and therapeutic interventions using an automatic and distributed artificial intelligence system
This disclosure is directed to method and system for automatic, distributed, computer-aided, and intelligent data collection/analytics, health monitoring, health condition identification, and patient preventive/remedial health advocacy. The system integrates (1) distributed patient health data collection devices, (2) centralized or distributed data servers running various intelligent and predictive data analytics engines for health screening, assessment, patient health condition identification, and patient preventive/remedial health advocacy, 3) specifically designed data structures including quantized health indicator vectors, patient health condition identification matrices and patient health condition vectors, (4) portal servers configured to interface with (5) distributed physician terminal devices and (6) distributed patient terminal devices for delivering health condition identification, health interventions and patient preventive/remedial health advocacy, and for monitoring and tracking patient activities. The various intelligent and predictive engines are configured to learn and extract hidden features and correlations from a large amount of data obtained from the distributed data collection devices. |
| US10327696B2 |
Action notification system, exercise information measurement apparatus, electronic device, action notification method, and action notification program
An action notification system includes an exercise information measurement apparatus that includes an action determiner to determine an action of a user based on a detection signal of a body motion sensor, and a transmission controller to cause a communicator to transmit characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor, which corresponds to the determined action, and an exercise information measurement apparatus that includes a characteristic information acquirer to acquire the characteristic information transmitted from the exercise information measurement apparatus via a communicator, and an output device controller to cause a vibrator to operate in accordance with the acquired characteristic information. |
| US10327695B2 |
Functional gain measurement technique and representation
The present invention generally relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining the degree of improvement after a therapeutic procedure. The method can involve determining a baseline measurement prior to conducting a therapeutic procedure, conducting the therapeutic procedure, and determining a post-therapy measurement after conducting the therapeutic procedure. The method further involves comparing the post-therapy measurement to the baseline measurement, thereby determining the degree of improvement after conducting the therapeutic procedure. |
| US10327691B2 |
Systems and method for detecting, diagnosing, and/or treatment of disorders and conditions
A SoC includes an AFE to receive a plurality of differential input channels and generate digitized data corresponding to the channels, and a classification processor configured to receive the digitized data from the AFE. The AFE includes a Dual-Channel Chopper to perform channel multiplexing of two channels while simultaneously chopping the channels, a Dual Channel Charge Recycled-AFE having an Chopper-Stabilized Capacitive-Coupled IA including bias sampling capacitors that store bias values associated with the first and second channels to enable swapping between the channel, and a DC servo loop (DSL) having a reduced setting time based on a reduction in a resistance of the pseudo-PMOS in response to engaging a system reset. The classification processor includes a Frequency-Time Division Multiplexing (FTDM) Feature Extraction (FE) engine and a Dual-Detector Architecture (D2A) classification processor. The FTDM-FE includes a plurality of FIFOs configured to store, in parallel, the digitized data corresponding to the channels, a plurality of BPF banks storing BPF coefficients, and a single BPF to calculate outputs of one specific bank of the BFP banks for all of the channels. The D2A processor receives the output from the FTDM-FE and estimates a beginning and end of a seizure using two LSVMs optimized for only sensitivity and specificity, respectively. |
| US10327688B2 |
Advanced analyte sensor calibration and error detection
Systems and methods for processing sensor data and self-calibration are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided which are capable of calibrating a continuous analyte sensor based on an initial sensitivity, and then continuously performing self-calibration without using, or with reduced use of, reference measurements. In certain embodiments, a sensitivity of the analyte sensor is determined by applying an estimative algorithm that is a function of certain parameters. Also described herein are systems and methods for determining a property of an analyte sensor using a stimulus signal. The sensor property can be used to compensate sensor data for sensitivity drift, or determine another property associated with the sensor, such as temperature, sensor membrane damage, moisture ingress in sensor electronics, and scaling factors. |
| US10327685B2 |
System and method for using multiple sensor calibration methods
The present invention relates to a system and method for improving glucose sensor accuracy by utilizing multiple calibration methods and selecting the most accurate method depending on a consensus glucose concentration estimate. Embodiments of the present invention comprise the steps of performing at least one in vivo update of surrounding glucose to acquire glucose values; calculating multiple updated calibration estimates using the updated glucose values; calculating an initial consensus glucose estimate from sensor output using each updated calibration estimate; applying a smooth crossover function to the multiple calibration estimates based on the value of the initial consensus glucose estimate; and adding weights to the multiple calibration estimates to acquire a consensus glucose estimate. |
| US10327684B2 |
Glucose sensor apparatus addressing interference of ascorbic acid and acetaminophen
This disclosure relates to a nanoporous composition including a number of clusters of nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid, a nanoporous layer formed of the nanoporous composition, a glucose-oxidation electrode including the nanoporous layer, and a glucose-sensing device and system including the glucose-oxidation electrode. This disclosure also relates to a method of making the nanoporous composition, the nanoporous layer, the glucose-oxidation electrode and the glucose-sensing device and system. Further, this disclosure also relates to devices, systems and methods for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and blood glucose monitoring (BGM). |
| US10327683B2 |
Multiple wavelength sensor emitters
A physiological sensor has light emitting sources, each activated by addressing at least one row and at least one column of an electrical grid. The light emitting sources are capable of transmitting light of multiple wavelengths and a detector is responsive to the transmitted light after attenuation by body tissue. |
| US10327679B2 |
Subcutaneous sensor inserter and method
An inserter assembly for continuous glucose monitoring with medication delivery capability where the assembly has a deployment button containing a needle deployment mechanism having a sharp held in a pre-release position, a housing body in which the deployment button is movably received within a top end of the housing body, the housing body having a sensor deployment assembly containing a lumen and a sensor disposed within the lumen and extending out of the lumen to a circuit board that is part of the sensor deployment assembly, the sensor deployment assembly matingly connected to the sharp where the sharp extends beyond the sensor deployment assembly and contains the sensor not fixedly attached to the sharp, and a sensor housing releasably received within a lower end of the housing body, the sharp extending into a sensor deployment assembly recess within the sensor housing and directly above a sensor opening in a bottom of the sensor housing. |
| US10327678B2 |
Analyte sensor apparatuses comprising multiple implantable sensor elements and methods for making and using them
Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having optimized elements and/or configurations of elements as well as methods for making and using such sensors. Typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes. |
| US10327677B2 |
Analyte sensors with a sensing surface having small sensing spots
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have a sensing surface that includes two or more sensing elements disposed laterally to each other, where the sensing surface is on a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring. |
| US10327675B2 |
Motor function analysis system and operational method of system
The present invention has an objective of evaluating a motor function of a subject with a neurodegenerative disease with high accuracy using a motor function analysis system that utilizes a wrist joint movement of the subject. The motor function analysis system includes: a display unit for displaying image information including a moving target image and a cursor image for tracking the target image; a moving unit used by the subject to move the cursor image; and an analyzer for detecting the tracking status of the target image tracked by the cursor image and analyzing the frequency of the movement components contained in the tracking status. |
| US10327671B2 |
Algorithms for gait measurement with 3-axes accelerometer/gyro in mobile devices
The present invention relates to a method of gait measurement using tri-axial accelerometer/gyro in mobile devices. In particular, the present invention relates to algorithms for gait measurement using tri-axial accelerometer/gyro in mobile devices for monitoring and improving the physical movement of a moving subject. |
| US10327669B2 |
Mouthpiece for a device for measuring a parameter of respiratory air, and respiratory air meter
A mouthpiece a device for measuring a parameter of respiratory air. The mouthpiece including an end edge of a wall of the mouthpiece, and the end edge is configured to delimit an opening for blowing respiratory air into the mouthpiece. An opening surface of the opening extends transversely with respect to a flow axis of respiratory air blown into the mouthpiece. A contour of the opening forms a D shape or a lens shape, seen in the direction of the flow axis. The opening is delimited by a first opening portion and by a second opening portion adjoining the first opening portion. |
| US10327663B2 |
Evoked response probe and method of use
The disclosure relates to a surgical cranial drape, probe for mapping brain of a subject and their methods of use. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a sterile surgical cranial drape embedded with electrodes; an system for mapping physiologically functional brain regions using evoked electrophysiological responses in a first and a second region; and their methods of use in combination or separately. |
| US10327661B1 |
Biomarkers for determining susceptibility to SUDEP
A method for determining an increased risk of death of a patient includes receiving ECG data of the patient generated during a first time period; receiving EEG data of the patient generated during the first time period; composing a feature of the ECG data and a feature of the EEG data over a common time frame and determining a statistical measure of association between the ECG data and the EEG data; and determining whether the degree of association exceeds a predetermined threshold, thereby indicating whether an increased risk is present. |
| US10327655B2 |
Neural-interface probe and methods of packaging the same
A neural-interface probe is provided. The probe may comprise a chip, a wire bundle substrate, and an encapsulant material. The chip may comprise a plurality of bond pads. The wire bundle substrate may comprise a plurality of wires extending through the substrate. The plurality of wires may comprise: (1) a proximal portion connected to the plurality of bond pads to thereby couple the chip to the substrate, and (2) a flexible distal portion configured to interface with neural matter. The encapsulant material may be disposed at least between the chip and the wire bundle substrate. |
| US10327649B1 |
Non-invasive wearable blood pressure monitoring system
Presented are embodiments of an apparatus and methodology for non-invasive, continuous or semi-continuous monitoring of human blood pressure by photoplethysmography (PPG) based sensor system. |
| US10327642B2 |
Method and system for microbiome-derived characterization, diagnostics and therapeutics for conditions associated with functional features
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating a condition associated with microbiome-derived functional features in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model. |
| US10327641B2 |
Method and system for microbiome-derived characterization, diagnostics and therapeutics for conditions associated with functional features
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating a condition associated with microbiome-derived functional features in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model. |
| US10327637B2 |
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for patient image analysis to identify new diseases
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for performing image processing in connection with phenotypic analysis. For example, at least one processor may be configured to receive electronic numerical information corresponding to pixels reflective of at least one external soft tissue image of an individual and access geographically dispersed genetic information stored in a database. The geographically dispersed genetic information may include numerical data that correlates anomalies in pixels in soft tissue images of a plurality of geographically dispersed individuals to specific genes or to specific genetic variants. The at least one processor may also be configured to compare the electronic numerical information for the individual with the numerical data of the geographically dispersed genetic information stored in a database, to determine at least a likelihood that the individual has a specific genetic variant, and prioritize, based on the comparison, one or more genetic variants according to likelihood of pathogenicity. |
| US10327633B2 |
Computational array camera with dynamic illumination for eye tracking
Methods and systems for eye tracking are disclosed. One such method obtains a plurality of images of the eye from an array camera and detects glint positions and a pupil edge of the eye in the plurality of the images. A distance from the array camera to the pupil edge may be estimated based on the glint positions. A pupil image may be generated based on selected ones of the plurality of images, the glint positions, and the estimated distance to the pupil edge. A pupil center position may be determined based on the pupil image and the glint positions. |
| US10327629B2 |
Oral dilator
An oral dilator includes a first body, a second body, a rotary member, and a positioning member. The first body includes a housing and a first duckbilled element. The second body includes a second duckbilled element corresponding to the first duckbilled element. The rotary member drives the second body to rotate. The positioning member is on the first body and selectively locks or unlocks the relative position between the first duckbilled element and the second duckbilled element when the second duckbilled element is driven to rotate by the rotary member. |
| US10327628B2 |
Pediatric laryngoscope, and method of use
A laryngoscope assembly having: a handle; an offset member having a first end coupled to said handle; and a blade coupled to a second of said offset member; and wherein said offset member is orthogonal to said handle and said blade, and disposes said blade away from said handle to increase visibility within a buccal cavity of a patient by placing said handle away from a line of sight of an operator when said blade is placed in said buccal cavity. |
| US10327625B2 |
Apparatus and methods for facilitating treatment of tissue via improved delivery of energy based and non-energy based modalities
Methods and apparatus for accessing and treating regions of the body are disclosed herein. Using an endoscopic device having an automatically controllable proximal portion and a selectively steerable distal portion, the device generally may be advanced into the body through an opening. The distal portion is selectively steered to assume a selected curve along a desired path within the body which avoids contact with tissue while the proximal portion is automatically controlled to assume the selected curve of the distal portion. The endoscopic device can then be used for accessing various regions of the body which are typically difficult to access and treat through conventional surgical techniques because the device is unconstrained by “straight-line” requirements. Various applications can include accessing regions of the brain, thoracic cavity, including regions within the heart, peritoneal cavity, etc., which are difficult to reach using conventional surgical procedures. |
| US10327622B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope includes an observation mode switch to switch observation modes. The observation modes include a dye valid observation mode allowed to acquire an image in which the dye is visually recognized well, and a dye invalid observation mode allowed to acquire an image in which the dye is substantially not visually recognized. |
| US10327621B2 |
Automatic shoe polishing device
An automatic shoe polishing device that comprises a housing cabinet containing components of the automatic shoe polisher that includes a digital control unit implementing multiple cycles of operation to accommodate multiple shoe profiles. At least one brush and spray assembly with a rotating brush and aerosol spray nozzle mounted on a linear moving platform. A shoe tray and track secure a shoe in place and transport a shoe within the device. A plurality of aerosol containers contain at least a cleaner and polisher mixture, with a pneumatic system used to distribute the aerosol mixture using an aerosol spray nozzle and to power at least one lift piston on the shoe tray and track to accommodate the multiple shoe profiles. The digital control unit operates the brush and spray assembly in multiple movement and spraying cycles back and forth to in turn clean and polish a secured shoe. |
| US10327620B2 |
Squeegee
A squeegee including an elongated squeegee blade having a substantially rigid upper portion and a lower flexible wiper portion. The squeegee further includes a generally T-shaped extension centered above and axially parallel with the squeegee blade. The T-shaped extension has a substantially rigid flange, operably connectable to the squeegee handle; and a flexible leg extending downward from the rigid flange and connected there-below to the rigid upper portion of the squeegee blade. |
| US10327614B2 |
Device for treating a surface
A device for treating a surface, in particular to a cleaning robot, has a detection device for identifying the type of surface, which detection device has a light source for irradiating the surface with light and has a sensor for detecting the light which is reflected by the surface. In order to improve the identification of the type of surface, it is proposed that a three-dimensional screen panel which forms a plurality of partial volumes is associated with the sensor, wherein each partial volume is in each case associated with a different sensor subarea of the sensor, and wherein adjacent sensor subareas are optically separated from one another by means of the screen panel such that light is prevented from passing from a first partial volume to a second partial volume. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a device for treating a surface. |
| US10327607B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand carriable surface cleaning apparatus can include a first cyclonic cleaning stage having an upper end, a bottom end spaced longitudinally below the upper end and a side wall extending therebetween. A second cyclonic cleaning stage may be positioned in the fluid flow path downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage and may be positioned above and overlie the upper end of the first cyclonic cleaning stage. The second cyclonic cleaning stage may be longitudinally translatable relative to the sidewall. |
| US10327601B2 |
Dispenser for rolls
Dispenser includes housing for at least two rolls of tissue paper, access opening in housing, and closure selectively closing a portion of access opening. Closure includes body, first wall movably connected to body at first edge of first wall; and second wall movably connected to body at first edge of second wall. First and second wall are urged toward each other to respectively position second edges of first and second walls opposite to first edges in a blocking position in which sliding of closure into first or second position is blocked until a predetermined amount of paper of second or first roll, respectively, has been dispensed. Closure includes first and second spring urging first and second walls, respectively, toward each other, spring force of first and second springs being configured to automatically return closure into first or second position, respectively, when sliding of the closure into first or second position, respectively, is blocked. |
| US10327600B1 |
Personal hygiene and wiping tool
The personal hygiene and wiping tool is a cleaning tool. The personal hygiene and wiping tool is adapted for use with a person. The personal hygiene and wiping tool is configured for use with toilet paper. The personal hygiene and wiping tool extends in a telescopic fashion. The personal hygiene and wiping tool is designed to capture and hold in place toilet paper. The personal hygiene and wiping tool is used to extend the reach of the user such that the toilet paper can be brought to hard to reach body locations that may otherwise be difficult to clean adequately. The personal hygiene and wiping tool comprises a first arm and a second arm. The first arm and the second arm are attached in a telescopic manner. |
| US10327599B2 |
Apparatus and process for dispensing a measured quantity of liquid
An apparatus and process for dispensing a measured quantity of liquid from a container. The apparatus includes a pour chamber having a dam, a spout, a vent, and a timer that is independent of flow in the pour chamber. |
| US10327597B1 |
Stand-alone shower system
A stand-alone shower system includes a cylindrical shower compartment with a transparent, translucent, or opaque wall and door, one or more specially configured shower nozzles, an optional storage compartment, and an optional surrounding cylindrical privacy curtain. |
| US10327594B2 |
Blender with temperature sensor
The invention relates to a blender (10) for blending ingredients. The blender (10) comprises a base part (11) comprising a heating plate (22), and a container (13) for receiving said ingredients. The container (13) is detachable from the base part (11) and comprising a bottom part for contacting the heating plate (22). The base part (11) comprises a temperature sensor (23) for sensing the temperature of the bottom part. The temperature sensor (23) extends tends through the heating plate (22). |
| US10327593B2 |
Method of operating a grinder
A method of operating a grinder includes acts of: starting a first grinding cycle of a given duration; feeding the grinder with a given amount of material to be ground and grinding the material by rotating a rotary grinding member of the grinder for a period of active grinding; idly rotating the rotary grinding member for a period of idle rotation following the period of active grinding, for removing residual ground material from the grinder; estimating when the given amount of material has been ground, based on an operating parameter of the grinder; and adapting the given duration for a subsequent grinding cycle based on an estimated duration of the period of active grinding of the first grinding cycle. |
| US10327591B2 |
Toaster oven control knob and method of controlling a toaster oven
A toaster oven comprising a housing defining a food cavity, an opening defined in the housing, a door movably affixed to the housing, a cooking grid selectively mountable within the housing, one or more heating elements within the housing, a timer controlling activation of the heating elements, and a timer control knob engaged with the timer. The timer control knob is selectively rotatable in a second direction from the off position to a third position to activate at least one of the one or more heating elements until the timer control knob is selectively rotated in the first direction back to the off position. The timer control knob has a selectively movable button, such that the timer control knob is only selectively rotatable in the second direction from the off position to the third position when the button is moved from a first position to a second position. |
| US10327589B1 |
Outdoor cooking station with griddle, system and method thereof
Embodiments of a griddle of the type for an outdoor cooking station is provided herein. The griddle includes a flat cooking surface with a splash guard extending along a periphery of the flat cooking surface. The flat cooking surface defines a trough positioned adjacent a rear end of the cooking surface such that the trough includes a sloping surface extending downward toward a rear opening defined in the splash guard along and adjacent the rear end of the flat cooking surface. With this arrangement, as a user cooks food on the griddle, unwanted grease may be pushed to the rear of the griddle and into the trough so that the grease funnels down the sloped surface and through the rear opening and into a grease container centered below the rear opening. |
| US10327588B2 |
Griddle device, system, and method
Embodiments of a griddle system, device, and method configured to manage unwanted food byproducts. The griddle system includes a griddle having an upper side and an underside. The upper side includes a flat cooking surface and a splash guard, the flat cooking surface having a rectangular shape extending to a rear end, a front end, a left end and a right end. The splash guard extends along a periphery of the upper side of the griddle, the upper side including a trough. The trough extends laterally from the rear end of the cooking surface and extends longitudinally along a length of the rear end of the cooking surface such that the trough defines an elongated through hole therein. |
| US10327581B2 |
Cleaning agent container
In order to provide simple and safe handling of cleaning agents in a drink dispensing device with an integrated cleaning system, a cleaning agent container is disclosed which is designed as a container (1) that is closed on all sides and comprises a connection terminal (4) arranged laterally on the container. This connection terminal (4) includes a first piercing region (7a) that is provided with a pierceable closure (13, 8a) and fluidically communicates with the base region of the container (1). |
| US10327580B2 |
Coffee maker
Provided is a coffee maker where a heated state coffee liquid can be obtained by performing an extraction operation in an extraction unit, and can be sufficiently cooled down to a temperature, to provide tasty iced coffee, and in which a cooled state of the coffee liquid can be maintained. An ice basket is arranged inside a server, and is disposed to receive and disperse the coffee liquid that is dripping from an extraction unit. The ice basket is formed in a vertically elongated shape, and internally includes an ice storage. A liquid feeding hole, which feeds the coffee liquid inside the ice storage to the server, is formed in a peripheral edge portion of a bottom portion. The bottom portion is arranged at a position close to a bottom surface of the server while being separated from the bottom surface. |
| US10327575B2 |
Garment hanger and a spring for use therein
A spring for use in a garment hanger is disclosed. The hanger is of the type that includes a hook and a body with clips at either end of the arms of the body. The clips include a pair of clip portions between which the garment is clamped under the biasing for of a spring. The spring is generally U-shaped and has convex ribs both on the inner and outer services of its curvature. The ribs are located adjacent each other so that they form a sine-wave-like cross-section and are of sufficient depth that in their formation they causes the sides of the spring adjacent the ribs to be drawn inwards. |
| US10327574B2 |
Anti-loose thermal insulation cup sleeve with reverse damping structure
The present invention provides a cup sleeve formed with a reverse damping structure having one or more rings inwardly bent and annularly arranged on one or both of the edge and the inner periphery of the cup sleeve, so when the mentioned cup sleeve is sleeved with a cup-shaped or bottle-shaped or can-shaped container, the anti-slip damping for enhancing the anti-loose function is provided by the reverse damping structure, thus the cup sleeve is less likely to be released from the cup-shaped or bottle-shaped or can-shaped container, and with the reverse damping structure, the interval formed between the cup sleeve and the cup-shaped or bottle-shaped or can-shaped container is enlarged thereby increasing the thermal insulation effect. |
| US10327572B2 |
Detachable self-supporting display device
A device comprising a base having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, a first magnetic component, and a first attachment component; a cover having a second top surface and a second bottom surface, a first magnetic component, and a second attachment component, the second bottom surface configured to mate with the first top surface; wherein the first and second magnetic components are placed so as to hold the cover onto the base and to act as a swivel hinge, and wherein the first and second attachment components are configured to engage the base to the cover when the device is in an open position. |
| US10327571B1 |
Support plate for a picture frame
A photograph frame has a backing plate with an integrally formed support member that can be bent out of a plane of the backing plate to support the frame at a viewing angle. The support member incorporates an integral locking member that is bent out of a plane of the support member to maintain the support member in a fixed position. Both the support member and locking member are formed in situ with the backing plate. |
| US10327570B2 |
Product display and system
A product display and product display system is disclosed comprising a generally planar top panel and a side panel, the product display intended to comprise or be positionable over a hard, raised generally planar surface having a first size and shape, the generally planar top panel having a second size and shape substantially corresponding to the first size and shape, the product display further comprising on the side panel a plurality of generally vertical longitudinal sleeves. |
| US10327569B2 |
Portable stand
A portable stand (10) comprises a back wall (12), a base element (14), and two opposed end plates (16) between which the back wall and the base element extend, so to define an open-top box-like container. It also comprises legs (35) that can be folded up next to the base element (14); support arms (40) with a pivotal connection (42) so each support arm (40) can be moved between a closed position adjacent to the back wall (12), and a second position projecting upward from the back wall (12). In addition it comprises a front panel (20) hinged to the base element (14) so the front panel (20) can be swung between a position forming a front wall of the box-like container, and a position extending below the base element (14); and a top panel (22) hinged to the back wall (12) so it can be swung between a position forming a lid to the box-like container, and a position extending above the back wall (12). Swinging the front panel (20) and the top panel (22) in this way opens the box, and displays the exposed surfaces of the front panel (20) and of the top panel (22). There may be multiple display chambers (66) within the box-like container which are thereby displayed. The portable stand enables the display of information on the exposed surfaces, and the display of items within the display chambers (66), for example for the purpose of safety. |
| US10327564B1 |
Modular mattress renewal system
A modular mattress renewal system is disclosed. A support lattice is made up of a plurality of compressible nodal foam blocks connected one to the other by block connectors that fit into guide apertures within the nodal blocks. The connectors themselves are also compressible and flexible and the compressible nodal foam blocks are provided with an adhesive portion that allows the user to customize the support necessary. Additionally, the nodal foam blocks have varying degrees of compressibility and varying compressibility gradients and are marked as such to further enhance the support customization possible. Thus, sagging mattresses or mattresses with indentations from use over time may be rehabilitated. |
| US10327563B2 |
Systems and methods for internal airbed structure
An air mattress comprises an internal structure for helping the air mattress maintain a desired geometric shape when inflated and for preventing shearing of the top and bottom surfaces of the mattress. The internal structure comprises a plurality of connection strips or a mesh web that are attached to a plurality of top surface connection points and bottom surface connection points. |
| US10327562B2 |
Four-in-one mattress management system
A four-in-one mattress management system and method is disclosed for facilitating various tasks associated with beds of all sizes including making beds; rotating mattresses; holding a bed skirt in place while a mattress is rotated; installing or removing and re-installing a mattress, for example, in order to replace a bed skirt. The system includes an active mode and a passive mode. In an active mode, all four tasks mentioned above can be performed. A passive mode selectable. In a passive mode, the mattress can be easily rotated in a horizontal plane. During that mode, the system holds down the bed skirt while the mattress is being rotated. In an active mode, the present invention facilitates bed making and thus increases the efficiency of the housekeeping staff leaving more time for the housekeeping staff to attend to the rest of the room. The active mode also facilitates installation and replacement of bed skirts. |
| US10327560B2 |
Convertible sofa with articulated arm rests
A convertible sofa is convertible between a sofa configuration and a bed configuration. The convertible sofa includes articulated armrests. When the convertible sofa is in a sofa configuration, the arm rests are in an arm rest configuration. When the convertible sofa is in a bed configuration, the arm rests are in a generally flat or horizontal configuration. |
| US10327558B2 |
Multi-configurable furniture system
A modular table comprising a main table body having a center portion, a mid-section which is disposed vertically underneath the main table body wherein the mid-section is adapted to provide vertical support to the main table body. An alternative embodiment of the table has a center portion of the main table body which is telescopically expandable allowing the mid-section to become vertically disposed. This telescopic expansion can be achieved using jack screws or rotatable mid-section. The table trunk is capable of housing a plurality of stools or chairs. The stools or chairs can be coupled together and, when placed end to end, provide a further base for the main table body due to a notch which is formed and which fits an extension which protrudes downwardly from the main table body. The main table body can also have a reversible table top which can be designed to be a gaming board or a bar top. |
| US10327557B2 |
Modular seating system
A modular seating system including at least two horizontally oriented support members and at least one core base component of recycled plastic having a top and a bottom adapted to engage the horizontally oriented support members. The plastic core base component includes a series of feature attachment points molded directly into the top and the bottom of the plastic core base component, and the bottom of the plastic core base component includes defined receptacles for at least four vertical support members. The modular seating system may include a core back and armrest component adapted to engage the horizontally oriented support members and the core base component and the feature attachment points. |
| US10327554B2 |
Adjustable head support
An adjustable head support includes an articulating arm that has a plurality of members, at least one of the members is attached to a consecutive member and configured to rotate about a first axis. At least another of the members is attached to a consecutive member and configured to rotate about a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being perpendicular. A head support assembly is pivotally coupled to the articulating arm. |
| US10327551B1 |
Vertical shelf support bars having laterally spaced apart first support interfaces and second support interfaces recessed and laterally inside the first support interfaces
A nested vertical shelf mount system includes vertical bars having a first set of vertically spaced apart mounting features and a second set of vertically spaced apart mounting features spaced inside and behind the first set of vertically spaced apart mounting features. The mounting features may be any feature allowing a shelf, panel, or the like, to be attached to the vertical bars. A panel may be attached to the second set of vertically spaced apart mounting features and a shelf may be attached to the first set of vertically spaced apart mounting features residing over the panel to provide a finished appearance. |
| US10327547B1 |
Case with stopping device
A case includes a shell, a sliding member, and an operating member. The shell defines a through hole. The sliding member includes an abutting portion. The operating member is rotatably fixed to the shell and slidably connected to the sliding member. The operating member rotates in a first direction to drive the sliding member to slide in a second direction and the abutting portion abuts the stopping portion to be pushed out of the through hole. The operating member rotates in a direction opposite to the first direction to drive the sliding member to slide in a direction opposite to the second direction and the stopping portion moves into the through hole. |
| US10327546B2 |
Rotatable and configurable storage tree
A storage tree, including a rotatable base, a center post attached to a center portion of the base, a plurality of outer posts attached to the base at outer portions of the base, and a plurality of panels disposed between each of the plurality of outer posts and the center post. |
| US10327542B2 |
Frame structure for a table
The invention relates to a frame for supporting a top of a table or desk at a working height, said frame being designed for fastening legs. The frame comprises at least two profiled bodies that can be connected to each other via at least two brackets (10, 12), said brackets (10, 12) being designed to extend over or around edges of the profiled bodies. |
| US10327540B2 |
Mobile toothbrush holder
An effective assembly for a toothbrush holder is achieved by applying a biasing member's force to cause two portions of an enclosure, each receiving one of two rollers. In this way, the biasing action can be used both for the roller action as well as for keeping the enclosure closed around the toothbrush head. |
| US10327534B2 |
Display rack for shades of nail varnish
The invention relates to a display rack for shades of nail varnish, comprising a support and colored tabs which are mounted on the support in a mobile manner, independently from each other. |
| US10327530B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods including a swirl shake weight
A multi-phase cosmetic composition mixing pack for mixing immiscible components of a multi-phase cosmetic composition such that they are temporarily miscible includes a container for holding the multi-phase cosmetic composition that has a first open end and a container longitudinal axis, and a mixing element disposed within the container and configured to be actuated for mixing immiscible components of the multi-phase cosmetic composition such that they are temporarily miscible, wherein the mixing element is limited to movement substantially along the container longitudinal axis when actuated. |
| US10327527B1 |
Perfect bag plus
The invention of the Perfect Bag Plus evolved from a void in the beauty and fashion industries. The Perfect Bag Plus is the fusion of a common accessory, a handbag enclosed with the contents of makeup, cosmetic applicators and a detachable lighted mirror all in one. It creates the perfect portable vanity by providing a detachable lighted mirror that when illuminated with led lights, it produces optimum visibility for clear, accurate and even application or removal of makeup. The Perfect Bag Plus can be made in multiple various handbag styles and is easy to maintain. |
| US10327525B2 |
Multifunctional card holder
The present disclosure provides example multifunctional card holders as well as systems and methods for manufacturing the same. An example multifunctional card holder may comprise: a transparent screen that is attached to a back piece, a spring inside a card holding space between the transparent screen and the back piece, the back piece; and a clip attached to the back piece outside the card holing space. The spring is of a curvy shape with two ends connecting to the back piece so as to hold one or more cards inside the card holding space by pushing one or more cards against the transparent screen. The clip includes a clip opening configured to be mechanically connected to an item of a user. The clip may also serve as a cash clip with a clip arm holding one or more cash bills against the back piece. |
| US10327523B2 |
Collapsible luggage
A collapsible luggage includes a rigid base, a plurality of wheel members, a flexible body, and a telescopic rod unit. The rigid base defines a receiving space. The flexible body includes two side segments and opposite front and rear segments. The telescopic rod unit is disposed on one of the side segments of the flexible body, and is pivotable relative to the base between an unfolded position, where the flexible body is expanded so that the flexible body and the base cooperatively define an accommodating space, and a folded position, where the flexible body is collapsed, and the telescopic rod unit and the flexible body are received in the receiving space. |
| US10327522B2 |
Bag expanding assembly
An assembly structured to maintain a bag in an expanded orientation when inserted therein and when the bag is not in use. A base is formed from a compressible, expandable, substantially cushioning material including inner and outer surfaces having connectors disposed thereon. The base includes at least one primary section and one or more secondary sections, respectively comprising a plurality of primary segments and secondary segments. Longitudinal and transverse fold lines extend between and interconnect adjacent ones of the primary and secondary segments and facilitate the selective disposition of the base into any one of a plurality of folded, operative orientations, which substantially correspond to the configuration of the bag in which the basis inserted. The removable attachment of correspondingly positionable connectors at least partially determine, which of the plurality of folded, operative orientations the base will assume. |
| US10327516B2 |
Web-adjustment housing for a buckle assembly
A web-adjustment housing of a buckle member may include a receiving crossbar, a securing crossbar, and a strut. The receiving crossbar may include a ledge that extends in a first direction at a first angle with respect to a plane that contains or is parallel to a longitudinal axis, and first retaining members configured to securely engage webbing. The securing crossbar may include a surface that extends in a second direction at a second angle with respect to the plane, and second retaining members extending from the surface configured to securely engage the webbing. A receiving channel may be defined between the receiving crossbar and the securing crossbar. A release channel may be defined between the securing crossbar and the strut. The receiving channel and the release channel may define at least a portion of a web channel configured to adjustably retain the webbing. |
| US10327515B2 |
Footwear with compressible fluid-filled chamber
Articles of footwear have an upper and a sole structure. The upper includes an adjustment system having a base element, a fluid-filled chamber, an adjusting element, an anchoring element, and a tensile strand. The adjusting element is positioned outward from the fluid-filled chamber. The anchoring element is secured to the base element and is spaced from the adjusting element. The tensile strand extends between the adjusting element and the anchoring element. The adjusting element is operable to change a tension placed upon the tensile strand. |
| US10327512B2 |
Shoe insert
A footwear insert comprising an insert member, the insert member comprising a first surface and a second surface, the first surface opposing the second surface, the first surface comprising a releasable attachment for an internal portion of footwear and the second surface comprising a releasable attachment for a foot. The insert may be a heel insert. There is also provided a kit comprising: a) a first insert member; and b) two or more second insert members, and a kit comprising two or more second insert members. The presence of a second surface with a releasable attachment to the foot means that the foot is indirectly attached to the inside of the footwear via the insert member and its attachment to the footwear. This impedes the foot slipping from the footwear and prevents movement of the foot against the insert member. |
| US10327510B2 |
Surgical shoe for receiving an orthotic insert
A surgical shoe for receiving an orthotic insert is disclosed. The surgical shoe includes a shoe element configured to be worn on a wearer's foot. The shoe element includes a lower section and an upper section. The lower section is configured to be positioned below a wearer's foot, and the upper section is configured to couple the lower section to a wearer's foot. A looped body is configured to be positioned within the surgical shoe and to surround a circumference of an orthotic insert. A first attaching element couples a first surface of the looped body to an upward facing surface of the lower section. A second attaching element is configured to couple a second surface of the looped body to the upward facing surface. A third attaching element is configured to couple an orthotic insert to the upward facing surface of lower section of the shoe element. |
| US10327506B2 |
Article with overlay secured to bladder element over image and method of manufacturing the article
A method of manufacturing an article includes forming a fluid-filled bladder element from polymeric material. The method further includes securing an overlay to the polymeric material. At least one portion of the overlay is substantially transparent, and an image on one of the fluid-filled bladder element and the overlay is aligned with and exposed to view through the at least one portion of the overlay that is substantially transparent. The fluid-filled bladder element is assembled in the article so that a first portion of the fluid-filled bladder element and the image are exposed to view, and a second portion of the fluid-filled bladder element is blocked from view by the article. An article includes the fluid-filled bladder element with the image, and with the overlay secured to the fluid-filled bladder element. |
| US10327502B2 |
Systems and methods for generating orthotic device models using simulated patient anatomy
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating orthotic device models using simulated patient anatomy. In one implementation, a method comprises receiving images of a body part of a patient; deriving physical measurements from the images; generating anatomy model data of the body part using the physical measurements; and generating orthotic model data based on the anatomy model data, the orthotic model data being representative of an orthotic device. |
| US10327497B1 |
Helmet-mounted radio assembly with extended controls
The present invention is a helmet-mounted radio assembly with extended controls. In the helmet-mounted radio assembly, a radio device is removably mounted on a helmet. The radio device includes extensions connected to the microchips for controlling various functions thereof. The extensions extend outside of a body of the radio device, and control dials are provided at distal end of the extensions. Thus, a user can have extended controls ergonomically located within easy reach thereof for controlling the regular functions, like volume control, changing channel frequency, or switching on/off the radio device. The helmet-mounted radio assembly utilizes reliable mounting arrangement, such as use of band and clips, screws or other suitable mounting member for removably mounting the radio device to the helmet. |
| US10327496B2 |
Helmet with varying shock absorption
A helmet including a body, an outer shell having an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of shock absorbers, the shock absorbers being positioned internal of the outer shell. A first set of shock absorbers has a first shock absorption characteristic and a second set of shock absorbers has a second shock absorption characteristic, the second shock absorption characteristic being different than the first shock absorption characteristic. |
| US10327493B2 |
Wig head wrap
A wig head wrap retains a wig in place on the head, and enables manipulation of the wig prior to mounting on the head. The wig head wrap includes a cap that encapsulates the head and hair while also accommodating an overlaying wig. The cap molds and fits closely on the head and hair of a person or doll. The wig fastens to the cap through sewing or adhesion. The wig may be manipulated to a desired fashion prior to the cap being fitted on the head. A pouch adjacently joins the cap. The pouch retains superfluous hair extending beyond the head, like a ponytail. The pouch can be adjusted towards the back of the head or at the top of the head to form a bun. A wig restraining cable retains the wig on the cap. A cap restraining cable helps retain the cap on the head. |
| US10327488B2 |
Race bib protective pocket
A protective pocket is provided for a substantially two-dimensional object, such as a race bib. The protective pocket includes cooperating first and second lightweight fabrics, and an opening for receiving the object. The first fabric may be an item of a race participant's apparel or a backing that itself is attached to such an apparel item. The second fabric may be a mesh member having spaced apertures through which the object is visible and exposed to elements. The first and second fabrics may be removeably secured to one another. The protective pocket is configured to maintain the object in a substantially vertical planar orientation, and thereby in an “upright” position, such that it that is (a) substantially parallel to the plane defined by the adjacent surface of the race participant's apparel item, and (b) substantially parallel to the plane defined by the adjacent body part of the race participant (e.g., a torso or leg). This positioning also improves the visibility of the indicia printed on the object through the mesh member. Methods of providing a memento from a competitive athletic event using the protective pockets are also disclosed herein. |
| US10327485B2 |
Flexible supported glove structures
Glove structures may include front and back portions. A knuckle support assembly may be attached to the back portion. The knuckle support assembly may include a knuckle support member having at least one cutout coincident with at least one metacarpophalangeal joint and a flexible member extending across the at least one cutout. The knuckle support member may have a greater flexural stiffness than the back portion. The material of the knuckle support member may be more elastically stretchable than the material of the back portion. The material of the flexible member may be more elastically stretchable than the material of the back portion. The knuckle support member may be molded to the flexible member. Alternatively, the knuckle support member and the flexible member may be fuse bonded to one another. Methods for making such glove structures are also provided. |
| US10327484B2 |
Athletic garment with interchangeable ventilated sleeves
An adaptable garment includes a garment body and right and left removable sleeves, attached to right and left partial upper peripheries of respectively right and left arm openings. The right and left removable sleeves can be attached with zippers or hook and loop fasteners. The adaptable garment can be an adaptable leotard. An adaptable garment system includes a garment body and a plurality of removable sleeve pairs, which can include a pair of short sleeves and a pair of long sleeves. |
| US10327483B2 |
Extender for an outerwear
An extender for an outerwear is described. The extender includes a first section and a second section. The first section provides a tapered first side and a substantially straight second side. The second section provides a tapered first side and a substantially straight second side. The extender also includes a fastening arrangement adapted to removably secure the second side of the first section to the second side of the second section. The extender also includes an anchoring arrangement arranged on the first side of the first section and the first side of the second section. The anchoring arrangement is adapted to removably secure the first section and the second section to first and second seams of the outerwear. |
| US10327479B2 |
System and method for an improved personal vapourization device
A vape device system including a payload reservoir that is identified by a payload identifier and that is configured to hold a substance for atomization. A processor is configured to determine an operational setting based on at least one of the payload identifier and a secondary data, which may include user information, prescription information, location information, payload information, historical vape device usage information, and historical payload reservoir information. A vape device system, and method of using the same, that includes a vape device and a computing device that includes the processor. A method of controlling a vape device including determining an operational setting of the vape device based on the payload identifier and/or secondary data. The operational settings may include a duty cycle setting, a temperature setting, an operational time duration, a dosage setting, and a security setting. |
| US10327475B2 |
Continuous mode heater assembly for aerosol-generating system
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a heater element; a reservoir including aerosol-generating liquid; and a condenser configured to condense excess vapors generated in the heater assembly, such that condensate is at least partially conveyed back into the reservoir. A method of manufacturing a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is also provided. |
| US10327472B2 |
Pre-vaporization formulation for controlling acidity in an e-vaping device
A pre-vaporization formulation for an e-vaping device includes a vapor former, optionally water, nicotine, nicotine bitartrate and an acid. The pH of the pre-vaporization formulation is between about 4 and about 6. The acid can include one or more of pyruvic acid, formic acid, oxalic acid, glycolic acid, acetic acid, isovaleric acid, valeric acid, propionic acid, octanoic acid, lactic acid, sorbic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, succinic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, oleic acid, aconitic acid, butyric acid, cinnamic acid, decanoic acid, 3,7-diemthyl-6-octenoic acid, 1-glutamic acid, heptanoic acid, hexanoic acid, 3-hexenoic acid, trans-2-hexenoic acid, isobutyric acid, lauric acid, 2-methylbutyric acid, 2-methylvaleric acid, myristic acid, nonanoic acid, palmitic acid, 4-pentenoic acid, phenylacetic acid, 3-phenylpropionic acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid. |
| US10327471B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette has a conduit arranged in a atomizing stem, the conduit has a first segment and a second segment in communication with the first segment, the first segment has a wider inner space than the inner space of the second segment; a storage chamber is outside and surrounds the conduit; and a heating device arranged inside the inner space of the first segment of the conduit for atomizing an atomizable material coming from the storage chamber. |
| US10327469B2 |
Smoking article with flow restrictor adapted to promote filter degradation
A smoking article comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component. The filter component comprises a first filter segment of filtration material having a diameter measured perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the filter, and a flow restrictor embedded in the filter segment. At least one cross sectional dimension of the flow restrictor, measured in a transverse direction of the filter segment, is at least about 50 percent of the diameter of the filter segment. The flow restrictor is made from an air-impermeable, non-compressible and water-soluble or water-dissolvable material. Further, the flow restrictor comprises a composition that promotes degradation of the filtration material. |
| US10327464B2 |
Methods and compositions for affecting the flavor and aroma profile of consumables
This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products. |
| US10327461B2 |
Food thickening agent, method for producing food thickening agent
The disclosed invention provides a food and water thickener and a method for preparing the food and water thickener. The food thickener may comprise pretreated mineral water, xanthan, food preservative, and a chelating agent. The invention can be suitable for providing nutrition to patients with dysphagia. |
| US10327458B2 |
Memorial item for human remains
A memorial item is provided which comprises a mixture of animal feed and cremated human remains in the form of ashes. The mixture is edible to animals, and is intended to allow a deceased to return to nature in a natural manner. The memorial feed item may be formed as a block for feed items such as a bird feeder or mineral lick, or may be pelletized for other animal feed. |
| US10327452B2 |
Preparation and composition of medium chain triglycerides containing substantial amount of lauric acid
The present invention pertains to an efficient and large-scale process to produce a medium-chain triglyceride composition with >95% content for C8 (caprylic acid), C10 (capric acid) and C12 (lauric acid), with the content of lauric acid at about 5% or more. The process involves fractionation of fatty acid methyl esters, which are mainly derived from coconut or palm kernel, their esterification to glycerol to synthesize medium-chain triglycerides, and refining them to significantly increase purity and make them fit for human consumption. Such composition can have important uses in food and its preparation, health supplements, cosmetics, and medicine, among others. |
| US10327449B2 |
Alpha-amylase variants
A variant polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, wherein the variant has an amino acid sequence which, when aligned with the alpha-amylase comprising the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, comprises at least one substitution of an amino acid residue. Such a variant polypeptide may be used in the preparation of a baked product. |
| US10327447B2 |
Phosphonate functional antimicrobial coatings for metal surfaces
The invention relates to quaternary ammonium multi-dentate mono-, bis-, tris- and tetrakis-phosphonate compounds, processes for preparing quaternary ammonium multi-dentate mono-, bis-, tris- and tetrakis-phosphonate compounds, antimicrobial coating compositions comprising quaternary ammonium multi-dentate mono-, bis-, tris- and tetrakis-phosphonate compounds and method of treating a surface with said compositions to provide a durable, antimicrobial-treated surface. |
| US10327443B2 |
Systems for monitoring and applying electrical currents in an organ perfusion system
Electrode systems have been developed for use in perfusion systems to measure the electrical activity of an explanted heart and to provide defibrillation energy as necessary. The perfusion systems maintain the heart in a heating state at, or near, normal physiological conditions; circulating oxygenated, nutrient enriched perfusion fluid to the heart at or near physiological temperature, pressure and flow rate. These systems include a pair of electrodes that are placed epicardially on the right atrium and left ventricle of the explanted heart, as well as an electrode placed in the aortic blood path. |
| US10327436B2 |
Potted plant guard
A potted plant guard for protecting a pot from rodents that includes: a frame, wherein the frame creates an outer perimeter of the potted plant guard; a grid within the frame, where the grid includes a plurality grid member; a group of removable grid members within the plurality of grid members; a group of permanent grid members within the plurality of grid members; and a plurality of openings along the frame, wherein the openings are adapted to receive the removable grid members. The frame is preferably circular in shape. |
| US10327434B1 |
Remotely operable latch for a pulley-type endless halyard
A remotely operable latch for a pulley-type endless halyard has a traveller, a tubular hollow dock for receiving and latching onto the traveller, a fishing-line release clip conjoined to the traveller, proximal pulley tackle mounted to a boat, distal pulley tackle conjoined with the dock and mounted to an outrigger spar, and an elongated halyard. The halyard has a distal end connected to the traveller, and a proximal end threaded through the dock, around the distal pulley, and then again around the proximal pulley, and connected to the fishing-line release clip. The traveller has a sidewall formed with a heart-shaped groove and the dock has an inside sidewall provided with an tone arm elongated between a pivotal base and a stylus for tracing the groove in the traveller, wherein the traveller latches in the dock when the stylus is caught in the cleavage of the heart-shaped groove. |
| US10327428B2 |
Fishing lure
A fishing lure includes a fish-shaped body in a shape of fish and a tail-fin member provided to a rear end of the fish-shaped body. An eye member to which a fishing line is tied is provided to a front end of the fish-shaped body. A lip member is provided at a front part of the fish-shaped body. The tail-fin member is horizontally provided to the fish-shaped body. It is preferable that the tail-fin member be attached to a rear end of the fish-shaped body so as to be freely swingable within a predetermined angle range about an axis extending in a front-rear direction. |
| US10327427B2 |
Fishing lure including line eyelet providing improved lure movement
A fishing lure for use in water includes a lure body, a mover assembly and a first line eyelet. The lure body includes a first side and an opposed second side. The first side includes a first side surface and the second side includes a second side surface. The first side surface and the second side surface meet at a surface centerline, with the first side surface and the second side surface being substantially symmetrical relative to the surface centerline. The mover assembly includes a mover that is configured to move the lure body through the water. The first line eyelet is secured to the lure body. The first line eyelet is positioned away from the surface centerline. The fishing lure can further include a plurality of line eyelets, i.e., a second, a third, etc., positioned on the first side surface, the second side surface, and/or the surface centerline. |
| US10327425B2 |
Indexing system for an in ovo injection apparatus, and associated method
An indexing system for an in ovo injection apparatus is provided. Such an indexing system provides a positioning scheme for an egg carrier carrying a plurality of avian eggs to an injection assembly for injection thereof. The indexing system includes an initial stop provided to abut the trailing end of the egg carrier to form a first egg carrier position such that a first subset of the plurality of avian eggs is injected. An intermediate stop is provided to abut the trailing end of the egg carrier to form a second egg carrier position such that a second subset of the plurality of avian eggs is injected. An associated method is also provided. |
| US10327424B2 |
Device and method for managing bird populations
The system for managing bird populations includes a drone; a disruptor comprising an extension arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being operatively coupled with the drone, and the distal end comprising a tool portion, where the tool portion comprises a piercing element constructed for engagement with one or more eggs in a nest; and a remote control system. The remote control system may comprise one or more remote control units and a monitor. |
| US10327422B2 |
Dog leash clip
A clip composed of two similar hooks, pivoting around a common axis, and facing each other. Hooks are biased toward each other around the common pivot by a torsion spring. The two hooks form a loop that retains a dog collar D ring. The tips of the hooks overlap each other, allowing each hook to carry half the load. Finger pads are positioned opposite the hooks, such that when pressure is applied to the finger pads, the hooks are separated, and an ejector tab forces the dog collar D ring into the opening between the hooks, releasing the dog collar D ring. This clip is cold temperature tolerant. |
| US10327417B2 |
Static electricity discharging pet bed
A static electricity discharging pet bed has a foam-like cushion pad, an inner cover fabricated of waterproof, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-urine material. An outer cover encompasses the inner cover. The outer cover is fabricated of an electrical conductive material designed to conduct static electricity from the pet bed through an electrical conductive conductor, to an electrical conductive ground wire, and then to a ground only plug connected to a grounded electrical outlet. The result is that when a dog or like furry pet is positioned on the pet bed, static electricity affecting the animal is drained to electrical ground. In this same manner, an “Earthing” effect provides a number of healthful benefits to the pet as well. |
| US10327416B1 |
Crowding tub apparatus, system and method
A crowding tub apparatus, system and method is described. A crowding tub includes three gates pivotably coupled to a rounded frame, wherein each of the three gates pivot in linked sequence towards an animal exit. A crowding tub includes a first gate coupled to a center post of the frame and rotatable between a first radial side and a second radial side of the frame, the second radial side having an animal exit, wherein the animal exit extends between a door post and a gate post, a second gate rotatably coupled to the second radial side between the gate post and the center post, and a third gate rotatably coupled to the gate post, wherein the three gates are coupled in linked sequence such that rotating the first gate towards the second radial side rotates the second and third gates to obstruct the animal exit. |
| US10327414B2 |
System and method for controlling the position of a robot carriage based on the position of a milking stall of an adjacent rotary milking platform
A system for controlling the position of a robot carriage includes a linear carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage positioned on the carriage track such that the robot carriage may move along the carriage track, and a controller. The controller determines a rotational movement of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform, and determines a linear movement of the robot carriage on the carriage track corresponding to the rotational movement of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The controller further communicates a signal to a carriage actuator coupled to the robot carriage and the carriage track. The signal causes the carriage actuator to move the robot carriage along the carriage track according to the determined linear movement as the rotary milking platform rotates. |
| US10327406B1 |
Hybrid corn variety 96826568
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 96826568. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 96826568, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 96826568 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 96826568. |
| US10327405B1 |
Maize inbred PH40WC
A novel maize variety designated PH40WC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH40WC with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH40WC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH40WC or a locus conversion of PH40WC with another maize variety. |
| US10327404B1 |
Sorghum inbred PH1699FW
A novel sorghum variety designated PH1699FW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety PH1699FW with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety PH1699FW with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1699FW include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety PH1699FW or a locus conversion of PH1699FW with another sorghum variety are disclosed. |
| US10327402B1 |
Maize hybrid X00M480
A novel maize variety designated X00M480 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00M480 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00M480 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00M480, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00M480 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00M480 and methods of using maize variety X00M480 are disclosed. |
| US10327400B2 |
Methods for identifying crosses for use in plant breeding
Exemplary methods for use in identifying crosses for use in plant breeding are disclosed. One exemplary method includes selecting a subgroup of potential crosses, based on thresholds associated with population prediction scores for the set of potential crosses. The exemplary method further includes selecting multiple target crosses from the subgroup of potential crosses based on a genetic relatedness of the parents in the subgroup of potential crosses, filtering the target crosses based on a rule (or rules) defining a threshold (or thresholds) for at least one characteristic and/or trait, selecting ones of the filtered target crosses based on risk associated with the selected one of the filtered target crosses, and directing the selected ones of the filtered target crosses into a breeding pipeline, thereby providing crosses to the breeding pipeline based, at least in part, on commercial success of parents included in the selected ones of the filtered crosses. |
| US10327396B2 |
Emitter, and drip irrigation tube
This emitter (120) includes a channel which spans to a recessed section (252), from an intake path (221) for receiving an irrigation liquid inside a tube. The channel includes an aperture (243) which is closed by a lid (244) disposed so as to not be in contact with a film (300). A groove is formed at the periphery of the aperture (243). When the film (300) is pressed as a result of the pressure of the irrigation liquid inside the tube, and the lid (244) closes the aperture (243), the flow rate of the irrigation liquid inside the emitter (120) is controlled so as to be the amount capable of passing through the groove. This flow-rate control continues until the pressure difference in the channel between a side upstream with respect to the lid (244) and a side downstream with respect to the lid (244) has been sufficiently reduced. |
| US10327395B2 |
Head for harvesting of trees and vehicle provided with the improved head
The invention relates to an improved head for harvesting of trees. In particular, the head according to the invention is an improvement of a head for harvesting of trees as disclosed in European Patent EP2515628, which state of art is hereby incorporated by reference. In the known head, the balance between the saw pressure and the saw speed is controlled by the oil pressure at the inlet port of the hydraulic motor. This has the drawback that the saw pressure is depending on the saw speed. It is the aim of the invention to provide an improved head for harvesting trees, wherein the saw pressure is constant and independent of the saw speed. |
| US10327391B2 |
Pruning shears having both tree branch hanger and shock-absorbing functions
The present invention relates to pruning shears, and is intended to cut off branches and stems of landscape trees, fruit trees, etc. while minimizing slips, etc. occurring during pruning when the branches or stems have large diameters or are stiff, to alleviate impacts applied to a hand of an operator particularly at the moment when thick branches or stems are cut off, and to be conveniently hung on a tree branch during work. Furthermore, the pruning shears have a rotating portable saw accommodation means configured to cut off a tree branch or stem outside the cutting range of the pruning shears. |
| US10327390B2 |
Food storage system
A food storage system for enhancing freshness of a perishable food item includes a bowl that is positioned on a support surface. A plate is provided and the plate is selectively positioned in the bowl. The plate is perforated to pass air between the plate and the bowl. A food item is selectively positioned on the plate thereby facilitating the food item to be kept dry. In this way the plate inhibits the food item from rotting and the plate enhances freshness of the food item. |
| US10327387B2 |
Spread roll cap system
An end cap for a spreader roll has a base portion and a pin portion, wherein the pin portion inserts into a bearing mechanism to allow the material spread roll to rotate. The base portion includes a mechanism to prevent wrapping material stretched by the material spread roll from reaching the bearing mechanism. |
| US10327383B2 |
Mid-mount mower with power transmission coupling
A mid-mount mower has a mower unit mounted under a vehicle body between front wheels and rear wheels. The mower includes a lift link mechanism having a front link and a rear link, an intermediate structure interconnecting one end of the front link and one end of the rear link via a pivot axis, a blade housing having an engaged portion engageable with an engaging potion of the intermediate structure and a guide face configured to guide the engaging portion ad the engaged portion to an engaging position so as to establish connection between the blade housing placed on a ground surface and the intermediate structure in association with a movement of the vehicle body in a front/rear direction. |
| US10327382B2 |
Device for removing vines from sweet potato and the like
A vine removal device comprises a frame and a pair of spaced-apart vine agitators movably carried by the frame so as to form a vine-feeding maw or throat between the vine agitators. A driven vine-cutter is movably carried by the frame and driven relative to the frame, and is disposed in registration with the maw to receive and cut vines fed into the maw by the vine agitators. One or more drive mechanisms are drivingly coupled to the vine-cutter and the vine agitators to drive the vine-cutter and the vine agitators. The vine agitators capture the vines and feed them into the maw, where the vines are cut into mulch by the vine-cutter. A vine removal implement may comprise a plurality of the vine removal devices arranged in side-by-side relation to traverse along a series of sweet potato rows. |
| US10327381B2 |
Line-type trimmer head with manual replacement of the line without opening
A line(F)-type trimmer head (1) is described, configured to rotate around a rotation axis (A-A) and comprising a housing (3) composed of at least one first housing portion (5) and one second housing portion (7), which can be torsionally and axially coupled to one another and which form a volume for a stock of cutting line (F). The second housing portion comprises at least one first passage (31), transverse with respect to the rotation axis of the trimmer head, with a first end and a second end configured and arranged so as to be positioned in correspondence of the two exit holes (9) for the cutting line, so that a cutting line can be inserted through one exit hole and extracted from the other exit hole, passing along the first transverse passage. |
| US10327378B2 |
Agricultural product delivery system
An agricultural delivery system allows for the selective delivery of agricultural product (e.g., seeds or fertilizer) along one or more paths to row units according to a real-time location determined for the delivery system. The delivery system may include: a rotating drum configured to separate individual product for depositing along paths to row units; a sectional control system which may include wheels or gates for selectively cutting off product in the paths; and a controller in communication with a positioning system and the sectional control system. In operation, as the delivery system moves through a field, the controller may continuously determine a location for the delivery system. The controller may then operate to adjust individual product delivery, via the sectional control system, according to the location. |
| US10327375B1 |
Side folding toolbar for chemical applicator
A folding toolbar for an agricultural implement. A unitary flex hinge structure connects adjacent sections of the toolbar and provides a dual pivoting function. The flex hinge pivots about a first pin connected to a first section and is in pivotal connection about a second pin connected to a second section, the first and second pins defining axes that are orthogonal to each other. The unitary flex hinge further includes a lug plate that defines a mid plane along which a force may be applied. The mid plane and the axis of the first pin may be coplanar to reduce bending moments about the flex hinge relative to conventional arrangements where the axis of a hinge pin is offset relative to the plane in which the force is applied. The first pin may be mounted to a hinge mount that is mounted to lug plate for a compact design. |
| US10327371B2 |
Crabgrass and weed EXtracTOR drill bit
A drill attachment for removing weeds and the like from the ground, which has a body with a shaft protruding from the center and at least two prongs protruding from the opposite side of the body. The free end of the shaft is placed into the chuck of an electric drill, and the prongs are forced into the ground around a weed. The user operates the drill, thus spinning the prongs around the weed. The prongs entangle the weed's roots and bore a small hole in the ground, allowing the user to easily remove the weed. The prongs are then placed into the ground close to the hole, and the drill is slowly operated, thus refilling the hole. The device has a plurality of edges and corners that allow the operator to shear weeds and the like that become entangled on it. |
| US10334770B2 |
Component holding state detection method and component mounting machine
A component mounting machine includes a part camera in which a suction nozzle for sucking a component P and a fiducial mark are provided on a head, a sub-lens is installed in a visual field of a lens, the component is imaged through a main lens, and it is possible to image the fiducial mark through the lens and the sub-lens. Distortion correction values of the main lens portion are measured, distortion correction values of the sub-lens portion are measured, and the distortion correction values are stored in advance as a distortion correction table. During component mounting, when the component P which is sucked by the suction nozzle and the fiducial mark are imaged at the same time by the part camera, the obtained image is corrected using the distortion correction table, and a suction state of the component P is detected based on the corrected image. |
| US10334766B2 |
Shield structure
A shield structure includes a shield bracket, a shield cover, and a shield layer. The shield cover is formed with openings. The shield layer is spliced with the shield cover through a conductive tape layer and covers all openings. The shield cover is formed with openings and a light shield layer is spliced with the shield cover and covers the openings, greatly reducing the weight of the shield cover while ensuring the shielding effect, without compressing space for other elements. The shield layer is thin, capable of lowering down the shield, dissipating heat effectively, reducing the temperature of the whole machine and providing a good environment for the operation of the whole machine, without affecting the shielding effect; and the conductive tape layer is spliced with the shield layer, thus allowing multiple assembling without damaging the whole structure, and facilitating subsequent repair. |
| US10334761B2 |
Method of venting heated air from electronic equipment enclosure
An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion. |
| US10334760B1 |
System and method for helical cooling tower for efficient cooling
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for realizing more efficient cooling for a set of computing components that may be operating as a part of a server farm in a helical structure of computing components. Arranging a rack of computing components in a helical pattern situated about a central axis member allows for helical and/or vortical air flow throughout the helical stack of racks. The airflow may be enhanced using large fans as part of an exhaust system located above the exhaust vents or situated below each stack of racks of computing components thereby increasing air flow across all computing components and dissipating heat at a faster rate. |
| US10334755B2 |
Liquid cooling of electronic devices
A liquid cooling system for cooling an electronic device comprising a chip or a chip package comprising a chip is described. The liquid cooling system comprises an inlet plenum comprising a coolant feeding channel oriented substantially parallel with the plane of a main surface to be cooled of the chip and a plurality of inlet cooling channels fluidically connected to the coolant feeding channel and arranged vertically for impinging a liquid coolant directly on said main surface of the chip. The vertically oriented inlet cooling channels are substantially parallel to vertically oriented outlet cooling channels and are separated by a thermally isolating material. The liquid cooling system further comprises at least one cavity wherein a plurality of inlet and outlet cooling channels end. The cavity is arranged for allowing interaction between the liquid coolant and the main surface of the chip and thus comprises a heat transfer region. |
| US10334754B2 |
Heat dissipation device
A heat dissipation device including a mounting seat, a fan hung on the mounting seat and a frame connected with the fan is provided. The fan has an air outlet and an air inlet opposite to the air outlet, the air inlet is disposed facing to the mounting seat, the frame is arranged surrounding the air inlet and clamped between the mounting seat and the air inlet. Thereby, a back flowing hot airflow is prevented from being sucked into the air inlet. |
| US10334753B2 |
Information handling system with increased air velocity to cool internal components
An information handling system includes a component portion and a cooling portion. The component portion includes one or more components of the information handling system. The cooling portion includes a cooling fan and a baffle. The cooling fan provides air flow to the components. The baffle being movable between a first position and a second position to change an area available for the air flow to the components. The baffle is in the first position in response to only a first one of the components being located within the component portion, and the baffle is in the second position in response to both the first component and a second one of the components being located within the component portion. |
| US10334750B2 |
Flexible frame and flexible display unit having the same
A flexible frame for an electronic device is disclosed, the frame including a flexible portion located between a first rigid portion and a second rigid portion and configured to permit the frame to be bent, wherein the flexible portion includes a first region including a first plurality of holes having a first size, and a second region including a second plurality of holes having a second size, wherein the first size is greater than the second size, the first region is positioned closer to a center axis of the flexible frame than the second region, and an area of the first plurality of holes within a portion of the first region having a particular area is greater than an area of the second plurality of holes within a portion of the second region having the same particular area. |
| US10334748B1 |
Top-mount cable management structure(s) for an electronics rack
Top-mount cable management structures are provided to mount to an upper surface of an electronics rack, over a cable pass-through in the upper surface. The cable management structure includes a base structure to mount to the upper surface of the rack, and reside over the cable pass-through. The base structure includes a sidewall with at least one cable opening to allow one or more cables which pass-through the cable pass-through to also pass-through the sidewall of the base structure. A cover structure is provided mounted to the base structure. The base and cover structures together define a substantially enclosed housing disposed over the cable pass-through when the cable management structure is operatively positioned over the upper surface of the electronics rack and the one or more cables pass-through the at least one cable opening in the sidewall of the base structure. |
| US10334743B2 |
Substrate unit and substrate assembly, and camera module using same
The present invention relates to a substrate unit and a substrate assembly, and a camera module using the same. The present invention may comprise: a first substrate part having rigidity; a second substrate part stacked on one surface of the first substrate part and having flexibility; a third substrate part extending outwardly from the second substrate part and having flexibility; and a reinforcing part which is disposed at a portion where the edge portions of the first substrate part and the third substrate part meet, the reinforcing part having a recessed portion which is formed by recessing the first substrate part inwardly so as to prevent interference between the first substrate part and the third substrate part. The present invention is capable of resolving the interference between a rigid PCB and a flexible PCB and the tearing thereof by providing a reinforcing part in a connection portion of the rigid PCB and the flexible PCB. |
| US10334742B2 |
Method of manufacturing an electric device based on glass substrate
Provided is a method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method including: preparing first mother glass and second mother glass; forming, on the first mother glass, a plurality of device cells partially connected to the first mother glass through a plurality of first separating portions; patterning a device circuit on each of the plurality of device cells; forming, on the second mother glass, a plurality of cover cells partially connected to the second mother glass through a plurality of second separating portions; forming a plurality of electronic devices by laminating the first mother glass and the second mother glass together such that the plurality of device cells are respectively aligned to the plurality of cover cells; and separating the plurality of electronic devices from the first mother glass and the second mother glass by cutting the plurality of first separating portions and the plurality of second separating portions. |
| US10334737B2 |
Flexible display device and manufacturing method thereof
A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate that includes a first side; a display unit disposed in a first region of the first side and that includes a plurality of pixels; and a pad portion disposed in a second region of the first side and that includes a plurality of pad electrodes. The flexible substrate includes a stepwise recess portion disposed along an edge of the first side on which end portions of the pad electrodes are provided. |
| US10334735B2 |
LED lighting systems and methods
Embodiments of the invention include LED lighting systems and methods. For example, in some embodiments, an LED lighting system is included. The LED lighting system can include a flexible layered circuit structure that can include a top thermally conductive layer, a middle electrically insulating layer, a bottom thermally conductive layer, and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the top layer. The LED lighting system can further include a housing substrate and a mounting structure. The mounting structure can be configured to suspend the layered circuit structure above the housing substrate with an air gap disposed in between the bottom thermally conductive layer of the flexible layered circuit structure and the housing substrate. The distance between the layered circuit structure and the support layer can be at least about 0.5 mm. Other embodiments are also included herein. |
| US10334734B2 |
Circuit assembly and electrical junction box
A circuit assembly includes a circuit board provided with a connection opening, a plurality of busbars provided on a back surface of the circuit board, an electronic component provided with connection terminals that are soldered to the corresponding busbar exposed through the connection opening, and a solder restricting layer that is provided between the circuit board and the plurality of busbars and includes a pattern surrounding a soldering region of the busbar to which the connection terminals are soldered. |
| US10334733B2 |
Circuit structure
Provided is a circuit structure in which the occurrence of wiring line breakage due to deformation of a resin molded body is suppressed. A circuit structure (1) includes an electronic component (3) having an electrode (31, 32), a resin molded body (2) in which the electronic component (3) is embedded, and a wiring line (41, 42) connected to the electrode (31, 32). A groove (21) is formed around the electronic component (3) in the resin molded body (2), and the wiring line (41, 42) is provided so as to extend into the groove (21). |
| US10334732B2 |
Area-efficient connections to SIP modules
Connectors that allow system-in-package modules to connect to other circuits in an electronic device in an area-efficient manner. |
| US10334730B2 |
Color-changeable capacitor package structure and color-changeable capacitor casing structure thereof, and circuit board assembly
The instant disclosure provides a color-changeable capacitor package structure and a color-changeable capacitor casing structure thereof, and a circuit board assembly. The color-changeable capacitor casing structure includes a metal casing, a first covering layer and a second covering layer. The metal casing has an outer surface and an inner surface, and the metal casing has a receiving space for receiving a capacitor. The first covering layer is formed on the outer surface of the metal casing, the second covering layer is formed on the first covering layer, and one of the first covering layer and the second covering layer is a thermochromic layer for showing a color that is changeable according to temperature variation. |
| US10334725B1 |
Adhesive based reconfigurable electronic circuit building system
A system for assembling electronic circuits on an electrically non-conductive surface or substrate. The system incorporates electronic components integrated into electronic component modules. The electronic component modules include identification markings on the top surfaces and electronic contact pads on the bottom surfaces. Electrical interconnects between discrete electronic component modules is achieved through the use of electrically conductive traces placed on the substrate surface. The bottom surfaces of the electronic component modules are coated with an adhesive so the electronic component modules can be mounted onto the substrate. The electronic component modules are affixed to the substrate such that the electronic component modules contact pads make electrical contact with the appropriate electrically conductive traces. |
| US10334718B2 |
Multi-functional high-current circuit board
A multi-functional high current circuit board comprises a current conduction layer having several strata for conduction of electric current, a switching layer comprising at least one power circuit breaker for switching an electric load, a control layer comprising at least one control element to control the at least one power circuit breaker, at least one shielding element for shielding the current conduction layer from the control layer and from the switching layer. |
| US10334714B2 |
Atom and ion sources and sinks, and methods of fabricating the same
A bi-directional device for generating or absorbing atoms or ions. In some embodiments, the device comprises a solid-phase ion-conducting material, a first electrode positioned on a first surface of the solid-phase ion-conducting material, and a second electrode positioned on a second surface of the solid-phase ion-conducting material. The first electrode includes a plurality of triple phase boundaries, each located at an interface between the solid-phase ion-conducting material and the first electrode. A density of the triple phase boundaries is in the range of about 104 m/m2 to about 2×107 m/m2 on the first surface of the ion-conducting material. A method of operating the bi-directional device and a method of fabricating a bi-directional device are also provided. |
| US10334711B2 |
Airfield runway lamp controller
An airfield runway lamp controller is described herein. One airfield runway lamp controller includes a current sense transformer configured to detect a failure of a light source of an airfield runway lamp, and an alternating current (AC) switch configured to shunt the light source of the airfield runway lamp upon the current sense transformer detecting a failure of the light source. |
| US10334710B1 |
Refrigerator light dimmer
A refrigerator light control system that automatically controls the interior lighting levels of a refrigerator based on the time of the day. The refrigerator light control system includes a dimmer circuit for operatively setting the interior illumination, a user-operated control panel for producing control signals, and a controller for controlling the dimmer circuit to set the interior illumination at a first level during the day and for controlling the dimmer circuit to set the interior illumination at a second level at night. |
| US10334708B2 |
Smart mood lighting control using wheel interface of smartwatch
Described is a smart lighting method and device. A smart lighting control method comprises the steps of: operating a smart bulb, which includes a control unit for controlling at least one lighting attribute among attributes of saturation, brightness, and color-temperature, and an LED lamp operated by the control unit; acquiring a current attribute of the LED lamp by using a smartwatch communicatably connected with the control unit; selecting an attribute to be controlled, through an interface panel of the smartwatch; obtaining a control attribute value for adjusting the lighting attribute, by using a rotation interface of the smartwatch; and transmitting the control attribute value from the smartwatch to the smart bulb and adjusting a lighting attribute of the smart bulb by using the transmitted control attribute value. |
| US10334705B2 |
User determinable configuration of lighting devices for selecting a light scene
A user can control a plurality of lighting devices by positioning them in a configuration (e.g. a circular configuration). Through receiving the positions of the lighting devices a shape of the configuration can be determined. From a set of light scenes, each light scene associated with a shape, a light scene can be selected matching the shape of the configuration. The plurality of lighting devices are then controlled based on the selected light scene. This allows a user to select, for example, a romantic light scene by placing the lighting devices in a heart shape symbol. |
| US10334704B2 |
System and method for reducing peak and off-peak electricity demand by monitoring, controlling and metering lighting in a facility
A method of reducing electricity usage during peak demand periods includes the steps of establishing predetermined load reduction criteria representative of a desire by a power provider to reduce loading on an electricity supply grid, and coordinating with a facility having lighting equipment to permit the power provider to turn-off one or more of the lighting equipment by sending instructions to a master controller at the facility in response to the predetermined load reduction criteria, and establishing a list of lighting equipment to be turned-off in response to the instructions, and configuring the master controller to send an override control signal to the lighting equipment to implement the instructions, and configuring the lighting equipment to send a response signal to the master controller providing a status of the lighting equipment. |
| US10334701B1 |
Electronic devices for controlling lights
The present disclosure describes an electronic device that is capable of coordinating the control of various types of lights. For example, the electronic device may receive data indicating conditions for activating the light emitters. The electronic device may then obtain sensor data generated by various sensors, such as motion sensors, light sensors, or a timer. Using the sensor data, the electronic device may determine that the conditions are satisfied and, in response, cause the light emitters to activate. To activate a first type of light emitters, the electronic device may cause power to be provided to the first type of emitters via connectors. Additionally, to activate additional types of light emitters, the electronic device may transmit signals to the additional types of light emitters that include commands to activate. The additional types of light emitters may be powered by the electronic device or external power sources. |
| US10334699B2 |
Multi-mode control device
A multi-mode control device is provided for controlling an external load device. The control device includes a high-power interface, a low-power interface, and a control module. The high-power interface can be electrically coupled to a high-power module providing current from an external power source to the load device. The low-power interface can be electrically coupled to a low-power module. The high-power interface can receive a first current from the high-power module. The low-power interface can receive a second current from the low-power module that is less than the first current. The low-power interface can prevent the first current from flowing to the low-power module. The control module, which is electrically coupled to the high-power interface and the low-power interface, be powered by one or more of the first and second current. |
| US10334697B2 |
Method and device for displaying illumination
A method of displaying an illumination includes: based on illumination information, determining, using a least one processor, an illumination area to which an illumination assigned in a virtual space is projected; and visualizing, using the at least one processor, an illumination effect produced by the illumination with respect to a determined boundary area in the illumination area, the determined boundary area including a boundary and a portion of the determined illumination area that is less than all of the determined illumination area. |
| US10334696B2 |
Electronic device with a night-light function and night-light control method
A night-light control method in an electronic device comprises controlling a photosensitive sensor to detect a light intensity value and controlling an acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration value of the electronic device and thus movement. Acquiring the acceleration value from the acceleration sensor when the acquired light intensity value is in the first preset light intensity range; determining whether the acquired acceleration value is in a preset acceleration range and controlling an infrared sensor to detect whether a user of the electronic device is moving when the acquired acceleration value is in the preset acceleration range. A display unit of the electronic device is controlled to emit light or control a light emitting unit of the electronic device to emit light when the user of the electronic device is moving. |
| US10334690B1 |
Driving device and driving method thereof
A driving device and a driving method are provided. The driving device includes at least one driving signal generator, respectively coupled to at least one light emitting diode string, respectively, and respectively generates at least one driving signal to drive the light emitting diode string. At least one detection device is coupled to a detection point of the respective light emitting diode string and the respective driving signal generator, and compares the detection voltage of the corresponding light emitting diode string on the detection point with the detected voltages on the detection points of a plurality of remaining light emitting diode strings. Each of the driving signal generators determines whether to generate the driving signal according to the detection result of the corresponding detection device. |
| US10334689B2 |
LED lighting system and device
A device, system, process, and method of manufacturing provides use of at least two LED lighting sources to provide auxiliary component modules. Embodiments can be used in a variety of industries, including city street lamps, indoor lighting systems, lighting systems in automobiles, train lighting systems, tunnel lighting systems, building lighting systems, networked lighting systems, and other systems that could benefit from flexibility and ease in changing circuit components for time-based, usage-based, or fault-based detected situations. |
| US10334688B2 |
Detection circuit and LED tube including the same
Embodiments of the present disclosure involve a detection circuit for a tube and a tube including the detection circuit. The detection circuit comprises: impedance connected between two ends of a tube; a voltage detector configured to detect voltage on the impedance; a voltage threshold circuit configured to provide a voltage threshold; a first control circuit configured to compare voltage across the two ends of the tube to the voltage threshold, and to control the voltage detector to detect only when the voltage across the two ends of the tube is smaller than the voltage threshold. By using the detection circuit of the present disclosure, it can detect whether a human body contacts the tube under protection state, to avoid of the risk of getting an electrical shock. |
| US10334683B2 |
Method and system for modifying a beacon light source for use in a light based positioning system
In one aspect, the present disclosure related to a method for modifying a beacon light source for use in a light-based positioning system. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a modulation scheme for the light source, determining a duty cycle for the light source based on the modulation scheme, the duty cycle having a proportion of time the light source is in an on state and a corresponding proportion of time the light source is in an off state, the proportion of time the light source is in an off state resulting in reduced luminosity of the light source, and supplying additional power to the light source to compensate for the reduced luminosity of the light source by the duty cycle. |
| US10334679B2 |
Systems and methods for stage-based control related to TRIAC dimmers
System controller and method for a lighting system according to certain embodiments. For example, the system controller includes a first controller terminal configured to receive a first signal, and a second controller terminal coupled to a first transistor terminal of a transistor. The transistor further includes a second transistor terminal and a third transistor terminal. The second transistor terminal is coupled to a first winding terminal of a winding, and the winding further includes a second winding terminal coupled to a capacitor. Additionally, the system controller includes a third controller terminal coupled to the third transistor terminal of the transistor, and a fourth controller terminal coupled to a resistor and configured to receive a second signal. The second signal represents a magnitude of a current flowing through at least the winding, the third controller terminal, the fourth controller terminal, and the resistor. |
| US10334678B2 |
Single control LED dimming and white tuning
A lighting device includes a light source that emits an illumination light. The light source includes a first group of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to emit a first light, a second group of LEDs to emit a second light, and a third group of LEDs to emit a third light. The second light is warmer light than the first light, and the third light is cooler light than the first light. The lighting device further includes a first difference amplifier that controls a first current flow through the second group of LEDs at least based on a magnitude of a current flowing through the light source. The lighting device also includes a second difference amplifier that controls a second current flow through the third group of LEDs at least based on the magnitude of the current flowing through the light source. |
| US10334677B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligent dimming control using TRIAC dimmers
Systems and methods for dimming control using TRIAC dimmers are provided. An example apparatus for a power conversion system includes: a process-and-drive component configured to receive an input signal and output a drive signal to a switch to affect a current that flows through a primary winding of a power conversion system. The input signal includes a first pulse associated with a first input period and a second pulse associated with a second input period. The drive signal is associated with a first modulation period for the first input period and a second modulation period for the second input period. The process-and-drive component is further configured to: determine the first modulation period for the first input period; change the drive signal between a first logic level and a second logic level at a modulation frequency during the first modulation period; determine the second modulation period for the second input period. |
| US10334674B2 |
Light sources utilizing segmented LEDs to compensate for manufacturing variations in the light output of individual segmented LEDs
A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a plurality of Segmented LEDs connected in parallel to a power bus and a controller. The power bus accepts a variable number of Segmented LEDs. The controller receives AC power and provides a power signal on the power bus. Each Segmented LED is characterized by a driving voltage that is greater than 3 times the driving voltage of a conventional LED fabricated in the same material system as the Segmented LED. The number of Segmented LEDs in the light source is chosen to compensate for variations in the light output of individual Segmented LEDs introduced by the manufacturing process. In another aspect of the invention, the number of Segmented LEDs connected to the power bus can be altered after the light source is assembled. |
| US10334672B2 |
Stochastic signal density modulation for optical transducer control
A controller for optical transducers uses stochastic signal density modulation to reduce electromagnetic interference. |
| US10334670B2 |
Driver system
The driver system according to the invention includes an infrared receiver module and a Johnson counter. The infrared receiver module receives an infrared signal and performs filtering using a low-pass filter to convert the infrared signal into a driving signal which is transmitted to the Johnson counter. Upon receiving the driving signal, the output terminals of the Johnson counter are sequentially activated to output a control signal for shifting the operation of an electrical device from one operation state to another. |
| US10334668B2 |
LED driver adapted to electronic transformer
Disclosed is an LED driver adapted to an electronic transformer, where the LED driver can ensure that the electronic transformer meets minimum load current requirements, and operates during an entire AC period by clamping the minimum inductor current. By controlling the LED load current through a current stabilization control circuit, the LED load can operate with relatively high control accuracy and fast response speed. In addition, the LED driver can match various electronic transformers based on traditional circuit structures, and the LED load can operate without flicking. |
| US10334665B2 |
Underwater heater and manufacturing method therefor
Provided is an immersion heater including: a flange; a heat generation tube bent in a U-shape and having both lengthwise ends passing through the flange in an upward direction; a sensor rod having one end passing through the flange in the upward direction; a cap coupled to the flange to cover an end of the heat generation tube and an end of the sensor rod protruding from a top surface of the flange; a power wire having one end inserted into the cap and connected to a power terminal of the heat generation tube; a sensor wire having one end inserted into the cap and connected to a sensor terminal of the sensor rod; and silicone filled in the cap and including a plurality of hardened layers with a time difference. |
| US10334660B2 |
Signalling about on-going and starting broadcast-service sessions on other frequency carriers
The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and executable computer program to perform operations including signaling MBMS change related information to, from, or between network devices in the same or different carrier frequencies. The MBMS related information regarding new, on-going, appearing, and/or disappearing multi-cast services offered in different frequency cells. Further, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for determining that multi-cast services in different carrier frequencies are new, on-going, appearing, and/or disappearing multi-cast services. In addition, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for operations at network devices to send and receive signaling regarding changes to multi-cast services offered in the same and/or a different carrier frequency. Further, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for operations to announce only changes to a set of MBMS services offered in a carrier frequency to network devices in the same or other carrier frequencies. The exemplary embodiments provide operations for signaling between different network devices in the same and/or different carrier frequencies to indicate that a network device is to be informed regarding changes to the multi-cast services provided in a carrier frequency. |
| US10334658B2 |
Obtaining information related to a shared frequency spectrum on behalf of a wireless network that lacks internet connectivity
Disclosed herein is a system for providing information related to a shared frequency spectrum to a wireless network that lacks Internet connectivity. The system may include one or more processors and memory including instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations may include receiving registration of the wireless network when a vehicle is within a communication range of the wireless network, querying a database on behalf of the wireless network when an Internet connection is available, receiving query results including the information related to the shared frequency spectrum, and communicating the information related to the shared frequency spectrum to the wireless network when the vehicle or a proxy of the vehicle is again within the communication range of the wireless network. |
| US10334656B2 |
State transition method, user equipment, and radio network controller
The present invention discloses a state transition method, user equipment, and a radio network controller. The user equipment includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive state transition indication information and information about a target RRC state that are sent by a radio network controller (RNC), where the state transition indication information is used for instructing the user equipment to perform enhanced state transition; and a transition unit, configured to enable the user equipment to transit from a current RRC state to the target RRC state according to the state transition indication information. |
| US10334655B2 |
Electronic apparatus in wireless communication system and mobility measurement method that performs node transfer in response to radio link failure
An electronic apparatus in a wireless communications system, and a mobility measurement method. The electronic apparatus includes a communications device and a mobility measurement device. The communication device is configured to separately perform dual-connection communication with two connection nodes by different carriers. The mobility measurement device is configured to perform mobility measurement, for determining a connection switching mode, on the connection nodes in the dual connections in a case in which connection service quality of at least one of the current dual connection nodes is lower than a preset level. The mobility measurement device is further configured to determine a reporting mode of a mobility measurement result according to the measurement condition of at least one of the current dual connection nodes. |
| US10334654B2 |
Conditional transmission deferral for dual wireless band coexistence
A wireless communication system is presented for multiple wireless technology coexistence in a mobile device. A method according to this application might include obtaining one or more transmit allocation parameters for a wireless transmission via a first radio technology at a first wireless processor and the preparing to receive wireless data via a second radio technology at a second wireless processor. Next, the exemplary method might request that the wireless transmission be deferred, followed by deciding whether to grant the deferral request based at least on the one or more transmit allocation parameters. |
| US10334652B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for determining unsynchronized or synchronized dual connectivity mode of a user equipment
There is disclosed a method for operating a network node in a cellular communication network. The method comprises observing or estimating, for a user equipment in a dual connectivity operation, a length of a measurement gap (Mg) and/or length of serving cell interruption (Tint) caused by the UE on at least one serving cell. The method also comprises comparing the Mg and/or Tint with respective thresholds, and determining whether the UE operates in unsynchronized or synchronized DC mode based on the comparison. There are also disclosed further related methods and devices. |
| US10334648B2 |
Method for device-to-device communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method performed by a first terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a resource pool for use in D2D communication, the resource pool including at least one of a scheduling assignment (SA) resource pool indicating a resource region where SA is transmitted, and a data resource pool indicating a resource region where D2D data are transmitted; transmitting SA including information relating to D2D data transmission, to a second terminal through the SA resource pool; and transmitting D2D data to the second terminal. |
| US10334645B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting signal from device-to-device terminal in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a second terminal receiving, from a first terminal, a device-to-device (D2D) signal in a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method for receiving a D2D signal comprising the steps of: setting a time window for receiving the D2D signal; and receiving the D2D signal, wherein the D2D signal is transmitted according to a D2D signal transmission timing of the first terminal, which is determined by the first terminal based on a signal transmitted from a one or more timing reference nodes. |
| US10334644B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting device to device communication channel in wireless communication system
Provide is a method and apparatus for processing an initialization for a D2D communication between user equipments (UEs). The method includes: determining D2D subframes available for a D2D communication, the D2D subframes including a first D2D subframe and a second D2D subframe, each of the first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe including a D2D slot corresponding to D2D slot number 0; and at a start of the D2D slot of the first D2D subframe and at a start of the D2D slot of the second D2D subframe, processing an initialization associated with a pseudo-random sequence of a D2D communication. The first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe each include a D2D slot corresponding to D2D slot number 1. At least one of the first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe corresponds to a non-zero subframe number of a radio frame. |
| US10334643B2 |
Relaying user communication device enabling RRC, NAS connections, user communication device, base station, system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program
A system is disclosed in which a UE-Relay receives, from a user communication device, a message requesting the provision of a communication link (e.g. a Layer 2 link) between the user communication device and a network serving the user communication device. The UE-Relay communicates with its core network, responsive to the received message, to establish the communication link from the user communication device to a base station remote from the UE-Relay; and relays data, between the user communication device and the base station using the communication link. |
| US10334640B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for facilitating wireless communication
A communication system is disclosed in which a base station receives, from a communication device, NAS signalling for establishing a connection via the base station. The base station forwards the NAS signalling to a default MME for setting up the connection to the default MME. The default MME sends, responsive to the base station forwarding the NAS said signalling, a message identifying an MME group to which the NAS signalling should be rerouted. The base station selects an MME based on the message identifying the MME group, and forwards the NAS signalling to the selected MME, and includes information indicating that the NAS signalling shall not be rerouted. |
| US10334638B2 |
Secure wireless networks for vehicles
A system and method (600) of securely and accurately connecting mobile devices (110) to wireless networks in vehicles (210) by using encrypted wireless network configurations based on vehicle specific data is disclosed herein. The system comprises a vehicle (210) comprising an on-board computer (232) with a memory (231) having a vehicle identification number (233), a connector plug (235), and an motorized engine (234), a connected vehicle device (130) comprising a processor, a WiFi radio, a BLUETOOTH radio, a memory, and a connector for mating with the connector plug of the vehicle (210), and a mobile device (110) comprising a graphical user interface (335), a processor (310), a WiFi radio (307), a BLUETOOTH radio (306), and a cellular network interface (308). |
| US10334634B2 |
Terminal device, integrated circuit, and communication method
In a first case, in which a condition is satisfied that includes at least conditions that at least one scheduling request is pending in a certain TTI, there is no UL-SCH resource available for transmission in the certain TTI, and a terminal device has a valid resource for a physical uplink control channel for the scheduling request configured for the certain TTI, when a value of a counter is equal to a prescribed value or larger than the prescribed value, the terminal device initiates a random access procedure on a primary cell, releases a PUCCH resource for a scheduling request in a serving cell other than the primary cell, and cancels all pending scheduling requests. |
| US10334626B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting wideband and multiple bandwidth transmission protocols
Enhanced protocols and devices may be used to alleviate loss of spectrum efficiency in wideband transmission. The protocols may implement a wideband transmission opportunity (TXOP) truncation where one or more of the channels involved in communication over the wideband are released. In one scenario, an access point (AP) may receive, from a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), a first CF-End frame that includes a duration field and a basic service set identifier (BSSID) field that includes an individual/group bit. On a condition that the individual/group bit of the BSSID field has a value of one (1), the AP may determine that a scrambling sequence of the first CF-End frame indicates a bandwidth associated with a transmit opportunity (TXOP) being truncated by the WTRU. The AP may then transmit a second CF-End frame at the bandwidth indicated by the scrambling sequence of the first CF-End frame. |
| US10334623B2 |
Method of managing grant of resources to plurality of user equipments in wireless communication network
Embodiments herein provide a method of managing grant of resources to a plurality of user equipments in a wireless communication network. The state corresponds to idle UEs, upload UEs and download UEs. The method includes identifying a state of the plurality of UEs. Further, the method includes managing grant of resources to one or more of the upload UEs and the download UEs, based on an operational condition of the UEs in the wireless communication network. |
| US10334619B2 |
Radio network node, wireless device and methods performed therein
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device (10) for handling uplink, UL, communication from the wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network (1), which wireless device is configured with one or more Semi Persistent Scheduling, SPS, grants and to skip padding transmissions of SPS grant. The wireless device receives a dynamic UL grant from a radio network node indicating one or more resources for an UL transmission to the radio network node. The wireless device determines that a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, buffer for transmission of a previous transmission comprises data or not, which HARQ buffer is associated with a same HARQ process as the dynamic UL grant. Furthermore, the wireless device (10) transmits the data in the HARQ buffer using one or more resources as indicated by the dynamic UL grant or as indicated by the SPS grant when determined that the HARQ buffer comprises data, and transmits new UL data using the one or more resources as indicated by the dynamic UL grant when determined that the HARQ buffer comprises no data. |
| US10334618B2 |
Methods for efficient operation of LTE cells on unlicensed spectrum
A method for efficient data transmission in a wireless communication system includes dynamically configuring at least one period cycle (P-CYCLE) pattern comprising a period-on (P-ON) duration and a period-off (P-OFF) duration that are adjusted in accordance with a number of transmissions from user equipments (UEs) operating in a shared band spectrum, wherein the number of transmissions comprises a number of successful transmissions or a number of unsuccessful transmissions received from the UEs. The method further includes transmitting the P-CYCLE pattern including the P-ON duration and the P-OFF duration to the UEs using a downlink channel over the shared spectrum band, wherein the downlink channel comprises a higher layer signal or a physical layer signal. |
| US10334615B2 |
Method for performing communication between terminals and apparatus therefor
A method is provided for transmitting, by a User Equipment (UE), a Device-to-Device (D2D) signal in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Time Division Duplex (TDD) system. The UE receives, from a Base Station (BS), information on a Timing Advance (TA). The UE acquires a timing of an uplink (UL) subframe by applying the TA and a predetermined timing offset to a timing of a downlink (DL) subframe. The UE transmits a D2D discovery signal in a first D2D subframe configured for a D2D link. A transmission timing of the first D2D subframe is determined by applying only the predetermined timing offset to the timing of the DL subframe. |
| US10334613B2 |
Signalling for group communications
Apparatus and method for signalling are provided. The solution comprises reserving resources for communication of a set of nodes (114, 116, 118) organized into one or more scheduling groups having a predetermined group identity, each node in a scheduling group having a unique identity. Scheduling messages are transmitted to all nodes, the messages comprising the group identity designating the scheduling group the message is intended, an information element indicating identity of the node allowed to transmit, a bitmap indicating identities of nodes instructed to receive, and information on parameters needed to transmit and receive data utilizing the resources allocated for communication. |
| US10334609B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method for providing opportunity of fair transmission to terminals
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first frame including information to specify a plurality of frequency components; and controlling circuitry configured to determine whether a second frame is received via each of the plurality of frequency components. The transmitter is configured to transmit a third frame including first information concerning a first value range which is used to determine whether to respond to the first frame, the first value range being dependent on a number of frequency components via which the second frame has been received. |
| US10334607B2 |
Electronic device and wireless network access method in electronic device
An electronic device and a wireless network access method in the electronic device. The wireless network access method includes obtaining at least one of wireless network access information associated with a wireless network that is capable of communicating with the electronic device and effectiveness information. The at least one of network access information and effectiveness information is transmitted information to an external device with respect to the electronic device such that the external device determines whether to access the wireless network or to release the access to the wireless network based on the received at least one information. |
| US10334604B2 |
Data routing method and device
A data routing method includes: receiving, by a home subscriber server (HSS), a route distinguisher of a mobile management entity (MME) serving user equipment (UE) and an information transmission manner supported by the MME that are sent by the MME; receiving, by the HSS, a query message, wherein the query message carries a UE identifier and an information transmission manner that needs to be used; determining, by the HSS according to the information transmission manner supported by the MME, the UE identifier, and the information transmission manner that needs to be used, that the MME supports the information transmission manner that needs to be used; and sending, by the HSS, the route distinguisher of the MME to a data routing apparatus, so that the data routing apparatus routes, according to the route distinguisher, a data packet that needs to be transmitted. |
| US10334599B2 |
Device, system, and method for advertising device capability
A device and method for transmitting user equipment capability information to a network. In a first mechanism, the device and method determines the carrier aggregation (CA) combinations supported by the user equipment that are relevant to the user equipment. in a priority order to the network. The relevant CA combinations may be determined based on most recent camped bands and the neighbor bands of the most recent camped bands. In a second mechanism, the device and method orders the relevant CA combinations into a prioritized list according to which CA combination have priority based on selected priority factors. Subsequently, the user equipment broadcasts the prioritized list of CA combinations to the network. |
| US10334598B2 |
Determining a priority order based on uplink transmission parameters
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a priority order based on uplink transmission parameters. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives an uplink grant corresponding to uplink transmission parameters that include an indication of a numerology and a transmission time interval length. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a priority order of multiple logical channels based on the uplink transmission parameters and a logical channel priority of the multiple logical channels. The processor assigns resources to logical channels of the multiple logical channels based on the priority order. |
| US10334596B2 |
Network node, wireless device, respective method performed thereby for supporting wireless device operation in heterogeneous frequency bands
A network node, a wireless device and a respective method performed by the same in a wireless communication network employing heterogeneous frequency band types, the network node being operative to serve wireless devices in a non-licensed frequency band and in a licensed frequency band, the network node serving a wireless device in a non-licensed frequency band are provided. The method in the network node comprises configuring (110) a fallback carrier in the licensed frequency band to the wireless device, wherein if the network node determines that the wireless device should switch to the licensed frequency hand, the method comprises handing over (130) the wireless device to the fallback carrier. |
| US10334588B2 |
Carrier sense adaptive transmission (CSAT) coordination in unlicensed spectrum
Systems and methods for Carrier Sense Adaptive Transmission (CSAT) communication in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. Interference between Radio Access Technologies (RATs) may be reduced utilizing CSAT by, for example: receiving signals via a resource, wherein a first RAT is used to receive the signals; identifying utilization of the resource associated with the first RAT, wherein the identification is based on the received signals; cycling operation of a second RAT between activated and deactivated periods of transmission over the resource in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) communication pattern, wherein the cycling is based on the identified utilization of the resource; and transmitting an Activation/Deactivation Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) to a user device associated with the second RAT to activate or deactivate the user device in accordance with the TDM communication pattern. |
| US10334587B2 |
Signal scrambling method and apparatus, and signal descrambling method and apparatus
A signal scrambling method and apparatus, and a signal descrambling method and apparatus are disclosed. In the signal scrambling method, a communications apparatus scrambles a signal by using a scrambling sequence, and sends the scrambled signal. In the signal descrambling method, a communications apparatus receives a signal, and descrambles the signal by using a scrambling sequence. An initial value of the scrambling sequence is determined based on a time unit number corresponding to a frame structure parameter used for transmitting the signal, so that different scrambling sequences can be used to scramble signals that are transmitted by using different frame structure parameters. Therefore, interference randomization can be implemented for signal scrambling, and this can be applicable to various application scenarios in 5G NR to improve performance. |
| US10334584B2 |
GSM evolution packet data traffic channel resource transmission management—fixed uplink allocation technique
A radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem), a wireless device (e.g., a mobile station), and various methods are described herein for improving the allocation of radio resources in wireless communications. In one embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a fixed uplink allocation technique. In another embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a flexible downlink allocation technique. |
| US10334581B2 |
Transport block transmission in a wireless device and wireless network
A received first DCI comprises: a first trigger field (indicating that the first DCI is triggered in response to a second DCI comprising a second trigger), a validation field (indicating a validation duration for receiving the second DCI validating the first DCI), a hybrid retransmission request (HARQ) identifier field, and a new data identifier (NDI) field. TBs are created in response to the first DCI. In response to monitoring not detecting the second DCI: the first DCI is invalidated and transmission of TBs dropped; the HARQ process ID and the NDI are stored; and the first TBs are stored in a HARQ buffer. A third DCI indicating a same value of the HARQ process ID is received. Uplink signals are transmitted in response to the third DCI. The stored NDI are employed to determine an adaptive-retransmission of the TBs or a new transmission of second TBs. |
| US10334579B2 |
Method and device for receiving control information in wireless communication system
The present invention according to one embodiment relates to a method for enabling a terminal to receive control information in a wireless communication system, and the method for receiving the control information comprises the step of attempting to decode a set of enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) candidates according to each set level, wherein a minimum value among the values available as the set levels is set according to the amount of available resources for an EPDCCH within a physical resource block (PRB) pair that is attempting to decode. |
| US10334578B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method including history of uplink muti-user transmission
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: controlling circuitry configured to change a value of a first parameter in accordance with a history of uplink multi-user transmission or whether capability of uplink multi-user transmission is in an enabled or disabled state, the first parameter defining an upper limit of duration during which a wireless medium is allowed to be occupied; and a transmitter configured to transmit a first frame. |
| US10334574B2 |
Uplink data transmission method and device
The present invention discloses an uplink data transmission method and device configured to shorten RTT in a transmission condition having a short time slot, thus reducing a user-plane latency and improving the system performance. An embodiment of the present invention provides an uplink data transmission method. The method comprises: determining, by the network side, a time slot size for data transmission, and sending, according to the time slot size, uplink scheduling signaling to a user equipment (UE); and receiving, by the network side and according to a predetermined scheduled timing, uplink data sent by the UE, wherein the time slot is a time unit having a duration smaller than 1 ms, and the predetermined scheduled timing is that when the network side employs a time slot n to send the uplink scheduling signaling, the network side receives the uplink data sent by the UE in a time slot (n+1), with l∈L, n and l both being integers greater than or equal to zero, and L denoting the set of selectable values of l. |
| US10334567B2 |
Neutral host architecture for a distributed antenna system
A remote radio head unit (RRU) system for achieving high data rate communications in a Distributed Antenna System is disclosed. The Distributed Antenna System is configured as a Neutral Host enabling multiple operators to exist on one DAS system. The present disclosure enables a remote radio head unit to be field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. As a result, the remote radio head system is particularly suitable for wireless transmission systems, such as base-stations, repeaters, and indoor signal coverage systems. |
| US10334563B2 |
Method for realizing device-to-device communication relay selection, network control node and user equipment
Provided are a method for realizing device-to-device communication relay selection, a network control node and user equipment. The method includes: a network control node receiving relay-related information sent by user equipment and determining a relay node; and the network control node sending device-to-device communication relay configuration information to the determined relay node. In the technical solution, by sending relay-related information in a network to perform selection or configuration of a relay node, a corresponding solution is provided for a scenario for which relay selection is not provided, and thereby the selection of the relay node is realized. |
| US10334562B2 |
System and method for coverage enhancements of broadcast channels
A base station transmits and a UE detects broadcast information when the UE operates in a Coverage Enhancement (CE) mode. The base station transmits repetitions of signaling conveying broadcast information in one or more subframes of each frame in a quadruple of frames. The transmission is intermittent in time. To detect the broadcast information, the UE blindly combines and decodes the repetitions of signaling assuming their existence. The base station informs the pattern for the intermittent transmissions of the signaling to UEs connected to the base station or to other base stations. |