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US10406731B2	Application device, imprinting apparatus, and method for manufacturing object Provided is an application device capable of extracting an imprinting material in which impurities are mixed from a container of the application device and supplying new imprinting material to the container of the application device. An application device according to the present disclosure is used to supply an imprinting material to a substrate in an imprinting apparatus that forms a pattern on the imprinting material on the substrate by using a mold. The application device includes a container unit that contains the imprinting material, and an ejecting unit that is provided on the container unit and that ejects the imprinting material contained in the container unit toward the substrate. The application device is detachably attachable to the imprinting apparatus.
US10406729B2	Compression molding assembly and methods for molding a thermoplastic blocker door A compression molding assembly for molding a honeycomb core, including a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of walls, of a blocker door is provided. The compression molding assembly includes a ram plate comprising a plurality of openings defined therethrough and a plurality of core inserts coupled to the ram plate such that the plurality of core inserts are configured to form the honeycomb core of the blocker door. Each core insert is removably coupled with a respective opening of the plurality of openings such that each core insert is configured to form a respective cell of the plurality of cells.
US10406726B2	Thixotropic, thermosetting resins for use in a material extrusion process in additive manufacturing Methods of preparing a three-dimensional structure are provided. One method includes the steps of extruding beads of thixotropic thermoset materials, and subjecting the beads to curing conditions such that the thixotropic thermoset materials at least partially cure to form cured polymer layers. In some cases, the curing conditions are not applied until multiple beads are extruded and in contact with one another. The steps of these methods can be performed repeatedly as desired to prepare a three-dimensional structure of nearly limitless shapes by additive manufacturing processes. Thixotropic thermoset materials are also provided, as are three-dimensional objects formed therefrom.
US10406725B2	Light source apparatus for resin curing Provided is a light source apparatus for resin curing capable of hardening even conventional UV curing resin by irradiating ray in a short time without producing any tackiness on the resin surface, and capable of irradiating a ray for efficiently hardening not only a UV curing resin but also an IR curing resin. The light source apparatus includes a light source, an optical system for guiding a light emitted from the light source to an emission section, and a light transmission section, selectively insertable in a light path in the optical system, for passing there through a UV-C ultraviolet ray containing a ray in the wavelength range of 250 nm, a visible light except for light in the wavelength range from 500 nm to 640 nm and an infrared ray together so as to remove a tackiness on a resin surface.
US10406720B2	Apparatus and method for separating fibers in wood logs An apparatus for pre-processing logs to separate outer jacket fibers, comprising a plurality of spaced apart rollers through which a log can pass, each roller having at least one outwardly extending concentric projection, the projection being suitable to separate fibers. A pressure mechanism determines the diameter of the log so that the rollers can provide the appropriate amount of pressure to and engagement of the projections with the log. A feeding mechanism moves the log along a flow path past the rollers.
US10406718B2	Guard and control apparatus for safe operation of a rotary cutter A power tool that drives rotary cutting element has a retractable guard for the cutting element, and a guard control apparatus allows a user to maintain the guard in a retracted position during operation of the power tool. The guard control apparatus includes an auxiliary handle fastened to the housing of the power tool, and latching elements linked to a spring-biased lever mounted in the auxiliary handle for selectively and temporarily retaining the retractable portion of the guard in a retracted position to enable plunge and other complex cutting operations. An alignment ring is selectively engaged by a user-manipulated alignment pin to rotationally lock the guard in one of a preset number of rotary orientations.
US10406717B2	Table cutting machine A cutting machine can include a cutting machine body that is movably supported above a table and capable of vertical movement, the cutting machine body can be positioned at an upward waiting position and a lower end position. The cutting machine body can include an auxiliary cover positioned around a portion of a blade and including a projection. When in the upward waiting position the auxiliary cover is not able to move upward because of the position of the projection, and in the lower end position the auxiliary cover is able to move upward.
US10406716B2	Chipper chain and motor-driven chain saw having a chipper chain The invention relates to a chipper chain (10) for a motor-driven chain saw (9) as well as a chain saw having such a chipper chain (10). The chipper chain (10) includes drive links (1), connecting links (2), and cutting links (3). The drive links (1) each have a drive projection (4). The cutting links (3) each have an upper cutting blade (5) and a depth limiter (6) which leads the upper cutting blade (5). The chipper chain (10) has a maximum width (A) which is defined by the upper cutting blades (5), a maximum height (C) which is measured perpendicularly to its longitudinal axis and extends from the drive projection (3) to the upper cutting blade (5), and an average divide (T) predetermined by the average distance of adjacent pivot pins (7). The product of the maximum width (A), the maximum height (C), and the average divide (T) is ≤450 mm3. The driving power of the motor-driven chain saw (9) is ≤1.0 kW.
US10406715B2	Tie rivet for saw chain Embodiments provide a tie rivet with a body that is configured to ride on a rail of a guide bar, and an integrated rivet extending from an inner surface of the body. The integrated rivet may include a draft angle that varies over a circumference of the integrated rivet. Additionally, or alternatively, the tie rivet may include an undercut portion around at least a portion of the integrated rivet. The undercut portion may be recessed from the inner surface of the body. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10406712B2	Method and arrangement for handling narrow rolls An arrangement for handling narrow rolls includes a flow-through warehouse, which includes an inlet end and an outlet end. The narrow rolls are handled such that the narrow rolls are fed into the inlet end in a first direction. The flow-through warehouse further includes at least two rack rows having a second direction transverse to said first direction, at least two isles having the second direction and carriages that move the narrow rolls into a rack and from a rack and also carry them in the second direction. At least one carriage moves along each isle, at least two isles include carriages that are capable of sorting the narrow rolls, and at least one carriage is sorting the narrow rolls for forming a customer stack. The customer stack is formed of several narrow rolls and delivered from the outlet end to be transported to a customer.
US10406708B2	Paper sheet processing apparatus A paper sheet processing apparatus for processing a paper sheet with conveying the paper sheet having been fed, the apparatus main body including: a paper feed section; a conveyance section; and at least one kind of paper sheet processing section, wherein a paper passable region width Wb defined as a dimension of a paper passable region of the conveyance path in width directions is set to be a maximum width dimension that permits conveyance of the paper sheet without a paper jam in the paper sheet processing section in a standby state, and wherein a prevention section for, when a feed paper sheet width Wp defined as a width dimension of a paper sheet to be fed is greater than the paper passable region width Wb, preventing the to-be-fed paper sheet 100 from being conveyed intact to the paper sheet processing section is further provided.
US10406707B2	Shaving device A shaving device comprising a head assembly including a support member having at least one support member magnet and a blade cartridge having at least one face with at least one razor blade and configured to be rotatably coupled to the support member about a pivot axis. The blade cartridge includes at least one blade cartridge magnet having a pole aligned with a pole of the support member magnet to generate a magnetic force that urges the blade cartridge about the pivot axis towards an initial starting position (ISP), wherein the blade cartridge is further configured to rotate about the pivot axis away from the ISP upon application of an external force sufficient to overcome the magnetic force between the support member magnet and the blade cartridge magnet.
US10406705B2	Dual sided razor One embodiment of a dual sided razor comprises a handle and a cartridge attached to the handle, the cartridge further comprising a first shaving side and a second shaving side, the cartridge being switchable relative to the handle between the first and second shaving sides.
US10406703B2	Filter system The present disclosure provides a housing for a vacuum filter assembly. The housing may include a top piece with an upper portion defining a top wall of a cavity and a generally circular perimeter forming a side wall of the cavity. The perimeter of the top piece may be configured to receive a filter member. An input aperture may extend through the top piece and may be arranged for communication with the cavity. A spindle may extend into the cavity from the top wall of the cavity such that a material drawn into the cavity by a vacuum force moves in a spiral vortex through the cavity about the spindle.
US10406702B2	Blade set, cutting appliance, and related manufacturing method A cutting appliance, system, method and manufacturing process related to a blade set, a cutter and a stationary blade for the blade set. The cutter includes a main portion, such as a substantially flat main portion obtained from sheet metal material, at least one toothed leading edge protruding from the main portion. The at least one toothed leading edge includes at least two teeth and at least one scraping portion including a tapered scraper profile at least partially extending in a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to a cutting motion direction of the cutter. The at least one scraping portion may be, in a mounted state, arranged to contact a stationary blade of the blade set at a first wall thereof to scrape off accumulated dirt and debris when the cutter and the stationary blade are moved with respect to each other when in operation.
US10406699B2	Secure, motor-driven hinge to be provided on a humanoid robot A secured motorized articulation mounted between a first and a second limb of a humanoid-type robot, comprises: a motor comprising a fixed part linked to the first limb, and a mobile part that can be moved relative to the fixed part and linked to the second limb relative to the first limb, a brake capable of exerting a force on the mobile part of the motor by spring effect, to prevent the movement of the mobile part relative to the fixed part, an actuator capable of displacing the brake by opposing the spring effect, so as to release the mobile part of the motor from the force of the brake and allow the motor to move the mobile part relative to the fixed part.
US10406689B2	Robot simulation apparatus that calculates swept space A simulation apparatus acquires a position and an operating speed in each drive axis of the robot at a set point set for each minute section of a motion path of the robot when an operation program of a robot is executed. The simulation apparatus comprises a stop position estimation part that estimates a stop position where the robot is stopped after moving by inertia in each dive axis, based on the position in each drive axis of the robot, the operating speed in each drive axis, and the weight of the work tool, when an emergency stop of the robot is performed at the set point. The simulation apparatus comprises a swept space calculation part that calculates a swept space of three-dimensional models of the robot and the work tool based on the stop position.
US10406688B2	Offline programming apparatus and method having workpiece position detection program generation function using contact sensor An offline programming apparatus includes a first part which causes an operator to designate contact points at which a contact sensor arranged at a distal end of a robot contacts a workpiece on a 3D model of the workpiece, a second part which automatically adds detection starting points in operations of the robot which approaches each of the contact points in directions of movement along coordinate axes of a reference coordinate system with reference to which the operation of the robot to detect the position of the workpiece is performed, at positions where no interference occurs between the robot and the workpiece in a virtual space, and a third part which automatically adds an interference avoidance point in the virtual space in order to avoid the interference if the robot and workpiece interfere with each other on a movement path of the robot which moves between the detection starting points.
US10406687B2	Layered multi-agent coordination A method includes receiving first and second coordinated paths for first and second robotic devices. The first coordinated path comprises a dependency edge indicating a first position on the first coordinated path and a second position on the second coordinated path. The method also includes determining a first traversable portion extending to a first stopping position before or at the first position on the first coordinated path. The method also includes providing a first instruction to the first robotic device to traverse the first traversable portion; subsequently determining that the second robotic device has passed the second position on the second coordinated path; determining a second traversable portion of the first coordinated path extending to a second stopping position beyond the first position on the first coordinated path; and providing a second instruction to the first robotic device to traverse the second traversable portion.
US10406680B2	Industrial robot Provided is an industrial robot that includes: a second arm that is provided, at the distal end of a first arm pivotable about a first axis, in a pivotable manner about a second axis parallel to the first axis; and a wrist that is disposed at the distal end of the second arm and that has a plurality of wrist elements, and including the first wrist element provided in a rotatable manner about a longitudinal axis of the second arm. Motors and that drive the wrist elements, are accommodated in a space inside the first wrist element. The second arm is provided with a hollow portion that communicates with the space. A cable to be wired to the motors is wired into the hollow portion from the outside of the second arm and is relayed by a connector fixed to the wall section at the position of the through-hole.
US10406678B2	Apparatus and method for handling articles The present invention includes an apparatus (1) and a method for handling articles and comprises an upper suspension (3) with at least three rotatably driven positioning arms (5), where the positioning arms (5) each comprise at least two arm sections (7, 9) that are swivelable relative to each other and operated independently of one another. A manipulator (32) comprises one or more clamping jaws (34, 36) and is mechanically coupled to the positioning arms (5) such the manipulator can be positioned by movement of one or more of the positioning arms (5). At least one drive shaft (12) is linked non-rotatingly to the manipulator, such that the manipulator is rotated by movement of the at least one drive shaft (12). Rotation of the at least one drive shaft (12) also controls the one or more clamping jaws (34, 36) via the at least one actuating shaft (14).
US10406675B2	Live working robot The invention relates to the electric power field, in particular to a live working robot used for running and operating along wires of high-voltage transmission lines, which can realize obstacle surmounting of the live working robots along the wires safely and conveniently, comprising: a main body; a walking mechanism, wherein the walking mechanism comprises three walking arms installed on the main body and spaced apart from one another, a rolling wheel is arranged at an end of each walking arm and is in an online state when being located on an upper surface of a wire or in an offline state when being separated from the wire; the rolling wheels of at least two walking arms are in the online state; at least one part of the walking arm can extend and retract in the vertical direction to change the vertical position of the rolling wheel relative to the wire, and at least one walking arm has a rotatable portion which can rotate to change the position of the rolling wheel relative to the wire; a mounting mechanism, comprising a hook and a sling connecting the hook to the main body; and a working arm, installed on the main body and provided at its end with a tool interface.
US10406674B2	Removable/re-usable bracket Improvements in a reusable locating bracket for a recessed speaker or light bracket is disclosed. The bracket matches the hole diameter for a speaker of light. The bracket is installed prior to installation of drywall and is used as a trim guide. After installation of the drywall and cutting or trimming of the opening, the bracket is folded, bent, rotated or articulated where it can be removable through the trimmed opening in the drywall or sheet rock. The bracket has folding hinges for retaining side supports. The side supports are typically strips of cardboard, chip board or other material that provides a span from the bracket to studs, joists or beams. The folding hinges have teeth that grip the cardboard and can be opened to pull the cardboard through the retainer.
US10406672B2	Holding force detection for magnetic drill press A drill press includes a main housing, a base coupled to the main housing, and a drill unit supported by the main housing for relative movement therewith. The base includes a bore formed in a top surface and a magnet to create a magnetic field for magnetically latching the base to a workpiece. The drill press further includes a holding force detection assembly having a plug and a sensor coupled to the plug to detect the magnetic field within the base. The holding force detection assembly is received within the bore formed in the top surface of the base.
US10406665B2	Setting device having a temperature sensor A setting device is provided, comprising a housing, a combustion chamber having an ignition apparatus, a storage container having a container wall for storing fuel, a dosing apparatus for adding a specified volume of fuel to the combustion chamber, an apparatus, such as a firing pin, for inserting a setting element into a setting object, wherein a setting force can be applied to the apparatus as a result of the pressure of combustion gas such that the apparatus is operable by combustion force, a control unit, and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the fuel in the storage container. The setting device is designed such that, while the storage container is connected to the setting device, the temperature sensor mechanically contacts an outer surface of the container wall, for indirect detection of the temperature of the fuel.
US10406664B2	Impact structure The present invention relates to the technical field of power-driven hammers, and more specifically, to an impact structure, which comprises a connecting shaft with two ends connected to first bearings and second bearings, wherein the shaft is sleeved around a control disc whose one end-face is connected to gears and the other end-face connected to a striking disc having keys along its circumference, a first stop ring around the shaft and a second stop ring around the shaft are provided respectively between the control disc and the first bearings and between the striking disc and the second bearings, and a spring is provided between the second stop ring and the striking disc; the present invention reciprocates by meshing between the control disc's driving teeth and the striking disc's driven teeth and under the spring's action in operation, effectively avoiding being stuck fast to ensure uninterrupted striking of nails.
US10406659B2	Flush position indicator for fastener installation tool for roof truss framing and construction system An installation tool for fastening a top plate to a roof support member and other structural connections is adapted to drive threaded fasteners at a pre-established angle. The tool preferably includes a rotary driver assembly and a telescopic tube assembly. A guide head assembly is mounted adjacent the outer end of the telescopic tube assembly. Locating or reference structures function to properly precisely set the drive angle of the fastener. Various indicators mounted to the guide head indicate the flush position of a locating surface or reference structure. The flush indicators may employ a projection, a flag, an LED or an audio module.
US10406654B2	PcBN compact for machining of ferrous alloys The present application is a new improvement in the fine-grained cubic Boron Nitride sintered compact which may be employed to manufacture a cutting tool. The compact contains at least 80 vol % cBN and is sintered under HPHT conditions. The invention has lower levels of unreacted cobalt in the final sintered material than conventions materials. The invention has proved beneficial in the machining of ferrous metal alloys such as sintered metal alloys.
US10406650B2	Airfoil masking tool and method of polishing an airfoil An airfoil masking tool constructed to protect the leading edge, trailing edge and tip of an airfoil during polishing of the airfoil. A method of polishing an airfoil using the masking tool.
US10406645B2	Calibration approach for camera placement Multiple cameras are used for tool positioning, as-built documentation, and/or personnel monitoring in construction site. A camera unit comprises one or more imaging devices, a processing computer, and a communication device. The camera units are placed at multiple locations in a construction site to cover an area. The camera units are self-positioned by detecting a calibration target that moves within a working volume. The camera units can detect and calculate positions of objects, including measurement sticks, tools, personnel, etc., in the area.
US10406644B2	Machining system A machining system includes a robot arm for changing a workpiece or inspecting a machined workpiece, and a probe that is attached to a distal end portion of the robot arm via a force sensor, where the robot arm is controlled such that the probe is arranged at a predetermined measurement position in contact with a side surface of a tool holder, where detection values of the force sensor are obtained over a predetermined period of time in a state where a main spindle is performing rotation operation, where an attached state of the tool holder is determined based on the detection values obtained over the predetermined period of time.
US10406640B2	Method for repairing ceramic matrix composite (CMC) articles A method for repairing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) article including a ceramic material in a matrix including a metal alloy, wherein a localized region of the metal alloy has a defect. The method includes applying heat to the localized region for a time sufficient to increase the temperature of the metal alloy in the localized region above the melt temperature thereof and cause the metal alloy in the localized region to flow and seal the crack.
US10406639B2	Method for repairing turbine components A method is disclosed for repairing a precision casted turbine blade having a squealer and at least one letterbox which was closed by brazing during new-part manufacturing, wherein the letterbox area was damaged during operation in the first life cycle of the blade.
US10406638B2	Augmented vision system with active welder guidance Welding headwear comprises a display operable to present images for viewing by a wearer of the welding headwear, and comprises circuitry operable to determine an identifier associated with a workpiece, retrieve, from memory, welding work instructions associated with the identifier, and generate the images for presentation on the display based on said work instructions.
US10406635B2	Wafer producing method and processing feed direction detecting method A wafer is produced from an ingot by confirming whether or not an inclined c-axis of the ingot and a second orientation flat of the ingot are perpendicular to each other, and detecting a processing feed direction perpendicular to the direction in which the c-axis is inclined. The method includes performing sampling irradiation of the ingot with a laser beam, along a direction parallel to the second orientation flat and a plurality of directions inclined clockwise and counterclockwise by respective predetermined angles from the second orientation flat, thereby forming a plurality of sampled reduced strength areas in the ingot; measuring the number of nodes which exist per unit length on each of the sampled reduced strength areas, and determining a direction in which the sampled reduced strength area where the measured number of nodes is zero extends as a processing feed direction.
US10406634B2	Enhancing strength in laser cutting of ceramic components A ceramic material, such as sapphire, is irradiated using a laser-based process to form a cut. In some implementations, a region of the ceramic material adjacent to the cut may be heated. The region may be removed to form an edge feature. In various implementations, the region of the ceramic material adjacent to the cut may be shielded from an outer portion of a laser beam used in the laser-based process using a shield, such as a polyethylene film. This removal and/or shielding operations may improve the mechanical strength of the ceramic material.
US10406626B2	Resistance spot welding method and welded structure A overlapped body 10 comprising steel plates 1a and 1b and satisfying (TS1×t1+TS2×t2)/(t1+t2)≥440 is energized while being sandwiched and pressed by a pair of electrodes 2a and 2b to form a molten pool 4b at a steel plate interface 4 and thereby to join the steel plates 1a and 1b. TS1 represents the tensile strength (MPa) of the steel plate 1a, t1 represents the thickness (mm) of the steel plate 1a, TS2 represents the tensile strength (MPa) of the steel plate 1b, and t2 represents the thickness (mm) of the steel plate 1b. An energization point 4a is formed at the steel plate interface 4, and spot welding is performed such that the molten pool 4b is formed at a position at a horizontal distance W of 20 mm or less from the energization point 4a.
US10406624B2	Methods and apparatus to switch a weld power output Methods and apparatus to communicate via a weld cable are disclosed. An example welding accessory includes a first port to receive input power via a first weld cable, a power converter to convert the input power to output power, a second port to output the input power via a second weld cable, and one or more output switches to selectively divert the input power from the power converter to the second port.
US10406622B2	Arc-welding power supply There is provided an arc welding power supply. An output control unit outputs welding voltage and current in correspondence to each of a short-circuiting period and an arc period. A feeding control unit controls a feeding rate of a welding wire. A short-circuit forcibly generating period is provided between forward feeding acceleration and deceleration periods. In the short-circuit forcibly generating period, the feeding control unit increases the feeding rate with a change rate larger than a change rate during the forward feeding acceleration period and maintains a predetermined forward feeding peak value when the feeding rate reaches the peak value.
US10406616B2	Method for sharpening saw blades for vibratory or oscillatory cutting tools A sharpening device for cost-effectively sharpening dulled saw blades and a method of making and using the same is provided. The sharpening device may form a tooth-like configuration adapted to rotatably grind and sharpen a saw-teeth configuration into a saw blade. The tooth-like configuration may be provided by a plurality of grinding discs and spaces alternatively stacked in a stacked configuration along an arbor that can engage a hand-held power tool. The stack configuration may be retained on the arbor through various stop mechanisms, such as a built-up section or a collar with a set screw. To prevent the stacked configuration from spinning on the arbor from torque transmission, a key way design utilizing a groove cut along the arbor and a complementary arbor hole notch may be employed. Alternatively, the arbor hole may have a shape that matches and mates with the shape of the arbor.
US10406614B2	Sample cutter A sample cutting assembly includes a base block, a saw pressure plate, an external blade guide, and an internal blade guide. The cutter can be used to conveniently remove samples for Material testing to determine serviceability or material condition. Apparatuses and techniques for using the sample cutting assembly are also disclosed.
US10406612B2	Skid steer cutting attachment Cutting apparatus attachable to a skid steer. The apparatus includes a house attached to a skid steer. The house is attached to an arm, which is attached to a motor that drives a blade. A single hydraulic circuit originating from the skid steer powers both the motor and a cylinder that is capable of pivoting the arm or rotating a guard that partially surrounds the blade. The user is able to operate the motor and cylinder independently of one another. The cutting apparatus is capable of cutting a straight line on horizontal, raised, and vertical surfaces.
US10406609B2	Single-sided four-way indexable positive cutting insert and insert mill therefor A single-sided four-way indexable cutting insert includes a positive basic shape, a rake surface, a peripheral surface including four side abutment surfaces, a base bearing surface and a screw hole connecting the rake and base bearing surfaces. The insert has an imaginary square frustum which defines a square base containing the cutting insert's base bearing surface, and further defines four isosceles trapezoid side surfaces respectively containing the cutting insert's four side abutment surfaces. A material volume VF of the cutting insert and a void volume VS of the insert fulfill the condition VS/VF≥0.25.
US10406608B2	Cutting insert and pocket with uninterrupted and continuous seating surface perimeter A round cutting insert has a seating surface with a plurality of projections formed on the seating surface proximate a central opening. The projections do not extend to an outer perimeter of the seating surface such that the outer perimeter is continuous and uninterrupted a full 360 degrees. An insert-receiving pocket includes a seating surface with a plurality of dimples for receiving the plurality of projections to prevent rotation of the cutting insert when mounted in the insert-receiving pocket. The plurality of dimples do not extend to an outer perimeter of the seating surface such that the outer perimeter is continuous and uninterrupted a full 360 degrees, thereby maximizing contact between the cutting insert and the pocket.
US10406606B2	Chuck with locking device The chuck with locking device has a ratchet mechanism comprising a toothed ring (5) with asymmetrical teeth (5a) fixed to an outer casing (2), a ratchet ring (9) arranged such that it can slide but not rotate with respect to a base body (1) and provided with tabs (11) or teeth (9a) providing ratchet interlocking elements, a release elastic element arranged under compression between the ratchet ring (9) and the toothed ring (5), a locking ring (7) arranged adjacent to the ratchet ring (9) outside the base body (1) and fixed inside a locking control sleeve (14), a cam groove (8) formed in the locking ring (7), and a pin (13) inserted in the cam groove (8) and in a hole (30) formed in the base body (1). The locking control sleeve (14) moves the locking ring (7) and the ratchet ring (5) between locking and unlocking positions.
US10406604B2	Facing accessory for a portable boring apparatus There is described a facing accessory for a portable boring apparatus, the accessory comprising: a shaft mounting portion for mounting to a longitudinal shaft of the portable boring apparatus extending along a longitudinal axis; a tool holder secured to the shaft mounting portion and adapted to receive a facing tool thereon, the tool holder comprising at least a telescopic arm for enabling movement of the facing tool towards and away from the shaft mounting portion along a radial axis relative to the longitudinal shaft; and an actuator operatively connected to the second section of the telescopic section for translating the second section relative to the first section along the radial axis.
US10406598B2	Mold assemblies with integrated thermal mass for fabricating infiltrated downhole tools An example mold assembly for fabricating an infiltrated downhole tool includes a mold defining a bottom of the mold assembly and a funnel operatively coupled to the mold. An infiltration chamber is defined at least partially by the mold and the funnel to receive and contain matrix reinforcement materials and a binder material used to form the infiltrated downhole tool. A thermal mass is positioned within the infiltration chamber above the infiltrated downhole tool for imparting heat to the infiltrated downhole tool following an infiltration process.
US10406596B2	Core arrangement for turbine engine component A casting core for an airfoil according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first portion extending in a first direction and corresponding to a first cavity of an airfoil. The first portion defines a reference plane along a parting line formed by a casting die. The first portion defines a plurality of grooves corresponding to a plurality of trip strips of the airfoil. Each of the plurality of grooves defines a respective groove axis, and the plurality of grooves are distributed in the first direction along a first side of the reference plane such that one or more of the groove axes are oriented with respect to a pull direction of the casting die. A method for fabricating a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.
US10406591B2	Spherical decoupler conduit A spherical decoupler conduit for connecting misaligned components, and a method for making the same, where the spherical decoupler includes an inlet connection with a first spherical portion; an outer slider with a second spherical portion for pivotably mating with the first spherical portion and a tubular portion; an inner slider having a tubular portion in a telescoping relationship with the tubular portion of the outer slider and a third spherical portion; and an outlet connection with a fourth spherical portion for pivotably mating with the third spherical portion.
US10406588B2	Apparatus for inserting flattened tubes into heat exchanger fins An apparatus for inserting flattened tubes into heat exchanger fins includes a fin stack arranging unit in which heat exchanger fins are stacked in the thickness direction and a guide is inserted into at least a cutaway portion. A flattened tube arranging unit holds flattened tubes in an intermittent arrangement with respect to the cutaway portions into which the guide has not been inserted. A flattened tube insertion driving unit inserts the flattened tubes into the cutaway portions. A contact plate produces a reactive force when the flattened tubes are inserted into the cutaway portions. A flattened tube intermittently inserted fin stack arranging unit aligns the positions of cutaway portions into which the flattened tubes have not been inserted to the positions of the flattened tubes on the flattened tube arranging unit and is used in place of the fin stack arranging unit.
US10406586B2	Portable tool and method of operating same A portable tool having a working head that is actuated by an electric motor and/or a hydraulic medium and has a working part. The working part is displaceable in a displacement direction and the working head is rotatable together with the working part in the circumferential direction with respect to the displacement direction. The working head is rotatable together with the working part hydraulically and by the motor. The working head has a segment mounted therein, the segment having a largest extension in the circumferential direction by a first angular amount, and that the rotation of the working head and the working part takes place in the circumferential direction by a second angular amount, wherein values of the first and the second angular amounts are different. Moreover, a method for operating a portable tool is provided using first and second hydraulic pistons.
US10406585B2	Low profile pilot assembly and method for metal forming dies A pilot assembly and method for metal forming dies has a generally cylindrical pilot with a stripper that strips stock from the pilot when metal forming dies diverge. The pilot assembly is secured to one die member by a fastener by itself or in combination with a window mount. A spring within the pilot assembly contacts the stripper to force the stripper to reciprocate when the dies are pulled apart. Thus, the pilot assembly helps locate the stock within the metal forming die while also having a stripper to help strip the stock from the pilot.
US10406584B2	Methods and apparatus to shape a workpiece Methods and apparatus to shape a workpiece are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus includes a first die and a second die movable relative to the first die. The apparatus also includes a punch assembly movable relative to the second die and the first die during a stroke cycle of the second die to a position adjacent a workpiece disposed between the second die and the first die. The punch assembly includes a punch to be actuated to pierce the workpiece when the punch assembly is in the position adjacent the workpiece.
US10406580B2	Automated bender and systems and methods for providing data to operate an automated bender An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.
US10406577B2	Improving the bending behaviour of mechanically-lined rigid pipe A method of making mechanically-lined pipe with primary expansion by plastically expanding a liner sleeve within an outer pipe, under lining pressure applied internally to the liner sleeve. On relieving the lining pressure, elastic radial contraction of the outer pipe makes a mechanical bond between the outer pipe and the liner sleeve. Then, secondary expansion of the outer pipe is performed under fixing pressure, which may be greater than the lining pressure, applied internally to the liner sleeve at an end portion of the pipe. This makes or strengthens a mechanical bond at the end portion. The resulting pipe joint has an end portion and a body portion inboard of the end portion. The body portion has a first, lesser bonding pressure between the outer pipe and the liner sleeve. The end portion has a second, greater bonding pressure between the outer pipe and liner sleeve.
US10406570B1	Inline drain line access device with cleanout adapter An access device for installation to a condensation drainage system, such as a drain line of an HVAC unit, includes a main body with connecting ports at opposite ends for sealed, fluid flow inline connection to the drainage system. A top cover releasably secures to the main body to completely cover and seal an open top and interior cavity. A cleanout adapter has a flange that surrounds a bottom opening. The flange includes a seal around its outer periphery and is structured for sliding receipt within either of two transverse slots within the interior cavity to position the bottom opening of the adapter in sealed alignment with either of the connection ports, whereby a pressurized gas or liquid flow source, or a vacuum source can be connected to a top opening of the adapter for clearing a clog in the drain line either upstream or downstream of the access device.
US10406569B2	Atomization device and cleaning method thereof An atomization device and a cleaning method thereof are provided. The atomization device includes a jar portion and a host device. The jar portion is movably assembled with the host device and includes a nozzle portion and a container portion. The nozzle portion communicates with the container portion and is provided with an atomizer disposed therein. The atomizer is coupled to the host device. The cleaning method includes the steps of: assembling the jar portion and the host device and turning on the host device; determining whether the container portion contains a liquid; entering a safe mode if the container portion does not contain the liquid or determining whether the nozzle portion contains the liquid if the container portion contains the liquid; and entering an atomization mode if the nozzle portion does not contain the liquid or entering a cleaning mode if the nozzle portion contains the liquid.
US10406568B2	Working surface cleaning system and method A cleaning film designed to remove foreign matter and particulates from working surfaces of cleaning wafers used in semiconductor processes. These processes include wafer sort test for cleaning of probe card pins and FEOL tooling for cleaning during wafer handling equipment and wafer chucks. The debris collected on the cleaning wafer working surfaces is removed by the particle removal film allowing the debris and foreign matter to be discarded. The use of the cleaning film allows the operator to refresh the cleaning wafer without use of an outside vendor and eliminates wet washing and the use of solvents in the cleaning process.
US10406567B2	Apparatus and methods for substrate processing and manufacturing integrated circuit devices A method for processing a substrate includes: loading a substrate in a processing space of a vessel; drying the substrate using a supercritical fluid of a first temperature in the processing space, and thermally decomposing a contamination source disposed in the processing space by transferring heat to the processing space by using a non-reactive fluid of a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
US10406566B2	Substrate processing device and substrate processing method A substrate processing device 10 has a water removing unit 110 and, when a solvent supply unit 58 supplies a volatile solvent to a surface of a substrate W, the water removing unit 110 supplies a water removing agent to the surface of the substrate W to promote replacement of the cleaning water on the surface of the substrate W with the volatile solvent.
US10406565B2	Cleaning cloth A cleaning cloth has a microfiber composite fleece material in which a first and a second fiber component are arranged in the form of alternating layers, wherein at least one first layer A has the first fiber component in the form of composite filaments which are melt-spun and deposited into a fleece and which are at least partially split into elementary filaments having an average titer of less than 0.1 dtex, preferably between 0.03 dtex and 0.06 dtex, and solidified, and wherein at least one layer B is arranged on the first layer A, wherein the layer B has the second fiber component in the form of fibers deposited into a fleece and solidified and having an average titer of 0.1 to 3 dtex, at least one second layer A is arranged on the layer B.
US10406563B2	Method of producing collectible cards Methods and apparatus of producing collectible cards are disclosed. An example method includes producing a first stack of cards including a first card type and a second card type from a single substrate sheet, separating the first stack of cards into a first sub-stack and a second sub-stack. The first sub-stack includes the first card type and the second sub-stack includes the second card type. The example method includes comparing a first top card of the first sub-stack to a first reference card and, based on the first top card being substantially similar to the first reference card, automatically transferring the first sub-stack to a first tray designated to receive the first card type.
US10406561B2	Volumetrically efficient loading of cartons with increased throughput yield Parcel processing systems and methods. A parcel processing system includes a parcel singulation transport configured to transport a stream of singulated parcels. The parcel processing system includes a parcel sorter configured to sort individual parcels in the stream of singulated parcels into a plurality of buffers. Multiple buffers comprise a set of buffers corresponding to a single load builder, and each buffer accumulates and buffers sorted parcels before transfer to the load builder. The parcel processing system includes a parcel flow merge configured to selectively receive buffered parcels from each of the buffers in the set and feed the received parcels to the load builder. The parcel processing system includes the load builder, configured to receive the parcels from the parcel flow merge and build successive stacks of parcels on a parcel pallet.
US10406558B2	Coated board of wood-based material A coated board of wood-based material and a method for coating a board of wood-based material, wherein the board of wood-based material is in particular a wall panel or floor panel or is intended for producing such a panel, comprising a front side and a rear side, wherein at least the surface of the front side is provided with a polymer coating and wherein the polymer coating has a hardness gradient, so that the hardness of the polymer layer decreases with increasing depth from the surface.
US10406557B2	Curing apparatus and curing method A curing apparatus and a curing method are provided. The curing apparatus comprises: a chamber, configured for accommodating a substrate provided with a polyimide adhesive; an air extracting unit, configured for evacuating the chamber; and a heating unit, configured for performing a first heating on the substrate in the case that a first predetermined pressure is reached in the chamber during a evacuating process of the air extracting unit so as to remove organic gases from the polyimide adhesive, and performing a second heating on the substrate after the first heating so as to cure the polyimide adhesive.
US10406555B2	Spray masking for rotors A mask for masking a component at an annular boundary comprises a wall (90, 92) having an inner first rim portion having a first inner diameter (D1) and an outward rebate (140) adjacent the first rim portion.
US10406554B2	Glue pen An ergonomic glue pen employs a spring-loaded advancing assembly for advancing a glue stick toward a heater. When the proper temperature is reached, a trigger is depressed to dispense glue through a forward nozzle. In some embodiments, the nozzle changes color when the proper temperature is obtained. A button at the side of the glue pen is manually displaceable by the user. The glue stick is loaded at the rear of the glue pen via a one-way collet. The trigger preferably interacts with the advancing assembly via a spring-loaded ratchet mechanism.
US10406553B2	Printed circuit board having structure for preventing coating liquid overflow Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board having a structure for preventing coating liquid overflow. In the printed circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted and in which a connection hole for joining the electronic component and another component to each other is formed, a land region to which lead may be applied is formed adjacent to the connection hole.
US10406549B2	System for treating a surface A system for treating a surface of a structure includes a wheeled vehicle that is movable along a surface and includes at least one spray head attached to a vertically movable carriage.
US10406546B2	Suction device for a liquid product in a dispenser Suction device for a liquid product present in a dispenser has a container 6 provided with means for sampling the product 7. The device is developed about a central axis X and has a centralised product suction channel 8 coaxial to the central axis X and having an inlet 14 and an outlet; and annular suction means connected to the inlet 14 of the centralised suction channel 8.
US10406544B2	Powder-dispensing device and powder-coating installation for spraying articles with a powder coating A powder-dispensing device in the form of a dense-phase powder pump or of a powder injector is provided to deliver coating powder from a powder reservoir to a powder-spraying device. To make the spray coating operation easier for the customer and to be able to make it more cost-effective, without having to compromise on good coating quality and good coating efficiency, a control device is integrated in the powder-dispensing device or is connected, in particular directly, to the powder-dispensing device and is designed to establish at least one parameter that is characteristic of a spray coating procedure carried out with the powder-coating device.
US10406537B2	Method of making a nozzle A method of fabricating a nozzle that includes casting and curing a first material using a patterned nip roller to form a first microstructured pattern of discrete microstructures, deforming at least one of the discrete microstructures; replicating the first microstructured pattern, including the at least one deformed discrete microstructure, in a second material different than the first material to make a replicated structure comprising a plurality of blind holes formed in the second material, removing second material of the replicated structure to expose tops of microstructures in the first microstructured pattern, and removing the first material from the replicated structure, resulting in a nozzle having a plurality of through-holes in the second material and corresponding to the first microstructured pattern.
US10406536B2	Fan orifice dispensing closure A dispensing closure for a squeeze-type container produces a fan-type spray in a low pressure environment. The dispensing closure includes a closure body having an upper deck and a skirt depending from the upper deck. The skirt is configured and arranged to attach to a product container, such as a squeeze-type container. A flow conduit extends from an interior of the closure body and through the upper deck to provide a flow path from an interior of the closure to an exterior of the closure. The flow conduit has an entrance orifice and an exit orifice. The flow conduit has an inner wall extending between the entrance orifice and the exit orifice. The flow conduit and the closure body are integrally formed. The flow conduit includes a tip portion with an exit orifice defining a shape to provide a fan-type spray in a low pressure environment.
US10406532B2	Method and an arrangement for controlling of a comminution process having a grinding circuit An arrangement for controlling a comminution process having a grinding circuit, includes an imaging system measuring 3D reconstruction measurement data for three-dimensional reconstruction of incoming ore; a particle size analysis equipment measuring particle size data for calculation of the particle size characteristic value of outgoing ore; an ore characteristics data calculation block receiving a particle size distribution profile of incoming ore and a particle size characteristic value of the outgoing ore, the particle size distribution profile being calculated and/or reconstructed from the 3D reconstruction measurement data for three-dimensional reconstruction, and the particle size characteristic value being calculated based on the measured particle size data, the ore characteristics data calculation block calculating ore characteristics data based on the particle size distribution profile and the particle size characteristic value; and a control block controlling the grinding circuit based on the calculated ore characteristics data.
US10406530B2	Material processing machines and methods of use Machines and methods adapted to process, for example, to reduce the size of, disperse, or homogenize, a variety of materials and compositions. Such methods and machines are capable of reducing the size of a material and dispersing the material in a liquid by cutting the material with knives located along a perimeter of an annular-shaped cutting head, causing the cut material to flow radially outward from the cutting head through gaps between the knives, and flowing a liquid through passages in the cutting head that cause the liquid to cascade around the knives of the cutting head in an axial direction of the cutting head.
US10406527B2	Thermocycler The present invention provides a thermocycler comprising: a rotatable platform having a plurality of reaction wells or being adapted to receive a plurality of reaction containers, wherein the rotatable platform and/or the reaction wells are formed, at least in part, of a material which is adapted to be inductively heated by exposure to electromagnetic energy. An electromagnetic energy source is provided and is configured to direct electromagnetic energy at the rotatable platform, wherein the electromagnetic energy source surrounds a sufficient amount of the rotatable platform in order to heat the entire platform substantially simultaneously. In preferred embodiments, the electromagnetic energy source completely surrounds the rotatable platform. The invention further comprises a method of cycling a reaction mixture between predetermined temperatures utilising the novel thermocycler apparatus of the invention. The invention also comprises use of the novel thermocycler apparatus of the invention for conducting a nucleic acid amplification reaction such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the ligase chain reaction (LCR).
US10406522B2	Three-dimensional multiple-layer microfluidic micro-droplet arrays for chemical and biochemical microreactors, miniature bioreactors, heat transfer, and other applications A microfluidic transport system for transporting microdroplets in three spatial dimensions among layers of a layered microfluidic system. In an example arrangement, a first microfluidic layer for transporting microdroplets in two spatial dimensions responsive to electric fields created by electrical operation of electrodes is fluidically connected by one or more conduits to other microfluidic layers. Microdroplets can be transported through the one or more conduits so as to be moved among a plurality of layered microfluidic arrangements. The resulting layered system can be used for heat transfer, fluidic transfer, and other uses, and can be implemented using materials such as metal, glass, polymer, plastic, layered materials, fibrous materials, etc. In some applications the layered system can be implemented within a printed circuit board, integrated circuit housing. Example applications include integrated circuit cooling, energy harvesting, microfluidic processing systems, chemical reactors, biochemical reactors, chemical analysis arrangements, biochemical analysis arrangements, and other apparatus.
US10406517B2	Double peroxide treatment of oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst Oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts comprising MoVNbTeO having improved consistency of composition and a 25% conversion of ethylene at less than 420° C. and a selectivity to ethylene above 95% are prepared by treating the catalyst precursor with H2O2 in an amount equivalent to 0.30-2.8 mL H2O2 of a 30% solution per gram of catalyst precursor prior to calcining and treating the resulting catalyst with the equivalent amount of peroxide after calcining.
US10406507B2	Highly active thermally stable nanoporous gold catalyst In one embodiment, a method includes depositing oxide nanoparticles on a nanoporous gold support to form an active structure and functionalizing the deposited oxide nanoparticles. In another embodiment, a system includes a nanoporous gold structure comprising a plurality of ligaments, and a plurality of oxide particles deposited on the nanoporous gold structure; the oxide particles are characterized by a crystalline phase.
US10406506B2	In-line rotor-stator disperser and reaction process The present invention is directed to a special device for fast mixing and precipitation reactions of chemical substances. In particular, the present invention presents a reactor which allows an extremely fast mixing of at least two liquid streams containing highly concentrated dissolved materials from which solid metal compound particles are formed when at least two reactant streams meet, to which optionally a further stream, advantageously containing a dispersion or suspension, may be added.
US10406499B2	Mixing reactor and method A mixing reactor (1), the reactor comprising a body (2) having a first inlet (3), a second inlet (5) and an outlet (4), in which there is an inner passage (6) through the body (2) from the first inlet (3) at a first end (12) of the body (2) to the outlet (4) at a second end of the body (2) along a length of the body (2), the inner passage (6) having a side wall (17) along the length, and an outer passage (7) closer to a surface (14) of the body (2) than the inner passage (6), the outer passage (7) running from the second inlet (5) at the second end, travelling through the body (2) along the length and meeting the inner passage (6) at a junction (11) at the first end, the outer passage (7) joining the inner passage (6) through the side wall (17) at the junction (11). Such a mixing reactor can be used for producing particles such as nanoparticles or Metal-Organic frameworks. Furthermore, we disclose a cascade of such reactors and a method of using such reactors to mix fluids, typically but non-exclusively so as to produce such particles.
US10406498B2	Use of an ampholyte copolymer as colloidal stabilizer The invention relates to the use of an ampholyte copolymer as a colloidal stabilizer in the preparation of aminoplast core-shell microcapsules containing an active material, wherein the ampholyte copolymer comprises: 2 to 99 mol % of cationic monomer having at least one quaternary ammonium group, 1 to 98 mol % of acrylic based monomer, 0 to 97 mol % of non-ionic monomer, and wherein the ampholyte copolymer has more cationic charges than anionic charges, wherein the cationic charges of the ampholyte copolymer are exclusively due to the at least one quaternary ammonium group of the cationic monomer.
US10406496B2	Systems and methods for improving flow in radial flow reactor A scallop, center pipe, and outer basket for use in a radial flow reactor are provided. Each of the scallop, the center pipe, and the outer basket is formed of an elongated conduit having a top end and an opposing bottom end, and a plurality of openings formed in the elongated conduit through a thickness thereof. A diameter of the plurality of openings progressively increases or decreases from the top end to the opposing bottom end of the elongated conduit so as to allow a feedstock to flow radially out through the plurality of openings on the scallop or outer basket, or to allow a feedstock to flow uniformly into the center pipe through the plurality of openings. A system utilizing the center pipe together with either the scallop or the outer basket is also provided.
US10406495B2	Wall for catalytic beds of reactors and method for realizing the same Catalytic chemical reactor comprising a perforated wall (6) adjacent to a supporting wall of the reactor or of a catalytic cartridge contained in the reactor, wherein said perforated wall comprises a plurality of panels (7) and comprises first sectors (9) resting on the supporting wall and second sectors (10) spaced from said supporting wall defining a cavity (11), and wherein means are provided for local securing said gas-permeable wall to said supporting wall, said securing means comprising: a plurality of support elements (13) fixed to the supporting wall (4) and passing through respective openings (15) of the first sectors (9) of the gas-permeable wall and a respective plurality of locking elements (14) which can be associated with the said support elements, the panels of the gas-permeable wall being gripped between said supporting wall and said locking elements.
US10406493B2	Diluted solution production method and diluted solution production apparatus A diluted solution production method of the present invention is a diluted solution production method of producing a diluted solution of a second liquid by adding the second liquid to a first liquid, the method including feeding the first liquid to a first pipe; and controlling pressure in a tank that stores the second liquid to add, through the second pipe that connects the tank to the first pipe, the second liquid to the first liquid in the first pipe. Adding the second liquid includes measuring a flow rate of the first liquid or the diluted solution that flows through the first pipe; measuring a component concentration of the diluted solution; and controlling the pressure in the tank, based on the measured values of the flow rate and the component concentration, so as to adjust the component concentration of the diluted solution to a specified value.
US10406492B1	Process or using subterranean produced fluids for hydraulic fracturing with cross-linked gels while providing elimination or reduction of formation clay stabilizer chemicals A system and process for defining, blending and monitoring fresh water with subterranean produced formation fluids, with particular constituents of the blended waters being controlled for proper use in gel-type hydraulic fracturing operations. On-site measurements and calculations of clay stabilization replacement, through a Potassium Chloride (KCl) Equivalency calculation, provide feedback on water constituent adjustments that may be needed just prior to the gel-based hydraulic fracturing process. This assures adequate gel cross-linking times, delayed gel cross-linking times, and clay stabilization in the formation to be fractured.
US10406489B2	Mixing unit for flushing solutions A mixing unit for ready-to-use flushing solutions with a mixing chamber, with which conduits for ultrapure water and for concentrate communicate, in order to form a ready-to use flushing solution therein is characterized in that the concentrate is filled into a concentrate bag, which is provided with a concentrate bag connector, which is connectable to a connector on the mixing unit, that the connector on the mixing unit is covered by a pivotal concentrate valve in its closed state so that a sealed flushing space is defined around the connector and that a flushing liquid conduit communicates with the connector on the mixing unit so that flushing liquid is conveyable into the flushing space, which can completely clean the connector internally and externally.
US10406480B2	Filter for removing mercury in high-purity gases or aerosol The invention discloses a filter for removing mercury in high-purity gases or aerosol, including a cylindrical outer chamber, both ends of the cylindrical outer chamber are provided with an inlet air pipe and an outlet air pipe, multiple sets of stepped liners and gradually deformed jackets mounted mutually are provided together inside the outer chamber. A stepped liner is provided between two adjacent gradually deformed jackets; a 2-10 μm gold-plated layer is provided on step surfaces of the stepped liners and step holes of the gradually deformed jackets, a gap channel is formed between step surfaces of stepped liners and step holes of gradually deformed jackets, the gap channel is communicated with the inlet air pipe and the outlet air pipe. The gold-plated layer absorbs mercury to form gold amalgam and remove the mercury, making it possible to analyze ultra-low-level Pb isotopes in minerals, which is unachievable in micro-area analysis.
US10406477B2	Method and apparatus for removing sulfur oxides from gas Methods, apparatus, and compositions for cleaning gas. The use of segmented multistage ammonia-based liquid spray with different oxidation potentials to remove sulfur compounds from gas. The use of different oxidation potentials may reduce unwanted ammonia slip.
US10406475B2	Gas recovery concentration apparatus A honeycomb rotor recovering and concentrating apparatus recovers a gas such as carbon dioxide from flue gases and the like and may be capable of utilizing low-temperature waste heat 100° C. or less. The proposed method involves sorbing carbon dioxide while vaporizing and cooling by contacting a water-insoluble carbon dioxide sorbing material (solid amines, etc.) having an acidic gas sorptive capacity with a mixed gas containing carbon dioxide in a wet state. Warm water is brought into contact with the water-insoluble carbon dioxide sorbing material sorbed with carbon dioxide to desorb high concentration of carbon dioxide. The warm water is separated from the water-insoluble carbon dioxide sorbent material desorbed from carbon dioxide. Then the apparatus is returned from the separation step to the sorption step. Thereby, it is possible to drastically increase the recovery rate and recovery concentration of acidic gas (carbon dioxide) continuously.
US10406471B2	Filter medium for air filter, filter pack, air filter unit, and method for producing filter medium for air filter A filter medium includes first and second porous films mainly containing fluororesin, and a pre-collection member upstream of the first film. The pre-collection member has a pressure drop when air is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s of between 15 Pa and 55 Pa, a collection efficiency of NaCl particles having a particle diameter of 0.3 μm when air containing the particles is passed through at a flow rate of 5.3 cm/s of between 25% and 80%, a thickness of 0.4 mm or less, and a PF value between 7 and 15. A ratio of the PF value of the pre-collection member to the PF value when the first and second films are overlapped, is between 0.20 and 0.45. The filter medium can be in a filter pack or filter unit, and produced by integrating the films and the pre-collection member using heat lamination.
US10406466B2	Urban lung system and method to separate particulate matter and other toxic elements from the atmospheric air by using kinetic energy means The system to be installed on a vehicle to purify air using kinetic energy generated by movement of the vehicle is presented. The system comprises at least one kinetic air purifier structure which is an air conduit having a first particle collection chamber and a second particle separation chamber. Each chamber comprises at least one convex element that provides obstacle to the air flow to separate large particles from the air flow, at least one trapping element, such as cotton fabric, to trap smaller dirt particles, and at least one chamber orifice that allows access to the chambers for cleaning purpose. The system further comprises a micro-porous trapping element to trap micro particles. Due to separated and trapped particles at various chambers, the air is purified. The air purification is achieved by capturing the dirt particles instead of diminishing those.
US10406462B2	Filter device A filter device may include a filter housing with a filter housing pot and a cover screwable onto the filter housing pot, and an annular filter element arranged in the filter housing. The annular filter element may be connected to the cover via a first thread, which may have a dome protruding centrally and axially from an upper end disc of the annular filter element, with an outer thread interrupted by free passages, and hollow cylindrical spring elements, which may protrude axially from the cover and on which an inner thread portion designed to complement the outer thread may be arranged. Each inner thread portion may extend over a longer circumferential portion than one of the free passages. The first thread may be designed running counter to a second thread arranged between the filter housing pot and the cover.
US10406460B2	Filter assembly for a dishwasher appliance A filter assembly includes a first filter member including a first filter panel which defines a central axial aperture and a second filter member including a second filter panel which defines a central axial aperture. The filter assembly further includes a first discharge blade which includes a body and a blade arm, the body defining a central axial bore hole and in contact with the first outer surface of the first filter panel. The filter assembly further includes a second discharge blade which includes a body and a blade arm extending radially from the body, the body defining a central axial bore hole and in contact with the second opposing outer surface of the first filter panel and the first outer surface of the second filter panel. The filter assembly further includes a washer in contact with the second outer surface of the second filter panel, and a shaft.
US10406459B2	Dry filter Provided is a dry filter, including: a barrel; a first end cover and a second end cover; a first filter layer, provided at an end, close to the first end cover (20), in the barrel (10); a dry layer, provided in the barrel and located at a side, away from the first end cover, of the first filter layer, the dry layer including a first filter plate and a second filter plate, the second filter plate and a barrel wall of the barrel forming a dry chamber; and a first fixing structure, defining the position of the second filter plate in the barrel, such that a buffer chamber is formed between the second filter plate, an inner wall of the barrel and the second end cover. The dry filter solves the problems of easy accumulation of impurities on a filter plate of an existing dry filter and low utilization rate.
US10406458B1	Regenerative media filtration A regenerative filter that includes a filter housing having inlet and outlet zones; a fluid path provided between the inlet and outlet zones; a plurality of filter elements each having an outer surface filter media applied thereto and functioning to filter particulate or contaminants from the fluid path; and a tube sheet that is supported across the filter housing, that is disposed just before the outlet zone and that provides the support for the plurality of filter elements. The plurality of filter elements are disposed in an array and includes bridging members or elements that connect between adjacent filter elements, and that forms with the filter elements, a closed interstitial space between adjacent filter elements for liquid flow; a nanoscale barrier on interior surfaces, including that of the regenerative media itself, providing a mechanism to disrupt the cell wall of microscopic viruses and organisms.
US10406447B2	System and methods to display icons based on messaging activity A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method to load a game user interface is provided. A request is received from a second player to access a game user interface for a computer-implemented game. First player messaging activity information associated with messaging activity of the first player is accessed. During loading of the game user interface, a chat interface is displayed to enable text communication between the first and second player. Concurrently, a loading progress indicator is displayed.
US10406443B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing system When a content acquisition unit acquires a part of full-size application software, an installation processing unit installs the acquired part, and an execution unit sets the installed application software to be executable. While the execution unit is executing the application software, the content acquisition unit continues to download the application software. A display processing unit changes a display mode of an icon image differently when a part of the application software is installed and when the application software is installed in its entirety.
US10406441B2	Systems and methods for managing a persistent virtual avatar with migrational ability Systems and methods for managing a virtual avatar with migrational ability, and brokering information, are provided. The persistent avatar exists in a plurality of virtual environments and includes attributes generated by an attribute generator, an enabler for enabling virtual environments to access the stored attribute data, and a migrator for allowing the avatar to migrate from one virtual environment to another while the attributes of the persistent avatar remain substantially constant. The enabler utilizes at least one client based on protocol suite. Stored attribute data is modifiable by experiences in any virtual environment. User of the persistent avatar is notified when events occur in any virtual environment, or within real life, by monitoring for events with a monitor, assessing importance of the event with an assessor, and notifying the owner with an informer of the event if it exceeds a threshold of importance.
US10406440B2	Method of collecting advertisement exposure data of 360 VR game replay video Provided is a method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a 360 virtual reality (VR) game replay video, in which data on advertisements that are applied to a game replay video and actually exposed to a user when the game replay video is displayed on a 360 VR display device is collected.According to the method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a 360 VR game replay video, data on advertisements that are actually exposed to a user when the user views the 360 VR game replay video by using the 360 VR display device, from among advertisements applied to the 360 VR game replay video, may be effectively collected.
US10406438B2	Controlling behavior of entities in funnel sections of a computer-represented environment Innovations in the area of controlling behavior of computer-controlled entities such as cars in a computer-represented environment are presented herein. In various examples described herein, the behavior of computer-controlled cars is controlled by an artificial intelligence (“AI”) behavior engine. The AI behavior engine performs operations to determine if the behavior (driving pattern, etc.) of a computer-controlled car should change for a funnel section. If so, the AI behavior engine switches the computer-controlled car to a trailing mode configuration and selects a candidate car to follow in the funnel section based on various criteria. The AI behavior engine also determines how to follow the candidate car by selecting a racing path and setting rules to determine the speed to use for following the candidate car. Control values are then set. The described innovations also generally apply to other racing scenarios, self-driving/autonomous cars, and other applications with robotic equipment and devices.
US10406437B1	Route navigation system within a game application environment Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a route navigation system that can aid the user by providing navigational aids for navigating within a virtual game environment. The navigational aids can provide visual indications to the user within the game environment in order to help direct the character to navigation objects used for traversing the environment. The navigation information used for navigation within the game environment can be determined based on a route navigation grid. A navigation module can utilize the navigation grid to help users navigate characters within the game environments of the game application. The route navigation grid can be generated based on aggregated route information and telemetry data associated with a plurality of users of the game application. The route generation module can be configured to automatically generate navigation links between navigation nodes within game environment based on telemetric data sourced from users of the game application.
US10406435B2	Storage medium storing information processing program, information processing apparatus and information processing method A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a game screen is displayed on one LCD, and a touch panel is set on the other LCD. A game screen for teaching an input timing and an input kind that are set in advance is displayed, and music for teaching the input timing is output. A player performs a touch-on operation, a touch-off operation, a flipping operation and a rubbing operation on the touch panel by viewing the game screen, and listening to the music. The input timing and input kind that are performed by the player and the input timing and the input kind that are set in advance are compared to thereby produce a situation corresponding to the comparison result.
US10406432B2	Virtual image display program, virtual image display apparatus, and virtual image display method A game processing apparatus displays an image of virtual space on a display that displays an image by using a sensor for identifying the position and direction of a certain body part of a player and the display. A controller in the game processing apparatus displays the image of the virtual space on the display in accordance with the position and direction of the certain body part of the player, and, when an information providing condition regarding the position and direction of the certain body part of the player is satisfied, outputs to-be-provided information.
US10406425B2	Snow bike The present invention relates to an apparatus for attachment to a slidable runner, adjustable between a folded configuration for transport or storage and an unfolded configuration for use, and tunable to match various terrain characteristics and user characteristics and preferences.
US10406419B1	Batting practice stand A batting practice stand has a length-adjustable post that has a ball-receiving cone at one end and L-shaped slots through its sidewall at its opposite end. By axially sliding the post into an opening of the base and rotating, the L-shaped slots engage a bar within the base opening to secure the post to the base. A compressible washer or stopper is provided in the bottom portion of the base to facilitate connection between L-shaped slots of the post and bar within the base. Legs extend outwardly from between flanges of the sidewall of the base. Between the flanges, the base defines socket openings that receive curved detent buttons extending from the proximal ends of each of the legs. Pins extend across the flanges and through the legs, and are engaged by slots defined in the curved detent buttons. The legs are rotatably moved from a storage position aligned with the legs substantially parallel to one another to a stand support position with the legs at angles to one another. The pins define the axis of rotation for the legs. Springs urge the curved detent buttons in a direction outwardly of the legs to keep the curved detent buttons within the socket openings in the base. Double gaskets at the connections between the telescoping post segments permit easy extension of the telescoping post segments, while resisting closing.
US10406418B2	Device to attach climbing hold to fence A system used to attach a climbing hold to a chain-link fence. In one embodiment, a backing plate (10) narrow enough to slide through the openings of a chain-link fence (12) is placed on the far side of the chain-link fence (12). A climbing hold (14) is placed on the nearside of the chain-link fence (12), and a bolt (16) is used to clamp the assembly together. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US10406417B1	Hockey puck passing machine and shooting trainer According to various embodiments, a training device for hockey players is disclosed herein. The training device includes a puck sorting system for holding and orienting hockey pucks. The puck sorting system includes a puck drum having bottom and side portions and configured to hold therein a plurality of hockey pucks. The bottom portion of the puck drum has rotatably mounted thereon a conical puck agitation device configured to orient the plurality of hockey pucks into a predefined position. The training device further includes a puck launching system attached to the puck sorting system. The puck launching system includes a sloped tube operable to receive oriented hockey pucks and convey hockey pucks to a puck launcher. The puck launcher is configured to shoot hockey pucks via a spinning launching wheel driven by a launching motor.
US10406416B2	Social gaming device A gaming device includes a base, a runway, and a target. The base includes a baseplate and a ramp. The base plate has an upper surface and a leading end. The ramp includes a ramp leg that supports the ramp in an inclined position. The runway has a free end that extends from the leading end of the base plate in a deployed configuration of the gaming device. The target includes a target plate having a target surface that defines a plurality of holes. The target plate is hingedly attached to the base plate such that the base plate is foldable into the target in a transport configuration of the gaming device. In the transport configuration, the upper surface of the base plate opposes the target surface of the target plate with the ramp disposed between the upper surface and the target surface.
US10406414B2	Golf club head with stiffening member A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face, a weight port, an internal cavity, and a stiffening member. The weight port is affixed to the sole. The stiffening member is located in the interior cavity and permanently affixed to the hosel. The stiffening member is also permanently affixed to the sole and the weight port.
US10406412B2	Golf club shaft and golf club A metal foil satisfies following conditional equations (1), (2) and (3) to smoothly increase rigidity in the longitudinal direction of the shaft main body from a distal end side to a base end side while increasing a weight of a wound part of the metal foil 0.50
US10406411B2	Golf club head with grooves and method of manufacture Embodiments of golf clubs with grooves and methods of manufacture thereof are described herein. In one embodiment of a golf club described herein, the golf club has a head with a body. The body has a strike face with channels and at least one insert located within at least one of the channels. At least one of the channels comprises a single groove, and the insert forms at least a portion of the single groove. At least one of the channels comprises an opening on the strike face that is narrower than a bottom of the at least one of the channels. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US10406410B2	Iron type golf club head Iron-type golf club heads are disclosed having a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The iron-type golf club heads include a flexible boundary structure (“FBS”) that is provided at one or more locations on the club head. The flexible boundary structure may comprise, in several embodiments, a slot, a channel, a gap, a thinned or weakened region, or other structure that enhances the capability of an adjacent or related portion of the golf club head to flex or deflect and to thereby provide a desired improvement in the performance of the golf club head.
US10406409B2	Golf club head and method of manufacturing the same A method comprising, in a striking face of a golf club head, the striking face being formed of a first material having a first hardness, creating a plurality of initial grooves, the initial grooves having a first cross-sectional area (A1) and a first pitch (P1) such that A1/P1>0.0030 in. The method continues with modifying the initial grooves at least by positioning a second material in each of the plurality of initial grooves, the second material having a second hardness that is less than the first hardness, such that the first material and the second material form a plurality of final grooves each having a second cross-sectional area (A2) and a second pitch (P2) such that A2/P2<0.0030 in.
US10406407B2	Golf club head with elevated internal weight A golf club head having elevated internal weighting that improves ball speed, reduces backspin, and increases launch angle is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head comprises a hollow body with a face, sole, and elevated weight bar, which is disposed inside the body and is fixed to heel and toe sides of the body, preferably with mechanical fasteners such as screws or bolts. The weight bar bridges a central portion of the sole, and a central section of the weight bar, which preferably comprises at least 50% of the overall mass of the weight bar, extends towards the face without actually making contact with the face. The sole also includes at least one slot extending perpendicular to the face and underneath the central section of the weight bar, the slot having a front-to-back length that is greater than a maximum front-to-back length of the weight bar.
US10406406B2	Grommet and racket To enhance a resilience performance of a ball at hitting the ball, a grommet is configured to include a strip-shaped portion extending in a predetermined direction and a cylindrical portion projecting from one surface of the strip-shaped portion, the cylindrical portion being a portion through which a string passes. A bulge portion is formed on a part on another surface of the strip-shaped portion, the part being along an inner periphery of the cylindrical portion. The bulge portion has a shape bulged more than the other surface of the strip-shaped portion, and the string is folded back at the bulge portion. A plurality of the protrusions are formed between the cylindrical portions adjacent to one another, the plurality of the protrusions being portions to which the string contacts.
US10406404B2	Carcass for a sports ball Described are a carcass for a sports ball having a textile element, which has at least two segments joined by a seam and defines a shape of the carcass, and wherein the at least two segments and the seam are warp-knitted or weft-knitted in a single piece, and a method of making a carcass for a sports ball.
US10406392B2	Methods and systems for overcurrent protection in a fire pump control system Methods and systems for a fire pump control system are provided. An example fire pump control system includes a pump system having a given full load current, wherein the pump system comprises (i) a fire pump, (ii) a first disconnect switch and (iii) a first circuit breaker. The first disconnect switch and the first circuit breaker are located upstream of the fire pump. The system further includes a controller configured to control operation of the fire pump, and the controller comprises a second disconnect switch and a second circuit breaker. The controller is located upstream of the first disconnect switch and the first circuit breaker, and is configured to avoid (i) opening within two minutes at 600 percent of the full load current, (ii) opening with a restart transient of 24 times the full load current, and (iii) opening within 10 minutes at 300 percent of the full load current.
US10406387B2	Interlock system for a respirator waist belt A respiratory component system including a respiratory component and a wearable belt is described. The respiratory component includes a projection, and the wearable belt is configured to receive the projection to releasably secure the respiratory component to the wearable belt.
US10406385B2	Photoluminescent panthenol citrate biomaterials Provided herein are compositions comprising panthenol-citrate containing materials. In particular, panthenol citrate compounds, oligomers, and polymers, and methods of use and synthesis thereof, are provided herein. Panthenol-citrate containing materials are a class of nontoxic, photoluminescent-chromophore-containing compounds, oligomers, and polymers with high absorption in the UVA and UVB range that can be incorporated and/or engineered into a variety of optically-active biomaterials (e.g., sunscreen products).
US10406383B2	Apparatus for treatment of dermatological conditions This invention relates to ultrasound delivery apparatus comprising flexible arrays of transducers and to methods and topical compositions for the treatment of skin, in particular for the treatment of cosmetic skin conditions and to improve the appearance of sun damaged and/or aged skin; the invention further relates to the use of such apparatus and compositions in methods of treating skin, which methods may incorporate the application of ultrasound. The composition may comprise one or more anti-gfycation agent, one or more anti-oxidant, a dermatologically acceptable excipient and optionally one or more substance capable of inducing expression of a molecular chaperone.
US10406382B2	Dual-axis ring gantry radiotherapy systems A radiation system includes a radiation source providing therapeutic radiation, a first gantry supporting a second gantry carrying the radiation source. The first gantry is rotatable about a first axis passing through an isocenter, thereby allowing the radiation source to aim therapeutic radiation at a target volume from a plurality of locations in a first plane. The second gantry carrying the radiation source is rotatable about a second axis passing through the isocenter non-parallel with the first axis, thereby allowing the radiation source to aim therapeutic radiation at the target volume from a plurality of locations in a second plane non-coplanar with the first plane.
US10406378B2	Alternative magnetic stimulating system for preventing or treating brain tumor growth Disclosed herein is a bidirectional alternating application system for preventing or treating a brain tumor caused by malignant glioma cells in animals. The bidirectional alternating magnetic field application system can apply a magnetic field having weak intensity and low frequency to patients in need of the prevention or treatment of brain tumor to thereby specifically inhibit the proliferation and mobility of glioma cells without causing any damage to normal cells. Thus, the bidirectional alternating magnetic field application system can greatly reduce side effects occurring in patients after surgery.
US10406377B2	Neural probe structure comprising coil embedded therein and method for manufacturing the same A neural probe structure includes a probe which is inserted into a living body, and a magnetic field inductor which is formed in the probe, wherein when a power source is supplied, the magnetic field inductor generates a magnetic field and applies magnetic stimulation to a target site of the living body into which the probe is inserted. A method for manufacturing the neural probe structure includes forming a first pattern on a first substrate and filling the first pattern with a conductor, stacking a second substrate on the first substrate, and forming a second pattern connected to the first pattern on the second substrate and filling the second pattern with a conductor, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate form the probe, and the conductor of the first pattern and the conductor of the second pattern form the magnetic field inductor.
US10406376B2	Multi-factor control of ear stimulation Systems and related methods for controlling an ear stimulation device with a personal computing device are described. Multiple factors, including a mood of the user, a user control input, and a secondary factor input are used in controlling the ear stimulation device. Secondary factors include, a variety of factors relating to or influencing the state of the user, including but not limited to, environmental conditions, sleep, diet, or various activities of the user. User inputs can be open-ended or selected from a menu, for example. In an aspect, a correlation module correlates mood of the user to other factors, and control of stimulation is based thereon. In various aspects, the system is also responsive to inputs from sensors or computing networks. In an aspect, the earpiece delivers an audio output such as music from an audio player.
US10406372B2	Headpieceless hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods with distributed power Hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods that involve the use of distributed power without the use of a headpiece.
US10406368B2	Pulse generator system for promoting desynchronized firing of recruited neural populations An Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) is disclosed that is capable of sensing a degree to which recruited neurons in a patient's tissue are firing synchronously, and of modifying a stimulation program to promote desynchronicity and to reduce paresthesia. An evoked compound action potential (ECAP) of the recruited neurons is sensed as a measure of synchronicity by at least one non-active electrode. An ECAP algorithm operable in the IPG assesses the shape of the ECAP and determines one or more ECAP shape parameters that indicate whether the recruited neurons are firing synchronously or desynchronously. If the shape parameters indicate significant synchronicity, the ECAP algorithm can adjust the stimulation program to promote desynchronous firing.
US10406367B2	Transvascular diaphragm pacing system and methods of use Transvascular diaphragm pacing systems (TDPS) and methods are disclosed for providing respiratory therapy to a patient. The TDPS can provide rapid insertion and deployment of endovascular pacing electrodes in critically ill patients who require intubation and invasive PPMV in order to support the physiological requirements of the human ventilatory system. The systems and methods make best use of the contractile properties of the diaphragm muscle and prevent muscle disuse and muscle atrophy. This can be carried out by engaging the phrenic nerves using patterned functional electrical stimulation applied to endovascular electrodes that are temporarily and reversibly inserted in central veins of the patient, such as the left subclavian vein and the superior vena cava. The TDPS can be designed to seamlessly interface with any commercially available positive-pressure ventilatory assistance/support equipment such as is commonly in use in hospital intensive care units (ICU) for treating critically ill patients with breathing insufficiencies, pain, trauma, sepsis or neurological diseases or deficits.
US10406366B2	Transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation system A lead system and method of use for treating breathing disorders by the transvenous stimulation of the phrenic nerve. The lead is implanted in a vein near one portion of the phrenic nerve.
US10406365B2	Regenerative interface electrode A regenerative interface electrode comprising a multilayer or sandwiched stack of dies that are oriented at their distal ends with at least one layer inset such that it forms a groove into which a nerve may be positioned inside the groove. The die layers include electrodes that connect to the nerve, allowing the nerve to be modulated. The electrodes in the die layers are connected to a PCB, which may communicate with a recording device. The distal end of the sandwiched die layers forming the groove is inserted into a nerve tube, into which the nerve is inserted.
US10406363B2	Evaluation of efficacy of epilepsy therapy A method of detecting an improvement in a seizure condition of a patient includes identifying a first EEG synchronization of the seizure condition of the patient; applying a therapy configured to improve the seizure condition of the patient; and identifying a second EEG synchronization of the seizure condition of the patient subsequent to application of the therapy, wherein an improvement of the seizure condition of the patient is demonstrated by a reduced EEG synchronization of the patient such that the second EEG synchronization is less than the first EEG synchronization.
US10406355B2	System for conditioning surfaces in vivo A system and method for conditioning surfaces of a body in vivo includes providing an electrical energy source, coupling the electric energy source to the surface, and delivering electropositive current from the electrical energy source to the surface so as to generate a sub-threshold current density on the surface. In preferred embodiments, the sub-threshold electropositive current density is between about 0.001 and about 1.0 mA/cm2.
US10406348B2	Devices for delivery of electrical current to the body and related methods for therapy A device for delivery of electrical current to an area of the skin includes a first pad shaped in the form of a base having four finger-shaped protrusions; a second pad shaped in the form of a palm having a single thumb-shaped protrusion, where the first pad and the second pad each comprises a conductive layer and preferably has tabs on the edges; a first electrical connection system electrically connected to the conductive layer of the first pad; a second electrical connection system electrically connected to the conductive layer of the second pad; a controller circuit connected to the first electrical connection system and second electrical connection system; and a wearable power source. Alternatively, the device may also have the shape of a foot or other body part.
US10406344B2	Adapter cap for drug transfer assembly A drug transfer assembly including a connector connectable to a portion of an intravenous line adapted for connection to a patient's bloodstream and an adapter cap removably connectable with the connector is disclosed. The connector is formed of a rigid material and the adapter cap is formed of a pliable material. With the adapter cap connected to the connector, the adapter cap protectively surrounds and shields the connector. The adapter cap provides a cushioning surface which prevents rubbing of the connector against the skin of a patient. In this manner, the adapter cap prevents the connector of a drug transfer assembly from causing irritation and/or infection to the skin of a patient. Furthermore, the adapter cap provides a protective shield which prevents the connector of a drug transfer assembly from becoming contaminated with undesirables.
US10406342B2	Medical connector coupling assisting tool and medical connector set A medical connector coupling assisting tool for use with a lock connector part interconnecting at least two medical connectors, each of which includes a construction part, includes: at least two insertion parts configured to be inserted into respective portions defined by the constriction parts such that the insertion parts are thereby detachably mounted on the constriction parts; and a coupling part formed integrally with the at least two insertion parts and coupling the insertion parts together.
US10406335B2	Drug delivery systems and methods for treatment of prostate Methods, devices, and medicaments that include a drug are provided for use in the treatment of the prostate by locally administering the drug into the bladder of a patient to achieve a sustained concentration of the drug in urine in the bladder sufficient to produce a therapeutic concentration of the drug in the prostate. The drug may be delivered into the bladder from an intravesical drug delivery device inserted into the bladder, wherein the device continuously releases the drug into the urine in the bladder over an extended period of hours or days.
US10406333B2	Methods and devices for urethral treatment A dilation device for an intrabody lumen, for example, a urethra partially occluded by an enlarged prostate in the form of a curved element configured to be implanted around the lumen and add resilience to the lumen, and a method for dilating such a lumen by implanting a dilation device around the outside of the lumen with at least part of the dilation device embedded in surrounding, thereby preventing clinically significant compression of the lumen. Also, an implantation device for such a dilation device in the form of a mounting device configured to carry the dilation device; and a releasably attached movable holder, with the mounting device and holder configured to deliver the dilation device though a working channel to a desired position in a lumen, and to implant the dilation device through a wall of the lumen to a position surrounding the lume.
US10406330B2	Balloon catheters Catheters or other tubular devices and methods for using them to perform a medical procedure are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a tubular device includes an elongate tubular member comprising a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a patient's body, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; an expandable member on the distal end comprising an outer impermeable membrane with an inner surface surrounding a substantially enclosed interior space; and a fiber network within the interior space coupled to the inner surface and configured to limit expansion of the membrane when inflation media is directed into the interior space from the lumen to expand the membrane to an expanded configuration.
US10406324B2	Actuating member and medical apparatus An actuating member for making a flexible elongated member perform a predetermined action includes a push/pull member having a tip side and a base end side, the push/pull member including: a first moving portion and a second moving portion that are located on the base end side of the push/pull member and are movable relative to one another along an axis of the push/pull member, a first extending portion that extends from the first moving portion towards the tip side of the push/pull member, and a second extending portion that extends from the second moving portion towards the tip side of the push/pull member; an operating member that is rotatable about an axis that intersects an axis of the push/pull member, the operating member being configured such that rotation of the operating member causes movement of the first moving portion and the second moving portion.
US10406321B1	Method and apparatus for insertion of a catheter with a proximal connector while monitoring blood pressure A method and apparatus for inserting a conventional flexible catheter with a pre-attached connector on the proximal end into a vessel, such as a vein or artery in a cardiovascular system, while monitoring blood pressure. The catheter drive assembly has an external drive input for advancement and retraction of the flexible catheter. The catheter drive assembly has cylindrical catheter drives that can be engaged to or disengaged from the flexible catheter without causing damage to the flexible catheter. The flexible catheter distal end provides fluid communication to a disposable blood pressure transducer. The flexible catheter is completely encapsulated within a protective sleeve and within the catheter drive assembly, creating an aseptic insertion environment, eliminating the need for sterile barrier protection. Once the flexible catheter is inserted to the desired position, the protective sleeve and catheter drive assembly are removed from the flexible catheter leaving the flexible catheter.
US10406319B2	Steerable catheters and methods for making them Catheters, sheaths, or other tubular devices are provided that include a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a patient's body, and a steerable distal portion. The tubular device includes a primary lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; an auxiliary lumen adjacent the primary lumen; and one or more reinforcement members including windings extending helically along at least the distal portion, at least some of the windings passing between the primary and steering element lumens and at least some of the windings surrounding both the primary and steering element lumens. In one embodiment, a steering element is slidably disposed within the auxiliary lumen. Apparatus and methods for making such tubular devices are also provided.
US10406318B2	Balloon catheter Balloon catheter includes an outer shaft having a hypotube and a monolithic single-layer distal outer member, a balloon in fluid communication with an inflation lumen, and an inner tubular member having a guidewire lumen defined therethrough. The outer shaft has the inflation lumen defined therethrough. The monolithic single-layer distal outer member is necked to a reduced diameter along an entire length thereof. A proximal end of the monolithic single-layer distal outer member is coupled to the hypotube. A distal section of the hypotube comprises a skive defined by a first angled cut, an axial cut, and a second angled cut. The balloon has a proximal balloon shaft coupled to a distal end of the monolithic single-layer distal outer member. The inner tubular member extends distally from a proximal port in the monolithic single-layer distal outer member through at least a portion of the balloon.
US10406317B2	Microcatheter system and method therefor A microcatheter system is disclosed which may include a microcatheter, one or more microcatheter extensions, and/or a microcatheter hub. In an embodiment, the microcatheter has a plurality of zones where the outside diameter of each zone from the distal to the proximal end has an outside diameter that is the same as or greater than the previous zone while the inside diameter is constant throughout the microcatheter length. In a further embodiment, a unique joining mechanism is employed for coupling a microcatheter to a microcatheter extension or to a microcatheter hub. In a further embodiment, the microcatheter has at least one perforation along a sidewall of the microcatheter.
US10406312B2	CPAP flow driver for using nebulizer with CPAP apparatus A CPAP flow driver is adapted to split supplied breathable fluid into a first portion delivered to a venturi throat to generate a pressure drop to draw in ambient air to create a CPAP flow and a second portion that is delivered to a nebulizer to drive the nebulizer.
US10406310B2	Breathing assistance system with speech detection Disclosed is a breathing assistance system (10) comprising: a ventilator (12), a breathing lumen (14) arranged to communicate a flow of air between the ventilator and a tracheostomy tube (16) in the trachea of a patient, and a sensor (24) configured to generate a vibration signal representing vocal cord vibrations of the patient. The system is configured to facilitate the flow of exhaled air to the atmosphere via the upper airway of the patient in response to detection in the vibration signal of speech or attempted speech by the patient.
US10406309B2	Endobronchial tube with integrated image sensor and a cleaning nozzle arrangement An endobronchial tube which contains an integrated camera and light source and a cleaning nozzle arrangement disposed within dedicated peripheral lumen within the tube's wall.
US10406296B2	Telescoping safety shield for needles A safety shield adapted for use with a syringe having a syringe barrel for protecting a needle after use in a medical procedure is disclosed. The safety shield includes a first portion disposed at least partially about the barrel and axially movable from a retracted position surrounding at least a portion of the syringe barrel to an extended position wherein at least the distal end of the first portion extends beyond the distal end of the syringe barrel. The shield further includes a second portion associated with the first portion and axially movable with respect to the first portion from a retracted position to an extended position extending beyond the distal end of the first portion. First and second locking members are provided for locking the first and second portions in an extended position upon axial movement thereof.
US10406291B2	Autoinjector having needle shield triggering An autoinjector (100) for expelling a single dose of drug from a drug cartridge (600) including a piston (630), the autoinjector including: a base (200, 220), a needle (500) that is fixedly mounted relative to the base (200, 220), a plunger (310, 320, 400) adapted for cooperation with the piston (630), an actuating spring (330) provided as a helical compression spring arranged to act on the plunger (310, 320, 400) by exerting an axial force on the plunger to drive the piston (630) distally, and a needle shield (350, 380) axially movable relative to the base (200, 220) between an extended position and a collapsed position. The autoinjector defines a lock (320, 328, 380, 388) that is released when the needle shield (350, 380) is moved from the extended position to the collapsed position. The lock (320, 328, 380, 388) releases to enable relative rotation between plunger thread (325) and base thread (205) causing release of the plunger (310, 320, 400) from the initial axial position and expelling the dose of the drug.
US10406286B2	Closed loop control with reference measurement and methods thereof Methods, system and devices for monitoring a plurality of parameters associated with a closed loop control operation including continuously monitoring a physiological condition and automatic administration of a medication, detecting an impending administration of the medication level exceeding a predetermined threshold level, retrieving one or more signals associated with the monitored physiological condition, determining an accuracy indication of the retrieved one or more signals associated with the monitored physiological condition, and executing the administration of the medication level based on the accuracy indication are provided.
US10406285B2	Drug delivery systems and methods Drug delivery systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a drug delivery system can be configured to deliver a drug to a patient in coordination with a physiological parameter of the patient (e.g., the patient's natural cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulsation or the patient's heart or respiration rate). In some embodiments, a drug delivery system can be configured to use a combination of infusion and aspiration to control delivery of a drug to a patient. Catheters, controllers, and other components for use in the above systems are also disclosed, as are various methods of using such systems.
US10406283B2	Connecting arrangement for connecting a syringe to a pump for drug infusion An arrangement for connecting a syringe to an electromechanical pump for drug infusion is provided. The syringe comprises a syringe body having a first end for discharging a drug and a second end connected to the pump in a removable manner. An axially sliding plunger is housed in the syringe body for causing suction and injection of the drug through the first end. The pump comprises a pump body having a sliding rod that causes sliding of the plunger within the syringe body. The pump body has a collar axially extending around the sliding rod and provided with engaging elements. The syringe body has engaging elements arranged to cooperate with the engaging elements of the collar for firmly connecting the syringe to the pump. An annular flange extends radially around the syringe body. The flange cooperates with the collar to establish a tight sealing between the syringe body and the collar.
US10406282B2	System and method for a syringe micro pump with volute spring Provided is a system and method for a removable syringe micro pump. More specifically, the removable syringe micro pump includes a pump housing having a first end and opposite thereto an attaching end, and at least one sidewall there between, the housing having a base proximate to the first end and, the attaching end having an attacher structured and arranged to temporarily engage a syringe. A volute spring is nested within the housing and attached proximate to the base, the volute spring having a compressed first position wherein coils of the volute spring are concentrically disposed under tension such that an initial height of the volute spring is equivalent to a width of a coil, and an extended second position wherein the release of tension extends the volute spring normally away from the pump housing. The volute spring has a diameter pre-selected to pass within a barrel of the engaged syringe. The volute spring further having a distal end structured and arranged to engage a plunger seal of the engaged syringe, wherein the release of tension between the first position and the second position permits the distal end of the volute spring to move the plunger seal towards a nozzle of the syringe. An associated method of use is also provided.
US10406275B2	Intraocular irrigator-aspirator tip component An ophthalmic irrigator-aspirator has a handpiece with aspiration and irrigation openings through its distal end. A tip component connects to the handpiece and has an aspiration cannula. A flexible sleeve has an annular hub for watertight connection to the handpiece or a base portion of the tip. The sleeve has an intermediate portion that forms a channel for an irrigation fluid along the exterior of the cannula to an irrigation port in the sleeve. The distal end portion of the sleeve is sized for a watertight connection over the distal portion of the cannula. Such distal end portion of the sleeve has an aspiration port in communication with the cannula aspiration port. The sleeve proximate, intermediate, and distal portions are integral with each other and are formed of a resilient material that allows the sleeve to be tightly fitted on the handpiece or tip base portion and the cannula.
US10406268B2	Blood fluid removal system performance monitoring Monitoring of the performance of a blood fluid removal medium of a blood fluid removal device includes monitoring of condition, such as fluid flow rate or concentration of blood waste product, downstream of the medium. Upstream monitoring of the condition may also be performed to enhance the ability to determine whether the blood fluid removal medium is performing within predetermined ranges.
US10406259B2	Placental tissue grafts and improved methods of preparing and using the same A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion.
US10406254B2	Hard surface disinfection system and method A system and method for disinfecting hard surfaces in an area such as a hospital room including a light source emitting UV light and a reflector mounted behind the light source for concentrating and directing the light toward a target. The light source and reflector rotate to direct the concentrated beam around a room, thereby making more efficient use of the energy being emitted.
US10406251B2	PD-L1 binding polypeptides for imaging Provided herein are novel polypeptides comprising fibronectin type III tenth (10Fn3) domains which specifically bind to Programmed Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1), as well as imaging agents based on the same for diagnostics.
US10406249B2	Gd(III)-dithiolane gold nanoparticle conjugates Provided herein are compositions Gd(III)-dithiolane gold nanoparticle conjugates and methods of use thereof. In particular, compositions and method find use in in vivo imaging (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)), for example, of pancreatic tissue.
US10406248B2	Molecular imaging of cancer cells in vivo Cellular targets on cancer cells have been identified that can be used with targeted molecular imaging to detect the cancer cells in vivo. Non-invasive methods for detecting cancer cells, such as metastasized cancer cells, are therefore provided. Also provided are compositions and kits for use in the disclosed methods.
US10406240B2	PSMA binding ligand-linker conjugates and methods for using Described herein are prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding conjugates that are useful for delivering therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging agents. Also described herein are pharmaceutical composition containing them and methods of using the conjugates and compositions. Also described are processes for manufacture of the conjugates and the compositions containing them.
US10406236B2	Single wall nanotube constructs and uses thereof The present invention provides soluble single wall nanotube (SWNT) constructs functionalized with a plurality of a targeting moiety and a plurality of one or more payload molecules attached thereto. The targeting moiety and the payload molecules may be attached to the soluble SWNT via a DNA or other oligomer platform attached to the SWNT. These soluble SWNT constructs may comprise a radionuclide or contrast agent and as such are effective as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Methods provided herein are to diagnosing or locating a cancer, treating a cancer, eliciting an immune response against a cancer or delivering an anticancer drug in situ via an enzymatic nanofactory using the soluble SWNT constructs.
US10406233B2	Telodendrimers with enhanced drug delivery The present invention provides amphiphilic telodendrimers that aggregate to form nanocarriers characterized by a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic exterior. The nanocarrier core may include amphiphilic functionality such as cholic acid or cholic acid derivatives, and the exterior may include branched or linear poly(ethylene glycol) segments. Nanocarrier cargo such as hydrophobic drugs and other materials may be sequester in the core via non-covalent means or may be covalently bound to the telodendrimer building blocks. Telodendrimer structure may be tailored to alter loading properties, interactions with materials such as biological membranes, and other characteristics.
US10406232B2	Oral delivery compositions for treating dermatitis disorders in mammals A composition for treating atopic dermatitis in animals containing active compositions of ceramides for skin barrier protection, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids for reducing pruritus and botanical extracts for inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase activity, histamine release while modulating the immune system. The active compositions are placed in a soft dough oral delivery system.
US10406231B2	Chain-extending poloxamers, thermoreversible hydrogels formed by them which include biological materials, and medicinal applications of same According to the invention, thermoreversible hydrogels are provided, which are prepared from chain-extended poloxamers, having advantageous properties. In addition, the invention provides thermoreversible hydrogels, including biological materials, and a process for the preparation thereof, thermoreversible hydrogels including living cells, application systems for pharmaceutical applications, and an in-vitro-method for forming a composition on a surface.
US10406224B2	Nanoparticle complexes of paclitaxel, trastuzumab, and albumin Described are stable nanoparticle complexes of 100 nm to 900 nm comprising paclitaxel, albumin and an antibody. The nanoparticle complexes are suitable for the treatment of cancer.
US10406222B2	Human antibodies to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome—coronavirus spike protein The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that bind to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) spike protein, and methods of use. In various embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to MERS-CoV spike protein. In some embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing MERS-CoV activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing MERS infection in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for a combination of one or more antibodies that bind to the MERS-CoV spike protein for use in treating MERS infection. In certain embodiments, the one or more antibodies bind to distinct non-competing epitopes comprised in the receptor binding domain of the MERS-CoV spike protein.
US10406219B2	Multivalent Brucella vaccine for protection against mycobacterial infections and methods of using the same Provided herein is a multivalent Brucella vaccine expressing at least one heterologous M. tuberculosis antigen. The vaccines described herein serve as an environmentally safe bivalent vaccine for protection against Brucella and Mycobacterium infections simultaneously. In particular, a multivalent vaccine comprising a Brucella strain transformed with a vector that expresses at least one M. tuberculosis antigen, where the M. tuberculosis antigen(s) is codon optimized for the Brucella strain is provided. In some aspects, the Brucella strain is B. abortus strain RB51 leuB and the M. tuberculosis antigen is one or more of Ag85B, Rv2660c, and ESAT6.
US10406217B2	Antifugetactic agents for the treatment of cancers This invention provides methods and compositions for modulating movement of eukaryotic cells with migratory capacity. More specifically, the invention provides anti-fugetactic agents and methods for the use thereof in enhancing an immune response.
US10406215B2	Cell-penetrating bacterial E3-ubiqitin-ligases for use in immunotherapy The present invention relates to cell-penetrating effector proteins of type III secretion system (T3SS)-containing bacteria of the genus Salmonella or Shigella and variants, fragments and immunomodulatory domains thereof, for use in immunotherapy. The present invention further relates to cell-penetrating effector proteins of type III secretion system (T3SS)-containing bacteria of the genus Salmonella or Shigella and variants, fragments and immunomodulatory domains thereof, for delivering cargo molecules into eukaryotic cells.
US10406211B2	Methods and system for interfering with viability of bacteria and related compounds and compositions Provided herein are methods and systems for interfering with viability of bacteria and related compounds and compositions.
US10406206B2	Protection against stress-mediated damage from ionizing radiation The use and screening of modulators of apoptosis is disclosed. The modulators may be, for example, modulator of NF-κB activity. The modulators may be used, for example, in the treatment of NF-κB-mediated diseases, conditions, and injuries.
US10406204B2	Multimeric antimicrobial peptide complex which is displayed on cell surface The present invention provides an antimicrobial peptide polymer comprising at least one monomer which is digested by pepsin, a multimeric antimicrobial peptide complex comprising the polymer and a cell surface anchoring motif linked to the polymer, an antimicrobial microorganism displaying the multimeric antimicrobial peptide complex, an antimicrobial composition comprising the same, a method of treating an infectious disease caused by bacteria, yeast or fungi by administering the antimicrobial composition, and a method for producing the antimicrobial microorganism. According to the invention, living microorganisms displaying an antimicrobial peptide on the cell surface thereof may be administered in vivo without having to lyse the microbial cell and isolate and purify the antimicrobial peptide, so that the antimicrobial peptide exhibits antimicrobial activity. Thus, the antimicrobial peptide may be produced at significantly reduced costs so that it may have widespread use.
US10406202B2	Therapeutic vitamin D conjugates The invention provides non-hormonal vitamin D conjugated via the third carbon on the vitamin D backbone to parathyroid hormone (PTH) proteins that result in increased absorption, bioavailability or circulating half-life when compared to non-conjugated forms.
US10406201B2	Methods for administering angiotensin II The present disclosure relates to the use of angiotensin II, angiotensin III, or angiotensin IV in therapeutic methods for the treatment of hypotension, especially catecholamine-resistant hypotension.
US10406200B2	Methods and compositions for treating mucusal tissue disorders The present invention provides compositions and formulations comprising glutathione with or without thiocyanate and methods of use thereof to treat diseases and disorders in mucosal/epithelial tissue.
US10406195B2	Solid drink for regulating phlegm-dampness constitution and processing method thereof A solid drink includes the following components of raw materials in parts by weight: kudzu vine root 25-60 parts, nutmeg 13-35 parts, fructus perillae 30-50 parts, radish seed 34-53 parts, dried tangerine peel 28-55 parts, poria 27-52 parts, fructus amomi 4-15 parts, malt 26-50 parts, agastache rugosa 14-33 parts, kelp 24-51 parts, semen coicis 22-40 parts, dextrin 50-90 parts, maltodextrin 38-70 parts, soluble starch 35-70 parts, and aspartame 0.1-0.5 parts.
US10406193B2	Composition for topical application with antifungal activity A composition for topical application with antifungal activity, containing Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil, oregano essential oil, lime essential oil and an ester of vitamin E is enclosed. Vitamin E acetate, n-propionate or linoleate, and is preferably alpha-tocopheryl acetate; preferably, these oils constitute at least 3% by weight of the composition and each of them constitutes at least 1% by weight of the composition; preferably, the composition contains from 10% to 97% of the ester of vitamin E and can consist of the three aforementioned essential oils and the vitamin E ester; alternatively, the composition can be in the form of hydrophobic gel, containing 10 to 50% of the ester of vitamin E, 20 to 60% of a vegetable butter or wax, from 10 to 30% of triglyceride of caprylic and capric acid and from 5 to 20% of a gelling agent for lipids and at least 3% of the aforementioned essential oils, each of which constitutes at least 1% by weight of the composition.
US10406191B2	Compounds, extracts and methods from chinese medicinal herb sophora flavescens that inhibit airway contraction The present invention relates to extracts of Sophora Flavescens, and compounds isolated therefrom for use in modulating airway smooth muscle contractility. Methods of creating enriched extracts of Sophora Flavescens are disclosed, as are specific compounds isolated therefrom. Methods for the treatment of disorders involving airway smooth muscle, such as asthma, using the compounds and extracts described herein are also disclosed.
US10406189B2	Methods and compositions for treating and preventing signs or symptoms of eye disease Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of at least one of a sign and a symptom associated with an eye disease are disclosed. Preferred compositions could comprise a liquid formulation including Cineraria maritima and at least one of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, a carnosine, and a cannabinoid.
US10406188B1	Method for inhibiting telomerase in cancer cell using luterion The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting telomerase in cancer cells by means of luterion and, more particularly, to a method for inhibiting telomerase activity in cancer tissues, cancer cells or a cancer patient, the method in which administered are: an anti-cancer composition comprising luterion; a composition for inhibiting telomerase activity in cancer cells; and luterion. Luterion, according to the present disclosure, has the advantage of effectively inhibiting only the proliferation of cancer cells, without affecting normal cells, by inhibiting telomerase activity in cancer cells.
US10406184B2	Method of treating an inflammatory disease using lactic acid bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles Provided is a composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating inflammatory diseases, the composition including, as active ingredients, lactic acid bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles isolated from culture fluid of lactic acid bacteria; and a method for diagnosing atopic dermatitis. The composition including the lactic acid bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles as active ingredients is expected to be usefully used in development of drugs, cosmetics, or health functional food for preventing, ameliorating, or treating inflammatory diseases such as atopic dermatitis, chronic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, etc. Also, the composition will be usefully used for diagnosis of atopic dermatitis by measuring the distribution of lactic acid bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles in a urine or blood sample.
US10406182B2	Stem cell microparticles and miRNA This invention relates to stem cell microparticles and miRNA isolated from these microparticles, their use and production thereof, in particular neural stem cell microparticles and their use in therapy of cancer, typically a nestin-positive cancer. The cancer may be glioma, melanoma, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer or prostate cancer. The stem cell microparticle is typically an exosome or microvesicle and may be derived from a neural stem cell line. The neural stem cell line may be a conditionally-immortalized stem cell line such as CTX0E03 (deposited at the ECACC with Accession No. 04091601).
US10406179B2	Engraftment of stem cells with a combination of an agent that targets stem cells and modulation of immunoregulatory signaling The present invention provides a clinically applicable method of stem cell transplantation that facilitates engraftment and reconstitutes immunocompetence of the recipient without requiring radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and without development of GVHD or graft rejection. Aspects of the present invention are based on the discovery that the depletion of the endogenous stem cell niche facilitates efficient engraftment of stem cells into that niche. In particular, the present invention combines the use of selective ablation of endogenous stem cells with a combination of antibodies specific for CD117, and agents that modulate immunoregulatory signaling pathways, e.g. agonists of immune costimulatory molecules, in combination with the administration to the recipient of exogenous stem cells, resulting in efficient, long-term engraftment, even in immunocompetent recipients.
US10406176B2	Mineral, nutritional, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and agricultural compositions and methods for producing the same Mineral, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, agricultural, nutraceutical, and other compositions are produced using a mineral composition containing minimal concentrations of cadmium, lead, arsenic, and mercury and containing relatively high concentrations of micro and macro mineral elements, of rare earth elements, of calcium, and of silica. The mineral concentrations are produced by processing naturally occurring clay soil to concentrate mineral elements naturally occurring in the soil.
US10406174B2	Methods and compositions for wound healing Methods and compositions comprising combinations of one or more anti-connexin agents and one or more other agents useful for the promotion and/or improvement of wound healing and/or tissue repair.
US10406173B2	Compositions and methods for altering tissue specificity and improving AAV9-mediated gene transfer A method of altering the targeting and/or cellular uptake efficiency of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) viral vector having a capsid containing an AAV9 cell surface binding domain is described. The method involves modifying a clade F cell surface receptor which comprises a glycan having a terminal sialic acid residue and a penultimate β-galactose residue. The modification may involve retargeting the vector by temporarily functionally ablate AAV9 binding in a subset of cells, thereby redirecting the vector to another subset of cells. Alternatively, the modification may involve increasing cellular update efficiency by treating the cells with a neuraminidase to expose cell surface β-galactose. Also provided are compositions containing the AAV9 vector and a neuraminidase. Also provided is a method for purifying AAV9 using β-galactose linked to solid support. Also provided are mutant vectors which have been modified to alter their targeting specificity, including mutant AAV9 in which the galactose binding domain is mutated and AAV in which an AAV9 galactose binding domain is engineered.
US10406170B1	Therapy and prevention of prion protein complex infections in non-human animals There are disclosed therapies and preventions of prion protein complex infections. The transcription of the amyloid precursor protein gene and PrP gene and the RNA transcript are the rate-limiting steps and are most susceptible for blockage and control of the process of amyloid protein formation and PrPsc formation. Thus, therapies and prevention regimes for prion protein complex infections interrupt this process at the level of DNA transcription to RNA, RNA transport to the mitochondrion for protein synthesis and deposition in the cerebral cortex neurons.
US10406169B2	Methods of monitoring estriol therapy Provided are methods for treating a neurodegenerative disease, such as multiple sclerosis, in a subject receiving a first estriol treatment regimen, comprising obtaining a measurement of the serum estriol concentration in the blood of the subject, and administering a second estriol treatment regimen to the subject if the serum estriol concentration is less than 6 ng/mL. The daily amount of estriol administered during the second estriol treatment regimen is preferably greater than the daily amount of estriol administered during the first estriol treatment regimen.
US10406164B2	Combination therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders The present invention relates to combination therapies for treating Alzheimer's disease or an amyloidosis-associated pathological condition comprising co-administering a therapeutically effective amount of a first compound, and a therapeutically effective amount of a second compound. In certain embodiments, the first compound or the second compound inhibits AB peptide polymerization; is an anti-inflammatory; improves cognitive function, mood, or social behavior; is associated with Tau or alpha-synuclein; or regulates amyloid peptide washout.
US10406163B2	Compounds that enhance Atoh1 expression This invention generally provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for their use, which include methods that result in increased expression in an Atoh1 gene (e.g., Hath1) in a biological cell. More specifically, the invention relates to the treatment of diseases and/or disorders that would benefit from increased Atoh1 expression, e.g., a hearing impairment or imbalance disorder associated with a loss of auditory hair cells, or a disorder associated with abnormal cellular proliferation.
US10406162B2	Substituted 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-C]quinazoline-containing combinations The present invention relates to * combinations of: ⋅ component A: one or more 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline compounds of general formula (A1) or (A2), or a physiologically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate or ⋅ stereoisomer thereof; ⋅ component B: one or more substituted 5-(1-benzothiophen-2-yl)pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]-triazin-4-amine compounds of general formula (B), or a physiologically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate or stereoisomer thereof; ⋅ in which optionally some or all of the components are in the form of a pharmaceutical formulation which is ready for use to be administered simultaneously, concurrently, separately or sequentially, ⋅ dependently of one another by the oral, intravenous, topical, local installations, ⋅ intraperitoneal or nasal route; * use of such combinations for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prophylaxis of a cancer; * a kit comprising such a combination; * use of biomarkers which is the loss of tumor suppressor PTEN or FBXW7, for predicting the sensitivity and/or resistance of a cancer patient to said compound and providing a rationale-based dosage to increase sensitivity and/or to overcome resistance; * a method of determining the loss of tumor suppressor PTEN or FBXW7; and a method for determining perturbations in PIK3CA, PIK3CB, PIK3CD, PIK3CG, PIK3R1, PIK3R2, PIK3R3, PIK3R4, PIK3R5, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3 and/or FGFR4.
US10406159B2	Stable 5-methyltetrahydrofolate formulations to moderate methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase associated polymorphisms Provided herein are methods for preparing stable solutions containing 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF). Also provided herein are stable compositions containing calcium 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF-Ca).
US10406154B2	Transdermal dosage form The disclosure generally relates to tamper-resistant transdermal dosage forms. The dosage forms can comprise an active agent and more than one antagonist reservoir.
US10406152B2	Acetate salt of buprenorphine and methods for preparing buprenorphine The present disclosure provides acetate salts of buprenorphine, and its anhydrates, solvates, hydrates, and crystalline forms thereof, where the acetate salts of buprenorphine are essentially free of impurities. The disclosure further provides method of preparing the acetate salts, buprenorphine free base prepared from the acetate salts, other salts prepared from the free base, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof essentially free of impurities.
US10406149B2	Aqueous liquid formulation A novel technique with which it is possible to suppress chemical degradation of a compound represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof in an aqueous liquid formulation containing a compound represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof. A method for suppressing the generation of a compound represented by general formula (2) or a salt thereof including containing a compound represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof and a magnesium compound in an aqueous liquid formulation.
US10406143B2	Methods for treatment of fabry disease Provided are in vitro and in vivo methods for determining whether a patient with Fabry disease will respond to treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone.
US10406142B2	Hydrazino 1H-imidazoquinolin-4-amines and conjugates made therefrom 1H-Imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amines substituted at the 1-position with a substituent bearing a hydrazinobenzamide or hydrazinonicotinamide, a salt thereof, or a protected hydrazinobenzamide or hydrazinonicotinamide and conjugates made from such compounds are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound or the conjugate, methods of making a conjugate, and methods of use of the compounds or conjugates as immunomodulators for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in an animal and for vaccinating an animal are also disclosed.
US10406132B2	Dermatophytosis prophylaxis and treatment A composition and method for the prophylaxis and treatment of topical fungal infections is provided. Generally, the composition includes an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a carrier. In some forms, the composition further includes an anti-fungal agent. The method generally includes the steps of applying the composition topically once or multiple times. The composition and method can be used in combination with another form of fungal treatment, such as oral medications.
US10406129B2	Methods and compositions for improving microvascular function, suppressing cyclooxygenase activity, reducing platelet aggregation and increasing levels of resveratrol in plasma Methods of suppressing cyclooxygenase activity or reducing platelet aggregation of a mammal in need thereof by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of trans-resveratrol and arginine for a period of at least two weeks.
US10406124B2	Method of treatment of gynecological cancer with anti-RAGE antibodies A therapeutic agent comprising a cell binding agent which binds the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End (RAGE) products linked to an anti-cancer drug, for use in the treatment of gynaecological cancer, endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome. Novel cell binding agents, pharmaceutical compositions and methods are also described and claimed.
US10406123B2	Binge behavior regulators Methods and compositions utilizing 2-aminoindan derivatives collectively represented by Formula I as described and defined in the specification for regulating binge behavior, particularly binge drinking, are disclosed.
US10406121B2	Application of R-ketamine and salt thereof as pharmaceuticals Provided is a novel compound having rapid and long-lasting therapeutic effects on diseases exhibiting depressive symptoms. Specifically, provided are an agent for prevention and/or treatment of a depressive symptom, consisting of R(−)-ketamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and/or treatment of a depressive symptom, comprising R(−)-ketamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in an effective amount for reducing a depressive symptom, and being substantially free of S(+)-ketamine, and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
US10406118B2	Use of nitrites and nitrates and compositions containing these Inorganic anions nitrate and nitrite influence metabolic rate and glucose homeostasis. Infusion of nitrite iv caused an acute drop in resting energy expenditure (oxygen consumption) and nitrate, when given perorally, caused a drop in oxygen consumption during exercise and a depression of the increase in blood glucose observed after an oral glucose tolerance test. The doses of nitrate and nitrite did not cause any detectable change in methemoglobin levels of blood. Also, nitrate and nitrite did not alter lactate levels in blood. This discovery provides useful treatments to regulate the energy expenditure and glucose homeostasis of a mammal by administration of inorganic nitrite and/or nitrate.
US10406117B2	Water soluble lipophilic materials The present invention is a water-soluble form of lipophilic molecules contained in liposomes. In one embodiment, the lipophilic molecule is crystalline lutein and the lutein-loaded liposomes are included in pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and dietary supplements industry, with potential for chewable tablets, fortification of beverages, effervescent tablets, uncoated tablets, nutritional bars, and functional foods in addition to cosmetic industry.
US10406114B2	Antibiotic-loaded transdermal patch A method for producing an antibiotic-loaded transdermal patch including preparing a polymeric adhesive solution by dissolving a polymeric mixture in a solvent, preparing a plurality of antibiotic-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs), forming a patch formulation by mixing the plurality of antibiotic-loaded SLNs and the polymeric adhesive solution, and forming a layer of the patch formulation on a substrate.
US10406106B2	Sustained release formulations of nalbuphine Sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; methods for making the sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and methods for using the sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to treat patients suffering from pain are provided.
US10406102B2	Hypercompressed pharmaceutical formulations A pharmaceutical dosage form which comprises a lactide, glycolide or lactide-glycolide polymer, a block polymer of polyglycolide, trimethylene carbonate, poly-caprolactone, and polyethylene oxide that is combined with a peptide or protein therapeutic agent in the form of microparticles which are compressed using a pressure of 50,000 to 350,000 psi.
US10406098B2	Injection solution comprising a non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor and poly(lactide-co-glycolide) An injection solution can be used in a pharmaceutical dosage formulation. The injection solution includes an organic solvent, a copolymer, which is a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) dissolved in the organic solvent, and a pharmaceutical active ingredient, which is a non-nucleoside inhibitor of the HIV reverse transcriptase or of the HIV integrase, and which contains aromatic and heterocyclic aromatic or aromatic and heterocyclic aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic groups, where a content of the pharmaceutical active ingredient is from about 8 to about 25% by weight of the copolymer solution.
US10406097B2	Extract of Arthrobacter agilis for use in particular in cosmetics Cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dietary composition comprising an extract of the bacteria Arthrobacter agilis, preferably rich in carotenoids.
US10406095B2	Compositions and methods for protecting bleached hair and enhanced oxidative hair coloring Compositions and methods useful for maintaining the structural integrity of keratin in the presence of hair bleaching agents and coloring dyes are disclosed. The compositions provide a significant improvement in minimizing hair breakage while improving hair conditioning, smoothness and styling.
US10406094B2	Composition for fast dry of hair The present invention discloses a hair conditioner composition comprising a) from about 0.15% to about 16% moisture control material or mixtures of moisture control materials wherein one or more moisture control material is selected from the group containing: i. Class I Moisture Control Material having the structure selected from: wherein R′ is —COOY, sulfonic acid, or —C═CH—COOY, Y is hydrogen or a metal ion, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, methoxy, ethoxy, hydroxyl, halogen, sulfate, sulfonate, nitro, or —CH═CH—COOR, and wherein the moisture control material is an acidic material and further wherein the moisture control material has a % Protein binding higher than 20 and Molecular Volume lower than 500 and Partition coefficient octanol to water (log P) lower than 3 and hydrogen binding higher than 10 and pKa lower than 5.0; ii. Class IIa having the structure selected from: wherein R is hydrogen or metal ion, R6 is methyl, ethyl, propyl, alkenyl or phenyl having less than 12 carbon atoms and wherein R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 are hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, phenyl, hydroxyl, methoxy or ethoxy groups; iii. Class IIb having the structure selected from: an alcohol wherein R13 is an alkyl, alkenyl, straight or branched carbon chains and; and wherein R14 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, methyl, ethyl and propyl wherein the structure of such alcohol contains less than 20 total carbon atoms; iv. Class IIc being an alcohol comprising an unsaturated double bond in the C2 position; v. Class IId being an alkyl-substituted glycol wherein the structure of such alkyl substituted glycol contains less than 20 carbon atoms; vi. Class IIe being a monoalkyl or dialkyl substituted glycerin or mono- or di-esters of glycerin with fatty acids wherein the structure of such monoalkyl- or dialkyl-substituted glycerin or glycerin esters contains less than 20 total carbon atoms; vii. Class IIf having a structure the structure selected from: wherein R15 could be hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl group and wherein the structure of the R13 group contains less than 20 carbon atoms; viii. Class IIg being a fatty acid ester containing from 15-40 total carbon atoms; and wherein the moisture control material of Class II is weakly to non-acidic and further wherein the moisture control material of Class II has protein binding higher than 10 and molecular volume lower than 1500 and log P higher than 0.5 and pKa of 5 or higher and hydrogen-binding higher than 4; b) from about 0.1% to about 12% of one or more silicone material wherein at least one of the silicone materials is curable or cross-linkable upon the application of the conditioner on the hair or during hair drying; c) from about 70% to about 98% of an aqueous carrier.
US10406093B2	Composition for forming a film on keratin fibres A composition for providing a film on keratin fibers, the composition comprising: an aminosilicone polymer; a silicone resin; an ether of a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol; a thickening system comprising a deposition enhancer and a thickening polymer; one or more colored materials or one or more pigments; water; and a volatile alcohol. Also, associated methods, kits and uses.
US10406092B2	Method for producing transparent or semi-transparent liquid glycerin-derivative-modified silicone composition The present invention relates to a method for producing a transparent or semi-transparent liquid glycerin derivative-modified silicone composition that comprises a hydration step of adding water to a liquid glycerin derivative-modified silicone or composition thereof. The present invention can provide a liquid glycerin derivative-modified silicone composition having a transparent or semi-transparent appearance can be provided.
US10406091B2	Skin anti-ageing composition The invention relates to a skin anti-ageing composition. In particular a skin anti-ageing composition comprising myricetin or glycoside thereof, and at least one LXR alpha agonist. By skin ageing is meant the appearance or manifestation of any one or more of wrinkles or sagging, poor skin barrier such as dryness, scalp itch, or uneven skin tone such as age spots.
US10406090B2	Oral care composition containing ionic liquids The present invention relation to an oral care composition comprising an ionic liquid wherein the ionic liquid comprises: (a) a pyrazolium cation and (b) an anion selected from the group consisting of acetate, halide, phosphate, alkyl phosphate, sulphate, alkyl sulphate and tosylate is provided.
US10406080B2	Double chamber pouch for the bleaching of human hair The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic agent for lightening keratin fibers, which contains two separate powder-formed preparations (A) and (B), each of which is packaged in a water-soluble film, and a method for lightening keratin fibers using the agent. The cosmetic agent of the present disclosure does not require the use of free hydrogen peroxide.
US10406071B2	Needle-less vial assembly for use with needle-free system A needle-less vial assembly that includes a substance transfer assembly configured to telescopically engage with a vial neck of a vial. A first portion of the substance transfer assembly is configured to sealingly engage with an interior wall of the vial neck, where the first portion includes a first inlet configured to receive a substance from the vial. A second portion of the substance transfer assembly is configured to matingly engage with a syringe, and includes an outlet configured to dispense the substance to the syringe. A channel is defined through the first portion and the second portion, thereby enabling fluid communication of the substance from the vial to the syringe via the first inlet and the outlet.
US10406070B2	Perforating needle for flask with septum A perforating needle intended to be inserted into a flask through a stopper or septum to inject and remove a fluid includes a pointed end for piercing the stopper and a cylindrical body. The central body includes a central channel through which the fluid may enter and leave the flask and a side wall having at least one lateral orifice. The orifice is in fluid communication with the central channel. A lower end of the orifice is, in use, essentially level with an inner face of the stopper. The orifice is extended toward the pointed end by at least one slot, a shape of which is essentially tangential to a flow of the fluid so as to channel the fluid along an axis of the needle. The side wall includes at least two diametrically opposite lateral orifices arranged on either side of a central island.
US10406069B2	Device for elevating the head and chest for treating low blood flow states A method of increasing blood flow to the head includes causing an individual's blood to circulate while the individual's heart and head are at a first elevation position, elevating the individual's heart and head to a second elevation position that is above the first elevation position, and causing the individual's blood to circulate while the individual's heart and head are at the second elevation position.
US10406066B2	Integrated external chest compression and defibrillation devices and methods of operation Integrated devices for performing external chest compression (ECC) and defibrillation on a person and methods using the devices. Integrated devices can include a backboard, at least one chest compression member operably coupled to the backboard, and a defibrillator module operably coupled to the backboard. The integrated devices can include physiological sensors, electrodes, wheels, controllers, human interface devices, cooling modules, ventilators, cameras, and voice output devices. Methods can include defibrillating, pacing, ventilating, cooling, and performing ECC in an integrated, coordinated, and/or synchronous manner using the full capabilities of the device. Some devices include controllers executing methods for automatically performing the coordinated activities utilizing the device capabilities.
US10406064B1	Massaging device The present disclosure provides a massaging device. The massaging device includes a plurality of massaging implements and at least one sleeve member adapted to encompass the plurality of massaging implements and forms an abutting configuration. Further, a housing member is configured to engage a massaging area on a user. The housing member is adapted to enclose the sleeve member encompassing the massaging implements, wherein each of the member is aligned along an internal axis of the housing member. The housing member ensures that massaging implements in the sleeve member is adapted to roll along a direction perpendicular to the internal axis and resist rolling along the direction of the internal axis upon application of a force during a massaging event. The device provides a stable platform for the user, thereby mitigating manual intervention of the user for holding the device during the massaging event.
US10406062B2	Foot manifolds, apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to a tissue site on a foot Apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to a tissue site on a foot are provided. An apparatus may include an insole and a tissue contacting surface covering at least a portion of the insole. At least one portion of the tissue contacting surface is removable to form a void. The apparatus may also include a reduced-pressure interface for receiving reduced pressure from a reduced-pressure source, and at least one flow channel fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure interface and the void.
US10406060B2	Body-weight-supported gait lift A lifting device is hung in a manner relatively displaceable in the front-and-rear direction within a predetermined range with respect to the travel base that can be self-propelled in the front-and-rear direction, and a control device is provided with respect to the travel base. The control device causes the travel base to be self-propelled forward when the gait trainee moves forward and thus the lifting device is relatively displaced forward with respect to the travel base within the predetermined range, and causes self-propelling of the travel base to stop when the travel base is self-propelled forward faster than the gait trainee moves and then the lifting device is relatively displaced rearward with respect to the travel base within the predetermined range, thereby causing the travel base to be self-propelled forward in accordance with a pace of the gait trainee.
US10406057B2	Step counter, step assist device, and computer-readable medium having stored thereon a step count program When performing actuator control using weight on the bottom of the foot as a trigger, the foot of the user must appropriately touch the ground in order for the weight to be sensed. Therefore, the activation condition for starting the actuator control is limited and, for example, a rehabilitation patient who has one injured leg has difficulty training their step movement using this step assist device. Provided is a step assist device including a providing section that provides an assist force to a step movement of a user; a detecting section that detects a hip joint angle, which is an angle of aperture of a hip joint of the user; and a control section that begins controlling the providing section when the hip joint angle exceeds a predetermined threshold value, according to an assistance plan set in advance for the step movement of a single step of the user.
US10406056B2	Apparatus and method for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in neuromotor impairments It is disclosed an apparatus for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment comprising a multidirectional trunk support system and a device for epidural electrical stimulation. The robotic interface is capable of evaluating, enabling and training motor pattern generation and balance across a variety of natural walking behaviors in subjects with neuromotor impairments. Optionally, pharmacological cocktails can be administered to enhance rehabilitation results. It is also disclosed a method for the evaluation, enablement and training of a subject suffering from neuromotor impairments by combining robotically assisted evaluation tools with sophisticated neurobiomechanical and statistical analyzes. A method for the rehabilitation (by this term also comprising restoring voluntary control of locomotion) of a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment in particular partial or total paralysis of limbs, is also disclosed.
US10406054B1	Systems and methods for facilitating surgical procedures The present subject disclosure provides a novel system and method of maintaining a patient in an optimal position for spinal or other surgeries where the position of the patient and access to the surgical site may be very helpful. Further, neurophysiological data is obtained from the patient in real time through sensors on the patient contacting platforms and relayed to a system which determines whether the patient position should be moved to maintain optimal and viability health during the procedure.
US10406052B2	Hospital bed with a movable mattress and a method for moving a patient A hospital bed provides improved handling of non-ambulatory patients and others who cannot easily be moved, such as to a hospital room toilet. The hospital bed includes a flexible mattress and a belt attached to the flexible mattress ends. The hospital bed frame has a pallet for supporting the flexible mattress and a chute attached to the frame beneath the pallet that receives the end of the flexible mattress. Multiple rollers direct the flexible mattress and belt. A motor supplies rotational force to one of the rollers and one of the rollers also provides for bending the flexible mattress to enter the chute, so that the end of the flexible mattress is guided underneath the pallet. A system includes the hospital bed with a detachable sanitary station. The sanitary station includes a toilet top and unites with the bed to deliver the patient to a position atop the toilet.
US10406049B2	Mobile carrier and steering adjustment mechanism A mobile carrier includes a first frame, a directional wheel pivoted to the first frame, a second frame pivoted to the first frame, a steering adjustment mechanism connected to the second frame, and a steering wheel. The steering adjustment mechanism includes a first rotating element and a second rotating element coupled to the first rotating element. When a first rotating axis of the first rotating element is perpendicular to a plane, the first and the second rotating elements are locked to each other and are capable of rotating around the first rotating axis simultaneously. When a second rotating axis of the second rotating element is perpendicular to the plane, rotational degree of freedom of the first rotating element is restricted, and the second rotating element is capable of rotating around the second rotating axis relative to the first rotating element. A steering adjustment mechanism is also provided.
US10406048B1	Dental chair attachment for supporting wheelchairs The dental chair attachment for supporting wheelchairs attaches to the back of a dental chair and reclines a wheelchair when the dental chair is reclined. The wheels of the wheelchair are rolled onto wheel ramps on opposing sides of a back support. Two upper clamps attach the dental chair attachment to the top of the dental chair, and two lower clamps attach the wheelchair to the dental chair attachment. When reclining the dental chair, wheels on the bottom of the back support allow the dental chair attachment to recline simultaneously with the chair by rolling in a direction opposite the dental chair.
US10406047B1	Apparatus and method for mobility device lifting and positioning Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing mobility device lifting and positioning are provided. A lifting and positioning apparatus includes at least one support structure, a control unit configured to cause the apparatus to perform at least one operation, at least one lifting mechanism coupled to the at least one support structure, the at least one lifting mechanism configured to operate at least in part according to one or more signals received from the control unit, a platform support assembly coupled to the at least one lifting mechanism, the platform support assembly having at least one arm pivotally attached thereto, and a platform coupled to the at least one arm, the platform configured to be positioned in at least one of a collapsed and a non-collapsed configuration, the platform further including a ramp pivotally coupled thereof.
US10406044B2	Person support apparatuses with drive controls A person support apparatus includes a base, wheels, a drive system, a support surface, a lift system, and a control. The control controls the drive system in response to forward/reverse forces applied thereto, and also controls the lift system in response to upward or downward forces applied thereto. In some embodiments, a controller compares a magnitude of the forward/reverse force to a magnitude of the upward/downward force and commands the drive system to drive the wheels if the magnitude of the forward/reverse force exceeds the magnitude of the upward/downward force. The control may include a user-engageable portion that is constructed to not move with respect to a force sensor when forward or reverse forces are applied to the user-engageable portion. The controller controls the drive system in response to the forward or reverse forces applied to the user-engageable portion.
US10406043B2	Transport apparatus A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.
US10406041B2	Underpants-type disposable diaper To enable producing without the need for an extension step of an outer body while being excellent in a fit of the edges around the legs. The above problem is solved by an underpants-type disposable diaper wherein an inner body is joined to a crotch side edge portion of a central portion in a width direction of a dorsal side outer body to form an inner body joined section, a front-back length of a side closer to a waist side than the inner body joined section is extensible to a crotch side, and the side closer to the waist side than the inner body joined section in the inner body can be moved to the crotch side, relative to a dorsal side outer body.
US10406039B2	Male incontinence pad Male incontinence pads may be formed and used by a variety of techniques. In particular implementations, a male incontinence pad may include a first absorbent pad, a second absorbent pad, and a water impermeable lining. The water impermeable lining may be between the pads, and the first absorbent pad, the second absorbent pad, and the lining may each include an aperture that are aligned to allow a male member to be placed therethrough. The second absorbent pad may be adapted to be folded to form a pocket for the male member.
US10406037B2	Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters.
US10406036B2	Apparatus for vacuum bridging and/or exudate collection An apparatus for promoting the healing of an exuding wound includes a cover layer for positioning over a wound to define a reservoir over the wound. An exudate conduit having a fibrous core includes a plurality of fibers communicates with the reservoir for wicking fluids away from the wound.
US10406033B2	Systems and methods for non-invasive measurement of cassette pressure A method and system provide a surgical system including a cassette, a console and an interferometric pressure sensing system coupled with the console. The cassette is for exchanging material with a patient and includes a wall and a reflector. The wall undergoes a deflection in response to a nonambient internal cassette pressure. The console is coupled with the cassette. The interferometric pressure sensing system is coupled with the console. The interferometric pressure sensing system includes a light source and a detector. The light source provides a first portion of light that is reflected off of the reflector and a second portion of light that bypasses the reflector. The first portion and the second portion of light are recombined to form an interference pattern. The deflection corresponds to a shift in the interference pattern detectable by the detector.
US10406031B2	Applicator and device for cell treatment An applicator configured for cell treatment with pressure pulses has a hollow needle with a wall, which encloses a cavity and has a closed-off design at a closed-off end. A target is arranged or formed at the closed-off end on the inner side of the wall and a laser radiation emitter for emitting preferably pulsed laser radiation is arranged in the cavity of the hollow needle, at a distance from the target. The laser radiation emitter is arranged so that the emerging laser radiation impinges directly on the target through an interspace situated between the laser radiation emitter and the target. Under the formation of a plasma, at least one pressure pulse can be generated at the target by the target being impinged upon by laser radiation from the laser radiation emitter. The wall of the hollow needle has a lateral emergence opening for the emergence of the pressure pulse.
US10406030B2	Intraocular implants and related kits and methods Devices, methods and kits are described for reducing intraocular pressure. The devices include a support that is implantable within Schlemm's canal and that may restore or maintain at least partial patency of the canal without substantially interfering with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal. The devices utilize the natural drainage process of the eye and may be implanted with minimal trauma to the eye. Kits may include a support and an introducer for implanting the support within Schlemm's canal. Methods may include implanting a support within Schlemm's canal, where the support is capable of restoring or maintaining at least partial patency of the canal without substantial interference with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal.
US10406025B2	Ocular implants and methods for delivering ocular implants into the eye An ocular implant is provided. In some embodiments, the ocular implant includes a body that is curved about a longitudinal central axis and a distal body portion that defines a longitudinal channel including a channel opening. The implant is sized and configured such that the ocular implant assumes an orientation in which the channel opening is adjacent a major side of Schlemm's canal when the ocular implant is disposed in Schlemm's canal. Methods for delivering ocular implants into Schlemm's canal are also provided. Some methods include covering openings in the ocular implant, advancing the implant into Schlemm's canal while at least some of the openings are covered, and uncovering the openings while the distal portion of the implant is disposed in Schlemm's canal.
US10406023B2	Smart cooling paste A smart cooling system is disclosed. The smart cooling system includes: a cooling system body and a temperature sensing module, a touch display module and a control module. The cooling system body includes a carrier and a gel layer located on the carrier. The temperature sensing module, the touch display module and the control module are fixed on the carrier. A sensing surface of the temperature sensing module and a surface of the gel layer away from the carrier are in a same plane, for sensing temperature of forehead. The control module is used for obtaining a sensed temperature and transmitting the sensed temperature to the touch display module. A screen of the touch display module is located on a surface of the carrier away from the gel layer.
US10406021B2	Method and system for producing and delivering airless medical ice slurry to induce hypothermia The present invention relates to a method and system for producing and delivering sterile, airless, and highly loaded ice slurry for inducing therapeutic hypothermia. The method is capable of producing and delivering ice slurry in a patient to induce hypothermia through internal and external cooling methods such as subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods. The method is capable of producing and delivering saline ice slurry or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissues. Ice slurry is made by crushing, smoothing, and mixing ice slush in an airtight and self-collapsible liquid container, followed by being pumped out through flexible tubing and injection port into a patient body without air. The novel method and system are simple, and easy to use, which facilitate long term storage, immediately ready to use, and airless delivery.
US10406014B2	Low-profile, postural corrective garment for therapeutic relief of low back pain and mechanical lumbar disorders Postural corrective device including a flexible back support system incorporated into a body suit that trains self-corrective habits through proprioceptive feedback, offering gentle reminders to create awareness of what the wearer's body is doing.
US10406009B2	Bioabsorbable superficial femoral stent patterns with designed to break links Bioabsorbable polymeric stent patterns with linking struts between rings that are designed to fail upon deployment of the stent are disclosed.
US10406008B2	Optimized stent jacket having single fiber mesh An intravascular device configured to treat an aneurysm that includes a support structure including metal struts configured to be positioned in a body lumen and defining a central fluid passage that extends axially along the support structure, and a knitted mesh cover disposed over an exterior thereof and across a radial arc and along a length of the support structure sufficient to exceed an opening of an aneurysm to be treated, and the cover includes a polymer fiber having a diameter of at least 40 nanometers to 30 microns and apertures therethrough, the apertures being sized to prevent blood from passing through the device to prevent further expansion of the aneurysm. Devices including apertures that are at least 20 microns and sized to minimize or prevent an aneurysm-filling material from exiting the aneurysm through the knitted mesh cover and support structure, and methods of stenting, are also encompassed.
US10405995B2	Artificial limb structure having magnetic lock device Provided is an artificial limb structure having a magnetic lock device. The artificial limb structure includes: an artificial limb coupled to a magnetic lock device; and a socket liner unit detachably coupled to the magnetic lock device, wherein the socket liner unit includes an attachment and detachment member attachable and detachable to/from the magnetic lock device by a magnetic force, and the magnetic lock device includes: permanent magnets; a magnetic flux control unit provided on the permanent magnets and transmitting the magnetic force generated by the permanent magnets to the attachment and detachment member or interrupting a transmission of the magnetic force; a magnetic force interrupting unit provided at the magnetic flux control unit and interrupting magnetic forces between permanent magnets arranged at opposite sides of the magnetic force interrupting unit; and a switch unit adjusting an arrangement of the permanent magnets with respect to the magnetic force interrupting unit.
US10405991B2	Instrument for positioning a cup component of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis An instrument (200) for positioning a hollow cup component (202) of an orthopedic joint prosthesis and assembly thereof are described. The instrument includes a support member (204) having a plurality of jaw members (208) unitarily formed around its periphery. Each of the jaw members has a cup engaging limb (210) extending in a first direction to be received in a recess on an external side wall of the cup component. Each jaw member is pivotable between an engaged position in which the cup engaging limbs are displaced inwardly and a disengaged position in which the cup engaging limbs are displaced outwardly allowing the cup component to be removed from between the jaw members. An actuator (216) is operable to adopt an engaged configuration in which the actuator acts on all the jaw members to urge them into the engaged position or a disengaged configuration in which the actuator does not act on any of the jaw members to urge them into the engaged position and all the jaw members can adopt the disengaged position.
US10405985B2	Humeral implant having a floating bearing An implant includes a fixed bearing, a floating bearing, and a coupling member. The fixed bearing defines a generally first spherical articulating surface and a stop. The floating bearing includes a second spherical articulating surface and a planar articulating bearing surface. The coupling member defines a bearing surface that translates relative to the planar articulating bearing surface.
US10405982B2	Partial joint resurfacing implant,instrumentation, and method An implant for repairing an articular cartilage defect site including an implant fixation portion with an upper segment and at least one bone interfacing segment and a top articulating portion with an articulating surface and an engagement surface. The upper segment includes a supporting plate with a first locking mechanism segment. The engagement surface includes a second locking mechanism segment. The first locking mechanism segment with at least two channels is structured to couple to the second locking mechanism segment with at least two protrusions. The at least one bone interfacing segment structured for insertion into the articular cartilage defect site. An implant including an implant fixation portion, a top articulating portion, and a locking mechanism with a first locking segment coupled to the upper segment and a second locking segment coupled to the at least one engagement surface and structured to couple to the first locking segment.
US10405981B2	Cardiac treatment system An assembly for providing localized pressure to a region of a patient's heart to improve heart functioning, including: (a) a jacket made of a flexible biocompatible material, the jacket having an open top end that is received around the heart and a bottom portion that is received around the apex of the heart; and (b) at least one inflatable bladder disposed on an interior surface of the jacket, the inflatable bladder having an inelastic outer surface positioned adjacent to the jacket and an elastic inner surface such that inflation of the bladder causes the bladder to deform substantially inwardly to exert localized pressure against a region of the heart.
US10405980B2	Stabilizer for operations on the beating heart A stabilizer for operations on a heart includes a fastening shaft and a tissue contact component with two elongated bearing elements provided on a base section and adapted to be arranged on two opposing sides of a blood vessel such that at least one section of the blood vessel runs between the two bearing elements, wherein the base section is affixed to one end of the fastening shaft. At least one bearing element has a slit extending longitudinally at least over a section thereof. The fastening shaft has an axially proceeding channel which extends at least over a section of the fastening shaft and is connected to at least one connecting channel in the region of the end of the fastening shaft on which the base section is mounted, the connection channel connecting the axially proceeding channel to the surroundings, wherein the axial end of the fastening shaft is closed.
US10405978B2	Tricuspid valve repair using tension A method is provided of reducing tricuspid valve regurgitation of a patient. A first tissue anchor is implanted at a first implantation site in cardiac tissue in the vicinity of the tricuspid valve of the patient. A second tissue anchor is implanted at a second implantation site of the patient, different from the first implantation site. After the first and the second tissue anchors have been implanted, a longitudinal member that couples the first and the second tissue anchors together is longitudinally deflected.
US10405977B2	Method for replacing a heart valve A method for replacing a native heart valve in need thereof comprises delivering to the native heart valve an apparatus comprising a valve member, a connecting member, and an anchor member suitable for anchoring the apparatus. The valve member reversibly moves between an open position and a closed position to augment or replace the function of the native valve leaflets, thereby reducing valve regurgitation. Some embodiments include a stent that is positioned in the native heart valve with the valve member disposed therein.
US10405976B2	Structural members for prosthetic mitral valves A self-expanding wire frame for a pre-configured compressible transcatheter prosthetic cardiovascular valve, a combined inner frame/outer frame support structure for a prosthetic valve, and methods for deploying such a valve for treatment of a patient in need thereof, are disclosed.
US10405970B2	Method and apparatus for creating ocular surgical and relaxing incisions A system and method of treating target tissue in a patient's eye, which includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form first and second treatment patterns, delivering the first treatment pattern to the target tissue to form an incision that provides access to an eye chamber of the patient's eye, and delivering the second treatment pattern to the target tissue to form a relaxation incision along or near limbus tissue or along corneal tissue anterior to the limbus tissue of the patient's eye to reduce astigmatism thereof.
US10405969B2	Medical device for breast reconstruction Medical device made of biomaterial, for implant-based breast reconstruction, having a flat original shape of plane geometry, with sections, which sutured together define the front part, lateral, upper and lower of a box element, at least one of the aforesaid sections having at least one appendix adapted to define the rear part of the box element, said box element being adapted to wrap and contain integrally a breast prosthesis, said box element being configured to be interposed between the subcutaneous layer and the pectoralis major muscle and being suturable to the latter.
US10405966B2	Implantable intraluminal device This document provides implantable intraluminal stent graft medical devices. In some embodiments, the stent graft devices provided herein are implantable in bodily conduits that have side branches, and the stent graft devices are operable to allow the flow of fluids between the conduit and the side branches. In some embodiments, the walls of the stent graft devices provided herein include compliant channels which allow for fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the stent graft devices. In some embodiments, the compliant channels are configured to inhibit or reduce tissue ingrowth, tissue bridging, and/or endothelialization.
US10405950B2	Reduced-friction buccal tube and method of use An orthodontic appliance includes features for reducing friction between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire to be placed within the archwire slot. Other embodiments include a rounded exterior occlusal surface. Embodiments further include one or more receptacles for receiving an installation tool.
US10405944B2	Medical device with active brake release control A computer-assisted medical device includes an articulated arm with a plurality of joints and a control unit coupled to the articulated arm. The control unit is configured to send a command to a plurality of brakes in the articulated arm to begin a release of the plurality of brakes in a predetermined staggered manner. In some embodiments the predetermined staggered manner prevents the simultaneous release of the plurality of breaks. In some examples, the predetermined staggered manner causes each brake in the plurality of brakes to release within a predetermined time of each other. In some embodiments, the first predetermined staggered manner causes each brake in the first plurality of brakes to release within a predetermined time of each other. In some embodiments, the first predetermined staggered manner causes each brake in the first plurality of brakes to begin a gradual release within a predetermined time of each other.
US10405939B2	Endoscopic device with helical lumen design An endolumenal robotic system provides the surgeon with the ability to drive a robotically-driven endoscopic device to a desired anatomical position in a patient without the need for awkward motions and positions, while also enjoying improved image quality from a digital camera mounted on the endoscopic device.
US10405933B2	Robotic surgery system and surgical instrument A robotic surgery system includes a robot and an instrument assembly. The instrument assembly includes a drive unit with at least one rotary drive having an electric motor and a drive shaft that has a coupling part for coupling to a drive shaft of the instrument; an instrument including an instrument shaft and a drive shaft that has a coupling part for coupling to a drive shaft of the drive unit; and an instrument interface including a sheath that encompasses the drive unit. In order to detachably couple an instrument module to an instrument part of a surgical instrument, an electromagnet in a magnet assembly of the instrument module is activated or deactivated, a permanent magnet of said magnet assembly is moved into a locking position and/or an angular position of a coupled counter element assembly of the instrument part is detected by an angle sensor of the instrument module.
US10405931B2	Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and program Provided is a medical robot arm apparatus including a plurality of joint units configured to connect a plurality of links and implement at least 6 or more degrees of freedom in driving of a multi-link structure configured with the plurality of links, and a drive control unit configured to control driving of the joint units based on states of the joint units. A front edge unit attached to a front edge of the multi-link structure is at least one medical apparatus.
US10405929B1	Attachment mechanism for surgical tool tracking system An attachment mechanism for a rotating surgical tool includes a mounting body defining a tool passage therein and configured for connection to a non-rotational component of the surgical tool, such that the tool passage is concentric about a rotational component of the surgical tool. The attachment mechanism further includes a ring arranged around the tool passage and rotatably connected to the mounting body. A mounting arm is attached to the ring such that rotation of the ring relative to the mounting body sets a desired circumferential position of the mounting arm relative to the tool passage, the mounting arm being configured to receive a tracking system emitter. An engagement mechanism is operable between the ring and the mounting body to maintain the desired circumferential position of the mounting arm.
US10405921B2	Devices and methods for cooling microwave antennas Devices and methods for cooling microwave antennas are disclosed herein. The cooling systems can be used with various types of microwave antennas. One variation generally comprises a handle portion with an elongate outer jacket extending from the handle portion. A microwave antenna is positioned within the handle and outer jacket such that cooling fluid pumped into the handle comes into contact directly along a portion of the length, or a majority of the length, or the entire length of the antenna to allow for direct convective cooling. Other variations include cooling sheaths which form defined cooling channels around a portion of the antenna. Yet another variation includes passively-cooled systems which utilize expandable balloons to urge tissue away from the surface of the microwave antenna as well as cooling sheaths which are cooled through endothermic chemical reactions. Furthermore, the microwave antennas themselves can have cooling lumens integrated directly therethrough.
US10405919B2	Methods and devices for treating atrial fibrillation Described here are systems and methods for affecting tissue within a body to form a lesion. Some systems comprise tissue-affecting devices, devices that guide the advancement of the tissue-affecting elements to a target tissue region, devices that locate and secure tissue, and devices that help position the tissue-affecting devices along the target tissue. The methods described here comprise advancing a first tissue-affecting device to a first surface of a target tissue, advancing a second tissue-affecting device to a second surface of the target tissue, and positioning the first and second devices so that a lesion may be formed in the tissue between them. In some variations, the devices, systems, and methods described here are used to treat atrial fibrillation by ablating fibrillating tissue from an endocardial surface and an epicardial surface of a heart. Methods of closing, occluding, and/or removing the left atrial appendage are also described.
US10405918B2	Limited reuse ablation needles and ablation devices for use therewith A surgical instrument includes a reusable component and a limited-use component releasably engagable with the reusable component. The limited-use component is configured for one or more uses and includes a clocking mechanism configured to count each engagement of the reusable component and the limited-use component to one another. The clocking mechanism is incrementally transitionable upon each successive count from one or more uses state, wherein the clocking mechanism permits both mechanical engagement and electrical coupling of the reusable component and the limited-use component to one another, to a spent state, wherein the clocking mechanism inhibits both mechanical engagement and electrical coupling of the limited-use component and the reusable component to one another.
US10405912B2	Transvascular methods of treating extravascular tissue An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand with open ends around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, such as nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system also controls the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter includes structures which provide radial and lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes open uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.
US10405909B2	Kit for implanting heat deformable fixation elements of different sizes A device for implanting heat deformable fixation elements of different sizes in a bone, comprises a hand piece extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including an internal optical waveguide connected to a laser source and open to the distal end of the hand piece and a light guiding tip extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the proximal end of the light guiding tip being removably mechanically and optically connectable to the distal end of the hand piece and the distal end of the light guiding tip being configured to permit removable attachment of a bone fixation element, the light guiding tip including an optical waveguide, wherein the light guiding tip is configured to control a total radiant energy Q transmitted from the laser source to the bone fixation element.
US10405907B2	Low cost low profile inflatable bone tamp An inflatable bone tamp for performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure includes a shaft having a primary region and a reduced diameter region, and an inflatable structure surrounding at least a portion of the reduced diameter region. The reduced diameter region of the shaft allows the deflated size of the inflatable structure to be minimized, while at the same time eliminating the need for the conventional dual lumen balloon catheter construction.
US10405905B2	Bone graft delivery system and method for using same A bone graft delivery system can include an elongate tube, a handle having a trigger, and a tip. The trigger is actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube. The tip has one or more openings to deliver the bone graft material to a desired location and includes a surface suitable to act as a rasp for decorticating bone. A method for delivering bone graft material to a desired surgical location includes providing a bone graft delivery device, positioning the device adjacent the surgical location, decorticating bone, and delivering bone graft material to the surgical location.
US10405904B2	Cannulated bone screw An exemplary bone screw includes a proximal section including a first outer thread, a center section including a second outer thread, an unthreaded distal section on an opposite side of the center section from the proximal section, a channel extending from the proximal section to a distal opening of the unthreaded distal section, and at least one side opening extending from the channel to an outer surface of the unthreaded distal section. In some embodiments, the at least one side opening includes a cutting edge configured to cut a material as the bone screw is rotated in a direction for removing the bone screw. In other embodiments, the side opening is formed in at least one of the center section and the unthreaded distal section and includes a diameter that increases in a direction from the channel toward an outer surface of the center section or the unthread distal section. The exemplary bone screws may be used to treat bone fractures with or without a bone plate.
US10405903B1	Fasteners with shape changing zigzag structures and methods using same A fastening device having a bellows-like or accordion-like structure made of a material that changes shape when activated by a catalyst, and having pleated or foldable zigzag elements that contract from an extended state to a contracted state upon activation. These elements are formed from zig and zag segments of various shapes. The shape changing material may be a shape memory metal alloy, shape memory polymer or elastic memory composite. A method of using this fastener provides apposition and compression of abutment surfaces to join together two pieces of material, and is suitable for joining apposing bone surfaces together to heal fractures via the use of orthopedic hardware.
US10405902B2	Sternal closure and ribs approximator devices The present invention provides a sternal closure and ribs approximator device, the device comprising: a substantially C-shaped shaft/bracket, said bracket comprising: a linear shaft and a pair of curvilinear arms at either ends of the shaft, respectively; and a pair of claw shaped clamping elements, each claw shaped clamping element coupling with an arm of the C-shaped shaft/bracket, near its end portion, said claw shaped clamping element being positioned such that the concavity of the claw faces the inner area determined by the arms of the C-shaped clamping shaft/bracket, the coupling being provided by means of a fastening mechanism such that angular displacement of the claw shaped clamping element about the pivoted fastening mechanism is provisioned, said claw shaped clamping elements adapted to be angularly displaced towards each other or away from each other.
US10405901B2	Variable angle locking implant A variable angle locking implant includes a bone plate having a lower surface, an upper surface, and at least one opening extending from the lower surface to the upper surface along an axis. The opening has a plurality of fins oriented along a plane. The axis is non-perpendicular to a tangent of a projection of the lower surface across the opening, the tangent defined at the intersection between the axis and the projected lower surface, and/or the plane is non-parallel to the tangent. The implant includes at least one fastener, and the plurality of fins are deflectable relative to a head portion of the fastener such that the fastener can be inserted and retained at any one of a plurality of angles.
US10405899B2	Devices, methods and systems for remedying or preventing fractures Devices, methods and systems for remedying or preventing fractures of the bone are disclosed. The devices, and corresponding methods and systems, may include first and second members each having a proximal end, a distal end and a middle portion and an outer surface. The first member may be configured to be positioned at least partially within the femoral neck of the femur. The second member may be configured to be oriented at an oblique angle relative to the first member and mechanically engaged with the first member through an interlocking connection between the distal end of the second member and the middle portion or the distal end of the first member.
US10405894B2	Cervical minimal access fusion system A cervical minimal access fusion system is presented. The system has a plate with a longitudinal axis and defining at least two bone screw bores therethrough and an inter-vertebral cage configured to be positioned between two adjacent cervical vertebrae. A method for a cervical minimal access fusion system is also presented. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of accessing the facet joints of two adjacent cervical vertebrae, distracting the joints so as to increase the space between the two adjacent cervical vertebrae, placing an implant or structural bone graft in the space between the two adjacent cervical vertebrae to maintain the distraction, and compressing the two lateral masses to induce lordosis around the facet joint.
US10405891B2	Maintenance feature in magnetic implant A distraction system includes a distraction rod having one end configured for affixation to at a first location on patient. The system further includes an adjustable portion configured for placement in the patient at a second location, the adjustable portion comprising a housing containing a magnetic assembly comprising a magnet, the magnetic assembly secured to a threaded element that interfaces with an opposing end of the distraction rod. The system includes a magnetically permeable member in proximity to the magnetic assembly and covering an arc of less than 360° of the adjustable portion.
US10405889B2	Cold forged cutting tip for orthopedic wires and pins Provided are orthopedic wires and pins with a cold forged tip for use with External Bone Fixation (EBF) devices. Orthopedic wires includes a length of wire or bar stock and a cutting tip on an end of the length of the wire or bar stock, the cutting tip comprising a cold forged section, wherein a width of the cold forged section conforms to a diameter of the wire or bar stock; and a first plurality of cutting edges in the cold forged section. Also provided are techniques for the manufacture of orthopedic wires and pins.
US10405888B2	Bone transport external fixation frame Disclosed herein are systems and methods for manipulating the orientation of a plurality of bone fragments with respect to one another. A bone transport frame including first and second rings, a plurality of elongate struts, and a plurality of ring transport assemblies for orienting a first bone segment with respect to a second bone segment is disclosed. A third ring may be included in the bone transport frame for orienting a third bone segment with respect to the first and second bone segments. Manipulation of an adjustable member of the bone transport frame can transport a ring in either a proximal or distal direction with respect to other rings of the frame. Manipulation of another adjustable member of the bone transport frame can translate a central axis of one of the rings either toward or away from the central axes of the plurality of elongate struts.
US10405885B2	Medical applicator A medical applicator and a manipulation unit for use in connection with specific variants of the medical applicator are disclosed. In general, the medical applicator has an insertion needle (108; 308) configured for puncturing a part of a human or animal body (B), a sensor assembly (110; 310) configured to be at least partially inserted into a human or animal body (B) when the body is punctured by said insertion needle (108; 308) and a lifting means (102; 301, 302) for lifting up a surface adjacent portion of the human or animal body (B) towards the insertion needle (108; 308).
US10405882B2	Access sheath, access system, and related methods Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to an access sheath and access systems. In some embodiments, the access sheath may be non-adjustable access sheath or an adjustable access sheath. For example, a length of the adjustable access sheath may be modified or customized (e.g., before insertion thereof in a patient) to a suitable length for a particular patient. In some embodiments, the access sheath and/or dilator may have a substantially fixed or predetermined length.
US10405875B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument and method for manufacturing same An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises a cylindrical shaft and a blade at a distal or free end of the shaft, the blade being unitary and continuous with the shaft, without an intervening joint. The shaft has a longitudinal axis and the blade includes a flat or planar blade body with a proximal end eccentrically disposed relative to the shaft axis. Thus, the blade body or at least a proximal end portion thereof is disposed eccentrically relative to the shaft. The blade in its entirely may be inclined relative to the shaft axis or extend parallel thereto.
US10405868B2	Embolic coil implant system and implantation method Embolic coil implant systems and methods whereby coils are mechanically detachable are disclosed. The coils include a retention element that may be releasably retained within the distal end of an implant tool. The implant tool may include a fulcrum configured to engage a first filament and prevent the release of the coil when the first filament is engaged. Alternatively, an urging means and aperture may be disposed within the sidewall of the implant tool, and a first filament may, in conjunction with the aperture and sidewall, releasably retain the coil until the first filament is withdrawn. The implant tool may also include an alignment member for aligning the first filament.
US10405867B2	Catheter lumen partitioner A device and methods for treating an aneurysm includes a catheter capable of insertion into a body to be positioned adjacent the aneurysm, the catheter including a distal end and an operator end opposite the distal end. The catheter forms a circular pathway extending between the distal end and the operator end. A partitioner extends through the pathway of the catheter, the partitioner being rotatable within the catheter and including one or more lumens that provide an orifice from a first end of the partitioner to a second end of the partitioner. The device further includes a first coil extending through the partitioner from the first end to the second end in a first lumen and a second coil extending through the partitioner from the first end to the second end in a second lumen. The first and second lumens may be fully circumscribed by the partitioner and have first and second diameters, respectively.
US10405865B2	Method for assisting a sphincter A surgical implant is configured to reinforce a sphincter to transition between an occluded state and an opened state. The surgical implant includes an openable occlusion mechanism and a plurality of magnets. The openable occlusion mechanism includes an absorbable component and a non-absorbable component. The plurality of magnets are configured to encourage the sphincter toward the occluded state. An apparatus is operable to deploy the implant. The implant is placed on the distal end of the apparatus. An endoscope along with the implant and the apparatus are inserted in a biological lumen.
US10405862B2	Laparoscopic clip applier A laparoscopic clip applier can have a geared clip feed mechanism and a direct jaw clamping mechanism to provide smooth operation over a clip application stroke of a movable handle. The geared clip feed mechanism can include an idler gear and two drive gear racks to advance a feed slider feeding a clip to a jaw assembly. The two drive gear racks can be positioned to provide different gearing during clip feed and firing portions of the clip application stroke, allowing efficient packaging of the clip feed mechanism. A spring can rapidly withdraw the feed slider once the clip has been fed and before clamping begins. The movable handle can have a direct connection to a clamping slider to enhance user feedback during clamping of the clip. After clamping the clip, the movable handle can also assist in returning the clamping slider to an initial position for firing another clip.
US10405858B2	Actuation lockout for a surgical instrument Surgical instruments and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument includes a power transmission including a trigger and a fastener driver operatively coupled to the trigger. Actuation of the trigger from a first configuration to a second configuration moves the fastener driver between at least a first position and a second position. Additionally, an actuation lockout system operatively associated with the power transmission is moveable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The actuation lockout system prevents movement of the fastener driver from the first position to the second position when the actuation lockout system is in the locked configuration. Actuation of the trigger from the first configuration towards the second configuration moves the actuation lockout system from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration.
US10405856B2	Method for surgical stapling An exemplary surgical method of treating tissue within the body of a patient, may include providing an endocutter having a knife, a staple holder along which the knife is slidable, feeder belts located on each side of the knife, staples having a first size, those staples integral with and breakable from at least one feeder belt, and staples having a second size different from the first size, those staples integral with and breakable from at least one feeder belt; engaging tissue of the patient with the staple holder; deploying at least two staples having a first size; disengaging tissue of the patient from the staple holder; once again engaging tissue of the patient with the same staple holder; and deploying at least two staples having a second size.
US10405849B1	Flush anchor method and apparatus A method for anchoring a tensile member to a bone includes: providing an anchor, including: a housing having first and second ends, and a hollow interior; a collet in the hollow interior, and having a central bore and an exterior surface; a sleeve having interior and exterior surfaces, the sleeve disposed in the hollow interior axially adjacent the collet, and axially movable between first and second positions. At least one of the collet exterior surface and the sleeve interior surface is tapered such that sleeve movement from the first position towards the second position causes the sleeve to bear against the collet exterior surface, causing the collet to swage inwards around and against the tensile member without moving axially; passing the tensile member through the central bore; seating the housing into a bore formed in the bone; and driving the sleeve from the first position towards the second position.
US10405846B2	Surgical fastening Methods of joint repair employing sutures and attached fixation devices are discussed. For example, a bone block graft procedure (e.g., Latarjet) is discussed which employs fixation devices to secure contact between graft surfaces of two bones. A suture construct, including a continuous suture loop routed through a first fastener, is secured to a first bone. Looped ends of the suture loop are passed through passageways formed in the two bones. The looped suture ends are further routed through a second fastener. The second fastener is mounted to the second bone and a sliding knot, formed in the looped suture ends, is advanced into contact with the second fastener. The suture is further tensioned using a tensioner device to secure the two bones together.
US10405837B2	Puncture needle unit and puncture needle device, and safety tube for same A biopsy needle unit includes a biopsy needle and an elastically deformable safety tube for partially covering the biopsy needle inserted to a lumen extending in a longitudinal direction. A marker is arranged on the biopsy needle at a position protruding from an end portion of the safety tube on an opposite side of a needle tip of the puncture needle when the needle tip portion is accommodated in the lumen. The safety tube has portions in which the lumen is curved at least partially with respect to the longitudinal direction so that the safety tube is elastically deformed due to contact between an inner circumferential face of the lumen and an outer circumferential face of the biopsy needle when the biopsy needle is inserted to the lumen to cause frictional resistance between the inner circumferential face of the lumen and the outer circumferential face of the biopsy needle.
US10405836B2	Speckle reduction and compression improvement of ultrasound images An apparatus and method for generating high quality, high frame rate images in a handheld or hand-carried ultrasonic imaging machine. The apparatus includes an image enhancer to reduce speckle noise and improve the compressibility of the resulting image. This approach reduces the required hardware and power consumption to satisfy the physical space, power, and limited processing power of a handheld probe and enables high quality images to be transmitted efficiently over low-bandwidth connections.
US10405833B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and probe pressurization/depressurization information display method An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment generates, based on the echo signal, velocity distribution information of a tissue in the object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus generates state information representing a cycle of the pressurization or the depressurization and target information representing a target cycle of pressurization or depressurization based on the velocity distribution information. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus associates one of two variables defining a predetermined graphic pattern with the cycle, displays the state information and the target information as the graphic pattern, and displays the graphic pattern upon deforming a shape of the graphic pattern in accordance with a change in the cycle of the pressurization or the depressurization in the state information.
US10405829B2	Ultrasound machine having scalable receive beamformer architecture comprising multiple beamformers with common coefficient generator and related methods An apparatus and method for generating high quality, high frame rate images in a handheld or hand-carried ultrasound imaging machine. The apparatus includes a time-multiplexed beamformer coefficient generator that supplies the necessary delay and weight coefficients to process multiple beams in parallel via a beamforming coefficient bus. This approach reduces the required hardware and power consumption to satisfy the physical space and power requirements of a handheld probe. To improve image quality, the ultrasound machine may optionally use synthetic aperture to improve penetration and resolution. The ultrasound machine may also use pulse inversion harmonics to improve image quality by improving signal-to-noise ratio.
US10405827B2	Medical treatment system A three-dimensional reference image is displayed along with an ultrasound image (tomogram). The three-dimensional reference image has a first existing line representing a first puncture needle and a second prospective line indicating the prospective puncture path of a second puncture needle. The position and orientation of the probe are adjusted by the user with reference to the three-dimensional reference image so that the second prospective line has an appropriate position relative to the first existing line. After the adjustment, the second puncture needle is inserted into the body using a puncture adaptor provided on the probe. A second existing line is displayed in the three-dimensional reference image when the insertion of the second puncture needle is completed.
US10405825B2	System and method for automatically determining calibration parameters of a fluoroscope A method and system for estimating calibration parameters of a medical fluoroscope and more particularly a method and system which automatically determines intrinsic and distortion correction parameters of a fluoroscopy device.
US10405823B1	Radiation imaging apparatus A radiation imaging apparatus secures subject safety and includes a wireless communication unit of an operation panel and a wireless communication unit of a control unit performing periodical wireless communication. While operating, it is determined if wireless communication unit of the control unit is receiving a wireless communication signal from the wireless communication unit of the operation panel, or not. Then, when the wireless communication unit of the control unit is not receiving the wireless communication signal from the wireless communication unit of the operation panel, a movement control element of the control unit executes an emergency shutdown operation to halt movement of a support table, a X-ray tube, a collimator and a X-ray detector.
US10405822B2	X-ray CT apparatus An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry configured to acquire scan region and a first scan range, and change, while the scan region is being scanned, the first scan range to a second scan range based on projection data of the scan region acquired by the scan.
US10405821B2	Imaging system for a vertebral level The present invention relates to an imaging system (10) for a vertebral level, an identification method for a vertebral level, a computer program element for controlling such system and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The imaging system (10) comprises a determination unit (11), a definition unit (12), an imaging unit (13), and a processing unit (14). The determination unit (11) determines a target vertebral level. The definition unit (12) defines an anatomical landmark of a spine. The imaging unit (13) provides a series of X-ray images along the spine based on the landmark. The processing unit (14) identifies the target vertebral level in at least one of the X-ray images. The processing unit (14) further stitches the X-ray images to a continuous panoramic image of the spine and identifies the target vertebral level in the panoramic image.
US10405816B2	Collimator for cephalometric extra oral dental imaging devices An integral collimator for an extra-oral imaging system that includes a lead plate surrounding an elongated fixed slot aperture and includes a unitary body in substantially continuous contact with an outer surface of the elongated lead plate. The unitary body can include a lower portion surrounding the elongated lead plate and an upper portion, where the upper portion includes a protrusion configured to engage a transport mechanism for translation in a direction orthogonal to a path of the x-ray.
US10405814B2	X-ray imaging apparatus and method for generating panoramic image using the same An X-ray imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an X-ray generator that irradiates an object with X-rays during an exposure period; an X-ray detector that detects X-rays transmitted through the object; and a movement unit that moves the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray generator is moved along an arc having a radius of curvature within a range with respect to a rotational axis, wherein the motion along the arc starts at a first time point and ends at a second time point, wherein the X-ray detector is moved in a linear direction having an angle with respect to a plane of the arc during at least a partial period of a period between the first time point and the second time point, wherein the motion in a linear direction starts at a third time point that is the same as or later than the first time point and ends at a fourth time point that is the same as or earlier than the second time point, and a first difference between the first time point and the second time point is larger than or equal to a second difference between the third time point and the fourth time point.
US10405813B2	Panoramic imaging using multi-spectral X-ray source Systems and methods for obtaining a panoramic image are provided. One system includes a gantry, an x-ray source, a receptor, and at least one controller. The x-ray source is mounted on the gantry and is configured to alternatively output x-ray radiation at a first energy level and x-ray radiation at a second energy level. The receptor is mounted on the gantry so that x-ray radiation from the x-ray source impinges on the receptor. The receptor is configured to output a plurality of frames of data including a first frame and a second frame sequential to the first frame. The controller is configured to control the x-ray source so that data in the first frame is generated based on x-ray radiation of the first energy level and data in the second frame is based on x-ray radiation of the second energy level.
US10405806B2	Apparatus for and method of measuring blood pressure An apparatus for and a method of measuring blood pressure are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to radiate light to a body part, and detect a light signal that is changed due to the body part. The apparatus further includes a signal processor configured to determine a bio signal based on the light signal; and a central processing unit configured to determine a blood pressure based on the bio signal and a blood pressure estimation algorithm.
US10405799B2	Device features and design elements for long-term adhesion An electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal includes a housing with an electronic component. The electronic device may include a first wing and a second wing, each being integrally formed with the housing. An electrode is positioned on a bottom surface of each of the wings, the electrodes electrically connected to the electronic component. An adhesive layer is provided for adhesion to a surface of the mammal. The adhesive layer may cover a portion of the bottom surfaces of the wings but generally does not cover the electrode or a bottom surface of the housing. A method of applying an electronic device to a mammal includes removing first and second adhesive covers from first and second wings of the electronic device to expose an electrode and an adhesive coated on a bottom surface of each wing.
US10405797B1	Wearable device and system for teaching core usage and related applications The system includes a movement sensor and a core contraction sensor in communication with a processor. The core contraction sensor is placed on the core muscles of a user and transmits core contraction signals to the processor. The processor receives movement signals from the movement sensor and identifies user movements that are qualifying movements that benefit from core contractions. The processor also monitors the timing between the qualifying movements and the core contractions to identify protected and unprotected qualifying movements. The system can also include a memory for storing core scores that are calculated from the protected and unprotected qualifying movements, exercise information and core sensor calibration information. The core contraction information can be used to calibrate the core contraction sensor. The core contraction and movement information can be transmitted to a therapist who can monitor the user's activities and provide instructional feedback.
US10405796B2	Estimating and predicting tooth wear using intra-oral 3D scans Methods for estimating and predicting tooth wear based upon a single 3D digital model of teeth. The 3D digital model is segmented to identify individual teeth within the model. A digital model of a tooth is selected from the segmented model, and its original shape is predicted. The digital model is compared with the predicted original shape to estimate wear areas. A mapping function based upon values relating to tooth wear can also be applied to the selected digital model to predict wear of the tooth.
US10405794B2	Sweat conductivity, volumetric sweat rate, and galvanic skin response devices and applications The disclosed invention includes sweat sensing devices configured to periodically measure sweat conductivity and galvanic skin response, devices to measure volumetric sweat flow rate, and devices that combine the three functions. The disclosure further includes methods for using a device configured to perform periodic sweat conductivity measurements, galvanic skin response measurements, and volumetric sweat rate measurements so that each sensor modality informs composite estimates of sweat onset, sweat cessation, sweat ion concentration, and sweat rate. The method uses those measurements to inform other sweat sensing device functions, such as determining the existence of a physiological condition, or performing measurements of concentrations, ratios, and trends of sweat analytes.
US10405790B2	Reverse correlation of physiological outcomes Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing analysis validity ranking of information. The method utilizes technology such as MRI, CT, PET, SPECT, EEG, and MEG to collect a user's cognitive event, to analyze the user's cognitive event via analytics, and to correlate the user's cognitive event with a ranking. This correlated data is sent to a database amenable to future inquiries on cognitive events of the user. The search results are based on the level of validity for retrieving accurate search results from the database at a future point in time. A validity and the rank of the data deriving from the user's cognitive event are evaluated based on the brainwaves and the location of the data deriving from the user's cognitive event. The data with a higher validity is ranked higher and tagged accordingly.
US10405787B2	Method for monitoring excrement data A method, data processing unit, and system for monitoring excrement data for seeking a pattern for a monitoring period, wherein said excrement data is associated with at least one absorbent article and a person wearing said at least one absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes acquiring excrement data including excrement data for at least two different time periods, each substantially corresponding to the monitoring period for which a pattern of events is sought, wherein said excrement data includes information of excrement into an absorbent article in form of excrement events, and wherein each excrement event has an associated time mark or associated information from which an associated time mark may be derived; and smoothing the time mark of each excrement event.
US10405786B2	Systems, environment and methods for evaluation and management of autism spectrum disorder using a wearable data collection device The systems, environment, and methods, described herein support evaluation of an individual for ASD while in the home environment. Through data collected by a wearable data collection device donned by the individual, eye contact with the caregiver, verbal interaction, and repetitive verbalizations and motions of the head and body may be tracked and objectively quantified during evaluation. Further, the wearable data collection device may support monitoring of brain activity and other physiology which, in turn, may be analyzed by the systems and environment described herein during evaluation to recognize patterns that predict evaluation outcome and other clinical features. Various software modules and tools supported by the wearable data collection device provide training, ongoing progress tracking, and management solutions for individuals living with ASD.
US10405784B2	Tissue monitoring apparatus and method A tissue monitoring device includes a light emitter, a light detector, a probe, and a controller. The light emitter emits light through tissue in the subject, such as tissues in the subject's head. The light detector detects light emitted from the light emitter and scattered by the subject's tissue. The probe is inserted into an orifice of the subject and includes one of the light emitter and light detector. The controller communicates with the light detector and the light emitter and detects an oxygenation level of the blood in the subject's tissue based upon measurements of the scattered light. The probe may include one or more bladders for blocking ambient light and/or for ensuring contact exists between the light detector (or emitter) and an interior surface of the subject's orifice.
US10405780B2	Lower limb loading assessment systems and methods A lower loading assessment system having at least one motion sensor mounted to a subject's lower limb that is configured to sense the tibial shockwaves experienced by the lower limb as the subject performs a repetitive physical activity involving repetitive footstrikes of the lower limb with a surface. The motion sensor comprises an accelerometer that is configured to sense acceleration data in at least three axes and generate representative acceleration data over a time period associated with the physical activity. The acceleration data represents a series of discrete tibial shockwaves from the discrete footstrikes. A data processor receives the tibial shockwave data and processes that to generate output feedback data comprising data to assist the subject to minimize future loading in their lower limbs.
US10405779B2	Shoe-based analysis system In one example, an apparatus includes a shoe having a sole with at least a portion of foam replaced with a composite polymeric foam, at least one probe disposed in the composite polymeric foam, a voltage detector coupled to the probe that detects voltage data generated by the composite polymeric foam, and a transformation module that converts voltage data generated by the composite polymeric foam in response to deformation events into GRF, acceleration, or pressure data. In another example, a method includes receiving voltage data produced by composite polymeric foam, the composite polymeric foam providing support and padding in the sole of a shoe, converting the voltage data to force data, comparing the force data to a profile, and transmitting, when the force data fails to fall within a threshold of the profile, a feedback signal to a physical feedback device, the feedback signal indicating a difference with the profile.
US10405772B2	Magnetic resonance angiography and venography Techniques and systems for non-contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and venography (MRAV) are described. For example, within one cardiac cycle of a subject, a single shot acquisition of non-suppressed arterial MR signals and a single shot acquisition of non-suppressed venous MR signals are employed. Radio frequency (RF) saturation pulses may be applied to one or more slabs such that MR signals indicative of venous blood that flows into the arterial imaging slice are substantially suppressed and MR signals indicative of arterial blood that flows in the venous imaging slice are substantially suppressed. The RF saturation pulses and the single shot acquisitions may be timed such that one or more of the single shot acquisitions occur during substantially steady state inflow of blood into the respective imaging slice. In this manner, k-space data may be acquired from arterial specific and venous specific imaging slices occurring within a single cardiac cycle.
US10405767B2	Intravenous line flow sensor for advanced diagnostics and monitoring in emergency medicine A portable medical device having an intravenous line flow sensor integrated into a cable. The portable medical device may be a defibrillator having an ECG or electrode cable couple to ECG or electrode leads. The flow sensor may be integrated into the ECG or electrode cable. The portable medical device uses the flow sensor to capture and store information about fluids delivered to a patient being treated with the portable medical device. The information may include total volume provided, flow rate, and the like. The information may then be used to evaluate the treatment provided to the patient.
US10405763B2	Devices and methods for noninvasive measurement of intracranial pressure Provided are systems and methods for noninvasively assessing intracranial pressure by controllably osculating at least a portion of a subject's ocular globe while applying a force sufficient to collapse an intraocular blood vessel and correlating the collapse pressure to intracranial pressure. Also provided are ophthalmic components useful in ophthalmic imaging applications, such as retinal, corneal, and pupil imaging. The components may include an optical contact surface that has a radius of curvature that is greater than the radius of curvature of a subject's cornea.
US10405761B2	Device for detecting heart rate and heart rate variability One or more sensors and/or sensing techniques are used individually or in combination to detect and/or measure heart rate and/or heart rate variability. The sensors may be wearable and/or portable and may operate on different principles and may include different power profiles. The sensors and/or sensing techniques may be used at the same time or at different times that may overlap partially or completely, or may be mutually exclusive. A controller may select one or more sensors and/or sensing techniques based on operating conditions and/or based on conservation of power.
US10405758B2	Carrier assembly for blood pressure module A carrier assembly includes a sub-assembly including a pump, at least one solenoid valve, and a check valve. The pump, the at least one solenoid valve, and the check valve are in fluid communication with each other and with at least one pressure transducer via a manifold. Also, the carrier assembly is configured to be mounted to a medical device's main assembly board.
US10405757B2	Patient monitoring system with gatekeeper signal A gatekeeper electronic signal can be generated by a patient sensor and/or in an intermediate device, such as an electrical cable, that is separate from a patient's physiological information electronic signal. The gatekeeper signal can be generated to indicate to a computer monitor that the sensor and/or cable is of the type that is compatible with, and/or usable with, such computer monitor, and/or that the sensor and/or cable is properly attached to the computer monitor. The gatekeeper signal can be created by an ambient temperature sensor on, or in electrical communication with, the patient monitor, and/or the gatekeeper signal can be created by a gatekeeper electronic signal generator to simulate an ambient temperature value. The gatekeeper signal can be separate from an electronic signal or plurality of signals that include patient physiological information, and the gatekeeper signal may not include any patient physiological information.
US10405756B2	Afterload device for a beating heart during examination thereof An examination device for a heart. An afterload device connected to the aorta provides a counter-pressure by an annular space delimited between a rigid cylinder and an elastic tube inserted in the rigid cylinder. The annular space comprises a compressible medium, such as air, nitrogen gas or carbon dioxide and is connected to a reservoir providing a predetermined pressure corresponding to a diastolic pressure. The reservoir is connected to the annular space via a restriction and a back-flow valve. During diastole, the annular space is inflated by the reservoir and provides a diastolic counter pressure for providing coronary flow. During systole, the ejected fluid from the heart ventricle displaces the medium inside the annular space through the restriction to the reservoir, thereby removing energy from the fluid. The compressible medium forms a compliance. Also, there is a preload device comprising a vertical collapsible tube for preload of the atrium.
US10405755B2	System and method for core body temperature measurement A core body temperature monitoring system comprises a first, core body temperature, thermometer and a second thermometer comprising a heat flux sensor. The second thermometer is for application to the skin for providing temperature monitoring over time. The second thermometer is calibrated using an output from the first core body temperature thermometer during an initial measurement operation. The first thermometer is removably attached to the second thermometer, wherein the first thermometer is adapted for use while attached to the second thermometer, and is then removed when the second thermometer is to be used. This system provides calibration of a flux sensor which is applied to the skin, by using an initial core body temperature measurement. In this way, the functionality and usage of a classic core body temperature thermometer is combined with a wearable continuous monitoring capability.
US10405753B2	Pharmaceutical compositions of near IR closed chain, sulfo-cyanine dyes Sterile and non-toxic pharmaceutical compositions of near IR, closed chain, sulfo-cyanine dyes and methods for visualizing tissue under illumination with near-infrared radiation are provided.
US10405747B2	Analyte meter including an RFID reader A glucose monitoring system, includes a glucose sensor strip or package of strips. The strip includes a substrate and a glucose monitoring circuit that has electrodes and a bodily fluid application portion of selected chemical composition. An antenna is integrated with the glucose sensor strip. A RFID sensor chip is coupled with the glucose sensor strip and the antenna. The chip has a memory containing digitally-encoded data representing calibration and/or expiration date information for the strip.
US10405742B2	Apparatus for assisting in establishing a correction for correcting heterotropia or heterophoria and method of operating a computer for assisting in establishing a correction for correcting heterotropia or heterophoria An apparatus for assisting in establishing a correction for correcting heterotropia or heterophoria is disclosed. The apparatus tests a prescription for correcting the heterotropia or heterophoria before the prescription is actually realized. The apparatus includes a simulation device with an input interface, a generator unit, and a viewing device. The input interface receives diagnostic data, classification data, and magnitude data concerning the heterotropia or heterophoria, and prescription data indicating a suitable prism. The generator unit generates a right simulation image for the right eye and a left simulation image for the left eye, wherein the right and left simulation images each represent the same object or scene looked at by the respective viewing angles of the eyes. The viewing device has separate displays or display sections for displaying the simulation image to the right eye and the left eye of the patient.
US10405741B2	Optometry apparatus controller, optometry system, and storage medium having optometry apparatus program stored therein In an optometry apparatus controller provided in an electric optometry apparatus including an optical element disposed in front of an examinee's eye and a switch mechanism that electrically switches the optical element, for instructing the switching of the optical element, the controller includes a touchscreen configured to display an operation screen for operating the electric optometry apparatus main body, displays, as the operation screen, a graphic image of a manual optometry apparatus as viewed from an operator side, the manual optometry apparatus including a plurality of operating units and being configured to switch the optical element disposed in front of the eye by an operation with respect to the operating units, and outputs a control signal to the electric optometry apparatus main body based on a touch input with respect to the graphic image on the touchscreen.
US10405740B2	Optical coherence elastography to assess biomechanics and detect progression of ocular and other tissues degenerative diseases An excitation force (internal or external) and phase-sensitive optical coherence elastography (OCE) system, used in conjunction with a data analyzing algorithm, is capable of measuring and quantifying biomechanical parameters of tissues in situ and in vivo. The method was approbated and demonstrated on an example of the system that combines a pulsed ultrasound system capable of producing an acoustic radiation force on the crystalline lens surface and a phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for measuring the lens displacement caused by the acoustic radiation force. The method allows noninvasive and nondestructive quantification of tissue mechanical properties. The noninvasive measurement method also utilizes phase-stabilized swept source optical coherence elastography (PhS-SSOCE) to distinguish between tissue stiffness, such as that attributable to disease, and effects on measured stiffness that result from external factors, such as pressure applied to the tissue. Preferably, the method is used to detect tissue stiffness and to evaluate the presence of its stiffness even if it is affected by other factors such as intraocular pressure (IOP) in the case of cornea, sclera, or the lens. This noninvasive method can evaluate the biomechanical properties of the tissues in vivo for detecting the onset and progression of degenerative or other diseases (such as keratoconus).
US10405736B2	Capsule endoscope, endoscope system, and method for operating capsule endoscope A capsule endoscope includes an imaging device that captures time-series captured images and a processor including hardware. The processor implements a process that performs a first motion determination process with respect to the capsule endoscope based on the captured images to calculate a first motion determination result, and a communication process that transmits the captured images to an external device that is provided outside the capsule endoscope, and receives a second motion determination result, the second motion determination result being a result of a second motion determination process with respect to the capsule endoscope that was performed by the external device based on the captured images. The processor implements the process that controls the frame rate of the imaging device based on the first motion determination result and the second motion determination result.
US10405723B2	Surface maintenance machine A surface maintenance machine comprising a body having a forward section, a middle section and a rearward section, wherein the forward section is positioned to the front of a transverse centerline of the machine, the middle section is generally centered on the transverse centerline and a rearward section positioned to the rear of the transverse centerline. A storage chamber can be defined in the middle section and enclosed by a front wall, a rear wall, lateral walls, a generally planar top surface, and a generally planar lower surface, such that the storage chamber is generally isolated from components of the surface maintenance machine. The storage chamber can have a storage chamber bottom surface with or below a top surface of at least one battery positioned in the forward section.
US10405722B2	Cleaning device coupling instrument and cleaning device A coupling instrument is provided that can easily attach or detach a main body to or from a cleaning part in a cleaning device. The coupling instrument includes a first coupling member including a bulging part having a slant part. A side peripheral part of the slant part is tapered toward a tip thereof. A first protruding part is formed in a protruding manner around the bulging part. The coupling instrument further includes a second coupling member including a fitted part in which the bulging part can be loosely fitted, and a second protruding part formed in a protruding manner around the fitted part. The second protruding part is adjacent to the first protruding part; and the second coupling member has a plurality of engaging parts arranged around the fitted part.
US10405721B2	Extractor cleaning machine An extractor cleaning machine that includes a base having a base exhaust duct having an exhaust outlet directed toward a surface being cleaned. The extractor further includes a suction source that is operable to generate an airflow that is discharged through the exhaust outlet of the base and onto the surface, which is configured to at least partially dry the surface. The extractor further includes a body pivotally coupled to the base such that the body is pivotable between an upright position and an inclined position, and the body includes a body exhaust duct that is movable relative to the base exhaust duct as the handle pivots between the upright position and the inclined position. The base exhaust duct and the body exhaust duct cooperate to form an exhaust passageway between the suction source and the exhaust outlet.
US10405711B2	Surface cleaning apparatus An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head, a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, a push handle and an above floor cleaning assembly. The cleaning unit comprises an air treatment member and the push handle is rotatably mounted with respect to the cleaning unit. The above floor cleaning assembly comprises a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein in a floor cleaning mode a first portion of the flexible conduit having the outlet end is located on the second lateral side of the air treatment member and a second transverse portion of the flexible conduit extends from the second lateral side of the air treatment member over the upper end of the air treatment member to the first lateral side of the air treatment member wherein the second transverse portion is vertically spaced from the rotational joint.
US10405704B2	Telescopic foot and toe cleaner A foot and toe washer may have telescopic sections locking into place in an extended state convenient to the user such that not all extensions may be used. Locking mechanisms for locking one extension to another internal extension may comprise a spring-loaded ball and associated orifice or extensions having larger or smaller diameters at ends with rough surfaces so the extensions lock into place by friction when used or comprise twisting grooves on the surfaces of two extensions. In one embodiment, the foot and toe washer is preferably made of strong, light-weight plastic or hard, tough rubber and may have a rubber-coated handle with the extensions extending therefrom as desired. The furthest extension from the handle may have a connecting and locking mechanism of the spring-loaded ball and orifice type or the friction type to connect one of a sponge, a between-the-toes washer, a brush or wash cloth or combination thereof. The sponge may have an associated soap or medicated soap dispenser for treating athlete's foot. The handle end may comprise a lanyard for hanging the foot and toe washer in a shower or locker or a wristlet for carrying the foot and toe washer in the shower.
US10405703B2	Portable shower enclosure A portable shower enclosure includes a base frame composed of a rear frame, a first lateral frame pivotably coupled to a first lateral side of the rear frame, and a second lateral frame pivotably coupled to second lateral side of the rear frame. A seat with a top surface opposite a bottom surface defines a drain aperture therethrough. One or more bumpers extend from the bottom surface of the seat and are configured to elevate the seat above a rim of a toilet bowl. A waterproof liner defines an aperture therein sized and configured to be positioned over the toilet bowl under the seat. The liner has a frame coupling assembly configured to adjustably couple the liner to the first lateral frame, the second lateral frame, and the rear frame.
US10405702B2	Shower enclosure and methods of installation Exemplary embodiments provide a prefabricated modular shower enclosure, including a base with a plurality of engagement feature along a peripheral surface of the base, a plurality of alignment supports, and a surround panel. In some embodiments, at least one alignment support is positionable in a preselected relationship relative to the engagement features of the base, and the alignment supports are configured to be independently made square relative to the base. Additional exemplary embodiments provide a prefabricated shower enclosure, including a base with a plurality of engagement feature along a peripheral surface of the base, and a plurality of surround panels that engage the base. The modular shower enclosure reduces installation time and complexity by using components that are fabricated and cut to size offsite prior to installation at a job site.
US10405696B2	Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber therein, and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section therein; a door unit on the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; a convection heater unit on the rear wall plate, configured to generate heat to be supplied to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section; and an introduction opening and closing unit configured to open and close the introduction hole section and control an amount of heat to be supplied to the cooking chamber.
US10405695B2	Thermodynamic element for reducing cooling rate of a liquid A microwavable thermodynamic element that can be used to reduce the cooling rate of an object that has been previously heated to a temperature greater than the ambient temperature of the object or for use in the reduction of the cooling rate of a heated liquid by immersion of the thermodynamic element into the liquid.
US10405694B2	Cooking vessel cover device In some embodiments, a cooking vessel cover device may include a body with a perimeter, upper surface, and lower surface. The body may be made from a flexible material so that portions of the body may flex to allow the device to move between the closed position and the open position. The perimeter and/or portions of the body bounded by the perimeter may contact the upper terminus of a cooking vessel when the device is in a closed position so that the perimeter and the body may be in a generally flat planar orientation. An aperture, which may be configured to receive portions of a food preparation apparatus and which may be disposed within the body, may pass through the upper surface and lower surface, thereby allowing the food preparation apparatus to operate with the cooking vessel cover in the closed position and the open position. A positioning fastener may be coupled to the body which is configured to be removably coupled to one or more objects thereby securing the device in an open position.
US10405693B2	Apparatus for manufacturing drink Provided herein is an apparatus for manufacturing a drink. The apparatus for manufacturing a drink includes: an input unit receiving customer's order information; a material storing unit storing materials for manufacturing the drink therein; a drink manufacturing unit including a mixing tank receiving the materials stored in the material storing unit and mixing the received materials with each other; a drink outlet discharging the drink manufactured in the drink manufacturing unit; pipes forming connection paths for transferring the materials stored in the material storing unit to the drink manufacturing unit; valves formed in the pipes; a vacuum pump connected to the mixing tank of the drink manufacturing unit to generate vacuum in a material accommodating space formed in the mixing tank; and a controlling unit controlling the valves and the vacuum pump on the basis of the customer's order information input to the input unit to allow materials corresponding to a customer's order to be transferred to the mixing tank.
US10405691B2	Apparatus for preparing brewed beverages, and a capsule, capsule system and method for producing a brewed beverage A brewing system includes a brewing apparatus and a capsule containing a substance for brewing. The capsule has an opening on one side and a base on an opposite side. The base includes a light input surface, a light-output surface and a light conductor to conduct light from the light input surface to the light output surface. The apparatus includes: a brewing chamber including an inlet for heated water, an outlet for the brewed beverage, and an opening in communication with the opening of the capsule. A light source on the brewing apparatus emits light into the base via the light inlet surface of the capsule. The light conductor conducts the light to the light-output surface. A light detector of the brewing apparatus detects light emitted by light-output surface on the base of the capsule. A method of operating the brewing system and a capsule system are also described.
US10405690B2	Single serve brewing machine According to embodiments described in the specification, a brewing machine has a machine body that includes a plurality of single serve preparation zones. Each single serve preparation zone corresponds to a preparation parameter. The machine body also includes a cartridge acceptor configured to receive a single serve cartridge, a cartridge sorter configured to determine a parameter of the received cartridge and select one of the plurality of single serve preparation zones according to the determined parameter, a transfer sub-assembly configured to transfer the cartridge to the selected single serve preparation zone, and a fluid dispenser for preparing the beverage using the cartridge in the selected single serve preparation zone.
US10405686B2	Food cooking appliance utilizing super-heated steam for cooking food A super steam cup cooking appliance, for cooking various food products, comprises a housing, a steam generator, and an individually-sized serving cup removably attached from the appliance housing. The steam generated by the steam generator flows into a steam manifold, a steam delivery conduit, and a steam discharge pipe. A steam flux director can be removably attached to the steam discharge. Steam, generated by means of the steam generator, can thus flow into the steam manifold, through the steam delivery conduit, through the steam discharge pipe, and out from the steam flux director so as to be conducted onto the food product disposed within the individually-sized serving cup such that the food product is cooked by the steam exiting from the steam flux director. The appliance can operate either with the steam flux director attached to the steam discharge pipe, or without the steam flux director being attached to the steam discharge pipe.
US10405685B2	Food peeler The present invention provides a peeler that is switchable between a T peeler mode wherein the cutting blade is perpendicular to the handle, and an I peeler mode wherein the cutting blade is parallel to the handle. The peeler of the present invention includes a ballpoint pen mechanism for easily actuating the switching between the T peeler mode and the I peeler mode.
US10405684B2	Motorized drapery apparatus, system and method of use An architectural covering is presented having a rotatable drive element having a guide structure and a plurality of idler attachment elements and a drive element positioned over the rotatable drive element. The rotatable drive element is connected to a wall, ceiling or other structure by brackets. In one arrangement a drive shaft having at least one bearing is then attached to the brackets such that the rotatable drive elements rotate upon the bearings. This arrangement provides an efficient, simple and convenient manner of attaching a rotatable drive element to brackets for mounting.
US10405682B2	Ordered food and drink conveying apparatus The present application discloses an ordered food and drink conveying apparatus capable of restricting an exclusive area and improving conveyance efficiency while enabling conveyance of large and small dishes or trays having various sizes. The ordered food and drink conveying apparatus disclosed by the present application includes: a plurality of conveyors being arranged in a side-by-side relationship and conveying foods and drinks to customer seats from a kitchen; and a controller controlling motions of the plurality of conveyors, synchronizing the motions of the plurality of conveyors in a first mode selected when there are foods and drinks being so placed as to straddle the plurality of conveyors, and asynchronizing the motions of the plurality of conveyors in a second mode selected when there are none of the foods and the drinks being so placed as to straddle the plurality of conveyors.
US10405680B2	Lid featuring improved splash and spill resistance and ease of flow A lid for a drinking cup enables drinking while inhibiting splashing and spilling. The lid features a drinking spout having an outer wall, an inner wall and a top wall. A dispensing well formed in the spout includes a bottom wall, two end walls, and at least two opposed sidewall openings. Nearly all vertical beverage splashes impinge upon the underside of the bottom wall, while the opposed openings allow splashes entering the dispensing well to be drained through the opposite opening. A plurality of vent holes can be provided to allow air to enter the cup as beverage is consumed. Vent holes near the dispensing well can be blocked during drinking, when the cup is full and the beverage is hot, but unblocked as the beverage cools and is consumed. Interior baffle walls around the dispensing well can inhibit swirling or laterally-splashing beverage from entering the dispensing well.
US10405676B1	Article supporting assemblies and methods An article supporting assembly includes at least one assembly base having a base panel and at least one elongated, generally vertical mount slot in the base panel. The mount slot has a pair of spaced-apart slot edges. At least one article support device is detachably carried by the assembly base. The at least one article support device includes at least one support device base positional between a release position and a locked position within the mount slot. A locking mechanism including a locking cam is provided on the support device base. The locking cam has a pair of opposite cam lock surfaces engaging the slot edges, respectively, of the mount slot in the locked position of the support device base and disengaging the slot edges, respectively, of the, mount slot in the release position of the support device base. At least one article support element for supporting at least one article such as clothing, a cell phone or a cup is supported by the support device base. Article supporting methods are also disclosed.
US10405670B1	Water dispensing system for furniture The water dispensing system for furniture includes a water dispensing system that is built into or attached onto an item of furniture. Water is stored within a reservoir within a water system housing and may be pumped through a filter to one of two retractable hoses. Optionally, the water is provided via a water line that connects to plumbing of a respective building in which the item of furniture is located. At least one retractable hose is provided, and includes a mouthpiece. When the at least one retractable hose is released, said hose is pulled back into the item of furniture to stay out of the way. When not in use, the retractable hoses are wound around spring-loaded reels.
US10405669B2	Compact, portable elevating device for a lower limb A device and method for maintaining a user's legs in an elevated position. In particular, a base plate, a plurality of retractable leg members, a plurality of hinges, an attachment means. The base plate is adaptable to attach with the user's leg or footwear. The plurality of retractable leg members is adaptable to operate in a deployed configuration and/or in a stored configuration, and a locking mechanism is presented. In use, the device allows the user's leg to rest such that the foot is tilted inward or outward from the body. Finally, in the stored configuration, the plurality of retractable leg members becomes parallel with the rear surface of the base plate, thereby allowing the user to perform body movements without removing the leg support device.
US10405660B2	Adjustable furniture An adjustable furniture such as a recliner chair or adjustable bed comprising a base, an intermediate support and a back support. Both the intermediate support and the back support are guided for movement relative to the base by a second guide means while the base moves along a first guide means. The first guide means include at least one guide associated with one of the base and intermediate support and at least one follower associated with the other of the base and intermediate support. The second guide means includes at least one guide associated with one of the base support and the back support and at least one follower associated with the other of the base support and the back support.
US10405657B2	Bracket mechanism for pre-fabricated office enclosure beams and method of using the same A bracket mechanism is configured to facilitate connection of multiple rail elements to form an elongated element to span over a work space and/or to help support a continuous integral element spanning over a work space. The bracket mechanism can be configured to help ensure the rigidity of the elongated element positioned over the work space so that the elongated element does not sag or bow downwards as it extends over the work space.
US10405656B1	Drawer sliding mechanism A drawer sliding mechanism for storing materials is disclosed. The drawer sliding mechanism comprises a cabinet. The cabinet comprising a table top and side walls. The drawer sliding mechanism further comprises rails coupled to the cabinet. The rails comprise at least one bracket. The bracket is tilted about an angle. The drawer sliding mechanism further comprises a drawer coupled to rails. The drawer is slid horizontally along the rails and the drawer is raised vertically by tilting the at least one bracket. The drawer is placed on the table top by sliding the drawer when the at least one bracket is raised.
US10405655B2	Furniture assembly, implement interlock system and cable guide A furniture assembly is disclosed that includes an article of furniture, two or more implements and an implement interlock system. The article of furniture includes at least one panel defining an implement-receiving cavity. The two or more implements are slidably-disposed within the implement-receiving cavity of the article of furniture. The implement interlock system includes: two or more cable guides attached to the at least one panel; a cable engagement device attached to each implement of the two or more implements; and a cable tensioning device, including a cable, attached to the at least one panel. A portion of a length of the cable extends through the two or more cable guides and is selectively-hooked by the cable engagement device attached to each implement of the two or more implements. An implement interlock system and a cable guide also are disclosed.
US10405652B2	Installation procedure and design for columns fully integrated product A method for positioning and installing a column product includes coupling a template to a first side and a second side of an opening, using the template to position a depth gauge to the first side and the second side of the opening, selecting at least one shim from a plurality of thickness regions comprising a first thickness of 0.050 inches, a second thickness of 0.10 inches, a third thickness of 0.15 inches, a forth thickness of 0.20 inches, and a fifth thickness of 0.25 inches, using the template to position the plurality of shims to the first side and the second side of the opening, positioning the column product into the opening, and attaching one or more fasteners to the column product and coupling the column product to the first side and the second side of the opening.
US10405648B2	Furniture with removable electronics rack A piece of furniture, such as a lectern, has a shell with an opening. A rack for electronic equipment is mounted within the shell. The rack can be slid between a stowed position in which the rack is entirely within the furniture and an access position in which the rack extends through the opening and is partially outside the shell.
US10405645B1	Folding table A tabletop having a first half and a second half that rotate about a central axis between an extended position and a storage position. The table includes a hinge disposed between first and second beams attached to the underside of the tabletop adjacent to the central axis. A first support rod is rotatably attached to the underside of the tabletop and has a proximal end attached to a first leg and a distal end having at least two first fingers projecting therefrom. A second support rod is rotatably attached to the underside of the tabletop and has a proximal end attached to a second leg and a distal end having one or more second fingers projecting therefrom. Upon rotation of the first and second legs between extended and collapsed positions, the at least two first fingers engage and disengage with the one or more second fingers.
US10405642B2	Toothbrush and process for producing the same The invention relates to a toothbrush that is produced by AFT and has a head part and at least one carrier element connected thereto. A front surface of the head part is formed by the top surfaces of the at least one carrier element and has a non-planar three-dimensional configuration, or is capable of assuming such a configuration during intended use. The invention also relates to a process for producing such a toothbrush.
US10405640B2	Devices having visibility-enhancing features for pedestrians Embodiments relate to visibility-enhancing objects and systems. These embodiments include visibility-enhancing portions can include a reflective portion and/or a light source. In some embodiments, a connecter is adapted to removably attach a visibility-enhancing portion to a container. Such containers can include at least one strap, and the visibility-enhancing portion can be arranged between the container and one a strap, to extend at least partially beyond a perimeter of the container to increase visibility of the wearer.
US10405636B2	Cosmetic container having air entrance/exit member The present invention relates to a cosmetic container having an air entrance/exit member, wherein an outer container cap (20) is opened/closed at an outer container (10), a cosmetic container (30) is coupled to the inside of the outer container (10), and a sealing cap (60) is opened/closed at the cosmetic container (30). The sealing cap (60) includes: a sealing plate (62) for covering the cosmetic container (30); a sealing protrusion wheel (64) formed at the lower surface of the sealing plate (62); and an air entrance/exit member (66) insertedly provided into the sealing plate (62), wherein a coupling hole (621) to which the air entrance/exit member (66) is coupled is formed at the sealing plate (62), plurality of ribs (622) are formed around the coupling hole (621), and slits (623) through which air communicates are formed between the ribs (622).
US10405635B2	Cap with applicator and packaging equipped with same The present invention is related to a cap with applicator (30) that is attached to a container (10) which accommodates a formula. The cap (30) is capable of plugging an opening of a nozzle (14) for discharging the formula provided into the container (10) to the outside. The cap (30) includes an applicator (20) for applying the formula, and the applicator (20) is placed in a state in which it is isolated from the formula so that it does not contact the formula within the container (10) when the cap (30) is attached to the container (10).
US10405633B2	Cosmetic repurposing system A cosmetic repurposing system and associated apparatuses to enable the extraction and reuse of cosmetic materials that otherwise would be wasted. The compact and portable nature of the cosmetic repurposing system allows for ease of use. Further, the standardization of sizes enable the specific application of the system for use within a variety of compacts, makeup kits and in association with a variety of other cosmetic containment vessels.
US10405632B2	Hand rest A hand rest device for use during the application of nail polish comprising a front, a back, a right side, a left side, a top surface, and a bottom surface, with said top surface configured in a generally convex shape having a rounded peak positioned near the back half of the top surface longitudinally and about the middle of the top surface laterally. The top surface of the device curves down from said peak to an outer edge of the hand rest device. The bottom surface is configured with a curved portion from the outer edge of the hand rest device (around the perimeter) down to a generally flat portion, the generally flat portion further comprising a plurality of rubber pads. The device could include a weight inside.
US10405631B2	Light emission system and pseudo natural light emission member Provided is a light illumination system that, when a short-wavelength light curable resin is applied onto a body to be decorated such as an artificial nail or a nail of a fingertip, easily identifies a coating condition and a color of the short-wavelength light curable resin. This light emission system includes a short-wavelength light emission member and a pseudo natural light emission member, wherein the short-wavelength light emission member has a short-wavelength light emitting source in a casing, the casing has inside an opening that allows insertion of the nail therethrough, the short-wavelength light emitting source irradiates a short-wavelength light curable resin with short-wavelength light having a wavelength less than 410 nm to cure the resin, the pseudo natural light emission member has a planar light source, and the planar light source is located outside the casing and is capable of emitting diffusion light.
US10405629B2	Hair styling utensil A hair styling utensil may include a continuous helix that runs in a circular manner. The continuous helix may include an elastic material. The continuous helix may have a total of six to eight turns. Each turn may adjoin an adjacent turn on an inner area.
US10405626B2	Closure for a receptacle A closure for a receptacle having two receptacle parts, the closure being arranged on a first receptacle part and having a first connecting element for detachably connecting to a complementary, second connecting element of the second receptacle part. A shaft for holding an information carrier is also provided.
US10405625B2	Bra storage apparatus A bra storage apparatus for the storage, transport, and air-drying of brassieres structured and arranged to be compact, lightweight, and designed to hold six to eight bras in a locking system that will maintain their shape thereby appealing strongly to any woman, both for home-use and use when traveling.
US10405623B2	Protective enclosure for an electronic device A protective enclosure for an electronic device includes a structural member and a cushioning member permanently attached to the structural member. The structural member has a back portion with an inner surface and an outer surface. The structural member includes a cavity configured to extend between the inner surface of the back portion and the installed electronic device. The cushioning member has a top section configured to be in direct contact with and cover at least a portion of a front surface of the installed electronic device, a bottom section configured to be in direct contact with and cover at least a portion of the back surface of the installed electronic device, and one or more side sections each configured to cover a respective side of the plurality of side surfaces of the installed electronic device. The bottom section of the cushioning member at least partially bounds the first cavity of the structural member.
US10405622B2	Data signal blocking personal communication device holder A personal communication device (“PCD”) holder includes: (i) a male housing component including a capped end and a first tubular wall extending from the capped end to a male mating end, the male housing component data signal blocking; (ii) a female housing component including a capped end and a second tubular wall extending from the capped end to a female mating end, the female housing component data signal blocking; (iii) a first liner material conforming to an inner surface of the male housing component; (iv) a second liner material conforming to an inner surface of the female housing component; and (v) a data signal blocking gasket positioned to reside between an exposed outer surface of the data signal blocking material of the male mating end and the exposed inner surface of the data signal blocking material of the female mating end.
US10405621B2	Collapsible, lightweight container for sorting and delivery of packaged items A container is described, which may be used as part of item sortation within a facility, as well as item deliveries to end locations. In an example, the container may be configured to transition between a collapsed state and an expanded state. The container may include a loading panel and an unloading panel. The loading panel may include a fastener such that an opening can be selectively created and closed in the expanded state. Accordingly, packaged items may be inserted and securely retained in the container through the loading panel. The unloading panel may also include a fastener such that an opening can be selectively created and closed in the expanded state. Accordingly, the packaged items may be unloaded from the container through this opening. The container may also be dimensioned to facilitate stowage of the container in the collapsed state and loading/unloading of packaged items in the expanded state.
US10405619B2	Method for mounting a decorative element on a support and said support The invention relates to a method for mounting at least one decorative element (3) on a support (2) comprising the steps of: a. taking a support (2) provided with at least one cavity (4); b. taking at least one decorative element (3); c. filling said cavity with a composite filler material comprising at least one metal powder and at least one organic binder and having, at the moment of filling, a viscosity comprised between 1,000 mPa·s and 1,000,000 mPa·s; d. heating the composite filler material to a higher temperature than its melting point to make it liquid; e. allowing the filler material to cool to form a substrate (6); f. making at least one housing (8) in said substrate (6); g. mounting said decorative element (3) in said housing (8). The present invention also concerns a decorative support (2) provided with at least one cavity (4) filled with said filler material forming a substrate (6) in which at least one housing (8) is formed, said housing (8) being arranged to receive said decorative element (3).
US10405617B2	Bracelet assembly A bracelet assembly includes a base and a module part. The module part is replaceably connected to the base by connection between a first engaging member of the module part and a notch of the base, and by connection between a second engaging member of the module part and a hole of the base. The module part of different functions can be replaced so as to need different needs.
US10405613B2	Extendable two-piece seatbelt tongue A seatbelt tongue includes a tongue plate, a latch plate, a guide pin and a first retention bump. The tongue plate includes a belt slot. The latch plate is slidably connected with the tongue plate and is translatable between a first position and a second position. The guide pin is fixed to one of the tongue plate and the latch plate. The guide pin slidably passes through a pin slot in the other of the tongue plate and the latch plate. The first retention bump in the pin slot defines a pin pocket receiving the pin in the first position.
US10405609B2	Transmission for motorized tensioning system of article of footwear A tensioning system, method, and article of footwear includes a motor, a reel, and a transmission configured to transmit torque from the motor shaft to the reel shaft along a torque path to drive and rotate the reel shaft. The transmission has a compound gear. The compound gear includes a shaft gear, comprising an elongate shaft substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and offset with respect to the motor shaft along the lateral axis, the shaft gear configured to rotate independent of a fixed reference, and operatively coupled the reel and a ring gear, fixedly coupled to a first end of the shaft gear and operatively coupled to the motor.
US10405606B2	Article of footwear with decoupled upper An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion.
US10405600B2	Accessorizable shoe and accessories for the shoe A customizable combination shoe and accessory include: (a) a wearable mule or slide type shoe having: (i) a sole portion having an insole and an outsole, (ii) a vamp arranged at the insole, (iii) a heel affixed to the outsole, and (iv) a single anchor extending through the outsole; and (b) an accessory harness having: (i) a portion defining an opening, the opening being configured to engage the single anchor to removably secure the portion of the harness to the anchor at the outsole, and (ii) support portions, extending from the portion defining the opening, configured to engage portions of the foot of a wearer of the combination shoe and accessory to provide support to the engaged portions of the foot of the wearer.
US10405598B2	Forehead support band for helmets and helmet provided with such forehead support band A forehead support band work or sports protective helmets, having a structure which is elongated and flexible so as to assume an arched configuration in the mounted condition on a helmet is provided. The structure has a first portion intended to permanently face, from the inside, towards the front part of a helmet on which the forehead support band is mounted and a second portion adapted to engage a user's forehead when the helmet is being used. The portions of the structure are removably engaged and disengageable to allow the separation of the same or the temporary removal of the second portion or the replacement of the second portion with another second portion identical to the removed one or different from the removed one.
US10405596B2	Graduation cap A graduation cap system includes a board member, a fabric cover, and a skull cap. The board member has a major surface with at least one receiver body. The receiver body is configured to removably affix an at least one decoration body to the board member. The receiver body is disposed in at least one recess formed in the major surface of the board member, and secured to the board member. The fabric cover is disposed on both the major surface of the board member and the receiver body. The skull cap is disposed on an underside of the board member opposite the major surface, and is configured to be worn on a head of a user.
US10405595B1	Eyelash applicators, magnetic artificial eyelashes, and methods for using the same An exemplary artificial eyelash applicator arrangement can be provided, which can include, for example, a first handle portion can include (i) a first proximal portion and (ii) a first curved applicator portion configured to magnetically hold a top artificial eyelash(es) and connected to the first proximal portion, and a second handle portion coupled to the first handle side can include (i) a second proximal portion and (ii) a second curved applicator portion configured to magnetically hold a bottom artificial eyelash(es) and connected to the second proximal portion. The first handle portion or the second handle portion can include a hinge(s), and the first handle portion or the second handle portion can be configured to rotate about the hinge(s).
US10405594B2	Inner lining fabric Protective garments are disclosed having an inner lining with high lubricity and high strength characteristics. The inner lining, in one embodiment, contains spun yarns combined with multifilament yarns. In accordance with the present disclosure, the multifilament yarns are present in the warp direction and in the fill direction. In addition, the multifilament yarns may outnumber the spun yarns in both the warp direction and the fill direction. In this manner, a fabric is produced not only having good lubricity characteristics but also having a balance of properties. For instance, in one embodiment, the shrink properties of the fabric in the warp direction substantially match the shrink properties of the fabric in the fill direction.
US10405591B2	Magnetic mask A head garment having a base section and a face section is provided where the face section is both affixed to the base section and releasably extends over the face of the user to create a magnetic seal against the elements. The head garment may also include a magnetic fastener to position the face covering section when it is not extended over the face of the user.
US10405589B1	Support garment for resistance exercise A support garment for use during resistance training. The support garment includes an elastic frontal portion. In addition, the support garment includes two upper arm sleeves located on opposite sides of the elastic frontal portion. Each upper arm sleeve is configured for wear on an upper arm of a user above the elbows of the user. The user positions one arm in each upper arm sleeve and positions the elastic frontal portion across a chest of the user during resistance training. Additionally, the upper arm sleeves are biased inwardly by the elastic frontal portion to provide support during a resistance exercise.
US10405586B2	Collar shaping device for shirts A collar shaping device having a U-shaped body adapted to be positioned under the collar of a shirt. The U-shaped body defines a central portion and first and second legs extending therefrom and undulates in a vertical direction. The central portion defines an upper rear contact region that engages the underside of the collar at the midpoint of the central portion. The first and second legs each have a proximate region connected with the central portion and a freely extending distal region. The proximate regions of the first and second legs defines a lower contact region that engages the upper shoulder area of shirt body while the distal regions of the first and second legs defines an upper forward contact region that engages the underside of the collar proximate the forward ends of the collar. Shirt assemblies and methods employing such devices are also disclosed.
US10405584B2	Atomizing device and electronic cigarette having same The present disclosure discloses an atomizing device for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette having the same. The atomizing device includes a housing and an electromagnetic induction heating device disposed in the housing. The electromagnetic induction heating device includes a plurality of electromagnetic induction coils and an induction heater, the plurality of electromagnetic induction coils being disposed on the periphery of the induction heater, the induction heater is configured to generate a corresponding vortex in a magnetic field which is generated by the plurality of electromagnetic induction coils, and the induction heater is configured to radiate heat from the periphery to heat and bake tobacco materials in the electromagnetic induction heating device. The atomizing device for an electronic cigarette according to the present disclosure has a high heating efficiency and is capable of sufficiently decomposing tobacco materials.
US10405582B2	Vaporization device with lip sensing Apparatuses, including systems and devices (“vaporizers”), for vaporizing material to form an inhalable aerosol that include capacitive lips sensing to regulate the temperature of the vaporizer, including transiently boosting the temperature. Methods of operating a vaporizer having a capacitive lip sensor are also described.
US10405578B1	Smoking apparatus A smoking device particularly suited for smoking vaporizable oils includes a bent portion of glass tubing, a resilient metallic portion including a concentrated oil reservoir, and a swivel element interconnecting the glass tubing and metallic portion.
US10405577B2	Wearable vaporizer apparatus system A wearable vaporizer having a housing for receiving a cartridge full of juice or other material which may be heated by the vaporizer. A mouthpiece extends out from the housing and allows air to be drawn through the mouthpiece, across the cartridge, and thereby drawing heated juices or other substances from the cartridge through the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece can be stored within the housing and withdrawn by pulling on a crown which releases an inner tube of the mouthpiece.
US10405575B2	Aerosol delivery device and a related method The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device and a related method. The aerosol delivery device includes a heating chamber having an aerosol precursor composition disposed therein. A microwave radiation emitting device is operably engaged with the heating chamber and is configured to heat the aerosol precursor composition therein with the microwave radiation to form an aerosol from the aerosol precursor composition. An outlet port is formed in a housing of the aerosol delivery device and is in fluid communication with the heating chamber. The heating chamber is responsive to a suction applied to the outlet port for the aerosol to be drawn through the outlet port outwardly from the housing.
US10405573B2	Cigarette paper with high short-fiber fraction A wrapping paper for smoking articles has a basis weight of at least 10 g/m2 and at most 70 g/m2 and comprises a mixture of cellulosic pulp fibers comprising at least 90% of short-fiber cellulosic pulp fibers, based on the mass of the cellulosic pulp fibers in the cellulosic pulp mixture, or comprising at least 95% of short-fiber cellulosic pulp fibers, based on the number of cellulosic pulp fibers, with at least 10% of the short-fiber cellulosic pulp fibers being ground, based on the mass of the number of cellulosic pulp fibers of the cellulosic pulp fiber mixture, and with the wrapping paper having over more than 50% of its area, preferably at least 55% of its area and especially preferably at least 60% of its area, an air permeability of at least 30 cm3/(cm2,min-kPa), and where the wrapping paper comprises at least one burning salt.
US10405569B2	Lanctobacillus plantarum HAC01 strain having anti-inflammatory efficacy and metabolic disease alleviating efficacy and use thereof The present invention relates to a Lactobacillus plantarum HAC01 strain having anti-inflammatory efficacy and metabolic disease improving efficacy, a probiotic preparation, an anti-inflammatory composition, and a health food composition for improving a metabolic disease, which comprises, as an active ingredient, at least one selected from the group consisting of the strain, a culture product of the strain, a concentrate of the culture product, and a dried material of the culture product.
US10405568B2	Flowable food composition with water-holding and lubricating agents A flowable food composition product utilizing a novel blend of ingredients and a method for creating the same is provided. The flowable food composition includes a food product having a liquid component, such as a condiment like sauerkraut, that is combined with a water-holding agent and a lubricating agent to allow the food composition to flow from a flexible squeeze-type bottle. The method for creating this food product comprises adding a water-holding agent and a lubricating agent to a raw food material which, in some cases, has been strained and chopped, enabling the mixture to become flowable from a flexible package, such as a plastic squeeze bottle.
US10405564B2	Compositions and methods for small canines A pet food composition specifically formulated for a small dog can include a combination of specific antioxidants, amino acids, metabolism components, and bone health components to maintain health. Methods of maintaining health and modulating select health parameters are also provided.
US10405563B2	Compositions and methods for modulating gastrointestinal microflora in a canine The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating gastrointestinal microflora of a canine. In one embodiment, a method of modulating gastrointestinal microflora in a canine can comprise administering to the canine a pet food composition comprising from about 25% to about 60% protein, from about 5% to about 30% carbohydrates, fat, and fiber; where after administration, the Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes (B/F) ratio of the canine is less than 0.8.
US10405560B2	Method for making coffee products containing cannabis ingredients The present disclosure is directed to methods of making a coffee products containing cannabinoids that are extracted from Cannabis plant. According to one embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) extracting cannabinoids from Cannabis plant; and (b) admixing the cannabinoids into a coffee product. The disclosed methods produce coffee products that possesses the benefits of both coffee and Cannabis plant. The methods can be used to produce different coffee products including single-serve coffee pods, ground coffee, and espresso. The methods are used to make coffee products with desired and consistent amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
US10405557B2	Device for weighing dough and method for operating such device The present invention relates to a device for weighing dough, comprising an endless conveyor, for conveying a plurality of endless or continuous dough pieces extending essentially in parallel lanes on said conveyor in a direction of conveyance, a weighing-unit, arranged under the endless conveyor, characterised in that the weighing unit comprises multiple weighing rows, spread over the width of the conveyor, each row comprising at least one rectangular weighing section, for independently of the other weighing sections weighing a different dough piece of said plurality of endless or continuous dough pieces. The invention further relates to a method for operating such device.
US10405552B2	Composite insecticidal composition A composite insecticidal composition is disclosed that contains three active ingredients, which are transfluthrin, prallethrin, and cypermethrin. The composite insecticide composition may further contain at least one of a solvent and a propellant. The weight percentage of each of the active ingredients may be about 0.05% to 0.5%.
US10405545B2	Compositions and methods having improved efficacy against spores and other organisms Compositions and methods for the disinfection of surfaces are provided. The compositions include an alcohol and a peracid. The disinfectant composition is characterized by a pH of no more than about 5. Broad spectrum efficacy is achieved, and synergistic activity is exhibited against bacterial and fungal spores, including Clostridium difficile spores. The compositions and methods are also useful against conformationally altered prions, bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
US10405544B2	Disinfectant formulation An aqueous disinfectant formulation comprising at least one phenolic compound of natural origin; a surfactant sufficient to form a solution or dispersion of the essential oil in an aqueous carrier; a solvent, and sufficient water to make 100 weight percent is described herein.
US10405542B2	Encapsulated payloads bonded to polymeric materials In an example, a polymeric material includes a fibrous substrate, a cyclic compound chemically bonded to the fibrous substrate, and a microcapsule. The microcapsule has an encapsulated payload and is reversibly bonded to the fibrous substrate via the cyclic compound.
US10405538B2	Platelet storage methods and compositions for same Disclosed are compositions and methods for slowing, preventing, or reversing platelet damage, particularly as may occur during blood banking or during refrigeration of platelets. The composition may include one or more of a RAC inhibitor, a CDC42 inhibitor, a RHOA inhibitor, or a combination thereof. The compositions may further include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10405536B2	Method and device for visually scaring animal species, in particular bird species A device for visually scaring animal species, in particular bird species includes means for generating at least one visual signal including at least one image, varying in size over time, which simulates approach via an increase in the size of the image. For example, the visual signal includes one of the following images: eyes, a disc, and a spiral.
US10405533B2	Electromagnetic boom cushioning An electromagnetic breakaway system having a boom assembly, including a frame including a first portion and a second portion hingably coupled to the first portion; and a hinge assembly hingably coupling the first and second portions, the hinge assembly includes first and second electromagnets coupled respectively to the first and second portions, the first and second electromagnets comprising a same charge polarity when the first and second portions form an angle within a first pivot range, the first and second electromagnets comprising a different charge polarity when the first and second portions form an angle within a second pivot range.
US10405529B2	Hook with encapsulated breakaway joint mechanism A fish hook includes a breakaway clip that initially disables a universal pivot joint. When a fish is hooked, if a pivot force on the universal pivot joint exceeds a predetermined pivot force, the breakaway clip is detached from the hook thereby enabling the universal pivot joint. The resulting amount of force on the hook shaft is reduced by reducing the size of the lever arm, which thereby reduces the likelihood that the hook will be detached from the fish.
US10405528B2	Farm for rearing insects The invention relates to a farm for rearing insects, comprising a first zone (Z1) in which the insects being reared are stored in containers while they grow and a second zone (Z2) comprising at least one station configured for effecting a rearing-related task on the insects in a container or on said container. The containers are grouped in the first zone (Z1) in sets of palletized containers referred to as basic units. The first zone (Z1) comprises pallet racks in which the basic units are disposed. The first zone (Z1) is furthermore equipped with an automated device configured to move the basic units between the first zone (Z1) and an interface (1) with the second zone (Z2).
US10405525B2	Frozen food aquarium feeder A frozen food aquarium feeder controls the melting and dispersion of frozen aquarium food. The feeder includes a rotatable first cylindrical column having a floor/ceiling including a set of passages and a rotatable second cylindrical column having a ceiling/floor including a matching set of passages. The cylindrical columns are assembled with an interference fit to a round bracket allowing each cylindrical column to be rotated with respect to the round bracket. The floor/ceiling of the first cylindrical column may reside against the ceiling/floor of the lower column, and the cylindrical columns may be positioned to provide a desired overlap between the passages to control the passage of melted food from the first cylindrical column to the second cylindrical column. The feeder may be positioned with the first cylindrical column extending above the aquarium water line, and ports in walls of the cylindrical columns may be positioned to intercept aquarium currents.
US10405523B1	Illuminated dog waste collection tool An apparatus for holding a bag open at the end of a telescoping handle. The apparatus includes an elastomerically coated, illuminated ring for releasably holding a bag while collecting dog waste before it reaches the ground. Additional features include a clip or clamp to hold a full bag of dog waste to carry it away for proper disposal.
US10405520B2	Wireless location assisted zone guidance system A look-up table is defined by at least one reference point, and rows and columns that are offset from the reference. The table rows and columns correspond to ordinate and abscissa data points representing geographic locations. Each data point offset in the table corresponds to a predefined geographic offset. The look-up table contains machine-stored values at each table location, with each value representing a particular one of several guidance zones. The real-time determination of the guidance zone is made by first determining present location using GPS or other wireless location signals. The corresponding table location is identified by calculating latitudinal and longitudinal offsets from a reference point, and using these offsets as the two indices to access a double-indexed array. The value retrieved from the indexed array identifies the guidance zone. Each guidance zone has an associated set of characteristics used to provide behavioral guidance to an animal.
US10405519B2	Apparatus to discourage a canine or other animal from running The training and control apparatus preferably includes a pendant that is coupled to a spring loaded retractable reel via a tether. The apparatus can be fitted to a canine or other animal via a collar. When the canine or other animal begins to run, the pendant is automatically deployed away from the spring loaded retractable reel, interfering with legs of the canine or other animal and discouraging running. In embodiments of the invention, the pendant includes ornamental features.
US10405513B1	Soybean variety 5PQLN19 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PQLN19 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PQLN19, cells from soybean variety 5PQLN19, plants of soybean 5PQLN19, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PQLN19. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PQLN19 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PQLN19, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PQLN19, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PQLN19. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PQLN19 are further provided.
US10405512B2	Soybean variety MN11278981 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated MN11278981, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123685. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the MN11278981 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US10405508B1	Soybean variety 5PKYK65 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKYK65 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKYK65, cells from soybean variety 5PKYK65, plants of soybean 5PKYK65, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKYK65. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKYK65 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKYK65, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKYK65, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKYK65. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKYK65 are further provided.
US10405503B2	Trellis component A trellis component includes a tubular portion, a connector adapted to be inserted within an upper end of the tubular portion, at least two support arms, and a crop line, which are arranged such that the connector is within the upper end of the tubular portion, the arms are within and extend outwardly from the connector, and the crop line is supported by the arms in an elevated disposition to in turn support a crop.
US10405502B2	Water and soil conservation and ecological restoration method of high and steep, abandoned slag piles at high elevation with large temperature difference in dry, hot valley A water and soil conservation and ecological restoration method of high and steep, abandoned slag piles at high elevation with large temperature differential in xerothermic drought valleys, comprises: preparing a mixed material; collecting and cutting a plant to obtain a plant ingredient; preparing a treated material; digging tree holes; planting; spreading the treated material, and watering. The water and soil conservation method adds gelling material for cover soil, and stirs to allow fine particles in the cover soil to be uniformly coated on the coarse particles to realize coherence, thus effectively avoiding water erosion and wind erosion on the loose cover soil on a slope and slag pile, reducing the cover soil falling into gaps of large slag pieces on the slope surface, thus controlling the water and cover soil conservation of a slag pile, and the scale of fill earth, and ensuring the survival rate and preservation rate of planted trees.
US10405501B1	Growing system mixing box with CO2 containing exhaust inlet and cooling and heating coils in series A growing system (e.g., greenhouse) is equipped with a mixing box that features a PLC-controlled cooling coil and a heating coil in series. PLC regulated inputs include air and CO2-containing exhaust. The cooling coils in series facilitate condensation to maintain relative humidity in an acceptable range. Substantial cooling is necessary to achieve sufficient condensation and temperature reduction. Condensate is collected for reuse. The heating coil heats cooled CO2-enriched air to an acceptable temperature for plant health. The output is a temperate low relative humidity CO2-enriched stream optimal for plant health.
US10405500B2	Adjustable endcap for use with a greenhouse distribution conduit A device is disclosed providing an adjustable endcap for use with distribution conduits in a greenhouse. The device provides a solution to seal off the end of a distribution tube while providing further means to regulate the distribution of substances such as air or gas. The device comprises a structure for sealing the end of a greenhouse distribution tube wherein the sealing structure can be freely adjusted to allow variable amounts of air or gas to escape from the sealed end. The device allows for further regulation of pressure and temperature inside the conduit, extension of climate control over a greater distance and the ability to regulate conduits on an individual basis.
US10405498B2	Flail chopper assembly for an agricultural combine A chopper assembly for a crop residue distribution system of an agricultural combine may include a rotor shaft extending lengthwise along a rotational axis between a first end and a second end. The chopper assembly may also include a plurality of flail blades pivotally coupled to the rotor shaft. Each flail blade may be configured to pivot relative to the rotor shaft about a pivot axis, with the flail blades being spaced apart axially from one another between the first and second ends of the rotor shaft. In addition, the chopper assembly may include one or more features configured to improve the performance of the chopper assembly during low speed operation. For example, the feature(s) may correspond to one or more fixed blades coupled to the rotor shaft and/or one or more torsional springs provided in operative association with one or more of the flail blades.
US10405496B2	Open throat intake for a baler An open throat intake for a baler, includes a pickup unit with tines for picking up crop material from the ground and carrying the crop material towards a lower roller located across a baler inlet. Above the lower roller is an upper roller both of which include auger fighting on outward sides thereof, which can overlap with the inlet. In use the contra-rotating flightings, by cooperation with a retainer plate, urge material carried from outside edges of the pick up unit toward the baler inlet which is generally narrower than the pick up unit. Gripping ribs provide a compressive in-feed function when large volumes of material are to be processed.
US10405487B2	Mulching mower unit A mulching mower unit includes a mower deck, a rotary shaft, a blade, a shroud, and a deflector plate. The shroud has a circumferential wall including a rotational trajectory of the blade, and extends downward from a bottom surface of the mower deck to an area adjacent to the blade. The deflector plate is provided above the blade and radially outward of the rotary shaft in a running direction in an inner space of the shroud. The deflector plate includes a main body having an inner edge facing the rotary shaft and an outer edge spaced apart from the inner edge radially outward of the rotary shaft. The outer edge is positioned closer to the ground than the inner edge.
US10405483B2	Seed planting apparatus, systems and methods A seed meter includes a seed disc rotatable in a direction of rotation. The seed disc has a plurality of seed apertures defining a circular path as the seed disc rotates and on which seeds from a seed source are entrained. A singulator is disposed along to the circular path. The singulator has a plurality of outer lobes and a first orientation lobe located downstream of the outer lobes. As the entrained seeds rotate along the circular path, the first orientation lobe contacts the entrained seeds to change their orientation. In some embodiments, the first orientation lobe may be disposed to remove excess seeds from the apertures and a second orientation lobe may change the orientation of the entrained seed.
US10405482B2	Foldable header A header comprising multiple row elements along a width of the header. The multiple row elements are connected to a frame which is segmented into two peripheral segments and two central segments. Each peripheral segment is connected to an adjacent one of the central segments via a respective distal pivot, and the central segments are interconnected via a central pivot. The distal pivots are arranged to allow a rotation of the peripheral segments with respect to the central segments. The central pivot are arranged to allow a central rotation of the central segments with respect to each other, such that the segments are movable with respect to each other between a folded state and an operating state.
US10405481B2	Agricultural harvesting head with a gauge and transport wheel arrangement An agricultural harvesting head for an agricultural combine has a first gauge wheel assembly coupled to a laterally extending frame that is convertible from (a) a harvesting position in which the first gauge wheel assembly supports the frame during crop harvesting, to (b) a transport position in which the first gauge wheel assembly supports the at least one section for transport on the road.
US10405479B2	Mechanical cylinder synchronizer One or more portions of an agricultural implement has components that are adjusted to adjust the height of the portions. This allows the implement to be used in a transport position or in a field use position. To better control the change in the height, an implement includes a mechanical control valve that mechanically controls an input to one or more actuators that are providing the height adjustment. The mechanical control valve is used to attempt to synchronize the actuation or more than one actuator so that the height of the implement is adjusted in a controlled manner. The mechanical control valve can be self-adjusting to maintain a synchronized change in height.
US10405478B2	Agricultural implement hydraulic rephasing unit and method An agricultural implement including a frame, a hydraulic system, a controller and a plurality of sensors. The hydraulic system is coupled to the frame and has a plurality of hydraulic actuators fluidically coupled in a series arrangement. The controller is in control of the hydraulic system. The plurality of sensors have at least one sensor coupled to each of the plurality of hydraulic actuators. The sensors are in communication with the controller, with the controller executing the steps of receiving at least one signal from the sensors indicating a need to rephase the hydraulic actuators; and operating the hydraulic system to rephase the hydraulic actuators dependent upon the signal.
US10405476B2	Double rolling basket attachment An agricultural tillage implement includes a frame member and at least one double rolling basket assembly coupled to the frame member. The double rolling basket assembly has a forward basket and a rearward basket behind the forward basket. A horizontal beam is rotatably connected at the opposite ends thereof to the forward basket and the rearward basket. The horizontal beam has a pivotal connection to the frame member.
US10405472B2	Agricultural ground engaging chain A link assembly (3) for an agricultural ground engaging chain (1) including a plurality of said link assemblies (3), the link assembly including: a first component (7) having a first clamping portion (21) and a first link portion (13) for linking with a link portion of an adjacent link assembly; a second component (9) having a second clamping portion (27) and a second link portion (15) for linking with a link portion of an adjacent link assembly; a resilient harrow member (5), wherein the resilient harrow member (5) is elastically deformable; and at least one fastening element (11). When the link assembly (3) is assembled, the resilient harrow member (5) is clamped between the first clamping portion (21) and the second clamping portion (27) under an applied pressure, elastically deforming to enable engagement of the at least one fastening element, whereby upon release of the applied pressure, the resultant elastic stress in the harrow member (5) urges the first (7) and second (9) components to bear against the fastening element (11) to retain the components of the link assembly (3) together.
US10412869B2	Component mounting device and component mounting method A component mounting device performs measurement of a position of a reference section of a head and measurement of calibration data of the head, and the calibration data of the head and the position of the reference section are stored in association. The component mounting device controls operation of the head holding body in which the head is held based on the calibration data of the head and the position of the reference section. In a case where it is not necessary to generate the calibration data of the predetermined head, the component mounting device measures the position of the reference section, and controls operation of the head holding body in which the head is held based on the measured position of the reference section, the position of the reference section which is stored, and the calibration data of the head.
US10412867B2	Electromagnetic shielding assembly, electromagnetic interference and lightning protection module and power supply The present invention discloses an electromagnetic shielding assembly including an electromagnetic interference shielding component including a plate body and a bending portion. An included angle is formed between the plate body and the bending portion, and the plate body and the bending portion cover an input socket of a power supply. The electromagnetic interference shielding component includes at least one grounding pin disposed on the plate body or/and the bending portion and configured to ground with and screw to a housing of the power supply, and a welding pin disposed on a side of the bending portion away from the plate body and electrically connected to an auxiliary circuit board. The electromagnetic interference shielding component provides functions of EMI shielding, lightning (current) discharging and fixture, which can simplify the structure, increase the discharging speed and time, and reduce the amount of disturbance of the large current instantaneous to the ground.
US10412865B2	Vehicle electrical apparatus A vehicle electric apparatus installed in an extra-cabin space in a vehicle includes an electric circuit unit and a metal housing. The electric circuit unit includes a switching unit configured to switch a direct-current voltage. The metal housing houses the electric circuit unit. The metal housing includes multiple housing parts, and adjacent housing parts out of the multiple housing parts are secured to one another at multiple securing positions with respective bar-shaped securing members. An axial direction of at least one bar-shaped securing member out of the bar-shaped securing members used for at least one securing position out of the multiple securing positions is set so as to orient toward an outside of a cabin an emission direction of an electromagnetic wave from the electric circuit unit through the at least one bar-shaped securing member.
US10412864B2	Electromagnetic gaskets for a cable connection A gasket assembly structure including a frame which includes a front half and a back half joined together with a plurality of interlocking tabs located around a perimeter of the frame, defining a window, and an electromagnetic gasket, constrained between the front half and the back half of the frame; where the electromagnetic gasket lines an interior perimeter of the window and partially extends from the frame into the window, and a passageway through the window of the frame with boarders defined by the constrained electromagnetic gasket. A housing structure including a receptacle recessed within an opening on a front side of the housing, the receptacle is rigidly attached to the housing, and a gasket assembly recessed within the opening and located between the front side of the housing and the receptacle, where the gasket assembly is directly secured to the housing.
US10412862B2	Air cooling arrangment for a power distributor An information processing apparatus includes a power supply, a fan that causes air to flow into the power supply, and a power distributor that is disposed in front of or in back of the power supply in a direction of flow of the air due to the fan and that is electrically coupled to the power supply, wherein a vent through which the air passes is formed in a surface of the power distributor that faces the power supply.
US10412860B1	Heat capture system for electrical components providing electromagnetic pulse protection An apparatus includes an electrically-powered component, a hermitically-sealed, liquid-impermeable, high thermal-conductivity, container encapsulating the electrically-powered component, and a liquid bath surrounding the hermitically-sealed container. The electrically-powered component can include a computer motherboard, a central processing unit of a computer, or an electrical power transformer. The container can include a substance in direct contact with the electrically-powered component and can include a silicone compound, an epoxy compound, or a polyurethane compound.
US10412858B2	Joint structure between electronic component and frame In a joint structure between an electronic component and a frame provided in the present invention, an electronic component is disposed in a frame, and heat is conducted from the electronic component to a corresponding windward part of the frame when a bicycle moves, so that the heat can be dissipated rapidly, thereby achieving a desirable heat dissipation effect.
US10412856B2	Fan detection method, fan detection chip and fan detection system using the same A fan detection method, a fan detection chip and a fan detection system using the same are disclosed. The fan detection method is applied to a fan detection chip including a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, a fourth pin, and the fan is electrically coupled to the first pin, the second pin and the third pin at least. The fan detection method includes following steps: controlling a switch to selectively conduct the first pin and the second pin; controlling a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal processing module to output a voltage pulse to the fourth pin; detecting, by the voltage detection module, a voltage level on the fourth pin; and determining the fan to be a PWM fan when the voltage level is changed, and determining the fan to be a DC fan when the voltage level is not changed.
US10412854B1	Restraining data center equipment A server rack seismic restraint includes a rear restraint assembly configured to attach to a support surface that is operable to support a data center server rack. The rear restraint assembly includes at least one lateral member positioned to receive the server rack and restrain the server rack against lateral movement based on a force applied to the server rack; and an angled bracket positioned to receive the server rack and restrain the server rack against vertical movement based on the force applied to the server rack. The server rack seismic restraint also includes a front restraint assembly configured to attach to the support surface and engage the server rack to restrain the server rack against vertical movement based on the force applied to the server rack.
US10412852B1	Multi-piece storage shuttle A multi-piece storage shuttle for removeably securing a storage device within an enclosure assembly includes a stationary shuttle portion rigidly affixed to the enclosure assembly. A moveable shuttle portion is slidably affixed to the enclosure assembly and is configured to releasably engage the storage device.
US10412850B1	Engaging mechanism and related server device An engaging mechanism with multifunctional assembling function is applied to a server device. The engaging mechanism includes a base, a latching component and an actuating component. The latching component includes a hooking portion disposed between a first end and a second of the latching component. The actuating component is slidably disposed on the base, and includes a substrate, a pressing portion and a contacting portion. The pressing portion and the contacting portion are disposed on the substrate. When the pressing portion is in a protruding position, the contacting portion presses the second end of the latching component to set the hooking portion in an unlocked position; while the pressing portion is moved to a hiding position, the contacting portion may be separated from the second end to move the hooking portion to a locked position.
US10412845B2	Head mounted display A head mounted display including a main strap, a display part, an adjusting mechanism, a forehead pad, a plurality of holders and a lace is provided. The main strap surrounds a user's head. The display part is connected to the main strap and corresponds to the user's eyes. The adjusting mechanism is disposed on the main strap. The forehead pad corresponds to the user's frontal bone. The holders are disposed on the main strap and the forehead pad. A path of the lace in sequence passes through a retractable portion, a portion of the main strap near a first side of the display part, a first side of the forehead pad, a fixed portion of the lace, a second side of the forehead pad and a portion of the main strap near a second side of the display part. The adjusting mechanism connects the retractable portion and is adapted to adjust a magnitude of tension of the lace at the retractable portion. The lace is fixed at the main strap and the forehead pad by the holders.
US10412838B2	Conductive particle, and connection material, connection structure, and connecting method of circuit member There is provided a conductive particle including a core particle containing a resin material, and a surface layer that covers a surface of the core particle and contains a solder material, in which a melting point of the solder material is equal to or lower than a softening point of the resin material.
US10412833B2	Method to neutralize incorrectly oriented printed diodes A programmable circuit includes an array of printed groups of microscopic transistors or diodes having pn junctions. The devices are pre-formed and printed as an ink and cured. The devices have a proper orientation and a reverse orientation after settling on a conductor layer. The devices are connected in parallel within small groups. To neutralize the reverse-oriented devices, a sufficient voltage is applied across the parallel-connected diodes to forward bias only the devices having the reverse orientation. This causes a sufficient current to flow through each of the reverse-orientated devices to destroy an electrical interface between an electrode of the devices and the conductor layer to create an open circuit, such that those devices do not affect a rectifying function of the devices in the group having the proper orientation. An interconnection conductor pattern may then interconnect the groups to form complex logic circuits.
US10412829B2	Nitride semiconductor light-emitting element base and manufacturing method thereof To prevent degradation of electrical characteristics caused by a resin filled between electrodes in an ultraviolet light-emitting operation, the present invention provides a base 10 that comprises an insulating base material 11 and two or more metal films 12 and 13 that are formed on one side of the insulating base material 11 and electrically separated from each other. The two or more metal films are formed to include an upper surface and a side wall surface that are covered by gold or a platinum group metal, to be capable of mounting thereon one or more nitride semiconductor light-emitting elements and the like, and to have, as a whole, a predetermined planar view shape including two or more electrode pads. On the one side of the base material 11, along a boundary line between an exposed surface of the base material 11 that is not covered by the metal film 12, 13 and a side wall surface of the metal film 12, 13, at least a first part of the exposed surface of the base material 11 continuous with the boundary line that is sandwiched between two adjacent electrode pads and the side wall surfaces of the metal films 12 and 13 that oppose to each other with the first part interposed therebetween are covered by a fluororesin film 16, and a part of an upper surface of the metal film 12, 13 that composes at least the electrode pad is not covered by the fluororesin film 16.
US10412827B1	Method of making a rigid-flex circuit board A rigid-flex circuit board includes a core substrate, a first outer conductive circuit layer, and a second outer conductive circuit layer. The core substrate includes a first base layer and a second base layer. A first conductive circuit layer is formed on a surface of the first base layer, and a second conductive circuit layer is formed on a surface of the second base layer. An insulating layer is located between the first base layer and the second base layer. The first conductive circuit layer and the second conductive circuit layer are embedded within the insulating layer. A portion of the core substrate located within the first opening and the second opening is defined as a flexible board section, and the portions of the core substrate located outside of the first opening and the second opening are defined as a hard board section.
US10412826B2	Circuit board and method for manufacturing the same, terminal test device The present application discloses a circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same, and a terminal test device. The circuit board includes a base substrate, and a plurality of conductive lines on the base substrate, each of the plurality of conductive lines having one end configured to be connected with a signal output bus of a signal generator and the other end configured to be connected with a terminal. A fuse is connected in series in each conductive line, and a breaking current IT of the fuse, a maximum operating current I of the conductive line and a fault current IF of the conductive line satisfy: I
US10412819B2	Plasma heater A plasma heater includes a plasma heating section, an exhaust wasteheat heating section, a gas circulation pump, a water cooling system, and a treatment tank for waste gas and waste water. Flames emitted by plasma torches of plasma generators are directly sprayed onto first water pipes for heating. Exhaust generated after combustion of the plasma torches flows through the tail gas residual heat heating section in the metal cylindrical casing, then flows out of the metal cylindrical casing to enter the gas circulation pump, and flows back into the plasma generators through the gas circulation pump for recycling. After the circulating exhaust operates for more than 10 minutes, the discharged waste gas and waste liquid enter the recovering treatment tank.
US10412815B2	Lighting system and multi-mode lighting device thereof and controlling method A lighting system and a multi-mode lighting device thereof are provided. The multi-mode lighting device includes a wireless communication unit, a lighting unit, a projection unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the wireless communication unit, the lighting unit, and the projection unit. The processing unit is configured to selectively operate in one of multiple modes, wherein the multiple modes include a lighting mode and a projection mode. The processing unit is adapted to control the lighting unit to provide illumination light when the processing unit operates in the lighting mode. The processing unit is adapted to receive a video signal provided by an electronic device via the wireless communication unit and control the projection unit to project an image based on the video signal when the processing unit operates in the projection mode.
US10412814B2	Occupancy and non-occupancy detection in the lighting system Disclosed herein is a lighting system including a detector, which is configure to obtain an indicator data of a RF signal. The detector compares the indicator data with a baseline indicator data to generate a difference value and determines a rate of change from the indicator data. The detector also determines a data metric based on the rate of change and the difference value and compares the data metric with a transition threshold to detect one of an occupancy condition or a non-occupancy condition in the area. The lighting system also includes a light source, which is controlled in response to the detected one of the occupancy condition or the non-occupancy condition in the area.
US10412813B1	Ambient light sensor An ambient light sensor is provided, which includes a photoelectric component, a variable capacitor, an operational amplifier, a comparator, a pulse generator circuit and a pulse accumulator circuit. The photoelectric component converts light energy into a photocurrent. The variable capacitor is connected between a first input terminal and an output terminal of the operational amplifier. A capacitance of the variable capacitor is adjusted according to the photocurrent. The operational amplifier outputs an amplified error signal based on a difference between an input voltage at its first input terminal and a reference voltage at its second input terminal. The comparator compares the amplified error signal with the reference voltage to output a comparison signal. The pulse generator circuit outputs a pulse signal based on the comparison signal. The accumulator circuit accumulates the number of counts that the input voltage is increased to a voltage larger than the reference voltage.
US10412811B1	Electronic devices for controlling lights The present disclosure describes a network device that is capable of coordinating the control of light emitters. For example, the network device may receive data indicating conditions for activating the light emitters. The network device may then receive sensor data generated by various sensors, such as motion sensors, light sensors, or a timer. Using the sensor data, the network device may determine that the conditions are satisfied and, in response, cause the light emitters to activate. To activate first light emitters, the network device may transmit a signal to an electronic device that causes the first light emitters to activate. The first light emitters may be powered by the electronic device. Additionally, to activate second light emitters, the network device may transmit signals to the second light emitters that include commands to activate.
US10412809B2	Lighting device including solid state emitters with adjustable control Lighting devices and methods utilize multiple independently controllable groups of solid state light emitters of different dominant wavelengths, with operation of the emitter groups being automatically adjusted by processor(s) to provide desired illumination. Operation of the emitter groups may be further affected by sensors and/or user input commands (e.g., sound patterns, gesture patterns, or signal transmission). Operation may be adjusted to compensate for presence, absence, intensity, and/or color point of ambient or incident light. Presence of five or more groups of solid state light emitters provide desirable luminous flux, color point, correlated color temperature (CCT), color rendering index (CRI), CRI R9, and luminous efficacy characteristics of aggregate emissions over a wide range of CCT values, and may permit adjustment of vividness (e.g., relative gamut) and/or melatonin suppression characteristics for a selected color point or CCT.
US10412808B2	Light emitting module and lighting device having same A lighting apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a circuit board; and a plurality of light emitting modules having first to third light source units for emitting different colors on the circuit board; a control unit for providing a current control signal for controlling a current of each of the first to third light source units; a driver for controlling currents of the first to third light source units with a current control signal of the control unit, and a memory unit for storing luminous flux deviation data of the first to third light source units of each of the plurality of light emitting modules, wherein the first light source unit includes a plurality of first light emitting devices for emitting red light, and the second light source unit includes a plurality of second light emitting devices for emitting green light, and the third light source unit includes a plurality of third light emitting devices for emitting blue light, and the control unit controls currents of the first, second, and third light source units of the plurality of light emitting modules, respectively, according to an intensity value of an input current corresponding to the luminous flux deviation data.
US10412801B1	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a current source module having a first transistor, a first voltage control module providing a negative voltage and a second voltage control module having a second transistor. The second voltage control module is electrically connected to the current source module and the first voltage control module.
US10412797B2	Apparatus and methods for converter mode and load configuration control A driver coupled to a configurable load includes a first switch coupled between an intermediate node of the load and a converter supply voltage and a second switch coupled between the converter supply voltage and a reference potential. A slew rate control circuit is responsive to a command input signal and to a feedback voltage across the first and second switches and is configured to generate switch control signals with a controllable slew rate for coupling to control terminals of the first and second switches. In an embodiment, the command input signal includes a load configuration command and a converter mode command.
US10412793B2	Cooking appliance A cooking appliance comprising a base member, an upper member and a cooking chamber defined between the base member and the upper member, wherein the upper member is displaceable between a closed position, in which the upper member is closed on the base member and access to the cooking chamber is prevented, and an open position, in which access to the cooking chamber is permitted. The cooking appliance comprises a locking device displaceable from a locking condition, in which it prevents the upper member from being displaced from the closed position to the open position, and an unlocking condition in which it allows the upper member to be displaced from the closed position to the open position. The cooking appliance comprises an automatic actuating device for automatically taking the locking device in the unlocking condition upon a predetermined condition is reached, and a further manual actuating device for manually taking the locking device in the unlocking condition.
US10412790B2	Cooking appliance A cooking appliance apparatus includes at least one current supply line, and at least one current sensor unit configured to measure a high-frequency current in the at least one current supply line. The at least one current sensor has a first sensor inductance, at least one second sensor inductance, and at least one conduction path, which connects the first sensor inductance to the at least one second sensor inductance in an electrically conducting manner.
US10412789B2	Method for regulating a cooking process The invention relates to a method for regulating a cooking process using an item of cookware having inductive properties on a cooking area, wherein a coil is arranged as part of an LC resonant circuit in the region of the cooking area and the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit is measured repeatedly or continuously. The invention also relates to a cooking apparatus having at least one cooking area, a temperature sensor, a power controller, an LC resonant circuit having a coil, which is arranged in, around or in the region of the cooking area, and a controller, which is connected to the temperature sensor and a unit for measuring the frequency of the LC resonant circuit and which is programmed to carry out method, wherein the controller has access to a memory for storing the mathematically determined parameter function or vector function.
US10412788B2	Heating element and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a heating element, which includes: a transparent substance; a conductive heating line that is provided on at least one side of the transparent substance; bus bars that is electrically connected to the conductive heating line; and a power portion that is connected to the bus bars, wherein 30% or more of the entire area of the transparent substance has a conductive heating line pattern in which, when the straight line that intersects the conductive heating line is drawn, a ratio (distance distribution ratio) of standard deviation in respects to an average value of distances between adjacent intersection points of the straight line and the conductive heating line is 5% or more, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US10412786B2	Device for melting adhesive A device for melting adhesive having a melting grill that has a multiplicity of passage openings, and heating elements, wherein the melting grill is heatable by the heating elements and melted adhesive heated by the hot melting grill is dischargeable through the passage openings, the melting grill on that side thereof that faces the adhesive to be melted having ribs. The melting grill has rotatable rods that are disposed beside one another and ribs that are disposed on the rods, the rods and the ribs being heatable by the heating elements, wherein ribs of adjacent rods are aligned so as to be directed toward one another, and the passage cross sections of the passage openings between the rods are modifiable by rotating rods of the melting grill. The device enables varied forms of delivery of solid adhesive to be melted at a high specific melting rate without the adhesive thereby being subjected to damage due to excessive thermal stress.
US10412773B2	Method for transceiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data performed by a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system that supports a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes receiving control information related to the D2D communication through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from a base station (eNB); receiving resource allocation (RA) information related to a Scheduling Assignment (SA) transmission through a D2D grant from the eNB; transmitting the SA to a second UE based on the received resource allocation information; and transmitting a D2D data to the second UE, wherein the control information includes at least one of an SA resource pool or a D2D data resource pool, and wherein the SA resource pool and the D2D data resource pool are pre-configured by a high layer.
US10412771B2	Method for controlling connection between user equipment and network, and mobility management entity The present disclosure discloses a method for controlling a connection between a user equipment and a network, and a MME. The method includes receiving, by a MME, a network connection request sent by a user equipment; determining a priority of the network connection request and a network overload state; and controlling a connection between the user equipment and a network according to the priority of the network connection request and the network overload state. The MME according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can selectively control the connection between the user equipment and the network by determining the priority of the network connection request and the network overload state.
US10412770B2	Hybrid networking implementation method, system and device and computer storage medium A method, system and device for implementing hybrid networking and a computer storage medium, herein the method includes: a femto cell sending an IP type to which the femto cell belongs to a femto cell gateway (601); the femto cell gateway acquiring the IP type to which the femto cell belongs, and acquiring IPV4 addresses and/or IPV6 addresses sent by an MME (602); the femto cell gateway sending an IP address matched with the IP type to which the femto cell belongs to the femto cell (603); and the femto cell acquiring the IP address sent by the femto cell gateway, and setting up a service bearer according to the IP address (604).
US10412769B2	Methods and systems for cross BSS sounding Methods and systems for sounding a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by an access point a message including a beamforming report from a device. The device may be a station that is outside a basic service set of the access point. The method also includes transmitting a message to the device based on the beamforming report. For example, in some aspects, the access point may utilize the beamforming report to perform a coordinated beamforming, multi-access point transmission or a multi-access point MIMO transmission. In some aspects, the access point may transmit an interference nulling signal to the device based on the beamforming report. The nulling signal compensates for another simultaneous transmission by the access point that interferes with the device's reception of a message from an access point with which the device is associated.
US10412766B2	Method and apparatus for performing random access in a mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for performing random access in a user equipment for a small cell e-NB with a small cell service area in heterogeneous e-NB cell carrier integration (dual connectivity or inter-eNB carrier aggregation) in mobile communication systems. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for performing random access in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request message for configuring a Serving Cell Group (SCG) from a second eNB located in a service area of a first eNB through the first eNB; configuring an SCG cell based on the configuration request message, and sending a configuration response message in response to the configuration request message to the second eNB through the first eNB; and performing random access if there is uplink data present on a logic channel (LCH) relocated into the SCG cell.
US10412765B2	Communication method in unlicensed band and device using same Provided are a communication method in an unlicensed band and a device using same. If the device succeeds in clear channel assessment (CCA) during a reservation time in an unlicensed band, the device transmits a reservation signal and detects reservation signals received from other wireless devices during the reservation time. According to the detection results, the device determines whether to transmit data during a data time corresponding to the reservation time.
US10412763B2	Method and device for uplink transmission in wireless local area network using OFDMA scheme A method for transmitting data in a wireless local area network and the device using the same are provided. A device transmits a plurality of data units via one or more subchannels. The plurality of data units have same access categories.
US10412762B2	Methods and nodes for decoding of contention based uplink transmissions A network node (200), a wireless device (202) and methods therein, for decoding of contention based uplink transmissions of data in a cell served by the network node. The network node (200) registers the wireless device (202) for contention based uplink transmissions of data on a radio resource reserved for contention based uplink transmissions of data, e.g. when receiving a registration request sent from the wireless device, such that the wireless device (202) is included in a set (200a) of wireless devices being registered for contention based uplink transmissions of data on the radio resource in the cell. The network node (200) then performs blind decoding of uplink signals transmitted on the radio resource by considering the wireless devices in the set. In this way, the decoding is made more efficient by disregarding any other wireless devices in the cell which are not registered for contention based uplink transmissions of data on the radio resource in the cell.
US10412761B2	Downlink channel access for non-operator devices A device for providing downlink channel access for non-operator devices includes at least one processor that is configured to establish a local connection with an operator device that is serviced by a network operator. The at least one processor is configured to provide, to the operator device over the local connection, a request to establish a connection to a network, the request comprising a destination address. The at least one processor is configured to receive, from the operator device over the local connection, control information for reception of a downlink channel provisioned by the network operator for the operator device. The at least one processor is configured to receive downlink data associated with the destination address on the downlink channel.
US10412756B2	Devices, nodes and methods in a wireless communication network Implementations described herein relate generally to a user device, to an access node, and to methods for a user device and for an access node. The user device includes a receiver configured to receive at least one downlink signal from an access node. The user device further includes a processor configured to measure the at least one downlink signal at two time instants, to determine if a difference of the measured at least one downlink signal at the two time instants exceeds a threshold, and to generate, when the difference exceeds the threshold, at least one uplink transmission. The user device further includes a transmitter configured to transmit the at least one uplink transmission over an uplink random access channel.
US10412753B2	Method and apparatus for configuring different thresholds for different signals in wireless communication system A base station (BS) operated in an unlicensed band configures a first energy detection threshold for a discovery signal and a second energy detection threshold for data, and performs energy detection. The BS transmits the discovery signal to a user equipment in the unlicensed band if a detected energy based on the energy detection is less than the first energy detection threshold. Further, the BS transmits the data to the user equipment in the unlicensed band if the detected energy based on the energy detection is less than the second energy detection threshold. The first energy detection threshold for the discovery signal is higher than the second energy detection threshold for the data.
US10412750B2	Method and device for scheduling and using remaining resources of synchronization signal block A method and a device for scheduling and using remaining resources of a synchronization signal block is described. The method includes configuring a mini-slot according to the remaining resources, and transmitting scheduling information for the mini-slot to a user equipment. The method further includes scheduling information that includes downlink control information for the mini-slot. Further, the remaining resources include remaining symbols left after occupation of the last synchronization signal block in a slot where the last synchronization signal block is located, when at least one synchronization signal block is transmitted.
US10412749B2	Scheduling in license assisted access According to some embodiments, a method in a network node comprises determining a first uplink/downlink scheduling pattern for a first plurality of consecutive subframes; transmitting the first uplink/downlink scheduling pattern to a wireless device; transmitting at least one subframe to the wireless device according to the first uplink/downlink scheduling pattern; determining a second uplink/downlink scheduling pattern for a second plurality of consecutive subframes, wherein the first plurality of consecutive subframes and the second plurality of consecutive subframes share at least one subframe; and transmitting the second uplink/downlink scheduling pattern to the wireless device.
US10412746B2	Method for forwarding in peer-to-peer wireless communications Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for forwarding of data in peer-to-peer transactions by a high-capability wireless device, such as an access point.
US10412744B2	Data transmission method in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor A method is provided for transmitting data performed by a station (STA) device in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system. The STA device generates a Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a physical preamble and a data field sequentially, and transmits the PPDU. The physical preamble includes sequentially a Legacy (L)-preamble and a High Efficiency (HE)-preamble. The HE-preamble includes sequentially an HE-Signal (SIG) A field, an HE-SIG B field, an HE-Short Training Field (STF) field, and an HE-Long Training Field (LTF) field, A first Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT)/Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) period is applied from the L-preamble to the HE-SIG B field and a second IDFT/DFT period is applied from the HE-STF field to the data field. The second IDFT/DFT period is 4 times of the first IDFT/DFT period. The HE SIG A field includes common control information and the HE-SIG B field includes user-specific information.
US10412737B2	Partitioning of frequency resources for transmission of control signals and data signals in SC-FDMA communication systems A method and apparatus are provided for determining a resource for an acknowledgement signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Information is received for transmission of the acknowledgement signal in an operating bandwidth. A resource block (RB) is determined for transmission of the acknowledgement signal, based on the information. The acknowledge signal is transmitted on the determined RB.
US10412735B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting indication for D2D operation in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting an indication for a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) transmits an indication indicating a list of frequencies preferred for a D2D operation. The D2D operation may include reception/transmission of a D2D discovery signal/D2D communication data.
US10412732B2	User equipment and D2D communication method User equipment to be used in a communication system supporting D2D communication includes a setting unit that receives D2D gap configuration information from a base station, and sets a D2D gap based on the D2D gap configuration information; and a communication unit that monitors a D2D signal in a different frequency using the D2D gap, wherein the D2D gap that is set based on the D2D gap configuration information is a time interval with a predetermined time length in a time domain, the time interval being allocated based on a time hopping pattern.
US10412731B2	Methods for transmitting and receiving uplink data and apparatuses thereof The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for uplink data scheduling of a cell using an unlicensed spectrum. The method may include configuring carrier aggregation including a secondary cell (SCell) using an unlicensed spectrum, receiving downlink control information including subframe allocation information for transmitting uplink data in the secondary cell from a base station, and transmitting the uplink data through a plurality of consecutive subframes based on the subframe allocation information.
US10412729B2	Apparatus and method for allocating resource in a mobile communication system A method for allocating resources in a mobile communication system is provided. The resource allocation method includes determining whether a transmission time of response information indicating presence/absence of an error in received data overlaps a transmission time of channel state information; and when the transmission times overlap each other, allocating, to the response information, a resource block for the channel state information, cyclic shift values in a frequency domain, and orthogonal sequences having orthogonality in a time domain.
US10412728B2	LTE hierarchical burst mode Methods, systems, and devices are described for hierarchical communications within a wireless communications system. An eNB and/or a UE may be configured to operate within the wireless communications system which is at least partially defined through a first layer with first layer transmissions having a first subframe type and a second layer with second layer transmissions having a second subframe type. The first subframe type may have a first round trip time (RTT) between transmission and acknowledgment of receipt of the transmission, and the second layer may have a second RTT that is less than the first RTT. Subframes of the first subframe type may be multiplexed with subframes of the second subframe type, such as through time division multiplexing.
US10412727B2	Method and apparatus for handling in-device co-existence interference in a wireless communication environment The present invention provides a method and apparatus of handling in-device co-existence interference in a wireless communication environment. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting in-device co-existence interference between a LTE module and an ISM module in user equipment. The method further includes identifying subframes and corresponding HARQ processes in a set of subframes allocated to the LTE module which are affected by the ISM module operation. Additionally, the method includes reserving the remaining subframes and corresponding HARQ processes in the set of subframes for the LTE module operation. Furthermore, the method includes indicating to a base station that the remaining subframes and the corresponding HARQ processes are reserved for the LTE module operation to resolve the in-device co-existence interference. Moreover, the method includes receiving scheduling pattern indicating subframes and corresponding HARQ processes reserved for the LTE operation or derived DRX parameters from the base station based on the indication.
US10412726B2	Method and apparatus for X2 signalling The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for X2 signaling. The method comprises, in a wireless communication network supporting coordinated multiple point transmission, transmitting load information from a first base station to at least one second base station via X2 signaling, wherein the load information comprises at least one item of i) a relative narrowband beam information element or ii) a relative narrowband scheduling information element. Current X2 signaling is enhanced to support coordinated multiple point transmission with non-ideal backhaul and improve interference coordination.
US10412725B2	Method and apparatus for cooperation between base stations The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for eliminating and improving issues that can occur during the execution of the cooperation between base stations in a wireless communication. The method comprises the steps of: identifying whether at least one cell among cells belonging to a counterpart base station is located in the vicinity of a base station; determining, according to a result of the identifying, whether to include information on a neighboring cell in a base station-related message; and transferring the base station-related message to the counterpart base station according to the determination.
US10412722B2	Search space for EPDCCH control information in an OFDM-based mobile communication system The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information within a subframe of a multi-carrier communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising the following steps performed at a receiving node: performing a blind detection for the control information within a search space by means of a first search pattern, wherein the first search pattern is one of a plurality of search patterns, each of the plurality of search patterns comprising a plurality of candidates distributed on any of a plurality of aggregation levels, and wherein the plurality of search patterns further comprises a second search pattern whose candidates are non-overlapping the candidates of the first search pattern on the same aggregation levels.
US10412720B2	Method for monitoring control channel and wireless device A method is provided for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system. A wireless device receives information from a base station for a search space in which a downlink control channel is monitored. The received information further includes first information indicating either a localized transmission or distributed transmission. The wireless device monitors the downlink control channel in the search space of a subframe, in at least one enhanced control channel element (ECCE) including a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (EREGs). If the first information indicates the localized transmission, the plurality of EREGs in each of the at least one ECCE are mapped to one of a plurality of physical resource block (PRB) pairs. If the localized transmission is used, the plurality of EREGs are associated with a single antenna port selected based on an index of the at least one ECCE and the wireless device's specific information.
US10412718B2	Preamble design aspects for high efficiency wireless local area networks Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for resource allocation signaling in a high efficiency wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A receiver may receive, at a first station, a transmission frame that includes a WLAN signaling field decodable by a plurality of stations. The receiver may identify, in a station-specific portion of the WLAN signaling field, an order for a plurality of station-specific information blocks associated with the plurality of stations. The receiver may determine a number of spatial streams allocated to the first station based at least in part on the identified order for the plurality of station-specific information blocks.
US10412717B2	Management of D2D-related interference A system, comprising a base station and a wireless device, is provided for managing reference signal interference in a wireless communication system allowing device-to-device, D2D, communication. The base station and the wireless device and methods therein are described. The method in the wireless device comprises receiving an indication, from a base station, of downlink transmission resources that are associated with D2D communication in a cell associated with the BS during at least a time period T. The method further comprises determining based on the received indication, downlink reference signals that may be subjected to interference, caused by D2D communication, when performing reference signal measurements during at least the time period T. The method further comprises excluding or reducing 403 the influence of said downlink reference signals when performing reference signal measurements during at least the time period T.
US10412712B2	Communication system, base station, and communication terminal A cell2 configured by only a DL CC2 being a resource for downlink is configured. The cell2 does not include a resource for uplink, that is, a UL CC to be associated with the DL CC2 by a DL/UL link. The link information indicating the above is notified a communication terminal device by a base station device using the DL CC2. A DL CC1 and a UL CC1 constitute a cell1. The downlink communication from the base station device to the communication terminal device is performed using the cell1 and the cell2, and the uplink communication from the communication terminal device to the base station device is performed using the cell1.
US10412710B2	Method and system for implementing multiple-access in wireless communication system Embodiments herein relate to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates in a Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments herein disclose a system for multiple-access in a wireless communication system. The system includes a base station (BS) configured to implement an uplink transmission configuration including a resource pool having a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) allocated to support a contention-based multiple access or a grant-free multiple access. The BS is configured to signal the resource pool to a plurality of UEs. The UE from the plurality UEs is configured to receive the resource pool from the BS and send an uplink transmission to the BS by accessing at least one RB from the plurality of RBs allocated in the resource pool.
US10412707B2	Resource pools for vehicular communications According to some embodiments, a method of device-to-device (D2D) communication comprises obtaining a division of radio resources. The division of radio resources comprises a first plurality of pools of a first periodicity. Each of the first plurality of pools comprises a set of radio resources and a plurality of patterns spanning the set of radio resources. The division of radio resources also comprises a division of the first plurality of pools into a second plurality of pools of a second periodicity greater than the first periodicity. Each of the second plurality of pools comprises a plurality of patterns comprising a union of the plurality of patterns of each pool of the first plurality pools that are included within the pool of the second plurality of pools. The method further comprises determining a pattern from one of the first or second plurality of pools, and using it to transmit the message.
US10412704B2	Enhanced discontinuous reception design for a shared frequency band Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit a configuration for enhanced paging to a UE being served by a cell over a shared frequency band. The enhanced paging may include multiple paging intervals for each paging cycle. The UE may enable reception for a paging interval and determine whether the UE receives a downlink transmission. The UE may lengthen a paging interval or enable reception during a second paging interval based in part on determining whether the UE receives a downlink transmission. In some examples, the UE may receive a paging queue status indication indicating that paging information will be transmitted during a paging interval or a later interval, or indicating that no paging information is present at a serving cell.
US10412703B2	Location-aware mobile device One or more location-based clients can be activated on a mobile device for providing location-based services. The location-based clients can be provided with information (e.g., presets, defaults) related to the current location and/or mode of the mobile device. The information can be obtained from one or more network resources. In some implementations, a number of location-based clients can run concurrently on the mobile device and share information.
US10412701B2	Indoor positioning method and system based on wireless receiver and camera The invention provides an indoor positioning method and system based on a wireless receiver and a camera, belonging to the field of positioning technology. The method in the invention comprises the following steps: a wireless receiver detects a query WIFI signal transmitted by a target device and extracts a MAC address and CSI of the target device from a query WIFI signal; a server captures the MAC address and the CSI of the target device from the wireless receiver, calculates an incident angle of the target device and the wireless receiver and sends a photographing instruction to a camera which photographs an image and uploads the image to the server; the server obtains the distance between the wireless receiver and the target device through the image pixels, and calculates the position information of the target device according to the coordinates of the wireless receiver. The invention realizes the accurate positioning of the target device by using only a wireless receiver and a camera, so that the cost can be controlled and a real-time calculation can be ensured; the combination of the two beneficial effects can help achieve good positioning results.
US10412698B2	System and method for IQ mismatch calibration and compensation A method for providing IQ mismatch (IQMM) compensation includes: sending a single tone signal at an original frequency; determining a first response of an impaired signal at the original frequency and a second response of the impaired signal at a corresponding image frequency; determining an estimate of a frequency response of the compensation filter at the original frequency based on the first response and the second response; repeating the steps of sending the single tone signal, determining the first response and the second response, and determining the estimate of the frequency response of the compensation filter by sweeping the single tone signal at a plurality of steps to determine a snapshot of the frequency response of the compensation filter; converting the frequency response of the compensation filter to a plurality of time-domain filter taps of the compensation filter by performing a pseudo-inverse of a time-to-frequency conversion matrix; and determining a time delay that provides a minimal LSE for the corresponding time domain filter taps.
US10412697B2	Time synchronization method and system, and network device A time synchronization method and system, and a network device, where the method includes receiving, by a second network device, a first packet from a first network device, where the first packet includes a first service frame and a first time stamp (T1), the first service frame carries a system clock of a radio equipment control (REC), obtaining, the system clock of the REC according to the first packet, sending, according to the system clock of the REC, the first service frame extracted from the first packet to a radio equipment (RE), recording a second time stamp (T2) at which the first service frame is sent, and determining, by the second network device, a transmission delay (T) according to T=T2−T1. Hence, a delay between the REC and the RE remains unchanged.
US10412696B2	Methods and arrangements for frame transmissions Logic to “loosely” manage synch frame transmissions in a synch network via the devices synched to the network that implement the logic. Logic may distributedly adjust the frequency of attempting synch frame transmissions without estimating the size of the neighborhood. Logic in devices of a synch network to let each device maintain a Transmission Window (TW). Logic to determine the frequency of attempting synch frame transmissions based upon the TW. Logic to increase TW if the device detects a synch frame transmission. Logic to decrease TW if the device successfully transmits a synch frame. Logic to balance power consumption and discovery timing by adjusting the decrease in TW responsive to a synch transmission in relation to the increase in TW responsive to detection of a synch transmitted by another device.
US10412688B2	Power control method, terminal, and base station A method, a terminal, and a base station are provided. The method includes: obtaining parameter information of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), where the parameter information includes one or more of quantity information of a resource block (RB), quantity information of a Reed-Muller (RM) code, quantity information of an orthogonal cover code (OCC), coding format information, modulation format information, and value information of a scale factor (SF) of the PUCCH, or the parameter information includes at least one configuration parameter corresponding to one or more of quantity information of an RB, quantity information of an RM code, quantity information of an OCC, coding format information, modulation format information, and value information of an SF; calculating transmit power of the PUCCH according to the parameter information; and transmitting the PUCCH according to the calculated transmit power.
US10412687B2	Systems and methods for cable and WLAN coexistence Various of the disclosed embodiments improve the operations of a combined access point/Cable modem. Though the access point component and the Cable modem component may perform operations in different spectrums, harmonics in the Cable spectrum may interfere with operations, e.g., in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range, of the access point. Some embodiments implement a remediation and/or channel transition process for the access point following detection of Cable-related interference. During remediation, the device may, e.g., adjust the wireless power levels, EDCA backoff times, signal thresholds, etc. In some embodiments, if the remediation actions prove ineffective, the wireless peers may be relocated to a channel further from the interfering Cable harmonics. The determination to remediate or reallocate may be based on various contextual factors, e.g., the character of the peer devices and the applications being run.
US10412683B2	Power control method, activation management method, user equipment, and base station An embodiment of the present invention discloses a power control method, including: obtaining, by a UE, configuration information, where the configuration information includes a configuration parameter of at least one Scell configured by a base station for the UE; setting, by the UE, an initial power adjustment value of the Scell according to the configuration parameter of the Scell in the configuration information; and controlling, by the UE, transmit power on the Scell according to the set initial power adjustment value of the Scell. Correspondingly, an embodiment of the present invention further discloses an activation management method, a UE, and a base station. By using the present invention, transmit power of a UE on an Scell can be accurately controlled, thereby ensuring accuracy of data transmission.
US10412682B2	Mechanism to update/download profile using low power or no power In an aspect of the present disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided to overcome the deficiencies discussed above. The apparatus may include a frontend component and a storage element. The frontend component may include a processor configured to communicate with a second device and to receive a signal from the second device, the signal providing power to the apparatus and providing profile information. The storage element may be coupled to the frontend component and may be configured to receive the profile information and to store the profile information while powered by the frontend component through the signal from the second device.
US10412681B2	System and method for controlling communication device use A computer implemented method is provided including establishing a value corresponding to a particular user of a device, receiving an indication of a triggering condition of the particular user of the device, the triggering condition being enabled by the device or measurable by the device, and determining the triggering condition has been met by the user via the device. The method further includes modifying the value responsive to determining the triggering condition has been met, determining when the value crosses a particular threshold, and disabling an application or a functional component of the device responsive to the value crossing the particular threshold. A system for implementing the method is also provided.
US10412674B2	Method and apparatus for reducing signaling overhead and reducing battery of terminal A communication method of a terminal for saving a battery of a terminal and reducing a signaling overhead when small data are processed is provided. The communication method includes receiving, from a base station, a first message including at least one of first information indicating whether a first signaling optimization is allowed for the terminal, or second information indicating whether a second signaling optimization is allowed for the terminal, transmitting, to the base station, a second message including at least one of third information indicating whether the first signaling optimization is supported by the terminal, or fourth information indicating whether the second signaling optimization is supported by the terminal, and receiving, from the base station, a third message including fifth information indicating a signaling optimization supported for the terminal.
US10412671B2	Proxy service and power savings in wireless device This document discloses a solution for using a proxy for a service to improve power-efficiency. According to an aspect, a method comprises: offloading, by a wireless device configured to provide a service, at least one function of the service to a proxy apparatus by using a main radio interface of the wireless device; indicating, by the wireless device to the proxy apparatus in connection with said offloading, that the wireless device shall enter a power-save mode where the wireless device disables the main radio interface and enables a wake-up radio interface of the wireless device; receiving, by the wireless device while in the power-save mode, a wake-up frame through the wake-up radio interface and, as a response to the reception of the wake-up frame, enabling the main radio interface; and after enabling the main radio interface, receiving by the wireless device a message from a subscriber device that subscribes to the service.
US10412670B2	Information transmission method, wireless access device, and terminal device The present invention provides an information transmission method, a wireless access device, and a terminal device. The method includes: sending an instruction message to a terminal device on a first band, where the instruction message is used to instruct the terminal device to detect information on a second band; obtaining permission to use a spectrum resource on the second band; and sending the information to the terminal device on the second band.
US10412669B2	Low power cellular modem system architecture In some embodiments, a cellular modem that has reduced power requirements. The cellular modem architecture is divided into three orthogonal domains or modules, these being a control module, an uplink module, and a downlink module. Each of the uplink module and the downlink module is configured to be separately powered down without affecting operation of the other modules.

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