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| US10596612B2 |
Metal roof panel with deformation resistant rib and method of making the same
A metal roof panel includes a rib with a unique shape. The rib is bilateral with upwardly angled sides that each transition into an indentation, with both indentations transitioning into a central flat apex. Between each rib is a channel, preferably including at least one raised surface. The lower surface of the channel between the raised surfaces, and the top of the raised surfaces, are substantially planar and parallel to the flat surface of the apex of the panel. A unique method of manufacturing the roof panel employs a roll machine configured to shape a piece of sheet metal into the roof panel by modifying the shape in many small increments, which allows the final product to have a fairly intricate bend pattern. |
| US10596609B2 |
Springback compensation method for on-line real-time metal sheet roll bending
An springback compensation method for on-line real-time metal sheet roll bending includes the steps of using multiple rollers to bend a continuous metal sheet of multiple sections having different materials or different thickness respectively; using a first position sensor to individually measure springback angles of the multiple sections of the bent metal sheet, and feeding back to a programmable logic controller; using the programmable controller to control a bending roller to compensate the multiple sections of the bent metal sheet respectively; using a second position sensor to individually measure compensated angles of the multiple sections of the bent metal sheet; and comparing a difference between the compensated angles and standard angles of the multiple sections of the bent metal sheet after compensating bending. |
| US10596601B2 |
Imaging system for sorting poultry meat with wooden breast myopathy
The image sorting system sorts normal chicken breast meat fillets from chicken fillets that exhibit wooden breast myopathy (i.e. WB fillets). In the preferred embodiment, a camera and associated controller gather data and construct a digital image of a chicken breast fillet as it travels on a conveyer belt. The digital image is used to calculate a centroid (i.e. center of mass) of the fillet. As the fillet moves over a nose of the conveyor belt and free-falls to a lower conveyor belt, the controller determines the distance between the fillet centroid and a reference point (preferably the conveyer belt axis of rotation). If the distance exceeds a predetermined minimum distance, the fillet is designated a WB fillet. |
| US10596600B2 |
Technologies for material separation
A technology for material separation is provided. The technology enables an output of a first material from a rotary lifter. The technology enables a direction of a fluid stream onto the first material in flight based on the output of the first material such that the first material is separated into at least a second material and a third material. The technology enables a conveyance of the second material away from the rotary lifter. The technology enables a removal of the third material via a vacuum port. |
| US10596599B2 |
Material separators
The disclosure features material separators for screening excavated material (e.g., rocks from soil.) In some implementations the materials separators include (a) a supporting frame; (b) a screening surface mounted at an incline on the supporting frame, the screening surface comprising a plurality of fixed bars that are attached to the frame in a manner to resist upward movement, and a plurality of shift bars that are attached to the frame at their upper and lower ends, in a manner to allow upward movement; and (c) a shift bar actuator, positioned between the upper and lower ends of the shift bars, the shift bar actuator being configured to impart a two-stage movement to the shift bars, whereby during a first stage the upper ends are first displaced vertically, and during a second stage the lower ends pivot upward about the upper ends. |
| US10596598B2 |
Ultrasound transducer and method for wafer level front face attachment
Methods and systems are provided for a single element ultrasound transducer. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer comprises: a piezoelectric layer, a matching layer, one surface of the matching layer is electrically coupled to a top surface of the piezoelectric layer and another surface of the matching layer forms a signal pad within a front face of the ultrasound transducer, and a base package electrically coupled to a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer, the base package extending horizontally and laterally to form a back face of the ultrasound transducer parallel to the front face of the ultrasound transducer, and extending vertically relative to the back face of the ultrasound transducer to form a ground pad within the front face of the ultrasound transducer. In this way, the transducer can work robustly and may be automatically mounted to a flat substrate with printed circuit. |
| US10596596B2 |
Vibration device and electronic device including the same
A vibration device, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member, the elastic member is configured to suspend the vibrator in the accommodating space; the vibrator, the stator and the elastic member are accommodated in the housing, the elastic member includes two elastic plate components disposed at two opposite sides of the vibrator, each elastic plate component includes at least two V-shaped elastic plates parallelly arranged perpendicular to vibrating direction, each elastic plate component includes a first fixing portion fixedly connected with the housing, a second fixing portion fixedly connected with the vibrator, and a V-shaped elastic arm connecting the first fixing portion with the second fixing portion, the first and second fixing portions are opposite to and spaced from each other to form an opening end, and the opening ends of two V-shaped elastic plates faces away from each other. |
| US10596594B2 |
Vibration Motor
The present disclosure provides a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a housing with side walls; a vibration unit accommodated in the housing; a driving device; and an elastic member elastically supporting the vibration unit in the housing. The vibration unit includes a first surface and a second surface connecting the first surface. The elastic member includes a first fixed section, extension sections extending from two sides of the first fixed section and surrounding the second surface and a second fixed section connecting to the extension section and fixed on the side wall away from one side of the first fixed section. The elastic member includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member opposite to the first elastic member. The first elastic member and the second elastic member are respectively fixed on two first surfaces of the vibration unit. |
| US10596592B2 |
Method for coating a substrate and also a coating system
Method for coating a substrate with a coating material is described, in particular with a coating or photoresist, wherein said substrate is provided in said method. Said coating material is applied to said upper side of said substrate. A gas flow is generated, said gas flow being directed from said underside of said substrate to said upper side of said substrate, wherein said gas flow prevents a bead of said coating material forming on said edge of said upper side of said substrate or a previously existing bead is removed by means of said gas flow. In addition, a coating system is described. |
| US10596588B2 |
Adhesive melter having pump mounted into heated housing
A melter includes a reservoir for receiving melted adhesive from the heater unit, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir and located within a heated housing. The heated housing heats the pump during startup and regular operation of the adhesive melter, thereby reducing delays in operation caused by slow warming of adhesive within the pump. The pump is configured to be inserted into the heated housing. |
| US10596586B2 |
Device for recovering energy from exhaust air
There is provided an energy recovery device for recovering energy from exhaust air which flows through a discharge line. The energy recovery device includes a heat exchanger device having at least a first heat exchanger unit and a heat pump, wherein the heat pump is connected at the high-temperature side thereof to the first heat exchanger unit and is arranged at the low-temperature side thereof in the exhaust air flow in the exhaust air flow direction downstream of the first heat exchanger unit or is connected at the low-temperature side thereof to a second heat exchanger unit which is connected downstream of the first heat exchanger unit in the exhaust air flow direction. |
| US10596582B2 |
Depositing apparatus and method for measuring deposition quantity using the same
A deposition apparatus uniformly controlling deposited quantities of a plurality of depositing sources by efficiently determining an abnormal depositing source. The deposition apparatus may reduce loss of materials by exactly determining an abnormal depositing source. The deposition apparatus includes: a plurality of depositing sources spraying a deposition material; a substrate holder fixing a substrate to face the depositing source; a depositing source shutter disposed at one side of the depositing source and opening and closing an passage of each depositing source; and a main shutter disposed between the depositing source and the substrate fixed to the substrate holder and depositing a part of the deposition material on the substrate through the main shutter. |
| US10596579B2 |
Fluid separation chambers for fluid processing systems
Fluid separation chambers are provided for rotation about an axis in a fluid processing system. The fluid separation chamber may be provided with first and second stages, with the first and second stages being positioned at different axial locations. In another embodiment, at least one of the stages may be provided with a non-uniform outer diameter about the rotational axis, which may define a generally spiral-shaped profile or a different profile for fractionating a fluid or fluid component. One or more of the stages may also have a varying outer diameter along the axis. The profile of the chamber may be provided by the chamber itself (in the case of rigid chambers) or by an associated fixture or centrifuge apparatus (in the case of flexible chambers). |
| US10596574B2 |
Incubation tray
The invention relates to an incubation tray having a depression formed by the walls of the incubation tray and having a base, wherein the incubation tray has a means for drawing off liquid on at least one longitudinal end of the depression, preferably an opening which opens into an outlet channel on the longitudinal end of the depression, particularly preferably in a wall of the incubation tray, wherein the opening and the outlet channel are designed such that negative pressure can be applied, wherein the incubation tray is pivotable about the transverse axis of the incubation tray, and wherein the incubation tray can be equipped with a support. |
| US10596571B2 |
Collection component and sample processing kit having the same
A sample processing kit including a centrifugal microfluidic component and a collection component detachably fitted into the microfluidic component is provided. Upon the application of the sample processing kit, target molecules or cells may be separated and collected by the collection component for further experimentation. |
| US10596570B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for performing automated centrifugal separation
Systems, methods and devices are provided for the automated centrifugal processing of samples. In some embodiments, an integrated fluidic processing cartridge is provided, in which a centrifugation chamber is fluidically interfaced, through a lateral surface thereof, with a microfluidic device, and wherein the integrated fluidic processing cartridge is configured to be inserted into a centrifuge for centrifugation. A cartridge interfacing assembly may be employed to interface with the integrated fluidic processing cartridge for performing various fluidic processing steps, such as controlling the flow of fluids into and out of the centrifugation chamber, and controlling the flow of fluids into the microfluidic device, and optionally for the further fluidic processing of fluids extracted to the microfluidic device. The integrated fluidic processing cartridge may include a supernatant chamber the extraction of a supernatant thereto, and a diluent chamber for diluting a suspension collected in the centrifugation chamber. |
| US10596551B2 |
Reforming catalyst and a method of preparation thereof
The present disclosure relates to a reforming catalyst composition comprising a spherical gamma AI2O3 support; at least one Group VB metal oxide sheet coated on to the AI2O3 support; and at least one active metal and at least one promoter metal impregnated on the AI2O3 coated support. The reforming catalyst composition of the present disclosure has improved activity, better selectivity for total aromatics during naphtha reforming and results in less coke formation. The reforming catalyst composition has improved catalyst performance with simultaneous modification of acidic sites as well as metallic sites through metal support interaction. The acid site cracking activity of the catalyst is inhibited because of the use of chloride free alumina support modified with solid acid such as Group VB metal oxide and impregnated with active metals. The present disclosure provides a process for naphtha reforming in the presence of the reforming catalyst composition of the present disclosure to obtain reformates of naphtha. |
| US10596550B2 |
Three layer NOx adsorber catalyst
A lean NOx trap catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The lean NOx trap catalyst comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. |
| US10596547B2 |
Porous article having polymer binder sub-micron particle
The invention relates to a solid porous article containing sub-micron functional additive particles held together using discrete sub-micron polymer binder particles. The porous article preferably also contains a majority of primary active particles in the 1 to 300 micron range. The solid porous articles are used to separate, precipitate, and/or trap components of a fluid that passes through the porous article. The solid porous articles are used to separate and trap components of a fluid that passes through the porous article. Preferred binders are polyvinylidene fluoride resins, such as Kyblock® resins from Arkema Inc. |
| US10596546B2 |
Doped silver nanoparticles on carbon fly ash for adsorption of methyl tertiary butyl ether
Methods and compositions for the adsorptive removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from contaminated water sources and systems. The compositions are in the form of particles having sizes in a range of 100 nm to 2.5 μm and contain acid-treated fly ash doped with 1-10 nm silver oxide nanoparticles. The compositions may comprise 50-90 wt % acid-treated fly ash and 10-50 wt % silver oxide nanoparticles relative to a total weight. Methods of preparing and characterizing the compositions are also provided. |
| US10596543B2 |
Light illuminating apparatus
A light irradiation device includes a light source having a plurality of solid-state elements disposed on a substrate to be defined by a first direction and a second direction in a plurality of rows and irradiate the irradiation target with light from a third direction, an optical element refracting light from the solid-state elements, emitting the light and narrowing a spread angle of light to be emitted from the solid-state elements relative to the third direction, a first reflection portion having at least two first reflection surfaces on a downstream side in the third direction of the irradiation target and reflecting a part of light incident on the first reflection surface to the irradiation target, and a second reflection portion having a pair of second reflection surfaces disposed between the optical element and the first reflection portion and guiding light from the optical element to the first reflection surface. |
| US10596542B2 |
Method and device to synthesize boron nitride nanotubes and related nanoparticles
Methods and apparatus for producing chemical nanostructures having multiple elements, such as boron and nitride, e.g. boron nitride nanotubes, are disclosed. The method comprises creating a plasma jet, or plume, such as by an arc discharge. The plasma plume is elongated and has a temperature gradient along its length. It extends along its length into a port connector area having ports for introduction of feed materials. The feed materials include the multiple elements, which are introduced separately as fluids or powders at multiple ports along the length of the plasma plume, said ports entering the plasma plume at different temperatures. The method further comprises modifying a temperature at a distal portion of or immediately downstream of said plasma plume; and collecting said chemical nanostructures after said modifying. |
| US10596541B2 |
Systems and methods for barcoding nucleic acids
The present invention generally relates to microfluidics and labeled nucleic acids. For example, certain aspects are generally directed to systems and methods for labeling nucleic acids within microfluidic droplets. In one set of embodiments, the nucleic acids may include “barcodes” or unique sequences that can be used to distinguish nucleic acids in a droplet from those in another droplet, for instance, even after the nucleic acids are pooled together. In some cases, the unique sequences may be incorporated into individual droplets using particles and attached to nucleic acids contained within the droplets (for example, released from lysed cells). In some cases, the barcodes may be used to distinguish tens, hundreds, or even thousands of nucleic acids, e.g., arising from different cells or other sources. |
| US10596540B2 |
Flow cell array and uses thereof
Apparatus and methods for using a flow cell array are provided herein. A method includes delivering multiple items of chemical matter independently to multiple reaction sites of a flow cell array across multiple distinct instances of time; imaging multiple parallel chemical reactions at the multiple reaction sites of the flow cell array; and recording an emission from each of the multiple chemical reactions site. |
| US10596534B2 |
Apparatus for dispensing and mixing blended composition for skin treatment
An apparatus is provided for dispensing a cosmetic composition, including: a cartridge holder configured to hold at least one cartridge that stores a cosmetic composition, the cartridge holder being configured to move the cartridge to a predetermined location; a container receiving area configured to hold a output container beneath the predetermined location; circuitry configured to determine the cosmetic composition in the cartridge holder, control the cartridge holder to move the cartridge holder to the predetermined location based on the determination, and control the cartridge to dispense the cosmetic composition into the output container; and a mixer configured to hold the output container and subject the output container to a predetermined movement to cause contents of the output container to mix together. |
| US10596530B2 |
Variable venturi device with adjustable valve stem
A fluid injection device includes a housing and a valve stem. The housing includes an inlet arm having an inlet orifice for receiving a feeder fluid. An outlet arm has an outlet orifice to discharge a mixed fluid. A venturi tube is between the inlet and outlet arms. The inlet arm, veturi tube and outlet arm define a nonlinear fluid pathway where the venturi tube redefines a portion of the nonlinear fluid pathway as a constricted fluid pathway. A diverter port is used to divert a portion of the feeder fluid from the inlet arm into the container and an injection port is used to receive product from the container. A valve arm is collinearly aligned with the venturi tube and the valve stem is positioned within the valve arm and adjusts the volume of the constricted fluid pathway. |
| US10596524B2 |
Hollow fiber membrane
The present invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane. Provided is a cylindrical hollow fiber membrane having an inside in which a hollow part is formed along an axial direction, the hollow fiber membrane including: a first layer positioned at the outermost part so as to be exposed to the outside, and having pores formed therein to make raw water enter and leave via the pores; a second layer formed on the inside of the first layer to filter out contaminants from raw water as the raw water passes through; and a third layer to optionally separate or filter out contaminants from the raw water introduced through the second layer or introduced from the hollow part, wherein the first layer to the third layer are integrally formed; the porosity of the first layer is greater than the porosity of the third layer; and porosities are gradually decreased from the first layer to the third layer. |
| US10596523B2 |
Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown
Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown are provided. In one disclosed arrangement a plurality of apertures are formed. The membrane comprises a first surface area portion on one side of the membrane and a second surface area portion on the other side of the membrane. Each of a plurality of target regions comprises a recess or a fluidic passage opening out into the first or second surface area portion. The method comprises contacting all of the first surface area portion of the membrane with a first bath comprising ionic solution and all of the second surface area portion with a second bath comprising ionic solution. A voltage is applied across the membrane via first and second electrodes in respective contact with the first and second baths comprising ionic solutions to form an aperture at each of a plurality of the target regions in the membrane. |
| US10596522B2 |
Hemolysis-free blood plasma separation
A simple and robust on-chip blood plasma separation device is provided. The device is configured to integrate with downstream detection modules and provides sample-to-answer microfluidic POC diagnostics devices. |
| US10596519B1 |
Modified ferrite catalysts for direct no decomposition and a method of making and using a catalyst
NOx abatement compositions have a formula MxCu1-xFe2O4, wherein M is a substitution metal cation that can be any of cobalt, nickel, and zinc; and x is greater than zero and less than one. Such compositions can serve as direct decomposition catalysts and/or passive adsorption/storage components. Methods for synthesizing the compositions include alkaline precipitation of solutions containing nitrate salts of copper, iron, and at least one of cobalt, nickel, and zinc. |
| US10596518B2 |
Bimetal-exchanged zeolite beta from organotemplate-free synthesis and use thereof in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a zeolitic material having a BEA-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, wherein said process comprises the steps of (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2 and one or more sources for X2O3; (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1); (3) subjecting the zeolitic material having a BEA-type framework structure obtained in step (2) to an ion-exchange procedure with Cu; and (4) subjecting the Cu ion-exchanged zeolitic material obtained in step (3) to an ion-exchange procedure with Fe; wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, wherein the mixture provided in step (1) and crystallized in step (2) further comprises seed crystals comprising one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA-type framework structure, and wherein the mixture provided in step (1) and crystallized in step (2) does not contain an organotemplate as a structure-directing agent, as well as to the zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure per se, and to its use, in particular in a method for the treatment of NOx by selective catalytic reduction (SCR). |
| US10596516B2 |
System and method of recovering carbon dioxide from a stream of gas
A system for use in recovering carbon dioxide from a stream of gas includes an absorption unit configured to receive the stream of gas and a stream of liquid absorbent. The gas includes carbon dioxide and vaporized water, and the liquid absorbent is chemically reactive with the carbon dioxide to form a solidified carbon dioxide-rich absorbent material. The gas and the liquid absorbent are mixed in the absorption unit such that a slurry that includes the solidified carbon dioxide-rich absorbent material and condensed water is formed therein. The system also includes a transport mechanism coupled in communication with the absorption unit, wherein the transport mechanism is configured to channel the slurry downstream from the absorption unit. |
| US10596508B2 |
Automatic filter cleaning system
An automatic filter cleaning system, e.g., for cleaning a filter in a vacuum cleaner. The cleaning system has an electrical motor that drives/rotates, directly/indirectly, a piston which directly/indirectly opens a filter cleaning valve. The filter cleaning valve may open for a filter cleaning back flow air stream that thus cleans the filter. The piston is spring loaded and a piston guide ensures that the energy accumulated in the spring and piston is released during the rotation of the piston, thereby shortly opening the filter cleaning valve. |
| US10596506B2 |
Oil separator
An oil separator providing a housing with an inlet for an oil-gas mixture and which defines a space that is closed off my means of a lid, whereby a screen is provided in the aforementioned space in which a filter element is provided and a pipe or collector that connects the interior of the filter element to an outlet in the housing for purified gas, whereby this filter element has a lid and a bottom for collecting oil that has been filtered out, whereby a drainage line is provided for the removal of the oil that has been filtered out, wherein the pipe or collector runs to the lid of the filter element and is connected thereto by means of an electrically conductive connecting element, whereby the sidewall of the pipe or collector is provided with at least one opening for the removal of purified gas. |
| US10596501B2 |
Reusable air filter device
An air filtration device is provided. The device comprises a frame member with a detachable filter element, and the filter element comprises a fabric, textile, or similar pliable material that is operable to be washed by various methods. Methods and devices include a filter element and various attachment mechanisms for securing the filter element to a frame and selectively removing the filter element for cleaning and replacement purposes. |
| US10596496B2 |
Systems and methods comprising smart auto cleaning pipe screen for drilling operations
An auto cleaning system for cleaning a drilling fluid in a drilling operation, includes a controller configured to determine the difference between a pressure reading by a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor is above a predetermined threshold value, and at least partially open an entrance valve on a second line to divert drilling fluid intake from a first line to the second line, and close the entrance valve on the first line to stop the drilling fluid from entering the first line. |
| US10596491B2 |
Thickener feed distributor
A feedwell comprising a plurality of holes disposed in a bottom thereof, at least some of the holes having a tube disposed thereabout which extends downward or otherwise away from an interior of the feedwell. Optionally, a large center hole can be provided and it can have a tube disposed around it. By providing a plurality of holes spread across a large portion of the bottom of the feedwell, lower velocity flow rates from the feedwell to a sedimentation chamber can be provided, thus reducing induced turbulence in the fluid within the sedimentation chamber, while still providing sufficient separation of the feedwell from the sedimentation chamber so that the contents of the feedwell can be properly and adequately mixed. |
| US10596490B2 |
Multi-purpose gas separator unit and associated methods
Inlet and outlet connections of a well manifold connect to integrated piping of a unitary vessel on a skid. The unitary vessel defines an interior separated into two chambers by a barrier. One chamber has a test inlet for well testing operation, and the other chamber has a production inlet for production operation. Each of the chambers is in communication with a gas outlet for gas, a water outlet for water, and a condensate outlet for condensate. Each of the chambers has a weir plate disposed in the chamber and separating the water outlet on a waterside of the weir plate from the condensate outlet on a condensate-side of the weir plate adjacent the barrier. During use, the second chamber can be isolated so well testing operation can be performed using the first chamber. Also, the first chamber can be isolated so production operation can be performed using the second chamber. |
| US10596489B2 |
Immersed plate heater separation system
A separation system for separating a multiphase fluid into an oil fraction and at least one of a water fraction and a gas fraction includes an elongated separator vessel which includes a multiphase fluid inlet and an oil outlet located downstream of the multiphase fluid inlet, a first immersed plate heater which is positioned in the separator vessel between the multiphase fluid inlet and the oil outlet, a heating medium heater which is located externally of the separator vessel and is fluidly connected to the first immersed plate heater, a second immersed plate heater which is positioned in the separator vessel between the multiphase fluid inlet and the oil outlet and which includes an inlet and an outlet, and an oil discharge line which is connected between the oil outlet and the inlet of the second immersed plate heater. In operation, a heating fluid which is heated in the heating medium heater is circulated through the first immersed plate heater to heat the multiphase fluid, and the oil fraction discharged from the oil outlet is circulated through the second immersed plate heater to heat the multiphase fluid. |
| US10596480B1 |
Building components
A toy building component is disclosed. The toy building component includes a first body portion formed from soft, flexible material and a second body portion formed from a hard, resilient material that is coupled to the first body portion. One of the first body portion and the second body portion comprises a mounting component that extends from the other of the first body portion and the second body portion, and the other of the first body portion and the second body portion forms a protective casing around the toy building component. The different materials have different properties, and in some embodiments, different colors. The portions may be co-molded together to form the building component. |
| US10596477B1 |
Simply constructed and compact traverse and elevation mechanism and a toy robot using same
A traverse and elevation mechanism and a toy robot using the mechanism. The mechanism is placed in a rollable spherical housing and includes two cams and cam follower that adjust radial and angular positions of an internal magnetic element. The internal magnetic element is magnetically attracted to an external magnetic element such that movement of the internal magnetic element moves the external magnetic element. |
| US10596476B2 |
Toy vehicle track set
A track set for toy vehicles is provided, the track set having: a first track circuit having a loop section and a figure-8 track circuit; a second track circuit having a loop section and figure-8 track circuit, wherein the figure-8 track circuits are overlaid on each other to provide multiple intersections between each figure-8 track circuit, wherein the toy vehicles travelling on the figure-8 track circuits can crash into each other as they travel along the figure-8 track circuits; and a mechanism for propelling the vehicles along the first track circuit and the second track circuit. |
| US10596475B2 |
Plush stuffed with molded or sculpted foam
A plush toy system comprises a foam inner, formed into a character shape, made with a compressible foam. A flexible outer covering surrounds the foam inner and has an inner surface for contacting the foam inner. The foam inner and the flexible outer covering combine to form a plush toy. The system may include a package having at least one open side through which the plush toy traversed when compressed to fill an interior space of the package. In use, when the plush toy is compressed and contained within the package, upon opening of the at least one open side the plush toy at least partially expands out of the at least one open side of the package. When removed completely from the package the plush toy expands to the natural size of the plush toy, preferably three times its size or more when compressed. |
| US10596471B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling audience participation in multi-player video game play sessions
The present specification describes systems and methods that enable non-players to participate as spectators in online video games and, through a collective voting mechanism, determine the occurrence of certain events or contents of the gameplay in real time. Game event options are generated and presented to non-players. A specific one of the game event options is then selected based on a collective vote of the non-players. Once selected, the specific one or more of the game event options are then generated as actual gaming events and incorporated into a video game stream that is transmitted to the players as part of the gameplay session. In this manner, non-players may be able to directly affect the course of gameplay. |
| US10596467B2 |
System and method for determining curved path of travel for a character in cover mode in a game environment
A computer system comprising a memory storing data and program instructions, the data representing a game environment including a character and a plurality of cover segments; a player interface; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory. Execution of the program instructions causes the computer to implement a method that comprises determining a selected subset of the cover segments; determining a curved path that passes through control points associated with the selected subset of the cover segments; and rendering images for display via the player interface, the images showing movement of the character along the curved path while the character is in cover mode. |
| US10596464B2 |
Display control program, display control apparatus and display control method
The game apparatus has an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an entered instruction from a first input apparatus used by a first user whose head wearing a head mounted display on and information indicative of entered instruction from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; a control block configured to control, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block; a first image generation block configured to generate a first image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display; and a second image generation block configured to generate a second image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the display apparatus. |
| US10596462B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method
An example information processing system includes a main body apparatus, a handheld console controller, and a wireless controller. The handheld console controller is configured to be unified with the main body apparatus. The wireless controller is configured to be wirelessly connected to the main body apparatus. The main body apparatus sets one of the handheld console controller and the wireless controller, a predetermined button of which has been pressed down, to “active,” and performs a game process based on operation data from the activate controller. |
| US10596461B2 |
Information processing system, case, and cardboard member
A data transmission device that includes an image capturing unit and transmits data generated based on an image captured by the image capturing unit is allowed to be located at a case while at least a part of the data transmission device is accommodated in the case, such that an image capturing direction of the image capturing unit is directed toward an inner space of a case main body. An image capturing target member movable in the inner space of the case main body in accordance with an operation made from outside of the case main body is located at a position where an image of the image capturing target member is allowed to be captured by the image capturing unit. Based on the transmitted data, an information process is executed. |
| US10596459B2 |
Systems, methods, and/or computer readable storage medium having program, for localized haptic feedback based on position of virtual object
Provided is an example system in which an operation device includes a vibrator configured to vibrate at a specified frequency. When the vibrator vibrates at a first frequency, an upper portion of the operation device vibrates strongly. When the vibrator vibrates at a second frequency, a lower portion of the operation device vibrates strongly. When a cursor is located at an upper portion in a list, the vibrator is vibrated at the first frequency, whereby the upper portion of the operation device is caused to vibrate strongly. When the cursor is located at a lower portion in the list, the vibrator is vibrated at the second frequency, whereby the lower portion of the operation device is caused to vibrate strongly. |
| US10596455B2 |
Games controller
A game controller for controlling electronic games comprising a controller chassis and an actuator system including: an actuator body pivotally mounted to the controller chassis; a strike plate coupled to the actuator body; a trigger adjustment system having an arm; and an actuator adjustment control screw received in a screw thread disposed within said arm. A portion of the actuator adjustment control screw may engage with a portion of the strike plate and said portion of the actuator adjustment control screw creates an end stop to limit movement of the actuator body. |
| US10596454B2 |
Attachment
An example attachment is attachable to a game controller including a controller-side slide portion on which a controller-side operation button is provided. The attachment includes a strap and an attachment-side slide portion, the attachment-side slide portion having a first side and a second side opposite to each other in a predetermined slide direction. The attachment-side slide portion is provided on a first surface of the attachment, wherein the attachment-side slide portion is configured to slidably engage with the controller-side slide portion in the predetermined slide direction. The controller-side slide portion is insertable into the attachment-side slide portion from the first side. |
| US10596453B2 |
Controller for a games console, tool and a method therefor
A hand held controller for a games console comprising an outer case, a plurality of controls located on a front end and/or top of the controller, at least one additional control located on a back of the controller, a control unit for controlling a mode of operation of the controller and at least one magnetic sensor in communication with the control unit. The control unit is configured to receive a signal from the at least one magnetic sensor in dependence upon a magnetic field being detected by the at least one magnetic sensor and the control unit is configured to determine a mode of operation of the controller in dependence upon the signal received from the at least one magnetic sensor. |
| US10596450B2 |
Magnetic toss game
A magnetic toss game with a three-dimensional target capable of generating a magnetic field, a support mechanism having two ends, the first end operably coupled to the three-dimensional target, and a three-dimensional backdrop having at least one side surface and a bottom surface, the three-dimensional backdrop spaced apart from the three-dimensional target and operably coupled to the support mechanism, wherein the three-dimensional backdrop envelops the three-dimensional target on at least two sides, including the bottom side. |
| US10596443B1 |
Adjustable carrying bag for a leash or rope
A carrying apparatus for containing objects such as animal waste attachable to a line, such as an animal leash or a climbing rope. Embodiments of the carrying apparatus can include a bag, a strap, one or more loops, and can coordinate with a line. The carrying apparatus preferably also includes a secondary container, which itself can include an outlet formed on a sidewall thereof. |
| US10596437B2 |
Athletic training systems
The system is an athletic training station for individual and team sports. The station may be a ball-handling and passing station that includes a television with a virtual coach and training walls. The television may project a virtual trainer and the walls may allow a user to mimic passing and handling techniques by utilizing the walls of the station. The station may be stationary or portable. The station may include a front and a back portion that allow more than one user to utilize the station at a time. |
| US10596436B1 |
Basketball training system
A basketball training system includes a server computer and a basketball training machine. The server computer executes a workout module that manages operation of a graphical user interface that presents a graphical representation of a portion of a basketball court and receives user inputs that define a workout program that includes selected ball delivery locations relative to the visual representation. The basketball training machine receives the workout program and delivers basketballs to the selected ball delivery locations. |
| US10596432B2 |
High loft, low center-of-gravity golf club heads
A golf club and golf club head having a high static loft angle, low forward center of gravity, and enhanced z-axis gear effect via a large roll radius and/or tightly controlled moment of inertia about the CG x-axis, Ixx, associated with upward and downward twisting of the club head. |
| US10596430B1 |
Putting green repair accessory with slope indicating feature
A multi-function divot repair tool that includes a central body with at least one tine protruding from one end with an adjacent non-tined end, thereby providing the ability to repair putting green divots. The central body houses a rolling-element bearing that is fixedly attached such that one portion of the bearing is able to rotate independently from the central body. Additionally, at least one pedestal is coupled with the independently rotating portion of the rolling-element bearing. The combination thereby providing a divot repair tool that, when the pedestal is in contact with the putting green surface, uses gravitational forces to rotate the central body to align with and thereby indicate the general direction of the putting green slope in the vicinity of the tool. By combining functions, putting skill can be increased without the burden of extra equipment. |
| US10596428B1 |
Golf club
Disclosed is a golf club and a self-contained balancing mechanism for existing golf club. The golf club includes a shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion opposite to the proximal end portion; a grip attached to the proximal end portion of the shaft; a golf club head attached to the distal end portion of the shaft, the golf club head having a cavity formed therein; and a balancing mechanism adapted to be received within the cavity of the golf club head. The self-contained balancing mechanism comprises, a housing member, an elongated threaded member rotatably associated with the housing member, and a weighted member threadably engaged with the elongated threaded member. The rotation of the elongated threaded member moves the weighted member along the elongated threaded member to change a center of gravity of the golf club head. |
| US10596418B2 |
Aquatic exercise device
A fin assembly for aqua resistance exercise comprises a strap having an inner strap and an outer strap, and with fastener(s) provided to an outside of the inner strap and an inside of the outer strap to releasably attach the inner and outer straps together. One or more fins are received on the outer strap and a longitudinal position of the one or more fins is secured by engagement of the inner strap to the outer strap. The length of the inner strap is longer than a length of the outer strap, so that an extending end portion of the outer strap can overlap and engage an opposite end of the outer strap to secure the fin assembly about the user's limb. |
| US10596412B2 |
Forearm exercise grip device
A forearm exercise grip device that implements a frame with a gripping portion, bearings, and a band is used to exercise at least a user's forearm muscles. A connecting portion extends from opposing ends of the gripping portion and includes an arcuate bend that extends to bearings on each side of the connecting portion. An elastic band with a loop wraps around each respective bearing. A user places the gripping portion of the frame in his hand, and then extends his fingers to, depending on size of hand and strength, one or both of a proximal or distal section of the band. The user squeezes the band directionally toward the gripping portion, which thereby exercises the user's forearm and hand muscles. |
| US10596410B1 |
Multi-function exercise bench with swivelable seatback and at least three pairs of symmetrically positioned handles
An exercise bench contains a frame (100), an overlying seat (102), a seatback (104) having a longitudinal centerline (124), a connection mechanism (106) for flexibly and/or adjustably connecting the seatback to the frame or/and the seat so that the seatback is at an adjustable angle (α) to the seat, and at least three pairs of symmetrically positioned handles (108L and 108R, 110L and 110R, 240L and 240R, 242L and 242R, and 250L and 250R) connected to the frame, the seat, the seatback, or/and the connection mechanism. The connection mechanism has a swivel axis (122) which extends generally parallel to the seatback's centerline and about which the connection mechanism is turnable to enable the seatback to swivel. |
| US10596406B2 |
Leg stretching and raising workout apparatus
A leg stretching and raising workout apparatus include: a load bearing unit having a base for underpinning a shoe/foot and cord-penetrating openings disposed at the base; at least one fastening unit having a cord connected to the cord-penetrating openings to fasten the shoe or foot, and two anchoring portions disposed bilaterally; and two pulling cord members each having a pulling cord, and a cord connecting portion connected to a corresponding one of the anchoring portions. Another leg stretching and raising workout apparatus includes: a load bearing unit having a base for underpinning a shoe/foot, cord-penetrating openings disposed at the base, and two anchoring portions disposed bilaterally; at least one fastening unit having a cord connected to the cord-penetrating openings to fasten the shoe or foot; and two pulling cord members each having a pulling cord and a cord connecting portion connected to a corresponding one of the anchoring portions. |
| US10596405B2 |
Device for controlling the training and the therapeutic treatment and/or for supporting the lower extremities of a human
A device for the therapeutic treatment and/or training of the lower extremities of a human having driven and controlled movement devices, which are connected to a stationary frame and include holding members for fastening of one extremity. The holding members can be moved independently of one another along walking trajectories. The movement devices each include a pivot arm pivotable into different elevations, and the pivot arm is rotatably connected to one single sled on a linear track. A first rotational drive is attached to a single sled and is connected to the pivot arm for changing the elevation of the respective holding member. The pivot arm includes a second rotational drive for changing the inclination of the respective holding member and the sled is connected to a linear drive for changing the longitudinal position of the respective holding member. |
| US10596397B2 |
Harness configurations for a suspension device
A harness system for harnessing a user to a suspension device. The harness comprises a strap system having a plurality of straps configured and operable to connect the suspension device to a back region of the harness, each strap having a back end portion at said back region and connectable to the suspension device, and a front end portion located in a front side of the harness. The straps extend from the back region to the front side of the harness and wrap around all sides of a torso of said user. A single connector assembly is used for quick connection of front end portions of at least some of the straps at the front side of the harness in a single interlocking operation, thereby to secure the harness to the user. |
| US10596396B2 |
Fire fighter's personal escape system
A wearable lightweight fire fighter's personal escape system and method includes a rope, having a distal and proximal end, organized in parallel segments disposed in an inner pouch. The inner pouch is entirely contained in an outer pouch that is appointed to be removably attached to a belt or harness, worn by a fire fighter. The proximal end of the rope exits through an opening in the inner pouch and outer pouch and is attached directly to a lightweight hook, or optionally enters a belay device. The hook has a sharp point for creating a purchase point on soft surfaces, a hook opening having sufficient diameter to surround radiators, steam pipe and the like, and capture rope that surrounds substantial objects. The hook has a central opening appointed for holding a firefighting tool to aid in creating a substantial object. The fire fighter escapes by creating a purchase point and repelling at a high speed or at a controlled speed by adjusting belay friction. |
| US10596390B2 |
Advanced applicator systems and methods
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for an advanced gynecological applicator. In accordance with some embodiments, a brachytherapy applicator head and assembly is provided. The assembly may include two ovoid tubes configured to receive radiation sources, the two ovoid tubes combining to form a rounded applicator having a middle opening and comprising a plurality of needle holes to guide interstitial needles. The assembly may also include a central applicator tube configured to receive a radiation source that is located within the middle opening. Additionally, the assembly may include a vaginal cap that includes a tool-free connection to the two ovoid tubes and includes needle guides that align with the needle holes of the two ovoid tubes. The assembly may include a one-piece template for securing interstitial needles. The assembly may further include a tool-free connector to secure the two ovoid tubes to the central applicator tube. |
| US10596386B2 |
Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
In methods for treating a patient, a time varying magnetic field is applied to a patient's body and causes a muscle contraction. The time-varying magnetic field may be monophasic, biphasic, polyphasic and/or static. The method may reduce adipose tissue, improve metabolism, blood and/or lymph circulation. The method may use combinations of treatments to enhance the visual appearance of the patient. |
| US10596384B2 |
Method and system for bone regeneration
A method and system for bone regeneration is provided that includes an electrical stimulation system for the purpose of accelerating the process of bone healing. The electrical stimulation system includes a coil and a capacitor such that when the coil is powered a pulsed electromagnetic field is generated to accelerate healing. There are also implantable medical devices that include inserts such as an elbow insert. The elbow insert includes or is formed with a repeater coil and a device capacitor, such that when the coil is powered the device coil is powered and delivers a repeater pulsed electromagnetic filed to the surrounding bone. This inductive coupling provides for treatment by both the coil and the repeater coil to accelerate bone healing. The insert may be embodied so it can be used in connection with a plurality of different implantable medical devices. |
| US10596380B2 |
Methods and apparatus to stimulate heart atria
A method and apparatus for treatment of hypertension and heart failure by increasing vagal tone and secretion of endogenous atrial hormones by excitory pacing of the heart atria. Atrial pacing is done during the ventricular refractory period resulting in atrial contraction against closed AV valves, and atrial contraction rate that is higher than the ventricular contraction rate. Pacing results in the increased atrial wall stress. An implantable device is used to monitor ECG and pace the atria in a nonphysiologic manner. |
| US10596377B2 |
Seizure detection, prediction and prevention using neurostimulation technology and deep neural network
A method for neuromodulation includes monitoring brain activity of a patient using one or more electrodes attached to the patient, and using a first machine learning model to predict whether a patient will have a seizure based on the monitored brain activity of the patient. The method also includes, responsive to the first machine learning model predicting that the patient will have a seizure, using a second machine learning model to determine a neuromodulation signal pattern for preventing the predicted seizure. The method further includes using a neurostimulator to apply the determined neuromodulation signal pattern to the patient. The method also includes, after applying the determined neuromodulation signal pattern to the patient, detecting whether the patient had the predicted seizure based on the monitored brain activity of the patient. The method further includes adjusting at least the second machine learning model based on whether the patient had the predicted seizure. |
| US10596371B1 |
Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) systems, devices and methods
The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for stimulating perceived motion, and more particularly to stimulating perceived motion in three axes. The invention is further directed to stimulating such perceived motion when accompanied by visual stimuli. The invention is further directed to utilizing as few as two distinct pairs of electrodes to administer electrical stimulation to generate the perceived motion. The invention is further directed to systems, devices and methods to minimize side effects while utilizing electrical currents create the perceived motion. |
| US10596370B2 |
Device for electrochemically releasing a composition in a controlled manner
According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a device (10) for electrochemically releasing a composition and comprising: one working electrode (30) comprising an electroactive conjugated polymer (40) containing or doped with said composition, a counter electrode (50), and a reference electrode (60). The device (10) is characterized in that it comprises electrical means (95, 100; 320; 165, 180) connected to the working electrode (30) and to the counter electrode (50) for obtaining at said working electrode (30) at least one composition releasing sequence (65) with respect to said reference electrode (60), each composition releasing sequence (65) comprising: a first voltametric pulse (70), followed by a rest period (80) during which no current is able to flow through said working electrode (30), followed by a second voltametric pulse (90), followed by an intermediate period (160) during which no current is able to flow through said working electrode (30). |
| US10596368B2 |
Quadripolar implantable electrode for sequential neurostimulation of the phrenic nerve
The invention relates to an implantable quadripolar electrode for sequential neurostimulation of the phrenic nerve.A matrix is provided with two branches each consisting of a hook designed to come in contact with the phrenic nerve without totally encircling it and an extension (112, 122), or strip, designed to cross the corresponding incision arranged in the pleura and fix the same on the pericardium, each hook having an orifice allowing the phrenic nerve to pass;The hooks are connected with a bridge designed to keep them at a fixed distance from each other on the longitudinal plane of said phrenic nerve and to allow the rotation of the branches in relation to one another to position the hooks around the phrenic nerve via their respective openings. |
| US10596367B2 |
Systems and methods for establishing a nerve block
A nerve cuff for establishing a nerve block on a nerve can have a cuff body with a channel for receiving a nerve, a reservoir for holding a drug, and an elongate opening slit extending the length of the cuff body that can be opened to provide access to the channel and can be closed to enclose the cuff body around the nerve. The nerve cuff can also include an electrode for detecting and measuring electrical signals generated by the nerve. A controller can be used to control delivery of the drug based on the electrical signals generated by the nerve. |
| US10596366B2 |
Oral muscle training
A trans mucosal neuromuscular electrical stimulation device including a mouthpiece, electrodes associated with the mouthpiece. The device and/or mouthpiece incorporates electrical circuitry operatively connecting to the electrodes to a power source and is configured to provide, in use, electrical stimulation to one or more palate and/or tongue muscles via the electrodes through the oral mucosa. The treatment regime, including the location of stimulation and the parameters used, is designed to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep. |
| US10596365B2 |
Garment system including at least one sensor and at least one actuator responsive to the sensor and related methods
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a garment system including at least one sensor and at least one actuator that operates responsive to sensing feedback from the at least one sensor to cause a flexible compression garment to selectively constrict or selectively dilate, thereby compressing or relieving compression against at least one body part of a subject. Such selective constriction or dilation can improve muscle functioning or joint functioning during use of motion-conducive equipment, such as an exercise bike or rowing machine. |
| US10596362B2 |
Percutaneous drug delivery apparatus
An implantable percutaneous fluid delivery device is described that includes a subcutaneous base portion having one or more ports for supplying fluid to one or more implanted catheter devices and a percutaneous portion including an extracorporeal surface. The one or more ports of the subcutaneous base portion are accessible from the extracorporeal surface of the percutaneous portion. The subcutaneous base portion is at least partially insertable into a complementary recess formed in a bone, the subcutaneous base portion including one or more features for gripping the internal surface of such a complementary recess thereby directly anchoring the subcutaneous base portion to the bone. The device may be used to route fluid to neurosurgical catheters optionally via a router unit. |
| US10596356B2 |
Methods for placing a stent-graft to cover collateral vessels in lower extremity vasculature
A method of diverting fluid flow from a first vessel including an occlusion to a second vessel includes deploying a prosthesis at least partially in a fistula and making valves in the second vessel incompetent. Making the valves in the second vessel incompetent includes at least one of using a reverse valvulotome to cut the valves, inflating a balloon, expanding a stent, and lining the second vessel with a stent. |
| US10596351B2 |
Self-sealing catheter valve
A self-sealing catheter valve that includes a flexible tubular part having a distal opening and an opposite proximal opening, and a proximal valve part. The proximal valve part has a curved self-sealing flexible diaphragm disposed inside the flexible tubular part and has a base perimeter united with a circumferential wall of the flexible tubular part. The curved self-sealing flexible diaphragm has a concave surface facing towards the proximal opening, and a convex surface facing towards the distal opening, and a flexible diaphragm wall of the curved self-sealing flexible diaphragm has a traverse slit. The self-sealing catheter valve provides an efficient self-closing mechanism for a peripheral catheter assembly and constitutes an efficient barrier against potential contagious spread from the patient to the surrounding environment by blood born disease e.g. HIV, hepatitis and Ebola viruses. |
| US10596350B2 |
Catheter securement device with dual retention straps
A catheter securement device having a biocompatible, preferably anti-microbial, adhesively-backed main body, a mounting body affixed to the upper side of the main body, and a pair of retention strap members extending preferably substantially parallel to each other from the mounting body, the retention strap members joined to the mounting body along angled fold lines, such that the retention strap members overlap when folded along the fold lines. An adhesive layer is provided on the mounting body and the retention strap members which adheres to a catheter when the catheter is positioned on the mounting body and the retention strap members are folded across the catheter. |
| US10596349B2 |
Catheter clips
A device for gripping a catheter, including a first jaw having a first exterior side and a first radial passage. The device has a second jaw having a second exterior side, opposite the first exterior side, and a second radial passage. The device also has a resilient joint connecting the first and second jaws so that manual compression of the first exterior side toward the second exterior side causes relative rotation between the first and second jaws that mutually aligns the first and second radial passages, such that the catheter can be inserted through the first and second radial passages, and so that releasing the manual compression causes the first and second jaws to rotate so that the first and second radial passages are no longer mutually aligned and so that the catheter passes through and is gripped by the device along mutually aligned first and second central axes. |
| US10596348B2 |
Conductive tip catheter
A conductive tip catheter includes a flexible tubular member defining a lumen that extends between a proximal end and a distal end. The conductive tip catheter also includes an electrically conductive metallic coil at least partially located within the lumen of the flexible tubular member. The electrically conductive metallic coil includes a first region located at a distal end of the metallic coil and having a first pitch, a second region proximal to the first region and having a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch, and a third region proximal to the second region and having a third pitch that is different from the first pitch and the second pitch. A conductive tip is located at the distal end of the flexible tubular member, and the conductive tip defines a tip lumen in fluid communication with the lumen. |
| US10596345B2 |
Systems and methods for humidity control
Systems, methods, and devices for humidifying a breathing gas using a vapor transfer unit are presented. The method includes providing a first vapor transfer unit having a gas passage and a liquid passage, delivering a liquid to the liquid passage, delivering a gas to the gas passage, humidifying the gas by delivering vapor from the liquid in the liquid passage to the gas in the gas passage, exiting the humidified gas outside the vapor transfer unit at first relative humidity and at a high gas flow rate, and reducing the gas flow rate through the first vapor transfer unit to less than a low gas flow rate, while preventing the relative humidity from exceeding the first relative humidity by more than an acceptable margin. |
| US10596344B2 |
Anesthesia device and method of controlling hydrogen concentration in a hydrogen-containing anesthesia gas
An anesthesia device configured to measure the hydrogen concentration in an anesthesia gas containing a hydrogen gas includes: an anesthesia gas preparation circuit configured to generate anesthesia gas by mixing an air or an oxygen mixture air with a vaporized anesthetic; a closed circuit-type or semi-closed circuit-type respiratory circuit including a gas circulation passage configured to circulate the hydrogen-containing anesthesia gas containing the hydrogen gas and the vaporized anesthetic; and a hydrogen concentration measurement circuit configured to measure the hydrogen concentration in the hydrogen-containing anesthesia gas in the gas circulation passage, wherein the hydrogen concentration measurement circuit includes: an anesthetic removing member having a removability of the vaporized anesthetic in the hydrogen-containing anesthesia gas; and a hydrogen concentration measuring instrument provided on the secondary side of the anesthetic removing member. |
| US10596343B2 |
Oxygen sensor assembly for medical ventilator
The present invention relates to oxygen sensors for medical ventilators. A medical ventilator includes a patient circuit delivering inspiratory airflow to a patient and returning expiratory airflow from the patient back to the ventilator. A manifold includes an air flow path into the patient circuit, and a port with an opening for an oxygen sensor. When mated to the port, the oxygen sensor samples the air in the air flow path and detects the amount of oxygen in the air. When the oxygen sensor is inserted into the port, a valve is biased open, to allow airflow through the opening into the oxygen sensor during ventilation. When the oxygen sensor is removed from the port, the valve biases into a closed position covering the opening, to prevent leaks. The ventilator can then continue to operate without the oxygen sensor in place. |
| US10596342B2 |
Breathing mask for feeding a breathing gas to a mask user and discharge device for discharging breathing gas
Breathing mask for supplying a breathing gas to a user of a mask includes a sealing lip to seal a mask support zone, a mask base body to form a mask interior chamber and a connector to connect at least one breathing gas line. The mask base body and/or the connector is provided with at least one de-coupling structure formed of an elastomer material. The de-coupling structure allows a relative movement between a mask body-sided circumferential foot portion of the sealing lip and the breathing gas line in at a tilt angle of at least 5°. |
| US10596339B2 |
Intubation devices and methods of use
Intubation devices and methods of intubating a patient are provided. The intubation devices include a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) component having a mask portion and a tube portion and an endotracheal tube (ETT) component positioned in the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) component having a translatable and/or rotatable endotracheal tube. The endotracheal tube can be translated and/or rotated by a manipulation rod extending through the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) component and mounted to the endotracheal tube (ETT). The intubation devices may include inflatable cuffs adapted to manipulate the positioning or orientation of the endotracheal tube and/or to seal openings about the endotracheal tubes. Various ports, passages, and conduits are provided to enhance the use and manipulation of the intubation device. |
| US10596338B2 |
Tracheal tube and suction device
Tracheal tube systems may include first and second tubes and an inflatable balloon. The first tube may be flexible and hollow and have first and second open ends. The inflatable balloon may be affixed to and circumferentially surround a portion of the first tube. The inflatable balloon may include an indentation sized and positioned to accommodate a portion of a second tube positioned therein, when the inflatable balloon is inflated. The second tube may be hollow and have a multiplicity of holes along a sidewall not in contact with the balloon. The second tube may be configured to be coupled to a suction device that creates a negative pressure in the second tube. When the tracheal tube system is inserted in a patient's trachea, the negative pressure in the second tube may act to remove, or suction out, fluids and other matter from the trachea. |
| US10596337B2 |
Adjustable tracheostoma valve
An adjustable tracheostoma valve is disclosed. The adjustable tracheostoma valve includes a passageway for connecting the trachea with the surroundings. A valve disk is provided in the passageway. The disk is moveable to allow for inhalation and exhalation through the passageway and is configured to close in response to pressure to direct air to the patient's pharynx, esophagus, sinuses, and mouth for speech following surgical removal of the larynx. |
| US10596336B2 |
Neurally triggered support ventilation during high frequency ventilation
A ventilation system provides patient-triggered support ventilation to a spontaneously breathing patient during ongoing high frequency ventilation (HFV), and has a pneumatic unit operated by a control computer for delivery of breathing gas in response to an effort to breathe by the patient, and an oscillator for superimposing high frequency oscillation onto the breathing gas. The system further includes a bioelectric sensor that measures a bioelectric signal indicative of the patient's efforts to breathe, and the control computer controls the delivery of breathing gas in response to the patient's effort to breathe, based on this bioelectric signal. The ventilation system is hence designed for neurally triggered support ventilation during ongoing HFV, which makes the trigger mechanism of the ventilation system more precise and robust compared to known trigger mechanisms of HFV ventilation systems. |
| US10596334B2 |
Nasal aerosol delivery system
A nasal delivery device can include a nasal prong and an activation member. The nasal prong can have an opening at a top and bottom portion of the prong to allow for the passage of an aerosolized treatment agent through the nasal prong. The activation member can be positioned on the nasal delivery device at a location that is spaced apart from the subject's oral cavity when the nasal prong is received into the nostril of the subject. The activation member can detect a desired exhalation state of the subject and upon detection of the desired exhalation state, the activation member activates the delivery of the aerosolized treatment agent. |
| US10596331B2 |
Pharmaceutical injecting device, display control method for pharmaceutical injecting device, and injection site display device
A pharmaceutical injecting device comprises a main body case, a piston, a drive mechanism, a display component, and a controller. The body case has a cartridge holder in which a pharmaceutical syringe is installed. The piston is provided movably with respect to the pharmaceutical syringe that is installed in the cartridge holder. The drive mechanism drives the piston. The controller is electrically connected to the drive mechanism. The display component is connected to the controller. The controller has a display controller. The display controller causes the display component to display a plurality of injection sites and to display at two or more injection sites selectable displays indicating that those injection sites are suitable for injection. |
| US10596330B2 |
Resorbable, drug-eluting submucosal turbinate implant device and method
Implants are placed in turbinate mucosal tissue using a surgical device having a proximal grip portion and a distal hollow sharp needle portion that is manipulated using the grip portion and inserted submucosally into mucosal turbinate tissue. One or more biodegradable, drug-eluting solid implants are disposed within the needle. The implants have one or more implant withdrawal-discouraging, mucosal tissue-engaging surface features along their length. An actuator disposed within the device is used to deliver one or more of the implants from the needle into the mucosal turbinate tissue and submucosally bury at least one such tissue-engaging feature therein. |
| US10596329B2 |
Torsion spring driven injection device
The present invention relates to a torsion spring driven injection device for delivering set doses of a liquid drug. The injection device mechanism is encapsulated in a housing which also stores the cartridge containing the liquid drug. A needle cannula which is in liquid communication with the interior of the cartridge and which has a distal tip is shielded by a telescopically movable needle shield is used to inject the set dose. The needle cannula is preferably used for multiple injections and cleaned between subsequent injections. The drive mechanism further comprises a nut member engaging the piston rod and releasable coupled to the housing to operate as a pressure relief mechanism. The telescopically movable needle shield covering the distal tip of the needle cannula is formed to lock the nut member to the housing during injection. |
| US10596324B2 |
Medical device with safety features
There is provided a portable medical device for injecting insulin comprising a blood glucose meter, a first display that is capable of displaying the blood glucose content of a blood sample as determined by the blood glucose meter, means for injecting insulin in a patient comprising means for setting the amount of insulin to be injected comprising a second display that shows the amount of insulin to be injected characterized in that the device comprises a deactivation means that automatically switches off the first display. |
| US10596323B2 |
Drug delivery device
The invention refers to a drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises at least one clicker mechanism (52, 64; 143, 153) for generating a haptic and/or audible feedback during dose selecting, wherein the clicker mechanism (143, 153) generates a different feed-back when selecting single units or multiples of single units. |
| US10596317B2 |
Pharmaceutical injection system, portable terminal, pharmaceutical injection device, health care worker-use information terminal, and method for controlling pharmaceutical injection system
With the pharmaceutical injection system in an embodiment, pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions for setting a pharmaceutical injection amount are inputted to a portable terminal (300), and the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions are transmitted to a health care worker-use information terminal (500). The portable terminal (300) receives the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the health care worker-use information terminal (500), and transmits the pharmaceutical injection amount to a pharmaceutical injection device (100). The health care worker-use information terminal (500) receives the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions transmitted from the portable terminal (300), and the pharmaceutical injection amount set on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount setting conditions is inputted. The health care worker-use information terminal (500) transmits the inputted pharmaceutical injection amount to the portable terminal (300). The pharmaceutical injection device (100) receives the pharmaceutical injection amount transmitted from the portable terminal (300), and a piston drive mechanism (101) is driven on the basis of the pharmaceutical injection amount. |
| US10596305B2 |
Suction canister and corresponding systems and methods
A canister lid (101) for a canister (102) includes an annular perimeter (103) surrounding an interior portion (104). Rather than completely surrounding the interior portion, the annular perimeter is instead interrupted by a suction conduit (112) defined by a suction conduit (112) separating a first lobe (117) and a second lobe (118). The suction conduit (112) intersects the annular perimeter such that the first lobe is disposed interior of the annular perimeter while the second lobe is disposed exterior to the annular perimeter. The canister lid can further include one or more ports (110,111) extending from the interior portion. A canister (102) can include a valve (401) and can optionally be coupled to a hub mount vacuum source (1200) or a hub mount stand (1800). |
| US10596304B2 |
Anti-infective functionalized surfaces and methods of making same
Devices are provided which are functionalized to include surface regions having anti-infective agents. Methods are provided for functionalizing various material surfaces to include active surface regions for binding anti-infective agents. Methods are provided by which anti-infective moieties or agents are bonded to functionalized surfaces. |
| US10596301B2 |
Device including biological agents for in vitro induction of biomineralization
This disclosure provides a product comprised of a collagen gel to which recombinant human Amelotin (AMTN) protein is added. This AMTN-collagen gel is applied to one side of a physiologically acceptable scaffold that has first been impregnated with AMTN-free collagen gel. The resulting two-layer collagen membrane (layer 1 comprised of scaffold surrounded by collagen gel; layer 2 comprised of collagen gel containing AMTN) is applied to a mineralized tissue surface such as dentin and bone with the collagen gel containing AMTN of layer 2 facing this mineral surface. Upon immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF), the presence of AMTN in layer 2 triggers the formation of hydroxyapatite mineral deposits that intimately connect with the existing mineral surface and thus provide physical attachment. A similar product is disclosed but in addition to AMTN, it contains the Odontogenic, Ameloblast-Associated (ODAM) protein as well with both proteins exhibiting a synergistic effect. |
| US10596299B2 |
Method for reducing paravalvular leaks with decellularized tissue
A method for preparing tissue, in particular pericardial tissue, in particular for use as a sealing means for a heart valve prosthesis for paravalvular leaks, characterised in that the tissue, in particular pericardial tissue, is decellularized (4), subjected to a cross-linking (6) with a glutaraldehyde-containing solution, and subjected to a shape- and a structure-stabilising step (7, 8, 9). The invention also relates to a heart valve prosthesis. |
| US10596298B2 |
Malleable demineralized bone composition and method of manufacture
A malleable demineralized bone composition consists of cortical bone made from a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of cortical bone is made from cut pieces freeze dried then ground into particles and demineralized then freeze-dried. The second portion of cortical bone is shaved into shavings. The shavings are long thin strips subjected to freeze-drying. The freeze-dried shavings are ground and demineralized and then freeze-dried. A volume of the second portion is placed in a solution of sterile water to create a mixture, the water volume being twice the second portion, the mixture is autoclaved under heat and pressure to form a gelatin, and the first portion is mixed with the gelatin to form a malleable putty or paste. |
| US10596297B2 |
Method for preparing a fibrillar collagen matrix
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fibrillar collagen matrix, which is advantageously transparent or composite, suitable for being used as a biomaterial, in particular as a corneal substitute. |
| US10596293B2 |
Scent air purifier capable of replacing case thereof
A scent air purifier contains a body, a fan, a filter element, a holder, a circuit control unit, a case removable from the body. The body includes an accommodation chamber, a receiving groove, and a first vent. The accommodation chamber is defined in the body, the receiving groove is located above the accommodation chamber, and the first vent communicates with the accommodation chamber and the receiving groove. The fan is accommodated in the accommodation chamber. The filter element is connected below the accommodation chamber and communicates with air from an external environment outside the body so that the fan delivers the air to flow through the first vent and the receiving groove, after drawing the air from the external environment. The holder is connected with the body, and the circuit control unit is housed in the holder and is electrically connected with a power source and the fan. |
| US10596291B2 |
Effective anti-bacteria and anti-viral air treatment device
The invention provides an air treatment device (100) configured to deactivate one or more of bacteria and viruses from air, the device (100) comprising a deactivating material (121) comprising for at least 80 wt. % of one or more of a terpene and a terpenoid having no aliphatic unsaturated bond, the air treatment device (100) further comprising a gas flow generation device (130), wherein the air treatment device (100) is configured to provide said deactivating material (121) into a space with an emission rate (S) of at maximum 250 mg/h from a release area (1112). |
| US10596289B1 |
Pivoting cable holder for multi-function disinfection cabinet
A multi-function product disinfection cabinet preferably includes a sealed test cabinet, a high level disinfection system, a dehumidifier and an electrical function tester. The sealed test cabinet preferably includes a sealed test chamber, a rear dehumidifier chamber and a rear droplet chamber. The high level disinfection system includes an aerosol blower, an aerosol generator and an aerosol control module. The aerosol blower blows a disinfectant from the aerosol generator into the disinfection chamber. A pivoting cable holder for a multi-function disinfection cabinet preferably includes a pivoting cable tube, a mounting bracket, a motor with gear reduction, a motor controller and two snap switches. The mounting bracket is attached to an outside sidewall of a disinfection chamber. The pivoting cable tube rotates in the disinfection chamber. The motor rotates the pivoting cable tube. The motor controller and two snap switches are used to control directional rotation of the motor. |
| US10596288B2 |
Ultraviolet absorbent enclosure
A solution for disinfecting electronic devices is provided. An ultraviolet radiation source is embedded within an ultraviolet absorbent case. While the electronic device is within the ultraviolet absorbent case, ultraviolet radiation is directed at the electronic device. A monitoring and control system monitors a plurality of attributes for the electronic device, which can include: a frequency of usage for the device, a biological activity at a surface of the device, and a disinfection schedule history for the device. Furthermore, the monitoring and control system can detect whether the device is being used. Based on the monitoring, the monitoring and control system controls the ultraviolet radiation directed at the electronic device. |
| US10596287B2 |
Apparatus and method to link medical device sterilization equipment
A communication hub provides communication between a number of medical device processing components within a network. A user may access the communication hub via a user device such as a smartphone or computer and monitor and manage configurations and information relating to the medical device processing components. Features include the ability to view current status of medical device processing components in order to identify a device that is available for current use, to receive notifications of failed or completed tasks on devices, to disable or enable devices remotely, to view statistics and data visualizations of the performance and use of devices, and other similar features. |
| US10596285B2 |
Sterilizing method
Provided is a sterilization method capable of performing a sterilization treatment with high sterilization efficiency using ozone produced from an air regardless of the humidity of the air as an ozone raw material gas. In the sterilization method, the air as an ozone raw material gas is irradiated with light for producing ozone which does not include light with a wavelength region where the light decomposes ozone and which has a wavelength of not more than 200 nm to obtain an ozone-containing air, and an object to be sterilized is exposed to the ozone-containing air to sterilize the object. In the sterilization method, the relative humidity of the ozone raw material gas is not more than 60% RH. |
| US10596281B1 |
Sterilizing touch screen displays with ultraviolet light
A touch screen or touch screen appliance includes built-in UV LEDs. The LEDs sterilize the touch screen at start-up, and periodically during operation. The LEDs may be disposed at the edges of the glass display such that the UV light is completely internally reflected within the glass display to prevent damage or strain to the user's eyes. Alternatively, the LEDs may be disposed behind the glass display, potentially also behind a UV fluorescing or phosphorescing layer to sterilize the glass from behind. Alternatively, the LEDs may be disposed in a layer in front of the glass display, or at angles around the perimeter of the glass display. |
| US10596279B2 |
Apparatus and method for sterilizing blood
A method and apparatus to neutralize or destroy pathogens in red blood cell concentrate (RBCC). The apparatus may include a lamp to provide ultra-violet (UV) light having a predetermined wavelength, a focusing member to focus the UV light from the lamp, a chamber assembly to receive the RBCC at a predetermined flow rate and to cause the received RBCC to be exposed to the focused UV light, and a controller. The chamber assembly may include a window and a bladder assembly. The bladder assembly may have a movable bladder portion. The controller may control movement of the bladder portion such that a space provided between the window and a surface of the bladder assembly, wherein the RBCC is caused to flow, enables the focused UV light to neutralize or destroy at least some of the pathogens in the RBCC during flow through the space. |
| US10596277B2 |
High purity therapeutic bone agents
This invention relates to radioactive, bone-seeking, pharmaceutical methods, compositions and formulations that have a lower impurity profile, a longer shelf life, improved availability and are less expensive to prepare. The compositions of this invention can be conveniently prepared in a timely manner resulting in improved availability and delivery of the drugs to patients. |
| US10596267B2 |
Method and process for quantitative evaluation of pharmacokinetics, therapeutic effects and safety of delivery of drug compounds to the inner ear for treatment of auditory disease
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating an auditory disease in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of a gel-based precursor that includes an inner ear-specific therapeutic compound directly into the cochlea of the subject. |
| US10596265B2 |
Synthesis of nano aggregate of chitosan modified by self-assembling peptide and application thereof to protein delivery
A nanogel comprising a self-organizing peptide, a chitosan and polyethylene glycol is described. |
| US10596263B2 |
Pazopanib formulation
A granulation formulation of 5-[[4-[(2,3-dimethyl-2H-indazol-6-yl)methylamino]-2-pyrimidinyl]amino]-2-methylbenzenesulfonamide or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is adapted for reconstitution with an aqueous vehicle, and associated oral suspension. |
| US10596261B2 |
Coprocessed silica coated polymer composition
The present invention provides a coprocessed excipient composition and a method of producing the same. The coprocessed excipient comprises vinyl lactam derived polymer and a deagglomerated coprocessing agent. The coprocessing agent is fumed silica, colloidal silica or silicon dioxide. The coprocessed excipient is prepared by a continuous process and has a Brookfield cohesion of less than 0.12 kPa, a bulk density of at least 0.249 gram/milliliter and a flow property as measured by Johanson flow rate number increase from 1.1 to 5.0 fold. |
| US10596257B2 |
Methods of treating CEA-positive cancers using PD-1 axis binding antagonists and anti-CEA/anti-CD3 bispecific antibodies
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating CEA-positive cancers. The method comprising administering a PD-1 axis binding antagonist and a bispecific antibody that targets CEA and CD3. |
| US10596252B2 |
Vaccination in newborns and infants
The present invention relates to vaccines comprising at least one mRNA encoding at least one antigen for use in the treatment of a disease in newborns and/or infants, preferably exhibiting an age of not more than 2 years, preferably of not more than 1 year, more preferably of not more than 9 months or even 6 months, wherein the treatment comprises vaccination of the newborn or infant and eliciting an immune response in said newborn or infant. The present invention is furthermore directed to kits and kits of parts comprising such a vaccine and/or its components and to methods applying such a vaccine or kit. |
| US10596250B2 |
Methods of treating and preventing influenza infections
The invention relates to composite antigens comprising a peptide with contiguous amino acid sequence derived from a plurality of antigenic epitopes of one or more pathogens that induces an immune response in a mammal that is protective against infection by the one or more pathogens. In addition, the invention relates to vaccines comprising composite antigens and to method for treating and preventing an infection. |
| US10596246B2 |
Adjuvanted combinations of meningococcal factor H binding proteins
The M01573 sequence of meningococcal fHbp offers poor coverage in a vaccine. The invention addresses this poor coverage in two ways. In a first aspect, a fHbp-based vaccine includes two family I fHbp sequences, one which is more closely related to MC58 than to M01573, and vice versa. In a second aspect, a multi-family fHbp-based vaccine uses a family I fHbp sequence which is more closely related to MC58 than to M01573, in combination with a family III fHbp sequence. The compositions are adjuvanted with an aluminium phosphate adjuvant. |
| US10596242B2 |
Transfected T-cells and T-cell receptors for use in immunotherapy against cancers
The present description relates to T-cell receptors (TCRs) binding to tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) for targeting cancer cells, T-cells expressing same, methods for producing same, and methods for treating cancers using same. In particular, the present description relates to TCRs and their variants that bind to HLA class I or II molecules with a peptide, such as IGF2BP3-001 have the amino acid sequence of KIQEILTQV (SEQ ID NO:1). The present description further relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present description relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present description furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T-cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10596240B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides as targets or active ingredients for use in immunotherapy against AML and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10596239B2 |
Peptide mixture
There is disclosed a peptide mixture suitable for eliciting an immune response. It comprises a first and a second peptide, each corresponding to a fragment of the RAS protein. Each of the first and second peptides comprises a region of at least 8 amino acids which includes position 13 of the RAS protein. Each of said regions of the first and second peptides independently has at least 6 amino acid residues, other than at said position 13, which are identical to the corresponding region of the RAS protein. Each of the first and the second peptides has a point mutation at the amino acid corresponding to said position 13. The point mutation of the first peptide is different from the point mutation of the second peptide. |
| US10596238B2 |
Methods and compositions related to immunogenic fibrils
Embodiments of the invention are directed to fibrillar adjuvants. Epitopes assembled into nanofibers by a short synthetic fibrillization domain elicited high antibody titers in the absence of any adjuvant. |
| US10596236B2 |
Systems and methods for preparing a thrombin serum
A system for preparing a thrombin serum that can include a containment device, a cage received within the containment device, a cap attachable to the containment device, an inlet port configured to introduce a non-anti-coagulated autologous blood fluid into the containment device, and an outlet port. An activator, such as glass beads, can be present within the containment device. |
| US10596231B2 |
Insulin containing pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention is in the field of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of medical conditions relating to diabetes. More specifically the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a long-acting acylated derivative of a human insulin analogue, and to the medical use of such compositions for basal insulin administration therapy. |
| US10596230B2 |
Methods of increasing nutrient absorption in the intestine using therapeutic agents comprising GLP-2 and elastin-like peptides
The present invention provides therapeutic agents and compositions comprising elastin-like peptides (ELPs) and therapeutic proteins. In some embodiments, the therapeutic protein is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, insulin, or Factor VII/VIIa, including functional analogs. The present invention further provides encoding polynucleotides, as well as methods of making and using the therapeutic agents. The therapeutic agents have improvements in relation to their use as therapeutics, including, inter alia, one or more of half-life, clearance and/or persistence in the body, solubility, and bioavailability. |
| US10596229B2 |
Method of treating diabetes mellitus by administration, at specifically defined intervals, of a derivative of a naturally occurring insulin or insulin analogue, the derivative having a prolonged profile of action
The present invention relates to methods for treatment of a condition or disease where administration of insulin will be of benefit, comprising administering, to a patient in need thereof, effective dosages of an insulin, insulin analogue or derivative thereof, which exhibits a prolonged profile of action, wherein said dosages are administered at intervals of varying length. |
| US10596228B2 |
Methods for increasing levels of interferon activity with an interferon lambda 3 polypeptide
A novel IFN-α/β independent ligand receptor system which upon engagement leads, among other things, to the establishment of an anti-viral state is disclosed. Further disclosed are three closely positioned genes on human chromosome 19 that encode distinct but highly homologous proteins, designated IFN-λ1, IFN-λ2, IFN-λ3, based inter alia, in their ability to induce antiviral protection. Expression of these proteins is induced upon viral infection. A receptor complex utilized by all three IFN-λ proteins for signaling is also disclosed. The receptor complex is generally composed of two subunits, a novel receptor designated IFN-λR1 or CRF2-12, and a second subunit, IL-10R2 or CRF2-4, which is also a shared receptor component for the IL-10 and IL-22 receptor complexes. The gene encoding IFN-λR1 is generally widely expressed, including many different cell types and tissues. Expression of these proteins is induced by immune events, including, for example, upon viral infection. Apoptotosis may also be induced under effective conditions. |
| US10596222B2 |
Combination therapy with peptide epoxyketones
The invention provides combination therapy, wherein one or more other therapeutic agents are administered agents are administered with peptide epoxyketones or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Another aspect of the invention relates to treating cancer with a peptide epoxyketone administered in combination with another therapeutic agent. |
| US10596215B2 |
Chinese herbal oral paste for conditioning dampness-heat constitution and processing method thereof
The present application discloses a Chinese herbal oral paste for conditioning dampness-heat constitution. The Chinese herbal oral paste includes the following components: baical skullcap root, unprocessed rehmannia root, plantain seed, purslane herb, angelica, cardamon fruit, virgate wormwood herb, rice beans, weeping forsythia capsule, thunberg fritillary bulb, Chinese waxgourd peel, mint, dried tangerine peel, prepared atractylodes rhizome, waxgourd seed, common anemarrhena rhizome, amur cork-tree, golden buckwheat rhizome, fuling, Chinese yam, bitter apricot seed, coix seed, bamboo leaf, Chinese wolfberry root-bark, ural licorice root tip, common selfheal fruit-spike, white mulberry root-bark, ash bark, tortoise-plastron gelatin, turtle shell gelatin, and xylitol. The Chinese herbal oral paste of the present disclosure has a higher drug concentration and good taste, is particularly suitable for health preserving in winter and conditioning the dampness-heat constitution, will not create negative effects to the human body at all, and can achieve certain efficacy of strengthening physical health. |
| US10596209B2 |
Microbial compositions and methods for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome
The present invention relates to the identification of a group of microorganisms, which are relatively abundant in the microbial communities associated with fruits and vegetables typically consumed raw and therefore transient or permanent members of the human microbiota. The consumption of mixtures of these microbes at relevant doses will produce a beneficial effect in the host by reducing the propensity to diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome mediated in part by production of short chain fatty acids to enhance colonic butyrate production. Therapeutic methods of the invention involve the use of live microorganisms or metabolites derived from said microorganisms to establish a microbial composition in the mammalian host that will improve significantly the ability to control weight, reduce the onset of diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome, and improve overall health. |
| US10596206B1 |
Probiotic compositions and methods of use
Provided herein are probiotic compositions and methods to enhance bacterial diversity in the intestinal tract of a subject. A probiotic is provided comprising lymphoid tissue-resident commensal bacteria, and optionally IL-10, IL-22, and/or hepcidin. The probiotic can be used to promote intestinal health or to treat or prevent intestinal disease or condition. |
| US10596205B2 |
Topical medicament for skin and mucosal injuries
Dental, vaginal and anal cream composed of exclusively natural active principles containing glycerides and Vitamin A and D, easily retained and preserved when in contact with the inflamed mucosa due to its adhesive mucosal base. |
| US10596204B2 |
Use of propolis for combating pathological conditions associated with obesity
The use of propolis or an extract of propolis as a food supplement for preventing and/or combating pathological conditions associated with diet-induced obesity, and in particular type II diabetes, and a specific a composition suitable for this use. |
| US10596203B1 |
Customized repair constructs and method of preparation
Customized, three-dimensionally printed constructs useful for promoting tissue repair and methods of preparing the same are provided. |
| US10596199B2 |
Methods of treating or preventing rheumatic disease
The present disclosure provides a method for treating or preventing a rheumatic disease, comprising administering a population of cells enriched for STRO-1+ cells and/or progeny thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom. |
| US10596198B1 |
Devices for selectively releasing volatile compounds
An apparatus for sequestering and releasing compounds into the air is provided. The apparatus includes a card with a first side and a second side, and a plurality of compound-sequestering structures affixed to the first side. Each of the plurality of compound-sequestering structures is configured to release a compound into the air when heated to a first temperature. |
| US10596196B2 |
Peptides and scaffolds for use in immunotherapy against head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10596195B2 |
Discovery of regulatory T cells programmed to suppress an immune response
A method to treat an autoimmune disease is provided. The method involves administration of interleukin-15 receptor (IL-15R) agonists in an amount effective to ameliorate a symptom of the autoimmune disease. The invention also involves a method to treat an autoimmune disease by ex-vivo expansion of CD44+CD122+Kir+ CD8+ Treg cells and administration of the CD44+CD122+Kir+ CD8+ Treg cells. Compositions comprising CD44+CD122+Kir+ CD8+ Treg cells are also provided. Methods for stimulating an immune response to an antigen are also provided. |
| US10596191B2 |
Polymer conjugate of hexa-coordinated platinum complex
A DDS preparation of a platinum complex, which selectively releases a highly active platinum complex in cells that are under reducing conditions, and exhibits high antitumor activity that is required from a medicine, is still not available, and there is a demand for a novel DDS preparation of a platinum complex that may be used in clinical fields. There is provided a polymer conjugate of a hexa-coordinated platinum complex, the polymer conjugate comprising a block copolymer having a polyethylene glycol structural moiety and a polyaspartic acid moiety or a polyglutamic acid moiety; and a hexa-coordinated platinum complex having a halogen atom and a hydroxyl group at the axial positions, the hexa-coordinated platinum complex being bonded, directly or via a spacer, to a side-chain carboxyl group of the block copolymer. |
| US10596189B2 |
Emulsion and method for the manufacture thereof
The invention relates to an emulsion containing a mixture of an aqueous phase and an oil phase, wherein the aqueous phase comprises seawater, a viscosifier, and a humectant, and wherein the oil phase comprises polyglyceryl, hectorite, propylenecarbonate, t-butyl alcohol, a polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, at least one viscosifier, at least one emulsifier, at least one co-emulsifier, and at least one emollient, such that the phases forming the emulsion are stabilized. Another object of the present invention is the method of manufacture, which allows producing the emulsion with seawater described herein in detail. |
| US10596188B2 |
Use of nitrite salts in treating tissue damage
A method of treating neuropathy in a subject, the method comprising identifying a subject who has neuropathy; and administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising one of inorganic nitrite and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10596181B2 |
Treatment of demyelinating diseases
Described herein are methods of promoting remyelination in a subject suffering from demyelination diseases by administering to the subject a combination of steroid hormones and Hedgehog signaling pathway modulators. Also described are methods of administering the combination of drugs, wherein the combination of drugs are in compositions adapted for nasal administration. |
| US10596179B2 |
3-(4-((4-morpholinomethyl-benzyl)oxy)-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus
Provided herein are methods of using compounds and compositions for treating, managing, and/or preventing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pharmaceutical compositions and dosing regimens for use in the methods are also provided herein. |
| US10596178B2 |
Tablet formulation of 2-fluoro-N-methyl-4-[7-(quinolin-6-ylmethyl) imidazo [1,2-B] [1,2,4] triazin-2-yl] benzamide
The present invention is related to tablets comprising of 2-fluoro-N-methyl-4-[7-(quinolin-6-ylmethyl)imidazo[1,-2-b][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl]benzamide, processes for the production thereof, and uses in the treatment of certain cancers. |
| US10596175B2 |
Compounds and compositions for the treatment of parasitic diseases
The present invention provides compounds of Formula A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer, thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds for treating, preventing, inhibiting, ameliorating, or eradicating the pathology and/or symptomology of a disease caused by a parasite, such as leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. |
| US10596174B2 |
Pyrrolopyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of protein kinases
The present invention relates to certain pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for the treatment of proliferation disorders and other diseases related to the dysregulation of kinase (such as, but not limited to, EGFR (including HER), Alk, PDGFR, BLK, BMX/ETK, BTK, FLT3(D835Y), ITK, JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, TEC and TXK) and/or the respective pathways. |
| US10596172B2 |
2,4-disubstituted pyrimidines useful as kinase inhibitors
The present invention provides 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine compounds useful as kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. |
| US10596171B2 |
Cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitors
Provided is a compound of Formula (I) below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, metabolite, or prodrug thereof: wherein: A1 is CR4 or N; A2 is CR5R6 or NR7; A3 is CR5′R6′ or NR7′; each of R1, R2, R2′, R3, R3′, R4, R5, R5′, R6, R6′, R7, and R7′, independently, is hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino, formyl, nitro, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C2-6 alkenyloxy, C1-6 alkylcarbonyl, C1-6 alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6 alkylamine, C3-20 carbocyclyl, or C3-20 heterocyclyl; or R5 and R6, R5′ and R6′, or R5 and R5′, together with the adjacent atom to which they are each attached, form C3-10 carbocyclyl or C3-10 heterocyclyl. Further provided are a method of using the above-described compound, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt, metabolite, or prodrug thereof for treating influenza and a pharmaceutical composition containing same. |
| US10596170B2 |
Treatment of vasomotor symptoms
The invention relates to a method for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of flibanserin. |
| US10596169B2 |
Cancer treatment with combination of plinabulin and taxane
This invention provides a novel cancer treatment method in which plinabulin (t-butyl-dehydrophenylahistin or NPI-2358) and a taxane compound (such as docetaxel) are used in combination. Our study has shown that the optimum combination of injecting plinabulin after taxane compound has unexpected enhanced efficacy in large tumor populations in animal model and in NSCLC cancer patients compared to taxane compound treatment alone. In addition, this optimum combination can achieve unexpected safety effect in lowering unbearable side effects of taxane compound, including decreasing its neutropenia rates at all grades and decreasing G-CSF use in cancer patients. |
| US10596168B2 |
Antagonists of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR)
Chemical compounds are useful in the treatment of a subject afflicted by a thyroid disease. The compounds exhibit activity as thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) antagonists and can be used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease, Graves' Ophthalmopathy and thyroid cancer. |
| US10596165B2 |
Combination therapies
The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of autophagy-related diseases, disorders, or conditions. |
| US10596164B2 |
Anti-clostridium compounds
The present invention relates to compounds having a backbone structure for use as antibiotic, more specifically use against infections with Gram positive bacteria, preferably Clostridium, more preferably C. dfficile or C. perfringens. The compounds of the invention are particularly useful against spores of these bacteria. |
| US10596160B2 |
Compositions, methods and uses for the treatment of diabetes and related conditions by controlling blood glucose level
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for controlling glycemia in a mammalian in need thereof. The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of diabetes and related disorders. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel therapies or combinatorial therapies for diabetes and related disorders, based on compositions controlling the blood glucose level. |
| US10596158B2 |
Solid forms of {[5-(3-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino}acetic acid, compositions, and uses thereof
Provided herein are solid forms comprising {[5-(3-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino}acetic acid, compositions comprising the solid forms, methods of making the solid forms and methods of their use for the treatment of various diseases and/or disorders. |
| US10596155B2 |
Aqueous-based metronidazole gel formulations
The present disclosure provides mucoadhesive aqueous-based gel formulations of metronidazole useful for a variety of purposes including intravaginal application as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment of individuals suffering from and/or diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis. |
| US10596152B2 |
Selenium containing KGA/GDH dual inhibitors and the applications thereof
The present invention relates to the field of biomedicine, and discloses a class of selenium-containing inhibitors that bind to the allosteric site of glutaminase, and/or inhibit glutamate dehydrogenase, which has a long carbon chain or similar derivative structure linked with the N atom of benzoisoselenazole 3-ketone. The advantages of this invention are that compounds have novel binding activity with glutaminase and potent inhibitory activity of glutaminase. Moreover, some novel dual KGA/GDH inhibitors demonstrated good in vivo efficacy in inhibiting the tumor growth in mice by blocking glutaminolysis. At the meantime, compounds of this invention play an important part in the protection of survival, growth and differentiation of nerve cells under the condition of hypoxia-ischemia. |
| US10596149B2 |
Stable pressurised aerosol solution composition of glycopyrronium bromide and formoterol combination
Aerosol solution compositions intended for use with a pressurized metered dose inhaler, comprising glycopyrronium bromide and formoterol, or a salt thereof, optionally in combination with one or more additional active ingredients, and stabilized by a selected amount of a mineral acid, exhibit improved stability when contained in an aerosol can provided with a metering valve having at least a butyl rubber gasket. |
| US10596147B1 |
Metered dose inhaler compositions, systems, and methods
Compositions, systems, and methods that can be used with a pressurized metered dose inhaler are disclosed. A pharmaceutical composition for use in a pressurized metered dose inhaler can comprise a cannabinoid composition, a co-solvent, a terpene composition, and a propellant. A pharmaceutical composition may be soluble. A system can comprise a plurality of cannabinoid compositions and/or a plurality of terpene compositions available in various combinations. One of a plurality of cannabinoid compositions and terpene composition combinations may be user-selectable in response to various factors such as a desired therapeutic benefit, sedative effect, flavor profile, or a combination of the foregoing. A method of formulating a soluble pMDI pharmaceutical composition comprising a cannabinoid composition, a co-solvent, a terpene composition, and a propellant is disclosed. |
| US10596146B2 |
Methods for the treatment of systemic disorders treatable with mast cell stabilizers, including mast cell related disorders
Methods for the treatment of systemic disorders treatable with mast cell stabilizers, including mast cell related disorders, are provided. |
| US10596145B2 |
Heterocyclic flavone derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto
In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to heterocyclic flavone derivatives, such as those described by formula provided herein, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing diseases or conditions related to BDNF and TrkB activity, such as depression, stroke, Rett syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease by administering effective amounts of pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein. |
| US10596144B2 |
Treating or preventing nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing nephrogenic diabetes insipidus comprising administering an effective amount of a AMPK activator to a subject in need thereof, wherein In certain embodiments, the AMPK activator is metformin or salt thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject has been diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. |
| US10596142B2 |
Compositions comprising a fatty acid oil mixture and a free fatty acid, and methods and uses thereof
Compositions comprising a fatty acid oil mixture and at least one free fatty acid, and uses thereof are disclosed. Further disclosed are preconcentrates capable of forming a self- nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS), a self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) or self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) in an aqueous solution. Preferred fatty acids are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in a form chosen from ethyl ester and triglyceride. |
| US10596141B2 |
Methods for treating thrombocytopenia
The disclosure provides methods for treating, controlling or mitigating leukopenia (e.g. neutropenia) and/or thrombocytopenia, for example in the context of cancer chemotherapy, comprising administration of a monoacetyl-diacyl-glycerol compound, as well as compositions useful therefor. |
| US10596127B2 |
Composition for reducing the frequency of urination, method of making and use thereof
A method for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for reducing the frequency of urination is disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition comprises (1) an analgesic agent and (2) an α-blocker, a 5α-reductase inhibitor or both. |
| US10596125B2 |
Nanowire-coated microdevice and method of making and using the same
A microdevice containing a plurality of nanowires on a biocompatible surface, and methods of making and using the same are provided. Aspects of the present disclosure include forming a plurality of microdevices on a substrate where each microdevice includes a plurality of nanowires. The nanowires may be loaded with an active agent by disposing the active agent onto the surface of the nanowires. Also provided herein are kits that include the subject microdevices. |
| US10596120B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of a DPP-4 inhibitor drug and/or a SGLT-2 inhibitor drug, and metformin XR, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat certain diseases. |
| US10596112B2 |
Methods of using albumin-antibody nanoparticle complex compositions for treating cancer
Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. |
| US10596108B2 |
Method for treating a swallowing disorder
This invention relates to a method for treating a swallowing disorder in a patient suffering from aspiration before, during and/or after the swallowing reflex, and to a bolus for use in the treatment of a swallowing disorder in such a patient. |
| US10596104B2 |
Method for producing a tissue paper sheet material containing an adjuvant substance for the treatment of allergic rhinitis, and the product obtained
The following steps are provided for producing a sheet cellulose material, for instance a handkerchief, comprising at least one adjuvant substance for the treatment of allergic rhinitis: generating an aqueous nano- or micro-emulsion containing nano- or micro-droplet of said at least one substance encapsulated in a protective layer comprising a non-ionic surface-active agent; applying the nano- or micro-emulsion to the cellulose material; evaporating water, leading to the formation of nano- or micro-capsules anchored to the cellulose fibers. |
| US10596102B2 |
Emollient composition
The present invention relates to an emollient composition comprising emu oil, jojoba oil, a dermatological base and a metal or metalloid oxide, hydroxide or carbonate. The composition has efficacy in the prevention or treatment of a range of skin conditions. |
| US10596100B2 |
Cosmetic compositions containing an alkoxysilane and a silsesquioxane resin
The present invention relates to composition for styling hair comprising: (a) a first phase comprising: at least one alkoxysilane having at least one solubilizing functional group and at least one amino substituent; at least one water-soluble metal salt; at least one acidifying agent; and at least one cosmetically acceptable carrier comprising water; and (b) a second phase comprising: at least one silsesquioxane resin and at least one volatile solvent. The present invention also relates to methods of styling hair. |
| US10596098B2 |
Durable dental film-forming composition and uses thereof
Disclosed is a durable dental film-forming composition including an acrylate/octylacrylamide copolymer, wherein the acrylate/octylacrylamide copolymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to about 50% by weight, an adhesive, and an orally acceptable solvent. Methods of using the composition are also disclosed. |
| US10596097B2 |
Method for multi-tonal color modification of keratinous fibers
The subject matter of the present disclosure is a method for treatment keratinous fibers which make it possible to color the hair in a single treatment session and simultaneously achieve a multi-tonal coloring with sections (strands) having different colors, more particularly lighter (“highlights”) sections (strands), wherein the use of solid, flat separating aids, more particularly foils from solid materials such as aluminum, paper or Styrofoam and similar materials is not required. |
| US10596090B2 |
Cosmetic formulation to reduce facial flushing
The present invention features novel cosmetic skin care compositions for improving the appearance of flushed or rosacea-affected skin. |
| US10596086B2 |
Reduction of tooth staining derived from cationic antibacterials
Disclosed are oral care compositions having reduced tooth staining propensity and comprising in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a cationic antimicrobial agent and an anti-stain agent comprising one or more materials from each of at least two of the following chemical groups: Group 1. anionic agents, Group 2. aldehydes, ketones, and other reactive carbonyl compounds and Group 3. nonionic ethoxylated surfactants. Examples of cationic antimicrobial agent include quaternary ammonium compounds such as cetylpyridinium chloride, cetyl pyridinium fluoride, tetradecylpyridinium chloride, N-tetradecyl-4-ethyl pyridinium chloride and domiphen bromide; chlorhexidine; and metal ion sources to supply metal ions such as stannous, zinc or copper. |
| US10596079B2 |
High efficiency sunscreen composition
Disclosed herein are oil-in-water dispersions and sunscreen compositions that contain them, which exhibit high in vivo sun protection factor (SPF) efficiency due to the ability of the dispersions to both absorb and scatter ultraviolet (UV) light. These high efficiency sunscreen compositions include discrete oil particles that are enclosed within a solid coating and dispersed in an aqueous phase, wherein each oil particle contains an organic ultraviolet A (UVA) and/or an organic ultraviolet B (UVB) absorbing compound, and optionally a photo stabilizer. |
| US10596078B2 |
Dental composition
Dental composition comprising (a) at least two di- or polyepoxides having 2 to 5 epoxide groups and having a molecular weight of from 200 to 700 Da, or a macromonomeric reaction product obtainable by reacting the diepoxide with a dicarboxylic acid in a molar ratio [diepoxide]/[dicarboxylic acid] of at least 2; (b) one or more primary monoamines and/or disecondary diamines; (c) optionally one or more aliphatic polyamines; (d) a particulate filler, wherein the molar ratio of epoxide groups in component (a) to the N—H bonds in component (b) and (c) [epoxide(a)]/[N—H(b),(c)] is in the range of from 0.9 to 1.1; wherein the di- or polyepoxide having 2 to 5 epoxide groups is a compound of the following formula (I): A(BZm)n (I) wherein A represents an n-valent organic moiety optionally having 1 to 10 heteroatoms selected from oxygen atoms and sulfur atoms; and B represents an m+1-valent organic moiety, Z is an epoxide group which may have a substituent, m which are independent from each other represent an integer of at least 1; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5; wherein the m are selected so that 2 to 5 epoxide groups are present; wherein the composition does not contain any 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, or 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-methane. |
| US10596076B2 |
Powder mixture, use of the powder mixture, and a powder jet device
The present invention relates to a powder mixture, in particular for the remineralization of teeth, a powder jet device, in particular for application in the field of dentistry, a use of the powder mixture for producing a means for the remineralization of teeth and to a method for the remineralization of teeth, and a use of a powder mixture in a dental apparatus. The powder mixture comprises a deposition powder which is designed to adhere to tooth surfaces. |
| US10596071B1 |
Locked pill bottle with timed dispense limits
A pill bottle which is locked has a chute for the exit of pills therefrom. Within the chute or the walls of the pill bottle (or both) is a chemical such as an opioid antagonist or another which is designed to destroy the physiological and/or medicinal effect of the pill or pills held there-within. The chemical can further be transparent and become colored upon contact with the pills. In this manner, the pills can be dosed and only exit at pre-defined times and pre-defined amounts and tampering with the bottle results in destruction of the pills. |
| US10596065B2 |
Treatment of allergies and autoimmune diseases
The present disclosure provides a method of treating allergies and autoimmune diseases using microsystem acupuncture. Methods provided herein for treating allergies and autoimmune diseases using microsystem acupuncture involving a novel allergy zone. In embodiments, the method includes identifying an allergy zone (AZ) (Soliman Allergy Zone (SAZ)) (FIG. 1 A) in an acupuncture microsystem of a subject in need of treatment and treating the zone to treat the allergy or autoimmune disease. In embodiments, treating the zone includes introducing an acupuncture needle in the zone. In particular embodiments, the method includes identifying one or more active points in the liver projection site of the AZ and treating the active point or points. |
| US10596064B2 |
CPR chest compression system with tonometric input and feedback
A CPR chest compression system which uses tonometric data as feedback for control of chest compression device. |
| US10596059B2 |
Device and method for strengthening the arms of human exoskeletons
An exoskeleton includes an arm brace coupled to an arm of a wearer and a tensile member connected to the arm brace. An actuator exerts a pulling force on the tensile member. The pulling force reduces a length of the tensile member between the arm brace and the actuator and causes the arm of the wearer to bend at an elbow. |
| US10596053B1 |
Inflatable assist chair
The inflatable assist chair comprises a chair and a compressor. The chair may be inflated and deflated using the compressor to more air into and out of the chair. The deflated chair may be placed next to a supine person and the supine person may be moved onto the deflated chair. The compressor may then be activated to inflate the chair, lifting the supine person off the ground and eventually into a seated position. Once the occupant of the chair has been moved to a wheelchair or o a standing position, the direction of airflow through the compress may be reversed an the compressor may be used to deflate the chair. In some embodiments, support ridges on the side of the chair may prevent the supine person form rolling off of the chair as it inflates. |
| US10596052B2 |
Person lifting devices with accessory detection features and methods for operating the same
In the embodiments described herein, the person lifting device automatically determines if an accessory, such as a sling, is properly connected to a sling bar of the person lifting device and, if the accessory is not properly connected, the person lifting device provides a user with a visual and/or audible warning and, in some embodiments, may lock-out the actuation controls of the person lifting device to prevent the person lifting device from being used. |
| US10596048B2 |
Methods and systems for forming moisture absorbing products from a microcrop
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods and systems for deriving odor- and moisture-absorbing products from a microcrop (e.g., photosynthetic aquatic species). More specifically, the present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to forming an absorptive product from Lemna, including an animal litter, an animal bedding, a diaper product, a spill clean-up product, and any combination thereof. A process for forming an absorbent product from a microcrop may comprise the actions of (a) lysing the microcrop to generate a lysed microcrop; (b) separating the lysed microcrop into a solid fraction and a juice fraction; (c) processing the solid fraction to generate an absorbent solid; and/or (d) forming, by a shaping unit, the absorbent solid into pellets or granules that may be incorporated into the absorptive product. An absorptive product may have odor-reducing properties that are due in part to chlorophyll (e.g., from a microcrop). |
| US10596044B2 |
Method of manufacturing absorbent article
A method of manufacturing an absorbent article. The method includes a first step of forming the absorbent body provided with the absorbent body concave portion; a second step of forming core embosses at least on both sides of the absorbent body concave portion by compressing the absorbent body from the skin-contacting side of the absorbent body; and a third step of stacking the liquid permeable topsheet on a top surface side of the absorbent body and forming the embossed portion. |
| US10596041B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for minimizing wound dehiscence, scar spread, and/or the like
Apparatuses for minimizing scar spread and reducing risk of wound dehiscence and related methods. Some of the apparatuses include a flexible first strip and a flexible second strip, the first and second strips configured to be coupled to a patient's back on opposing sides of a wound and a substantially inelastic and flexible layer of material configured to be directly coupled to the first and second strips with the layer in tension to resist separation of the first and second strips, where the layer is configured to be removably coupled to at least one of the first and second strips. In some of the apparatuses, the layer is configured to be removably coupled to each of the first and second strips. In some of the apparatuses, the layer is non-removably coupled to and/or is unitary with at least one of the first and second strips. |
| US10596037B2 |
Devices and methods for non-invasive multi-wavelength photobiomodulation for ocular treatments
An ophthalmic phototherapy device and associated treatment methods to expose an eye to selected multi-wavelengths of light to promote the healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. The device includes a housing having an interior; an eyepiece disposed on the housing and configured and arranged for placement of an eye of the patient adjacent the eyepiece; a first light source producing a first light beam having a first therapeutic wavelength and disposed within the housing; a second light source producing a second light beam having a second therapeutic wavelength and disposed within the housing, where the second therapeutic wavelength differs from the first therapeutic wavelength by at least 25 nm. |
| US10596034B2 |
Crushing tip for eye surgery
A crushing tip dramatically increases a contact area between the crushing tip ultrasonic vibrated and a crystalline lens, compared to conventional crushing tips, and can efficiently crush and emulsify the crystalline lens. In the crushing tip, which is inserted into the crystalline lens of an eye of a patient at a time of an eye surgery for crushing, sucking, and discharging the crystalline lens by providing the ultrasonic vibrations, one or a plurality of partition walls is provided in such a way as to cross a through hole inside the through hole of a cylindrical tip main member. A tip of the partition wall may project from a tip of the tip main member, and a projecting portion may extend to an outer peripheral edge of the tip main member in a width direction as well. |
| US10596026B2 |
Apparatus for improved breathing
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for improved breathing is provided. The apparatus may include an improved oral appliance, an improved mask, an improved coupler to couple an oral appliance to a mask, and/or a combination of these improvements. |
| US10596023B2 |
Ankle brace
An ankle brace which is positioned on an ankle of a person which incorporates a tensioning structure which permits full range of motion to the ankle joint but which prevents the ankle joint from moving past its normal range of motion to protect the ankle joint. |
| US10596018B2 |
Intravascular stent
An expandable stent for implanting in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen. In one aspect, the stent includes a butterfly pattern to which connecting links are attached. In another aspect, the stent embodies a non-directional structure. |
| US10596017B2 |
Self-sealing tubular grafts, patches, and methods for making and using them
A self-sealing tubular graft is provided for implantation within a patient's body that includes an elongate tubular body including first and second self-sealing cannulation regions and a loop region extending between the first and second cannulation regions. The loop region includes one or more reinforcement members attached to a first length of the loop region and extending at least partially around a circumference of the tubular body. For example, the reinforcement members may include one or more sinusoidal or zigzag members extending along the first length with alternating peaks and valleys extending at least partially around a circumference of the tubular body. Self-sealing patches are also provided that include one or more reinforcement members embedded within base material. |
| US10596016B2 |
Endovascular device configured for sequenced shape memory deployment in a body vessel
A method of sequenced deployment of an endovascular device comprises delivering, into a body vessel, a Nitinol structural element comprising n deployable regions each having a local austenite finish temperature above body temperature. The local austenite finish temperature of at least one of the n deployable regions is different from the local austenite finish temperature of another of the n deployable regions. During and/or after delivery, the Nitinol structural element is heated above body temperature, and each of the n deployable regions is deployed when the local austenite finish temperature thereof is reached. Thus, a deployed configuration of an endovascular device is achieved in a sequenced deployment process. |
| US10596013B2 |
Walking assistance apparatus and method of controlling the walking assistance apparatus
A walking assistance apparatus and a method of controlling the walking assistance apparatus are disclosed. The method may include measuring a movement of a hip joint of a user wearing the walking assistance apparatus and a movement of another portion of a body of the user, correcting movement information of the hip joint based on movement information of the other portion of the body, and controlling a torque to be applied to the walking assistance apparatus based on the corrected movement information of the hip joint. |
| US10596009B2 |
Knee augment
A knee prosthesis kit includes an implant and an augment. The implant has a base and a stem extending from the base, and the augment has a base and a conical, cylindrical, or anatomic portion extending from the base. The augment base has at least two openings for receiving fasteners for securing the knee augment to the implant. The portion and the base define a bore for receipt of the implant post. A coupler includes a mating portion for receipt in a bore of an implant post, and a cone-shaped portion extending from the mating portion. A method of providing fixation of knee implants includes securing an augment to an implant and positioning a conical, cylindrical, or anatomic portion of the augment within the intramedullary canal of the tibia or femur. |
| US10596006B2 |
Elbow prosthesis
An elbow prosthesis according to the present teachings can include a stem structure and an articulating component. The stem structure can be operable to be positioned in a bone of a joint. The stem structure can include a stem portion that is operable to be positioned in the bone and a C-shaped body portion having a first retaining mechanism formed thereon. The articulating component can have a second retaining mechanism formed thereon. One of the first and second retaining mechanisms can comprise an extension portion and a first anti-rotation portion. The other retaining mechanism can comprise a receiving portion and a second anti-rotation portion. The articulating component can be advanced from an insertion position to an assembled position, such that the first and second mechanisms cooperatively interlock to inhibit translation and rotation of the articulating component relative to the C-shaped body portion of the stem structure. |
| US10596003B2 |
Sacroiliac joint implant system
A method of treating a sacroiliac joint at a sacroiliac joint region having a sacrum, an ilium and a sacroiliac joint space therebetween, the method comprising: a) delivering a joint implant into the sacroiliac joint region, the joint implant comprising a body including a length extending between a proximal end and a distal end, an external surface extending the length, and a fixation member receiving channel extending the length and disposed in the external surface; and b) delivering a fixation member into the fixation member receiving channel thereby forming a joint implant assembly, the fixation member slidingly and matingly engaging the fixation member receiving channel in a grooved arrangement, wherein, when the fixation member is received into the fixation member receiving channel, the fixation member extends outward from the external surface of the joint implant and extends a portion of the length. |
| US10596002B2 |
Sacroiliac fusion system
A method of performing an orthopedic procedure in the sacroiliac region. At least one aperture is formed that at least partially extends through at least one of an ilium and a sacrum. An undercutting system is at least partially inserted into the aperture. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus, a probe assembly and a cutting assembly. The probe assembly is moved with respect to the insertion apparatus from a retracted position to an extended position. The probe assembly is manipulated within a joint between the ilium and the sacrum while the probe assembly is in the extended position. The cutting assembly is moved with respect to the insertion apparatus from a retracted position to an extended position. The cutting assembly is sharper than the probe assembly. The cutting assembly is manipulated within the joint between the ilium and the sacrum while the cutting assembly is in the extended position to form a fusion region. The undercutting system is removed from the aperture. |
| US10595998B2 |
Method of repairing a defective heart valve
A method of repairing a defective heart valve is disclosed comprising directing an implant delivery catheter to form a first curve of the implant delivery catheter around chordae of the heart valve on a ventricular side of the heart valve, inserting the implant delivery catheter through the heart valve to an atrial side thereof, forming a second curve of the delivery catheter along an annulus of the heart valve on the atrial side, and ejecting an annuloplasty implant from the delivery catheter while retracting the delivery catheter such that the annuloplasty implant is arranged along the first and second curve on the ventricular and atrial side. |
| US10595996B2 |
Thrombus management and structural compliance features for prosthetic heart valves
A prosthetic heart valve can include an outer support assembly, an inner valve assembly, which define between them an annular space, and a pocket closure that bounds the annular space to form a pocket in which thrombus can be formed and retained. Alternatively, or additionally, the outer support assembly and the inner valve assembly can be coupled at the ventricle ends of the outer support assembly and the inner valve assembly, with the outer support assembly being relatively more compliant in hoop compression in a central, annulus portion than at the ventricle end, so that the prosthetic valve can seat securely in the annulus while imposing minimal loads on the inner valve assembly that could degrade the performance of the valve leaflets. |
| US10595992B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for cardiac treatment
A device for providing cardiac treatment at the left atrium of a patient's heart. The device includes a retention body and a prosthetic valve. The retention body has a shape that can be manipulated between a collapsed state and a normal or expanded state. First and second openings are defined at one side of the retention body, and a lower opening is defined at an opposite side. The prosthetic valve is carried by the retention body at the lower opening. The retention body is configured to engage a substantial portion of an interior surface of the left atrium, securing the prosthetic valve at a desired location relative to a native mitral valve (e.g., within the mitral valve or slightly spaced from the mitral valve). The first and second openings are sized and shaped so as to permit blood flow from the pulmonary veins into the interior region. |
| US10595988B2 |
Cosmetic corneal inlay and implantation method thereof
Disclosed is an intrastromal insert, already preformed, of solid, transparent, impermeable, biocompatible, physiologically inert and chemically resistant material, with notches allowing the passage of metabolites, substances, cells or portions thereof, and drugs, configured to receive printing, which is adapted in the space of the corneal stroma to change the eye color and/or to solve the problem of insufficient pigmentation of the iris. The method and the related component to change, permanently and reversibly, the eye color for aesthetic purposes are described as well. |
| US10595983B1 |
Constructs and methods for repairing a tendon with a reduced risk of reinjury
A method of effecting a tendon repair in a patient comprising providing a suture tape, using the suture tape to connect tendon tissue to bone of the patient such that the suture tape lays flat on the tendon, and permitting ingrowth of the tendon tissue into the suture tape as the absorbable fibers are absorbed into the patient's tissue. The suture tape is a flat braid of elastic, absorbable fibers and high strength fibers, the tape being at least 1 mm wide and 2 cm long, and less than 1 mm high. The suture tape includes at least 4 absorbable fibers and at least 4 high strength fibers. Further, the suture tape is capable of being stretched at least 10% from its shortest length to the length at which it breaks and is capable of withstanding a load of at least 260 Newtons before breaking. |
| US10595981B2 |
Coated sutures for reducing stent graft endoleaks
The present technology relates generally to endovascular prostheses. More particularly, the disclosure relates to endovascular prostheses having a graft material and a stent structure attached with a suture, or a seam formed by a suture, where the suture has a coating that expands upon exposure to body fluids. The expansion allows for the coating to fill suture holes in the graft material so as to reduce or eliminate endoleaks. |
| US10595980B2 |
Temporary valve and valve-filter
A temporary percutaneous valve-filter device having valve portions non-porous to blood and filter portions non-porous to emboli but at least in part porous to blood. In one embodiment, the device has a substantially flat valve unit and a substantially flat filter unit. In another embodiment, the device has at least one open umbrella deployed configuration. In one aspect, the device has a unitary construction with one umbrella canopy with one or more filter areas with flaps allowing unidirectional blood flow. In another aspect, the device has a valve unit and filter unit, the umbrella canopies oriented in opposite directions, and the valve unit “closes” and opens to allow blood to flow to one direction. Also provided is a temporary valve system, including a core having an inverted delivery configuration and everted deployed configuration, that may be used with or without a filter unit, and a method of deployment. |
| US10595975B2 |
Capacitive sensor array for dental occlusion monitoring
The invention relates to devices, systems and methods exploiting capacitive means for monitoring and analysing teeth-related parameters in a subject, such as the dental occlusion profile and/or the load/force applied upon clenching. The device comprises a body such as a bite fork or bite splint, capacitive sensor(s) incorporated within a soft substrate reversibly deformable once bitten by a subject and a micro-controller unit. The teeth contact points and forces applied upon occlusion are measured via the sensors, delivered to and re-elaborated by the micro-controller unit and possibly sent and visualized in a graphical/numerical fashion on e.g. a display screen. |
| US10595972B2 |
Method and user interface for use in manufacturing multi-shaded dental restorations
Disclosed is a method, a system, and a user interface for determining a preferred relative arrangement of digital restoration designs and digital representations of multi-shaded milling blocks for use when manufacturing dental restorations from multi-shaded milling blocks. A preferred first relative arrangement of a first digital restoration design and a digital representation of a first multi-shaded milling block is determined, and therefrom a preferred second relative arrangement of a second digital restoration design and a digital representation of a second multi-shaded milling block is determined. |
| US10595965B2 |
Interproximal reduction planning
The present disclosure includes computing device related, systems, and methods for IPR planning as described herein. One method includes identifying a first tooth and a second tooth in a digital dental model with an overlap in a target final position in a treatment plan and identifying a reference line on each of the first tooth and the second tooth; revising the treatment plan wherein a position of each of the first tooth and the second tooth is determined in which the reference line of each of the first tooth and the second tooth are aligned and the first tooth and second tooth are not overlapping; and prescribing IPR based on the determined position of each of the first tooth and the second tooth. |
| US10595964B2 |
Intra-oral appliance for field isolation and moisture control
An intra-oral simultaneous bilateral inter arch isolation appliance features a generally W-shaped body having first and second cheek retractor wings, and first and second transitions respectively joining the cheek retractor wings to a tongue crib of generally U-shaped configuration with an open posterior end. In a patient worn position, each cheek retractor wing runs buccally along a respective half of a patient's dental arches to retract and isolate buccal mucosa, while the transitions curve posteriorly around the rear molars between the maxillary tuberosity and retromolar pad to carry the tongue crib inside the dental arches, where it shields and isolates the tongue. Commissure cradles at anterior ends of the cheek retractor wings hook around the patient's oral commissures at terminal ends of the appliance. Inner passageways within the body accommodate fluid extraction and/or light transmission through the appliance. |
| US10595963B2 |
Dispenser, and dispenser and cartridge
A dispenser includes a guide shaft, a housing, accommodating the guide shaft, and supporting the guide shaft movably frontward and rearward along an axial direction, a slide block slidably mounted on the guide shaft, a piston shaft having one end mounted on the slide block, and another end projecting from the housing as the slide block moves frontward, a handle projecting from the housing, a slide bar having one end rotatably supported on the housing, and another end approaching the handle when rotated, and an engaging piece provided on the one end of the slide bar and engaging a guide groove formed in the guide shaft, wherein the engaging piece moves the guide shaft frontward when the other end of the slide bar is rotated to approach the handle due to an operation of a user. |
| US10595962B2 |
Ultrasonic endodontic surgical instrument
An ultrasonic root end retro-preparation endodontic apical surgical instrument. The instrument has a double-angled shape with a length of between about 1-2 in (2.5-5.1 mm), and is made of a metal which safely and effectively propagates ultrasonic energy from a base segment to a bent distal tip with a length of between about 0.08-0.15 in (0.20-0.38 mm). The instrument includes a swivel segment that permits rotation of the bent distal tip of up to 360°. By allowing the bent distal tip to be swiveled, the instrument may be used for all quadrants, anterior and posterior teeth without switching out the instrument for another one. |
| US10595960B2 |
Ultrasonic methods and devices for dental treatment
Devices and methods for ultrasonic dental treatment are described, wherein the devices and methods can comprise a flexible array of cooperative ultrasound transducers. The array can contain individual ultrasonic transducers that can perform both functions of emitting and sensing. The transducers can have the ability to interchange their functions from emitting to sensing. The transducers can cooperate in providing an ultrasound treatment and each transducer can be independently controlled by an external source controller. An ultrasound system is provided comprising: an ultrasound transducer sensor array operable to emit or sense ultrasound, wherein the timing and intensity of emission may be controlled by an electronic controller based on a feedback signal from the sensors. In addition the ultrasound system can also have the ability to sense coupling to a treatment tissue. This ability to sense proper coupling can improve the efficacy of the treatment. |
| US10595955B2 |
Control device, control method, and microscope device for operation
Provided is a control device including control circuitry configured to control a position and an attitude of a microscope by driving an arm that supports the microscope on the basis of a captured image of a surgical operating site photographed by the microscope during a surgical operation so that a position and attitude condition is satisfied. The position and attitude condition is a condition that prescribes a position and an attitude of the microscope with respect to the surgical operating site to obtain a desired captured image corresponding to the position and attitude condition. |
| US10595954B2 |
Needle breast biopsy system and method for use
A tilted needle biopsy assembly is provided for mounting on an x-ray system. Because the biopsy needle is angled relative to at least one of the detector and the x-ray source, x-ray imaging may be performed during the biopsy procedure without interference by the biopsy device. The angled biopsy needle additionally allows improved access to the axilla and chest wall of the patient. The stereotactic biopsy device of the present invention may be coupled to any x-ray system, whether upright or prone, including but not limited to mammography systems, tomosynthesis systems, and combination mammography/tomosynthesis systems. The system flexibly supports the use of any mode of image capture (i.e., scout, two dimensional mammogram, three-dimensional reconstructed volume) for either or both target visualization and target localization. With such an arrangement, a needle biopsy assembly having improved patient coverage is provided for use with a variety of different x-ray imaging platforms. |
| US10595951B2 |
Force sensor for surgical devices
The present disclosure relates to force sensors and force sensor substrates for use with surgical devices. |
| US10595947B2 |
Surgical instrument shaft with embedded optical fiber
A surgical instrument shaft is provided that includes a hollow tube formed of a base material and including an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface; reinforcing glass material is embedded between the inner surface and outer wall surface; an optical fiber is embedded within the base material between the inner wall surface and the outer wall surface. |
| US10595944B2 |
Surgical robotic cart with selective wheel alignment
A mobile surgical robotic cart assembly includes a vertical column supporting a robotic arm thereon, a base, and a plurality of casters each having wheels and each being attached to the base thereby allowing the surgical robotic assembly to move. Each of the plurality of casters has a wheel alignment assembly configured to lock each of the respective wheels in a plurality of orientations. |
| US10595942B2 |
Techniques for generating a bone plate design
A computer-implemented technique for generating a data set that geometrically defines a bone plate design is presented. A method implementation of this technique comprises visualizing, based on shape data of a bone, a bone model on a display device, deriving, responsive to a user interaction signal that is indicative of a user interaction relative to the bone model, plate design data representative of a plate-specific design property, and generating a data set that geometrically defines a bone plate design from at least the plate design data and one or more generic plate parameters. |
| US10595940B2 |
Laser systems and related methods
A laser system includes a collimator configured to output a collimated laser beam, a support member to which the collimator is mounted, and a linear rail along which the support member is movable in a first dimension such that the collimator, mounted to the support member, and the collimated laser beam, outputted from the collimator, are movable in the first dimension. The laser system further includes a lens positioned downstream of the collimator and configured to direct the collimated laser beam to a target location on a specimen. |
| US10595938B2 |
Estimating cardiac catheter proximity to the esophagus
An apparatus includes a processor and an output device. The processor is configured to receive positions, within a heart of a patient, of one or more electrodes that apply Radio Frequency (RF) energy to ablate tissue in the heart, in a coordinate system having a vertical axis. The processor is further configured to calculate, based on the received positions, a subset of one or more smallest heights among respective heights of the electrodes above an esophagus of the patient along the vertical axis. The output device is configured to present to a user an indication of the smallest heights. |
| US10595934B2 |
Electrosurgical unit pencil apparatus and shroud having directed illumination
An electrosurgery pencil having directed illumination and a removable shroud having directed illumination where the removable shroud is adapted to fit over an electrosurgery pencil. |
| US10595932B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument with a knife blade lockout mechanism
An electrosurgical forceps is provided with a shaft that extends from a housing of the electrosurgical forceps. An end effector assembly operably coupled to the shaft includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable from an open configuration, to a clamping configuration. A knife blade assembly includes a knife blade translatable within the first and second jaw members. A knife blade lockout mechanism is in operative communication with the knife blade assembly and includes an elongated cam slot with a cam pin translatable therein from a distal end of the elongated cam slot corresponding to the knife blade lockout mechanism engaged with the knife blade assembly, to a proximal position corresponding to the knife blade lockout mechanism disengaged from the knife blade assembly. |
| US10595927B2 |
Combination medical device
A combination medical includes a first arm and a second arm interconnected to the first arm. The first arm and the second arm are biased towards each other by a closing force. A biasing member is disposed between the first arm and the second arm. The biasing member has a first position that biases the first arm and the second arm away from each other against the closing force and a second position that does not oppose the closing force. The combination medical device may be an electrosurgical device with a mono-polar and bi-polar configuration. |
| US10595922B2 |
Contrast agent to assess quality of occlusion through impedance measurement
A method, system, and device for predicting lesion quality. Specifically, lesion quality may be predicted based on an assessment of pulmonary vein occlusion using injection of an impedance-modifying agent and evaluation of changes in impedance measurements recorded by an electrode located distal to an occlusion element of the treatment device used to inject the impedance-modifying agent. The quality of the occlusion may be rated based on the changes in impedance over time within the pulmonary vein. For example, the quality of the occlusion may be rated as being good, fair, or poor. This assessment may be quickly and easily communicated to an operator. |
| US10595920B2 |
Surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument comprises a first member including a lateral projection having a locking surface that defines an elongated cavity. The locking surface is engageable with a longitudinal member to fix the longitudinal member with the first member. A second member includes at least one mating element being engageable with a spinal construct. The first member is axially translatable relative to the second member in a first direction to tension the longitudinal member and in a second direction to release tension from the longitudinal member. Systems and methods are disclosed. |
| US10595919B2 |
Surgical tools with positional components
Surgical tools with an upwardly extending tubular support member having a longitudinally extending open channel are provided/described. The tubular support member has a wall surrounding the open channel. The tubular support member may include a base pivotably attached to the tubular support member so that a pivot axis extends above the bottom surface of the base across a bottom portion of the tubular support member to allow the tubular support member to pivot back and forth over a bottom surface of the base. The tubular support member can cooperate with downwardly extending k-wires that anchor to patient bone and/or a strap. One or all of the base, strap and/or k-wires may be used with surgical tools for treating back pain use a spinal facet debridement tool with cautery and denuding action and minimally invasive protocol that can denude and cauterize soft tissue associated with a synovial capsule of the spinal facet joint. |
| US10595916B2 |
Poly-axial fixation posts
This disclosure includes apparatus and methods to attach an orthopedic device to a bone. The method can comprise locating a baseplate on a glenoid of a patient, the base plate including at least a first fastener bore, creating a first post hole in the glenoid for locating a first fixation post, the first fixation post including a quasi-spherical head and a porous metal sleeve, and driving the first fixation post through the first fastener bore and into the first post hole. The porous metal sleeve can engage the first post hole and the quasi-spherical head can contact at least the first wall of the first fastener bore to removeably lock the quasi-spherical head to the baseplate. Driving the first fixation post can create an initial compression between the baseplate and the glenoid. The porous metal sleeve can receive bone ingrowth to maintain the initial compression. |
| US10595914B2 |
Rod insertion with adjustable rod angulation
The invention relates to a rod insertion device (10) for the insertion of a fixation rod (1) into a pedicle screw, comprising a receiving body (20), which has, at its distal end, a receiving recess (22) with opposite guide grooves (24), a clamping body arranged displaceably in the receiving body (20) for clamping the transverse rod in the receiving groove of the rod insertion device, wherein, in an entry area, the guide grooves of the receiving recess (22) are formed in a first direction in the receiving body (20) and, in a force-fitting area behind the entry area, are formed in a second direction different from the first direction, with the result that an inserted fixation rod is blocked in the first direction and/or in that a blocking element (30) is further provided with a detent (32), which is mounted movable between a release position and a blocking position. |
| US10595901B2 |
Ratcheting strut
A ratcheting strut comprising: (a) a ratchet box including a through passage; (b) a first tube sized to extend at least partially through the passage, the first tube including teeth that engage corresponding teeth of the ratchet box; (c) a second tube mounted to the ratchet box in parallel with the first tube, the second tube operatively coupled to a second fixation adapter; and, (d) a threaded rod operatively coupled to a nut and a first fixation adapter, the threaded rod repositionably mounted to the first tube, where the nut is operatively coupled and repositionable with respect to the first tube. |
| US10595900B2 |
Transcutaneous analyte sensors, applicators therefor, and associated methods
The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present embodiments provide sensor applicators and methods of use with activation that implant the sensor, withdraw the insertion needle, engage the transmitter with the housing, and disengage the applicator from the housing. Systems and methods according to present principles allow for such steps to occur without significant loss of spring force, and without deleterious effects such as seal slingshotting. |
| US10595899B2 |
Automatic dilator
Automatic dilator devices for generating minimally invasive access apertures for surgical procedures or endoscopic surveillance. The automatic dilators comprise a number of spreader tubes nested one inside the other. The devices deploy automatically by means of coupled mechanical mechanisms which insert one spreader after the other distally into the patient's tissue. Each spreader moves distally into the tissue by means of a screwing action, by which rotation is converted into linear motion of the neighboring spreader, immediately external to it, by means of interaction between a helical thread form on a surface of a spreader being engaged by a section of thread, or by one or more protrusions on the opposing face of the next spreader external to the rotating spreader. Such a combination of helical thread and follower enables a rotatory mechanism to be used to deploy one nested spreader tube after the other, by continuous rotary motion. |
| US10595898B2 |
Device for medical procedure localization and/or insertion
A device (100) for medical procedure localization and/or insertion that can be dimensionally adjusted for different patient sizes and properly aligned and stabilized using anatomical landmarks. The device (100) for medical procedure localization and/or insertion provides an adjustable template that indexes the site of interest at the intersection of a first axis or plane and a second axis or plane. An embodiment is disclosed in which a first axis is the axillary line through the patient's axilla (armpit) and iliac crest (pelvis), and a second axis is the patient's ideal horizontal nipple line. The intersection of the first and second axes is the 4th or 5th intercostal space, into which a needle and/or chest tube may be placed for decompression. |
| US10595896B2 |
Apparatus for accessing bone marrow including depth control mechanism
An apparatus for accessing bone marrow inside a bone is provided. The apparatus may include a penetrator assembly having a tissue penetrator and a hub. The tissue penetrator my have a hollow cannula disposed in fixed relation to the hub. The apparatus may also have a driver configured to insert a portion of the tissue penetrator into the bone and bone marrow, and a depth control mechanism configured to control the depth of penetration of the tissue penetrator into the bone and bone marrow. The depth control mechanism may have a sensor configured to detect a position of the bone and bone marrow. The depth control mechanism may also have a mechanical stop. |
| US10595893B2 |
Infusion lubricated atherectomy catheter
A matter elimination catheter includes a catheter body extending from a catheter proximal portion to a catheter distal portion. The catheter body includes an infusion lumen, an aspiration lumen fluidly isolated from the infusion lumen, and a septum interposed between the infusion and aspiration lumens. A drive shaft is within the infusion lumen and is configured to provide rotation near the catheter distal portion. A guide wire lumen is within the drive shaft, and the infusion lumen, the drive shaft and the guide wire lumen are fluidly separated from the aspiration lumen with the septum. In one example, fluid bearings are formed between one or more of the catheter body and drive shaft or the drive shaft and a guide wire or guide wire liner when supplied with infusion fluid through the infusion lumen. |
| US10595892B2 |
Tissue removal system
A tissue removal system is provided which enables optimally performing a full-thickness resection of a hollow organ while minimizing invasiveness. In this tissue removal system, a tissue pressing tool which has a tissue contacting part and which is guided into the abdominal cavity, and a resection and anastomosis device work together. The resection and anastomosis device resects and performs anastomosis of tissue positioned between a main body and an anvil part, and, when pressing the tissue to be cut to the cutting position of the resection and anastomosis device by means of the tissue contacting part, the tissue contacting part is pressed against two abutment parts of the resection and anastomosis device. |
| US10595891B2 |
Endoscopic surgical blade and method of use thereof
An endoscopic surgical blade is disclosed. The blade is of a low-profile design, having a downward angled cutting surface that is radiused at its upper end. The blade is part of an endoscopic knife assembly which also contains a knife tube. The endoscopic knife assembly is for use in endoscopic surgery by insertion of the assembly through a slotted cannula. The knife tube is hollow and allows the insertion of an endoscope for viewing of the surgical procedure. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using an endoscopic knife assembly having a low-profile, downward angled blade is also described. |
| US10595880B2 |
Systems and methods for haptic control of a surgical tool
A surgical system includes a surgical tool and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to provide a plurality of virtual haptic interaction points where each virtual haptic interaction point is associated with a portion of the surgical tool such that movement of the surgical tool corresponds to movement of the plurality of virtual haptic interaction points, establish a haptic object that defines a working boundary for the surgical tool, and constrain at least one of the portions of the surgical tool based on a relationship between at least one of the plurality of virtual haptic interaction points and the haptic object. |
| US10595879B1 |
Blade for osteotome
A blade for use in an osteotome or other cutting device. The blade may have, in sequence, a cutting portion, a transition portion, and a gripping portion, with the transition portion being located between the cutting portion and the gripping portion. The cutting portion may be planar and have at least one cutting edge. The gripping portion may be non-planar. The transition portion may be smoothly contoured. The non-planar nature of the gripping portion may provide increased rigidity of the blade. All of the blade may have uniform thickness of material. Also provided may be a chuck for gripping the blade. The chuck may have an upper nest and a lower nest that in combination closely fit around the gripping portion. The chuck may have a movable pin that locks the gripping portion into the chuck. A portion of the chuck may be spring-loaded. |
| US10595878B2 |
IFAK package assemblies
IFAK assemblies may include an outer shell having an outer shell interior. An interior sleeve may be removably deployed in the outer shell interior of the outer shell. A left tourniquet sleeve may be carried by a first side of the outer shell. The left tourniquet sleeve may have a left sleeve interior and a left tourniquet retrieval opening. A right tourniquet sleeve may be carried by a second side of the outer shell opposite the first side. The right tourniquet sleeve may have a right sleeve interior and a right tourniquet retrieval opening. |
| US10595873B2 |
Surgical staplers and related methods
Surgical staplers and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical stapler includes a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end of the tubular shaft, a head assembly extending from the distal end of the tubular shaft, and an insertion guide configured to extend through the head assembly. The insertion guide includes an expandable member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. |
| US10595868B2 |
Graft apparatus
Stents and methods of using stents are provided. Stents of the invention provide external support structure for a blood vessel segment disposed within, wherein the stents are capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the compliance properties of an artery. The stent may be formed of a knitted or braided mesh formed so as to provide the needed compliance properties. A venous graft with the stent and a vein segment disposed within is provided, wherein graft is capable of mimicking the compliance properties of an artery. Methods of selecting stents for downsizing and methods of using the stents of the invention in downsizing and smoothening are provided. Methods of replacing a section of an artery with a venous graft including a stent of the invention are provided. Methods of reducing intimal hyperplasia in implanted vein segment in a venous graft using stents of the invention are provided. |
| US10595867B2 |
Systems and methods for attaching a prosthesis within a body lumen or hollow organ
Systems and methods introduce and deploy prosthesis into a blood vessel or hollow body organ by intra-vascular access. The prosthesis is secured in place by fasteners which are implanted by an applier that is also deployed by intra-vascular access. The applier is configured to permit controlled, selective release of the fastener in a step that is independent of the step of implantation. |
| US10595864B2 |
Adapter assembly for interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and surgical systems thereof
The present disclosure relates to an adapter assembly for electrically and mechanically interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units. The adapter assembly includes an articulation assembly having a rotatable drive shaft having a proximal end rotatable by a surgical device and a distal end having a gear with external teeth, a gear nut including external gear teeth meshingly engaged with the external teeth of the gear, a screw disposed within the gear nut and including external threads engaged with internal threads of the gear nut such that the screw is axially moveable relative to the gear nut, and an articulation bar operably coupled to the screw such that axial movement of the screw results in corresponding axial movement of the articulation bar. |
| US10595862B2 |
Staple cartridge including a compressible member
A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, a surgical staple, and a compressible member is disclosed. The surgical staple is movable from an unfired position to a fired position. The surgical staple is deformable from a first shape in the unfired position to a second shape in the fired position during a firing stroke. The surgical staple is ejected from the cartridge body during the firing stroke. The surgical staple comprises a crown, a first deformable member extending from the crown, and a second deformable member extending from the crown. The compressible member is positioned intermediate the first deformable member, the second deformable member, and the crown after the surgical staple has been deformed into the second shape. The compressible member is at least partially positioned between the first deformable member and the second deformable member of the surgical staple when the surgical staple is in the unfired position. |
| US10595856B2 |
Stitching device with long needle delivery
An end effector assembly for a surgical stitching device is provided. The end effector assembly includes an end effector, a housing, and a needle. The end effector includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The housing is movable relative to the end effector. The needle is releasably coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing between a first, insertion position and a second deployed position. The needle is adapted, when in the second, deployed position, to releasably couple to one or both of the first jaw member and the second jaw member of the end effector. |
| US10595854B2 |
Surgical cutting device
A device for suture thread cutting, containing:a handle;a stationary external element having a channel at the distal end, and a proximal end connected to said handle, said channel is fitted and shaped for holding a suture thread;a movable cutter having a cutting edge, partially inserted into said handle, said cutting edge is configured to move between a first position and a second position in said channel;wherein in said first position the suture thread is retained within the channel and in said second position the suture thread is cut. |
| US10595851B2 |
Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone
A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel. |
| US10595849B2 |
Surgical instruments
A surgical instrument having an anchor and a plug is capable of anchoring a suture. The suture anchor has an anchor body having a top surface, a bottom surface distal to the top surface, a transverse bore and a well, the well having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an inner bottom surface. The plug has a post, a head, and a bottom face. The anchor body and the anchor plus form a suture anchor. The suture anchor may be used during surgical procedures and can be used in the re-tensioning of a suture. |
| US10595846B2 |
Securing graft tissue in a bone tunnel and implementations thereof
This disclosure describes embodiments of an anchor with a body configured to expand radially outwardly along its entire length. The anchor includes, but is not limited to, an elongate body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the elongate body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a bore aligned with and extending along the longitudinal axis, the elongate body comprising a slot penetrating into the outer surface towards the longitudinal axis, the slot forming a path circumscribing the longitudinal axis. |
| US10595839B2 |
Insertion instrument for anchor assembly
An insertion instrument is configured to eject at least one anchor body into respective target locations, and subsequently apply a predetermined tensile force at least one actuation member of the at least one anchor member so as to actuate the at least one anchor body from a first configuration to a second expanded configuration. The insertion instrument can include a tension assembly that applies the predetermined tensile force to the at least one actuation member. The predetermined tensile force can be defined by a distance of travel, a predetermined failure force of a fuse, or a combination of distance of travel and a predetermined failure force of a fuse. |
| US10595838B2 |
Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture
An apparatus for sealing a puncture includes a positioning member including a proximal end, a distal end sized for insertion into a puncture, an expandable element on the distal end, and a tension indicator on the proximal end. The tension indicator includes a distal housing portion fixed relative to the proximal end, and a proximal housing portion or handle movable proximally relative to the distal housing portion. The handle is biased towards the distal housing portion such that, when sufficient tensile force is applied between the expandable element and the handle, the handle moves away from the distal housing portion. During use, the distal end is introduced through a puncture into a vessel, the expandable element is expanded, and the positioning member is partially withdrawn until the expanded element contacts a wall of the vessel and the handle separates from the distal housing portion, indicating that sufficient tension is applied. |
| US10595830B2 |
Cytology sampling system and method of utilizing the same
A cytology sampling system includes a catheter tube and a cytology tool. The catheter tube has open proximal and distal ends. The cytology tool is insertable through the catheter tube and includes a flexible shaft, a brush, and a position sensor. The brush is coupled to a distal end of the flexible shaft. The brush includes a plurality of brush shafts. Each brush shaft has bristles disposed along a portion of a length thereof. The bristles are coupled to and extend radially away from an outer surface of each of the brush shafts. The bristles are configured to collect cell samples from targeted tissue of a patient. The position sensor provides an indication of the location of the position sensor within a luminal structure. The system may include a positioning assembly for placing the distal end of the catheter tube adjacent the target tissue. |
| US10595824B2 |
Image processing apparatus, ultrasonic imaging apparatus, and imaging processing method for the same
Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus collects volume data which relates to an object, generates volume-rendered image data from the collected volume data, acquires a projection image of the object at a position at which virtual illumination is emitted toward the object, based on the volume-rendered image data, and corrects the projection image by using at least one conversion function, thereby obtaining a result image. |
| US10595820B2 |
Smooth transition catheters
The present invention generally relates to a rapid exchange configuration that reduces the profile of a catheter riding on a guidewire and minimizes guidewire resistance. According to certain embodiments, a body of the catheter includes a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion defines a guidewire lumen and includes a guidewire exit port being open in a proximal direction and leading to the guidewire lumen. A proximal section of the guidewire lumen is straight. |
| US10595816B2 |
System and method for tracking a penetrating instrument
A system for tracking an instrument including an intraoperative transducer array configured to generate signals from array positions to generate real-time images of an area of interest. The instrument can be a penetrating instrument having a sensor mounted at a position of interest and being responsive to the signals from the array positions. A signal processing module can be provided and configured to determine a position and orientation of the instrument in accordance with the signals and to classify media of the position of interest based upon a response of the sensor to the signals from the array positions. An overlay module can be provided and configured to generate an overlay image registered to the real-time images to identify a position of the position of interest and provide feedback on the media in which the position of interest is positioned. A display can be provided and configured to provide visual feedback of the overlay image on the real-time images. |
| US10595815B2 |
Medical attachment device tracking system and method of use thereof
A tracking system for tracking a medical attachment device within a tracking area, the tracking system including a first reflector defining a first tracking region, a medical attachment device having at least one reflector sensor operable to integrate the first reflector, and a processor communicatively coupled to the medical attachment device, the processor operable to determine a distance between the medical attachment device and the first reflector to determine a location of the medical attachment device relative to a subject. |
| US10595813B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac and respiratory conditions using acoustic sounds
A medical device system and associated method discriminate respiratory and cardiac conditions using respiratory sounds. A sensing module acquires a first signal and a second signal, at least the second signal acquired from an acoustic transducer. A processor is configured to receive the first signal and to control the sensing module to acquire the second acoustic signal in response to a change in the first signal. The processor discriminates between a cardiac condition and a respiratory condition as a cause of the change in the first signal in response to the second acoustic signal. |
| US10595803B2 |
Signal processing method and imaging system for scatter correction in computed tomography
A signal processing method is disclosed, which includes detecting a total intensity of X-rays passing through an object comprising multiple materials; obtaining at least one set of basis information of basis material information of the multiple materials and basis component information of photon-electric absorption basis component and Compton scattering basis component of the object; estimating a scatter intensity component of the detected X-rays based on the at least one set of basis information and the detected total intensity; and obtaining an intensity estimate of primary X-rays incident on a detector based on the detected total intensity and the estimated scatter intensity component. An imaging system adopting the above signal processing method is also disclosed. |
| US10595802B2 |
Apparatus for the flexible positioning of a radiation source and a radiation detector
An apparatus for medical examinations includes a first arm that is rotatable about an axis, the first arm being configured to carry a radiation source or a radiation detector. The apparatus for medical examinations also includes a second arm that is rotatable about the axis, the second arm being configured to carry a radiation source or a radiation detector. The second arm is attached to the first arm and is rotatable relative to the first arm. |
| US10595801B2 |
Radiological imaging device for lower limbs
Provided is a radiological imaging device configured to be used for the analysis of a limb and including a first module including a source configured to emit radiation; a second module including a detector configured to receive the radiation; a drive unit of the modules; a platform configured to define an outer support surface for the modules and an attachment configured to constrain the modules to the drive unit allowing the drive unit, housed in the inner volume, to command the movement of the modules resting on the outer surface. |
| US10595799B2 |
X-ray assembly including a plurality of X-ray facilities
System and methods are provided for an X-ray assembly including at least two X-ray facilities each with a control facility and a recording assembly including an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector. At least one of the X-ray facilities is a mobile X-ray facility with a mobile carrier carrying the recording assembly. The control facility of least one of the at least one mobile X-ray facility is configured to control the image recording operation of the respective X-ray facility using control data received from another control facility via a communication connection and/or to transfer at least one recorded image dataset to at least one further control facility via the communication connection. |
| US10595798B2 |
Detection apparatus and detection method
A detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes first detectors, a first electrode, second detectors and a second electrode. The first detectors detect a photon. The first electrode is electrically connected to each of the first detectors. The second detectors detect a photon. The second electrode is electrically connected to each of the second detectors. The number of first detectors is less than the number of second detectors. |
| US10595793B2 |
Patient status notification device, notification method in patient status notification device and program
For each biological information, a caution level range and a warning level range as to the biological information value are stored. When the acquired biological information value of the biological information of a patient falls within the caution level range, a notice of the status of the patient is given to a first notice destination. When the aforementioned biological information value falls within the warning level range, the notice of the status of the patient is given to a second notice destination. Thus, by switching the notice destinations based on the status of the patient, it is possible to provide a patient status notification device or the like that can appropriately and promptly perform notification. |
| US10595791B2 |
Endovascular heat exchange systems and methods with blood flow monitoring and notification functions
Endovascular heat exchange systems and methods wherein a heat exchange catheter is positionable within the vasculature of a patent to exchange heat with the patient's flowing blood. The rate at which heat is being exchanged is determined and quantitative blood flow determinations may be made based on the rate of heat exchange. The system provides notification(s) to personnel when one or more blood flow-related events occur(s), such as a) resumption or continuation of effective spontaneous circulation; b) cessation of absence of effective spontaneous circulation, c) the occurrence of spontaneous or cardiac-compression-generated circulation that is below a minimum effective blood flow rate and e) the occurrence of spontaneous or cardiac-compression-generated circulation that is at or above a minimum effective blood flow rate. |
| US10595786B2 |
Confidence indicator for physiological measurements using a wearable sensor platform
Embodiments include a method and system for providing data to a user of a wearable sensor platform. The method may be performed by a least one software component executing on at least one processor. The method includes capturing data for the user using at least one sensor in the wearable sensor platform. The data includes physiological data and artifact data. The physiological data includes noise data therein. A confidence indicator for the data is determined based on at least one of the physiological data and the artifact data. A physiological data signal corresponding to the physiological data and the confidence indicator is provided to the user on the wearable device platform. |
| US10595783B2 |
Electronic device for measuring information regarding human body and operating method thereof
An electronic device and method for measuring user body information are provided. The method for measuring user body information includes detecting a contact of a user's body portion on at least two spots of a touch screen of the electronic device, upon detecting the contact of the user's body portion on the at least two spots of the touch screen, applying power to a first coil in the electronic device, and measuring the user body information using at least one of a voltage and a second current measured after a first current is induced across the user's body by a first magnetic field generated from the first coil as the power is applied. |
| US10595781B2 |
Electronic stickers with modular structures
An electronic sticker assembly includes a first electronic sticker comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and first one or more conductive connection dots on the upper surface, a first adhesive layer on the first electronic sticker and comprising a first window. The first window is positioned to expose the first one or more conductive connection dots. A second electronic sticker on the first adhesive layer includes a lower surface and one or more second conductive connection dots on the lower surface. The first conductive connection dots on the upper surface of the first electronic sticker are in contact with the one or more second conductive connection dots on the lower surface of the second electronic sticker through the first window in the first adhesive layer. |
| US10595780B2 |
Wearable biological information sensing device
An electronic apparatus includes: a base; a functional element; and a first member and a second member which connect the base and the functional element to each other. The first member and the second member have different elastic moduli from each other. The elastic modulus of the first member is higher than the elastic modulus of the second member. At least a part of the first member is situated more closely to a center of the functional element than the second member, as viewed in a plan view taken from a direction in which the base and the functional element are arrayed. |
| US10595777B2 |
Method and device for hydration monitoring
Provided herein are methods and devices operable to monitor the hydration of a user. The wearable device for hydration monitoring includes an emitting component operable to emit light having at least three different wavelengths, a sensor operable to receive a reflected portion of the emitted light, and a processor operable to receive signals from the sensor. At least one of the wavelengths is in the range from 900 nm to 1600 nm for optical detection of a level of water. The method for hydration monitoring includes emitting light from a light emitting component operable to emit light having at least three different wavelengths and detecting light with at least one photodetector. At least three distances between the light emitting component and the photodetector are known and the at least three distances allow monitoring of at least two different tissue beds with at least two different tissue depths. |
| US10595776B1 |
Determining energy expenditure using a wearable device
A method and system for determining energy expenditure (EE) are disclosed. The method comprises determining a plurality of sensor streams using a plurality of detected physiological signals and processing the plurality of sensor streams to determine the EE. The system includes at least one sensor to detect a plurality of physiological signals, a processor coupled to the at least one sensor, and a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device includes an application that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine a plurality of sensor streams using a plurality of detected physiological signals and to process the plurality of sensor streams to determine the EE. |
| US10595775B2 |
Precision dialysis monitoring and synchronization system
A device, system and related methods for monitoring a mammal with heart failure, kidney disease or both, to make predictions about the likelihood of a life threatening ventricular arrhythmia. The device, system and related methods can have one or more sensors in electronic communication with a processor, the sensors determining one or more physiological parameters of a patient, and communicating the physiological parameter to the processor, and the processors using an algorithm to determine the probability of a ventricular arrhythmia based on the physiological parameters. |
| US10595774B2 |
Methods and apparatus for the planning and delivery of radiation treatments
Methods and apparatus are provided for planning and delivering radiation treatments by modalities which involve moving a radiation source along a trajectory relative to a subject while delivering radiation to the subject. In some embodiments the radiation source is moved continuously along the trajectory while in some embodiments the radiation source is moved intermittently. Some embodiments involve the optimization of the radiation delivery plan to meet various optimization goals while meeting a number of constraints. For each of a number of control points along a trajectory, a radiation delivery plan may comprise: a set of motion axes parameters, a set of beam shape parameters and a beam intensity. |
| US10595772B2 |
Anaesthesia and consciousness depth monitoring system
Methods and systems incorporating non-linear dynamic (NLD) analysis such as entropy or other complexity analysis monitoring continuous or evoked signals from a biological subject are presented, where such a system comprises of processing steps including: a) the combination of a biological signal evoked as a result of patient stimulation presented to a biological subject and a non-linear analysis method capable of capturing temporal changes in signal order or regularity; b) any combination of processed evoked or continuous central nervous or peripheral physiological mechanisms b) a means to generate a measure indicative of a patient's level of anaesthesia and consciousness depth (A&CD), sedation or sleep/wake state. Methods and systems incorporating a NLD analysis means to improve the discrimination between different signals origins including any combination of: a) central nervous system (CNS), b) peripheral control or nervous system (PNS), c) autonomic control or nervous system (ANS), d) arousals, and e) artifacts. |
| US10595769B2 |
Aspiration device and method for determining viscoelastic properties of biological tissues and synthetic materials
A device for measuring the elastic deformability of soft tissue has a probe head having the form of a cup with a cavity, side walls and a bottom wall, a first probe channel, a pressure unit and a control unit, the first probe channel being configured to connect the pressure unit, that provides a vacuum inside first probe channel and that is controlled by the control unit with the probe head. The first probe channel has a distal end leading through the bottom wall into the cavity. The device further has a second probe channel having a distal end leading through the bottom wall into the cavity and being connected with a pressure sensor provided to determine the pressure in the cavity and to communicate it to the control unit to determine a point in time, when deformed tissue closes the distal end of the first probe channel based on a pressure difference in the two probe channels. |
| US10595767B2 |
Apparatus and method for recognizing symptoms of dementia and providing dementia patient management service
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for detecting dementia and providing a dementia patient management service. A dementia symptom recognition apparatus includes a reception unit for receiving physiological signals of a dementia patient collected by sensors corresponding to a dementia detection device, an ambient environmental information signal, a location signal, a motion signal, an audio signal, and a video signal for the dementia patient, a determination unit for analyzing the signals, and determining features of the dementia patient, wherein the features include information about whether the dementia patient is in an unconscious state during generation of the physiological signals and whether the patient speaks words appropriate for a situation, and a symptom recognition unit for comparing features corresponding to respective dementia symptoms with features of the dementia patient, determining variations in cognitive ability, memory, and expressiveness based on a result of the comparison, and recognizing each dementia symptom. |
| US10595764B2 |
Emotion identification device, emotion identification method, and emotion identification program
An emotion identification device includes: a first detection unit which detects a central nervous system reaction of a user; a second detection unit which detects an autonomic nervous system reaction of the user; and an identification unit which identifies aggressiveness in anger of the user based on the central nervous system reaction and the autonomic nervous system reaction. |
| US10595757B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring biological component
An apparatus for measuring a biological component includes: light sources configured to emit light that irradiates a target object; one or more detectors configured to receive light from the target object that is irradiated by the light emitted by the light sources and to detect light signals corresponding to the light received from the target object; and a processor configured to determine an optimal light source for measuring a biological component, from among the light sources, based on the light signals detected by the one or more detectors and to measure a biological component of the target object using the optimal light source. |
| US10595755B2 |
System and method for monitoring glucose level
A system for monitoring glucose blood level of a user is disclosed. The system comprising an illumination unit configured for providing coherent optical illumination on a selected inspection region on the user body, a collection unit configured for collecting light returning from the inspection region and generating a plurality of image data pieces associated with speckle patterns in the collected light, and a control unit comprising a processing utility and storage utility comprising pre-stored calibration data, the processing utility is configured for receiving input data on a plurality of image data pieces from the collection unit and for processing said input data for determining correlation functions between different image data pieces and using said correlation functions and said pre-stored calibration data for determining data on glucose blood level of the user. |
| US10595752B2 |
Diagnostic probe for measuring the deformation of an internal cavity
The diagnostic probe can be inserted into a vaginal or rectal body endo-cavity of the human body so as to measure the displacement of the walls of the endo-cavity and organs that surround the endo-cavity and so as to measure the displacement and the passive and active resistance of at least one muscle of the perineum. The diagnostic probe includes at least one endo-cavitary body provided with at least two pressure sensors arranged in the same plane and acting either in the same direction or in two opposite directions. The endo-cavitary body can be deformable without opposing resistance and matching the walls of the endo-cavity. The endo-cavitary body includes at least one device for measuring the displacement of the endo-cavitary wall along the three axes X, Y and Z. |
| US10595746B2 |
Body-worn monitor for measuring respiration rate
The invention provides a multi-sensor system for monitoring a patient's respiratory rate. The system features an impedance pneumography sensor featuring at least two electrodes and a processing circuit configured to measure an impedance pneumography signal and a 3 axis accelerometer) that attaches to the patient's torso and measures an ACC signal indicating movement of the chest or abdomen that is also sensitive to respiratory rate. The signals are collectively processed, e.g. with the adaptive filter to determine a value for the respiratory rate. |
| US10595744B2 |
Surgical tool-positioning devices and related methods
The disclosure describes assemblies for use during image-guided procedures and can include turret arms and/or longitudinally extending and laterally extending cooperating devices for holding surgical tools such as trajectory guides. |
| US10595737B2 |
Systems and methods for classifying ECG data
A computer-implemented method for processing ECG data may include: receiving, over an electronic network, ECG data, wherein the ECG data represents a plurality of heartbeats; analyzing the ECG data, by at least one processor, to determine whether each of the plurality of heartbeats is a normal heartbeat or an abnormal heartbeat; associating, by the at least one processor, each of the abnormal heartbeats with either only one of a plurality of existing templates or a new template; receiving, from a user, input related to each new template, wherein the input includes either: a) a confirmation that the new template represents an abnormal heartbeat, or b) a reclassification of the new template as representing a normal heartbeat or a different abnormal heartbeat; and in response to the user input, updating, by the at least one processor, a label of each of the heartbeats associated with each confirmed new template and each of the heartbeats associated with each reclassified new template. The ECG data may be received from a portable monitor configured to be carried on a patient's body. |
| US10595735B2 |
Systems and methods for personalized clinical applications of accelerated theta-burst stimulation
Systems and methods for treatment of neurological conditions using aTBS in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for treating neurological conditions, including generating a personalized accelerated theta burst stimulation (aTBS) target representing a location in a patient's brain related to a neurological condition, placing a TMS device relative to the patient's brain such that the focus of the magnetic field is over the aTBS target, applying TMS to the aTBS target according to an aTBS protocol to the brain using the TMS device to alleviate the neurological condition. |
| US10595734B2 |
Diagnostic and optimization using exercise recovery data
An apparatus, such as a cardiac function management system can detect heart sounds following a sensed transition in physical activity level, such as from an elevated physical activity level to rest. A technique can include systems, methods, machine-readable media, or other techniques that can include identifying a physical activity level transition, receiving a heart sound signal, determining characteristics of the heart sound and subject physiologic activity to provide an indication, such as a heart failure status indication. |
| US10595730B2 |
Physiological monitoring methods
A method of monitoring a subject includes detecting subject head motion information via a microelectromechanical systems sensor associated with an earpiece worn by the subject, processing, via a processor associated with the earpiece, the head motion information to determine subject head displacement relative to an origin and to determine if the subject has fallen down and/or is not moving, and transmitting the processed head motion information to a remote device. The method further includes communicating corrective action to the subject from the remote device and/or communicating corrective action for the subject from the remote device to a third party. The earpiece may include an audio headset, a hearing aid, or an earpiece fitting. |
| US10595729B2 |
Method and apparatus for prediction of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated subjects
In a method and breathing apparatus for prediction of fluid responsiveness of a subject connected to a breathing apparatus, at least one parameter is monitored that is indicative of a degree of carbon dioxide elimination of the subject, and a positive end expiratory pressure PEEP regulator of the breathing apparatus is operated to apply a PEEP maneuver in which a PEEP applied to the subject is changed from a first PEEP level to a second PEEP level. A processor predicts the fluid responsiveness of the subject based on a change in the monitored parameter, following the change in PEEP. |
| US10595725B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collection unit and a generation unit. The collection unit collects data of an imaging area over a plurality of time phases within a certain respiratory cycle after applying a labeling pulse to a labeling area in which cerebrospinal fluid flows under a task of respiration. The generation unit generates images of a plurality of time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid by using the collected data. |
| US10595724B2 |
Adaptor for an image capture device for fundus photography
An adaptor for attachment to an image acquisition device, the image acquisition device having one or more camera apertures for enabling capture of one or more images entering the image acquisition device via the one or more camera apertures. The adaptor has a housing defining a passage along which light waves may travel, an objective lens arrangement within the passage, a secondary lens arrangement within the passage positioned such that, when the adaptor is attached to an image acquisition device, the secondary lens arrangement is along a possible light pathway between the objective lens arrangement and one or more camera apertures. The lens arrangements are together configured to magnify an image of a pupil of the eye in proximity to a plane of one or more camera apertures and to focus light waves from a light source at a point external of the adaptor and offset from the optical axis of the objective lens. |
| US10595723B2 |
Measuring method
In a method for registering measurement points on a body, in particular on an eye, measurement points are registered along a trajectory on a surface of the body, in particular a curved surface of the body, for determining an axial length profile, by way of a measurement beam. Here, a minimum radius of curvature of the trajectory is at least 1/7, preferably at least ⅕, particularly preferably at least ⅓ of a radius of a circumference of the surface. |
| US10595722B1 |
Automatic optical path adjustment in home OCT
Retinal imaging systems and related methods employ a user specific approach for controlling the reference arm length in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging device. A method includes restraining a user's head relative to an OCT imaging device. A reference arm length adjustment module is controlled to vary a reference arm length to search a user specific range of reference arm lengths to identify a reference arm length for which the OCT image detector produces an OCT signal corresponding to the retina of the user. The user specific range of reference arm lengths covers a smaller range of reference arm lengths than a reference arm length adjustment range of the reference arm length adjustment module. |
| US10595721B2 |
Surgical apparatus for lamellar keratoplasty comprising an OCT detection unit
The present invention relates to a surgical apparatus for dissecting a part of cornea during lamellar keratoplasty, which provides a surgical apparatus comprising: an injector unit including a hollow injection needle having a bevel structure at one end; a laser unit for emitting a laser for OCT imaging; an OCT detection unit for photographing a tomographic image of the cornea using the laser; a laser light sensor located on an inner surface of the bevel structure of the injection needle and connected to the laser unit and the OCT detection unit through an optical fiber; and a depth adjusting unit for adjusting a depth of the injection needle in the cornea according to an operation of a user. |
| US10595720B2 |
User interface for acquisition, display and analysis of ophthalmic diagnostic data
Improvements to user interfaces for ophthalmic imaging systems, in particular Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems are described to improve how diagnostic data are displayed, analyzed and presented to the user. The improvements include user customization of display and reports, protocol driven work flow, bookmarking of particular B-scans, accessing information from a reference library, customized normative databases, and ordering of follow-up scans directly from a review screen. A further aspect is the ability to optimize the contrast and quality of displayed B-scans using a single control parameter. Virtual real time z-tracking is described that maintains displayed data in the same depth location regardless of motion. |
| US10595718B2 |
Endoscope
The endoscope includes an imaging device that is provided in a tip portion of an insertion part capable of being inserted into a body cavity. The imaging device includes an image sensor that photoelectrically converts imaging light incident on an image receiving surface thereof through an imaging lens provided in a lens barrel, and a circuit substrate including a connecting surface facing a terminal face that is a surface opposite to the image receiving surface of the image sensor. A plurality of terminals are uniformly arranged longitudinally and laterally in a two-dimensional matrix form on the terminal face of the image sensor, and the connecting surface of the circuit substrate and the terminal face of the image sensor are connected to each other through the plurality of terminals. The total area of the plurality of terminals on the terminal face occupies 10% or more of the area of an imaging area of the image receiving surface. |
| US10595717B2 |
Capsule endoscope system and magnetic field generating device
A capsule endoscope system includes: a capsule endoscope configured to be introduced into a subject and having a magnetic field response unit configured to respond to a magnetic field and having an imaging unit configured to image an object; a magnetic field generating unit configured to generate the magnetic field to guide the capsule endoscope; an input unit configured to input commands for changing at least one of a position and a posture of the capsule endoscope; a setting unit configured to set a reference distance between the imaging unit and the object; a detection unit configured to detect a distance between the object and the imaging unit; and a magnetic field controller configured to control the magnetic field generating unit to generate the magnetic field based on the distance and the commands while a difference between the distance and the reference distance is maintained within a certain range. |
| US10595716B2 |
Portable surgical methods, systems, and apparatus
Portable surgical systems, methods, and kits are described. The surgical systems may include a camera configured to capture images, viewing equipment configured to receive and display the captured images, a processor, and a stand. The camera, the viewing equipment, the processor, and the stand are configured to be housed in a case. Surgery may be performed using the surgical system by retrieving surgical components from the case, assembling the retrieved surgical components into a surgical system, positioning a patient within the surgical system for surgery, configuring the surgical system, performing the surgery with the surgical system, reconfiguring the surgical system during the surgery, disassembling the surgical system after the surgery, and placing the components in the case. |
| US10595714B2 |
Multi-jet controller for an endoscope
The present specification describes a control mechanism to control fluid flow through one or more fluid channels that supply fluid to the distal tip of an endoscope. A pump is provided with an endoscope to control the flow of fluid from an external source to a combination of fluid channels within the endoscope, which supply fluid to front and side jets of a multi-jet endoscope assembly. The pump is preferably dual-direction pump that enables control of fluid to either the front jet or to the front and side jets of the endoscope. |
| US10595711B2 |
System for a minimally-invasive, operative gastrointestinal treatment
Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery including a system for performing minimally invasive procedures including a flexible catheter having a first lumen, a first flexible tube positioned in the first lumen, and a second flexible tube positioned in the first lumen. The first lumen defines a first space configured and dimensioned to receive an endoscope. The first flexible tube and second flexible tube are fixed at a proximal portion and configured to float within the first lumen of the catheter. First and second flexible guides are slidably positioned within the first and second flexible tubes and dimensioned to receive a first instrument for axial movement therein, the first and second flexible guides movable to an angled position with respect to a longitudinal axis. A working space expanding system positioned at a distal portion of the flexible catheter, the working space expanding system movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body lumen. |
| US10595708B2 |
Control device for endoscope system, endoscope system, and control method for endoscope system
An endoscope system includes an imaging unit having an image sensor to image a subject, a light source emitting illumination light for illuminating the subject, and a laser treatment instrument which can emit laser light for treating the subject during emission of the illumination light. A control device for the endoscope system includes a determination unit which determines a state of use of the laser treatment instrument, and a brightness adjustment circuit which adjusts at least one of exposure time in imaging by the imaging unit and the amount of emitted light of the light source based on the result of determination by the determination unit. |
| US10595707B2 |
Adjustable rack assemblies and end caps for appliances
Adjustable rack assemblies and end caps for appliances, such as a dishwasher appliance, is provided herein. A rack assembly may include a frame, a rack, a first front wheel, a second front wheel, and an end cap. The rack may be selectively mounted to the frame to receive articles for washing within a wash chamber, and may be slidable along the frame between an extended position and a retracted position. The first front wheel may be rotatably attached to the rack above the frame. The second front wheel may be rotatably attached to the rack below the first front wheel in vertical alignment therewith. The end cap may be attached to the frame at a forward end thereof. The end cap may define a top-end catch profile and a bottom-end relief profile. |
| US10595705B2 |
Dispensing device
A dispensing device for introducing a pourable detergent in metered amounts into a treatment chamber of a program-controlled cleaning appliance includes: a supply container for holding the detergent, the supply container having a reservoir chamber and a metering chamber terminating in a dispensing opening, the metering chamber being fluidically connected to the reservoir chamber via an interposed passage opening; a carrier unit which is rotatable by a motor and replaceably receives the supply container; and a closure device that closes the passage opening at least until the supply container is first put into use. |
| US10595700B2 |
Cleaning cloth fitted with a recess capable of being joined to a mop base
A cleaning cloth, and in particular a cleaning cloth for floors suitable for being attached to a mop base, and fitted with special coupling devices that make it easy to attach it to the mop base and ensure it is held securely. |
| US10595693B2 |
Dust collector using fan heat and dust collector having ironing function
Disclosed is a dust collector using fan heat, comprising a bottom shell (10) and an upper cover (50), wherein a rear end (12) of the bottom shell (10) is provided with an air outlet (122) and a fan assembly (30), the upper cover (50) covers and is connected to the bottom shell (10), air flow from the fan assembly (30) is discharged via the air outlet (122), and the fan assembly (30) is provided with a fan (33) and a stator (331); and the rear end (12) is provided with a lower frame edge (121), the fan assembly (30) and the air outlet (122) are enclosed to form a closed air flow channel (35), and a heat collector (40) is provided on the stator (331) in the air flow channel (35), and can rapidly collect heat and warm the air flow to form hot air flow. Also disclosed is a dust collector having an ironing function, which uses hot air flow to heat an ironing board (60) and then performs ironing and sterilization, so that the dust collector also implements recycling of energy resources while achieving the dust collection effect so as to perform effective sterilization and ironing. |
| US10595691B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a cyclonic separating unit and a body that includes a suction generator, a battery and a handle by which the vacuum cleaner is supported during use. The handle is provided with an actuator in the form of a finger-operated trigger for actuating the vacuum cleaner and a trigger guard disposed below the trigger. The battery is disposed below the trigger guard such that the center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner is located below the trigger guard. |
| US10595685B2 |
Pumps, dispensers and methods of using the same
Pumps and dispensers having dosage control and various methods for actuating a pump or piston allow users to deliver a product from a container to be used by the user. |
| US10595682B2 |
Bathing chair assembly
A bathing chair assembly that allows access to genital and perianal regions of a bather includes a seat. A plurality of legs is coupled to and extends substantially perpendicularly from a bottom of the seat. The legs are configured to support the seat substantially parallel to a substantially horizontal surface, positioning the seat to support the bather. A backrest that is coupled to and extends from a rear edge of the seat is configured to support a back of the bather who is positioned on the seat. A void that is centrally positioned in the seat is configured to allow a user access to the genital and perianal regions of the bather. |
| US10595680B2 |
Multifunction kitchen utensil useful for cleaning a whisk or similar item
A multipurpose kitchen utensil useful for wiping the wire elements of a whisk has a working portion containing a plurality of slots arranged arcuately and extending radially in spaced relation to one another and structured to receive the wire elements of a whisk. The utensil includes a central core member formed of a material capable of maintaining its shape when subject to external pressure, and an overlying layer of a more resilient material such as silicone. The radial slots extend inwardly and taper to an edge capable as serving as a spatula. |
| US10595676B2 |
Manifold assembly and wash barrel for soft serve machine
A self-contained system is provided for cleaning a food flow path in a food processor. The system can be operably engaged without requiring disassembly and reassembly of the food processor or can be operably engaged after a partial disassembly of the food processor. The system includes a control assembly for directing passage of a solution through the food processor without requiring constant operator oversight. The system can employ available positive pressure water supply, such as public utility water pressure to selectively and automatically push solutions, including rinses, backwards or forwards through a food flow path in the food processor, though typically countercurrent to the normal processing food flow. A manifold assembly includes an intake manifold and a distribution manifold, with an induction port and/or access port in the distribution manifold for introducing additives or agents into a controlled motive stream passing through the manifold assembly. |
| US10595675B2 |
Manifold assembly with wash barrel for soft serve machine
A self-contained system is provided for cleaning a food flow path in a food processor. The system can be operably engaged without requiring disassembly and reassembly of the food processor or can be operably engaged after a partial disassembly of the food processor. The system includes a control assembly for directing passage of a solution through the food processor without requiring constant operator oversight. The system can employ available positive pressure water supply, such as public utility water pressure to selectively and automatically push solutions, including rinses, backwards or forwards through a food flow path in the food processor, though typically countercurrent to the normal processing food flow. A manifold assembly includes an intake manifold and a distribution manifold, with an induction port and/or access port in the distribution manifold for introducing additives or agents into a controlled motive stream passing through the manifold assembly. |
| US10595671B2 |
Coffee machine and relevant coffee extraction method
A coffee machine includes a weighing system to measure the weight of the liquid coffee extracted in a cup and a coffee grinding machine having a weight system to measure the weight of the ground coffee dispensed in a filter-holder. The coffee machine has a control unit provided with a memory, wherein infusion ratios for different types of coffees are saved and the coffee grinding machine includes a control unit operatively connected to the control unit of the coffee machine to send information about the weight of the ground coffee contained in the filter-holder. The control unit of the coffee machine uses the information received from the coffee grinding machine to extract a coffee that satisfies an infusion ratio selected by the operator. |
| US10595670B2 |
Coupling of a device for connecting a beverage machine to a distribution network
A connecting device is arranged for connecting a beverage machine (2) with an external liquid delivery system (3) to supply such liquid to the machine (2). The connecting device (1) has: a device body (16); an inlet (10) for a fluid connection to the external system (3); an outlet (13) for delivering liquid from the external system (3) via the inlet (10) to the machine (2); a valve arrangement (12a, 12b) switchable between an open configuration for establishing a fluidic connection between the inlet (10) and the outlet (13) and a closed configuration for interrupting the fluidic connection; and a control unit (14) for switching the valve arrangement (12a, 12b) between its open configuration and its closed configuration. The device body (16) has an assembly arrangement (16c; 16b, 16d, 16e, 16f) for reversibly or irreversibly assembling the device body (16) to the machine (2). |
| US10595666B2 |
Capsule machine and components
A machine for preparing a product from a capsule that contains desired ingredients is provided. The machine includes a housing, a brew chamber disposed in the housing for holding a capsule and an injection system adapted for injecting a fluid into said capsule. In one embodiment, the injection system has a plurality of injection nozzles that are each adapted for piercing a lid of a capsule. In another embodiment, the brew chamber has at least one movable portion that is adapted to move to receive different sized capsules. |
| US10595662B2 |
Sous-vide immersion electronic circulator cooker
A sous-vide circulator cooker includes a casing including a front shell and a rear shell; a wheel control device, a temperature limiting thermostat, a circuit board for controlling switch, a mechanical fan for drawing cold air in and expelling hot air out, a main circuit board configured to activate heating and agitation; a drive source for agitation and testing, a support for heating member, an electric heating member, a fan blade assembly, a lower case section configured to store a quantity of liquid which is configured to be agitate by the fan blade assembly, an inlet device including, a fastening assembly, and an AC power cord for supplying power to electrical components of the circulator cooker. |
| US10595661B2 |
Double wall cooking vessel with induction element insert
A cooking vessel system includes a double wall cooking vessel that includes a bottom wall, an inner side wall, and an outer side wall. The cooking vessel also includes a plurality of dividers that extend between the inner side wall and the outer side wall. The plurality of dividers form one or more slots between the inner side wall and the outer side wall. The system also includes an induction element configured to fit into a slot of the one or more slots such that the induction element is positioned at least partially between the inner side wall and the outer side wall. |
| US10595660B2 |
Portable fully automatic cooking system
The present invention is a portable fully automatic cooking system which can automatically prepare food items as per the user's demand ‘by using recipes files, data and cooking centric algorithm software stored in user interface device or by downloading the needed recipe from remote server. This machine unit of system can be controlled by any kind of computation device, laptop, tablet, computer, smart phone etc for cooking, recording, managing which satisfies hardware and software requirement standards of system which user can control and command through physical presence or from remote location. Machine unit stores various ingredients inside it and demands for chief ingredients and cooks recipes in accordance with recipe using custom developed artificial intelligence. The scalability and flexibility of machine design, structure, components and positioning makes automated cooking possible, efficient and most practical. The capability to add custom vessels, modules and attachments adds extended efficiency in automated cooking. |
| US10595658B2 |
Safety mailbox assembly and methods of using same
A safety mailbox assembly, comprising: a substantially hollow and post-less top structure configured with a top portion of a reversible connection at a base of the top structure and including at least one mail box disposed therein; a substantially hollow and post-less bottom structure configured with a bottom portion of the reversible connection; wherein the top portion and the bottom portion connect together to reversibly connect the top structure and the bottom structure. |
| US10595656B1 |
Carpet-stretching apparatus
A carpet-stretching apparatus, including a main frame to connect to at least a portion of a carpet as disposed on a surface, at least one carpet spike disposed on at least a portion of the main frame to be inserted into at least a portion of the carpet, such that at least a portion of the carpet moves in response to movement of at least a portion of the main frame, and a stretch bar manipulation assembly disposed on at least a portion of the main frame to move at least a portion of the main frame in response to a manipulation of the stretch bar manipulation assembly. |
| US10595655B2 |
Multi-hook hangers for steaming fabrics
Apparatus are disclosed for multi-hook hangers for steaming fabrics. An example hanger includes hooks that include rod hooks for hanging from a rod. The rod hooks include a first rod hook and a second rod hook that are spaced apart from and parallel to each other. The hooks also include a back hook for hanging from a wall hook. The back hook is coupled to the first rod hook and the second rod hook. The example hanger also includes arms including a first arm and a second arm. Each of the arms include a back arm segment, a front arm segment spaced apart from the back arm segment, and a curved end extending between and connecting the front arm segment and the back arm segment. The example hanger also includes a base connecting the hooks to respective arms. |
| US10595653B1 |
Beverage system
A beverage system is provided that includes a cup having a frustoconical wall extending from a first end to a second end. The first end is coupled to a bottom wall and the second end defines a rim. Inner surfaces of the walls define a cavity. The rim defines an opening that is in communication with the cavity. A lid is coupled to the rim such that the lid covers at least a portion of the opening. A sleeve includes a collar that surrounds a portion of the frustoconical wall. The sleeve includes first and second arms. The arms each include a first end coupled to the collar and an opposite second end. The second end of the first arm directly engages the lid. The second end of the second arm directly engages the second end of the first arm when the second end of the first arm directly engages the lid to prevent the lid from being removed from the cup. |
| US10595652B1 |
Pillow customization system and method
A method of pillow customization includes analyzing shapes associated with people through the use of sensors to create analytical data; receiving photos from a subject user through a first computing device and a server; determining a firmness of a mattress of the subject user based on the photos; determining body measurements of the subject based on the photos through one or more algorithms and a second computing device; providing the subject user with a pillow diagram, the pillow diagram having one or more zones, each of the one or more zones being customizable in firmness; receiving one or more subject user inputted selections through the first computing device; and designing a pillow based on the firmness of the mattress, the body measurements, and the one or more subject user inputted characteristics, the pillow being customized to the subject user. |
| US10595649B2 |
Modular counter system and method
Customer service counters with specialized equipment may be used in airports and other settings. Counters in an airport may be used, for example, for ticketing, check-in, and baggage drop off services. Some aspects of the disclosure provide a modular counter system including a counter comprising at least one counter section. Each counter section includes a respective upper panel comprising a respective work surface, and a respective equipment pedestal bay, below the upper panel, for receiving one or more respective portable equipment pedestals therein. The system may further include the one or more respective portable equipment pedestals for each counter section. Each portable equipment pedestal is receivable within the corresponding equipment pedestal bay. The portable equipment pedestals may be configured for a particular user and/or service and may be swapped with one or more other pedestals configured for a different user and/or service. |
| US10595644B2 |
Expandable and collapsible support device and operating methods therefor
An expandable and collapsible support device for multiple use enables attaining an expanded open state for use or return to a compact closed state in mere seconds. The device includes an accordion-style frame that expands laterally from a compact closed state to an expanded open state for use, and a material support cover forming the top of the device and attachable to the frame to provide a support surface above ground level for the device. |
| US10595642B2 |
Lifting device for headrest
A lifting device for headrest includes a fixing frame, a driving rod, two headrest supports, a driving device fixed on the fixing frame, and two lifting mechanisms configured on the fixing frame and located at two sides of the driving device. Each lifting device includes a reversing driving assembly, a guide rod and a slider moveably connected on the guide rod, the two headrest supports are mounted on the sliders, respectively, the driving rod passes through and is driven by the driving device, two ends of the driving rod are connected with the reversing driving assemblies, respectively, and the slider is driven by the reversing driving assembly. Both sliders on the two lifting mechanisms have driving forces so as to improve balance at both sides and make the support force stronger. The headrest is kept in a stable status, thereby preventing damage of the lifting device and the sofa. |
| US10595640B2 |
Activating platform
An activating platform is disclosed. The platform includes a base that has a lower surface that is curved in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis. The curved shape of the base provokes a user rock around in a small angle around a middle position, thereby promoting active sitting. |
| US10595634B2 |
Adjustable angle television mounting apparatus
The present disclosure provides an adjustable angle television mounting apparatus comprising a wall plate, first support arms, a second support arm, an adjustment base and a mounting member. The wall plate is configured to mount to a wall. The mounting member is configured to mount a television. The first support arms are actively mounted to the wall plate through first arm threaded rods. The second support arm is actively mounted to the first support arms through a second arm threaded rod. The adjustment base is mounted to a front end of the second support arm. The mounting member is coupled to the adjustment base to form a structure which can obliquely rotate front and rear and rotate vertically. The television can be tilted upwards, downwards, rotated left or right, and raised or lowered according to needs. The entire apparatus can withstand greater weight, and fast installation can be achieved. |
| US10595624B2 |
Cleaning roller for cleaning robots
A cleaning roller is mountable to a cleaning robot. The cleaning roller includes a sheath comprising a shell, an outer diameter of the shell tapering from a first end portion of the sheath and a second end portion of the sheath toward a center of the roller. The cleaning roller further includes a core including a central portion interlocked with the sheath to rotationally couple the core to the sheath and inhibit relative translation of the sheath and the core along an axis of rotation. An inner surface of the sheath and an outer surface of the core define an air gap therebetween, the air gap extending from the central portion of the core longitudinally along the axis of rotation toward the first end portion or the second end portion. |
| US10595619B2 |
Magnetic multipurpose wearable retainer
The field of invention relates to wearable retainers, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved eyewear retainer apparatus (100) wherein the same permits securement of ornamental indicia such as hatpins (110), lapel pins, trading pins and the like thereto. The magnetic multipurpose wearable retainer (100) has a cylindrical cavity (240) configured to releasably retain the nail portion (315) of said ornamental indicia. Said wearable retainer (100) attaches to shirts (900), hats (1200), jackets (1000), and other articles of clothing and accessories (1100). A hoop constructed of a length of fishing wire (120) is attached thereto said wearable retainer (100) for releasably securing eyewear (125). An earpiece (135) of said eyewear (125) is hooked through said hoop (120) until said eyewear lug (140) rests on said hoop (120), thus suspending said eyewear (125) therefrom. The embodiments disclosed herein retain ornamental nail bearing type indicia while keeping eyewear (125) and other items releasably attached thereto within easy reach. |
| US10595618B2 |
Electronic devices with input-output devices
An electronic device may have a layer of material with transparent portions. The layer of material may be fabric layer, a layer of leather, or other layer of material. The transparent portions may be formed from openings in the layer of material. The transparent portions may overlap electrical components. The electrical components may include a sensor, light-emitting components, and haptic output components. The light-emitting components may include light-emitting diodes, edge-lit light guides, displays having arrays of pixels, or other light-emitting devices. The openings in the layer of material may be patterned to form icon shapes and other shapes. The layer of material may be used in forming a strap for a wristwatch, a case for a cellular telephone or other portable device, or other electronic device. |
| US10595611B2 |
Cosmetic wallet compact
A cosmetic wallet compact including a housing having a first casing, a second casing and attachment means, such as hook and loop fastener strips, to attach the cosmetic wallet compact to a handheld device. First casing is adapted and sized to hold and retain credit card(s), identification card(s) and folded bill(s) in an interior cavity. First casing incorporates a receiving slot and a window through which its contents may be seen and physically manipulated. At the window, a retaining press is provided which keeps cards in place and from unintentionally exiting the receiving slot after being inserted. An ejection guide aperture is further provided to selectively guide contents out of the receiving slot. Second casing has an interior which defines a palette of color cosmetics and a mirror panel. |
| US10595610B2 |
Pumping-type cosmetic container having metal applicator
A pumping-type cosmetic container having a metal applicator, in which it is possible that an applicator made of a metal material is coupled to a front part of a button member, such that the contents can be applied through the applicator immediately after contents are discharged through a pumping operation. The warmth or cold can be delivered to the skin during the application of the contents to the skin through the applicator made of the metal material, thereby enabling facial skin metabolism to be promoted and skin elasticity to improve. |
| US10595609B2 |
Decorative hair accessory, and method of using same
A decorative hair accessory, for placement covering a grouping of a user's hair, includes a hollow cage-like receptacle formed from interconnected tubular segments. The receptacle includes a proximal frame portion having a main opening therein to receive the hair bundle, and a distal cage body attached to the frame portion. The frame portion includes at least three segments interconnected by an elastic filament. The frame portion also has a plurality of junction points where adjacent segments are connected. The frame portion can be temporarily stretched out to allow a user to place a hair bundle therein. The cage body includes a plurality of primary distal tubular segments, at least one of which is connected to, and extends outwardly away from the frame portion at each of the junction points. Ends of the primary distal tubular segments are joined together to define a distal apex of the cage body. |
| US10595605B2 |
Card-accommodating back cover
[Problem] Provided is a card-containing back cover that has excellent strength and appearance and that a card can be easily inserted into and removed from.[Solving Means] A card-containing back cover configured to be mounted on a back face of a mobile information terminal includes a cover body configured to be mounted on the mobile information terminal and a card-containing pocket disposed on an outer surface of the cover body and configured to be capable of containing a card by sliding the card. A card removal hole is provided in the cover body at a position covered by the card-containing pocket, and the card removal hole is formed such that the card contained in the card-containing pocket can be slid through the card removal hole and removed from the card-containing pocket. |
| US10595604B1 |
Folio including magnetic hinge for computing device
Example implementations relate to a folio including a covering portion, a flexible hinge portion, and a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element. The first magnetic element and the second magnetic element may be disposed in the flexible hinge portion. The first magnetic element may be configured to move with respect to the second magnetic element. The folio may be configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration such that when the folio is in the open configuration, a portion of the first magnetic element is attached to a portion of the second magnetic element, and when the folio is in the closed configuration, the portion of the first magnetic element is separated from the portion of the second magnetic element. |
| US10595600B2 |
Invertible ornamental charms
A jewelry apparatus comprises a chain and a decorative element having an opening disposed along an axis for slidably receiving the chain. The decorative element comprises a first portion, a second portion and at least two supporting members. The second portion is spaced in relation to the first portion on opposed sides of the opening. A first ornamental surface and a second ornamental surface are disposed in opposed outwardly facing directions relative to each other along a transverse axis. The two supporting members connect the first and second portions and are disposed on opposed sides of the longitudinal opening. The decorative element is free to rotate about the longitudinal axis between a first position in which the first ornamental surface faces outwardly from the user when worn by the user and a second position in which the second ornamental surface faces outwardly from the user. |
| US10595592B2 |
Closure buckle for closing a ski boot
The invention relates to a closure buckle for closing a ski boot, which buckle comprises a main lever (2) hinged to a base (1) and having a longitudinal notch (20) in which a tie rod (3) is mounted that is connected to a fastener hook and that has an end carrying an auxiliary lever (4), said buckle being characterized in that the main lever (2) is provided with a protective plate (21) laterally defining a housing (24) for receiving the auxiliary lever (4), and the invention also relates to a downhill ski boot equipped with such buckles. |
| US10595591B2 |
Shoe with composite upper and foam element and method of making same
A bonded mesh composite panel can be used to form a three-dimensional upper shell that includes extensions used for double-lasting and/or to otherwise provide a shelf to support foam padding. The foam padding may be, e.g., a foam midsole. The extensions of the upper shell may be located in a lower portion of the shell and may be bonded to the foam midsole in a heel, midfoot and/or forefoot regions. |
| US10595590B2 |
Article of footwear with knitted component having plurality of graduated projections
An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper that is attached to the sole structure. The upper defines a cavity that is configured to receive a foot of a wearer. The upper is at least partially defined by a textile. The textile includes a first area that is substantially smooth. The first area defines a reference boundary that conforms to the cavity. The textile includes a second area. The second area includes a plurality of projection structures that project away from the reference boundary and outwardly from the cavity at varying heights. The second area includes a plurality of recess structures that recess away from the reference boundary and inwardly toward the cavity. The plurality of projection structures and the plurality of recess structures are in an alternating arrangement across the textile. |
| US10595589B2 |
Insole for high-heeled footwear
Insole (28) for high-heeled footwear (26), wherein the insole (28) comprises a lifting structure (34) arranged to lift the metatarsal heads (24) and to flatten the angles of the metatarsal phalangeal joints (22). |
| US10595588B2 |
Sole structure for an article of footwear
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes one or more outsole portions. At least some of these outsole portions include a plurality of alternating upward-facing and downward-facing elongate channels. The channels may have a base and two sidewalls, with adjacent channels sharing a common sidewall. The bases of the downward-facing channels form an upper surface of the outsole portion and the bases of the upward-facing channels form a lower surface of the outsole portion. The sidewalls are arranged at non-perpendicular angles to the upper surface. A first outsole portion has a pressure-versus-strain curve having a local maximum at a “trip point” pressure value and a first strain value and wherein the pressure-versus-strain curve has a change in strain of at least approximately 10% before a second occurrence of the “trip point” pressure value is reached. An article of footwear having the sole structure attached to an upper is also provided. |
| US10595587B2 |
Article of footwear with a segmented plate having a heel region
An article of footwear includes a sole having a first plate and a second plate. The first plate includes a first edge, and the second plate includes a second edge, where the first edge faces the second edge. The first edge has a first contour corresponding to a second contour of the second edge. The first plate includes a heel region, where the heel region includes a first heel region and a second heel region. A notch region separates the first heel region and the second heel region, where the notch region extends from an outer edge of the heel region toward the midfoot portion of the article of footwear. The first plate and the second plate may improve an amount of energy return while running by increasing a rigidity of the sole. |
| US10595585B2 |
Golf shoe with an outsole having wave-like flex channels
A golf shoe has an upper, a midsole, and an outsole. The outsole includes a plurality of wave-like flex channels, surrounded by a hard base material. The hard base material provides stiffness for support and stability while the flex channels allow the outsole to bend when a user walks or swings a golf club. The outsole also has a plurality of receptacles for attaching and removing cleats, providing traction between the golf shoe and a ground surface. |
| US10595582B2 |
Lockout feature for a control device
An article of footwear can include provisions for improving the operation and use of various systems associated with the article. A control device included in the article can be configured to allow manual control of a system by a user. A lockout feature that can disable manual control may be included. During periods of competitive activity, the manual controls may be disabled to allow a user wearing the article to engage in different activities without inadvertent activation of a system. In some cases, the control device and lockout feature can be used in conjunction with a motorized tensioning system. |
| US10595581B2 |
Lace adjuster assembly including feedback assembly for use in visualizing and measuring athletic performance
A lace adjuster assembly (12) is adapted to selectively adjust a shoelace (11) of a shoe (10) of a user. The lace adjuster assembly (12) comprises a lace adjuster (14) and a feedback assembly (19). The lace adjuster (14) is adapted to selectively adjust the shoelace (11) of the shoe (10) of the user. The feedback assembly (19) is coupled to the lace adjuster (14). Additionally, the feedback assembly (19) is configured to perform one of (i) selectively measuring statistical data of the user during an athletic performance, and (ii) selectively capturing an image of the user during the athletic performance. |
| US10595578B2 |
Helmet retention system
The present application discloses a helmet, a retention system for a helmet, and a method of adjusting a helmet. In certain embodiments, the helmet comprises a helmet shell and a retention system attached to the helmet shell. The retention system generally comprises a rear portion connected to the rear of the helmet shell, at least one strap extending from the rear portion to a front portion of the helmet shell, and an adjustment device attached to the rear portion and configured to selectively adjust the length of the strap between the rear portion and the front portion of the helmet shell. |
| US10595565B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An exemplary electronic cigarette includes a power supply and an atomizer. The atomizer is connected with the power supply via a detachable connecting structure. The power supply has a connecting end connecting with the atomizer. The power supply includes an electromagnetic induction coil at the connecting end. The atomizer includes a housing, a liquid chamber arranged in the housing, and a metallic element. The metallic element is capable of generating heat in an alternating magnetic field. The liquid chamber defines an opening facing the power supply. The atomizer further includes a liquid storing element arranged in the opening. The liquid storing element is capable of storing tobacco liquid, and preventing tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber from flowing out. The metallic element abuts against the liquid storing element. The metallic element is configured for heating the tobacco liquid absorbed in the liquid storing element to form aerosol. |
| US10595564B2 |
Electronic smoking device with liquid reservoir including an actuator
An electronic smoking device includes a battery portion including an electric power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion having a mouthpiece opening in an end, and a liquid reservoir adapted for accommodating a liquid. The electronic smoking device further includes an atomizer arranged at a first end face of the liquid reservoir and operable when connected to the power supply to atomize liquid to create an aerosol, wherein the atomizer comprises a plurality of openings adapted for providing the aerosol, and an actuator movable inside the liquid reservoir towards the first end face and adapted for supplying liquid to the plurality of openings. |
| US10595559B2 |
Aerosol-generating article comprising a detachable freshener delivery element with high ventilation
There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) secured to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (12). The mouthpiece (14) comprises at least one segment of filter material (20) and a vented segment (27) downstream of the at least one segment of filter material (20) and comprising at least one freshener delivery element (26). The vented segment (27) comprising the at least one freshener delivery element (26) is detachable from the at least one segment of filter material (20) to decrease the ventilation of the aerosol-generating article (10). |
| US10595558B2 |
Smoking article comprising a wrapper with a plurality of projections provided on an inner surface thereof
A smoking article is provided, including a combustible heat source; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; and a wrapper circumscribing at least a rear portion of the combustible heat source and at least a front portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, wherein a plurality of inwardly extending projections are disposed on an inner surface of the wrapper overlying the combustible heat source, and the plurality of inwardly extending projections cover between about 10 percent and about 70 percent of a surface area of the inner surface of the wrapper overlying the combustible heat source. |
| US10595555B2 |
Methods for creating concentrated plant material solutions
Methods for creating concentrated plant material solution, including combining ethanol-soluble, water-insoluble concentrated plant material with ethanol to define mixtures and reducing the amount of ethanol in the mixtures until the mixtures have viscosities compatible for use with electronic cigarettes. Some examples include combining ethanol-soluble, water-insoluble concentrated plant material, hydrocarbon bases, and liquid solutions containing ethanol to define mixtures, removing the hydrocarbon bases from the mixtures, and reducing the ethanol content of the mixtures until the mixtures define viscosities compatible for use with electronic cigarettes. Some examples include extracting solute from source materials and including the extracted solute in the ethanol-soluble, water-insoluble concentrated plant material. |
| US10595554B2 |
Tobacco-derived components and materials
The invention provides a method of extracting and isolating certain compounds from tobacco. The resulting isolate can include more than 90% by weight of a given compound and can be used as a flavor component for tobacco material used in smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions. Exemplary compounds that may be present in the isolate according to the invention include, but are not limited to, solanone, neophytadiene, megastigmatrienone, β-damascenone, norsolanadione, cis-abienol, α-cembratrienediol, β-cembratrienediol, sucrose esters, and lutein. |
| US10595545B2 |
Compositions comprising a casein and methods of producing the same
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions including casein, and methods for making these compositions. |
| US10595541B2 |
Dairy compositions and method of making
The invention relates to a method of separating components from milk and utilizing the separated components to form a fermentable composition such as yogurts. The present invention relates to nutritional milk compositions and products which are designed to include per serving size a specified percentage range of one or more components separated from milk. The compositions of the present invention can optionally include non-essential but nutritionally functional components. |
| US10595540B1 |
Barbecue oven having circulation control
A barbecue oven for cooking foods includes a housing including a fire chamber and a cooking chamber. A duct connects the fire chamber to the cooking chamber for passage of heated air and smoke from the fire chamber to the cooking chamber. A vessel is receivable in the fire chamber and adapted to hold combustible material therein to generate heat and smoke for cooking food in the cooking chamber. A shutter assembly is mounted on the housing and manually operable to selectively permit a flow of ambient air directly into the fire chamber to facilitate combustion of combustible material in the vessel when the vessel is received in the fire chamber to generate heat and smoke for cooking food in the cooking chamber. |
| US10595539B2 |
Apparatus and method for deboning poultry breasts
A poultry breast deboning apparatus and method for guiding a plurality of poultry combinations that have a breast and attached wings, the apparatus including a transport assembly with carts mounted to a drive system. Each of the carts has an opening to receive one of the wings of each combination. Moveable cutters are disposed adjacent the transport assembly for seating against the carts for severing tissue connecting the wings and the breast. Moveable bars are biased to urge the wings into the cart openings. |
| US10595534B2 |
Post-emergence herbicide
Some embodiments relate to herbicide compositions and methods of inducing phyotoxicity in a plant, by administering an aqueous composition to foliar portions of the plant. This aqueous composition includes at least one nutrient, and at least one adjuvant, and has a pH of about 4 to about 7. In some embodiments, the aqueous composition comprises an organic or mineral acid. In some embodiments, the phytotoxicity is topical. In some embodiments, the phytoxicity is systemic. Without being limited by theory, the nutrient is absorbed by the plant in excess, thereby killing the plant. |
| US10595533B1 |
Bed bug treatment mixture
A bed bug treatment mixture includes a liquid mixture that may be sprayed onto bedding having a bed bug, or Cimex lectularius, infestation so that the bed bugs and their eggs are killed by the mixture. The mixture includes a combination of permethrin, piperonyl butoxide, and glycolic acid as active ingredients and further includes one or more inactive ingredients. |
| US10595529B1 |
Pest control using natural pest control agent blends
According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest. |
| US10595523B2 |
Forced air pesticide vaporizer with heatsink vaporization chamber and offset exhaust chamber
An apparatus for vaporizing and dispensing a pesticide features an elongated body structure, and heatsink attached to the elongated body structure at a distal end thereof. A loading port on the elongated structure feeds solid pesticide material into a closed-ended vaporization chamber inside the heatsink via a delivery passage running longitudinally of the elongated structure. A heater is operably arranged with the heatsink to vaporize the solid pesticide material. The heatsink interior features a second exhaust chamber that is radially offset from the vaporization chamber, and is only fluidly communicated therewith by a radial port near the end of the vaporization chamber fed by the delivery passage. The loaded solid pesticide falls past the radial port into the vaporization chamber, while the resulting vapor is forced through the radial port into the exhaust chamber by pressurized air fed through the delivery passage. |
| US10595522B2 |
Bladeless fan with mosquito killing function
A bladeless fan with mosquito killing function, having a base and a wind chamber; the base has an air blower inside; the wind chamber is in communication with an inner cavity of the base; a wall of the wind chamber is provided with an air outlet gap for blowing out an air stream; an electric mosquito killing device is provided in the base below the air blower; through holes are provided on the base (1) for inlet of mosquitos and insects as well as the air stream into the base. |
| US10595521B2 |
Fishing lure storage container
A storage container commonly referred to a “tackle box,” that detachably secures an elongate fishing lure, such as a tube fly or the like, within a chamber of a case using a mandrel for detachably engaging the lure and a mandrel anchor for detachably engaging the mandrel. In a disclosed embodiment, the mandrel anchor is formed of foam with slits received therein for receiving one or more mandrels. A distal end of each mandrel may include a clip for snugly engaging the lure to further hold the lure in place in the container. |
| US10595519B1 |
Motorized tackle system for fishing
A powered fishing lure includes a lower body forming a fluidly sealed cavity; a battery carried within the cavity of the lower body; an upper body forming a fluidly sealed interior area; an electric motor carried within the fluidly sealed interior area and conductively coupled to the battery; a propeller positioned outside the upper body and secured to the electric motor via a drive shaft; and a hook secured to the lower body. |
| US10595508B2 |
System and method for integrating a tracking system into a cattle management system
The present invention refers to a system and method for integrating a tracking system, specifically the tracking system SisBov, into a cattle management system, particularly configured for beef cattle herd management, comprising a first reading device (1) which sends information to a processing center (2), the processing center (2) processing and sending the processed information to a recording device (3), the first reading device (1) reading a numeric code recorded on a first earring (10) and sending the information read to the processing center (2), the processing center (2) receiving the information read by the reading device (1) and processing and sending the information processed by the recording device (3), the recording device (3) recording the numerical code processed by the processing center (2), the same numerical code being preferably read by the first reading device (1), in a third earring (12), the system determining a unique numerical code for identifying each animal in a herd. |
| US10595505B2 |
Bowl assembly
A bowl assembly having a bowl and a fill cup. The bowl is configured to be supported on a barrier at a first barrier side. The fill cup is configured to be supported on the barrier at a second barrier side that is opposite to the first barrier side. The fill cup and the bowl being capable of being connected together through an opening in the barrier. |
| US10595496B2 |
Hybrid pepper ‘E2050158’
A hybrid pepper designated ‘E20S0158’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid pepper ‘E20S0158’ to the plants of hybrid pepper ‘E20S0158’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other pepper lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid pepper ‘E20S0158’. |
| US10595495B1 |
Pea variety SV0823QG
The invention provides seed and plants of pea line SV0823QG. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pea line SV0823QG and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line SV0823QG with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line SV0823QG, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants. |
| US10595486B1 |
Soybean cultivar 80330329
A soybean cultivar designated 80330329 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80330329, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80330329, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80330329, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80330329. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80330329. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80330329, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 80330329 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10595484B2 |
Omega-3 rich high yielding cultivar of Perilla frutescens ‘CAP HEMA’
The present invention relates to a novel and distinct cultivar of Perilla frutescens designated as ‘CAP HEMA’ The new cultivar is rich in omega-3 and having high seed and fatty oil yield. A method for producing new cultivar of Perilla frutescens plant which comprises selection of half-sib family from wild type populations. The method further comprises evaluation for the yield attributing characters of selected strains in field conditions. The genotype produced is distinct, uniform and stably maintained by continuous rouging of off types in the population at early seedling stage from nursery itself and suitable for commercial cultivation. |
| US10595483B2 |
Cotton variety sicot 754B3F
The present invention provides a plant of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) variety Sicot 754B3F, or a part, cell, tissue or organ thereof. |
| US10595482B2 |
Tomato line CHIHE14-1119
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHIHE14-1119 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHIHE14-1119 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10595478B2 |
Planting pot
A planting pot comprising a biodegradable container comprising an open top portion and an open bottom portion, a planting medium for a plant located within the container, the planting medium comprising a top surface, an upper layer of material, a lower layer of material, and a middle layer of material disposed between the upper and lower layers of material, a hollow irrigation line comprising an upper portion above the top surface of the planting medium and a lower portion within the planting medium, at least a portion of the lower portion of the irrigation line comprising multiple openings to permit irrigation water to flow there through into the planting medium, a moisture sensor disposed within the planting medium, and a plant planted in the container. |
| US10595475B1 |
System and method for providing sprout incubation, air flow, hydration, and drainage
Disclosed is a system for seed sprouting. An example system may include a jar having a top opening and a bottom opening, a seal lid, and a perforated lid. The system may include a seed packet containing seeds. A quantity of the seeds is calibrated based on a volume of the jar. The system may include a stand to support the jar vertically when the seeds are placed into the jar and moistened with water after the seal lid is secured at the bottom opening. The perforated lid includes holes to allow draining of the water after the perforated lid is secured at the top opening and the jar is positioned with the top opening down. The system may include a further perforated lid to be secured at the bottom opening after the jar is positioned with the top opening down to allow air to flow through the jar. |
| US10595471B2 |
System and methods for directing plant growth
Systems and methods for directing plant growth include a first attachment unit and a second attachment unit, both units being identical. Each attachment unit includes a body. A linking head is connected to the body and has at least one or a tab and a plurality of grooves. The linking head is substantially circular in shape. Each attachment unit also includes a linking base connected to the body and having another of a tab and a plurality of grooves. The linking base of the first unit is sized to fit together with the linking head of the second unit. The linked attachment units are angularly positionable by placing the tab into one of the plurality of grooves. The system also includes at least one band connectable between the attachment units and a plant. |
| US10595470B2 |
System and method for horticultural lighting
A method and apparatus are described herein for capturing images of plants using a broad spectrum camera while illuminating the plants with specific light wavelengths from light sources such as light emitting diodes (LEDs). A first light source may be activated, wherein the first light source emits light having a first spectrum toward a bed of a plurality of plants. On a condition that the first light source is activated, a first image of the bed of the plurality of plants may be captured with a broad spectrum camera. A second light source may be activated, wherein the second light source emits light having a second spectrum toward the bed of the plurality of plants. On a condition that the second light source is activated, a second image of the bed of the plurality of plants may be captured with the broad spectrum camera. |
| US10595467B2 |
Seedling-cutting apparatus, and grafting apparatus having seedling-cutting apparatus
A seedling-cutting apparatus includes a pair of arms that is to nip a portion of a stem of a seedling for grafting and that can be opened and closed and a blade that is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating relative to the portion of the stem. At least one of the pair of arms includes a through hole or a cutout that penetrates a portion of the arms along a direction in which the blade reciprocates. At least a portion of the through hole or the cutout faces the portion of the stem and at least a portion of the blade moves through the through hole or the cutout. |
| US10595459B2 |
Adaptive control of a mower
A mower can be adaptively controlled to optimize efficiency based on loads experienced by motors that drive the cutting blades. If the load is below a threshold, the ground speed of the mower can be increased. The mower's performance can also be monitored to identify characteristics of an area being cut and then such characteristics can be used to further enhance the efficiency of the mower. |
| US10595452B2 |
Oblique submerged reverse deep rotary tillage device
An oblique submerged reverse deep rotary tilling device configured to be connected to a tractor. The tilling device includes a stander, a mounted frame, a gearbox and an oblique blade roller. The oblique blade roller has configured rotary blades whose tips bend to the same direction. The angle between the rotary tilling blade roller and an advancing direction of the tractor is 55˜70° while the rotary blade tips are all toward the right side of the advancing direction. Side force balance blades are installed to the left side of the oblique blade roller, rotate in a plane that is parallel to the advancing direction, and have a rotating center axis disposed at an angle to the oblique blade roller to balance the axial component force of the oblique blade roller. |
| US10602645B2 |
Shielding portions of an electronic device
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for shielding a bending portion of a flexible display that can be incorporated in electronic devices. One of the apparatus includes a cover glass element; a driver integrated circuit (D-IC); a mandrel portion; a shaft portion; a panel, positioned between the cover glass element and the D-IC, and comprising an inner panel layer that wraps around at least a portion of the mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel, the panel attached on either side on the shaft portion; and a shielding layer positioned around the inner panel layer and configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion. |
| US10602637B2 |
Convenient two step inner sliding rail mounting structure for server sliding rail assembly
A convenient two-step inner sliding rail mounting structure is provided for a server sliding rail assembly in which a front bracket at a front end of an outer rail is connected to a front end of a front bracket auxiliary sliding rail that has an opposing rear end slidably inserted into an outer rail reinforcement rail. The rear end of the front bracket auxiliary sliding rail is connected to a spring plate that is connected with an outer rail pull-out control member having a stopper portion and a press portion that allows a user to release the stopper portion from the outer rail reinforcement rail so that the outer rail reinforcement rail can be pulled out of the front bracket auxiliary sliding rail to permit the insertion of the inner sliding rail into the outer rail. |
| US10602632B2 |
Housing, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic device having the same
A durable and compositely-integral housing of metal and plastic used for an electronic device includes a metal frame and a plurality of plastic filling members. The metal frame defines preset positions, and the preset positions have plastic-receiving notches. The plastic filling members are injection-molded into the notches for better adhesion and bond strength. |
| US10602630B2 |
Mounts platform for multiple military radios
A platform for a military radio with a vehicle adapter amplifier has been developed. The apparatus includes a base for supporting an AN/PRC-117G Man Pack radio in combination with a SINCGARS RT-1523 radio, a for electrically connecting with the AN/PRC-117G Man Pack radio and the SINCGARS RT-1523 radio, and a vehicular power supply system. |
| US10602617B2 |
Electroless plating method and ceramic substrate
An electroless plating method for a low temperature co-fired glass ceramic substrate includes: a degreasing and activation treatment step of degreasing and activating a surface of a wiring pattern formed of a silver sintered body; a catalyzing step of providing a catalyst onto the surface of the wiring pattern formed of a silver sintered body; and an electroless multi-layered coating plating treatment step of forming a multi-layered electroless plating coating on the surface of the wiring pattern formed of a silver sintered body. The method further includes, between the degreasing and activation treatment step and the catalyzing step, a silver precipitation treatment step of precipitating silver on a glass component present on the surface of the wiring pattern formed of a silver sintered body after the degreasing and activation treatment step, and the catalyzing step includes providing the catalyst also to the silver precipitated in the silver precipitation treatment step. |
| US10602614B2 |
Power supply module and power supply device
A power supply module includes first and second outer surfaces that are adjacent to and perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to each other. The power supply module includes a substrate that includes a first surface and a side surface, electronic components mounted at least on the first surface, a first resin material provided on the first surface, and terminal electrodes exposed at least at the first outer surface. The first resin member seals the electronic components mounted on the first surface. In the substrate, the first surface is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first outer surface, which extends at least across the side surface of the substrate and the first resin member. The area of the first outer surface is smaller than the area of the second outer surface. |
| US10602613B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device where molten solder does not come into contact with a sealant so as not to destroy a sealing function. An electronic device is provided with: an insulating base mounted on a printed circuit board; a common planar terminal provided so as to extend from an outer side surface to a bottom surface edge of the insulating base, and cause electrical continuity between the outer side surface and the bottom surface edge of the insulating base; a cover fitted to the insulating base and covering the common planar terminal; and a sealant sealing a gap between the outer side surface of the insulating base and an inner circumferential surface of the cover. A solder pool is formed in a position surrounded by the printed circuit board and the common planar terminal at the bottom surface edge of the insulating base. |
| US10602612B1 |
Vertical module and perpendicular pin array interconnect for stacked circuit board structure
Stacked circuit board structures are described. In an embodiment, a plurality of vertical devices serves as electrical interconnections between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. In an embodiment, a plurality of vertical interconnects or pins serve as electrical interconnections between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The vertical interconnects or pins may be arranged side-by-side with a plurality of vertical or horizontal devices. |
| US10602610B2 |
Printed circuit board and electronic device with the same
According to an embodiment, a printed circuit board and an electronic device is disclosed. The printed circuit board includes a first pattern configured to be formed in a first layer. The printed circuit board also includes a second pattern configured to be formed in at least one second layer under the first layer. The printed circuit board also includes a via configured to electrically connect the first pattern to the second pattern. The printed circuit board further includes a recess configured to be formed by removing at least a portion of an area in which the via is formed and to electrically separate the first pattern from the second pattern. |
| US10602609B2 |
Flexible electrical conductor device
A flexible conductor device (1) includes an electrically insulating flexible carrier substrate (2) and a printed electrical conductor (12) situated on the flexible carrier substrate. The electrical conductor is defined by at least one elongate circuit (3) which extends between opposite ends (6). The carrier substrate (2) is provided with at least an incision or cut-out (4) extending through the full thickness of the carrier substrate (2) so as to provide enhanced flexibility. |
| US10602607B2 |
Sideband conductor resonance mitigation
An apparatus comprising includes a first pair of conductors to carry differential signals, at least one ground conductor neighboring the first pair of conductors, the ground conductor to be connected to a ground plane, and at least one particular conductor to carry sideband signals. The particular conductor is to be connected to a ground plane via a resonance mitigation circuit, and the resonance mitigation circuit comprises a resistor. |
| US10602606B2 |
Radio-frequency antenna, radio-frequency substrate with radio-frequency antenna, and production method
A method for producing a radio-frequency antenna in a conductor structural element with an encompassing layer sequence, including: providing a rigid carrier having an underside and a top side; defining an antenna assignment section on the rigid carrier; applying at least one electrically insulating layer with a recess in such a way that the antenna assignment section is exposed; placing a radio-frequency substrate above the antenna assignment section with formation of a cavity between the rigid carrier and the radio-frequency substrate; aligning and fixing the radio-frequency substrate relative to the rigid carrier; laminating the layer construction prepared in this manner such that resin material of the at least one electrically insulating layer liquefies and encloses the radio-frequency substrate with the cavity being left free; cutting the antenna assignment section out of the rigid carrier from the outer underside (remote from the layer construction) of the rigid carrier. |
| US10602604B2 |
Electronic component unit
An electronic component unit includes: first electronic components which do not need to be cooled; second electronic components which are cooled; a first circuit board in which the first electronic component is mounted on a first surface and in which the second electronic component is mounted on a second surface; a second circuit board in which the first electronic component is mounted on a first surface and in which the second electronic component is mounted on a second surface; and one cooling plate which includes a first cooling surface and a second cooling surface, the second electronic component mounted on the second surface of the first circuit board is cooled by contact with the first cooling surface of the cooling plate, and the second electronic component mounted on the second surface of the second circuit board is cooled by contact with the second cooling surface of the cooling plate. |
| US10602601B2 |
Creeping discharge element drive device and creeping discharge element drive method
A creeping discharge element drive device of an embodiment includes a switching element, a current detector, a zero-cross detection circuit, a storage, and a controller. The current detector detects alternating currents flowing through the switching element. The zero-cross point detection circuit detects a zero-cross point of the alternating currents. The storage stores a first threshold value of a resonant period. The controller drives the switching element to apply a test voltage to the creeping discharge element, determines a resonant period of the alternating currents from the detected zero-cross points of the alternating currents, and restricts or stops the driving of the switching element in response to the resonant period exceeding the first threshold value. |
| US10602600B2 |
High voltage power supply casing
An x-ray source can include a housing with material with an atomic number of ≥42 and a thermal conductivity of ≥3 W/(m*K) to assist in removing heat from the x-ray source and to block x-rays emitted in undesirable directions. An x-ray source can include a shell that is electrically conductive and that encloses at least part of a voltage multiplier without enclosing a control circuit to minimize or eliminate electromagnetic interference in the control circuitry caused by the voltage multiplier. An x-ray source can include a negative voltage multiplier, a positive voltage multiplier, and a ground plane between the negative voltage multiplier and the positive voltage multiplier. The ground plane can minimize or eliminate electromagnetic interference between the negative voltage multiplier and the positive voltage multiplier. An air-filled channel, associated with the ground plane, can reduce weight of the x-ray source. |
| US10602599B2 |
Technologies for analyzing light exposure
Technologies for light exposure analysis include a computer configured to collect light data of an environment and a remote computer communicatively coupled to the computer. The remote computer is configured to receive/retrieve health information for one or more users and analyze the health information to generate a health profile for each of the one or more users. Additionally, the remote computer is configured to determine whether any correlations exist between the health profiles and the light data. The remote computer is further configured to analyze the collected light data against one or more health profiles to determine a desired lighting condition for a user based at least in part on the correlations between the health profiles and the light data. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10602598B2 |
Dimming circuit for LED lamp
The invention relates to a dimming circuit of LED lamp, including a constant voltage source, a switching tube connected in series with the LED load at the output end of the constant voltage source, a short circuit detecting circuit electrically connected with the constant voltage source, and an signal processing circuit electrically connected with the output end of the short circuit detecting circuit, and driving circuit respectively connected to the output end of the signal processing circuit and the switching tube, wherein the signal processing circuit calculates whether the short circuit condition is determined, and the timing control detects the LED load short circuit recovery in the event of a short circuit. The driving circuit drives the switching tube to be turned on or off according to the control signal of the signal processing circuit under normal conditions to perform PWM dimming on the LED load, and in the case of a short circuit, the switching tube is turned off to achieve short circuit protection, and In the case of short circuit elimination of LED load, drive the switching tube to conduct temporarily to detect recovery. The dimming circuit of the LED lamp has a short circuit response speed and a good protection effect. |
| US10602597B1 |
Solid-state lighting with a reduced temporal light artifact
An LED luminaire comprising LED arrays, a full-wave rectifier coupled to AC mains, a power switching converter, and an LED driving circuit coupled to the power switching converter is used to replace a conventional luminaire with a severe temporal light artifact. The power switching converter is configured to convert a first DC voltage from the full-wave rectifier into a second DC voltage with a low-frequency ripple associated with the AC mains. By adapting switching frequencies to compensate the low-frequency ripple of the second DC voltage, the LED driving circuit can regulate the second DC voltage into a third DC voltage with a ripple-reduced LED driving current to drive the LED arrays with a flicker-reduced light emission to protect users of the LED luminaire from possible health hazards such as seizures, headaches, eyestrain, reduced visual performance, migraines, etc. |
| US10602596B2 |
Architectures for light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems
Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for controlling one or more LED-based lighting sources that are coupled to a logic module by a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable allows some or all of the processing components (e.g., processors and drivers) to be decoupled from the LED-based lighting source(s). The processing components can instead be housed within the logic module, which is able to simultaneously control the LED-based lighting source(s). Together with color models established for each LED board, the logic module acts as a platform for modularity and is able to more precisely control the color channels of each LED-based lighting source using the color models established for those LED-based lighting source(s). Techniques are also described herein that allow the logic module to utilize data stored within an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) that describes the color characteristics of an LED-based lighting source. |
| US10602595B1 |
Modulating an illumination level of a user interface luminous element
An illumination level of a luminous element of a user interface for an electrical device is controlled by a processor driving the luminous element with a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) or other type of control signal that is calculated based on a) a signal corresponding to a desired time-varying illumination level of the luminous element to be perceived by a human observer and b) a nonlinear sensitivity relationship between an actual illumination level and a resulting illumination level perceived by a human eye, wherein the corresponding signal comprises an increasing sinusoidal-based ramp function and a decreasing sinusoidal-based ramp function. |
| US10602594B2 |
Drive circuit for a flash tube and a method for controlling the drive circuit
The invention discloses a drive circuit and a method for controlling a drive circuit for a flash tube. The drive circuit comprises a capacitor and a first inductor switch group comprising a first inductor and at least one first switch connected in series with each other. The first inductor switch group is configured to be connected in series with the flash tube and the capacitor. The drive unit further comprises at least a second inductor switch group comprising a second inductor and at least one second switch connected in series with each other and configured to be connected in series with the flash tube and the capacitor, and in parallel with the first inductor switch group. The method further comprises the steps of receiving input parameters related to a desired flash characteristics, and controlling the first and second switches separately based on the received input parameters to obtain the desired flash characteristics. |
| US10602592B2 |
Retrofit smart home controller device with power supply module, charger and dock
A smart home controller device for controlling a lighting device, which operates with two wires of an electrical installation and is installed in a standard electrical box and includes a first low power module, a charger module, a second low power module, a high power module and a wireless controller. The first low power module is used when the lighting device is a smart lighting device, and energizes the charger module, which provides power to a battery of the wireless controller. The wireless controller wirelessly sends and receives signals from the smart lighting device to control its operation and monitor its status. The second low power module is used when the lighting device is a conventional lighting device and provides power to the wireless controller when the lighting device is ON. The high power module is used to control the switching ON, OFF and dimming of the conventional lighting device. |
| US10602591B2 |
Mechatronic transforming luminaire swarm
A robotic agent swarm system having first robotic luminaire agents, and at least one control processor. Each agent has a suspension configured to hold the agent against an architectural surface, which includes a holonomic operational area; at least one propulsion motor configured to enable holonomic movement of the agent different locations on the architectural surface; a communication system configured to communicate with at least one other agent; a power supply operatively connected to the at least one propulsion motor and the communication system; and a light source oriented to illuminate a region around the architectural surface. The control processor is operatively associated with the agents and configured to transmit operating instructions, via at least one of the agent's respective communication system. The operating instructions include instructions for operating one or more agent's respective propulsion motor to move the agent holonomically within the holonomic operational area. |
| US10602584B2 |
Configurable lighting system
A system can configure a luminaire for providing illumination of a selected color temperature, a selected lumen output, or a selected photometric distribution. The luminaire can comprise at least two light sources that have different illumination characteristics, for example different color temperatures, different lumen outputs, or different photometric distributions. The system can configure the luminaire to operate a first of the two light sources, a second of the two light sources, or both of the light sources based on an input. When the luminaire is configured to operate both of the light sources, the luminaire can produce illumination having a color temperature, a lumen output, or a photometric distribution that is different than either of the two light sources. |
| US10602583B2 |
Systems for providing tunable white light with high color rendering
The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. |
| US10602582B2 |
Operation method of lighting system
A method for controlling a color temperature of light emitted by a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) comprises steps of a controlling device entering a transition mode upon receiving a tuning signal from an input device, the controlling device generating a modified signal based on a received electrical signal according to the tuning signal, the controlling device outputting the modified signal to a lighting device, and the controlling device entering a normal mode once a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the last time the controlling device receives the tuning signal. |
| US10602581B2 |
Lighting system
A lighting system includes a controlling device and a lighting device. The controlling device is configured to receive an electrical signal from mains electricity, enter a transition mode upon receiving a tuning signal, and enter a normal mode after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since a latest receipt of the tuning signal. The controlling device is further configured, in the normal mode, to continuously output the electrical signal as a control signal to the lighting device, and in the transition mode, continuously output a modified signal as the control signal to the lighting device. |
| US10602580B2 |
Constant voltage dimming power supply and dimming system for lighting device
The invention relates to a constant voltage dimming power supply for lighting device, which is used for adjusting output voltage regulated by dimmer to realize constant voltage PWM output, including a rectifying circuit performing rectifier filtering to output voltage regulated by dimmer; a constant voltage circuit electrically connected to output end of the rectifying circuit; a constant current load circuit electrically connected to output end of the rectifying circuit; a frequency conversion and protection sampling circuit electrically connected to output end of the constant current load circuit and constant voltage; and a switching circuit for controlling lighting load illumination; the frequency conversion and protection sampling circuit converts an output signal of the constant current load circuit into a duty cycle signal suitable for controlling the switching circuit and detects the output abnormality of the constant voltage circuit in real time, and the switching circuit is controlled to be turned on and off accordingly. Compared with the prior art, the constant voltage dimming power supply provided by the invention can provide a stable current and voltage and can well protect the lighting load. |
| US10602576B2 |
Operation of an illuminant by means of a resonant converter
The invention relates to an operating device for loads in the form of lighting means, particularly for LEDs, comprising: a clocked converter (B) having a switching element (20); a control unit (C) for switching the switching element (20) with an operating frequency, the operating frequency of the converter (B) being modulated as a forward or feedforward control. |
| US10602574B2 |
Driver circuits with multiple rectifiers
In some implementations, a device includes a first full bridge rectifier configured to receive power from an alternating current (AC) power source, the first full bridge rectifier having direct current (DC) output nodes, a second full bridge rectifier configured to receive power from the AC power source, the second full bridge rectifier having DC output nodes, wherein the second full bridge rectifier is coupled to receive AC power in series with the first full bridge rectifier, a first set of light emitting diodes coupled to the DC output nodes of the first full bridge rectifier, and a second set of light emitting diodes coupled to the DC output nodes of the second full bridge rectifier. |
| US10602573B2 |
Establishing RF excitation signal parameters in a solid-state heating apparatus
In a solid-state heating system, once a load with specific load characteristics has been placed in a heating cavity, a processing unit produces control signals that indicate an excitation signal frequency and one or more phase shifts, which constitute a combination of parameter values. Multiple microwave generation modules produce RF excitation signals characterized by the frequency and the phase shift(s). Multiple microwave energy radiators radiate, into the heating cavity, electromagnetic energy corresponding to RF excitation signals received from the microwave generation modules. Power detection circuitry takes reflected RF power measurements, and the processing unit determines a reflected power indication based on the measurements. The process is repeated for different combinations of the parameter values, and an acceptable combination of parameter values is determined and stored in a memory of the heating system. Acceptable combinations of parameter values similarly may be determined and stored for other loads with different load characteristics. |
| US10602572B2 |
Cooking device
Provided is a cooking device capable of being provided with a radio communication device so that the radio communication device establishes a satisfactory communication, instead of (i) further providing any special configuration in which the radio communication device is provided and (ii) making any change in structure of the cooking device. According to a cooking device (1), a space for providing a radio communication adapter is secured in a frame (3b) of a door (3) or in a circuit storing section (50), made of a nonmetal, which is configured to store a driving circuit of a display operation section (5). |
| US10602568B2 |
Delinking method implemented by UE in wireless communication system, and UE using said method
Provided are a delinking method implemented by a remote UE in a wireless communication system, and a device using said method. The method is characterized by: receiving a disconnect message for disconnecting a link between a relay UE and the remote UE; disconnecting the link on the basis of the disconnect message; and not attempting to establish a link between the remote UE and the relay UE in a UE-specified time section. |
| US10602566B2 |
Mobile communication system, user terminal, and base station
A user terminal has a function of device-to-device (D2D) communication, and determines whether it is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode, receives a system information block (SIB) broadcasted by the base station in the RRC idle mode, where the SIB includes resource information indicating usable radio resource and power information for controlling transmission power used in transmitting data to other user equipment by the D2D communication, and determines radio resources and power used to transmit the data based on the resource and power information. In another aspect, a base station is configured to broadcast the SIB. |
| US10602565B2 |
First communication device, second communication, and methods therein, for resolving a state mismatch
Method performed by a first communication device (511) for performing one or more actions to resolve a state mismatch between the first communication device (511) and a second communication device (512) operating in a communications network (500). The first communication device (511) searches (601, 704) for one or more transmissions from the second communication device (512) that are indicative of a state mismatch between the first communication device (511) and the second communication device (512). Upon detection of the one or more transmissions, the first communication device (511) performs (602, 705) one or more actions to resolve the state mismatch. The performing (602, 705) of the one or more actions is according to one of: a) a current state of the second communication device (512) and b) a transition to a state different from a current state of the first communication device (511). |
| US10602564B2 |
User equipment and control channel monitoring method thereof, network node and control channel configuration and transmission method thereof
The present disclosure provides a control channel monitoring method at a UE, comprising: monitoring only a first type of control channel in a first state of the UE; if first control information which indicates data required by the UE in the first state on a data channel is detected on the first type of control channel, decoding the first control information in order to obtain the data required by the UE in the first state on the data channel; and monitoring only a second type of control channel when the UE is in a second state which is transited from the first state. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding UE, a control channel configuration and transmission method at a network node, and a corresponding network node. |
| US10602563B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting RLC UM mode operation in next generation mobile communication system
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. |
| US10602561B2 |
Support capability in communications networks for CS/PS coordination
There is provided a method for providing support capability of a core network (CN) node. The method is performed by the CN node. The method comprises setting up a connection to a radio access network (RAN) node. The method comprises, in response thereto, providing an indication regarding whether the CN node supports at least one of operator coordinated area (OCA) and query to the RAN node, according to which indication the CN node provides information to be used by the RAN node for selecting a serving operator such that the same operator is selected for the wireless device in both Circuit Switched (CS) domain and in Packet Switch (PS) domain. |
| US10602559B2 |
Method for establishing connection between devices
A method performed by a first device to establish a connection to a second device includes: obtaining identification information of the second device by using a first communication method; obtaining the identification information of the second device by using a second communication method; obtaining first distance information regarding the second device based on characteristics of the first communication method and the second communication method; and determining whether to transmit a connection request to the second device based on the obtained first distance information. |
| US10602558B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method and system for coordinating a maximum multi-touch number in WLAN
A detection result acquiring apparatus includes a first operation object detection unit, a comparison section, and a processing section. The first operation object detection unit is configured to detect a first number of operation objects. The comparison section is configured to compare the first number with a second number representing a number of operation objects a second operation object detection unit is can detect obtain a comparison result. The processing section is configured to perform processing based on the comparison result. |
| US10602556B2 |
Displaying information based on wireless ranging
A wireless communication device may locate a proximate object in an environment, such as an electronic device or a resource. During this communication technique, the wireless communication device may receive a transmission that includes an identifier associated with the object. The wireless communication device may determine a range and/or a direction of the object from the wireless communication device. For example, the wireless communication device may determine the range and/or the direction, at least in part, using wireless ranging. Next, the wireless communication device may present output information that indicates the range and/or the direction. In particular, the wireless communication device may display a map of a proximate area with an indicator representative of the object shown on the map. Alternatively, the wireless communication device may display an image of the proximate area with the indicator representative of the object on the image. |
| US10602555B2 |
Method for establishing layer-2 entities for D2D communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for establishing layer-2 entities for D2D communication system, the method comprising: configuring a sidelink radio bearer over which the UE transmits data to a peer UE; establishing RLC (Radio Link Control) and PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) entities for the sidelink radio bearer by selecting one of configuration information sets, wherein each configuration information set is identified by each configuration information index; and transmitting configuration information of the sidelink radio bearer via a sidelink to the peer UE, wherein the UE is directly connected to the peer UE via the sidelink. |
| US10602553B2 |
Methods providing timer operation and related wireless devices and network nodes
According to some embodiments of inventive concepts, methods may be provided to operate a wireless terminal (UE) in a radio access network (RAN). A request to report a cell identifier of a neighbor cell may be received from the RAN, and a timer may be started responsive to receiving the request to report the cell identifier. System information may be obtained from the neighbor cell, with the system information indicating that the neighbor cell does not broadcast a cell identifier. The timer may be stopped before expiration of the timer responsive to obtaining the system information including the indication that the neighbor cell does not broadcast the cell identifier of the neighbor cell. |
| US10602549B2 |
Method and apparatus of handling beam failure recovery in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration from a network node, wherein the RACH configuration indicates at least one Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource for beam failure recovery. The method further includes receiving a timing advance command from the network node, and starting or restarting a time alignment timer when receiving the timing advance command. The method also includes releasing the at least one PRACH resource for the beam failure recovery indicated by the RACH configuration when the timing alignment timer expires. |
| US10602546B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting frame in wireless LAN
A device and method for transmitting a frame in a wireless LAN, with the method including the steps of: transmitting, by an AP, an RTS frame for medium protection to a first STA set; receiving, by the AP, CTS frames, in sequence, from each of a plurality of STAs included in a second STA set in response to the RTS frame, the second STA set being included in the first STA set; and transmitting, by the AP, each of a plurality of PPDUs to each of the plurality of STAs via each of a plurality of subbands for each of the plurality of STAs on an overlapping time resource. |
| US10602544B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining carrier sense threshold in wireless communication system
A 5th generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system to support a higher data transmission rate than a system after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE) is provided. A method of determining a carrier sense threshold by one source terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying whether one or more interferer terminals and one or more destination terminals exist for one source terminal, and if the terminals exist, determining a carrier sense threshold of each of the one or more interferer terminals and the one or more destination terminals based on an interference intensity received from the one or more destination terminals and a feedback link margin. |
| US10602538B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system and device for performing same
A method for receiving a signal by a terminal, having a plurality of cells configured, in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: assuming a first uplink subframe of a first cell, having a time division duplex (TDD) frame structure among a plurality of cells, to be a downlink subframe on the basis of a predetermined condition and blind-decoding same; and, if a downlink grant with respect to a second cell, located in an unlicensed band among the plurality of cells, is detected by means of the blind-decoding, receiving downlink data through the second cell, wherein the first uplink subframe is indicated as an uplink subframe by means of a first uplink-downlink subframe configuration in an enhanced interface mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA) fallback comprised in a system information block type 1 (SIB 1) and at the same time is indicated as a downlink subframe by means of downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) reference configuration in the eIMTA fallback. |
| US10602533B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for implementing data scheduling
A method, an apparatus, and a system for implementing data scheduling are provided. By adopting the method, the apparatus, and the system in embodiments of the present invention, a BSR is generated when uplink data that needs to be sent exists; and by using the BSR and correspondence between a logical channel and a base station, a UE can transmit the uplink data on a logical channel that corresponds to a base station, thereby avoiding a problem that data cannot be processed because a radio resource and a logical channel correspond to different base stations, so that the UE can transfer data to be uploaded to a correct base station corresponding thereto, which greatly improves efficiency of data scheduling in a mode of carrier aggregation between base stations. |
| US10602529B2 |
Resource allocation in a wireless device
A wireless device receives message(s) comprising configuration parameters for a logical channel in a plurality of logical channels. The configuration parameters indicate a mapping restriction of the logical channel to radio resource type(s) in a plurality of radio resource types. An uplink grant in a plurality of received uplink grants indicates radio resources for a radio resource type in the plurality of radio resource types. The plurality of uplink grants are grouped into grouped grants based on the plurality of radio resource types. A first grouped grant in the grouped grants comprises a first plurality of uplink grants each indicating a same first radio resource type. Radio resources are allocated, indicated by the first grouped grant, to first logical channel(s) mapped to the first radio resource type. Transport blocks corresponding to the first plurality of uplink grants are generated and transmitted. |
| US10602525B2 |
Multiplexing UES with different TDD configurations and some techniques to mitigate UE-to-UE and base station-to-base station interference
A method of wireless communication includes determining a set of subframes with a reduced likelihood of being received as uplink transmissions of a first user equipment (UE). The method also includes scheduling uplink transmissions of the first UE by scheduling uplink control information (UCI) on subframes other than the determined set of subframes. |
| US10602524B2 |
Resource scheduling method and device for vehicle infrastructure cooperative communication system, and node of vehicle infrastructure cooperative communication system
The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a resource scheduling method and a resource scheduling device for a vehicle infrastructure cooperative communication system, and a node of the vehicle infrastructure cooperative communication system. According to the present disclosure, a movement trend between nodes is determined in accordance with node position information, so as to spatially multiplex time-frequency resources and prevent the frequent adjustment of time-frequency resources, thereby to reduce signaling overhead for allocating the time-frequency resources and improve utilization of the time-frequency resources. |
| US10602522B2 |
Cluster-based derivation of antenna tilts in a wireless network
Cluster-based optimization of antenna tilts in a wireless network and other related aspects are presented herein. A screening component can receive information indicating wireless conditions of respective wireless access points of a geographical region, select, based on a performance criterion, an access point of the respective wireless access points, and group the access point and an other access point of the respective wireless access points into a representation of a cluster of access points. Further, an optimization component can derive antenna tilt values for respective access points of the cluster of the access points in response to a simulation of an application of the antenna tilt values to the respective access points. Furthermore, an implementation component can direct the antenna tilt values to respective components of the respective access points. |
| US10602520B2 |
Multi-link control beam switching
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for switching control beams in multi-link systems using new radio (NR) technology multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. A user equipment (UE) may obtain a configuration from a base station (BS) comprising at least one first pattern of beams to monitor when performing a beam recovery procedure, communicate using beamforming, with the BS, via an active transmit and receive beam pair, determine a beam failure of the active transmit and receive beam pair, and monitor the beams according to the first pattern in response to the beam failure. |
| US10602519B2 |
Bandwidth part switching
A network node, wireless device and methods for switching between an active and target bandwidth parts. A method in a network node includes selecting one or more resource blocks in the target bandwidth part for a transmission or reception between the wireless device and the network node. The selected resource blocks to be used in the target bandwidth part are indicated in a resource allocation field of a downlink control channel information in the active bandwidth part, the allocation field having information bits. The resource allocation field in the active bandwidth part and the information bits therein are configured based on a target bandwidth part resource allocation type. The target bandwidth part resource allocation type indicates whether the information bits include a bitmap corresponding to one or more resource block groups, or an integer value corresponding to a starting resource block and a length of the allocation in resource blocks. |
| US10602510B2 |
Operation method in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor
The present specification relates to an operation configuration of a station and an access point in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. More particularly, disclosed are a method for operating a station or an access point in a wireless LAN system and an apparatus therefor. In particular, the present specification suggests an operation method for supporting a multi-channel operation of a station and an access point, and an apparatus therefor. |
| US10602503B2 |
Control information format processing method, base station, and user equipment
Example control information format processing methods, base stations, and apparatuses are described herein. One example method includes determining a control information format of downlink control information. When the control information format of the downlink control information is a first control information format, a first field included in the downlink control information corresponding to the first control information format indicates a valid setting. When the control information format of the downlink control information is a second control information format, a second field included in the downlink control information corresponding to the second control information format indicates an invalid setting. The downlink control information is then sent to user equipment (UE). |
| US10602501B2 |
Joint encoding of wireless communication allocation information
Methods, devices and systems for jointly encoding allocation information of one or more wireless communication stations in a common portion of a physical layer header are disclosed. In some examples, a wireless device may: generate allocation information associated with one or more wireless communication stations; encode the allocation information into the common portion of the physical layer header; and transmit the physical layer header to the one or more wireless communication stations. |
| US10602500B2 |
System and method for downlink transmission in a wireless network
A method of communicating in a wireless network includes transmitting, by a station, a null data packet (NDP) power save (PS)-Poll frame including a short training field and a long training field. Also, the NDP PS-Poll frame includes a signaling field including a message type indicator, a transmitter address (TA), a receiver address (RA), and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). Additionally, the method includes receiving, by the station, buffered data in accordance with the NDP PS-Poll frame. |
| US10602499B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving or transmitting downlink control signal in wireless communication system
Provided is a method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprising: receiving a plurality of parameter sets for Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS)-physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) through higher layer signaling; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) configuring the SPS-PDSCH; and decoding the SPS-PDSCH using one of the received plurality of parameter sets, wherein the parameter set to be used for decoding is determined based on whether an indicator indicating the parameter set to be used for decoding is included in the DCI. |
| US10602496B2 |
Channel quality index (CQI) reporting for superposition transmissions schemes
Technology for an UE operable to report channel state information (CSI) for multi-user superposition transmissions (MUST) is disclosed. The UE can process a plurality of power offset parameters that are received from an eNodeB, for the MUST. The UE can perform a downlink channel measurement at a user equipment (UE). The UE can scale the downlink channel measurement using at least one of the plurality of power offset parameters to form one or more scaled downlink channel measurements. The UE can calculate CQI values for the one or more scaled downlink channel measurements. The UE can process, for transmission to the eNodeB, the CQI values for the one or more scaled downlink channel measurements to enable the UE to receive data on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using multi-user superposition transmission. |
| US10602489B2 |
Self-contained uplink for reduced duration transmission time interval
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a resource allocation associated with a low latency time interval (TTI). The low latency TTI may be a two-symbol TTI. The UE may transmit, responsive to the resource allocation, a two-symbol TTI that includes a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) symbol and a data symbol. In some cases, the two-symbol TTI may precede the transmission of another two-symbol TTI from the same UE that includes data and excludes DM-RS. In some cases, the two-symbol TTI includes DM-RS from another UE. In such cases, data from the other UE may be transmitted in a subsequent two-symbol TTI. |
| US10602487B2 |
HARQ-ACK signal transmission in response to detection of control channel type in case of multiple control channel types
Methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless communications. Configuration information comprising a resource start offset is received. Downlink control information (DCI) transmitted using a first antenna port of a base station is received on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) using at least one of control channel elements (CCEs). A resource of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined based on a first CCE of the at least one of the CCEs, the first antenna port, information in the DCI, and the resource start offset in the configuration information, in response to a transmission type of the EPDCCH being localized transmission. A hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) signal is transmitted on the resource to the base station. |
| US10602486B2 |
Wireless communication method, network device, user equipment, and system
A wireless communication method, a network device, user equipment, and a system are provided. The method includes: generating, by a network device, control information, where the control information includes first indication information used to indicate a time domain resource for first transmission between user equipment and the network device, and duration of occupying a resource by one transmission of the first transmission is less than 1 millisecond; and sending, by the network device, the control information to the user equipment. The user equipment may obtain, according to the control information, the time domain resource for communicating with the network device by using the first transmission, and communicate with the network device on the obtained time domain resource. Therefore, a transmission time delay can be shortened, and user experience and radio network performance can be greatly improved. |
| US10602485B2 |
Multicast broadcast service between base stations
A first base station receives configuration parameters employed by a second base station for at least one broadcast multicast service. The configuration parameters comprise a first discontinuous reception inactivity timer value; and a first scheduling period start offset. The first base station determines, based on the configuration parameters, a second discontinuous reception inactivity timer value and a second scheduling period start offset. The first base station transmits, to at least one wireless device, first transport blocks for the at least one broadcast multicast service based on the second discontinuous reception inactivity timer value and the second scheduling period start offset. |
| US10602481B2 |
Method and apparatus of enhanced paging
Methods and apparatus are provided for paging enhancement for the UE in the LC-MTC mode. In one novel aspect, the UE determines if the UE is in CE mode, obtains a set of narrow-band resource blocks reserved for LC-MTC paging messages and decodes a paging message based on the obtained narrow-band resource blocks. In one embodiment, the paging message occupies a predefined narrow band resource blocks without control information. In another embodiment, MPDCCH is used as control message to schedule narrow-band paging messages. In one embodiment, the MPDCCH searching space comprises a paging narrow-band selected from the set of narrow bands based on a UE ID. In another novel aspect, methods for PO detection are provided. The UE obtains a set of common paging narrow-bands from a higher layer configuration, determines a paging occasion to monitor paging message, decodes paging messages within the obtained common paging narrow-band, and performs combination. |
| US10602479B1 |
System and method of paging in next generation wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting/receiving a paging message in a next generation communication system. |
| US10602478B1 |
Use of mobility as basis to control configuration of MU-MIMO service
A method and system for controlling application of MU-MIMO. The disclosure provides for considering a device's mobility as a basis to decide whether to provide the device with MU-MIMO service. For instance, a base station could determine which of the base station's served devices are each stationary or moving less than a threshold extent. And on at least that basis, the base station could select each such device to receive MU-MIMO service. Or faced with a choice between devices to receive MU-MIMO service, the base station could compare the devices' speed of movement and could select the devices that have lower speed of movement to receive MU-MIMO service. |
| US10602477B2 |
Method of considering boundaries represented in a geographic information system database, in estimating location
A technique for the estimation of the location of a wireless terminal. The disclosed technique considers boundaries that are represented in a geographic information system (GIS) database in combination with a first, unenhanced estimate of location, in order to generate a second, enhanced estimate of location. To do so, the technique generates a point cloud based on the first estimate of location. At least some of the data points in the point cloud are then removed, depending on their positions in relation to certain boundaries stored in the GIS database, such as the exterior walls of buildings and other structures. By considering these boundaries, the disclosed technique can increase the probability that the estimated location is within an area that is occupiable by a person, thereby providing a more reasonable result. The technique generates the second, enhanced estimate based on the distribution of the remaining data points. |
| US10602473B2 |
Facilitated positioning of wireless communication devices
A wireless communication device operative to receive resource blocks (N) in a shiftable receiving frequency range (fMTC) within a system bandwidth (NRB) for transmission of resource blocks (N) allocated to transmit positioning reference signals (PRS), the receiving frequency range (fMTC) being smaller than the system bandwidth (NRB). |
| US10602470B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink signals in a wireless communication system
A method for allowing a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) to transmit and receive uplink (UL) signals in a wireless communication system is disclosed. |
| US10602467B2 |
Apparatus and method for configuring synchronization signal for D2D communication
Exemplary embodiments provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a synchronization signal for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, at a first UE, a D2D synchronization signal transmitted from a second UE, the D2D synchronization signal comprising a primary D2D synchronization signal (PD2DSS) and a secondary D2D synchronization signal (SD2DSS); determining a root index based on the received PD2DSS; and determining a type of a synchronization source based on the root index. The root index corresponds to an integer value X when the type of synchronization source is associated with D2DSSue_net. The root index corresponds to an integer value Y when the type of synchronization source is associated with D2DSSue_oon. Each of the integer value X and integer value Y is not an element of a set {25, 29, 34}. |
| US10602465B2 |
Multi-radio access technology synchronization signal
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses are described for radio access technology (RAT) detection and identification. A user equipment (UE) may decode a multi-RAT primary synchronization signal (PSS). The multi-RAT PSS may be common among a plurality of RATs. The UE may decode, based on the decoded multi-RAT PSS, a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The UE may identify, based on the decoded SSS, a RAT associated with the multi-RAT PSS and the SSS. |
| US10602462B1 |
Hotspot channel congestion mitigation
Mitigating channel congestion, or crowding, that degrades the performance capabilities of a venue-provided access point, or hotspot, can include identifying, with a mobile communication device, the venue-provided access point. Additionally, mitigating channel congestion can also include establishing a mobile hotspot with the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device can establish the mobile hotspot on a channel different from a channel used by the venue-provided access point. Mitigating channel congestion can also include reducing a signal radius of the mobile communication device by reducing transmission power of the mobile communication device. |
| US10602459B2 |
Base station power management using solar panel and battery forecasting
A system is disclosed, comprising: a solar panel; an electric power supply source; a wireless fronthaul access point coupled to a radio mast and in communication with a remote baseband unit, the wireless fronthaul access point further comprising a first millimeter wave wireless interface; a self-organizing network module in communication with a coordinating server; and an antenna-integrated radio for providing access to user equipments (UEs), mounted within line of sight on the radio mast with the wireless fronthaul access point, the antenna-integrated radio further comprising: a second millimeter wave wireless interface configured to receive the digital I and Q signaling information from the remote baseband unit wirelessly via the wireless fronthaul access point, wherein the wireless fronthaul access point thereby wirelessly couples the remote baseband unit and the antenna-integrated radio. Synchronization is used to pack used resource blocks to reduce the duty cycle of the PAs, thereby reducing power. |
| US10602457B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
There is provided a wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method, which can perform information transfer, while suppressing interference to other terminal stations, and preventing a reduction of a transmission opportunity of other terminal stations. By causing the transmission power to be reduced, at the time when a traffic amount to be transmitted and received by itself increases, a terminal station which performs wireless access based on CSMA on a mesh network can suppress interference to other surrounding terminal stations, and can prevent a reduction of a transmission opportunity of other terminal stations. By measuring the number of and sizes of packets to be transmitted and received, it is possible for a terminal station to comprehend the traffic amount to be transmitted and received by itself, and perform a control of the transmission power by this. |
| US10602456B2 |
Method and apparatus for pathloss derivation for beam operation in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed, from the perspective of the UE, for deriving UE transmit power. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE deriving a first pathloss value measured from a first reference signal. In addition, the method includes the UE deriving a second pathloss value measured from a second reference signal. The method also includes the UE transmitting a first UL transmission wherein the UL transmit power of the first UL transmission is derived from the first pathloss value. The method further includes the UE transmitting a second UL transmission wherein the UL transmit power of the second UL transmission is derived from the second pathloss value. |
| US10602454B2 |
Method for controlling uplink transmission power in wireless communication system and device therefor
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a terminal, which is configured so as to support a plurality of cells having one or more transmission time interval (TTI) lengths or subcarrier spacings, controls uplink transmission power in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: calculating transmission power for uplink transmission; and performing uplink transmission for a specific cell by the calculated transmission power, wherein the calculated transmission power can be allocated up to a maximum transmission power configured for the terminal in a symbol or a TTI of the uplink transmission for a cell different from the specific cell, or in a symbol or a TTI, which does not overlap with a symbol or a TTI of uplink transmission having a different TTI length or a different subcarrier spacing from those of the uplink transmission for the specific cell. |
| US10602453B2 |
Uplink power control in wireless systems
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may determine a set of power control parameters for a user equipment (UE) to use in different power control loops. The base station may indicate a power control process for the UE to perform in downlink control information. The UE may identify a subset of the power control parameters to use in a power control loop for the indicated process. In some examples, the power control parameters may be for different sounding reference signal processes, such as uplink channel sounding, downlink channel sounding with channel reciprocity, or cross-link interference. In some other examples, the power control parameters may be for power control loops of different uplink channel configuration. The base station may convey the set of power control parameters to the UE by radio resource control signaling. |
| US10602452B2 |
System and method for device-to-device operation in a cellular communications system
A method for operating a first device-to-device (D2D) device in a cellular communications system includes receiving geo-location information from a first entity in the cellular communications system, the geo-location information including location information for cellular users of the cellular communications system and resources of the cellular communications system available to the cellular users, selecting one of the resources to avoid causing interference to a cellular transmission, the resource being selected in accordance with the geo-location information, and transmitting to a second D2D device over the selected resource. |
| US10602450B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission unit to transmit a communication control signal on each wireless communication channel in a plurality of wireless communication channels and an interference detection unit to detect interference on each wireless communication channel in the plurality of the wireless communication channels. A control unit controls the transmission unit to stop transmitting the communication control signal on any wireless communication channel in the plurality of wireless communications on which interference is detected by the interference detection unit. |
| US10602446B2 |
Method and receiving device for estimating reception time of beacon signal
A method for estimating reception time of beacon signals includes receiving a beacon from a transmitting device, checking the real-time clock (RTC) of a receiving device, checking a timing synchronization function (TSF) of the received beacon, and estimating a reception time of a next beacon according to the RTC, TSF and a period of the beacon. |
| US10602440B2 |
Method and access node for supporting UE as well as a UE and corresponding method carried out by the UE in a wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method and access node for supporting one or more UEs as well as to a method carried out by a UE and the UE itself which enable to use resource and energy efficiently. The method for supporting one or more user equipments, UEs, in a wireless communication system, comprises transmitting from an access node a first reference signal in a beam; determining whether the access node received at least one indication about a UE's presence in the coverage area of the beam; and switching from transmitting of the first reference signal to transmitting a second reference signal if the access node received at least one indication about a UE's presence in the coverage area of the beam. |
| US10602438B2 |
Network slice selection method and apparatus
A network slice selection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a first SSF device of a VPLMN, a first service request message; obtaining, by the first SSF device, roaming information of UE according to the first service request message; selecting, by the first SSF device, a first network slice instance in the VPLMN for the UE based on the roaming information of the UE. |
| US10602437B2 |
Intelligent network selection
Systems and techniques that allow a mobile device to intelligently steer wireless data traffic among various wireless networks, including cellular networks and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN), is disclosed. The mobile device selects a wireless network to steer the data traffic by following a set of wireless network selection rules or policies. Such rules and policies may include rules for deciding whether to use WLAN, which WLAN hotspots to use, whose WLAN hotspot to use, etc. The policies or rules for steering wireless data traffic may be provided in accordance with Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF), which is a framework for specifying and delivering access network selection policies to mobile devices. The network selection is based on (i) account information associated with the mobile device, (ii) network metrics measuring data processing capacity for at least one of the wireless networks, and (iii) location of the mobile device. |
| US10602435B2 |
Method of performing cell selection and re-selection using PMAX parameters and system adapted thereto
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A cell selection/re-selection method and an apparatus adapted thereto is provided. The cell selection method of a terminal includes: receiving, from a base station, first maximum power information, PEMAX1 and second maximum power information, PEMAX2, related to maximum transmission power levels of the terminal on the uplink; calculating a compensation parameter, Pcompensation, related to uplink transmission power of the terminal, using the first maximum power information and the second maximum power information; calculating a cell selection reception level value, Srxlev, using the compensation parameter; and selecting a cell based on the calculated cell selection reception level value. |
| US10602434B2 |
Implicit spatial replay protection
A terminal device obtains grid location information relating to a cell of a predetermined grid in which the terminal device is located. The terminal device then calculates a message integrity code based on the grid location information and transmits a proximity service discovery message. The discovery message includes the calculated message integrity code and does not include the grid location information. A second terminal device receives the proximity service discovery message. The second terminal device then obtains grid location information relating to at least one cell of a predetermined grid within a predetermined distance of a location of the second terminal device, calculates at least one message integrity code based on the grid location information, and determines whether a calculated message integrity code matches the message integrity code in the received discovery message. The second terminal device then acts on the received discovery message only if there is a match. |
| US10602430B2 |
Multiple basic service set support
An access point (AP) device determines a set of basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs). Each BSSID includes a same group of most significant bits (MSBs) and a different group of n least significant bits (LSBs). The AP device assigns respective BSSIDs from the set of BSSIDs to multiple virtual APs, and designates one of the assigned BSSIDs as a reference BSSID that corresponds to a transmitter address (TA) for frames intended for client stations associated with more than one virtual AP. The AP device generates and transmits a management frame that includes i) a header with a TA field set to one of the assigned BSSIDs, and ii) a frame body with a plurality of fields that includes a) a first field set to n, and b) a second field set to the n LSBs of the reference BSSID. The TA field, the first field, and the second field in the management frame indicate the reference BSSID to a client station that receives the management frame. |
| US10602422B1 |
Application-based user equipment route selection policy mapping
A device can receive, using an application policy handler (APH) component included in the device, a request for a data session for an application associated with the device. The device can identify, using the APH component included in the device, a user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rule, associated with the application, included in a URSP. The device can identify, using the APH component, a network slice specified by the URSP rule associated with the application and a data network specified by the URSP rule associated with the application. The device can attempt, using a modem component included in the device, to establish the data session using the network slice specified by the URSP rule associated with the application and the data network specified by the URSP rule associated with the application. |
| US10602421B2 |
On-board vehicular communication system
A system and method of obtaining update information include receiving a request for an update from a mobile device, determining whether the request for update is for a scheduled update or an unscheduled update, in response to determining that the request for update is for an unscheduled update: requesting a first update information from a high-speed provider, receiving the first update information from the high-speed provider, and sending the first update information to the mobile device, and in response to determining the update is for a scheduled update: requesting a second update information from the telematics system, receiving the second update information from the telematics system, and sending the second update information to the mobile device. |
| US10602418B2 |
Handover of a wireless connection based on uplink and downlink signal qualities
The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for handing over a connection of a user device, within a wireless network, based on qualities of downlink signals and qualities of uplink signals. These techniques and systems include a base station and a neighboring base station negotiating handover parameters, based on the qualities of downlink signals as detected by a user device and the qualities of uplink signals as detected by the base station and the neighboring base station. The base station and neighboring base station negotiate the handover parameters via an interface connecting the base station to the neighboring base station. |
| US10602417B2 |
Systems and methods for updating user device settings based on device data
A system described herein improves user equipment (“UE”) access to call and data services provided by a network carrier by updating settings on the UE based device data from the UE. The updates may modify the UE hardware configuration, including activating or deactivating different network radios of the UE, enable or disable different call or data services accessed through the different network radios, and/or modify parameters controlling UE network selection and switching (e.g., handoff). In doing so, the system may improve the user experience when accessing wireless services of the network carrier and resolve quality issues whether due to poor signal strength, congested networks, or excessive network switching. |
| US10602416B2 |
Seamless consumer mobility in information centric networks using forwarding labels
Technology providing seamless mobility to mobile processing devices in an Information Centric Network (ICN) is provided. A first point of attachment (PoA) is configured to communicate with a first processing device identified by a device ID and receive content objects addressed to the first processing device. The first PoA is further configured to determine that the first processing device is no longer communicating with the first PoA and moving to a second PoA, and generate a forwarding label identifying the second PoA and the device ID. The first PoA is further configured to append the forwarding label to any content object addressed to the first processing device and not forwarded by the first PoA to the first processing device before it moves, and forward each such content object to the second PoA. |
| US10602413B2 |
Policy state propagation system
This disclosure describes techniques that cause a client device to initiate a policy-pull request to retrieve a policy update associated with the client device. Particularly, a Policy State Propagation (PSP) System may transmit a policy-pull notification to client device that is configured to cause the client device to initiate a request to retrieve the policy update, thereby substantially eliminating a delay between an actual policy update by the telecommunications service provider, and the client device receiving the policy update. The policy update may be based on an update of client profile data or network analytics data associated with operations of the client device on the telecommunications network. Further, the PSP system may generate a policy update data packet that includes the policy update. The PSP system may selectively transmit the policy update data packet to the client device in response receiving the policy-pull request, and further authenticating the client device. |
| US10602411B2 |
Redirection in a neutral-host network
A method for redirecting a user equipment (UE) from a first network to a second network is described. The method includes determining, at a wireless access point of the first network, information for the UE about one or more mobile network operator (MNO) networks. The method also includes selecting the second network for redirection from among the one or more MNO networks based on the determined information. The method further includes sending the UE a redirection message that redirects the UE from the first network to the second network. |
| US10602410B2 |
Network backhaul access
A communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the system can determine whether user equipment within a covered area of the communication system are to have backhaul access to another communication system and/or whether to adjust the point of presence of the user equipment. |
| US10602407B2 |
Radio network system
A CU (Central Unit) executes scheduling for allocating radio resources of RRUs (Remote Radio Units) to radio transmission of downlink data while broadcasting, to DMs (Data Managers) via MFH, downlink data from MBH. Each DM selects, based on an allocation result obtained by scheduling, the downlink data of an RRU (Remote Radio Unit) corresponding to the self DM from the accumulated downlink data from the CU, and transfers the selected downlink data to the corresponding RRU while discarding the downlink data of other RRUs. Based on the allocation result, each RRU performs radio transmission of the downlink data from the DM to a corresponding UE (User Equipment) using the designated radio resource. This makes it possible to efficiently transfer the downlink data from the CU to each RRU via the MFH constructed by a TDM system represented by TDM-PON. |
| US10602402B1 |
Method and system for adjusting packet length and mobile device using the method
A method for adjusting packet length is disclosed. A first dynamic reference point currently closest to the mobile device is calculated. A current position of a mobile device is compared with GPS data of the first dynamic reference point to calculate brief GPS data. It is determined whether a second dynamic reference point has been uploaded to the server. It is determined whether the first dynamic reference point is identical to the second dynamic reference point if the second dynamic reference point has been uploaded to the server. The first dynamic reference point is uploaded to the server if the first dynamic reference point is not identical to the second dynamic reference point. The first dynamic reference point is uploaded to the server if the second dynamic reference point has not been uploaded to the server, and the brief GPS data is uploaded to the server. |
| US10602401B2 |
Apparatus and method aggregation at one or more layers
A method for performing aggregation at one or more layers starts with an AP placing at a first layer one or more received frames in a queue at the AP. When a transmit scheduler is ready to transmit an aggregated frame corresponding to the queue, the AP may iteratively select a plurality of frames selected from the one or more received frames, and aggregate at the first layer the plurality of frames into the aggregated frame. The number of frames included in an aggregated frame may be based on at least one of: a dynamically updated rate of transmission associated with a size of the frames, a class of the frames, a transmission opportunity value associated with the class of the frames and a total projected airtime for transmitting the aggregated frame. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10602400B2 |
Enhancement of PDCP status report
A method includes determining that a full PDCP status report does not fit into a single PDCP Control PDU, generating a partial PDCP status report that fits into the single PDCP Control PDU, and sending the single PDCP Control PDU containing the partial PDCP status report. Another method includes receiving a PDCP Control PDU where the maximum size thereof is limited, and determining that the received PDCP Control PDU contains a partial PDCP status report instead of a complete PDCP status report. Apparatus, program products, programs, UEs, base stations, and a communication system are also disclosed. |
| US10602399B2 |
Dynamic content distribution in mobile telecommunications network
A mobile telecommunications network is configured to dynamically adapt transmitted content according to the channel quality of the network link connecting a destination mobile device to the mobile telecommunications network. Channel quality indicators (CQIs) for the mobile devices associated with the mobile telecommunications network are cached at one or more support nodes of a core network. Components of the core network therefore can request the CQI of a mobile device from a corresponding support node rather than repeating a process of determining anew the condition of the network linking to a mobile device each time content is to be communicated to or from a mobile device. A service provider receiving the CQI for a mobile device from the cache of a support node can adapt the content to be provided to the mobile device to the particular conditions of the network represented by the CQI. |
| US10602398B2 |
Measurement denoising
A method includes sampling a common signal over a plurality of iterations, concatenating the sampled iterations, summing samples of the concatenated iterations within a window of a predetermined sample width, at each of a plurality of window positions along the concatenated iterations, and estimating noise of the common signal from the summed sample values at the window positions. |
| US10602396B2 |
Detection and mitigation of signalling anomalies in wireless network
This document discloses a solution for detecting and mitigating anomalies such as signalling storms in a radio access network of a wireless communication system. According to an aspect, there is disclosed a method including receiving, in a first local traffic analysis module, configuration parameters from a second local traffic analysis module or from a central traffic analysis module connected to a plurality of local traffic analysis modules; monitoring, by a first traffic analysis module by using the received configuration parameters, traffic in a radio access network of a wireless communication system; detecting, in the monitored traffic on the basis of the configuration parameters, an anomaly causing a control plane signalling load; and in response to said detecting, taking an action to mitigate the anomaly and reporting information on the anomaly to the central traffic analysis module. |
| US10602395B2 |
System and methods for monitoring aviation RF environments
An RF congestion monitoring system and method is provided. In one or more examples, the RF congestion monitoring system can include a modified aircraft transponder capable of receiving signals associated with Air Traffic Control and Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems, analyzing the received signals to determine the presence on one or more events occurring in the received signals, and generating an event count that identifies the types of signals associated with the events being received. A processor can receive the generated event count and based on the received count can calculate a transponder occupancy percentage metric indicative of the amount of RF congestion in a given air space. In one or more examples, the modified transponder can be configured to receive various radar signals in the 1030 and 1090 MHz frequency signal bands and process those signals to determine the amount of RF congestion in the airspace. |
| US10602390B2 |
RRM reporting method in wireless communication system, and apparatus supporting same
The present invention discloses a method for a terminal reporting radio resource management (RRM) to a base station, and an apparatus supporting the same. More specifically, the present invention discloses a method for a terminal, if a base station transmits signals including an RRM reference signal (RS) by using one or more analogue beams for each symbol, performing RRM measurement in correspondence with the same, and reporting the measured RRM information; and an apparatus supporting the same. |
| US10602387B2 |
Method, system and device for detecting a silence period status in a user equipment
A second device that is in communication with a first device receives transmissions of the first device and detects a SILENCE period status of the first device, which corresponds to a status wherein the first device has no speech samples to be transmitted towards the second apparatus. The second device determines the type of the received transmissions, counts the number of received transmissions of a first type, and times a time interval between the last received transmission of the first type and the last received transmission of a second determined type. At reception of a transmission of the first type, the second device detects whether the first device is in the SILENCE period status on an evaluation of the counted number of transmissions of the first type and the time interval of the last received transmission of the first type and the last received transmission of the second type. |
| US10602382B2 |
Radio link failure processing method and apparatus therefor
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for processing a radio link failure (RLF) by a user equipment (UE) supporting a dual-connectivity communication system is provided. The method includes determining a state of a radio link with a first base station using a reference signal, transmitting to a second base station, when the radio link with the first base station fails, a message indicating that the radio link with the first base station fails, redetermining the state of the radio link with the first base station using a reference signal of the first base station during a predetermined time, and switching, after the predetermined time, a data transmission line when the radio link with the first base station fails. |
| US10602380B2 |
Method for selecting data transmission mode in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for indicating a data transmission mode in a connection procedure in a wireless communication system, may comprise the steps of: receiving a connection request message from a terminal; transmitting an update location request message to an HSS; receiving an update location response message including the subscription information of the terminal as a response to the update location request message; the MME determining an application of a CP mode as the data transmission mode for a PDN connection on the basis of a local policy, wherein the data transmission mode includes a UP mode and the CP mode; and transmitting, to a terminal, a connection grant message including information that indicates an application of the CP mode as a response to the connection request message. |
| US10602378B1 |
Satellites and satellite-based systems for ground-to-space short-burst data communications
The disclosed system comprises one or more small satellites (e.g., CubeSats), one or more ground transmitters, and one or more downlink receivers to facilitate ground-to-space short-burst data communications. The CubeSats are miniaturized or small-form satellites that orbit the Earth transmitting data to and from the ground transmitters and the downlink receivers in low Earth orbit. To efficiently use its surface area, in various embodiments, the CubeSats are designed with deployable and folding wings such that the zenith-pointing side of the wings comprises solar panels and the nadir-pointing side of the wings comprises an antenna. In various embodiments, to increase the data transmission capacity of the CubeSats, the CubeSats comprise a deployable phased array antenna and a software defined radio. |
| US10602373B2 |
Methods and systems for communication with beamforming antennas
Holographic beamforming antennas may be utilized for adaptive routing within communications networks, such as wireless backhaul networks. Holographic beamforming antennas may be further utilized for discovering and/or addressing nodes in a communication network with steerable, high-directivity beams. Holographic beamforming antennas may be further utilized for extending the range of communications nodes and providing bandwidth assistance to adjacent nodes via dynamic adjacent cell assist. In some approaches, MIMO is used in concert with holographic beamforming for additional channel capacity. |
| US10602369B2 |
Communication control device, communication control determination device, and method
[Object] To provide a communication control device capable of smoothly exchanging information between a plurality of wireless systems.[Solution] Provided is a communication control device including: a communication unit configured to transmit geographical location information of the own device or a communication node served by the own device to a communication control determination device that controls coexistence of a plurality of wireless systems; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the communication control determination device, information including information necessary for communication control for coexistence as information regarding another communication control determination device that manages a peripheral region of a geographical region managed by the communication control determination device. |
| US10602365B2 |
Private network service providing method and system
A private network service providing method and system for breaking dependency on a terminal and providing a private network service is provided. The private network service system according to the present exemplary embodiments include: a service linkage server for, when access to a private network is requested by a mobile communication terminal connected to a public network or access of the mobile communication terminal to the private network is requested by a third server, identifying identification information of the mobile communication terminal and requesting an access point name-operator identifier (APN-OI) change to a home subscriber server; the home subscriber server for authenticating whether the mobile communication terminal is subscribed to a private network service when the APN-OI change is requested by the service linkage server, and identifying an access point name (APN) included in a subscriber profile of the mobile communication terminal and changing a public APN-OI recorded in the APN to a private APN-OI when the authenticating is successful; and a mobility management entity for receiving the subscriber profile of the mobile communication terminal from the home subscriber server when there is an attempt of access from the mobile communication terminal, and inducing the mobile communication terminal to connect to a public gateway or a private gateway, using an IP address of the public gateway or IP address of the private gateway corresponding to the APN included in the subscriber profile. |
| US10602364B2 |
Method for conveyance of event information to individuals interested devices having phone numbers
An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively. |
| US10602362B2 |
Gateway, gateway setup method, and IoT device setup method in IoT system
A gateway, a gateway setup method, and an IoT device setup method are provided. The gateway setup method includes to detect received signal strength indicator (RSSI) between a user device and a gateway to determine whether a distance between the two devices is less than a distance threshold. If yes, authentication information is exchanged between the gateway and the user device so that the gateway is able to connect to the server through an access point and the user device is able to connect to the server and the gateway. The IoT device setup method includes to detect RSSI between an IoT device and the gateway device to determine whether a distance between the two devices is less than a distance threshold. If yes, authentication information is exchanged between the gateway and the IoT device so that the two devices are able to connect to each other. |
| US10602359B1 |
Short-range cross-device authorization
Techniques are described for cross-device authorization using a wireless network connection. Computing device(s) may broadcast an identification signal indicating that the device is authorized to access a remote service, and is therefore available to provide an authorization token to a receiving device. The receiving device may determine one of the broadcasting device(s) to use for cross-device authorization. The receiving device may send a request, to the determined broadcasting device, for an authorization token to access the remote service. The broadcasting device may receive the request and transmit a message to a server device indicating that an authorization token is to be provided to the receiving device. Alternatively, the authorization token may be sent directly from the broadcasting device to the receiving device (e.g., over the wireless communication network). On receiving the authorization token, the receiving device may use it to access the remote service. |
| US10602352B2 |
Security enhancements for LTE WLAN aggregation
A method for managing ciphering configurations for LTE WLAN Aggregation includes a source evolved Node B ciphering configuration which is implemented at a mobile device and at a source eNB, for communicating data between the mobile device and the source eNB via a WLAN node. A WLAN ciphering configuration is implemented at the mobile device and at the WLAN node, for communicating data between the mobile device and the source eNB via the WLAN node. In response to determining that the WLAN ciphering configuration has been implemented, a message is transmitted indicating that the WLAN ciphering configuration has been implemented and at least one action is performed in response to the message. |
| US10602351B1 |
Communication information hiding realization method and realization system
Disclosed are a communication information hiding realization method and realization system. The method comprises: monitoring a communication information database for storing communication information in real time, and judging whether there is newly added communication information in the communication information database; when there is newly added communication information in the communication information database, acquiring a communication number of the newly added communication information, and comparing the communication number to a pre-set communication number set needing to be hidden; and when the communication number exists in the communication number set needing to be hidden, deleting or hiding the communication information corresponding to the communication number in the communication information database. In the present invention, by monitoring a communication information database in real time to judge whether communication information needing to be hidden is automatically deleted or hidden, communication information security is improved. |
| US10602350B2 |
Method for responding to failure of specific PDN
One embodiment of the present specification provides a method for responding to a failure of a specific packet data network (PDN) in user equipment (UE). The method can comprise the steps of: receiving information on whether a specific PDN has a failure; determining whether the specific PDN is in a failure state on the basis of the received information; and if it is determined that the specific PDN is in the failure state, performing a detach procedure for the specific PDN or a disconnection procedure for the specific PDN, and then, performing an attach procedure to another PDN or a PDN connection establishment procedure. |
| US10602347B2 |
Determining the operational characteristics and configuration for wireless devices
Embodiments are directed towards collecting information regarding the implementation of dynamic frequency selection and automatic channel selection by one or more wireless communication devices. And to use the collected information to determine if other communication devices are coupled to communicate with each other via a wireless connection or a wired connection, or to modify the automatic channel selection mechanism used by one or more wireless communication devices. |
| US10602346B2 |
Content delivery system and method
A method and system for delivering content to a plurality of devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method may be for delivering content elements of one or more presentations to a device configured to communicate via a wireless data network, wherein the content elements include static content elements, dynamic content elements, and on-demand content elements. The method may comprise delivering to the device, data, such as compilation data, of the content elements included in the one or more presentations; delivering the static content elements to the device via the wireless data network during one or more time periods of increased available wireless data network capacity; delivering the dynamic content elements to the device via the wireless data network substantially according to a schedule; and delivering the on-demand content elements to the device via the wireless data network substantially immediately after a user request for an on-demand content element. |
| US10602339B2 |
Systems and methods for improving alert messaging using device to device communication
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in accordance with an example embodiment in order to initiate a message and communication on behalf of one or more tracking devices or initiate a request for location information associated with one or more tracking devices. In the context of a method, the method includes pairing at least a first device with at least one tracking device that is associated with a user; wherein the first device is configured to interact with the at least one tracking device. The method further includes detecting an alert condition with respect to the at least one tracking device and initiating a message request to the at least one tracking device. The method further includes causing an alert message comprising the location information associated with the at least one tracking device to be transmitted. |