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| US10675688B2 |
High-speed grooving method
A method for machining grooves in the surface of a workpiece in which a dummy groove is machined in the surface of the workpiece by moving a cutting tool relative to the workpiece in a first machining direction of the workpiece, then orienting the cutting tool 180 degrees as compared to the first machining, and subsequently second machining the dummy groove by moving the cutting tool in a second direction opposite to the first direction. A displacement of a cutting edge of the cutting tool, caused by the first and second machining of the dummy groove is measured. A groove is machined with the cutting tool in a forward stroke and then a return stoke with the cutting tool rotated 180 degrees between the strokes. A relative position between the workpiece and the cutting tool during the forward and return strokes is corrected so as to eliminate the displacement. |
| US10675687B2 |
Method of producing insulating three-dimensional (3D) structures using 3D printing
A method of manufacturing a highly insulating three-dimensional (3D) structure is provided. The method includes depositing a first layer of hollow microspheres onto a base. The hollow microspheres have a metallic coating formed thereon. A laser beam is scanned over the hollow microspheres so as to sinter the metallic coating of the hollow microspheres at predetermined locations. At least one layer of the hollow microspheres is deposited onto the first layer. Scanning by the laser beam is repeated for each successive layer until a predetermined 3D structure is constructed. The 3D structure includes a composite thermal barrier coating (TBC), which may be applied to a surface of components within an internal combustion engine, and the like. The composite TBC is bonded to the components of the engine to provide low thermal conductivity and low heat capacity insulation that is sealed against combustion gasses. |
| US10675682B2 |
Compound for metal powder injection molding, metal powder molded body, method for producing sintered body, and sintered body
A compound for metal powder injection molding includes secondary particles in which first metal particles are bound to one another, and a matrix region including a binder and second metal particles composed of the same constituent material as the first metal particles and having a smaller average particle diameter than the first metal particles. The constituent material of the first metal particles is any of an Fe-based alloy, an Ni-based alloy, and a Co-based alloy. |
| US10675679B2 |
Transfer pump launder system
A transfer pump has a pump base with a pump chamber and an output port in the top surface of the pump base. A riser tube extends from the outlet and terminates at a launder having a first end juxtaposed the riser tube, an open top, and a bottom having a launder opening. This structure enables the movement of molten metal out of a vessel with relatively little turbulence. |
| US10675677B2 |
Delivery device for a metal bath in a diecasting unit
A feed device for a metal melt in an injection molding device of, for example, a metal-molding machine has a reservoir for the metal melt and a feed duct, in which the metal melt can be fed to a mold cavity. The feed duct includes a cylinder bore, in which a piston is arranged axially displaceably. A collection chamber for the metal melt, from which the metal melt can be introduced into the mold cavity through a continuing line as a consequence of an axial displacement of the piston, is provided in the cylinder bore. The cylinder bore is surrounded by a first heater, which has at least one heating element. |
| US10675673B2 |
Method of manufacturing mechanical part and mechanical part
A method of manufacturing a mechanical part of the present invention includes a first process of forming, by performing a folding processing to an end portion of the material, a portion to be processed having a structure, in which a plurality of layers respectively having a thickness corresponding to a plate thickness of a material overlap each other, in the material such that a plate thickness direction of the layer is orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the material; and a second process of changing, by performing a forging processing to the portion to be processed, a shape of the portion to be processed to a target shape while press-welding the layers of the portion to be processed to each other by plastic deformation. |
| US10675671B2 |
Blind flow screw joining of materials
A two-part mechanical fastener comprising an elongated body with a bore slidably carrying a mandrel adapted to interferingly engage the body is described. The fastener body has one or more protuberances on its exterior surface. In an aspect, the protuberances form a thread. The fastener is adapted to form an opening in, and penetrate, a stack of two or more workpieces. To secure the workpieces in the workpiece stack and form a robust joint, the fastener body is deformed by the mandrel, expanding the body, so that a body end engages a surface of the workpiece stack and the one or more protuberances are brought into engagement with the walls of the opening. Methods of using such a fastener to secure non-ferrous or polymer-based sheet-like workpieces to one another are disclosed. |
| US10675670B2 |
Washer and method of manufacturing washers
A washer that includes: an inner peripheral face formed in an arc shape; an outer peripheral face formed in an arc shape concentric with the inner peripheral face on a radially outer side of the inner peripheral face; and outer peripheral cut-out portions (such as a left outer peripheral cut-out portion and a right outer peripheral cut-out portion) formed at positions of the outer peripheral face corresponding to end portions (a first end portion and a second end portion) of the inner peripheral face to have the same shapes as outside shapes of the corresponding end portions of the inner peripheral face. |
| US10675667B2 |
Pipe bend die unit
A clamp member and a counter pressure member are hingedly connected together about a rotary axis, and a fitting portion of a fitting protrusion that is positioned in a fitting recess is located at a foreside in an advancing direction of the pipe relative to a position where a bending operation of the pipe is initiated, and a mating portion at which a first groove part of the clamp member and a second groove part of a counter pressure member mate is located at a backside in the advancing direction of the pipe relative to the position where the bending operation of the pipe is initiated. The counter pressure member comprises a first member supported rotatably about the rotary axis, a second member detachably connected to the first member, and a third member detachably connected to the second member, which are connected together by a common connecting member (e.g., bolt). |
| US10675666B2 |
Device for bending profile members comprising tools for bending profile members and a tool for cutting said profile members
The invention relates to a device for bending profile members in which the bending head includes at least one stage for bending the profile members and cutting the profile members after bending, provided with a tool for cutting the profile members including a pre-cutting member suitable for starting the cutting of the profile members, and a cutting member suitable for finishing the cut started by the pre-cutting member. |
| US10675665B2 |
Coated extrusion tool
Provided are extrusion tools such as extrusion dies or portions thereof having a surface with at least one coating thereon, and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The at least one coating is formed from a composition that is a metal aluminum nitride or carbonitride with particular characteristics such that the amount of aluminum varies within the coating between a coating outer surface and an intermediate thickness within the coating. The resulting coatings have tailored physical and performance characteristics that result in improved wear and extrusion performance. |
| US10675662B2 |
Scraper device for disc assembly
The present invention relates to a scraper device to assist with metering of material that may accumulate between the discs of a disc assembly. The scraper device includes a fixed mounting plate, a fixed retainer plate and a scraper material. The fixed retainer plate includes a shoulder. The scraper material includes an aperture through which the scraper material is removably fastened between the fixed mounting plate and the shoulder of the fixed retainer plate. The scraper device may further include a fastener to removably fasten the scraper material between the fixed mounting plate and the shoulder of the fixed retainer plate. |
| US10675658B2 |
Treated article and method of making the same
A method of making a treated article having a metal surface. The method includes treating the metal surface with a primer composition comprising a secondary or tertiary amino-functional compound having at least two independently selected silane groups to provide a primed metal surface and subsequently treating the primed metal surface with a treatment composition comprising a fluorinated compound represented by formula Rf{—X—[Si(Y)3−x(R)x]y}z. An article treated by such a method is also disclosed. The use of a secondary or tertiary amino-functional compound having at least two independently selected silane groups as a primer for a metal surface before treatment with the fluorinated silane and a method of treating a metal surface with a treatment composition including the secondary or tertiary amino-functional compound having at least two independently selected silane groups and certain fluorinated silanes are also disclosed. |
| US10675654B2 |
Multi-layer slot die system and method
A multi-layer slot die and method are provided. The multi-layer slot die comprises an upper body member, a lower body member, and a center body member. The upper body member has an upper surface and an upper rear surface. The lower body member has a lower surface and a lower rear surface. The center body has an upper center surface, a lower center surface, and a center rear surface. The upper center surface is spaced apart from the upper surface of the upper body member forming a first channel therebetween. The lower center surface is spaced apart from the lower surface of the lower body member forming a second channel therebetween. The first channel includes a first opening and the second channel includes a second opening. The first and second openings are substantially parallel to the upper rear surface, the lower rear surface, and the center rear surface. |
| US10675653B2 |
Motorized cartridge type fluid dispensing apparatus and system
A dispensing apparatus is disclosed for dispensing fluid, such as liquid adhesive, from a fluid cartridge having a plunger movable between opposite ends within the cartridge. The dispensing apparatus is releasably coupled to a robot in order to control discharging of the fluid at a particular location. Movement of the plunger is carried out by a cartridge actuator assembly that includes a linear actuator, such as a servomotor, that moves a piston rod into engagement with the plunger such that the plunger can be movable under a force applied by the piston rod. A dispense section of the dispensing apparatus includes a valve assembly with a snuff-back mechanism that prevents excess dripping from an outlet of the dispenser. An end effector assembly may be coupled to the dispense section for dispensing the fluid to an application site in a precise and controlled manner. |
| US10675652B2 |
Plate pre-processing method and alignment film preparation system
The disclosure provides a transfer plate pre-processing device. The transfer plate comprises first and second surfaces, and recesses in an array are arranged on the first surface. The transfer plate pre-processing device comprises: a cylinder having a bearing surface that can be attached to the second surface of the transfer plate and to support the transfer plate; and a pressurization structure having a pressurizing surface. The cylinder can roll along the pressurizing surface, and when the cylinder is rolling, the first surface of the transfer plate is brought into contact with and pressed against pressurizing surface. Accordingly, the disclosure also provides a transfer plate pre-processing method and an alignment film preparation system. According the disclosure, the wettability of the transfer plate can be improved. |
| US10675650B2 |
Protective device for spraying of aluminum alloy wheel
A protective device for spraying of a wheel is mainly composed of a support, a cylinder, a push plate, bases, floating shafts, shaft sleeves, stop screws, copper sleeves, rotatable pins, springs, elastic collars, end covers, flange plates, guards and a mandrel, wherein the bases and the cylinder are fixed on the support, a flange plate is fixed on each base, an output shaft of the cylinder is connected with the push plate, a copper sleeve is enclosed in each base via an elastic collar, an end cover encloses a spring and a floating shaft inside a shaft sleeve, and the spring is connected with the floating shaft and an end cover respectively. |
| US10675645B2 |
Rotary sprayer head
An improved sprayer head assembly is provided, comprising a swivel base; a head assembly; and a cage assembly. The head assembly is operatively attached to the swivel base, wherein the head assembly includes a head having a main passageway and at least two nozzle passageways; a first nozzle and a second nozzle fluidically and rotatably attached to the head, wherein the first and second nozzles are adjustable relative to the head to allow zero rotation of the head, maximum rotational speed of the head, or intermediate rotational speeds of the head during use. The cage assembly surrounds the head assembly for protection and is attached to the swivel base. |
| US10675642B2 |
Low pressure watermist nozzle manifold
The invention is characterized by consisting of a body (1) with a central cavity (2) having an open inlet-port (3), and one or multiple cylindrical shaped cavities (4i), which are connected to the central cavity via one or 5 more openings (5i) with cross section areas less that the cylindrical cavity (4i), and where there is one centrally located opening (6i) in the cylindrical cavity end surfaces opposite the openings (5i) into the central cavity (2). |
| US10675639B2 |
Device for collecting particles contained in an aerosol, comprising electrometres to determine nanoparticle concentration and particle size
The invention relates to a method and device for collecting nanoparticles which may be present in an aerosol. The invention consists of electrostatically collecting nanoparticles contained in an aerosol by a mechanism of particle charging by unipolar ion diffusion, followed by the application of a field without a corona effect, which makes it possible to deposit the particles in concentric rings on different parts of a single flat substrate oriented orthogonally to the aerosol circulation direction. The biggest particles are deposited towards the centre of the flat substrate and the finest particles towards the periphery of the flat substrate. The invention also relates to a method of operation and to the use of such a device for evaluating the exposure of workers or consumers to nanoparticles. |
| US10675636B2 |
Waste processing machine winch docking safety system
A waste processing machine for reducing material and having a docking safety system. A cutting assembly on a frame reduces material. A feed system on the frame directs material toward the cutting assembly. A winch assembly includes a line with a line end for securing material, and a driver on the frame to urge the line end toward the driver. A keeper fixed to the frame secures the line end to the frame. A docking subassembly, spaced from the keeper, is movable between: a docked position with the line tensioned against the subassembly between the driver and the line end secured to the keeper; and an undocked position with the line loosened against the subassembly. A control unit allows operation of the feed system when the subassembly is in the docked position, and at least partially limits operation of the feed system when the subassembly is in the undocked position. |
| US10675630B2 |
Refiner plate with gradually changing geometry
A refiner plate segment with a continuous transition zone spanning from the periphery or near the periphery of the plate in a substantial spiral toward the axis of rotation of the plate adjacent the breaker bar zone. |
| US10675623B2 |
Devices and methods for the detection of molecules using a flow cell
A method includes conveying a detection solution containing a target amplicon into a detection module of a molecular diagnostic test device. The detection module includes a detection surface including a series of capture probes to which a first portion of the target amplicon is bound when the detection solution is conveyed. A first reagent formulated to produce a visible signal indicating a presence of the target amplicon is then conveyed into the detection module. The first reagent is bound to a second portion of the target amplicon when the first reagent is conveyed. A second reagent is conveyed into the detection module. The second reagent includes a precipitating substrate formulated to catalyze the production of the visible signal by producing an insoluble colored product when the second reagent is in contact with the first reagent. The method includes viewing the visible signal via a transparent portion of the detection module. |
| US10675620B2 |
Fabrication of microfluidic chips having electrodes level with microchannel walls
The present invention is notably directed to method of fabrication of a microfluidic chip, comprising: providing a substrate, a face of which is covered by an electrically insulating layer; obtaining a resist layer covering one or more selected portions of the electrically insulating layer, at least a remaining portion of said electrically insulating layer not being covered by the resist layer; partially etching with a wet etchant a surface of the remaining portion of the electrically insulating layer to create a recess and/or an undercut under the resist layer; depositing the electrically conductive layer on the etched surface, such that the electrically conductive layer reaches the created recess and/or undercut; and removing the resist layer to expose a portion of the electrically insulating layer adjoining a contiguous portion of the electrically conductive layer. The present invention is further directed to microfluidic chips obtainable by such methods. |
| US10675619B2 |
Method for manufacturing a microfluidic device
A microfluidic device comprises a first substrate (102) made of a first polymer material and a second substrate (104) made of a second polymer material, the first (102) and second (104) substrates having respective bonding surfaces (23, 41), at least one of the bonding surfaces (41) having channel formations (14) so that, when the bonding surfaces (23, 41) are bonded by surface deformation to one another, the bonded first and second substrates (102, 104) and the channel formations (14) form at least part of a microfluidic channel network comprising a plurality of microfluidic channels, wherein one or more indicator pits (11), separate to the channel formations (14) defining the microfluidic channel network, are formed in at least one of the bonding surfaces (23, 41), so that surface deformation caused by the bonding process causes a change of configuration of the one or more indicator pits (11). |
| US10675612B2 |
Molybdenum oxide composite and preparation method therefor
According to the present invention, a composite including amorphous iron molybdate islands, shows a smaller island size and a uniform distribution of islands compared with a conventional composite including crystalline islands, and thus has a higher specific surface area, thereby exhibiting excellent activity as a catalyst. |
| US10675610B2 |
Extruded titania-based materials comprising one or more acids or prepared using one or more acids
Porous, extruded titania-based materials further comprising one or more acids and/or prepared using one or more acids, Fischer-tropsch catalysts comprising them, uses of the foregoing, processes for making and using the same and products obtained from such processes. |
| US10675609B2 |
Articles with soil-shedding performance
An article of manufacture has an external surface at least partly defined by a material compositionally comprising a polymeric hydrogel that takes up water when wetted. The hydrogel-containing material is effective in reducing soil accumulation on, and/or for reducing soil adhesion to, an article designed for a variety of uses, such as transportation, vehicle safety, storage, recreation, leisure, waste disposal, construction, gardening, or traffic control. |
| US10675605B2 |
Optimized agitator system for production of polyolefin
The various embodiments of the present invention relate to a polymerization reactor where the agitator mixing performance is optimized for use with a high activity catalyst and methods for developing the same. |
| US10675604B2 |
Eutectic colloidal crystal, eutectic colloidal crystal solidified body, and methods for producing them
[Object] Provided are a “eutectic colloidal crystal” which is an aggregate of plural kinds of colloidal crystals having different lattice constants, a solidified body of the eutectic colloidal crystal, and methods for producing them.[Resolution means] The eutectic colloidal crystal of the present invention contains two or more kinds of colloidal crystals composed of substantially monodispersed colloidal particles having different particle sizes. This eutectic colloidal crystal is obtained by providing a colloidal dispersion of two or more kinds of colloidal particles having different particle sizes, and a polymer which will not substantially adsorb to the colloidal particles (the coefficient of variation in particle size of these colloidal particles is less than 20%) dissolved in a dispersion medium (dispersion preparation process), and allowing the colloidal dispersion to stand (eutectoid process). |
| US10675603B2 |
Device and method for pastillating a flowable product
A device for pastillating a flowable product, in particular a melt. The device has a revolving belt and a drop former, and the drop former deposits product drops on an upper run of the belt. The product drops, in the course of transportation on the upper run of the belt, solidify to form pastilles, and an arrangement for wetting the belt with a liquid release agent is provided upstream of that region in which the product drops are deposited on the belt. The release agent prevents or reduces the adhesion of the product drops to the belt, and a proportional metering pump is provided for continuously mixing the release agent from at least two liquid components during the operation of the device. |
| US10675601B2 |
Cross-flow blender system and methods of use for well treatment operations
Certain methods and systems for blending treatment fluids include at least one of proppant or diverters for use in well treatment operations. In one embodiment, the methods comprise receiving a base fluid; mixing an additive to a portion of the base fluid to form at least a portion of the well treatment fluid; and supplying the portion of the well treatment fluid to at least one or both of a first discharge pump selectively fluidically coupled to a mixer and a second discharge pump selectively fluidically coupled to the mixer. A plurality of valves are operated so as to select one of the first discharge pump and the second discharge pump to receive a flow of the portion of the well treatment fluid from the mixer. |
| US10675600B2 |
Multi-shaft kneading machine
A multi-shaft kneading machine includes a channel and two screws rotatable around first axes of rotation. A pair of gate rods sandwich the two screws and are rotatable around second axes of rotation. Each of the pair of gate rods has two recess parts that form respective spaces through which the two screws penetrate. Each of the pair of gate rods has a first contact surface, which comes into surface contact with a screw when a gate rod is rotated to a minimum degree-of-opening position. Large diameter parts are fitted into the groove of the cylinder, and a small diameter part have a radius of curvature equal to half a distance between two second axes of rotation and smaller than a radius of curvature of the large diameter parts. The small diameter parts of the pair of gate rods are in contact with each other. |
| US10675599B2 |
Mixing paddle for a gravimetric blender
A mixing paddle configured for use with a gravimetric blender. The mixing paddle has a first rotor; a second rotor spaced axial from the first rotor; and at least one mixing blade disposed between the first rotor and the second rotor. The at least one mixing blade of the mixing paddle includes an inner edge having a first sloped portion and a second sloped portion directed inward toward a middle portion of the at least one mixing blade. The mixing blade is configured to be narrower in the middle portion between the outer edge and the inner edge than at a first end and second end. |
| US10675591B2 |
Honeycomb structure
A honeycomb structure comprising: a honeycomb structure body that includes a plurality of porous partition walls and intersection parts, and a catalyst layer, wherein the porosity of the partition wall is 20 to 70%, the average pore diameter of the pores in the partition wall is 1 to 60 μm, a plurality of the partition walls includes a notched partition wall having a recessed part in which at least one end is notched, the ratio of the notched partition wall in the partition walls is 1 to 100%, the recessed part of the notched partition wall has a depth of 10 to 200% of the standard length, and the recessed part of the notched partition wall is a part having a width of 33 to 100% of the standard width. |
| US10675587B2 |
Exhaust purification system
An exhaust purification system including a NOx catalyst 32 provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine 10 and purifying NOx in exhaust; a MAF sensor 40 for acquiring an air flow-rate of the internal-combustion engine 10; a control unit 60, 70 that execute catalyst regeneration treatment of recovering a NOx purification ability of the NOx catalyst 32 by performing, in combination, air-based control of reducing air flow-rate of the internal-combustion engine 10 to a predetermined target air flow-rate and injection-based control of increasing a fuel injection amount, wherein, in a case of executing the catalyst regeneration treatment, the control unit 60, 70 starts with the air-based control and starts the injection-based control when the air flow-rate acquired by the MAF sensor 40 is reduced to the target air flow-rate. |
| US10675581B2 |
Gas abatement apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to gas abatement apparatus and effluent management. The apparatus described herein include a high pressure process chamber and a containment chamber surrounding the process chamber. A high pressure fluid delivery module is in fluid communication with the high pressure process chamber and is configured to deliver a high pressure fluid to the process chamber. An effluent management module includes a muffler assembly to effluent pressure reduction and a plurality of scrubbers provide for treatment of effluent. |
| US10675578B2 |
Pulse jet air cleaner systems; evacuation valve arrangements; air cleaner components; and, methods
Assemblies, features, and techniques for pulse jet air cleaner assemblies and their operation are described. Techniques described include methodology and equipment for preferred pulse jet sequencing and operation. |
| US10675575B2 |
Method for producing a filter medium, and a filter medium
In a method for producing a filter medium, at least one substrate layer of a nonwoven comprising cellulose fibers and/or synthetic polymer fibers is provided and a fiber layer of polymer fibers is deposited on the at least one substrate layer. Prior to depositing the fiber layer, a solvent is applied to the at least one substrate layer, wherein a material of the substrate layer and/or a material of the fiber layer is soluble in the solvent. A filter medium produced by the method has material-fused connections at crossing points of the polymer fibers and/or cellulose fibers of the substrate layer with the polymer fibers of the fiber layer. |
| US10675573B2 |
Remote control faucet filter system
A faucet filter system is connected to a water supply line, and includes a manifold connectable to the supply line and providing selective fluid communication with the supply line and a filter apparatus in fluid communication with the manifold, at least one remote actuated valve is associated with the manifold and configured for controlling water flow in the manifold to the filter apparatus when filtered water is desired. A wireless controller is disposed remotely from the filter apparatus and the manifold and is configured for actuating the valve between a first position, in which water flows from the water supply conduit through a faucet inlet, and a second position, in which water flows from the water supply conduit, to the filter apparatus, through the filter outlet and through the faucet inlet. Depending on the actuation of the valve, the either filtered or unfiltered water is emitted through a faucet spout. |
| US10675572B2 |
Filter pad
A filter pad for use in a dewatering container is presented. The filter pad is configured to fit within the interior cavity and substantially line the interior surfaces. Material, which is usually liquids and slurries, is added to the container with the filter in place and gravity is used to filter the sediment, while the water is released through a release nozzle. The solids are retained in the filter pad for later disposal. The filter pad has a portion that can be selectively opened and is configured for placement substantially adjacent the door to permit selective egress of contents of the interior cavity. |
| US10675571B2 |
Filter housing with filter key attachment
A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a filter key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, a filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations. |
| US10675570B2 |
Water treatment apparatus, system and process
Water treatment apparatus, including: a ceramic filter; and a flow apparatus operable to pass water through the ceramic filter in a forward direction so as to filter the water, the flow apparatus also operable to pass water through the ceramic filter in a reverse direction so as to remove material from the ceramic filter, whereby material having been deposited by filtration of the water is removed. |
| US10675567B2 |
Filter element assembly
A filter element assembly comprises a filtration media and an end fitting through which a sealing connection is made between the assembly and a housing so that the end fitting defines a flow path between the housing and the filtration media. The end fitting has first and second parts which can be separated axially, and the filter media extends axially away from the second part in a direction away from the first part. Each of the parts has an outer wall with an external threaded cylindrical surface, and each of the first and second parts has an axially facing edge surface which faces the other of the first and second parts, the facing edge surfaces shaped to define a pre-determined relative rotational alignment of the first and second parts, where the parts fit together so that the threads on the external surfaces of the parts form a continuous thread. |
| US10675564B1 |
Filter system
A novel fluid filter includes a partially permeable elastic bag encapsulating a filtration medium, and providing pressure to prevent channeling. A receiver with one or more apertures fits at least partially within the filtration bag to receive treated fluid. A cover may be placed over a tube of the receiver to prevent filtration medium from exiting system. An upper portion of the filtration bag is impermeable, while the lower portion of the bag is permeable. The fluid path flows over the top and up through the lower section and through a major path through the filtration medium. |
| US10675563B2 |
Filter element and filter device
Disclosed are a filter element and a filter device using the filter element. The filter element includes: a base, wherein the base is installed on the filter device, and a first passage and a second passage are disposed at least partially in the base; and a filter body, wherein the filter body is detachably connected to an upper part of the base, the filter body has a filter space therein, a first filter passage and a second filter passage are connected and arranged on the two ends of the filter space, and a filter material for filtration is provided in the filter space. When the filter element is in a working state, the first filter passage and the first passage are connected for fluid communication, and the second filter passage and the second passage are connected for fluid communication. |
| US10675557B2 |
Continuous crystallization method under control of multistage membrane
The present invention provides a continuous crystallization method under control of the multistage membrane modules, and belongs to the technical field of crystallization engineering. A crystallization solution is added to a crystallizer, and a stirring apparatus and a temperature control apparatus are started. After the system running stability, the loop of crystallization is started. Meanwhile, the coolant or antisolvent feed liquid loop is also started. The crystallization solution can respectively conduct crystal nucleation, growth and ripening in the multistage membrane modules, and then the crystallization solution is transported into a filter device and a drying apparatus to obtain the final crystal products. The desired crystal products can be obtained by the systematical control of the nucleation and crystal growth through the flow and the temperature of the crystallization solution, coolant or antisolvent feed liquid, and the contact time between two liquid phases. |
| US10675555B1 |
Apparatus for heating and distillation of fluid
An apparatus for heating fluid and distilling fluid includes a main tank for containing fluid to be heated by a main gas heater and a pilot light for heating the main tank, a condensing tank for passing fluid to the main tank and having one or more heat conducting rods that allow heat to be conducted to the lower region of the condensing tank, an evaporator tank for vaporizing fluid and being heated by the pilot light, a condensing coil for exchanging heat between fluid vaporized by the evaporator tank and fluid in the condensing tank, a holding tank for receiving fluid from a main source, a delaying float bowl tank to receive fluid from the holding tank and including a first fluid flow regulator for regulating fluid flow to the evaporator tank according to an amount of fluid in the delaying float bowl tank, and a distillate tank. |
| US10675547B2 |
Systems and methods for incorporating pneumatic robotic systems into structures
A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system. |
| US10675545B2 |
Information processing device and control method for executing a battle game including a field
Instructions recorded on a non-transitory recording medium cause an information processing device that executes a battle game to execute the steps of storing different attribute information in association with each of at least two players; displaying a field including a plurality of regions, a predetermined event being set for each region, and attribute information being associable with each region; upon a player selecting at least one region from among the plurality of regions, executing processing for the event of the selected region; based on a processing result for the event, determining whether newly to associate the attribute information of the player with the selected region; and determining victory and defeat for the plurality of players based on at least one of a count, a total area, and a total volume of regions with which each piece of attribute information is associated. |
| US10675544B2 |
Personalized user interface based on in-application behavior
Methods and systems to provide a user interface to access games available for a user account. Selection of a game for game play is detected at the user interface and, in response, a game play is initiated. Interactions provided by a user during game play are used to affect an outcome of the game. The interactions are analyzed to determine game behavior of the user. Behavior metrics are generated for different portions of the game, based on the user's game behavior. The behavior metrics for the user for the game are associated with a game icon of the game provided on the user interface, the association causes specific ones of the behavior metrics to be rendered for the different portions of the game during subsequent game play and are provided to help the user to improve the user's game play for the different portions of the game. |
| US10675542B2 |
Method and system for transitioning between a 2D video and 3D environment
A system includes a display device, a memory storing 2-dimensional (2D) content and 3-dimensional (3D) game content associated with a content item, and a playback engine. The playback engine is configured to receive the 2D content, the 2D content including one or more reference identifiers (IDs), display the 2D content on the display device for a user and, during display of the 2D content, receive an indication of a transition event. The playback engine is also configured to determine a transition reference identifier (ID) from the one or more reference IDs, identify the 3D game content based on the transition reference ID, render a 3D game environment based on the 3D content, and transition the display device from the displaying the 2D content to providing the 3D game environment. |
| US10675539B2 |
Game program and game system
There is provided a game program causing a computer to realize a function of controlling progress of a game by imaging, with a virtual camera, a three-dimensional game space in which a plurality of objects including a player object are disposed, and displaying the game space on a display unit as a game image, the program causing the computer to execute a mode setting function of setting a display mode of a game image displayed on the display unit out of at least a normal mode and a scenery mode according to a predetermined condition, an imaging function of causing the virtual camera to perform imaging at a plurality of imaging positions in the game space in a case where the display mode is the scenery mode, and a display control function of displaying a game image captured by the virtual camera on the display unit. |
| US10675538B2 |
Program, electronic device, system, and method for determining resource allocation for executing rendering while predicting player's intent
The present invention provides a program that causes an electronic device including a display unit and a processing unit to execute selecting, as candidate objects, objects related to game events from among objects to be rendered on the display unit; determining attention scores representing the degrees of attention that will be paid by a player to the individual selected candidate objects by determining weights relating to the occurrence of individual candidate events, which are events related to the candidate objects, on the basis of the candidate objects, an event or a sequence of events that occurred immediately before, and event history information; and determining resource allocation in the processing unit for rendering the individual candidate objects on the basis of the attention scores and depth distances of the candidate objects as viewed from the player. |
| US10675534B2 |
Friend recommendation system
An optimized friend recommendation system is described. An active social network (ASN) of a player of an online game is determined based on a frequency of reciprocated communications between the player and friends of the player. The ASN of the player has friends of the player with a minimum number of closed-loop communications with the player within a predetermined duration. The social network of non-ASN friends outside the ASN of the player is identified. One or more non-ASN friends identified and suggested to socially engage with the player in an online game based on the social network of non-ASN friends of the player outside the ASN of the player are. |
| US10675532B2 |
Variable actuators of an accessory and methods thereof
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including receiving an actuation profile comprising one or more actuation thresholds responsive to a detection of a triggering event during a gaming session of a video game, configuring the sensor according to the one or more actuation thresholds, receiving, from the sensor, a signal indicating a depression range of the button, comparing the depression range to the one or more actuation thresholds of the actuation profile, and generating an actuation state when the depression range exceeds an actuation threshold of the one or more actuation thresholds. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10675531B2 |
Controlling user interfaces
A mechanism for refilling an electronic game board after game elements of different game types, for example those referred to as ‘clickers’ or ‘linkers,’ have been removed through play. In these games, a player must identify a group of matching game elements on a game board, select (or click on) a game element within the group. This causes the group of selecting matching game elements to be removed. A refill process is then executed to replenish the game board with new game elements. When competitors at remote devices are playing the same game board, there is a requirement to keep the game board aligned as play progresses. The present invention addresses the latency problem by enabling independent refill at respective computer devices which are engaged in a competitive game. The refill process may also be utilised on a single computer device where a single player is playing a game. |
| US10675529B1 |
Tabletop game
A re-configurable game board set can be used to play a variety of games in a variety of configurations and can be compacted for easy storage or transportation. The game board set can be of a size to easily fit on a tabletop and can use coins or similar tokens as playing pieces. Alternatively, the game board set could be larger to be played with larger playing pieces such as beanbags, balls, or discs. Games can be played with or without launching pads. |
| US10675525B2 |
Erosion resistant composition and method of making same
An erosion resistant composition includes a granular material and a wax including oil in which a weight percent of the oil in the wax is between 0.01-15%. The granular material includes a sand and has a first resistance to flow prior to being coated with the wax. The wax at least partially coats a portion of the granular material to form the erosion resistant composition which has a second resistance to flow after coating that is greater than the first resistance to flow prior to coating. The erosion resistant composition may be used, for example, in golf course bunkers or other landscaping applications. Related methods of making the erosion resistant composition are also described in which the granular material is dried, the wax is heated, and the granular material is blended with the melted wax. |
| US10675524B2 |
Horse training goggle assembly
A horse training goggle assembly includes a pair of goggles that may be worn by a jockey riding a horse during race training. The goggles have a frame and a lens that is removably positioned in the frame. A tracking unit is coupled to the goggles and the tracking unit is in electrical communication with a global positioning system (GPS) to identify a physical location of the jockey. Moreover, the tracking unit calculates a speed and direction of the horse during the race training. A display is embedded within the lens and the display is visible to the jockey when the goggles are worn. The display displays indicia in the lens and the display is electrically coupled to the tracking unit to display data relating to the speed and direction of the horse. A communication unit is coupled to the goggles for verbal communication between the jockey and the trainer. |
| US10675523B2 |
System and method for improving a basketball player's shooting by transmitting shooting statistics to an electronic device
An ejector launches a series of basketballs to various locations selected by a user via an interface having a number of individually selectable indicia arranged in a spaced angular pattern thereon corresponding to shooting locations on a basketball playing area. A sensor counts the number of ejected basketballs and made shots. A computer calculates shooting statistics data which is transmitted to a database via a network connection device. The database is configured to store the shooting statistics data and transmit it to an electronic device. |
| US10675522B2 |
Sack toss game and method of play
A target game system; the target game system including at least one target assembly including a base, a plate, a support pole and a receptacle; and a plurality of projectiles. The target game system includes a fun, new and improved twist on sack toss games by providing new rules and new means of playing the game. The sack toss game may be referred to as “LazySaxs”. |
| US10675521B2 |
Adjustable length shaft and an adjustable mass for a golf club
A golf club has a first shaft coupled to a club head, a second shaft configured to slidably engage a portion of the first shaft, a grip coupled to the second shaft, and an adjustable length shaft assembly received by the second shaft and configured to allow a portion of the first shaft to slide in relation to the second shaft in a first configuration, and to restrict a portion of the first shaft from sliding in relation to the second shaft in a second configuration. The grip is restricted from rotation about the first shaft or the second shaft as the first shaft slides in relation to the second shaft. |
| US10675515B2 |
Golf club and golf club head structures
Golf clubs and golf club heads having a weight member that is configurable in multiple positions to alter the performance characteristics of the golf club head are presented. In some examples, the weight member may be arranged in a sole of the golf club head and may include ends having different weighting characteristics. For instance, one end may be heavier or denser than another end of the weight member. The difference in weight characteristics may be due to different materials used to form the different ends, different construction of the ends, and the like. The position of the weight member may be adjusted to alter the performance characteristics of the golf club head. For instance, the weight member may be removed and rotated to position a heavier end where a lighter end was previously positioned. |
| US10675514B2 |
Mixed material golf club head
A golf club head includes a rear body having a crown member coupled to a sole member, and a front body coupled to the rear body to define a substantially hollow structure. The front body includes a strike face and a surrounding frame that extends rearward from a perimeter of the strike face. The front body further includes a fabric reinforced thermoplastic composite layer and a filled thermoplastic layer each extending across the entire strike face. The fabric reinforced thermoplastic composite layer and the filled thermoplastic layer each comprise a common thermoplastic resin component, and are directly bonded to each other without an intermediate adhesive. |
| US10675510B2 |
Golf ball with softer feel and high iron spin
A golf ball comprising: (a) a core; (b) at least one mantle layer adjacent to the core; (c) an inner cover layer adjacent to the mantle layer; and (d) an outer cover layer adjacent to the inner cover layer, wherein the inner cover layer has a material Shore D hardness that is at least 3 less than the material Shore D hardness of the outer cover layer, and the inner cover layer has a thickness of less than 0.050 in. |
| US10675507B2 |
Apparatus, systems, and methods for gathering and processing biometric and biomechanical data
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for measuring and analyzing movements of a body and for communicating information related to such body movements over a network. In certain embodiments, a system gathers biometric and biomechanical data relating to positions, orientations, and movements of various body parts of a user performed during sports activities, physical rehabilitation, or military or law enforcement activities. The biometric and biomechanical data can be communicated to a local and/or remote interface, which uses digital performance assessment tools to provide a performance evaluation to the user. The performance evaluation may include a graphical representation (e.g., a video), statistical information, and/or a comparison to another user and/or instructor. In some embodiments, the biometric and biomechanical data is communicated wirelessly to one or more devices including a processor, display, and/or data storage medium for further analysis, archiving, and data mining. In some embodiments, the device includes a cellular telephone. |
| US10675499B2 |
Exercise systems
An adjustable weight lifting bench includes a frame, a seat pad, and a back pad. The back pad is pivotably coupled to the frame about a first pivot axis and angularly adjustable between a plurality of user-selectable incline and decline positions. A hydraulic mechanism supports the back pad in the incline and decline positions. A movable operating lever operably coupled to the hydraulic mechanism operates to change the mechanism between an activated condition in which the back pad is movable and a deactivated condition in which the back pad locks into a selected one of the positions. When the mechanism is in activated condition, applying pressure against the back pad the lowers the back pad and removing the pressure raises the back pad. In one embodiment, the mechanism automatically raises the back pad when the pressure is removed and the mechanism is in the deactivated condition. |
| US10675498B2 |
Resistance band assembly
A method of varying a resistive force applied by exercise equipment including providing a resistance band assembly for providing resistive force during the performance of an exercise. The resistance band assembly includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. A bore is defined in the housing and a connector is provided in the bore. The connector includes first and second surfaces and a hole is defined in the connector and extends between the surfaces. A disc is also provided in the bore and also has a first and second surface. An aperture is defined in the disc and extends between the first and second surfaces thereof. A first and second resilient member is provided and these resilient members are selectively engageable with the resistance band assembly to provide a first resistive force during the performance of an exercise. |
| US10675495B2 |
CT value controller and anticancer agent degradation apparatus
A CT value controller includes a storage means, an input means, and a computing means. The storage means stores a function expressing a relative humidity and a CT value regarding a degradation degree of an anticancer agent, an assumed relative humidity, and a CT setting. The input means inputs a measured relative humidity and a measured ozone concentration at a time of degradation treatment of the anticancer agent. The computing means calculates a corrected CT value increment based on a difference between the measured relative humidity and the assumed relative humidity at every input of the relative humidity and the ozone concentration by using the function. The computing means determines a termination of the degradation treatment of the anticancer agent when an integrated CT value of the corrected CT value increments reaches the CT setting. |
| US10675493B2 |
Fire suppression systems and methods
A vehicle fire suppression system includes a centralized controller, a detecting circuit, a releasing circuit, and a processor in communication with a monitoring circuit. The detecting circuit is coupled to the centralized controller and configured to indicate a detection of a fire. The releasing circuit includes an actuating device coupled to the centralized controller through an output bus. The actuating device is coupled to a supply of fire fighting agent. The centralized controller is configured to activate the actuating device to release the fire fighting agent to address the fire in response to the detection of the fire. The processor and the monitoring circuit are configured to determine if there is a fault in at least one of the detecting circuit and the releasing circuit. |
| US10675491B2 |
Christmas tree fire extinguishing and alert system
A Christmas tree fire extinguishing system is provided, wherein an automatically initiated fire extinguishing agent is contained within a housing below the tree and a plurality of smoke and heat sensors communicate to a control unit. The control unit controls the trigger and interprets the sensor signals, while also sending signals to a communications system upon a fire event to notify the homeowner and/or the local fire authorities. In combination with the fire extinguishing agent, the system can monitor the tree and alert property authorities in the event of a fire to prevent home fires and major property damage. Also provided is an audible fire alert for those in the home, wherein a sound generator is energized if smoke or fire is detected to warn those in the immediate vicinity. |
| US10675488B2 |
Acne removing skin care product and preparation method thereof
Disclosed are an acne removal composition, a skin care product and a preparation method thereof, wherein the acne removal composition is made from Garcinia mangostana L pericarp, thyme and Fructus aurantii. |
| US10675485B2 |
Radiation dosage monitoring system
A radiation dosage monitoring system comprising a 3D camera operable to obtain images of a patient undergoing radiation treatment, the 3D camera being operable to detect Cherenkov radiation and any subsequent secondary and scattered radiation originating due the initial Cherenkov radiation emitted from a surface of the patient when the patient is irradiated by a radiation beam; and a processing module operable to process the images obtained by the 3D camera utilizing data indicative of chromophores present in a patient's skin to apply a correction factor to such images to account for absorption of Cherenkov radiation by chromophores in the skin when utilizing the images to generate a representation of radiation applied to the surface of the patient. |
| US10675483B2 |
Radiation therapy planning optimization and visualization
A radiation planning system includes a predictor-corrector optimizer unit which computes a predicted dose based on a collection of control points with a current approximate dose, each control point with a corresponding set of leaf positions, and determines an additional control point with a corresponding set of leaf positions based on a difference of the predicted fluence and the current approximate fluence through a least cost or shortest path in a layered graph structure of realizable leaf positions. Tools are described to help a planner to evaluate the effect of parameter changes to the current plan based on an identified zone of influence. The planner interactively views the current plan based on a visualization of the plan objectives and correlations between the objectives. |
| US10675482B2 |
Device and method for use of photodynamic therapy
An intracranial treatment apparatus comprises an outer shaft having a proximal end and a distal end for positioning within the tissue region of the brain. The outer shaft defines a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the outer shaft and having at least one aperture adjacent the distal end of the outer shaft. An inner light-delivery element having a distal end and a proximal end is adapted to be operatively connected to the light source. The light-delivery element is configured to be received within the lumen and extend from the proximal end of the shaft to adjacent the distal end of the shaft. The light-delivery element is adapted to deliver light from the light source through the at least one aperture of the outer shaft to the tissue region of the brain in proximity to the distal end of the outer shaft. |
| US10675472B2 |
Multi-site pacing capture verification
Systems and methods for evaluating electrostimulation of a heart are disclosed. A system can comprise an electrostimulation circuit that can deliver multi-site electrostimulation, including pacing at two or more sites of the heart during the same cardiac cycle. The system can comprise a heart sound sensor circuit configured to sense a heart sound (HS) signal during multi-site stimulation. The heart sound sensor circuit can also sense HS signals in response to uni-site stimulation at a specified site capturing at least a portion of the heart. The system can comprise a pacing analyzer circuit that uses the HS signals during the multi-site stimulation and during the uni-site stimulation to determine a capture status indication that indicates whether the multi-site stimulation captures the two or more sites of the heart, and can be one of a full capture indication, a partial capture indication, or a loss of capture indication. |
| US10675465B2 |
Methods for treatment of disease using galvanic vestibular stimulation
Methods are provided for treating diseases by altering body mass composition in a human subject through application of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) using electrodes placed in electrical contact with the subject's scalp at a location corresponding to each of the subject's left and right vestibular systems. The methods may be used to treat obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis. GVS may be applied for a predetermined period of time at regular intervals. |
| US10675464B2 |
Electrical stimulation therapy instrument
Provided is an electric stimulation treatment device which is capable of outputting a stimulation voltage more efficiently than a conventional device.A urination disorder treatment device includes a pair of body-surface electrode pads 37, an indifferent electrode pad 39 which is larger in area than a body-surface electrode pad 37 with a relatively larger area, of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37, and disposed in the vicinity of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37, and a control portion 48 which supplies an electric signal to the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 and the indifferent electrode pad 39. The control portion 48 executes any one of the following processing, that is, (1) a stimulation signal is output from one of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 with respect to a reference potential set to an average potential of the other of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 and the indifferent electrode pad 39, (2) a stimulation signal is output from both of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 with respect to a reference potential set to the indifferent electrode pad 39, or (3) a stimulation signal is output from one of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 with respect to a reference potential set to the indifferent electrode pad 39. |
| US10675463B2 |
Dysuria treatment device
Provided is a urination disorder treatment device which easily confirms with high accuracy whether it is appropriately used or not.In the urination disorder treatment device, a control portion compares a stimulation pulse 58 by a pair of body-surface electrode pads with a detection pulse 60 of a toe to judge whether a nerve passing through the sacral bone or the vicinity of the sacral bone is appropriately stimulated by the stimulation pulse 58 or not. Further, the detection pulse 60 is generated by reactions of the tibial nerve and/or the peroneal nerve extended up to the tiptoe which are connected to the nerve passing through the sacral bone or the vicinity of the sacral bone by way of the ischiadic nerve. |
| US10675461B2 |
Functional electrical stimulation
Methods of treatment of disorders of the knee, such as medial osteoarthritis and knee instability due to anterior cruciate ligament deficiency, are provided herein. |
| US10675456B2 |
System and methods for percutaneous mechanical and/or neural interface
A system and method for improving limb function through the use of percutaneous mechanical and neural interfaces. The system generally uses a hollow long bone axial rod that is inserted into the long bone medullary cavity. A transfer rod with a central channel is mounted to the long bone axial rod. An exterior body attachment is connected to the transfer rod and attachment rings attach muscle groups, fascia layers and dermal layers to the transfer rod. Additionally, the system is configured to collect and transmit nerve signaling data to an external processor and additionally configured to transmit data from the external processor to the plurality of nerves. |
| US10675453B2 |
Devices for transdermal drug delivery
A transdermal drug delivery device comprises needles for piercing the skin of a patient to form pores in a predefined pattern; and carriers in the same pattern that may be loaded with a drug for delivery. The carriers are applied to the pores to deliver the drug through the pores to a location beneath the surface of the skin. The carriers may remain outside the pores, be introduced into the pores after the needles have been removed, or be inserted alongside the needles while they are still in place. |
| US10675452B2 |
Micro-needle device
A micro-needle device for delivering a dental local anesthetic that includes a micro-needle array and a hollow spheroid shaped container. The micro-needle array has a base and two or more elongate micro-needles. The elongate micro-needles have an interior surface defining an opening through the elongate micro-needle and the base has a first major surface and a second major surface through which the opening of the elongate micro-needle passes to provide a passage across the base. The hollow spheroid shaped container includes an inside surface, where the first major surface of the base and the inside surface of the hollow spheroid shaped container define a volume that is in fluid connection with each opening of the two or more of the elongate micro-needle. This allows the dental local anesthetic to flow from the volume of the micro-needle device through the opening of the two or more of the elongate micro-needle. |
| US10675450B2 |
Devices and methods for treating heart failure
The present teachings provide a device and methods of making and using thereof. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides a self-expandable device with a braided structure comprising a shunt, a distal retention flange, and a proximal retention flange. Upon the device being deployed at a treatment location, the distal retention flange or the proximal retention flange transitions to have a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the shunt portion. And the shunt portion has a braid angle θ. Another aspect of the present teachings provide that the ratio of flange/shunt diameter equals or greater than 1/sin θ. Yet another aspect of the present teachings provides an axial constraining mechanism to reinforce the shunt portion. |
| US10675443B2 |
Medical device including an actuator restraining assembly
The present disclosure provides a medical device comprising an actuator restraining assembly configured to assist in restraining a catheter shaft in a deflected configuration. The actuator restraining assembly may include a brake element, a release element, a connecting sheath, and a connecting rod disposed in a catheter handle, wherein the connecting sheath and connecting rod are attached to an actuator mechanism, and wherein the at brake element is attached to the connecting sheath and the release element is attached to the connecting rod. The brake element is sized and configured to contact an inner wall of the handle to thereby provide resistance to movement of actuator mechanism in a proximal direction with respect to the handle. In one embodiment, the actuator restraining assembly is configured to allow for temporary, i.e., reversible, restraining of the catheter shaft in the deflected configuration. |
| US10675441B2 |
Echogenic coil member for a catheter assembly
The present invention is directed to an echogenic coil member for a catheter assembly and methods of manufacturing same. The catheter assembly includes a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end that defines a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. Thus, the echogenic coil member is configured within the lumen of the catheter. Further, the coil member includes a plurality of outwardly extending projections that contain a plurality of discontinuities. As such, the discontinuities are configured to enhance ultrasonic imaging of the catheter assembly. |
| US10675438B2 |
Therapy specific, pre-programmed auto injection device
A therapy specific, pre-programmed, hand-held auto-injection device for delivering a drug to a patient includes a housing, a plurality of syringes carried by the housing, at least one actuator disposed within the housing coupled to the plurality of syringes, and a controller disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the at least one actuator. The controller is configured to receive an infusion and aspiration profile, which includes an infusion and aspiration protocol for controlling at least one of the plurality of syringes. The controller is also configured to operate the at least one actuator based on the infusion and aspiration protocol by either expelling a fluid from a respective barrel of the plurality of syringes into the infusion and aspiration location or drawing a fluid from the infusion and aspiration location into a respectively barrel of the plurality of syringes. |
| US10675431B2 |
Methods and apparatus for ionization
Devices and systems provide methods of controlling breathable gas generation such as for a respiratory treatment and/or for controlling ionization of the gas. In an example, a controller of a respiratory treatment apparatus controls generation of a supply of ionized air. The apparatus may include a flow generator to generate a flow of pressurized breathable gas. The flow generator may be adapted for connection with a respiratory interface. The apparatus may also include an ionizer to ionize the flow of gas. The controller may be coupled with the ionizer and the flow generator and be configured to control the ionizer to programmatically change levels of ionization of the gas. Such ionized gas treatments may be suitable for helping users to sleep or improving respiratory oxygen absorption, and may be for patients with, for example, sleep disordered breathing or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. |
| US10675430B2 |
Elbow assembly
Elbow assembly including a swivel component (6610) connected to a patient interface (6000) by a pair of spring arms (6650) and coupled to an elbow component (6620) by ball and socket joint and a hinge joint (6645) which allows pivoting about a single axis. Hinge joint prevents the elbow component from contacting the spring arms. Swivel component includes inner radial wall (6630) and outer radial wall (6632) defining radial channel (7633) leading to vent holes (6640) for gas washout, tracks or guide walls (7637) within the channel providing discrete flow paths to the vent holes, an inwardly extending lip or chevron (8631) redirects flow to reduce noise and/or minimize flow directly onto sensitive parts the face. Ball portion (6662) includes opposed recesses (6664) engaged with pivot pins (6645) on swivel component to form the hinge. Elbow component houses a pair of anti-asphyxia valves (6680). |
| US10675428B2 |
Patient interface
A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a nasal prong assembly including a pair of nasal prongs structured to sealingly communicate with nasal passages of a patient's nose in use and headgear to maintain the nasal prong assembly in a desired position on the patient's face. The headgear includes side straps and rigidizers provided to respective side straps. Each rigidizer includes a first end portion that provides a connector structured to engage a respective end of the nasal prong assembly and an inwardly curved protrusion in the form of a cheek support that curves inwardly of the connector. The cheek support is adapted to follow the contour of the patient's cheek and guide a respective end portion of the side strap into engagement with the patient's cheek to provide a stable cheek support. |
| US10675425B2 |
Reversible airway device and related method for ventilating a subject
A reversible airway device can include a tubular guide, a laryngeal mask, and an endotracheal tube. The tubular guide can have a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a first passageway extending between the distal and proximal end portions. The tubular guide can further include a first longitudinal seam. The laryngeal mask can be attached to the distal end portion of the tubular guide. The laryngeal mask can include an opening in fluid communication with the first passageway. The laryngeal mask can further include a second longitudinal seam. The endotracheal tube can be slidably disposed within the first passageway and have a second passageway. The first and second longitudinal seams can be adapted to permit ingress and egress of the tubular guide from the airway without detaching the endotracheal tube from a ventilation source. |
| US10675424B2 |
Determination of leak during CPAP treatment
A respiratory treatment apparatus and method in which a leak is determined by using an averaging window. The window starts at the present time and extends back in time to a point determined according to a current one of progressively detected phase measures of a first respiratory cycle and a corresponding phase measure attributable to a preceding second respiratory cycle. In another aspect, a jamming index indicates whether the leak is rapidly changing. To the extent that jamming is high, the leak estimate used progressively changes from that using sliding breath-window averaging to a more robust and faster responding low-pass filter method, and adjustment of ventilatory support based on measures employing estimated respiratory flow is slowed down or stopped. |
| US10675420B2 |
Mask for administration of inhaled medication
A breathing mask for use in administering inhalable medications to a patient in need of an inhaled drug is provided. The mask disclosed herein is particularly useful for use with very young children. The mask is made from a flexible molded plastic silicone or elastomeric material, and has an anthropometrically/anatoinically/ergonomically contoured shape to provide a good seal, a comfortable fit, and minimal dead space within the mask. The airway is aligned with nose. There may be an orifice for use with a soother device to calm a child using the mask. Also provided is a visual flow indicator to provide an indication of the quality of the seal of the mask on the face. |
| US10675419B2 |
Decongesting device for infants
A decongesting device for infants includes a main body in the form of a child pacifier having a shield and a nipple extending outward from one side thereof. One or more ointment chambers having a body section and a child-resistant cap are permanently or removably secured to the shield on an opposite side of the nipple. The chamber including a hollow interior section for receiving a medicated ointment and a plurality of openings for disseminating vapors produced by the stored ointment. A decongesting device for infants also includes a pacifier body having a shield, a nipple, and a chamber can be pre-filled with a medicated ointment and permanently sealed at a time of manufacture. |
| US10675418B2 |
Drug delivery device with load indicator
A drug delivery device includes a piston rod which extends along a longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, wherein the piston rod is adapted to apply an axial load in the distal direction to a cartridge bung in order to dispense a medicament contained in the cartridge. In order to improve the convenience of the injection process and to mitigate the risk of underdosing due to a blocked needle a cartridge bung load indicator is provided, located at the distal end of the piston rod and adapted to abut against the cartridge bung, wherein the cartridge bung load indicator comprises an indicator element that audibly, tangibly and/or visually indicates a load state of the piston rod to the user. |
| US10675416B2 |
Retractable syringe
An automatic retractable syringe comprised of a syringe inside a compressed spring loaded locking safety sheath that moves into a protective position over the needle of the syringe that is triggered by the depression of the plunger, causing the positional locking mechanism to displace from its initial position and activate a compressed spring that expands, moving the locking safety sheath into its protective position and locks the sheath, preventing further movement of the locking safety sheath. An optional fusing system acts to permanently fix the locking mechanism in place to further secure the locking safety sheath in the protective position. |
| US10675415B2 |
Pharmaceutical syringe unit, pharmaceutical injection device equipped with said unit, injection needle attachment and removal fixture, and storage case
A pharmaceutical syringe unit is configured to be mounted to a pharmaceutical injection device main body and hold a pharmaceutical-filled pharmaceutical syringe, in order to mount the pharmaceutical syringe to a pharmaceutical injection device, wherein a syringe cover is configured to slide forward and backward with respect to a distal end cap by operation of the pharmaceutical injection device main body, thereby allowing movement between a needle insertion position at which insertion of an injection needle into a target is to be completed, and a needle withdrawal position at which withdrawal of the injection needle from the target is to be completed, and a guide component is configured to guide the syringe cover over a range that is greater than a distance between the needle insertion position and the needle withdrawal position. |
| US10675414B2 |
Syringe for viscous fluids
A syringe is provided that includes a tubular body having a top end and a bottom end; a barrel portion having an orifice at a top end of the barrel portion for dispensing a fluid, the tubular body rotatably coupled to the top end of the tubular body; and a plunger body disposed within a bore of the barrel portion and within the tubular body, the plunger body includes a threaded portion that engages threads within the tubular body that cause the plunger body to move vertically within the bore of the barrel between a retracted position and a fully extended position with a twisting of the barrel portion. |
| US10675413B2 |
Delivery device
The present invention relates to a delivery device for delivering predetermined amounts of fluid, comprising a body (10), a container (16) filled with fluid to be delivered arranged inside said body, said container comprising an opening for expelling said fluid and a wall (18) movable inside said container (16), a threaded plunger rod (46) arranged movable inside said body (10) in the longitudinal direction and in contact with said movable wall (18), a manually operated push means (14, 60) movable in the longitudinal direction capable of, upon operation, move said plunger rod (46) towards said movable wall (18), thereby expelling fluid, and means for transforming a generally linear movement of said push means (14, 60) to a rotational movement of said plunger rod (46). |
| US10675409B2 |
Needleless injection device with an improved sealing gasket
The present disclosure is directed towards a needleless injection device including an injection system which includes at least one injection nozzle which delimits at least one injection channel, and which is axially delimited by an upper face arranged facing the lower face of the reservoir, and a lower face adapted to cooperate with a cap, and an upper sealing gasket which extends around the at least one channel and which is housed in an upper groove formed on the upper face of the nozzle, and the upper gasket has a wave-shaped radial section which comprises successively, along a radial direction, a recessed portion and a bump portion, said bump portion being adapted to be lying toward the recessed portion provided to this end, under the effect of the axial pressure exerted by the lower face of the reservoir on said sealing gasket. |
| US10675408B2 |
Medicament delivery device and actuation mechanism for a drug delivery device
Described is an actuation mechanism for a medicament delivery device having a needle with a distal tip. The actuation mechanism comprises an outer sleeve telescopically relative to the delivery device and an inner sleeve telescopically arranged relative to the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve is axially translatable relative to the delivery device, and the inner sleeve is axially translatable relative to the outer sleeve. In a first state, the inner sleeve protrudes distally from the outer sleeve and the outer sleeve protrudes distally from the delivery device. In a second state, the inner sleeve is contained within the outer sleeve. Movement of the outer sleeve proximally relative to the delivery device in the second state initiates delivery of a medicament in the delivery device. |
| US10675403B2 |
Ambulatory infusion devices and filter assemblies for use with same
An ambulatory infusing device including a housing, a reservoir defining an interior volume, a wall associated with the housing and having an inner surface that faces into the reservoir interior volume, and a filter assembly. The filter assembly may include a filter assembly housing with a housing filter portion having a free end associated with the inner surface of the wall and a filter supporting volume that extends to the free end of the housing filter portion, and a filter located within the filter supporting volume that extends to at least the free end of the housing filter portion. |
| US10675402B2 |
Method for reliable intermodule connection in an infusion system
A patient care system is configured for infusing fluid to a patient. The system includes a plurality of modular fluid infusion pumps that each has a connector for connecting to a modular programming unit or to one another. Systems and methods are configured for verifying that the connectors are reliably performing their functions or communicatively connecting the pumps to one another or to the programming unit. |
| US10675399B2 |
Polymeric whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium and use thereof for separating blood plasma/serum from whole blood
A whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is made of a polymeric material having pores of a pore size that ensures permeability to blood plasma or serum but retains blood cells. The whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is used for filtering a whole blood sample so that blood plasma or serum passes through the whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium and blood cells are retained. The obtained blood plasma shows no hemolysis. |
| US10675395B2 |
Pulmonary-systemic shunt devices and related methods
A method for treating a patient may include establishing an anastomosis between a pulmonary artery and an aorta; and pumping blood from the pulmonary artery to the aorta when the pulmonary artery has a pressure lower than or equal to a pressure of the aorta. |
| US10675390B2 |
Combined coaxial and bimanual irrigation/aspiration apparatus
A hand piece having an irrigation portion and an aspiration portion that are releasably coupled is disclosed. In an assembled configuration, the irrigation portion and the aspiration portion are coupled such that the hand piece may be manipulable by a user as a single unit. In a separated configuration, the irrigation portion and the aspiration portion may be utilized separate from each other. The irrigation portion and the aspiration portion may be freely moved between the assembled configuration and the separated configuration. |
| US10675385B2 |
Medical device
Disclosed is a medical device (9) comprising a porous structure (1), wherein a configuration of the porous structure (1) varies in dependence on a load applied to the porous structure (1), such that the porous structure (1) has a first configuration when the load is of a first magnitude, and has a second configuration when the load is of a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude. The porous structure (1) comprises a first surface portion (2) and a second surface portion (3). The first surface portion (2) is disengaged from the second surface portion (3) when the porous structure (1) has the first configuration, and is engaged with the second surface (3) portion when the porous structure (1) has the second configuration. |
| US10675381B2 |
Decellularized biomaterial and method for formation
Methods for developing a decellularized tissue and biomaterials for use as biomimetic grafts or in vitro cellular scaffolds formed with the decellularized tissue are described. The biomaterials are particularly well suited for use as an intervertebral disc graft. The decellularized tissue is formed from an intervertebral disc source tissue and can be substantially decellularized and substantially free of potential immunogenic material (e.g., DNA and RNA), while maintaining ECM materials including both glycosaminoglycan and collagen. |
| US10675374B2 |
Insect trap
The invention relates to an insect trap and more particularly to an insect trap which has been designed to facilitate the destruction of micro-organisms thereby countering odours and mitigating against the spread of germs. The trap may comprise a. a housing; b. a cover; c. one or a plurality of insect attracting lights; and d. an insect catching device and further includes a radiation emitting device such as a UVC lamp which emits radiation and is capable of destroying air-borne pathogens. The insect attractant lights heat the air which is convected and an air flow may be facilitated by louvered openings in the cover and an opening in the top of the trap so that the air flow circulates across the UVC lamp where the micro-organisms are killed. |
| US10675370B2 |
Diffusive light illuminator
A diffusive illuminator is provided. The diffusive illuminator includes a set of light sources and a light guiding structure including a plurality of layers. At least some of the layers can be formed of a fluoropolymer and at least one layer can be formed of a transparent fluid. The light guiding structure also includes an emission surface through which diffused light exits. The light guiding structure can further include diffusive elements associated with at least one of the plurality of layers. Each diffusive element can diffuse the light to within forty percent of Lambertian distribution. The diffusive elements can be arranged based on a desired uniformity of the diffused light at a target distance corresponding to a surface to be illuminated. The diffusive illuminator can emit ultraviolet light, and can be implemented as part of a disinfection system. |
| US10675369B1 |
Rotating object holder for multi-function sanitization, disinfection, and sterilization in a 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. |
| US10675362B2 |
Photoluminescent nanoparticles and their uses in detection or quantification of singlet oxygen
A composition, as well as methods using the composition, for detection or quantification of a molecule at a singlet state (e.g., singlet oxygen). The composition includes one or more nanoparticles, and the nanoparticle has an energy donor, an energy acceptor associated with the energy donor, and an energy transfer mechanism between the energy donor and the energy acceptor. |
| US10675352B2 |
Extracellular targeted drug conjugates
Extracellular drug conjugates (EDCs) targeting CD38 are useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and immune disorders, including asthma. |
| US10675344B2 |
Multi-CBV vaccine for preventing or treating type I diabetes
The invention is directed to a vaccine comprising: i) coxsackie B virus CBV1 and CBV2, and ii) at least one coxsackie B virus selected from CBV3, CBV4, CBV5 and CBV6. The CBVs are present in the vaccine in inactivated form, in the form of a component of the virus or as an antibody against the virus. The vaccine is effective in preventing and treating type 1 diabetes. So is an anti-coxsackie B virus composition provided. |
| US10675342B2 |
Chikungunya virus RNA vaccines
The disclosure relates to tropical diseases such as viral mosquito borne illnesses and the treatment thereof. The invention includes ribonucleic acid vaccines and combination vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines for treating and preventing tropical disease. |
| US10675335B2 |
Antidotes for factor Xa inhibitors and methods of using the same
The present invention relates antidotes to anticoagulants targeting factor Xa. The antidotes are factor Xa protein derivatives that bind to the factor Xa inhibitors thereby substantially neutralizing them but do not assemble into the prothrombinase complex. The derivatives describe herein lack or have reduced intrinsic coagulant activity. Disclosed herein are methods of stopping or preventing bleeding in a patient that is currently undergoing anticoagulant therapy with a factor Xa inhibitor. |
| US10675334B2 |
Matrix gel
The present invention relates to a gel having a three dimensional matrix structure and a drug in the form of a solid contained within the three dimensional matrix. Gels of the invention are preferably for implantation into a patient. Storing the drug as a solid within the gel means that the drug density is high in those areas of the gel which contain solid drug. The high drug density means that a larger amount of drug can be stored in a gel of a given size relative to the amount of drug that can be stored as individual molecules. The large deposit of solid drug means that the gel can sustain release of the drug for an extended period of time. This is advantageous because it minimises the frequency of replacement or replenishment of the implanted gel, thereby minimising discomfort and inconvenience to the patient. |
| US10675333B2 |
Infusion pump
An infusion pump is disclosed comprising control unit, container, actuation unit and detection unit. The container can store medicinal liquid for treating hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. The control unit can receive external control signal comprising infusion interval, concentration of medicinal liquid and dose of medicament for treating hypogonadotropic hypogonadism at each infusion. The control unit is configured to activate actuation unit based on infusion interval to cause medicinal liquid to flow out of container. The detection unit can detect output of medicinal liquid from container and feed it back to control unit. The control unit is configured to activate actuation unit based on dose at each infusion, concentration of medicinal liquid and fed-back output of medicinal liquid. According to the invention, sustained, automatic infusions of the medicament for treating hypogonadotropic hypogonadism are allowed without patient intervention. As a result, intelligent infusion of medicament is achieved in an easy and efficient manner. |
| US10675327B2 |
Applications of mussel adhesive protein product in treatment and prevention of diseases related to melanin
Disclosed are applications of a mussel adhesive protein or preparations thereof in treatment and prevention of diseases related to melanin. Specifically disclosed are applications of a mussel adhesive protein or preparations thereof in treatment and prevention of pigmentations such as chloasma, freckles, melanosis, applications in skin cancers represented by melanoma, and applications in treatment of pigmentation possibly caused by skin diseases or drugs. |
| US10675326B2 |
Compositions comprising cupredoxins for treating cancer
The present invention discloses methods and materials for killing and/or inhibiting the growth of a cancer cell via preferential entry of a cytotoxic compound. Preferential entry of the cytotoxic compound is accomplished by the use of protein transduction domains derived from cupredoxins, including the p18 and p28 truncations of azurin. |
| US10675324B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating AT2R activity
New polypeptide agonists of AT2R are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the agonists, methods of their use in the treatment of diseases, conditions or disorders characterized by insufficient AT2R activity or excessive AT1R activity, and methods of their use as laboratory reagents for research purposes. |
| US10675322B2 |
Herbal formulation for management of metabolic disorders and method of preparation thereof
Herbal formulation for treatment/management of metabolic disorders and related complications are disclosed herein. The disclosed herbal formulation includes herb and mineral elements which facilitate in treating lipid metabolism disorders including Dyslipidemia, obesity, etc. The formulation disclosed herein may also be used in treating any condition associated with Dyslipidemia such as cardio vascular diseases, cerebro vascular diseases, stroke, pancreatitis, steatohepatitis, atherosclerosis, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, etc. Further, the disclosed formulation may also be instrumental as anti-atherosclerotic and hypolipidemic agent. |
| US10675319B2 |
Method for regulating circadian clock, regulating diurnal preference, adjusting a biological clock, improving sleep quality and/or facilitating sleep by using momordica charantia extract
A method for at least one of adjusting the biological clock, improving sleep quality, and facilitating sleep is provided, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a Momordica charantia extract, wherein the extract is obtained by extracting a fruit of Momordica charantia with water. |
| US10675318B2 |
Antioxidative activity promoting composition
A composition for promoting antioxidative activity includes an effective dose of Rhodiola extract, an alpha-Glycerophosphocholine (alpha-GPC), and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle or salt thereof. Based on animal experiments, the combination of rhodiola extract and alpha-Glycerophosphocholine provides high antioxidative activity. |
| US10675305B2 |
Coordinating gene expression using RNA destabilizing elements
Control Devices are disclosed including RNA destabilizing elements (RDE), and RNA control devices, combined with transgenes, including Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) in eukaryotic cells. RDEs can be combined with RNA control devices to make RDEs that include ligand mediated control. These smart RDEs and other RDEs can be used to optimize expression of transgenes, e.g., CARs, in the eukaryotic cells so that, for example, effector function is optimized. CARs and transgene payloads can also be engineered into eukaryotic cells so that the transgene payload is expressed and delivered at desired times from the eukaryotic cell. |
| US10675300B2 |
Group 3 metal compounds and use thereof in the treatment of solid tumors
The present invention relates to the compounds of Formula 1 wherein M is Sc or Y, Hal is Cl, Br, F or I R is alkyl with 1-4 atoms of C X is Cl, Br, F or I or a group such as that shown hereinafter wherein R is alkyl with 1-4 atoms of C and the use thereof in the treatment of solid tumors. |
| US10675297B2 |
Copolymers of hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments that reduce protein adsorption
The present disclosure relates to compositions A composition comprising a polymerization product of an anionic polysaccharide, a diisocyanate, and a linker, wherein the linker comprises i) an ether group, an ester group, or a combination thereof and, ii) a chain extender comprising a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an amine group, or a combination thereof. The disclosure further relates to medical devices comprising the aforementioned compositions, and to methods of using the compositions and devices. More particularly, the compositions, devices and methods described herein are useful for preventing protein adhesions in vivo, particularly the Vroman effect. |
| US10675296B2 |
Compositions comprising an RNA polymerase inhibitor and cyclodextrin for treating viral infections
The present disclosure provides a composition comprising Compound 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, cyclodextrin, and, optionally, pH adjusting agents. |
| US10675295B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting HMGB1 expression
This disclosure relates to oligonucleotides, compositions and methods useful for reducing HMGB1 expression, particularly in hepatocytes. Disclosed oligonucleotides for the reduction of HMGB1 expression may be double-stranded or single-stranded, and may be modified for improved characteristics such as stronger resistance to nucleases and lower immunogenicity. Disclosed oligonucleotides for the reduction of HMGB1 expression may also be designed to include targeting ligands to target a particular cell or organ, such as the hepatocytes of the liver, and may be used to treat liver fibrosis and related conditions. |
| US10675292B2 |
Method for reducing white matter lesions, white matter hyperintensities (WMH), leukoaraiosis or periventricular white matter disease in elderly
The invention pertains to the use of one or more of uridine and cytidine, or salts, phosphates, acyl derivatives or esters thereof in the manufacture of a composition for treating, preventing or reducing the risk of occurrence of white matter lesions, white matter hyperintensities (WMH), Leukoaraiosis or periventricular white matter disease in elderly not suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder, preferably non-demented elderly and elderly not suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. It was found that with the compositions according to the invention Nogo-A protein levels could be controlled, particularly suppressed or reduced. |
| US10675288B2 |
Natural combination hormone replacement formulations and therapies
Estrogen and progesterone replacement therapies are provided herein. Among others, the following formulations are provided herein: solubilized estradiol without progesterone; micronized progesterone without estradiol; micronized progesterone with partially solubilized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone in combination with partially solubilized progesterone; and solubilized estradiol with solubilized progesterone. |
| US10675287B2 |
Methods of treatment of partial onset seizures using eslicarbazepine acetate
The present disclosure relates to the treatment of various diseases and conditions with eslicarbazepine acetate. The present disclosure also relates to the use of eslicarbazepine acetate in a method for reducing or decreasing epileptic seizures in a patient. The present disclosure also relates to a method for increasing the exposure to eslicarbazepine in a patient. The present disclosure also relates to a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising eslicarbazepine acetate. |
| US10675279B2 |
Ophthalmic formulations of cetirizine and methods of use
The present invention provides stable topical formulations of cetirizine that provide a comfortable formulation when instilled in the eye and is effective in the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis and/or allergic conjunctivitis. The invention further provides methods of treating allergic conjunctivitis and/or allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in a subject in need of such treatment by topical application of the cetirizine formulations of the invention directly to the eye. |
| US10675272B2 |
Compositions for an orally active 1,2,4-oxadiazole for the treatment of disease
The present invention relates to specific doses of and dosing regimens for using a 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compound in treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations. In particular, the invention relates to specific doses and dosing regimens for the use of 3-[5-(2-fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid in mammals having diseases associated with nonsense mutations. |
| US10675271B2 |
Clonidine and/or clonidine derivatives for use in the prevention and/or treatment of adverse side effects of chemotherapy
The present invention pertains to specific clonidine and/or clonidine derivatives for use in the prevention and/or treatment of adverse side effects of alkylating agent chemotherapy, other than those resulting from mucosal inflammation. It also pertains to the use of this clonidine and/or clonidine derivative for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition intended to prevent and/or alleviate the adverse side effects of alkylating agent chemotherapy, other than those resulting from mucosal inflammation. This invention is further directed to a kit comprising: (a) a clonidine and/or clonidine derivative, and (b) at least one alkylating chemotherapeutic agent, as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10675267B2 |
Methods for detection and eradication of myeloid leukemia stem cells
There are provided, inter alia, methods and compositions for diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML), and age-related diseases. |
| US10675265B2 |
Transmucosal delivery of tocotrienol
Method of enhancing the bioavailability of a tocotrienol to a human for treating a disease or condition amenable to treatment with a tocotrienol, by administering a composition formulated for transmucosal delivery to the human. The composition contains at least one tocotrienol, and the disease or condition is selected from post-exercise muscle soreness, delayed onset muscle soreness, cardiac fibrosis, hypertension, inflammation, stroke, cancer, elevated cholesterol and/or triglycerides, baldness, hypertrophy and a condition resulting from radiation exposure. |
| US10675264B2 |
Terpene-based compositions, methods of preparations and uses thereof
The present disclosure generally relates to terpene-based compositions for applications in the pharmaceutical and recreational fields. In some embodiments, the compositions are enriched compositions or non-naturally occurring compositions which contain defined concentrations of one or more cannabis-derived chemical compounds, such as terpenes and cannabinoids that have a distinctive characteristic that mimics that of a cannabis plant matter or a product thereof. Also provided in some embodiments of the disclosure are methods for the preparation of the compositions, as well as methods for use thereof. |
| US10675262B2 |
Development of dietary therapy in cancer
The invention provides new compositions or combinations thereof for the treatment of cancer. More specifically, the invention provides compositions or combinations thereof for cancer treatment including a high-fat diet. Specifically, the high-fat diet is characterized by having approximately 120 g/day or more, or approximately 70% or more of the total daily energy, from fat, based on a real body weight of 50 kg. The diet is preferably a carbohydrate-restricted high-fat diet, and more preferably provided by a ketone formula and/or MCT oil. The dietary therapy by a high-fat diet of the present invention is provided along with surgical treatment, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, or combinations thereof. |
| US10675260B2 |
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating immunoinflammatory dermal disorders
A method for preventing or treating immunoinflammatory dermal disorders is provided. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating immunoinflammatory dermal disorders. |
| US10675253B2 |
Methods of diagnosis and treatment involving nitrite
Methods and therapeutics for treating nitric oxide (NO) mediated condition comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition containing a therapeutic, wherein the therapeutic one of increases xanthine oxidase (XO) associated nitrite conversion to nitric oxide and increases nitrite conversion to nitric oxide via DADS. Method and devices for measuring an amount of nitrite in a sample comprising obtaining a sample, adding diallyl disulfide (DADS) to the sample, measuring a post DADS amount of nitric oxide (NO) in the sample, and using the post DADS amount of NO in the sample to determine the amount of nitrite in the sample. Methods and therapeutics for diagnosing and treating critical limb ischemia (CLI) versus non-critical limb ischemic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a patient comprising determining a patient indicator value, where the patient indicator is value one of a total hydrogen sulfide metabolite plasma level, a total nitric oxide, nitrite, and nitrite (NOx) plasma level, a ratio of free hydrogen sulfide plasma level to total NOx plasma level, and a ratio of total hydrogen sulfide metabolite plasma level and total NOx plasma level, diagnosing the patient with as having CLI based on the patient indicator value, and administering to the patient a therapeutic for CLI. |
| US10675252B2 |
Veterinary composition and methods for production and use
Veterinary compositions and methods for production and use. A method of treating bees at or near a bee hive with a first and/or second veterinary composition is described including administering to bees a veterinary composition comprising at least cannabinoid, and/or at least two non-cannabinoid cannabis compounds, with or without a carrier, thereby enhancing bees performance. |
| US10675251B2 |
Particles containing branched polymers
Particles comprising a branched polymer and either a block copolymer or a linear dendritic hybrid represent a category of useful materials. They may be used in for example drug delivery applications. They may be prepared by a method comprising the steps of: dissolving the branched polymer and block copolymer or linear dendritic hybrid, and optionally other component(s), in a solvent to form a solution; adding said solution to a different liquid; and removing said solvent to form a dispersion of co-precipitated particles. |
| US10675250B1 |
Nanoparticle, preparation process and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides a nanoparticle, a preparation process thereof, a method for enhancing effect of a liver cancer drug, and a method for ameliorating tumor hypoxia by using the nanoparticle. |
| US10675246B2 |
Orally administrable compositions comprising calcium
Orally administrable compositions comprising calcium, methods of administration, and methods of making the same. |
| US10675243B2 |
Petrolatum-based compositions comprising cationic biocides
The disclosure provides stable formulations of cationic biocides that are primarily used in the treatment and prevention of infections. The disclosure is also concerned with processes for forming stable emulsions of cationic biocides and petrolatum. |
| US10675242B2 |
Aqueous formulation containing 5-aminolevulinic acid or the like
The object of the invention is to elevate the stability of an aqueous formulation comprising ALAs and an iron compound. The present invention provides an aqueous formulation comprising ALAs and an iron compound, characterized in that it further comprises 0.2-30% by weight of salts, said salts are sodium salts or potassium salts, and the pH of said aqueous formulation is 2-8. |
| US10675239B2 |
Vegetable extract to prevent and treat hair loss
The present invention relates to the use of a plant extract from the genus Galeopsis species tetrahit or a composition that contains it to stimulate hair growth or improve the appearance or hair fullness. The composition containing the plant extract is applied in both cosmetic and medical-trichological fields and can be applied topically on the scalp or administered orally. |
| US10675236B2 |
Composition comprising at least one anionic surfactant, at least one nonionic surfactant, at least one amphoteric surfactant, at least one cationic polymer and at least one amphoteric polymer
The present invention relates to a composition for cleansing and conditioning keratin fibres, in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising one or more anionic surfactants, one or more nonionic surfactants in a content of at least 3% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, one or more amphoteric surfactants in a content of at least 3% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, one or more particular cationic polymers and one or more amphoteric polymers. The invention also relates to a process for cleansing and conditioning keratin fibres and also to a use involving said composition. |
| US10675234B1 |
Systems and methods for treating and/or preventing acne
The present invention generally relates to skin care and, in particular, to systems and methods for treating and/or preventing acne. Acne is believed to be caused by a combination of factors, including Propionibacterium acnes bacteria, excess sebum production, and inflammation from the immune response (e.g., in response to P. acnes). Certain aspects of the invention are thus directed to one or more compositions that collectively target these factors, although it should be understood that a single composition may target more than one factor at a time. For instance, in one set of embodiments, a treatment may include a first composition that cleans the skin, a second composition that contains growth inhibitor of P. acnes (e.g., for use during the day), and a third composition that inhibits sebum production (e.g., for use during the night). One or more of these may contain other components, such as anti-inflammatory agents, moisturizers, topical anti-microbial agents (e.g., salicylic acid), or the like. Other aspects are generally directed to methods of making or use of such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like. |
| US10675227B2 |
Buffered microencapsulated compositions and methods
A microcapsule composition comprising at least one polymer substantially disposed as a semi-permeable shell around a buffered solution and at least one therapeutic agent, wherein the therapeutic agent permeates the shell, and wherein the composition is suitable for delivery to a mammal. This invention also provides related compositions, products and methods. |
| US10675225B2 |
Optically diffusing particles
A soft-focus composition comprises particles. The particles comprise a substrate with a metal oxide coating. The metal oxide coating covers from about 50% to about 75% of the surface area of the substrate. The particles have a span of from about 0.1 to about 2.1. From about 50% to about 75% of the particles are platelet shaped and the remainder are at least one different shape. This soft-focus composition can be used in cosmetic and personal care formulations to impart a soft-focus effect on the skin to hide fine lines and blemishes while allowing the natural glow of the skin to shine through. |
| US10675221B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling and monitoring medication dispensation
In one embodiment, a medication dispensing device of a system for controlling and monitoring medicine dispensation includes means for securely containing a medication to be dispensed to a specific patient, means for confirming an identify of the patient, means for determining whether or not the patient is eligible to receive a dose of the medication at a time the dose is requested, and means for dispensing the dose of medication only if the patient's identity is confirmed and the patient is eligible to receive the dose. |
| US10675217B2 |
Spherical pill container with domed lid
Embodiments are directed to a spherically shaped bottle. The spherically shaped bottle may be configured to hold and dispense ingestible pills, including tablets, capsules, or other ingestible products. The spherically shaped bottle may include a container body that holds the ingestible pills within an internal volume. A cap may be pivotally coupled with the container body and configured to cover the internal volume. The cap may define a spherical outer surface of the container with the container body when closed. The spherically shaped bottle may include a neck above the internal volume configured to dispense ingestible pills when the spherically shaped bottle is tilted. |
| US10675212B2 |
Self-erecting penis
A dildo assembly comprising a housing, and a dildo, having a base at one end and a tip at the opposite end, attached at its base to the housing and comprising a plurality of hinged segments, wherein the plurality of hinged segments are moveable between a first configuration, in which the dildo is curved, and a second configuration in which the dildo extends substantially straight away from the housing. |
| US10675210B2 |
Inflation pressure garments and connectors
A connector for an inflatable garment that detects a valid connection with a pump. |
| US10675209B1 |
Fluid therapy device
A high-velocity fluid therapy device including a negative-pressure source positioned within a housing with a pair of opposingly oriented sidewalls connected by a laterally extending dowel. The negative-pressure source is in fluid communication with one or more treatment platforms, each platform having one or more longitudinally oriented fluid channels and one or more laterally oriented fluid channels. The channels and conduits permit the airflow pulled by the negative-pressure source to pass over the treatment surface, into the channels and conduits, and eventually internalized by the fluid therapy device to reduce the surface temperature of the treatment area, reducing swelling and inflammation, resulting in reduced pain experienced at the treatment site. |
| US10675200B2 |
Bodyweight decompression table
Decompression table embodiments are described that provide body weight support distributed along the body by providing a lumbar support harness as well as separate foot and leg attachment elements, Other embodiments may either alone or in combination with body weight support elements may provide elements for placing the body in a pre-stretched configuration during decompression by curving the body support portion of the table and strategically adding controlled spacing from the cervical and lumbar areas to the table surface. |
| US10675198B2 |
Climate-controlled topper member for beds
According to certain arrangements, a conditioner mat for use with a bed assembly includes an upper layer comprising a plurality of openings, a lower layer being substantially fluid impermeable, at least one interior chamber defined by the upper layer and the lower layer and a spacer material positioned within the interior chamber. In one embodiment, the spacer material is configured to maintain a shape of the interior chamber and to help with the passage of fluids within a portion of interior chamber. The conditioner mat can be configured to releasably secure to a top of a bed assembly. |
| US10675197B2 |
Method and equipment for raising a lying person
There is presented an equipment for raising of an associated lying person, comprising a seat, a primary leg, a secondary leg being secondary leg being rotatably connected to the seat and a backrest, wherein the equipment is arranged to be passed from a first configuration to a second configuration by rotation of the secondary leg around a rotation axis, and wherein the equipment is arranged so that it enables placement of the equipment between the associated lying person and a supporting surface while the bottom of the associated lying person is in contact with the supporting surface upon which the associated lying person is lying and subsequently raising the associated lying person by passing the equipment from the first configuration to the secondary configuration by rotation of the secondary leg. In a particular embodiment, the equipment is arranged for being reversibly assembled and disassembled without using tools. |
| US10675193B2 |
Wearing article
The wearing article has front and rear waist regions and a crotch region wherein a first waist region as one of the front and rear waist regions includes an outer layer sheet located on non-skin-facing surface, an inner layer sheet located on the inner side compared to the outer layer sheet and an interlayer sheet interlaid between the inner and outer layer sheets and having a decorative element being visually recognizable from the non-skin-facing surface side of the outer layer sheet and the outer layer sheet is nonwoven fabrics formed from crimped conjugated fibers and a brightness value of the inner layer sheet is higher than a brightness value of the outer layer sheet. |
| US10675188B2 |
Configurable absorbent articles
Configurable absorbent articles are provided. The absorbent articles may comprise a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent articles may comprise a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region extending intermediate the first waist region and the second waist region, and an outer cover material joined to the backsheet and forming a portion of a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The absorbent articles may comprise a pair of leg cuffs and a fully removable fastening member. The fastening member may comprise a first fastener on a first surface of the fastening member and positioned proximate to a first end and a second fastener on the first surface and positioned proximate to a second end. The absorbent articles may also comprise a wetness guard. |
| US10675187B2 |
Absorbent articles having channel-forming areas and wetness indicator
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core having at least two longitudinally extending channel-forming areas and a wetness indicator. The core wrap comprises a top side and a bottom side, which are attached to each other through areas substantially free of absorbent material, so that when the absorbent material swells upon absorption of a liquid the core wrap forms channels along these areas substantially free of absorbent material. The wetness indicator is placed between the channel-forming areas or between at least one channel-forming area and at least one longitudinally extending side edge of the article, as seen for the exterior of the article. |
| US10675182B2 |
Hollow needle for an ophthalmic surgical instrument
A hollow needle for an ophthalmic surgical instrument for in-vivo fragmentation of organic lenses by means of ultrasound, comprising a connection region (2) formed on the proximal end (1) for coupling onto the instrument and a needle head (4) formed on the distal end (3) having an effective surface (5) for emitting ultrasound waves, wherein a suction channel (6) for suctioning lens fragments extends in the axial direction through the hollow needle, the opening (7) of which is delimited by the effective surface (5), characterized in that the suction channel in the needle head (4) is formed in a conical manner at least partially running in the direction of the proximal end (1), and in that sections (9) running over this region (1) in the axial direction are formed in the wall (10) of the suction channel. |
| US10675179B2 |
Cannula tool and method
An ophthalmic tool and methods are shown. Examples of ophthalmic tools include cannula removal portions that include one or more grippers. In use the grippers, a mandrel, and a tool base provide a surgeon with a level of control that facilitates removal of a cannula. Other examples include a wound visualization tool that may be in combination with a cannula remover. |
| US10675178B2 |
Monitoring the cooling of subcutaneous lipid-rich cells, such as the cooling of adipose tissue
A system and method of monitoring, controlling and/or detecting events during the removal of heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich tissue is described. In some examples, the system detects an increase in temperature at a treatment device in contact with the skin of a subject, determines that the increase in temperature is related to a treatment event, and performs an action based on the determination. In some examples, the system shuts off the treatment device, alerts an operator, or reduces the cooling in response to a determined treatment event. |
| US10675172B2 |
Spinal therapy device, system and method of use
The inventive solution is directed to a device, system and method of use for spinal therapy by way of a bracket and strap system that allows a user to self-administer spinal decompression exercises. The bracket and strap elements of the inventive device and system are collapsible, portable. The inventive device in assembled form and in use is hooked over top a vertical door or wall panel and leveraged against the user's head where the user is in seated position below. By method of using this invention, the user's upper spinal column is extended and decompressed. |
| US10675171B2 |
Pannus support device, system and method
Disclosed herein is a pannus support device that includes a pannus pouch configured to receive an abdominal panniculus of a wearer that is extending to cover at least a portion of the thigh, a shoulder support structure, and at least one strap connecting the pannus pouch to the shoulder support structure. The shoulder support structure, the at least one strap and the pannus pouch are configured to distribute the weight of the abdominal panniculus to the shoulders of the wearer and off at least the portion of the thigh of the wearer. Further disclosed is a system including a removable pannus pouch liner, and a method of distributing the weight of the abdominal panniculus. |
| US10675167B2 |
Knee orthosis with helicoidal axis and method of design and fabrication thereof
A knee orthosis is provided. In described embodiments, the knee orthosis is designed to follow a natural movement of a wearer's knee along an asymmetric helicoidal axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis has hinges with shells having displacing geometric centers which do not coincide. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis is made of femoral and tibial hinges manufactured as single integral pieces. In some embodiments, the orthosis is configured to realign the wearer's knee in a frontal plane. Corresponding methods for designing and manufacturing a custom knee orthosis are also provided. |
| US10675166B2 |
Adjustable brace assembly and methods of use
Example embodiments of the brace assembly utilize an elastic cross strap attached to mounting facilities about a joint to provide progressive resistance to the extension, flexion or other movement of body parts about the joint. In some embodiments for a knee joint, the brace assembly provides a progressive resisting force to resist hyperextension of the knee. Some embodiments of the brace assembly further comprise adjusting facilities to accommodate different joints, different size wearers of the assembly and different tension settings such as for athletes during competition. Some embodiments of the brace assembly may be used bilaterally and can be made without metal bracing to comply with the requirements of some sports. |
| US10675164B2 |
Catheter having dual balloon hydraulic actuator
Catheter comprising an inner tubular member defining a fluid lumen and inflation lumen therein. An exterior surface of the inner tubular member defines a fluid flow port in fluid communication with the fluid lumen and located along a region of the inner tubular member. Catheter further includes an outer member having a distal section movable relative to the inner tubular member and having an interior surface. A piston balloon is coupled to the inner tubular member distal to the fluid flow port and is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen. A pressure chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port. Fluid introduced through the inflation lumen inflates the piston balloon to seal against the interior surface and fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force to urge at least the distal section of the outer member in a proximal direction. |
| US10675161B2 |
Joint assembly and motion assistance apparatus including the same
A joint assembly including a plurality of frames, each including contactors provided in opposite directions to each other and a middle portion configured to connect the contactors, and a connecting member configured to maintain a state in which contactors of two neighboring frames among the plurality of frames are in contact with each other is disclosed. |
| US10675159B2 |
Composite interbody system
Embodiments of a composite interbody system 10 for treating mammalian bony segments including various materials to encourage bony fusion while enabling radiographic visualization where the composite interbody system 10 may be employed between two, adjacent mammalian bony segments to stabilize, maintain spacing between, or couple the bony segments. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10675157B2 |
Lumbar stand-alone spine implant
A lumbar spine implant has a body with bone screw bores that angle from a metal faceplate situated at an end of the body, the bone screw bores sized such that the bone screw bores become threaded during introduction of a bone screw thereby providing a locking mechanism to prevent the bone screw from backing out. The faceplate also provides a pocket for each bone screw that prevents the bone screw head from advancing through the implant body. The lumbar spine implant has four bone screw bores, two of which extend from the faceplate to the upper side of the body, and two of which extend from the faceplate to the lower side of the body. More or less bone screw bores may be provided. Preferably, but not necessarily, the direction of the bone screw bores are staggered from one lateral side to another lateral side of the body. |
| US10675154B2 |
Osteochondral local prosthetic insert
The present invention refers to an osteochondral local prosthetic insert for partial humeral joint reconstitution by reconstitution of the bone anatomical sphericity to treat bone lesions, in particular Hill-Sachs lesions. The local osteochondral prosthetic insert is a rigid monolithic body having a truncated-cone shape, the proximal diameter greater than the distal diameter, the proximal end of convex shape and rounded at the corners, and a tapered distal end. The lateral surface of the insert shows in the middle-distal part a non-return shaping that allows the maintenance of the position defined in the surgical operation. The proximal end is convex in order to better adapt to the local bone sphericity and has recesses for the manipulation and positioning through dedicated tools. |
| US10675151B2 |
Suture passages for prostheses
Disclosed herein are an implant with a suture passage and a method of attaching sutures to the same. The implant may include a suture pocket having a first pocket, a second pocket, and a suture hole disposed therebetween. The first pocket may have a first wall segment, the second pocket may have a second wall segment, and the suture hole may have a first sidewall segment extending from a first opening to a second opening. The first wall segment, the second wall segment, and the first sidewall segment may form a contiguous wall. A method of attaching a suture to the implant may include placing a tip of a suture needle on the first wall segment, sliding the suture needle into the first opening and pushing the suture needle through the suture hole. |
| US10675146B2 |
Multifocal lens having reduced visual disturbances
A method and system provide an ophthalmic device. The ophthalmic device includes an ophthalmic lens having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, at least one diffractive structure and at least one base curvature. The at least one diffractive structure for provides a first spherical aberration for a first focus corresponding to at least a first focal length. The at least one base curvature provides a second spherical aberration for at least a second focus corresponding to at least a second focal length. The first spherical aberration and the second spherical aberration are provided such that the first focus has a first focus spherical aberration and the second focus has a second focus spherical aberration. The first focus spherical aberration is opposite in sign to the second focus spherical aberration. |
| US10675141B2 |
Reinforced Orthopedic devices
Implantable tensile load-bearing grafts having synthetic components stitched through biological components are disclosed. The synthetic components can be biodegradable and/or non-biodegradable and of differing tensile strengths from each other and the biological component. Methods of making the grafts are also disclosed. |
| US10675140B2 |
Introducer for deploying a stent graft in a curved lumen and stent graft therefor
A stent graft for deployment in a curved lumen such as the aortic or thoracic arch comprises a constraining mechanism at its proximal end. A stent provided at the proximal end of the stent graft includes loops of material that co-operate with restraining wires that extend between a central guide wire carrier and a restraining wire cannula. The constraining mechanism maintains the proximal stent constrained at both of its proximal and distal ends. The proximal stent can then expand after expansion of the remainder of the stent graft during deployment. In an embodiment, the constraining mechanism acts to constrain two adjacent struts of the proximal stent at three points radially therearound, at the proximal end of the stent and at the distal end of the stent. The proximal stent may then overlap with the interior of an adjacent stent at an inner part of a curved vessel. |
| US10675139B2 |
Medical device for embolic protection
Medical device for embolic protection in an aortic arch, comprising a catheter having a shaft and a distal end portion of the shaft, an expandable embolic protection device having a filter membrane and a frame. The frame comprises a frame loop and an elongated frame shaft having a distal end portion connected to the frame loop in a connection point, in its expanded state the frame loop spans said filter membrane and bending means to bend the distal end portion of the catheter and/or the distal end portion of the frame shaft. The medical device comprises a protective state in which the distal end portion of the catheter is bent, the embolic protection device is expanded, the frame shaft extends in a longitudinal direction of the bent distal end portion and the expanded frame loop being completely positioned distally of the connection point. |
| US10675137B2 |
Prosthesis for inguinal hernia repair
The present invention relates to a prosthesis for repairing a inguinal hernia defect. The prosthesis includes a piece of biocompatible material having a preformed three-dimensional shape including: a first portion forming a partial spherical cap surface, shaped and dimensioned so as to substantially conform to the shape of the anterior abdominal wall; a second portion extending from an inferior edge of the first portion and forming a wavy-shaped wall, shaped and dimensioned so as to substantially conform to the shape of the psoas muscle; and a third portion forming an arched part extending longitudinally in the inferior direction from a medial inferior corner of the first portion, the arched part extending radially substantially in the front direction, the third portion being intended to face the medial inferior area of the inguinal anatomy. |
| US10675133B2 |
Device for the atraumatic transfer of a material or substance with a reproductive, therapeutic or diagnostic purpose into female mammals
The invention concerns a device for the atraumatic transfer of a material or substance with a reproductive, therapeutic or diagnostic purpose into a female mammal, comprising a body assembly, an outer sheath suitable for being inserted as far as the start of one of the uterine horns, an inner sheath inside the outer sheath and capable of being extended into the uterine horn, and a piston inserted into the inner sheath order to push the material or substance up to the distal end of the inner sheath. The body assembly comprises a rod extending away from the outer sheath, and on which a shuttle assembly is slidingly mounted, comprising a primary shuttle, mounted sliding on said rod and to which the piston is attached, and a secondary shuttle, mounted sliding on said primary shuttle and to which the inner sheath is attached. |
| US10675130B2 |
Virtual and physical dental models of dental surfaces and analog socket structure of a dental implant and related procedures
A system and method are provided for manufacturing a physical model of a dental structure that includes a dental implant. In at least one example, the physical model is configured to allow a dental analog can be inserted into the physical model in a general coronal direction. A virtual model of the dental structure is provided including a virtual implant spatial disposition with respect to the virtual model corresponding to a physical implant spatial disposition of the dental implant with respect to the physical dental structure. A virtual analog installation structure is defined in the virtual model. Using the virtual model, a physical model corresponding to the virtual model is manufactured, the physical model being provided with a physical analog installation structure corresponding to the virtual analog installation structure. The physical analog installation structure is configured for enabling a dental analog, corresponding to the dental implant, to be inserted in a general coronal direction with respect to the physical model to an installed position in the physical model. In the installed position, the dental analog has an analog spatial disposition with respect to the physical model corresponding to the physical implant spatial disposition of the dental implant with respect to the physical dental structure. A composite physical model, and methods for manufacturing the same, are also provided. |
| US10675128B2 |
Orthodontic system and method of use
The present disclosure relates to an orthodontic system and a method of using the same to perform orthodontics. In one example, an orthodontic system is presented. The orthodontic system includes a tube having at least one sidewall and two opening ends, and a luting agent. The luting agent is disposed on at least a portion of one or more of the at least one sidewall of the tube and a portion of a surface of a tooth onto which the tube is directly attached or adhered. The two opening ends of the tube remain substantially open so that a wire can move along the tube. |
| US10675126B2 |
Combination lip retractor and guard with integrated light source, suction, and surgical smoke plume filter
A surgical guard configured to protect a patient's oral cavity during surgery is disclosed. The surgical guard includes a first arcuate wing comprising a first end and a second end and a second arcuate wing comprising a first end and a second end. A wing connector couples the first end of the first arcuate wing and the first end of the second arcuate wing. The first arcuate wing, the second arcuate wing, and the wing connector are configured to retract and insulate the lips and oral commissure of a patient during oral surgery. |
| US10675120B2 |
Medical kit and dispenser for medical kits
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a medical kit, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a medical kit for cleaning endoscopes. In some aspects, a medical kit may comprise an outer bag capable of being vacuum sealed, at least one inner bag contained within the outer bag, at least one solution container comprising a solution contained within the outer bag, at least one absorbent pad contained within the outer bag, and/or the like. The air from the outer bag may be evacuated to form a vacuum seal surrounding the at least one inner bag, the at least one solution container, and the at least one absorbent pad. In an additional aspect, the medical kit may comprise an absorbent pad and solution contained within a bag capable of being vacuum sealed. In yet another aspect, a dispenser may be implemented to dispense medical kits. |
| US10675119B2 |
Medical kit and dispenser for medical kits
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a medical kit, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a medical kit for cleaning endoscopes. In some aspects, a medical kit may comprise an outer bag capable of being vacuum sealed, at least one inner bag contained within the outer bag, at least one solution container comprising a solution contained within the outer bag, at least one absorbent pad contained within the outer bag, and/or the like. The air from the outer bag may be evacuated to form a vacuum seal surrounding the at least one inner bag, the at least one solution container, and the at least one absorbent pad. In an additional aspect, the medical kit may comprise an absorbent pad and solution contained within a bag capable of being vacuum sealed. In yet another aspect, a dispenser may be implemented to dispense medical kits. |
| US10675114B2 |
Access sheath for brain surgery
A surgical sheath system for performing surgery of the head includes a flexible tubular braided sheath which is radially expandable. An expansion tube is insertable into the sheath to radially expand the sheath. A locking assembly includes tube position shift means, such as a cap threaded onto a flange, with a washer contained in a recess in the flange, the recess having an inside diameter greater than an outside diameter of the washer. When unlocked, the expansion tube can be shift horizontally, to access a different area of a surgical site, without moving the locking assembly. A stylet stabilizing assembly may be pivotally or releasably attached to the locking assembly. |
| US10675113B2 |
Automated therapy of a three-dimensional tissue region
In an embodiment, a method for effecting thermal therapy using an in vivo probe includes positioning the probe in a volume in a patient, identifying an irregularly shaped three-dimensional region of interest and automatically applying thermal therapy to the region using the probe. Applying thermal therapy may include identifying a first emission level at a first rotational angle based in part on a depth of a radial portion of the region in the direction of probe emission, activating emission of the probe, causing rotation of the probe to a next rotational angle, identifying a next emission level at the next rotational angle based in part on a depth of a radial portion of the region in the direction of probe emission, activating emission to deliver therapeutic energy, and repeating rotation and emission until therapeutic energy has been delivered to the volume. |
| US10675109B2 |
Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument
A teleoperated system includes a master grip and a ratcheting system coupled to the master grip. The ratcheting system is configured to be coupled to a slave instrument. The ratcheting system is further configured to align the master grip with the slave instrument by determining a commanded angular velocity for the slave instrument based on a command from the master grip, determining a current alignment error between an alignment of the master grip and an alignment of the slave instrument, and altering the commanded angular velocity for the slave instrument based on the current alignment error. In some embodiments, the ratcheting system is further configured to introduce a control system error to alter the commanded angular velocity. In some embodiments, the current alignment error is a rotation angle error between the alignment of the master grip and the alignment of the slave instrument. |
| US10675108B2 |
Surgical clip applier with clip forming system
An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip forming system positioned within the body and arranged to receive an unformed surgical clip, and an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system to actuate the clip forming system and thereby bend the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip. First and second jaw members are positioned at a distal end of the body and arranged to receive the tissue-ready surgical clip for crimping. |
| US10675106B2 |
Robot arm apparatus, robot arm control method, and program
A robot arm apparatus is provided and includes: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit; and a driving control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling driving of the joint unit. If a malfunction is detected in at least one of the joint unit, the driving control unit controls the driving of the joint unit in a state in which a certain restriction is imposed on motion of the arm unit, and drives the arm unit to avoid the malfunction. |
| US10675100B2 |
Systems and methods for improving medical instruments and devices
Systems and methods are provided for improving medical instruments and devices. One system includes a surgical instrument associated with an instrument identifier, and an electrosurgical generator operably coupled to the surgical instrument. The electrosurgical generator is associated with a generator identifier and is configured to receive and store data associated with an operating mode of the surgical instrument, receive data associated with the instrument identifier from the surgical instrument, generate a unique identifier based on a time and date at which the surgical instrument is operably coupled with the electrosurgical generator for the first time, the generator identifier of the electrosurgical generator, and the instrument identifier, and associate the unique identifier with the stored data associated with the operating mode of the surgical instrument. |
| US10675099B2 |
Needle insertion guide device and system, and method of providing control guidance for needle insertion guide device
A medical tool insertion guide device includes a base portion composed primarily of electromagnetically transmissive material but has a first component composed of electromagnetically absorptive material. The device also includes a movable portion composed primarily of the electromagnetically transmissive material, but has a second component composed of absorptive material. The movable portion is mounted, but movable by rotation or translation relative, to the base portion. An encoder sensor is mounted to one portion, and an encoder scale is mounted to the other, and the sensor faces the scale when mounted. The components can include fiducial markers. The transmissivity and absorptivity can be in a particular band(s), such as an X-ray band. The medical tool can be a needle, a medical probe, a scalpel, etc. A computer based method of providing control guidance for the device is provided, and a program therefor can be stored in a storage medium. |
| US10675094B2 |
Robot surgical platform
A surgical implant planning computer is connectable to a fluoroscopy imager, a marker tracking camera, and a robot having a robot base coupled to a robot arm that is movable by motors relative to the robot base. Operations include performing a registration setup mode that determines occurrence of a first condition indicating the marker tracking camera can observe to track reflective markers that are on a fluoroscopy registration fixture of the fluoroscopy imager, and determines occurrence of a second condition indicating the marker tracking camera can observe to track dynamic reference base markers attached to the robot arm and/or an end-effector connected to the robot arm. While both of the first and second conditions occur, operations are allowed to be performed to obtain a first intra-operative fluoroscopic image of a patient along a first plane and to obtain a second intra-operative fluoroscopic image of the patient along a second plane that is orthogonal to the first plane. |
| US10675092B2 |
Microwave energy-delivery device and system
A microwave ablation device including a cable assembly configured to connect a microwave ablation device to an energy source and a feedline in electrical communication with the cable assembly. The microwave ablation device further includes a balun on an outer conductor of the feedline, and a temperature sensor on the balun sensing the temperature of the balun. |
| US10675087B2 |
Medical ablation device and method of use
A tissue resection device includes an elongate shaft having a ceramic working end with a window and a wire-like electrode. A motor oscillates the electrode back and forth in an arc between opposing sides of the window. The working end is engaged against a tissue surface while radiofrequency current is delivered to the wire-like electrode to cut tissue received within the window. A negative pressure source may be connected to the window through an interior passageway in the elongate shaft to extract cut tissue from the working end. |
| US10675084B2 |
Cautery protective accessory sleeve with stabilization system
A cautery pen tip accessory cover comprises a cylindrical member that can receive a cautery pen in a first end and the tip of the cautery pen can extend from a second opposite end when the cover is in a retracted configuration. The cylindrical member has an opened lateral exposure that allows the feel of the cautery pen therethrough. A cover exposure opening in the cylindrical member to provide access to a trigger of the cautery pen when the cautery pen tip cover is in the retracted configuration. A resilient member urges the cautery pen tip cover to the non-retracted configuration where access to the cautery pen trigger is prevented. The cylindrical member is easily retracted by a finger ring configured permanently into the cylindrical member, allowing easy retraction of the cover by the operator squeezing the cover to a resistance bar stabilization system accessory configured over the cautery pen. |
| US10675083B2 |
Electrosurgery handpiece/pencil with smoke evacuation
An electrosurgery handpiece/pencil with smoke evacuation having features that support use at high frequencies without insulation breakdown and that provides increased efficiency of smoke evacuation during cutting and/or coagulation. The electrosurgery handpiece/pencil includes a handpiece, an electrode positioned within an end of the handpiece, and a nozzle member for retaining the electrode which fits within an interior of the end of the handpiece that contains the electrode. |
| US10675080B2 |
System and methods of controlling temperature related to electrosurgical procedures
Electrosurgical procedures. At least some of the example methods for detecting that an electrosurgical wand is effected by a blockage, including supplying a high frequency energy to an active electrode of an electrosurgical wand; drawing an electrically conductive fluid from the vicinity of the active electrode; sensing a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the electrically conductive fluid drawn from the vicinity of the active electrode; and cycling the high frequency energy supplied upon the temperature of the electrically conductive fluid drawn from the vicinity of the active electrode exceeding a first threshold temperature. |
| US10675078B2 |
N2O liquefaction system with subcooling heat exchanger for medical device
A system and kit for using a source of low-pressure refrigerant for a cryotherapy procedure and for subcooling a cryotherapy refrigerant. The system may generally include a fluid reservoir and a fluid flow path in thermal exchange with the fluid reservoir, the fluid flow path including a first thermal exchange device in thermal exchange with the fluid reservoir, a compressor in fluid communication with the first thermal exchange device, a condenser, a reversing valve located between the compressor and the condenser, a second thermal exchange device located between the reversing valve and the compressor, and an expansion valve located between the condenser and the thermal exchange device. The third thermal exchange device may be configured to be in fluid communication with the cryotherapy console and configured to place a secondary refrigerant within the first fluid flow path in thermal communication with a secondary refrigerant of the cryotherapy system. |
| US10675077B2 |
Surgical rod scorer and method of use of the same
A surgical rod scorer is provided. The surgical rod scorer includes a pair of elongated shaft members that are pivotably coupled to one another and movable from a spaced-apart configuration to an approximated configuration. Each of the shaft members includes a handle member that is configured for gripping by a user and jaw member that is configured to support respective first and second cutting assemblies thereon. The first and second cutting assemblies each include one or more cutting elements thereon configured and dimensioned to score surgical rod when the jaw members are in the approximated configuration and rotated about the surgical rod. |
| US10675076B2 |
Bone fracture reduction device and methods for using the same
A device and method for treating bone fractures/lesions using an inflatable body is provided. The inflatable body includes a balloon having a substantially flat horizontal surface for quick easy insertion into bone beneath the fracture so as to align misaligned fragments of the fracture and/or to collapsed bone. The body has a shape and size to compress at least a portion of the cancellous bone to form a cavity in the cancellous bone and/or to restore the original position of the outer cortical bone, if fractured or collapsed. The inflatable body has a stylet attached to it's distal end so that once the inflatable body is deflated it can be twisted about the stylet to have a smaller profile so as to be easily withdrawn from the bone. |
| US10675074B2 |
Porous fixation devices and methods
Various different porous screws and pegs are disclosed herein, as are methods of manufacturing such porous pegs or screws. The porous screws and pegs, in certain examples, are formed through additive manufacturing and have improved porosity for bone ingrowth. In certain cases, additive manufacturing or another manufacturing technique can be used to cover only part or all of the threads of the screws or pegs disclosed herein with a porous material. Such screws or pegs can have porosity but also threads that are capable of effectively digging into bone. |
| US10675072B2 |
Bone fixation with a plate and a coupler connected by flexible members
Apparatus and method for fixing a bone using a plate and a coupler that are connected to one another with flexible members. The plate may be configured to be attached to a shaft region of a bone. The coupler may be configured to be disposed on an end region of the bone, and may define a bore and an aperture. The flexible members may include a first flexible member and a second flexible member, each including a wire or cable. The first flexible member may be configured to extend from the plate, through the bore, and back to the plate. The second flexible member may be configured to extend from the plate to the coupler on a path that approaches the coupler transverse to a line that is parallel to the bore. The apparatus and method may be used to stabilize the greater trochanter of a femur. |
| US10675069B2 |
Device and method for normalizing implant strain readings to assess bone healing
A device and method for treating a bone includes a bone plate including first and second portions joined to one another via a connecting portion, a rigidity of the connecting portion being less than rigidities of each of the first and second portions in combination with a first sensor mounted on the first portion measuring strain on the first portion and a second sensor mounted on the second portion measuring strain on the second portion. |
| US10675068B2 |
Fixation device for treating a bone fracture
A fixation device for treating an epiphyseal fracture, comprises a shaft extending longitudinally along a central axis from a first end to a second end configured to slidably engage a bone implant opening and a having a maximum radius r and a spherical head element attached to the first end of the shaft and having a radius R>r, the spherical head element configured to be inserted into a fragmented portion of bone such that the fragmented portion rotates about the spherical head element relative to the central axis of the shaft. |
| US10675063B2 |
System and method for image segmentation in generating computer models of a joint to undergo arthroplasty
A custom arthroplasty guide and a method of manufacturing such a guide are disclosed herein. The method of manufacturing the custom arthroplasty guide includes: a) generating medical imaging slices of the portion of the patient bone; b) identifying landmarks on bone boundaries in the medical imaging slices; c) providing model data including image data associated with a bone other than the patient bone; d) adjusting the model data to match the landmarks; e) using the adjusted model data to generate a three dimensional computer model of the portion of the patient bone; f) using the three dimensional computer model to generate design data associated with the custom arthroplasty guide; and g) using the design data in manufacturing the custom arthroplasty guide. |
| US10675061B2 |
Polyaxial bone fixation element
A fastener device includes an anchor body that defines a through hole. The anchor body further includes an inner surface that defines a least a portion of the through hole. The fastener includes a head, a threaded shaft that extends out with respect to the head in a distal direction, and a neck between the head and threaded shaft. The head includes an outer surface configured to articulate along the inner surface when the fastener head is inserted in the through hole. At least a portion of the outer surface is convex and defines a portion of a sphere that defines a first diameter. The neck defines a second diameter and the fastener defines a ratio of the first diameter to the second diameter in a range between about 2 to 1 and about 3 to 1. |
| US10675058B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for large tissue specimen removal
A system for removal of a tissue specimen from an internal body cavity includes a cannula arrangement having an access cannula including a first elongated tubular member, a deployment cannula including a second elongated tubular member configured for insertion into the first lumen, a deployment plunger including a proximal base and a plurality of engagement arms extending distally from the proximal base, and an inner cannula including a third elongated tubular member. The system further includes a containment bag selectively deployable from the cannula arrangement. Distal advancement of the deployment cannula relative to the access cannula deploys a first portion of the containment bag from the cannula arrangement, and distal advancement of the deployment plunger relative to the deployment cannula and the access cannula deploys a second portion of the containment bag from the cannula arrangement. |
| US10675057B2 |
Variable stiffness cannulae and associated delivery systems and methods
The disclosure relates to cannulae, delivery systems, methods of making cannulae, and methods of making delivery systems. A cannula comprises an elongate tubular member having a circumferential wall extending between a proximal end and a distal end and defining an interior lumen. A pattern of openings arranged in an interrupted spiral extends circumferentially along the elongate tubular member. |
| US10675054B2 |
Heat pipe cooled burr including surgical instruments embodying same
Featured is a surgical instrument including a rotating cutting implement and a heat transfer mechanism configured to absorb heat energy during the use of such a rotating cutting implement. The heat transfer mechanism is configured so the absorbed heat energy is communicated to an external heat sink. Such a heat transfer mechanism includes a heat pipe, e.g., a scintered or wick type heat pipe. The heat energy is absorbed at one end of the heat pipe to minimize the potential for damage to the tissue and the like at and/or about the surgical site. Also featured are a surgical apparatus embodying such a surgical instrument and surgical or medical methods or procedures for manipulating, rotatably cutting, grinding, abrading or debriding tissue, bone or other structures or components of a mammalian body using such surgical instruments or surgical apparatus. |
| US10675051B2 |
Mechanisms for controlling rotation of outer cannula for use in endoscopic tool
A surgical instrument includes a cutting assembly, an outer tubing, and a flexible torque component. The cutting assembly extends from a first proximal end to a first distal end. The cutting assembly includes an outer cannula defining a cutting window and an inner cannula disposed within the outer cannula. The outer tubing extends from a proximal tubing end to a distal tubing end. The distal tubing end is coupled to the outer cannula. The outer tubing is configured to receive a torque at the proximal tubing end and transmit the torque to the outer cannula to rotate the outer cannula. The outer tubing includes a plurality of first wires and a plurality of second wires each including more than eight wires and less than twenty four wires. The flexible torque component is coupled to a third proximal end of the inner cannula to rotate the inner cannula. |
| US10675045B2 |
Clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel
A clot retrieval device 1 for removing occlusive clot from a blood vessel, the device comprises an inner elongate body 3 having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration and an outer elongate body 2 at least partially overlying the inner elongate body 2. The outer elongate body 2 is expandable to a radial extent which is greater than the radial extent of the inner body 3 in the deployed configuration to define a clot reception space 11. The outer elongate body 2 comprises a distal end portion 24,49 and the inner elongate body 3 comprises a main body portion 10 and a distal portion which extends in the deployed configuration towards the outer elongate body 2 to a greater extent than the main body portion. The distal portion 10 of the inner elongate member 3 and the distal end portion 24,49 of the outer elongate body 2 together define a three dimensional protective structure to substantially prevent distal egress of clot or clot fragments from the device. |
| US10675041B2 |
Reverse loading surgical clip applier
An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, a clip cartridge coupled to the body and containing one or more surgical clips, and a head rotatably coupled to the distal end. First and second jaw members are mounted to the head such that rotation of the head correspondingly moves the first and second jaw members. The head is rotatable between a loading position, where the first and second jaw members are aligned to receive a distal-most surgical clip of the one or more surgical clips, and a clamping position, where the first and second jaw members are positioned to crimp a surgical clip interposing the first and second jaw members. |
| US10675037B2 |
Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular defects
Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion. |
| US10675036B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for the treatment of vascular defects
Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusive device that includes a first mesh having an expanded state in which it curves about a first axis to form a first band, and a second mesh having an expanded state in which it curves about a second axis different than the first axis to form a second band. The second band may be positioned radially inward of the first band such that the device includes first and second overlap regions in which the first band overlaps the second band. |
| US10675028B2 |
Powered surgical instruments with firing system lockout arrangements
Surgical instruments and/or fastener apparatuses comprising an end effector with a pair of jaws pivoted at a proximal end thereof and movable between an open and closed position. At least one of the jaws may comprise a channel for receiving a cartridge containing a plurality of surgical fasteners. Also, an electrically powered actuator may be for deploying the surgical fasteners and may comprise a power source and a motor. An activation mechanism may be attached to the handle to move the pair of jaws from the open to the closed position and to activate the actuator. A lockout mechanism may be configured to permit current to flow from the power source to the motor when the pair of jaws is in the closed position and to prevent current from flowing to the power source to the motor when the pair of jaws is in the open position. |
| US10675025B2 |
Shaft assembly comprising separately actuatable and retractable systems
A shaft assembly is disclosed which comprises an end effector configurable in an open configuration and a closed configuration, a closure system configured to transition the end effector toward the closed configuration during a closure stroke, a firing member movable through a firing stroke, and a frame. In various instances, the shaft assembly comprises a first bailout configured to shift the frame in order to open the end effector and a second, independent, bailout configured to retract the firing member during and/or after the firing stroke. In certain instances, the closure system is expandable to perform the closure stroke. In at least one such instance, the closure system comprises a proximal portion mounted to the frame and a distal portion movable relative to the proximal portion. In at least one instance, the firing member engages the closure member to expand the closure system. |
| US10675023B2 |
Surgical stapling apparatus with firing lockout mechanism
A surgical stapling apparatus is provided which includes a first jaw supporting an anvil assembly and a second jaw supporting a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly supports a firing lockout assembly which includes a latch member having a blocking member. The latch member is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the blocking member of the latch member is aligned with the stop surface of the drive member to prevent advancement of the drive member within the tool assembly and in the second position, the blocking member is misaligned with the stop surface of the drive member to permit advancement of the drive member within the tool assembly. A biasing member is positioned to urge the latch member towards the first position. In the retracted position of the drive member, the latch member is in the first position. |
| US10675012B2 |
Joint assembly for medical devices
A device for occluding an aperture in a body of a patient includes a frame that includes a plurality of elongate members and a hub component that includes a plurality of attachment members, wherein for each elongate member of the plurality of elongate members a first end of the elongate member is fixedly attached to an attachment member of the plurality of attachment members at an attachment region. The frame and the hub component together form at least one occlusive element. Each receptacle of the plurality of attachment members is configured to pivot with respect to the hub component, such that each attachment region is movable with respect to the hub component. |
| US10675010B2 |
Device for firmly clamping a medical guide wire
For the purpose of firmly clamping a medical guide wire which can be rotated and displaced in a longitudinal opening of an accommodating body, a clamping mechanism is present either just at one end of the longitudinal opening or at each end of the longitudinal opening, the clamping mechanism having a widened opening region, which runs transversely to the longitudinal opening, and a clamping-member arrangement, which is connected to the accommodating body in an elastically flexible manner and has an edge part, which is located in the opening region and against which the guide wire, once pivoted out of the longitudinal opening, can be brought into abutment at the relevant end of the accommodating body and at the clamping-member arrangement, with the capability of the guide wire to be displaced and/or rotated being blocked in the process. |
| US10675007B2 |
Frequency compounding in elasticity imaging
For noise reduction in elasticity imaging, frequency compounding is used. Displacements caused by the acoustic radiation force impulse are measured using signals at different frequencies, either due to transmission of tracking pulses and reception at different frequencies or due to processing received signals at different sub-bands. The displacements are (a) combined to compound and the compounded displacements are used to determine elasticity or (b) are used to determine elasticity and the elasticities from information at the different frequencies are compounded. |
| US10675006B2 |
Registration for multi-modality medical imaging fusion with narrow field of view
In multi-modality imaging fusion with ultrasound, one transducer is used for registering ultrasound scan data with scan data from another mode. This registration is used to then align scan data from a different ultrasound transducer with the scan data of the other mode. The alignment may account for differences in position sensing between the two transducers. |
| US10675002B2 |
Method and apparatus to measure tissue displacement and strain
A method for reconstructing displacement and strain maps of human tissue of a subject in vivo or other objects includes applying a mechanical deformation for a target area, imaging tissues while deformation is applied on the target area, measuring the axial and lateral displacements and axial, lateral, and shear strains of tissue in the target area, differentiating between tissues of different stiffness and strain responses, and labeling tissues of different stiffness and strain responses. In some embodiments, displacement and strain imaging are performed using a high-resolution, high-speed, highly-accuracy hierarchy recursive displacement tracking from conventional ultrasound brightness mode images. Particularly, this invention relates to the reconstruction of displacement and strain images from conventional ultrasound B-mode images acquired using any ultrasound machine of different manufacturers without the need to use carrier signals. |
| US10674999B2 |
Ultrasound system and method
An ultrasound system (1) is disclosed that comprises a probe (10) including an array (110) of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells (100), each cell comprising a substrate (112) carrying a first electrode (122), the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane (114) including a second electrode (120) by a gap (118); and a bias voltage source (45) coupled to said probe and adapted to provide the respective first electrodes and second electrodes of at least some of the CMUT cells with a monotonically varying bias voltage including a monotonically varying frequency modulation in a transmission mode of said probe such that the CMUT cells are operated in a collapsed state and transmit at least one chirped pulse during said transmission mode. Such a system for instance may be an ultrasound imaging system or an ultrasound therapeutic system. An ultrasonic pulse generation method using such as system is also disclosed. |
| US10674997B2 |
Ultrasonic tracking probe and the method
An ultrasonic medical system comprising a tracking probe and a catheter is used for tracking a target inside human body. The ultrasonic probe has additional ultrasound sensors embedded around its main transducer array. A catheter is built with ultrasound transmitters at its distal end and sends active sound signals during each probe scanning cycle. The probe sensors track the 3D position of the target catheter using triangulation principle. The target position is rendered in the 3D anatomic context defined by the ultrasound images. |
| US10674996B2 |
Intravascular ultrasound imaging apparatus, interface architecture, and method of manufacturing
Sold-state intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are particularly directed to compact and efficient circuit architectures and electrical interfaces for an ultrasound transducer array used in a solid-state IVUS system. In one embodiment, an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) device includes: a flexible elongate member; an ultrasound scanner assembly disposed at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the ultrasound scanner assembly including an ultrasound transducer array; an interface coupler disposed at a proximal portion of the flexible elongate member; and a cable disposed within and extending along a length of the flexible elongate member between the ultrasound scanner assembly and the interface coupler. The cable includes four conductors electrically coupling the ultrasound scanner assembly and the interface coupler. |
| US10674992B2 |
Selectable ROI and flexible detector for X-ray imaging
An imaging system and detector for obtaining x-ray images of a region of interest (ROI) within an object is provided that does not require movement of the detector and/or object/patient for alignment with the x-ray source. The detector is formed with an array of detector elements disposed on a substrate that has an area larger than the area of the objects/patients to be imaged. In use, the object/patient is positioned between the x-ray source and the detector and the x-ray source is targeted at the ROI. The control mechanism determines the area of the detector aligned with the x-ray source and ROI and operates the selected detector elements in the area struck by the x-rays from the source passing through the ROI of the object/patient. The control mechanism receives image data from the area of the detector formed by the detector elements in order to form images of the ROI. |
| US10674985B2 |
Method for co-registering and displaying multiple imaging modalities
A method for processing angiography image data by using an imaging catheter path that is directly detected from the angiography data as a co-registration path or using detected marker locations from the angiography data to generate a co-registration path. If the acquired angiography data includes synchronized cardiac phase signals and a predetermined quantity of angiography image frames not including contrast media, then a directly detected imaging catheter path is used as the co-registration path. Otherwise the co-registration path is determined based upon detected marker locations from the angiography image data. |
| US10674983B2 |
Patient-specific analysis of positron emission tomography data
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating tissue for abnormal glucose uptake within a region of interest within a patient. A PET scanner obtains PET imagery including the region of interest and at least part of the liver. An SUV calculator calculates a first set of SUVs representing the region of interest and a second set SUVs representing the liver from the set of at least one PET image. A standardization component calculates a correction value as a function of the second set of SUVs and applies the correction value to either a decision threshold associated with the region of interest or the first set of SUVs. A diagnosis component compares the first set of SUVs to the decision threshold to determine if the glucose uptake within the region of interest is abnormal. A display provides the determination to a user. |
| US10674980B2 |
Gantry for a medical imaging facility and method for air cooling of at least one component of the gantry
A gantry is for a medical imaging facility. An air inflow surface, for air cooling of at least one component of the gantry, is embodied on an outer surface of the gantry. In an operating state of the gantry, the gantry is delimited to the top in an area of the air inflow surface by the air inflow surface. |
| US10674979B2 |
Mobile C-arm system
The invention relates to a mobile C-arm system (C1), at least comprising at least three wheels, at least two wheels each having an electric motor, wherein the electric motor has a stator (S) and a rotor (R), the stator (S) being connected to a wheel suspension (T) of the wheel and the rotor (R) being surrounded peripherally by a running wheel (L). |
| US10674978B2 |
Moving type radiation device
According to the present invention, a highly safe moving-type radiation device can be provided. In the case of a conventional configuration using tension springs, if a spring is severed, the fragments will separate from each other permanently. Therefore, the present invention uses compression spring 8a and 8b instead. According to the spring mechanism of the present invention, even if a shaft is about to move largely in accordance with the severing of a spring, fragments of the spring, which has become stuck each other and immovable, interfere and prevent the movement of the shaft. What has been devised in the present invention is a junction spring seat that links a plurality of compression springs 8a and 8b. With this, even in cases where the compression springs 8a and 8b are linked in series, the compression springs 8a and 8b will not be buckled. |
| US10674976B2 |
Imaging device and medical apparatus
Imaging devices and medical apparatuses are provided. The imaging device comprises a first cantilever, a second cantilever and an aligning and locking device where the second cantilever is separably connected with the first cantilever, and the aligning and locking device is provided at a connection of the first cantilever and the second cantilever and comprises a positioning groove, a positioning block and a locking member. The positioning groove is concavely provided on one of the first cantilever and the second cantilever and the positioning block is convexly provided on the other and extendable into the positioning groove to cooperate with the positioning groove for positioning. A locking groove is concavely provided in the positioning block. The locking member is movably provided in the cantilever on which the positioning groove is provided, and may insert into the locking groove to cooperate with the locking groove for locking. |
| US10674972B1 |
Object detection in full-height human X-ray images
Detecting hidden objects on a human body includes acquiring an incoming X-ray image of the human body passing through a penetrating X-ray scanner; generating additional images based on the incoming image by performing logarithmic or saliency transformations or contrasting of the incoming image; obtaining maps for all objects and known object classes, the maps show which pixels correspond to objects or to background, by passing the incoming and the additional images through a neural network with a deep Segnet-U-Net architecture optimized for overlapping object detection with long skip connections before each downsampling layer of the neural network; using the maps, identifying unknown objects in the incoming image by recognizing all objects/objects of known classes, excluding previously classified objects from the known classes from segmented non-anatomic areas; segmenting the incoming image of the human body into multiple parts; and identifying parts containing objects belonging to both the known and unknown classes. |
| US10674971B2 |
X-ray image display apparatus and method for X-ray image display
Disclosed is an X-ray image display apparatus with improved depth resolution, the display apparatus including a storage storing a plurality of X-ray frame data about a subject, an image processor reconstructing a first X-ray image by using a first group of X-ray frame data constituted by at least a portion of the plurality of X-ray frame data and reconstructing a second X-ray image by using a second group of X-ray frame data constituted by at least a portion of the plurality of X-ray frame data, a display configured to provide a screen, and a viewer module displaying a background image display part and a partial image display part disposed at a portion of the background image display part on the screen, displaying the first X-ray image on the background image display part, and displaying a portion of the second X-ray image corresponding to the first X-ray image on the partial image display part. |
| US10674968B2 |
Adjustable overlay patterns for medical display
A system for identifying an area of interest on a surgical image, including a source of surgical image data, which may be a camera, an image processing unit, which may be a camera control unit, and a destination, which may be a display. The image processing unit is configured to receive the surgical image data and combine it with an overlay pattern for identifying an area of interest, which is then displayed on the display. The overlay pattern may include centric lines, concentric ovals, concentric circles, or other concentric shapes. The overlay may include a key with coordinates or labels. Properties of the overlay and the key may be customized and adjusted. |
| US10674967B2 |
Estimating body composition on a mobile device
A method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium for estimating body composition are provided. The method includes receiving a set of forced breath data from an electronic device. The method also includes deriving a flow rate based on the set of forced breath data. The method further includes determining a body composition based on the derived flow rate of the set of forced breath data. |
| US10674965B2 |
System and method for monitoring safety and productivity of physical tasks
Methods and systems for monitoring workplace safety and evaluating risks is provided, the method comprising receiving signals from at least one wearable device, identifying portions of the signals corresponding to physical activities, excerpting the portions of the signals corresponding to the physical activities, and calculating risk metrics based on measurements extracted from the excerpted portions of the signals, the risk metric indicative of high risk lifting activities. |
| US10674963B2 |
Systems and methods for regulating organ and/or tumor growth rates, function, and/or development
A system for controlled neuromodulation procedures is disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Systems and methods for imaging, monitoring, stimulating, and/or ablating neurological structures coupled to one or more organs of the lower urinary tract (LUT) are disclosed. Such processes may be used to alter the hormonal secretions from one or more organs, to modulate the growth of an organ, alter the growth rate or rate of perineural invasion of a tumor, or the like. In particular such processes may be used to slow, halt and/or reverse the growth of a prostate gland or a prostate tumor. |
| US10674960B2 |
Device and system for sensing medically relevant information from the mouth
An intraoral multisensor device includes a mouthpiece, a plurality of sensors at least one of attached to or integrated with the mouthpiece, and a data communications unit configured to receive signals from the plurality of sensors. The mouthpiece has a form to permit stable arrangement at least partially within a person's mouth such that it can remain for hands-free sensing of a plurality of biological parameters. Also, an intraoral multisensor system includes an intraoral multisensor device and a data processing device adapted to communicate with the intraoral multisensor device. |
| US10674954B2 |
Loading device for measuring stiffness of structural member over time, monitoring system, and method thereof
A loading device, a monitoring system, and a method thereof can measure stiffness of a structural member (SM), such as a bone, and monitor progress or property over time. The loading device includes two types of displacement sensors, one type being an antenna. As the SM, which is in a magnetic or electromagnetic field and electromagnetically coupled to the antenna without contact, undergoes displacement under known loads, characteristics of the electromagnetic field coupling between the antenna and the SM change over time due to the displacement of the SM. The shift in the characteristics of the electromagnetic field coupling between the antenna and the SM can be used to determine the displacement of the SM. Based on the changes in the displacement over time, diagnosis of the SM being monitored over an evaluation period can be made. |
| US10674953B2 |
Skin feature imaging system
An imaging device for monitoring a skin feature includes a camera, at least one processor and memory. The imaging device displays a body area guide, receives a selection of a body area, initiates an image sequence of the body area, the image sequence including capturing, using the camera, a plurality of images, determines whether all body areas have been imaged, analyzes the images, and provides the analyzed images to a clinician. The imaging device can be part of a system including a server in communication with a monitor, where the clinician views the images on the monitor. Additionally, each skin feature can be ranked in order of risk and presented to the clinician in that order. |
| US10674951B2 |
Portable device for determining physical strength of a user during exercise
A portable device for evaluating a physical strength is disclosed. The portable device includes a first sensor for sensing walking of a user; a second sensor for sensing heartbeat of the user; and a controller for: measuring a walking speed of the user using a sensed result of the first sensor; measuring a heart rate of the user using a sensed result of the second sensor; and evaluating a physical strength of the user using the measured heart rate when the walking speed of the user is changed by a specific speed or more by comparing a virtual heart rate calculated using the walking speed of the user with the measured heart rate. |
| US10674950B2 |
Systems and methods for phlebotomy through a peripheral IV catheter
An apparatus for performing phlebotomy through a peripheral intravenous line. The apparatus includes an introducer and a catheter configured to advance the catheter through a peripheral intravenous line. A y-adapter with a port of larger diameter is configured to receive the catheter and place in fluid communication with the peripheral intravenous line. When advanced the catheter is configured to transport a bodily fluid (i.e. blood) to a volume outside of the body. |
| US10674949B1 |
In vivo analyte detection system
A light source emits light into a first portion of a living body. Functionalized particles within the body are configured to specifically bind to a target analyte, and upon receiving the emitted light, undergo a reaction that separates a detectable label from the functionalized particle. A sensor device is configured to detect a response signal from a second portion of the living body that is indicative of an abundance of the detectable label in the second portion. A control system uses the sensor device to obtain sensor data indicative of the response signal from the second portion of the living body detected by the sensor device during a measurement interval, and determines a presence or absence of the target analyte within the first portion of the living body based in part on the obtained data. |
| US10674946B2 |
Sweat sensing devices with sensor abrasion protection
The disclosed invention provides a sweat sensing device configured with self-aligned sweat stimulation means to provide adequate sweat generation for continuous monitoring of sweat. The disclosed device includes one or more analyte-specific sweat sensors that self-align with sweat glands. In one embodiment, the sweat sensing device includes means to protect the self-aligning sensors from abrasion against the skin or device components. In another embodiment, the device includes prolonged sweat stimulation for the self-aligning sensors through diffusion of a sweat stimulating compound into the skin. |
| US10674943B2 |
Method and system of rapid screening for mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and other cognitive impairment by analysis of intra-individual variability of motor performance
A non-invasive system, and method for simple, quantitative screening for mTBI and other forms of mid cognitive impairment using a visuo-motor performance test (for example, a submaximal grip test) in response to visual feedback to quantitatively measure the intra-individual variability of performance metric for initial screening of patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and other neurological disorders. The system and method can be administered in minutes, by any level of caregiver, in any environment including military in-the-field or sports on-field deployments, and is useful in screening those truly injured from those disguising or mimicking injury. In addition to screening, the system and method can be used to monitor and/or detect changes to intra-individual variability over time by comparison to a baseline, which in turn is helpful in determining estimated recovery trajectory or other related information. |
| US10674941B2 |
Monitoring device, monitoring system, monitoring method, monitoring program, and computer readable media with monitoring program recording thereon
A position identifying unit is configured to identify the location of a monitored person in the horizontal direction and maximum height of the monitored person in the vertical direction on the basis of top-down image data acquired by an upper image sensor provided above a monitored area capturing an image of the monitored area and lateral image data acquired by a lateral image sensor provided along a side of the monitored area capturing an image of the monitored area. An event determining unit assesses a fall-related event for the monitored person on the basis of a location in the horizontal direction, a maximum height in the vertical direction. |
| US10674933B2 |
Enlargement of tracking volume by movement of imaging bed
A medical system, includes an imaging apparatus, which includes an array of detectors, which define an imaging volume and form images of a region within a body of a patient that is positioned in the imaging volume. A movable bed transports the body of the patient through the imaging volume. An invasive probe is inserted into a lumen within the body of the patient. A tracking apparatus includes a field transducer positioned in the imaging apparatus and defining a tracking volume within the imaging apparatus, and generates an indication of a location of the invasive probe within the tracking volume responsively to an interaction between the field transducer and the invasive probe. A controller controls the movable bed in response to the location of the invasive probe indicated by the tracking apparatus. |
| US10674930B2 |
Single-unit leadless EEG sensor
Single-unit EEG sensors contain multiple closely spaced dry electrodes that can hook onto skin and associated electronic circuitry such as amplifiers, A/D convertors, wireless transmitters, and a power source such as a battery. The electrodes can be separated by about 20 mm or less, and the associated circuitry can be situated within a volume defined by the multiple electrodes. The single-unit sensors hook onto the skin using a tooth surface so that a rotation of the sensor secures and electrically connects the sensor to the skin. |
| US10674929B2 |
Mapping of atrial fibrillation
Electroanatomic mapping is carried out by inserting a multi-electrode probe into a heart of a living subject, recording electrograms from the electrodes concurrently at respective locations in the heart, delimiting respective activation time intervals in the electrograms, generating a map of electrical propagation waves from the activation time intervals, maximizing coherence of the waves by adjusting local activation times within the activation time intervals of the electrograms, and reporting the adjusted local activation times. |
| US10674927B2 |
Reducing noise levels associated with sensed ECG signals
A medical device includes multiple electrodes and a processor. The multiple electrodes are coupled to a substrate attached externally to a patient and are configured to sense multiple respective electrical signals from an organ of the patient. The processor is configured to estimate two or more noise levels associated with the electrical signals sensed by two or more respective pairs of the electrodes, to select the electrical signals having a smallest noise level from among the two or more noise levels, and to provide only the selected electrical signals for analysis. |
| US10674920B2 |
Ultrasonic imaging
A method of imaging a region of interest of a body, the body having sites outside the region which can produce image clutter. The method includes: generating a first pattern of vibration within the body to produce a localised first displacement at the region and localised first displacements at the clutter-producing sites; while the body undergoes the first displacements, generating ultrasound signals from the region, and detecting the ultrasound signals to generate a first image of the region; generating a second pattern of vibration within the body to produce a localised second displacement at the region and localised second displacements at the clutter-producing sites; while the body undergoes the second displacements, generating ultrasound signals from the region, and detecting the ultrasound signals to generate a second image of the region; and combining the first and second images to produce a third image of the region. The first and second vibration patterns are selected such that the first and second displacements combine in the production of the third image to reduce or eliminate the clutter in the third image relative to the clutter in the first and second images. |
| US10674919B2 |
Method and apparatus for transdermal in vivo measurement by Raman spectroscopy
The use of a transdermal Raman spectrum to measure glucose or other substance concentration can give an inaccurate result if the Raman signals originate at a wrong skin depth. To predict whether a spectrum of Raman signals received transdermally in a confocal detector apparatus and having at least one component expected to have an intensity representing the concentration of glucose or another skin component at a point of origin of the Raman signals below the surface of the skin will accurately represent the concentration, peaks in the spectrum at 883/4 cm−1 and 894 cm−1 are measured to determine whether the Raman signals originate primarily within the stratum corneum so that the spectrum will be less likely to represent the concentration accurately or originate primarily below the stratum corneum so that the spectrum will be more likely to represent the concentration accurately. |
| US10674918B2 |
Near-infrared (NIR) optical scanner
A method, apparatus, and system acquire data to create a 3D mesh representing a 3D object. The method, apparatus, and system acquire image data of the 3D object using an imaging probe that includes illumination and detection capability. A light source operates to illuminate the 3D object for reflection and/or trans-illumination imaging, and a detection assembly receives image reflection and/or trans-illumination image data. The reflectance and trans-illumination image data collected by the detection assembly are co-registered with a previously acquired 3D mesh using data from a tracking system monitoring the position of the probe, displayed in real-time, and optionally saved. |
| US10674917B2 |
Device for the mechanical detection of underlying tissues
The invention provides a device for the mechanical detection of a specific underlying tissue in a subject, comprising a container, wherein the container comprises a probe, spring, sensor, and signal indicator, wherein when a mechanical force is applied to the probe, it is transmitted to the sensor, whereby the sensor provides the signal indicator with a signal and the signal indicator indicates to the user an indication of detection of the specific underlying tissue in the subject. The sensor of the invention can be an electrical sensor such as a piezoelectric force transducer or a balloon. The invention also provides a method of performing a cricothyrotomy using the device. |
| US10674914B1 |
Wireless neural interface system
A device system and method for wirelessly communicating through tissue is provided. The device system comprises an implanted device with an array of antennas aligned with a tandem device with an array of antennas outside of the body. The two devices wirelessly communicate in a bi-directional manner. The implanted device can act as a physiological sensor and stimulator, and the external device can act as a controller and relay. Such configurations allow for a range of uses within research and clinical settings. |
| US10674908B2 |
Fundus imaging apparatus
A fundus imaging device includes an objective optical system formed of a plurality of eccentrically disposed mirrors, and an SLO optical system and an OCT optical system which irradiate a fundus with light from a light source via the objective optical system and receive fundus reflected light. The fundus imaging device further includes a correction mirror as a part of the objective optical system, or between the objective optical system and the SLO optical system or the OCT optical system. The correction mirror corrects an eccentric aberration which occurs due to eccentric arrangement of the plurality of mirrors. |
| US10674907B2 |
Opthalmoscope device
An example eye fundus imaging apparatus can include: a display device; an image capture device configured to capture at least one image of a fundus of an eye; and a control module programmed to: display a target, the target indicating a desired position for the image capture device to capture the at least one image of the fundus of the eye; monitor a relative position of the eye with respect to the target; and when the relative position of the eye corresponds to the target, automatically capture the at least one image of the fundus of the eye. |
| US10674906B2 |
Gonioscopes
Gonioscope devices are disclosed herein that are configured to enable a medical professional to view structure inside the eye that is ordinarily hidden from normal view. The gonioscope can be an integrally molded single piece that includes both a handle and a gonioscopic optical element. The proximal surface can have a viewing area and a light diffusing area. A recess can provide access to a wound site on the eye while the gonioscope is used for viewing. The handle can be configured to encourage proper alignment of the gonioscope with the eye. The gonioscope can provide an optical fixation point for the subject to focus on to facilitate proper alignment of the eye. The gonioscope can have one or more retention elements configured to engage the tissue of the eye around the contact surface to stabilize the gonioscope. The gonioscope can couple to a lid speculum. |
| US10674905B2 |
OCT apparatus
An OCT apparatus includes an OCT optical system guiding measurement light to a region including a central portion and a peripheral portion of a fundus, and an image processor processing a spectral interference signal output from the OCT optical system to acquire OCT data of an examinee's eye. The OCT optical system includes a first reference optical path having a path length for obtaining OCT data including the central portion and a second reference optical path having a path length for obtaining OCT data including the peripheral portion. The image processor obtains OCT data including the central portion based on an interference signal between measurement light guided to the central portion and reference light from the first reference optical path, and obtains OCT data including the peripheral portion based on an interference signal between measurement light guided to the peripheral portion and reference light from the second reference optical path. |
| US10674902B2 |
Information processing apparatus, operation method thereof, and computer program
An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of images including a plurality of confocal images obtained by imaging an eye at different times, and a plurality of non-confocal images temporally corresponding to the plurality of confocal images; and an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional gap of at least one of the plurality of types of images, based on the plurality of non-confocal images. |
| US10674901B2 |
Minimally-invasive measurement of esophageal inflammation
The methods and apparatus of the present invention allow the evaluation of inflammation of the esophagus. Measurements may be utilized, for example, to diagnose a disease of the esophagus, to monitor inflammation of the esophagus, or to access the treatment of a disease of the esophagus. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method for measuring esophageal inflammation comprising deploying a device into the esophagus of a subject, removing the device after a predetermined period of time, analyzing the device for a diagnostic indicator of esophageal inflammation and evaluating the diagnostic indicator to diagnose esophageal inflammation. |
| US10674900B2 |
Display monitor control of a telesurgical tool
In one embodiment of the invention, a method and system for controlling a telesurgical tool is disclosed. The method and system for controlling a telesurgical tool includes moving a monitor displaying an image of a robotic surgical tool; sensing motion of the monitor; and translating the sensed motion of the monitor into motion of the robotic surgical tool. |
| US10674899B2 |
Capsule enteric coating for controlling balloon expansion start time
The present invention discloses a capsule endoscope with specific gravity control. The capsule endoscope comprises a housing to enclose various components, an inflatable device attached to a first longitudinal end of the capsule unit and an enteric coated shell attached to the first longitudinal end of the capsule unit to enclose the inflatable device between the enteric coated shell and the capsule unit. The various components include a camera sub-system for capturing image frames. The inflatable device comprises an inflatable membrane and an effervescent formulation inside the inflatable membrane. The enteric coated shell fits tightly onto the first longitudinal end of the capsule unit to prevent body liquid from leaking into a space between the enteric coated shell and the capsule unit when the capsule unit travels in human gastrointestinal tract after being swallowed. |
| US10674898B2 |
Disposable suction valve for an endoscope
A disposable suction valve is provided. In some embodiments, the disposable suction valve may include a stem providing an air passage through the stem, a spring, a spring stanchion cup, and a boot. A method for manufacturing a disposable suction valve may include several steps. A stem and spring stanchion cup are molded, and a bottom end of the stem is placed through the center of a spring. The bottom end of the stem is placed through a stem opening in the spring stanchion cup, and the tabs or the spring stanchion cup are placed into recessed apertures of the stem. The boot may be over-molded on the spring stanchion cup or molded and placed onto the spring stanchion cup. |
| US10674894B2 |
Systems and methods for device exchange in an endoscopic procedure
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for device exchange in an endoscopic procedure. In one implementation, a system for device exchange in an endoscopic procedure includes an elongated device having a slit extending from a distal end to a proximal end of the elongated device, a main block, and an adapter. The main block is configured to be affixed to a port of an endoscope. The main block includes a main channel for receiving a guidewire and the elongated device. The adapter can be engaged with the main block and configured to merge the guidewire into the elongated device. The adapter includes a working channel for receiving the elongated device and a working member raising from an inner wall of the working channel. When the elongated device passes through the working channel, the working member wedges open a portion of the slit of the elongated device such that a portion of the guidewire merges into the elongated device through the opened portion of the slit. |
| US10674892B2 |
Image processor, image processing method, and endoscope system
An image processor calculates diagnosis support parameters on the basis of the state of blood vessels of an observation object. The image processor includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an endoscopic image, a blood vessel extraction unit that extracts blood vessels, using the endoscopic image, a blood vessel information calculation unit, and a blood vessel parameter calculation unit. The blood vessel information calculation unit calculates a plurality of items of blood vessel information including at least two or more among the number of pieces, the number of branches, a branch angle, a distance between branch points, the number of intersections, thickness, a change in thickness, the degree of complexity of a change in thickness, length, intervals, depth with a mucous membrane as a reference, and the like. The blood vessel parameter calculation unit calculates blood vessel parameters by calculating using the plurality of items of blood vessel information. |
| US10674890B1 |
Tableware drying device
A tableware drying device for sanitary drying of tableware includes a first housing that is hingedly coupled to a second housing. The first housing has an upper facet and the second housing has an upper face, both of which are open so that the second housing is positioned to be hinged relative to the first housing to a closed configuration wherein contents of the first and second housing are shielded from dust, dirt, and insects. Each of a plurality of slats is coupled to and extends between opposing sides of the first housing to define a plurality of slots. Each slot is configured to insert an article of dishware that is to be air dried. Each of a plurality of couplers that is coupled to the second housing is configured to couple to a respective piece of glassware that is to be air dried. |
| US10674886B2 |
Spin-dry mop
A spin-dry mop comprising a rotatable mop rod, a cleaning body, an outer cover and a fixing sleeve; the rotatable mop rod comprises an upper tube, a lower tube and a rotating driving mechanism; the upper tube and the lower tube are movably connected through the rotating driving mechanism; the upper tube and the lower tube can move up and down relative to each other, and can rotate relative to each other; the cleaning body is connected to the lower tube; the outer cover is sleeved outside the lower tube, and can move up and down along the lower tube; the fixing sleeve is fixedly connected with the upper tube; the spin-dry mop further comprises a locking mechanism used for locking the rotatable mop rod. |
| US10674880B2 |
Toilet device
A toilet device is provided and includes a toilet seat, a main part, and an electric opening/closing mechanism; the toilet seat includes a toilet seat main body, and a hinge part provided at a rear center of the toilet seat main body; the toilet seat is rotatable by being pivotally supported by the main part at two sides of the hinge part; the electric opening/closing mechanism performs an electric opening/closing of the toilet seat and is provided in the main part; the electric opening/closing mechanism includes a motor and a transmission mechanism; the motor is disposed to have a rotation axis offset from a rotation axis of the hinge part; and the transmission mechanism connects the motor and one end of the hinge part and transfers a drive force of the motor to the hinge part. |
| US10674878B2 |
Paper roll cover
A paper roll cover includes a cover member, a left side wall having a plurality of apertures peripherally around a central large aperture, a right side wall having a plurality of apertures peripherally around a central large aperture, and where the left side wall is arranged and configured to reside on a left side of the cover member and the right side wall is arranged and configured to reside a right side of the cover member. In some embodiments, the plurality of apertures in the right side wall or the left side wall are configured to fit pegs to adjust the paper cover roll to brackets mounted on a wall and alternatively to a stand alone paper roll stand. |
| US10674876B2 |
Dispenser for storing and dispensing hygiene products
An inventive dispenser for storing and dispensing hygiene products is disclosed. The dispenser includes, in a closed state, a rear wall, two opposite side walls, a front wall, and an upper wall. The dispenser further includes a dispensing opening and an openable cover that may be opened for refill of the dispenser. At least one wall of the dispenser includes a support structure made at least mainly of plastic material. An outer thin metal sheet is laminated to an exterior surface of the support structure, and the surface of the metal sheet includes a curved surface in at least one direction. |
| US10674875B1 |
Cover assembly attachable to a bathtub
The present invention relates to a cover assembly that is attachable to a bathtub to reduce water spilling to areas outside the bathtub. In one embodiment, the cover assembly comprises a protective section and a flexible extended segment. The protective section comprises at least a front structure configured to help provide protection to an individual from physical impacts against the bathtub. The flexible extended segment is disposed adjacent the protective section and comprises a first surface and a second surface. The flexible extended segment is disposable into and out of an expanded orientation and a constricted orientation. The protective section and the flexible extended segment are collectively disposable into and out of an operative orientation and an inoperative orientation. The operative orientation comprises the flexible extended segment being disposed in the constricted orientation and attached to at least a portion of an inner surface of the bathtub. |
| US10674870B1 |
Food chilling device having pivotally coupled compartment
A food chilling device includes a container body defining a container interior volume configured to contain foodstuff, a lid configured to cover the container interior volume, at least one compartment pivotally coupled to the container body and defining a compartment interior volume configured to contain additional foodstuff, and a refrigeration system coupled to the container body and configured to cool the foodstuff contained within the container interior volume and the additional foodstuff contained within the compartment interior volume. |
| US10674859B2 |
Method and device for operating a coffee machine and/or tea machine with fully softened water
The invention relates to a method and a device for preventing the blocking of the brew group, the filter holder or the coffee filter (8) in coffee machines when using fully softened water for the preparation of coffee. According to the invention, it is proposed to avoid the blocking of the machine by metering calcium and magnesium ions to the fully softened water. According to the invention this is achieved in that a device with a bag or reservoir (4) containing the calcium and magnesium ion containing solution, is positioned in a cartridge (3), which is arranged in the water tank of the coffee machine. The bag is in contact with the fully softened water via a capillary (5), which is closed with a check valve (6). |
| US10674858B2 |
Pour over beverage system
A pour-over beverage system is disclosed. The pour-over beverage system includes a double walled vacuum sealed cup feature or pour-over reservoir for holding a steeped beverage and a flow control mechanism or flow control insert attached to a bottom portion of the double walled vacuum sealed cup feature or pour-over reservoir for dispensed the steeped beverage. The system also preferably includes a double walled vacuum sealed capturing vessel or capturing reservoir for capturing the steeped beverage dispensed through the control mechanism or flow control insert. |
| US10674857B2 |
Portable system for dispensing controlled quantities of additives into a beverage
A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber. |
| US10674849B2 |
Mechanical utensil
The invention relates to a mechanical eating utensil which combines the capabilities of a fork, characterized by function for spearing the food and of a knife characterized by function for cutting the food and can be used by handicapped and people with decreased functional ability of one of their upper limbs. The eating utensil consists of a handle and an instrument end with one or more rotating cutting tines. |
| US10674846B2 |
Non-skid container
A non-skid container having a base portion including a flat portion and a plurality of studs, an outer bowl including a sidewall, a plurality of posts, a top opening, a bottom opening and a recess, wherein the posts are configured to be coupled to the studs, thereby coupling the outer bowl to the base portion and an inner bowl configured to be coupled to the outer bowl by inserting the inner bowl into the recess of the outer bowl. |
| US10674844B2 |
Integrated bedding cover system and method
The embodiments described herein generally relate to a system and method for joining a detachable fabric sheet to a cover through the use of one or more corresponding fastening or temporary joining mechanisms located on the cover and fabric sheet. In an embodiment, the cover includes one or more mechanisms to align and/or secure a filling material to the cover, as well as one or more fastening or temporary joining mechanisms for attaching the detachable fabric sheet to the cover. Methods and systems are provided for detachably joining the fabric sheet to the cover, for creating a multi-layer unit of a cover and detachable sheets, as well as for aligning and securing the filler to the cover. A method is also provided for manufacturing the integrated bedding cover system. |
| US10674840B2 |
Modular powered secure product display mount
A display for products, or a mount, or a holder for products, more particularly, but not exclusively, electronic devices, for presentation of electronic products for display or sale and, to a modular system intended to cater for electronic products that may require different power, voltage, and current requirements in order to stay powered while on display in a retail setting. |
| US10674838B2 |
Refrigeration system and dilution device for a merchandiser
A refrigerated merchandiser including a case defining a product display area configured to support product, a refrigeration circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, and a dilution device coupled to the refrigeration circuit. The dilution device includes a valve assembly and a container supporting a pressurized fluid. The valve assembly is in fluid communication with the refrigeration circuit and is selectively variable to an open state to fluidly couple the container to the refrigeration circuit such that the fluid is discharged into the refrigeration circuit in response to a condition of the refrigeration circuit reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold value. |
| US10674837B1 |
Bed rail having rotating seat for guard frame
A bed rail having a guard frame that prevents a child from rolling off a bed and a pair of legs that extend between the mattress and box spring. The guard frame swings between up and down positions and is pivotally connected to the legs via a first junction. A second junction locks the guard frame to the legs. The second junction includes a rotatable seat that engages a pin extending from the guard frame. The bed rail further includes a strap that engages a proximal end of a leg, a distal end of the leg, and an anchor, which engages the side of the bed opposite of the bed rail. |
| US10674835B1 |
Playyard
The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall. |
| US10674833B2 |
Adjustable highchair assembly
An adjustable highchair. The adjustable highchair includes attachments for seating multiple children simultaneously for convenience when seating multiple children for feeding or other activities. An interchangeable chair assembly is attachable to a height adjustable stem. Each chair assembly includes one or more seats that support a child. |
| US10674828B2 |
Double-layered foldable storage stool
A double-layered foldable storage stool, including a non-foldable stool cap and a foldable stool base. The front and back surfaces of the stool cap can be matched with the unfolded stool base. The stool base has a cuboid structure provided with a storage chamber, a foldable rectangular inner stool body is provided in the storage chamber of the stool base, and a support plate body is provided inside the inner stool body. |
| US10674825B2 |
Stackable chair
A stacking chair with a frame connected to a rotating seating portion and backrest portion each of the seating portion and backrest portion having matching profiles such that when stacked the weight of the chairs is distributed across facing surfaces that nest together due to matching profiles, the seating portion may rotate through an angle of rotation greater than 90 degrees and the seating and/or backrest portions may include a injection molded foam interior surrounding an internal frame and with a removable cover on the outside of the foam. |
| US10674823B2 |
Stabilizing panel
A stabilizing mat includes a first surface configured to inhibit movement of items placed thereon. The first surface includes a plurality of first parallelogram areas and a plurality of depressions. Each of the first parallelogram areas includes one of the depressions at a center of the first parallelogram area. Each of the first parallelogram areas further includes four first parallelogram corners and four first parallelogram sides. Each of the first parallelogram corners of the first parallelogram areas includes a protruding peak. Each of the protruding peaks is separated from an adjacent one of the protruding peaks by a concavity. Each of the concavities defines one of the depressions. The mat also includes a second surface including a plurality of substantially flat areas configured to rest on a flat foundation to provide support to the items placed on the first surface. |
| US10674822B1 |
Harness connection structure and electronic device
A harness connection structure electrically connects a main body and a movable member with a harness to each other. The movable member is provided such that the movable member can be pulled out with respect to the main body. The harness connection structure includes a harness having one end fixed to a front side of one surface of the main body in a pull-out direction of the movable member, the one surface of the main body facing one surface of the movable member with a gap, and the other end fixed to a back side of the movable member in a pull-out direction of the movable member, a first suppressing portion provided on the one surface of the main body and suppressing a movement of the harness to a pull-out side of the movable member, and a second suppressing portion suppressing a movement of the harness toward the movable member between the one surface of the movable member and the one surface of the main body. |
| US10674821B2 |
Slide rail assembly
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a mounting member, a third rail and a fourth rail. The mounting member includes a first part, a second part and a third part. The first and second parts are connected to the third parts and are respectively extended along different directions. The mounting member has a first side and a second side. The third rail is connected to the first part of the mounting member and located at the first side of the mounting member. The third rail is movable relative to the first rail. The fourth rail is connected to the second part of the mounting member and located at the second side of the mounting member. The second rail is movable relative to the fourth rail. |
| US10674816B1 |
Storage cabinet structure
A storage cabinet structure has a front frame, a supporting set, a rear frame, a bottom board and a top board. The semi-composed state of the front frame and the rear frame can save a large amount of assembly time for the user, and the first bolt, the second bolt and the third bolt allow the user to lock the front frame, the supporting set, the rear frame and the top board to achieve DIY assembly without any tools and have the advantages of simplifying assembly steps and being easy to assemble by one person. The direct placement of the bottom board is fixed with the sliding of the divider, and then the fixing of the top board forms a barrier to the bottom board and the divider, thereby effectively saving assembly time and reducing the number of parts, and has the practical function of tool-free, simplified assembly steps and quick assembly by one person. |
| US10674815B1 |
Device stand
In an embodiment, a device stand, comprises an elongated rectangular sheet defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge; three (3) fold lines extending laterally across the sheet and spaced apart along the sheet, a first fold line from among the three fold lines being at a midpoint of a length of the sheet; a first device slot extending laterally in the sheet from the top edge and positioned apart from the first fold line; a second device slot extending laterally in the sheet from the top edge and positioned apart from the first fold line, symmetrically opposite the first fold line from the first device slot; a first interlocking slot extending upwardly from the bottom edge and positioned between the first side edge and a second fold line among the three fold lines; a second interlocking slot extending downwardly from the top edge and positioned between the second side edge and a third fold line among the three fold lines. |
| US10674812B2 |
Oral care implement and a method of forming a bristle field for an oral care implement
A method of forming a bristle field for an oral care implement. The method includes providing a bundle of bristles and aligning the bundle of bristles with an insertion opening in a guide member. Upon insertion into the guide member, the guide member divides the bundle of bristles into a plurality of bristle tufts. The guide member can be aligned with tuft holes on a head or head plate of an oral care implement so that the bundle of bristles can be inserted through the guide member and into the tuft holes. As a result, a single bundle of bristles can be used to mount a plurality of bristle tufts to the head or head plate. |
| US10674809B2 |
Multi-lobated paint brush and sleeve assembly
A multi-lobated brush and sleeve assembly provides a brush having multiple types and sizes of hollow bristles, including a tetraocular filament, a round filament with tipped ends, and a quad filament. The brush as a handle that supports a plurality of independent mobile bristles. The bristles are arranged in a tapered, negative slope configuration having an edge tip defined by an apex. The edge tip surface section of bristles on the left side of the brush are stiffer, enabling cutting capacity and increased paint pickup. A reservoir in the handle contains paint, and feeds the paint through the hollow bristles to the distal free ends for smooth application of paint. A sleeve body may be used separately, or in combination with the brush. The sleeve body encircles the bristles, bunching the bristles together and forming a tapered, tear drop shape at the distal free end of the bristles. |
| US10674808B2 |
Oral care implement and method of forming the same
An oral implement and a method of forming an oral care implement. The oral care implement may include a head having a front surface and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the front surface. In one embodiment, the plurality of tooth cleaning elements may include three different types of tooth cleaning elements, each type of tooth cleaning element being formed of a different material. In one embodiment each of the materials has a different hardness and thus the oral care implement includes three different types of tooth cleaning elements each having a different hardness. In another embodiment, the oral care implement may include bristles and a molded cleaning element that may function as an interdental cleaner. Such a molded cleaning element may include a body and tines extending therefrom. |
| US10674805B2 |
Deformable holder for a spray bottle
A deformable spray bottle holder includes a first supporting seat and a second supporting seat. The upper end of the first supporting seat is provided with a connecting port for communicating with a mouth of a liquid container. The bottom end of the first supporting seat is provided with a first horizontal member. The first supporting seat and the second supporting seat are hinged together. The second supporting seat is provided with a hook member. When the second supporting seat is upturned, the hook member is used as a pothook. When the second supporting seat is turned upside down, the hook member and the first horizontal member of the first supporting seat abut. |
| US10674798B2 |
General infantry zipper bag and related methods of use
Broadly, the bag may be a drab heavyweight Cudara double strap duffle bag with: (1) a flap-covered and water proofed zipper along the length of the bag; (2) a light fabric bottom so that ownership identity information may be readily stenciled thereon the light fabric; and (3) a chain or other lock on the top flap so that the bag may be locked or chained to a secure location. |
| US10674797B2 |
Brazed joint for attachment of gemstone culet to a mount
The specification relates to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting includes a gemstone having a culet; a mounting rod having a culet-shaped indent; and at least one braze joint, the at least one braze joint being formed between the culet and the culet-shaped indent. |
| US10674796B2 |
Decorative fashion jewellery comprising a lining pressed into contact with a cutout piece of metal plate
Portable decorative element with a metal structure (2) made from cutout metal plate with decorative openings, on the back face of which there is a lining forming a plate that can be seen through these openings, that can be elastically bent (4), the back face of the metal plate comprising attachment means (10, 12) holding the lining (4) in place and clamping this lining, pressing it into contact with the back face of the structure. |
| US10674794B2 |
Adhesive articles, devices and methods for shoe manufacturing
This document relates to adhesive application devices and methods for applying an adhesive on a shoe during manufacturing. |
| US10674792B2 |
Pneumatic elastic band and inflatable system using same
A pneumatic elastic band includes an outer portion, an inflatable portion and a nozzle. The outer portion has a strip-shaped structure with elasticity. The inflatable portion includes a plurality of expansion portions and a plurality of communication portions. Each of the communication portions is connected between two of the expansion portions adjacent to each other for defining a plurality of gaps. The nozzle is disposed on a surface of the outer portion and communicated with the inflatable portion. When a gas is guided into the inflatable portion through the nozzle, the plurality of expansion portions of the inflatable portion are inflated to fill the gaps and make the inflatable portion contract inwardly, so that the outer portion contracts inwardly and deforms, wherein when the gas is guided out of the inflatable portion, the inflatable portion is deflated and loosened to return to an uninflated state to loosen the shoe. |
| US10674788B2 |
Particulate foam with other cushioning
An article of footwear has an upper, an outsole attached to the upper, and a midsole. The outsole includes a ground-engaging surface and an inner surface disposed on opposite sides. The midsole has a footbed and a bottom surface disposed on opposite sides. The bottom surface opposes the inner surface to define a cavity therebetween. The article of footwear also includes a first series of projections extending into the cavity from one of the inner surface and the bottom surface in a first direction toward the other of the inner surface and the bottom surface. The article of footwear also includes a second series of projection extending into the cavity from one of the inner surface and the bottom surface in the first direction toward the other of the inner surface and the bottom surface. The article of footwear also includes a quantity of particulate matter disposed within the cavity. |
| US10674787B2 |
Footbed for article of footwear
A footbed having the ability to fixedly secure the forefoot portion of the foot while allowing the heel portion to laterally move during activity is provided. The footbed can include a sock liner positioned thereon wherein the sock liner is more firmly secured to the footbed in the forefront region than in the heel region to allow lateral movement. |
| US10674786B2 |
Athletic positioning apparatus including a heel platform and applications thereof
An apparatus includes a heel platform section, a mid-foot section juxtaposed to the heel platform section, and a toe section juxtaposed to the mid-foot section. The mid-foot section and toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the mid-foot section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to the outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section. |
| US10674783B2 |
Intelligent electronic footware and control logic for executing automated footwear features
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear with controller automated features, methods for making/using such footwear, and control systems for executing automated features of intelligent electronic footwear. An intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes an upper that attaches to a user's foot, and a sole structure that is attached to the upper and supports thereon the user's foot. An alert system, which is mounted to the sole structure and/or upper, generates predetermined outputs in response to electronic command signals. The IES system also includes a wireless communications device that wirelessly communicates with a remote computing node, and a footwear controller that communicates with the wireless communications device and alert system. The footwear controller receives location data indicative of the user's and remote computing node's locations, determines whether the user's location is within a predetermined location/proximity to the node's location and, if so, transmits command signals to the alert system to notify the user/vehicle. |
| US10674778B2 |
Multilayer fabric with selective radiation filter
A multilayer fabric for selectively blocking or transmitting particular wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, such solar radiation, and far infrared (FIR) radiation. The multilayer fabric may include a microporous water vapor permeable layer that selectively filters particular wavelengths depending on the size of its pores. In some embodiments, the multilayer fabric may include a nanostructured layer that selectively filters particular wavelengths. |
| US10674777B2 |
Apparel pocket system
Aspects herein provide for a pocket structure for an apparel item. The apparel item comprises an outer panel of material, an inner panel of material, a pocket panel, and a double-layer trim piece such as a waistband. A top edge of the outer panel is affixed to an outer layer of the waistband, and a top edge of the inner panel is affixed to an inner layer of the waistband. The pocket panel is positioned between the inner panel and the outer panel, and a top edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the outer layer of the waistband, and a bottom edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the inner panel of material. A pocket space is defined between the pocket panel and the inner panel of material. An opening to the space is formed through the outer layer of the waistband. |
| US10674774B2 |
Garment for water weight-loss
A garment and method for targeted water weight-loss of a user. The garment may be a typical article of clothing; however, heat trapping agents are applied to the garment, particularly on the inside of the garment so as to make contact with the skin causing increased perspiration of the user at the location where the heating trapping agent contacts the skin. The heat trapping agent can be applied to the garment at desired locations and with a desired pattern to increase the efficiency of perspiration, and therefore, water weight-loss. Preferably, the heat trapping agent is print material with a stretch additive. |
| US10674772B2 |
Electronic vapour inhalers
A capsule 26 for an electronic vapour inhaler comprises a shell 28 containing a flavour-release medium 40 and one or more induction heatable elements 42 disposed inside the shell 28 and arranged to heat the flavour-release medium 40 to produce a vapour for inhalation by a user. At least part of the shell 28 is formed of an air permeable material. |
| US10674771B2 |
Aerosol delivery device and method utilizing a flavoring reservoir
There can be provided a device configured to impart flavoring to an airstream admitted the device prior to the airstream reaching an aerosol generator of the device, the device thereby operable to deliver a flavored aerosol from an outlet. In the device a flavoring reservoir may be arranged at least partially surrounding the aerosol chamber and the airstream may flow in a first direction while being imparted with flavor and in a second direction through the aerosol generator. |
| US10674769B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette includes a power supply device, a sensing unit, an atomizer, a liquid storage structure and a fluid transportation device. The atomizer includes an electric heater and a liquid conduit. The liquid conduit has an input port at one end and plural perforations at the other end, and the electric heater is disposed around the liquid conduit. The liquid storage structure includes a passageway and a liquid container. A cigarette liquid is stored in the liquid container. The fluid transportation device includes an input channel and an output channel. The input channel is in communication with the liquid container. The output channel is in communication with the liquid conduit of the atomizer. The cigarette liquid is transferred to the atomizer at a certain amount. Consequently, an atomized vapor is generated. |
| US10674768B2 |
Induction vaporizer and method
A method and apparatus for induction vaporization of an inhalable substance. Induction vaporization is achieved by placing at least one susceptor and a vaporizable substance into a container, and attaching the container to a cap having at least one leg. The container containing the vaporizable substance and the at least one susceptor, and the at least one leg of the cap are inserted through at least one opening on a plate or a housing such that the container and/or the at least one susceptor is at least partially located within an induction coil or electromagnetic (EM) field for heating. |
| US10674766B2 |
Atomizing assembly and electronic cigarette
The present application discloses an atomizing assembly and electronic cigarette. The atomizing assembly comprises a connecting assembly, an atomizing core, an oil cup assembly and a sealing gasket. The connecting assembly comprises a connecting base and a lower electrode. The oil cup assembly comprises an oil storage sleeve, a vent pipe, and a mounting sleeve which enclose to form an oil storage chamber for storing smoke oil. The connecting base and the oil storage sleeve are either abutted against or expandedly fitted with each other. The connecting base is cappingly provided on an oil filler of the oil storage sleeve. The atomizing core comprises an atomizing sleeve, a heating wire assembly, a smoke oil retention member and an inner electrode. The inner electrode is abutted against and electrically connected to the lower electrode. The atomizing core is slidably sleeved in the mounting sleeve. |
| US10674763B2 |
Inductive heating device, aerosol-delivery system comprising an inductive heating device, and method of operating same
An inductive heating device (1) for heating an aerosol-forming substrate (20) comprising a susceptor (21) comprises: a device housing (10), a DC power source (11) for providing a DC supply voltage(VDC) and a DC current (IDC), a power supply electronics (13) comprising a DC/AC converter (132), the DC/AC converter (132) comprising an LC load network (1323) comprising a series connection of a capacitor (C2) and an inductor (L2) having an ohmic resistance (RCoil), a cavity (14) in the device housing (10) for accommodating a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate (20) to inductively couple the inductor (L2) of the LC load network (1323) to the susceptor (21). The power supply electronics (13) further comprises a microcontroller (131) to determine from the DC supply voltage (VDC) and the DC current (IDC) an apparent ohmic resistance (Ra), and from the apparent ohmic resistance (Ra) the temperature (T) of the susceptor (21). |
| US10674762B2 |
Aerosol generator
An aerosol generator device for delivering an aerosol of a nicotine salt includes a mouth end; a first chamber containing a porous material wetted with liquid nicotine, a second chamber containing a porous material wetted with a solution of a volatile acid, a third chamber in fluid communication with the first and second chambers, leading to the mouth end, and an outer housing defining a passageway for air through said device. A nicotine vapor can be produced by drawing air along the passageway and through the porous material wetted with liquid nicotine. An acid vapor can be produced by passing air along the passageway and through the porous material wetted with a solution of a volatile acid. The nicotine vapor and the acid vapor can be admixed in the third chamber to form an aerosol of a nicotine salt, which can be drawn out through the mouth end. |
| US10674755B2 |
Organic Compounds
This disclosure relates to flavour modification and to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from C6-C20 alkyl, and C9-C25 alkenyl, and i) R3 and R4 are hydrogen and R2 the residue of a proteinogenic amino acid; ii) R2 and R3 are methyl and R4 is hydrogen; or R4 is hydrogen and R2 and R3 form together with the carbon atom to which they are attached cyclopropyl; iii) R2 is hydrogen, and R3 and R4 together are —CH2—CH2—CH2—, useful in modifying flavours. |
| US10674748B2 |
Method for preparing organic coating porous granules for fish feed or assorted feed aid using blood of livestock and clay minerals
The present invention relates to a method for preparing granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, and more particularly, a method for preparing organic coating porous granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid using the blood of livestock and clay minerals. The present invention is to provide granules for a fish feed or an assorted feed aid, wherein the granule contains useful minerals, such as zeolite and bentonite, suitable to be used for a feed, and includes an organic coating layer mainly composed of proteins formed on a surface of the granule by using the blood (let blood) of livestock, so that the time while water infiltrates into pores inside the granule mainly composed of inorganic substances is delayed, thereby obtaining having excellent fluidity. |
| US10674746B2 |
Animal nutrition compositions and related methods
Animal nutrition compositions include a carrier and a fermentation product applied to the carrier. Liquid fermentation products are fluidly applied to dry carriers, such as phyllosilicates or other earthen components, while mixing and applying air flow, under appropriate temperature and pH conditions, to bind the fermentation product to the carrier and dry the reaction product to appropriate moisture content. Fermentation products are also mixed with liquid carriers, such as water. Fermentation products include components of a microbial fermentation culture, such as liquid medium, microbial cellular components, and fermentation metabolites produced by microorganisms. Some compositions include a pH buffering agent and/or additional components to further enhance beneficial effects of the composition, such as improved weight gain and feed conversion, reduced gut lesions, harmful gut bacteria count, and decreased mortality. Compositions can be mixed with animal feeds or otherwise administered. Compositions can inhibit fungal growth on animal feeds. |
| US10674743B2 |
Apparatus for the production and dispensing of food products such as ice cream and the like
An apparatus (10) for the production and dispensing of chilled food products, such as ice cream or the like, comprises a refrigerated top tank (12) intended to contain a liquid preparation, and an underlying refrigerated cylinder (14) which contains a motor-driven scraper (15) and which receives the liquid preparation from the top tank (12) in order to produce from it the final product and dispense it controllably through a tap (16) at one end of the cylinder (14). The liquid preparation passes between the top tank (12) and the refrigerated cylinder (14) via a mixer pipe (21) which mixes air with the passing preparation. The top tank (12) contains a motor-driven screw (26) rotating about a horizontal axis so as to push the product inside the tank (12) towards the mixer pipe (21). |
| US10674742B2 |
System and method for making ice cream
A system for making ice cream includes a pod, a whisking component, and a freezing component. The pod includes a mixture having a powder mixture, a flavoring liquid, and a stabilized fluid. The whisking component is attached to the pod. The whisking component whisks the mixture and produces a whisked, aerated mixture. The freezing component freezes the whisked mixture and produces ice cream. |
| US10674734B1 |
Pizza oven and a method of using a pizza oven
A pizza oven and a method of using a pizza oven. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not a be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. |
| US10674732B2 |
Anti-phytopathogenic compositions
The present invention relates to an isolated bacterium and composition comprising same having anti-pathogenic activity. The invention further relates to compounds derived from said bacterium or analogs thereof, and methods of using same for treating or reducing the symptoms of a pathogen including but not limited to a phytopathogen. |
| US10674730B2 |
Method for stimulation of seeds
Method for the stimulation of seeds of dicotyledonous plants, wherein the seeds are primed in a solution containing nonionic nanoparticles of a metal selected from: silver (Ag), gold (Au), copper (Cu) and platinum (Pt) at a concentration from 0.05 ppm to 50 ppm to obtain 40-60% by weight of water content, and then dried at room temperature to obtain 10-40% by weight of water content. The invention also relates to the use of a solution of nonionic nanoparticles of a metal selected from: silver, gold, copper and platinum to stimulate seeds of dicotyledonous plants. |
| US10674728B2 |
Pesticidal compositions
The present invention relates to pesticidal compositions. In particular it relates to composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and a further active ingredient. Such compositions are useful for the control of pests and/or for improving the yield of crop plants. |
| US10674727B2 |
Substituted oxadiazoles for combating phytopathogenic fungi
The present invention relates the use of the compounds of the formula I or the N-oxides, or the agriculturally acceptable salts thereof for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, wherein the variables are defined as given in the description and claims. Further present invention relates to novel compounds, to mixtures comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds. |
| US10674726B2 |
Composition
An antimicrobial composition that includes a rhamnolipid and a cell membrane disruptor, wherein the cell membrane disruptor includes a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of caprylic acid, azelaic acid, caproic acid, malic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the cell membrane disruptor is present in the range of 0.01-10 wt % of the composition. |
| US10674725B1 |
Herbicidal composition and method for controlling weeds
Provided is a herbicidal composition comprising a PPO inhibitor and dicamba or its salt, wherein the weight ratio of the PPO inhibitor to dicamba or its salt is less than 1/2,000. The herbicidal composition can effectively control weeds with reduced crop injury. |
| US10674723B2 |
1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivatives as well as preparation method and applications thereof
This invention discloses a type of 1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivatives as well as their preparation method and applications. The reaction of 1,8-diamino-p-menthane with a substituted benzaldehyde was carried out in a polar organic solvent at 0° C.-75° C. for 1-48 h. After the completion of the reaction, part of the solvent was distilled off to perform recrystallization to get a 1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivative, whose pre-emergence herbicidal activity against ryegrass was determined by using the Petri dish seed germination method. The 1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivatives, obtained with this method in high yield and mild reaction conditions, have a good inhibitory effect on the growth of annual ryegrass, and low toxicity. |
| US10674722B2 |
Antimicrobial and foamable alcoholic compositions
Antimicrobial and foamable alcoholic compositions, where the compositions include at least about 40 wt. % of a C1-4 alcohol and one or more silane surfactants selected from (1) zwitterionic silane surfactants, (2) polyalkoxylated silane surfactants that contain at least one silane group and at least one polyalkylene oxide chain. |
| US10674721B2 |
Compositions and methods for stabilizing circulating tumor cells
Compositions and Methods for Stabilizing Circulating Tumor Cells Methods and compositions for stabilizing a biological sample for analysis, comprising the steps of obtaining in a sample collection device a biological sample from a subject, especially blood, the biological sample including at least one circulating tumor cell from the subject. The methods may include a step of contacting the biological sample with a protective agent composition that includes a preservative agent, an optional anticoagulant, and a quenching agent to form a mixture that includes the protective agent composition and the sample. |
| US10674719B2 |
Wild-life surveillance and protection
At least two unmanned air vehicle (UAV) drones are deployed to a target location, the target location being associated with a species. At least one robot is deployed to the target location, wherein the at least one robot mimics an appearance of the species. Sensor data is collected from the at least two UAV drones. The sensor data is analyzed to determine whether a threat condition exists. In response to a determination of the threat condition, the at least one robot is repositioned to counteract the threat condition. |
| US10674709B2 |
Piezoelectric detection coupling of a bark collar
A collar unit device is described comprising a receiving cavity for receiving a metal electrode probe, wherein at least one elastomeric ring encircles the metal electrode probe, wherein the at least one elastomeric ring mechanically isolates the metal electrode probe from the receiving cavity. The device includes a piezoelectric element. The device includes a grommet component for maintaining the piezoelectric element in a secured position, wherein the secured position comprises the piezoelectric element maintaining contact with the metal electrode probe. The device includes the metal electrode probe for detecting vibrations of one or more acoustic events and transferring the vibrations to the piezoelectric element through the contact, the piezoelectric element for receiving the vibrations of one or more acoustic events, the receiving the vibrations including generating an electrical signal proportional to the frequency and magnitude of the vibrations, and at least one processor for receiving and processing the electrical signal. |
| US10674708B2 |
Animal blanket assembly
A horse safety assembly includes a blanket that is draped over an animal. The blanket is comprised of an electrically conductive material. An insulator is coupled to the blanket and the insulator rests on the animal when the blanket is positioned on the animal. The insulator is comprised of an electrically insulating material. A plurality of straps is provided and each of the straps is coupled to the blanket. Each of the straps is selectively matable to each other to retain the blanket on the animal. A shock unit is coupled to the blanket and the shock unit is in electrical communication with the blanket. The shock unit delivers an electrical shock to an attacker when the attacker attacks the animal. In this way the attacker is repelled from the animal. |
| US10674704B2 |
Animal feeder apparatus
An animal feeder apparatus including a feed hopper defining an interior for receiving a quantity of feed, an upper opening and a lower feed discharge opening. A feed shelf may be located below the feed hopper and have an upper feed support surface with at least a portion of the upper feed support surface being located directly below the feed discharge opening of the feed hopper. A feed trough may be located toward the bottom of the apparatus below the feed hopper and below the feed shelf, and form a lower feed support surface upon which feed falling from the hopper and shelf rests. A feed shelf movement assembly may be configured to permit a feeding animal to move the feed shelf from a location adjacent to the lower feed support surface of the feed trough. |
| US10674700B2 |
Distribution unit for milk samples
A distribution unit for milk samples includes a flow passage, a valve controlled milk inlet port through which milk is delivered to the flow passage, a pump port through which a sampling pump communicates with the flow passage, and at least two valve controlled milk sampling outlet ports through which milk samples are delivered from the flow passage to a respective milk sample analyzing unit. The flow passage has a longitudinal extension between a first end and a second end, and the milk sampling outlet ports are connected to the flow passage in positions located between the connection position of the milk inlet port and the connection position of the pump port. |
| US10674699B2 |
Endophyte enhanced seedlings with increased pest tolerance
The invention provides methods for preparing a conifer seedling with increased tolerance to a pest. A conifer seedling is inoculated with an isolated endophyte when the conifer seedling is susceptible to colonization by the endophyte. |
| US10674693B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH100248
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100248. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100248, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100248 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH100248. |
| US10674686B2 |
Dominant mutation in the TDM gene leading to diplogametes production in plants
The invention relates to a dominant mutation in the TDM gene leading to the production of 2n gametes in plants, to the plants comprising said mutation, and to their use in plant breeding. The invention relates also to plants in which the dominant mutation in the TDM gene is combined with the inactivation of a gene involved in meiotic recombination in plants and a gene involved in the monopolar orientation of the kinetochores during meiosis. These plants which produce apomeiotic gametes are also useful in plant breeding. |
| US10674682B2 |
Tree limb rope brake
A rope brake is provided for controlled lowering of a branch or limb cut from a tree by a person holding one end of the rope. The rope brake includes a drum mounted to a back plate. The back plate is mounted to the tree. The rope for lowering the branch or limb is threaded through guides on the drum and wrapped around the drum one, two or three times. One end of the rope is tied to the branch to be cut and the other end is held by the operator. When the branch is cut from the tree, the tension on the rope supplied by the operator controls the friction between the rope and the drum, such that the branch can be safely lowered in a controlled manner. |
| US10674679B2 |
Plant support collar
A plant support collar for supporting plant stems includes a central frame. The collar further includes a first hook member and a second hook member extending from the central frame in different directions. The first hook member and the second hook member each have a free end, the free end together with the central frame defining a passage for accommodating plant stems in the respective hook member. The central frame includes a support area configured to abut an intersection of the stems. |
| US10674675B2 |
Processing of blocks or bales of feed
An apparatus and method for processing blocks or bales of feed includes a movable mixing bin and a store room with a fixed floor for one or more rows of the blocks or bales of feed. A separator is configured to feed the full length of a cutting face which extends downwards from the top of the block or the bale. A conveyor is configured to move the separator in the direction of the cutting face. A discharger moves separated feed to the mixing bin. |
| US10674673B2 |
Bale wrapper and round baler with such a device
A bale wrapper and a round baler with such a device are described. The bale wrapper comprises a supply device, extending along the width of a bale chamber of a round baler, for the introduction of wrapping material. The supply device comprises a shielding layer, located on its upper side, for the upper-side shielding of a free end of the wrapping material, to be introduced into the bale chamber. In order to improve the supply operation of wrapping material into the bale chamber, the shielding layer comprises several shielding lips, located parallel to one another along the width of the bale chamber, which extend in the direction of an interior of the bale chamber. |
| US10674671B2 |
Auxiliary processing system
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis, a threshing and separating mechanism supported by the chassis and configured for threshing and separating a crop material, a cleaning system positioned downstream of the threshing and separating mechanism in a direction of crop material flow, and an auxiliary processing system positioned downstream of the threshing and separating mechanism in the direction of crop material flow. The auxiliary processing system has an inlet and an outlet, and includes a discharge chopper having an end and a first direction of rotation about an axis of rotation. The auxiliary processing system also includes at least one rethreshing element coaxially aligned with the discharge chopper and adjacent to the end of the discharge chopper and having a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation of the discharge chopper. |
| US10674668B2 |
Reel tine for a harvesting reel of a harvester and a method of assembling a tine to a harvesting reel
A harvesting reel of an agricultural harvester having a plurality of support members mounted to a frame and a plurality of tines press-fitted onto the support member is disclosed. The plurality of tines includes a cam for securely attaching the tine to the support member via a press-fit application to forego the need for any additional separate fasteners and tools necessary for production of the harvesting reel and maintenance upkeep of the plurality of tines on the harvesting reel. |
| US10674665B2 |
Stalk roll
One embodiment of a stalk roll to be mounted upon a stalk roll drive shaft of a corn harvesting header comprises a cylindrical shell with a recess in the main cylinder, wherein reduced flutes are not present in the recess, but full flutes are present therein. This embodiment includes a stalk slot having a length equal to the length of the recess. Additionally, the flutes may be configured such that a stalk engagement gap is present at least once during a full revolution of two opposing stalk rolls. |
| US10674663B2 |
Agricultural harvesting system
An agricultural harvesting system has an agricultural harvesting machine with at least one agricultural working unit that performs agricultural work, and an adjusting unit for adjusting the parameters of the particular working unit, a conveyor channel for a crop stream generated in a harvesting process by harvesting a field of crop, and an NIR sensor unit containing an NIR sensor which is configured for detecting constituents and/or properties of the crop stream. The crop stream in the conveyor channel can be guided past the NIR sensor. An on-line data processing unit controls the particular working unit, and generates control data on the basis of crop stream data which have been generated by the NIR sensor unit and correspond to the constituents and/or properties detected by the NIR sensor, and the adjusting unit carries out a parameter adjustment of the particular working unit on the basis of the control data. |
| US10674658B2 |
Header for an agricultural harvester having an infeed conveyor connected to a center knife drive
A header for an agricultural harvester comprising a frame and first and second anteriorly facing, oppositely driven epicyclical cutter bar knife drives connected to the frame. A roller shaft extends between and operatively connects the first and second epicyclical drives. The roller shaft or a drive roller drives rotation of a header infeed conveyor. The anteriorly facing epicyclical knife drives effectively rid themselves of harmful dirt and debris thereby prolonging the service life of the epicyclical knife drives. |
| US10674653B2 |
Stone picker and related methods
Hydraulic solutions on a to a tractor or equivalent connected work machine, where the work machine shows several hydraulic driven work units and hydraulic motors, and where the hydraulic motors are so mounted and connected that the pressure drop over the hydraulic motor of the most congested work unit also in static conditions can increase markedly over the system pressure of the hydraulic power source that drives the work machine and where the rotors of the hydraulic driven working units can be reversed to free a possible blockage. |
| US10674652B2 |
Harvester with adjustable row dividers
A harvester and associated method for adjusting a first row divider and a second row divider of the harvester, the first row divider having a first adjustable divider tip defining a first divider angle relative to a travel axis of the harvester and the second row divider having a second adjustable divider tip defining a second divider angle relative to the travel axis. The method includes detecting a turn of the harvester and activating at least one actuator to adjust the first divider angle by a first amount and the second divider angle by a second amount that is different from the first amount responsively to the detecting the turn. |
| US10681851B2 |
Pick and place tooling with adjustable nozzle configuration
Described herein are pick and place devices having reconfigurable nozzle subassemblies, as well as related devices and methods. In some embodiments, a pick and place device may have a reusable base plate, and a plurality of reusable vacuum nozzle subassemblies that are removably coupled to the base plate in a first configuration. In some embodiments, plurality of vacuum nozzle subassemblies may be removed, then removably re-coupled to the base plate in a second configuration. In some embodiments, a pick and place device may include a base plate, a plurality of nozzle subassemblies removably attached to the base plate, where individual nozzle subassemblies include a vacuum nozzle, a vacuum connection, and a base; and a top plate coupled to the base plate, where the top plate includes a plurality of openings configured to seat the plurality of nozzle subassemblies. |
| US10681849B2 |
Heat dissipation device and UAV using the same
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a heat dissipation device, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and a control module. The heat dissipation device includes an air guiding cover and a heat conduction plate. The air guiding cover includes an air duct configured to guide an airflow, and the heat conduction plate directly constitutes a portion of a sidewall of the air duct. The IMU module is received within the air duct. The control module is located outside the air duct and disposed at a side of the heat conduction plate that faces away from the IMU module. Heat generated by the IMU module is taken away directly by the airflow within the air duct. |
| US10681847B1 |
Externally-cooled tape drive
A tape drive includes a housing defining an internal volume, a heat-generating element disposed within the internal volume, a thermally-conductive element, a first end of the thermally-conductive element in thermal communication with the heat-generating element, and a heat dissipation unit disposed in an external volume outside of the internal volume, wherein a second end of the thermally-conductive element is disposed in the external volume and is in thermal communication with the heat dissipation unit. |
| US10681846B2 |
Cooling electronic devices in a data center
A server tray package includes a motherboard assembly that includes a plurality of data center electronic devices, the plurality of data center electronic devices including at least one heat generating processor device; and a liquid cold plate assembly. The liquid cold plate assembly includes a base portion mounted to the motherboard assembly, the base portion and motherboard assembly defining a volume that at least partially encloses the plurality of data center electronic devices; and a top portion mounted to the base portion and including a heat transfer member shaped to thermally contact the heat generating processor device, the heat transfer member including an inlet port and an outlet port that are in fluid communication with a cooling liquid flow path defined through the heat transfer member. |
| US10681844B2 |
Self-adjustable heat spreader system for set-top box assemblies
Systems, electronic devices, and methods are directed to a self-adjustable heat spreader. A spring system may include one or more spring members and a contact surface adapted to contact a circuit board component. Each spring member may include a thermally conductive material. A thermal spreader plate may be coupled to the one or more spring members. The spring system and the thermal spreader plate may be configured to allow movement, with respect to the thermal spreader plate along multiple axes, of one or more portions of the one or more spring members proximate to the thermal spreader plate when the contact surface is pressed against the circuit board component and the spring system transitions from a first state to a compressed state. The contact surface and the spring system may be configured to transfer heat between the circuit board component and the thermal spreader plate. |
| US10681841B2 |
Water-cooling heat dissipation device suitable for computer
A water-cooling heat dissipation device suitable for computer includes a pump housing, an upper cover, a motor module and a heat exchange member. The pump housing forms a pump chamber. A side of the upper cover has at least one positioning portion. A side of the motor module has at least one assembly portion that is correspondingly disposed with respect to the positioning portion. A stator set is received in the interior of the motor module. The heat exchange member is correspondingly combined with the pump housing. The heat exchange member forms a heat exchange chamber, and the heat exchange chamber is in communication with the pump chamber. |
| US10681840B2 |
Cooling system and electronic apparatus
The present invention aims to reduce noise derived from an operation sound of a fan while maintaining cooling capacity of the fan. A cooling system includes a fan which is disposed in a chassis in which a CPU which is exemplified as a heating element is housed, one temperature sensor which is disposed in the chassis, another temperature sensor which is disposed at a position which is different from a position of the one temperature sensor, and a fan control unit which drives the fan in a case where one temperature, which is based on a measured value of one temperature sensor, is at least a first threshold value or in a case where another temperature, which is based on a measured value of the other temperature sensor, is at least a second threshold value which is set to a value lower than the first threshold value. |
| US10681837B1 |
Spacecube V2.0 flight card mechanical system
An electronic assembly support system includes a frame having a plurality of side rails side rails to be positioned along a longitudinal axis of an electronic assembly, a plurality of cross rails connected between the side rails, positioned to surround predetermined components of the electronic assembly, and a first fastener interface for attaching the plurality of side rails and cross rails to the electronic assembly. |
| US10681835B2 |
Latch assembly for a computing device
A computing device is disclosed. The example computing device includes an enclosure that houses an electrical component. The example computing device also includes a latch assembly disposed on the enclosure, the latch assembly to facilitate coupling the enclosure to a rack. The latch assembly includes an antenna which is communicatively coupled to the electrical component. |
| US10681833B1 |
Mounting assembly and inverter assembly using same
A mounting assembly and an inverter assembly using the same are disclosed. The mounting assembly includes a waterproof component and a fixing component. The waterproof component includes a first side facing the inverter, a second side facing the wall surface, an opening and a gasket set. The opening runs through the first side and the second side. The gasket set is disposed around the opening. The gasket set abuts against the wall surface and the inverter. The inverter is electrically connected with a wire running through the opening. The fixing component is disposed on the wall surface and connected to the waterproof component. The fixing component includes a third surface facing the inverter, a fourth surface facing the wall surface, and a first engaging element. The first engaging element engages with a second engaging element of the inverter to mount the inverter on the wall surface. |
| US10681826B2 |
Substrate unit
Provided is a substrate unit that has a simple structure and is able to prevent water that has entered the inside from reaching a mounting surface of the substrate. The substrate unit includes: a substrate, a first casing member that supports the substrate, and a second casing member that is integrated into one piece with the first casing member and is provided on a mounting surface side of the substrate, wherein the second casing member is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes into a housing space that is defined by the first casing member and the second casing member and houses the substrate, and intersects a plane that extends along the mounting surface of the substrate. |
| US10681823B2 |
Mounting structure for module in electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a display area and a connecting area extending from one side of the display area, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected with the connecting area, and a first module mounted on a first surface of the FPCB, where the connecting area is bent such that the first module is apart from the display to face the display. |
| US10681820B2 |
Circuit board and manufacturing method therefor
A circuit board includes: a metal core base material including a first main surface, a second main surface on an opposite side of the first main surface, a side surface, and a projection that projects from the side surface; an outer cover including a first insulation layer that covers the first main surface, a second insulation layer that covers the second main surface, and a third insulation layer that covers the side surface; a first wiring layer provided in the first main surface with the first insulation layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the first main surface; a second wiring layer provided in the second main surface with the second insulation layer interposed between the second wiring layer and the second main surface; and a sealing portion that is made of an insulation material embedded in the outer cover and covers an end surface of the projection. |
| US10681817B2 |
Frame embedded components
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an edge card that includes a printed circuit board having a top side and a bottom side. The top side of the printed circuit board can include one or more top-side circuit components, and a plurality of top-side metal contact fingers, at least some of the top-side metal contact fingers electrically connected to at least one of the one or more circuit components. The bottom side of the printed circuit board can include one or more bottom-side circuit components. The bottom side of the printed circuit board can also include a substrate interposer having a top side and a bottom side. The top side of the substrate interposer can include one or more passive circuit components at least partially embedded in the substrate interposer, and one or more solder balls arranged around the one or more passive circuit components. |
| US10681814B2 |
High density multi-component packages
Provided is a high density multi-component package and a method of manufacturing a high density multi-component package. The high density multi-component package comprises at least two electronic components wherein each electronic component of the electronic components comprise a first external termination and a second external termination. At least one interposer is between the adjacent electronic components and attached to the interposer by an interconnect wherein the interposer is selected from an active interposer and a mechanical interposer. Adjacent electronic components are connected serially. |
| US10681809B2 |
Composite printed circuit board and laundry treatment apparatus having the same
Disclosed is a composite printed circuit board including a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a first circuit pattern mounted thereon, and a second PCB having a second circuit pattern mounted thereon, and the first PCB penetrates and is coupled to the second PCB so that the first circuit pattern is electrically connected to the second circuit pattern. |
| US10681804B2 |
Flexible circuit board, optical transceiver assembly, and optical module
A flexible circuit board, and an optical transceiver assembly and an optical module that have such flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes a substrate body, a transmission metal layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate body, a strengthening layer formed on the transmission metal layer, and a surface metal layer formed on a portion of an outer surface of the strengthening layer. The surface metal layer constitutes a securing portion for securing and connecting to an external element. A portion of the flexible circuit board that is not covered by the surface metal layer constitutes a connecting portion that connects to the securing portion. The surface metal layer is electrically connected to the transmission metal layer. |
| US10681794B1 |
Tri-axis x-ray tube
In one embodiment, an x-ray tube 15 can be used closer to a sample. An angle A1 between an anode axis 02 and an electron-beam axis 01 can be ≥10° and ≤80° and an angle A2 between the anode axis 02 and an x-ray axis 03 can be ≥10° and ≤80°. In another embodiment, a cap 20 on an anode 12 can block x-rays emitted in undesired directions. The cap 20 can include an internal cavity 24, an electron-beam hole 21, an anode hole 22, and an x-ray hole 23. In another embodiment, an electrical connection between an x-ray tube 15 and a power supply 18 can be reliable and easy to manufacture. The anode 12 can include a hole 31 at an end of the anode 12 sized and shaped for insertion of an electrical connector 32. |
| US10681793B1 |
Direct wireless control of lighting systems for use in a high-moisture environment
A lighting system for use in a high-moisture environment, such as a swimming pool, includes a lighting unit having a housing and at least one light-emitting device positioned within the housing. A power supply provides power to the light-emitting device. A receiver positioned within the housing operates with a LoRa modulation format and receives signals at an ISM band operating frequency of substantially between 433.05-434.79 MHz (EU433). A mobile control unit located remote from the lighting unit is configured to transmit at least one wireless control signal to the receiver at a frequency between 433.05-434.79 MHz, whereby the at least one control signal controls or changes a characteristic of the at least one light-emitting device, such as an on/off state, a color, a lighting effect, or a pattern of display. Related systems and methods for installing a lighting system for use in a high-moisture environment are also disclosed. |
| US10681784B2 |
Lighting fixture with selectable color temperature
A lighting fixture for powering multiple LED groups to generate a selectable color temperature. The lighting fixture provides varying amounts of power to each group of LEDs to achieve a selected color temperature. Current from a driver may be divided between the LED groups based on a selected operational state, which is selected using a switch or other configurable input. The operational states may turn the LED groups on or off or may control an amount of current received by the LED groups. In some configurations, all of the LED groups are always at least partially powered. |
| US10681781B2 |
Apparatus and method for defrosting and/or cooking foods
An apparatus for defrosting or cooking foods, the apparatus including both radio frequency dielectric heating means and an induction heating means. The radio frequency dielectric heating means includes at least two electrodes positioned at a treatment zone, and a device for applying, between the electrodes, a difference in electric potential which is variable with a frequency between 1 MHz and 300 MHz. The induction heating means is electromagnetically coupled to at least one of the electrodes which is at least partly made of ferromagnetic material, such that the electrode transmits heat to the food. |
| US10681778B2 |
Integrated heater and method of manufacture
A method of constructing a heater includes providing a substrate, forming at least one trench into the substrate, depositing a functional material onto the substrate and into the at least one trench to form a functional element, and providing an electrical termination in contact with the functional element. |
| US10681776B2 |
Electronic oven with infrared evaluative control
A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data. |
| US10681774B2 |
Electronic device and communication method
An electrical device has processing circuit configured to: select coordinated access points and data distribution center from access points, transmit information about the coordinated access points to the data distribution center, such that in response to the receipt of data from the service gateway, the date distribution center transmits the data to the coordinated access points, and receive the data via the coordinated transmission of the data distribution center and the coordinated access point. |
| US10681773B2 |
Real-time relay of wireless communications
Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device and a second wireless audio output device. One of the first or second audio output devices is configured to one of connect as a slave to a source device in a first piconet and connect as a master to the other one of the first or second audio output devices in a second piconet. The one of the first or second wireless audio output devices determines whether an audio packet transmitted by the source device via the first piconet was received by the first wireless audio output device and the second wireless audio output device, and, when at least one of the first wireless audio output device or the second wireless audio output device did not receive the audio packet, the audio packet is exchanged between the first and second wireless audio output devices via the second piconet. |
| US10681770B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, a signal in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. More particularly, the specification presents a method for transmitting a receiving a signal and an apparatus therefor by differently interpreting MCS information indicated by a plurality of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) fields according to a signal transmission and reception method, when the station transmits the signal on the basis of the MCS information indicated by the plurality of MCS fields. |
| US10681764B2 |
Method and apparatus for logging information
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for logging a radio resource control (RRC) failure of user equipment (UE) and receiving the log. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for logging an RRC failure of UE may comprise the steps of: attempting random access; if the failure of random access is sensed, logging information on the failure; and if the success of random access is sensed, transmitting information on the failure logged before the success to a connected base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a method which effectively log a channel state or a connection failure can be provided. |
| US10681761B2 |
Apparatus for distributing short-range wireless signals using an interconnection protocol for electronic devices
An apparatus for distributing data using a short-range wireless interconnection protocol for electronic devices includes a processor communicatively connected, using a communication bus, to a number of originator antennas, each of the number of originator antennas communicating with an originating device, a plurality of device antennas, communicatively connected to the communication bus, each of the plurality of device antennas communicating with a number of client devices, and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium includes a receive module, a session identify module, and a send module. The receive module receives a data packet using one of the number of originator antennas. The session identify module identifies at least one communication session with at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas. The send module sends the data packet to the at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas. |
| US10681756B2 |
Beacon system to improve wireless audio communication between headset communication devices
A headset communication device includes at least one processor configured to transmit, via a dedicated virtual communication channel of a wireless communication protocol, local beacon data to one or more remote headset communication devices within a work environment, to discover a remote headset communication device included in the one or more remote headset communication devices by receiving, via the dedicated virtual communication channel of the wireless communication protocol, remote beacon data that is transmitted by the remote headset communication device, to automatically synchronize, based on the remote beacon data, the headset communication device with the remote headset communication device, and, to transmit, via one or more additional virtual communication channels of the wireless communication protocol, local audio communication data to the one or more remote headset communication devices. |
| US10681752B2 |
Telecommunication system for relaying cellular coverage
A cellular telecommunications network architecture is described where certain UEs are configured to assist the network to improve coverage in regions of poor radio conditions. In certain embodiments, appropriate UEs are selected to act as a dynamic, out-of-band coverage extensions. Network performance can thereby be improved when serving users at the cell edge (or in other poor radio condition regions of a cell). Data from UEs connected to those assisting UEs is encrypted to allow secure transit of data without requiring modification to the RAN or Core Network. |
| US10681748B2 |
Communication method and communication apparatus
A method for pairing apparatuses includes causing an information processing apparatus to send a predetermined request to a communication apparatus, causing the communication apparatus to display first authentication information for pairing upon receiving the predetermined request, causing the information processing apparatus to enable input of second authentication information for pairing, and causing, when the second authentication, information is input, the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus to perform pairing based on the first authentication information and the second authentication information. |
| US10681742B2 |
Method and apparatus for random access in a wireless communication system
Methods and apparatuses for random access in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment (UE) performs a first attempt of a random access procedure to communicate with a cell via at least a first UE beam. The UE performs a second attempt of the random access procedure to communicate with the cell via at least a second UE beam when the first attempt fails, in which the direction of the first UE beam and the direction of the second UE beam are different. |
| US10681740B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting N (N>1) first RA signals during a first interval; monitoring a response signal to the multiple first RA signals; and performing a process for transmitting N second RA signals during a second interval after monitoring of the response signal fails, wherein RA signals in each interval are transmitted in the same transmission beam direction and RA signals in different intervals are transmitted in different transmission beam directions. |
| US10681738B2 |
Random access in a wireless device and wireless network
A wireless device receives a message from a first base station. The message comprises first configuration parameters for cells. Cells comprise cell groups. Cell groups comprise a first cell group for communication with the first base station, and a second cell group for communication with a second base station. The second cell group comprises an LAA cell, and RACH(s) configuration parameters for a RACH of the LAA cell. The wireless device performs an LBT procedure to transmit a preamble via the RACH of the LAA cell in response to initiating a random access process. The wireless device increments a counter in response to the LBT procedure indicating that the channel is occupied and determining a failure of the random access process in response to the counter reaching a first value. The wireless device transmits second message in response to the failure of the random access process. |
| US10681737B2 |
Random access method, terminal, and base station
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random access method, a terminal, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal (UE), configuration information of random access resources from a base station, where the configuration information of the random access resource includes: configuration information of a first random access resource received from the base station using a system broadcast and configuration information of a second random access resource received from the base station by using downlink control information (DCI); selecting, by the UE, a random access resource from the first random access resource and the second random access resource according to a random access rule and the configuration information of the random access resources; and initiating, by the UE, random access according to the selected random access resource. |
| US10681735B2 |
Wireless environment evaluation method and wireless communicaton system
Provided is a wireless environment evaluation method including a step 1 acquiring a transmission and reception history of wireless signals transmitted and received between the plurality of wireless stations and acquiring or estimating a number of wireless stations in transmission standby, based on the transmission and reception history; a step 2 calculating a normal reception rate S in a congesting situation in reception according to the number of wireless stations in transmission standby; a step 3 acquiring a normal reception rate S′ of the wireless signals per a fixed channel use time from the transmission and reception history in the prescribed wireless station; and a step 4 determining a degree of the exposed situation in reception according to a ratio of the normal reception rate S′ to the normal reception rate S. |
| US10681734B2 |
Systems and methods for fractional carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) for WLANS
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described to implement an interference management method in a WLAN. An access point (AP) or an inter-BSS coordinator (IBC) may identify a station (STA) associated with a first basic service set (BSS) as an edge STA or a non-edge STA The AP or the IBC may group the edge STA into an edge group and a non-edge STA into a non-edge group. The AP or the IBC may receive information associated with a second BSS. The AP or the IBC may coordinate access of the edge group and/or the non-edge group. The access may be coordinated to minimize interference of the edge STA. The access may be based at least on the received information associated with the second BSS The AP or the IBC may adjust transmit power of a plurality of STAs identified as edge group STAs and non-edge group STAs. |
| US10681731B2 |
Emission of a signal in resource units to increase energy detection of an 802.11 channel
In an 802.11ax network with an access point, a trigger frame offers scheduled and random resource units to nodes for data uplink communication to the access point. To avoid the overall energy level seen by legacy nodes for a communication channel to drop below a detection threshold, the invention provides two tools. First, the scheduled and random resource units may be interleaved over communication channels. Second, unused resource units may be detected, and a node or the access point may send a padding signal on them to increase the overall energy level. The latter may be evaluated during a monitoring period before deciding to emit the signal. As the overall energy level seen by legacy nodes is increased, the risk that such legacy nodes do not detect activity on a 20 MHz channel having only a subpart of its RUs used is reduced. And risks of collisions are consequently reduced. |
| US10681725B2 |
Techniques and apparatuses for unicast system information delivery for connected mode user equipment
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine that a signal characteristic of a unicast signal is better than a signal characteristic of a broadcast signal; and/or transmit, based at least in part on the determination, a request for an update to a master information block or a minimum system information block to be provided to the user equipment using the unicast signal. In some aspects, a base station may determine that a signal characteristic of a unicast signal associated with a user equipment (UE) is better than a signal characteristic of a broadcast signal broadcasted by the base station; and/or transmit, based on the determination, an update to a master information block (MIB) or a minimum system information block (MSIB) to the UE using the unicast signal. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10681719B2 |
Communication method, terminal equipment, and network equipment
The embodiments of the application provide a communication method, terminal equipment, and network equipment. The method comprises: determining a first data transmission format used to generate first transmission version of uplink data; selecting, from a data resource pool, a first data transmission resource used to transmit the first transmission version; transmitting, to network equipment, a first scheduling configuration message containing information of the first data transmission resource and the first data transmission format; encoding and modulating, according to the first data transmission format, the uplink data, to generate the first transmission version; and transmitting, to the network equipment, by means of the first data transmission resource, the first transmission version, so as to facilitate the network equipment to receive, demodulate and decode, according to the first scheduling configuration message, the first transmission version. The embodiments of the invention can reduce communication latency without decreasing communication reliability. |
| US10681718B2 |
Base station, terminal, and wireless communication system
According to one embodiment, a base station includes a licensed band transmitting unit, a determining unit, and an unlicensed band transmitting unit. The licensed band transmitting unit transmits, to a terminal, a control signal for specifying a resource in a shared band to be used for data transmission by the terminal. The determining unit determines whether the resource in the shared band is idle or busy. The unlicensed band transmitting unit transmits a permission signal for permitting transmission in the shared band when the determining unit determines that the resource in the shared band is idle. The control signal or the permission signal includes an offset indicating a time from the permission signal to a start of transmission of data from the terminal to the base station with reference to the permission signal transmitted from the unlicensed band transmitting unit. |
| US10681711B2 |
Method for data scheduling and power control and electronic device thereof
Methods and apparatuses are provided method for operating a terminal. A motion pattern of at least one of the terminal or a peer terminal communicating with the terminal is determined in a time interval. A channel quality of a channel between the terminal and the peer terminal is determined in time intervals after the time interval based on the motion pattern in the time interval. At least one first time interval among the time intervals in which the channel quality is greater than or equal to a threshold value and at least one second time interval among the time intervals in which the channel quality is less than the threshold value are determined. Data in the at least one first time interval is transmitted to the peer terminal. |
| US10681710B2 |
Selecting a frequency band from a set of candidate frequency bands associated with a wireless access point
A method includes determining, at an access point, that a channel used to communicate with a device is experiencing interference. The method also includes, in response to the access point detecting that the channel used to communicate with the device is experiencing interference, switching, at the access point to a second channel. The second channel is selected from available channels associated with a set of candidate frequency bands. The set of candidate frequency bands is selected based on a signal quality of a particular device in communication with the access point. The particular device is a communication device in communication with the access point that has a lowest signal quality of signal qualities of communication devices in communication with the access point. |
| US10681708B2 |
Subslot bundling and acknowledgement
A first apparatus may puncture, in at least two subslots, a first type of data or control information with a second type of data or control information. The first apparatus may bundle the least two subslots within a subframe, and the subframe may include a portion for carrying acknowledgment (ACK)/negative acknowledgment (NACK) information associated with the second type of data or control information. The first apparatus may communicate with a user equipment (UE) during the at least two subslots within the subframe. A second apparatus may receive ACK/NACK information associated with a second type of data or control information. The second apparatus may reduce a transmission power for a first type of data or control information during a subsequent subframe when the ACK/NACK information indicates a negative acknowledgement. |
| US10681706B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating signal for low latency in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for generating a signal for low latency in a wireless communication system. The method, according to one embodiment of the present invention, for a communication device generating a situation-reporting signal for low latency and transmitting the signal to a base station in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: generating the situation-reporting signal on the basis of a pre-set, specific situation recognized by the communication device; and transmitting the generated situation-reporting signal to the base station, wherein the situation-reporting signal may be generated so as to have a subcarrier spacing which is a pre-set number of times larger than a subcarrier spacing of a legacy communication system, the pre-set number being an integer. |
| US10681702B2 |
Communication method and device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method and a device. A network controller receives a first message sent by a first access network device, where the first message is used to request the network controller to configure at least one access network device for first user equipment, to implement data transmission or reception between the first user equipment and the at least one access network device; the network controller configures a second access network device for the first user equipment. |
| US10681700B2 |
Method and device for signaling for sliding window superposition coding transmission in wireless communication system
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). The present disclosure relates to signaling for sliding window superposition coding transmission. A method for a first terminal includes receiving, from a base station, first information included in decoding related information on a higher layer signaling, receiving from the base station control information including second information included in the decoding related information, identifying the second information by decoding of the control information, and decoding data transmitted to the second terminal based on the first information and the second information. |
| US10681699B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of communicating an enhanced directional multi gigabit (EDMG) capability element
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (EDMG) support indication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame having a structure compatible with a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) frame structure, the frame including an EDMG supported field to indicate that the wireless station supports one or more EDMG features; and to transmit the frame over a DMG channel. |
| US10681696B2 |
Method and apparatus for enabling transmission in a slotted radio data communication system by pausing data reception
Apparatus, and an associated method, that facilitates communication of data in a radio communication system that utilizes a slotted communication scheme. Multiple successive time slots are allocable upon which to communicate data to a receiving communication station. At selected intervals, a controller causes the mode of operation of the receiving communication station to be changed to pause operation in a receive mode and, during the pause, to cause operation of the receiving communication station to transmit data, such as control acknowledgments or other responses. |
| US10681692B2 |
Transmission resource mapping method and device
A transmission resource mapping method and a device relating to the field of mobile communications technologies, where resource mapping is performed using a resource element block, a length of the resource element block in time domain is less than a length of a physical resource block in the time domain. Therefore, a mapping granularity can be reduced during resource mapping such that latency in a transmission process can be reduced. |
| US10681688B2 |
Receiver device, transmitter device, reception method, and transmission method
Provided is a receiver device that can switch between transmission methods, while minimizing increase in the number of blind decryption iterations and the amount of signaling needed for acknowledgement. In this device, a receiver part (201) receives a signal mapped to any of a plurality of mapping candidates; and according to application levels established for each of the plurality of mapping candidates, a control signal processor (205) performs blind decryption of the plurality of mapping candidates, employing either a first transmission method using a single antenna port to carry out precoding based on feedback information from the receiver device, or a second transmission method involving transmission diversity employing multiple antenna ports. |
| US10681685B2 |
Resource indication method, base station and terminal
A resource indication method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method includes that: the base station generates a resource indication channel, the resource indication channel indicating a first time-frequency resource and a communication parameters for the first time-frequency resource, the resource indication channel occupying a second time-frequency resource and at least one first time-frequency resource corresponding to at least one resource indication channel forming a cell; and the base station sends the resource indication channel to the terminal. The method can improve resource allocation and indication flexibility, and improve performance and applicability of a wireless communication system. |
| US10681683B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink control information of terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using the method
Provided are a method for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) of a terminal in a wireless communication system and the UE using the method. The method includes determining a number of coded symbols for the UCI transmission and transmitting the UCI on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the number of coded symbols. The number of coded symbols is determined among a first value based on a payload size of the UCI and an offset value and a second value based on a radio resource control (RRC) signal. |
| US10681681B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing uplink data by DRX-mode terminal in mobile telecommunication system
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting data by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method including transmitting, to a base station, a scheduling request for requesting resources for transmitting a buffer status report, monitoring a control channel to receive resource allocation information, starting a timer for monitoring the control channel if the resource allocation information is received via the control channel, transmitting, to the base station, the buffer status report based on the resource allocation information, and stopping monitoring of the control channel if the timer is expired or a command is received from the base station. |
| US10681678B2 |
Device to-device (D2D) operation method performed by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same method
In a D2D operation method performed by a remote terminal in a wireless communication system, the present invention determines whether receiving a signal transmitted from a relay terminal by means of transmission of a signal from the remote terminal is restricted; and transmits a signal to the relay terminal on the basis of the determination, wherein in the case that receiving a signal transmitted from the relay terminal by means of transmission of a signal from the remote terminal is not restricted, the present invention transmits a signal to the relay terminal, and in the case that receiving a signal transmitted from the relay terminal by means of transmission of a signal from the remote terminal is restricted, the present invention does not transmit a signal to the relay terminal. |
| US10681672B2 |
Paging optimization for VeNB
A method is described, comprising: creating, at a coordinating server, a user page cache table, the user page cache table associates a user equipment (UE) identifier with a last known location of the UE and a virtual base station instance; creating, at the coordinating server, a neighbor relation table, the neighbor relation table associates each cell to neighbor cells; receiving, at the coordinating server from a core network, a paging message for a user equipment (UE), the paging message comprises a tracking area identity (TAI), the UE identifier, and the virtual base station instance; querying, at the coordinating server, in the user page cache table based on the UE identifier received in the paging message to identify the virtual base station instance and the last known location; forwarding, from the coordinating server to the last known location of the UE, the paging message based on the queried last known location. |
| US10681671B2 |
Paging method, device, and system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, a device, and a system, and relate to the communications field, so as to reduce signaling exchange performed when an access network device pages UE, save a network resource, and improve data transmission efficiency. The paging method includes: receiving, by user equipment (UE), paging information sent by an access network device, where the paging information is used to instruct the UE to send a paging response by using an uplink data sending resource; and obtaining, by the UE, the uplink data sending resource according to the paging information, and sending paging response information to the access network device by using the uplink data sending resource. |
| US10681669B2 |
Positioning of mobile devices
A base station transmits, in a repetitive first sequence (501) of transmission frames (202) of a wireless channel, first positioning reference signals (551). The base station transmits, in a repetitive second sequence (502) of transmission frames (202) of the wireless channel, second positioning reference signals (552). The first positioning reference signals (551) and the second positioning reference signals (552) each facilitate determining a time of arrival of signals communicated on the wireless channel. |
| US10681666B2 |
Coarse location estimation for mobile devices
Coarse location estimation for mobile devices is disclosed for detecting mobile device presence at general locations of interest and switching operating modes and services for one or more location context aware applications. In some implementations, sensor data is received from a plurality of data sources at a location. For each data source, a first probability is estimated that the mobile device is at the location based on sensor data from the data sources. A second probability is estimated that the mobile device is not at the location based on sensor data from the data sources. The first and second estimated probabilities are statistically combined to generate a third estimated probability that the mobile device is at the location. |
| US10681665B2 |
Managing cellular service access for multiple secondary wireless devices associated with a primary wireless device
Methods and apparatus to enable and disable cellular services for one or more cellular capable secondary wireless devices associated with a primary wireless device are disclosed. The primary wireless device, in response to detecting a status change of an in use state of a cellular capable secondary wireless device can provide a notification to a network server of a wireless network to disable cellular wireless services for previously enabled cellular capable secondary wireless devices and to enable cellular wireless services for the cellular capable secondary wireless device. Control of cellular wireless services for cellular capable secondary wireless devices can be based on a combination of registration for services, activation and deactivation of eSIMs on the cellular capable secondary wireless devices, and/or changes to eSIM states or contexts maintained by the network server. |
| US10681663B2 |
Methods for adjusting uplink transmission timing
According to some exemplary embodiments, a wireless device maintains timing associated with uplink transmissions by performing steps for each of a plurality of scheduled LBT transmission opportunities. The steps include performing an LBT assessment to determine whether the wireless device is permitted to transmit in the scheduled LBT transmission opportunity, determining whether or not the timing associated with uplink transmissions is to be adjusted, where said determining comprises determining to not adjust the timing associated with uplink transmissions for any scheduled LBT transmission opportunity for which the LBT assessment indicates that the wireless device is not permitted to transmit, and selectively adjusting the timing associated with uplink transmissions, based on the determining. |
| US10681662B2 |
Frequency correction in a multi-carrier communication system
A mobile station operable to perform cell synchronization is described. The mobile station can process one or more synchronization signals received in a downlink from one or more base stations providing coverage in one or more cells. The mobile station can process the one or more synchronization signals received from the one or more base stations to synchronize the mobile station with the one or more base stations. The mobile station can adjust signals for communication from the mobile station in accordance with the cell synchronization performed at the mobile station. |
| US10681654B2 |
Power headroom report generation
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for power headroom report generation. One method includes aggregating multiple serving cells. The method includes determining that a power headroom report is triggered. The method includes determining that an uplink resource for a new transmission on a serving cell of the multiple serving cells is allocated at a first time after the power headroom report is triggered. The method includes determining a power headroom value for each serving cell of the multiple serving cells being activated based on information received prior to initiating a local channel prioritization procedure for the uplink resource allocated at the first time. The method includes generating a power headroom report medium access control control element including at least the power headroom value for each serving cell of the multiple serving cells being activated. |
| US10681648B2 |
Power control for channel state information
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may send, to a wireless device, one or more radio resource control messages comprising power control parameters and/or other wireless resources. The base station may send, to the wireless device, activation or deactivation of channel state information reporting. The wireless device may adjust, based on one or more of the activation or deactivation, at least one value associated with a transmission power of an uplink channel transmission. |
| US10681644B2 |
Reporting actual uplink transmission power
Method and apparatus are provided for reporting and receiving actual UL transmission power. In accordance with some implementation, a UE may send a first indication of power headroom to a base station. The UE may receive one or more resources allocation for a UL transmission. The UE then may determine actual transmission power to be used in the UL transmission. Upon determination, the UE may transmit the UL transmission and send an indication of the actual transmission power to the base station. The base station, in response to receiving an indication of actual transmission power of the first UL transmission, may adjust an estimate of the link quality based on the receive indication of actual transmission power. |
| US10681638B2 |
Communication system and IoT system
A communication system and an IoT system are provided. The IoT system is applicable to a wireless network system including an access point. The IoT system includes a WiFi module and a GPIO device. The WiFi module is configured to connect to the access point. The GPIO device is configured to provide a plurality of wake-up signals to the WiFi module through a GPIO pin. A predetermined time period between any two of wake-up signals is greater than an interval between two delivery traffic indication messages from the access point. The WiFi module includes a timer and a power management unit, the power management unit drains power to transfer the WiFi module from a sleep mode to a normal mode after the timer receives the wake-up signal. |
| US10681633B2 |
Configurable subframe structures in wireless communication
Some aspects of the disclosure provide for a flexible and reconfigurable subframe structure that allows various devices with different capabilities and frequency agility to efficiently utilize the available channel bandwidth (BW) and/or save power. In some aspects of the disclosure, the reference signal and/or control channel placement in the subframe can facilitate faster processing and increased sleep mode duration of the devices. |
| US10681630B2 |
Virtual cells for radio access network (RAN) sharing
Systems and methods herein provide for the aggregation of a plurality of wireless base stations for access by a Mobile Central Office (MCO) communicating with user equipment (UEs) through a network. In one embodiment, a communication system includes a first plurality of wireless base stations, each being operable to communicate with UEs. The system also includes a base station aggregator operable to aggregate the wireless base stations into a virtual base station, and to interface with the MCO. The base station aggregator is further operable to process a request from the MCO for access to communications provided by the virtual base station, to grant the request, to intermediate on behalf of the MCO, and to exchange communications between the MCO and a UE subscribing to the MCO and operating within the coverage of the virtual base station. |
| US10681628B2 |
Method and apparatus for scanning access points in a portable terminal
A method for scanning an Access Point (AP) in a portable terminal includes determining whether a request to activate the portable terminal is detected; and upon detecting the request, immediately and additionally scanning an AP independently of a predetermined scan cycle. |
| US10681627B2 |
System, method and program for P2P file transfer
The present disclosure relates to a program, a method and a system for P2P transmission. A method for P2P transmission by means of an access point, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes at least: a step for receiving identification information of a detected access point from a transmission client and a reception client; a step for, if the reception client detects a first access point as the same detected access point or accesses the first access point which is the same detected access point, configuring the first access point as a transmission path; a step for checking whether or not the first access point has been configured to be blocked; and a step for matching first identification information with whether or not the first access point has been configured to be blocked and storing same in an accumulation database. |
| US10681626B2 |
User equipment and method for handling public land mobile network selection involving prose communication
Embodiments of the inventive concept herein provide a method and User Equipment (UE) for handling PLMN selection involving Proximity Based Services (ProSe) communication. The method includes detecting one of a PLMN selection due to the ProSe communication followed by a manual Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell selection, and a manual CSG cell selection followed by the PLMN selection due to the ProSe communication, when the UE has stored a duplicate value of a Registered PLMN (RPLMN) and a duplicate of a PLMN selection mode. Further, the method includes preserving the stored duplicate value of the RPLMN and a stored duplicate of the PLMN selection mode. |
| US10681625B1 |
Single-user acknowledgement options for wireless communication in a multi-user environment
In aspects of acknowledgement options for downlink multi-user transmission, a wireless network system includes an access point that can communicate a downlink multi-user transmission soliciting acknowledgement from one or more station devices. The access point can receive an association request or an operation mode change request frame from one or more of the station devices, and determine an acknowledgement option for each of the station devices that communicate the request to the access point. The access point can then use a multi-user transmission mode or a single user transmission mode for each of the station devices based on the acknowledgement option determined for each of the respective station devices. |
| US10681620B2 |
Facilitating compact signaling design for reserved resource configuration in wireless communication systems
A system facilitating compact signaling design for reserved resource configuration via a multi-dimensional bitmap is provided for a wireless communication system. A method comprises: determining a multi-dimensional bitmap (MDB) in time and frequency domains, wherein the time domain is represented by an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbol and the frequency domain is represented by an OFDM subcarrier. The determining comprises: selecting a group of reserved resource allocations of the MDB in which data information is not to be communicated; assigning a first value for the OFDM multiplexed symbol and the OFDM subcarrier according to a location of elements of the group of reserved resource allocations; and assigning, to other portions of the MDB other than the group of reserved resource allocations, a second value distinct from the first value. The method also comprises facilitating, by the device, transmitting the MDB to a mobile device. |
| US10681619B2 |
Packet transmission method, device, and communications system
A packet transmission method, a device, and a communications system, where the method includes receiving, by a forwarding plane apparatus, a media access control (MAC) address request broadcast by a base station, where the MAC address request includes a target Internet Protocol (IP) address and is used to request a MAC address corresponding to the target IP address, forwarding the MAC address request to a control plane apparatus when the forwarding plane apparatus does not save a first correspondence between the target IP address and the MAC address, receiving, the MAC address request response, and forwarding the MAC address request response to the base station. |
| US10681618B2 |
Bearer split or fast switch capability indicator
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating informing a radio access network of the capabilities of a user equipment device with regard to switching and aggregation of streams received from master and secondary base station devices. Different user equipment device may have different capabilities with regard to aggregated and combining streams received from the base station devices (e.g., split bearer) or switching between the streams (fast switching). The embodiments described herein provide a way for the UE to inform the radio access network about the capabilities of the UE device. In an embodiment, in response to receiving a query from the radio access network, the UE can return via a UE resource capability information element, an indicator indicating the capabilities of the UE device. The indicator can be an integer bit that has different values depending on the capabilities of the UE device. |
| US10681616B2 |
Wireless communication device, wireless communication method, computer device, and information processing method
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a wireless-communication interface and a wireless-network-information controller. The wireless-communication interface is configured to communicate with one or more terminal using a wireless network. The wireless-network-information controller is configured to receive, a request for wireless network information which is information based on wireless communication with the terminal from a virtual machine operating on a virtual computing environment executed in a processor or a container operating on a container environment executed in the processor, and configured to acquire the wireless network information using the wireless-communication interface based on the request or configured to read out the wireless network information from information given in advance, and transmits the wireless network information to the virtual machine or the container. |
| US10681614B2 |
Network-controlled adaptive terminal behavior managing high-network-load scenarios
A network device may detect a high traffic load for a wireless access network associated with the network device, and broadcast, to mobile terminals in the wireless access network associated with the network device, a signaling message indicating the high traffic load. The signaling message causes a mobile terminal to selectively limit wireless network access requests to the network device. |
| US10681610B2 |
Node configuration and self-healing for ad hoc networks
A network includes at least one node to communicate with at least one other node via a wireless network protocol. The node includes a network configuration module to periodically switch a current node function of the node between an intermediate node function and a leaf node function. The switch of the current node function enables automatic reconfiguration of the wireless network based on detected communications between the at least one node and at least one intermediate node or at least one leaf node via the wireless network protocol. |
| US10681606B2 |
Fast moving scenario access point switching
Embodiments of a system and method for switching access points in a fast moving scenario in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a communication station (STA) includes transceiver circuitry to: send a request to a first access point (AP) to associate with the first AP to access a network, and receive a service set identifier (SSID), a channel number, an ordered listing of APs for association when traveling in a fast moving scenario, and a plurality of basic service set identifications (BSSIDs) corresponding to the ordered listing of APs. The apparatus includes processing circuitry to determine whether a signal strength of a second AP exceeds a signal strength of the first AP in the fast moving scenario fast moving scenario access point switching. |
| US10681605B2 |
Handover for video or other streaming services
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing optimized handover decisions for mobile devices participating in streaming services. In one embodiment, a serving base station in a cellular communications network obtains a play out buffer size for a streaming service of a mobile device. The serving base station then makes a handover decision based on the play out buffer size for the streaming service of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the streaming service is a downlink streaming service to the mobile device, and the play out buffer size is a size of a downlink play out buffer at the serving base station for the downlink streaming service to the mobile device. In another embodiment, the streaming service is an uplink streaming service from the mobile device, and the play out buffer size is a size of an uplink play out buffer at the mobile device for the uplink streaming service. |
| US10681599B2 |
Active mode mobility measurement signal configuration
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device of performing radio resource management (RRM) measurements for mobility in a wireless network comprises obtaining a measurement configuration for measuring mobility signals in connected mode. The measurement configuration includes a reference signal type. The reference signal type indicates a particular type of reference signal of a plurality of possible reference signal types (e.g., PSS, SSS, DMRS, CSI-RS). The method further comprises configuring the wireless device to measure a reference signal of the indicated type; receiving the reference signal of the indicated type; and measuring the reference signal according to the measurement configuration. |
| US10681596B2 |
Neighbor list management and connection control in a network environment
A first wireless access point receives communications from multiple candidate wireless access points in a monitored region in which the first wireless access point resides. The communications indicate presence of the multiple candidate wireless access points in the monitored region. A processing resource associated with the first wireless access point processes the communications to identify which of the multiple candidate wireless access points are trusted wireless access points belonging to a network in which the first wireless access point resides. To facilitate a wireless link handoff from the given wireless access point to one of the trusted wireless access points, the given wireless access point provides notification of identities of the trusted wireless access points to a communication device in communication with the given wireless access point. The communication device selects one of the trusted wireless access points in which to handoff the respective wireless communication link. |
| US10681588B2 |
Flow control in multi-rat 5G wireless networks
Traffic flow control is facilitated in a multi-radio access technology wireless network infrastructure. A qualification threshold value can be determined for a slave node device, as a function of the qualification threshold value, a data volume threshold value can be determined for the slave node device, and, as a function of the data volume threshold value, transmission of data to a user equipment device can be facilitated by the slave node device. |
| US10681587B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless communication
A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. A first network device negotiates with a second network device to determine target data. The first network device supports wireless communication based on a first radio access technology RAT. The second network device supports wireless communication based on a second RAT. The first network device sends based on the first RAT to a terminal device, the target data and RAT type indication information that is used to indicate the second RAT. In this way, user experience can be improved. |
| US10681586B2 |
Device for a vehicular network providing incident retransmission
A system for transmission of incident information includes maintaining a table of RSSI values for a plurality of stations. When an incident is detected, the system first sends a broadcast packet with incident information, and next sends a unicast packet to any station below a particular RSSI threshold until the unicast packet is acknowledged or a retransmission interval passes. |
| US10681584B2 |
Multiple CQI reporting processes
According to some embodiments, a method of reporting channel quality information for use in a wireless device of a wireless communication network comprises: measuring a reference signal to determine a signal to noise ratio; determining a first channel quality index (CQI) using the signal to noise ratio and a first transport block error probability (e.g., BLER); determining a second CQI using the signal to noise ratio and a second transport block error probability; and reporting the first CQI and the second CQI to a network node. |
| US10681581B2 |
Messaging devices and methods
An electronic messaging device includes a receiver configured to receive a message at one of a first operational frequency and second operational frequency. The messaging device can added to a message distribution group comprising a plurality of existing messaging devices. A test communication can be sent through a coupling to test an operation of the messaging device and confirming the addition of the messaging device to the message distribution group without communicating with the existing messaging devices. |
| US10681579B2 |
Fine timing measurement FTM method and communications device
A fine timing measurement FTM method and a communications device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an FTM request frame from at least two communications devices; and sending a first FTM measurement frame according to the FTM request frame, where the first FTM measurement frame includes a measurement parameter of each of the at least two communications devices and identifier information used to indicate each communications device, so that each communications device obtains the measurement parameter according to the identifier information. |
| US10681577B2 |
Base station and transmission method
A base station used as a first base station in a wireless communication system including the first base station, a second base station that communicates with the first base station, and a user equipment that communicates with the first base station includes: a reception unit that receives a parameter used for performing communication in a specific band and data to be transmitted toward the user equipment from the second base station; and a detection unit that performs a process of detecting a use state of the specific band according to the parameter when the data is transmitted to the user equipment. |
| US10681568B1 |
Methods of data channel characterization and uses thereof
Fiber, cable, and wireless data channels are typically impaired by reflectors and other imperfections, producing a channel state with echoes and frequency shifts in data waveforms. Here, methods of using pilot symbol waveform bursts to automatically produce a detailed 2D model of the channel state are presented. This 2D channel state can then be used to optimize data transmission. For wireless data channels, an even more detailed 2D model of channel state can be produced by using polarization and multiple antennas in the process. Once 2D channel states are known, the system turns imperfect data channels from a liability to an advantage by using channel imperfections to boost data transmission rates. The methods can be used to improve legacy data transmission modes in multiple types of media, and are particularly useful for producing new types of robust and high capacity wireless communications using non-legacy data transmission methods as well. |
| US10681566B2 |
Scoring method and system for robust verification of configuration actions
There are provided measures for verification of configuration actions. Such measures exemplarily comprise detecting a configuration change in a domain, said configuration change comprises at least one parameter change, and said domain comprises at least one cell, repeating, for a predetermined period, an assessment cycle, and deciding, for each respective parameter change of said at least one parameter change, whether said respective parameter change is to be undone, based on a performance change of each cell of said domain which cell is affected by said respective parameter change, wherein said assessment cycle comprises assessing said performance change of each cell of said domain which cell is affected by any of said at least one parameter change. |
| US10681563B2 |
Method and system for Wi-Fi data transmission
A system for networking Wi-Fi Access Points in a Distributed Antenna System includes a plurality of Digital Access Units (DAUs). The plurality of DAUs are coupled and operable to route signals between the plurality of DAUs. The system also includes a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the plurality of DAUs and operable to transport signals between DRUs and DAUs and a plurality of DAU ports and DRU ports. The system further includes a Framer/Deframer, wherein the cellular payload data is separated from the IP data and a network switch. The IP data from a plurality of DAU and DRU ports are buffered and routed to a plurality of DAU and DRU ports. Furthermore, the system includes a plurality of Wi-Fi access points coupled via a mesh network to Wi-Fi access points connected to a plurality of DRUs. |
| US10681561B2 |
Method and apparatus for planning base station controllers in a wireless network
A method and apparatus for providing planning of a plurality of base station controllers in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains input data, and determines a limit for at least one base station controller parameter in accordance with the input data. The method determines if the limit for the at least one base station controller parameter is exceeded and determines an optimal output for an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors, if the limit for the at least one base station controller parameter is exceeded. |
| US10681549B2 |
Switching apparatus with radio module and deactivation function
A switching apparatus has a switching device and a radio module. The radio module is provided for the purpose of making available a piece of information about an operating state of the switching device in wirelessly retrievable fashion. The switching apparatus is distinguished at least in that the switching apparatus has a manual operating element that can be used to physically deactivate the radio module. |
| US10681543B2 |
Agent-based authentication and key agreement method for devices without SIM card
A method for devices without SIM card (SD) to communicate directly with a core network. The method may be performed in the following matter. The SD registers with the core network through a cellular device (MD) in order to obtain a credential for the SD. The credential comprises Access ID, key, and control parameters. The SD then performs a mutual authentication directly with the core network using the credential. If the SD authenticates successfully with the core network, the SD is granted access to the servers via the core network. |
| US10681540B2 |
Communication network system, transmission node, reception node, and message checking method
In a communication network system connected between a transmission node and a reception node, both the transmission node and the reception node store the same secret information with their secret information storage units. The transmission node includes a counter configured to increase its transmission count value by 1 for transmitting each message, wherein a MAC generator generates MAC based on secret information, transmission data, and its transmission count value, thus transmitting a message including transmission data and MAC. The reception node includes a counter configured to increase a reception count value by 1 for receiving each message, wherein a MAC checking part generates MAC based on secret information, reception data, and its reception count value, obtained from the received message, thus checking whether the generated MAC matches the MAC obtained from the received message. |
| US10681530B2 |
Message ordering for network based mobility management systems
The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methods for processing messages in a wireless communications environment. In an aspect, a communications method is provided. The method includes initiating a registration with a network domain node and generating sequence information with respect to the registration. The sequence information is then employed to facilitate further communications with the network domain node. |
| US10681529B2 |
System and method for a dynamic connectivity update system
The present disclosure provides a system and method for interacting with low-powered devices. The system includes a server and a gateway device that connect and communicate with low-powered devices. The system and method connects a user through a gateway device to a low-powered device by temporarily loading a profile for the low-powered device onto the gateway device. The profile of the low-powered device contains the necessary connection information to facilitate a connection. The profile of the low-powered device is only temporarily stored on the gateway device and is deleted from the memory of the gateway device after a connection is established. |
| US10681523B2 |
Emergency warning system
The present invention relates to an emergency warning system includes a low energy Bluetooth module, which is equipped in the delineators, that transmits a beacon signal which includes an emergency warning signal, to nearby delineators in relay and sends emergency warning signals as push notifications to nearby drivers' smartphone S1, an internet of things communication module, which is equipped in the first delineator (top repeater) and the 1 many delineators installed in regular intervals on medians or guardrails, with individually unique IDs, grouped into zones and having reflective panels and LED lights, an internet of things communication module, which is equipped in the first delineator (top repeater) and the last delineator (bottom repeater) within the zone in the direction of driving, a bottom repeater that collects emergency warning information and transmits the information to the central control server through the internet of things communication module, and a central control server. |
| US10681521B1 |
Method and apparatus for emergency alert in networks
Emergency notification systems, such as Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and AMBER alerts, as well as emergency help request systems, such as E911, are generally centralized systems. Often the first responders for emergencies may not be near the people who need assistance which may sometimes cause unacceptable delays in responding to emergencies. A method and apparatus are disclosed that offer a distributed and decentralized emergency notification and response system that informs and engages the people in the immediate vicinity of the person requiring assistance and enables dissemination of more detailed information beyond what may be provided by conventional emergency services systems. |
| US10681515B2 |
Method and system for verifying wireless connection between medical devices
A method for verifying wireless devices connected to a wireless medical body area network, MBAN, is provided. The method comprises activating a request for verification by a user activating the request for verification on any one of the wireless devices; receiving the request for verification by the any one wireless device of the wireless MBAN; and indicating a plurality of wireless devices connected to the wireless MBAN by displaying an indication on the plurality of wireless devices. A wireless MBAN comprising wireless devices. The wireless MBAN comprises each wireless device being configured for an activation of a verification; and a plurality of the wireless devices being configured to display an identification upon the activation of the verification. |
| US10681514B2 |
Method and device for selective communication service in communication system
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A user equipment in a communication system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a controller that determines at least one communication service to deactivate among communication services that are able to be provided and a transmitter that transmits, to a server, a message for identifying the at least one communication service to deactivate. |
| US10681503B2 |
Systems and methods for caching and managing multicast content
A user equipment (UE) device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to register a service class for the UE device with multicast middleware installed on the UE device. The processor may be further configured to obtain a multicast session list associated with the service class from a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) device; identify a broadcast associated with the service class based on the obtained multicast session list; instruct the multicast middleware to tune into the identified broadcast during a time period associated with the identified broadcast; receive content associated with the identified broadcast using the multicast middleware; retrieve the content associated with the identified broadcast from the multicast middleware; and provide the retrieved content to an application installed on the UE device. |
| US10681499B2 |
Methods and systems for evaluating applications in an application distribution platform
A method for creating a dynamic entity location map, includes sending an electronic communication to a first entity, obtaining, when the electronic communication is opened, notification data, calculating a location at which the electronic communication was opened based on the notification data, storing, in a database, a record that contains an association of the location and the first entity, wherein the database stores a plurality of records of entities with associated location data, and generating a map interface that displays a geographical region and displays an icon for the first entity, the icon being displayed at a position within the geographical region based on the location associated with the first entity. |
| US10681496B2 |
Dynamically creating fitness groups
In an approach to locating nearby computing device users to participate in a fitness activity, one or more computer processors receive from a first computing device of a first user, a selection of a fitness activity and a request to locate at least one second computing device associated with at least one second user in a vicinity of the first computing device to join in a fitness activity. The approach includes one or more computer processors determining the at least one second computing device associated with the least one second user is located in the vicinity of the first computing device. Furthermore, the approach includes one or more computer processors determining directions for the first user and the at least one second user to meet. |
| US10681495B2 |
System and method for detecting and locating contraband devices in a secure environment
There is a growing problem in correctional facilities in which contraband devices may be smuggled into a correctional facility. These devices are not subject to the typical monitoring and control provided by the inmate communication system provided by the correctional facility, and thus pose a significant security risk. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method that leverages the sanctioned mobile devices and the wireless infrastructure of the inmate communication system to scan for and triangulate the location of contraband devices. The mobile and wireless infrastructure devices scan for transmissions indicative of a contraband device and send alerts to each other and to a central monitoring system. The central monitoring system then leverages multiple alerts to determine a location of the contraband device using multiple triangulation techniques. The triangulation may also be performed by the mobile devices themselves. |
| US10681491B1 |
Visitation tracking system
The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments. |
| US10681488B1 |
Sound producing apparatus and sound producing system
A sound producing apparatus is provided. The sound producing apparatus includes a sound producing device disposed at a sound producing location and configured to produce a plurality of air pulses according to a driving signal; a driving circuit, receiving an input audio signal and a channel-shaping signal and configured to generate the driving signal according to the input audio signal and the channel-shaping signal, wherein the channel-shaping signal is related to a channel impulse response of a channel between the sound producing location and a sound constructing location; a signal processing circuit, configured to generate the channel-shaping signal according to the channel impulse response. |
| US10681487B2 |
Acoustic signal processing apparatus, acoustic signal processing method and program
The present technology relates to an acoustic signal processing apparatus, an acoustic signal processing method and a program which can widen the variations of the configuration of a virtual surround system that stabilizes the localization sensation of a virtual speaker.Crosstalk correction processing is performed on a first binaural signal based on a sound source opposite side HRTF and a second binaural signal based on a sound source side HRTF. A first acoustic signal and a second acoustic signal are generated. A component of a first frequency band, in which a first notch of the sound source opposite side HRTF appears, and a component of a second frequency band, in which a second notch appears, are attenuated in an input signal or the second binaural signal, thereby attenuating the component of the first frequency band and the component of the second frequency band of the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal. An auxiliary signal including a component of a third frequency band of the input signal or the second binaural signal, in which the component of the first frequency band and the component of the second frequency band are attenuated, is added to the first acoustic signal, and a third acoustic signal is generated. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an AV amplifier. |
| US10681485B2 |
Dynamics processing effect architecture
A method includes providing, for each respective audio channel of a plurality of audio channels provided by an operating system of a computing device, a set of successive audio processing stages to apply to the respective audio channel. The method also includes providing, by the operating system, an application programming interface (API) configured to set a plurality of parameters for adjusting the set of successive audio processing stages for each respective audio channel. The method additionally includes receiving, via the API and from an application running on the computing device, one or more values for one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters. The method further includes adjusting, by the operating system, the plurality of audio channels based on the received one or more values for the one or more parameters. |
| US10681482B2 |
Apparatus and method for efficient object metadata coding
An apparatus for generating one or more audio channels is provided. The apparatus includes a metadata decoder for receiving one or more compressed metadata signals. Each of the one or more compressed metadata signals includes a plurality of first metadata samples. The metadata decoder is configured to generate one or more reconstructed metadata signals and to generate each of the second metadata samples of each reconstructed metadata signal of the one or more reconstructed metadata signals depending on at least two of the first metadata samples of the reconstructed metadata signal. The apparatus includes an audio channel generator for generating the one or more audio channels depending on the one or more audio object signals and depending on the one or more reconstructed metadata signals. An apparatus for generating encoded audio information including one or more encoded audio signals and one or more compressed metadata signals is provided. |
| US10681481B2 |
Control unit for audio system with subwoofer and method for phase correction
A control unit for an audio system including a subwoofer and at least one further loudspeaker. Type information is recorded via the at least one connected loudspeaker, and a configurable filter for the at least one connected loudspeaker is configured by means of appurtenant configuration information from a memory. The configurable filter is configured so that a base phase management is provided for the transition frequency range between the subwoofer and the at least one connected loudspeaker so that the phase of the sound signals of the subwoofer is matched to the phase of the sound signals of the at least one connected loudspeaker. |
| US10681480B2 |
Multiple room communication system and method
A method for operating a wireless audio playback device that has an electro-acoustic transducer and a microphone, wherein the wireless audio playback device is configured for playback of audio signals received from a plurality of digital audio sources and for synchronized audio playback with one or more other wireless audio playback devices. A particular predefined user action is detected. Based on the detection, wireless communication with another wireless audio playback device is enabled. Then an audio signal received by the device microphone is transmitted to and played by the other wireless audio playback device. |
| US10681479B2 |
Methods, devices and systems for bluetooth audio transmission
A device for providing audio data to a plurality of Bluetooth audio devices is provided. The device includes one or more Bluetooth transceivers for communicating with the plurality of Bluetooth audio devices, at least one network interface, one or more processors, and a memory for storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive the audio data via the at least one network interface, decode the audio data for audio playing, and transmit the decoded audio data to the plurality of Bluetooth audio devices via the one or more Bluetooth transceivers. |
| US10681478B2 |
Percutaneous vibration conductor
A device, comprising a prosthesis including an external component configured to output a signal in response to an external stimulus and a skin penetrating component configured to communicatively transfer the signal at least partially beneath skin of the recipient, wherein the skin penetrating component is configured to extend into skin of the recipient and substantially lay above a surface of bone of a recipient in abutting contact thereto. |
| US10681477B1 |
Binaural hearing aid system comprising a bilateral beamforming signal output and omnidirectional signal output
The present disclosure relates to methods of performing bilateral processing of respective microphone signals of a left ear hearing aid and a right ear hearing aid of a binaural hearing aid system and to corresponding binaural hearing aid systems. |
| US10681476B2 |
Hearing device and method with flexible control of beamforming
A hearing device of a binaural hearing system is disclosed, the binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device. The hearing device comprises: a transceiver module for communication with the contralateral hearing device of the binaural system, the transceiver module configured for provision of a contralateral signal received from the contralateral hearing device; and a set of microphones comprising a first microphone and a second microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal and a second microphone input signal, respectively. The hearing device comprises: a beamforming module connected to the first microphone and the second microphone for processing the first microphone input signal, the second microphone input signal and the contralateral signal, the beamforming module configured to provide a first beamformed input signal. The hearing device comprises a beamforming controller connected to the beamforming module and the transceiver module. |
| US10681475B2 |
System and method for evaluating speech perception in complex listening environments
The present application describes a plurality of test simulation environment mimic complex listening environment of everyday life, comprising a speech component, and a noise component. The application also describes an auditory testing system and method for evaluating a listener's speech perception and method to test hearing prosthesis or hearing protection device's effect on a person's speech perception in a complex listening environment. |
| US10681474B2 |
Laser-based devices utilizing improved self-mix sensing
A device has a laser unit, which includes: a top-side p-type DBR region; which is on top of and in direct touch with an active region; which is on top of and in direct touch with a bottom-side n-type Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) region; which is on top of a n-type substrate. The laser unit further includes a voltage measurement anode touching or being in proximity to a top surface of the active region; and a voltage measurement cathode touching or being in proximity to a bottom surface of the active region. The voltage between the voltage measurement anode and the voltage measurement cathode is directly measured; and is utilized for determining characteristics of a laser self-mix signal of the laser unit, without having or using a monitor photo-diode. |
| US10681471B2 |
Two-dimensional distributed mode actuator
Methods, systems, and apparatus for using a two-dimensional distributed mode actuator. One of the systems includes a transducer adapted to create a force to cause vibration of a load to generate sound waves, the transducer having a first width along a first axis; a transfer portion connected to the transducer along a first side parallel to the first axis, and having a second width along the first axis that is less than the first width; and a stub connected to the transfer portion along a second side of the transfer portion that is parallel to the first axis and an opposite side from the first side connected to the transducer, having a third width that is greater than the second width, and having a surface adapted to connect to the load to transfer the force received from the transducer through the transfer portion to the load. |
| US10681463B1 |
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
Some disclosed systems and methods include assigning channel streams to satellite playback devices, delaying initial transmission of surround sound content to satellite playback devices to accumulate audio samples for transmission in individual frames of surround sound content, and taking advantage of configured playback delays for different channels of surround sound content to prioritize transmission of channels of surround sound content having shorter configured playback delays over transmission of channels of surround sound content having longer configured playback delays. |
| US10681456B2 |
Bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker
The present invention refers to a loudspeaker, in especially to a bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker. Commonly, said loudspeakers include at least one woofer driver, by which an electric audio signal is transduced via a voice coil and a diaphragm into soundwaves of medium to low frequency. A bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker should be provided, which enables said loudspeaker to produce an acoustic signal according to an electrical signal, wherein the acoustic signal shows optimized an improved quality characteristics, in especially with regards to quality and accuracy of the conversion of electrical signal into the acoustic signal. The problem mentioned above is solved by a bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker, wherein said bass reflex tube is at least partially made of a ceramic material. Further, the bass reflex tube comprises a tubular portion, which is extending in an axial direction of a longitudinal axis of the bass reflex tube. |
| US10681455B2 |
Microphone and manufacturing method thereof
A microphone includes an acoustic element including an acoustic hole; a case disposed below the acoustic element and including an acoustic inlet formed in a position corresponding to the acoustic hole; and a plurality of through holes formed between the acoustic element and the case and formed in a position corresponding to the acoustic hole. |
| US10681450B2 |
Earpiece with source selection within ambient environment
A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone for detecting ambient environment sound, and a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, the processor configured to distinguish between two or more sources of sound within the ambient environment sound. The wireless earpiece further includes a user interface operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive user input through the user interface to select one of the sources of sound within the ambient environment sound and wherein the processor is configured to process the ambient environment sound to emphasize portions of the ambient environment sound generated by the one of the sources of the ambient environment sound selected by the user to produce a modified sound. The earpiece may further include a speaker operatively connected to the processor to reproduce the modified sound. |
| US10681449B2 |
Earpiece with added ambient environment
An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, wherein the earpiece housing is configured to substantially encompass an opening of an ear canal to physically block ambient sound from entering the ear canal. The earpiece further includes a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor and configured to sense ambient sound, and a speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to process the ambient sound from the microphone and add additional ambient sound to produce a modified ambient sound at the speaker. |
| US10681448B2 |
Storage pouch for earbuds
A device including a container pouch implement, wherein said container pouch implement is configured to be operable for storing an earphone or an earbud paraphernalia, at least two container constituent, wherein each of said at least two container constituents is configured to receive an earbud, a tapered stem portion, wherein said tapered stem portion is configured to connect said at least two container constituents, and an attachment stem portion, wherein said attachment stem portion is configured to engage said at least two container constituents with said container pouch implement. |
| US10681443B1 |
Magnetic connection for loudspeaker, a loudspeaker having the same, and a method of manufacture
A magnetic connection for loudspeaker, a loudspeaker having the same, and a method of manufacture, the loudspeaker including a magnetic motor having an opening extending there through, a voice coil disposed in a gap of the magnetic motor, and a tinsel wire connected to the voice coil and extending through the opening, where the tinsel wire is configured to carry an audio signal to the voice coil. |
| US10681432B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhancing a digital content experience
Aspects of the present invention include methods and associated apparatuses that enhance a digital content experience. The methods and associated apparatuses may receive a selection of a video to view and determine a variety of content related to the selected video. The related content may be presented to a viewer which the video is playing. |
| US10681426B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signal, apparatus for receiving broadcast signal, method for transmitting broadcast signal and method for receiving broadcast signal
A method for transmitting a broadcast signal, the method includes generating components for one or more broadcast services, generating service signaling data for describing characteristics of the one or more broadcast services, generating signaling data for listing the one or more broadcast services, generating a broadcast signal including the components, the service signaling data and the signaling data; and transmitting the broadcast signal, further the signaling data includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information for a URL to acquire internet data and URL type information for a type of the internet data available with the URL information. |
| US10681418B2 |
Television advertisement tracking
A method of television advertisement tracking is described. The method may include identifying an electronic advertisement that is playing on a television. The method may also include storing an identifier of the advertisement in an electronic data storage. The method may include identifying, by the processing device, an activity of a user on a client device. The method may also include determining, by the processing device, an effectiveness score of the advertisement with respect to the user based on the activity of the user on the client device. The method may include storing the effectiveness score of the advertisement in association with the identifier of the advertisement. |
| US10681415B2 |
Computing system with timing prediction and media program retrieval and output feature
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) receiving, by a computing system, a portion of a first media program being distributed on a channel, wherein the distribution of the first media program on the channel is scheduled to end at an end-time, and wherein a distribution of a second media program on the channel is scheduled to start at a start-time that corresponds with the scheduled end-time; (ii) predicting, by the computing system, that the distribution of the first media program on the channel will end later than the scheduled end-time; and (iii) responsive at least to the predicting, (a) retrieving, by the computing system, from a source other than the channel, a portion of the second media program, and (b) after the scheduled start-time, outputting, by the computing system, the retrieved portion of the second media program. |
| US10681411B2 |
Individualized dynamic insertion of secondary content in live streaming
During a live stream of a main content to a user, a biometric response of the user is measured during a first streamed portion of the main content. The biometric response is analyzed to detect an event in the first streamed portion of the main content. The biometric response of the user during the event indicates that the event is a user-specific climactic event. Based on the analysis, a user-specific set of feature values is computed that are representative of the user-specific climactic event in the first streamed portion of the main content. A user-specific non-climactic period is forecasted in a future portion of the live stream during which a likelihood of an occurrence of any user-specific climactic event is below a threshold likelihood. A secondary content is inserted during the user-specific non-climactic period. |
| US10681409B2 |
Selective orientation during presentation of a multidirectional video
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for selective orientation during presentation of a multidirectional video are provided. In an example, a multidirectional video may be received. A first orientation of a portion of the multidirectional video may be analyzed to determine a first score. A second orientation of the portion of the multidirectional video may be analyzed to determine a second score. Responsive to determining that the first score is greater than the second score, the first orientation may be selected in association with the portion of the multidirectional video. Responsive to receiving a request to view the multidirectional video, an indication of the first orientation as a representation of the portion may be provided. |
| US10681408B2 |
Systems and methods for creating composite videos
Systems and methods for creating videos played on an audio track are provided. In some embodiments, a master take may be selected after one or more video takes are captured. The video portions of the takes may then be played on top of the audio track of the master take. The takes may be analyzed to determine notable events occurring within each take. The video takes may be played on top of the audio track of the chosen master take so that they all appear integrated into a single scene. Clips from the video takes may be paired or matched with certain sections of the audio track based on, for example, the notable events. |
| US10681407B2 |
Managing tuner conflicts for guide presentation
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate tuner conflict management in response to a request for guide media. When a request for presentation of a guide is received at a multimedia device, the multimedia device may determine the status of a foreground tuner and one or more background tuners available to the multimedia device. If all background tuners are busy recording, the multimedia device may tune a foreground tuner to the guide channel and present the guide media to a user. If the foreground tuner and all background tuners are busy recording, the multimedia device may generate and output for presentation, a display that includes media from the foreground tuner and media from one or more background tuners. The multimedia device may provide a user with an option to terminate a current recording to free up a tuner for tuning to the guide channel. |
| US10681402B2 |
Providing relevant and authentic channel content to users based on user persona and interest
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, content for a channel for publishing; determining, by the computing device, a measure of trustworthiness of the content; publishing, by the computing device, the content for the channel based on the measure of trustworthiness satisfying a threshold; generating, by the computing device, a channel persona profile for the channel based on the content associated with the channel and based on publishing the content; generating, by a computing device, a user persona profile for a user; determining, by the computing device, a match score indicating a level to which the channel persona profile matches the user persona profile; determining, by the computing device, channel discovery recommendation information based on the match score; and outputting, by the computing device, the channel discovery recommendation information. |
| US10681398B1 |
Video encoding based on viewer feedback
Techniques for video encoding based on viewer feedback are described herein. Feedback data collected from viewers of video content may be used to determine a provider score value and a provide duration value. The provider score value may indicate a quantity of viewers for content from the provider. The provider duration value may indicate a transmission duration for content from the respective provider. An upgrade threshold may be determined, which is a value associated with assignment of additional channels for encoding of video content. When video content from the provider is available for transmission, the provider score for the provider may be compared to the upgrade threshold value to determine whether the additional channels will be assigned for encoding of the video content. In some examples, multiple upgrade thresholds may be employed, for example corresponding to multiple time ranges identified based on the provider duration value. |
| US10681393B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying multiple videos
The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems that enable a user to managing multiple broadcasting images (e.g., live stream videos). The method includes, for example, (1) receiving multiple sets of live streams, at a server, from multiple image sources; (2) synchronizing the received sets of live streams; (3) identifying first/second sets of live streams from the received sets of live streams based on predetermined criteria; (4) analyzing the first/second live streams; (5) creating a predetermined configuration to decide a switching point of displaying areas at least based in part on the first status and the second status; (6) transmitting the first/second sets of live streams to a user device to display; and (7) in response to the predetermined configuration, enabling a user to switch the displayed live streams. |
| US10681390B2 |
Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division
Coding schemes for coding a spatially sampled information signal using sub-division and coding schemes for coding a sub-division or a multitree structure are described, wherein representative embodiments relate to picture and/or video coding applications. |
| US10681385B2 |
Image processing system, image processing method and program
An image processing system, method, and program suppress block distortion when decoding block-encoded image data. Filtering content to be applied to the block image data is selected based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered. A filter filters block image data according to the selected filtering content. |
| US10681384B2 |
Strong intra smoothing for in RExt
Based on conditions or restrictions, Strong Intra Smoothing (SIS) is enabled or disabled. SIS is not allowed for chroma when the chroma format is 444, and SIS is not allowed for chroma when the chroma format is 422 or 444. |
| US10681383B2 |
Methods for palette mode context coding and binarization in video coding
A method of video coding using the palette coding mode with reduced complexity by sharing context(s) between context-based entropy coding of syntax element for the last run type mode and context-based entropy coding of syntax element for the run type mode is disclosed. A method with reduced complexity for binarization of the syntax element associated with the number of palette indices of the current block is disclosed, where Rice parameter is derived for the number of palette indices without the need for a division or table lookup operation. In another method, the syntax element to specify whether transpose process is applied to associated palette indices of the current block is signalled in the bitstream for the current block in a location after the syntax element to specify a last run type mode for the current block. |
| US10681381B2 |
Method and apparatus for image encoding/decoding
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding. The method for image decoding includes comparing whether a size of a current transform block and a size of a smallest transform block (smallest transform unit (STU)) are the same as each other, and decoding information indicating whether transformation is performed on the current transform block and determining whether to perform inverse transformation on the current transform block based on the decoded information indicating whether the transformation is performed when the size of the current transform block and the size of a smallest transform block are the same as each other. |
| US10681379B2 |
Non-separable secondary transform for video coding with reorganizing
Techniques are described in which a decoder is configured to reorganize a first 2-dimensional coefficient block as a first 1-dimensional coefficient vector according to a coefficient scanning order and apply a first inverse transform to the first 1-dimensional coefficient vector to generate a second 1-dimensional coefficient vector. The first inverse transform is a non-separable transform. The decoder is further configured to reorganize the first 1-dimensional coefficient vector as a second 2-dimensional coefficient block and apply a second inverse transform to the second 2-dimensional coefficient block to generate a residual video block. The second inverse transform converts the second 2-dimensional coefficient block from a frequency domain to a pixel domain. The decoder is further configured to form a decoded video block, wherein forming the decoded video block comprises summing the residual video block with one or more predictive blocks. |
| US10681378B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding video including plurality of layers
A method for decoding a video including a plurality of views, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: configuring a base merge motion candidate list by using motion information of neighboring blocks and a time correspondence block of a current block; configuring an extended merge motion information list by using motion information of a depth information map and a video view different from the current block; and determining whether neighboring block motion information contained in the base merge motion candidate list is derived through view synthesis prediction. |
| US10681375B2 |
Encoding strategies for adaptive stitching of color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths
Innovations in adaptive encoding for units of a video sequence can improve coding efficiency. For example, some of the innovations relate to encoding that includes adaptive switching of color spaces between units within a video sequence. Other innovations relate encoding that includes adaptive switching of color sampling rates between units within a video sequence. Still other innovations relate encoding that includes adaptive switching of bit depths between units within a video sequence. |
| US10681369B2 |
Method and device for inducing motion information between temporal points of sub prediction unit
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising: determining a prediction mode for a current block as an inter prediction mode; determining whether a reference block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture has motion information; when the reference block has the motion information, deriving motion information on the current block for each sub prediction block in the current block; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the motion information on the current block. |