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| US10836155B2 |
Ink jet printing apparatus, control method thereof and storage medium
An object of the present disclosure is to acquire an accurate temperature of a print head. The present disclosure is an ink jet printing apparatus comprising a print head, a transmission unit configured to transmit a control signal, and a detection unit configured to detect a temperature by reading an output of a Di sensor after the transmission, and as drive conditions for driving a printing element, there is a plurality of drive conditions whose driving cycle of the printing element is different from one another, within a predetermined period in length in accordance with the driving cycle, transmission of a control signal and temperature detection are performed, a part of a line used for transmission of the control signal and a part of a line connected with the Di sensor are in common. |
| US10836154B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus, liquid ejection system, and liquid ejection method
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a first detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member and is configured to detect a position of the conveyed object in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; a second detection unit that is installed upstream of the first detection unit; and a movement control unit that moves each liquid ejection head unit based on a plurality of detection results output by the first detection unit and/or the second detection unit. |
| US10836152B2 |
Three-dimensional printing apparatus and three-dimensional printing method
A three-dimensional printing apparatus and a three-dimensional printing method are provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, an injection module, a platform movably disposed above the bottom of the tank, a curing module, and a control module. The tank has a forming area and a separating area in a stepped manner on a bottom thereof, and the forming area is higher than the separating area. The injection module includes a storage tank and an injection pipe connected thereto, and a forming material is filled therein to be applied to the forming area. The curing module is disposed beside the tank or the platform to cure the forming material between the platform and the forming area to be a curing layer. The control module is electrically connected to the injection module, the curing module, and at least one of the tank and the platform to perform a relative movement. |
| US10836148B2 |
Method for producing plate packs
Plate packs are produced from a sheet-like starting product (1), which is cut to form plates, which are stacked to form a plate pack. The plates within the plate stack are joined to one another by a bonding agent. The bonding agent used is a cyanoacrylate adhesive with a high temperature stability rating. It is applied to a wetting layer (14) for the adhesive. The wetting layer (14) is formulated to a pH in a region >7. The cyanoacrylate adhesive with a high temperature stability rating is able to spread on the wetting layer (14) such that effective wetting takes place, thus achieving quick and secure joining of the plates to one another. |
| US10836145B2 |
Sheet of thermoplastic polyurethane obtained by block process
A sheet of thermoplastic material and the manufacturing process thereof by block processing is disclosed, wherein the material is a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) based on aliphatic polyethers or aliphatic polyesters, without addition of process solvents and/or plasticisers. |
| US10836143B2 |
Interlayer film for laminated glass, roll, and laminated glass
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of being enhanced in handling properties at the time of preparing laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end, has two or more uniform thickness parts where the thickness is uniform in a direction connecting the one end and the other end, and has one or more thickness increasing part where the thickness is made to increase in the direction connecting the one end and the other end, the thickness of the other end is larger than the thickness of the one end, and the thickness in the uniform thickness part positioned nearest to the other end side is larger than the thickness in the uniform thickness part positioned nearest to the one end side. |
| US10836137B2 |
Holey graphene mesh and solvent-free manufacturing and composites thereof
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide for the creation of holey graphene meshes (HGMs) and composite articles including HGMs. Various embodiments provide solvent-free methods for creating arrays of holes on holey graphene-based articles formed from dry compression (such as films, discs, pellets), thereby resulting in a HGM. In further embodiments, a HGM can used as part of a composite, such as by: 1) embedding a HGM into another matrix material such as carbon, polymer, metals, metal oxides, etc; and/or (2) the HGM serving as a matrix by filling the holes of the HGM or functionalizing the HGM body with another one or more materials. In various embodiments, HGM can also be made as a composite itself by creating holes on dry-compressed articles pre-embedded with one or more other materials. |
| US10836136B2 |
Process and device for producing a fibre composite material
By use of a process for the production of a fibre-composite material, comprising the following steps: a) one or more fibre bundle(s) is/are drawn by way of one or more spreader device(s) into an impregnation chamber in such a way as to give at least two mutually superposed, spatially separate and spread fibre webs; b) melt is introduced by way of horizontally oriented distributor bars, in each case arranged between two fibre webs; c) the individual fibre webs are caused to converge in such a way that they are mutually superposed and contact one another; d) after the fibre webs have converged they are drawn, at the end of the operating unit, through a take-off die where the first shaping takes place, and also by use of a corresponding device, very good impregnation quality is achieved through a specific wetting method implemented after a high degree of expanding, and also through subsequent relative longitudinal and transverse movements of the individual fibres. |
| US10836135B2 |
Three-dimensional multi-reinforced composites and methods of manufacture and use thereof
Composite materials are provided which may include one or more sheets of carbon fibers woven in orthogonal direction bundles; carbon nanotubes embedded within pores between the bundles; and a matrix material in which the one or more sheets and the carbon nanotubes are embedded. In one case, the carbon fibers lie substantially in an x-direction and a y-direction and the carbon nanotubes are oriented substantially in a z-direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the x- and y-directions. Methods for making the composite materials are also provided. |
| US10836132B2 |
Graphene reinforced materials and related methods of manufacture
Graphene reinforced materials and related methods of manufacture are provided. The graphene reinforced materials include graphene sheet or scroll, graphene-polymer sheet or scroll, and graphene-carbon sheet or scroll, each having material properties that are attractive across a broad range of applications and industries. The graphene reinforced materials generally include monolayer or multilayer graphene that is synthesized by annealing a catalyst substrate within a CVD chamber, introducing a hydrocarbon gas as a carbon source with the CVD chamber to form a layer of graphene on the catalyst substrate, detaching the catalyst substrate from the layer of graphene, and rolling the layer of graphene onto itself to form a scroll, optionally with the addition of a polymer layer or carbonized layer on the graphene layer. |
| US10836128B2 |
Air valve combining typed polyurethane foam ejection device for tire
An embodiment of the present invention provides an air injection valve-integrated spray for spraying and applying polyurethane foam to a desired portion of a tire. The spray includes a polyurethane foam chamber disposed at an end of a coupling portion and keeping polyurethane foam under pressure and an air delivery chamber delivering air injected from an air injection valve to a breaking portion of the polyurethane foam chamber, in which the breaking portion of the polyurethane foam chamber is broken by air coming out of the air delivery chamber, so the polyurethane foam is sprayed. |
| US10836127B2 |
Polarized laminate and eye glasses
The polarized laminate of the invention includes a polarized film, which has a first surface and a second surface that is a reverse side of the first surface; a first layer provided on a side of the first surface and formed of a first resin material including a polyamide; and a second layer provided on a side of the second surface and formed of a second resin material including a polyamide. When a Barcol hardness of the polarized laminate before and after immersion of the polarized laminate in distilled water at 80° C. for 15 minutes is measured according to JIS K 7060:1995, the Barcol hardness after the immersion is from 70% to 100% with respect to the Barcol hardness before the immersion. |
| US10836126B2 |
Puncture sealing agent and puncture repair system
A puncture sealing agent is disclosed which comprises natural rubber latex, an aqueous solution of an adhesive, and an antifreezing agent. The natural rubber latex, the aqueous solution of the adhesive and the antifreezing agent are natural components and the adhesive is a carbohydrate. |
| US10836124B2 |
Continuous sheet press and method of operating same
A press for making a continuous sheet from composite material has upper and lower press belts having respective lower and upper reaches that vertically spacedly confront one another across a press gap having an upstream inlet end and a downstream outlet end, and that have transversely spaced outer edges extending in the direction. The belts are advanced direction and thereby draw a mat of the composite material in the inlet end, compress it into the sheet, and expelling the sheet from the downstream end. Two transversely spaced elastic seal strips extend in the direction in the gap and are each engaged between a respective one of the outer edges of the upper belt and the respective outer edge of the lower belt. Each belt has at each of the edges a surface in engagement with the respective edge strip and having an average peak-to-valley height of less than 1 μm. |
| US10836123B2 |
Manufacturing method for composite material and manufacturing apparatus for composite material
A method of manufacturing a composite material 400 provided with a reinforcement 510 and a resin 600 infused into the reinforcement, includes: an applying process of applying an adhesive 520 to the sheet-shaped reinforcement having first and second regions 501 and 502 such that a content density of the adhesive of the second region is lower than that of the first region; a preforming process of forming a preform 500 by preforming the reinforcement; and a process of molding a composite material 400 by infusing the resin 600 into the preform. The resin injected into the cavity easily flows in a portion of the cavity 350 where the second region of the reinforcement is placed, compared to a portion of the cavity where the first region of the reinforcement is placed. |
| US10836118B2 |
Modified resin systems for liquid resin infusion applications and process methods related thereto
A manufacturing process, which includes: (i) preparing a preform; (ii) laying the preform within a mold; (iii) heating the mold to a predetermined temperature; and (iv) injecting a modified resin system, wherein the modified resin system is formulated to have a viscosity below a threshold viscosity at a specific temperature and a high level of toughness. In one embodiment, the modified resin system contains a combination of epoxies, a curing agent, core-shell rubber particles, a thermoplastic material in an amount of less than 7% by weight, wherein in a cured condition, the thermoplastic material is separated into aggregate domains from the base resin, each aggregate domain having an island-like morphology. |
| US10836115B2 |
Mat roller
A handle supporting a mat roller head at an angle to the handle to make applying force to the adhesive acoustic damping mat easier in tight spaces. The angle is optionally adjustable. The roller head includes arms supporting a roller with a two-dimensionally corrugated surface to enable applying adhesive acoustic damping mats to irregular surfaces. Additionally, the roller head supports two LEDs to improve visibility of the workspace when adhesive acoustic damping mats are being applied. Power for the LEDs comes from batteries in a battery compartment in the handle. The screw-on battery compartment cap includes an ON/OFF switch. The handle has a top thumb rest and a bottom finger rest and has a partial tactile engagement surface. |
| US10836111B2 |
Method for manufacturing reinforcing fiber base material, and reinforcing fiber base material
A method for manufacturing a reinforcing fiber base material includes a placement step of placing a sheet-shaped reinforcing fiber material piece, in which reinforcing fibers are arranged so as to extend in one direction and bound together with a thermoplastic resin, on a table so that the orientation direction of the reinforcing fibers is at an angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing fiber base material, and a welding step in which, in a state in which a previously placed reinforcing fiber material piece and the reinforcing fiber material piece placed subsequent thereto are abutted against each other in the longitudinal direction, adjoining edges of the two reinforcing fiber material pieces are welded together to form a continuous sheet shape. |
| US10836110B2 |
Method and system for ordering expedited production or supply of designed products
A method carried out on a computer system for ordering and executing expedited production options. A user may submit a request for manufacturing a product defined by a 3D computer model. Systems described herein may then verify that the request is subject to an expedited production option and parse the 3D computer model to identify the processes required to manufacture the product. The product may then be manufactured with an expedited lead time that may vary as a function of the processes in question and the nature of the applicable expedited production option. |
| US10836108B1 |
System and method for monitoring and inspection of feedstock material for direct feedback into a deposition process
A system including a deposition system to create a layer of an object during an additive manufacturing process, a material feeder to deliver a material for application to the object by the deposition system, a first sensor to measure at least one characteristic of the material, a rangefinder to determine a height of the deposition system above a build location where the object is being additively manufactured, and a traverse system to adjust a height of the deposition system from the build location responsive to a measurement taken by the first sensor. Another system and method are also disclosed. |
| US10836107B2 |
Methods and apparatus for mobile additive manufacturing of advanced roadway communication systems
The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing. The present disclosure includes methods for the utilization of mobile and automated processing apparatus. In some examples, the mobile additive manufacturing apparatus may create communication means into an advanced roadway, which may be used for various communications including communications to and from autonomous vehicles. The communications may involve data related to the operation of systems of autonomous vehicles. In other examples, the communications may relate to the status of roadways which may be sensed or imaged by vehicles using the advanced roadways. |
| US10836105B2 |
Device and method for creating three-dimensional structures
The present invention relates to a device as well as a method for creating three-dimensional structures consisting of a material to be consolidated, in particular a material containing organopolysiloxane, by way of locally selective consolidation of the latter as a result of light-induced organic cross-linking. The device is characterized by a movable focusing optical system for the formation of one or a plurality of laser foci, wherein either the laser beam of a laser source can be introduced into the material to be consolidated through the material container and a movable carrier unit is arranged in said container or the focusing optical system is immersed into the material bath and the laser beams can be introduced into the material to be consolidated via a beam exit area of the focusing optical system. In the method, a focusing optical system that is movable in at least one plane is used for the formation of at least one laser focus, and a movable carrier unit is positioned in the material to be consolidated in one embodiment. |
| US10836103B2 |
Apparatus for controlling the exposure of a selective laser sintering or laser melting apparatus
A method for controlling the exposure of a selective laser sintering or laser melting apparatus. The method includes providing a selective laser sintering apparatus or laser melting apparatus that uses successive solidification of layers of a powder-type construction material that can be solidified using radiation. The apparatus comprises an irradiation device for irradiating layers of the construction material that has a plurality of scanners that can separately be actuated, simultaneously irradiating the construction material, the separate detection of irradiation times of each scanner and/or the irradiation areas detected by each scanner, and storing the detected irradiation times and/or irradiation areas; comparing the irradiation times and/or irradiation areas of the scanners with each other; re-determining the surface sections of a powder layer to be irradiated by each scanner so the irradiation times for each scanner are approximated to each other and/or the irradiation areas of each scanner are aligned. |
| US10836102B2 |
Method and apparatus for layerwise production of a tangible object
A layerwise production method of a tangible object (8). A layer of uncured building material is provided onto a carrier (4, 30). Repeatedly, method cycles are performed, each comprising: providing layer data corresponding to an object layer, selectively exposing the layer of building material based on the layer data for curing thereof, and providing a next layer of building material onto the preceding layer. Each method cycle further includes verifying the cured preceding layer for identifying regions of insufficiently cured building material, and adapting a radiation dose locally for the next layer dependent on whether or not a location to be exposed in accordance with the layer data of the next layer coincides with one of the identified regions of insufficiently cured building material in the preceding layer. |
| US10836099B2 |
Polymer reinforced materials for inkjet based 3D printing
The present disclosure relates to reinforcing photopolymer resins and uses thereof, e.g., in inkjet 3D printing. |
| US10836096B2 |
Method and device of film stepless biaxial tension based on saddle-shaped surface transition
The present invention discloses a method and device of film stepless biaxial tension based on saddle-shaped surface transition. In the film surface biaxial stretching process, with the lateral and longitudinal tensile forces applied to a different tangent plane, the film is subjected to smooth transition in a three-dimensional space from a narrow plane via a saddle-shaped surface to a wide plane, with the thickness uniformity of the biaxial tension film regulated by controlling the shape of the saddle-shaped surface; the device comprises a lateral tension unit and a longitudinal tension unit, the angle between the two lateral tension wheels in the lateral tension unit being adjustable, the two longitudinal tension wheels in the longitudinal tension unit being arranged in parallel; the lateral tension of the film is achieved by the rotation of the lateral tension wheel, and the longitudinal tension of the film is achieved by the linear velocity difference between the lateral tension wheel and the longitudinal tension wheel. The present invention, adopting the binding wheel structure, effectively uses the saddle-shaped surface to regulate the bowing phenomenon, and reduces the contact surface between the film and the tension element, thus preventing the surface performance from deteriorating by friction, which is advantageous for improving the thickness uniformity of the film product. |
| US10836093B2 |
Foamed structure and resin panel
A resin panel according to an embodiment includes a core material, a reinforcing material, a skin material covering the core material and the reinforcing material, and a fastened member. A reinforcing material has a first plate provided on a front surface of the core material, a second plate provided on a back surface of the core material, and a connecting plate connecting the first plate and the second plate. The fastened member is attached to the skin material by a fastening member penetrating the skin material and the first plate or the second plate of the reinforcing material. |
| US10836090B2 |
Three-dimensional fabrication with cavity filling
A three-dimensional printer is configured to fill interior cavities of a fabricated object with functional or aesthetic materials during fabrication. In general, a number of layers can be fabricated with an infill pattern that leaves void space within an exterior surface of the object. These void spaces can receive a second material such as an epoxy or adhesive that spans multiple layers of the object to increase structural integrity. Similarly, aesthetic materials may be used to add color, opacity, or other desired properties to a fabricated object. The void spaces can also or instead form molds that are filled with a build material to provide a fabricated object. |
| US10836089B2 |
Multicomponent approach to standard and microlayer coextrusion
The aspects of the disclosed embodiments provide unique extrusion methods and apparatus to create a multi-component product made from various streams of molten plastic. The method for creating multicomponent multilayered products includes merging multiple streams containing individualized component and layer designs into a single stream to form a rod, tube, pipe, filament, or profile shape. |
| US10836087B2 |
Process to coat an injection mould
A process to increase the diameter of a core rod (1) of an injection mould for preforms, wherein the core rod (1) has a moulding surface (2) divided in a neck finish portion (3) and a preform body portion (4), comprises the steps of: a) grinding or milling a layer from the surface of the preform body portion (4) of the core rod, b) depositing a metallic compound onto the ground portion to make a coating, c) removing the excess of coating material to bring the coated surface to a predetermined superficial roughness and to diametrical dimensions greater than the original surface profile (14) to reduce the thickness of the lateral wall of the moulded preform. |
| US10836086B2 |
Injection molding apparatus
An injection molding apparatus includes a first upstream mold having a first gate opening into which a first molding material flows, a second upstream mold having a second gate opening into which a second molding material flows, a first injection unit injecting the first material through the first gate opening, a second injection unit injecting the second material through the second gate opening, and a downstream mold clampable with each of the first and second upstream molds. The second material is injected by the second injection unit after the first material is injected by the first injection unit. The second gate opening is separated further from the downstream mold than the first gate opening, and a volume of a second cavity partitioned by the second upstream mold and the downstream mold is larger than that of a first cavity partitioned by the first upstream mold and the downstream mold. |
| US10836085B2 |
Micro moulding machine and process
A micro moulding machine and process for forming small plastic parts for the medical device industry. The machine adds heat in two steps to a precision sized plastic pellet and then displaces the entire pellet volume into the mould cavity. A substantial amount of heat is added to the pellet by forcing it through an orifice very near the gate of the mould. The pneumatic pressure to drive the pellet through the orifice is controlled to regulate the amount of heat introduced into the pellet. |
| US10836080B2 |
Concrete forming systems and methods
Systems and methods for constructing concrete foundations are provided which allow for rapid and high-precision placement and alignment of anchor bolts across large distances. A frame system is constructed outside of an excavation and then suspended, using supports, over an excavation. The frame system can include a frame having one or more templates for anchor bolts, a form suspended from the frame, and a mat and cage assembly tied to the frame. The frame system can be aligned in proper position and the anchor bolts placed in the frame system before the concrete is placed. In this way, the anchor bolts can be cast in place as the footing is placed. |
| US10836076B2 |
Process for extruding plastic compositions
A process for extruding plastic compositions is provided. The process comprises providing a multi-screw extruder with screw elements and conveying, kneading, mixing, degassing or compounding the plastic compositions in the multi-screw extruder using the screw elements. |
| US10836073B2 |
Fiber reinforced aerogel insulation and method therefor
A method for producing an insulation product may include providing an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution may include coarse glass fibers, glass microfibers, aerogel particles, and a binder. The coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, the aerogel particles, and the binder may be uniformly dispersed in the aqueous solution and may form a slurry. The method may further include removing at least a portion of water from the slurry such that the coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, the aerogel particles, and the binder may form a wet laid mixture. The method may also include curing the wet laid mixture to cure the binder and bond the coarse glass fibers, the glass microfibers, and the aerogel particles together to form a fiberglass reinforced aerogel composite. The fiberglass reinforced aerogel composite may include between about 50 wt. % and about 75 wt. % of the aerogel particles. |
| US10836072B2 |
Method of fabricating an impregnated fiber assembly
A method of fabricating an impregnated fiber assembly, the method including introducing a first suspension including a first powder of solid particles into an inside volume defined by an inside face of a first fiber texture of hollow shape placed in a mold, an outer face of the first fiber texture being present facing a wall of the mold; using a centrifugal force to impregnate the first fiber texture with the first suspension by rotating the mold; after impregnating the first texture, positioning a second fiber texture on the inside face of the first fiber texture to obtain a fiber assembly; introducing a second suspension including a second powder of solid particles into the inside volume after putting the second fiber texture into position; and using a centrifugal force to impregnate the second fiber texture with the second suspension by rotating the mold to obtain an impregnated fiber assembly. |
| US10836071B2 |
Method for processing a molded tray based on bamboo shavings
The present invention provides a method for processing a molded tray based on bamboo shavings, comprising: extracting, crushing, mixing, drying, separating by wind separation, heat balance treatment, mixing glue, paving and hot pressing, cooling and grinding, inspecting and warehousing. In the invention, the industrial trays are manufactured by bamboo materials. The bamboo materials do not include bamboo peels and other impurities. The use of bamboo materials can improve the quality of trays from raw materials and increase the strength of trays. The industrial trays made by the processing method of the present invention have increased the weight supporting capacity by at least 1.5 times compared to ordinary trays, and the product's service life is 3 to 5 years in normal uses (no water soaking, no overpressure). |
| US10836069B2 |
Valve assembly for log splitting apparatus
A system for a log splitter that is configured to automatically remove power to a pump and motor assembly for a hydraulic actuator when a valve assembly is in a position other than a first position causing the splitting assembly to advance in a first direction or a second position causing the splitting assembly to advance in an opposite first direction. The system incorporates one or more sensors (e.g., transducers) configured to detect different positions of the valve assembly and generate signals that may be processed by a system controller to respectively allow power to flow to or disallow power from flowing to the fluid pump. The disclosed system advantageously results in reduced overall power consumption and noise levels. |
| US10836068B2 |
Feeder mechanism for stringer notcher
A rotary feeder mechanism is provided for a stringer notcher wherein the feeder includes opposing pairs of pusher arms with one pusher arm of each pair being located on opposing sides of a magazine holding a vertically stacked supply of stringers to uniformly move the lowermost stringer onto a work table. The opposing pusher arms are eccentrically mounted on opposite sides of a rotary drive shaft. A control link is connected to each pusher arm to maintain the orientation of the distal ends of the pusher arms in a selected orientation during rotational movement. As one pusher arm moves a stringer onto the work table, the next vertically stacked stringer rests on the top surface of the stringer to be eased onto the bottom of the magazine as the pusher arm retracts below the level of the work table for the opposing pusher arm to then engage the next stringer. |
| US10836066B2 |
Zero clearance fence
A Zero Clearance Fence that gives precision to chop saw fences. The invention consists of two flat surfaces and mounting devices. The flat surfaces are beveled at one edge of both surfaces. The beveled edge allows a tape measure to be hooked on at any desired miter angle. The invention mounts onto the original chop saw fences so that they are able to slide towards and away from the saw blade. The ability to slide allows the fences to always be right next to the saw blade at any miter angle cut for precision in the cut measurements. The mounting apertures can be located anywhere to allow the Zero Clearance Fence to fit on any chop saw. |
| US10836064B2 |
Counter-die cylinder blanket of die cutting machine and blanket manufacturing process
Counter-die cylinder blanket of die cutting machine comprising a band (3) of soft plastic material provided with a key (4), and an insert (5) of stiffening material housed in the key (4), wherein the insert (5) additionally comprises separating ribs (11) which extend from the top face (8) and/or from a bottom face (9) to facilitate the positioning of the insert (5) in the key (4) during the forming by moulding of the band (3) inside of a mould (16), and it preferably incorporates separating ribs (11) which extend from its side faces (10). |
| US10836059B2 |
Shaving component, shaving cartridge, and method of manufacture
A shaving component for a shaving cartridge including at least one cutting member and at least one flexible strip onto which the cutting member is assembled. The flexible strip is able to assume different configurations such as a planar, convex and/or convex configuration while retaining the cutting member in a desired position. The shaving component is configured to be fastened to the shaving cartridge such as a hinged shaving cartridge. |
| US10836058B2 |
Method of producing an outer blade for a hair cutting device
Provided is a method of producing an outer blade for a hair cutting device from a material including bars that each have a shape of a rectangular stick and are arranged at predetermined intervals. The material is placed on a base. Next, a first tool having a leading end that has a gradually increasing width in a direction away from the material is used to press at least one part of each of the bars in a direction from a counter base-side first face of each of the bars toward a base-side second face of each of the bars. An edge of the first face of each of the bars is caused to project widthwise and to move toward the second face to be farther from an intermediate part of the first face. |
| US10836056B2 |
Electric shaver
Electric shaver provided with a handle and a shaver head including at least one drivable cutter element, wherein said shaver head is connected to said handle by means of a support structure providing for a swivel and/or tilting axis about which said shaver head may swivel or tilt relative to said handle, wherein said support structure includes a pair of link arms forming a four-joint linkage with each link arm having a head joint connected to a shaver head part and a handle joint connected to the handle or a base part connected thereto. |
| US10836053B2 |
Industrial robot
An industrial robot includes a lower arm portion including: a pair of proximal-end-side support parts; a pair of distal-end-side support parts; and a housing which integrally supports the proximal-end-side support parts and the distal-end-side support parts. The housing houses a first drive motor, a second drive motor, a first power transmission mechanism, a second power transmission mechanism, and a cable bundle. In the housing, the first power transmission mechanism and the second power transmission mechanism are disposed on an axial end side of either a first joint shaft or a second joint shaft, and the cable bundle is disposed on an axial end side of the other joint shaft. |
| US10836051B2 |
Robot arm and robot wrist
A robot arm comprising a number N of actuator-drivable joint connections GVn, which are connected in series via arm links GLi, where n=1, 2, . . . , N, and i=1, 2, . . . , N−1, and N≥6, wherein the robot arm is configured in such a way that the axes of rotation RGV,N-2 and RGV,N-1 of each of joint connections GVN-1, GVN-2 intersect at an angle in the range from 50 to 130°, an axis of rotation RGV,N of joint connection GVN, is arranged radially at a constant distance D1 from the axis of rotation RGV,N-1, and a sensor is present in the joint connection GVN-1 to detect a force or a torque about the axis of rotation RGV,N-1. |
| US10836047B1 |
Finger assembly having a talon and spin paddle actuation
Finger assemblies at the end of a robotic arm end effector includes talon that are retractable. Retraction may be accomplished by a vertical or horizontal barrel cam, a paddle and spin assembly, and/or a resilient plate. A method includes contacting a portion of a finger body against a datum. |
| US10836046B2 |
Robot gripper
A robot gripper includes a main gripper body that has a connection flange designed to secure the rotational gripper to a tool flange of a robotic arm; a base element that is mounted on the main gripper body such that it can rotate about a first rotational axis by a first rotational joint able to be adjusted automatically by a first drive motor; a first gripper finger mounted such that it can rotate about a second rotational axis aligned parallel to the first rotational axis, relative to the base element, by a second rotational joint which can be adjusted automatically by a second drive motor; and at least one additional gripper finger. The second rotational joint is configured to adjust the first gripper finger individually, using the second drive motor, independently of the at least one additional gripper finger. |
| US10836045B2 |
User selection of robotic system operating modes using mode distinguishing operator actions
A robotic system has a plurality of user selectable operating modes. To select one of the operating modes, a user performs a distinguishing action which uniquely identifies a desired operating mode among the plurality of user selectable operating modes. A method implemented by a processor in the robotic system identifies the distinguishing action and places the robotic system in the user selected operating mode. |
| US10836044B2 |
Robot control device and robot control method
A robot control device includes a memory and a processor configured to acquire first environmental information regarding a surrounding environment of a robot, specify a first appropriate level associated with a first activity based on the first environmental information by referring to a control policy in which activity information on an activity which has been conducted by the robot, environmental information at a time of conduction of the activity, and appropriate level determined based on a reaction to the activity are associated with each other, and when the first appropriate level information of the first activity does not satisfy a specific condition, deter conduction of the first activity by the robot. |
| US10836042B2 |
Robot system
A robot system includes a robot and a motion control unit. The robot includes a bottom, a swiveling base, first to third arms. A bottom side of the first arm is supported on the swiveling base swivelably around a horizontal-direction second axis. A bottom side of the redundant arm is supported on a leading side of the first arm swivelably around an axis parallel to the second axis. A bottom side of the second arm is supported on a leading side of the redundant arm swivelably around a third axis parallel to the second axis. A bottom side of the third arm is supported on a leading side of the second arm rotatably around a fourth axis perpendicular to the third axis. The motion control unit activates the redundant arm so that a control point provided on the fourth axis linearly moves while maintaining a direction of the fourth axis. |
| US10836035B2 |
Operation control device for movable apparatus, operation control system, and method of controlling operations by movable apparatus
A drive control device activates at least one of a plurality of operation regions and restricts operations by a robot such that the robot operates within the activated operation region. With a plurality of operation regions such as an operation region 1 and an operation region 2 being activated, when the drive control device predicts that the robot will be included in a range of any of the operation region 1 and the operation region 2, the drive control device does not cut off supply of electric power to a servo amplifier, whereas when the drive control device predicts that the robot will be included in a range of neither of the operation region 1 and the operation region 2, the drive control device cuts off supply of electric power to the servo amplifier. |
| US10836027B2 |
Hand-held electric power tool
A hand-held power tool includes a housing, a motor having a motor shaft, and a fan mounted onto the motor shaft and driven by the motor. The fan has a plurality of large and small fan blades arranged in a staggered form on a surface of the fan. Such arrangement of the fan blades effectively improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the power tool. |
| US10836019B2 |
Work machine
In order to provide an impact work machine capable of preventing oil leakage and cooling a power transmission apparatus, an impact work machine transmitting power of an electric motor 16 including an output shaft extending in an axis A1 direction to an anvil includes: a housing including a motor case accommodating the electric motor, and a grip extending from the motor case; a speed reducer and an impact mechanism 96 each transmitting power of the electric motor to the anvil; a hammer case located forward of the motor case and nonrotatable relative to the motor case; an extension portion provided on the housing and extending from the motor case toward the hammer case so as to cover at least part of the hammer case; and a passage provided between the hammer case and the extension portion and through which air passes. |
| US10836003B2 |
Insertion guide and insertion guide device
Provided is an insertion guide that performs accurate rotation correction between a shaft and a hole and phase correction between the shaft and hole. The shaft includes: a first guide portion at a distal end of the shaft having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the hole; a second guide portion, provided on a base end side of a first narrow cylindrical portion, and having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the hole and larger than a diameter of the first narrow cylindrical portion; and a third guide portion, provided at the distal end of the shaft, and is a recessed portion to be engaged with a protruding portion formed in the hole. The shaft being inclined with respect to the hole, is brought into contact with the hole at two points or less before the third guide portion is brought into contact with the protruding portion. |
| US10835998B2 |
Welding wire for high-strength steel
A welding wire for high-strength steel for improving slag coagulation includes a combination of Carbon, Manganese, Silicon, Aluminum, Sulfur, and Selenium. With use of the welding wire, the generation of slag is minimized, and the slag is allowed to induce the generation of crystalline oxides having a low surface energy, so that the slag is easily removed, and the flow of a molten pool to the center in a width direction of a weld bead do that the slag is coagulated. |
| US10835997B2 |
Super high strength gas protection welding wire containing V and manufacturing method therefor
Provided is a superhigh strength gas shielded welding wire containing V, the mass percentage contents of the chemical elements thereof being: 0.08-0.12% of C, 0.65-0.80% of Si, 1.80-1.95% of Mn, 0 |
| US10835995B2 |
Integrated feeder nozzle
A system for making a welded assembly. The system may include a welding system that is configured to weld a first part to a second part with a laser beam. The system may further include an integrated feeder nozzle that includes an inlet manifold that receives a shield gas, and a nozzle body secured to the inlet manifold. The nozzle body may include a plurality of peripheral apertures that extend through the conical distal region and that are arranged around a central axis of the nozzle body. The system may further include a wire feeder disposed in the inlet manifold and the nozzle body. The wire feeder receives a welding wire and guides the welding wire to the central aperture. |
| US10835989B2 |
Method for friction stir welding and friction stir welded workpiece
In a method of friction stir welding two pieces of material of greatly differing melting temperatures, provision is made that the first piece of material is overlapped by the second piece of material. The rotating pin of the friction stir welding tool provides for a butt joint welding and an overlap welding at the same time in that the pin is moved along the face side and contacts it either not at all or at most to a minimum extent. The same also applies to the planar side of the first piece of material, which is overlapped by the less stable piece of material. |
| US10835984B2 |
Electrode negative pulse welding system and method
A welding system includes a power source configured to generate power and deliver the power to a welding torch. The power is provided in accordance with an electrode negative pulse welding regime that includes a cyclic peak, followed by a stabilization phase, then a return to a background level. The stabilization phase has a generally parabolic current shape, and is performed in a current-closed loop manner until a transition point, where control becomes voltage-closed loop until the background level is reached. Resulting weld performance is improved, with a globular-like transfer mode, reduced shorts and enhanced arc stability. |
| US10835983B2 |
Electrode negative pulse welding system and method
A welding system includes a power source configured to generate power and deliver the power to a welding torch. The power is provided in accordance with an electrode negative pulse welding regime that includes a cyclic peak, followed by a stabilization phase, then a return to a background level. The stabilization phase has a generally parabolic current shape, and is performed in a current-closed loop manner until a transition point, where control becomes voltage-closed loop until the background level is reached. Resulting weld performance is improved, with a globular-like transfer mode, reduced shorts and enhanced arc stability. |
| US10835982B2 |
Machine component and method for producing the same
A sprocket wheel, which is a machine component configured to slide relative to a bushing while being in contact with the bushing in an outer peripheral surface, includes a base made of a first metal, and an overlay that covers the base so as to constitute the outer peripheral surface. The surface of the overlay constituting the outer peripheral surface has been smoothed. Such a smoothed surface of the overlay makes the sprocket wheel less damaging to the bushing. |
| US10835981B2 |
Method for circumferential welding and a robotic welding system for circumferential welding
A method for automated circumferential welding of a workpiece by means of at least one welding device, including: (a) determining a further weld path for a further weld to be welded on the workpiece, the further weld extending from a start point, via a downstream part to a stop point, (b) determining first welding parameters associated with the further weld and adapted to weld the further weld on the workpiece, the first welding parameters are adapted to transfer a first level of heat to the workpiece, (c) identifying at least one overlap area in the further weld path between the downstream part and the start point of the further weld or between the further weld and a start or stop point of a previous weld, (d) determining a boost area, the boost area including the at least one overlap area, (e) determining boost welding parameters associated with the boost area and adapted to weld the further weld in the boost area, the boost welding parameters are adapted to transfer a second level of heat to the workpiece, the second level of heat exceeding the first level of heat, and (f) welding the further weld from the start point to the stop point thereof, the first welding parameters are selected for welding of the further weld outside the boost area, and the boost welding parameters are selected for welding the further weld inside the boost area. |
| US10835980B2 |
Automatic wire arranging device
An automatic wire arranging device includes a controller, at least one driving device electrically connected with the controller, a first wire clamping jig connected with the at least one driving device, a second wire clamping jig disposed to the first wire clamping jig, at least one charge-coupled device camera connected with the controller, and at least one puncher pin connected with the at least one driving device. The first wire clamping jig opens a plurality of first clamping slots. Each of the plurality of the first clamping slots opens a through-hole. The second wire clamping jig opens a plurality of second clamping slots. The at least one puncher pin is capable of penetrating through the through-hole and pushing against a core wire to be away from one of the plurality of the first clamping slots and be blocked in one of the plurality of the second clamping slots. |
| US10835977B1 |
Apparatus, method and system for manufactured structures
A metallic structure defines ribs and a skin supported by the ribs. The ribs may be defined by metal strips and the skin may be attached to the ribs. Alternatively, the skin may be defined by a plurality of tiles and the ribs may be defined by flanges of each of the plurality of tiles that cooperate to define the ribs. Tiles may be attached to separate rib lattice. Structurally weak locations at nodes where ribs intersect may be reinforced. The components may be brazed together and the stiffness of adjacent locations in the structure adjusted in the brazing operation to reduce the difference in stiffness and to reduce resulting stress risers. The metallic structure may be armored using metal foam to absorb the energy of a projectile. |
| US10835974B2 |
Wire collection device of wire electrical discharge machine
To provide a wire collection device of a wire electrical discharge machine capable of collecting a used wire electrode even while a power supply for the wire electrical discharge machine is not turned off and even during electrical discharge machining. A wire collection device of a wire electrical discharge machine comprises: a first collection box having a wire inlet provided at a top portion; a second collection box having a wire inlet provided at a top portion, housed in the first collection box, and capable of being taken out to the outside through an access port formed in the first collection box; and a partition plate provided to be openable and closable for partitioning the interior of the first collection box into lower space for housing the second collection box and upper space, and for making communication between the lower space and the upper space. |
| US10835972B2 |
Blade clamp for power tool
A blade clamp for use with a power tool having a reciprocating spindle. The blade clamp comprises a cover threaded to the spindle for relative axial movement thereto in response to rotation of the cover relative to the spindle, an ejector pin positioned within the spindle, and a spring coupling the cover and the spindle. The spring biases the cover toward a first rotational position relative to the spindle coinciding with a locked configuration of the blade clamp. The cover is rotatable against the bias of the spring toward a second rotational position relative to the spindle coinciding with an unlocked configuration of the blade clamp. In the unlocked configuration, the ejector pin maintains the cover in the second rotational position. In response to insertion of a blade into the spindle, the blade clamp is automatically adjustable from the unlocked configuration to the locked configuration. |
| US10835971B2 |
Cross-cutting circular saw device and a method of cross-cutting an object by a circular device
A cross-cutting circular saw device comprising: a frame (1); a guide (10) carried by the frame (1) and adapted to span an object (5) to be cross-cut by sawing; a carriage (3) mounted for reciprocal movement along the guide (10); at least one circular saw blade (4A, 4B) carried by the carriage (3); a motor (11) for moving the carriage (3) and rotating said at least one saw blade (4A, 4B), said motor (11) being fixed to the frame (1); a first transmission (2) arranged between the motor (11) and the carriage (3) for transforming an output of the motor to a reciprocating movement of the carriage (3) along the guide (10); and a second transmission (8, 9) arranged between the carriage (3) and the at least one saw blade (4A, 4B) for transforming the reciprocating movement of the carriage (3) to a rotation of said at least one saw blade (4A, 4B). |
| US10835970B2 |
Miter gauge lock for sliding table saws
Locking mechanisms are provided for locking the position of a miter gauge assembly to a sliding table of a table saw. The mechanisms are biased to a locking position and this bias can provide a sensible indication that the lock has been engaged. The locking mechanisms are configured to engage the guide bar of the miter gauge assembly at different locations along the length of the guide bar, particularly by engaging a series of spaced apart engagement notches. The locking mechanism thus allows the miter gauge assembly to be locked at several positions along the length of the sliding table, from a fully inboard position to a position in which the miter gauge assembly projects beyond the end of the sliding table. The locking mechanism is provided in different embodiments with manually actuated components that can be push/pull, pivoting, rotating or sliding. |
| US10835956B2 |
Hopper for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
A hopper for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, the hopper comprising: a recoater having a volume for holding powder metal therein; the recoater having a dispensing opening for depositing therethrough powder metal from the volume, a divider dividing the volume into a first compartment and a second compartment and dividing the dispensing opening into a first opening portion and a second opening portion; and a first roller arranged in parallel with a second roller, the first roller provided at the first opening portion and the second roller provided at the second opening portion, a longitudinal axis of the first roller being perpendicular to direction of movement of the hopper during powder metal deposition; wherein rotation of the first roller and rotation of the second roller dispenses a first powder metal and a second powder metal from the first compartment and the second compartment respectively through the first opening portion and the second opening portion respectively, and wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to rotate selectably and independently of each other. |
| US10835945B2 |
Alignment apparatus for hairpin-shaped heat exchanger tubes
An alignment apparatus for aligning hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes at a regular pitch. An insertion position side is configured as a regular pitch alignment unit where arrangement plates are provided at an interval that is double the pitch of through-holes in a fin stack. An upstream side is configured as a wide pitch alignment unit where arrangement plates are provided at an interval equal to an integer multiple of two or more times the regular pitch alignment unit. The regular pitch alignment unit is provided with stopper apparatuses that stop the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes at different positions in an inclined direction for the respective arrangement plates. The wide pitch alignment unit is capable of moving along an alignment direction of the arrangement plates so as to allow the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes to move to the regular pitch alignment unit, where the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes are stopped at a more downstream position. |
| US10835943B2 |
Tray bender
A tray bender allows a user to easily and efficiently bend a tubing tray or similar item. The tray bender includes a shaft and a tray-bending head. The shaft is an elongated, tubular structure which acts as a gripping element of the tray bender. The tray-bending head is a specifically designed structure which is used to engage the tray bender with a tubing tray or similar item. The user can apply an input force onto the end of the shaft opposite to the tray-bending head in order to provide a torque force to bend a tubing tray or similar. The tray-bending head is designed with prong-like structures with a gap space in between each prong-like structure to receive a tubing tray or similar item. |
| US10835940B1 |
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) phytoremediation by manipulating soil properties and plant management
Phytoremediation processes, methods, materials and compositions to remediate soil, sediment and groundwater that is contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via phytoextraction which includes the uptake and translocation of contaminants in the contaminated media by plant roots into the above ground portions of the plants. The plants can be selected from sixteen plants as well as other plants and the invention can include managing soil salinity levels of the plants, manipulating amounts of organic matter in the contaminated site media, managing pH levels of the contaminated sites, utilizing double cropping systems, utilizing double-canopy system, and managing harvest methodology of the plants. |
| US10835939B2 |
Systems and methods for thermal destruction of undesired substances by smoldering combustion
Porous media containing undesired substances, e.g., perfluoroalkylated substances, are treated by mixing the porous media with a solid fuel comprising organic material. The mixture is heated to 200° C. to 400° C. to initiate smoldering combustion and an oxidizer gas is forced through the heated mixture such that the smoldering combustion is self-sustaining until the mixture reaches a PFAS destructive temperature and the perfluoroalkylated substances are thermally destroyed. A system is provided for conducting the treatment. The system includes a source of wax, wood chips, sawdust, tire scraps, waste rubber compounds, coal, granular activated carbon, solid fat, and combinations thereof as solid fuel. A mixer is provided for mixing the porous media with the solid fuel. An ignition system including static heating elements and a gas blower are provided for forcing heated oxidizer gas through the mixture such that self-sustaining smoldering combustion of the mixture is initiated and sustained. |
| US10835934B2 |
Pressure chemical control apparatus
A wand apparatus for controlling a pressure washing system and an associated method for controlling a pressure washing system is provided. The wand apparatus may include a first wand portion and a second wand portion. The wand apparatus may further include a chemical control assembly that includes a housing and a chemical control element. The housing defines an outlet aperture, an inlet aperture, and a chemical control aperture. The chemical control aperture is configured to operably engage the chemical control element. The outlet aperture is configured to operably engage the first wand portion, and the inlet aperture is configured to operably engage the second wand portion. Further, operable engagement of the chemical control element may provide for switching the wand apparatus between a chemical spray configuration and a wash spray configuration. |
| US10835933B2 |
Pressure washer having a tubular frame member
A frame for a pressure washing device is provided. The frame comprises at least one tubular member and a plurality of bends are provided in the tubular member. The frame is preferably devoid of a support plate and is adapted to receive at least one of a power source and a pump that is directly mounted to the frame. |
| US10835931B2 |
Device-cleaning wax guards
A guard configured to form an air flow channel with a space access device and to clear debris therefrom includes a surface configured to interface with an opposing surface of the space access device to form the air flow channel. A connector is configured to attach the guard to the space access device so that the surface and the opposing surface are oriented in predetermined positions to establish the air flow channel. A wiper extends from at least a portion of the surface, the wiper being configured such that upon rotation of the guard relative to the space access device, the wiper contacts and moves the debris. |
| US10835922B2 |
Ultrasound transducer device and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to an ultrasound transducer device comprising at least one cMUT cell (30) for transmitting and/or receiving ultrasound waves, the cMUT cell (30) comprising a cell membrane (30a) and a cavity (30b) underneath the cell membrane. The device further comprises a substrate (10) having a first side (10a) and a second side (10b), the at least one cMUT cell (30) arranged on the first side (10a) of the substrate (10). The substrate (10) comprises a substrate base layer (12) and a plurality of adjacent trenches (17a) extending into the substrate (10) in a direction orthogonal to the substrate sides (10a, 10b), wherein spacers (12a) are each formed between adjacent trenches (17a). The substrate (10) further comprises a connecting cavity (17b) which connects the trenches (17a) and which extends in a direction parallel to the substrate sides (10a, 10b), the trenches (17a) and the connecting cavity (17b) together forming a substrate cavity (17) in the substrate (10). The substrate (10) further comprises a substrate membrane (23) covering the substrate cavity (17). The substrate cavity (17) is located in a region of the substrate (10) underneath the cMUT cell (30). The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such ultrasound transducer device. |
| US10835921B2 |
Method for producing building material
A method for producing a building material includes a first step of applying a first ultraviolet-curable paint onto an inorganic material containing a woody reinforcement and incompletely curing the first ultraviolet-curable paint, a second step of applying a second ultraviolet-curable paint and completely curing the second ultraviolet-curable paint, a third step of polishing the completely cured second ultraviolet-curable paint to smoothen a surface of the completely cured second ultraviolet-curable paint, and a fourth step of applying an enamel paint and curing the enamel paint. In the second step, the second ultraviolet-curable paint is applied while the first ultraviolet-curable paint is incompletely cured. |
| US10835911B2 |
Trigger for a spray gun and spray gun having same
A spray gun and a trigger for the same. A one-armed trigger for a spray gun comprises a single connecting arm, secured to a left side or a right side of a spray gun body of the spray gun; an operating portion, provided at a lower end of the connecting arm; and an actuating component, provided on the connecting arm. The trigger can be more easily and reliably assembled onto a spray gun body and reduce the possibility of damaging parts of the spray gun. |
| US10835909B2 |
Heater for epoxy cartridges
A heating assembly that receives pre-loaded two part epoxy cartridges and heats them in a controlled manner for spray application. Further, the heating assembly is modular in nature such that a plurality of pre-loaded cartridges can be efficiently loaded therein and uniformly heated. The heating assembly is a bag of durable construction and is structured to be heat resistant. The bag has a bottom, sides extending upwardly from the bottom and a operable panel at the top thereof to allow access to the interior of the bag. At least one wall of the bag includes a heater panel formed therein. More preferable more than one wall of the bag includes a heat panel therein. The panels are configured and arranged to impart heat to the interior of the bag while preferably being insulated about the exterior. |
| US10835907B2 |
Method for operating a dense phase powder pump and dense phase powder pump
The invention relates to a dense phase powder pump and a method for operating a dense phase powder pump in a powder-conveying mode. In order, in a simple manner, to prevent or at least reduce powder accumulations and clogging with powder, in particular on the powder inlet side of the powder conveying chamber of the dense phase powder pump, and thus in the region of the powder inlet valves, according to the invention, during a predefined or specified time period in at least one output phase and preferably at the end time of the output phase of a powder cycle, at least one of the following conditions exists: i) the powder inlet valve of the dense phase powder pump is open; ii) the powder outlet valve of the dense phase powder pump is closed; and/or iii) the application of an overpressure to the powder conveying chamber of the dense phase powder pump is interrupted. |
| US10835904B2 |
Method of plant resin separation and extraction
A process for trichome separation from plant matter deploys an ionic brine to induce oedemic transformation of disk cell to aid in releasing glandular trichomes. The brine can be agitated to further release disk cells from the plant tissue. The disk cell debris can be separated by sieving the larger trichomes and plant tissue particles that results from agitation and maceration. If the brine concentration is appropriately modified, the trichomes will float and the brine and the plant tissue fragments sink. The floating trichomes are then removed and rinsed and then dried or extracted further after drying. |
| US10835896B2 |
Method and apparatus for cell dispensing and storage
Provided are a cell dispensing and storing apparatus and a method of the same. The method includes: moving a freezing container with a test tube in it and a temporary storage bottle containing sample cells into a dispensing area. Connect the temporary storage bottle with an injecting assembly. A dispensing clamp moves the test tube from the freezing container to a tube rack on a rotating platform. A rotating clamp removes a tube cover from the test tube. An injecting nozzle extracts the sample cells from the temporary storage bottle and dispenses the sample cells into the test tube. The rotating clamp puts the tube cover back on the test tube. The dispensing clamp moves the test tube back into the freezing container. A freezing clamp moves the freezing container into a freezer. |
| US10835895B2 |
Compound and synthesis method therefor
An acetylacetone derivative is useful for capturing a metal element by complexation. A convenient and very versatile synthesis method can be used to synthesize the derivative. The derivative can have the following formula: |
| US10835893B2 |
Catalyst carrier module for large-capacity catalytic reactor
Provided is a catalyst carrier module for a large-capacity catalyst reactor, which can be assembled in a large-capacity structure by laminating a flat plate and a wave plate to be fixed in a can without brazing the flat plate and the wave plate constituting a cell forming body, for use in a catalytic reactor requiring a large-capacity exhaust gas treatment. The catalyst carrier module (or block) includes: a can of a rectangular tube shape having an inlet and an outlet; at least one cell forming body in which a plurality of hollow cells are formed by alternately laminating a wave plate and a flat plate which are coated with a catalyst on a surface thereof and inserted into the can; and a fixing unit installed at the inlet and the outlet of the can to prevent the at least one cell forming body from detaching from the can. |
| US10835892B2 |
CO2 desorption catalyst
This invention provides a CO2 desorption catalyst that has an excellent CO2 desorption activity and that can be used to replace metal filler. This invention provides a CO2 desorption catalyst comprising an inorganic powder or inorganic powder compact, the inorganic powder or inorganic powder compact having a BET specific surface area of 7 m2/g or more. |
| US10835889B1 |
Alcohol based method of making multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite
A method for the preparation of zirconia-multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite utilizing Pluronics as templating agents is described. An efficient method for producing hydrogen gas using the nanocomposite as a photocatalyst. |
| US10835886B2 |
Block copolymer, and method for preparing graphene using the same
The present invention relates to a method for preparing graphene using a novel block copolymer. The present invention has features that, by using the block copolymer to mediate graphene that is hydrophobic and a solvent of a feed solution that is hydrophilic, the exfoliation efficiency of graphene as well as the dispersion stability thereof can be increased during high-pressure homogenization. |
| US10835881B2 |
Mixing device and methods thereof
A mixing device and methods of utilizing the same. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a mixing device that may be used to make medications and specialized pharmaceuticals for administration via intrathecal infusion therapy, or the like. A mixing device may comprise an upper chamber, a lower chamber having four compartments for accepting an amount of medication, wherein the upper chamber and the lower chamber may be coupled and may be used to mix and make medication accessible via a Luer Lock adapter, termination, or the like, wherein the device is in compliance with USP 797 standards. |
| US10835880B2 |
Continuous acoustic mixer
A system for continuously processing a combination of materials includes a continuous process vessel having an outlet and one or more inlets. The continuous process vessel is configured to oscillate along an oscillation axis. An acoustic agitator is coupled to the continuous process vessel. The acoustic agitator is configured to oscillate the continuous process vessel along the oscillation axis. An outlet passage is in fluid communication with the outlet. At least a portion of the outlet passage or at least a portion of the continuous process vessel is disposed within a portion of the acoustic agitator. |
| US10835878B2 |
Bifurcating mixers and methods of their use and manufacture
Disclosed herein are fluidic mixers having bifurcated fluidic flow through toroidal mixing elements. The mixers operate, at least partially, by Dean vortexing. Accordingly, the mixers are referred to as Dean Vortex Bifurcating Mixers (“DVBM”). The DVBM utilize Dean vortexing and asymmetric bifurcation of the fluidic channels that form the mixers to achieve the goal of optimized microfluidic mixing. The disclosed DVBM mixers can be incorporated into any fluidic (e.g., microfluidic) device known to those of skill in the art where mixing two or more fluids is desired. The disclosed mixers can be combined with any fluidic elements known to those of skill in the art, including syringes, pumps, inlets, outlets, non-DVBM mixers, heaters, assays, detectors, and the like. |
| US10835877B2 |
Method for producing dispersions of a defined particle size
A method for producing dispersions with a defined particle size includes following steps: A) Preparation of a mixed dispersion in a predispersion process, B) introduction of the mixed dispersion into at least one continuously operating separating device, C) separation of the mixed dispersion in the separating device into coarse particles of a coarse-part dispersion and into fine particles of a fine-part dispersion, D) discharging the fine particle dispersion from the separating device into at least one storage tank, E) discharging the coarse particle dispersion from the separating device into at least one disperser, F) grinding the coarse particles of the coarse particle dispersion in the disperser into a dispersed particle mixture and returning the dispersed particle mixture to the mixing tank in the predispersion process, and G) mixing the dispersed particle mixture returned to the predispersion process with the mixing dispersion produced in the predispersion process in the mixing tank. |
| US10835874B2 |
Fluid separation membrane, fluid separation membrane module, and porous carbon fiber
A fluid separation membrane has high compression strength in the fiber cross-section direction (direction orthogonal to the fiber axis). The fluid separation membrane is obtained by an organic polymer layer being formed on the surface of porous carbon fibers having a co-continuous porous structure. A fluid separation membrane module and porous carbon fibers having a fully co-continuous porous structure are also disclosed. |
| US10835871B2 |
Water purifier and water preparation method thereof
The present invention discloses a water purifier and a water production method thereof, relating to the technical field of water processing, the water purifier comprising: a reverse osmosis membrane device comprising a raw water port, a purified water port and a waste water port; a water storage device which is provided therein with a first chamber of which a volume can be adjusted, the first chamber being communicated with the raw water port and the purified water port, respectively; in the cleaning mode, the first chamber is disconnected from the purified water port, the first chamber is communicated with the raw water port, and the purified water flows into the first chamber from the raw water port of the reverse osmosis membrane device and is discharged from the waste water port of the reverse osmosis membrane device; in the water production mode, and the first chamber is communicated with the purified water port, the first chamber is disconnected from the raw water port. In the present invention, the purified water is stored in the water purifier so as to flush the reverse osmosis membrane device, such that the total dissolved solid (TDS) of a first glass of purified water that flows out of the water purifier at the beginning of use is reduced, and meanwhile lifetime of a reverse osmosis membrane in the reverse osmosis membrane device is effectively improved. |
| US10835870B2 |
Methods of manufacturing a multi-leaf membrane module and multi-leaf membrane modules
Embodiments described herein are directed to methods of manufacturing a multi-leaf membrane module for filtering product fluid flow (e.g., food products or wastewater) and such multi-leaf membrane modules. In an embodiment, a multi-leaf membrane module is disclosed. The multi-leaf membrane module includes a permeate fluid flow tube defining a permeate fluid flow channel for permeate, and a membrane sheet spirally wound about the permeate fluid flow tube. The membrane sheet includes two or more leaves. Each of the two or more leaves includes a feed spacer including at least one opening formed therein that at least partially defines a feed channel for product fluid flow therethrough and a permeate structure defining a permeate fluid flow channel. The permeate structure of each of the two or more leaves includes at least one membrane and at least one porous permeate spacer. |
| US10835869B1 |
Instruments, modules, and methods for improved detection of edited sequences in live cells
The present disclosure provides instruments, modules and methods for improved detection of edited cells following nucleic acid-guided nuclease genome editing. The disclosure provides improved automated instruments that perform methods—including high throughput methods—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying cells that have been properly edited. |
| US10835866B2 |
4-way hybrid binary catalysts, methods and uses thereof
The present disclosure describes hybrid binary catalysts (HBCs) that can be used as engine aftertreatment catalyst compositions, specifically 4-way catalyst compositions. The HBCs provide solutions to the challenges facing emissions control. In general, the HBCs include a porous primary catalyst and a secondary catalyst. The secondary catalyst partial coats the surfaces (e.g., the internal porous surface and/or the external surface) of the primary catalyst resulting in a hybridized composition. The synthesis of the HBCs can provide a primary catalyst whose entire surface, or portions thereof, can be coated with the secondary catalyst. |
| US10835865B2 |
Engine exhaust device
An engine exhaust device includes: a first catalyst; a second catalyst; and a tubular connecting member. The connecting member includes: a first opening; a second opening; and a bend connecting. A downstream end surface of the first catalyst is connected to the first opening, and an upstream end surface of the second catalyst is connected to the second opening. The downstream end surface and the upstream end surface form a dihedral angle within a range from 60 to 120 degrees. A part of the upstream end surface of the second catalyst includes an overlap that is close and opposed to a part of a surface of the first catalyst. The bend of the connecting member includes: a first wall; a second wall; and a connector. The first wall has a curve. The curvature radius of the first wall is greater than the predetermined curvature radius. |
| US10835864B2 |
Gaseous emissions treatment components and methods for manufacturing thereof
A gaseous emissions treatment component is made by extruding a green ceramic mix through a die to form an extrusion having a honeycomb substrate with elongate cells extending its length and with the cells bounded by walls dividing adjacent cells from one another. Molten metal for use in induction heating of the component is placed in selected cells and is solidified by cooling. |
| US10835862B2 |
Air pollution control system and method
SOx removal equipment for reducing sulfur oxides from flue gas from a boiler, a cooler which is provided on a downstream side of the SOx removal equipment for reducing the sulfur oxides that remain in the flue gas and for decreasing a gas temperature, CO2 recovery equipment which includes a CO2 absorber, and an absorption liquid regenerator, and mist generation material reduction equipment for reducing a mist generation material which is a generation source of mist that is generated in the CO2 absorber of the CO2 recovery equipment before introducing the flue gas to the CO2 recovery equipment are included. |
| US10835860B2 |
Treatment of hydrogen sulfide gas under aerobic conditions
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to contacting an aerobic contaminated gas stream with a solution comprising approximately Ferric MGDA, the aerobic contaminated gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide. |
| US10835853B2 |
Rail vehicle having a separating device for separating particles from an air flow
A rail vehicle or locomotive includes a machine compartment, a cooling air flow system supplying the machine compartment, and a separating device separating particles from the air flow. The separating device includes a cyclone separator, a raw air channel feeding a raw air flow with particles to the separator and a clean air channel leading a clean air flow away from the separator. The separator has a box-shaped housing having a plurality of cyclones penetrating the housing for separating particles from the raw air flow into the housing and a discharge opening discharging separated particles from the housing. The discharge opening is connected to a constricted section of a Venturi nozzle suctioning an exhaust air flow having discharged particles. The Venturi nozzle is connected to the raw air channel by a branching side channel. The vacuum at the discharge opening suctioning the exhaust air flow is compact and economical. |
| US10835852B2 |
Filter cartridges; air cleaner assemblies; housings; features components; and, methods
Air cleaner assemblies, components, and features are described. The features can be used to provide that the air cleaner assembly includes a housing and cover within which a filter cartridge having a media pack and a seal arrangement surrounding the media pack can be installed. The air cleaner assembly may also include a projection-receiver arrangement in which the filter cartridge has at least one first member and the housing has at least one second member that interacts with the first member. In one example, a portion of the seal arrangement is coplanar with the first member and a portion that is below the first member such that the first member is located between the seal arrangement and an inlet end of the filter cartridge. |
| US10835851B2 |
Filter devices methods and system
A pocket filter adapted for filtering grease and other liquid aerosols has first and second depth loading media with a separator that prevents wicking thereby to extend filter life and capacity. The first layer is also of lower efficiency than the second to distribute loading and further extend life. The spacer may be of unwoven fiber mesh. Various feature of the pocket filter ensure free flow of effluent streams. |
| US10835848B2 |
Apparatus and method for air particle capture in a gas turbine engine
A particle collection device for an engine is provided. The particle collection device having: an inlet for directing air towards a first member having a first orifice located therein; and a second member having a second orifice located therein, the second orifice being aligned with the first orifice and wherein the second member and the second orifice are spaced from the first member and the first orifice by a first distance, and wherein the particle collection device is located in the engine. |
| US10835845B2 |
Water filtration apparatus with improved filter cartridge housing and distributor
An improved cartridge housing assembly and distributor is provided for a water filtration system installed at a point-of-use or a point-of entry of plumbing networks in buildings. The improvements include a mechanism for actuating a shut-off valve and a pressure-relief valve upon removing the housing assembly from the distributor, a bayonet-type mount between the housing assembly and the distributor, a housing lid to prevent spilling of water when the housing assembly is removed from the distributor, and fastener clips that allow for modular attachment of the distributor to plumbing fittings and a mounting bracket. |
| US10835841B2 |
Impacting T-junction component regulator for regulating components of non-azeotropic working medium
The present disclosure discloses an impacting T-junction component regulator for regulating components of a non-azeotropic working medium, which is formed by connecting a single T-junction or a plurality of T-junctions. Each of the T-junction comprises an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. When the impacting T-junction component regulator is formed by a plurality of connected T-junctions, the impacting T-junction component regulator further comprises an upper manifold trunk communicated with an outlet pipe of each T-junction and throttle valves located between two adjacent T-junctions. By using the characteristics of unequal vapor and liquid components of the non-azeotropic working medium and mal-distribution of two phase flows by vertical impacting T-junctions, the regulator achieves the fluid flowing through a plurality of T-junctions and throttle valves once so as to achieve the purpose of separating components. |
| US10835840B2 |
Methods for in situ separation of mixtures
The present invention provides a method for the separation of a mixture having a first component and a second component, the method comprising the steps of: (a) applying at least two destabilizing energy forms to the mixture to destabilize the mixture, wherein the destabilizing energy forms are chosen from the list comprising: mechanical shear force, thermal energy, and/or surface energy; and (b) applying at least one enriching energy form to the mixture to form a first region that is enriched in a first component relative to the second component and a second region that is enriched in the second component relative to the first component, wherein the enriching energy form is surface energy. |
| US10835839B1 |
Cannabis products modified by removing volatile organic compounds and adding volatile unsaturated hydrocarbons
Purified and modified Cannabis products and methods for producing the same. The purified Cannabis product comprises substantially no volatile organic compounds while retaining Total Potential cannabinoid content. The modified Cannabis product comprises a purified Cannabis product modified by at least one added volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon. The modified Cannabis product is formed by extracting a volatile organic compound from a Cannabis raw material to form a purified Cannabis product, and then adding the at least one volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon to the purified Cannabis product to form the modified Cannabis product and cause an enhanced user experience during combustion and inhalation of the modified Cannabis product. |
| US10835832B2 |
Gap covering systems and methods for amusement park attractions
A gap covering system for an amusement park attraction includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. The gap covering system includes a ride vehicle coupled, through the gap, to a transport. The transport is configured to propel the ride vehicle along a loading path of the loading platform. The gap covering system includes a magnetic zipper positioned adjacent to the loading platform and configured to transition between a first configuration and a second configuration in at least a portion of the magnetic zipper. The magnetic zipper is configured to cover the gap in the first configuration and is configured to allow the ride vehicle to occupy a guest-accessible position on the loading platform in the second configuration. |
| US10835831B2 |
Rotatable play device
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a rotatable play device that comprises a central support post, a hub rotatably mounted to an upper end of the central support post, and a plurality of arms attached to the hub, wherein a seat is suspended from the distal end of each of the plurality of arms. Rotation of the hub about the central support post causes the plurality of seats to rotate around the central support post in a substantially circular rotation path. In addition, each of the seats may be configured to swing in substantial alignment with the circular rotation path. Each of the seats may also be configured to have at least a partially restricted range of motion toward the central support post, away from the central support post, or both. |
| US10835824B2 |
Seasonal reward distribution system
The present disclosure provides a video game based seasonal reward distribution system. The seasonal reward system can provide users with a non-linear map that allows the users to choose how to progress through the reward map when advancing or leveling up a virtual character or user account within the video game. The virtual map can provide a visual representation of a non-linear pathway or tracks that a user can follow based on how the user would like to proceed and what types of rewards the user prefers to unlock. The reward map provides a series of reward nodes connected by links, resulting in a plurality of pathways or tracks that a user can select during advancement within the video game. The user can select individual reward nodes when the virtual character levels up and progress along a pathway on the virtual map. |
| US10835814B2 |
Game controller
An example game controller includes a housing, an operation section, a light-emitter, and a lightguide. The housing has an opening. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed through the opening. The light-emitter is inside the housing and configured to emit light. The lightguide includes a light-receiving surface configured to receive light generated from the light-emitter and a light-exiting surface configured to output light received via the light-receiving surface to outside the housing. The lightguide includes a surrounding portion and an extended portion. The surrounding portion has the light-exiting surface and surrounds a circumference of the operation section. The extended portion is extended from the surrounding portion and has the light-receiving surface at a tip portion thereof. |
| US10835809B2 |
Auditorium efficient tracking in auditory augmented reality
Tracking the location and orientation of a user in an augmented reality application is generally power and processor intensive. While a relatively high degree of accuracy in user tracking may be required for visual augmented reality applications, a lesser degree of accuracy may be required for auditory augmented reality applications. Modified methods of pedestrian dead-reckoning may be used to effectively track a user, while keeping power consumption and computational load relatively small. An interactive auditory augmented reality experience, in the form of a haunted house game, may be produced without relying on GPS or visual tracking methods. Efficient user tracking methods allow a user to experience an interactive auditory augmented reality experience by using a relatively small auditory augmented reality device. |
| US10835798B2 |
Baseball/softball hitting training device
The baseball/softball hitting training device includes a base, a frame body, and a ball suspension system. The ball suspension system is supported by the frame body. The frame body includes a vertical stem portion and an offset portion. An upwardly-projecting arm of the vertical stem and a downwardly-projecting arm of the offset portion define a vertical axis between them. The ball suspension system is supported between the upwardly-projecting arm and downwardly-projecting arm, with the ball held vertically intermedially via a tether in alignment with the vertical axis and positioned to allow the player to practice hitting. In some aspects, a height-adjustment mechanism and/or coupling assemblies are also disclosed. The tethered-ball training device can optionally be converted to a tee-ball training device. |
| US10835789B1 |
Support structures for golf club head
A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic, with a continuously changing curvature along its spline and at least one surface, and preferably connects one portion of the golf club head to another portion. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners. |
| US10835788B1 |
Multiple-material golf club head and methods of making multiple material golf club heads
A multiple material golf club head made of different metals that, when combined via additive manufacturing, transmit tensile or compressive force, shear force, bending moment, and torsional moment as if the different metal parts were a single piece of material is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head is a putter head with a body piece made of a first metal material that is in direct contact with a face piece made of a second metal material, and applied via additive manufacturing, such that load conditions are transmissible at a boundary between these two pieces. The second metal material forms at least a portion of the striking surface and a lower region of the hosel, and the interface between the two materials is contiguous from the face to the hosel. |
| US10835783B2 |
Device for improving form and function of sports people
In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to a foot orientation device having a semi-oval shaped frame, wherein the frame is configured to accommodate both feet of a user in one or more orientations selected from open foot body orientation, closed foot body orientation, center foot body orientation, center open foot body orientation, and center closed foot body orientation, wherein any of these orientations enable the user to practice and achieve alignment of at least one body part and learn loading of the feet in each orientation to understand positioning and relationship of hip and back, and wherein when the dominant foot is in open orientation, the user uses straight line pathway for an intersectional impact creation, and wherein when the dominant foot is in closed orientation, the user uses circular line pathway for the intersectional impact creation. |
| US10835770B2 |
Focused stream, aerated foam projecting nozzle including fixed wand system and method as well as possibly portable center pointing nozzle
The invention includes components and methodology for fixed and semi-fixed systems for extinguishing fire in large industrial flammable liquid storage tanks, including aerated foam projecting nozzles discharging substantially focused streams together with aeration chambers and risers and the formation of wand heads and wands. |
| US10835762B2 |
Medical apparatus and method
A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, and a controller. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of an object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam in a case where the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range. The controller is configured to cause the imager to stop performing irradiation of the electromagnetic wave and cause the acquirer to stop acquiring the fluoroscopic image, in a case where a first switch is operated, and the controller is configured to cause the imager to stop performing irradiation of the electromagnetic wave and maintain a state in which the acquirer is capable of acquiring the fluoroscopic image, in a case where a second switch is operated. |
| US10835759B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for creating a patient-specific soft bolus for radiotherapy treatment
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and implementations for creating a patient-specific soft bolus for radiotherapy treatment are disclosed. 2D and/or 3D images of a desired radiotherapy treatment site may be acquired, such as the head, neck, skin, breast, anus, and/or vulva. A user may interact with one or more representations of the images via an interactive user interface such as a graphical user interface (GUI). The images may include target/avoidance structures and radiation beam arrangement. The user may interact with the images to create a visualization of a patient-specific bolus. The visualization and properties of the bolus may be modified as the user manipulates aspects of the image. Data corresponding to the bolus models may be used to create 3D printed negative molds of the bolus model using 3D printing technology. A soft patient-specific bolus may be cast using the 3D printed model. |
| US10835757B2 |
Implantable optical stimulation and detection leads for nervous tissue
An optical neurostimulation and detection system and method are disclosed. The system includes a medical device including an implantable body, and a stimulation controller that connects to the medical lead device and provides a light source. One or more light emitter modules of the lead body couple light signals of the light source into modulated light signals, and the modulated light signals are emitted through the one or more light emitter modules to stimulate neural cells and/or neural tissue of a subject. In a preferred embodiment, the light emitter modules include a surface acoustic wave (SAW) transducer that couples the light source into the modulated light signals. Such a system provides emitted light incident upon the neural tissue of a much higher resolution than current systems and methods and can provide long-term implantation with fewer side effects and less tissue damage than current systems and methods. |
| US10835755B2 |
Method of using laser-induced optoacoustics for the treatment of drug-resistant microbial infections
The present invention is related to novel functional antibody coated nanoparticles, and the preparation method thereof. The functional antibody coated nanoparticles according to the present invention can be used as photothermal agents to effectively inhibit the growth of microbes including drug-resistant strains and biolfilm with laser irradiation. |
| US10835753B2 |
Intra-body device communication with redundant message transmission
Implantable medical devices (IMD), such as but not limited to leadless cardiac pacemakers (LCP), subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (SICD), transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators, neuro-stimulators (NS), implantable monitors (IM), may be configured to communicate with each other. In some cases, a first IMD may transmit instructions to a second IMD. In order to improve the chances of a successfully received transmission, the first IMD may transmit the instructions several times during a particular time frame, such as during a single heartbeat. If the second IMD receives the message more than once, the second IMD recognizes that the messages were redundant and acts accordingly. |
| US10835750B2 |
Prosthetic aortic valve pacing system
A valve prosthesis system is provided, which includes a prosthetic aortic valve and a non-implantable unit. The prosthetic aortic valve which includes a plurality of prosthetic leaflets; a frame; a cathode and an anode, which are mechanically coupled to the frame; and a prosthetic-valve coil, which is in non-wireless electrical communication with the cathode and the anode. The non-implantable unit includes an energy-transmission coil; and non-implantable control circuitry, which is configured to drive the cathode and the anode to apply a pacing signal and to set parameters of the pacing signal, by wirelessly transferring energy from the energy-transmission coil to the prosthetic-valve coil by inductive coupling. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10835749B2 |
Synchronization of vagus nerve stimulation with the cardiac cycle of a patient
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for treating a medical condition of a patient, involving detecting a physiological cycle or cycles of the patient and applying an electrical signal to a portion of the patient's vagus nerve through an electrode at a selected point in the physiological cycle(s). The physiological cycle can be the cardiac and/or respiratory cycle. The selected point can be a point in the cardiac cycle correlated with increased afferent conduction on the vagus nerve, such as a point from about 10 msec to about 800 msec after an R-wave of the patient's ECG, optionally during inspiration by the patient. The selected point can be a point in the cardiac cycle when said applying increases heart rate variability, such as a point from about 10 msec to about 800 msec after an R-wave of the patient's ECG, optionally during expiration by the patient. |
| US10835743B2 |
Methods and devices for surgical pre-treatment
An apparatus includes multiple first reservoirs and multiple second reservoirs joined with a substrate. Selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proximate to a first substrate surface. Selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs include an oxidizing agent, and second reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs are proximate to the first substrate surface. |
| US10835741B2 |
Screw-in pericardial leads and systems for delivering screw-in pericardial leads
Disclosed herein is a screw-in lead implantable in the pericardium of a patient heart and a system for delivering such leads to an implantation location. The leads include a helical tip electrode and a curate body including a defibrillator coil with improved contact between the defibrillator coil and the patient heart. The delivery system includes a delivery catheter and lead receiving sheath disposed within the catheter. A fixation tine is disposed on one of the delivery catheter and the lead receiving sheath such that the delivery system may be anchored into the pericardium during fixation of the screw-in lead. In certain implementations, an implantable sleeve receives the leads to bias the defibrillator coil against the patient heart. |
| US10835740B2 |
Delivery devices and methods for leadless cardiac devices
Delivery devices, systems, and methods for delivering implantable leadless pacing devices are disclosed. An example delivery device may an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. A distal holding section may extend distally of a distal end of the inner tubular member and define a cavity therein for receiving an implantable leadless pacing device. The device may further include a hub portion including at least a first hub portion affixed adjacent to the proximal end of the outer tubular member and a second hub portion affixed adjacent to the proximal end of the inner tubular member. A first locking mechanism configured to releasably couple the outer tubular member and the inner tubular member may be disposed within the hub portion. |
| US10835738B2 |
Nasal stimulation devices and methods
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions (such as dry eye) or improving ocular health by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. Generally, the devices may be handheld or implantable. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs. When the devices and systems are used to treat dry eye, nasal or sinus tissue may be stimulated to increase tear production, reduce the symptoms of dry eye, and/or improve ocular surface health. |
| US10835737B2 |
Implantable medical device fixation
Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the IMD to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the IMD. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the IMD to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue. |
| US10835735B2 |
System and method for treating various neurological disorders using synchronized nerve activation
A neuromodulation system for treatment of physiological disorders. The system includes one or more stimulators for stimulating one or more cranial nerves; one or more detectors configured for detecting a predetermined physiological state; and a control unit that controls nerve stimulation by the one or more stimulators so that it is synchronized with the at least one predetermined physiological state detected by the one or more detectors. A method of neuromodulating a patient for treatment of physiological disorder. The method includes the steps of detecting a predetermined physiological state and applying stimulation to one of the cranial nerves during the predetermined physiological state by one or more stimulators of a neuromodulation system. |
| US10835730B2 |
Sampling port for hemodynamic monitoring systems
A medical valve has a housing with an inlet housing and an outlet housing. The interior of the inlet housing and/or the outlet housing has a contact surface. A resilient element sits within the housing and controls fluid flow through the inlet. The resilient element has a proximal portion with a normally closed aperture configured to open when actuated by a medical device. The resilient element also has a distal portion adjacent to the outlet, and a central portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The central portion has a wall that defines a fluid chamber in the open mode and in the closed mode. The wall has at least one projection extending radially outward. The projection maintains compressive contact with the contact surface of the housing and applies an inwardly compressive force on the resilient element, increasing the wall stiffness. |
| US10835728B2 |
Vascular access port
An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle. |
| US10835724B2 |
Biopsy spacer device and method of operation
A breast cavity spacer device, a kit for performing a biopsy and a method of performing a biopsy, such as for use with a percutaneous lumpectomy, is provided. The breast cavity spacer device includes a catheter. A self-sealing balloon member is removably and fluidly coupled on one end of the catheter. An umbrella valve is coupled to the catheter adjacent the balloon member, the umbrella valve being configured to fluid flow into the balloon in response to fluid flow from an end of the catheter opposite the balloon and prevent fluid flow from the balloon when fluid flow from the end of the catheter is stopped. |
| US10835720B2 |
Methods for manufacturing multi-layer balloons for medical applications
A multi-layered balloon is provided where each layer is formed such that each layer is made from tubing that optimizes the inner wall stretch thus providing maximum balloon strength. The high pressure, multi-layer balloon is provided with layers that allow for slipping, such that the balloon has a very high pressure rating and toughness, yet excellent folding characteristics. Methods for producing such multi-layer balloons using existing balloon forming equipment are also provided. The multi-layer balloons can have alternating structural and lubricating layers, or layers with low-friction surfaces. The multi-layer balloons are preferably manufactured using a variety of methods including nesting, co-extrusion, or a combination of nesting and co-extrusion. The multi-layer balloons have balloon layers having substantially similar, or the same, high degree of biaxial orientation of their polymer molecules such that each balloon layer of the multi-layer balloon will fail at approximately the same applied pressure. |
| US10835717B2 |
Dressing
In one embodiment, the dressing has a base which is to be adhered to a patient about a catheter site, an aperture in the base to pull a catheter line through and a cover with a window that is folded over and onto the base in a sealed manner. In another embodiment, the dressing has two covers with windows for folding over separate sections of a base to seal in the components of a catheter assembly with multiple catheters extending from a common housing. |
| US10835712B2 |
Medical tube
A medical tube including a flexible tube-shaped main body, a hub connected to the proximal portion of the tube-shaped main body, and a strain relief member supported at a distal portion of the hub. The strain relief member surrounds a predetermined portion of the proximal portion of the tube-shaped main body. The tube-shaped main body includes a flexible portion which possesses increased flexibility for bending. The flexible portion includes at least one groove extending in a circumferential direction in the outer circumferential surface of the tube-shaped main body over a predetermined range in an axial direction of the tube-shaped main body from a position distal of the distal-most end of the strain relief member to a position proximal of the distal-most end of the strain relief member. |
| US10835709B2 |
Microcatheter tubing arrangement
Attachment of tubes of various constructions for use in a microcatheter, including joining to a multifilar helix. Methods of uses and construction with concentric tubes axially displaceable over one another to control navigability and/or positioning properties of a microcatheter. |
| US10835708B2 |
Layered yarn and weighted blanket for deep pressure therapy
Disclosed is a weighted material that is configured to effectuate deep pressure therapy to a person when a piece of the weighted material is used as a blanket over the person's body. A length of layered yarn is interlooped to form the piece of weighted material. The layered yarn includes an outer tube extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The outer tube defines a conduit extending longitudinally therethrough from the first end to the second end. A plurality of inner layers of material are disposed within the conduit and extend longitudinally from the first end to the second end. The interlooped length of yarn, by itself, is configured and sufficiently weighted to effectuate deep pressure therapy to a person when the blanket lies over the person's body. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10835706B2 |
Needle device for a nerve block
Provided herein is a needle device for a nerve block, which includes a gripping part having a longitudinal passage through which a liquid fluid flows, said liquid fluid also flowing through the inside of a needle aligned with the longitudinal passage. The device also includes a nerve stimulator through which electricity is transmitted to the needle. The gripping part includes a radial duct that intersects tangentially with the longitudinal passage, the radial duct having two opposite female couplings into either of which the nerve stimulator can be inserted, depending on whether the user is left-handed or right-handed. |
| US10835696B2 |
Systems and method for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients, in need thereof, receiving breathing gas from a ventilator that varies at least pressure and/or flow using enhanced therapeutic gas (NO) flow measurement
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients, in need thereof, receiving breathing gas from a high frequency ventilator using at least enhanced therapeutic gas (e.g., nitric oxide, NO, etc.) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced therapeutic gas flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomenon that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a high frequency ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced therapeutic gas flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives can at least be more accurate and/or under delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced. |
| US10835693B2 |
Compact modular inhaler, vaporizer for wearable multifunctional watch
A compact wearable modular multifunctional inhalation device of the present invention. In the illustrative embodiment, the device includes a housing with at least one port; a removable cartridge module adapted to seat within the housing, the cartridge including: a source of inhalant mounted within the cartridge for providing inhalant into the port and a heating element mounted within the cartridge for heating the inhalant; a removable modular electronic circuit adapted to seat within the housing to provide electrical current to the heating element; and a mechanism coupled to the housing for wearing the device. The electronic circuit may include a processor and memory. A removable modular electronic display is adapted to seat within the housing and connect electrically with the circuit. Software is stored in the memory for execution by the processor for activating the heating element. The software includes code for monitoring the status of the inhalant and/or the source of electrical potential. A switch, activated by air flow, is included for activating the heating element. |
| US10835687B1 |
Method and apparatus for sharps protection
Devices and methods are disclosed for protecting individuals from the sharp ends of medical objects following use on a patient. Such sharp objects include hypodermic needles, scalpel blades, cannulae, trocars, and the like. The protective cover is designed to surround and sequester the sharp in a shell that is will not permit further puncture or cutting with the sharp. In an embodiment, the protective cover also absorbs any fluids on or in the used sharp and prevents any fluids from escaping the protective cover. The devices are configured to be integral to procedure trays or kits such that space and discarded materials are minimized along with the potential for injuring someone with a used, contaminated medical sharp. |
| US10835682B2 |
Drive mechanism for an injection device
The present disclosure relates to a drive mechanism for an injection device. The mechanism includes an inner body fixable inside a housing of the injection device and including an elongated shaft extending in an axial direction. The shaft includes an outer thread and a blocking structure on an outer circumference. A tubular-shaped display member has an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body. A dose member is axially displaceable relative to the inner body or the display member between a dose setting position and a dose dispensing position. A blocking ring is axially engageable with the dose member, rotationally fixed to the display member and includes a blocking element to axially engage with the blocking structure for blocking an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position towards the dose dispensing position. |
| US10835679B2 |
Needleless injection device equipped with an improved percussion device
A needleless injector includes a cap, an injection system, a body, a gas generator, and a percussion device. The body is covered by the cap and is mounted to slide relative to the cap. The percussion device includes a striker that is slidingly mounted along a sliding axis between a rest position and a percussion position and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism includes a lug and a retention tab. The lug projects from a peripheral face of the striker along an axis that is perpendicular to the sliding axis and has a first support ramp. The retention tab is attached to the cap, and has a second support ramp. The ramps are configured to move the retention tab radially when pushed by the striker from a retaining position to a release position and the retention tab is moved aside to release the striker. |
| US10835675B2 |
Method and device for inserting needles
The invention relates to a device for inserting needles, including a body defined by a proximal end and a distal end, a mounting movably mounted inside the body, at least one needle secured to the mounting, a drive means suitable for driving the mounting towards said distal end, said mounting comprising a distal surface onto which the needle projects, said distal end comprising a contact area intended for contacting the tissue, the mounting being configured so as to reach a position, after activating the driving means, in which the distal surface thereof, relative to said proximal end, is more distant than said contact area, wherein the device is further configured so as to enable a gradual passive return movement of the mounting once said position has been reached. |
| US10835674B2 |
Nested syringe assembly
Provided is an apparatus, system, and method for a nested syringe assembly. The nested syringe assembly (100) includes a first syringe (104) having a cylindrical body defining an inner diameter and a second syringe (102) having a cylindrical body defining an outer diameter. The outer diameter of the second syringe is less than the inner diameter of the first syringe. At least a portion of the cylindrical body of the second syringe is disposed within the cylindrical body of the first syringe. |
| US10835670B2 |
Adjustable medium diverter
Systems and methods for modulating delivery of a fluid medium to a selected site within a patient's body are described. A system includes a syringe for injecting the fluid medium, a delivery catheter including a conduit for delivering the fluid medium from outside of the body to the selected site within the body, a diversion reservoir configured to receive a portion of the fluid medium, and a flow diverter assembly disposed in a fluid medium flow path between the syringe and the delivery catheter. The flow diverter assembly is configured to divert the portion of the fluid medium from the chamber of the syringe away from the delivery of the medium through the delivery catheter conduit during injecting with the syringe. The flow diverter assembly simultaneously increases fluid medium flow resistance with increasing pressure level of the fluid medium passing into the flow diverter assembly. |
| US10835669B2 |
Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices
Fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems. The fill stations may be opened and closed to accept a reservoir and to allow fluid to be introduced into the reservoir for use with personal pump systems. The fill stations may hold the reservoir at a tilt relative to an underlying surface and may discourage overfilling of the reservoir. The filling stations may also include viewing windows having fluid lines marked thereon for indicating volume of fluid within the reservoir. |
| US10835665B2 |
Manually openable clamping holder with sensor
A manually openable clamping holder for releasably fixing a single-use medical device to a medical treatment apparatus has a sensor for detecting the position of the clamping jaws of the clamping holder. With the clamping holder, the correct equipping of a medical treatment apparatus with the appropriate single-use device can be monitored economically and with simple operation. |
| US10835663B2 |
Subcutaneous implantable device for guiding a vascular access member and method for vascular access
A subcutaneous implantable device for guiding a vascular access member, the device including a channel defined by a through-hole in the device, wherein the channel is configured to guide the vascular access member there-through to a vascular site; and anchoring means adapted for fixedly attaching, in a form of using suture, tissue ingrowth, tissue encapsulation or tissue adhesion, the device to at least one of a dermis or a subcutaneous tissue at a position underneath the dermis to allow repeated access of the vascular access member through the channel to the vascular site, wherein the device is dimensioned to allow the device to be attached through the anchoring means for anchoring the entire device at a distance away from the vascular site, A method of creating scar tissue track for vascular access is also disclosed where the subcutaneous implantable device for guiding vascular access member is first implanted sub-dermally, the dermis is palpated to feel for the device location and orientation, the guiding channel is accessed using the sharp vascular access member and following the angle of the guiding channel to access the vascular site and repeating the steps till scarred tissue track is created and finally, switching the sharp vascular access member to a blunt vascular access member to access the vascular site via the scarred tissue track. |
| US10835662B2 |
Fluid circuit priming methods, devices, and systems
According to embodiments, priming systems, methods, and devices are disclosed which allow medical treatment devices which pump fluid to be primed with minimal operator intervention and a high level of convenience. A blood circuit with a filter fitted with one or more air vents on a non-blood compartment is attached to a treatment system and priming fluid pumped slowly through the blood circuit in a loop. The source of fluid may be elevated, or the pumping may generate pressure, such that priming fluid is forced through the membrane of the filter and out the air vent(s). In embodiments, the vents are hydrophobic which prevent fluid from being ejected, so the priming system can run without intervention. |
| US10835657B2 |
Flow balancing devices, methods, and systems
The disclosed subject matter relates to extracorporeal blood processing or other processing of fluids. Volumetric fluid balance, a required element of many such processes, may be achieved with multiple pumps or other proportioning or balancing devices which are to some extent independent of each other. This need may arise in treatments that involve multiple fluids. Safe and secure mechanisms to ensure fluid balance in such systems are described. |
| US10835656B2 |
Method and device to monitor patients with kidney disease
A medical monitoring device for monitoring electrical signals from the body of a subject is described. The medical monitoring device monitors electrical signals originating from a cardiac cycle of the subject and associates each cardiac cycle with a time index. The medical monitoring device applies a forward computational procedure to generate a risk score indicative of hyperkalemia, hypokalemia or arrhythmia of the subject. The medical monitoring device can adjust the forward computational procedure based upon clinical data obtained from the subject. |
| US10835648B2 |
Surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas
A surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas is shown and described. The surgical suction device includes an air amplifier. The air amplifier includes a structure defining a generally cylindrical cavity having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end. The cylindrical cavity is defined by an inner wall of the cavity. The air amplifier includes an annular opening in the inner wall near the first end. The annular opening defines a jet opening adapted to allow a pressurized gas to flow out of the annular opening such that a low pressure region is produced at the first end and an amplified flow is produced at the second end. The annular opening is further configured such that the pressurized gas enters the cavity at an angle with respect to the inner wall of the cavity that is towards the second end. |
| US10835647B2 |
Digitally controlled aspirator
A digitally controlled aspirator is provided with a processor that allows the user to select operating conditions including one or more default settings. The processor further includes sensors for sensing operational and environmental conditions and adjusts the operation of the aspirator to reflect the sensed conditions. |
| US10835643B2 |
Drug coating layer
A drug coating layer on a non-porous nylon elastomer balloon substrate surface comprising a plurality of elongated bodies with long axes wherein each elongated body is formed of a crystal of a water-insoluble drug and is independently formed on the substrate surface, wherein the long axes of the elongated bodies are substantially linear in shape, and the long axes of the elongated bodies form an angle in a predetermined range with respect to a substrate plane with which the long axis of the elongated body intersects. The drug coating layer can provide low toxicity and a high intravascular stenosis inhibitory effect. |
| US10835638B2 |
Photocrosslinked polymers for enhanced durability
A block copolymer including a plurality of polymeric chains and a plurality of cross-linking compound residues linking together the plurality of polymeric chains. The plurality of polymeric chains forms a plurality of hard domains and a plurality of soft domains. Each polymeric chain includes a plurality of soft segments and a plurality of hard segments. The plurality of soft segments includes a polyisobutylene diol or diamine residue. The plurality of soft segments forms the plurality of soft domains. The plurality of hard segments including a diisocyanate residue. The plurality of hard segments forms the plurality of hard domains. The cross-linking compound residues link together the hard segments of the plurality of polymeric chains. |
| US10835637B2 |
Biodegradable injectable gel
The present invention relates to a triblock copolymer having a polyethylene glycol-poly(D,L-lactide)-polyethylene glycol skeleton. |
| US10835635B2 |
Natural polymer based tissue adhesive with healing promoting properties
A tissue adhesive with healing promotion properties formed from a mixture of natural polymers and an activating agent that enhances the adhesive properties of the natural polymer mixture is described. Use of an activating agent and a combination of the natural polymers is unique. The natural polymer tissue adhesive may be useful as a post-operative application for tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy surgery, as an internal tissue adhesive for surgery or wound repair or for application to a burn or skin donor site. For internal use, an optional treatment to improve resistance of the activated adhesive to body fluids is also described. The adhesive described not only functions as an adhesive but would also serve as a protective barrier when applied to surgery or skin sites. In addition, the natural polymers would promote healing due to the inherent properties of the polymers selected. |
| US10835634B2 |
Method for the agglomeration of superabsorber particles
A process for agglomerating superabsorbent particles, wherein polymer particles having a particle size of 250 μm or less are dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent, the dispersed polymer particles are mixed with an aqueous monomer solution, the total amount of water applied to the dispersed polymer particles being at least 100% by weight, based on the dispersed polymer particles, and the monomer solution is polymerized. |
| US10835629B2 |
Singlet oxygen generating device for selective destruction of pathogens
A device for generating singlet oxygen is provided. The device has elongated posts extending from a surface, the lateral sides of which have particles with a sensitizer that converts triplet oxygen to single oxygen upon exposure to light. An optical fiber conveys light to the sensitizer and a gas supply tube conveys oxygen to the sensitizer. The device is configured to keep the sensitizer from contacting external fluids, such as saliva. |
| US10835624B2 |
Compounds for imaging Tau protein aggregates
The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (II) that can be employed in the selective Tau detection of disorders and abnormalities associated with Tau aggregates such as Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging. |
| US10835622B2 |
Mode of inducing renal transplant rejection on animals and its manufacturing approach
The invention is a simplified model on kidney rejection in animals and its setting approach. The method involves isolating dendritic cells from male mice and isolating T cells from female mice and then using the naive T cells in vitro to culture concurrently with male dendritic cells. Those activated T cells from female origin were injected into renal cortex in male mice for the purpose of attacking renal cortex. The animal model simulates the renal transplant rejection method to enable effective induction of renal transplant immune reaction. |
| US10835621B2 |
Bicistronic AAV vector for RNA interference in ALS
The present invention relates to a bicistronic expression vector for silencing a gene specifically in astrocytes and neurons, comprising two expression cassettes comprising a first and a second silencer sequence, respectively, wherein the expression of said first silencer sequence within astrocytes is regulated by an astrocyte-specific promoter and the expression of said second silencer sequence within neurons is regulated by a neuron-specific promoter. In a preferred embodiment, said first and second silencer sequences are SOD1 silencer sequences. Pharmaceutical composition comprising said bicistronic vector and the use of the same in the treatment of motoneuron diseases are further described. |
| US10835620B2 |
Methods for treating heart failure using beta-ARKnt peptide
This invention is generally related to novel compositions for treating or preventing heart failure. Specifically, the disclosure provides a composition comprising an amino-terminal domain of Beta.adrenergic receptor kinase-1 (Beta.ARKnt) peptide, or a nucleic acid encoding Beta.ARKnt. Further disclosed are methods of using the compositions for treating or preventing heart failure in a subject or for altering Beta.-adrenergic receptor (Beta.AR) density in a subject. |
| US10835617B2 |
VEGF antibody-drug conjugates
A method of producing synergistic and enhanced efficacy in treating a disease in a subject includes providing an antibody, the antibody being a classic antibody or a modified biologic molecule that blocks a first target in the subject; providing a drug, the drug being a small molecule agent that blocks the first target or a second target in the subject; connecting the antibody and the drug with a linker to form an Antibody-Drug Synergism (ADS) compound; and treating the disease with the ADS compound. The linker is hydrolyzed in the subject over a certain time so that both the antibody and the drug exert their functions simultaneously, and the ADS compound confers better efficacy than either the antibody or the drug alone due to a synergism of the ADS compound. |
| US10835614B2 |
Poly(diol fumarates) and poly(diol fumarate-co-succinates)
The disclosure relates to a class of diol-based, unsaturated aliphatic polyesters that biodegrade into monomers capable of mitigating infection. These poly(diol fumarates) (PDFs) and poly(diol fumarate-co-succinates) (PDFSs), can be crosslinked to form networks of scaffolds with antimicrobial degradation products. Both the diol carbon length and the degree of available double bonds are tunable, resulting in a highly controllable class of antimicrobial polymers useful for cell scaffolds and drug delivery systems and devices. |
| US10835609B2 |
Hydrogels for delivery of therapeutic compounds
In some aspects, methacrylate co-polymers crosslinked with an enzymatically cleavable peptide linker are provided and may be used for the oral delivery of a therapeutic. The peptide linker may be cleavable by an enzyme in the small intestine and may allow for the delivery of a therapeutic protein or nucleic acid to the small intestine. Also provided are methods of using the polymers for the treatment of a disease. |
| US10835607B2 |
Monoclonal antibody and vaccine targeting filamentous bacteriophage
Described here is a method for reducing or preventing Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the human subject a first composition comprising (a) an antigen-binding polypeptide that binds Pf-family bacteriophage, or (b) a vaccine against Pf-family bacteriophage. Also described is an antigen-binding polypeptide that binds specifically to a CoaB protein of Pf-family bacteriophage or fragment thereof. |
| US10835604B2 |
Biomaterials for combined radiotherapy and immunotherapy of cancer
Compositions and methods for the radiological and immunotherapeutic treatment of cancer are provided. Metallic nanoparticles conjugated with an immunoadjuvant are dispersed within a biodegradable polymer matrix that can be implanted in a patient and released gradually. The implant may be configured as, or be a component of, brachytherapy spacers and applicators, or radiotherapy fiducial markers. The composition may be combined with marginless radiotherapy, allowing for lower doses of radiation and enhancing the immune response against cancer, including at non-irradiated sites. |
| US10835603B2 |
Method for normalizing blood vessels of lesions by oxygen-loaded microbubbles and ultrasonic irradiation
A method for normalizing blood vessels of lesions is disclosed, which includes administering an effective amount of oxygen-loaded microbubbles to a subject in need by intravenous injection, and projecting ultrasound from a ultrasonic emission device into the lesions for rupturing the oxygen-loaded microbubbles and releasing the oxygen to the lesions. Each of the oxygen-loaded microbubbles comprises oxygen and a water insoluble gas, and the particle size of microbubbles is 0.5˜20 μm. |
| US10835600B2 |
Compositions against cat allergy
The present invention relates to the use of a composition in a method of reducing the allergenicity of a cat. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of a composition in a method of reducing the allergenicity of a cat for a human exposed to the cat. Furthermore, the present invention relates to compositions comprising a virus-like particle (VLP) and at least one Fel d1 protein. The compositions of the invention induce efficient immune responses, in particular antibody responses, in cats and are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of cat allergy. |
| US10835594B2 |
Type III secretion injectisome proteins for treatment and prevention of chlamydial infections
Cpn0803, CopB (Cpn0809) and CopD (Cpn0808) proteins and homologues thereof are shown to induce an immune response that is protective against a live challenge with Chlamydia. Methods and uses of Cpn0803 or fragments or epitopes thereof alone or together with CopB and/or CopD or fragments or epitopes thereof for treating or preventing chlamydial infection in a subject in need thereof are provided. |
| US10835593B2 |
Modified anthrax toxin protective antigen
Disclosed is a Bacillus anthracis protective antigen (PA) comprising a PA amino acid sequence, wherein one or more of amino acid residues I207, I210, E654, I656, R659, M662, Y681, and L687, as defined by reference to SEQ ID NO: 1, are, independently, substituted, with the proviso that amino acid residue I207 is not substituted with alanine and amino acid residue I210 is not substituted with alanine. Related compositions, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal, and methods of inhibiting the growth of a target cell are also disclosed. |
| US10835586B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides and scaffolds for use in immunotherapy against renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10835579B2 |
Elevated intracranial pressure treatment
Provided is an incretin, or analogue thereof, an incretin receptor agonist, an incretin enhancer, or any combination thereof, for use in a method of reducing elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in a subject. Methods of reducing elevated ICP in a subject may comprise administering an incretin, or analogue thereof, an incretin receptor agonist, an incretin enhancer, or any combination thereof to the subject. The elevated ICP may be associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), secondary pseudotumour cerebri, hydrocephalus, normal pressure hydrocephalus, raised intracranial pressure secondary to a brain tumour, meningitis, brain trauma, brain injury, and venous sinus thrombosis. |
| US10835578B2 |
CNP prodrugs with large carrier moieties
The present invention relates to a CNP prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a CNP moiety -D; and a carrier moiety —Z that is conjugated through a moiety -L2- to a reversible prodrug linker moiety -L1-, which reversible prodrug linker moiety -L1- is covalently and reversibly conjugated to -D; wherein -L2- is a chemical bond or a spacer; and —Z is a polymer having a molecular weight of at least 10 kDa. It further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CNP prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, their use as a medicament and to methods of treatment. |
| US10835571B2 |
Method of increasing omega-3 content in poultry
A feed supplement for poultry consisting of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and flaxseed. The supplement is prepared using a dry extrusion process. Also described is a method of using the feed supplement to increase omega-3 fatty acids in poultry products, such as eggs. Also described is a method of obtaining a poultry egg using the feed supplement. |
| US10835569B2 |
Decubitus treatment system
The present invention includes compositions and methods for cleaning, treating, protection and resolution of decubitus ulcers comprising: a first composition comprising a wound cleaning solution comprising aloe vera gel comprising at least 5,000 MPS, a balanced salt solution; and a second composition comprising a wound healing gel comprising aloe vera gel comprising at least 10,000 MPS, a thickening agent, and one or more preservatives and, optionally, a third composition comprising a moisture barrier cream comprising a vegetable-based emulsifier, a cosmetic ester for dry skin that has low occlusivity, an ester-based emollient that is oxidation stable and has low occlusivity; a beeswax; a hydrogenated oil, glycerin, a buffering agent, aloe vera gel comprising at least 2,000 MPS and water. |
| US10835565B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions having antibacterial, antiviral, and other immunostimulatory activities
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions including an active substance with antimicrobial, antiviral, and immunoistimulatory activities. The disclosure further provides methods of treating bacterial or viral infections and methods of enhancing immune function using the active substance. |
| US10835564B2 |
Composition for preventing and treating premature ovarian failure, containing Evodia rutaecarpa bentham extract having protective activity against ovotoxicity
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating ovotoxicity, and more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating ovotoxicity, containing an Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham extract. According to the present invention, the Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham extract concentration-dependently increases DPPH free radical scavenging activity so as to have excellent antioxidant activity, inhibits apoptosis of ovarian cells, and activates a PI3K/Akt signaling pathway so as to have a significant protective effect against ovotoxicity to be caused by 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD), thereby being usable as a medicine and a health functional food, which are useful for alleviating, preventing, inhibiting or treating ovotoxicity, premature ovarian failure and the like. Therefore, subfertility treatment or prevention, premature ovarian failure, a menopausal disorder in the premenopausal period, and the like can be considered application examples related thereto. |
| US10835561B2 |
Bacillus compositions and methods of use with ruminants
Bacillus strains, compositions and methods are disclosed for reducing growth of microorganisms in a feed. Bacillus strains, compositions and methods are disclosed for providing beneficial effects to animals, including but not limited to increasing performance of the animal. |
| US10835559B2 |
Human-derived bacteria that induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells
Species of human-derived bacteria belonging to the Clostridia class have been shown to induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon and suppress immune functions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these bacteria can be used to prevent and treat immune-mediated diseases such as autoimmune diseases. |
| US10835558B2 |
Mammalian birth tissue composition for tumor treatment
The present disclosure generally relates to constructs, formulations and methods for the treatment of various types of cancer. The constructs, formulations and methods as provided herein are particularly useful for the treatment of various tumorigenic cancers. |
| US10835556B2 |
Hydrolyzed tetravalent metal salts and methods of biofilm inhibition
Described herein are hydrolyzed tetravalent salts and formulations thereof that can be used to inhibit a biofilm. Also described herein are uses of the hydrolyzed tetravalent salts and formulations thereof to inhibit a biofilm and/or treat biofilm infection. |
| US10835554B2 |
Composition for treating joint disease and kit containing same
The present invention pertains to a composition for treating joint diseases and a kit including the same, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a composition for treating joint diseases which can be used in patients with joint diseases, and a kit which includes the same. The present invention minimizes the burden on patients with chronic joint diseases while also achieving excellent medicinal effects by means of a composition for treating joint diseases which includes a modified hyaluronic acid having a group derived from an anti-inflammatory compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the modified hyaluronic acid, and which is used by being administered to patients with human joint diseases as a single injection per period of four or more weeks. |
| US10835551B2 |
Double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, DNA, vector, cancer cell growth inhibitor, cancer cell migration inhibitor, and drug
A double-stranded nucleic acid molecule for suppressing expression of non-coding RNA, the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule including: (a) a sense strand containing a nucleotide sequence corresponding to a target sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 26 to 31; and (b) an antisense strand containing a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to the sense strand in the (a) to form a double strand with the sense strand, wherein the non-coding RNA contains a base sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2 to 4, a part of the base sequence, or both of the base sequence and the part. |
| US10835550B2 |
Immune modulation with TLR9 agonists for cancer treatment
The present invention relates to methods for treating a tumor, including a metastatic tumor, with TLR9 agonist in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. |
| US10835548B2 |
Metronomic oral gemcitabine for cancer therapy
The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treatment, such as inducing regression or inhibiting growth, of tumors in a patient such as a human. Use of gemcitabine, including in self-emulsifying orally administered dosage forms for these purposes is described. Gemcitabine is orally administered in a metronomic manner, which involves repeatedly administering a therapeutic amount of gemcitabine, being a fraction of the maximum tolerated dose, over an extended period of time, preferably on a non-interrupted schedule of weeks, months, or indefinitely. |
| US10835542B2 |
9-aminomethyl minocycline compounds and use thereof in treating community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP)
The invention disclosed herein provides a method for treating Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) using 9-[(2,2-dimethyl-propyl amino)-methyl]-minocycline or a salt thereof, in either oral or IV doses or a combination of both. |
| US10835541B2 |
Tablet
The present invention provides a tablet showing high stability of the active ingredients (potassium-competitive acid blocker and acetylsalicylic acid) and stably and rapidly expressing the pharmacological effects of the active ingredients after administration.The present invention provides a tablet containing an inner core and an outer layer, wherein the inner core is an enteric-coated tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid, and the outer layer contains a potassium-competitive acid blocker free of enteric coating. |
| US10835536B2 |
Therapeutic agent for FGFR inhibitor-resistant cancer
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an anticancer agent for treating tumors resistant to other antitumor agents that inhibit FGFR, and a method for treating such tumors. The present invention provides an antitumor agent for administration to a tumor patient resistant to an FGFR inhibitor, the antitumor agent comprising a 3,5-disubstituted benzene alkynyl compound represented by Formula (I) below or a salt thereof. The present invention also provides a therapeutic method using the anticancer agent. |
| US10835535B2 |
Certain protein kinase inhibitors
Certain CDK4/6 inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described. In particular, these compounds can inhibit kinase activity of CDK4/6 and may be useful for the treatment of hyper-proliferative diseases like cancer and inflammation. In addition, the pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use thereof are also described. |
| US10835534B2 |
Compounds
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): Said compounds being modulators of Kv3 channels and of use in the prophylaxis or treatment of related disorders. |
| US10835532B2 |
Muscarinic agonists as cognitive enhancers
Methods of treating a mental condition by administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of compound CDD-102A, [5-(3-ethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine] are described. |
| US10835528B2 |
Acetate salt of buprenorphine and methods for preparing buprenorphine
The present disclosure provides acetate salts of buprenorphine, and its anhydrates, solvates, hydrates, and crystalline forms thereof, where the acetate salts of buprenorphine are essentially free of impurities. The disclosure further provides method of preparing the acetate salts, buprenorphine free base prepared from the acetate salts, other salts prepared from the free base, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof essentially free of impurities. |
| US10835520B2 |
Phenyl derivative
The compound of the formula (I-1): wherein all the symbols have the same meanings as described in the specification, has two cyclic groups, particularly phenoxy groups at specific substitution positions and thus has high human S1P2 antagonistic activity. The compound may therefore be used as a therapeutic agent for S1P2-mediated diseases such as diseases resulting from vascular constriction, fibrosis, and respiratory diseases. |
| US10835517B2 |
Methods for treating ocular demodex using isoxazoline parasiticide formulations
Disclosed herein are methods for treating or preventing ophthalmic and dermatologic conditions in a patient, including ocular surface conditions such as blepharitis. The methods can include topically administering directly to an ocular surface of one or more eyes of a patient in need of treatment thereof an effective amount of an isoxazoline parasiticide, formamidine parasiticide, or other active ingredient, formulated into an ophthalmic composition, the ophthalmic composition further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10835515B2 |
Carboxamide derivative and its diastereomers in stable crystalline form
The present disclosure relates to solid crystalline forms of N—((S)-1-(3-(3-chloro-4-cyanophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-propan-2-yl)-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (I) and the diastereomers thereof, and to methods for preparing such crystalline forms. Compound (I) and the diastereomers thereof are potent androgen receptor (AR) modulators useful as a medicament. |
| US10835507B2 |
Treatment of muscular disorders with combinations of RXR agonists and thyroid hormones
The present specification provides methods of treating a muscular disorder with a combination of a RXR agonist and a thyroid hormone. |
| US10835506B2 |
Treatment and prevention of muscle loss using L-ornithine in combination with at least one of phenylacetate and phenylbutyrate
Disclosed herein are methods of treating and preventing muscle loss using ornithine in combination with at least one of phenyl acetate and phenylbutyrate. |
| US10835505B2 |
Oral pharmaceutical formulation for weight loss, diabetes and related disorders
There is disclosed an oral pharmaceutical formulation of bitter compounds that are agonists of taste receptor type 2 (TAS2R) receptors for the function of appetite suppression for the treatment of obesity. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an anti-obesity oral formulation comprising a bitter agent selected from the group consisting of denatonium salts including benzoate (DB), chloride (DC), acetate (DA), citrate (DCl), saccharide (DS), tartarate (DT), maleate (DM), 3-caffeoylquinic-1,5-lactone (3-CQL), chlorogenic acids (CGA), combinations thereof, and pharmaceutical excipients to facilitate a sustained release during transit through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Preferably, the oral pharmaceutical formulation further comprises either or both a sweet antagonist selected from the group consisting of lactisole, gymnemic acid, ziziphin, hodulcine, and combinations thereof, and a sour organic acid. |
| US10835500B2 |
Medicament for accelerated wound healing
A medicament for accelerated wound healing is proposed containing derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1 stands for hydrogen or methyl. |
| US10835499B2 |
Systems and methods for long term transdermal administration
Devices, systems, compositions and methods for long term or prolonged transdermal administration of an active agent are provided. |
| US10835496B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising lonafarnib and ritonavir
Lonafarnib and ritonavir, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are used in combination to treat HDV infection. In one aspect, amorphous co-precipitates comprising lonafarnib, ritonavir, and a co-polymer are provided. |
| US10835494B2 |
Liposomes for the treatment of ocular diseases
The invention refers to a product made of liposomes which comprises lactoferrin and a component selected from hyaluronic acid or chitosan, as active ingredients, as well as to compositions comprising it and their use in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases related to the eye, such as for example the ocular diseases characterized by the presence of an inflammatory condition. |
| US10835493B2 |
Platelet-like proteo-microparticles and method of using such in drug delivery
Proteo-microparticles such as proteoliposomes comprising a microparticle (e.g., a liposome) and platelet membrane proteins, wherein the proteo-microparticles are capable of binding to monocytes, neutrophils, or other circulating blood cells capable of migrating to an injured site. Also provided herein are uses of the proteoliposomes for delivering a therapeutic agent via monocytes to an injured site. |
| US10835489B2 |
Modified release formulations of mycophenolate mofetil
The present application discloses modified release mucoadhesive formulations of mycophenolate mofetil and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of, for example, post-transplant organ rejection. Method of preparing the formulations is also disclosed. |
| US10835488B2 |
Stable orally disintegrating pharmaceutical compositions
Described herein are stable orally disintegrating tablets containing a proton pump inhibitor, methods for making the same, and methods for treating subjects in need thereof. In particular, the orally disintegrating tablets are composed of a plurality of coated units admixed with a disintegrant that demonstrate decreased friability and increased hardness. |
| US10835486B2 |
Multi-layer hydrogel capsules for encapsulation of cells and cell aggregates
Biocompatible hydrogel capsules encapsulating mammalian cells having a diameter of greater than 1 mm, and optionally a cell free core, are disclosed which have reduced fibrotic overgrowth after implantation in a subject. Methods of treating a disease in a subject are also disclosed that involve administering a therapeutically effective amount of the disclosed encapsulated cells to the subject. |
| US10835485B2 |
Oral health improving compositions
The present invention is concerned with microorganisms or fragments thereof as sensorically neutral oral care agents, particularly for prevention of dental calculus, as anti-caries agents and/or anti-oral malodor agents. The invention is furthermore concerned with compositions comprising microorganisms or fragments thereof for reducing mutans Streptococci. Such compositions can be used in oral care compositions, e.g. for caries prophylaxis, or for prophylaxis of dental calculus or oral malodor. They may also or instead be used for prevention or treatment of oral malodor. As the microorganisms and fragments thereof according to the present invention have a very low, unobtrusive smell and taste, they are particularly suited as sensorically neutral agents for preventment of dental calculus, caries, oral biofilm formation and/or for prevention or treatment of oral malodor. The microorganisms and fragments thereof, and also compositions comprising such microorganisms and fragments, can thus advantageously be used in food and feed compositions, particularly in pet foods. Furthermore, the invention is concerned with methods of preparing such microorganisms, fragments, compositions, foods and feeds. |
| US10835483B2 |
Antiperspirant stick compositions
An antiperspirant stick composition can include a synthetic wax having a melting point of less than or equal to 90° C., a melting point additive present at a weight ratio to the synthetic wax to provide the composition with a melting point greater than or equal to 40° C., an effective amount of an antiperspirant active agent, and less than 2 wt % hydrogenated oils, petrolatum, 12-hydroxystearic acid, polyethylenes having a melting point greater than or equal to 60° C., and combinations thereof. |
| US10835482B2 |
Thickened, clear salt-rich cosmetic serum, method for lightening a hydrogel, and use thereof in cosmetics
A composition (d) includes (per 100% of its weight): a) 90 wt.-% to 99.0 wt.-% water including, in dissolved form, 0.002 mol/L to 0.1 mol/L of at least one salt of ammonium cation or of a monovalent or multivalent metal cation with an organic or inorganic anion; b) 0.5 wt.-% to 5 wt.-% of at least one crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte; and c) 0.5 wt.-% to 5 wt.-% of at least one compound having formula (II), where the weight ratio of the crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte to the compound of formula (II) is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 2.0, and the molar ratio of the compound of formula (II) to the salt is greater than or equal to 0.05 and less than or equal to 1. Also disclosed is the composition in cosmetics and to a method for lightening the thickened salt-rich composition. |
| US10835476B2 |
Mascara compositions including vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer and inorganic particulate
A mascara composition including a film-forming polymer portion and a particulate portion is provided. The film-forming polymer portion comprises a high molecular weight vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer and the particulate portion comprises an inorganic particulate. The mascara composition comprises at least about ten percent by weight of the vinylpyrrolidone homopolymer and is substantially free of wax. Methods of applying makeup to the eyelashes are also provided. |
| US10835474B2 |
Agent and method for the temporary shaping of keratinous fibers
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic preparation for the temporary shaping of hair, which comprises a combination of two specific copolymers. The cosmetic composition provides an extremely good hold. |
| US10835471B2 |
Method for dyeing keratin fibers
The subject of the present disclosure is a method for coloring of human hair, comprising the following steps in the specified sequenceA) Mixing a first component (K1) with a second component (K2) to produce a first mixture (M1),B) Mixing the mixture (M1) with a third component (K3) to produce a second mixture (M2),C) Application of the mixture (M2) on the hair,D) Allowing the mixture (M2) to take effect for a period of from about 30 seconds to about 45 minutes,E) Rinsing the mixture (M2) from the hair,wherein the first component (K1) is a dye preparation comprising at least one oxidation dye precursor, and the second component (K2) is a color diluent which does not contain any oxidation dye precursors or oxidants and the third component (K3) is an oxidant preparation comprising at least one oxidant. |
| US10835464B2 |
Sunscreen composition containing surface modified cerium oxide particles
The present invention provides a sunscreen composition comprising cerium oxide (CeO2) particles surface-modified with a saturated fatty acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms or an unsaturated fatty acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms. Since the sunscreen composition according to an embodiment of the present invention exhibits a high kinematic viscosity in the low-frequency region and high-frequency region, the formulation has excellent emulsification/dispersion phase stability and excellent spreadability, and thus the sunscreen composition can be effectively used as a cosmetic composition for blocking ultraviolet rays. |
| US10835461B2 |
Bio-active material composite, preparing method thereof and cosmetic composition containing the same
Provided is a composite containing bio-active material stably combined with a rare-earth hydroxide compound having a layered structure. The bio-active materials in the composite are preserved in terms of long-term stability at high temperature of 50° C. or above and the composite maintained in the neutral pH condition to minimize side effects like latent toxicity, irritations, etc. Further, the present invention is useful for a skin-whitening, anti-wrinkle, or anti-aging cosmetic composition containing the composite. |
| US10835459B2 |
Three-dimensional molding type powder makeup cosmetic composition
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional molding type powder makeup cosmetic composition, wherein the powder makeup cosmetic composition has a soft feeling of use and excellent adhesion and sustain power and mitigates the generation of creases by containing a powder phase in an oil gel phase and the powder makeup cosmetic composition can be molded into various three-dimensional designs due to physical characteristics of the oil gel phase. |
| US10835458B2 |
Silicon oxide-coated oxide composition for coating in which weather resistance is required, and method of producing composition for coating
A silicon oxide-coated oxide composition for coating is disclosed in which color characteristics, particularly reflectivity are controlled, and a method of producing a composition for coating is disclosed which is used by blending the composition for coating to a paint constituting a coated body in which weather resistance is required. The silicon oxide-coated oxide composition for coating in which weather resistance is required includes silicon oxide-coated oxide particles wherein at least a part of the surface of the oxide particles is coated with silicon oxide, wherein the silicon oxide is amorphous for the purpose of controlling color characteristics of the silicon oxide-coated oxide composition for coating. The method of producing the composition for coating, wherein color characteristics of the oxide particles are controlled, includes producing the oxide particles by selecting presence or absence of amorphous silicon oxide covering at least a part of the surface of the oxide particles, and presence or absence of an acetyl group as a functional group contained in the silicon oxide-coated oxide particles. |
| US10835457B2 |
Method for the additive manufacture of a three-dimensional object comprising or forming a cosmetic composition by direct projection, and associated apparatus
The method comprises the following steps: (a) heating at least one cosmetic material; (b) depositing a layer (19) comprising one or a plurality of cosmetic materials heated in step (a); (c) at least partially solidifying the layer (19) by cooling the or each cosmetic material; (d) depositing, on the previous layer (19), an additional layer (19) comprising one or a plurality of cosmetic materials heated in step (a), (e) at least partially solidifying the additional layer (19) by cooling the or each cosmetic material; (f) repeating steps (d) to (e) until a three-dimensional object comprising or forming a structured cosmetic composition is formed. The cosmetic composition comprised in the three-dimensional object or forming the three-dimensional object is recoverable after solidifying. |
| US10835450B2 |
CPR chest compression system periodically reminding attendant to check patient
In embodiments, a CPR chest compression system includes a retention structure that can retain the patient's body, and a compression mechanism that can perform automatically CPR compressions and releases to the patient's chest. The compression mechanism can pause the performing of the CPR compressions for a short time, so that an attendant can check the patient. The CPR system also includes a user interface that can output a human-perceptible check patient prompt, to alert an attendant to check the patient during the pause. An advantage can be when the attendant checks in situations where the condition of the patient might have changed, and an adjustment is needed. Or in situations where the patient may have improved enough to where the compressions are no longer needed. |
| US10835445B2 |
Motion assist device
A motion assist device includes a drive mechanism that applies a force to the body of a user through the intermediary of a first orthosis and a second orthosis, posture detectors that detect the posture of the user, and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism. A transmission mechanism of the drive mechanism is configured to be switchable between a transmission mode, in which a driving force based on a spring is transmitted to move a joint into a predetermined state, and a non-transmission mode, in which a joint can be freely moved without transmitting the driving force that has been accumulated. The control unit automatically switches the transmission mechanism to the non-transmission mode when a predetermined trigger event is recognized based on the posture of the user. |
| US10835444B2 |
Shoe assembly for a walking assist device
The present invention discloses a shoe assembly for a walking assist device. The shoe assembly includes a shoe pad, and a shoe cover on the shoe pad. The shoe cover includes a recessed portion to accommodate a first portion of a side plate connected between the shoe cover and a shank stand of the walking assist device, and includes a support plate on the shoe pad to fulcrum a second portion of the side plate. The second portion covers the recessed portion while the first portion is held in the recessed portion. |
| US10835442B2 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing user motion
A method and apparatus for recognizing a motion of a user are provided. The apparatus may map each of right leg angle information and left leg angle information to context information by comparing each of the right leg angle information and left leg angle information to a comparison value and/or preset threshold, may generate a motion event corresponding to the context information based on a criterion, and may recognize the motion of the user based on the motion event and a previous motion of the user. |
| US10835438B2 |
Modular multi-articulated patient support system
A surgical table for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure and including a patient support structure, a first support structure, and a second support structure. The patient support structure is configured to support the patient during the surgical procedure and may be operably coupled at a first end to the first support structure and at a second end to the second support structure. The first support structure includes a first column and a first displacement apparatus operably coupling the first column to the first end of the patient support structure. |
| US10835437B2 |
Operating-table column
An operating table column is disclosed. The operating table column includes a column part and a head part configured to connect a patient support surface of an operating table to the column part. The operating table column also includes a power supply unit disposed on the column part for supplying power to the operating table. The head part includes a first head element mounted rotatably about a first rotation axis and a second head element mounted rotatably about a second rotation axis. The column part includes an actuator configured to lift the patient support surface. At least one tube is configured to connect the power supply to the operating table and is protected from exposure to external elements. The actuator includes a cover configured to guide a portion of the at least one tube at least partially through the first head element in an area adjacent to the first rotation axis. |
| US10835436B2 |
Method and system for assessing compliance with a patient repositioning protocol
A method for assessing compliance with a protocol requiring or advising the use of lift assist equipment for repositioning an occupant of an occupant support includes the steps of: 1) determining a measure of load borne by the occupant support over an interval of time; 2) determining how much the location of the occupant's center of mass relative to the occupant support has changed during the interval of time; and 3) assessing compliance with the protocol as a function of the load measure, the change of location, and a measure of the occupant's weight. In one embodiment the load measure is an integral of load over an interval of time. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a processor and instructions which are executable by the processor. |
| US10835435B2 |
Sling support assemblies
A sling support assembly is configured to be moved by a lift assembly. The sling support assembly includes a frame and a plurality of sling coupling mechanisms configured to removably couple a sling to the sling support. At least a portion of the frame is movable to selectively change the spatial relationship of the plurality of sling coupling mechanisms. |
| US10835433B2 |
Assistive apparatus with rotatable grab bar
An assistive apparatus is disclosed that solves the problem of conventional toilet seats lacking proper support for individuals and safety assistance. The assistive apparatus provides a rotatable grab bar assisting users in getting up or sitting on a toilet. Also, the grab bar can be attached with a foldaway handle which allows user to pull themselves up easily. |
| US10835432B2 |
Bathtub step stool and method of use
A method of using a bathtub step stool to get into a bathtub comprises gripping at least one support of a bathtub step stool; stepping onto a step assembly of the bathtub step stool, towards an entry side of the bathtub; turning towards one of supports; while gripping one of the supports, stepping over the entry side of the bathtub and into the bathtub. |
| US10835431B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling an operating table
An operating table control apparatus is disclosed. The operating table control apparatus has a control device, a plurality of operating table components, and an operating table drive. The plurality of operating table components are actuatable from a first position to a second position via the operating table drive. The second position is a preset position that is stored by the operating table control apparatus. The second position is assigned to a control element of the control device. |
| US10835425B2 |
Absorbent article having a wetness indicator
An absorbent article having an outer cover with an interior surface and an opposite exterior surface, an absorbent core positioned adjacent the interior surface of the outer cover, and a wetness indicator graphic located on the outer cover. The wetness indicator graphic has a permanent graphic defining at least one non-printed area and a changing graphic located within the at least one non-printed area of the permanent graphic such that the permanent graphic and the changing graphic together give the appearance of a uniform graphic. |
| US10835418B1 |
Meibomian gland thermal treatment apparatus
A portable handheld meibomian gland thermal treatment apparatus includes a housing holding a battery and necessary electrical components. A generally rectangular and concave thermal applicator tip terminates the housing, and applies precisely controlled heat to a single eyelid. A bend in the housing enables the apparatus to be held in position with the apparatus extending from the eyelid generally parallel to the ground and then from the bend sloping away from the viewing plane, either down toward the ground or upward away from the ground. As a result, a person may still keep one of the two eyelids on the treatment eye open and see past the housing and supporting hand, thereby simultaneously performing treatment while also performing other tasks. Various embodiments illustrate automatic on and off operation; a telescoping applicator having long-travel application force regulation; and a method of thermally treating meibomian gland dysfunction using the apparatus. |
| US10835417B2 |
Devices and methods for novel retinal irradiance distribution modification to improve and restore vision without producing corneal vitrification
Devices and methods for novel retinal irradiance distribution modification (IDM) to improve, stabilize or restore vision are described herein. Also encompassed herein are devices and methods to reduce vision loss from diseases, injuries and disorders that involve damaged and/or dysfunctional and/or sensorily deprived retinal cells. Conditions that may be treated using devices and methods described herein include macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Therapy provided by retinal IDM devices and methods described herein may also be used in combination with other therapies including, but not limited to, pharmacological, retinal laser, gene and stem cell therapies. |
| US10835412B2 |
Suspension implant
In an embodiment, a surgical implant includes a body extending from a distal end to a proximal end, the body having a first section proximal to the distal end and a second section between the first section and the proximal end, a needle attachment member located at the distal end of the body, the needle attachment member configured to attach to a needle for insertion of the surgical implant into a patient's tissue, a plurality of first barbs located on the first section of the body, the first barbs pointed towards the proximal end of the body, and a plurality of second barbs located on the second section of the body, the second barbs pointed towards the distal end of the body, wherein the second barbs are configured to be folded inwardly for insertion of the surgical implant into the patient's tissue by the needle. |
| US10835411B2 |
Anatomically neutral arm support apparatus
A medical apparatus for supporting the shoulder complex and humerus in a neutral position includes an upper body garment and a forearm sleeve adjustably fastened to the garment in an anterior and transverse orientation. The patient inserts her arm in the sleeve and fastens an elbow strap around the elbow to secure the forearm in a horizontal anterior position near waistline. The sleeve is adjustable in position to place the humerus inline with the spinal column, thereby preventing adduction and internal rotation of the glenohumeral joint. A weight distribution strap further elevates the sleeve and forearm. The strap is secured in a superior anterior region of the shoulder and spaced from the neck thereby preventing injury to the internal anatomies in the neck region. Optionally, thermal therapy to the shoulder is supported by a removable thermal therapy pouch. |
| US10835408B2 |
Powered method for augmenting a joint function of a human
A method for controlling a powered device to augment a joint function of a human during a gait cycle using a powered actuator that supplies an augmentation torque, an impedance, or both to a joint is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method modulates the augmentation torque, the impedance, and a joint equilibrium according to a phase of the gait cycle to provide at least a biomimetic response. Accordingly, the actuator is capable of normalizing or augmenting human biomechanical function, responsive to a wearer's activity, regardless of speed and terrain. |
| US10835407B2 |
Orthotic device for assisting limb movement
An orthotic device is disclosed. The orthotic device may be adapted to be inserted into a shoe to enable the foot to replicate normal motion so that the user regains substantially normal operation of the foot. The orthotic device may have a frame system formed of a lightweight supportive material and configured to extend along at least the bottom of the user's foot, and an electronically actuated muscle operatively connected to the frame system for expanding and contracting at predetermined levels to adjust the inclination of the user's foot and mimic movement of the foot, when functioning normally. The orthotic device may also have a controller operatively connected to the muscle for transmitting signals corresponding to the predetermined levels to the muscle, and a sensor controlled by the user for actuating the muscle. |
| US10835406B2 |
Adjustable wrist brace
Some aspects of the present disclosure describe an orthopedic brace for a portion of a user's upper extremity distal to the elbow. The orthopedic brace includes a body configured to surround said portion of the user's upper extremity. The body includes a first region configured to stabilize said portion of the user's upper extremity. The orthopedic brace includes a second region coupled to the first region. The second region has sufficient elasticity to enable the body to adjust circumferentially to fit said portion of the user's upper extremity. |
| US10835404B2 |
Delivery system for a retractable outer sheath
A delivery system for delivering a prosthesis includes a sheath, a slide shaft having a threaded outer surface, and a handle. The handle includes an internal spring assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging the handle with the threaded outer surface of the slide shaft. The internal spring assembly includes at least one spring arm, a head coupled to the spring arm and having a circumferentially rounded threaded inner surface, and a ring slidably disposed over the spring arm. When the ring is in a first longitudinal position, the threaded inner surface of the head is spaced apart from the threaded outer surface of the slide shaft. When the ring is in a second longitudinal position, the threaded inner surface of the head is threadedly engaged with the threaded outer surface of the slide shaft. The handle may include a resilient cover to provide the internal spring assembly with a biased or nominal operational position. |
| US10835403B2 |
Inflatable balloon and cover
The present disclosure describes implantable medical devices comprising covers, such as a balloon cover. Such devices can comprise a first layer of a porous polymeric material, such as ePTFE, surrounded by layers of a porous polymeric material having an imbibed elastomer, such as polyurethane. The cover can be used to assist in deployment of an expandable implant, such as a stent-graft, within the body of the patient. |
| US10835402B2 |
Crimper device
A crimper device can facilitate sheathing of a stent frame for vascular delivery. The device can include first and second components that rotate relative to each other to drive radial movement of one or more compression members of the device. The one or more compression members can direct and balance a compressive force within an aperture of the device. In use, the stent frame can be positioned within the aperture and be compacted by actuation of the compression members. |
| US10835399B2 |
Branch stent
This disclosure relates to a stent for use in vascular interventions, the stent comprising a first portion for placing in a first lumen and a second portion for placing in a region of a branch point at which the first lumen branches off a second lumen, the second portion comprising one or more rings linked by second links to the first portion and, if the second portion comprises two or more rings, together. The first and second portions are configured to be different to facilitate controlled longitudinal deformation of the second portion. |
| US10835394B2 |
Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents
Systems and methods for the manufacture of an hourglass shaped stent-graft assembly comprising an hourglass shaped stent, graft layers, and an assembly mandrel having an hourglass shaped mandrel portion. Hourglass shaped stent may have superelastic and self-expanding properties. Hourglass shaped stent may be encapsulated using hourglass shaped mandrel assembly coupled to a dilation mandrel used for depositing graft layers upon hourglass shaped mandrel assembly. Hourglass shaped mandrel assembly may have removably coupled conical portions. The stent-graft assembly may be compressed and heated to form a monolithic layer of biocompatible material. Encapsulated hourglass shaped stents may be used to treat subjects suffering from heart failure by implanting the encapsulated stent securely in the atrial septum to allow blood flow from the left atrium to the right atrium when blood pressure in the left atrium exceeds that on the right atrium. The encapsulated stents may also be used to treat pulmonary hypertension. |
| US10835392B2 |
Transdermal intraosseous device
A transdermal intraosseous device for coupling a bone stump to an external prosthetic device includes a bone fixator, an external connector and a plurality of modular interface components. The bone fixator includes a proximal portion configured for anchoring into the bone stump of the patient and a distal portion including a base collar configured for subcutaneous implantation. The external connector has a distal portion for coupling to the external prosthetic device and a proximal portion for coupling to the distal portion of the bone fixator. Each interface component can be removably coupled to the base collar and has different size and shape to provide a surgeon-selected transition between the prosthetic device and the patient's skin. |
| US10835389B2 |
Intervertebral disc and insertion methods therefor
A method of inserting an intervertebral disc implant into a disc space includes accessing a spinal segment having a first vertebral body, a second vertebral body and a disc space between the first and second vertebral bodies. The method includes securing a first pin to the first vertebral body and a second pin to the second vertebral body, using the first and second pins for distracting the disc space, and providing an inserter holding the intervertebral disc implant. The method also desirably includes engaging the inserter with the first and second pins, and advancing the inserter toward the disc space for inserting the intervertebral disc implant into the disc space, whereby the first and second pins align and guide the inserter toward the disc space. |
| US10835386B2 |
Inter-body implantation system and method
A system for implanting an inter-body device between adjacent vertebrae comprises an inter-body device having a plurality of cans secured to a flexible bridge and having a relief portion therebetween. An inserter tube and complementary bullnoses are advantageously secured to the vertebrae by an extension arm for securing the assembly precisely in place. A plurality of articulating trial implants are provided to test fit a disc space for the proper sized inter-body device. |
| US10835382B2 |
Tibial tray with removable spikes
According to one example, a tibial replacement assembly for a knee arthroplasty can be configured to couple to a resected proximal surface of a tibia of a human knee. The tibial replacement assembly can include a tibial tray and a first spike. The tibial tray can include a proximal surface and a distal surface opposing the proximal surface. The distal surface can be configured to be disposed on a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The first spike can be removably secured to the tibial tray and can extend generally distally away from the distal surface. The first spike can be configured to extend beneath the resected proximal surface of the tibia. |
| US10835377B2 |
Rolled prosthetic valve support
Apparatus is provided for use at a native valve of a heart of a subject. The apparatus includes a delivery tube, transluminally advanceable to the heart; and a prosthetic valve support, configured to support a prosthetic valve at the native valve, and comprising an upstream support portion. The upstream support portion has a working configuration in which it is generally annular and has (1) a tissue-contacting side configured to be placed against an atrial surface of the native valve, and (2) an opposing side, and defines an opening therebetween. The upstream support portion also has a delivery configuration in which the upstream support portion is rolled up to define a channel, and is disposed within the delivery tube. The upstream support portion is configured to be transitioned from the delivery configuration to the working configuration by being exposed from the delivery tube, and unrolled. |
| US10835376B2 |
Prosthetic valve support structure
The present invention is directed to prostheses including a support structure having a proximal end and a distal end, and a motion limiting member attached to the distal end of the support structure, wherein the motion limiting member is configured to restrict radial expansion of the distal end of the support structure. Methods for delivering the prosthesis are also provided. |
| US10835374B2 |
Intraocular lens and methods and/or components associated therewith
An intraocular lens (IOL) has a clear optic and a curvature changing mechanism in at least a portion the clear optic. The intraocular lens (IOL) can have anterior and posterior portions spaced apart by a cavity, and an actuator for urging change in curvature in at least one of the portions, with energy provided by an energy harvesting mechanism incorporated into haptics of the IOL. |
| US10835367B2 |
Devices for fluid flow through body passages
A device includes a first end portion, a second end portion, an intermediate portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a graft material coupled to at least the intermediate portion. The first end portion has a first end diameter. The second end portion has a second end diameter larger than the first end diameter. The intermediate portion tapers between the first end portion and the second end portion. A method of diverting fluid flow from a first passage to a second passage comprising deploying the device in a third passage between the first passage and the second passage, expanding the first end portion against sidewalls of the first passage, and expanding the second end portion against sidewalls of the second passage. |
| US10835360B2 |
Advanced periodontal endoscope and methods
A periodontal endoscope includes an imaging handle having an imaging end that supports a camera sensor and an introducer including an introducer blade such that the introducer blade is selectively rotatable about the camera sensor for engaging gingival tissue in the field of view for any rotational orientation of the introducer blade relative to the camera while illuminated by an optical fiber bundle. An automatic illuminance controller controls an illumination light source at least within each frame as the frame is scanned based on dynamic range of the camera sensor such that high intensity areas of the frame receive a reduced amount of illumination light by reducing the illumination drive signal as compared to low intensity areas of the frame which receive an increased amount of illumination light by increasing the illumination drive signal relative to the high intensity areas. |
| US10835358B2 |
Dental appliance cleaning system with reduced cross contamination
A system for ultrasonic cleaning of dental appliances provides nested containers adapted to communicate ultrasonic energy therethrough to provide cleaning of a dental appliance contained within the innermost container using a standard ultrasound machine without cross-contamination with liquid from the main ultrasound bath. |
| US10835356B2 |
Swivel assembly for oral irrigator handle
An oral irrigator handle has a handle housing with a swivel assembly for connection to a hose further connected to a fluid source. A tip for directing a focused stream of fluid is releasably connected to a first end of the handle. The swivel assembly is received within the housing and fluidly coupled to tip. The hose is connected to the swivel assembly and fluidly coupled to the tip via the swivel assembly. The swivel assembly prevents translation of rotational movement of the handle or the hose to the other. |
| US10835330B2 |
Method for determining the position of a rotatable jaw of a surgical instrument attachment assembly
A method for determining the position of a rotatable jaw of an attachment relative to a non-rotatable jaw is disclosed. The method comprises assembling the attachment to a surgical robot, rotating a first rotatable driver of the robot to align the first driver with a first rotatable drive of the attachment, and rotating a second rotatable driver of the robot to align the second driver with a second rotatable drive of the attachment. The method further comprises evaluating the amount of rotation required to align the first driver with the first drive and the amount of rotation required to align the second driver with the second drive, calculating a difference between the amount of rotation of the first driver and the amount of the rotation of the second driver, and determining the position of the rotatable jaw relative to the non-rotatable jaw based on the calculated difference. |
| US10835329B2 |
Robotic catheter system with variable drive mechanism
A robotic catheter procedure system is provided. The robotic catheter procedure system includes a bedside system and a remote workstation. The bedside system includes a percutaneous device and a drive mechanism configured to engage and to impart an axial force to the percutaneous device and to advance and retract the percutaneous device. The bedside system includes an actuator providing torque to the drive mechanism to impart the axial force to the percutaneous device, and the torque provided by the actuator is variable. The remote workstation includes a user interface configured to receive a first user input and a control system operatively coupled to the user interface. The control system is configured to communicate a control signal to the actuator. The control signal is based upon the first user input and a second input, and the actuator provides torque to the drive mechanism in response to the control signal. |
| US10835327B2 |
Sensor guided instrument with penetrating feature
A surgical instrument includes a catheter, a distal segment, a needle, and a tracking sensor. The catheter is configured to be inserted into an anatomical passageway of a patient and includes a catheter lumen. The distal segment includes a port that communicates with the catheter lumen. The needle is slidably disposed within the catheter lumen and is translatable relative to the catheter between a retracted position and an extended position. A needle distal end is configured to extend through the port when the needle is in the extended position. The tracking sensor is coupled to the needle and is configured to generate a signal corresponding to a location of the needle distal end within the patient. |
| US10835320B2 |
Systems and methods for a dual-control surgical instrument
A surgical system comprises an instrument and a teleoperated instrument operation system. The instrument comprises a drive member having an end effector coupled to the distal end and a ratchet assembly coupled to the proximal end. The ratchet assembly includes a pin, a gear, and a spring- loaded button. A lever is coupled to and configured to pivot relative to the ratchet assembly to engage the spring-loaded button to disengage the pin from the gear. The lever in a first position places the ratchet assembly in a gripping position in which the end effector grips a surgical accessory. The lever in a second position places the ratchet assembly in a release position in which the end effector releases the surgical accessory. The lever is movable while compressing the spring-loaded button. The teleoperated instrument operation system comprises a capture mechanism configured to move the lever between the first and second positions. |
| US10835319B2 |
Computer-assisted surgery system and method for calculating a distance with inertial sensors
A computer-assisted surgery system for obtaining a distance between at least two fixed points relative to a bone comprises a first accelerometer unit located at a first fixed location on the bone, and producing first acceleration data during a movement of the bone. A second accelerometer unit is located at a second fixed location on the bone, and simultaneously producing second acceleration data during the movement. A gyroscope unit is fixed to the bone and simultaneously producing angular rates of change of said movement. A processor unit obtains the acceleration data and the angular rates of change for calculating the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position on the bone using a distance value of a distance vector between the accelerometer units. An interface outputs the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position relative to the bone. A method for calculating a distance between at least two points on a bone is provided. |
| US10835313B2 |
Radiofrequency ablation catheter with optical tissue evaluation
Systems and methods for performing RF ablation while monitoring the procedure using low coherence interferometry (LCI) data are described. A catheter includes a distal section, a proximal section, a multiplexer, and a sheath coupled between the distal section and the proximal section. The distal section includes one or more electrodes configured to apply RF energy to a portion of a sample in contact with the electrode. The distal section also includes a plurality of optical elements configured to transmit one or more beams of exposure radiation away from the distal section of the catheter. The proximal section includes an optical source configured to generate a source beam of radiation and a detector configured to generate depth-resolved optical data. The multiplexer is configured to generate the one or more beams of exposure radiation from the source beam of radiation. |
| US10835312B2 |
Methods, devices and therapeutic platform for automated, selectable, soft tissue resection
An excisional device may comprise an introducer comprising a distal trough portion and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly may comprise an axial hand element configured to selectively bow out of and away from the distal trough portion and to retract into the distal trough portion and a helical cutting element wound around the axial band element. A rotating drum may be provided to cause the cutting assembly to selectively rotate, bow and retract according to a mechanically-driven first cutting profile that is defined by a shape of a channel formed in the drum. An optical guidance projector assembly may be coupled to the excisional device and may be configured to visually indicate when a distal portion of the excisional device is aligned with an imaging plane of an imaging probe and in a desired position. |
| US10835311B2 |
Electroporation apparatus and method of using same for ablation of an arbitrary volume
An electroporation apparatus and the method of using same are provided. The apparatus allows for the ablation of an area of tissue of arbitrary volume. The apparatus includes a plurality of conductive electrodes attached to a base plate and electrically connected to a pulse generator to allow individual electrical actuation of the electrodes. In use, the electrodes are inserted into an area of tissue to be ablated, such that the electrodes are in a first position. Predetermined ones of the electrodes are then activated to ablate tissue surrounding the activated electrodes, while leaving other ones of the electrodes un-activated. The electrodes are then moved to a second position which is different than the first position, and predetermined ones of the electrodes are then activated to ablate tissue surrounding the activated electrodes, while leaving other ones of the electrodes un-activated. |
| US10835309B1 |
Vessel sealer and divider
An endoscopic bipolar forceps includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The forceps also includes a source of electrical energy connected to each jaw member such that the jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a seal. A generally tube-like cutter is included which is slidably engaged about the elongated shaft and which is selectively movable about the elongated shaft to engage and cut tissue on at least one side of the jaw members while the tissue is engaged between jaw members. |
| US10835307B2 |
Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument containing elongated multi-layered shaft
Provided is a system including a surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly comprising a handle; a shaft assembly coupled to the handle assembly; and a flexible circuit. The handle assembly comprises a proximal portion of the flexible circuit and the shaft assembly comprises a distal portion of the flexible circuit; the shaft assembly further comprising: an exterior shaft positioned around the distal portion of the flexible circuit and configured to change position while a sub-portion of the distal portion of the flexible circuit remains stationary; and shaft control electronics comprising a stationary portion and a non-stationary portion, the stationary portion coupled to the distal portion of the flexible circuit and the non-stationary portion coupled to the exterior shaft; wherein the stationary portion of the shaft control electronics is configured to measure a distance to the non-stationary portion of the shaft control electronics as the exterior shaft changes position. |
| US10835304B2 |
Medical ablation devices and methods
Ablation devices, more specifically needle injectors configured to deliver flowable thermal treatment media into an interface with tissue and that can provide a single dose of ablative energy. |
| US10835303B2 |
Device for thermal ablation
The invention provides a device for thermal ablation at a site in a subject. The apparatus comprises an expandable bladder; a displacement chamber having a variable volume; an elongated catheter forming fluid communication between the bladder and the displacement chamber; and a heater for heating the fluid. To obtain an improved pressure control and a reliable structure, the chamber comprises a syringe structure including a piston movable in a cylinder by power driven means for varying the volume of the displacement chamber. |
| US10835299B2 |
Implantation assembly comprising a drive instrument pre-fitted on a bone implant
The invention concerns an implantation assembly comprising a bone-anchoring element comprising a threaded rod provided at one of its ends with a head and an instrument for driving the bone-anchoring element, said instrument comprising a drive spindle removably premounted on the bone-anchoring element. |
| US10835298B2 |
Process for introducing a stabilizing element into a vertebral element
A process for introducing a stabilizing element into a vertebral column, in which the stabilizing element is introduced in such a manner that the stabilizing element connects two adjacent vertebral bodies to one another. |
| US10835296B2 |
Spinous process clamp
Apparatus, consisting of a hinge, defining a hinge axis, and a pair of opposing jaws terminating at respective proximal regions and distal regions. The proximal regions are connected to the hinge so that at least one of the jaws is configured to rotate about the hinge between a closed state and an open state of the jaws. In addition, the jaws are curved in respective planes parallel to the hinge axis, and terminate in respective narrowed ends at the respective distal regions, wherein in the closed state the jaws are configured to grip one or more sections of vertebrae. The apparatus also has a support structure that is configured to retain the hinge and the pair of opposing jaws. A multiplicity of sharp teeth are disposed on respective inner surfaces of the opposing jaws. |
| US10835295B2 |
Interspinous spacer
An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes is provided. The spacer includes a body and a wing rotatably connected to the body. The wing includes two U-shaped configurations that together define a substantially H-shaped configuration for retaining the spacer between adjacent spinous processes. An actuator assembly is connected to the body and to the wing with the proximal end of the spacer being connectable to a removable driver that is configured to engage the actuator assembly. While connected to the spacer, the driver is rotatable in one direction to deploy the wing from an undeployed to a deployed configuration and in an opposite direction to undeploy the wing. In the deployed configuration, the spacer acts as a space holder opening up the area of the spinal canal, maintaining foraminal height, reducing stress on the facet joints and relieving pain for the patient. |
| US10835292B2 |
Rib fixation device and related methods
A rib fixation plate is provided that is can have one or more locking rib hooks that can translate and rotate independently from one another. The one or more locking rib hooks translate and rotate when in an unlocked conformation and are secured from translation and rotation when in a locked conformation. The plate includes a first end and a second end opposite of the first end, the second end having a housing assembly configured to receive a rod. The rod can be secured to a vertebra with a pedicle screw. |
| US10835291B2 |
Spinal implant system and methods of use
A method of assembly for a bone fastener is provided. The method includes the steps of: engaging a retainer with an implant receiver in a relatively fixed position; translating the retainer relative to the implant receiver to an expandable orientation; and manually engaging a screw shaft with the retainer to connect the implant receiver with the screw shaft. Implants, systems and instruments are disclosed. |
| US10835287B2 |
Fluid skin treatment systems and methods
Devices and methods for dermatology and more particularly to fluid enhanced skin treatment system for skin rejuvenation that can use an abrasive probe for removing epidermal layers while contemporaneously providing for the infusion of therapeutic fluids into the skin. |
| US10835284B2 |
Method and system for controlling pressurization of a patient cavity using cavity distension measured by a pressure sensor of a trocar
According to one embodiment, a method includes positioning a trocar having a pressure sensor in or on the trocar into a patient cavity such that distension of the patient cavity causes an altitude of the pressure sensor to increase. The method also includes distending the patient cavity by supplying an insufflation gas to the patient cavity, thereby increasing an altitude of the pressure sensor from a first altitude to a second altitude. The method also includes determining a change in pressure at the pressure sensor resulting from increasing the altitude of the pressure sensor from the first altitude to the second altitude and controlling the supply of insufflation gas to the patient cavity in response to the determined change in pressure resulting from increasing the altitude of the pressure sensor from the first altitude to the second altitude. |
| US10835283B2 |
Catheter
Catheters and methods for supporting a guidewire or delivering a radiopaque, diagnostic or therapeutic agent through a vessel stenosis or other tortuous anatomy are disclosed. A catheter can comprise an elongate shaft body and a tip member disposed at a distal end of the shaft body. The shaft body can extend from a proximal end to the distal end and can define an inner lumen. The shaft body can include a liner, a braid member surrounding the liner, a multi-layer coil surrounding the braid member, and a polymer cover surrounding the multi-layer coil. The multi-layer coil can include first and second coil layers wound in opposing directions. An outer surface portion of the polymer cover can include one or more helical threads. In an example, the one or more helical threads are positioned around a distal end portion of the shaft body. The tip member can be made from a metal or a polymer and can also include one or more helical threads around its outer surface. |
| US10835281B2 |
Punch tools
A tissue punch including a barrel defining a first open end, a second open end, and inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a lumen there through. A piston is at least partially disposed within the lumen and pressed against the inner diameter of the barrel, the piston being configured to create negative pressure within the barrel when the piston is retracted. A cutting element defines a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the cutting element being disposed at the second open end of the barrel, the distal end of the cutting element defining a cutting edge, the cutting element is in fluid communication with the barrel. A pushing element is slideably disposed about the outer diameter of the barrel, the pushing element is movable from a biased first position away from the cutting edge to a second position proximate the cutting edge. |
| US10835278B2 |
Medical device systems and accessories
Thrombectomy catheter systems, accessory devices, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example thrombectomy system may include a catheter shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a lumen extending at least partially through the catheter shaft. A high pressure tube may be disposed within the lumen. The high pressure tube may be designed for communication with a fluid source. A fluid jet emanator may be coupled to the high pressure tube. The fluid jet emanator may have at least one jet orifice. The catheter shaft may include a first orifice disposed proximally of a distal end of the catheter shaft and a second orifice disposed proximally of the first orifice. An accessory device may be disposed within the lumen. The accessory device may include a helical distal region. |
| US10835273B1 |
Surgical instrument for the removal of frontal nasal recess cells
A surgical instrument for the removal of frontal nasal recess cells includes an elongate handle, a first arm extending from a first end of the handle and a second arm extending from a second end of the handle. The first and second arms can extend in opposing directions. Each of the arms include a spherical terminal hub on their respective ends. A plurality of cylindrical fingers extend from each terminal hub at an angle, thereby providing an umbrella-like configuration. A spherical cap is attached to a free end of each cylindrical finger. |
| US10835269B1 |
Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses and methods of use
Described herein are mechanical inverting tube apparatuses that may be used to remove clot (e.g., thrombectomy), the apparatuses including an inversion support catheter having an expandable funnel-shaped distal end, and a flexible tube that can be continuously rolled over the funnel-shaped distal end and invert into the inner lumen of the inversion support catheter. |
| US10835267B2 |
Ultrasound catheter having protective feature against breakage
An ultrasound catheter has an elongate flexible catheter body having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, and an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the lumen of the catheter body. The ultrasound transmission member has a proximal end that is coupled to a separate ultrasound generating device, and a distal tip that is attached to the distal end of the ultrasound transmission member and which is located at the distal end of the catheter body. The ultrasound transmission member is directly attached to the catheter body and/or to a guidewire tube either directly or via an attachment device. The catheter has an additional radiopaque marker positioned on the distal end the catheter. |
| US10835264B2 |
Drill guide
A drill guide includes a body, a stabilizing member, a tubular guide sleeve, and an engagement member. The body includes a first channel aligned with a longitudinal axis and a second channel transverse to the longitudinal axis. The first channel is dimensioned to receive the sleeve, while the second channel is dimensioned to receive an engagement member. The engagement member is adapted to move within the second channel between an engaged position, where the engagement member inhibits proximal motion of the sleeve, and a second position, where motion of the sleeve is not inhibited. An alignment member is further mounted to the distal end of the sleeve that includes a distally extending member, spaced from the sleeve. In use, the distally extending member may be employed to exert a force upon a bone or other tissue lateral to the longitudinal axis for improved positioning of the bone or tissue. |
| US10835260B2 |
Endoscopic surgical clip applier and handle assemblies for use therewith
A handle assembly for use with a surgical instrument including a housing, a movable handle, a plunger, a first linkage, and a second linkage. The movable handle is pivotably mounted to the housing about a handle pin. The plunger is disposed at least partially within the housing. Distal translation of the plunger relative to the housing is configured to affect a function of the surgical instrument. The first linkage is disposed at least partially within the housing. A first portion of the first linkage is pivotable about the housing, and a second portion of the first linkage is slidable relative to the handle pin. The second linkage is disposed at least partially within the housing. A first portion of the second linkage is pivotable about the plunger, and a second portion of the second linkage is pivotable about a third portion of the first linkage. |
| US10835253B2 |
Connector and wrap for end-to-side nerve coaptation
The problem of attaching a donor nerve stump to a recipient nerve for an end-to-side coaptation is solved by the use of a tissue connector. The tissue connector can have a body for receiving the donor nerve stump and one or more overflaps for attaching the tissue connector with the donor nerve stump therein to the epineurium on the side of the recipient nerve. Sutures can also be used to secure the tissue connector and nerves in place. |
| US10835250B2 |
End effector coupling arrangements for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument
A surgical stapling assembly comprising a firing member, an end effector, a closure member, and a shaft including an attachment interface is disclosed. The surgical stapling assembly is configured to be attached to a surgical instrument interface by way of the attachment interface. The end effector comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, and a staple cartridge comprising staples configured to be ejected by the firing member. The second jaw is movable relative to the first jaw between an open position, a fully-clamped position, and a collapsed position. The end effector further comprises an interconnection between the first jaw and the second jaw defining a rotational axis about which the second iaw is movable relative to the first iaw. The rotational axis is shiftable toward and away from the first iaw as the second iaw is moved between the open position, the fully-clamped position, and the collapsed position. |
| US10835245B2 |
Method for attaching a shaft assembly to a surgical instrument and, alternatively, to a surgical robot
A method comprising the steps of obtaining a shaft assembly comprising an end effector, attaching the shaft assembly to a handle of a surgical instrument, wherein the handle comprises a trigger operable to actuate a function of the end effector when the shaft assembly is attached to the handle, removing the shaft assembly from the handle, attaching the shaft assembly to an arm of a surgical robot and removing the shaft assembly from the arm is disclosed. |
| US10835242B2 |
Surgical stapler flexible distal tip
A tool assembly for a surgical device includes a first jaw member defining a first tissue contact surface and a second jaw member defining a second tissue contact surface. The first jaw member and the second jaw member are movable in relation to each other between open and closed positions wherein, in the closed position, the first and second tissue contact surfaces are spaced apart from each other and define a tissue gap. A compressible material is secured to a distal end of the first jaw member. The compressible material engages the second jaw member when the first and second jaw members are in the closed position. A surgical device includes the aforementioned tool assembly. A kit includes the compressible material secured on a tool assembly of a surgical device. A method of manufacturing the tool assembly and securing the compressible material is disclosed. |
| US10835240B2 |
High-strength multi-component suture
A method for making an expanded, and optionally multi-component and/or colored PTFE monofilament is disclosed. The method includes forming a first paste by mixing a PTFE powder with a hydrocarbon solvent; forming an extrusion preform by pressing the first paste into a form; curing the extrusion preform by exposing the extrusion preform to a first temperature for a first time duration; forming a green monofilament by extruding the first paste through a die; expanding the green monofilament by exposing the green monofilament to a second temperature for a second time duration, the second time duration occurring after the first time duration; stretching the green monofilament substantially along a longitudinal axis of the green monofilament, the stretching the green monofilament occurring after the expanding the green monofilament; and sintering the green monofilament after the stretching the green monofilament. |
| US10835237B2 |
Package for sutures
A package for surgical sutures has a base member, an outer wall extending upwardly form the periphery of the base member, a plurality of pyramidal shaped standoff members arranged in an oval shape and a flat suture channel cover member having a plurality of precision holes to lock the cover member to the standoff members of the base member. The inner surface of the outer wall of the base member is a profiled surface and the outer periphery of the cover member has a profiled surface corresponding to the profiled surface of the outer wall of the base member. The profiled surface of the outer wall can consist of a plurality of D shaped vertical members extending from the top surface of the base member to the top of the outer wall. |
| US10835235B2 |
Suture sleeve patch and methods of delivery within an existing arthroscopic workflow
Suture delivered patches adapted for interposition, augmentation or repair devices for use in tendon and ligament repair, including rotator cuff repair, have been developed as well as methods for their delivery using suture guided arthroscopic methods. The repair patches may be provided from suitable biocompatible materials. The patches may be delivered using anchored sutures already in use during a surgical repair including, open, minimally invasive, endoscopic, and arthroscopic repair procedures. Additionally, fixation of the suture delivered repair patch is secured along with the normal suture securing workflow of the one or more sutures used to deliver the patch. |
| US10835234B2 |
Arthroscopic surgical device
An arthroscopic bone channel forming and suturing system useful following formation of a first and a second generally straight channel in a bone, the second channel not intersecting the first channel, the system including a curved bone puncture needle configured to be insertable into the first channel, a curved needle driving assembly configured to manipulate the curved needle to form a curved junction between the first channel and the second channel, a suture snare wire assembly configured to insert a suture snare wire to a suture snare wire pick-up location via the second channel in the bone and a coordinated multi-function driving assembly operative to operate the curved needle driving assembly and the suture snare wire assembly in coordinated operation to cause the suture snare wire to be pulled from the suture pick up location and through the first channel via the junction. |
| US10835232B2 |
Fracture fixation device
Assemblies for securing a fractured or weakened bone within a subject's body are provided. The assembly includes a frame having an adjustable flexible member construct thereon. The adjustable flexible member construct is disposed in the frame such that the adjustable flexible member and the frame encircle the fractured or weakened bone. |
| US10835228B2 |
Surgical retractor and method of use
A surgical retractor includes a first member defining a longitudinal axis. The first member includes a blade disposed in spaced apart relation relative to the longitudinal axis and a grip surface. A second member has a blade disposed in spaced apart relation relative to the longitudinal axis and a grip surface. The grip surfaces are configured to be drawn together along the longitudinal axis such that the blades are engageable with tissue and connected with the grip surfaces such that the grip surfaces provide a tactile feedback of the tissue engagement. Systems and methods of use are disclosed. |
| US10835225B2 |
Vascular locating systems and methods of use
Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure. |
| US10835219B2 |
Specimen retrieval system for use in endoscopic surgery
A specimen retrieval system for easier tissue removal during endoscopic surgery. The devices include a specimen tube with a main tube, and a mechanism for pulling and everting the distal end of the tube into the tube, or a side channel provided within the tube. The mechanism may include a tether fixed to the distal edge of the tube, or a grasper operable to grasp the distal edge of the tube. |
| US10835212B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus
According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission/reception circuit and processing circuitry. The transmission/reception circuit performs a first scan and a second scan, which are different in acoustic field in an elevation direction, by controlling at least one of transducers arranged along an azimuth direction and the elevation direction. The processing circuitry generates a first needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the first scan, and generates a second needle-enhanced image by using data acquired in the second scan. |
| US10835210B2 |
Three-dimensional volume of interest in ultrasound imaging
A volume of interest is ultrasonically imaged. An object of interest is automatically located from a volume scan. In one approach, a geometric bounding box surrounding the object is found by a classifier. In another approach, an option for zooming to the object is indicated to the user. A scan region is defined around the object or the bounding box automatically, whether in response to user selection of the option or not. The scan region is shaped based on the ultrasound scan format, but is smaller than the volume. The volume of interest defined by the scan region is used to generate images with a greater temporal and/or spatial resolution than scanning of the entire original volume. |
| US10835206B2 |
Wireless ultrasound probe pairing with a mobile ultrasound system
A mobile ultrasound system will pair with a wireless ultrasound probe for exclusive communication between the two for an ultrasound exam when the wireless probe is brought to within a predetermined distance of the mobile ultrasound system. The ultrasound system determines that the wireless probe is within the predetermined distance from the strength of the signal received by the system from the wireless probe. Pairing can proceed automatically when a wireless probe is within the predetermined distance, or after a user actuates a control to initiate the pairing. The ultrasound system may display the identity of a probe within range on the display of the system for selection by the user so that the user will be confident that pairing will be done with the desired wireless probe. |
| US10835202B2 |
System and method for analyzing tissue using shear waves
A system and method for determining tissue changes. Shear waves are transmitted across the tissue in response to an ultrasonic signal input exterior to the tissue surface. Adaptive beam forming signal processing is applied to signal returns and arrivals to remove distortions by targeting velocity contrasts. Shear-wave dispersion, such as due to viscosity and mass changes in the tissue, are then estimated and compared to reference data to determine tissue health. |
| US10835199B2 |
Optical geometry calibration devices, systems, and related methods for three dimensional x-ray imaging
Optical geometry calibration devices, systems, and related methods for x-ray imaging are disclosed. An optical-based geometry calibration device is configured to interface with a two-dimensional (2D) imaging device to perform three-dimensional (3D) imaging. The optical-based geometry calibration device includes one or more optical cameras fixed to either an x-ray source or an x-ray detector, one or more markers fixed to the x-ray detector or the x-ray source, with each of the one or more optical cameras being configured to capture at least one photographic image of one or more corresponding optical markers when each x-ray image of the object is captured, and an image processing system configured to compute positions of the x-ray source relative to the x-ray detector for each 2D projection image based on the at least one photographic image of the one or more markers. |
| US10835194B2 |
Movable x-ray bucky assembly
A movable X-ray bucky assembly includes an X-ray track unit that is mounted to a ceiling of an X-ray room. The X-ray track unit includes a positioning rail that is slidable along a lateral axis of the X-ray track unit. An X-ray bucky mount is movably coupled to the positioning rail and the X-ray bucky mount is movable along a longitudinal axis of the positioning rail. Thus, the X-ray bucky mount can be positioned at a plurality of locations in the X-ray room. An X-ray detection panel is pivotally coupled to the X-ray bucky mount. Thus, the X-ray detection panel can be positioned adjacent to a patient regardless of the position of the patient within the X-ray room. In this way an X-ray image can be taken of the patient when the patient is not able to stand in front of a conventional wall mounted X-ray detection panel. |
| US10835193B2 |
Source grating for X-ray imaging
A source grating structure (G0) for interferometric X-ray imaging cable of generating a non-uniform intensity profile behind a surface (S) of the grating structure when exposed to X-ray radiation. |
| US10835191B2 |
X-ray imaging apparatus
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a drive unit configured to move an imager in a direction opposite to a side on which an obstacle is detected by a sensor when an operator causes the sensor to react while operating a permission button. |
| US10835189B2 |
X-ray imaging systems and methods, and methods of manufacture of collimators for use therein
Provided herein are x-ray imaging systems, methods of x-radiography, and methods of manufacture of collimators suitable for use in x-ray imaging systems and methods of x-radiography. The systems, methods and devices proposed here may assist in providing for improved magnification of x-rays in an x-ray imaging system with improved image quality compared to known systems. It may find applications in a variety of x-ray applications, for example x-ray CT (Computed Tomography) and 2D projectional radiography for e.g. non-destructing testing purposes. |
| US10835186B2 |
Systems for automatic assessment of fall risk
Systems and methods for the automatic assessment of a person's fall risk. The systems and methods utilize an objective standard and evaluation of a person's gait and stance, among other factors, to determine such person's current instantaneous likelihood of a fall, as well as such person's future fall risk. The systems and methods utilize machine observations and calculations to reduce or eliminate bias and the use of subjective assessment criteria. |
| US10835184B2 |
Device for neuroprosthetics with autonomous tunable actuators
A microelectromechanical device and method for neuroprosthetics comprises microactuators and microelectrodes. The microelectrodes are to be positioned in a nerve bundle and bonded with the microactuators through an interconnect. The position of each of the microactuators can be individually tuned through control signals so that the microelectrodes are implanted at desired positions in the nerve bundle. The control signals are transmitted to the microactuators and generated with a open-loop or closed-loop control scheme that uses signals acquired by the microelectrodes from the nerve bundle as feedback. |
| US10835176B2 |
Personalized closed-loop pulsed transcranial stimulation system for cognitive enhancement
A system for closed-loop pulsed transcranial stimulation for cognitive enhancement. During operation, the system identifies a region of interest (ROI) in a subject's brain and then estimates ROI source activations based on the estimated source of the ROI. It is then determined if a subject is in a bad encoding state based on the ROI source activations. Finally, one or more electrodes are activated to apply a pulsed transcranial stimulation (tPS) therapy when the subject is in a bad encoding state, a predefined external event or behavior occurs, or the subject is in a consolidation state during sleep. |
| US10835174B2 |
System and method for monitoring cerebral activity
A patient monitor for monitoring cerebral activity of a patient may include a processor configured to determine a depth of consciousness index for the patient based on electroencephalography (EEG) data and determine regional oxygen saturation for the patient based on regional oximetry data. Additionally, the processor may be configured to determine a metric associated with cerebral activity of the patient based at least in part on the one or more values of the depth of consciousness index and the one or more regional oxygen saturation values and to provide the one or more values of a depth of consciousness index and the metric to an output device. |
| US10835168B2 |
Systems and methods for estimating and predicting emotional states and affects and providing real time feedback
Systems and methods for estimating emotional states, moods, affects of an individual and providing feedback to the individual or others are disclosed. Systems and methods that provide real time detection and monitoring of physical aspects of an individual and/or aspects of the individual's activity and means of estimating that person's emotional state or affect and change to those are also disclosed. Real time feedback to the individual about the person's emotional change, change or potential change is provided to the user, helping the user cope, adjust or appropriately act on their emotions. |
| US10835166B2 |
Viewer emotion determination apparatus that eliminates influence of brightness, breathing, and pulse, viewer emotion determination system, and program
To determine the emotion of a viewer more accurately by measuring the pupil diameter while eliminating the influence of brightness, breathing, and pulse. A reference data measuring unit measures, as reference data, a reference pupil diameter Csk, a breathing influenced pupil diameter Dskt, and a pulse influenced pupil diameter Eskt for each of various combinations of the brightness of an entire screen and the brightness of a visual point. A measuring unit identifies the reference pupil diameter Csk, the breathing influenced pupil diameter Dskt, and the pulse influenced pupil diameter Eskt corresponding to the elapsed time of content. The measuring unit sets a pupil diameter Bt as an attentive pupil diameter A1t in the case of two or more breathing times (T1), calculates the attentive pupil diameter A1t by subtracting the breathing pupil diameter Dskt from the pupil diameter Bt in the case of two or more pulse times and less than two breathing times (T2), and calculates the attentive pupil diameter A1t by further subtracting the pulse influenced pupil diameter Eskt therefrom in the case of less than two pulse times (T3). The measuring unit calculates an attention-attributable pupil diameter A2t by subtracting the reference pupil diameter Csk from the attentive pupil diameter A1t, and divides the attentive pupil diameter A1t and the attention-attributable pupil diameter A2t by the reference pupil diameter Csk to calculate the degrees of attention P1t and P2t. |
| US10835164B2 |
Fluid sampling apparatus and method
A sampling apparatus can have an elongate tube and a liquid partitioning unit, first port can receive an incoming flow of test liquid and a second port may be coupled to the elongate tube. The liquid partitioning unit can combine the flow of test liquid with a plurality of partitioning elements to define a plurality of discrete liquid samples for movement along and storage in the elongate tube. |
| US10835163B2 |
Systems and methods for collecting fluid from a subject
Systems and methods for delivering to and/or receiving fluids or other materials, such as blood or interstitial fluid, from subjects, e.g., from the skin. Beading disruptors and/or capillaries may be used for facilitating the transport of fluids from a subject into a device. Beading disruptors may disrupt the “pooling” of bodily fluids such as blood on the surface of the skin and help influence flow in a desired way. A capillary may conduct flow of fluid in the device, e.g., to an inlet of a channel or other flow path that leads to a storage chamber. A vacuum (reduced pressure relative to ambient) may be used to receive fluid into the device, e.g., by using relatively low pressure to draw fluid into the inlet of a channel leading to a storage chamber. The vacuum source may be part of the device and have a volume that is larger than a recess of the fluid transporter that receives fluid from a surface. |
| US10835160B2 |
Apparatus and method for non-invasively determining the concentration of an analyte
A sensor and an apparatus for non-invasive measurement of an analyte concentration, the apparatus comprising: a first thermal sensor operable to determine a temperature indicative of a temperature at a location on a skin of a subject, an analyte sensor operable to generate a measurement indicative of a concentration of the analyte, a heater; a controller operable to receive a temperature signal from at least the first thermal sensor and to adjust the heater to maintain a thermal equilibrium at said location on the skin; and a processor configured to convert the measurement to a calculated analyte concentration value at a predetermined temperature. |
| US10835157B2 |
Bodily-worn respiratory effort sensing apparatus providing automatic power up and initiation of data recording on a respiratory monitoring recording device
A respiratory effort sensing apparatus (2) includes a flexible belt member (8) having a first buckle member (12A) and a second buckle member (12B), and a wearable respiratory monitoring recording device (6). The monitoring device includes: (i) a processing apparatus (34) structured to be selectively operable in a sleep mode and an active mode, and (ii) buckle detection circuitry (46) structured to detect that both buckle members are operatively coupled to the respiratory monitoring recording device and in response thereto generate a buckle detection signal. The processing apparatus is structured to, in response to receiving the buckle detection signal, automatically: (a) move from the sleep mode to the active mode, and (b) generate data indicative of a respiratory effort of a patient over time based on an effort-based signal generated by the respiratory effort sensing apparatus in response to changes in volume of a body part of the patient. |
| US10835151B2 |
Sensor assemblies for electromagnetic navigation systems
A sensor assembly includes a substrate including a first portion, a second portion, and a rolled section positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The sensor assembly further includes a first magnetic field sensor coupled to the first portion. The first magnetic field sensor has a primary sensing direction aligned with a longitudinal axis of the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly further includes a second magnetic field sensor coupled to the second portion. The rolled section is shaped such that the second magnetic field sensor is oriented with respect to the first magnetic field sensor so that the second magnetic field sensor has a primary sensing direction aligned with an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. |
| US10835149B2 |
Positionable patient-interface apparatus for an imaging system
Apparatus and method for imaging a patient in an MRI system. This includes a frame, and at least one assembly that includes a patient-interface positioner connected to a reference position on the frame, a first lockable joint on the positioner; and a patient interface connected to a patient-proximal end of the positioner by a second joint, wherein the first patient-interface is moveably positioned to a selected pitch angle, a selected yaw angle, and a selected one of a plurality of distances relative to the reference position on the frame. The first lockable joint is configured to be tightened to yieldably hold the first patient-interface at the selected pitch and yaw angles, and at the selected one of the plurality of distances, relative to the reference position. Optionally a second substantially similar patient-interface and assembly are provided. The earpiece(s) optionally include audio transducer(s) and/or RF coil(s). |
| US10835145B1 |
Ear tips capable of capturing bioelectrical signals and providing nerve stimulation
An ear tip for an earpiece including a body having first and second ends, an inner wall extending between the first and second ends to define a hollow passage to conduct sound waves, and an outer wall connected to the inner wall of the body at the first end and tapering away from the inner wall toward the second end. The ear tip further includes first and second electrically conductive elements arranged on an outer surface of the deformable outer wall. |
| US10835144B2 |
Electroencephalograph, brain wave measurement method, brain wave measurement system
The object is to acquire electroencephalogram of high resolution with fewer number of electrodes than usual. An electroencephalogram measurement apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrodes 110 attached on the scalp of a subject for acquisition of electroencephalogram signals of the subject; and an electroencephalogram generation unit 150 for generating an electroencephalograms at locations of the scalp where the electrodes are attached and electroencephalograms at locations of the scalp where the electrodes are not attached. |
| US10835142B2 |
Electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor chip, system on chip (SoC), and wearable appliance
An ECG sensor chip used in a wearable appliance includes; a switch controlled —by a switching signal, an amplifier that amplifies a difference between first and second ECG signals, and a location indicator that generates the switching signal. The switch passes either a first ECG signal or second ECG signal in response to the switching signal. |
| US10835140B2 |
Biological electrode tool
Provided is a biological electrode tool including an electrode portion (10) attached to a human body to acquire a biological signal, and a lead portion (20) for externally leading out the biological signal from the electrode portion (10). The entire areas of the upper and lower surfaces of the electrode portion (10) are covered with a nonwoven fabric (30) except for a portion that contacts the living body (13). The entire areas of the upper and lower surfaces of the lead portion (20) are also covered with nonwoven fabric except for an external lead-out end portion (14). The full circumferential peripheries of the nonwoven fabrics (30) on the upper and lower surfaces of the electrode portion (10) and the lead portion (20) are bonded except for the portion that contacts the living body (13) and the external lead-out end portion (14). Neither the electrode (11) of the electrode portion (10) nor a thin-film lead wire (21) of the lead portion (20) are exposed. |
| US10835135B2 |
Non-contact heartbeat rate measurement system, method and apparatus thereof
A non-contact heartbeat rate measurement system includes an image sensor, a target region selecting module, a heartbeat signal calculating module, a spectrum analyzing module, a vibration detecting module, a heartbeat peak selecting module. When a signal quality indicator is greater than a threshold value, and a first peak with global highest signal intensity in a heartbeat spectrum is similar to a face vibration frequency, the heartbeat peak selecting module selects a second peak with local highest signal intensity from a part frequency band of the heartbeat spectrum as an output heartbeat frequency. A non-contact heartbeat rate measurement method and an apparatus are disclosed herein. |
| US10835133B2 |
Hydrostatic offset adjustment for measured cardiovascular pressure values
A method for monitoring a cardiovascular pressure in a patient may include storing, in a memory of an implantable medical device system and in association with each one or more different patient postures, a respective offset value for the cardiovascular pressure of the patient. The one or more offset values may be determined based on a distance between an implantable pressure sensing device and an anatomical structure of the patient, a location of the implantable pressure sensing device within the patient, or one or more dimensions an anatomical structure of the patient. The method further includes determining a measured value of the cardiovascular pressure and a posture of the patient when the value of the cardiovascular pressure was measured, selecting a stored offset value associated with the current patient posture, and determining an adjusted cardiovascular pressure value based on the selected offset value and the measured cardiovascular pressure value. |
| US10835130B2 |
Noninvasive blood glucose measurement method and apparatus
A blood glucose measurement apparatus includes: a control unit configured to determine a user's blood glucose level based on a concentration of body fluid secreted from the user; and a biometric information acquisition unit configured to acquire biometric information indicating a status of a user's autonomic nervous system. The control unit is configured to correct the determined blood glucose level based on the biometric information. |
| US10835129B2 |
System to diagnose and manage orthostatic intolerance
An apparatus includes a posture sensing circuit configured to detect a change in posture of a subject; a cardiac signal sensing circuit configured to generate a sensed cardiac signal, wherein the sensed cardiac signal includes heart rate information of the subject; a physiologic sensing circuit configured to generate a sensed physiologic signal, wherein the physiologic signal includes information related to blood pressure of the subject; a storage buffer; and a control circuit operatively coupled to the posture sensing circuit and the storage buffer. The control circuit is configured to initiate storage of the heart rate information and the information related to blood pressure in response to a detected change in posture of the subject. |
| US10835122B2 |
System and method for image processing of medical test results using generalized curve field transform
A method for image processing medical self-test results receives a digital image of a visual indication of a test result. A digital image is generated of the visual indication of the test result that includes noise and distortions therein. The digital image is processed using generalized curve field transforms to extract relevant features of the digital image in a presence of the noise and distortions to create a transformed image. A diagnosis is generated based upon the transformed image to the plurality of images of the test results. |
| US10835119B2 |
Compact telescope configurations for light scanning systems and methods of using the same
Compact telescope configurations for light scanning systems and related methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system for imaging or relaying an image of an object includes a first optical element having a first focal length f1 for imaging or relaying an image of an object at the distance f1 from the first optical element. The system also includes a second optical element having a second focal length f2 for receiving an image of the object from the first optical element and for focusing an output of the image at the distance f2 from the second optical element on a side that opposes the first optical element. The first optical element and the second optical element are separated by a distance of approximately [Formula I], wherein r is the finite radius of curvature of the wavefront of light located at the object or image of the object. |
| US10835118B2 |
Systems and methods for pupil size detection
The present disclosure relates to sensor systems for electronic ophthalmic devices. In certain embodiments, the sensor systems may comprise a selection layer configured to reject light from the eye within a first range of incident angles and allow light from the eye within a second range of incident angles to pass through the selection layer. The sensor system may comprise a plurality of photodiodes disposed below the selection layer and configured to detect the light from the eye within the second range of incident angles that is allowed to pass through the selection layer. The sensor system may comprise an output circuit electrically coupled to the plurality of photodiodes and configured to output a signal indicative of which photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes detected the light. |
| US10835117B2 |
Testing and determining a threshold value
This invention relates to testing and determining a threshold value used in psychometric testing in field of ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology and visual neuropsychology. The method comprises at least the following steps: a) displaying a symbol with a distinctive visual appearance and with a stimulus level to a display at a stimulus time-point, the symbol selected from a group of possible symbols, b) monitoring if a response is given on a response device with multiple choices, each choice representing a possible visual appearance or location of the symbol, and b1) if a response is not given in a response time-limit from the stimulus time-point, increasing the stimulus level of the symbol by a predetermined step and returning to step a), or b2) if a response is given in the response time-limit from the stimulus time-point, comparing the response to symbol displayed in step a), and c1) if the response does not correspond to the symbol displayed in step a), producing, e.g. displaying, an error feedback and returning to step a), or c2) if the response corresponds to the symbol displayed in step a), determining if stop criteria for the test is satisfied, and d1) if stop criteria for the test is not satisfied, decreasing the stimulus level by a predetermined step and returning to step a), or d2) if stop criteria for the test is satisfied, ending the test. |
| US10835115B2 |
Multifunctional visualization instrument
A multifunctional visualization instrument is provided that, in certain embodiments, includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The multifunctional visualization instrument includes a display screen on the body and a camera stick at the distal end of the body and comprising an arm and a camera. The arm of the camera stick is sized to fit within a channel of a removable laryngoscope blade. The multifunctional visualization instrument includes a port on a surface of the laryngoscope, configured to mate with an introducer and a steering input for steering the introducer, displayed on the display screen simultaneously with an image of the patient captured by the camera. |
| US10835111B2 |
Three-dimensional imaging using swept, confocally aligned planar excitation with an image relay
The disclosed subject matter includes devices and systems for extending the imaging capability of swept, confocally aligned planar excitation (SCAPE) microscopes to in vivo applications. In embodiments, the SCAPE microscope can be implemented as an endoscopic or laparoscopic inspection instrument. |
| US10835109B2 |
Endoscope system
An endoscope system includes: an imaging device detachably connected to an eyepiece unit of an endoscope inserted into a subject, the endoscope taking a subject image inside the subject from a distal end thereof, and the imaging device being configured to capture the subject image taken by the endoscope; a detection area setting unit configured to set a detection area in the captured image captured by the imaging device; a detection processing unit configured to execute, based on an image in the detection area in the captured image, a detection process for calculating an evaluation value of the image; and a subject image determining unit configured to determine a size of the subject image in the captured image, wherein the detection area setting unit changes an area of the entire detection area based on a determination result of the subject image determining unit. |
| US10835107B2 |
Endoscope electro-pneumatic adaptor
An endoscope system including an endoscope including an endoscope electro-pneumatic connection assembly having a leak test port, an endoscope electro-optic subsystem which is connectable to the endoscope via the endoscope electro-pneumatic connection assembly in a manner which precludes access to the leak test port when the endoscope electro-optic subsystem and the endoscope are connected at the electro-pneumatic connection assembly and an electro-pneumatic adaptor, which is connectable to the endoscope at the electro-pneumatic connection assembly and includes an adaptor electro-pneumatic connection assembly, including a leak test port connector for connection to the leak test port of the endoscope, an adaptor electrical port assembly to which the endoscope electro-optic subsystem is connectable and a pneumatic port. |
| US10835105B1 |
Display correction system for endoscope and the correction method thereof
A display correction system applied for an endoscope is provided which includes a color checker, a light-shielding tank, an endoscope has a lens that is sleeved in the light shielding tank and the lens is disposed toward the view window, the lens of the light-shielding tank is sequentially aligned the color block of the color checker through the view window to capture the image of the color block. The monitor has a captured image window which is provided for displaying the image of the color that is captured by the endoscope. The display correction device is provided for correcting the image signal from the color block that is transmitted by the endoscope, such that the image is displayed on the monitor is corresponding to the image of the electrical signal, and the color of the image on the monitor is the same as the true color of the color block. |
| US10835101B2 |
Draining system for wet objects on single and multi level trays
A draining system comprising a single or multi-layer tray designed to store and dry wet objects like winter boots, rain boots or dishes that are placed on the tray. This system provides effective utilization of space to store wet objects. Water from the wet objects placed on the tray goes into waste collection bin which can easily be removed without disrupting the tray set-up to dispense waste water without creating a mess. |
| US10835098B2 |
Conveyor dishwasher and method for operating a conveyor dishwasher
A flight-type dishwasher or rack conveyor dishwasher has a conveyor apparatus (20) for conveying washware through individual treatment zones (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the conveyor dishwasher (1). The conveyor dishwasher (1) has a detection system (30) designed to detect the presence of washware or a washware carrier (7) in a predefined region (A) at an inlet (10) or at a feed (16) of the conveyor dishwasher (1). A control device (50) is designed to actuate the conveyor apparatus (20) such that the conveyor apparatus (20) is activated when washware or a washware carrier (7) is detected in the region (A) at the inlet (10) or feed (16) of the conveyor dishwasher (1), and that the conveyor apparatus (20) is deactivated when no washware or no washware carrier (7) is detected in the region (A) at the inlet (10) or feed (16) of the conveyor dishwasher (1). |
| US10835097B2 |
Fluid flow structure and method of use for continuous motion washing machine
A fluid flow structure for a washing machine is located within a wash tank of the washing machine, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for the guide surface. The guide surface includes at least one region contoured inconsistently from the contour of at least one corresponding wall of the washing machine wash tank. The contour of the guide surface is generally curved so as to aide in reducing and/or preventing the pinning of items that often occurs in rectangular wash tanks of the prior art. The support for the guide surface creates a gap between the guide surface and at least one wall of the washing machine wash tank. |
| US10835094B2 |
Dust collecting apparatus
A dust collecting apparatus includes a dust separation unit to separate dust from suctioned air; a dust storage unit to store the dust separated in the dust separation unit; a pressing member to compress the dust stored in the dust storage unit, and having a pressing plate support part, and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a fixing member disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit and the pressing plate support part; and a path formed by a part of the fixing member, located between the pressing plate support part and the inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit, and through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes, wherein one or more holes through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes are formed at the pressing plate. |
| US10835093B2 |
Dust collecting apparatus
A dust collecting apparatus includes a dust separation unit to separate dust from suctioned air; a dust storage unit to store the dust separated in the dust separation unit; a pressing member to compress the dust stored in the dust storage unit, and having a pressing plate support part, and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a fixing member disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit and the pressing plate support part; and a path formed by a part of the fixing member, located between the pressing plate support part and the inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit, and through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes, wherein one or more holes through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes are formed at the pressing plate. |
| US10835092B2 |
Vacuum cleaner attachment having a concave vacuum head with a swivel joint that swivels only within a central plane of the vacuum head
A vacuum cleaner attachment is disclosed having a concave vacuum head with a swivel joint that permits swiveling of the vacuum head only within the plane of the vacuum head. The concave vacuum head can have a curvature that is similar to the curvature of a cylindrical surface to be vacuumed. Thus, while a user manipulates the conduit providing the air suction to the vacuum head, the concave surface can be supported and swiveled around the circumference of the cylindrical surface to be vacuumed, while the vacuum head is also moved along the length of the cylindrical surface. Throughout this movement of the concave vacuum head, the concave opening of the concave vacuum head can stay in closer proximity and conformity to the cylindrical surface than is possible using a fixed vacuum head with a flat opening, thereby making cleaning of the cylindrical surface more effective and efficient. |
| US10835090B2 |
Toilet ventilation system
A toilet bowl ventilation system exhausts air in and around the toilet bowl to an area adjacent to the room in which the toilet is located. The toilet bowl ventilation system includes a housing operable to affix to a toilet seat and a fan positioned within the housing. The system further includes a controller for activating the fan and optionally adjusting the fan's speed when activated. An exhaust hose is operable to transport air from the fan in the housing to a selected area adjacent to the room in which the toilet is located (e.g., outdoors). |
| US10835086B2 |
Sheet material transfer system/assembly for a dispenser
A sheet material dispenser can include a sheet material transfer assembly operable to automatically transfer feeding or dispensing of sheet material between a plurality of supplies of sheet material. The sheet material transfer assembly can include a frame that is movable between a plurality of positions including a first position that facilitates feeding of the sheet material from a first supply of sheet material, and a second position that facilitates feeding or dispensing of sheet material from a second supply of sheet material. The frame of the sheet material transfer system can shift or move to the second position for dispensing sheet material from the second supply of sheet material when the first supply of sheet material is fully dispensed. |
| US10835085B1 |
Voice-controlled shower back scrubber
A voice-controlled back scrubber that comprises of a rectangular frame that guides a rectangular compartment. The rectangular compartment has a holder that receives a lift belt on its central top inner section. The rectangular compartment houses a liquid soap holder, a plurality of scrubber sprockets that define a spindle, a first servomotor, a plurality of electrical soap dispensers, a plurality of soap dispensing hoses, a second servomotor, a lift belt, a controller and a power source. The rectangular compartment is covered with a cover that has a plurality of apertures that allows the spindles to pass through the cover. Scrubbers attach to the spindles after the cover is placed on the rectangular compartment. And, an accordion cover that attaches to the rectangular frame and to the rectangular compartment so that an inner section of the rectangular frame that covers the holder and the lift belt is covered. |
| US10835076B2 |
Extended life roller grill
An extended life roller grills for re-thermalizing and merchandising food product with easily replaceable bearing assemblies, drive assembly and roller tubes. The grill is comprised of rotation of a plurality of heated internally tubes, a drive assembly that transfers rotational motion to the roller tubes from a cam or chain or gear system or cog belt attached to a motor providing rotational motion and force to the roller tubes. Roller grill chain drive or gear drives, or cog belt or cam drives that utilize replaceable bearing assemblies for extending the service life the roller grill. A cam drive assembly substantially increases the reliability, ease of assembly and disassembly, serviceability, and maintenance of the roller grill. Cam drive provides for easy removal, servicing and replacement of roller tubes not available on other drive systems for roller grills. Replaceable bearing journals to extend the life span of chain, gear, cam or belt drive grills. |
| US10835075B2 |
Built-in coffee machine
The built-in coffee machine (1) comprises components (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) housed in a box frame (3) and means for the forced circulation of a flow of air in turn comprising an air channel internal of said box frame (3) for the dehumidification and cooling of the environment internal of said box frame (3) and at least one fan (15) for forced circulation of the flow of air along said air channel (16), the box frame (3) advantageously supporting a support platform (13) for cups (14) towards which an air delivery section (17) of the air channel (16) is oriented for heating said cups (14). |
| US10835073B2 |
Device for the prevention of cooking boilover
A device for the prevention of cooking boilover is disclosed. The device is placed on a cooking vessel while in use to disrupt building surface tension in a boiling liquid, and thus reduce or eliminate the tendency for the cooking vessel to boil over. The device for the prevention of cooking boilover (“boilover preventer”) has a first supporting member and a second supporting member with a center portion joined to each supporting member and having a generally concave upper surface with holes there through. |
| US10835072B2 |
Steam generator
A steam generator includes: a water storage chamber which stores water therein, a heater which heats inside the water storage chamber to generate steam, a water supply device which supplies the water storage chamber with water, a steam spout port which ejects steam generated in the water storage chamber therethrough, a temperature detector which detects a temperature in the water storage chamber, and a controller which controls the heater and the water supply device, wherein after the start of the heating by the heater, the controller determines if water storage is completed in the water storage chamber based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector. |
| US10835071B1 |
Cookware drainage apparatus
A cookware apparatus is utilized to efficiently drain liquids from itself. The apparatus includes a body having an upper bottom section including at least one orifice, a lower bottom section, and a sidewall section affixed to the upper bottom section. Shafts affixed to the lower bottom section may be disposed within each of at least one housing mounted to a surface of the sidewall section.Handle portions affixed to at least one of the body and the at least one housing each include a trigger mechanism for actuating linear movement of the shafts. Actuation of the trigger mechanism separates the lower bottom section from the upper bottom section and the sidewall section to allow liquid to drain through the at least one orifice and out the interior volume of the body. |
| US10835070B2 |
Safe mail delivery by unmanned autonomous vehicles
Operation of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs) around human population requires the utmost level of safety. Trackpath pre-computed navigation paths and Free flight corridor protection systems reduce the possibility of injuring humans during flight, but at the point of delivery the drone must, by necessity, come down to level of and near humans. This invention teaches the system and method of a personal household mail system that minimizes human exposure to the delivery UAV, provides a method of verifying that the addressee is correct, and optionally secures the mail until it is picked up by the designated recipient. |
| US10835068B2 |
Slip-resistant multipurpose wardrobe hanger
A non-slip multipurpose wardrobe hanger includes a continuous solid frame comprising an interior body; a neck; an upper hook extending from the neck, wherein the neck extends to a pair of opposing arms, wherein each of the opposing arm has a proximal and distal end; two medially positioned cutout sections spanning the length of the opposing arms, wherein each of the cutout section comprises a top and bottom surface; and a non-slip material, wherein the non-slip material is fixedly attached to the bottom surface and top surface of each. |
| US10835067B2 |
Beverage holder
A beverage holder is provided. The beverage holder may include a container having a first outer wall and a second inner wall and a sealed vacuum cavity formed between the first outer wall and second inner wall. The beverage holder may also include a fastening seal having an engagement portion configured to removably engage the container and a retention portion configured to engage a beverage container. |
| US10835065B2 |
Drinking vessel having a drinking valve
The present disclosure is directed to a drinking vessel that can include a drinking container and a drinking attachment that is coupled to the container. A straw can be positioned through an opening in the drinking attachment. The straw can include a top end that includes an opening through which a user can withdraw liquid and a bottom end. A drinking valve can be positioned along the bottom end of the straw and can include a tube that is open on the top and closed on the bottom and further includes at least one flow-through opening connecting the inside of the valve to the outside of the straw. A suction tube can include a tube wall that can be slid over the valve to couple the straw to the suction tube. |
| US10835063B2 |
Headrest cushion assembly for neck pain
A headrest assembly for a user to recline thereon. The headrest assembly comprises an upper portion for supporting the user's head and a lower portion for supporting the user's upper back. There is a rigid base that supports the upper and lower portions. At the upper portion, there are one or more upper cushions coupled to the rigid base. The upper cushion(s) are configured to support a user's head. At the lower portion, one or more elongated back support(s) are coupled to the rigid base. Also disclosed are methods for using a headrest assembly. |
| US10835062B1 |
Whole arm and hand pillow
A pillow sleeve that cover a user's entire arm from the palm of their hand to their deltoid. The pillow sleeve is formed from layers of material and padding to provide a pillow like surface for sleeper to rest their head on their arms. |
| US10835060B2 |
Picture hanger comprising extruded profile
An adjustable hanger assembly is provided that includes a slider base and a slider that can be adjusted horizontally and vertically within the slider base. The slider can be held in a position by a fastener such as a threaded fastener. A series of horizontal grooves and ridges on the slider can engage a series of complementary grooves and ridges on the slider base, and the engagement can occur at different heights. The slider can freely move horizontally once inserted into the slider base. The slider base can be squeezed by tightening the threaded fastener to pinch the slider and hold the slider in a desired vertical and horizontal position. The hanger assembly can be adjusted both vertically and horizontally after the slider base is fixedly secured to a wall. |
| US10835058B2 |
Paper composite nursery shipping rack
This invention is a unique and novel shipping frame for nursery plants, that is made from a water-resistant recycled paper composite material. The frame allows for supporting one or more shelves and is attached to a base. The one or more shelves and base are capable of holding the plants during shipment to insure the plants are not damaged. After shipment is completed, the frame may be reused or disposed of accordingly. |
| US10835056B2 |
Product management display system
An adjustable tray for a merchandise display system may include a retainer for limiting the movement of products loaded in the adjustable tray, a first divider extending from a first panel and second divider extending from a second panel. The spacing between the first divider and the second divider can be configured to be adjusted. The first panel and the second panel can be configured to move to provide additional surface area for the adjustable tray to accommodate different sized products. The adjustable tray may further include a pusher mechanism configured to bias product toward the retainer. |
| US10835055B2 |
Foldable play yard
A foldable play yard includes a floor assembly, a top rail assembly and a corner post assembly. The corner post assembly includes a first column and a second column movable relative to the first column. A lower end of the first column is pivoted to the floor assembly. An upper end of the first column is movably connected to the top rail assembly. A lower end of the second column is movably connected to the floor assembly. An upper end of the second column is pivoted to the top rail assembly. The floor assembly drives the second column to move relative to the first column to drive the top rail assembly to be folded when the floor assembly is folded, and the floor assembly drives the second column to move relative to the first column to drive the top rail assembly to be unfolded when the floor assembly is unfolded. |
| US10835052B2 |
Lie-flat mattress pad
The invention is an improved utility bedding product for use on beds or reclining chairs, particularly airplane seats. The inventive product is a multi-layered, lie-flat mattress pad that increases the comfort of passengers by providing a soft resting surface made of materials that permit the flow of air through the mattress pad. In preferred embodiments the mattress pad includes a pocket so the pad may be folded or rolled up and secured in a compact configuration for use as a pillow and for ease of transport. |
| US10835046B2 |
Outdoor furniture containing a fortified drop box for the exterior of a home and method of use thereof
Outdoor furniture for an exterior of a home includes a piece of outdoor furniture with a fortified drop box contained therein. The fortified drop box has a lid configured to open for gaining access to the fortified drop box. The lid of the fortified drop box is also configured to close for sealing the fortified drop box. A locking mechanism is included with the fortified drop box that is configured for securing the fortified drop box with the lid closed. The locking mechanism of the fortified drop box is also configured to selectively unlock for accessing the fortified drop box through the lid. Wherein, the piece of outdoor furniture containing the fortified drop box is configured and shaped like functional outdoor furniture. |
| US10835044B2 |
Folding storage stool on wheels
A folding storage stool on wheels, including: a foldable stool body; a cover for covering an upper opening of the foldable stool body in an unfolded state; an inner support plate for supporting the foldable stool body and arranged on a bottom of an inner cavity of the unfolded stool body; and movable wheels arranged at a bottom of the unfolded stool body. Side folds are provided on middles of two opposite sides of the foldable stool body. A bottom fold that is inwardly folded is provided at a bottom surface of the foldable stool body. After the inner support plate is removed from the foldable stool body, the two opposite sides with side folds are folded inwardly along the side folds and the bottom surface is folded along the bottom fold, forming a folded body which is accommodated in a cavity of the cover. |
| US10835043B2 |
Modular furniture and support therefor
A support for a piece of modular furniture, and a piece of modular furniture which includes the support. The support includes first and second legs connected by a longitudinal member and a support member. The support member extends generally transversely to the longitudinal member in a direction allowing it to extend under a seat and support the seat. The piece of furniture preferably includes two or more such supports, each having a support member which extends towards the other support, so that they together may support the seat. The supports are generally universal in design, in that a single type of support may be used to make many different types of furniture, such as a chair, a sofa, an end table and a full table. Chairs and sofas may include backs, and therefore the supports used with such types of furniture include extensions which support the back. |
| US10835039B1 |
Low-friction roller assembly
A low-friction roller assembly is provided. The low-friction roller assembly is especially suitable for use in a refrigerator for reducing noise and reducing wobble and vibration. The low-friction roller assembly has a rotating element encased within a fluid and secured within a housing. An axle attached to the rotating element extends outside of the housing and is connected to a wheel via a keyed interlocking component. The wheel is attached to mount assembly in, for example, a refrigerator, which is attached to a movable drawer. |
| US10835030B2 |
Individual-patient one-day oral care kit
An individual-patient one-day oral care kit comprises a housing and a plurality of sealed trays disposed within the housing. Each of the sealed trays contains oral hygiene components. By one approach at least one of the sealed trays contains an oral hygiene component comprising a toothbrush that is unique to that particular tray. By one approach all of the sealed trays contain at least one same oral hygiene component. By one approach each of the sealed trays is configured to serve a patient's oral hygiene compliance requirements in accordance with an event driven schedule during a single day. |
| US10835028B2 |
Oral care system and method
An oral care system may include: an oral care device including: at least one teeth cleaning element; and at least one sensor configured to detect motion of the oral care device during a brushing routine of a user and to generate sensor data corresponding to the detected motion; and a programmable processor configured to: receive the sensor data generated by the at least one sensor; and determine a target brushing time based on the sensor data. |
| US10835022B2 |
Eyeglass holder
A wearable eyeglass holder that holds a temple of a folded pair of eyeglasses in a manner that resists the inadvertent unfolding of the held temple and the wearer's loss of the eyeglasses. The eyeglass holder has a connector that enables it to be attached, in a pendulous manner, to the wearer's neck, clothing, or other object. The eyeglass holder has an oblong body with a double convex shape and a longitudinal inner channel with two oblong openings on the same face of the body. A temple of a pair of eyeglasses, inserted through the upper opening, comes to rest upon a waist extending between the openings. The eyeglasses rest on the waist and a foot of the body provides a second contact point with the temple that maintains it in a closed position. |
| US10835017B2 |
Device for personalizing fragrance
Embodiments disclosed herein include a device for personalizing fragrance. The device includes a first module comprising a first hemispherical cap, a first container, and a first attacher; a first fragrance formulation contained by the first container; and a second module comprising a second hemispherical cap, a second container, and a second attacher. Also included is a second fragrance formulation, which can be different from the first fragrance formulation, and contained by the second container. The device includes a ring-shaped adaptor comprising a first feature for attaching to the first module at the first attacher and a second feature for attaching to the second module at the second attacher. When the first and second modules are each attached to the adaptor and the caps are in a closed position, the first module opposes the second module and the device has a capsule shape. |
| US10835016B1 |
Cosmetic case
A cosmetic case is covered with a hinge and attachable cap to save a user effort in operation. The cosmetic case is covered by a simple design and construction of the hinge and attachable cap with a bore, which could be attached to a protrusion on the cosmetic case during usage. The cap could also be actuated by the slider assembly and move along a path enabling attachment to the bottom portion of the cosmetic case. The cosmetic case covered with an attachable and sliding cap, houses a cosmetic and slider assembly, which could be used in ease by any professional beauticians, or anyone of interest at home. The cosmetic case configured with the attachable cap, avoids inconveniences caused to the user during cosmetic application. |
| US10835014B2 |
Liquid dispenser
A liquid dispenser for discharging liquids, in particular in rod shape. The liquid dispenser has a liquid store for receiving liquid prior to discharge, and a discharge opening for discharging the liquid. The liquid dispenser has a pumping device having an actuating surface for manual actuation, by which liquid is conveyed from the liquid store to the discharge opening. The liquid store is provided within an exchangeable container unit, couplable to a main unit including the pumping device (62) and the discharge opening, and is uncouplable therefrom. For the exchangeable coupling of the container unit to the main unit is provided a coupling device, by which the container unit, by pressing against the main unit, is alternately couplable thereto and releasable therefrom. The coupling device possesses two coupling members, wherein one coupling member is provided on the container unit and one coupling member on the main unit. |
| US10835010B1 |
Nail lamp with light emitting diodes and rechargeable battery
A nail lamp for curing UV-curable nail gel uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit ultraviolet light and are relatively lower power. The nail lamp is powered from an exterior power source, such as a wall socket, or by a rechargeable battery pack. A battery compartment of the nail lamp holds the battery pack, which is removable without disassembling the nail lamp. The nail lamp is easily transportable to different locations and can be used even when a wall socket is unavailable. A curing time of the nail lamp is user-selectable. The nail lamp can also include detection sensors to detect a person's hand or foot in a treatment chamber and automatically turn on or off the LEDs. |
| US10835006B2 |
Protective enclosure for encasing an electronic device
A protective enclosure for an electronic device includes a top member adapted to be removably coupled to a bottom member to enclose the electronic device. A first back engagement feature is disposed on an inside surface of a perimeter wall portion of the bottom member, and the first back engagement feature is adapted to engage a first front engagement feature disposed on an inner perimeter wall of the top member to removably secure the top member to the bottom member. A second back engagement feature is disposed on an outside surface of the perimeter wall portion of the bottom member, and the second back engagement feature is adapted to engage a second front engagement feature disposed on an outer perimeter wall of the top member to further removably secure the top member to the bottom member. |
| US10835004B2 |
Apparatus and devices for responsive umbrella with hands-free mechanism
The present disclosure relates to a responsive umbrella with a hands-free mechanism that allows a user to operate and hold the responsive umbrella without requiring the use of their hands. The hands-free mechanism may be a wearable strap or harness. A responsive umbrella may be adjustable for the angle of extension from the hands-free mechanism, which may allow a user to adapt the responsive umbrella for different ambient conditions. |
| US10835002B2 |
Electric slide fastener system, radio transmitter, and slider as radio receiver
To provide an electric slide fastener system, a radio transmitter, and a slider as a radio receiver that are able to operate adequately according to the state of an electric slider. An electric slide fastener system is provided with: a slide fastener chain including a pair of fastener tapes and element strips including a plurality of elements fixed to the fastener tapes; a slider configured to be movable relative to the slide fastener chain and including at least a power supply, a control part including a reception part for receiving a radio signal, and an output part including a drive part for driving an electric motor and a transmitting part for transmitting a drive force to the element strips; and a radio input part for transmitting by radio an instruction signal to the slider. |
| US10835000B2 |
Cutting assembly for manufacturing footwear having sipes
An apparatus for manufacturing footwear, the apparatus including a jig and a cutting die. The jig including a base member and a plurality of pins, the jig having an outline conforming to an entire outline of a conventional midsole of an article of footwear and having an upwardly facing top surface configured to engage a foam midsole member, and the plurality of pins positioned about a periphery of the base member and projecting upwardly. The cutting die having a plurality of blades configured to form sipes in the lower surface of the foam midsole member, the cutting die being movable toward the top surface of the base member to bring the blades into contact with the foam midsole member disposed between the cutting die and the base member. |
| US10834997B2 |
Support members with variable viscosity fluid for footwear
An article of footwear including an adaptive support system includes a plurality of support members. Each support member includes an outer chamber and an inner chamber, the inner chamber being filled with a magnetorheological fluid. An electromagnet is disposed adjacent to the inner chamber and can be used to vary the viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid. |
| US10834993B2 |
Footwear sole structure with carrier and frame
A sole structure for an article of footwear may include a carrier and a frame. The frame may include walls that define cells. The carrier may cover the frame. The frame may be joined to and located on a top side of the carrier. |
| US10834992B2 |
Shoe
Described are shoes, particularly a sports shoe, having an upper and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper. As examples, the outer sole is knitted in a unitary fashion with the upper. As further examples, an insert is positioned within the one-piece knitwear, wherein the insert comprises a profile that increases traction of the outer sole. |
| US10834990B2 |
Foot support members that provide dynamically transformative properties
Foot support members, e.g., sole structures for articles of footwear, include dynamically transformable portions, e.g., to change a dimension and/or apply a tensile or compressive force to some portion of an article of footwear or other foot-receiving device. Such foot support members may include a flexible support member having a wave shaped portion that flexes under an applied force. Flexing of this wave shaped portion under weight of a wearer produces: (a) a change in at least one of a longitudinal or transverse dimension of the foot support member, (b) application of a compressive or tensile force to the plantar support component and/or another part of the foot support member, article of footwear, or other foot-receiving device, (c) flattening of the wave shaped portion, and/or (d) compressing the wave shaped portion together (e.g., to fold up, decrease in overall height, etc.). |
| US10834989B2 |
Article of footwear having a textile upper
An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. The textile element may also have a first area and a second area with a unitary construction with varying stitch configurations. The upper may also incorporate longitudinal ribs extending along the lateral and/or medial sides of the upper. Various warp knitting or weft knitting processes, including circular knitting, may be utilized to form the textile element. |
| US10834988B2 |
Protective helmet with integrated rotational limiter
A helmet is disclosed for protection during an impact. An inner liner may slidably couple to the outer liner through at least one return spring. The outer liner includes an interior surface with a shelf extending inward. The shelf includes an arresting surface. The inner liner has an exterior surface, an interior surface and an edge connecting the exterior surface to the interior surface. The edge faces the arresting surface of the shelf. The inner liner is slidably movable relative to the outer liner between a first position in which the edge of the inner liner is separated from the arresting surface of the shelf by a first gap, and an arrested position in which a portion of the edge of the inner liner is in contact with a portion of the arresting surface of the shelf. |
| US10834986B2 |
Smart safety helmet with heads-up display
A safety system is configured to be worn by a user. The safety system includes a helmet, a transparent display screen coupled to the helmet and configured to provide eye safety for the user, the transparent display screen configured to display graphical information to the user in substantially real time. According to one embodiment, if a hazard is identified in a first route, the apparatus communicates an identification of the hazard for display to the user via the transparent display screen. Further, if the hazard is identified in the first route, the apparatus communicates an identification of a second route for display to the user via the transparent display screen, the second route avoiding the hazard with each of the first route and the second route rendered in the transparent display screen. According to various embodiments, the apparatus operates in substantially real time to evaluate conditions in the first route based on information provided by the at least one sensing system to determine whether the hazard exists. |
| US10834984B2 |
Dual retractable seam ripper
A dual blade retractable tool is provided. The tool has a round tubular housing and a one-piece injection molded slide block structure. The housing has a longitudinally extending control slot and two ends with blade extension openings, one major and one minor. The one-piece structure has a major blade and a minor blade, each carried by a support. Each blade projects through the corresponding blade extension opening. One support is attached to a leaf spring cantilevered at the other end. The spring carries a control button, which projects through and moves within the slot, and a locking pin, which extends beyond the spring perpendicular to the control slot. Depressions in the tube engage and dis-engage with the locking pin as the button is pressed and moved. |
| US10834979B1 |
Finger burn protection strap
A strap approximately one-inch wide lines the inner hand extending between the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger used to pinch, twist, or grip and hold hot items. A loop for insertion of the thumb at one end and a loop for insertion of the index finger at the opposite end of the strap secure the strap to the hand. A third loop extends perpendicular form the middle edge of the thumb loop to insert the ring finger creates tension that holds the thumb firmly in its loop. Loops for insertion of the three finger digits (thumb/distal phalanx and fingers/distal phalange) are adjustable to fit the varying sizes of a human hand. A matted nap or pile material similar to the friction of human skin (under side of suede) faces hot items handled or manipulated by the strap on hand. |
| US10834978B1 |
Soft silicone edged cushion for face masks
A soft medical silicone edged cushion may significantly reduce air leakage and provide comfort to a wearer of a face mask, for example, when the face mask is continually worn by a healthcare worker for a twelve hour shift of medical duty. The cushion may preferably be U-shaped and comprise a cross-section for holding an extra soft silicone gel, yet be sufficiently hard and elastic and of predetermined circumference to be adaptable to self-installation to the lateral edges of a face mask and coatable to protect from the escape of air and to fit comfortably despite the use of elastic straps with the face mask or the presence of solid plastic lateral edges of an oxygen mask or a ventilator mask. The cushion may be used to cushion a solid plastic laterally edged oxygen or ventilator mask against the use of elastic ties to tie the face mask around a patient's head. |
| US10834977B2 |
Stretchable garment band
An article of clothing that includes a waistband made from non-stretchable fabric. The waistband incorporates elastic throughout an interior portion, and the elastic is secured to the waistband at each side of one or more slits provided along the waistband. The slits along the waistband allow for the elastic to be hidden within the non-stretch fabric when the waistband is a rest while also allowing the elastic to stretch while robing, moving, dancing, and/or sitting. |
| US10834976B2 |
Stretchable women's garment
A bra or a garment, and an associated method of construction, where the bra or garment includes a first front panel configured to support a user's breast, a first pair of straps integrally formed and extending from the first front panel, the first front panel and first pair of straps formed from a unitary tube of an elastomeric or mechanical stretch material, where the first front panel is capable of stretching to an extended position when the bra or garment is worn by the user. |
| US10834971B2 |
Atomizing assembly for use in an aerosol-generating system
An atomizing assembly includes a tubing section having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the tubing section is connectable to a liquid storage portion, and the outlet end of the tubing section is in fluid communication with an atomizing nozzle. The tubing section is configured to deliver a flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate through the atomizing nozzle. The atomizing nozzle includes an air channel configured to establish an air flow through the nozzle. The air flow is mixed with the flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate. |
| US10834970B2 |
Combination vaporizer
A combination vaporizer is disclosed. The vaporizer includes a first body having a cavity for receiving a cartridge containing a first product, and a second body containing a second product. An atomizer in the first cartridge vaporizes the first product and an atomizer in the second body vaporizes the second product. The two vapors are combined in a controlled amount and exit through an outlet of the first body. |
| US10834969B2 |
Electronic smoking device with reservoir detection element
An electronic smoking device (10) is provided that comprises a power supply/atomizer portion (12), a replaceable liquid reservoir portion (14), a liquid reservoir portion detection element (50) that is moveable between a first position and a second position, and an activation element (54) that is adapted to be operated by the liquid reservoir portion detection element when the latter is moved from the first position to the second position. The liquid reservoir portion comprises a cavity (46) and an engaging element (48) that partially blocks an opening of the cavity. The engaging element is adapted to engage with the liquid reservoir portion detection element during a process of coupling the portions (12, 14) so that the liquid reservoir portion detection element is moved toward the second position, thereby operating the activation element. |
| US10834966B2 |
Ceramic vaporizer with replaceable e-liquid storage medium and electronic cigarettes having the same
Certain aspects of present invention relate to a ceramic vaporizer for e-cigarette and e-cigarettes having ceramic vaporizer with replaceable e-liquid storage medium. In certain embodiments, ceramic vaporizer may include cylindrical vaporizer body, vaporizer heater, and replaceable e-liquid storage medium. Cylindrical vaporizer body has an interior surface, and an exterior surface. Interior surface forms a central vapor passage and exterior surface forms an inside wall of an e-liquid storage device. The vaporizer heater is embedded inside the cylindrical vaporizer body. The vaporizer heater may include one or more heating elements configured to heat e-liquid stored in e-liquid storage device and e-liquid is in direct contact with exterior surface of the cylindrical vaporizer body. The one or more heating elements may include certain electrothermal alloys. In certain embodiments, the one or more heating elements may include one or more mesh heating elements, and one or more spiral heating elements. |
| US10834963B2 |
Low emissions electronic smoking device and emissions filtering device
The present disclosure provides, in one embodiment, a filter device comprising a mouthpiece, a filter assembly in communication with the mouthpiece for filtering air exhaled into the mouthpiece, and an outlet check valve which permits air to be exhaled through the mouthpiece into the filter assembly, and substantially prohibits air from being inhaled from the filter assembly into the mouthpiece. |
| US10834962B2 |
Smoking device
The present invention is a smoking device comprising a glass housing having forward and rear open end portions and an inner portion. The smoking device further comprises a mouthpiece engaged with the rear open end portion of the housing. The smoking device includes screen member that is movable along the inner surface of the housing in response to the application of a magnetic field thereto. The magnetic field may be created by a power source located on a spacer member along the exterior surface of the housing or a power source associated with the screen member along the inner surface of the housing. The application of the magnetic field causes the corresponding movement of a screen member in the interior of the housing in response to the application of a magnetic force. |
| US10834957B2 |
Method and apparatus for winding a sheet of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin
The invention relates to a method for winding a sheet (13) of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin (12), the method comprising: providing a sheet of homogenized tobacco material having a free end (11); connecting the free end to a center core; rotating the center core so as to wind the sheet of homogenized tobacco material around it forming the bobbin; and applying a force per unit length to the sheet of homogenized tobacco material during winding to pull the same having a magnitude comprised between about 42 N/m and about 93 N/m. |
| US10834953B2 |
Dry citrus fibers and uses thereof
The invention relates to citrus fibers in dry form having a storage modulus (G′) of at least 50 Pa, said G′ being measured on an aqueous medium containing an amount of 2 wt % citrus fibers dispersed therein under a low-shear stirring of less than 10000 rpm. |
| US10834950B2 |
Organic compounds
This disclosure relates to flavour modification and to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from C6-C13 alky, and C9-C13 alkenyl, and R2 is selected from —CH2-phenyl, —CH2-1H-indole, —CH2-phenol, and —CH2-imidazol, useful in modifying flavours. |
| US10834948B2 |
Composition and method for peeling hard boiled eggs
A composition and method for easily removing the shell from a boiled egg. The composition is an amount of citric acid, an amount of ascorbic acid, and an amount of sodium chloride are in a ratio of 1.2:0.1:0.05, respectively. The composition is added to the water used to boil the eggs. After boiling, the eggs may be cooled and the shell removed more easily than normal without the need for special equipment. |
| US10834947B2 |
System for making a food product having a meat-based layer
Food product having a meat-based layer, an impermeable covering layer disposed on the whole surface of a meat-based layer with a first side, a second side and one or more connection edges defined between the first and second sides, a layer of batter that covers only the first side and at least part of connection edges of the meat-based layer, a breaded layer distributed on at least part of the layer of batter, and, in case, a garnish distributed on at least part of the surface of the meat-based layer covered with the impermeable covering layer and left uncovered by the layer of batter and the breaded layer. The invention concerns also the apparatus to make said food product and the corresponding method. |
| US10834946B2 |
Flavor composition and edible compositions containing same
A flavor composition containing at least one dipeptide or tripeptide compound that can be used to enhance the taste of edible compositions including sweet goods, such as confectionery goods, and savory goods, such as pet foods. |
| US10834944B2 |
Retort load/unload system and method
A retort system includes a vessel having an access opening accessible via a movable door, a basket supporting assembly within the vessel and along which container baskets are movable for loading into the vessel and unloading from the vessel and a heating system for heating containers for treatment within the vessel. A container basket load/unload system moves container baskets into the vessel and for moving container baskets out of the vessel, and includes a rigid chain unit aligned or alignable with the access opening such that a rigid chain can be moved along a chain feed path into the vessel via the access opening. |
| US10834940B2 |
Integrated motor drive system for soft serve dispenser
A frozen confection dispensing apparatus includes a freezer section having a base product. A dispensing section is connected to the freezer section. The dispensing section includes a mixing cylinder and a plunger movably positioned within the mixing cylinder, the mixing cylinder including at least one injection port. A flavoring section includes a plurality of flavor syrups connected to a specified injection port. A stepper motor is connected to the plunger and moves the plunger within the mixing cylinder. A control mechanism is connected with the stepper motor and syrup pump selectively moving the plunger wherein a syrup dispense rate and timing is sequenced by the control mechanism with the stepper motor driven plunger wherein mixing of the base product and flavor syrup is precisely controlled. |
| US10834932B2 |
System for measuring smoke absorption into food products and method of making the system
A system for measuring smoke absorption into food products includes a surrogate that reacts to a presence of smoke in air ambient to the surrogate and the food products; and the surrogate is configured to change a state after an exposure to the smoke for a time sufficient to effect a predetermined amount of smoke absorption by a selected food product. A method of making the system for measuring smoke absorption into food products includes placing the surrogate in air ambient to the surrogate in a smokehouse where the food products are to be smoked, configuring the surrogate to change a state after an exposure to the smoke for a time sufficient to effect a predetermined amount of smoke absorption by the food products; and measuring the change of state of the surrogate. |
| US10834929B1 |
System for creating an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) in water for pathogenic cleansing and/or degreasing of hard surfaces and equipment
A system and method for creating an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) in water and for reducing the surface tension of the water for the microbiological decontamination of food animal carcasses. A method is also described for the microbiological decontamination of beef trimmings. |
| US10834925B2 |
Vaporized administration of pesticides
The present disclosure relates to methods for administering vaporized pyrimethanil as an antimicrobial to inhibit pathogens of agricultural crops. |
| US10834923B2 |
Agent for improving plant growth and method for producing plant using same
This disclosure provides an agent for improving plant growth, the agent significantly improving resistances to a wide variety of stress possibly subjected to a plant, such as resistances to chemical stress and ultraviolet ray stress as well as resistances to temperature stress and dry stress, the agent having a high safety. This agent for improving plant growth alleviates an environmental stress on a plant, promotes plant growth, or a plant quality. This agent for improving plant growth contains, as its main ingredient, zerumbone, an analog of zerumbone, or a salt of zerumbone or the analog. Furthermore, in this agent for improving plant growth, the analog of zerumbone is α-humulene or β-caryophyllene. |
| US10834922B2 |
Surface disinfectant with residual biocidal property
A disinfectant formulation is provided imparting a residual biocidal property. The disinfectant formulation is used to treat a surface to impart a film having a capacity to quickly kill bacteria and other germs for at least 24 hours after deposit of the film on a treated surface. The disinfectant formulation comprises a polymer binder, wherein the polymer binder is an oxazoline homopolymer or an extended or a modified polymer based on an oxazoline homopolymer, and a biocidal compound. The disinfectant formulation further comprises a carrier. An article having the disinfectant formulation is provided as well as methods of making, using and applying the disinfectant formulation. |
| US10834917B2 |
Methods for cryopreservation of biological materials
Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present technique provide apparatus for controlling ice formation, such as during the processes of cryopreservation and freeze drying. In particular, the apparatus provides a mechanism to deliver an ice nucleating material into a biological sample that is to be preserved, without allowing the ice nucleating agent to contact or contaminate the biological matter within the sample. |
| US10834915B1 |
Avian nesting deterrent
A device for deterring birds from nesting on a downspout of a home, building or other structure. The device includes a top edge configured to discourage birds from nesting and preferably perching thereon and a bottom edge adapted to be positioned on a downspout. |
| US10834914B2 |
Pest control system and associated method
A pest monitoring system and associated method includes pest monitoring devices for placement at a site and generating a signal upon detection of a pest, and a pesticide dispensing unit including a reservoir housing a diluent and a pesticide module housing a pesticide. A computer device remotely disposed to the pest monitoring devices receives generated signals therefrom, analyzes environmental and historical factor data for the site to determine an amount and placement location of the pest monitoring devices for monitoring the site, and directs deployment of the pest control monitoring devices according to the analysis. The computer device also receives data from the pesticide dispensing unit including an amount or rate of the pesticide substance dispensed from the pesticide module, to form treatment having a concentration of the pesticide substance in the diluent, the treatment being dispensed from the pesticide dispensing unit to treat a detected pest at the site. |
| US10834911B2 |
Bait container and variable dispenser
A container can dispense variable amounts of bait, for example, through holes in complementary sleeves. Different configurations can result in different hole sizes and different overlap in attachable sleeves. These differences can allow fishermen flexibility to better control the dispensing of bait and/or chum by varying the size of the openings. |
| US10834910B2 |
Dual-bearing reel
A dual-bearing reel is provided that basically includes a reel main body, a spool, a clutch operating member and a first barrier portion. The reel main body has a first side plate and a second side plate. The second side plate is disposed at a distance from the first side plate in an axial direction. The clutch operating member is movably supported on the reel main body in a vertical direction between the first side plate and the second side plate behind the spool. The clutch operating member switches between a transmitting and disconnecting of a rotational force to the spool. The first barrier portion is provided on one of the clutch operating member and the reel main body. The first barrier portion prevents the fishing line from entering between the clutch operating member and the first side plate of the reel main body. |
| US10834906B2 |
Small hive beetle trap and method of use
A small hive beetle trap configured to be located beneath a beehive is provided. The trap includes a frame formed from one or more frame members, including a front frame member; an opening for bees to enter and exit the hive via the trap; a small hive beetle entry including at least one channel configured to direct small hive beetle and their larvae that enter the small hive beetle entry away from the hive; a corrugated panel held by the frame and adapted to direct the beetles or the larvae that evade the small hive beetle entry into the troughs of the panel and into at least one opening located within each trough; and a removable tray located beneath the at least one channel and the corrugated panel for collecting and trapping the beetles and/or the larvae that pass through the at least one channel and the opening. |
| US10834899B1 |
Feather flyer pet toy
A pet toy having a head region and a tail, the head region having an outer shell defining its shape and for enclosing a fill material. The fill material, contained within the head region is a cat stimulant such as catnip and/or silver vine. A tail in the form of a plurality of feathers is fixed to the head region and fan out there from. |
| US10834897B1 |
Smart pet locator
A pet locator comprises an upper shell, a lower shell and a mainframe; the upper shell is connected with the lower shell to form an installation cavity. The mainframe is installed in the installation cavity; the left and right sides of the bottom of the lower shell are symmetrically provided with a hinged seat, and the hinged seat is hanged with a wearable piece, the hinge joint of the wearable piece and the hinged seat is provided with a torsional spring, one end of the torsional spring is jammed at the hinged seat, the other end of the torsional spring is jammed at the wearable piece; when the wearable piece is rotated by manpower, the torsional spring is rolled tightly, when the wearable piece is not rotated by manpower, the torsional spring is relaxed, and the back force of the torsional spring drives the wearable piece to rotate back. |
| US10834894B2 |
Animal feeder system and method of use
An animal feeder system and method of use is described herein. The animal feeder system is configured to distract, calm, or occupy an animal for an extended period of time. The animal feeder system includes an elastomeric body having an obverse side and a reverse side. The obverse side includes a feeding section having a plurality of nubs with a rim therearound. The plurality of nubs are configured to slow an animal's ability to lick food therefrom. On the reverse side is a plurality of suction cups to suction the animal feeder system to a surface to secure the feeder system in a single location. The obverse side may alternatively include a feeding receptacle to receive a disposable food container therein to alleviate the need to wash the animal feeder system between uses. |
| US10834892B2 |
Pet pad and pet carrier
A pet pad includes a pad body and a liquid permeable sheet body. The pad body is sheet shaped and has a carrying surface. The carrying surface has a mating portion. The liquid permeable sheet body has a liquid permeable portion and an annular portion circumferentially connected to a periphery of the liquid permeable portion. The annular portion includes a fixing segment and a positioning segment. The fixing segment is fixed to the carrying surface, the positioning segment is detachably positioned on the mating portion, and a length of the fixing segment is greater than a length of the positioning segment. The positioning segment is capable of being separated from the mating portion to form an opening, and the pet pad is configured to provide a moisture absorbing sheet body to be placed between the liquid permeable sheet body and the pad body through the opening. |
| US10834891B2 |
Pre-frontal cortex processing disorder speech gait and limb impairments treatment
A methylphenidate, particularly including dextro-threo-methylphenidate, is administered to a subject to treat a speech, gait or limb impairment secondary to a genetically acquired pre-frontal cortex processing disease or disorder, particularly including multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome and Fragile-X syndrome. |
| US10834890B2 |
Cotton variety Sicot 812RRF
The present invention provides a plant of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) variety Sicot 812RRF, or a part, cell, tissue or organ thereof. |
| US10834887B1 |
Inbred corn line 5CWXL1371
A novel maize variety designated 5CWXL1371 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 5CWXL1371 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 5CWXL1371 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 5CWXL1371 or a locus conversion of 5CWXL1371 with another maize variety. |
| US10834886B2 |
Switchgrass cultivar PanIR
A novel herbicide-resistant switchgrass cultivar, designated PanIR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of switchgrass cultivar PanIR, to the plants of switchgrass cultivar PanIR, and to methods for producing a switchgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar PanIR with itself or another switchgrass variety. The invention relates to plant parts derived from switchgrass cultivar PanIR and to methods for producing other switchgrass cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from switchgrass cultivar PanIR. The invention further relates to hybrid switchgrass seeds and plants produced by crossing the switchgrass cultivar PanIR with another switchgrass cultivar. It also further relates to other derivatives of the cultivar PanIR, methods of producing imazapic resistant switchgrass seeds and plants, and to producing commodity plant products. |
| US10834883B1 |
Maize hybrid X13N191W
A novel maize variety designated X13N191W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N191W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N191W through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N191W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N191W are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N191W and methods of using maize variety X13N191W are disclosed. |
| US10834882B1 |
Maize hybrid X13N188W
A novel maize variety designated X13N188W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N188W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N188W through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N188W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N188W are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N188W and methods of using maize variety X13N188W are disclosed. |
| US10834881B2 |
Tomato plants with improved disease resistance
The present disclosure provides tomato plants exhibiting resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and lacking unfavorable linked traits such as necrosis. Such plants may comprise novel introgressed genomic regions associated with disease resistance from S. chilense. In certain aspects, compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are provided. |
| US10834876B2 |
Blower with motion detector
A blower is provided, which comprises a housing, a blowpipe coupled to the housing, a motor located within the housing, and blades driven by the motor to generate air flow. The blower also comprises a motion sensor. The motion sensor is adapted to control the operation of the motor in response to changes in position or angle of the blower. The motion sensor can determine the angle between the blower and the horizontal plane, thereby intelligently determining whether the user wants to carry the blower by hand and wants to perform air blowing, and controls the operation of the motor accordingly. |
| US10834873B2 |
Berry harvester weighing system
A berry harvester includes a chassis, a berry removal system, a berry delivery system, an inspection station and a container filling station. The container filling station includes a berry delivery apparatus that conveys berries to containers on a container support. A container weighing system includes a container fill indicator generating a weighing signal. A processor is in communication with the weighing system and incorporates a filter for cancelling vibrations from the weighing signal. A method uses the container weighing system and the processor to indicate when a container is filled to contain a desired amount of berries and automatically reset when the filled container is removed. |
| US10834870B2 |
Lawn care vehicle brake system
A riding lawn care vehicle includes a frame to which at least a first and second drive wheels are attachable. The vehicle further includes a brake assembly operably coupled to the first and second drive wheels to enable brakes to be selectively applied to the first and second drive wheels. The riding lawn care vehicle also includes a steering assembly with first and second steering levers. First and second steering levers are operably coupled to first and second drive wheels respectively to facilitate turning of the riding lawn care vehicle based on drive speed control of the first and second drive wheels responsive to positioning of first and second steering levers. First and second steering levers are also operably coupled to the brake assembly to activate the brake assembly in response to one of the first or second steering levers being rotated about a vertical axis of the respective lever. |
| US10834869B2 |
Lift assembly for a lawnmower and lawnmower having same
According to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, a lift assembly for a lawnmower can include a mower housing configured to house blades for cutting vegetation. A frame can be located above the mower housing, the frame including two longitudinal extending frame members, and at least one pivot bar extending between the two longitudinal extending frame members. A linear actuator can be located adjacent the frame members and connected to the pivot bar such that actuation of the linear actuator causes the pivot bar to rotate about a rotational axis of the pivot bar. At least one cam can be connected to the pivot bar so as to rotate with the pivot bar, the cam including a mower housing attachment element that supports the mower housing such that rotation of the cam varies a distance between the frame and the mower housing. |
| US10834866B2 |
Exhaust webbing for an agricultural implement tank
A seed tank assembly for an agricultural implement including an exhaust opening configured to exhaust seeds from the seed tank assembly, in which at least one webbing extends across the exhaust opening forming a plurality of apertures, the at least one webbing is integrally molded into the seed tank assembly, and the at least one webbing is configured to provide structural support to the seed tank assembly and to reduce seed head pressure into an inductor box positioned beneath the exhaust opening. |
| US10834864B2 |
Manure application toolbar
Apparatus and methods for applying manure to fields. Some apparatus and methods maintain constant height of a manure supply swing pipe above the ground during use. Pivotally mounted side wings supported by tracks or wheels and carrying manure applicators such and shanks and coulters can be carried along side of and secured to the apparatus tongue in a narrow configuration above the ground for transport and deployed in a wide configuration on the ground during use. Center rear mounted manure applicators are movable off the ground for transport using hydraulics in some apparatus. Some apparatus have the pivotally mounted side wings pivoted well inside of the outer most extent of the read center region to provide a narrower transport configuration. |
| US10842061B2 |
Soldering apparatus
A soldering apparatus comprises a soldering mechanism and a management unit. The management unit converts operation history of the soldering mechanism into a numerical value, compares the numerical value to a predetermined threshold value, and generates a notifying signal if the numerical value exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The notifying signal may result in cessation of operation of the soldering mechanism. The notifying signal may result in a visual and/or audio reminder to the operator to inspect or replace a part of the soldering mechanism. With the management unit, the operator need not guess or rely on personal experience to determine when to perform an inspection or replacement. Reliance on personal experience can be error prone and lead to inefficiency. The management unit may reduce the possibility of soldering with a degraded soldering tip or other part, which may have an adverse effect on soldering quality. |
| US10842051B2 |
Acoustical noise reduction and distributed airflow in electrical equipment
A server rack door has a first dimension and a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension and includes a first group of first obstructions arranged along the first dimension. The first obstructions define a first plurality of flow channels. The server rack door further includes a second group including second obstructions arranged along the first dimension and offset from the first obstructions along the second dimension. The second dimension corresponds to a thickness of the server rack door. The second obstructions define a second plurality of flow channels, where the first obstructions and the second obstructions alternate along the first dimension. |
| US10842045B2 |
Heat dissipation device for a multimedia control unit
A heat dissipation device comprises a generally rectangular metal cooling plate; the metal plate comprises, on its upper face, first attachment means for attaching a first printed circuit board, which means are provided for bringing at least one heat-generating zone of the first printed circuit board to bear with the upper face of the plate; the metal plate comprises, on its lower face, second attachment means for attaching a second printed circuit board, which means are provided for bringing at least one heat-generating zone of the second printed circuit board to bear with the lower face of the plate. |
| US10842043B1 |
Fabricating coolant-cooled heat sinks with internal thermally-conductive fins
Methods of producing coolant-cooled heat sinks with a coolant-carrying compartment between a cover and a heat transfer base are provided. The heat transfer base includes a heat transfer surface to couple to a component to be cooled, and a plurality of thermally-conductive fins extending into the coolant-carrying compartment from a surface of the heat transfer base opposite to the heat transfer surface. The method includes positioning a screen with openings over the plurality of thermally-conductive fins, between the plurality of thermally-conductive fins and the cover, and providing a joining material over the screen, between the screen and the cover. The method also includes joining the plurality of thermally-conductive fins to the cover across the screen using the joining material, where the screen facilitates retaining the joining material over the plurality of thermally-conductive fins during the joining. |
| US10842042B2 |
Cooling device for surveillance camera
A cooling device for surveillance system includes: an outer housing surrounding a surveillance camera; and a blower positioned on an outer surface of the outer housing and configured to generate cooling air flowing along the outer surface of the outer housing. |
| US10842039B1 |
Mechanical bypass switch assembly for a backplane
A backplane or backplane module for transmitting data along a signal path of a network to one or more functional modules attached to the signal path includes a printed circuit board, a functional module electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, and a mechanically actuated bypass circuit assembly that maintains signal continuity along the signal path when a function module is not attached to the function module electrical connector. |
| US10842038B2 |
In-place retrofit of PLC control systems
A method for upgrading a portion of a process control system from a legacy programmable logic controller (PLC) to a non-PLC process controller is disclosed. A mounting rack sized to fit into a space occupied by legacy hardware is assembled and populated with replacement hardware that includes an I/O card, an I/O terminal block, and a custom interface module. The custom interface module is coupled to the I/O card via the I/O terminal block and to a plurality of process control field devices via a legacy wiring mechanism coupled to legacy wiring of the process control system, without requiring modification or re-termination of the legacy wiring. The legacy wiring mechanism is disconnected from the legacy hardware, the rack containing the legacy hardware is removed and replaced with the mounting rack, and the legacy wiring mechanism is coupled to the custom interface module. |
| US10842031B2 |
Glass device housings
An electronic device may have a glass housing structures. The glass housing structures may be used to cover a display and other internal electronic device components. The glass housing structure may have multiple glass pieces that are joined using a glass fusing process. A peripheral glass member may be fused along the edge of a planar glass member to enhance the thickness of the edge. A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge. Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member. Multiple planar glass members may be fused together to form a five-sided box in which electronic components may be mounted. Raised support structure ribs may be formed by fusing glass structures to a planar glass member. Opaque masking material and colored glass may be used to create portions of the glass housing structures that hide internal device components from view. |
| US10842025B1 |
Reel-to-reel slug removal methods and devices in FPC fabrication
A method to remove slugs from a circuitry pattern on the fly during the fabrication of a flexible printed circuit, the method includes applying a coverlay reel-to-reel onto one side of the metal foil on the fly and applying a sacrificial liner reel-to-reel onto another side of the metal foil on the fly. Then, after the slugs and circuitry patterns are created from laser ablation, the slug can be removed by applying compressed air to the slugs and/or peeling off the sacrificial liner from the circuitry pattern reel-to-reel. |
| US10842019B2 |
Printed circuit board and image forming apparatus
A printed circuit board for mounting on a support member, the printed circuit board including: a plurality of mounted portions for mounting the printed circuit board on the support member; a ground pattern configured to be electrically connected to the support member through the plurality of mounted portions; and a slit extended from a first mounted portion to a second mounted portion of the plurality of mounted portions and between a first portion, in which an electronic device is provided, of the ground pattern and a second portion, in which an electronic device is not provided, of the ground pattern. |
| US10842018B2 |
Interlayer transmission line
An interlayer transmission line includes a plurality of dielectric layers stacked on each other, a signal via that penetrates the plurality of dielectric layers in a stacking direction, and mutually connects signal patterns disposed on two external faces of the plurality of dielectric layers externally exposed, a ground plane that is disposed between the dielectric layers, and covers an area surrounding a circular removal region centered around the signal via, and a plurality of ground vias that penetrate at least one layer of the dielectric layers in the stacking direction of the dielectric layers, are disposed along a plurality of concentric circles centered around the signal via, and are electrically connected with the ground plane. |
| US10842016B2 |
Compact optically efficient solid state light source with integrated thermal management
A compact and efficient LED array lighting component comprising a circuit board with an array of LED chips mounted on it and electrically interconnected. A plurality of primary lenses is included, each of which is formed directly over each LED chip and/or a sub-group of the LED chips. A heat sink is included with the circuit board mounted to the heat sink so that heat from the LED chips spreads into the heat sink. In some embodiments the circuit board can be thermally conductive and electrically insulating. Method of forming an LED component are also disclosed utilizing chip-on-board mounting techniques for mounting the LED chips on the circuit board, and molding of the primary lenses directly over the LED chips individually or in sub-groups of LED chips. |
| US10842013B2 |
Plasma actuator
A small and inexpensive plasma actuator is capable of accelerating induced flow and increasing the effect of controlling flow. A plurality of electrode pairs are disposed on a dielectric layer upstream to downstream along a predetermined direction. Each electrode pair includes an upstream electrode disposed on one surface of the dielectric layer and a downstream electrode disposed on another surface of the dielectric layer to sandwich the dielectric layer between the upstream electrode. A lowest electrode is on the one surface of the dielectric layer displaced downstream from the downstream electrode in an the most downstream electrode pair to have the same potential as the downstream electrode. A voltage application device is configured to apply voltage including AC voltage or repeated pulse voltage to each electrode pair such that the potential of the applied voltage inverts at adjacent electrode pairs. |
| US10842009B2 |
System and method for extreme ultraviolet source control
A method for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography includes generating a target droplet, producing a target plume by heating the target droplet with a first laser pulse, directing first and second laser beams onto the target plume, and receiving the first and the second laser beams reflected by the target plume. |
| US10842008B2 |
Laser device, and extreme ultraviolet light generation system
A laser device includes at least one amplification unit configured to amplify laser light emitted from a laser oscillator, and an amplification control unit configured to control the amplification unit. The amplification unit includes an incident-side optical adjustment unit including a wavefront adjustment unit configured to adjust a wavefront of the laser light and a first direction adjustment unit configured to adjust an optical axis thereof, an amplifier configured to amplify the laser light, an emission-side optical adjustment unit including a second direction adjustment unit configured to adjust an optical axis of the laser light, and a measurement unit configured to measure the laser light and acquire information on at least one of an optical axis, a wavefront and energy of the laser light. The amplification control unit controls the incident-side optical adjustment unit and/or the emission-side optical adjustment unit, based on a measurement result of the measurement unit. |
| US10842007B2 |
Method for proactive mitigation of coronal discharge and flash-over events within high voltage x-ray generators used in borehole logging
A control mechanism for a high-voltage generator that provides voltage and current to an electronic radiation source in a high-temperature environment is provided, the control mechanism including at least an intermediate enveloping ground plane, and a ground-plane potential monitoring system that provides an input to a control processor that in turn drives the high-voltage generator. A method of controlling a high-voltage generator that powers an electronic radiation source is also provided, the method including at least: measuring an enveloping ground plane potential such that a change in the potential of said enveloping ground plane surrounding the generator is monitored and used to determine the beginning of one or more of a partial discharge and flash-over event. |
| US10842005B2 |
Assembly and method for controlling electronic equipment
The present invention generally relates to an assembly for controlling electronic equipment, specifically improving electrical installation and lighting control. The invention also relates to a method for forming such an assembly. |
| US10842001B2 |
Integrated lighting system and method
A control system including a high voltage device, a low voltage device, and a central control module. The central control module includes a first low voltage connection for receiving at least one first control signal from the low voltage device and a high voltage connection for providing at least one second control signal to the high voltage device. The central control module is configured to determine a daylight conversion factor based on the at least one control signal, wherein the at least one second control signal is based at least in part on the daylight conversion factor. |
| US10841991B2 |
Dimmer interface having reduced power consumption
Methods of operating a dimmer switch interface are described. A method includes receiving a dimmer input voltage, providing a dimmer output signal based on the dimmer input voltage, and detecting a voltage level of the dimmer output signal. The voltage level of the dimmer output signal is compared with the threshold. A transformer is intermittently turned off when the voltage level of the dimmer output signal is below the threshold. |
| US10841990B1 |
Furniture supported power control
In a furniture supported power control arrangement and method, power is controlled selectively from one of two furniture locations in the arrangement. A three-way circuit is comprised of low-voltage wiring connecting a first double-throw electric switch carried at a first furniture location for selective manual actuation, and a second double-throw electric switch carried at a second furniture location for selective manual actuation. A low-voltage driver supplies low-voltage power to the three-way circuit, and a low-voltage room lighting system is connected to the three-way circuit, whereby low-voltage power is directed to or disconnected from the room lighting system as controlled selectively by actuation of either one of the first and second double-throw electric switches. |
| US10841986B2 |
Microwave oven
A microwave oven, in particular for a domestic appliance. The microwave oven includes an oven cavity at least partially enclosed by a cavity wall. The microwave oven also includes a microwave generator, in particular a magnetron, arranged out of the oven cavity. A matching section is interconnected between the magnetron and the cavity wall. The matching section covers an opening in the cavity wall. A magnetron antenna extends from the microwave generator into the matching section. At least one antenna extension is arranged inside the oven cavity. The antenna extension penetrates the opening in the cavity wall. The antenna extension is electrically connected to the magnetron antenna. |
| US10841985B2 |
System and method for heat treating a tubular
A system and method for heat treating a tubular. In one embodiment, a system for heat treating a tubular includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is configured to circumferentially surround the tubular and induce, from without the tubular, current flow in a cylindrical portion of the tubular adjacent the first coil. The second coil is configured to be inserted into a bore of the tubular and induce, from within the tubular, in conjunction with the first coil, current flow in the cylindrical portion of the tubular. |
| US10841984B2 |
Side mirror structure having integrated circuit
A side mirror structure includes: a substrate; a mirror glass that is disposed above the substrate; a heat generation circuit that is provided at a first area on a top surface of the substrate, and transmits heat to the mirror glass; and a light emission circuit that is provided at a second area on the top surface of the substrate, and displays a signal on the mirror glass. |
| US10841980B2 |
Laminar heating elements with customized or non-uniform resistance and/or irregular shapes and processes for manufacture
Laminar heaters having a laminar heating element with a pair of electrically conductive busbars connected to opposite ends of the heating element and a plurality of areas. The heater has a first electrical resistance in a first area and a second electrical resistance in a second area. At least one of the first area or the second area comprises a plurality of perforations, and the difference between the first electrical resistance and the second electrical resistance arises from a difference in a perforation characteristic of the first portion relative to the second portion. A plurality of heaters or heating elements may be connected together in a system for heating a surface. |
| US10841979B2 |
Telecommunication system with packet-switched-multimedia-session-to-circuit-switched-call transferral
Telecommunication systems with packet-switched multimedia terminals and nodes for packet-switched multimedia sessions and with servers for exchanging multimedia signaling information for the packet-switched multimedia sessions and with terminating units are provided with gateways for in response to transferral messages originating from the packet-switched multimedia terminals and arriving at the servers transferring packet-switched multimedia sessions between packet-switched multimedia terminals and nodes to circuit-switched calls between gateways and circuit-switched terminals via switches, to continue possibly interrupted sessions via replacing calls. The servers send invitation messages to gateways, which send setup messages to switches for setting up circuit-switched calls via partly alternative communication paths. The servers send information messages to terminating units for bringing the terminating units from session level to call level. Preferably, a packet-switched multimedia terminal and a circuit-switched terminal are one and the same terminal. |
| US10841978B2 |
Enhanced self-contained time-division duplex subframe structure
Technology for an eNodeB to communicate with a user equipment (UE) using a self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The eNodeB can process, for transmission to the UE, a DL self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe comprising an extended physical downlink shared channel (xPDSCH), an extended physical downlink control channel (xPDCCH), a downlink (DL) spacing signal, and a guard period, wherein the xPDSCH, the xPDCCH, the DL spacing signal, and the guard time are located within the DL self-contained TDD subframe prior to an extended physical uplink control channel (xPUCCH). The eNodeB can process, an uplink (UL) self-contained TDD subframe, received from the UE, having a UL spacing signal located after an extended physical uplink shared channel (xPUSCH). |
| US10841972B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling PTT service by multiplexing call originator and floor arbitrator
A method of Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) service performed by a mobile terminal includes: generating, at the mobile terminal, a group call announcement for off-network Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) service, the group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service including information of a period of the group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service; controlling a transceiver to periodically transmit, to one or more mobile terminals, the group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service based on the period; in response to the transmitted group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service, receiving a response from the one or more mobile terminals; and establishing, based on the response from the one or more mobile terminals, a group call with the one or more mobile terminals by setting a direct wireless communication with the one or more mobile terminals. |
| US10841970B2 |
Beam management for beam-swept wakeup signals
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may initiate a beam management procedure, including reference signal transmission to a user equipment (UE) and receive beam training. A base station may configure a UE to monitor a set of beams for reference signals. Based on the received reference signals, the UE may optionally select one or more transmit beams for wakeup signal reception, and may transmit an indication of the selected beams to the base station. The base station may transmit a wakeup signal over the originally configured or the UE-selected transmit beams to initiate wake-up procedure at the UE. The base station and UE may subsequently perform a refined beam management procedure, providing a refined reference signal transmission from the base station. Based on the received transmission, the UE may select a refined beam for downlink transmissions. |
| US10841968B2 |
Method for processing abnormal core network disconnection and terminal
Embodiments of the present invention provide a call prompt method. A first interface that shows that a first terminal is in a call with a second terminal is displayed on the first terminal. If a third terminal initiates a call to the first terminal at this moment, a second interface indicating the call initiated by the third terminal is displayed on the first terminal, and a sound is output, where the sound includes a call voice and a prompt tone of the initiated call. If the call initiated by the third terminal to the first terminal is rejected, the call voice is output on the first terminal and the prompt tone stops to be output. Additionally or alternatively, if the third terminal stops initiating the call, the first interface is displayed on the first terminal, and the call voice between the first terminal and the terminal continues to be output. |
| US10841967B2 |
Protocols and architectures for NR-NR dual connectivity (NR-DC)
Exemplary embodiments include methods and/or procedures performed by a first centralized unit, CU, in a radio access network for configuring a user equipment, UE, to communicate via a plurality of distributed units, DUs. Such embodiments include initiating a first radio resource control, RRC, entity to communicate with the UE via a first DU. Such embodiments also include selecting a second DU to communicate with the UE in a dual-connectivity, DC, configuration with the first DU. Such embodiments also include, based on whether the selected second DU is associated with the first CU, determining whether to initiate a second RRC entity, within the first CU, to communicate with the UE via the second DU. Other embodiments include complementary methods and/or procedures performed by UEs; CUs and UEs configured to perform such methods and/or procedures; and computer-readable media storing instructions corresponding to such methods and/or procedures. |
| US10841965B2 |
Device to device-based communication method and terminal
Provided in the embodiment of the present invention are a D2D-based communication method and a terminal. The method comprises: a first terminal receives a discovery signal of a second terminal, the discovery signal comprising indication information for indicating the capability and/or the status of the second terminal; and the first terminal performs D2D communication with the second terminal on the basis of the instruction information. The embodiment of the present invention implements the D2D communication on the basis of the capability and/or status of the terminal, improving the flexibility of the D2D communication mode. |
| US10841962B2 |
Apparatus and method for accessing a remote network concurrently with a tethered device accessing the remote network
Embodiments include an apparatus and method for a handheld device that accesses a remote network, and also provides a tethered device with access to the same remote network. The handheld device may support multiple data flows between the tethering machine and the remote network, while the handheld device is capable of being used by a user to “surf” or otherwise access the same remote network. For example, if the remote network is the Internet and the handheld device is a “smart phone”, a user of the smart phone can access the Internet concurrently while one or more applications on the tethering machine also accesses the Internet. Moreover, the smart phone may concurrently support other networked services that the smart phone is designed to provide such as voicemail services, messaging services, and telephony (cell phone) services. |
| US10841961B2 |
NAV setting method considering BSS color inactivation in wireless LAN system and apparatus therefor
When an AP detects a collision between a neighbor BSS and a BSS color in a wireless LAN system, the AP can inform an STA of the same through information indicating whether the BSS color is disabled, and set and transmit a TXOP_duration field of a transmitted frame to a specific value differentiated from a normal duration value in order to prevent an erroneous NAV setting of the STA. |
| US10841958B2 |
Access node, a method for an access node, a wireless terminal and a method for a wireless terminal
Method and apparatus use a value tag in conjunction with transmission and/or processing of system information in a wireless communication network, especially in conjunction with second type system information or non-essentially type system information. In certain example embodiment and modes, an access node (22) may initiate broadcasting second type system information when its content gets updated, in order to avoid many on-demand delivery requests from wireless terminals. In certain example implementations, the access node (22) may compress second type system information to be delivered by broadcast. |
| US10841957B2 |
Facilitating multi-node listen before talk functionality via a centralized controller
Aspects directed towards facilitating multi-node listen before talk (LBT) functionality via a centralized controller are disclosed. In one example, for each of a plurality of scheduled entities, a corresponding set of scheduling entities is identified, and each scheduling entity of the set of scheduling entities is instructed to perform at least one LBT evaluation. This example then further includes controlling whether any of the plurality of scheduled entities is served by a corresponding one or more scheduling entities of the set of scheduling entities based on the at least one LBT evaluation performed by each scheduling entity. |
| US10841955B2 |
Rach quasi-colocation association
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines that a random access event has occurred. The UE detects one or more down-link reference signals that are UE-specifically configured or predefined. The UE further selects a first message that is associated with a first down-link reference signal of the one or more down-link reference signals, the first down-link reference signal being quasi-colocated with a first DMRS of a serving control channel of the UE. The UE sends the first message to a base station to request a random access to the base station. |
| US10841949B2 |
Methods and devices for sending or receiving random access configuration information
Methods for sending or receiving random access configuration information, devices for sending or receiving random access configuration information, a first-class node and a second-class node are provided. In the method for sending random access configuration information, a first-class node receives one or more first-class reference signals sent by a second-class node, the second-class node may include a node which sends one or more first-class reference signals belonging to a same first-class reference signal subset in a determined time-domain resource set, a first-class reference signal set may include one or more first-class reference signal subsets and each first-class reference signal subset may include one or more first-class reference signals (S102). The first-class node sends random access configuration information to the second-class node according to the one or more received first-class reference signals (S104). |
| US10841944B2 |
Adaptive retransmission method and device for delay reduction in wireless cellular communication system
Disclosed are a communication method for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. In addition, disclosed in the specification are: an adaptive retransmission method and device for delay reduction; a method and a device for selecting radio resource allocation and data size; and a method and a device for performing setting so as to enable different channels to share DMRS with each other. |
| US10841943B2 |
Scheduling enhancements for latency-constrained and reliable wireless communication systems
An apparatus for a wireless communication system, is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), wherein a size of an SPS interval is based on one or more transmission time intervals (TTIs). A further apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, and wherein the apparatus is configured such that the semi-persistent scheduling is controlled via a configuration message. |
| US10841939B2 |
Radio resources configuration signaling in a wireless network
A base station may transmit, and a wireless device may receive, configuration parameters for a control channel used for wireless communications between the base station and the wireless device. The configuration parameters may indicate various aspects of the control channel. |
| US10841934B2 |
Priority rule for signal repetition collisions
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided that present a solution to the problem of potential collisions between repetitions of a signal and resources scheduled for another signal. The apparatus determines that a repetition of a channel signal will collide with a resource scheduled for another channel and applies a priority rule to determine whether to transmit the repetition or to refrain from transmitting the repetition. The apparatus then transmits the repetition when the priority rule indicates to transmit the repetition. The apparatus may also refrain from transmitting the repetition when the priority rule indicates that the other signal has a higher priority than the repetition. |
| US10841933B2 |
Base station for mapping data flow to radio bearers
Mapping schemes of data flows to radio bearers in flow-based QoS control are disclosed. One aspect of the present invention relates to a base station including a data flow reception unit configured to receive a data flow having a flow identifier and a flow priority via one or more tunnels and a data flow mapping unit configured to map the received data flow to a radio bearer in accordance with mapping based on one or more of the flow identifier, the flow priority and the tunnels. |
| US10841931B2 |
Wireless communication method for uplink multiple-user transmission schedule and wireless communication terminal using the method
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for uplink multi-user transmission scheduling and a wireless communication terminal using the same. To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the processor transmits a trigger frame soliciting an uplink multi-user transmission, determines whether the uplink multi-user transmission is successful based on received uplink multi-user data in response to the trigger frame, and retransmits the trigger frame when it is determined that the uplink multi-user transmission has failed and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US10841928B2 |
Method and apparatus for signal interference processing
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for mitigating interference by filtering or redirection of communications traffic. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10841921B2 |
Radio base station, user terminal and radio communication method
A radio base station is disclosed. The radio base station has a transmitter that transmits downlink (DL) data and a measurement signal to a user terminal and a processor that executes control of transmission of the DL data and the measurement signal based on a result of listening, which is performed before signals are transmitted. The processor applies different conditions to listening that is performed before the DL data is transmitted and listening that is performed before the measurement signal is transmitted. |
| US10841918B2 |
Carrier information transmission to wireless devices
A wireless device and a base station may communicate with each other via carriers of different types. The carrier types may differ, for example, in their use of reference signals. |
| US10841917B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using plurality of carriers in mobile communication system
The present specification discloses a mobile communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using a plurality of carriers in a mobile communication system. |
| US10841909B2 |
Multiplexing large payloads of control information from user equipments
An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting Uplink Control Information (UCI) over a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) in a communication system. A method includes acquiring, by a user equipment (UE), from a base station, information for a PUCCH format; generating, by the UE, UCI to be transmitted; modulating, by the UE, the UCI by using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK); performing, by the UE, an inverse Fourier transform (IFT) operation on the modulated UCI; and transmitting, by the UE, the inverse Fourier transformed UCI on the PUCCH format by using a part of symbols in a slot. |
| US10841908B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling uplink control information in wireless communication system
Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC. |
| US10841906B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting uplink in wireless access system supporting machine-type communication
A method for performing uplink transmission by a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) in a wireless access system supporting an MTC is discussed. The method performed by the MTC UE includes repeatedly transmitting a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) N1 times during N1 subframes, where N1 is an integer larger than 1, and repeatedly transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) N2 times during N2 subframes, where N2 is an integer larger than 1, wherein if at least one of the N2 subframes is overlapped with at least one of the N1 subframes, the MTC UE transmits only the at least one of the N1 PUCCHs at the at least one overlapped subframe. |
| US10841905B2 |
Method and apparatus for minimizing uplink scheduling requests
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprises a processor configured to buffer data for uplink transmission. The processor is configured to trigger a first scheduling request. The processor is configured to start a timer based on the buffered data. A transmitter is configured to transmit the first scheduling request to a network. The processor is configured, in response to receipt of an uplink grant sufficient to transmit the buffered data, to stop the timer. The processor is configured while the timer is running, to not have the transmitter transmit another scheduling request The processor is configured, after the timer expires, to have the transmitter transmit a second scheduling request to the network. |
| US10841899B2 |
System message transmission apparatus, method, and system
This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a system message transmission technology, so as to resolve a system message update problem of a terminal device with DRX cycle. This application provides a terminal device, including: a receiving module, configured to receive a first system message; and a processing module, configured to: obtain first indication information from the first system message, and update system messages other than the first system message according to the obtained first indication information, where the first system message is periodically sent, and occupies a fixed physical resource location. The first indication information is sent in the first system message instead of a paging message. The terminal device may update the system messages other than the first system message according to the indication information, thereby updating all system messages. |
| US10841895B2 |
Terminal device for position measurement, computer program, and system
To efficiently measure the positional relationship between a host terminal and a wireless tag in a terminal device. A terminal device 30: measures a first distance between a plurality of base stations 20 provided at individual reference positions and host terminal on the basis of wireless signals emitted by the base stations 20; specifies the position of the host terminal on the basis of the first distance; and specifies the position of a wireless tag 10 on the basis of information pertaining to a second distance between the wireless tag 10 and the base stations 20, said information being transmitted by base stations 20 that have received a wireless signal emitted by the wireless tag 10. |
| US10841893B2 |
Position estimation system and position estimation method
A position estimation system (11) includes: a plurality of fixed stations (100a-100d) installed inside a building, the plurality of fixed stations (100a-100d) each measuring the signal strength of a radio signal transmitted from a mobile object (300); and a calculator configured to estimate a position of the mobile object (300) based on the signal strengths measured at the plurality of fixed stations (100a-100d), wherein each of the plurality of fixed stations (100a-100d) is installed in such a position that a distance to a top part of the mobile object (300) is equal to or less than a predetermined distance when the mobile object (300) is directly below the fixed station (100a-100d). |
| US10841891B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently delivering supplementary services to multi-technology capable wireless transmit/receive units
A method for operation by a wireless device may comprise transmitting a request for capability information to a WTRU. In response, the wireless device may receive the requested capability information from the WTRU. The capability information may include an indication of support for video conferencing and an indication of one or more supported messaging capabilities. Based on the supported messaging capabilities, the wireless device may transmit a data message to the WTRU. |
| US10841886B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and program
A first communication mode and a second communication mode are switched therebetween in each cyclical time segment in which a transmission interval of a first beacon signal of another access point (a communication apparatus) is one interval. A period in the first communication mode in one time segment changes as the time segment advances. Thus, since the period in the first communication mode in one time segment changes as the time segment advances, it is easier for the period in the first communication mode and the transmission period of the first beacon signal to overlap each other. |
| US10841881B2 |
Terminal apparatus and communication system
In order to perform efficient communications. A terminal apparatus includes a higher layer processing unit configured to configure a subcarrier spacing of a physical channel, based on a first parameter, and a transmission unit configured to perform an uplink transmission by using the physical channel. In a case that transmissions on a first physical channel configured with a first subcarrier spacing and a second physical channel configured with a second subcarrier spacing occur in one serving cell, and that the second subcarrier spacing is wider than the first subcarrier spacing, the transmission unit allocates a transmit power on a priority basis to the second physical channel. |
| US10841879B2 |
User terminal power savings and intelligent wake system
A user terminal includes a WiFi card and a communications card. The WiFi card includes a first electronic controller, an antenna in communication with the first electronic controller, the antenna of the WiFi card configured to receive a signal from a remote device. The communications card includes a second electronic controller, a connector configured to connect to an external communications device, and a power switch in communication with the second electronic controller and the connector, the second electronic controller configured to control the power switch to enable or disable power through the connector upon receiving instructions from the first electronic controller, based on the signal received by the antenna of the WiFi card. |
| US10841877B2 |
Method of task scheduling in a wireless sensor network
A management nodal point of a wireless sensor network (WSN) receives a plurality of tasks and stores the tasks in a buffer. Each of the tasks would be assigned to and executed by a corresponding one of execution nodal points of the WSN. The management nodal point records a status of each execution nodal point as an executable status or a non-executable status. Before the management nodal point assigns a first task, the management nodal point obtains the status of a first execution nodal point corresponding to the first task. If the first execution nodal point is at the executable status, the management nodal point assigns the first task to the first execution nodal point according to a predetermined rule. |
| US10841873B2 |
Service provider selection in a wireless network
According to one configuration, a shared wireless access node supports wireless access for multiple wireless network service providers. A mobile communication device receives notification of multiple wireless network service providers, each of which provides access to a remote network through the shared wireless access node. The notification includes connection information such as priority information assigned to the wireless network service providers. The priority information indicates an order in which to select amongst the multiple available wireless network service providers to access the remote network. Based at least in part on the priority information, the mobile communication device selects a wireless network service provider amongst the multiple wireless network service providers. The mobile communication device communicates with the wireless access node to establish a wireless communication link to access the remote network through the corresponding wireless access node using wireless services provided by the selected service provider. |
| US10841871B2 |
Method for performing detection by node in wireless communication system and node using same method
Proposed is a method for performing detection by a first node in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: receiving detection configuration information from a second node; and when detection request information is received from the second node, transmitting a detection signal to a neighboring node on the basis of the detection configuration information, wherein the detection signal is aperiodically transmitted and is transmitted on the basis of beam sweeping. |
| US10841861B2 |
Electronic apparatus, method for controlling electronic apparatus, and storage medium
An electronic apparatus comprises a communication unit and at least one processor. The communication unit performs wireless communication with an external device and a vehicle. (i) Upon receiving, via the communication unit, a reception signal transmitted from the external device through one-to-many communication, the at least one processor makes a determination based on the reception signal, about whether a first distance between the electronic apparatus and the external device is shorter than a distance reference value. (ii) Upon determining that the first distance is shorter than the distance reference value, the at least one processor performs a restricting process of restricting transmission of a transmission signal via the communication unit. |
| US10841860B2 |
Control device, communication relay device, communication system and communication control method
A control device includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to perform: controlling, based on a first number of communication terminals to which a first module performs radio communication and a second number of communication terminals to which a second module performs radio communication, whether to permit the communication terminal having made a request for connection to the first module to connect to the first module or not. |
| US10841856B2 |
System and method for using mobility information in heterogeneous networks
Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to reducing or making more efficient handovers from one cell to another cell in a communications network. The method includes receiving mobility data for a device being serviced by a first cell, classifying the device based on the mobility data to yield a classification and making a handoff decision when handing off the device from the first cell to a second cell based at least in part on the classification. An example of the mobility data is a speed at which the device is moving or time a device is in a cell. |
| US10841855B2 |
Wireless communication method and terminal for rail transit
The present invention provides a wireless communication method for rail transit. The method comprises: performing signaling interaction with a source cell base station after entering a source cell and obtaining a handover threshold parameter, the handover threshold parameter comprising distance information between a handover point and the source cell base station and signal intensity information; determining the handoff point based on the handover threshold parameter; and performing channel measurement when the handover point is reached and performing a handover from the source cell to a destination cell. |
| US10841852B2 |
Transportation network monitoring using cellular radio metadata
A transportation network monitoring system may use handoff metadata from cellular telephone and other communication networks to monitor train movement, traffic density, and traffic movement within the transportation network. Many communication technologies have handoff protocols that change a mobile device's connection from one base station to another. In a transportation network, such as a subway, a subway train may have several hundreds of riders, each of which may have a mobile device. As the train travels along the track, the handoff characteristics of those mobile devices may be analyzed to determine several characteristics of the transportation network, including the real time presence and speed of the train, as well as estimating the number of passengers and even the number of available seats on the train. |
| US10841851B2 |
Methods and systems of an all purpose broadband network with publish subscribe broker network
A cellular base station connected to a communication network is adapted to provide communication services to a plurality of mobile devices. A server connected to the communication network includes a first publish-subscribe broker communications facility as part of a publish-subscribe broker network including one or more publish-subscribe broker communications facilities. The publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published data packets between entities that have published data packets and entities that have subscribed to receive the published data packets via the publish-subscribe broker network. A second entity connected to any of the publish-subscribe broker communications facilities in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the mobile device if the second entity subscribes to data published by the mobile device through the publish-subscribe broker communications facility to which the second entity is connected. |
| US10841847B2 |
Data transmission method performed by base station in wireless communication system, and apparatus using same
Provided are a data transmission method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus using the method. The base station transmits a message requesting information for data transmission to a second base station and receives, from the second base station, a response message to the message requesting the information for data transmission, wherein the information for data transmission is to transmit data on a terminal in a light connection state. |
| US10841845B2 |
Methods and apparatus for measurement and measurement reporting in a wireless network
A method in a terminal device of a wireless network, the wireless network further comprising first and second radio access nodes, the method comprising: repeatedly measuring one or more metrics for signals transmitted by the first radio access node and signals transmitted by the second radio access node. A frequency with which the one or more metrics are measured varies as a function of one or more of: a difference between the values of the one or more metrics for signals transmitted by the first radio access node and the values of the one or more metrics for signals transmitted by the second radio access node; and a rate of change of the difference between the values of the one or more metrics for signals transmitted by the first radio access node and the values of the one or more metrics for signals transmitted by the second radio access node. |