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US10850236B2	Low dispersion, fast response mixing device A mixing system has a parallel droplet dispenser capable of making droplets of a first working material in the range of 10 nanometers to 10 micrometers, a pump to deliver fluid for the droplets of the first working material and to produce a first emulsion, a compact mixer having low inter-voxel mixing to receive the emulsion and produce a homogenous material, and a dispensing system. A method of dispensing a graded material includes generating droplets of a first working material, the droplets having a size in the range of 10 nanometers to 10 micrometers, adding the droplets of the first working material into a fluid to create a first emulsion, wherein addition of the droplets of the first working material is controlled to create gradient in the emulsion, mixing the first emulsion to create a homogenous, graded mixture, and dispensing the homogenous, graded mixture onto a surface.
US10850233B2	Fluid for purifying heat engines using stable suspensions of metal colloidal particles, and methods for preparing said fluid The present invention describes a fluid which is suitable for the decontamination of heat engines which can carry out both the catalytic reduction of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) contained in exhaust gases and assist in the regeneration of the particulate filter (PF), said fluid being in the form of a stable suspension of colloidal particles, these colloidal particles being dispersed in an aqueous solution containing at least one reducing agent or at least one precursor of a reducing agent for NOx. The invention also describes several embodiments for the preparation of said fluid.
US10850230B2	Process and system for removing sulfur dioxide from flue gas Processes and systems for producing potassium sulfate as a byproduct of a desulfurization process. Sulfur dioxide is absorbed from a flue gas using an ammonia-containing solution to produce an ammonium sulfate solution that contains dissolved ammonium sulfate. At least a first portion of the ammonium sulfate solution is heated before dissolving potassium chloride therein to form a slurry that contains potassium sulfate crystals and an ammonium chloride solution. The slurry is then cooled to precipitate additional potassium sulfate crystals, after which the potassium sulfate crystals are removed to yield a residual ammonium chloride solution that contains dissolved ammonium chloride and residual dissolved potassium sulfate. Ammonia is then absorbed into the residual ammonium chloride solution to further precipitate potassium sulfate crystals, which are removed to yield a residual ammonium chloride solution that is substantially free of dissolved potassium sulfate.
US10850228B2	Flow-optimized desiccant cartridge Disclosed is a desiccant cartridge (10) for drying and de-oiling a gaseous fluid, and a method for flow guidance within the desiccant cartridge. The desiccant cartridge and a housing (12) having positioned therein an inner pot (28) in which an oil separating medium (50) for oil particles contained in the fluid and a desiccant (52) for drying the gaseous fluid are arranged one after the other in the direction of the housing longitudinal axis (14). The housing (12) has a housing base (18) having a centrally arranged inlet (20) for the fluid to be dried and de-oiled and having eccentrically arranged outlet openings (24) for the dried and de-oiled fluid. During normal operation of the desiccant cartridge (10), the gaseous fluid guided into the desiccant cartridge (10) via the central inlet (20) is first guided in a flow through the oil separating medium (50) and then through the desiccant (52).
US10850221B2	Fine particle detector and exhaust gas purification apparatus A fine particle detector includes: a casing part configured to accommodate an object to be heated; an electromagnetic wave generating part configured to generate electromagnetic waves of different frequencies; at least one power sensor configured to measure powers, from the casing part, of the electromagnetic waves that have entered into the casing part; and a fine particle detection controlling part configured to determine, based on the powers of the electromagnetic waves of the different frequencies measured by the at least one power sensor, whether an accumulated amount of fine particles accumulated in the object to be heated is greater than or equal to a predetermined accumulated amount.
US10850218B2	Filtration method and production process of cellulose nanofiber dispersion A cellulose nanofiber with little contaminants and a high transparency is provided. A filtration method of a cellulose nanofiber dispersion including a step of filtering a cellulose nanofiber dispersion under elevated or reduced pressure by at least one of the filtration processes: (A) a filtration process using a filter aid; (B) a filtration process using a filter media selected from the group consisting of a metal porous filter media, an inorganic material porous filter media, and a polymer porous filter media; and (C) a filtration process using both the filter aid and the filter media.
US10850203B2	Virtual league platform of a sport activity The present disclosure describes a platform that allows individual users to compete against other users in a virtual league. The platform allows individual users to maintain personal performance statistics, which, collectively, are used to determine a projection result of the user's performance in a competition within the league. The platform employs projection result, in combination with, or as a substitute for, results associated with a real race completed by the user, in the scoring of the user against other competitors in the league.
US10850202B1	Systems and methods for distributions by an automated electronic networked central clearinghouse Systems and methods for controlling distributions by an automated electronic networked central clearinghouse are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive an exchange request that indicates a first user offers a first digital asset for a reversible exchange on a fiat-currency-based online exchange platform; obtain asset-specific distribution rights for the first digital asset; receive exchange information regarding the reversible exchange with an exchanging user; monitor, during a waiting period, whether any actions taken by the exchanging user determine reversibility of the reversible exchange, or whether the waiting period for reversibility times out; based on a time-out or a determination regarding reversibility, either (i) transfer the ownership of the first digital asset to the first user, or (ii) clear the reversible exchange by non-temporarily transferring the ownership to the exchanging user, and by distributing benefits in accordance with the asset-specific distribution rights.
US10850197B1	Guided interactions with books A system for providing guided interactions with books includes a content delivery terminal communicatively coupled to a computing platform including a hardware processor and a memory storing a content delivery software code, a content registry, and a library of entries corresponding respectively to multiple interaction plans for guiding an interaction with a book. The hardware processor executes the content delivery software code to detect, via the content delivery terminal, a book corresponding to content included in the content registry, and to identify an interaction plan for the guided interaction based on one or more of the content and a user input received by the content delivery terminal. The content delivery software code further identifies a first portion of the content for use in initiating the interaction plan, and outputs the first portion of the content to the content delivery terminal for printing by the content delivery terminal in the book.
US10850196B2	Terminal device A terminal device controls a scroll display process for scrolling and moving a display region part of content displayed on a touch panel based on a slide operation input, and detects, during the slide operation input, any one input state of the number of slide operation inputs being simultaneously executed and the touch area involved in the touching on the touch panel for execution of the slide operation input, and controls a scrolling speed, which represents a moving speed exhibited when the display region part of the content is scrolled in the scroll display process, or a scroll movement amount, which represents a movement amount by which the content is scrolled, during the slide operation input based on the detected input state.
US10850194B2	Terminal display control method, terminal display system and server apparatus According to one embodiment, a terminal display control method for using as a controller of a game a terminal device including a touch panel, which is configured to be integral with a display, includes selecting a controller image which is used in the game; setting at least one of a presence/absence of a function, a number, a size, a shape and a position of disposition, with respect to an operation element in the controller image; and making variable, in accordance with a content of the setting, a state of the controller image displayed on the display, and an operation standard of the operation element corresponding to an input on the touch panel.
US10850191B2	Game system, non-transitory storage medium having stored therein game program, game apparatus, and game method A game system includes operation units, a game processing unit that performs game processing on the basis of operation onto the operation units, a waveform information generator that generates vibration waveform information representing a vibration waveform corresponding to a first event that occurs in the game processing, and vibration units that vibrate on the basis of the vibration waveform information. In a case where the first event continues, the waveform information generator generates the vibration waveform information such that the amplitude of the vibration waveform decreases in accordance with the lapse of time.
US10850190B2	Input device with clutched force-feedback trigger A user-input device includes a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis, a force-feedback motor configured to activate based on a force-feedback signal, and a clutch operatively intermediate the user-actuatable trigger and the force-feedback motor and configured to mechanically change engagement between the user-actuatable trigger and the force-feedback motor.
US10850189B2	Method and apparatus for adapting to gaming venue states A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting that a gaming system has presented a first of a plurality of gaming venue states of a game, presenting a first of a plurality of screen shots at a display responsive to detecting the first gaming venue state, detecting that the gaming system has transitioned to a presentation of a second of the plurality of venue states, and presenting a second of the plurality of screen shots at the display responsive to detecting the second gaming venue state. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10850188B2	Wisdom ring puzzle A wisdom ring puzzle includes a base, a three-dimensional structure including a columnar structure and a first structure having an arched structure or an annular structure, and a member having an annular structure. The columnar structure has a first connection member and a first annular member. The columnar structure and the first structure are provided to face each other in a side view. The first connection member passes through the first structure and has one end connected to the columnar structure and another end to the first annular member. The columnar structure and the first structure is included inside a ring of the first annular member.
US10850185B2	Word-forming and word-guessing game A method for playing a word-forming and word-guessing board game (10) between at least a first player and a second player includes (i) each of the players selecting a letter tile set (20), a card deck (22) and a dice set (26); (ii) each of the players utilizing a predetermined number of letter tiles (20) from their letter tile set (20) to form a word that is hidden from each of the other players; (iii) the first player utilizing their card deck (22) and their dice set (26) to win an opportunity to guess the word of any of the other players; and (iv) the first player making a guess of the word of any of the other players.
US10850176B2	Sensor device To detect a motion of a hitting tool more precisely by a sensor, provided is a sensor device including: a base member configured to be mounted on a hitting tool via a fitting structure; a substrate joined to the base member; a sensor disposed on the substrate and configured to detect a motion of the hitting tool delivered via the base member and the substrate; a communication unit configured to transmit a detection result of the motion of the hitting tool to an external device; and an exterior member configured to cover the sensor and the communication unit.
US10850174B2	Golf club head with polymeric insert A golf club head includes a first portion joined to a second portion to at least partially define an interior club head volume. The first portion includes a wall defining an outer boundary of the club head volume, and a support rib extending from the wall to operatively stiffen the first portion. The second portion of the golf club head can engage the support rib, and the support rib can be adhered to the second portion to join the first portion and the second portion.
US10850165B2	Non-inflatable sports balls The present invention relates to sports balls. A sports ball comprises a surface layer comprising a plurality of panels. The sports ball further comprises a lattice structure extending below the surface layer, wherein the lattice structure comprises a plurality of lattice cells comprising radially extending elements. The lattice cells which are adjacent to the surface layer have at least one dimension which is smaller than an average diameter of the panels.
US10850161B2	Method and apparatus for electronically controlled resistance in exercise equipment A system and method for controlling a tension in an exercise apparatus are provided. The system includes an input/output (I/O) subsystem for permitting a user to enter at least one resistance value and for displaying a resistance exerted by the exercise apparatus; a controller configured to control the tension of the exercise apparatus based on the at least one resistance value entered by the user adjusting a position of a holder and moving a plurality of guides for selective attachment of tension members to catches on the exercise apparatus; and a power source connected to the controller and the I/O subsystem and configured to power the controller and the I/O subsystem.
US10850158B2	Multi-axis adjustable exercise machine A multi-axis adjustable exercise machine which is pivotable about both a pitch axis and a roll axis with respect to a base for allowing an exerciser to perform a wide range of exercises on a pitched or rolled exercise machine. The multi-axis adjustable exercise machine generally includes an exercise machine which is adjustable with respect to a base. The exercise machine may be pivoted about a roll axis to adjust the roll angle of the exercise machine or may be pivoted about a pitch axis to adjust the pitch angle of the exercise machine. One or more actuators may be connected between the base and the exercise machine to effectuate the pivoting of the exercise machine about either or both axes with respect to the base.
US10850154B2	Storable exercise bench A storable exercise bench is provided. The exercise bench may include a frame including at least one beam operatively coupled to first and second floor supports and a member operatively coupled with the at least one beam. The exercise bench may be positioned into an operating position in which the first and second floor supports support the at least one beam and the member, and the at least one beam runs generally horizontally in reference to a support surface. The exercise bench may be positioned into a storage position in which the second floor support and the member support the at least one beam and the first floor support, and the at least one beam runs generally vertically in reference to the support surface.
US10850139B2	Cowl neck barrier gown with attachments This invention offers a fully protective cowl neck garment with various fasteners designed to attach additional protective gear, such as gloves and shoe coverings. Additionally, a temperature sensor shield is located on the hat and protective mask. This allows the clients or patients the ability to see and to monitor the temperature of their caregivers. The caregiver's temperature is visible on the hat, as well as the face mask. This makes the caregivers accountable to their clients or patients, as well as their colleagues and coworkers. This invention eliminates the worry of contact with infectious diseases or dangerous liquids, by utilizing elastic manual ties and hook-and-loop fasteners to ensure the garment is secured fully on a user's body. Overall, this invention ensures medical professionals, firemen, emergency medical personnel, government workers, and so forth, are protected fully from contagious and infectious diseases, liquids, and so forth.
US10850138B2	Quick coupling for self-contained breathing apparatus harness and backplate Embodiments relate generally to connectors for use with harness and backplate systems in an SCBA. An SCBA may comprise a backplate for holding a cylinder of air and a harness with straps operable to attach to the backplate. Applicants have developed a backplate connector that provides a reliable quick connection and disconnection for straps attached to a backplate. The connector may fit into a slot on the backplate. In some embodiments, a plurality of connectors may be used to connect a plurality of straps to the backplate. Additionally, the connector may comprise a clip or other attachment operable to secure one or more hoses of the SCBA. This design may prevent the air hoses being hooked accidently, and the attachment of the hoses may help to secure the connector into the slot of the backplate, reducing the change of the connector disconnecting during normal usage.
US10850137B2	Method of reshaping a body part A method of reshaping a body part including the step of injecting a quantity of filler material into a subperiosteal plane of a facial region thereby depositing a body of filler between the periosteum and bone of the facial region. The method includes the step of piercing a periosteum of the facial region with a syringe. The method includes the step of drawing backwards a plunger of the syringe to ascertain whether a tip of a needle of the syringe is within a blood vessel. The filler may include a hyaluronic acid gel. The method of reshaping a body part includes the step of applying pressure to the body of filler to adjust a shape of the body of filler. The step of injecting is repeated in the following order of priority: first the temporal line of fusion, second the zygoma, third the malar, and fourth the jaw line.
US10850136B2	Moisturiser blend A blend for use in a personal care composition comprises a dialkyl amphiphilic component and an ester of a long chain branched fatty acid and a long chain branched alcohol. The blend can be pastillated and/or flaked, and can be used as the oil phase of an oil-in-water emulsion. The blend can be used in a moisturiser composition for moisturising skin.
US10850132B2	Particle therapy system A particle therapy system in which the efficiency of extracting a beam from a synchrotron can be improved and time required for therapy can be shortened is provided. The synchrotron 10 of the particle therapy system 100 extracts a charged particle beam, which circulates in the synchrotron 10, out of the synchrotron 10 by means of a slow extraction method using the resonance of a betatron oscillation, and magnetic poles 73 included in a bending magnet 12 of the synchrotron 10 have a SIM structure that generates a magnetic field distribution that makes the horizontal tune of the charged particle more closely approach a resonant line used in the slow extraction method as the amplitude of the horizontal betatron oscillation of a charged particle included in the charged particle beam becomes larger.
US10850131B2	Neutron source for neutron capture therapy A Boron neutron cancer treatment system has a moderator chamber filled with liquid or granular moderator material except for a central treatment chamber, the moderator chamber having parallel upper and lower surfaces, and a plurality of modular neutron generators fully immersed in the liquid or granular moderator material of the moderator chamber.
US10850128B2	Real-time, parallel x-ray tomosynthesis A device for performing tomosynthesis in real time is described. Multiple imaging sources (such as x-ray sources) may be energized in parallel and collimated towards a field of view. Objects within the field of view cast shadows onto one or more detectors. An imaging system may read the one or more detectors and acquire multiple views corresponding to the multiple imaging sources to produce a reconstructed image of an object of interest. From this reconstructed image, a target of the radiation therapy can be located, and the delivery of the radiation can be adjusted, as needed. The approach provides a real-time tomosynthesis design that can produce enhanced contrast for guidance of, for example, lung tumor treatment. Higher frame rates can be achieved to better compensate for changes in the position of the target during radiation therapy due to, for example, respiratory or cardiac motion.
US10850127B2	Charged particle beam therapy and magnetic resonance imaging The present invention provides a medical apparatus (100) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (110) for acquiring magnetic resonance data from an imaging volume (122) covering at least partially a subject of interest (120), wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system (110) comprises a main magnet (112) for generating a magnetic field within the imaging volume (122), a particle beam apparatus (150) having a particle beam line (152) for a particle beam (154) of charged particles, including a gantry (156) configured for rotating around a rotational axis (R), which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the main magnet (112), wherein the gantry (156) comprises at least one bending magnet (158) for directing the particle beam (154) to an irradiation volume (124) within the imaging volume (122), an active compensation coil (200), which is arranged to substantially surround at least the imaging volume (122), and a control unit (132) for controlling the active compensation coil (200) for canceling a stray field caused by the at least one bending magnet (158) within the imaging volume (122) at least in the longitudinal direction of the main magnet (112). The present invention also provides a shielding method for use in the above medical apparatus (100).
US10850123B2	Treatment planning method, apparatus and radiotherapy system Provided in the present disclosure is a treatment planning method comprising, acquiring a preset dose distribution scheme; generating a plurality of radiation dose distribution schemes according to a preset algorithm and equipment parameters of a radiotherapy system, wherein the equipment parameters of a radiotherapy system comprises one or more of the radiation energy, parameters of radiation field, radiation angle, dose distribution at different radiation angles, and radiation time; comparing the plurality of radiation dose distribution schemes to the preset dose distribution scheme, to determine at least one radiation dose distribution scheme that is closest to the preset dose distribution scheme; and making a treatment plan according to the determined radiation dose distribution scheme.
US10850120B2	Selecting a dose prediction model based on clinical goals A clinical goal for radiation treatment of a patient is set. A dose prediction model is selected from a number of dose prediction models based on the clinical goal. A radiation treatment plan is then generated for the patient using the dose prediction model that was selected based on the clinical goal.
US10850119B2	Interactive computer-aided editor for compensators used in radiotherapy treatment planning When constructing compensators for radiation therapy using ion or proton radiation beams, a computer-aided compensator editing method includes overlaying an initial 3D compensator model on an anatomical image of a target mass (e.g., a tumor) in a patient, along with radiation dose distribution information. A user manipulates pixels or voxels in the compensator model on a display, and a processor automatically adjusts the dose distribution according to the user edits. The user iteratively adjusts the compensator model until the dose distribution is optimized, at which time the optimized compensator model is stored to memory and/or output to a machining device that constructs a compensator from the optimized model.
US10850118B2	Methods and devices for minim ally-invasive delivery of radiation to the eye Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the eye (such as the posterior portion of the eye) including cannula systems with multiple treatment positions and/or multiple channels in the distal tip of the cannula systems. The channels can accommodate emanating sources and exposing a target at various treatment positions. The emanating sources may be annulus-shaped.
US10850117B2	Sonoluminescent Biophysical Oscillation Techniques (SBOT) and method to improve health One or more devices, systems, and methods are described which together provide sonoluminescence biophysical oscillation technique(s) (SBOT(s)) that improve debilitated states of health for individuals comprising; biophysical oscillations that initiate, sustain, and/or control one or more sound emitting devices including speakers capable of providing harmonic and subharmonic sound and including music and/or individual musical notes that provide sound tracsons and one or more light emission devices including projectors that provide light wave emission traclums which are capable of imparting color changes, wherein tracsons and traclums provide auditory and visual stimuli that result in energy changes that create acoustic and tracson/traclum excitations. The tracson/traclum excitations are applied in an external manner to one or more bodies of humans and in some cases could be applied to animals.
US10850113B2	Cardiac electrical signal morphology and pattern-based T-wave oversensing rejection A medical device, such as an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), senses R-waves from a first cardiac electrical signal by a first sensing channel and stores a time segment of a second cardiac electrical signal acquired by a second sensing channel in response to each sensed R-wave. The ICD determines morphology match scores from the stored time segments of the second cardiac electrical signal and, based on the morphology match scores, withholds detection of a tachyarrhythmia episode. In some examples, the ICD detects T-wave oversensing based on the morphology match scores and withholds detection of a tachyarrhythmia episode in response to detecting the T-wave oversensing.
US10850109B2	System and method of monitoring for and reporting on patient-made stimulation therapy programming changes A programmer is configured to effect communication with, and programming of, an implantable medical device configured to deliver neurostimulation therapy. The programmer comprises a display, such as touch screen display, and a processor comprising memory and coupled to the display. An interface is coupled to the processor and configured to receive therapy settings data indicative of current therapy settings operative in the implantable medical device and any modifications made to the therapy settings by a patient. The processor is configured to determine if one or more therapy settings have been modified since the last interaction with the patient, and coordinate displaying of the current therapy settings, the one or more therapy settings modified by the patient, and a previous state of the one or more therapy settings modified by the patient on the display.
US10850104B2	Implantable nerve stimulator having internal electronics without ASIC and methods of use An implantable pulse generator that includes a current source/sink generator is disclosed herein. The current source/sink generator includes a current drive differential amplifier. The current driver differential amplifier is configured to selectively source current to, or sink current from a target tissue. The current drive differential amplifier includes an inverting input and a non-inverting input. One of the inputs of the current drive differential amplifier is connected to a virtual ground, and the other is connected to a current command. A stimulation controller can supply a voltage to the other of the inputs of the current drive differential amplifier to select either current sourcing or current sinking.
US10850102B2	Method and apparatus for multimodal electrical modulation of pain Apparatus and methods for managing pain uses separate varying electromagnetic fields, with a variety of temporal and amplitude characteristics, which are applied to a particular neural structure to modulate glial and neuronal interactions as a mechanism for relieving chronic pain. In another embodiment, a single composite modulation/stimulation signal which has rhythmically varying characteristics is used to achieve the same results as separate varying electromagnetic fields. Also, disclosed is an apparatus and method for modulating the expression of genes involved in diverse pathways including inflammatory/immune system mediators, ion channels and neurotransmitters, in both the Spinal Cord (SC) and Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) where such expression modulation is caused by spinal cord stimulation or peripheral nerve stimulation using the disclosed apparatus and techniques. In one embodiment of multimodal modulation therapy, the prime signal may be monophasic, or biphasic, in which the polarity of the first phase of the biphasic prime signal may be either cathodic or anodic while the tonic signal may be either monophasic, or biphasic, with the polarity of the first phase of the biphasic tonic signal being either cathodic or anodic.
US10850093B2	Lead integrity monitoring A system for lead integrity monitoring includes an implantable medical device (IMD) having a housing enclosing a control circuit; and a lead, having a first sensor. The lead is coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the control circuit. The system also includes at least one processing device configured to identify a first lead failure alert based on a first set of information; obtain a second set of information generated by a second sensor; perform an evaluation of the first set of information in the context of the second set of information; and confirm or cancel the first lead failure alert based on the evaluation.
US10850090B2	Devices and methods for controlling tremor A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinson tremor, and other forms of tremor. The peripheral nerve stimulator can be either a noninvasive surface stimulator or an implanted stimulator. Stimulation can be electrical, mechanical, or chemical. Stimulation can be delivered using either an open loop system or a closed loop system with feedback.
US10850086B2	Medical connector A medical connector includes a male connector portion, an engagement portion, and a locking portion that slides on the engagement portion to set a locked state in which the engagement portion is inhibited from being pulled out of another medical connector when the male connector portion is inserted into a female connector portion of the other medical connector.
US10850081B2	Implantable bodily fluid drainage valve with magnetic field resistance engagement confirmation Verifying whether a magnetic field resistance mechanism is properly engaged in a drainage valve having an adjustable valve unit including a rotating construct and a pair of primary magnetic elements for programming the valve unit. Using a toolset, a determination is made whether the magnetic field resistance mechanism is properly engaged. An alert is generated whether the magnetic field resistance mechanism is at least one of properly engaged or not properly engaged based on: (i) a measured angular position of a detected one of the pair of primary magnetic elements relative to a direction of flow of fluid through the valve; and/or (ii) a measured distance separation between respective centers of the pair of primary magnetic elements.
US10850080B2	Electronic toolset to locate, read, adjust, and confirm adjustment in an implantable bodily fluid drainage system without recalibrating following adjustment A method of using an electronic toolset for locating, reading, adjusting and confirming adjustment of an implantable bodily fluid drainage system without requiring recalibration following adjustment from a current valve setting to a new valve setting using an electronic toolset including an adjustment tool having a magnetic element and an indicator tool including a sensor array. The need to remove the electronic toolset from the patient to recalibrate or zero the sensor array prior to confirming the new valve setting is eliminated. This is realized by disposing a ferromagnetic system component of the indicator tool in a magnet shield cage made of a metallic alloy to prevent magnetic fields produced by a magnetic element in the adjustment tool during the adjusting step from influencing the sensor array.
US10850078B2	Electrically-induced fluid filled balloon catheter The present disclosure relates generally to the use of medical devices for the treatment of vascular conditions. In particular, the present disclosure provides devices and methods for using electrically-induced pressure waves to disrupt vascular blockages. The present disclosure not only provides devices and methods for using electrically-induced pressure waves to disrupt vascular blockages, but the present disclosure also provides devices and method for assisting the guidewire in penetrating an occlusion, devices and method for using a sealable valve in the tip of the balloon catheter to reduce the overall size and diameter of the balloon catheter, thereby allowing the balloon catheter to penetrate smaller size blood vessels and devices. Given the persistence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD), there remains a need for improved therapeutic methods designed not only to reduce vascular blockages in the short term, but also to prevent future complications such as restenosis.
US10850076B2	Balloon catheters for body lumens Various embodiments disclosed relate to drug-coated balloon catheters for treating strictures in body lumens and methods of using the same. A drug-coated balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic agent to a target site of a body lumen stricture includes an elongated balloon having a main diameter. The balloon catheter includes a coating layer overlying an exterior surface of the balloon. The coating layer includes one or more water-soluble additives and an initial drug load of a therapeutic agent.
US10850074B2	Guide wire A guide wire is disclosed, the guide wire including a flexible wire main body, a coil that is intermediately disposed in a longitudinal direction of the wire main body in an outer periphery of the wire main body, and a support portion that supports at least one of a distal end and a proximal end of the coil so as to be rotatable around a central axis O of the wire main body. In a natural state where an external force is not supplied to the guide wire, the support portion supports in a state where an inner peripheral portion of the coil and an outer peripheral portion of the wire main body are separated from each other.
US10850070B2	Intravenous catheter assembly with cannula safety mechanism A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter that includes a distal end, a proximal end, and an inner surface forming a lumen. The lumen may extend between the proximal end and the distal end. The catheter assembly may also include a cannula and a cannula hub. The cannula hub may include an outer portion disposed outside of the catheter adapter and an inner portion disposed within the catheter adapter. The cannula may extend distally from the inner portion. In response to the outer portion sliding proximally along an outer surface of the catheter adapter, the cannula may be withdrawn proximally into the catheter adapter. The outer portion may be configured to slide proximally to a locked position in which the cannula hub is locked with respect to the catheter adapter, and a distal tip of the cannula is disposed within the catheter adapter.
US10850068B2	Catheter devices with valves and related methods Needle assemblies and related methods are disclosed having a needle hub with a needle, a catheter tube with a catheter hub and having the needle extending through the catheter tube; and a valve positioned in an interior cavity of the catheter hub, the valve having a first section with a first chord, a second chord, and a plurality of slits defining a plurality of flaps, a second section attached to the first section, and a third section attached to the first section; an inside edge formed on the second section and pressed against the first section; an inside edge formed on the third section and pressed against the first section; and wherein a first flow path is provided adjacent the first chord and a second flow path is provided adjacent the second chord.
US10850061B2	Lighting system for circadian control and enhanced performance Systems tune, control, or remediate the intrinsic Circadian clock. A light controller sets spectral distribution, intensity of a bioactive spectral band to shift or entrain circadian response to enhance performance and/or synchronize with local or expected conditions. The systems enhance performance under conditions that might be changing, disrupted, or otherwise present an irregular phase or unnatural change in the subject's circadian status, for example, due to geographically discontinuous activity or spectrally deficient workplace illumination, or due to divergent individual sleep/wake behaviors of subjects in a structured group activity. An illumination recipe that compensates for the deficiency of lighting or of participant sleep or behavior patterns, or age- or disease-related changes, to evoke, shift, or align circadian response and improve behaviors such as classroom alertness, relaxation, excitability, attention, or focus. Systems may receive sensed light values and automatically apply high- and/or low-CER illumination to effect the intended circadian phase.
US10850057B2	Cushion for a respiratory mask assembly A respiratory mask assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame and a cushion. The cushion has a non-face contacting portion structured to be connected to the frame, a face-contacting portion structured to engage the patient's face, and an intermediate portion that interconnects the non-face contacting portion and the face-contacting portion. The intermediate portion includes a gusset portion that applies a first component of force to the patient's face through the face-contacting portion. A spring structure is coupled with the face-contacting portion of the cushion. The spring structure applies a second component of force to the patient's face through the face-contacting portion. The first and second components of force applied by the gusset portion and spring structure, respectively, determine a contact force of the cushion applied to the patient's face through the face-contacting portion. The intermediate portion may also include an elastic cuff portion. Further, in the case of an oral mask, the sealing section may include a portion that is designed to promote a better seal in the chin region of the mask.
US10850050B2	Smart valved holding chamber A medication delivery system having a holding chamber capable of delivering dosages of medicament from a metered dose inhaler. The holding chamber includes an actuator detector, flow detector and display. In another embodiment, a medication delivery system includes a holding chamber having an input and an output end, a metered dose inhaler operably coupled to the input end of the holding chamber, and a metered dose inhaler identifier associated with the holding chamber and operable to identify the metered dose inhaler coupled to the holding chamber.
US10850046B2	Cannula locator device A cannula locator device is described herein. The cannula locator device may include a cannula. The cannula may include a distal tip, an elongated tubular shaft, and an inner lumen formed by the elongated tubular shaft. The cannula locator device may also include a first optical fiber configured to emit light and a second optical fiber configured to receive reflected light. The first and second optical fibers may be disposed within the inner lumen of the cannula. The first optical fiber may include a first distal end and a first proximal end. The second optical fiber may include a first proximal end and first distal end.
US10850045B2	Puncture injection instrument A puncture injection instrument including a hollow needle body including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the hollow needle body having one or more projections which are formed on the first surface and each have a through hole penetrating from a distal end of the projection to the second surface of the substrate, and one or more probes positioned outside a region where the one or more projections are formed. The one or more probes include an ultrasound probe or an optical coherence tomography probe.
US10850044B2	Safe auto-needle device The invention provides a safe auto-needle device for injection, comprising: a main housing and a syringe-support receiving a disposable prefilled syringe terminating in a needle covered by a needle sheath (NS). The speed of depressing of the syringe plunger is manually controllable by a user. In a first embodiment, a locking mechanism is present, for preventing premature advancement of the needle. A second embodiment comprises an interlock, for preventing depressing of a plunger, prior to advancement of the syringe-support to a needle penetration location. Additional components include a drive mechanism; and a needle shield moveable between: a needle covered position; a partially exposed position, to a fully extended needle safe position. The invention also discloses a needle sheath (NS) remover.
US10850043B2	Injection device The disclosure refers to a handheld injection device comprising a housing, a dose indicator positioned within and axially constrained to the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing during dose setting and during dose dispensing, a gauge element, which is at least partly interposed between the housing and the dose indicator, wherein the gauge element is axially guided within the housing and in threaded engagement with the dose indicator such that rotation of the dose indicator causes an axial displacement of the gauge element (80; 490). A contrast element having a first marking is provided and at least a region of the gauge element is provided with a second marking, with the first marking and/or the second marking being visible through a first window or aperture in the housing depending on the axial position of the gauge element within the housing.
US10850042B2	Three-position plungers, film coated plungers and related syringe assemblies A three-position plunger is provided including a sleeve having an opening at a distal end, a pre-load cavity proximal to and in communication with the opening, a first cavity proximal to and in communication with the pre-load cavity, a second cavity proximal to and in communication with the pre-load cavity, and at least one rib. The rib(s) is generally aligned with the first cavity. The plunger further includes an insert configured to be displaced from the pre-load cavity to the first cavity and from the first cavity to the second cavity. The insert is configured to provide support for the compression of the rib(s) when the insert is positioned in the first cavity.
US10850040B2	Syringe-type ejector The syringe dispenser includes a syringe and a plunger. The plunger includes a first shaft member including a piston and second shaft member configured to be fitted in a tubular portion of the first shaft member. The first shaft member includes an elastic piece, the elastic piece being provided with a slide projection configured to slide on an inner surface of the syringe and a lock projection configured to be locked against the syringe. The second shaft member includes a pressing shaft configured to be fitted in the tubular portion. The pressing shaft is provided in a front end thereof with an end surface configured to press a free end of the elastic piece. In response to pressing from the end surface, the lock projection is locked against the rear end of the syringe, and in response to the pressing being released, the locking of the lock projection is released.
US10850039B2	Drive assembly for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device comprising a drive assembly A drive assembly for a drug delivery device includes a spring member, a piston rod and a piston rod nut being engaged with the piston rod. The piston rod nut is configured to rotate and axially move during dose setting. The spring member is compressed when the piston rod nut is moved during the dose setting. The piston rod nut is rotationally fixed during dose dispensing.
US10850035B2	Auto-injector device An injection device comprises an injector body having at least one indicator aperture; a medicament reservoir disposed within the injector body; a piston; and one or more status indicators. A movement of the piston expels a medicament out of the medicament reservoir, and operates to move at least one of the one or more status indicators relative to a corresponding indicator aperture.
US10850032B2	Device for administering a fluid product An infusion apparatus for delivering medication includes a housing, a drive mechanism, a force sensor, and a transfer element. The drive mechanism comprises first and second conveying elements, the second conveying element for advancing a plug in a reservoir in the distal direction, the first conveying element with limited axial movement relative to the housing but rotatable to cause an ejecting or resetting movement of the second conveying element. The force sensor is arranged along a central axis between the housing and the proximal end of the drive mechanism. The transfer element is axially arranged between the force sensor and the first conveying element and the force sensor bears axial forces exerted by the ejection movement. The second conveying element moves the transfer element away from the first conveying element against the bias of a restoring force such that the force sensor bears axial forces exerted by the resetting movement.
US10850030B2	Flow rate control device for supplying liquid chemical Provided is a flow rate control device for supplying liquid chemicals. The device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a housing unit which is placed at the location from which liquid chemicals are supplied and comprises an inflow conduit on one side to which the liquid chemicals flow in and an outflow conduit from which the flowed-in liquid chemicals whose flow rate is controlled flow out; and a control unit which is integrated with the housing unit and comprises an inflow space which comes in contact with an inflow hole at a terminal portion of the inflow conduit, an outflow space which comes in contact with an outflow hole at a terminal portion of the outflow conduit and a control path which is connected between the inflow space and the outflow space to control the flow rate of the flowed-in liquid chemicals, wherein the control path has a controlled inner diameter and a controlled length according to the flow rate a user aims at.
US10850025B2	Arrayed multi-IV set management device A multi-IV set retention device for retaining flexible lines (e.g., medical fluid lines, such as IV sets) comprises a retention body having a normal axis, and a plurality of retention slots that removably receive and retain flexible lines, and a plurality of openings to facilitate insertion of a flexible line into an associated retention slot. The retention slots are radially arrayed about the normal axis of the retention body, such that the plurality of flexible lines is movable as a unitary body. The flexible lines can be radially bundled as a collection of flexible lines that define a center of mass about a central portion of the retention device, so that the flexible lines move and act as a single flexible line. One or more of such multi-IV set retention devices can be coupled along a length of one or more flexible lines, thus fanning an IV set retention system. A method of making the multi-IV set retention device, and a method of retaining flexible lines, is provided.
US10850022B2	Separating and transferring phases of a fluid through centrifugation A system for separating and transferring phases of a fluid through centrifugation including a centrifuge having a rotating axis, a platform that is rotatable around the rotating axis; and a device for separating and transferring the phases of the fluid. The device includes a separating container and a receiving container connected to the separating container through a connecting channel. A passive valve system is provided in the connecting channel. The device is mounted in the centrifuge platform such that in use at a first predefined range of centrifugal force a fluid provided within the separating container is separated into phases and at a second predefined range of centrifugal force the valve system opens, thereby transferring a phase of the fluid from the separating container to the receiving container.
US10850020B2	Dialysis machine support assemblies and related systems and methods In some aspects, a dialysis machine support assembly includes a platform configured to support a dialysis machine and a drive assembly configured to move the platform vertically.
US10850016B2	Modular fluid therapy system having jumpered flow paths and systems and methods for cleaning and disinfection Systems and methods for cleaning and disinfecting a medical therapy device that delivers any one of hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration. The system has a base module that has at least one segment of a controlled compliant flow path and at least one pair of jumpered ports configured on the base module. One or more components have connections connectable to the jumpered ports of the base module to provide for fluid communication between the segment of the controlled compliant flow path in the base module and a flow path defined by the one or more components. The base module is connected to the one or more components that define a flow path configurable for carrying out in part at least one function performed during any one of hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration or hemofiltration.
US10850015B2	Systems and methods for therapeutic platelet depletion Systems and methods are provided for depleting platelets from blood. The system includes a multi-stage blood separation chamber in which blood is separated into red blood cells and platelet-rich plasma. The platelet-rich plasma is conveyed from a first stage of the chamber to a second stage, where it is separated into platelets and platelet-poor plasma. The platelet-poor plasma is conveyed out of the chamber while the platelets are allowed to accumulate in the second stage of the chamber. When a controller of the system has determined that the maximum chamber capacity of platelets has been accumulated in the second stage of the chamber, the platelets are conveyed out of the chamber to a waste container. The cycle of separating blood into its components, accumulating platelets in the chamber, and then flushing the platelets from the chamber is repeated until a target platelet concentration of the blood is achieved.
US10850014B2	Liquid collection device and method A liquid collection device for use in drawing liquid from an opening in a body of a person or an animal. The device includes a perforated container, and an outlet port. The perforated container defines a chamber shaped to collect liquid drawn into the chamber through perforations in the container. The outlet port enables liquid to be drawn from the chamber by a partial vacuum applied at the outlet port. The container is configured to receive wicking material that covers at least some of the perforations and is also configured and dimensioned for placement of the wicking material in, or over approximately an exposed breadth of, an opening in a person or an animal, so that upon said placement of the container with at least some of the perforations being covered by said wicking material, when a partial vacuum is applied at the outlet port, liquid can be drawn from said opening through the wicking material and into the chamber and from the chamber through the outlet port.
US10850013B2	Directed fluidics Methods and systems for administering directed fluidics during a medical procedure for removing an object are disclosed. A method includes inserting first and second medical instruments into a treatment site, providing irrigation and aspiration of the treatment site through the first and second medical instruments, determining a characteristic of one of the irrigation and the aspiration, and selecting a characteristic of the other of the irrigation and aspiration based on the determined characteristic.
US10850001B1	Sterilizing mechanism An air sterilizing apparatus is created which can be set within an environment without adversely affecting people, pets, or plants within the environment such as a room. The apparatus uses a passage through which ambient air passes. The passage has a treatment chamber in which ultraviolet light (ideally UV-C) is used to sterile the ambient air. Each end section of the passage is configured to block light from exiting the passage. In the preferred embodiment, each end section includes a coating of UV adsorbing material to provide further protection to the environment from the UV light.
US10849999B2	Method for disinfecting pressurized assisted breathing machines and maintaining said machine's air quality A method for disinfecting a contaminated pressurized assisted breathing machine, namely a sleep apnea machine including said machine's components and maintaining said machine's fluid quality between use on patients, which comprises the steps of preparing an aqueous solution comprising alcohol-glycerin-chlorhexidine gluconate-dye-flavoring agent; purging and removing machine's existing fluid from said machine and said machine's components; introducing the said aqueous solution into said machine and said machine's components; purging with pressurized fluid by removing said aqueous solution and contaminants from said machine and said machine's components; introducing pressurized fluid into said machine and said machine's components for flushing and rinsing said machine and said machine's components.
US10849996B2	Storage device including ultraviolet illumination Ultraviolet radiation is directed within an area. Items located within the area and/or one or more conditions of the area are monitored over a period of time. Based on the monitoring, ultraviolet radiation sources are controlled by adjusting a direction, an intensity, a pattern, and/or a spectral power of the ultraviolet radiation generated by the ultraviolet radiation source. Adjustments to the ultraviolet radiation source(s) can correspond to one of a plurality of selectable operating configurations including a storage life preservation operating configuration, a disinfection operating configuration, and an ethylene decomposition operating configuration.
US10849994B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising fluorine-18 labelled gases There is provided a process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an 18F-labelled gas selected from the group consisting of 18F-labelled sulphur hexafluoride ([18F]SF6) and 18F-labelled carbon tetrafluoride ([18F]CF4), comprising the steps: a) Filling a target with a gas mixture comprising a fluorinated gas selected from the group consisting of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and carbon tetrafluoride (CF4); b) Irradiating the gas mixture of step a) with protons with energies from 0.1 to 50 MeV. The pharmaceutical composition obtainable by the process and its uses in diagnosis, prognosis and lung function studies based on positron emission tomography (PET) are also claimed.
US10849991B2	Gene therapy for the treatment of a disease of retinal cone cells The present invention relates to a polynucleotide configured for the treatment of a disease of retinal cone cells, such as achromatopsia, a nucleic acid vector comprising said polynucleotide, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said nucleic acid vector, a kit comprising said polynucleotide or said nucleic acid vector, a method of making said nucleic acid vector, and a method for treating a disease of the retinal cone cells.
US10849986B2	Antibody-drug conjugates and uses thereof The present invention relates to therapeutic immunoconjugates comprising SN-38 attached to an antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment. The antibody may bind to Trop-2 or CEACAM5 and the immunoconjugate may be administered at a dosage of between 4 mg/kg and 16 mg/kg, preferably 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, or 16 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the immunoconjugate can reduce solid tumors in size, reduce or eliminate metastases and is effective to treat cancers resistant to standard therapies, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Surprisingly, the immunoconjugate is effective to treat cancers that are refractory to or relapsed from irinotecan.
US10849985B2	Method of targeting senescent cells A method of targeting a pharmaceutical agent to a senescent cell is disclosed. The method comprises administering the pharmaceutical agent to the subject, wherein said pharmaceutical agent is attached to an affinity moiety, said affinity moiety being capable of binding specifically to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of HSP90B1, DNAJB4, PI4K2A, DBN1, PRKCSH, SPTBN1, NPM1, ITGA3 and a polypeptide set forth in Table 1. The targeting may be for therapeutics or diagnostics.
US10849983B2	Development of soluble albuminated curcumin for application in cancer therapy This invention relates to an albumin-curcumin conjugate for application in cancer therapy, including albumin and curcumin.
US10849978B2	Pharmaceutical composition for administration to nasal mucosa The present invention is intended to provide a nose drop having high absorption of peptide hormone oxytocin or an acid addition salt thereof, or a derivative thereof through nasal mucosa and little safety concern. The present invention is a pharmaceutical composition for administration to nasal mucosa containing oxytocin or an acid addition salt thereof, or a derivative thereof and a carboxyvinyl polymer, characterized by having an osmotic pressure ratio less than 1.
US10849977B2	Liquid Protein Formulations Containing Thiamine Concentrated, low-viscosity, low-volume liquid pharmaceutical formulations of proteins have been developed. Such formulations can be rapidly and conveniently administered by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, rather than by lengthy intravenous infusion. These formulations include low-molecular-weight and/or high-molecular-weight proteins, such as mAbs, and viscosity-lowering agents that are typically bulky polar organic compounds, such as many of the GRAS (US Food and Drug Administration List of compounds generally regarded as safe) and inactive injectable ingredients and FDA approved therapeutics.
US10849965B2	H3.3 CTL peptides and uses thereof Peptides that generate an immune response to glioma-related H3.3 proteins and methods of their use are provided.
US10849960B2	Synergistic combination of IL-4, interferon gamma, and interferon alpha in treating ovarian cancer Methods and compositions are disclosed for treating a subject with a cancer. The compositions can include a chimeric molecule comprising an agent that specifically binds the interleukin 4 receptor (IL-4R) and a toxic moiety, an interferon alpha (IFNα), and an interferon gamma (IFNγ). In some non-liming embodiments, the compositions can also include monocytes. The methods disclosed herein include administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compositions taught herein to a subject with cancer, thereby treating the cancer in the subject, wherein cells in the cancer express IL-4R. In some non-liming embodiments, the methods can also include administering monocytes.
US10849958B2	Knee pain evaluation and management via WOMAC and KOOS systems Knee pain evaluation and management is carried out via intra-articular injections into a patient suffering from knee pain with the injection being comprised of water and a particularly defined peptide. After injection, knee pain is evaluated using a pain subscale such as Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) or Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS).
US10849956B2	Glycopeptide compositions Solutions comprising a glycopeptide antibiotic, for example Vancomycin, and an amino acid or amino acid derivative such as N-acetyl-Glycine or N-acetyl-D-Alanine are provided. These solutions are stable or stabilized for long-term periods at conditions of normal use and storage, and can be formulated as pharmaceutical solutions for use in subjects. Methods of manufacturing and using these solutions are also provided, as are methods of stabilizing a glycopeptide antibiotic, for example Vancomycin, using amino acids or amino acid derivatives such as N-acetyl-Glycine or N-acetyl-D-Alanine.
US10849955B2	Methods of treating pancreatic cancer using GPCR antagonists Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer and inhibition of metastasis. The compositions include a μ-opioid receptor (MOR) polypeptide and a somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2) polypeptide, wherein the MOR polypeptide is bound to a MOR antagonist and the SSTR2 polypeptide is bound to a SSTR2 antagonist. The compositions and methods provided herein are, inter alia, useful to treat pancreatic cancer.
US10849953B1	Food supplement to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's disease A food supplement to reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease is disclosed. The food supplements contains a mixture of garlic, almond, peanut, tomato, grape, clove, black eye pea turmeric, tea and velvet bean.
US10849950B2	Composition for treating fatty liver A composition for treating fatty liver which comprises extracts of ginseng, Atractylodes rhizome, Crataegus cuneate, Alisma tuber and Cassia obtusifolia L.
US10849947B2	Feed supplement and a feed composition comprising resin acid based composition The present invention relates to a feed supplement which comprises a resin acid based composition comprising over 10% (w/w) resin acids for use in the prevention of growth of harmful bacteria in the animal digestive tract, in the prevention of intestinal disorders, in the modulation of microbial population of the animal digestive tract, in enhancing rumen fermentation, lowering rumen methane production and/or in binding toxins. The invention further relates to a use of the feed supplement and a feed composition comprising the feed supplement.
US10849946B2	Genetically engineered vaccinia viruses The present invention provides a genetically recombinant vaccinia virus effective in preventing or treating cancer. Specifically, the present invention provides a vaccinia virus comprising two polynucleotides, a polynucleotide encoding IL-7 and a polynucleotide encoding IL-12; a combination kit of two vaccinia viruses, a vaccinia virus comprising a polynucleotide encoding IL-7 and a vaccinia virus comprising a polynucleotide encoding IL-12; and use of the two vaccinia viruses in combination.
US10849945B2	Oncolytic adenovirus encoding a B7 protein or active fragment The present disclosure provides a replication competent oncolytic adenovirus with selectivity for cancer cells, wherein the adenovirus comprises a transgene under the control of a promoter endogenous to the virus, wherein the transgene comprises a DNA sequence encoding a B7 protein or an active fragment thereof, compositions comprising same, methods of generating the viruses, and use of the viruses and compositions in treatment, particularly in the treatment of cancer.
US10849942B2	Treatment of bacterial infections in aquaculture A composition comprises bacteriophage covalently attached to an edible particle and is for use in treating bacterial infection in fish or crustaceans. Infections in fish or crustaceans caused by Vibrio, Aeromonas, Yersinia, Moritella, Rickettsia, Piscirickettsia, Lactococcus, Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium or Photobacterium bacteria species can be treated. Bacteria infected with a lysogenic bacteriophage are used for treating disease of fish or crustaceans caused by similar infections by bacteria carrying lysogenic bacteriophage that express a toxin gene.
US10849939B2	Probiotic formulation A probiotic organism which is capable of proliferation in iron-rich media, an environment which is generally unfavourable to probiotic organisms, is described.
US10849938B2	Gene expression system for probiotic microorganisms Provided herein are recombinant microorganisms that express a subject polypeptide. Microorganisms can comprise an expression construct comprising a flagellin promoter operatively linked with a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding the subject polypeptide. The flagellin promoter sequence can comprise a genetic modification that reduces CsrA inhibition of translation. Microorganisms also can comprise a genetic modification that reduces FlgM inhibition of SigD initiation of transcription. The target polypeptide can be an aldehyde dehydrogenase. Such microorganisms are useful in the treatment of alcohol hangover.
US10849934B2	Compound and preparation method thereof Disclosed is a compound, prepared by extracting and separating from Limax. Also disclosed is a method for extracting and separating the compound, which is simple and easy to operate. The compound has sedative and hypnotic effects, and has significant effects on physiological or psychological dependent detoxification or detoxication. It has potential application value for preparing detoxification or detoxication drugs, and provides new ideas for the further development of detoxification drugs.
US10849931B2	Compositions and methods for platelet enriched fibrin constructs Compositions and methods are provided for tissue constructs that promote wound healing. The composition comprises a dimensionally stable fibrin construct for local administration to a wound site or region. In one embodiment, the fibrin construct is a wound healing composition, including components that promote wound healing, such as platelets, growth factors, white blood cells and fibrin clots. In another embodiment, the tissue treatment composition includes (i) aggregated fibrin, (ii) blood cells, and (iii) optionally, growth factors and/or other proteins.
US10849930B2	Composition for promoting increase in subcutaneous tissue and subcutaneous adipose tissue In particular, a composition for breast augmentation that includes a composition promoting an increase in subcutaneous tissue, wherein the promoting composition aims at accumulating and increasing adipose tissue under the skin of a breast by generating and increasing the adipose tissue around a mammary gland and enables recovery of autologous tissue and recovery of appearance by a safe and natural process, and a method for breast augmentation are provided. A composition promoting an increase in subcutaneous tissue that contains autologous plasma and a basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF), in particular, a composition for breast augmentation is provided. A composition for breast augmentation that includes the above-described composition promoting an increase in subcutaneous tissue that further contains fat is provided. Specifically, a composition for breast augmentation that includes the above-described composition promoting an increase in subcutaneous tissue, wherein the fat is in the form of a lipid emulsion and the lipid emulsion is an oil-in-water lipid emulsion produced by emulsifying fat and oil in the presence of an emulsifier, and a method for breast augmentation by using the composition are provided. An injection unit of the composition for breast augmentation is also provided.
US10849921B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising particles comprising a complex of a double-stranded polyribonucleotide and a polyalkyleneimine The present invention relates to compositions comprising complexes that are formed by polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid with a polyalkyleneimine, such as polyethyleneimine, that present uniform structural and functional features, as well as to processes for the preparation of said compositions that comply with regulatory requirements. The present invention additionally relates to use of said compositions as medicaments (in particular for treating cancer), alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents and/or in specific medical methods. Moreover, the administration of these compositions is associated to changes in the expression of specific genes, in cell responses, and/or in composition of immune cell populations that can be used as specific biomarkers and/or as additional target for medical treatment.
US10849911B2	Low dose compositions of Aramachol salts The present invention relates to salts of arachidyl amido cholanoic acid (Aramchol), pharmaceutical compositions comprising Aramchol salts, methods for their preparation, and methods of use thereof in medical treatment.
US10849909B2	Antibiotic compositions for nasal irrigation and methods Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations, nasal irrigation fluids, sachets, kits and the like comprising cephalosporin antibiotics, as well as methods of topical treatment of sinusitis and related conditions, methods of delivery of the formulations and fluids to the sinuses, methods of coating the sinuses, and methods of disruption and/or penetration of biofilms in the sinuses.
US10849907B2	Imidazopyridine derivatives and the use thereof as medicament The present invention relates to imidazopyridines of formula A processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment or prevention of conditions having an association with NR2B negative allosteric modulating properties.
US10849902B2	Medicament for treating heart failure The present invention provides a medicament for preventing or treating heart failure. More specifically, the present invention provides a medicament for preventing or treating heart failure, comprising a compound selected from the group consisting of (5R)—N-[1-ethyl-1-(4-ethylphenyl)propyl]-2,7,7-trimethyl-5-phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide, (5R)—N-[1-ethyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propyl]-2,7,7-trimethyl-5-phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide, (5R)—N-[1-ethyl-1-(4-ethylphenyl)propyl]-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-2,7,7-trimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide and salts thereof.
US10849898B2	Treatment of relapsed and/or refractory solid tumors and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas Methods are provided for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory solid tumors (including neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC)) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) and the like, using substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds useful for the inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1 (LSD-1).
US10849894B2	Aripiprazole prodrug composition Described is a composition comprising (a) a population of particles of an aripiprazole prodrug having a volume based particle size (Dv50) of less than 1000 nm and (b) at least one surface stabilizer comprising an adsorbed component which is adsorbed on the surface of the aripiprazole prodrug particles and a free component available for solubilisation of the aripiprazole prodrug. The surface stabilizer to prodrug ratio provides the optimal quantity of free surface stabilizer for the purposes of producing a lead-in formulation. Also described are methods of treatment using the aforementioned composition.
US10849889B2	Methods of treating Fabry patients having renal impairment Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US10849887B2	Treatment of Parkinson's disease The invention relates to a method of treating or preventing Parkinson's disease in a subject comprising administering a compound of Formula I wherein, R1 is —NHC(O) C3-6 cycloalkyl and R2 is hydrogen; or R1 and R2 along with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a six membered aromatic ring, wherein the ring is substituted with one or more groups selected from hydrogen, halogen and C1-6 alkyl; R3 and R4 are independently selected from group comprising hydrogen, halogen, C1-3 alkyl, OC1-3 alkyl, NO2, SC1-3, alkyl, C1-3, haloalkyl, OC1-3 haloalkyl, and SC1-3 haloalkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10849885B2	Methods for dosing an orally active 1,2,4-oxadiazole for nonsense mutation suppression therapy The present invention relates to specific doses of and dosing regimens for using a 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compound in treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations. In particular, the invention relates to specific doses and dosing regimens for the use of 3-[5-(2-fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid in mammals having diseases associated with nonsense mutations.
US10849883B2	Benzopyrazole compounds and analogues thereof Disclosed are compounds of formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are inhibitors of the complement system. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, and methods involving use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions characterized by aberrant complement system activity.
US10849882B2	Use of carbamate compound for preventing or treating fibromyalgia or functional syndrome associated with fibromyalgia The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating fibromyalgia or a functional syndrome associated with fibromyalgia, the pharmaceutical composition comprising: a carbamate compound of chemical formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate or a hydrate; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition, according to the present invention, may enable the efficient treatment of fibromyalgia or a functional syndrome associated with fibromyalgia.
US10849879B2	Localized modulation of tissues and cells to enhance therapeutic effects including renal denervation Pharmaceutical preparations, compositions, systems, and devices including medical devices and diagnostic or therapeutic agents, and methods to treat disease by modification of local tissue environment to modulate the therapeutic index of locally or systemically delivered therapeutic or diagnostic agents. Improved ability to reduce sympathetic nerve activity in the adventitia and perivascular tissues around arteries and veins in the body. Modulation of the local tissue environment around an artery to enable more effective denervation with or without a therapeutic agent. Modulation may include adjustment of the pH of the tissue.
US10849878B2	Agent exhibiting anti-stress, anxiolytic and anti-depression activity, and composition based thereon The agent with antistress, anxiolytic and antidepressant activity and a composition based on it. The invention relates to the field of pharmaceutics, particularly to chemical compounds based on lithium salts, namely to substances with antistress, anxiolytic and antidepressant activity and can be used in medicine, veterinary medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry. The invention discovers the possibility of using lithium ascorbate as an agent with antistress, anxiolytic and antidepressant activity. The claimed composition with antistress, anxiolytic and antidepressant activity, including a lithium salt, contains pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate and lithium ascorbate as a lithium salt. The use of lithium ascorbate as an agent with antistress, anxiolytic and antidepressant action and the composition based on it, enables to expand the assortment of the agents for indicated administration. At the same time, the claimed agents have low toxicity and high efficacy.
US10849875B2	Cancer specific lipid targeted peptidomimetics A phosphatidylserine targeted peptoid has been identified with the ability to bind to cancer cells globally and specifically. A dimer of the peptoid decreases cancer cell viability. Use of the dimerized peptoid enhances the efficacy of docetaxel. The peptoid can be used for including but not limited to diagnosing and treating cancer, diagnosing and treating a viral condition, and diagnosing and treating diabetes.
US10849874B2	Use of composition for modulating angiogenesis The present invention relates to a method for modulating angiogenesis in a subject in need thereof, which comprises administering an effective amount of composition comprising excavatolide B and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the subject.
US10849872B2	Methods and compositions for treating obesity, preventing weight gain, promoting weight loss, promoting slimming, or treating or preventing the development of diabetes The present invention relates to compositions and kits including a chemical uncoupler, such as tyrphostin 9 or precursor or a salt thereof, and compositions including a chemical uncoupler, such as tyrphostin 9 in combination with one or more therapeutic agents, for example, L-carnitine, which are useful, for example, in treating obesity, preventing weight gain, promoting weight loss/slimming, and/or treating or preventing the development of diabetes.
US10849871B2	Compositions and methods of use of phorbol esters for the treatment of stroke Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment and prevention of stroke and the sequelae of stroke. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools to treat or prevent stroke and the long term effects of stroke in mammalian subjects.
US10849870B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and use of same The present disclosure provides orally deliverable pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and to methods of using same to treat a variety of conditions and disorders.
US10849866B2	Methods for inhibiting conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) A method of inhibiting the conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) and lowering TMAO in an individual by providing a composition comprising a compound set forth in Formula (I):
US10849864B2	Combinations and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of fungal infections Provided are combinations comprising terbinafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a NO source. The combination may be a synergistic combination. Also provided are methods of treating and/or preventing a fungal infection in a subject comprising administering terbinafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject; and administering a NO source to the subject, thereby treating and/or preventing the fungal infection in the subject. The dose of terbinafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the dose of the NO source administered to the subject may achieve a synergistic effect.
US10849860B2	Use of cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy The present disclosure relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of atonic seizures. In particular the CBD appears particularly effective in reducing atonic seizures in patients suffering with etiologies that include: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Dravet Syndrome; Doose Syndrome; Aicardi syndrome; CDKL5 and Dup15q in comparison to other seizure types. The disclosure further relates to the use of CBD in combination with one or more anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).
US10849857B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising active drugs, contraceptive kits comprising active drugs, and methods of administering the same The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for administering pharmaceutical compositions comprising active contraceptive drugs in a patient. Specifically, the pharmaceutical compositions may comprise progestogen-only contraceptives (“POC”), such as Drospirenone.
US10849856B2	Melatonin mini-tablets and method of manufacturing the same A patient-friendly drug delivery system and method for targeted populations, such as pediatric and geriatric patients is provided, which system and method include a pharmaceutical composition in the form of mini-tablets. A method of inducing and maintaining sleep in a human in need thereof with the mini-tablets is provided. A method of manufacturing mini-tablets is provided.
US10849854B2	Process for preparing a composition comprising a high concentration of one or more avermectins A process is described for preparing a composition in the form of an emulsion that includes a high concentration of one or more avermectins. This process can include partitioning the avermectin between an active phase, including at least one glycol, and an oily phase of the emulsion. A composition thus obtained, is also described that can be used in the treatment of dermatological disorders such as rosacea.
US10849847B2	Compositions and methods for treating rosacea and acne Provided are compositions and methods for treating rosacea and acne. Specifically, a gel or foam composition having a tetracycline antibiotic and uses thereof for treating rosacea and acne are provided.
US10849844B2	Formulations for treatment of skin and methods of making and using the same The present invention relates to topical formulations designed to improve the delivery of active agents to the skin, thus improving the look and/or feel of skin, as well as methods of making and using such formulations. The present invention is useful for producing healthier, more radiant skin, with reduced dryness, dullness, wrinkles and fine lines, redness and blotchiness of skin, and the like.
US10849843B2	Stable cosmetic ink composition A cosmetic ink composition comprises a particulate material, a (meth)acrylic acid homopolymer or salt thereof, and a rheology modifier. The particulate material can have a Particle Size Distribution D50 of about 100 nm to about 2,000 nm. The (meth)acrylic acid homopolymer or salt thereof can have a weight average molecular weight of less than about 20,000 daltons. The rheology modifier can be selected from the group consisting of alkali swellable emulsion polymers, hydrophobically modified alkali swellable emulsion polymers, and combinations thereof. The cosmetic ink composition can have a first dynamic viscosity of greater than about 1,100 cP at a shear rate of 0.1 sec−1 measured at 25° C. and a second dynamic viscosity of less than about 100 cP at a shear rate of 1,000 sec−1 measured at 25° C.
US10849839B2	Personal care compositions A personal care formulation comprising an active compound is operable to reduce the surface friction of hair fibres and promoting inter-fibre movement. The active compound is the reaction product of a fatty acid and a polyamine. The use of the active compound in a personal care formulation works as a friction modifier operable to reduce the surface friction of hair fibres. The invention extends to the active compound and a method of reducing hair-fibre surface friction.
US10849838B2	Biaromatic vitamin D analogs Novel biaromatic compounds, which are vitamin D analogs, processes for their preparation and cosmetic, dermatological and pharmaceutical preparations containing one or more of these compounds.
US10849832B2	Custom formulation systems Custom formulation systems include a user input device and a dispenser having a cabinet, a bead assembly, a fluid formulation assembly, and a mixing area. The bead assembly dispenses a plurality of beads containing a first cosmetic formulation, and is one of a plurality of bead assemblies located within the cabinet. The plurality of bead assemblies has a vertically organized configuration. The fluid formulation assembly is configured to dispense a second cosmetic formulation in flowable fluid form, and is one of a plurality of fluid formulation assemblies located within the cabinet. The mixing area is located within the cabinet and configured to receive at least one bead from the bead assembly and the second cosmetic formulation in flowable fluid form from the fluid formulation assembly. The vertically organized bead assemblies, the fluid formulation assemblies, and the mixing area are positioned adjacent to a first side of the cabinet.
US10849828B2	Device and method for aligning printheads The invention is directed to a device (1) and a method for adjusting printheads (2) relative to one another, the printheads each being provided with a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles for printing, and having at least one round hole and/or at least one elongated hole in this nozzle plate for manufacturing and/or assembly purposes, including and using an assembly template for multiple printheads (2), wherein, for each printhead (2), at least one counterpart is provided, preferably in the form of a pin, that fits exactly into at least one round hole and/or at least one elongated hole in the corresponding nozzle plate, so that when the printheads (2) are inserted into the assembly template in such a way that the pairs of round hole counterparts and elongated hole counterparts engage with the corresponding round holes and elongated holes in the nozzle plate, the nozzles of all printheads (2) are aligned with one another in the desired manner.
US10849825B2	Infusion flow-rate regulating device The present invention relates to an infusion flow-rate regulating device capable of allowing easy attachment and detachment of a flow-rate regulator provided in an infusion solution set and of automatically adjusting a dial of the attached flow regulator such that a fluid is able to be administered at a target flow rate. To this end, the infusion flow-rate regulating device includes a main body, a dial mounting unit rotatably connected to the main body, a flow-rate regulator separation unit for preventing arbitrary separation of a flow-rate regulator mounted on the dial mounting unit, and a controller for controlling a flow rate of fluid.
US10849822B2	Control method and control device for cessation of vomiting The disclosure discloses an antiemetic control device and a control method thereof, comprising a housing, a MCU single-chip microcontroller provided in the housing, a charging circuit, a discharging circuit and a rechargeable battery for supplying power, a button, a display screen, an alarm device and a plurality of mode indicator lights disposed on the housing, two electrodes and an optical pulse detecting unit disposed on the lower surface of the housing, and two wrist straps disposed on the housing. The disclosure has the characteristics of stable therapeutic effects.
US10849820B2	CPR chest compression device with lateral support pad A cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) device that includes a chest compression mechanism, a support structure, and a plurality of inflatable support pads. The chest compression mechanism is configured to deliver CPR chest compressions to a patient. The support structure includes a base member configured to be placed underneath a patient, and a leg configured to support the chest compression mechanism at a distance from the base member. The plurality of inflatable support pads are configured to provide lateral support to a patient's chest during use of the CPR device. Each support pad within the plurality of support pads includes a holder configured to retain and at least partially surround the adjacent support pad.
US10849817B2	Providing enhanced images for navigation Aspects of the present disclosure relate aids for the visually impaired.
US10849815B2	Wearable hand rehabilitation system A wearable hand rehabilitation system includes a base, multiple actuating units configured to the base, hand assistive unit and multiple sheaths connected with the actuating units and the hand assistive unit. The base is composed of a cover and a base plate to create a space. The cover is provided with a perforation closed to the middle of the cover to allow every sheath to pass through the perforation, so as to connect with actuating units. When a user put on the wearable hand rehabilitation system, the user could move or rotate his arm to make his five fingers to grab something. The usage of the wearable hand rehabilitation system could evaluate the hand rehabilitation condition of the user.
US10849810B2	Stabilization and manipulation of a delivery system for a percutaneous procedure Disclose herein are embodiments related to a delivery system for performing a minimally invasive procedure, the system including one or more station legs configured to attach to an operating surface and a cross-beam connected to the one or more station legs and running from 0° to 45° relative to a top of the operating surface, wherein a distance between the operating surface and the cross-beam is adjustable. Additionally, an embodiment may have a first arm connected to the cross-beam, a second arm connected to the first arm, and an axial member connected to the second arm, the axial member comprising an axial joint. The delivery system may then be configured to advance to an internal target site using the axial joint while maintaining a stationary trajectory in relation to the internal target site with the delivery system trajectory is modifiable at the target site.
US10849809B2	Surgical frame including torso-sling and method for use thereof A torso-sling is provided to support at least a portion of the body of a patient on a surgical frame. The torso-sling is used in supporting at least a portion of the patient's torso. The torso-sling is supported relative to the surgical frame using a support bracket that can be attached to a chest support plate of the surgical frame. The torso-sling includes a frame portion, at least a first support strap, and at least a second support strap. The frame portion defines an access area, and the frame portion includes a first side portion, a second side portion, and a transition portion joining the first and second side portions together. The first side portion is configured for positioning adjacent a first lateral side on the posterior side of the patient, the second side portion is configured for positioning adjacent a second lateral side on the posterior side of the patient, and the transition portion is configured for positioning adjacent the neck and shoulders on the posterior side of the patient. The first support strap extends from the support bracket to the first side portion, the first support strap, when the patient is supported by the surgical frame and the torso-sling supports portions of the torso of the patient, extending in part adjacent portions of the first lateral side of the torso of the patient. The second support strap extends from the support bracket to the second side portion, the second support strap, when the patient is supported by the surgical frame and the torso-sling supports the portions of the torso of the patient, extending in part adjacent and contacting portions the second lateral side of the torso and the anterior torso of the patient.
US10849806B2	Systems and methods for repositioning a patient A method and system is provided for repositioning a patient on a transfer surface (e.g., a hospital bed, a stretcher, an imaging system, or the like). The system comprises two rollers positioned on one side of the surface, and a retractable transfer sheet wound around the rollers. The transfer sheet may be unwound from the two rollers to form two layers between the patient and the transfer surface. The patient may then be moved by sliding a top layer of the transfer sheet relative to a second layer of the transfer sheet. After use, the sheet can be retracted around the roller(s), allowing it to be stored in a location that is convenient but out-of-the-way. Such a system may allow a patient to be moved with less force, in less time, with fewer personnel, or with some other benefit.
US10849803B2	Attaching and detaching type driving device and wheelchair having the same The inventive concept relates to an attaching and detaching type driving device, which is formed to be attachable and detachable to a manual wheelchair whose wheels are manually driven by a user, and to switch the manual wheelchair to an electric wheelchair that automatically drives wheels using power, and particularly, which is capable of being attached to and detached from the manual wheelchair regardless of shape or size of the wheelchair, being switched to the electric wheelchair, and supplying the electric wheelchair with low cost. The attaching and detaching type driving device includes a driving module mounted on each of both installation frames supporting both wheels in the wheelchair and putting rollers in close contact with the wheels to transfer a rotational force of the rollers to the wheels and a steering module controlling a drive of the driving module.
US10849801B2	Bonding pattern for disposable absorbent articles In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, an article includes a first web and second web underlying the first web. The article further includes a bonding pattern. The bonding pattern includes a plurality of discrete bonding points and a sized spacing between each adjacent bonding point sufficient to have inscribed therein a circle having a diameter of about 1 mm to about 12 mm. The bonding pattern is located solely in one of the front end region or the back end region.
US10849800B2	Film with reduced noise for use in an absorbent article A film for use in an absorbent article is provided. The film is formed from a polymer composition that contains an ethylene polymer and a nanofiller. The present inventors have discovered that through selective control over the particular type and concentration of these components, as well as the manner in which it is formed, the resulting film may generate a relatively low degree of noise when physically deformed.
US10849797B2	Absorbent article and method for manufacturing same In order to prevent degradation of appearance, prevent a decrease in flexibility, and improve non-elasticity in a non-stretchable region in an elastic film stretchable structure, the invention is characterized by having an elastic film stretchable structure (20X) formed by stacking an elastic film (30) between a first sheet layer (20A) and a second sheet layer (20B), wherein a region having the elastic film stretchable structure (20X) includes a non-stretchable region (70) and a stretchable region (80) provided at least at one side of the non-stretchable region (70) in a stretching and contracting direction, the stretchable region (80) being stretchable in the stretching and contracting direction, the first sheet layer (20A) and the second sheet layer (20B) are joined via through holes (31) penetrating the elastic film (30) at the large number of sheet bond portions (40) arranged at intervals, and the non-stretchable region (70) does not have a section in which the elastic film (30) linearly continues along the stretching and contracting direction, due to presence of the through holes (31), even though the elastic film (30) continues in the stretching and contracting direction.
US10849792B2	Absorbent conduit and system A conduit for treating a tissue site with reduced pressure may include a primary lumen and at least one secondary lumen. A wall of the conduit may include a first wall material and a second wall material. The first wall material may comprise a substantially non-absorbent material that is vapor impermeable and liquid impermeable. The second wall material may comprise an absorbent material that is vapor permeable and liquid impermeable. The second wall material may be positioned in fluid contact with the at least one secondary lumen. Other systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed.
US10849791B2	Drape having microstrain inducing projections for treating a wound site Systems and apparatuses for administering reduced pressure treatment to a tissue site include a reduced pressure source, a drape having a plurality of projections for contacting the tissue site, and an adhesive connected to at least a portion of the drape for sealing the drape to a portion of a patient's intact epidermis.
US10849788B2	Polymer substrate retinal patch coated with adhesives Several embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions and methods for treating or repairing damage to ocular tissue. In particular, several embodiments relate to patches that interact, e.g., by way of an adhesive, with damaged retinal tissue to repair or mend a hole, tear or detachment of the retina from underlying ocular tissue. Still additional embodiments relate to self-assembling patches.
US10849783B2	Full movement jaw advancement oral appliance to reduce the effects of snoring and/or sleep apnea Disclosed is a full movement jaw advancement oral appliance that is worn in the mouth of a user to reduce the effects of snoring and/or sleep apnea. The oral appliance includes an upper arch tray assembly against which the user's upper teeth carried are received, a lower arch tray assembly against which the user's lower teeth are received, and an intermediate guide post support tray that is connected at the bottom thereof to the lower arch tray assembly and at the top thereof to the upper arch tray assembly by an upper arch tray retaining post that extends therebetween. The upper arch tray assembly is movable in both horizontal and vertical directions relative to the lower arch tray assembly so that the positions of the user's upper and lower jaws can be adjusted relative to one another and the upper arch tray assembly will remain in receipt of the user's upper teeth when he opens his mouth during sleep.
US10849782B1	Anti-snoring trampoline pillow An anti-snoring trampoline pillow is a highbred apparatus constructed in a substantially rectangular configuration that is a head supporting device and pillow which enables a person to rest or sleep on. The device provides improvement in two important key areas to deliver its superior advantages. On the one hand, the pillow provides an elastically aided rebounding headrest surface area to prevent the said pillow from going flat, causing adverse and improper head/neck posture while on the other hand, and the person's head position may be guided in variety of supported posture to reduce snoring by utilizing customized attachable headrest cushion modules to the rebounding headrest surface platform. It is crucial to keep our mind and body healthy by maintaining high levels of quality sleep during our rest time.
US10849779B2	Posture improvement devices and methods for use A posture improvement device provides neuromuscular stimulation or proprioceptive therapy using a combination of pressure, torque and angle simultaneously applied to a user in order to train body muscles for proper posture through muscle memory. The device is a garment designed to be worn by the user, which is preferably configured like a short-sleeved undershirt or T-shirt. The garment may be fabricated of a stretchable, yet taut material in order to provide the desirable form-fitting feature such that pressure may be readily applied to the surface of the skin for neuromuscular stimulation. This elastomeric material is also preferably breathable and/or which has moisture wicking capabilities.
US10849778B2	Ankle-foot orthosis An ankle-foot orthosis includes a plantar flexion limiting device that limits the plantar flexion of the foot and which is configured to provide support for a user's foot drop. The ankle-foot orthosis includes a lower leg shell including a foot support and a lower leg support, and is configured to position and/or fix a user's heel in the lower leg support. The plantar flexion motion of the foot is limited by the complementary action of elastic and non-elastic portions of the plantar flexion limiting device. The plantar flexion limiting device further leads to a dynamic return of the foot to an angle substantially equal to the angle value α2.
US10849777B2	Device for explorable stomach gastric bypass The present invention relates to a device for implementing an explorable stomach gastric bypass apt to be implanted in a patient who needs it. In particular, such device comprises a main body having at least one elastic portion made of silicone material and a covering element of the main body itself that in turn comprises an extensible portion. The extensible portion is positioned at the elastic portion and characterizes in that it comprises an excess of material compared to the size of the elastic portion itself.
US10849776B2	Handheld device and vibration cancellation method A handheld device includes a base comprising a handgrip for receiving a vibration movement, a gripping element linked to the base for releasably connecting the handheld device to an object, at least one inertia sensor for detecting an acceleration of the vibration movement to generate an acceleration signal, a processing unit for determining to generate a cancellation decision according to the acceleration signal, and at least one actuator for controlling movement of the gripping element according to the cancellation decision, such that the acceleration is counteracted.
US10849773B2	Stent delivery device A delivery assembly and methods for accurately positioning a stent within a body lumen are disclosed. The delivery assembly comprises a stent releasably attached to the distal end of an inner catheter. A handle at the proximal end of the assembly is operatively connected to the proximal end of an outer catheter and is configured for imparting axial movement to the outer catheter. A sheath is fixed to the handle or inner catheter and disposed about at least a portion of the outer catheter. The sheath comprises indicia visible to the user of the assembly to identify a particular measured distance from a selected point on the sheath to a selected point on one or more components of the delivery device. The inner catheter and sheath are fixed components that do not move relative to each other during axial movement of the outer catheter.
US10849771B2	Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include a guide catheter. A push catheter may be slidably disposed over the guide catheter. A stent may be slidably disposed over the guide catheter and disposed adjacent to a distal end of the push catheter. An attachment mechanism may be coupled to the push catheter that is configured to engage the stent. The attachment mechanism may include a base and at least one cantilever extending from the base.
US10849765B2	Impactor The invention provides an impactor for transmitting an assembly force to a component of an orthopaedic implant. The impactor has first and second telescoping parts which are biased apart by means of a main spring. The main spring is compressed when an assembly force is applied to the parts. An indicator is latched against movement until it is released when the extent of the compression of the main spring by the application of an assembly force exceeds a threshold. The indicator then moves to provide the user with an indication that a minimum assembly force has been applied.
US10849760B2	Orthopaedic knee prosthesis having controlled condylar curvature An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing and a femoral component configured to articulate with the tibial bearing. The femoral component includes a posterior cam configured to contact a spine of the tibial bearing and a condyle surface curved in the sagittal plane. The radius of curvature of the condyle surface decreases gradually between early-flexion and mid-flexion. Additionally, in some embodiments, the radius of curvature of the condyle surface may be increased during mid-flexion.
US10849750B2	Device and method for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation A catheter (4) based medical system (1) and medical procedure for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation are disclosed. The system comprises a resilient curvilinear shaped annuloplasty implant (3) for reducing the size of a dilated annulus (18) of said valve for reducing said regurgitation having resilient anchoring elements (300), and a delivery device (2) for said annuloplasty implant (3) having a distal curvilinear shaped portion (200) that is hollow to mount said annuloplasty implant (3) and has an annular opening (201) arranged to be in apposition against an annulus (18) of said cardiac valve. The annuloplasty implant (3) is arranged to be releasable in said hollow and has said resilient anchoring elements (300) arranged in a restrained spring loaded delivery conformation in said hollow, and wherein said resilient anchoring elements (300) when released are arranged in a tissue engaging conformation protruding out of said opening.
US10849748B2	Prosthetic valve delivery system with independently-movable capsule portions Prosthetic valves and methods of use of prosthetic valves may be provided. In one implementation, a method of releasing a prosthetic valve from a delivery capsule within a heart may be provided. The delivery capsule may include a distal capsule portion and a proximal capsule portion. The method may include moving the distal capsule portion in a first direction to release ventricular anchoring legs of the prosthetic valve from the delivery capsule and moving the released legs into contact with a native mitral valve. The method may include moving the proximal capsule portion in a second direction to release atrial anchoring arms of the prosthetic valve from the delivery capsule, after contacting the mitral valve with the released legs. The method may include moving the distal capsule portion in the first direction to release an annular valve body of the prosthetic valve from the delivery capsule.
US10849744B2	Dual sterilization containment vessel The disclosure pertains to a vessel for holding replacement heart valves and associated positioning and installation apparatus which is configured and adapted to contain a biocidal sterilization fluid during and following exposure of a delivery system for the replacement heart valve to sterilization by ionizing radiation and methods of use therefor. The vessel includes a shield which limits exposure of biologically derived material therein to radiation. The vessel also provides a storage and shipping container for the replacement heart valve in which the biologically derived material is maintained in a sterile fluid environment.
US10849742B2	Prosthetic heart valve Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. A valve frame can have a tapered profile when mounted on a delivery shaft, with an inflow end portion having a smaller diameter than an outflow end portion. The valve can comprise generally V-shaped leaflets, reducing material within the inflow end of the frame. An outer skirt can be secured to the outside of the inflow end portion of the frame, the outer skirt having longitudinal slack when the valve is expanded and lying flat against the frame when the valve is collapsed. A diagonally woven inner skirt can elongate axially with the frame. Side tabs of adjacent leaflets can extend through and be secured to window frame portions of the frame to form commissures. The window frame portions can be depressed radially inward relative to surrounding frame portions when the valve is crimped onto a delivery shaft.
US10849735B2	Tenodesis implants and tools Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a biceps tenodesis system is provided and includes a sheath inserter tool, an expandable sheath configured to couple to the sheath inserter tool, an expander inserter tool, and an expander configured to couple to the expander inserter tool. The sheath inserter tool is configured to advance the expandable sheath, with a tendon disposed therearound, into a bone hole, and the expander inserter tool is configured to advance the expander through an outer shaft of the sheath inserter tool and to drive the expander into the sheath. The expander is configured to be received within a lumen extending at least partially through the expandable sheath to thereby expand the sheath. In this way, the system delivers the tendon or ligament into the bone hole and locks the sheath and tendon within the bone hole.
US10849733B2	Glucose-responsive artificial muscle and manufacturing method therefor The present invention relates to a glucose-reactive artificial muscle, and more particularly, to a carbon nanotube, a hydrogel-based glucose-reactive artificial muscle which has a reversible volume change due to variations in glucose concentration, a method of forming the same, a rotary artificial muscle using the same, and a method of detecting glucose. The glucose-reactive artificial muscle according to the present invention may sense variations in glucose concentration with high sensitivity within a short time by providing reversible twisting using the swelling and shrinkage of hydrogels, which occur due to a change in internal anionic charges, caused by the bonding between a boronic acid introduced to the hydrogels and glucose.
US10849732B2	Prosthesis for treating abdominal aortic aneurysm and method An aortic prosthesis for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms, wherein the prosthesis is implanted intraluminally and comprises a main body having a generally cylindrical shape with an upper portion intended to be secured firmly above the renal arteries through an anchoring means, a lower portion freely moving at a position within the aneurysm and above the iliac arteries, and an intermediate portion arranged between the upper and lower portions, and the main body comprising a flexible fabric of woven material having a very loose weave in the upper portion so as to allow fluid communication between the interior of the prosthesis and the renal arteries, an intermediate weave in the intermediate portion and a tight weave in the lower portion of the main body.
US10849731B2	Cell encapsulation devices containing structural spacers An implantable containment apparatus for receiving and retaining a plurality of cells for insertion into a patient, such as into a tissue bed, is disclosed. The device includes a chamber having structural spacers therein to maintain an average distance between the first interior surface and the second interior surface of the chamber and to define at least one reservoir space for the placement of cells within the chamber.
US10849728B2	Attachment with identification for personal care appliance and method A personal care appliance (10) comprises a handle (12), an attachment (14), and a controller (16). The handle (12) includes an actuator (20) and drive shaft (22). The attachment (14) has a body (30) with a principal axis (32) extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, wherein the proximal end couples to the drive shaft. The attachment (14) further includes a mass-spring identifiable assembly (40) having at least one identifiable resonant frequency in response to a given excitation, wherein the at least one identifiable resonant frequency comprises a resonant frequency selected from at least two different resonant frequencies. The controller (16) is configured to control the attachment (14), via the actuator (20), over a predefined range of frequencies that includes the given excitation. The controller (16) is further configured, in at least a detection mode, to uniquely recognize the attachment (14) via detecting a presence of the at least one identifiable resonant frequency of the mass-spring identifiable assembly (40) of the attachment (14) in response to the given excitation.
US10849727B2	Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush with a replaceable brush head section is disclosed. The electric toothbrush includes a handle including a motor therein and a brush head section. The toothbrush has a longitudinal axis extending through the handle to the far end of the brush head. The brush head section includes a translation head and an oscillation head, each of which has a bristle support member, one of which will rotate and oscillate and the other of which will not rotate or oscillate, but will reciprocate along, or substantially parallel to, the longitudinal, axis. The translation head is adapted so that its motion will induce a different motion in the bristle head of the oscillation head. The invention results in reduced assembly costs.
US10849722B2	Computer-assisted manufacturing method for a tooth replacement part or a dental auxiliary element The invention relates to a method for the computer-assisted manufacturing of a dental replacement part or a dental auxiliary element from a blank, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, by means of a machining tool, wherein a blank data set comprising the axis of rotation and a model data set of the dental replacement part or dental auxiliary element are stored and the model data set has a first region having a first insertion axis and a second region having a second insertion axis askew to the first insertion axis, wherein in a first positioning step (S1) the model data set is arranged in the blank data set in such a way that the first insertion axis of the model data set is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blank data set and in a second positioning step (S2) the second insertion axis of the model data set is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blank data set by rotating the model data set about the first insertion axis.
US10849720B2	Dental implant and dental implant system A dental implant includes an implant body with a coronally open cavity as well as at least one exit opening from an inside to the enossal outer surface. A thermoplastic element in the solid condition is arranged in the cavity or is introducible into the cavity and can be brought into an at least partly flowable condition by way of applying a pressing force, which is directed apically into the cavity, and mechanical oscillations and in this condition at least a share of the flowable material of the thermoplastic element can be pressed through the at least one exit opening into surrounding bone tissue on account of the pressing force, when the implant body is arranged in an opening in the bone tissue and the enossal outer surface is in contact with the bone tissue.
US10849716B2	Dental isolator for protecting the tongue and cheek during dental treatment An isolating retractor instrument to protect a tongue and a cheek of a patient during a dental treatment. The isolating instrument includes a first isolating pad (A) for the tongue, and a second isolating pad (B) for the cheek. Each of the first isolating pad and the second isolating pad having a first (1) layer contacting and adhering to oral tissue, the first layer including an absorbing material for absorbing liquids, a second layer (2) including a fast-absorbing material which absorbs the liquids and holds the liquids, a third layer (3) adjacent the second layer, the third layer (3) including a reinforced, flexible material for supporting and stabilizing a respective isolating pad, and a fourth layer (4) including a reflective, smooth, flexible, and liquid-isolating material positionable to face a plurality of teeth of the patient. A flexible tape connects the first isolating pad and the second isolating pad.
US10849715B2	Dental instrument for creating natural occlusal anatomy in dental restorations A dental instrument for shaping an occlusal surface of a dental restoration includes a handle portion and an end member. The end member includes an elongated portion and a working end portion. The elongated portion is coupled with the handle portion and extends to the working end portion. The working end portion includes a concave surface shaped to be interfaced with a dental restoration material to shape the dental restoration material to form a convex occlusal surface of the dental restoration.
US10849714B2	Medical or a dental instrument and a method for manufacturing the same A medical or a dental instrument comprises an operative portion (101) for operations according to the purpose of use of the instrument, a center portion (103) mechanically connecting to the operative portion, and a radio frequency identifier (106) located on the center portion and capable of being read from a distance of the instrument. The instrument further comprises a tubular handle portion (104) provided to surround the radio frequency identifier and at least a part of the center portion, the tubular handle portion being cast on the instrument so that the material of the tubular handle portion is adhered to the material of the center portion. Thus, the tubular handle portion acts not only as the handle portion but also as at least a part of a fixation system attaching the radio frequency identifier to the instrument. An instrument of such construction is easy to keep hygienic.
US10849713B2	Method and apparatus to account for transponder tagged objects used during clinical procedures, employing a trocar Medical procedure related objects (e.g., instruments, supplies) tagged with transponders (e.g., RFID transponders, dumb transponders) are accounted for via an accounting system using a number of antennas and interrogators/readers. The antennas and interrogators/readers are included on a cannula of the trocar so the tagged medical procedure related objects passing through the cannula are detected. A first set of antennas and RFID interrogator(s) interrogate a first portion of the cannula, such as proximate a proximal end at which the medical procedure related objects are introduced to the cannula. A second set of antennas and RFID interrogator(s) interrogate a second portion of the cannula, such as proximate a distal end at which objects exit the cannula for use in a medical procedure. A data store may maintain information including a current status or count of each supply, for instance, as entering or exiting the cannula.
US10849704B2	Medical drape A medical drape comprises at least a bottom ply in the form of a release liner, a middle ply which is adhered to the patient during use of the drape, and a top ply covering the middle ply. The middle ply having an adhesive applied to a bottom surface thereof to removably adhere the bottom ply to the middle ply. The drape comprises a drape body defining top and bottom edges and first and second side edges; a first liner release tab and a carrier lift tab, both tabs being at an edge of the body. The first liner release tab is operable to remove the bottom ply from the middle ply to expose the adhesive of the middle ply. The carrier lift tab is operable to remove the top ply from the middle ply after application of the middle ply to a patient.
US10849701B2	Surgical system and related methods A surgical system can include a surgical probe having a deflectable tip, and a plurality of guide arms that are movable so as to cause the tip to deflect. Thus, the surgical probe can be steered toward a target anatomical location. The surgical system can further include a control system that includes a free floating user interface, and a motion sensor that detects motion of the user interface. The control system is configured to cause the probe tip to deflect in response to the detected motion of the user interface.
US10849699B2	Control apparatus for a continuum robot system Provided is a control apparatus for a continuum robot system includes: a continuum robot (1), which includes a plurality of curvable portions (111, 112) provided in series in a longitudinal axial direction thereof and each being curvable, and is capable of being moved in the longitudinal axial direction; a drive unit (2) configured to move the continuum robot (1) in the longitudinal axial direction; and a plurality of angle control motors (211, 212) configured to change a distal-end angle (θ1, θ2) for each of the plurality of curvable portions (111, 112). The control apparatus includes a drive unit speed calculation/control unit (44) configured to calculate a followable speed, and to control the drive unit (2). The drive unit speed calculation/control unit (44) controls the drive unit (2) to move the continuum robot at a speed equal to or lower than the followable speed.
US10849697B2	Cloud interface for coupled surgical devices A surgical system comprises a surgical hub coupleable to inventory items of an institution. The inventory items include medical devices. The surgical hub comprises a processor, a memory, and a cloud-based analytics system. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to communicate with the inventory items. The cloud-based analytics system is coupled to the surgical hub, and comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive data associated with the inventory items, determine availability of inventory items based on unique identifiers and system-defined constraints, generate a cloud interface for the institution, and transmit an alert for each inventory item determined as not available based on the system-defined constraints.
US10849694B2	Method and system for displaying the position and orientation of a linear instrument navigated with respect to a 3D medical image The invention relates to a method for displaying the position and orientation of a linear instrument (1) navigated with respect to a 3D medical image (V), wherein: said linear instrument (1) is coupled to a guide (2); the guide (2) is tracked by a navigation system with respect to the 3D image (V); a plane (4) containing the axis of the linear instrument (1) is virtually attached to the guide (2); a slice reformatted in the 3D image and containing said plane (4) is displayed. Another object of the invention is a system for carrying out said method.
US10849691B2	Minimally invasive intervertebral rod insertion A system and method for the minimally invasive insertion of an intervertebral rod into the vertebrae of a subject, according to a preoperative surgical plan also defining positions for the insertion of rod clamping screws into the vertebrae. The rod shape for connecting the heads of the screws is calculated, and a path planning algorithm used to determine whether the distal end of the rod can be threaded through the screw heads by longitudinal and rotational manipulation of the proximal end of the rod. If so, instructions are provided for forming that rod shape and for the robotic insertion of the screw holes and the rod. If not, either or both of the screw positions and the rod shape are adjusted, to moderate the bends in the rods, until insertion becomes possible. The insertion can be performed robotically, or, if a navigation tracking system is added, manually.
US10849687B2	Picosecond laser apparatus and methods for its operation and use Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for applying laser energy having desired pulse characteristics, including a sufficiently short duration and/or a sufficiently high energy for the photomechanical treatment of skin pigmentations and pigmented lesions, both naturally-occurring (e.g., birthmarks), as well as artificial (e.g., tattoos). The laser energy may be generated with an apparatus having a resonator with the capability of switching between a modelocked pulse operating mode and an amplification operating mode. The operating modes are carried out through the application of a time-dependent bias voltage, having waveforms as described herein, to an electro-optical device (e.g., a Pockels cell) positioned along the optical axis of the resonator.
US10849686B2	System and method for tissue treatment A cooling element includes a frame including one or more datums. The cooling element also includes a first window including a first proximal surface and a first distal surface. The first window is sealed to the frame. The cooling element further includes a second window sealed to the frame. The second window includes a second proximal surface and a second distal surface. The second window is configured to contact a target tissue or a tissue adjacent to the target tissue via the second distal surface. The cooing element also includes a coolant chamber located between the first distal surface of the first window and the second proximal surface of the second window and configured to receive a coolant. The first window, the second window and the coolant chamber are configured to receive and electromagnetic radiation (EMR), and transmit a portion of the received EMR to the target tissue.
US10849685B2	Peri-vascular tissue access catheter with locking handle An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple penetrators advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, nerve sensing, nerve stimulation, or ablation by application of energy. The catheter can include a proximal handle for the advancement of guide tubes and penetrators.
US10849680B2	Bipolar end effector apparatus for a surgical instrument An end effector apparatus for a surgical instrument is disclosed including a housing having a first jaw mounted on a revolute joint and providing a first electrical conduction path between the housing and the first jaw. A second jaw is mounted on a revolute joint within the housing and is insulated from the housing, the jaws each having a manipulating portion and a lever arm. A yoke is received within the housing and mechanically coupled to the lever arms and to a control link and is moveable in response to movements of the control link to cause opening and closing of the jaws, the yoke being electrically insulated from the housing and the first jaw. A second electrical conduction path is provided between the control link and the second jaw. The electrical conduction paths facilitate conduction of an electrocauterization current through tissue grasped between the jaws.
US10849678B2	Cancer immunotherapy by radiofrequency electrical membrane breakdown (RF-EMB) A method of non-thermally ablating undesirable tissue in the body by application of pulsed, bipolar, instant charge reversal electrical fields of sufficient energy to cause complete and immediate cell membrane rupture and destruction. Energy is delivered through radio frequency pulses of particular frequencies, wave characteristics, pulse widths and pulse numbers, such that enhanced physical stresses are placed on the cell membrane to cause its immediate and complete destruction thereby spilling the entire cell content and membrane constituents into, the extracellular space without denaturing proteins so as to enable an immunological response to destroy and remove the target tissue and similarly marked tissue elsewhere in the subject.
US10849675B2	Treatments methods and portable surgical devices for treating neoplastic and hyperplastic cells in the cervix and other dermatologically or surface related disorders A portable electrosurgical device (ESD) has a housing, a probe connected to the housing and a heating element connected to the probe for destroying human tissue. The heating element is detachable from the probe and/or the probe with heating element can be detachable from the housing. The user can set a drive signal's electrical characteristics, such as operating frequency, duty cycle, peak voltage and the like for a customized drive signal formed in the ESD based on the heating element used. Memory storage allows for storage of inputted data from a keyboard, downloaded reference documents and information off the Internet from an Ethernet connector that can be displayed for reference on a screen of the ESD. Another even more compact ESD is an integral one-piece portable device having a type of pistol hand-held grip, dis-connectable probe, and a rechargeable, removable battery in the handle provides approximately 30, one-minute treatments on a single battery charge.
US10849670B2	Bone positioning and preparing guide systems and methods Methods for temporarily fixing an orientation of a bone or bones. Methods of correcting a bunion deformity. Bone positioning devices. Methods of using a bone positioning device. Bone preparation guides. Methods of using a bone preparation guide.
US10849666B2	Phalangeal head plate A bone plate sized and shaped for fixation to a phalangeal bone includes a head extending from a first end to a second end and having first, second and third fixation element holes extending therethrough and arranged in a triangular configuration on the head, an outer wall of the head having a triangular shape corresponding to the triangular configuration, a bone contacting surface of the head being contoured to conform to the anatomy of a lateral surface of a phalangeal head and a shaft extending from the head, the shaft including fourth and fifth plate holes separated from one another by an elongated fixation element hole elongated in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft.
US10849665B2	Snap-fit cutting guides and plating systems Disclosed herein are arthroplasty jigs each having a living hinge that allows the jigs to be snap-fitted on and off bone. The jigs each have a flexible portion and base portion. The flexible portion is adapted to move toward and away from the base portion as the guides are snap-fitted on and off bone. The jigs may include cutting slots for receipt of cutting instrument to resect the bone and/or guide holes to aid in securing the jig to the bone. The living hinge of the jigs is defined by one or more recesses in the body of the jigs.
US10849664B2	Bone fusion/fixation device and related systems and methods The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to bone fixation or fusion devices, including intramedullary fixation or fusion devices that are implanted around the target bone. Certain device embodiments relates to devices that can be bent or otherwise deformed to replicate the natural or desired curve of the bone or joint being treated. In addition, other embodiments relate to implantation devices that can be used to implant or position the bone fixation or fusion devices.
US10849663B2	Bone cutting guide systems and methods A bone cutting guide may include a support that contains a shaft movable relative to the support. The shaft may carry a guide member having one or more cut guides through which a clinician inserts a cutting member to cut bone positioned under the guide cut guides. In operation, a clinician may fixate the support of the bone cutting guide to a bone and translate the guide member until the one or more cut guides are positioned at a desired cut location. The clinician may then perform a cut through the cut guide.
US10849661B2	Interspinous process device and method A device for placement between two adjacent spinous processes of a spinal column to treat a spinal condition, and a method for performing a procedure on a spine of a patient, are provided. The device may include a first member, a second member mounted onto the first member, and a locking plug configured to restrict movement of the second member relative to the first member. The method may include positioning a portion of a first member between two adjacent spinous processes of the spine, advancing a second member along a length of the first member, and restricting the second member from moving relative to the first member.
US10849660B2	Sanding screen device A sanding device, for, e.g., cosmetic and finishing applications, is provided. The sanding device includes a wire mesh having a plurality of apexes, the apexes having an abrasive affixed thereto. The wire mesh forms a substantially planar surface with a bent perimeter section. The sanding device further includes a rim made from a plastic material, the plastic material capping the bent perimeter section of the wire mesh and further extending from the bent perimeter section. The wire mesh and the rim defining a shallow bowl shape. The sanding devices also includes a carrier shell or grip received and captured with the bowl shape.
US10849656B2	Implant applicators and methods of administering implants Embodiments described herein relate generally to medical implant delivery apparatuses and methods. In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a first cap, a needle hub at least partially disposed within the first cap, a pusher wire and a pusher wire connector disposed within the needle hub, a needle and a second cap. The first cap includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. The needle includes a first, beveled end configured to receive an implant, and a second end disposed within a hub pocket of the needle hub. The second cap is connected to the needle hub and disposed at a proximal end of the first cap. The pusher wire, the pusher wire connector, and the needle are substantially aligned with one another along the longitudinal axis of the first cap. In some embodiments, the pusher wire is sized to be received in the bore of the needle.
US10849654B2	Tools and methods for vaginal access An access port for sealing an opening of a natural orifice and supplying access to a body cavity through the natural orifice including: a sealing unit; an unobstructed single lumen cannula extending to the body cavity; a connector connecting the cannula to the sealing unit; an access opening through the sealing unit to the single lumen; a cap including a plurality of cap openings configured to seal between medical instruments inserted into the openings and the access opening.
US10849652B2	Devices, systems, and methods for improving access to cardiac and vascular chambers Devices, systems and methods are provided for enhancing mechanical strength of tissue, allowing direct and secure access to cardiac and vascular structures, either through tiny incisions or percutaneously. The method for accessing a cardiac chamber or a vascular conduit may include providing an access channel into tissue of the chamber or the conduit. The method may also include providing an energy-transducing element configured to provide heat within the access channel. The method may further include applying energy to the tissue or a tissue-stabilizing composition injected into, around, or adjacent to the tissue to mechanically enhance the access channel.
US10849649B2	Hip obturator and method for atraumatic hip access An obturator provides access to a joint through a capsule surrounding the joint. A distal end of the obturator has a first distal location with a first width dimension and a second distal location with a second width dimension, wherein the second distal location is proximal to the first distal location and the second width dimension greater than the first width dimension. A retractable blade can extend from the obturator to be exposed between the first distal location and the second distal location.
US10849637B1	Rounded invasive electrohydraulic lithotripsy probe with ports A lithotripter tip configured for use within an invasive lithotripter probe may include a lithotripter tip body defining an interior region in communication with an aperture at a distal end of the lithotripter tip body and defining at least one port in communication with the interior region. A first electrode and a second electrode are positioned within the interior region of the lithotripter tip such that such that when liquid is within the interior region and an electric arc occurs between the first and second electrodes, a gaseous bubble forms within the interior region and a resulting shockwave travels out of the aperture at the distal end of the lithotripter tip body.
US10849633B2	Method of converting bone stock into bone chips A mill head for replaceable attachment to a base so as to collectively form a bone mill. The mill head includes shell with: a first opening in which bone stock is introduced into the head; and a second opening through which the bone chips are discharged. A cutting device is mounted in the shell to both rotate and move laterally. Attached to the cutting device are coupling features for engaging a drive spindle able to rotate the cutting device. Also attached to the housing is an alignment feature. The alignment feature engages a complementary alignment feature associated with the drive spindle so as a result of the engagement of the alignment features, the cutting device moves within the shell so that the cutting device coupling features are positioned to engage the drive spindle.
US10849632B2	Surgical methods of osteotomy device with an In-vitro alignment component The present invention provides a surgical method of osteotomy device with an in-vitro alignment component comprises the steps of: placing a first body component and a second body component on the surface of a bone; engaging an engaging member with a connecting member; inserting at least one aiming bone pin in at least one aiming hole to confirm the cutting direction; inserting at least one fixation bone pins in a plurality of fixation holes to fix the osteotomy device with an in-vitro alignment component; cutting along a guide slot to produce an osteotomy; spreading the osteotomy; placing a bone plate to maintain the osteotomy.
US10849629B2	Medical balloon Composite expandable medical balloons and methods for forming composite expandable medical balloons are disclosed. An example composite expandable medical balloon may include a base balloon. A fiber braid may be disposed along the base balloon. The base balloon may have a first length prior to heat sterilization of the composite expandable medical balloon, and a second length after heat sterilization of the composite expandable medical balloon. The second length may be at least 95% of the first length.
US10849626B2	Revolver loading surgical clip applier An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip revolver rotatably positioned within the body and providing an inner bore that defines a plurality of clip slots angularly spaced from each other about an inner surface of the inner bore, wherein a plurality of surgical clips are receivable within the plurality of clip slots in a nested helical array. First and second jaw members extend past a distal end of the body and aligned to receive a distal-most surgical clip of the plurality of surgical clips, wherein the clip revolver is rotatable to sequentially align each surgical clip with the first and second jaw members.
US10849618B2	Method and apparatus for loading and implanting a shape memory implant An implant insertion device is adapted for use with a shape memory implant. The shape memory implant includes a bridge interconnecting first, second, and third legs. The shape memory implant is movable between a first shape in which at least the first leg is substantially non-parallel and a second shape in which at least the first leg is substantially parallel. The implant insertion device engages the shape memory implant to maintain the shape memory implant in its second shape until the delivery of the shape memory implant into tissue or bone.
US10849614B2	Articulation control features for suturing instrument A surgical instrument for treating a patient includes a shaft assembly and a body assembly. The shaft assembly includes a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an articulation joint operable to selectively articulate the distal end portion relative to the proximal end portion. The body assembly includes a joint drive assembly, an actuator, and a joint stabilizer. The joint drive assembly is operatively connected to the articulation joint and configured to actuate the articulation to thereby articulate the distal end portion relative to the proximal end portion. The actuator is configured to actuate the joint drive assembly for articulating the articulation joint. The joint stabilizer includes a detent abutment and a detent notch configured to releasably capture the joint drive assembly and thereby inhibit articulation of the distal end portion of the shaft assembly relative to the proximal end portion of the shaft assembly.
US10849610B2	Wound protector The wound protector has an annularly collapsible proximal ring and a flexible sleeve extends between the proximal ring and distal ring. After positioning of the distal ring in a wound, the proximal ring is expanded to draw the sleeve taut between the rings and is drawn tight against the wound. In one embodiment, the proximal ring includes a bent hollow tube with an arcuate rod in the tube bridging the open ends of the tube and a compression spring extending within the tube against the ends of the rod to bias the proximal ring into an extended state. Finger grips on the ends of the tube allow for squeezing of the tube into a collapsed state.
US10849609B2	Orthopedic joint distraction device An orthopedic distraction device is provides. The orthopedic distraction device includes a first upper paddle for engaging a first bone of a joint, a lower paddle for engaging a second bone of the joint and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a drive assembly operable to move the upper paddle relative to the lower paddle. The lower paddle is releasably connected to the displacement mechanism.
US10849606B2	Biodegradable bone plates and bonding systems The invention relates to novel internal fixation devices, such as bone plates, generally and novel craniomaxillofacial bone plates more specifically and systems for bonding the same. More specifically, the invention relates to bone plates made of a polymer blend of (poly)lactic acid and Ecoflex as well as a novel hot-melt adhesive polymer blend of the same material.
US10849603B2	Surgical instrument for removing an implanted object Methods and devices for separating an implanted object, such as a pacemaker lead, from tissue surrounding such object in a patient's vasculature system. Specifically, the tissue separating device includes a handle, an elongate sheath and a circular cutting blade that may extend from the distal end of the sheath upon actuating the handle. The elongate sheath, particularly its distal end, includes a non-uniform wall thickness having one or more thicker portions in the outer sheath, particularly the outer cam member, and/or one or more thicker portions in an inner member disposed radially inward of the blade.
US10849602B2	Method of conducting a minimally invasive surgical procedure and rkh-i apparatus for the implementation thereof An automatic robotic apparatus for conducting a minimally invasive surgical procedure includes a robotic arm having a movable member made as the multilink active actuator. The end portion of the multilink active actuator is provided with the connector to which the hollow head for a needle biopsy is attached. The operation of the U-shaped head is under full control of the robotic apparatus computer system. Results of pre-procedure studies of a site of interest and the progression of the surgical procedure are displayed on a monitor of the computer system.
US10849600B2	Breath condensate and saliva analysis using oral rinse A sample extraction device and a desorption device for use in gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS), liquid chromatography (LC), and/or liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS) are disclosed. In some examples, the sample extraction device includes a lower chamber holding a sorbent. The sample extraction device can extract sample headspace gas from a sample vial by placing the sorbent inside the vial and creating a vacuum to increase recovery of low volatility compounds, for example. Once the sample has been collected, the sample extraction device can be inserted into a desorption device. The desorption device can control the flow of a carrier fluid (e.g., a liquid or a gas) through the sorbent containing the sample and into a pre-column and/or a primary column of a chemical analysis device for performing GC, GCMS, LC, LCMS, and/or some other chemical analysis process.
US10849599B2	Method and apparatus for generating body marker A method of generating a body marker includes detecting a portion corresponding to a shape of an object shown in a medical image from a first body marker by comparing the shape of the object with the first body marker, generating a second body marker in which the portion detected from the first body marker has been emphasized, and outputting the second body marker.
US10849598B2	Ultrasonic measurement apparatus, ultrasonic imaging apparatus, and ultrasonic measurement method An ultrasonic measurement apparatus includes a transmission processing unit that performs processing for transmitting an ultrasonic wave with respect to a target object, a reception processing unit that performs reception processing of an ultrasonic echo with respect to the transmitted ultrasonic wave, and a processing unit that performs processing with respect to a reception signal from the reception processing unit. The processing unit performs coupling coefficient specification processing of a plurality of first basis waves which configure the reception signal, with respect to the reception signal corresponding to a transmission pulse signal which is transmitted by the transmission processing unit. The processing unit performs conversion processing for converting the reception signal into a reconfiguration signal based on a plurality of coupling coefficients which are specified through the coupling coefficient specification processing, and a second basis wave having a number of wave cycles less than that of the first basis wave.
US10849589B2	X-ray imaging apparatus and control method thereof The present disclosure provides an X-ray imaging apparatus and control method thereof, by which the user's hand is photographed and information about a thickness of a subject, information about a photographed spot or information about a photographing angle may be easily obtained from the photographed image. According to an aspect of an example embodiment, there is an X-ray imaging apparatus comprising an X-ray source configured to generate and irradiate an X-ray; a photographing device equipped in the X-ray source for capturing a camera image; and a controller configured to detect a plurality of indicators from the camera image, calculate a thickness of an X-raying portion of a subject based on a distance between the plurality of indicators, and controlling an X-ray irradiation condition based on the thickness of the X-raying portion.
US10849588B2	Method and apparatus for drawing a cranial image trajectory The present disclosure discloses a method for drawing a cranial image trajectory. The method comprises: providing, by a processor, at least one trajectory pattern template for parts of a standard cranial anatomy; acquiring, by a radiation image device, at least one cranial image of a patient, superimposing, by the processor, the trajectory pattern template of each part of the standard cranial anatomy onto the corresponding position of the patient's cranial image, and acquiring the trajectory pattern of the cranial image; and if a deviation is determined between the shape of the respective structure on the trajectory pattern of the patient's cranial image and that of the trajectory pattern template of each part of the standard cranial anatomy, adjusting the shape of the corresponding trajectory pattern template in the cranial anatomy so as to be the same as the respective structure in the cranial image by the processor.
US10849587B2	Source of abdominal pain identification in medical imaging To assist a physician in diagnosis of trauma involving abdominal pain, scan data representing the patient is partitioned by organ and/or region. Separate machine-learnt classifiers are provided for each organ and/or region. The classifiers are trained to indicate a likelihood of cause of the pain. By outputting results from the collection of organ and/or regions specific classifiers, the likeliest causes and associated organs and/or regions may be used by the physician to speed, confirm, or guide diagnosis of the source of abdominal pain.
US10849580B2	Portable medical imaging system A medical imaging system includes a movable station and a gantry. The movable station includes a gantry mount rotatably attached to the gantry. The gantry includes an outer C-arm slidably mounted to and operable to slide relative to the gantry mount, an inner C-arm slidably coupled to the outer C-arm and, an imaging signal transmitter and sensor attached to the C-arms. The two C-arms work together to provide a full 360 degree rotation of the imaging signal transmitter.
US10849579B2	Support stand for a portable X-ray imaging device Supporting devices for small and portable X-ray devices are described. In particular, this application describes supporting devices for portable X-ray devices containing a movable base unit with multiple legs with different lengths and heights configured so that the legs have a nestable configuration, an adjustable member extending from the mobile base unit so the adjustable member has an adjustable height, an extension arm connected to the adjustable member so the extension arm collapses toward and extends away from the adjustable member, and a connecting member connecting the extension arm with a portable x-ray device so the connecting member can rotate up to 360 degrees in the x, y, or z direction. The connecting member can also connect the extension arm with a portable x-ray device so the portable x-ray device is removable from the connecting member and capable of being operated independently by hand. Other embodiments are described.
US10849578B2	Medical device A medical device for photographing an object includes an improved moveable structure. The medical device includes a gantry, a guide rail configured to guide a movement of the gantry, a belt configured to be pulled out of the gantry to guide the movement of the gantry together with the guide rail and a moving member configured to enable the gantry to move. The moving member also is configured to be movable along the guide rail.
US10849576B2	Filter system and method for imaging a subject A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system with at least two different energy characteristics. The image data can be reconstructed using reconstruction techniques.
US10849574B2	Interventional imaging An array emitter including a plurality of emitting portions can be used to individually emit selected energy, such as x-ray radiation, from the emitter ray rather than powering or emitting radiation from all portions of the emitter array. According, providing a plurality of cells within an emitter array, and selectively emitting x-rays from individual cells can allow for selection of which cells to emit x-rays from to acquire selected image data. A process is disclosed for selecting, including automatically, which portions to power to emit energy.
US10849572B2	Nuclear medical diagnosis apparatus and position correction method According to one embodiment, a nuclear medical diagnostic apparatus includes at least one PET detector module and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire positional information of the at least one PET detector module based on optical information, and to correct a position of the at least one PET detector module based on the positional information.
US10849570B2	Detection apparatus, detection method, and program There is provided a detection apparatus including: a heartbeat sensor that includes a plurality of electrodes and is configured to detect a first detection signal indicating heartbeat of a detection target via the plurality of electrodes; a pulse wave sensor configured to detect a second detection signal indicating a pulse wave of the detection target; and a processing unit configured to detect a pulse of the detection target on the basis of the first detection signal and the second detection signal.
US10849563B2	Methods and systems for brain function analysis Various methods and systems are provided for cerebral diagnosis. In one example, among others, a method includes obtaining EEG signals from sensors positioned on a subject; conditioning data from the EEG signals to remove artifacts; generating a cerebral network model based at least in part upon the conditioned data; determining network features based upon the cerebral network model; and determining a cerebral condition of the subject based at least in part upon the network features. In another example, a method includes determining a recording condition of a positioned EEG sensor and providing an indication of an unacceptable recording condition of the EEG sensor. In another example, a system includes an EEG recording module to acquire signals; a signal conditioning module to condition signal data; a signal analysis module to determine signal features and cerebral network features; and a condition classification module to determine a cerebral condition of the subject.
US10849560B2	Host of physiological detection system and physiological detection device with high accuracy There is provided a physiological detection system including a physiological detection device and a host. The physiological detection device is configured to transmit a physiological data series to the host according to a local oscillation frequency. The host is configured to calculate a physiological value according to the physiological data series and determine a correction parameter according to a receiving data parameter and a reference data parameter, wherein the correction parameter is configured to correct the physiological value, process the physiological data series or adjust the local oscillation frequency of the physiological detection device.
US10849559B2	Touch sensitive system and method for cognitive and behavioral testing and evaluation Portable operatively simple touch screen apparatus uses testing methods and systems that are free of age and language constraints include special signal processing techniques that provide a temporal resolution highly sensitive for probing cognitive function. The embodiments include or make use of one or more modules implemented at least partially in a set of instructions in software and configured to measure user reaction times to visual stimulus on a touch screen device having a capacitive sensor touch-sensitive surface and a detector of audio waves resulting from touch on the touch-sensitive surface. The modules employ recordation of acoustic vibrations resulting from a user's touching a target location on the touch screen surface spaced from a touched starting location on that surface, in one embodiment, to measure temporal response to a visual stimulus placed at the target location.
US10849556B2	Solution for form-fitting strap An apparatus includes a band configured to attach a physical activity measurement device to a human body, and electroactive material comprised in the band. The electroactive material is configured to change at least one of size and shape of the band in response to an electric input from the physical activity measurement device to the electroactive material.
US10849554B2	Nose sensor A patient monitor can noninvasively measure a physiological parameter using sensor data from a nose sensor configured to be secured to a nose of the patient. The nose sensor can include an emitter and a detector. The detector is configured to generate a signal when detecting light attenuated by the nose tissue of the patient. An output measurement of the physiological parameter can be determined based on the signals generated by the detector. The nose sensor can include an inner prong and an outer prong to assist the nose sensor in securing to a patient's nose. The detector can be coupled to an inner post of the inner prong and can be configured to secure to an interior or exterior portion of the patient's nose.
US10849548B2	Methods for aiding in diagnosing and evaluating a mild traumatic brain injury in a human subject using cardiac troponin I and early biomarkers Disclosed herein are methods that aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a human subject that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as mild or a moderate, severe, or moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), by detecting levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and one or more early biomarkers which are not cTnI, such as ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), or a combination thereof, in biological samples taken from a human subject at time points within about 24 hours of injury after the subject has sustained or may have sustained the injury to the head.
US10849547B2	Brain monitoring system Systems and methods capture light reflected back from a patient's fundus and compares the resulting images to prior images, to determine if the patient is experiencing intraocular inflammation or atrophy.
US10849544B2	Driver condition detection device and driver condition detection method A driver condition detection device for a vehicle includes: a physical information acquisition unit that acquires physical information of a driver; a standard setting unit that sets, as a standard range, the physical information in a case where the driver is in an operable state for driving the vehicle; a correspondence relationship accumulation unit that accumulates a correspondence relationship between a deviation of the physical information from the standard range and a time interval to return to the standard range; a recovery time estimation unit that estimates a recovery time to return to the standard range from the physical information acquired by the physical information acquisition unit, based on the correspondence relationship; and a determination unit that determines that the driver is in an inoperable state for driving the vehicle when the recovery time is more than a predetermined allowance time.
US10849543B2	Focus-based tagging of sensor data Data from sensors of a vehicle is captured along with data tracking a driver's gaze. The route traveled by the vehicle may also be captured. The driver's gaze is evaluated with respect to the sensor data to determine a feature the driver was focused on. A focus record is created for the feature. Focus records for many drivers may be aggregated to determine a frequency of observation of the feature. A machine learning model may be trained using the focus records to identify a region of interest for a given scenario in order to more quickly identify relevant hazards.
US10849541B2	Portable complex sensor device for measuring multiple items of biometric information, and measurement method A portable complex sensor device for measuring multiple items of biometric information, according to the present invention, comprises: a plurality of electrodes for receiving the biometric information; a plurality of biometric information measuring circuits for measuring the biometric information received from the plurality of electrodes; a plurality of current sensors which are always supplied with power so as to sense electric current when an object to be measured contacts the electrodes; a wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from a smart phone; and a microcontroller for controlling the power supply of a battery by being operated in a sleep mode or an active mode on the basis of whether the current sensors have sensed the electric current.
US10849540B2	Biosensor device to target analytes in situ, in vivo, and/or in real time, and methods of making and using the same A biosensor device for the real-time detection of a target analyte includes a receptor component operatively connected to a transducer component which is adapted to interpret and transmit a detectable signal. The receptor component includes a sensing element capable of detecting and binding to at least one target analyte, and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) layer. The SAM layer is positioned between and in contact with the sensing element and an electrode such that the sensing element, in the presence of the target analyte, causes a detectable signal capable of being transmitted to the electrode. The transducer component includes the electrode and microprocessor configured to screen noise and to pick up impedance change at a very low frequency range.
US10849533B2	Blood vessel scanning system and method A blood vessel scanning system and method are provided, which are adapted for user identification. The blood vessel scanning system is implemented for a head-mounted image viewing device. The blood vessel scanning method comprises the following steps: determining whether a user is authorized or not according to the blood vessel scanning image of the user; if the user is an authorized user, the blood vessel scanning system adjusts lens degree of the head-mounted image viewing device according to the pre-stored visual information of the user.
US10849524B2	Multimode rate and rhythm analysis calculation for cardiac signal quality analysis Methods and devices adapted for cardiac signal analysis. A method or device has accessible to it more than one approach to cardiac cycle rate analysis and is adapted to monitor sensing signal quality. In response to an apparent reduction in signal quality or other trigger, the method or device checks whether an arrhythmia or an actual drop in signal quality is occurring prior to modifying sensing configurations or parameters.
US10849523B2	System and method for ECG data classification for use in facilitating diagnosis of cardiac rhythm disorders A system and method for ECG data classification for use in facilitating diagnosis of cardiac rhythm disorders is provided. ECG data is obtained via an electrocardiography monitor shaped for placement on a patient's chest. The ECG data is divided into segments and noise detection analysis is applied to the ECG data segments. A noise classification or a valid classification is assigned to each segment of the ECG data. At least one ECG data segment assigned the noise classification and that includes ECG data that corresponds with feedback from the patient via the electrocardiography monitor is identified. The ECG data that corresponds with the patient feedback is removed from the identified ECG data segment with the noise classification. The ECG data segments assigned the noise classification are removed from further analysis.
US10849522B2	Modular cardiac rhythm management using Q to LV activation measures Methods and systems for use of the Q-wave to R-wave interval to guide placement of a leadless cardiac pacemaker are disclosed. An implant delivery device is equipped with sensing electrodes to sense R-wave onset in a ventricle of a patient's heart to allow placement at a location of last or latest onset of the R-wave. Guidance tools are provided to assist in determination of the Q-wave to R-wave interval during implantation. For a chronic system, a cooperative approach is disclosed in which an implantable medical device and a leadless cardiac pacemaker exchange data to determine Q-wave to R-wave intervals and enhance cardiac resynchronization therapy delivery by the leadless cardiac pacemaker.
US10849515B2	Image processing apparatus and pulse estimation system provided therewith, and image processing method Image processing apparatus is provided with data compression processing unit that executes data compression processing on an input captured image based on inter-frame prediction; and operation-mode selection unit that is capable of selecting one of a first operation mode for normal imaging and a second operation mode for pulse estimation based on a command from a user. In a case where the second operation mode is selected, data compression processing unit sets an interval between I pictures constituting a compressed image generated by the data compression processing to an interval to be different from that in a case where the first operation mode is selected.
US10849514B2	Information processing device and information processing method Provided is an information processing device including: a sensor control unit configured to control a light emission intensity of a light source included in a pulse wave sensor on the basis of a state of a user who is a detection target of the pulse wave sensor.
US10849509B2	Patient signal filtering Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating patient signal filtering. In accordance with one aspect, the framework performs a signature cycle matching pursuit method to remove a first signal component from a combination patient signal and generate a first output signal. Sub-bandwidth filtering of the first output signal may be performed to remove a second signal component and generate a second output signal. The framework may further remove a third signal component from the second output signal to generate a third output signal. A signal of interest may then be reconstructed based on the third output signal.
US10849505B2	Electronic microscope An electronic microscope has an electronic image sensor for generating primary image data sets, wherein the image sensor is configured to generate image signals that correspond to a plurality of different reception spectra, and wherein each primary image data respectively comprises at least one image signal of each of the plurality of reception spectra for a plurality of image zones. A control device of the microscope is configured to control an illumination device to make a cyclically repeating transmission of electromagnetic radiation having a plurality of different illumination spectra and to control the image sensor to generate a respective primary image data set for each of the plurality of different illumination spectra. A processing unit of the microscope is configured to calculate the reflection spectrum from the generated primary image data sets for at least some of the plurality of image zones and, starting from the primary image data sets generated for the plurality of different illumination spectra, to determine at least one secondary image data set in dependence on the calculated reflection spectrum, said secondary image data set being at least partly modified with respect to the primary image data sets.
US10849503B2	Internet-linked ultrasonic network for medical devices A system and method is provided for transmitting signals ultrasonically among a network of implantable and wearable biological devices. The devices includes one or more implantable nodes, which include a sensing and/or actuating unit, at least one gateway node, and at least one access point node. Ultrasonic signals can be transmitted through the body by the implantable nodes to and from the gateway node, for transmission to and from the access point node. The access point node can be connected to the Internet. In this manner, remote instructions can be transmitted to the implantable nodes and data obtained at the implantable nodes can be transmitted to remote sites.
US10849500B2	Automatic orientation of subcutaneous ECG in implantable monitoring devices Various embodiments are directed toward a system and method for determining an orientation of an implantable medical device (“IMD”) and automatically adjusting a subcutaneous electrocardiogram (“ECG”) signal based on the determined orientation. The method can further include tagging generated SECG signals so as to identify whether a SECG signal had been generated from an implantable monitoring device with its first electrode being superior or inferior relative to its second electrode. Further embodiments can include automatically adjusting the orientation of the generated SECG signals to match that of a preferred orientation.
US10849496B2	Motion sickness estimation device, motion sickness prevention device, and motion sickness estimation method A motion sickness estimation device includes: a line-of-sight oscillation detector to detect oscillation of a line of sight of an occupant by using an imaging device; an object oscillation detector to detect oscillation of an object located in the line of sight; an oscillation comparator to calculate an oscillation difference from the oscillation of the line of sight and the oscillation of the object; and a motion sickness determiner to determine, on a basis of the oscillation difference, whether the occupant is in a motion sickness state.
US10849495B2	Systems and methods of optical coherence tomography with a multi-focal delay line An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system includes: a light source; a multi-focal delay line; and a light detector. The multi-focal delay line includes: a positive lens; and an optical switch configured to: receive a light from the light source; selectively direct the sample light to the positive lens via a selected one of a plurality of light interfaces each located a different distance from the focal plane of the positive lens; and direct the sample light to an object to be measured. The light detector is configured to receive return light returned from the object to be measured in response to the sample light, and to receive a reference light produced from the light from the light source, and in response thereto to detect at least one interference signal. An associated OCT method may be performed with the OCT system.
US10849490B2	Systems and methods for specifying the quality of the retinal image over the entire visual field Methods are disclosed comprising measuring, with a first scanner, a central part of the visual image, measuring, with a second scanner, a peripheral part of the visual image, calculating, by a processor, a pan-retinal measure of image contrast for an extended area of the retina, and optimizing a pan-retinal visual quality. Methods further comprising optimizing a pan-retinal visual quality are also disclosed. Systems are also disclosed comprising either a scanner or a laser, a non-transitory memory having instructions that, in response to an execution by a processor, the processor receives a first measurement of the central part of the visual image, receives a second measurement of the peripheral part of the visual image, and calculates a pan-retinal measure of image contrast for an extended area of the retina. Methods of manufacturing lenses, including contact lenses are disclosed.
US10849488B2	Laryngoscope handle and retrofittable insufflation module therefor A laryngoscope handle has a lower grip and an upper functional portion comprising a blade-retention portion formed with a slot extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to a viewing axis, and being configured for slidingly receiving therewithin a laryngoscope blade, and a module-coupling mechanism. An insufflation module may include a body; a jet nozzle extending from the body, the jet nozzle configured and operable to deliver a high velocity stream of gas in a direction substantially along a blade of the laryngoscope such that the gas is deliverable into an intraoral cavity.
US10849485B2	Endoscope device using an alternating current voltage An endoscope device includes: an endoscope configured to retrieve a subject image in a subject from a tip end, and output the subject image from an eyepiece unit; and a camera head including a mounting unit detachably connected to the eyepiece unit, and configured to pick up the subject image. The eyepiece unit and the mounting unit are connected with each other so as to be able to relatively rotate the endoscope and the camera head around an insertion axis. The eyepiece unit includes an endoscope side terminal. The mounting unit includes a head side terminal that feeds power to the endoscope from the camera head. One of the endoscope side terminal and the head side terminal includes at least three terminals disposed on a virtual circle around the insertion axis, and the other includes at least two terminals disposed on the virtual circle.
US10849484B2	Medical observation apparatus There is provided a wearable medical observation apparatus used by being worn on a head of a user, including: a first observation section having a configuration enabling a first observation of an observation target through an optical system including at least an objective lens; a second observation section having a configuration enabling a second observation of an observation target by a first medical observation image in which the observation target is imaged by a first imaging device; and a control section configured to control an observation state of the observation target.
US10849483B2	Single-use, port deployable articulating endoscope The multi-section deployable and articulating endoscope is designed with tubing and flat cables that are small enough that the endoscope becomes a thin stick that is minimally invasive and usable with other devices in a common port. The endoscope includes very thin flat cables that are used for electrical connectivity and threaded above and below an articulation and deployment hinge for opening the endoscope passively using an adjustable tension spring, or by pulling on a first cable and closing the endoscope by pulling on a second cable, When in a tubular configuration the endoscope may be inserted into the port and an insufflation membrane inside the port forms an air seal with the endoscope, which aids in insufflation and desufflation. The endoscope includes one or more tubes for creating an air jet stream above the camera to act as a shield for keeping the camera clean.
US10849482B2	Endoscopic system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method An endoscopic system including an endoscope device that outputs image data, an illumination device that illuminates a body of a patient, and circuitry that obtains, from the image data, at least two frames each captured with a different illumination state, generate, from at least two obtained frames, a composite image that has a reduced specular reflection light component with respect to at least one of the obtained frames, and generate a video signal including the composite image.
US10849475B1	Vacuum appliance dusting attachment with telescoping flexing brush and independent adjustable accordion hose attachment with handle ends A vacuum dusting attachment comprised of a telescoping brush head on a semi-flexible mounted base, centrally positioned over a disk-shaped piece featuring open apertures for dust collection and edged with lighting, of which the disk's backside narrows to provide a bendable, cushioned, ergonomically designed area for a pinch hold for index and thumb, circumferentially widening to contain a battery chamber for the lighting, extending into a cushioned hand hold area with added non-slippage features, internal friction end to attach to another device or vacuum source hose/wand. An additional independent accordion hose extension vacuum attachment for use with aforesaid dusting attachment or other device, of which the accordion hose is sandwiched between a grip disk and handle allowing to manipulate the hose to desired lengths and bends to reach distant target areas, and collapsing for minimal storage space.
US10849474B2	Cleaner A cleaner includes a cleaner body including a main cleaning unit for generating suction force, a nozzle assembly rotatably connected to the cleaner body and including a suction port for sucking in air and dust, and an auxiliary cleaning unit connected to the nozzle assembly and including a cloth supporter to which a cloth is attached. The nozzle assembly includes a front wheel and a rear wheel spaced apart from the front wheel, and a shaft of the rear wheel is relatively movably connected to the nozzle assembly to change a contact area between the cloth and a floor.
US10849473B2	Vacuum cleaner Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner having a structure for preventing foreign matter from entering between a drum brush and a bearing. A vacuum cleaner includes a suction portion formed with a suction port through which air and foreign matter are sucked. The suction portion includes a housing and a drum brush rotatably provided in the housing. The drum brush includes a rotating drum rotating by receiving a driving force and a brush mounted on the rotating drum. The housing is provided with an annular blocking rib, and the brush located at one end of the drum brush is configured to be accommodated in the blocking rib.
US10849470B2	Wipes dispensers and easy load adjustable dispensing nozzle Embodiments of dispensers for dispensing wet wipes are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser includes a container, a plurality of wipes, and a wipes dispensing nozzle. The wipes dispensing nozzle has a first housing member and a second housing member that are movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the wipes dispensing nozzle has an opening that has a first diameter. In the second position, the nozzle has an opening that has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. When the nozzle is in the first position, a lead wipe of the plurality of wipes may be threaded through the wipes dispensing nozzle. In the first position, the wipes dispensing nozzle does not exert sufficient frictional force against a trailing wipe to cause the lead wipe to separate from the trailing wipe along a perforation line. In the second position, the wipes nozzle is in a closed dispensing position.
US10849469B2	Automatic foam soap dispenser An automatic foam soap dispenser includes a liquid soap dispenser, an activation unit, and an actuation unit. The liquid soap dispenser includes an outlet, a fluid reservoir for containing liquid soap, and a pump being depressed for dispensing the liquid soap in the fluid reservoir to the outlet. The activation unit includes a sensor for detecting a presence of a user of the liquid soap dispenser, and a motor having a transmission shaft, wherein the motor is activated by the sensor for generating a rotational power to the transmission shaft. The actuation unit includes a pressing member and a linkage system arranged to transmit the rotational power from the motor to a linear movement to the pressing member so as to drive the pressing member to depress the pump.
US10849466B2	Flexible sealing member A sealing system (10) comprises of a flexible strip (11) having an upper boundary (12) and a lower boundary (13) an inner face (14) and an outer face (15). The inner face (14) has an upper region (16) and a lower region (17). The outer face (15) has an upper region (18) and a lower region (19). The strip inner face (14) and outer face (15) is coated with a film that allows tenacious adhesion between the strip (11) and an adhesive material.
US10849451B2	Portable household beverage machine The present invention relates to a portable household beverage machine comprising a body structure and a cup which is detachably connected to the body structure. A tank, a pump, a capsule bin for containing a substance to be brewed and a capsule bin pedestal for closing the capsule bin which are communicated in sequence are provided in the body structure. The capsule bin pedestal is detachably connected to the body structure or the capsule bin and is communicated with the cup. A space formed when the cup is connected to the body structure can contain all beverages that are output. In the portable household beverage machine according to the present invention, by arranging the tank, the pump, the capsule bin and the capsule bin pedestal in the body structure, and by detachably connecting the body structure with the cup, beverage machine is small in size and convenient for a user to carry. By arranging the pump, water in the tank automatically becomes high pressure water after passing through the pump, and then the high pressure water is mixed with the substance to be brewed in the capsule bin after flowing into the capsule bin, such that a beverage is made. The beverage flows into the cup connected to the body structure eventually, and then a user may drink the fragrant beverage after taking the cup.
US10849443B2	Table cover A table cover. The table cover includes a flexible base having a perimeter edge that can secure to a table such that an entirety of an upper surface of the table is covered by the base. A pair of panels are pivotally affixed to opposing ends of the base, wherein the pair of panels include a plurality of pockets on an exterior surface of the panel. At least one of the panels includes a thermally insulated lining therein.
US10849436B2	Airbed pump calibration and pressure measurement An airbed system, connectable to an air mattress chamber of an air mattress, includes: a pressure sensor, configured to obtain pressure measurements corresponding to the air mattress chamber; and a control unit, configured to operate a pump and valves of the airbed system to inflate and deflate the air mattress chamber, and to determine first and second constants corresponding to inflation of the air mattress chamber and third and fourth constants corresponding to deflation of the air mattress chamber.
US10849434B1	Fold-down stairs for a bunkbed A stairway for a bunk bed supported on a horizontal surface and having an upper bed and a lower bed both supported by four corner supports includes a rear plate fixed with the bunk bed and having two or more step supports. A front plate has two or more inverted step supports and a lower end. Two or more steps are each pivotally fixed with at least one hinge to one of the step supports of the rear plate and, with at least another of the hinges, to a corresponding one of the step supports of the front plate. As such, with the front plate in a lowered position, each step is in a substantially horizontal orientation. With the front plate lifted into a raised position each step pivots into a substantially vertical orientation as the front plate and rear plate meet, preferably in substantially coplanar alignment.
US10849431B2	Smart chair A smart chair includes a seat and a power supply device installed to the seat. The power supply device is electrically coupled to a voltage detection unit and a voltage adjustment unit. The voltage detection unit is provided for detecting a load signal, and the voltage adjustment unit is provided for adjusting and outputting a DC voltage according to the load signal. The concepts of resting, leisure and business are combined to provide a chair capable of detecting and outputting an appropriate DC voltage automatically.
US10849430B2	Apparatus for head and neck support An apparatus may include a support element and a securing element. The securing element may be coupled to the support element. Furthermore, the securing element may be configured to maintain the support element in a position that enables the supporting element to provide support for a head, a neck, and/or an upper spine of a user.
US10849425B2	Motorized modular smart shelving and storage unit A smart storage system, method, and apparatus. One aspect provides a method for moving modular shelving units. A first tiered unit is determined to be accessed in response to input received. The first tiered unit within a modular shelving system is moved to an access location utilizing a motor. The first tiered unit is released for access by the user.
US10849418B2	Paint pen The invention is directed to a paint pen having a squeezable paint reservoir, a flexible and resilient tube connected at one end to the reservoir and at the other end to a tip comprising an absorbent and permeable material (relative to the paint in the reservoir). The pen operates by squeezing the tube to provide paint through the tube to the tip at which point it can be applied to a surface. The flexibility and resilience of the tube enables uniform application of the paint to rough surfaces.
US10849415B2	Device for applying a flowing or paste-like product to keratin fibres The present invention relates to an device for applying a flowing or paste-like product to keratin fibers, comprising an elongate central core (1) extending along a longitudinal axis XX, at least one row of elongate bristles (2) comprising a first end (20) embedded on the core and a second, free end (21), the bristles (2) and the core (1) being made in one piece. According to the invention, at least one of bristles has a flattened shape in a plane substantially perpendicular to axis XX, said at least one bristle being defined in a front view by a first ridge (25) that is continuously convex or concave from the base (20) thereof embedded in the core (1) up to the second end (21), and by a second ridge (26) consecutively concave and convex from the base (20) thereof embedded in the core up to the second end (21), the first and second ridges meeting at the free end (21). The bristles have a slit (24) in the body thereof for defining a first (22) and a second (23) side flank arranged opposite one another. Two bristles consecutively rooted along the length of the applicator may form at least one distal opening (30) between one another.
US10849414B2	Volumizing brush A hair brush apparatus comprises a handle, an outer frame extending from the handle, and an inner frame, each with proximal and distal ends. Each of the outer frame and the inner frame includes a plurality of parallel prongs with ends and channels that are disposed in alternating arrangement, whereby the outer and inner frame prongs are interleaved together. A suspension assembly comprises a base suspension member attaching the outer frame proximal end to the inner frame proximal end. At least one prong suspension member attaches at least one inner frame prong end to at least one outer frame channel. The suspension assembly enables relative movement of the inner frame with respect to the outer frame in at least two axes, selected from a longitudinal, lateral and transverse axis. A control member can be used to manipulate the movable inner frame in any direction as desired by the user.
US10849412B2	Leak-proof bag with folding closure Disclosed herein are embodiments for a leak-proof hydration bladder with an improved opening and folding closure mechanism. Embodiments include an opening on a top side of the bladder and a closed bottom side. A strap is attached to a first side of the bladder and extends to a second side opposite. The strap has a closure mechanism that attaches to a second side of the bladder. The bladder includes a hose with access to an inside of the bladder for consumption of its contents. The bladder is made of a plastic material that maintains a substantially leak-proof seal when the bladder is folded from the top and the closure mechanism is closed.
US10849411B1	Adjustable storage device An adjustable storage device includes a sheet, a restriction band having two ends fixedly connected to the sheet, and an elastic band having a fixed end fixedly connected to a side of the sheet and a free end detachably engaged to the another side of the sheet. The restriction band and the sheet form a through hole therebetween. The elastic band either goes through or not through the through hole. Whereby, when the elastic band is provided without going through the through hole, the elastic band the sheet form a first accommodating opening therebetween; when the elastic band is provided in a manner that it goes through the through hole, the elastic band and the sheet form multiple second accommodating openings. A maximum storage size of the first accommodating opening is greater than that of each of the second accommodating openings, so that tools of various sizes can be stored.
US10849410B2	Pressure-relieving back pack A pressure-relieving back pack, comprising: a pack body (1), a pressure-relieving plate (2), a pressure-relieving assembly, two straps (4), and a supporting plate. The supporting plate is provided at a rear part of the pack body (1). The pressure-relieving plate (2) is provided at a side of the rear part of the pack body (1) near to the back. The pressure-relieving assembly comprises a spring mechanism and a hollow casing (33). The casing (33) is mounted at the rear part of the pack body (1). The spring mechanism is detachably provided inside the casing (33). The spring mechanism comprises a compression spring (31) and a retractable rod (32). The compression spring (31) is sleeved around and position-limited with respect to the retractable rod (32). A second end (322) of the retractable rod (32) and the compression spring (31) are position-limited within the casing (33). A first end (321) of the retractable rod (32) is located outside the casing (33) and can extend and retract upward and downward relative to a first end of the casing (33). The first end (321) of the retractable rod (32) and a lower end of the pressure-relieving plate (2) are detachably connected. An upper end of the pressure-relieving plate (2) is connected to an upper end of the strap (4). A lower end of the strap (4) is connected to a lower end of a back side of the pack body (1). The pressure-relieving back pack can meet different loading needs by changing the compression spring (31) of the pressure-relieving assembly.
US10849405B2	Cap and vial applicator system for applying two cosmetic products An applicator package is provided that has a vial, a cap and a rod with an applicator tip extending from the cap into the vial. The vial contains a cosmetic first substance and the cap contains a cosmetic second substance in a cartridge. The cosmetic first substance is dispensed from the vial by dipping the applicator into the substance in the vial. The second substance is dispensed from the cartridge by depressing the cartridge into the cap to activate a pump that dispenses the second substance through a dispensing port onto a surface of the applicator tip. The first and second substances may be applied individually in stages, or the substances may be applied simultaneously after loading each on the applicator.
US10849393B2	Earring backing, earrings and earring display devices A connectable earring back element, comprising: a retainer element, said retainer element having a through hole the diameter of which is sized to receive an earring post; and a body, said body having means for connecting one connectable earring back element to another connectable earring back element. In one embodiment, each connecting earring back element includes a magnet or the body is made of a magnetic material such that the connectable earring back elements may be connected through magnetic forces. In some instances, a display panel may be included in an earring set to display the earrings, where the display panel may be decorative and may include magnets or be made of a magnetic material for affixing of the connecting earring back elements thereto.
US10849391B2	Multi-function buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a female buckle body that interchangeably mates with either one of a male buckle body or a retainer ring defining a leading bar. The female buckle body has a receptacle to receive an extension portion of the male buckle body slidable therein. A biased lever body is pivotally supported on the female buckle body for cooperating with a catch on the male buckle body between a blocking position retaining the extension portion in the receptacle and a released position allowing removal of the extension portion. The female buckle body also has a slot aligned with the receptacle to receive the leading bar of the retainer ring therein so that the lever body can also selectively retain the retainer ring mated with the female buckle body.
US10849390B2	Reel based closure system Disclosed is a closure system used in combination in any of a variety of applications including clothing, for example as a footwear lacing system comprising a lace attached to a tightening mechanism. The lace extends through a series of guide members positioned along two opposing footwear closure portions. The lace and guides preferably have low friction surfaces to facilitate sliding of the lace along the guide members so that the lace evenly distributes tension across the footwear member. The tightening mechanism allows incremental adjustment of the tension of the lace. The closure system allows a user to quickly loosen the lace and inhibits unintentional and/or accidental loosing of the lace.
US10849389B1	Device for assisting lace tightening A device for assisting with tightening footwear laces includes a frame configured to at least partially surround a portion of the footwear. The footwear has laces and sidewalls. The device also includes at least two compression pads coupled to the frame. The compression pads are positioned so as to contact a respective sidewall of the footwear. The compression pads have a distance between them that is adjustable so as to cause the compression pads to press the sidewalls of the footwear inwardly.
US10849387B2	Sole structures and articles of footwear having plate moderated fluid-filled bladders and/or foam type impact force attenuation members Sole structures for articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include: (a) an outsole component; (b) a midsole component engaged with the outsole component, wherein the midsole component includes at least one opening or receptacle; (c) at least one fluid-filled bladder system or foam system provided in the opening or receptacle; and/or (d) a rigid plate system including one or more rigid plates overlaying the fluid-filled bladder or foam system(s). The rigid plate(s) may be fixed directly to the midsole component or the rigid plate(s) may rest on the fluid-filled bladder(s) or foam somewhat above the surface of the midsole component when the sole structure is in an uncompressed condition. Articles of footwear and methods of making sole structures and articles of footwear including such sole structures also are described.
US10849386B2	Footwear sole structure having a composite element and methods for manufacturing same One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide for composite elements that include a textile having a plurality of fibers, the plurality of fibers comprising a first thermoplastic material; and a second thermoplastic material surrounding the plurality of fibers of the textile and consolidating at least a portion of the textile, wherein the second thermoplastic material has a melting temperature lower than a melting temperature of the first thermoplastic material. The composite elements can be used as part of a fluid chamber or cushioning element, whereby the composite element imparts puncture resistant to the fluid chamber or cushioning element. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US10849383B2	Wearable impact protection and force channeling device A wearable impact protection and force channeling device operable to transfer force received via impact from a head of the user to a body of the user, thereby utilizing an entire mass of the user to lessen rapid momentum change of the head.
US10849380B2	Piece of sports and leisure clothing having a geometric pattern thereon The present invention relates: to a piece of sports and leisure clothing, having a geometric pattern thereon, wherein the geometric pattern comprises at least one base item having a base boundary that forms the contour of the base item, a surrounding area that encompasses the base item, wherein the surrounding area is divided into a plurality of subareas, and a plurality of images, wherein within each subarea of the plurality of subareas at least one image of the plurality of images is disposed, such that the base boundary is visually defined by the plurality of images. The present invention further relates to a piece of sports and leisure clothing, having a geometric pattern thereon, wherein the geometric pattern comprises a base item having a base boundary, an area, wherein the area is encompassed by the base boundary, and wherein the area is divided into a plurality of subareas, a plurality of images, wherein within each subarea of the plurality of subareas one image of the plurality of images is disposed, such that the base boundary is visually defined by the plurality of images.
US10849376B2	Sleeve with attached ambidextrous glove Embodiments are provided for a one-piece clothing garment that is made up of a sleeve comprising a holding band and a cuff, and an attached ambidextrous glove. Further, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a one-piece ambidextrous sleeve with an attached ambidextrous glove, where the sleeve is held onto a wearer's arm by a holding band at the top end of the sleeve, and the bottom end of the sleeve has a sleeve cuff with and a glove attached inside of the sleeve underneath the sleeve cuff at an attachment point. The glove is capable of being worn when the glove is in an un-tucked position. When the glove is not being worn by the wearer, the glove is capable of being tucked under or inside.
US10849375B1	Perimeter seal for a face mask A perimeter seal device is constructed in three layers to easily convert a non-sealed face mask to a face mask with a perimeter seal. The device has a top and bottom release liner, partitioned for providing the perimeter seal to an existing manufactured mask, with a double-sided adhesive layer in the middle formed with pressure-sensitive adhesive. A pre-cut perimeter portion of the adhesive layer provides the perimeter seal. The construction of the perimeter seal device allows alternate methods for fixing either side of the perimeter portion of the adhesive layer onto a face mask. The opposing side of the adhesive perimeter portion is adhered directly on a wearer's face. The device provides a way to convert a surgical or other non-sealed face mask to a sealed mask.
US10849374B2	Garment The invention relates to a garment (1), especially to a sports garment, comprising a substrate (2) which covers a part of the body of the wearer of the garment (1). To provide a garment of the generic type which has good thermal insulation properties and which is especially suitable for sports the invention proposes that the substrate (2) is at least partially designed as an at least two-layer arrangement, wherein an inner layer (3) is facing the body of the wearer and an outer layer (4) is delimiting the outside of the garment (1), wherein the two layers (3, 4) form a pocket (5) which is filled with a filling material (6) and wherein the filling material (6) are at least partially plastic particles which are arranged loosely in the pocket (5).
US10849373B2	Electro illuminating wire lighted safety vests A garment includes a flexible layer of material configured to fit a contour of a body, a first length of an electro illuminating (EL) wire assembly is coupled to the flexible layer. The EL wire assembly includes a tubular sheath at least partially surrounding a second length of an EL wire. The tubular sheath includes a hollow interior and a water resistant outer surface. The outer surface includes one or more attachment tabs extending away from the outer surface. The EL wire assembly is attached to the garment via the one or more attachment tabs. A battery pack includes an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the EL wire assembly.
US10849369B2	Apparel with wireless-powered sensors An article of apparel, system, and methods optionally include a textile material, a mobile device holder, coupled to the textile material, configured to secure a mobile device with respect to the article of apparel, and an electrical system. The electrical system includes an antenna, configured to communicatively couple with a primary antenna of the mobile device, positioned in relation to the holder, a power supply, coupled to the antenna, configured to output power based on a current as generated in the antenna when communicatively coupled with the primary antenna, a controller, coupled to the power supply, operable based on the power as output by the power supply, and a sensor, coupled to the textile material, communicatively coupled to the controller via a conductor, configured to detect a sensor condition and output a sensor signal when powered by the power output by the power supply.
US10849368B2	Breast cup assembly A breast cup assembly including an outer fabric layer, an inner fabric layer, and a molded core assembly having two cup regions and disposed between the outer and inner fabric layers, the core assembly including an inner core foam layer laminated with an outer core fabric layer. Each of the inner and outer fabric layers may have a range greater than the extent of the core assembly, and the inner core foam layer at each of the two cup regions of the core assembly has varying thickness but substantially the same density across the cup region.
US10849367B2	Universal separation panel for use in men's clothing A garment panel includes a material that is configured to attach to an internal surface of a garment to form the garment panel, and that includes a front surface and a rear surface; and an opening in the material to permit genitalia of a user to be inserted through the opening and remain disposed in a space formed between the internal surface of the garment and the front surface of the material.
US10849358B2	E-vaping cartridge An e-vaping cartridge includes an inner tube defining a channel. A heater is positioned near a first end of the channel, and a hydrogel is located near a second end of the channel. The hydrogel includes a flavorant that releases flavors and/or aromas to the vapor as the vapor passes the hydrogel.
US10849350B2	Peeling blade In an exemplary embodiment, a blade portion 41 is formed by a plurality of blades 42 being arrayed on a front surface of a main body at an even interval while forming blade striation portions 43 between adjacent blades 42. Each blade 42 is cut into a circular-arc shape. A pitch between the blades 42 is in a range of 1 to 3 mm. A recess-portion apex composed of a cut surface of each blade 42 has a rounded shape with a radius of 1.0 to 3.0 mm. A protrusion-portion apex of the blade striation portion 43 has a rounded shape with a radius of 0.1 to 0.5 mm. A tip of the blade 42 formed by the blade striation portion 43 has a rounded shape with a radius of 0.1 to 0.5 mm.
US10849347B2	Soy sauce tank with circulation detection for amino acid nitrogen value control for soy sauce A soy sauce tank with circulation detection for amino acid nitrogen value control for soy sauce, comprising a tank body, a circulation tube arranged outside the tank body and having an output end and an input end respectively connected to the tank body, a circulation pump arranged in the circulation tube, and an amino acid nitrogen value detection apparatus arranged in the circulation tube. The soy sauce tank of the invention comprises a circulation detection loop, in which the amino acid nitrogen value detection apparatus is configured to measure the amino acid nitrogen value of the soy sauce. In the soy sauce tank the soy sauce is thoroughly mixed through multiple circulations, during which its amino acid nitrogen value is regulated and stabilized eventually, thereby facilitating automatic blending and improving the production efficiency of the soy sauce.
US10849344B2	Sprouted cereal, method for manufacturing same, food product containing same, and BDNF production accelerator The invention relates to a novel technique for germinating a sproutable food such as rice, other types of cereals, or seeds. Provided is a novel germination technique capable of increasing a content of glutamate, accelerating an enrichment of gamma-aminobutyric acid, and exerting excellent functionality for the body, and a novel functional food material or pharmaceutical agent. A sprouted cereal is produced by soaking the cereal in a soaking solution prepared by addition of at least one carbonate selected from alkali metal carbonate, and alkaline earth metal carbonate to water to make the cereal absorb the soaking solution, followed by allowing the cereal to germinate under predetermined conditions.
US10849340B2	Humic and fulvic mineral extraction method and beverage for human consumption The embodiments disclose a method including processing and treating at least one water source supply for mixing with humic acid and fulvic acid, chopping and pulverizing at least one humate source, mixing the chopped and pulverized at least one humate source with the processed and treated at least one water source supply, processing the chopped and pulverized at least one humate source and the processed and treated at least one water source supply for separating, segregating, and suspending fulvic acid and humic acid molecules from the at least one humate source, storing the fulvic acid and humic acid molecules in a fresh quantity of the treated water source supply, adjusting the pH level of the stored fulvic acid and humic acid, and creating at least one or more beverage product for human consumption using the fulvic acid and humic acid molecule ingredients and other ingredients including vitamins, flavorings and additives.
US10849339B2	Beverages containing rare sugars Beverages comprising rare sugars and sweetness enhancers are provided herein, wherein the sweetness enhancers are present at or below the sweetness recognition threshold concentration. Also provided are methods for improving the sweetness of a beverage comprising rare sugars by adding a sweetness enhancer in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold. Beverages comprising natural high potency sweeteners and rare sugars with sugar-like characteristics are also provided, wherein the natural high potency sweetener and rare sugars are present in particular weight ratios.
US10849335B2	Ready-to-drink tea beverages with reduced benzene and methods for making same A ready-to-drink tea beverage contains tea extract, aerated water and benzoate, such as a benzoic acid salt. The beverage and/or the aerated water can contain at least 5.0 ppm dioxygen (O2) and preferably at least about 5.0 ppm O2. The aerated water can reduce or prevent benzene formation and can reduce the benzene content of the beverage. The beverage can lack dimethyl dicarbonate and/or ascorbic acid. The water can be aerated before and/or after the beverage is dispensed in a can or another suitable container.
US10849331B2	Smoked food, method for smoking food and apparatus therefor Food for human consumption is smoked by providing smoke, removing one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the smoke and contacting the food with the treated smoke, or smoking the food and then removing the PAHs from the smoked food. PAH removal is selective, to remove the PAHs that contain 4 or more benzene rings, in particular without significantly changing the volatile profile of the smoked food. A selective filter is provided, as is apparatus comprising a smoke generator, a chamber in which to smoke food, and the selective filter, disposed between the smoke generator and the chamber.
US10849326B2	Device for discharging baked goods Devices for discharging bakery goods, to be combined with an upstream continuous baking oven, are described. The device has transfer means for transferring bakery goods from a storage unit to discharging means, wherein the discharging means direct the bakery goods to a discharging compartment. The discharging means include a conveying installation and a dispensing installation, wherein the dispensing installation is suppliable by the conveying installation with bakery goods.
US10849322B2	Use of hibiscus acid and derivatives thereof as antimicrobials against antibiotic-resistant and non-antibiotic-resistant microorganisms The present invention relates to the use of compounds derived from calyces of Jamaica (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) with antimicrobial activity, which can be used in different areas of microbiology, such as, for example, medical microbiology, veterinary microbiology, industrial microbiology, environmental microbiology, marine microbiology, plant microbiology, food microbiology and biotechnology; more particularly, to the individual use of Hibiscus acid and its derivatives as antimicrobials and its uses in effective formulation to eliminate bacteria of all types of living or inert materials.
US10849317B2	Ultrasonic eradication of sea lice on farmed fish A method, and device for removing sea lice from salmon with use of a salmon herding passage tube, with ultrasound transducers on the periphery thereof, in a number sufficient to provide ultrasound treatment of the salmon being herded therethrough at a normal herding rate and at a sufficiently high enough frequency to kill the sea lice. Salmon are herded therethrough, with the application of ultrasound from the ultrasonic. The method and device also include removal of the lice from a salmon cage or enclosure with feeding fish into an enclosure having ultrasound transducers situated on the inner periphery thereof and providing an attraction such as a white light which attracts noxious parasitic aquatic organisms and applying ultrasound from the electronic transducers within the enclosure.
US10849315B2	Oriole bird feeder with tapered port access channel and integrated perch An Oriole bird feeder having a nectar reservoir with a base and a tapered port, and preferably a tapered port/perch assembly, is provided. The bird feeder allows Orioles and other similarly sized members of the Icterid family of birds to land on the perch and access the nectar in the reservoir base while, due to the diminishing taper of the opening in the tapered port, simultaneously preventing average sized Italian, Carniolan and Caucasian honey bees from entering the reservoir base through the port to obtain the nectar where they subsequently become trapped and perish.
US10849314B2	Method for predicting a specific respiratory pathogen The invention relates to a method carried out by a processor for predicting a specific respiratory pathogen in a group of farm animals, which method comprises monitoring the sounds generated by said farm animals.
US10849309B2	Combined pet litter box and cleaning sieve A combined litter box and cleaning sieve is provided including a base structure and a sieve member. The base structure includes a bottom wall and side wall(s) which extend upward from the base wall except in one portion to leave an open side for receiving the sieve member therethrough. The sieve member includes a back wall section for extending across the open side of the base structure, a screen portion and upstanding handle. In use, the sieve member is inserted in the base structure and litter filled on top thereof. The litter can be cleaned of waste by lifting the sieve member by the handle whereby clean litter sifts through the screen portion and waste is collected on the screen which can then be disposed of. Afterward, the empty sieve member is placed back into position through the receiving side of the base structure for further use.
US10849305B2	System and method for evaluating a cleaning process in respect of a milk transporting conduit structure The cleaning of milk transporting conduit structure involves introducing fluid and an amount of gas into the milk transporting conduit structure, which causes a slug of fluid to be formed in and forwarded through the milk transporting conduit structure. A sensor arrangement measures at least one parameter related to the slug, and repeatedly forwards updatings of the at least one measured parameter to the data processor. Based thereon, the data processor produces an indicator of at least one quality of the cleaning process. The indicator reflects a cross-sectional profile of the slug at at least one position in the milk transporting conduit structure.
US10849303B2	Fertilisation independent fruit formation in eggplant The present invention relates to an eggplant seed that is capable of growing into a plant that is cytoplasmic male sterile and can produce eggplant fruits without fertilization. The present invention also relates to a plant produced by growing the eggplant. The invention further relates to methods for producing the seedless eggplant fruits.
US10849301B1	Soybean variety 01072784 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072784. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072784. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072784 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072784 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10849300B1	Soybean variety 01073359 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073359. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073359. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073359 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073359 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10849296B2	Plants and seeds of Brassica carinata variety DH-140.356 The invention is in the field of Brassica carinata breeding (i.e. Ethiopian mustard breeding), specifically relating to Brassica carinata variety DH-140.356. The present invention relates to seeds, plants or parts thereof, cells, methods of making, and uses of this variety and its progeny.
US10849295B1	Maize hybrid X95N812 A novel maize variety designated X95N812 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 X95N812 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95N812 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95N812, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95N812 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95N812 and methods of using maize variety X95N812 are disclosed.
US10849293B1	Maize hybrid X08N719 A novel maize variety designated X08N719 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 X08N719 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08N719 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08N719, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08N719 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08N719 and methods of using maize variety X08N719 are disclosed.
US10849289B2	Method for the production of haploid and subsequent doubled haploid plants It was found that plants with loss of functional Msi2 protein due to a nucleotide polymorphism resulting in the introduction of a premature stop codon in the Msi2 protein, are able to induce haploid offspring after a cross to or with a wild type plant comprising a functional Msi2 protein. The invention relates to generation of haploid and doubled haploid plants.
US10849280B2	Rigs for illuminating fields and methods of illuminating plants Disclosed are various embodiments for a mobile rig configured to control a photoperiodic response of a photoperiodically sensitive plant subject (e.g., a short-day plant) planted in an open field. The mobile rig includes a support structure; wheels; and light sources attached to the support structure at a position for emitting light on an upper surface of the photoperiodically sensitive plant subject. The mobile rig includes or is coupled to a control circuit having processing circuitry configured to cause the mobile rig to navigate across an open field having the photoperiodically sensitive plant subject planted therein and selectively illuminate the photoperiodically sensitive plant subject using the light sources attached to the mobile rig, for instance, during nighttime hours in a wavelength range between approximately 250 nm and approximately 800 nm to control the photoperiodic response of the photoperiodically sensitive plant subject planted therein.
US10849277B2	Extension rod and power tool having extension rod An extension rod for a power tool may include a plurality of rod portions, with a first connector and a second connector connecting two of the rod portions. The second connector has a sleeve and a primary fastener. The first connector has a guide rod sized for insertion into the sleeve. The first connector also has a secondary fastener engaging with the primary fastener. A first guide ring, a second guide ring, and a third guide ring are located between the guide rod and the sleeve. The first guide ring, the second guide ring, and the third guide ring each include respective conical faces. At least one of the first, second, and third guide rings defines a notch.
US10849266B2	Apparatus for distributing a mixed fluid and apparatus for distributing bulk material The invention concerns apparatuses (1) for distributing mixed fluid or bulk material on to agricultural productive surfaces (100) comprising a distribution device (5) which has at least one fluid inlet (3) which can be connected to a mixed fluid supply and a plurality of outlets (7).The apparatus has a plurality of conduits (11) connected to the outlets, wherein the conduits (11) have a respective connecting portion (35b) for coupling to an application device (9), wherein an outlet (7) and the conduit (11) connected to the fluid outlet define a respective flow path. In particular the apparatuses have a device (15) for blockage detection in individual ones of, a plurality of or all flow paths, that has a plurality of sensors (21), and an electronic evaluation unit (17) which is adapted to receive the measurement signals output by the sensors (21), compare them to each other and on the basis of signal deviations determined in that case to identify individual ones of or a plurality of flow paths as blocked.
US10849263B2	Agricultural work vehicle and method for controlling hitch of agricultural work vehicle An agricultural work vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention, which can adaptively adjust the velocity profile of the hitch according to the weight of the work machine, is characterized by comprising: a hitch on which an work machine is mounted; a weight calculation unit that calculates the weight of the work machine when the work machine is lifted following a first lift of the hitch; and a hitch controller that firstly lifts the hitch according to a reference velocity profile comprising a constant-velocity section (T) and, when calculation of the weight of the work machine is completed, generates an updated velocity profile comprising acceleration sections (a1, a2), constant-velocity sections (b1, b2), and deceleration sections (c1, c1) according to the weight of the work machine, and secondly lifts the hitch according to the updated velocity profile.
US10849262B2	Methods and apparatus for aerating turf A turf aerator is configured with components that allow a user to set a desired turf aeration depth and then automatically adjust hydraulic pressure to produce a proper level of downward pressure into the ground in order to maintain consistent depth penetration with the tines. The turf aerator implements a depth control lever that is operatively connected to a switch that increases or decreases tine depth up or down. Since the desired tine depth is set and the hydraulic pressure is capable of puncturing the ground accordingly, portions of the ground that are relatively harder or softer are still properly penetrated due to the set level of depth. The turf aerator is also configured with a tine housing which shields drive chains from dirt and debris from the aerating, thereby increasing the life of the drive chains.
US10856460B2	Surface mounter for mounting a component on a substrate A surface mounter comprising a stage including a mounting portion at which a component is mounted on a substrate, a substrate transferring device to transfer the substrate to the mounting portion, a component feeding device to feed the component toward the mounting portion, a component mounting device including a mounting head and that mounts the component on the substrate, a pickup nozzle that picks up and holds the component and releases the component on the substrate, a shaft member that switches a pressure applied to the pickup nozzle between negative pressure and positive pressure, and a drive unit that includes a drive source, a movable portion that moves using power from the drive source, and a cam follower, wherein the drive unit moves the movable portion to perform first and second movement operations of the shaft member.
US10856459B2	Component supplying device A component supplying device supplying a component while using a component supply tape having components thereon includes a reel support portion rotatably supporting a reel around which the component supply tape is wound, a feeder transferring the component supply tape drawn out from the reel toward a component pick-up position and transferring the component supply tape from which the component is picked up at the component pick-up position S1 toward a tape discharge path, and a correction member arranged on a transfer path of the component supply tape between the reel support portion and the tape discharge path. The correction member is configured to correct curl of the component supply tape.
US10856457B2	Electromagnetic shielding film for cable An electromagnetic shielding film for a cable, which relates to the field of wire manufacturing, for use in resolving the problem of easiness of break of the existing electromagnetic shielding film and the great consumption of time and power in the preparation process. The electromagnetic shielding film comprises a first metal layer (11,21,31,41), a conductive layer (12,22,32,42), and a protective film (13,23,33,43). The first metal layer covers the outer part of a conductor of a cable, and is used for shielding electromagnetic interference and is used as a medium. The conductive layer is disposed on the first metal layer, and is used for shielding electromagnetic interference, and the conductive layer comprises a curing agent, metal particles and polyurethane for carrying the metal particles. The protective film is disposed on the conductive layer and protects the electromagnetic shielding film.
US10856449B2	Dynamic cooling system One technique for improving cooling system efficiency is to operate cooling for a data center with a dynamic and distributed cooling system. A distributed cooling system may include multiple compressors operating cooperatively for cooling the data center. A dynamic cooling system may adjust operation of the compressors based on one or more parameters, such as inside temperature, outdoor temperature, inside humidity, outside humidity, and load on the data center. By appropriately controlling speeds of the compressors, the power efficiency of the cooling system may be improved by ensuring that all activated compressors are operating within their efficient operating range. By doing so, the cooling system may be controlled to obtain an approximately linear power consumption as a function of cooling load.
US10856448B1	Compressed air cooling Compressed air cooling is disclosed. In an embodiment, an assembly includes an input configured to receive compressed air. The assembly also includes an expansion chamber configured to at least in part contain an expansion of the compressed air. The assembly also includes a base configured to be thermally cooled via the expansion of the compressed air and configured to be coupled to an electronic component.
US10856439B2	Rotatable water-cooling tube and electronic device with same A rotatable water-cooling tube and an electronic device with the water-cooling tube are provided. The water-cooling tube includes a first tube body, a second tube body, a third tube body, a first connector and a second connector. The first tube body is in communication with the second tube body and the third tube body through the first connector and the second connector. The first tube body is rotatable with the first connector and the second connector. Consequently, the first tube body can be freely rotated to a proper position. The technology of the present invention is helpful to assemble and disassemble the heat generation component under the rotatable water-cooling tube.
US10856438B2	Fan control circuit and fan control system A fan control circuit comprises: a fan controller connected with at least one fan connector, connected with a baseboard management controller (BMC) via integrated circuit bus communication lines and outputting a BMC fan signal wherein said fan controller is powered by a main power supply, and a baseboard status detection circuit connected with the BMC and the fan controller respectively, detecting a heartbeat signal of the BMC, and controlling an output of a fan pulse signal according to the heartbeat signal so as to control a fan connected with the fan controller to operate normally.
US10856437B2	System for automatically classifying electrical devices for fan control application A system and method to control fan power for an electronic device based on cooling requirements is disclosed. The electronic device includes a power supply unit and a fan coupled to the power supply unit. A controller is coupled to the fan. The device includes at least one electronic component cooled by the fan. The controller is operable to classify the at least one electronic component, and regulate the power supplied to the fan based on the classification of the at least one electronic component.
US10856436B2	Multilevel enclosure cooling A system including an enclosure including a data storage enclosure. The data storage enclosure includes multiple storage levels and a shared cooling area. The system further includes data storage devices positioned within each of the multiple storage levels and a first and second set of air movers positioned within the data storage enclosure in the shared cooling area. The first and second sets of air movers are arranged to cool the data storage devices.
US10856432B1	Socket connector and cable assembly for a communication system A socket connector assembly includes a socket connector and a cable assembly coupled to the socket connector. The socket connector includes a socket frame having a socket opening and a socket substrate received in the socket opening. The socket substrate includes lower socket conductors electrically connected to a host circuit board and upper socket contacts having deflectable spring beams. The cable assembly includes an outer housing and a paddle card received in a pocket having paddle card contacts at a mating end on a lower surface interfacing with the upper socket contacts. The cable assembly includes cables terminated to the paddle card communicatively coupled to corresponding paddle card contacts. The side walls of the outer housing engage an outer surface of the socket frame to locate the paddle card relative to the socket substrate.
US10856431B2	Carrier assembly for carrying an electronics housing A carrier assembly for carrying an electronics housing includes: a base; a carrier element that locks to the base; a slot on which the electronics housing is put; and a locking element that is adjustably arranged on the carrier element, locks the base to the carrier element when in a locked position, and is blocked in the locked position when an electronics housing is put onto the slot such that the locking element cannot be moved out of the locked position.
US10856430B2	Electronic device including flexible display According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a first housing including a first surface and a second surface facing in a direction opposite the first surface, a second housing including a third surface and a fourth surface facing in a direction opposite the third surface, a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing configured to provide rotational motion between the first housing and the second housing, and a flexible display disposed from the first surface of the first housing across the hinge to the third surface of the second housing, at least part of the flexible display configured to form a curved surface as the hinge structure is folded, wherein the hinge may include dual-axis hinges configured to provide a first rotational axis allowing the first housing to rotate about the second housing and a second rotational axis allowing the second housing to rotate about the first housing and slides coupled with the first housing and the second housing and configured to provide sliding motion perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the first housing and the second housing.
US10856429B2	Magnetic server latching system A slam latch for mounting and unmounting a server in a rack holding a computing system is disclosed. The slam latch includes a permanent magnet. The slam latch further includes at least one magnetically attractive plate separated by a first distance from the permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet has a first force of attraction to the at least one plate. The permanent magnet has a second force of attraction to the at least one plate lower than the first force of attraction when the at least one plate is forceably separated from the permanent magnet by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
US10856426B2	Rollable display device The present disclosure provides a rollable display device that can prevent a step between a roller and a display panel and can prevent damage to a printed circuit board and an IC etc. for driving and controlling the display panel, by forming a protrusion radially protruding on the outer side of the roller formed in a cylindrical shape for rolling the display panel and by forming a seat radially recessed on the outer side.
US10856424B2	Electronic assembly that includes void free holes A method that includes electroplating both sides of a core and the through hole of a core with a conductive material to cover both sides of the core with the conductive material and to form a conductive bridge in the through hole, wherein the core has a thickness greater than 200 microns; etching the conductive material that covers both sides of the core to reduce the thickness of the conductive material to about 1 micron; applying a film resist to the core; exposing and developing the resist film to form patterns on the conductive material on both sides of the core; and electroplating additional conductive material on the (i) conductive material on both sides of the core (ii) conductive material within the through hole; and (iii) conductive bridge to fill the through hole with conductive material without any voids and to form conductive patterns on both sides of the core.
US10856421B2	Circuit board A circuit board is disposed on a substrate and includes a dielectric layer and a circuit layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The circuit layer is embedded in the dielectric layer and has plural traces. Each of the traces has a first top surface and a first bottom surface which are opposite to each other, and the first bottom surface faces toward the substrate. The first top surface is exposed from the dielectric layer, and an area of a vertical projection of the first top surface on the substrate is smaller than an area of a vertical projection of the first bottom surface on the substrate.
US10856418B2	Power supply for a camera A camera includes a circuit board, an image sensing chip, a package base, a lens module, a flexible circuit board, and a first carrier plate. The circuit board includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The circuit board defines a window through the first surface and the second surface. The image sensing chip is mounted to the second surface and includes a photosensitive area viewable through the window. The package base is mounted to the first surface and defines a light hole. The lens module is mounted to the package base. The first carrier plate is mounted to the second surface and covers the image sensing chip. The circuit board further includes an end portion not covered by the first carrier plate. The flexible circuit board is mounted to the second surface of the end portion and is electrically coupled to the image sensing chip.
US10856417B2	Power supply module used in a smart terminal and power supply module assembly structure The present disclosure provides a power supply module used in a smart terminal and a power supply module assembly structure, the power supply module includes a substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other; a power passive element, an active element and a plurality of first conductive parts disposed at the substrate; the power passive element being independently disposed on the first surface of the substrate as a whole; wherein a maximum height of the power passive element disposed on the first surface of the substrate is greater than a sum of a maximum height of an element disposed on the second surface of the substrate and an half of the thickness of the substrate.
US10856416B2	Flexible printed circuit electrical connector Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises a flexible printed circuit comprising electrical elements on a flexible substrate. The electrical elements each comprises a solder pad and contact pad connected by a link. The electrical connector also comprises a base to at least partially surround the flexible printed circuit. The base comprises a connection interface to facilitate electrical connection with the flexible printed circuit through the base. The electrical connector further comprises a receptacle to couple to the base to partially enclose the flexible printed circuit. The receptacle exposes a portion of the flexible printed circuit to facilitate selective electrical connection with the flexible printed circuit through the receptacle.
US10856410B2	Stretchable structure comprising a conductive path and a method for manufacturing the structure A stretchable structure comprises or is configured to receive a conductive path and an interface region. The interface region comprises a peripheral line comprising at least one inwardly curved portion, such as an “inverted teardrop” or a fjord like recess pointing essentially towards the center area of the interface region. The interface region is arranged to receive said stretchable conductive path via said inwardly curved portion of said peripheral line of said interface region. In this way the interface region minimizes strains or other twisting or stretching forces directed to the conductor entering into the opening of the inwardly curved portion of the interface region.
US10856409B1	Foldable board with flexible PCB coupling A junction between two circuit board segments can be made using a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), permitting the two circuit board segments to be movably positioned with respect to one another, while maintaining electrical connections between the board segments through the junction. Such a design with flexible PCB junctions can allow a single, foldable board with multiple board segments to be used in place of a set of multiple circuit boards that must couple together using connectors and cables.
US10856407B2	Transmission line design with routing-over-void compensation Apparatus and methods are provided for ameliorating distortion issues associated with a conductor that passes over a void in a reference plane. In an example, the conductor can include a first part routed over a major surface of a first side of the reference plane structure and that approaches a first edge of the reference plane structure with a first trajectory, a second part routed over the major surface of a second side of the reference plane structure and that approaches a second edge of the reference plane structure with a second trajectory in-line with the first trajectory, and a third portion connecting the first portion with the second portion and having a third trajectory departing from the first trajectory and the second trajectory, the third portion configured to span the void.
US10856405B2	3D electromagnetic bandgap circuit A 3D electromagnetic bandgap circuit includes: a dielectric layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a spiral element positioned on the first surface; a first surrounding element positioned on the first surface and surrounding the spiral element, but does not touch with the spiral element; a plane element positioned on the second surface and including a notch; a second surrounding element positioned on the second surface and surrounding the plane element, but does not touch with the plane element, wherein the second surrounding element further includes a protruding portion extending toward the notch; a first via passing through the dielectric layer, the spiral element, and the protruding portion; a second via passing through the dielectric layer, the plane element, and the first surrounding element; and a third via passing through the dielectric layer, the plane element, and the first surrounding element.
US10856403B2	Power electronics module and a method of producing a power electronics module A power electronics module and a method of producing a power electronics module. The power electronics module includes multiple of power electronic semiconductor chips incorporated in a housing and attached to a substrate, and a heat transfer structure attached to the substrate and having a bottom surface which forms an outer surface of the module and which is adapted to receive a surface of a cooling device, wherein the heat transfer structure includes a compressible base plate.
US10856399B2	Device for generating an atmospheric-pressure plasma A device for generating an atmospheric-pressure plasma is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a piezoelectric transformer comprising an input region and an output region, wherein the input region is designed to convert an applied alternating voltage into a mechanical oscillation, wherein the output region is designed to convert a mechanical oscillation into a voltage, and wherein the output region adjoins the input region in a longitudinal direction, a contact element fastened to the piezoelectric transformer, the contact element being designed to apply the alternating voltage to the input region and a holder, wherein the contact element is connected to the holder by a form-fit connection, in such a manner that a movement of the piezoelectric transformer in the longitudinal direction, relative to the holder, is prevented.
US10856398B2	High voltage generator Disclosed is a high-voltage generator for an x-ray apparatus. The generator comprises a voltage multiplier having a high-voltage output terminal and first and second alternating-current input terminals, an output transformer coil (12) having first and second output terminals respectively electrically connected to the first and second input terminals of the voltage multiplier, and an input transformer coil (11) having first and second input terminals and being arranged coaxially with and inductively coupled to the output transformer coil. The input and output transformer coils are relatively axially movable. Disclosed is also an x-ray apparatus using the high-voltage generator, a method of configuring a high-voltage generator and a method of configuring a high-voltage apparatus.
US10856396B2	Battery-powered control device including a rotating portion Provided herein are examples of a remote control device that provides a retrofit solution for an existing switched control system. The remote control device may comprise a control circuit, a rotatable portion, a magnetic ring coupled to the rotatable portion, and first and second Hall-effect sensor circuits configured to generate respective first and second sensor control signals in response to magnetic fields generated by the magnetic elements. The control circuit may operate in a normal mode when the rotatable portion is being rotated, and in a reduced-power mode when the rotatable portion is not being rotated. The control circuit may disable the second Hall-effect sensor circuit in the reduced-power mode. The control circuit may detect movement of the rotatable portion in response to the first sensor control signal in the reduced-power mode and enable the second Hall-effect sensor circuit in response to detecting movement of the rotatable portion.
US10856395B1	Lighting load classification and dimmer configuration based thereon A machine learning model for classifying different lighting loads based on properties of electrical current through the loads is built. The model is applied to electrical data gathered based on powering a target lighting load in order to classify the load. Based on load classification, operating parameter(s) to control operation of a dimmer to control power to the load are selected and the dimmer is configured with the selected parameter(s) to achieve desired dimmer operation in dimming the load.
US10856393B2	Smart light switch with integrated scheduling A smart light switch includes a housing, a light actuator located within the housing, and a processor and memory. The processor and memory are operably connected and located within the housing. The processor is adapted to selectively turn an electrical load on and off in accordance with a program schedule stored in memory. The smart light switch further includes a data communications module operable to provide data communication across a wireless network to a remote device. The program schedule includes time periods and a set of light activation rules for each time period. The smart light switch is operable to receive the time periods from a remote device having a different set of rules than the set of light activation rules for the smart light switch.
US10856391B2	Method to correct signal light intensities measured by a detector of a detection unit in a laboratory instrument A method to correct signal light intensities measured by a detector of a detection unit in a laboratory instrument is presented. The detection unit comprises a light source, a sample plane comprising a sample holder configured to hold at least one sample vessel comprising a test sample to be illuminated, a reference light sensor, and the detector. Based on a basic light intensity of a newly manufactured light source and an initial light intensity measured by the reference light sensor the sensitivity of the reference light sensor can be determined. And signal light intensities measured by the detector can be corrected based on the determined sensitivity and subsequently measured reference light intensities of the reference light sensor in order to generate comparable test results.
US10856390B2	Synchronization of dimmer controls Various embodiments include a lighting system comprising: a first light; a second light; a first controller for adjusting a first brightness of the first light; a second controller for adjusting a second brightness of the second light; and a generator for generating a trigger signal. The first controller and the second controller are initiated by the trigger signal, to simultaneously start a control computation procedure.
US10856382B2	Active preload for TRIAC dimmers An active preload circuit includes: a rectifier configured to receive an AC input from a TRIAC dimmer and to generate DC power; a preload; and a phase angle controller configured to selectively couple the preload to the DC power.
US10856381B2	Power delivery system for a light tower A light tower includes a generator assembly including a prime mover, an alternator operably connected to the prime mover, the alternator configured to produce alternating current electrical energy, and a rectifier operably connected to the alternator and configured to convert alternating current electrical energy produced by the alternator to direct current electrical energy. At least one light emitting diode matrix is electrically connected to the generator assembly by an electrical connection, and a regulator is operably connected to the alternator and configured to detect a current of the direct current electrical energy in the electrical connection. In response to a detected current of the direct current electrical energy in the electrical connection, the regulator controls the alternator to adjust the current supplied to the at least one light emitting diode matrix.
US10856379B2	Privacy glass system The disclosure relates in general to privacy glass, and more particularly, to a privacy glass system containing a light source, a diffuser, and a control and power circuitry combined in such a fashion as to make the level of visibility through the privacy glass system controllable.
US10856378B2	Intelligent power supply and auxiliary monitoring method for intelligent power supply An intelligent power supply includes: constant current/constant voltage module; dimming control module which is located at a rear end of the constant current/constant voltage module and is electrically connected thereto; switching circuit for electrically connecting the constant current/constant voltage module and load, which is controlled by the dimming control module; the intelligent power supply further including voltage sampling module disposed between the constant current/constant voltage module and the dimming control module; and the power supply voltage of the voltage sampling module is provided by the constant current/constant voltage module, and the dimming control module detects the voltage signal of the sampling resistance of the voltage sampling module in real time; the operating power of the dimming control module is provided by the power supply voltage of the voltage sampling module.
US10856371B2	Wireless sensor in a microwave oven A microwave oven is described herein. In some instances, such a microwave oven may include a housing; a rotating turntable assembly disposed in a cooking cavity of the housing; a probe powered by the turntable assembly, where the probe is configured to measure an environmental condition during a cooking cycle and where the probe is configured to transmit a signal regarding the environmental condition; and a controller disposed in the housing and configured to receive the signal regarding the environmental condition from the probe. A method of operating a microwave oven for sous vide cooking is also disclosed.
US10856367B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector for a glazing including a first connector foot and a second connector foot for soldering to the glazing, and a bridge portion comprising sheet metal having a thickness in a specified range linking the first connector foot and second connector foot. The first connector foot and the second connector foot each are shaped so that most of the perimeter of each foot is curved, the first connector foot and the second connector foot are connected to the bridge portion by a first neck portion and a second neck portion respectively, and the first neck portion and the second neck portion each have a narrower width than a width of the bridge portion.
US10856365B2	Self regulating flexible heating device An improved resistive heating device includes multiple printed heating elements joined through a flexible film substrate to bus bars printed on an opposite side of the flexible film. The heating elements may be printed using a positive temperature coefficient ink to provide a self-regulated maximum temperature based on a given input voltage. This printing of electrical components on both sides of a flexible film, referred to herein as double-sided polymer circuitry (D/SPC®), provides various additional advantages over single-sided printing, such as an increased heat per unit surface area. This also provides a more concentrated and evenly distributed heat pattern, and will reduce or eliminate the exhibition of hot spots or varying patterns of heat throughout the heating element. This printing on both sides of the flexible film results in an improved, fault-tolerant bus bar topology, which may be used in fault-critical medical applications or other mission-critical applications.
US10856364B2	Heat generating apparatus The heat generating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a positive temperature coefficient thermistor heat generating element including an electrode layer; a first electrode terminal; a second electrode terminal; a holder configured to house the positive temperature coefficient thermistor heat generating element; and a heat conductive sheet, in which the heat conductive sheet includes a graphite particle and a polymer compound, a major axis direction of the graphite particle is substantially orthogonal to the surface of the positive temperature coefficient thermistor heat generating element, and the positive temperature coefficient thermistor heat generating element and the holder are assembled in a state in which they are biased so as to apply pressure to the heat conductive sheet.
US10856360B1	System and method for sharing multi-access edge computing resources in a wireless network An orchestration device may receive a request to register available multi-access edge computing (MEC) resources to be shared with a network operator. For example, the available MEC resources may be provided by a provider operating a MEC host located in an edge region of a radio access network (RAN) associated with the network operator. The orchestration device may receive information related to a requested MEC session to support an application workload for a user equipment in communication with a base station located in the edge region of the RAN and assign at least a portion of the application workload to the MEC host based on a profile for the MEC host and a service level agreement specifying one or more performance requirements associated with the application workload. Accordingly, the orchestration device may cause the portion of the application workload to be transmitted to the MEC host.
US10856358B2	Hierarchical CDRX configuration for dynamic bandwidth part management and power saving Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a base station to perform a method construct dynamic hierarchical sub-configurations of bandwidth parts (BWPs) for use in a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a user equipment (UE) device. The base station may configure a first BWP at a baseband frequency associated with the CDRX communication session as a default BWP, a second BWP with a wider bandwidth than the first BWP as a transmission BWP, and one or more third BWPs as resting BWPs. The transmission BWP and the one or more resting BWPs may be configured to periodically override the default BWP as the active BWP for a predetermined number of CDRX cycles. The transmission BWP may be utilized, when activated to perform data transmission by UE device, and the one or more resting BWPs may be utilized, when activated, for performing channel measurements.
US10856348B2	Methods and apparatus for determining a number of connections to use at a given time and/or the level of error correcting coding to use based on connection scores A first communications device may use one or a plurality of communications connections in parallel for a communications session between the first communications device and the second communications device. The first device makes decisions as to the number of connections to use, the level of error correcting code to use, and/or the level of packet redundancy to use based on test scores corresponding to one or more communications session connections. The first communications device generates a first test score corresponding to a first communications session connection based on a test performed over a first test path between the first communications device and a test server, said first communications session connection and the first test path sharing a common link, e.g., a common wireless link between the first device and an access point. The first device may generate and use an overall connection score corresponding to a plurality of session connections.
US10856347B2	Wireless communications method, apparatus, device, and storage medium A wireless communications method includes: obtaining a first wireless universal model corresponding to a target device, wherein the first wireless universal model comprises a scanning rule applicable to wireless devices, and the scanning rule comprises identification information of the target device; scanning peripheral devices, and determining identification information of a scanned peripheral device based on the scanning rule; determining whether the identification information of the target device matches the identification information of the scanned peripheral device; and in response to that the identification information of the target device matches the identification information of the scanned peripheral device, pairing the scanned peripheral device with the primary device, to establish a communication connection between the scanned peripheral device and the primary device.
US10856346B2	Neighboring network devices Example implementations relate to neighboring network devices. For example, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource can cause a computer to determine a characteristic affecting a subset of a plurality of network devices. The instructions can cause the processing resource to determine that at least two of the subset of the plurality of network devices that are affected by the characteristic are neighbors. The instructions can cause the processing resource to indicate a region to be associated with each network device of the subset based on the determination that at least two of the subset of the plurality of network devices are neighbors.
US10856345B2	Methods and apparatus for device-to-device feedback Wireless communication apparatus and methods related to wireless communication, for example, device-to-device feedback are described. In aspects, a method of wireless communication may include communicating a sidelink traffic communication using a sidelink communication structure, and communicating an allotting for sidelink feedback using at least one feedback symbol of the sidelink communication structure. In aspects, the method includes communicating, by a first wireless communication device, a sidelink feedback communication using at least one feedback symbol of the sidelink communication structure, wherein the sidelink feedback communication is associated with the sidelink traffic communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10856341B2	Wireless communication method, user equipment, and access network device The present disclosure discloses a wireless communication method, user equipment, and an access network device. The method includes: when user equipment (UE) is to transmit an uplink first data flow, if the first data flow is a new data flow and the first data flow belongs to a service pre-authorized to the UE, sending, by the UE, a bearer setup request to an access network device; and receiving, by the UE, a bearer setup response sent by the access network device, where the bearer setup response includes a bearer identifier, and the bearer identifier is an identifier of a bearer that is set up.
US10856336B2	Communication system A communication system is disclosed in which a communication device communicates with communication apparatus that operates a cell within which the communication device is located. The cell is operated as a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell and has an associated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The communication device has a controller that is adapted to: generate a control signal for transmitting to said communication apparatus; perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) on said PUCCH before the control signal is transmitted; and block transmission of the control signal on said PUCCH when said CCA indicates that said channel is not clear. The communication device is further adapted, when said controller has not blocked said transmission of the control signal, to transmit the control signal to said communication apparatus in said PUCCH.
US10856329B2	Methods and devices for transmitting and receiving signals The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments of the present disclosure provides method for transmitting signals on an Unlicensed Frequency Band (UFB), comprising: performing, by a transmitting node, a first type of Listen Before Talk (LBT) on a direction i; transmitting, by the transmitting node, signals on a direction j after passing the first type of LBT, wherein the direction i is omnidirectional, or one or multiple beam directions corresponding to the direction j. The technical scheme of the present disclosure may be applied to high-frequency-band signal transmission and LBT and avoid interference with other nodes on the UFB.
US10856325B2	System access method and apparatus of a narrowband terminal in a wireless communication system supporting wideband and narrowband terminals Apparatuses (including base stations and terminals), systems, and methods for supporting both wideband and narrowband communications are described. In one aspect, a base station supporting first type terminals operating on a first bandwidth and second type terminals operating on a second bandwidth is described, having an information formatter, a transceiver, and a controller. The information formatter generates a Low-end Master Information Block (L-MIB) and a Low-end System Information Block (L-SIB), which are transmitted by the transceiver to first type and second type terminals. The L-MIB includes control information on an L-subframe configuration for supporting a second type terminal and a sub-band configuration of the L-subframe, while the L-SIB includes information on downlink reception and uplink transmission of the second type terminal. When the base station receives a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble request from one of the terminals, the base station performs the random access procedure.
US10856324B2	Scheduling method and device This application relates to a scheduling method and a device. In the scheduling method, a base station sends, at a first moment, uplink grant (UL GRANT) information to a terminal that is to perform uplink data transmission; the base station sends, at a second moment, downlink data to a terminal that is determined by the base station and that is to perform downlink data transmission, where the second moment is a moment at which the terminal that is to perform uplink data transmission sends uplink data after receiving the uplink grant information at the first moment.
US10856322B2	Telecommunications apparatus and methods A terminal device in a wireless telecommunication system which transmits a master information block and a first and a second system information block the first and second system information block comprising first and second scheduling information relating to the timing of at least one additional block of system information. The terminal device configured to receive the master information block of system information that comprises a marker instructing the terminal device to ignore the first scheduling information and process only the second scheduling information.
US10856320B2	Configuring for bandwidth parts Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for configuring bandwidth parts. One method includes: receiving a first bandwidth part configuration for a first downlink bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part configuration for a second downlink bandwidth part; receiving an indication to receive downlink signals and channels in the first downlink bandwidth part; identifying a control resource set and a corresponding search space for a type of physical downlink control channel common search space within a bandwidth of the first downlink bandwidth part from the second bandwidth part configuration; monitoring physical downlink control channel candidates on the control resource set; and receiving a physical downlink control channel on the control resource set, wherein the physical downlink control channel includes downlink control information associated with the type of physical downlink control channel common search space.
US10856318B2	Base station, terminal, and wireless communication system A base station includes a licensed band transmitting unit, a determining unit, and an unlicensed band transmitting unit. The licensed band transmitting unit transmits, to a terminal, a control signal for specifying a resource in a shared band to be used for data transmission by the terminal. The determining unit determines whether the resource in the shared band is idle or busy. The unlicensed band transmitting unit transmits a permission signal for permitting transmission in the shared band when the determining unit determines that the resource in the shared band is idle. The control signal or the permission signal includes an offset indicating a time from the permission signal to a start of transmission of data from the terminal to the base station with reference to the permission signal transmitted from the unlicensed band transmitting unit.
US10856316B2	Method and apparatus for downlink data buffering considering cross carrier scheduling in a wireless communication system The UE receives configuration of a first serving cell and a second serving cell from a network. The UE receives and/or monitors a first PDCCH transmitted on a scheduling CORESET of the second serving cell, wherein the first PDCCH schedules a first PDSCH transmitted on the first serving cell. The UE receives and/or monitors a second PDCCH transmitted on a scheduling CORESET of the second serving cell, wherein the second PDCCH schedules a second PDSCH transmitted on the second serving cell. The UE receives and/or buffers the second PDSCH via a TCI state used for PDCCH quasi co-location indication of the CORESET with the lowest CORESET-ID in the latest slot in which one or more CORESETs are configured for the UE, before the UE decodes successfully the second PDCCH. The UE does not receive and/or buffer the first PDSCH before the UE decodes successfully the first PDCCH.
US10856315B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method including determining a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for transmitting a plurality of pieces of uplink control information (UCI), multiplexing UCI related to (1) a first PUCCH resource among the determined plurality of PUCCH resources and (2) one or more second PUCCH resources overlapped with the first PUCCH resource on a time axis, based on the first PUCCH resource, and determining a third PUCCH resource for transmitting the multiplexed UCI. The first PUCCH resource is a PUCCH resource having an earliest starting symbol among the determined plurality of PUCCH resources.
US10856313B2	Network node, wireless device and methods therein for managing uplink resources A first network node (110; 111; 112; 130), a wireless device (120) and methods thereof, for managing one or more uplink resources between the wireless device (120) and a wireless communication network (100) are provided. The first network node (110; 11; 112; 130) compiles (204; 401) resource information about uplink resources available for the wireless device (120) to select and request for uplink scheduling. Said resource information associates each one of multiple such uplink resources with one or more downlink reference signals. The first network node (110; 111; 112; 130) sends (205; 402) the compiled resource information to the wireless device (120). The wireless device (120) 10 is thereby enabled to select, based on the resource information and said one or more downlink reference signals, at least one of said uplink resources to request for uplink scheduling.
US10856312B1	Data transmission method and device, and computer storage medium A data transmission method and device and storage medium are provided. The method comprises a non-access stratum of a terminal device obtains description information of data to be transmitted; the non-access stratum determines, according to a mapping relationship between preset data description information and reliability transmission indication information, and the description information of the data to be transmitted, the reliability transmission indication information corresponding to the data to be transmitted, the reliability transmission indication information being used for indicating whether to perform reliability transmission on the data to be transmitted; in response to the feature that the reliability transmission indication information indicates to perform reliability transmission on the data to be transmitted, after the non-access stratum transmits the reliability transmission indication information corresponding to the data to be transmitted to an access stratum of the terminal device, the access stratum sends a reliability transmission request message to a network device.
US10856308B2	Methods and systems for performance enhancement of downlink shared channels A method performed by a wireless device (WD) comprises receiving a control message. The control message indicating at least a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) and a scaling factor for a downlink shared channel. The scaling factor indicates a value less than 1. The method further comprises determining a transport block size (TBS) based on the MCS and the scaling factor indicated in the control message. A method performed by a network node comprises indicating in a control message at least a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) and a scaling factor for a downlink shared channel. The scaling factor indicating a value less than 1. The method further comprises sending the control message to a User Equipment (UE), the control message enabling determination of a Transport Block Size (TBS) for a shared downlink channel.
US10856305B2	Multi-user MIMO systems and methods A method and system are provided for scheduling data transmission in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system. The MIMO system may comprise at least one MIMO transmitter and at least one MIMO receiver. Feedback from one or more receivers may be used by a transmitter to improve quality, capacity, and scheduling in MIMO communication systems. The method may include generating or receiving information pertaining to a MIMO channel metric and information pertaining to a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in respect of a transmitted signal; and sending a next transmission to a receiver using a MIMO mode selected in accordance with the information pertaining to the MIMO channel metric, and an adaptive coding and modulation selected in accordance with the information pertaining to the CQI.
US10856304B2	Base station apparatus, control apparatus, and storage medium for transmitting data A quality score calculator calculates first quality information indicating a degree of quality of a signal received from a terminal apparatus. A communication interface acquires second quality information indicating a degree of quality of a signal received by another base station apparatus from the terminal apparatus. A controller compares the first quality information calculated and the second quality information acquired and determines which indicates a higher quality. A communication interface and a wireless transmitter transmit the signal received from the terminal apparatus when it is determined that the quality of the first quality information is higher.
US10856303B2	Method for performing measurement and device supporting the same Provided are a method for performing measurement and a device supporting the method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises: receiving a reference signal (RS); receiving a measurement configuration including a set of filter coefficients from a network, wherein each filter coefficient in the set of filter coefficients is configured per periodicity of the RS; performing a measurement based on the RS; selecting a filter coefficient in the set of filter coefficients based on the periodicity of the RS; and reporting a result of the measurement filtered based on the selected filter coefficient.
US10856300B2	Per-TTI rank control within transmission opportunity for downlink comp A per-transmit time interval (TTI) rank control within a transmission opportunity (TxOP) is described for downlink coordinated multiple point (CoMP) operations. In operation, a base station may determine rank and data rate for communication during a transmission opportunity (TxOP) at the beginning of the TxOP. Each TxOP may include a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs). For each TTI of the TxOP, the base station computes one or more channel quality indicator (CQI) back-offs using one or more outer loop adaptation processes per TTI, and updates rank and the data rate using the CQI back-offs. Once updated, the base station transmits the downlink data during each TTI according to the updated rank and the data rate.
US10856296B2	Techniques and apparatuses for determining channels for frequency hopping in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band Some techniques described herein assist a user equipment with acquiring and/or reacquiring, from a base station, a dynamic list of channels to be used for frequency hopping when communicating over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, thereby increasing communication reliability and promoting coexistence in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. Some techniques described herein also assist the user equipment in obtaining the list of channels with low latency (e.g., shortly after the list has changed) and with low power consumption. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10856291B2	Method and apparatus for wireless communication in wireless communication system A method of transmitting uplink data is provided. The method includes establishing connections with a first serving cell and a second serving cell, determining, by a user equipment (UE), a time period for a device-to-device (D2D) discovery signal communication via the second serving cell, determining, by the UE and based on an uplink grant received via the first serving cell, a first subframe associated with an uplink signal to an evolved NodeB (eNB) associated with the first serving cell, and in response to determining that the first subframe overlaps in time with the time period, refraining from transmitting the uplink signal in the first subframe, and transmitting, based on a retransmission timing, the uplink signal.
US10856290B2	Subframe configuration method and apparatus Embodiments of the present application relate to the communications field, and provide a subframe configuration method and apparatus. The method includes: classifying, by a base station, user equipments UEs in a first cell into N user groups, and determining an uplink-downlink subframe configuration required by each user group; determining a primary uplink-downlink subframe configuration of the first cell according to the uplink-downlink subframe configuration of each user group; determining configuration indication information of each user group according to the primary uplink-downlink subframe configuration and the uplink-downlink subframe configuration required by each user group; and sending, to each user group in the N user groups, the primary uplink-downlink subframe configuration and configuration indication information including at least the configuration indication information of the user group. The embodiments of the present application are applied to a full duplex scenario of a base station.
US10856287B2	Frame structure, communication devices and methods for communication The application relates to a frame structure for network communication, in particular for device-to-device (D2D) network communication, comprising a control channel, wherein the control channel comprises a first control channel portion associated with a network-assisted communication mode and a second control channel portion associated with an ad-hoc communication mode, and a data channel, wherein the frame structure is configured to communicate control data within the control channel over a first communication resource, the first communication resource being associated with the first control channel portion, wherein the frame structure is configured to communicate control data within the control channel over a second communication resource, the second communication resource being associated with the second control channel portion, and wherein the frame structure is configured to communicate payload data within the data channel over a further communication resource.
US10856286B2	Data transmission method and apparatus In a data transmission method, a terminal device receives control information, and receives data of a transport block (TB); and the terminal devices obtains m code block (CB) groups in the TB, where m is a positive integer, m=min(NCB_re, NGroup_max), NCB_re is a quantity of CBs in the TB, NGroup_max is a maximum value of a quantity of CB groups, each of the m CB groups includes at least one CB, NCB_re is determined based on a TB size (TBS) and a maximum value of a data size of a CB, and the TBS is determined based on the control information.
US10856285B2	Method and apparatus for allocating control channel candidates The present application provides a method and an apparatus for allocating control channel candidates, which relate to the communications field, and can allocate control channel candidates at different aggregation levels to K ePDCCH sets and reduce complexity of blind detection performed by a UE. The method includes: determining K sets for transmitting a control channel, where each set in the K sets includes at least one physical resource block pair; and allocating control channel candidates at each aggregation level to at least one set in the K sets according to at least one of aggregation levels supported by the control channel to be transmitted, the number of control channel candidates corresponding to each aggregation level, the K sets for transmitting the control channel, and types of the sets.
US10856283B2	Data transmission method, terminal device, and network device Disclosed are a data transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: the terminal device determining a basic parameter set for transmitting data; the terminal device detecting, according to the basic parameter set, downlink control information DCI sent by the network device for scheduling data; the terminal device detecting, according to the basic parameter set and the detected DCI, data sent by the network device, or sending data to the network device. The data transmission method, the terminal device and the network device of the embodiments of the present invention can realize the scheduling using different DCI formats for the data transmission on the basis of different basic parameter sets, and increase the flexibility of the control signaling design.
US10856282B2	Interlaces allocation and indication An apparatus for use in an eNB, the apparatus includes circuitry to generate an assignment of one or more interlaces to a UE within a cell managed by the eNB, where the one or more interlaces are selected from a total number of interlaces, and an interlace of the total number of interlaces may include multiple resource blocks spanning within a system bandwidth. The circuitry included in the apparatus is further to encode the assignment by a bit string including one or more bits, which may be a bitmap or an encoding bit string. The circuitry included in the apparatus is further to transmit the bit string to the UE. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US10856279B2	Terminal device, base station device and radio communication method In a radio communication system using OCC for DMRS, a base station apparatus correctly receives PUSCH. If a first mode is set in which a demodulation reference signal of a physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by an orthogonal code determined in advance or if a temporary C-RNTI was used for a transmission of downlink control information, the demodulation reference signal of the physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by the orthogonal code determined in advance, and if a second mode is set in which the demodulation reference signal of the physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by an orthogonal code determined on the basis of cyclic shift information in the downlink control information and moreover, if an RNTI other than the temporary C-RNTI was used for the transmission of the downlink control information, the demodulation reference signal of the physical uplink shared channel is multiplied by the orthogonal code determined on the basis of the cyclic shift information in the downlink control information.
US10856274B2	Power headroom reporting method and apparatus Embodiments of this application provide a power headroom reporting method and apparatus. Impact of introduction of multi-beam transmission, a plurality of time-frequency resource configurations, or an uplink multi-waveform technology on a power headroom is considered, so that the power headroom is calculated and reported more accurately, to help a network side make a scheduling decision, thereby improving communication performance.
US10856273B2	Method for measuring and reporting channel state information in wireless communication system and device therefor The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for measuring and reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a method for reporting CSI by a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises: a step of receiving CSI reporting setting information related to CSI reporting; a step of receiving one or more CSI-reference signals (CSI-RSs); and performing the CSI reporting by using a measurement value estimated by at least one specific CSI-RS among the one or more CSI-RSs, wherein the CSI reporting setting information includes gap information for setting a measurement gap for estimating the measurement value, and the at least one specific CSI-RS can be determined on the basis of the gap information and the time point of performing the CSI reporting.
US10856271B2	Multiplexing control and data information from a user equipment in a physical data channel Methods and apparatus are described for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) bit in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system. A method includes acquiring information on at least one offset for HARQ-ACK; obtaining at least one HARQ-ACK bit, based on a number of cells and a number of transport blocks for each of the cells; determining a number of coded symbols for the at least one HARQ-ACK bit, based on a number of the at least one HARQ-ACK bit and one offset of the at least one offset, wherein the one offset is identified according to the number of the at least one HARQ-ACK bit; obtaining coded HARQ-ACK bits based on a (32,O) block code, wherein O is the number of the at least one HARQ-ACK bit; and transmitting the coded HARQ-ACK bits in the PUSCH, based on the number of coded symbols for the at least one HARQ-ACK bit.
US10856267B2	Information indication method and related device This application discloses example information indication methods and related devices. In one example method, a terminal device receives first information used to instruct the terminal device to receive a first channel in a first time unit, and second information used to instruct the terminal device to receive a second channel in a second time unit. The terminal device receives the first channel based on the first information. When the first time unit is equal to the second time unit, the terminal device receives the second channel based on the first information, where the second information is a first indicator value. When the first time unit is not equal to the second time unit, the terminal device receives the second channel based on the second information where the second information is a second indicator value.
US10856264B2	Cross band carriers Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Downlink carriers in the millimeter wave spectrum may be paired with one or more carriers in a lower frequency spectrum, such as one or more uplink carriers in a sub-6 GHz band.
US10856261B2	Method and apparatus for receiving a synchronization signal The present invention discloses a method for a terminal to receive a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method includes the steps of receiving a synchronization block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) and receiving a DMRS (demodulation reference signal) via resource region in which the PBCH is received. In this case, an index of the synchronization block can be determined in consideration of a sequence of the DMRS.
US10856259B2	RAN paging transmission by a base station A first base station receives an uplink signal from a wireless device. The first base station receives a packet for the wireless device: after a duration from receiving the uplink signal; and when the wireless device is in a radio resource control inactive state. A determination is made that the duration is larger than a value. Based on the determining, the first base station sends a radio access network (RAN) paging to a second base station of a RAN notification area of the wireless device. The first base station sends the packet.
US10856257B2	Timing advance command for uplink transmission Provided are a method for skipping contention resolution. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes leaving radio resource control (RRC) connected state, while leaving RRC connected state, receiving information on timing advance in a paging occasion, adapting the timing advance and performing transmission based on the adapted timing advance.
US10856249B2	Method and system for transmission of SUSI in the NAS procedure The present disclosure is related to sending of a one time identifier of a UE during the NAS procedure. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to determining whether to use same one time identifier or different one time identifier during registration retry procedure.
US10856248B2	Method for selecting network providing restricted local operator service in wireless communication system and apparatus thereof A method for selecting, by a user equipment (UE), a public land mobile network (PLMN) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes attempting a registration on a PLMN selected by a user in a manual network selection mode, if the registration on the PLMN selected by the user cannot be achieved, finding one or more PLMNs offering access to restricted local operator service (RLOS), selecting a specific PLMN of the found one or more PLMNs among PLMNs contained in a RLOS PLMN list configured to a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) of the UE, and initiating a registration for an access to RLOS on the specific PLMN, thereby using RLOS with high quality and high security.
US10856247B2	Transmission timing adjustment method and device A transmission timing adjustment method and device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a transmission delay between user equipment (UE) and the base station; generating, a timing advance (TA) quantized value according to the transmission delay, where the TA quantized value includes a base value and an offset value, quantization precision of the base value is first quantization precision MTs, quantization precision of the offset value is second quantization precision NTs, M is a positive integer less than or equal to 16, N is a nonnegative integer less than M, and Ts is a minimum time unit in a LTE system and has a value of 1/30.72 μs; and sending, by the base station, the TA quantized value to the UE, where the TA quantized value is used for uplink transmission timing adjustment of the UE. The embodiments facilitate network planning and optimization.
US10856239B2	Power control for retransmissions Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Wireless communications between a base station and one or more wireless devices are described. A wireless device may use power ramping for transmissions and/or retransmissions. Power ramping may be used during a random access procedure. A wireless device may fail a listen before talk procedure before sending a preamble or a transport block on an unlicensed band. The wireless device may use power ramping to determine a power of transmission of the preamble and/or transport block based on the prior preamble or a transport block transmission. Power ramping may be determined using a power ramping counter value and/or a power ramping step value, which may be shared or associated with the preamble and/or a transport block.
US10856236B1	Fallback procedures when the path loss or spatial transmit quasi-collocation (QCL) reference from neighboring cells is failing for sounding reference signals (SRS) for positioning Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE receives a positioning configuration, the positioning configuration including at least an identifier of a first downlink reference signal from a neighboring cell to be used for estimating a downlink path loss or determining an uplink spatial transmit beam, determines that a first downlink reference signal received from the neighboring cell cannot be used for estimating the downlink path loss or determining the uplink spatial transmit beam, in response to the determination, estimating the downlink path loss or determining the uplink spatial transmit beam based on a second downlink reference signal received from the neighboring cell or a serving cell, and transmits an uplink reference signal for positioning based on the estimated downlink path loss, the determined uplink spatial transmit beam, or a combination thereof.
US10856231B2	Optimizing mobile network traffic coordination across multiple applications running on a mobile device Systems and methods for prediction of activity session for mobile network use optimization and user experience enhancement are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system for enhancing user experience with a mobile application on a mobile device including, using user activity characteristics at a mobile device and server activity characteristics of a host server to anticipate a future activity session at the mobile device and transferring impending content from the host server the mobile device to pre-cache content on the mobile device to support predicted data activity for the future activity session that has been predicted.
US10856226B2	Service set compression This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to service set compression. A device may determine a wake-up frame comprising one or more fields, wherein the one or more fields indicate an action to be taken on a receiving device. The device may determine an identifier to be indicated in the wake-up frame. The device may determine a size of the identifier. The device may cause to compress the identifier forming a compressed output, wherein the identifier is compressed by applying a cyclic redundancy code (CRC) computation. The device may identify a portion of the compressed output. The device may cause to send the wake-up frame to a receiving device, wherein the wake-up frame comprises the portion of the compressed output based on the size of the identifier.
US10856224B2	Method and system for enabling discontinuous reception (DRX) over an unlicensed band in cellular networks The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE).The present disclosure provides a method and system for enabling discontinuous reception (DRX) over an unlicensed band in cellular networks. In one embodiment, the method comprises of monitoring, by a user equipment (UE), an unlicensed channel at a pre-configured on period of a DRX cycle, wherein the UE wakes up during a DRX on period and sleeps during DRX off period, receiving an indication of extension of the DRX on period from an associated evolved node B (eNB) when the associated eNB is unable to acquire an unlicensed channel during a DRX on period of the licensed channel and continuously monitoring the unlicensed band for the extended DRX on period. The time period for extension of the DRX on period of the unlicensed channel is selected from a set of pre-specified extension values. The present disclosure further enables the UE to terminate monitoring of the DRX on period of the unlicensed channel upon receiving a stop monitoring indication from the associated eNB.
US10856223B2	Method of, and transceiver station and mobile terminal for, distributing system information in a cellular telecommunications network The invention is directed at a method of distributing system information to one or more mobile terminals in a cellular telecommunications network. The network comprises at least one signaling cell serving a first coverage area, and one or more data cells associated with said signaling cell, each one of said data cells serving a respective partial coverage area covering at least a part of the first coverage area. For each one of said data cells, the respective data cell is operated in either an active or inactive communication mode depending on whether there is at least one of said mobile terminals present in the partial coverage area of said respective data cell, and whether said at least one mobile terminal operates in an active terminal mode and is not served by other data cells.
US10856222B2	Preambles for wake-up receivers This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for indicating a data rate of a packet. The transmitting device may select the data rate of a data field of the packet to be transmitted to the receiving device, and may select a pattern to embed within a preamble of the packet based on the selected data rate. In some implementations, the transmitting device may select a first structure including a first number of instances of a sequence or its logical complement if the selected data rate is a low data rate, and may select a second structure including a second number of instances of the sequence or its logical complement if the selected data rate is a high data rate.
US10856219B2	Communication device, communication method, and computer program product According to one embodiment, a communication device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors configured to function as a plurality of communication control units and a selection unit. The plurality of communication control units control communication in accordance with a plurality of control schemes that differ from each other. The selection unit selects a communication control unit for use in communication from the communication control units based on selection criteria.
US10856216B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and recording medium A communication apparatus is provided and is capable of selecting between a mode in which a service search is performed in a single network and a mode in which a service search is performed in a plurality of networks selects which mode to perform a service search in based on a predetermined condition, and performs a service search in the selected mode.
US10856214B2	Method and user equipment (UE) for provisioning minimum system information (MSI) in wireless communication system Accordingly the embodiments herein provide a method for provisioning Minimum System Information (MSI) for User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes decoding Primary Broadcast Channel (PBCH) to acquire a first Master Information Block (MIB) periodically transmitted by base station. Further, the method includes determining to perform one of bar a cell from which the first MIB is acquired for a pre-determined period of time and acquire second MIB transmitted on Secondary Broadcast Channel (SBCH) by base station based on cell barring indication received in the first MIB. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting a request message to the base station to obtain at least one SI block of the OSI. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a list of system configuration indexes (SCIs) and corresponding configuration of SI blocks, from the base station based on SI storage capability of the UE indicated to the base station.
US10856212B2	Access management to multi-user uplink random resource units by a plurality of BSSs A physical Access Point (AP) manages a plurality of BSS groups through Virtual APs. The AP periodically sends beacon frames informing of the profile of each BSS of the plurality of BSSs. To improve channel utilization, the trigger frame identifies a plurality of BSS groups, stations of which are allowed to access the resources units to transmit data during the reserved TXOP. The AP receives, during the reserved TXOP, data from one station of a first group identified in the trigger frame and data from one station (separate from the first one) of a second and separate group identified in the trigger frame. First group and second group use the same joint set of random access parameters for the random access procedure, thus ensuring equivalent fairness in accessing the offered the resources units to transmit data during the reserved TXOP to several BSSs.
US10856211B2	D2D operation method performed by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: determining whether the terminal is located within network coverage; and transmitting information notifying a result of the determination to another terminal. Using this information, said another terminal can know whether the terminal is located within the network coverage and perform the D2D operation on the basis thereof.
US10856200B2	Reporting cell band information in a communication network Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method and a communications device. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a message including measurement configuration to UE, where the measurement configuration is used to request the UE to report a cell global identifier of a cell; obtaining, by the base station, a measurement report reported by the UE, where the measurement report corresponds to the measurement configuration and includes the cell global identifier of the cell and band information of the cell; and performing, by the base station, cell handover based on the band information and the cell global identifier of the cell. By means of the present invention, the base station obtains complete and accurate band information of the cell, so that the base station can perform accurate handover decision, thereby avoiding handover failure.
US10856198B2	Selecting a network gateway based on a number of supported bearers A mobility management entity (MME) receives a first message for a wireless device supporting a first number of bearers. In response to receiving the first message, the MME selects a network gateway from a plurality of network gateways, based on a second number of bearers supported by the network gateway. The MME sends, to the network gateway, a create session request message for creating an internet protocol-connectivity access network (IP-CAN) session for the wireless device supporting the first number of bearers. The create session request message comprises an address of the network gateway. The MME receives, from the network gateway, a create session response message confirming creation of the IP-CAN session.
US10856197B2	Apparatus, system and method for dual connectivity An SeNB informs an MeNB that it can configure bearers for the given UE. At this time, the MeNB manages the DRB status, and then sends a key S-KeNB to the SeNB. The MeNB also sends a KSI for the S-KeNB to both of the UE and the SeNB. After this procedure, the MeNB informs an EPC (MME and S-GW) about the new bearer configured at the SeNB, such that the S-GW 50 can start offloading the bearer(s) to the SeNB 30. Prior to the offloading, the EPC network entity (MME or S-GW) performs verification that: 1) whether the request is coming from authenticated source (MeNB); and 2) whether the SeNB is a valid eNB to which the traffic can be offload.
US10856191B1	User equipment configuration A network apparatus may include a memory and processing circuitry configured to receive first connection metrics of a connection with a user equipment that is using a first configuration during a first connected state; receive second connection metrics of the connection with the user equipment during a transition to a second connected state; choose a selected configuration as (i) the first configuration or (ii) a second configuration for the second connection state based on the first connection metrics and the second connection metrics; and send the selected configuration to the user equipment.
US10856187B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, notification method, and program product There is provided a communication apparatus including: a first communication unit having a first communication range; a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to another communication apparatus, and transmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and a notification unit which notifies a user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information.
US10856182B1	Controlling voice-over-packet service where base stations provide overlapping coverage on overlapping RF carriers Given first and second base stations that have at least partially geographically-overlapping coverage on at least partially frequency-overlapping carriers, a determination could be made that the first base station supports voice-interworking service in which served UEs could separately receive voice-over-circuit service but that the second base station does not support voice-interworking service. And in response to at least that determination, the second base station could be given priority over the first base station for providing voice-over-packet service.
US10856177B2	Mitigation of negative delay via half CP shift A receiver performing a half cyclic prefix (CP) shift on received subframes is disclosed, comprising: an analog to digital conversion (ADC) module; a cyclic prefix (CP) removal module coupled to the ADC module configured to retain a portion of cyclic prefix samples; a fast Fourier transform (FFT) module configured to receive samples from the cyclic prefix removal module, and to perform a FFT procedure on the received samples using a FFT window, the FFT window being shifted ahead based on the retained portion of cyclic prefix samples, to output an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbol; and a rotation compensation module coupled to the FFT module, the rotation compensation module configured to perform phase de-rotation of the OFDM symbol.
US10856175B1	Method and system for managing congestion in inter-band carrier aggregation When a base station is serving a plurality of UEs, the base station detects that a load level on a first RF carrier is greater than a threshold load level. The base station then decides, based at least in part on whether a UE is capable of being served by the base station on a second RF carrier, whether to limit allocation of resource blocks on the first RF carrier to the UE. The base station may then establish or modify an air interface connection with the UE to encompass resource blocks on the first RF carrier and/or resources blocks on one or more other RF carriers, in accordance with the limited allocation.
US10856174B2	Buffer status report control A wireless device receives configuration parameters comprising: first parameters of logical channel(s) indicating that each logical channel of the logical channel(s) is mapped to corresponding first transmission duration(s); and a second parameter indicating a first value for a buffer status report timer. The buffer status report timer is started with the first value in response to: receiving at least one uplink grant associated with a second transmission duration; and at least one logical channel, with data, of the logical channel(s) mapped to the second transmission duration. A buffer status report is transmitted in response to the buffer status report timer expiring.
US10856173B2	Method and SMF for supporting QOS One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a session management function (SMF) supports quality of service (QoS). The method can comprise the steps of: determining, on the basis of a QoS flow not being a guaranteed bit rate (GBR) QoS flow in a multi-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session, that a QoS profile is transmitted to both a third generation partnership project (3GPP) access and a non-3GPP access; determining, on the basis of the QoS flow being the GBR QoS flow in the MA PDU session, that the QoS profile is transmitted to only one of the 3GPP access and the non-3GPP access; and transmitting the QoS profile on the basis of the determinations.
US10856172B2	Method and apparatus for user distribution to sub bands in NOMA systems A mechanism for attributing users to a plurality of sub bands in a time slot t in a multiple access communications system, said method comprising assigning a combination of users to a sub band on a Proportional Fairness basis, that is to say whichever combination of users maximizes a Proportional Fairness performance metric for that channel, where the performance metric is weighted by a weighting factor reflecting the difference for that user between a target throughput and a projected throughput.
US10856166B1	Wireless relay measurement reporting in a wireless communication network A wireless relay serves wireless User Equipment (UEs). In the wireless relay, a user transceiver exchanges user signaling and user data with the UEs and exchanges access signaling and the user data with a network transceiver. The network transceiver determines wideband radio measurements and wirelessly exchanges the user data and relay signaling with a wireless data network over the wideband. The relay signaling includes the access signaling and the wideband radio measurements. The network transceiver determines when communication quality for the UEs falls below a quality threshold. In response, the network transceiver determines sub-band radio measurements for the sub-bands within the wideband and wirelessly exchanges additional relay signaling with the wireless data network over the sub-bands. The additional relay signaling has the sub-band radio measurements. The network transceiver may receive instructions to determine sub-band radio measurements instead of wideband radio measurements.
US10856165B2	Method of reporting channel state information, communication device and computer program A communication device is arranged to operate in a cellular communication system and report Channel State Information, CSI, including a channel quality by a Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, which reports a CQI set. The communication device comprises a receiver arranged to receive antenna-specific reference signals, a channel estimator arranged to evaluate channel conditions from the reference signals to determine values of a CQI set, a reporting processor arranged to determine whether a bounded differential reporting format prevents values of the CQI set to be accurately reported, and to determine a CQI set such that the bounded differential reporting format allows the values of the CQI set to be reported to reduce under-reporting or over-reporting errors that arise from the use of the bounded differential reporting format, and to form a CSI report including the values of the CQI set using the bounded differential reporting format, and a transmitter arranged to send the CSI report. A method and computer program for implementing the method are also disclosed.
US10856164B2	Method for scheduling resources in unlicensed frequency band, base station and terminal The present disclosure discloses a method for scheduling resources in an unlicensed frequency band, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: receiving a data transmission request from a mobile communication network device; and when a transmission indicated by the data transmission request is a transmission that needs to be responded to, scheduling time-frequency resources for the mobile communication network device in accordance with a predetermined resource scheduling manner, so as to improve a transmission success rate at a specified resource location in the time-frequency resources. According to the present disclosure, the existing technical problem of lowering the channel access priority of the entire cell due to part of terminals which are affected by significant interference can be solved.
US10856162B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting indication of cell coverage in wireless communication system A method for receiving, by a first base station, coverage modification information in a wireless communication system, includes receiving, by the first base station, the coverage modification information which informs the first base station that modifying at least one cell managed by a second base station is planned, from the second base station, wherein the at least one cell managed by the second base station is modified by the second base station, after the second base station transmits the coverage modification information to the first base station.
US10856155B2	WLAN extender placement In wireless local area networks (WLANs) having a wireless access point and a plurality of client devices, the range of the WLAN is affected by obstructions and sources of interference. This may result in coverage gaps in the WLAN. A method is described for operating a mobile wireless device to simulate the behavior of a WLAN extender to improve the coverage of the WLAN. The performance of a data link between the simulated extender device and the wireless access point, and performance of a data link between the simulated extender device and the plurality of client devices, is measured at various locations within the user premises. The results are processed to determine the benefit provided at the various locations by an extender device and a recommended location is provided to a user.
US10856153B2	Virtual 360-degree view modification of a telecommunications site for planning, engineering, and installation Systems and method for creating, modifying, and utilizing a virtual 360-degree view of a telecommunications site obtaining data capture from the telecommunications site, wherein the data capture comprises one or more of photos and video; processing the data capture to create a three-dimensional (3D) model of the telecommunications site in a first state, buildings, and constructions therein; importing the 3D model into modification software and adding one or more objects to the 3D model utilizing the modification software, wherein the one or more objects comprise one or more of geography, buildings, and constructions planned as possible additions to the telecommunications sites; creating a modified 3D model with the one or more objects and the 3D model in the first state such that the modified 3D model represents the telecommunications site in a second state; and utilizing the modified 3D model for one or more of planning, engineering, and installation.
US10856152B2	Controlling access to protected functionality of a host device using a wireless device A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device (e.g., by establishing that the wearable device is present in the vicinity of the host device and is currently being worn). The existence of such a verified session can be used to control user access to sensitive information that may be stored in or otherwise accessible to a host device. For example, the host device and/or application programs executing thereon can be configured to restrict a user's ability to invoke program functionality that accesses sensitive information based on whether a verified session with a wearable device is currently in progress.
US10856148B2	Methods and apparatus for user authentication and human intent verification in mobile devices Methods and apparatus for user authentication and human intent verification of administrative operations for eSIMs of an eUICC included in a mobile device are disclosed. Certain administrative operations, such as import, modification, and/or export, of an eSIM and/or for an eUICCs firmware can require user authentication and/or human intent verification before execution of the administrative operations are performed or completed by the mobile device. A user of the mobile device provides information to link an external user account to an eSIM upon (or subsequent to) installation on the eUICC. User credentials, such as a user name and password, and/or information generated therefrom, can be used to authenticate the user with an external server. In response to successful user authentication, the administrative operations are performed. Human intent verification can also be performed in conjunction with user authentication to prevent malware from interfering with eSIM and/or eUICC functions of the mobile device.
US10856146B2	Electronic device verification A method for verifying whether an electronic device is one of a group of known devices comprises receiving verification information indicative of a first device identifier accessible from storage circuitry by a predetermined process executed by the electronic device and a second device identifier inaccessible from the storage circuitry by the predetermined process. A device database retains valid pairings of the first and second device identifiers for the group of known devices. The device database is looked up based on the verification information to determine whether the first and second device identifiers correspond to one of the valid parings.
US10856145B2	Method and device for identifying visited and home authentication servers Authentication problems often occur when a user of a terminal visits a communications network while roaming. A method is therefore provided for authorizing an authenticated user of a communications terminal. The terminal is configured to connect to a packet-switching network via an access gateway over a current network to which the terminal is connected. The method is implemented by a current authentication server over the current network and includes: receipt of a user authorization request from the access gateway, including an identifier of the user; transmission of a user authorization response to the access gateway, including parameters for authorizing the user, and a unique identifier of an authentication server that authenticated the user.
US10856135B2	Method and apparatus for network access A method at a Fast Identity Online, FIDO, server for facilitating a terminal device without a Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, card to access a first network via a second network. Association information for the terminal device without a SIM card is obtained indicative of an association between the terminal device without a SIM card and a user subscription account and authentication information for the terminal device without a SIM card and causes the terminal device without a SIM card to be registered with the FIDO server according to a set of FIDO Alliance specifications based at least on the association information and the authentication information. Registration information for the terminal device without a SIM card is provided to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server, in response to receipt at the AAA server of an authentication request from the terminal device without a SIM card.
US10856128B2	Method and device for inter-device communication The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided in order to support a higher data transmission rate following 4G communication systems such as LTE. Disclosed are a method and device for improving device searching in a D2D communication system supporting direct communication between devices. The method comprises the steps of: generating a search signal including search information; selecting a transmission resource to transmit the search signal; transmitting the search signal through the selected transmission resource; and when a request signal requesting additional information on the search from a counterpart device that has received the search signal is received, transmitting a confirmation signal including the requested additional information to the counterpart device. The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and system which combine a 5G communication system, for supporting a higher data transmission rate following 4G systems, with IoT technology.
US10856127B2	Method and system for an emergency location information service (E-LIS) for water-based network devices An emergency location information service (E-LIS) for water-based network devices. The E-LIS includes a server application and server network devices that accepts emergency messages from water-based network devices. The water based network devices comprise one or more sensors or one or more actuators, a wireless connection interface including a wireless low power wide-area ultra-narrowband network interface and a wireless low earth orbit satellite network connection interface and is an automated network device capable of sensing is own environment and automatically sending out the one or more emergency messages or one or more emergency text messages without operator input to an E-LIS server network device when an emergency event occurs on a body of water. The E-LIS server network device provides a current physical geographic location for such water-based network devices and/or users of the water-based network devices in an emergency situation on the body of water such as a river, lake, sea, ocean, etc.
US10856125B2	Communication device A communication device may execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network.
US10856122B2	System, apparatus and method for scalable internet of things (IoT) device on-boarding with quarantine capabilities In one embodiment, a domain controller includes: a quarantine logic to quarantine unknown devices from unrestricted network access, the quarantine logic comprising a first quarantine point at a first layer of a multi-layer communication model; a first logic to communicate with a domain name system (DNS) service to self-allocate and register a domain name with the DNS service, the domain name associated with a domain to be managed by the domain controller; a second logic to manage a group of devices of the domain; and a third logic to receive a provisioning request for a first device via an access point, wherein the access point comprises a second quarantine point at a second layer of the multi-level communication model. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10856121B1	Methods, systems, and devices for providing subscription services to a communication device that shares an operational profile with another communication device Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a first bootstrap profile on a first communication device, and detecting a second bootstrap profile on a second communication device. Further aspects can include determining the first bootstrap profile and the second bootstrap profile are a same bootstrap profile, and providing limited services to the second communication device according to the first communication device and the second communication device having the same bootstrap profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10856118B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting information using V2X communication in a wireless communication system Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting information for a neighboring vehicle UE of a first vehicle UE using V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication in a wireless communication system.The method includes receiving a first V2X message from at least one the neighboring vehicle UE; generating a second V2X message based on the received first V2X message when an accident triggering an eCall (emergency call) occurs, checking whether the second V2X message is ready to be transmitted to the first network entity; and transmitting at least one of the eCall, a minimum set of data (MSD) forming the data component of the eCall, or the second V2X message to the first network entity according to the result of the check.
US10856116B1	Blockchain system and method for calculating location of time-crucial shipments according to expectation and smart contracts A client-server system and a blockchain method for calculating whether a time-crucial shipment is located according to an expectation comprising a client device adapted for being adhered to or placed within a time-crucial package shipment; and a remote special purpose computer server comprising a transit plan schedule database based on pickup time and location stored in memory, the remote special purpose computer server being programmed to calculate a location of the client device based on data accessed from a Wi-Fi access point location database, the transmitted identification data, and the transmitted signal strength data, and compare the calculated location to an expected location based on common carrier schedule transit plan pickup time and delivery location received from third party database sources.
US10856115B2	Systems and methods for aggregating media related to an event A system for aggregating media is provided which includes a server equipped with a processor and memory and having an event database associated with it which contains a plurality of events, wherein each of the plurality of events has a temporal window and geofence associated with it; and a plurality of users, each having associated therewith a mobile technology platform equipped with a display and a memory which communicates with the server. The memory of each mobile technology platform has an instance of a software application is installed which monitors the current location of the user, prompts the user to check into events present in the event database when the user enters a geofence associated with an event within the temporal window associated with the event, associates, with one of the plurality of events, media which was captured by the user while the user was checked into the one of the plurality of events and within the temporal window and geofence associated with the one of the plurality of events, and uploads the captured media to the server.
US10856106B1	Mobile device and automotive device interface for geolocation searching A method of presenting data on a mobile device is provided, comprising reading a compass and an accelerometer for sensing orientation and movement of the mobile device, initiating a local geographic search or query by pointing the mobile device in a desired direction, determining a boundary for search results, the boundary based on a current location of the mobile device, providing the boundary to a server, storing (a) search rules for a given location, (b) localized storage of POI data, and (c) logic for switching the search from a macro database to a micro database, and initiating a geographic query for points of interest (POIs) that have an associated geographic position within the boundary.
US10856102B2	Sharing of environmental data for client device usage Embodiments are generally directed to sharing of environmental data for client device usage. An embodiment of a client device includes a processor; an environmental sensor to sense an environmental condition, an output of the sensor being a local environmental sensor value; and a wireless receiver to receive environmental data for a certain proximity area from a second client device according to an environmental data sharing protocol via a wireless network. The environmental data sharing protocol allows receipt of the environmental data without requiring pairing, bonding, or other relationship of client devices.
US10856098B1	Determination of an acoustic filter for incorporating local effects of room modes Determination of an acoustic filter for incorporating local effects of room modes within a target area is presented herein. A model of the target area is determined based in part on a three-dimensional virtual representation of the target area. In some embodiments, the model is selected from a group of candidate models. Room modes of the target area are determined based on a shape and/or dimensions of the model. The room mode parameters are determined based on at least one of the room modes and the position of a user within the target area. The room mode parameters describe an acoustic filter that as applied to audio content, simulates acoustic distortion at the position of the user and at frequencies associated with the at least one room mode. The acoustic filter is generated at a headset based on the room mode parameter and is used to present audio content.
US10856097B2	Generating personalized end user head-related transfer function (HRTV) using panoramic images of ear Left and right ear HRTF coefficients are determined for an end user, one each for each of a plurality of head orientations, and provided to the end user on a portable recording medium, or via the Internet, etc. The user can then implement the files on audio played on the user's headphones, with the file corresponding to the user's head orientation being selected as the user moves his head to ensure the sound as perceived by the user remains emanating from a fixed external location. The user's personal HRTF may be generated using panoramic images of the ears, such as multiple 2D images or 3D imaging.
US10856095B2	Mixed reality system with spatialized audio A dual source spatialized audio system includes a general audio system and a personal audio system. The general system includes a general audio processor and general speakers to produce general sound. The personal system includes a frame to be worn on a head of a user and a plurality of personal speakers attached to the frame. The personal system also includes a head pose sensor to collect head pose data of the user. The personal system further includes a head pose processor to determine a head pose of the user from the head pose data. Moreover, the personal system includes a personal audio processor to generate personal audio data based on the head pose of the user. The personal speakers generate personal sound corresponding to the personal audio data. The personal processor receives timing information/metadata from the general audio processor to synchronize the personal sound with the general sound.
US10856094B2	Method and device for sound source localization A method and an apparatus for locating a sound source are provided. The method includes: obtaining M channels of audio signals of a preset format by microphone arrays located in different planes (S100); preprocessing the M channels of audio signals of the preset format, and projecting them onto the same plane, so as to obtain N channels of audio signals, where M≥N (S200); performing a time-frequency transformation on each of the N channels of audio signals, so as to obtain frequency domain signals of the N channels of audio signals (S300); further calculating a covariance matrix of the frequency domain signals and performing a smoothing process (S400); performing an eigenvalue decomposition of the smoothed covariance matrix (S500); estimating the sound source direction according to an eigenvector corresponding to the maximum eigenvalue, so as to obtain a sound source orientation parameter (S600).
US10856093B2	System and method for handling digital content The invention refers to a system for handling digital content including an input interface, a calculator, and an output interface. The input interface receives digital content and includes a plurality of input channels. At least one input channel receives digital content from a sensor or a group of sensors belonging to a recording session. The calculator provides output digital content by adapting received digital content to a reproduction session in which the output digital content is to be reproduced. The output interface outputs the output digital content and includes a plurality of output channels, wherein at least one output channel outputs the output digital content to an actuator or a group of actuators belonging to the reproduction session. Further, the input interface, the calculator, and the output interface are connected with each other via a network. The input interface is configured to receive digital content via by Ni input channels, where the number Ni is based on a user interaction, and/or the output interface is configured to output the output digital content via by No output channels, where the number No is based on a user interaction. The invention further refers to a corresponding method.
US10856091B2	Electromagnetic transducer with expanded magnetic flux functionality An apparatus, including an external component of a medical device including an electromagnetic actuator configured such that static magnetic flux of the electromagnetic actuator removably retains the external component to a recipient thereof.
US10856090B2	Speaker unit for a hearing aid device system, and hearing aid device system A speaker unit detachably mountable to a hearing aid device body configured to be positioned behind an ear of a wearer is disclosed. Further, hearing aid device system comprising the speaker unit is disclosed. The speaker unit comprises a contacting unit comprising at least one contact element and configured to be detachably mountable to a hearing aid device connector of said hearing aid device. The speaker unit further comprises a speaker unit body configured to be positioned at least partly in an ear canal of the wearer and comprising an output transducer unit configured to provide an acoustic signal based on an electrical signal input to said output transducer unit via said at least one contact element. The speaker unit further comprises a connecting unit provided between said speaker unit body and said contacting unit and including at least one wire configured to electrically connect said speaker unit body and said contacting unit. Further, the speaker unit comprises a memory unit configured to store data relating to said speaker unit.
US10856089B2	Method for operating a hearing aid, and hearing aid A method operates a hearing aid where the hearing aid generates an input signal from acoustic signals from the environment. The hearing aid has a signal processor which is configured to modify the input signal and thereby generate an output signal. The signal processor has an automatic gain control for modifying the input signal, and has a compressor that can be operated with a compression scheme. The environment is divided into a plurality of directions of which one is selected by a direction determination unit as a relevant direction. The input signal is modified in a direction-dependent manner by the compressor being operated with a compression scheme, which is set dependent on the relevant direction, so that acoustic signals from the relevant direction are emphasized compared to acoustic signals from other directions.
US10856083B2	Diaphragm and miniature speaker comprising same The present invention discloses a diaphragm and a miniature speaker comprising the diaphragm. The diaphragm has a multi-layer composite structure comprising alternately stacked thermoplastic elastomer layers and adhesive film layer(s). The diaphragm and the miniature speaker comprising the same solve the technical problems such as an unstable F0 and high total harmonic distortion of the miniature speaker in the prior art. The diaphragm and the miniature speaker according to the invention have low total harmonic distortion, low damping coefficient, higher F0 stability and high sound quality, satisfying requirements for high sound quality of an electronic device.
US10856082B1	Audio system with sound-field-type nature sound effect An audio system with sound-field-type nature sound effect includes: a first primary channel playing device for playing a primary audio signal generated according to a left channel audio signal and/or a right channel audio signal; a first secondary signal circuit for generating a first secondary audio signal according to the left channel audio signal and the right channel audio signal; and a first sound field control playing device connected to the first secondary signal circuit and adapted to play the first secondary audio signal; wherein a first playing delay period exists between the playing of the first secondary audio signal and the playing of the primary audio signal; wherein the first secondary audio signal played by the first sound field control playing device does not undergo audio mixing with the primary audio signal by a first audio mixing circuit.
US10856081B2	Spatially ducking audio produced through a beamforming loudspeaker array A method for adjusting audio being outputted through a beam forming loudspeaker array. Program audio is rendered to drive the loudspeaker array to produce sound beams having i) a main content pattern that is aimed at a listener, superimposed with ii) several diffuse content patterns that are aimed away from the listener. In response to receiving an alert message that refers to alert audio, the portion of the program audio in the main pattern is moved into the diffuse patterns, and the alert audio is rendered to drive the loudspeaker array so that the portion of the program audio in the main pattern is replaced with the alert audio. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10856080B2	Audio signal echo reduction Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for reducing echo in an audio signal. One representative embodiment involves obtaining an input signal, an estimate of a system-characterizing function, and a reference signal, each at a corresponding sample rate and each divided into a plurality of sub-bands; separately processing such sub-bands, where for a given sub-band the estimate of the system-characterizing function and the reference signal are processed to generate an echo-estimation signal and then the echo-estimation signal is subtracted from the input signal to provide an echo-corrected signal for such given sub-band; and combining the echo-corrected signal from each of different ones of the plurality of the sub-bands to provide a final output signal, with the echo-estimation signal generated using a processing sample rate that is lower than the sample rate for the input signal.
US10856078B1	Systems and methods for audio feedback elimination An audio system and method for eliminating audio feedback including a first audio input arranged to receive a first audio signal, a first audio output arranged within a first predefined zone, the first audio output arranged to receive the first audio signal, a second audio output arranged within the first predefined zone, the second audio output arranged to receive the first audio signal, and one or more processors connected to a virtual matrix including a plurality of virtual channels connecting the first audio input, the first audio output, and the second audio output, and the one or more processors arranged to receive the first audio signal and attenuate or eliminate the first audio signal to the first audio output or the second audio output if an audio feedback is detected.
US10856071B2	System and method for improving hearing A system and method for improving hearing is disclosed. The system includes a microphone array that includes an enclosure, a plurality of beamformer microphones and an electronic processing circuitry to provide enhanced audio signals to a user by using information obtained on the position and orientation of the user. The system is preferably in the form of a smartphone having a retractable piece having the beamformer microphones mounted thereon. The system may also include a corresponding method for improving hearing and a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method.
US10856070B2	Throat microphone system and method A throat microphone system and method are disclosed. Certain people may have difficulty vocalizing, such as those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. The throat microphone system includes a microphone unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device, such as a receiver unit in combination with a smartphone or a smartphone. The microphone unit includes a microphone and a wireless transceiver to wirelessly transmit sound data generated by the microphone. The smartphone processes the sound data in order to increase the intelligibility and/or the volume. Further, the microphone unit may attach to the neck of the wearer and may encircle the neck less than the entire perimeter of the neck. In this way, the microphone unit may be easily removed in the event the wearer is in distress. Moreover, the throat microphone system may include a non-audio sensor, such as a vibration sensor or an electromyograph sensor, in order to determine whether the wearer is voicing speech.
US10856067B2	Dosimetry hearing protection device with time remaining warning A hearing protection device configured to measure the noise exposure of a user and to provide a time remaining estimate until a maximum noise exposure level is achieved. Generally, the hearing protection device may comprise a sound sealing section, a microphone configured to generate a detected sound signal indicative of the measured sound level at the user's ear canal, a memory/storage configured to record the detected sound signal as sound exposure history, a timer configured to measure the amount of time the hearing protection device is exposed to sound, and a processor configured to receive a timer signal from the timer and the detected sound signal to calculate a time remaining estimate until reaching the maximum noise exposure level. Additionally, the maximum noise exposure level may be based on industry regulations or personalized hearing thresholds.
US10856056B2	Sensor network for measuring soil moisture Described herein are embodiments of a system comprising an underground sensor network that measures soil moisture by quantifying how changes in soil water content affect the attenuation of radio signals between buried sensor nodes. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the described system for measuring soil moisture and using the measurement for various control aspects including for example controlling irrigation in agricultural and urban settings.
US10856053B1	Midroll breaks feedback system A computer-implemented method for optimizing the placement of previously selected breaks in a media item is provided herein. Embodiments of the method include steps of identifying a break in a media item, the break being associated with a first break point at a first time during playback of the media item. The method may also include steps of dynamically adjusting the placement of the breaks within the media item based on the performance of the media item.
US10856046B2	Video playback buffer control A buffer status metric representing a current amount of video packets in a video playback buffer (303) of a user device (300). A buffer status action is triggered based on the buffer status action and at least one of a mobility metric representing a mobility pattern of the user device (300) and a radio quality metric representing a signal strength of a radio channel carrying video packets towards the user device (300). The embodiments also relate to determination of a buffer control model (142) that can be used in order to control the video playback buffer based on the input metrics. The embodiments achieve a more efficient control of video playback buffers (303) and may reduce the risk of freezes during video playback.
US10856044B2	Environment object recognition Methods, systems, and devices for displaying additional or targeted content to a user are disclosed. An image or data capture device associated with a display device may capture an image of a space associated with the user or capture data related to what is being viewed by the viewer's eyes. Objects in the captured image or objects being viewed may be recognized, including any identifiable image, item, detail, or article and the like. A recognized object may then be compared to a target list to determine a match. If matched, and if there is additional content associated with the target object, the additional content may be presented to the user.
US10856040B2	Video rendering system An apparatus for improved rendering includes a number of processing channels to receive multiple input content sources and to process that input content. A compositor can composite processed input content to generate a composite output signal. An output adaptation block can adapt the composite output signal along with dynamic metadata for display by a display device. Each processing channel includes a statistics generator and an input adaptation block.
US10856037B2	Augmented reality apparatus and method A live broadcast is depicted, in this case a golf tournament. The broadcast is depicted on a television screen of a user, substantially in real time. In a television studio, which may be close to the site of the live broadcast, or may be remote therefrom, a commentator or pundit records segments of video analysis. The video image is sent to a server. The video clip of the commentator is then downloadable by the user using a device such as a mobile phone or tablet. The user can then view the additional content—the video segment of the commentator—on his device. Using the techniques of positioning and anchoring as described herein, the user can enjoy the video segment as though the commentator were present in the room, by viewing the room through a camera of the device.
US10856032B2	System and method for enhancing content using brain-state data A computer system or method may be provided for modulating content based on a person's brainwave data, including modifying presentation of digital content at at least one computing device. The content may also be modulated based on a set of rules maintained by or accessible to the computer system. The content may also be modulated based on user input, including through receipt of a presentation control command that may be processed by the computer system of the present invention to modify presentation of content. Content may also be shared with associated brain state information.
US10856027B2	Methods and apparatus to estimate population reach from different marginal rating unions Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach for different unions based on marginal ratings. An example apparatus includes an association controller to generate a tree association corresponding to a union of a first and second margin of time; and one or more commercial solvers to perform parallel computations on a processor to determine first multipliers corresponding to a total number of panelists exposed to media at the first margin, the second margin, and the union by solving first equations corresponding to the tree association; discard a first multiplier and a second multiplier of the first multipliers corresponding to the first margin and the second margin; perform parallel computation on the processor to determine second multipliers corresponding to a total audience exposed to the media at the first margin and the second margin by solving second equations corresponding to the tree association, the second system of equations including a subset of the first multipliers; and determine an estimate for a population reach of the union based on the second multipliers.
US10856026B2	Video broadcasting system A mobile system that resolve the communication and engagement challenge that companies face on a daily basis including a mobile video app that compliments existing employee communication of large multinational companies to provide immediate and direct communication to employees in several languages. The system includes a local server that communicates with a mainframe during off peak band width periods and distributing the content locally through a private WiFi network. The system may also be configured as a plug in to a software based inventory system utilizing bar codes that may be scanned to provide video content regarding a particular product.
US10856024B2	Audio synchronization of correlated video feeds Systems and methods are provided for synchronizing audio feeds. A system obtains a plurality of audio feeds and identifies a base feed, a first feed, a base segment, and a first segment. The system also determines a plurality of time-shifted first segments that are each temporally offset from the first segment by a unique multiple of a granularity parameter. A plurality of correlation values between the base segment and each of the plurality of time-shifted first segments are also determined, as well as a first offset value corresponding to a particular time-shifted first segment of the plurality of time-shifted first segments having the highest correlation value. The first feed and/or supplemental content of the first feed is then synchronized with the base feed by at least temporally offsetting the first feed and/or supplemental content of the first feed by a temporal offset comprising/based on the selected first offset value.
US10856020B2	Systems and methods for distributing content using a common set of encryption keys Systems and methods for performing adaptive bitrate streaming using alternative streams of protected content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor, and memory containing a client application. In addition, the client application configures the processor to: request a top level index file identifying a plurality of alternative streams of protected content, where each of the alternative streams of protected content are encrypted using common cryptographic information; obtain the common cryptographic information; request portions of content from at least the plurality of alternative streams of protected content; access the protected content using the common cryptographic information; and playback the content.
US10856015B2	Method for operating a cache arranged along a transmission path between client terminals and at least one server, and corresponding cache Cache (DANE) located along a transmission path between client terminals (CT) and at least one server (SE) and configured to receive requests from client terminals (CT) for segments of a multimedia content available at several representations, which comprises: —an interface of connection (1) for receiving, from a first client terminal, a first request for a preferred representation and at least one alternative representation of a given segment of said multimedia content; —a matching module (5) configured to determine if at least one ongoing representation of said given segment, already requested by the cache from a server for a further client terminal, matches the preferred representation or an alternative representation of the first request.
US10856010B2	Device and method for coding video data based on multiple reference lines A method of decoding a bitstream by an electronic device is provided. A directional mode of a block unit is determined from the bitstream. A plurality of reference lines neighboring to the block unit are determined based on the block unit. Each of the reference lines includes a plurality of neighboring samples. A plurality of reference samples are determined along an orientation of the directional mode based on the neighboring samples in at least one of the reference lines. A smoothed sample is generated for reconstructing an image frame including the block unit based on the reference samples.
US10856008B2	Enhanced intra-prediction coding using planar representations The present invention provides low complexity planar mode coding in which a value of a bottom-right pixel in a prediction block is calculated from a value of at least one pixel in at least one of an array of horizontal boundary pixels and an array of vertical boundary pixels. Linear and bi-linear interpolations on the value of the bottom-right pixel and values of at least some of the horizontal and vertical boundary pixels to derive values of remaining pixels in the prediction block. A residual between the prediction block and an original block is signaled to a decoder.
US10856007B2	Decoded picture buffer management Techniques are described related to output and removal of decoded pictures from a decoded picture buffer (DPB). The example techniques may remove a decoded picture from the DPB prior to coding a current picture. For instance, the example techniques may remove the decoded picture if that decoded picture is not identified in the reference picture set of the current picture.
US10856005B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder includes: circuitry; and memory, in which using the memory, the circuitry, in affine motion compensation prediction in inter prediction for a current block, places a limit on a range within which motion estimation or motion compensation is performed, and performs the motion compensation for the current block.
US10856002B2	Method, device and system for method of encoding a sequence of frames in a video stream The present teachings relate to the field of video encoding. In particular, the present teachings relate to a method, device, and system for encoding a sequence of frames wherein a motion level of image data of an initial frame in the sequence of frames is determined to be below a motion level threshold. The encoding method described herein may reduce the bit rate for the encoded sequence of frames, while avoiding that the encoded video stream looks unnatural or frozen when decoded and displayed.
US10856001B2	Polygon unit-based image processing method, and device for same A polygon unit-based image processing method, and a device for the same are disclosed. Specifically, a method for decoding an image on the basis of a polygon unit can comprise the steps of: deriving a motion vector predictor for a polygon apex forming the polygon unit; deriving a motion vector for the polygon apex on the basis of a motion vector difference for the polygon apex and the motion vector predictor; and deriving a prediction sample for the polygon unit from a division unit, which is specified by the motion vector, in a reference picture.
US10855997B2	Secondary transform kernel size selection A method and apparatus related to secondary transform operations. In which, the non-zero transform coefficients in a particular subset of the transform coefficients of the block of pixels is counted and compared with a particular threshold so as to determine whether or not to perform the secondary transform on the block of pixels. Besides, the optimal secondary transform kernel size is derived implicitly based on the size of the block, or derived explicitly based on a flag coded by using an adaptive code word.
US10855995B2	Inter-plane prediction A better rate distortion ratio is achieved by making interrelationships between coding parameters of different planes available for exploitation for the aim of redundancy reduction despite the additional overhead resulting from the need to signal the inter-plane prediction information to the decoder. In particular, the decision to use inter plane prediction or not may be performed for a plurality of planes individually. Additionally or alternatively, the decision may be done on a block basis considering one secondary plane.
US10855986B2	Bandwidth compression for neural network systems Techniques and systems are provided for compressing data in a neural network. For example, output data can be obtained from a node of the neural network. Re-arranged output data having a re-arranged scanning pattern can be generated. The re-arranged output data can be generated by re-arranging the output data into the re-arranged scanning pattern. One or more residual values can be determined for the re-arranged output data by applying a prediction mode to the re-arranged output data. The one or more residual values can then be compressed using a coding mode.
US10855984B2	Image processing apparatus and method Provided is an image processing apparatus which includes a setting unit assigning a control block, which is a control unit of a filter process that is locally performed with respect to an image, to an initial position of the image determined based on a predetermined reference point; a movement unit moving the control block, which has been assigned to the initial position of the image by the setting unit, up to a position in which the result of the filter process is improved; and a filter processing unit performing the filter process for the respective control blocks which has been moved by the movement unit.
US10855980B2	Medical-image display control device, medical image display device, medical-information processing system, and medical-image display control method [Problem] Both the synchronization between multiple devices for the timing in which a left-eye image and a right-eye image forming a medical image are displayed and the suppression of the delay in presenting an image to a predetermined viewer are enabled.[Solution] A medical-image display control device includes: a display controller that controls a medical image so as to be displayed on a slave-side display unit; and an acquiring unit that acquires, from another device including a master-side display unit different from the slave-side display unit, a synchronization signal that corresponds to timing in which the other device displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image on the master-side display unit, and the display controller controls a left-eye image and a right-eye image so as to be displayed on the slave-side display unit in a time-division manner in accordance with the acquired synchronization signal.
US10855979B2	Interpreting eye gaze direction as user input to near-eye-display (NED) devices for enabling hands free positioning of virtual items A Near-Eye-Display (NED) device utilizes eye tracking to interpret gaze direction as user input for hands free positioning of virtual items. The NED device includes an eye tracking system to monitor gaze direction and a display component that renders virtual items within a user's view of a physical real-world environment. The NED device receives an indication that the user desires to adjust a position of the virtual item. In response, the NED device uses tracks the user's eye movements to dynamically change the position at which the display component is rendering the virtual item. In this way, a NED device may identify when a user desires to adjust a position at which a virtual item is being rendered and then may enable the user to make the desired adjustments simply by “dragging” the virtual item with deliberate and controlled eye movements.
US10855976B2	Display device and displaying method for glass-free stereoscopic image Provided is a glass-free stereoscopic image display device herein. The glass-free stereoscopic image display device may include: a display module that displays a stereoscopic image through a cover including a lenticular lens including multiple convex lenses; and a processor that controls the display module, wherein the processor provides a stereoscopic image by controlling a left-eye image pixel and a right-eye image pixel of the display module on the basis of a lens pitch indicating a distance between the multiple convex lenses, and the cover is provided on a front surface of the user device to be combined with the user device.
US10855973B1	Depth mapping using fringe interferometry A depth camera assembly (DCA) determines distances between the DCA and objects in a local area within a field of view of the DCA. The DCA projects a series of sinusoidal patterns into the local area DCA and captures images of the sinusoidal patterns via a sensor. The DCA determines a distance between the DCA and locations in the local area based on a phase shift each of the sinusoidal patterns captured by each pixel of the sensor. Initially, a calibration offset is determined for each pixel of the sensor by emitting the sinusoidal patterns onto a target at a predetermined distance from the DCA and using phase shifts for a pixel and the predetermined distance to determine the pixel's calibration offset.
US10855968B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting stereoscopic video content A method for transmitting stereoscopic video content according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: generating, on the basis of data of a stereoscopic video which includes a plurality of omnidirectional videos having parallax, a first frame comprising a plurality of first views projected from the plurality of omnidirectional videos; generating a second frame comprising a plurality of second views by packing, on the basis of region-wise packing information, a plurality of first regions included in the plurality of first views; and transmitting data on the generated second frame, wherein the plurality of second views include a plurality of second regions corresponding to the plurality of first regions, and the region-wise packing information includes information on shape, orientation, or transformation for each of the plurality of second regions.
US10855964B2	Hue map generation for highlight recovery Embodiments relate to generation of hue maps for highlight recovery of an input image. An image having a plurality of color channels is obtained at a first resolution lower than a resolution of the input image. A hue for each color channel for each pixel is determined, using a pixel value for that color channel and pixel values for the plurality of color channels in the first image. Weights are determined for each pixel for each color channel, based on hues for the pixel and pixel values for the pixel in the first image. A plurality of candidate hue maps are generated, based on the weights and pixel values in the first image in a patch surrounding the pixel for the plurality of color channels.
US10855963B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus A counter substrate of an electro-optical device incluedes a first lens, a first optical path length adjustment layer, a second lens, and a second optical path length adjustment layer. A first partition portion is provided between the first lens and the first optical path length adjustment layer. A second partition portion is provided between the first optical path length adjustment layer and the second lens. The second partition portion includes, across the entire second partition portion in an extending direction thereof, a plurality of first openings bored through the second partition portion. Thus, the ITO film can be formed in a region, where the first optical path length adjustment layer is covered by the second partition portion, under a condition similar to the condition for a region, where the first optical path length adjustment layer is not covered by the second partition portion.
US10855958B1	System and method for managing service and non-service related activities associated with a waste collection, disposal and/or recycling vehicle Systems and methods are provided for using video/still images captured by continuously recording optical sensors mounted on waste collection vehicles used in in the waste collection, disposal and recycling industry for operational and customer service related purposes. Optical sensors are integrated into the in-cab monitor as well as the onboard computer, digital video recorder and other external devices.
US10855957B2	Wireless augmented video system and method to detect and prevent insurance billing fraud and physical assault for remote mobile application The present invention discloses a wireless augmented video system and method to monitor medical insurance billing fraud, drug or other theft and elder patient or child abuse by the caregivers. The wireless augmented system comprises; a wireless augmented monitoring devices, a cloud system monitoring center and a caregiver employing agency. The wireless wearable augmented monitoring devices further includes a smart wearable nametag apparatus and smart wearable wristband. A wireless cellular transceiver configured within the nametag apparatus to stream the augmented video stream in response to an event detected. The nametag apparatus also incorporates a memory element to buffer the augmented data prior to transmission, a SIM card to connect to any data cellular network, a Bluetooth to connect peripheral devices, a Wi-Fi component, color LCD screen for displaying current caregiver's name and photograph on the name tag, and LED power status display, a microphone, speaker and a micro USB port.
US10855952B1	User engagement computer system and method of using same A user engagement computer system for enhancing user engagement via video chats and methods of using same are disclosed. The system includes one or more modules that provide enhanced video chat features such as one of the following: detecting user presence at the user devices, automating the establishment and/or scheduling of video chat sessions based on user presence, controlling the available functionality of the video chat application during a video chat session based on user presence, providing a kids mode with safeguards for children who video chat, providing visualization of storytelling, providing shared digital interactions via a shared interactive digital screen overlaid onto the video chat display, providing user controls via unspoken words, motions and gestures, actively measuring user engagement during a video chat session, and utilizing state machines to dynamically change between system states.
US10855949B2	Methods and systems for customizing skip forward functionality In some aspects, control circuitry receives and stores a user-specified time duration to associate with a skip-forward command. When the user later issues a skip-forward command to advance playback of a media asset to a desired location, the control circuitry retrieves the stored time duration, and determines an expected overshoot value associated with the skip-forward command. The control circuitry then compensates for the expected overshoot by calculating a new location in the media asset based on both the retrieved time duration and expected overshoot value. Upon advancing to the new location, the media asset is played back in a fast-forward mode, e.g., at a speed higher than normal speed.
US10855942B2	White balance and fixed pattern noise frame calibration using distal cap The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing an image in light deficient environments and correction of white balance and/or fixed pattern noise at startup or at any other time during a procedure.
US10855941B2	Solid-state imaging element and electronic device A solid-state imaging element of the present disclosure includes a pixel. The pixel includes a charge accumulation unit that accumulates a charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit, a reset transistor that selectively applies a reset voltage to the charge accumulation unit, an amplification transistor having a gate electrode electrically connected to the charge accumulation unit, and a selection transistor connected in series to the amplification transistor. Additionally, the solid-state imaging element includes a first wiring electrically connecting the charge accumulation unit and the gate electrode of the amplification transistor, a second wiring electrically connected to a common connection node of the amplification transistor and the selection transistor and formed along the first wiring, and a third wiring electrically connecting the amplification transistor and the selection transistor.
US10855932B2	Processing holographic videos An example holographic video recording system comprises: a first group of cameras positioned at a first position, a second group of cameras positioned at a second position, and a third group of camera including a third infrared camera. The first group of cameras includes a first infrared camera and a first color camera; the second group of cameras includes a second infrared camera and a second color camera; and the third group of camera includes a third infrared camera spatially positioned between the first and second infrared cameras. A depth map may be calculated using the first infrared camera and the second infrared camera in accordance with determining that an object is beyond a predefined distance from the holographic video recording system; or the first infrared camera and the third infrared camera in accordance with determining that the object is within the predefined distance from the holographic video recording system.
US10855931B1	High dynamic range image sensing method for image sensing device A high dynamic range image sensing method for an image sensing device is provided. The high dynamic range image sensing method comprises: calculating a brightness sum value of a pixel block to obtain a long exposure value; calculating a brightness average value of the pixel block to obtain a short exposure value; calculating a block average value of a plurality of adjacent pixel blocks; obtaining a weight value according to the block average value; and outputting a high dynamic range pixel value of one pixel according to the long exposure value, the short exposure value and the weight value.
US10855930B2	Video system, video processing method, program, camera system, and video converter This video system includes a camera system and a video converter. The camera system includes an image pickup unit that captures a subject and obtains a pixel signal thereof, and a first processing circuit that generates two video signals from the pixel signal while respectively carrying out mutually-different adjustments and transmits transmission information obtained by adding information related to the respective adjustments of the video signals to one of the video signals. The video converter extracts the information related to the respective adjustments of the video signals from the transmission information and includes a second processing circuit that generates, on a basis of these pieces of information related to the adjustments, a restoration pixel signal by inverse-transforming one of the video signals included in the transmission information, and also generates a video signal corresponding to the other one of the video signals by performing an adjustment for the other one of the video signals on this restoration pixel signal.
US10855923B2	Method and device for acquiring and displaying an immunofluorescence image of a biological sample A method is used for acquiring and displaying an immunofluorescence image of a biological sample. During a first operating state, the sample is continuously illuminated using the excitation radiation. A relative position between the sample and an optical system, which guides the fluorescent radiation to an image sensor, is changed in dependence on a movement gesture of a user, and a corresponding digital image is displayed. Upon detection of a termination of the movement gesture, a change is made from the first operating state to a second operating state. In the second operating state, the sample is firstly illuminated using the excitation radiation to excite the fluorescent radiation of the fluorescent pigment. An acquisition of fluorescent radiation emitted by the sample then takes place and a corresponding, further digital image is generated. In the second operating state, the acquisition of the emitted fluorescent radiation and the illumination of the sample are terminated after lapse of the second acquisition duration.
US10855918B2	Image processing device, image processing method, image pickup apparatus, and program storage medium that calculates a matching degree between an estimated target of interest and tracked feature points, then selects a feature point to which tracking is continued according to the matching degree An image processing apparatus to perform tracking control of feature points estimated to a target of interest of a user. An image processing apparatus of the present invention acquires an image, extracts feature points of the image, tracks the feature points, estimates a target of interest in the image, calculates a matching degree indicating a degree of matching between the estimated target of interest and a distribution of the tracked feature points, and selects a feature point for which tracking will continue from the feature points according to the matching degree.
US10855912B2	Capturing a stable image using an ambient light sensor-based trigger A method and apparatus for capturing stable images are disclosed. An ambient light sensor makes measurements of ambient light. A change in ambient light between two measurements is determined. If the change in ambient light measurements falls in a predefined range, then the change may be attributable to ambient light sensor being blocked by a user to trigger image capturing. Consequently, a camera is triggered to capture an image. Conversely, if the change in ambient light measurement is outside the range, image capturing is not triggered as the change may be attributable to other factors.
US10855906B2	Camera apparatus for vehicle, and vehicle The present invention relates to a vehicle camera device comprising: a lens unit for inducing respective focal lengths of a plurality of image acquisition regions, divided in the horizontal direction, to be different from each other; an image sensor including a plurality of pixel arrays formed to correspond to the plurality of image acquisition regions, and converting, into an electrical signal, light introduced into each of the plurality of pixel arrays through the lens unit; and a processor for generating an image on the basis of the electrical signal.
US10855904B2	Focusing method and apparatus, image photographing method and apparatus, and photographing system A focusing method includes obtaining a first image, determining a focusing area from the first image, performing a digital zoom process on the focusing area according to a zoom-in ratio to obtain a second image, and performing a focus process on the second image.
US10855901B2	Device adjustment based on laser microphone feedback A method of capturing video includes instructing a microphone to initiate an audio scan of different areas of interest to detect audio activity. The method also includes receiving a feedback signal from the microphone in response to initiating the audio scan. The feedback signal indicates audio activity in a particular area of interest. The method further includes adjusting targeting characteristics of a device based on the feedback signal to focus the device on the particular area of interest.
US10855898B2	Lens apparatus and imaging system including the same A lens apparatus includes an imaging optical system, a movable member holding at least one of lenses and configured to move in a direction including a component perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, a fixed member whose movement in the direction is restricted, a coil provided at one of the movable member and the fixed member, a magnet provided at the other of the movable member and the fixed member, and a first shield member configured to cover at least a part of the coil as viewed in a direction parallel to the optical axis and as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis. At least a part of the first shield member being arranged closer to an image plane than the coil, and a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.
US10855896B1	Depth determination using time-of-flight and camera assembly with augmented pixels A camera assembly for determining depth information for a local area includes a light source assembly, a camera assembly, and a controller. The light source assembly projects pulses of light into the local area. The camera assembly images a portion of the local area illuminated with the pulses. The camera assembly includes augmented pixels, each augmented pixel having a plurality of gates and at least some of the gates have a respective local storage location. An exposure interval of each augmented pixel is divided into intervals associated with the gates, and each local storage location stores image data during a respective interval. The controller reads out, after the exposure interval of each augmented pixel, the image data stored in the respective local storage locations of each augmented pixel to generate image data frames. The controller determines depth information for the local area based in part on the image data frames.
US10855895B2	Light source module with adjustable diffusion A light source module includes an array of illumination elements and a light diffusing material. The light source module is configured to receive a control signal for adjusting diffusion of light emitted from the light source module and in response adjust the amount of diffusion of light emitted from the light source module. A light source module may include a segmented light diffusing material where each segment is associated with an illumination element. And individual segments may have light diffusing properties that are different than other segments of the light diffusing material. Some illumination elements may emit light of a different color spectrum than other illumination elements, and a light diffusing material may scatter the different colored light to illuminate a scene with combinations of light of different colors. A light source module may be embedded in a mobile computing device.
US10855889B2	Imaging device for capturing images of moving objects There is described an imaging device for capturing images of at least portions of moving objects. The system comprises a stationary camera lens configured for reproducing an image of at least a portion of each moving object in an imaging plane when said object moves across a capturing region. The device further comprises at least one image sensor located in the imaging plane for receiving the reproduced image of the at least a portion of the corresponding moving object and converting said image into electronic signals. The at least one image sensor is mounted on a sensor support adapted to be actuated in a manner that the at least one image sensor is moved in the imaging plane relative to the stationary camera lens, and in a manner that the motion of said at least one image sensor is synchronized with the motion of the moving object to be captured. This ensures that there is substantially no relative movement between the reproduced image in the imaging plane and the image sensor when said moving object moves across the capturing region. As a result motion blur of the captured image of the at least a portion of each moving object is prevented or significantly reduced.
US10855888B2	Sound syncing sign-language interpretation system A computer system for providing on-demand sign-language translation services receives a first audio recording of ambient noise. The computer system then accesses a database of audio fingerprints. Using the audio fingerprints, the computer system identifies within the first audio recording a particular audio fingerprint from the database of audio fingerprints. The computer system then identifies within the particular audio fingerprint a particular timestamp associated with the first audio recording. The computer system accesses a database of translated audio. The computer system accesses a portion of the translated audio that corresponds with the particular time stamp. The computer system then displays on a user interface the portion of the translated audio.
US10855882B2	Image processing to set an output gradation number based on an information-loss evaluation value An image processing apparatus processes input image data and generates output image data. The image processing apparatus includes a feature-value calculating unit, an output-gradation-number setting unit, and an image processor. The feature-value calculating unit calculates a feature value from the input image data. The output-gradation-number setting unit sets, as the number of output gradations, any one gradation number of candidates for the number of output gradations based on the feature value calculated by the feature-value calculating unit. The image processor processes the input image data and generates the output image data having the number of output gradations which is set by the output-gradation-number setting unit.
US10855880B2	Image forming apparatus that determines whether a cartridge must be authenticated, control method thereof, storage medium, and cartridge This image forming apparatus determines, in accordance with state information indicating the state of the image forming apparatus, whether or not a timing for executing an authentication process of a removable cartridge has arrived. Furthermore, if the timing for executing a cartridge authentication process has arrived, this image forming apparatus obtains authentication information regarding authentication from the cartridge, and determines, from the authentication information, whether or not an authentication process is required to be executed. When an authentication process has been executed, an authentication result is written in a storage area of the cartridge.

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