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US10994461B2	Remote controller for controlling apparatus by diverting feedback signal from native controller to the remote controller and methods for same A remote controller can be provided on any apparatus that employs feedback control from a native controller to add functionality to the apparatus where the native controller is not capable of providing such functionality independently.
US10994456B2	Rotary mold type injection molding machine and method for exchanging mold of rotary mold type injection molding machine A rotary mold type injection molding machine and a method for exchanging molds of a rotary mold type injection molding machine. The rotary mold type injection molding machine includes a fixed platen, a movable platen which is opened and closed in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed platen, and a rotary table to which a plurality of molds is mounted and which is rotatably provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen. The rotary mold type injection molding machine further includes: a mold member which is configured of a plurality of molds and mold mounting plates to which the plurality of molds is mounted; and a mounting portion which is provided on the rotary table provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen and on which the mold mounting plate is mounted when the mold member is fixed.
US10994451B2	Method for enhancing ultrasound visibility of hyperechoic materials A permanent or temporary marker is embedded within a hydrogel plug used in a biopsy procedure to indicate the location of a suspicious lesion so that the marker may be found in a subsequent surgical procedure. A combination of at least one permanent and at least one temporary marker may be used. Inserts of differing sizes and shapes may also be placed into the hydrogel plugs during their manufacturing process and removed from the plugs after the plugs have cured so that air-filled cavities are left in the plug. These cavities are temporary but may be used to augment location of a permanent marker.
US10994446B2	Method for the production of a part made from a composite material A method of fabricating a composite part, includes forming a fiber preform for the part that is to be obtained by depositing a plurality of fiber structures impregnated with a thermoplastic polymer onto a surface, with deposition being performed by automated fiber placement; eliminating the thermoplastic polymer present in the preform by dissolution with a solvent; and injecting a liquid impregnation composition into the pores of the fiber preform after eliminating the thermoplastic polymer in order to form a matrix in the pores of the fiber preform.
US10994441B2	System and method of concealing permanent hard point attachments below a paver stone surface A method for installing and deploying concealed mounting points for a davit or jib crane on a roof patio or large balcony covered with stone pavers. Specifically, a metal plate assembly lower flange is affixed to the concrete roof slab with its contact points covered by waterproofing membrane. The metal assembly hard point upper flange holes correspond to the holes in the mounting base of the davit or jib crane. The metal assembly when installed is lower than the pavers supported by metal pedestal transition components. As such, the metal assembly hard point is concealed and covered by a removable cover plate that also sits on top of the metal pedestal transition components and is flush with the top of the pavers.
US10994439B2	Turbine blade manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a turbine blade 1, is provided. The method comprises the following steps: producing a shell and core assembly by additive manufacturing process, the shell and core assembly defining at least one internal cavity and having an internal structure corresponding to at least one internal cooling circuit of the turbine blade; pouring molten metal in the internal cavity of the shell and core assembly; solidifying the metal; removing the shell and core assembly.
US10994438B2	Flitch tracking In various embodiments, a scanner optimizer system may generate a virtual model of a predicted flitch based on a 3D model of a log/cant and a cut solution for the log/cant. The scanner optimizer system may compare a virtual model of an actual flitch to virtual models of predicted flitches by comparing data points at a fixed elevation relative to one or both faces of the models. Based on the comparisons, the scanner optimizer system may identify the source log from which the actual flitch was cut. In addition, the scanner optimizer system may identify the saw used to cut the actual flitch, and/or other relevant information, and use the additional information to monitor and adjust the saws and other equipment. Embodiments of corresponding apparatuses and methods are also described.
US10994436B2	Apparatus for severing a workpiece An apparatus for severing a workpiece having a cutting mechanism operable to cut the workpiece substantially along a selected course; drive mechanism operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece; a transport assembly operable to guide the workpiece in movement relative to a predetermined severing position and with respect to the cutting mechanism; and a frame mounting the cutting mechanism and transport assembly in predetermined relation to each other and relative to the severing position so that the drive mechanism is operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece in the severing position.
US10994428B2	Retractable utility knife A utility knife configured with a retractable cutting blade that is extended and retracted by a blade actuation mechanism. The blade actuation mechanism includes a slider button assembly and a blade carriage assembly that are operably connected in variety of configurations, including a configuration with a rack-and-pinion arrangement between the slider button assembly and the blade carriage assembly. The rack-and-pinion blade actuation mechanism is configured to automatically retract the cutting blade as the cutting blade is lifted from the cutting surface.
US10994426B2	Robotic manipulator with supplementary damping An apparatus including a plurality of robot arm links movably connected to one another, where a first one of the robot arm links includes a frame, where the frame has a first end movably connected onto a second one of the robot arm links; and at least one vibration damper arrangement on the frame of the first robot arm link, where the at least one vibration damper arrangement includes at least one viscoelastic element connected to the frame of the first robot arm link by a connection such that, as the frame of the first robot arm link experiences vibrations, the at least one viscoelastic element dampens the vibrations in the frame of the first robot arm link based upon viscoelasticity and the connection of the at least one viscoelastic element to the frame of the first robot arm link.
US10994425B1	Collaborative robot hand bearing for high-torque tightening applications An apparatus for coupling a robot arm to a tool that is suspended by an ergonomic arm capable of supporting 3D motion of the tool within a working volume. The apparatus includes a tool sleeve configured to accept the tool, a freely rotating rotary fitting coupled to the tool sleeve, and a coupling that couples a distal end of the robot arm to the rotary fitting. When the tool is inserted into the tool sleeve, the tool is free to rotate around the rotational axis with respect to the robot arm, such that a motion of the distal end of the robot arm does not impose a torque between the robot arm and the tool around the rotational axis, and such that motion of the distal end of the robot arm repositions or reorients the tool within at least a portion of the working volume.
US10994424B2	Tool exchange device and tool exchange system Provided are a tool exchange device and a tool exchange system that enable management of a coupling state according to a tool to be fixed. A tool exchange device including a male member to be detachably attached to an apparatus side and a female member to be detachably attached to a tool side includes: a proximity sensor provided in the male member; and a target provided in the female member, the target corresponding to the proximity sensor, and the target is provided in the female member in such a manner that a distance between the target and the proximity sensor in a state in which the male member and the female member are coupled together is adjustable.
US10994422B2	Robot system for adjusting operation parameters A robot system that performs desired processing on a processing target object using a processing tool. The robot system includes a robot having an arm tip that holds the processing tool, a position detector that detects a position of the arm tip, and a robot controller that controls an operation of the robot based on a position command and a position feedback detected by the position detector. The robot controller includes an adjustment operation creating unit that, during adjustment of operation parameters for controlling the operation of the robot, acquires an application and an operation area of the robot and automatically creates an adjustment operation corresponding to the acquired application and the operation area and a parameter adjustment unit that automatically adjusts the operation parameters during execution of the adjustment operation created by the adjustment operation creating unit so that a performance required for the application is satisfied.
US10994421B2	System and method for dynamic robot profile configurations based on user interactions The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for configuring an animatronic device. Information about a user is obtained for whom an animatronic device is to be configured to carry out a dialogue with the user. One or more preferences of the user are identified from the obtained information and are used to select, from the plurality of selectable profiles, a first selected profile, which specifies parameters to be used to control a manner by which the animatronic device is to communicate with the user. The animatronic device is then configured based on the first selected profile for carrying out the dialogue in the manner specified.
US10994418B2	Dynamically adjusting roadmaps for robots based on sensed environmental data Systems and methods related to roadmaps for mobile robots are provided. A computing device can determine a roadmap of an environment. The roadmap can include lanes and a designated region that is adjacent to a first lane of the plurality of lanes and suitable for robotic traversal when unoccupied. The computing device can determine a first route between first and second points in the environment that uses the first lane. The computing device can send a direction to use the first route to a first robot. The computing device can receive, from the first robot, sensor data indicative of an occupied status of the designated region. The computing device can determine a second route between the first and second points through the designated region based on the occupied status of the designated region. The computing device can send a direction to use the second route to a second robot.
US10994417B2	Systems, devices, and methods for the distribution and collection of multimodal data associated with robots A dynamic representation of a robot in an environment is produced, one or more observer agent collects data, and respective values of one or more metrics for the robot are computed based at least in part on the collected data. Tasks for the robot to perform are generated. Ratings and challenge questions are generated. A server may produce a user interface and a value of a metric based on collected observer data.
US10994413B2	Flexible robotic actuators Systems and methods for providing flexible robotic actuators are disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter include a soft robot capable of providing a radial deflection motions; a soft tentacle actuator capable of providing a variety of motions and providing transportation means for various types of materials; and a hybrid robotic system that retains desirable characteristics of both soft robots and hard robots. Some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter also include methods for operating the disclosed robotic systems.
US10994412B2	Robot control device and robot provided with the same A robot control device having a drive shaft driven by a servo motor including a non-excited operation type electromagnetic brake. The electromagnetic brake is configured to perform a braking operation by pressing an armature against a friction plate by an urging force of a spring when an excitation coil is not energized, and to cancel a brake operation by attracting the armature to the excitation coil side against the urging force of the spring to separate the armature from the friction plate when the excitation coil is energized. A coil current flowing through the excitation coil is obtained and the robot is controlled based on the characteristic of time change of the obtained coil current. A robot control device capable of shortening a cycle time, estimating the life of the electromagnetic brake, performing abnormality diagnosis and the like with a relatively simple configuration can be provided.
US10994410B2	Three-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism with curved sliding pairs A three-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism with curved sliding pairs includes a fixed platform, a moving platform, and three curved branches disposed between the fixed platform and the moving platform. Each of the curved branches includes a first curved link and a second curved link that share a common arc center. One end of the first curved link is connected to fixed platform by a rotational pair. One end of the second curved link is disposed in a cavity at another end of the first curved link. The second curved link is operative to perform a reciprocating motion along a tangent of an arc of the first curved link. Another end of the second curved link is connected to the moving platform by a ball joint. The axes of the three rotational pairs of the three curved branches coincide with each other and are perpendicular to the fixed platform. In the three-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism with curved sliding pairs, the moving platform of the parallel mechanism is rotatable around the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis of a three-dimensional coordinate system taking the arc center of the three curved branches as the origin, where the rotation of the moving platform about the Z axis is decoupled from the rotation in the other two orientations.
US10994402B2	Machine-tool operating device A machine-tool operating device includes at least one operating unit and at least one electronics unit. The at least one operating unit has at least one operating element that is configured to be actuated by an operator and at least one further operating element that is configured to be actuated by an operator. The at least one electronics unit is configured at least for switching at least one energy supply of a drive unit in accordance with actuation of the operating element and of the further operating element. One or more of the operating element and the further operating element are configured as a touch-sensitive electronic operating element.
US10994400B2	Multi-purpose tool A multi-purpose tool or apparatus includes multiple mechanical tools. In one implementation, the multi-purpose tool includes an elongated handle, a folding axe, and a folding shovel or spade, as well as a hammer or hammer-head. The folding axe is foldable between an open position and a closed position. The folding shovel is foldable among three positions, which are a closed shovel position, a 90-degree open shovel position, and a 180-degree extended shovel position. The elongated handle is hollow and includes an elongated cavity. A folding saw, as well as a knife and a sheath to protect the knife, are stored within the elongated cavity and can be removed therefrom.
US10994399B2	Hammer drill and set tool device A power tool that can switch from a hammer drill to a set tool for placing anchors in a surface such as concrete. Changing from a rotating drill to set tool bits is done by a two finger snap lock handle on the top of the drill. A magazine attachable to the power tool contains a plurality of anchors allowing the user of the power tool to set more than one anchor without having to manually place each anchor in the power tool.
US10994398B1	Adjustable grip dual-mating housing structure for removal of a faucet handle to gain access to a corroded valve stem An apparatus for removing a faucet handle that utilizes dual housing mating members for support that prevents the sink from having a direct force placed upon the sink while the apparatus is in use. The apparatus further provides a mating two housing structure having adjustable slots and corresponding wing nuts that will allow a bottom plate to open and close to allow variety of different sized faucet handles to be retained inside of two plates to retain the faucet handle during removal.
US10994397B2	Tool to insert fittings into flexible tubing A tool usable to insert tubing fittings into tubing includes a first handle and a second handle, each with a connection end and a gripping end. The connection end of the second handle is movably connected to the connection end of the first handle, the gripping end of the second handle being biased away from the gripping end of the first handle. A tube-gripping element is mounted on the first handle, and a fitting alignment fixture is mounted on the second handle. The tube-gripping element is configured to move into a first position to hold the tubing or into a second position to release the tubing, while the fitting alignment fixture is configured to press a protruding portion of the tubing fitting into an open end of the tubing.
US10994396B2	Apparatus and method for assisted buckle release An apparatus and method for assisted buckle release employing a generally C-shaped or U-shaped assistive device adapted to depress a buckle's release button, such as a button typical of a child car seat restraint harness, and thereby assist in unlocking the buckle.
US10994394B2	Tightening tool The tightening tool includes: a main body configured to be able to be held by a worker and including a turn detector; a head having an approximately rod shape and provided in the main body, which can engage with a tightened member; a head pin configured to pivotally support the head in the main body to turn the main body with respect to the head; and a spring configured to restrict the main body from turning with respect to the head by a compressive force in a longitudinal direction of the head. When a tightening torque reaches a preset torque value, the turn detector is released from restriction by the spring to turn around the head pin in a first direction and then turn in a second direction, and therefore detects turns of the main body with respect to the head in the first direction and the second direction.
US10994392B2	Multi-functional grip tool A multi-functional grip tool has a plurality of sockets and a fixing member. One end of each socket has a joint portion. One side of the joint portion is fixedly connected to the fixing member. Another end of each the socket has a driving portion. A circumferential edge of an upper connecting seat has a plurality of upper accommodating recesses corresponding to the sockets. A circumferential edge of a lower connecting seat has a plurality of lower accommodating recesses corresponding to the sockets. When the upper connecting seat and the lower connecting seat are joined together, the sockets are accommodated between the upper accommodating recesses and the lower accommodating recesses, respectively. The upper connecting seat and the lower connecting seat are formed with protruding seats, respectively. The protruding seat defines a receiving room therein. A tool lid is disposed on an opening of the receiving room.
US10994389B2	Polishing apparatus using neural network for monitoring A method of polishing a layer on the substrate at a polishing station includes the actions of monitoring the layer during polishing at the polishing station with an in-situ monitoring system to generate a plurality of measured signals for a plurality of different locations on the layer; generating, for each location of the plurality of different locations, an estimated measure of thickness of the location, the generating including processing the plurality of measured signals through a neural network; and at least one of detecting a polishing endpoint or modifying a polishing parameter based on each estimated measure of thickness.
US10994385B2	Vibration state detection device and machine tool including vibration state detection device A vibration state detection device includes an imaging device configured to image at least one driven element to be driven by a drive unit of a machine tool; and a vibration state analysis unit configured to calculate a parameter corresponding to vibration of the driven element, based on image data for each predetermined period of elapsed time acquired by the imaging device. The parameter includes at least a vibration frequency and a machine tool including the vibration state detection device. Accordingly, it is possible to reliably obtain a parameter corresponding to vibration caused by cutting, even if cutting oil, chips, or the like adheres to a tool of a machine tool, and it is possible to suppress vibration caused by cutting.
US10994384B2	Apparatus, system and method for adhesive fixturing of a work piece An apparatus, system and method for adhesive fixturing include UV light sources that are connectable to a fixture when the fixture is not attached to the stage of a workcell. A support structure holds the UV light sources in alignment with gripper pins communicating through the fixture. A bus connector operably connects the UV light sources to a control box of the workcell. Attaching the UV light sources to the fixtures outside of the workcell increases the throughput of the workcell and reduces the cost of the fixtured work pieces.
US10994383B2	Detachable structure used for sheet metal joining A detachable structure used for sheet metal joining comprising a first fixing frame, a second fixing frame, an anti-offset assembly, a connecting assembly and a pressing assembly; the first fixing frame is connected with the second fixing frame through the anti-offset assembly and the connecting assembly; the second fixing frame comprises a transverse plate a, a transverse plate b, a vertical plate a and a vertical plate b; the transverse plate a is vertically arranged on the edge of the bottom of one side of the vertical plate a, and the transverse plate b is vertically arranged on the edge of the top of one side of the vertical plate a; the vertical plate b is vertically arranged on the edge of one side of the bottom of the transverse plate b.
US10994380B2	Device for manipulating a hollow shaft intended to create a pivot link between a first element and a second element A device for manipulating a hollow shaft configured to create a pivot link between a first element and a second element. The manipulation device comprises a cylindrical body having a diameter variable by radial contraction or radial expansion of the cylindrical body, a module for controlling the diameter of the cylindrical body configured so that the diameter of the cylindrical body has alternatively at least a first diameter suitable for the cylindrical body to be displaced in the hollow shaft and a second diameter suitable for the cylindrical body to be blocked in the hollow shaft. The cylindrical body comprises an end configured to protrude from the hollow shaft when the cylindrical body is blocked in the hollow shaft. The manipulation device allows the alignment of the orifices due to the end configuration of the cylindrical body.
US10994376B2	No-indentation welding monitoring device and method for monitoring the same A no-indentation welding monitoring device may include a pressing force measuring device for measuring a pressing force for pressing a welding target of a welding tip of a welding gun, a voltage measuring device for measuring a voltage applied to the welding tip of the welding gun, and a monitor device for digitizing a welding quality by use of the pressing force and the voltage transmitted from the pressing force measuring device and the voltage measuring device.
US10994371B2	System and method for depositing a metal to form a three-dimensional part A system and method depositing metal to form a three-dimensional (3D) part on a substrate. A wire is moved relative to a location on the substrate while a laser heats a proximal end of the wire at the location using a laser beam. The laser causes the wire and substrate to reach a melting point of the wire to fuse the wire at the location on the substrate. The wire can be preheated by passing a current through the wire.
US10994359B2	Setting assistance device, setting assistance method, and program Provided is a setting assistance device capable of informing that which welding condition should be corrected with a value as the limit in order to achieve the target quality. In a setting assistance device (40) of a welding condition which is a condition in welding, an input receiving unit (42) accepts designation of the target quality in welding, and a welding condition information output unit (44) outputs an item of a welding condition to be corrected to achieve the target quality, and limit information indicating a limit of a value which can be taken by the item of the welding condition to achieve the target quality, in accordance with the acceptance of the designation of the target quality by the input receiving unit (42).
US10994358B2	System and method for creating or modifying a welding sequence based on non-real world weld data The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for welder system that relates to creating a welding sequence for a welding environment in which the welding sequence is based upon non-real time data collected from a welding procedure. Welding procedure information is collected and utilized to create a welding sequence to perform two or more welds in which at least one parameter is based on the collected welding procedure information (e.g., non-real world welding procedure).
US10994357B2	System and method for creating or modifying a welding sequence The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for welder system that relates to creating a welding sequence for a welding environment in which the welding sequence is based upon real time data collected from a performed or previously performed welding procedure. Welding procedure information is collected and utilized to create a welding sequence to perform two or more welds in which at least one parameter is based on the collected welding procedure information (e.g., real world welding procedure).
US10994352B2	Method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece The present disclosure relates to a method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece in which a hobbing machining of the workpiece takes place to generate a gearing geometry of the workpiece, wherein the workpiece is gear manufacturing machined by gear skiving in addition to the hobbing machining.
US10994350B2	Jacket leg cutting tool A cutting system is used for cutting a hollow cylindrical support beam which forms part of a support structure of a sea platform. The cutting system comprises a fixating device to fixate the cutting system in an operation position around an outer wall of the support beam, and a drilling device to drill a series of through holes in the outer wall and around the support beam. The drilling device is movable along a drill track and around the support beam by a drill driver.
US10994344B2	Drill comprising mechanical elements for regulating the lubrication flow rate according to the cutting forces A drill including a drill spindle capable of driving a cutting tool in movement. The drill has at least one channel for distributing a lubricant to the cutting tool, a pump to supply the channel with lubricant and control element(s) for controlling the flow rate of the pump. Such a drill further has mechanical element(s) for determining at least one piece of information representing the torque exerted on the spindle along its axis during drilling. The control element(s) act on the flow rate of the pump as a function of the torque exerted on the spindle along its axis during drilling.
US10994342B2	Cutting insert and cutting tool A cutting insert is provided, which can be prevented from being lifted from a tool body. A cutting insert includes two end surfaces opposed to each other, a peripheral side surface extending between the two end surfaces, a cutting edge provided at an intersecting edge between at least one of the two end surfaces and the peripheral side surface, and a fixing hole provided in an end surface direction from the first end surface to the second end surface. The peripheral side surface is provided with raised parts changing in height in the end surface direction.
US10994339B2	Surface-coated cutting tool A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate composed of cemented carbide and a coating film. The coating film includes an intermediate layer in contact with the substrate and an upper layer formed on the intermediate layer. The upper layer is made up of a single layer consisting of an upper base layer which is a layer in contact with the intermediate layer or multiple layers constituted of two or more layers. A mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing in an interface region between the substrate and the intermediate layer is not higher than 65% of a theoretical value of a mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing between the substrate and the upper base layer. A mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing in an interface region between the intermediate layer and the upper base layer is not higher than 65% of the theoretical value of the mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing between the substrate and the upper base layer.
US10994338B2	Surface-coated cutting tool and method for manufacturing the same A surface-coated cutting tool has a rake face and a flank face, and includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material has a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b−a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(006) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(006) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).
US10994337B2	Controlling AM spatter and conduction An intelligent feed forward model to control additive manufacturing (AM) laser powder bed fusion process and reduce spattering whereby defects are eliminated by controlling the laser power and reducing spattering through a computer model. This application describes using a proportional integral derivative (PID) controller to create a power map that reduces spattering.
US10994336B2	Quality estimation device for additive product A quality estimation device for an additive product includes an imaging device configured to illuminate a region including a molding surface during manufacturing of the additive product and image the region, when manufacturing the additive product at a molding position by irradiating with a light beam and a material powder melting and solidifying, a luminance acquisition unit acquires a luminance obtained by quantifying a brightness of a light reflected by at least the molding surface of the region in an image in which the imaging device images the region, and a molding density estimation unit estimates a molding density indicating a density of the material powder in a solidified state after melting based on the luminance of the molding surface acquired by the luminance acquisition unit. The material powder is supplied to the molding position.
US10994335B2	Selective solidification apparatus and methods A selective solidification apparatus includes a build chamber, a build platform lowerable in the build chamber, a wiper for spreading powder material across the build platform to form successive powder layers of a powder bed, an energy beam unit for generating an energy beam for consolidating the powder material, a scanner for directing and focusing the energy beam onto each powder layer and a processor for controlling the scanner. The processor is arranged to control the scanner to scan the energy beam across the powder bed to consolidate powder material either side of the wiper when the wiper is moving across the powder bed and to scan the energy beam across at least one of the powder layers during two or more strokes of the wiper across the powder bed.
US10994333B2	Method and apparatus for 3D printing by selective sintering A system (100) for building a three dimensional object includes a powder delivery station (10) for applying a layer of powder material on a building tray (200), a digital printing station (30) for printing a mask pattern on the layer, a sintering station (50) for selectively sintering the portion of the layer that is defined by the mask to be sintered and a stage (250) for repeatedly advancing the building tray (200) to each of the powder delivery station, digital printing station and sintering station to build a plurality of layers that together form the three dimensional object. The mask pattern defines a negative portion of the layer to be sintered. Optionally, the system includes a die compaction station (40) for compacting per layer of powder material.
US10994331B2	Copper powder and conductive composition containing same There is provided a copper powder containing an organic compound containing carbon and nitrogen. The powder has a ratio of carbon content PC (mass %) to specific surface area SSA (m2/g), PC/SSA, of 0.005 to 0.1 and a ratio of nitrogen content PN (mass %) to specific surface area SSA (m2/g), PN/SSA, of 0.001 to 0.05. The organic compound preferably contains two or more of nitrogen atom per molecule and is preferably capable of forming a five-membered ring complex with copper. The organic compound preferably includes one or more of dimethyl glyoxime, ethylenediamine, and polyethyleneimine.
US10994328B2	Method for casting A method for casting that includes a.) determining a diameter (D) of a cross section of a product to be cast in meter (m), b.) determining an intended steady-state casting speed (V) of the product to be cast using direct chill casting in meter per second (m/s), c.) determining a Si content (cSi) in percent by weight based on the total weight of a melt (wt-%) for the melt to be used for casting the cast product, d.) preparing a melt comprising Zn: 5.30 to 5.9 wt-%, Mg: 2.07 to 3.3 wt-%, Cu: 1.2 to 1.45 wt-%, Fe: 0 to 0.5 wt-%, Si: according to cSi, impurities up to 0.2 wt-% each and 0.5 wt-% in total, and balance aluminium, and e.) casting the melt into the cast product having the intended diameter (D) using direct chill casting, wherein the casting is carried out using the intended steady-state casting speed (V).
US10994326B2	Compositions and methods of use thereof in sandcasting Compositions useful for foundry processes such as green sandcasting are discussed. The compositions may include ball clay, bentonite, and a carbonaceous material. The ball clay may include leonardite and/or causticized lignite, e.g., as a portion of the natural ball clay deposit. The composition may further include sand, such that the resulting mixture may be formed into a green sand mold for use in casting molded articles. Incorporation of ball clay materials in the compositions may help to improve the quality of the casted article.
US10994325B2	Fastening tool A fastening tool configured to fasten a workpiece via a multi-piece swage type fastener including a pin and a collar includes an anvil, a pin-gripping part, a driving mechanism, an electric motor, a control part and a housing. The driving mechanism is configured to move the pin-gripping part relative to the anvil in a first direction along an axis so as to cause the anvil to press the collar engaged with a shaft part of the pin in a second direction and in a radially inward direction. An operation mode of the driving mechanism can be selectively switched between a plurality of operation modes including a first mode, in which a process of fastening the workpiece is completed based on a state of the fastener, and a second mode, in which the process of fastening the workpiece is completed based on a driving state of the motor.
US10994321B2	Method for electrohydraulic forming and associated device A method for electrohydraulic forming a material blank includes: a material blank to be shaped is placed between a mould and a blank holder; a tight cavity containing electrodes is filled with liquid up to a predetermined liquid level; the material blank is brought into contact with the liquid of the cavity; the material blank is hydraulically preformed; and the material blank is electrohydraulically formed. The liquid of the cavity is pressurised for the hydraulic preforming by moving all or part of one of the walls of the cavity.
US10994316B2	Straightening system and straightening method A straightening system is provided to perform straightening in conformity with a shape pattern of a the material. The straightening system includes a cooling device configured to spray a cooling fluid in a predetermined pattern with respect to a plurality of regions of the material, divided in a width direction, to cool the material that is heated in a heating furnace and then passes through a rolling mill. The straightening system also includes a straightening device configured to straighten the material passed through the cooling device. The straightening system further includes a flatness measuring system configured to measure flatness of the material passed through the cooling device and a controller configured to receive data of the flatness of the material from the flatness measuring system and to control the cooling device in response to the data to enhance the flatness of the material.
US10994312B2	Solids washing in oil and/or gas production An apparatus for washing solid particles removed from a hydrocarbon-containing fluid produced from an oil and gas production facility using a company automated unit. The apparatus comprises an inlet that carries a mixture of solids particles and water flushed from a de-sander.
US10994307B2	Sorting table with adjustable screen A sorting table with an adjustable screen for fruit, has a series of conveyor/sorter rollers arranged in a sorting plane and parallel to each other, the conveyor/sorter rollers each having at least one sorter section, a spacing being provided respectively between opposing sorter sections of successive conveyor/sorter rollers in order to allow fruit to pass selectively through the table, via said spacing. The sorting table includes conveyor/sorter rollers provided with sorter sections that have an adjustable diameter and a control device for controlling the diameter of the adjustable-diameter sorter sections. Application to sorting a fruit or grape crop.
US10994306B2	Injection molded screening apparatuses and methods Screening members, screening assemblies, methods for fabricating screening members and assemblies and methods for screening materials are provided for vibratory screening machines that incorporate the use of injection molded materials. Use of injection molded screen elements provide, inter alia, for: varying screening surface configurations; fast and relatively simple screen assembly fabrication; and a combination of outstanding screen assembly mechanical and electrical properties, including toughness, wear and chemical resistance. Embodiments of the present invention use a thermoplastic injection molded material.
US10994303B2	Methods for producing transparent conductive film and transparent conductive pattern Methods for producing a transparent conductive film and transparent conductive pattern having superior in-plane uniformity of resistance, by a printing method of slit coating or roll coating of metal nanowire ink. The methods include applying a metal nanowire ink containing metal nanowires, a binder resin containing more than 50 mol % monomer units derived from N-vinylacetamide, and a solvent, to at least one surface of a transparent resin film and drying to form a transparent conductive layer, the application of the metal nanowire ink to the transparent resin film being application by slit coating or roll coating performed using a transparent resin film and metal nanowire ink with which the advancing angle (θa) of the dynamic contact angle of the metal nanowire ink relative to the transparent resin film satisfies 10.0°<θa≤25.0°, and the difference (θa−θr) between the advancing angle (θa) and the receding angle (θr) is 10.0° or higher.
US10994302B2	Cylinder, device and machine for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles on a web-like or sheet-like substrate A cylinder is usable, in particular, for aligning magnetic of magnetizable particles, which are contained in a coating medium that is applied to a first side of a web-like or a sheet-like substrate, which cylinder, in the region of its outer circumference, has a plurality of elements effecting a magnetic field, magnetic elements for short. The magnetic elements are arranged in or on a plurality of ring elements that are spaced axially apart from one another and that are positionable in the axial direction on a shaft, in or on which ring elements, in turn, a plurality of magnetic elements are respectively arranged one after the other in the circumferential direction. At least two adjacent ring elements, each have a covering element, forming a part of the cylindrical lateral surface of the cylinder and extending in the circumferential direction, at least over the circumferential region populated with magnetic elements. The covering elements of two ring elements adjacent to each other have, on their sides facing each other in the axial direction, a plurality of projections alternating in the circumferential direction with recesses and offset in a circumferential direction in such a way that, during a relative movement of the two ring elements towards each other, the projections on the covering element of one ring element engage, in the manner of teeth, in corresponding recesses of the other ring element, and, as seen in the circumferential direction, can overlap. A security paper printing machine, having such a cylinder, is also disclosed.
US10994300B2	Method and/or system for coating a substrate A method and/or system for coating a substrate with a coating material. The coating material may be a polymer such as a photoresist. The method involves dispensing a coating material onto a substrate during which a temperature differential between the coating material and the substrate is at least 5° C. This temperature differential may be achieved by cooling the substrate and/or heating the coating material prior to dispensing the coating material onto the substrate. Due to the temperature differential, as the coating material contacts the substrate the viscosity of the coating material will increase, assisting the coating material in adhering to the substrate. Then, when the substrate is spun, the coating material with the increased viscosity will remain adhered to the substrate thereby providing a more conformal coating.
US10994299B2	Two-component adhesive dispenser with mixing unit replacement system A two-component adhesive system pumps a first adhesive component and a second adhesive component into a replaceable mixing unit that can be periodically replaced when the adhesive has cured in the mixing unit. The adhesive system may have a robotic arm coupled to a gripper unit which has an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the open configuration, the gripper unit releases the mixing unit allowing the mixing unit to be replaced. The robotic arm may moves the gripper unit to install a replacement mixing unit. The gripper unit can be moved to the closed configuration and the adhesive can be pumped through the mixing unit.
US10994295B2	Spray device and methods for making the same A spray device includes a spray closure (100) attached to a container (900), the spray closure (100) having an air intake and a fluid intake into a mixing chamber (150) where the air and fluid are mixed before exiting an orifice (130), the air intake connected to a snorkel (120) for delivering air from within the container (900) into the mixing chamber (150).
US10994292B2	Electrostatic spraying device An electrostatic spraying device includes: a high-voltage generation device for applying a voltage between a spray electrode and a reference electrode; and a controller that controls an output power of the high-voltage generation device based on operation environment information indicating at least one of (i) a surrounding environment of the device and (ii) an operation state of a power supply that supplies power to the device, independently of a current value and a voltage value at the spray electrode and the reference electrode.
US10994291B2	Electrostatic fluid delivery system An electrostatic fluid delivery system is configured to deliver fluid, such as a disinfectant fluid, onto a surface by electrically charging the fluid and forming the fluid into a mist, fog, plume, or spray that can be directed onto a surface, such as a surface to be cleaned. The system atomizes the fluid using a high-pressure fluid stream and passes the fluid through an electrode of a nozzle assembly to charge droplets of the atomized fluid.
US10994290B2	Spray system with rail mounting for an agricultural machine The present invention is directed to a spray system for an agricultural machine in which multiple spray nozzles for spraying a liquid product can be dynamically arranged in number and location along a preconfigured rail acting as a boom. Each spray nozzle can include an attachment arrangement for conveniently attaching, tightening, loosening and/or detaching the spray nozzle with respect to the rail. In one aspect, the attachment arrangement can comprise a fastener configured to tighten or loosen a clip with respect to a body for engaging the rail. A separate product line for supplying liquid product to the spray nozzles can flexibly include numerous ports, more than there are spray nozzles, with some ports attaching to spray nozzles via branch lines, and other ports being sealed to inhibit flow.
US10994287B2	Coating system and method An atomizing spray device includes a housing having inlets that receive a first fluid and a slurry of ceramic particles and a second fluid. The inlets are fluidly coupled with outlets by an interior chamber that mixes the first fluid with the slurry to form a primary mixture of the first fluid and first atomized droplets of the slurry. A first outlet on a first side of the housing and a second outlet on the first side of the housing are shaped to change the primary mixture to form a secondary mixture of the first fluid and second atomized droplets of the slurry. The first outlet sprays the secondary mixture onto a first surface as a first layer of coating and the second outlet sprays the secondary mixture onto the first surface as a second layer of coating while the housing moves in a direction along the first surface.
US10994286B2	Airborne dust cleaner with vortex vacuum generator An airborne dust cleaner includes a case having an inlet at one side thereof, an outlet at another side thereof, and a space therein, a vortex vacuum generator installed at the inlet and generating and extending a low-pressure zone of a donut-like vortex around the inlet to collect fine dust, and a filtering assembly installed at the outlet and filtering the fine dust collected through the vortex vacuum generator.
US10994285B2	Systems and methods of communicating centrifuge status by LED illuminator of centrifuge housing A centrifuge includes light sources to provide different illumination states depending on the status of the centrifuge to communicate the status of the centrifuge. The light sources, when activated, project light in the centrifuge chamber and through the centrifuge lid. The light sources are preferably light-emitting diodes. The illumination state is visible up to at least a distance from the centrifuge at which no other visual information on the centrifuge is available. The illumination states allow staff to visually identify the status of a centrifuge from a distance and may reduce turnaround times by enabling staff to identify a completed centrifuge cycle more quickly, reduce staff time wasted checking on the status of a centrifuge, and reduce turnaround time wasted as a result of specimens sitting in a centrifuge after the centrifuge cycle has completed. Methods of communicating the status of a centrifuge are also disclosed.
US10994279B2	Method and device for comminuting kitchen waste and/or food residues A method for comminuting kitchen waste and/or food residues includes receiving kitchen waste and/or food residues in a funnel, a base of which is provided with a grinding unit for comminuting the kitchen waste and/or food residues and which is connected by the grinding unit via a product line to a pump for pumping away comminuted kitchen waste and/or food residues, and pumping away the kitchen waste and/or food residues comminuted by the grinding unit. Prior to the pumping-away step, precomminution of the kitchen waste and/or food residues located in the funnel is carried out in the funnel by means of a precomminution unit projecting into the funnel. A correspondingly designed device for implementing the method is also described.
US10994277B2	Environmental control solution for clinical analyzer module An environmental control system for use in a clinical analyzer module includes an upper deck environmental subsystem comprising a far field sensor, one or more heaters, one or more spine cooling fans, and one or more in-line fluid heat exchangers. The far field sensor is configured to acquire measurements of ambient temperature in the upper deck environmental subsystem. The heaters are configured to generate hot airflow based on the measurements of ambient temperature from the far field sensor. The spine cooling fans are configured to operate in a manner that mixes the hot airflow from the heaters with cool airflow based on the measurements of ambient temperature from the far field sensor. The in-line fluid heat exchangers are configured to heat fluids used in reactions performed on the clinical analyzer module to a constant temperature.
US10994274B2	Housing for simple assembly of an EWOD device An EWOD device includes a first substrate assembly and a second substrate assembly; wherein one of said substrate assemblies includes electrowetting electrodes, and the first substrate assembly and the second substrate assembly are spaced apart to define a channel between the substrate assemblies; and a housing for receiving the first substrate assembly and the second substrate assembly, the housing comprising an alignment feature for locating at least one of the first and second substrate assemblies within the housing. The device further includes a fixing feature for fixing the first and second substrate assemblies within the housing. The second substrate assembly is located within the housing such that the second substrate assembly is an outer component of the EWOD device. The device further may include a spacer that spaces apart the first substrate assembly from the second substrate assembly to define the channel between the first and second substrate assemblies.
US10994271B2	Membrane carrier for liquid sample test kit, liquid sample test kit, and method for producing liquid sample test kit The present invention provides a membrane carrier 3 for a test kit of detecting a target substance in a liquid sample, comprising at least one flow path 2 transporting the liquid sample, wherein a microstructure producing capillary action for transporting the liquid sample is formed at a bottom of the flow path 2, and the microstructure is provided to change along a transport direction d of the liquid sample.
US10994270B2	Method for reactivation of a homogeneous oxidation catalyst The present invention relates to a method for the reactivation of homogeneous catalyst systems from organic reaction mixtures. The catalyst systems are suitable for the oxidation of organic compounds such as, for example, cyclododecene. The reactivation is carried out using an aqueous base.
US10994268B2	Processes for rejuvenating catalysts Disclosed are processes for rejuvenating catalysts comprising at least one Group 10 metal and a microporous crystalline metallosilicate, and hydrocarbon conversion processes including such rejuvenation processes. In an aspect, the rejuvenation process comprises contacting a deactivated catalyst comprising at least one Group 10 metal and a microporous crystalline metallosilicate with an oxygen-containing gaseous stream under conditions comprising a temperature ranging from about 250° C. to about 375° C. and a pressure of up to about 100 bar. In a further aspect, the rejuvenation process comprises contacting a deactivated catalyst comprising at least one Group 10 metal, at least one rare earth metal, and a microporous crystalline metallosilicate with an oxygen-containing gaseous stream under conditions comprising a temperature ranging from about 250° C. to about 500° C. and a pressure of up to about 100 bar.
US10994265B2	Catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation, reactor for preparing butadiene including catalyst system, and method of preparing 1,3-butadiene Provided is a catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation, a reactor for preparing butadiene including the catalyst system, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene. In the catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation, a coating catalyst is diluted with a specific dilution filler and a reactor is filled with the diluted catalyst, or a reactor is filled with a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation so that the concentration of an active ingredient included in the catalyst gradually increases in the direction from reactants inlet in which reactants are fed into the reactor to products outlet. The catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation can efficiently control heat generated inside a reactor, thereby improving conversion rate, selectivity, yield, and long-term stability of a catalyst.
US10994261B2	Polyamine phosphorus dendrimer materials for carbon dioxide capture The present disclosure provides novel solid sorbents synthesized by the reaction of polyamines with polyaldehyde phosphorous dendrimer (P-dendrimer) compounds. The sorbents are highly stable and exhibit rapid reaction kinetics with carbon dioxide, making the sorbents applicable for carbon capture, and can be easily regenerated for further use. The material is stable to aqueous and organic media, as well as strong acid and bases. The sorbent maintains full capacity over extended use. The material can be used for CO2 capture from pure CO2 streams, mixed gas streams, simulated flue gas, and ambient air. Additionally, the material can be adhered to surfaces for reversible CO2 capture applications outside of bulk particle-based processes.
US10994251B2	Integrated oxygen probe in submersible oxygenation device A device (1) for dissolving a gas (G) in water (W) is provided, and includes a housing (100) configured to be submerged into the water (W) with the housing (100) having at least one water inlet (101), a gas inlet (102) and at least one water outlet (103) for discharging gas enriched water out of the housing (100), a pump (5) in fluid communication with the at least one water inlet (10) for sucking water (W) from a surrounding of the housing (100), the pump configured to generate a main water stream (S′), and means for injecting the gas (G) supplied via the gas inlet (102) into the main water stream (S′). The device (1) includes a probe (6) configured to measure a concentration of the gas dissolved in water, and the probe (6) is arranged in the housing (100) of the device (1).
US10994248B2	Hollow fiber membrane module and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a hollow fiber membrane module including a case and a hollow fiber membrane built in the case, wherein the hollow fiber membrane contains a polysulfone-based polymer and a hydrophilic polymer, and satisfies the following (A) and (B), and an amount of an eluted substance contained in a liquid obtained by circulating ultrapure water heated at 37° C. through a passage of an inner surface side of the hollow fiber membrane for 4 hours at 200 mL/min is 1.0 mg/m2 or less: (A) an insoluble component accounts for less than 3% by mass of the total mass of the hollow fiber membrane when the hollow fiber membrane is dissolved in N,N-dimethylacetamide; and (B) a flexible layer exists on a surface of a functional layer in a wet state and the flexible layer has a thickness of 7 nm or more. The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane module including a hollow fiber membrane containing a polysulfone-based polymer and a hydrophilic polymer built therein, which elutes little eluted substance and exhibits high biocompatibility, while change in performance due to crosslinking of the hydrophilic polymer is suppressed.
US10994247B2	Zeolite membrane composite and process for producing zeolite membrane composite A process for producing a zeolite membrane composite includes a step of obtaining FAU-type seed crystals, a step of depositing the FAU-type seed crystals on a support, a step of forming an AFX-type zeolite membrane on the support by immersing the support in a raw material solution and growing an AFX-type zeolite from the FAU-type seed crystals by hydrothermal synthesis, and a step of removing a structure-directing agent from the AFX-type zeolite membrane. In this way, the AFX-type zeolite membrane can be provided.
US10994246B2	Zeolite separation membrane and production method therefor Provided are an all-silica zeolite separation membrane for separating carbon dioxide, etc., and not causing a decrease in the processing amount due to adsorption of water molecules, and a production method therefor. One aspect of the present invention is a zeolite separation membrane, in which the framework of a zeolite crystal structure formed on a porous support is all silica, characterized in that the zeolite crystal structure formed on the porous support is fluorine free. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a zeolite separation membrane having a zeolite crystal structure on a porous support, characterized in that the method includes a step of producing a seed crystal, a step of applying the seed crystal onto the porous support, a step of producing a membrane synthesis raw material composition, and a step of immersing the porous support having the seed crystal applied thereon in the membrane synthesis raw material composition and performing hydrothermal synthesis, and the membrane synthesis raw material composition contains a silica source and an organic template and does not contain a fluorine compound.
US10994240B2	Remote monitoring of pressure swing adsorption units A piece of equipment commonly used in many petrochemical and refinery processes is a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit. A PSA unit may be used to recover and purify hydrogen process streams, such as from hydrocracking and hydrotreating process streams. Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to monitoring PSA unit processes for potential and existing issues, providing alerts, and/or adjusting operating conditions to optimize PSA unit life. There are many process performance indicators that may be monitored including, but not limited to, flow rates, chemical analyzers, temperature, and/or pressure. In addition, valve operation may be monitored, including opening speed, closing speed, and performance. The system may adjust one or more operating characteristics to decrease the difference between the actual operating performance in the recent and the optimal operating performance.
US10994239B2	Spiral gas adsorption apparatus and method of using the same A gas scrubber includes a canister having a rotatable spiral separator which provides a non-linear path configured to be filled with modular adsorbent material portions between a gas inlet and a gas outlet.
US10994236B2	Honeycomb filter A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure having porous partition walls placed, surrounding a plurality of cells which serve as fluid through channels extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face; and porous plugging portions provided either at the ends on the inflow end face side of the cells or at the ends on the outflow end face side of the cells, wherein the plugging portions include plugging portions that have voids therein, and in the plugging portions having the voids, porosity including the voids as pores ranges from 68% to 83%.
US10994235B2	Refillable air filter assembly A frame assembly for releasably maintaining an air filter. In some embodiments, the frame assembly includes a thermoformed body integrally forming a base, opposing side walls, opposing end walls, and at least one closure sub-assembly. The frame assembly is configured to releasable retain an air filter relative to the base via the closure sub-assembly. In other embodiments, the frame assembly defines, in a flat state, foldable side and end panels at the perimeter edges of a central grid panel; the frame assembly can be transitioned to a final state for receiving an air filter by folding the panels. The frame assemblies of the present disclosure are re-usable, allowing a user to replace a “used” air filter with a “new” air filter.
US10994234B2	Ceramic foam filter and manufacturing method thereof A ceramic foam filter and a manufacturing method thereof. The ceramic foam filter comprises the following materials provided in respective weight percentages: 20-50% of a silicon carbide, 20-55% of a zirconium oxide, and 10-36% of a silicon oxide, wherein all figures are based on the total weight of the ceramic foam filter. The method for manufacturing the ceramic foam filter comprises the following steps: (a) providing a slurry comprising a silicon carbide, a zirconium oxide or zirconium oxide precursor, a silicon oxide or silicon oxide precursor, a binder, an optional additive, and a fluid carrier medium; (b) applying the slurry to perform surface ornamentation of a perforated organic foam; (c) drying the perforated organic foam surface ornamented with the slurry to obtain a green body; and (d) sintering the green body in oxygen-containing air to obtain the ceramic foam filter.
US10994233B2	Water filter cartridge with air conduction The present invention relates to a water filter cartridge, with a housing and a flow path for air for ventilating a water tank storing water to be processed by the water filter cartridge. The latter is distinguished in that the flow path has a first water barrier.
US10994232B2	Filter device and system and clogging monitoring method The invention relates to a particle filter device (1) comprising: a fluid inlet (20), a fluid outlet (21), a first fluid flow circuit (31) comprising a first filter zone (2) having a first filter surface (S1), a second fluid flow circuit (32) comprising a second filter zone (3) having a second filter surface (S2) and a constriction (4) having a constant hydraulic resistance so that, in operation, a first portion of the fluid flows through the first flow circuit (31) by passing through the first filter zone (2) and a second portion of the fluid flows through the second flow circuit (32) by passing through the second filter zone (3) and the constriction (4), and the first filter zone (2) reaches a predetermined clogging condition before the second filter zone (3).
US10994228B2	Reverse flow type multi-stage sedimentation rake-free thickening device Disclosed is a reverse flow multi-stage sedimentation rake-free thickening device relating to the field of slime water treatment. The device includes a feed assembly, a guide assembly, and a clean coal collection assembly. The guide assembly also includes a central tank body and coal slurry flows from the upper part of the central tank body to the inner side wall of the central tank body through the feed assembly and the medicament, and then flows to the middle of the central tank body through the guide assembly. After the reaction, the bubbles carry the fine coal slime and move up to the clean coal collection assembly. The clean coal collection assembly is located above the outlet of the guide assembly, and the clean coal collection assembly is sequentially provided with a central collection area, a defoaming area, and a diversion settlement area from the middle to the outside.
US10994223B2	Single phase high pressure liquefied gas chromatography system and method A liquid chromatography system and method utilizes a mobile phase comprising liquified compressible gas and miscible organic solvents. The compressible fluid may be carbon dioxide (CO2). Liquid CO2 tapped from an existing source is depressurized through a flow control metering station before adding solvent. The mobile phase flows through a sample vessel containing analytes and chromatography column for sample separation. A back pressure regulator maintains a set elution pressure in the chromatography column. CO2 advantageously remains in liquid phase for elution in the column, thereby avoiding two-phase conditions adversely affecting analyte resolution. An equilibration bypass flow loop may be provided to separate normal sample elution from initial CO2 flow equilibration, thereby allowing rapid exchange of samples with minimal downtime. System CO2 pressures less than 100 bar and room temperature may be used during the process, thereby obviating the need for high pressure pumps and chillers of supercritical fluid chromatography.
US10994220B1	Atmospheric water generation having indoor subsystems and outdoor subsystems Systems for atmospheric water generation are disclosed. An illustrative system may comprise a first subsystem and a second subsystem. The first subsystem may comprise a first housing, a cooling element, an air intake filter abutting the cooling element, a plurality of ultraviolet LEDs disposed over the air intake filter, a water collector disposed below the cooling element, and a water storage tank coupled to the water collector. The second subsystem may be coupled to the first subsystem by a water tube. The second subsystem may comprise a second housing, a pathogen neutralizing module, a water storage bladder coupled to pathogen neutralizing module, a compressor and platform supporting the water storage bladder, and a tap coupled to the water storage bladder.
US10994219B2	Simulated fire effect using steam The invention is directed to special effect device that is used to produce a simulated flame that has the shape and, if desired, the color characteristics of an actual flame. The device is particularly adapted to applications in which individuals may be in close proximity to the device. In this regard, the device produces little noise that would indicate to such an individual that the simulated being produced by the device is not a real flame. In one embodiment, the device includes a sintered nozzle that receives a stream of steam and outputs a steam cloud, a steam accelerator for applying a linear stream of air to steam cloud output by the sintered nozzle, and a lighting system to project desired colors onto the linear steam cloud.
US10994218B2	Assembly set An assembly set includes a base member that has a pair of cylindrical parts and a connection part, a connector member, and a rod member. Each of the cylindrical parts has a first columnar protrusion protruding from one end and a first cylindrical boss portion positioned within the cylindrical part. The first protrusion of another base member is fitted between an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical part and the first boss portion. The rod member has a pair of coupling parts fitted into the connector member and a rod part connecting the pair of coupling parts. The connector member has a second columnar protrusion fitted into the first boss portion and a pair of second cylindrical boss portions into which the coupling parts are fitted to swingably hold the rod member.
US10994216B2	Virtual reality motion simulator Methods and systems for simulating motion in a virtual reality system without external motors or similar machinery are described herein. A mechanical seat may be mounted to a base such that the seat is moveable in at least two dimensions (e.g., roll and pitch). A human occupant of the seat may use a control yoke fixed in relation to the base to cause the chair to move in a direction opposite of the force exerted on the control yoke. An extended reality (XR) motion controller may be mounted in a fixed relationship to the seat. Motion may then be simulated in an XR environment by depicting acceleration that would yield a similar experience on the user's vestibular senses as gravity exerts on the user's vestibular senses based on motion of the seat.
US10994215B2	Publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex including a surf feature with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style lagoon and method for providing efficient utilization of limited use land A publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex is disclosed, with a man-made tropical, pristine-clear lagoon as the centerpiece of the complex. The lagoon includes a surf feature and surrounding the lagoon are entertainment, educational, sports, and commercial facilities. The complex has a controlled public access and provides the look and feel of a tropical beach with clear waters and sandy beaches. In addition a method for efficiently utilizing facilities and land that are vacant, underutilized, have limited uses, or that are contiguous to or nearby recreational, educational, sports, or commercial venues is disclosed. The method providing a publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style pristine-clear lagoon having a surf feature. The method allows for generating revenue and increasing efficiency by pairing vacant sites, underutilized sites, limited use land, or sites that are contiguous to entertainment, educational, sports, and/or commercial venues with urban beach entertainment complexes. The complex preferably has a controlled public access, thereby allowing entrance upon payment of a fee.
US10994212B2	Video game processing apparatus and video game processing program An event information memory for storing event information and an event management information memory for storing event management information are provided. The event information contains an event and an event execution time defined in advance as time from start of the event to its end. The event management information contains executing event related information on an executing event and a maximal allowed time that is allowed as the maximum of a total time of a remaining time of each executing event. The executing event related information is updated in accordance with an elapse of time. A display device is caused to display an event progress status graph on a display screen of the display device on the basis of the event management information. The event progress status graph indicates a status of the remaining time of each executing event in the maximal allowed time.
US10994205B2	Information processing apparatus, arrangement method, and arrangement program An information processing apparatus including a specifying unit configured to specify areas in a virtual space, in which a character and an object are respectively arranged for each event in a game, a detection unit configured to detect an overlap between the area of the object and the area of the character, and an arrangement unit configured to rearrange the area of the character, in which the overlap is detected.
US10994203B2	Game processing program, game processing method, and game processing device A game processing device determines, for a moving object in a game field, a first region in which a first operation performed on the moving object is valid. The first region is set in the game field in a movable region of the moving object. Further, the game processing device determines validity of the first operation based on the first region and a position of the moving object. In addition, the game processing device validates a second operation that is different from the first operation performed on the moving object if the first region reaches a second region that is within the first region.
US10994202B2	Simulated previews of dynamic virtual cameras The present disclosure includes a method for generating simulated previews of dynamic virtual cameras, the method comprising receiving virtual camera descriptor data, receiving object tracking data, generating virtual camera behavior data based on the virtual camera descriptor data and the object tracking data, the virtual camera behavioral data corresponding to virtual camera parameters for rendering a view, and generating a simulated preview based on the object tracking data and the virtual camera behavioral data.
US10994201B2	Methods of applying virtual world elements into augmented reality In a method for providing an augmented reality interface for use by a first real-world human user and a second real-world human user, an augmented reality and virtual reality engine (AR-VR engine) produces a visual transformation of the first real-world human user (transformed human user 1), and a visual transformation of a real-world environment around the first real-world human user (transformed environment). The AR-VR engine also produces a virtualized reality world that includes images of transformed first real-world human user moving about, and interacting with, the transformed environment. The AR-VR engine further provides an electronic interface through which the second real-world human user can interact, in real-time, with at least one of the transformed first real-world human user and the transformed environment.
US10994198B1	Risk assessment for placement of hosted sessions New application sessions can be placed on reclaimable resource capacity that can be provided at lower cost than dedicated capacity, but with risk that the capacity might be reclaimed before completion of the session. A number of instance types can be determined that are capable of hosting a new session. Risk scores can be calculated for the instance types, as well as the cost of instances of each type. An instance type can be selected for the session using the risk scores and cost information, where the instance type will have relatively low risk with a relatively low cost for the instance. Once an instance type is selected, a resource pool can be selected from which to provide the resource instance of the selected type. The instance can then be allocated and caused to host the session or perform related functionality.
US10994193B1	System, method and apparatus for collecting and utilizing big data for online gameplay A system, method and apparatus for capturing data from a plurality of users for providing online gameplay based on captured user sensor data. User sensor data is captured from a plurality of sensor capture devices relative to an associated user so as to be transmitted to a gameplay server. The gameplay server executes instructions to generate a user interface on a user's client computing device for providing gameplay on each user client portable computing device utilizing, and pertinent to, the captured sensor data.
US10994191B2	Resonant coils for use with games and toys An electronic card game system and method using NFC or RFID electromagnetic communication, including an initiator having a driving coil, a first card having a secondary coil with a capacitor, and a playing piece having a receiving coil. The initiator and the first card may be placed on a playing surface so that at least a portion of the driving coil and at least a portion of the secondary coil overlap. Similarly, the first card and the playing piece may be placed on a playing surface so that at least a portion of the receiving coil and at least a second portion of the secondary coil overlap. These overlapped coils allow a driving signal initiated at the driving coil to be transmitted through the secondary coil and received by the receiving coil.
US10994186B1	Basketball return backstop net assembly A freestanding basketball backstop assembly returns basketballs shot at a basketball hoop to a player positioned at a location spaced apart from the basketball hoop. A net support has a base and side legs, with vertical rods removably insertable into sockets of the side legs and threaded through sleeves extending from the side edges of the net peripheral border. The base is placed in front of the post supporting the basketball backboard. The net is arranged behind the post supporting the backboard. A slit opening in the bottom periphery of the net receives a portion of the post supporting the backboard. Top corners of the net are connected to the tops of the vertical rods. Bottom corners of the net are attached to front edges of the side legs. The vertical rods keep the net in tension behind the backboard.
US10994185B2	Putt ruler A putt ruler is a device that separates the skills of straight-line putting from reading the green. The putt ruler may be affixed to the golf green and may be rotated to align with the identified target line. Through placement of two golf balls atop the putt ruler, a golfer may produce a putt that follows a straight line, when the stroke used may not have produced a straight-line putt on a single golf ball. The golfer may then evaluate the chosen target line in relation to the resultant putt and evaluate the speed of the putt as the ball travels along the playing surface.
US10994179B2	Golf club head with adjustable fitting mechanisms Embodiments of golf clubs with adjustable loft, lie, head mass and methods of manufacturing golf clubs with adjustable loft, lie, and head mass are generally described herein. Other embodiments can be described and claimed.
US10994178B1	Freestanding golf putter with rounded clubface A putter head for a freestanding golf putter includes: a cylindrical leading portion including a heel end, a toe end, an axis that extends through a center of the heel end and a center of the toe end in a first direction, and a rounded exterior surface that extends from the heel end to the toe end, the rounded exterior surface including a front face and a rear face; and a trailing portion including: a center arm that extends rearwardly from a center portion of the rear face in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; a heel arm that extends rearwardly and inwardly towards the center arm from a first lateral portion of the rear face; and a toe arm that extends rearwardly and inwardly towards the center arm from a second lateral portion of the rear face.
US10994172B2	Systems and methods for integrated automated sports data collection and analytics platform Systems, methods, and apparatus for data analytics for a sports activity are disclosed. A multiplicity of sensors tracks a multiplicity of world objects related to the sports activity, collects and communicates tracking data to a server platform in real time or near real time. The server platform integrates the tracking data from the multiplicity of sensors and scoring data for the sports activity, and correlates the tracking data and the scoring data with a corresponding UTC timecode based on rules related to the sports activity, thereby creating a multiplicity of UTC-coded data sets. The server platform synchronizes the multiplicity of UTC-coded data sets, thereby creating a time-synchronized data set. The server platform provides analytics based on the time-synchronized data set, thereby creating analyzed data. The multiplicity of user devices displays the analyzed data based on at least one application program.
US10994171B2	Exercise machine and method of use An exercise machine system includes a frame having a front bar and a back bar with a cross bar extending therebetween; a weight attachment bar pivotally attached to the cross bar, the weight attachment bar extending to a weight end; one or more handles attached to the weight bar and configured to provide a gripping location to provide upward movement of the weight bar; and a body support positioned above the frame, the body support having one or more pads to allow for supporting a person thereon; the weight attachment bar is positioned under the body support such that a user can pull up on the weight attachment bar from the body support.
US10994168B2	Exercise machine with resistance selector system An exercise machine with resistance selector system for selecting the number of bias members applying a resistance force against a movable platform. The exercise machine with resistance selector system generally includes one or more switches which are connected to the movable platform. Each of the one or more switches is adapted to engage or disengage a corresponding latch. When engaged, the latch will connect a corresponding bias member to the movable platform. When disengaged, the latch will disconnect a corresponding bias member from the movable platform. In this manner, an exerciser may easily adjust the number of bias members connected to the movable platform so as to adjust the resistance force applied against movement of the movable platform along a rail.
US10994165B2	Portable parallettes A parallettes apparatus is portable and configured to allow an athlete to exercise even when remote from a traditional gymnastics training facility. The portable parallettes apparatus includes a pair of base members and a bar member removably extending between respective base members. The pair of base members are hollow and configured to receive the bar during transport or storage.
US10994162B2	Stovetop fire suppressor initiator device and method An initiator with fuse device for an automatic self-contained fire suppressor and method are provided herein. Stovetop fires are a well-known residential and commercial hazard. An initiator with fuse device provides a reliable activation of an automatic stovetop fire suppressor. A device and method which provides a secure and robust attachment of an initiator to a fire suppressor, while reducing required component parts, manufacturing time, and labor, is provided herein. An initiator cup with integral cylindrical extension affords a thermoform attachment of the cup to the fire suppressor container while providing a secure mechanical attachment of the fuse to the initiator cup.
US10994160B2	Driving and information transmitting system for air-filtering protection device A driving and information transmitting system for an air-filtering protection device includes a filtering mask, an actuating and sensing device mounted on the filtering mask, a power supply device and a connection device. The actuating and sensing device includes at least one sensor, at least one actuating device, a microprocessor, a power controller and a data transceiver. The actuating device is enabled to transfer air to flow toward the sensor. The power supply device transfers an energy to the power controller for enabling the sensor and the actuating device. After monitored information is generated by the sensor and processed into an output data by the microprocessor, the data transceiver receives and transmits the output data to the connection device. After a control command is given by the connection device, the data transceiver receives and transmits the control command to the microprocessor to control the sensor and enable the actuating device.
US10994157B2	Methods for treating hair loss disorders The invention provides for methods for treating a hair loss disorder in a subject by administering a Janus Kinase/Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription inhibitor.
US10994156B2	Hair dye and methods of using the same A method of hair dying is provides that includes applying a polymer based hair dye to hair and emitting light on the applied polymer based hair dye for a duration to cure the polymer based hair dye on the hair. In certain aspects a device is provided that emits polymer curative energy for curing an applied polymer based hair dye that includes a housing, at least polymer curative light source disposed in the housing, and a controller operatively connected to the heat source and the at least one polymer curative light source. In certain embodiments a heat source is disposed in the housing that includes a polymer curative light source.
US10994148B2	Systems and methods for treating cardiac arrhythmias A leadless pacing device may include a power supply for providing a power supply voltage, a housing having a first end and a second end with a side extending between the first end and the second end, and a set of electrodes supported by the housing and in communication with the power supply. When leadless pacing device is disposed within a coronary sinus of a patient's heart, the housing may facilitate blood flow across the housing. The housing may include fixing members extending radially outward from the side of the housing to engage a wall of the coronary sinus and expand the coronary sinus to allow blood to flow past the housing. In some cases, the housing may have a recess along a length thereof that allows blood to flow past the housing. The recess may include a groove, a flat feature, or other feature.
US10994139B2	Devices, systems, and methods for stimulation therapy Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for providing a therapy or data signal using an implantable device. A method of providing intermittent stimulation by a stimulation system can include providing, by an external device of the stimulation system, radio frequency first signals to an implantable device of the stimulation system, the implantable device including an electrode and the first signals causing the implantable device to provide electrical stimulation through the electrode for a first time duration, determining, at the external device, that the implantable device is out of range of a transmission from the external device, determining, at the external device, that the implantable device is within range of the transmission from the external device, and providing, by an external device of the stimulation system, radio frequency second signals to the implantable device of the stimulation system, the second signals causing the implantable device to provide electrical stimulation through the electrode for a third time duration.
US10994133B2	Methods for enhancing and modulating reversible and irreversible electroporation lesions by manipulating pulse waveforms A ratio of reversible electroporation and irreversible electroporation may be controlled by selecting a symmetric waveform or asymmetric waveform to either minimize or enhance irreversible effects on cells in the target tissue. Combined reversible and irreversible electroporation includes inserting one or more therapeutic electrodes into a target tissue, introducing an electroporation compound into the target tissue, selecting a pulse waveform that is either 1) asymmetric bipolar that has positive and negative pulses with different durations, or 2) symmetric bipolar that has positive and negative pulses with the same duration, and delivering to the target tissue a series of electrical pulses having the selected pulse waveform.
US10994131B2	Method to treat pain through electrical stimulation of nerves Methods of treating pain are disclosed, wherein a non-pulsed, low-frequency electrical current is applied to the nerve carrying the pain signals in order to suppress transmission of those signals. In desired embodiments, the current is applied in a direction transverse to the nerve axis. Such currents have been found not to induce motor-neuron recruitment, meaning these methods can treat pain without causing muscle spasm or other muscular responses. A cuff for applying such a current transverse to the nerve axis is also disclosed.
US10994129B2	Headpieceless hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods with distributed power Hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods that involve the use of distributed power without the use of a headpiece.
US10994128B2	Fixation component for insertion tools for minimally invasive cochlear implants An implantable electrode arrangement for a cochlear implant system is described. A retraction limiter fits around and securely engages a portion of the distal end of an electrode lead. The retraction limiter includes flexible retraction limiting projections longitudinally distributed along its outer surface. An insertion tube fits around the electrode array and the retraction limiter and engages against the outer surface of the patient cochlea at a cochlear opening. An insertion plunger fits within the insertion tube and engages against the proximal end of the retraction limiter. The insertion plunger slides within the insertion tube to push against the proximal end of the retraction limiter to push the electrode array through the cochlear opening into the patient cochlea.
US10994125B2	Systems and methods for conductive gel deployment A therapy electrode system comprises a garment configured to be worn about a torso of a patient, a therapy electrode disposed in the garment and configured to deliver one or more electrical shocks to a body of the patient, a replaceable gel cartridge disposed on the therapy electrode and configured to release a conductive gel onto the patient's skin at an interface between the therapy electrode and the patient's skin prior to the delivery of the one or more electrical shocks to the body of the patient at the interface between the therapy electrode and the patient's skin, and a fluid pump in fluid communication with the replaceable gel cartridge.
US10994123B2	Methods and devices for activating brown adipose tissue using electrical energy Methods and devices are provided for activating brown adipose tissue (BAT) using electrical energy. In general, the methods and devices can facilitate activation of BAT to increase thermogenesis. The BAT can be activated by applying an electrical signal thereto that can be configured to target sympathetic nerves that can directly innervate the BAT. The electrical signal can be configured to target the sympathetic nerves using fiber diameter selectivity. In other words, the electrical signal can be configured to activate nerve fibers having a first diameter without activating nerve fibers having diameters different than the first diameter. Sympathetic nerves include postganglionic unmyelinated, small diameter fibers, while parasympathetic nerves that can directly innervate BAT include preganglionic myelinated, larger diameter fibers. The electrical signal can be configured to target and activate the postganglionic unmyelinated, small diameter fibers without activating the preganglionic myelinated, larger diameter fibers.
US10994118B2	Antimicrobial stopcock medical connector Various embodiments of an antimicrobial stopcock medical connector is provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to a stopcock tap having fluid channels provided on portions of the outer surface of the stopcock tap, whereby fluid bypasses the stopcock through the fluid channels by flowing between the outer surface of the stopcock tap and the inner surface of the stopcock housing. Some embodiments further comprise an antimicrobial coating or insert that is provided in the one or more fluid channel, whereby fluid flowing through the fluid channels contacts the antimicrobial coating or an antimicrobial agent that is eluted from the antimicrobial coating. Further still, some embodiments of the present invention comprise an antimicrobial groove that is positioned opposite the fluid channel, whereby when the stopcock is in an “off” position, the antimicrobial groove contacts fluid within a blocked port thereby preventing microbial growth therein.
US10994116B2	Drug cartridge-based infusion pump An infusion pump includes a reusable housing unit, a disposable reservoir, and a cap fit on the reservoir, wherein the cap includes a conduit for fluid communication. An aseptic connector assembly includes first and second occlusions in the reservoir and the cap. A pull assembly extends from the aseptic connector assembly and forms the first and second occlusions. The pump has three states. In a storage state, the reservoir is separate from the housing unit and the first and second occlusions cooperate to occlude a wet path extending from the reservoir through the conduit in the cap. In a ready state, the reservoir is applied to the housing unit but the wet path is still occluded. In a use state, the reservoir is applied to the housing unit, the first and second occlusions are removed from the aseptic connector assembly, and the wet path is opened for communication.
US10994113B2	Tattoo machine control method and system A tattoo machine control system comprises a holding arrangement (1) for storing tattoo needle cartridges (3) for the moment not attached to a tattoo machine and a tattoo machine controller configured to 5 control a tattoo machine based on a tattoo machine setting. The holding arrangement (1) has a plurality of slots, each slot (13) being arranged for receiving a respective tattoo needle cartridge (3). The system is configured to maintain an association of a tattoo machine setting for said tattoo machine with a slot (13) 10 of said plurality of slots. The tattooing process is made more efficient.
US10994111B2	Drug-holding microneedle array and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a drug-holding microneedle array in which a drug is applied and held only on a tip portion of microneedles for quantitatively holding the drug and for preventing the drug from falling away during insertion of the microneedles.The drug-holding microneedle array comprises: a microneedle array having a microneedle substrate 4 and microneedles, the microneedles being positioned in plural on the microneedle substrate 4 and a tip portion 1 of the microneedles projecting via steps 2 and a drug held on the tip portion of the microneedles and the steps 2.
US10994109B2	Connectable catheter There are provided a connectable catheter system, device and methods of use thereof. The connectable catheter system, comprising: an intermediary catheter comprising an external section and a tip section, the tip section is configured to be inserted into a body of a subject; and a reconnectable indwelling stent comprising a connecting section and a target section, the target section being configured to be located within a body of the subject, wherein the connecting section of the reconnectable indwelling stent is configured to reversibly connect, within the subject body, to the tip section of the intermediary catheter to form a continuous conduit between the intermediary catheter and the reconnectable indwelling stent.
US10994103B2	Drug-coated 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.
US10994102B2	Method and apparatus for loading a guidewire into a connector with a valve A method for loading a guidewire into a connector using a guidewire introducer includes inserting a guidewire introducer into a proximal end of a connector, the guidewire introducer having a proximal end, a distal end and a slit along the length of the guidewire introducer between the proximal end and the distal end. The guidewire introducer is advanced past a valve in the proximal end of the connector. A distal end of a guidewire is inserted into the proximal end of the guidewire introducer and advanced through the guidewire introducer and through the y-connector. The guidewire introducer is removed from the connector so that the distal end of the guidewire introducer is outside of the y-connector and proximate to the proximal end of the connector. The guidewire introducer is removed from the guidewire using the slit in the guidewire introducer.
US10994099B2	Devices, systems, and methods for delivering catheters or other medical devices to locations within a patients body Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that help deliver catheters or other medical devices to locations within a patient's body. The device includes a transporter catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, at least a first balloon located at the distal end, substantially at a tip of the transporter catheter, and at least a second balloon located between the distal end and the proximal end of the transporter catheter. The first balloon is an orienting balloon and the second balloon is an anchor balloon. The transporter catheter may include a single lumen or more than one lumen. The transporter catheter may have a shaft including an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer may be made of a material more flexible than the material of the outer layer. The outer layer may also include a braided wire assembly, said braided wire assembly being formed by braiding a plurality of flat wires or circular wires. The braided wire assembly may wrap around the inner layer. The transporter catheter may have a shaft that may include a plurality of segments of varying degrees of hardness. The degree of hardness of the segment of the shaft of the transporter catheter located between the first balloon and the second balloon may be less than the degree of hardness of the segment of the shaft between the second balloon and the proximal end of the catheter.
US10994094B2	Catheter A catheter is disclosed, which includes an inner tube, and a coil tube disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner tube, the inner tube being a coil obtained by winding a wire. In addition, in the coil tube, a first coil and a second coil are arranged concentrically with each other. The first coil and the second coil have mutually different winding directions of the wire. Then, the inner tube and the coil tube are rotatable relative to each other around a central axis of the coil tube. In addition, in a natural state where no external force is applied to the catheter, a gap is formed between the inner tube and the coil tube.
US10994093B1	Wearable therapeutic hand pouch The present invention is a therapeutic hand pouch assembly which through deep pressure therapy provides calm and soothing effects to the wearer. The assembly has a main body that includes an outer layer of fabric and defines an interior of gel, foam, glass beads, or combinations thereof. The assembly includes opposed straps or elastic bands having adjustment options so as to be wearable on a person's hand. Such assembly is inexpensive, durable, washable, portable, fully protective and ideally adapted to provide an improved experience to a user of any age under stress conditions.
US10994085B2	Aerosol-generating system comprising integrated piercing element An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating article includes a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source. The aerosol-generating system also includes at least one piercing element disposed on one of the aerosol-generating device and the aerosol-generating article, the at least one piercing element being configured to pierce the at least one frangible barrier when activated by a user.
US10994082B2	Inhaler counter An inhaler for delivery of a medicament by inhalation is disclosed. The inhaler comprises a dispensing mechanism, the dispensing mechanism being configured to dispense a dose of medicament on actuation. The inhaler further comprises a dose counting mechanism comprising a counter and a translating member. The translating member comprises a pawl. The counter comprises a first count wheel, a second count wheel and an intermediate wheel engaged with the second count wheel and in selective engagement with the first count wheel. When the inhaler is fired to dispense a dose of medicament, the dispensing mechanism moves the translating member in a substantially linear direction. The pawl thus rotates the first count wheel, and as the first count wheel rotates, the intermediate wheel is selectively engaged thereby selectively rotating the second count wheel to count the doses of the inhaler.
US10994081B2	Aerosol generating apparatus with replaceable parts An aerosol generating apparatus includes a vial, a cap assembly and a receptacle. The vial stores liquid medicament and includes a puncturable seal held in position by a retaining ring. The cap assembly includes an actuator with an interior bore extending therethrough, a perforated membrane coupled to the actuator, a fastener and a first mating element. The fastener is adapted to detachably secure the cap assembly to the vial such that the perforated membrane aligns with the puncturable seal. The receptacle receives the cap assembly with the vial. The receptacle includes a driving element and a second mating element capable of mating with the first mating element. The driving element aligns and communicates with the perforated membrane when the receptacle engages the cap assembly. The actuator pierces the puncturable seal to displace the liquid medicament through the interior bore to the perforated membrane and the driving element to generate aerosol.
US10994076B1	Methods and devices to prevent obstructions in medical tubes In various embodiments, a drainage device includes an inner lumen configured for draining fluid from a target site and one or more outer lumens for transmitting dilution fluid to the inner lumen. According to one embodiment, the drainage device includes one or more eyelets and/or a distal opening through which the fluid from the target site enters the inner lumen. In one or more embodiments, the dilution fluid is transmitted to the inner lumen through one or more ports that may output the dilution fluid directly into the inner lumen or into the eyelet. According to one embodiment, as the fluid from the target site flows through the drainage device, the dilution fluid reduces clotting processes such that formation of blockages within the inner lumen is prevented or at least reduced. In some embodiments, the dilution fluid is substituted with, or provided in addition to, pharmaceutical solutions or other infusions.
US10994069B1	Nozzle and ear cleaning device A nozzle and an ear cleaning device are disclosed. The nozzle includes: a main body, where the main body is provided with a first hole portion penetrating in a front-rear direction; and a housing, where the housing is connected to the main body and surrounding a periphery of the main body, the housing is provided with a guide portion and a plurality of drainage portions, the guide portion has an outer diameter gradually increasing from a front end of the main body to a rear end of the main body, the plurality of drainage portions are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the housing, and each of the drainage portions is communicated with the front end of the main body and extends from the front end of the main body toward the rear end of the main body.
US10994068B2	Methods and systems for the detection and removal of pathogens from blood The invention relates to methods and systems for removal of pathogens from blood or blood products. The invention further relates to methods and systems for treatment and diagnosis of infection in the blood and/or sepsis in a patient in need thereof.
US10994060B2	Canister status determination A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining status of a canister of a topical negative pressure (TNP) system. The method includes the steps of monitoring pressure provided by a pump element of the TNP system, determining at least one characteristic associated with the monitored pressure and determining status of at least one parameter associated with a canister of the TNP system responsive to the determined characteristics.
US10994059B2	Anti-fouling and/or anti-thrombotic medical devices The present disclosure relates to anti-fouling and/or anti-thrombotic medical devices, methods for reducing fouling and/or thrombosis associated with medical devices, and methods for coating substrates to reduce fouling and/or thrombosis. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide an anti-fouling and/or anti-thrombotic medical device comprising a metallic substrate comprising a hyperbranched polyglycerol coating.
US10994055B2	Drug releasing coatings for medical devices Medical device are provided for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue. The medical device has a layer overlying the exterior surface of the medical device. The layer contains a therapeutic agent and an additive. In certain embodiments, the additive has a hydrophilic part and a drug affinity part, wherein the drug affinity part is at least one of a hydrophobic part, a part that has an affinity to the therapeutic agent by hydrogen bonding, and a part that has an affinity to the therapeutic agent by van der Waals interactions. In embodiments, the additive is water-soluble. In further embodiments, the additive is at least one of a surfactant and a chemical compound, and the chemical compound has a molecular weight of from 80 to 750 or has more than four hydroxyl groups.
US10994054B2	Scaffold for living donor transplantation Disclosed is a scaffold for living donor transplantation, which includes sintered bioglass and a biocompatible polymer and has improved properties using a 3D printer through a fused deposition modeling process.
US10994046B2	Hemostatic material, preparation method thereof and pharmaceutical composition containing the same A hemostatic material, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same are introduced. The hemostatic material includes 200 to 1600 parts by weight of water-insoluble gelatin and 100 to 1000 parts by weight of hydrating material. The preparation method for the hemostatic material includes the steps of (a) providing 200 to 1600 parts by weight of water-insoluble gelatin and 100 to 1000 parts by weight of hydrating material; and (b) combining the water-insoluble gelatin with the hydrating material to form a hemostatic material. The pharmaceutical composition includes an aforementioned hemostatic material and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Through the aforementioned hemostatic material, hemostatic products can increase the blood absorption capacity.
US10994042B2	Heated air freshener A volatile material dispenser that includes a housing, an electrical assembly that is received within the housing and includes a heater, and an adjustment assembly that is coupled to the housing and is configured to support a cartridge. The adjustment assembly is movable between a maximum output position, an intermediate output position, and an off position.
US10994036B2	Apparatus and method for irradiation An apparatus and method for irradiating a fluid containing a material to be irradiated, comprising at least one irradiation chamber having at least one inlet port and outlet port, at least one fluid cooling chamber having at least one inlet port and outlet port, one or more UV radiation sources coupled to the irradiation chamber(s); and at least one heat exchange mechanism thermally coupled to the radiation source(s) and the cooling chamber(s). At least a portion of the interior surface of the cooling chamber(s) may comprise at least a portion of the exterior surface of the irradiation chamber(s) so the cooling chamber(s) is in fluid communication with the irradiation chamber(s).
US10994026B2	SynP160, a promoter for the specific expression of genes in rod photoreceptors The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising, or consisting of, the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a nucleic acid sequence of at least 300 bp having at least 80% identity to said sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule specifically leads to the expression in rod photoreceptors of a gene when operatively linked to a nucleic acid sequence coding for said gene.
US10994024B2	Drug formulation based on particulates comprising polysaccharide-vitamin conjugate The present disclosure provides formulations for pharmacologically active reagents, including formulations based on particulates formed from a biodegradable polymer (e.g., a polysaccharide such as dextran) linked to a vitamin or related agent (e.g., folic acid). Hydrophobic pharmaceutically active agents (such as anti-cancer drugs, e.g., paclitaxel) are encapsulated into the polysaccharide-vitamin conjugate for the administration of paclitaxel. The active agent is in a core portion of the particulate, instead of on the surface of the particulate. Processes for making and using the particulates and compositions comprising the same are also disclosed. In particular, methods of cancer diagnosis and treatment are provided.
US10994022B2	Detection and treatment of malignant tumours in the CNS The present invention concerns methods of diagnosing and treating a malignant neoplasm of the CNS by detecting mammalian tissue expressing integrin alpha 10 subunit or a fragment or variant thereof, and administering a drug specific for integrin alpha 10 subunit.
US10994015B2	EGFR proteolysis targeting chimeric molecules and associated methods of use The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) proteins. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bifunctional compounds, which contain on one end a ligand which binds to an E3 ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein, such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effectuate ubiquitination, and therefore, degradation (and inhibition) of the target protein. The present disclosure exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation/inhibition of target protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aggregation or accumulation of the target protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure.
US10994010B2	Selective targeting of the CD40L/Mac-1 interaction by small peptide inhibitors and its use for the treatment of inflammation and atherogenesis The CD40L/Mac-1 interaction is selectively targeted by small peptide inhibitors and/or antibodies and such peptides are used for the specific treatment of inflammation and atherogenesis. In particular, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence EQLKKSKTL and antibodies specifically binding to an epitope are disclosed.
US10994006B2	Desensitizing mast cells by co-presentation of antigens with high affinity mast cell siglec ligands Compositions and methods are described herein that are useful for treating and inhibiting allergic conditions, including reducing the incidence of mast cell mediated anaphylaxis in subjects. The compositions include a carrier that displays an antigen and a Siglec ligand that binds to a Siglec on a mast cell.
US10994005B2	Method for preparing a K serum with a vibrio parahaemolyticus as an antigen A novel K (capsular antigen) serotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and an application thereof are provided. A novel K (capsular antigen) serotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which was deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3, Yard 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing) on Feb. 20, 2019, with a deposit number of CGMCC No. 17249, wherein the K epitope of the Vibrio parahaemolyticus has a sequence set forth in Sequence No. 1. The novel K serum is highly specific, and can be used to conveniently and quickly detect a novel K serotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (O4:KUT-recAin) which has a rising infection rate in recent years. It provides important detection techniques for the pathogen diagnosis, monitoring and prevention of infectious diarrhea.
US10994003B2	Dimethyl fumarate and vaccination regimens Provided herein is a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder (e.g., MS) in a subject in need thereof, comprising (a) administering to the subject a first dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a fumarate agent (e.g., DMF) for a first dosing period; (b) administering a vaccine; and (c) administering to the subject a second dose of the pharmaceutical composition for a second dosing period.
US10994002B2	Checkpoint inhibitor and a whole cell mycobacterium for use in cancer therapy An immunomodulator for use in the treatment, reduction, inhibition or control of a neoplastic disease in a patient intended to undergo checkpoint inhibition therapy, simultaneously, separately or sequentially with administration of the immunomodulator. The immunomodulator preferably comprises a whole cell Mycobacterium, for example, M. vaccae or M. obuense.
US10994001B2	Edible vaccination against microbial pathogens The present invention relates to animals and more specifically to insects. In more details the invention relates to an edible composition or insect artificial diet comprising bacteria, fungi or any fragment or spore thereof for use as a vaccine in preventing a microbial disease or infection in an insect. Still, the present invention relates to preventive methods and different uses relating to said compositions or bacteria, fungi or fragments or spores thereof.
US10993999B2	Materials and methods for producing improved lentiviral vector particles Materials and methods useful for generating highly mannosylated pseudotyped lentiviral vector particles comprising a Vpx protein are provided.
US10993995B2	Enzymatic replacement therapy and antisense therapy for pompe disease The present invention is direct to the treatment of Pompe disease by administration of an enzyme or nucleic acid encoding for said enzyme suitable for Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Pompe disease in combination with the administration of an antisense oligomeric compound that modulates the splicing of acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) gene.
US10993994B2	Albumin nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer and ocular diseases The present invention refers to nanoparticles comprising a core, said core comprising a non-crosslinked albumin matrix and a monoclonal antibody, optionally coated with a non-ionic polymer for use as a medicament, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said nanoparticles, as well as their use in the treatment of cancer an ocular diseases.
US10993993B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treating muscle atrophy or sarcopenia including glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) or GLP-1 receptor agonist A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating muscle atrophy or sarcopenia including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a GLP-1 fragment, a GLP-1 secretion enhancer, a GLP-1 degradation inhibitor, a GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist, or exendin-4, and a method of treating muscle atrophy or sarcopenia by using the pharmaceutical composition. When the pharmaceutical composition is administered to a subject having sarcopenia or muscle atrophy, reduced body weight, skeletal muscle mass, and grip strength, which are caused by sarcopenia or muscle atrophy, and expression levels of genes involved in muscle production may be restored to normal states. The composition may be widely applied to the development of effective therapeutic agents for sarcopenia or muscle atrophy.
US10993992B2	Treatment of post-bariatric hypoglycemia with GLP-1 antagonists Treatment of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia comprises administration of an effective amount of a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor antagonist (GLP1RA) alone or in combination with an amylinomimetic agent or any anti-gastric emptying agent. Patients suffering from hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery experience particular benefit, as there is no current method effective for their treatment. Prevention or reduction of acute adverse effects of postprandial hypoglycemia, such as palpitations, tremor, weakness, sweating, confusion, fatigue, blurred vision, seizures, or loss of consciousness, and prevention of chronic adverse effects of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, such as cognitive impairment, can be achieved by treatment with GLP1RA.
US10993985B2	Methods of treating acute myeloid leukemia A method of treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML), including the steps of (i) measuring a density of blast cells in the peripheral blood and the bone marrow of a subject with AML; (ii) administering to the subject a CXCR4 antagonist; and (iii) administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the CXCR4 antagonist and a therapeutically effective amount of a chemotherapeutic agent, if the blast cell density in the peripheral blood is less than 10% of the total peripheral white blood cells, or at least five-fold lower than the blast cell density in the bone marrow, or at least two-fold higher one day or more following step (ii).
US10993981B2	Compositions for treatment of follicular tonsillitis using an emulsion based on rosemary extract and oregano essential oil A composition for the treatment of follicular tonsillitis is provided. The composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of carnosic acid and a carrier consisting of pharmaceutically acceptable solvents and ingredients. The composition is in the form of spray and includes ethanol and polyoxyethylenesorbitan monooleate and at least 0.1% oregano essential oil. Other compositions and treatment methods are disclosed.
US10993980B2	Method for treating electrohypersensitivity with a fermented papaya preparation Present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition or a preparation composition containing fermented papaya preparation as an active ingredient for treating a patient with electrohypersensitivity or relieving a symptom thought to be a symptom of the electrohypersensitivity, and methods of use thereof.
US10993978B1	Compositions and methods for increase in muscle volume Compositions and methods include a synergistically effective combination of glycerol and Phyllanthus emblica extract for increasing muscle volume in response to an exercise stimulus of the corresponding muscle or muscle region.
US10993977B2	Modular, integrated process and apparatus for extracting, refining and remediating active substances from plant material The present disclosure relates to scalable processes for extracting, refining and remediating extracts of natural products, such as plant material and for providing well controlled refined extract.
US10993972B2	Therapeutic agent for ischemic diseases Provided are: a transformation plasmid for transforming anaerobes and enabling highly efficient and stable secretory expression of a target protein; a gene delivery carrier formed from said anaerobes transformed by said plasmid; a pharmaceutical composition including said gene delivery carrier; and a method for diagnosing or treating an ischemic disease utilizing these. Also provided are: a novel secretory signal; a transformation plasmid including said secretory signal; a gene delivery carrier formed from anaerobes transformed by said plasmid; a pharmaceutical composition including said gene delivery carrier; and a method for diagnosing or treating an ischemic disease utilizing these.
US10993970B2	Medical-grade honey for growth enhancement of infants Prebiotic compositions for infants containing medical-grade honey are provided. Methods of supplementing infant milk formula or breast milk with medical-grade honey to enhance growth and improve colonic microbiota are also provided.
US10993967B2	Combinatorial cancer immunotherapy Provided herein are methods and compositions for dynamically controlling and targeting multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms in cancer. Some aspects provide cells engineered to produce multiple effector molecules, each of which modulates a different immunosuppressive mechanisms of a tumor, as well as methods of using the cells to treat cancer, such as ovarian, breast, or colon cancer.
US10993957B2	Phosphoramidate derivatives of 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine for use in the treatment of cancer Phosphoramidate derivates of 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine are disclosed for use in the treatment of cancer, especially in the treatment of cancer where the patient shows resistance, for example, in a patient with cells with a lowered level of nucleoside transporter proteins and/or with nucleoside kinase-deficient cells and/or with mycoplasma-infected cells and/or with cells with a raised level of thymidylate synthase.
US10993955B2	Medicament for use in treating diabetes A medicament for treating diabetes and complications thereof, the medicament being a glycoprotein, or a mixture of a polysaccharide and a protein, or a polypeptide, or a protein.
US10993950B2	Medical device for the treatment of HPV cutaneous infections The present invention relates to a medical device for treating papilloma virus (HPV) cutaneous infections, in particular for the treatment of warts and related pathologies. In particular, the present invention relates to a collodion-based composition, particularly elastic collodion, containing acetylsalicylic acid and a composition containing acetylsalicylic acid and a glycol. Such compositions can be used in the treatment of HPV cutaneous infections, in particular benign infections such as warts, papillomas and condylomas.
US10993949B2	17α-monoesters and 17α,21-diesters of cortexolone for use in the treatment of tumors The present invention relates to certain cortexolone derivatives of formula (I) and the use of the same as antitumor active ingredients for the curative or adjuvant, or neoadjuvant or palliative treatment of precancerous lesions, dysplasias, metaplasias and tumor diseases, including malignant neoplasias and metastasis. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising cortexolone derivatives of formula (I) as active ingredients and at least one physiologically acceptable excipient, and to the use of the pharmaceutical compositions as antitumor medicinal products.
US10993948B2	RNA polymerase I inhibitors and uses thereof Provided are novel compounds which are capable of inhibiting an activity of RNA polymerase I, and uses thereof in treating diseases or disorders modulated by RNA polymerase I, preferably autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and proliferative diseases.
US10993944B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of hair loss Compositions and methods for the treatment of hair growth and the prevention of hair loss.
US10993942B2	Combination therapy of a type II anti-CD20 antibody with a selective BCL-2 inhibitor The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a selective Bcl-2 inhibitor for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly, a CD20-expressing cancer.
US10993940B2	Methods of enhancing immune response The present invention relates to a method of enhancing immune response in a subject.
US10993937B2	Composition, for preventing or treating dry eye syndrome, containing polyethylene glycol and flavonoid nanocomposite as active ingredient A composition for preventing or treating dry eye syndrome includes nanocomposite of a polyethylene glycol and a flavonoid as an active ingredient, and in the present invention, a catechin/PEG nanocomposite having increased catechin bioavailability is prepared by using catechins which are an antioxidant and polyethylene glycol which is a hydrophilic polymer used in a drug delivery system, and an increase in tear generation, stabilization of corneal epithelial cells, an increase in conjunctival goblet cells and enhanced anti-inflammatory effects accordance to a PEG dosage by the catechin/PEG nanocomposite are confirmed in a mouse model with dry eye syndrome.
US10993935B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of lung infections Methods of treating a bacterial lung infection are provided and comprise administering an effective amount of rifaximin to a subject in need thereof. The rifaximin can be delivered by inhalation therapy, such as by delivering the rifaximin in aerosol form. The rifaximin is administered alone or in combination with tobramycin, including in multiple doses. Methods of reducing biofilm formation are also provided and comprise contacting a bacteria with an effective amount of rifaximin. Pharmaceutical composition are also included and comprise rifaximin and a pharmaceutically-acceptable vehicle suitable for administering the rifaximin in aerosol form.
US10993934B2	Topical compositions of dutasteride The present invention relates to a composition for topical application for preventing hair loss, androgenic alopecia (AA) and stimulating hair growth having dutasteride. The composition for topical application for preventing hair loss and stimulating hair growth according to the present invention provides equal or superior hair loss prevention and hair growth stimulating effects while using much smaller dosage than the conventional compositions (oral dosage form) which use finasteride and dutasteride.
US10993933B2	Oral dosage forms of bendamustine In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration which comprises bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and which shows a dissolution of the bendamustine of at least 60% in 20 minutes, 70% in 40 minutes and 80% in 60 minutes, as measured with a paddle apparatus at 50 rpm according to the European Pharmacopoeia in 500 ml of a dissolution medium at a pH of 1.5. The invention further relates to the above pharmaceutical composition for use for the oral treatment of a medical condition which is selected from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myelocytic leukaemia, acute myelocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
US10993932B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of presbyopia, mydriasis, and other ocular disorders The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits containing an alpha-adrenergic antagonist, such as phentolamine, for use in monotherapy or as part of a combination therapy to treat patients suffering from presbyopia, mydriasis, and/or other ocular disorders.
US10993920B2	2-dodecyl-6-methoxycyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione as a cancer therapeutic 2-Dodecyl-6-methoxycyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione (DMDD), as well as variants, derivatives, analogs, modifications, and conjugates thereof, are identified as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing human cancers and precancerous conditions. DMDD can be isolated from the root of Averrhoa carambola L., commonly known as starfruit. Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions, as well as dietary supplements, are provided, as are methods of administration and treatment.
US10993917B2	Nanocomplex There is provided a nanocomplex having a core-shell structure. The shell of the nanocomplex comprises a functionalized hyaluronic acid while the core of the nanocomplex comprises a flavonoid encapsulating a metal-containing compound. Preferably, the flavonoid is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and the hyaluronic acid is thiol-functionalized and subsequently conjugated to the flavonoid. There is also provided a method of forming the nanocomplex, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the nanocomplex, medical uses of the nanocomplex and a method of treating a patient, preferably with cancer using the nanocomplex.
US10993914B2	Stabilizing camptothecin pharmaceutical compositions Irinotecan phospholipid liposomes with improved storage stability are provided, with related methods of treatment and manufacture. The irinotecan liposomes can have reduced formation of lyso-phosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) during storage, and prior to administration to a patient.
US10993912B2	Carrier-antibody compositions and methods of making and using the same Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic.
US10993907B2	Glucono delta-lactone for treatment of vaginal fungal infections The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation for vaginal administration, wherein the formulation comprises a pharmaceutical acceptable excipient and glucono δ-lactone, wherein the glucono δ-lactone is present in an amount of 5 to 99 wt % of the formulation. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention for use in the prevention or treatment of a urogenital fungal infection. Furthermore, the invention relates to glucono δ-lactone (formula (III)), for use in the in the prevention or treatment of a fungal infection.
US10993906B2	Medical implant An improved medical implant device directed to, inter alia, (i) avoiding unwanted initial drug “burst” problems, (ii) providing a more level amount of drug delivery, (iii) reducing blood clotting, (iv) reducing the amount of drug material that remains in the implant device, and/or (v) novel materials for an implant device.
US10993904B2	Transplantation implant for promoting hair growth The present disclosure relates to a transplantation implant that includes stem cells having an ability of secreting a cytokine that having a hair-growing function.
US10993903B2	Covalent treatment with thiols of keratin-containing materials Disclosed are methods of preparing thiol keratin-containing materials, comprising applying a mixture comprising one or more thiol compounds and a catalyst. Methods of preparing cross-linked keratin-containing materials by applying a mixture comprising one or more thiol compounds and an oxidizing agent are also disclosed. Methods of grafting monomeric and polymeric materials on keratin-containing materials to provide a covalent coating on keratin-containing materials are disclosed. A mixture comprising one or more thiol compounds is applied to the keratin-containing material sample. The keratin-containing material sample then comprises a plurality of free thiol groups. A monomer is optionally applied to the keratin-containing material sample to form a plurality of covalent bonds between the free thiol groups and the monomers. The disclosed grafting methods can be carried out with or without catalyst.
US10993902B2	Hair dyeing process using a pigment, a maleic anhydride acrylic polymer and an amine compound The invention relates to a hair dyeing process comprising: the application to the hair of a composition comprising a maleic anhydride ethylenic polymer and of an amine compound chosen from polyamine compounds bearing several primary amine and/or secondary amine groups and amino alkoxysilanes, and of at least one pigment the ethylenic polymer being derived from the polymerization of: (a) 45% to 95% by weight, relative to the total weight of monomers, of an ethylenic monomer bearing an at least Cs linear or branched alkyl group; (b) 5% to 25% by weight of maleic anhydride; (c) 0 to 50% by weight of additional monomer; the compositions used being anhydrous when the amine compound is an amino alkoxysilane.
US10993895B2	Composition obtainable by passing singlet oxygen through extra virgin olive oil The present invention relates to a novel composition and methods of preparation thereof. More specifically, the compositions are useful as personal care products, as wound healing compositions, as a disinfectant and also for nosocomial infections.
US10993883B2	Systems and methods for promoting medication adherence A system for promoting medication adherence is provided. The system may receive medical information and medication access information via a medication adherence device, the medication adherence device having a housing configured to be removably coupled to a medicine container. The information may be used to form one or more blind spots which representative of symptoms of glaucoma and which may be produced on the display screen of a patient's client device. The system may use Gamblification and/or Gamification in which a blind spot obscures portions of a game of chance program and/or novelty game type program, respectively, from being observed on the display screen. As medical information and medication compliance information is received, the number, size, opacity, and/or shape of the blind spots produced on the display screen of a patient's client device may change to provide actual perception of visual loss which spurs patients to compliance.
US10993878B2	Dual-lumen tubing for automatic drug compounder Various aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a compounder system having a cartridge that includes fluid pathways controllable by valves of the cartridge. A pump component within the cartridge is actuable to move fluid through the controllable fluid pathways. Dual-lumen tubing coupled to the cartridge at a first end includes a fluid line and a vent line attached, at a second end, to a connector for a receiving container for a compounded drug.
US10993877B2	System and method for anti-foaming needle assembly Provided is a system and method for an anti-foaming needle assembly for avoiding foam generation when extracting a liquid from a vessel having a chamber with a bottom and opposite thereto an opening sealed with a penetrable and re-sealable stopper providing an inner surface above the chamber. More specifically, the anti-foaming needle assembly includes a needle base having: a first end and opposite thereto a second end and a sidewall there between, the second end structured and arranged for temporary connection to a syringe having a barrel and a plunger; a first needle having a hollow shaft and a first length extending from the first end to provide an open distal end above the first end, the first needle having a second end vented through the sidewall; and a second needle having a hollow shaft and a second length extending from the first end generally parallel to the first needle to provide, when inverted, a distal end above the first end and below the distal end of the first needle, the second needle having a second end in fluid communication with the second end of the needle base. An associated method of use is also provided.
US10993875B2	Tub with swirl ports and dispenser A bathtub assembly includes a bathtub shell containing a volume of liquid, a circulation system in communication with the shell for creating a flow of liquid to and from the shell, and a dispenser assembly for introducing a substance into a portion of the flow of liquid into the bathtub shell. A control panel is rotatably mounted on an upper rim of the bathtub shell proximate to an inlet to the dispenser assembly and rotates to alternately cover or expose the inlet. A plurality of directed flow jets are connected to the bathtub shell for conveying the flow of liquid into the shell to create a directed flow of liquid within the bathtub shell.
US10993874B1	Motor and piston assembly for percussive massage device A self-contained reciprocation mechanism is coupleable within an enclosure of a percussive massage device and is configured to receive an applicator head for stimulating a user's muscles. The self-contained reciprocation mechanism includes a spatial positioning bracket, a semi-cylindrical bracket, a piston, a motor, a crank, and a reciprocation linkage. The spatial positioning bracket is configured to receive the other interconnected components of the self-contained reciprocation mechanism and position said components relative to each other at close predetermined tolerances to assure that the interconnected components are properly positioned to provide consistent operating characteristics. The self-contained reciprocation mechanism is coupled within the enclosure using screws which extend through mounting tabs of the spatial positioning bracket.
US10993873B1	Pressure field stimulation device Embodiments of the present invention relate to an improved stimulation device. Embodiments of the improved stimulation device includes a cup and a driver. The cup has a cavity surrounded by a rim. The driver comprises a plate disposed on an underside of the cup, a cam disposed adjacent to the plate, and a motor mechanically coupled to the cam. The driver comprises a cam pin affixed to the cam, and a bearing rotatably disposed on the cam pin. The bearing is mechanically coupled to a lifter. The lifter is mechanically coupled to a linear bearing, enabling a smooth reciprocating back-and-forth motion from the rotation of the motor. A top of the cup swells and unswells during an operation cycle of the driver.
US10993871B2	Walking support robot and walking support method A walking support robot of the present disclosure is a walking support robot that moves in accordance with a handle force while supporting walking of a user. The walking support robot includes a body, a handle that is on the body and is held by the user, a sensor that senses a force applied to the handle, and a moving device that includes a rotating member and moves the walking support robot by controlling rotation of the rotating member in accordance with the force sensed by the sensor. The walking support robot estimates a leg position of the user on a basis of a change of the force sensed by the sensor, and sets a load to be applied to the user on a basis of the leg position.
US10993869B2	Finger motion aid and rehabilitation hand having same A rehabilitation hand including a finger motion aid. The finger motion aid includes a rubber member, wherein a finger sleeve is provided at a front end of the rubber member. The finger sleeve has an open end where a finger can extend through the open end. The rubber member can be worn on the finger by the finger sleeve. A space, which is formed by a first bridge, a last bridge, a plurality of intermediate bridges and a plurality of grooves, is provided on a front face of the rubber member and a chip is placed in the space. The rehabilitation hand includes at least one of a thumb motion aid, an index finger motion aid, a middle finger motion aid, a ring finger motion aid, a little finger motion aid, a controller and a protective gear.
US10993868B2	Dynamic foot plate A dynamic foot plate assembly structured for therapeutic use adjacent the ankle area of the body comprising a base element, at least one side element extending along the ankle area, and at least one joint movably and adjustably connecting the base element to the side element for variable displacement of the base element and side element into different operative orientations. The dynamic foot plate assembly may also comprise a plurality of strut members disposed in an interconnecting relationship between either a support member and a side element, or the support member and the base element. The strut members, if present, facilitate the variable relative displacement of the base element, side element and support element into different operative orientations.
US10993866B2	Patient securement system for the surgical trendelenburg position A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements.
US10993865B2	Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.
US10993859B2	Cast saw protective system A protective system for a cast saw includes a voltage source and a processor coupled to the voltage source. The processor is configured to apply a voltage to a saw blade of a cast saw. The processor is also configured to receive a voltage reading taken across a conductive layer that is at least partially embedded in a cast. The processor is also configured to determine whether the received voltage reading exceeds a threshold voltage. Responsive to a determination that the received voltage exceeds the threshold voltage, the processor is further configured to activate an alarm to warn a user of the cast saw that the saw blade is in contact with the conductive layer.
US10993851B2	Hip-to-waist and waist-to-crotch silhouette(s) of absorbent article(s) comprising beamed elastics The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 1.1 and a Product Waist-to-Crotch Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 2.0 to provide for the advantages described above.
US10993846B2	Reusable tampon applicators, methods of manufacture, and methods of use Disclosed are reusable tampon applicators, methods of use, and methods of manufacture thereof. A reusable tampon applicator comprises a cylindrical body, and a pusher for pushing a tampon through the cylindrical body during tampon application. The cylindrical body comprises a base opening at a distal end for inserting the tampon into a straight barrel connected to a convex apex at a proximal end. The convex apex comprises a slit opening for the tampon to pass through during tampon application. The slit opening extends from the proximal end to the distal end to form a full slit on a first lateral side of the cylindrical body; it further extends from the proximal end towards the distal end to form a partial slit on a second lateral side. Such reusable tampon applicators provide a hygienic and eco-friendly alternative to disposable tampon applicators.
US10993845B2	Process for making an absorbent article comprising a topsheet/acquisition layer laminate A process of making an absorbent article is disclosed. A liquid permeable topsheet web extending substantially continuously in a machine direction a backsheet web, and an intermediate layer are provided. The topsheet web has first and second surfaces. The backsheet web extends substantially continuously in the machine direction. The intermediate layer has a first and second surface. The topsheet and intermediate layer are aligned in a face to face relationship such that the second surface of the topsheet in in contact with the first surface of the intermediate layer and simultaneously mechanically deformed which combines the topsheet with the intermediate layer. The topsheet web and intermediate layer are nested together such that a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the topsheet web coincide with and fit together with a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the intermediate layer to provide a topsheet/intermediate layer laminate web having three-dimensional protrusions.
US10993841B2	Apparatus and method for dynamic foot support A banded support sock configured to induce a windlass mechanism in a foot includes a sock member having a forefoot portion configured to surround a forefoot of the foot and a heel portion configured to surround a heel of the foot. The banded support sock also includes a primary band having a first end coupled to the forefoot portion of the sock member at a first location, a second end coupled to the forefoot portion of the sock member at a second location, and a body extending between the first end and the second end such that the body extends around the heel portion of the sock member.
US10993836B2	Eyedropper bottle holder The present invention is a device for holding an ophthalmic bottle of drops and instilling them in a patient's eye. The device rests on the boney lower orbital ridge for stability and correct delivery.
US10993835B2	Device for packaging and dispensing a substance for ophthalmic use Device for packaging and dispensing drops of a substance for ophthalmic use, generally fluid, semi-fluid or in suspension, emulsion or oily solution including a dispensing accessory with a first valve made of an elastomer material that allows the substance to pass through when the dispensing accessory is stressed, without allowing outside air to pass through in the opposite direction when the dispensing accessory is relaxed, characterized in that the first valve is covered by a layer of Parylene.
US10993833B2	Heat generator The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat generator that comprises an adhesive layer containing a volatile component and in which the volatile component is maintained in a stable state during storage, the volatile component is prevented from adhering to a heat-generating section, and it is possible to achieve an excellent warming effect during use. This heat generator comprises: a heat-generating section, an accommodation body that accommodates the heat-generating section and comprises an attachment surface to which an attachment body is attached, an adhesive layer provided to the attachment surface side of the accommodation body, and a release sheet provided to the attachment surface side of the adhesive layer. As a result of including a volatile component in the adhesive layer and providing a metal foil membrane to the release sheet, it is possible to maintain the volatile component in a stable state within the adhesive layer during storage. It is thereby possible to prevent the adhesion of the volatile component to the heat-generating section during storage and to achieve an excellent warming effect during use.
US10993831B2	Integral inlet port assembly A unitary inlet port assembly for use as a closable air inlet port for an inflatable heating blanket or garment. The inlet port assembly has a port panel on the outside of blanket, having an inlet opening configured for receiving an air hose nozzle. A closure panel that is disposed within an interior portion of the inflatable heating blanket or garment, and is hinged an edge of the port panel. A latch extends from an outer-facing surface of the closure panel, to register with the inlet opening of the port panel when pivoted to a closed position. At the closed position, the outer-facing surface of the closure panel confronts and engages the inside surface of the port panel to close the air inlet port. The latch is configured to engage the annular rim of the port panel to hold the closure panel in the closed position.
US10993826B2	Orthopedic device An orthopedic system includes a base shell forming an opening over a dorsal aspect thereof and a dorsal shell contoured to generally correspond to the opening of the base shell. The base shell has a proximal member and a distal member connected to the proximal member, each has a semi-rigid shell configuration to protect and support a lower leg, an ankle, or a foot of a user when received in the orthopedic system. A flexible toe portion is attached to a distal terminal end area of the distal member and formed of a different material than the distal member. The flexible toe portion is arranged to terminate above an upper surface of the user's toes and to flex relative to the distal member and the toes so as to reduce the likelihood of pressure points on the toes from the distal member.
US10993822B2	Hand-held actuator device A hand-held actuator device for releasing into the body from a delivery system a medical prosthesis, like a stent, comprising a frame that acts as a housing, a reel for receiving a wire, a manually operable slider mounted to the frame and a one-way connection between the slider and the reel. Actuating the slider causes the reel to wind up the wire and release the medical prosthesis.
US10993821B2	Double-layer blood vessel stent A double-layer blood vessel stent. A skirt-sided stent is provided on a main body stent. A first developing member and a second developing member are provided on the main body stent. The first developing member includes a first developing portion and a second developing portion, where the first developing portion and the second developing portion are flush with a free end at a position where the distance between the intersections on a plane perpendicular to the direction of an axis of the main body stent is the minimum distance; and an end, away from a first end, of the second developing member is flush with an end away from a tapered section of an extending section. This structure allows for accurate positioning of the double-layer vessel stent.
US10993808B2	Stented prosthesis delivery devices having steering capabilities and methods Delivery devices and device elements that provide steering capabilities and methods of steering such delivery devices during the delivery of a stented prosthesis to a target site. Various delivery devices include a shaft assembly having a plurality of lumens through which tension members that compressively retain the stented prosthesis to the shaft assembly are routed. By selectively tensioning one or more tension members, the shaft assembly can be pulled or steered in a desired direction. Various embodiments include one or more steering or stiffening rods that can reinforce the device or counteract any unintended bending or steering of the delivery device.
US10993805B2	Stent for the positioning and anchoring of a valvular prosthesis in an implantation site in the heart of a patient A method of placing an implant including a stent at a native heart valve site includes orienting an expandable body of the stent such that a first open end of the stent is upstream a second open end of the stent relative to a direction of blood flow through a native heart valve. The native heart valve includes native leaflets and an annulus. The method also includes radially expanding a plurality of positioning arches positioned around an outer perimeter of the expandable body. The method additionally includes inserting the plurality of positioning arches respectively within a plurality of pockets defined by leaflets of the native heart valve and a heart structure from which the native leaflets extend. The method further includes radially expanding the first open end of the stent into a position upstream of the annulus and out of contact with nerve bundles.
US10993801B2	Artificial valve The invention discloses an artificial valve (10, 20) for implantation in a mammal aorta or heart as an auxiliary aortic valve in addition to an aortic valve. The artificial valve (10, 20) comprises at least a first (12,17) moving part adapted to be able to move to assume an open and a closed position for opening and closing, respectively, of the blood flow through a blood vessel. The artificial valve (10, 20) also comprises a casing (14, 24), and said at least one first (12, 17) moving part is movably attached to said casing (14, 24). The artificial valve (10, 20) is adapted to let the at least one moving part initiate its movement to the open position at a level of blood pressure on a blood supplying side of the valve which is at least 5 mm Hg higher than the mammal's diastolic aortic blood pressure on the other side of the valve.
US10993800B2	Nasal implants and systems and method of use Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools. A tool may include a hand-held implant delivery device that holds, moves, orients, inserts, or shapes an implant. An implant may be a biodegradable, longitudinal implant that may be oriented for implantation by an implant delivery device.
US10993791B2	Floss feeder A “Super Floss” and expanding floss carrier which is held in a hand in a similar fashion to the way a toothbrush is held. It has a handle, which can hold extra “Super Floss” and expanding floss and act as a floss dispenser. It is wider in the center of the handle area and becomes narrow toward the ends of the handle. At the end of the floss carrier where it enters a mouth is a funnel, which is wider at the end closest to the handle and narrow toward the tip. The tip is curved so that it can point in between teeth to allow “Super Floss” and expanding floss to be directed between teeth. Fingers are used to direct floss from the dispenser portion of the floss carrier to the funnel portion of the carrier so that the “Super Floss and expanding floss can be then directed into a mouth.
US10993790B2	Method for positioning a semifinished product, method for producing a semifinished product for reproducible positioning, and suitable semifinished product and corresponding use thereof A method for positioning a semifinished product, has the steps of: providing a semifinished product having at least one position mark aligned with the center of contraction or expansion, and providing a machining device for machining and finishing the semifinished product, which is positioned, preferably reproducibly positioned, in the machining device via fastening means and the position mark.
US10993788B2	Retainer, combination of a packaging and a retainer, adapter and a retainer with a support structure for a surgical device A retainer for holding at least a first surgical device, preferably a dental implant, and a second surgical device, preferably a healing screw, including a first body part and a second body part. The first and second body parts are pivotable relative to each other, and the first body part includes a first support structure for holding the first surgical device and the retainer includes at least one secondary support structure for the second surgical device. The first and the second body parts are pivotable in relation to each other to at least three predefined positions. In a first position, the first and second surgical devices are locked in the retainer; in a second position, the first surgical device is removable from the support structure, but not the second surgical device; and in a third position, the second surgical device is removable from the retainer.
US10993787B2	System for connecting a dental restoration to a dental implant An abutment arrangement for connecting a dental restoration to a dental implant, including a post body and a screw element. The post body has an expansion part and the screw element includes a spreading section. The passage extends through the expansion part of the post body. An outer diameter of the expansion part of the post body is elastically increasable by applying a lateral force. The passage of the post body has a pressure receiving section at the expansion part. When the screw element is located in the passage of the post body, the spreading section of the screw element is arrangeable at the pressure receiving section of the passage of the post body such that the lateral force is applied to the expansion part of the post body and the outer diameter of the expansion part of the post body is increased.
US10993784B2	Method and apparatus for positioning a dental bracket element Apparatus for positioning at least one bracket element at a desired location proximate to at least one respective tooth of a subject include a support body supporting and integrally formed with at least one support arm. The support arm is arranged to locate a respective bracket element at a desired location with respect to a respective tooth. At least one locating element serves to locate the support body relative to at least one tooth of a subject.
US10993782B1	Systems and methods for determining a tooth trajectory A method and a system for determining a tooth trajectory for a given tooth of a subject are provided. The method comprises: generating, by executing an optimization algorithm, based on a 3D model of the given tooth, a plurality of segments defining a tooth trajectory of the given tooth from its initial position to its target position. The executing comprises: in response to determining that there is an occurrence of a collision, iteratively optimizing, based on the stress values range, an initially applied force, until a maximum displacement of the 3D model of the given tooth is caused, in the predetermined interval, from a start position associated with the given segment towards the target position associated with the given tooth provided that an extent of the collision between the 3D model of the given tooth and the 3D model of the at least one adjacent tooth is minimized.
US10993781B2	Orthodontic appliance removal device Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an orthodontic appliance removal device that includes a shaft defining a longitudinal dimension. The shaft includes a shaft proximate end and a shaft distal end, and a lateral portion proximate to the shaft distal end extending transversely away from the shaft in a direction generally orthogonal to the longitudinal dimension. The lateral portion includes a lateral portion proximate end that is adjacent to the shaft distal end, and a lateral portion distal end configured to contact an orthodontic appliance. A handle section is also coupled to the shaft adjacent to the shaft proximate end. In another embodiment, the orthodontic appliance removal device is a multi-tool device which further comprises a seating device for seating an orthodontic appliance and/or a toothbrush.
US10993777B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a surgical mechatronic assistance system by means of a holding arm for medical purposes A holding arm for medical purposes, in particular for holding a mechatronic assistance system, includes a proximal end for attaching the holding arm to a base and a distal end for receiving the surgical mechatronic assistance system, an assistance interface at the distal end for coupling the holding arm to the assistance system to control the assistance system, an assistance operating device designed to detect an operator action by an operator which is directed at controlling the assistance system and if necessary to transmit a request signal representing the operator action to the assistance interface for the purpose of controlling the surgical mechatronic assistance system.
US10993776B2	Console for operating actuating mechanism Disclosed is a console for operating an actuating mechanism, relating to the technical filed of automatic control, and being for use in resolving the technical problem of shift of a controller under the influence of gravity. The console for operating an actuating mechanism includes a controller and a support base. The controller is constrained in both the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction, so that connection between the controller and the support base is tight and reliable, and no displacement would occur in any of three directions (i.e., the longitudinal direction, the horizontal direction, and the vertical direction). Thus, the phenomenon that position information given by the controller is inaccurate due to shift of the controller under the influence of the gravity after long-term usage can be avoided, thereby removing the factors affecting success of surgery, and ensuring the success rate of the surgery.
US10993772B2	System and method for integrated table motion A system and method for integrated table motion includes a device. The device includes an articulated arm having joints and a distal portion distal to the joints and a control unit. To support integrated motion with a separate table, the control unit is configured to receive a table movement request from the table, determine whether allowing the table movement request would result in a first joint of the joints being at a range of motion limit, allow the table to perform the table movement request based on determining that allowing the table to perform the table movement request would not result in the first joint being at the range of motion limit, track movement of the table due to performing the table movement request, and maintain, using the joints and based on the tracked movement, a position and/or an orientation of the distal portion relative to the table.
US10993769B2	Devices and systems for ablation therapy Various methods, systems, and devices for treating tissue ablation are disclosed. Some embodiments disclosed herein pertain to methods of treating tumors, systems used for irradiating tissue and tumors with electromagnetic radiation, components and devices of that system, and kits for providing systems used for irradiating tissue and tumors with electromagnetic radiation. In some embodiments, the system provides sub-ablative infrared radiation that is absorbed by nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles absorb the radiation converting it into heat energy. In some embodiments, though the infrared radiation itself may be sub-ablative, the heat energy generated by the nanoparticles is sufficient to cause thermal coagulation, hyperthermia, and/or tissue ablation.
US10993765B2	Temperature measurement of electrically conductive fluids A method is disclosed including immersing electrodes disposed on a distal end of an electrosurgical wand, the immersing in a cavity defined within walls of a first material, the cavity comprising a conductive fluid different than the first material, and the electrodes comprising a first electrode and a second electrode. The method further includes applying a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode, the first and second electrode spaced apart on the distal end of the wand such that the conductive fluid resides between the first and second electrodes. The method further includes measuring an impedance of the conductive fluid between the first and second electrodes; and determining temperature of the conductive fluid based on the measured impedance. The method further includes forming plasma proximate to an active electrode distinct from the first and second electrode, the plasma created based on voltage applied to the active electrode.
US10993764B1	Insulating grips for minimally invasive surgical instruments A surgical instrument with insulating grips is described. The grips can include internal metal frames that are arranged to limit electrical conductivity within the grips and to other components that attach to a grip, such as a ratchet. The internal metal frames can be constructed of multiple internal portions, spatially separated from one another to interrupt electrical conductivity between the internal portions, but coated with an insulating overmold to provide mechanical coupling between the portions. An internal metal frame can also include a notch, cut-out, or other region partially surrounded by the structure of the internal metal frame, which can be coated with an insulating overmold to define a region of the grip that does not have an internal metal frame therein but which can include an attachment point for mechanically coupling other components while limiting electrical coupling between the metal frame and the other components.
US10993763B2	Lockout mechanism for use with robotic electrosurgical device A surgical tool and control system therefor is provided. The surgical tool can include an instrument mount configured to engage with a robotic manipulator assembly, which can include a gear assembly configured to be actuated by the robotic manipulator assembly. The surgical tool can include an end effector coupled to the gear assembly, which is configured to be actuated by the gear assembly. The surgical tool can include a lockout configured to transition between a first state in which the lockout is physically engaged with the gear assembly to prevent a movement thereof and a second state in which the lockout is disengaged from the gear assembly. The surgical tool can include a control circuit configured to determine whether the end effector is in an energized state or a de-energized state and in the energized state, cause the lockout to transition between the first state and the second state.
US10993759B2	Hypothermic linear surgical staplers and methods of use The present invention relates to surgical instruments and methods for enhancing properties of tissue repaired or joined by surgical staples and, more particularly to surgical instruments and methods designed to enhance the properties of repaired or adjoined tissue at a target surgical site. The present invention further relates to hypothermic linear stapling instruments configured to pre-cool the tissues being joined by staples.
US10993757B2	Method and implant system for sacroiliac joint fixation and fusion An improved method of fusing the sacroiliac joint and tools for accomplishing the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method that uses an intra-articular joint fusion device for connecting the sacrum and ilium that includes creating a first incision in the patient's skin proximal to the patient's sacroiliac joint, inserting a surgical channel tool into the incision from the patient's posterior, creating a void in the sacroiliac joint, inserting a fusion implant into the void, the fusion implant having at least one fixation element for engagement with bone tissue in the articular surfaces of the sacrum and the ilium, and driving the fusion implant into the void such that the at least one fixation element engages with bone tissue in an articular surface of at least one of the sacrum and ilium, and the fusion implant fixes relative positions of the sacrum and ilium.
US10993752B2	Sternotomy closure technique using polymeric cable A sternotomy closure technique is suitably carried out with a cerclage mechanism which is capable of maintaining proper bony compression (within a desired range) across the sternum cut, in spite of a range of external forces and significant lateral distraction due to these external forces. The sternum fragments are aligned in apposition disposed around a longitudinal seam and secured with a resilient element. The resilient element is tensioned to a desired tension to compress the sternum to a desired compression range. The resilient element is then elongated and contracted while accepting multiple cycles of physiological distracting forces across the sternum while maintaining contact pressure across the longitudinal seam within a desired range for a length of time sufficient for bony healing. The resilient element is preferably a polymer cable comprising an elongated elastic polymeric core coaxially surrounded by a sheath woven from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene strands.
US10993751B1	Orthopedic implant in the form of a plate to be fixed between two bone parts The invention relates to a plate fixed between two bone parts by way of screws engaged in holes formed in the thickness of said plate. The plate comprises an angled member or rib which is inclined according to an angle of between about 30° and 60° in relation to the plane defined by the plate. The angled member or rib has a hole for engaging a screw and is located in the central part of the width, over a determined part of the length of the plate, so that the screw brings the two bone parts into a compressive position.
US10993748B2	System for implanting in bone tissue The invention relates a system for implanting an implantable device in bone tissue, a processing unit for such system, a method of implanting an implantable device and a method of providing information for an implanting of an implantable device. In view of the finding that a fat content in cancellous bone is higher than a fat content in compact bone, the lipids fraction, which can be determined by optical means, e.g. spectroscopy, can be used to determine correct screw placement in healthy bone.
US10993747B2	Methods and devices for improving percutaneous access in minimally invasive surgeries A device for use as a portal in percutaneous minimally invasive surgery performed within a patient's body cavity includes a first elongated hollow tube having a length adjusted with a self-contained mechanism. The first elongated tube includes an inner hollow tube and an outer hollow tube and the inner tube is adapted to slide within the outer tube thereby providing the self-contained length adjusting mechanism. Two or more elongated tubes with adjustable lengths can be placed into two or more adjacent body cavities, respectively. Paths are opened within the tissue areas between the two or more body cavities, and are used to transfer devices and tools between the adjacent body cavities. This system of two or more elongated tubes with adjustable lengths is particularly advantageous in percutaneous minimally invasive spinal surgeries, and provides the benefits of minimizing long incisions, recovery time and post-operative complications.
US10993740B2	Surgery system and endoscope Provided are a surgery system that can ensure insulation between an endoscope and a treatment tool. The endoscope has an insertion part that is insertable into an overtube and has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis, and is locked to the movable body by an endoscope holding part. The endoscope has a first insertion part that is provided on a distal end side of the insertion part, a second insertion part that is provided on a proximal end side of the first insertion part and has an external diameter larger than that of the first insertion part, and a held part that is provided from a distal end of the second insertion part toward a proximal end side thereof, is held by the endoscope holding part, and has at least a surface formed of an insulating member having an insulation property.
US10993737B2	Excisional devices and methods A platform device for material excision or removal from vascular structures for either handheld or stereotactic table use may comprise a work element or elements configured to selectively open and close at least one articulable beak or scoopula configured to penetrate and remove intra-vascular materials or obstructions, or follow a central lumen of another device or over a wire in a longitudinal direction. Flush and vacuum tissue transport mechanisms may be incorporated. A single tube or an inner sheath and an outer sheath which may be co-axially disposed relative to a work element may be configured to actuate a beak or beaks or scoopulae and provisions for simultaneous beak or scoopula closing under rotation may be incorporated.
US10993731B2	System and method for treating ischemic stroke A thromboembolic removal system for treating ischemic stroke, including a guide and occlusion catheter, a delivery and aspiration catheter, an aspiration pump, a thromboembolic receiver, and a thromboembolic separator.
US10993725B2	Selectively delivering particles into the distal portion of the left gastric artery Methods and apparatuses for embolizing an artery in a living subject using a catheter are disclosed. The catheter has a lumen and also has a balloon located near the distal end of the catheter. The distal end of the catheter is introduced into the artery, and the balloon is inflated to form a seal that prevents blood in the artery from flowing past the balloon. A mixture that includes embolic particles and contrast agent is injected through the lumen into the portion of the artery that is distally beyond the balloon. The subject's own blood or another fluid that contains platelets is injected through the lumen into the portion of the artery that is distally beyond the balloon. Subsequently, the balloon is deflated and the distal end of the catheter is withdrawn.
US10993721B2	Surgical clip applier A surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly and an elongated assembly configured to releasably engage the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a trigger and a drive bar wherein pivoting of the trigger through a full actuation stroke translates the drive bar through a full drive distance. The drive bar has a magnetic distal end portion. The elongated assembly includes an inner drive assembly including a magnetic proximal end portion. Upon engagement of the elongated assembly with the handle assembly, the magnetic proximal end portion of the inner drive assembly is configured to attract the magnetic distal end portion of the drive bar to move the drive bar and pivot the trigger such that the trigger is pivotable through a reduced actuation stroke to translate the drive bar through a reduced drive distance.
US10993720B2	Power assist device for a surgical instrument A surgical instrument including a power assist device, and its method of use for deploying surgical fasteners, is disclosed. The surgical instrument may include a handle, an elongated shaft extending from the handle, and a surgical fastener deployment system including a driveshaft. The driveshaft is actuatable between at least a first proximal position and a second distal position. A striker is movable relative to the driveshaft and an impact surface is associated with the driveshaft. The impact surface is constructed and arranged to be struck by the striker member to displace the driveshaft to the second distal position and deploy the surgical fastener.
US10993718B2	Surgical stapling apparatus A surgical stapling apparatus is provided and includes a housing having an actuator; an elongated member extending from the housing; an end effector disposed on an end of the elongated member, the end effector having a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw having a staple cartridge and the second jaw having a plurality of staple forming recesses; the staple cartridge having at least a first segment and a second segment, the first segment and the second segment each having a tissue contacting surface and staple receiving slots defined in the tissue contacting surface, the first segment and the second segment being biased toward the second jaw and movable; a biasing members for each of the first segment and the second segment; and a pressure sensor for each of the first segment and the second segment.
US10993717B2	Surgical stapling system comprising a control system A surgical stapling system is disclosed comprising an end effector configurable in an open configuration and a clamped configuration. The end effector comprises a firing member that moves toward an ending position in response to a firing motion. A sensor is configured to produce a signal corresponding to the configuration of the end effector. A rotatable drive screw is drivable by an electric motor and is threadably engaged with the firing member such that rotary motion is converted to the firing motion. A control system is configured to evaluate the signal produced by the sensor and allows the electric motor to provide the firing motion to the firing member if the end effector is in the clamped configuration. The control system does not allow the electric motor to provide the firing motion to the firing member if the end effector is in the open configuration.
US10993713B2	Surgical instruments Articulation joints for use in connection with a surgical instrument that has a portion that must be passed through a trocar or similar structure and then articulated relative to another portion of the instrument received within the trocar. Various embodiments of the articulation joint include at least one flexible driven member to articulate the surgical implement relative to the handle assembly of the instrument.
US10993711B2	Suture button construct for surgical procedures A suture button for a surgical procedure provides an anchor for pulling and maintaining suture tension through a transosseous tunnel during an operation such as meniscal root repair in the knee. The suture button includes a body having a first tapered longitudinal end, a second tapered longitudinal end, a first side, a second side, an anterior surface and a posterior surface. A first concave notch is defined in the first side, and a second concave notch is defined in the second side. The first notch is open to a first suture dock in the first side, and the second notch is open to a second suture dock in the second side. Each of the first and second suture docks includes a seat to centrally position suture material in some embodiments. A center passage is defined through the suture body at a location between the first and second suture docks.
US10993710B2	Syndesmosis construct A knotless button includes a body defining a proximal portion and a distal portion. The body further defines an internal cavity and a first loop opening extending from the internal cavity to an outer surface of the body. A locking insert is slideably positioned within the internal cavity. The locking insert defines a second loop opening extending from a first side of the locking insert to a second side of the locking insert. The locking insert is slideably moveable from a first position to a second position within the internal cavity. A flexible strand defines a first adjustable loop extending through the first loop opening and the second loop opening. The locking insert is slideably moveable from a first position configured to allow adjustment of the first adjustable loop to a second position configured to lock the first adjustable loop.
US10993708B2	Skin closure devices with interrupted closure A device for application onto incisions or wounds with a liquid rapidly polymerizable adhesive for forming skin closure systems, having a flat porous mesh elongated along a longitudinal axis and having an upper side and an opposing lower or wound facing side and a central portion in immediate vicinity of the axis; further having a plurality of pores and windows in said mesh, said windows substantially larger than said pores and arranged along said longitudinal axis in said central portion; a crosslinking or polymerization accelerator or initiator disposed in or on the mesh; and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the lower surface of the mesh.
US10993705B2	Body liquids collection and diagnostic device The invention relates to a combined two-compartment device for diagnosing body liquids, which comprises: (a) an upper compartment for collecting and storing the body liquid; (b) a lower diagnostic compartment for diagnosing the body liquid at a diagnostic stage, said diagnostic compartment comprises a diagnostic strip; (c) an opening at the bottom wall between said upper compartment and said lower compartment, wherein said opening is kept blocked by a suitable valve until just before said diagnostic stage; and (d) a mechanism for releasing said blockage of said opening, thereby to allow flow of the body liquid to said lower compartment, and thereby to come into contact with said diagnostic strip and to affect the diagnostic strip accordingly.
US10993701B2	Ultrasonic imaging device A clutter reduction effect using adaptive beam forming is uniformly obtained with respect to the entire image even in an imaging condition in which the number of bundled signals is greatly distributed in an ultrasonic image. A received signal processing unit includes a summing unit that bundles the plurality of received signals for a predetermined imaging point or a plurality of signals obtained by processing the received signals, and a weighting unit that obtains a coherence value among the plurality of signals summed in the summing unit, and weights the plurality of signals before being summed in the summing unit or a signal obtained through summing in the summing unit, with a weight corresponding to the coherence value. The weighting unit weights the coherence value nonlinearly in a predetermined direction in the subject, and weights the plurality of signals before being summed in the summing unit or the signal obtained through summing in the summing unit by using the nonlinearly weighted coherence value.
US10993698B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and signal processing apparatus An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes filter processing circuitry and generation circuitry. The filter processing circuitry performs a filter process of removing a still or minute-moving signal on reflected wave signals of an ultrasonic wave transmitted a plurality of times in the same scanning line. The generation circuitry generates reflected wave data through a phasing addition process using reflected wave signal of each channel after the filter process performed by the filter processing circuitry.
US10993697B2	Automated image acquisition for assisting a user to operate an ultrasound device Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
US10993695B2	Portable expansion unit for operating a medical device, and method for operating a medical device A portable expansion unit controls safety-relevant functions of a medical device. The expansion unit has a retaining device to be adjusted to the size of a flat, portable operating unit of the medical device. The retaining device mechanically connects the expansion unit detachably with the portable operating unit. A communication module establishes a safety-related data connection with the medical device. This combines a mobile, portable consumer operating device, such as a tablet computer or smartphone, which does not fulfill any particular safety-related requirements, with an expansion unit, which permits the control of safety-relevant functions with the aid of a safety-related radio protocol.
US10993694B2	Rotational ultrasound imaging catheter with extended catheter body telescope The present invention generally relates to devices for imaging the interior of a vessel. The device can involve an elongated body configured to fit within the lumen of a vessel, a rotatable shaft positioned inside the elongated body, and a telescoping element, wherein a portion of the elongated body extends through the telescoping element, in which the elongated body is configured to contain the rotatable shaft inside the telescoping element.
US10993693B2	Therapeutic device including acoustic sensor A therapeutic device comprises an ECG sensing electrode configured to be disposed on a torso of a subject, a therapy electrode to be disposed on the torso of the subject, the therapy electrode comprising a substrate and a conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the substrate, and an acoustic sensor coupled to one of the ECG sensing electrode and the therapy electrode, the acoustic sensor being configured to acoustically couple to the torso of the subject and monitor heart sounds indicative of a state of health of a heart of the subject. The therapeutic device is configured to store data regarding the heart sounds monitored by the acoustic sensor and transmit the stored data to an external system for processing and analysis.
US10993687B2	Synthetic data-driven hemodynamic determination in medical imaging In hemodynamic determination in medical imaging, the classifier is trained from synthetic data rather than relying on training data from other patients. A computer model (in silico) may be perturbed in many different ways to generate many different examples. The flow is calculated for each resulting example. A bench model (in vitro) may similarly be altered in many different ways. The flow is measured for each resulting example. The machine-learnt classifier uses features from medical scan data for a particular patient to estimate the blood flow based on mapping of features to flow learned from the synthetic data. Perturbations or alterations may account for therapy so that the machine-trained classifier may estimate the results of therapeutically altering a patient-specific input feature. Uncertainty may be handled by training the classifier to predict a distribution of possibilities given uncertain input distribution. Combinations of one or more of uncertainty, use of synthetic training data, and therapy prediction may be provided.
US10993685B2	Device for remote fluoroscopy, nearby fluoroscopy and radiology The invention concerns a device (102) for X-ray imaging, comprising a device mount (104) and an arm (106) movably connected to said device mount for rotation, relative to said device mount, around a device axis of rotation (108). The device (102) furthermore comprises an X-ray source (110) for emitting an X-ray beam (111) and an X-ray detector (112). In addition the system (102) comprises a carrier (114) having a U-arm geometry, wherein said U-arm geometry is provided with mutually facing portions (116, 118) and an intermediate portion (120) connecting said mutually facing portions (116, 118); wherein said mutually facing portions (116, 118) are configured for carrying said X-ray source (110) and said X-ray detector (112), respectively; and wherein said intermediate portion is movably connected to the arm (106) for rotation, relative to said arm (106), around a carrier axis of rotation (122) substantially perpendicular to the device axis of rotation (108).
US10993676B2	Signal processing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for estimating the frequency of a dominant periodic component in an input signal by modelling the input signal using auto-regressive models of several different orders to generate candidate frequencies for the periodic component, generating synthetic sinusoidal signals of each of the candidate frequencies, and calculating the cross-correlation of the synthetic signals with the original signal. The frequency of whichever of the synthetic signals has the highest cross-correlation with the original signal is taken as the estimate of the frequency for the dominant periodic component of the input signal. The method may be applied to any noisy signal which has a suspected periodic component, for example physiological signals such as photoplethysmogram signals, and in the estimation of heart rate and breathing rate from such physiological signals.
US10993673B2	Technologies for biosignal feedback filtering Technologies for filtering biosignals include one or more biosignal sensors coupled to a user to receive biosignals and a computing device to receive biosignals from the biosignal sensors. The biosignal sensors filter the received biosignals to identify abnormal biosignals using a plurality of domain filters including a time domain filter and a frequency domain filter. The biosignals identified as abnormal by each of the domain filters are transmitted to the computing device, while the remaining biosignals are discarded.
US10993670B2	Direct heart sound measurement using mobile device accelerometers A mobile device, having a processor, includes an accelerometer configured to generate acceleration data, the acceleration data including a plurality of acceleration measurements. The mobile device also includes a memory having embodied thereon computer-executable instructions that are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain the acceleration data from the accelerometer; and generate, based on the acceleration data, heart sound data, the heart sound data including data associated with one or more heart sounds.
US10993669B2	Anchoring system for a catheter delivered device The present disclosure relates to various anchoring systems for a catheter delivered device. In one instance the anchoring systems of the present disclosure are designed to be used in connection with a pulmonary artery implant device. In one embodiment, an anchoring system of the present disclosure comprises two anchoring ends, a distal end anchoring structure and a proximal end anchoring structure, where at least one of the distal or proximal anchoring structures has a clover-shaped structure formed by at least three lobes. In another embodiment, the distal anchoring structure includes an elongated and angled shape formed by wire material. In another embodiment, both the distal and proximal anchoring structures have a clover-shaped structure formed by at least three lobes.
US10993664B2	Delivery of electrode gel using CPR puck An electrode assembly includes a first surface to be placed adjacent a person's skin and a second surface including a plurality of reservoirs of conductive gel. The plurality of reservoirs of conductive gel are disposed on sections of the electrode assembly that are at least partially physically separated and may move at least partially independently of one another to conform to contours of a body of a patient. The electrode assembly is configured to dispense an amount of the electrically conductive gel onto the first surface in response to an activation signal and to provide for a defibrillating shock to be applied to the patient through the amount of the electrically conductive gel.
US10993663B2	Neck-worn physiological monitor The invention provides a neck-worn sensor that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature, thoracic fluid levels, stroke volume, cardiac output, and a parameter sensitive to blood pressure called pulse transit time. From stroke volume, a first algorithm employing a linear model can estimate the patient's pulse pressure. And from pulse pressure and pulse transit time, a second algorithm, also employing a linear algorithm, can estimate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Thus, the sensor can measure all five vital signs along with hemodynamic parameters. It also includes a motion-detecting accelerometer, from which it can determine motion-related parameters such as posture, degree of motion, activity level, respiratory-induced heaving of the chest, and falls.
US10993662B2	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 a diffuser configured to disseminate light exiting from the emitter into or around a portion of the patient's body. The nose sensor can also include a lens configured to focus light into the detector.
US10993659B2	Automatic detection of phrenic nerve stimulation Described embodiments include an apparatus, including a display and a processor. The processor is configured to navigate a catheter to a particular location within a body of a subject, using each one of a plurality of electrodes coupled to the body of the subject. The processor is further configured to identify, subsequently, from a signal that represents an impedance between a given pair of the electrodes, that a phrenic nerve of the subject was stimulated by a pacing current passed from the catheter into tissue of the subject at the particular location, and to generate an output on the display, in response to the identifying. Other embodiments are also described.
US10993658B2	System and method for patient monitoring Systems and methods of monitoring a patient. Exemplary methods include receiving sensor data associated with the patient from a plurality of sensors of a patient monitoring device and determining whether the sensor data satisfies one or more trigger conditions. For each of the trigger conditions satisfied, one or more messages are sent to at least one of the patient monitoring device and an external computing device for display thereby to at least one of the patient, a caregiver, and a support person. Satisfaction of one or more of the trigger conditions may indicate the patient has edema and/or is trending toward decompensation. The sensor data may have been collected from a heart rate sensor, an oximeter, an accelerometer, and/or a sensor configured to detect a distance around a limb of a patient. In some embodiments, the trigger conditions are provided by the patient, caregiver, and/or support person.
US10993655B2	System and method for screening a patient's foot A foot screening system configured to aid in screening a plantar surface of a foot of a user for sores, ulcers, and other signs of diseases. The foot screening system including a foot platform including a foot contacting surface configured to serve as a foot stabilizing device during a screening of a plantar surface of a foot of a user, a camera stabilizer platform configured to support a mobile computing device at a desired angle and distance from the foot platform, and a user interface configured to aid a user in capturing one or more images of the plantar surface of the foot of the user, flagging the one or more images for additional review, and uploading the one or more images to a network for access by a healthcare provider.
US10993654B2	Smart textile to predict risk of diabetic foot ulcer A system and a method predict risk of diabetic foot ulcer by automatically recognizing and tracking physiological activities of a person using a smart textile that has a plurality of pressure sensors and a plurality of temperature sensors. Pressure data indicative of plantar pressure applied to each of the pressure sensors by the person is received from the smart textile. Temperature data indicative of plantar temperature at each of the temperature sensors is received from the smart textile. Plantar parameters are determined from the pressure and temperature data and plantar responses to activity of the person are determined from the plantar parameters. A risk of the person developing a foot ulcer is determined based upon the plantar parameters and the plantar responses.
US10993653B1	Machine learning based non-invasive diagnosis of thyroid disease A system includes a computing device that receives a query thyroid image, where the query thyroid image is an ultrasound image of a thyroid comprising a thyroid nodule of interest. The computing device processes the query thyroid nodule image using a machine learning model to identify at least one labelled thyroid image from a plurality of labelled thyroid images that is similar to the query thyroid nodule image. The plurality of labelled thyroid images are used as training data to generate the machine learning model. The at least one labelled thyroid image has labels associated therewith and comprises an ultrasound image of a thyroid nodule that has a confirmed diagnosis. The computing device generates an output report based on the labels associated with the at least one labelled thyroid image, where the output report indicates whether the thyroid nodule of interest resembles a malignant thyroid nodule or benign thyroid nodule.
US10993647B2	Drowsiness detection for vehicle control Systems, methods and apparatus of drowsiness detection for vehicle control. For example, a vehicle includes: a camera configured to face a driver of the vehicle and generate a sequence of images of the driver driving the vehicle; an artificial neural network configured to analyze the sequence of images and classify, based on the sequence of images, whether the driver is in a drowsy state; and an infotainment system configured to provide instructions to the driver in response to a classification by the artificial neural network that the driver is in the drowsy state.
US10993645B2	System and method for non-invasive analysis of bodily fluids A vaginal fluid monitoring device includes an absorbent layer, wherein the absorbent layer is configured to be in proximity to flow of vaginal fluid; an electrochemical detection system configured to obtain data regarding at least one analyte in a vaginal fluid, said electrochemical detection system in fluid communication with the absorbent layer; and wherein the vaginal fluid monitoring device is configured to be coupled with a feminine hygiene product.
US10993640B2	System and method for monitoring the movement of a part of a human body The movement of a part of human body, e.g. a limb, is monitored. The movement includes N iterated rotations in a plane. A sensing device is fixed to the limb and provides data indicative of the limb movement. These data are processed to generate a rotation signal. Then, portions of the rotation signal corresponding to each movement iteration are identified. To this purpose, a plurality of null-velocity instants is identified, wherein the angular velocity of the sensing device is null. Then, each null-velocity instant is classified as a candidate start/end time or a candidate peak time. Then, a start time, end time and peak time for each iteration are determined as a combination of two candidate start/end times and a candidate peak time that fulfils certain conditions on the values of the rotation signal in correspondence of candidate start/end times and candidate peak times.
US10993638B2	Wearable monitoring system and methods for determining respiratory and sleep disorders with same A wearable respiration monitoring system having a transmitter coil that is adapted to generate and transmit multi-frequency AC magnetic fields and a plurality of receiving coils adapted to detect variable strengths in the AC magnetic fields and generate AC magnetic field strength signals representing anatomical displacements of a monitored subject. The wearable monitoring system further having an electronics module that is adapted to receive the AC magnetic field strength signals and determine at least one respiratory disorder associated with the monitored subject as a function of the AC magnetic field strength signals.
US10993635B1	Integrating biosensor to compression shirt textile and interconnect method An electronic sensor device has one or more sensor electrodes and one or more electrical conductors printed on a substrate. Textile layers are attached on either side of the substrate with access to the electrical conductors provided by a conductive snap assembly. The substrate can be a TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) film. The sensor can be a biosensor, and the biosensor is attached to a compression textile, such as a compression shirt, and electrically interconnected using printed conductive ink interconnects to a conductive snap button.
US10993634B2	Image-guided closed-loop robotic system for automated whole-cell patch clamping electrophysiology of neurons in vivo In an automated methodology for in vivo image-guided cell patch clamping, a cell patch clamping device is moved into position and targeted to a specific cell using automated image-guided techniques. Cell contact is determined by analyzing the temporal series of measured resistance levels at the clamping device as it is moved. The difference between successive resistance levels is compared to a threshold, which must be exceeded before cell contact is assumed. Pneumatic control methods are used to achieve gigaseal formation and cell break-in, leading to whole-cell patch clamp formation. An automated robotic system capable of performing this methodology automatically performs patch clamping in vivo, automatically locating cells through image guidance and by analyzing the temporal sequence of electrode impedance changes. By continuously monitoring the patching process and rapidly executing actions triggered by specific measurements, the robot can rapidly find target cells in vivo and establish patch-clamp recordings.
US10993632B2	Electronic device for detecting a pulse wave of a subject An electronic device includes a wearing portion to be worn by a subject and a sensor unit that includes a sensor configured to detect a pulse wave of the subject. The sensor unit includes a displacement portion configured to contact a measured part of the subject and to be displaced in accordance with the pulse wave of the subject when the wearing portion is worn by the subject.
US10993625B1	System, method, and apparatus for temperature asymmetry measurement of body parts Method for automatic detection of inflammation or functional disorder according to temperature asymmetry estimation in contralateral body parts is presented. Simultaneously recorded thermogram and the optical image of the inspected and contralateral body parts are sent to the processing unit, where they are stored, processed, and analyzed. Method automatically detects outlines of body parts in thermograms and optical images. Grid of points of interest is distributed inside the inspected and the contralateral body part's outline. Temperature maps are calculated according to both grids points and the temperature disparity map is estimated. The set of inflammation regions is obtained by analyzing the temperature disparity map and collecting adjacent points containing temperature differences surpassing the threshold. This is non-invasive and non-contact inspection method, suitable for real world environments with natural home or health care institutions background.
US10993623B2	Device for carrying out mirror therapy, and corresponding method A device for carrying out mirror therapy includes: a camera for filming a healthy limb of a patient, a work surface on which the patient positions his healthy limb or affected limb, a screen for displaying the image of the healthy limb which is positioned on the work surface and which is filmed by the camera, the screen preventing the patient from directly seeing his healthy limb or affected limb on the work surface, and a support structure which is connected to the work surface and on which the screen and the camera are mounted. The device has a mirror fixed behind the screen. The camera films the healthy limb reflected in the mirror, and the image displayed by the screen is a reflection of the healthy limb in the mirror.
US10993621B2	Contact-free physiological monitoring during simultaneous magnetic resonance imaging Devices and methods to measure and visualize the cardiac and respiratory signal of a human or animal subject during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam are described. This includes a video camera compatible with the MRI scanner, a means of transferring the video data away from the MRI scanner, a light source that illuminates the subject, and an algorithm that analyses the video stream and uses small image intensity changes and motion information to extract cardiac signal and respiratory signals of the subject. These methods make it practical to use optical tracking to monitor and correct for cardiac and respiratory motion during MRI, as well as provide basic patient monitoring with no physical contact to the subject.
US10993617B2	Remote monitoring of analyte measurements Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US10993615B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing system for displaying information about ocular blood flow An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a retinal blood vessel based on a retinal image, a measurement unit configured to measure blood flow information for the blood vessel based on the retinal image, and a display control unit configured to display the measured blood flow information by at least one selected from a depth of the identified blood vessel, a size of the identified blood vessel, and a combination of both.
US10993611B2	Device, system and method for functional imaging of episcleral vessels Methods and systems for assessing regional variations in aqueous outflow vessels of the eye and for optimizing locations within the eye stent implantation or other surgical procedures intended to increase aqueous outflow and reduce intraocular pressure.
US10993610B2	Magnetic light guide plug connection An ophthalmic light instrument includes a plug (1) and a light guide (7) for guiding light (10) to a surgical site in the eye. The plug (1) is configured to be magnetically attractable or attractive and can be positioned and connected releasably with respect to a light source in such a way, that coupling of the light (10) into the light instrument takes place at the focal point (14) of the light source (12). An ophthalmic illumination system includes such a light instrument and a socket of the light source. The socket of the light source (4) is configured to be magnetically attractable or attractive and can be positioned and connected releasably with respect to the light source in such a way, that coupling of the light (10) into the light instrument takes place at the focal point (14) of the light source (12).
US10993606B2	Medical systems comprising optical devices Described herein are drive systems and methods. One exemplary system includes a tool having a proximal handle and a catheter body. The tool can be mated with a rail and the rail mated with a frame. The connection between the tool and rail and/or the rail and frame can allow relative movement of the tool with respect to the frame, a patient, and/or a point of reference. In one exemplary configuration the handle of the tool rotates around an axis that corresponds to a portion of the catheter body, such that rotational movement of the handle has a minimal impact on longitudinal movement and/or position of a distal end of the tool.
US10993598B2	Robot cleaner and method of controlling the same A robot cleaner includes a rolling cleaning module including a rolling member configured to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise when viewed from a left side while in contact with a floor, a sensor unit, and a controller configured to detect a change in position of the robot cleaner and a change in load current of a motor connected to the rolling member based on data detected by the sensor unit. When there is a change in position and a change in load current, a specific area of a floor is determined to be a contaminated area.
US10993597B2	Clamping-type dust suction tube of vacuum cleaner, and hand-held vacuum cleaner Disclosed are a clamping-type dust suction tube of a vacuum cleaner and a hand-held vacuum cleaner. The clamping-type dust suction tube includes a tube body and a conductive assembly arranged within the tube body, the tube body includes a plurality of sub-tubes connected in a butt joint manner to form a whole tube, joints arranged at joint portions of every two sub-tubes, and locking mechanisms arranged on the joints and used for locking every two sub-tubes with respect to each other, wherein the length of each sub-tube is less than or equal to a length, a width or a height of other components of the vacuum cleaner. The whole clamping-type dust suction tube is convenient for assembly and carry, reduces the volume of the package, and in addition, it is simple in structure, convenient to implement, and low in cost.
US10993594B2	Cleaning device Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US10993593B2	System and method for a whimsical, interactive, and entertaining handwashing attraction A handwashing playground integrates handwash stations with an interactive, themed play attraction, such as a farm, and includes farm-themed playground with animals and a barn. The animals and farm implements replace faucets and sinks to provide an interactive and entertaining experience, thereby encouraging handwashing and other good personal hygiene behavior.
US10993591B2	Automatic napkin dispenser The present application provides a tucker fold dispenser for folding and dispensing a sheet of material. The tucker fold dispenser may include an outer shell, a removable roller cassette positioned within the outer shell, a paper path therethrough, a number of loading rollers positioned about the paper path, a number of folding rollers positioned about the paper path, and a tucker bar mechanism positioned about the folding rollers.
US10993589B2	Rolled paper dispenser A rolled paper dispenser includes a base that has a rear surface, and a front surface. The rear surface is adapted to be mounted on wall. The rolled paper dispenser also includes a dispensing section that extends from the base at an angle away from the front surface of the base. The dispensing section is a generally elongated, flat, thin member and can include a securing section and an attachment section. The securing section extends from the dispensing section and defines an angle with the front surface of the base from about 25° to about 65°.
US10993586B2	Shower shade for covering hot and cold shower knobs and for providing intellectual engagement A shower shade includes a curtain support and a curtain coupled to and hanging from the curtain support. The curtain may be made of a water impermeable material. A connector is coupled to the curtain support and is configured to releasably couple the curtain support to a shower head, a shower arm, or a shower caddy of a shower so that the curtain covers at least one hot and cold water knob in the shower. The shower shade further provides intellectual engagement.
US10993584B1	Bathing area surround A bathing area surround includes a bathtub and a tub surround. The bathtub has a bathing basin that extends upwardly to a tub ledge extending outwardly from a rim, traverse to a sidewall, to an edge having tub flange is shaped to form at least one inwardly extending pocket that forms a tab receiving recess. The tub surround includes a back panel, and two side panels. The back panel and the two side panels each have downwardly extending locking tabs formed in their bottom edges, shaped to be inserted into the corresponding tab receiving recess, behind the tub flange. The back panel is then fastened to each of the two side panels via fasteners.
US10993580B2	Grilling appliance with lower platen position control A grill is provided including a base structure. An upper platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes an upper grilling surface. A lower platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes a lower grilling surface. A plurality of leveling mechanisms is mounted to the base structure with a mounting bracket. A portion of each leveling mechanism is arranged in contact with the lower platen assembly. The leveling mechanisms are configured to automatically level the lower grilling surface relative to the upper grilling surface. Each of the plurality of leveling mechanisms is configured to independently move a portion of the lower grilling surface about a different axis.
US10993579B2	Low power liquid purifier Described herein includes sample liquid purification apparatus, systems, and techniques of use. The purification apparatus generally can operate to reduce a temperature of a precursor liquid within a beverage machine or appliance. For example, a thermally conductive body can define a heat sink having a tortuous path for propagation of the precursor therethough, facilitating temperature reduction. The purification apparatus can further generally operate to sanitize or otherwise reduce a level of contaminants in the precursor liquid. For example, an energy source, such as a light emitting diode, can be arranged or integrated with the thermally conductive body to emit ultraviolet radiation toward the precursor liquid within the thermally conductive body.
US10993574B2	Coffee machine with a modular frame and relative assembly method The coffee machine (1) comprises a modular frame comprising a primary module (2) and structurally independent secondary modules (3, 4) rigidly connected with the primary module (2), primary components assembled in the primary module (2), and an aesthetic casing (5) for covering the modular frame, the secondary modules (3, 4) comprising at least one base secondary module (3) and at least one lateral secondary module (4), respectively, cooperating with the primary module (2) to define the height and the overall width, respectively, of the coffee machine (1).
US10993572B2	Power pole for artificial tree apparatus with axial electrical connectors Apparatus and associated methods may relate to an artificial tree apparatus having a plurality of trunk segments that couple together to provide a plurality of information or command signals to devices connected thereto. In an example, one or more branch segments having light emitting devices are connected to the trunk segments to independently receive the electrical power and command signals via a control system. In some implementations, each command signal generated by the control system may include data pertaining to light color and illumination pattern. In some embodiments, each branch segment and associated light emitting devices may be independently controlled via a multi-channel arrangement. In some implementations, each group of light emitting devices may be manually configured via one or more user-interfaces. In various implementations, each trunk segment may include an axial electrical connector which permits adjacent trunk segments from being connected in any radial orientation relative to each other.
US10993571B2	Architecture for routing multi-channel commands via a tree column Apparatus and associated methods may relate to an artificial tree apparatus having a plurality of trunk segments that couple together to provide a plurality of information or command signals to load devices connected thereto. In an illustrative example, one or more branch segments having light emitting devices are connected to the trunk segments to independently receive the electrical power and command signals via a control system. In some implementations, each command signal generated by the control system may include data pertaining to light color and illumination pattern. In some embodiments, each branch segment and associated light emitting devices may be independently controlled via a multi-channel arrangement. In some implementations, each group of light emitting devices may be manually configured via one or more user-interfaces. In various implementations, each trunk segment may include an axial electrical connector which permits adjacent trunk segments from being connected in any radial orientation relative to each other.
US10993567B1	Drone parcel receptacle The drone parcel receptacle receives a package delivered by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The parcel receptacle attaches to a window. The drone parcel receptacle automatically closes and locks after receiving a parcel. The drone parcel receptacle comprises a drop box, a lid, a latch, and a plurality of torsion springs. The lid attaches to the drop box. The latch attaches to both the drop box and the lid. The plurality of torsion springs attaches to both the drop box and the lid. The drop box receives the package from the unmanned aerial vehicle. The lid encloses the drop box after the package has been received. The latch locks the drone parcel receptacle in the closed position. The latch is released from the interior of the residence. The plurality of torsion springs store the energy required to close the lid on the drop box.
US10993563B2	Drink containers A drink container including a liquid container having a neck with an opening and having an internal compartment sized to hold a volume of potable drink liquid and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, the cap assembly including a base removably coupled to the neck of the liquid container and including a through-passage extending through the base, a first catch structure coupled to the base, a mouthpiece assembly including a rigid collar member having second catch structure adapted to be selectively engaged with the first catch structure, and a user release mechanism adapted to automatically disengage the first and second catch structures upon actuation of the user release mechanism.
US10993560B2	Plastic vessel comprising an accommodated metal element and method of producing the same The invention relates to a plastic vessel comprising a metal element which is accommodated its base, wherein the plastic vessel comprises a vessel element and a cover, such that the plastic vessel is formed in two pieces, wherein a recess is formed in the base of the vessel element, said recess being enclosed by the cover such a that a central closed region of the recess is provided, which accommodates the metal element, and wherein the vessel element and the cover are connected to one another thermoplastically under pressure. Moreover the invention relates to a method for producing a plastic vessel while using the thermoplastic properties of the plastic, and to the use of the vessel in interaction with a suitable means of transport and/or in a vehicle of any kind and/or for the usage by persons with reduced motor skills, perception, attention, and/or as a decorative element.
US10993556B2	Cushion apparatus having a resilient spring member Embodiments of the invention relate to a cushion apparatus comprising a resilient spring member. Typically, the cushion apparatus in configured to provide flexible support to a user, allow air circulation through and within the cushion apparatus and allow ventilation of excess heat. In some embodiments, the cushion apparatus comprises a resilient spring member and a cushion cover member at least partially enclosing the spring member. In some embodiments, the cushion cover member is structured to be removable attached to the resilient spring member.
US10993554B2	Display stand for art prints and other stackable media A portable stand configured to provide support for the display of art prints and other flattened media, wherein a user is able easily flip through supported items on the stand. The stand including a collapsible/extensible leg portion movable from a collapsed position to an extended position and configured to removably receive a sling portion. The sling portion comprised of a flexible material extending loosely between ends of the device, wherein the sling portion provides resting support to the items placed within the device.
US10993552B2	Systems and methods related to storage racks Systems and methods directed to shelving systems include a frame and one or more translatable shelves. The shelves are supported on rails and are horizontally translatable from a rearward position to a forward position. When adjacent shelves are respectively most rearward and most forward, certain shelf and frame structural cooperation enhance shelf access and shelf removability. Provided a single shelving kit, certain shelf configuration may be customized for particular end uses.
US10993550B2	Anti-theft retail merchandise pusher with remote alarm feature A retail merchandise pusher with a remote alarm feature is provided. The pusher includes a housing and an adaptor. The adaptor is removably coupled to the housing and slidably coupled to a track. The pusher including a shaft rotatable about its axis in a first and second direction and a gear wheel coupled to the shaft. The rotation of the gear wheel causing a first electrical contact to engage with a second electrical contact, such that the distance that the pusher moves along the track can be measured by totaling the number of times the first electrical contact engages with the second electrical contact.
US10993549B2	Diaper changing apparatus A diaper changing apparatus that restrains an infant, child, or special need individual in a way that aids the caregiver's ability to manipulate his or her position and orientation to provide access to the diaper area during diaper changing activities. The apparatus allows the caregiver to easily lift the legs and buttocks, providing access to the underside of the infant, child, or special need individual for diaper changing activities. In some embodiments, adjustments to the height of the legs and buttocks and the separation of the legs may be made during a diaper change by moving a restraint of the apparatus in the direction of the desired adjustment. Some embodiments aid a caregiver by restraining the arms, chest, or torso to prevent the infant, child, or special needs individual from interfering with the diaper change, but without immobilizing him so much that the caregiver cannot easily adjust his position.
US10993544B1	One hand two point release bed rail apparatus A one hand swing down bed rail control having a handle with a rotating portion. The rotating portion draws in the proximal ends of first and second lines that in turn draw in the distal ends of the first and second lines that in turn disengage first and second catches between a frame of the bed rail apparatus and a pair of legs of the bed rail apparatus, where a bed rail of the bed rail apparatus is positioned adjacent to a side of a bed and the legs of the bed rail apparatus extend between a mattress and a mattress support. Once the first and second catches are disengaged, the bed rail may swing down.
US10993542B2	Bed mounted exercise system A bed-mounted exercise system. The bed-mounted exercise system includes a platform removably securable to a bed via a plurality of straps and an exercise pad removably securable to the platform. The pad includes a lower surface including a plurality of attachment fasteners thereon. The platform includes an upper surface including a plurality of mating fasteners thereon. The pad is removably securable to the platform via engagement of the plurality of attachment fasteners with the plurality of mating fasteners. A plurality of strap apertures disposed on the platform are configured to receive either a first end or a second end of one of the plurality of straps therethrough. The platform can be positioned atop a mattress and secured to a bed frame thereunder via fasteners disposed on the plurality of straps. The pad can then be fastened to the platform, providing a comfortable yet stable surface on which to perform exercises.
US10993537B1	Rocking chair base with pivot point A pivot rocking chair for comfort and rotation through an orientation axis and a horizontal axis of rotation. wherein. The pivot rocking chair comprises a pivot base, and a chair portion. The pivot base comprises a front portion and a back portion. A single lower support is configured to connect to the pivot base with the chair portion. The pivot base comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The pivot base comprises a length and a width. The length comprises a forward rocking portion and a rearward rocking portion.
US10993529B2	Exercise bicycle with a desk plate A stationary exercise bike has an exercise bike body assembly and a desk plate assembly. The desk plate assembly includes a desk plate and a fixing seat for the desk plate. The desk plate is in slide connection with the fixing seat for the desk plate. The fixing seat for the desk plate is connected with the stationary exercise bike body assembly through a lifting assembly. The fixing seat for the desk plate can be lifted up and down relatively to the stationary exercise bike body assembly due to the connection of the lifting assembly.
US10993526B2	Retractable support surface and method of assembling the same A support surface assembly includes a housing including a chamber and an opening. The support surface assembly also includes a support surface retractably coupled to the housing between a deployed position and a stored position. The support surface includes a plurality of slats pivotally coupled together, wherein each slat comprises a first end opening and an opposing second end opening. The support surface assembly also includes a plurality of rods associated with a corresponding slat of the plurality of slats. Each rod is positioned entirely within the first end opening of a first slat in the stored position and each rod is positioned partially within the second end opening of an adjacent second slat in the deployed position.
US10993523B2	Oral care implement An oral care implement having a tuft hole with inclined walls. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a head having a front surface and a rear surface; a tuft hole in the front surface of the head, the tuft hole extending along a central axis, the tuft hole comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, each of the first and second sidewalls comprising an inclined section that converges toward a central plane that comprises the central axis with decreasing distance from the front surface; and a bristle tuft formed by a plurality of bristles, each of the plurality of bristles having a first portion disposed within the tuft hole and a second portion protruding from the front surface of the head, the second portions of the plurality of bristles converging toward the central plane.
US10993522B2	Strip brush assembly having metal and polymer bristles and method of making A strip brush assembly with a plurality of elongated polymer bristles forming a section and a plurality of elongated metal bristles forming another section adjacent the polymer bristles section, such that the metal bristles section is supported by the polymer bristles section. The polymer and metal bristles are bonded and encapsulated in a base formed by direct extrusion onto and around the polymer and metal bristles to secure them to the formed base. The strip brush assembly may be used on a tubular mandrel of a street sweeper.
US10993519B2	Hand held dermaplaning device and dermaplaning process A method and a hand-held device for dermaplaning is disclosed that includes a blade assembly which includes a blade, a blade holder and a safety cage. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the safety cage limits the amount of penetration of the blade into the facial skin to enable the device to be safely used by non-professionals. The dermaplaning device includes a vibration generator that causes the blade to vibrate at a predetermined frequency. Various embodiments of the hand-held dermaplaning device are disclosed for vibrating the blade.
US10993517B2	Suitcase with a detachable portion A suitcase including: a suitcase main body with an upper side and a lower side, wherein a concaved cavity is provided in at least one of the upper side and the lower side, a bottom wall of the concaved cavity is provided with at least one assembly hole, and a top end of the main body is provided with a lock, the suitcase further including a detachable portion and a bottom stopper; wherein when the detachable portion is put in place and secured within the concaved cavity, at least a part of the detachable portion is confined within an inner space defined by the front stop and the bottom stop of the bottom stopper. The detachable portion of the suitcase can be readily replaced depending upon the needs of a user, which is more convenient for use.
US10993508B2	Zipper assembly A zipper assembly includes various elements, such as a zipper-slider body and a zipper puller. The zipper puller can be gripped when manually traversing the zipper-slider body along zipper-teeth assemblies, such as when releasably fastening portions or edges of an article together. In addition, the zipper puller includes one or more additional hooking loops that releasably attach onto other surfaces or items.
US10993507B2	No-noise detachable baby carrier belt The present invention relates to a baby carrier belt, and more particularly, to a no-noise detachable baby carrier belt, which does not generate noise when the belt is fastened and unfastened so as to prevent a baby or an infant who is sleeping in a baby carrier from awaking from sleep due to noise generated when the belt is fastened and unfastened.
US10993504B1	Apparatus for fastening shoelaces An apparatus for fastening a shoelace threaded in a shoe includes a wheel bin having a receptacle on its top surface, a toothed ring inside the receptacle, and protrusions configured for coupling with mating orifices, a winding wheel having a central cylinder with protruding load ribs, a channel for storing shoelace and orifices through which the shoelace is threaded, a pawl ring with ratcheted ends that engage the toothed ring, a base including a curved surface and a receptacle having mating orifices for coupling with the protrusions of the wheel bin, a screw cap configured for placement on top of the wheel bin, the screw cap having a ring structure configured for coupling with the protruding load ribs of the winding wheel, wherein when the screw cap is rotated, the winding wheel tightens the shoelace and stores excess length of shoelace in the channel.
US10993503B2	Reconfigurable apparel manufacture and business process Provided herein are methods for the modulation of appearance or material properties within items of apparel or equipment. Also provided herein are design articles having alterable designs.
US10993500B2	Sporting footwear A sporting footwear having a front sole (21) and heel (23) with the sole having a primary frictional support (30) and the heel having a secondary frictional support (25) which has substantially less frictional support than the primary frictional support.
US10993491B2	Water-absorbent quick-drying knitted fabric and application thereof The present invention discloses a water-absorbent quick-drying knitted fabric and application thereof. The fabric is a single-sided knitted fabric, the reverse side having a concave-convex structure, the height of the convex parts of the concave-convex structure being 40-150 μm, and the fiber forming the convex parts being a polyester elastic fiber. The present knitted fabric has excellent water-absorbing and quick-drying properties, improving the comfort of wear and being suitable for use in manufacturing T-shirts, polo shirts, and the like.
US10993489B2	Glove A glove including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and the bottom surface is configured to interface with an object being gripped by a user. The glove also includes an index finger portion configured to receive an index finger of the user. The index finger portion includes a knuckle configured to pivot about an axis. The glove further includes a gripping portion coupled to the index finger portion between the top and bottom surfaces. The gripping portion includes a first notch adjacent the top surface and a second notch adjacent the bottom surface. The first notch defines a first angle, and the second notch defines a second angle, wherein the first angle increases and the second angle decreases as the knuckle pivots about the axis.
US10993488B1	Glove with gripping projections A glove for a person's hand includes an elastomeric base layer that has an inside surface, an outside surface, and includes a palm portion adapted to cover a palm and a back of the person's hand. A thumb portion extends outwardly from the palm portion, and four finger portions extend away from the palm portion adjacent the thumb portion. The outside surface of the glove includes a plurality of raised projections cover 20-85% of the palm portion, thumb portion and finger portions. A base of each projection is a polyhedron with two parallel linear sides and two parallel curved sides. Each projection has an apex proximate a first curved side of the curved sides of the polyhedron. The polyhedrons of the projections are arranged to form a plurality of wavy lines.
US10993481B2	One-piece garment The disclosure relates to a one-piece garment that fastens securely and snugly in the neck and back through a unique threading system, has static arm holes snug enough to prevent diaper access, gives room through inner leg paneling for a pull-up, and has tapering legs with static openings to prevent diaper access through modification of the leg.
US10993476B2	Electric heater based electronic smoking device The present invention discloses an electronic smoking device, comprising a power supply, a controller and a heater, wherein the heater is a cylindrical shape having in the middle a heating chamber into which a cigarette is inserted, and the heater comprises at least one heating unit comprising an electronic switch and an annular electric heating element; and the electric heating element is connected to the power supply by the electronic switch, and a control terminal of the electronic switch is connected to a control signal output terminal of the controller. In the present invention, tobacco in a cigarette is heated by an electric heater so that a smoker can just smoke nicotine produced by heating the tobacco. The electric heater will not produce naked flame and therefore the heated tobacco will not produce tar and carbon monoxide, so that the harm of the tobacco to the smoker can be reduced.
US10993470B2	Continuous shaping machine for bean curds In a continuous shaping machine for bean curds which is equipped with a pair of endless filter cloth belts that are an upper filter cloth belt and a lower filter cloth belt to circulate outside and a pair of endless conveyors that are an upper conveyor and a lower conveyor to circulate inside, and which compression-shapes curdled soymilk by conveying the curdled soymilk while sandwiching the curdled soymilk between the upper filter cloth belt and conveyor and the lower filter cloth belt and conveyor, the continuous shaping machine includes: heating units which perform heating sterilization in prescribed ranges of a return process that corresponds to regions, from a termination portion of a conveyance passage where the curdled soymilk is sandwiched to a start position of the conveyance passage, of circulation routes of the filter cloth belts.
US10993469B2	Crushing machine for a food product that is frozen in blocks, or in IQF form, and plant comprising such a machine for making puree, or juice, from a food product A crushing machine for a vegetable food product frozen in blocks, or in IQF form, the machine having a box-like body defining a crushing chamber. The box-like body has an inlet port through which the frozen food product is put in the crushing chamber, and an outlet port through which a frozen crushed product is discharged from the crushing chamber. In the crushing chamber a crushing unit is mounted, having a plurality of crushing rollers, each of which is arranged to rotate about a rotation axis and has, peripherally, teeth arranged to cut the frozen product into blocks, or IQF form, for splitting it into the above described fragments of predetermined size. The rotation axes of the crushing rollers are parallel to each other. The outlet port is associated with a distribution valve arranged to adjust the amount of crushed product discharged from the machine through the outlet port.
US10993468B2	Composition for relieving hangovers Provided is a composition for relieving a hangover including as its active ingredients Corylus heterophylla Fisher nut extract, Alnus japonica Steud. stem extract and Sorbus commixta fruit extract. It is verified the composition for relieving a hangover according to the present disclosure reduces blood alcohol concentration more significantly than the composition for relieving a hangover including as its active ingredients Alnus japonica Steud. extract and Sorbus commixta extract as disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 181168 in in vivo tests (including animal testing and human experiment) and that has effects of considerably alleviating various hangover symptoms.
US10993467B2	Doughy homogeneous mixture for seasoning foods The present invention lies in the food field. In particular the present invention relates to a novel food-seasoning product constituted by specific compounds of 100% natural origin, organic or non-organic, in defined proportions conferring thereon a homogeneous doughy consistency, rendering it a highly desirable product for the consumer. Currently, health and care of one's body are indispensable for the modern person and the availability of a product for seasoning food and containing solely components of 100% natural origin, organic or non-organic, renders it an attractive product for the consumer. In addition the novel product of the present invention exhibits improved stability and extended average life, does not require refrigeration prior to being opened and exhibits excellent organoleptic properties in comparison with commercially-available seasoning products. Additionally the present invention provides a novel process for obtainment of the seasoning product defined by a disposition of stages and specific reaction conditions such that the product possesses full advantages over conventional products of this type.
US10993463B2	Method for producing large agglomerate particles The invention is in the technical field of particles; more particularly, the invention relates to large agglomerate particles obtainable by spray-drying agglomeration.
US10993462B2	Methods and compositions for consumables Methods and compositions for the production of non-meat consumable products are described herein. A meat substitute is described which is constructed from a muscle analog, a fat analog, and a connective tissue analog.
US10993459B2	Method for unlocking bioactive proteins A method for unlocking bioactive proteins that can then be used to activate natural remedies. The method includes starting with Silica salt and water mixture. Then a base of whey protein concentrate is added to the mixture. The pH of the whey protein mixture is raised using a base. The pH is held at a level above 11 for at least two hours. After at least two hours an acid is then added to the mixture to bring the pH of the mixture below 3 pH. This will stop the activation process. After the unattached proteins are removed the protein mixture is then brought back to a normal pH level, around 4 pH.
US10993456B2	Oil blends, processes for the preparation thereof and their use in formulas The invention provides oil blends, processes for the preparation thereof and their uses.
US10993455B2	Powdered oil and/or fat, food and drink containing powdered oil and/or fat, and method for manufacturing powdered oil and/or fat A powdered oil and/or fat that includes a high proportion of a medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride, has excellent solubility and fluidity, and gives rise to little oil flotation during dissolution. The powdered oil and/or fat includes a medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride, an octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture, and a dextrin, in which the octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture includes a first octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch of which the viscosity of a 10 mass % aqueous solution at 25° C. is less than 30 mPa·S, and a second octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch of which the viscosity of a 10 mass % aqueous solution at 25° C. is 30 mPa·S or more; the content of the second octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch is 12-45 mass %, inclusive, relative to the entire octenylsuccinic acid-treated starch mixture; the dextrose equivalent weight of the dextrin is 10 or more; and the content of the medium-chain fatty-acid triglyceride is 65-85 mass %, inclusive, relative to the entire powdered oil and/or fat.
US10993442B2	Ultra-high loading glyphosate concentrate This invention relates to a storage stable, aqueous, herbicidal formulation containing an ultra-high concentration of glyphosate in the isopropylamine, potassium or mixed salt form in combination with a surfactant system, to a method of making the formulation, and to a method of treating unwanted vegetation employing the formulation. The surfactant system employed in the concentrate comprises dialkoxylated alkylamine, water miscible solubilizer and amine oxide. The surfactant system unexpectedly permits the formulation of storage stable, ultra-high loaded aqueous glyphosate salt concentrates possessing high or no cloud points.
US10993441B2	Antimicrobial coatings comprising organosilane homopolymers Aqueous antimicrobial coating compositions are disclosed comprising at least one organosilane homopolymer, present as a distribution of polymer chain lengths, and optionally at least one amine. A method of preparing an antimicrobial coating comprises coating a surface with the aqueous antimicrobial coating composition and allowing the composition to dry into a film that exhibits residual antimicrobial efficacy against microorganisms even after mechanical abrasion of the coating. The organosilane homopolymer may comprise only 3-aminopropylsilanetriol homopolymer, mixtures of 3-aminopropylsilanetriol homopolymer, 3-chloropropylsilanetriol homopolymer and 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl dimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride homopolymer, or any one of various unique organosilane homopolymers having multiple amine functionality.
US10993437B2	Anti-microbial polymer incorporating a quaternary ammonium group The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial polymers which impart prolonged antimicrobial activity to a surface or in a solution, the polymers comprising as repeating monomers a polymerizable cyclic moiety forming part of the polymer backbone and an anti-microbial moiety such as a quaternary ammonium moiety in the side chain. The polymer may further comprise polymerizable units of at least one unsaturated monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double or triple bond.
US10993434B2	Cryoprotective agent containing exopolysaccharide from Pseudoalteromonas sp. CY01 The present invention relates to an exopolysaccharide derived from Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain CY01 (KCTC 12867BP) which is a novel strain living in the polar regions, and to a composition for cryoprotection of cells, which contains the exopolysaccharide. The exopolysaccharide of the present invention has an excellent ability to cryoprotect cells, and shows no cytotoxicity. Thus, the inventive exopolysaccharide can substitute for conventional cryoprotective agents that show cytotoxicity when used at high concentrations.
US10993432B2	Wing strut for supporting the wings of a waterfowl decoy A waterfowl decoy having oscillating wings includes an oscillation mechanism in the interior cavity of a waterfowl decoy body, a pair of wings attached to the oscillation mechanism and extending outwardly from the decoy body, each wing including a wing strut having a proximal portion for attachment to the oscillation mechanism, a distal portion extending from the proximal portion, the proximal and distal portions including an elongated band disposed in a wing plane aligned parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the decoy body, the proximal portion comprising reinforcing ribs oriented perpendicularly to the band, such that reciprocating movement of the wing gears causes the wings to oscillate in a motion resembling that of the flapping wings of a bird in flight.
US10993430B2	Robotic plant care systems and methods A crop signaling method and machine-based crop recognition system and methods are disclosed to detect a unique optical crop signal selectively applied to crop plants, allowing automatic differentiation of crop plants from weeds and the automatic creation of a high spatial resolution crop and weed plant map, along with automated plant management tasks.
US10993426B2	Twinstardrag fishing reel A fishing reel includes a drag gear coupled to a spool gear, and a drag engagement lever configured to be actuated between a first position to engage the drag gear with the spool gear and a second position to disengage the drag gear from the spool gear. The fishing reel further includes a first plurality of friction washers located on a first side of the drag gear and a second plurality of friction washers located on a second side of the drag gear and that match the first plurality of friction washers. The fishing reel further includes a first pressure pad and a second pressure pad, a star gear lever configured to rotate about a second axis, and a nut such that rotation of the star gear lever actuates the nut at least one of towards or away from the first pressure pad to increase or decrease drag.
US10993424B1	Fishing rod and reel attachment An improved rod and reel attachment for a fishing rod that provides an improved method for securing a reel to the rod wherein the reel is attachable to the foot on the attachment that slides through a dovetail channel and is secured thereon with a locking pin that allows for quick and secure attachment and de-attachment of a reel to a rod.
US10993423B1	Fishing lure comprising one or more external rings The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to a fishing lure for use in attracting and catching fish. Particularly, the lure includes a lure head defined by a main body, a neck, and a connector. The main body includes a rounded first end that allows the lure to easily move through the water. The main body also includes a second end that is operably connected to the neck. The neck houses a plurality of rings that circumferentially surround the neck. In use, the rings make noise as the lure moves through the water. A skirt attaches to the connector and provides an additional attraction for fish. The lure is therefore designed to attract fish by sight and sound senses.
US10993420B2	Production of heavy chain only antibodies in transgenic mammals A transgenic non-human mammal containing a heterologous heavy chain gene locus that is capable of producing soluble heavy chain only antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof following immunization.
US10993419B2	Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating disease Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating or preventing diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the genetically modified cells and non-human animals.
US10993418B2	Method for measuring tumor burden in patient derived xenograft (PDX) mice Kits and methods providing measurement of tumor burden in a patient derived xenograft (PDX) mouse are described. Exemplary embodiments contemplate taking a sample, typically a blood sample, from a PDX mouse and using a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system to quantitate both human patient circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and mouse DNA. In preferred embodiments, both PCR amplifications are done simultaneously in a multiplex, and a highly polymorphic human DNA target sequence is amplified for high sensitivity, allowing for small volume samples, typically 50-100 μL, of mouse blood. Serial evaluations are possible because the mouse can survive withdrawal of these small volumes of blood. A related method allows for quantitation of ctDNA in the presence of human immune cells added to a “humanized” mouse. These relatively quick and easy methods of determining tumor burden in PDX mice can have predictive value for the efficacy of cancer treatments in human patients.
US10993417B2	Detection and management of disease outbreaks in livestock using health graph networks Sensor data captured over time and associated with a plurality of livestock animals can be analyzed to determine health conditions associated with a plurality of livestock animals and to determine interactions of the livestock animals. The interactions specify at least distances between the livestock animals, duration of the distances, and frequency of the interactions. A health graph network is constructed, which includes nodes and edges, a node in the nodes representing a livestock animal and specifying at least a health condition of the represented livestock animal, an edge connecting at least two of the nodes and representing an interaction between at least two animals represented by said at least two of the nodes. Based on the health graph network, a potential outbreak among a subgroup of the livestock animals can be predicted.
US10993414B2	Pet wash collar A pet washing collar includes a flexible permeable hose for placement around the neck of a pet. A hose coupling delivers water into the interior of the hose which distributes water around part of the neck of the pet. In some embodiments, the flexible permeable hose includes inner and outer tubes. A length adjuster allows lengthening and shortening of the collar to accommodate pets of different size. A buckle connects ends of the collar together to allow it to be placed and removed from a pet. The effective water distributing length of the hose is adjustable by selectively pinching off part of the hose.
US10993409B2	Tomato line CHIXL13-3073 The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line CHIXL13-3073. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line CHIXL13-3073 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line CHIXL13-3073 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US10993401B2	Soybean variety 01073256 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073256. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073256. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073256 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073256 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10993399B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH101333 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101333. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101333, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101333 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH101333.
US10993398B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV806299 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV806299. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV806299, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV806299 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV806299 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV806299.
US10993397B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV450777 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV450777. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV450777, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV450777 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV450777 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV450777.
US10993395B1	Melon hybrid SVMF6766 and parents thereof The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SVMF6766 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF6766 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF6766, melon line HAR-DV16-4328M0, and melon line CAN-DV16-4353AN comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US10993381B2	Plant cultivation system A system and method are provided for the indoor and outdoor cultivation of larger fruiting plants. Improved lighting techniques, plant layouts, and space utilization are provided to improve the quality and yields of harvested products from large fruiting plants on a per plant and unit area basis. The uniformity of artificial light is improved from the top to the bottom of tall plants and vines, and overcome the lack of light penetration through the canopy of the plant by changing the orientation of lights from a horizontal to vertical alignment along the side of the plant verses over the top of the canopy, as well as increasing the number of light sources to reduce shading. Plants are trained to grow in specific directions and orientations in a grid system to enable an optimal and uniform light distribution and to improve space utilization in a given growing area.
US10993377B1	Vine cutting tool and method for making and using same A cutting tool includes a blade having opposing front and back edges and inner and outer ends and defining at least two cutting loops, each cutting loop having a sharpened cutting edge and extending from an opening at the back edge and sloping therefrom toward the front edge and outer end at a loop angle of between about 35 and 55 degrees, the cutting loops each also having a depth from the back edge of between about 0.2 inches and 0.75 inches; and a handle at the inner end of the blade.
US10993375B2	Centrifugal scattering device The embodiments herein provide a centrifugal scattering device having a central axle, a sieve positioned below the central axle, a plurality of rotors, each one having a proximal end and distal end where the proximal end of each rotor is attached to the central axle. The device also preferably includes a guide, angled relative to the central axle and attached to the distal end of each rotor so that the guide travels around the central axle and along the sieve when the central axle rotates.
US10993373B2	Corn header row unit A row crop header for an agricultural machine harvesting a crop having stalks, such as corn. The row crop header includes a frame, a first crop row divider mounted to the frame, and a second crop row divider mounted to the frame and spaced from the first crop row divider to define a space therebetween. A row unit is disposed at the space, wherein the row unit includes a deck assembly defining a gap, the deck assembly including a compliant deck configured to adjust the gap based on contact with the stalks of the crop. The compliant deck includes a plurality of overlapping plates having edges defining the gap where the edges are configured to move responsively to varying diameters of stalks. Crops are separated from the stalks upon contact with the overlapping plates. A gathering chain moves the separated crops toward a collector.
US10993369B2	Trimmer line for string trimmers A novel monofilament trimmer line is provided for reducing noise, reducing air drag and increasing durability by having a non-round cross-sectional shape defined as a polygon with three to six sides wherein the vertices between adjacent sides have been replaced with generous circular arcs, the arcs of a parabola, or even other arc shapes so long as the arc is convex and contains no sharp edges and wherein each arc is tangent to the two adjacent sides with a smooth and continuous transition, and the sides of the polygon are either straight or slightly convex, but not concave.
US10993364B2	Display and input system for an agricultural machine A system for an agricultural machine for displaying machine-specific information and inputting machine-specific commands comprising a programmable electronic control unit (1) comprises a microcontroller having an interface for connection to a bus system (2) belonging to the machine. The control unit (1) further comprises wired or wireless communication means for setting up a wireless or wired communication connection (4) to a mobile computer unit (3), such that the control unit (1) is connected for data exchange to the mobile computer unit (3). The control unit (1) is connected, on one hand, to a tractor control device (5) and other participants (6) of the bus system (2) by means of the machine's bus system (2), and on the other hand to the mobile computer unit (3). The mobile computer unit (3) is used for displaying machine-specific information and inputting machine-specific commands.
US10993363B1	Trailer for a self-propelled swather A trailer is provided for having a self-propelled swather mounted thereon. The trailer includes first and second caster wheel supports and first and second drive wheel supports. The caster wheel supports are selectively movable being stowed and support positions. The drive wheel supports are selectively movable between horizontally disposed and vertically disposed positions. Each of the caster wheel supports includes a caster wheel turning assembly to partially pivot the associated caster wheel as the swather is backed onto the trailer. The trailer also includes extenders for attachment to first and second ramps. The extenders may be stowed on the bumper.
US10999961B2	Positioning device A positioning device including a support tab, two pairs of sliding blocks slidably mounted in the support table, a positioning plate extending vertically from on a top of each sliding block, a base on which the support table is supported, a cylinder installed in a chamber of the base, a ball received in the cylinder, a piston rod slidably mounted in the cylinder that pushes the ball to move upward in a vertical direction, so that the ball drives the two pairs of sliding blocks to move away from each other in the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction, respectively, until the positioning plates of the two pairs of sliding blocks abut against four inner walls of the opening of the circuit board, respectively, to allow the electronic device to be received in a positioning slot defined by the positioning plates, and a release mechanism.
US10999958B2	Attachable portable protective containers Apparatus for protecting sensitive equipment from impact, dust, dirt, moisture, smoke, and flame has a container that attaches to load bearing equipment used by military, law enforcement and related professions. Apparatus for an attachable protective case capable isolating sensitive equipment from electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus can include an attachment component pivotably associated with the container. A distal end of the attachment component can include a locking feature releasably engageable with a corresponding locking feature disposed on a portion of the container such that the attachment component captures a portion of material of a separate device between the attachment component and the container.
US10999957B2	Communication module and mounting structure thereof A module substrate includes a module substrate including a plurality of external connection electrodes disposed on a second surface thereof; communication elements mounted on the module substrate, the communication elements including one or more first communication elements mounted on a first surface of the module substrate and one or more second communication elements mounted on the second surface of the module substrate; a first heat radiation frame mounted on the first surface of the module substrate and configured to accommodate at least one of the one or more first communication elements; and a second heat radiation frame mounted on the second surface of the module substrate and configured to accommodate at least one of the one or more second communication elements. One or more of the external connection electrodes are disposed around the second heat radiation frame.
US10999955B2	Electronic power system and method for manufacturing the same The invention relates to an electronic power system (1) comprising at least one electronic power module (2). The electronic power module (2) comprises a base plate (3) and at least one heat generating component arranged on a first side of the base plate (3). The electronic power module (2) comprises a cooling structure (4) transporting heat away from the electronic power module (2) via a coolant that is guided by the cooling structure (4). The cooling structure (4) is arranged on a second side (5) of the base plate (3) opposite to the first side. Task of the invention is to provide an electronic power system (1) with an improved cooling. According to the present invention this task is solved in that the cooling structure (4) is integrally formed with the base plate (3).
US10999954B2	Modular roof mounted cooling system and method for data center The present disclosure relates to a roof mounted modular cooling unit (“RMC unit”) which is adapted for use above a unit IT structure being used to help form a data center. The RMC unit has a housing configured to be secured perpendicularly relative to a longitudinal axis of a frame of a modular unit IT structure. The housing has a cold air discharge compartment at one end thereof, overlaying a cold aisle formed within the unit IT structure, from which cold air from the modular cooling unit is discharged into the cold aisle, and a hot air intake compartment selectively located to overlay the hot aisle, into which hot air from the hot aisle is drawn. A width of the RMC unit is sufficient to substantially span a full width of the one of the equipment racks.
US10999952B1	Vapor chamber and manufacturing method thereof A vapor chamber and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The vapor chamber includes a housing, a capillary structure, at least two liquid-filling and gas-discharging pipes and a working fluid; the housing has a bottom housing plate and a top housing plate correspondingly engaged and sealed with the bottom housing plate, and a single chamber is formed between the top housing plate and the bottom housing plate; the capillary structure is disposed in the single chamber; each of the liquid-filling and gas-discharging pipes is allowed to penetrate into the housing and communicate with the single chamber; and the working fluid is disposed in the single chamber. Accordingly, the working fluid can be evenly and widely distributed in the single chamber.
US10999950B2	Server rail and server rack mounting structure An inner slide rail mounting structure for a two-stage server slide rail includes an outer rail, a front bracket, a rear bracket, an outer rail reinforcement bar and an inner rail. The front bracket is affixed to a front end of a front bracket supplementary rail that is slidably inserted into the outer rail reinforcement bar. The rear end of the front bracket supplementary rail is connected with a spring plate that has one end thereof connected to the outer rail reinforcement bar through a tension spring and an opposite end thereof fixedly connected with an outer rail ejection control plate that has an abutment portion abutted against the outer rail reinforcement bar and a press portion extended from the abutment portion for pressing by the user to release the abutment portion from the outer rail reinforcement bar.
US10999948B2	Electronic device and supporting member thereof A supporting member includes a body portion, at least one first fixing portion, and at least one second fixing portion. The first fixing portion is connected to a side of the body portion and bends relative to the body portion. The first fixing portion is configured to be fixed to a first circuit board. The second fixing portion is connected to another side of the body portion and bends relative to the body portion. The second fixing portion is configured to be fixed to a second circuit board.
US10999947B2	Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus is disposed inside a housing for accommodating a transmission. The vehicle control apparatus includes a metal base, a resin case, a printed circuit board on which an electronic component mounts, and an oil-tight seal member. The metal base is made of metal. The resin case is attached to the metal base to form an interior space. The printed circuit board is disposed in the interior space. The oil-tight seal member is disposed between the metal base and the resin case to surround the printed circuit board. The electronic component is included in a control circuit for the transmission. The metal base and the oil-tight seal member are at a hydrogen bonding state, and the rein case and the oil-tight seal member are at a covalent bonding state.
US10999945B2	Displacement aid for desktop devices A device has at least one first device foot with a first element and a second element. The device can be arranged on a supporting surface in an operating position, such that a contact area of the first element contacts the supporting surface. The device can be tilted, starting from the operating position, into a transport state, in which a contact area of the second element of the at least one device foot contacts the supporting surface and spaces the first element from the supporting surface. The contact area of the second element has a lower frictional resistance than the contact area of the first element.
US10999942B2	Seamless curved display system and methods Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Methods are provided to support a plurality of flexible display modules in an adjustable curved arrangement. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to couple to and retain a support frame are provided. Flexible and durable weather resistance features are provided. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties.
US10999939B2	Circuit carrier board and manufacturing method thereof A circuit carrier board includes a first build-up layer structure, a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a conductive structure. The first build-up layer includes a plurality of first dielectric layers and a plurality of first circuit layers original stacked. The substrate includes a base and a second build-up layer structure disposed on the base. The second build-up layer structure includes a plurality of second dielectric layers and a plurality of second circuit layer original stacked. A top most layer of the second circuit layers is exposed outside of the second dielectric layers. The conductive structure penetrates through the first dielectric layers, the first circuit layers and the adhesive layer, and contacts with the top most layer of the second circuit layers. The conductive structure electrical connects the first circuit layers to the second circuit layers. A manufacturing method of the circuit carrier board is also provided.
US10999937B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes: an electronic component; and a mounting member on which the electronic component is mounted. A center of gravity of the electronic component is at a position separated from the mounting member. The electronic device further includes: a rigid member having a frame shape, which is fixed to the mounting member and surrounds the electronic component in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the center of gravity of the electronic component to the mounting member; and a connecting member which connects the electronic component to the rigid member on a side opposite to the mounting member with respect to the electronic component.
US10999936B2	Method for applying electronic components A method for applying at least one electronic component to a surface is described. The method includes placing a component stencil on a support. At least one electronic component is arranged in a corresponding opening of the component stencil with a top surface of the electronic component on the support. A contact material stencil is positioned on the component stencil such that at least one opening in the contact material stencil is over a corresponding contact region on the bottom surface of the at least one electronic component. A contact material is applied on the at least one contact region of the at least one electronic component within the corresponding opening of the contact material stencil. The contact material stencil is removed from the component stencil. The component stencil is removed from the support. The at least one electronic component is applied to the surface.
US10999932B2	Electronic package including cavity defined by resin and method of forming same A method of manufacturing an electronic device includes preparing an electronic component including a first substrate on a main surface of which a functional unit and a first resin layer are formed. The first resin layer has a first surface facing the main surface of the first substrate, a second surface opposed to the first surface, a cavity on the first surface enclosing the functional unit, and a portion defining a wall of the cavity. The first resin layer defines a recess provided with a solder layer on the second surface. The method further includes preparing a second substrate having an electrode pad formed on a main surface, aligning the electronic component with the second substrate to layer the solder layer and the electrode pad in contact with the solder layer, and forming the electronic component and the second substrate into the electronic device.
US10999926B2	Stress relief encapsulation for flexible hybrid electronics Methods, devices, and systems for producing a flexible electronic device that reduces stress and forces on electronic components are provided. In particular, one or more transition layers with intermediate flexibility, or flexural modulus, are positioned between rigid components and flexible outer layers. This gradually reduces the flexural modulus of the flexible electronics device rather than have an interface between a rigid material and a flexible material. Various materials and methods of forming the layers are described. In addition, an encapsulate layer can be cured to varying flexural moduli to gradually reduce the flexural moduli from the rigid component to the flexible outer layers or bulk structure of the flexible electronic device.
US10999924B2	Sideband conductor resonance mitigation An apparatus comprising includes a first pair of conductors to carry differential signals, at least one ground conductor neighboring the first pair of conductors, the ground conductor to be connected to a ground plane, and at least one particular conductor to carry sideband signals. The particular conductor is to be connected to a ground plane via a resonance mitigation circuit, and the resonance mitigation circuit comprises a resistor.
US10999923B2	Structure for circuit interconnects Described are various configurations of high-speed via structures. Various embodiments can reduce or entirely eliminate insertion loss in high-speed signal processing environments by using impedance compensation structures that decrease a mismatch in components of a circuit. An impedance compensation structure can include a metallic structure placed near a via to lower an impedance difference between the via and a conductive pathway connected to the via.
US10999919B2	Flexible electronic assembly for placement on a vehicle motor assembly Embodiments of the disclosure relate to flexible electronic substrates for placement on an external surface of a vehicle motor assembly. In one embodiment, a motor assembly includes a motor comprising an external surface and one or more electronic assemblies positioned on the external surface of the motor. Each electronic assembly includes a metal substrate disposed on the external surface of the motor, a dielectric layer disposed on the metal substrate, a flexible metal base layer disposed on the dielectric layer, a bonding layer disposed on the flexible metal base layer, and one or more electronic devices disposed on the bonding layer. The bonding layer bonds the one or more electronic devices to the flexible metal base layer.
US10999918B2	X-ray tube and X-ray generation device An X-ray tube, including: an envelope (11) that holds inside thereof at a predetermined pressure; a filament (12) for emitting electrons and a focus electrode (13) provided in the envelope: and a target (15) for generating X-ray provided in the envelope facing to the filament (12) and the focus electrode (13), wherein the envelope (11) has an envelope body (11a) and an X-ray window portion (16) having a higher X-rays transmissivity and a higher electric conductivity than the envelope body (11a), when the X-ray window portion (16) or the anode (14) is set to a lower electric potential than both of an electric potential of the anode (14) or the X-ray window portion (16) and an electric potential of the filament (12) and the focus electrode (13), detection of at least one of an ion current (Ii) or an electron current (Ie) through the X-ray window portion (16) or the anode (14) is possible.
US10999914B1	Motion sensitive lighting devices A power management system for lighting circuit may include a grid shifting controller that includes a processor and a connection to an external power source. The power management system may also include a communication interface associated with the grid shifting controller. The grid shifting controller may be configured to provide control information to a processor of at least one grid shifting electrical fixture over the communication interface, the control information being configured to direct the at least one grid shifting electrical fixture on the use of power from the external power source and an energy storage device associated with the at least one grid shifting electrical fixture.
US10999913B2	System and method for indicating operational characteristics of a lighting system A lighting system including a high intensity narrow spectrum light source and a controller having an electronic processor and memory. The controller is configured to compare an operational characteristic of the high intensity narrow spectrum light to a predetermined operational characteristic, and output a signal based on the comparison of the operational characteristic of the high intensity narrow spectrum light to the predetermined operational characteristic.
US10999912B1	Lighting driver for driving light-emitting component at high speed A lighting driver for driving a light-emitting component at a high speed is provided. A control terminal of a second transistor is connected to a control terminal and a first terminal of a first transistor. Input terminals of an operational amplifier are connected to the first terminal of the first transistor and first terminals of first and second switches. Control terminals of third and fourth transistors are connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. Second terminals of the first switch and the fourth transistor are connected to a first terminal of the second transistor. A second terminal of the second switch and a current source are connected to a second terminal of the third transistor. A first terminal of the fourth transistor is connected to the light-emitting component. A control circuit is connected to the current source, and control terminals of the first and second switches.
US10999911B2	Led driver with ability to operate at arbitrarily low input voltages An LED driver with ability to operate at low input voltages is disclosed. The LED driver comprises a boost converter to boost an input voltage to a desired output voltage to power one or more LED strings. The boost converter incorporates a first controllable switch, such as a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), IGBT, etc., for output voltage control. The boost converter receives input from an external source, such as a battery voltage, as power source for voltage boost operation. The first controllable switch couples to a gate driver powered by a linear regulator, which switchably couples to different voltage sources via a second switch to ensure that the gate driver is able to provide enough voltage for switching the first controllable switch.
US10999910B2	Pulse phase modulation based DC-DC converter with adjustable current control drive Systems and methods for operating a light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit are provided. Aspects include a charge pump comprising a plurality of diodes and a plurality of capacitors, a phase sequencer configured to provide a plurality of control inputs, wherein the plurality of control inputs are coupled to the charge pump, a set of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the charge pump, and a power supply coupled to an input of the charge pump.
US10999909B2	LED lighting device, particularly for vehicles A device for supplying at least two LED chains with electricity detects and then signals an interruption in the current path through the LED chains. A sub-device, in the event of a short circuit of an LED within a first LED chain, brings about a detection and/or a subsequent signalling of an interruption of the current path within another LED chain of these at least two LED chains. The associated method comprises the steps of detecting the short circuit of an individual LED in a first LED chain and of interrupting, as a result, the flow of current through at least one other LED chain and subsequently detecting this interruption of the flow of current through the other LED chain by means of the interruption detection system already existing as required.
US10999907B2	Selecting parameters in a color-tuning application Various embodiments include apparatuses enabling a single color-tuning device to select both a correlated color temperature (LED) and a coordinate distance (Duv) to a black body line (BBL) in a color-tuning application. In one embodiment, a color-tuning device is to divide an applied voltage to provide a signal related to parameters selected from at least one of LED and Duv from the BBL. A finite-state machine (LED) is coupled to the color-tuning device to receive the signals therefrom and determine an action to take based on both a current position and a previous position of the color-tuning device. The LED is to be coupled to a light-emitting diode (LED) array. Other apparatuses and devices are disclosed.
US10999905B2	Current control for power converter The present disclosure is related to accurate analog dimming of a light emitting diode (LED). Accurate dimming can require precise control of a power converter that supplies the LED with a current. The precise control relies on accurately sensing a level of the LED. When the power converter operates in a discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), for example at a low dimming ratio, the accuracy of the sensed LED-level can be affected by a resonant current offset, resulting from current ringing in the power converter. The disclosed circuits and methods provide accurate control of the LED-level by compensating for the resonant current offset in the sensed LED-level.
US10999901B2	Device and method for controlling energy Apparatuses and methods for applying EM energy to a load are provided. The apparatuses and methods may include at least one processor configured to receive information indicative of energy dissipated by the load for each of a plurality of modulation space elements. The processor may also be configured to associate each of the plurality of modulation space elements with a corresponding time duration of power application, based on the received information. The processor may be further configured to regulate energy applied to the load such that for each of the plurality of modulation space elements, power is applied to the load at the corresponding time duration of power application.
US10999896B2	Temperature control apparatus and method for the industrial heater having auto-correction of soak time and self-diagnosis of abnormal heating function Provided is a temperature controller for an industrial heating apparatus adjusting a soak time on the basis of the variation of the thermal energy. Accordingly, since a temperature equilibrium time point of the center is determined by reflecting a temperature tolerance in the chamber and a soak time is corrected and since the temperature equalization time point is set on the basis of a full load state in which the variation of the input thermal energy per time is the smallest, the temperature at the center falls within an allowable upper/lower limit range even if a partial load state is applied, whereby the temperature control apparatus and method for an industrial heater applicable regardless of the amount of heating targets may be provided.
US10999892B2	Message and system for application function influence on traffic routing An aspect of the disclosure provides for a method for user equipment (UE) internet protocol (IP) address management. The method includes sending by an application function (AF), a request to a policy control function (PCF), the request including information identifying traffic and an indication that a UE IP address associated with the traffic should be preserved. The method further includes sending by the PCF, to a session management function (SMF) being responsible for managing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session associated with the traffic, a policy and charging control (PCC) rule including the indication. In some embodiments, the request is sent by the AF to the PCF via a network exposure function (NEF). In some embodiments, the method further includes managing, by the SMF, the UE IP address according to the PCC rule. In some embodiments, the managing includes preserving the UE IP address for a PDU session associated with the traffic. In some embodiments, the preserving includes preventing reselection of a protocol data unit (PDU) session anchor (PSA) to which the UE IP address is associated.
US10999891B2	Method for communicating in multi-MAC-operating environment and IoT apparatus A communication method and an IoT device in a multi-MAC (Media Access Control)-operating environment. The communication method in the multi-MAC-operating environment, including synchronous MAC and asynchronous MAC, includes periodically transmitting, by the IoT device included in the multi-MAC-operating environment, a first message to a first device; determining, by the IoT device, whether to transmit a second message; transmitting, by the IoT device, a preamble packet to a second device, to which the second message is to be transmitted, when the second message is determined to be transmitted; and transmitting, by the IoT device, the second message to the second device.
US10999884B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system Provided is a user equipment method of transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system, comprising receiving a request for a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data recovery from an upper layer, determining at least one PDCP packet data unit (PDU), previously submitted to a re-established radio link control (RLC) entity, for which a successful delivery has not been confirmed by a lower layer, and performing a retransmission of the determined at least one PDCP PDU.
US10999882B2	Multipath control of data streams A method, by a multipath control entity, to control a transmission of a user data plane stream between a mobile entity and a proxy, wherein the user data plane stream is exchanged between the mobile entity and an application server connected to the proxy. In a split decision, it is determined that the user data plane stream is split into at least two stream parts and over which of the supported network technologies each of the at least two stream parts is transmitted between the mobile entity and proxy. A multipath connection module in the mobile entity is informed in a first control message which stream part is transmitted by which network technology in accordance with the split decision, and a multipath connection module provided in the proxy is informed in a second control message which stream part is transmitted by which network technology in accordance with the split decision.
US10999878B2	Communication system and communication method for improving signal processing efficiency A communication system capable of improving signal processing efficiency even when a plurality of connections are established is provided. A communication system according to the present invention includes a user plane PGW (14) configured to connect to a PDN, a user plane SGW (12) configured to relay user plane data between the user plane PGW (14) and a base station (34), and a control plane SGW (30). Further, the communication system includes a control apparatus (32) configured to, when a plurality of connections are established for the communication terminal (36), transmit information indicating that the user plane PGW (14) and the user plane SGW (12) can be integrally configured to the control plane SGW (30) for each of the plurality of connections.
US10999870B2	Method and apparatus for random access configuration in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE is configured with multiple Bandwidth Parts (BWPs). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving information from a network node to associate a RACH (Random Access Channel) configuration with a BWP among the multiple BWPs. The method further includes that the UE performing a RACH transmission in the BWP using the RACH configuration associated with the BWP.
US10999869B2	User equipment and base station A user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) are provided. The UE transmits a specific preamble on a random access channel and transmits an uplink data signal and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on an uplink transmission radio resource so that the BS receives the uplink data signal and the DMRS according to the specific preamble after receiving the specific preamble. The BS transmits a downlink data signal on a downlink transmission radio resource according to the specific preamble so the UE receives the downlink data signal on the downlink transmission radio resource according to the specific preamble.
US10999868B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method for achieving a high frequency efficiency while coexisting with other radio access system under environment where multiple frame formats are multiplexed for use. A base station apparatus according to the present invention comprises a receiver that performs carrier sense on the second frequency band based on a predetermined frame configuration among a plurality of frame configurations to obtain the second frequency band during a predetermined duration, and a transmitter that notifies control information concerning the predetermined frame configuration and transmits a downlink signal to the terminal apparatus during the predetermined duration based on the predetermined frame configuration.
US10999867B2	Communication device, communication control method, and program [Object] To enable the communication device that has received a response frame to determine whether or not the response frame is a signal of the own BSS, while ensuring downward compatibility.[Solution] Provided is a communication device including: a generation unit configured to generate a response frame prescribed in IEEE802.11 by setting a value corresponding to a BSS to which the own device belongs in a receiving station address field of the response frame; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the response frame.
US10999866B2	Reliable and deterministic Wi-Fi for industrial control applications A WiFi system comprising two or more access points operating in the same network and a plurality of nodes. Each node is in communicative association with each access point. A plurality of nodes transmits data in a scheduled communication with a first access point of the two or more access points and subsequently re-transmits some or all of the data in a scheduled communication with a second access point of the two or more access points.
US10999864B2	Acknowledgement feedback in unlicensed new radio Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may communicate in an unlicensed spectrum (e.g., a shared radio frequency spectrum band). As such, the UE may determine a codebook size for transmitting hybrid access request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) feedback with respect to the unlicensed spectrum. Accordingly, the UE may base the HARQ ACK codebook size on a number of HARQ processes with which the UE has been configured. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may base the HARQ ACK codebook size on a number and/or duration of downlink channel monitoring occasions indicated by the base station. In some cases, the UE may base the HARQ ACK codebook size on a combination of the techniques described herein.
US10999863B2	Resources of a configured periodic grant of a wireless device A wireless device receives parameters of a configured periodic grant. The parameters indicate: a timing offset and a symbol number; a first periodicity indicating a time interval between two subsequent resources; and demodulation reference signal parameters. One or more symbols of a resource of the configured periodic grant are determining based on the timing offset, the symbol number, and the first periodicity. One or more transport blocks are transmitted, via the resource of the configured periodic grant, employing the demodulation reference signal parameters.
US10999861B2	Rate matching and semi persistent scheduling configuration in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for identifying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) independently of a channel quality indicator (CQI) table that is configured at a user equipment (UE). A rate matching parameter may be determined based on one or more of the MCS or CQI table, which may be used for dimensioning a soft buffer that is used to store received transmissions for decoding. The MCS field may be a six-bit field and may indicate an MCS that exceeds a highest MCS associated with the CQI table. The base station may activate a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration at the UE through an activation command, and the UE may verify that SPS is activated based on information in a number of different fields of control information which may include the MCS field.
US10999860B2	Satellite network service sharing Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing network access services to mobile users via multi-user network access terminals over a multi-beam satellite system. Quality-of-service (QoS) is controlled for the mobile devices at a per-user level according to user-specific traffic policies. Mobile users may be provisioned on the satellite system according to a set of traffic policies based on their service level agreement (SLA). System resources of the satellite may be allocated to mobile users based on the demand of each mobile user and the set of traffic polices associated with each mobile user, regardless of which multi-user network access terminal is used to access the system. Dynamic multiplexing of traffic from fixed terminals and mobile users on the same satellite beam can take advantage of statistical multiplexing of large numbers of users and on different usage patterns between fixed terminals and mobile users.
US10999852B2	Methods and apparatus for requesting buffer status reports for implementing multiple user uplink medium access control protocols in a wireless network Methods and apparatus for allocating multi-user communication resources to one or more stations for uplink data transmissions are provided. In one aspect, a method for allocating multi-user communication resources to one or more stations for uplink data transmissions is provided. The method comprises generating a request frame requesting an uplink buffer report from each of the one or more stations, the request frame selectively requesting that the uplink buffer report indicate either an amount of data in an uplink buffer or a requested amount of time to transmit the data in the uplink buffer. The method comprises transmitting the request frame to each of the one or more stations. The method comprises receiving the uplink buffer report in a report frame from each of the one or more stations.
US10999850B2	Communication device and base station A communication device according to one embodiment comprise a transmitter configured to directly transmit a radio signal to another communication device. The transmitter is configured to transmit, when first location information indicating a geographical location of the communication device is acquired, the radio signal, based on a first radio resource associated with a location indicated by the first location information. The transmitter is configured to transmit, when the communication device cannot acquire the first location information, the radio signal, based on a second radio resource. The second radio resource is decided based on a method different from a method of deciding the first radio resource by using the first location information.
US10999842B2	Apparatus and method for reporting system frame number (SFN) and subframe offset in dual connectivity (DC) enhancement Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) for reporting of timing offset for dual connectivity enhancement are disclosed herein. The UE can include transceiver circuitry to connect to a master cell group via a master evolved node B (eNB) and a secondary cell group via a secondary eNB. Additionally, the UE can receive a first reference signal from the master eNB and a second reference signal from a secondary eNB. Moreover, the UE can include processing circuitry to calculate a system frame number (SFN) and subframe timing difference (SSTD) based on the first reference signal and the second reference signal. Moreover, the UE can generate a measurement report having a synchronization indicator for dual connectivity based on the calculated SSTD. Subsequently, the UE can send the generated measurement report to the master eNB.
US10999841B2	Fast wireless local area network communication method and apparatus using multiple transfer rate partitioning and cooperative transmission A wireless local area network (WLAN) communication method and apparatus using multiple transmission speed partitioning and cooperative transmission are disclosed. The WLAN communication method includes transmitting, by access point to the nodes, transmission time slots, partitions and internal transmission priorities using transmission time slot information, partition information and internal transmission priority information, receiving uplink packet from one node, determining whether downlink data to be transmitted to the high speed or the low speed node is present, or not in the download queue, transmitting, if present, the downlink packet to the nodes, removing downlink data from the download queue for ACK, and transmitting, if not present, transmitting ACK to the nodes.
US10999839B2	Scheduling request triggering in a wireless device A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating a mapping restriction, of a plurality of mapping restrictions, of a logical channel to one or more radio resource types of a plurality of radio resource types. A buffer status report is triggered based on uplink data becoming available. An uplink grant indicating radio resources of a radio resource type of the plurality of radio resource types is received. A scheduling request is triggered in response to: the triggering the buffer status report; and the radio resource type not being of at least one first radio resource type, of the plurality of radio resource types, determined based on the plurality of mapping restrictions. The wireless device transmits the scheduling request.
US10999836B2	Base station, terminal, radio communication system, radio communication method A base station capable of reducing subframe overhead and improving throughput is provided. A base station (10) communicates with terminals (20-0 to 20-3). The base station (10) includes: a controller (12) configured to set, in a variable manner, for each subframe, a cyclic prefix length of a cyclic prefix part to be inserted into the subframe; and a communication unit (11) configured to transmit identification information for identifying the cyclic prefix length set in the subframe by the controller (12) to a terminal to which the subframe has been allocated.
US10999833B2	Electronic device and method for transmitting PDCCH and PDSCH, and a method performed by an electronic device for communicating data using a plurality of sub-carriers A method communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, for example an LTE-based system. The wireless communication system uses plural frequency sub-carriers spanning a system frequency band. Physical-layer control information for the terminal device is transmitted from the base station using sub-carriers selected from across the system frequency band, for example to provide frequency diversity. However, higher-layer data for the terminal device is transmitted using only sub-carriers selected from within a restricted frequency band which is smaller than and within the system frequency band. The terminal device is aware of the restricted frequency band, and as such need only buffer and process data within this restricted frequency band during periods where higher-layer data is being transmitted. The terminal device buffers and processes the full system frequency band during periods when physical-layer control information is being transmitted.
US10999832B2	Signal transmission method, terminal device and network device for resource reservation A signal transmission method, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes: a terminal device receives downlink control information, (DCI), the DCI carries resource reservation indication information, and the resource reservation indication information indicates the terminal device whether reserve a physical resource is to be reserved in a time-domain resource unit; the terminal device determines a first physical resource used for transmitting a first signal in the time-domain resource unit according to the resource reservation indication information, or determines a second physical resource used for an uplink and downlink guard period in the time-domain resource unit according to the resource reservation indication information.
US10999831B2	Improving slow downlink control information reliability The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for improving slow DCI reliability. Thereby, with regard to a subframe including slow downlink control information, an indication element indicating that the slow downlink control information transmitted in this subframe has the same content as slow downlink control information in the previous subframe or one of the past subframes is generated, and the indication element is transmitted in the same subframe and the same downlink control channel candidate as the slow downlink control information to a user equipment.
US10999823B2	Device and method in a public land mobile network including direct communications between terminals There is provided a device that acquires resource information indicating a radio resource for use in device-to-device (D2D) communication between a first terminal device belonging to a first public land mobile network (PLMN) and a second terminal device belonging to a second PLMN; and controls D2D communication between the first terminal device and the second terminal device based on the resource information.
US10999822B2	Method and apparatus for efficient usage of DAI bits for eIMTA in LTE A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives, by a user equipment (UE) during a first subframe, an indication of a dynamic uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration. The apparatus determines an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing based on an uplink reference subframe configuration and at least one of the dynamic UL/DL subframe configuration or a downlink reference subframe configuration. The apparatus selects an uplink subframe for communication based on the determined uplink HARQ timing.
US10999820B2	Dedicated radio resource control A method of controlling switching between dedicated radio resources of a mobile radio communications network includes providing, using a first radio bearer (RB), a first service to a mobile radio communications device within the network, receiving, from the mobile radio communications device, a message indicating a desired change of service and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to the mobile radio communications device, the RRC message serving to initiate both release of the first radio bearer, and set-up of a second radio bearer to provide a second service to the mobile radio communications device, the second service being different from the first service.
US10999819B2	Method and apparatus to support mobility in LWA The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a cellular communication system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method comprising: transmitting, to one of WLAN Terminations (WTs), a first indication to wake up WLAN module of the UE; if no response for the first indication is received from the one of WTs during a first time duration, transmitting, to all of the WTs, a second indication to wake up the WLAN module of the UE; and if no response for the second indication is received from any of the WTs during a second time duration, transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME), a third indication related with absence of the UE, and an apparatus therefore.
US10999816B2	Paging optimization in a mobile network In an embodiment, a Radio Access Network RAN entity, referred to as serving RAN entity, and controlling one or more cells, is configured to: send to a Core Network CN entity, referred to as serving CN entity, a list of recommended cells for paging of a User Equipment UE in idle mode.
US10999808B2	Synchronization-dependent transmission for vehicle to anything communication A method and a device configured for selecting a transmission parameter in a wireless communication network are disclosed. According to one aspect, at least one transmission parameter is selected based at least upon an estimated level of synchronization for the first wireless device.
US10999797B2	Advanced graphics power state management Methods and apparatus relating to advanced graphics Power State management are described. In one embodiment, measurement logic detects information about idle transitions and active transitions of a power-well of a processor. In turn, determination logic determines performance loss and/or energy gain based at least in part on the detected information and power-on latency of the power-well of the processor. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10999787B2	System and method for UE context and PDU session context management There is provided systems and methods for the grouping of UEs, such that UEs can share a UE group context or share a PDU session context or both. In this manner, network resource usage, with respect to UE context and PDU session context management, can be mitigated.
US10999786B2	Network management equipment for a cellular communications network Network management equipment described herein includes a User Equipment, basestation and network management entity for implementing a network management method. The network management method can include transmitting, at a first basestation a first message including a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) identifier; determining, for a User Equipment (UE) whether the CSG identifier is present on a first allowed CSG list; determining the allowed service level for the UE, the allowed service level indicating one of at least a first and second allowed service level; and connecting the UE to the first basestation if the CSG identifier is present on the first allowed CSG list, wherein the Quality of Service (QoS) for the UE is dependent on the allowed service level.
US10999784B2	Method for smart device to access network, mobile terminal, cloud server, device, and system The present disclosure provides a network access method, a smart device, a mobile terminal, a cloud server, a networking gateway and a network access system. The method is applied to a smart device and includes: sending relevant network access information to a mobile terminal, the relevant network access information being uploaded to a cloud server by the mobile terminal; receiving a unique network identifier ID from the mobile terminal, and establishing a communication link with a networking gateway via the unique network identifier ID, wherein the unique network identifier ID is acquired by the cloud server from the networking gateway and transferred from the cloud server to the mobile terminal; and sending network access identity information to the networking gateway via the communication link, and joining a network created by the networking gateway after the network access identity information passes verification of the networking gateway.
US10999783B2	Radio resource management configuration device and method Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a Radio-resource management (RRM) configuration device, and corresponding method, for a network comprising a plurality of access nodes. The device is configured to divide the plurality of access nodes of the network into clusters, and to select at least one access node of each cluster as RRM controller. Further, the device is configured to determine the non-selected access nodes of each cluster as slave nodes, and to select, for each cluster, an RRM split between each slave node and the at least one RRM controller of the respective cluster. The device is also configured to transmit, to each access node, information about its cluster, the at least one RRM controller of the cluster, and the selected RRM split.
US10999781B2	Method for transmitting RRC message and wireless device One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a wireless device transmits an RRC message. The method can comprise the steps of: allowing, an AS layer of the wireless device, to acquire an NAS signaling request message, an RRC establishment cause field, and a call type field from an NAS layer; checking the acquired RRC establishment cause field and the call type field; determining, when the NAS signaling request message includes user data according to an optimization plan through a control plane, whether to perform or skip an examination for access blocking (AB) based on the RRC establishment cause field and/or the call type field; and transmitting, when blocking is not achieved or when the examination is skipped according to the examination result, an RRC connection request message to a base station so as to transmit the NAS signaling request message including the user data.
US10999776B2	Application-based user equipment route selection policy mapping A device can receive, using an application policy handler (APH) component included in the device, a request for a data session for an application associated with the device. The device can identify, using the APH component included in the device, a user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rule, associated with the application, included in a URSP. The device can identify, using the APH component, a network slice specified by the URSP rule associated with the application and a data network specified by the URSP rule associated with the application. The device can attempt, using a modem component included in the device, to establish the data session using the network slice specified by the URSP rule associated with the application and the data network specified by the URSP rule associated with the application.
US10999774B2	Method and apparatus for inter-cell load distribution and interference mitigation in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for an inter-cell load distribution and interference mitigation in a wireless communication system, and the inter-cell load distribution method by a first base station in a heterogeneous network wireless communication system including the first base station and a second base station for solving the above-described problem, comprises the steps of: setting a reserved area for the second base station so as to distribute an inter-cell load; and managing a terminal according to the reserved area.
US10999768B2	Session context handling method, network element, and terminal device Embodiments relate to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a session context handling method, a network element, and a terminal device. A method includes: receiving, by a session management network element, a first message that is from a mobility management network element and that is used to request to establish a session for a terminal device, where the first message carries an identifier of a data network; obtaining, by the session management network element, capability information of the data network based on the identifier of the data network; and when the capability information of the data network is that the data network supports a non-IP session, generating, by the session management network element, a non-IP session context based on an Ethernet or unstructured session context of the terminal device.
US10999757B2	Method and apparatus for reducing processing load between terminal and base station when applying new QoS model in next-generation mobile communication system Disclosed is a communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with the Internet of things (IoT) technology. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G and based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a next-generation mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method for providing a flow-based quality of service (QoS).
US10999756B2	Integration of radio and core layers A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a radio and core integrated layers service is provided. The service provides a direct mapping of a quality of service flow between a packet data unit layer and a service data adaptation layer associated with a user plane function and a central unit-user plane function without an intermediary mapping of a tunneling protocol in the user plane.
US10999753B2	CSI measurement, reporting and collision handling This invention sets conditions for user equipment responses to channel state indicator request in channel state information that may conflict.
US10999744B1	RF certification system and method A method and system of certifying RF coverage in a structure. A grid is superimposed on a floor plan of a structure to be certified. Each sector in the grid is given an identifier. A test unit is placed in one of the sectors. An RF test signal is transmitted from the test unit to a base unit located outside the structure. The RF test signal as received by the base unit is analyzed to determine whether it is satisfactory. An RF reply signal is transmitted from the base unit to the test unit. The reply signal as received by the test unit is analyzed to determine whether it is satisfactory. This process is repeated for each sector of the grid.
US10999743B2	UE context handling in disaggregated radio access node The invention refers to a method performed by a radio network node (200), wherein the radio access network comprises a central unit, CU (220), and a distributed unit, DU (210), comprising obtaining (502) one or more criteria for determining a preferable location for a UE context controller in the radio access network node, the UE context controller managing a connection between a UE (100) and the radio access network node (200); and determining (504), based on the one or more criteria, whether the UE context controller shall be located in the CU (220) and/or in the DU (210). The invention further related to a corresponding radio network node (200).
US10999740B2	Network slice management method, management unit, and system A network slice management method, a management unit, and a system, where the method includes receiving, by a first management unit, a first management request, where the first management request carries requirement information of a network slice or indication information, and the indication information is used to obtain the requirement information of the network slice. The method further includes determining, by the first management unit, requirement information of a subnet that forms the network slice. According to the method, the first management unit can determine the corresponding requirement information of the subnet based on the requirement information of the network slice. This way, the network slice can be automatically deployed based on the requirement information of the network slice.
US10999734B1	Passive authentication during mobile application registration Disclosed are systems and methods for passively authenticating users of a native application running on a mobile communications device. The user may be applying for a service, product, access, etc. from a provider computing system. A unique device identifier of the device may be acquired and provided to a first computing system. A mobile telephone number associated with the device may be received at the device. User information may be accepted from the user via a user interface of the device for entry into a set of fields. The mobile telephone number may be verified by determining, via a second computing system that is different from the first computing system, that the mobile telephone number is associated with the user information. The service/product/access for the user may be approved in response to verification of the mobile telephone number. The user may be authenticated without challenge questions.
US10999731B2	Systems and methods for real-time handling and processing of data in a network of moving things Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things), where the network may involve autonomous and/or non-autonomous vehicles.
US10999723B2	Measurement apparatus, measurement system and method for transferring data between a measurement apparatus and a portable device The present invention relates to a measurement apparatus, comprising a measurement unit configured to at least one of receive and transmit a measurement signal; a shield configured to electrically shield said measurement unit; at least one close range communication interface configured to transfer data to an external portable device; and at least one indicator which indicates a connection region for connecting said external portable device to said at least one close range communication interface.
US10999715B2	MCPTT system and method thereof for managing MCPTT broadcast call in off-network system Embodiments herein provide a method for managing Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) broadcast call between a first MCPTT client and a second MCPTT client in an off-network system. The method includes establishing, by the first MCPTT client, a broadcast call, where the first MCPTT client is transitioned from a first broadcast control state to a second broadcast control state after establishing the broadcast call. Further, the method includes releasing, by the first MCPTT client, the broadcast call, where the first MCPTT client is transitioned from the second broadcast control state to the first broadcast control state after releasing the broadcast call.
US10999712B2	Network methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for efficiently establishing communications connections, e.g., for a secondary application, are described. A device to device communications network has established routing paths, e.g., corresponding to a first application. Different segments of the network use different gateways. Individual communications devices within a segment of the network may have incomplete information on the routing within the segment. A wireless communications device advertises the gateway device which it uses for the first application. A first communications device seeking to establish a communications connection with a second communications device for a second application uses obtained gateway information to make transmission and/or routing decisions, e.g., identifying a third communications device which can bridge a routing path gap between two segments of the network.
US10999711B2	Apparatus and system for distributing an behavior state to an terminal in an environment The present invention discloses an system configured to distributed an behavior state signal to an subscriber terminal when the subscriber comes within an predetermine region of the environment. The system comprises of an plurality of A/V recording and communication apparatus arranging at an predetermine region of the environment, an behavior state processing unit configured to obtain and distribute data to and from components of the system, subscriber terminal and the one or more VSIM severs of the terminal service provider. The service provider further comprises an VSIM server configured to distribute one or more behavior state signals to the one or more subscriber terminals.
US10999709B2	Method and system for determining a direction of movement of an object According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for determining the direction of movement of an object, the method comprising determining a cyclical motion of a cyclically moving part of the object by recording acceleration data of said cyclically moving part over a plurality of cycles using an accelerometer or inertial sensor attached to said cyclically moving part, integrating said acceleration data over at least one cycle of movement to determine a tilting of said cyclically moving part of the object relative to the horizontal plane, measuring an external magnetic field of said cyclically moving part of the object using a magnetometer to determine an orientation of said cyclically moving part of the object relative to the external magnetic field, determining the direction of movement of the object based on the tilting and the orientation of the cyclically moving part of the object.
US10999705B2	Motion vector identification in a Wi-Fi motion detection system Systems and methods for detecting small motion vectors in a Wi-Fi motion detection system are provided. A channel is monitored over time and then evaluated to see if there is a difference, or delta, between the current time sample and other similar time samples. The delta is compared to well-known historical data that is stored in a database and used as a baseline for no motion to identify what the small motion vector is. If the small motion vector activity can't be identified, a learning module is executed to determine the closest match.
US10999704B2	Method and device for determining space partitioning of environment In one embodiment, a movement footprint of a user walking along a wall in the environment is determined at least in part based on a communication between a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device is carried by the user, and the second communication device is placed in the environment. A representation of the spatial division of the environment is generated based on the determined movement footprint. An estimated size associated with at least one reference object in the environment is determined according to the representation of the spatial division, and a reference size associated with the at least one reference object is obtained. Further, the representation of the spatial division is adjusted based on the estimated size and the reference size.
US10999701B2	System for analyzing and improving device location as a function of time A system for use with a system for providing predictive discovery data services to a user comprising processor means providing enhanced data reflecting one or more of: refined proximity boundaries around areas of user interest; analysis of time of a user device location relative to proximity boundaries; assessment of location of user attendance in and allowing selected user access to the enhanced data.
US10999700B2	Communication elements, communication systems, time-of-use tracking elements, methods of communicating, and methods of controlling communication of information regarding assets A communication element, comprising a communication element transceiver, a sensor (configured to detect jerking motion), and an electronic storage device, the communication element configured to: [A] repeat a sequence comprising a broadcast mode in which is sends broadcast signals followed by a sleep mode in which it does not send any broadcast signal, [B] discontinue the sequence and enter a communication mode (in which stored information regarding an asset, e.g., a heavy-duty attachment, is transmitted to a controller, e.g., in a heavy-duty vehicle, upon request) upon receiving (during the broadcast mode or within a set time span after detecting a jerking motion). Also, communication systems comprising one or more such communication elements and one or more controllers, and methods of broadcasting and, upon specific conditions being met, communicating. Also, an element for cumulatively tracking time that an element has been in use.
US10999697B2	Intelligent geofence provisioning Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for efficient location tracking. Embodiments include receiving a device location from a mobile device. Embodiments include identifying a plurality of region definitions and selecting a set of region definitions from the plurality of region definitions based on a proximity of a location of each region definition of the plurality of region definitions to the device location. Embodiments include generating a provisional region definition based on a location of a region definition of the set of region definitions that is farthest from the device location and including the provisional region definition in the set of region definitions. Embodiments include providing the set of region definitions to the mobile device for provisioning and refraining from requesting device locations from the mobile device until receiving a notification from the mobile device that the mobile device has exited a provisional region defined by the provisional region definition.
US10999696B1	Distributed geospatial communications system for UAV monitoring A method on a first mobile node for facilitating exchange of pertinent data between mobile nodes over a wireless communications network can be provided. The method can include establishing, by the first mobile node, a wireless network connection with at least one other mobile node inside a predefined geospatial area, wherein the wireless network connection is established over the wireless communications network. The method can further include determining that a future position of the first mobile node is outside the predefined geospatial area and transmitting pertinent data residing on the first mobile node over the wireless communications network exclusively to the at least one other mobile node inside the predefined geospatial area, wherein the pertinent data is associated with the predefined geospatial area.
US10999695B2	System and method for stereo field enhancement in two channel audio systems The present invention provides methods and systems for digitally processing audio signals in two-channel audio systems and/or applications. In particular, the present invention includes a first filter structured to split a two-channel audio input signal into a low frequency signal and a higher frequency signal. An M/S splitter is then structured to split the higher frequency signal into a middle and a side signal. A detection module is then configured to create a detection signal from the middle signal, which is used in a compression module configured to modulate the side signal to create a gain-modulated side signal. A processing module is then structured to combine the low frequency signal, middle signal, and the gain-modulated side signal to form a final output signal.
US10999693B2	Rendering different portions of audio data using different renderers In general, techniques are described by which to render different portions of audio data using different renderers. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store audio renderers. The processor(s) may obtain a first audio renderer of the plurality of audio renderers, and apply the first audio renderer with respect to a first portion of the audio data to obtain one or more first speaker feeds. The processor(s) may next obtain a second audio renderer of the plurality of audio renderers, and apply the second audio renderer with respect to a second portion of the audio data to obtain one or more second speaker feeds. The processor(s) may output, to one or more speakers, the one or more first speaker feeds and the one or more second speaker feeds.
US10999690B2	Selecting spatial locations for audio personalization An audio system generates customized head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for a user. The audio system receives an initial set of estimated HRTFs. The initial set of HRTFs may have been estimated using a trained machine learning and computer vision system and pictures of the user's ears. The audio system generates a set of test locations using the initial set of HRTFs. The audio system presents test sounds at each of the initial set of test locations using the initial set of HRTFs. The audio system monitors user responses to the test sounds. The audio system uses the monitored responses to generate a new set of estimated HRTFs and a new set of test locations. The process repeats until a threshold accuracy is achieved or until a set period of time expires. The audio system presents audio content to the user using the customized HRTFs.
US10999687B2	Multimedia apparatus, and method for processing audio signal thereof Disclosed in the present specification are a multimedia apparatus for servicing an optimized sound depending on the surrounding environment and a method for processing an audio signal thereof. The method for processing an audio signal of the multimedia apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving an external test sound; analyzing the frequency properties of the received test sound; calculating a compensation value of the test sound according to the analyzed frequency properties; compensating an audio signal to be output, according to the calculated compensation value; and outputting the compensated audio signal.
US10999686B2	Hearing device with model control and associated methods A hearing device includes: a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device; and a memory unit, wherein the memory unit is configured to store data that is associated with the hearing device; wherein the hearing device is configured to communicate with an electronic device; wherein the processing unit is configured to: obtain information from the electronic device, the information associated with a verification performed based on the data, and allow the hearing device to be set based on the information from the electronic device; and wherein the data comprises a hearing device identifier, and wherein the verification is based on the hearing device identifier.
US10999683B2	Microphone assembly and electronic device comprising a microphone assembly A microphone assembly comprising a microphone unit secured to a mounting element. The microphone unit has a first side comprising an audio port, and the mounting element comprises a rigid body having a mounting side. The first side of the microphone unit is arranged at a right angle to the mounting side of the mounting element. The microphone unit may comprise a micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone package holding a MEMS microphone die, and the mounting side of the mounting element may be configured for being mounted or soldered to a printed circuit board. The microphone assembly may be mounted to a device printed circuit board.
US10999678B2	Audio signal processing device and audio signal processing system An audio signal processing system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an audio signal processing unit configured to select one rendering scheme among a plurality of rendering schemes, based on track information for indicating a reproduction position of an audio signal, and render the audio signal by using the one rendering scheme selected.
US10999673B2	Thin speaker with curved or angled structure Disclosed are numerous embodiments of speakers of non-conventional shape. In one set of embodiments, each speaker comprises a pair of curved magnets and a curved voice coil plate located between the magnets and parallel to the magnets. In another set of embodiments, each speaker comprises two or more segments attached at an angle to one another, where each segment comprises a pair of bar magnets and a voice coil plate located between the magnets. Optionally, the magnets and voice coil plate can be curved or angled in a third-dimension as well. The embodiments allow for a speaker to be built of almost any shape.
US10999667B2	Earbud and method for implementing wearing detection and touch operation The present application relates to the field of earbuds, and in particular, to an earbud and a method for implementing a wearing detection and a touch operation. The earbud includes at least two wearing sensors; each of the at least two wearing sensors comprises one or more capacitive sensing units, and a maximum detected capacitance value or a sum of detected capacitance values of the capacitive sensing units of each of the at least two wearing sensors is used as a maximum detection value of the wearing sensor; and the wearing sensors are arranged at different positions where a head of the earbud is in direct contact with skin tissues in the ear, and the earbud is determined to be in a worn state when the maximum detection value of each of the at least two wearing sensors is not smaller than a wearing threshold.
US10999665B2	Audio speaker with a voice coil assembly and a method of manufacturing the speaker A speaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit and a deflectable diaphragm. The frame supports the magnetic circuit and the deflectable diaphragm. The magnetic circuit includes a yoke, permanent magnet, top plate and a voice coil former. The voice coil former includes a voice coil wrapped around a lower portion of the perimeter. In an embodiment, an inner wall of T-Yoke forms a through hole along the height of the T-Yoke. A lead wire fixture is positioned at least partially within the through hole. The lead wire fixture includes a cable that is spliced or stripped into one or more lead wires that electrically couples with the voice coil. In an embodiment, the cable, the lead wire fixture, and the lead wires are pre-assembled or integrated into a component. This integration helps to reduce the height and width of the speaker and helps to create a more compact speaker.
US10999664B2	Loudspeaker assemblies and related methods A loudspeaker assembly includes a mounting bracket, a loudspeaker, and a locking mechanism for releasably securing the loudspeaker in a selected one of a plurality of pitch angles relative to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a mounting plate for securing the mounting bracket to a flat surface, and a support arm extending outwardly from the mounting plate. The loudspeaker includes an electro-acoustic transducer, and an acoustic enclosure defining a bracket passthrough for receiving the support arm of the mounting bracket such the loudspeaker is pivotable between the plurality of pitch angles.
US10999653B2	Detecting and monitoring location of wireless-enabled devices in a physical space Wireless-enabled devices are becoming more ubiquitous in society. Detection and analysis of movement of these devices in a known physical space can aid in detecting cyber threats present in the physical space, as well as physical threats to life in the space. Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to solutions for detecting, monitoring, and analyzing wireless-enabled device movement and utilizing this information to determine a probable threat in a physical space.
US10999649B2	Auto-summarizing video content system and method Novel tools and techniques are described for auto-summarizing video and/or audio content. In some embodiments, a summary server might retrieve one or more time codes from a time code database, and might analyze the one or more time codes to determine at least one selected time code among the one or more time codes that exceeds a predetermined number of selections. The one or more time codes might correspond to one or more triggers, which might include user-inputted triggers, triggers associated with actions by a live audience, or broadcaster/distributor/producer-provided triggers (i.e., cue tones). The summary server might determine one or more selected segments of video or audio content corresponding to the at least one selected time code, and might create one or more summary tracks, where each of the one or more summary tracks might comprise each of the one or more selected segments of the video or audio content.
US10999648B2	Command processing server, command processing program, command processing system, command execution program and command processing method The purpose of this disclosure is to reduce viewer dissatisfaction caused by delays in communication, processing or the like in a system in which a server relays data reception and transmission between a terminal used by a distributor and a terminal used by a viewer. A command processing server which is connected to a command issuing terminal and a command executing terminal comprises: a reception unit which receives a command pertaining to a command execution terminal from a command issuing terminal; a notification unit which notifies the command execution terminal that a command has been received; and an execution instruction unit which transmits, to the command execution terminal, an instruction to execute a command on a command execution terminal, after the command execution terminal has been notified that a command has been received.
US10999645B2	Playing control method and apparatus A play control method includes obtaining a playing state of at least one of a plurality of terminals playing a same video; and controlling a playing progress of at least one of the plurality of terminals when the playing state meets a preset condition. Using the disclosed play control method and apparatus for a plurality of terminals playing a same video, playing synchronization of the plurality of terminals can be maintained under a premise of ensuring that the plurality of terminals do not miss each video segment, so that no communication barrier is resulted due to asynchronous video playing during interactions between users who watch the same video, thus being able to improve user experience.
US10999642B1	Multi-video capture system Systems and methods provide for capturing, at a first computing device associated with a first user, a first video stream, and presenting, by the first computing device, and indication that a second computing device associated with a second user is located within a predetermined distance of the first computing device. The systems and methods further providing for receiving, by the first computing device, a request to access a second video stream being captured on the second computing device and displaying, by the first computing device, the second video stream being captured on the second computing device, on a display of the first computing device.
US10999637B2	Video media item selections In embodiments of video media item selection, items that have been designated for association with video media are displayed while the video media is also displayed for viewing. An item grab application is implemented to receive a user input as an item selection of an item that is associated with the video media while being displayed for viewing. An item page for the selected item can be displayed, where the item page includes an identifier and image of the selected item, as well as a selectable link to the video media. The item grab application can also post the item selection to a social media site when the user shares the selected item. The item selection is posted without the video media that the selected item is associated with, and the video media is selectable for viewing from the item selection that is posted to the social media site.
US10999635B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and program The present invention provides an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing confusion that may arise in a case where a target person is identified when tracking a person. An image processing system includes: a camera control unit which accepts input video images captured by a plurality of video cameras; a tracked person registering unit capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video images inputted from the camera control unit; and a display screen generating unit which displays switchable windows of the video images inputted from the video cameras for each person registered by the tracked person registering unit.
US10999624B2	Multimedia device, vehicle including the same, and broadcast listening method of the multimedia device A multimedia device of a vehicle may include: a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcast information of a plurality of channels from a radio signal; a controller configured to divide the received broadcast information into sound information and subtitle information, and to simultaneously output the sound and subtitle information; a sound outputter configured to output the divided sound information; and a display configured to display the divided subtitle information. The controller is further configured to determine electronic program guide (EPG) information of the radio signal, and to control the display so as to display a text-changeable channel according to the EPG information.
US10999623B2	Providing visual content editing functions A method of adjusting visual content. The method comprises: identifying when a client device captures at least one of an image and a video file; analyzing textual content in a plurality of content providing network sources, available via a network, to identify at least one current event; acquiring at least one demographic characteristic of a user of the client device; selecting one or more visual content editing functions based upon the at least one demographic characteristic and according to the at least one current event; and supplying the one or more selected visual content editing functions to the client device.
US10999619B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus includes: an image processor; a display unit; a remote controller which includes a touch input unit to detect motion of a user; a remote control signal receiver which receives a remote control signal from the remote controller corresponding to the motion of a user; and a controller which displays the content information window as if the content information window enters from an outside of a display area to an inside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from an outside of an area of the touch input unit to an inside of the area, or stops displaying the content information window as if the content information window exits from the inside of the display area to the outside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from the inside of the area of the touch input unit to the outside of the touch input unit.
US10999617B2	System and method for delivering multimedia content A framework for presenting aspects of a story to one or more participants having at least one device, the story having one or more storylines, each storyline comprising one or more segments, each segment comprising one or more elements, each of said one or more elements comprising (i) a physical location; (ii) actions; and (iii) at least one event trigger, said framework comprising a backend platform storing information about said story and interacting with said at least one device to deliver aspects of at least one of said storylines to at least some of said one or more participants based on one or more event triggers.
US10999616B1	Systems and methods for value-based provision of television content in a hybrid quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)/internet protocol (IP) content delivery environment A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of an content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain a replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value.
US10999615B2	Personal base station system with wireless video capability A personal base station (PBS) having wireless video capability. The PBS authenticates a mobile device within range for cellular services, and authenticates the user for a level of service for cable television. The PBS operates in accordance with a dual-purpose subscriber identity system (SIS) includes a subscriber mobile identity component (SMIC) and a video security component (VSC) such that the cellular and television services can be authenticated. Mobile devices incorporating the disclosed innovations, as well as the PBS, can access video content from a cable television provider through any available broadband link, regardless of the mobile device's physical location.
US10999613B1	System and method for intelligent delivery of segmented media streams A system and method for reducing the delay and optimizing the process of delivering real-time media segments on communication networks. This is accomplished by allowing media segment requests to be queued ahead of the time that the segment exists. The system includes the ability to request segments by selected criteria or by explicit reference naming techniques. This reduces delay and optimizes bandwidth usage when applied within otherwise high latency communication networks, including Content Delivery Networks.
US10999612B2	Broadcast signal reception device and broadcast signal reception method A broadcast signal reception method is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast signal reception method comprises the steps of: receiving a first broadcast signal through a first channel; parsing service list table (SLT) information included in the first broadcast signal; parsing service layer signaling (SLS) information received on the basis of the SLT; and providing a broadcast service on the basis of the SLS information.
US10999609B2	Enhanced service compatibility with clients Methods and systems for enhancing service compatibility are described. A request for content can be received from a client (e.g., user device). A first resource locator for at least a portion of the content can be encoded with service information. A second resource locator indicating a redirect device can comprise the encoded first resource locator and the service information. The client can request at least the portion of the content from a redirect device using the second resource locator. The redirect device can process the request by decoding the first resource locator and service information and sending the service information to a service. The redirect device can send the first resource locator to the client. The client can request at least the portion of the content from a content device using the first resource locator.
US10999603B2	Method and apparatus for video coding with adaptive clipping In a particular implementation, a clipping bound may be different from the signal bound. For example, to derive the upper clipping bound, a reconstructed sample value corresponding to original sample value Y is estimated to be Y+Δy. Thus, for a candidate upper clipping bound x, the difference between the clipped value and the original value is calculated as min(Y+Δy, x)−Y. The distortions using different candidate clipping values around signal bound M may be tested. The test starts with signal bound M and moves towards smaller values. The distortion may first decrease (or maintain the same) and then increase, and the turning point is chosen as upper clipping bound M′. Similarly, the lower clipping bound m′ can be chosen. For more effective clipping, the color components may be transformed such that the transformed color components may be more tightly enclosed by a box defined by the clipping bounds.
US10999602B2	Sphere projected motion estimation/compensation and mode decision Techniques are disclosed for coding video data predictively based on predictions made from spherical-domain projections of input pictures to be coded and reference pictures that are prediction candidates. Spherical projection of an input picture and the candidate reference pictures may be generated. Thereafter, a search may be conducted for a match between the spherical-domain representation of a pixel block to be coded and a spherical-domain representation of the reference picture. On a match, an offset may be determined between the spherical-domain representation of the pixel block to a matching portion of the of the reference picture in the spherical-domain representation. The spherical-domain offset may be transformed to a motion vector in a source-domain representation of the input picture, and the pixel block may be coded predictively with reference to a source-domain representation of the matching portion of the reference picture.
US10999601B2	Line-based compression for digital image data A method of compressing digital image data is provided that includes selecting an entropy code for encoding a line of pixels in the digital image data, wherein the entropy code is selected from a plurality of variable length entropy codes, using spatial prediction to compute a pixel predictor and a pixel residual for a pixel in the line of pixels, and selectively encoding the pixel residual using one of the entropy code or run mode encoding.
US10999595B2	Method and apparatus of motion vector prediction or merge candidate derivation for video coding A method and apparatus of priority-based MVP (motion vector predictor) derivation for motion compensation in a video encoder or decoder are disclosed. According to this method, one or more final motion vector predictors (MVPs) are derived using priority-based MVP derivation process. The one or more final MVPs are derived by selecting one or more firstly available MVs from a priority-based MVP list for Inter prediction mode, Skip mode or Merge mode based on reference data of one or two target reference pictures that are reconstructed prior to the current block according to a priority order. Therefore, there is no need for transmitting information at the encoder side nor deriving information at the decoder side that is related to one or more MVP indices to identify the one or more final MVPs in the video bitstream.
US10999586B2	Image encoding method and equipment for implementing the method To encode an image divided into blocks of a set of images, each block being encoded according to one of a plurality of encoding modes including at least one temporal correlation prediction encoding mode utilizing a plurality of images, a motion estimation vector search area is defined in a second image of the set of images, distinct from the first image and previously encoded according to a predefined sequence of encoding images of the set of images, a portion at least of the search area having substantially the shape of an ovoid, the data from the search area is stored in a cache memory, a motion estimation vector of the current block is determined by a search in the search area in the cache memory, and the motion estimation vector is used to decide the encoding of the current block according to the one of the plurality of encoding modes.
US10999585B2	Frame-rate scalable video coding Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
US10999579B2	Methods and systems for decoding a video bitstream A video bitstream is decoded by decoding a first syntax element with an integer value indicating a number of a plurality of entropy slices defining a first slice, a second syntax element indicating an offset, and a third syntax element indicating a slice type of the first slice. When the third syntax element indicates the slice type of the first slice is a B slice or a P slice, a flag in the slice header indicating an initialization method of a CABAC context is decoded, and the CABAC context is initialized using one of the first initialization method and the second initialization method. When the third syntax element indicates the slice type of the first slice is an I slice, the CABAC context is initialized using a third initialization method.
US10999578B2	Transcoding media content using an aggregated quality score Systems and methods for transcoding media content are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining a transcoded media content that is transcoded from an uploaded media content. The method includes determining a plurality of degradation metric values corresponding to the transcoded media content based on the uploaded media content and the transcoded media content, each degradation metric value corresponding to a different degradation metric type. The method includes mapping each degradation metric value to a respective calibrated score to obtain a plurality of calibrated scores. The method includes determining an aggregated quality score of the transcoded media content based on the plurality of calibrated scores and an exponential weighting function. The exponential weighting function exponentiates each of the calibrated scores by a respective weighting exponent and aggregates the exponentiated calibrated scores. The method includes selectively reencoding the transcoded media content based on the aggregated quality score.
US10999577B2	Quantization parameter determination method and image capture apparatus A method of determining a quantization parameter includes determining an adjustment range of a quantization parameter correction value based on a size of a motion area of an input image, calculating an average bitrate value of the input image, and adjusting the quantization parameter correction value by decreasing the quantization parameter correction value within the adjustment range in response to determining that the average bitrate value is greater than an upper limit value, and by increasing the quantization parameter correction value within the adjustment range in response to determining that the average bitrate value is equal to or less than a lower limit value.
US10999573B2	Partial light field display architecture The disclosure describes various aspects of a partial light field display architecture. In an aspect, a light field display includes multiple picture elements (e.g., super-raxels), where each picture element includes a first portion having a first set of light emitting elements, where the first portion is configured to produce light outputs that contribute to at least one a two-dimensional (2D) view. Each picture element also includes a second portion including a second set of light emitting elements (e.g., sub-raxels) configured to produce light outputs (e.g., ray elements) that contribute to at least one three-dimensional (3D) view. The light field display also includes electronic means configured to drive the first set of light emitting elements and the second set of light emitting elements in each picture element. The light field display can also dynamically identify the first portion and the second portion and allocate light emitting elements accordingly.
US10999569B2	Three-dimensional image reconstruction using multi-layer data acquisition A camera, including: two imaging systems each comprising a different optical path corresponding to a different viewing angle of an object; one or more illumination sources; a mask disposed with multiple pairs of apertures, wherein each aperture of each aperture pair corresponds to a different one of the imaging systems; at least one detector configured to acquire multiple image pairs of the object from the two imaging systems via the multiple pairs of apertures; and a processor configured to produce from the multiple acquired image pairs a multi-layer three dimensional reconstruction of the object.
US10999559B1	Electronic side-mirror with multiple fields of view An apparatus comprising a sensor and a processor. The sensor may be configured to generate a first video signal based on a targeted view from a vehicle. The processor may be configured to (A) receive the first video signal, (B) generate a second video signal and (C) present the second video signal to a display. The second video signal presents a series of video frames configured to fit a shape of the display. The processor selects among a plurality of fields of view for the video frames based on a decision by the processor.
US10999558B2	Monitoring system A control device for controlling a display device, when an abnormality has occurred in any of a plurality of monitoring target devices, executes a first display control that causes the display device to display abnormality occurrence information including at least identification information of the monitoring target device in which the abnormality has occurred and occurrence time information indicating the time when the abnormality occurred, and when one item, or one item among two or more items, of the abnormality occurrence information displayed in the display device has been selected, executes a second display control that acquires image capturing information of the monitoring target device corresponding to the selected abnormality occurrence information from a storage device and causes the display device to display the acquired image capturing information, and executes a third display control that acquires operation information of the monitoring target device corresponding to the selected abnormality occurrence information from the storage device and causes the display device to display the acquired operation information.
US10999550B2	Image pickup device that is provided with peripheral circuits to prevent chip area from being increased, and image pickup apparatus An image pickup device which suppresses an increase in chip area of peripheral circuits without degrading the performance of a pixel section and makes it possible to prevent costs from being increased. The image pickup device includes a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate. A pixel section includes photo diodes each for generate electric charges by photoelectric conversion, floating diffusions each for temporarily storing the electric charges generated by the photo diode, and amplifiers each connected to the floating diffusion, for outputting a signal dependent on a potential of the associated floating diffusion. Column circuits are connected to vertical signal lines, respectively, for performing predetermined processing on signals output from the pixel section to vertical signal lines.
US10999549B2	Image sensor, column parallel ADC circuit and A/D conversion method thereof A column parallel ADC circuit includes: plural column ADCs and a digital processing circuit. The plural column ADCs generate respective plural digital counts. The plural column ADCs include a first column ADC and a second column ADC. The first column ADC generates a first digital count according to a first analog signal, and the second column ADC generates a second digital count according to a second analog signal. The first digital count is a difference between a first digital signal and a second digital signal. The first and the second digital signals correspond to the first and the second analog signals respectively. The digital processing circuit generates the plural digital signals, wherein the digital processing circuit generates the first digital signal according to the first digital count and the second digital signal.
US10999544B2	Image sensor including phase detection pixels and image pickup device An image sensor includes a pixel array that includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group, each including a plurality of image pixels to generate image data. The first pixel group includes a first phase detection pixel pair including first phase detection pixels arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction and having at least one first microlens thereon, and the second pixel group includes a second phase detection pixel pair including second phase detection pixels arranged adjacent to each other in a second direction different from the first direction and having at least one second microlens thereon. The sensitivity of the first phase detection pixels is different from the sensitivity of the second phase detection pixels.
US10999533B2	Devices, systems, and methods for instant video switching in an extension environment Extension devices such as upstream facing port devices (UFP devices) and downstream facing port devices (DFP devices) connect via an extension medium. When a UFP device and a DFP device pair with each other, DisplayPort video and/or audio information from a DisplayPort source device can be presented by a DisplayPort sink device, which are coupled to the UFP device and DFP device, respectively. In some embodiments, the DFP device may train a DisplayPort link to the DisplayPort sink device regardless of whether it is receiving actual data from a UFP device, and may provide placeholder data to the DisplayPort sink device in order to keep the link active. The DFP device may then replace the placeholder data with the actual data from the UFP device, once received, and may thereby seamlessly switch the DisplayPort sink device from presenting placeholder data to presenting data from the DisplayPort source device.
US10999528B2	Image capture device with interchangeable integrated sensor-optical component assemblies An image capture device includes an image capture module and a base module. The image capture module is releasably connectable to the base module. The image capture module includes an integrated image sensor and optical component for capturing image data. The base module includes a processor. The processor is configured and the base module is calibrated based on identification data provided by the image capture module when releasably connected to the base module. The image information and identification data may be wirelessly transferred from the image capture module to the base module.
US10999527B1	Generation of enhanced panoramic visual content An image capture device may capture two hemispherical views of a scene. The two hemispherical view of the scene may be stitched along a stitch line. The image capture device may be rotated to align the stitch line with a mid-line of a panoramic field of view of the scene. Separate exposure settings may be used to capture the two hemispherical views of the scene, with the exposure settings increasing the dynamic range of the scene depicted within the panoramic field of view of the scene. The panoramic field of view of the scene may be punched out as panoramic visual content.
US10999526B2	Image acquisition method and apparatus A system includes an image sensor, an adjustable aperture, and a memory. THE memory includes computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the system to perform operations including obtaining a first image via the image sensor based at least in part on a first aperture stop of the adjustable aperture, identifying a first pixel of the first image, identifying a second pixel of the first image, determining a second aperture stop of the adjustable aperture based at least in part on the first pixel, determining a third aperture stop of the adjustable aperture based at least in part on the second pixel, obtaining a second image via the image sensor based at least in part on the second aperture stop, and obtaining a third image via the image sensor based at least in part on the third aperture stop.
US10999525B2	Image processing apparatus and method for compressing dynamic range of WDR image Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a wide dynamic range (WDR) image sensor configured to output image frames by photographing a subject with different shutter times; and at least one processor to implement: a wide image synthesis unit configured to synthesize a WDR image based on n subchannels included in each of the image frames; a knee curve generating unit configured to generate an integral histogram of luminance levels of m×n subchannels included m image frames among the image frames, and generate a knee curve based on the integral histogram, where m and n each is an integer greater than zero; and a dynamic range transforming unit configured to reduce a dynamic range of the WDR image based on the generated knee curve.
US10999522B2	Control apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium A control apparatus includes a processor is configured to function as an information acquisition unit configured to acquire object size information from image data by a first method and a second method in continuous imaging, and an imaging control unit configured to perform an exposure while performing follow-up drive of an optical system so as to reduce a difference between the object size information and target size information.
US10999519B2	Target tracking method and device, movable platform, and storage medium A target tracking method applicable to a shooting device including a first shooting assembly and a second shooting assembly. The method includes calling the second shooting assembly to shoot an environment to obtain an image, performing target object recognition on the image to obtain a tracking position area of a target object to be tracked in the image, and adjusting a shooting attitude of the shooting device according to the tracking position area of the target object in the image to locate the target object in a shooting frame of the first shooting assembly.
US10999510B2	Image shake correction device, imaging device, image shake correction method, and image shake correction program A digital camera (100) includes a plurality of drive units that moves a movable member (2) including an imaging element (20) in directions X, Y, and θ along a light receiving surface (20a) of the imaging element (20), and a system controller (108) that controls the plurality of drive units. The system controller (108) includes a power amount decision unit (108A) that decides power amounts to be supplied to the plurality of drive units for moving the movable member (2) to a target position, and a drive controller (108B) that performs a first control for reducing a total value of the power amounts decided by the power amount decision unit (108A) while maintaining a ratio between the power amounts decided by the power amount decision unit (108A) and supplying the power amounts after the reduction to the drive units.
US10999509B2	Systems, methods, and mediums for controlling image stabilization based on imaging condition A lens apparatus attachable to a camera that includes a first corrector configured to move configured to move for an image stabilization includes a second corrector configured to move for the image stabilization, and a controller configured to control, based on an imaging condition, the second corrector according to a first drive that moves both the first corrector and the second corrector during imaging, or a second drive that moves only one of the first corrector and the second corrector during the imaging.

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