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US11351477B2	Techniques for accelerating thermal equilibrium in a chromatographic column Techniques are described for accelerating thermal equilibrium in a chromatographic column. An apparatus comprises a chromatography column, and a plurality of temperature control units in thermal contact with the chromatography column. A method of performing liquid chromatography comprises setting an inlet of a chromatography column to a first temperature using a first temperature control unit in thermal contact with said inlet, setting an outlet of the chromatography column to a second temperature using a second temperature control unit in thermal contact with the outlet, wherein the first temperature is less than the second temperature; and injecting a sample into a liquid stream that flows through the chromatography column after the inlet is set at the first temperature and the outlet is at the second temperature.
US11351473B2	Toy building element and toy building set The present disclosure provides an integrated design building block with turnable modules inside, the building block comprising: a lower housing, an upper housing, and a plurality of turnable modules mechanism, the lower housing and the upper housing being fitted to form a plurality of receiving spaces, the plurality of turnable modules being disposed within the plurality of receiving spaces, respectively, wherein the turnable modules may be partially or completely received in the receiving spaces, the turnable modules each having a turnable module connection portion; the lower housing and the upper housing are fitted to form a body structure of the building block; a plurality of connection portions are provided on surfaces of the body structure; the turnable module connection portions are fitted to the plurality of connection portions on the surfaces of the body structure. The building block provided by the present disclosure has advantages of a simple mechanical structure and a low cost. The present disclosure further provides a building set.
US11351471B2	Snow man making device for making a snow person having light emitting structures A ball is provided forming an inside structure of the snow person, the ball having an inner and outer surface. The ball is a unitary work piece that is free and unconnected to other work pieces. An adhesion surface is disposed on the outer surface of the ball, the adhesion surface provided with nodules that extend away from the surface of the ball to adhere snow while the ball is rolled. Light units are integrated into the surface of the ball and having light emitting portions that extend away from the surface of the ball. A light output of the light units is selected to transmit light through a layer of snow. Connections between the light units situated within the ball connect the light units together.
US11351470B2	Video game ride A system in accordance with present embodiments includes a plurality of vehicles having vehicle interface circuitry and configured to accommodate one or more riders. In certain embodiments, a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is configured to receive respective inputs from the one or more riders via the vehicle interface circuitry, and wherein the respective inputs are related to one or more game features of a game environment; and a game controller configured to receive information from the vehicle interface circuitry related to the respective inputs; and provide instructions to modify the game environment based on at least one of the respective inputs.
US11351469B2	Method for creating a mini-game A starting location for the mini-game is chosen in the legacy game state. A snapshot is generated of that location. Once the snapshot is taken, trigger events are identified. Triggers corresponding to the trigger events are identified. A mini-game script is generated using the snapshot and triggers. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US11351467B2	Information processing apparatus and game image distributing method An image processing unit 118 generates a distribution image including a game image. A distribution processing unit 126 distributes the distribution image to one or more of information processing terminals through a shared server. A participation processing unit 128 accepts play requests of viewing users operating the information processing terminals and approves a game play of one of the viewing users who has made a request for a play. An application execution unit 110 processes a game using operation information transmitted from the information processing terminal operated by the viewing user the game play of which has been approved.
US11351464B2	Automated coaching for online gaming A game coaching system identifies gameplay data associated with online game players of an online game and determines, based at least in part on the gameplay data, a performance model to predict performance metric(s) of individual players. The performance model may be used to conduct a sensitivity analysis to determine which perturbations to individual parameters of gameplay data result in improvements to the performance metric(s) of a player. This sensitivity analysis may be used to identify action(s) to recommend to the player to improve his or her gameplay performance. The action(s) that are recommended to the player may be decided based at least in part on the predicted impact of those action(s) on player performance and/or the ease of implementing the action(s). The game coaching system may provide updated action recommendations to players to allow the player to improve his or her gameplay performance over time.
US11351462B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium and information processing method An example of an information processing system displays on a display device two or more selection candidates each corresponding to a game character in a draw mode. In the draw mode, a game character corresponding to a selected selection candidate is granted to the user in exchange for decreasing a predetermined parameter. When a cumulative grant count becomes equal to or greater than a reference count, the information processing system permits execution of a designated mode. In the designated mode, a game character designated by the user is granted to the user. In the draw mode, the information processing system accepts a selection instruction until an end process is performed even after the cumulative grant count becomes equal to or greater than the reference count.
US11351460B2	System and method for creating personalized game experiences A method for optimizing a computer-implemented game for a target metric is disclosed. Based on a detecting that an optimization point has been reached during a runtime of the computer game, user data, game state data, and personalized gaming experience (PGE) question data is communicated to a PGE server. The PGE question data is linked to the optimization point. An answer corresponding to the PGE question data is received from the PGE server. The answer is selected from a plurality of answers linked to the optimization point based on an application of a machine-learned model to the user data, game state data, and PGE question data. The received answer is implemented within the computer-implemented game.
US11351455B2	Real time interconnected game context and data sharing plugin framework Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for interconnecting plugins of a content overlay engine that is executed with a video game. In an example system, a data manager that includes a plugin manager and an event reporting orchestrator is executed concurrently with the video game. The plugin manager identifies a set of plugins that includes at least a consumer plugin and a producer plugin coupled to the data manager. The plugin manager also identifies an event type that is to be reported to the consumer plugin. The event reporting orchestrator receives a notification of a first event from the producer plugin during execution of the video game, and determines if the first event is of the event type to be reported to the consumer plugin. If the first event is of the event type, information associated with the first event is reported to the consumer plugin.
US11351453B2	Attention-based AI determination of player choices Using a camera or other tracking hardware, the attention of a player of a computer game (based on gaze direction, for instance) is tracked at key/predetermined points during game play. For example, when the player enters a new area in the game such as a simulated room, town, etc., it is determined what the player's gaze focuses on more, e.g., a dog huddled in the corner, a nobleman with obvious signs of wealth, or a shifty appearing figure in the shadows. Based on this input, one or more factors of future gameplay are determined, such as an order in which to present encounters/challenges, adjusting a character's “morality” score/flag, adjusting bonuses/penalties to non-player character (NPC) interactions, etc.
US11351450B2	Systems and techniques for generating scent Described herein are systems and techniques for generating odor impressions of scents. Some embodiments provide odor impressions in an extended reality (XR) environment (e.g., virtual reality (VR) and/or augmented reality (AR)). The system determines spatial characteristics of an odor impression that is to be generated in the XR environment. The system generates one or more commands for generating the odor impression based on the spatial characteristics. The system transmits the command(s) to a controller for execution. The controller may control dispersal of scented media to generate the odor impression.
US11351449B2	System and method for generating olfactory stimuli A device or system is provided that provides olfactory stimuli, and includes a piezoelectric vibration device that is used to produce scents corresponding to actions performed in a VR or AR environment, or other application. In some implementations, a user interacts with one or more game elements within a game program being executed by a game engine, and responsive to the interaction, the game engine may communicate a series of commands that cause a piezoelectric device of the device to generate scents to be experienced by the user.
US11351447B1	Systems and methods for computer assisted operation Systems and methods are disclosed for interacting with a person by rendering images with a display; capturing a vision and transmit a vision to the display; detecting with sensors one or more biometric and physical conditions, the sensor having a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with a remote processor; and providing sexual stimulation with explicit augmented or virtual reality views of sex organ body part based on the biometric and physical conditions.
US11351444B2	Method and apparatus for playing a chess-like game A game apparatus includes a housing defining an interior area for electronic components, a top wall of which includes a game board having squares for receiving respective game pieces. A plurality of input buttons are included on each end of the housing by which a player may enter points to be awarded to corresponding moves of game pieces, the point being incremented on respective digital displays. The game board includes a negative containment grid for receiving one or more auxiliary game pieces. Points may be scored as game pieces are moved and opposing game pieces are captured, the game pieces having predetermined high and low values. In addition, the method of use includes a dual point assignment scheme capable of varying the points assigned to the playing pieces.
US11351443B2	Electromagnetic game board An electromagnetic game board includes a configurable grid of electromagnets under a game board to move game pieces on the board. Alternative to electromagnets is acoustic levitation through soundwave. In an oscillating electric field (four sides), a magnet can create excite ultrasound that quickly contract and rebound its original shape to push out pulses of air.
US11351441B2	Children's cooperative edutainment board game A cooperative board game played by a group of players includes a customizable playhouse, a game board having a plurality of defined areas each defined by a shape on the game board, a plurality of activities including Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 activities, wherein each level corresponds to one of the defined areas, a plurality of decks of dramatic play cards, wherein each of the plurality of decks corresponds to one of the levels, and an online map that can be accessed after completing a final activity in Level 4. Each player in the group of players completes each of the Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 activities in order, wherein the game is complete after each player completes the Level 4 final activity. The unique value propositions include self-discovery, a bird's eye view of the world, flexible and repeatable activities for endless outcomes, and an online community providing hindsight learning and real-world connection with others.
US11351440B2	Ring for a fighting sport A ring for a fighting sport has a circular fighting area defined by a plurality of circular fence rings that are held up by posts. Shock absorbers connect the fence rings to the posts. Position markers are provided to indicate the starting positions of the participating fighters at certain points during the bout.
US11351432B2	Soccer training devices, systems, and methods A soccer training device and system includes a generally horizontal and planar platform and at least one sloped soccer ball collection trough provided generally around a perimeter of the platform. A segmented cage is provided generally at and around outer bounds of, and vertically above, the platform. At least one sensored gate includes at least one soccer ball impact curtain provided above the at least one soccer ball collection trough to direct soccer balls into the trough, and at least one arrangement of sensors to sense presence of the soccer balls that are impacting the at least one curtain. A ball thrower sequentially receives the soccer balls from the silo, to sequentially deliver the soccer balls to a player on the platform. A control panel and a control box control operation of the soccer training device and system.
US11351430B2	Club cover having variable internal space A club cover is provided by being configured to be flexible in an entrance space part thereof, through which a golf club head (hereinbelow referred to as “a club head”) is inserted into and withdrawn from the club cover. More particularly, a club cover having variable internal space is provided by being configured to be flexible in an entrance space part thereof, wherein when the club head is inserted into the club cover, the club head is in the club cover with the entrance space part of a body part being folded by a foldable part provided on a side surface of the body part to protect the club head, but when the club head is withdrawn, the foldable part is unfolded to expand the entrance space part, so that the club head is easily withdrawn and stored, which is easily manipulated by one hand.
US11351425B2	Multi-material iron-type golf club head A multi-material iron-type golf club head having a shell that defines a closed internal volume, where the head is composed of at least two different materials, incorporates a variable face thickness, and achieves a high characteristic time.
US11351421B2	Fitness equipment cruise control with power reserve A computer implemented system provides a cruise control function, during a fitness equipment-based workout, to report a power output amount based on a cruise control set-point. The system includes a piece of fitness equipment, a control device, and a computing device. The fitness equipment produces an output corresponding to actual power produced on the fitness equipment. The control device transmits an indication of power being produced to the computing device as an input to a fitness training game. In a first operational state, the indication represents the actual amount of power being produced via operation of the fitness equipment by the user, but in a second operational state, the numerical indication is a virtual power amount corresponding to a cruise control set-point amount established via the control device.
US11351420B2	Method and system for virtual fitness training and tracking devices A machine implemented method and system, including: transmitting one or more credentials of a user account from a user device to an exercise management system (EMS) having a processor and one or more sensors, where the EMS is disposed on an exercise equipment disposed in a selected at least one fitness center and the exercise equipment is part of a selected at least one exercise plan; transmitting the one or more credentials of the user account from the EMS to a cloud server having a processor; transmitting the selected at least one exercise plan for the new user account from the cloud server to the EMS; transmitting an exercise equipment information from the EMS; forming a user exercise data by the EMS for the exercise equipment based on data received from the one or more sensors; and transmitting an exercise feedback from the EMS.
US11351417B2	Portable devices for exercising muscles in the ankle, foot, and/or leg, and related methods A method of exercising includes positioning a foot of a user onto a pedal of an exercise device. The pedal is pivotably connected to a pair of supports forming a triangular base and has a neutral position relative to a pivot axis of the device. The method includes applying a first force to the pedal to rotate the pedal about the pivot axis in a first direction, toward a first support. The method includes resisting movement of the pedal toward the first support with a resistance mechanism of the device. The method includes applying a second force to the pedal to rotate the pedal about the pivot axis in a second direction, opposite the first direction, toward a second support and away from the first support. The method includes resisting movement of the pedal toward the second support with the resistance mechanism of the device.
US11351416B2	Weight sled apparatus and method A flexible weight sled includes a main body member made from a flexible material, such as a nylon webbing, canvas, or the like. The main body member includes a weight strap that is used to attach one or more weights to the main body member in a removable manner. A upper body pulling strap is attached to the front portion of the main body member, and in a preferred embodiment, the upper body pulling strap includes a pair of handles on a distal end thereof. The weight sled may be folded or rolled up for purposes of storage and/or transport.
US11351413B2	Movement platform for bicycle trainer A bicycle training system and methods of using the same. The system includes a movement platform that rests on a support surface and supports a bicycle in an upright manner with respect to the support surface. The movement platform includes a support frame having a base and at least one upstanding arm that supportably engages a portion of a frame of the bicycle, a resistance assembly operatively coupled to a portion of a drivetrain of the bicycle that applies varying levels of resistance to the portion of the drivetrain, and a plurality of bushings isolating the base from the support surface. The plurality of bushings are spherical thereby permitting the movement platform to move with respect to the support surface in response to forces applied to the bicycle frame during use of the bicycle training system.
US11351409B2	Exercise machine with a force transducer Systems, methods, and devices for measuring force applied to a machine, where an exercise machine comprises a frame; a motor assembly; a mounting plate, wherein the mounting plate is attached to the motor assembly; a force transducer. The force transducer is attached to the mounting plate and the frame and is the only point of contact between the frame and the motor assembly. The force transducer is configured to measure force applied to the motor assembly.
US11351407B2	Foam former and foam sprinkler The invention relates to an optimized foam former (1) for foaming a foam-water concentrate, which foam former consists of a curved grate having diamond-shaped openings (13) and sharp edges (12). The structure of the foam former increases the foam formation and ensures uniform distribution of the foam over a large area. Existing water sprinklers having a nozzle (3) and a spray disk (2) can be provided with the foam former (1) and thus converted into foam sprinklers in a simple manner. The foam former (1) is arranged in such a way that the foam former (1) protrudes beyond the spray disk (2) toward the nozzle (3).
US11351400B2	Biological object image-capturing and treatment system and method A biological object image-capturing and treatment system includes a micro detection and treatment device. The micro detection and treatment device includes a plurality of signal transmitting and receiving elements arranged as an array, wherein adjacent at least two signal transmitting and receiving elements transmit signals or receive signals during different periods. When performing an image-capturing procedure, at least one signal transmitting and receiving element transmits a first power signal and, when performing a treatment procedure, at least one signal transmitting and receiving element transmits a second power signal, wherein a power of the first power signal is different from a power of the second power signal.
US11351398B2	Particle therapy with magnetic resonance imaging Particle radiation therapy and planning utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Radiation therapy prescription information and patient MRI data can be received and a radiation therapy treatment plan can be determined for use with a particle beam. The treatment plan can utilize the radiation therapy prescription information and the patient MRI data to account for interaction properties of soft tissues in the patient through which the particle beam passes. Patient MRI data may be received from a magnetic resonance imaging system integrated with the particle radiation therapy system. MRI data acquired during treatment may also be utilized to modify or optimize the particle radiation therapy treatment.
US11351396B2	Methods for inverse planning Methods for dose or treatment planning for a radiotherapy system including a radiotherapy unit are provided. A spatial dose delivered can be changed by adjusting beam shape settings, and the delivered radiation is determined using an optimization problem that steers the delivered radiation according to objectives reflecting criteria for regions of interest including at least one of: targets to be treated during treatment of the patient, organs at risk and/or healthy tissue. The method includes determining an inner set of voxels and providing a first frame description for the inner set of voxels, where the first frame description reflects criteria for the inner set of voxels. Determining an outer set of voxels encompassing the target volume and the inner set of voxels and a frame description for the outer set of voxels is provided where each reflecting criteria for the outer set of voxels. The frame descriptions are then used in the optimization problem that steers the delivered radiation.
US11351390B2	Wearable monitor system computing patient heart rate by multiplying ECG signals from different channels An external defibrillator comprises an energy storage module, a discharge circuit, electrodes, a measurement circuit to sense contemporaneously a first ECG signal from a first vector and a second ECG signal from a second vector, and a subsequent ECG signal, and a processor. The processor is configured to multiply values of the first ECG signal with values of the second ECG signal to derive a product waveform, detect, in the product waveform, peaks that exceed a detection threshold, measure durations of time intervals between pairs of successive detected peaks, compute a heart rate of the patient from the measured durations of the time intervals, determine from the subsequent ECG signal whether a shock criterion is met, and when met, control the discharge circuit to discharge a stored electrical charge to deliver a shock to the patient. A communication module is configured to transmit the computed heart rate.
US11351387B2	Method of manufacturing a singulated feedthrough insulator for a hermetic seal of an active implantable medical device incorporating a post conductive paste filled pressing step A method for manufacturing a singulated feedthrough insulator for a hermetic seal of an active implantable medical device (AIMD) is described. The method begins with forming a green-state ceramic bar with a via hole filled with a conductive paste. The green-state ceramic bar is dried to convert the paste to an electrically conductive material filling via hole and then subjected to a pressing step. Following pressing, a green-state insulator is singulated from the green-state ceramic bar. The singulated green-state insulator in next sintered to form an insulator that is sized and shaped for hermetically sealing to close a ferrule opening. The thusly produced feedthrough is suitable installation in an opening in the housing of an active implantable medical device.
US11351382B2	Detecting the onset of sensing issues using short intervals The disclosure describes an enhancement to lead monitoring techniques, which uses a sensing integrity counter (SIC). The techniques of this disclosure may enhance lead monitoring techniques by detecting possible sensing issues based on a significant increase in periodic, e.g., daily, SIC counts relative to previous periods. Some issues with sensing cardiac signals via implantable cardiac leads can result in an implantable medical device (IMD) measuring very short intervals between what appears to be sensed heart beats. Examples of issues include insulation breach, conductor fracture, or poor electrical connection, which may cause noise that appears to be an R-wave. The IMD may detect the noise, along with actual R-waves, and determine that there are relatively short (e.g., less than a threshold) intervals between the “R-waves.” A significant increase in the number or frequency of very short intervals between R-waves may indicate the date/time of a significant sensing issue.
US11351380B2	Implantable stimulation power receiver, systems and methods A wireless implantable neuromuscular stimulator includes an antenna for producing an induced current in response to being disposed in an electromagnetic field. The antenna includes a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface. An upper coil including a plurality of coil turns is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. A lower coil including a plurality of coil turns is disposed on the lower surface of the substrate. The upper and lower coils are electrically connected to each other in parallel. The parallel connection can be facilitated by a plurality of connectors that extend through the substrate and electrically connect the upper coil to the lower coil. In one example configuration, connectors connect each coil turn of the upper coil to a corresponding turn of the lower coil.
US11351378B2	Method to design temporal patterns of nervous system stimulation The present invention relates to methods that enable one to design temporal patterns for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to methods to design improved stimulation patterns and/or genetic algorithms for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes a model-based design to achieve a more optimal stimulation pattern for use in connection with a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue (e.g., a human nervous system). In another embodiment, the model-based design of the present invention utilizes a systematic search method to identify parameters (e.g., design variables) that minimize a cost function (e.g., optimize the fitness of a particular design). In one instance, the system and method of the present invention is demonstrated via optimal temporal patterns of electrical stimulation for a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue.
US11351377B2	Intra-oral appliances and systems An intra-oral appliance to power and/or communicate with a neurostimulator is provided. The intra-oral appliance can include a teeth covering configured to fit over mandibular incisor, canine and/or premolar teeth of a human being and a remote controller in the form of a housing extending posteriorly from and operably connected to the teeth covering. The housing can include a power source, a coupling coil configured to transmit power to the neurostimulator and configured to receive power from an external charger, and electrical circuitry operably connected to the coupling coil and the power source.
US11351374B2	System and method for ocular stimulation Devices and methods to deliver microcurrent stimulation therapy to the human body, when connected to a micro-stimulation current-generating apparatus. The method of applying microcurrent stimulation therapy to key points around the eye for treatment of problems such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, optic neuritis and other eye-related or nerve-related conditions, as well as other diseases, such as Bell's Palsy, requiring localized stimulation to the eyes and/or on other body parts.
US11351373B2	Monophasic stimulation pulses with alternating polarity and extraordinary polarity changes Arrangements are described for generating electrode stimulation signals to electrode contacts in an implanted cochlear implant electrode array. Electrode stimulation signals are a sequence of monophasic stimulation pulses varying in polarity between positive polarity and negative polarity with successive pulses separated in time by an interpulse interval sufficient for neural response. Accumulated charge imbalance and charge imbalance polarity are calculated for each electrode contact after each stimulation pulse. For each electrode contact a stimulation pulse has the same polarity as an immediately preceding stimulation pulse for that electrode contact only when the charge imbalance polarity has opposite polarity from the immediately preceding stimulation pulse for that electrode contact, and the accumulated charge imbalance exceeds a defined charge imbalance threshold value. Otherwise, each stimulation pulse has the opposite polarity as the immediately preceding stimulation pulse for that electrode contact.
US11351372B2	Vestibular nerve stimulation Presented herein are techniques for electrically stimulating a recipient's vestibular nerve in order to mask vestibular noise signals (vestibular noise) generated by the peripheral vestibular system (e.g., prevent erroneous balance information generated by the peripheral vestibular system from being sent to the brain of the recipient). A vestibular nerve stimulator in accordance with embodiments presented herein includes a plurality of electrodes implanted in an inner ear of a recipient at a location that is adjacent to the otolith organs of the inner ear. The vestibular nerve stimulator is configured to generate one or more continuous pulse trains and to deliver the one or more continuous pulse trains to the inferior branch of the recipient's vestibular nerve.
US11351369B2	Stimulation probe for robotic and laparoscopic surgery A stimulation probe includes a proximal end connector and a flexible wire coupled to the end connector. A handle is coupled to the wire and a needle extends from the handle and terminates at a conductive tip.
US11351366B2	Single conduit multi-electrode cardiac pacemaker A device for providing cardiac pacing of triangle of Koch and bundle of His zones by multiple electrodes inserted using in a single conduit is disclosed. The single conduit includes a plurality of individual electrodes capable of expanding from the distal end and forming a scattered pattern once deployed in the heart. Individual or group testing against a predetermined acceptance criterion is used to select a subset of individual electrodes for use in cardiac pacing.
US11351364B2	Apparatus, system, and method for selective stimulation An implantable neurostimulator system is disclosed, the neurostimulator system comprising a hollow cylindrical electronics enclosure having a top, a bottom, and a side; a coil extending from a first part of the electronics enclosure; and at least one electrode operatively connected to the electronics enclosure.
US11351361B2	Wireless electrical stimulation system A system and method are provided for a wireless electrical stimulation. The system generally includes at least two electrical stimulation units. Each electrical stimulation unit includes electrodes connected to the unit. The system also includes a transmitter for remotely, wirelessly controlling each of the electrical stimulation units to selectively apply a time-varying electric potential to the electrodes to provide an electrical stimulation to tissue in electrical contact with the electrodes.
US11351359B2	Support structures for intravascular blood pumps An improved system for supporting (e.g., localization and/or positioning of) intravascular devices discussed herein provides for example a multi-element arrangement. A set of struts optionally projects from the intravascular device and contacts the vessel walls. The localization and positioning of the pump may be provided by the struts and/or by use of a tether opposing a propulsive force to ensure localization.
US11351357B2	Device to assist the performance of a heart A method and device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via magneto coupling. The pump includes a magnetically driven rotor rotatable within a surrounding rotor housing to act upon blood flowing from an inflow tube toward the magnetically driven rotor, and a second magnetic device axially aligned with the inflow tube and positioned to magnetically drive rotation of the magnetically driven rotor via the magneto coupling.
US11351352B1	Tamper resistant catheter device A tamper resistant catheter device preventing unauthorized access, while permitting authorized intravenous medications through an inlet port. The device comprises a catheter line retainer having a base supporting the catheter line, a lumen adaptor engaged with the catheter line, and a locking clamp for clamping the catheter line within the catheter line retainer. An installation tool is provided having a breakaway handle and a locking cap for covering the lumen adaptor. Finally, a slotted retaining sleeve is installed using the breakaway handle of the installation tool for engagement with the locking cap and around the lumen adaptor. The slotted retaining sleeve engages the locking clamp to block removal of the locking clamp from the line retainer. Once the slotted retaining sleeve and locking cap are installed, the breakaway handle is removed. A removal tool disengages the locking cap from the slotted retaining sleeve for authorized access.
US11351351B2	Device for sanitizing injection ports and methods of use Devices and methods for sanitizing injection ports on intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous injection ports.
US11351345B2	Systems and methods for selective auto-retroperfusion along with regional mild hypothermia Systems and methods for selective auto-retroperfusion along with regional mild hypothermia. In at least one embodiment of a system for providing a retroperfusion therapy to a venous vessel of the present disclosure, the system comprises a catheter for controlling blood perfusion pressure, the catheter comprising a body having a proximal open end, a distal end, a lumen extending between the proximal open end and the distal end, and a plurality of orifices disposed thereon, each of the orifices in fluid communication with the lumen, and at least one expandable balloon, each of the at least one expandable balloons coupled with the body, having an interior that is in fluid communication with the lumen, and adapted to move between an expanded configuration and a deflated configuration, and a flow unit for regulating the flow and pressure of a bodily fluid, and a regional hypothermia system operably coupled to the catheter, the regional hypothermia system operable to reduce and/or regulate a temperature of the bodily fluid flowing therethrough.
US11351344B1	Equine nasogastric intubation adapter with backflow diverter A rigid hollow tubular adapter releasably attached at a longitudinal nozzle end to a flexible tube during equine nasogastric intubation comprising an annular sleeve having a stationary tubular member and a slidable tubular member. The slidable tubular member is delimited at its ends by the stationary tubular member and a detent member disposed between an equine reflux drainage hole and a longitudinal mouthpiece end. Operator's puffs of airflow through a mouthpiece urges the slidable member to slide toward the detent member closing the equine drainage hole to enable passage of medication into the equine stomach. Equine reflux urges the slidable tubular member to slide toward the stationary tubular member opening the reflux drainage hole to divert equine backflow downwardly through the equine backflow drainage hole preventing passage of equine reflux into the operator's mouth.
US11351341B2	Urine flow system and method of use Disclosed is a bladder drainage apparatus comprising a tube including a hollow interior extending through the tube, a flexible anchor, which behaves spring-like, connected to or at one end of the tube, and a magnetic member connected to or at the other end of the tube. The tube is moveable when the magnetic member is engaged by an external magnetic force, creating magnetic traction, and moving the tube, e.g., outward (from its original position, where the sphincter is typically closed), such that it holds open a sphincter, allowing urine to drain from the bladder, to the urethra, to outside of the body. When the external magnetic force is released, the magnetic engagement is terminated, and the force of the flexible anchor pulls the tube back to its original position, whereby the sphincter is again closed, and accordingly urine flow is stopped or otherwise limited.
US11351340B2	Systems and methods for controlling catheter device size An apparatus includes a catheter, a housing configured to house at least a portion of the catheter, and an actuator movably coupled to the housing. The housing has a first port configured to receive a proximal end portion of the catheter and a second port configured to couple the housing to an indwelling vascular access device. A portion of the actuator is disposed within the housing and is configured to be movably coupled to a portion of the catheter. The actuator is configured to be moved a first distance to move a distal end portion of the catheter a second distance greater than the first distance from a first position to a second position. The distal end portion of the catheter is disposed within the housing when in the first position and is distal to the indwelling vascular access device when in the second position.
US11351338B2	Inflatable medical balloons with continuous fiber wind A fiber-reinforced medical balloon includes a cylindrical central portion. The balloon includes first and second conical portions connected to the cylindrical central portion along a central longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the balloon to a second end of the balloon. The balloon includes a plurality of first fiber strands extending from the first end of the balloon to the second end of the balloon. Each strand of the plurality of first fiber strands runs substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis through the cylindrical central portion and radially around at least a portion of the first and second conical portions. The balloon includes at least one second fiber strand extending radially around the central portion. The strands are applied as part of a single continuous fiber.
US11351335B2	Sleep phase dependent pressure control and learning methods to optimize sleep quality A bed includes components to control pressure of a sleep surface, for example based on sleep position and sleep stages of a user. In some embodiments target pressures for the sleep surface are iteratively adjusted over multiple sleep sessions so to achieve improvements in sleep states and/or sleep quality for the user.
US11351333B2	Ventilator with switching valve Disclosed is a ventilator with an apparatus input and an apparatus output and with an airway between the apparatus input and the apparatus output. A breathing gas drive, a non-return valve and a switching valve are arranged in the airway. The non-return valve prevents a flow of breathing gas in a direction from the apparatus output to the apparatus input and the switching valve enables at least temporarily a flow of breathing gas in a direction from the apparatus output to the apparatus input.
US11351331B2	Heater plate for respiratory humidification systems A respiratory humidification system humidifies a flow of respiratory gases supplied to a user. The system can include a main housing that receives a humidification chamber, a heating plate included in the main housing and positioned to contact the humidified chamber and transfer heat to the humidifier chamber, and a heating element that provides heat to the heating plate. The heating element can include a temperature sensor disposed in a central region of the heating element. Disposing the temperature sensor in the central region can reduce a likelihood that conductors of the heating element will cause an incorrect temperature measurement by the temperature sensor.
US11351330B2	Systems and methods for high velocity nasal insufflation Systems, methods, and devices for humidifying a breathing gas are presented. The system includes a base unit, a vapor transfer unit, a nasal cannula, and a liquid container. The base unit includes a blower. The vapor transfer unit is external to the base unit and includes a gas passage, a liquid passage, a gas outlet, and a membrane separating the gas passage and the liquid passage. The membrane permits transfer of vapor into the gas passage from liquid in the liquid passage. The nasal cannula is coupled to the gas outlet. The liquid container is configured to reversibly mate with the base unit.
US11351327B2	HME device for use in a breathing circuit of a ventilation system An HME device, used in a closed breathing circuit of a ventilation system, has a housing with an inlet opening and with an outlet opening, an HME chamber (50a; 50b; 50c; 50d; 50e; 50f; 50g; 50h; 50i) arranged between the inlet opening and the outlet opening for receiving an HME medium and a switching mechanism (70a; 70b; 70c; 70d; 70e; 70f; 70g; 70h; 70i). The HME device can be switched over between an HME mode (M1), in which an HME fluid passage is provided from the inlet opening through the HME chamber to the outlet opening, and a bypass mode (M2), in which a fluid bypass passage is provided from the inlet opening past the HME chamber through a bypass channel (80a; 80b; 80d; 80e; 80f; 80h) in the housing to the outlet opening. The bypass channel is blocked with respect to the HME chamber in the bypass mode (M2).
US11351324B2	Vent adaptor for patient interface system A vent assembly for a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) system. The vent assembly may include a vent housing having a first orifice configured to receive the flow of pressurized gas from the RPT device and the vent housing having a plurality of holes to discharge pressurized gas to atmosphere; a vent housing connector having a second orifice configured to direct the flow of pressurized gas to the patient interface; and a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) comprising an HME housing and an HME material within the HME housing, wherein the vent housing and the vent housing connector are configured to be connected to, at least in part, form a cavity, and wherein the HME is positioned in the cavity when the vent assembly is assembled.
US11351316B2	Handheld device for dispensing of a pharmaceutical substance and counter for such handheld device A handheld device for dispensing a pharmaceutical substance has a housing in which a storage container with the pharmaceutical substance and a counter are arranged. The storage container dispenses the pharmaceutical substance by pressure actuation by a user after a specified displacement path has been traversed, and the counter carries out an action in order to rotate a counter wheel of the counter on the basis of the displacement path being traversed. The counter additionally has a drive part rotates the counter wheel, and the counter wheel is rotatably attached to a mounting part. The mounting part is formed independently of the housing, and the drive part is directly attached to the mounting part. The handheld device advantageously dispenses a pharmaceutical substance in that the action is first carried out on the counter wheel of the counter upon the pressure actuation, and the pharmaceutical substance is then dispensed.
US11351313B2	System and method for monitoring injection site pressure A system and method for monitoring the pressure of an injection site, utilizing a fluid operating in the laminar regime flowing through a calibrated tube, and measuring a pressure at one end of the calibrated tube with a pressure sensor, as well as a fluid velocity with a flow sensor, such as an elastic filament velocimeter, that comprises a nano-scale sensing element. Additional elements may be utilized, including the use of data acquisition units, processors, user interfaces, pumps, syringes, and control loops.
US11351311B2	Glass syringe-side assembly aid element, method for fastening a glass syringe-side assembly aid element and method for producing a glass syringe-side assembly aid element, as well as an arrangement consisting of a glass syringe and an assembly aid element The invention relates to a glass syringe-side assembly element for providing an interface element between a glass syringe including on its front side a syringe cone part with a syringe needle and including on its rear side a flange part and a glass syringe operating means, where the assembly element can be arranged on the outer contour of the glass syringe, and where the assembly element can be secured to the assembly element relative to the syringe needle in front of the flange part on the glass syringe such that a reference point of the assembly element is always at a defined distance from the needle tip of the syringe needle.
US11351299B2	System comprising a pre-fillable syringe and a package for the pre-fillable syringe System comprising a pre-fillable syringe with a syringe barrel and a syringe tip and a package suitable and intended for receiving the pre-fillable syringe, wherein the syringe tip is provided with a tip cap, wherein the system comprises a replacement cap for the pre-fillable syringe, wherein the package is suitable and intended for receiving the replacement cap.
US11351298B2	Irrigation function-equipped suction device An irrigation function-equipped suction device including a suction device body, a suction path, an irrigation path and a flexible tube. With communication or closing of the suction path and the flexible tube by a first switch mechanism, the irrigation path and the flexible tube are caused to be closed off from each other or to communicate with each other by a second switch mechanism. The first switch mechanism is provided in a first section inside the suction device body, and the second switch mechanism is provided inside the irrigation path between the conversion mechanism and the flexible tube. The closing valve included in the second switch mechanism is disposed at a position on a side opposite to the flexible tube relative to the first switch mechanism and the conversion mechanism.
US11351297B2	Paddle shaped medicinal dispenser Certain embodiments of a medicinal applicator can comprise a base, a medicinal cream receiving port in the base, and a shaft extending along a conceptual shaft axis from the base and terminating at an applicator tip. There is at least one exit aperture located along a portion of the shaft. An unobstructed pathway is in communication with the receiving port and the exit aperture. A stop plate that extends essentially radially from the base delineating the base from the shaft. The shaft possesses a shaft outer shape defined by a shaped leading and trailing edge defining a narrow diameter proximal zone that extends along the shaft from the stop plate to a gradually increasing diameter transition zone that extends to a large diameter paddle zone, which terminates into a shaft distal end.
US11351290B1	Absorbable high-strength zinc alloy for medical implants An absorbable high-strength zinc alloy implant material includes a first tier material selected from the group consisting of Zn, Fe, and Mg, wherein Zn is in a range between about 90% and about 99% by weight and Fe and Mg is in a combined range between about 1% and about 10% by weight. The implant material can also include a second tier material being one or more element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cu, Ce, Li, Sr, Mn, and rare earth elements, wherein the second tier material is between about 0.001% and about 10% by weight.
US11351289B2	Inks for 3D printing, methods of production and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to a silk-fibroin ink suitable for 3D printing. The ink for 3D printing now disclosed may be used in chemical and pharma industries, medicine, engineering, manufacturing namely for the production of capsules, fibres, membranes, particles, scaffolds, medical devices, microfluidic devices and patient-specific implants.
US11351288B2	Resorbable biomimetic prosthetic ligament An artificial ligament prosthesis which is notable in that it comprises a layer totally or partly consisting of PCL fibres. The ligament prosthesis is a biodegradable and “biointegrable” artificial ligament which makes it possible to take away all the apprehensions and uncertainties due to non-degradable synthetic supports. It is a prosthetic structure inspired by and similar to the native tissue, which is biodegradable while being sterilisable. It can optionally be seeded in order to facilitate the formation of functional tissues with controlled cell and tissue activity, having the required mechanical properties. The prosthesis maybe slowly resorbable in order to be gradually replaced with a functional tissue identical to that of the native ligament.
US11351281B2	Devices and methods for sterilizing protective facial masks and medical garments using microwave energy The present invention discloses devices and methods for sterilizing protective facial masks and medical garments using microwave energy. Devices include: a fabric sterilization unit for serving as a housing; a water basin disposed inside the sterilization unit, the water basin configured for generating steam in the water basin when exposed to the microwave energy; a nozzle array plate disposed inside the sterilization unit above the water basin, the nozzle array plate configured for increasing the steam pressure by restricting steam escape; an array of steam-jet nozzles with angled upper sections configured for directing a flow of high-pressure, high-temperature steam jets exiting from the nozzles toward at least one fabric material; and material holders for individually positioning and supporting the material such that the steam jets impinge on the material for: sterilizing the material from microbial transmission and/or reproduction; and enabling reusability of the material as suitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
US11351274B2	Methods of using optical agents In certain aspects, the invention relates to processes for using renally excretable optical agents to detect one or more tissues of the renal system of a surgical patient. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a kit including a biocompatible composition containing one or more optical agents and instructions for using the optical agent(s) in a process of the present invention.
US11351270B2	Junctophilin-2 fragments and uses therefor Truncated junctophilin-2 related proteins, transcriptional repressor domains, vectors encoding the proteins or domains, and methods of using the proteins and domains, are provided.
US11351269B2	Anti-NTB-A antibodies and related compositions and methods Disclosed are antibodies, including antibody drug conjugates, that specifically bind to NTB-A. Also disclosed are methods for using the anti-NTB-A antibodies to detect or modulate activity of (e.g., inhibit proliferation of) an NTB-A-expressing cell, as well as for diagnoses or treatment of diseases or disorders (e.g., cancer) associated with NTB-A-expressing cells, such as multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and acute myeloid leukemia.
US11351268B2	FGF21 C-terminal peptide optimization Disclosed herein are modified C-terminal fragments of FGF21 optimized for binding to Klotho β or antagonizing FGF21 activity. FGF21 peptides modified to comprise modifications to the C-terminal amino acid sequence are disclosed that have enhanced activity at the FGF21 receptor. Additionally, conjugates formed between the optimized FGF21 peptide fragments and insulin like peptides or nuclear hormone receptor ligands are provided.
US11351261B2	Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants A composite implant comprising an injectable matrix material which is flowable and settable, and at least one reinforcing element for integration with the injectable matrix material, the at least one reinforcing element adding sufficient strength to the injectable matrix material such that when the composite implant is disposed in a cavity in a bone, the composite implant supports the bone. A method for treating a bone, the method comprising: selecting at least one reinforcing element to be combined with an injectable matrix material so as to together form a composite implant capable of supporting the bone; positioning the at least one reinforcing element in a cavity in the bone; flowing the injectable matrix material into the cavity in the bone so that the injectable matrix material interfaces with the at least one reinforcing element; and transforming the injectable matrix material from a flowable state to a non-flowable state so as to establish a static structure for the composite implant, such that the composite implant supports the adjacent bone.
US11351254B2	Hematologic cancer treatments Disclosed herein are improved compositions and methods involved in treating hematologic cancers, i.e., cancers that begin in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, or in the cells of the immune system. The compositions comprise complexes containing albumin-containing nanoparticles (e.g., ABRAXANE® nanoparticles) and antibodies. The compositions are used to effect hematologic cancer cell death.
US11351250B2	Pro-inflammatory and anti-cancer functions of toll-like receptor 4 antagonists The present invention provides methods and compositions for specific activation of inflammatory responses in dendritic cells (DCs). 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine (PAPC) and its oxidized variant (oxPAPC) were identified to promote DC-mediated immunity, and are provided as adjuvants in immunostimulatory compositions, including vaccines.
US11351247B2	Vaccine for use in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of a disease The present invention relates to an adenoviral vector capable of encoding a virus-like particle (VLP), said VLP displaying an inactive immune-suppressive domain (ISD). The vaccine of the invention shows an improved immune response from either of both of the response pathways initiated by CD4 T cells or CD8 T cells.
US11351239B2	Effective vaccination against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus prior to weaning The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules that comprise a DNA sequence encoding an infectious RNA sequence encoding a genetically-modified North American PRRS virus, methods to make it and related polypeptides, polynucleotides, and various components. Vaccines comprising the genetically modified virus and polynucleotides and a diagnostic kit to distinguish between naturally infected and vaccinated animals are also provided.
US11351235B2	Autologous tumor vaccines and methods Autologous anti-cancer vaccines and methods of manufacture and treatment are provided, including expansion of individual patient-derived tumor cells in an immune-compromised animal(s) to attain, quantitatively and qualitatively, sufficient material for efficacious vaccine production and utilization, to elicit an immune response against micrometastases and/or recurrence in the individual patient following tumor excision.
US11351233B2	Antigens for detecting toxoplasma infection by monitoring cellular immunity Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii that provide specific and strong delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) immune response, or which stimulate IFN-y secretion, are used for testing subjects for infection. Any skin testing format may be adapted for testing for the delayed type hypersensitivity, including a patch, a needle, or a prong. Presence of DTH indicates infection. Alternate methods of detecting a T cell response including monitoring IFN-y secretion may be used.
US11351230B2	Patch loaded with dual-sensitive vesicles for enhanced glucose-responsive insulin delivery A composition comprising an amphiphilic polymeric material that is both hydrogen peroxide- and hypoxia-sensitive is described. The composition can further include a glucose-oxidizing enzyme and insulin, a bioactive derivative thereof, and/or another therapeutic agent (e.g., another diabetes treatment agent). The polymeric material can form vesicles that comprise single or multiple layers of the polymeric material that enclose the glucose-oxidizing enzyme and the insulin, bioactive derivative and/or other therapeutic agent. The vesicles can be loaded into microneedles to, for example, prepare microneedle arrays for skin patches. Methods of delivering insulin to a subject using the compositions, vesicles, microneedles, and/or microneedle array skin patches are also described.
US11351229B2	Combination therapies for treating infantile spasms and other treatment resistant epilepsies The present invention provides methods of treating infantile spasms in a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the method comprises administering to the subject both vigabatrin (VGB) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), a biologically active fragment thereof, or any derivative thereof.
US11351224B2	Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating transplant rejection The composition of the present invention can inhibit homologous human T cell reaction and the phenomenon of infiltration which reduces skin graft damage in vivo, thereby enabling prompt, rapid and effective graft rejection prevention or treatment effects at a low concentration. In addition, the present invention has advantages of successfully controlling in vivo human T cell reactions, as compared with conventional therapeutic agents, thus providing few side effects, the possibilities of local high-dose administration of therapeutic agents and potentially new treatments and prescriptions.
US11351222B2	Di-sulfide containing cell penetrating peptides and methods of making and using thereof Disclosed is a general, reversible bicyclization strategy to increase both the proteolytic stability and cell permeability of peptidyl drugs. A peptide drug is fused with a short cell-penetrating motif and converted into a conformationally constrained bicyclic structure through the formation of a pair of disulfide bonds. The resulting bicyclic peptide has greatly enhanced proteolytic stability as well as cell-permeability. Once inside the cell, the disulfide bonds are reduced to produce a linear, biologically active peptide. This strategy was applied to generate a cell-permeable bicyclic peptidyl inhibitor against the NEMO-IKK interaction.
US11351221B2	SMAC mimetic A SMAC mimetic and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use.
US11351220B2	Combined herbal and pharmaceutical composition and method An herbal combination composition can include, herbal extracts, including combinations of: Centella asiatica, licorice, Hyssopus officinalis, Zingiber officinale, Viola odorata, Ziziphus jujuba, Chamomile, and Ocimum tenuiflorum; pharmaceutical compositions, including combinations of: Brompheniramine Maleate, Pseudoephedrine, dextromethorphan, guaifenesin, acetaminophen, phenylephrine, diphenhydramine. The herbal combination composition can further include: polyethylene glycol; propylene glycol; poloxamer 407; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; methyl paraben; potassium sorbate; propyl paraben; xanthan gum; sodium citrate, citric acid; anhydrous citric acid; and purified acetate buffered water. Also disclosed is a method for manufacture of an herbal combination composition, including dissolving herbal extracts, adding poloxamer, adding pharmaceutical compositions, adding acetate buffer, adding xanthan gum gel, adding acetate buffer.
US11351219B1	Functional food composition for improving muscular endurance and relieving fatigue The present disclosure relates to a functional food composition for improving muscular endurance and relieving fatigue containing Paeoniae japonica, Astragalus membranaceus, Cnidium officinale, velvet antler and Platycodon grandiflorum. Since the composition contains 6 kinds of herbal medicinal materials, the quality of the composition may be advantageously maintained, and the composition may improve muscular endurance and reduce fatigue by increasing muscle glycogen levels.
US11351213B2	Composition for the prevention and/or treatment of respiratory tract disorders The present invention relates to a composition comprising or, alternatively, consisting of an effective amount of a mixture which comprises at least, or consists of: a) an extract of Pelargonium sidoides; b) an extract of Adhatoda vasica; and c) N-acetyl cysteine for use in a method for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of at least one respiratory tract disorder in a subject, wherein said treatment method comprises the administration of said composition to the subject.
US11351208B2	Altering the intestinal microbiome in cystic fibrosis The present disclosure relates to a method of altering intestinal microbiome in a patient having cystic fibrosis comprising administering at least one of Bifidobacterium and/or Bacteroides to a patient and allowing the Bifidobacterium and/or Bacteroides to alter the intestinal microbiome.
US11351200B2	CDC-derived exosomes for treatment of ventricular tachyarrythmias Described herein are compositions and methods related to use of exosomes, including cardiosphere derived cell (CDC)-derived exosomes for treatment and prevention of heart related disease and conditions, such as ventral arrhythmias, such as tachycardias. CDC-derived exosomes delivered by endocardial injection can diminish the total amount of isolated late potentials associated with an isthmus of slow conduction, while reducing the isoelectric interval between late abnormal ventricular activity and decreasing the incidence of inducible ventricular arrhythmias, thereby providing a biological treatment for arrhythmias which otherwise requires therapeutic interventions with adverse effects.
US11351199B2	Restimulation of cryopreserved tumor infiltrating lymphocytes The present disclosure provides methods for re-stimulating TIL populations that lead to improved phenotype and increased metabolic health of the TILs and provides methods of assaying for TIL populations to determine suitability for more efficacious infusion after re-stimulation.
US11351195B2	Compositions of functional mitochondria and uses thereof Mitochondrial compositions and therapeutic methods of using same. Compositions of partially purified functional mitochondria and methods of using the compositions to treat conditions which benefit from increased mitochondrial function by administering the compositions to a subject in need thereof.
US11351194B2	Method for proliferating neural progenitor cells and composition for treating neurological diseases containing proliferated neural progenitor cells The present invention provides a method for proliferating neural progenitor cells and a composition for treating neurological diseases, the composition including a proliferated neural progenitor cell. When a fetal neural progenitor cell is cultured under a hypoxia condition and/or in a medium containing tocoperol, tocoperol acetate, or a mixture thereof, the improved cell proliferation rates of the fetal neural progenitor cell are confirmed. In addition, considering an effect of the neural progenitor cell on preventing differentiation thereof into neurons at the time of proliferation, the present disclosure may contribute to mass production of neural stem cells, and accordingly, the proliferated neural progenitor cell is expected to be utilized in the treatment of a neurological disease.
US11351191B2	Silicate containing compositions and methods of treatment The present invention relates to compositions comprising a silicate and methods of use thereof. In particular, the compositions of the present invention are suitable for treating inflammatory conditions, cancer, bacterial and viral infections, and infected and uninfected wounds. The compositions of the present invention can also be useful in treating spinal cord injury, tissue remodeling, and promoting bone growth and repair.
US11351190B2	Composition for treating tissue lesions Some embodiments are directed to a pharmaceutical composition including a biocompatible polymer in association with a eukaryotic cell, a platelet extract and/or lysate, or a growth factor, to be used as a drug for the prevention and/or treatment of tissue lesions. Some other embodiments are also directed to a pharmaceutical kit which includes a biocompatible polymer in association with a eukaryotic cell for the prevention and/or treatment of tissue lesions. Some other embodiments are also directed to the use of a pharmaceutical composition including a biocompatible polymer in association with a eukaryotic cell, a platelet extract and/or lysate, or a growth factor, for manufacturing a drug for the treatment of tissue lesions. Some other embodiments can be used in particular in the veterinary and pharmaceutical fields.
US11351189B2	Methods of treating optic disorders The present invention relates to methods for treating optic disorders or for reducing or alleviating the signs, symptoms, or pathological conditions related to such optic disorders. In particular, methods are provided for treating optic disorders, or reducing the symptoms thereof, the methods involving the administration of one or more downstream folate compounds and/or methyl-B12. In one particular embodiment, the method comprises administration of L-methylfolate. In other embodiments, the method involves administering both L-methylfolate and methyl-B12. In still further embodiments, the method further involves reducing dietary intake of folic acid. In certain embodiments, the method further involves identifying a subject organism with a malfunction in one or more of the folate or B4 cycles. In certain embodiments, such a malfunction is one or more of the C677T and A1298C mutations. In still further embodiments, the method further involves identifying a subject organism that is deficient in vitamins B-12 and D3 but which possesses excess homocysteine.
US11351187B2	Methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing ischemic events Methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising cangrelor. The method may further comprise administering an additional therapeutic agent to the patient, the additional therapeutic agent comprising a P2Y12 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise cangrelor. Methods of preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI, comprising admixing cangrelor with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. An ischemic event may include stent thrombosis, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, and mortality.
US11351186B2	4′-fluoro-2′-methyl substituted nucleoside derivatives as inhibitors of HCV RNA replication Cytidine nucleoside analogues of Formula I, wherein the variables are as described herein, in combination with uridine nucleoside analogues of Formula II, wherein the variables are as described herein, produce a synergistic effect on the inhibition of HCV polymerase.
US11351182B2	Vaginal inserted estradiol pharmaceutical compositions and methods According to various embodiments of this disclosure, pharmaceutical compositions comprising solubilized estradiol are provided. In various embodiments, such compositions are encapsulated in soft capsules which may be vaginally inserted for the treatment of vulvovaginal atrophy.
US11351181B2	Dietary supplement A method of forming a dietary supplement can include steps of creating a composition of matter comprising CDP and GPC; and providing the composition of matter in a liquid or solid form. Providing the composition of matter can include filling a container with the composition of matter.
US11351180B2	Antiviral compositions for treating the flu The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical or veterinary composition for the use thereof in preventing and/or treating infection by the influenza viruses. Said composition is characterized in that it contains, in an appropriate pharmaceutical carrier, at least one compound selected from among Etilefrine and Diltiazem.
US11351179B1	Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of psychiatric disorders Pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of azelastine and folic acid or folate, and/or salts, metabolites, or derivatives thereof are disclosed. Methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treating patients suffering from one or more psychiatric disorders or symptoms, such as major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agitation, social anxiety disorder, mild chronic depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, seasonal affective disorder, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, sleep disorder related to anxiety, are also disclosed.
US11351172B2	Pharmaceutical composition and use for applying ribociclib in phosphodiesterase 4-mediated disease treatment of patient and inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4 activity The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating phosphodiesterase 4-mediated (PDE4-mediated) disease in a patient and inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) activity. The pharmaceutical composition includes an effective amount of Ribociclib and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further provides a use of the pharmaceutical composition for treating PDE4-mediated disease in a patient. The application of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention and use thereof are advantageous for inhibiting of PDE4 activity and thus treating a PDE4-mediated disease.
US11351171B2	Composite vitamin composition promoting gastrointestinal system motility Disclosed are composite compositions of B vitamins and C vitamins and the use of same in the preparation of a drug or health food for treating and/or preventing gastrointestinal conditions diseases related to deficiency of the gastrointestinal system motility. The composition comprises a vitamin B composition or an analogue or a derivative thereof and a vitamin C or an analogue or a derivative thereof.
US11351169B2	Methods of treating dyskinesia and related disorders The present disclosure describes compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions and formulations comprising the same that are useful in methods of treating dyskinesia or related disorders, and methods for treating dyskinesia or related disorders.
US11351166B2	Methods for treating antipsychotic-induced weight gain The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel opioid modulator effective in reducing pharmacologically induced weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic use. The present invention provides methods of reducing antipsychotic induced weight gain, methods for suppressing food intake and reducing ghrelin levels induced by atypical antipsychotic medications in a patient.
US11351165B2	Agent that increases the expression of the opioid kappa 1 for the treatment of cancer It has been found by the present inventors that agents that boost the expression of the opioid receptor kappa 1 (OPRK1) can enhance the cytotoxicity of chemotherapeutic agents in multiple cancer cell lines. Furthermore, the effect is dose dependent, where the greater the induced expression of OPRK1, the greater the cytotoxicity of the chemotherapeutic agent. The increase in overall cytotoxicity is independent of the cytotoxicity of the agent that increases the expression of OPRK1, which itself has no or minimal cytotoxic effect.
US11351160B2	Methods of treating cancer The present disclosure provides for methods of treating a patient with a CYP3A4 substrate drug, wherein the patient is treated with posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient stops posaconazole treatment, waits for at least 2 days, and then is treated with the CYP3A4 substrate drug as soon as it is safe to do so. In some embodiments, treatment with the CYP3A4 substrate drug is delayed for about 2-42 days after stopping posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient is treated with a reduced dose of the CYP3A4 substrate drug for about 2-42 days.
US11351156B2	Combination treatment of pancreatic cancer PI3K signalling is the most increased pathway in human cancers. The four isoforms of PI3K are thought to be activated by different redundant mechanisms leading to a common downstream signalling. The inventors questioned this concept, by mapping differential isoform-specific downstream signalling in response to their constant selective inhibition in pancreatic cancer, a disease currently without therapy. They identified common and specific signals activated by each PI3K isoform. These data make the rational for the development of highly selective PI3K isoform drugs used in combination, instead of compounds inhibiting all PI3Ks. In particular, the inventors showed that combined p110a and 110γ inhibition is the most efficient strategy for pancreatic cancer patients.
US11351154B2	Molecular genetic approach to treatment and diagnosis of alcohol and drug dependence The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring alcohol dependence and disorders and susceptibility to alcohol dependence disorders, as well as drug related dependence and disorders.
US11351152B2	Method and composition for treating seizure disorders A composition for treating seizure disorders such as epilepsy comprises (i) an anticonvulsant drug of the hydantoin family; (ii) phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD); and (iii) a fat-soluble vitamin.
US11351150B2	Time release sleep aid system Compositions for treating a sleep disorder or modifying or improving the sleep-wake cycle in a subject are disclosed herein. In some examples, the composition can comprise one or more sleep promoting active agents, one or more sleep quality active agents, one or more sleep recovery active agents, and optionally one or more next day active agents. The composition can provide an immediate burst release of the one or more sleep promoting active agents, a delayed burst or delayed sustained release of the one or more sleep quality active agents, a delayed burst or delayed sustained release of the one or more sleep recovery active agents, and a delayed burst or delayed sustained release of the one or more next day active agents. The composition can be provided as a daily oral uni-dosage form. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
US11351147B2	Short syntheses of (−)-picrotoxinin and related compounds The present disclosure relates to concise processes for making (−)-picrotoxinin (1, PXN) and 5-methyl-picrotoxinin (20, 5MePXN), and to 5MePXN, its pharmaceutical compositions, and its method of use for inhibiting GABAA receptor.
US11351146B2	Topical compositions for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis The present invention relates to a composition comprising a combination of a (halogenoacetamido)benzoate, a flavonol and a terpene, and, as example, relates to a composition comprising the combination of ethyl 3-(2-chloroacetamido)benzoate, dihydroquercetin and bisabolol.Said composition is for use in the treatment of leishmaniasis, especially cutaneous or mucosal leishmaniasis, the composition being applied topically for concomitantly treating both parasitic infection and skin inflammation of the infected area induced by leishmaniasis.
US11351145B2	Quercetin-based composition for treating rhinosinusitis The present invention concerns compositions for rinsing the nasal cavity and the sinus cavities for curative or prophylactic treatments of acute and/or chronic rhinitis, and acute and/or chronic sinusitis, comprising:sodium chloride and/or potassium chloride; quercetin, and at least one active agent of the polyphenolic group chosen from the compounds: quercetin-4′-glycoside, 2-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-2,4,6-trihydroxy-3(2H)-benzofuranone, protocatechuic acid; and wherein the quercetin is in the anhydrous form with an approximate molecular mass of 302 g/mol, or in the form of quercetin hydrate with an approximate molecular mass of 320 g/mol, or in the form of quercetin dihydrate with an approximate molecular mass of 338 g/mol.The present invention also relates to the methods for preparing these compositions and the method for treating acute and chronic rhinosinusitis using these compositions.
US11351144B2	Compounds for inhibiting secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) This invention relates to compounds that are useful for inhibiting the secretion of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) in a subject. Methods of inhibiting metastasis of cancer and methods of treating cancer in a subject are also provided.
US11351143B1	Methods of treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Disclosed are methods for inhibiting the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The methods include administering to a patient suffering from ALS a composition comprising either deuterated linoleic acid or an ester or deuterated arachidonic acid or an ester thereof.
US11351142B2	Composition and method for treating neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis Provided herein are methods for treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, such as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis including administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that mediates upregulation of TPP1.
US11351141B2	Methods and compositions for treating infection and inflammation with selenocyanate The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions for treating pulmonary infections and inflammation with a composition comprising selenocyanate, hyposelenocyanite or a selenocyanate conjugate.
US11351136B2	Compositions and methods for treating retinopathy The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for treating retinopathy, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, in a subject in need.
US11351135B2	Citrulline for treatment of sickle cell crisis A method for administration of citrulline for the treatment of sickle cell disease and other complications of sickle cell disease thereof.
US11351134B2	Small molecule agents, compositions, and formulations, for internal use, displaying inhibitory activity against gram-positive and/or gram-negative organisms Active components comprising lauric acid, or a lauric acid derivative, are utilized independently, or in combination, to provide new and useful compositions for bacteriostatic action against susceptible pathogens. The lauric acid derivative includes one or more of 12-aminododecanoic acid, 12-amino-1-dodecanoic acid methyl ester, sucrose monolaurate, 12-(7-nitrobenzofurazan-4-ylamino) dodecanoic acid, 4-nitrophenyl dodecanoate, 1-lauroyl-rac-glycerol, 3-oxo-N-(2-oxocyclohexyl) dodecanamide, butyl laurate, benzyl laurate, isoamyl laurate, monolaurin, isopropyl laurate, pentyl laurate, and hexyl laurate. A preparation includes combining the active component with lecithin, and after an initial processing phase, coating with chitosan or a carrier. Final compositions may be or may contain particles, such as nanoparticles. Final compositions, or formulations containing said final compositions, may be utilized internally, causing one or more membrane changes (e.g., a membrane of an internal target pathogen, which may or may not be an antibiotic-resistant pathogen). At least some compositions inhibit growth of one or more Gram-positive bacterial species and one or more Gram-negative bacterial species.
US11351128B1	Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for injection into a host in need thereof comprising an extended release diluent suspension of disulfiram, and optionally comprising steroidal anti-inflammatory agent.
US11351126B2	Substituted tolans for the modulation of microbial colonization Described are methods for disinfecting a physical or biological surface by contact with an antimicrobial formulation comprising a substituted tolan compound, the substitutions being, for example, one or more alkoxy, (e.g., methoxy) and hydroxy substituents at one or both phenyl rings of the tolan. The compounds and methods are -static and/or -cidal, depending on dose and suspected microbe. Suspected pathogenic microbes include Gram negative bacteria, such as P. aeruginosa and E. coli, Gram positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, including MRSA, and fungal pathogens, such as Candida genus and C. albicans. Also described are methods for inhibiting or disrupting biofilm formation of a microbe or microbes.
US11351124B2	Sustained release of formulations of local anesthetics Described herein are sustained release formulations of polymer-coated local anesthetic agents, and methods for using the same to relieve or manage pain, including postsurgical pain.
US11351122B1	Synthetic progestogens and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same Described herein are synthetic progestogens, such as 6β,7β:15β,16β-Dimethylene-3-oxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also described are methods of use.
US11351117B2	Water soluble compositions and methods of making the same Provided is a composition for oral administration, the composition including: a dispersion medium including: an aqueous solution; and a dispersed phase including: a population of particles, each particle including: a core including: a first active ingredient; and an aqueous solution; a shell, substantially surrounding the core, the shell including: a lipophilic carrier; and a plurality of emulsifying agents; wherein the particle retards the release of the first active ingredient after consumption.
US11351107B2	Emulsified cosmetic The present invention provides an emulsified cosmetic, including: an anionic acryl silicone copolymer (A) having an acryl chain as the main chain, the copolymer including, as monomer units, (I) 1 to 30% by mass of a polymerizable hydrophilic monomer having carboxylic acid, phosphoric acid, or sulfonic acid neutralized with a base, and (II) 10% by mass or more of a silicone macromonomer represented by the following general formula (1), or a silicone dendron group-containing polymerizable monomer; an oil material (B); and water (C). Accordingly, the present invention provides an emulsified cosmetic having excellent emulsification stability and non-stickiness.
US11351103B2	Method of providing oral care benefits Provided are methods of providing at least one oral care benefit by introducing a tablet into the oral cavity to generate a fluid and forcing at least a portion of fluid generated around the oral cavity, for example, by swishing, rinsing, washing, etc., to provide an oral care benefit.
US11351097B2	Oral care product and methods of use and manufacture thereof This invention relates to a oral care compositions, and in particular to oral care mouthrinse compositions comprising (i) at least one source of ionic tin; and (ii) an antibacterial system comprising caprylyl glycol and 3-phenyl-1-propanol, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
US11351095B2	Stabilized emulsions with acidic agents The combination of polyols with certain active ingredients has been found to mitigate the potential irritating nature of some active ingredients (e.g., hydroxy acids, etc.). When applied to lips, this combination may provide for therapeutic and/or cosmetic benefits including smoother lips, increased moisturization, reduced water loss and combinations thereof. However, formulating stable emulsions with certain active ingredients has proved problematic. The present application also provides new stabilization mechanisms for the emulsions involving alteration of the extensional viscosity of the internal phase.
US11351093B2	Healthcare management services Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a healthcare management service are provided.
US11351089B2	Carrier for freezing, storing, transporting, and thawing biological products storage bags A carrier for a storage bag is disclosed. The carrier includes a base and a lid that define an interior region in a closed configuration. The base and lid are configured to retain the storage bag and tubes of the storage bag within the interior region in the closed configuration. A distance between the base and lid in the closed configuration is adaptable between a contacting position and a floating position to allow for maximum contact of the storage bag with the base and the lid.
US11351087B2	Apparatus for monitoring the content of a container and method therefor Methods and apparatus for monitoring the content of a chamber of a container via electrical capacitive tomography (ECT) or acoustic imaging are presented. The three-dimensional volume of the chamber and its content are imaged by developing a map of permittivity or acoustic impedance by (1) applying a stimulus signal between each of a plurality of electrode pairs of a plurality of electrodes that is arranged about the chamber and (2), for each stimulus signal applied, measuring a response signal at each of the remaining electrodes of the plurality. Once the map of permittivity or acoustic impedance is established, the number and type of tablets (or liquid) within the chamber is determined.
US11351085B2	Pneumatic somatosensory stimulation device and method A device for providing tactile stimulation of a subject via a pulse of compressible fluid, typically for medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The device preferably includes a high pressure fluid source and a low pressure fluid source. A pressure valve selectively connects the pressure sources to an outlet conduit. The outlet conduit includes an applicator for directing pulses against the skin of a subject. The pulses may be applied via one applicator or a plurality of applicators, and may be applied in one pattern or several patterns at various application sites. A method of providing tactile stimulation is also disclosed.
US11351083B2	Semi-supervised intent recognition system and method A computer implemented method of semi-supervised intent recognition for an exoskeleton system. In one aspect, the method includes, in response to a state transition intention input, changing the exoskeleton system from operating in a first mode with sensitivity to detecting state transitions at a first sensitivity level to operating in a second mode with sensitivity to detecting state transitions at a second sensitivity level that is more sensitive than the first sensitivity level; identifying a state transition while operating in the second mode and using the second sensitivity level; and facilitating the identified state transition by actuating the exoskeleton system.
US11351078B2	Method for cleaning and sterilizing excreta handling device and excreta handling device using same A method for cleaning and sterilizing an excreta handling device includes: positioning one end and the other end of the suction pipe on the same line; driving the pump to supply the cleaning water to a preset water level in the inner space through the first nozzle part; and maintaining, for a predetermined time, a state in which the cleaning water has been supplied to the preset water level, and then driving the suction part to suck the cleaning water contained in the inner space.
US11351076B2	Air mattress control system An air mattress control system is disclosed. The air mattress control system comprises a mattress and a gas regulating device. The mattress comprises a plurality of inflation layers. The gas regulating device comprises a first three-way solenoid valve, a pumping motor, a second three-way solenoid valve, a connecting conduit, a gas guiding device, and a control device. The pumping motor connects the first three-way solenoid valve and the second three-way solenoid valve connects the pumping motor. The connecting conduit connects the first three-way solenoid valve and the second three-way solenoid valve. The gas guiding device connects the connecting conduit and a plurality of the inflation layer. The control device controls the switch of the first three-way solenoid valve and the second three-way solenoid valve, and starting the pumping motor to inflate or deflate the plurality of inflation layers.
US11351067B2	Absorbent article and method and device for manufacturing absorbent article An absorbent article includes: a first sheet-like member; a second sheet-like member; an elastic member that is inserted along a lateral direction between a pair of mutually-opposing facing surfaces of the first sheet-like member; joining portions that join the pair of mutually-opposing facing surfaces and that are spaced apart in the lateral direction; and side-seal sections that are disposed at each lateral end portion of the absorbent article. The joining portions are disposed on two sides of the elastic member in a vertical direction, which intersects the lateral direction and a front-rear direction, so that the elastic member is sandwiched and pressed between the joining portions.
US11351066B2	Compression garment comprising spacer fabric and hook fastener A compression garment includes a spacer fabric part (1) with an inner layer (2) and an outer layer. The compression garment further includes a closing part (4) with at least one macroscopic hook (5). If a user dons the compression garment, the spacer fabric part (1) and/or the closing part (4) has to be stretched to generate the compression force and the stretching is maintained by attaching the closing part (4) to the spacer fabric part (1) by hooking the at least one macroscopic hook (5) into the mesh of the outer layer of the spacer fabric part (1).
US11351065B2	Warp-knitted elastic perforated fabric and elastic perforated compression bandage Two-sided warp-knitted fabrics having perforations possessing elastic qualities are usable in the medical industry for making warming products such as belts, bands, and compression bandages. A fabric includes, in its warp, wales having a closed-chain weave made of synthetic threads with elastomeric threads disposed inside of the wales, and, in its weft, thread systems made of a wool yarn or a yarn including wool, and, for a bandage, thread systems made of a natural yarn and/or an artificial yarn and/or a synthetic yarn. One system forms the front side and the other forms the back side of the fabric. The fabric has sections with weft threads missing in the courses of the fabric, and in the place of the weft threads are perforations, the minimal width of each perforation being equal to the distance between wales. A breathable fabric is produced suitable for making the aforementioned medical products.
US11351061B2	Optical system for a laser therapy instrument An optical system for a laser therapy instrument for the application of laser radiation on and in the eye, includes a femtosecond laser, an objective. The objective or at least one lens or lens group of the objective is shiftable in the direction of the optical axis being intended for shifting of the focus position from the region of the cornea to the region of the crystalline lens and vice versa. The optical system may include at least two optical assemblies designed for the axial variation of the focus of the therapeutic laser radiation, with the focus variation range Δz differing between the individual assemblies and a changing device, designed for the insertion of any one of these assemblies into the therapeutic laser beam path at a time.
US11351057B2	Low friction trocar valve Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a low friction trocar valve comprising a set of sheets arranged circularly and defining an entry point for the insertion of an instrument. In certain aspects, each sheet of the trocar valve's set of sheets comprises areas that overlap with two adjacent sheets. The trocar valve is formed in an opening of a valve housing coupled to or formed as part of a trocar cannula to provide a sealing mechanism for preventing the escape of pressurized fluids from the trocar cannula.
US11351053B2	Neck support device A head and/or neck support device that comprises an extended-half-round shape, soft base; a belt that is attached to the base; a vertical angled bracket that comprises a protruding upward hollow cylinder, and is attached to the base; a first cylinder whose near end is disposed within the angled bracket, and whose far end is male threaded; a radial ring that is attached to the outer side of the first cylinder near the far end thereof; a hollow second cylinder whose near end is female threaded, and far end has a ring attached. The far end of the first cylinder is screwed into the second cylinder's near end. The devise further comprises a chin support component that comprises a hollow third cylinder, a chin rest component, and an end cap. The far end of the second cylinder is disposed within the third cylinder. The device further comprises a spring that is disposed within the third cylinder, and sandwiched between the cavity of the third cylinder and the second cylinder's far end. The device further comprises a chain that threads through the center of the spring, and whose near end is attached to the ring on the end of the second cylinder, and whose far end is attached to the cavity of the end cap. The opening at the far end of the third cylinder has a smaller diameter than the spring.
US11351052B2	Method for producing a hand orthosis and hand orthosis A method for producing a hand orthosis, including the steps of: Producing an impression of at least one finger of a patient's hand and at least a part of a forearm, producing a finger section from a reproduction based on the impression, incorporating at least one finger segment in the finger section side corresponding to the hand surface, detecting the physiology of the patient's forearm using at least one captured image from the reproduction together with the finger section, thereby producing a digital 3D model, generating a rail based on the produced digital 3D model, securing at least one force-introducer onto or into the rail, securing a proximal end of the at least one finger segment to a distal end of the rail, and coupling the at least one force-introducer to the at least one finger segment. A hand orthosis is also provided.
US11351051B1	Ankle brace An ankle brace which is positioned on an ankle and shoe of a person which incorporates a tensioning structure which permits full range of motion to the ankle joint but which prevents the ankle joint from moving past its normal range of motion to protect the ankle joint. The ankle brace is configured to permit a person wearing the brace to position the same on a shoe.
US11351048B2	Stent delivery systems with a reinforced deployment sheath Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member. A deployment sheath may be disposed about the inner member. A stent may be disposed between the inner member and the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may include a translucent reinforcing member that allows for visualization of the stent during stent deployment.
US11351038B2	Interbody fusion device Devices for fixing interbody fusion devices to bone by helically or corkscrew-shaped elements are provided. Methods for surgically implanting an interbody fusion device using helically-shaped fixation wire are provided.
US11351032B2	Method for treating a polymer workpiece for use in a joint implant The present invention provides a method for treating a polymer workpiece (1) for use in a joint implant. It comprises the steps of placing the polymer workpiece in an explosion chamber, introducing a combustible gas mixture into the explosion chamber and igniting the combustible gas mixture. Igniting the gas mixture in the explosion chamber produces a temperature that lies above the melting point of a polymer of the polymer workpiece.
US11351030B2	Surgeon specific bone plates A method of designing a set of contoured implants for fixation to a bone of a patient, includes obtaining a set of virtual bone models of the bone, selecting a plurality of points on an outer surface of each virtual bone model in the set of virtual bone models, manufacturing a set of implants, each implant corresponding to a respective virtual bone model and having fixation holes corresponding to the selected plurality of points on the outer surface of the respective virtual bone model, contouring each implant in the set of implants and selecting a contoured implant from the set of implants for fixation to the bone of the patient such that the selected contoured implant corresponds to a size of the bone of the patient.
US11351028B2	Stent loading device with fluid reservoir A device and method for predictably and controlling the collapsing of a collapsible and expandable stent for subsequent translation through a delivery sheath lumen to an anatomical target such as a heart valve or intravascular location for expansion and implantation. The loading device defines in inner lumen comprising a successively decreasing, from the proximal to the distal direction, inner diameter alternating between two sections of decreasing diameter and two sections of constant diameter until reaching the inner diameter of the delivery sheath. A fluid-filled reservoir is provided at the proximal end of the loading device that is configured to provide moisture or wetting for materials associated with or attached to the stent that require moisture retention. Thus, as the stent is being collapsed with the loading device, at least a portion of the stent may be immersed in the fluid reservoir to preserve the subject material.
US11351026B2	Rotation-based anchoring of an implant Apparatus is provided for use at a native atrioventricular valve of a heart of a subject. A prosthetic valve structure includes prosthetic leaflets configured to facilitate upstream-to-downstream bloodflow longitudinally through the prosthetic valve structure. The apparatus includes an annular portion configured to be positioned at the native atrioventricular valve and curved anchors that point in a circumferential direction around the annular portion. The anchors each having a leading tip configured to gather chordae tendineae of the heart between the anchors and the annular portion. Rotation of the prosthetic valve structure in the circumferential direction causes the anchors to gather the chordae tendineae between the anchors and the annular portion by the anchors moving, leading tip first, in the circumferential direction. Other embodiments are also described.
US11351022B2	Implantable mesh and method of use An implantable mesh for use in high tension tissue reconstruction includes a mesh body having a surrounding edge and at least two mesh extensions comprised of mesh and extending from the surrounding edge of the mesh body. Each mesh extension has a first end, a second end, and a length therebetween, the first end being integrated into or part of the mesh body. Each mesh extension is configured to be passed through tissue surrounding a reconstruction site to create multiple anchor points with the surrounding tissue upon implantation so as to resist high tension across the reconstruction site without dehiscing or migrating.
US11351021B2	Quilted implantable graft Described are embodiments of a multilaminate or multiple layer implantable surgical graft with an illustrative graft comprising a remodelable collagenous sheet material, the graft including one or more interweaving members to stitch together the graft to help prevent the layers from delaminating or separating during handling and the initial stages of remodeling. The interweaving members may comprise lines of suture, thread, individual stitches, strips of material, etc. that are woven through the layers of biomaterial in a desired pattern. In one embodiment, the interweaving members comprise a pharmacologically active substance, such as a drug, growth factors, etc. to elicit a desired biological response in the host tissue. In another embodiment, the graft further comprises a reinforcing material, such as a synthetic mesh, within the layers of remodelable biomaterial and stitched together by one or more interweaving members.
US11351019B2	Dental enamel compositions with anti-inflammatory agents for animals Provided are methods and compositions relating to a dental composition more specifically to prepare the damaged dentin of the tooth for animals and pets such as canine, feline and members of the taxonomic family Equidae prior to repair. The dental compositions include a bioactive glass and a non-aqueous solvent comprising an alcohol, anti-inflammatory and anti-pain reliever.
US11351018B2	Oral cleansing device with removable base A toothbrush or oral cleaning implement including a handle defining a first fluid conduit and a handle inlet port, a brush tip extending from a first end of the handle and defining a second fluid conduit, the second fluid conduit in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit, a brush head supported on an end of the brush tip including a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the second fluid conduit, a handle valve positioned between the handle inlet port and the first fluid conduit, and a base removably connected to the second end of the handle. The base including a base fluid inlet port that connects with an external fluid source, a base fluid outlet port in fluid communication with the base fluid inlet port, and a base valve that selectively opens and closes the base fluid outlet port.
US11351017B1	Dual head tooth cleaning appliances Described herein are electronic dual-head tooth cleaning appliances that facilitates simultaneous front and rear surface cleaning of individual teeth. The tooth cleaning appliances or devices can be rechargeable, portable, lightweight and electronic.
US11351013B2	Mixing and dispensing container A container 10 for mixing and dispensing of material having a liquid receptacle 14 and a plunger 18. The receptacle 14 has a front portion 36 and the plunger 18 has a forwardly projecting sharp protrusion 42 having a shaft 72 which terminates in a sharp outer end 78, 82. Upon the plunger 18 being depressed the sharp protrusion 42 pierces a front portion 36 of the liquid receptacle 14 and the liquid in the receptacle 14 is pushed hydraulically through the front portion 36 into the main chamber 17. Thus the liquid contacts material in the main chamber 17 to form a mixture. The plunger 18 can continue to be depressed so as to break the front portion 36 of the liquid receptacle 14 away and then push the material in the main chamber 17 towards a dispensing nozzle 26. The main chamber 17 has a frangible membrane 22 at a distal end 13 thereof which is hydraulically broken by pressure applied from the material in the main chamber 17 so that the material can be dispensed from the container 10. The container 10 is particularly envisaged for use with mixing and dispensing of dental materials.
US11351008B2	Passive tags, and systems and methods for using them Markers, microwave probes, and related systems and methods are provided for localizing lesions within a patient's body, e.g., within a breast. The marker includes an energy converter e.g., one or more photodiodes, for transforming energy pulses striking the marker into electrical energy, a switch, e.g., FET, coupled to the photodiodes such that light from a probe cause the switch to open and close. A pair of antenna wires are coupled to the switch to provide an antenna, the switch configured to open and close when light strikes the photodiodes to modulate signals from the probe reflected by the antenna back to the probe to identify the location of the marker. The marker also includes an electro static discharge (ESD) protection device coupled to the switch to provide protection against an electrostatic discharge event.
US11351003B2	Apparatus and method for oral and maxillofacial surgery and preoperative modeling A head frame apparatus is secured to a human head during maxillofacial surgery and includes devices to easily position and secure an endotracheal (breathing) tube and an anesthesia delivery circuit for the patient that reduces the likelihood that the flow of oxygen through the tube is restricted thereby reducing the risk of severe injury or death. The head frame apparatus also includes a removable reference indicator, which may be easily attached and removed while identifying a reference point of the patient's face. Also the reference indicator includes a universal joint and pointer with an attached ruler. A transport apparatus positions multiple preset reference indicators and allows for preoperative transportation and removal, while protecting the preset reference indicators from inadvertent adjustment. A bendable reference indicator used in an articulator for preoperative modeling allows for easily identifying reference points in a cast model. An orbiting segment apparatus positions a portion of a cast of a jaw in relation to a condyle ball of the articulator.
US11351001B2	Ungrounded master control devices and methods of use A mechanically ungrounded master control device comprises a rigid chassis for engagement with one or more fingers of a user's hand and at least one pivotable finger engagement device for controlling movement of a tool end effector. The control device also includes at least one sensor for detecting a position and orientation of the rigid chassis in a surgical environment and a switch coupled to the rigid chassis and manipulatable by a finger of the user's hand while another finger of the user's hand is engaged with the at least one pivotable finger engagement device.
US11350999B2	Systems and assemblies for mounting a surgical accessory to robotic surgical systems, and providing access therethrough A mount assembly for use with a robotic system is provided and includes a housing for coupling to a robot arm; a coupling assembly supported by the housing and including first and second arms, the coupling assembly transitionable between open and closed configurations, wherein in the closed configuration the first and second arms are configured to secure a surgical accessory; a release assembly supported by the housing and engagable with the coupling assembly, the release assembly transitionable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration; and a communication assembly supported by the housing and configured for communication with the robotic system with respect to a status of the coupling assembly corresponding to the open and closed configuration thereof; and a status of the release assembly corresponding to the locked and unlocked configuration thereof.
US11350992B2	Neuromodulation and associated systems and methods for the treatment of cancer Methods for treating a human patient diagnosed with cancer with therapeutic neuromodulation and associated systems are disclosed herein. Sympathetic nerve activity can contribute to several cellular and physiological processes associated with the progression of cancer. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods that attenuate neural traffic along target sympathetic nerves innervating tissue proximate a primary malignant tumor. Other aspects are directed to methods that at least partially inhibit sympathetic neural activity in a renal nerve of a patient diagnosed with cancer or who has a high risk of developing cancer. Targeted sympathetic nerve activity can be attenuated to improve a measurable physiological parameter corresponding to the progression of cancer in the patient. The attenuation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly, e.g., a therapeutic assembly configured to use electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the target sympathetic nerve.
US11350989B2	Catheter system A manipulable portion of a catheter system advances out of a lumen of a catheter sheath at a distal end of a shaft, which is also within the lumen of the catheter sheath. The catheter system causes different advancement and retraction trajectories of a manipulable portion out of and into the lumen based at least upon different relative movements between the catheter sheath and the shaft. A projection and a corresponding receiver may be used to control relative positioning of the catheter sheath and the shaft, as well as to control positioning of the manipulable portion. The catheter system may control metering rates of a control element coupled to the manipulable portion during advancement and retraction of the manipulable portion. A control element of the catheter system has varying amounts of length outside a distal end of the catheter sheath during advancement and retraction of the manipulable portion.
US11350980B2	Ultrapolar non-telescopic electrosurgery pencil with argon beam capability and ultrapolar electrosurgery blade assembly Ultrapolar non-telescopic electrosurgery pencil with argon beam capability which is capable of using monopolar energy in a bipolar mode for cutting and coagulation and which is also capable of using an ionized gas for cutting and coagulation. The ultrapolar non-telescopic electrosurgery pencil with argon beam capability includes a handpiece member, an electrosurgery blade assembly positioned within an end of the handpiece member where the electrosurgery blade assembly includes a blade having a non-conductive sharp cutting edge, a return electrode, and an active electrode, and a non-conductive hollow tube member positioned over a top of the blade and at least a portion of the return electrode, a first conductive hollow tube having at least a portion concentrically contained within the non-conductive hollow tube member of the electrosurgery blade assembly, a flexible non-conductive tube contained within at least a portion of ultrapolar non-telescopic electrosurgery pencil which provides a gas to the first conductive hollow tube, and a plurality of electrical conductors for connecting the return electrode, the active electrode, and the first conductive hollow tube to an RF electrosurgical generator for activating the ultrapolar non-telescopic electrosurgery pencil.
US11350979B2	Subdermal cryogenic remodeling of muscles, nerves, connective tissue, and/or adipose tissue (fat) Embodiments include cryogenic systems and methods for treating pain or spasm associated with a nerve of a patient. A target nerve may be located and a distal end of a cryogenic system needle may be inserted into a tissue at a desired location in proximity to the target nerve. The needle includes an outer lumen and an inner lumen extending distally within the outer lumen, the inner lumen including a distal opening that is open to the outer lumen. A cooling fluid may be delivered from a cooling fluid source to the needle via a fluidic pathway, the fluidic pathway including the cooling fluid source, the inner lumen, and the outer lumen, wherein a flow of the cooling fluid cools the needle so that the needle cools the target nerve at the desired location sufficiently such that the pain or spasm is inhibited.
US11350978B2	Flexible neutral electrode An energy module is disclosed. The energy module includes a control circuit and a two wire interface coupled to the control circuit. The two wire interface is configured as a power source and as a communication interface between the energy module and a neutral electrode.
US11350976B2	System and method for treating a bone A nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end and including a channel extending longitudinally thereinto from the free end, the channel configured to engage an end of a bone screw, and an exterior threading extending about the body from an exterior surface thereof along an entire length thereof, an outer contour of the exterior threading defined via radially outermost edges of the exterior threading, a first portion of the outer contour adjacent the head portion having a smaller diameter than a second portion of the outer contour extending from the first portion to the free end of the body.
US11350973B2	Rod reducer A rod reducer including a housing defining an opening, a body member defining an opening and a slot, a shaft disposed through the opening of the housing and coupled to the opening of the body member, an anvil including a linkage extending therefrom, the linkage coupled to the body member and the anvil, a plurality of arm members, and a biasing element disposed between the body member and the anvil. A pin of the linkage is slidably disposed within the slot, and the biasing element is configured to bias the anvil distally with respect to the body member. Rotation of the shaft translates into linear movement, relative to the housing, of the shaft, the body member, and the anvil. The arm members are coupled to the housing and movable towards a parallel configuration as the anvil is advanced away from the housing to engage a bone screw.
US11350971B2	Spinal anchoring system An anchoring system for implanting in bone, the system comprising a first coupling assembly having a first clamp and a first coupling body that receives and holds a first stabilization element; a second coupling assembly that receives and holds a second stabilization element; and a plate that attaches to the first coupling assembly and the second coupling assembly, wherein the first coupling assembly attaches to a bone fastener, and wherein the first coupling body includes a cap retainer that receives a locking cap that applies a directional force to force the first coupling body toward the plate, and applies another directional force to force the first clamp toward the plate, thereby fixedly securing the first coupling body and the first clamp to the plate.
US11350970B2	Bone fastener assembly A bone fastener assembly for connecting a bone to a stabilizing construct includes a connecting member, a fastener seat, and a bone fastener. The connecting member includes a connecting member axis, a first opening, a second opening, and a first spherical surface. The connecting member axis extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The first opening is adjacent the proximal end. The second opening is adjacent the distal end. The fastener seat includes a first end, a second end, a passageway, and a second spherical surface. The passageway extends from the first end to the second end along a seat axis. The second spherical surface is configured to slidably engage the first spherical surface. The bone fastener includes a shank and a head. The shank extends though the passageway. The head engages a head-mating surface of the fastener seat.
US11350969B1	Rotatable spinal implant, system, and method A construct may include a connector having a first body portion and a second body portion rotatably coupled to another. A first implant cavity may be defined, at least partly, by at least two threaded arm portions defining a first axis between the at least two threaded arm portions. The first implant cavity may include a first receiving cavity configured to adjustably orient a first rod in a plane substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and the second implant cavity may include a second receiving cavity configured to orient a second rod. In some embodiments, the threaded arm portions are configured to receive a first set screw such that when the first set screw is fully tightened along the first axis the first rod is fixed relative to the first body portion in a direction extending substantially parallel with the plane.
US11350968B2	Modular bone screw A modular polyaxial bone screw includes a poly-axial bone screw, a polyaxial tulip head, and a collet disposed within the tulip head, the collet interacting with the bone screw and tulip head providing an interference fit with the bone screw head to lock orientation of the tulip head on and relative to the bone screw. Inner configurations of the tulip head interact with outer configurations of the collet to lock axial and/or rotational position of the collet within and relative to the tulip head, and thus about the bone screw head. The collet also has a resilient, tapered base with a plurality of slots in and about its end that allow the end to splay outwardly over and upon the head of the bone screw to create a snap or frictional interference fit between the splayed collet and the bone screw head when a spine rod is fixed in the tulip head.
US11350964B2	Minimally invasive treatment device for tissue resection Prostate treatment using fluid stream to resect prostate tissue, thereby relieving symptoms of conditions such as BPH, prostatitis, and prostatic carcinoma. A device having a fluid delivery element is positioned within a lumen of the urethra within the prostate. A fluid stream is directed outwardly from the fluid delivery element toward a wall of the urethral lumen. The fluid delivery element is moved to scan the fluid stream over the wall to remove a volume of tissue surrounding the lumen. The fluid may be combined with therapeutically active substances or with substances that increase resection efficiency. Fluid force may be adjusted to provide selective tissue resection such that soft tissue is removed while harder tissue is left undamaged. In order to gain a working space within the urethra, another fluid may be introduced to insufflate the urethra in the region of treatment.
US11350963B2	Fluid jet tissue ablation apparatus An apparatus is configured to provide hemostasis with tissue removal in order to inhibit one or more of blood loss or tissue drainage. In many embodiments, a nozzle releases a liquid jet in a liquid medium in order to provide cavitation and a plurality of shedding pulses. The liquid jet, its cavitation and the plurality of shedding pulses can affect vascular tissue in order to promote clotting in order to inhibit bleeding. In many embodiments, vessels of the vascular tissue are affected at a distance from a region where cavitation of the water jet contacts the tissue. In many embodiments, the cavitation and plurality of shedding pules are related to a pulsatile shear wave propagating along the blood vessel that is related to clot promoting changes of the blood vessel.
US11350958B2	Full-circumferential tissue resectioning Apparatuses, devices, and methods for performing endoscopic tissue resectioning in the gastrointestinal tract are disclosed. In some embodiments, a tissue resectioning device may include first and second scaffolds each arranged in a tubular configuration. The tissue resectioning device may further include a hook tool engageable with the first scaffold and/or the second scaffold to bias the scaffolds to engage a target section of tissue between the first scaffold and the second scaffold. The hook tool may also engage the section of tissue to pull the section of tissue into the path of a cutting edge of each of the first and second scaffolds. In some embodiments, the tissue resectioning device is provided over a scope, which extends within a lumen of an overtube.
US11350953B2	Impactor for fracturing calcifications in heart valves A device for fracturing calcifications in heart valves includes a tube formed with at least two longitudinal slits that form at least two struts. Each of the struts includes two or more pairs of notches formed on opposite sides of the strut. The struts have a contracted orientation in which the struts are not expanded outwards from the tube and an outwardly expanded orientation in which the struts are expanded outwards from the tube and have sufficient strength and rigidity to impact and fracture a calcification in a heart valve.
US11350952B2	Open Latarjet for correction of anterior-inferior glenoid bone loss Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to instrumentation that facilitate coracoid-glenoid fixation in Latarjet procedures. For example, a single instrument, a coracoid resection tool, may be provided/utilized to prepare a coracoid bone graft for size, flatness, and hole drilling. A glenoid drill guide may further be provided/utilized that uses sized offsets for placement of the coracoid graft flush with the glenoid. Further embodiments of the disclosure are directed to corresponding methods that employ this instrumentation. For example, a surgeon may employs the coracoid resection tool as a guide to plane the inferior coracoid surface that will serve as the coracoid graft surface. The coracoid resection tool may further guide the placement of coracoid holes along the length of the coracoid and orient the holes approximately perpendicular to the planed coracoid graft surface. For example a proximal coracoid hole may be positioned towards the proximal end (i.e., the cut end) of the resected coracoid while a distal coracoid hole may be positioned towards the distal end (i.e., the tip) of the resected coracoid.
US11350951B2	Positioning device for securing an intramedullary nail in a long bone The present invention relates to a positioning device (100, 100′, 100″) for securing an intramedullary nail (19) in a long bone, said positioning device comprising a guide bow (1), with an adjusting device (3) and a sleeve guide (2), wherein the adjusting device (3) has a targeting device (5); and wherein the targeting device (5) is designed to receive a locking device (21) or an instrument (23) for acting on the locking device (21); and wherein the sleeve guide (2) has a sleeve (7), which sleeve (7) is mounted in the sleeve guide (2) such that it can be rotated and/or slid relative to the sleeve guide (2); and wherein the sleeve (7) has a longitudinal through-opening for receiving a guiding device therein.
US11350945B2	Staged deflation syringe systems and associated methods Devices used to deflate an inflatable hemostasis device are disclosed. The devices may be configured to deflate the inflatable hemostasis device in staged increments over a period of time. The devices may include a barrel member and a plunger member comprising an insert configured to couple with a retention ring of the barrel to restrict a retraction distance of the plunger member.
US11350939B2	Retaining mechanisms for trocar assemblies Adapter assemblies for connecting loading units to handle assemblies include a trocar assembly releasably securable within an elongate body by a retaining mechanism. The retaining mechanism includes first and second retention members pivotable between a locked position in which the first and second retention members are positioned to be received within respective first and second openings in a trocar housing of the trocar assembly when the trocar assembly is received within a distal portion of the elongate body, and a release position in which the first and second retention members are positioned to be spaced from the respective first and second openings in the trocar housing when the trocar assembly is received within the distal portion of the elongate body, wherein engagement of the first and second retention members with the seal member when in the locked position frictionally retains the first and second retention members in the locked position.
US11350932B2	Surgical instrument with improved stop/start control during a firing motion A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes an elongated channel, an anvil pivotably connected to the elongated channel, a closure member mechanically coupled to the anvil, an electric motor mechanically coupled to the closure member, a motor controller electrically coupled to the electric motor and a control circuit electrically connected to the motor controller. The control circuit is configured to monitor a first predefined event, monitor a second predefined event, provide a stop signal to the motor controller to stop a closing motion of at least one of the elongated channel and the anvil after an occurrence of the first predefined event, and provide a start signal to the motor controller to start the closing motion of the at least one of the elongated channel and the anvil after an occurrence of a second predefined event.
US11350928B2	Surgical instrument comprising a tissue thickness lockout and speed control system A surgical instrument comprising a tissue thickness lockout and a firing speed control system is disclosed.
US11350925B2	Surgical button inserter system and method A button inserter apparatus for the insertion of a surgical button includes an inserter handle and an elongated inserter shaft connected at one end to the inserter handle. An inserter head is connected to the inserter shaft at an end opposite to the inserter handle. The inserter head includes opposing engagement projections for engaging and retaining a surgical button there between. One of the engagement projections is longitudinally movable relative to the other of the engagement projections. A button engage and release assembly extends from the inserter handle to the inserter head, and selectively prevents relative longitudinal movement between the engagement projections, and selectively permits relative movement of the engagement projections and thereby release of the surgical button. The engage and release assembly is operable from the inserter handle to cause relative longitudinal movement of the engagement projections and release of the surgical button. A surgical button and a method of inserting a surgical button are also disclosed.
US11350924B2	Knotless suture anchor An apparatus and methods are provided for a suture anchor to fixate sutures and tissue to bone. The suture anchor comprises an elongate member to be inserted into a bone hole. Barbs along the length of the elongate member engage with an inner wall of the bone hole. An eyelet in a distal aspect of the elongate member is configured to receive a suture. First and second channels extend helically along opposite sides of the elongate member. The eyelet includes first and second openings on opposite sides of the distal aspect. The first opening and the first channel enable applying tension to the suture after implantation into the bone hole. The second opening enables placing the suture into a final position along the barbs after implantation into the bone hole. A proximal aspect of the elongate member receives an instrument for implanting the suture anchor into the bone hole.
US11350920B1	Modular retractor, system, and method A modular retractor system may include a first annular retainer and a second annular retainer defining a central axis projecting through a first center point of the first annular retainer and a second center point of the second annular retainer. The modular retractor may further include a plurality of primary blades, pivotally coupled to the first annular retainer and an adjacent primary blade of the plurality of primary blades. In some embodiments, the first annular retainer may be configured to, selectively, radially contract towards the first center point such that each of the plurality of primary blades articulates with respect to the central axis. In some embodiments, the second annular retainer may circumscribe the outside of the plurality of primary blades and be configured to apply a biasing force against each of the plurality of primary blades towards the central axis. Additionally, a plurality of supplemental blades may be provided.
US11350916B2	Endoscopic surgical instrument with a handle that can articulate with respect to the shaft A surgical instrument particular suited to endoscopic use is disclosed. Various embodiments include an end effector that is sized to be inserted through a trocar. An elongated shaft assembly is coupled to the end effector and a control handle. The elongated shaft assembly has a distal portion that is adjacent to the effector for insertion into the trocar. The elongated shaft assembly further has a proximal portion that is remote from the distal portion such that the proximal portion protrudes from the trocar when the end effector and distal portion are inserted therethrough. The control handle is articulatably coupled to the proximal portion of said elongated shaft assembly to enable the surgeon to move the handle portion to a more ergonomically comfortable position while carrying out the endoscopic procedure. Various articulation joint embodiments and locking arrangements are disclosed.
US11350911B2	Analog-to-digital drive circuitry having built-in time gain compensation functionality for ultrasound applications A time gain compensation (TGC) circuit for an ultrasound device includes a first amplifier having an integrating capacitor and a control circuit configured to generate a TGC control signal that controls an integration time of the integrating capacitor, thereby controlling a gain of the first amplifier. The integration time is an amount of time an input signal is coupled to the first amplifier before the input signal is isolated from the first amplifier.
US11350910B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method In an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment, processing circuitry obtains volume data corresponding to at least one cardiac cycle and being taken of a region including the right ventricle of a patient. The processing circuitry estimates motion information of a tissue in the region by using the volume data. The processing circuitry calculates information including at least one selected from between wall motion information and volume information related to the right ventricle, on the basis of the motion information of the tissue. The processing circuitry outputs the calculated information. The processing circuitry corrects first motion information of the right ventricular outflow tract, which is an outflow tract of the right ventricle, by using second motion information of a site that is positioned in the vicinity of the right ventricular outflow tract and exhibits motion similar to that of the right ventricular outflow tract.
US11350909B2	Cross amplitude modulation ultrasound pulse sequence Certain embodiments pertain to cross-amplitude modulation (xAM) ultrasound imaging methods and systems configured to excite a first subaperture of transducer elements to transmit a first ultrasound plane wave, excite a second subaperture of transducer elements to transmit a second ultrasound plane wave noncollinear to the first ultrasound plane wave, the second ultrasound plane wave axisymmetric to the first ultrasound plane wave about a bisector, and simultaneously excite both first and second subapertures to transmit first and second ultrasound plane waves to cause an acoustic pressure above a threshold along the bisector.
US11350907B2	Single catheter system that provides both intravascular ultrasound and fluorescence lifetime imaging A multimodal intravascular catheter system includes a catheter with an optical channel and an electrical channel. A distal end of the catheter includes an optical element and an ultrasonic transducer, which are oriented orthogonally to a rotational axis of the catheter. A motor drive unit (MDU) is coupled to a proximal end of the catheter and includes a drive motor to rotate the catheter. The optical channel directs light from a pulsed UV laser source to the optical element, and returns an optical fluorescence signal from the optical element. A photodetector converts the returned optical fluorescence signal into an electrical fluorescence signal. An intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) processor is coupled to the ultrasonic transducer through the electrical channel, wherein the IVUS processor generates a drive signal for the ultrasound transducer, and processes echo information returned from the ultrasound transducer. Finally, a digitizer samples the electrical fluorescence signal and associated echo information.
US11350904B2	Radiographic imaging apparatus A mammography apparatus (radiographic imaging apparatus) includes: a total irradiation time acquisition unit that acquires the total irradiation time of X-rays (radiation); a divided irradiation time calculation unit that calculates a divided irradiation time by dividing the total irradiation time; an imaging controller that obtains a plurality of time-division images by time-division imaging in which radiographic imaging is performed multiple times according to the divided irradiation time; a feature point recognition unit that recognizes feature points for each of the time-division images; a time-division image selection unit that selects some or all of the time-division images from the plurality of time-division images using the feature points; and a composite image generation unit that generates a composite image using the selected time-division images.
US11350899B2	Systems and methods for characterizing high risk plaques A method for characterization of coronary plaque tissue data and perivascular tissue data using image data gathered from a computed tomography (CT) scan along a blood vessel, the image information including radiodensity values of coronary plaque and perivascular tissue located adjacent to the coronary plaque, the method comprising quantifying radiodensity in regions of coronary plaque, quantifying, radiodensity in at least one region of corresponding perivascular tissue adjacent to the coronary plaque, determining gradients of the quantified radiodensity values within the coronary plaque and the quantified radiodensity values within the corresponding perivascular tissue, and determining a ratio of the quantified radiodensity values within the coronary plaque and the corresponding perivascular tissue; and characterizing the coronary plaque by analyzing a gradient of the quantified radiodensity values in the coronary plaque and the corresponding perivascular, and/or the ratio of the coronary plaque radiodensity values and the radiodensity values of the corresponding perivascular tissue.
US11350892B2	Collimator structure for an imaging system Methods and systems are provided for reducing aliasing artifacts in images generated in an imaging system, such as a computed tomography (CT) imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a filtered signal generated by passing a primary signal through a collimator having a non-rectangular transition profile, the collimator positioned between an object and a detector of an imaging system, and generating an image based on the filtered signal received at the detector, the primary signal including radiation from a source of the imaging system attenuated by the object placed between the source and the detector. In this way, by filtering the signals at the collimator before reaching the detector, aliasing artifacts in the images may be reduced.
US11350890B2	X-ray imaging apparatus and patient support arrangement The invention concerns an X-ray imaging apparatus for imaging a skull or a partial area of the skull, which apparatus comprises between the X-ray source and detector a patient support means (17). The patient support means (17) comprise a rear rest structure (170) containing a support part (171) arranged to get positioned at occipital area and whose connection to the X-ray apparatus is realized such that the support part (171) of the rear rest structure moves, when adjusting its position, on a line or on a plane whose angle with respect to the horizontal plane is between 15-25 degrees.
US11350889B2	Covid-19 risk and illness assessment method A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns and determines and infection risk or illness-based deviation that can be communicated as a warning to community members.
US11350886B2	Context-sensitive infusion devices, systems and methods Infusion devices and related medical devices, patient data management systems, and methods are provided for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient. An exemplary infusion device includes an actuation arrangement operable to deliver fluid to a user, a communications interface to receive measurement data indicative of a physiological condition of the user, a sensing arrangement to obtain contextual measurement data, and a control system coupled to the actuation arrangement, the communications interface and the sensing arrangement to determine a command for autonomously operating the actuation arrangement in a manner that is influenced by the measurement data and the contextual measurement data and autonomously operate the actuation arrangement in accordance with the command to deliver the fluid to the user.
US11350885B2	System and method for continuous privacy-preserved audio collection A method includes identifying, by an electronic device, one or more segments within a first audio recording that includes one or more non-speech segments and one or more speech segments. The method also includes generating, by the electronic device, one or more synthetic speech segments that include natural speech audio characteristics and that preserve one or more non-private features of the one or more speech segments. The method also includes generating, by the electronic device, an obfuscated audio recording by replacing the one or more speech segments with the one or more synthetic speech segments while maintaining the one or more non-speech segments, wherein the one or more synthetic speech segments prevent recognition of some content of the obfuscated audio recording.
US11350882B2	Arrangement for delayed electrical charge equalization during administration of stimulation current pulses and measurement of electrical reactions evoked by the pulses An arrangement for electrical charge equalization after generation of stimulation current pulse(s), containing a bridge circuit, switching elements, a bridge branch between two legs of the bridge circuit, into which a load resistance is introducible, and a power source for generating a stimulation current pulse, connected to the legs of the bridge circuit that enables an electrical current via one leg through the bridge branch and through a leg connected to the other end of the bridge branch with corresponding switch position. A capacitive element is in the bridge branch for generating a current for electrical charge equalization for current introduced by stimulation current pulse(s) and is configured such that, between one or more stimulation current pulses and a discharge of the capacitive element via stimulation electrode(s), a delay time window is maintained, which is used for measuring electrical physiological signals induced as a reaction to the stimulation current pulse(s).
US11350877B2	Smart shoes with adaptive sampling for rehabilitation and health monitoring A smart shoe, smart shoe system, and a method of a smart shoe are disclosed. A smart shoe system may be used for monitoring patient activity. The smart shoe system may include a shoe having a plurality of pneumatic pressure sensors. The pressure sensors may be configured to detect pressure at a plurality of points in the sole of the shoe. The smart shoe may also include a microprocessor coupled to the pressure sensors and a GPS integrated circuit. The GPS integrated circuit may be used for correlating position of the smart shoe system to activity data generated by the plurality of pressure sensors. Additionally, the smart shoe system may include a flash memory storage for storing data generated by the microprocessor and pressure sensors.
US11350876B2	Capturing and measuring timeliness, accuracy and correctness of health and preference data in a digital twin enabled precision treatment platform A patient health management platform determines of a metabolic state for a first time period. The platform generates a patient-specific treatment recommendation for a second time period following the first time period that identifies objectives for the patient to complete to improve the metabolic state determined for the first time period. Periodically during the second time period, the platform receives recordings of patient data indicating foods consumed by the patient, medication taken by the patient, and/or symptoms experienced by the patient. The platform compares the received recordings of patient data from the second time period to the generated patient-specific treatment recommendation to determine a number of objectives completed by the patient and updates a score representing n adherence of the patient to the patient-specific treatment recommendation based the number of completed objectives. The platform provides the patient-specific treatment recommendation to the patient device for display to the patient.
US11350872B1	Footsmart mat A system for predicting an occurrence of a foot ulcer includes a mat configured to be stood upon by a human subject, a plurality of sensor arrays disposed on or in said mat and arranged in adjacent proximity to one another. Each sensor includes an oxygenation probe, itself including a first light source and a light detector, and a secondary probe operable to utilize the light detector of the oxygenation probe and itself including a plurality of light sources exclusive of the first light source. The plurality of light sources of the secondary probe are arranged in a pattern around the oxygenation probe. The oxygenation probe is located at the approximate geometric center of the pattern. The system further includes a control module in signal communication with the light detector, and configured to independently control emission of light from the first light source of the oxygenation probe and the plurality of light sources of the secondary probe.
US11350867B2	Small-scale time delay and single-shot conduction velocity analysis and mapping for cardiac electrophysiology Systems and methods for quantifying cardiac electrophysiologic signals. An electronic processor receives a unipolar electrogram signal from each of a plurality of electrodes positioned at different locations of a heart. The electronic processor then calculates or measures a bipolar electrogram signal based on a difference between the unipolar electrogram signal for a first electrode and the unipolar electrogram signal for a second electrode. A local activation time (LAT) difference between a location of the first electrode and a local of the second electrode is then determined based on a voltage amplitude of the bipolar electrogram signal. The LAT difference is indicative of an amount of time between a local activation of a propagating wavefront at the location of the first electrode and a local activation of the propagating wavefront at the location of the second electrode.
US11350866B2	Read-out circuitry for acquiring a multi-channel biopotential signal and a sensor for sensing a biopotential signal A read-out circuitry for acquiring a multi-channel biopotential signal, comprises: a plurality of read-out signal channels, each receiving an input signal from a unique signal electrode; a reference channel receiving a reference signal from a reference electrode; wherein each read-out signal channel and the reference channel comprises a channel amplifier connected to receive the input signal in a first input node and with an output node connected to a second input node via a channel feedback loop; wherein each signal channel amplifier comprises a capacitor between the second input nodes of the signal channel amplifier and the reference channel amplifier, and wherein each signal channel feedback loop and the reference channel feedback loop comprise a filter.
US11350865B2	Wearable device with bridge portion The present disclosure relates to a wearable device with a bridge portion and systems/methods relating to the device. Preferred embodiments may include two flexible wings and a bridge connecting the two wings. In some embodiments, the upper surface of the bridge can be non-adhesive and uncoupled to the flexible wing such that the flexible wing can be decoupled from the bridge when the adhesive is adhered to the surface of a user. The bridge can be narrower in some portions, and extend around the housing of the monitor. The bridge can extend beneath the housing and bisect the two flexible wings.
US11350863B2	Worry stone device and system A worry stone system is provided. The system includes a worry stone device having an internal sensing and processing system, a user computing device, and a server having a memory storing worry stone data. The server may be programmed to receive worry stone data from the worry stone device through the user computing device in near real-time that includes contact time between the user and the worry stone device, a rate of rubbing the worry stone device, and/or a pressure used for rubbing the worry stone device. The server may process the worry stone data and send the same for display on the user computing device. The server operates to continuously process received near real-time worry stone data and send the processed worry stone data for display on the user computing device during the entire time of engagement of the worry stone device by the user.
US11350862B2	Pre-connected analyte sensors Pre-connected analyte sensors are provided. A pre-connected analyte sensor includes a sensor carrier attached to an analyte sensor. The sensor carrier includes a substrate configured for mechanical coupling of the sensor to testing, calibration, or wearable equipment. The sensor carrier also includes conductive contacts for electrically coupling sensor electrodes to the testing, calibration, or wearable equipment.
US11350859B2	Patient monitoring Presented are concepts for monitoring cardio-respiratory function of a patient. One such concept employs an optical sensor unit (10) for sensing light from tissue of the patient in response to temporary airway pressure changes provided via a respiratory support unit (50). By sensing variations in blood volume in the central site vein in response to temporary airway pressure changes, venous information of the person may be obtained.
US11350856B2	Electronic device and estimation system This electronic device includes a sensor that acquires a pulse wave of a subject, and a controller that estimates the blood glucose level of the subject on the basis of an estimation expression that is created on the basis of a blood glucose level and a pulse wave corresponding to the blood glucose level, and the pulse wave of the subject acquired by the sensor.
US11350852B2	Service scheduling and notification systems for patient support apparatuses Patient support apparatuses include a frame, support surface, and a controller. The controller provides notification to a user of a service event relating to the patient support apparatus. The controller limits functionality of a component of the patient support apparatus based upon a severity of the service event. The controller may also, or alternatively, detect when a control is activated by a user and, in response to such activation, determine whether the patient support apparatus has been marked for use or marked for servicing. If marked for use, the controller responds in a first manner, and if marked for service, the controller responds in a different manner. In other embodiments, a method is provided for determining an order in which multiple patient support apparatuses should be service. In still other embodiments, the patient support apparatus automatically changes to an unusable configuration when in need of high priority service.
US11350845B1	Phase-based passive source location in three-dimensions Passive location of an emitter is achieved by sensing a signal propagated from the emitter at multiple sensing locations and determining its phase at each sensing location. A three-dimensional region is searched to find an emitter location for which phase estimates of the signal at the emitter location are in good agreement among the sensing locations. An iterative search from a set of starting points in the region may be performed. The region may be subdivided and each region searched in parallel using multiple processors in parallel. Phase at the sensing locations may be determined locally, using synchronized clocks at the sensing locations, or at a common receiver. In the latter case, signal propagation time from the sensing location to the receiver location is taken into account. The emitter may be a wireless endoscopy capsule, for example.
US11350836B2	Current cancellation circuit, heart rate detection device and wearable device A current cancellation circuit, a heart rate detection device and a wearable device. The current cancellation circuit includes: a current-voltage conversion circuit and a SAR ADC, where the SAR ADC includes a DAC, an SAR logic circuit and a comparator; the current-voltage conversion circuit is configured to receive an analog current output by the DAC and an interference current output by a photoelectric sensor, calculate a difference between the analog current and the interference current, and output an analog voltage; the comparator is configured to receive the analog voltage output by the current-voltage conversion circuit, and output a comparison result according to the analog voltage; and the DAC is configured to output the analog current according to a digital signal corresponding to the comparison result that is output by the SAR logic circuit, and the analog current is used to cancel the interference current output by the photoelectric sensor.
US11350835B2	Wearable device for reflecting fatigue level of human body A wearable device for reflecting a fatigue level of a human body is disclosed. The device comprises a physiological signal acquisition module, a signal conditioning module, a parameter extraction module and a decision module. The physiological signal acquisition module is configured to acquire physiological signals of a testee. An output end of the physiological signal acquisition module is connected to an input end of the signal conditioning module. The signal conditioning module is configured to perform signal conditioning on the physiological signals. An output end of the signal conditioning module is connected to an input end of the parameter extraction module. The parameter extraction module is configured to extract time-domain and frequency-domain parameters in a specific time window. An output end of the parameter extraction module is connected to an input end of the decision module. The decision module is configured to decide a fatigue level of the testee.
US11350832B2	Cardiac cycle-based diagnostic systems and methods In part, the disclosure relates to computer-based methods, and systems suitable for evaluating a cardiac system using a diagnostic metric such as a pressure value-based ratio. Selection of a subset or portion of a cardiac cycle is avoided in one embodiment to increase reliability and usability of a diagnostic ratio and parameters described herein. In one embodiment, a minimum or a relative extrema of a series of diagnostic metrics plotted on a per cycle basis are used to inform diagnosis of a stenosis or other intravascular event or phenomena.
US11350823B2	Electronic apparatus and control method therefor An electronic apparatus according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a sensor unit for sensing the movement of the electronic apparatus; a communication unit for communicating with an external apparatus; an input unit for receiving a user input; an output unit for providing information to a user; and a control unit for outputting a message inducing a particular action to the user through the output unit on the basis of medical information of the user and the movement of the electronic apparatus, or controlling the communication unit to transmit information related to the electronic apparatus to an external apparatus.
US11350820B2	Grading corneal fluorescein staining The technology described in this document can be embodied in systems and computer-implemented methods for determining a score representing an amount of staining of the cornea. The methods include obtaining a digital image of the cornea stained with a tracer material, receiving a selection of a portion of the image, and processing, by a processing device, the selection to exclude areas with one or more artifacts to define an evaluation area. For each of a plurality of pixels within the evaluation area, a plurality of Cartesian color components are determined and a hue value in a polar coordinate based color space is calculated from the components. An amount of staining of the cornea is then determined as a function of the hue value. The methods also include assigning a score to the evaluation area based on the amount of staining calculated for the plurality of pixels.
US11350818B2	In-vivo camera device and in-vivo monitoring camera system An in-vivo camera device and an in-vivo monitoring camera system more excellent in usability are proposed. An in-vivo camera device includes a camera unit introduced into a body, a support member, and a camera-side cable. The support member has a trocar connection portion for connection with a trocar at a front end side, and is connected to the trocar in a state in which the trocar connection portion is fitted into the trocar by applying tensile force to the camera-side cable passing through the trocar. The support member is provided with a guide introduction portion that is formed to be relatively long at the front end side as a stabilization structure for stabilizing connection with the trocar.
US11350811B2	Dishwashing appliances and methods for addressing obstructions therein Dishwashing appliances and methods, as provided herein, may include features or steps such as detecting a pressure (P1) at a pressure sensor upstream from a pump while maintaining the pump in an inactive state and activating the pump from the inactive state for an activation period during which the pump remains active to motivate a continuous fluid flow. Dishwashing appliances and methods may further include features or steps for detecting a pressure (P2) at the pressure sensor upstream from the pump during the activation period and initiating a response sequence at the pump based on P1 and P2.
US11350810B2	System and method for autonomous mopping of a floor surface A mobile robot configured to travel across a residential floor or other surface while cleaning the surface with a cleaning pad and cleaning solvent is disclosed. The robot includes a controller for managing the movement of the robot as well as the treatment of the surface with a cleaning solvent. The movement of the robot can be characterized by a class of trajectories that achieve effective cleaning. The trajectories include sequences of steps that are repeated, the sequences including forward and backward motion and optional left and right motion along arcuate paths.
US11350808B2	Vacuum cleaner The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body including a wheel for moving and a wheel motor for driving the wheel, a suction hose connected to the cleaner body, a handle connected to the suction hose, at least one detection sensor disposed in the suction hose to detect an inclination of the suction hose, and a controller controlling the wheel motor on the basis of the inclination of the suction hose detected by the at least one detection sensor.
US11350807B2	Low noise stick vacuum cleaner A stick vacuum cleaner having a handheld vacuum cleaner adapted to be docked to a stick. When the handheld vacuum cleaner is docked to the stick an air path is formed connecting an air outlet of the handheld vacuum cleaner with an air outlet provided in the stick. A noise absorption unit is provided in the air path or outside the air outlet from the stick.
US11350802B2	Package having an outward extending reclosure device A package or pouch comprising one or more panel portions and a reclosure device. The reclosure device is provided to extend outward from a panel portion of the package to facilitate the use of the package to store and dispense wet wipes and like products.
US11350798B2	Faucet system comprising a liquid soap delivery line A water faucet system including a faucet having a neck comprising a water passageway and liquid soap delivery line, both integrated within the neck assembly. The water faucet system features a streamlined neck assembly that includes a water outlet or spout, located at the distal portion of the neck assembly, and additionally includes a separate soap outlet located at a predetermined location. The soap delivery (soap dispensing) is initiated by a user performing an activation event directed to a sensor system located in the neck assembly. In preferred embodiments, the sensor system utilizes touchless type sensors so to avoid any physical contact with the neck assembly.
US11350795B2	Food delivery system A food delivery system configured for transportation of a food product from a production site to a consumer site is disclosed having a chamber configured for housing a packaged ready-to-eat meal. The chamber defines an internal environment wherein the food product is received. The system also includes environmental temperature and humidity sensors associated with the chamber, one or more conditioning devices, associated with the chamber in such a way to condition one or more parameters of said internal environment, and a control unit, configured so that the parameters of the internal environment are continuously and adaptively adjusted so as to preserve the food product between the production site and the consumer site.
US11350794B2	Tray apparatus A tray apparatus includes an elongated platform and a tray mechanism. The tray mechanism includes a plate disposed onto the platform and an arm assembly coupled to the plate and including a post and an arm. The post is coupled to the plate and extends upwardly therefrom. The arm is rotatably coupled to the post between a first position and a second position. The plate receives a box containing foodstuffs from a conveyance apparatus. The plate moves in a first direction when moving from a first state toward a second state. The arm is configured to contact the box and rotate from the first position toward the second position when the plate is moving in the first direction. The arm is configured to contact and move the box in a second direction opposite the first along the platform when the plate moves from the second state toward the first state.
US11350789B2	Platform having multiple adjustable work areas A platform having adjustable working areas that can be repositioned from a stored position to an operational position on the platform wherein each of the work areas are horizontally adjustable to allow each of the work areas to be independently adjustable.
US11350788B2	Cooking grill assembly A cooking grill having a fire box with a cooking region and a panel at the rear or side of the cooking region of the firebox. The panel is adapted to support a shelf above the cooking region, the shelf having at least one prong extending therefrom. The panel has at least one aperture for receiving a respective prong of the shelf, and an abutment, for each aperture, positioned on the side of the panel remote from the cooking region and positioned with respect to its aperture to bear a respective prong of a shelf inserted through its aperture. Each prong of a shelf is inserted through an aperture such that a bottom part of the prong is supported by the periphery of the aperture and a top part of the prong bears upwardly against the abutment to support the shelf in a cantilevered fashion above the cooking region.
US11350780B1	System, method, and apparatus for acceptance and delivery of flat objects A plate delivery system provides storage for plates in a first-in, last-out configuration. As the kitchen staff completes a meal (plated), the plate holding the meal is presented to the plate delivery system and the plate moves into the plate delivery system to be ready for the next plate. After a number of plates are stored in the plate delivery system, the plate delivery system is transported from the kitchen to the eating area (e.g., restaurant table or banquet table) and each plate is sequentially presented to a delivery mechanism (e.g., a robot or a waitperson) for final delivery to the table. In some embodiments, the plate delivery system is enclosed and has a cover mechanism to prevent food contamination by foreign matter and in some embodiments, the plate delivery system has heating/cooling mechanisms to help keep warm food warm or cool food cool.
US11350778B2	Temperature control cup A temperature control cup includes a cup body and a cup cover, and the cup cover is covered on the cup body. The cup body is provided with a cup outer shell, a cup middle shell, and a cup inner wall in order from the outside to the inside. A vacuum heat insulation layer is provided between the cup shell and the cup middle shell. A gas getter is provided in the vacuum heat insulation layer at the bottom of the cup body. A phase change material layer is provided between the middle shell and the inner wall of the cup body. The bottom center of the cup shell is recessed inward with a small through-hole, and the through-hole is sealed with glass after melting at high temperatures.
US11350771B2	Systems and methods for supporting and displaying elongate utensils A display system for supporting a plurality of elongate utensils includes a base defining a flat base surface and a longitudinal axis normal to the base surface. An outer shell includes an outer body coupled to the base and extends longitudinally therefrom. The outer body defines a plurality of outer openings extending therethrough, each sized to slidably receive therethrough an elongate utensil. An inner shell includes an inner body coupled to the base, the inner body spaced apart from and at least partially contained within the outer shell. The inner body defines a plurality of inner openings each aligned with a corresponding one of the outer openings along a respective insertion axis of a plurality of insertion axes and sized to slidably receive the elongate utensil. The plurality of insertion axes are oriented at a plurality of different angles relative to the longitudinal axis.
US11350767B2	Playpen frame for easy-to-install enclosure A playpen frame for an easy-to-install enclosure includes four support assemblies, two long handrail tubes, two short handrail tubes and a bottom frame. The four support assemblies are distributed at four corners, and each of the support assemblies includes a support base, a support post, a slat and a pivoting piece. A height of the support post is identical to a height of the slat. The slat is located outside the support post, and a gap is arranged between the support post and the slat. The support post and the slat are arranged between the support base and the pivoting piece. The two long handrail tubes are arranged opposite to each other, and the two short handrail tubes are arranged opposite to each other. The long handrail tube or the short handrail tube is arranged between two adjacent pivoting pieces of the four support assemblies.
US11350766B2	Carry handle for child carrier A carrying device includes an object to be carried and an object carrier coupled to the object to be used in carrying the object. The object carrier includes a handle connected with at least one end to the object and movable between a retracted position to a carrying position. The object may be an infant seat.
US11350765B2	Multi-functional baby bed A multi-functional baby bed includes a left support frame, a right support frame, a swing frame and a cradle frame. The swing frame and the cradle frame are provided between the left support frame and the right support frame. The swing frame is pivotably connected to the left support frame and the right support frame. The swing frame and the cradle frame are detachably connected. The left and right support frames are structurally the same and oppositely disposed. The top of each of the left and right support frame has a rotating device configured to control the movement of the swing frame. The rotating device can be rotated 90°. When the swing frame is fixed, the cradle frame is fixed accordingly and the device may function as a bed. When the swing frame swings, the cradle frame swings accordingly, thus functioning as a cradle.
US11350763B1	Baby diaper changing station A baby diaper changing station (10) includes a base (16) that is configured to be in fixed connection with a wall (12). A table (14) is in movable rotatable connection with the base. The table is movable between a use position in which a changing surface (18) extends generally horizontal and faces upward, and a stored position in which the table extends parallel to the wall and in overlying relation of the base. The table is supported through rails (108, 110) that extend in respective channels (102, 104) within the table. Stop pins (154) are configured to stop rotation of the table in the use position and to prevent damage to the changing station from an excessive downward load on the table. The stop pins are frangible so that if an excessive load is applied, the pins bend and break without causing damage to other structures. The changing station can be returned to service by replacement of the stop pins.
US11350762B2	Swing dining chair A swing dining chair comprising supporting frames, swing arms and a chair body. The chair body comprises a seat and a backrest. A multi-stage included-angle adjustment device is arranged between the seat and the backrest. The swing arm is provided with a lifting base, and the seat is connected with the lifting base. A first locking device is arranged between the seat and the lifting base for locking the seat. A second locking device is provided for locking the first locking device. A third locking device is arranged between the seat and the lifting base for locking the multi-stage included-angle adjustment device. A fourth locking device is arranged between the swing arm and the supporting frame for locking the swing arm. The lifting base is provided with an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the fourth locking device. The present disclosure has a simple structure, achieves convenient operation, and avoids maloperation.
US11350759B1	Bed sheet/bed covering securing device and method The present invention includes a device for securing bed sheets on a mattress having a bottom, a top surface, and a periphery including side and end walls, the device including a sleeve or band having side panels, end panels corner panels and a top edge, the sleeve or band can be fitted around the mattress periphery side and end walls. A securing, gripping, or positioning element, e.g., elastic or other suitable securing element, can be provided at one or more locations on the sleeve or band, wherein the securing, gripping, or positioning element(s) can be placed around the mattress periphery at a position below the mattress top surface. The securing, gripping, or positioning element(s) are capable of securing the bed sheets in between the sleeve or band and the mattress.
US11350758B2	Adjustable base assemblies, systems and related methods An adjustable base is provided that includes a fixed frame and an articulating frame connected to the fixed frame. The articulating frame includes an upper body frame pivotally connected to the upper section of the fixed frame, a seat frame pivotally connected to the upper body frame and movable along a central section of the fixed frame, and a leg frame pivotally connected to the fixed frame. An actuator is further included and has a first end connected to the seat frame adjacent to the leg frame and a second end that is connected to a linkage attached to the articulating frame. Upon activation of the actuator, the upper body frame is articulated upward and the seat frame moves linearly along the central section of the fixed frame toward the upper section of the fixed frame. Systems and methods for controlling an adjustable base assembly are further provided.
US11350757B2	Systems and methods for a rollaway folding bed Systems and methods for use of a rollaway folding bed system are described. The rollaway folding bed system can include a mattress and a frame configured to be moveable between a deployed state and a stored state. The rollaway folding bed can include a rigid frame and sections of support grid affixed to the bars to provide support to the mattress. The rigid frame can also have moveable supports that can moved between a folded position and a stored position. The rigid frame can include central supports having hinges to facilitate moving the rollaway folding bed from a stored position and a deployed position. The crossbars can include lockable wheels affixed at opposing ends of the cross bars and positioned beyond an outer edge of the rollaway folding bed system when in a stored position to provide stability to the rollaway folding bed system.
US11350755B2	Foldable chair A foldable chair, comprises a foldable chair frame (10) and a chair seat (1) made of a flexible material; the chair frame (10) comprising an X-shaped left support frame (101), an X-shaped right support frame (102) connected through a connecting crossbar (3), the chair seat (1) is connected to the chair frame (10) through a plurality of connecting pieces; a detachable pole (2) extends from top to bottom of the chair frame (10), and the connecting crossbar (3) has two first through holes (34) for the poles (2) to pass through; correspondingly, the connecting crossbar (3) has two second through holes (33) for a plurality of support tubes (100) to pass through; each pole (2) and the corresponding support tube (100) forms the X-shaped left or right support frame. This chair has the advantages of simple and reasonable structure, easy installation and disassembly, simple manufacture process and low cost, and is especially suitable for carrying around when traveling.
US11350751B2	Tactile presentation device There is provided a tactile presentation device capable of realizing easier wearing/removal and contact of a tactile stimulation unit in an appropriate position. The tactile presentation device is provided with an attaching unit to a back plate of a chair, and a wearing belt portion to a body provided so as to be extendable and contractable on the attaching unit, in which one or more first tactile stimulation units are provided on the attaching unit, and one or more second tactile stimulation units are provided on the wearing belt portion.
US11350750B2	Tilt mechanism for a chair and chair A tilt mechanism for a chair comprises a base, a first support configured to support a chair seat and mounted to the base, a second support configured to support a chair back and pivotably coupled to the base about the first pivot axis, a link element pivotably coupled to the second support about a second pivot axis, and a shaft attached to the first support. A first guide slot is provided at the base and a second guide slot is provided at the link element. The shaft is supported in the first guide slot and the second guide slot.
US11350747B2	Construction panel for a side of an item of furniture, method for producing said type of construction panel and side of an item of furniture and furniture body or item of furniture having a side A construction panel for a side of an item of furniture of a furniture body includes a plate-shaped central part having a first front surface and other front surfaces, and a cut-out arranged in the central part. The cut-out extends at least along one section of the first front surface of the construction panel and is used to accommodate a stop that guides a moveable furniture part. The construction panel includes, in the region of at least one of the additional front surfaces, at least one machinable section that is outside of the cut-out.
US11350746B1	Removable projectile resistant protective shield for desktops A bullet resistant protective shield for a desk. The protective shield comprises a shield piece having a first channel coupling mechanism. The first channel coupling includes a substantially horizontal element and a substantially vertical element. The first channel coupling mechanism corresponds to a second channel coupling mechanism on a desktop, which also has a horizontal element and a vertical element. The first horizontal element and the first vertical element define a first channel and the second horizontal element and the second vertical element define a second channel. The first vertical element can be placed in the second channel and the second vertical element can be placed in the first channel thereby removably securing the shield piece to the desktop.
US11350743B2	Shelf assembly A modular shelf assembly that is adapted to interlock with adjacent modular shelf assemblies. The modular shelf assembly may include a shelf unit, a plurality of supports, and a plurality of feet. The shelf units, supports, and feet, in combination, are adapted to create the modular shelf assembly. The shelf unit may also be modular and have a shelf body that includes a cap. Each cap may have interlocking apertures that are adapted to receive interlocking components, which are used to connect multiple shelf assemblies.
US11350739B2	Glass ceramic plate for worktop or furniture A novel glass ceramic sheet intended in particular to be used as the surface of a furniture unit or as a worktop, the sheet including, at least in one of its faces, in particular its lower face, at least one connection element of a height less than or equal to 10 cm, the connection element including at least one part that is magnetized or at least one part made of a material capable of being attracted by a magnet. Furniture or a household equipment incorporating the glass ceramic sheet.
US11350734B2	Folding portable desk and method therefor A foldable portable organizer desk has a base member having a flat front surface. A pair of leg members is hingely coupled to a rear surface of the base member. A folding member is hingely coupled to the base member. A folding member recessed area is formed in an interior surface of the folding member. At least one holding container is formed in the recessed area.
US11350728B1	Connector for mounting toothbrush head and electric toothbrush handle of electric toothbrush A connector for an electric toothbrush to mount a toothbrush head with an electric toothbrush handle of the electric toothbrush is provided. The connector includes a body configured to be received in an opening of the toothbrush head. The body includes a first section, a second section, and a third section extending one above the other, and includes a seating profile, an aperture, and a biasing member. The seating profile is defined at adjoining of the second and third sections. The aperture is formed inside of the body to receive a drive shaft of the electric toothbrush handle. Further, the biasing member is received along the third section and rests on the seating profile, and operatively coordinates with a threaded profile and a flexible profile of the third section to facilitates snugly coupling of the toothbrush head with the electric toothbrush handle of the electric toothbrush.
US11350727B1	Bag gripping device A bag gripping device includes a flexible bag gripping member having a top end portion, a bottom end portion, and first and second side end portions. The flexible bag gripping member includes first and second primary surfaces. The device includes a flexible hand-strap member having first and second end portions. The first end portion is coupled to the first primary surface at the first side end portion. The second end portion is coupled to the first primary surface at the second side end portion. The device includes a first hook-and-loop portion that is coupled to the first primary surface at the bottom end portion. The device includes a second hook-and-loop portion that is coupled to the second primary surface at the top end portion and is removably coupled to the first hook-and-loop portion such that the flexible bag gripping member holds a handle of a bag thereon.
US11350725B2	Auto-foldable pouch Implementations of an auto-foldable pouch are provided. In some implementations, the auto-foldable pouch comprises an auto-foldable portion and a closure portion that form a pouch enclosure that can receive and hold an item.In some implementations, a method of using the auto-foldable pouch comprises unrolling the pouch, opening the pouch, inserting one or more items into the pouch, and closing the pouch to securely hold and enclose the items.
US11350724B2	Cosmetic product container Disclosed is a container for a cosmetic product, comprising: an outer wall, an inner wall extending between the outer wall and a main axis of the container, and a cosmetic product, said product being situated exclusively on the side of a surface of the inner wall that faces the outer wall.
US11350723B2	Tubular cartridge for a cosmetic product, configured to be detachably coupled to a base A cartridge for a cosmetic product includes a first longitudinal end for allowing access to the cosmetic product and a second longitudinal end. The cartridge further includes: an outer tube; a control sleeve; a receptacle for cosmetic product; and a bottom element, integral in rotation with the control sleeve. The cartridge is configured so as to be detachably coupled to a base such that a relative rotation of the base in relation to the cartridge causes a movement of the receptacle for cosmetic product. The bottom element contributes to closing off access to the cartridge via the second longitudinal end of the cartridge.
US11350722B1	Cordless UV nail lamp with rechargeable battery A nail lamp for curing UV-curable nail gel uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit ultraviolet light and are relatively lower power. The nail lamp is powered from an exterior power source, such as a wall socket, or by a rechargeable battery pack. A battery compartment of the nail lamp holds the battery pack, which is removable without disassembling the nail lamp. The nail lamp is easily transportable to different locations and can be used even when a wall socket is unavailable. A curing time of the nail lamp is user-selectable. The nail lamp can also include detection sensors to detect a person's hand or foot in a treatment chamber and automatically turn on or off the LEDs.
US11350720B2	Curling iron with ion emitter A curling iron includes a first member and a clamp segment connected to the first member configured for relative movement between a spaced apart position for receiving hair between the clamp segment and the first member and a closed position to impart a curling effect. A heating assembly is connected to the first member and/or clamp segment. The curling iron has at least one ion emitter for generating ions upon activation of the curling iron.
US11350719B2	Hair styling aid A hair styling aid for curling hair is described, including a housing, guide means comprising a slot in a wall of the housing for receiving a length of hair to be styled, a rotatable element rotatable clockwise or anticlockwise relative to the housing and the guide means, to form curls, and a heated elongate member around which the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, in use. The housing surrounds a part of the elongate member to form a chamber between the housing wall(s) and the elongate member, the housing extending from and being integral with a handle. The rotatable element is rotatable relative to or with the elongate member, having a predefined starting position to which it is automatically returned after use. The housing has a longitudinal axis and the slot is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the housing.
US11350717B2	Footwear carrying system A footwear carrying system may include first and second separate carriers, each having a first attachment point near a first end of the carrier, a second attachment point near a second end of the carrier opposite the first end, and a third attachment point along a side of the carrier. A first strap may be adapted to connect the first and second attachment points of the first carrier, and a second strap may be adapted to connect the first and second attachment points of the second carrier. The third attachment points of the first and second carriers may be adapted to connect the first and second carriers together. The carriers may be suspended from one or more shoulders of a wearer, or attached to another carrier using the straps or a connection between the first and second carriers.
US11350711B1	Knee curve cane apparatus A knee curve cane apparatus for ease of use and safety includes a handle and an upper shaft segment coupled to the handle. The upper shaft segment has an upper top end coupled to the handle. A medial top end of a medial shaft segment is coupled to an upper bottom end of the upper shaft segment. The medial shaft segment is curved and configured to accommodate a user's knee to prevent contact while walking. A medial bottom end of the medial shaft segment is vertically aligned with the medial top end. A lower shaft segment is coupled to the medial shaft segment. A lower top end of the lower shaft segment is coupled to the medial bottom end. A base collar of a base is selectively engaged with a lower bottom end of the lower shaft segment.
US11350706B2	Securement for zippered luggage A securement for zippered luggage, including a housing to substantially cover a pair of sliders of a zipper of the luggage and to prevent movement of the sliders along a tape of the zipper, the housing being formed of a first part which receives the sliders and a second part which engages the first part to substantially encapsulate and prevent movement of the sliders, wherein the first and second parts are secured together in the inoperative securing condition by an element which requires breaking or permanent deformation to permit displacement of the second part to allow movement of the sliders.
US11350705B2	Buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a first buckle component, a second buckle component and an operating component. The first buckle component includes a locked portion. The second buckle component includes a locking portion. The locking portion engages with the locked portion along a lateral direction of the buckle assembly when the second buckle component is mated with the first buckle component along a mating direction. The operating component is partially embedded in and partially exposed out of the second buckle component. The operating component is slidable relative to the second buckle component. The operating component drives the locking portion to move away from the locked portion for disengaging the locking portion from the locked portion during a sliding movement of the operating component relative to the second buckle component. The present invention has advantage of saving labor and easy operation.
US11350702B2	Article of footwear The present invention is directed toward an article of footwear with an improved eyelet system independent of the upper. The article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure, where the sole structure includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a lateral side and a medial side. The article of footwear further includes an eyelet system coupled to the top surface of the sole structure. The eyelet system includes a base structure and a plurality of looped strand portions coupled to the base structure. The base structure is coupled to the top surface of the sole structure such that the plurality of looped strand portions extend outwardly from the sole structure, enabling the looped strand portions to receive a fastening element.
US11350701B2	Laceless shoe Described is a shoe upper for a shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, wherein the shoe upper is laceless and comprises: (a.) a lateral portion; (b.) a medial portion; and (c.) at least an elastic intermediate portion between the lateral portion and the medial portion, wherein the stiffness of at least one of the lateral portion and the medial portion is at least 2 times higher than the stiffness of the elastic intermediate portion.
US11350699B2	Orthotic arch support device and method of use Orthotic devices for providing arch support for the foot are disclosed. The orthotic device includes a base member, an arch support portion, and a covering for coupling the arch support portion to the base member. A method of providing continuous contact with the plantar surface of the foot during all phases of the gait cycle is also disclosed. In addition, methods of assembling and using the orthotic device are also disclosed.
US11350697B2	Footwear having auxetic structures with controlled properties An article of footwear includes a sole incorporating a plurality of apertures extending from an upper surface. The article of footwear further includes a strobel that may be placed along the auxetic structure of the sole. The strobel may restrict the flexure of the sole in particular locations to varying degrees.
US11350696B2	Article of footwear with adaptive fit An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole. The upper includes an attachment region and a bottom portion that is bounded by the attachment region. The sole defines a concave inner surface. The concave inner surface includes a peripheral surface region and a central surface region. The attachment region of the upper is attached to the peripheral surface region of the sole. The bottom portion is held in tension over the central surface region.
US11350694B1	Article of footwear comprising dandelion foam latex materials An article of footwear comprising a sole and an upper on the sole. The sole comprises an insole, a midsole, and an outsole. At least one of the upper, insole, midsole, or outsole comprises a dandelion latex foam material.
US11350693B2	Determining footwear replacement based on piezoelectric output An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the article of footwear to the worn on a body. A wireless transmission circuit is included and a piezoelectric generator is positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to induce a voltage signal output. A voltage sensor is configured to sense the voltage profile and output a sensor signal indicative of the voltage profile. An electronic data storage, coupled to the voltage sensor, is configured to store voltage profile information based on the sensor data. A comparator, coupled to the electronic data storage, is configured to identify a change in the voltage profile information over time. The wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit data indicative of a physical status of the article of footwear based on the change in the voltage profile information over time.
US11350690B2	Upper garment worn during overhead welding Described is an upper garment worn by welders while welding overhead, which is made of a breathable fabric and leather. The garment has a hood comprising leather attached to the neckline of the garment body, at least one leather sleeve, and leather on one shoulder and an upper front portion and an upper back portion of the garment that is contiguous with the at least one leather sleeve. The hood may be partially or completely made of leather, and the other sleeve may be leather. The strategic placement of leather on the garment improves the garment's durability, minimizes burns on the wearer from sparks and spatter, and protects the garment from the environment.
US11350688B2	Safety glasses for human user; safety system Protective goggles for human use including a pair of protective goggles for human use with at least one lens, an upper edge that is positioned against the user's forehead and a lower edge that is positioned against the user's cheek. Each of the user's eyes are covered by a separate section of lens and each of these sections extends along at least one line of curvature. It is intended that each lens section has a first and a second line of curvature that, at least in substantial part, are positioned transversely to one another, and along which the individual sections of lens extend; furthermore, that the lines of curvature of one lens section are inclined towards the lines of curvature of the other lens section in terms of their positioning.
US11350685B2	Nightcap and method of applying the same A nightcap configured for securing about a wearer's head and method of wearing the same is disclosed. The nightcap includes a cap portion that is dimensioned to cover a wearer's head. An aft end of the cap portion encircles a wearer's head. A forward end of the cap portion has a notch proximal to a top end of the cap portion by a confluence of an upper edge of a pair of elongate straps distending from the cap portion. Side loops are provided at the lateral sides of the cap portion and a rear loop is provided at an aft end of the cap portion. The cap is worn and secured about the wearer's head by encircling the wearer's head with the elongate straps, while routing terminal ends of the elongate straps through the side loops, rear loop, and securing the straps in a knot on the wearer's forehead.
US11350683B2	Dorsal protection for gloves An impact damper for a glove comprises a solid convex element formed from a resilient material. The convex element has a zenith cavity formed at its zenith. Upon an impact on the convex element, the zenith cavity enables resilient outward deformation of the convex element, and the resilient outward deformation dissipates energy from the impact. The impact damper may further comprise an outwardly deformable wall formed from a resilient material, with the wall circumferentially surrounding and spaced from the convex element. Upon an impact on the convex element, the convex element engages the wall as the convex element deforms, and resilient outward deformation of the wall under urging from the deforming convex element further dissipates the energy from the impact.
US11350679B2	Binder A binder for compressing the breasts of a wearer binder providing for a front panel formed by a single ply of a first woven textile and a rear panel connectively engaged to the front panel to form a garment. The rear panel is formed from a single ply of a second woven textile. The garment encircles the torso and overwraps the breasts of the wearer allowing the front panel to comfortably compress the breasts of the wearer.
US11350677B2	System and method for infant swaddle transition and alternative The disclosure provides infant swaddling device or system in the form of two sleeves to help dampen the moro reflex—one for each arm—with the option of a non-flexible backing (or splint) and weighting. This device safely mimics the swaddling effect by adequately reducing the moro (twitching) reflex and flailing of arms, thus helping baby sleep for longer periods of time. The infant swaddle device may eliminate or reduce the risk of suffocation or overheating that other swaddle transition suits, garments, methods, or devices pose. This device can be used as a swaddle alternative; in conjunction of a swaddle blanket or sack, pod, etc. or without; or as a transition device to easily wean infants from the swaddle.
US11350676B1	Garment system A garment system is disclosed. The garment system includes an upper garment, a lower garment, and a strap for attaching the upper garment to the lower garment. The upper garment includes a plurality of apertures disposed around a waist region. The lower garment includes a first fastener, a second fastener, and a third fastener. The strap includes a fourth fastener, a fifth fastener, a first aperture, and a second aperture. The strap attaches to the upper garment through the fifth fastener. The strap attaches to the lower garment through the second fastener, the third fastener, the fourth fastener, the fifth fastener, the first aperture, and the second aperture. Attachment of the strap to the upper garment and the lower garment interconnects the upper garment and the lower garment to each other, thereby forming a secure connection between the garments that maintains the upper garment in a tucked in position.
US11350671B2	Body gesture control system for button-less vaping A method of detecting a hand-to-mouth (HMG) gesture with an e-vaping device includes detecting movements of the e-vaping device; generating quaternions based on the detected movements; generating movement features based on the generated quaternions; applying the generated movement features to a classifier; and determining whether the detected movements correspond to an HMG based on an output of the classifier.
US11350670B2	Electronic cigarette This electronic cigarette (1) comprises: —a heating element (10) able to vapourize a substrate during a smoking period; —means (30) for measuring an approximation (AUIOMESOO, UIOMESOO) of a characteristic of the voltage (U10(t)) across the terminals of the heating element (10) during this smoking period, said approximation being measured across the terminals (BI, B2) of a circuit (500) no component of which exhibits intrinsic characteristics not disturbed by the inhalations; —means (30) of estimating an approximation (AU10TH(t), UIO-m(t)) of said characteristic of the voltage (U10(t)) across the terminals of the heating element (10) in the absence of inhalation during said smoking period; means (30) of calculating an intensity (F) representative of the intensity of the inhalations during said smoking period on the basis of an integration of the difference between said approximations during said smoking period; and —means (30) of estimating the said quantity of substrate vapourized by the heating element at least on the basis of said intensity.
US11350664B2	Vaporizer device with more than one heating element Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.
US11350661B2	Aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-cooling element An aerosol-cooling element (100) for an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-cooling element (100) comprises an interior structure (102) and a wrapper material (104) secured around the interior structure (102). The wrapper material (104) comprises a first portion (106) welded to a second portion (108) of the wrapper material (104).
US11350656B2	Whippable food products, whipped food products, and methods of making the same A whippable food product has less than 5% by weight fat and includes about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of a dietary fiber; about 50% to about 95% by weight of water; up to about 5% by weight of a protein; up to about 5% by weight of a food starch; up to about 5% by weight of an emulsifier; and up to about 5% by weight of a hydrocolloid. The total amount of the protein, food starch, emulsifier, and hydrocolloid is within the range of about 0.25% to about 20% by weight. In certain embodiments, the whippable food product is substantially free of emulsifier. Such a whippable food product can be capable of being aerated, for example, to a stable foam having an overrun in the range of 100%-700%.
US11350655B2	All purpose seasoning sauce A flavoring condiment sauce for food comprised of about 19%-21% lemon juice, about 19%-21% water, about 12%-14% minced garlic, about 12%-14% butter or margarine, about 12%-14% onion, about 0.15%-0.5% Abodo sauce, about 2%-3% garlic powder, about 0.15%-0.5% seasoning salt, about 6%-8% black pepper, about 1%-2% crushed red pepper, and about 8%-10% Accent salt.
US11350647B2	Method for manufacturing an acidified protein product from casein and a product obtained thereby The present invention relates to an acidified protein product. Particularly, the invention relates to acidified protein product which can be used as a cheese or a meat substitute that can be fried or grilled. The present invention relates also the processes for producing such acidified protein products.
US11350640B1	Methods and related apparatus for increasing antimicrobial efficacy in a poultry chiller tank Methods and related apparatus for improving the efficacy of antimicrobial agents within processing tanks. Processing tanks can include side streams for introducing antimicrobial agents into the processing tanks. The antimicrobial agents will be added and mixed in the side stream to form a processing solution. Additional actions can be conducted on the processing solution within the side stream including any and or all of heating, pumping, sampling, measuring, testing and pH adjustment of the processing solution. The processing solution is divided into at least two processing solution steams, which can be introduced at two different and distinct locations within the processing tank such as a carcass introduction end and a carcass removal end. By simultaneously introducing at least two processing solution streams at different locations of the processing tank, large concentration gradients of the antimicrobial agent are avoided.
US11350639B2	Method of mechanically harvesting inner and outer meat fillets from poultry carcass breast caps, and a device for carrying out the method Method and device for carrying out the method of mechanically harvesting inner and outer meat fillets from a poultry carcass breast cap. A poultry breast cap (23) is conveyed while being supported inversed to its natural position on a carrier (17) through a path of conveyance (25). The outer fillet is cut along a keel bone of the poultry breast cap (23) to enable separation of the inner and outer fillets. After separation and successive harvesting of the outer and inner breast fillets the carcass remains are discarded. The device (1, 13) for carrying out the method comprises means (15, 17, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43) for performing at least the steps of conveying, separating and harvesting inner and outer breast fillets, and discarding carcass remains.
US11350636B2	Apparatus for supplying grain and flour to container of food processing machine A grain and flour supply apparatus is provided, including a holding bin provided above a container and having an exhaust port from which gas is discharged, an introduction port into which grain and flour are introduced, and a supply port which supplies the grain and flour to the container; a first vacuum breaker valve opening and closing the exhaust port; a second vacuum breaker valve opening and closing the introduction port; a third vacuum breaker valve opening and closing the supply port; a temperature sensor measuring the temperature in the holding bin; a vacuum device drawing a vacuum in the holding bin; and a control device configured to control the first vacuum breaker valve, the second vacuum breaker valve, the third vacuum breaker valve, and the vacuum device, and set with a target temperature.
US11350631B2	Herbicidal mixtures comprising l-glufosinate or its salt and at least one VLCFA inhibitor The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one VLCFA inhibitor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.
US11350628B2	Long chain glycolipids useful to avoid perishing or microbial contamination of materials The invention relates to the use of, and methods of use employing, certain glycolipid compounds as defined in detail below and having preservative or antimicrobial properties, novel compounds of the glycolipid class, and related invention embodiments.The compounds have the formula I wherein m is 3 to 5, n is 2 to 5, o is 0 or 1 and p is 3 to 17, with the proviso that the sum m+n+o+p is not less than 14; and R is a carbohydrate moiety bound via one of its carbon atoms to the binding oxygen, and/or a physiologically, especially pharmaceutically or nutraceutically or cosmetically, acceptable salt thereof, or an ester thereof, as such or in the form of a composition, where the compound may be present in open chain form and/or in the form of a lactone (FIG. 1).
US11350626B2	Oxygen reduction disposable kits, devices and methods of use thereof (ORDKit) The present disclosure relates to Oxygen Reduction Disposable kits (ORDKit), devices and methods for the improved preservation of whole blood and blood components. The improved devices and methods for the collection of blood and blood components provide for whole blood and blood components having reduced levels of oxygen. The devices and methods provide for the rapid preparation of deoxygenated blood and blood components for storage that improves the overall quality of the transfused blood and improves health outcomes in patients.
US11350624B2	Portable thermal insect repellent system An evaporator is provided, for use with a wicked reservoir containing a volatile liquid. The reservoir has a plurality of guide members disposed symmetrically around the wick and extending beyond the height of the wick. The evaporator features a base containing a battery, and a removable cover containing a heater. Attachment of the cover to the base is necessary to establish an electrical connection between the battery and the heater. The guide members fit into recesses in the cover only when the heater and wick are properly aligned, and the heater cannot make electrical connection with the battery unless the guide members and wick are properly aligned with the recesses and heater, respectively.
US11350623B2	Bird deterring structure and method Systems, devices, apparatus and methods for deterring birds and other animals from structures such as but not limited to cell towers, communications towers, buildings and areas to be protected. An effigy of the species to be deterred is suspended from an upper suspending structure and a lower suspending structure. The effigy can be molded or otherwise produced from rubber, plastic, or any other suitable material. The effigy can contain an internal supporting structure attached to a first cable and a second cable for suspending from the suspending structures. Either of the cables, or both, can include tensioning lines. Other embodiments include hangers and stands that can be attached to structures such as towers, buildings and the like. A C shaped hanger can be used for hanging an effigy which allows for the effigy to be able to move, such as rotate and simulate a live bird. A stand can allow for the effigy to pivot up and down which can simulate beak rising and falling, as well as the entire effigy being able to rotate in place.
US11350622B2	System and method for plant treatment based on neighboring effects A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output parameter based on the first measurement and historical measurements for the geographic area; determining an initial treatment parameter for the plant; and operating a treatment mechanism in a treatment mode based on the set of operating parameters in response to satisfaction of the initial treatment parameter.
US11350621B2	Control device for an application device and application device having a control device A control device for an agricultural application device which has an application boom pivotally mounted on a carrier, on which application components are arranged for applying liquid and/or solid active substances. The control device has a pressure supply connection and a return connection and a controllable valve arrangement and a hydraulic cylinder arrangement, which has a first cylinder effective area, connected to the valve arrangement and a second cylinder effective area, wherein the two cylinder effective areas can be pressurized and each are connected to a hydraulic accumulator, and wherein the pivot position of the application boom is variable by changing the switching state of the valve arrangement. In order to further develop the control device in such a way that the spring rate of the application boom can be decoupled from its pivot position, it is proposed according to the invention that the cylinder effective areas can be pressurized with a predeterminable pressure independent of the pivot position of the application boom. In addition, an agricultural application device having such a control device is proposed.
US11350620B2	Insecticide fumigator for luring mosquitos by means of ultraviolet light emitting diode An insecticide fumigator including a chemical cartridge mount on which a chemical cartridge is configured to be mounted, a heater disposed near the chemical cartridge mount and configured to heat the chemical cartridge such that an insecticide in the chemical cartridge is evaporated from a fumigation part of the chemical cartridge, a light source disposed near the fumigation part and configured to emit light having a first wavelength range to attract insects, and a housing provided with the chemical cartridge mount and receiving the heater and the light source, in which the light source includes a UV LED and a substrate on which the UV LED is mounted, and the housing has a light passage hole through which light emitted from the light source passes.
US11350616B2	Erratic uncontrolled lure In a first embodiment, a fishing lure comprising, a body having a fish like design with a first end and second end and a groove distal to the second end incorporated into the body, a hook integrated into the first end of the body, a stem extending a predetermined distance from the second end of the body, wherein the stem is capped, a bead inserted onto the stem, a spinner blade having at least three openings, attached to the stem by a first opening, wherein the spinner blade can rotate 360 degrees about a center axis of the stem, and a line attachment secured through a second and third opening of the spinner blade.
US11350615B2	Seine net A seine net includes a net body having a woven net, an upper rope, a lower rope, a left wing net and a right wing net. The woven net has a division rope disposed between the upper rope and the lower rope, upper mesh areas woven between the upper rope and the division rope and horizontally juxtaposed, and lower mesh areas woven between the lower rope and the division rope and horizontally juxtaposed. Each upper mesh area has multiple first diamond meshes. Each lower mesh area has multiple second diamond meshes. The first diamond meshes are reversely arranged relative to the second diamond meshes. The first diamond meshes and the second diamond meshes gradually decrease in size from the left and right wing nets toward the net middle.
US11350614B2	Genetically modified non-human animal with human or chimeric CD28 The present disclosure relates to genetically modified non-human animals that express a human or chimeric (e.g., humanized) CD28, and methods of use thereof.
US11350611B2	Battery cage for poultry farming A poultry-farming battery cage farming has at least two horizontal cage rows, formed with cage enclosures, arranged alongside one another, that are formed with double cages made up of cages that back on to one another. Under each row extends a droppings receptacle, over which air-fanning flaps are longitudinally spaced apart, each air-fanning flap having an upper force-transmission part and a lower fan part mounted on a transverse axis arranged near an upper air-fanning-flap end. The two cages of each double cage have cage bottoms extending away from one another transversely and are separated from one another by a common vertical longitudinal rear wall arranged at a vertical spacing above the upper air-flap end. The fan part of the air-fanning flap is arranged under the associated cage bottoms. The air-fanning-flap end is arranged in a double-cage area, from which the cage bottoms extend away from one another transversely.
US11350610B2	Rearing place management device and method A rearing place management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a photographing unit for photographing a rearing place; a control unit for detecting abnormal signs in the rearing place by comparing behavior patterns in image data obtained by the photographing unit with behavior patterns in normal image data; and a communication unit for transmitting the abnormal signs, wherein the control unit extracts a region of interest including the abnormal signs from the obtained image data, transmits information on the region of interest to the photographing unit, receives, from the photographing unit, image data obtained by photographing the region of interest, and extracts an abnormal region which is narrower than the region of interest from the behavior patterns in the image data of the region of interest.
US11350599B2	Soybean cultivar 93410924 A soybean cultivar designated 93410924 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93410924, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93410924, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93410924, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93410924. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93410924. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93410924, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93410924 with another soybean cultivar.
US11350596B2	Soybean cultivar 96050600 A soybean cultivar designated 96050600 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 96050600, to the plants of soybean cultivar 96050600, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 96050600, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 96050600. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 96050600. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 96050600, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 96050600 with another soybean cultivar.
US11350591B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV831127 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV831127. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV831127, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV831127 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 CV831127 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 CV831127.
US11350587B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011137 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011137. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011137, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011137 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 CH011137.
US11350586B2	Hybrid cucumber plant named DIXON A novel hybrid cucumber plant, designated DIXON is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid cucumber designated DIXON, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cucumber designated DIXON, and to methods for producing a cucumber plant by crossing the hybrid cucumber DIXON with itself or another cucumber plant.
US11350583B2	Method for enhancing plant characteristics and method for producing seedless fruit To provide a novel technique for enhancing characteristics of a plant without using a gene recombination technique. A plant is treated with a freezing step of freezing a plant tissue, a thawing step of thawing the frozen plant tissue, and a generating step of generating a plant from the thawed plant tissue.
US11350577B2	Flexible layered sheet A flexible layered fabric sheet comprising a porous front layer and a pre-seeded substrate layer, where the seeds are in-between the two layers (rather than at the back of the substrate layer), for supporting root growth, the two layers together having an upper and lower edge and being attached together with one or more non-continuous seams between the upper and lower edges, which seams have a component of direction parallel to the upper and/or lower edge, and wherein the non-continuous seams enable water to exit the layered fabric sheet at its lower edge, and the non-continuous seams further serve to slow water flow through the water sheet. The seams also serve to keep the two layers from separating which would hamper the penetration of the sapling through the front porous layer, and thus stunt growth.
US11350571B2	Baler with multiple plungers A square baler comprising a gear box configured to receive power from a rotating power source. The baler additionally comprises first and second drive shaft sections extending outwardly from generally opposite sides of the gear box. The gear box is configured to rotate said first and second drive shaft sections using power from the rotating power source. The baler further comprises first and second reciprocating plungers respectively coupled to the first and second drive shaft sections in a manner such that rotation of the first drive shaft section causes reciprocation of the first plunger and rotation of the second drive shaft section causes reciprocation of the second plunger.
US11350568B2	Location based chop to swath conversion for riparian buffer zone management A combine including a chassis, a crop residue handling system including a residue chopper, residue spreader, a spreader chute and a swath selection door, a receiver configured to determine a location of the combine, and a controller that controls the residue handling system. The controller configured to determine the location of the combine on a map, execute a crop residue spreading mode in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue spreading zone indicated on the map, and execute a crop residue windrow mode in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue windrow zone indicated on the map.
US11350566B2	Blades, plugs and multi-tool connectors for use with rotary head assembly Cutting blades are disclosed for use with a rotary trimmer head assembly with one or more swiveling blade receptacles, where the receptacle has a cylindrical body which defines a passage therethrough for a trimmer blade. The cutting blade preferably has a connecting end portion defining a blade mount aperture adapted to receive the swiveling blade receptacle. A male plug connection member is disposed within the blade mount aperture and preferably has bowed spring arms which are resiliently inwardly deformable, which are urged inwardly upon insertion into the female blade receptacle. The spring arms flex outwardly upon passage through the female receptacle. A multitool retention device is disclosed having a mount aperture end adapted to receive the receptacle and a tool retention end comprising at least one tool retention arm defining an elongated retention slot configured to slidingly receive and retain at least one tool member having a flange at one end of the tool member.
US11350565B2	Low profile sickle drive A sickle drive incorporated into a generally flat package or enclosure or floor. The drive includes an epicyclic mechanism, including a rotatable input element in an upper region of a cavity of the enclosure, and an eccentric element below the input element rotatable eccentrically thereby. A drive arm is connected to the eccentric element for rotation about, and eccentric rotation with, the eccentric element, and extends to a pivot element which can be the only component extending upwardly from the enclosure or floor, such that the shaft will be pivoted by the eccentric movement of the drive arm. A knife arm connects to the pivot element and a sickle knife assembly which will be reciprocated by the pivoting action. A second epicyclic arrangement can be employed such that opposite forces generated by operation of the drive will be largely canceled.
US11350557B2	Agricultural working tools A towed agricultural working tool with a central frame element, a headstock and left and right hand side frame elements connected to the central frame element, each of the side elements supporting at least one processing unit, the central frame element being connected at, at least one connecting location for pivoting movement with respect to the headstock in which one or more friction elements are arranged between the central frame element and the headstock at one of the at least one connecting locations. This has as an advantage that the pivoting movement of the central frame with respect to the headstock, in particular due to induced yaw, is reduced.
US11350555B2	Stalk puller A stalk puller to be used with or without a mower/shredder utilizes a pair of independently mounted discs converging along their lower edge to grasp and pull stalks from the ground as the stalk puller is moved down the row by a prime mover. At least one of the discs is urged against the other by a spring such that the associated disc may allow rocks and debris to pass between the discs without damage. The spring mounting reduces adjustments due to normal wear as well as damage from debris.
US11350553B2	Grouser-cage attachment for equipment A grouser-cage attachment for equipment is an apparatus that imprints troughs into the soil, specifically troughs oriented perpendicular to a slope to hinder rainfall from running straight down the slope. The apparatus includes a main frame, a roller, and a grouser cage. The main frame connects the roller with a piece of equipment or large machinery such as a skid steer. The roller presses the grouser cage into the soil. The grouser cage further includes a cylindrical frame, a plurality of holes, and a plurality of cleats. The cylindrical frame supports and positions the plurality of cleats around the roller. The cylindrical frame freely rotates around and with the roller. The plurality of holes and the plurality of cleats imprints troughs into the soil. The plurality of holes also provides a smooth and continuous rotation for the grouser cage. The roller presses the plurality of cleats into the soil.
US11350552B2	Cultivator The invention relates to agricultural manual implements with teeth, particularly to operating elements of hand cultivators.The operating element 2 of the cultivator 1 contains distributed spiral teeth 3, forming an open circular profile 4 in the plan. The spiral teeth 3 are connected in the upper part to each other in the shape of a regular polygon 5, while the pointed part 6 of the spiral tooth 3 smoothly passes into its remaining cylindrical part 7. The tilt angle of the spiral teeth 3 to the horizon is β=25-45°, the sharpening angle of the teeth is α=20-40°, the angle of rotation of the full penetration of the tooth 3 is γ=40-120°, and the thickness of the cutting edge 7 of the spiral tooth 3 is h=1-3 mm. The invention allows to reduce the fatigue of human muscles during loosening due to easy penetration of the operating element 2 of the cultivator 1 into the soil when it is installed on the soil at the angle δ=60-90° to the horizon while minimizing premature soil subsidence, eliminating the need to repeat cultivation of the same plot.
US11357151B2	Component mounting machine A component mounting machine performs a mounting operation of mounting an electronic component to a board. The component mounting machine includes: multiple related operation devices each including an electrically-operated section configured to perform a related operation that is an operation related to the mounting operation, and an output section configured to output an operation signal representing a state of the electrically-operated section that is operating; and circuitry configured to limit the quantity of the related operation devices for which the electrically-operated section is in an operating state to a specified quantity or fewer based on whether there is presence of the operation signal of the multiple related operation devices.
US11357140B2	Methods and systems for constructing or retrofitting electromagnetically shielded facilities Electromagnetically shielding an enclosable structure having a floor, walls, a ceiling, and at least one closeable opening by applying a shielding wallcovering to at least a portion of one of the walls and applying a second type of shielding material to at least a portion of the enclosable structure, wherein the second type of shielding material differs from the shielding wallcovering. The shielding wall covering is wallpaper comprising a metal-coated broad good and a resin. Other types of shielding material may include a transparent, shielding window covering such as NiCVD coated screen of woven silk fibers; shielded flooring such as a layered combinations of Kevlar non-woven as a base layer, nickel-coated non-woven layers, and a PCF toughened polymer; and a transition shielding strip made of a base layer of the shielding wallpaper with a PCF toughened polymer coating over a portion of the strip.
US11357138B2	Cooling structure of vehicle drive inverter and control system of the same A cooling structure of a vehicle drive inverter includes: a switching element disposed in the vehicle drive inverter; a heat dissipation fin connected to and heat-exchangeable with the switching element; a cooling flow path in which a coolant flows and heat-exchanges with the heat dissipation fin; and an auxiliary cooling module connected to and heat-exchangeable with the switching element to be heated by a heat generation of the switching element or to be cooled together with the switching element.
US11357131B1	Fluid breakdown detection systems and processes useful for liquid immersion cooling A two-phase liquid immersion cooling system is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. Advantageously, a pH indicator is employed to monitor the dielectric fluid.
US11357127B2	Plenum for generator set and systems and methods thereof A plenum for processing one or more byproducts output from a generator, and systems and methods thereof, can have the plenum in the form of a hollow elongate rectangular box having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The plenum can have a frame and a sidewall fixed to the frame, and can be adapted to be oriented vertically when operatively coupled to receive the one or more byproducts from the generator. The sidewall can include an opening adapted to receive heated air from the generator as one of the byproducts from the generator.
US11357125B2	IMD having a core circuitry support structure A medical device includes a hybrid circuitry assembly and a core circuitry support structure. The core circuitry support structure includes a frame defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the hybrid circuitry assembly. An outer surface of the frame is shaped to correspond to an inside surface of a core assembly housing configured to enclose the hybrid circuitry assembly and the core circuitry support structure.
US11357124B2	Flexible cover board, manufacturing method thereof, and display device A flexible cover board, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The flexible cover board includes a flexible substrate, a buffer layer, a first hardened layer, an organic layer, and a second hardened layer. The buffer layer is disposed on a side surface of the flexible substrate, and at least one through-hole penetrating the buffer layer is filled with a nanomaterial. The first hardened layer, the organic layer, and the second hardened layer stacked in sequence are disposed on a side surface of the buffer layer away from the flexible substrate.
US11357123B2	Electronic apparatus According to an embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a plurality of devices that include a nonvolatile memory package and a controller package configured to control the nonvolatile memory package, and a housing accommodating the printed circuit board. The housing includes an opening on a surface constituting the housing. An encryption device among the plurality of devices is present in a first region. The first region is a region on the printed circuit board that is not irradiated with light emitted from a light source placed at the opening. The encryption device is a device used for an encryption process of data to be stored into the nonvolatile memory package.
US11357122B2	Driver housing The invention provides a luminaire comprising a luminaire housing accommodating a driver housing assembly, the driver housing assembly comprising a driver housing and a cable; the driver housing (10) comprising: a terminal block (11) for connecting a cable (30) to a driver; a compartment (12) for receiving the cable (30); a first housing wall (14) adjacent to a second housing wall (24), wherein the first housing wall (14) comprises a first entrance (15) arranged for receiving the cable (30) and the second housing wall (24) comprises a second entrance (25) arranged for receiving the cable (30), and wherein said first housing wall (14) and said second housing wall (24) enclose a part of the compartment (12); a lid (13) for closing the compartment (12) and for in closed position confining the cable (30) in the first entrance (15) or the second entrance (25); wherein the cable is connected to the terminal block, and wherein the cable is received by the driver housing via either the first entrance or the second entrance.
US11357115B2	Housing assembly and electronic device using same A housing assembly for an electronic device, which allows the installation of a larger and more powerful battery includes a first housing and a second housing. The second housing is received in the first housing. A groove is formed on a surface of the first housing facing the second housing. The second housing includes a first side plate, a second side plate facing to the first side plate, a bottom plate, and a fastener. The first side plate and the second side plate are disposed on sides of the bottom plate to form a receiving space. The first side plate and the second side plate are connected to the first housing. The fastener is disposed on the first side plate or the second side plate, and received in the groove. An electronic device using the housing assembly is also provided.
US11357113B2	Apparatus for preparing graphene by means of laser irradiation in liquid An apparatus for preparing graphene by means of laser irradiation in liquid, comprising a laser generating system, and further comprising a computer control system, a cleaning and drying system, and a workpiece auxiliary system. The light spot diameter of the laser emitted from a pulse laser unit (26) is increased by means of a beam expander (24), and the laser is reflected and split by a beam splitter to form two laser beams; a first laser beam (19) shocks the right vertical plane of a graphite solid target (18) by means of a focusing lens, and a second laser beam (17) shocks the left vertical plane of the graphite solid target (18) by means of the focusing lens, so as to grow graphene on a copper foil (5) substrate.
US11357105B2	Method for producing a printed circuit board A method for producing a printed circuit board is disclosed, In the method, a slot is formed in a substrate having at least three layers with the slot extending through at least two of the layers. The slot has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width. The sidewall of the substrate surrounding the slot is coated with a conductive layer. Then, the conductive layer is separated into at least two segments that are electrically isolated along the side wall of the substrate.
US11357096B2	Package substrate inductor having thermal interconnect structures Embodiments include a microelectronic device package structure having an inductor within a portion of a substrate, wherein a surface of the inductor is substantially coplanar with a surface of the substrate. One or more thermal interconnect structures are on the surface of the inductor. A conductive feature is embedded within a board, where a surface of the conductive feature is substantially coplanar with a surface of the board. One or more thermal interconnect structures are on the surface of the conductive feature of the board, where the thermal interconnect structures provide a thermal pathway for cooling for the inductor.
US11357091B1	Timer control circuit The disclosure belongs to the technical field of timers, and provides a timer control circuit which comprises: a setting module configured to set timing time of a timer and generate a timing signal, a control module connected with the setting module and configured to output a control signal according to the timing signal set by the setting module, and a load switch module connected with the control module and configured to control an operation of the timer according to the control signal output by the control module. The advantages of the present disclosure are: the timing time required by the user may be accurately set by the setting module, in order to better solve the user's demand for timing; the timing time required by the user may be accurately controlled by the control module, so that the timing accuracy of the timer is greatly improved.
US11357089B2	Sequential lighting system and control method thereof Disclosed are a sequential lighting system and a control method thereof in which an aesthetic appearance is improved by implementing sequential lighting when a lighting unit for applying light to the outside of a vehicle is turned on, constituent parts implementing the sequential lighting are simplified, and costs are reduced.
US11357086B2	Apparatus, system, and method of calibrating and driving LED light sources An apparatus, system, and method for the calibration of LED light sources and more specifically backlight LEDs of control device buttons to achieve color uniformity and to accurately create colors that are consistent from button to button and device to device.
US11357084B2	Drive circuit for a light-emitting diode light source A controllable lighting device may comprise a drive circuit characterized by one or more cycles and a control circuit configured to control the drive circuit to conduct a load current through a light source of the lighting device. The control circuit may be configured to determine one or more operating parameters of the lighting device during a present cycle of the drive circuit based on a feedback signal indicative of a peak magnitude of the load current conducted through the light source. The control circuit may be able to adjust an average magnitude of the load current conducted through the light source so as to adjust an intensity of the light source towards a target intensity based on the operating parameters.
US11357079B2	Base station and user equipment with enhanced PDCP duplication A base station and a user equipment with enhanced PDCP duplication are provided. The base station generates at least one RRC message for a user equipment, wherein the at least one RRC message includes a set of multiple activation criteria, and each activation criterion corresponds to one of multiple RLC entities. The base station transmits the at least one RRC message to the user equipment. Multiple logical channels are provided in a MAC layer, each RLC entity corresponds to at least one of the logical channels, each RLC entity corresponds to a working status (activation or deactivation). At least one of the working statuses of the RLC entities is changed due to at least one of the activation criteria being satisfied, and the base station changes a transmission restriction of at least one specific logical channel among the logical channels based on the changed working statuses of the RLC entities.
US11357077B2	Data forwarding method, apparatus, and system A data forwarding method includes receiving, by a session management function network element, information about a first bearer in a first network from an access and mobility management function network element; and sending flow information of a first flow in a second network and forwarding information to the access and mobility management function network element. The flow information indicates a flow for data forwarding, and the forwarding information is used for forwarding the first flow to a tunnel corresponding to the first bearer.
US11357076B2	Radio resource parameter configuration This document discloses a solution for configuring a radio resource control connection. According to an aspect, a method comprises: storing, in a database, an identifier of a terminal device and a first set of parameters of a first radio resource control connection of a terminal device; retrieving, from the database by using the identifier after the first radio resource control connection has been terminated, the parameters of the first radio resource control connection; and configuring, on the basis of the retrieved parameters of the first radio resource control connection, at least one operational parameter of a second radio resource control connection of the terminal device identified by the identifier.
US11357074B2	Managing negotiation of extended idle mode discontinuous reception parameters between a user equipment and a core network device The disclosed subject matter provides techniques for managing negotiation of extended idle mode discontinuous reception (eDRX) parameters between a user equipment (UE) and core network device of a wireless communication network. In this regard, a method is provided that includes establishing, by a device comprising a processor, a wireless communication link with a network device of a wireless network. The method can further include determining, by the device, based on a determination that an idle mode retry protocol for the device is enabled, a number of times the network device has previously instructed the device to use a network value for an idle mode parameter instead of a device value for the idle mode parameter in association with the device operating in an idle mode.
US11357067B2	Methods and apparatus to support access to services for multiple subscriber identity modules Apparatus and methods to support parallel access to services of multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) by a wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device is a single-radio wireless device that includes wireless circuitry that supports an active voice or video connection via a single radio access network of a cellular wireless network at a time. To send or receive data for a second SIM/eSIM, when an active voice or video connection for a first SIM/eSIM uses the wireless circuitry, the single-radio wireless device can i) establish parallel, linked protocol data unit (PDU) sessions for different SIMs, ii) multiplex traffic for different SIMs over a common radio connection with SIM information embedded in protocol headers for routing by network equipment, and/or iii) use an additional dedicated bearer using a first, active SIM for each data network name (DNN) over which to route for a second, suspended SIM.
US11357065B2	Communication device capable of executing process for establishing wireless connection according to first scheme or second scheme of Wi-Fi standard and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer readable instructions for communication device A communication device may output information according to a first scheme in a case where a first instruction is obtained in a first state, shift to a second state in a case where the first instruction is obtained in the first state, and shift to a third state in a case where a second instruction is obtained in the second state. In the first state, an authentication request according to the first scheme is not responded to and a search signal according to a second scheme is not responded to. In the second state, the authentication request using only a target channel can responded to and the search signal is not responded to. In the third state, the authentication request using only the target channel can be responded and the search signal using only the target channel can be responded to.
US11357063B2	Physical cell identifier collision detection A base station for performing physical cell identifier (PCI) collision detection. The base station includes at least one processor configured to determine whether a PCI in a radio resource control (RRC) re-establishment message is the same as a PCI used by a cell implemented by the base station. The at least one processor is also configured to determine whether a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) in the RRC Re-establishment message is outside a reserved range of C-RNTIs for the cell. The at least one processor is also configured to identify a possible PCI collision for the cell when (1) the PCI in the RRC Re-establishment message is the same as a PCI used by the cell; and (2) the C-RNTI in the RRC Re-establishment message is outside the reserved range of C-RNTIs for the cell.
US11357062B2	Communication method and apparatus An exemplary embodiment provides a communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a UCF, a first message from a terminal device, where the first message includes first information and an identifier of the terminal device; learning, by the UCF, of a first service type based on the first message; learning, by the UCF based on the service type and the identifier of the terminal device, of a first NF that serves the terminal device; and sending, by the UCF, the first information to the first NF, where the first information is information that the terminal device sends to the first NF.
US11357059B2	Distributed control in wireless systems Systems, procedures, and instrumentalities are disclosed for distributed control in wireless systems, such as 5G flexible radio access technology (RAT) (5gFLEX). Example procedures are provided for WTRU and network operation associated with a distributed control plane architecture, connectionless data transfer and dedicated system information acquisition. Distributed control may be provided, for example, by replicating a plurality of access control functions (ACFs) using a plurality of instances in a plurality of different transmission/reception points (TRPs) with multi-connectivity. The plurality of TRPs may concurrently provide control services to a WTRU. Centralized control functions may manage core network connectivity and/or a plurality of user plane instances for the WTRU and/or may facilitate coordination between the plurality of ACF instances for the WTRU in the plurality of different TRPs of the WTRU's configuration.
US11357058B2	Method for transmitting random access preamble, and terminal device Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method for transmitting a random access preamble, and a terminal device. The method comprises: performing the i-th transmission of a random access preamble, i being a positive integer greater than 1; and if the i-th transmission of the random access preamble is performed by the same wave beam as the (i−1)-th transmission, incrementing the value of a power ramping counter of the random access preamble by 1.
US11357047B2	Adaptive detection threshold for contention-based channel access This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for wireless communications. In some implementations, a first wireless communication device associated with a basic service set (BSS) receives a plurality of packets transmitted during a measurement window by a second wireless communication device associated with the BSS. The first wireless communication device determines a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value of the plurality of received packets, determines a level of overlapping basic service set (OBSS) interference on the wireless medium during the measurement window, and adjusts one or more of a packet detect (PD) threshold, an OBSS PD threshold, or an energy detect (ED) threshold based on the determined RSSI value and the level of OBSS interference.
US11357044B2	Flexible time masks for listen-before-talk based channel access Systems and methods for providing flexible time masks for transmission in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a node in a wireless communication system comprises providing, to a wireless device, an indication of a position of a transient period during a time mask, where the position of the transient period is adapted to a clear channel assessment period at the wireless device or the position of the transient period is such that the transient period occurs at least partially during a clear channel assessment period. The time mask defines an OFF period during which a transmitter of the wireless device is to be off, an ON period during which the transmitter of the wireless device is to be on, and the transient period. The transient period is a period during which the transmitter of the wireless device is to ramp-up or ramp-down.
US11357041B2	Simultaneous message transmissions in RACH with multiple TRP In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications at a UE, comprising receiving a RACH configuration from a network entity of a primary cell, the RACH configuration identifies at least two sets of RSs each corresponding to one of at least two different TRPs of a secondary cell; measuring one or more transmissions on each of the at least two sets of RSs for the at least two different TRPs; selecting at least a pair of RSs from the at least two different TRPs for a RACH procedure based on measuring the one or more transmissions; and transmitting a MSG1 of the RACH procedure with at least the pair of RSs on at least two allocated RACH occasions simultaneously to each TRP of the at least two different TRPs using at least one of FDM and SDM.
US11357037B2	Scheduling policies for out-of-order grants Various aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for handling out-of-order grants. For example, upon detection of an out-of-order grant, the best scheduling policy for handling the out-of-order grants may be selected based on at least one traffic condition. In some aspects, a scheduling policy may involve canceling and regenerating out-of-order grants. In some aspects, a scheduling policy may involve reordering data units. In some aspects, a scheduling policy may involve designating a reorder time window.
US11357035B2	Cross-subframe control channel design Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to performing cross-subframe control channel signaling for wireless communications. A method may be provided for signaling downlink control channel resource allocations and/or physical control format indications in a subframe different from the subframe in which a downlink data transmission may be performed. In one aspect, the method may include transmitting PDCCH and/or PCFICH during a first subframe to allocate resources for a PDSCH during a second subframe and transmitting the PDSCH during the second subframe.
US11357033B2	Opportunistic uplink transmission Aspects of the present disclosure provide for opportunistic uplink transmissions within a slot. In some examples, after scheduling all regular uplink transmissions within a current slot, a base station (e.g., gNB) may identify a set of unused uplink resources within the current slot and generate and transmit unused resource information identifying the set of unused resources to the user equipment (UE) within the cell served by the base station. If a particular UE is configured to operate in an opportunistic mode, the UE may utilize the unused resource information to generate and transmit an opportunistic uplink transmission within the set of unused uplink resources.
US11357027B2	Uplink grant-free transmission method in URLLC, terminal side device and network side device The present disclosure provides an uplink grant-free transmission method in Ultra Reliable & Low Latency Communication (URLLC), a terminal side device and a network side device. The uplink grant-free transmission method includes: receiving a configuration parameter, the configuration parameter including first information indicating a correspondence between time-domain resources for URLLC uplink transmission and identifiers of Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) processes; and after the arrival of a URLLC service, transmitting data for the URLLC service using a corresponding HARQ process on an available time-domain resource for the URLLC uplink transmission.
US11357025B2	Multi link TXOP aggregation A method of providing multi-link operation channel access in a multi-link network includes initiating a first backoff countdown and a second backoff countdown associated with a first link and a second link of the multi-link network, respectively, and in response to the first backoff countdown reaching zero, determining whether the second backoff countdown is less than or equal to an aggregation threshold, and in response to determining that the second backoff countdown is less than or equal to the aggregation threshold, transmitting a first frame and a second frame on the first and second links.
US11357023B2	Communication apparatus and method for performing inter-vehicular communication A communication apparatus for inter-vehicular communication according to the present invention includes: a network state estimating unit configured to estimate network state information indicating a current network state based on driving information and channel state information of neighboring vehicles; a network access controller configured to control whether to transmit a message based on the network state information; a transmission scheduler configured to control a transmission time point of the message based on the network state information; and a transmission buffer unit configured to delay transmission of the message according to the control of the transmission time point of the transmission scheduler.
US11357019B2	Telecommunication arrangement and procedures to establish a RTC connection between a first and second endpoint A telecommunication system and a method for generating a real time connection between a first endpoint and a second endpoint in an IP network using an ICE STUN connectivity check follow a procedure that includes the steps of generating a list of possible connection paths between the first endpoint and the second endpoint, establishing a respective priority for each possible connection path included in the list, and generating the real time connection between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. During this procedure first there is an attempt to generate the real time connection using the highest-priority connection path. If this is not possible, then the system attempts to establish the real connection using the connection path with the next highest priority, until the real time connection is actually established. Furthermore, for each possible connection path, its respective quality-of-service value is determined and is considered when establishing its priority on the list.
US11357017B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting a high priority uplink transmission A first indication that indicates a time frequency region can be received. A second indication indicating the priority of an uplink transmission in a set of time frequency resources as a high priority uplink transmission can be received. Whether at least a portion of the set of time frequency resources of the high priority uplink transmission overlaps with the indicated time frequency region can be determined. Whether to transmit the high priority uplink transmission if at least the portion of the set of time frequency resources of the high priority uplink transmission overlaps with the indicated time frequency region can be determined. The high priority uplink transmission can be transmitted based on determining whether to transmit the high priority uplink transmission.
US11357013B2	Conditional negative acknowledgement transmission in multi-component carrier communication Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling configuring the UE with a set of frequency resources and a semi-persistent resource allocation indicating a semi-persistent resource occasion on each frequency resource of the set. The UE may monitor semi-persistent resource occasions on each of the set of frequency resources for a copy of a data transmission. If the UE receives and decodes the data transmission from at least one of the semi-persistent resource occasions, the UE may transmit an acknowledgement message on a frequency resource of the set. Additionally, the UE may refrain from transmitting a feedback message on the other frequency resources of the set. If the UE does not receive and successfully decode the data transmission from any of the semi-persistent resource occasions, the UE may transmit a negative acknowledgement message on one of the set of frequency resources.
US11357011B2	Mobile communication device and method for allocating system information among virtual carriers for machine-type communications A communications device transmitting/receiving signals to/from a mobile communications network includes one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for the communications device. The wireless access interface includes plural communications resource elements across a host frequency range of a host carrier, and a first section of the communications resources within a first frequency range for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices forming a first reduced bandwidth carrier and a second section of the communications resources within a second frequency range for preferable allocation to the reduced capability devices forming a second reduced bandwidth carrier. Each of the first and second frequency ranges is within the host frequency range. The communications device is configured with a reduced capability to receive the signals only within a frequency bandwidth less than the host frequency range and equal to at least one of the first frequency range or the second frequency range.
US11357005B2	Integration of a Wi-Fi access point with a cellular radio unit Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi).
US11357003B2	Self-contained slot and slot duration configuration in NR systems Apparatuses, systems, and methods to dynamically indicate preference for self-contained slots and slot duration by a user equipment device (UE) in communication with a base station (e.g., a gNB) using a 5G NR radio access technology. A UE may determine to send an indication to a gNB indicating a preference for self-contained slots and slot duration for downlink and/or uplink communications utilizing one or more of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and/or acknowledgement messaging (ACK/NACK) for downlink communications, and utilizing one or more of the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the PDCCH, and/or the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for uplink communications. The configuration of self-contained slots and slot duration for uplink and/or downlink may be based on one or more of average packet size, average packet rate, traffic type and UE processing capabilities.
US11356998B2	Method and device for wireless signal transmission or reception in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, specifically, to a method comprising the steps of: repeatedly transmitting a PUSCH; and repeatedly receiving the PDSCH in a DL duration immediately following after repeated transmission of the PDSCH, wherein when a terminal operates in an in-band mode, each PDSCH is received from an OFDM symbol subsequent to a k-th OFDM symbol in each corresponding time unit within the DL duration (k>1), and in the case where the terminal operates in a guard-band mode or a stand-alone mode, signal reception is skipped at a starting portion of the DL duration when the PDSCH is repeatedly received.
US11356989B2	Reporting aperiodic CSI via PUCCH Reporting aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is disclosed. A UE receives a configuration to report aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) using physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UE can report lightweight A-CSI via short/long PUCCH or may report heavy A-CSI via short/long PUCCH. The UE receives a trigger signal for PUCCH-based A-CSI reporting either by a dedicated downlink grant or by a group common DCI. When triggered via a DCI-based trigger, the PUCCH resource can be either a resource used for HARQ-ACK feedback, e.g., short PUCCH; or a semi-static configured PUCCH resource, e.g., either short PUCCH or long PUCCH. When triggered via a group common DCI-based trigger, the PUCCH resource can be either semi-statically configured, or dynamically indicated.
US11356986B2	Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for providing an X2 interface between a network unit and a remote network in wireless communication systems The proposed technology concerns network units and, which are typically remotely located, and from the perspective of one of the network units, the other network unit is therefore referred to as a remote network unit. The network unit is configured to provide Radio Resource Control, RRC, and/or Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, protocol functionality, and comprises an X2 unit for providing an X2 interface between the RRC and/or PDCP protocol functionality of the network unit and lower protocol layer(s) and/or sub-layer(s) of the remote network unit. The network unit is configured to provide Radio Link Control, RLC, and/or Medium Access Control, MAC, protocol functionality, and comprises an X2 unit for providing an X2 interface between the RLC and/or MAC protocol functionality of the network unit and higher protocol layer(s) and/or sub-layer(s) of the remote network unit.
US11356985B2	Method for establishing evolved packet system bearer and base station A method and a device for establishing an Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearer, where the method includes establishing, by a first base station to which a user equipment (UE) belongs, a first EPS bearer based on a first component carrier (CC) for the UE, wherein the first EPS bearer is an EPS bearer between the first base station and the UE; and instructing, by the first base station, a second base station to establish a second EPS bearer based on a second CC for the UE, wherein the second EPS bearer is an EPS bearer between the second base station and the UE. The present disclosure enables the UE to aggregate carriers of different frequency ranges from the first base station to which the UE belongs and the second base station to which the UE belongs to transmit data, thus improving the throughput of the data transmitted by the UE.
US11356982B2	Symbol mapping method for repetition channel coding A symbol mapping method for repetition coding is disclosed. The symbol mapping method comprises performing repetition coding on codeword to output repeated codeword symbols, and mapping the repeated codeword symbols with subcarriers located in different localized resource blocks. According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to obtain maximum reliability in a receiving side by mapping codeword bits with subcarriers to reduce the number of bits having low reliability when a transmitting side uses repetition coding. Also, it is possible to improve decoding throughput and obtain channel diversity.
US11356981B2	Resource reservation for sidelink communications A wireless device may determine a second reservation period in units of slots based on a first reservation period in milli-second (ms) and a number of sidelink slots within a fixed period. The number of the sidelink slots may be based on a resource pool configuration. The wireless device may transmit a transport block via one or more transmission resources based on the second reservation period.
US11356980B2	Event management server A server and a method for event management is provided. The server selects a first event from a plurality of events based on an event selection criteria. The server further transmits a notification, including event data, to a plurality of user devices. The server further receives a first set of responses from a first set of user devices. The server further transmits a request to each of a plurality of end-devices. The request is for procurement of a set of resources required to host the selected first event. The server further receives confirmation information from one or more of the plurality of end-devices based on the transmitted request, and further transmits logistic information related to the selected first event to the first set of user devices based on the received confirmation information.
US11356977B2	Transmission method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications methods and technologies, and in particular, to a transmission method and apparatus. The transmission method includes: generating, by a first device, a sequence based on one or more transmission parameters, where the one or more transmission parameters include at least one of the following: a time domain resource type, transmission waveform indication information, subcarrier spacing indication information, device type information, service type indication information, multiple-input multiple-output MIMO parameter information, duplex mode indication information, control channel format indication information, and transmission carrier indication information; generating to-be-transmitted information by using the sequence; and sending the to-be-transmitted information. According to the transmission method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention, a new transmission error check mechanism is provided.
US11356976B2	Paging occasion design in new radio The present disclosure relates to a user device, a base station, and data transmission and reception methods to be performed by a user device and a base station in a communications system. The user device comprises circuitry which, in operation, receives paging occasion configuration from the base station, including at least one parameter for configuring a predefined time-domain pattern for receiving paging occasion within a paging cycle; and performs reception of paging signal in the paging occasions within the predefined time-domain pattern configured according to the received paging occasion configuration.
US11356973B2	Communication system, mobile communication terminal and position managing apparatus A mobile node includes a plurality of transceivers, has a network conforming to network-based mobility as its home link and performs position registration to a positional managing apparatus and performs position registration to the position managing apparatus through a foreign network by position registration conforming to host-based mobility. In mobile node and position managing apparatus, a plurality of routes passing through the home link and the foreign link are established. Accordingly, when the mobile node has the plurality of transceivers, it can simultaneously connect to the home link and the foreign link through respective transceivers, to perform communication.
US11356972B2	PRS sequence initialization A UE receives a first configuration identifier for generating downlink PRSs or CSI-RSs. The first configuration identifier is an integer in a first range that includes a second range in which a scrambling identifier for generating a CSI-RS is. The UE receives modulation symbols on a set of resource elements allocated for carrying reference signals in an OFDM symbol in a slot in a radio frame. The UE generates a seed of a pseudo-random sequence for deriving the reference signals on the set of resource elements based on a wrapping result of a first output of a function using the first configuration identifier as a parameter and an offset. A second output of the function using a second configuration identifier as a parameter is the same as the first output. The second configuration identifier is in the second range and corresponding to the first configuration identifier.
US11356965B2	Bluetooth voice link mirroring Systems and methods for Bluetooth voice link shadowing are disclosed. A primary device may receive an eSCO packet from host device over master slot(s) of an enhanced synchronization connection oriented (eSCO) window within an interval of a host piconet shared between the host and primary devices. A secondary device may sniff for the eSCO packet also over master slot(s) of the eSCO window. When the primary device successfully receives the eSCO packet from the host, it may unconditionally relay the packet to the secondary device. Alternatively, it may conditionally relay the packet when the secondary device does not successfully sniff the packet. When the secondary device successfully sniffs the eSCO packet from the host, it may unconditionally relay the packet to the primary device. Alternatively, it may conditionally relay the packet when the primary device does not successfully receive the packet.
US11356964B2	Method, related device and system for searching for SS block Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a related device and a system for searching for a Synchronization Signal Block (SS block). The method includes: receiving detection configuration information of the SS block transmitted by a network device; and searching for the SS block according to the detection configuration information.
US11356963B2	Radio communication method and device A radio communication method and device are provided. The method includes: a network device sending first information to a terminal device, the first information including a first bitmap corresponding to a plurality of first synchronization signal blocks, and the first bitmap being used for identifying at least one second synchronization signal block in the plurality of first synchronization signal blocks; the network device obtaining a second bitmap corresponding to at least one second synchronization signal block based on the first bitmap, the second bitmap being used for identifying at least one third synchronization signal block in at least one second synchronization signal block; and the network device sending second information including the second bitmap to the terminal device.
US11356962B2	Power control in NR-NR dual connectivity In aspects, a user equipment (UE) forms groups of overlapping uplink transmissions among component carriers (CCs), and moves in time all uplink transmissions within a group, except an earliest transmission, to align leading edges. The UE then determines, for each uplink transmission, if a joint timeline is satisfied, and allocates total transmission power depending on whether the timeline is satisfied for all uplink transmissions. In aspects, a base station transmits, to a UE, a transmit power configuration that identifies a reserved power for uplink transmissions of cell groups. The base station then transmits, to the UE, an uplink grant or configuration that identifies a transmission power for a cell group in excess of its reserved power, and receives, from the UE, uplink transmissions that exhibit an allocation of total transmission power according to the reserved power and the transmission power for the cell group in excess of the reserved power.
US11356960B2	Mobile station and power allocation method Provided are a wireless communication terminal device and a power allocation method, wherein transmission channel quality information, regarding a Pcell having a high probability that UCI is multiplied therein, can be accurately estimated by an SRS having high priority in power allocation, and an eNB can instruct appropriate transmission power to an UL channel which transmits the subsequent UCI. A power scaling detection unit detects whether or not a total transmission power value of the UL channels transmitted by the plurality of CC exceeds the maximum transmission power specific to the UE. When a plurality of SRS are simultaneously transmitted using a Pcell and a Scell, and power scaling occurs, a power scaling control unit performs power allocation so that transmission power of the SRS of the Pcell has the higher priority than that of the SRS of the Scell.
US11356959B2	Methods and apparatuses for power control in a wireless communication system Methods, apparatus and computer program for power control. A method implemented in a terminal device comprises performing power control for at least a first type of traffic based on a first parameter configuration of a first power control loop; and performing power control for at least a second type of traffic based on a second parameter configuration of a second control loop, wherein the first parameter configuration of the first power control loop includes at least one parameter different from the second parameter configuration of the second power control loop.
US11356958B2	Wireless communication device and method for controlling transmission power Disclosed is a wireless communication device that can suppress an increase in power consumption of a terminal while preventing the degradation of SINR measurement precision resulting from TPC errors in a base station. A terminal controls the transmission power of a second signal by adding an offset to the transmission power of a first signal; an offset-setting unit sets an offset correction value in response to a transmission time gap between a third signal transmitted the previous time and the second signal transmitted this time; and a transmission power control unit controls the transmission power of the second signal using the correction value.
US11356955B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a wireless communications network There is provided a method in a wireless terminal device for a wireless communications network. The wireless terminal device is operable in a mode in which the wireless terminal device is configurable to wake at defined instances to monitor a control channel for control messages from the wireless communications network. The control messages indicate radio resources for a shared channel over which one or more further messages are to be transmitted. The method comprises, while operating in the mode, monitoring for receipt of an indication from a network node operable in the wireless communications network in a time window associated with a particular defined instance. The indication indicates that data is available at the wireless communications network for transmission to the wireless terminal device. The method further comprises, responsive to receipt of the indication, and based on a configuration received from the network node, determining whether to monitor the control channel during the particular defined instance for a control message indicating radio resources for the shared channel, or to monitor the shared channel for one or more further messages using pre-configured radio resources.
US11356954B2	Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) handling for discontinuous reception This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communications and more specifically for handling hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes with discontinuous reception (DRX) operations. In some implementations, a user equipment (UE) may use a timer to maintain an ON duration in a DRX cycle based on receiving a downlink control information (DCI) message with a data-to-feedback timing indicator (for example, a K1 value) indicating a non-numeric value for a data message. For example, the UE may receive a DCI message with feedback timing for the data message based on maintaining the ON duration. In some other implementations, a UE may use a timer to maintain an ON duration following a feedback opportunity to support dynamic group-based HARQ messaging. For example, the UE may receive a DCI message requesting a retransmission of feedback information based on maintaining the ON duration.
US11356952B2	Managing negotiation of power saving mode parameters between a user equipment and a core network device The disclosed subject matter provides techniques for managing negotiation of power saving mode (PSM) parameters between a user equipment (UE) and core network device of a wireless communication network. In this regard, a method is provided that includes facilitating establishing, by a device comprising a processor, a wireless communication link with a network device of a wireless network. The method can further include, based on a determination that a power saving mode retry protocol for the device is enabled, determining, by the device, a number of times the network device previously instructed the device to use network values for power saving mode timers instead of device values for the power saving mode timers in association with the device operating in a power saving mode.
US11356950B1	Systems and methods for stunning network nodes A system for a tag includes a network controller that, when it has information to send to a tag, is configured to communicate with the tag's neighbors, such as anchors that may be used for communication between the tag and the network controller. In this regard, the network controller may instruct the tag's neighbors to stun the tag upon hearing from the tag. Thus, when the tag transitions out of a sleep state and transmits a status message or other type of message to the network controller or other resource of the network, at least one neighbor of the tag hears the message and, in response, stuns the tag so that it remains awake for a longer period of time, thereby giving the network controller sufficient time to send control information or other information to the tag. Since the neighbors are responsible for stunning the tag, the amount of time required to stun the tag after it awakens from the sleep state is decreased.
US11356942B2	Methods and apparatuses for selecting a radio link in a mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to user equipment in a mobile communication system. The UE comprises processing circuitry, which in operation, determines at least one radio link via which a first base station is to forward data packets to the user equipment. The user equipment is connectable to both the first base station via a first radio link and to a second base station via a second radio link. The UE further comprises a transmitter, which in operation, transmits a radio link selection message to the first base station. The radio link selection message comprises information on the determined at least one radio link for instructing the first base station via which at least one radio link to forward the data packets to the user equipment.
US11356940B2	Mobility enhancement with network slicing Wireless communications systems and methods related to mobility with consideration for network slicing are provided. In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) transmits in a first cell frequency of a network, a request for a network slice of the network that is not provided by the first cell frequency. The UE receives, in response to the request, an information for communicating in a second cell frequency of the network that provides the requested network slice. In one embodiment, a core network entity receives, from a base station (BS) operating over a first cell frequency of a network, a request to provide a network slice of the network to a UE, the network slice not provided by the first cell frequency. The core network entity transmits, to the BS, information associated with a second cell frequency of the network providing the network slice.
US11356934B2	Systems and methods for producer network function discovery in a wireless network based on geographic location A system described herein may provide a technique for location-based handling of discovery requests in a service-based network in which different instances of network functions (“NFs”) may be deployed in geographically diverse locations. For example, a Network Repository Function (“NRF”) may maintain location information for the various NF instances and may respond to discovery requests by identifying particular NF instances based on locations associated with the discovery requests. For example, such discovery requests may include a “preferred-locality” parameter or some other indication of location associated with the discovery request, based on which the NRF may identify one or more NF instances to provide in response to the discovery request.
US11356933B2	Communication method and apparatus in wireless communication system supporting D2D communication A communication method in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication is provided. The communication method includes transmitting a first message including information for identifying a relay to discover a relay user equipment (UE) that performs a relay function in the D2D communication, and receiving a second message including information about the relay UE that performs the relay function, from the relay UE that has received the first message, the second message being transmitted in response to the first message.
US11356932B2	Channel scan based on mobility state Described herein are techniques for performing a channel scan based on a mobility state of a device. The mobility state of a device relative to an access point may be determined using time-of-flight information. A channel scan may be performed based on the mobility state determination.
US11356930B2	System information update method and apparatus A system information update method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, indication information and an area identifier from a first network device, where the indication information indicates whether system information of the area is the same; and determining, by the terminal based on the indication information and/or the area identifier, whether to update the system information.
US11356926B2	Hardware configurable security, monitoring and automation controller having modular communication protocol interfaces A single platform for controller functionality for each of security, monitoring and automation, as well as providing a capacity to function as a bidirectional Internet gateway, is provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by virtue of a configurable architecture that enables a user to adapt the system for the user's specific needs. Embodiments of the present invention further provide such functionality by providing for installation of removable, modular communication adapters for communication with a variety of devices external to the security, monitoring and automation controller.
US11356925B1	Systems and methods of mobile ad hoc network IP roaming A network device includes at least one of a baseband interface or a loopback interface, a wireless radio frequency (RF) interface, and a processing circuit. The baseband interface is coupled to a first node. The wireless RF interface is coupled to a second node. The processing circuit assigns a routable address to the at least one of the baseband interface or the loopback interface, assigns a non-routable address to the first node based on the first node being a gateway interface, assigns a routable address to the first node based on the first node not being a gateway interface, and assigns a non-routable address to the second node based on the second node being coupled to the wireless RF interface.
US11356916B2	WLAN steering based on capabilities An access point that provides a transition recommendation is described. This access point may provide a first WLAN having a first capability. During operation, the access point may associate with the electronic device. Moreover, the access point may determine that the electronic device has a second capability that is different from the first capability. For example, the first capability may include compatibility with a first IEEE 802.11 standard and the second capability may include compatibility with a second IEEE 802.11 standard. Next, the access point may provide the transition recommendation addressed to the electronic device based at least in part on the difference in the first capability and the second capability, where the transition recommendation recommends that the electronic device transition from the first WLAN to a second WLAN that has the second capability.
US11356914B2	Cell selection and reselection in normal and enhanced coverage mode The present disclosure relates to methods for selecting or reselecting a cell from among a plurality of cells. The present disclosure is also providing mobile stations for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the mobile station to perform the methods described herein. For this purpose, the mobile station is detecting cells which are candidates (i.e. candidate cells) for selection or reselection, utilizing either the normal coverage mode or the enhanced coverage mode. Further, the mobile station is selecting or reselecting a cell among the candidate cells detected, utilizing either the normal coverage mode or the enhanced coverage mode. The mobile station is performing the detection and the selection or reselection on the basis of stored information indicating whether or not at least one of the candidate cells supports that the detection and the selection or reselection utilize the enhanced coverage mode.
US11356913B2	Measurement method of non-connected state user-side device, measurement apparatus of non-connected state user-side device and user-side device A measurement method of a non-connected state user-side device, a measurement method of a non-connected state user-side device and a user-side device are provided. The method includes: acquiring, by the user-side device, non-connected state measurement configuration information; performing, by the user-side device, a non-connected state measurement according to the non-connected state measurement configuration information. According to the present disclosure, based on the non-connected state measurement configuration information, the user-side device may help the network-side device to select a suitable user-side device to perform the non-connected state measurement, thereby achieving the measurement of the non-connected state user-side device. In addition, the non-connected state measurement configuration information may include inter-frequency measurement configuration information, thereby achieving an inter-frequency measurement and saving resources of the user-side device during the measurement.
US11356912B2	Method and apparatus for measurement handling in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a measurement handling in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method comprises: receiving information for a validity timer from a network; starting the validity timer to be expired at a first expiration time point based on the information; while the validity timer is running, performing a measurement on one or more neighbor cells and performing cell reselections; determining a mobility state based on a number of the cell reselections; adjusting, based on the mobility state, the first expiration time point to a second expiration time point of the validity timer that is currently running; and stopping the measurement upon reaching the second expiration time point.
US11356911B1	Wireless communication handover control based on user equipment (UE) throughput In a wireless communication network, an access node controller determines data throughput over a target access node. A source access node wirelessly exchanges user data with User Equipment (UE) and determines data throughput. The source access node receives signal parameters for the source access node and target access node from the UE. The source access node compares the signal parameters and responsively transfers a handover request that indicates the target node and the UE throughput over the source node. The access node controller receives the handover request and compares the source throughput to the target throughput to determine a handover value. The access node controller transfers the handover value to the source access node. The source access node compares the signal parameters based on the handover value, and responsively hands-over the UE to the target access node which wirelessly exchanges user data with the UE.
US11356905B2	Handling of application layer measurements during handover in wireless communication networks Methods and related wireless device and radio network node, which enable the handling of Quality of Experience, QoE, measurements during handover, are described. In some aspects, the wireless device may determine whether to report QoE measurements and whether to start new QoE measurements, in a cell served by a target radio network node, based, at least in part, on the presence or absence of QoE-measurement related indications in the handover command message received from the target radio network node.
US11356903B2	Device and method of configuring a handover This document describes methods and devices for a handover of a user equipment (110) from source base station (a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) base station (121)) to a target base station (another 5G NR base station (123) or an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network base station (122)). The source base station (121), which is in communication with the user equipment (110), determines to handover the user equipment (110) to the target base station (123,122). The source base station (121), then determines whether to use a delta configuration or a full configuration for handing over the user equipment (110). For the full configuration, the source base station (121) either excludes the delta configuration from, or indicates use of the full configuration in, handover preparation information. By so doing, the source base station (121) enables handover of the user equipment (110) to the target base station (123,122).
US11356898B2	MEC support for multi-access convergence Methods, apparatus, systems and machine readable storage media of a multi-access edge computing (MEC) component operating in a multi-access management services (MAMS) framework are described. In an example, traffic on multi-radio links between a user equipment (UE) and a network is observed. Based on the observing, the traffic is managed by transmitting messages of a traffic management application programming interface (API) over a dedicated reference point.
US11356894B2	Method and apparatus for configuring uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission timer for narrowband communications There is a need to support HARQ retransmission for narrow-band communications. The present disclosure provides a solution by supporting a HARQ retransmission timer for narrow-band communications. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The method for wireless communication at a user equipment may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission timer, the HARQ retransmission timer indicates a time interval, identifying, by the (UE), data for uplink transmission, and starting, by the UE and after expiration of the HARQ retransmission timer, a random access procedure to obtain an uplink grant for the data.
US11356893B2	Method, user device, and network node for performing PDU session establishment procedure A method for transmitting, by user equipment, a PDU session establishment request includes: receiving a session management message based on an SSC mode from an SMF through an AMF in a state in which a back-off timer associated with a DNN-based congestion control is in operation, wherein the session management message is associated with a DNN to which the DNN based congestion control is applied; and transmitting a PDU session establishment request to the AMF for establishment of a new PDU session associated with the DNN on the basis of the session management message. The PDU session establishment request includes information for preventing rejection of the PDU session establishment request, and the information for preventing the rejection may be used to make the AMF ignore the DNN-based congestion control and transmit the PDU session establishment request to the SMF associated with the new PDU session.
US11356892B2	Channel congestion control in V2X communication An electronic apparatus and method for channel congestion control in V2X communication is provided. The electronic apparatus determines an initial MCS level associated the V2X communication channel of the vehicle and estimates a first level of channel congestion in the V2X communication channel at the initial MCS level. Thereafter, the electronic apparatus selects, from a plurality of MCS levels for V2X communication, a first MCS level associated with a first threshold level of a plurality of threshold levels of the channel congestion. The selection of the first MCS level is based on a determination that the first level of the channel congestion is greater than or equal to the first threshold level. The selected first MCS level is greater than the initial MCS level. The electronic apparatus transmits, at the selected first MCS level, message information over the V2X communication channel to a group of electronic devices.
US11356889B2	Quality of service QoS parameter processing method and network element, system, and storage medium A quality of service (QoS) parameter processing method and a system, where the method includes obtaining, by a control plane device, a core network (CN) packet delay budget (PDB) between a first access network device and a first user plane function device, sending, by the control plane device, the CN PDB to the first access network device, determining, by the first access network device, an access network (AN) PDB between a terminal device and the first access network device based on the CN PDB and an end-to-end PDB between the terminal device and the first user plane function device, and scheduling, by the first access network device, an air interface resource between the terminal device and the first access network device based on the AN PDB.
US11356887B2	Systems and methods for selecting a core network slice for user plane communications Systems described herein provide techniques for establishing and modifying user plane communications sessions between Long-Term Evolution (“LTE”) User Equipment (“UE”) devices, connected to LTE base stations, and a Fifth Generation (“5G”) core network. An LTE-5G Interworking function (“LTE-5G IWF”) may logically generate a virtual 5G UE and/or 5G base station, map a LTE UE to the virtual 5G UE, and cause the establishment of a Protocol Data Unit (“PDU”) Session, at the 5G core network, with the virtual 5G UE. The LTE-5G IWF may provide PDU Session information to the LTE UE and base station to facilitate the establishment of user plane communications (e.g., via a tunnel) between the LTE UE and the 5G core network. The LTE-5G IWF may also receive modification parameters, such as Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters, and provide instructions to the 5G core and/or to the LTE UE to handle traffic according to such parameters.
US11356884B2	Method and apparatus for reporting relaxed measurement in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for reporting relaxed measurement in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network, a first measurement configuration including at least one of relaxed measurement conditions. A wireless device performs measurements on a serving cell based on the first measurement configuration. A wireless device evaluates the at least one of the relaxed measurement conditions based on results of the measurements on the serving cell. A wireless device performs a first relaxed measurement on the serving cell and/or at least one of neighbor cells based on the evaluation. A wireless device transmits, to the network, a message including an information informing that the first relaxed measurement has been performed on the serving cell and/or the at least one of the neighbor cells.
US11356883B2	Terminal, radio communication method, and base station A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives a measurement instruction that indicates an inter-frequency measurement in a second carrier that is different from a first carrier of a serving cell; and a processor that assumes that frame boundaries of a plurality of cells on the second carrier are aligned, when information indicating whether an index of a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmitted by a neighboring cell can be derived based on a timing of the serving cell or a cell of a target frequency is included in the measurement instruction. In other aspects, a radio communication method of a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.
US11356870B2	Radio base station and node for use in a communication network, and methods of operating the same There is provided a radio access node (40) for use in a communication network (32), the radio access node (40) being associated with a local energy storage system (122) that is part of a distributed energy storage network, the radio access node (40) being adapted to monitor the operation of a power distribution network (118); in the event of a fault in the power distribution network (118), control the local energy storage system (122) to supply power to the power distribution network (118). A radio access node (40) for use in a communication network (32) is provided. The node (40) is able to locate a fault on a power distribution network (118) and to generate a map of at least a part of said power distribution network (118), indicating the location of the fault.
US11356869B2	Preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover Techniques that provide for the preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a user-plane element, at least one data packet of a packet flow associated with a subscriber, wherein the at least one data packet is are received after the user-plane element has recovered from a failure; determining, by the user-plane element, whether restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element; and applying one or more policies to the packet flow based on a determination that the restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element, wherein the restoration information comprises a rule associated with the packet flow.
US11356863B1	Dynamic antenna beam management Systems and methods are provided for dynamically modifying an antenna profile to increase network performance. Initially, at a first node communicating using a first wireless communication protocol, such as 4G, locations of a plurality of second nodes communicating using at least second wireless communication protocol, such as 5G, are determined. Performance criteria is analyzed of one of more of the plurality of second nodes. Based on the determined locations and the analyzed performance criteria, the antenna profile is dynamically adjusted to increase a width of a beam associated with the first node.
US11356861B2	User equipment (UE) and methods for dynamic millimeter wave pencil cell communication Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), an Evolved Node-B (eNB), small-cell access point (AP), and methods for dynamic millimeter wave pencil cell communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive access point reference signals (APRS) from one or more small-cell access points (AP), and may transmit APRS signal quality measurements to a macro-cell Evolved Node-B (eNB). The UE may receive, from the macro-cell eNB, a message that indicates candidate pencil cells for which the UE is to determine signal quality measurements, the candidate pencil cells supported by the small-cell APs. The UE may receive beam reference signals (BRS) for the candidate pencil cells and may refrain from reception of BRS for pencil cells not included in the message. In some cases, beam-widths of the APRSs may be larger than beam-widths of the BRSs.
US11356858B2	Performance simulation of a distributed MIMO antenna system Systems and methods for determining a performance metric for an antenna deployment are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes obtaining the antenna deployment including antennas and corresponding locations for the antennas, a cell assignment for the antennas such that each antenna is assigned to one cell out of one or more cells, and a resource assignment for the antennas such that each antenna is assigned to one radio resource out of one or more radio resources. Based on the antenna deployment, the cell assignment, and the resource assignment, the method determines at least one performance metric of the antenna deployment. In this way, some embodiments disclosed herein provide a lightweight & efficient method to simulate the performance of a MIMO network composed of distributed antennas. In some embodiments, the performance is realized by calculating SINR, Bitrate, and Rank for the network.
US11356857B1	Systems and methods for enhancing spectrum sharing over wireless networks Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an indication of user equipment demand associated with a plurality of mobile communication devices that are wirelessly communicating with a first access point that uses a first radio access technology and a second access point that uses a second radio access technology, the plurality of mobile communication devices comprising at least a plurality of dual connectivity mobile communication devices, the first radio access technology being a different radio access technology than the second radio access technology, and the first access point sharing a total amount of radio frequency spectrum with the second access point; determining, based at least in part upon the indication of the user equipment demand, a first split between the first access point and the second access point of the total amount of the radio frequency spectrum; and determining, based at least in part upon the first split of the total amount of the radio frequency spectrum between the first access point and the second access point, a second split between the first access point and the second access point of an internet protocol (IP) traffic flow. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11356852B2	Backup cellular connectivity for essential services Methods and devices for a user equipment (UE) device to utilize an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) to provide backup cellular connectivity for essential services and security enhancements. A UE device receives user input to alter an operational state of the UE. The user input may include removing a physical subscriber identity module (SIM) card installed in the UE or attempting to power off the UE. In response to receiving the user input, an authorization process is initiated. In response to determining that the authorization process has failed, a security enhancement is implemented for the UE.
US11356848B2	Inference-based detection of proximity changes Embodiments of the present invention analyze multiple factors—such as user input events, device motion data, other data from the endpoint, or data from an external system (such as a real-time location system)—to make a probabilistic determination whether a walkaway event has occurred.
US11356844B2	WWAN-WLAN aggregation security One feature pertains to a method for secure wireless communication at an apparatus of a network. The method includes receiving a user equipment identifier identifying a user equipment and a cryptographic key from a wireless wide area network node, and using the cryptographic key as a pairwise master key (PMK). A PMK identifier (PKMID) is generated based on the PMK and the two are stored at the network. A PMK security association is initialized by associating the PMK with at least the PMKID and an access point identifier identifying an access point of the apparatus. An association request is received that includes a PMKID from the user equipment, and it's determined that the PMKID received from the user equipment matches the PMKID stored. A key exchange is initiated with the user equipment based on the PMK to establish a wireless local area network security association with the user equipment.
US11356843B2	Communication device and communication method [Object] To provide a mechanism which is capable of suppressing a decrease in the communication efficiency while reducing the power consumption even in communication in which a plurality of wireless communication networks are the destination.[Solution] A communication device includes a communication unit configured to transmit a frame including a physical layer (PHY) header including a wireless communication network identifier. The wireless communication network identifier includes a second level wireless communication network identifier in which a plurality of first level wireless communication network identifiers are specified. A communication device includes a communication unit configured to receive a physical layer (PHY) header including a wireless communication network identifier. The wireless communication network identifier includes a second level wireless communication network identifier in which a plurality of first level wireless communication network identifiers are specified. The communication unit receives a portion subsequent to the PHY header on a basis of the second level wireless communication network identifier.
US11356838B2	Tracking area update in RRC_INACTIVE A method in a network node (115) comprises receiving (615, 715, 820, 920, 1015, 1304), from a user equipment (UE) (110) configured in an inactive state (605, 705, 805, 905, 1005), a request to resume a connection as part of a non-access stratum procedure. The method comprises resuming (620, 720, 825, 925, 1020, 1308) the connection in response to the request. The method comprises obtaining (645, 745, 845, 945, 1045, 1312) an indication that signaling associated with the non-access stratum procedure is complete.
US11356835B2	Discovery method for wireless communication systems Disclosed is a wireless communication system, including one or more monitoring devices and one or more asset tag devices. The one or more monitoring devices are configured to: transmit a beacon frame on at least one first communication channel and listen to the second communication channel. The one or more asset tag devices are configured to: scan at least one first communication channel to receive at least one beacon frame; select a monitoring device; switch to the second communication channel indicated in the beacon frame; and initiate communication with the selected monitoring device on the second communication channel. The selected monitoring device is further configured to communicate with the one or more asset tag devices on the second communication channel. Also disclosed are discovery methods, an asset tag device and a monitoring device for the wireless communication system.
US11356832B2	Mission critical push to talk services A method for enabling Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) services in a telecommunications network is presented. The method is performed by a mobile terminal (MT) and incudes receiving an imminent peril or emergency MCPTT call from at least one other MT, the call indicating an emergency state for the at least one other MT, determining a number of MTs indicating an emergency state, and raising an MCPTT emergency alert if the determined number of MTs indicating an emergency state exceeds a threshold. An MT, an escalation server, a computer program, and a computer program product are also presented.
US11356830B2	Method for monitoring the relative positioning of two objects and corresponding system A first object and a second object are movable in relation to one another. The first object includes a transponder using an integrated circuit having two terminals which may or may not be shorted. The presence or absence of a short circuit between the two terminals is detected. This is accomplished at least partly by the second object depending on the relative positioning of the first and second objects. The transponder transmits, to a module having a contactless reader function, positioning information corresponding to said relative positioning using a contactless communication protocol.
US11356824B2	Wireless control system, wireless control method, and battery pack The present disclosure includes a wireless control system, a wireless control method, and a battery pack. The wireless control system includes a master configured to wirelessly transmit a first command packet, and first to Nth slaves to which first to Nth IDs are allocated, respectively. When the first slave receives the first command packet, the first slave wirelessly transmits a first response packet including first battery information and the first ID. When a k+1th slave receives the first command packet, the k+1th slave stands by to receive a kth response packet for a preparation period and wirelessly transmits a k+1th response packet including k+1th battery information and a k+1th ID. When the kth response packet is received by the k+1th slave within the preparation period, the k+1th response packet further includes kth battery information and a kth ID.
US11356821B2	Tow and emergency roadside assistance locating and tracking mobile application A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service provider remote server. The customer's device may transmit a request for roadside assistance (e.g., towing services), and a current GPS location. In response, a closest, trusted service provider vehicle may be determined, and then directed to the customer's location. For instance, a software application may receive the customer location and compare it with availability information to match the customer with a close and trusted service provider. The customer's device may receive an acknowledgement that help is on the way, and be able to track the current location of the service provider vehicle while en route. Payment for the roadside assistance may be automatically and electronically paid by the insurance provider. As a result, prompt and safe roadside assistance may be provided.
US11356818B2	Electronic device and cell selection method thereof An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a wireless communication circuit, and a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to: receive first system information broadcast from a first base station supporting a first cellular network using the wireless communication circuit, identify whether the first base station is broadcasting second system information including information of a second base station supporting a second cellular network neighboring the first base station from the first system information, establish a connection with the second base station based on the second system information being received using the wireless communication circuit based on identifying that the first base station is broadcasting the second system information, and establish the connection with the second base station based on third system information being received using the wireless communication circuit based on identifying that the first base station is not broadcasting the second system information.
US11356815B2	Method for receiving MBMS service and device for supporting same Provided are a method by which a terminal receives an MBMS service in a wireless communication system and a device for supporting the same. The terminal receives an MBMS frequency type indicator for indicating a type of an MBMS frequency relating to an MBMS service to be received from a network, and can receive the MBMS service through the MBMS frequency indicated by the MBMS frequency type indicator.
US11356812B2	Systems and methods of providing a location Systems and methods of providing a location that include receiving location data from user equipment, such as a cellphone or mobile device, and providing the location data in an acceptable form to emergency services, such as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The location data from the user equipment can undergo a shape conversion process prior to being transmitted to emergency services. The systems and methods evaluate the received location data to determine if a semimajor and a semiminor axis of the received location data are equal in magnitude. If so, the shape conversion process is bypassed to prevent error from being introduced into the location data.
US11356810B1	Methods and systems of reducing the spread of contagions Reducing the spread of contagions. At least one example embodiment is a computer-implemented method including: creating, by a server system, an indication of suspended micro-droplets of spittle in an area of a building; receiving, by the server system, an indication that a mobile device is moving toward the area of the building; and sending, by the server system, an alert to the mobile device, the alert indicating that entry into the area of the building is not safe based on the indication of suspended micro-droplets of spittle.
US11356809B2	Distributed location management function Described herein is a network node comprising a processor that executes instructions to receive a location service request for a user equipment (UE); transmit a reachability request for the UE to an access and mobility management function (AMF); receive a reachability response comprising reachability information of the UE from the AMF; determine whether to perform positioning procedures related to the location service request locally or to perform positioning procedures related to the location service request remotely based, in part, on the reachability information; based on a determination to perform the positioning procedures remotely, determine a distributed location management function (LMFd) to process the location service request based, at least in part, on the reachability information; transmit the location service request to the LMFd; receive a location service result from the LMFd; and transmit, responsive to the location service request, a UE position estimate determined based on the location service result.
US11356802B2	Geofence based on members of a population In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, via a mobile station, contextual information or geographic location data relating to a plurality of members of the population within the geographic region, identifying a common element in the received contextual information relating to at least two members of the population as a basis for defining a geofence to include the at least two members, wherein the common element is identified upon a comparison of the first and second contextual information, and defining the boundary of the geofence.
US11356800B2	Method of estimating indoor location of a device A method of estimating indoor location of an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device will detect multiple Wi-Fi signals, each of which originates from a unique Wi-Fi access point in a building. For each of the signals, the system will determine an access point device identifier and a signal strength indicator, retrieve location coordinates for the access point; and various candidate constants to apply to a distance calculation for determining a distance from the electronic device to each of the access points. The system will repeat the distance calculation multiple times for each of the various constants and determine which constant minimizes a loss value. The system will identify a set of coordinates of the electronic device that are associated with the constant that minimizes the loss value, and then use the coordinates to estimate a location of the electronic device within the building.
US11356796B2	Priority-based soundfield coding for virtual reality audio An example device configured to obtain image data includes a memory configured to store one or more priority values, each of the one or more priority values being associated with a type of image object associated with the image data. The device includes one or more processors coupled to the memory, and configured to associate image objects in the image data with one or more audio sources represented in one or more audio streams. The one or more processors are also configured to assign a respective priority value to each of the one or more audio sources represented in the one or more streams and code ambisonic coefficients based on the assigned priority value.
US11356795B2	Spatialized audio relative to a peripheral device An audio system, method, and computer program product which includes a wearable audio device and a mobile peripheral device. Each device is capable of determining its respective absolute or relative position and orientation. Once the relative positions and orientations between the devices are known, virtual sound sources are generated at fixed positions and orientations relative to the peripheral device such that any change in position and/or orientation of the peripheral device produces a proportional change in the position and/or orientation of the virtual sound sources. Additionally, first order and second order reflected audio paths may be simulated for each virtual sound source to increase the realism of the simulated sources. Each sound path can be produced by modifying the original audio signal using head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to simulate audio as though it were perceived by the user's left and right ears as coming from each virtual sound source.
US11356792B2	Selecting a primary source of text to speech based on posture A computer converts each content sources from textual content to speech comprising a separate audio selection. The computer applies, to each audio selection, one or more speech attributes to specify the audio attributes that select a respective position of the respective audio selection from among multiple positions within a multidimensional sound space and audibly distinguish one or more characteristics of the respective audio selection from other audio selections, wherein the respective position of the respective audio selection reflects a rank of the respective audio selection as ordered by interest to a user. The computer outputs a simultaneous stream of the multiple audio selections to an audio output device for stereo play of the audio selections within the multiple positions within the multidimensional sound space to the user, with the multiple positions reflecting the content sources ordered by interest.
US11356791B2	Vector audio panning and playback system The present disclosure describes a method and a system of panning and vector reproduction of 4 audio channels, which is based on what in this document is defined as a vector panning, which allows audio panning that is not limited to placing sounds on a simple horizontal line, said vector panning, creates an audio image within a panoramic field delimited by X and Y axes. Said audio image is structured on 8 stereo panning lines which in turn allow us to place sounds in at least 25 panning points. The present disclosure comprises a vector audio reproduction equipment, which must have certain specific characteristics for the proper functioning of the disclosure, such as using only mono audio reproduction systems, same which must emit a full frequency range each, among other characters Energetic, which can be positioned in a configuration of specific angles and distances in relation to the listener in 3 different embodiments.
US11356787B2	Adaptive panner of audio objects An audio object including audio content and object metadata is received. The object metadata indicates an object spatial position of the audio object to be rendered by audio speakers in a playback environment. Based on the object spatial position and source spatial positions of the audio speakers, initial gain values for the audio speakers are determined. The initial gain values can be used to select a set of audio speakers from among the audio speakers. Based on the object spatial position and a set of source spatial positions at which the set of audio speakers are respectively located in the playback environment, a set of non-negative optimized gain values for the set of audio speakers is determined. The audio object at the object spatial position is rendered with the set of optimized gain values for the set of audio speakers.
US11356786B2	Method and apparatus for wind noise detection and beam pattern processing An image capture device includes a sensor, a microphone array, and a processor. The microphone array may include a first microphone, a second microphone, a third microphone, or any combination thereof. The first microphone may be configured to face a first direction. The second microphone may be configured to face a second direction. The second direction may be diametrically opposed to the first direction. The third microphone may be configured to face a third direction. The third direction may be substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the second direction, or both. The processor may be configured to determine a microphone capture pattern and detect wind noise. The microphone capture pattern may be determined based on data obtained from the sensor. The sensor data may include image data, audio data, image capture device orientation data, location data, accelerometer data, or any combination thereof.
US11356784B2	Method of operating a hearing device system, and hearing device system During the operation of a hearing device system, there is received information characteristic of an encounter between a hearing device wearer wearing a hearing device and another person. The information is taken as a basis for indicating that the hearing device wearer has met or is about to meet the other person. Background information about the other person is collected from at least one social network, and the background information about the other person is converted into audio data. The audio data are audibly presented to the hearing device wearer by way of the hearing device of the hearing device wearer.
US11356777B2	Playback transitions Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system. Exemplary techniques facilitate continuity of playback when transitioning between locations (e.g., from at home to on-the-go or vice versa) or between listening paradigms (e.g., personal or out-loud playback of audio content). An example implementation includes detecting a swap trigger, determining the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s), and performing a playback session swap between the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s).
US11356768B2	Acoustic absorption material and speaker The present disclosure provides an acoustic absorption material having a composite zeolite molecular sieve and a speaker using the acoustic absorption material, where the composite zeolite molecular sieve includes a first zeolite molecular sieve having a first micropore diameter and a second zeolite molecular sieve having a second micropore diameter, and the first micropore diameter is greater than the second micropore diameter, and the first zeolite molecular sieve is used as an adsorbent, and the second zeolite molecular sieve is used as a low-frequency enhancement material. In the present disclosure, a zeolite molecular sieve having a larger diameter is added as an adsorbent to a zeolite molecular sieve, to effectively absorb various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an application environment, thereby avoiding performance degradation or failure of the zeolite molecular sieve used as a low-frequency enhancement material.
US11356767B2	Speaker module including air adsorption member, and electronic device including the same In various embodiments, a speaker module includes: an air adsorption member, and an electronic device includes the speaker module. The speaker module may include a yoke defining one surface of the speaker module, a magnet attached to the yoke through a first surface of the magnet, a plate attached to a second surface of the magnet, a frame providing a lateral surface of the speaker module and combined with the yoke at a first end of the frame, a voice coil disposed to be spaced apart from the magnet, and a diaphragm combined with the voice coil at an inner surface of the diaphragm. At least one of the yoke, the magnet, the plate, and the frame may include at least a portion of an air adsorption member comprising an air adsorption material configured to adsorb air in the speaker module based on the diaphragm vibrating.
US11356765B2	Vibration removal apparatus and method for dual-microphone earphones The present disclosure provides a microphone apparatus. The microphone apparatus may include a microphone and a vibration sensor. The microphone may be configured to receive a first signal including a voice signal and a first vibration signal. The vibration sensor may be configured to receive a second vibration signal. And the microphone and the vibration sensor are configured such that the first vibration signal may be offset with the second vibration signal.
US11356760B2	Audio device and audio reproduction apparatus An audio device includes a thin film material having a capacitive property, the thin film material including an acoustic sheet having a curved shape, in which the acoustic sheet includes a first region that is actively driven by an input signal and a second region that is not actively driven by the input signal and the first region is formed in at least a part of an outside of the second region.
US11356759B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a thin plate-shaped display cell that displays image and a plurality of exciters disposed on a back surface of the display cell and causing the display cell to vibrate. The plurality of exciters is such configured that the plurality of exciters is regarded as one exciter when the plurality of exciters generates vibration in the display cell.
US11356756B1	Passive optical network for utility infrastructure resiliency A secure tiered, robust, and deterministic converged communications architecture with the capacity to support a plurality of power distribution automation devices/components with fiber-enabled fail-over protection is described.
US11356751B2	High density bezel for patch panel A telecommunications patch panel system (10) including a plurality of multiport telecommunications bezel assemblies (200) installed within a panel frame (100) is presented. The bezel assemblies (200) are formed from cooperating first and second frame parts (210, 240) to define a plurality of jack receptacle openings (202). In one example, the plurality of jack receptacles (202) are arranged in a two-row array. The first and second frame parts (210, 240) also retain a central bonding strip (290) having a plurality of grounding contact elements (292, 293). The grounding contact elements (292, 293) ground the jack modules (120) that are installed within the bezel assembly jack receptacle openings (202). Where a two-row array of jack receptacle openings (202) is provided, the central bonding strip (290) can be configured to extend between the rows. The central bonding strip (290) can provide grounding for multiple bezel assemblies (200).
US11356749B2	Track format for carriage of event messages In accordance with an example embodiment there is at least a method and apparatus to perform operations including identifying, by a media streaming device, samples in an event message track enclosing one or more Event Message Boxes containing information about a splice point, and identifying that all or one or more Event Message Boxes are active at the sample presentation time of the sample enclosing the Event Message Boxes, and parsing the event message track as an ISO base Media Formatted Track. In accordance with another example embodiment there is a method and apparatus to perform operations including parsing, by a media streaming device, one or more Event Message Boxes in a media track where the Event Message Boxes contains information about a split point, identifying time based events with a duration and presentation time, the operations including instantiating an event message track as an ISO Base Media Format track.
US11356747B2	Apparatus and methods to associate different watermarks detected in media Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for associating different watermarks detected in media. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first watermark detected in a media signal is represented in a watermark data structure and associating the first watermark with a first media presentation record associated with a second watermark in response to the first watermark being associated in the watermark data structure with the second watermark. The example method further includes transmitting monitoring data including the first media presentation record to an audience measurement entity.
US11356743B2	Media services validation tool A testing system and application performs validation testing on a media services delivery system by generating test transactions and validating test results at a plurality of support systems updated by the test transactions in a test environment. Support systems are independent systems that may be geographically and network distant, thus are cumbersome to access for validating corresponding updates based on a test transaction. The test system is accessible via an Internet or network portal for accessing an application that generates a test transaction, invokes a system under test for implementing the test transaction, and validates the results of the support system updates with known values for successful test completion. The test system automates the identification, retrieval and comparison of test generated values with known values corresponding to a successful transaction, and is operable to perform a suite of tests in succession from a set of predetermined test transactions and corresponding known values.
US11356742B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for scalable low-latency viewing of integrated broadcast commentary and event video streams of live events, and synchronization of event information with viewed streams via multiple internet channels A broadcaster device generates a live stream including video-based commentary regarding a live event combined with an audio and/or video feed of the live event itself. A viewer device receives a copy of the integrated live event and commentator stream and synchronized event information (e.g., real-time scores), and displays the integrated stream and the event information (e.g., as a “scorebug”). Viewers of a given live event may seamlessly select amongst different broadcasters for the same live event to access different integrated live event and commentator streams respectively synchronized with the event information. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream, and send digital gifts.
US11356740B2	Modular user interface for video delivery system In some embodiments, a method selects a context for a user account and selects a plurality of collections for an interface. A collection includes a set of videos. The method selects a theme from a plurality of themes for a collection in the plurality of collections based on the context. The plurality of themes apply different display formats to the collection. The method sends an identifier for the theme and information for the collection to a client device being used by the user account to indicate to the interface the theme to use to display the collection with the plurality of collections.
US11356736B2	Methods, systems, and media for causing an alert to be presented Systems and methods for customizing video include providing a portion of video to an electronic display and identifying a character or personality in the portion of video. A request to perform an action regarding the portion of video may be detected and the action may be associated with the identified character or personality. The action may be performed on a second portion of video in response to the character or personality being identified in the second portion of video.
US11356730B2	Systems and methods for routing content to an associated output device Devices and methods for routing content are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for routing content include receiving audio data representing a command from a first electronic device, determining content that is associated with the command, sending responsive audio data to the first electronic device, and sending instructions to the second electronic device to output the content associated with the command. In some embodiments, a method for routing contents includes determining a state of the second electronic device and sending instructions to output the content to a selected one of the first and second electronic devices based on the state of the second electronic device.
US11356727B2	Circuit integrated with voice wake-up function, television and voice control method Circuit integrated with voice wake-up function, television and voice control method. The circuit integrated with voice wake-up function comprises television mainboard and far-field voice module. The far-field voice module comprises: microphone unit for collecting voice simulation signal; analog-digital conversion unit for converting voice simulation signal to digital signal; main control unit for processing converted digital signal and outputting same to television mainboard; and voice wake-up unit for processing voice simulation signal and outputting wake-up signal to television mainboard. Microphone unit is connected to analog-digital conversion unit and voice recognition unit, respectively; analog-digital conversion unit is connected to main control unit and television mainboard, respectively; and television mainboard is connected to main control unit and voice wake-up unit, respectively.
US11356724B2	Electronic apparatus and method for upscaling a down-scaled image by selecting an improved filter set for an artificial intelligence model A method for controlling an electronic apparatus according to the disclosure includes receiving image data and information associated with a filter set that is applied to an artificial intelligence model for upscaling the image data from an external server; decoding the image data; upscaling the decoded image data using a first artificial intelligence model that is obtained based on the information associated with the filter set; and providing the upscaled image data for output.
US11356718B2	Systems and methods for localized adaptive content distribution Systems and methods for switching from a linearly distributed live content and/or internet stream to other contents are provided by aligning timing between contents. Break points may be programmed between diverse non-time synced source encoder of the respective contents to facilitate switching between contents. A first linear stream is caused to be provided. A switchover time to a second linear stream is then identified. The second linear stream is caused to be provided at the switchover time. In different embodiments, switching may occur between different number of contents using the described systems and methods. One or more streaming contents may be up-converted and/or down-converted in different streaming systems.
US11356711B2	Dynamic distribution of media content assets for a content delivery network Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software for using a network to efficiently distribute media content assets from a virtually unlimited content library and/or other storage to a plurality of client devices, as well as bi-directional local content sharing between head ends, and dynamic distribution and generation of media content assets within the network.
US11356710B2	Method and apparatus encoding/decoding with quad and binary tree partitioning A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining whether to divide a current block with quad tree partitioning, determining whether to divide the current block with binary tree partitioning when the current block is not divided with the quad tree partitioning, determining a binary tree partition type for the current block when it is determined to divide the current block with the binary tree partitioning, and dividing the current block into two partitions according to the determined binary tree partition type.
US11356709B2	Using motion compensated temporal filter (MCTF) statistics for scene change detection when a fade, dissolve or cut occurs A method is provided to better detect a scene change to provide a prediction to an encoder to enable more efficient encoding. The method uses a Motion Compensated Temporal Filter (MCTF) that provides motion estimation and is located prior to an encoder. The MCTF provides a Motion Compensated Residual (MCR) used to detect the scene change transition. When a scene is relatively stable, the MCR score is also relatively stable. However, when a scene transition is in process, the MCR score behavior changes, Algorithmically, the MCR score is used by comparing the sliding mean of the MCR score to the sliding median. This comparison highlights the transition points. In the case of a scene cut, the MCR score exhibits a distinct spike. In the case of a fade or dissolve, the MCR score exhibits a transitional period of degradation followed by recovery. By implementing the above detection using the MCR, the location of the I-pictures in the downstream encoding process can be accurately determined for the encoder.
US11356708B2	Cross-plane filtering for chroma signal enhancement in video coding Cross-plane filtering may be used to restore blurred edges and/or textures in one or both chroma planes using information from a corresponding luma plane. Adaptive cross-plane filters may be implemented. Cross-plane filter coefficients may be quantized and/or signaled such that overhead in a bitstream minimizes performance degradation. Cross-plane filtering may be applied to select regions of a video image (e.g., to edge areas). Cross-plane filters may be implemented in single-layer video coding systems and/or multi-layer video coding systems.
US11356707B2	Signaling filters for video processing Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for signaling filters for reference picture resampling are described. One example involves obtaining an encoded video bitstream associated with the video data, identifying a current picture and at least one reference picture from the encoded video bitstream, and identifying signaling data from the encoded video bitstream for the video data, the signaling data including a partial set of coefficient data for at least one filter. A complete set of coefficients (e.g., filter coefficients) is derived for the at least one filter from the partial set of coefficient data and characteristics of the at least one filter, and the current picture is processed using the complete set of coefficients for the at least one filter.
US11356693B2	Motion vector coding for video coding Coding a motion vector difference (MVD) during an inter-prediction process. Example techniques may include determining a particular coding and/or signaling method for an MVD from among two or more MVD coding and/or signaling techniques. A video coder (e.g., a video encoder and/or a video decoder) may determine a particular MVD coding and/or signaling technique based on characteristics of video data or coding methods, including MV precision, Picture Order Count (POC) difference, or any other already coded/decoded information of a block of video data.
US11356691B2	Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; selecting one of the buffer descriptions for each processing unit that is a picture or a slice, and writing buffer description selecting information for specifying the selected buffer description, into a first header of the processing unit which is included in the coded bitstream; and coding the processing unit using the selected buffer description, and the buffer description defining information includes long-term information for identifying, among a plurality of reference pictures indicated in the buffer descriptions, a reference picture to be assigned as a long-term reference picture.
US11356690B2	Image processing apparatus and method The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that allow for easier and more appropriate rendering. Coded data is generated by encoding a two-dimensional plane image in which position information and attribute information for a point cloud that represents an object having a three-dimensional shape as a group of points are projected onto a two-dimensional plane, and a bitstream that includes the generated coded data and metadata to be used to render the point cloud is generated. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an electronic device, an image processing method, a program, or the like.
US11356686B2	Image encoding/decoding method and device therefor The present invention relates to a video signal decoding method based on a Multiple Transform Selection (MTS). The method may comprise the steps of: parsing a first syntax element representing whether MTS applies to the inverse transformation of a current block, wherein the MTS represents a transform mode which uses a transform type other than a default transform type predefined for the current block; by performing inverse quantization on the current block, deriving an inverse-quantized transform coefficient array having the width and the height of the current block; determining, on the basis of the first syntax element, a vertical transform type applying to the vertical direction of the current block, and a horizontal transform type applying to the horizontal direction of the current block; and, by performing inverse transformation on the inverse-quantized transform coefficient array by using the vertical transform type and the horizontal transform type, deriving a residual sample array having the width and the height of the current block.
US11356684B2	Method and system for signaling chroma quantization parameter table The present disclosure provides method and systems for signaling chroma quantization parameter (QP) table. According to some disclosed embodiments, the methods include: receiving a bitstream of video data; determining whether a luma-to-chroma QP mapping table is signaled, based on a first flag in the bitstream; and in response to the first flag being a first value, determining the signaled luma-to-chroma (P mapping table based on the bitstream.
US11356675B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for video encoding/decoding. In a method, prediction information of a current block of a coding tree unit (CTU) in a coded bitstream is decoded. The prediction information indicates that the current block is coded in intra block copy (IBC) mode. A reference block is determined for the current block. A number of memory regions that contain samples of the reference block is less than a total number of memory regions for the CTU. The current block is reconstructed based on the reference block.
US11356674B2	Encoding device, decoding device, encoding method, and decoding method According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index.
US11356668B2	CCLM-based intra-prediction method and device A method for decoding a picture based on a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode includes deriving neighboring luma reference samples of a luma block, deriving down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples, deriving a linear model parameter based on the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples and the neighboring chroma reference samples, where the neighboring luma reference samples includes top neighboring luma reference samples, and left neighboring luma reference samples, and where when the top boundary of the luma block overlaps with a boundary of a coding tree unit (CTU), the number of the top neighboring luma reference samples used for deriving the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples among the neighboring luma reference samples is less than that of the left neighboring luma reference samples used for deriving the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples.
US11356666B2	Image decoding method, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus The image coding method includes: determining a context in a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “no_residual_data_flag”, (vi) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vii) “cbf_luma”, and (viii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.
US11356665B2	Method for determining color difference component quantization parameter and device using the method Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.
US11356662B2	Simplification of clipping value calculation for adaptive loop filters Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for simplification of clipping value calculations for adaptive loop filtering. An example method can include obtaining video data including one or more pictures; obtaining a block of a picture from the one or more pictures; determining clipping values for a filter, the clipping values corresponding to a luma component in the picture and/or a chroma component in the picture, wherein each clipping value is determined by left shifting a first integer by a second integer, the second integer including a result of a bit depth value for a sample from the picture minus an offset value associated with a clipping index value; and applying the filter to the block.
US11356661B2	Methods and apparatus for multiple line intra prediction in video compression There is includes a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a hardware processor or processors to perform intra prediction among a plurality of reference lines, to set a plurality of intra prediction modes for a zero reference line nearest to a current block of the intra prediction among non-zero reference lines, and to set one or more most probable modes for one of the non-zero reference lines.
US11356655B2	Testing device to test cameras of various types and sizes with the ability to allow changes to test parameters A device for testing cameras which is adaptable for testing optical devices of different sizes and types includes a holder, a top plate, and an illumination assembly. The holder includes a frame. The top plate is disposed on the frame. The illumination assembly includes a lamp holder and an illumination module. The lamp holder is slidably disposed on a surface of the top plate facing away from the frame in a first direction. The illumination module, wherein the illumination module is slidably disposed on the lamp holder facing away from the frame in a second direction.
US11356654B2	Image sensors for advanced driver assistance systems utilizing regulator voltage verification circuitry to detect malfunctions An electronic device includes a test voltage generation circuit to generate a test voltage as a function of a regulator voltage, and a switching circuit to receive the test voltage and an image pixel output signal, and to pass the test voltage as output when in a test mode. A comparison circuit receives the output from the switching circuit and an analog to digital conversion signal, and asserts a counter reset signal when the output from the switching circuit and the analog to digital conversion signal are equal in voltage. A counter begins counting at a beginning of each test cycle within the test mode, stops counting upon assertion of the counter rest signal, and outputs its count upon stopping counting. The count is proportional to the test voltage when in the test mode.
US11356653B2	Display device, display method, and computer program A display device capable of automatically switching display of a stereoscopic image and a display of a planar image according to a detected situation of a user is provided.Provided is the display device including a display unit capable of displaying a planar image and a stereoscopic image, and a control unit configured to automatically switch an image to be displayed on the display unit to the planar image or the stereoscopic image, using a detected state of the user.
US11356652B2	Stereoscopic image generating apparatus, stereoscopic image reconstructing apparatus and stereoscopic image playing system including same A stereoscopic image generating apparatus includes a FOV processor configured to receive head and body movements of a user mounted with a Head Mount Display (HMD) device and a Virtual Reality (VR) Vest device, a first eye image generating unit including an intra image independently generated for a first eye and an inter image derived from the intra image and configured to generate a redundant image up to a redundant angle of view greater by a specific criterion or more than a real angle of view which is currently displayed in a direction of the first eye from a center of the head direction of a user as a plurality of first eye images, and a second eye image generating unit configured to generate a plurality of second eye images based on the intra image among the plurality of first eye images for the second eye.
US11356646B1	Device for projecting image on surface of object A device for projecting an image on a surface of an object includes an extracting unit configured to extract information about a plurality of lines from an image of the object based on depth information and color information extracted from the image of the object; an image projection distortion information deriving unit configured to derive image projection distortion information about the surface of the object based on the information about the plurality of lines; and a projecting unit configured to project a content image on the surface of the object based on the derived image projection distortion information.
US11356644B2	Illuminator and projector An illuminator of the present disclosure includes a light source unit that emits at least one colored light, and emits, for each of the pieces of colored light, light having a plurality of peak wavelengths different from each other, and a diffraction device that includes a plurality of divided areas, and displays, in each of the divided areas, a diffraction pattern that is optimized at a corresponding peak wavelength out of each of the peak wavelengths. The plurality of divided areas allows the light of the plurality of peak wavelengths to enter the plurality of divided areas individually for each of the pieces of colored light.
US11356643B2	Systems and methods of presenting appropriate actions for responding to a visitor to a smart home environment A method of presenting appropriate actions for responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including detecting a visitor of the smart home environment; obtaining context information from the smart home environment regarding the visitor; based on the context information, identifying a plurality of appropriate actions available to a user of a client device for interacting with the visitor via the electronic greeting system; and causing the identified actions to be presented to the user of the client device.
US11356642B2	Electronic lock with remote monitoring An electronic lockset that allows for remote monitoring includes a locking mechanism, a motion sensor, a camera, and a wireless communication module. The locking mechanism is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The motion sensor is configured to detect a person in proximity to the electronic lockset. The camera is configured to capture media content of the person detected by the motion sensor. The wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly transmit the captured media content to an electronic device.
US11356638B2	User-adaptive video telephony A device may control a video communication via transcoding and/or traffic shaping. The device may include a multipoint control unit (MCU) and/or a server. The device may receive one or more video streams from one or more devices. The device may analyze a received video stream to determine a viewing parameter. The viewing parameter may include a user viewing parameter, a device viewing parameter, and/or a content viewing parameter. The device may modify a video stream based on the viewing parameter. Modifying the video stream may include re-encoding the video stream, adjusting an orientation, removing a video detail, and/or adjusting a bit rate. The device may send the modified video stream to another device. The device may determine a hit rate for the video stream based on the viewing parameter. The device may indicate the bit rate by sending a feedback message and/or by signaling a bandwidth limit.
US11356635B2	Imaging apparatus using MJPEG compression method An imaging apparatus includes at least one processor to implement: a re-sizer configured to re-size an image to a predetermined size, an encoder configured to encode the re-sized image, and a frame rate controller configured to calculate an actual bit rate of the encoded image for a preset period of time, compare a user-set target bit rate with the calculated actual bit rate, adjust a frame rate of the encoded image according to a result of the comparison, and output an encoded image signal at a user-set target bit rate irrespective of a complexity of the encoded image.
US11356634B2	Method of processing video data, apparatus for processing video data, display apparatus, and computer-program product The present application provides a method of processing video data. The method of processing video data includes obtaining a frame of video including M numbers of first pixel groups along a first direction, each of the M numbers of first pixel groups including N numbers of pixels along a second direction, M and N being positive integers; determining Q numbers of first pixel sets for each respective one of the M numbers of first pixel groups; assigning Q numbers of pixels values respectively to the Q numbers of first pixel sets for each respective one of the M numbers of first pixel groups; generating M numbers of second pixel groups respectively for the M numbers of first pixel groups; and obtaining a processed frame of video including the M numbers of second pixel groups along the first direction.
US11356633B2	Video signal processing apparatus, video signal processing method, and video signal processing system [Object] To contribute to the achievement of a workflow in which an HDR video and an SDR video are compatible with each other.[Solving Means] This video signal processing apparatus includes an HDR video generation unit including a first converter unit that performs OOTF conversion on an HDR video by using an exponentiation function for calculating an exponentiation of 1.2, where 100% is 1, to an input signal level of the HDR video having a range from a point of 0%, where an expression range of an input signal level of an SDR video is 100%, to a change point optionally determined within a range of 100% to 500%, and by using a linear function for multiplying an input signal level of the HDR video having a range higher than the change point by a predetermined coefficient to maintain a change rate of a calculation result in a portion of the change point calculated by using the exponentiation function.
US11356630B2	Image sensor with analog binned readout of image sensing photodiodes with phase detection photodiodes An imaging device includes a first pixel circuit having a first plurality of photodiodes that includes a phase detection autofocus photodiode with image sensing photodiodes. A first buffer transistor having a first threshold voltage is coupled to the first plurality of photodiodes to generate a first output signal. A second pixel circuit is included having a second plurality of photodiodes that are all image sensing photodiodes. A second buffer transistor having a second threshold voltage is coupled to the second plurality of photodiodes to generate a second output signal. The first threshold voltage is less than the second threshold voltage. A driver is coupled to receive a combination of the first and second output signals to generate a total output signal. An influence of the first output signal dominates the second output signal in the total output signal because the first threshold voltage is less than the second threshold voltage.
US11356625B2	Semiconductor structure and operating method for improving charge transfer of image sensor device An image sensor semiconductor device includes a first photodiode disposed in a semiconductor substrate and configured to generate charges in response to radiation, a first transistor disposed adjacent to the first photodiode, a floating diffusion region configured to store the generated charges, a reset transistor configured to reset the floating diffusion region, and a second transistor disposed over the substrate between the first photodiode and the reset transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are configured to generate a first electric field and a second electric field, respectively, to move the charges generated by the first photodiode to the floating diffusion region.
US11356623B2	System and method for processing an image A system and method for processing an image including the steps of receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels have one or more pixel characteristics; and processing the input image to generate an enhanced image by applying a pixel/image relationship to each of the plurality of pixels of the input image, wherein the pixel/image relationship is arranged to adjust the one or more pixel characteristics of each of the plurality of pixels of the input image.
US11356619B2	Video synthesis method, model training method, device, and storage medium Embodiments of this application disclose methods, systems, and devices for video synthesis. In one aspect, a method comprises obtaining a plurality of frames corresponding to source image information of a first to-be-synthesized video, each frame of the source image information. The method also comprises obtaining a plurality of frames corresponding to target image information of a second to-be-synthesized video. For each frame of the plurality of frames corresponding to the target image information of the second to-be-synthesized video, the method comprises fusing a respective source image from the first to-be-synthesized video, a corresponding source motion key point, and a respective target motion key point corresponding to the frame using a pre-trained video synthesis model, and generating a respective output image in accordance with the fusing. The method further comprises repeating the fusing and the generating steps for the second to-be-synthesized video to produce a synthesized video.
US11356617B2	Vehicle sensor operation A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to input strain data measuring mechanical strain on a vehicle camera and operation data of a vehicle component, the operation data describing at least one of an output or a state of the vehicle component, to a machine learning program that outputs a displacement of the vehicle camera from a neutral position based on the strain data and the operation data. The instructions further include instructions to identify a transformation matrix that transforms data from the vehicle camera to a coordinate system of the vehicle camera in the neutral position based on the output displacement of the vehicle camera, to apply the transformation matrix to data collected by the vehicle camera to generate transformed data, and to actuate one of the vehicle component or a second vehicle component based on the transformed data.
US11356616B2	Image processing device, image capturing device, control method of image processing device, control method of image capturing device, and storage medium An image processing device that corrects an image captured by an imaging sensor is capable of setting an exposure condition for each of a plurality of regions and includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the image by setting the exposure condition for each region in the imaging sensor, a derivation unit configured, regarding a boundary between a region of interest and at least one adjacent region adjacent to the region of interest in the image, to derive a correction amount in the region of interest based on pixel values of a boundary pixel group in contact with the boundary included in the region of interest and pixel values of a boundary pixel group in contact with the boundary included in the adjacent region, and a correction unit configured to correct pixel values of pixels in the region of interest based on the derived correction amount.
US11356613B2	Electronic device with rotatable camera, control method, and control apparatus An electronic device with a rotatable camera, a control method, and a control apparatus are provided. The electronic device with the rotatable camera includes a camera assembly, a drive assembly, a rotating assembly, a controller, and a housing, where the housing is a polyhedron, one face of the polyhedron is provided with a groove, the groove extends to an edge of the face, the controller is electrically connected to the drive assembly, and is configured to control the drive assembly to drive the rotating assembly to rotate, and the camera assembly is provided in the groove, is attached to the rotating assembly, and is rotatable around the edge.
US11356610B2	Camera device with OIS function by moving an image sensor and optical instrument The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising: a mover comprising a first magnet; a lens; a stator comprising a first coil; a first substrate; a second substrate movably disposed on the first substrate; an image sensor disposed on the second substrate; a second coil disposed on the first substrate; and a second magnet disposed on the second substrate and facing the second coil, wherein the second substrate comprises: a coupling part coupled to the image sensor, and an extension part extending outwardly from the coupling part so that at least a portion thereof overlaps with the first substrate in the optical axis direction, and the camera device further comprises a ball disposed between the first substrate and the extension part of the second substrate.
US11356609B2	Lens moving unit comprising a sensing magnet and a correction magnet One embodiment of a lens moving unit includes a bobbin mounted with at least one sheet of lens and arranged at a periphery with a coil unit, a cover member mounted with a magnet at a position corresponding to that of the coil unit, upper and bottom elastic members respectively coupled at one distal end to upper and bottom surfaces of the bobbin to support movement of the bobbin to an optical axis direction, and a detection unit to detect a movement parallel to an optical axis of the bobbin, wherein the detection unit includes a sensing magnet mounted at a periphery of the bobbin, and a position detection sensor arranged at a lateral wall of the cover member and formed at an inner lateral surface opposite to the sensing magnet, wherein the bobbin includes a correction magnet mounted at a side opposite to that of the sensing magnet.
US11356608B2	System and method to obtain a moving endoscopic image A system and method includes operations and steps for obtaining a moving endoscopic image. An optical device stream is received from an optical device by data processing hardware. The data processing hardware identify image frames of the image stream, each including a plurality of rows of pixels. The data processing hardware determines a row exposure value for each of the rows of pixels in each frame, and identifies a defective image frame having at least one overexposed row and a reference frame having a replacement row corresponding to the overexposed row. The data processing hardware modifies the defective image frame by replacing the overexposed row with the corresponding replacement row of the reference frame.
US11356606B2	Imaging using mobile computing device in communication with wide field of view (FOV) camera Certain embodiments disclosed herein generate an image that is devoid of a person. Such an embodiment can includes using a camera to obtain a first image of a scene while a person is at a first location within the FOV of the camera, obtaining a second image of the scene while the person is at a second location within the FOV of the camera, and generating, based on the first and second images, a third image of the scene, such that the third image of the scene is devoid of the person and includes portions of the scene that were blocked by the person in the first and second images. Other embodiments disclosed herein determine spatial information for one or more items of interest within a graphical representation of a region generated based on one or more images of the region captured using a camera of a mobile device.
US11356604B2	Methods and systems for image processing with multiple image sources Various methods and systems are provided for image processing for multiple cameras. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring a plurality of image frames from each image frame source of a plurality of image frame sources, each plurality of image frames acquired at a first frame rate, combining the plurality of image frames from each image frame source into a single plurality of image frames with a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate, and outputting the single plurality of image frames as a video. In this way, high-frame-rate video may be obtained with multiple low-frame-rate image frame sources or cameras.
US11356603B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor An image capturing apparatus comprising an image sensor and a control circuit is disclosed. The control circuit changes, if a second drive period that is a drive period of the image sensor for still image shooting overlaps with a first drive period that is a drive period of the image sensor for moving image shooting, a start timing of the second drive period. When performing still image shooting while performing moving image shooting and moving image display: if the still image shooting is single image shooting or a first shot of continuous shooting, the control circuit does not change the start timing of the second drive period. If the still image shooting is a second shot onward of continuous shooting, the control circuit changes the start timing of the second drive period with giving priority to the moving image display.
US11356600B2	Machine learning operations on different location targets using camera orientation A machine learning (ML) operating mode is selected for a camera. A physical orientation of a housing of a camera is determined. In response to determining the orientation, an operating mode from a set of operating modes is selected. The set of operating modes includes at least a ML inference mode and a ML training mode. Based on the selected operating mode, images obtained by an image capturing unit are processed. In the ML inference mode, a ML controller applies a ML model to the images to infer or predict characteristics of the image (e.g., detecting objects within the images). In the ML training mode, the ML controller is configured to cause a ML model to be trained using images captured by the image capturing unit, either local to the camera or on a remotely located computing device.
US11356598B2	Electronic apparatus and control method therefor An electronic apparatus includes a first operation member, a second operation member different from the first operation member, a specific operation unit, and a control unit. Where the electronic apparatus is in a first operation mode and in response to the first operation member being operated, the control unit performs control to execute a specific function different from a switching function of switching a lock setting state of an operation on the specific operation unit. Where the electronic apparatus is in a second operation mode different from the first operation mode and in response to the first operation member being operated, the control unit performs control to execute the switching function. The first operation member is an operation member located on a surface lower in height in a direction perpendicular to an operation surface than a surface on which the second operation member is located.
US11356597B2	Method and apparatus for supporting image processing, and computer-readable recording medium for executing the method A support for image processing is provided, comprising: (a) detecting respective face regions from images consecutively photographed for a first person at predetermined time intervals by an image pickup unit to display images of the face regions detected in relation to the first person in a first region of a screen, and providing a user interface for indicating that a specific face image is selected from the face images of the first person displayed in the first region; (b) additionally displaying the specific face image through a second region adjacent to the first region; and (c) displaying a synthesized image using the specific face image as a representative face of the first person, when the specific face image displayed through the second region is selected.
US11356596B2	Imaging device, imaging device control unit, and imaging method for adjusting parameters of imaging device Proposed are a new and improved imaging device, imaging device control unit, and imaging method capable of stably adjusting various parameters of the imaging device without significantly changing the design of the imaging device. Provided is an imaging device including a rotating shaft insertion portion allowed to be attached to and detached from a housing, a rotating shaft having an operation member being inserted into the rotating shaft insertion portion, a rotation amount detector that detects a rotation amount of the rotating shaft, and a controller that controls a control target based on the rotation amount.
US11356585B1	System and method for optical alignment and calibration of an infrared camera lens A system for optical alignment and calibration of an infrared camera lens, including: a lens support mechanism configured to adjust a position of an infrared camera lens relative to a camera body; at least one collimator configured to output infrared rays, wherein the at least one collimator is positioned such that the output infrared rays converge on an infrared sensor within the camera body through the infrared camera lens; and at least one curing catalyst configured to cure an adhesive placed on the infrared camera lens when an ideal lens position is determined.
US11356584B2	Camera module, production method, and electronic device The present technology relates to a camera module, a production method, and an electronic device that can prevent reduction of optical module positioning accuracy or heat dissipation performance. An image pickup element is joined on one face of a flexible board so that a light receiving surface of the image pickup element is exposed through an opening of the flexible board, and an optical module is joined on an other face of the flexible board. A reinforcing member is joined on the one face of the flexible board at a circumference of the image pickup element and reinforces a joining part of the flexible board where the optical module is joined. The reinforcing member is joined so as to face an area including at least a part of the joining part and is formed so that a part of the circumference of the image pickup element is kept open.
US11356578B2	Apparatus and control method for enhancement based on achromatic signal value replacing pixel color information An apparatus configured to generate image data represented in achromatic color from input image data and output the generated image data to a printer includes a controller. The controller is configured to replace color information of an object included in the input image data with an achromatic signal value, determine, based on an achromatic signal value corresponding to color information of a pixel of interest in the input image data, whether the pixel of interest satisfies a predetermined condition, and perform enhancement processing on the color information of the pixel of interest in a case where the pixel of interest is determined not to satisfy the predetermined condition.
US11356573B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An information processing apparatus includes a reception section that receives a designation of an item to be an operation target on a screen used to operate data on a work which includes plural procedures, and a presentation section that presents a candidate value for the item, which is the operation target, and locational information of a procedure, in which the candidate value is extracted, on the screen.
US11356572B2	Information processing device and information processing system An information processing device includes a control unit that causes a display unit provided in each of a first device and a second device to display cooperative operation information for operating a cooperative function achievable by linking the first device and the second device.
US11356570B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An album creating app obtains model templates forming a model album, candidate images to be used to create an album, and a candidate template usable as an alternative template to the model templates. For each model image included in each model template, the app selects a similar image being one of the candidate images which is more similar to the model image than the other candidate images. Then, in a case where a similarity between the model image in the model template for a processing target and the selected similar image is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the app determines which of the model template for the processing target and the candidate template is to be used as a template for processing of the processing target. Then, the app creates a layout by placing, on the template determined, an image similar to an image placed on the template determined.
US11356564B2	Monitoring voice-over-IP performance over the internet Techniques for monitoring Voice-over-IP (VoIP) network services over the Internet are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for monitoring and/or troubleshooting VoIP network services over the Internet includes performing VoIP call initiation testing using a source agent and a target agent; performing synthetic VoIP call quality testing using the source agent and the target agent over the Internet; and generating a report based on the VoIP call initiation testing and the synthetic VoIP call quality testing over the Internet.
US11356563B1	Amplified cable modem The amplified cable modem includes a master circuit, a data network circuit, a telephony circuit, and a housing. The master circuit, a data network circuit, a telephony circuit are electrically interconnected. The housing contains the master circuit, the data network circuit, and the telephony circuit. The master circuit: a) receives the input signal; b) splits the input signal into the data network signal and the telephony signal; c) recombines signals from the data network circuit and the telephony circuit into the output signal; and, d) transmits the output signal to the external data source. The amplified cable modem includes a collection of amplifiers configured to maximize transmission power while generating minimal electrical noise in the amplified signals.
US11356559B2	System and method for providing chat-based customer callbacks A system for providing chat-based customer callbacks, wherein a callback application server transmits prompts and receives requests for customer callbacks, an interaction manager determines agent availability and arranges callback handling, and a session management server initiates callbacks, and methods for providing chat-based customer callbacks using the system of the invention.

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